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US11318198B2	MERS-CoV vaccine composition An immunogenic CD40-targeted trimeric MERS-CoV S1 fusion polypeptide as well as a corresponding polynucleotide encoding it and its use for safely inducing immune responses directed against MERS-CoV without inducing vaccine associated respiratory pathologies associated with non-targeted vaccines.
US11318191B2	GLP-1 compositions and uses thereof The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions of the GLP-1 peptide semaglutide comprising no more than 0.1% (w/w) phenol and above 6.4 mg/ml sodium chloride, their preparation, kits comprising such compositions as well as uses thereof.
US11318190B2	Methods and compositions for treating liver disease Disclosed is a method of modulating the Sct/SR axis in a mammalian subject in need thereof, including in a subject suffering from a liver disease, such as but not limited to, Early Stage PBC, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, Primary Biliary Cholangitis, Biliary Altresia, NASH, NAFLD, or Alcohol induced liver injury. A method of treating Late Stage PBC in a mammalian subject in need thereof is also disclosed; further disclosed is a method of ameliorating PBC-induced biliary damage in a mammalian subject in need thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions for modulating the Sct/SR axis, comprising a SR antagonist or a SR agonist, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient are also disclosed.
US11318189B1	IL-15 agonist drug combinations for immune therapy Methods and pharmaceutical combinations for preventing, reducing the occurrence of, and/or treating an infection in a subject are provided herein. The method includes administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an IL-15 agonist after or concomitantly with administration of a therapeutically effective amount of an antibiotic to the subject. The pharmaceutical combination includes an IL-15 agonist and an antibiotic.
US11318188B2	Compositions and methods for treating pulmonary hypertension In some aspects, the disclosure relates to GDF/BMP antagonists and methods of using GDF/BMP antagonists to treat, prevent, or reduce the progression rate and/or severity of pulmonary hypertension (PH), particularly treating, preventing or reducing the progression rate and/or severity of one or more PH-associated complications. The disclosure also provides methods of using a GDF/BMP antagonist to treat, prevent, or reduce the progression rate and/or severity of a variety of conditions including, but not limited to, pulmonary vascular remodeling, pulmonary fibrosis, and right ventricular hypertrophy. The disclosure further provides methods of using a GDF/BMP antagonist to reduce right ventricular systolic pressure in a subject in need thereof.
US11318185B2	Immunogenic peptides of SCD1 protein The present invention addresses the problem of finding a novel peptide useful as an active ingredient in an agent for treating or preventing cancer, and to provide the use of the polypeptide as an immune inducer.The immune inducer containing as an active ingredient: (a) a polypeptide consisting of any one of the amino acid sequences represented by SEQ ID NOs: 3 to 45; or (b) a polypeptide comprising one to several amino acid deletions, substitutions or additions in the amino acid sequence of the polypeptide (a); is useful as an agent for treating or preventing cancer, etc.
US11318184B2	Anti-angiogenic treatment with a combination of antagonists The teachings provided herein generally relate to a combination therapy and are directed to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for administering a combination of an α5β1 antagonist with an α2β1 antagonist to a subject. The methods are for use in inhibiting, preventing, or reversing angiogenesis, as well as in treating cancer. In some embodiments, the compositions and methods include a combined administration of VLO4 and VP12 (ECL12).
US11318181B2	Non-fermented compositions comprising a cereal based fraction and a probiotic and uses thereof The present invention relates to a non-fermented composition having the ability to increase the formation of butyric acid in the colon and comprising at least one cereal based fraction and at least one isolated probiotic strain of Lactobacillus as well as the use of said non-fermented composition as a synbiotic and for treatment of the metabolic syndrome, ulcerative colitis, Crohns disease, Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), or Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The non-fermented composition of the invention is useful for the maintenance of a healthy gut-mucosa and/or for the provision of an increased barrier function of the gut-mucosa.
US11318179B2	Topical formulation for binding to dermatological cannabinoid receptors A topical cream or ointment is provided that provides for the binding to CB1 and/or CB2 receptors for the soothing of pain, inflammation of smooth muscle, tendons, ligaments, skeletal muscle, endothelial cell, synovial cell, peripheral nerve fibers, reduction of endothelial bruising, promotion of healing of endothelial bruising, and dermatological itch sensation wherein the improvement comprises providing the effect of cannabinoid using plant extracts.
US11318178B2	Lactobacillus reuteri ATG-F4 strain having function of enhancing dopamine secretion and pharmaceutical composition comprising same for prevention or treatment of psychopathy A Lactobacillus reuteri ATG-F4 strain (Accession number KCTC13717BP) is proposed. The strain has the function of enhancing dopamine secretion, and thus can be used as a pharmaceutical composition or a functional health food for the prevention or amelioration of mental illnesses, such as memory disorder, depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, and the like, as well as Parkinson's disease, or can be used as a very effective composition for the improvement of memory or cognitive function. Moreover, the strain exhibits anti-inflammatory efficacy of upregulating the expression of IL-10 (interleukin-10) and inhibiting the generation of nitric oxide (NO) and is not resistant to antibiotics, and can thus be readily applied to a variety of foods having health improvement effects.
US11318177B2	Lactobacillus fermentum for treating fructose-related diseases The present invention is directed to a composition of Lactobacillus fermentum for use in the treatment of a fructose-related disease and a related method of treatment.
US11318175B2	Method for facilitating maturation of the mammalian immune system The inventions described herein relate generally to the use of compositions to increase output of acetate and lactate while reducing pH and the levels of pathogenic bacteria and inflammation in the gut of a nursing infant mammal including humans. These compositions generally comprise one or more bacterial strains selected for their growth on mammalian milk oligosaccharides, a source of mammalian milk oligosaccharides, and, optionally, nutritive components required for the growth of that infant mammal.
US11318174B2	Probiotics for use in the prevention or treatment of illness and/or symptoms associated with coronaviruses This invention relates to bacterial strains, compositions comprising bacterial strains as well as methods and uses of said strains and compositions for preventing or treating illness and/or symptoms associated with a coronavirus in a subject in need thereof.
US11318173B2	Probiotic immunomodulatory compositions The invention discloses an immunomodulatory composition comprising non-culturable bacteria, a method of production and an article and an apparatus for its use and administration.
US11318169B2	Compositions and methods for preventing the proliferation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition of epithelial cells Compositions and preparations of fetal support tissue that prevent or reduce the proliferation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of epithelial cells, wherein the epithelial cells may be human epithelial cells and the human epithelial cells may be conjunctival, retinal, corneal, limbal, or renal epithelial cells. Methods of preventing or reducing the proliferation, cell migration, and EMT of epithelial cells in an individual in need thereof, wherein the epithelial cells may be human epithelial cells and the human epithelial cells may be conjunctival, retinal, corneal, limbal, or renal epithelial cells. Methods of preventing or treating proliferative vitreoretinopathy in an individual in need thereof.
US11318167B2	Isolation of fusion-competent myoblasts and therapeutic applications thereof related to muscular dystrophy Described are methods of isolating high purity myoblasts that are used to create novel DMD model systems and methods using human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). Also described are therapeutic methods based on the use of these myoblasts.
US11318165B2	D-domain containing polypeptides and uses thereof D domain (DD) containing polypeptides (DDpp) that specifically bind targets of interest (e.g., BCMA, CD123, CS1, HER2, AFP, and AFP p26) are provided, as are nucleic acids encoding the DDpp, vectors containing the nucleic acids and host cells containing the nucleic acids and vectors. DDpp such as DDpp fusion proteins, are also provided as are methods of making and using the DDpp. Such uses include, but are not limited to diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
US11318161B2	Methods of treating basal cell carcinoma and glioblastoma Provided herein are methods of treating basal cell carcinoma or glioblastoma by administering coal tar or a coal tar product to a patient with basal cell carcinoma or glioblastoma. The coal tar or coal tar product may be administered as a standalone therapy or in combination with other treatments for basal cell carcinoma or glioblastoma.
US11318158B2	Pappalysin regulator A method is provided of decreasing or increasing the activity of a Pappalysin polypeptide by decreasing or increasing the level of interacting Pappalysin and stanniocalcin polypeptides. A method is also provided of preventing, treating or ameliorating a clinical condition in a mammalian subject, such as a human being, said method comprising administering to said mammalian subject, such as human being an effective amount of a stanniocalcin polypeptide. Moreover, a method is provided of preventing, treating or ameliorating a clinical condition in a mammalian subject, such as a human being, said method comprising administering to said mammalian subject, such as human being an effective amount of an agent capable of antagonizing interaction of a stanniocalcin polypeptide with a Pappalysin polypeptide.
US11318156B2	Solid injectable veterinary implants comprising monocyclic lactone The present invention relates to an injectable implant comprising an effective amount of a macrocyclic lactone, or a salt thereof, and a bioresorbable polymer, and its use in preventing and/or treating parasites infestations in non human mammals, especially pets.
US11318154B2	Method of treating Clostridium difficile infection or its associated symptoms A method of preventing or treating a subject suffering from Clostiridium difficile infection or its associated symptom includes administering a therapeutic effective amount of a HMGB1 inhibitor to the subject. A method of inhibiting toxin-induced cytotoxic effect in colon cells includes contacting the colon cells with an effective amount of a HMGB1 inhibitor.
US11318153B2	Method of using Neoandrographolide for lowering blood sugar, lowering blood lipid, improving liver function and improving renal function A method of using Neoandrographolide for lowering blood sugar, lowering blood lipid, improving liver function and improving renal function. The method includes preparing a composition comprising Neoandrographolide as the active ingredient, and administering the composition to lower the blood sugar or blood lipid of a user, to prevent a decrease in liver function of a user, or to improve the renal function of a user. The Neoandrographolide is the only active ingredient in the composition.
US11318149B2	Compositions and methods for inhibiting biofilm-forming bacteria The present disclosure provides, among other things, compositions and methods useful for inhibiting biofilm-forming bacteria. For example, the compositions and methods described herein can be used to inhibit the proliferation, viability, and/or biofilm-forming activity, of biofilm-forming bacteria.
US11318134B2	Benzamide compounds Compounds of Formula (I) are provided herein. Such compounds, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions thereof, are useful for treating diseases or conditions, including conditions characterized by excessive cellular proliferation, such as cancer and tumors, as well as viral infections such as HIV.
US11318131B2	Nanoliposomal irinotecan for use in treating small cell lung cancer Novel therapies for the treatment of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) include the administration of an antineoplastic therapy consisting of liposomal irinotecan administered once every two weeks, optionally including the administration of other non-antineoplastic agents to the patient such as the administration of a corticosteroid and an anti-emetic to the patient prior to the administration of the irinotecan liposome.
US11318129B2	Compounds and methods for inhibiting NHE-mediated antiport in the treatment of disorders associated with fluid retention or salt overload and gastrointestinal tract disorders The present disclosure is directed to compounds and methods for the treatment of disorders associated with fluid retention or salt overload, such as heart failure (in particular, congestive heart failure), chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease, liver disease, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma agonist-induced fluid retention. The present disclosure is also directed to compounds and methods for the treatment of hypertension. The present disclosure is also directed to compounds and methods for the treatment of gastrointestinal tract disorders, including the treatment or reduction of pain associated with gastrointestinal tract disorders. The methods generally comprise administering to a mammal in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a compound, that is designed to be substantially active in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract to inhibit NHE-mediated antiport of sodium ions and hydrogen ions therein. More particularly, the method comprises administering to a mammal in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a compound, that inhibits NHE-3, -2 and/or -8 mediated antiport of sodium and/or hydrogen ions in the GI tract and is designed to be substantially impermeable to the layer of epithelial cells, or more specifically the epithelium of the GI tract. As a result of the compound being substantially impermeable, it is not absorbed and is thus essentially systemically non-bioavailable, so as to limit the exposure of other internal organs (e.g., liver, heart, brain, etc.) thereto. The present disclosure is still further directed to a method wherein a mammal is administered such a compound with a fluid-absorbing polymer, such that the combination acts as described above and further provides the ability to sequester fluid and/or salt present in the GI tract.
US11318125B2	Multi-phase delivery compositions and products incorporating such compositions The present disclosure relates to compositions that are useful in the delivery of various materials. In particular, the compositions comprise a suspension wherein an internal phase material is surrounded by an external phase material. The internal phase specifically can be a hydrophilic material, and the external phase specifically can be a hydrophobic material. The materials are combined so that the internal phase is substantially encapsulated by the external phase such that release can be controlled in relation to osmotic pressure differentials. The suspension can be combined with a carrier, and various systems and products can be formed with the suspension and optional carrier, such as oral strips, spray delivery systems, smokeless tobacco products, aerosol delivery devices, cigarettes, and packaging.
US11318119B2	HIV protease inhibitors The present disclosure provides compounds, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as described herein, useful for treating the proliferation of the HIV virus, treating AIDS or delaying the onset of AIDS symptoms in a subject. The disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, processes for preparing them, therapeutic methods for treating the proliferation of the HIV virus, treating AIDS or delaying the onset of AIDS symptoms in a subject using these compounds. The present disclosure also provides compounds, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as described herein, useful for treating the proliferation of a coronavirus, treating coronavirus symptoms or delaying the onset of coronavirus symptoms in a subject. The disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, processes for preparing them, therapeutic methods for treating the proliferation of a coronavirus, treating coronavirus symptoms or delaying the onset of coronavirus symptoms in a subject using these compounds.
US11318118B1	Methods and compositions for treating SARS-CoV-2 infection using carboxyamidotriazole orotate This invention provides compositions and methods for treatment of mild, moderate and severe stages of SARS-CoV-2 infection, particularly COVID-19 disease caused by wild type and mutant strains of SARS-CoV-2 using 5-amino-1-(4-(4-chlorobenzyl)-1, 2, 3-triazole-4-carboxamide orotate. Carboxyamidotriazole orotate (CTO) alone or in combination with other therapeutics in standard of clinical care are useful for directing antiviral effects and host-directed antiviral effects against wild type and mutant strains of SARS-CoV-2 throughout the viral life cycle.
US11318114B2	Water dispersible mini-tablets comprising Enalapril for treatment of hypertension in a pediatric population and method of preparation thereof The present invention relates to water dispersible mini-tablets of Enalapril or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in the treatment of hypertension in a pediatric population. The pediatric population is defined as 0 to 18 years of age. The water dispersible mini-tablets of Enalapril further include a disintegrant, a diluent, a lubricant and a glidant. The active ingredient is distributed evenly in the mini-tablet and the disintegrant comprises Crospovidone. The mini-tablet has a diameter of 3 mm and disintegrates in less than 15 seconds in water.
US11318110B2	Pharmaceutical composition for reducing local fat and uses thereof The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for reducing localized fat, comprising drug-containing micelles made of surfactants, and curcumin encapsulated in said drug-containing micelles. This pharmaceutical composition for reducing localized fat can reduce the fat at the administration site, and has the advantages of high stability, high bioavailability for fat tissue, few side effects, and sustained release.
US11318108B2	Use of carotenoid derivatives to reduce the toxicity and increase the efficacy of anti-EGFR antitumor treatments The present invention refers to compounds of the carotenoid class, such as lycopene or lacto-lycopene, for their use in the treatment and/or prevention of toxicity caused by antitumor drugs, as well as their use in the treatment or remission of tumors in combination with antitumor drugs. Finally, the present invention refers to the combination of the above set forth compounds and drugs with antitumor action.
US11318101B2	Hard capsule having improved hardness, and method for manufacturing same An object of the present invention is to improve the hardness of the capsule film of a hard capsule. The present invention improves the hardness of the capsule film of a hard capsule by adding a starch decomposition product, and/or at least one clay mineral selected from the group consisting of talc, bentonite, and kaolin, to a hard capsule film.
US11318095B2	Micelle for solubilizing a sparingly water-soluble ingredient and solution comprising the same The present invention provides a micelle comprising an anionic micelle and a protecting agent surrounding the anionic micelle, the anionic micelle being formed from, as a structural unit, an ingredient that has a functional group capable of being anionized under basic conditions and has anionic micelle-forming ability, the protecting agent protecting the anionic micelle. The present invention also provides a micelle comprising a cationic micelle and a protecting agent surrounding the cationic micelle, the cationic micelle being formed from, as a structural unit, an ingredient that has a functional group capable of being cationized under acidic conditions and has cationic micelle-forming ability, the protecting agent protecting the cationic micelle.
US11318089B2	Topical copper ion treatments and methods of making topical copper ion treatments for use in various anatomical areas of the body A topical copper ion treatment in basic form comprises a copper ion-containing solution composed of a biocompatible solution containing copper ions obtained by leaching of the copper ions from copper metal into the solution. The copper ion-containing solution can be combined with various carriers to form various forms of the copper ion treatment including creams, gels, lotions, foams, pastes, tampons, solutions, suppositories, body wipes, wound dressings, skin patches, and suture material. A method of making the copper ion-containing solution involves placing solid copper metal in a quantity of a biocompatible solution and maintaining the solution at a specified temperature for a predetermined period of time during which copper ions leach from the copper metal into the solution, and thereafter separating the solution from the solid copper metal.
US11318086B2	Compositions, methods, and kits for cleansing and moisiurizing Compositions, methods, and kits for cleansing, moisturizing, soothing, cooling, such as those, for example, that may be used to cleanse, moisturize, soothe, and cool the body or portions thereof.
US11318083B2	Compositions and methods for reshaping keratin-rich substrates and forming adherent flexible films Compositions and methods for reshaping keratin-rich substrates while forming adherent flexible films contain emulsified or soluble mixtures of silanols and hemiaminals or the reaction products of silanols and hemiaminals including silylated hemiaminals. A method for treating split-ends in hair is also described.
US11318080B2	Conditioning shampoo composition The invention relates to a shampoo composition for enhancing deposition of oil drop onto a substrate, comprising a mixture of sulfonated methyl ester compounds containing two or more sulfonated methyl esters of a fatty acid having a chain length of 12 to 20 carbon atoms (C12-C20); a zwitterionic surfactant; an oil phase; and a cationic polymer. The shampoo composition may further comprise an inorganic electrolyte such as sodium chloride. The invention also relates to use of the shampoo composition for enhancing deposition of oil drop onto a substrate, wherein the composition comprises a specific blend of sulfonated methyl ester compounds.
US11318079B2	Polyhydroxylated (1-phenyl-2-phenyl) ethylene derivatives as an anti-ageing and photoprotective agent The present invention is directed towards the cosmetic use of at least one compound of formula (I) and/or solvates thereof and/or stereoisomers thereof: in which groups A and B are different and: A-* represents a disubstituted phenyl radical: B-** represents a mono- or disubstituted phenyl radical: or of a composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, at least one compound of formula (I), for treating and/or preventing the signs of ageing and/or of photoageing of keratin materials, preferably of the skin.
US11318073B2	Low surfactant aerosol antidandruff composition The present invention is directed to a foaming composition comprising from about 5% to about 13% total surfactant of one or more anionic surfactants; from 0.1% to about 2% of a surfactant soluble antidandruff active; from about 3% to about 15% of a blowing agent, wherein the foaming composition is at a pH of about 3.5 to 6.5.
US11318072B2	Matt-effect composition comprising hydrophobic aerogel particles and silicone elastomer particles The present invention relates to a cosmetic and/or dermatological composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium: a) at least some hydrophobic aerogel particles, b) at least some silicone elastomer particles, c) at least one particle that absorbs sebum. The invention also relates to a process for making the skin matt and/or for reducing its shine.
US11318071B2	Plaster for securing a tube The invention provides a plaster for use in securing a tube to a patient. The plaster comprises a top layer having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a pull tab. The plaster also comprises a base layer having an upper surface, and a lower surface. At least a portion of the lower surface of the top layer or the upper surface of the base layer is provided with an adhesive for adhering the plaster to the tube. The lower surface of the base layer is provided with an adhesive for adhering the plaster to the patient. The top layer includes a hinge about which the pull tab can be oriented away from the skin of the patient.
US11318062B2	Exercise device A machine that facilitates the performance of physical therapy exercises with or without the assistance of a physical therapist. The device allows a patient to sit upon a table, and connect the patient's body part to a cuff and pulling system. Then, via hand movements upon an article of the device cause body part flexion. Too, a patient can use the device for isometric like exercising via a series of stretch bands that attach to the cuff and table.
US11318060B2	Femoral lift device A femoral lift apparatus for an operating table having a side rail, the apparatus engageable with the femur of a patient. The apparatus includes a lift mountable to the side rail. An extension arm is receivable on the lift, the extension arm extending transversely from the lift when the extension arm is received on the lift. A plurality of apertures can be defined along the extension arm, and a femoral hook can be receivable in one of the apertures in the extension arm, the femoral hook having a hook end shaped to be received under and contour the femur of the patient positioned on the operating table when the lift is mounted to the side rail of the table, the extension arm is received on the lift, and the femoral hook is received in one of the apertures of the extension arm.
US11318059B2	Mounting assembly for a magnetic field generator The present disclosure provides a mounting assembly for attaching medical equipment to a patient table. In one particular embodiment, the present disclosure provides a mounting assembly for attaching a magnetic field generator to a patient table. The mounting assembly allows for the secure attachment of the magnetic field generator to the patient table while also allowing for easy adjustment of the positioning and location of the magnetic field generator, even after the patient is on the table. In many embodiments the mounting assembly is comprised of a mounting apparatus that attaches directly to the patient table and first and second side rails that attach to the magnetic field generator and are configured to slidably attach to the mounting apparatus. In some embodiments, the mounting apparatus and side rails are constructed of a material that provides little or no interference with the magnetic field generator.
US11318053B2	Absorbent article An absorbent article includes: an absorbent main body including an absorbent core; and leak-proof walls on respective widthwise side portions of the absorbent main body. Each leak-proof wall is capable of standing on a skin side in the thickness direction, and includes a skin-side portion and a non-skin-side portion. A joined part is formed by joining at least partially facing surfaces of the skin-side and non-skin-side portions. The absorbent main body includes a crotch stretchable portion in a central portion in the width direction and the longitudinal direction, and the crotch stretchable portion stretches/contracts in at least one of the longitudinal direction and the width direction. The joined part is provided inside a distal end of the leak-proof wall and outside the crotch stretchable portion in the width direction. A part of the joined part and a part of the crotch stretchable portion at least overlap in the longitudinal direction.
US11318052B2	Methods and apparatuses for making elastomeric laminates with elastic strands unwound from beams The present disclosure relates to methods for assembling elastomeric laminates, wherein elastic material may be stretched and joined with either or both first and second substrates. A first beam is rotated to unwind a first plurality of elastic strands from the first beam in the machine direction. The first plurality of elastic strands are positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate to form the elastomeric laminate. Before the first plurality of elastic strands are completely unwound from the first beam, a second beam is rotated to unwind the second plurality of elastic strands from the second beam. Subsequently, the advancement of the first plurality of elastic strands from the first beam is discontinued. Thus, the elastomeric laminate assembly process may continue uninterrupted while switching from an initially utilized elastic material drawn from the first beam to a subsequently utilized elastic material drawn from the second beam.
US11318051B2	Hearing protection devices, noise exposure sensors therefor, and sensor housings and associated methods for the same Disclosed are hearing protection devices and housings for noise sensors for the same. Hearing protection devices can include an ear cup including an external casing partially defining an inner space, a noise sensor including a microphone electrically coupled to a printed circuit board, and a housing disposed in an aperture defined in the external casing. The housing can define an axial bore defining a noise sensor receiving portion and an acoustic communication portion. The inner space of the ear cup can be substantially airtight when the housing is sealably disposed at or proximate the aperture, the microphone is engaged within the noise sensor receiving portion of the housing, and the ear cup is worn securely about the wearer's ear. The noise sensor can be calibrated by removing a removable securing collar and slidably disposing a calibration tool into the axial bore without further disassembling the hearing protection device.
US11318048B2	Methods and systems for large spot retinal laser treatment In some embodiments, a system for providing a therapeutic treatment to a patient's eye includes a treatment beam source configured to transmit a treatment beam along a treatment beam path. The system further includes a processor coupled to the treatment beam source, the processor being configured to direct the treatment beam onto retinal tissue of the patient's eye and deliver a series of short duration pulses from the treatment beam onto the retinal tissue at a first treatment spot to treat the retinal tissue. In some embodiments, a pre-treatment evaluation method using electroretinography (ERG) data may be used to predict effects of treatment beams at different power values and to determine optimal power values.
US11318047B2	Image guidance methods and apparatus for glaucoma surgery An imaging probe comprises a camera or endoscope with an external detector array, in which the probe is sized and shaped for surgical placement in an eye to image the eye from an interior of the eye during treatment. The imaging probe and a treatment probe can be coupled together with a fastener or contained within a housing. The imaging probe and the treatment probe can be sized and shaped to enter the eye through an incision in the cornea and image one or more of the ciliary body band or the scleral spur. The treatment probe may comprise a treatment optical fiber or a surgical placement device to deliver an implant. A processor coupled to the detector can be configured with instructions to identify a location of one or more of the ciliary body band, the scleral spur, Schwalbe's line, or Schlemm's canal from the image.
US11318044B2	Aqueous viscoelastic solution and use thereof in an injection device The invention relates to an aqueous viscoelastic solution comprising: at least one polymer selected from among hyaluronic acid and the salts thereof, and cellulosic derivatives and the salts thereof, in particular hydroxypropyl methylcellulose and the salts thereof; and at least one water-soluble polymer of the polyether-polyurethane or polyether-polyester-urethane type, and to the use thereof in a device intended for the injection of an intraocular implant.
US11318038B2	Arm support system An arm support system incorporates a harness with a support plate engaged to the harness. The support plate has an engagement element. A wrist strap has a mating engagement element and the wrist strap is adapted to be engaged to a wrist of an injured arm. Engagement of the mating engagement element onto the engagement element supports the injured arm.
US11318024B2	Flexible, cannulated implants for the hand and foot A flexible bone implant includes a proximal stem having a proximal end, a distal end, and a proximal conduit extending from the proximal end to the distal end of the proximal stem, whereby the proximal conduit is open at both the proximal and distal ends of the proximal stem. The implant includes a distal stem having a proximal end, a distal end, and a distal conduit extending from the proximal end to the distal end of the distal stem, whereby the distal conduit is open at both the proximal and distal ends of the distal stem. The implant includes a flexible hinge interconnecting the distal end of the proximal stem with the proximal end of the distal stem for allowing the proximal and distal stems to flex relative to one another. A proximal stem protective tube is disposed within the proximal conduit of the proximal stem and has a length that matches the length of the proximal conduit, and a distal stem protective tube is disposed within the distal conduit of the distal stem and has a length that matches the length of the distal conduit. The proximal stem, the distal stem and the flexible hinge comprise a unitary structure made of a polymer material.
US11318022B2	Knee prosthesis tibial componentry having interchangeable components Knee prosthesis tibial componentry has a bearing insert defining a superior condyle articular surface and a planar inferior bearing surface. A tray having a platform defining a superior bearing surface and an inferior stem engages the insert. The tray has a quadrant of retention buttresses having anterior and posterior buttresses, each extending superiorly with respect to the superior bearing surface and extending in from a peripheral edge of the superior bearing surface. The insert has a quadrant of respective spaced apart retention recesses having anterior and posterior recesses, each recessed superiorly with respect to the inferior bearing surface and extending in from a peripheral edge of the inferior bearing surface.
US11318018B2	Method of improving cardiac function The present disclosure provides methods of improving cardiac function, including transcutaneously inserting at least one catheter into a heart, delivering a band to a ventricle of the heart via the at least one catheter, guiding the band through a plurality of spaces among a trabeculae in the ventricle, tightening the band in a single loop, locking the band in a loop, and removing the at least one catheter from the heart.
US11318016B2	Mitral valve annuloplasty device with twisted anchor The present invention relates to a tissue shaping device adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient's heart to reshape the patient's heart. The device comprises a first anchor and a second anchor adapted to be deployed by a catheter to engage a vessel wall while the first anchor is adapted to resist the compression of a first part of the first anchor and resist the expansion of a second part of the first anchor in response to a compressive force on the first part.
US11318015B2	Prosthetic valve configured to fill a volume between tissue anchors with native valve tissue A prosthetic valve for implantation within a native mitral valve may be provided. The prosthetic valve may include an annular valve body, a plurality of atrial anchoring arms configured to extend radially outward from the annular valve body, and a plurality of ventricular anchoring legs configured to extend radially outward from the annular valve body. The arms may be configured to engage an atrial portion of the native mitral valve and the ventricular anchoring legs may be configured to engage a ventricular portion of the native mitral valve. The atrial anchoring arms and the ventricular anchoring legs may be positioned relative to each other such that when the atrial anchoring arms and ventricular anchoring legs engage the native mitral valve, a volume between the atrial anchoring arms and ventricular anchoring legs is configured to be substantially filled with tissue.
US11318014B2	Prosthetic valve delivery system with multi-planar steering A prosthetic valve delivery system may be provided. The prosthetic valve delivery system may include a first catheter and a first steering mechanism configured to bend the first catheter within a first steering plane. The prosthetic valve delivery system may also include a second catheter coaxially arranged within the first catheter and a second steering mechanism configured to bend the second catheter within a second steering plane, different from the first steering plane. Moreover, the prosthetic valve delivery system may include a capsule positioned distal to both the first catheter and the second catheter. The capsule may be configured to retain a prosthetic valve therein during transvascular advancement of the capsule.
US11318010B1	Tissue removing Devices, systems, and methods of the present disclosure are directed to efficient and accurate removal of tissue from a three-dimensional anatomic structure, such as a breast, of a patient. For example, a cup can be positioned on the patient's breast to conform the breast (e.g. via suction) to a known three-dimensional contour, and a cutting tip can be moved along the three-dimensional contour at one or more predetermined distances from at least one surface of the cup. The cutting tip can remove tissue along the three-dimensional contour to form a skin envelope. As compared to a manual process performed by a surgeon, formation of the envelope through controlled movement of the cutting tip along the three-dimensional contour can improve control over dimensions of the envelope, thus, facilitating achievement of consistent outcomes by reducing the likelihood of complications associated with an envelope that is too thick, too thin, or uneven.
US11318009B2	Surgical tools and methods for their use Surgical tools and kits for performing methods include a grommet with cylindrical shaft, cutting tip, annular flange with suture retaining anchoring fixture; a grommet jig for extending between adjacent grommets and guiding a needle therebetween; a family of needles with single and double pointed ends, reinforced eyelets, stops to limit inadvertent exiting, double shaft construction with a longitudinal gap and sharpened, slicing ends, including a “J” shape embodiment; a bone anchor with ring to secure sutures about a patient's clavicle; a tissue dissector having radially extending cones to nick taut connecting tissues; a tissue rasp having a series of crisscrossing grooves along an end; a tissue mesher comprising one or more blocks having a matrix of holes for clamping a plurality of needles and a supporting framework; and a kit device and a method of surgically inserting an internal mesh brassiere under the breast skin.
US11318007B2	Animal incision cover A reversible wearable animal incision cover that may be used on both male and female dogs to cover incisions typical in the neutering of male and female dogs having a first end for covering the incisions caused by the neutering of a female dog and having an opposing second end for covering the incisions caused by the neutering of a male dog. By longitudinally reversing the cover along the length of the dog a single wearable animal incision cover may be used on both male and female dogs. A male rear body covering portion may comprise a drawstring disposed through a drawstring channel along a rear edge of the web for drawing the male rear body covering portion upwardly against the rear of a male dog and drawing the rear side edges of the web towards each other. The bottom of the web may comprise a selection area substantially along the longitudinal axis of the web, the selection area comprising a plurality of longitudinally arranged openable penis apertures separated by reinforcements.
US11318003B2	Method of monitoring oral health A computer-implemented method including deriving a health profile of a user from a sample taken from the user and displaying a representation of the health profile on a display, wherein the representation of the health profile includes a list of undesirable oral health characteristics that are detectable from the sample. The representation of the health profile may also include a list of desirable oral health characteristics that are detectable from the sample. Furthermore, a user may select one of the undesirable health characteristics, and in response an indication of historical values associated within he selected one of the undesirable health characteristics may be displayed on the display.
US11317989B2	Dental bite block A dental bite block is provided. The dental bite block includes a body having a first end and a second end, an outer sidewall, and an inner sidewall. The body comprises an upper biting surface positioned within an upper channel and a lower biting surface within a lower channel. The outer sidewall and the inner sidewall extend past the upper and lower biting surfaces and define the upper channel and the lower channel, respectively. The upper channel and the lower channel are each able to receive a row of teeth therein. The dental bite block prevents the biting down and provides safe access to the interior of the mouth. A handle extends from the bite block and is releasably tethered to a toothbrush such that the teeth of the subject may be brushed when the teeth are received within the mouth of the subject.
US11317980B2	Instrument end effector identification A mechanical assembly is used to communicate to a robotic system information about a type of instrument mounted to a robotic manipulator arm. The assembly includes a sensor and a receiving component on the robotic manipulator arm. The receiving component includes a member moveable relative to said at least one sensor. A first surgical instrument is attachable to the robotic manipulator arm and is provided with a first mechanical identification feature positioned to cause movement of the moveable member relative to the sensor, causing a first response at the sensor. A second surgical instrument is similarly attachable, but causes a second response at the sensor that differs from the first response. This allows the robotic system to determine instrument type based on the response of the sensor from attachment of an instrument.
US11317978B2	System for neuronavigation registration and robotic trajectory guidance, robotic surgery, and related methods and devices A system for robotic surgery makes use of an end-effector which has been configured so that any selected one of a group of surgical tools may be selectively connected to such end-effector. The end-effector makes use of a tool-insert locking mechanism which secures a selected one of the surgical tools at not only a respective, predetermined height and angle of orientation, but also at a rotational position relative to an anatomical feature of the patient. The tool-insert locking mechanism may include interchangeable inserts to interconnect multiple tools to the same end-effector. In this way, different robotic operations may be accomplished with less reconfiguration of the end-effector. The end-effector may also include a tool stop which has a sensor associated with a moveable stop mechanism which may be positioned to selectively inhibit tool insertion or end-effector movement.
