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| US11337916B2 |
Myrciaria dubia fruit extracts rich in organic acids, cosmetic compositions comprising same and cosmetic uses thereof
A pulp and skin extract from dried, seed-free Myrciaria dubia fruit. The Myrciaria dubia fruit has a maturity of at least 70%, a soluble solids/acidity ratio between 2.5 and 3, and it is rich in organic acids. The extract is obtained by solid-liquid extraction in a hydro-polyalcohol solvent selected from a hydro-glycerol and/or hydro-gylcolic solvent under agitation or with ultrasound. The extract is an active agent in cosmetic compositions, which reduce the signs of skin fatigue. |
| US11337913B2 |
Cosmetic process for treating keratin fibres, comprising the application of a base composition and of a composition comprising an amino silicone
The present invention relates to a cosmetic process for treating keratin fibres, preferably human keratin fibres such as the hair, in particular for conditioning keratin fibres, using a combination of at least two different compositions, the first composition comprising one or more oxyalkylenated and preferably oxyethylenated silicones and one or more cationic surfactants and the second composition comprising water and one or more amino silicones. The invention also relates to a kit comprising the two compositions. Finally, the invention relates to a ready-to-use cosmetic composition for treating keratin fibres. |
| US11337905B2 |
Anti-aging and skin tone lightening compositions and methods for same
Embodiments of the invention are directed to compositions containing cannabinoid, cannabidiol, or cannabidiol analog for lightening or whitening skin, and methods for lightening skin tone or whitening skin by administering compositions containing cannabinoid, cannabidiol, or cannabidiol analog to the skin. |
| US11337901B2 |
Water-in-oil emulsion composition
The present invention provides a water-in-oil emulsion composition having a high water occlusive of a coating film and having good skin protective feeling and glossiness.The water-in-oil emulsion composition is provided containing the following components (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E): (A) 1% by mass or more and 15% by mass or less of a lipophilic surfactant having an HLB of 2-6; (B) 0.15% by mass or more and 8% by mass or less of a dextrin fatty acid ester having 8-22 carbon atoms in the fatty acid moiety; (C) 1% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less of one or more oily components selected from a dimer acid ester, a fatty acid cholesterol ester having 16-22 carbon atoms, a fatty acid phytosterol ester having 16-22 carbon atoms, and an N-acyl amino acid ester; (D) a hydrocarbon oil that is liquid at 25° C.; and (E) water. |
| US11337895B2 |
Automatic drug compounder with hygroscopic member
Various aspects of the subject disclosure relate to a compounder system having a cartridge that includes fluid pathways controllable by valves of the cartridge. A pump component within the cartridge is actuable to move fluid through the controllable fluid pathways. The cartridge includes a needle extending from a cartridge body and fluidly coupled to at least one of the controllable fluid pathways. A vial puck is provided for attachment to a vial to be fluidly coupled to the cartridge by the needle. The vial puck may include a hygroscopic member to absorb fluid from the needle to ensure a dry disconnect. A shuttle valve may also be provided. |
| US11337890B2 |
Packaging assembly and container for same, method of making a packaging assembly, and associated method of activating an active agent
A container for a packaging assembly can include a body having a base and a sidewall extending therefrom. The body can define an interior including a product space configured for housing at least one product, and can have an opening leading to the interior. The container can include an active agent located within a compartment that is provided within the interior. The compartment can be sealed by a sealing layer to encapsulate the active agent within the compartment so as to prevent fluid communication between the active agent and the product space. |
| US11337887B2 |
Adjustable massage apparatus
An adjustable massage apparatus with: a body, a back panel, and at least two shoulder straps, the back panel has at least one massage apparatus and a substantially rigid material that is at least 1 mm thick, the massager apparatus has at least two massage heads which are retained on the back panel inside at least one tunnel, each of the massage heads are fixed on a band to provide the massage head on the band and moving in the tunnel which is substantially the same width as each of the massage heads. |
| US11337885B1 |
Handled soft tissue mobilization devices and methods for making same
A soft tissue mobilization device having a hand-held portion coated with a compressible material to take the strain off the hand of the user when using the device. The hand-held portion is coated with a compressible material to take a strain off the hand of the user, is custom molded to the user's hand, and the compressible material is a compound comprising a mixture of one or more low melting point polymers. |
| US11337884B1 |
Apparatus allowing a user to make leaping strides while walking or running
An apparatus includes: a frame, a pivoting arm, a seat, and one or more biasing members. The frame includes a front wheel and a rear wheel, the front wheel being steerable. The pivoting arm pivotally attaches to the frame. The seat is attached to the pivoting arm. Lastly, the one or more biasing members span between the frame and the pivoting arm and influence the pivoting motion of the pivoting arm relative to the frame. In use, the apparatus is able to provide a user with a sense of weightlessness while the user travels forward by foot. |
| US11337882B2 |
Pattern changing sheet, walking guidance system, and moving speed reduction device
A pattern changing sheet includes: lenticular lenses in number corresponding to one wavelength of the pattern changing sheet and disposed with the bus-line pitch to in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis; and a pattern layer opposed to the lenticular lenses on the rear face of the lenticular lenses, the pattern layer having a gradation pattern (dots) disposed in the bus-line pitch L0. The gradation pattern includes bright dots and dark dots in the bus-line pitch to in the disposing direction. The viewer views the display pattern that is a connection of the corresponding dots of the lenticular lenses depending on the viewpoint position, and the display pattern progresses at a predetermined speed scale-factor of the movement of the viewpoint. This configuration creates and provides a pattern changing sheet having a high degree of freedom and depending on the intended use. |
| US11337879B2 |
Soft wearable robotic device to treat plantar flexion contractures
An orthosis for increasing a range of motion of an ankle is disclosed. In various embodiments, the orthosis includes a frame including a ball shell and a heel shell; a first actuator disposed on the ball shell and configured to apply a first force against a ball region of a foot, resulting in a moment being applied at the ankle; and a first rod connecting the heel shell and the ball shell, the first rod being slidably connected to at least one of the heel shell or the ball shell. In various embodiments, a second actuator is disposed on the heel shell and configured to apply a second force against a heel region of the foot. In various embodiments, a calf shell is configured to support a calf region of a leg that is connected to the ankle. |
| US11337877B2 |
Device for applying a tensile force to a hinged joint
A device for applying a tensile force to a hinged joint is disclosed. The device may include a bracket having a first portion and a second portion insertable underneath a weighted object so as to restrain the device, a biasing element having a first end mounted toward a first end of the first portion and a second end arranged at an opposing second end of the first portion; and a strap removably attached to the second end of the biasing element and arranged to receive the hinged joint, wherein the biasing element applies a tensile force to the hinged joint so as to stretch the hinged joint longitudinally in response to a force exerted by the hinged joint upon receipt in the strap, and wherein the biasing element applies the tensile force to the hinged joint so as to passively stretch and relieve pressure on the ankle. |
| US11337876B2 |
Hospital bed shield
A transparent article of manufacture with improved and convenient access ports, light weight, venting, and ready for quick deployment. It may be single-use or reusable (upon proper sanitation). It has a vent for removal of aerosolized bacterial and viruses, and ports for clinicians to insert their hands. The general pyramidal shape promotes air flow to the vent, where aerosolized bacteria and viruses may be safely expelled, and allows for stacking. |
| US11337872B2 |
Patient support systems and methods for assisting caregivers with patient care
