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US11331431B2	Syringe for injecting medication with openable and closable stopper A syringe assembly having a barrel for storing a medication and a stopper positioned within the barrel and having an opening, the stopper separating the proximal and distal sections of the barrel. A plunger is movable axially within the barrel. A cover extends radially from the plunger, the cover movable within the barrel from an open position to a closed position, wherein in the open position the cover exposes the opening in the stopper to enable the medication to flow within the barrel from the proximal section to the distal section and in the closed position the cover covers the opening to prevent the flow of medication from the proximal to the distal section.
US11331428B2	Cassette for a flow control apparatus A pump set for use with a pumping apparatus includes tubing for carrying a liquid. A valve mechanism is mounted to the tubing between an inlet section and a pump engagement section. The valve mechanism includes a first port connected to the inlet section of the tubing, a second port connected to the pump engagement section of the tubing, and a valve disposed between the first and second ports. The valve includes a stem rotatably mounted within a stem holder. The stem includes a flow passage extending through the stem and having an open V shape whereby a narrow open end of the flow passage communicates with the first port and a wide open end of the flow passage communicates with the second port to place the inlet section of the tubing in communication with the pump engagement section of the tubing.
US11331427B2	Intravenous infusion set The present invention relates to an intravenous infusion set providing delivery of intravenous fluid to patients. An intravenous infusion set (10) to administer continuous air free delivery of intravenous fluid to a patient, said intravenous infusion set (10) comprising: a drip chamber (12), a flexible infusion line (22) of sufficient length connecting a lower end (20) of the drip chamber (12) to a standard connector (24) at the patient end so that a needle or a catheter could be connected to the patient; a roller clamp (26) arranged between the drip chamber (12) and the standard connector (24) being movable along the length of the flexible infusion line (22), said drip chamber (12) provided with a spike (14) on the upper end (16) and a flow regulating and stopping member (18) at its lower end (20) configured to administer continuous air free delivery of intravenous fluid to patients.
US11331425B2	Component positioning of a linear shuttle pump Disclosed herein are wearable drug delivery devices and methods for component positioning of a linear shuttle pump. In some approaches, a pump may include a pump chamber operably coupled with a piston, and a detent apparatus, wherein the detent apparatus comprises a detent body, a detent arm, and a detent engagement member. The detent engagement member may be retained in direct physical contact with first or second arrest locations of either the detent body or the detent arm. The pump may further include a piston grip coupled to the piston, the piston grip including a grip component engaged with an exterior of the piston. Movement of the piston grip may cause the piston to move axially relative to the pump chamber to control receipt and delivery of a liquid drug.
US11331423B2	Injection system for injecting fluid into a patient and an injection sub-assembly having a magnetic switch An injection system includes an injector head that is configured to control delivery of a designated fluid to a patient. The injector head includes a syringe interface along an active side of the injector head. The syringe interface has a receiving cavity that is configured to receive a syringe barrel. The injector head also includes an internal sensor. A magnetic switch has an external magnet outside of the injector head. The external magnet is operable to modify a magnetic field experienced by the internal sensor to activate the internal sensor.
US11331422B2	Enema device and a method of refilling said device with an enema The present invention relates to an enema device (1;1′) comprising a delivery container (2) and an applicator nozzle (3), and wherein said delivery container (2) comprises two cavities (6,8;6′,8′), an outer cavity (6;6′) defined by an squeezable external body (7;7′), and an inner cavity (8;8′) defined by an inner flexible bladder (9;9′), and wherein one of said cavities (6;8′) is communicating with an outlet (10) for dispersing the enema though the applicator nozzle (3) and the other cavity (8;6′) is communicating with the surroundings via an air inlet (12). Thereby is provided a simple, inexpensive and essentially maintenance free enema device (1;1′) which can be used for self-administrating of an enema. The device (1;1′) will not only effectively prevent air from being mixed with the enema, but also ensure that the user easily can expel the enema, as the device (1;1′) will be perceived as full of enema at all times.
US11331420B2	Apparatus for fluid delivery and lactation stimulation The present invention provides a supplemental nutrition apparatus. The supplemental nutrition apparatus may comprise a reservoir coupled to and in fluid communication with a fluid passageway, wherein the fluid passageway is configured to communicate fluid from the reservoir to a fluid passageway outlet, and a support element configured to engage a user, to at least partially support the fluid passageway, and to position the fluid passageway outlet proximate to the user's nipple.
US11331414B2	Method for preparing inorganic nanoparticle-gelatin core-shell composite particles The present disclosure provides a method for preparing inorganic nanoparticle-gelatin core-shell composite nanoparticles, comprising: dissolving gelatin in a aqueous solution (in which inorganic nanoparticles are dispersed in) to obtain the gelatin-contained aqueous solution, dropwise adding a polar organic solvent to obtain a suspension of inorganic nanoparticle-gelatin core-shell composite particles of nanometer size or submicrometer size, then adding a cross-linking agent thereto to cross-link the gelatin components of the composite particles, followed by washing step to finally obtain inorganic nanoparticle-gelatin core-shell composite micro/nano-particles with inorganic nanoparticles as the core and gelatin as the shell. The present invention firstly provides a process for preparing the core-shell composite nano-scaled particles with inorganic nanoparticles as the core and gelatin as the shell by using a co-precipitation method which is simple and convenient, and beneficial for applying to industrial mass production.
US11331407B2	Skin-adhesive item A skin-adhesive item is described that can include a substrate F coated continuously or discontinuously on at least one of the two faces thereof by a pressure-sensitive silicone adhesive Z that has been previously sterilized by means of gamma radiation and demonstrates good tack on the skin even after sterilization.
US11331403B2	Purified air and methods of making and using the same Purified air is provided, having a TVOC content of from less than 5 ppb to about 500 ppb, a Biologicals content of from less than 1 CFU/M3 to 150 CFU/M3 and a Particulate content of from about 1,000 0.3 μm particles per ft3 to about 50,000 0.3 μm particles per ft3, or from about 600 0.5 μm particles per ft3 to about 500,000 0.5 μm particles per ft3.
US11331399B2	Sterilizing surgical instrument table Embodiments of the disclosure include an uncovered ultraviolet light emitting panel for use in supporting instruments in an operating room. The panel fits inside an autoclave for sterilization and can be utilized without a sterile cover. In use, the panel irradiates surgical instruments and the nearby air continuously.
US11331397B2	Light emitting device The present disclosure relates to a light emitting device. The light emitting device includes: a device housing having a structure with an open bottom; and a sterilization module installed in the device housing and emitting ultraviolet light for sterilization. Here, the sterilization module emits the ultraviolet light for sterilization to the open bottom of the device housing.
US11331396B2	Development of injectable fiducial markers for image guided radiotherapy with dual MRI and CT visibility Radiation therapy or radiotherapy (RT) is a powerful treatment where precision and accuracy is crucial. Image Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT) facilitates more accurate position verification, correcting for anatomic changes related to internal organ movement. IGRT thereby helps reduce toxicity of radiotherapy and increases relapse-free survival. An inter-correlation point with a fixed position and volume (a marker) can be applied to indicate the point of treatment clearly in both imaging modalities and to localize and track tumors in real time. In this study, we present the development of a marker based on lactose octaacetate:octapropionate 1:1 containing 3 mM PLA-DTPA(Gd), 40% triglyceride, 5% propylene carbonate and 10% XSAIB (sucrose based CT-contrast agent). The injectable marker had high CT contrast (>1000 HU) and displayed clearly visible, stable T1 contrast enhancement (T1˜900 ms) in the rim over at least 3 weeks with clinically observable resolution.
US11331395B2	Hydrogel prodrug for treatment Aspects of the invention described herein include a hydrogel prodrug and methods of making a hydrogel prodrug for drug delivery. Also contemplated are methods of treating, inhibiting, ameliorating or inhibiting a disease or disorder. Without being limiting, the methods for treatment can be directed to a cancer, HIV, a virus, pain, a bacterial infection, a neurological disorder, hemorrhaging, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, high blood pressure, Alzheimer's, or inhibiting a fungal growth in a subject in need.
US11331394B2	CD19 binding agents and uses thereof This invention, among other things, relates to CD19 binding agents and methods of using such CD binding agents for treating disease.
US11331392B2	Biodegradable thermo-responsive polymers and uses thereof The invention provides for novel thermo-responsive polymers and compositions comprising the same. In some embodiments, the polymers are water soluble, pH-degradable and have tunable lower critical solution temperatures. Other aspects of the invention include micelles and gels comprising the thermo-responsive polymers and derivatives thereof, as well as methods of delivering therapeutic agents comprising administering a biodegradable gel or micelle comprising a polyacetal compound cross-linked with a linker.
US11331391B2	Phosphonate-drug conjugates This invention relates to drug conjugates useful for localized treatment of diseases or disorders of the middle ear and/or inner ear. Methods of treating diseases or disorders of the middle ear and/or inner ear, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the conjugates, and methods of inhibiting a Tropomyosin receptor kinase are also provided.
US11331387B2	Self-assembled drug-loading system and preparation method therefor Disclosed are a self-assembled drug-loading system containing a hydrophilic phototherapeutic drug and a hydrophobic chemotherapeutic drug, a preparation method therefor and the use thereof for preparing an anti-tumor drug. The self-assembled drug-loading system is a water-soluble complex or water-dispersible nanoparticles formed by means of π-π interaction or hydrophobic interaction between the phototherapeutic drug and the chemotherapeutic drug, wherein the molar ratio of the phototherapeutic drug to the chemotherapeutic drug is 2:1 to 1:10.
US11331383B2	Attenuated african swine fever virus vaccine The present invention provides an attenuated African Swine Fever (ASF) virus which lacks a functional version of the following genes: multigene-family 360 genes 9L, 10L, 11L, 12L, 13L and 14L; and multigene-family 505 genes 1R, 2R, 3R and 4R. The invention further provides an attenuated African Swine Fever (ASF) virus which Lacks a functional version of the DP148R gene. The present invention also provides a vaccine comprising such an attenuated virus and its use to prevent ASF. Further, the invention relates to intranasal administration of an attenuated ASF virus.
US11331380B2	Cereblon-based heterodimerizable chimeric antigen receptors Provided herein are modified T lymphocytes comprising chimeric receptors and methods thereof.
US11331378B2	Prophylactic protection against viral infections The present disclosure provides methods for prophylactically treating a subject for viral infections comprising topically administering a ranpirnase composition. The disclosure also provides compositions that could be used for prophylactic treatment.
US11331376B2	Oral administration of unstable or poorly-absorbed drugs The disclosure relates to a dosage forms and combinations of dosage forms useful for effective oral administration of drugs which are otherwise unsuitable for oral administration, owing to acid- and/or protease-mediated degradation. The dosage forms include a self-microemulsifying drug delivery system (SMEDDS) with which the drug is combined and an antacid. When co-administered to a mammal, the dosage form(s) can prevent drug degradation by the strong acid and digestive enzymes normally present in the gastric environment, and can improve water-soluble drug absorption in gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The dosage forms can be used to effectively administer insulin by an oral route, for example, such as in the form of a powder that can be stored for long periods and reconstituted with water or another fluid shortly before administration.
US11331373B2	Combination therapy for treating disorders of the ear Methods and compositions using a nucleic acid molecule encoding an atonal-associated factor in combination with a co-transcription factor and/or inhibitor of a gene silencing complex to change the sensory perception of an animal are described.
US11331371B2	Labyrinthopeptins as anti-viral agents The present invention relates to novel labyrinthopeptin derivatives. These labyrinthopeptin derivatives are useful for the treatment of infectious diseases, such as an infectious disease caused by an infection with human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), cytomegalovirus (CMV/HCMV), dengue virus (DENV), chikungunya virus (CHIKV), tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV; FSME virus), vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus (VSV), zika virus (ZIKV) and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV). Said labyrinthopeptin derivatives are also useful for analyzing the mode of action of labyrinthopeptins. Also encompassed by the present invention are labyrinthopeptins for use in treating an infectious disease, in particular an infectious disease caused by an infection with any one of the viruses selected from RSV, KSHV, CMV, CHIKV, TBEV, VSV, ZIKV and HCV. The invention further relates to a combination of labyrinthopeptin A1 and A2 for use as a medicament, e.g. for treating an infectious disease caused by an infection with RSV, KSHV, CMV, DENV, CHIKV, TBEV, VSV, ZIKV and/or HCV.
US11331370B2	Combination product for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections Disclosed are compositions for inhibiting transmission of a sexually transmitted infection that contain one or more polyanionic microbicides, such as carrageenans, including lambda carrageenan, as well as water-soluble metal salts and specified lectins. Also disclosed are methods for making and using the compositions.
US11331369B2	Endoparasitic depsipeptides The present invention provides cyclic depsipeptides of Formula (1), stereoisomers thereof, and veterinary acceptable salts thereof wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4, L1, and L2, are as defined herein. The present invention also contemplates compositions and methods of treatment as an endoparasiticide with a Formula (1) compound.
US11331367B1	Compounds and methods for inhibiting protozoan parasites Described herein are compounds, formulations, and methods for blocking sporozoite invasion and subsequent liver-stage parasite development of a protozoan parasite, such as Plasmodium falciparum.
US11331364B2	Use for JNK inhibitor molecules for treatment of various diseases The present invention relates to the use of novel JNK inhibitor molecules and their use in a method of treatment of the human or animal body by therapy.
US11331363B2	Phytocomplexes exhibiting multiple, synergistic antioxidant activities useful in foods, dietary supplements, cosmetics and pharmaceutical preparations Compositions comprising apple, grape, green tea, and olive extracts are presented herein. This synergistic formulations apple, grape, green tea, and olive extract are in amounts that provide a greater antioxidant activity or protein kinase modulating activity than provided by an equivalent amount of any one extract or a sum of the extracts. Further presented are methods of regulating oxidative stress, disease-associated protein kinase activity, and enhancing the therapeutic effect of a primary therapeutic agent. Also presented are methods of making an activity enhancing composition for regulating oxidative stress, disease-associated protein kinase activity, and enhancing the therapeutic effect of a primary therapeutic agent.
US11331359B2	Compositions, methods, and medical compositions for treatment of and maintaining the health of the liver Compositions and methods for treatment of and maintaining the health of the liver are disclosed that include a mixture of plant extracts, wherein the plant extracts comprise at least one Artemisia extract, at least one Aloe gel powder, and at least one Schizandra extract. Compositions and methods for treatment of and maintaining the health of the liver are disclosed that include a mixture of plant extracts, wherein the plant extracts comprise at least one Artemisia extract enriched for at least one polymer or biopolymer, at least one Aloe gel powder enriched for at least one chromone, and at least one Schizandra extract enriched for at least one lignan and organic acid.
US11331354B2	Fecal virome and therapeutic efficacy of fecal microbiota transplantation The present invention resides in the discovery that abundance and diversity of viral species in the fecal matter from a donor used in fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) treatment can influence the outcome of the FMT treatment. Thus, novel methods are provided for identifying subjects as suitable donors for FMT, for assessing the likelihood of FMT treatment success, and for enhancing FMT treatment efficacy. Also provided are kits and compositions for FMT with enhanced efficacy.
US11331353B2	Sleep quality improver Provided is a novel agent for improving sleep quality. An agent for improving sleep quality containing, as an active ingredient, bacterial cells of Lactobacillus casei and/or a treated product thereof.
US11331352B2	Compositions comprising bacterial strains The invention provides compositions comprising bacterial strains for treating and preventing inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
US11331350B2	Use of Mycobacterium paragordonae for cancer immunotherapy The present invention relates to an anti-cancer regulatory response and immunotherapy by Mycobacterium paragordonae (M. paragordonae). Mycobacterium paragordonae according to an aspect has cancer cytotoxicity mediated by natural killer cells or T cells as well as cytotoxicity against cancer cells, and inhibits activation of cancer cytotoxicity regulatory T cells of macrophages or dendritic cells to induce an immune response, thereby inhibiting tumor formation and thus being useful for a cancer immunotherapeutic agent.
US11331345B2	PD-1 CAR NK-92 cell and preparation method and use thereof Provided are a PD-1 CAR NK-92 cell and a preparation method and use thereof. The PD-1 CAR NK-92 cell expresses PD-1-CD8™-4-1BB-CD3ζ fusion protein in NK-92 cells. The PD-1 CAR NK-92 is obtained by infecting an NK92 cell line with a PD-1 CAR molecule and obtaining monoclonal cells by means of flow screening, and culturing and expanding CAR NK92 monoclonal cell strains with stable traits and a high killing activity. The cells can be produced on a large scale, can be used in different patients without GVHR rejection, and have a specific killing activity and significant therapeutic effect on tumors.
US11331341B2	Combination therapies that enhance antimicrobial/anticancer activities Techniques regarding a chemical composition that can be utilized within one or more combination therapies to treat a microbial infection are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a chemical composition that includes a first triblock polymer comprising a quaternary ammonium functionalized polycarbonate block and exhibiting anticancer activity via a lytic mechanism. The chemical composition can also include a second triblock polymer comprising a guanidinium functionalized polycarbonate block and exhibiting anticancer activity via a translocation mechanism.
US11331339B2	Compound composition with function of promoting bone and joint health and application thereof The present invention discloses a compound composition with function of promoting bone and joint health and an application thereof. In the present invention, glucosamine is combined with collagen, chondroitin sulfate and traditional Chinese medicine extract to prepare the compound composition with function of promoting bone and joint health. The compound composition can shorten onset time. At the same time, the traditional Chinese medicine extract for treating the bone and joint problems is added, to reduce the market impact of adding only modern joint health ingredients. Moreover, the compound composition disclosed by the present invention can be used as a dietary supplement or health food raw material for preventing or treating moderate to mild osteoarthritis. Thus, the compound composition disclosed by the present invention is suitable for promotion and application.
US11331337B2	Heparin and heparan sulphate oligosaccharides Isolated heparin or heparan sulphate oligosaccharide fragments having a chain length of at least 10 saccharides and no more than 50 saccharides, which are capable of binding BMP2, are disclosed. Also disclosed is the use of the same heparin or heparan sulphate oligosaccharide fragments in kits and pharmaceutical compositions, and the use of the same heparan sulphate oligosaccharide fragments in the repair and/or regeneration of connective tissue and bones, and the treatment of wounds.
US11331333B2	Treatment of aberrant fibroblast proliferation Provided is a method of preventing, treating or delaying progression of a disease involving aberrant fibroblast proliferation. The method involves using a compound that reduces the level of tyrosine phosphatase activity effected by the protein EYA1A in the parenchymal organ, a nucleic acid ligase IV inhibitor, or an antisense oligonucleotide against the p53-binding protein 1 (53BP1).
US11331329B2	Fucosylated oligosaccharides for prevention of coronavirus infection The invention provides compositions and methods for utilizing oligosaccharides, such as isolated human milk oligosaccharides, to attenuate a respiratory pathogen infection and/or to promote recovery from a respiratory pathogen infection in the respiratory system and/or the GI tract of a subject.
US11331327B2	Antibacterial use of halogenated salicylanilides The invention relates to a halogenated salicylanilide selected from closantel, rafoxanide, oxyclozanide and niclosamide and derivatives thereof including salts, hydrates, esters and the like for use in the topical treatment or prevention of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria such as Staphylococcus, in particular Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus, in particular Streptococcus pyogenes. Grain positive bacteria treated with the halogenated salicylanilides exhibit a very low frequency of appearance of resistant mutants compared to commonly used topical antibiotics.
US11331325B2	Pharmaceutical delivery systems for hydrophobic drugs and compositions comprising same A drug delivery system for oral administration of hydrophobic drugs with enhanced and extended absorption and improved pharmacokinetics is provided. In one embodiment, formulations comprising testosterone and testosterone esters, e.g., testosterone palmitate, are disclosed. Methods of treating a hormone deficiency or effecting male contraception with the inventive formulations are also provided.
US11331323B2	Pharmaceutical compositions comprising meloxicam Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an NSAID such as meloxicam and/or rizatriptan in combination with a cyclodextrin and/or a carbonate or a bicarbonate. These compositions may be orally administered, for example, to improve the bioavailability or pharmacokinetics of the NSAID for the treatment of pain such as migraine, arthritis, and other conditions. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating pain, such as migraine, comprising administering meloxicam and rizatriptan to a human being suffering from pain, such as migraine. For migraine, these methods may be particularly useful when the meloxicam and rizatriptan are administered while the human being is suffering from an acute attack of migraine pain or migraine aura. In some embodiments, the combination of meloxicam and rizatriptan may be administered in a manner that results in a Tmax of meloxicam of 3 hours or less.
US11331320B2	Heteroaryl substituted pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridines and pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyrimidines as Janus kinase inhibitors The present invention provides heteroaryl substituted pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridines and heteroaryl substituted pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyrimidines that modulate the activity of Janus kinases and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to activity of Janus kinases including, for example, immune-related diseases, skin disorders, myeloid proliferative disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
US11331309B2	Methods and compositions for improving sleep Compositions suitable for oral use (e.g., oral thin film) containing various excipients and a combination of melatonin, caryophyllene, GABA, L-theanine, and vitamin B6. Methods of using the composition, e.g., in the treatment of a sleeping disorder, as well as methods of manufacturing the composition are also included.
US11331308B2	Combination containing sGC activators and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists The present invention relates to the combination of activators of soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC activators) with mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MR antagonists) and to the use of the combination for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiac and cardiovascular disorders, of renal and cardiorenal disorders, of pulmonary and cardiopulmonary disorders and also for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of fibrotic disorders.
US11331306B2	Pharmaceutical compositions comprising 4-[1-(2,3-dimethylphenyl)ethyl]-3H-imidazole derivatives for treating retinal diseases The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions, containing 4-[1-(2,3-dimethylphenyl)ethyl]-1H-imidazole, (S) 4-[1-(2,3-dimethylphenylpethyl]-1H-imidazole or (S) [3-(1-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)ethyl)-2-methylphenyl] methanol, their use as pharmaceuticals for the treatment of retinal diseases, for retinal neuroprotection and vision enhancement.
US11331305B2	Peptides for skin rejuvenation and methods of using the same The invention provides compositions for stimulating the formation of one or more extracellular matrix components that contain a lipoaminoacid derivative of the tripeptide carnosine such as N-Octanoyl Carnosine. Also provided are compositions containing N-Octanoyl Carnosine in combination with selected tripeptide and/or tetrapeptides as well as pharmaceutical and/or cosmetic compositions containing such compositions. The invention further provides methods of using the compositions and compositions of the invention to treat, alleviate, and/or ameliorate a symptom, condition, disorder, or disease of the skin or mucosa, wherein the symptom, condition, disorder, or disease is associated with changes in extracellular matrix components.
US11331298B2	Powder solid dispersions comprising quercetin, process for their preparation and formulations thereof Disclosed are powder solid dispersions including quercetin, phospholipids and a very to freely water soluble carrier. Also disclosed are a process for the preparation of the powder solid dispersions and pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and cosmetic compositions including the solid dispersions.
US11331297B2	Polyoxometalate complexes and uses in managing cancer The disclosure relates polyoxometalate complexes and uses in the management, treatment, or prevention of cancer. In certain embodiments, the polyoxometalate complexes comprise polydentate oxygen bridging ligands such as those of the following formula: [POM{(OCH2)3CX}2], [M6O13{(OCH2)3CX}2], [V6O13 {(OCH2)3CX}2], salts, or derivatives thereof wherein POM is a polyoxometalate, M is a metal, and X is defined herein. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising polyoxometalate complexes disclosed herein.
US11331295B2	High-dose statins for age-related macular degeneration Methods of using a high-dose statin for treatment of AMD in a patient can be used to regress drusen and/or drusenoid pigment epithelial detachments (PEDs), to prevent atrophy of the RPE and/or one or more photoreceptors, to prevent vision loss and/or improve visual acuity, and/or to prevent progression from dry AMD to wet AMD.
US11331293B1	Method for treatment of Parkinson's disease Disclosed is a method for the treatment of a neurological or movement disorder, e.g., Parkinson's disease, in an individual in need thereof, by parenteral administration of levodopa and a dopa decarboxylase inhibitor (DDCI), such as carbidopa, benserazide or any combination thereof, concomitantly with oral administration of levodopa, a DDCI, such as carbidopa, benserazide, or any combination thereof.
US11331290B2	Niclosamide for the treatment of cancer metastasis A method for inhibiting, reducing and/or reducing the risk of cancer metastasis in a subject, including identifying a subject as in need of inhibiting, reducing and/or reducing the risk of cancer metastasis, by identifying the subject as having a cancer with an elevated or up-regulated level of S100A4 transcription compared to a level in non-oncogenic cells, and administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of niclosamide or a niclosamide derivate, thereby inhibiting or reducing S100A4 transcription, so as to inhibit, reduce and/or reduce the risk of cancer metastasis, wherein 15 to 400 mg niclosamide or niclosamide derivate is administered per kg body weight of the subject (mg/kg), 1 or 2 times daily.
US11331288B2	Conditioning irradiated tissue for increasing vascularity Methods of increasing perfusion and vascularity in irradiated tissue and of increasing retention of fat cells in a fat graft in irradiated tissue by applying an effective amount of DFO to the irradiated tissue at a treatment site. The DFO may be administered transdermally by applying a transdermal delivery device to a tissue surface at the treatment site in multiple discrete doses. The transdermal delivery system comprises DFO encapsulated in reverse micelles.
US11331286B2	Inhibitors and their uses The present invention relates to inhibitors of PPP1 R15A and PPP1 R15B and their use in therapy, particularly in the treatment of a disease state alleviated by the inhibition of PPP1 R15A and PPP1 R15B, for example a disorder associated with accumulation of misfolded proteins or proteostatsis disorder. Compounds of the invention include compounds having the formula IA or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1a, R3a, R5a, Xa and Ya are as defined herein.
US11331284B2	Isotope enhanced ambroxol for long lasting autophagy induction The present invention is directed to 13C and/or 2H isotope enhanced ambroxol (“isotope enhanced ambroxol”) and its use in the treatment of autophagy infections, especially mycobacterial and other infections, disease states and/or conditions of the lung, such as tuberculosis, especially including drug resistant and multiple drug resistant tuberculosis. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising isotope enhanced ambroxol, alone or in combination with an additional bioactive agent are useful against an autophagy mediated disease state and/or condition, for example, a Mycobacterium infection, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), asthma, pulmonary fibrosis, cystic fibrosis, Sjogren's disease and lung cancer. Methods of treating autophagy disease states and/or conditions, especially including autophagy disease states or conditions which occur principally in the lungs of a patient represent a further embodiment of the present invention. Methods of synthesizing compounds according to the present invention are disclosed herein.
US11331280B2	Methods for inhibiting conversion of choline to trimethylamine (TMA) A method of inhibiting the conversion of choline to trimethylamine (TMA) and lowering TMAO in an individual by providing a composition comprising (2-hydroxyethyl) dimethylsulfonium with a counterion wherein the counterion is selected from chloride, bromide or iodide.
US11331277B2	H2O2-responsive nanoparticles and uses thereof Disclosed herein is a nanoparticle comprising a copolymer comprising a polyethylene glycol polymer, a polyhydroxylated polymer, and a peroxide-sensitive pendant group; a glucose-responsive agent; and a therapeutic agent; wherein the copolymer encapsulates the glucose-responsive agent and the therapeutic agent. Also disclosed herein is a method of delivering a therapeutic agent to a subject comprising administering to the subject a nanoparticle comprising a copolymer comprising a polyethylene glycol polymer, a polyhydroxylated polymer, and a peroxide-sensitive pendant group; a glucose-responsive agent; and a therapeutic agent; wherein the copolymer encapsulates the glucose-responsive agent and the therapeutic agent; and releasing the therapeutic agent from the nanoparticle in the presence of hyperglycemic levels of glucose. In some embodiments, the glucose-responsive agent produces a peroxide when exposed to hyperglycemic levels of glucose, thereby triggering disassembly of the nanoparticle and release of encapsulated therapeutic agent.
US11331275B2	Bexarotene softgel capsule and preparation method thereof The present invention discloses a bexarotene softgel capsule and a preparation method thereof. The bexarotene softgel capsule including: a softgel capsule shell and contents, in which the contents include bexarotene, low molecular weight polyethylene glycol, high molecular weight polyethylene glycol, and polysorbate. The bexarotene softgel capsule of the formula can avoid a problem of drug degradation caused by high temperature heat release and degassing difficulty in a process of preparing the bexarotene softgel capsule in the prior art while maintaining the drug release characteristics, and the preparation method has a simple production process and can significantly improve a problem of poor dosage uniformity while filling a capsule in the prior art.
US11331273B2	Film-coated tablet having high chemical stability of active ingredient The present invention relates to a film-coated tablet having a high chemical stability of an active ingredient, said film-coated tablet comprising: (a) a tablet core containing obeticholic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and (b) a coating layer, which is provided on the surface of the tablet core, containing a film base and being substantially free from any plasticizer or containing at least one kind of specific plasticizer.
US11331271B2	Buccal, sublingual and intranasal delivery of fospropofol Methods for buccally, sublingually, or intranasally administering a prodrug of propofol to a subject in need of treatment thereof in an amount sufficient to deliver a therapeutically effective amount of propofol to the subject are disclosed.
US11331269B2	Methods and compositions targeting lung microbiota and its responding immune pathways for lung cancer treatment It has been discovered that lung tumor growth is associated with a dysregulation of the local microbiota, including an increased total bacterial load and reduced bacterial diversity in the airway. In the lungs, commensal bacteria, which are otherwise non-pathogenic and colonize pulmonary tissue at a much lower density in healthy individuals, provoke chronic inflammation and exacerbation of lung cancer through tumor-infiltrating immune cells. Thus, targeting the lung microbiota and its responding immune pathways is useful in treating lung cancer. Disclosed are compositions and methods targeting the lung microbiota and its responding immune pathways in a subject by specific targeting of commensal bacteria in the subject. Typically, the methods involve administering an effective amount of one or more therapeutics such as an antibiotic that reduces the local bacterial load, blocks or depletes tumor-infiltrating immune cells, and/or locally inhibits one or more cytokines or chemokines.
US11331267B2	Sustained release biodegradable intracanalicular inserts comprising a hydrogel and cyclosporine Provided herein are sustained release biodegradable intracanalicular insert comprising a hydrogel and cyclosporine, methods of treating or preventing an ocular disease in a subject in need thereof by administering such inserts as well as methods of manufacturing such inserts.
US11331265B2	Ultraviolet blocking agent and cosmetic product The present disclosure is directed to a method for producing an olive branch extract having a high oleuropein content. The method includes crushing at least a portion of dried olive branch and extracting olive branch extract from the crushed olive branch with an extraction solvent. The olive variety is at least one selected from Lucca, Mission, and Nevadillo Blanco. The added branch amount of olive branch to the extraction solvent is 10% by weight or more, the extraction solvent is 30% to 50% 1,3-butylene glycol, and the extraction is performed at a temperature in a range of 70° C. to 80° C.
US11331264B2	Fermented extract of aerial parts of bitter orange A fermented extract of aerial parts of Citrus aurantium and the process for obtaining it. The fermented extract may be added to a cosmetic composition. Also, the use of a fermented extract of Citrus aurantium to combat skin ageing, and also as an antioxidant active agent, to prevent/reduce oxidative stress and/or to detoxify the skin.
US11331261B2	Transdermal delivery complex using metal-organic framework and nanocellulose The present invention relates to a transdermal delivery complex using a metal-organic framework (MOF) and nanocellulose. In addition, the present invention relates to a cosmetic composition comprising the transdermal delivery complex and a method for preparation of a transdermal delivery complex.
US11331255B2	Composition Provided is a composition containing the following components (A), (B) and (C) and suppressing formation of scum during cleansing, wherein a weight ratio of (A)/(B) is 0.2-5 and a weight ratio of ((A)+(B))/(C) is 0.01-10: (A) N-lauroyl glycine or a salt thereof (B) N-myristoyl glycine or a salt thereof (C) N-acyl acidic amino acid having an acyl group having 8 to 24 carbon atoms, or a salt thereof.
US11331252B2	Dentifrice including zinc and blue dye or pigment A whitening dentifrice composition includes a blue coloring agent, a zinc salt, and an orally acceptable vehicle. The blue coloring agent is selected from the group consisting of a blue pigment and a blue dye. The blue pigment has a blue to blue-violet color with a hue angle in the CIELAB system ranging from 200 degrees to 320 degrees. The whitening dentifrice composition provides a greater whitening benefit to a tooth surface in comparison to a dentifrice composition that does not contain the zinc salt.
US11331249B2	Devices for delivering an agent into breastmilk and associated systems and methods The present technology is a device for delivering a medicinal agent to a breastfeeding child. One embodiment comprises a first portion configured to be positioned on the breast during breastfeeding a second portion having an agent region and a sealing region. The agent region is configured to house the agent during breastfeeding and has a first cross-sectional area. The sealing region has a second cross-sectional area at least great enough to surround and engage a circumference of the nipple but less than the first cross-sectional area. When the device is positioned on the breast and the child is breastfeeding, the device is configured such that the nipple extends through the sealing region into the agent region and the portion of the delivery device at the sealing region contacts the nipple, thereby reducing or preventing the flow of breast milk and/or the agent through the sealing region to the first portion.
US11331248B2	Bioprocess vessels with integrated pump A bioprocess vessel includes a flexible bag or substantially rigid container that defines an interior volume and having a bottom surface, the bottom surface being open or containing an aperture therein for the passage of fluid. A pump is secured to the bottom surface of the flexible bag or substantially rigid container. In some embodiments is secured directly to the flexible bag or substantially rigid container. In other embodiments, the pump is secured indirectly the flexible bag or substantially rigid container using, for example, a port that extends through the aperture on the bottom surface. The port or flanged surface may also be integrated into the pump, which is secured to the vessel. An optional mixing adaptor may be provided inside the interior volume of the flexible bag or substantially rigid container and at least partially covers the inlet that leads to the pump.