US11317977B2	Surgical instrument with commonly actuated robotic and manual features A method for using a surgical instrument comprises actuating a movable valve member at a first time using robotic action and actuating the valve member at a second time using manual action. The instrument comprises the valve member, a robotic actuation piece, a chassis, a transport shaft coupled to the chassis, a cavity extending through the transport shaft, and a valve. The chassis is adapted to be mated with a robotic manipulator. The valve comprises the valve member, a manual button coupled thereto, and a valve channel. The valve member is configured to translate across the valve channel along an axis. Robotic actuation comprises rotating the robotic actuation piece around an axis perpendicular to the axis of the valve member. Manual action comprises translating the manual button parallel to the axis of the valve member. The robotic actuation piece remains engaged with the valve member during the manual action.
US11317971B2	Systems and methods related to robotic guidance in surgery A surgical implant planning computer positions an implant device relative to a bone of a patient. An initial image of a bone is obtained. An initial location data structure is obtained that contains data defining mapping between locations on the implant device and corresponding locations relative to the bone in the initial image. A target image of the bone of the patient is obtained. A transformation matrix is generated that transforms a contour of a portion of the bone in the initial image to satisfy a defined rule for conforming to a contour of a corresponding portion of the bone in the target image. A transformed location data structure is generated based on applying the transformation matrix to the initial location data structure. A graphical representation of the implant device is displayed overlaid at locations on the target image of the bone determined based on the transformed location data structure.
US11317968B2	Methods and compositions for tissue adhesives Disclosed herein are methods of connecting disrupted tissue, tissue repair, treating colorectal disorder and tissue welding. The methods comprise using a bioadhesive composition comprising ELP and light absorbing chromophores and irradiating the bioadhesive tissue.
US11317967B2	Magnetic guided ablation catheter Magnetic guided ablation catheters and methods of manufacture are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a catheter includes a unitary flexible tubing having a proximal end and a distal end. A plurality of magnets are positioned along an axis of the unitary flexible tubing, the plurality of magnets provided within the unitary flexible tubing. During operation, the plurality of magnets are responsive to an external magnetic field to selectively position and guide the catheter within a body of a patient.
US11317964B2	Fluid supply instrument, treatment instrument unit, and treatment system A fluid supply instrument for a treatment instrument that is mounted on a grasping section of the treatment instrument capable of grasping a living tissue includes a port configured to receive a fluid, and a cover continuous to the port and configured to be covering a back surface on an opposite side of a grasping surface of the grasping section that is capable of grasping a living tissue. The cover forms a fluid channel continuous from the port in cooperation with the grasping section, and allows the fluid received from the port to flow out from between a cover edge adjacent to the grasping surface and an edge portion of the grasping surface.
US11317963B2	Jaw roll joint A surgical instrument includes a handle, and an elongated shaft extending from the handle. An end effector extending from the elongated shaft is in communication with a source of electrosurgical energy and defines an end effector axis. A roll joint couples the end effector to the elongated shaft and includes a first tubular structure extending distally from the elongated shaft and a second tubular structure rotatably coupled to the first tubular structure. The second tubular structure supports the end effector such that the end effector is rotatable about the end effector axis.
US11317958B2	Surgical fixation assembly and methods of use A fixation assembly includes a tapered cannula, a post, and a snap ring. The snap ring is attachable to the post and the tapered cannula. The snap ring is configured to maintain the tapered cannula axially fixed in relation to the post such that the tapered cannula and the post are rotatable relative to each other.
US11317956B1	Active compression bone screw A bone screw may be insertable into a bone, and may have a proximal member, a distal member with bone-engaging threads, wherein the distal member is configured to slidably engage the proximal member such that a variable-length cavity is defined within the proximal member and the distal member, and a tension member residing at least partially within the variable-length cavity. The tension member may have a proximal end coupled to the proximal member and a distal end coupled to the distal member such that, in response to motion of the distal member away from the proximal member, the tension member elongates and urges the distal member to move toward the proximal member. The proximal member and the distal member may be interconnected to share bending loads at a bending transmission feature.
US11317953B2	Tibial plateau leveling osteotomy plate A TPLO plate configured to accommodate flexible strands (flexible loops) attached to tissue to be attached to bone. The TPLO plate has one or more suture eyelets, to allow the user (surgeon) to pass a flexible strand through the eyelets and attach/reattach the tissue to the plate at the anatomical location, and to improve the rotational stability of the joint or bone. The eyelets may have various shapes, forms and configurations and may be provided on or within a surface of the TPLO bone plate in any number, depending on the characteristics of the fractured bone or bone segments, or of the plate design. The eyelets preferably receive one or more flexible strands.
US11317948B2	Fusion systems and methods of assembly and use The present invention discloses fusion systems and methods of assembly and use. The fusion systems include a first fastener, a second fastener, and an elongate member with a first end and a second end. The first end being secured to the first fastener and the second end being secure to the second fastener. The method of assembling a fusion system and methods of using the fusion systems are also disclosed.
US11317945B2	Trocar assemblies for adapter assemblies for surgical stapling instruments A trocar assembly for releasable engagement with an adapter assembly of a surgical stapling instrument includes a trocar mechanism that includes a trocar member that is at least one of rotatable or articulable relative to a housing of the trocar assembly.
US11317942B2	Trocar support A support apparatus for supporting a trocar while the trocar extends through a body wall of a patient includes an inflatable collar and a slidable abutment collar commonly connected for engagement onto the trocar following which the slide collar is released to slide along the trocar. The inflatable collar is inflated to a set size by a manually operable pump on the slidable collar operated by squeezing finger abutments together up to a latch so that threaded portion expels the inflation fluid. The abutment member is shaped to be received on an outer surface of the trocar and adjustable longitudinally of the trocar sleeve so as to be located at a selected position by a manually movable latch collar. The inflatable collar and slidably collar are held connected by a manually operable release.
US11317940B2	Coaxial contra-rotating cutting assembly The invention generally relates to intraluminal procedures, and, more particularly, to a contra-rotating cutting assembly for use with an atherectomy device to remove occlusive material from an occluded lumen, such as a blood vessel or other body lumen. The contra-rotating cutting assembly includes a rotatable housing having a distal end, an opposing proximal end and a lumen extending between the distal and proximal ends. The housing is configured to rotate about a longitudinal axis in a first direction. The cutting assembly further includes a rotatable cutter head positioned within at least a portion of the lumen of the housing and in coaxial alignment with the housing. The cutter head is configured to rotate about the longitudinal axis in a second direction opposite the first direction.
US11317938B2	Steerable guidewire and method of use A steerable guidewire. The steerable guidewire is fabricated includes an outer tube, an inner tube, a hub, and a distal articulating region. The steerable guidewire hub can be removed to permit advancement of catheters over its proximal end followed by re-attachment of the hub to permit deflection of the distal end of the steerable guidewire.
US11317937B2	Determining the state of an ultrasonic end effector Various systems and methods for determining the state of an end effector of an ultrasonic surgical instrument are disclosed. A control circuit can be configured to measure a complex impedance of an ultrasonic electromechanical system including an ultrasonic blade and compare the measured complex impedance to reference complex impedance patterns that each correspond to a state of the end effector. Accordingly, the control circuit can further be configured to determine the state of the end effector according to which of the plurality of reference complex impedance patterns the measured complex impedance corresponds.
US11317935B2	Connector device for connecting mechanical waveguides There is described a device for connecting a first mechanical waveguide and a second mechanical waveguide, including a first body for receiving the first waveguide, and a second body for receiving the second waveguide. The second body includes a tubular member having a first thread extending on an internal surface thereof, a first tubular screw having a second thread on an external surface corresponding to the first thread, and a third thread extending on an internal surface, with a pitch of the second thread being greater than a pitch of the third thread. The second body also includes a second tubular screw having a fourth thread extending on an external surface corresponding to the third thread with the second tubular screw being threadingly and frictionally engaged with the first tubular screw, a triggering member for rotating the first tubular screw, and an indexer for limiting a rotation of the second tubular screw to at least an initial angular position.
US11317933B1	Nasal cleaning tool A nasal cleaning tool incorporates a reservoir in fluid communication with a nozzle. Secured to about a distal end of the nozzle is a helical-shaped cleaning head. The reservoir in one (1) embodiment is fashioned as a deformable bulb.
US11317932B2	Stiffening device adapted to cooperate with a flexible kidney stone extractor A stiffening device is disclosed that is adapted to cooperate with a flexible kidney stone extractor. The stiffening device includes a tube having a lumen sized to receive a part of flexible kidney stone extractor; a diversion member having a channel that is configured to receive a part of the flexible kidney stone extractor; and a connector coupled between the tube and the diversion member. The connector allows the channel of the diversion member to communicate with the lumen of the tube. A proximal portion of the connector is connected to the diversion member and a distal portion of the connector is connected to the tube.
US11317930B2	Devices and methods for performing knee arthroplasty Methods and devices for performing knee arthroplasty including but not limited to bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty are provided. Methods and devices for preparing a proximal tibia for a tibial implant are also provided. These methods and devices, in at least some embodiments and uses, facilitate decreasing the complexity of knee arthroplasty procedures such as bicruciate retaining procedures while maintaining, if not improving on, the safety, accuracy and/or effectiveness of such procedures.
US11317924B2	Polymer overmolded bariatric clamp and method of installing A bariatric clamp may include substrate members overmolded in polymer forming first and second elongated portions, a bight portion having a flexible hinge, a fastener portion, and an engagement portion for retaining the clamp in a closed position to partition the stomach. A method for installing may include creating an opening in a patient's abdominal cavity to access the stomach, removing tissue connected to the stomach adjacent areas the clamp is to be positioned, positioning the clamp in an open position wherein first ends of the first and second elongated portions are open relative to one another, inserting the clamp into the abdominal cavity in the open position and the first and second elongated portions of the clamp separately pass through the opening in the abdominal cavity, positioning the first and second elongated portions adjacent first and second sides of the stomach, and closing the clamp to partition the stomach.
US11317923B2	Ligation clip with improved hinge A ligation clip includes a first jaw, a second jaw, and a hinge. The first jaw has a body having an inner surface defining a first clamping surface and an outer surface. The second jaw has a body having an inner surface defining a second clamping surface and an outer surface. The hinge is integrally formed with the first and second jaws and includes an inner hinge portion and an outer hinge portion. The inner hinge portion has an inner surface that is contiguous with the first and second clamping surfaces of the first and second jaws, and an outer surface. The inner surface of the inner hinge portion is defined by a plurality of curved sections. The hinge is configured to facilitate pivotal movement of the first jaw in relation to the second jaw between an open position and a clamped position.
US11317922B2	Filler material, filler delivery device, and filler delivery method A filler delivery device is configured to place a filler inside a bulge occurring in a body lumen. The filler delivery device includes a frame member configured to be expandable and compressible, and a tubular member through which a catheter for injecting the filler into the bulge is insertable. The tubular member is provided such that, when the frame member is in an expanded state, an open end of the tubular member is directed in a direction intersecting an extending direction of the body lumen. The filler material includes a base gel having flowability with which the filler material flows inside the catheter, and shape retainability with which the filler material stays inside the bulge after being injected from the catheter into the bulge, and a solidification promoting substance that promotes solidification of blood inside the bulge.
US11317920B2	Percutaneous catheter directed intravascular occlusion devices Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved vascular occlusion device for occlusion of a passageway, cavity, or the like. According to one embodiment, a medical device for occluding a left atrial appendage is provided. The medical device includes a first portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be positioned outside of the left atrial appendage, and a second portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be at least partially positioned within a cavity defined by the left atrial appendage.
US11317918B2	Loading unit for surgical instruments with low profile pushers A loading unit for engagement with a surgical instrument, and including single and double retention slots. At least one single retention cavity includes a first retention guiding surface configured to engage a first pusher guiding surface of a single pusher retained therein, a second retention guiding surface configured to engage a second pusher guiding surface of a single pusher retained therein, a third retention guiding surface configured to engage a third pusher guiding surface of a single pusher retained therein, and a fourth retention guiding surface configured to engage a fourth pusher guiding surface a the single pusher retained therein. At least one double retention cavity includes a first retention guiding surface configured to engage a first pusher guiding surface of a double pusher retained therein, and a second retention guiding surface configured to engage a second pusher guiding surface of a double pusher retained therein.
US11317917B2	Surgical stapling system comprising a lockable firing assembly A surgical instrument system comprising a completely replaceable cartridge jaw is disclosed.
US11317910B2	Surgical instrument with detection sensors Aspects of the present disclosure are presented for a surgical instrument having one or more sensors at or a near an end effector and configured to aide in the detection of tissues and other materials and structures at a surgical site. The detections may then be used to aide in the placement of the end effector and to confirm which objects to operate on, or alternatively, to avoid. Examples of sensors include laser sensors used to employ Doppler shift principles to detect movement of objects at the surgical site, such as blood cells; resistance sensors to detect the presence of metal; monochromatic light sources that allow for different levels of absorption from different types of substances present at the surgical site, and near infrared spectrometers with small form factors.
US11317906B2	Suture guide and tensioning device A finger protector to prevent lacerations to the fingers of a surgeon during suturing. A kit comprising the finger protector and a method of using it during surgery.
US11317905B2	Instruments for delivering transfascial sutures and methods of transfascial suturing An instrument for delivering a suture transfascially may include a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, and at least one needle that is moveable to an extended position beyond the end of the shaft. A suture may be delivered transfascially with the instrument. The instrument may include a suture catch associated with each needle for retaining and releasing a suture segment. A shield may be provided to shield the sharp end of each needle when it is moved to the extended position. A method of delivering a transfascial suture may include inserting an instrument into an abdominal cavity and deploying, from within the abdominal cavity, each needle through a soft tissue repair patch and then through at least part of the abdominal wall. A suture or suture segment may be advanced across the fascia with the at least one needle.
US11317902B2	SST retractor with radiolucent feature A radiolucent tissue retraction device (100), comprises a handle (106) extending along a handle axis (Lh) and a first paddle (102) coupled to a first end (103) of the handle (106), the first paddle (102) including a first portion (110) extending parallel to and offset from the handle (106) and a second portion (116) connecting the first portion (110) to the handle (106), the first portion (110) having at least one radiolucent feature extending into a surface thereof, wherein the first portion (110) is curved along a longitudinal axis (L1) thereof.
US11317897B2	Ultrasonic endoscope and method for manufacturing same The invention has, at a distal end part thereof, an ultrasonic oscillator array in which a plurality of ultrasonic oscillators are arranged; a shielded cable including a plurality of signal lines, and a plurality of metallic shield members disposed outside the signal lines; a wiring part including a plurality of connecting parts that electrically connect the plurality of signal lines to the plurality of ultrasonic oscillators, respectively; a ground part that is electrically connected to the plurality of shield members and has heat conductivity; a sheet-like first heat-conduction member disposed on a side surface of the ultrasonic oscillator array; and a second heat-conduction member that thermally connects the first heat-conduction member to the ground part. Accordingly, an ultrasonic endoscope capable of improving diagnostic accuracy in ultrasonic diagnosis, and a method for manufacturing the ultrasonic endoscope are provided.
US11317892B2	Over-the-wire ultrasound system with torque-cable driven rotary transducer Disclosed are embodiments of devices and methods for imaging the inside of a body part, such as a blood vessel. In particular embodiments, a catheter has a chamber within which is a transducer. A wire guide channel extends throughout the length of the catheter. The transducer is rotatable about the wire guide channel and the transducer is driven by a cable or other device that is connected to a motor which is located outside the catheter. In one form, a torque cable connects the transducer to the motor. In other embodiments, a pusher piece having a plurality of lumens is positioned in the catheter. Each of the lumens is sized to receive a cable, wire, and/or flushing fluid. The lumens maintain the orientation and separation of the cables, wires, and/or to flushing fluid.
US11317889B2	Time-varying quantification of capacitive and resistive arterial blood flow Technology is described that can be used for continuous measurements of blood pressure and arterial blood flow to automatically derive time-varying estimates of multiple factors pertaining to a patients vascular system. Such factors can include, but are not limited to, resistive flow, capacitive flow, vascular resistance, and arterial capacitance. Determination of such factors can allow for the meaningful assessment of the control of vascular resistance and capacitance in real time.
US11317884B2	Methods and systems for mammography and biopsy workflow optimization Various methods and systems are provided for workflow monitoring during x-ray mammography and related procedures. In one example, a vision system is utilized to monitor an x-ray mammography system, accessories associated with the system, and surrounding environment. Based on the detection and user indications, via a user interface for example, one or more of a current mode of operation of the x-ray system, a current workflow step in the current mode, and one or more errors may be identified using the vision system, and one or more of indications to the user and system adjustments may be performed based on the identification.
US11317882B2	Radiography system, medical imaging system, control method, and control program A radiography system includes: a mammography apparatus that includes a radiation source, a radiation detector, and a compression member which compresses a breast disposed between the radiation source and the radiation detector and captures a radiographic image of the breast in a compressed state using the radiation detector; and a control device including an acquisition unit that acquires region information indicating a region of an object of interest in the breast on the basis of the radiographic image captured by the mammography apparatus and a display control unit that performs control to display the region of the object of interest on the compression member, which continues to compress the breast from the capture of the radiographic image, so as to be recognizable on the basis of the region information acquired by the acquisition unit.
US11317875B2	Reconstruction of flow data Described herein are technologies for facilitating reconstruction of flow data. In accordance with one aspect, the framework receives a four-dimensional projection image dataset and registers one or more pairs of temporally adjacent projection images in the image dataset. Two-dimensional flow maps may be determined based on the registered pairs. The framework may then sort the two-dimensional flow maps according to heart phases, and reconstruct a three-dimensional flow map based on the sorted two-dimensional flow maps.
US11317874B2	System, process, and devices for real-time brain monitoring in epileptic spasms and hypsarrhythmia Systems, processes and devices for real-time brain monitoring for epileptic spasms and hypsarrhythmia or electrodecremental events to generate and control an interface of a display device with a visual representation of a Brain Value Index for epileptic spasms and hypsarrhythmia or electrodecremental events, a connectivity map and treatment guidance. Systems, processes and devices for real-time brain monitoring capture sensor data, process the data and dynamically update the interface in real-time.
US11317872B2	Predicting transient ischemic events using ECG data Apparatuses and methods are provided to predict or diagnose an ischemic event, such as a stroke or a transient ischemic attack (TIA). A machine-learning model such as a neural network is generated that allows for recognition of an ECG consistent with an ischemic event. A system is trained and used to process a recording of ECG data from a patient to generate a prediction indicating a likelihood that the patient will experience a stroke. In other examples, a system is trained and used to process a recording of ECG data from a patient and detect an ischemic event for the patient who did not appear to have such an ischemic event.
US11317871B2	Method and system for detecting and removing EEG artifacts A method and system for detecting and removing EEG artifacts is disclosed herein. Each source of a plurality of sources for an EEG signal is separated for a selected artifact type. Each source of the plurality of sources is reconstituted into a recorded montage and an optimal reference montage for recognizing the selected artifact type of each source. The sources with artifacts are removed and the remaining sources are reconstituted into a filtered montage for the EEG signal.
US11317869B2	Medical device, apparatus, and surgical method An EEG headpiece includes an array of electrode pins, each electrode pin extending between a proximal end, formed by a proximal end face, and a distal end and including a conducting electrode and a thermoplastic material. The thermoplastic material is arranged at least around a periphery of the electrode pin or is pressable from a hollow space to the periphery. Each electrode pin is equipped for the transmission of energy, especially mechanical vibration energy, from the proximal end face to the thermoplastic material to liquefy at least portions of the thermoplastic material from a solid state to a flowable state, whereby the thermoplastic material is capable of flowing into structures of a tissue portion surrounding the periphery and of forming, after re-solidification of the thermoplastic material, an anchoring of the electrode pin in the tissue portion.
US11317866B2	Optical sensor, optical sensor array and apparatus and method for measuring bio-signal An optical sensor, an optical sensor array, and an apparatus and method for measuring a bio-signal are provided. The optical sensor includes a photodetector, and a light source disposed on the photodetector. The optical sensor is configured to operate the light source in a light source mode, and operate the photodetector in a photodetector mode, based on a control signal.
US11317862B2	Method and an apparatus for determining training status A method and system for determining training status of a user from exercises using a device with a heart rate sensor, a processor, memory, an output device and software. The training status is selected from a fixed group of alternatives. Each exercise is monitored using the heart rate sensor. Chosen exercise characteristics of each executed exercise are determined using obtained heart rate data and the determined characteristics of each executed exercise are stored in a memory. The chosen exercise characteristics include values of at least following variables: a date of the exercise, a value depicting physical readiness level for exercise during the exercise, a value depicting a training load of the exercise. When the exercises have been executed, values of selection variables are calculated using the stored exercise characteristics in the memory.
US11317861B2	Vestibular-ocular reflex test and training system A system and method for testing a subject for cognitive or oculomotor impairment includes presenting the subject with a display of an object, while presenting the display to the subject, and the subject's head moves horizontally or vertically within a predefined range of movement rates, measuring the subject's right eye positions and/or the subject's left eye positions. The system generates a metric by statistical analysis of the measurements of subject's right eye positions or the subject's left eye positions, and generates a report based on the metric. In some embodiments, the system is configured to train the subject to improve their performance, and thereby remediate or reduce cognitive and oculomotor impairment.
US11317858B2	Medical monitoring device and method and system for displaying patient monitoring information A medical monitoring device includes a signal collection module, a data processing module and a display module. The data processing module processes a vital sign signal collected by the signal collection module, generates physiological parameters, and generates visualization information about parameters of interest corresponding to a designated anesthetic phase based on request information, the designated anesthetic phase is an anesthetic induction phase, an anesthetic maintenance phase or a postoperative recovery phase, and the parameters of interest comprise parameters selected from the physiological parameters and/or anesthetic parameters derived from the physiological parameters. The display module at least displays the visualization information about the parameters of interest corresponding to the designated anesthetic phase in an anesthetic state display area.
US11317855B2	Spasticity evaluation device, method and system System comprises a first sensing unit, attached to a proximal portion of a human body with a joint of the human body as a reference, for measuring an acceleration of the proximal portion or an angular velocity of the proximal portion; a second sensing unit, attached to a distal end portion of the human body, for measuring an acceleration of the distal end portion or the angular velocity of the distal end portion; a processing unit for determining an angle of the joint between the proximal portion and the distal end portion on the basis of the measured acceleration or the measured angular velocity and determining a spasticity time point at which resistance to motion of the distal end portion is received; and a display unit for displaying spasticity evaluation information for a spasticity evaluation on the basis of the angle of the joint and the spasticity time point.
US11317854B1	Trigger point treatment method, system, and device for neuromusculoskeletal pain A trigger point treatment system for treating a patient, includes a cart, including a display; a trigger point scanning device with a scanning probe, and a trigger point massage therapy device, including a pressure point tip, a pressure sensor component, and an actual pressure indicator. A method of trigger point treatment includes scanning for myofascial trigger points, including locating, mapping, and marking trigger points; measuring a pressure pain threshold; applying a massage treatment; and optionally applying an injection treatment.
US11317851B2	Skin spot evaluation apparatus, skin spot evaluation method and program To appropriately evaluate skin spots by grasping a quality (characteristic) of the skin spots. A skin spot evaluation apparatus includes an area extracting unit that extracts skin spot areas corresponding to skin spots from a skin image obtained by photographing a skin of a subject; and an evaluation unit that analyzes, based on the skin spot areas extracted by the area extracting unit, at least one of the number of the skin spots, dimension of each of the skin spots and density of each of the skin spots, and generates data obtained by quantifying characteristic of the skin spots of the skin image using the analyzed result.
US11317842B2	Systems and methods for self-fitting an electroacoustic stimulation system to a patient An exemplary system includes an electro-acoustic stimulation (“EAS”) sound processor, a cochlear implant communicatively coupled to the EAS sound processor, an electrode array communicatively coupled to the cochlear implant, and a receiver communicatively coupled to the EAS sound processor and configured to be in communication with an ear of a patient. The EAS sound processor 1) directs, while in a self-fitting mode, the receiver to apply acoustic stimulation to the patient, 2) records, using at least one electrode included in the electrode array, an evoked response that occurs in response to the acoustic stimulation, 3) compares the evoked response to a baseline evoked response recorded by the EAS sound processor prior to recording the evoked response, and 4) performs a predetermined action based on the comparison between the evoked response and the baseline evoked response. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.
US11317838B2	Syringe-based fluid diversion mechanism for bodily fluid sampling A syringe-based device includes a housing, a pre-sample reservoir, and an actuator. The housing defines an inner volume between a substantially open proximal end portion and a distal end portion that includes a port couplable to a lumen-defining device. The pre-sample reservoir is fluidically couplable to the port to receive and isolate a first volume of bodily fluid. The actuator is at least partially disposed in the inner volume and has a proximal end portion that includes an engagement portion and a distal end portion that includes a sealing member. The engagement portion is configured to allow a user to selectively move the actuator between a first configuration such that bodily fluid can flow from the port to the pre-sample reservoir, and a second configuration such that bodily fluid can flow from the port to a sample reservoir defined at least in part by the sealing member and the housing.
US11317833B2	Displaying user interfaces associated with physical activities The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces and more specifically to techniques for displaying user interfaces associated with physical activities. Exemplary user interfaces related to activity competitions are described. Exemplary user interfaces related to a friends list for activity sharing are described. Exemplary user interfaces associated with alerts presented to a user in response to automatically determining a boundary of a workout are described. Exemplary user interfaces associated with configuring a pace alert for a workout application are described.
US11317831B2	Patient monitoring system using wearable sensors with automated template matching A wearable patient monitoring device in a patient monitoring system includes motion sensors generating sensor output signals in response to sensed patient motion, and a processor that processes the sensor output signals according to a template-matching monitoring process that includes (1) detecting occurrence of a first event of a multi-event movement based on first values of the sensor output signals, the multi-event movement having a finite-state-machine (FSM) representation as a sequence of states corresponding to events and expected values of the sensor output signals of the multi-event movement, (2) detecting occurrence of remaining events of the multi-event movement based on a sequence of subsequent values of the sensor output signals, and (3) upon detecting a last event of the multi-event movement, generating an output signal indicating detection of the patient performing the multi-event movement. Communications circuitry communicates the detection to a higher-level computerized device of the patient monitoring system.
US11317829B2	System for capturing a plantar image A system for capturing a plantar image is provided, which is based on a depth sensor or 3D image capturing device connected to a portable structure having: first legs; a first frame that holds a glass pane; and an elastic membrane on which a patient places his or her foot, making contact with the glass pane positioned there below, in the manner of a floor, to capture the plantar image by means of the depth sensor disposed beneath the glass pane. Respective platforms provided with a pair of second legs can be joined to the first frame. A system is provided that includes a transparent floor in a portable structure that allows the assembly to be transported so as to be able to capture the patient's plantar image in any desired place.
US11317824B1	System and method for identifying breathing patterns during running and other applications A wearable device and system has been developed to help users learn the practices of diaphragmatic breathing and breathing patterns to improve running and walking performance. The wearable has a breathing sensor (breathe in-breathe out) and a movement sensor used to identify foot strikes. A processor computes the number of foot strikes occurring while inhaling and the number of foot strikes occurring while exhaling to report breathing patterns as a function of time. The algorithms may be modified to teach breathing patterns to athletes in other sports and deep breathing for numerous movement and minimal movement applications.
US11317822B2	Weak signal detection system and method In variants, a method for signal enhancement includes: sampling a set of measurements of a signal source; and determining a SNR-enhanced signal based on the measurements, which, in variants, can include recursively cross-correlating elements for d iterations S200; and determining a SNR-enhanced signal from the cross-correlation outputs. The method functions to determine a SNR-enhanced signal representative of the signal source. The method can optionally include determining an analyte parameter based on the SNR-enhanced signal.
US11317821B2	System and method for generating an adjusted fluid responsiveness metric The present invention relates to physiological signal processing, and in particular to methods and systems for processing physiological signals to predict a fluid responsiveness of a patient. A medical monitor for monitoring a patient includes an input receiving a photoplethysmograph (PPG) signal representing light absorption by a patient's tissue. The monitor also includes a perfusion status indicator indicating a perfusion status of the PPG signal, and a fluid responsiveness predictor (FRP) calculator programmed to calculate an FRP value based on a respiratory variation of the PPG signal. The FRP calculator applies a correction factor based on the perfusion status indicator.
US11317816B1	Multi-wavelength pulse oximetry In one embodiment, a method for creating a blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) value, the method comprises receiving one or more photoplethysmography (PPG) signals for SpO2 detection from one or more PPG sensors; receiving one or more PPG signals for characterizing a heart rate from the one or more PPG sensors; using the one or more PPG signals for SpO2 detection, forming one or more SpO2 datasets wherein the SpO2 datasets respectively comprise one or more noise components; removing the one or more noise components from the one or more SpO2 datasets that are inconsistent with a feature of the one or more PPG signals characterizing the heart rate to produce one or more filtered SpO2 datasets; and using the one or more filtered SpO2 datasets, creating and storing the SpO2.
US11317815B2	Sensor device for electrical impedance tomography imaging, electrical impedance tomography imaging instrument and electrical impedance tomography method A sensor device for EIT imaging comprises an electrode array for measuring an impedance distribution, with at least one sensor for determining spatial orientation of the electrode array coupled to the electrode array. EIT imaging instrument is connectable to a sensor for determining spatial orientation of a test person, and optionally in addition connectable to a sensor for gathering information on electrical and/or acoustic activity and/or a sensor for gathering information on dilation. A computing device is connected or integrated for adjusting impedance data based on spatial data, which spatial data describe the spatial orientation of a test subject. An EIT imaging method for measuring an impedance distribution and adjusting said measured impedance distribution comprises measuring impedance distribution by using an impedance distribution measuring device comprising an electrode array, and transforming the measured impedance distribution into EIT images.
US11317813B2	Multi-sensor, modular, subject observation and monitoring system An observation unit (OU) and auxiliary observation unit (AOU) sensor are calibrated in relation to an ambient environment. The OU sensor and the AOU sensor are calibrated in relation to an observational subject. Monitoring parameters are established for the calibrated sensors using a receiving unit (RU). Monitoring types are activated using the RU. Data is gathered from the OU sensor and the AOU sensor. A determination is made that the gathered data exceeds the established monitoring parameters. One or more alerts are generated based on the determination.
US11317810B2	Devices and methods for noninvasive physiological analysis Provided are a physiological signal analysis device and method to detect and analyze physiological information of a subject. The physiological signal analysis device includes a memory device configure to store a wrinkle pattern at a measurement position of a subject as a reference position; a sensor configured to sense the reference position and a physiological signal of the subject at the reference position in response to the stored reference position being within a range of the sensor; and a signal processor configured to process the physiological signal sensed the sensor.
US11317809B2	Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus that is easily moved between locations protects an imaging element in motion and provides a first arm member and a proximate movable second arm member. A lighting-imaging element is movably positionable proximate an arm mechanism and also proximate a rear-side location of a wheeled platform relative to a traveling direction thereby preventing damage. The first and second arm are relatively surrounded with a sub-arm and lighting-imaging element, thereby preventing further unintended movement. Accordingly, an elongating (separation) of the first and second arm members are prevented.
US11317807B2	Detection of fast-neural signal using depth-resolved spectroscopy via intensity modulated interferometry having tunable pump laser An optical measurement system and method are provided. Pump sample light and probe sample light are delivered through into an anatomical structure of a user. The anatomical structure has molecules having a resonant vibrational frequency equal to the difference between a first optical frequency of the pump sample light and a second optical frequency of the probe sample light, whereby a portion of the probe sample light is inelastically scattered by the molecules as signal light encoded with a physiological event occurring in the molecules, and whereby sample light comprising the signal light exits the anatomical structure. Signal light in the exiting sample light is detected, and an electrical signal representative of the signal light is outputted. The electrical signal is analyzed, and based on this analysis, the presence and the depth of the physiological event in the anatomical structure is determined.
US11317806B2	Wireless sensor device A wireless sensor device capable of constant operation without replacement of batteries. The wireless sensor device is equipped with a rechargeable battery and the battery is recharged wirelessly. Radio waves received at an antenna circuit are converted into electrical energy and stored in the battery. A sensor circuit operates with the electrical energy stored in the battery, and acquires information. Then, a signal containing the information acquired is converted into radio waves at the antenna circuit, whereby the information can be read out wirelessly.
US11317805B2	Wearable health monitoring device A wearable patient device is provided that includes one or more sensors. The one or more sensors can record one or both of ECG information or phonocardiographic information. The sensor information can be used to determine the blood pressure of a monitored individual, including on a continuous basis. Blood pressure can be determined using one or both of a determined time to empty or fill one or more heart chambers or first and second blood velocities. Vital sign information can be provided to a monitoring individual, including graphical representations of trend information.
US11317797B2	Identification of contact lens wearers predisposed to contact lens discomfort A method of determining a predisposition to contact lens discomfort in a patient is provided, comprising determining a detection threshold of the patient by delivering a cool mechanical stimulus to the cornea of the patient, optionally applying a series of cool mechanical stimuli to the cornea of the patient, and classifying the patient as being predisposed to contact lens discomfort if the detection threshold is at or below a cut-off value predetermined to be associated with predisposition to contact lens discomfort and/or the patient does not adapt to the series of cool mechanical stimuli.