A patient support system for providing customized user menus. The system comprises a patient support apparatus, a user interface configured to receive input from a user, and a display configured to display user menus or information. The user menus may comprise indicia representative of the operational functions of the patient support apparatus. A controller determines the customized user menu based on usage characteristics, a position of the user interface in proximity to the patient support apparatus, a location of the user interface within a facility, an identification of the user, and/or a patient condition. A touchscreen and/or a mobile device may comprise the user interface and the display. The mobile device may be removably coupled to the patient support apparatus. Methods for improving patient care by providing the customized user menu are also disclosed. |
| US11337870B2 |
Emergency stretcher with track drive
A self-propelled emergency stretcher includes an elongate frame having a set of wheels a track drive unit mounted thereto. The set of wheels includes first wheels at a front end of the frame and second wheels at a rear end of the frame, and the track drive unit is mounted between the first wheels and the second wheels. A plurality of actuators is configured to raise and lower the first wheels and the second wheels relative to the frame, so as to selectively switch the emergency stretcher between a self-propelled configuration and a manually-propelled configuration. In the self-propelled configuration the first wheels and the second wheels are out of contact with a ground surface below the emergency stretcher and the track drive unit is in contact with the ground surface. In the manually-propelled configuration the first wheels and the second wheels are in contact with the ground surface and the track drive unit is out of contact with the ground surface. |
| US11337869B2 |
Replaceable absorbent channel diaper for use as a multiplier with single-use disposable diapers or re-usable recyclable outer shell
A multi-piece diapering system is based on a removable, disposable absorbent channel insert diaper having hydrophobic interior leg gathers and a water impermeable backer, but without waist tabs or bands or elastic to secure the channel to the user and optionally without leg cuffs. The absorbent channel insert may be used in a single-use disposable diaper to allow such disposable diaper to be re-used multiple times by replacing the channel insert diaper when soiled. The absorbent channel insert diaper may also be used with underwear as the supporting shell, or with other exterior diaper shells or base layer diapers. |
| US11337868B2 |
Pull-on absorbent article including leg-circumference extension sections with welded regions
A pull-on absorbent article includes: an absorbent main body including an absorbent body along a vertical direction; and waist-circumference sections in a pair respectively located on one end side and another end side of the absorbent main body, the waist-circumference sections each including an elastic member stretchable in a lateral direction, the absorbent main body including extension sections in a pair respectively extending outward on two lateral sides of the absorbent body, the extension sections each having an elastic member stretchable in the vertical direction placed therein, the extension sections each forming a leg opening and including an overlap portion that overlaps in the vertical direction with at least one of the waist-circumference sections in a pair, the overlap portion having at least a part joined to the waist-circumference section, the overlap portion of the extension section having a welded region having a predetermined lateral length placed therein. |
| US11337865B2 |
Bandage for mixing separated liquids communicated to the skin of wearer
A bandage device having a flexible body with a plurality of fluid reservoirs thereon each containing a liquid topical treatment therein. Mixing areas located between the respective fluid reservoirs on the bandage provide for mixing and formation of liquid mixtures of the respective liquid topical treatments flowing thereto from the respective fluid reservoirs located adjacent thereto. The liquid mixtures from the mixing areas when absorbed through the skin of a wearer of the bandage yield an enhanced synergistic effect exceeding that of the individual fluids such medications or essential oils. |
| US11337861B2 |
Electronic hearing protector with switchable electrical contacts
The present application relates to a battery-powered electronic device, such as an electronic hearing protector, with switchable electrical contacts. The device includes a housing enclosing the battery and an electronics assembly. The electronics assembly is powered by the battery, and the electronics assembly comprises a processor controlled by updatable software. The device further includes a first electrical contact that is a ground line; a second electrical contact that is a data programming line in a first state, and that is a charging voltage line in a second state; and a third electrical contact that is a clock line in a first state, and that is a charge enable line in the second state. The first, second and third electrical contacts are accessible from outside the housing. A switch enclosed by the housing changes the second electrical contact between the first state and the second state. |
| US11337858B2 |
Ostomy pouching system
An ostomy pouching system is described. A baseplate includes a seal adapted to be securely placed on the skin about the perimeter of tissue defining a stoma incised into a patient. An ostomy reservoir forms a sealed space within which discharge can be received and held. A flex layer includes a seal that is airtight, watertight, or both, and which is structurally interposed between at least a portion of two or more of the skin, tissue, stoma, baseplate, and ostomy reservoir. The flex layer includes a resiliently and elastically malleable phase change material. The flex layer is deformable such that at least one portion of the flex layer can transmute the magnitude of a force applied to the flex layer and redirect the force. External forces acting upon at least one of the skin, tissue, stoma, baseplate, and ostomy reservoir are mitigated, transmuted, and isolated by the flex layer. |
| US11337853B2 |
Ocular implant delivery device and method
An ocular implant system including an ocular implant sized and shaped to be inserted at least partially into an eye; a carrier member with a shell having a central channel extending at least partially through the shell from a proximal end towards a distal end of the shell. A guide sleeve removably attached within at least a first region of the central channel of the shell and defining a proximal port into the central channel that is accessible from the proximal end of the shell. An implant holder removably attached within at least a second region of the central channel of the shell adjacent to a distal end of the guide sleeve and having a pair of graspers adapted to releasably secure the implant at a distal end of the implant holder. Related devices, systems, and/or methods are described. |
| US11337851B2 |
Devices, systems and methods for endovascular temperature control
Devices, systems and methods for controlling a patient's body temperature by endovascular heat exchange and/or surface heat exchange. |
| US11337847B2 |
Feces treatment agent for colostomy
An object of the present invention is to provide a feces treatment agent for colostomy, which on the assumption that characteristics required as a lubricant are shown, can maintain or improve the feces discharge properties from a colostomy pouch, inhibit the development of feces odor, and improve operativity and portability. A feces treatment agent for colostomy, in which an agent A including (1) a granular water-soluble lubricant, (2) a granular water-absorbing gelling agent, (3) sodium bicarbonate, and (4) a component including at least one selected from the group consisting of zinc oxide, limonite and zinc sulfide is contained in a water-soluble base material. |
| US11337839B2 |
Inflatable bariatric clamp
A bariatric clamp may include substrate members overmolded in polymer forming first and second elongated portions, a bight portion having a flexible hinge, one or more inflatable portions disposed at least partially along interior sections of the first and second elongated portions; and a port coupled to at least one of the inflatable portions and configured to adjust inflation of the inflatable portions. The inflatable portions are provided to assist in retaining the clamp in a closed position to partition the stomach and to adjust a pressure of the clamp when partitioning the stomach. |
| US11337838B2 |
Conforming anchor for duodenal barrier
An apparatus comprises a sleeve, a seal, and an anchor assembly. The sleeve is flexible and non-permeable and is configured to fit in a duodenum. The seal is positioned at the proximal end of the sleeve and is configured to seal the proximal end of the sleeve against the stomach mucosa, the pylorus, or the duodenum mucosa. The anchor assembly comprises a pair of atraumatic anchor ends and a resilient member positioned between the anchor ends. At least a portion of the resilient member extends along at least a portion of the length of the sleeve. The resilient member is configured to bias the anchor ends generally toward each other, to thereby substantially anchor the sleeve in the duodenum. The sleeve is configured to prevent chyme from contacting the mucosa of the duodenum; and to prevent enzymes excreted in the duodenum from mixing with chyme in the duodenum. |