US11331247B2	Flexible liner with inner and outer layers for use with a liquid-receiving basin A liner for use with a basin to contain a liquid features a plurality of bodies of flexible plastic. Portions of an inner face of a first body of flexible plastic are joined to corresponding portions of an inner face of a second body of flexible plastic, through which a plurality of openings are formed, to provide a multi-layer body of flexible plastic. Other portions of the inner face of the first body of flexible plastic are not joined to corresponding other portions of the inner face of the second body of flexible plastic, defining an air conduit between the first body of flexible plastic and the second body of flexible plastic for guiding pressurized air substantially from an air discharge apparatus.
US11331240B2	Suit type exoskeleton adjustable to user's body size and suit type exoskeleton for knee power assistance A suit type exoskeleton adjustable to a user's body size includes a wire, a wearing portion worn on a part of the user's body to assist with physical strength, a controller removably coupled to an outer surface of the wearing portion and coupled to an end of the wire, and a driver coupled to an opposite end of the wire and configured to provide power to the wire. A suit type exoskeleton for knee power assistance is characterized by use of the suit type exoskeleton which is adjustable to a user's body size for their knee.
US11331237B2	Medical examination table with retractable moving wheels A medical examination table includes a base assembly, a table assembly, a table actuation assembly, a wheel assembly, and an actuating mobility assembly. The base assembly configured to support the medical examination table in a first mobility configuration. The table actuation assembly is configured to raise and lower the table assembly relative to the base member to thereby transition the table assembly between a lowered position and a raised position. The wheel assembly is configured to support the medical examination table in a second mobility configuration. The actuating mobility assembly is configured to cooperate with the table actuation assembly to thereby actuate the wheel assembly relative to the base assembly to thereby transition the medical examination table between the first mobility configuration to the second mobility configuration.
US11331235B2	Patient repositioning sheet, system, and method In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a patient repositioning sheet including an inflatable sheet having a lower layer and an upper layer that are urged apart with inflation of the inflatable sheet. The patient repositioning sheet further includes at least one inflatable support, such as an inflatable wedge. The inflatable wedge has a wedge surface that extends obliquely to the upper layer of the inflatable sheet with the inflatable wedge inflated.
US11331234B2	Patient support device A patient support device including a patient support board including of at least two board sections, wherein at least one of the at least two board sections may be pivoted with respect to another of the board sections around a pivot axis by a pivoting mechanism. The pivoting mechanism includes two ratchets that may be latched in mutually opposite directions of rotation around the pivot axis and at least one operator control device. At least one of the two ratchets may be moved from a latched state into an open state and/or vice versa by the at least one operator control device.
US11331226B2	Biofluids detection and notification system and method A system and method for detecting biofluid is disclosed, specifically utilizing a signaling element and a reader, wherein the signaling element comprises a sensing element, an impedance measuring circuit, an oscillator circuit, an acoustic transducer, and a power supply source, while the reader device comprises a microphone and a processor.
US11331221B2	Negative pressure wound dressing A dressing for negative pressure wound therapy includes an absorbent layer comprising a gelling absorbent material for absorbing exudate, a peripheral adhesive skin contact layer comprising a hydrocolloid adhesive and defining a window through which the absorbent layer is able to contact a wound, and a cover layer that is water impermeable and air permeable. The cover layer defines an aperture to be used with a pump assembly to provide negative pressure to a wound site.
US11331219B2	Multiple illumination transmission through optical fiber Provided herein is a probe for treating an eye of a patient. In one or more embodiments, the probe includes a body, and a tubular element having a main lumen extending from the body, the tubular element comprising a distal end. The probe further includes a visualization optical fiber within the main lumen, the visualization optical fiber adapted to emit an illumination provided by at least one of a plurality of light sources connected to the visualization optical fiber. In some embodiments, the probe further includes an optical switching system (e.g., a time-division multiplexor) operable with the plurality of light sources, wherein the optical switching system is adapted to independently control each of the plurality of light sources. By providing time-division multiplexing between different surgical light sources, quasi-simultaneous illumination delivery through the same optical path may be achieved.
US11331217B2	Devices and methods for creating a capsulorhexis Described herein are devices and methods for creating a capsulorhexis. In some embodiments, the device includes a template with a tearing profile, which, when placed against the capsular bag, defines a perimeter of a capsulorhexis. In some embodiments, the device further includes rigid sections and bendable sections which are configured to transition the template between a first bent configuration for insertion through a corneal incision and a second unbent configuration for creation of the capsulorhexis. In some embodiments, the device further includes connecting elements which enter through the corneal incision and, when manipulated, transition the device between the first bent configuration and the second unbent configuration. In some embodiments, the connectors are configured to impart a downward force on the template and thus the capsular bag during the capsulorhexis creation.
US11331215B2	Implantable thermal therapy devices Implantable thermal therapy devices, systems, and methods are provided for the treatment of pathological conditions including arrhythmias and trauma. The implantable thermal therapy devices and systems are specifically structured to deliver transient cooling to a target tissue, and to gradually dissipate the heat energy transferred from the target tissue to other body masses in a controlled and delicate manner. In some examples, a phase change material can be used to accomplish such a gradual dissipation of the heat.
US11331212B1	Urethra condom and kit having the same A condom product includes a condom. The condom includes a body having an interior surface, an exterior surface, a distal end, and a proximal end having a peripheral edge. The condom is sized such that the interior surface is configured to extend along at least a portion of a head of a penis, but not along a shaft of the penis.
US11331207B2	Stent A stent according to the invention includes: a strut extending in a predetermined direction; a first protrusion provided on the strut, the first protrusion being substantially L-shaped and extending in a direction away from the strut and in a direction toward a distal side in the predetermined direction; a second protrusion that is provided on the strut and located distal to the first protrusion, the second protrusion being substantially L-shaped, extending in a direction away from the strut and in a direction toward a proximal side in the predetermined direction, and having a tip spaced apart from a tip of the first protrusion; and an opaque member being substantially tubular and highly opaque to radiation, the opaque member having two end portions in which the first and second protrusions are inserted, respectively.
US11331206B2	Suspended sleeve assembly comprising a compression sleeve and a suspension stand A suspended sleeve assembly includes a suspension stand and a compression sleeve. An upper portion of the compression sleeve is attached onto the suspension stand, but a lower portion of the compression sleeve is unattached from the suspension stand. The suspended sleeve assembly can also include a support stand. The suspended sleeve assembly can be used to shape a prosthetic socket. The compression sleeve applies a circumferential pressure onto the prosthetic socket as the prosthetic socket is being inserted into the compression sleeve as a patient steps into the compression sleeve and applies at least a portion of body weight to the compression sleeve. The prosthetic socket can be heated and shaped by hand, so that it fits the residual limb of the patient. The suspended sleeve assembly can also be used to shape other prosthetic components, such as a negative plaster cast.
US11331200B2	Expandable spinal implants A spinal implant has a proximal region and a distal region, and includes an upper body and a lower body each having inner surfaces disposed in opposed relation relative to each other. A proximal adjustment assembly is disposed between the upper and lower bodies at the proximal region of the spinal implant and is adjustably coupled to the upper and lower bodies, and a distal adjustment assembly is disposed between the upper and lower bodies at the distal region of the spinal implant and is adjustably coupled to the upper and lower bodies. The proximal and distal adjustment assemblies are independently movable with respect to each other to change a vertical height of at least one of the proximal region or the distal region of the spinal implant.
US11331197B2	Spinal fusion device with staged expansion The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. The fusion device described herein is capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space at a minimum to no distraction height and for a fusion device capable of maintaining a normal distance between adjacent vertebral bodies when implanted.
US11331193B2	Hip prosthesis head A hip prosthesis head includes: an external element with a convex external surface, and an internal element having a truncated-conical seat; wherein the external element and the internal element are made of different materials; the internal element is coupled in a blind hole of the external element in fit-in coupling mode; the external element has an annular base around the blind hole, and the internal element has a truncated-conical body that is open on the bottom, and an annular base that protrudes radially outwards from a lower edge of the body in order to be in contact with the base of the external element.
US11331192B2	Frictionless hip joint An orthopedic prosthesis includes a head which internally accommodates the major motion of a patient, e.g., during walking, thereby reducing wear against a cup or liner. A neck may be utilized which rotates within the distal member about an axis aligned with the major motion of the patient. The orthopedic prosthesis may also include a sacrificial anode, a seal made of natural fibers, and utilize lubricant made of honey.
US11331191B2	Bioactive soft tissue implant and methods of manufacture and use thereof A bioactive filamentary structure includes a sheath coated with a mixture of synthetic bone graft particles and a polymer solution forming a scaffold structure. In forming such a structure, synthetic bone graft particles and a polymer solution are applied around a filamentary structure. A polymer is precipitated from the polymer solution such that the synthetic bone graft particles and the polymer coat the filamentary structure and the polymer is adhered to the synthetic bone graft particles to retain the graft particles.
US11331188B2	Adjustable artificial chordae tendineae fixing assembly and an implanting method thereof An adjustable artificial chordae tendineae fixing assembly includes an occlusion device and an adjusting rod which are both a hollow structure allowing the artificial chordae tendineae to pass through. The occlusion device is configured to be clamped on the interventricular septum. The occlusion device is provided with a switch adjusting device which controls the artificial chordae tendineae to move and to be fixed. The adjusting rod is connected to the occlusion device, and is capable of repeatedly adjusting the switch adjusting device on the occlusion device. The artificial chordae tendineae fixing assembly can fix the artificial chordae tendineae on the interventricular septum, and can also overcome the problem of unsuitable length of the artificial chordae tendineae in most of patients after the procedure due to cardiac changes. The artificial chordae tendineae is retained at the skin puncture point for a short time.
US11331183B2	Accommodating intraocular lens device An accommodating intraocular lens (IOL) can be implanted either alone or as part of a two-part lens assembly. The IOL comprises an optic, a flexible membrane and a peripheral edge coupling the optic and the flexible membrane. The peripheral edge comprises an external circumferential surface having a height and a force transmitting area defined along a portion of the height of the external circumferential surface. A closed volume spaces apart the optic and the flexible membrane. The optic is axially displaced and the flexible membrane changes in curvature about a central axis when a radial compressive force is applied to the force transmitting area. A volume defined by the closed volume remains fixed when the optic is axially displaced and the flexible membrane changes in curvature and/or when the radial compressive force is applied to the force transmitting area.
US11331178B2	Stent-graft A stent-graft comprises: a graft defining an elongate lumen having a longitudinal axis; an external stent having a plurality of struts and apices between the struts, the apices including proximal apices and distal apices; a set of proximal sutured knots, the proximal sutured knots securing the proximal apices of the stent to the graft; a set of distal sutured knots, the distal sutured knots securing the distal apices of the stent to the graft; and a plurality of intermediate sutured knots, formed along a continuous suture, the continuous suture including a plurality of bridging portions, the bridging portions bridging between neighbouring struts of the stent, the intermediate sutured knots securing struts of the stent to the graft.
US11331176B2	Extraoral suction device and system for managing aerosol emissions during dental procedures An extraoral suction device for managing aerosol emissions during dental procedures includes: a conduit; an adapter in fluid communication with the conduit; and a mount for mounting the extraoral suction device to a dental chair. The adapter is configured to be placed in fluid communication with a vacuum source to provide suction to the extraoral suction device. The conduit can be selectively manipulated to assume and maintain a position without support from an individual or designated support structure. A dental professional can thus manipulate the conduit to maintain a position in front of the oral cavity of a patient seated in the dental chair to direct aerosols emitted from the oral cavity of the patient into the extraoral suction device instead of the surrounding environment. The extraoral suction device can thus be combined with a dental chair and vacuum source to provide an improved dental chair system for dental procedures.
US11331175B2	Dental floss insertion device A dental floss insertion device for inserting an end of a length of dental floss into an enclosed oral space. The device may include a body and a tip attached to the body and cooperating with the body to define a floss guide path. A first roller may be positioned on a first side of the guide path and a second roller may be positioned on a second side of the guide path. The second roller may be moveable toward and away from the first roller to open and close a nip that receives the length of floss, thereby allowing a user to apply a compressive force on a piece of floss located between the first and second rollers while simultaneously rolling the second roller to advancing the end of the length of floss along the guide path, through the distal orifice, and into an enclosed oral space.
US11331174B2	Overdenture with horizontal implant Apparatus is provided for overdenture with horizontal implant. The apparatus presented comprises an overdenture and a horizontal implant. The horizontal implant is surgically implanted onto the patient's maxilla or mandible, typically on the outside of the bone. The overdenture and the horizontal implant have attachment components which couple together to attach the overdenture to the horizontal implant. The attachment components may comprise ball-and-socket attachments, with the ball components affixed to the overdenture and the socket components affixed to the horizontal implants. The present invention solves problems with currently available dental implants and overdentures.
US11331169B2	Adaptor for adjustably mounting a structure onto a biological base A medical adaptor generally featuring an adaptor body extending from a fitment end towards a perch. The adaptor further includes a fitment extending away from the fitment end, and a mortar extending away and integral with the fitment, to terminate at the perch. The adaptor also features a shrinkable collet including a collet face and a collet hole extended from a collet hole towards a collet tail. A collet bolt is threaded into the collet hole such that collet is avoided from getting shrunk and is locked at a desired angular position.
US11331168B2	Dental implant having tapered threaded surface with installation enhancement features A dental implant with a specialized thread arrangement is disclosed. The dental implant includes a cylindrical upper section and a tapered lower section coupled to the cylindrical upper section. A helical thread is located on the exterior surface of the cylindrical upper section and the tapered lower section. A path is defined by the helical thread. The helical thread has a section on the exterior surface of the cylindrical body section and a section on the tapered body section. A cutting tooth is formed on the helical thread where the thread section on the cylindrical body section transitions into the thread section on the tapered body section. The cutting tooth allows minimal torque to be applied to create stability of the implant by cutting into the dense part of the bone.
US11331167B2	Implant system with hydroxylated soft tissue contact surface Two part implant for attachment of artificial teeth comprising a base body having a bone contact surface and a soft tissue contact surface. The soft tissue contact surface is at least partially hydroxylated or silanated which results in an improved soft tissue integration.
US11331160B2	Surgical camera system with automatic alternation between two depths of field A surgical camera system, and method therefor, is provided which includes a plurality of imaging devices each having a tunable iris configured to change between at least two different sized numerical apertures.
US11331157B2	Integrated robotic insufflation and smoke evacuation A surgical robotic system comprising: a robotic arm; a tool drive coupled to the robotic arm; a cannula interface configured to couple a cannula to the tool drive, the cannula interface having a fluid pathway in communication with an interior lumen of the cannula; and an insufflation pathway coupled to the robotic arm, the insufflation pathway having a distal end coupled to the fluid pathway and a proximal end coupled to a surgical insufflator.
US11331154B2	Telescoping cannula arm A surgical system includes a link of a manipulator arm and a telescoping cannula mount assembly. The link includes a curved end. The telescoping cannula mount assembly is positioned in the curved end of the link. The telescoping cannula mount assembly includes a curved cannula mount arm. In a first state, the curved cannula mount arm is parked within the curved end of the link. In a second state, the curved cannula mount arm extends from the curved end of the link and is locked in an extended position. The telescoping cannula mount assembly also includes a mechanical arm retraction system. The mechanical arm retraction system couples the curved cannula mount arm to the curved end of the link. The mechanical arm retraction system is configured to automatically move the curved cannula mount arm from the second state to the first state.
US11331153B2	Surgical robot platform A medical robot system, including a robot coupled to an effectuator element with the robot configured for controlled movement and positioning. The system may include a transmitter configured to emit one or more signals, and the transmitter is coupled to an instrument coupled to the effectuator element. The system may further include a motor assembly coupled to the robot and a plurality of receivers configured to receive the one or more signals emitted by the transmitter. A control unit is coupled to the motor assembly and the plurality of receivers, and the control unit is configured to supply one or more instruction signals to the motor assembly. The instruction signals can be configured to cause the motor assembly to selectively move the effectuator element and is further configured to (i) calculate a position of the at least one transmitter by analysis of the signals received by the plurality of receivers; (ii) display the position of the at least one transmitter with respect to the body of the patient; and (iii) selectively control actuation of the motor assembly in response to the signals received by the plurality of receivers.
US11331147B2	Medical image processing apparatus, medical image diagnostic apparatus, and medical image processing method for image-guided endocardial navigation A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment comprises processing circuitry configured to: acquire a position of an interatrial septum and a device reaching position in a medical image indicating the heart of a subject; calculate a puncturing region, in the interatrial septum, enabling a medical device to reach the device reaching position through the interatrial septum on the basis of the position of the interatrial septum and the device reaching position; and present the puncturing region.
US11331145B2	Device for laser thermal ablation with a diffusing catheter and equipment comprising said device The device comprises: —an outer tubular structure (21) having a closed terminal end; —an inner tubular structure (23), positioned in the outer tubular structure, and having a side wall with a terminal end and defining an inner volume, configured to receive a light guide (27); in which between the outer tubular structure (21) and the inner tubular structure (23) a first gap (25) for circulation of a coolant is formed; At least a portion of the external tubular structure (21) or the internal tubular structure (23) is diffusing to an electromagnetic radiation propagating in the light guide (27).
US11331143B2	Light based skin treatment device A light based skin treatment device comprises a laser light source for providing a pulsed incident light beam for treating skin by laser induced optical breakdown of hair or skin tissue. In one arrangement, a focusing system has a pre-focusing lens for increasing the convergence of the an incident light beam and a skin contact lens having convex light input and light exit surfaces. The focal spot position is controlled by adjusting a spacing between the pre-focusing lens and the skin contact lens. In another arrangement, there is an adjustable lens system before an adjustable focusing system for providing compensation for aberration in the focusing system.
US11331140B2	Heated vapor ablation systems and methods for treating cardiac conditions Cardiac ablation catheters include an outer balloon positioned at a distal end of the catheter and configured to have an inner balloon disposed therein. The outer balloon is inflated with a first fluid that has a temperature less than 100 degrees Celsius, while the inner balloon is inflated with heated vapor. An area of contact between the two balloons, comprising a surface area less than the total surface area of either balloon, creates a hot zone for ablating cardiac tissue through the transfer of thermal energy from the contact area to the cardiac tissue.
US11331138B2	Tuned RF energy and electrical tissue characterization for selective treatment of target tissues A catheter and catheter system can use energy tailored for remodeling and/or removal of target material along a body lumen, often of atherosclerotic material of a blood vessel of a patient. An elongate flexible catheter body with a radially expandable structure may have a plurality of electrodes or other electrosurgical energy delivery surfaces to radially engage atherosclerotic material when the structure expands. An atherosclerotic material detector system may measure and/or characterize the atherosclerotic material and its location, optionally using impedance monitoring.
US11331134B2	Orthopedic device holder An orthopedic device holder and related kit are disclosed. The orthopedic device holder can include a body portion having a proximal end and a distal end, the body portion defining a bore positioned between the proximal end and the distal end, a plunger portion having a proximal end and a distal end, the plunger portion extending into an opening of the body portion and defining a second bore, and a locking lever that, when activated, is configured to move between a first position and a second position and transition the first bore and the second bore from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration.
US11331132B2	Apparatus for delivery of reinforcing materials to bone An apparatus and methods for delivery of reinforcing materials to a weakened or fractured bone is disclosed. An apparatus for delivering a reinforcing mixture to a bone including a tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis therebetween, wherein the tube has at least one inner lumen capable of allowing a bone reinforcing mixture to pass therethrough; a balloon engaging the tube wherein the balloon expands from a substantially deflated state to a substantially inflated state upon the bone reinforcing mixture entering the balloon; and at least one light guide extending through the tube into the balloon to guide a light into the balloon.
US11331131B2	Fixation device and method of using the same A fixation device includes a head, a tapered body coupled to the head and extending along a central longitudinal axis, and a flexible tail extending distally from the tapered body and defining a central bore therethrough. The flexible tail is movable from an initial configuration aligned with the central longitudinal axis to a deflected configuration that extends away from the central longitudinal axis when a force is applied to the flexible tail.
US11331122B2	Needle guide apparatus for endocavity ultrasound intervention A needle guide apparatus for endocavity ultrasound intervention is provided, comprising a plastic bracket and a needle guiding passage made of metal that is provided in the plastic bracket, wherein the plastic bracket has a mounting structure that is detachably mounted to an endocavity ultrasound probe, and the needle guiding passage comprises a needle insertion groove provided by a metal head and a guiding groove provided by a metal guiding tube, the metal guiding tube is at least partially housed in the plastic bracket, and at least an inlet end of the metal head is exposed outside the plastic bracket. The needle guide apparatus for endocavity ultrasound intervention forms an all-metal needle guiding passage in the plastic bracket, so that the needle can smoothly and cleanly enter the human body during the ultrasonic interventional operation, and the interventional operation is safe, reliable and easy to operate.
US11331121B2	Transseptal needle Embodiments of medical devices and methods are disclosed. The medical devices typically comprises a needle with a rigid proximal shaft, a flexible distal shaft and a distal tip. The distal tip includes an electrode for delivering energy to puncture a tissue. In some embodiments, the distal shaft comprises a superelastic material. In other embodiments, the distal shaft is comprised of both a superelastic material and a non-superelastic material.
US11331118B2	Intravascular catheter having an expandable incising portion An intravascular catheter device for treating atherosclerotic material located within a blood vessel includes an expandable portion is secured to a catheter tube having a centerline. The expandable portion includes a plurality of struts pivotably attached to the expandable portion for movement between a closed position where the struts extend parallel to the centerline and an opened position where the struts splay outwardly at an angle from the centerline. A sharpened edge associated with at least one of struts creates an incision in the atherosclerotic material when the expandable portion is placed in the opened position and retracted axially through the blood vessel.
US11331116B2	Method and apparatus for discontinuous dermabrasion Exemplary embodiments of method and apparatus are provided for resurfacing of skin that includes formation of a plurality of small holes, e.g., having widths less than about 1 mm or 0.5 mm. For example, such small holes can be produced using a mechanical apparatus that includes one or more abrading elements provided at the end of one or more rotating shafts, thus avoiding generation of thermal damage as occurs with conventional laser resurfacing procedures and devices. The holes thus formed can be well-tolerated by the skin, and may exhibit shorter healing times and less swelling than conventional resurfacing procedures. The fractional surface coverage of the holes can be between about 0.1 and 0.7, or between about 0.2 and 0.5. The method and apparatus can produce cosmetic improvements in the skin appearance by eliciting a healing response.
US11331113B2	Drive and articulation mechanisms for surgical instruments for use in robotic surgical systems A gearbox assembly for a surgical instrument includes an articulation sub-assembly and a jaw drive sub-assembly. The articulation sub-assembly is configured to articulate an end effector of the surgical instrument and the jaw drive sub-assembly is configured to move jaw members of the end effector between an open and closed position. The articulation sub-assembly includes two input shafts, a proximal plate, a middle plate, two center gears, and four lead screws with four nuts. The jaw drive sub-assembly includes a drive rod coupled to at least one of the jaws and a spring force assembly to maintain a force between the jaws.
US11331107B2	Medical device with removable motor An apparatus including a frame, where the frame includes a user handle, a motor receiving area, and a first aperture through the frame into the motor receiving area, where the motor receiving area is configured to removably receive a cannulated motor assembly therein; and a first seal located proximate the first aperture through the frame, where the first seal is configured to form a seal between the cannulated motor assembly and the frame when the cannulated motor assembly is in the motor receiving area.
US11331106B2	Torque transmitting ball joint driver having a rigid fixation mechanism An articulating driver having a ball-in-socket joint. The driver may include a driver tip having a spherical head, a retention cap having a domed surface to mate with the spherical head, an input shaft, a spring disposed in an end of the input shaft and in a recess of the retention cap opposite that of the domed surface, and a housing that receives the input shaft, the spring, the retention cap and the spherical head. The housing may have a tapered end to positionally retain the spherical head therein. In another aspect, the driver may include a driver tip coupled to the input shaft that includes an interface to engage a screw. A bushing may engage the driver tip at one end and receive the screw at the other end to retain the screw within the driver.
US11331103B2	Occlusive medical device with fixation members An example occlusive implant is disclosed. The example occlusive implant includes an expandable framework configured to shift between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein the expandable framework includes a plurality of strut members circumferentially spaced around a longitudinal axis of the expandable framework, wherein one or more of the plurality of strut members includes a first twisted portion and a face portion. The occlusive implant also includes a plurality of fixation members disposed along the face portion of one or more of the plurality of strut members.
US11331102B2	Purified pentagalloyl glucose and devices for delivery Disclosed herein is a method of producing high purity pentagalloyl glucose (PGG), analogues or derivatives thereof, at least 99.9% pure, by washing with dimethyl ether. PGG may be provided in a kit, including a hydrolyzer for dissolving the PGG and a saline solution. Also disclosed herein is a device for delivery of a therapeutic solution to a blood vessel. The device may be a catheter having an upstream balloon and a downstream balloon. The upstream balloon may be expanded to anchor the catheter and occlude antegrade blood flow. The downstream balloon may be expanded to occlude retrograde blood flow, creating a sealed volume within the blood vessel. The downstream balloon may have pores configured to deliver a therapeutic inflation solution into the sealed volume or a portion thereof. The downstream balloon may be expanded by the expansion of a balloon disposed inside the downstream balloon.
US11331099B2	Surgical stapler with removable power pack and interchangeable battery pack A surgical fastener applier including a housing containing a compartment, an elongated member extending distally from the housing, first and second jaws and a firing mechanism. The firing mechanism is movable between a first position and a second position to effect firing of fasteners into the tissue clamped between the first and second jaws. A power pack is removably loadable into the compartment, the power pack having a motor and an engagement member removably engageable with the firing mechanism within the compartment when the power pack is loaded into the compartment to effect movement of the firing mechanism. An interchangeable battery pack is removably loadable into the power pack for powering the motor. Bearings restrict axial and radial movement of the firing and articulation assembly in the power pack.
US11331096B2	Surgical method and system for performing the same A method using a guide to assist in insertion of a helicoidal member in a target biological tissue. The method includes abutting a substantially longitudinally extending portion of the guide against a target tissue exposed surface with the helicoidal member mounted thereto so that at least a portion of the guide is inserted in a helicoidal member passageway substantially parallel to a helicoidal member longitudinal axis of the helicoidal member; adhering the substantially longitudinally extending portion of the guide to the target tissue exposed surface with the helicoidal member longitudinal axis substantially parallel to the target tissue exposed surface; and advancing the helicoidal member in the target biological tissue in a substantially helicoidal movement with the guide remaining substantially fixed relative to the target biological tissue.
US11331090B2	Surgical visualization systems and related methods Surgical visualization systems and related methods are disclosed herein, e.g., for providing visualization during surgical procedures. Systems and methods herein can be used in a wide range of surgical procedures, including spinal surgeries such as minimally-invasive fusion or discectomy procedures. Systems and methods herein can include various features for enhancing end user experience, improving clinical outcomes, or reducing the invasiveness of a surgery. Exemplary features can include access port integration, hands-free operation, active and/or passive lens cleaning, adjustable camera depth, and many others.
US11331088B2	Methods and devices for auto return of articulated end effectors Various exemplary methods and devices for auto return of articulated end effectors are provided. In general, a surgical device can include an end effector configured to articulate. The device can include an actuator configured to be actuated to move the end effector from an articulated position to an unarticulated position. In at least some embodiments, the actuator can also be configured to be actuated to move the end effector from the unarticulated position to the articulated position. In at least some embodiments, the device can include the actuator and include another actuator configured to rotate the end effector about a longitudinal axis of an elongate shaft having the end effector at a distal end thereof. In at least some embodiments, the device can include the actuator and include another actuator configured to articulate the end effector from the unarticulated position to the articulated position.
US11331085B2	Bioresorbable self-folding tools for surgery, single cell capture and manipulation Microgrippers adapted to capture, manipulate, and contain single cells in both in vitro and in vivo cell applications are disclosed. The energy required to actuate these microgrippers is derived from the release of residual stress and does not require any wires, tethers, or batteries. Because the microgrippers are made from biocompatible and biosorbable materials, they do not accumulate in tissue. Accordingly, they can be used for in vivo applications, such as for gripping single cells in tissue biopsies.
US11331084B2	Portable liquid collection device A portable liquid collection device includes a liquid collector, a guide tube and a liquid collection tube. The liquid collector includes a flowing liquid hole and an anti-slip structure. The guide tube includes two ends, one end connects to the liquid collector, and the other end is in a needle-shaped structure and connects to the liquid collection tube. A gas channel and a liquid channel are disposed in a tube body of the guide tube. The guide tube is provided with an outer annular structure. The liquid collection tube includes a collection tube body and a collection tube cover. The collection tube cover includes a tube cover body and a blocking plug. A placing slot for placing the blocking plug is disposed between the top and the bottom of the tube cover body.
US11331083B2	Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and method of operating the same An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: a high voltage power source; a transmission circuit to receive power from the high voltage power source, generate a pulse generating an ultrasound wave, and apply the ultrasound wave to a probe in the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus; a power circuit to receive the power from the high voltage power source and charge a capacitor with electric energy when the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus operates in a shear wave mode, and supply, to the transmission circuit, shear wave mode power used for generating a shear wave, based on the electric energy; and a processor to control the power circuit to supply the shear wave mode power when the shear wave mode is in operation, and control the high voltage power source and the power circuit such that insufficient power of the shear wave mode power is supplied from the high voltage power source to the transmission circuit.
US11331082B2	Control device, image diagnosis apparatus, method for processing of control device, and program A control device is disclosed that includes a processor configured to: receive a signal from an imaging core, the imaging core including an optical transceiver and an ultrasound transceiver; determine whether the imaging core is in a state where the ultrasound transceiver can properly execute transmission and reception, based on at least one of the signal from the optical transceiver and the signal from the ultrasound transceiver which are received from the imaging; and control execution of an optical path length adjustment for imaging with the optical transceiver when the ultrasound transceiver can properly execute the transmission and reception.
US11331078B2	Quantitative ultrasound using fundamental and harmonic signals A system and method include storage of an echo signal power spectrum of a reference phantom for a fundamental frequency band and an echo signal power spectrum of the reference phantom for a harmonic frequency band, acquisition of an echo signal power spectrum of a region of tissue for the fundamental frequency band and an echo signal power spectrum of the region of tissue for the harmonic frequency band, determination of a first backscatter coefficient based on the echo signal power spectrum of the region of tissue for the fundamental frequency band and the echo signal power spectrum of the reference phantom for the fundamental frequency band, determination of a second backscatter coefficient based on the echo signal power spectrum of the region of tissue for the harmonic frequency band and the echo signal power spectrum of the reference phantom for the harmonic frequency band, and determination of a non-linearity of the region of tissue based on the first backscatter coefficient and the second backscatter coefficient.
US11331075B2	Ultrasonic sensor and ultrasonic sensor device A sensor includes a first element part and a second element part. The first element part includes a first upper main electrode part, a first upper sub electrode part and a first lower electrode layer. In the second element part, a configuration of electrodes is inverse to that of the first element part. It includes a second lower main electrode part, a second lower sub electrode part and a second upper electrode layer. The first upper main electrode part and the second lower sub electrode part are connected. The first upper sub electrode part and the second lower main electrode part are connected. The first lower electrode layer and the second upper electrode layer are connected.
US11331070B2	System and method for probe calibration and interventional acoustic imaging A system includes an acoustic probe and an acoustic imaging machine. The acoustic probe includes a substrate with first and second principal surfaces, a device insertion port with an opening passing through the substrate from the first principal surface to the second principal surface, and an array of acoustic transducer elements supported by the substrate and disposed around the device insertion port. The acoustic imaging machine may systematically vary the size and/or position of the active acoustic aperture of the probe by providing transmit signals to selected acoustic transducer elements to cause the array to transmit an acoustic probe signal to an area of interest and may record a feedback signal of the transmit signals from an acoustic receiver provided at a distal end of an interventional device passed through the device insertion port into the area of interest to find an active acoustic aperture having optimal acoustic performance.
US11331068B2	X-ray device, x-ray inspection method, and data processing apparatus In an X-ray inspection, a detection unit with a detector is provided. The detection unit detects transmitted amounts of the X-rays generated by an X-ray generator and transmitted through the object in each of n-number X-ray energy bins (n is a positive integer of 2 or more) which are set in advance to the X-rays, and outputs detection signals corresponding to the transmitted amounts. An information acquisition unit acquires, based on the detection signal, information showing a thickness t of the object and an average linear attenuation coefficient μ in a transmission direction of fluxes of the X-rays, in each of the energy bins. A pixel data calculation unit calculates, based on the acquired information, pixel data composed of pixel values each obtained by multiplying addition information by the thickness t. Addition information is obtained by mutual addition of the average linear attenuation coefficients μ in the respective energy bins.
US11331061B2	Imaging of photon-counting CT system Imaging methods, imaging apparatuses and image processing devices are provided. In one aspect, an imaging method includes: scanning a subject to obtain a photon-counting sequence output by a photon-counting detector of a photon-counting CT system; determining, by using a photon-counting model and the photon-counting sequence, a target material distribution parameter value of the subject, and performing imaging based on the target material distribution parameter value. The photon-counting model is created by at least one of a charge sharing model, an energy resolution model, or a pulse pileup model. The charge sharing model is configured to eliminate energy spectrum distortion and counting loss caused by charge sharing. The energy resolution model is configured to eliminate energy spectrum distortion and counting loss caused by energy resolution. The pulse pileup model is configured to eliminate energy spectrum distortion and counting loss caused by pulse pileup.