US11317793B2	Apparatus and method to asynchronously fill and purge channels of endoscope simultaneously A method is provided for reprocessing an internal channel of a medical device with a reprocessing system having a valve, a fluid line fluidly coupled with the valve, and at least one sensor coupled with the fluid line. The method includes performing an actuation of the valve to direct liquid through the fluid line and into the internal channel, and detecting with the at least one sensor a predetermined condition within the fluid line while the liquid is being directed into the internal channel. In response to detecting the predetermined condition, a time duration measured from the actuation of the valve is recorded. The method further includes purging the liquid from the internal channel, and directing liquid through the fluid line and into the internal channel for the time duration.
US11317789B2	Endoscope with control for tip deflection A control for an endoscope includes a housing defining an interior volume. A lever external to the housing extends through the housing into the interior volume. A gear system positioned in the interior volume is operatively coupled to the lever. The gear system includes a first quadrant and a second quadrant each configured to pivot about a corresponding axis to deflect a flexible distal tip portion of the endoscope in a corresponding direction.
US11317783B2	Retracting dishwasher rack system A retracting rack for an appliance such as a dish washing appliance. The rack may be positionable between a stowed position and a deployed position. A spring may drive the rack towards the stowed position. A locking mechanism may be used to secure the rack in one or more positions.
US11317771B2	Decontamination apparatus for viewing window A decontamination apparatus for a viewing window includes a cylinder and a rotating module disposed at one end of the cylinder. The rotating module is connected with a viewing window. The rotating module can be driven to rotate, which further drives the viewing window to rotate for removing dirt attached to the viewing window. Besides, a decontamination apparatus for a viewing window includes a cylinder connected with a viewing window and a rotating module disposed at one end of the cylinder. The rotating module is connected with a wiper in contact with the viewing window. The rotating module can be driven to rotate, which further drives the wiper to turn for removing dirt attached to the viewing window.
US11317765B2	Work base and system A work base with a holding device for suspending a vessel and a system with such a work base and a vessel are proposed, wherein the vessel is secured against being pulled out of the holding device.
US11317759B2	Cooking management A cooking management system is described that identifies a customer and orders a product for the customer based at least on current temporal data. The cooking management system identifies customers associated with previous product requests that occurred during a predetermined range of time based at least on a comparison of current temporal data with temporal data associated with the previous product requests. The cooking management system causes presentation of identifiers of the identified customers on a display. Responsive to determining that the identifier for a particular customer has been selected, the cooking management system automatically causes a cooking device to prepare a product for the particular customer based at least on customer data associated with the particular customer.
US11317757B2	Beverage dispenser with reduced drip and splatter diffuser tip An actuator tip diffuser may be retrofitted onto existing pump dispensers to create a scatter flow. The scatter flow can be induced by using patterns with larger area sections produce separate, individual streams. Increasing the length of the orifice adapter and adding a center outer ring also reduced spatter. In all instances, the actuator tip diffuser includes a through-channel, with an inlet fitted to the existing actuator nozzle on one end and a downwardly disposed outlet for discharging fluid via the pattern of orifices/structure noted above. The tip may also include one or more retainer tabs to create a snap fitting to existing dispenser pumps.
US11317754B2	System interworking between a cooking apparatus and a kitchen device Disclosed is a system interworking between a cooking apparatus for cooking food and a kitchen device in communication with the cooking apparatus, the system comprising a cooking apparatus comprising a first transmitter transmitting an electrical signal to the kitchen device; and a first controller controlling the first transmitter to transmit the electrical signal to the kitchen device; and a kitchen device comprising a second receiver receiving the electrical signal transmitted by the first transmitter; and a second controller controlling the driving of the kitchen device according to the electrical signal received by the second receiver.
US11317750B2	Tripartite telescoping tension rod assembly A tripartite tension rod assembly, including a first vertical telescoping tension rod, the first tension rod having a first spring loaded endcap and a second non-spring-loaded foot, the first tension rod having a first longitudinal axis; a second vertical telescoping tension rod, the second tension rod having a first spring loaded endcap and a second non-spring-loaded foot, the second tension rod having a second longitudinal axis; a first arcuate bracket arranged to be fixedly secured to the first vertical tension rod; a second arcuate bracket arranged to be fixedly secured to the second vertical tension rod; and, a horizontal telescoping rod extending between the first and second arcuate brackets, the horizontal rod having a third longitudinal axis which, when assembled, is substantially perpendicular to the first and second longitudinal axes.
US11317747B2	One-piece display hanger for slide style shoes A display hanger for slides includes a body member and a holder configured to be integrally connected to the body member. The body member includes a display hanger hook, an elongated central member connected to the display hanger hook, and opposed first and second shoulders connected to the central member. Each of the first and second shoulders extends laterally from a lower end of the central member and extends downwardly such that a holder space is formed between the first and second shoulders. The holder has parallel first and second longitudinal side walls and parallel first and second transverse side walls. The longitudinal side walls and transverse side walls are integrally connected to each other to form a generally rectangular frame having an open space in the middle. The display hanger further includes an elastic cord for keeping the slides with the display hanger while a customer tries them on.
US11317746B2	Chopstick buddies Chopstick buddies illustrated by various embodiments of the present disclosure are attachments to a chopstick. Chopstick buddies allow a human hand to avoid the awkward thumb pose required by the standard chopstick grip, while still being able to hold both chopsticks firmly as extensions of fingers. Chopstick buddies accomplish this without interfering with finger movements of the standard grip. As a result, users continue to enjoy benefits of the standard grip, despite not complying with the required and awkward thumb pose. These benefits include: the ability to extend tips of the chopsticks wide apart to embrace a food item, to manipulate chopsticks with dexterity, and to generate enough compression force to hold food items firmly between tips, with ease.
US11317744B2	Universal bracket mount for railings and fences A mounting bracket having more desirable utility as compared to known embodiments includes a first flat surface for mounting to a box, shelf, or structure, and a second curved surface for mounting to the header of a railing or fence. The bracket can mount to multiple boxes, shelves, and structures, and does not require tools for installation to the railing or fence.
US11317743B1	Railing bracket holder and systems, kits, and methods thereof A bracket assembly adapted to be removably coupled to a railing at a first side and hold a portion of a container at a second side can comprise a lower section and an upper section removably coupled to the lower section. The upper section can be a bent strip that forms a receptacle to receive the portion of the container, and the lower section can include a body in the form of a second bent strip, and a fixed connection post extending from an upper surface of the body to interface with an opening in the connection interface of the upper section to removably couple the upper section to the lower section via the at least one fastener. The platform section can include a first step and a second step each extending from the connection interface to respective ones of the retaining arms.
US11317740B2	Clip-on adaptor for inventory divider An adaptor for facilitating mounting of a shelf divider for pivoting around an axis perpendicular to uniformly spaced apart wires of a shelf include a frame having side members that are fixedly spaced apart, an axle extending between the side members on which a shelf divider can be pivotably mounted, and snap-fit connectors configured to releasably secure the adaptor onto spaced apart parallel wires of a wire shelf.
US11317733B2	Mattresses including an elastomeric cushioning element and a pocketed coil layer and related methods A mattress assembly includes a base layer, a coil layer disposed over the base layer, an upper layer disposed over the coil layer, and an elastomeric cushioning element disposed over the upper layer. The coil layer may include a plurality of pocketed coils. Furthermore, the elastomeric cushioning element may have a thickness within a range of about 2.0 inches to about 4.5 inches. Furthermore, the elastomeric cushioning element may form between about 15.0% and about 32.0% of an overall thickness of the mattress assembly. A method of forming a mattress assembly includes disposing a coil layer over a base layer, disposing an upper layer over the coil layer, disposing an elastomeric cushioning element over the upper layer, and disposing an outer covering over at least the upper layer.
US11317731B2	Built-in air pump assembly A pump assembly is provided for use with an inflatable product. The inflatable product has a chamber having an air inlet/outlet port. The pump assembly has a pump unit that is positioned inside the chamber for inflating and deflating the chamber, the pump unit having at least one motor that is operatively coupled to a blower, with the blower fluidly coupled to an opening of the pump housing. The chamber is inflated by intake of air through the inlet/outlet port to the blower and then into the chamber, and the chamber is deflated by drawing aft from the chamber to the blower and then out of the chamber through the inlet/outlet port.
US11317729B2	Adjustable bed with folding mechanism An adjustable bed includes: a head frame and a foot frame; a head lifting assembly including a head lifting bracket pivotally connected to the head frame, and a head lifting actuator pivotally connected between the head lifting bracket and the head frame for operably driving the head lifting bracket to pivotally move in an upward rotating direction or a downward rotating direction; a foot lifting assembly including a foot lifting bracket pivotally connected to the foot frame, and a foot lifting actuator pivotally connected between the foot lifting bracket and the foot frame for operably driving the foot lifting bracket to pivotally move in an upward rotating direction or a downward rotating direction; and a folding mechanism connecting the head frame and the foot frame such that the head frame and the foot frame are pivotably foldable to one another at the folding mechanism.
US11317727B2	Reversible spring assembly A reversible spring assembly is coupled to a bed frame and capable of being inverted from a first position to a second position without detaching the assembly from the bed frame. In one embodiment, the spring assembly includes top and bottom springs arranged in rows within a frame with one or more rigid support bars disposed between the rows of springs. If the user wishes to adjust the position of the assembly in the bed frame (e.g., to create a loft-style configuration), the user need only invert the bed such that the assembly previously positioned at in a right-side-up position at the bottom of the frame is positioned in an inverted position at the top of the frame.
US11317724B2	Lounge furniture with removable seat Electrified lounge furniture formed from joined furniture sections. Each furniture section includes a lounge back, a seat and a base. The seat is designed to be selectively pivotable away from the base. When the furniture sections are joined to each other, an electrical wiring assembly extends between the furniture sections to provide electrical power to each of the furniture sections. Each of the furniture sections includes at least one electrical outlet. The electrical wiring assembly is received on the base of each of the furniture sections and is concealed beneath the seat during normal usage. When the user desires access to the electrical wiring assembly, one or more of the seats can pivot away from the base to provide access to the electrical wiring assembly. After the electrical wiring assembly has been accessed, the seat can pivot back into contact with the base where it is securely held to both the base and the lounge back.
US11317723B2	Under-seat enclosure An enclosure may be positioned underneath a chair seat to at least partially enclose the under-seat space and may open and close in conjunction with the expanding and collapsing of the chair. In one aspect, the under-seat enclosure is usable with side-to-side folding chairs (e.g., director-style folding chairs), with or without a footrest. Among other things, the under-seat enclosure may include accessory pockets and panels. In addition, the under-seat enclosure may optionally include dividers that sub-divide an interior compartment into multiple compartments.
US11317722B2	Collapsible and portable chair with independently movable leg rest A collapsible and portable reclining chair includes a leg assembly, a seat assembly defining a seat support and a back support, and an independently movable leg rest support. Such a chair can be folded and unfolded between a set-up condition of the chair for use, and a collapsed and folded condition of the chair for transport and/or storage. In use, the seat assembly can be shifted between an upright position and a reclined position where the back support angularly pivots backwards. In use, the leg rest support can be pivotally shifted from a lowered position to an upright position relative to the seating assembly—operating similar to a conventional LA-Z-BOY recliner using a handle disposed on a side of the chair frame that is moved by the user to effectuate movement of the leg rest support independent of any reclining adjustment of the seat assembly.
US11317718B2	Movable bearing device A movable bearing device includes a base, a plurality of casters, and a plurality of foot pads. The casters are provided on the bottom of the base. The foot pads are movably connected to the bottom of the base in a way that the foot pads are moved upwards and downwards with respect to the base. When the foot pads are moved downwards until their bottom surfaces each have a height equal to or lower than the bottom edges of the casters, the movable bearing device is supported on the ground by means of the foot pads, such that the movable bearing device cannot be moved. When the foot pads are moved upwards until their bottom surfaces each have a height higher than the bottom edges of the casters, the movable bearing device can be moved by means of the casters so as to facilitate the handling work.
US11317717B1	Tilt front drawer with locking slide A drawer assembly for an appliance includes a drawer front providing selective access to a drawer recess, a handle assembly attached to the drawer front, and a slide assembly attached to the drawer front. The slide assembly includes a fixed slide mounted to the appliance, a sliding support coupling the drawer front to the fixed slide, and a catch lever operably coupled to the fixed slide and the sliding support. The catch lever is movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position to selectively fix the sliding support relative to the fixed slide.
US11317709B1	Disposable toothpaste-dispensing toothbrush The disposable toothpaste-dispensing toothbrush is a toothbrush. The disposable toothpaste-dispensing toothbrush is configured for use in brushing the teeth of a patient. The disposable toothpaste-dispensing toothbrush is a disposable structure. The disposable toothpaste-dispensing toothbrush contains a toothpaste. The disposable toothpaste-dispensing toothbrush dispenses the toothpaste before the use of the disposable toothpaste-dispensing toothbrush. The disposable toothpaste-dispensing toothbrush comprises a brush structure and a protective housing. The protective housing encloses the brush structure. The brush structure: a) contains the toothpaste; b) dispenses the toothpaste; and, c) generates an abrasion used to clean the teeth of the patient.
US11317707B2	Brush head for an electric toothbrush, and associated electric toothbrush A brush head for an electric toothbrush includes a support part supporting upper and lower lateral brush elements and transverse brush elements for the combined brushing of the inner, outer and occlusal surfaces of the upper and lower teeth, and an oscillating device intended to impart an oscillating movement to the support part. The support part is elastically deformable such that it can fit snugly against the upper and lower dental arches during brushing. The oscillating device includes a movable part on which the support part is mounted, and a drive shaft coupled to the movable part in order to move the movable part and the support part in an oscillating manner. The movable part extends between the upper lateral brush elements and the lower lateral brush elements.
US11317705B2	Double action cleaning tool The double action cleaning tool of the present invention includes a dynamic double action dual brush head and a handle. The dynamic double action dual brush head includes two brush heads rotatably attached to a brush head base, allowing the brush heads to independently rotate about the axis in which it is rotatably attached to the brush head base. A mechanical device capable of storing and releasing energy is connected between the two brush heads, which is rigidly attached to the brush head base. The double action cleaning tool stores energy in the form of potential energy in the mechanical energy storage device of the dynamic double action dual brush head during the sweeping stroke of the double action push broom. At the end of the sweeping stroke, the stored potential energy is converted into kinetic energy and rotates the dual brush, thereby providing an additional sweeping motion.
US11317704B2	Integrally-formed flexible rubber applicator stick The present invention discloses an integrally-formed flexible rubber applicator stick, and relates to the technical field of applicator sticks. The integrally-formed flexible rubber applicator stick includes a stick body that is connected to a soft connection region at one end thereof and connected to a handle at the other end thereof; a bristle head is mounted at an end of the soft connection region, and has multiple soft rubber bristles distributed thereon; an annular discarding groove is set up between the handle and the stick body; and an anti-slip thread is set up on the end of the stick body that is adjacent to the soft connection region. The integrally-formed flexible applicator stick provided by the present invention makes the production process simple and is not prone to losing bristles during use.
US11317703B2	Energized belt for holding tools An energized belt for holding tools that has at least one strap and at least one holder. It has an energy processor, a first conductor, a second conductor, a switch and at least one port. The first conductor is attached to the at least one strap and the energy processor is electrically connected to that first conductor. The second conductor is attached to the at least one holder which is attached to the at least one strap and is electrically connected to the first conductor. The switch is electrically connected to the energy processor. The second conductor is capable of emitting heat so that the at least one of the at least one holders as a pouch is suitable for placement of a wearer's hands to be warmed. The at least one port being integrally attached to the at least one holder and connected to the first conductor.
US11317702B2	Tool transer system A system for transferring an object from one user to another user that is useful to prevent unintentional dropping of the object is disclosed. A cam is rotatably connected to a structure that is configured to be attached to a first user. A central housing with two ports is configured to allow for the attachment of a tool by lanyard or other means. When the first cam is locked into the one of the housing ports, it cannot be released from the housing unless a second cam is inserted into the second housing port and captured. Once the second cam is captured the first cam is released, thus safely passing the tool from the first user to the second user while minimizing the chance of dropping the tool.
US11317701B2	Lanyard attachment device and lanyard system using the same A lanyard attachment device and lanyard system using the same is disclosed herein. The lanyard attachment device includes a first leg portion, the first leg portion configured to be attached to a first end of a lanyard; a second leg portion, the second leg portion configured to be attached to a second end of the lanyard; and a base portion connected to the first leg portion and the second leg portion. The first leg portion, the second leg portion, and the base portion collectively defining a closed-ended slot for receiving a stem portion of a device holder. The lanyard system includes a lanyard and a lanyard attachment device configured to be attached to the lanyard.
US11317700B2	Carrying device A carrying device for retaining an oxy-acetylene soldering kit. The carrying device comprises a frame and a harness attached to the frame configured to allow a user to transport the oxy-acetylene soldering kit. The carrying device further comprises a compartment attached to a front side of the frame for retaining tools and equipment. The carrying device further comprises a cylinder retaining component positioned within the compartment configured to retain and secure an oxygen tank and an acetylene tank. The carrying device further comprises a supply retaining component and a torch retaining component attached to the frame for holding soldering supplies and a soldering torch.
US11317699B2	Makeup application assist device A method of applying makeup to a user's eye includes providing a stencil that defines a plurality of apertures, the apertures varying in size or distance from each other to form a gradient pattern. The method further includes positioning the stencil relative to the user, and applying makeup through the apertures of the stencil to a specific area around the user's eye.
US11317697B2	Cosmetic stick case using magnetic force A cosmetic stick case contains a magnetic member. The cosmetic stick case includes a cosmetic stick body, a cosmetic stick inserted into the cosmetic stick body, and a push button for drawing out the cosmetic stick to an outside by a pressing operation. The cosmetic stick body contains a first magnetic force member and the push button contains a second magnetic force member. Attractive force between the first magnetic force member and the second magnetic force member keeps the push button in a fixed state without being shaken while the push button is inserted into the cosmetic stick body.
US11317694B2	Eye liner An eye liner has a liquid solution accommodating portion which accommodates an eye liner fluid; an applicator part which is provided so as to be in communication with the liquid solution accommodating portion and is for the impregnation of the eye liner fluid accommodated in the liquid solution accommodating portion; and a holder which is provided on the outer surface of the applicator part, the eye liner being characterized in that the holder is provided with a plurality of holder open-portions.
US11317689B2	Outdoor umbrella capable of being folded and unfolded by pressing An outdoor umbrella includes an umbrella post, an umbrella cover assembly and a folding-unfolding device. The umbrella cover assembly includes an umbrella rib assembly and an umbrella fabric covering the umbrella rib assembly. The folding-unfolding device includes a slide sleeve, a folding-unfolding handle assembly and a pull rod. A first oblique rod and a second oblique rod hinged and matched with each other are disposed on the umbrella rib assembly. One end of the first oblique rod is hinged to the slide sleeve. One end of the second oblique rod is hinged and matched with the umbrella post. A middle portion of the folding-unfolding handle assembly is hinged and matched with the umbrella post, and the folding-unfolding handle assembly is able to vertically stretch the pull rod in cooperation with a lever and drives the slide sleeve to slide vertically to fold or unfold the umbrella cover assembly.
US11317688B2	Straight-pole sun umbrella hand-cranking device A straight-pole sun umbrella hand-cranking device comprises a standing pole and a shell fixed on the standing pole, wherein the shell comprises a first outer shell and a second outer shell. The shell is fixed on one side of the standing pole, and a rope winding wheel is mounted within the first and the second outer shells. The rope winding wheel is connected to a cranking shaft, and the cranking shaft is propelled to rotate through a cranking handle connected with the cranking shaft. An anti-slip mechanism is arranged on the cranking shaft. The anti-slip mechanism comprises a torsion spring, the torsion spring is sleeved on the cranking shaft. The rope winding wheel achieves easy winding or unwinding of the ropes, and the anti-slip performance is improved by the elastic force of the spring. As the aforesaid structure is protected against abrasion, its functional life is significantly prolonged.
US11317683B2	Method for sewing slide fastener, and slide fastener product A method for sewing a slide fastener includes forming end edge portion needle drop points in at least two positions, within an overlapped portion in which the work piece is folded, within a range more toward a tip side of an end edge portion of the work piece than half of an overlapped width, and within a range on an inner side of a width of a leg portion of an interlocking element. Sewing is performed with sewing thread passing from a head portion needle drop point to the end edge portion needle drop point of one end portion and sewing thread passing from the end edge portion needle drop point of another end portion to the head portion needle drop point of an adjacent interlocking element each passing either side of the leg portion.
US11317676B2	Sole assembly with textile shell and method of manufacturing same An article of footwear has a sole assembly with a cushioning component and a shell that has a textile layer. The cushioning component is positioned in a cavity of the shell so that the cushioning component is supported on a lower surface by the shell and the upper surface of the cushioning component is uncovered by the shell at an opening of the shell. A method of manufacturing an article of footwear includes forming an at least partially textile shell so that the shell has a cavity with an opening. A cushioning component is positioned in the cavity of the shell so that a lower surface of the cushioning component is supported on an inner surface of the shell and is uncovered by the shell at the opening. The lower surface of the cushioning component is secured to the inner surface of the shell by radio frequency welding or adhesive.
US11317660B2	Protective surgical garment including a transparent face shield A personal protection system including a surgical garment that may be mounted to a helmet including an electrically powered assembly, such as a fan. The garment includes a shell adapted for being disposed over the helmet of the personal protection system. The garment also includes a transparent face shield coupled to the shell and positioned so that, when the garment is disposed over the helmet, the face shield is located in front of the face of the individual. The garment may includes two fastening features spaced apart from one another for releasably securing the shell to the helmet and a conductor that extends between the two fastening features.
US11317659B2	Post-operative bra A bra is disclosed comprising a body portion and left and right adjustable shoulder straps. The body portion comprises a back panel, left and right front panels, an adjustable torso strap, and a releasable front closure. The left and right front panels comprise cups having an interior mesh lining over at least a portion of each cup. The mesh lining forms a pocket with each cup and has a coating comprising an antibacterial, antimicrobial agent. The adjustable torso strap comprises a back torso strap, left and right front torso straps, and left and right side torso straps. The left and right side torso straps have end portions that are removably attachable to left and right front torso straps. When attached to the left and right front torso straps, the left and right side torso straps and left and right front panels define left and right drainage ports.
US11317656B2	Sock with zones of varying layers A sock with zones of varying numbers of layers is formed as a single tube on a circular knitting machine. At least one end of the tube is doubled back over a portion of the remainder of the tube to form a double layer first zone. The sock further includes a single layer zone adjacent to the double layer first zone, where no such folding occurs. Optionally, a second end of the tube may also be folded to create a third zone having two layers of material.
US11317652B2	Cartridge and inhaler To provide an inhaler cartridge and an inhaler including a novel structure.Provided is a cartridge for an inhaler with a tank capable of containing a liquid. The cartridge includes a cap configured to seal at least part of a space in the tank. The cap includes a seal region configured to seal at least part of the space in the tank, and a reception portion that receives a conductor constituting part of an electric path between a heater for heating the liquid and the battery portion. The reception portion is provided on an outer side of the seal region.
US11317649B2	Material for inclusion in a smoking article A smokeable material for inclusion in a smoking article, comprising tobacco coated with acacia gum, wherein the amount of acacia gum is at least 10% by weight of the tobacco.
US11317648B2	Aerosol-forming substrate and aerosol-delivery system There is described an aerosol-forming substrate for use in combination with an inductive heating device. The aerosol-forming substrate comprises a solid material which is capable of releasing volatile compounds that can form an aerosol upon heating of the aerosol-forming substrate and at least a first susceptor material for heating the aerosol-forming substrate. The at least first susceptor material is arranged in thermal proximity of the solid material. The aerosol-forming substrate further comprises at least a second susceptor material which has a second Curie-temperature which is lower than a first Curie-temperature of the first susceptor material. The second Curie-temperature of the second susceptor material corresponds to a predefined maximum heating temperature of the first susceptor material. There is also described an aerosol-delivery system.
US11317644B2	Liquid seasoning comprising ingredients A liquid seasoning includes a seasoning liquid and ingredients, wherein the seasoning liquid and the ingredients are prepared by subjecting a raw material including at least an onion ingredient and an organic acid to a heat treatment, wherein an amount of cycloalliin in the liquid seasoning with respect to an amount of the onion ingredient swollen in the seasoning liquid is 0.30% by mass or more, and wherein pH of the seasoning liquid is 2.5 to 4.5.
US11317640B2	Fruit snack with probiotics and method of manufacturing a fruit snack with probiotics A fruit snack with probiotics that is stable at room temperature is manufactured by combining various ingredients including fruit juices/purees to produce a slurry and cooking the slurry to produce a center that contains a high moisture content. The fruit snack center is covered with a barrier layer which in turn is covered by an outer layer that contains heat sensitive ingredients, such as probiotic cultures. The barrier layer substantially prevents migration of moisture from the center to the outer layer, and the fruit snack is cooled prior to applying the outer layer to minimize damage/harm to the heat sensitive ingredients. In addition to including probiotic cultures and being stable at room temperature, the fruit snack has other desirable characteristics including a chewy soft texture and fruit-flavorings, and may be manufactured using traditional processes.
US11317635B2	Treatment device and methods for preparing a poultry carcass for harvesting A treatment device or method for preparing a poultry carcass, as provided herein, may serve to remove a portion of the carcass's keel bone on a conveyor line. The treatment device may include a blade carriage and bone blade. The blade carriage may be disposed at a preharvest station on a conveyor path of the conveyor line. The bone blade may be mechanically linked to the blade carriage at the preharvest station to remove a tip of the keel bone. The bone blade may be aligned with the keel bone between a pair of fillets of the carcass within the preharvest station. The bone blade may also be spaced apart from a sternum of the carcass.
US11317632B2	Materials amd methods for buffering active chlorine solutions The invention provides buffers stable to oxidants, including chlorine and hypochlorous acid, which are usable in the pH range 3-7. The invention also provides stable, buffered solutions comprising hypochlorous acid, having a pH between 3 and 7, and disposable wiping articles impregnated with these solutions.
US11317629B2	Liquid composition comprising mefentrifluconazole An object of the present invention is to provide a composition which is excellent in plant disease control effect. A liquid composition comprising an effective amount of mefentrifluconazole, 0.1 to 10% by volume of an oil adjuvant, and water.
US11317621B2	Subterranean cutter / raker combination A combination cutting blade/raking device where the blade portion slices weeds off under the soil, thereby effectively killing the plant, and a raking portion collects the uprooted weeds. The blade and rake also flatten the surface of the soil. The raking section of the invention can be lifted independently of the cutting blade. The cutting blade is reversible so a user of the invention can cut twice as much area before having to remove the blade for sharpening. The blade is slightly curved in cross section, allowing for a smoother cutting path through the soil.
US11317618B2	Device and method for subjecting a flying insect to lethal radiation A device for subjecting a flying insect to lethal radiation. The device has a measurement beam source for producing a measurement beam, a deflection unit for deflecting the measurement beam, a lethal radiation source for producing a lethal beam and a measurement beam detector. The measurement detector has a photodetector element, the deflection unit and the measurement beam detector are arranged and cooperate such that the measurement beam sweeps the detector surface of the measurement beam detector. The device includes an evaluation unit connected to the measurement detector and the lethal light source to determine an attenuation time period of an attenuation of the measurement beam between the deflection unit and the detector surface and to control the lethal light source depending on said attenuation time to emit a lethal beam impulse. A method for subjecting a flying insect to lethal radiation is also provided.
US11317615B2	Replacement fishing line cartridge and method of replacing fishing line The present invention relates in general to the field of rod-and-reel fishing, and more specifically, to a cartridge for holding new fishing line while at the same time providing a convenient storage mechanism for retrieving, holding and disposing of old, worn-out fishing line. One aspect of the replacement fishing line cartridge includes an outer spooling portion and an inner spooling portion. The inner spooling portion may be detachably snapped, slid or locked into the outer spooling portion. The outer spooling portion may be configured to hold new fishing line. The inner spooling portion may be configured to hold old fishing line, wherein the inner spooling portion fits inside the outer spooling portion to prevent the old fishing line from detangling. In this manner, the replacement fishing line cartridge may be used to conveniently dispose of and/or recycle old fishing line in a compact manner. The purpose of the invention is to provide a replacement fishing line cartridge and method of replacing fishing line that is convenient, disposable and environmentally friendly.
US11317609B2	Acoustically enhanced pet animal collar for health and vital signs monitoring, alert and diagnosis An acoustically enhanced collar for monitoring vital signs of a pet animal, may comprise an elastic band having a working surface configured to wrap around a neck of a pet animal and an oppositely faced rear surface, at least one sensor element situated along a circumference of the band and configured to measure at least one bioparameter from the following bioparameters: temperature, heart rate, respiration rate, movement; at least one acoustic concentrator projecting as a bump toward the neck from the working surface on a first side of the at least one sensor element; at least one acoustic concentrator projecting as a bump toward the portion from the working surface on a second side of the at least one sensor element and acoustic balancers projecting from the rear surface at least partly behind the acoustic concentrators. Preferably, the acoustic concentrators and balancers have a base end having an “X”shape.
US11317604B1	Pet drinking device The present disclosure provides a pet drinking device, including a support base, a water storage container, a cover member, a water injection channel, a water return channel, a water drinking disc, a water pumping device, and an electric control unit. A first accommodation cavity and an accommodation space having at least one opening on one side of the first accommodation cavity are formed on the support base. The water storage container is capable of being take out or placed into the accommodation space from the at least one opening. The cover member is formed above the support base to enclose the first accommodation cavity and cover the accommodation space. The water injection channel is formed on the cover member and/or the support base and communicated with the first accommodation cavity.
US11317601B2	Pet bed The purpose of the present invention is to provide a pet bed which, even when excretion or another liquid is excreted onto an excretion surface of the bed during use of the pet bed, can suppress stuffiness on the excretion surface of the pet bed, and bedsores (pressure sores) resulting therefrom. This pet bed (1, 41) is provided with: a mat (3) having a planar direction and a thickness direction and having a top surface and a bottom surface; and an absorbent sheet (5) which is arranged on the top surface of the mat so as to overlap the mat in the thickness direction. The mat (3) is a fibrous structure configured from thermoplastic resin fibers (15, 17), and the absorbent sheet (5) includes a liquid-permeable front surface sheet (21), an absorbent body (25), and a liquid-impermeable and moisture-permeable back sheet (23).
US11317598B2	Litter box cover with combined canopy and chute A litter box cover comprises an enclosure adapted to engage and cover a litter pan. The enclosure defines an interior volume adapted to accommodate felis catus (housecat) defecation, and has a feline transit doorway opening into the interior volume and which is adapted to accommodate felis catus ingress into and egress from the interior volume. A hood is movably coupled to the enclosure in registration with the doorway so as to be movable between a canopy position and a chute position. In the canopy position the hood extends outwardly from the enclosure to form a canopy over the doorway, and in the chute position the hood forms a guide ramp for guiding particulate material such as kitty litter through the doorway into the interior volume.
US11317596B2	Tower screen dual surface finish A block former (1) for the production of blocks of cheese (19) includes an upright drainage column (2) having a feed opening (3) for curd particles (4) at an upper end (5) of the drainage column (2). The drainage column (2) includes an inner wall (6) having an interior surface (7) against which a pillar of curd (8) formed of the curd particles (4) slides as the pillar of curd (8) moves downwardly through the drainage column (2). The upright drainage column (2) is divided into an upper part (9) and a lower part (10). The interior surface (7) at the upper part (9) has a first finish and the interior surface (7) at the lower part (10) has a second finish that provides higher friction with the pillar of curd (8) relative to the first finish.
US11317593B2	Low-nicotine tobacco plants and tobacco products made therefrom The present application provides tobacco inbred plants dS1746, dS1746MS, dS1564 and dS1564MS. The present application also provides parts of such plants and products made from those parts. The present application also includes progeny of the provided plants including hybrids.
US11317589B2	Soybean cultivar 95430820 A soybean cultivar designated 95430820 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 95430820, to the plants of soybean cultivar 95430820, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 95430820, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 95430820. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 95430820. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 95430820, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 95430820 with another soybean cultivar.
US11317582B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH011122 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011122. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011122, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011122 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011122.
US11317574B2	Angular leaf spot (Pseudomonas) resistance in cucumber The present invention relates to a cucumber plant (Cucumis sativus L.) that is resistant to Pseudomonas syringae pv. lachrymans, a pathogen that causes angular leaf spot disease in cucumber. The invention further relates to markers linked to the resistance and the use of markers to identify resistant plants. The invention also relates to seed and progeny of such plants and to propagation material derived from such plants and for obtaining such plants. Furthermore, the invention relates to methods for producing, identifying and selecting Pseudomonas resistant cucumber plants, and for producing hybrid plant seed. The invention further relates to the use of a gene and/or QTLs and sequences thereof to identify/select Pseudomonas resistant cucumber plants.
US11317570B2	Peanut maturity grading systems and methods The present disclosure provides peanut maturity grading systems and methods for quickly, efficiently, and objectively determining a peanut maturity grade for a crop of peanuts and determining an optimal harvest time for the crop. Embodiments of systems and methods of the present disclosure can be performed in the field or field-side and do not require assistance of a trained peanut grading specialist.
US11317566B2	Universal threshing concave for an agricultural combine A universal threshing concave for an agricultural combine for harvesting different types of crops is disclosed. The threshing concave comprises a frame with a pair of opposite side members and opposite end members. The invention further comprises an array of threshing bars angled and notched along their longitudinal extent, and hexagonal in cross-section. Each bar is seated in openings in the end members of said frame.