| US11337837B2 |
Apparatus and method for improved access of procedural catheter in tortuous vessels
Tortuosity of vessels at or leading to the site of minimally invasive procedures is a problem for conducting such procedures as they increase the difficulty to guide the procedural catheters through tortuous vessels. Methods and apparatus for stabilization of the sheaths and catheters during access, procedures, and withdrawal in these tortuous vessels are disclosed. The apparatus and method for improving access include application of a pull component to the stabilized procedural catheter using a stabilization catheter/wire in addition to a push component from the percutaneous access to make the access easier while enabling use of more flexible catheters and softer wires. These methods and devices address the problems of trauma to the vessels during access, procedure and removal of catheters and wires, improve pushability of softer catheters and wires, and also substantially reduce substantially the procedure time. |
| US11337830B2 |
Defect gauge instrument for preparation of surgical sites
This disclosure relates to a defect gauge instrument and method for repairing bone defects. The defect gauge instrument disclosed herein may be utilized to determine one or more characteristics of a bone defect prior to positioning a graft and/or implant at a surgical site. |
| US11337828B2 |
System for preparing a patient's femur in an orthopaedic joint replacement procedure
An orthopaedic joint replacement system is shown and described. The system includes a number of prosthetic components configured to be implanted into a patient's knee. The system also includes a number of surgical instruments configured for use in preparing the bones of the patient's knee to receive the implants. A method or technique for using the surgical instruments to prepare the bones is also disclosed. |
| US11337827B2 |
Prosthesis revision systems and methods
A system and method for allowing any surgeon, including those surgeons who perform a fewer number of a revision procedure as compared to a more experienced surgeon who performs a greater number of procedures, to provide an improved likelihood of a favorable outcome approaching, if not exceeding, a likelihood of a favorable outcome as performed by a very experienced surgeon with the revision procedure. |
| US11337825B2 |
Steerable implant assembly
A steerable expandable implant including a base member, an adjustable member coupled to the base member, the adjustable member movable between a collapsed position and an expanded position, a pivot member rotatably received by the base member and configured to receive a tool such that the tool and the pivot member are rotatable relative to the base member between a first position and a second position, wherein the pivot member is translationally fixed relative to the base member, and a first control member received by the base member, wherein manipulation of the first control member causes the adjustable member to move between the collapsed position and the expanded position. |
| US11337823B2 |
Orthopaedic femoral component having controlled condylar curvature
An orthopaedic knee prosthesis includes a femoral component having a condyle surface. The condyle surface is defined by one or more radii of curvatures, which are controlled to reduce or delay the onset of anterior translation of the femoral component relative to a tibial bearing. |
| US11337820B2 |
Method, system, and apparatus for producing in interbody implants
Embodiments of forming custom interbody implants that may be used to stabilize region(s) formed between mammalian bony segments, including systems and methods to produce a custom interbody element that may be used to stabilize or couple region(s) formed between two or more mammalian bony segments. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US11337816B2 |
Reconstruction prosthesis
The disclosure relates to a reconstruction prosthesis including a main section, at least one serpentine structure, and at least one mount section. The at least one serpentine structure is connected to one end of the main section. The at least one mount section is connected to the main section via the at least one serpentine structure. The at least one mount section is configured to be connected to osseous tissue. When the at least one serpentine structure is deformed by force, the relative position of the main section and the at least one mount section is changed. |
| US11337814B2 |
Pump assembly for a penile prosthesis having an outer protective casing
According to an aspect, an inflatable penile prosthesis includes a fluid reservoir configured to hold fluid, an inflatable member, and a pump assembly configured to transfer the fluid between the fluid reservoir and the inflatable member. The pump assembly includes a valve body having one or more valves, and an outer protective casing disposed over the valve body. |
| US11337813B2 |
Implant comprising an expandable section
A method for implanting a non-invasively and post-operatively adjustable penile implant in a penis of a patient, the implant comprising an expandable portion having a hollow portion adapted to receive a fluid, thereby allowing the expandable portion to be adjustable from a collapsed state into an expanded state. The method comprises the steps of: placing a proximal portion of said hollow portion in at least one corpus cavernosum, such that said proximal portion substantially extend on the inside of the male person when implanted in the penis; placing a distal portion of said hollow portion in the at least one corpus cavernosum such that said distal portion substantially extends on the outside of the male person when implanted in the penis, wherein the distal portion is placed with an invagination extending into the hollow portion in the collapsed state, and wherein said invagination is adapted to expand the hollow body in a length direction of the penile implant in the expanded state. |
| US11337812B2 |
Venous valve, system and method
A venous valve with a frame and a cover on the frame for unidirectional flow of a liquid through the valve. |
| US11337807B2 |
Side-deliverable transcatheter prosthetic valves and methods for delivering and anchoring the same
A side-deliverable prosthetic heart valve includes an outer frame and a flow control component. The outer frame has a supra-annular region, a subannular region, and a transannular region therebetween. The flow control component is mounted to the outer frame such that at least a portion of the flow control component is disposed in the transannular region. The prosthetic valve has a delivery configuration for side-delivery via a delivery catheter and is expandable when the prosthetic valve is released from the delivery catheter. The subannular region of the outer frame is disposable in a first configuration as the prosthetic valve is seated in an annulus of a native heart valve and is transitionable to a second configuration after the prosthetic valve is seated in the annulus of the native heart valve. |
| US11337804B2 |
Prosthetic valve with radially-deformable tissue anchors configured to restrict axial valve migration
A prosthetic valve for implantation within a native heart valve may be provided. The prosthetic valve may include an annular valve body, as well as a plurality of ventricular anchoring legs and a plurality of atrial anchoring arms configured to extend radially outward from the annular valve body. The ventricular anchoring legs and grasping segments of the atrial anchoring arms may be configured to substantially restrict axial movement of the annular valve body within the native heart valve. In addition, anchoring segments of the atrial anchoring arms may be configured for lateral deformation relative to the native heart valve. |
| US11337803B2 |
Prosthetic valve with inner and outer frames connected at a location of tissue anchor portion
A prosthetic heart valve, which may include an expandable annular outer frame having a tubular portion and at least one tissue anchor portion configured to extend from the tubular portion, may be provided. The at least one tissue anchor portion may have a plurality of attachment locations. The prosthetic heart valve may also include an expandable inner frame configured at least partially within the expandable annular outer frame. The expandable inner frame may be connected to the expandable annular outer frame solely at one or more of the plurality of attachment locations of the at least one tissue anchor portion. |
| US11337801B2 |
Transcatheter heart valve prosthesis assembled inside heart chambers or blood vessels
Some embodiments described herein include a heart valve replacement system that may be delivered to the targeted heart valve site via a delivery catheter. In some embodiments, the heart valve replacement system can assemble a valve device after the valve device is delivered to the heart. In some embodiments, heart valve replacement system includes two anterior flaps that are separate but overlap each other. |
| US11337800B2 |
Device and method with reduced pacemaker rate in heart valve replacement