US11331058B2	Lock-block shield device Apparatus and techniques for blocking radiation in a medical environment are described. In one or more embodiments, a lock-block shield device includes a base that is configured to adhesively couple to an object associated with a patient. In some embodiments, the base includes a lock mechanism for securing a work piece that has a generally tubular shape. A shield that is configured to at least partially block transmission of radiation can be coupled to the base in a releasable manner. For example, a clasp is used to secure the base and shield together. In embodiments, a ball and socket joint couples the shield and base to permit, for example, the shield to pivot and articulate with respect to the base.
US11331057B2	C-arm cap A cap for a c-arm medical imaging device with an image intensifier comprises a plate sized and shaped to cover an exterior facing surface of the image intensifier. The plate is transparent to x-rays and has a planar center with a planar outer surface and a planar inner surface to face the image intensifier. A retainer is carried by the plate to retain the plate on the image intensifier.
US11331053B2	Systems, devices, and methods for performing breathing exercises, improving lung function, performing pulmonary monitoring, and/or determining lung capacity and peak expiratory flow Systems, devices, and methods for determining a user's lung capacity may employ a sound-producing breathing device and a recording device such as a microphone included in a user electronic device (e.g., smart phone or tablet computer). A user may inhale or exhale through the sound-producing breathing device, thereby producing a sound that is received by the microphone and communicated to a processor. The processor may analyze the received sound recording to determine one or more sound intensity values over, for example, the duration of the received sound and/or points in time within the sound recording. The sound intensity values may then be used to determine the user's lung capacity.
US11331052B2	Systems, devices, and methods for fluid monitoring Devices, systems, and methods herein relate to predicting infection of a patient. These systems and methods may comprise illuminating a patient fluid in a fluid conduit from a plurality of illumination directions, measuring an optical characteristic of the illuminated patient fluid using one or more sensors, and predicting an infection state of the patient based at least in part on the measured optical characteristic.
US11331043B2	Physiological measurement device An physiological measurement device provides a device body having a base, legs extending from the base and an optical housing disposed at ends of the legs opposite the base. An optical assembly is disposed in the housing. The device body is flexed so as to position the housing over a tissue site. The device body is unflexed so as to attach the housing to the tissue site and position the optical assembly to illuminate the tissue site. The optical assembly is configured to transmit optical radiation into tissue site tissue and receive the optical radiation after attenuation by pulsatile blood flow within the tissue.
US11331038B2	Apparatus for determining a property of a tissue The invention relates to an apparatus for determining a property of a tissue, particularly cancer of cervical tissue. A light providing unit (7, 8, 9) provides light for illuminating the tissue (6) and a light detection unit (10) detects light from the tissue, wherein a first signal being indicative of light (11) having been influenced by an epithelium region (R1), a second signal being indicative of light (12) having been influenced by a boundary region (R2) and a third signal being indicative of light (13) having been influenced by a stroma region (R3) are generated, and wherein a tissue property is determined based on the first, second and third signals. This allows for an determination of a tissue property, which is based on a combination of optical properties measured in the three different regions, resulting in an improved determination of the tissue property, in particular in improved cancer detection.
US11331036B2	Systems for intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring Systems, architectures, and methods of neurophysiological monitoring are described. In a particular example, an architecture may include a monitoring system and display system including two or more display devices. The monitoring system may manage the monitoring of some aspect of a patient's nervous system. A first display device is positioned adjacent the patient and viewable by a first user. A second display device is positioned apart from the patient and viewable by a second user and obscured from the first user. The first display device and the second display device may be used to display monitoring data collected by the monitoring system.
US11331033B2	Systems and methods for treating cardiac arrhythmia Apparatus for monitoring activation in a heart comprises a probe 101, a plurality of electrodes 102 supported on the probe and extending over a detection area of the probe, the detection area being arranged to contact a detection region of the heart. Each of the electrodes 102 is arranged to detect electrical potential at a respective position in the heart during movement of a series of activation wave fronts across the detection region. A processor is arranged to analyse the detected electrical potentials to identify a propagation direction of at least one of the wave fronts, and to generate an output indicative of that direction.
US11331032B2	Electrocardiogram method for lactate threshold detection Lactate threshold device (LTD) assists subjects in improving athletic performance and maximizing calorie burn. LTD digitizes the electrocardiogram (ECG) obtained from a chest belt with a first signal analyzer, and telemeters the ECG to a second signal analyzer. LTD uses a novel algorithm to convert the telemetered ECG from the time to frequency domain, utilizing a digital signal processing method called fast fourier transform based spectral analysis. LTD determines whether lactate threshold (LT) has been reached, and furthermore calculates heart rate, heart rate variability, and heart rate and power zones. LTD displays the determined variables on a local or remote display. Subject using LTD obtains feedback during a real-time exercise regimen in the field that has aerobic (below LT) and anaerobic (above LT) zones. By utilizing an exercise program with aerobic and anaerobic zones, both sprint and endurance fitness levels are improved, and weight loss potential is maximized.
US11331027B2	System for magnetic detection of myocardial forces Devices and techniques for magnetic detection of myocardial forces are generally described. In some examples, cardiac tissue may be cultured such that the cardiac tissue adheres to a first post and a second post. In further examples, a magnetometer may detect a change in a magnetic field resulting from a deflection of the first post in a first direction from a first position to a second position. In some other examples a signal corresponding to the change in the magnetic field may be generated. In still other examples, frequencies of the signal outside of a first frequency range may be excluded to produce a filtered signal. In various examples, the first frequency range may include frequencies associated with beating of cardiac tissue. In still further examples, a force exerted by the cardiac tissue may be determined based at least in part on the filtered signal.
US11331025B2	Drowsy-driving prevention method and drowsy-driving prevention system Disclosed herein are a drowsy-driving prevention method and a drowsy-driving prevention system that execute artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and/or machine learning algorithms in a 5G environment connected for Internet of Things in order to control a stimulation unit and a measurement unit. The drowsy-driving prevention method may include a stimulating step, a measuring step, and a determining step. A stimulation unit outputs a stimulus in order to stimulate a sensory organ of a driver, and then a measurement unit measures a biometric signal of the driver from the time when the stimulus is outputted. Upon determining that the biometric signal of the driver is not a response to the stimulus, the stimulation unit may output the stimulus again.
US11331021B2	Transcutaneous analyte sensor systems and methods Systems for applying a transcutaneous monitor to a person can include a telescoping assembly, a sensor, and a base with adhesive to couple the sensor to skin. The sensor can be located within the telescoping assembly while the base protrudes from a distal end of the system. The system can be configured to couple the sensor to the base by compressing the telescoping assembly.
US11331020B2	Enzyme-based electrochemical nicotine biosensor Described herein is an amperometric biosensor, e.g., chronoamperometric biosensor for the measurement of the concentration of nicotine. Also disclosed herein is a wearable nicotine biosensor device and a biosensor that detects nicotine in smoke. The biosensor disclosed herein comprises a nicotine-catalyzing enzyme, such as NicA2 or mutant NicA2 enzymes. Also described herein are systems comprising said amperometric biosensor, e.g., chronoamperometric biosensor and methods of using said chronoamperometric biosensor.
US11331019B2	Nanoparticle sensor having a nanofibrous membrane scaffold Nanoparticle-fibrous membrane composites are provided as tunable interfacial scaffolds for flexible chemical sensors and biosensors by assembling gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) in a fibrous membrane. The gold nanoparticles are functionalized with organic, polymeric and/or biological molecules. The fibrous membranes may include different filter papers, with one example featuring a multilayered fibrous membrane consisting of a cellulose nanofiber (CN) top layer, an electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibrous midlayer (or alternate material), and a nonwoven polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibrous support layer, with the nanoparticles provided on the fibrous membranes through interparticle molecular/polymeric linkages and nanoparticle-nanofibrous interactions. Molecular linkers may be employed to tune hydrogen bonding and electrostatic and/or hydrophobic/hydrophilic interactions to provide sensor specificity to gases or liquids. The sensors act as chemiresistor-type sensors. A preferred implementation is a sweat sensor.
US11331016B1	System and method for robust pulse oximetry Robust estimation of a characteristic of a user's physiological signals can be achieved by filtering or classifying samples. Rather than estimating the characteristic of the user's physiological signals based on each sample at a first wavelength and a second wavelength, a robust system and method can, in some examples, estimate the characteristic using samples at the first wavelength and the second wavelength that meet one or more criteria and filter out samples that fail to meet the one or more criteria. In some examples, the system and method can weight samples based on the one or more criteria, and estimate the characteristic using the weighted samples. Samples failing to meet the one or more criteria can be given less weight or no weight in the estimation. The one or more criteria can include a criterion based on at least the physiological signal at a third wavelength.
US11331013B2	Total hemoglobin screening sensor A total hemoglobin index system derives total hemoglobin (tHb) index value utilizing a depopulated emitter with an index set of LEDs. A patient fails a tHb index test if tHb measurements are trending down and/or tHb values fall below a predefined index threshold. If a patient fails the tHb index test, a high resolution sensor derives a specific tHb measurement utilizing a high resolution set of LEDs. The number of high resolution set LEDs is greater than the number of index set LEDs.
US11331008B2	Hearing test system for non-expert user with built-in calibration and method Disclosed herein are examples of methods and systems for performing a calibration check of a personal hearing test system using a built-in calibration cavity, particularly for use by a non-expert user outside the clinical environment. The hearing test system includes a one or more earpieces. The hearing test system further includes a portable test unit having an acoustic calibration cavity for accommodating the earpiece at least partially therein. The acoustic calibration cavity may include an opening along an exterior surface of the portable test unit. The acoustic calibration cavity receives an acoustic calibration stimuli and the microphone provided within the acoustic calibration cavity produces a calibration signal input for measuring and performing a calibration check, or an automatic self-calibration.
US11331004B2	Sampling and storage registry device for breath gas analysis Methods and systems are described to obtain and analyze one or more gas samples from the breath of a person, and organizing the samples in a sample registry for subsequent analysis. This technique solves the various problems that are associated with targeting an individual breath for analysis, and allows for additional versatility and options in the analysis process.
US11331003B2	Context-aware respiration rate determination using an electronic device A method for contextually aware determination of respiration includes obtaining, by an electronic device, context information and selecting, by the electronic device, a set of sensor data associated with respiratory activity of a subject, based on the context information. The method further includes selecting, based on the selected set of sensor data, an algorithm from a plurality of algorithms for determining a respiration rate of the subject, and determining, by applying the selected algorithm to the selected set of sensor data associated with respiratory activity of the subject, the respiration rate for the subject.
US11331002B2	System and method for collecting clinical data associated with a medical apparatus including an implantable device A system and method for collecting operation data associated with a medical apparatus including an internal device implanted in a subject and an external device that is magnetically-coupled to and drives the internal device. The medical apparatus may be monitored to obtain raw data associated with the operation of the medical apparatus and one or more calculations may be performed on the raw data, wherein the raw data and/or calculated values may be associated with voiding frequency and voiding volume of the subject. A report may be generated from the raw data and/or calculated values. In addition, one or more signals may be sent to the external device and/or a docking station, or communicated by other means, to indicate to the subject that the operation of the medical apparatus should be altered.
US11330994B2	Reduced profile FFR catheter A catheter includes a proximal shaft, a distal shaft, a pressure sensor, and at least one pressure sensor wire. The proximal shaft is substantially C-shaped such that in cross-section, the proximal shaft includes a first circumferential end, a second circumferential end, and a gap between the first circumferential and circumferential end. The proximal shaft defines a groove configured to receive a guidewire therein. The distal shaft is coupled to the proximal shaft and defines a guidewire lumen therein. The pressure sensor is coupled to the distal shaft. The pressure sensor wire is operably connected to the pressure sensor. A proximal portion of the pressure sensor wire is disposed within a proximal shaft wall of the proximal shaft and a distal portion of the pressure sensor wire is disposed within a distal shaft wall of the distal shaft.
US11330993B2	Sensor and method for continuous health monitoring An optical proximity sensor assembly includes an optical proximity sensor with an IR LED emitting light having an infrared wavelength, an IR photo detector sensitive to the infrared wavelength, an optical barrier blocking direct light rays from the LED to the IR photo detector and permitting reflected light rays to reach the at least one photo detector; and an electronic integrated circuit with an amplifier for amplifying a signal detected by the photo detector, an analog to digital converter, LED drivers, noise reduction and ambient light cancellation circuitry, and a digital interface for communication with a microcontroller. The optical proximity sensor is accommodated on a wearable carrier. A single sensor may include a plurality of identical or different LEDs, a plurality of photodiodes, or both. Also, several sensors may be placed on a person's skin along a vascular path to obtain data relating to blood flow and artery stiffness.
US11330988B2	Body-worn system for measuring continuous non-invasive blood pressure (cNIBP) The present invention provides a technique for continuous measurement of blood pressure based on pulse transit time and which does not require any external calibration. This technique, referred to herein as the ‘Composite Method’, is carried out with a body-worn monitor that measures blood pressure and other vital signs, and wirelessly transmits them to a remote monitor. A network of body-worn sensors, typically placed on the patient's right arm and chest, connect to the body-worn monitor and measure time-dependent ECG, PPG, accelerometer, and pressure waveforms. The disposable sensors can include a cuff that features an inflatable bladder coupled to a pressure sensor, three or more electrical sensors (e.g. electrodes), three or more accelerometers, a temperature sensor, and an optical sensor (e.g., a light source and photodiode) attached to the patient's thumb.
US11330987B2	Implantable vital sign sensor An implantable vital sign sensor including a housing including a first portion, the first portion defining a first open end, a second open end opposite the first end, and a lumen there through, the first portion being sized to be implanted substantially entirely within the blood vessel wall of the patient. A sensor module configured to measure a blood vessel blood pressure waveform is included, the sensor module having a proximal portion and a distal portion, the distal portion being insertable within the lumen and the proximal portion extending outward from the first open end.
US11330986B2	Evaluation system for cardiovascular health assessment and individualized health and fitness interventions A cardiovascular health assessment score, representing a working tissue flow and indicating the dependence on central and peripheral control mechanisms, is generated by the evaluation system and used to support a variety of individualized medicine and health applications. One or more of the individualized medicine and health applications may be implemented as part of the evaluation system and incorporate the cardiovascular health assessment.
US11330981B2	Method and apparatus for a burst operation pressure sensor Embodiments described herein relate to an implantable device that include an inductor coil, a storage capacitor, active circuitry, and a sensor, but doesn't include an electrochemical cell, and methods for use therewith. During first periods of time, the storage capacitor accumulates and stores energy received via the inductor coil from a non-implanted device. During second periods of time, interleaved with the first periods of time, and during which energy is not received from the non-implanted device, the active circuitry of the implantable device is powered by the energy stored on the storage capacitor and is used to perform at least one of a plurality of predetermined operations of the implantable device, including, e.g., obtaining a sensor measurement from the sensor of the implantable device, transmitting a communication signal including a sensor measurement to the non-implanted device, and/or receiving a communication signal from the non-implanted device.
US11330974B2	Endomicroscopic device An endomicroscopic device, which, in microsurgical operations, enables the deep surgical sites that cannot be seen from a certain angle to become visible. The endomicroscopic device includes a light source to illuminate the surgical site, a microscope lens for taking and magnifying an image of a tissue at the surgical site, a pair of binocular eyepieces for projecting the image to eyes of the surgeon, an endoscopic probe for displaying blind areas outside of a field of view of the at least one microscope lens from different angles in a periscopic manner, an endoscopic probe outlet, and a distal portion located at an end of the endoscopic probe. The distal portion is flexible and can be angled to be directed to different areas, and provides a second periscopic image.
US11330973B2	Portable and ergonomic endoscope with disposable cannula An endoscopic system includes a single-use portion and a multiple-use portion. The two portions can be mated and un-mated. The single-use portion includes an elongated cannula that has a bendable section near its distal end providing a “steerable” distal tip. The imaging system includes at least two separate cameras and two separate light sources. The camera and light sources are configured to simultaneously image a target object. By employing different illuminations, different filters and manipulating the spectral responses, different characteristics of the target object can be captured. According to some embodiments, a system processor can coordinate the cameras, the light sources and combine the resulting images to display to an operator an enhanced combined image the object.
US11330964B2	Bendable tube with improved elastic hinge A tube like member having a first flexible portion comprising a first and a second circumferential slits, the first circumferential slit is arranged opposite to the second circumferential slit and comprises a first end and a second end, the second circumferential slit comprises a third end and a fourth end, wherein the first end and the third end are arranged such that a first bridge is provided between said first and second circumferential slits characterized in that the first flexible portion comprises a first longitudinal slit arranged longitudinally along the tube like member and a second longitudinal slit arranged longitudinally along the tube like member, wherein the first circumferential slit is communicatively connected to the first longitudinal slit, wherein the second circumferential slit is communicatively connected to the second longitudinal slit, the first longitudinal slit and second longitudinal slit being arranged to define longitudinal sides of the first bridge.
US11330961B1	Dishwasher appliance with stemware holder assembly A dishwasher appliance includes a tub that defines a wash chamber, a door that permits selective access to the wash chamber, a rack assembly within the wash chamber and receiving articles for cleaning, and a stemware holder assembly. The rack assembly includes an upper rack and a lower rack. The stemware holder assembly has at least one arm member secured to a side wall of the lower rack. The arm member(s) is movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position. Further, the arm member(s) includes at least one arm having a hook at a distal end thereof for receiving a stem of a stemware. As such, when the stemware holder assembly is in the engaged position, the hook orients the stem of the stemware in a direction away from the side wall of the lower rack.
US11330959B2	System and method for performing a fill cycle in a dishwasher appliance A dishwasher appliance includes a sump that defines a transition fill level where the cross sectional area of the sump increases. A pressure sensor is operably coupled to the sump for monitoring sump pressure and wash fluid level. A controller opens a water supply valve to provide a flow of water into the sump and monitors the sump pressure using the pressure sensor. The controller determines when the water has reached the transition fill level corresponding to a known transition fill volume. The controller determines a fill flow rate based on the amount of time needed to reach the transition fill volume and uses the fill flow rate to determine a remaining fill time needed to reach a target volume.
US11330956B2	Water-bearing domestic appliance A water-conducting household appliance includes a moving component, an electric motor for moving the component, a load apparatus configured to apply a resistance to counter movement of the component as a function of a position of the moving component, and a control apparatus for actuating the electric motor. The control apparatus is configured to detect a drive current drawn which is drawn by the electric motor and is a function of the resistance applied by the load apparatus and to ascertain the position of the moving component as a function of the detected drive current.
US11330951B2	Robot cleaner and method of operating the same Disclosed herein is a robot cleaner including a driving motor, a communication interface configured to receive, from an external cleaner, first cleaning record information including cleaning path information generated based on location information of the external cleaner, a memory configured to store second cleaning record information including the cleaning path information generated based on location information of the robot cleaner, and a processor configured to generate a cleaning plan of the robot cleaner based on the first cleaning record information and the second cleaning record information and control the driving motor such that the driving motor travels according to the cleaning plan.
US11330948B2	Moving robot and control method thereof Disclosed is a moving robot including: a travel unit configured to move a body; an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a surrounding image of the body; a sensor unit having one or more sensors configured to detect an obstacle while the body moves; a controller configured to: upon detection of an obstacle by the sensor unit, recognize an attribute of the obstacle based on an image acquired by the image acquisition unit, and control driving of the travel unit based on the attribute of the obstacle; and a sound output unit configured to: output preset sound when the recognized attribute of the obstacle indicates a movable obstacle. Accordingly, the moving robot improves stability, user convenience, driving efficiency, and cleaning efficiency.
US11330947B2	Cyclone type dust collector and cleaner having the same A cyclone type dust collector includes a first cyclone comprising a first cyclone body configured to induce a cyclonic flow of air around a first flow axis extending in a vertical direction, a first air inlet formed in the first cyclone body, a first dust outlet formed in the first cyclone body, and a first air outlet formed in the first cyclone body; and a first dust container configured to communicate with the first dust outlet and collect dust separated from the air, wherein at least a part of the first cyclone body is horizontally adjacent to the first dust container in a first horizontal direction that intersects with the first flow axis.
US11330946B2	Dust collector A dust collector comprises: a first container, a vacuum motor, a first-flow guiding unit, and a second flow-guiding unit; wherein the first container is set with a first tube-body, and the vacuum motor is set on a cover-body; wherein the motor is set with a filter, wherein the first flow-guiding unit and the second flow-guiding unit are respectively detachably combined with a second container and a third container; wherein the second flow-guiding unit is located in the first flow-guiding unit, and the first tube-body sucks in air, so that the dust and debris in the air enter the first container; wherein the air sequentially passes through the first flow-guiding unit and the second flow-guiding unit to form a vortex to make the fine dust fell into the second container and the third container; and the air is finally discharged by the vacuum motor after passes through the filter.
US11330940B2	Bathtub fitting standard external space while affording safe egress and larger floor area with enclosed volume A method of making a safe egress bathtub providing safe egress by reducing slide forces extended on a user's feet upon a slippery bathtub floor, wherein the formed bathtub has a limited rectangular footprint, and an optimized floor space is formed with a substantially planar base with a length and width that define the limited rectangular footprint and a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall and a second side wall integral with and extending substantially vertically upwards from the substantially planar base. Each of the front, back, first side wall and second side wall have minimal wall thicknesses to define the optimized floor space and the front wall has a substantially planar inwardly, cantilevered upper apron deck in a substantially parallel relation to the substantially planar base.
US11330938B2	Non-contact magnetic coupler for food processing appliance having small brushless permanent magnet motor A food processing appliance includes a container having a rotational processing assembly that includes an inner portion of a magnetic coupler. A base has a drive system for providing a rotational drive force. A drive rotor selectively transfers the rotational drive force to the magnetic coupler. The drive rotor includes a plurality of drive-magnetic members that form an outer portion of the magnetic coupler. The inner portion and outer portions of the magnetic coupler selectively and magnetically engage to form an engaged position. The engaged position is further defined by the inner portion being completely separated from the outer portion to define a gap therebetween.
US11330937B2	Modular smoker assembly A modular smoker assembly includes a heat pot that is fillable with a combustible material to produce smoke for smoking food items when the combustible material is burned. A plurality of cooking pots is provided and respective ones of the cooking pots are stackable on top of each other for positioning on the heat pot. In this way each of the cooking pots is in fluid communication with the heat pot to receive the smoke for cooking. Food items are positionable in the cooking pots to cook the food item with the smoke. A lid bucket is positionable on top of a topmost one of the cooking pots when the cooking pots are stacked on the heat pot to retain heat in the cooking pots.
US11330933B2	Cold brew coffee brewing machine A cold brew coffee brewing machine is provided. The cold brew coffee brewing machine may have an upper chamber and a generally identical lower chamber wherein the upper chamber and the lower chamber may be, for example, common mason jars. A filter unit may be secured between the upper chamber and the lower chamber when the coffee brewing machine is in use. A hand pump may be connected to the filter unit and may provide air pressure to the upper chamber. The lower chamber may then be secured to the filter unit and the entire device inverted. Both gravity and air pressure created by the hand pump may be used to force the water through the filter unit so that the drinkable coffee enters the lower chamber.
US11330932B2	Ergonomic beverage discharge disposition, beverage preparation machine with said beverage discharge disposition and process of operation of said machine The present invention discloses a beverage discharge disposition comprising a discharge casing (1) configured so that can be provided in the front region of a beverage preparation machine (20), including the option of supplying milk and frothed milk, whereby said discharge casing (1) presents a milk circulation disposition (2) adapted so as to provide an ergonomic use of a beverage preparation machine, in particular the possibility of dismounting and mounting said milk circulation disposition (2) for periodic cleaning thereof.The present invention further discloses a beverage preparation machine (20) and a process for operating said machine (20), in particular of a respective ergonomic beverage discharge disposition, according to the present invention.
US11330931B2	Apparatus and method for infusing and dispensing oils, and drying and heating infusing materials The present invention pertains in general to an apparatus and method for the drying and activating of infusing material, and the infusing, agitation and dispensation of oils in a controlled manner to produce a desired potency of an infusion while remaining below an identified maximum temperature threshold.
US11330927B2	Package receptacle and theft deterrent device and system An improved package receptacle and theft deterrent device, in which a flexible receiving bag constructed of a rugged material includes security features to restrict access to its internal chamber and may be removably attached to a door or other structure through fully-removable or partially permanently attached means.
US11330926B1	Selectively securable container apparatus and method A selectively securable container apparatus and method consists of a container with a lid where the container is sealed from opening when the lid is in a closed and locked position. A hook with a first size and an extension with a first end and a second end and a length, where the length has a second size and where the second size of the length is smaller than the first size of the hook, where the first end is connected with the container and the second end is connected with the hook and where the smaller second size of the length of the extension fits between a space between the bottom of a first object and the top of a second object but the first size of the hook is larger than the space.
US11330925B2	Apparatus for facilitating donning a garment The present invention relates to an apparatus (800) arranged for facilitating donning a garment (52) comprising a cuff on a part of a human body. The apparatus (800) comprises a at least one cuff opening arrangement (600, 700) arranged to open a cuff of a garment (52). The at least one cuff opening arrangement (600, 700) comprises a first (100) and a second (200) cuff opening assembly, each comprising a first (110, 210) and a second (120, 220) arm which are arranged to rotate around a first (GA1) and a second (GA2) geometrical axis, respectively. When the first (110, 210) and second (120, 220) arms are inserted into a cuff of the garment (52) and rotated around the first (GA1) and second (GA2) geometrical axes, respectively, the first (110, 210) and second (120, 220) arms are separated such that the cuff of the garment (52) is expanded. Thereby, facilitating donning the garment (52) on a part of a human body.
US11330924B2	Device and method for aiding putting on a ski boot A device for aiding putting on a ski boot includes a flexible attachment member removably attached to the ski boot. The flexible attachment member includes a strap retention member at a front end. An end of a main strap is attached at a rear end of the flexible retention member. The other end of the main strap is threaded through the strap retention member and through a loop positioned on a tongue of the ski boot. The main strap is pulled to move the tongue toward the front of the ski boot to increase the opening into the ski boot. After the tongue is in an open position, the ends of the main strap are attached to one another to keep the tongue in an open position. A pair of side straps attached to the main strap can be pulled upwardly on either side of the ski boot to aid in pulling the ski boot onto the foot of the wearer.
US11330923B2	Collapsible and locking clothes hanger The present disclosure provides a collapsible and locking clothes hanger for one-handed individuals. In at least one embodiment, a collapsible clothes hanger comprises a central hook portion including a hook element and a helical torsion spring, a first hanger arm and a second hanger arm, the helical torsion spring adapted to bias the first and the second hanger arms into an expanded position, each of the first and the second hanger arms moveable to a collapsed position, with the first hanger arm including a sliding component moveable between a first position and a second position, the sliding component including a first catch, the second hanger arm including a second catch, the first catch securely engaging the second catch in the first position, the first catch disengaging the second catch in the second position to move the first and the second hanger arms from the collapsed position to the expanded position.
US11330919B2	Frame assembly A frame assembly for supporting a flat article. In one aspect, the frame assembly may include a stack including a transparent window panel and a frame. The frame may include a floor structure for supporting the stack and an outer annular wall coupled to and surrounding the floor structure, the outer annular wall including a plurality of corners, an outer surface defining a periphery of the frame, an inner surface defining a display cavity, and a front edge that defines a display opening configured to allow the stack to pass therethrough into the display cavity. The inner surface of the outer annular wall may include a plurality of recessed regions, each of the recessed regions encompassing one of the corners of the outer annular wall.
US11330911B2	Adjustable bed An adjustable bed system includes a pair of side rails transversely spaced, longitudinally aligned and arranged parallel to each other; and a pair of lifting assemblies attached respectively to the pair of side rails for operably adjusting positions of at least one part of a bed. Each lifting assembly comprises a back lifting arm and a leg lifting mechanism; a bracket; and a back lifting actuator and a leg lifting actuator received in the bracket. Each actuator includes an activation member and a motor member engaged with the activation member for driving the activation member. The activation member of the back lifting actuator is engaged with the back lifting arm for operably adjusting the back lifting arm at desired back positions. The activation member of the leg lifting actuator is engaged to the leg lifting mechanism for operably adjusting the leg lifting mechanism at desired leg positions.
US11330908B1	Removable modular attachment system for accessories A modular attachment system may be provided with the ability to rapidly interchange different peripherals and accessories at different points where modular receivers have been installed. One or more modular receivers may include one or more quick-connect receptacles adapted to receive corresponding one or more quick connectors of one or more peripheral adapters to quickly connect and disconnect the modular peripheral adapters to facilitate rapid reconfiguration of chairs, desks, tables, or other furniture for different applications. A variety of peripherals and accessories can be attached to one or more modular peripheral adapters to create peripheral assemblies that can be rapidly interchanged by rapid connection to or disconnection from any installed modular housings to reconfigure furniture for different applications. The modular receivers may be attached to a desk, table, or other furnishings or manufactured as a part of office, computer, or gaming chairs, desks, tables, or other furnishings.
US11330906B1	Folding chair A folding chair includes a left central support rod, left front support rod, left rear support rod, left central leg terminal, left front leg terminal, left rear leg terminal, left limiting element, left sliding element, left limiting sliding element, left connecting element, right central support rod, right front support rod, right rear support rod, right central leg terminal, right front leg terminal, right rear leg terminal, right limiting element, right sliding element, right limiting sliding element, right connecting element, first connecting rod, second connecting rod, third connecting rod, fourth connecting rod, fifth connecting rod, sixth connecting rod, seventh connecting rod, eighth connecting rod and weight-bearing unit. The folding chair can be folded up like an umbrella and thus takes up little space and is portable and can be unfolded to demonstrate high stability and high load-bearing capability.
US11330900B2	Auto-locking adjustable bar and structure having same Disclosed are adjustable bars and structures having adjustable bars. An adjustable bar includes an inner bar, an outer bar and a locking/unlocking mechanism to control relative movement of the inner and outer bars. The locking/unlocking mechanism includes a locking pin to be selectively inserted into a restriction hole of the outer tubular bar and a restriction member of the inner bar, thereby selectively restricting relative movement of the inner and outer bars in at least one direction. The locking/unlocking mechanism also includes a feature to prevent accidental release of the locking pin from the restriction member. Structures having such adjustable bars are easy and safer to use.
US11330898B2	Tool for removing make-up from a brush A tool for removing make-up from a brush comprising: a main body having two opposite walls defining an opening and a pocket, the main body being deformable to allow i) insertion of the brush through the aperture and ii) manipulation of the internal surfaces of the walls against the brush, wherein at least the internal surfaces of the walls are made of a material that does not shed upon manipulation of the walls against the brush.
US11330890B2	Dispensing assembly for cosmetic product, having a cartridge and a transmission element configured to be detachably coupled The cosmetic product dispensing assembly includes a transmission element, a tubular cartridge of cosmetic product, configured to be detachably coupled to the transmission element, a receiving shell capable of receiving the transmission element. The cartridge includes a receptacle for cosmetic product engaging with the helical groove of an outer tube and the longitudinal guide slot of the control sleeve, and a bottom element integral in rotation with the control sleeve. The transmission element is configured to be received and non-detachably held in the receiving shell, and includes a snap-in element on an inner face.
US11330889B2	Skin treatment systems and methods Devices for treating a subject's skin or lips and more particularly to device that enhances absorption of treatment media into tissue for cosmetic and therapeutic purposes.
US11330887B2	Automated nail polish application apparatus A nail polish application apparatus, comprising a mounting element comprising a capsule compartment adapted to receive one or more capsules containing a nail polish fluid wherein the mounting element is moveable by actuator(s) in longitudinal axis crossing a nail polish applying space and in lateral axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and is rotatable by the actuator(s) around the longitudinal axis, a pressure applying element adapted to apply pressure on a body portion of the capsule(s) installed in the capsule compartment wherein the body portion defines a reservoir containing a nail polish fluid, the pressure builds an internal pressure in the reservoir forcing extrusion of the nail polish fluid to a nail polish applying element integrated with the capsule(s), sensor(s) adapted to generate sensory data depicting the nail polish applying space and a control unit adapted to operate the actuator(s) and the pressure according to analysis of the sensory data.
US11330886B2	Gel polish curing assembly A gel polish curing assembly includes a housing that has a top wall, a bottom wall and a perimeter wall extending between the top and bottom walls. The perimeter wall includes a back wall, a first lateral wall and a second lateral wall. A front side of the housing is open. A plurality of light emitters is mounted within the housing. At least some of the light emitters are positioned on a bottom side of the top wall and are directed downwardly toward the bottom wall. The light emitters emits light having a wavelength that is between 340 and 380 nanometers.
US11330882B1	Configurable carrying apparatus Disclosed herein is a novel configurable carrying apparatus that may be configured into a variety of pouch, purse, messenger bag, or other accessory carrying configurations. More specifically, the present invention may include two opposing carrying straps being joinable along one edge with a two-way zipper. The apparatus may be configured into a harness arrangement, a single sling arrangement, a two independent slings arrangement, or a clutch bag arrangement, as well as others. The straps may have a different appearance on each side and be reversible to offer even more wearing variations.