US11317565B2	Device for semi-automatic movement of objects The invention relates to an agricultural device for semi-automatic movement of a holding tool, for holding an object, between two positions, said two positions being at different heights. The device comprises said holding tool for holding the object, load sensing means for determining if the holding tool holds an object, driving means (9) for moving the holding tool up and down, a control unit for controlling the driving means, and a user interface for user input to the control unit. The device can be used in two modes of operations, wherein the holding tool in a first mode of operation is freely movably, and in a second mode of operation is semi-automatically movable between a plurality of determined positions (URP, UPP, LRP, LPP) depending on if the holding tool is holding an object or not, and which command is given to the user interface. The invention further relates to an agricultural vehicle comprising such an agricultural device, a method for an agricultural device, for such semi-automatic movement, and software for obtaining information related to driving means, said software being adapted to perform the method according to the invention.
US11317563B2	Feeder device for a draper header The feeder device located at the centre section of a front of a harvester. The feeder device comprises one or more flights configured for improving operation of the feeder device. The feeder device comprises a shaft including a plurality of flights. They extend substantially along the entire length of the shaft and are arranged in a spaced apart relationship with respect to each other. In this manner, a threaded-like formation defined by the spaced apart arrangement of flights extends substantially along the entire length of the shaft of the feeder device.
US11317561B2	Lawnmower propulsion system for use with DC power source A lawnmower is provided. The lawnmower includes a prime mover, a first pulley assembly, a second pulley assembly, a cooling fan, and a blade assembly. The prime mover includes a drive shaft. The first pulley assembly is coupled to the drive shaft. The second pulley assembly is coupled to the first pulley assembly. The blade assembly is coupled to the prime mover via the second pulley assembly. The cooling fan is coupled to the second pulley assembly.
US11317560B2	Two-colored trimmer line for centering the line in a trimmer head A trimmer line for use with a trimmer head of a rotary trimmer is provided, wherein the trimmer line comprises two substantially equal lengths of line connected to each other by one of their ends to form the trimmer line, the two substantially equal lengths of line being of different colors to indicate the middle of the trimmer line. Such a trimmer line allows to easier, or more at least more accurate, spooling of the trimmer line on a trimmer head.
US11317559B2	Cutter guard assembly for knife drive of an agricultural farm implement The cutter guard assembly includes a cutter bar assembly, a window frame, and a floor sheet. The cutter bar assembly has a cutter bar and a reciprocating knife assembly operatively connected to a knife drive. The window frame is rigidly attached to the cutter bar. The window frame includes an opening through which a knife arm of the reciprocating knife assembly extends through. The floor sheet extends rearwardly from the cutter bar and pivots relative to the window frame.
US11317555B2	Work vehicle A machine body side control device is configured to control an actuator based on information on a posture change of a machine body obtained from a machine body side sensor and information on a position of an implement relative to the ground surface obtained from an implement side sensor via an implement side control device.
US11317553B2	Tiller jump arm wearplate spacer A tilling machine includes a frame having a jump arm frame unit and a plurality of jump arm assemblies supported along a length of the jump arm frame unit such that a lateral gap is defined between each adjacent pair of jump arm assemblies of the plurality of jump arm assemblies. Additionally, the tilling machine includes a plurality of jump arm spacers, with each jump arm spacer being provided in operative association with a clamp unit of a respective jump arm assembly of the plurality of jump arm assemblies to maintain the lateral gap between each adjacent pair of jump arm assemblies.
US11324145B2	Ventilation control apparatus and method An environmental control system for a telecom shelter integrates with a native HVAC system for exchanging interior air in a conditioned space in a machine room, telecom enclosure, or other closed machine environment by forcing or directing cooler outside air to replace interior air without active refrigeration by the native HVAC system. Primary cooling and heating of the conditioned space in the enclosure is performed by an exchange system and control logic that identifies, based on sensory input, when outside air exchange is more efficient than native AC (Air Conditioner) operation. The native AC system is suppressed or inhibited, and primary environmental control performed by fan driven exchange of outside air with air in the enclosure. Sensors and timers identify appropriate periods to defer control to the native AC system for cooling demand in excess of outside air exchange capability, and also identify ongoing suppression, or “takeback” of cooling control from the native system when erroneous, erratic or mistaken operation results in excessive or insufficient cooling, resulting from such factors as equipment failure, operator error, and environmental/disaster occurrences.
US11324144B2	Embedded and immersed vapor chambers in automated driving system computers Technologies for embedded and immersed vapor chambers in automated driving system computers (ADSC) are described herein. In some examples, an ADSC can include one or more cold plates including one or more fluid channels, the one or more fluid channels being configured to circulate a first working fluid from a respective ingress point to a respective egress point; one or more processors coupled to the one or more cold plates; one or more vapor chambers coupled to or embedded in the one or more cold plates and configured to collect heat from the one or more processors and transfer the heat away from the one or more processors via a second working fluid in the one or more vapor chambers; and a chassis housing the one or more cold plates, the one or more processors, and the one or more vapor chambers.
US11324141B1	Fin-and-pin heatsinks and methods In one instance, a heat sink for thermal management of an electronic component includes a top plate and a base plate that is displaced from the top plate when in an assembled position. The base plate has a first side and a second side, and the second side is for thermally coupling to the electronic component. The heat sink also includes a plurality of fins each including a flat member formed with a plurality of pin apertures and a plurality of fastener apertures. A plurality of pins is disposed through the plurality of pin apertures. The members of the plurality of fins are spaced from one another. The top plate is coupled to a first end of the plurality of pins, and the base plate is coupled to a second end of the plurality of pins to form a secure structure. Other heat sinks are presented.
US11324138B2	Systems and methods for minimizing airflow bypass and recirculation through a cable channel An information handling system may include a chassis, a cable channel formed within the chassis, and a sleeve within the cable channel and configured to minimize airflow recirculation in the chassis via the cable channel, the sleeve comprising a cable passage opening for passage of a cable and an obstruction configured to create a seal at the cable passage opening in the absence of the cable from the cable passage opening, such seal restricting airflow through the cable passage opening.
US11324137B2	Systems and methods for mounting air mover to create thermal seal and minimize vibrational noise An air mover assembly may be configured such that during insertion of the assembly into an air mover gantry, one or more spring features integral to the gantry apply a first spring force opposite to a direction of insertion of the assembly relative to the gantry in order to maintain the assembly in an unseated position until the first spring force is overcome by an opposite force to fully seat assembly into the gantry and when the assembly is fully seated within the gantry, the one or more spring features integral to the gantry apply a second spring force to the assembly in a direction of air flow through an air mover of the assembly that biases an exhaust portion of the air mover toward a face of the gantry opposite of the one or more spring features.
US11324136B2	Housing structure for electronic boards Housing structure for PCI Express expansion electronic boards able to mechanically stabilize said PCI Express expansion electronic boards so as to guarantee the correct functioning, performance and integrity of the electric interconnection between them and the basic electronic board to which they are connected if there are mechanical stresses such as knocks or vibrations, in order to be able to use PCI Express expansion electronic boards in the automotive field, or in scenarios characterized by perturbations of the important mechanical type. The present invention also concerns an assembly method of the housing structure.
US11324132B2	Housing assembly and electronic device The present application provides a housing assembly and an electronic device, including a housing, a functional module disposed in the housing. The functional module includes at least a functional component and a rotating shaft, and the functional module is rotatable with respect to the rotating shaft, so that the at least a functional component is rotatable to a position outside the housing. By utilizing rotation of the functional module with respect to the rotating shaft, any of the functional components is rotatable to a position outside the housing, thereby increasing a screen ratio of the electronic device.
US11324127B2	Electronic device having a fastener An electronic device includes a casing and an electrical component. The casing includes a first casing body, a second casing body and a fastener. The second casing body is located on the first casing body, and the fastener detachably clamps a side of the first casing body and the second casing body. The electrical component is located between the first casing body and the second casing body.
US11324123B2	Printed circuit nanofiber web manufacturing method Provided is a method of manufacturing a printed circuit nano-fiber web. A method of manufacturing a printed circuit nano-fiber web according to an embodiment of the present invention includes (1) a step of electrospinning a spinning solution including a fiber-forming ingredient to manufacture a nano-fiber web; and (2) a step of forming a circuit pattern to coat an outer surface of nano-fiber included in a predetermined region on the nano-fiber web using an electroless plating method. According to the present invention, a circuit pattern-printed nano-fiber web having flexibility and resilience suitable for future smart devices may be realized. In addition, a circuit pattern may be densely formed to a uniform thickness on a flexible nano-fiber web using an electroless plating method, and the flexible nano-fiber web may include a plurality of pores. Accordingly, since the printed circuit nano-fiber web may satisfy waterproofness and air permeability characteristics, it can be used in various future industrial fields including medical devices, such as biopatches, and an electronic device, such as smart devices.
US11324120B2	Flexible printed circuit board A flexible printed circuit board includes: an electrically insulating substrate layer; an electrically conductive pattern stacked on at least one surface of the substrate layer; and a cover layer that is disposed on a stack including the substrate layer and the electrically conductive pattern and covers a surface of the stack, which surface is on the side on which the electrically conductive pattern is present. The electrically conductive pattern has a coil region including a coil. In the substrate layer or the cover layer, a high-magnetic permeability member is present in at least a region that overlaps the coil region in plan view.
US11324116B2	Flexible printed circuits for USB 3.0 interconnects in mobile devices Systems, apparatus, methods for manufacturing and techniques for interconnecting integrated circuit devices are disclosed. A flexible printed circuit (FPC) provides EMI shielding with reduced insertion loss. The FPC includes a first signal layer fabricated from a planar conductive material and having traces configured to carry signals between a circuit boards. The FPC may include a first non-conductive layer disposed in a plane above the first signal layer, a second non-conductive layer disposed in a plane below the first signal layer, a first copper ground plane disposed in a plane above the first non-conductive layer, a second copper ground plane disposed in a plane below the second non-conductive layer, and a second signal layer provided in a plane above the first copper ground plane or below the second copper ground plane. Signals carried in the first signal layer may have a higher frequency than signals carried in the second signal layer.
US11324113B2	Electrical conductors Electrical conductors are disclosed. More particularly, undulating electrical conductors are disclosed. Certain disclosed electrical conductors may be suitable to be disposed on flexible or stretchable substrates.
US11324110B2	Standoff for circuit board having temperature-variable electrical element A temperature-variable standoff includes a temperature-variable electrical element. The standoff also includes a support body that supports the temperature-variable electrical element and that is configured to support a circuit board separated at a distance from another component of an electronics assembly. The support body is configured to attach to the circuit board and to project away from the circuit board with a first end proximate the circuit board and a second end spaced away from the circuit board. The standoff further includes an electrical connector supported proximate the first end. The electrical connector is configured to electrically connect within an electrical circuit of the circuit board to provide the electrical input to the temperature-variable electrical element for selectively varying the temperature thereof.
US11324104B2	Magnetic probe device The present invention discloses a magnetic probe device. The magnetic probe device includes a magnetic probe body and a signal processing circuit, and an output end of the magnetic probe body is connected with an input end of the signal processing circuit; the signal processing circuit includes a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a Faraday shield and a step-up transformer, and the Faraday shield is fixedly arranged between a primary winding and a secondary winding of the step-up transformer; a center tap is arranged at the primary winding of the step-up transformer, and the center tap is grounded; and a first end of the primary winding is in series connection with the first capacitor, and a second end of the primary winding is in series connection with the second capacitor. The magnetic probe device provided by the present invention can improve the signal-to-noise ratio of a magnetic probe and the measurement accuracy of the magnetic field in plasma.
US11324100B2	Light source apparatus and projection-type display apparatus Provided is a light source apparatus including semiconductor light sources and a current detection resistor connected in series, a power source circuit that allows current to flow thereto, a current detection circuit that detects current flowing to the current detection resistor and outputs a current detection signal, a control circuit that controls the power source circuit such that a voltage of the current detection signal approaches a target value, a bypass circuit connected in parallel to the semiconductor light sources, and including a clamp element having a clamp voltage higher than a maximum voltage during operation of the semiconductor light sources and a bypass resistor connected in series to the clamp element, and allowing current to flow when an open fault occurs in the semiconductor light sources, and detection circuits that respectively detect an open fault in the semiconductor light sources based on an end-to-end voltage of the bypass resistors.
US11324097B2	Illumination control method and illumination control apparatus An illumination control method includes: causing an illumination apparatus to illuminate a predetermined space with light; and controlling at least one of a color temperature of light which the illumination apparatus emits and an illuminance of the light which the illumination apparatus emits in the predetermined space, to cause an integrated value to be at least 10 μW·h/cm2. The integrated value is a value resulting from integrating time and an effective amount of melatonin during a first time frame from 5:00 to 14:00.
US11324096B2	Systems and methods for a perceived linear dimming of lights A light dimming system includes one or more lights and includes a local light controller that includes a dimming controller and a processing circuit, the dimming controller configured to provide an output to the one or more light drivers. One or more electronic processors are configured to receive a dimming input value indicating a desired dimming level for the one or more lights. The processors are further configured to determine a configuration of the one or more light drivers, wherein the configuration defines whether the one or more light drivers utilize a non-linear dimming curve or a linear dimming curve, and provides the dimming controller a dimming level to output a dimming control signal to the one or more light drivers equivalent to the received dimming input value based on a non-linear or linear calculation.
US11324091B2	Constant power supply for LED emergency lighting using smart output resetting circuit for no load conditions A constant power backup power supply for LED lighting fixtures is disclosed. The power supply includes a storage battery that is charged while an AC power source is in an ON condition. When AC power transitions to an OFF condition, a capacitor bank charged by the battery supplies current to the primary side of a flyback converter operating in discontinuous conduction mode. The secondary side of the flyback converter supplies constant output power to the LED lighting fixture for an arbitrary output voltage within a predetermined range.
US11324089B2	Color mixing model provisioning for light-emitting diode-based lamps Introduced here are techniques for generating color mixing models that enable a tunable lamp to mix the right amount of light from various color channels in order to properly produce colors. More specifically, a lamp controller can be configured to drive multiple light-emitting diode (LED) arrays based on corresponding color mixing models. One or more color mixing models can be provisioned into the memory of an LED array prior to usage. Storing the color mixing model in the LED array enables the lamp controller to update the color mixing model based on which LED array it is serving (i.e., the lamp controller and the LED array need not be a permanently matched set). Additionally or alternatively, the lamp controller may be configured to communicate with a network-accessible computer server system to access a historical color mixing database that includes set(s) of previously-recorded spectral properties and corresponding color mixing models.
US11324088B2	Lighting system for dynamic lighting control A lighting system comprises one or more illuminants and a control device for adjusting light parameters of the illuminants during operation. The control device is arranged to adjust the light parameters time-dependently according to a predetermined course of the light parameters. The control device is further adapted to receive a one-dimensional user setting and to change the course of the light parameters according to the one-dimensional user setting.
US11324085B2	Electric current supply system, designed to be at least partially submerged in an electrically conductive liquid during operation thereof An electric current supply system (20) is designed to be at least partially submerged in an electrically conductive liquid during operation thereof, and having at least one electrically conductive component (21, 22, 23, 24) enveloped in liquid-tight material (40). The component (21, 22, 23, 24) has a sacrificial material that is capable of reacting electrochemically with the liquid. Further, the component (21, 22, 23, 24) has at least one gas trap portion (50) at which the sacrificial material occupies a space in the liquid-tight material (40) that is thereby defined with a gas trapping shape. If, in case of damage to the system (20) in an actual submerged state thereof, the component (21, 22, 23, 24) gets exposed to the liquid, it is achieved that an electrochemical reaction occurring at the exposed area of the component (21, 22, 23, 24) and an outflow of electric current to the liquid are stopped.
US11324084B2	Combined RF and thermal heating system with heating time estimation An embodiment of a heating system includes a cavity configured to contain a load, a thermal heating system, and an RF heating system. The RF heating system includes a system controller, an RF signal source, one or more electrodes that receive an RF signal from the RF signal source and radiate resultant electromagnetic energy into the cavity, and a variable impedance matching network coupled between the RF signal source and the one or more electrodes. The system controller may monitor an impedance state of the variable impedance matching network to identify the occurrence of a change point. The system controller may estimate the mass of the load and a time and/or energy requirement for cooking the load based on the change point. The system controller may take action by turning off the RF heating system and/or thermal heating system when the time or energy requirement has been met.
US11324083B1	Apparatus for intelligent and selective heating using sensor array The use of heat is elemental in household applications, particularly in cooking apparatus, but they are not smart and automated, which often causes fires and other safety hazards. In fact, 42% of household fires are caused by cooking devices. In our modern household, all cooking devices require some kind of user input, such as time, temperature, food type etc. to determine how long to cook, often resulting in under/overcooking due to human error. This invention demonstrates advanced thermopile assisted remote temperature detection technology in conjunction with controlled feedback systems to effectively cook food. Extending this with the use of a computing device and “Internet Of Things,” a revolutionary cooking apparatus has been devised that can automatically calculate & control the desired temperature of any food type & amount placed in the device without need of any user input. A working prototype has been created that includes all these features.
US11324079B2	Induction heating cooker An induction heating cooker includes a first coil, a second coil, a third coil, a first inverter circuit configured to supply a first high-frequency current to the first coil, a second inverter circuit configured to supply a second high-frequency current to the second coil, a third inverter circuit configured to supply a third high-frequency current to the third coil, a controller, and a load determining unit configured to determine a material of a heating object, wherein when a material of the heating object placed above the first coil is a magnetic material and a material of the heating object placed above the second coil includes a non-magnetic material, the controller operates the first inverter circuit and the second inverter circuit, and stops an operation of the third inverter circuit, and controls such that a frequency of the second high-frequency current is higher than a frequency of the first high-frequency current.
US11324077B2	Priority channels for distributed broadband network gateway control packets In general, techniques are described herein for implementing priority channels by prioritizing and communicating control packets on an interface between a disaggregated Broadband Network Gateway control plane and the disaggregated Broadband Network Gateway user plane. In some examples, a method includes assigning, by a disaggregated broadband network gateway (DBNG) user plane device, a control packet for a control protocol to an assigned priority channel of a plurality of priority channels within a common tunnel for a shared interface with a DBNG control plane system, the DBNG user plane device physically separate from the DBNG control plane system; and sending the control packet to the DBNG control plane system using the assigned priority channel.
US11324072B2	Message transmission method and apparatus This application provides a message transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a service capability exposure function entity, first time information provided by a server, where the first time information is used to indicate a group message delivery stop time; determining, by the service capability exposure function entity, a bearer release time based on the first time information, and sending the bearer release time to a broadcast/multicast service center; or sending, by the service capability exposure function entity, a session termination request to the broadcast/multicast service center based on the first time information.
US11324071B2	Mobile station apparatus There is a concern that communication failure may occur in a case that the state of a serving cell is not properly managed during communication of SPS or GF. A mobile station apparatus of a communication system including at least a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus configured to perform communication by using carrier aggregation that simultaneously uses multiple serving cells configured by the base station apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention, wherein the mobile station apparatus restarts a deactivation timer of a serving cell of the multiple serving cells at a timing indicated by a configured uplink grant configured for the serving cell.
US11324069B2	Methods, devices, and systems for discontinuous reception for a shortened transmission time interval and processing time A method and apparatus for discontinuous reception for a shortened transmission time interval and processing time includes a device monitoring for data transmission scheduling assignments during an active time of a DRX cycle, and detecting a transmission during the active time. The method further includes the device starting a first timer, in response to the detecting, wherein the first timer is set for a first timer value that specifies an amount of time between detecting the transmission and starting a second timer that extends the active time by a second timer value. The first timer value is determined based on one or both of a selected first TTI length from multiple TTI lengths for which the device can be enabled and/or a selected shorter first processing time over a second processing time associated with a TTI length used by the device.
US11324068B2	Data transmission method and device, and storage medium Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for transmitting data at user equipment (UE), comprising receiving a first RRC connection resume request instructing to resume an RRC connection; and reestablishing a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer based on the first RRC connection resume request. The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a device for transmitting data and a storage medium.
US11324065B2	Base station, wireless terminal, wireless communication system, and wireless communication method A base station includes a memory; a processor configured to transmit a wireless signal to a wireless terminal and to receive a wireless signal from the wireless terminal; and a controller configured to, while a radio link between the wireless terminal and the base station is disconnected, and an upper-layer connection between the base station and an upper-layer node is maintained wherein the wireless terminal uses the upper-layer connection for communication through the base station, in response to an event that one of first setting information for setting the radio link and second setting information for setting the upper-layer connection is changed, transmit setting information having been changed among the first setting information and the second setting information to the wireless terminal through the processor.
US11324064B2	Beam failure recovery procedures Beam failure recovery (BFR) procedures are described for wireless communications. A base station may send a message to a wireless device during a BFR procedure. The message may comprise one or more BFR configuration parameters and/or reconfigure one or more BFR configuration parameters. The wireless device may stop the BFR procedure, for example, after or in response to receiving the message from the base station. The wireless device may initiate a second BFR procedure using one or more of the BFR configuration parameters received in the message.
US11324062B2	Network apparatus, base station apparatus, and communication control method A network apparatus includes: a network selection part which selects, between a first network and a second network that accommodates a terminal(s) that belongs to a predetermined terminal type, a network to which a terminal is to be connected, based on the terminal type; and a connection request processing part which transmits, when the second network is in a state where the second network cannot accommodate the terminal(s) that belongs to the predetermined terminal type, a connection rejection request in which a back-off timer value indicating a time period during which transmission of a next network connection request is inhibited, is set, to a network connection request from a terminal concerned.
US11324061B2	Communication apparatus, computer readable storage medium, and control method of communication apparatus Deterioration of communication is prevented in a communication apparatus, in which an infrastructure mode and a P2P mode are independently and concurrently executable, according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hence, in a case where the communication apparatus is in a state in which a first mode of executing wireless communication with a communication partner apparatus via an external access point and a second mode of executing wireless communication with an external apparatus without using the external access point are concurrently executable, the following selection is made. That is, a first channel width which is not accompanied by network detection processing is selected.
US11324055B2	Processing state information A method of operating a user equipment in a communications system including at least one cell that is controlled by a radio access node. The method includes maintaining current state information relating to the user equipment, the state information including at least one state information part associated with features for which state information reporting is configured in at least one cell, at least one state information part being associable with a plurality of different values, receiving an indication from the radio access node regarding state information held by the radio access node relating to the user equipment, determining whether to report current state information relating to the radio access node on the basis of the received indication, and reporting a current value associated with at least a given state information part to the radio access node.
US11324053B2	Co-existence of different random access resources and associations Enabling the co-existence of contention based random access (CBRA) and contention free random access (CFRA) is an effective technique to improve network flexibility and usage of network resources. In some embodiments, all available communication opportunities in the CBRA schedule and all available communication opportunities in the CFRA schedule may be used to generate a final schedule Different subsets of preamble indices are employed to ensure that both CBRA and CFRA communications can co-exist. In other embodiments, all available communication opportunities in the CBRA schedule, but only the dedicated communication opportunities in the CFRA schedule, may be used to generate a final schedule. As a result, a smaller subset of preamble indices is used.
US11324051B2	Random access method and apparatus therefor A disclosure of the present specification provides a random access method for an unlicensed band. The method comprises the steps of: transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), a random access preamble in a first cell of the unlicensed band; and receiving, by the UE, a random access response in a second cell, wherein the second cell may be a first cell, a cell of the unlicensed band, included in a cell group to which the first cell belongs, or a cell of the unlicensed band, included in a timing advance group (TAG) within the cell group, to which the first cell belongs.
US11324048B2	Method for mitigating interference in a communications apparatus and a communications apparatus utilizing the same A communications apparatus includes a plurality of communications circuits and a coexistence management circuit. Each communications circuit is configured to provide wireless communications services in compliance with a protocol. The coexistence management circuit is configured to manage radio activities of the communications circuits. In response to a detection result of at least two radio activities to occur in a subsequent packet time, the coexistence management circuit is configured to determine whether an interference signal related to said at least two radio activities falls in a predetermined frequency band, and when the interference signal falls in the predetermined frequency band, the coexistence management circuit is configured to adjust a transmission power or an execution time of one of said at least two radio activities.
US11324039B2	Wireless communication method and wireless communication terminal using basic service set identification information determination of received frame The present invention relates to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal using a determination of basic service set identification information of a received frame, and more particularly, to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for performing an operation according to a determination result whether the received frame is an intra-BSS frame or an inter-BSS frame. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal including a processor and a communication unit, wherein the processor receives a wireless frame through the communication unit, when the received frame is a VHT PPDU, extracts partial association ID (AID) information and group ID information from a preamble of the VHT PPDU, when the extracted group ID information is equal to a predetermined value, checks whether at least some information of the extracted partial AID matches a partial basic service set (BSS) color announced to the terminal, and determines whether the received frame is an intra-BSS frame or an inter-BSS frame according to whether at least some information of the partial AID matches the partial BSS color and a wireless communication method using the same.
US11324038B2	Communication techniques Techniques (e.g., method, apparatuses, etc.) for permitting communications, e.g., optical communications are described.In one example, a first communication apparatus for the communication with a second communication device may obtain a channel state information from the reception of one or more reference signals and/or beacon signals from one or more frontends of the second apparatus. The first communication apparatus may transform the channel state information from a frequency domain to a time domain, to obtain a time domain channel state information. The first communication apparatus may encode the time domain channel state information. The first communication apparatus may transmit the time domain channel state information to one or more frontends. The first communication apparatus may transmit channel information for association and updated channel information for network coordination in a contention access period and collision-free period, CFP, respectively.
US11324035B2	Method and system for determining transmission parameters in a wireless local area network The invention pertains to a method for determining transmission parameters in a wireless local area network operating under a restricted access window scheme, said wireless local area network comprising an access point and a plurality of stations, the method comprising at said access point: estimating (230) respective transmission intervals and next transmission times of said plurality of stations; and assigning (260) a subset of said plurality of stations to a restricted access window group on the basis of said estimated next transmission times. The invention also pertains to a computer program product comprising code means configured to cause a processor to carry out the method and an access point configured to carry out the method.
US11324032B2	Methods for data transmission and user equipment Method for data transmissions and a user equipment (UE) are provided. A method includes the following. A UE receives first downlink control information (DCI), where the first DCI is used for scheduling a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), the first DCI includes a first information field, a value of the first information field includes a specific value or a non-specific value, and the specific value indicates that ACK/NACK information corresponding to the first PDSCH is transmitted according to a later trigger signal. A value or a value range of an identity (ID) of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process corresponding to a second PDSCH received after reception of the first PDSCH is determined according to the value of the first information field by the UE.
US11324031B2	Method and apparatus of configuring timing of uplink transmission The present disclosure is to provide a method of configuring timing of uplink (UL) transmission, comprising, receiving, by a user equipment (UE), configuration information on carrier aggregation (CA) of at least one frequency division duplex (FDD) cell and at least one time division duplex (TDD) cell; and adjusting, by the UE, starting timing of a UL subframe in a cell participating in the CA.
US11324029B2	Data transmission method, terminal and base station A data transmission method, a terminal and a base station are provided. The method includes: receiving a downlink control channel, and indication information for indicating a division of uplink resources and downlink resources in a time unit; determining uplink resources and/or downlink resources in a target time unit corresponding to the downlink control channel, according to the indication information, where the target time unit is the time unit in which a target transmission corresponding to the downlink control channel is located; and determining time field resources of the target transmission corresponding to the downlink control channel in the uplink resources or the downlink resources, and performing the target transmission in the time field resources.
US11324024B2	Uplink channel transmission for multiple transmit receive points (TRPs) This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for uplink channel transmission for multiple transmit receive points (TRPs). In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) resolves overlapping physical uplink control channels (PUCCHs) in a slot or overlapping PUCCH(s) and PUSCH(s) that are mapped to a same TRP in a multi-TRP scenario and that are mapped to two or more different TRPs in the multi-TRP scenario. For example, in a multi-TRP scenario that includes two TRPs, the UE may eliminate overlap of these uplink channels for each of the two TRPs individually and may additionally eliminate overlap of these uplink channels between the two TRPs.
US11324023B2	Configuration of uplink transmission for a wireless device There is provided mechanisms for providing configuration for uplink transmission to a wireless device. A method is performed by a network node. The method comprises transmitting a message comprising configuration for uplink transmission with short TTI operation. The method comprises transmitting a fast grant comprising scheduling of an uplink short TTI for the wireless device.
US11324018B2	Terminal and a base station This disclosure provides a terminal and a base station. The base station includes: a processing unit configured to determine scheduling information for a first terminal according to historical information of the first terminal; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the determined scheduling information to the first terminal.
US11324015B2	Channel reporting for communication service priority types Methods, systems, and devices for prioritization of channel state information (CSI) processes based on a set of priority rules and a device capability are described. A user equipment (UE) may be capable of supporting multiple communication types such as ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC), shortened transmission time interval (sTTI), enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) priority type, etc. The UE may indicate a CSI update capability that includes a number of CSI processes capable of being updated by the UE. The CSI update capability may be a joint CSI update capability provided for all communication types. Based on the CSI update capability of the UE and the set of priority rules, the UE may prioritize the updating of one or more CSI processes.
US11324012B2	Interference Cancellation methods used in Base Stations and User Equipments The present disclosure relates to a method performed by a BS for facilitating IC at a UE and an associated BS. The method includes predefining one or more sets of transmission parameters, where one or more of the transmission parameters in the one or more sets are constrained to take values from respective reduced sets of values out of the values available for the respective one or more transmission parameters, each set of the one or more sets of transmission parameters being identifiable by a unique indication. The method further includes configuring a transmission of the BS, which is to interfere downlink transmissions to the UE from a serving BS of the UE, by using one of the predefined one or more sets of transmission parameters. The present disclosure also relates to a method in a UE for IC and an associated UE.
US11324009B2	Efficient CORESET configuration A network node determines a first transmission parameter for transmission of downlink control channel scheduling the downlink control information provided to a wireless device in a first signal, and selects either the first transmission parameter or one or more different second transmission parameters for transmission of the downlink control channel scheduling for the downlink control information provided to the wireless device in one or more second signals. To allow flexibility and efficient use of resources, the first signal sent by the base station indicates the one or more second transmission parameters as well as the selected transmission parameter(s) for the second signals. In one exemplary embodiment, the first and second transmission parameters comprise first and second control resource set (CORESET) configurations. In another exemplary embodiment, the first and second transmission parameters comprise first and second search spaces.
US11324001B2	Mobile communication system, source base station, target base station and user equipment Provided is a communication system that can be normally and efficiently operated in the case where existing carriers and new carrier types coexist. A base station device and a communication terminal device are configured to perform communication in cells of legacy carriers LC1 to LC3 being existing carriers. When the base station device starts operating new carrier types NCT1 and NCT2, the NCT1 and NCT2 are associated with legacy carriers belonging to the same frequency band. For example, the NCT2 is associated with the LC2 or the LC3 and is not associated with the LC1. The legacy carriers LC1 to LC3 associated with the NCT1 and the NCT2 notify the communication terminal device of the information on the NCT1 and NCT2. This allows the communication terminal device to communicate with the NCT1 and the NCT2.
US11323999B2	Communication method, communication device, and computer program An electronic device forming part of a communication system includes first processing circuitry configured to receive a beacon from a counterpart device. The communication system also includes second processing circuitry that causes the counterpart device to set a transmitting and receiving operation as active state for a first operating period.
US11323997B2	User terminal and radio base station A user terminal includes a receiving section that performs monitoring of downlink control channel candidates in at least one of a plurality of cells having a plurality of numerologies, a transmitting section that transmits a parameter indicating a capability for the monitoring, and a control section that determines at least one number of a first maximum number of blind decodings of the downlink control channel candidates within a unit of time and a second maximum number of channel estimation control channel elements within the unit of time for each of the plurality of numerologies based on the parameter to control the monitoring, based on the number.
US11323994B2	Control channel design for machine type communications Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques that may be applied in systems to allow for communication over a control channel utilizing a relatively narrow band (e.g., six physical resource blocks) based search space. An exemplary method, performed by a user equipment, generally includes identifying, within a subframe, a first search space to monitor for a downlink control channel that occupies a first number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) that represents a narrowband size and monitoring at least the first search space for the downlink control channel transmitted in the subframe.
US11323993B2	Methods and apparatus for resource management for ultra low latency (ULL) and legacy transmissions Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for resource management for ultra low latency (ULL) and legacy transmissions. Certain aspects provide a method that can be performed by a user equipment (UE) which may be a ULL capable UE. The method generally includes receiving information indicating a first configuration based on a first transmission time interval (TTI) and a second configuration based on a second TTI, wherein: the first TTI and the second TTI are each less than a third TTI; and the first TTI and the second TTI are different; and communicating based on the first TTI according to the first configuration and based on the second TTI according to the second configuration.
US11323992B2	Method for detecting downlink control information, terminal device, and network device A method for detecting downlink control information includes receiving, by a terminal device from a network device, detection related information for detecting downlink control information (DCIs) of all bandwidth parts (BWPs), where the detection related information is determined by the network device based on resource load of control resource sets of all the BWPs, and detecting, by the terminal device, each of the DCIs based on the detection related information.
US11323991B2	Resource indication method, mobile terminal and base station A resource indication method, a mobile terminal, and a base station are provided. The resource indication method applied to the mobile terminal includes acquiring indication information and a physical uplink control channel PUCCH configuration resource configured for the mobile terminal sent by a base station, wherein the indication information is configured to indicate position information, in the PUCCH configuration resource, of a PUCCH resource used by the mobile terminal.
US11323990B2	Receiving node, sending node, and transmission method An embodiment of this application provides a method for transmission in a time interval. The time interval includes one or more first time units and one or more second time units. The one or more first time units are used to transmit a first-type signal, and a quantity of first time units is associated with a quantity of first-type signals. The one or more second time units are used to transmit a second-type signal. In the method, a receiving node may obtain time unit information, where the time unit information is used to obtain a location of the one or more second time units, that is, determine a time domain location of the second-type time-frequency resource in the time interval. Then, the receiving node may receive or send the second-type signal on the second-type time-frequency resource.