The disclosure relates to heart valve prostheses with the reduced need of pacemaker implantation and improved means for positioning the replacement heart valve. In one aspect of the present disclosure, the stent scaffold of the valve prosthesis includes axially extending locators. The locators may be positioned within the cusp of the native aortic valve. Placement of the locators within the cusps may prevent further proximal movement of the stent scaffold into the left ventricle. By adjusting the location of the proximal end of the locators with respect to the proximal end of the stent scaffold, infra-annular placement of the stent scaffold in the aortic annulus may be assured. In another aspect, means for visualizing the positioning of replacement heart valves at an implant site inside an individual's body is disclosed. |
| US11337798B2 |
Optimization of replacement heart valve leaflets
A method for optimizing a shape of a replacement valve leaflet, wherein the shape of the replacement valve leaflet is determined by defining variable parameters of the replacement valve leaflet. The variable parameters may comprise: a valve height; a leaflet coaptation height, a first set of two control points for a first B-spline plane of symmetry; and a second set of two control points for a second B-spline plane tangent to a frame of the valve. The method may further comprise creating iterations of potential shapes of the replacement valve leaflet by changing one or more of the variable parameters using modeling software. The method may also comprise calculating the maximum stresses or strains on each of the potential shapes. |
| US11337797B2 |
Cam actuated base folding mechanism
Systems, methods, and devices for inserting an intraocular lens (IOL) assembly into an eye may be provided. A device for delivery of the IOL into the eye may include a nozzle; a bay adjacent to the nozzle, wherein the bay is configured to contain the lens component and comprises a recess in a shape of a haptic extension; and a cam-actuated mechanism comprising a slider configured to move in a direction toward the nozzle; a side arm moveably disposed within the bay, wherein the side arm is positioned at an end of the slider, the end of the slider comprising a groove aligned with the side arm, wherein the groove extends from an outer edge of the slider into an interior portion of the slider, wherein the groove is angled to receive the side arm as the slider moves. |
| US11337796B2 |
Intraocular lens
The present invention relates to an intraocular lens comprising: a primary lens (1000) having a first focal length, a first surface, and a second surface; a secondary lens (2000) having at least two focal lengths, a first surface (2100), and a second surface (2200), wherein the second surface (2200) of the secondary lens (2000) conforms to the first surface of the primary lens (1000), while the secondary lens (2000) is attached to the primary lens (1000) by peelable adhesive forces over substantially its second surface (2200). |
| US11337794B2 |
Intraocular lens having a haptic structure with a streamlined cross-sectional geometry
An ophthalmic device includes an optic and a haptic structure coupled with the optic. The optic includes an optic axis. The haptic structure is coupled to the optic. The haptic structure retains the ophthalmic device within a capsular bag of a patient's eye. At least a portion of the haptic structure has a cross-section and a peripheral surface forming an outer periphery of a portion of the cross-section. At least a portion of the peripheral surface contacts the capsular bag and is smoothly curved. |
| US11337793B2 |
Composite interference screws and drivers
The present disclosure relates to an anchor. The anchor includes a suture bridge having a proximal end and distal end. The distal end of the suture bridge has a thickness greater than a thickness of the proximal end of the suture bridge. At least two ribs extend from the proximal end of the suture bridge to a proximal end of the anchor. At least one open helical coil wraps around the at least two ribs and extends, substantially, from the proximal end of the suture bridge to the proximal end of the anchor. The at least one open helical coil defines an internal volume communicating with a region exterior to the anchor through apertures between turns of the at least one open helical coil. The at least two ribs are engagable with a grooved shaft of a driver. |
| US11337791B2 |
Artificial stomach
“An artificial stomach for replacing the normal stomach of a patient comprises a food reservoir adapted to collect food, an inlet connected to a first opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to upstream connect to the patient's gastrointestinal tract, and an outlet connected to a second opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to downstream connect to the patient's gastrointestinal tract”. |
| US11337789B2 |
Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filter and related methods
The present disclosure is directed to an Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filter apparatus and related methods. The IVC filter apparatus comprises a body having a proximal hook thereon. A plurality of filter legs extends away from the proximal hook. A distal hook is position interior to at least a portion of the plurality of legs. |
| US11337788B2 |
Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) device
Urinary incontinence devices generally include a body configured to be inserted into a vagina. The body may have a proximal insertion portion, a plurality of legs coupled to and extending distally from the insertion portion, and a distal retrieval portion. The plurality of legs may each have a length, a width, and a distal end, and the distal ends of the plurality of legs may be coupled together. The body may have a compressed configuration, an expanded configuration, and a lateral cross-sectional diameter, and the lateral cross-sectional diameter of the body may be largest at the widest point of each of the plurality of legs. Methods of treating urinary incontinence may include loading a urinary incontinence device into an applicator, inserting the applicator into the vagina, advancing the incontinence device out of the applicator to position a distal end of the device past the pelvic floor, and removing the incontinence device from the vagina using the distal retrieval portion. |
| US11337787B2 |
Vaccination system for delivering vaccine to avian pullets, and associated methods, devices, and assemblies
A vaccination system for delivering a vaccine substance to avian pullets is provided. Such a system includes a vaccine delivery assembly configured to perform a vaccine delivery procedure for delivering a vaccine substance to the avian pullets. A plurality of positioning devices is provided, with each positioning device receiving an avian pullet for presentation to the vaccine delivery assembly. Each positioning device is transported to individually mate with the vaccine delivery assembly to deliver the vaccine substance during the vaccine delivery procedure. Associated methods, devices, and assemblies are also provided. |
| US11337786B2 |
Automatic control type electric toothbrush
Provided is an automatic control type electric toothbrush, comprising a toothbrush head (20) and a toothbrush handle (10) connected by means of a driving shaft (12), wherein the toothbrush handle (10) is provided with a gesture sensor, a control module and a driving mechanism; and the control module can control the driving mechanism to drive the driving shaft (12), and same also drives the toothbrush head (20) to rotate clockwise or anticlockwise according to gesture data acquired from the gesture sensor, so that the toothbrush head (20) rotates in the direction from teeth root to dental crown. The automatic control type electric toothbrush can realize the purpose of automatically brushing teeth along the teeth, and can protect the gingivae, thus achieving automated treatment without manual control by a user, and therefore improving user experience. |
| US11337783B2 |
Dental machine tool
The invention relates to a dental machine tool, in particular a dental milling machine (10), having a tool (12) that is changeable in particular via a tool bank (16), and a workpiece holder (14) for receiving a workpiece such as a dental blank made of ceramic, composite or plastics material such as PMMA, and having a housing (24) which is closable during machining by the machine tool, and having a negative-pressure connection to the housing (24). At least one air nozzle (30) that is fitted on or in the housing (24) is directed towards the workpiece and/or the workpiece holder (14) and/or the tool (12) and/or the tool bank (16) and/or a pane of a front flap of the machine tool. Said air nozzle (30) is equipped with at least one electrode for generating an electric field in the region of the nozzle or in front of the latter, and at least one nozzle comprising at least one electrode is directed towards that side of the workpiece or of the workpiece holder (14) on which the tool (12) machines the workpiece. At least two electrodes of an ionizer extend in a spaced-apart manner over a substantial part of the housing (24), and as a result of the application of an in particular pulsating AC voltage provides spatial deionization of the air flowing through the housing (24) and/or deionization of the surfaces of the workpiece, workpiece holder (14), tool (12) and/or window (28) and of the chips produced by the machining operation. |
| US11337781B2 |
Production method for tooth replacement part and veneer structure