US11330880B2	Self-standing housing body The present invention proposes a self-standing housing body solving a typical program and stably standing as a penholder. Specifically, the self-standing housing body according to the present invention is a self-standing housing body including a housing portion having a main housing space surrounded by a bottom surface and side surfaces standing from the bottom surface, and a lid portion having a sub-housing space surrounded by an upper surface and side surfaces standing from the upper surface. An upper side of one side surface of the housing portion and a lower side of one side surface of the lid portion form a joint portion, and about the joint portion as a rotation axis, the lid portion is rotatably joined to the housing portion. When the lid portion is rotated approximately 180° relative to the housing portion and the side surface of the lid portion substantially contacts the side surface of the housing portion, the upper surface of the lid portion and the bottom surface of the housing portion are substantially flush with each other. An upper end portion of the side surface of the housing portion does not reach the upper surface.
US11330875B1	Multi-pronged snap charm The present disclosed subject matter relates to a snap charm comprising a detachable stud and a detachable charm, with a stud head being formed of eight arms extending from the stud body in the shape of an eight-pointed star, the stud and charm each having a connecting means which matingly engage and allow for the anchoring of a variety of charms to objects such as a bracelet, flip-flop, sandal strap, or a strap for a backpack.
US11330871B2	Clip for attachment accessories of backpack Disclosed is a clip for attachment accessories of a backpack. The clip includes: a blade formed in a long plate shape; a clip part formed by an end portion of the blade which is bent; a movable clip having a pair of arms which extend from both sides of a base part thereof and are combined with both sides of the clip part to be movable in a longitudinal direction of the clip part; and a locking means for maintaining a state where the movable clip is moved toward the surface of the blade.
US11330869B2	Footwear cleat The present disclosure relates generally to traction devices for footwear. In some embodiments, cleats are provided that are operable to provide preexisting articles of footwear with enhanced grip, traction and performance. Certain embodiments of the present disclosure comprise a threaded male extension for interfacing with a preexisting shoe sole and at least one projecting gripping element for contacting or extending toward a ground surface.
US11330868B2	Footwear with closing mechanism permitting easy donning and doffing A shoe having a toe portion, a heel portion and first and second sides, the shoe including a sole, an upper and a closing mechanism extending from a top portion of the upper down along the first side of the shoe and then horizontally between the sole and the upper around the toe portion, around the second side and around the heel portion.
US11330865B2	Optimized three dimensional printing using ready-made supports Systems and methods for supporting an object to be printed in an additive manufacturing process are disclosed. Support structures (202, 302, 402, 502, 602) are prefabricated and positioned in the build area of a 3D printing device prior to printing the 3D object. When the object has been printed, the support is removed and can be reused to print another object by repositioning the support structure in the building area of the additive manufacturing device.
US11330862B2	Device suitable for being integrated in footwears soles, acting as cushioning, energy dissipation and stabilization means Device suitable for being integrated in footwears soles, acting as cushioning, energy dissipation and stabilization means, including: a cushioning element made of a first material having a viscoelastic behavior; a conditioning element positioned under the cushioning element and made of a second material having a viscoelastic behavior; and a containing element positioned above the cushioning element and covering also the conditioning element. The cushioning element having first empty regions that are first through holes and second through holes and channels to pushing out the air when the device is subjected to a compression load.
US11330860B2	Springs for shoes A spring for a spring shoe, the spring including a conical disk, the conical disk having a flexible flange around the perimeter of the conical disk. A spring comprising a conical disk and a ring spring around the conical disk, the ring spring being movable up and down relative to the conical disk to adjust the spring force of the spring. A threaded engagement between the ring spring and the conical disk so that rotation of the conical disk moves the ring spring up or down relative to the conical disk. A damper ring around the perimeter of the conical disk to resist the expansion of the circumference of the conical disk. An eccentric ring or cam to adjust the position of the apex of the conical disk relative to an insole by rotating the eccentric ring or cam. An asymmetric conical disk to adjust the position of the apex of the conical disk by rotating the conical disk. A damper for a spring shoe comprising a flexible container containing a material with little or no propensity to return to its original shape. A spring array for a spring shoe, the springs of the spring array having a reducing force resisting compression over at least a portion of the spring range of travel as the spring compresses, and there being a damper associated with the array to oppose compression of the array towards maximum compression.
US11330856B2	Artificial lash extensions An artificial lash extension includes clusters of artificial hairs. Each of the clusters includes at least two artificial hairs. Each of the clusters are coupled at a base formed by at least an application of heat. Each of the clusters are spaced from one another along a length of the base. The coupled clusters and the base are designed for an application under a natural lash.
US11330855B2	Method of applying artificial lash extensions A method of applying artificial lashes includes obtaining a set of clusters of artificial hairs that form a set of lash fusions connected to a base so as to form a set of lash extensions. The set of clusters may be heat fused at its root to form the base. The method may further includes applying an adhesive to enable the set of lash extensions to be affixed to natural eyelashes, and arranging the base of the set of lash extensions proximate to a proximate end portion of a natural upper eyelash of a subject such that the set of lash extensions extends from the proximate end portion toward a distal end portion of the natural upper eyelash. The method may also include affixing the lash extensions to the natural upper eyelash of the subject such that the lash extensions adhere to the natural upper eyelash via the adhesive.
US11330852B2	Air-conditioning garment with portable miniature air conditioner An air-conditioning garment includes a garment, a miniature air conditioner, and a convenient strap for carrying the miniature air conditioner on the garment. The garment includes an outer layer and an inner layer sealed together to form an air channel, at least two air holes are arranged across the outer layer of the garment, the garment and the miniature air conditioner are connected by an air inlet tube and an air outlet tube, and one end of the air inlet tube and one end of the air outlet tube are respectively connected to at least two of the air holes, so as to be connected to the air channel of the garment.
US11330850B2	Multi-use garment A strapless multi-use garment comprises an upper garment portion designed to cover an area above waist of a user having a front portion and a rear portion, a gathered skirt having a front portion and a rear portion attached with the upper garment portion, a waist band attached at a top portion of the gathered skirt, a plurality of front panels attached at the front portion of the gathered skirt, a plurality of rear panels is attached at the rear portion of the gathered skirt and at least one fastening means. The plurality of front panels and the plurality of rear panels, extending downwardly from the waist band, are adaptable for multiple configurations that allow the multi-use garment to be worn in a wide range of stylish designs in different occasions.
US11330847B2	Garment comprising an absorbent crotch panel system A crotch panel system is disclosed. The crotch panel system comprises a bottom crotch panel, a unitary top layer crotch panel defining a shaped hole in the center, and an additional crotch panel layer attached to the bottom crotch panel. The shaped hole defined in the unitary top layer crotch panel defines a perimeter. An elastic border extends around the perimeter of the shaped hole, and the elastic border is configured to stretch to facilitate insertion of an object. The additional crotch panel layer is attached to the bottom crotch panel to provide stability of the object placed within the crotch panel system.
US11330846B2	Underwear assembly An underwear assembly includes an outer layer; and an inner layer, the inner layer disposed within the outer layer, the inner layer defining an access hole configured to receive a penis, a scrotum, and testicles of a user, the access hole configured to prevent withdrawal of the penis, the scrotum, and the testicles from between the inner layer and the outer layer to internal to the inner layer through the access hole.
US11330845B2	Aerosol generation system and power supply device with first and second sleep modes A aerosol generation system comprising: a controller for an inhalation device, the controller including a first power supply, a first connector, and a first processor configured to perform energization control of a heater which is used to heat an aerosol source, and a power supply device including a second power supply, a second connector which is electrically connected to the first connector at the time of charging of the first power supply, and a second processor configured to perform control of power supply from the second power supply to the controller via the second connector, wherein the first processor has a first operation mode and a first sleep mode, and the second processor has a second operation mode and a second sleep mode.
US11330842B2	Vaporization device This application relates to a vaporization device. The vaporization device includes a housing, a top cap, a heating assembly, and a storage compartment. The housing and the top cap define the storage compartment. The top cap surrounds the heating assembly.
US11330840B2	Shisha device with air preheat without combustion A shisha device article includes a vessel and an aerosol-generating element. The vessel defines an interior configured to contain a volume of liquid. The vessel also includes a head space outlet. The aerosol-generating element is in fluid connection with the vessel. The aerosol-generating element includes (i) a cartridge receptacle for receiving a cartridge containing an aerosol-generating substrate; (ii) a heating element defining at least two surfaces of the cartridge receptacle; and (iii) an aerosol outlet in fluid connection with the cartridge receptacle and a fresh air inlet channel in fluid connection with the cartridge receptacle. The fresh air inlet channel is arranged to preheat air prior to the air entering the cartridge receptacle.
US11330838B2	Holder for aerosol delivery device with detachable cartridge The present disclosure is directed to a holder of a smoking article comprising a receiving end and a mouth end opposite the receiving end. The holder defines a socket that is configured to receive a proximal section of a cartridge. The holder has a lighting configuration in which the holder is configured to secure a proximal section of the cartridge to the holder with a heat source of the cartridge opposite the proximal section disposed beyond the receiving end of the holder. The holder has a received configuration in which the holder is configured to secure the proximal section of the cartridge in the socket with the heat source disposed proximate the receiving end of the holder. The receiving end comprises a substantially solid outer wall.
US11330832B2	Pre-cooked instant food product and process for preparing it Examples of a pre-cooked instant food products and a process for preparing such food products are described. The process comprises the steps of i) steaming the food product for pre-determined time; ii) immersing the steamed food product in a high concentration cooled brine solution; iii) removing excess water from the surface of the food product; iv) packing a pre-determined amount of the food product into a container and sealing such container, and v) storing the containers of pre-cooked instant food products at temperatures of 2° C. or lower. The container is made of a material safe for keeping food products and is able to withstand temperatures higher than 90° C. The surface of the food product is coated with the salt from the brine solution to preserve it.
US11330831B2	Beer-taste beverage A beer-taste beverage containing (A) γ-octanolactone, (B) 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF), (C) trans-oaklactone, and (D) 4-ethylguaiacol, wherein the components satisfy the following (1) and (2): (1) a concentration ratio of the component A to the component B, A/B (ppb/ppb), is 0.009 or more; and (2) a concentration ratio of the component C to the component D, C/D (ppb/ppb), is 0.1 or more. In the beer-taste beverage of the present invention, rich sweetness and a smoky feel are given in an excellent balance, and off-flavors distinctively owned by the beer-taste beverages or a degradation odor generated with the change over time is masked (reduced), so that a new taste can be provided as a luxury product.
US11330830B2	Calcium oxalate titration test kits and pet food compositions Described herein are kits for assessing the calcium oxalate titration test of an animal as well as methods for predicting the risk of calcium oxalate stone formation. Further described herein are methods and compositions for—inter alia—lowering the specific gravity of urine and lowering the calcium oxalate titration test in felines. In particular, diets and methods utilizing certain amounts and ratios of arachidonic acid (AA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) are disclosed herein.
US11330828B2	Powdery plant extract for beverages and process for producing the same The present invention has objects to provide a powdery plant extract for beverages, having satisfactory flavor-retaining effect and solubility. The present invention solves the above objects by providing a powdery plant extract for beverages, comprising a plant extract for beverages and a branched α-glucan mixture having the following characteristics (A) to (C): (A) Being constructed by glucose molecules; (B) Having a branched structure with a glucose polymerization degree of one or more, bound via a linkage other than α-1,4 linkage to a non-reducing end glucose residue at an end position of a linear glucan with a glucose polymerization degree of 3 or higher, having a structure of binding glucose molecules via α-1,4 linkages; and (C) Isomaltose in an amount of 5% by mass or higher, on a dry solid basis, of the hydrolysate is formed when digested by isomaltodextranase; where the mass ratio of the plant extract for beverages and the branched α-glucan mixture is in a range of 1:0.1 to 1:20, on a dry solid basis.
US11330824B2	Multi-temperature-region ice-temperature fresh keeping storehouse and fresh keeping method for bergamot pears Disclosed herein is a multi-temperature-region ice-temperature fresh keeping storehouse and a fresh keeping method for bergamot pears that includes a precooling region, a feeding and discharging channel, a cooling region, an ice temperature detection device, a grading device, a conveyer belt control device, an automatic storage device, and a temperature rise and fall buffering channel. The cooling region includes four freezers, with temperatures ranging from 0° C.-−3° C. The four freezers are connected level by level according to a temperature reduction rule. The present disclosure implements multi-temperature-region graded storage of bergamot pears according to the value of an ice point temperature of the bergamot pears, so that they are always stored close to the ice point temperature without freezing, thereby preventing freeze injury, and prolonging shelf life.
US11330820B2	Pesticidally active mixtures Pesticidal mixtures including a pesticidally active compound I selected from: a) compound a) of formula (I). b) compound b) of formula (Ia), c) mixtures comprising compounds a) and b), and at least one further pesticidal active ingredient are disclosed. Methods and use of these mixtures for combating and controlling insects, acarids or nematodes in and on plants, and for protecting such plants being infested with pests are disclosed.
US11330819B2	Synergistic disinfectant compositions having enhanced antimicrobial efficacy and stability, and methods of using the same A synergistic disinfectant composition comprises a C1-8 organic acid, an amino acid based surfactant, an anionic surfactant, and a stabilizing agent. The C1-8 organic acid may include two or more types of the C1-8 organic acids with at least one of the C1-8 organic acids is alpha hydroxyl acid. The disinfectant composition has an antimicrobial activity of log reduction of at least 2 under Biocidal Product Registration (BPR) standard EN13727, EN1276, EN13624 or EN1499, and/or the EPA standard that applies the “Quantitative Methods for Evaluating the Activity of Microbicides used on Hard, Non-Porous Surface” issued by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In addition, the disinfectant composition may be stable during storage and retain their antimicrobial activity after at least one month at 40° C. When desired, the synergistic disinfectant composition may further comprise an oxidizing agent.
US11330816B1	Composition for killing arthropods and uses thereof The present invention relates to a composition for killing arthropods and their eggs, such as lice or ticks and nits. More in particular, the invention provides a composition for killing arthropods, said composition comprising at least 65% by weight of a mixture of saturated linear or branched hydrocarbons, wherein said hydrocarbons comprise a mixture of saturated linear or branched C10-C16 hydrocarbons and saturated linear or branched C17-C25 hydrocarbons, wherein the ratio of saturated linear or branched C10-C16 hydrocarbons to saturated linear or branched C17-C25 hydrocarbons by weight is lower than 15:85. The invention further relates to the use of such composition for killing arthropods and to a method for killing arthropods comprising the application of the present composition.
US11330814B2	Gas removal device for cryogenic freezing bags This document relates to methods and materials for improving the removal of gas from cryogenic freezing bags. For example, this document describes methods and devices for restricting air paths within the cryogenic freezing bag.
US11330808B2	Lure apparatus for fishing and associated methods Lure apparatus for fishing and associated methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, the lure apparatus includes (1) a head portion; (2) a tail portion; and (3) an optional weight portion. The head portion and the tail portion are operably engaged. The head portion has a center opening, which enables a fishing line or wire to pass through. The optional weight portion is positioned inside the head portion to adjust the weight of the overall lure apparatus. The head portion has two side openings. The tail portion has two arms, each of which has a protrusion configured to be positioned in a corresponding one of the two side openings of the head portion. Once the two protrusions are positioned in the side openings, the two protrusions engage with the head portion and restrain the tail portion from moving relatively to the head portion.
US11330807B2	Artificial fishing lure The invention is a fishing lure that attracts predatory fish including pelagic fish such as istiophoriformes including without limitation billfish, tuna, mackerel, wahoo, sailfish and marlins, by mimicking an injured flying fish. The lure includes a head comprising a fish mask that has two eye sockets on its exterior on which are affixed artificial eyes, and an interior cavity. The lure also includes a body comprising a first squid skirt, and a first wing and a second wing such that each wing is coupled to the head. The head also comprises an opening that is adapted to receive a fishing line therethrough, the opening is shaped to allow the angle of the line to change in the opening so that the lure moves back-and-forth and up-and-down when pulled in water. The action of the wing mimics an injured flying fish when breaking the water's surface.
US11330805B2	Method for inducing artificial hibernation of fish, live fish packaging method, and live fish packaging container The present invention relates to a method for inducing artificial hibernation of fish that is capable of transporting the fish in a state of being alive for long hours. According to the present invention, a water temperature is gradually decreased from an initial water temperature to the lowest water temperature, the fish are induced to the artificial hibernation, and they are packed in a waterless state. The packing is carried out in an environment where the lowest water temperature is constantly maintained, and a refrigerant is also packed to constantly maintain a temperature in a packing container, while oxygen is continuously supplied to the live fish induced to the artificial hibernation. The fish are individually packed in the Styrofoam box, and even if an atmospheric pressure in the airport is lowered during transport of the fish, there is no danger of causing respiration of the fish to be hard due to a plastic bag damaged. Through the hibernation inducing method and packing capable of reducing stress of the fish, in addition, the fish can be alive in a waterless environment for 36 hours or more, thereby making possible to globally distribute the live fish.
US11330802B1	Lock catch for pet traction The present invention discloses a lock catch for pet traction, which comprises a traction hook and a pull ring connected with one end of the traction hook. The traction hook comprises a hook body, an even number of swinging resetting mechanisms and cylindrical pins. The hook body comprises a first connecting part and two installing parts; every two swinging resetting mechanisms form a group and are symmetrically penetrated in corresponding through holes; each swinging resetting mechanism comprises a swinging arm and a torsion spring; one end of each group of swinging arms positioned on the outer side of the installing part is positioned at a lower stopping point, and the other end can be mutually abutted against each other; and open ends limited by the two installing parts and the first connecting part are closed. The present invention has novel appearance, flexible and convenient use and difficult unhooking.
US11330799B2	Animal umbrellas Animal umbrellas adapted to protect animals, more specifically household pets, from precipitation and sun radiation. The animal umbrellas include a shade held at a distance from an animal's body by a plurality of ribs and stretchers, and is attached and extends from at least one collar or harness placed on the animal. A leash can be incorporated and releasably attached thereto.
US11330798B2	RFID tag insertion cartridge and an RFID tag insertion tool Disclosed herein is an RFID tag insertion cartridge comprising a hollow needle in which an RFID tag is disposed. The cartridge comprises an optional housing in the form of a shell that is shown transparently. The cartridge comprises a carriage that is movably mounted and to which the hollow needle is attached for withdrawing the needle. Also disclosed herein is a RFID tag insertion tool.
US11330796B2	Feeder An automatic pet feeder includes a base, a feed auger, a food container connected to the base, and a food dish connected to the base. The feed auger is disposed for rotating movement within the base. The base is configured to receive food from the food container through an opening and delivery food to the food dish using the feed auger.
US11330793B1	Wireless activity and environmental monitoring device and system for small, caged mammals A wireless activity and environmental monitoring system and device for small, caged mammals is disclosed which combines all sensing, processing, and communication functions of a small animal home cage health and monitoring system into a device small enough in volume that it can be unobtrusively placed in animals' home cages. The device is battery-powered and communicates wirelessly and requires no extraneous supporting hardware for operation.
US11330791B2	Teatcup liner and a teatcup A teatcup to be attached to the teat of an animal and a teatcup liner (1) for mounting in a shell (2) of the teatcup, where the teatcup liner includes a barrel (3) enclosing an inner space (7) for receiving the teat. The barrel includes a lower section (3′) and an upper section (3″) adjoining the lower section. The barrel has a polygonal cross-sectional shape, defining a plurality of side portions (18) and a plurality of corner portions (19), each connecting two of the side portions. Each side portion has a side wall thickness at a center line of the side portion. Each corner portion has a corner wall thickness at a center line of the corner portion. The corner wall thickness is thicker than the side wall thickness along the barrel. The corner wall thickness decreases along the upper section of the barrel towards the lower section.
US11330787B2	Cotton variety 18R420B3XF The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 18R420B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 18R420B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 18R420B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 18R420B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US11330786B1	Alfalfa variety H0316ML103 The invention relates to the alfalfa variety designated H0316ML103. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the alfalfa variety H0316ML103. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the alfalfa variety H0316ML103 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing alfalfa plants by crossing the alfalfa variety H0316ML103 with itself or another alfalfa variety and plants produced by such methods.
US11330783B2	Soybean variety 01077336 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01077336. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01077336. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01077336 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01077336 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US11330782B2	Soybean cultivar 93070018 A soybean cultivar designated 93070018 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 93070018, to the plants of soybean cultivar 93070018, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 93070018, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 93070018. 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 93070018. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 93070018, 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 93070018 with another soybean cultivar.
US11330779B1	Sorghum hybrid XS7311 A novel sorghum variety designated XS7311 and seed, plants, plant parts and plant cells thereof are produced from a cross of inbred sorghum varieties. Methods for producing a sorghum plant comprise crossing hybrid sorghum variety XS7311 with another sorghum plant. Sorghum variety XS7311, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of sorghum variety XS7311 are provided. Methods for producing a sorghum plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into sorghum variety XS7311 include one or both of backcross conversion and transformation of one or both inbred parents. The sorghum seed, plants and plant parts produced thereby are described.
US11330775B2	Method for the sequestration of carbon dioxide using plant biomass and associated use Method of sequestration of carbon dioxide characterized in that it comprises: a step of production of at least one macrophyte plant species floating on an expanse of fresh water in order to form a raft of plant biomass; a step of transportation of said raft of plant biomass from said expanse of fresh water to a sea; a step of dispersal and decomposition of said raft of plant biomass on an expanse of said sea; at least one of said step of production, said step of transportation and said step of dispersal and decomposition being carried out with human assistance.
US11330768B2	Systems and methods for producing rain clouds Systems and methods are described for generating low altitude clouds saturated with moisture above bodies of water including oceans, lakes, reservoirs, and rivers to generate rain down wind of the location of rain cloud generation.
US11330766B2	Apparatus for aerial tool configurations A field-configurable apparatus for different aerial applications is provided. The field-configurable apparatus attaches to an aerial boom on a mobile carrier. The apparatus can perform rapid semi-precise cutting of vegetation. Additionally, the apparatus can perform more precise trimming of one or more areas (e.g., limbs) and optionally use a limb clamp to prevent cut limbs/vegetation from arbitrarily falling on objects below the cutting area. Still further, the apparatus can have a grapple or similar device attached to the end of the boom for use in relocating debris or for loading debris. Other industrial applications are also possible (e.g., commercial water blasting, deicing of planes, etc.). In each configuration, the apparatus comprises one or more rotatable or pivoting couplings to allow for rotation about one or more axis and therefore allow precise manipulation of an aerial tool assembly from an operator in the vehicle or on the ground.
US11330759B1	Combined depth gauge wheel and scraper for a planter A depth gauge wheel for a row planter. The depth gauge wheel sets the planting depth for the seeds planted by the row planter. The depth gauge wheel sets planting depth by setting the cutting depth of the disk opener of the row planter. The depth gauge wheel also scrapes mud from the disk blade of the disk opener. The depth gauge wheel includes a rim, a tire attached to the rim and a ring attached to the rim. The tire contacts the surface of the ground to set the cutting depth of the disk opener and the ring scrapes mud from the disk blade of the disk opener.
US11330758B2	Method of neutralizing cotton seeds Provided herein is a method of neutralizing cotton seeds, including the steps of providing delinted cotton seeds having a pH of less than about 3.3, and applying an alkyl amine to the delinted cotton seeds to produce neutralized delinted cotton seeds having a pH of greater than about 3.5.
US11330754B2	Systems and methods for assessing the performance of an agricultural implement A system for assessing the performance of an agricultural implement may include a ground engaging tool configured to engage soil within a field as the agricultural implement is moved across the field such that the ground engaging tool creates a field material cloud aft of the ground engaging tool in a direction of travel of the agricultural implement. The system may further include a sensor configured to detect a cloud characteristic of the field material cloud and a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor. The controller may be configured to monitor data received from the sensor and assess the agricultural operation being performed based at least in part on the cloud characteristic.
US11330753B2	Drum style rotary tiller A rotary tiller comprises a frame, a cylindrical drum rotatable relative to the frame, a plurality of tines extending from the cylindrical drum, a motor at least partially disposed within the cylindrical drum, wherein the motor is configured to rotate a motor output member, and a transmission at least partially disposed within the cylindrical drum and configured to engage the motor output member. The transmission is operable to drive rotational movement of the cylindrical drum.
US11337351B2	Mounting accuracy measurement system for component mounting line, and mounting accuracy measurement method Each of multiple component mounting machines constituting a component mounting line is configured to switch between a production mode in which a component is mounted on a circuit board that has been conveyed in and then conveyed out, a mounting accuracy measurement mode in which a mounting accuracy measurement component is mounted at a predetermined position on a mounting accuracy measurement board and the mounting accuracy is measured, and a pass mode in which a component is conveyed out without being mounted on the board conveyed in. When the control mode of two or more component mounters among the multiple component mounting machines is the mounting accuracy measurement mode, the mounting accuracy is measured by conveying the mounting accuracy measurement board along the board conveyance path, and the two or more component mounting machines sequentially use the mounting accuracy measurement board to measure the mounting accuracy.
US11337349B2	Component feeding device A component feeding device includes a component exposing unit and a tape traveling guide unit. The component exposing unit lifts a cover tape of a component storage tape, and pushes a lifted part of the cover tape outward while folding the lifted part downward. The tape traveling guide unit guides the component storage tape to help it in traveling. The tape traveling guide unit includes a guide body and opening width defining members fitted to the guide body. The guide body has an opening serving as an opening for taking out a component, and a cover tape path demarcating portion that demarcates a path through a lifted part of the cover tape passes. Each of the opening width defining members defines the opening width of the opening, and applies a downward pressure to a first specific area of an upper surface of the carrier tape.
US11337345B2	Magnetic field shielding sheet for a wireless charger, method for manufacturing same, and receiving apparatus for a wireless charger using the sheet Provided are a magnetic field shield sheet for a wireless charger, a method of manufacturing the sheet, and a receiver for the wireless charger by using the sheet. The sheet includes at least one layer thin magnetic sheet made of an amorphous ribbon separated into a plurality of fine pieces; a protective film that is adhered on one surface of the thin magnetic sheet via a first adhesive layer provided on one side of the protective film; and a double-sided tape that is adhered on the other surface of the thin magnetic sheet via a second adhesive layer provided on one side of the double-sided adhesive tape, wherein gaps among the plurality of fine pieces are filled by some parts of the first and second adhesive layers, to thereby isolate the plurality of fine pieces.
US11337344B2	Shielding member A shielding member includes a frame body and an outer cover. Two sides of a first end of the frame body respectively include a first shaft portion. Two sides of the frame body respectively include a first side plate. The frame body is covered by the outer cover. Two sides of a first end of the outer cover respectively include a second shaft portion, and each of the second shaft portions is pivotally connected to the corresponding first shaft portion. Two sides of the outer cover respectively include a second side plate, and each of the second side plates covers an outer side of the corresponding first side plate. Accordingly, the frame body and the outer cover are assembled to form a one-piece metallic shielding member. The structure of the shielding member is simple, the manufacturing for the shielding member is easy, and the cost for manufacturing the shielding member is reduced.
US11337342B2	Display device A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a display panel, a frame positioned behind the display panel, a PCB coupled to the frame and including a heating element, and a vapor chamber including an internal space for fluid to flow, wherein the vapor chamber includes a heat-absorbing part in contact with the heating element, a heat-releasing part positioned above the heat-absorbing part and spaced apart from the PCB, and a plurality of lines formed at an outer side of the vapor chamber, wherein the plurality of lines extend in a first direction corresponding to an axis that connects a center of the heat-absorbing part to a center of the heat-releasing part.
US11337340B2	Open and closed flow air/coolant hybrid system A cooling system for a computer server is disclosed. The system includes a flow divider within the server enclosure interior constructed to create a continuous flow path. At least one fan is positioned within the flow path. An inlet air valve is positioned to regulate airflow across the server input air vent. Likewise an outlet air valve is positioned to regulated airflow across the server output air vent. A controller is connected to the fan and the systems has two configurations. A closed loop configuration wherein (1) the inlet air valve is closed preventing airflow across the input air vent; (2) the outlet air valve is closed preventing airflow across the output air vent; and (3) the at least one fan is actuated to propel air, thereby circulating air through the continuous flow path; and an open loop configuration wherein (1) the inlet air valve is opened allowing airflow across the input air vent; and (2) the outlet air valve is opened allowing airflow across the output air vent, thereby drawing air through the input air vent and propelling air out the output air vent.
US11337339B2	Data center rack system This disclosure describes systems for arranging racks within a data center for a smaller and/or more flexible footprint, more efficient and/or resilient cooling, and/or easier installation. In some examples, this disclosure describes a data center rack system that includes an aisle and a plurality of rack stations adjacent to the aisle. The aisle includes an aisle guidance track defining an aisle axis. Each rack station of the plurality of rack stations includes a station guidance track defining a station axis. The station guidance track is configured to receive a rack from the aisle guidance track and position the rack in the respective rack station at a rack angle formed between the aisle axis and the station axis that is less than 90 degrees.
US11337338B2	Conductive thermal management architecture employing a stiffener of a printed wiring board assembly An electronic assembly includes a printed wiring board (PWB), and a stiffener secured to the PWB. The stiffener includes one or more tray sections. One or more electronic modules is secured respectively to the one or more tray sections of the stiffener.
US11337336B2	Cooling device A cooling device including a container to which at least one heating element is thermally connected, a primary refrigerant, and a condensation tube through which a secondary refrigerant flows, wherein a container inner surface area increasing portion is formed on an inner surface of the container to which the heating element is thermally connected, and a plate-shaped member is provided, that includes a shielding portion that is located above the container inner surface area increasing portion in a direction of gravity and below the condensation tube in the direction of gravity, with at least a part of the shielding portion not immersed in the primary refrigerant in a liquid phase, and the plate-shaped member includes a support portion extending from the shielding portion, in a part of a periphery along an orthogonal direction to the direction of gravity, of the container inner surface area increasing portion.
US11337331B2	Horizontally opening front bays Information Handling Systems (IHSs), such as rack-mounted servers, may support various types of replaceable components that are installed in bays, such as storage drives and computing nodes. Some servers are constructed using a chassis that includes a front row of bays and an inner row of bays. In embodiments, in a closed position, the front row of bays conceals the inner row of bays until the front row of bays is rotated horizontally to an open position that provides access to the inner row of bays. The front row of bays may be divided into two banks of drive bays. The left and right banks of bays may be opened separately by rotating them horizontally about hinges connecting each bank to the chassis. By opening in this manner, the inner bays can be administered safely and limiting the forces placed on the chassis and the rack.
US11337330B2	Detachable partition assembly and chassis having the same A detachable partition assembly includes a main plate body, a first engaging portion, a second engaging portion, and a first rail. The main plate body has a first edge and a second edge opposite to each other. The first engaging portion and the second engaging portion respectively protrude outwards from the first edge and the second edge. The first rail is located at a side of the main plate body and adjacent to the second engaging portion. The first rail is movably disposed on the main plate body to change a relative position between the first rail and the second edge.
US11337323B2	Modular infrastructure management device A modular infrastructure management device comprises a housing and first modular slots disposed along at least the first edge of a base plate of the housing. The first modular slots are configured to removably receive at least one communication card module. The communication card module includes a first circuit board that is parallel to the base plate while the communication card module is removably inserted into at least one of the first modular slots. A second circuit board is disposed on the base plate of the housing and includes connectors for electrically coupling to the communication card module, wherein the second circuit board is parallel to the base plate.
US11337321B2	Foldable terminal A foldable terminal is provided. The foldable terminal includes a casing assembly, a display screen, and a foldable mechanism. The casing assembly includes a first casing and a second casing. The display screen is coupled with the first casing and the second casing. The foldable mechanism includes a carrier plate, a first cover plate, a second cover plate, a first rotating arm, and a second rotating arm. The carrier plate has a first side rotatably coupled with the first cover plate and a second side rotatably coupled with the second cover plate. The first cover plate is slidably coupled with the first casing, and the second cover plate is slidably coupled with the second casing.
US11337320B1	Device sled extension limit latch Technology is provided for a device sled with an extension limit latch. The device sled includes a sled chassis having a bottom wall and a sidewall extending between a front sled portion and a rear sled portion. The extension limit latch includes a latch arm having a proximal end portion pivotably coupled to the sled chassis proximate the rear sled portion. A latch barb extends from the latch arm and a distal end portion of the arm includes an actuation tab. The latch arm is pivotable between a latched position where the latch barb is positioned to engage a latch feature of a cubby chassis, thereby preventing removal of the sled chassis from the cubby chassis, and an unlatched position where the latch barb is disengaged from the latch feature of the cubby chassis.
US11337316B2	Laminate, method for producing the same, and method for forming conductive pattern A laminate that includes a metal layer that is not easily separated from a substrate, a method for producing the laminate, and a method for forming a fine conductive pattern that exhibits high conductivity, are disclosed. The peel strength of a metal layer included in a laminate that includes a polymer layer provided between a substrate and the metal layer is improved by implementing a structure in which the metal that forms the metal layer is chemically bonded to COO that extends from the polymer main chain that forms the polymer layer at the interface between the metal layer and the polymer layer. A fine conductive pattern that exhibits high conductivity can be formed by applying UV light to a pattern area of an insulating film formed on a substrate, and applying an ink prepared by dispersing metal nanoparticles in a solvent to the substrate to effect adhesion and aggregation of the ink in the pattern area, the surface of the metal nanoparticles being protected by an organic molecule layer.
US11337315B2	Surface treated copper foil, copper clad laminate, and printed circuit board A surface treated copper foil 1 includes a copper foil 2, and a first surface treatment layer 3 formed on one surface of the copper foil 2. The first surface treatment layer 3 of the surface treated copper foil 1 has L* of a CIE Lab* color space of 44.0 to 84.0. A copper clad laminate 10 includes the surface treated copper foil 1 and an insulating substrate 11 adhered to a surface of the surface treated copper foil 1 opposite to the first surface treatment layer 3.