US11323989B2	Method and apparatus for bandwidth indication in unlicensed spectrum Methods and apparatus that support dynamic bandwidth changes for downlink transmissions in unlicensed spectrum are provided. The provided methods and apparatus provide acquired bandwidth indications through downlink control information (DCI) for bandwidth(s) acquired within an unlicensed spectrum bandwidth part (BWP) or component carrier (CC).
US11323988B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting a HARQ-ACK A DL control channel candidate can be decoded. A determination can be made for which DL OFDM symbol the decoded DL control channel candidate is received in. A determination can be made for a DL resource assignment from the decoded DL control channel candidate. Data can be received based on the DL resource assignment. A determination can be made for a time-frequency resource for transmitting a HARQ-ACK at least based on the determined DL OFDM symbol. The HARQ-ACK can be transmitted in the determined time-frequency resource. The transmitted HARQ-ACK can correspond to the received data.
US11323985B2	Methods and apparatus relating to control channel decoding in a wireless communications network The disclosure provides methods and apparatus which relate to control channel decoding in a wireless communications network. In one aspect, there is provided a method in a wireless device for a wireless communications network. The method includes receiving a first set of coded control symbols on a physical control channel in a first time slot, receiving a second set of coded control symbols on the physical control channel in a second time slot subsequent to the first time slot, and attempting to decode a control message based on the first set of coded control symbols and the second set of coded control symbols using one or more soft-combining techniques.
US11323984B2	Method and apparatus for providing information about available wireless resources and determining the wireless resources used for data transmission A User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system using a Coordinated Multi-Point transmission/reception (CoMP) scheme receives Downlink Control Information (DCI) including CoMP control information, determines a starting position of a data channel on wireless resources, based on starting position information of a data channel included in the CoMP control information and used in each of a plurality of cells, and receives data from the plurality of cells starting from the determined starting position.
US11323982B2	Mode change signaling for a plurality of wireless devices Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for signaling mode changes to a plurality of wireless devices. For example, certain aspects provide a method including determining, by a base station, a group of wireless devices of a plurality of wireless devices served by the base station to transition to a first mode of operation, wherein at least one of: the first mode of operation is an inactive mode or at least one of the group of wireless devices is in the inactive mode. The method further includes generating a message comprising information indicative of an identifier associated with the group of wireless devices and information indicative of the first mode of operation. The method further includes multicasting the message to the group of wireless devices.
US11323981B2	Quasi co-location of antenna ports used to transmit paging message and synchronization signals Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may use quasi co-located antenna ports for transmission of synchronization signal(s)/reference signal(s) and paging signals. For example, the base station may use a first antenna port configuration for transmission of the synchronization/reference signal(s) and a second antenna port configuration for transmission of the paging signal (e.g., paging indicator, paging message, etc.). The base station may transmit an indication of the quasi co-located antenna ports. A user equipment (UE) may receive the synchronization signal and, based on the antenna ports being quasi co-located, receive the paging signal. In some examples, the UE may determine which receive beam to use to receive the paging signal based on the antenna ports being quasi co-located. In some aspects, the UE may use a reference signal transmitted on antenna ports that are quasi co-located with the paging signal antenna ports.
US11323972B2	Synchronization and data channel numerology in wireless communications A base station may configure at least a first downlink transmission in a regular downlink burst with the first numerology for transmitting at least a portion of a data channel to a UE according to a numerology of a service used for data channel transmission. The base station also may configure at least a portion of a second downlink transmission in a regular downlink burst with a second numerology for transmitting a synchronization signal to the UE. A UE that receives the downlink regular burst may demodulate and decode the symbols in the received transmissions according to the numerology associated with each symbol.
US11323968B2	Communication method and communications apparatus Example communication methods and communications apparatus are described. One example method includes determining power of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) by a terminal device. The terminal device sends the DMRS based on the determined power. In embodiments of this application, the power of the DMRS can be flexibly determined for different communication statuses.
US11323961B2	Energy-efficient base station with synchronization Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing an energy efficient base station with synchronization. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: performing traffic analysis to determine off-peak hours duration when traffic is light; updating downlink and uplink schedulers to transmit a minimum required signaling and control information; and wherein updating downlink and uplink scheduler for minimum required signaling and control information further comprises scheduling, in a downlink direction, at least one of transmitting only reference symbols over selected OFDM symbols, PDDCH on to a first three OFDM symbols, PSS and SSS on a central six PRBs and PBCH.
US11323957B2	Apparatus, system, and method of channel switching Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of channel switching. For example, an apparatus may include logic and circuitry configured to cause a wireless communication station to transmit a power save mode indication to an Access Point (AP) over a first wireless communication channel; to wait over the first wireless communication channel for a waiting period subsequent to transmission of the power save mode indication; to switch to a second wireless communication channel after the waiting period; and to adjust a duration of the waiting period based on reception of one or more frames from the AP during the waiting period.
US11323949B2	Dead zone in small cell application A communication system includes a wireless device capable of performing a function. A network is configured to communicate with the wireless device to provide a network service. A small cell is in a location, the small cell is configured to control a communication link between the wireless device and the network. A register includes a database of restrictions on the function of the wireless device at the location. The system is configured to query whether the wireless device is within the location, and to apply the restrictions to the wireless device when the wireless device is in the location.
US11323948B2	Device management for NB-IoT devices A NarrowBand-Internet of Things (NB-IoT) device is transitioned from using non-Internet Protocol (IP) communication to using IP communication for device management. A service capability server (SCS) of a core network may receive data from an NB-IoT device via non-IP communication. The SCS may send a command to the NB-IoT device via the non-IP communication to trigger the NB-IoT device to transition to using IP communication to communicate with the SCS. Subsequently, the SCS may command the NB-IoT device to perform one or more device management functions via the IP communication.
US11323946B2	Method and apparatus for providing very high throughput operation and capability signaling for wireless communications A method and apparatus are disclosed for enabling communications in a wireless local area network (WLAN). A wireless transmit and receive unit (WTRU) may receive, from an access point (AP), a management frame comprising capability information. The capability information may comprise an indication of support for reception via non-contiguous channels. The WTRU may transmit, on a condition that reception via non-contiguous channels is supported, at least one data packet, to the AP, via multiple non-contiguous channels. The multiple non-contiguous channels may be used simultaneously.
US11323938B2	Methods and apparatuses for SL carrier aggregation enhancement A user equipment (UE) includes one or more non-transitory computer-readable media containing computer-executable instructions embodied therein and at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media. The at least one processor is configured to receive through a serving cell of a first Radio Access Technology (RAT), a sidelink resource configuration of a second RAT, determine first validity area information associated with the first RAT and second validity area information associated with the second RAT, the first validity area information and the second validity area information being associated with different frequency carriers, and identify a validity area of the sidelink resource configuration based on the first validity area information and the second validity area information.
US11323936B2	Service-based processing method, terminal device, and network device A service-based processing method, a terminal device, a network device, and a computer storage medium are provided. The method comprises: when a terminal device camps on an NR network, on the basis of capability information reported to a network side and/or indication information sent from the network side, determining whether to select, when initiating a target service, other systems or other domains to initiate a service request for the target service.
US11323935B2	Crowdsourced network identification and switching Systems and methods for providing crowdsourced network identification and switching are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: collect characteristics of a first network accessed by an application executed by the IHS at a given location, transmit information related to the characteristics, the application, and the location to a crowdsourcing server, and receive a message from the crowdsourcing server to switch from the first network to a second network.
US11323933B2	Network handover method and network device This application discloses a network handover method and a network device. The method includes: receiving, by a first access network device, first session management information from a session management network element, where the first session management information is for requesting to set up a user plane tunnel for a voice service of a terminal device; and sending, by the first access network device, a handover request to a first mobility management network element based on the first session management information and a first condition, where the handover request is for handing over the terminal device from a first network to a second network, and the first condition includes that the voice service cannot be performed in the first network. This application is applicable to the field of communication technologies.
US11323931B2	Communication method and apparatus for a terminal device moving from a first access node to a second access node This application discloses a method applied to a scenario in which a terminal device moves from a first AN node to a second AN node. The method includes: receiving identification information of a to-be-activated session from the terminal device via the second AN node; sending a context release command to the first AN node when a signaling connection of the terminal device exits between an AMF node and the first AN node; receiving a context release complete message carrying identification information of an active session of the terminal device from the first AN node; when the to-be-activated session and the active session have a same session, sending a first request message to request to deactivate the same session to an SMF node corresponding to the same session; and after the same session is deactivated, sending, to the SMF node, a second request message to request to activate the same session.
US11323928B2	Managing a massive multiple input multiple output base station A method for managing a Massive Multiple Input Multiple Output (M-MIMO) base station is disclosed. The method comprises receiving from a neighbour base station a notification of load conditions at the neighbour base station (110) and obtaining measurements on communication resources associated with the neighbour base station (120). The method further comprises determining whether there exists within a spatial distribution of traffic served by the neighbour base station a region having a concentration of traffic which is above a threshold level (130), and, if such a region exists, and if a condition for load transfer from the neighbour base station is fulfilled, causing at least one reference signal transmitted by the M-MIMO base station to be transmitted towards the determined region with a signal strength sufficient to trigger handover of a device in the determined region to the M-MIMO base station (160).
US11323922B2	Managing user equipment roaming status changes in a radio access network When a user equipment is roaming in a visited network, mid-call handover from VoWiFi to VoLTE is controlled by policies enforced in the user equipment and the home network. An inter-operator policy and a subscription policy are stored in the home network and a user equipment policy is stored in the user equipment. The roaming user equipment registers in a visited network. Later, when mid-call handover to VoLTE on the visited network is desired, and also permitted by its user equipment policy, the user equipment sends a request containing a call-specific identifier which the responsible network entity in the home network compares with the registered handover parameter having regard to the inter-operator and subscription policies. If compliance with the policies is found, then the mid-call handover is proceeded with.
US11323921B2	Method, system, and device for user detachment when a handover or change occurs in heterogeneous network A method for user detachment when a handover or change occurs in a heterogeneous network is provided. The method includes: a user equipment (UE) is handed over or switched from a source network to a target network; a network element on a network side determines whether to detach the UE from the source network, and if yes, the network element on the network side detaches the UE from the source network. A system and a device for user detachment when a handover or change occurs in a heterogeneous network, and another method for user detachment when a handover or change occurs in a heterogeneous network are also provided.
US11323920B2	Handover method, base station, and communications system A handover method, including sending, by a source base station to a source core network device in a process of handing user equipment (UE) over from the source base station to a target base station, a handover required message. The message comprises identification information of a target core network device, and the identification information of the target core network device instructs the source core network device to perform a core network relocation process with the target core network device. The source base station is connected to the source core network device, and the target base station is connected to both the source core network device and the target core network device.
US11323916B2	Flow control method and apparatus This application provides a flow control method, including: sending, by a first device, a first data packet to a second device in a first sending mode; determining, by the first device, a network congestion status; and sending, by the first device, a second data packet to the second device in the second sending mode, where the second sending mode is a sending mode determined by the first device based on the network congestion status, and the second data packet is a data packet to be sent after the first data packet.
US11323910B2	Uplink transmission methods based on collision-triggered adaptation Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for facilitating transmission of uplink traffic, for example, that has been deprioritized due to resource collision with transmission of other data or control information are provided. One method may include receiving, at a user equipment, a configuration per logical channel (LCH) of triggering criteria relating to resource collision from a network node. The method may also include modifying a logical channel prioritization (LCP) setting for the logical channel (LCH) based on the configuration.
US11323909B2	Method and device for performing sequential beam report procedure for multiple beams in wireless communication system An embodiment of the present specification may provide a method for performing a sequential beam report procedure for multiple beams by a terminal in a wireless communication system. More particularly, the method comprises the steps of: receiving information for a sequential beam report procedure from a base station; measuring, using a signal received from the base station, downlink qualities of multiple beams serviced by the base station; encoding, in descending order, downlink quality measurement results of best M beams among the multiple beams, the downlink qualities of which have been measured; and transmitting the encoded information to the base station so as to perform the sequential beam report procedure.
US11323906B2	Method for terminal measurement and configuration, terminal and base station A method for terminal measurement and configuration, a terminal and a base station are provided. The method for terminal measurement and configuration applied to the terminal includes: detecting a state parameter of the terminal; and obtaining measurement configuration information configured based on the state parameter. The method for terminal measurement and configuration applied to the base station includes: obtaining a state parameter of a terminal; and feeding back measurement configuration information to the terminal based on the state parameter. Therefore, the measurement configuration information configured based on the state parameter of the terminal is obtained, and more control optimization on the behavior of the terminal can be performed according to the measurement configuration information. Thus, power consumption of the terminal is saved in a communication system.
US11323901B2	Methods and network nodes for managing transmission of at least one channel quality report A radio network node (110) and a method therein for managing transmission of at least one channel quality report and a user equipment (120) a method therein for handling transmission of at least one channel quality report are disclosed. The radio network node (110) sends, to the user equipment (120), a first message comprising information about at least one resource for use by the user equipment (120) when transmitting the at least one channel quality report. The radio network mode (110) sends, to the user equipment (120), a second message for activating, in the user equipment (120), the transmission of the at least one channel quality report. The radio network node (110) receives, from the user equipment (120), a first channel quality report of the at least one channel quality report. The first channel quality report is received on the at least one resource on an uplink control channel.
US11323900B2	Radio environment monitoring in a base station using a mobile chip A base station for performing radio environment monitoring (REM) is described. The base station includes a REM module. The REM module includes user equipment (UE) circuitry communicatively coupled to a baseband processor and a dedicated antenna. The REM module also includes the baseband processor. The baseband processor is configured to send at least one instruction to the mobile circuitry to determine a plurality of REM parameters for a frequency band (or channel, e.g., EARFCN). The mobile circuitry is configured to determine the plurality of REM parameters for the frequency band (or channel) in response to receiving the at least one instruction.
US11323894B2	Network system, wireless network extender, and network provider The disclosure discloses a network system, a wireless network extender, and a network provider. The network system includes a network provider, a wireless network router, and a wireless network extender. The wireless network extender includes a communication unit and an extension unit. The wireless network extender connects to the wireless network router through a first communication channel provided by the communication unit and communicates with the network provider through the wireless network router, or communicates with the network provider through a second communication channel provided by the extension unit. When the first communication channel is unavailable, the wireless network extender connects to the network provider through the second communication channel. The first communication channel and the second communication channel use different communication protocols. The disclosure can provide a mesh network with a redundancy mechanism for diagnosis/management using different communication protocols.
US11323893B2	Wireless communication device, control device, and control method It is possible to realize wireless communication using a directional beam in a more suitable manner.A wireless communication device includes: one or more antenna elements that are configured to control directions of directional beams and perform wireless communication using the directional beams; a detection unit that detects an attitude of at least any one of the one or more antenna elements; and a control unit that sets a state in which a radio signal transmitted using at least a directional beam from a base station is receivable via any one of the one or more antenna elements as a reference state, and controls the wireless communication with the base station using the directional beam according to a change in the attitude from the reference state.
US11323890B2	Integrated mobility network planning Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, collecting and storing data about a communication environment including one or more communication networks wherein respective communication networks of the one or more communication networks employ respective communication technologies for communication with remote user devices in the communication environment, providing traffic forecasts of communication traffic, creating importance layers for potential build locations for equipment of the one or more communication networks, identifying desirable build locations among the potential build locations of the one or more communication networks based on the traffic forecasts of communication traffic and the importance layers, receiving user input defining planning parameters for the communication environment and determining respective target goal values for respective build options for the one or more communication networks based on the planning parameters, the identified desirable build locations and the traffic forecasts. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11323888B2	Spectrum sharing adaptation function This document discloses a solution for performing spectrum allocations. According to an aspect, there is provided a method comprising: performing, by a spectrum sharing adaptation system, allocation and transmission authorization of a shared spectrum resource to a network element of a communication network, wherein the shared spectrum resource is on frequencies not exclusively licensed to the communication network, and wherein the spectrum sharing adaptation system allocates the shared spectrum resource to the network element by using a first spectrum sharing protocol; acquiring, by the spectrum sharing adaptation system, allocation and transmission authorization of the shared spectrum resource from a spectrum resource manager managing utilization of spectrum resources, wherein the spectrum sharing adaptation system acquires the allocation of the shared spectrum resource by using a second spectrum sharing protocol different from the first spectrum sharing protocol; and performing, by the spectrum sharing adaptation system, adaptation between the first spectrum sharing protocol and the second spectrum sharing protocol.
US11323885B1	Systems and methods for permitting access to a party using a decentralized identity Methods and systems are provided for controlling access to communications with a party using a decentralized identity. A device may receive biometric information of a user, and retrieve, using the biometric information of the user, a first communication address associated with the user. The device may transmit, via the first communication address, a request to communicate with the user; and may receive, from a second device associated with the user, an identification of a second communication address controlled by the user. The device may utilize the second communication address to transmit at least one item of information to the second device associated with the user.
US11323875B2	Method for adaptively adjusting security level of V2X communication message and apparatus therefor A method of processing a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) message in a V2X message transmitting entity may comprise obtaining, at the V2X message transmitting entity, status information of a transmission target entity; determining adaptively a security level for a V2X message to be transmitted to the transmission target entity based on the obtained status information; and generating the V2X message according to the determined security level, and transmitting the V2X message to the transmission target entity. Because security levels of V2X messages are adaptively determined, the V2X messages can be processed according to a processing capability of the transmission target entity and the type of the V2X message, thereby assuring the safety of the driver.
US11323872B2	Terminal capability acquisition method and apparatus, and computer storage medium Disclosed are a terminal capability acquisition method and apparatus, and a computer storage medium, the method comprising: a first access network device acquires first UE capability identification information or first UE capability information of a terminal; if the first access network device acquires first UE capability identification information of the terminal, then: on the basis of the first UE capability identification information and the corresponding relationship between UE capability identification information and UE capability information, the first access network device determines the first UE capability information of the terminal.
US11323869B2	Systems and methods for enabling efficient establishment of policy control associations Methods, devices, and computer-readable mediums may provide receiving, at a request to establish an access and mobility (AM) policy control association in relation to an establishment of a packet data unit (PDU) session requested by a subscriber associated with a user equipment (UE) device; generating a query to a network device via a network interface, for AM policy control data and for at least one of UE policy control data or session management (SM) policy control data; receiving the AM policy control data and the at least one of the UE policy control data or the SM policy control data from the network device, creating the AM policy control association based on the received AM policy control data; and storing the at least one of the UE policy control data or the SM policy control data.
US11323865B2	Vehicle tracking system using smart-phone as active transponder A system is described for tracking vehicle position using a smart phone or similar device as an active transponder that communicates with roadside equipment. The system may uses existing RF transceivers on the smart-phone, such as Bluetooth® LE or WiFi to periodically transmit an identifying message. Road-based equipment detects and locates the smart phone. In a further aspect, the smart phone is alerted by roadside beacons and responds with identification information. Transaction processing may be performed either on the smart phone or by roadside or back office equipment. The system may be used for automated roadway tolling and monitoring and also for access control. A coded card may be scanned by the smart card to enter identification for access control.
US11323864B2	Security systems In one implementation, a wireless security system premises gateway component includes a first local area wireless communication component adapted to communicate wirelessly with plural wireless security system sensors distributed at a premises; a second local area wireless communication component adapted to communicate wirelessly with a general purpose mobile communications device; a communications interface component adapted to communicate with a wide area communications network that is located remotely of the premises; a security system controller component adapted to communicate with the general purpose mobile communications device to provide state information regarding the security system and to provide control inputs to the security system; and a single gateway housing configured and sized to house the first local area wireless communication component, the second local area wireless communication component, the communications interface component, and the security system controller.
US11323859B2	Vehicular message delivery Apparatuses and methods in a communication system are provided. The solution for transmitting a message for multiple vehicular recipients comprises determining (200) the vehicular recipients of the message in one or more coverage areas; estimating (202) the amount of resources needed in transmission the message using broadcast or separate unicast messages or the number of vehicular recipients that cannot receive broadcast message, or both, and transmitting (204) the message either as a single broadcast message to the vehicular recipients in each coverage area or as a unicast message separately to each vehicular recipient or both, depending on the amount of resources needed in transmission or the number of vehicular recipients that cannot receive the broadcast message, or both.
US11323854B2	Multi-terminal cooperative working method, terminal device, and multi-terminal cooperative system Various embodiment provide a multi-terminal cooperative working method, a terminal device, and a multi-terminal cooperative system. In those embodiments, a primary device can send networking information to a plurality of secondary devices, and the primary device has a permission to manage the cooperative network. The primary device can receive networking confirmation information sent by the plurality of secondary devices; and send configuration information to the plurality of secondary devices separately. The configuration information can be used to instruct to switch, based on a preset management permission switching mechanism when the primary device becomes abnormal or the primary device exits from the cooperative network, the permission to manage the cooperative network. The primary device can clear the secondary device from the cooperative network the secondary device becomes abnormal. In this way, robustness of the cooperative network can be improved.
US11323850B2	Vehicle-to-everything communication solution A vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication solution, where when a vehicle needs to obtain a V2X service, the vehicle is first coupled to a V2X center server (V2X-C) node to which the vehicle belongs. The V2X-C node allocates a V2X regional node to the vehicle based on the geographic location of the vehicle, and sends an access address of the V2X regional node to the vehicle when the vehicle is in the V2X service region of the V2X-C node. The V2X-C node requests another V2X-C node to allocate a V2X regional node based on the geographic location of the vehicle, and sends access information of the V2X regional node to the vehicle when the vehicle is not in the V2X service region of the V2X-C node.
US11323845B2	Reverse-beacon indoor positioning system using existing detection fields Indoor positioning systems and methods including a reverse-beacon for location determination and presence sensing technology. The reverse-beacon is any device comprising a transceiver and a computer operating with system nodes and will generally be in the form of a smartphone or other mobile computer. The systems and methods utilize wireless signals of any device that adheres to a general-purpose communication protocol, such as Bluetooth™ and Wi-Fi, to provide location-based services such as location determination and acting as a ground-truth field for presence sensing systems. The systems and methods operate by passively licensing to wireless communications that take place during the ordinarily course of operation of a wireless network irrespective of the presence of the reverse-beacon.
US11323844B2	Systems and method for intelligently detecting proximity to locations of interest A system described herein may identify proximity events using geofencing capabilities of user equipment (“UE”) such as mobile phones. The UE may interact with a mobile client manager (“MCM”) to identify landmarks (or “locations of interest”) near the UE. The UE may identify a set of local landmarks that are nearest to the UE. The UE may utilize geofence-based location services to reduce power consumption when outside geofences associated with local landmarks. If the UE enters a geofence associated with a local landmark, the UE may utilize granular location services for increased accuracy. The UE may notify the MCM when the UE “dwells” near a given landmark by entering the geofence associated with the landmark but does not approach a threshold distance of the landmark. The UE may cease utilizing granular location services when dwelling, and may instead use location services based on push messages received from the MCM.
US11323841B2	Methods and apparatuses for exposure of presence reporting area functionality Methods and apparatuses for exposure of presence reporting area (PRA) functionality are disclosed for a wireless communication system. According to an embodiment, a service capability exposure function (SCEF) entity receives, from a requesting server, a first request for initiating PRA functionality for at least one user equipment (UE). The PRA functionality is used to monitor whether the at least one UE is located in at least one area of interest. The SCEF entity obtains at least one monitored result for the at least one UE from a mobility management node via a home subscriber server (HSS) or via a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) entity. The SCEF entity sends the at least one monitored result to the requesting server.
US11323834B1	Hearing device having a shell including regions with different moduli of elasticity and methods of manufacturing the same An exemplary hearing device configured to facilitate hearing by a user may comprise an in-the-ear (“ITE”) component comprising a shell having a contoured outer surface configured to fit at least partially within an ear canal of the user. The contoured outer surface of the shell may include a first region having a first modulus of elasticity and a second region having a second modulus of elasticity that is different than the first modulus of elasticity. The first region and the second region may be formed of a same material.
US11323824B2	Earring hearing aid using RIT The present disclosure relates to an earring hearing aid using a receiver in the tube (RIT) including a case which receives therein a microphone, an interface socket, an acoustic processing means, a memory button, a volume controller, a battery and a battery electrode, a receiver which outputs an acoustic signal through a lead wire having one end connected to the acoustic processing means, a hearing aid shell which receives an end of the receiver tube disposed at an opposite side to a side where the receiver is inserted in the receiver tube along a lengthwise direction, a face plate covering an inlet of the hearing aid shell, and an earring hook having one side inserted into an outer peripheral surface of an exit hole of the case to cover an outer peripheral surface of the lead wire exiting through the exit hole.
US11323822B2	Low-pass filter arrangement In an embodiment a low-pass filter arrangement has an input terminal for receiving an input voltage, a first voltage source coupled to the input terminal, a serial connection comprising a first and a second filter diode, the serial connection being coupled to the first voltage source, wherein a connection point between the first and the second filter diode is coupled to an output terminal of the filter arrangement, and a first filter capacitor coupled between the output terminal and a filter reference potential terminal. Therein the first voltage source is adapted to provide a first adjustable forward voltage whereby the first and the second filter diodes are both biased in a forward direction.
US11323819B2	High power voice coil A voice coil for use with a loudspeaker. The voice coil includes a bobbin that has a first layer of a non-conductive material infused with a high-temperature adhesive, a second layer of a non-conductive material infused with a high-temperature adhesive, and a layer of thermally-conductive material located in between the first layer of a non-conductive material and the second layer of a non-conductive substance, and a conductive wire wrapped around the bobbin.
US11323818B2	Reinforced actuators for distributed mode loudspeakers A panel audio loudspeaker includes a panel extending in a plane and an actuator coupled to the panel and configured to couple vibrations to the panel to cause the panel to emit audio waves. The actuator includes a rigid frame attached to a surface of the panel and the frame includes a portion extending perpendicular to the panel surface. The actuator also includes an elongate flexure attached at one end to the portion of the frame extending perpendicular to the panel surface, the flexure extending parallel to the plane and having a first width where the flexure is attached to the frame different from a second width where the flexure is unattached to the frame. The actuator further includes an electromechanical module attached to a portion of the flexure unattached to the frame, the electromechanical module being configured to displace an end of the flexure during operation of the actuator.
US11323817B2	Diaphragm for use in audio transducer and method of manufacturing diaphragm A diaphragm for an audio transducer includes a first outer surface, a second outer surface opposing the first outer surface and a support structure. A skin defines at least one of the first and second outer surfaces of the diaphragm. The support structure is disposed on or within the skin.
US11323816B2	Techniques for generating audio signals Techniques described herein generally relate to generating an audio signal with a speaker. In some examples, a speaker device is described that includes a membrane, an acoustic cavity and an acoustic channel. The membrane can be configured to oscillate along a first directional path and to generate an acoustic signal. The acoustic signal traverses the acoustic channel and generates an audio signal.
US11323814B2	Vibration system using sound Provided is a vibration system using sound. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system which is capable of generating vibration using sound so that the beats of the sound may be felt, is convenient to carry or move due to a lightweight and compact size thereof, is capable of generating vibration matching a beat of sound to which a user is currently listening, is capable of generating vibrations matching various feelings according to beats of sound on the basis of user setting, thereby greatly enhancing effects that the user may feel, and is very inexpensive to manufacture.
US11323809B2	Method for controlling a sound output of a hearing device A hearing device comprises basic modifiers adjustable by a user, each basic modifier having a range of basic modifier values selectable by the user and each basic modifier modifying a sound processing of the hearing device dependent on the respective basic modifier value. A method comprises: receiving a macro modifier value for a macro modifier, wherein the macro modifier is associated with a subset of the basic modifiers and wherein the macro modifier value is selected by the user from a macro modifier range; calculating, for each basic modifier in the subset, a basic modifier value, wherein the basic modifier value is calculated with a predefined function based on the macro modifier value; applying the calculated basic modifier values to the basic modifiers such that the sound processing of the hearing device is performed based on the basic modifiers adjusted with the calculated basic modifiers values.
US11323808B2	Method and system for optimizing the low-frequency sound rendition of an audio signal A system and method for optimizing the low-frequency sound rendition of an audio signal, implementing variations in a plurality of parameters of the audio signal according to the volume level of the signal chosen by a user, in particular filtering or compression parameters, or parameters relating to the harmonics of the audio signal, while seeking to optimize the dynamics and the bandwidth of the audio signal according to the volume, in order to provide an optimal rendition to the user.
US11323805B2	Microphone assembly with digital feedback loop A microphone assembly includes a transducer element and a processing circuit. The processing circuit includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to receive, sample and quantize a microphone signal generated by the transducer element to generate a corresponding digital microphone signal. The processing circuit includes a feedback path including a digital loop filter configured to receive and filter the digital microphone signal to provide a first digital feedback signal and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) configured to convert the first digital feedback signal into a corresponding analog feedback signal. The processing circuit additionally includes a summing node at the transducer output configured to combine the microphone signal and the analog feedback signal.
US11323801B2	Device and process for powering smart speakers and providing internet connectivity for the same A device configured to provide wireless service and power for a smart speaker includes at least one transceiver configured to wirelessly connect to a mobile broadband network and further configured to obtain internet access and the at least one transceiver further configured to wirelessly connect to the smart speaker and provide the internet access to the smart speaker. The device further includes a power supply configured to store power and the power supply further configured to provide power to the at least one transceiver. The power supply further configured to store power and the power supply further configured to provide power to the smart speaker. The device further includes a housing configured to house the at least one transceiver and the power supply.
US11323796B2	Wireless earphone A wireless earphone includes: a sensor which serves as both of an antenna configured to transmit and receive a radio signal wirelessly to and from an external device and a pad configured to receive an input manipulation of a wearer; a radio circuit configured to perform various kinds processing relating to the radio signal; and a control circuit configured to perform various kinds processing on the basis of the input manipulation. The wireless earphone further includes a capacitance element connected between the radio circuit and the sensor and between the control circuit and the sensor, the capacitance element being connected to a ground conductor in series to pass only the radio signal.
US11323788B1	Amplification module This disclosure describes C and L band optical communications module link extender, and related systems and methods. An example method may include receiving, by a first dense wave division multiplexer (DWDM) of an amplification module in communication with an optical communication module link extender (OCML), first passive optical network (PON) signals in a downstream direction. The example method may also include combining the first PON signals into a combined PON signal, and outputting the combined PON signal to the OCML. The example method may also include receiving, by a first input of the OCML, the combined PON signal. The example method may also include receiving by a second dense wave division multiplexer (DWDM) of the OCML, one or more optical data signals in the downstream direction, the one or more optical data signals being a different signal type than the one or more PON signals. The example method may also include combining, by the second DWDM, the one or more optical data signals into a combined optical data signal, and outputting the combined optical data signal. The example method may also include outputting, by the OCML, the combined optical data signal and the combined PON signal. The example method may also include receiving, from the amplification module and from the OCML, a second combined PON signal in an upstream direction at one or more Raman pumps of the amplification module. The example method may also include outputting, by the one or more Raman pumps, the second combined PON signal to the first DWDM.
US11323784B2	Telemetric devices and methods of dynamic transmission frequency A method of operating a battery powered telemetric device configured with a processor, a sensor to measure data to indicate the contents or usage of a product within an asset generating sample data, data storage, at least one battery and a transmitter, includes keeping in the data storage at least one instance of previous data samples represented in a previously transmitted packet, awakening the telemetric device at variable time intervals programmed according to pre-determined user-defined characteristics so that the sensor provides sample data to the data storage to indicate the contents or usage of the product within the asset wherein the telemetric device is otherwise asleep to minimize battery drain, storing all the sample data since the transmission of the previously transmitted packet and the kept at least one instance of previous data samples represented in the previously transmitted packet in the data storage as all the stored sample data, transmitting a packet including representations of the contents or usage of the product within in the asset of all the stored sample data in a manner to limit the number of transmissions to as few as possible unless: the stored sample data indicates changes in the contents or usage of the product within the asset are equal to or exceed a predetermined change value; or there has been no change in the contents or usage of the product within the asset over a prolonged period of time.
US11323782B1	Location-based video lineup selection In certain embodiments, a video content (VC) client performs a two-stage address resolution process to determine how, if possible, to access “private only” video content such as Title VI video content. In the first stage, the VC client queries a public Domain Name System (DNS) server for the IP address(es) of a video content DNS (vcDNS) server containing the necessary video content records under the control of a VC provider. In the second stage, the VC client queries the vcDNS server for the VC provider's video content URL (vcURL) address(es), where each vcURL address indicates how the given video content is reachable. When the vcURL address is reachable via the public Internet, the given video content meets the Title II content rules. Alternatively, when the vcURL address is reachable only via the private video handoff link interface, the given video content meets the Title VI content rules.
US11323778B2	Unified programming guide for content associated with broadcaster and VOD applications An electronic device and method are provided for display of a programming guide for content associated with broadcaster and VOD applications. The electronic device receives a DTV signal that include programming content items associated with broadcaster applications on the electronic device and extracts a set of in-band metadata associated with programming content items. The electronic device selects a set of VOD assets offered by at least one VOD application on the electronic device and extracts a set of out-of-band metadata associated with the programming content items and the selected set of VOD assets from at least one metadata source. The electronic device parses the set of in-band metadata and the set of out-of-band metadata and combines such parsed sets of metadata into a unified metadata file based on a master template. Based on the unified metadata file, the electronic device controls a display device to render a programming guide.
US11323771B2	Voice operated remote control A wireless device may receive from a source device an instruction to present program content. The wireless device may determine device types missing from an entertainment system based on supporting playback of the program content. A device type missing from the entertainment system may be registered. An instruction may be transmitted to an active source device to increment or decrement a counter. The counter may represent a total number of zones that receives data from the active source device.