A method for producing a tooth replacement part to be secured on an implant, based on a 3D model of the tooth replacement part with a surface and with a continuous screw channel with an initial shape in the form of a cylindrical barrel, with a first and a second end, wherein a cross sectional area of the screw channel is designed to be constant and/or to increase in size towards the second end of the screw channel. A 3D model of an inlay with a jacket surface, an upper face and a lower face is generated. A part of the surface of the 3D model of the tooth replacement part that is cut out through the second end of the final shape of the screw channel is used as the upper face and the jacket surface is configured as a negative form of a part of the final shape of the screw channel that adjoins the second end. |
| US11337773B2 |
Dental apparatus
An apparatus assisting in dental procedure, comprising: a body adapted to be received with an oral cavity; an anchoring means for securing the body within the oral cavity such that it at least partially surrounds one or more teeth; a dental device located within the body and adapted to move in a plurality of planes relative to the one or more teeth; and a controller for controlling the dental device to move into a suitable position relative to the one or more teeth and once located in position carry out work on or about the one or more teeth. |
| US11337772B2 |
Implant for targeting therapeutic procedure
An implantable device has a body that is substantially rigid and has a predetermined shape. The body is further bioabsorbable and has a density less than or equal to about 1.03 g/cc. When the device is implanted in a resected cavity in soft tissue, it causes the cavity to conform to the predetermined shape. The implantable device is further imageable due to its density being less than that of soft tissue such that the boundaries of the tissue corresponding to the predetermined shape can be determined. |
| US11337767B2 |
Interlock mechanisms to disengage and engage a teleoperation mode
A method for engaging and disengaging a surgical instrument of a surgical robotic system comprising: receiving a plurality of interlock inputs from one or more interlock detection components of the surgical robotic system; determining, by one or more processors communicatively coupled to the interlock detection components, whether the plurality of interlock inputs indicate each of the following interlock requirements are satisfied: (1) a user is looking toward a display, (2) at least one or more user interface devices of the surgical robotic system are configured in a usable manner, and (3) a surgical workspace of the surgical robotic system is configured in a usable manner; in response to determining each of the interlock requirements are satisfied, transition the surgical robotic system into a teleoperation mode; and in response to determining less than all of the interlock requirements are satisfied, transition the surgical robotic system out of a teleoperation mode. |
| US11337765B2 |
Indicator for tool state and communication in multi-arm robotic telesurgery
Medical and/or robotic devices, systems and methods can provide an indicator associated with each manipulator assembly of a multi-arm telerobotic or telesurgical system. The exemplary indicator comprises a multi-color light emitting diode (LED) mounted to a manipulator moving an associated surgical instrument, allowing the indicator to display any of a wide variety of signals. The invention may provide an additional user interface to facilitate communications between the telesurgical system and/or members of a telesurgical team. |
| US11337760B2 |
Automated hip analysis methods and devices
Femoral version impacts the long-term functioning of the femoroacetabular joint. Accurate measurements of version are required for success in total hip arthroplasties and hip reconstructive surgeries. An automated algorithm is provided for identifying the major landmarks of the femur. These landmarks are then used to identify proximal axes and create a statistical shape model of the proximal femur. With six proximal axes selected, and 200 parameters (distances and angles between points) from the shape model measured, the best-fitting linear correlation is found. The difference between true version and version predicted by this model was 0.00°±5.13° with a maximum overestimation and underestimation of 11.80° and 15.35°, respectively. This model and its prediction of femoral version are a substantial improvement over pre-operative 2D or intra-operative visual estimation measures. Acetabular orientation is also determined by an automated algorithm using radii of curvature measurements. |
| US11337759B2 |
Laser device for dermocosmetic treatments and tracing kit
A laser device for dermocosmetic, medical, or aesthetic treatments, comprising: A) a laser system comprising a lamp-pumped source; B) an optical fibre transporting the laser beam produced by said source; C) a handpiece or a scanner connected to said optical fibre, comprising a lens and mirror system projecting the image of the laser beam onto the area to be treated; characterized in that said optical fibre has a rectangular section and said image is rectangular. A method of dermocosmetic laser treatment characterized by rectangular laser spots is also claimed.It is a further object of the present invention a tracing kit, which allows the marking of a surface area, preferably of biological tissue, with a fluorescent or photosensitive substance invisible to light. Such an invisible and fluorescent or photosensitive substance absorbs the electromagnetic radiation with the proper wavelength emitted by the illuminator and reflects it in the visible spectrum. |
| US11337756B2 |
Systems and methods for microwave ablation and measuring temperature during ablation
An exemplary microwave ablation system is provided. The system may use a switching antenna for both microwave heating of target tissue and microwave radiometry to monitor the temperature of the heated tissue to ensure that the desired temperatures are delivered to adequately treat the target tissue and achieve therapeutic goals. The system may integrate switching components into the switching antenna, which eliminates error from heating of the reference termination and heating of the electrical cables. |
| US11337754B2 |
Skin treatment apparatus utilising intense pulsed light (IPL)
The present invention relates to an apparatus for treating skin by means of intense pulsed light (IPL). Such apparatus may be used for the treatment of, for example, cosmetic purposes such as hair depilation or dermatological treatment of skin conditions such as acne or rosacea. The present invention provides an improved apparatus that can be used by a non-medical practitioner and comprises a light source comprising a light emitting element for transmitting light energy to the skin and a charge storage device for discharging an energy dose to the light emitting element. There is further provided at least one sensor for measuring a parameter of the skin and a control system configured to determine the treatment energy dose to be delivered. This treatment energy dose is de-rived using the sensor measurement and means of reduction in unwanted time delay associated with charging or discharging of the charge storage device in sole dependence on the current or most recently measured skin parameter. |
| US11337753B2 |
Tissue cutting systems and methods
The disclosure provides various embodiments of systems to facilitate the cutting of luminal tissue structures percutaneously. |
| US11337751B2 |
Electrosurgical instrument
An electrosurgical instrument used in electrosurgery, and includes a handpiece to be gripped by a user and provided with an accommodation space therein; a cable coupled to a rear end of the handpiece so as to transmit electrical energy; a conductive electrode, at least a portion of which protrudes toward a front side of the handpiece and which is configured to move in a front-rear direction relative to the handpiece; and a connecting body provided in the accommodation space and including a conductor electrically connecting the cable and the conductive electrode to each other, and a film formed of a non-conductive material and bonded to opposite sides of the conductor so as to shield the conductor, wherein at least a portion of the connecting body is formed of a Flexible Printed Circuit Board (FPCB) and is formed in a spiral or helical shape such that the total length of the connecting body is variable in the front-rear direction. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to provide an electrosurgical instrument in which, since the connecting body is provided, an electrically stable coupling state can be ensured and the conductive electrode can be moved smoothly when the conductive electrode is moved in the front-rear direction relative to the handpiece or is rotated. |
| US11337748B2 |
Device for mapping and ablating renal nerves distributed on the renal artery
This invention provides a device for mapping and ablating the renal nerves distributed on renal artery, having a guide catheter, a mapping-ablation catheter, a handle and a connector. The guide catheter has at least one lumen and a distal end with adjustable curvature. The mapping-ablation catheter is housed in one of the lumens of the guide catheter and its distal end has one or more electrodes and one or more detecting devices. The distal end of the mapping-ablation catheter is curved, rotatable, and can be extended out of or retracted into the guide catheter. The handle connects the guide catheter and mapping-ablation catheter, and has one or more controlling components for controlling the movement of the guide catheter and mapping-ablation catheter. The connector is designed to supply energy to the electrodes. |