US11337313B2	Electrical contact between electrically conducting polymer coated wires and electrically conducting substrates using wire bonding In general, the present invention relates to electrically conducting, polymer coated wires that are in electric contact with, as well as touching, electrically conducting substrates. In particular, the present invention relates to a connection unit for achieving the aforementioned electric connection and touching, as well as a method for producing said connection unit. The present invention also relates to a use for such a connection unit.
US11337310B1	Printed circuit board with lateral metallization groove and processing method thereof A printed circuit board with a lateral metallization groove and a processing method thereof, relates to the field of printed circuit boards with lateral metallization grooves, processing technologies thereof and batch processing methods. The processing method includes the following steps: step S01, drilling and milling grooves; step S02, performing metallization treatment; step S03, laying an outer layer circuit; step S04, performing pattern plating; step S05, performing first milling grooves; step S06, etching an outer layer; step S07, performing surface treatment after performing solder resist printing and character printing; step S08, forming to mill off connections of a processing side; step S09, performing second milling grooves to form a through groove. The present disclosure can implement: a long side of the printed circuit board can be directly connected with the ground wire rather than independently installing the ground wire; a small space is occupied and conveniently replacement.
US11337306B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device including an insulated circuit board. The insulated circuit board includes an insulating board having an outer edge and a plurality of corners, and a plurality of circuit patterns formed on a front surface of the insulating board. The plurality of circuit patterns have a plurality of outer-edge corners facing the outer edge of the insulating board, among which outer-edge corners corresponding to the corners of the insulating board are smaller in curvature than outer-edge corners that do not correspond to the corners of the insulating board.
US11337301B2	Printed circuit board to suppress deterioration of an electrical balance in a differential line A printed circuit board includes a line formation layer including a differential line having a first conductor and a second conductor, a first component for a countermeasure against a surge, a first connection conductor having one end connected to the first conductor and another end connected to the first component, a second component for a countermeasure against a surge, a second connection conductor having one end connected to the second conductor and another end connected to the second component, a ground layer, and a dielectric mounted between the line formation layer and the ground layer. Lengths of the first conductor and second conductor are adjusted based on a difference of capacitance values in the circuit board.
US11337299B2	Dissipating heat from an electronic assembly using forced convection, and method for dissipating heat from an electronic assembly An electronic assembly has a printed circuit board with first and second component sides. A cooling element on the first component side is cooled by forced convection produced by a convection unit. A majority of electronic components are arranged on the second component side. Non-current-conducting plated-through holes are used to transport thermal energy generated by an electronic component from the second component side to the first component side. The thermal energy can be transported away from the printed circuit board and dissipated by means of the forced convection. A corresponding method for dissipating heat from an electronic assembly is also disclosed.
US11337298B2	Radio frequency electron accelerator for local frequency modulation and frequency modulation method thereof A radio frequency electron accelerator structure for local frequency modulation includes an accelerating cavity, a coupling cavity, and a beam hole. The accelerating cavity and the coupling cavity are alternately assembled together, and the beam hole penetrates the accelerating cavity and the coupling cavity. A local cutting area is arranged inside both the accelerating cavity and the coupling cavity. A local frequency modulation method for a radio frequency electron accelerator is further provided. In the frequency modulation stage of the accelerating cavity, the local cutting area of the accelerating cavity is cut. When the feed amount is large, the change of the volume of the cavity is still small, and the generated frequency variation of the cavity is small, which significantly reduces the difficulty of frequency modulation, lowers the accuracy requirements of machine tools at the same time, and decreases the cost of enterprises accordingly.
US11337292B1	Tin trap device, extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus, and electronic device manufacturing method A tin trap device may include a housing including a gas inlet port into which gas containing tin flows from a chamber device, an internal space which communicates with the gas inlet port, and a gas exhaust port which exhausts the gas while communicating with the internal space; a multiple tube including a plurality of tube members, arranged on a flow path of the gas traveling to the gas exhaust port from the gas inlet port through the internal space, and having a temperature at which the tin deposited from the gas adheres to the tube member; and a gas travel direction changing member configured to change a travel direction of at least fastest gas of the gas traveling from the gas inlet port to the multiple tube.
US11337291B2	Smart light bulb with switch control The invention is a smart light bulb device with a control system that is screwed into an existing light bulb socket. The smart light bulb device is powered via a light switch from a building's electrical system and is controlled by the control system that adjusts light output. The smart light bulb device also includes a processor, non-transitory memory for data storage, at least one input device, a network device, a wireless transmitter and receiver, and an antenna. In some embodiments, the input device is a motion sensor that turns on the light based on motion. In another embodiment, toggling the light switch on or off sends a signal to the controller to turn on or off the light or may also select a lighting scene based on the number of toggles. Individual smart bulbs and a network of multiple smart light bulb devices may be controlled by a mobile device.
US11337288B2	Device for the interactive and location-dependent control of lighting properties A device for interactive and location-dependent control of lighting properties, such as intensity or colour temperature, of at least one LED high bay with a downward directed light beam, in for instance a warehouse or industrial premises. The device includes a control for controlling at least one LED high bay; a presence sensor which emits a presence signal to the control when the presence sensor detects a person or object, such as a forklift truck driver or a forklift truck; and includes an activity sensor which emits an activity signal to the control when an activity, such as for instance a lifting movement of a forklift truck, is detected and the control, when the presence signal and the activity signal are received simultaneously, generates a control signal for the control of the intensity level of the at least one LED high bay.
US11337286B2	Connected lighting system Techniques are described for a lighting system in which light sources are controllable using signals sent over a wireless mesh network. During a commissioning process, a user interface (UI) may present a representation of nodes (e.g., light sources, sensors, controllers, etc.) that are broadcasting a wireless advertising signal. In response to a selection of a particular node, a wireless message may be sent to instruct the selected node to provide a visual indication of its presence, such as a flashing light. The visual indication may enable a user to discern the physical location of the node, such that each node may be added to the mesh network and, in some instances, to a group of nodes. The UI may also enable the definition of scenes, where each scene describes the brightness level or other operating characteristics of particular light source(s) and/or group(s) of light sources when the scene is active.
US11337283B2	Drive control system for light-emitting diode string The present disclosure relates to a drive control system for a light-emitting diode string, comprising a control unit and a signal-generating unit. The signal-generating unit comprises a switching element with a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal. One end of the control unit is connected to the control terminal, and the second terminal is connected to a negative terminal of the light-emitting diode string. A voltage stabilizing circuit is connected to the negative terminal of the light-emitting diode string, wherein a positive terminal of the light-emitting diode string is connected to a power supply unit. When the control unit turns on the switching element, the power supply unit directly drives the light-emitting diode string to emit light. When the control unit turns off the switching element, the power supply unit drives the light-emitting diode string to emit light through the voltage stabilizing circuit.
US11337270B2	Buffer status report enhancements for TCP flow Technology for a user equipment (UE), operable to generate an enhanced buffer status report (eBSR) is disclosed. The UE can identify packets for uplink transmission. The UE can filter the packets for transmission, to identify a number of small packets pending for transmission and a number of larger packets, relative to the small packets, that are pending for transmission in the uplink transmission. The UE can encode the eBSR for transmission to a next generation node B (gNB), wherein the eBSR includes information identifying the number of small packets pending for transmission. The UE can have a memory interface configured to send to a memory the number of small packets pending for transmission.
US11337268B2	Method and apparatus of managing stored system information using validly timer when applying discontinuous reception mode in mobile communication system A method for managing system information using a valid period timer includes receiving system information from a base station, checking whether information related to the management of a valid timer time regarding system information is included in the system information, and determining the valid timer time regarding the system information according to the checking result, and starting a timer by employing the determined valid timer time and managing the system information. A terminal including a controller configured to control the transceiver to receive system information from a base station, check whether information related to management of a valid timer time regarding system information is included in the system information, determine the valid timer time regarding the system information according to the checking result, start a timer set for the determined valid timer time, and manage the system information.
US11337265B2	Beam failure recovery request transmission Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A base station may transmit an indication of a type of a beam failure recovery request. A wireless device may detect a beam failure and transmit a beam failure recovery requested based on the type.
US11337257B1	Random-access channel in 5G networks Methods and systems for random-access channel in 5G networks is described. In one aspect, a method for a contention based-random access (CB-RA) through a random access channel (RACH) is disclosed. A base station may configure a set of RA preambles for CB-RA in a configuration information. The base station may distribute the set of RA preambles between a defined first boundary and a second boundary using a continuous exponential distribution (ED) in the configuration information. The base station distributes the RA preambles to occur continuously and independently with a constant parametric rate between the first boundary and the second boundary. The at least one User Equipment (UE) receives the configuration information. The at least one UE selects and communicates at least one RA preamble from the set of RA preambles. The base station may receive the selected at least one RA preamble from the at least one UE.
US11337256B2	Methods, infrastructure equipment and communications device A method of operating an infrastructure equipment in a wireless communications system to support first and second random access procedures is provided, wherein a number of subcarriers used for an uplink message of the second random access procedure is smaller than a number of subcarriers used for a corresponding uplink message of the first random access procedure. The method comprises transmitting, to at least one communications device, a scheduling message comprising an indication of a first set of radio resources comprising a plurality of subcarriers to be used for a random access procedure message for the first random access procedure, determining a second set of radio resources to be used for a random access procedure message for the second random access procedure, and monitoring for a random access procedure message from the at least one communications device on the second set of radio resources.
US11337255B2	Wireless communication method and device The present disclosure provides a method executed by user equipment, the method comprising: executing a random access procedure; and if a random access response message includes a backoff indicator, setting a preamble backoff time parameter to a time value corresponding to the backoff indicator multiplied by a configured parameter. Furthermore, the present disclosure further provides corresponding user equipment.
US11337252B2	System information requesting method, corresponding user equipment, and computer-readable medium Methods and apparatus for acquiring system information by receiving, from a base station, information carrying direct or indirect associations between preamble sequences and system information blocks (SIBs); selecting a corresponding preamble sequence based on one or a plurality of required SIBs and the received associations by at least one of: selecting a single preamble sequence associated with the greatest number of required SIBs; selecting a single preamble sequence associated with the fewest number of not-required SIBs; selecting one or a plurality of preamble sequences associated with the one or plurality of required SIBs having the fewest total number; and selecting, according to a priority of the one or plurality of required SIBs, different preamble sequences respectively associated with required SIBs of different priorities; and transmitting the selected preamble sequences to the base station.
US11337249B2	Transmit opportunity continuation timeout for directional multi-gigabit networks A wireless communication device, system and method. The device includes a memory, and processing circuitry coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry includes logic to: determine a training field length associated with a directional multigigabit (DMG) CTS frame of another wireless communication device; determine a Clear-To-Send time (CTS_Time) parameter based at least in part on the training field length; determine a transmit opportunity (TXOP) continuation timeout for the device based on the CTS_Time parameter; and set a network allocation vector (NAV) for the device based on the TXOP continuation timeout.
US11337248B2	Full-duplex transmission method and related device Methods, devices, and systems for full-duplex transmission are provided. In one aspect, a method can include: sending, by a first node, access request information to a second node in a first access timeslot, receiving, by the first node, full-duplex feedback information sent by the second node, receiving, by the first node, a target identifier sent by the second node, the full-duplex feedback information indicating that the first access timeslot is in a successful state, and determining, by the first node, a target queue location of the first node associated with a conflict resolution queue in response to at least one of: determining that the target identifier is different from an identifier of the first node, or determining that the full-duplex feedback information indicates that the first access timeslot is in an idle state.
US11337236B2	Time-slotted scheduling of packets in an industrial wireless network A method for time-slotted scheduling of packets in timeslots between N nodes and K>1 access points in an industrial wireless network, performed by a network controller of the industrial wireless network. The method includes determining the time-slotted scheduling by allocating each timeslot to a respective one of the nodes, wherein each timeslot for each node is divided in K sub-slots, one for each access point, such that in sub-slot k of each timeslot, where 1≤k≤K, transmission or reception of a packet is made between access point k and the node to which that timeslot is allocated. The method includes providing information to the access points about the determined time-slotted scheduling.
US11337233B2	Communication using semi-persistent scheduling and sensing Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a first transmission, wherein the first transmission includes information identifying a window, and wherein the UE is to transmit at least part of a second transmission in the window; and transmit at least part of the second transmission in the window. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11337229B2	Method and apparatus for logical channel prioritization in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to logical channel prioritization (LCP) in wireless communications. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a first wireless device in a wireless communication system comprises: creating a media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU); and transmitting the MAC PDU to a second wireless device, wherein the MAC PDU includes at least one of data from sidelink control channel (SCCH), a MAC control element (CE) for sidelink (SL) feedback information, or data from sidelink transmission channel (STCH) according to a logical channel prioritization (LCP), wherein the data from SCCH including one or more PC5-signalling (PC5-S) messages has a higher priority to be included in the MAC PDU than the MAC CE for SL feedback information, and wherein the MAC CE for SL feedback information has a higher priority to be included in the MAC PDU than the data from STCH.
US11337228B2	Coverage transition indicator for device-to-device communication A User Equipment (UE) D2D device transmits a coverage transition indicator when the UE device leaves a service area of base station and is no longer in coverage. The coverage transition indicator at least indicates that the UE device has left the service area and is no longer in coverage. Based on the coverage transition indicator, a determination can be made as to whether the D2D group to which the UE device belongs has transitioned to an out of coverage scenario from a partial coverage scenario.
US11337216B2	Wireless communication apparatus, method of controlling the apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium There is provided a wireless communication apparatus that is able to perform a first wireless communication and a second wireless communication, the second wireless communication having power consumption lower than that of the first wireless communication. The wireless communication apparatus receives, from another wireless communication apparatus through the second wireless communication, information indicating a channel which the another wireless communication apparatus is able to use in the first wireless communication, selects a communication parameter to be provided to the another wireless communication apparatus based on the received information, the communication parameter being required by the another wireless communication apparatus to connect to an apparatus that forms a network in which the first wireless communication occurs; and transmits the selected communication parameter the another wireless communication apparatus through the first wireless communication.
US11337213B2	Signal receiving method, apparatus, and device Example signal receiving methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes receiving a time-domain signal sent by a sending device. The time-domain signal is replicated to obtain N time-domain signals. N window functions are configured, where the N window functions are in a one-to-one correspondence with the N time-domain signals. An operation is performed on each of the N time-domain signals based on a corresponding window function to obtain N windowed time-domain signals. The N windowed time-domain signals are separately converted to obtain N frequency-domain signals. An RB corresponding to an interference frequency is determined. One or more RBs are selected from each of the N frequency-domain signals and are arranged in sequence based on indexes to obtain a target frequency-domain signal.
US11337211B2	Operation request generating method, device, and system An operation request generating method, including a generation device generates a first operation request that requests to perform an operation on a first packet, where the first operation request includes first assignment content and information used to indicate a first assignment location, the first assignment location is a location in the first packet, the first assignment content is data used to assign a value to the first assignment location, and the information used to indicate the first assignment location includes an identifier of a type of a first packet header, a first offset, and a first length, where the first packet header is a packet header in the first packet, and the first offset is an offset relative to a start location of the first packet header, and the generation device sends the first operation request to a description device or a receiving device.
US11337207B2	Uplink transmission based on a hybrid retransmission request (HARQ) process and a new data indicator (NDI) A wireless device generates a first transport block (TB) in response to receiving a first downlink control information (DCI). The first DCI indicates: a hybrid retransmission request (HARQ) identifier; and a new data identifier (NDI). In response to not detecting a second DCI during a validation duration: the first DCI is invalidated; and transmission of the first TB is dropped. In response to receiving a third DCI indicating a same value of the HARQ identifier, uplink signals are transmitted. The uplink signals comprise, based on the NDI, one of: an adaptive-retransmission of the first TB; or a new transmission of a second TB.
US11337206B2	Uplink grant, downlink assignment and search space method and apparatus in carrier aggregation Methods of mapping, indicating, encoding and transmitting uplink (UL) grants and downlink (DL) assignments for wireless communications for carrier aggregation are disclosed. Methods to encode and transmit DL assignments and UL grants and map and indicate the DL assignments to DL component carriers and UL grants to UL component carriers are described. Methods include specifying the mapping rules for DL component carriers that transmit DL assignment and DL component carriers that receive physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and mapping rules for DL component carriers that transmit UL grants and UL component carriers that transit physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) when using separate coding/separate transmission schemes.
US11337204B2	Communication system A communication system is presented in which a base station is provided for communicating with a plurality of mobile communication devices in a cellular communication system. The base station operates one of more communication cells and communicates subframes, with each of the plurality of communication devices within the cell(s), each comprising the communication resources of a control region for communicating a control channel and the communication resources of a data region for communicating a respective data channel. The base station communicates a control channel having a first DMRS sequence in a control region of some subframes and a control channel having a second DMRS sequence in a control region of other subframes. The second control channel may be transmitted in a radio beam focussed spatially in a direction of a communication device. The first control channel may be transmitted omnidirectionally throughout the cell(s).
US11337203B2	Transmission configuration indication (TCI) state switching for 5G NR A next-generation node B (gNB) configured for operation in a fifth-generation system (5GS) encode signalling for transmission to a user equipment (UE) indicating a Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state change to activate a new TCI state. A physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is encoded in accordance with a highest aggregation level if the signalling indicating the TCI state change indicates activation of a new TCI state for the PDCCH. A physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is encoded in accordance with a lowest modulation and coding scheme (MCS) level if the signalling indicating the TCI state change indicates activation of a new TCI state for the PDSCH. After the TCI state change, reference signals (RS) are transmitted with a different spatial filter or different antenna ports demodulation of the PDCCH and PDSCH by the UE.
US11337201B2	Efficient control signaling using common search space There is disclosed a method of operating a network node in a radio access network, the method includes transmitting a resource allocation message comprising a bit field, the resource allocation message being transmitted for reception in a common search space to which a first bandwidth part with a first unit size of resource allocation is associated. The bit field allocates resources in a second bandwidth part with a second unit size of resource allocation. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
US11337194B2	Method and user equipment for performing uplink transmission A disclosure of the present specification provides a new PUCCH format for allowing increased UCI HARQ-ACK; including CSI to be transmitted in an environment in which an enhanced carrier aggregation technology is used so that cells, the number of which exceeds five and is a maximum of X e.g., 32, can be aggregated.
US11337192B2	Method and apparatus for supporting multiple carriers in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for communicating with a network in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives information on transmission direction of a plurality of time intervals in a first component carrier (CC) and a second CC from the network, and communicates with the network via a virtual carrier, which is either any one of the first CC or the second CC at each of the plurality of time intervals, based on the information. The second CC is shifted in time relative to the first CC by a specific time interval.
US11337191B2	Interference mitigation for aerial vehicle communications by sharing scheduling information with neighboring base stations A serving base station allocates communication resources to be used by an aerial vehicle user equipment device (AV-UE) for uplink data transmissions. A neighboring base station is informed, via an air interface, of the communication resources that were allocated to the AV-UE. In some examples, the AV-UE retransmits scheduling assignment information, received from the serving base station, to the neighboring base station. In still other examples, the AV-UE transmits a sounding reference signal (SRS) to the neighboring base station. The neighboring base station can decode the retransmitted scheduling assignment information and/or the SRS to obtain information regarding the communication resources that have been allocated to the AV-UE for uplink data transmissions. The neighboring base station mitigates interference from the uplink data transmissions sent by the AV-UE.
US11337190B2	Method for transmitting uplink signal in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor A method for transmitting an uplink signal in multiple serving cells in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is performed by a terminal and may comprise the steps of: receiving a configuration of whether to activate an operation of repeating or segmenting a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) in at least one secondary serving cell; and repeating or segmenting and transmitting a PUCCH in the at least one secondary serving cell according to the received configuration, wherein the configuration comprises information on the secondary serving cell and/or a bandwidth part (BWP) in which the repetition or segmentation operation is to be performed.
US11337188B2	Method and device for transmitting/receiving uplink control information in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.The present invention provides a method by which a terminal transmits uplink control information, comprising receiving uplink scheduling information from a base station; determining, among a plurality of slots, at least one slot for transmitting the uplink control information, based on the uplink scheduling information; and transmitting the uplink control information through the determined at least one slot.
US11337184B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data stream performed in vehicle network An operation method of a management node in a vehicle network is provided. The method includes receiving a reservation request for transmission of a data stream from a first communication node and identifying a bandwidth required for transmitting the data stream. A path for transmitting the data stream is calculated based on the identified bandwidth and time sensitive networking (TSN) profile information. Configuration modes of one or more relay nodes in the path are changed and a response to the reservation request is transmitted to the first communication node.
US11337176B2	Access point based location system for high density wifi deployments Techniques for access point (AP) based location computation are disclosed. A target wireless AP, communicatively coupled to a wireless station (STA), is identified. One or more location buddy APs, relating to the target AP, are identified based on the physical locations of the location buddy APs and the target AP. It is determined that a first location buddy AP, of the one or more location buddy APs, is communicatively coupled to the STA, and in response a location of the STA is determined using the target AP.
US11337172B2	Method for transmitting or receiving sidelink synchronization signal in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor The present disclosure provides a method for transmitting and receiving a sidelink synchronization signal (SLSS) in a wireless communication system. In detail, the method performed by a first terminal includes receiving configuration information related to the SLSS; receiving the SLSS from a second terminal; determining whether the received SLSS is an SLSS related to sidelink communication or an SLSS related to sidelink discovery based on the received configuration information; and transmitting the received SLSS when the received SLSS is the SLSS related to sidelink discovery. Through this, the method proposed in the present disclosure has the effect of reducing unnecessary battery consumption of the first terminal and minimizing interference in the terminals of the neighboring cell.
US11337169B2	Method for receiving SSB according to synchronization raster and user equipment One disclosure of this specification provides a method for receiving a synchronization signal block (SSB) by a user equipment (UE). The method may include: determining frequency locations of multiple SSBs; and receiving at least one SSB among the multiple SSBs. The multiple SSBs may be configured to be arranged spaced apart from each other by a predetermined offset. The at least one SSB may be located at an interval of 1.2 MHz on a frequency axis.
US11337168B2	Protecting shared low noise amplifiers by limiting transmission power Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for protecting shared low noise amplifiers by limiting transmission power. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes determining that a transmission by the UE on a frequency band via a first radio access technology (RAT) overlaps in time with a period that the UE is configured to receive on the frequency band via a second RAT; and limiting transmission power on the first RAT during the period.
US11337165B2	Methods and apparatuses for power control for in-device coexistence Methods and apparatuses for power control are disclosed for in-device coexistence (IDC). According to an embodiment, a first radio access technology (RAT) unit measures a metric indicating relative strength of traffic received by the first RAT unit with respect to IDC interference from a second RAT unit that is co-located with the first RAT unit on a user equipment (UE). The first RAT unit determines whether a condition to adjust transmission power of the second RAT unit is satisfied based at least on the measured metric. When the condition is satisfied, an adjustment indication related to a desired adjustment of the transmission power is generated based at least on the measured metric. The adjustment indication is sent to the second RAT unit.
US11337159B2	Dynamic uplink target receive power adjustment for uplink interference mitigation Embodiments of a network node for a cellular communications network are disclosed. In some embodiments, the network node comprises a radio interface and processing circuitry operable to configure a wireless device to measure Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) for both a serving cell of the wireless device and one or more neighbor cells of the wireless device, receive resulting reporting information from the wireless device, adjust a target receive power for the wireless device based on the reporting information, determine a power correction for the wireless device based on the adjusted target receive power for the wireless device, and signal the power correction to the wireless device. Embodiments of a method of operation of a network node as well as embodiments of a wireless device and a method of operation thereof are also disclosed.
US11337157B2	Terminal device and positioning information processing method applied to terminal device A terminal device and a positioning information processing method applied to a terminal device, where the terminal device includes a processor and a positioning chip. The processor receives a positioning request from a first application program or receives current positioning data of the terminal device from the positioning chip. The first application program is included in the terminal device. The processor obtains a running state of the first application program. The processor avoids sending the positioning request to the positioning chip or avoids sending the current positioning data to the first application program when the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state and the first application program is currently running in the background.
US11337153B2	NFC communication A method of wireless communication between a transponder and a terminal includes a step, implemented by the transponder, of counting a number of error signals transmitted by the terminal.
US11337152B2	Communication method of a terminal and an access point for power saving Provided is a communication technology of an access point and a terminal that may decrease power consumption by changing an operation state of the terminal from an awake state to a sleep state when a data stream to be transmitted to the terminal is absent or has completed in a transmission opportunity (TXOP) duration.
US11337145B2	Method and device for searching for common resource set of remaining mission-critical system information A method for searching for a CORESET of RMSI includes: receiving, from a base station, a synchronous signal block (SSB) carrying indication information, wherein the indication information is configured to indicate time domain information of the CORESET of the RMSI corresponding a plurality of SSBs and a number of frequency-domain resource elements occupied by the CORESET of the RMSI; obtaining the indication information by parsing the received SSB; and searching for, according to the indication information, the CORESET of the RMSI in a corresponding time domain and a bandwidth portion corresponding to the received SSB.
US11337140B2	Low-power and low-latency non-standalone initial access to new radio carrier A communication device that establishes a short-range wireless communication link with a fixed wireless access (FWA) user equipment (UE) or a mobile UE that is in a specified proximal range of the communication device. The FWA UE or the mobile UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state over LTE network, is determined. The communication device detects whether a first new radio (NR) carrier is assigned to the FWA UE or the mobile UE without using the communication device. A carrier measurement is determined for NR is established at the FWA UE (or mobile UE) by an LTE-enabled base station in the RRC connected state. The communication device controls assignment of a second NR carrier to the FWA UE or the mobile UE for non-standalone initial access to a beam of RF data signals in the second NR carrier at the FWA UE or the mobile UE.
US11337134B2	Data forwarding method and apparatus A method of data forwarding in a mesh network includes: layering a plurality of nodes in the mesh network, where the mesh network includes the plurality of nodes and at least one of the plurality of nodes is used as a relay node to forward a data packet from a source node to a destination node; allocating forwarding channels to lower nodes by upper nodes; and transmitting the data packet from the source node to the destination node through at least one relay node via the forwarding channel corresponding to the destination node, where each of the plurality of nodes has one corresponding forwarding channel.
US11337132B2	Facilitation of network resource routing and resource optimization A more efficient network can be achieved using a network-based controller to configure routing tables to route data traffic to and from transmission points. Dynamic partitioning of network resources between the transmission points and a backhaul can be performed in conjunction with a resource scheduler of a network-based controller. The scheduler can relay scheduling metrics or benefit metrics from the network-based controller to the transmission points. Backhaul route optimization can also be used to select relay transmission points based upon conditions being determined to be satisfied.
US11337129B2	User equipment and mobile telecommunications system A user equipment for an unmanned aerial vehicle for a mobile telecommunications system has circuitry which is configured to communicate with at least one base station. The circuitry is further configured to transmit an indication of a change from an airborne mode to a terrestrial mode.
US11337128B2	Method of informing serving cell of uplink interference at neighbor cell caused by unmanned aerial vehicle A neighboring cell determines that uplink interference from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) exceeds a first threshold at the neighboring cell. The neighboring cell transmits an uplink interference indicator to the UAV. In some examples, the UAV informs its serving cell of the uplink interference experienced by the neighboring cell. The serving cell can utilize information received from the UAV to make handover decisions or scheduling decisions for the UAV that caused the uplink interference. In other examples, the UAV can temporarily refrain from transmitting on at least some of its uplink resources or utilize different uplink resources for uplink data transmissions. In still other examples, the UAV can utilize downlink measurements to select which neighboring base station System Information Block messages should be monitored for an uplink interference indicator.
US11337125B2	Communication method and device in mobile communication system The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail, and security and safety related services, on the basis of 5G communication technologies and IoT-related technologies. The present disclosure relates to a method for a terminal in a communication system and a device for performing same, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, from a higher layer device, information indicating packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) data recovery; identifying first data associated with transmission for the PDCP data recovery, from data which have been stored in a signaling radio bearer (SRB) before the information is received; and transmitting the first data to a lower layer.
US11337122B2	Switch method, terminal and network side device A switch method, a terminal and a network side device are provided. The method a terminal receiving a switch command sent by a network-side device through a source cell, wherein the switch command comprises access bandwidth information; and the terminal accessing a target cell on a determined partial bandwidth according to the access bandwidth information, so that the terminal switches from the source cell to the network-side target cell.
US11337120B2	Beam-aware handover procedure for multi-beam access systems Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described for a beam-aware handover procedure for multi-beam access systems. A source base station may determine that a handover request is to be sent to a target base station in preparation for handover of a user equipment (UE) from the source base station to the target base station, and transmit the handover request to the target base station with an indication of whether the handover is to be delayed. Alternatively or in addition to, either the target base station or the source base station may generate and transmit a time expiration indicator. The indication of whether the handover is to be delayed or the time expiration indicator may allow either the target base station or the UE to determine whether access parameters for the UE are valid.
US11337117B2	Device and method of handling radio bearer configurations of radio access technologies A first base station (BS) for handling radio bearer (RB) configurations of radio access technologies (RATs) comprises at least one storage device; and at least one processing circuit, coupled to the at least one storage device. The at least one storage device stores, and the at least one processing circuit is configured to execute instructions of: configuring a first RB configuration of a first RAT and a second RB configuration of a second RAT to a first communication device, wherein the first RB configuration and the second RB configuration are associated to a first RB; communicating first data associated to the first RB with the first communication device according to the first RB configuration and the second RB configuration; and transmitting the first RB configuration and the second RB configuration to a second BS in a handover preparation procedure for the first communication device.
US11337115B2	System and methods for real-time delivery of specialized telecommunications services A system, method and computer readable storage medium are disclosed to provide dynamic network resource management in a telecommunications network where at least a portion of the network resources are located at an edge of the telecommunications network. The capacity available, the aggregate demand of resources at a given time, and the cost of the network resource demanded as well as each customers upper price limit may be considered and adjusted in real-time by different network resource allocation models.
US11337113B2	Use of uplink communication quality as basis to control split-uplink operation for dual-connectivity service A method and system for controlling apportionment of uplink data flow of a UE having a first connection with a first access node and a second connection with a second access node. An example system could operate to determine an uplink data apportionment, defining what portion of the uplink data flow the UE should provide on the first connection versus what portion of the uplink data flow the UE should provide on the second connection, where determining the uplink data apportionment is based on (i) a comparison of uplink power headroom of the UE on the first connection with uplink power headroom of the UE on the second connection and/or (ii) a comparison of uplink noise on the first connection with uplink noise on the second connection. Further, the example system could then cause the UE to operate in accordance with the determined uplink data apportionment.
US11337111B2	Method of assembling segments and receiving end A method of assembling segments and a receiving end are provided. The method includes: determining, in the case that the receiving end receives a target data packet at a RLC layer, whether the target data packet is a segment of a RLC data packet based on a header of the target data packet; arranging the segment of the RLC data packet received by the receiving end, in the case that the target data packet is the segment of the RLC data packet; assembling, in the case that the receiving end receives all segments of the RLC data packet, all segments of the RLC data packet to obtain the RLC data packet; and delivering the RLC data packet to a PDCP layer.
US11337108B2	Uplink congestion control based on SIP messaging Uplink congestion control based on session initiation protocol (SIP) messaging includes receiving SIP messages from user equipment devices (UEs) via established wireless uplink connections; and monitoring a rate of the SIP messages received from the UEs. Uplink congestion control further includes identifying whether the rate of received SIP messages exceeds a first threshold during a first period of time; and sending SIP response messages to the UEs to reduce congestion on the wireless uplink connections upon identifying that the rate of received SIP messages exceeded the first threshold over the first period of time, where the sent SIP response messages instruct the UEs to resend the SIP messages after predetermined time delays.
US11337104B2	Electronic device for transmitting data through split bearer and method of operating electronic device An electronic device may include: a communication processor; and an application processor configured to transmit data to be transmitted through first cellular communication and/or second cellular communication to the communication processor, wherein the communication processor includes: a PDCP configured to support a split bearer for transmitting split data; a first RLC configured to split data received from the PDCP; and a second RLC configured to split data received from the PDCP, wherein the PDCP is configured to split data received from the application processor into data units having a preset size, identify a data processing rate of the first RLC and a data processing rate of the second RLC, and distribute the data units to the first RLC and the second RLC, based on the data processing rate of the first RLC and the data processing rate of the second RLC.
US11337103B2	Bearer processing method and system, and related apparatus A bearer processing method and system, and a related apparatus. A GW-U is configured to receive a data packet and match the data packet with a rule, and send bearer processing indication information to a GW-C if a rule matching result of the data packet meets a trigger condition for bearer processing, where the bearer processing indication information is used to trigger the GW-C to perform bearer processing according to quality of service QoS information of a data service corresponding to the data packet. The GW-C is configured to receive the bearer processing indication information from the GW-U, determine, according to the bearer processing indication information, the QoS information of the data service corresponding to the data packet, and perform bearer processing according to the QoS information of the data service corresponding to the data packet.
US11337102B2	Base station, and QoS control method of wireless section Disclosed is technology for applying a more differential QoS, that is, service quality to each communication service by implementing a differential QoS control in a radio section more precisely without any increase in complexity and load compared to a conventional bearer based QoS control method.