US11323764B2	Caching recorded content segments on playback Methods and apparatus are disclosed for efficient storage and retrieval of content items, such as recorded content items of a cloud DVR system or other system storing content items.
US11323760B2	Methods and systems for predicting content consumption Methods and systems for content optimization are described. A computing device may determine a predictability score that indicates a probability that a device will access a first content item. The computing device may send a second content item associated with the first content item. The second content item may be based on the predictability score, and the predictability score may be modified. Additional content consumption and/or recommendations may be adjusted based on the predictability score.
US11323758B1	Lossless transport stream compression from constant bitrate to variable bitrate to constant bitrate Techniques for lossless transport stream compression from constant bitrate to variable bitrate to constant bitrate are described. An exemplary method includes generating elementary stream data from an encoder; receiving the generated elementary stream data in a packetizer; generating a transport stream output in the packetizer; and in a statmux, for consecutive NULL packets generated by the packetizer, counting a number of NULL packets between non-null packets and dropping those NULL packets, modifying a next packet to indicate the number of NULL packets dropped using a field in the next packet, and sending the next packet to a receiver.
US11323756B2	Annotating extended reality presentations Extended reality presentations (e.g., augmented reality, augmented virtuality, and virtual reality) are often presented as multimodal experiences involving a combination of visual, audio, and haptic input and output channels. Users who have a deficit in one modality may consume other channels of the extended reality presentation, but the absence of the deficit modality may render the extended reality presentation incomplete or incomprehensible. Instead, for users with a deficit in a source modality, a modality may be identified as an annotation modality in which the user does not have a deficit. An annotation set of annotations in the annotation modality may be generated that respectively describe an event arising in a source channel in the source modality. The annotation set may be presented to the user (either supplementing the source channel or in lieu of the source channel), thereby adapting the extended reality presentation to the physiological capabilities of the user.
US11323753B2	Live video classification and preview selection Systems and methods select and provide video snippets in a matrix interface. Example methods include obtaining a portion of a live video stream, assigning the portion to a class, determining that the portion is preview-eligible, and generating a snippet of the live video stream using the portion. Other example methods include determining, using a trained video classifier, a set of live broadcasts that have at least one portion that is classified as preview-eligible, calculating, for each of the live broadcasts in the set, an aggregate score for the live broadcast, selecting live broadcasts with highest aggregate scores, generating a snippet for each of the selected live broadcasts, and providing the snippets in a user interface. Methods may also include selecting portions of live video streams that are responsive to a user-provided parameter and generating a snippet for each live video stream that has a preview-eligible portion.
US11323752B2	Transmission device, transmission method, reception device, reception method, display device, and display method A transmission device including circuitry is provided. The circuitry is configured to apply photoelectric conversion characteristics to high dynamic range video data to obtain transmission video data. The circuitry is configured to transmit a container including a video stream obtained by encoding the transmission video data. The circuitry is configured to insert type information to designate the type of conversion characteristics corresponding to the applied photoelectric conversion characteristics for photoelectric conversion of the transmission video data into a layer of the video stream and/or a layer of the container. The type of the conversion characteristics designated by the type information is determined regardless of luminance of a display.
US11323748B2	Tree-based transform unit (TU) partition for video coding A video decoder may receive, in a bitstream that comprises an encoded representation of video data, information indicating whether a residual block is partitioned and information indicating a partition tree type for the residual block based on the residual block being partitioned, wherein the residual block is indicative of a difference between a current block and a prediction block. The video decoder may determine, based on the received information that the residual block is partitioned and the partition tree type for the residual block, a plurality of residual sub-blocks into which the residual block is partitioned according to the partition tree type. The video decoder may produce the residual data for the current block based at least in part on the residual block being partitioned according to the partition tree type into the plurality of residual sub-blocks and may decode the current block using the residual data.
US11323743B2	Interaction between CU partitions and sub-block transform Aspects of the disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums for video encoding/decoding. In a method, prediction information of a current block of a coding unit tree in a coded bit stream is decoded. The prediction information indicates at least one allowed block partitioning structure for the current block. A sub-block transform (SBT) mode is determined for the current block based on the prediction information indicating that SBT is used for the current block. A partition of the current block based on the SBT mode is different from a partition of the current block based on the at least one allowed block partitioning structure. The current block is reconstructed based on the SBT mode.
US11323738B2	Concept of using one or multiple look up tables to store motion information of previously coded in order and use them to code following blocks Devices, systems and methods for coding video using one or more tables to store motion information and processing subsequent blocks are described. In one aspect, a video coding method is provided to include deriving motion information for a first video block, wherein one or more candidates of one or more tables are selectively checked during a motion candidate list construction process which is used to derive the motion information for the first video block, wherein each table of the one or more tables includes motion candidates derived from previously coded video blocks that are coded prior to the first video block; and coding, based on the motion information, the first video block.
US11323737B2	Image processing device and method The present technique relates to an image processing device and method which can suppress an increase in an operation time. The image processing device has: an encoding control unit which, upon encoding independently performed per slice for dividing a picture into a plurality of pictures, controls whether or not to adopt for motion information a merge mode of merging a relevant region of an operation target with a surrounding region positioned in a surrounding of the relevant region, based on information of surrounding regions which belong to a relevant slice to which the relevant region belongs; and an encoding unit which encodes the relevant region in the merge mode or a mode other than the merge mode under control of the encoding control unit. The present disclosure is applicable to the image processing device.
US11323736B2	Image prediction method and apparatus An image prediction method and apparatus is disclosed. The image prediction method includes: determining, according to information about adjacent image units adjacent to a to-be-processed image unit, whether a set of candidate prediction modes for the to-be-processed image unit includes an affine merge mode, where the affine merge mode indicates that respective predicted images of the to-be-processed image unit and the adjacent image units of the to-be-processed image unit are obtained by using a same affine model; parsing a bitstream to obtain first indication information; determining, in the set of candidate prediction modes, a prediction mode for the to-be-processed image unit according to the first indication information; and determining a predicted image of the to-be-processed image unit according to the prediction mode. The method reduces a bit rate of encoding a prediction mode, thereby improving encoding efficiency.
US11323726B2	Simplifications of cross-component linear model A computing device performs a method of decoding video data by reconstructing a luma block corresponding to a chroma block; searching a sub-group of a plurality of reconstructed neighboring luma samples in a predefined order to identify a maximum luma sample and a minimum luma sample; computing a down-sampled maximum luma sample corresponding to the maximum luma sample; computing a down-sampled minimum luma sample corresponding to the minimum luma sample; generating a linear model using the down-sampled maximum luma sample, the down-sampled minimum luma sample, the first reconstructed chroma sample, and the second reconstructed chroma sample; computing down-sampled luma samples from luma samples of the reconstructed luma block, wherein each down-sampled luma sample corresponds to a chroma sample of the chroma block; and predicting chroma samples of the chroma block by applying the liner model to the corresponding down-sampled luma samples.
US11323722B2	Artistic intent based video coding Expressions of artistic intent are identified (e.g. by signaling or content analysis) and expressed as a set of artistic intent positions P.sub.ART and artistic intent characteristics C.sub.ART, Artistic intent characteristics C.sub.ART may be signaled and used to identify artistic intent positions P.sub.ART. Artistic intent preservation coding and processing may be applied to sample positions P.sub.ART to preserve characteristics C.sub.ART. A coding user interface may permit a user to specify an artistic set (e.g. P.sub.ART and/or C.sub.ART) and to select and/or configure treatment of pixels and/or blocks associated with an artistic set, such as a fidelity enhancement, QP adjustment value and/or postprocessing. Content priority or importance levels may be impliedly and/or expressly indicated at fine (e.g. pixel, sample) and/or coarse (e.g. block) levels of content for varying (e.g. enhanced, reduced) levels of treatment in content coding, delivery, processing and/or error resilience/robustness.
US11323718B2	Guaranteed data compression A method of converting 10-bit pixel data (e.g. 10:10:10:2 data) into 8-bit pixel data involves converting the 10-bit values to 7-bits or 8-bits and generating error values for each of the converted values. Two of the 8-bit output channels comprise a combination of a converted 7-bit value and one of the bits from the fourth input channel. A third 8-bit output channel comprises the converted 8-bit value and the fourth 8-bit output channel comprises the error values. In various examples, the bits of the error values may be interleaved when they are packed into the fourth output channel.
US11323717B2	Frequency adjustment for texture synthesis in video coding The present disclosure relates to encoding and decoding video by employing texture coding. In particular, a texture region is identified within a video picture and a texture patch is determined for the texture region. Moreover, a first set of parameters is derived specifying weighting factors for reconstructing spectral coefficients of the texture region by fitting the texture region in a spectral domain to a first function of the texture patch, the first function being defined by the first set of parameters. The texture patch and the first set of parameters are then included into a bitstream which is output by an encoder and provided in this way to the decoder which reconstructs the texture based on the patch and the function applied to the patch.
US11323716B2	Method and apparatus for video encoding and decoding based on neural network implementation of CABAC Methods and apparatuses for video coding and decoding are provided. The method of video encoding includes accessing a bin of a syntax element associated with a block in a picture of a video, determining a context for the bin of the syntax element associated with the syntax element and entropy encoding the bin of the syntax element based on the determined context wherein either the bin of the syntax element is based on the relevance of a prediction by a neural network of the syntax element or the probability associated to the context is determined by a neural network. A bitstream formatted to include encoded data, a computer-readable storage medium and a computer-readable program product are also described.
US11323714B2	Method and device for context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding a sequence of binary symbols representing a syntax element related to video data The present principles relate to a method and device for context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding a sequence of binary symbols representing a syntax element related to video data or a syntax element relative to a video data. The method comprises, for each binary symbol of the sequence of binary symbols:—obtaining (100) a context value from a context model defined for the binary symbol, said context value comprising bits representing the probability, called a first probability p, for the binary symbol to be equal to a binary value;—determining (110) a second probability p′ by modifying said first probability p according to at least one previously coded binary symbol of the sequence of binary symbols;—arithmetic coding (120) the binary symbol based on said second probability p′; and—updating and storing (130) the first probability p of said context value
US11323712B2	Chroma quantization parameter (QP) offset Provided are systems, methods, and computer-readable medium for encoding and decoding video data. In various examples, a coding device can include multiple luma QP and chroma QP relationship tables. In performing quantization or inverse quantization one video data being encoded or decoded, respectively, the coding device can select a table. The table can be selected based on, for example, a slice type, a prediction mode, and/or a luminance value, among other factors. The coding device can then use the luma QP value to look up a chroma QP value from the table. The luma QP and chroma QP values can then be used in quantization or inverse quantization.
US11323710B2	Quantization parameter derivation for cross-channel residual encoding and decoding There are disclosed various methods, apparatuses and computer program products for video decoding or encoding. In some embodiments for decoding a block that contains quantized residual coefficients based on at least two color channels of a video presentation or an image is received. A first quantization parameter and an offset defining a relationship between the first quantization parameter and a second quantization parameter for the block are obtained. The value of the second quantization parameter is determined by using the first quantization parameter and the offset. The residual samples are reconstructed by dequantizing the quantized residual coefficients using the second quantization parameter, if the block has been encoded by using a cross-channel residual coding mode.
US11323709B2	Image encoding method and apparatus, and image decoding method and apparatus Provided is a method of decoding motion information characterized in that information for determining motion-related information includes spatial information and time information, wherein the spatial information indicates a direction of spatial prediction candidates used for sub-units from among spatial prediction candidates located on a left side and an upper side of a current prediction unit, and the time information indicates a reference prediction unit of a previous picture used for prediction of the current prediction unit. Further, an encoding apparatus or a decoding apparatus capable of performing the above described encoding or decoding method may be provided.
US11323701B2	Systems and methods for group of pictures encoding Systems and methods are provided encoding a video. Video data is captured. The video data is stored in a group of pictures format, where the group of pictures format comprises a plurality of GOP files, each GOP file including exactly one group of pictures unit. The video data is encoded into a prespecified format. Encoding includes accessing the GOP files containing the video data in the group of pictures format, and encoding the video data into the prespecified format using the GOP files to generate an encoded video.
US11323700B2	Encoding video using two-stage intra search Example apparatus to encode video disclosed herein include an encoder to perform an intra search first stage based on source pixels of a source video frame to determine first intra candidates to predict a block of the source video frame. In disclosed examples, the encoder is also to perform an intra search second stage based on reconstructed pixels of neighboring blocks associated with the first intra candidates to determine a second intra candidate. In disclosed examples, the encoder is further to encode the block of the source video frame based on the second intra candidate.
US11323698B2	Restrictions of usage of tools according to reference picture types A video processing method includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video including multiple video blocks and a coded representation of the video, and from types of reference pictures used for the conversion, applicability of a coding tool to the current video block and performing the conversion based on the determining. The method may be performed by a video decoder or a video encoder or a video transcoder.
US11323697B2	Using interpolation filters for history based motion vector prediction A method of video processing is provided to include: maintaining, prior to a conversion between a current video block of a video region and a coded representation of the video, at least one history-based motion vector prediction (HMVP) table, wherein the HMVP table includes one or more entries corresponding to motion information of one or more previously processed blocks; and performing the conversion using the at least one HMVP table; and wherein the motion information of each entry is configured to include interpolation filter information for the one or more previously processed blocks, wherein the interpolation filter information indicates interpolation filters used for interpolating prediction blocks of the one or more previously processed blocks.
US11323695B2	Bidirectional intra prediction signaling Devices and methods for video coding are described. One method comprises receiving a bitstream, wherein the bitstream comprises prediction related information, and wherein the prediction related information includes at least one of: numbers and positions of available primary reference samples, an intra prediction mode index, or a size of the current coding block; determining whether a bidirectional intra prediction (BIP) flag is signaled in the bitstream based on the prediction related information; and reconstructing the picture.
US11323692B2	Asset management system and asset management method In an asset management system, a wearable camera mountable by a police officer and a server that manages information regarding the wearable camera are connected to enable a communication. The wearable camera repeatedly diagnoses whether or not the wearable camera has failure at a predetermined timing, and notifies the server of a diagnosis result. The server is connected to a database, accumulates the diagnosis result of the wearable camera in the database every time the server receives the diagnosis result of the wearable camera, and displays the diagnosis result of the wearable camera on an external terminal.
US11323687B2	Sensing on UAVs for mapping and obstacle avoidance Structured light approaches utilize a laser to project features, which are then captured with a camera. By knowing the disparity between the laser emitter and the camera, the system can triangulate to find the range. Four, 185 degree field-of-view cameras provide overlapping views over nearly the whole unit sphere. The cameras are separated from each other to provide parallax. A near-infrared laser projection unit sends light out into the environment, which is reflected and viewed by the cameras. The laser projection system will create vertical lines, while the cameras will be displaced from each other horizontally. This relative shift of the lines, as viewed by different cameras, enables the lines to be triangulated in 3D space. At each point in time, a vertical stripe of the world will be triangulated. Over time, the laser line will be rotated over all yaw angles to provide full a 360 degree range.
US11323685B2	Timing mechanism to derive non-contaminated video stream using RGB-IR sensor with structured light An apparatus includes an RGB-IR image sensor, a structured light projector, and a control circuit. The control circuit may be configured to control a shutter exposure time of the RGB-IR image sensor and a turn on time of the structured light projector to obtain a sequence of images captured by the RGB-IR image sensor, wherein the sequence of images comprises at least one image including a structured light pattern and at least one image where the structured light pattern is absent.
US11323684B2	Apparatus, system, and method of processing image data to be relayed A relay apparatus for transferring image data transmitted from a transmission source to a transmission destination, including circuitry to: receive video image data from a first apparatus being the transmission source; determine whether a second apparatus being a transmission destination is capable of reproducing the video image data received from the first apparatus; based on a determination that the second apparatus is not capable of reproducing the video image data received from the first apparatus, apply image processing to the video image data to generate image data compatible with the second apparatus; and transfer the image data compatible with the second apparatus, to the second apparatus.
US11323682B2	Electronic device, content processing device, content processing system, image data output method, and image processing method An image processing device acquires a captured image and a depth image. A region dividing section divides the plane of the captured image into regions by determining distance values indicated by the depth image with respect to a preset threshold value (region-divided image). A compressing section generates and outputs data of a captured image having different levels of detail in the respective regions, with respect to the resolution and the number of gradations representing pixel values of the captured image, according to the result of the region division.
US11323681B2	3D display device and working method thereof The present disclosure provides a 3D display device and a working method of the same, the 3D display device includes a display panel, a lens unit, an acquiring component and an adjusting component, the acquiring component is configured to acquire current positions of eyes of a viewer, and the adjusting component is configured to adjust a signal for driving the display panel according to the current positions so that display information of the display panel received by the eyes of the viewer at the current positions is the same as display information of the display panel received by the eyes of the viewer at preset positions.
US11323675B2	Method for generating mask, and projection apparatus for performing the same A method for generating a mask and a projection apparatus for performing the method are provided. The method includes: projecting a first pattern onto a projection surface, wherein the projection surface includes a non-planar region, and the first pattern includes multiple first straight lines; shooting a first image of the projection surface on which the first pattern is rendered; finding at least one first specific line segment in the first image, wherein each first specific line segment includes at least one first inflection point; delineating a first contour based on the at least one first inflection point in a case of determining that the at least one first inflection point in the first image is suitable for delineating the first contour; and generating a first mask pattern based on the first contour in a case of determining that the first contour matches a region contour of the non-planar region.
US11323674B2	Projection device, projection system and image correction method A projection device including a processor circuit is provided. The processor circuit generates multiple warped feature points according to multiple first feature points and multiple second feature points. The processor circuit transforms a first mapping table into a second mapping table according to the warped feature points. The projection device projects a correction pattern to a projection screen. The correction pattern includes the first feature points. The processor circuit receives an image of the correction pattern projected to the projection screen that is captured by a 3D image capturing device, so as to obtain coordinate positions of the second feature points. The processor circuit calculates a viewer position according to the coordinate positions of the second feature points. The processor circuit generates an antiwarp image according to an input image and the second mapping table. The projection device projects the antiwarp image to the projection screen.
US11323672B2	Control method for projector and projector A projector includes a first control section and a projector main body to which a camera is detachably mountable. The first control section is configured to be capable of communicating with the camera when the camera is detached from the projector main body. When the camera is mounted on the projector main body, the first control section executes first processing. When the camera is detached from the projector main body, the first control section enables communication connection to the camera and executes second processing different from the first processing.
US11323667B2	Image sensor including a transparent conductive layer in a trench An image sensor is disclosed. The image sensor includes a substrate including an active region and a dummy region, a plurality of unit pixels on the active region, a transparent conductive layer on a first surface of the substrate, a light-blocking layer on the transparent conductive layer and electrically connected to the transparent conductive layer, the light-blocking layer having a grid structure adjacent light transmission regions, and a pad electrically connected to the light-blocking layer, on the dummy region.
US11323666B1	Dynamic depth-color-correction An imaging device and a method for capturing images under water and dynamically adjusting gain values for use in color correction. Minimum and maximum gain values as a function of depth are provided and a value of a parameter indicative of a point in a range between minimum and maximum gain values for a water depth is dynamically adjusted based on white balance analysis of the last captured image. A current gain value for a color of the color filter array is then determined based on the stored minimum and maximum gain values, the determined water depth, and the current parameter value and applied in the image/video pipeline to color correct the next image.
US11323663B1	System and method for an interactive digitally rendered avatar of a subject person A system and method for an interactive digitally rendered avatar of a subject person during a video presentation is described. In one embodiment, the method includes transmitting a video presentation featuring a subject person to a plurality of users via a first communication format. The method also includes receiving from at least one user of the plurality of users during the video presentation, a request to initiate an interactive session with an avatar of the subject person. In response to the request, the method includes generating a first avatar of the subject person and initiating a first interactive session between the first avatar and the at least one user. The method further includes engaging in the first interactive session between the first avatar of the subject person and the at least one user via a second communication format that is different than the first communication format.
US11323661B2	Multi-device recording synchronization method and system, and conference system The present disclosure discloses a multi-device recording synchronization method and system, and a conference system, and belongs to the field of recording marking. For the problem in the prior art that a device that supports a recording marking function only supports generation and use on a single device, the present disclosure provides a system, including one master and a plurality of slaves. The master is connected to the plurality of slaves. The master operates according to the instruction sent by the slave and broadcasts state information globally. Through a network connection between the master and the slave, the master stores, on the master, recording and marking data sent by the slave, and synchronizes the data between devices, and a multi-device recording marking and synchronization system is applied to a conference system. The present disclosure is very convenient for use and has simple operation logic and low system costs.
US11323656B2	Eye contact enabling device for video conferencing A device and system can physically position a camera lens between the eyes of the image of the person onscreen in a video conference. To position the lens, a mechanical device may position or move the camera lens. The mechanical device can include a movable armature that can move a small camera head (i.e., a lens with or without supporting electronics) from a first position of the computer monitor (e.g., the frame of the monitor) to a second position onscreen. The second position can place the lens near or over the image of the other party, for example, between the eyes of the onscreen image of the other party.
US11323652B2	Display device Provided is a display device. The display device includes a display panel including two long sides extending in a first direction and two short sides extending in a second direction, a first sound generator on a first area of one surface of the display panel, the first sound generator outputs a first sound by vibrating the display panel, a second sound generator on a second area of the one surface of the display panel, the second sound generator outputs a second by vibrating the display panel, a bottom frame on the one surface of the display panel, and a first blocking member between the one surface of the display panel and the bottom frame and along edges of the display panel, the first blocking member includes at least one opening.
US11323651B2	Display device and control method therefor A method for controlling a display device, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: displaying, on a main screen of a display device, content including at least one object; receiving an input for selecting a specific object from the at least one object displayed on the main screen; specifying the specific object by corresponding to the received selection input, expanding a specific area including the specific object; displaying a window including the content displayed on the main screen; displaying the expanded specific area on the main screen; and displaying, within the displayed window, an indicator for displaying the expended specific area, wherein the specific area changes according to a position of the specific object, and the content corresponds to a video.
US11323650B2	Image reader comprising CMOS based image sensor array The invention features an image reader and a corresponding method for capturing a sharp distortion free image of a target, such as a one or two-dimensional bar code. In one embodiment, the image reader comprises a two-dimensional CMOS based image sensor array, a timing module, an illumination module, and a control module. The time during which the target is illuminated is referred to as the illumination period. The capture of the image by the image sensor array is driven by the timing module that, in one embodiment, is able to simultaneously expose substantially all of the pixels in the array. The time during which the pixels are collectively activated to photo-convert incident light into charge defines the exposure period for the sensor array. In one embodiment, at least a portion of the exposure period occurs during the illumination period.
US11323648B2	Solid-state image sensor and electronic apparatus The present invention relates to a solid-state image sensor including a pixel array section including a plurality of unit pixels each having a photoelectric conversion unit, the plurality of unit pixels being arranged in a matrix, a sample-and-hold unit configured to sample and hold a pixel signal output from the unit pixel through a vertical signal line provided in association with column arrangement of the pixel array section, and an analog-to-digital conversion unit configured to convert a pixel signal output from the sample-and-hold unit into a digital signal. Then, the sample-and-hold unit has two sample-and-hold circuits in parallel for one vertical signal line, and at least one of the two sample-and-hold circuits has at least two sampling capacitors.
US11323646B2	Imaging device An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes: an imaging unit; a connector; and a converter. The imaging unit includes a first signal line, a first pixel, a second signal line, and a second pixel. The first pixel is configured to output a first pixel voltage to the first signal line. The first pixel voltage corresponds to an amount of received light. The second pixel is configured to output a second pixel voltage to the second signal line. The second pixel voltage corresponds to the amount of received light. The connector includes a connection line, a first connection switch, a first control circuit, a second connection switch, and a second control circuit. The first connection switch is configured to couple the first signal line to the connection line by being turned on. The first control circuit is configured to control an operation of the first connection switch on the basis of a voltage in the first signal line. The second connection switch is configured to couple the second signal line to the connection line by being turned on. The second control circuit is configured to control an operation of the second connection switch on the basis of a voltage in the second signal line. The converter is coupled to the first signal line and the second signal line. The converter is configured to perform AD conversion on the basis of each of the first pixel voltage and the second pixel voltage.
US11323642B2	Imaging device and camera system, and driving method of imaging device An imaging device including a photoelectric converter including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer; a voltage supply circuit that applies a bias voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode; an amplifier transistor including a gate electrically connected to the second electrode, the amplifier transistor being configured to output a signal that corresponds to a potential of the gate; and a detection circuit that is configured to detect a level of the signal from the amplifier transistor. The voltage supply circuit applies the bias voltage in a first voltage range, in a case where the level detected by the detection circuit is less than a first threshold value, and applies the bias voltage in a second voltage range that is greater than the first voltage range, in a case where the level detected by the detection circuit is greater than a second threshold value.
US11323639B2	Image sensor and operation method thereof An image sensor and an operation method of the image sensor are disclosed. The image sensor includes a pixel array and a row driver. The pixel array includes a first pixel and a second pixel. Each of the first pixel and the second pixel includes at least one photosensitive element and a switching element configured to transfer charges generated by the at least one photosensitive element to a floating diffusion node. The first pixel and the second pixel are connected to a same column line. The row driver is configured to provide a clamping control signal to the switching element in the first pixel. The clamping control signal transits from a first level to a second level that is less than the first level, during a read period of the second pixel.
US11323638B2	Method of correcting dynamic vision sensor (DVS) events and image sensor performing the same A method of correcting dynamic vision sensor (DVS) events is described. The method generates event data including events representing motion information of an object included in an image. Additionally, the method generates image data capturing an image and generates edge data representing edge information of the image based on the image data. The method also generates omitted events of the event data based on the edge data. Accuracy of the event data and performance of machine vision devices and systems operating based on the event data are enhanced by supplementing the omitted events of the event data provided from the DVS, using the edge information.
US11323630B2	Image processing method, image processor, and image capturing device Definition is calculated for each pixel in a plurality of captured images while changing a focal position. For each coordinates, an image reference value indicating the number of a to-be-referenced captured image is determined. Then, a luminance value is calculated for each coordinates on the basis of the image reference value and the definition. At this time, the luminance value in the captured image indicated by the image reference value of peripheral coordinates is reflected in the luminance value in the captured image indicated by the image reference value of each coordinates. The calculated luminance values are combined to generate an omnifocal image. Accordingly, a smooth omnifocal image is generated. The image reference values themselves are not changed. This prevents unnecessary luminance values of pixels existing in captured images that ought not to be referenced from appearing in the omnifocal image.
US11323626B2	Device and method for capturing images and switching images through a drag operation An image capturing apparatus that includes one or more image sensors configured to capture a plurality of images and store the captured images in a memory. The apparatus also includes a circuitry that detects an input trigger and continues to capture new images in response to the trigger. The numbers of new images captured are equal in magnitude to half the magnitude of the capacity of the memory. The first new image captured after detecting the trigger is tagged as a reference image. In response to the number of new images captured, the sensors are deactivated and the reference image is displayed immediately on a display panel. On detecting an input operation, the apparatus displays a target image from the plurality of images captured in a quick and efficient manner.
US11323625B2	Subject information obtaining apparatus, display method, program, and processing apparatus An apparatus in related art has a problem in a presentation method of data to a user or a usability. A subject information obtaining apparatus includes a plurality of transducer elements that receive acoustic waves generated in a subject irradiated with light from a light source and transduce the acoustic waves into a plurality of reception signals, a processing unit configured to obtain a characteristic distribution indicating a distribution of characteristic information respectively corresponding to a plurality of positions in the subject by using the plurality of reception signals, in which the processing unit outputs image information for displaying a distribution image created by using the characteristic distribution and data indicating a time fluctuation of the characteristic information in a predetermined region of the distribution image within a same screen of a display unit.
US11323624B2	Image sensing assembly An image sensing assembly includes an enclosure that defines a first viewport aperture in a front wall of the enclosure. The image sensing assembly includes a first image sensor attached within the enclosure, the first image sensor aligned with the first viewport aperture in the front wall of the enclosure to capture image data representative of a scene viewed through the first viewport aperture. The image sensing assembly includes a bracket attached to the enclosure at a first portion of the bracket and attached to a first mounting plate at a second portion of the bracket. The image sensing assembly includes a vibration dampening mount located between the bracket and the first mounting plate to at least partially isolate the enclosure from vibration of the first mounting plate.
US11323623B2	Image stabilization apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium An image stabilization apparatus includes a subject detection unit, a motion vector detection unit, a separation unit for separating a motion vector of a main subject and that of a background, a calculation unit for calculating a correction amount for correcting image blur, and a control unit for controlling, in a case where a second main subject is detected, so as to transition from a state in which the calculation unit calculates the correction amount based on a first motion vector of the first main subject, via a state in which the correction amount is calculated based on the third motion vector of the background, to a state in which the correction amount is calculated based on a second motion vector of the second main subject.
US11323619B2	Method of controlling camera and terminal A method of controlling a camera includes: obtaining a remaining power of the terminal; and in a case where the remaining power of the terminal meets a preset condition and the terminal meets a camera raising-lowering condition, controlling the camera to maintain a raised state or retracted state.
US11323617B2	Video transmission apparatus and video reception apparatus The present disclosure includes a video transmission apparatus, a video reception apparatus, an image transmission apparatus, an image reception apparatus, and a system. The image transmission apparatus includes a detection circuitry, a generation circuitry, and a transmission circuitry. The generation circuitry is configured to generate a first image based on a first piece of positional information from a plurality of pieces of positional information, the first image including the overlap region and corresponding to a first region of interest of two or more regions of interest. The generation circuitry is also configured to generate one or more second images based on an overlap region and the plurality of pieces of positional information, the one or more second images excluding the overlap region and corresponding to regions of interest other than the first region of interest of the two or more regions of interest.
US11323607B2	Imaging device, control method, and program The present disclosure relates to an imaging device, a control method, and a program that are capable of automatically performing power-on control in response to contactless communication and performing an imaging preparation operation after transmission of connection information for a wireless communication connection is completed.An imaging device includes: a contactless communication part configured to perform contactless communication with an external device; and a control part configured to control power-on/off of the imaging device and an imaging preparation operation, in which the control part performs control to set the power of the imaging device ON upon detecting a polling command transmitted by the contactless communication from the external device, transmits connection information for wireless communication connection with the external device to the external device after the imaging device is powered on, and performs control such that the imaging preparation operation is performed, when the transmission of the connection information is completed.
US11323605B2	Method and apparatus for managing a camera network A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, receiving location information associated with a mobile communication device, determining a first location of the mobile communication device based on the location information, selecting a first camera from a group of cameras based on the determined first location, receiving at least one first image from the selected first camera that captures at least a portion of the first location, performing image recognition on at least one second image to identify a user associated with the mobile communication device, selecting another camera from the group of cameras based on a determined position of the identified user, and receiving at least another image from the selected other camera. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11323603B2	Auto exposure for spherical images Auto exposure processing for spherical images improves image quality by reducing visible exposure level variation along a stitch line within a spherical image. An average global luminance value is determined based on auto exposure configurations of first and second image sensors. Delta luminance values are determined for each of the image sensors based on the average global luminance value and a luminance variance between the image sensors. The auto exposure configurations of the image sensors are then updated using the delta luminance values, and the updated auto exposure configurations are used to capture images which are then combined to produce the spherical image. In some cases wherein updating the auto exposure configurations using the delta luminance values would breach a threshold representing a target luminosity for the scene, the use of the delta luminance values may be limited or those values may instead be discarded.
US11323600B2	Imaging apparatus, lens apparatus, and intermediate accessory A lens apparatus is mountable to a camera body. The camera body has multiple electric contacts. Of these multiple electric contacts, when mounting the lens apparatus to the camera body, electric contacts used for second communication or third communication come into contact with an electric contact provided to the lens apparatus before electric contacts used for first communication, when mounting the lens apparatus to the camera body.
US11323597B2	Display apparatus and electronic apparatus A display apparatus includes a display unit, a display unit cover configured to hold the display unit, a first plate configured to move integrally with the display unit cover, a second plate, a first shaft provided on the second plate and rotatably supporting the first plate, a third plate, a second shaft provided on the third plate, parallel to the first shaft, and rotatably supporting the second plate, a third shaft orthogonal to the second shaft and rotatably supporting the third plate, and a first guide member provided on the third plate and configured to restrict operation areas of the first plate and the second plate. Where the first shaft is closest to the third plate within the operation area of the second plate around the second shaft, the first guide member is closer to the display unit cover than the third plate.
US11323595B2	Chip assembly, camera and electronic device A chip assembly and a mold assembly for fabricating the same, a camera and an electronic device are disclosed. The chip assembly includes a circuit board, a chip and a conductive wire. The chip is provided to the circuit board, and the chip and the circuit board are in a stacked arrangement. One end of the conductive wire is electrically coupled to the circuit board, the other end of the conductive wire is electrically coupled to the chip, and a partial segment of the conductive wire is attached to a side wall face of the chip.
US11323590B2	Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium The image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a generation unit configured to generate a sharpness recovery amount for recovering degradation of a spatial frequency response from a target image; and a line width correction unit configured to perform line width correction processing for the target image based on the sharpness recovery amount, and the line width correction unit corrects a line width in accordance with a sign of a pixel whose absolute value of the sharpness recovery amount is large in a case where signs of the sharpness recovery amounts reverse between adjacent pixels of the target image.
US11323581B2	Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus includes an opening/closing unit, an output gear, an apparatus main body having an image reading unit, a retard roller, and an input gear, and includes an opening/closing unit having a pickup roller, a feed roller, a feed roller shaft, a drive shaft, and an adjustment support portion. The feed roller shaft supports the feed roller. The drive shaft is connected at one end side thereof to the feed roller shaft via a coupling. The feed roller shaft is removable from the drive shaft. The input gear meshes with the output gear to transmit a driving force to the feed roller where the opening/closing unit is closed, and is separated from the output gear where the opening/closing unit is opened. The adjustment support portion supports the other end side of the drive shaft to adjust a position for supporting the drive shaft.