| US11337746B2 |
Smart blade and power pulsing
An ultrasonic device may include an electromechanical ultrasonic system defined by a predetermined resonant frequency, the electromechanical ultrasonic system including an ultrasonic transducer coupled to an ultrasonic blade. A method of controlling energy delivered to the ultrasonic device may include determining an impedance of the ultrasonic transducer during a transection process, analyzing the impedance of the ultrasonic transducer, profiling the ultrasonic blade based on the impedance, and adjusting a power delivered to the transducer during the transection process based on the profile of the blade. The method may further include pulsing, the power delivered to the ultrasonic transducer, determining changes in tissue characteristics of tissue located in an end effector, wherein the changes in tissue characteristics is determined between pulses, and adjusting power delivered to the ultrasonic transducer based on the tissue changes throughout the transection. An ultrasonic instrument may include components configured to effect the method. |
| US11337742B2 |
Compliant orthopedic driver
Embodiments of a compliant orthopedic driver are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, compliant orthopedic driver includes a body extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a driver axis; a driver tip disposed at the distal end of the body, wherein the body includes at least one compliant portion configured to allow the driver flex about at least two axes transverse to the driver axis. |
| US11337738B2 |
Variable angle orthopedic fasteners for fixation of an orthopedic implant
Systems for variable angle insertion of surgical fasteners relative to an orthopedic plate with locking of the surgical fastener relative to the plate upon insertion. The systems may include a pivot member secured relative to either the orthopedic plate or the fastener. In either regard, the pivot member may provide locking engagement with the plate to lockingly engage the fastener relative to the plate. |
| US11337734B2 |
Posterior spinal fixation screws
The present disclosure includes bone screws and assemblies thereof for surgical procedures of the spine including but not limited to posterior spinal fixation procedures. |
| US11337733B2 |
Derotation apparatus for treating spinal irregularities
Treatment of spinal irregularities, including, in one or more embodiments, derotation apparatus and systems that can be used to reduce the rotation of vertebral bodies. Derotation apparatus that may comprise a tube assembly comprising an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve disposed over the inner sleeve. The inner sleeve may have a distal end for attachment to an implant. The tube assembly may further comprise a handle assembly. The tube assembly may further comprise a ball joint assembly disposed between the tube assembly and the handle assembly. The ball joint assembly may comprise a ball joint configured for attachment to a coupling rod. The ball joint assembly further may comprise a reducing extension below the ball joint, the reducing extension being sized to fit in a central bore of the inner sleeve. Orthopedic fixation devices comprising a ball joint are also disclosed. |
| US11337731B1 |
Lube distribution apparatus for use with sperm collection device
A lube distribution apparatus for use in connection with a sperm collection device is provided and configured to be installed on the sperm collection device in lieu of the end cap. The lube distribution apparatus comprising a main body having a cylindrical opening at a first end thereof, the cylindrical opening having means for engaging an open end of the sperm collection device. A lubricant reservoir is located within the main body of the lube distribution device for housing lubricant to be used in the sperm collection device. Injection means are provided for injecting lubricant from the lubricant reservoir into the sperm collection device. The lube distribution apparatus may further include an end cap removably affixed to a second end of the main body and enclosing the lubricant reservoir. A vent for allowing outside air to enter the lubricant reservoir during actuation of the injection means may also be provided. The vent may be located in the end cap or, alternatively, directly in the main body of the lube distribution device. |
| US11337725B2 |
Handpieces for tissue treatment
A dermatological skin treatment device is provided. The device comprises a handpiece and a cutting tool, wherein the tool is inserted through the conduit and percutaneously inserted into a tissue disposed within a recessed area of the handpiece. The device and method cut the fibrous structures under the skin that cause cellulite at an angle substantially parallel to the surface of the skin and replace these structures with a non-cellulite forming structure by deploying a highly fibrous mesh through a single needle hole to create a highly fibrous layer directly or through wound healing processes. |
| US11337723B2 |
Apparatus and methods for maintaining a force upon tissue using a loop member
The present embodiments provide apparatus and methods for treating tissue by applying a force to the tissue. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a deployable segment having proximal and distal regions, a main body extending therebetween, and a loop member formed at the distal region of the deployable segment. A cannula having a bore is dimensioned to circumferentially surround at least a portion of the main body at a location proximal to the loop member, and a spring member is disposed between the cannula and the loop member. The proximal end of the spring member is affixed to the cannula, and the distal end of the spring member is movable to apply a compressive force to adjust the size of the opening of the loop member and compress tissue disposed within the opening of the loop member. In an alternative embodiment, the cannula is omitted, and a diameter of the loop member is configured to be reduced and increased any number of times before final deployment of the deployable segment. |
| US11337718B2 |
System and method for controlling an ultrasonic tool
Systems (10) and methods (12) of controlling an ultrasonic surgical tool (20) with a console (22) are provided. A first drive signal (40) is applied to the ultrasonic surgical tool (20). A characteristic of a harmonic signal (44) resulting from application of the first drive signal (40) to the ultrasonic surgical tool (20) is acquired. A cancellation signal (70) is generated based on the characteristic of the harmonic signal (44). The first drive signal (40) and the cancellation signal (70) are combined to produce a second drive signal (80) that is sinusoidal. The second drive signal (80) is applied to the ultrasonic surgical tool (20) such that presence of the harmonic signal (44) resulting from application of the second drive signal (80) is reduced relative to presence of the harmonic signal (44) resulting from application of the first drive signal (40). |
| US11337713B2 |
Shock wave electrodes
Disclosed herein shock wave catheters comprising one or more shock wave electrodes for cracking calcifications located within blood vessels. In some variations, a shock wave catheter has first and second shock wave electrodes each circumferentially disposed over the outer surface of the catheter. In certain variations, the first electrode has a recess and the second electrode has a protrusion that is received by the recess and a spark gap is located along the separation between the recess and the protrusion. The second electrode can also have a recess that receives a protrusion from a third shock wave electrode, where the separation between the second and third electrodes along the separation between the recess and the protrusion forms a second spark gap. A shock wave can be initiated across these spark gaps when a voltage is applied over the electrodes. |
| US11337708B2 |
Packing coil
An occlusion device formed of a microcoil having a three-dimensional relaxed state employing open looped portions interposed between closed loop portions. Planes defined by sequentially formed open looped and closed loop portions are neither coincident nor parallel to one another. |
| US11337705B2 |
Polymeric electrospun embolization device and methods of use
An embolization device may include a fiber section having a plurality of polymeric electrospun fibers and, optionally, a contrast agent. An embolization device may further include a plurality of fiber sections, wherein each fiber section is separated by a linker. A method of deploying such an embolization device may include inserting the embolization device into a vessel. The method may further include applying an electrical current to one or more of the linkers, applying electrothermal heat to at least a portion of the device, or applying force to at least a portion of a delivery vehicle for the device. A method of manufacturing the device may include electrospinning a fiber section, and processing the fiber section by straining, twisting, heating, or shaping it. |