US11337101B2	Method for managing a virtual radio access network and method for calibrating a software component A method for managing a virtual radio access network which serves a radio cell is provided. The method includes selecting, based on a radio access technology of the radio cell, a construction scheme for the virtual radio access network in a repository. Further, the method includes querying, from the repository, at least one software component associated to the construction scheme. The software component represents a virtualized network function of the virtual radio access network. The method additionally includes setting up, using the software component, the virtualized network function on a runtime platform according to the construction scheme.
US11337099B2	Beam measurement and reporting method, network side device and mobile terminal A beam measurement and reporting method, and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: configuring measurement parameters and report parameters for one or more target beam groups, wherein, the measurement parameters include reference signal resources, reference signal resources corresponding to different target beam groups are different, reference signal resources for beams of at least two TRPs in the one or more target beam groups are same; transmitting the measurement parameters and the report parameters to a mobile terminal; controlling beams of the one or more target beam groups to transmit reference signals on reference signal resources corresponding to the beams, wherein the reference signals are used by the mobile terminal to perform beam measurement; receiving a measurement report including measurement results reported by the mobile terminal based on the report parameters.
US11337096B2	Predicting whether a user of a wireless telecommunication network will report a problem Presented here is a method to predict whether a user of a wireless telecommunication network will report a problem associated with the wireless telecommunication network. A processor can obtain multiple key performance indicators (KPIs) describing a user experience with the wireless telecommunication network. The processor can calculate at least a daily value of each KPI according to a rule specific to the KPI. The processor can create an image representing a color-coded value of each KPI, where a first axis of the image identifies the KPI, and where a second axis of the image represents the daily value of the KPI. The processor can predict whether the user of the wireless telecommunication network will report the problem by providing the image to a machine learning model and receiving a prediction from the machine learning model whether the user of the wireless telecommunication network will report the problem.
US11337089B2	Method and nodes for testing a node The embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a first node (101) for enabling testing of at least a part (105, 108) of the first node (101) in a deployed network. The first node (101) determines that at least a part (105, 108) of the first node (101) should be tested, and determines a direction in which to transmit or receive a test signal (200) to or from a second node (103). The first node (101) transmits the test signal (200) OTA in the determined direction to the second node (103) if a transmitter of the first node (101) should be tested. The first node (101) receives the test signal (200) OTA in the determined direction from the second node (103) if a receiver of the first node (101) should be tested.
US11337088B2	Test apparatus for a telecommunication network, and method for testing a telecommunication network A test apparatus includes: a communication interface for connection to a enodeb of a mobile telecommunication network provided with beamforming functionality, the communication interface being configured to receive communication traffic between the enodeb and a mobile terminal coupled in communication to the enodeb (3); a beamforming-testing unit, configured to receive communication-channel-quality signals (RSRPS) corresponding to each communication beam (B1, B2, . . . , BN), the communication-channel-quality signals (RSRPS) representing a signal power received by the mobile terminal. The beamforming-testing unit checks whether communication settings of the enodeb in relation to selection of the communication beams (B1, B2, . . . , BN) are consistent with the communication-channel-quality signals (RSRPS).
US11337087B2	Methods, systems and computer readable media for predicting risk in network elements using machine learning A method, system and computer-readable medium where a weighted composite quality index having a plurality of components for a network element is identified. A historical baseline value from historical data for each component is determined, and a deviation from the historical baseline values is measured. A risk level for the deviation is assigned. A loss score for the measured components is computed by mapping the risk level to a numerical score. An aggregated risk score based on a sum of weighted risk scores for each of the components is computed. An expected risk score based on probabilities associated with the aggregated risk score is determined by computing future probabilities of each risk level at the network element based on a trained machine learning model.
US11337086B2	OFDMA optimized steering in Wi-Fi networks Systems and methods for Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) optimized steering in Wi-Fi networks. The present disclosure contemplates operation in a multiple access point network utilizing OFDMA technology, e.g., IEEE 802.11ax, where clients are connected to the access points considering the effect on OFDMA operation depending on where the clients are connected. That is, the present disclosure considers OFDMA operation in the context of optimization in a distributed or multiple access point network. The optimization decision is based on capabilities of client devices and/or the access points, including OFDMA capability, MIMO capability, channel capability, etc. The optimization decision is used to select where client devices should connect, and optimization factors may include individual device throughput, joint load throughput (system capacity), fairness, etc.
US11337081B2	Wireless communication apparatus and communication control method Provided is a wireless communication apparatus (100) including two-dimensionally-arrayed antenna elements (110), and an arrangement unit (140) configured to arrange IQ data of signals output from the antenna elements, for each time in a state in which an array of the antenna elements is maintained.
US11337080B1	High altitude platform beam arrangement The disclosure provides for a communication system. The communication system includes a station moving relative to a geographic area, a plurality of antennas, and one or more processors configured to control the plurality of antennas. For instance, the one or more processors may be configured to control a first antenna of the plurality of antennas to output a primary beam to cover the geographic area, wherein the primary beam is associated with a primary cell having a first center frequency, and to control a second set of antennas of the plurality of antennas to output a plurality of secondary beams to cover a plurality of locations within the geographic area, wherein the plurality of secondary beams each has a beam angle smaller than the primary beam, and wherein the plurality of secondary beams are all associated with a secondary cell having a second center frequency.
US11337070B2	User-authorized onboarding using a public authorization service Various systems and methods for user-authorized onboarding of a device using a public authorization service (310) are described herein. In an example, a 3-way authorization protocol is used to coordinate device onboarding among several Internet of Things (IoT) Fog users (e.g., devices in a common network topology or domain) with principles of least privilege. For instance, respective onboarding steps may be assigned for performance by different Fog ‘owners’ such as respective users and clients (350A, 350B, . . . , 350N). Each owner may rely on a separate authorization protocol or user interaction to be notified of and to give approval for the specific onboarding action(s) assigned. Further techniques for implementation and tracking such onboarding actions as part of an IoT network service are also disclosed.
US11337067B2	Systems and methods for providing wireless access security by interrogation Security is provided for enterprise local area networks (LANs) by pre-vetting and identifying the security characteristic and actions of any new wireless networks that tries to connect to a secure LAN network. The disclosure herein provides for identification and classification of IEEE 802.11 wireless networks by using monitoring sensor system within and managed by a centralized cloud. The monitoring sensors interrogate the network mimicking the behavior of known platforms, such as an end-user's workstation or mobile device followed by random actions simulating a human person. The response characteristics of the wireless network including the behavior patterns relating to the LAN system and human behavior are collected. The security system uses methods of classification provided through analysis of the collected information using methods including data science approaches, correlation analysis, and machine learning classification methods to determine the security classification of the newly detected wireless network.
US11337062B2	Security key refresh for dual connectivity Embodiments have a master eNB with a control plane and optional data plane to user equipment and a secondary eNB with a data plane to the user equipment. The user equipment thus uses both the master eNB and the secondary eNB for data communications while receiving control information from only the master eNB. The master eNB and secondary eNB are connected with an X2 interface. When the secondary eNB desires to refresh its security key, it informs the master eNB using the X2 interface. The master eNB then uses its control plane with the user equipment to initiate a security key refresh for the secondary eNB.
US11337054B2	System and method for obtaining an identifier of a mobile communication terminal at a control checkpoint Methods for obtain identifiers, such as International Mobile Subscriber Identities (IMSIs) and International Mobile Station Equipment Identities (IMEIs), of mobile communication terminals, and associate these identifiers with other items of identifying information provided by users of the terminals. A local interrogation device may be installed that imitates a legitimate base station belonging to a cellular network, at a control checkpoint. Local interrogation devices are connected to a global interrogation device in a hierarchical network, whereby the local interrogation devices are assigned a priority that is higher than that of the global interrogation device. The global interrogation device provides cellular coverage to a larger area that contains the control checkpoints, while the local interrogation devices provide more localized cellular coverage to the control checkpoints.
US11337051B2	Peer discovery in distributed EPC A discovery protocol for use in a mobile telecommunications network where the protocol is used to discover a target core network component of the network. The network comprises base station core network components having at least one Mobile Management Entity (MME), a Serving Gateway (SGW) a Packet Gateway (PGW), an HSS; and a discovery request distributor connected to all other network components. The protocol utilizes the steps of: sending a discovery request from a first core network component to a discovery request distributor, where the discovery request includes a target identifier of a target core network component to be discovered; forwarding the discovery request to all other core network components within the network; receiving a discovery response at the first network component, from an identified target core network component with the defined target identifier and no responses from the other target core network components.
US11337040B2	Broadcast bearer management method and device thereof The present application relates to broadcast bearer management methods and devices. One example method includes receiving, by a first bearer management server (BMS), a first message sent by a service server, where the first message includes a group identifier of a service group, determining, by the first BMS, a first broadcast bearer for the service group based on the first message, and sending, by the first BMS, a second message to the service server, where the second message carries user plane information of the first broadcast bearer.
US11337038B2	Method, device and system for transmitting multicast group information The present disclosure relates to a method, a device and a system for transmitting multicast group information. The method includes: receiving, by a first CSE, multicast group information transmitted by an underlying network element, wherein the first CSE includes a CSE where a group is located; and setting, by the first CSE, attributes of multicast group resource according to the multicast group information.
US11337037B2	Multicast service reading and sending method, and related device The present disclosure discloses a multicast service reading method. The method includes: determining, by user equipment UE, multicast control channel MCCH configuration information, where the MCCH configuration information includes a multicast control channel identifier MCCH-RNTI and MCCH sending period information; determining, by the UE, MCCH sending time information according to the MCCH sending period information; reading, by the UE, an MCCH message according to the MCCH sending time information by using the MCCH-RNTI, where the MCCH message includes configuration information of a multicast service; and reading, by the UE, the multicast service according to the configuration information of the multicast service. Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a multicast service sending method and a related device. The embodiments of the present disclosure help reduce waste of an MBSFN subframe.
US11337036B1	Providing events on a map using an activity ontology for event suggestion Disclosed is a system and method to present events relevant to the user on a map. The system obtains an indication of a user's location, and a predetermined threshold indicating a distance between the user and an event. The system obtains events that are relevant to the user. Based on the user's location, and the predetermined threshold, the system determines a second set of events based on the events, where an event in the second set of events is within the predetermined threshold away from the user's location.
US11337028B2	Combined fine timing measurement (FTM) and non-FTM messaging for position determination In one aspect, a method includes performing, by a wireless station, a fine timing measurement (FTM) procedure with each of one or more FTM-enabled access points (APs) to obtain a respective one or more FTM-based round-trip time (RTT) measurement between the wireless station and each of the one or more FTM-enabled APs. The method also includes performing a non-FTM procedure with each of one or more non-FTM-enabled APs to obtain a respective one or more non-FTM-based RTT measurement. The wireless station then calculates a position of the wireless device based on both the one or more FTM-based RTT measurements and the one or more non-FTM-based RTT measurements.
US11337022B2	Information processing apparatus, method, and program The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, a method, and a program that can create a great sense of realism with a small number of computations.An information processing apparatus includes a gain determination section that determines an attenuation level on the basis of a positional relationship between a given object and another object and determines a gain of a signal of the given object on the basis of the attenuation level. The present technology is applicable to a signal processing apparatus.
US11337010B2	MEMS device and process The present disclosure describes techniques for altering the epoxy wettability of a surface of a MEMS device. Particularly applicable to flip-chip bonding arrangements in which a top surface of a MEMS device is adhered to a package substrate. A barrier region is provided on a top surface of the MEMs device, laterally outside a region which forms, or overlies, the backplate and/or the cavity in the transducer substrate. The barrier region comprises a plurality of discontinuities, e.g. dimples, which inhibit the flow of epoxy.
US11337008B2	Display panel and display apparatus A display panel according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a flexible organic electroluminescent panel, and one or a plurality of piezoelectric films provided on a rear surface of the organic electroluminescent panel and vibrating the organic electroluminescent panel as a flat speaker.
US11337007B2	Voice coil plate having multi-patterned coil, and flat panel speaker comprising voice coil plate having multi-layered structure The present invention relates to a voice coil plate having a multi-patterned coil for a slim speaker, the voice coil plate enabling weight reduction, impedance value reduction and inductance value enhancement; and a slim flat speaker enabling weight reduction, impedance value reduction and inductance value enhancement. In one embodiment, the voice coil plate comprises: a base substrate; and a voice coil formed on one surface of the base substrate comprising: a first pattern part arranged along a first direction; and a second pattern part arranged along a second direction different from the first direction. The first pattern part comprises a plurality of first patterns spaced apart at predetermined intervals, and the second pattern part comprises a plurality of second patterns spaced apart at predetermined intervals. At least two of the second patterns, among the plurality of second patterns, are connected in parallel to one of the first patterns.
US11337004B2	Speaker device A speaker device includes: a diaphragm that radiates sound; an edge arranged in an outer periphery of the diaphragm; an attachment part facing an outer peripheral region of the edge; and a connecting member held between the outer peripheral region of the edge and the attachment part. A width of the connecting member is greater than a width of the outer peripheral region of the edge.
US11337002B2	Loudspeaker system with active directivity control A speaker system may include at least two transducers arranged within an enclosure and horizontally aligned with one another; and a processor configured to apply at least one filter to the transducers to generate beamforming audio content, the processor configured to receive input channels and determine a desired filter impulse response at a first frequency point of the input channels. The processor may also be configured to determine a frequency response of the desired filter impulse response at a first angle, and generate a target function based on the frequency response for application at the first angle.
US11337001B2	Sound reproduction A signal processor for a sound reproduction system which is arranged to perform processing of a sound recording so as to provide input signals for an array of distributed loudspeakers, such that the sound field generated by the loudspeakers results in cross-talk cancellation in respect of multiple listener positions at substantially all frequencies reproduced by the loudspeakers, and wherein the sound field so generated is an approximation of a sound field produced by an Optimal Source Distribution, OSD.
US11336995B2	Directional acoustic radiating device A system includes a micro-mobility device that is configured to support a user on a mechanical structure of the micro-mobility device and a directional acoustic radiating device carried by the mechanical structure of the micro-mobility device and comprising a first acoustic driver that is acoustically coupled to a first passive directional device so as to radiate acoustic energy into the first passive directional device. The first passive directional device comprises an opening in a perimeter of the first passive directional device that extends along a length of the first passive directional device and through which acoustic energy is radiated to an environment to provide a direction of maximum radiation of the first passive directional device.
US11336992B2	Two-way loudspeaker with floating waveguide One or more embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a two-way loudspeaker design that forces a condensed geometry between low frequency (LF) and high frequency (HF) drivers and then “floats” a midrange waveguide in front of the LF driver. This is a hybrid design meant to benefit from the close proximity of acoustic centers without introducing a central axis obstruction for the LF driver. In addition, the LF and HF waveguides and associated acoustic elements are used to redirect very low frequency energy not supported adequately by the LF waveguide to exit freely using other paths.
US11336991B2	Loudspeaker apparatus A loudspeaker apparatus may include a circuit housing accommodating a control circuit or a battery; an ear hook and a rear hook connected to both ends of the circuit housing, respectively. The ear hook may be at least partially covered by a first protective housing. The rear hook may be at least partially covered by a second protective housing. The first protective housing and the second protective housing at least partially cover a periphery of the circuit housing from both ends of the circuit housing in a sleeve manner, respectively. The loudspeaker apparatus can avoid damage to the control circuit or the battery caused by high temperature.
US11336989B2	Earpiece with GPS receiver An earpiece includes an earpiece housing, a processor disposed within the earpiece, a speaker operatively connected to the processor, a microphone operatively connected the processor, and a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver disposed within the earpiece. A system may include a first earpiece having a connector with earpiece charging contacts, a charging case for the first earpiece, the charging case having contacts for connecting with the earpiece charging contacts, and a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver disposed within the charging case.
US11336985B2	In-ear wireless device An in-ear listening device having a device housing including a speaker housing and an elongated tube protruding away from the speaker housing, an audio port formed through the speaker housing, a speaker disposed in the speaker housing and aligned to emit sound through the audio port, a microphone port formed through the elongated tube, a microphone disposed in the elongated tube and operatively coupled to receive sound through the microphone port, a rechargeable battery and a wireless antenna disposed within the device housing, wireless circuitry coupled to the wireless antenna and configured to input and output radio frequency signals for wireless communications, a user-interface touch control disposed on the device housing and operable to control a function of the earbud, and battery charging circuitry coupled to the rechargeable battery and positioned within the device housing and operable to charge the rechargeable battery when coupled to receive power from an external power source.
US11336982B1	Hearing device seal modules, modular hearing devices including the same and associated methods A hearing device seal module for use with a hearing device core including a tubular seal carrier defining a lumen configured for passage of the hearing device core and including a resilient seal support region formed from resilient material and configured to receive the hearing device core, a seal carrier support configured to hold at least a portion of the resilient seal support region open during an insertion of the hearing device core, and a first seal secured to a first portion of the seal support region and extending outwardly therefrom.
US11336980B2	Mobile music store assembly A mobile music store assembly includes a housing base; a first housing member that is selectively movable relative to the housing base between a first position wherein the mobile music store assembly is in a closed configuration, and a second position wherein the mobile music store assembly is in an open configuration; and a second housing member that is selectively movable relative to the first housing member and the housing base between a first position wherein the mobile music store assembly is in the closed configuration, and a second position wherein the mobile music store assembly is in the open configuration. The mobile music store assembly can further include a music player that is positioned substantially within the housing assembly. The music player is only accessible when the mobile music store assembly is in the open configuration.
US11336978B2	Rotating loudspeaker The present disclosure relates to loudspeaker devices and configurations. In at least one embodiment, a loudspeaker includes a housing structure having a multi-sided cross-sectional profile, a first speaker configuration coupled to a first face of the housing structure, and a second speaker configuration coupled to a second face of the housing structure. The first face of the housing structure and the second face of the housing structure may be adjacent to each other, and the first face of the housing structure and the second face of the housing structure may be substantially planar, in one or more examples. The loudspeaker may further comprise a controller configured to rotate the housing structure. For example, the housing structure may be rotated about a central axis of the housing structure. Further, the housing may be an elongated triangular structure in at least one example.
US11336974B2	Invisible microphone assembly for a vehicle A microphone assembly for a vehicle headliner includes a housing arranged to be received within a substrate layer of the headliner and having an upper portion and a lower portion. A circuit board is mounted in the upper portion and has a microphone element coupled thereto. An insert bracket includes a base and a shaft member extending upwardly therefrom, the base having a plurality of apertures aligned with the shaft member, wherein the shaft member engages the lower portion to connect the insert bracket to the housing. A sealing gasket having at least one channel defining an air path extending therethrough is arranged to be received within the shaft member and extend between the base and the upper portion, providing acoustic sealing between the insert bracket and the housing such that the air path directs sound from a cabin of the vehicle through the apertures to the microphone element.
US11336973B2	Optical line terminal OLT device virtualization method and related device An optical line terminal (OLT) device virtualization method and a related device, the method including creating a plurality of virtual OLT systems on an OLT device, and determining system resources of each of the plurality of virtual OLT systems according to a preset rule. The system resources include a physical resource and a logical resource, and physical resources and logical resources of the plurality of virtual OLT systems are different from each other.
US11336972B1	Automated video preview generation Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for systems and methods for automated video preview generation. Example methods may include determining video content, determining a first shot transition, a second shot transition, a third shot transition, and a fourth shot transition in the video content, and determining that human speech is present during the first shot transition and the second shot transition. Example methods may include determining a first timestamp associated with the third shot transition, determining a second timestamp associated with the fourth shot transition, generating a first video preview of the video content, where the first video preview includes a segment of the video content from the first timestamp to the second timestamp, and causing presentation of the first video preview, where the first video preview does not include a segment of the video content between the first shot transition and the second shot transition.
US11336970B2	Flexible commercial monitoring Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to implement flexible commercial monitoring for television audience measurement are disclosed. Example television audience measurement systems disclosed herein include a flexible commercial detector to detect whether a first watermark decoded from a television program broadcast signal is a bridge watermark that indicates a portion of the television broadcast signal including the bridge watermark is associated with a flexible commercial insertion event, the flexible commercial insertion event corresponding to insertion of a flexible commercial in the portion of the television broadcast signal. Disclosed example television audience measurement systems also include a commercial metric calculator to credit audience exposure associated with the portion of the television broadcast signal to a flexible commercial crediting metric in response to a determination that the first watermark is the bridge watermark.
US11336968B2	Method and device for generating content An operation method for generating content including a user identification (ID), and an apparatus therefor are provided. The operation method of the device includes obtaining mapping information by making one or more pieces of biometric information for each of a plurality of users correspond to a user ID of each of the plurality of users, obtaining first content including a first user by photographing the first user, obtaining first biometric information of the first user, determining a first user ID corresponding to the first biometric information of the first user, based on the mapping information, and associating the first content with the first user ID, and storing the association of the first content with the first user ID.
US11336953B2	Video processing method, electronic device, and computer-readable medium The present application discloses a video processing method, an electronic device, and a computer-readable medium. The method comprises: a system playing module acquiring a video file to be played and sent by a target client; determining whether playing of the video file is supported; if not, parsing the video file to acquire an audio stream and a video stream in the video file; configuring an audio decoder identifier for the audio stream, and configuring a video decoder identifier for the video stream; and sending to an FFmpeg module the video stream, the audio stream, the video decoder identifier, and the audio decoder identifier, such that the FFmpeg module decodes the video file to acquire audio playing data and video playing data, wherein the audio playing data and the video playing data can be played by an audio and video output module of an electronic device.
US11336950B2	Methods, systems, and media for transferring playback of media content Methods, systems, and media for transferring playback of media content are provided. In some implementations, the method comprises: receiving a request to initiate a mirroring session in which a tabbed window including a page having a plurality of media content items is rendered on a computing device and transmitted as a video stream to a display device that is in communication with the computing device over a local area network; encoding the video stream including the tabbed window and the plurality of media content items; transmitting the encoded video stream to the display device via the local area network; determining that a user of the tabbed window on the display device intends to view a media content item from the plurality of media content items on the page; inhibiting presentation of the media content item on the computing device; causing the media content item to be decoded and presented on the display device; detecting an event associated with presentation of the media content item on the display device; and, in response to detecting the event associated with presentation of the media content item on the display device, causing the mirroring session to resume.
US11336947B2	Audio transitions when streaming audiovisual media titles A playback application is configured to analyze audio frames associated with transitions between segments within a media title to identify one or more portions of extraneous audio. The playback application is configured to analyze the one or more portions of extraneous audio and then determine which of the one or more corresponding audio frames should be dropped. In doing so, the playback application can analyze a topology associated with the media title to determine whether any specific portions of extraneous audio are to be played outside of a logical ordering of audio samples set forth in the topology. These specific portions of extraneous audio are preferentially removed.
US11336946B1	Presenting options for selecting content via navigation bars and designated content spaces User interfaces having navigation bars are rendered on displays by streaming devices or smart applications operating on the displays. The navigation bars include selectable elements corresponding to applications that are preferred or designated users, as well as promoted applications, or utility applications. Placing a cursor or selection element over one of the elements for an application within the navigation bar causes selected content to be displayed above the navigation bar, along with discrete tiles including images associated with the application below the navigation bar. Moving the cursor above or below the navigation bar allows a user to activate the selected content or select one of the discrete tiles. Icons within the navigation bar may be displayed to a user in a predetermined order, at random, or in an order selected by the user.
US11336942B2	Methods and systems for management of a processing offloader Introduced here are systems to manage and discover a processing offloader. A first multimedia device may identify a processing offloader in a networked environment. A first multimedia device may determine that a bandwidth of a second multimedia device in the networked environment falls below a threshold bandwidth, indicating that the second multimedia device may process instructions and render multimedia information with increased latency or delay. Based on this determination, the first multimedia device may forward instructions from the second multimedia device to the processing offloader for the processing offloader to process and render multimedia information on behalf of the second multimedia device based on the received instructions. The first multimedia device may forward rendered multimedia information from the processing offloader to the second multimedia device, and the second multimedia device may output the rendered multimedia information to an output device.
US11336937B2	Transport and acquisition of DRM-related information A reception apparatus includes receiver and processing circuitry. The receiving circuitry is configured to receive a broadcast stream. The processing circuitry is configured to extract a service list table (SLT) from the broadcast stream. The SLT includes service information for each of a plurality of services in the broadcast stream. The processing circuitry is configured to determine whether the broadcast stream includes a digital rights management (DRM) service that is supported by the reception apparatus based on service category information in the service information for the plurality of services in the broadcast stream. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire DRM-related information, which is associated with the reception apparatus and delivered in the DRM service, based on a determination that the broadcast stream includes the DRM service that is supported by the reception apparatus.
US11336935B1	Detecting audio-video desyncrhonization Techniques are described for detecting desynchronization between an audio stream and a video stream.
US11336928B1	Predictive caching of identical starting sequences in content Disclosed are various embodiments for predictive caching of identical starting sequences in content. A content item library is scanned to identify an initial portion shared by multiple content items. The initial portion is extracted from a first content item. It is determined that a second content item is to be predictively cached by a client. The initial portion of the first content item is sent to the client in place of the initial portion of the second content item.
US11336918B2	Regular coded bin reduction for coefficient coding A video decoder can be configured to determine a threshold number of regular coded bins for a first decoding pass; for a first set of coefficients, context decode syntax elements of a coefficient group until the threshold number of regular coded bins is reached; and in response to reaching the threshold number of regular coded bins, for a second set of coefficients, bypass decode additional syntax elements, wherein to bypass decode the additional syntax elements the video decoder, for a coefficient of the second set of coefficients, derives a value for a Rice parameter based on a sum of absolute values of neighboring coefficients to the coefficient; determine values for the first set of coefficients of the transform unit based on the context decoded syntax elements; and determine values for the second set of coefficients of the transform unit based on the additional syntax elements.
US11336911B2	Image data processing method Provided is an image data processing method for preventing decrease of a decoding processing capability of an image processing device even if the image processing device is included in a game machine on which many moving pictures having low resolutions are displayed. First, decoding processing is designed (step S1). For example, it is designed in such a manner that a moving picture X is singly processed and that a moving picture Y and a moving picture Z having low vertical resolutions can be combined together to be subjected to decoding processing. Subsequently, each of the moving picture X, the moving picture Y, and the moving picture Z is encoded (step S2). Next, encoded data of the moving picture X is singly decoded, and the moving picture X is restored and displayed on a display unit of the image processing device at a predetermined timing. Meanwhile, respective pieces of encoded data of the moving picture Y and the moving picture Z are combined together and are decoded depending on respective display timings, and the moving picture X and the moving picture Y are restored and further separated from each other to be displayed on the display unit at the respective timings (step S3).
US11336908B2	Compressing images using neural networks Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for compressing images using neural networks. One of the methods includes receiving an image; processing the image using an encoder neural network, wherein the encoder neural network is configured to receive the image and to process the image to generate an output defining values of a first number of latent variables that each represent a feature of the image; generating a compressed representation of the image using the output defining the values of the first number of latent variables; and providing the compressed representation of the image for use in generating a reconstruction of the image.
US11336901B2	Intra prediction method and apparatus An intra prediction method according to the present invention comprises the following steps: performing a directional prediction using at least one of a neighboring pixel of a current block and a left upper corner pixel positioned at a left upper corner of the current block so as to obtain a first prediction value for the current block; obtaining a second prediction value for the current block using the reference sample positioned in the current block; and weighted summing the first prediction value and the second prediction value using a weighting matrix so as to obtain a final prediction value for the current block. According to the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency may be improved.
US11336900B2	Combined inter and intra prediction mode for video coding Embodiments include methods and apparatus for encoding and decoding video data. In particular, embodiments include methods and apparatus for encoding and decoding video using a combined inter/intra prediction mode. In one such embodiment, the inter prediction is performed using a equal weighted bi-prediction mode determined using a merge mode that would otherwise indicate a non-equal weighted bi-prediction.
US11336897B2	Method and apparatus for coding video data in palette mode Methods for performing palette coding of video data may include: determining whether a luma component of a coding unit (CU) and chroma components of the CU are coded jointly or separately in a palette mode; and in response to the luma component and the chroma components being coded jointly in the palette mode, determining a first maximum palette-table size for the CU; determining a first maximum palette-predictor size for the CU; and predicting the CU based on the first maximum palette-table size and the first maximum palette-predictor size.
US11336896B2	Image encoding apparatus and image decoding apparatus, methods of controlling the same, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium An encoding apparatus comprises an acquiring unit that acquires image, a divider that divides the image into blocks, and an encoding processor that encodes a block. The encoding processor includes a variable-length encoder that performs quantization on each of pixels in a block so that a code length is no greater than the fixed length, and performs variable-length encoding on quantized block; a determiner that, based on a difference between the code length and the fixed length, determines a size of a free region for filling the fixed length; an analyzer that analyzes each of the pixels and calculates an index value indicating an importance; and a multiplexer that, based on the index values, multiplexes the encoded block data and the bits lost due to the quantization to generate the fixed-length encoded block data.
US11336895B2	Tone-curve optimization method and associated video encoder and video decoder A method for generating metadata for use by a video decoder for displaying video content encoded by a video encoder includes: (1) accessing a target tone mapping curve; (2) accessing a decoder tone curve corresponding to a tone curve used by the video decoder for tone mapping the video content; (3) generating a plurality of parameters of a trim-pass function used by the video decoder to apply after applying the decoder tone curve to the video content, wherein the parameters of the trim-pass function are generated to approximate the target tone curve with the combination of the trim-pass function and the decoder tone curve, and (4) generating the metadata for use by the video decoder, including said plurality of parameters of the trim-pass function.
US11336894B2	Signaling of reference picture resampling with resampling picture size indication in video bitstream A method, device, and computer-readable medium for decoding an encoded video bitstream using at least one processor, including obtaining a first flag indicating that a conformance window is present in a current picture; based on the first flag indicating that the conformance window is present, obtaining a second flag indicating whether the conformance window is used for reference picture resampling; based on the second flag indicating that the conformance window is used for the reference picture resampling, determining a resampling ratio between the current picture and a reference picture based on a conformance window size of the conformance window; based on the second flag indicating that the conformance window is not used for the reference picture resampling, determining the resampling ratio based on a resampling picture size; and performing the reference picture resampling on the current picture using the resampling ratio.
US11336892B2	Adaptive multi-hypothesis context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding (MCABAC) A method comprises obtaining a first weight for a first probability associated with a first probability update window; obtaining a second weight for a second probability associated with a second probability update window, wherein the first weight and the second weight are unequal; and coding, using the first weight and the second weight, a portion of a video.
US11336888B2	Multi-view collimated display A method of displaying a light field to at least one viewer of a light field display device, the light field based on a 3D model, the light field display device comprising a plurality of spatially distributed display elements, the method including the steps of: (a) determining the viewpoints of the eyes of the at least one viewer relative to the display device; (b) for each eye viewpoint and each of a plurality of the display elements, rendering a partial view image representing a view of the 3D model from the eye viewpoint through the display element; and (c) displaying, via each display element, the set of partial view images rendered for that display element.
US11336882B2	Synchronizing an illumination sequence of illumination sources with image capture in rolling shutter mode Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for a biometric authentication system. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at one or more processing devices, data corresponding to a first set of pixels of an image sensor. The first set of pixels are exposed under illumination by a first source. Data corresponding to a second set of pixels of the image sensor is received, at the one or more processing devices. The second set of pixels are exposed under illumination by a second source that is spatially separated from the first source. A three-dimensional image is generated using the data corresponding to the first set of pixels as a first image of a pair of photometric stereo images, and the data corresponding to the second set of pixels as a second image of the pair of photometric stereo images.
US11336878B2	Image projecting apparatus and controlling method thereof An image projecting apparatus including an optical output unit for projecting and image, a camera, a plurality of sensors, and a processor is disclosed. The processor is configured to: identify, based on sensing data received through the plurality of sensors, a distance between each of the plurality of sensors and a projection surface, provide, based on a difference between the identified distances being greater than or equal to a pre-set threshold value, a user interface configured to guide a direction adjustment of the image projecting apparatus, and identify, based on a difference between the identified distances being less than the pre-set threshold value, a shape of a projected image by photographing, using the camera, an image projected to the projection surface, and control the optical output unit to project an image corrected based on the identified shape.
US11336875B2	Wavelength conversion element, light source device, and projector The wavelength conversion element according to the present disclosure includes a wavelength conversion layer which has a first surface and a second surface different from the first surface, and which includes a scattering element no higher than 5% in volume ratio, and which is configured to convert light in a first wavelength band into light in a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band, and a plurality of protruding parts which is disposed so as to be opposed to the first surface, and which includes a first protruding part and a second protruding part adjacent to each other. A height of the plurality of protruding parts is no smaller than 1 μm, and a distance between a vertex of the first protruding part and a vertex of the second protruding part in a direction along the first surface is no smaller than 3 μm.
US11336874B2	Image display method and apparatus, and projection device An image display method includes according to image information of a current image frame to be displayed, adjusting the brightness of a first light source (11) having a first light field, and steering light of a second light source (12) to form a second light field, so as to enable the first light field provided by the second light source (11) and the second light field provided by the second light source (12) to work in concert to satisfy displaying of display partitions of the image frame to be displayed. The image display method implements high-dynamic range display of images, and facilitates improvement of dark field detail expression of images to be displayed. Also provided are an image display apparatus and a projection device.
US11336873B2	Illumination system and projection apparatus An illumination system includes an excitation light source module, a light splitting and combining module, a filter module, and a wavelength conversion module. The excitation light source module provides an excitation beam. The light splitting and combining module is disposed on a transmission path of the excitation beam. The excitation beam includes a first and a second excitation beam which are different from each other in polarization state or wavelength range. The filter module is disposed on the transmission path of the excitation beam. The filter module includes a light passing area configured to allow the excitation beam to pass there-through and a light filtering area. The wavelength conversion module is disposed on the transmission path of the excitation beam reflected by the light filtering area and configured to convert the reflected excitation beam into a conversion beam. A projection apparatus including the above illumination system is also provided.
