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US11273300B2	Magnetically suspended blood driving piston circulatory assist device A pulsatile blood pump including a chamber having an upstream portion, a downstream portion, and a wall coupling the upstream portion to the downstream portion, the upstream portion defining an inlet sized to fit within a ventricle of a heart, the downstream portion defining an outlet, and the wall defining a bore; a piston disposed within the bore of the wall, the piston including a first side in continuous fluid communication with the ventricle of the heart when the inlet is within the ventricle of the heart and defining a travel path within the bore including an upstream direction toward the inlet and a downstream direction toward the outlet; and a valve coupled to the piston and defining a one-way fluid flow path within the chamber through the first side of the piston in the downstream direction.
US11273299B2	Heart rate measurement using blood pump impeller location A method of determining a heart rate of a patient having an implanted blood pump including applying a voltage to a plurality of coils of a stator of the blood pump to produce an electromagnetic force to rotate a rotor in communication with the plurality of coils; displaying a waveform associated with a back electromotive force in the plurality of coils of the blood pump, the waveform being proportional to an axial position of the rotor relative to the stator; determining a time interval between a first alteration in the waveform relative to a baseline and a second alteration in the waveform relative to the baseline; and determining the heart rate of the patient based on the time interval.
US11273298B2	Universal single-use cap for male and female connectors A device for connection to a medical connector, the device includes an outer cap, an inner cap and a peelable seal. The outer cap configured to define a chamber to contain an absorbent material and disinfectant or antimicrobial agent. The outer cap including one or more threads adapted to engage with a female luer connector. The inner cap including one or more thread-tabs adapted to engage a male luer connector. The peelable seal prevents the disinfectant or the antimicrobial agent from exiting the chamber.
US11273291B2	Catheter assembly A catheter assembly includes: a catheter having an inner cavity extending along a center axis of the catheter, the catheter comprising, on a distal side, a tapered portion that is tapered in a distal direction; and an inner needle retractably located in the inner cavity. The inner needle comprises, on a distal side, a blade surface that is inclined with respect to a center axis of the inner needle. The tapered portion covers a proximal end portion of the blade surface in an assembled state in which the inner needle is located in the inner cavity, and an inner shape of a distal-most end of the tapered portion conforms to the blade surface.
US11273290B2	Flexible instrument with nested conduits A medical instrument includes a nested conduit extending through an elongate flexible body. A tendon extends through an inner lumen of the inner conduit. A first control element is coupled to the outer conduit and a second control element is coupled to the inner conduit. Each of the first and second control elements is adjustable between a first state and a second state. The outer conduit is axially constrained proximate the first control element in the first state of the first control element and is not axially constrained in the second state. The inner conduit is axially constrained proximate the second control element in the first state of the second control element and is not axially constrained in the second state. An articulatable length of the nested conduit is variable based on adjustment between the first and second states of the first control element and the second control element.
US11273284B2	Mental and physical state inducement apparatus, mental and physical state inducement method, and storage medium storing control program A technique may be provided to determine, as a target breathing rhythm used to change a mental and physical state of a target person to a target mental and physical state, not only an exhalation period for exhaling and an inhalation period for inhaling, but also a grace period between the exhalation period and the inhalation period. The grace period is a switching period between the exhalation period and the inhalation period. The grace period is a period in which exhalation, or inhalation, or both exhalation and inhalation are enabled to be performed.
US11273283B2	Method and apparatus for neuroenhancement to enhance emotional response A method of transplanting a desired emotional state from a donor to a recipient, comprising determining an emotional state of the donor; recording neural correlates of the emotional state of the donor who is in the desired emotional state; analyzing neural correlates of the emotional state of the donor to decode at least one of a temporal and a spatial pattern corresponding to the desirable emotional state; converting said at least one of a temporal and a spatial pattern corresponding to the desirable emotional state into a neurostimulation pattern; storing the neurostimulation pattern in the nonvolatile memory; retrieving the neurostimulation pattern from the nonvolatile memory; stimulating the recipient's brain with at least one stimulus modulated with the neurostimulation pattern to induce the desired emotional state in the recipient.
US11273282B2	Vapor transfer cartridge Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for manufacturing a vapor transfer cartridge with a constant inner diameter to maximize the area available for fibers required for heating and humidifying a breathing gas. In one aspect, a vapor transfer cartridge includes a center tube extending along a first axis from a first to a second end, having a continuous inner diameter, a first header piece configured as a cap and including a channel about an inner circumference of the header piece coupled to the first end of the center tube, a second header piece coupled to the second end of the center tube, and a plurality of fibers arranged along the axis of the center tube from the first end to the second end. The first header piece further includes a first port, and a baffle.
US11273281B2	Humidifier heater base A humidifier heater base assembly has a heater plate with a thermally conductive portion and a perimeter portion around a perimeter of the heater plate. A resilient member has an inner part attached to the perimeter portion and an outer part adapted to provide a resilient perimeter flange around at least part and preferably the whole of the perimeter portion. The resilient member fixes the heater base to the humidifier by the resilient perimeter flange such that the heater plate and the inner part can move relative to the humidifier in a direction substantially transverse to the general plane of the heater plate. At least a portion of the resilient perimeter flange remains stationary relative to the humidifier.
US11273280B2	Personalized air purification device A personalized air cleaning device having a housing which has at least one air intake region for sucking air into the housing and at least one air blow-out region for blowing the air out of the housing, a cleaned blow-out air stream being directed towards the body, and in particular against the face of a user, the housing of the air cleaning device being of approximately disc-shaped round or oval or polygonal design, and wherein the air intake region and the air outlet region are arranged in the same plane on the circumference of the housing.
US11273279B2	Magnetic anti-crush feature for conduit A conduit (14A) for conducting a flow of breathing gas from a pressure generating device (4) to a cushion (10) of a patient interface device (8) includes a housing (22) that defines a passage (24) therethrough. The conduit further includes a first magnetic element (30A) disposed on a first side of the passage and a second magnetic element (32A) disposed on a second side of the passage opposite the first side. The first and second magnetic elements are positioned such that the magnetic fields produced by each magnetic element interact in a manner such that the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are repelled away from each other in a manner which resists collapse of the passage.
US11273277B2	Face mask assembly A face mask assembly, including: a frame, including a frame body, the frame body being provided with an air intake port; a connecting member, including a first end hingedly connected to the air intake port and a second end having a forehead support fixedly mounted thereon; the second end of the connecting member is used for communication with an air intake tube; the forehead support include a fitting part that fits to the forehead, a mounting part fixedly mounted on the second end of the connecting member, and a connecting part connecting the fitting part and mounting part.
US11273275B2	Auto-adjustment of patient expiratory pressure A system for adjusting extrinsic positive end expiratory pressure during an expiratory phase of a ventilator is provided. The system includes a computer system that comprises one or more physical processors programmed with computer program instructions which, when executed cause the computer system to: determine a respiratory reactance from airway flow information of the patient and airway pressure information of the patient, the airway flow information and airway pressure information of the patient being obtained from one or more sensors, and adjust the extrinsic positive end expiratory pressure during the expiratory phase of the ventilator such that the determined respiratory reactance falls within a defined respiratory reactance range.
US11273271B2	Aerosolization system with flow restrictor and feedback device In one aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide an aerosolization device for ensuring proper delivery of an aerosolized medication to a user's respiratory system. The aerosolization device may include a conduit, an aerosol generator, a restrictor disposed within the conduit, and an indicator mechanism. The conduit may include a mouthpiece end by which a user may cause inspiratory flow through the conduit. The aerosol generator may include a vibratable mesh. The restrictor may define a plurality of apertures disposed along an outer periphery of the restrictor configured to provide an increase in pressure differential that varies with an inspiratory flow rate within the conduit and to provide a relatively laminar flow downstream of the restrictor compared to upstream of the restrictor. The indicator mechanism may indicate to a user a state of a parameter of the inspiratory flow relative to a predefined desired range.
US11273254B2	Bolus delivery device A bolus delivery device is provided that comprises a housing and a reservoir defined by an activation dome and a reservoir seat and disposed within the housing for receipt of a volume of a fluid. The bolus delivery device further comprises a bladder disposed in the housing that is in fluid communication with the reservoir for receipt of the fluid from the reservoir; an actuator; an inlet conduit in fluid communication with the reservoir for providing the fluid to the reservoir; and an outlet conduit in fluid communication with the bladder for providing the fluid to a patient. The actuator is in operative communication with the reservoir to initiate a flow of the fluid from the reservoir to the bladder. The bladder expands as the bladder receives the fluid and contracts as the bladder dispenses the fluid. An infusion assembly including a bolus delivery device also is provided.
US11273251B2	Medical equipment package A medical equipment package containing a plurality of prefilled syringe systems includes: a plurality of syringe packaging bodies, each comprising a packaging main body that accommodates one of the prefilled syringe systems; and an outer box that accommodates the plurality of syringe packaging bodies. Each prefilled syringe system includes: a prefilled syringe, a needle packaging body including: a needle unit that comprises a needle body configured to puncture a living body, and a needle hub that holds the needle body, and a needle unit case that accommodates the needle unit. The needle unit is supported with respect to the needle unit case such that a largest outer diameter portion provided on a tip end side of the needle hub engages with an inner surface of the needle unit case.
US11273247B1	Airway management device The present invention is directed to an improved suction catheter that increases the effectiveness of clearing the airway by way of non-limiting example, reducing the need for separate suctioning and foreign body grasping instruments. The embodiments described herein provide medical personnel the ability to use one hand and catheter to selectively grasp an anatomically lodged foreign body while reducing the likelihood of lumen blockage and interruption of suction.
US11273241B2	Breast flange for direct coupling to breast pump fitting A breast flange has a cup portion shaped to receive a lactating female breast, a funnel portion coupled to the cup portion and shaped to receive areola and nipple regions of the lactating female breast and to be in contact with the areola region, and a neck portion coupled to the funnel portion and configured to be coupled directly to a breast pump fitting. At least the funnel portion is made of a pliable and resilient material, the material having a thickness. The funnel portion has a set of windows, each window defined by a reduction in thickness of the material and configured to deflect in the presence of suction so as to mimic action of a tongue of a nursing baby.
US11273238B2	Cannula for external drainage of subretinal fluid A cannula device for draining sub-retinal fluid externally to the eye includes a shaft, an outer sleeve, and an inner sleeve. The outer sleeve and the inner sleeve have a curve therein to access the back of the eye externally. The outer sleeve is extendable relative to the inner sleeve and the shaft, and the outer sleeve includes a penetrative tip to penetrate the sclera and provide access to the sub-retinal fluid to the inner sleeve.
US11273226B2	Hydrogel prodrug for treatment Aspects of the invention described herein include a hydrogel prodrug and methods of making a hydrogel prodrug for drug delivery. Also contemplated are methods of treating, inhibiting, ameliorating or inhibiting a disease or disorder. Without being limiting, the methods for treatment can be directed to a cancer, HIV, a virus, pain, a bacterial infection, a neurological disorder, hemorrhaging, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, high blood pressure, Alzheimer's, or inhibiting a fungal growth in a subject in need.
US11273225B2	Treatment of inflammatory diseases with inhibitors of C5a activity The present invention relates to inhibitors of C5a activity and their use in the treatment of cutaneous, neutrophilic, inflammatory diseases in a subject.
US11273223B2	Bispecific anti-hapten/anti-blood brain barrier receptor antibodies, complexes thereof and their use as blood brain barrier shuttles Herein is reported a bispecific antibody comprising a first binding specificity that specifically binds to a haptenylated payload and a second binding specificity that specifically binds to a blood brain barrier receptor.
US11273213B2	Chimeric vaccine antigens for anaplasmosis Provided herein are chimeric recombinant polypeptides (chimeritopes) for use in vaccines against Anaplasmosis, in assays for diagnosing Anaplasmosis and in assays for measuring antibody titers induced by vaccination. The chimeritopes comprise, for example, antigenic segments of three Anaplasma proteins (OmpA, AipA and Asp14) and a non-antigenic segment of a Borrelia Osp protein (e.g. OspC) that is 10 amino acids in length, proline rich and random coil in conformation. Compositions comprising the chimeritopes, optionally in combination with additional Anaplasma proteins of interest, are also provided, as are methods of using the compositions as vaccines and diagnostic tools.
US11273212B2	Malaria vaccine The present invention relates to a polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence selected from: (a) the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4 or SEQ ID NO: 8, (b) an amino acid sequence that differs from the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4 or SEQ ID NO: 8 by substitution, deletion, addition, or insertion of 1 to 10, preferably 1-5, more preferably 1, 2 or 3 amino acids, and (c) an amino acid sequence that has at least 95%, preferably 97%, more preferably 99% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4 or SEQ ID NO: 8, and a malaria vaccine comprising the polypeptide, for example.
US11273209B2	Methods and compositions for RNA-guided treatment of HIV infection Compositions for specifically cleaving target sequences in retroviruses include nucleic acids encoding a Clustered Regularly Interspace Short Palindromic Repeat (CRISPR) associated endonuclease and a guide RNA sequence complementary to one or more target nucleic acid sequences in a retrovirus genome.
US11273206B2	Targeting of pharmaceutical agents to pathologic areas using bifunctional fusion polypeptides Provided herein are new compositions and methods to target pharmaceutical agents to pathological areas by utilizing bifunctional fusion polymers or nanoparticles. These fusion polymers and nanoparticles contain two or more domains: (i) sequences that bind to exposed collagenous (XC-) proteins present in pathological areas, including cancerous lesions and (ii) domains that bind to pharmaceutical agents. The drug-binding functionality of these fusion polymers and nanoparticles is based on high-affinity, non-covalent interactions.
US11273203B2	Methods of mitigating toxic effects of vesicants and caustic gas Methods and kits for mitigating a toxic effect of at least one of vesicants and caustic gases in a subject in need thereof are described. In particular, an effective amount of a thrombopoietin (TPO) mimetic, such as RWJ-800088 or romiplostim, is used to mitigate the toxic effect of the vesicant or caustic gas.
US11273201B2	Compositions and methods for inducing thrombopoiesis Methods of inducing thrombopoiesis and/or treating thrombocytopenia in a subject are provided. Accordingly there is provided a method comprising contacting stem cells with a differentiation potential towards platelets or hematopoietic progenitor cells derived therefrom with Livin, thereby inducing thrombopoiesis. Also provided is a method comprising contacting cells with a differentiation potential towards platelets with tLivin, thereby inducing thrombopoiesis. Also provided are compositions and isolated population of cells for inducing thrombopoiesis and/or treating thrombocytopenia in a subject.
US11273195B2	Dietary supplement compositions This document provides dietary supplement compositions. For example, dietary supplement compositions having an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (e.g., huperzine A), a Bacopa monnieri extract, acetyl-L-carnitine or acetyl CoA, and a curcuminoid (e.g., curcumin) are provided.
US11273193B2	Synergistic composition as a promoter of autophagy The invention relates to a synergistic composition comprising a dry extract of plant of genus Galeopsis and a compound promoting autophagy selected from biotin and R-N1-spermidine or a salt thereof, wherein R is hydrogen or methyl and mixtures thereof. The synergistic compositions according to the invention may be in the form of a topical formulation or oral formulation and is useful as a promoter of autophagy especially in cells of human scalp hair follicles and in promoting hair growth and/or in the treatment of hair thinning or hair loss.
US11273192B2	Method of producing ginseng leaf extract including ginsenosides Rg6, Rk3, and Rh4 in increased amounts from ginseng leaf and use of the ginseng leaf extract Provided are a method of efficiently producing a ginseng leaf extract including rare ginsenosides Rg6, Rk3, and Rh4 in increased amounts, and use of a ginseng leaf extract produced by the method.
US11273191B2	Administering compositions for improved immune system functioning The present disclosure relates to methods of administering a composition to a patient, particularly in the form of a dietary supplement, which addresses immune system deficiencies and promotes healthy immune system functioning. The present disclosure also related to compositions and methods for improving or boosting immune system functioning. The present disclosure further provides novel compositions for balancing immune response in human subjects.
US11273187B2	Method and system for reducing the likelihood of developing depression in an individual A method for reducing the likelihood of developing depression in an individual involves providing in the gut of an individual a population of beneficial bacteria selected from the group consisting of bacterial species able to make small chain fatty acids, and preferably butyrate, and administering fiber to the individual to maintain a therapeutically effective amount of the beneficial bacteria in the gut of the individual. The individual's gut microbiome is modified to reduce the number of undesired bacteria and to increase the number of beneficial bacteria. Bacteria are preferably modified to remove one or more virulence facts or alternatively to produce increased amounts of SCFA's, such as butyrate. Beneficial bacteria may be encapsulated in a frangible enclosure to ensure they arrive in an individual's body while still viable, e.g. such as being first released in the lower gut rather than being exposed to the harsh conditions of an individual's stomach. In other embodiments, a therapeutically effective amount of a bacterial formulation comprising Faecalibacterium prausnitzii is administered. Other embodiments include the administration of a bacterial formulation comprising at least one of Coprococcus, Roseburia, Bifidobacterium, Faecalibacterium prausnitzii and L. casei to treat depression.
US11273185B2	Compositions comprising bacterial strains The invention provides compositions comprising bacterial strains for treating and preventing inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
US11273184B2	Bacteria engineered to treat disorders in which oxalate is detrimental The present invention provides recombinant bacterial cells comprising at least one heterologous gene encoding at least one oxalate catabolism enzyme. In another aspect, the recombinant bacterial cells further comprise at least one heterologous gene encoding an importer of oxalate. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the recombinant bacteria, and methods for treating disorders in which oxalate is detrimental, such as hyperoxaluria, using the pharmaceutical compositions of the invention.
US11273181B2	Processes for production of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes and uses of same in immunotherapy The present invention provides improved and/or shortened methods for expanding TILs and producing therapeutic populations of TILs, including novel methods for expanding TIL populations in a closed system that lead to improved efficacy, improved phenotype, and increased metabolic health of the TILs in a shorter time period, while allowing for reduced microbial contamination as well as decreased costs. Such TILs find use in therapeutic treatment regimens.
US11273180B2	Processes for production of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes and uses of same in immunotherapy The present invention provides improved and/or shortened methods for expanding TILs and producing therapeutic populations of TILs, including novel methods for expanding TIL populations in a closed system that lead to improved efficacy, improved phenotype, and increased metabolic health of the TILs in a shorter time period, while allowing for reduced microbial contamination as well as decreased costs. Such TILs find use in therapeutic treatment regimens.
US11273177B2	Tumor infiltrating cells engineered to express a pro-inflammatory polypeptide The present disclosure provides methods of preparing tumor infiltrating cells engineered to express a pro-inflammatory polypeptide. The pro-inflammatory polypeptide is expressed from the tumor infiltrating cell to counter a generally immunosuppressive state in and around tumors resulting from an imbalance between the number and activation state of immune effector cells versus those of suppressor cells. Delivering the proinflammatory polypeptide via expression from the TICs, as distinct from systemic administration, reduces side effects from increased inflammation at sides remote from a tumor to be treated.
US11273174B2	Iodine compositions The present invention relates to compositions comprising molecular iodine and a vehicle comprising a semifluorinated alkane. The compositions of the invention may be used to treat or prevent diseases or conditions caused by, or associated with microorganisms.
US11273173B2	Methods for treating hepatitis B infection This application relates to potent oligonucleotides useful for reducing HBsAg expression and treating HBV infections.
US11273162B2	Compositions and methods targeting HCN channels for breathing therapeutics An object of the present invention to provide therapeutic compositions and methods for the prevention and/or treatment of airway obstructive disorders that involve bronchial hyper-responsiveness (BHR), asthma, horse asthma, airway remodeling that potentiate BHR, and any other airway obstructive disorders that involve bronchial smooth muscle (BSM) constriction or possibly other airway smooth muscle (ASM) constriction in a subject in need thereof. Compositions and methods for targeting HCN channels in airway smooth muscle to treat and/or prevent asthma and asthma-like conditions are disclosed. The compositions and methods include administering a therapeutically effective amount of HCN channel blocker, preferably ivabradine hydrochloride, to a subject in need thereof.
US11273156B2	Stable cariprazine formulations for oral use The present invention relates to stabilized pharmaceutical formulations comprising therapeutically effective amount of Cariprazine premix/solid dispersion, or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, hydrates and solvates thereof, at least one diluent which is not having low water activity and optionally one or more excipients selected from lubricant, disintegrant and buffering agent or combinations thereof. The present invention further relates to process for preparation and method of using such stable formulations comprising Cariprazine.
US11273155B2	Combination of antibody-drug conjugate and immune checkpoint inhibitor A pharmaceutical composition and a therapeutic method wherein an antibody-drug conjugate and an immune checkpoint inhibitor are administered in combination, and the antibody-drug conjugate is an antibody-drug conjugate in which a drug-linker represented by the following formula (wherein A represents the connecting position to an antibody) is conjugated to the antibody via a thioether bond; and a pharmaceutical composition and a therapeutic method for use in treatment of a disease that can be ameliorated through an antitumor immunity-activating effect wherein the antibody-drug conjugate is included.
US11273152B2	TRPV2 antagonists This invention relates to the finding that Piperlongumine compounds, such as Piperlongumine and analogues, derivatives and prodrugs thereof, are reversible, allosteric antagonists of transient receptor potential vanilloid 2 channel (TRPV2). Methods of treatment of conditions that are characterised by TRPV2 expression using Piperlongumine compounds and Piperlongumine compounds for use in such treatments are provided.
US11273150B2	Compositions and methods for the treatment of presbyopia The invention provides compositions and methods for the treatment of presbyopia. The methods preferably comprise storing an aceclidine composition in a container having a headspace at a temperature from about 2 to about 8 degrees Celsius. The methods further comprise filling the container under an inert gas overlay and/or enclosing the container an anti-leaching material or disposing the container in a second container containing an anti-leaching material.
US11273146B2	Benzofuran derivatives and their use as bromodomain inhibitors The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and to their use in therapy.
US11273145B2	Compositions and methods for the treatment of acid-related gastrointestinal disorders containing a dithiolane compound and a gastric acid secretion inhibitor A treatment for acid related gastrointestinal disorders. The methods and compounds described include gastric acid secretion inhibitors in combination with alpha lipoic acid (ALA) or related compounds. ALA is not known as a treatment for acid related gastrointestinal disorders; however, when combined with certain compounds used in the treatment of acid related gastrointestinal disorders, ALA significantly improves existing treatments.
US11273135B2	Methods for using stabilized sulforaphene The present disclosure provides stabilized sulforaphene compositions and uses thereof. The compositions include a stabilized sulforaphene, such as sulforaphene-cyclodextrin complex, that increases the efficacy, biological activity and stability of isolated sulforaphene. The present disclosure also includes pharmaceutical and nutraceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of mitochondrial disorders and muscular disorders. In addition, methods for increasing ATP and/or FAD production in cells by the administration of a stabilized sulforaphene are provided.
US11273131B2	Pharmaceutical compositions with enhanced permeation Pharmaceutical compositions having enhanced active component permeation properties are described.
US11273122B2	Combination of cannabis, derivatives thereof and additives in oral care compositions The present invention relation to an oral care composition comprising a cannabinoid and at least one pharmaceutical active component is provided in which the at least one pharmaceutical active component improves oral health beyond benefits provided by the at least one cannabinoid alone. The at least one pharmaceutical active component can be Manuka honey. The oral care composition can be used in an oral care product for whitening or bleaching teeth.
US11273118B2	Compositions and methods for improving skin quality Provided herein are methods for improving skin quality in a subject comprising administering to the skin a pharmaceutical composition comprising a polypeptide covalently bound to a hydrophilic polymer and/or a polysaccharide covalently bound to a hydrophilic polymer.
US11273115B2	Hair dyeing method using a dye composition and an oxidizing composition, said compositions comprising a scleroglucan gum The disclosure relates to a method for dyeing keratin fibers, in particular human keratin fibers such as hair, involving the application of a dye composition (A) on the fibers, said dye composition comprising one or more oxidation dyes, one or more scleroglucan gums in a total weight content greater than or equal to 0.5% relative to the total weight of the composition (A) and one or more alkaline agents, and the application of an oxidizing composition (B) comprising one or more chemical oxidizing agents and one or more scleroglucan gums preferably in a total weight content greater than or equal to 0.5% relative to the total weight of the composition (B); the oxidizing composition (B) being mixed with the dye composition (A) just before use (application on said fibers). The disclosure also relates to a multi-compartment device suitable for implementing the method.
US11273113B2	Protection of materials by sphingosine based compounds The invention relates to the use of sphingosine based compounds, in particular phytosphingosine compounds, in the protection of hydroxyapatite containing materials such as teeth and bone. Such compounds are especially useful in the treatment and prevention of dental caries, dental erosion, dentine hypersensitivity and tartar (dental calculus) formation. Methods and devices are also provided for preventing biofilm formation using sphingosine based compounds. Compositions comprising sphingosine based compounds are also provided.
US11273112B2	Process for treating keratin fibers using a halochromic triarylmethane direct dye, an alkaline revealer and then an acidic eraser The present invention relates to a process for treating keratin fibers, especially human keratin fibers such as the hair, using i) at least one triarylmethane or sulfonophthalein direct dye of formula (I) or (I′) as defined below, ii) an alkaline revealer, iii) an eraser at acidic pH. A subject of the invention is also a composition comprising at least one triarylmethane direct dye of formula (I) or (I′) as defined below and at least one thickener and/or at least one hydrotropic solvent, and a multi-compartment kit comprising i), ii) and iii) in three separate compartments. The present invention makes it possible in particular to obtain keratin fiber coloring with intense and persistent tints which can be modified, erased and reformed several times without any loss of color.
US11273106B2	Agent and method for the temporary shaping of keratinous fibers Cosmetic compositions or agents and methods for the temporary shaping of keratinous fibers are provided. In an embodiment, a cosmetic composition contains from about 2.0 to about 8.0 wt. % hydrophobized metal oxide powder; from about 0.01 to about 2.0 wt. % carbon-based adsorption agent; from about 3.0 to about 35 wt. % lipid; from about 1.0 to about 10 wt. % emulsifier; and from about 30 to about 50 wt. % water. Embodiments include the use of such cosmetic compositions and methods for employing such compositions.
US11273103B1	Method, computer program product and dispensing device for dispensing discrete medicaments A method, a computer program product and a dispensing device for dispensing discrete medicaments,wherein the dispensing device comprises a dispensing section, a collection section and a packaging section, wherein the dispensing section defines an array of feeder positions for holding a plurality of feeder units, wherein the collection section comprises a first collection unit that is movable in a collection direction,wherein the method comprises the steps of: positioning a first feeder unit at a first feeder position; and prior to removing the first feeder unit from the first feeder position, positioning a second feeder unit at a second feeder position, downstream from the first feeder position in the collection direction, wherein the first feeder unit and the second feeder unit hold medicaments of the same first composition.
US11273096B2	Massaging table assembly A massaging table assembly for massaging a user's body includes a table that is positionable at an angle on a support surface for having a user lie thereon. The table has an opening therein. A rocker unit is pivotally coupled to the table and the rocker unit is positioned in the opening in the table. Moreover, the rocker unit is tiltable to a variety of angles with respect to the table. A pair of rollers is each rotatably coupled to the rocker units. Each of the rollers can massage the user's body when the user lies on the table.
US11273093B1	Deflating rectangular bag with release valve, and method for use to lower a casket into a front- or side-facing subterranean crypt A lightweight deflating rectangular bag made of a leak and puncture resistant mattress film with a plastic two-way valve for lowering of caskets for entombment in below-floor level “Westminster” crypt locations. The deflating bag is configured to lower a casket, in a safe, dignified, and simple manner, into a subterranean crypt for final entombment, while family members, relatives, and friends observe during this important moment in the funeral service.
US11273091B2	Robot system for oral cavity and tooth treatment A robot system for oral cavity and tooth treatment. The system includes a console, a seat device, a robot and a navigation device. The console includes a display device, an operating device and an emergency stop device. The seat device includes a body support portion, an orientation adjustment portion and a head fixing portion. The robot comprises a main controller, a robotic arm, a manipulator. The navigation device performs navigation inside a tooth in a root canal treatment operation according to pre-stored tooth information. The treatment instrument in the manipulator can be replaceable. The seat device can be adjusted such that a patient can face any direction between forward and downward, or lie prostrate.
US11273089B2	Apparatus for applying multi-dimensional traction to the spinal column A physical medicine table for treating a patient's spine that is capable of providing precise, repeatable, and effective traction force treatment to a patient in multiple dimensions to adjust an unhealthy spinal structure towards a normal, healthy structure. Generally, the spinal structure treatment can be applied to a patient using the described traction device to secure the patient to the adjustable support portions and selectively impart a combination of longitudinal Y-axis traction forces, lateral X-axis traction forces and/or sagittal Z-axis traction forces to the patient using a control system in accordance with a prescribed treatment regimen.
US11273088B2	User module for a patient support apparatus A user module for a patient support is provided. The user module is coupled to a patient support barrier, such as a siderail or a footboard.
US11273083B2	Structure having nodes and struts An absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core structure is disclosed, wherein the absorbent structure includes a wearer facing core layer including either a heterogeneous mass layer or a fibrous structure comprising a fibrous network, wherein a portion of the topsheet and wearer facing core layer are integrated such that they at least partially reside in the same X-Y plane.
US11273082B2	Techniques for urine and feces containment brief with sling Provided is a containment brief to be worn by a user for containing urine and feces. The containment brief includes a strip of stretchable resilient material having a first end and a second end, a first stretchable resilient side panel attached to the strip of stretchable resilient material along a first side of the strip of stretchable resilient material between the first end and the second end, a second stretchable resilient side panel attached to the strip of stretchable resilient material along a second side of the strip of stretchable resilient material between the first end and the second end, the first side of the strip of stretchable resilient material being opposite the second side of the strip of stretchable resilient material, a first side dam disposed along the first side of the strip of stretchable resilient material, a second side dam disposed along the second side of the strip of stretchable resilient material, an absorbent pad disposed on a first surface of the strip of stretchable resilient material, the absorbent pad including a rectangular cut-out therein, and a sling disposed on the absorbent pad at least partially around the rectangular cut-out, wherein each of the first stretchable resilient side panel and the second stretchable resilient side panel includes at least one adhesive tab.
US11273081B2	Wearable sensor enclosure Various examples of a wearable sensor enclosure are described. In an example, a wearable sensor enclosure is generally oval-shaped with rigid interior that protects one or more sensors or other electronic devices. The enclosure includes a proximal component and a distal component. The proximal component of the enclosure optionally includes one or more openings for light to pass through for detection by sensing electronic devices. The distal component includes a protrusion positioned in an interior of the distal component and a lip positioned in along the perimeter of the distal component such that the lip surrounds the protrusion.
US11273079B2	Foot sleeve A sleeve for use with a foot, the sleeve including a compression portion operable to apply compression to the midfoot region of the foot. The foot sleeve further includes a raised heel support portion for abutment with the base of the heel region of the foot, and a ball portion for abutment with the ball region of the foot. The thickness of the raised heel support portion is greater than the thickness of the ball portion. The foot sleeve can be used for the treatment of plantar fasciitis.
US11273076B2	Acoustic valve and ear plug for hearing protection The present disclosure concerns an acoustic valve (10) for hearing protection. The valve (10) comprises a housing (1) that is placeable or integrated in an ear plug (100). The housing (1) comprises a sound passage (2) extending through the housing (1) for allowing at least partial transmission of sound from the external surroundings (11) into the auditory canal (13). The housing comprises an impulse filter (3) comprising a rigid plate (4). The rigid plate (4) forms an enclosed volume (12) within the sound passage (2) of the valve. The rigid plate (4) comprises at least one perforation (5) for passing part of the sound from the external surroundings (11) via the perforation (5) into the enclosed volume (12). The housing further comprises an acoustic filter (6) comprising a mesh (7) arranged in the sound passage (2) between the rigid plate (4) and the auditory canal (13).
US11273058B2	Cervical plate and inserter Various embodiments of cervical plates for treating the spine are provided. The cervical plates include an access surface and a bone facing surface. The cervical plate further includes at least one hole between the access surface and the bone facing surface. The hole includes a trajectory surface that guides an anchor into a corner or edge of a vertebral body, wherein a portion of the hole extends into the disc space region. In some embodiments, the cervical plate includes a ledge to support high angle screw insertion. In some embodiments, an interbody implant is provided. The cervical plate and the interbody spacer can have a corresponding curvature.
US11273055B2	Tensor fascia latae (TFL) protector A TFL Protector for use during a total hip arthroplasty having a generally semi-circular or U-shaped elongate body includes a distal end, a proximal end, an elbow and a convex surface opposite a concave surface. The generally U-shaped or semi-circular elongated body extends from the distal end to the proximal end and the proximal end turns back toward back toward the distal end at elbow.
US11273051B2	Osteoconductive devices and methods of use Osteoconductive devices and methods of use are provided herein. An example device includes a hollow body member having surfaces, the hollow body member having a shape that substantially conforms to a cross-sectional area of an opening of an orthopedic prosthesis, and apertures formed in the surfaces of the hollow body member that provide a osteoconductive path through the hollow body member.