| US11337704B2 |
Tool for treating excised end of body organ
This tool is for treating an excised end of a body organ and is provided with: a long and thin, flexible first band section having a distal end and a proximal end that are made of a biodegradable-absorptive polymer; a long and thin, flexible second band section having a distal end and a proximal end that are made of a biodegradable-absorptive polymer; and a first locking section having a first ratchet claw made of a biodegradable-absorptive polymer, wherein the first locking section is formed at the distal end of the second band section, the distal end of the first band section and the proximal end of the second band section are joined together, at least one ratchet tooth that is capable of meshing with the first ratchet claw is formed on the external surface of the first band section, and the engagement of the ratchet tooth with the first ratchet claw forms a flattened ring which is used to bind a body organ so as to ligate a tube or cavity that opens at an excised end of the body organ. |
| US11337700B2 |
Subcutaneous tissue device
A medical device and methods for hemostasis in a living body are disclosed. The medical device including a base configured to arranged on an upper surface of the tissue in the living body; a plurality of levers, each of the plurality of levers having a needle arranged on a lower surface thereof and configured to puncture the tissue in the living body, and wherein the plurality of lever are configured to be received with a slot or track of the base; and at least one tie, the at least one tie configured to hold together the plurality levers and needles upon compressing the tissue in the living body upon moving the plurality of levers inward in the slot or track of the base. |
| US11337697B2 |
Adapter with centering mechanism for articulation joint
A joint assembly of an adapter defines a first longitudinal axis and includes first and second hinges, first and second rings, a joint cover, and a biasing mechanism. The joint cover has first and second cover portions. The first ring is pivotally coupled to the first hinge and the first cover portion is pivotally coupled to the first hinge to define a first joint center. The second ring is pivotally coupled to the second cover portion and the second hinge is pivotally coupled to the second ring to define a second joint center that is spaced from the first joint center. The first and second joint centers define a cover axis of the joint cover. The biasing mechanism is engaged with the first ring and the joint cover to bias the joint cover towards an aligned configuration in which the cover axis is aligned with the first longitudinal axis. |
| US11337694B2 |
Surgical cutting and stapling end effector with anvil concentric drive member
A surgical end effector for use with a surgical instrument that includes an elongate shaft assembly that includes a rotary output drive shaft is disclosed. An elongate channel is attached to the elongate shaft assembly. An anvil frame that comprises a proximal end and a distal end is selectively movable between open and closed positions relative to the elongate channel. An anvil concentric drive member is rotatably supported by the anvil frame and is configured to receive rotary drive motions from the rotary output drive shaft of the surgical instrument when the anvil frame is in the closed position. A firing member is in driving engagement with the anvil concentric drive member for linear travel through the end effector. |
| US11337692B2 |
Apparatus for endoscopic procedures
A surgical stapling apparatus includes a handle assembly, a shaft assembly extending distally from the handle assembly, and an end effector selectively detachable from the shaft assembly. The end effector includes a first jaw member and a second jaw member. The first jaw member supports a lever that is pivotally movable relative to the first jaw member between an extended position and a retracted position. The lever is in contact with a leaf spring to spring bias the lever to the extended position. The second jaw member supports a drive beam that is selectively engagable with the lever to facilitate a pivotal movement of the second jaw member relative to the first jaw member between an unapproximated state and an approximated state. |
| US11337690B2 |
Offset jaw suturing device, system, and methods
Improved medical suturing devices, systems, and methods for maintaining a position and orientation of a suture needle at a fixed location relative to a suturing device. An exemplary device include a clamp having opposing grasping surfaces for grasping the needle at a first location, and a needle contacting surface for contacting the needle at a second location, the second location a distance axially away from the first location so as to inhibit unintended movement of the needle relative to the device, which may include rotation of the needle about the first location and rotation of the needle about its axis. In many embodiments, the device includes a first and second clamp and a mechanism for alternating grasping of the needle between the first and second clamp. The device may also be incorporated into a single-clamp needle grasping device. |
| US11337687B2 |
Double row collapsible suture construct
Tissue fixation and repair constructs and methods of repair using the same are provided. An exemplary tissue fixation and repair construct can include a first implantable anchor coupled to a suture having a fixed tail and a tensioning tail. The fixed tail can include an overhand knot located distally adjacent to the finger trap, such that the overhand knot substantially abuts the finger trap when adjacent thereto, a fixed stopper knot configured to prevent further movement of the fixed tail through a second implantable anchor when the second implantable anchor is placed onto the suture, and a finger trap. The tensioning tail can be passed through the finger trap and overhand knot, and can be used to adjust the tension of the tissue fixation and repair construct when the first implantable anchor and the second implantable anchor are inserted into bone. |
| US11337685B2 |
Transcatheter anchoring assembly for a mitral valve, a mitral valve, and related methods
A medical assembly implanting a transcatheter heart valve in the heart at a valve deployment site and related methods of implantation and delivery. An anchor is endovascularly introduced into the heart and implanted to a cardiac wall with an anchor delivery system and delivery cable. A second delivery system introduces a tether which coupled to the implanted anchor and a transcatheter heart valve. The transcatheter heart valve includes either a top or bottom brim which is positioned to conform to the atrial floor at the deployment site. |
| US11337682B2 |
Biopsy device having a linear motor
A biopsy device includes a device housing, a linear motor, and a controller circuit. The controller circuit has a processor circuit, a first feedback circuit, and a second feedback circuit. The first feedback circuit and the second feedback circuit operate simultaneously. The processor circuit executes program instructions to control an axial advancement of the distal end of the linear motor shaft in accordance with a linear motor shaft advancement profile based on first control signals received from at least one drive characteristic sensor of the first feedback circuit, and executes program instructions to keep the distal end of the linear motor shaft at a constant axial position, as offset by the position indicated by the linear motor shaft advancement profile, based on second control signals received from the housing position detector of the second feedback circuit so as to compensate for user movement of the device housing. |
| US11337680B2 |
Integrated device for faeces sampling and occult blood detection
Disclosed is an integrated device for faeces sampling and occult blood detection, which has functions of quantitative collection, dissolution, filtration, detection with immune test strips of the faecal sample, and is convenient to carry and operate, and the device does not leak any liquid during storage, transportation and detection. The device can accurately collect a constant sample with no pollution and leakage, and can quickly determine results of occult blood without the aid of other items. The device can detect faecal occult blood at any time and at any place, can help to overcome the problem of low rate of inspection due to the inconvenience of faeces submission and inspection, further promote the detection of faecal occult blood, and can improve the early diagnosis and screening rate of colorectal cancer of the population. |
| US11337669B2 |
Automatic positioning of an X-ray source by way of segmentation
At least one example embodiment provides a method for automatic positioning of an X-ray source of a medical X-ray system with a mobile X-ray detector. The method includes determining an examination region of the examination object, acquiring a position and a location of the examination object and the examination region by way of an optical position determining system, localizing the examination region, ascertaining a field point of the central ray of the X-ray source and a collimator size of the X-ray source based on the localized examination region, and automatic positioning of the X-ray source based on the field point and the collimator size. |