US11336871B2	Image device An image device is provided. The image device includes a pixel array comprising a first pixel array portion of a part of the pixel array and a second pixel array portion of other part of the pixel array that outputs an image; and a color filter array disposed over the pixel array, the color filter array comprising a first color filter pattern on the first pixel array portion and a second color filter pattern on the second pixel array portion, which are comprising a plurality of different color filters in each of the first pixel array portion and the second pixel array portion, wherein the plurality of the color filters in the first color filter pattern is arranged in an array of NN and the plurality of the color filters in the second color filter pattern is arranged in an array of MM (N and M are a natural number of 2 or more, and the N and M is different each other) wherein a number of red (R) color filters included in the first color filter pattern is equal to a number of R color filters included in the second color filter pattern.
US11336870B2	Smart motion detection device and related determining method A smart motion detection device with a determining method includes a memory, a processor, and a sensor array coupled to the memory and the processor. An image captured by the sensor array is processed by the processor. The sensor array is adapted to pre-store the image into the memory when the processor is operated in the sleep mode, and the pre-stored image is transmitted to the processor when the processor is operated in the wakeup mode. The sensor array includes a comparator adapted to generate an alarm signal for switching the processor from the sleep mode to the wakeup mode in accordance with a comparison result of the pre-stored image. The determining method includes the processor analyzing images captured by the sensor array when the sensor array is activated to capture the images, and the processor analyzing images pre-stored inside the memory when the sensor array is not activated.
US11336868B2	Device recording the collisions of flying animals with wind turbines and indicating where they fell on the ground The device recording the collisions of flying animals with wind turbines and indicating where they fell on the ground includes at least two sensors arranged on at least two different heights of the wind turbine tower. The sensors have a range optimally in a direction perpendicular to the wind turbine tower and are connected with the control and recording unit by wire or wireless data transmission.
US11336865B1	Multiple host management of videoconferencing sub-meetings One example system for multiple host management of videoconferencing sub-meetings includes a processor and at least one memory device. The processor establishes a main videoconferencing meeting and establishes a host of the main videoconferencing meeting. The host participates using a first host client device. The processor can receive a selection of a participant to be a co-host. The co-host participates in the main videoconferencing meeting from a second host client device. The processor receives a first sub-meeting control input from the second host client device, wherein the first sub-meeting control input identifies an action to perform with respect to a sub-meeting. The system generates a second sub-meeting control input based on the first sub-meeting control input, executes the second sub-meeting control input, and discards the first sub-meeting control input so that the sub-meeting command is associated with the main host.
US11336861B2	Video signal reception module and video signal transmission and reception system A video signal transmission and reception system includes a first video signal receiver and a second video signal receiver in a video signal reception module and a video signal transmitter in a camera module. The video signal reception module includes the first video signal receiver, the second video signal receiver, and a central operation processor. A frame signal generated in the first video signal receiver is sent to a video signal transmitter of a first group and is output to the second video signal receiver. In addition, the frame signal generated in the first video signal receiver is input into the second video signal receiver and is sent to a video signal transmitter of a second group from the second video signal receiver.
US11336858B2	Image capturing device and method that control an exposure period of a photon-counting type of an image sensor An image capturing device comprising: an image sensing element having a plurality of pixels each including a sensor that outputs a pulse signal in response to incident of a photon, and a counter that counts a number of the pulse signals; a readout unit that reads out count information from the counters; a control unit that controls the readout unit so as to read out the count information from the counters of at least a part of the plurality of the pixels at a predetermined timing during exposure of the pixels; and a determination unit that determines whether the read out count information satisfies a predetermined condition, wherein, in a case where the predetermined condition is satisfied, counting by the counters is stopped.
US11336854B2	Distance image capturing apparatus and distance image capturing method using distance image capturing apparatus A distance image capturing apparatus has a light source unit that emits an intermittent light pulse into a space, a light receiving unit that includes a plurality of pixels each having a photoelectric conversion device and electric charge accumulating units, and a distance image processing unit. The distance image processing unit acquires an electric charge amount distributed by a predetermined fixed number of times and accumulated in the accumulating units. The distance image processing unit acquires electric charge amounts accumulated in the accumulating units with different number of times of electric charge distribution as one set and selects one of a first electric charge amount with a larger number of electric charge distribution and a second electric charge amount for acquiring a distance from a subject based on a comparison result with a threshold.
US11336850B2	Electronic device, actuator control method, and program Provided is an electronic device which includes an event-driven vision sensor that includes a sensor array having a sensor that generates an event signal when the sensor detects a change in intensity of incident light, an actuator that displaces a module including the vision sensor, and a control unit which transmits a control signal to the actuator and reflects a correction value based on the event signal generated when the actuator displaces the module in the control signal.
US11336848B1	Image sensors having dielectric relaxation correction circuitry Some image sensors include pixels with capacitors. The capacitor may be used to store charge in the imaging pixel before readout. The capacitor may be a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor that is susceptible to dielectric relaxation. Dielectric relaxation may cause lag in the signal on the capacitor that impacts the signal on the capacitor during sampling. The image sensor may include dielectric relaxation correction circuitry that leverages the linear relationship between voltage stress and lag signal to correct for dielectric relaxation. The image sensor may include shielded pixels that operate with a similar timing scheme as the imaging pixels in the active array. Measured lag signals from the shielded pixels may be used to correct imaging data.
US11336846B1	CMOS image sensor with image black level compensation and method An image sensor array and circuit design employs a method of black level compensation to address vertical image shading related to global exposure image capture and rolling row by row readout schemes. An image sensor having the invented black level compensation pixel array and method may be incorporated within a digital camera.
US11336845B2	Image sensor and driving method thereof An image sensor includes a first unit pixel including a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, a second unit pixel including a third sub-pixel and a fourth sub-pixel, a timing controller configured to apply a first effective integration time to the first sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel, such that a first sensing signal and a fourth sensing signal are generated from the first sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel, respectively, and to apply a second effective integration time shorter than the first effective integration time to the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel, such that a second sensing signal and a third sensing signal are generated from the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel, respectively, and an analog-to-digital converter configured to perform an averaging operation on the first sensing signal and the fourth sensing signal or on the second sensing signal and the third sensing signal.
US11336844B2	Imaging device, imaging system, and movable object An imaging device includes a plurality of pixels arranged to form a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns and each including a photoelectric converter, an accumulation time controller that controls accumulation time of the plurality of pixels, and an amplifier that amplifies a signal based on charge generated by the photoelectric converter. The plurality of pixels are divided into a plurality of pixel blocks each including at least two of the plurality of pixels, the accumulation time controller is configured to control the accumulation time individually for the plurality of pixel blocks, and the amplifier is configured to output, for one pixel block of the plurality of blocks, a plurality of signals which are amplified at different gains and correspond to accumulation time of a common frame.
US11336843B2	Time delay integration sensor The present disclosure provides a time delay integration (TDI) sensor using a rolling shutter. The TDI sensor includes multiple pixel columns. Each pixel column includes multiple pixels arranged in an along-track direction, wherein two adjacent pixels or two adjacent pixel groups in every pixel column have a separation space therebetween. The separation space is equal to a pixel height multiplied by a time ratio of a line time difference of the rolling shutter and a frame period, or equal to a summation of at least one pixel height and a multiplication of the pixel height by a time ratio of the line time difference and the frame period. The line time difference of the TDI sensor is changeable without changing the separation space.
US11336837B2	System, method, and mobile platform for supporting bracketing imaging A system for supporting imaging includes an imaging device configured to capture a plurality of images for a substantially same scene using respective imaging configurations, a stabilization device configured to stabilize the imaging device on a mobile platform during the capturing of the plurality of images, and a controller communicating with at least one of the imaging device or the stabilization device and configured to control an operation of the mobile platform.
US11336835B2	Method and system for estimating exposure time of a multispectral light source Methods and/or systems and/or controllers for estimating an exposure time for an imaging device, especially for estimating exposure times that provide maximum saturation levels while keeping the image sensor operating within its linear range. The imaging device includes an external or embedded image sensor and an external or embedded light source. Such a device may be a dermatoscope, a laparoscope, an endoscope, a microscope, or any digital media devices such as mobile phones, tablets, laptops etc. The methods and/or systems and/or controllers can include an LED or OLED light source or any type of solid-state light source.
US11336834B2	Device, control method, and storage medium, with setting exposure condition for each area based on exposure value map A control method for generating a high quality HDR image is provided. A control device of the technique of this disclosure is a control device configured to control an image capturing element capable of controlling an exposure condition for each of areas, the device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire an exposure value map obtained by preliminary exposure using the image capturing element; and a setting unit configured to set the exposure condition including a shutter speed and an ISO sensitivity for each of the areas based on the exposure value map.
US11336832B1	Systems and methods for horizon leveling videos A video may be captured by an image capture device in motion. A horizon-leveled view of the video may be generated by providing a punchout of the video. The punchout of the video may compensate for rotation of the image capture device during capture of the video. The placement of the punchout of the video may be changed based on different rotational positions of to provide a view in which a horizon depicted within the video is leveled.
US11336828B2	Reflection module capable of image stabilization, camera module and electronic device A reflection module capable of image stabilization includes a reflecting element, a rotatable holder, a fixed base, a spherical supporting structure, an auxiliary supporting structure and an image stabilizing actuator. The reflecting element having a reflecting surface for folding optical path of incident light is disposed on the rotatable holder. The fixed base is connected to the rotatable holder via an elastic element. The spherical supporting structure is disposed between the rotatable holder and the fixed base. The auxiliary supporting structure disposed on at least one of the rotatable holder and the fixed base and corresponds to the spherical supporting structure. At least part of the image stabilizing actuator is disposed on the rotatable holder for driving the rotatable holder to rotate by taking the spherical supporting structure as rotation center. The spherical supporting structure is a ball having at least three contact points with the auxiliary supporting structure.
US11336822B2	Image processing device According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes buffer circuitry, calculation circuitry, and control circuitry. The buffer circuitry includes n buffer circuits corresponding to each of n cameras, and stores pixel data sequentially output from each of the n cameras. The calculation circuitry reads, as line image data, a pixel data group for one line which is stored in one buffer circuit, and generates frame image data using data obtained by performing image processing on the line image data. The control circuitry stores the pixel data from a certain camera in a certain buffer circuit, and selectively sets a read destination of the pixel data as a base of the line image data to any one of the buffer circuits in which the pixel data not subjected to the image processing is stored.
US11336821B2	Camera system, camera, interchangeable lens, and compatibility determination method of camera system Provided are a camera system, a camera, an interchangeable lens, and a compatibility determination method of a camera system capable of simply and quickly determining compatibility between the camera and the interchangeable lens. An eleventh contact (CC11) provided in a camera (10) and an eleventh contact (LC11) provided in an interchangeable lens (100) are composed of contacts in which an open drain output is possible. In a case where the camera (10) supports a specific function, the eleventh contact (CC11) on a camera-side is set to a first polarity. In a case where the camera (10) does not support the specific function, the eleventh contact (CC11) on the camera side is set to a second polarity. In a case where the interchangeable lens (100) supports the specific function, the eleventh contact (LC11) on an interchangeable lens-side is set to the first polarity. In a case where the interchangeable lens (100) does not support the specific function, the eleventh contact (LC11) on the interchangeable lens side is set to the second polarity. The eleventh contact (CC11) on the camera side and the eleventh contact (LC11) on the interchangeable lens side, which are mutually connected, are at the first polarity only in a case where both contacts are at the first polarity. Therefore, in a case where the polarities of the eleventh contact (CC11) on the camera side and the eleventh contact (LC11) on the interchangeable lens side are detected, it is possible to determine presence or absence of compatibility in both the camera (10) and the interchangeable lens (100).
US11336820B2	Method and terminal for acquire panoramic image A method includes: after a panorama shooting instruction triggered by a user is acquired, shooting a first image, and acquiring a shooting parameter of the first image; determining move guiding information according to a preset move guiding policy, and displaying the move guiding information on a terminal, so as to instruct the user to move the terminal according to the move guiding information; shooting a preset quantity of images according to the shooting parameter of the first image after it is detected that the terminal moves, where the preset quantity of images are background images on both the left and right sides of a background corresponding to the first image; and performing, by using the first image as a center and by using a preset splicing scheme, seamless splicing on the first image and the preset quantity of images, to obtain a panoramic image.
US11336809B2	Electric shaver with imaging capability System and method for improving the shaving experience by providing improved visibility of the skin shaving area. A digital camera is integrated with the electric shaver for close image capturing of shaving area, and displaying it on a display unit. The display unit can be integral part of the electric shaver casing, or housed in a separated device which receives the image via a communication channel. The communication channel can be wireless (using radio, audio or light) or wired, such as dedicated cabling or using powerline communication. A light source is used to better illuminate the shaving area. Video compression and digital image processing techniques are used for providing for improved shaving results. The wired communication medium can simultaneously be used also for carrying power from the electric shaver assembly to the display unit, or from the display unit to the electric shaver.
US11336802B2	Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes: an imager to capture a subject image to generate an image signal; an image processor to perform predetermined processing on the image signal to generate image data; a display to display luminance level information showing a luminance level in the image; an operation receiver to input a user operation; and a controller to control the display and the operation receiver. The image processor generates the image data using a predetermined gamma curve in which a light amount in the image signal is associated with a luminance level to compress as the light amount increases. When the operation receiver receives a user operation for setting a luminance level in the luminance level information, the controller controls the display to represent the luminance level by a stop number indicating a scaling rate of a corresponding light amount in the gamma curve.
US11336800B2	Apparatus and method for performing color conversions using machine learning An information processing apparatus storing a machine-learned model that learned, by machine learning, a relationship between a type of a printing medium, an amount of a coloring material on the printing medium per unit area, and an image printed on the printing medium; and estimating, based on a selection information and a imaging information, by using the machine-learned model a limit value indicating a maximum value or a minimum value of an amount of the coloring material to be used in printing on the printing medium by the printing section per unit area; and creating, by using the limit value, a color conversion profile including information regarding mapping between a coordinate value in a color space and an amount of the coloring material.
US11336797B2	Communication system with reduced risk of leakage of network information, method of controlling communication system, and storage medium A communication system including a first communication apparatus having an image forming unit for forming an image on a sheet and a first wireless communication unit for performing wireless communication, and a second communication apparatus having a second wireless communication unit for performing wireless communication and a reading unit for reading an image. The first communication apparatus registers first network information and prints a QR code based on second network information. The second communication apparatus reads the QR code-printed sheet to acquire the second network information, requests the first communication apparatus to establish direct wireless communication based on the second network information, acquires the first network information from the first communication apparatus using the direct wireless communication, and connects to a router based on the first network information to start wireless LAN communication.
US11336796B2	Information processing apparatus and wireless communication method An information processing apparatus includes a first communication unit configured to communicate with a first communication apparatus; a second communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with each of one or more second wireless communication apparatuses; an acquisition unit configured to acquire from the first communication apparatus via the first communication unit an apparatus ID that is held by the first communication apparatus and that is used for identifying one of the one or more second wireless communication apparatuses to or from which the second communication unit transmits or receives data; and a control unit configured to control the second communication unit to transmit or receive the data to or from the one of the one or more second wireless communication apparatuses that is identified by the apparatus ID acquired by the acquisition unit.
US11336795B2	Encoded signal systems and methods to ensure minimal robustness This disclosure relates to advanced signal processing technology including signal encoding and image processing. One implementation describes an encoding system including a masking module. The masking module scales or eliminates signal encoding adjustments based on an image's luminance or chrominance values. Of course, other implementations, combinations and claims are also provided.
US11336793B2	Scanning system for generating scan data for vocal output, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program for generating scan data for vocal output, and method for generating scan data for vocal output in scanning system A multi-function printer includes a generating section, an image recognition section, a speaking section, and a transmitting section. The generating section scans an original document to generate scan data. The image recognition section performs image recognition on the scan data. The speaking section causes a word corresponding to a recognition result of the image recognition section and corresponding to a drawing, a photograph, or the like included in the original document to be spoken from a speaker circuit. The transmitting section transmits the scan data generated by the generating section to a specific destination when a specific operation is performed during speaking performed by the speaking section or within a certain period of time after completion of the speaking performed by the speaking section.
US11336792B1	Exposure correction of an image transparency Systems and methods relate generally to exposure correction of an image transparency. In an example method thereof, an adaptable filter having an adjustable transparency panel and a microcontroller is obtained. The image transparency is backlit to obtain first analog image information by the adaptable filter. An exposure level associated with the first analog image information is sensed. A transparency level of the adjustable transparency panel is adjusted responsive to the sensed exposure level. Second analog image information is obtained from the adjustable transparency panel provided to a sensor array. The second analog image information is the first analog image information with the adjusted transparency level.
US11336786B2	Sheet discharging apparatus, sheet processing apparatus, and image forming system A sheet discharging apparatus includes a first stacking unit to stack a sheet discharged by a first discharge unit, a second stacking unit disposed below the first stacking unit to stack the sheet discharged by a second discharge unit, and a lifting unit to lift and lower the first and second stacking units. A detection unit changes an output value based on contact of a matter with a lower surface of the first stacking unit, and a distance estimation unit estimates a distance between the first stacking unit and the second stacking unit. A separation process lifts the first stacking unit to increase a distance between the first and second stacking units in a vertical direction in a case where the output value changes based on contact of the matter with the lower surface of the first stacking unit and the estimated distance being smaller than a threshold value.
US11336785B2	Sheet discharging apparatus, sheet processing apparatus, and image forming system A sheet discharging apparatus includes a first discharge unit and a second discharge unit configured to discharge a sheet respectively, a first stacking unit configured to stack the sheet discharged by the first discharge unit, a second stacking unit disposed below the first stacking unit, and configured to stack the sheet discharged by the second discharge unit, a lifting unit configured to lift and lower the first and second stacking units, and a control unit configured to perform a separation process of moving at least one of the first and second stacking units so as to increase a distance between the first and second stacking units in a vertical direction in a case where a matter has come into contact with a lower surface of the first stacking unit.
US11336784B2	Information processing apparatus and control method A method of controlling an information processing apparatus includes acquiring information on a sheet size specified by a user and acquiring information on a sheet feeding direction to a printing apparatus for sheet corresponding to the specified sheet size. In a case where the sheet feeding direction is a predetermined direction, a predetermined control is executed. After the predetermined control, a drawing application is notified of information on a page setting.
US11336783B2	Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium for controlling operation screen An image forming apparatus includes a first controller, a selection section, and a second controller. The first controller performs control in which a second operation screen is displayed on a terminal apparatus that is connected to the image forming apparatus in a manner communication is possible, the second operation screen being generated on the basis of a first operation screen of the image forming apparatus. The selection section selects either one of a first mode and a second mode, the first mode being a mode in which an operation from the first operation screen is acceptable, the second mode being a mode in which remote control from the second operation screen is acceptable. The second controller performs control in which, if the second mode is selected by the selection section, a display state of the second operation screen is prohibited from being changed in accordance with an operation occurred in the image forming apparatus other than an operation from the second operation screen.
US11336776B2	Mobile terminal capable of instructing transmission of fax, image forming apparatus, methods of controlling mobile terminal and image forming apparatus, communication system, and storage medium A mobile terminal improved in operability concerning fax transmission. A CPU of the mobile terminal sets information indicative of a fax transmission destination, sets reading and transmission information concerning fax transmission and original reading, and sends a request for fax transmission, to an image forming apparatus. When a response notifying capability of fax transmission is received from the apparatus, the CPU causes a message for prompting a user to set an original, to be displayed on a display section. When the original has been set and an instruction for fax transmission from the user is received, the CPU sends an instruction for reading the original and executing fax transmission, together with the transmission destination information, and the reading and transmission information, to the apparatus. The CPU causes a result of fax transmission by the apparatus to be displayed on the display section.
US11336773B1	Scheduling automatically initiated call between users Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for scheduling a call to be automatically initiated between users. The program and method provide for receiving, from a first device associated with a first user, a request for a call to be automatically initiated, at a scheduled time, between the first device and a second device corresponding to a second user; providing, to the second device and in response to the receiving, an invitation to participate in the call; receiving, from the second device and in response to the providing, an acceptance of the invitation; and providing for automatically initiating the call between the first device and the second device at the scheduled time.
US11336770B2	Systems and methods for analyzing coaching comments The methods, apparatuses, and systems described herein are designed to analyze comments provided by a coach relating to an agent's interaction with a customer. The methods include receiving a coaching comment regarding an agent's interaction with a customer, applying at least one scoring algorithm to the comment, and outputting a score of the scoring algorithm.
US11336768B2	Visual translation for telephone commands This Application discloses the display of stored information when creating a electronic command for use with mobile smartphones and other computer-enabled telephones. A software app recognizes input from the user (such as the initial digits of a phone number) that identifies the organization to be called, and accesses stored representations of information along with corresponding IVR phone tree information and user display preferences. The app then presents a representation of all or part of the retrieved information on a display using the user's language preferences. The user can then respond to the representation by providing selective inputs that cause the synthesis all or part of the commands needed to navigate to the desired destination. Once a command sequence has been synthesized, the user may provide additional input that the system interprets as an instruction to open a phone call and invoke the assembled commands.
US11336766B1	Telephone call-back device Disclosed is a telephone call-back device that can provide a means for the recipient of a robocall incoming phone call to take action. The telephone call-back device includes an activation device, a call source utility, and a call-back utility. The activation device is a button or switch that a user can activate when they receive a robocall. Once the activation device is activated, the call source utility identifies a source phone number of the robocall incoming phone call. The call-back utility initiates one or more robo call-back outgoing phone calls to be sent to the source phone number. The call-back utility can be programmed to try to send many robo call-back outgoing phone calls to the source phone number to try to swamp the phone number with robo call-back outgoing phone calls.
US11336764B2	Method and communication terminal apparatus for displaying function in communication A mobile communication terminal and method are provided for receiving an incoming voice call and for displaying a notification, an incoming phone number, and an elapsed voice communication time during an incoming voice communication. The method includes receiving a call request from a base station; responding to the call request, to perform a call-setup with the base station; in response to the call-set up, automatically displaying a plurality of icons together with the notification, the incoming phone number, and the elapsed voice communication time, wherein the plurality of icons are respectively associated with voice communication related functions, and wherein at least one of the plurality of icons includes a graphic symbol portion and a text portion; receiving an input for selecting one of the plurality of icons; and performing a voice communication related function associated with the selected icon while in the incoming voice communication.
US11336756B2	Technologies for programming flexible accelerated network pipeline using eBPF Technologies for programming flexible accelerated network pipelines include a comping device with a network controller. The computing device loads a program binary file that includes a packet processing program and a requested hint section. The binary file may be an executable and linkable format (ELF) file with an extended Berkeley packet filter (eBPF) program. The computing device determines a hardware configuration for the network controller based on the requested offload hints and programs the network controller. The network controller processes network packets with the requested offloads, such as packet classification, hashing, checksums, traffic shaping, or other offloads. The network controller returns results of the offloads as hints in metadata. The packet processing program performs actions based on the metadata, such as forwarding, dropping, packet modification, or other actions. The computing device may compile an eBPF source file to generate the binary file. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11336753B2	Wireless communication device and wireless communication method According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes: a receiver configured to receive a plurality of first frames transmitted by spatial multiplexing; and a transmitter configured to transmit a second frame containing check results indicating whether the first frames are successfully received and first information specifying at least one communication device. The receiver is configured to receive a plurality of third frames transmitted by spatial multiplexing from a communication device having transmitted the first frame the check result of which represents failure and the communication device specified in the first information.
US11336752B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving signal in multimedia system A transmitting apparatus and an operating method for the apparatus in a multimedia system are provided. The operating method includes inputting at least one network layer packet, generating a link layer packet based on the at least one network layer packet, and transmitting the link layer packet. The link layer packet includes a header including information indicating a packet type of the at least one network layer packet, information indicating whether the link layer packet includes a single network layer packet, and information indicating an identifier related to the at least one network layer packet.
US11336750B1	Remote procedure calls that offload search pattern matching from clients to servers A system enables client to convert a command, which specifies applying a search pattern to a data object that is stored by server, into a remote procedure call, which specifies applying the search pattern to the data object that is stored by server, and to use a network connection between client and server to send the remote procedure call to server, in response to receiving the command. The system reads the data object from server, in response to receiving the remote procedure call. The system generates a match result by applying the search pattern to the data object. The system uses the network connection between client and server to send the match result to client as a part of a response to the remote procedure call, thereby enabling client to convert the response to the remote procedure call into a response, which comprises the match result, to the command.
US11336748B2	System and method for deploying resources within a computing infrastructure Systems and techniques for deploying resources within a computing infrastructure are herein disclosed as comprising, in an implementation, executing a first deployment agent to perform a first deployment action, the first deployment agent configured to deploy a first resource to a first device; changing a deployment state of the first deployment agent responsive to performing the first deployment action; and executing a second deployment agent to perform a second deployment action, the second deployment agent configured to deploy a second resource to a second device. The second deployment agent performs the second deployment action in response to a change in a deployment state of an arbitrary deployment agent not explicitly identified within the second deployment agent. A deployment plan configured to cause the execution of the first and second deployment agents includes an identification of the first deployment agent as the arbitrary deployment agent.
US11336746B2	System and method for improving Internet communication by using intermediate nodes A method for fetching a content from a web server to a client device is disclosed, using tunnel devices serving as intermediate devices. The client device accesses an acceleration server to receive a list of available tunnel devices. The requested content is partitioned into slices, and the client device sends a request for the slices to the available tunnel devices. The tunnel devices in turn fetch the slices from the data server, and send the slices to the client device, where the content is reconstructed from the received slices. A client device may also serve as a tunnel device, serving as an intermediate device to other client devices. Similarly, a tunnel device may also serve as a client device for fetching content from a data server. The selection of tunnel devices to be used by a client device may be in the acceleration server, in the client device, or in both. The partition into slices may be overlapping or non-overlapping, and the same slice (or the whole content) may be fetched via multiple tunnel devices.
US11336745B2	System and method for improving internet communication by using intermediate nodes A method for fetching a content from a web server to a client device is disclosed, using tunnel devices serving as intermediate devices. The client device accesses an acceleration server to receive a list of available tunnel devices. The requested content is partitioned into slices, and the client device sends a request for the slices to the available tunnel devices. The tunnel devices in turn fetch the slices from the data server, and send the slices to the client device, where the content is reconstructed from the received slices. A client device may also serve as a tunnel device, serving as an intermediate device to other client devices. Similarly, a tunnel device may also serve as a client device for fetching content from a data server. The selection of tunnel devices to be used by a client device may be in the acceleration server, in the client device, or in both. The partition into slices may be overlapping or non-overlapping, and the same slice (or the whole content) may be fetched via multiple tunnel devices.
US11336738B2	System and method for tracking users of computer applications A monitoring system that receives messages that are exchanged with the application server. Relationships between users are posited in response to the times at which the messages are received. A relationship between two users may be posited in response to receiving, at approximately the same time, two messages from the application server that are destined, respectively, for the two users. The near-simultaneous receipt of the two messages indicates that the two messages were sent from the server at approximately the same time, which, in turn, indicates that the two messages may correlate with one another. Further indication of a correlation between the messages, which may increase the level of confidence with which the relationship between the two users is posited, may be found by examining the respective sizes of the messages, which indicate the message types.
US11336733B2	Networking connection management based on container identification Described herein are systems, methods, and software to enhance packet . In one implementation, a host computing element identifies a packet from a process executing on the host computing element. In response to identifying the packet, the host computing element determines whether the packet originates from a container namespace corresponding to a container on the host computing element or a host namespace corresponding to the host computing element. If the packet originates from a container namespace, the host computing element may determine supplemental information for the container associated with the container namespace, and process the packet based on the supplemental information.
US11336725B2	Communication apparatus, communication method, and computer program product According to an embodiment, a communication apparatus includes a plurality of virtual machines, a storage unit, a transfer unit, and a descriptor output unit. The storage unit includes a multicast storage area specified for each multicast group and storing a multicast frame addressed to virtual machines belonging to a multicast group. The transfer unit writes the multicast frame into a multicast transfer virtual storage area mapped to the multicast storage area. The descriptor output unit outputs a descriptor of the multicast frame to the virtual machines belonging to the multicast group. The virtual machine includes a descriptor receiving unit and a reading unit. The descriptor receiving unit receives the descriptor. When the descriptor is received by the descriptor receiving unit, the reading unit reads the multicast frame from the multicast storage area specified based on the descriptor.
US11336724B2	Data transformation and analytics at edge server A computer implemented method includes receiving data from multiple devices at an edge server, transforming the data received from the multiple devices, storing the transformed data in an edge server database, performing analytics on the transformed data in the database, and selectively uploading data to a remote server via a network.
US11336723B1	Replicating data volume updates from clients accessing the data volume across fault tolerance zones Updates for clients accessing a data volume across fault tolerance zones may be replicated. Requests to write or read a block of a logical volume with replicas located in different fault tolerance zones may be sent to the different replicas. Responses for the different requests may be evaluated to determine whether quorum is satisfied for the write or read of the block of the logical volume. For writes that satisfy quorum, a request to commit the write may be sent to the replicas of the logical volume.
US11336721B2	Dynamic resource movement in heterogeneous computing environments including cloud edge locations Techniques for dynamic resource movement in heterogeneous computing environments including provider substrate extensions are described. A dynamic resource movement service of a provider network monitor conditions of heterogeneous computing environments, including provider substrate extensions of the cloud provider network, to evaluate customer-provided movement policy conditions governing when to move customer application resources from these environments, where to move the resource to, and/or how to move the customer application resources. The customer-provided movement policy conditions may be based on a variety of factors, such as a latency between end-users of the customer application and the application itself.
US11336720B2	Method and system for autoscaling applications Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system and method for autoscaling application pools. The current disclosure presents a system that can be used to understand the throughput of one instance in an application. The throughput at the one instance in the application and/or traffic trend is used to right-size or auto-scale the application pool for the current traffic trend such that the application pool can be adjusted for varying traffic trends.
US11336719B2	Identifying edge clouds within networks Techniques for edge cloud identification. An indication of edge clouds is received. Each edge cloud is uniquely identifiable via an associated edge cloud identifier. A characteristic is received from each of the edge clouds. An edge cloud for communication is determined based on the characteristic. The edge cloud is communicated with using its associated edge cloud identifier.
US11336718B2	Usage-based server load balancing A load balancer determines a first usage load for a first server group that is one of a plurality of server groups associated with a resource. The load balancer determines a usage total for a user group of a plurality of user groups assigned to make requests for the resource via the first server group. The load balancer determines an assignment of the user group to make requests for the resource via the first server group or a second server group of the plurality of server groups based on the usage total of the user group, the first usage load of the first server group, and a second usage load of the second server group. The load balancer routes requests for the resource by the user group to the first server group or the second server group based on the assignment.
US11336716B2	System and method for supporting heterogeneous and asymmetric dual rail fabric configurations in a high performance computing environment Systems and methods for supporting heterogeneous and asymmetric dual rail fabric configurations in a high performance computing environment. A method can provide, comprising at one or more computers each including one or more microprocessors, a plurality hosts, each of the plurality of hosts comprising at least one dual port adapter, a private fabric, the private fabric comprising two or more switches, and a public fabric, the public fabric comprising a cloud fabric. A workload can be provisioned at a host of the plurality of hosts. A placement policy can be assigned to the provisioned workload. Then, network traffic between peer nodes of the provisioned workload can be assigned to one or more of the private fabric and the public fabric in accordance with the placement policy.
US11336714B1	Queue-based distributed timer A data processing system for providing a distributed timer implements receiving a first timer message associated with a first computing device requesting creation of a first timer having a first duration and a first timer identifier; responsive to the first timer message creating a first timer, and inserting a first timer queue entry into a first timer queue associated with a first timer wait interval; receiving a plurality of second timer messages to reset the first timer; inserting a plurality of second timer queue entries into the first timer queue based on the plurality of second timer messages; and processing timer queue entries in the first timer queue responsive to the first timer wait interval having passed.
US11336711B2	Method of playing audio and video, computing device, and computer program product A method of playing audio and video is provided. The method includes: obtaining a streaming media content to be encapsulated, and parsing the streaming media content to obtain audio parameter information and/or video parameter information; forming a Media Presentation Description (MPD) file in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format according to the audio parameter information and/or the video parameter information, wherein the MPD file in JSON format includes multiple streaming media content segments, each streaming media content segment includes a video segment and/or an audio segment, each of the video segment and the audio segment includes multiple arrays, and each array includes the audio parameter information or the video parameter information; sending the MPD file in JSON format to a client.
US11336706B1	Providing cognition of multiple ongoing meetings in an online conference system An approach is provided in which the approach identifies a set of active online meetings in which the approach identifies a set of active online meetings in which a user is participating. The approach dynamically computes an interest level of each of the set of active online meetings based on a set of user preferences to produce a set of interest levels corresponding to the set of active online meetings. The approach determines a priority order of the set of active online meetings based on the set of interest levels and presents the set of active online meetings to the user based on the determined priority order.
US11336701B2	Creation and sharing of contacts groups between communication participants The technology disclosed herein enables the creation of a contacts group from participants in a communication session along with the ability to share that created contacts group. In a particular embodiment, a method includes identifying participants participating in a communication session and receiving first user input from a first participant of the participants. The first user input identifies a first selection of the participants comprising at least one of the participants. The method further includes obtaining first contact information for the first selection of the participants and including the first contact information in a first contacts group. The method also includes providing the first contacts group to a selection of one or more users.