US11273050B2	Intervertebral implant An adjustable spinal fusion intervertebral implant is provided that can comprise upper and lower body portions that can each have proximal and distal wedge surf aces disposed at proximal and distal ends thereof. An actuator shaft disposed intermediate the upper and lower body portions can be actuated to cause proximal and distal protrusions to converge towards each other and contact the respective ones of the proximal and distal wedge surfaces. Such contact can thereby transfer the longitudinal movement of the proximal and distal protrusions against the proximal and distal wedge surfaces to cause the separation of the upper and lower body portions, thereby expanding the intervertebral implant. The upper and lower body portions can have side portions that help facilitate linear translational movement of the upper body portion relative to the lower body portion.
US11273049B2	Interbody standalone intervertebral implant Stand-alone interbody fusion devices and corpectomy devices suitable for use with an oblique implantation. The stand-alone interbody fusion devices may include a spacer having a substantially U-shaped body and a plate coupled to the spacer. The overall shape of the implant is asymmetrical such that a median plane, an oblique plane, or both planes divide the spacer and the plate into two asymmetrical halves. The implants are shaped and configured to allow for an oblique or anterolateral approach to the spine or an oblique corpectomy.
US11273044B2	Method, system, and apparatus for antibiotic dispensing knee prosthesis A spacer for a knee replacement prosthesis may be provided. The spacer may include a lower surface, the lower surface having a locking component adapted to interlock with a tibial tray; an upper surface, the upper surface having an optional central femoral guide and a pair of condyle support platforms, each of the condyle support platforms being disposed on an opposite side of the central femoral guide, each of the condyle support platforms being smooth, the surface of each of the condyle support platforms further having a shallow concavity; and a body incorporating the upper and lower surfaces, the body having a hollow outer portion surrounding an internal reservoir, the body being impermeable to fluid; the body further having one or more ports, each with a channel, each channel extending through the hollow outer portion of the body directing the flow of fluid in and out of the port(s).
US11273038B2	Heart valve delivery system and method with rotational alignment A delivery system for a transcatheter heart valve (THV) to a subject is provided, the delivery system includes a delivery catheter housing the THV therein; an elongated member for receiving the THV thereon and having an accessory extending from the distal portion thereof, the accessory comprising a plurality of components for alignment with commissures of the THV during delivery of the THV, and a rotational member connected to the elongated member to rotate the accessory and THV together to align with a native or bioprosthetic valve commissure or valve leaflet at a desired angle.
US11273032B2	Collapsible inner flow control component for side-deliverable transcatheter heart valve prosthesis A side-deliverable prosthetic heart valve includes an outer frame and a flow control component. The outer frame defines a central channel that extends along a central axis. The flow control component is disposed within the central channel and coupled to the outer frame. The flow control component has a set of leaflets mounted within an inner frame. The prosthetic valve is configured to be folded along a longitudinal axis and compressed along the central axis to place the prosthetic valve in a compressed configuration for delivery via a delivery catheter. The longitudinal axis is substantially parallel to a lengthwise axis of the delivery catheter when disposed therein. The prosthetic valve transitions to an expanded configuration when released from the delivery catheter. The flow control component elastically deforms from a substantially cylindrical configuration to a substantially flattened configuration when the prosthetic valve is placed in the compressed configuration.
US11273031B2	Prosthetic heart valve with reduced stitching An implantable prosthetic valve that is radially collapsible to a collapsed configuration and radially expandable to an expanded configuration includes an annular frame including a plurality of angled strut members, and a skirt member secured to the frame. The skirt member includes a plurality of extension portions wrapped around at least one strut member adjacent the extension portions. The prosthetic valve further includes a cord member threaded through at least a portion of the plurality of extension portions to secure the skirt member to the at least one strut member.
US11273027B2	Device and method for an implant A novel and advantageous implant device and methods for implanting the device are provided. Particularly, novel and advantageous devices and methods for breast reconstruction are provided. More particularly, novel and advantageous devices and methods for breast reconstruction to provide a more realistic form are provided.
US11273023B2	Implantable medical device An implantable medical device obtained by means of two-photon laser polymerisation of a resin to form a three-dimensional matrix, wherein: said three-dimensional matrix comprises a number of levels distributed in height; and said three-dimensional matrix comprises reference means designed to uniquely identify the height of each level from a pre-set reference, by means of a multi-photon fluorescence-excitation microscope; said implantable medical device being characterised in that said reference means comprise a solid having a cross section that varies with height.
US11273021B2	Dental curing light having unibody design that acts as a heat sink A dental curing light includes a device body that efficiently conducts heat away from the light emitting diode (LED) portion of the curing light. The device body is one-piece body formed from a continuous seamless piece of thermally conductive material extending between a proximal end and a distal end. The one-piece body includes a gripping handle portion extending to the proximal end and a light-emitting head portion extending to the distal end. The one-piece thermally conductive body acts as a heat sink to efficiently conduct heat away from the LED dies during use. The one-piece body eliminates problems of multi-segmented curing lights that include one or more joints between adjacent segments. Eliminating joints increases thermal conductivity of the body, eliminates crevices where microbes can grow, and eliminates the risk of accidental separation if the curing light is dropped.
US11273018B2	Multi-coloured milling blank for implant-supported dental prosthetic restorations Dental blank for the production of a dental prosthetic restoration, in particular of a multi-coloured dental prosthetic restoration, by processing removing the outer region of the blank, comprising (i) an inner connecting element having an preferably peg-shaped scaffold region in the direction of the coronal region of the dental blank and an implant connection geometry in the radicular direction of the dental blank, (ii) wherein the scaffold region of the connecting element is connected to a dentin scaffold region in the direction of the coronal region of the blank, and wherein (iii) the dentin scaffold region is connected to an (iv) outer region of the blank in the region of enamel in the direction of the coronal region of the blank, and wherein (v) the dental blank has an inner elongated lumen for fastening of the produced dental prosthetic restoration on an implant or abutment by means of a connecting screw or a bolt. Moreover, a subject matter of the invention is a system for the production of a dental blank as well as the method for the production of the blank.
US11273014B2	Dental implant A dental implant that facilitate insertion and can be used in all bone types. The implant includes a body having a coronal end, and an apical end opposite the coronal end. A tapered region may be adjacent the apical end. On the apical part one or more taps are provided so the tap is cutting when rotating clockwise and counter-clockwise. The implant can have at least one variable profile helical thread that extends along the tapered region. The implant can have also micro-threads below the main threads, a gradual compressing tapered core, a self drilling apical end and a narrow coronal region.
US11273009B2	Systems and methods for trimming dental aligners Systems and methods for trimming dental aligners include a cut line system for identifying a first point and a second point based on a line around tooth (LAT) for a tooth of a model representative of a dentition of a user, where the first point is disposed on a tooth-gingiva interface of the tooth. The cut line system defines a cut plane at a distance from the first point toward the second point, where the cut plane intersects a line between the first point and the second point, identifies a plurality of points on the LAT based on the cut plane, defines a cut line based on the plurality of points on the LAT and the first point, and controls a cutting system to cut the dental aligner along the cut line.
US11273005B2	Medical asset tracking methods and apparatus An apparatus for tracking surgical assets includes a processor, a power supply for providing power to an entirety of circuitry of the apparatus, and a communications engine coupled with the processor. The communications engine is configured to communicate with one or more mobile devices external to the apparatus. The tracking apparatus further includes a piezoelectric element for generating an audible indication in response to an activation signal supplied thereto, and a piezoelectric driver coupled with the piezoelectric element and the processor. The piezoelectric element is disposed on an exterior surface of the apparatus. The piezoelectric driver is configured to generate the activation signal supplied to the piezoelectric element as a function of a user-initiated request signal and/or a control signal generated by the processor. The tracking apparatus is adapted to withstand elevated temperatures during a sterilization process of a medical asset to which the apparatus is attached.
US11273002B2	Display system A display system includes an irradiator, an imager, an image generator, a projector, a display, and an adjuster. The irradiator irradiates an object with light having a wavelength in an invisible light region. The imager captures an invisible light image based on light excited by the light having the wavelength in the invisible light region, and a visible light image based on light in a visible light region, in the object. The image generator generates a projection image based on the invisible light. The projector projects the projection image onto the object with visible light. The display displays the invisible light image, the visible light image and the projection image in a superimposed manner with each other. The adjuster adjusts the projection image on the display, based on a user operation. The projector projects the projection image adjusted by the adjuster.
US11273001B2	Surgical hub and modular device response adjustment based on situational awareness A surgical system for use in a surgical procedure is disclosed. The surgical system includes a modular device, at least one data source, and a surgical hub configured to communicably couple to the at least one data source and the modular device. The surgical hub comprises a control circuit configured to receive data from the at least one data source. The data is determinative of a progress status the surgical procedure. The control circuit is further configured to adjust a response to a sensed parameter based on the progress status.
US11273000B2	Stereotactic device for primate brains A stereotactic device for primate brains indicates a brain coordinate reference point of a primate using a simulator for indicating a brain coordinate reference point, thereby providing an initial setting to a zero point corresponding to the brain coordinate reference point. The brain coordinate reference point is conveniently and accurately indicated without relatively expensive equipment, such as a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, to determine brain coordinates of the primate, so that a targeting procedure can be conducted on the brain.
US11272989B2	Multi-level positional tracking Disclosed herein are various systems and methods for an improved minimally invasive surgical tracking system. As disclosed herein, a computer assisted surgical system (CASS) may include an internal tracking device that obtains relative locational data of one or more surgical tools not trackable via a global tracking system. The internal tracking device having an external portion that is trackable global tracking system. Based on the known characteristics and location of the internal tracking device the CASS determines the location of the one or more surgical tools relative to the patient and other objects in the operating room.
US11272986B2	Device for surgically correcting ametropia of an eye and method for creating control data therefor A device and a method for producing control data, which are designed to control a laser machining device to surgically correct ametropia of an eye in which, in order to define a space in the cornea, defines a front cutting surface, a rear cutting surface and an edge section, which are to be produced as cutting surfaces in the cornea. The rear cutting surface has a non-circular, oval edge lying in a plane, the edge section connecting the edge to the front cutting surface and the edge section being designed as a non-rotationally symmetrical cylinder or truncated cone, the base of which is the edge.
US11272980B2	Medical instrument with coagulation In one embodiment, a medical system includes a medical instrument includes an elongated shaft having a distal end, at least one cutting element disposed at a distal end of the shaft, a position-tracking transducer disposed at the distal end of the shaft, and electrically insulated from the shaft and the at least one cutting element, and at least one metal coagulation electrode disposed at least partially over the position-tracking transducer, which electrically isolates the at least one metal coagulation electrode from the shaft, a signal generator coupled to apply an electrical current to the at least one metal coagulation electrode, and processing circuitry configured to receive signals generated by the position-tracking transducer, and track a location of the distal end responsively to the received signals.
US11272979B2	System and method for estimating tissue heating of a target ablation zone for electrical-energy based therapies Systems and methods are provided for modeling and for providing a graphical representation of tissue heating and electric field distributions for medical treatment devices that apply electrical treatment energy through one or a plurality of electrodes. In embodiments, methods comprise: providing one or more parameters of a treatment protocol for delivering one or more electrical pulses to tissue through a plurality of electrodes; modeling electric and heat distribution in the tissue based on the parameters; and displaying a graphical representation of the modeled electric and heat distribution. In another embodiment, a treatment planning module is adapted to generate an estimated target ablation zone based on a combination of one or more parameters for an irreversible electroporation protocol and one or more tissue-specific conductivity parameters.
US11272978B2	Ablation needle device, high-frequency ablation treatment system, and chemical ablation treatment system An ablation needle device is a needle device intended for an ablation treatment of an adrenal tumor with transvenous introduction of an injection needle into an adrenal gland. The ablation needle device includes a metal injection needle including a pointed tubular distal portion and a tubular proximal portion, and a grip portion attached to a proximal side of the injection needle. The proximal portion of the injection needle is given flexibility by forming a helical slit in a distal region of the proximal portion. An outer surface of the proximal portion is coated with resin. A distal end of the distal portion of the injection needle is closed. A plurality of fine holes are formed in an outer surface of the distal portion including the closed part. The grip portion has a liquid-injection port for supplying liquid into the lumen of the injection needle.
US11272977B2	Medical instrument electrically energized using drive cables An electrically energized medical instrument uses one or more drive cables to both actuate mechanical components of a wrist mechanism or an effector and to electrically energize the effector. Electrical isolation can be achieved using an insulating main tube through which drive cables extend from a backend mechanism to the effector, an insulating end cover that leaves only the desired portions of the effector exposed, and one or more seals to prevent electrically conductive liquid from entering the main tube. Component count and cost may be further reduced using a pair of pulleys that are shared by four drive cables.
US11272973B2	Cold plasma electrosurgical apparatus with bent tip applicator Electrosurgical apparatuses having bent tip applicators are provided. In one implementation, an electrosurgical apparatus includes an insulating outer tube having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end, and a distal end. An outer tube distal housing has its proximal end coupled to the distal end of the insulating outer tube. A distal end of the outer tube distal housing extends from the insulating outer tube at an acute angle relative to the longitudinal axis. The exemplary electrosurgical apparatus further includes an electrically conducting tube disposed within the insulating outer tube and moveable along the longitudinal axis of the insulating outer tube. An electrode is coupled to a distal end of the electrically conducting tube. The exemplary electrosurgical apparatus may include a knob coupled to the insulating outer tube to effect rotation of the outer tube distal housing in 360 degrees of rotation.
US11272970B2	Intermaxillary fixation device and method of using same A medical apparatus including a bar with a first attachment loop, a second attachment and a plurality of hooks, wherein the medical apparatus is an arch bar.
US11272967B2	Bone plate system and method A bone plate system comprises a bone screw and a bone plate having at least two screw-receiving hole structures, at least one of the hole structures comprising an eccentric portion adjacent a first seating area for biasing bone in an inferior fusion area into dynamic compression as the screw is advanced, and a cowl portion that at least partially defines a second seating area and being positioned to enable cross-screw compression of an inferior fusion area. The screw is seatable in either the first or second seating area at the option of a surgeon. A surgical method generally comprises inserting a bone screw into the compression plate and compressing bone in an inferior fusion area by either dynamic or cross-screw compression.
US11272965B2	Full wrist fusion device Disclosed is a device for total wrist fusion that includes (a) a first section, which is preferably a plate, that is positioned under the skin on top of the forearm, wrist and potentially part of the hand and connected to one or more of the radius or carpal bones, (b) a second section, which is preferably in the shape of an awl and is received in the cannula of the third metacarpal bone. Optionally, an anti-rotational third section may be included, which can connect to the top of the third metacarpal bone.
US11272964B2	Vertebral joint implants and delivery tools A spinal joint distraction system for treating a facet joint including articular surfaces having a contour is disclosed and may include a delivery device including a generally tubular structure adapted to engage a facet joint, an implant adapted to be delivered through the delivery device and into the facet joint, the implant comprising two members arranged in opposed position, and an implant distractor comprising a generally elongate member adapted to advance between the two members of the implant causing separation of the members and distraction of the facet joint, wherein the implant is adapted to conform to the shape of the implant distractor and/or the articular surfaces of the facet upon being delivered to the facet joint. Several embodiments of a system, several embodiments of an implant, and several methods are disclosed including a method for interbody fusion.
US11272960B2	Connection assembly An orthopedic connection assembly is described that comprises a housing member for receiving an implant that is operably connected to a receiving member for receiving an anchor member. The connection assembly is configured to have a locking mechanism that secures and fixes the relative orientation between the implant and the anchor member. The connection assembly can comprise a plate member receivable within the housing member. When a securing member such as a set screw is introduced downwardly into the housing member to secure the implant, the securing member applies a lateral force to the plate member, which presses against an interference member within the receiving member. The interference member presses against the anchor member, such that the anchor member is fixed in a position relative to the implant.
US11272953B2	Articulation joint for surgical instrument A surgical apparatus includes a body, an ultrasonic transducer, a shaft, an acoustic waveguide, an articulation section, an end effector, and a restricting member. The ultrasonic transducer is operable to convert electrical power into ultrasonic vibrations. The shaft couples the end effector and the body together. The acoustic waveguide is coupled with the transducer. The articulation section is operable to flex to thereby deflect the end effector from a longitudinal axis defined by the shaft. The restricting member is operable to restrict lateral deflection of the end effector. The restricting member is further operable to cooperate with a translating member to rigidize the articulation section when the end effector is aligned with the longitudinal axis. Such rigidization includes removing any “play” or other small movement that might otherwise be provided by the articulation section due to manufacturing tolerances and/or looseness between parts.
US11272950B2	Methods and features for coupling ultrasonic surgical instrument components together A surgical apparatus comprises a transducer assembly and a shaft assembly. The transducer assembly is operable to convert electrical power into ultrasonic vibrations. The shaft assembly comprises an ultrasonic waveguide, a sheath, a shroud, and a torque transfer assembly. The waveguide is configured to couple with the transducer assembly. The waveguide is disposed within the sheath. The sheath extends through the shroud. The torque transfer assembly is contained within the shroud. The torque transfer assembly is configured to transfer a predetermined range of torque from the shroud to the waveguide to thereby couple the waveguide with the transducer assembly. The torque transfer assembly is further configured to prevent transfer of torque from the shroud to the waveguide beyond an upper limit of the predetermined range.
US11272945B2	Device for removing an embolus A clot retrieval device is provided. The clot retrieval device includes a capturing basket having an opening at a proximal end where the capturing basket is deployable downstream from a clot in a blood vessel. The capturing basket is configured to surround a portion of the clot and the opening in the proximal end of the capturing basket is configured to reduce in size such that the capturing basket conforms around the portion of the clot and be retrieved after the capturing basket conforms around the portion of the clot.
US11272944B2	Resection guides, sweeping reamers, and methods for use in total ankle replacement Resection guides include a body a plurality of alignment pin through-holes and a plurality of guide through-holes so that the pattern of guide through-holes is operable for receiving a drill for use in resecting the at least a portion of the anatomical structure of the patient. Sweeping reamers include a body having a plurality of alignment pin through-holes and an elongated opening, and a reamer extendable through the elongated opening of the body. Decoupled resection guides include a first body having a plurality of alignment pin through-holes and a second body having a plurality of fixation pin through-holes and at least one guide aperture operable for guiding a cutting tool for use in resecting a portion of the second anatomical structure of the patient. Methods employing the same are disclosed and operable in, for example, total ankle replacement.
US11272942B2	Assembly and system including a tibial cut guide A system that can be used in a knee replacement procedure can include a tibial cut guide and an alignment guide. The tibial cut guide can have a first guide portion coupled to and adjustable relative to a second guide portion. The first guide portion can be configured to define a sagittal cut slot and a proximal cut slot. The alignment guide configured for extramedullary mounting to the patient and configured to couple with the second guide portion of the tibial cut guide, the alignment guide having a first mechanism and a second mechanism of differing construction, the first mechanism and the second mechanism are both configured to be actuated to facilitate extension and retraction of the alignment guide to position the tibial cut guide in a desired proximal-distal location relative a tibia of a patient when the tibial cut guide and the alignment guide are assembled together.
US11272926B2	Tissue fixation devices and assemblies for deploying the same Tissue fasteners carried on a tissue piercing deployment wire fasten tissue layers of a mammalian body together include a first member, a second member, and a connecting member extending between the first and second members. One of the first and second members has an elongated slot permitting fastener deployment while avoiding excessive tissue compression.
US11272920B2	One-way adjustable loop suture constructs and methods of forming and using the same Surgical constructs and methods of use for a one-way adjustable fixation loop are formed by tying two knots in a surgical filament, each knot defining an individual adjustable loop and the individual adjustable loops being interconnected to form the one-way adjustable fixation loop. The knots enable a non-spliceable suture to be used in the creation of the one-way adjustable fixable loop. Embodiments can include a fixation device, such as a cortical button or plate for use in a bone tunnel, and enable the knots to work independent of and suspended below the fixation device. Embodiments can increase the compatibility of the adjustable fixation loop with existing fixation devices and can isolate and protect the knots from damage during use and after implantation.
US11272911B2	Apparatus and method for sealing a vascular puncture An apparatus for sealing a puncture through a vessel wall including a positioning assembly, a sheath releasably engaged with the positioning assembly, and a support member axially advanceable through the sheath. The positioning assembly includes a positioning element positioned at a distal portion of the positioning assembly and a sealant disposed at a distal portion of the positioning assembly. The sheath guides the sealant and positioning assembly to the puncture in the vessel wall.
US11272910B1	Containment system for laparoscopic morcellation and methods of use A collapsible and expandable containment system for laparoscopic morcellation that can be inserted into a patient's cavity and configured for a targeted tissue specimen to be placed inside through a closable large opening. The containment system includes a thin, flexible membrane defining an internal cavity and having an opening for insertion of the biological specimen into the internal cavity. Said system can include one or more pouches having a proximal opening on the membrane and that extend towards the internal cavity, terminating at a distal segment. The one or more pouches are configured to allow passage of a laparoscopic instrument shaft into the internal cavity, such that the distal segment of the one or more pouches conforms to the instrument shaft. Additional embodiments are directed to containment systems having a retractable sleeve for removal of the morcellation specimen.
US11272907B2	Feces sampling sheet A feces collection sheet (S), which has a cylindrical shape and includes: an upper sheet (1) having a feces receiving portion (2) in a center of the upper sheet (1); and a lower sheet (9), which is provided so as to extend from both of a right-side edge portion and a left-side edge portion of the upper sheet (1) and is configured to define a gap with the upper sheet (1) to allow insertion of a toilet seat therethrough. The upper sheet (1) and the lower sheet (9) are made of a material having a water-soluble material property. The upper sheet (1) has a folded piece portion (10) adapted to be unfolded to enable the feces receiving portion (2) to form a three-dimensional shape that bulges toward the lower sheet (9).
US11272903B2	Universal ultrasound device and related apparatus and methods A system comprising a multi-modal ultrasound probe configured to operate in a plurality of operating modes associated with a respective plurality of configuration profiles; and a computing device coupled to the handheld multi-modal ultrasound probe and configured to, in response to receiving input indicating an operating mode selected by a user, cause the multi-modal ultrasound probe to operate in the selected operating mode.
US11272900B2	Methods and devices for processing heart sounds Provided are the methods and devices to detect and quantify microstructural and functional differences in valve and cardiac disease using heart sounds, specifically for subjects suffering from early stages of valve remodeling. Such methods and devices can be used to detect and quantify microstructural and/or functional differences in, for example, aortic valves of subjects having bicuspid aortic valves and/or suffering from early Calcific Aortic Valve Disease (CAVD).
US11272898B2	Radiographic image processing apparatus, radiographic image processing method, and radiographic image processing program A detection unit detects a region of a surgical tool in a radiographic image of a patient. In a case in which the surgical tool is detected, a display control unit displays the radiographic image on a display unit such that the detected region of the surgical tool is highlighted.
US11272893B2	Collapsible column movement apparatus for mobile x-ray device A mobile radiography system with a wheeled transport frame has a vertical column mounted on the transport frame to hold in position an x-ray tube head. One or more pulley systems inside the vertical column and/or the transport frame allow easily manually adjusting a height of the x-ray tube head. The pulley systems may include cables and fixed and movable pulleys.
US11272892B2	Curved intraoral sensor Provided is a curved intraoral sensor including a scintillator configured to convert, to an optical signal, an X-ray received by penetrating a subject and to output the optical signal; an image sensor configured to convert the optical signal output from the scintillator to an electrical signal; and a controller configured to receive the electrical signal output from the image sensor, to convert the electrical signal to digital data, and to display an X-ray image of the subject on a screen using the converted digital data. The image sensor includes a first base having a curved surface formed on one surface and a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) formed to correspond to the curved surface on one surface of the first base.
US11272888B1	Devices and systems that measure, quantify, compare, package, and capture human content in databases Human biological change information in data form is obtained by one or more computer processing devices that utilize human biological change data from event data stream(s) and allows for ranking one or more changes in the biological change data. The data then correlates biological change data with ranking statistics from an event such that the correlation identifies and measures a magnitude of change of human biological responses from data acquired from event data stream(s). The correlation of human biological change data with ranking statistics creates one or more objects for storage and analysis within in one or more databases, wherein the objects possess time synchronized temporal human biological responses before, during or after an event. These objects also possess biological change data that utilizes correlation of biological change data with ranking statistics and results in objects that also contain one or more ranked values of the human biological responses.
US11272887B2	Electroanatomical mapping tools facilitated by activation waveforms Systems and methods for facilitating display of cardiac information based on sensed electrical signals include a processing unit configured to receive a set of electrical signals; receive an indication of a measurement location corresponding to each electrical signal of the set of electrical signals; and generate an activation waveform corresponding to the set of electrical signals. Systems and methods disclosed herein may be configured to generate, based on the activation waveform, a representation of a cardiac electrical signal feature; and facilitate presentation, on a display device, of a cardiac map and the representation of the cardiac electrical signal feature.
US11272886B2	Cardiac mapping catheter A multi electrode catheter for non contact mapping of the heart having independent articulation and deployment features.
US11272884B2	Liner for adhesive skin patch A liner associated with an adhesive skin patch of a physiological characteristic sensor deployed with a sensor inserter having a housing with a removable cover includes a surface to couple to the adhesive skin patch. The liner includes a removal portion to couple the liner to the removable cover of the sensor inserter such that a separation of the removable cover from the housing removes the liner from the adhesive skin patch.
US11272883B2	Physiological sensor A patient monitor can noninvasively measure a physiological parameter using sensor data from a nose sensor configured to be secured to a nose of the patient. The nose sensor can include an emitter and a diffuser. The diffuser is configured to generate a signal when detecting light attenuated by the nose tissue of the patient. An output measurement of the physiological parameter can be determined based on the signals generated by the diffuser.
US11272882B2	Electrode for a user wearable apparatus An electrode for a user wearable apparatus; the electrode comprising: a conductive part comprising conductive material, wherein the conductive part is configured to provide electrical connection to electronic components of the user wearable device, and an opening configured to provide an optical connection to electronic components of the user wearable apparatus through the electrode.
US11272879B2	Systems and methods using a wearable device for monitoring an orthopedic implant and rehabilitation A system for monitoring a patient includes a sensor unit having a housing and sensors disposed in or around the housing; and a base having a shell and configured and arranged to be adhesively attached to skin of the patient. The sensors can be used to monitor physical therapy and rehabilitation of the patient. The sensor unit can provide information to a patient or clinician device to facilitate the monitoring. In some instances, the sensor unit and base are magnetically coupled together. In some instances, the base has an opening so a temperature sensor of the sensor unit can be exposed to the skin of the patient.
US11272876B2	Mulitfactorial telehealth care pregnancy and birth monitoring A system for monitoring a fetus in a pregnant woman, and/or the maternal health risk for pregnancies complicated by such as pre-eclampsia and hypertensive disorders is configured to be worn by the pregnant woman, preferably so as to allow monitoring during daily life, e.g. in the form of an adhesive patch. The unit has a sound sensor, e.g. a microphone or accelerometer, to be positioned on the skin of the abdominal area so as to detect a vascular sound from umbilical arteries of the fetus or from the uterine arteries of the pregnant woman. The sound sensor is functionally connected to a processing unit which executes a processing algorithm on the captured vascular sound and extracts a signal parameter accordingly. The processing unit then communicates the signal parameter, e.g. using an audio signal, a visual display or by means of a wired or a wireless data signal.
US11272874B2	Contingent cardio-protection for epilepsy patients Disclosed are methods and systems for treating epilepsy by stimulating a main trunk of a vagus nerve, or a left vagus nerve, when the patient has had no seizure or a seizure that is not characterized by cardiac changes such as an increase in heart rate, and stimulating a cardiac branch of a vagus nerve, or a right vagus nerve, when the patient has had a seizure characterized by cardiac changes such as a heart rate increase.
US11272873B2	Cognitive function evaluation device, cognitive function evaluation system, cognitive function evaluation method, and recording medium A cognitive function evaluation device includes an acquisition unit that acquires body motion data representing a body motion of a person to be evaluated during walking; a calculation unit that calculates a displacement of a body of the person to be evaluated during walking based on the acquired body motion data; and an evaluation unit that evaluates a cognitive function of the person to be evaluated based on a frequency peak representing a cycle of walking of person-to-be-evaluated obtained by performing a frequency analysis on the calculated displacement, and to output the evaluation result.
US11272872B2	Expended wear ambulatory electrocardiography and physiological sensor monitor An extended wear electrocardiography and physiological sensor monitor recorder is provided. A set of electrical contacts extend from a bottom surface of a proximal end of a sealed housing. The sealed housing includes electronic circuitry, including an electrographic front end circuit to sense electrocardiographic signals and a micro-controller interfaced to the electrocardiographic front end circuit to sample the electrocardiographic signals. A patient feedback button located is on a top surface of the proximal end of the sealed housing and positioned above the feedback bottom on the distal end.
US11272871B2	System and methods for improving diagnostic evoked potential studies for functional assessments of nerves and nerve pathways Systems and methods for enhancing diagnostic evoked potential recordings of a nerve or nerve pathway of interest. A grid array of stimulating electrodes are placed on, over, or through skin in a location beneath which a nerve or nerve pathway is suspected to lie. A stimulator controls the grid array, where each electrode is independently controllable as active or inactive, as a cathode or anode, etc. A plurality of recording electrodes may record Somato-Sensory Evoked Potentials (SSEPs) and/or Transcranial Electrical Motor Evoked Potentials (TCeMEP) in response to activation of the stimulating electrodes. A processor controls stimulating the stimulating electrodes, and receives responses from the recording electrodes, in a general search mode and a focused search mode in order to use a minimum stimulation intensity at which a maximum response amplitude is detected to continually stimulate the nerve or the nerve pathway.
US11272869B2	Systems and methods for processing sensor data Systems and methods for processing sensor data are provided. In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided for calibration of a continuous analyte sensor. In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided for classification of a level of noise on a sensor signal. In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided for determining a rate of change for analyte concentration based on a continuous sensor signal. In some embodiments, systems and methods for alerting or alarming a patient based on prediction of glucose concentration are provided.
US11272868B2	Potentiometric wearable sweat sensor A potentiometric sensor that includes a housing and working electrode is provided. The housing includes a reference electrode, a first hydrogel containing hydrogel that contains a reference solution, and a salt bridge. The sensor is wearable and can be used for continuous on-body sweat measurements.
US11272859B1	System and method of determining respiratory status from oscillometric data A system and method for determining the respiratory and other physiological status of a patient. Here, an oscillometric device is mounted on a patient's limb, and oscillometric pulse waveforms are obtained as the device's cuff deflates, thus obtaining pulse wave signals and artifact signals over multiple patient breaths. A computer processor analyzes these signals, and removes artifacts according to various algorithms. The resulting signal can be viewed as containing both an amplitude modulated envelope of pulse waves (AM signals) and a frequency modulated sequence of pulses at various time intervals (FM signals). The main harmonics of the AM and FM signals contain respiratory status data, and the system analyzes both signals. Breathing depth and even pain data may also be obtained by this method. Artifacts caused by aberrant breathing can be distinguished using non-contact microphones and suitable algorithms. The final respiratory status data is output or stored in memory.
US11272858B2	System and method for using a capsule device A capsule device configured to navigate through a patient's GI track is disclosed. System and method to turn on the capsule device based on acceleration is described. First the capsule is monitored at a slow sampling mode. Then the capsule is monitored at a fast sampling mode. A user can input hand motion to change the acceleration to turn on the capsule device.
US11272857B2	Metal detection device and methods of operation thereof Disclosed are methods and devices for detecting retained surgical items or other objects having a magnetic signature within a corpus of a patient. The device can comprise a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, and a distal sensing portion positioned distally of the shaft. The distal sensing portion can comprise one or more gradiometers comprising a plurality of magnetometers. The device can further comprise one or more output components configured to generate a user output to alert a user of a detected object.
US11272853B2	Bag-shaped structure used in a cuff for blood pressure measurement To provide a bag-shaped structure that can suppress expansion of the side wall portion and improve the vascular compression property. A bag-shaped structure used in a cuff for a blood pressure monitor configured to be wrapped around a living body, inflate when a fluid is supplied to an internal space, and compress the living body includes: an inner wall portion provided on a living body side; an outer wall portion facing the inner wall portion; and a pair of side wall portions continuous with the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion and including a bent portion bent toward the internal space; and a reinforcing member provided on each of the pair of side wall portions, having a higher hardness than the side wall portion, and having shape followability in a direction of wrapping around the living body.
US11272851B2	Pulse sensing module, blood pressure calculation module, blood pressure measuring device and method for manufacturing pulse sensing module A pulse sensing module used in a blood pressure measuring device attached to the skin to allow at least one of systolic pressure Psystolic, diastolic pressure Pdiastolic, and blood pressure variation to be measured according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a piezoelectric layer that includes a piezoelectric material for generating a piezoelectric effect due to a pulse and a protective layer that is applied to the piezoelectric layer to protect the piezoelectric layer, allows a poling process of applying a high voltage to the first electrode line and the second electrode line formed on the piezoelectric layer to improve the polarity of the piezoelectric material, and has an opening for allowing a portion of the first electrode line and a portion of the second electrode line to be exposed.
US11272850B2	Catheter and method for calculating fractional flow reserve A catheter for measuring a fractional flow reserve includes a proximal shaft, a distal shaft coupled to a distal portion of the proximal shaft, and a pressure sensor coupled to the distal shaft. The distal shaft includes a middle wall portion configured to extend through a stenosis in a vessel. The middle wall portion of the distal shaft includes at least one skive reducing the cross-sectional profile of the middle wall portion. The middle wall portion may further include at least one stiffening wire for increasing columnar stiffness of the middle wall portion.