US11323579B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium An image processing apparatus comprises a unit configured to set a color selected by a user from among colors included in scanned image data obtained by reading a reference sample as a destination color for the adjustment-target color. Then, the unit configured to set a destination color has a function to set the destination color based on first scanned image data obtained by reading a color sample as the reference sample, in which patches of a plurality of colors including colors around the adjustment-target color are printed and a function to set the destination color based on second scanned image data obtained by reading a sample document.
US11323577B2	Image processing device for creating an album Provided are an image processing device that determines a relatively appropriate output form in a case where an output form of an image is determined from a plurality of images, an image processing method, an image processing program, and a recording medium storing the program. Information on a plurality of first image groups used for generation of a previously ordered album is stored in an order reception database. A second image group is transmitted from one user to an order reception server, and an image group similar to the second image group is found from among the plurality of first image groups. Images similar to images extracted as images to be used for an album from the found image group are extracted from the second image group. The extracted images are arranged in the album. An album similar to the previously ordered album is generated.
US11323573B2	Call management method and apparatus A call management method includes: detecting a call type of a call; starting a call management interface corresponding to a current call type, when the call type of the call is changed. The management of the user interface of the conference call can realize flexible switching and changing of the interface when participants of the conference call change.
US11323570B1	Multi-channel hybrid models for efficient routing Systems and methods are used to generate contact type predictions that route user customer service requests within a support platform. The contact type predictions are generated using a hybrid model that includes a deep learning component and a business logic component. The deep learning component may generate a multi-channel output based on text features and context features. The multi-channel output is modified based on one or more business rules to generate the contact type predictions.
US11323567B2	Methods for auditing communication sessions A method comprises establishing a communication session between an agent and at least one of a caller and a called party. The method comprises establishing a communication session between an agent and at least one of a caller and a called party and monitoring the communication session for one or more audit triggers. The method comprises detecting the one or more audit triggers. The method comprises, in response to detecting the one or more audit triggers, sending a notification to a client, the notification identifying one or more communication session auditing procedures available for the communication session. The method comprises receiving, from the client in response to the notification, a request to audit the communication session using at least one of the available one or more communication session auditing procedures. The method comprises performing the requested at least one communication session auditing procedure.
US11323563B1	Techniques for vetting inbound calls in a telecommunication network Techniques are described for vetting unwanted calls. At an inbound customer call handling apparatus, a SIP INVITE is received from a destination carrier servicing the inbound customer intended for a destination user agent (UA) device of the inbound customer. The SIP INVITE includes a current origination identifier (ORIG ID) comprised of a fixed length character string. The call handling apparatus accesses a database of stored ORIG ID character strings, each stored ORIG ID character string in the database having been included with a previous SIP INVITE that has been previously associated with an unwanted inbound call. The call handling apparatus analyzes the current ORIG ID character string to determine if it matches any stored ORIG ID character strings in the database. When there is a match to a stored ORIG ID character string, the SIP INVITE is not forwarded to the destination UA device. Otherwise, it is forwarded to the destination UA device.
US11323562B2	Communication method for processing crank call The disclosure provides a communication method. The method includes: receiving a call request forwarded by an operator server, the call request being sent by a calling terminal to the operator server; generating a transferring instruction in response to the call request being a crank call; and sending the transferring instruction to the operator server, such that the operator server establishes a call connection between the calling terminal and a smart device based on the transferring instruction.
US11323560B2	Apparatus and method for detecting illegal call An illegal call detection apparatus comprises a data collecting unit, a preprocessing unit, and a learning unit. The data collecting unit collects, from at least one of a subscriber terminal or a call exchanger, a raw packet generated by the subscriber terminal using a VoIP service, and collects, from the billing server, CDR data related to the raw packet. The preprocessing unit generates learning data by using service usage information extracted from the CDR data and service detailed information extracted from the raw packet, and generates a training image by converting the training data into an image according to a predetermined imaging rule. The learning unit extracts at least one or more features from the training image, and learns whether the training image is related to an illegal call by using the features, through an illegal call detection model.
US11323558B2	Method for reducing terminal temperature, device for reducing terminal temperature, and storage medium A method for reducing terminal temperature includes: connecting to a first network; and monitoring a chip temperature of a terminal, and sending rate reduction information to a network device when the chip temperature is greater than a first predetermined threshold, and the rate reduction information being used to trigger reduction in a transmission rate between the network device and the terminal. As such, the terminal temperature can be reduced by reducing the transmission rate while maintaining the network connection, and user experience can be improved.
US11323557B2	Electronic device for providing activity information of user and activity information of other users received from external electronic devices, and operating method therefor An electronic device is provided that includes at least one communication module; a display; and a processor. The processor may receive, from a server through the at least one communication module, first data relating to an activity result previously performed by one or more users in connection with a specified type of activity; receive, from one or more external electronic devices corresponding to the one or more users, through the at least one communication module, second data which is obtained by the one or more external electronic devices and relates to the state of an activity being performed in connection with the specified type of activity; and display, on the display, the first data, the second data, third data relating to the activity result of a user of the electronic device, and fourth data relating to the activity state of the user.
US11323555B2	Composite button and protective case having the same A composite button is configured to be inserted into a button hole of a protective case for contacting a trigger button of an electronic device. The protective case includes a casing peripheral wall having an inner peripheral surface. The composite button includes a soft material layer having a contact surface suitable for contacting the trigger button, and a soft material connecting surface opposite to said contact surface. A hard material layer is connected to said soft material connecting surface. At least one of the soft and hard material layers has a peripheral flange suitable for abutting against the inner peripheral surface of the casing peripheral wall.
US11323546B2	Executing remote commands A communication system and method for the utilization of messaging protocols to provide computing devices executable code. An administrative component can include executable code or instructions within the publication of content. Computing devices registered to receive this content can receive and execute the code (or instructions) and utilize the same messaging protocol to publish a result of the processing to be delivered to the admin device.
US11323541B2	Data deterministic deliverable communication technology based on QoS as a service A data processing method includes determining whether or not it is possible to perform a new processing task within the new processing task's time limit if execution of one or more current processing tasks is continued based on the one or more current processing tasks' configurations. In case the new task's performing is determined not to be possible within the new task's time limit, resources are released from the current tasks so as to still enable performing the current tasks within their respective time limits.
US11323537B1	Generating early hints informational responses at an intermediary server An intermediary server determines, for an asset handled by an origin server, piece(s) of content for inclusion in link header field(s) in an informational response that signifies that the piece(s) of content are predicted to be linked within a final response for the asset. The intermediary server generates an informational response that includes the link header field(s) and responds to a request from a client with the informational response. The intermediary server transmits the request to the origin server. The intermediary server receives the final response to the request from the origin server, and transmits the final response to the client.
US11323513B1	Geo-location-based data replication An information management system implements a geo-location-based data replication using a machine-learning algorithm implemented by a client computing device. The client computing device may create secondary copies at a secondary storage device, wherein a secondary storage computing device creates auxiliary copies of the secondary copies at an auxiliary storage device. The client computing device may move from one geographic location that is near the secondary storage device to a second geographic location that is far from the secondary storage device, but closer to the auxiliary storage device. The machine-learning algorithm is provided with input signals in response to the move, and outputs a probability value that the move is temporary or permanent. Based on the output from the machine-learning algorithm, a storage manager that manages the client computing device may then direct the client computing device to use the auxiliary storage device for storing secondary copies.
US11323511B2	Migrating a network service to a container-based platform A network service may be supported by a software application that is executed by multiple computer servers, such as servers that are maintained as part of a server pool. To migrate to a container-based platform, the software application is containerized to create a container image. A container cluster is then created based on the container image. The container cluster includes one or more executing containers, each of which performs the functions of the software application. The container cluster is then added as a member of the server pool to receive a portion of any network requests for the network service. Computer servers of the server pool may then be removed gradually, over time, to let the container cluster gradually assume responsibility for responding to network requests.
US11323510B2	Load-balancing cluster A load-balancing cluster includes a switch having a plurality of ports; and a plurality of servers connected to at least some of the plurality of ports of the switch. Each server is addressable by the same virtual Internet Protocol (VIP) address. Each server in the cluster has a mechanism constructed and adapted to respond to connection requests at the VIP by selecting one of the plurality of servers to handle that connection, wherein the selecting is based, at least in part, on a given function of information used to request the connection; and a firewall mechanism constructed and adapted to accept all requests for the VIP address for a particular connection only on the server that has been selected to handle that particular connection. The selected server determines whether it is responsible for the request and may hand it off to another cluster member.
US11323508B2	Web service system and method A system for providing a web service on a network of addressable nodes, said web service comprising a plurality of discrete, individually-addressable microservices, said system comprising: (a) at least one load balancer configured for routing a request from a node for a microservice to one of a plurality of virtual addresses, each virtual address corresponding to a unique microservice, and (b) one or more physical nodes associated with each virtual address, each physical node comprising one or more microservices, each microservice comprising a microservice-specific module for executing a particular function, said microservice-specific module linked to an interface for communicating over said network, each microservice being one of a plurality of individually-addressable microservices constituting a web service.
US11323505B2	Computer networks for selective node delivery The computer networks provided herein may facilitate the delivery of interactive data units to selective client nodes. A client node may be associated with, and/or be accessible by, a user. The interactive data units received at a client node may be activated by the user associated with the client node. In some instances, a computer network may facilitate delivery of an interactive data unit to a client node based on the user, and/or user information, associated with the client node.
US11323503B1	Virtual data centers Various example implementations are directed to circuits, apparatuses, and methods for providing virtual computing services. One example involves a data storage device and a set of computing servers communicatively coupled to the data storage device. The set of computer servers provide a respective virtual data center for each of a plurality of accounts, and the respective virtual data center for each account provides virtual services specified in a respective settings file for the account stored in the data storage device. The virtual data center for at least one of the accounts includes a set of virtual desktops and a set virtual servers, including at least one Voice-over-IP (VoIP) server. The VOIP server provides VOIP service for a plurality of users of the account.
US11323502B2	Transport method selection for delivery of server notifications Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for transport method selection of asynchronous notifications. In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method that includes sending, by a client, a hypertext transfer protocol request for at least one asynchronous notification to be sent by a server to the client, the hypertext transfer protocol request including at least one proposed transport method for carrying the at least one asynchronous notification; determining, by the client, whether a first transport method selected by the server from the at least one proposed transport method is successfully established; and when the determination is that the first transport method is not established successfully, sending, by the client, another hypertext transfer protocol request to the server, the other hypertext transfer protocol request including at least one other proposed transport method. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
US11323499B2	Bandwidth efficient streaming and synching multimedia content at a desired quality of experience Methods and systems for bandwidth efficient streaming and synching multimedia content at a desired quality of experience are described herein. One method includes: requesting, by a client device and from a server device, a multimedia file for streaming; receiving, at the client device and responsive to the request, a plurality of chunks of the multimedia file, wherein the chunks are of varying quality; streaming the multimedia file based on the received plurality of chunks; determining a first subset of the plurality of chunks that meet a predefined quality threshold, and a second subset of the plurality of chunks that do not meet the predefined quality threshold; requesting, by the client device and from the server device, a replacement chunk for each chunk of the second subset, wherein each replacement chunk meets the predefined quality threshold; and storing the multimedia file using the first subset and the replacement chunks.
US11323491B2	Method for processing a request and server of a multimedia IP network core A method is described for processing a request by server of a multimedia IP network core, the request issued by a first device registered with a first multimedia IP network core and destined for a public identity allocated to at least one second device. The method includes replication of the request as a first request and at least one second request; triggering a routing of the first request within the first multimedia IP network core; and triggering a routing of the at least one second request according to at least one predetermined route destined for at least one entity for interconnection of the first multimedia IP network core with a second network core distinct from the first multimedia IP network core.
US11323480B2	Policy enforcement and introspection on an authentication system An authentication system handles authentication requests to apply introspection and policy enforcement. A policy server obtains a client security policy and an authenticator security policy. The policy server obtains an encrypted credential request with client metadata from a client and determines whether the client metadata satisfies the client security policy. The policy server provides the encrypted credential request to an authenticator device and obtains an encrypted credential response with authenticator metadata in response. The policy server determines whether the authenticator metadata satisfies the authenticator security policy. The policy server processes the encrypted credential response, without decrypting the encrypted credential request or the encrypted credential response, based on a determination of whether the client metadata satisfies the client security policy and the authenticator metadata satisfies the authenticator security policy.
US11323475B2	System and method for detecting replay attack A computer-implemented method for detecting replay attack comprises: obtaining at least one candidate transaction for adding to a blockchain; verifying if an identification of the candidate transaction exists in an identification database, the identification database comprising a plurality of identifications within a validation range; and in response to determining that the identification does not exist in the identification database, determining that the candidate transaction is not associated with a replay attack.
US11323470B2	Analyzing and addressing least-privilege security threats on a composite basis Disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for analyzing and addressing least-privilege security threats on a composite basis. Techniques include identifying a permission associated with a secured resource, identifying attributes associated with the permission, weighting the attributes, and, based on the attributes and their weights, creating a normalized score corresponding to the risk presented by the permission. Further techniques include identifying attributes associated with the secured resource, identifying special risk factors, and creating weighted scores based on the resource attributes and special risk factors. Other techniques include aggregating the weighted scores and using the weighted scores to identify insecure areas within the system.
US11323468B1	Methods, systems, and media for detecting fraudulent activity based on hardware events Mechanisms for detecting fraudulent activity based on hardware events are provided. In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, the method comprises: receiving a request for advertising content to be placed on a website; receiving data describing physical activity at one or more user input hardware devices; receiving data describing interactions with the website; correlating the data describing interactions with the website with the data describing physical activity at one or more user input hardware devices; determining whether at least a portion of the interactions with the website are indicative of fraudulent behavior based on the correlation; and responding to the request for advertising content on the website by inhibiting the advertising content to be transmitted to the website in response to the determination that at least a portion of the interactions with the website indicates fraudulent behavior.
US11323462B2	Threat mitigation system and method A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for: obtaining one or more artifacts concerning a detected security event; obtaining artifact information concerning the one or more artifacts; and generating a conclusion concerning the detected security event based, at least in part, upon the detected security event, the one or more artifacts, and the artifact information.
US11323461B2	Systems and methods for intercepting malicious messages based on application priority Disclosed herein are systems and method for intercepting malicious messages for training a malware detection classifier. In an exemplary aspect, an application selection module may select, from a plurality of applications, an application for execution in an execution environment based on a priority level of the application. During the execution of the selected application, a network interception module may monitor network activity comprising information about data being sent and received over a network connected to the execution environment and storing the network activity in memory of the execution environment (e.g., in a network activity log). A message selection module may subsequently extract, from the stored network activity, an electronic message, in response to determining that the electronic message corresponds to the selected application, may storing the electronic message in a message database used for training the malware detection classifier.
US11323448B1	Techniques for redundant access rule management Techniques for managing redundant or overlapping access rules are provided. Access rules are determined for evaluation. Performance metrics for the access rules prior to implementation and post implementation are determined. Overlapping access rules are identified. Performance of the overlapping access rules are evaluated to determine actions to be applied to the overlapping access rules. Recommended actions and adjustments can be automatically provided by the system based on the performance analysis.
US11323447B2	Digital data access control and automated synthesization of capabilities A computer system for controlling access to digital data and algorithms, including a multitude of local systems provided at a plurality of remote locations. At least a first subset of the multitude of local systems comprises at least one data acquisition device adapted to generate and provide raw digital data. At least a second subset of the multitude of local systems comprises at least one data processing unit having a memory with a memory capacity and a processor with a computing capacity to process raw digital data to generate processed digital data to be presented to one or more of a plurality of users of the system. The system also includes a filter system, wherein at least one filter is assigned at each local system, each filter having a filter setting for restricting and prohibiting data transfer between the assigned local system and other local systems.
US11323446B2	Information processing device, information processing method, and mapping server Provided is an information processing device including a real name information acquisition unit that acquires real name information from a real name server that stores a user ID and personal information in association with the real name information. The information processing device further includes an anonymous information acquisition unit that acquires anonymous information from an anonymous server that stores an anonymous ID in association with the anonymous information. The information processing device further includes a screen generation unit that generates a display screen including the real name information and the anonymous information.
US11323443B2	Access identifier provisioning to application Methods and systems for performing on demand access transactions are disclosed. In one example, the method includes receiving, by a directory service computer from an authorizing computer, a file including a primary access identifiers and virtual access identifiers, the virtual access identifiers not being capable of being used at resource providers to conduct transactions. The method also includes receiving a request to provide an access token that is associated with an account, the request comprising information that identifies the account. The method further includes retrieving a virtual access identifier based on the identifying information; and requesting, by the directory service computer to a token service computer, that the access token be provisioned on the user device or an application computer associated with an application on the user device.
US11323441B2	System and method for proxying federated authentication protocols A system and method that include receiving a service provider identity request through a protocol; transmitting a proxy identity request to a configured identity provider; receiving an identity assertion; determining a proxy identity assertion based on the identity assertion; and transmitting the proxy identity assertion to the service provider.
US11323440B2	Secure access method, device, and system A secure access method performed by an authentication server includes receiving a first message from a non-3GPP access device. The method also includes performing fast re-authentication with the terminal when determining that fast re-authentication is allowed. The method further includes sending a second message to a home subscriber server. The second message carries a registration type identifier, an identifier of the terminal, and an address of the authentication server. The registration type identifier is used to indicate that current secure access of the terminal is secure access using a fast re-authentication procedure. The method additionally includes receiving a registration success indication from the home subscriber server. The method also includes sending an access success indication to the terminal based on the registration success indication.
US11323437B1	Monitoring a media access control security session A device may determine that a first link of the device is active. The device may determine whether a Media Access Control Security (MACsec) session is established on the first link. The device may selectively enable or disable a second link of the device based on determining whether the MACsec session is established on the first link.
US11323431B2	Secure sign-on using personal authentication tag A technique for providing access to protected resources uses personal authentication tags (PATs) and enforces a requirement that a workstation sending an authentication request be trusted by a server that receives the request. Accordingly, the server allows an authentication request to proceed only when the request is received from a workstation having a trust relationship with the server. Otherwise, the server denies the authentication request. By restricting PAT-type authentication requests to trusted workstations, risks posed by malicious users are greatly reduced.
US11323427B2	Mixed-mode cloud on-premise secure communication A method and apparatus for mixed-mode cloud/on-premise secure communication. The method includes commissioning an on-premise device, and connecting to web address via a client web browser using a name and a log in credential of a user; and verifying a login credential of a user at a cloud-based service and establishing communication with the client web browser if the login credential is authenticated, then permitting communication between the client web browser and the cloud based service.
US11323417B2	Network management apparatus, network management method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium A network management apparatus configured to obtain multiple rules that each control communication in accordance with an address range of a packet, divide a full set of the address range of the multiple rules into multiple subsets that are mutually disjoint in accordance with inclusion relations of the address range among the multiple rules, extract, with respect to each rule of the multiple rules, one or more subsets that are included in the address range from the multiple subsets, and determine, with respect to each rule of the multiple rules, an inclusion relation of the one or more subsets between a particular rule and another rule of the multiple rules that is assigned higher priority than that of the particular rule and determine disposition for each of the multiple rules in accordance with a determination result of the inclusion relation of the one or more subsets.
US11323413B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for actively discovering and tracking addresses associated with 4G service endpoints A method for discovering and tracking addresses associated with 4G service endpoints includes receiving, from a requesting node, a first domain name system (DNS) resolution or monitoring request including a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of a 5G service endpoint. The method further includes querying a DNS server using the FQDN from the first DNS resolution request. The method further includes receiving, from the DNS server, a first response including an address associated with the 4G service endpoint and storing the address associated with the 4G service endpoint in a database. The method further includes communicating the address associated with the 4G service endpoint to the requesting node. The method further includes monitoring the FQDN for changes in address associated with the FQDN. The method further includes notifying the requesting node of the changes in address associated with the FQDN.
US11323410B2	Method and system for secure distribution of mobile data traffic to closer network endpoints When a user equipment (UE) provides a new request to a serving gateway (S GW), the S GW augments domain name system (DNS) requests and provides them to a public DNS, with the augmentation providing indications of the requested function. The public DNS responds by providing the IP address of a simplified packet data network (PDN) gateway (P GW) close to the UE location. The P GW forwards communications to the nearest instance of an endpoint providing the requested service or function. In embodiments, some of the functions of the P GW are shifted to other devices in the mobile core, devices that are already local. The simplification of the P GW allows the P GW to be virtualized and moved to a general-purpose server location. Existing information present in the data path is used to provide encryption of portions of the General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) Tunneling Protocol (GTP) connection, allowing the location of the P GW to be optimized in a virtual server data center, as the data path is now secure.
US11323407B2	Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices for facilitating managing digital content captured using multiple content capturing devices A method and system for facilitating managing digital content captured using multiple content capturing devices is provided. Further, the method comprises receiving a content capturing context from a source user device, analyzing the content capturing context, determining a content capturing parameter based on the analyzing, generating a command based on the determining, transmitting the command to the source user device, receiving device digital content from the source user device, receiving a supplemental content identifier from the source user device, receiving target identifiers from the source user device, identifying social media servers associated with the target identifiers, identifying a supplemental content based on the supplemental content identifier, processing a digital content of the device digital content based on platform characteristics corresponding to the social media servers, embedding the supplemental content in the digital content, generating digital content based on the processing, and transmitting the digital content to the social media servers.
US11323403B2	System and method for detecting geo-locations in social media A method of determining locations for social media postings may include: retrieving, by communicating with at least one application programming interface (API) of a social media system over one or more first communication networks, at least one social media posting; determining at least one location mention in the at least one social media posting; determining at least one location based on the at least one location mention; determining a primary location from the at least one location; storing, in at least one database on a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, at least one set of geo-coordinates for the primary location in at least one posting object for the at least one social media posting; and outputting, by communicating with a user system over one or more second communication networks, the at least one social media posting with the stored at least one set of geo-coordinates for display on the user system.
US11323392B1	Managing split-brain scenario in multi-homed environment Techniques are described for managing a split-brain scenario in a multihomed environment by exchanging isolation information between a leaf device and two or more spine devices to which the leaf device is multihomed via a link aggregation group (LAG). The techniques include selecting one of the spine devices as a primary spine device and determining, based on the isolation information, whether the spine devices are isolated from each other. In the split-brain scenario in which all of the spine devices are isolated from each other, the primary spine device is configured to maintain the LAG with the leaf device while the other spine devices mark the LAG with the leaf device as down. In this way, in the split-brain scenario, the leaf device may continue to send traffic to other leaf devices in the leaf layer using the LAG to the primary spine device.
US11323383B2	System, method, and device of RTP packet transmission for VoIP channels Device, system, and method of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications, and particularly of Real Time Protocol (RTP) communication. In order to improve quality-of-service or quality-of-experience for a group of VoIP calls that are served by a VoIP router, each VoIP transmitter implements and adds a pseudo-random waiting-period prior to transmitting each outgoing RTP packet, or otherwise re-orders or mixes or shuffles the order of channels of RTP packets that are buffered or queued for transmission. Accordingly, no particular VoIP channel suffers from repeated drops of its RTP packets at the VoIP router. Additionally, VoIP network analyzers operate to measure the overall VoIP network overuse, or the average RTP packet loss rate of multiple VoIP channels, based on measuring RTP packet loss rate of a single VoIP channel which enforces a random pre-transmission waiting-period.
US11323375B2	Communication device, communication method, and computer readable medium In order to enable prediction of communication having high quality requirements, this communication device is provided with: a determination unit that determines that a change has occurred in the communication state of communication which is performed, with a device connected to a network, by each of a first terminal and a second terminal communicating with the device; and a derivation unit that, when the change in the second terminal is determined to be being occurring in synchronization with the change in the first terminal, derives a second change time at which the change occurs in the second terminal, on the basis of a first change time at which the change occurs in the first terminal.
US11323373B2	Intelligent local management of data stream throttling in secondary-copy operations Local management of data stream throttling in data movement operations, such as secondary-copy operations in a storage management system, is disclosed. A local throttling manager may interoperate with co-resident data agents and/or a media agent executing on any given local computing device, whether a client computing device or a secondary storage computing device. The local throttling manager may allocate and manage the available bandwidth for various jobs and their constituent data streams—across the data agents and/or media agent. Bandwidth is allocated and re-allocated to data streams used by ongoing jobs, in response to new jobs starting and old jobs completing, without having to pause and restart ongoing jobs to accommodate bandwidth adjustments. The illustrative embodiment also provides local users with a measure of control over data streams—to suspend, pause, and/or resume them—independently from the centralized storage manager that manages the overall storage system.
US11323371B1	Micro SID packet processing with operations, administration, and management This disclosure describes techniques for using Operations, Administration, and Management (OAM) operations when routing packets using micro SIDs in segment routing. For example, a network device comprises one or more processors configured to: receive a packet; determine whether the packet is encapsulated with one or more micro segment identifiers (SIDs); in response to a determination that the packet is not encapsulated with one or more micro SIDs, determine whether the packet has reached a segment routing tunnel endpoint; and in response to a determination that the packet has reached the segment routing tunnel endpoint, initiate Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM).
US11323367B2	Method, apparatus and system for enabling communication using multi-protocol gateway and virtual resource manager A method, apparatus and system for transferring data from an apparatus called multi-protocol gateway in a network seamlessly that operates using a particular protocol, to another device that is either in the same network or outside operating in a totally different protocol is described. Today, to accomplish this requires external units, one per technology. For example, for supporting both WiFi and WiMAX devices today, we would require a WiFi access point, a WiMAX base station and a router. We provide plug-ins that would handle multiple protocols within the same gateway, to cater to devices that operate in those protocols. The apparatus translates between various protocols in the back end making it inexpensive and portable. The unit is scalable, grows with technology, and acts as a gateway to a local network. The device can be configured to address Quality of Service, Priority between technologies and fault-tolerance through management layer.
US11323362B2	Resilience to single event upsets in software defined networks The present disclosure pertains to improving resilience to single event upsets (“SEUs”) in a software-defined network (“SDN”). In one embodiment, a system may include a communications interface to receive and transmit a data packet. A primary data flow repository may store a plurality of communication flows to be used to route the data packet. A secondary data flow repository may store a subset of communication flows to be used to route a data packet. A system may search the plurality of communication flows in the primary data flow repository based on a criteria associated with the data packet. If no communication flow satisfies the criteria, a secondary data flow repository may be searched. The data packet may be routed according to a communication flow in the secondary data flow repository. The communication flow from the secondary data flow repository may be duplicated in the primary data flow repository.
US11323361B2	GRE tunneling with reduced packet encryption at intermediate routers using loose source routing A network node may receive a packet having an inner internet protocol (IP) header and an outer IP header. The inner IP header may be encrypted. A loose source routing (LSR) field of the outer IP header may identify a recipient address. The network node may determine, based on the recipient address identified in the LSR field, a tunnel endpoint associated with a receiving network node. The network node may update the outer IP header of the packet to obtain an updated packet with an updated outer IP header. A source address of the updated outer IP header may be updated to a tunnel endpoint associated with the network node, and the destination address of the updated outer IP header may be updated to a tunnel endpoint associated with the receiving network node. The network node may route the updated packet according to the updated outer IP header.
US11323356B2	Enforcing strict shortest path forwarding using strict segment identifiers Various systems and methods for using strict path forwarding. For example, one method involves receiving an advertisement at a node. The advertisement includes a segment identifier (SID). In response to receiving the advertisement, the node determines whether the SID is a strict SID or not. If the SID is a strict SID, the node generates information, such as forwarding information that indicates how to forward packets along a strict shortest path corresponding to the strict SID.
US11323353B1	Assessing system effectiveness In an example, a computer-implemented method includes generating test data that is configured to be identified as data of interest at one or more visibility points in a network having a plurality of network routes. The method also includes injecting the test data into each network route of the plurality of network routes at a location upstream from the one or more visibility points, and determining, for each network route through which the test data travels, whether the test data is identified at the one or more visibility points. The method also includes outputting, for each network route through which the test data travels, data that indicates whether the test data is identified at the one or more visibility points as data of interest.
US11323352B2	Test system and test method System and method for testing a device under test via a wireless communication link. When testing the device under test, an interference signal may be applied to the test scenario. The generation of the interference signal may be controlled based on a monitoring of a frequency spectrum in the test scenario, in particular a frequency spectrum at the device under test. In this way, a more realistic test scenario can be achieved.
US11323350B2	Methods and apparatus for tracking data flow based on flow state values In one embodiment, a processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to update, at a memory location, a first flow state value associated with a data flow to a second flow state value when at least one of a packet from the data flow is received or the memory location is selected after a time period has expired. At least a portion of the packet is analyzed when the second flow state value represents a flow rate of a network data flow anomaly.
US11323348B2	API dependency error and latency injection The disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for injecting or introducing synthetic errors and latency for testing purposes into microservices provided by one or more servers. A device acting as an intermediary to communication can inject errors into responses or requests traversing the device. The errors can include additional latency, dropped packets, or memory or disk errors. Introducing errors and latency for testing purposes can be used to proactively monitor and identify issues with resources.
US11323343B2	Systems and methods for analyzing performance silence packets In one embodiment, a method includes identifying, by a packet analyzer, one or more silence packets within a network and initiating, by the packet analyzer, a replacement of the one or more silence packets with one or more performance silence packets. The one or more performance silence packets are transmitted between a first node of the network and a second node of the network during a silence period. The method further includes receiving, by the packet analyzer, information associated with the one or more performance silence packets; and analyzing, by the packet analyzer, a connection between the first node of the network and the second node of the network using the information associated with the one or more performance silence packets.
US11323342B1	Host auto role classifier A method includes receiving one or more characteristics associated with a server of a datacenter. The method further includes analyzing, by a processing device, the one or more characteristics to determine a classification of the server. The method further includes, in view of the determined classification of the server, modifying one or more configurations of the server to increase performance for one or more functionalities corresponding to the determined classification.
US11323339B1	Service placement assistance An example computing device is configured to receive, from a customer device, an indication of a plurality of resources and an indication of a plurality of customer services, each of the plurality of customer services being associated with a corresponding at least one requirement and a corresponding at least one constraint. The computing device is configured to automatically determine, for each requirement and each constraint, whether the requirement or the constraint can only be satisfied by a particular resource of the plurality of resources, and allocate, based on the determining, at least one resource of the plurality of resources to at least one customer service of the plurality of customer services. The example computing device is configured to provide, to the customer device and subsequent to the determining for every requirement and for every constraint, information to enable the customer device to provision the at least one customer service.
US11323338B2	Verifying service status A first device verification model is sent to a first agent on a first device providing at least a portion of the service. The first agent is able to monitor based on the first device verification model a parameter of the first device related to the service. A second device verification model is sent to a second agent on a second device providing at least a portion of the service, wherein the second agent is able to monitor based on the second device verification model a parameter of the second device related to the service. A report is received from the first agent of at least the parameter of the first device. A report is received from the second agent of at least the parameter of the second device. At least the parameter of the first device and at least the parameter of the second device are analyzed to determine whether the service is functioning as intended.
US11323336B2	Network slice management method and device This application discloses a network slice management method and a device that is designed to improve network slice deployment efficiency. In the network slice management method, after obtaining indication information of a network slice template and performance requirement information of a target network slice, a first network management device may determine deployment information of the target network slice based on the two pieces of information, and may manage the target network slice based on the deployment information of the target network slice, without manual involvement. Therefore, network slice deployment efficiency can be improved.
US11323329B2	SDN-based mobile communication system and method for operating such system A method for operating an SDN-based mobile communication system is provided. The system provides a control plane function that possesses information from an access network about location and/or proximity of devices and information about rules and/or policies for setting up sessions for the devices. The system includes a mobile network having a control plane and a data plane, with a network controller being implemented therebetween. The method includes: upon a particular device's request for session establishment, receiving, via signaling and at the control plane, device related information; based on the device related information that is received via the signaling, performing, at the control plane, selection of an abstract data plane node or a group of abstract data plane nodes; and providing, at the control plane, the selected abstract data plane node or the selected group of abstract data plane nodes to the network controller.
US11323327B1	Virtualization infrastructure element monitoring and policy control in a cloud environment using profiles This disclosure describes techniques for monitoring, scheduling, and performance management for computing environments, such as virtualization infrastructures deployed within data centers. In one example, a method includes obtaining, by a policy controller, a first profile for an element of a virtualization infrastructure, the first profile comprising a first ruleset having one or more alarms; obtaining, by the policy controller, a second profile for a group of one or more elements including the element, the second profile comprising a second ruleset having one or more alarms; modifying, by the policy controller based at least on the element being a member of the group, the first profile to generate a modified first profile comprising the first ruleset and the second ruleset; and outputting, by the policy controller to a computing device, the modified first profile.
US11323326B2	Pre-validation of network configuration Example methods and systems for pre-validation of network configuration are disclosed. One example may comprise: detecting a request for network configuration to be implemented in a physical network environment; and identifying a set of physical network elements associated with the network configuration. The method may further comprise emulating the set of physical network elements to determine a physical network behaviour caused by the network configuration; and assessing validity of the network configuration based on the physical network behaviour. The set of physical network elements may be emulated using (a) multiple first physical network element emulators and (b) a second physical network element emulator that aggregates the multiple first physical network element emulators.