US11336700B2	Scalable real-time duplex communications service One example provides a computing system configured to provide scalable, real-time duplex communications across a data network, the computing system comprising one or more processors, and storage comprising instructions executable by the one or more processors to instantiate one or more real-time duplex communication service instances. Each real-time duplex communication service instance comprises a real-time duplex communication framework comprising a client hub configured to receive connections for a plurality of clients and a server hub configured to receive connections for a plurality of servers, and each real-time duplex communication service instance is configured to publish messages regarding a state of the real-time duplex communication framework to a channel accessed by other real-time duplex communication service instances.
US11336699B2	Broadcasting signal transmission device, broadcasting signal reception device, broadcasting signal transmission method, and broadcasting signal reception method A method of processing a broadcast signal in a broadcast receiver includes receiving the broadcast signal including service data of a service, first signaling information for fast channel scans and service acquisition, and second signaling information providing information for discovery and acquisition of the service data. Further, the first signaling information includes bootstrap information for the second signaling information, identification information for identifying the service, category information for indicating a category of the service and capability information specifying a capability required to decode the service data. In addition, the second signaling information is carried in a Layered Coding Transport (LCT) channel that is identified by a Transport Session Identifier (TSI), and the bootstrap information includes address and port information for access of the second signaling information. The method also includes acquiring the service data based on at least the first signaling information or the second signaling information; and decoding the service data.
US11336695B2	Conversation-based policy distribution This disclosure describes techniques for improving policy distribution in a network. The policy distribution may be improved based on a conversation between devices of the network. The techniques include initiating a policy download trigger based on the conversation. The policy download trigger may specify a particular destination device for a data transfer across the network. Therefore, policies specific to the destination device may be downloaded and/or installed at points of enforcement in the network. In this way, the techniques described herein may improve the efficiency of network resource use.
US11336691B2	Method and system for managing privacy of in-home devices A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a privacy management service is provided. The privacy management service may be included in an in-home device. The privacy management service may multiple levels of privacy relating to traffic received from end devices that are connected to an external network via the in-home device. The privacy management service may include a smart speaker service. The privacy management service may allow a user to configure a privacy level of an end device. The privacy management service may include machine learning logic that may filter sensitive information included in received traffic.
US11336688B2	Systems and methods for end-user security awareness training for calendar-based threats Systems and methods are described for providing calendar-based simulated phishing attacks to users of an organization. Initially, a context is identified for a calendar-based simulated phishing attack directed towards a user. An electronic calendar invitation for the calendar-based simulated phishing attack is then generated using the context. Thereafter, the electronic calendar invitation may be communicated to an electronic calendar of the user.
US11336687B2	System and method for providing security for master clocks Embodiments describe monitoring network activity and behavior of authorized clocks to identify suspicious activity, and in response, removing a clock for an authorized clock list. In one embodiment, a network monitor detects changes in profiles corresponding to the authorized clocks such as a disconnecting from a port, changing a network location, unexpected changes in the clock signal, changes to the clock ID or MAC address, and the like. If the network monitor deems these changes suspicious, it removes the clock from the authorized clock list. When the current master clock fails, the PTP endpoints select a new master clock only if that clock is included in the authorized clock list. In this manner, the network monitor can constantly update the authorized clock list to ensure it contains only clocks that have not been tampered with or replaced with rogue clocks.
US11336686B2	Electronic authentication infrastructure Briefly, example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented, in whole or in part, using one or more computing devices to facilitate and/or support one or more operations and/or techniques for electronic authentication infrastructure, such as implemented, at least in part, via one or more electronic communications.
US11336685B1	Cloud-native global file system with rapid ransomware recovery A cloud-native global file system, in which one or more filers are associated with a volume of a versioned files system in a private, public or hybrid cloud object store, is augmented to include a rapid ransomware recovery service. Upon detecting a ransomware attack associated with one or more files or directories of the volume, read and write access to the volume is restricted. A recovery filer is then activated or designated in the cloud. A restore operation is then initiated at the recovery filter. Following completion of the restore operation, a new clean (healthy) snapshot of the volume is then created using the recovery filer For any filer other than the recovery filer, a determination is made whether the filer has completed a merge operation with respect to the new clean snapshot. If so, read and write access to the volume is re-enabled from that filer.
US11336684B2	Mobile device security using a secure execution context A device includes a secure execution context that is segregated from an operating system of the device. A security application executing in the operating system interfaces with the secure execution context to obtain verified data. The secure execution context may verify that operating system files are free of malware, obtain sensor readings that may be cryptographically signed, verify functioning of a baseband processor, and verify other aspects of the function and security of the device. The verified data may be used for various purposes such as verifying location of the device, training a machine learning model, and the like.
US11336682B2	System and method for generating and implementing a real-time multi-factor authentication policy across multiple channels Systems and methods for generating and implementing a real-time multi-factor authentication policy across multiple channels, are configured to: during a pre-authentication stage: receive, via a user interface, information defining one or more scenarios; receive, via the user interface, information defining one or more authentication flows; for each of the one or more scenarios, map one of the one or more authentication flows to a given scenario; and generate a multi-factor authentication policy associated with each of the one or more scenarios; and during a real-time authentication stage: upon receiving an interaction, identify, by a decision engine, a relevant scenario of the one or more scenarios; implement, by the decision engine, the multi-factor authentication policy associated with the relevant scenario; and determine, by the decision engine, an authentication result.
US11336681B2	Malware data clustering In various embodiments, systems, methods, and techniques are disclosed for generating a collection of clusters of related data from a seed. Seeds may be generated based on seed generation strategies or rules. Clusters may be generated by, for example, retrieving a seed, adding the seed to a first cluster, retrieving a clustering strategy or rules, and adding related data and/or data entities to the cluster based on the clustering strategy. Various cluster scores may be generated based on attributes of data in a given cluster. Further, cluster metascores may be generated based on various cluster scores associated with a cluster. Clusters may be ranked based on cluster metascores. Various embodiments may enable an analyst to discover various insights related to data clusters, and may be applicable to various tasks including, for example, tax fraud detection, beaconing malware detection, malware user-agent detection, and/or activity trend detection, among various others.
US11336674B2	Transportation security apparatus, system, and method to analyze images to detect a threat condition In a transportation security technique, images are stored that are received from image capturing equipment deployed at respective screening nodes. The images are analyzed using a machine learning model, where presence of a particular object in an image indicates that a threat condition exists at the screening node. The analyzed images are transmitted to threat assessment components in accordance with predetermined criteria. An indication that the particular object is observed in the image is received from the threat assessment components. An indication that the particular object is observed in the image is transmitted to the screening node responsive to receiving the indication that the particular object is observed in the image. An indication of whether the particular object is present at the screening node is received. The machine learning model is trained based on the received indication of whether the particular object is observed in the image.
US11336669B2	Artificial intelligence cyber security analyst An analyzer module forms a hypothesis on what are a possible set of cyber threats that could include the identified abnormal behavior and/or suspicious activity with AI models trained with machine learning on possible cyber threats. The Analyzer analyzes a collection of system data, including metric data, to support or refute each of the possible cyber threat hypotheses that could include the identified abnormal behavior and/or suspicious activity data with the AI models. A formatting and ranking module outputs supported possible cyber threat hypotheses into a formalized report that is presented in 1) printable report, 2) presented digitally on a user interface, or 3) both.
US11336664B2	Inline malware detection Detection of malicious files is disclosed. A set comprising one or more sample classification models is stored on a networked device. N-gram analysis is performed on a sequence of received packets associated with a received file. Performing the n-gram analysis includes using at least one stored sample classification model. A determination is made that the received file is malicious based at least in part on the n-gram analysis of the sequence of received packets. In response to determining that the file is malicious, propagation of the received file is prevented.
US11336662B2	Technologies for detecting abnormal activities in an electric vehicle charging station Technologies for detecting abnormal activities in an electric vehicle charging station include an apparatus. The apparatus includes circuitry configured determine a cyber security threat level for the charging station in which the electric vehicle charger is located. Additionally, the circuitry is configured to perform, as a function of the determined cyber security threat level, a responsive action to protect the charging station from a cyber security threat.
US11336659B2	Transparent bridge for monitoring crypto-partitioned wide-area network This disclosure is directed to monitoring a crypto-partitioned, or cipher-text, wide-area network (WAN). A first computing device may be situated in a plain-text portion of a first enclave behind a first inline network encryptor (INE). A second device may be positioned in a plain-text portion of a second enclave behind a second INE. The two enclaves may be separated by a cipher-text WAN, over which the two enclaved may communicate. The first computing device may receive a data packet from the second computing device. The first computing device may then determine contents of a header of the data packet. The first computing device may, based at least in part on the contents of the header of the data packet, determine a status of the cipher-text WAN.
US11336657B2	Securing communication within a communication network using multiple security functions The invention relates to a communication network having at least one network element (NE), via which data associated with the communication are conducted. The method comprises the following steps: securing, by means of a first cryptographic security function, the data (D) that are transferred from at least one first communication device (PLC1) to at least one second communication device (PLC2), providing a second cryptographic security function, which secures, between a communication device and a network element, messages that are conducted from the first communication device to the at least second communication device via the at least one network element and that contain the data, providing a checking function by means of the at least one network element, which checking function checks the authenticity and/or integrity of the messages on the basis of the second security function, continuing (6) or stopping (5) the communication in accordance with the result of the check (4) by the checking function, wherein, if the communication is continued, the data remain secured by means of the first security function until the data are received by the at least second communication device.
US11336655B2	Multilevel authorization of workspaces using certificates Systems and methods provide multilevel authorization of workspaces using certificates, where all of the authorization levels may be authorized separately or may instead be authorized at once. A measurement of an IHS (Information Handling System) is calculated based on the identity of the IHS and based on firmware of the IHS. A measurement of the configuration of the IHS is calculated based on information for configuring the IHS for supporting workspaces and also based on the IHS measurement. A measurement of a workspace session is calculated based on properties of a session used to remotely support operation of the workspace by the IHS and also based on the configuration measurement. Workspace session data may by authorized at all three levels by evaluating the session measurement against a reference session measurement.
US11336641B2	Security enhanced technique of authentication protocol based on trusted execution environment The present disclosure is drawn to systems and methods for implementing authentication protocols based on trusted execution environments. Each of a principal device, an identity provider server and a service provider server are associated with a respective trusted execution environment. Authentication protocols are provided for registering the principal device to the identity provider server; authenticating the principal device to the identity provider server; and authenticating the principal device to a service provider server.
US11336639B1	Systems and methods for managing a need-to-know domain name system The disclosed computer-implemented method for managing a need-to-know domain name system may include (i) intercepting, by an agent of the computing device, network traffic received on the computing device, (ii) generating, by the agent, a one-time password based on a unique identifier of the agent of the computing device, (iii) wrapping, by the agent, the network traffic with the one-time password, and (iv) pushing, by the agent, the wrapped network traffic to a cloud server using a local domain name system (DNS) of the agent of the computing device, wherein the local DNS comprises a private domain name unpublished in a global DNS. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11336635B2	Systems and methods for authenticating device through IoT cloud using hardware security module Provided are a system and method for authenticating a device through an Internet of Things (IoT) cloud by using a hardware security module. The system includes an IoT device connectable to a cloud which provides an IoT service and a security module connected to the IoT device and configured to generate a pair of public and private keys for authenticating the IoT device. The IoT device transmits a certificate generation request including the public key and a device identifier to an authentication server through the cloud in order to generate a device certificate.
US11336634B2	Identity management via a centralized identity management server device A device can establish an identity for an individual by communicating with a first set of devices. The first set of devices can include a user device, a first server device associated with a certificate authority, or a second server device associated with an identity provider. The device can authenticate the identity of the individual by communicating with a second set of devices. The second set of devices can include the user device, or a third server device associated with a first service provider. The device can authorize the identity of the individual to be used by one or more service providers by communicating with a third set of devices. The third set of devices can include the user device, the third server device, or a fourth server device associated with a second service provider.
US11336633B2	Authentication using a feeder robot in a web environment Method, system, and programs for performing two-factor authentication for a controlled access application via one or more third-party host verification servers. An example method includes receiving a request to a controlled access application after a user has successfully logged into an enterprise system with a first Identifier (ID) factor, the controlled access application requiring additional authentication with a second ID factor, obtaining first information to complete the second ID factor, at least some of the first information being obtained from the user, and generating a first web form using the first information. The method also includes submitting the first web form to a host verification server, receiving an indication of successful verification from the host verification server; and initiating, in response to receiving the indication of successful verification, access to the controlled access application.
US11336628B2	Methods and systems for securing organizational assets in a shared computing environment Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and systems that configured to, generally, and in no particular order, perform one or more of the following functions: distinguish and identify secured assets that are permitted to an end-point to employ within a shared computing environment; monitor the end-point for certain triggering events, such as data creation, reception, manipulation, storage, or extraction associated with a secured asset; upon detection of a triggering event, monitor at least one unsecured container in order to determine if at least a portion of the secured asset has been otherwise transferred to an unsecured container; and encrypt the unsecured container in order to secure the otherwise unsecured asset.
US11336627B2	Packet inspection and forensics in an encrypted network According to an implementation of the disclosure, a computing device may record substantially all the network traffic being transported over a first node of a network over a period of time. The computing device may receive an authenticated request from a forensics system that includes access criteria. The first computing device may determine a relevant encrypted and unencrypted portion of the network traffic based on the access criteria. Based on unencrypted portion, the computing device may recalculate an encryption key applicable to the encrypted portion. The computing device may then replicate the relevant portion and the encryption key to the forensics system for forensic analysis.
US11336624B2	Methods and apparatus to distribute media content Methods and apparatus to distribute media content are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a client interface to receive a request from a wireless communication device for authorization to present media, the media received at the wireless communication device in an encrypted format. A database is to store an association of the wireless communication device and a wired network termination unit. A record interface is to, in response to the request for authorization, query the database based on an identifier of the wireless network communication device to determine whether the wired network termination unit is authorized to receive the media via a wired communication path, and in response to determining that the wired network termination unit is authorized to receive the media via the wired communication path authorize the wireless communication device to decrypt and present the transmitted media.
US11336623B2	Data processing method There is disclosed a method of processing a data packet received by a packet sniffer, the packet containing an associated identifier, the method including transmitting the packet to a recipient, determining if the identifier corresponds to a particular network, wherein if the identifier is determined to correspond to the particular network, the identifier is provided to the recipient; and if the identifier is determined to not correspond to the particular network, the identifier is withheld from the recipient.
US11336622B2	Apparatus and method for deploying firewall on SDN and network using the same An apparatus for deploying a firewall on a software-defined network (SDN) includes a public key distributor configured to transmit a public key, a resource monitor configured to monitor resources of a network, a host monitor configured to receive a firewall rule of at least one host, which is encrypted by the public key, a decryption unit configured to decrypt information received from the host monitor by using a secret key, a merge unit configured to merge the decrypted information to provide a merged firewall rule, and a firewall deployment unit configured to deploy the merged firewall rule to a switch.
US11336621B2	WiFiwall A hardware device with embedded software, for detecting Wi-Fi network attacks, including random access memory storing operating software for the device, Flash or EEPROM memory storing Wi-Fi network attack rules and attack data, a Wi-Fi interface monitoring and intercepting Wi-Fi packets and Wi-Fi frames transmitted to and from a mobile station being protected by the device, embedded operating software analyzing sequences of Wi-Fi packets and frames intercepted by the Wi-Fi interface to detect an attempted Wi-Fi network attack, based on the attack rules and the attack data stored in the Flash or EEPROM memory, and sending a notification message to the mobile station when an attempted Wi-Fi network attack is detected, a processor running the embedded operating software, and a power supply supplying power to the processor, to the random access memory, to the Flash or EEPROM memory, and to the Wi-Fi interface.
US11336612B2	Method and apparatus for sharing user event between chatbots Provided is a method by which a cross chatbot gateway allows an event to be shared between chatbotsu, and the method includes the steps of: receiving an event message from a first chatbot communicating with a first chatting server using a first chatting protocol, wherein the event message includes destination information and event information of a first user, who is a chatting counterpart of the first chatbot; and transmitting the event information to a second chatbot communicating with a second chatting server using a second chatting protocol, on the basis of the destination information.
US11336611B2	Electronic device, server, and control method and location information providing method for the electronic device A first electronic device of the present invention comprises at least one communication circuitry, at least one display, at least one memory configured to store instructions, and at least one processor operatively coupled with the at least one communication circuitry and the at least one display. The processor is configured to (1) access to a first server for a navigation service through an application for the navigation service linked with a first account for accessing to a second server, (2) receive a user input through the application, (3) transmit, via the first server to a second electronic device of a second user that is authenticated through the application linked with a second account for accessing to the second server, a message, (4) periodically transmit, via the first server to the second electronic device, information, and (5) display a positional relationship between the two electronic devices over an electronic map.
US11336610B2	Email sender and reply-to authentication to prevent interception of email replies An electronic messaging system that reviews content of inbound messages, verifies elements of header fields, and initiates an action if Name (N) and Address (A) of From (F)_and Reply-To (R) elements of header fields match or do not match, those elements being NF=NR and AF≠AR, to protect recipients against inadvertent routing of their reply email to an imposter of the named From sender, thereby mitigating risk of recipients falling prey to what is referred to herein as “Reply-To Whaling” attacks, within the email security category of anti-phishing.
US11336607B2	Managing multiple forms of messages in a messaging application Provided is a method of providing a function of managing a VIP message. The method includes transmitting and receiving messages from a plurality of clients; setting at least one of the plurality of clients to a specific person; extracting messages transmitted by a specific person among the transmitted and received messages as VIP messages; combining the extracted VIP messages; and providing the combined VIP messages through a combined chat room.
US11336606B2	Triggering event notifications based on messages to application users In accordance with one disclosed method, a first computing system may receive a message from an application hosted on a second computing system, the message being indicative of an event of the application. In response to receiving the message, the first computing system may generate a notification indicative of the event and send the generated notification to a client device. The first computing system may receive a response to the notification from the client device, and may process the response so as to cause the application to take an action responsive to the event.
US11336588B2	Metadata driven static determination of controller availability Systems and methods for determining if a controller that can service a custom resource (CR) exists are disclosed. A processing device annotates a corresponding deployment of each of a plurality of controllers with filter metadata obtained from the controller. The filter metadata of a controller comprises at least an object type that the controller is to service. In response to generating a CR, the processing device may compare the definitions of the CR with the filter metadata from each of the plurality of controllers, wherein the definitions of the CR comprise at least an object type of the CR. In response to determining that none of the plurality of controllers have filter metadata matching the definitions of the CR, the processing device may provide to a user a no-match alert indicating that there is no controller among the plurality of controllers that can service the CR.
US11336582B1	Packet scheduling Various example embodiments for supporting packet scheduling in packet networks are presented. Various example embodiments for supporting packet scheduling in packet networks may be configured to support scheduling-as-a-service. Various example embodiments for supporting packet scheduling in packet networks based on scheduling-as-a-service may be configured to support a virtualized packet scheduler which may be provided as a service over a general-purpose hardware platform, may be instantiated in customer hardware, or the like, as well as various combinations thereof. Various example embodiments for supporting packet scheduling in packet networks may be configured to support scheduling of packets of packet queues based on association of transmission credits with timeslots of a periodic service sequence used to provide service to the packet queues.
US11336573B2	Service chaining in multi-fabric cloud networks Techniques for routing data packets through service chains within and between public cloud networks of multi-cloud fabrics. A router in a network, e.g., a public cloud network, receives data packets from nodes in the network through segments of the network. Based at least in part on (i) a source address of the data packet, (ii) a destination address of the data packet, and (iii) an identity of the segments of the network from which the data packets are received, the router determines a next node in the network to which the data packet is to be forwarded. The router may then forward the data packet through another segment of the network to the next node and then receive the data packet from the next node through the another segment.
US11336571B2	Control of multi-layer communication network Embodiments include methods of controlling a client layer of a multi-layer communication network that also includes a server layer. Such methods include receiving, at a client physical network controller (PNC), an indication of at least one characteristic associated with one or more paths between server network nodes in the server layer. The indication is received from a multi-domain service controller (MDSC) in the multi-layer communication network, and the server layer is controlled by a server PNC. Such methods include, based on the at least one characteristic, computing one or more paths in the client layer that facilitate protection and/or restoration for the one or more paths in the server layer. Other embodiments include complementary methods performed by a MDSC, as well as client PNCs and MDSCs configured to perform such methods.
US11336570B1	Layer three multi-homing for virtual networks A network system includes a server comprising a set of virtual routers configured to extend virtual networks to virtual machines. A virtual router of the set of virtual routers may receive a tunnel packet comprising a outer header and an inner packet that defines a first packet flow, and determine, based at least on the outer header, that the tunnel packet is associated with a first virtual network of the virtual networks. The virtual router may also associate, based on the inner packet, the tunnel packet to a layer three link of a plurality of layer three links coupling the virtual router to two or more top-of-rack switches in the virtual network, where the plurality of layer three links form a layer three multi-homing connection between the virtual router and the top-of-rack switches in the virtual network. The virtual router may transmit the tunnel packet via the layer three link.
US11336569B2	Ping and traceroute in inter-autonomous system (AS) segment routing (SR) networks without requiring headend router or path monitoring system (PMS) controller knowledge of topology outside of origin as Ping or traceroute functionality is supported in a path spanning multiple autonomous systems (ASes) having segment routing (SR) enabled, the path including an ingress node in a first autonomous system (AS) and an egress node in an AS other than the first AS, using a reverse path label pair including (1) a node segment identifier (SID) corresponding to an AS Border Router (ASBR) of the second AS (second ASBR), and (2) an egress peer engineering (EPE) SID corresponding to a segment between the second ASBR to an ASBR of the first AS (first ASBR). Responsive to receiving a ping or traceroute request by a router in the second AS, the router generates a ping or traceroute reply including the reverse path label pair. The ping or traceroute reply is forwarded to the second ASBR using the node SID of the reverse path label pair. The ping or traceroute reply is then forwarded from the second ASBR to the first ASBR using the EPE SID of the reverse path label pair. Finally, the ping or traceroute reply can be forwarded (e.g., using standard IP forwarding) from the first ASBR to the headend router.
US11336568B2	System and method for authorizing traffic flows A method and system for authorizing traffic flows in a computer network. The method including: receiving a packet from a traffic flow sent by a sender; determining whether the traffic flow has been previously authorized; if the traffic flow has not been previously authorized: determining a subscriber associated with the traffic flow, based on the data retrieved from the packet; requesting authorization from an authorization server based on the subscriber and the data retrieved from the packet; upon receiving a response from the authorization server, sending at least three duplicate acknowledgments to the sender, to generate a retransmission in advance of the standard retransmission timing; otherwise, if the traffic flow has been previously authorized, allowing the packet to continue to a destination.
US11336565B2	Method and node for packet transmission in network A method for packet transmission in a network includes receiving, by a first node, a second segment identifier sent by the third node, receiving, by the first node, a packet sent by the second node through the first path, determining, by the first node, that a next-hop node of the first node on the first path is faulty, and in response to the determining, by the first node, that a next-hop node of the first node on the first path is faulty, adding, by the first node, the second segment identifier to the packet, and sending the packet to the third node through a second path, where the second path is established by the first node based on the second segment identifier.
US11336561B2	System and method for isochronous switching of packetized media streams An IP router capable of isochronous switching of a packetized media stream. According to an example, the IP router parses the RTP header within an incoming IP datagram to extract the RTP time stamp, which provides a time value for a unique IP Flow. By inspecting the header, the IP router can switch the flow at the point in time that the RTP time stamp value changes, or matches a target value. In one aspect, the IP router looks for the change in the RTP time stamp value and performs the switch based on the detected change. In another aspect, the IP router performs the switch at a specified time stamp value that can be unique to a group of signals or based on a common “sync” value published to all the ports of the IP router.
US11336556B2	Route exchange between logical routers in different datacenters Some embodiments provide a method for a first edge device in a first datacenter that implements a centralized routing component of a logical router that spans multiple datacenters and handles data traffic between a logical network implemented across the multiple datacenters and external networks. From a second edge device in a second datacenter, the method receives via routing protocol a route having a particular routing protocol tag. When the first datacenter is a primary datacenter for the logical router such that all data traffic between the logical network and the external networks is handled by one or more centralized routing components implemented at the first datacenter, the method uses the routing protocol tag to determine whether to advertise the received route to the external networks.
US11336555B2	Network segmentation effectiveness system and method The invention relates to a network segmentation effectiveness attestation system and method. The method may comprise receiving a list of internet protocol (IP) addresses for information technology (IT) assets within a defined scope, and executing a plurality of segmentation scans from outside a cardholder data environment (CDE) using a plurality of software agents. The software agents may be deployed and orchestrated across multiple network tiers. The method may also comprise receiving, automatically interpreting, and certifying results from the segmentation scan, automatically generating a report from the results of the segmentation scan, and automatically posting the report for authorized users to access.
US11336554B2	Universal semiconductor-based automatic highspeed serial signal testing method The invention relates to a universal semiconductor automatic high-speed serial signal testing method, comprising: a chip to be tested sending, to an impedance matching unit, a high-speed serial signal; then by means of a phase shift unit, sequentially transforming, according to a set fixed resolution, the phase of the high-speed serial signal, the magnitude of each offset phase being determined by a phase shift control signal outputted by a control unit and the resolution of the phase shift unit; after passing through the phase shift unit, the high-speed serial signal keeps channel impedance matching by means of the impedance matching unit; the signal entering an acquisition unit, and being acquired under the action of an acquisition control signal sent by the control unit; the control unit performing signal exchange with semiconductor automatic testing equipment (ATE); and the acquisition unit transmitting the acquired signal back to the universal semiconductor ATE for algorithm operation, and then the actual high-speed serial data stream is obtained. The present invention enables direct testing of high-speed serial interface signals by means of the universal ATE during mass production, greatly improving testing convenience and efficiency.
US11336550B2	Signal analysis method and measurement system A signal analysis method comprising: receiving an input signal, the input signal comprising a symbol sequence; receiving samples of a reference signal based on a known sample rate, the reference signal comprising the same symbol sequence as the input signal; determining symbol points of the symbol sequence based on the samples; determining measurement times based on the symbol points; and determining at least one signal quality parameter at the measurement times, wherein the at least one signal quality parameter is indicative of a signal quality of the input signal. Further, a measurement system is described.
US11336548B1	Method, apparatus, and computer readable storage medium for managing network slices for the benefit of users A method for managing network slices for the benefit of users monitors and obtains key performance indicators configured by a user, the indicator values being collected in real time and visually presented. When a user wants to optimize the network slices, weightings, value intervals, and variables are applied by the user to target key performance indicators. The network slices are optimized by a particle swarm algorithm configured by the user. A device and a computer readable and permanent storage medium for executing the network slices management method are also disclosed.
US11336546B2	Multiple link aggregation among local area networks An information handling system and method includes a plurality of local area networks, an access point, and a client device. The access point includes a server processor in communication with access point network interface circuitry. The server processor is to implement a virtual private network server to establish a virtual private network with a virtual private network client implemented on a client device. The client device includes an application processor in communication with client device network interface circuitry. The application processor is to transmit a first VPN packet to the virtual private network access point via a first local area network and to transmit a second VPN packet to the virtual private network access point via a second local area network. The server processor is to convert the first and second VPN packets to first and second network packets, respectively, and transmit the first and second network packets to the wide area network.
US11336545B2	Network device measurements employing white boxes A system for network device measurements may use a white box to perform measurements that may help determine the likelihood of network anomalies, such as microbursts.
US11336544B2	HDMI system speed test A method of assessing at least one of audio and video HDMI performance capabilities of an AV system including one or more sources and one or more sinks, interconnected in a first configuration comprises using an app running on a smart device, wirelessly connected to the AV system, to present audio and/or video performance capability information for each source and sink to a user of the system, based on EDID information received by the smart device from each source and sink.In one embodiment, the app also presents a determination of maximum theoretical data handling capacity of the AV system in the first configuration; runs a test to assess actual data handling capacity of the AC system in the first configuration; and presents one or more results of the test to the user.
US11336542B2	Network packet capture manager The packet capture manager uses a multi-tiered storage for storing captured network traffic. Captured packets are stored on a primary storage with a time-to-live according to a retention policy. The packet capture manager receives instructions from one or more network monitoring devices identifying one or more captured packets as packets of interest. The packet capture manager flags the identified packets as packets of interest, moves the flagged packets to a secondary storage, and changes the TTL of the moved packets. A machine learning model analyzes historical data of the instructions received from the one or more network monitoring devices. The packet capture manager uses the machine learning model to identify packets of interest and move identified packets to the secondary storage without specific instructions from a network monitoring device.
US11336540B2	Sampling frequency recommendation method, apparatus and device, and storage medium A sampling frequency recommendation method, apparatus, and device, and a storage medium relating to the field of communications technologies are disclosed. The sampling frequency recommendation method includes: obtaining a network key performance indicator of a to-be-analyzed data stream; sampling the network key performance indicator based on a plurality of different sampling frequencies to obtain an experience quality sequence corresponding to each sampling frequency, where the plurality of different sampling frequencies include one standard sampling frequency and at least two to-be-tested sampling frequencies, and the standard sampling frequency is greater than each to-be-tested sampling frequency; and determining a matching degree between an experience quality sequence corresponding to each to-be-tested sampling frequency and a standard experience quality sequence, and determining a recommended sampling frequency based on the matching degree between the experience quality sequence corresponding to each to-be-tested sampling frequency and the standard experience quality sequence.
US11336539B2	Support ticket summarizer, similarity classifier, and resolution forecaster A support ticket summarizer, similarity classifier, and resolution forecaster are described. A system trains a machine learning model to identify topic sequences for support ticket communications, identify topic sequences that are classified as similar, and predict subsequent topics for multiple support ticket communications, in response to receiving the support ticket communications. The machine learning model receives a communication for a support ticket, and then identifies a sequence of topics for the communication for the support ticket. The machine-learning model identifies historical sequences of topics, for historical support tickets, which are classified as similar to the sequence of topics. The machine-learning model uses the historical sequences of topics to predict at least one subsequent topic for the sequence of topics. The system outputs the at least one subsequent topic.
US11336537B2	Management service migration for managed devices Disclosed are various examples for client device migration. In one example, a migration service identifies migration data to migrate a client device from a first management service to a second management service. The migration service transmits a management data request to the first management service, and temporarily stores management data retrieved based on the request. The management data indicates an organizational group. The migration service creates the organizational group with the second management service to facilitate migration of the client device to the second management service.
US11336536B1	Dynamic processing distribution for utility communication networks Technologies for implementing edge intelligence for utility communication networks are provided. For example, a system includes a mesh network and a utility fog configured to manage the mesh network. The utility fog includes a secure utility system configured for executing a private utility application and a first edge intelligence device configured for executing a first subset of software applications. Each software application is configured to manage endpoints in the mesh network or process data collected by the mesh network. The mesh network includes the endpoints and an edge intelligence device configured for executing a second subset of the software applications that is different from the first subset of software applications.
US11336535B2	Station movement flow driven automatic RF site grouping Techniques for dynamic RF site configuration are provided. Historical association data is collected from a plurality of access points in a physical environment, and a machine learning model is trained to predict future association events, based on the historical association data. Current association data is then collected from the plurality of access points, and at least one predicted association event is generated by processing the current association data using the trained machine learning model. The plurality of access points is allocated to a plurality of radio frequency (RF) sites based on the at least one predicted association event. Finally, at least one of the plurality of RF sites is configured based on the predicted association event.
US11336534B2	Network operation A method of operating a communications network is disclosed. In order to manage a network, it is first necessary to establish the state the network is in. This is difficult in practice because the network operational data stored and transmitted in the network takes a myriad of forms owing to the variety of suppliers and types of network equipment. There is a need to distil that network operational data down to aggregate network operational data which can be taken to provide an indication of the state of the network which is of a manageable size, and to which network management apparatus can react by sending control commands to the network. The problem of generating aggregate network operational data is tackled by identifying the type of each attribute found in each network operational data item, and classifying the network operational data items in a manner which takes account of the identified types and thus provides network aggregate data which more accurately reflects the operational state of the network. This in turn leads to the network management apparatus controlling the network to operate in a more efficient manner than has hitherto been possible.
US11336533B1	Network visualization of correlations between logical elements and associated physical elements Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for providing a visualization of a topology for a logical network implemented in a physical network. The method identifies a set of logical elements of the logical network. For each logical element, the method identifies a set of one or more physical elements in the physical network that implements the logical element. Multiple physical elements are identified for at least one of the logical elements. Through a user interface (UI) the method displays a visualization that includes (1) the set of logical elements, (2) connections between the logical elements, (3) the sets of physical elements that implement each logical element in the set of logical elements, and (4) correlations between each logical element and the set of physical elements that implements the logical element. Each logical element and each physical element is represented by a node in the visualization.
US11336524B2	Guided configuration item class creation in a remote network management platform A system may include a database disposed within a remote network management platform, a server device disposed in the platform, and a client device. The database may contain representations of configuration items, such as computing devices and software applications associated with the managed network. The server device may provide a graphical user interface including a sequence of panes to the client device. The sequence of panes may include an identifier pane, an identification rules pane, and a reconciliation pane. Each pane may include data entry fields that are operable to define a new class of configuration item. The server device may receive, by way of the graphical user interface, a definition of the new class that uniquely identifies configuration items of a particular type using at least the attributes. The server may store, in the database, the definition of the new class.

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