US11272848B2	Wearable apparatus for multiple types of physiological and/or environmental monitoring Wearable apparatus for monitoring various physiological and environmental factors are provided. Real-time, noninvasive health and environmental monitors include a plurality of compact sensors integrated within small, low-profile devices, such as earpiece modules. Physiological and environmental data is collected and wirelessly transmitted into a wireless network, where the data is stored and/or processed.
US11272847B2	System and apparatus comprising a multi-sensor catheter for right heart and pulmonary artery catheterization A system comprising a multi-sensor catheter for monitoring of a cardiac hemodynamic condition, e.g. heart failure, is disclosed. The multi-sensor catheter comprises multi-lumen catheter tubing comprising first and second optical pressure sensors, and their respective optical fibers and connectors. For right heart and pulmonary artery catheterization, a flow-directed multi-sensor catheter comprises a guidewire lumen, an inflatable balloon tip, and sensor locations are configured for placement of a sensor in each of the right atrium and pulmonary artery, for measurement of central venous pressure in the right atrium and a pulmonary artery pressure. An optical fiber for oximetry may be included. The outside diameter is small enough for insertion through a vein of the arm. For monitoring of a left atrial shunt, sensors of a multi-sensor catheter are configured for measuring pressures upstream and downstream of the shunt, e.g. in the left and right atria, or left atrium and coronary sinus.
US11272846B2	Smart wearable device A smart wearable device includes a detection apparatus and a case, the detection apparatus specifically includes one set of measuring parts and a plurality of sets of light emitting parts; the one set of measuring parts and the plurality of sets of light emitting parts are inlaid into the case and arranged into a polygon, where each of the plurality of sets of light emitting parts and the one set of measuring parts each occupies one of a plurality of angles of the polygon, and a central position of the polygon is at a specified distance to each angle of the polygon. A specific embodiment of the present invention provides a smart wearable device. One set of measuring parts and a plurality of sets of light emitting parts are disposed into a case and arranged into a polygon.
US11272844B2	Information processing device, information processing method, and fluorescence image capturing system [Problem] To predict a remaining time during which a fluorescence image is observable.[Solution] An information processing device according to the present disclosure includes a remaining time estimation unit that estimates, on the basis of a luminance limit value for observation of a fluorescence image and a change in luminance of a fluorescence image, a remaining time until the luminance of the fluorescence image reaches the luminance limit value. This configuration enables the time at which the luminance of a fluorescence image reaches the luminance limit value to be estimated according to a change in luminance of the fluorescence image, and it is possible to predict a remaining time during which a fluorescence image is observable.
US11272843B2	Automatic identification of subjects at risk of multiple sclerosis A computer-implemented method for automatically identifying subjects at risk of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) includes acquiring a plurality of images of a subject's brain using a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner. A contrast enhancement process is applied to each image to generate a plurality of contrast-enhanced images. An automated lesion detection algorithm is applied to detect one or more lesions present in the contrast-enhanced images. An automated central vein detection algorithm is applied to detect one or more central veins present in the contrast-enhanced images. An automated paramagnetic rim detection algorithm is applied to detect one or more paramagnetic rims present in the contrast-enhanced images. The patient's risk for MS may then be determined based on the one or more of the lesions, central veins, and paramagnetic rims present in the contrast-enhanced images.
US11272836B2	Substantially rigid and stable endoluminal surgical suite for treating a gastrointestinal lesion Exemplary embodiments of devices and method for affecting at least one anatomical tissue can be provided. A configuration can be provided that includes a structure which is expandable (i) having and/or (ii) forming at least one opening or a working space through which the anatomical tissue(s) is placed in the structure. For example, the structure, prior to being expanding, can have at least one partially rigid portion. In addition, or as an alternative, upon a partial or complete expansion thereof, the structure can be controllable to have a plurality of shapes. Further, the structure can be controllable to provide the working space with multiple shapes and/or multiple sizes.
US11272829B2	Drying appliance A drying appliance including a drying rack and a rapidly drying absorptive drain tray assembly. Such embodiments further include adaptable and interchangeable accessories for selectable placement and scaling of the size, amount and placement of features for managing the capacity and location of the drying accessories. The drain tray includes an absorptive base. The absorptive base instantly wicks, absorbs, and evaporates water away from the drying kitchenware to lower relative humidity and to prevent mold and bacteria from growing thereon. The drying rack can include a built-in cutting board holder that provides extra space for pots, pans, and bowls. The drying rack can include modern durable steel rails that can be customized for each person's particular needs. The legs of the drying rack can support the absorptive drain tray above the surface of a counter allowing for 360 degree evaporation.
US11272828B2	Wash rack for a dishwasher and method of making a wash rack A dishwasher includes a tub defining a wash chamber, a spray body positioned within the wash chamber of the tub, and a wash rack positioned within the wash chamber of the tub above the spray body along the vertical direction. The wash rack includes an expanded metal basket comprising a base panel and a plurality of side panels extending upwardly from the base panel, the expanded metal basket defining a basket volume, the base panel comprising a plurality of strands, and a plurality of integral tines extending from the base panel, wherein each of the plurality of integral tines is bent at a junction of the plurality of strands. Methods of making and using the wash rack are also provided.
US11272826B2	Appliance door latch system with pre-latching catch alignment system An appliance door latch system is provided that automatically aligns latching components each time an appliance door is closed with a pre-latching catch alignment system. The pre-latching catch alignment system may include a floating catch carrier that is deflected by a door-mounted latch feature to passively reposition a catch to properly align with the striker assembly.
US11272823B2	Zone cleaning apparatus and method In one embodiment, a user indicates one or more virtual zones on an area map on a user device for a particular robot. The zones are then transferred to the robot. The robot determines an optimum order for multiple zones and a path for navigating to the different zones.
US11272819B2	Hose valve sub-assembly apparatus and method for retractable hose vacuum systems A hose valve sub-assembly designed for use in central vacuum cleaning systems that include a retractable suction hose. The hose valve sub-assembly comprises an end nozzle arranged for attachment with the end of a suction hose and a seal-ring arranged for attachment to a valve box. The seal-ring defines a radially disposed inner surface for receiving and engaging the end nozzle and comprises a radially biased pin for locking the end nozzle the seal-ring. The end nozzle comprises a radially disposed O-ring groove arranged to receive an O-ring for sealing the end nozzle to the inner surface of the seal-ring. The end nozzle also comprises a radially disposed locking track having a first end that defines a first opening arranged to receive and engage the biased pin of the seal ring when the suction hose is pulled through the system vacuum pipe. The locking track includes an opposing second end that defines a second opening arranged to receive the biased pin of the seal ring when the vacuum suction hose is inserted through the valve box, into the seal-ring. With this configuration, the end nozzle is rotatable from a first disengaged position where the biased pin is adjacent one of the two openings, to a second locked position where the biased pin is in the locking track of the end nozzle, between the first opening and second opening.
US11272816B2	Multi-fitment paper towel roll holder A paper towel roll holder attachable to a galley wall or interior surface of a vehicle is disclosed. The paper towel roll holder includes a fixed carrier section mountable to the wall and terminating in a fixed support arm extending therefrom, the support arm including a circular or rounded boss capable of fitting into an inner cardboard sleeve of a paper towel roll of variable length. The paper towel roll holder includes a sleeve section terminating in an opposing support arm also including a rounded boss capable of fitting the inner sleeve. The sleeve section slides along the fixed carrier section to accommodate paper towel rolls of varying lengths.
US11272813B2	Bathroom fixtures and components A bathroom module includes a shower area that includes a shower head, a control valve assembly, and a drain. The module also includes a toilet area including a toilet assembly and a transition area disposed between the shower area and the toilet area. The module also includes a shower area front wall and a shower area side wall, the shower area disposed along a first side of the shower area front wall and a first side of the shower area side wall. The module also includes a toilet area front wall and a toilet area side wall, the toilet area disposed along a first side of the toilet area front wall and a first side of the toilet area side wall. A grooming area includes a sink assembly that comprises a faucet, and the grooming area is disposed along a second side of at least one of the shower area front wall, the shower area side wall, the toilet area front wall, and the toilet area side wall.
US11272805B2	Removable cup support platform on collector receptacle A beverage preparation machine (1) comprises: a beverage preparation module (20, 30) having a front face (21) with an outlet (31) for dispensing a prepared beverage; and a cup support (10) located under the outlet (31) for placing a cup (2) under the outlet (31). The cup support (10) comprises a liquid collection receptacle (14) supporting a removable cup placement platform (16) that has a peripheral part (18). The collection receptacle (14) is delimited by at least one upright peripheral sidewall (15) forming a seat (15′) for placing the platform (16). The peripheral part (18) extends over and above the peripheral sidewall (15) when the platform (16) is placed in the seat (15′) so that the platform (16) is seizable at the peripheral part (18) adjacent the peripheral sidewall (15) by a user-hand for removing the platform (16) from the receptacle (14).
US11272803B2	Steam cooking apparatus with invertible insert basket and method of steam cooking using same A steam cooking apparatus incorporates a steam cooking vessel for retaining water that is converted to steam. An interior food basket is configured to fit within the steam cooking vessel and retains the food to be steamed and has an insert basket lid that is adjustably coupled with the interior food basket to retain the food therein. The insert basket lid is adjustable in height within the interior food basket to accommodate different amounts of food in the interior food basket. Standoffs may be configured between the interior food basket and the base of the cooking vessel to prevent direct water contact with the food. A vessel lid may have lid aperture adjuster panel that enables changing the open area of apertures in the vessel lid.
US11272798B2	Portable food handling devices A food handling device includes a holder having an interior chamber extending along a longitudinal axis, and an extension housing detachably mounted on the holder and having an interior compartment for receiving and for holding the foodstuff. A pusher is mounted in the chamber for axial movement. An actuator axially moves the pusher through the chamber and through the compartment into contact with the foodstuff, and incrementally feeds a continuously variable quantity of the foodstuff along the longitudinal axis through the opening directly into a user's mouth to enable the foodstuff to be eaten bite-by-bite in a sanitary manner without using eating accessories, such as plates and/or utensils, and without the user's hands directly touching and contaminating the foodstuff, thereby preventing the spread of disease.
US11272792B2	Infant playpen An infant playpen includes a support frame including a pivot connection, and an enclosure installable on the support frame, the enclosure comprising a flexible material including an expandable portion having multiple folds, the expandable portion covering the pivot connection when the enclosure is installed on the support frame. In some embodiments, the enclosure may have a sidewall including an inner layer and an outer layer, the support frame extending through a hollow interior between the inner layer and the outer layer when the enclosure is installed on the support frame.
US11272791B2	Multiple position baby carrier A baby nursing carrier includes a vest back assembly configured to secure the nursing carrier to the back portion of a user; a cradle assembly configured to allow the baby to be positioned in at least seven different positions. A cover is provided generally at a front portion of the nursing carrier. The removably attachable cover assembly is connectable to a portion of the cradle assembly and configured to extend generally about the frontal portion of user, covering baby and frontal region of the user during feeding.
US11272789B2	Seat A seat includes a backrest, and a fan that is installed on the backrest at a position corresponding to a height of a head of a sitter sitting on the seat and generates an airflow flowing from a front toward a rear of the backrest. The seat may further include a sitter detector that detects the height of the head of the sitter, a lifting-and-lowering motor that adjusts a height of the fan, and a lifting-and-lowering controller that controls the lifting-and-lowering motor. The lifting-and-lowering controller may control the lifting-and-lowering motor to adjust the height of the fan to the height of the head of the sitter detected by the sitter detector.
US11272784B2	Drawer pull-out guide A drawer pull-out guide includes at least two guide rails displaceably supported relative to one another, and at least one running carriage having load-transmitting rolling bodies. The running carriage is displaceably supported between the at least two guide rails, and the guide rails, upon a movement of the at least one running carriage, adopt a predefined relative position to one another, provided that no malposition of the guide rails to one another is present. A compensation device compensates for a malposition of the guide rails. The compensation device includes an actuating device to be actuated by one of the guide rails, and the actuating device compensates for the malposition upon an actuation. A switching device is provided for switching the actuating device of the compensation device out of engagement with the guide rail if the predefined relative position of the guide rails to another is present.
US11272780B2	Application brush for cosmetic formula An application brush for a cosmetic formula comprising: i) a base having a central axis and including a top surface that is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the central axis and a bottom that is spaced apart from the top surface along the central axis; and ii) a bundle of bristles that is mounted on the bottom of the base. Tips of bristles forming the bundle of bristles cooperate to define a virtual plane that is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the central axis, and the virtual plane has an oval shape.
US11272777B2	Transfer device for making up keratin materials A process for making up an area of human keratin materials using a makeup device including a deformable substrate bearing a transfer surface intended to come into contact with the keratin materials and configured to receive a coat of cosmetic ink. The process includes the following steps: a. depositing at least one cosmetic ink onto the transfer surface by a digital printer, b. placing the transfer surface in contact with the area to be made up by mechanical action, especially by exerting a pressure on a surface opposite the transfer surface, and c. moving the transfer surface away from the area of the human keratin materials after the ink has been transferred.
US11272773B2	Combination manicure and pedicure station A combination manicure and pedicure station for performing manicures and pedicures. The combination manicure and pedicure station includes a housing having a top surface, a sidewall forming an enclosed interior volume, and a base. The housing includes at least one drawer slidably mounted within the sidewall thereof. The housing further includes a pedestal mounted to an angled support member, wherein the angled support member is affixed to the top surface. The pedestal includes both a recessed portion that receives a foot and a recessed channel that receives a container therein. The housing further includes a telescopically adjustable stand that is slidably affixed to the sidewall, wherein the stand includes a panel that is hingedly affixed thereto. The panel further includes a cushion member and a recessed channel thereon. Both the top surface of the housing and the panel each include an adjustable light for illuminating an extremity of a user.
US11272772B2	Heated hair setter apparatus and method A hair setter apparatus generally includes a housing and a heater assembly having a first heat delivery rail and a second heat delivery rail mounted in the housing in spaced parallel relationship to each other. The apparatus further includes a plurality of hair setters. Each of the hair setters has a central body with opposing web plates spaced from each other to define a mounting slot extending longitudinally of the hair setter and configured to slidably couple the hair setter to one of the heat delivery rails along a longitudinal edge of one of the heat delivery rails. The hair setter is sized relative to the insert opening for insertion of the hair setter through an insert opening and onto the respective one of the heat delivery rails within the interior space of the housing.
US11272769B2	Portable terminal cover for surrounding a portable terminal and a portable terminal case or other retainer in an integrated manner Provided is a portable terminal cover, which is configured to surround a portable terminal and a portable terminal case or other retainer in an integrated manner and is continuously usable irrespective of a shape of the portable terminal. Provided is a portable terminal cover including: a portable terminal cover main body portion made of a freely foldable material; and a band portion mounted to the portable terminal cover main body portion, in which the band portion is sandwiched between the portable terminal and a retainer to which the portable terminal is mounted. The portable terminal case or other retainer and the portable terminal can be easily and repeatedly fixed to, attached to, and detached from the portable terminal cover main body portion through the band portion. Further, even when a camera hole is not formed in the portable terminal cover main body portion, with the band portion, shooting can be performed without a detaching operation under a state in which the portable terminal is mounted to the portable terminal cover.
US11272767B2	Flexible insulative container with valve The present disclosure relates to a high-performance, portable, flexible, collapsible, inflatable, insulative container with increased carrying capacity and the portability of a backpack. The container of the present disclosure is both collapsible as well as inflatable via the use of a non-leaking, substantially waterproof valve that facilitates air flow into and out of an insulative space of the container.
US11272759B2	Article of footwear and method of manufacturing an article of footwear An article of footwear includes a sole structure including a polymeric bladder element enclosing a fluid-filled interior cavity. The bladder element has a surface with a groove that extends generally parallel with a transverse edge from a lateral side to a medial side, and has a reduced thickness at the groove. A first length along a longitudinal midline of the bladder element from a longitudinal extremity of the bladder element to the groove corresponds with a first footwear size, and a second length along the longitudinal midline of the bladder element from the longitudinal extremity to the transverse edge corresponds with a second footwear size larger than the first footwear size. The sole structure is used in a method of manufacturing an article of footwear.
US11272758B2	Sole structures including polyolefin plates and articles of footwear formed therefrom A variety of plates for footwear are provided including a polyolefin resin. Sole structures and articles of footwear formed therefrom are also provided. Methods of making the polyolefin resin compositions, plates, sole structures, and articles of footwear are also provided. In some aspects, the polyolefin resin composition includes an effective amount of a polymeric resin modifier. The effective amount can be an amount effective to allow the resin composition to pass a flex test, and in particular to pass a flex test without significant change in abrasion loss. In some aspects, the resin composition also includes a clarifying agent to improve optical clarity of the plate. In some aspects, the plates include a textile disposed on one or both of a first side and the second side of the plate. The textile can provide for improved bonding of the plate to other components such as a chassis or an upper.
US11272757B2	Process for making a shoe and shoe thus made Disclosed herein is a process for making a shoe using a stand-alone mouldable nonwoven fabric which has the ability of self-sustaining and shape maintenance and which is heated to become softened till molten. In the process of the invention, the shoe parts are moulded by a compression moulding process and the moulded parts are then heated and welded together by a plastic welding method.
US11272755B2	Sole and article of footwear having a pod assembly A sole for an article of footwear includes: an upper sole portion; and a pod assembly having a plurality of pods fluidly connected in series disposed below the upper sole portion, wherein the pod assembly extends from a lateral heel portion of the sole to a medial forefoot portion of the sole such that the plurality of pods compress substantially in sequence through a gait cycle of a wearer.
US11272753B2	Hardhat with protected overhead cooling fan and method A hardhat with a protected overhead cooling fan comprises: a main hardhat body component having an upper aperture through which air is drawn and pulled down into a battery powered cooling fan; a fan cover component spaced at least about ¼ inch from and permanently adhered to the main hardhat body with a plurality of linear ridges; a battery pack for the cooling fan; and a plurality of connecting wires. A method of use is also disclosed.
US11272746B2	Methods and systems for configuring a bib with an infant care engagement bight A bib assembly is configured with a hanging portion and first and second ends with attachment features for releasable engagement. The hanging portion may, in some variants, include one or more exposed bights configured to engage a pacifier, toy, or other infant care appliance.
US11272742B2	Nectar collector having a straw that guides a flow of vapor products around a power source A system and method for vaporizing a consumable is disclosed. The system includes a straw and a heating element configured to be connected to a desired power source type (e.g., vape pen, dab pen, battery, vape battery etc.) The heating element is configured to heat and vaporize a consumable. During use, the vapor from the heated consumable is syphoned through the straw and the straw guides a flow of vapor to avoid the power source.
US11272740B2	Electronic vapor provision device An electronic vapor provision device comprising a power cell, a vaporizer and a liquid store, wherein the vaporizer comprises a heater and a heater support, wherein the liquid store comprises a porous material.
US11272737B2	Vapor generation unit for non-combustion-type flavor inhaler and production method for vapor generation unit for non-combustion-type flavor inhaler A vapor generation unit is for use in a non-combustion-type flavor inhaler that includes a wick, a wick support, a heater, a holder, and a positioning mechanism. The wick holds a liquid and is attached to the wick support. The heater includes a housing space that houses a wick assembly that is formed from the wick and the wick support and a heater element that is contacted by the wick. The holder is assembled on the heater element side of an assembly that is formed from the heater and the wick assembly. The positioning mechanism makes it possible for the wick assembly to be housed in the housing space such that the wick is not in contact with the heater element and moves the wick assembly as housed in the housing space so as to position the wick assembly such that the wick is in contact with the heater element.
US11272735B2	Aerosol generating device having structure for preventing disassembly Provided is an aerosol generating device including a case in which a heater for heating a cigarette is installed, a bracket for supporting components installed inside the case, a fastening member for fastening the case and the bracket, and a cap that is installed on an outer surface of the case in an inseparable manner to conceal the fastening member in the case.
US11272731B2	Aerosol-generating article for use with an aerosol-generating device An aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-forming substrate; a support element located immediately downstream of the aerosol-forming substrate; an aerosol-cooling element located downstream of the support element; and an outer wrapper circumscribing the aerosol-forming substrate, the support element and the aerosol-cooling element. The support element abuts the aerosol-forming substrate. The aerosol-forming substrate is penetrable by a heating element of an aerosol-generating device.
US11272730B2	Container for smoking accessories A smoking accessory container is disclosed. The storage area of the smoking accessory container is configurable using one or more compartments. Accessory securing mechanisms may be implemented in the storage area of the smoking accessory container. A framework of a cigarette rolling device may be implemented on the outer surface of the smoking accessory container.
US11272728B2	High protein enteral tube feed for ICU patients Enteral tube feed for patients in an intensive care unit comprising a lipid component, a carbohydrate component and at least 30 EN % of a protein component based on the total energy content of the enteral tube feed, wherein the protein component comprises a peptide fraction consisting of di-, tri- and oligopeptides with a molecular weight of at most 1 kD, wherein the peptide fraction provides at least 10 EN % of the total energy content of the enteral composition and wherein the carbohydrate component predominantly consists of carbohydrates having a GI of ≤35 such as isomaltulose for use in treatment of ICU patients.
US11272726B2	Food materials comprising filamentous fungal particles and membrane bioreactor design Methods of production of edible filamentous fungal biomat formulations are provided as standalone protein sources and/or protein ingredients in foodstuffs as well as a one-time use or repeated use self-contained biomat reactor comprising a container with at least one compartment and placed within the compartment(s), a feedstock, a fungal inoculum, a gas-permeable membrane, and optionally a liquid nutrient medium.
US11272725B2	Low methoxyl pectin from jelly fig and method for producing the same A jelly fig-derived low methoxyl pectin (LM pectin) and a method for producing the same are disclosed. The LM pectin has a relatively high average molecular weight, a relatively low esterification degree, and a relatively high galacturonic acid content. The LM pectin is made using raw materials of female syconium of jelly fig, particularly the three parts of achenes, pedicels, and sepals as a whole. The LM pectin can be used in preparing calcium pectate gel and/or as biomaterials for wide applications in the food and medical industries.
US11272722B2	High pressure processing indicator A device for indicating exposure to a pressure. The device may include a base layer, a plurality of microcapsules, and a coating, with the microcapsules being disposed between the base layer and the coating. The microcapsules contain a indicator material that can be released once the microcapsules burst. The microcapsules then have a compressive bursting strength that is chosen or designed to be less than a selected pressure (e.g., the pressure being that to which a particular article may be exposed during high pressure processing). Thus, when the device is subjected to a pressure greater than the compressive bursting strength, at least some microcapsules burst, the indicator material is released from the microcapsules, and the release of the indicator material can be detected by observation of the device. The device may be a label that is associated (such as by being affixed) to the article being subjected to pressure (or multiple labels being associated (such as by being affixed) to multiple articles. Alternatively, the device may be associated with an article or articles without being affixed thereto.
US11272721B2	Systems and methods for distributing and dispensing chocolate Systems and methods for preparing and dispensing food contents, typically molten chocolate. In one aspect, a method for treating chocolate includes placing a quantity of chocolate in a pressure-controllable environment; heating the quantity of chocolate to a temperature of about 115 degrees Fahrenheit; decreasing the pressure of the pressure-controllable environment to about 5 Torr; and holding the pressure of the pressure-controllable environment at about 5 Torr for a predetermined period of time. Additional steps may include decreasing the pressure of the pressure-controllable environment to about 5 Torr at an average rate of about 8 Torr per minute; heating the quantity of chocolate to a temperature of about 115 degrees Fahrenheit may occur at a rate of about 2 degrees Fahrenheit per minute; and/or heating the quantity of chocolate to a temperature of about 115 degrees Fahrenheit may occur at a rate of no more than 1 degree Fahrenheit per minute.
US11272717B2	Edible water-in-oil emulsion and a process for preparing such emulsion The invention relates to an edible water-in-oil emulsion comprising a fat-phase comprising a first hardstock and a second hardstock, wherein said fat-phase has a total amount of hardstock of from 2 to 60 wt. %, based on the total weight of the fat-phase, and a water-phase, wherein part of the water-phase is dispersed as droplets, wherein the droplets are stabilized by said first hardstock; and wherein part of the water-phase is dispersed as droplets, wherein the droplets are stabilized by said second hardstock, wherein said first hardstock comprises more than 25% of HHH-triglycerides, and a combined amount of H2U and H2M triglycerides of not more than 110% of the HHH-triglycerides of said first hardstock, wherein said second hardstock comprises less than 22% of HHH-triglycerides, and a combined amount of H2U and H2M triglycerides of more than 140% of the HHH-triglycerides of said second hardstock, wherein H denotes saturated chains with 16 or more carbon atoms or an elaidic acid residue, wherein U denotes unsaturated chains and wherein M denotes saturated chains with 14 or less carbon atoms. The invention further relates to a process for the manufacture of such edible water-in-oil emulsions.
US11272716B2	Bacteria The present invention relates to a bacterial cell with texturizing property, starter cultures comprising the cell, and dairy products manufactured using the bacterial cell.
US11272710B2	Compositions, kits, methods and uses for cleaning, disinfecting, sterilizing and/or treating The present specification discloses a composition comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of hypochlorous acid or free available chlorine in combination with one or more quaternary compounds or silicon quaternary compounds, one or more guanide-containing compounds, one or more alcohols, one or more metallic particles, one or more metal salts, or any combination thereof. The present specification further discloses a kit comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of a one or more containers including a composition disclosed herein or components which make up such compositions as well as methods and uses for such compositions and kits.
US11272709B2	Amidine substituted benzoyl derivatives useful as herbicides The present invention related to compounds of Formula (I): or an agronomically acceptable salt thereof, wherein Q, X, Z, R2 and R3 areas described herein. The inventions further relates to compositions comprising said compounds, to methods of controlling weeds using said compositions, and to the use of Compounds of Formula (I) as a herbicide.
US11272708B2	Method of controlling growth of ALS-tolerant plants A method for the control of the growth of ALS-resistant plants is provided, the method comprising applying to the plants and/or their locus a herbicidally effective amount of a combination of (A) metribuzin and (B) one or more sulfonylureas. A composition comprising a combination of (A) metribuzin and (B) one or more sulfonylureas is also provided.
US11272694B2	Aquaculture filtration systems Embodiments of the present disclosure describe aquaculture filtration systems comprising a tidal basin, first bead filter unit, second bead filter unit, and optionally an inoculation tank. The tidal basin and first bead filter unit can be in fluid communication. The first bead filter unit can be in fluid communication with the second bead filter unit and optionally the tidal basin via a bypass line. The second bead filter unit can be in fluid communication with the tidal basin and optionally an inoculation tank via an inoculation loop. The aquaculture filtration systems can optionally further comprise pumps for circulating fluids, such as circulation pumps and inoculation pumps, and valves for controlling or directing fluid flow. Embodiments also describe related methods, systems, apparatuses, and the like.
US11272690B2	Toy with mechanically locked inner capsule A hollow, compressible or rigid hollow body has mechanical retaining devices such as sound generators, scent capsules, LED lights and vibrating mechanisms and identifying or responding detection elements held, secured and locked therein without the use of any solvents, glues, sonic welding, spin welding or other bonding materials. The hollow contaminant-free bodies are particularly useful for animals and recreation. Some of the above contain carcinogens harmful to animals if ingested.
US11272688B2	Pet bath Disclosed herein is a pet bath. The pet bath includes an outer cabinet to form an external appearance of the pet bath and having an open front surface, an inner cabinet provided within the outer cabinet to define a bathing enclosure and having an open front surface, a door configured to open and close the open front surfaces of the outer and inner cabinets, a washing device to spray washing water to the inside of the bathing enclosure, an air blower disposed between the outer cabinet and the inner cabinet, an air heater to heat air flowing due to operation of the air blower, and a plurality of air nozzles rotatably disposed on at least one surface of the inner cabinet and having air nozzle holes, and the air nozzle holes are spaced apart from centers of rotation of the corresponding air nozzles by a designated distance.
US11272687B2	Water walking leash The present invention teaches a system for hydrating a dog during a walk or a jog, including a hand-held rehydrating liquid reservoir, a tube for feeding the rehydrating liquid to a dog collar, and a dog collar that presents the rehydrating liquid in proximity of a dog's mouth. The liquid transport arm may be one quarter or one half elliptical in shape. The liquid transport arm may include mouthpiece which may be a flavored treat, wherein the flavored treat may include holes allowing the rehydrating liquid to pass therethrough for presentment to the dog's mouth.
US11272686B2	Modular animal accommodation An animal accommodation facility includes a number of substantially airtight enclosures. Each enclosure includes at least one air inlet and at least one air outlet. The animal accommodation facility further includes an air delivery system which draws air from the atmosphere and an air exhaust system which exhausts air to the atmosphere. The air delivery system delivers air to the at least one air inlet of each enclosure and the air exhaust system receives air from the at least one air outlet of each enclosure. The air delivery system further includes a number of air delivery conduits and at least one air delivery conduit is dedicated to each enclosure. The air exhaust system further includes a number of air exhaust conduits and at least one air exhaust conduit is dedicated to each enclosure.
US11272685B2	Pet carrying backpack A pet carrying backpack is provided and includes a backpack body having a bottom panel, a front panel, a rear panel, a right-side panel, and a left-side panel that collectively form an interior compartment. The backpack body also has a top portion with a collar that forms an opening through which a head of an animal disposed within the interior may protrude. The collar may be stretchable. Paw holes are disposed on a front of the backpack body which accommodate paws or legs of the animal. Shoulder straps are disposed on and extend from the front panel. A pet carrying platform is disposed on or within the bottom panel. The pet carrying platform includes a frame member and a pad member.
US11272681B2	Network of IoT sensors for monitoring harmful gas in animal stables The present disclosure relates to providing a continuous, autonomous monitoring system of environmental parameters, harmful gases and greenhouse gases in animal stables. A network of internet-of-things (IoT) sensors can be installed in a stable that produce alarm signals in case of danger or if predetermined threshold values are exceeded. The sensors work continuously and communicate through different wireless protocols with a dedicated cloud platform. The cloud platform stores the values received by the various sensor units and transmitted via dedicated monitoring devices and elaborates them applying data analysis processes.
US11272680B2	Pepper variety NUN 89006 PPS The disclosure provides a new and distinct pepper variety NUN 89006 PPS as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof. NUN 89006 PPS is a yellow, mini sweet pointed sweet pepper variety for the snacking segment, comprising resistance to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus (PMMoV) Pathotype 0, and/or to Potato Y Virus Pathotype 0 and Pathotype 1.
US11272677B1	Plants and seeds of corn variety CV821576 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV821576. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV821576, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV821576 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV821576 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV821576.
US11272674B1	Axially moving service valve for an irrigation sprinkler A flow control system for an irrigation sprinkler can include a service valve having an inlet, a first fluid port, a second fluid port, a third fluid port, and/or a valve piston having a valve piston inlet and a valve piston outlet. The system can include a pilot valve and a vent line. The system can include a filter in fluid communication with the inlet of the service valve. The valve piston can be configured to move vertically with respect to the first, second, and third fluid ports between first, second, and third valve positions.
US11272673B2	Irrigation system with height-adjusting system for adjusting tower height An irrigation system comprising a fluid-carrying conduit, two or more spaced-apart mobile towers, and a height-adjusting system. The two or more spaced-apart mobile towers are configured to support and move the conduit above a field. Each mobile tower includes a pair of legs, wheels, and a motor. Each leg has a first end coupled with the fluid-carrying conduit via a swivel connection and a second end. One of the wheels is connected to each of the second ends of the legs. The motor is for driving at least one of the wheels. The height-adjusting system is configured to move the second ends of the legs of each mobile tower relative to one another to raise or lower the irrigation system. The height-adjusting system may include an expansion mechanism for permitting adjustments to the height of the irrigation system or for applying a force to help make the adjustments.
US11272670B2	Power tool and a driving mechanism for use in a power tool A driving mechanism for use in a power tool and a power tool comprising the driving mechanism in connection with a motor and an operation member. The driving mechanism includes a sliding member arranged to drive the operation member, the sliding member is arranged to move between a first sliding position and a second sliding position along a longitudinal axis during an operation of the power tool so as to drive the operation member to move between a first operation position and a second operation position respectively.
US11272669B2	Draper pickup with crop distribution for agricultural baler A pickup unit of an agricultural baler that includes a frame, at least one draper belt, at least one belt actuator operably connected to the at least one draper belt, a first auger and a second auger each being rotatably connected to the frame and located above the at least one draper belt, and a first and a second auger actuator respectively operably connected to the first and second auger. The pickup unit also includes an electrical processing circuit operably connected to and configured for adjusting the at least one belt actuator, the first auger actuator, and the second auger actuator so that a rotational speed of the at least one draper belt, the first auger, and/or the second auger is increased or decreased to evenly distribute the crop material as the crop material is transported to the bale chamber.
US11272666B2	System for controlling a brake in an auxiliary hydraulic system An attachment for a tractor includes a rotary reducing component including a plurality of cutters; a hydraulic system having an activated state, a semi-activated state, and a deactivated state; an inlet, an outlet, a hydraulic motor positioned between the inlet and outlet and being mechanically coupled to the rotary reducing component; a first sensor positioned at the inlet for sensing parameters of the activated, semi-activated, or deactivated states; a hydraulic brake positioned downstream of the hydraulic motor configured to restrict flow from the motor to provide hydraulic motor braking only in the deactivated state; and a controller in communication with the first sensor and the hydraulic brake, wherein the controller triggers the hydraulic brake only when the controller determines the first sensor senses a parameter of the hydraulic system being in the deactivated state.