US11323325B1	System and method for remote configuration of scalable datacenter Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining, an application requirement for a server of a data center geographically separated from a central location. A configuration file adapted for the server according to the application requirement is obtained at the central location and a host processor located at the data center is selected according to the application requirement. A static IP address preassigned to an administrative portion of the selected host processor is identified. The selected host processor is initialized remotely over a wide area network via the administrative port without utilizing any software resources pre-existing at the data center. The initializing configures the selected host processor according to the configuration file to service the application requirement. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11323324B2	Automated closed-loop actions in a network using a distributed ledger Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for analyzing a network. An embodiment operates by a third-party component deriving network data based on a received data packet from a network component configured to perform a network function. The third-party component orders a transaction including second network data from a distributed ledger. The third-party component determines that the first and second network data meet or exceed a condition of a smart contract comprising the condition and an associated network action related to the network function. The third-party component sends the condition of the smart contract and the first and second network data to another third-party component. The third-party component receives a validation that the first and second network data meet or exceed the first condition of the first smart contract and performing the first network action on the network.
US11323316B2	Device configuration method and apparatus that are based on network configuration protocol A device configuration method, apparatus, and system based on Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF), and belong to the field of communications technologies. The method includes establishing, by a network management device, a model of configuration data using a predefined Yet Another Next Generation (YANG) model, and sending the configuration data to a managed device based on NETCONF. The predefined YANG model includes n reference fields and one or more object fields separately corresponding to each reference field. Hence, resolves problems that when an extension field is added to a NETCONF message to indicate a target lower-level device of configuration data in the NETCONF message in a device cascading scenario, solution universality is relatively poor, configuration processing efficiency is relatively low, and a data storage processing procedure is relatively complex.
US11323314B2	Heirarchical data storage and correlation system for correlating and storing sensory events in a security and safety system Monitoring systems and methods for use in security, safety, and business process applications utilizing a correlation engine are disclosed. Sensory data from one or more sensors are captured and analyzed to detect one or more events in the sensory data. The events are correlated by a correlation engine, optionally by weighing the events based on attributes of the sensors that were used to detect the primitive events. The events are then monitored for an occurrence of one or more correlations of interest, or one or more critical events of interest. Finally, one or more actions are triggered based on a detection of one or more correlations of interest, one or more anomalous events, or one or more critical events of interest. A hierarchical storage manager, having access to a hierarchy of two or more data storage devices, is provided to store data from the one or more sensors.
US11323313B2	Network device, network communication system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium A network device includes circuitry configured to: generate log information; acquire a status notification from a device that records the log information, the status notification being designated by the device; change a processing mode of the log information, based on the acquired status notification; and transmit, to the device, based on the changed processing mode, the generated log information.
US11323311B2	Radio communication system and radio base station Upon receiving, from UE (200), SCG Failure Information that indicates that a radio link failure has occurred in a secondary cell group, eNB (100A) transmits, to gNB (100B), Secondary Node Modification Request to instruct to release a resource of a split bearer of only a predetermined layer and the layers below thereof in the secondary cell group. Based on the received Secondary Node Modification Request, the gNB (100B) releases the resource of the split bearer below the predetermined layer in the secondary cell group. The eNB (100A) deletes setting itself of the secondary cell group when a bearer belonging to the secondary cell group other than the split bearer is not set.
US11323310B2	Method, device, and system for providing hot reservation for in-line deployed network functions with multiple network interfaces Method, device, and system for providing hot reservation for in-line deployed network functions with multiple network interfaces. A system includes a first Network Function (NF) unit, connected to an ingress router and to an egress router; and a second NF unit, connected to the ingress router and to the egress router. The first NF unit is initially configured as a controlling NF. The second NF unit is initially configured as a backup NF. The two NF units periodically exchange keep-alive messages via the two routers. The second NF unit, operating as the backup NF, automatically triggers a switchover if the second NF unit did not receive a keep-alive message from the first NF unit for at least a pre-defined time-period. Additionally or alternatively, the controlling NF initiates a switchover if the maintenance status parameters of the backup NF are better than those of the controlling NF.
US11323309B1	Asynchronous socket replication between nodes of a network An example network device includes a primary node and a standby node. The primary node engages in a routing session with a peer network device via a connected socket. The standby node includes one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to execute a backup replication module to receive, from the primary node, data to be written to a backup socket for the connected socket, and, in response to a switchover, to send a representation of the data to the peer network device via the backup socket.
US11323306B2	Systems and methods for accelerated network impairment mapping The present disclosure relates to systems and method for accelerated network impairment mapping. An example method may involve receiving, from a subset of downstream devices on a network, telemetry data associated with the performance of the subset of downstream devices. The example method may also involve determining, based on the telemetry data, that an impairment exists at a first device of the subset of downstream devices. The example method may also involve requesting, based on the determination that the impairment exists at the first device, telemetry data from one or more neighboring devices to the first device. The example method may also involve determining, based on the telemetry data from the one or more neighboring devices, that an impairment also exists at a second device of the one or more neighboring devices. The example method may also involve determining a lowest common ancestor to the first device and the second device on the network.
US11323302B2	Detection and mitigation of oscillator phase hit Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to detection of a Phase Hit and, upon detecting the Phase Hit, determining the magnitude and location of the Phase Hit. Detecting the Phase Hit may involve comparing a phase offset difference for successive pilot symbol to a detection threshold. Determination of the detection threshold may involve a Neyman-Pearson binary hypothesis testing (NP-BHT) approach. Once the magnitude and location of the Phase Hit are known, data symbols received after the location may be processed to remove the magnitude of the Phase Hit.
US11323296B1	Decision feedback equalization training scheme for GDDR applications The embodiments described herein provide for a method and system for training an optimal decision feedback equalization (DFE) coefficient for use in GDDR and DDR applications. The method includes determining a first expected bit pattern using a reference voltage. The method further includes determining a transition voltage value of the first expected bit pattern. The method further includes receiving a second expected bit pattern having a same first bit as the first expected bit pattern. The method further includes determining a transition voltage value of the second expected bit pattern using the reference voltage. The method further includes calculating an optimal reference voltage value by averaging the transition voltage values of the first expected bit pattern and the second-expected bit pattern and storing the optimal reference voltage value in a register corresponding to a logic value of the same first bit.
US11323295B2	Method for transmitting SRS in wireless communication system and terminal therefor A method for transmitting a sounding reference symbol (SRS) by a terminal in a wireless communication system may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a base station, SRS configuration information including information indicating an SRS sequence type for generation of an SRS sequence of the terminal; generating the SRS sequence on the basis of the indicated SRS sequence generating type; and transmitting an SRS, to which the generated SRS sequence has been applied, from a corresponding resource to the base station.
US11323287B2	Link layer method of configuring a bare-metal server in a virtual network Methods, systems and software products for configuring a virtual port for a physical server to support packets transfer between the physical server and other network nodes over a virtual network, comprising transmitting one or more configuration Protocol Data Units (PDU) of an extended Link Layer Data Protocol (LLDP) to a Network Interface Card (NIC) of a physical server connected to a network, the configuration PDU(s) comprising one or more extension Type Length Values (TLV) defining one or more virtual network settings for a virtual network port mapping the physical server in a virtual network. The NIC is configured to deploy the virtual network port to support exchange of packets between the physical server and one or more of a plurality of nodes of the virtual network by processing outgoing and incoming packets according to one or more virtual network virtualization protocols using one or more of the virtual network settings.
US11323284B2	Communication apparatus, car integrated management system, and routing table update method A car integrated management system has a plurality of communication apparatuses, each including: an extraction unit to extract entries from a table; an address unit to generate a destination address of a packet, using information to identify a subnet connected to each of the communication apparatuses, and to generate a next hop address that indicates an address of a transfer destination to which the packet is to be transferred, using information to identify each of the communication apparatuses, the subnet identification information and the communication apparatus identification information being included in entry extracted by the extraction unit; an acquisition unit to acquire information about an IP port to be used for sending the packet to a communication apparatus at the next hop address; and an entry addition unit to add information about the destination address, the next hop address, and the IP port to a routing table.
US11323282B2	Apparatus, system, method, and computer-readable recording media for onboarding of a wireless extender in a wireless network An apparatus, system, method, and computer-readable recording media perform onboarding of a wireless extender in a wireless residential network. A mobile device, obtains a media access point (MAC) address or serial number from a wireless extender, and transmits to a residential gateway a request to add the wireless extender to the wireless residential network. The residential gateway performs a protected onboarding operation that includes transmitting a unique onboarding trigger SSID to the wireless extender, the unique onboarding trigger SSID including an identifier with part or all of the MAC address or the serial number from the wireless extender and being provided as a signal to initiate a standard WPS operation on the wireless extender. The wireless extender initiates the standard WPS operation for establishing a wireless backhaul link between the wireless residential network and the wireless extender.
US11323279B1	Internet group management protocol host mobility in ethernet virtual private network multicast networks An example network device includes memory configured to store packet data and processor circuitry coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to determine that a first host device has moved from a first access network of an Ethernet virtual private network (EVPN) associated with the first PE router to a second access network of the EVPN, wherein the first host device is interested in receiving traffic of a first multicast group. The processing circuitry is configured to determine whether any other host device on the first access network of the network device is interested in receiving traffic of the first multicast group. Based on no other host device on the first access network of the network device being interested in receiving multicast traffic of the first multicast group, the processing circuitry is configured to delete state associated with the first multicast group.
US11323278B1	Device, system, and method of generating and utilizing visual representations for audio meetings Devices, systems, and methods of generating and utilizing visual representations for audio meetings. A method includes: receiving an audio recording of a meeting having multiple participants; determining, for each meeting participant, time-slots in which that meeting participant spoke during the meeting; generating and displaying an audio playback progress bar which visually differentiates among time-slots of different meeting participants. Hovering or selection of a particular time-point on the audio progress bar, causes generation and display of a textual phrase that was uttered at that time-point by a meeting participant, together with an indication of the speaker; and optionally with several other preceding phrases and following phrases. Transcript portions are also color-coded or visually-coded, to efficiently distinguish among phrases of various meeting participants.
US11323276B2	Mutual authentication of confidential communication Embodiments of the invention relate to systems and methods for confidential mutual authentication. A first computer may blind its public key using a blinding factor. The first computer may generate a shared secret using its private key, the blinding factor, and a public key of a second computer. The first computer may encrypt the blinding factor and a certificate including its public key using the shared secret. The first computer may send its blinded public key, the encrypted blinding factor, and the encrypted certificate to the second computer. The second computer may generate the same shared secret using its private key and the blinded public key of the first computer. The second computer may authenticate the first computer by verifying its blinded public key using the blinding factor and the certificate of the first computer. The first computer authenticates the second computer similarly.
US11323275B2	Verification of identity using a secret key A method includes receiving, by a computing device, a message from a host device. In response to receiving the message, the computing device generates an identifier, a certificate, and a key. The identifier is associated with an identity of the computing device, and the certificate is generated using the message. The computing device sends the identifier, the certificate, and the key to the host device. The host device verifies the identity of the computing device using the identifier, the certificate, and the key.
US11323274B1	Certificate authority In an embodiment, a computing resource service provider provides a certificate management service that allows customers of the computing resource service provider to create, distribute, manage, and revoke digital certificates issued by private certificate authorities. In an embodiment, a private certificate authority hosted by the computing resource service provider is able to issue signed certificates to network entities within the customer enterprise. In an embodiment, the certificate management service provides a network-accessible application programming interface to the private certificate authority that allows applications to create and deploy private certificates programmatically. In an embodiment, the system provides the flexibility to create private certificates for applications that require custom certificate lifetimes or resource names.
US11323272B2	Electronic identification verification methods and systems with storage of certification records to a side chain Method of certification including receiving user data at a device of a certifying entity. The method includes generating a salt that is unique. The method includes hashing the data combined with the salt to create a generated hashed data. The method includes generating a certification record based on signing the generated hashed data using a private key of the certifying entity to create a signed certification of the data. The method includes hashing the certification record. The method includes transmitting the hashed certification record to a blockchain for storing. The method includes receiving a certification tx-ID of the hashed certification record. The method includes generating a certification data block including the certification record and the certification tx-ID. The method includes storing the certification data block to a side chain.
US11323270B2	System and apparatus for providing authenticable electronic communication The present disclosure relates to security risk warning system that a recipient may acknowledge and act accordingly. Security insights may be provided explicitly in a security insight panel that may clearly identify vulnerabilities specific to a particular authenticable communication. This may limit risk that a recipient would ignore or not understand the risk. Security insights may be provided for a combination of indicated source, recipients, and content, such as links, text, attachments, and images. Security insights may be provided on site, such as on or proximate to the reviewed portions of the authenticable communication.
US11323268B2	Digital signature verification engine for reconfigurable circuit devices Embodiments are directed to a digital signature verification engine for reconfigurable circuit devices. An embodiment of an apparatus includes one or more processors; and a reconfigurable circuit device, the reconfigurable circuit device including digital signal processing (DSP) blocks and logic elements (LEs), wherein the one or more processors are to configure the reconfigurable circuit device to operate as a signature verification engine for a bit stream, the signature verification engine including a hybrid multiplication unit, the hybrid multiplication unit combining a set of LEs and a set of the DSPs to multiply operands for signature verification.
US11323265B2	Storage device providing high security and electronic device including the storage device A storage device includes a basic memory to store a message received from an external device, a security memory to store an authentication key for authenticating the message, a controller to output a control signal, and a security engine to obtain the authentication key from the security memory with an authority to access the security memory in response to the control signal from the controller and to block an access of the controller to the security memory.
US11323261B1	System, method, and device for vitality verification using a biometric one-time passcode A system for vitality verification including a vitality verification token, an enrollment client device, and a vitality verification server is disclosed. The token includes a biometric sensor, one-time passcode (OTP) generator, a clock module, and a token interface, and is configured to obtain a biometric reading from an individual, compare it with enrollment biometric readings to verify identity, determine if the individual was alive at the time of the reading, and generate an OTP based, in part, on the biometric reading and a cryptographic key. The server includes an OTP generator, a clock module, and an interface through which it receives an OTP generated by the token. The server is configured to generate an OTP using information stored in a user file associated with the individual and identified with a unique identifier included with the token OTP. The server verifies the vitality of the individual by comparing the OTPs.
US11323255B2	Methods and systems for encryption and homomorphic encryption systems using Geometric Algebra and Hensel codes Disclosed are methods and systems to encrypt/decrypt a data message using Geometric Algebra and Hensel encoding (i.e., finite p-adic arithmetic). The security key(s), message data, and ciphertext are all represented as Geometric Algebra multivectors where a sum of the coefficients of an individual multivector is equal to the numeric value of the corresponding message or security key. Various Geometric Algebra operations with the message and security key multivectors act to encrypt/decrypt the message data. Each coefficient of the security key and message multivectors is further Hensel encoded to provide additional confusion/diffusion for the encrypted values. The Geometric Algebra operations permit homomorphic operations for adding, subtracting, multiplication and division of ciphertext multivectors such that the resulting ciphertext, when decrypted, is equal to corresponding mathematical operations using the unencrypted values. The additional Hensel encoding of the coefficients of the multivectors does not impede the homomorphic aspects of the Geometric Algebra encryption operations. Operations for security key updates and exchanges are also provided.
US11323248B2	Methods for threshold password-hardened encryption and decryption A Computer-implemented method is provided for encrypting data by a server in cooperation with a predetermined number of rate limiters. The method includes receiving, by the server, a user identification, and a password to be encrypted and creating a secret message, the secret message being a key suitable for use with a symmetric key encryption/decryption scheme. The method further includes generating, on the basis of a predetermined interactive cryptographic encryption protocol, a ciphertext which encrypts the user password, and the secret message using secret keys of the rate limiters of the subset, where the threshold is smaller than or equal to the number of rate limiters, and the protocol is adapted such that the server needs only to interact with a subset of the predetermined size of the number of rate limiters for decryption of the ciphertext to recover the secret message.
US11323244B2	Method and system for optimizing transaction flow for blockchain mining and confirmation A method for confirming a blockchain transaction utilizing output from a transaction still waiting inclusion in a blockchain includes: storing, in a node of a blockchain network, a plurality of waiting blockchain transactions not included in a blockchain associated with the blockchain network; receiving a new blockchain transaction including a transaction amount, destination address, digital signature, and an unspent transaction output, where the unspent transaction output is a reference to one waiting blockchain transactions; validating the new blockchain transaction including confirmation of the one of the waiting blockchain transactions; generating a new block including a block header and a plurality of blockchain data entries including at least the new blockchain transaction and the one of the waiting blockchain transactions; and transmitting the generated new block to a plurality of additional nodes in the blockchain network for confirmation.
US11323240B2	Interactive techniques for accelerating homomorphic linear operations on encrypted data An interactive multi-party system for collaboratively performing homomorphic operations, such that no party has access to unencrypted data or an unencrypted operator. A first party device may add noise to encrypted data and an encrypted linear operator to generate noisy encrypted data and a noisy encrypted operator, and transmit the noisy encrypted data and operator to a second party device possessing a secret decryption key for the encryption. The second party device may decrypt the noisy encrypted data and noisy encrypted operator to generate unencrypted noisy data and an unencrypted noisy operator, solve the linear operation using the unencrypted noisy data and an unencrypted noisy operator to generate a noisy solution, encrypt the noisy solution to the linear operation, and transmit it to the first party device. The first party device may then cancel the noise of the encrypted noisy solution to generate the encrypted solution to the linear operation.
US11323237B2	Repeater and synchronization method for the same A repeater and a synchronization method for the same are provided. The synchronization method includes: configuring a base station to transmit an input signal during downlink transmission durations according to a time division duplex (TDD) configuration, in which the TDD configuration defines a predetermined pattern composed of an uplink transmission duration and a downlink transmission duration; configuring a processor generate a received signal code according to the input signal; configuring the processor to sample the received signal code by using a signal window to generate a target pattern; configuring the processor to dynamically compare the target pattern with the predetermined pattern according to the TDD configuration, positions of the received downlink transmission durations and positions of the received uplink transmission durations stored in a memory of the repeater, and determine whether the target pattern matches to the predetermined pattern.
US11323234B2	Method and apparatus for power control of sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission Methods and apparatus for sounding reference signal (SRS) power control for a wireless transmitter/receiver unit (WTRU) are disclosed. These methods and apparatus include methods and apparatus for carrier-specific and carrier-common SRS power control in WTRUs that utilize carrier aggregation techniques. These methods and apparatus also include methods and apparatus for SRS power control in WTRUs utilizing both carrier aggregation and time division multiplexing (TDM) techniques. Additionally, these methods and apparatus include methods and apparatus for SRS power control for WTRUs utilizing multiple input multiple output MIMO operation. Methods and apparatus for SRS overhead reduction and power management in a WTRU are also disclosed.
US11323233B2	Method for transmitting signal by terminal in wireless communication system, and device using method Provided are a method for transmitting a signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system, and a terminal using the method. The method comprises: selecting a method for transmitting from a first symbol and a last symbol among a plurality of symbols included in a transmission time interval; and transmitting a signal from the first symbol and the last symbol by using the selected transmission method, wherein the selected transmission method is a first transmission method or a second transmission method, the first transmission method being a transmission method for transmitting the signal by using a symbol determined for a first subcarrier spacing in time domain and subcarriers spaced a certain distance apart from each other in frequency domain, and the second transmission method being a transmission method for transmitting the signal by using a symbol determined for a second subcarrier spacing in time domain and consecutive subcarriers in frequency domain.
US11323231B2	Adapting a number of repetitions for a physical uplink control channel A methods and apparatuses for providing and configuring channel state information (CSI) reports. A method of operating a user equipment includes receiving a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) and generating, based on the CSI-RS reception, a first CSI report and a second CSI report. The first CSI report includes a first channel quality indicator (CQI) index from a first set of CQI indexes and the second CSI report includes a second CQI index from a second set of CQI indexes. The method further includes transmitting the first CSI report in a first channel and the second CSI report in a second channel.
US11323230B2	Method and apparatus for channel state information acquisition in low latency wireless systems A method of operating a wireless device in a wireless communication network is provided. The method includes reporting channel state information (CSI) by generating, at the wireless device, a CSI report for transmission to a network node that uses the CSI report to make a scheduling decision, dividing the CSI report into a first CSI report portion and a second CSI report portion. The first CSI report portion includes a first payload of data and the second CSI report portion includes a second payload of data that is less than the first payload of data. The first CSI report portion is transmitted on a transmission time interval (TTI) having a first time interval value and the second CSI report portion is transmitted on a short TTI (sTTI). The first CSI report portion and the second CSI report portion include data that is combined to construct the CSI report.
US11323224B2	Short physical downlink control channel (sPDCCH) mapping design A method, network node and wireless device for receiving and/or mapping a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, to resource elements of a time-frequency grid are provided in which the PDCCH is mapped to resource elements of the time-frequency grid by configuring resource element groups, REGs, each REG spanning one orthogonal frequency division multiplex, OFDM, symbol, and the PDCCH being at least two OFDM symbols. In accordance with one embodiment, the method includes receiving the PDCCH from the network node on one of a plurality of sets of physical resource blocks, PRBs.
US11323220B2	Wireless communication method and apparatus A method includes determining, by a network side device, N fixed channels. The method further includes determining, by the network side device, a first fixed channel from the N fixed channels, sending, by the network side device, a discovery reference signal on the first fixed channel, and performing data transmission on a data channel through frequency hopping. The data channel includes a channel other than the N fixed channels. N is an integer greater than or equal to 2.
US11323216B2	Communication apparatus that selectively permits spatial reuse parameter based communication, method of controlling communication apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium A communication apparatus transmits a frame including frequency band allocation information for communication based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), and determines whether to permit or prohibit Spatial Reuse Parameter (SRP) based communication in accordance with a communication partner apparatus of each of a plurality of terminal stations in a network managed by the communication apparatus. The communication apparatus, in a case where it is determined that the SRP based communication is to be prohibited, transmits the frame including information indicating that the SRP based communication is prohibited.
US11323214B2	Aircraft control system A fault-tolerant command and control system including a plurality of flight devices, a plurality of flight computers, a distribution network including a plurality of switches and cables connecting the plurality of flight devices to the plurality of flight computers, and a power source connected to the distribution network.
US11323213B2	Radio access network node, wireless devices, methods and software for device-to-device communication In wireless device-to-device, D2D, communication data are transmitted directly from a first wireless device to a second wireless device. In response to the direct transmission of data, the second wireless device transmits feedback data indicating at least one quality of the data received in the second wireless device. More precisely, according to the invention, a radio access network node controls the direct transmission of data by means of downlink control information to the first and second wireless devices, and the feedback data are received in the radio access network node. The radio access network node preferably also uses the received feedback to control at least one of the first and second wireless devices.
US11323212B2	Full duplex operation in wireless systems A method and apparatus for providing for full-duplex (FD) operation in time division duplex (TDD) communications are disclosed herein. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive an indication of a first, UL heavy, TDD uplink (UL)/downlink (DL) configuration and an indication of a second, DL heavy, TDD UL/DL configuration. The WTRU may also receive a grant in a common DL subframe. The WTRU may apply the hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process timing associated with one of the TDD UL/DL configurations for DL HARQ feedback. Also, the WTRU may monitor a set of subframes for a UL or a DL grant. Further, the WTRU may receive a grant in a subframe which may include an indication of a reference TDD UL/DL configuration. The WTRU may then apply the HARQ process timing associated with the reference TDD UL/DL configuration for DL HARQ feedback.
US11323211B2	Physical layer resource mapping method and device, user equipment and base station Provided are physical-layer resource mapping methods and devices, UE and a base station. The method includes: during multiplexing transmission of hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ ACK) information and uplink data, determining a starting position and frequency-domain offset of an HARQ-ACK modulation symbols mapped to a physical-layer resource, the frequency-domain offset being each of frequency-domain offsets of resource elements (REs) that different HARQ-ACK modulation symbols are mapped to; and mapping each HARQ-ACK modulation symbol to the corresponding RE according to the starting position and the frequency-domain offset.
US11323205B2	Polar code encoding method and apparatus A polar code encoding method and apparatus are provided, the method including obtaining a first sequence used to encode K to-be-encoded bits, where the first sequence comprises sequence numbers of N polar channels, where the sequence numbers of the N polar channels are arranged in the first sequence according to reliability of the N polar channels, where K is a positive integer, where N is a mother code length of a polar code, where N is a positive integer power of 2, and where K≤N, selecting sequence numbers of K polar channels from the first sequence in descending order of the reliability, and placing the to-be-encoded bits according to the selected sequence numbers of the K polar channels, and performing polar code encoding on the to-be-encoded bits.
US11323203B2	Reporting of channel quality indicators corresponding to target error rates in wireless communication networks User equipments, radio network nodes, and related methods, are provided for enabling reporting of channel quality indicator values corresponding to a particular error rate level among a plurality of error rate levels and to a particular modulation and coding scheme among a plurality of modulation and coding schemes.
US11323201B2	Apparatus and method for encoding and decoding channel in communication or broadcasting system A method by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. Downlink control information including modulation and coding scheme (MCS) information is received from a base station. A number of information bits are identified based on the downlink control information. A transport block size (TBS) is identified based on the number of information bits and a TBS candidate set. The TBS candidate set includes values separated by an interval among a plurality of intervals. Each of the plurality of intervals is a multiple of 8. A first interval between first consecutive values included in the TBS candidate set is larger than a second interval between second consecutive values included in the TBS candidate set. The first consecutive values are greater than or equal to a predetermined value, and the second consecutive values are less than the predetermined value.
US11323200B2	Method of allocating radio resource and device utilizing the same The embodiments of the invention relate to a method of allocating a radio resource and a device utilizing the same. The method comprises: a transmitter determines, according to an identification (ID) of a receiver at a present state, and based on a redefined rule, a channel time-frequency location where a control channel associated with the present state of the receiver is; and the transmitter transmits, via the control channel at the channel time-frequency location, and to the receiver, data time-frequency location indication information, a size of time-frequency resource occupied by data, and a data modulation and coding scheme. In the method of allocating the radio resource and the device utilizing the same according to the embodiments of the invention, the transmitter determines, according to the ID of the receiver at the present state, the time-frequency location where the control channel associated with the present state of the receiver is, and indicates, via the control channel, and to the receiver, the time-frequency location for transmitting data, flexibly allocating control channels for use by a transmitter and receiver by actual requirements, increasing efficiency, performance, and adaptability of a wireless communication system.
US11323194B2	Cross domain synchronization in a communication network A method for communications is proposed. The method may comprise receiving, by a first network node, a report of clock quality of a second network node from a third network node. A clock of the first network node is selected as a master clock for synchronization in a first timing domain, a clock of the second network node is selected as a is selected as a master clock for synchronization in a second timing domain, and the third network node is attached to at least the first timing domain and the second timing domain. Based at least in part on the received report, it may be determined whether to synchronize the first timing domain to the second timing domain. In response to the determination of synchronizing the first timing domain to the second timing domain, the first network node can obtain timing information of the second network node from the third network node. The method may further comprise tuning the clock of the first network node to synchronize the first timing domain to the second timing domain, based at least in part on the timing information of the second network node.
US11323191B2	Beam selection for high frequency wireless communication network There is disclosed a method of operating a radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes communicating using a selected signaling beam from a set of signaling beams, the selected signaling beam being selected based on a delay characteristic and a beam signaling characteristic of the signaling beams of the set of signaling beams. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
US11323190B2	Radio frequency channel connection detection method and apparatus Radio frequency channel connection detection methods and apparatus, to detect a connection mode between a radio frequency channel and an antenna, thereby reducing difficulty in secondary onsite construction, and improving construction efficiency. The method includes: receiving, by a first radio frequency unit by using each of N to-be-detected radio frequency channels, signals sent by using at least one of N reference radio frequency channels of a reference radio frequency unit; and determining a connection relationship between the N to-be-detected radio frequency channels and N antennas based on the signals received by using each to-be-detected radio frequency channel.
US11323186B2	Power over fiber system and optical fiber cable A power over fiber system includes an optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable includes a core, a first cladding and a second cladding. The core transmits signal light. The first cladding is positioned in contact with periphery of the core and transmits feed light. The second cladding is positioned in contact with periphery of the first cladding. Radial refractive index distribution of the first cladding is distribution in which refractive index gradually decreases from a local maximum at an internal point toward points where the first cladding is in contact with the core and the second cladding, respectively. The internal point is away from the core and the second cladding. The refractive index of the core is higher than the refractive index of the first cladding at the point where the first cladding is in contact with the core.
US11323182B2	Transmitting and receiving device, terminal device, and transmitting and receiving system A transmitting and receiving device includes a controller, a driver, a specific pattern generator, a transmitting signal detector, an amplifier, a differential amplifier, an average current detector, and a received signal detector. In a non-signal period, the controller causes a current signal to be input from the driver to a laser diode and causes an optical signal to be output from the laser diode. When an optical signal of a specific pattern output from the other-side laser diode reaches a photodiode over a period of length that depends on an average value of a current signal output from the other-side photodiode that receives the optical signal, the controller adjusts a magnitude of the current signal input from the driver to the laser diode based on the length of the period of the optical signal of the specific pattern.
US11323181B2	Phase optimization technique in high-speed simultaneous bidirectional links A bidirectional transceiver includes a transmitter and a receiver that respectively transmits a local signal to and receives remote signal from a common bidirectional communication channel, thus the bidirectional channel signal is the superimposition of the local and remote signals. The bidirectional transceiver also includes a transmit canceller that substantially removes the local transmitted signal from the superimposed signals on the bidirectional channel before the local receiver. The remote signal is transmitted by a remote transceiver over the bidirectional channel. A sampling phase is set, based on timing information in the received remote signal, and the received signal is sampled. Timing relation of transitions in the local transmit signal relative to the receiver sampling phase is set such that transmit signal cancellation is optimum at receiver sampling phase, by changing the delay applied to the local transmit signal. To keep the timing relation of the local transmit signal relative to the remote transceiver, a second delay is applied to the local transmit signal before transmission into the bidirectional channel that provides a delay substantially same as the first delay but opposite in direction.
US11323179B2	Testing method for optical communication module, and test device The present disclosure provides a testing method for optical communication module, and a test device. The testing method includes: reading encoded information from the optical communication module to be tested; obtaining a pre-stored optimal test parameter corresponding to the optical communication module, and adjusting test parameter configuration of test device accordingly to the optimal test parameter; obtaining test mode configuration, and performing a test on the optical communication module to obtain first test result; and obtaining a determination result according to the first test result and expected result. This method improves test efficiency and proposes a test device which emulates the estimated common performance characteristics of the main stream networking devices where the optical communication module attaches to in real-life applications, therefore, a qualified module passing the proposed test method has much lower possibility of having the interoperability issue mentioned in the background of the present disclosure.
US11323174B2	Paging for non-terrestrial networks Disclosed are techniques for paging a user terminal (UT) in a non-terrestrial network (NTN), which may define a plurality of NTN tracking areas (TA). Each NTN TA, served by one or more satellite beams, may move or may be a geographic region. The UT may report its location before changing its connection state with the NTN and may also update its location whenever it moves a threshold distance from the previous reported location. The NTN may estimate UT's current location based on the last reported location and other factors including mobility of the UT. The NTN may determine a UT TA as the NTN TA that corresponds to the current location, and may page the UT through one or more satellite beams corresponding to the UT TA.
US11323170B2	Beam training method and device The present invention relates to the technical field of wireless communications, and in particular, to a beam training method and device, for use in resolving the problems in the prior art of excessive time-consuming of a beam training process, large overhead of training signals, and relatively low efficiency. According to embodiments of the present invention, a transmit device sends beam training signals in two times. The first sending of a transmit beam training signal is for a receive device to select a transmit beam using a selected receive beam and report the transmit beam. The second sending is that the transmit device sends a receive beam training signal according to the transmit beam information report of the receive device, so as to train the received beam of the receive device. According to the embodiments of the present invention, an interactive beam training method is used to gradually search for the best transmit beam and receive beam, thereby avoiding completing beam training all at once, reducing beam training time and overhead, and improving efficiency.
US11323166B2	Method for beamforming weights transmission over O-RAN fronthaul interface in C-RANs A method of enabling an Open RAN-compatible radio unit (O-RU) to apply different beamforming weights to different physical resource blocks (PRBs) using a single sectionId and a single section extension type includes: specifying a first mode of operation in which flexible sending of beamforming weights from Open RAN-compatible distributed unit (O-DU) to Open RAN-compatible radio unit (O-RU) is provided; and providing, by the O-DU to the O-RU, i) a first parameter specifying the number of bundled physical resource blocks (PRBs) per a set of in-phase/quadrature (I/Q) beamforming weight pairs, each beamforming weight pair comprising an in-phase value and a quadrature value, and ii) a plurality of beamforming weight pairs for a plurality of transceivers associated with each bundle of PRBs. The method provides a new section extension type sent by the O-DU to the O-RU and including a compression parameter for processing or decompressing the beamforming weights.
US11323165B2	Wireless communication device and wireless communication method A wireless communication device includes a plurality of antenna elements; a modulation unit modulating signals including data in a plurality of first OAM modes having different real number values; a calculation unit calculating factors indicating weights corresponding to each of the signals in the plurality of first OAM modes modulated by the modulation unit for each of the plurality of antenna elements, based on information indicating a wireless environment of a counter wireless communication device that is a transmission destination of the data; and a transmission processing unit multiplexing each of the signals in the plurality of first OAM modes for each of the plurality of antenna elements by using the factors, and outputting the signals obtained through multiplexing for each of the plurality of antenna elements to each of the plurality of antenna elements.
US11323164B2	Communication method and apparatus in cloud radio access network An operation method of a first AN for a hybrid beamforming-based cooperative transmission in a C-RAN includes obtaining a spatial channel covariance with terminals subject to a service; selecting a set of terminals to be serviced from among the terminals subject to the service; determining a radio frequency (RF) precoding matrix by which interference between the terminals to be serviced is minimized; transferring information on the determined RF precoding matrix to a centralized processor (CP); and generating an effective channel by configuring an RF precoder based on the determined RF precoding matrix.

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