US11272665B2	Tined-tube auger A combine comprising a feeder housing, and an auger for receiving harvested crop. The auger includes an auger tube rotatable around an auger axis, and a tined-tube positioned inside the auger tube and rotatable around a tined-tube axis that is offset from the auger axis, the tined-tube including fingers extending from the tined-tube and protruding through the auger tube to convey the harvested crop to the feeder housing.
US11272663B2	Harvester head reel with extendable bat A harvester head reel may include a bat support and an extendable bat supported by the bat support. The extendable bat may have a first segment and a second segment overlapping the first segment. The harvester head reels may further include a first finger extending from the first segment and a second finger extending from the second segment.
US11272662B2	End effector for robotic harvesting A fruit harvesting system includes a vacuum generating subsystem and an end effector connected to the vacuum generating subsystem. The end effector has a first tube having a first diameter, and a second tube having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter so the second tube fits inside the first tube. A fruit harvesting system includes a vacuum generating subsystem, a tube connected to the vacuum generating subsystem and at least one structure coupled to an inside of the tube. A fruit harvesting system includes a vacuum generating subsystem, a first tube connected to the vacuum generating subsystem, and a second tube coupled to the first tube, the second tube having a tubular portion coupled to the first tube in an orientation other than parallel, the second tube having openings on opposite sides of the first tube.
US11272653B2	System for connecting implement to mobile machinery An apparatus for connecting an implement to a three point hitch of mobile machinery comprises two frameworks, a first framework and a second framework. The first framework is disposed in a first plane and comprises at least two parallel, vertically-spaced apart, laterally extending rails. There are three attachments supported by the first framework for attachment to the three-point hitch. The second framework is slidable generally in the plane of the first framework and is mounted on the rails to slide laterally along the rails. At least two connectors are supported by the slidable second framework for connecting the second framework to an implement that can be pulled or pushed by the mobile machinery. A driver is connected to the first framework and connected to the second framework for driving the second framework laterally back and forth along the rails of the first framework.
US11277951B2	Disturbance compensation system for moving bodies of a mounting head of component mounting apparatus A positioning control device controlling multiple moving bodies including a disturbance non-interference-enabling compensator performing non-interference-enabling compensation of a disturbance of an feedback compensator and an operation amount of the moving body on the side affected by the disturbance is provided. The disturbance non-interference-enabling compensator includes a second differentiator to perform second-order differentiation of a position command value of a moving body on a disturbance generating side to output an acceleration command value; a first multiplier to multiply an acceleration command value output from the second differentiator by a first gain to output a correction amount of an feedback compensator of the moving body on the side affected by the disturbance; and a second multiplier to multiply an acceleration command value output from the second differentiator by a second gain to output a correction amount for an operation amount of the moving body on the side affected by the disturbance.
US11277949B2	Electronic device comprising interposer surrounding circuit elements disposed on printed circuit board Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device includes a printed circuit board on which one or more circuit components are disposed, and an interposer surrounding at least some circuit components of the one or more circuit components and including an inner surface adjacent to the at least some circuit components and an outer surface facing away from the inner surface and having a plurality of through holes. The interposer is disposed on the printed circuit board such that one or more through holes of the plurality of through holes are electrically connected with a ground of the printed circuit board. The outer surface of the interposer includes a first conductive region electrically connected with at least one first through hole of the one or more through holes, and a non-conductive region, the inner surface of the interposer includes a second conductive region electrically connected with at least one second through hole of the one or more through holes, and the second conductive region includes a region facing the non-conductive region.
US11277948B2	Conformally shielded power inductor and other passive devices for 4/5G envelope tracker modules and/or other power management modules A circuit assembly includes a printed circuit board (PCB), and a power management arrangement positioned on and electrically coupled to the PCB. The power management arrangement includes a substrate, a power management circuit chip positioned on and electrically coupled to the substrate, and a shield can positioned over the substrate and providing electromagnetic shielding for the power management chip. The circuit assembly further includes a self-shielded coil positioned on and electrically coupled to the PCB, wherein the self-shielded coil is positioned adjacent to the power management arrangement.
US11277947B2	Electromagnetic and radiation shielding system An electromagnetic and radiation shielding system includes an enclosure shaped to define a room interior which is accessible through a single passageway, and a door assembly for selectively enclosing the passageway. The door assembly includes a frame mounted within the passageway in conductive contact with a metal skin incorporated into the enclosure, a door with a conductive rear face which is adapted to selectively enclose the passageway, and a seal for selectively establishing continuous, peripheral contact between the frame and the rear face of the door when the door is disposed in its closed position. In this manner, the door assembly cooperates with the enclosure to form an electromagnetic barrier around the room interior in all directions. Additionally, both the enclosure and the door are constructed with a layer of radiation-shielding material to form a radiation barrier around the room interior in all directions.
US11277946B2	Housing for an inverter having a cooling system for an electric drive A housing for an inverter includes circuit elements and a cooling system, wherein the housing has four openings and the cooling system includes two channels arranged in the housing, each of which is connected to two different openings, and a condenser is arranged below the housing, wherein two openings from different channels are connected for communication by means of a connecting element arranged outside the housing and the connecting element is of rigid design and extends past the side of the condenser.
US11277945B2	Rackless thermal-efficient modular power electronic system This invention discloses a rackless modular power electronic system that optimizes thermal management, modularity, manufacturability, transportation, and installation. Such a power electronic converter system consists of one or more modular power electronic converters mounted one-on-top-of-another and/or one-next-to-another through mounting units, such as screws, nuts and bolts. Each modular power electronic converter is built with a case with heat-dissipating fins on the exterior surface and with vertical and horizontal mounting mechanisms, such as holes, bolts, nuts and screws, which are aligned vertically and horizontally, respectively, for easy mounting. One or more electric fans can be mounted to the system to enhance heat dissipation. Possible applications include any field that adopts power electronic converters, e.g., in wind power, solar power, storage systems, home appliances, IT equipment, motor drives, electric vehicles, more-electric aircraft, and all-electric ships.
US11277939B2	Evaporator and manufacturing method An evaporator includes an inlet in a lower manifold, an outlet in an upper manifold, and a multiport tube extending between the lower manifold and the upper manifold. The multiport tube provides a flow path between the lower manifold and the upper manifold. One of the outer side walls of the multiport tube is provided with a first evaporator section with a first heat receiving surface and a second evaporator section with a second heat receiving surface, the first and second evaporator sections passing a heat load received via the respective first and second heat receiving surfaces to a fluid in said multiport tube. The first and second heat receiving surfaces form an angle with each other to align with and contact different surfaces of an object to be cooled.
US11277938B1	Robotics employed in processes and systems for liquid immersion cooling A two-phase liquid immersion cooling system is described in which heat generating computer components cause a dielectric fluid in its liquid phase to vaporize. Advantageously an absorption/desorption unit is employed having a carbon element and a controller configured to regulate the absorption unit. Robotic components facilitate automation.
US11277932B2	Power conversion device Provided is a power conversion device, including: a semiconductor module including a semiconductor switching element; a heat sink configured to cool the semiconductor module; a spring member configured to press the semiconductor module onto the heat sink; a casing configured to accommodate the semiconductor module and the spring member; and a bridge-like structure configured to press the semiconductor module onto the heat sink through intermediation of the spring member when the casing is mounted to the heat sink.
US11277924B2	Method for manufacturing multilayer printed wiring board and multilayer printed wiring board A method for manufacturing a multilayer printed wiring board includes: preparing a first wiring board that includes a circuit region formed with one or more signal lines on a main surface of a first insulating substrate; preparing a second wiring board that includes an electrically conductive layer on a main surface of a second insulating substrate; disposing a spacer at a position spaced apart from an outer edge of the circuit region by a predetermined distance along at least a part of the outer edge; disposing an adhesive layer on the circuit region so that a space is provided between the adhesive layer and the spacer; and laminating the first wiring board and the second wiring board for thermocompression bonding.
US11277919B2	Resin substrate and method for producing resin substrate A resin substrate includes a resin base material including a first main surface, electrode pads provided on the first main surface, circuit conductor patterns, a resist film, and a coverlay film. The resist film includes, on the outer circumference, a plurality of protruding portions each of which has a tapered shape with a vertex. A portion of the circuit conductor patterns are covered with the resist film, and the coverlay film covers a portion of the resist film including the protruding portions and exposed portions of the circuit conductor patterns. The protruding portions are located at positions sandwiching the exposed portions of the circuit conductor patterns.
US11277917B2	Embedded component package structure, embedded type panel substrate and manufacturing method thereof An embedded component package structure including a circuit substrate, an embedded component and a stress compensation layer is provided. The circuit substrate includes a core layer and an asymmetric circuit structure, and the core layer has a first thickness. The embedded component is disposed in the core layer. The stress compensation layer is disposed on one side of the core layer, and the stress compensation layer has a second thickness between 4 μm and 351 μm.
US11277916B2	Memory system and storage device including printed circuit board with subset of channels arranged in point-to-point topology and subset of channels arranged in daisy-chain topology A memory system includes a printed circuit board, at least one memory chip mounted on the printed circuit board, and a memory controller arranged on the printed circuit board and connected to 2N (where N is an integer of 2 or more) channels, the memory controller configured to perform a write operation and a read operation on the at least one memory chip. In the printed circuit board, a first subset of the channels corresponds to a first channel group configured in a point to point topology, and a remaining subset of the channels corresponds to a second channel group configured in a daisy chain topology.
US11277915B2	Antenna device and electronic device including the same An antenna device and an electronic device including the same are provided. The antenna device includes a housing that includes a first plate, a second plate facing a direction opposite to the first plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate, a display viewable through at least a portion of the first plate, an antenna assembly disposed within the housing wherein the antenna assembly includes a first printed circuit board, a second printed circuit board, at least one structure interconnecting the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board and including conductive paths, a plurality of conductive patterns, and a wireless communication circuit, a flexible printed circuit board, and a third printed circuit board.
US11277914B2	Printed circuit board assembly A printed circuit board assembly includes a first printed circuit board with first surface and second surface with a slit portion and a second printed circuit board with third surface and fourth surface with a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion is fitted in the slit portion and a tip of the first end portion protrudes from the second surface. The first printed circuit board includes first electrodes arranged along the slit portion in a longitudinal direction of the slit portion on the second surface. The second printed circuit board includes second electrodes arranged in the first end portion on the third and fourth surfaces. The second electrodes are joined to the first electrodes with solder. The first printed circuit board includes a support fixed to the first surface. The second printed circuit board is attached to the support by an adhesive substance.
US11277906B2	Separable modules PCB modules The invention provides a printed circuit board (10) including a first electrically conductive track (210), wherein the printed circuit board (10) comprises a set (15) of two printed circuit board areas (100) both comprising a part of the first electrically conductive track (210), wherein printed circuit board (10) further comprises a perforation line (300) between the two printed circuit board areas (100) for customizing the printed circuit board (10) into two physically separated printed circuit board area comprising parts (1100), wherein the perforation line (300) is configured as a non-straight line, wherein the perforation line (300) comprises relative to one of the printed circuit board areas (100), and in a plane of the printed circuit board (10), a first projecting part (311) and a first recessed part (312), wherein the first recessed part (312) is recessed relative to the first projecting part (311), wherein the first electrically conductive track (210) is intercepted by the perforation line (300) at the first recessed part (312).
US11277905B2	Radiation imaging apparatus and radiation imaging system A radiation imaging apparatus comprises a sensor unit including two sensor boards stacked together, a base supporting the sensor unit, an electrical component on an opposite side to the sensor unit relative to the base, and a heat insulation member including a portion located between the electrical component and the sensor unit. A heat conductivity of the heat insulation member is lower than a heat conductivity of the base.
US11277902B2	Single layer radio frequency integrated circuit package and related low loss grounded coplanar transmission line A novel and useful a single layer RFIC/MMIC structure including a package and related redistribution layer (RDL) based low loss grounded coplanar transmission line. The structure includes a package molded around an RF circuit die with a single redistribution layer (RDL) fabricated on the surface thereof mounted on an RF printed circuit board (PCB) via a plurality of solder balls. Coplanar transmission lines are fabricated on the RDL to conduct RF output signals from the die to PCB signal solder balls. The signal trace transition to the solder balls are funnel shaped to minimize insertion loss and maximize RF isolation between channels. A conductive ground shield is fabricated on the single RDL and operative to shield the plurality of coplanar transmission lines. The ground shield is electrically connected to a ground plane on the PCB via a plurality of ground solder balls arranged to surround the plurality of coplanar RF transmission lines and signal solder balls, and are operative to couple the ground shield to the ground plane on the PCB and provide an electrical return path for the plurality of coplanar transmission lines. Ground vias on the printed circuit board can be either located under the ground solder balls or between them.
US11277898B2	Retrofit light emitting diode, LED, lighting device for connection to a ballast, wherein said LED lighting device is arranged to detect a dip in said mains voltage using a zero current detector A retrofit Light Emitting Diode, LED, lighting device for connection to a ballast, wherein said ballast is arranged to be connected to a mains voltage and arranged to provide for a ballast current, wherein said LED lighting device is arranged to detect a dip in said mains voltage using a zero current detector.
US11277896B2	Active gain control for power factor correction An active gain control circuit includes a voltage divider having a variable resistance configured to attenuate a rectified input line voltage to produce a reference signal, a filter circuit configured to extract a DC-level reference voltage from the reference signal, and an operational amplifier configured to receive the DC-level reference voltage and a comparison voltage, and to generate a gate control signal based on a difference between the comparison voltage and the DC-level reference voltage, wherein a resistance of the voltage divider is controlled by the gate control signal.
US11277895B1	LED driver control using MCU A system and method for controlling the current to an LED array is disclosed. The system comprises a microcontroller and an external transistor. The microcontroller has access to the relevant voltages in the circuit, including the voltage across the sense resistor, the voltage at the drain of the external transistor and the high voltage input. By monitoring these voltages, the microcontroller may be able to control the gate input to the external transistor so as to control the current in the LED array. Further, the microcontroller includes provisions to allow for dimming of the LED array, if desired. This configuration allows for post-manufacturing changes to the operation of the system without any hardware modifications.
US11277890B2	Microwave heating apparatus and method of operating such a microwave heating apparatus A microwave heating apparatus and a method of operating a microwave heating apparatus are provided. The microwave heating apparatus comprises a load receiving cavity, at least one microwave source, a plurality of feeding ports connected to the microwave source and the cavity for feeding microwaves to the cavity, a measuring unit and a control unit. The measuring unit measures, for at least one frequency or within a frequency range, the power of microwaves reflected back to the microwave source for at least part of the plurality of feeding ports. The control unit selects at least one of the feeding ports based on the measured powers of the reflected microwaves in order to feed microwaves to the cavity via the at least one selected feeding port during operation of the microwave heating apparatus at the at least one frequency or within the frequency range.
US11277887B2	Induction heating device having improved cooling structure An induction heating device includes: a casing; a cover plate coupled to a top of the casing and configured to seat an object on a top surface of the cover plate; a working coil located within the casing and configured to heat the object on the top surface of the cover plate; a base plate configured to support the working coil; an indicator board that is located vertically below the base plate and that is spaced apart from the base plate to define an air-flow path between the base plate and the indicator board, where the indicator board includes a plurality of light emitting elements; and a blowing fan located at a first side of a bottom surface of the casing and configured to suction air into the casing from an outside of the casing and to discharge air into the air-flow path.
US11277885B2	Induction heating power supplies, data collection systems, and induction heating systems to communicate over an induction heating cable Induction heating power supplies, data collection systems, and induction heating systems to communicate over an induction heating cable are disclosed. An example induction heating power supply includes a power conversion circuit configured to: convert input power into induction heating power and transmit the induction heating power via an induction heating cable, and at least one of a receiver circuit coupled to the induction heating cable and configured to receive data via the induction heating cable or a transmitter circuit coupled to the induction heating cable and configured to transmit data via the induction heating cable.
US11277881B2	Emergency services support for a device which does not have a valid subscription This disclosure is related to a procedure to provide emergency services support for a UE which does not have a valid subscription for the serving PLMN. This disclosure more specifically provides procedure to support IMS emergency call or eCall support for a UE which is in limited state on a E-UTRA cell is connected to both EPC and 5GCN.
US11277880B2	Sidelink connection suspension or release based on different target qualities of different services A method and apparatus for sidelink connection suspension or release based on different target qualities of different services in a wireless communication system is provided. A first wireless device determines a first target cell quality for a first service related to a first bearer and a second target cell quality for a second service related to a second bearer. The first wireless device suspends at least one of the first bearer and/or the second bearer based on that a result of the measurement on a sidelink connection does not meet at least one of the first target cell quality and/or the second target cell quality. The first wireless device releases the sidelink connection if there is no more service using the sidelink connection.
US11277879B2	Controlling method for coexistence of dual modes, Wi-Fi chip, and communication device A controlling method for coexistence of dual modes, including: when a Wi-Fi chip in a station (STA) mode needs to switch from a first signal channel to a second signal channel, sending, by the Wi-Fi chip in an access point (AP) mode, a control message to an external device, where the control message indicates that the Wi-Fi chip is in an absent status within a preset period of time, thus enabling the external device to stop transmitting data to the Wi-Fi chip based on the control message within the preset period of time; within the preset period of time, switching the Wi-Fi chip to work in the second signal channel; and when the preset period of time ends, switching the Wi-Fi chip back to work in the first signal channel.
US11277875B1	Cooperative use of coverage strength and insertion loss as a basis to control whether to establish dual connectivity for a UE A method and system for controlling whether to establish dual connectivity for a user equipment device (UE) when the UE has a primary connection with a first access node, where establishing the dual connectivity includes adding for the UE a secondary connection with a second access node on a carrier. An example method includes, when coverage strength of the UE from the second access node on the carrier is high enough to trigger establishing the dual connectivity, (a) making a determination of whether both (i) the coverage strength of the UE from the second access node on the carrier is threshold low and (ii) insertion loss of the carrier at the second access node threshold high and (b) using the determination as a basis to control whether to establish the dual connectivity for the UE.
US11277874B2	Electronic device which receives data by using split bearer and operation method of electronic device An electronic device and a method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes at least one communication processor which receives data via a first cellular communication or a second cellular communication, and an application processor, wherein the at least one communication processor is configured to receive, from a master node corresponding to the first cellular communication, first partitioned data among partitioned data produced by partitioning the data, and receive second partitioned data from a secondary node corresponding to the second cellular communication, identify a first sequence number of the first partitioned data and a second sequence number of the second partitioned data, and induce a decrease in or a stop of transmission of pieces of partitioned data to the electronic device via a node which transmits partitioned data corresponding to a small sequence number.
US11277873B2	Methods and nodes for facilitating non-IP UE-to-UE communications A method (400) in an SCEF node for facilitating non-IP UE-to-UE communications is provided. The method (400) includes: receiving (420) from a first MME/SGSN associated with a source UE a Create SCEF Connection Request containing an identity of the source UE and an identity of a destination UE; receiving (430) from the first MME/SGSN an MO NIDD Submit Request containing the identity of the source UE and a non-IP data from the source UE; and transmitting (440) an MT NIDD Submit Request containing the non-IP data to a second MME/SGSN associated with the destination UE.
US11277872B2	Radio communication equipment and control method thereof A radio communication equipment installed on a vehicle, comprises a radio communicator configured to perform radio communication with a base station capable of communicating with a network, an information card configured to store network information of a network operator providing a service, and a controller configured to establish connection with the network via the radio communicator and treat the information card as invalid when the connection with the network fails, in which the controller is configured to notify of an electric field strength of a radio signal transmitted from the base station when treating the information card as invalid.
US11277867B2	Wireless communication device and wireless communication method According to one embodiment, a wireless communication terminal includes: at least one antenna; a receiver; a transmitter; a communication processor; a network processor; and a memory. The transmitter is configured to transmit a first frame including information to specify a plurality of frequency components. The communication processor is configured to determine whether or not a second frame is received via each of the plurality of frequency components. The transmitter is configured to transmit a third frame including first information concerning a first value range which is used to determine whether to respond to the first frame, the first value range being dependent on a number of frequency components via which the second frame has been received. The first frame or the third frame includes the first data cached in the memory or information based on the first data.
US11277865B2	Methods and system for LBT threshold setting for directional reception and transmission A method and system for LBT or CCA threshold setting for directional reception and transmission are provided. In an embodiment, a method in a wireless device for determining if a channel is clear in an unlicensed band channel in a wireless network includes detecting, with the wireless device, an energy along a first beamforming direction. The method also includes determining, with the wireless device, an energy detection threshold. The method also includes determining, with the wireless device, whether the unlicensed band channel is clear in at least the first receiving direction according to the energy and the energy detection threshold.
US11277858B2	Uplink transmission scheme A method in a wireless device for performing an uplink transmission to a base station in a wireless access system, wherein the wireless access system comprises one or more mini-slot configurations, the method comprising performing a clear channel assessment for identifying a transmission opportunity and determining the start of a mini-slots. The wireless device performing an uplink transmission within the determined mini-slot wherein the transmission is performed according to a predetermined configuration for mini-slot communication between the base station and the wireless device, such that the base station can identify the start of the uplink transmission.
US11277854B2	Systems and methods to enhance spectrum efficiency and to reduce latency by using dynamic guard time selection in wireless systems Various systems, methods, and devices relate to determining a delay associated with a device; calculating a guard time based at least in part on the delay; and scheduling a wireless resource to include a downlink interval, an uplink interval, and the guard time between the downlink interval and the uplink interval. By calculating the guard time based at least in part on the delay associated with the device, spectrum efficiency can be enhanced, and latency can be reduced.
US11277852B2	Data transmission method, terminal device, and network device Provided are a data transmission method, a terminal device and a network device. The method is applicable to a terminal device, and the terminal device has a first channel used for receiving downlink data. The method comprises: a terminal device generates report information according to the self-interference condition of a first channel, the report information being used by a network device to determine scheduling information of the terminal device, and the self-interference condition referring to the interference on the first channel by channels of the terminal device other than the first channel; and the terminal device sends the report information to the network device. With the data transmission method according to the embodiments of the present invention, the terminal device sends the report information to the network device so that the network device may know whether a currently reported channel state information (CSI) measurement result has memory interference, thereby improving the accuracy of the scheduling information, and thus improving the user experience.
US11277851B2	Slot structure for superposition transmission using a single antenna port Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A UE may support superimposed NR and LTE transmissions using an antenna port, in conjunction with an LTE-aware, NR slot structure (e.g., an NR V2X slot structure). In some aspects, the slot structure may protect portions of the LTE signal from interference, increasing LTE decoder robustness to interference which may provide opportunities for increasing the NR signal power. The UE may transmit a superimposed transmission of an LTE signal and an NR signal from a same antenna port in a same radio frequency resource. In some aspects, the slot structure may be modified so that the UE does not transmit when LTE reference signals are transmitted, so as to avoid interference with the LTE reference signals. A receiving UE may use the LTE reference signals to demodulate the LTE signal and the NR signal from the common time and frequency resources.
US11277849B2	Distributed scheduling for device-to-device communication Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are provided to implement scheduling for device-to-device (D2D). A WTRU (e.g., a D2D WTRU) may determine whether the WTRU has D2D data to transmit. The WTRU may determine a set of allowed SA resources and/or allowed D2D data resources for transmission of the SA. The WTRU may select an SA resource and/or D2D data resources (e.g., from the set of allowed SA resources and/or D2D data resources) for transmission. The WTRU may select one or more transmission parameters. The WTRU may select one or more transmission patterns. The WTRU may transmit D2D data over the set of allowed D2D resources using the selected transmission patterns and according to the selected transmission parameters.
US11277843B2	Wireless communication apparatus, mobile terminal and wireless communication method Provided are a frequency channel allocating section (10) that allocates frequency channels, a terminal reception quality information processing section (6) that calculates an optimal modulation rate and required transmit power for each subcarrier, a subcarrier power control section (12) that controls a level of transmit power for each subcarrier, and a determining section (10) that checks a reception bandwidth of a communicating apparatus, while determining whether the communicating apparatus is a full band terminal capable of receiving all the frequency channels in the system band or is a limited band terminal capable of receiving only part of frequencies, and when the communicating apparatus is the limited band terminal, the transmit power of all or part of subcarriers is decreased in a frequency channel that is adjacent to a reception band allocated to the communicating apparatus and that is allocated to another communicating apparatus.
US11277842B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving wireless signal in wireless communication system The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, more particularly, to a method comprising the steps of: generating a first complex symbol sequence corresponding to one time unit including a plurality of transmission symbols; generating a second complex symbol sequence by applying primary scrambling to the first complex symbol sequence on a modulation symbol basis; and repeatedly transmitting the second complex symbol sequence through a plurality of time units, wherein secondary scrambling is applied to the signals in each time unit on a transmission symbol basis, the transmission symbol including an OFDMA symbol or an SC-FDMA symbol; and an apparatus therefor.
US11277841B2	Beam determining method, first communications device, and second communications device In one embodiment, a method includes: sending, by a first communications device, B synchronization signal blocks to a second communications device by using A transmit beams, where each of the B synchronization signal blocks includes an identifier of the first communications device and receive beam time sequence information of the first communications device, and wherein the receive beam time sequence information indicates a time sequence location at which the first communications device receives feedback information; receiving first feedback information from the second communications device based on the time sequence location by using C receive beams; determining a first receive beam based on a receive beam that is in the C receive beams and on which the first feedback information is received; and determining a first transmit beam based on the first receive beam or the first feedback information, where the first transmit beam belongs to the A transmit beams.
US11277838B2	Communication method and communications apparatus A communication method and a communications apparatus are provided. The method includes: sending, by a network device, indication information to a terminal, where the indication information is used to indicate at least one second BP associated with a first BP; and performing signal transmission, by the network device, with the terminal on the first BP and the at least one second BP. It may be learned that the network device indicates, to the terminal by using the indication information, the at least one second BP associated with the first BP, so that the network device and the terminal can transmit signals on BPs that are associated with each other. In addition, there may be a plurality of second BPs associated with the first BP.
US11277837B2	Dual connectivity communication terminal, base station, and communication method A communication terminal capable of determining whether or not it can perform DC, a base station, and a communication method are provided. A communication terminal (30) according to the present disclosure includes a communication unit (31) that simultaneously communicates with a master base station (10) associated with a first radio access technology and a secondary base station (20) associated with a second radio access technology, and a control unit (32) that specifies, when it is notified by the master base station (10) that it can provide dual connectivity using the second radio access technology, at least one frequency band supported by the secondary base station (20), the secondary base station being configured to provide the dual connectivity in cooperation with the master base station (10).
US11277833B2	Method for generating preamble, method for configuring preamble and equipment thereof, random access method, device, user equipment and base station The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present application discloses a method for generating a preamble, comprising the following steps of: receiving dedicated preamble configuration information and random access preamble configuration information, wherein the dedicated preamble configuration information comprises root sequence configuration information and/or cyclic shift value configuration information; determining dedicated root sequence configuration information, dedicated cyclic shift value configuration information and dedicated preamble index according to the dedicated preamble configuration information and random access preamble configuration information.
US11277826B2	Method and device for transmitting/receiving signal of V2X terminal in wireless communication system A method of transmitting a synchronization by a V-UE (vehicle user equipment) signal in a wireless communication system, includes generating a secondary synchronization signal for the V-UE, and transmitting the generated secondary synchronization signal for the V-UE only in subframe 5 among subframe 0 to subframe 9, wherein a secondary synchronization signal for a D2D (device-to-device) UE is transmitted only in the subframe 0 among the subframe 0 to the subframe 9.
US11277814B2	Methods and apparatuses for paging a remote unit with a direct mobile connection Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for paging a remote unit that has a direct mobile connection to a relay unit. One apparatus includes a processor, a first transceiver that communicates with a mobile network, and a second transceiver that communicates with a remote unit via a direct mobile connection. The processor transmits a multicast address to the remote unit via the direct mobile connection. The processor determines to page the remote unit based on signaling from the mobile network. The processor also transmits a paging message for the remote unit to the multicast address.
US11277812B2	Method for transmitting/receiving reference signal in wireless communication system, and device therefor A method whereby a user equipment transmits/receives a reference signal for distance measurement in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step of receiving, from a base station, a downlink (DL) positioning reference signal (PRS) including sinusoidal components of different angular frequencies; a step of acquiring a phase difference between the sinusoidal components of the DL PRS; a step of transmitting a first uplink (UL) PRS indicating the phase difference, so as to measure a first distance between the user equipment and the base station at a first point of time; and a step of transmitting a second UL PRS so as to measure a second distance between the user equipment, the position of which has changed after the first point of time, and the base station, wherein the user equipment may configure the same phase difference, acquired via the DL PRS before the first point of time, for the second UL PRS, without receiving an additional DL PRS for measuring the second distance. The user equipment is capable of communicating with at least one of another user equipment, a user equipment related to an autonomous driving vehicle, the base station or a network.
US11277811B2	Network communication device, user communication device and corresponding methods for determining position of a user communication device in a communication Present invention relates to network communication devices and to user communication devices arranged to support a determination of a position of a user communication device in a communication network. Particularly said devices support a position determination, in which many (more than one) surrounding user communication devices are utilized for obtaining accurate positioning. Further, present invention relates to corresponding methods, computer program products and computer-readable recording media.
US11277810B2	Method and apparatus for handling positioning of a target device in a communications network The embodiments herein relate to a method, performed by a target device (10), for handling positioning of the target device (10). The target device obtains, from a network node (20), a sensor reporting configuration. The target device obtains sensor measurements. The target device determines a reporting scope based on the obtained sensor measurements according to the obtained sensor reporting configuration. The target device sends, to the network node (20), a measurement report comprising the sensor measurements according to the determined reporting scope, wherein the measurement report comprises a displacement of the target device relative to a reference position. The embodiments further relate to a a corresponding method performed by the network node (20).
US11277807B2	Method and arrangement for deterministic delivery of data traffic over wireless connection The present disclosure relates to delivery of data traffic over a wireless connection. In more particular, it relates to methods, a tunneling unit (208), and system for emulating wired connectivity between two or more robot devices (202, 204) and a controller (222). Buffering (212) of data frames, from two or more robot devices, received up-streams a wireless access network (206) is performed. Based on the time-stamps extracted (210) from data frames a relative time offset is determined for the two or more robot devices. Buffered uplink frames are forwarded (216) to the controller in a pre-define order, enabling using the relative time offset when forwarding downlink frames (232), being received over the wireless access network (206), to said two or more robot devices, such the that the downlink frames reach each one of two or more robot devices simultaneously. A deterministic delivery of data frames over a wireless connection is provided.
US11277805B2	Method and system for determining transmission power of radios of a time division duplexing system Techniques for determining power levels of radios, including a time domain duplexing (TDD) system, in shared frequency spectrum is provided. A TDD radio, of the TDD system, in a neighborhood having a largest interference contribution in the frequency spectrum at the point. Transmit power levels are determined for (a) the selected TDD radio, (b) other radios in the neighborhood that are not part of the TDD system, and (c) at least one radio in the TDD system that is not the TDD radio having the largest interference contribution in the frequency spectrum. Thus, interference margin may be fairly allocated to radios in neighborhood(s) about protection points.
US11277796B2	Method for performing communication in wireless LAN system, and wireless terminal using same Disclosed is a method for communicating in a wireless LAN system performed by a first wireless terminal, the method including: generating a wake-up packet modulated by an On-Off Keying (OOK) technique wherein the wake-up packet comprises a plurality of identification information for a plurality of second wireless terminals, each of the plurality of identification information is generated based on a bit length unit having a fixed size, and the bit length unit having the fixed size is set to 12 bits; and transmitting the wakeup packet to the plurality of second wireless terminals.
US11277789B2	Network slice-available area information acquisition method A communication scheme and system converges a 5G communication system supporting a data rate higher than that of a 4G system with an internet of things (IoT) technology. Applicable to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars, connected cars, health care, digital education, retails, and security and safety-related services), the communication scheme and system is based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. Methods of operation a terminal and a network for facilitating a 5G terminal registration procedure in a wireless communication system are disclosed.
US11277788B2	Scan method in near-field wireless communication network and electronic device for implementing same According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device includes: a display; a near-field wireless communication circuit configured to repetitively transmit a scan signal for finding an access point; a processor electrically connected to the communication circuit; and a memory electrically connected to the processor, wherein, during execution, the memory can store commands for allowing the processor to set a transmission period of the scan signal as a first period, to determine whether it is necessary to adjust a scan frequency on the basis of a trigger for turning on the display when the display is turned on, to maintain the transmission period as the first period when the scan frequency adjustment is not necessary, and to change the transmission frequency to a second period shorter than the first period, when the scan frequency adjustment is necessary.
US11277787B2	Communication control apparatus and communication control method A communication control apparatus including: a control unit that determine whether to select a gateway having a specific function for a user equipment based on capability information received from the user equipment and a service availability information of the user equipment received from a subscriber information management apparatus; a transmission unit that transmits an inquiry signal including a parameter indicating that the specific function can be used to a DNS when the control unit determines to select the gateway having the specific function for the user equipment; and a reception unit that receives a list of gateways having the specific function from the DNS.
US11277781B2	Method of adaptive route selection in a node of a wireless mesh communication network corresponding apparatus for performing the method of adaptive route selection and corresponding computer program The proposal concerns a method of adaptive route selection in a node of a wireless mesh communication network. Such method is based on the Reinforcement Learning-based adaptive routing scheme. The proposal includes the idea of estimating initial reward values for the path discovery phase in dependence of the signal strength of the received signal and the number of hops the received route request message (RREQ) or route reply message (RREP) experienced during traversing in the network. Further improvements concern the idea of a feedback reward calculation for the routing absent the path discovery process as well as an improved method of route selection based on calculation of a temperature parameter for a Gibbs-Boltzmann distribution, which allows a dynamic adjustment of the node selection probabilities. Another improvement concerns a part of the reward function calculation, related to an exponential fallback mechanism on packet loss events.
US11277780B2	Service setup method and device Embodiments of this application relate to the field of communications technologies, and disclose a service setup method and a device, to resolve a problem that a service cannot be normally executed. The method includes: receiving, by an access network device, a first setup request; sending a first setup response to a first core network device or a first service application server, where the first setup response is used to indicate that the access network device accepts the first setup request; when radio channel quality of a first cell of a first network in which UE is located does not satisfy a service requirement of a first service carried in the first setup request, handing over the UE to a second cell of the first network, or handing over the UE to a third cell of a second network.
US11277778B2	Supporting uplink transmissions A method and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are disclosed. The WTRU includes a receiver and a transmitter. The WTRU receives, from a primary downlink cell, a first scheduling assignment for a first uplink transmission and transmits first data in the first uplink transmission to at least a primary uplink cell using a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process. The WTRU receives, from the primary downlink cell, a second scheduling assignment, the second scheduling assignment indicating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process identification of the first HARQ process, a modulation and coding set (MCS), and a transmission time opportunity, determines whether to retransmit the first data based on the HARQ process identification, and retransmits the first data in a second uplink transmission using the first HARQ process, the MCS, and the transmission time opportunity.
US11277774B2	Communication apparatus, control method of communication apparatus, and storage medium A communication apparatus acquires, from an outside, first setting information for controlling the communication apparatus, sets the first setting information in the communication apparatus, establishes wireless communication with a different communication apparatus, hands over second setting information, which indicates the authority of the different communication apparatus in the wireless communication, from the different communication apparatus via the established wireless communication, sets the second setting information in the communication apparatus, and controls the establishment of the wireless communication and the setting of the second setting information in the communication apparatus when the first setting information is set in the communication apparatus.
US11277766B2	Data indication method and apparatus and communication system A terminal, including: a memory that stores a plurality of instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to: multiplex logical channel data of a logical channel group (LCG); and a transmitter configured to transmit a buffer status report (BSR) of a variable length to a network side, wherein the BSR of a variable length contains a first buffer size of the LCG after the logical channel data of the LCG are multiplexed, and the LCG has a second buffer size being greater than zero before the logical channel data of the LCG are multiplexed.
US11277764B2	Method for obtaining data radio bearer identifier and base station The method includes: sending, by a first base station, a first message to a second base station, where the first message is used to request to add a data radio bearer DRB; receiving, by the first base station, a second message sent by the second base station, where the second message is used to indicate an identifier of at least one DRB; and sending, by the first base station, first information to user equipment, where the first information includes DRB configuration information, and the DRB configuration information includes the identifier of the at least one DRB. In the embodiments of this application, the first base station can add the DRB based on a radio resource management policy and a network condition of the first base station, to reconfigure a mapping relationship between a QoS flow and the DRB, so that setting of the DRB is more flexible and effective.
US11277761B2	Technique for determining signal quality A technique for determining signal quality of a radio access network, RAN, (502) comprising a plurality of transmission-reception points, TRxPs (504), is described. A method aspect of the technique comprises or initiates receiving a control message for determining the signal quality based on a measurement of a reference signal (516.21) from a second TRxP (504.4) at a radio resource. The control message is indicative of the radio resource for the reference signal relative to a synchronization signal (512.1) from a first TRxP (504.1; 504.2; 504.3) other than the second TRxP.
US11277757B2	Terminal, base station, transmission method, and reception method In a terminal, a transmission power calculation unit calculates a transmission power of an uplink signal by using transmission power control information indicating one value from among a plurality of candidate values respectively associated with correction values that correct a control value to use in a closed loop control of the transmission power. A wireless transmission unit transmits the uplink signal with the above transmission power. A first correction value and a second correction value having a larger step size than the first correction value are associated with each of the plurality of candidate values.
US11277756B2	Transmission of aggregated slots via multiple beamformed channels A base station (BS) can determine a beamforming configuration for communicating with a user equipment (UE) using aggregated slots or mini-slots, wherein the beamforming configuration can comprise multiple beamformed channels. The BS can then indicate, and the UE can identify, the beamforming configuration. The BS and the UE can then communicate with each other across the aggregated slots or mini-slots based on the beamforming configuration. Also, the BS and the UE can transmit and/or receive a transport block across the aggregated slots or mini-slots.
US11277754B2	Access point for managing wireless access to a network according to a zone of operation about the access point A method of managing wireless access to a network performed by an access point includes storing a programmable response time for defining a zone of operation around the access point, receiving from a client device a request to associate with the access point, transmitting a probe to the client device, when a response to the probe is received, measuring a round trip time between transmission of the probe and receipt of the response, determining whether the client device's request to associate with the access point should be granted or denied by comparing the round trip time to the programmable response time, granting the request to associate in response to determining that the round trip time is less than the programmable response time, and denying the request to associate with the access point in response to determining that the round trip time is longer than the programmable response time.
US11277753B2	Spectrum band transition management system Systems and methods are described for managing usage of wireless network equipment in a spectrum band that is in the process of being cleared. A regulatory agency may repurpose spectrum bands and define a transition period during which current or former licensees must vacate the band. A new licensee may begin using the spectrum band subject to various regulations in effect during the transition period, such as a requirement that the new licensee not interfere with current or former licensees that have not yet vacated. A spectrum band transition management system may thus be used to manage wireless network equipment and spectrum usage during the transition period. The spectrum band transition management system allows the new licensee to track potential interference sources and their vacate dates, mitigate interference sent and received during the transition period, and engineer a network that makes efficient use of spectrum during and after the transition.
US11277749B2	Communication device and communication system Provided is a communication device in which: a wireless network is formed of at least one sub-tree including a sub-root station; the sub-root station collects request wireless resource allocation information which a child station included in the sub-tree has; request wireless resource allocation information of the sub-root station itself is added to the collected request wireless resource allocation information, and the resultant information is reported to a parent station, the parent station notifies the sub-root station of wireless resource information available in the entire sub-tree; and the sub-root station allocates wireless resources to the sub-root station itself and the child station based on the wireless resource information notification.
US11277746B2	Systems and method for micro network segmentation A wireless communication system includes an external provider subsystem and an electronic network subsystem in operable communication with the external provider subsystem. The electronic network subsystem is configured to provide a first microservice and a second microservice different from the first microservice. The wireless communication system further includes an in-home subsystem (i) separate from the external provider subsystem, (ii) in operable communication with the electronic network subsystem, and (iii) including a first micronet and a second micronet different from the first micronet. The first micronet is configured to operably interact with the first microservice, and the second micronet is configured to operably interact with the second microservice. The wireless communication system further includes at least one electronic device configured to operably connect with one of the first micronet and the second micronet.
US11277744B2	Wi-Fi hotspot connection method and terminal This application provides a Wi-Fi hotspot connection method, which includes: displaying, by a terminal, a first screen that includes an SSID input box and a security selection box; receiving an SSID of a first Wi-Fi hotspot input by a user in the SSID input box; obtaining an encryption manner of the first Wi-Fi hotspot based on the SSID input by the user; displaying a second screen when the encryption manner of the first Wi-Fi hotspot is different from an encryption manner selected from the security selection box, where the second screen includes a password input box; receiving an access password of the first Wi-Fi hotspot input by the user on the second screen; and in response to a user's connection operation on the second screen, connecting to the first Wi-Fi hotspot based on the SSID, the access password, and the obtained encryption manner of the first Wi-Fi hotspot.
US11277743B2	Pass determination device and display method A pass determination device includes: a receiving unit for receiving authentication information from an authentication device of a user; a determining unit for determining whether or not to permit the user to pass on the basis of the authentication information received by the receiving unit; and a display unit for displaying a position of an authentication area in a first display mode from before the user enters the authentication area, the authentication area being an area through which the user having the authentication device is to pass so that an authentication process based on the authentication information of the authentication device is performed.
US11277737B2	Control resource set for UEs having different bandwidth capabilities Control channel decoding can consume a significant amount of power with respect to the device's total power battery lifetime, as well as being a factor in the complexity of device. Aspects of a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium are presented herein that provide a solution to the problem of control channel decoding complexity and power requirements by improving the manner in which control channels are decoded. An apparatus configures an initial CORESET having a reduced bandwidth corresponding to a bandwidth capability of a first UE type. The reduced bandwidth having a narrower frequency range than a bandwidth capability of a second UE type. The apparatus may configure a first CORESET for a first UE having a first bandwidth capability and a second CORESET for a second UE having a second bandwidth capability. The apparatus transmits control channel(s) in the configured CORESET(s).
US11277735B1	Multiple input multiple output (MIMO) layer control for wireless user equipment A wireless access node controls Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) layers for a User Equipment (UE). A radio wirelessly exchanges user data with other UEs and exchanges the user data with baseband circuitry. The baseband circuitry exchanges the user data with network elements over backhaul links. The baseband circuitry determines a status of the backhaul links. The baseband circuitry identifies the radio band status for the UE. The baseband circuitry receives user data for the UE from the network elements over the backhaul links. The baseband circuitry selects a number of MIMO layers for the UE based on the radio band status and the backhaul status. The baseband circuitry precodes the user data into precoded data for the selected number of MIMO layers and transfers the precoded data to the radio. The radio wirelessly transmits the precoded data to the UE over the selected number of MIMO layers.
US11277731B2	Apparatus and method for a mobile telecommunications system An apparatus comprising circuitry configured to generate a user equipment identifier which is unique on Anchor cell level or which is unique in RAN notified area level.
US11277724B2	Selection and use of backup communication mode for vehicle-to-vehicle messaging Techniques for determining an alternative communication mode for vehicle-to-vehicle communication at a host vehicle can include monitoring the primary mode of RF communication to ensure it is effectively communicating and, if not, intelligently selecting a backup communication mode comprising one or more other sensors and/or systems of the vehicle. The selection of the backup communication mode may take into account various factors that can affect the various modes of communication from which the backup communication mode is selected.
US11277723B2	Stabilization grid for sensors mounted on infrastructure A method and apparatus includes at least one environmental sensor mounted to an infrastructure component that is capable of moving relative to ground. The at least one environmental sensor determines an object position. A system uses environmental data collected over time to learn a fixed environment that includes at least one learned reference point. The system determines an amount of movement of the infrastructure component in relation to the learned reference point. The system corrects object position to compensate for movement of the infrastructure component.
US11277722B2	Method for operating a roadside network unit and roadside network unit A method for operating a roadside network unit is provided, which includes: ascertaining useful data for transmission to at least one further roadside network unit; providing the useful data for transmission on a sidelink channel in a licensed frequency range and/or for transmission on an ad hoc channel in an unlicensed frequency range; and transmitting the useful data on the sidelink channel in the licensed frequency range and/or on the ad hoc channel in the unlicensed frequency range.
US11277714B2	Wireless network An irrigation system includes a network hub and a plurality of remote terminal units configured for wireless communication with the network hub. The remote terminal units are connected to a device for irrigation control or sensing, such as a valve for a sprinkler. The network hub is configured to transmit a wireless broadcast to the remote terminal units, in which the wireless broadcast includes a plurality of individual packets transmitted in succession, each of the plurality of individual packets including a network identifier associated with the network hub, a time remaining in a broadcast period of time, and an assignment map indicative of an assigned state for each of the plurality of remote terminal units.
US11277713B2	Terminal device, infrastructure equipment and methods for receiving warning message A terminal device for use in a wireless telecommunications network, the terminal device comprising receiver circuitry and control circuitry, wherein the control circuitry is configured to: control the receiver circuitry to receive a first signal indicating that a warning notification message is to be transmitted by infrastructure equipment of the network using a multicast or broadcast transmission; in response to the reception of the first signal, control the receiver circuitry to receive a second signal transmitted by infrastructure equipment of the network using predetermined communication resources, the second signal comprising information for the terminal device to use to determine communication resources for the multicast or broadcast transmission of the warning notification message; determine the communication resources for the multicast or broadcast transmission of the warning notification message using the information comprised in the second signal; control the receiver circuitry to receive the warning notification message using the determined communication resources.
US11277709B2	Headphone A headphone including right and left ear pieces and a connecting portion which connects the right and left ear pieces to each other. The headphone includes a control part which changes a position at which a sound image is localized in accordance with an orientation of a user's head, with respect to at least one of a first musical sound and a second musical sound different from the first musical sound, the first musical sound and the second musical sound being input to the headphone, and a speaker which is included in each of the right and left ear pieces and to which a signal of a mixed sound of the first musical sound and the second musical sound is connected in a case where the position at which at least one sound image is localized is changed by the control part.
US11277705B2	Methods, systems and apparatus for conversion of spatial audio format(s) to speaker signals The present disclosure relates to a method of converting an audio signal in an intermediate signal format to a set of speaker feeds suitable for playback by an array of speakers. The audio signal in the intermediate signal format is obtainable from an input audio signal by means of a spatial panning function. The method comprises determining a discrete panning function for the array of speakers, determining a target panning function based on the discrete panning function, wherein determining the target panning function involves smoothing the discrete panning function, and determining a rendering operation for converting the audio signal in the intermediate signal format to the set of speaker feeds, based on the target panning function and the spatial panning function. The present disclosure further relates to a corresponding apparatus and a corresponding computer-readable storage medium.
US11277704B2	Acoustic processing device and acoustic processing method An acoustic processing device including a memory storing instructions and a processor that implements the stored instructions to execute a plurality of tasks, the tasks including: an analyzing task that analyzes an input signal; a determining task that determines an acoustic effect to be applied to the input signal, from among a first acoustic effect of virtual surround and a second acoustic effect of virtual surround different from the first acoustic effect, based on a result of the analyzing task; and an acoustic effect applying task that applies the acoustic effect determined by the determining task to the input signal.
US11277701B2	Microphone A microphone has a microphone capsule, wherein the microphone includes a test arrangement, the test arrangement including an undervoltage detector, a test signal generator unit and an adder. The microphone capsule may be connected to the adder via a first electrical line, a supply voltage line being connected to the undervoltage detector via a second electrical line. In the undervoltage detector the operating DC voltage of the microphone may be comparable with an internal reference DC voltage, the undervoltage detector being electrically connected to the test signal generator unit, and the test signal generator unit may be electrically connected to the adder.
US11277699B2	Hybrid shell for hearing aid A method is a described for constructing a hearing aid shell that comprises a combination of hard and soft materials. In one embodiment, 3D printing is combined with conventional mold/casting methods so that a first shell portion made of a hard material and a mold for a second shell portion are 3D printed. The mold is then filled with a soft material which is allowed to set to form the second shell portion, and the first and second shell portions are adhesively attached.
US11277698B2	Canal hearing devices with improved seals Hearing devices, configured to fit within the ear canal, having a hearing device core defining an exterior surface with a medial end and a medial corner, and including a battery, a microphone and a receiver, at least one seal, defining a seal compliance, carried on the hearing device core, and a medial bumper, defining a medial bumper compliance that is greater than the seal compliance, carried on the hearing device core.
US11277689B2	Apparatus and method for optimizing sound quality of a generated audible signal The present disclosure generally provides an apparatus and method of controlling an audible signal generated by an audio device to improve the sound quality of the generated audible signal and/or sound quality perceived by a user. In some embodiments, the audio device is able to improve the sound quality generated by the audio device that is generating audible sound based on any type of audio signal. The processes described herein allow the audible signal processor to determine the acoustic fingerprint of the environment in which the audio device is positioned, and thus by use of the method steps disclosed herein to optimize the sound quality in one or more frequency bands of a generated audible signal in real time based on the determined acoustic fingerprint.
US11277687B1	Power over Ethernet (PoE) powered smart speaker A networked speaker device includes a sealed housing and an Ethernet port in the housing for receiving power and audio data from a network router via an Ethernet cable. A power supply subsystem in the housing manages the power received at the Ethernet port. A microprocessor subsystem, powered by the power supply subsystem, receives and processes the audio data to generate output audio signals. A digital audio amplifier, powered by the power supply subsystem, amplifies the output audio signals to drive a speaker driver to render an audio output. The device also includes at least one heater resistor in the housing powered by the power supply subsystem. The at least one heater resistor is controlled by the microprocessor subsystem to automatically heat the interior of the housing when temperature inside the housing falls below a given temperature.
US11277686B2	Electronic device with audio zoom and operating method thereof An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a camera, a plurality of microphones, at least one processor electrically coupled with the camera and the plurality of microphones. The at least one processor may acquire a video signal, based on a designated zoom level via the camera, acquire a plurality of audio signals respectively via the plurality of microphones while acquiring the video signal, identify a first signal characteristic of a first audio signal acquired via a first microphone and a second signal characteristic of a second audio signal acquired via a second microphone among the plurality of microphones, derive a control parameter for signal processing for the first audio signal and the second audio signal, based on the designated zoom level, the first signal characteristic, and the second signal characteristic, and perform audio signal processing including beamforming using the first audio signal and the second audio signal, based on the derived control parameter. Various other embodiments are also possible.
US11277685B1	Cascaded adaptive interference cancellation algorithms Techniques for improving adaptive interference cancellation (AIC) using cascaded AIC algorithms are described. To improve an accuracy of detecting speech, a device may perform a first stage of AIC to generate isolated audio data and may generate speech mask data indicating time windows when speech is detected in the isolated audio data. Based on the speech mask data, the device may perform second AIC to generate output audio data, with adaptation of the adaptive filter enabled when the speech is not detected and disabled when the speech is detected. Thus, the first AIC improves the accuracy with which the device detects that speech is present and the second AIC reduces distortion in the output audio data by not updating filter coefficient values when the speech is present. The first AIC may use playback audio data, microphone audio data or beamformed audio data as reference signals.
US11277683B2	Determination of sound source direction An apparatus including circuitry configured to: provide a plurality of metrics associated with multiple directions, wherein the metrics are dependent, for the respective multiple directions, on an amount of direct-sound propagated; accumulate, for the respective multiple directions, values dependent upon the metrics associated with the respective multiple directions to enable determination of sound source directions.
US11277680B2	Earphone cord containment adaptor and holder A cord containment adaptor can be adaptively anchored or fixed to or removed from an earphone cord of a set of earphones by hand via an anchor slot of the adaptor. The anchor slot can have a frame or structure that may have multiple earphone cord entrapment chambers and/or an offset or non-linear path leading to an earphone cord entrapment chamber or chambers to help anchor the cord containment adaptor on the cord segment to prevent inadvertent dislodgement of the cord containment adaptor from the earphones. The structure of the anchor slot can be rigid and serves to firmly grip or compress earphone cord segments positioned between gapped-apart opposing sidewalls within the anchor slot. Entrapment chambers of the anchor slot are connected to every other entrapment chamber via cord passageways through which an earphone cord segment can pass. The cord containment adaptor may contain cord containment slots separate from the anchor slot. When a cord containment adaptor is anchored via the anchor slot, earphone cord segments can be gripped into slots in a manner that contains loose cord ends and helps prevent tangling of earphone cords when the earphones are stored or not in use. The adaptor can remain fixed to an earphone cord segment during audio listening by a user and during storage of an earphone set.
US11277675B2	Method and apparatus for monitoring the interaction between surrounding rocks and TBM in TBM tunneling process Provided is a method and an apparatus for real-time monitoring interaction between surrounding rocks and the TBM in a TBM tunneling process. Interaction between target objects is monitored by one or more sensors to obtain test data. A first electronic device connects a collecting module with the one or more sensors through a communication serial interface of the one or more sensors. A connection state between the one or more sensors and the collecting module is judged. The connection abnormality information is recorded or the collection parameters according to the connection state are set. The first electronic device judges the collection state by monitoring the collection, and records collection abnormality information or performs one-time collection of data according to the collection state. The first electronic device stores the data in a first storage folder. A second electronic device analyzes the data, and transmits the data to a monitoring device.
US11277674B2	Method and system for promoting interaction during live streaming events A method for promoting interaction during a live streaming event is disclosed. The method comprising the steps of receiving an audio feed and a visual feed of the live streaming event from a source device; partitioning with a uniform block length, the visual feed into visual feed partitions and the audio feed into audio feed partitions; and tagging a time-marker to each sentence in the audio feed. The method further comprises the steps of initiating a conversion of each sentence into a translated sentence while retaining the tagged time-markers, each translated sentence having an association with a visual feed partition and an audio feed partition; and waiting for a time delay to expire between transmitting a first partition, a second audio feed partition and the associated translated sentence with the tagged time-marker to the recipient device.
US11277673B2	Systems and methods for recording broadcast programs that will be missed due to travel delays Systems and methods are described herein for alerting a user that the user will be unable to view a broadcast program based on an estimated time of arrival of the user to a media consumption device, and responsively providing the user with an option to record the broadcast program. These systems and methods are performed at least by identifying a plurality of broadcast programs that are indicated on a profile of a user, receiving an estimated time of arrival of the user to a location of a media consumption device, responsively determining whether the user will be unable to view a broadcast program of the plurality of broadcast programs, responsively providing the user with an option to record the broadcast program, and responsively causing the broadcast program to be recorded.
US11277666B2	Systems and methods to improve skip forward functionality Systems and methods are described to identify jump points indicative of potential time points from which to resume consumption of the media asset in response to receiving a request to skip a portion of a media asset being consumed. The jump points include a first jump point identified based on a content viewing profile and a second jump point identified based on a scene information associated with the media asset. A preview image is displayed at each of the identified jump points. Systems and methods are also described to pause the skipping operation at the identified jump points and provide a preview at the respective jump points. Systems and method are further described to identify jump points based on analysis of the portion of the media asset being skipped.
US11277662B2	Methods and apparatus to measure exposure to streaming media Methods and apparatus to measure exposure to streaming media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a processor, and memory including machine readable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: extract a series of tags associated with media playing on a presentation device, different ones of the tags in the series of the tags embedded in the media at different temporal positions within a duration of the media; identify a first tag from the series of tags to report to a central facility, the first tag identified based on a temporal proximity of the first tag to an event associated with the media playing on the presentation device; and transmit the identified first tag to the central facility, other tags in the series of tags not being transmitted to the central facility.
US11277661B2	Quality information collection system, quality information collection method and program A quality information collecting system acquiring video data distributed in response to a viewing request and collecting quality-related information regarding video viewing from a viewing client playing back a video includes a quality information control functional unit configured to determine whether or not to request the viewing client having made a viewing request to report quality-related information, based on a network communication situation in which the video data is distributed, and a quality information collecting and analysis functional unit configured to receive, in accordance with a determination of the quality information control functional unit, the quality-related information transmitted from the viewing client.
US11277660B2	Synchronizing audio of a secondary-language audio track A method of providing a synchronized secondary audio track via a mobile device. The method includes: receiving, at a mobile device, a request from a user to receive a secondary audio track that corresponds with a primary audio track of an audio-visual (AV) program which is presented to the user; receiving the secondary audio track at the mobile device; receiving at the mobile device a playback-control cue; and in response to receiving the playback-control cue, outputting audio data of the secondary audio track so that the audio data is synchronized with the primary audio track.
US11277657B2	Systems and methods for customizing a display of information associated with a media asset Systems and methods are described for customizing a display of media asset information based on a user preference profile. In particular, media asset description information is customized by changing a term to a synonym that matches an event or keyword in the user preference profile.
US11277655B2	Recording remote expert sessions A server receives, from a first display device of a first user, first content data, first sensor data, and a request for assistance identifying a context of the first display device. The server identifies a second display device of a second user based on the context of the first display device. The server receives second content data and second sensor data from the second display device. The first content data is synchronized with the second content data based on the first and second sensor data. Playback parameters are formed based on the context of the first display device. An enhanced playback session is generated using the synchronized first and second content data in response to determining that the first sensor data meet the playback parameters. The enhanced playback session is communicated to the first display device.
US11277649B2	Chunk-based filtering to optimize video streaming quality and data usage A processing system including at least one processor may obtain a selection of a desired perceptual quality for a video and selects a first video chunk from among a first plurality of video chunks, wherein the first plurality of video chunks is associated with a first time block of the video, wherein the selecting is based upon a manifest file of the video, wherein each video chunk of the first plurality of video chunks is associated with a respective perceptual quality and a respective encoding bitrate, wherein the first video chunk is part of a subset of the first plurality of video chunks for which the respective perceptual quality matches the desired perceptual quality within a predefined threshold tolerance, and wherein the respective encoding bitrate of the first video chunk is lower than a highest encoding bitrate associated with the subset of the first plurality of video chunks. The processing system may obtain the first video chunk from a server and store the first video chunk in a buffer.
US11277648B2	Picture data encoding method and apparatus and picture data decoding method and apparatus Embodiments of this application disclose a decoding method includes: obtaining a bitstream including picture data; parsing the bitstream to obtain node split mode information of a first-level coding tree and node split mode information of a second-level coding tree, if the split mode corresponding to the first node is no further splitting, parsing the bitstream to obtain encoding information of the first node; and decoding and reconstructing, based on the encoding information of the first node, a coding unit corresponding to the first node, to obtain a picture corresponding to the picture data.
US11277647B2	Forward error correction using source blocks with symbols from at least two datastreams with synchronized start symbol identifiers among the datastreams A forward error correction (FEC) data generator has an input for at least two datastreams for which FEC data shall be generated in a joint manner, each datastream having a plurality of symbols. A FEC data symbol is based on a FEC source block possibly having a subset of symbols of the at least two data streams. The FEC data generator further has a signaling information generator configured to generate signaling information for the FEC data symbol regarding which symbols within the at least two datastreams belong to the corresponding source block by determining pointers to start symbols within a first and a second datastream, respectively, of the at least two datastreams and a number of symbols within the first datastream and second datastreams, respectively, that belong to the corresponding source block.
US11277645B2	Adaptive loop filtering (ALF) for video coding A method for adaptive loop filtering of a reconstructed picture in a video encoder is provided that includes determining whether or not sample adaptive offset (SAO) filtering is applied to the reconstructed picture, and using adaptive loop filtering with no offset for the reconstructed picture when the SAO filtering is determined to be applied to the reconstructed picture.
US11277644B2	Combining mode dependent intra smoothing (MDIS) with intra interpolation filter switching A video coder is configured to determine whether a condition is true for a block of a current picture of the video data. Based on the condition being true for the block, the video coder may apply a non-smoothing interpolation filter to unfiltered reference samples of the first block to generate predictive samples of the block. Based on the condition being false for the block, the video coder may apply a smoothing interpolation filter to unfiltered reference samples of the second block to generate predictive samples of the second block.
US11277638B2	Image coding method based on secondary transform, and device therefor An image decoding method according to the present document comprises the steps of: deriving transform coefficients through inverse quantization on the basis of quantized transform coefficients for a target block; deriving modified transform coefficients on the basis of an inverse reduced secondary transform (RST) for the transform coefficients; and generating, on the basis of an inverse primary transform for the modified transform coefficients, a restoration picture based on residual samples for the target block, wherein the modified transform coefficients derived according to the inverse RST are two-dimensionally arranged according to the order of a row priority direction or a column priority direction according to an intra prediction mode to be applied to the target block.
US11277636B2	Spatiotemporal prediction for bidirectionally predictive (b) pictures and motion vector prediction for multi-picture reference motion compensation Several improvements for use with Bidirectionally Predictive (B) pictures within a video sequence are provided. In certain improvements Direct Mode encoding and/or Motion Vector Prediction are enhanced using spatial prediction techniques. In other improvements Motion Vector prediction includes temporal distance and subblock information, for example, for more accurate prediction. Such improvements and other presented herein significantly improve the performance of any applicable video coding system/logic.
US11277635B2	Predictive coding for 360-degree video based on geometry padding A video coding system (e.g., an encoder and/or a decoder) may perform face-based sub-block motion compensation for 360-degree video to predict samples (e.g., of a sub-block). The video coding system may receive a 360-degree video content. The 360-degree video content may include a current block. The current block may include a plurality of sub-blocks. The system may determine whether a sub-block mode is used for the current block. The system may predict a sample in the current block based on the sub-block level face association. For a first sub-block in the current block, the system may identify a first location of the first sub-block. The system may associate the first sub-block with a first face based on the identified first location of the first sub-block. The system may predict a first sample in the first sub-block based on the first face that is associated with the first sub-block.
US11277633B2	Method and apparatus for compensating motion for a holographic video stream The invention pertains to a computer-implemented method for compensating motion for a digital holographic video stream, the method comprising: obtaining (1010) a sequence of frames representing consecutive holographic images of a scenery; obtaining (1020) translation and rotation vectors describing a relative motion of at least one object in said scenery between a pair of frames from among said sequence of frames; and applying (1030) an affine canonical transform to a first frame of said pair of frames so as to obtain a predicted frame, said affine canonical transform representing said translation and rotation vectors. The invention also pertains to a computer program product and to an apparatus for compensating motion for a digital holographic video stream.
US11277630B2	Method of coding and decoding images, coding and decoding device and computer programs corresponding thereto A method is provided for coding at least one image split up into partitions, a current partition to be coded containing data, at least one data item of which is allotted a sign. The coding method includes, for the current partition, the following steps: calculating the value of a function representative of the data of the current partition with the exclusion of the sign; comparing the calculated value with a predetermined value of the sign; as a function of the result of the comparison, modifying or not modifying at least one of the data items of the current partition, in the case of modification, coding the at least one modified data item.
US11277626B2	Region of interest quality controllable video coding techniques Video coding techniques including differential bit rate or quality coding of one or more regions of interest and one or more non-regions of interest based on information including one or more of coordinates of the one or more regions of interest, a target complexity, residual encoder bit data, a requested quality, a difference between the current video data frame and a reconstructed video data frame, a target quality, a requested bit rate, frame target bit allocation and an as encoded bit rate.
US11277622B2	Image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit.
US11277621B2	Devices and methods for video coding A video coding block is intra-predicted on the basis of reference samples from a set of neighboring video coding blocks. A fitting plane is determined on the basis of the reference samples. The fitting plane defines a plurality of fitting samples. For a selected directional intra prediction mode, the sample values of the video coding block are predicted on the basis of the reference sample values and the fitting sample values.
US11277616B2	DC intra mode prediction in video coding The disclosure describes examples for determining samples to use for DC intra mode prediction, such as where the samples are in a row or column that is not immediately above or immediately left of the current block. The samples may be aligned with the current block such that a last sample in the samples in a row above the current block is in same column as last column of the current block and such that a last sample in the samples in a column left of the current block is in the same row as the last row of the current block.
US11277610B2	Single layer high dynamic range coding with standard dynamic range backward compatibility A method for transforming high dynamic range (HDR) video data into standard dynamic range (SDR) video data and encoding the SDR video data so that the HDR video data may be recovered at the decoder includes generating a tone map describing a transformation applied to the HDR video data to generate the SDR video data. The generated tone map describes the transformation as the multiplication of each HDR pixel in the HDR video data by a scalar to generate the SDR video data. The tone map is then modeled as a reshaping transfer function and the HDR video data is processed by the reshaping transfer function to generate the SDR video data. The reshaping transfer function is then inverted and described in a self-referential metadata structure. The SDR video data is then encoded including the metadata structure defining the inverse reshaping transfer function.
US11277608B2	Method and apparatus for intra prediction The present disclosure relates to a method and device of decoding video data. The device and method use a mapping process to simplify the calculation procedure for intra prediction, to improve coding efficiency. The decoding of encoded data comprises: obtaining an indication indicating whether the intra-prediction mode for a picture block is in a set of most probable modes, MPM, or not; if the indication indicates that the intra prediction mode for the picture block is not in the set of MPMs, generating a mapping relationship between at least one intra prediction mode in the first set of intra prediction modes and at least one intra prediction mode in the set of non-MPMs; decoding the encoded data to obtain an intra prediction mode codeword for the picture block; and obtaining the intra prediction mode for the picture block according to the mapping relationship and the intra prediction mode codeword.
US11277606B2	Method for decoding a bitstream A method for decoding a bitstream comprising: (a) decoding at least one pictures from the bitstream; and (b) partitioning each of the at least one pictures into a plurality of slices, wherein each of the plurality of slices includes at least one coding units, wherein (c) palette table predictor size of a coding unit of the at least one coding units is set equal to 0 at start of a slice of the plurality of slices.
US11277603B2	Head-mountable display system Methods and apparatus for generating stereoscopic images for display with respect to a virtual display screen (VDS) include: setting a VDS position for displaying a stereoscopic image of an object in a virtual scene, the VDS having a depth profile that approximates a depth profile of the object; generating the stereoscopic image for display at the VDS within the virtual scene; and controlling a configuration of the VDS based on the detected change in the viewpoint of the stereoscopic image by the viewer.
US11277602B2	Method and system for display device with integrated polarizer An eyepiece unit for projecting an image to an eye of a viewer includes an eyepiece having a world side and a viewer side opposite the world side. The eyepiece includes an input coupling diffractive optical element, an orthogonal pupil expander diffractive optical element, and an exit pupil expander diffractive optical element. The eyepiece unit also includes a curved cosmetic lens disposed adjacent the world side of the eyepiece and a polarizer disposed adjacent the world side of the eyepiece.
US11277601B2	Dynamic range for depth sensing An example system includes a patterned light projector operable to direct first and second portions of patterned light toward first and second surfaces, respectively, in an environment. The first and second surfaces may be at first and second distances, respectively, from the structured light projector. A graduated optical filter may be situated along an optical path of the patterned light. The graduated optical filter includes first and second regions to attenuate an intensity of the first and second portions of the patterned light, respectively, by first and second amounts, respectively. The first amount is greater than the second amount. The system additionally includes an image sensor operable to generate image data based on at least the first and second portions of the patterned light and a processor configured to determine first and second values indicative of an estimate of the first and second distances, respectively, based on the image data.
US11277597B1	Marker-based guided AR experience Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for producing an augmented reality (AR) experience for display on a smart eyewear device. The AR production system includes a marker registration utility for setting and storing markers, a localization utility for locating the eyewear device relative to a marker location and to the mapped environment, and a virtual object rendering utility to presenting one or more virtual objects having a desired size, shape, and orientation. A high-definition camera captures an input image of the environment. If the input image includes a marker, the system retrieves from memory a set of data including a first marker location expressed in terms relative to a marker coordinate system. The localization utility determines a local position of the eyewear device relative to the marker location. The virtual object rendering utility prepares one or more virtual objects for display based on the eyewear location, the head pose of the wearer, and the location of one or more physical object landmarks in the environment.
US11277595B2	White balance method for image and terminal device A white balance method for an image and a terminal device are provided. The image includes a face region and a background region. The method includes extracting a color characteristic from the background region in the image, wherein the color characteristic is configured for indicating color distribution of the background region; matching the color characteristic with at least one application condition of a white balance algorithm for the face region, wherein the white balance algorithm is configured to adjust the face region in the image to be in a skin color; and performing a white-balance processing on the face region in the image according to the white balance algorithm in response to the color characteristic being matched with a corresponding one of the at least one application condition.
US11277591B2	Surveillance system, surveillance network construction method, and program A surveillance system (1) includes an area information acquisition unit (101), a request information provision unit (102), and a participation consent reception unit (103). The area information acquisition unit (101) acquires information of a surveillance-desired area. The request information provision unit (102) provides participation request information for surveillance that is conducted by using an image capturing unit of a portable terminal in the surveillance-desired area. The participation consent reception unit (103) receives participation consent as a response to the participation request information, from the portable terminal.
US11277585B2	Content distribution server, content distribution system, content distribution method, and program Provided is a content distribution server that is configured to improve the convenience of virtual space sharing formats. The content distribution server comprises: a participation accepting unit that accepts a participation request from another individual to participate in a virtual space used for distribution by a distributor; an information acquiring unit that acquires motion information indicating movement by the distributor and a participant participating on the basis of a participation request, as well as information on the virtual characters of the distributor and the participant; and a distribution unit that distributes live content based on video in virtual space obtained by synthesizing motion information acquired by the information acquiring unit with movement by the virtual characters.
US11277584B2	Method and system for carrying out a virtual meeting between at least a first person and a second person A virtual meeting is carried out between at least one first person and one second person, in which the virtual meeting is displayed in the form of a first virtual surrounding area by use of a first display device assigned to the first person and in the form of a second virtual surrounding area by use of a second display device assigned to the second person. The first person may be disposed in a moving vehicle whose vehicle movement is sensed and the representation of the first virtual surrounding area is selected in accordance with the sensed movement of the vehicle. The second person may be disposed in a reference system which differs from the vehicle and whose movement is sensed, and the representation of the second virtual surrounding area is selected in accordance with the sensed movement of the reference system.
US11277583B2	Personalized automatic video cropping Described are methods, systems, and computer-readable media to automatically crop videos using personalized parameters. Some implementations include a computer-implemented method that comprises obtaining an input video, determining a per-frame crop score for one or more candidate crop regions in each frame of the input video, generating a face signal for the one or more candidate crop regions, adjusting each per-frame crop score based on the face signal, determining a minimal cost path that represents crop region locations based on motion cost and the adjusted per-frame crop score, generating crop keyframing corresponding to the crop region locations along the minimal cost path, wherein the crop keyframing includes a start frame, an end frame, and crop region location, and outputting a modified video that has one or more of an output aspect ratio or an output orientation that is different than a corresponding aspect ratio or an orientation of the input video.
US11277581B2	Power over data line (PoDL) board design method to improve data channel performance Aspects of the disclosure provide for a system for a power over data line (PoDL) system. The system includes a ground plane that has a cutout. In addition, an alternating current (AC) capacitor pad configured to establish a bidirectional data channel. The AC capacitor pad is positioned in the cutout of the ground plane. Similarly, a PoDL pad connected to one or more inductors and a direct current (DC) power source is positioned in the cutout of the ground plane and is in series with the AC capacitor pad.
US11277580B2	I, Q counter circuit and method for time-of-flight image sensor A time-of-flight device comprises a pixel array including a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in an array, respective ones of the plurality of pixel circuits including a first photodiode configured to selectively output two analog signals respectively via two paths, and including a second photodiode configured to selectively output two analog signals respectively via two paths; a signal line coupled to the first photodiode and a second photodiode; and processing circuitry including: a comparator configured to compare a voltage of the signal line with a reference signal and to output a comparison result, and a counter configured to perform a count based on the comparison result in response to a count control signal, wherein the count control signal is configured to switch the counter between an up count mode and a down count mode while a count value is held in the counter.
US11277578B2	Solid-state imaging device with uneven structures and method for manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device, a method for manufacturing the same, and an electronic apparatus capable of improving sensitivity while suppressing degradation of color mixture. The solid-state imaging device includes an anti-reflection portion having a moth-eye structure provided on a boundary surface on a light-receiving surface side of a photoelectric conversion region of each pixel arranged two-dimensionally, and an inter-pixel light-blocking portion provided below the boundary surface of the anti-reflection portion to block incident light. In addition, the photoelectric conversion region is a semiconductor region, and the inter-pixel light-blocking portion has a trench structure obtained by digging the semiconductor region in a depth direction at a pixel boundary. The techniques according to the present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a solid-state imaging device of a rear surface irradiation type.
US11277576B2	Display apparatus and control method thereof Disclosed are a display apparatus and a method of controlling the same. a display apparatus including: a display; an optical sensor; and a processor configured to: identify an operation cycle shorter than an idle section of an infrared (IR) signal and including at least a part of a section for a detection operation of the optical sensor, based on the IR signal of which a signal section corresponding to a user key input and the idle section are repeated on a predetermined cycle, control the optical sensor to repetitively perform the detection operation on the identified operation cycle, and perform a predetermined operation based on a detection value obtained by the detection operation of the optical sensor.
US11277567B2	Electronic apparatus, control method of electronic apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium An electronic apparatus according to the present invention includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image; and a control unit configured to perform control, so that a file of the image acquired by the first acquisition unit is recorded in a storage, in response to an image capturing instruction from a user, wherein in a case where a partial range of the captured image is displayed on a display as a live view image, the control unit further performs control so that a thumbnail image corresponding to the live view image is recorded in association with the file.
US11277565B2	Optical devices for independent movement control of lenses and image sensors in camera systems Aspects of the present disclosure relate to optical devices and related methods that facilitate independent control of movement of lenses and image sensors in camera systems. In one example, an image sensor is movable independently of and relative to a lens, and the lens is movable independently of the image sensor. In one example, an optical device includes a lens, and an image sensor disposed below the lens. The image sensor is movable relative to the lens. The optical device includes a plurality of magnets disposed about the lens, a plurality of vertical coil structures coiled in one or more vertical planes, and one or more horizontal coil structures coiled in one or more horizontal planes. The plurality of vertical coil structures are configured to, when powered, move the image sensor relative to the lens. The one or more horizontal coil structures are configured to, when powered, move the lens.
US11277560B2	Image capturing apparatus The image capturing apparatus includes an exterior unit fixed to a main body of the image capturing apparatus, and a shake detection unit that is disposed in an accommodation area located in the exterior unit, and is configured to detect a shake of the image capturing apparatus. The image capturing apparatus further includes a reinforcing member that is disposed in the accommodation area, and reduces deformation of the exterior unit due to an external force applied thereto. The reinforcing member is disposed between the exterior unit and the main body when the external force is applied.
US11277559B2	Image sensor system In one example, an image sensor module comprises one or more covers having at least a first opening and a second opening, a first lens mounted in the first opening and having a first field of view (FOV) centered at a first axis having a first orientation, a second lens mounted in the second opening and having a second FOV centered at a second axis having a second orientation different from the first orientation, a first image sensor housed within the one or more covers and configured to detect light via the first lens, and a second image sensor housed within the one or more covers and configured to detect light via the second lens. The first image sensor and the second image sensor are configured to provide, based on the detected light, image data of a combined FOV larger than each of the first FOV and the second FOV.
US11277558B2	Vehicle vision system with master-slave camera configuration A vision system of a vehicle includes a plurality of cameras disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle. A display device is operable to display images for viewing by a driver of the vehicle. The plurality of cameras includes a master camera and at least one slave camera. The at least one slave camera communicates a signal to the master slave camera representative of image data captured by the at least one slave camera. The master camera includes an image signal processor for processing image data captured by at least the master camera. The master camera includes a view generator operable to generate images for display by the display device, with the generated images derived from image data captured by the master camera and the signal communicated by the at least one slave camera.
US11277557B1	Privacy-aware capture and device Systems and methods are disclosed and an example system includes a digital image receiver for receiving a digital image, and an automatic obscuration processor coupled to the image receiver, and configured to determine whether the digital image includes a region that classifies as an image of a category of object and, upon a positive determination, to obscure the region and output a corresponding obscured-region digital image.
US11277554B2	Control apparatus, imaging apparatus, control method, and storage medium A control apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a point light source area exists in an image, and a focus control unit configured to perform a focus control based on an evaluation value sequentially acquired from the image while moving the focus lens. The focus control unit changes a method of the focus control based on a position of the point light source area.
US11277550B2	Camera module A camera module includes: a housing; a reflecting module; and a lens module disposed behind the reflecting module, wherein the moving holder is disposed to be movable in one axial direction, approximately perpendicular to the optical axial direction and the one axial direction with respect to the housing, the lens module includes a carrier supported by the housing to be linearly movable in approximately the optical axial direction, the lens module includes two or more lens barrels of which some are fixed, and the others are supported by the housing to be linearly movable in approximately the optical axial direction, and lenses are distributed and provided into the at least two lens barrels.
US11277549B2	Camera module, electronic device employing camera module, and method for controlling same Disclosed are a camera module, an electronic device having the camera module, and a method for controlling the electronic device. The camera module includes an image sensor shooting an image, a body tube disposed above the image sensor, including a lens group and a housing including an opening formed at an upper end of the lens group and transmitting a light exiting through the opening and the lens group to the image sensor, a cover window positioned at an upper end of the opening of the body tube and including a transparent material, a transparent substrate positioned at a lower end of the cover window, and an opaque conductive material disposed in a space defined by coupling the cover window to the transparent substrate. An electrode device is formed on the transparent substrate to generate an electric field or a magnetic field when receiving a power, and when the electric field or the magnetic field is generated, the conductive material reacts with the electric field or the magnetic field in the space and moves toward a center of the transparent substrate to cover the opening of the body tube.
US11277548B2	Camera module A camera module includes a housing; a lens module provided in an internal space of the housing to be movable in an optical axis direction, and including at least one lens therein; a magnet disposed in the lens module; and position detection sensors to detect a position of the magnet. One or more of the position detection sensors are disposed to face a first polarity of the magnet and one or more of the position detection sensors are disposed to face a second polarity of the magnet different than the first polarity.
US11277545B2	Heatsink of an image capture device An image capture device includes a heatsink having a cutout within the heatsink. The image capture device also includes a housing, a mounting structure located on an external side of the housing, and an integrated sensor and lens assembly (ISLA) extending through the cutout in the heatsink and connecting to the mounting structure. The ISLA is free of contact with the heatsink. The heatsink can include mounting flanges to support components including printed circuit boards and battery cages.
US11277543B1	Perceptual dithering for HDR video and images In a method for dithering image data, a processor receives an input image in a first color space and a first bit depth larger than 8 bits. The processor converts the input image into a first image in a perceptually uniform color space, such as the BT. 2100 ICtCp color space, with pixel values scaled to be within a target bit depth, it quantizes the first image to generate a quantized image, it generates an error image between the first image and the quantized image, and using a random threshold, it generates a dithered image based on the random threshold, the error image, and the quantized image, allowing to reduce the bit-depth representation for visually consistent reproduction by two bits.
US11277535B2	Image reading apparatus and control apparatus for the same An image reading apparatus includes a reading unit that reads a document transported in a second scan direction, a detector unit that detect a position of an edge of the document in a first scan direction crossing the second scan direction, a setting unit that sets a search range of the edge of the document in the first scan direction, the search range including the position of the edge detected by the detector unit, and a search unit that, on image data that the reading unit has read from the document, searches for the position of the edge within the search range of the edge set by the setting unit.
US11277526B2	Distributed sensing and video capture system and apparatus Systems and apparatus for sensing and video capture include at least one camera with an optical sensor that captures video image data of a first sampling rate. An auxiliary sensor captures auxiliary data at a second sample rate. A processor is communicatively connected to the optical sensor and auxiliary sensor. The processor transmits video image data captured at the first sample rate auxiliary sensor data captured at the second sampling rate across a data connection to a centralized computer that receives the video image data and the auxiliary sensor data and operate to present the video image data and the auxiliary sensor data on a graphical display.
US11277525B2	Methods and systems for customization of a secured kiosk device Systems and methods for customizing a kiosk device are disclosed. The methods may include, by a processor: providing a web-interface portal that enables a user to generate a customized application package for customization of a kiosk device that provides document processing services via a print device, receiving one or more custom files to be included in the customized application package from the user via the web-interface portal, and generating the customized application package. The customized application package includes the received one or more custom files stored in a format compatible with the kiosk device. The user does not have access to the format, and the customized application package when installed on the kiosk device will cause customization of the kiosk device in accordance with the one or more custom files.
US11277524B2	Toll-free telecommunications management platform A method including receiving a natural language input and determining a telecommunications routing code based at least in part on the natural language input. The telecommunications routing code is associated with routing calls to a telecommunications number. The method further includes populating the telecommunications routing code at a node of a call routing decision tree to generate a populated call routing decision tree comprising a call routing template.
US11277523B2	Support for envelope reporting A method for supporting envelope reporting in a radio communication network having a control plane, CP, function separated from a user plane, UP, function, is presented. The method is performed in a CP node of the radio communication network and comprises setting (S100) a time quota mechanism, TQM, in a usage reporting rule, URR, to which its corresponding service data flows, SDFs, are applicable for envelope for envelope reporting, setting (S100) at least one reporting trigger in the URR, to instruct the UP function to generate a usage report upon closure of an envelope, setting (S100) a measurement method in the URR, to instruct the UP function to collect usage of volume, time and/or event, sending (S110) the set URR to the UP function, receiving (S120) one or more usage reports from the UP function, in response to the sent URR, wherein the received usage report(s) comprises at least a usage report trigger set to envelope closure, determining (S130) a starting time and/or an ending time for each envelope, based on the received usage report(s), and storing (S140) each envelope, with the determined starting time and/or ending time, for online or offline charging. A CP node, a UP node, a computer program and a computer program product are also presented.
US11277522B2	Service domain charging systems and methods Various mechanisms are disclosed for a service domain charging system that can interact with underlying networks. A service domain charging architecture is defined with several logical functions. Service-based charging types may be and applied to existing event, session, online, and offline charging mechanisms. Service domain charging messages may be exchanged over the X, Y, Z reference points. An E reference point may be used for interfacing with a service domain billing system, and a B reference point may be used between a service domain billing system and underlying network's billing system.
US11277521B1	On premises gateways interconnecting VoIP systems, the public switched telephone network and private branch exchanges and other telephony infrastructure A system and computer-implemented method for providing telephony communication services for VoIP or analog telephony devices using an on-premises gateway and remotely located VoIP system are described. Some implementations of the methods may include generating a configuration file mapping a plurality of tag extensions to a plurality of analog telephone ports of a high-density analog telephony adapter (HDATA), which may be communicatively coupled to the VoIP system. The VoIP system may transmit the configuration file to the HDATA, receive a telephony service request, and determine a tag extension based on the telephony service request. The VoIP system may transmit an identification of the tag extension to the HDATA and route a telephony service to the HDATA via the communication channel using the tag extension.
US11277520B1	Communication using communication tokens, such as QR codes A VoIP communication service using communication tokens, such as QR codes, to identify the receivers can provide callers with the ability to communicate with the receivers using VoIP technology, without the need to pre-registering with the VoIP service provider that hosts the communication. The tokens can be customized by having a profile, which can include conditions imposed by the receivers on the callers. The tokens can be used in a call center to provide VoIP communication services.
US11277519B2	Methods and apparatus to assist listeners in distinguishing between electronically generated binaural sound and physical environment sound Methods and apparatus assist listeners in distinguishing between electronically generated binaural sound and physical environment sound while the listener wears a wearable electronic device that provides the binaural sound to the listener. The wearable electronic device generates a visual alert or audio alert when the electronically generated binaural sound occurs.
US11277517B1	Method and system for a scalable computer-telephony integration system When an incoming call is received from a customer, various aspects may include receiving an indication of availability from several call agents within the computer-telephony integration system and presenting the indications of availability and identification information for each of the call agents on a display. A user control for searching the call agents may also be presented on the display for use by a first call agent to view an indication of availability for a particular call agent. The customer call may then be transferred from the first call agent to the particular call agent in response to the indication of availability identifying the particular call agent as available.
US11277512B1	System and method for scoring and selection of communication notification presentation through contextual feedback A method for computer control of online social interactions based on conversation processing. A portion of a conversation with a given user is recorded, stored in memory, and processed so as to influence subsequent interactions. These may include audio or other contextualized annunciations of subsequent telephone calls. Other modes addressing conversational processing for social purposes can result in interwoven conversation guided among threads of interest, advertising and incented participation of conversational content and placement. The invention is capable of implementation in telecommunications systems such as cellular, local exchange, and VOIP, and in combination with other forms of internet-based telecommunication, including smart phones and adaptive forums chat rooms.
US11277511B2	System and method for facilitating communications between inmates and non-inmates A system and method for incoming and outgoing electronic messages with inmates includes a database including user records having user profiles and inmate profiles, and action event records. The system and method are programmed to associate at least one inmate account number with a specific SIM card or phone number, detect the triggering event, trigger the action event to be performed based on the triggering event, perform the action event data based on the action event. The action event data includes determining whether the user profile is a current user or a new user, receiving at least one inmate account number associated with the message, processing the message according to predetermined criteria, upon determining that the user profile is a current user pairing the message with the at least one inmate account number, and sending the message to the at least one inmate account number.
US11277510B2	Preventing foreign initiated fraudulent or unauthorized use of calling service Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing prevention of foreign initiated fraudulent or unauthorized use of calling service. In various embodiments, a computing system might receive, from a first user device associated with an originating party, a request to access a first account of a calling system and an access code. Based on a determination that the received access code is valid, the computing system might determine whether the first user device associated with the originating party is located in a foreign country. If so, the computing system might determine whether a database contains a configurable flag indicating that international access is not allowed for the first account. If so, the computing system might initiate one or more first actions. If not, the computing system might provide the first user device with access to the first account of the calling system.
US11277506B2	Cradles for mobile devices with one or more biasing tabs and methods of making and using A cradle for a mobile device includes a base; sidewalls extending from the base and defining, in combination with the base, a cavity for receiving the mobile device; at least one contact extending out of the base; and at least one biasing tab. Each of the at least biasing tab includes a first portion biased to extend out of the base and arranged to engage the mobile device during loading of the mobile device prior to engagement of the at least one contact by the mobile device to protect the at least one contact during the loading of the mobile device.
US11277504B2	Accessory for use with a mobile electronic device An accessory for a mobile electronic device includes a platform, a wallet, and a grip accessory coupled to the wallet. The platform is adapted to be attached to the mobile electronic device or a case for the mobile electronic device. The wallet is attached to the platform and configured to hold one or more objects associated with a user of the accessory. The grip accessory is adapted to permit a user of the accessory to securely grip the accessory and includes a base and a gripping element movable relative to the base.
US11277502B2	Communication device, processing device and method for transmitting data unit A communication device, processing device or method constructs M RLC PDUs including M RLC SDUs, respectively, where M is larger than 1; submits, for a transmission opportunity, only L RLC PDUs for L RLC SDUs with lowest L SNs among the M RLC PDUs to a MAC layer, where L
US11277501B2	Broadcast signal transmission device, broadcast signal transmission method, broadcast signal reception device, and broadcast signal reception method A broadcast signal transmission method according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises an IP layer processing step of generating Internet protocol (IP) packets including broadcast data and generating fragmented IP packets by fragmenting at least one IP packet of the IP packets in order to transmit to a link layer, a first link layer processing step of restoring the at least one IP packet by combining the fragmented IP packets of the IP packets output at the IP layer processing step, a second link layer processing step of performing header compression of IP packet including the restored at least one IP packet, and a third link layer processing step of encapsulating the header compressed IP packets into at least one link layer packet and transmitting the at least one link layer packet to a physical layer.
US11277500B2	Integration of a standard network protocol layer in a web browser by compilation to webassembly and use of a websocket A standard network protocol layer is integrated in a Web browser by compilation to Webassembly and use of a Websocket. A method for connecting a local client device to a remote computing resource, by establishing a computing session in accordance with a standard protocol includes: executing on the client device a Web browsing application; opening a first tunnel (websocket) with a server GATEWAY, wherein the opening of the first tunnel between the client device and the GATEWAY commands the opening of a network connection with the remote resource. The Web application executed on the local client calculates data packets in accordance with a standard protocol (RDP or SSH for example) and commands the transmission of the data packets to the remote resource in the native format of the protocol, without transcoding or transformation other than the standard processing of websockets, by way of the server gateway (Proxy websocket) ensuring the transfer without modification of the packet received from the client device, to the remote server.
US11277494B1	Dynamically routing code for executing Code may be dynamically routed to computing resources for execution. Code may be received for execution on behalf of a client. Execution criteria for the code may be determined and computing resources that satisfy the execution criteria may be identified. The identified computing resources may then be procured for executing the code and then the code may be routed to the procured computing resources for execution. Permissions or authorization to execute the code may be shared to ensure that computing resources executing the code have the same permissions or authorization when executing the code.
US11277492B2	Seamless connectivity to smart devices, cameras and home care devices over WiFi networks and cloud A mobile universal device operator (MUDO) operates at least one device and includes a seamless interaction manager and an appliance manager. The seamless interaction manager transmits a resource discovery requests to a gateway over a local network and to a cloud server over an external network. The gateway stores a local resource directory listing at least one resource of each device and the cloud server stores an associated cloud resource directory. The manager receives responses from the resource directories, selects a local command path or a cloud command path and associates the selected command path with each discovered resource. The appliance manager transfers instructions received from a user about a selected resource to the seamless interaction manager. The interaction manager translates the instructions into a unified command to the selected discovered resource via its associated command path.
US11277489B2	Software application updating in a local network A method of updating software, performed by respective machines in a linear communication orbit includes, at a local server executed by a respective machine, receiving, via the linear communication orbit, update metadata. At an update module executed by the respective machine, an update module evaluates software version information using the update metadata to determine a set of one or more updates to be applied to one or more software programs. A patch module sends, via the linear communication orbit, requests for one or more software update files corresponding to the set of one or more updates, and receives the one or more software update files corresponding to the set of one or more updates. The update module then updates the one or more of the software programs by applying the received one or more software update files to the one or more of the software programs.
US11277483B2	Assessing user activity using dynamic windowed forecasting on historical usage Systems and methods for assessing user activity using dynamic windowed forecasting on historical usage. The system includes a server including an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive, from a network server hosting at least one application for a plurality of users, a data stream including a plurality of historical activity indicators for the plurality of users, the plurality of historical activity indicators including a plurality of unique user identifiers and a plurality of timestamps. The electronic processor is configured to group the plurality of historical activity indicators into a plurality of historical windowed data points based on the plurality of timestamps. The electronic processor is configured to determine a forecasted quantity of users for a forecast time window based on the data points and the plurality of unique user identifiers. The electronic processor is configured to transmit the forecasted quantity of users to a user device.
US11277482B2	Operations control of network services Methods, systems, and apparatuses, for real-time operation control, among other things. There may be adjustments to a first device in which a first network service operates. The adjustment to the device may include moving a second network service of the first device to a second device. The first network service and the second network service may be associated with virtual machines.
US11277481B1	Content selection through intermediary device The systems and methods described herein can enable the selection of customized content in networked systems that prevent the transfer of session data between different domains. The systems and methods described herein enable the exchange of data between third-party entities that would be blocked in networked systems that prevent cross-domain data exchange. The systems and methods can provide multi-sourced content without sacrificing security of the client device and browser environment.
US11277478B2	Application aware copy data management of apps deployed in public cloud environments One example method includes discovering an application instance on a host, reporting the existence of the application instance, discovering application components of the application instance, and mapping the application components to information concerning an underlying filesystem and information concerning an underlying physical drive. The example method additionally includes freezing the application instance in response to a first instruction, and then thawing the application instance in response to a second instruction.
US11277469B2	Efficient and reliable host distribution of totally ordered global state An asynchronous distributed computing system with a plurality of computing nodes is provided. One of the computing nodes includes a sequencer service that receives updates from the plurality of computing nodes. The sequencer service maintains or annotates messages added to the global state of the system. Updates to the global state are published to the plurality of computing nodes. Monitoring services on the other computing nodes write the updates into a locally maintained copy of the global state that exists in shared memory on each one of the nodes. Client computer processes on the nodes may then subscribe to have updates “delivered” to the respective client computer processes.
US11277466B2	File transferring method and apparatus, interactive method and apparatus for implementing uploading in cloud storage application, machine device, and computer-readable storage medium A file transferring method is disclosed. The method includes activating a transferring area on a displayed user interface in response to triggering of file transferring; tracking drag trajectory according to a triggered dragging instruction on the user interface on which the transferring area is activated, and detecting, when the dragging is released, that the transferring area and a file icon overlap; and transferring a corresponding file in response to the file icon overlapping with the transferring area.
US11277464B2	Data restoration for datacenter failover A failover system can receive active data from user devices running an application specific to a service entity providing an application service. For each user device, the active data can indicate a current status. The failover system can transmit restoration data to the user devices for storage to restore the current status of the user devices in the case of a failover event. When a failover event occurs, the failover system can recover the restoration data from a first user device to restore the current status of the application service for the first user device.
US11277462B2	Call management of 5G conference calls A 5G network conference call initiation is detected. Information associated with the conference call includes a topic, an agenda, participants, and goals, is received. The respective participants of the conference call are identified, based on a dedicate traffic channel (DTCH) of the respective participants of the conference call. An allocation threshold of conference call contribution associated with the respective participants is determined, based on the information received. Contributions of respective participants are calculated during the conference call based on a list of DTCHs of the respective participants. The contributions of the respective participants are compared to the allocation threshold and responsive to determining that the contributions of a first participant of the respective participants of the conference call exceed the allocation threshold, an action mitigating the excessive contribution in the conference call is performed.
US11277461B2	Methods and apparatus to monitor streaming media Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to monitor streaming media. An example apparatus includes a media calibrator to calibrate video data to a calibration time-base based on audio data, the video data and audio data associated with a media stream and a signature generator to generate a signature representative of the media stream based on the calibrated video data.
US11277458B2	Multi-level matching facilitating delivery of enhanced content A server receives, from a broadcast station, a message including a station identifier and a list of media-works scheduled for broadcast. The media-works are identified by identifying attributes. The server attempts a first-level match between identifying attributes associated with a first media-work and unique identifiers included in a database. The unique identifiers link content attributes of different media-works to different unique identifiers. The first-level match includes comparing the identifying attributes to the unique identifiers to determine whether an identifying attribute matches any of the unique identifiers stored in the database. If not, a second-level match compares the identifying attributes to content attributes of different media-works to identify content attributes that match the identifying attributes. If the second-level match identifies matching content attributes that link the media-work to a unique identifiers in the database, enhanced content is selected based on that unique identifier, and is delivered to the broadcast station.
US11277457B2	Image processing method, server, client and image processing system The present disclosure relates to an image processing method, a server, a client and an image processing system. The image processing method is applicable to the server and includes: receiving an image processing request from the client, wherein the image processing request includes a to-be-processed image in a first image format; acquiring the to-be-processed image according to the image processing request, and processing the to-be-processed image to obtain a target image in a second image format; and generating a feedback message according to the target image, and sending the feedback message to the client.
US11277456B2	System and method for delivering an audio-visual con tent to a client device For delivering an audio-visual content to a client device, an interconnecting device interconnecting a first network to a second network, the client device being connected to the second network, an equipment adapted to provide the audio-visual content being connected to the first network, said equipment performs: receiving, from the client device, a first request for receiving the audio-visual content; transmitting a redirecting message to the client device, said redirecting message redirecting the client device toward an agent implemented in the interconnecting device. Furthermore, said agent performs: receiving, from the client device, a second request for receiving the audio-visual content; acting as a relay between said equipment and the client device.
US11277455B2	Streaming system A method including configuring a transmit process to store information including a queue of packets to be transmitted, the queue defining transmit process packets to be transmitted, each packet associated with a transmission time, and configuring a synchronization process to receive from the transmit process at least some of the information. The synchronization process performs one of: A) accessing a dummy send queue and a completion queue, and transmitting one or more of the transmit process packets in accordance with a completion queue entry in the completion queue, and B) sends a doorbell to transmission hardware at a time when at least one of the transmit process packets is to be transmitted, the synchronization process including a master queue configured to store transmission entries, each transmission entry including a transmit process indicator and an indication of transmit process packets to be transmitted. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
US11277454B2	Conference session access using reachability information for distributed clusters of media nodes A conference system includes a controller and clusters of media nodes. Each media node performs media packet processing operations and connects with other media nodes and client devices. The controller sends to a client device contact information for candidate clusters. The controller receives from the client device a measure of reachability to each candidate cluster as determined by the client device using the contact information. The controller receives from the client device a request to join a communication session. Responsive to the request, the controller determines a best cluster among the candidate clusters to which the client should connect for the communication session based on the measures of reachability to the candidate clusters, and selects a media node in the best cluster. The controller sends to the client device contact information for the media node to enable the client device to connect to the media node for the communication session.
US11277453B2	Media communication management Communication between a plurality of users on one or more media platforms is analyzed. A model of the communication that reflects trends of the communication is generated. Using the model, it is determined that a current communication between a first and second user of the media platform is relatively less efficient than a potential communication between the first user and a third user of the media platform. In response to determining that the current communication is relatively less efficient than the potential communication, the current communication is directed to the third person.
US11277447B2	Distributed policy enforcement proxy with dynamic EPG sharding A distributed policy proxy system offloads network policy processing from an overloaded network element to policy proxy network elements. A network controller detects that policy resources are overloaded at a network element, and selects a group of policy proxy network elements. The network controller assigns an exclusive range of endpoint groups to each policy proxy network element. Each policy proxy network element is assigned to handle policy processing for its assigned range of endpoint groups. The network controller provides instructions to the policy proxy network elements to enable each policy proxy network element to apply the network policy for its assigned range of endpoint groups. The network controller also provides instructions to the overloaded network element to redirect a packet from the first endpoint group to a first policy proxy network element based on a destination of the packet.
US11277446B2	Event integration frameworks Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for processing and managing information from a compliance and configuration control (“CCC”) tool and generating information for a security information and event management (“SIEM”) tool based on the information from the CCC tool. For example, in one exemplary embodiment, information from a CCC tool is transferred to a SIEM tool or logging tool by receiving the information from the CCC tool in a format that is not recognized by the SIEM tool or logging tool, and generating an output message in a message format that is recognized by the SIEM tool or logging tool. In particular embodiments, the message format is a customizable message format that is adaptable to multiple different SIEM tools or logging tools. In further embodiments, the data transferred to the SIEM tool comprises data indicative of compliance policy changes.
US11277442B2	Verifying the trust-worthiness of ARP senders and receivers using attestation-based methods Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for assessing reliability and trustworthiness of devices operating within a network. An ARP responder can receive an ARP request from an ARP requestor for performing address resolution between the ARP requestor and the ARP responder in a network environment. The ARP responder can build an ARP response including attestation information of the ARP responder. Further, the ARP responder can provide, to the ARP requestor, the attestation information for verifying the ARP responder using the ARP response and the attestation information of the ARP responder.
US11277438B2	Mitigating malware impact by utilizing sandbox insights Systems and methods for mitigating the impact of malware by reversing malware related modifications in a computing device are provided. According to an embodiment, a sandbox service running within a network security platform protecting an enterprise network receives a file containing malware and associated contextual information from an endpoint security solution running on an endpoint device, which has been infected by the malware. The sandbox service captures information regarding a first series of actions performed by the malware and based on the first series of actions generates a remediation script specifying a second series of actions that are configured to restore the endpoint device to a pre-infected state. The network security platform causes the endpoint device to be returned to the pre-infected state by causing the endpoint security solution to execute the remediation script on the endpoint device.
US11277437B1	Automated device data retrieval and analysis platform There are provided systems and methods for an automated device data retrieval and analysis platform. A service provider server invokes an instance of an application in a remote processing environment using device data associated with the application and sends a control message that prompts the instance to send a request to a web server for a process script that invokes a process executable in the remote processing environment. The service provider server obtains traffic data a behavior of application data based on an interaction between the instance and the web server, and determines features of the application in a native state from the behavior of the application data. The server generates a data profile of the application that indicates the features in the native state and provides the data profile to a remote engine to detect potential malicious activity associated with the application from the detection operation.
US11277434B2	Reducing attack surface by selectively collocating applications on host computers Reducing attack surface by selectively collocating applications on host computers is provided. System resources utilized by each application running in a plurality of host computers of a data processing environment are measured. Which applications running in the plurality of host computers that utilize similar system resources are determined. Those applications utilizing similar system resources are collocated on respective host computers.
US11277425B2	Anomaly and mode inference from time series data Methods, systems, and computer program products for anomaly and mode inference from time series data are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes receiving time-series sensor data for each one of a group of devices; extracting a set of states for each device in the group from the time-series sensor data; constructing a state-transition graph for each of the devices, wherein each of the state-transition graphs comprises nodes corresponding to each state in the set and edges corresponding to a probability of transition between the extracted states over time; identifying, for each set, a given state as one of: a mode, a normal state and an anomalous state based on the state-transition graph; and detecting one or more anomalous devices in the group by computing similarities between different devices in the group, based at least in part on the determined state-transition graphs.
US11277424B2	Anomaly detection for a networking device based on monitoring related sets of counters In one embodiment, a monitoring process identifies a set of counters maintained by a networking device by comparing a configuration of the networking device to an object relationship model. The monitoring process obtains counter values from the identified set of counters maintained by the networking device. The monitoring process detects an anomaly by using the obtained counter values as input to a machine learning-based anomaly detector. The monitoring process generates an anomaly detection alert for the detected anomaly.
US11277423B2	Anomaly-based malicious-behavior detection Example techniques detect incidents based on events from or at monitored computing devices. A control unit can detect events of various types within a time interval and aggregate the detected events into an incident. The control unit can detect patterns within the events based at least in part on predetermined criterion. In examples, the control unit can determine pattern scores for the patterns based on the probability of occurrence for the patterns and determine a composite score based on the pattern scores. The control unit can determine that an incident indicating malicious activity has been detected based in part determining that the composite score is above a predetermined threshold score. In some examples, the control unit can classify and rank the incidents. The control unit can determine if an incident indicates malicious activity including malware or targeted attack.
US11277422B2	Detecting malicious network addresses within a local network The behavior analysis engine can also detect malicious network addresses that are sent to networked devices in the local network. The network traffic hub identifies network communications that are transmitted through the local network that contain network addresses. The network traffic hub transmits (or sends) the network address to the behavior analysis engine and the behavior analysis engine extracts network address features from the network address. The behavior analysis engine then applies an execution model to the execution features to determine a confidence score for the network address that represents the execution model's certainty that the network address is malicious. The behavior analysis engine uses the confidence score to provide instructions to the network traffic hub as to whether to allow the networked device to receive the network address.
US11277419B2	Method, system, and apparatus for verification of operation using GPS receiver input within integrated circuits and electronic systems using an operation navigation system A method and system for analysis of a facility may include providing an emulation host system, generating a pristine circuit model on the emulation host system, inserting a first hardware trojan model, emulating operation of the golden circuit model, and emulating operation of the first hardware trojan model, and determine a set of machine-learning models, detecting the presence of an unknown trojan as a function of the set of machine learning models and using the same to authenticate the integrity of a GPS signal.
US11277411B2	Data protection and privacy regulations based on blockchain Described herein includes a data controller that secures personal data and efficiency and reliably records data access events using blockchain. The system may include a data controller for: receiving a request to access data stored in a database on the data controller, the request including a web token; verifying the web token of the request; providing access to the data stored in the database; generating a data access event indicating that the data stored in the database has been accessed; and recording the data access event on a blockchain platform in accordance with blockchain.
US11277410B2	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.
US11277409B2	Authentication server, system, and method that allow client device to log into client device and/or target service An authentication server that connects a client device and a target server via a first network. The authentication server includes: a storage and a processor. The storage stores user-specific information that includes a plurality of data items. The processor: upon receiving an authentication request including a user ID and a user password, an authentication ID, a biometric device ID unique to a user, or biometric data of a user, identifies a corresponding credential data of the user; determines which of the items in the user-specific information will be sent to the client device; and returns the determined items to the client device, and causes the client device to store the determined items as cache data used for logging into at least one of the client device and the target service, wherein the client device and the target server have given a login authority to the user.
US11277408B2	Devices and methods for enabling authorization and communication between indirectly related parties via networked computing systems using data models with nested party relationships A method for using a data model to enable authorization and communication between computers including a first computer configured to provide a service, a second computer in communication with the first computer, and a third computer in communication with one or both of the first computer and the second computer. The method includes storing the data model, wherein the data model describes nested party relationships among a first party having access to the first computer, a second party having access to the second computer, and a third party having access to the third computer, wherein the data model describes the third party as a third set of attributes specifying authorizations of the third party with respect to only the second party, the third set of attributes being nested within and dependent upon a second set of attributes specifying authorizations of the second party with respect to the first party.
US11277406B2	MTS-based mutual-authenticated remote attestation In one example a prover device comprises one or more processors, a computer-readable memory, and signature logic to store a first cryptographic representation of a first trust relationship between the prover device and a verifier device, the first cryptographic representation based on a pair of asymmetric hash-based multi-time signature keys, receive an attestation request message from the verifier device, the attestation request message comprising attestation data for the verifier device and a hash-based signature generated by the verifier device, and in response to the attestation request message, to verify the attestation data, verify the hash-based signature generated by the verifier device using a public key associated with the verifier device, generate an attestation reply message using a hash-based multi-time private signature key and send the attestation reply message to the verifier device. Other examples may be described.
US11277405B2	Dual biometric authentication and biometric health monitoring using chemosensory and internal imaging data Biometric health monitoring of a specific user or population is performed during biometric authentication for granting access to physical or digital assets. If biometric authentication, biometric verification and biometric health monitoring is acceptable, access to the physical or digital assets is allowed. Likewise, if a health anomaly is detected in a specific user or if an outbreak is detected in a specific community, an electronic notification can be sent to the individual, a health administrator, or to a government official, and access may be denied to the specific user.
US11277400B2	Reminder terminal apparatus and authentication method A reminder terminal apparatus and authentication method are disclosed. An example authentication method includes creating a table having letter strings contained in elements respectively, where the letter strings are created at random. The method also includes creating a registration letter string using the table and registering or newly registering the registration letter string as a password for a user name of the user at a resource server. The example method further includes prompting the user to use the access terminal to extract second elements from the table in accordance with the selection sequence, arrange second letter strings contained in the extracted second elements to obtain an authentication letter string, and apply the obtained authentication letter string as a password for requesting a utilization of a resource of the resource server under the user name.
US11277399B2	Onboarding an unauthenticated client device within a secure tunnel Example method includes: establishing a secure tunnel with an unauthenticated client device associated with a user of a restricted network; receiving user credentials associated with the user and transmitted from the unauthenticated client device within the secure tunnel; validating the received user credentials; and transmitting at least a client certificate and device configuration information to the unauthenticated client device within the secure tunnel such that the unauthenticated client device is able to access the restricted network after installing the client certificate and applying the device configurations based on the received device configuration information.
US11277396B2	Method for authorization management in a community of connected objects The present invention relates to a method for authorization management in a community (106) of connected objects (103, 104, 105), a master object being determined in said community, the method comprising: receipt, by the master object (102), of a request (110, 123, 130) to carry out an action concerning: the community (106) of connected objects (103, 104, 105) or an internal object of the community (106), the internal object being distinct from the master object (102); receipt (119, 124, 137) of a list of attributes (101), by an authentication server (107) that is distinct from the master object (102); after the list of attributes is verified by the authentication server (107) and a capability of the requesting object (101) is determined based on said list of attributes, receipt (201, 211, 221) by the master object (102) of an authentication token comprising said capability; transfer (202, 212, 222) of said authentication token to said requesting object (101).
US11277393B2	Scrape repair Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for scrape repair. A method includes detecting that access to a third party service provider is unavailable. A method includes presenting an interface to a user to graphically identify an input location for the user's electronic credentials on a web page of the third party service provider. A method includes receiving input, via the interface, from a user indicating a correct location on the web page of the third party for the user's electronic credentials.
US11277392B2	LPI/LPD communication systems In a wireless communication system, a secure communication link is provided by producing a set of reference symbols selected from a modulation symbol constellation; generating a data-bearing pre-coding transform from information to be transmitted to a receiver; applying the data-bearing pre-coding transform to the set of reference symbols, thereby distorting the reference symbols with respect to the information, to produce a linear transformation signal; and transmitting the linear transformation signal to the receiver. The reference symbols are known at the receiver. The receiver removes the reference symbols from the linear transformation signal and decodes the data-bearing pre-coding transform.
US11277391B2	Packet sending method and apparatus A method includes obtaining, by a first network device comprising a processor, characteristic information from an encrypted packet received from a second network device based on a determination that the first network device cannot decrypt the encrypted packet. The first network device is free from having an internet protocol security (IPsec) security association (SA), and the second network device has the IPsec SA. The method also includes generating, by the first network device, generating an informational exchange packet when the first network device obtains, based on the characteristic information, an internet key exchange (IKE) SA corresponding to the characteristic information. The informational exchange packet instructs the second network device to delete the IPsec SA on the second network device. The method further includes sending, by the first network device, the informational exchange packet to the second network device.
US11277389B2	System and method for information protection A computer-implemented method comprises: committing a transaction amount of a transaction with a commitment scheme to obtain a transaction commitment value, the commitment scheme comprising at least a transaction blinding factor; generating a first key of a symmetric key pair; encrypting a combination of the transaction blinding factor and the transaction amount t with the first key; and transmitting the transaction commitment value T and the encrypted combination to a recipient node associated with a recipient of the transaction for the recipient node to verify the transaction. The first key is a symmetrical key generated with Diffie-Hellman (DH) key exchange protocol that can be used to encrypt/decrypt the random numbers and the plaintext balances, thus providing convenient management. The method provides a robust privacy protection for transaction amounts, asset values, and blinding factors in commitment schemes.
US11277386B2	Maintaining security in digital electronic transfers through use of a label tracking system Systems and method for method for increasing security in online transfers by maintaining anonymity of transferors are described herein. In an embodiment, a label tracking system receives a request to generate labels for an account of an account holder. The system generates a plurality of labels in response to the request and send the plurality of labels to an account computing device which stores a mapping of labels to identification information. The system receives an allocation request from the account computing device and stores allocations for each of the generated labels. When the system receives a request to perform a transfer between two labels, without changing any items within the account and without receiving identification information corresponding to the labels, the system updates the labels by decrementing an amount allocated to the transferor label and incrementing an amount allocated to the transferee label.
US11277384B2	Dynamic filter generation and distribution within computer networks Systems and methods for implementing filters within computer networks include obtaining blocklist data that includes blocklist entries for a network. Each of the blocklist entries includes one or more network traffic attributes for identifying traffic to be blocked. In response to receiving the blocklist data, a filter based on a common network traffic attribute shared between at least two of the plurality of blocklist entries is generated. The filter is then deployed to a network device within the network such that the filter may be implemented at the network device to block corresponding traffic.
US11277382B2	Filter-based packet handling at virtual network adapters Example methods and computer systems are provided for filter-based packet handling at a virtual network adapter. The method may comprise: receiving an ingress packet destined for the virtualized computing instance that is supported by the host and connected to the virtual network adapter; and matching the ingress packet to one of multiple filters configured for the virtual network adapter. The multiple filters may include a first filter specifying one or more first packet characteristics and a second filter specifying one or more second packet characteristics. The method may also comprise: in response to matching the ingress packet to the first filter, assigning the ingress packet to a first packet queue; and in response to matching the ingress packet to the second filter, assigning the ingress packet to a second packet queue.
US11277381B2	Multi-channel based just-in-time firewall control A method for controlling the transfer of data through a firewall. The method includes one or more computer processors establishing a first communication channel between a first server and a second server. The method further includes transmitting, via the first communication channel, information related to a pending transmission of data from the first server to the second server. The method further includes receiving from the second server, via the first communication channel, a set of security information associated with accessing the second server via a second communication channel. The method further includes establishing the second communication channel between the first server and the second server based on the set of security information received from the second server. The method further includes transmitting the data from the first server to the second server utilizing the established second communication channel.
US11277376B2	Systems and methods for utilizing an internet protocol (IP) address scanning model to identify available IP addresses In some implementations, an audit platform may determine a first availability of a particular IP address based on data identifying IP addresses assigned for wireless and/or wireline services, a second availability of the particular IP address based on data identifying contact and registration information for IP addresses, and a third availability of the particular IP address based on data identifying active IP addresses associated with a backbone router. The audit platform may determine a fourth availability of the particular IP address based on data identifying responses to ping commands associated with the IP addresses, and a fifth availability of the particular IP address based on data identifying responses to traceroute commands associated with the IP addresses. The audit platform may calculate a confidence score, indicating a confidence level that the particular IP address is available, based on the first availability, second availability, third availability, fourth availability, and fifth availability.
US11277372B2	Name server management of domain name systems using virtual name servers A method and system for managing domain name system (DNS) name servers using virtual name servers is disclosed. A plurality of virtual name servers are mapped to a plurality of actual name servers of the DNS. Each actual name server stores at least one record identifying a domain and an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a computer hosting that domain. Information is received from a monitoring service computer identifying which actual name servers are unhealthy and which actual name servers are healthy. Based on this information, the mapping of each virtual name server that is mapped to an unhealthy actual name server is updated to map to one of the healthy actual name servers.
US11277368B1	Messaging system The present invention relates to a messaging system configured to: receive a request to generate a message at a first client device; cause display of a message notification within an interface of a second client device, wherein the message was addressed to a recipient of the second client device; receive a request to un-send the message from the first client device; and remove the message notification from the interface at the second client device in response to the request to un-send the message, according to some example embodiments.
US11277364B2	Generating interactive messages with asynchronous media content Systems and methods are provided for sending serialized data for an interactive message comprising a first session data item to a second computing device to render the interactive message using the first session data item and display the rendered interactive message comprising a first media content item associated with a first interactive object and receiving, from the second computing device, a second media content item associated with a second interactive object of the interactive message. The systems and methods further provided for generating a second session data item for the second interactive object of the interactive message, adding the second session data item to the serialized data, and sending the serialized data to a third computing device to render the interactive message using the serialized data and display the rendered interactive message comprising the first media content item and the second media content item.
US11277360B2	Generic disambiguation A disambiguation dialog may be generated by determining candidate responses based on an intent of a user's message. A utility value and a relevance probability may be determined for each of the candidate responses. An intermediate ranking may be computed for each of the candidate responses based on the utility value and the relevance probability. Candidate dialogs may be formed with the top candidate response, the top two candidate responses, and so on. Additional candidate dialogs may be generated by varying a presentation format of the candidate responses. Discoverability probabilities may be associated with each of the candidate responses within a candidate dialog. A joint metric for each candidate dialog may be computed as a function of the utility value, relevance probability and discoverability probability associated with each of the candidate responses included in the candidate dialog. The highest ranked candidate dialog may be selected as the disambiguation dialog.
US11277358B2	Chatbot enhanced augmented reality device guidance In an approach to interact with a chatbot through an augmented reality device. Embodiments consist of receiving a query from a user including a video feed, collecting visual information from the video feed, and determining additional visual information is required to respond to the query. Further, embodiments consist of dynamically identifying the additional visual information that is required, providing activity instructions to the user on how to collect the additional visual information in the form of a new video feed, and directing user actions via an augmented reality device while the user collects the additional visual information according to the activity instructions. Additionally, embodiments consist of identifying, in a knowledge corpus, a recommended response to the query based on the visual information from the video feed and the additional visual information from the new video feed, and presenting, via the augmented reality device, the recommended response to the user.
US11277356B2	Network buffer credit allocation A method for dynamically allocating buffer credits between a system and a storage area network (SAN). The method includes one or more computer processors determining a forecast of a change related to a pattern of network traffic that originates from a computing system that links to a storage area network (SAN) via a network connection. The method further includes determining whether the forecast change related to the pattern of network traffic dictates a change to a buffer credit allocation associated with the network connection. The method further includes responding to determining that the forecast change related to the pattern of network traffic dictates the buffer credit allocation change by determining a value for the buffer credit allocation associated with the change. The method further includes transmitting a request to a switch of the SAN to modify a buffer credit allocation value corresponding to a port of the switch linked to the network connection.
US11277353B2	Delivery of multimedia components according to user activity Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media may be configured for establishing at least one session for delivery of multimedia. In an aspect, a first transmission of data fragments of a first component and a second transmission of data fragments of a second component may be transmitted and synchronized for presentation. If an inactivity event is detected the session may be maintained while reducing bandwidth consumption.
US11277350B2	Communication of a large message using multiple network interface controllers Particular embodiments described herein provide for a system for enabling the communication of a large message using multiple network interface controllers (NICs). The system can be configured to determine that a message to communicate to a receiver over a network is above a threshold, determine a plurality of NICs to be used to communicate the message, create a manifest that includes an identifier of each of the plurality of NICs, and communicate the manifest to the receiver using a multi-unit message. In an example, the multi-unit message is communicated using a PUT command and the receiver can analyze the manifest and use a GET command to pull the message from the plurality of NICs.
US11277349B2	Minimal buffer network arbiter A network arbiter and associated method for linking and controlling the rate of data transmission between a sender on a connected network and a client with an advertised receive window are disclosed. The network arbiter comprises a downstream temporary storage for temporarily storing data in transmission from the sender to the client, an upstream temporary storage for temporarily storing data in transmission from the client to the sender and a processor operatively connected to the downstream temporary storage and the upstream temporary storage. The processor is configured to alter the advertised receive window in order to modulate the rate of data transmission.
US11277347B2	Inference server and environment control device for inferring an optimal wireless data transfer rate Inference server and computing device for inferring an optimal wireless data transfer rate. The computing device determines parameters of a data transfer through a wireless communication interface of the computing device, and transmits the parameters of the data transfer to the inference server. The inference server receives the parameters of the data transfer, executes a neural network inference engine using a predictive model (generated by a neural network training engine) for inferring an optimal data transfer rate based on the parameters of the data transfer, and transmits the optimal data transfer rate to the computing device. The computing device receives the optimal data transfer rate, and configures its wireless communication interface to operate at the optimal data transfer rate. For example, the computing device consists of an environment control device (e.g. an environment controller, a sensor, a controlled appliance, and a relay).
US11277343B2	Using VTI teaming to achieve load balance and redundancy In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method for using virtual tunnel interface teaming to achieve load balance and redundancy in virtual private networks (“VPNs”) is disclosed. In an embodiment, a method comprises: receiving, by a gateway, configuration data from a control plane; based on the configuration data, configuring on the gateway a bonded virtual tunnel interface (“bonded VTI”) having a plurality of slave virtual tunnel interfaces (“slave VTIs”); configuring a plurality of VPN tunnels between the plurality of slave VTIs configured on the gateway and a plurality of slave VTIs configured on a remote gateway; configuring an IPsec VPN tunnel between the bonded VTI configured on the gateway and a corresponding bonded VTI configured on the remote gateway; logically combining the plurality of VPN tunnels into the IPsec VPN tunnel; and enabling communications of IPsec VPN traffic via the IPsec VPN tunnel.
US11277342B2	Lossless data traffic deadlock management system A lossless data traffic deadlock management system includes a first networking device coupled to a second networking device and a third networking device. The first networking device provide a lossless data traffic flow on a first data traffic path via the second networking device and to a destination. The first networking device then receives a congestion communication from the second networking device that is indicative of a deadlock associated with the second networking device. In response, the first networking device identifies the first data traffic path as a congested route, and the identification of the first data traffic path as the congested route causes the first networking device to provide the lossless data traffic flow on a second data traffic path via the third networking device to the destination.
US11277341B2	Resilient segment routing service hunting with TCP session stickiness According to one aspect, a method includes obtaining a segment routing (SR) packet from an endpoint via a first router at a first server along a path, the SR packet including an SR list and a last address, the last address being an address of a requested service. The method also includes determining, at the first server, whether the requested service is available from the first server, wherein determining whether the requested service is available from the first server includes opening the SR packet, parsing an SR header of the SR packet, and performing a lookup in a service table. Finally, the method includes modifying the SR packet at the first server when it is determined that the requested service is not available from the first server; and forwarding the SR packet along the path.
US11277338B2	Distributing service function chain data and service function instance data in a network In some examples, a computing device comprises a first service function instance to apply a service function and a service function forwarder to: receive a first layer 3 routing protocol route advertisement that includes service function instance data for a second service function instance, the service function instance data indicating a service function type and a service identifier for the service function instance; receive a second layer 3 routing protocol route advertisement that includes service function chain data for a service function chain, the service function chain data indicating a service path identifier and one or more service function items; and send, to the second service function instance and based at least on determining a service function item of the one or more service function items indicates the second service function instance, a packet classified to the service function chain.
US11277336B2	Tunnel-based network connectivity for computing clusters Methods and systems for communicating between nodes within computing clusters. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving, at a first node within a first cluster, a packet for transmission from a second node within the first cluster. The packet for transmission may be received via a local tunnel of the first cluster. A routing agent of the first node may identify a first destination address included within the packet for transmission and determine that the first destination address corresponds to a second cluster. The routing agent may also generate a second destination address corresponding to a third node of the second cluster and transmit the packet to the second destination address via an external tunnel between a plurality of clusters including the first cluster and the second cluster.
US11277334B2	Using and processing per slice segment identifiers in a network employing segment routing The same prefix segment identifier (SID) may be configured and/or used for either (A) more than one prefix within an interior gateway protocol (IGP) domain, or (B) one prefix with more than one path computation algorithm within the IGP domain by: (a) receiving, by a node in the IGP domain, an IGP advertisement including both (1) a prefix SID and a segment routing global block (SRGB) slice identifier; (b) determining whether or not the SRGB slice identified by the SRGB slice identifier is provisioned on the node; and (c) responsive to a determination that the SRGB slice identified by the SRGB slice identifier is not provisioned on the node, not processing the prefix SID included in the received IGP advertisement, and otherwise responsive to a determination that the SRGB slice identified by the SRGB slice identifier is provisioned on the node, (1) processing the prefix SID and SRGB slice to generate a unique, per SRGB slice, MPLS label for the prefix, and (2) updating a label forwarding information base (LFIB) for the node using the unique, per SRGB slice, label for the prefix and the prefix.
US11277330B1	Multi-domain network path computation with minimal model and data sharing between domains An orchestration layer includes one or more processing devices communicatively coupled to a plurality of domains in a multi-domain network, wherein the one or more processing devices are configured to receive a request for a path, wherein the path is requested from a source in a first domain to a destination in a second domain in a multi-domain network including a plurality of domains, relay the request to each domain in the multi-domain network, and wherein each domain in the multi-domain network is configured to compute a matrix fragment and the matrix fragments from a plurality of domains are used to find the path, and provide a response with the path from the source in the first domain to the destination in the second domain.
US11277329B2	System and method for handling IGP flooding topology inconsistency A network node (N1) for handling IGP flooding topology (FT) inconsistency by obtaining a new FT and setting a FT flag field (FT field) in a data packet (DP) to indicate whether a link between N1 and a second node (N2) is on the new FT. N1 transmits the DP to N2. N1 receives a second DP from N2 that includes the FT field set by N2 to indicate whether the link between the network node and N2 is on the new FT as determined by N2. N1 sets a FT inconsistency field in a link state packet to indicate an inconsistency in the new FT when the FT field set by N2 and the FT field set by N1 are different for a given time. N1 distributes the LS to at least one node in the network.
US11277323B1	Systems and methods for distributed measurement collection and analysis Systems and methods for distributed measurement collection and analysis are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for distributed measurement collection and analysis may include (1) receiving, at a local server within a wide area computer network, a file from an electronic device within the wide area computer network, the file comprising a plurality of metrics for the electronic device over a period comprising a plurality of first intervals, wherein the file is received at a second interval; (2) the local server the local server analyzing the file for at least one maintenance issue for the electronic device; and (3) the local server providing the file to the central server at a third interval, the central server outside the wide area network.
US11277322B2	Network-traffic-analysis-based suggestion generation A method involves receiving a request for information of one or more second users located within a vicinity of a first client device, determining, for each second user within the vicinity of the first client device, an affinity score between a first user and the second user based at least on one or more network-traffic patterns associated with the first client device and a second client device associated with the second user, selecting one or more of the second users within the vicinity of the first client device based on the determined affinity scores, and sending, to the first client device, information associated with the selected one or more second users, the information including one or more context items generated based on the network-traffic patterns associated with the first client device and the one or more second client devices associated with the selected one or more second users.
US11277320B2	Automatic provisioning of monitoring for containerized microservices When it is detected that microservices have been created at a computing cluster running the microservices in containers, a respective monitoring subsystem is assigned to each microservice. Monitoring data for each of the microservices is then collected via the respective monitoring subsystems. Respective graphical user interfaces are then provided presenting at least a portion of the respective monitoring data for each microservice.
US11277319B2	Diagnosing network A method and an apparatus for diagnosing a network and a machine readable storage medium thereof are provided. As an example, the method of diagnosing a network comprises: a first AP running in a WLAN Doctor mode tests WLAN service quality provided by a second AP located in a diagnosis region of the first AP by simulating a client.
US11277317B2	Machine learning to predict quality-of-service needs in an operational data management system Operational data in a distributed processing system is managed by monitoring a workload of the system to establish a current assessment of operational data movement between data sources and data targets, receiving historical information on previous data movement including previous instances of movement resulting in a compromise of one or more quality-of-service criteria, determining from the current assessment and historical information that upcoming operational data actions will not meet a particular quality-of-service criterion, and responsively applying a data management optimization infrastructure (data backplane services) adapted to advance the particular quality-of-service criterion according to definitions for the data sources and data targets. The operational outcome is predicted using a cognitive system trained with historical information including historical operational factors correlated with historical operational outcomes relative to the quality-of-service criteria.
US11277316B2	Testing and maintaining outage resilience of server resources A computer-implemented method and system of testing and maintaining outage resilience of server resources of a server infrastructure by means of a hybrid simulation is presented. The server infrastructure comprises a plurality of servers executing a plurality of applications and the method comprises measuring a processor utilization for each of the servers of the server infrastructure, determining a resilience ratio of the server infrastructure by simulating the outage of at least one of the servers based on the measured processor utilization, and in response to the resilience ratio of the server infrastructure falls below a resilience threshold, initiating an assignment of additional resources for executing at least one of the plurality of applications to the server infrastructure.
US11277314B1	Interfaces for service requests in a balloon network Example embodiments may relate to web interfaces for a balloon-network. For example, a computing device may display a graphical interface that that includes one or more interface features to receive a request for use of bandwidth of a balloon network. In particular, the computing device may receive, via the graphical interface, input data corresponding to a bandwidth request for a first location, where the bandwidth request includes: (i) an indication of the first location and (ii) an indication of time. Subsequently, the computing device may receive an indication corresponding to whether or not the bandwidth request is accepted, where acceptance of the bandwidth request is based at least in part on expected movement of one or more balloons from a plurality of balloons in the balloon network. As such, the computing device may display, on the graphical interface, the indication corresponding to whether or not the bandwidth request is accepted.
US11277312B2	Behavioral based device clustering One or more embodiments are directed behavioral based device clustering. A network traffic log of devices in the network is received. Features of devices are extracted from the network traffic log and aggregated into an aggregated feature matrix on a per device basis. By applying a topic modeling algorithm to the aggregated feature matrix, the devices are clustered into device groups according to behavior groups. A device is assigned to the device group to create an assignment.
US11277308B2	Technologies for autonegotiating 10G and 1G serial communications over copper cable Technologies for autonegotiation of communications operational modes over copper cable include a network port logic having a communication link coupled to a remote link partner. The network port logic may start an autonegotiation protocol upon reset, when the link is broken, or upon manual renegotiation. The network port logic transmits an autonegotiation page to the remote link partner that indicates single-lane communications ability over copper cable. The network port logic receives an autonegotiation page from the link partner indicating single-lane communications ability over copper cable. If the network port logic and link partner have a common single-lane communication ability, the link may be activated. The autonegotiation pages may be base pages or next pages. The single-lane communication ability may be indicated by one or more bits of the autonegotiation pages. The link may be established at 1 gigabit or 10 gigabits per second. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11277306B2	Sending information of a network repository function instance storing network function instance information A network function information management method, where the method includes: obtaining, by a management network element, identification information of a network repository function (NRF) instance, where the NRF instance stores information about a network function (NF) instance, and the identification information is used to indicate the NRF instance associated with the NF instance; and sending, by the management network element, a first message to the NF instance or a management unit of the NF instance, where the first message includes the identification information of the NRF instance; or establishing, by the management network element, an association relationship between the NF instance and the NRF instance based on the identification information of the NRF instance. The method helps the NF instance register with the NRF instance, update the information about the NF instance to the NRF instance, or query information about another NF instance from the NRF instance.
US11277305B2	Edge discovery techniques in wireless communications systems Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for configuration of edge data networks based on current and projected future locations of a user equipment (UE). The UE may provide one or more expected future locations based on routing information of the UE, a polygon associated with one or more current or future UE locations, a waypoint set of the UE, and the like. Based on the provided one or more future locations, the edge data network may provide to the UE one or more edge data network configurations for different UE locations. As the UE moves to different locations, different edge data network configurations may be used, thereby enhancing efficiency of UE operation in the edge data network.
US11277294B2	Method and apparatus for supporting bandwidth part switching in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for performing measurement based on synchronization signal (SS) blocks in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) which supports a new radio access technology (NR) receives a SS block measurement timing configuration (SMTC) from a network, and performs measurement based on the SS blocks in a duration which is determined based on the SMTC. The SS blocks are included in an active bandwidth part (BWP).
US11277293B2	Transmission method and transmission apparatus for packet format detection A transmission apparatus of the present disclosure comprises a packet generator which, in operation, generates a packet and a transmitter which, in operation, transmits the generated packet. The packet includes a legacy short training field, a legacy long training field, a legacy signal field (L-SIG), a repeated legacy signal field (RL-SIG), a first non-legacy signal field, a second non-legacy signal field, a non-legacy short training field, a non-legacy long training field and a data field, wherein the second non-legacy signal field is optionally present. The packet generator generates the packet by configuring the RL-SIG in different ways according to a presence or absence of the second non-legacy signal field in the packet.
US11277283B2	Resilient zero touch provisioning An example branch gateway includes processing circuitry, memory including instructions, and a plurality of ports. The branch gateway transmits, from a plurality of ports, a first broadcast message. The branch gateway receives, in response to the first broadcast message, response messages on respective ports. The branch gateway determines, based on a receipt order of the response messages, an identifying address from a first response message. The branch gateway assigns the respective port for each response message to a unique VLAN. The branch gateway determines, for each port assigned to a unique VLAN, a link health parameter. The branch gateway selects a primary port to connect to an activation server of a WAN. The branch gateway selects a secondary port to connect to the activation server.
US11277282B2	Micro and macro segmentation in enterprise networks without a per segment layer-3 domain Secure network segmentation using logical subnet segments is described. A single network segment or subnet provided by a third party is mapped into multiple layer-3 virtual or logical segments without requiring separate subnets. This mapping is accomplished by using virtual routing functions (VRFs) per logical subnet segment while retaining a single subnet across the segments. The logical subnet segments interact with the single network segment provided by the third party (ISP). The layer-3 VRF instances are created without the need for separate IP subnet pools per layer-3 segment. Each VRF instance for the various logical subnet segments is mapped to a Virtual Network Identifier (VNI) and Scalable Group Tag (SGT).
US11277272B2	Integrated circuit and method for challenge-response physically unclonable function Systems and methods are described based on an integrated circuit that performs a challenge-response physically unclonable function (PUF). The PUF is used for challenge-response authentication. The integrated circuit includes a PUP block configured to output an n-bit internal response corresponding to a challenge that requests a response where n is an integer greater than 1 and a response generator configured to calculate a Hamming weight of the internal response and output the response by comparing the Hamming weight with at least one reference.
US11277267B2	Fine-grained token based access control A computer-implemented method for a token-based authorization in a data processing environment may be provided. The data processing environment comprises at least a user system, an application, an authentication server and an access control server. The method comprises accessing the application via a user system request, redirecting the user access request to an authentication server, authenticating the user, wherein authentication credentials comprise a request for a restricted entitlement, wherein the restricted entitlement represents a subset of existing entitlements managed by the access control server for a resource. The method comprises also sending an access token from the authentication server to the application, requesting execution of an operation comprising invoking the operation by the application providing the access token comprising restricted entitlements, invoking the access control server, and providing the scope of the token comprising the subset of the existing entitlements.
US11277265B2	Verified base image in photo gallery An online host method to verify hosted information associated with a user includes establishing, by the online host serving as a relying party system (RPS), a secure connection between the RPS and a user mobile-identification-credential device (UMD). The RPS sends a mobile identification credential (MIC) user information request to the UMD, via the secure connection, seeking release of MIC user information (official information). The RPS obtains from authorizing party system (APS) verification of the MIC user information received in response to the MIC user information request. The RPS stores the MIC user information as hosted information pertaining to the user. The RPS designates the hosted information as base truth information representing the user.
US11277264B2	Applying attestation tokens to the intermediate system to intermediate system (ISIS) routing protocol In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an ISIS hello message including an attestation token from a second network apparatus, determining that the attestation token is valid for the second network apparatus at a current time, establishing an adjacency to the second network apparatus in response to the determination, computing, based at least on the attestation token, a trust level for a first link from the first network apparatus to the second network apparatus and a trust level for first prefixes associated with the first link, and sending an LSP comprising the trust level for the first link and the trust level for the first prefixes to neighboring network apparatuses, where the trust level for the first link and the trust level for the prefixes are used by the network apparatuses in the network to compute a routing table of the network.
US11277261B2	Blockchain-based tracking of program changes In some examples, in response to detecting addition or update of a program component of a program, a system creates a blockchain entry for addition to a blockchain register, generates a hash based on the program component, and adds in the blockchain entry a signed hash produced by encrypting the generated hash. The system publishes the blockchain entry for the blockchain, the signed hash in a blockchain entry useable to detect tampering with the program component.
US11277260B2	Off-chain notification of updates from a private blockchain An example operation may include one or more of creating, via chaincode, a link between a non-participant system and a data field stored on a private blockchain, where the data field comprises participant data of the private blockchain, detecting a change in a value of the participant data based on a read operation from the data field stored on the private blockchain, generating a notification of the changed value of the participant data, and transmitting the notification to the non-participant system based on the link between the non-participant system and the data field.
US11277257B2	Method and apparatus for performing operation using encrypted data A method for performing an operation according to one embodiment includes performing a homomorphic operation using one or more ciphertexts that are homomorphically encrypted based on an encryption key, determining a count value for a ciphertext generated through the homomorphic operation based on count values for each of the one or more ciphertexts, requesting a key management apparatus, which holds the encryption key and a decryption key corresponding to the encryption key, to re-encrypt the generated ciphertext based on the determined count value, acquiring, from the key management apparatus, a ciphertext generated by re-encrypting the generated ciphertext through decryption based on the decryption key and encryption based on the encryption key; and determining a count value for the acquired ciphertext to be a preset initial value.
US11277252B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting PPDU on basis of FDR in wireless LAN system A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving PPDU on the basis of FDR in a wireless LAN system are presented. Specifically, an AP generates FDR indication information that FDR can be performed. The AP transmits a DL PPDU including the FDR indication information to a first STA. The AP receives a UL PPDU from the first STA. The DL PPDU includes a legacy signal field, a first signal field, a second signal field, a third signal field, and a DL data field. The second signal field includes information on an RU placement in the entire frequency band and allocation information for a first RU to which the DL data field is allocated. The third signal field includes allocation information for a second RU to which the UL PPDU is allocated on the basis of the information on the RU placement. The allocation information for the second RU includes a bitmap of whether the UL PPDU is allocated in units of 26 RUs.
US11277249B2	Ingress detection An assessment tool for assessing signaling ingress and small cell placement within a communication network is contemplated. The assessment tool may include capability sufficient for assessing signaling ingress associated with radio frequency (RF) signaling attenuating, influencing or otherwise interfering with other signaling being transmitted over a communication network.
US11277248B2	Method for transmitting and receiving SRS resource and communication device therefor A method for transmitting an SRS resource by a terminal when all cyclic shifts (CSs) of a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource are not used for SRS comprises the steps of: receiving information on the usage of a CS that is not used for a SRS; receiving information on an SRS resource index, a CS index that is not used for the SRS, and a usage specifying index; and transmitting the SRS resource by using the CS index, wherein the usage of the SRS resource is determined on the basis of information on the usage of the CS and the usage specifying index.
US11277243B2	Transparent demodulation reference signal design Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide procedures for transparent demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) design. According to certain aspects, a method of wireless communication by a base station (BS) is provided. The method generally includes transmitting one or more pilots based on at least one precoder used for transmitting data. The BS transmits the data based on the at least one precoder. A method by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving one or more pilots based on at least one precoder used for transmitting data on a channel. The UE estimates interference based on the one or more pilots and the UE decodes the data transmission based on the interference estimate.
US11277238B2	Phase tracking reference signal configuration, determination and information feedback methods and devices Provided are phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) configuration, determination and information feedback methods and devices. The PTRS configuration method includes: transmitting, by a first node, the control information to a second node, where the control information is used for indicating a configuration parameter of the PTRS to the second node and the PTRS is transmitted by the first node or the second node. The second node determines the configuration parameter of the PTRS through the control information transmitted by the first node and/or an agreed implicit rule. A third node transmits control information to a fourth node, where the control information is used for feeding received power or quality information of the PTRS back to the fourth node.
US11277237B2	Method for setting transmission time interval for device-to-device communication in wireless communication system, and device therefor Disclosed in the present application is a method by which a first terminal transmits a side link signal to a second terminal in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method for transmitting a side link signal comprises the steps of: transmitting, in a first number of transmission time units, a control signal, which includes resource allocation information of a data signal, and a first reference signal for the control signal; and transmitting, in a second number of transmission time units, the data signal and a second reference signal for the data signal, wherein the transmission time units have two or more symbols, the first reference signal is transmitted in fixed symbol indexes irrespective of the first number of transmission time units, and symbol indexes in which the second reference signal is transmitted are determined on the basis of the second number of transmission time units.
US11277234B2	Data transmission method, terminal device and network device Disclosed are a data transmission method, a terminal device and a network device. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a Resource Block Group (RBG) size corresponding to a transmission bandwidth used by the terminal device according to the transmission bandwidth and a corresponding relationship between the transmission bandwidth and the RBG size; receiving, by the terminal device, a bitmap borne in downlink control information sent by a network device, the bitmap including M bits and being a positive integer; determining, by the terminal device, a target RBG for data transmission from N RBGs within the transmission bandwidth according to values on N bits from the M bits, N being determined according to the transmission bandwidth and the RBG size and being a positive integer less than or equal to M; and transmitting, by the terminal device, the data with the network device on the target RBG.
US11277228B2	Information processing device, communication system, information processing method, and program Wireless transmission paths are utilized efficiently. An information processing device includes a control section. If data destined for the own device is received from another device and if there exists undelivered data in the data, the control section performs control to transmit a retransmission request for the data to the other device. If there exists no undelivered data in the data destined for the own device and received from the other device, the control section performs control not to transmit a confirmation of reception.
US11277225B2	Probabilistic signal point shaping device and method A probabilistic signal point shaping device comprises circuitry configured to map data blocks of input bits of an input bit stream onto mapping symbols, wherein said mapping symbols are distributed according to a predetermined probability distribution and represented by complex-valued signal points or non-uniformly spaced amplitude levels, assign bit labels to said mapping symbols, determine redundancy bits from the bits of said bit labels, transform said redundancy bits into a redundancy rule, and apply the redundancy rule to the mapping symbols to obtain output symbols.
US11277223B2	Control channel design for category-A devices A user equipment device (UE) may communicate according to a new device category satisfying specified QoS (quality of service) requirements while also satisfying specified link budget requirements, and additional optimization requirements. The UE may use physical channels and procedures (e.g. it may receive and decode control channels) in a manner compatible with and not infringing on the operation of other UEs operating in the same network, while allowing the network more flexibility to assign resources. Specifically, resources for EPDCCH on UE-specific SS and EPDCCH on common SS may be shared. That is, the resources for two search spaces may be overlaid partially or in full, giving the network more flexibility in allocating resources. Furthermore the DCI formats for MPDCCH may be extended to devices operating according to the new device category, which enables the coverage enhancement of MTC for these devices.
US11277218B2	Resource unit setting method, resource unit transmission method, and apparatus This application discloses a resource unit setting method, a resource unit transmission method, and an apparatus. The method includes: setting, by a transmit end device based on a setting threshold of a null resource unit and/or a scheduling parameter, a plurality of null resource units at time domain and/or frequency domain locations associated with phase tracking reference signal resource units of one or more OFDM symbols; and sending, by the transmit end device, the one or more OFDM symbols. The corresponding apparatus is further disclosed. In the technical solution of this application, the null resource unit is set based on the setting threshold of the null resource unit and/or the scheduling parameter. Demodulation accuracy of a high-frequency communications system is ensured, and overheads of the null resource unit are as low as possible, thereby improving spectrum efficiency.
US11277217B2	Flexible Ethernet switching systems and methods A switch system includes interface circuitry configured to ingress and egress clients each including a stream of encoded blocks; and switch circuitry configured to switch the clients between the interface circuitry based on block boundaries of the stream of encoded blocks. The stream of encoded blocks can include 64 b/66 b encoding. Each block in the stream of encoded blocks can be switched intact.
US11277214B2	Radio environment estimation method and radio environment estimation apparatus A synthetic reception strength value in a case of synthesizing indirect waves of radio waves generated due to an obstruction is calculated for each piece of receive antenna coordinate information in consideration of a phase of each indirect wave. Relation information indicating relation between input information and teaching information is generated. The input information is the synthetic reception strength value for each piece of the receive antenna coordinate information corresponding to transmit antenna coordinate information. The teaching information is information indicating a reception state of the radio waves being calculated using a method of actually measuring the radio waves output by the transmit antenna at a position of a receive antenna or a method other than the method of the actual measurement. Strength of the radio waves is estimated by calculating the information indicating the reception state of the radio waves by using the transmit antenna coordinate information for evaluation and the generated relation information.
US11277211B2	Methods and apparatuses for power control A method comprises: measuring reflected and forward power at a power amplifier output; determining if the reflected power equals to or exceeds a first level; if the reflected power is equal to or exceeds the first level, then reduce power of a power amplifier input signal; determining if a standing wave ratio at the power amplifier output equals or exceeds a second level; if the standing wave ratio at the power amplifier output equals or exceeds the second level, then reducing the power amplifier input signal power level and/or sending an alarm; determining if the power amplifier output power equals or exceeds a third level; and if the power output from the power amplifier equals or exceeds the third level, then reducing the power amplifier input signal power level until such power level is less than or equal to the third level and/or sending an alarm.
US11277206B1	Modulation formats with fractional spectral efficiency A transmitter maps an N-bit sequence to a point selected from a four-dimensional (4D) constellation consisting of 2N points which form a subset of a Cartesian product of first and second two-dimensional (2D) constellations, the first constellation consisting of M1 points divided into first, second, and third points, and the second constellation consisting of M2 points divided into fourth, fifth, and sixth points, wherein M1, M2≥5, and wherein log2(M1×M2)>N. The subset includes any 4D point that is generated by combining any one of the M1 points and any one of the fourth points; includes any 4D point that is generated by combining any one of the first points and any one of M2 points; and excludes any 4D point that is generated by combining any third point and any sixth point. An optical signal representing the selected point is transmitted to a receiver.
US11277204B2	Laser based white light source configured for communication A packaged integrated white light source configured for illumination and communication or sensing comprises one or more laser diode devices. An output facet configured on the laser diode device outputs a laser beam of first electromagnetic radiation with a first peak wavelength. The first wavelength from the laser diode provides at least a first carrier channel for a data or sensing signal.
US11277203B1	Hybrid communications based upon aerial networks Disclosed herein are embodiments of an aerial network system including a first transceiver configured to transmit and receive free space optical (FSO) signals and a second transceiver configured to transmit and receive radio frequency (RF) signals. A processor provides modulated data signals to the first and second transceivers for transmission and receives demodulated signals from the first and second transceiver. The processor is configured for policy-based multipath admission of requests for access to an IP-routing enabled overlay network. The processor includes an inverse mission planning system configured for predictive traffic load balancing of transmitted FSO signals and RF signals. The inverse mission planning system includes radio behavior models and aerial platform models, and is configured for geographic simulation and optimization of mission planning data based upon user-inputted mission-specific data. Forward error correction (FEC) coding of transmitted communications via packet erasure coding provides resiliency with a low bit error rate.
US11277202B2	Optical transmission/reception device, optical communications system and optical transmission/reception method Even in a case where light sources at an optical transmission-side and an optical reception-side are made into a common light source, a optical transmission function and an optical reception function are enabled to be used at a time.An optical transmission/reception device according to the present invention includes optical split means for splitting the light from the optical output means into a first split light and a second split light, optical power adjustment means for respectively adjusting the optical power of the first split light and the optical power of the second split light, optical transmission means for modulating the first split light whose optical power is adjusted, and outputting the modulated first split light as a first optical signal, optical reception means for receiving the second split light whose optical power is adjusted and a second optical signal given from an outside by causing the second split light and the second optical signal to be interfered with each other, and control means for controlling the optical power adjustment means in accordance with an optical property of the output light.
US11277201B1	Coordinated satellite and terrestrial channel utilization Apparatuses, methods, and systems for coordinated satellite and terrestrial channel utilization, are disclosed. One wireless system includes a plurality of base stations, a plurality of hubs, and a controller. For an embodiment, the controller is operative to determine discrete communication delays for each base station based upon a maximum propagation delay between each base station and the one or more of the plurality of hubs, generate a channel sharing map that includes a timing of communication between each base station and the one or more of the plurality of hubs, communicate the channel sharing map to the plurality of base stations. Further, each of the plurality of base stations operates to time wireless communication with the plurality of hubs based on the channel sharing map, the discrete communication delays of the base station, and a communication delay of a preceding base station according to the channel sharing map.
US11277200B2	System and method for estimating a pointing error of a satellite antenna A system for estimating a pointing error of an antenna (ANT) of a satellite, the satellite includes a payload (CU) comprising a multichannel transmitter or receiver comprising a multichannel antenna (ANT), one analogue processing chain per channel and a set of digital integrated circuits (PN), the system comprising an estimation device (EST), implemented aboard the satellite or in a ground station, for estimating a pointing error of the antenna, the device for estimating a pointing error being configured to: acquire, for at least two channels of the transmitter or of the receiver, at least two test signals, each test signal having been transmitted or received by the antenna along a different direction (θA, θB), for at least one pair of acquired test signals, determine, for each test signal, a relative complex gain between the test signal received or transmitted respectively on two distinct channels, determine a comparative measurement between the two test signals from either the ratio between the two relative complex gains and/or the difference between the phases of the two relative complex gains, determine a pointing error (dθ) of the antenna on the basis of the comparative measurement, of the expected directions of transmission or of reception of the test signals (θA, θB) and of a model of the gain of the antenna for each channel and in a plurality of directions.
US11277196B2	Base station device, program, control device, and control method Provided is a base station device that is mounted in a flying object, forms a communication area on a ground, establishes a communication connection with a user terminal in the communication area, and provides a radio communication service to the user terminal, and comprises a connection control unit that, when the number of connected terminals is larger than a first threshold, performs admission control in response to a connection request received from the user terminal, and when the number of connected terminals is smaller than the first threshold and larger than a second threshold smaller than the first threshold, periodically selects a connection allowable group, executes a connection establishment process in response to a connection request from a user terminal included in the connection allowable group, and executes a request rejection process that rejects a connection request from a user terminal not included in the connection allowable group.
US11277193B2	Beam selection procedures for multi-stream environments Techniques are described for selecting transmit beam sets in multi-stream environments as part of beam selection procedures. The selection procedures and the reporting procedures of the beam selection procedures may include reporting information about potential sources of interference for the selected transmit beams. A base station may transmit reference signals to a user equipment (UE) as part of a beam sweep of directional beams. The UE may measure signal quality parameters associated with the reference signals and may select a plurality of transmit beam set candidates based on the signal quality parameters. The UE may report to the base station information related to inter-beam interference in multi-stream environments. The base station may determine which transmit beams to use to transmit information to the UE based on the report received from the UE that include information about inter-beam interference.
US11277191B2	Radio link monitoring, beam recovery and radio link failure handling Apparatuses of wireless communication devices are disclosed. An apparatus of a user equipment includes one or more processors configured to start a first timer responsive to detection of a Radio Link (RL) failure, start a second timer and trigger a beam recovery procedure one or more times responsive to expiry of the first timer if RL recovery is not detected, and start a third timer and attempt to find a suitable cell for Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection reestablishment responsive to one or more expiries of the second timer if RL recovery fails. The one or more processors are also configured to go to an RRC idle or inactive state responsive to expiry of the third timer if a suitable cell for RRC connection reestablishment is not found.
US11277177B2	Methods and devices for configuration of reference signals In an exemplary embodiment, a wireless communication method is disclosed for indicating a mapping between a set of reference signals and data streams so that a reference signal can be transmitted by one or more of multiple network nodes based on the mapping. The disclosed embodiments provide mapping and additional rules.
US11277175B2	System and method for communications system training A method for operating a communication device includes receiving a first transmission including a first signal on one or more resources associated with signal reception, deriving a receive filter in accordance with the received first transmission, deriving a transmit filter in accordance with the receive filter, precoding a second signal with the transmit filter, thereby producing a second transmission, and transmitting the second transmission.
US11277168B2	Communication device and echo cancellation method A communication device is disclosed. The communication device includes a transceiver circuit, an echo canceler, and a processor. The transceiver circuit is configured to transmit a test signal to a channel. The echo canceler is configured to obtain a plurality of echo power of a reflected signal corresponding to the test signal. The processor is configured to obtain a plurality of positions on the channel according to a parameter value. The parameter value is N, a number of the plurality of positions is N, and the plurality of positions corresponds to the top N largest of the plurality of echo power. The echo canceler is further configured to eliminate part of the plurality of echo power corresponding to the plurality of positions according to the plurality of positions.
US11277163B2	Radio frequency waveguide communication in high temperature environments A system of a machine includes a network of nodes distributed throughout the machine. A means is operable to communicate with the network of nodes through one or more electromagnetic signals. A plurality of waveguides is configured to guide transmission of the one or more electromagnetic signals. A radio frequency antenna is coupled to a first waveguide of the plurality of waveguides. A radio frequency transceiver is coupled between the means and the radio frequency antenna. A membrane is configured to support communication between the first waveguide and at least one node of the plurality of nodes.
US11277161B2	Enhanced passive intermodulation detection in wireless networks Interference caused by passive intermodulation (PIM) can be automatically detected at receivers in a wireless telecommunications network, and the accuracy of PIM detection can be increased by de-weighting or ignoring time slots in which non-PIM interference is detected at a target receiver.
US11277159B2	Method and apparatus for managing propagation delays of electromagnetic waves Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system that facilitates receiving electromagnetic waves having polarized modes propagating along a transmission medium, detecting according to an analysis of the electromagnetic waves that the transmission medium is birefringent thereby causing a differential delay between the polarized modes, and adjusting a configuration of a receiver receiving the electromagnetic waves to mitigate the differential delay between the polarized modes. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11277154B2	Polar code-based interleaving method and communication apparatus A polar code-based interleaving method and apparatus, to resolve a problem existing in the prior art that when a code length is relatively long, an implementation process of reading a sequence obtained after random interleaving is relatively complex, is provided. The method includes: determining an interleaving matrix based on a target code length M of a polar code; and interleaving, based on the interleaving matrix, encoded bits obtained after encoding of the polar code, to generate interleaved bits.
US11277150B2	Program flow monitoring for deterministic firmware functions The present disclosure relates to a safety system having a memory unit configured to store a series of executable instructions. In some embodiments, the executable instructions are grouped into code parts, and each code part is assigned a predefined code value. A processor is configured to execute the series of executable instructions, and to output the predefined code values respectively as the code parts are executed. A program flow monitoring (PFM) unit is configured to respectively receive the predefined code values from the processor, such that the PFM unit generates an error-checking value from the predefined code values. A verification unit is configured to compare the error-checking value to an expected return value to determine whether the series of executable instructions executed properly.
US11277148B2	Double-pass Lempel-Ziv data compression with automatic selection of static encoding trees and prefix dictionaries A method includes receiving an input data stream at a processor, and for each byte sequence from a plurality of byte sequences of the input data stream, a hash is generated and compared to a hash table to determine whether a match exists. If a match exists, that byte sequence is incrementally expanded to include one or more additional adjacent bytes from the input data stream, to produce multiple expanded byte sequences. Each of the expanded byte sequences is compared to the hash table to identify a maximum-length matched byte sequence from a set that includes the byte sequence and the plurality of expanded byte sequences. A representation of the maximum-length matched byte sequence is stored in the memory. If a match does not exist, a representation of that byte sequence is stored as a byte sequence literal in the memory.
US11277147B2	Approximation of samples of a digital signal reducing a number of significant bits according to values of the samples The invention relates to the representation of digital signals. In order to improve the perception by a user of the quality of a digital signal, a first sample of first digital signal is approximated to a second sample of a second digital signal having a second number of significant bits lower than the first number of significant bits of the first sample. The second number of significant bits also depends upon the value of the first sample.
US11277145B2	Current-based track and hold circuit A sample-and-hold circuit includes a first input resistor, a first transistor, a first capacitor, a second resistor, and a first current source device. A first current terminal of the first transistor is coupled to the first input resistor. A first terminal of the first capacitor is coupled to the second current terminal of the first transistor at a first output node. A first terminal of the second resistor is coupled to the second terminal of the first transistor at the first output node. The first current source device is coupled the first input resistor and to the first current terminal of the first transistor.
US11277143B1	Reference sampling Type-I fractional-N phase locked loop A reference sampling Type-I fractional-N PLL directly samples the reference clock and therefore does not use a reference buffer. Here, a phase-detector is a passive sampling switch which neither consumes any power nor generates any noise. Therefore, all the major contributors of in-band phase-noise are eliminated by the reference sampling Type-I fractional-N divider. A double sampling phase-detector with a switched-capacitor passive voltage interpolator circuit is used to achieve fractional-N output. To achieve a high resolution of the voltage interpolator or the switched capacitor, a sigma-delta modulator is used.
US11277140B1	Sampling phase-locked loop In certain aspects, a sampler includes a sampling capacitor, a precharge switch coupled to the sampling capacitor, one or more discharge circuits coupled to the sampling capacitor, and a reference-voltage circuit coupled to the sampling capacitor. The reference-voltage circuit is configured to generate a reference voltage based on a supply voltage, and generate a voltage difference between a voltage on the sampling capacitor and the reference voltage.
US11277137B1	Majority logic gate with non-linear input capacitors A new class of logic gates are presented that use non-linear polar material. The logic gates include multi-input majority gates. Input signals in the form of digital signals are driven to non-linear input capacitors on their respective first terminals. The second terminals of the non-linear input capacitors are coupled a summing node which provides a majority function of the inputs. The majority node is then coupled driver circuitry which can be any suitable logic gate such as a buffer, inverter, NAND gate, NOR gate, etc. In the multi-input majority or minority gates, the non-linear charge response from the non-linear input capacitors results in output voltages close to or at rail-to-rail voltage levels. Bringing the majority output close to rail-to-rail voltage eliminates the high leakage problem faced from majority gates formed using linear input capacitors.
US11277135B2	Process of routing tile-to-tile interconnects of an FPGA, and method of manufacturing an FPGA A method of routing interconnects of a field programmable gate array including: a plurality of logic tiles, and a tile-to-tile interconnect network, having a plurality of tile-to-tile interconnects to interconnect logic tile networks of the logic tiles, the method comprises: routing a first plurality of tile-to-tile interconnects in a first plurality of logic tiles. After routing the first plurality of tile-to-tile interconnects, routing a second plurality of tile-to-tile interconnects in a second plurality of logic tiles. The start/end point of each tile-to-tile interconnect in the first plurality and the second plurality of tiles is independent of the start/end point of the other tile-to-tile interconnects in the first and second plurality, respectively. Routing the second plurality of tile-to-tile interconnects includes connecting at least one start/end point of each tile-to-tile interconnect in the second plurality of tiles to at least one start/end point of each interconnect in the first plurality of tiles.
US11277134B2	Semiconductor memory device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array and a signal propagation circuit disposed on a propagation path of a signal or a control signal, wherein the signal propagation circuit includes: a first inverted signal output circuit; a second inverted signal output circuit including an input terminal connected to an output terminal of the first inverted signal output circuit; a third inverted signal output circuit including an input terminal connected to output terminals of the first inverted signal output circuit and the second inverted signal output circuit; a fourth inverted signal output circuit including an input terminal connected to an output terminal of the third inverted signal output circuit; and a fifth inverted signal output circuit including an input terminal connected to output terminals of the third inverted signal output circuit and the fourth inverted signal output circuit.
US11277133B1	Level shifter with isolation logic Various implementations described herein are related to a device having level shifter circuitry configured to receive isolation control signals in a first voltage domain and provide an output signal in a second voltage domain that is different than the first voltage domain. The device may include isolation logic circuitry configured to receive a data input signal in the first voltage domain and then provide the isolation control signals to the level shifter circuitry in the first voltage domain based on the data input signal. The isolation logic circuitry may include control passgates that enable the data input signal to propagate to the level shifter circuitry via the isolation control signals.
US11277129B2	Driver circuitry and operation This application relates to methods and apparatus for driving a transducer with switching drivers. A switching driver has first and second supply node for receiving supply voltages and includes an output bridge stage, a capacitor and a network of switches. The network of switches is operable in different switch states to provide different switching voltages to the output bridge stage. A controller is configured to control the switch state of the network of switches and a duty cycle of output switches of the output bridge stage based on an input signal to generate an output signal for driving the transducer.
US11277127B1	Intelligent multi-level voltage gate driving system for semiconductor power devices An improved gate driver using a microcontroller (uC), a voltage selector (VS), an adjustable voltage regulator (AVR), and an auxiliary current sinking circuit (ACSC) to actively provide selectable drive signals either higher, lower or equal to the basic on voltage and off voltage drive signals for a selected semiconductor device thereby providing an active voltage-mode gate driver for actively speeding up or slowing both the on time and off time transitions of a semiconductor.
US11277126B2	Switching device, driving circuit device for actuators, actuator system A switching device includes: a lower switching element, an upper switching element having a source connected to a drain of the lower switching element; a control circuit including a first output part that supplies a driving signal to the lower switching element; a Zener diode having a cathode connected to the first output part; a parallel capacitor connected to the Zener diode in parallel; a resistor connected between an anode of the Zener diode and a gate of the lower switching element; and a gate-side capacitor provided separate from a parasitic capacitance of the lower switching element, having a larger capacitance than the parasitic capacitance of the lower switching element, and connected, outside the lower switching element, between the gate and a source of the lower switching element. The capacitance of the gate-side capacitor is smaller than a capacitance of the parallel capacitor.
US11277125B2	Drive circuit for driven switches A drive circuit drives driven switches connected in parallel with one another. The driven switches each include first, second main, and main control terminals. When a potential difference of the main control terminal with respect to the second main terminal becomes greater than or equal to a threshold voltage, the flow of current between the first and second main terminals is permitted. At least two driven switches have different threshold voltages. The drive circuit includes, for each driven switch, an electrical path electrically connecting the second main terminal or a negative voltage supply, which is at a negative voltage lower than the potential of the second main terminal, to the main control terminal. The impedance of each of the electrical paths is set so the potential difference increased by electric charge flowing into the electrical path through a parasitic capacitance of the driven switch becomes less than the threshold voltage.
US11277124B2	Overcurrent detection reference compensation system of switching element for inverter and overcurrent detection system using the same An overcurrent detection reference compensation system of a switching element for an inverter and an overcurrent detection system using the same can correct an overcurrent detection reference used to detect an overcurrent of a switching element according to a temperature of the switching element.
US11277123B2	Method for controlling transmission of electromagnetic wave on basis of light, and device therefor A device for controlling transmission of electromagnetic waves according to the present disclosure includes: a conductor line which is positioned on a signal layer and through which electromagnetic waves received via an input terminal travel; a ground layer electrically separated from the signal layer through a dielectric layer and electrically grounded; a shunt via including a first end and a second end and connected to the conductor line through the first end; and a photoconductive semiconductor connected between the second end of the shunt via and the ground layer and having a dielectric state or a conducting state, based on an input of an optical signal, wherein the conductor line is electrically connected to the ground layer via the shunt via and the photoconductive semiconductor in the conducting state, thereby causing reflection of electromagnetic waves from the shunt via.
US11277117B2	Filter, filtering method, and filter system A filter includes multiple filter circuits. The filter circuits are coupled in series between an input terminal and an output terminal, to generate an output signal according to an input signal. One of the filter circuits operates as an active filter circuit or a passive filter circuit according to amplitude of the input signal.
US11277115B2	Crystal vibration element, and crystal vibrator equipped with crystal vibration element A crystal vibration element that includes a crystal piece that has a prescribed crystal orientation, and a first direction and a second direction in a plan view thereof; and excitation electrodes that are respectively provided on front and rear surfaces of the crystal piece in order to excite a thickness shear vibration in the crystal piece upon application of an alternating electric field. A vibration distribution of the crystal piece has a vibration region that extends in a band-like shape in the second direction of the crystal piece and non-vibration regions that are adjacent to opposed sides of the vibration region in the first direction of the crystal piece.
US11277113B2	Bulk-acoustic wave resonator A bulk-acoustic wave resonator includes: a substrate; a first electrode disposed on the substrate; a piezoelectric layer disposed to cover at least a portion of the first electrode; a second electrode disposed to cover at least a portion of the piezoelectric layer; a metal pad connected to the first electrode and the second electrode; and a connection member connected an upper surface of the metal pad. A lower end portion of the connection member includes a tapered portion decreasing in a diameter in a direction toward a lower end of the connection member, and an angle between an inclined surface of the tapered portion and the upper surface of the metal pad is 45° to 80°.
US11277111B2	Vibrator device, electronic apparatus, and vehicle A vibrator device includes a base; and a vibrator element including a quartz crystal vibrator element attached to the base via a first metal bump, in which the first metal bump is disposed on a straight line inclined within a range of +55° to +65° or −65° to −55° with respect to an X axis of the quartz crystal constituting the quartz crystal vibrator element in plan view seen from a direction in which the base and the quartz crystal vibrator element are arranged.
US11277107B2	Squid-based traveling wave parametric amplifier A traveling wave parametric amplifier involving a series of Josephson junctions is disclosed. Devices and systems incorporating traveling wave parametric amplifiers, and methods of using and fabricating traveling wave parametric amplifiers are also disclosed.
US11277102B2	Power amplifier module with temperature compensation A power amplifier module includes a power amplifier including an amplifier including an amplifying transistor configured to amplify an input signal, and output an output signal, and a bias circuit including a bias transistor configured to provide a bias current to the amplifying transistor; and a controller configured to provide a control current to the bias transistor, wherein the controller is configured to vary the control current based on a temperature of the amplifying transistor.
US11277098B2	Integrally-formed multiple-path power amplifier with on-die combining node structure A multiple-path amplifier (e.g., a Doherty amplifier) includes a semiconductor die, a radio frequency (RF) signal input terminal, a combining node structure integrally formed with the semiconductor die, and first and second amplifiers (e.g., main and peaking amplifiers) integrally formed with the die. Inputs of the first and second amplifiers are electrically coupled to the RF signal input terminal. A plurality of wirebonds is connected between an output of the first amplifier and the combining node structure. An output of the second amplifier is electrically coupled to the combining node structure (e.g., through a conductive path with a negligible phase delay). A phase delay between the outputs of the first and second amplifiers is substantially equal to 90 degrees. The second amplifier may be divided into two amplifier portions that are physically located on opposite sides of the first amplifier.
US11277092B2	Systems and methods for mounting roof-mounted photovoltaic arrays including flashing and tape A kit for flashing a mount of a photovoltaic assembly on a surface includes a flashing assembly. The flashing assembly includes flashing that extends across an interface of the mount and the surface when the mount is attached to the surface. The flashing includes a bottom surface and a top surface. The flashing assembly also includes tape attached to the bottom surface of the flashing. The tape includes a first attachment area and a second attachment area. The flashing assembly has a first configuration in which the first attachment area is attached to the flashing and the second attachment area is unattached, and a second configuration in which the first attachment area is attached to the flashing and the second attachment area is attached to the surface. The tape is movable with the flashing as an assembly when the flashing assembly is in the first configuration. The first attachment area and the second attachment area positioned on opposite sides of the tape such that the tape extends between the surface and the bottom surface of the flashing when the tape is in the second configuration. The kit also includes a container defining an interior space to receive the flashing assembly.
US11277089B2	Compensation for multiple non-ideal position sensor harmonic components in a rotary system Examples described herein provide a rotary system that includes a rotor having an axis of rotation, a position sensor to measure an angular position of the rotor with respect to the axis of rotation, and a processing system to perform operations. The operations include receiving an output from the position sensor, the output being a measure of an angular position of the rotor with respect to the axis of rotation. The operations further include generating, based on the output from the position sensor, an error signal, an estimated angular velocity, and an estimated position. The operations further include performing a position sensor harmonic adaptation based at least in part on the error signal, the estimated angular velocity, and the estimated position to generate adaptation coefficients. The operations further include performing a position sensor harmonic compensation based on the adaptation coefficients and the estimated position to generate a difference in position.
US11277088B1	High frequency injection transition disturbance elimination for a salient pole electric machine For high frequency injection (HFI) transition disturbance elimination, a processor directs an HFI transition for a motor. The processor determines compensation pulse voltages for an HFI compensation pulse. The processor further injects a sum of the HFI compensation pulse and an HFI voltage into a current regulator voltage output signal for a compensation Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) cycle. The HFI compensation pulse settles an HFI current to a steady state.

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