| US11337667B2 |
Systems and methods for determining rotation angles
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for determining rotation angles. The systems may perform the methods to: obtain a rotation speed of a radioactive scanning source in a CT scanner; obtain a plurality of original projection acquisition times corresponding to a plurality of projection samples, the plurality of projection samples being associated with rotation of the radioactive scanning source; determine a plurality of original rotation angles corresponding to the plurality of projection samples based on the plurality of original projection acquisition times and the rotation speed of the radioactive scanning source; and determine a plurality of modified rotation angles corresponding to the plurality of projection samples by modifying the plurality of original rotation angles. |
| US11337666B2 |
X-ray fluoroscopic imaging apparatus
An X-ray fluoroscopic imaging apparatus includes an operation element that includes a motion axis selection switch and a plurality of direction switches; and a control element that controls a shifting of a relative location between an imaging element and a table relative to a motion-axis by the motion-axis selection switch to a shiftable predetermined motion-axis mode. |
| US11337664B2 |
Barrier-contained radiological sensor holder
The present invention is an improved barrier-contained radiological sensor holder. In particular, the present invention is directed to radiological sensor holder contained in a barrier to reduce or prevent contamination. The radiological sensor holder preferably comprises a sensor holder at least partly contained within a barrier having a closed end and an open end. The barrier preferably comprises elastomer latex material and the sensor holder preferably comprises a polymer-based material with a treated surface or material characteristics amenable to anchorage of the elastomer. Alternatively, the holder is a wood pulp-based material with naturally coarse or irregular surface characteristics providing anchorage infusion of the elastomer. The sensor holder preferably has a sleeve with a base, first and second sides, and an opposing face and a bite wing integrally formed with the sleeve along a spine on the base. The sensor holder may alternately include an expansion slot along the opposing face. |
| US11337663B2 |
Rapid filtration methods for dual-energy X-ray CT
Systems and method for performing X-ray computed tomography (CT) that can improve spectral separation and decrease motion artifacts without increasing radiation dose are provided. The systems and method can be used with either a kVp-switching source or a single-kVp source. When used with a kVp-switching source, an absorption grating and a filter grating can be disposed between the X-ray source and the sample to be imaged. Relative motion of the filter and absorption gratings can by synchronized to the kVp switching frequency of the X-ray source. When used with a single-kVp source, a combination of absorption and filter gratings can be used and can be driven in an oscillation movement that is optimized for a single-kVp X-ray source. With a single-kVp source, the absorption grating can also be omitted and the filter grating can remain stationary. |
| US11337662B2 |
Extra oral dental imaging apparatus with patient positioning accessory detection
Certain exemplary method and/or apparatus embodiments herein can include—a support frame, —a movable gantry that supports an x-ray source and an x-ray sensor in correspondence with the x-ray source and that is movable relative to the support frame, —a patient positioning accessory support member configured to support a patient positioning accessory of a specific type that is adapted to be used in the apparatus for conducting a specific examination on a patient, where the patient positioning accessory comprises at least one passive identification element that identifies the specific type of the patient positioning accessory, and the apparatus further comprises an active identification system that is configured to cooperate with the at least one passive identification element of the patient positioning accessory in order to identify the specific type of the patient positioning accessory. |
| US11337647B2 |
Quantification of in vivo metabolite
A magnetic resonance pulse sequence technique may acquire a water reference spectrum and two water suppressed metabolite spectra and with frequency selective inversion pulse centered at either single frequency, at multiple frequencies, or in a single acquisition. Subtraction of the inverted from non-inverted water suppressed metabolite spectrum results in single or a combination of specific metabolite peak/peaks alone with a flat baseline for easier quantification. |
| US11337643B2 |
Machine learning systems and techniques for multispectral amputation site analysis
Certain aspects relate to apparatuses and techniques for non-invasive and non-contact optical imaging that acquires a plurality of images corresponding to both different times and different frequencies. Additionally, alternatives described herein are used with a variety of tissue classification applications including assessing the presence and severity of tissue conditions, such as necrosis and small vessel disease, at a potential or determined amputation site. |
| US11337641B2 |
Hardness meter and method having hardness estimation portion that estimates hardness of measurement object based on alternating current component
The objective of the present invention is to provide a hardness meter which estimates hardness in a stable manner regardless of a compression strength. Disclosed is a hardness meter characterized in being provided with: a movable portion which is continuously pressed against an object to be measured; a sensor which outputs an output signal reflecting a reaction force at a part of the object to be measured that is in contact with the movable portion; a motive force mechanism that causes the movable portion to perform a piston motion; and a hardness estimating portion which estimates the hardness of the object to be measured on the basis of an alternating current component of the output signal, generated by the piston motion of the movable portion. |
| US11337636B2 |
Cardiac electrical signal gross morphology-based noise detection for rejection of ventricular tachyarrhythmia detection
A medical device system, such as an extra-cardiovascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator ICD, senses R-waves from a first cardiac electrical signal by a first sensing channel and stores a time segment of a second cardiac electrical signal in response to each sensed R-wave. The medical device system determines a morphology parameter correlated to signal noise from time segments of the second cardiac electrical signal, detects a noisy signal segment based on the signal morphology parameter; and withholds detection of a tachyarrhythmia episode in response to detecting a threshold number of noisy signal segments. |
| US11337632B2 |
Electrical components for physiological monitoring device
The present disclosure relates to a device configured to be adhered to the surface of a mammal for recording physiological signals. The device may include a housing enclosing a circuit board and a flexible wing extending from the housing. The device may include an electrode coupled to the flexible wing and an electrical trace for transmitting an electrical signal between the electrode and the circuit board. The electrical trace may have an insulator with a conductive material and resistors printed on the surface of the insulator. The trace layer may include conductive vias for transmitting the signal from a bottom of the trace layer to a top of the trace layer. The housing may include a battery having a battery terminal connector configured to provide electrical access to both terminals on a single side of the battery. The housing may include a floating trigger button. |
| US11337629B2 |
Renal function analysis method and apparatus
A method for measuring a glomerular filtration rate in a mammalian kidney comprises a source of reporter and marker fluorescent molecules. The fluorescent molecules are introduced into the blood stream of a mammalian subject. Over a period of time, a measurement of the intensities of the reporter and marker fluorescent molecules is taken. A ratio is calculated to determine the health of the subject's kidney. This method measures volume of plasma distribution based on a fluorescence of a marker molecule relative to a fluorescence of a reporter molecule. |
| US11337628B2 |
Syringe-based delivery device for a vascular access instrument
A delivery device for delivering an instrument into a catheter assembly may include a syringe having a barrel and a plunger movable within the barrel. In response to depression of the plunger within the barrel, an instrument may be advanced distally. The instrument may include a catheter, a probe, a light tube for disinfection, or another suitable instrument. In response to depression of the plunger within the barrel, a distal end of the instrument may move through a catheter assembly coupled to the delivery device and into vasculature of a patient. |
| US11337624B2 |
Concentration measurement device and concentration measurement method
A concentration measurement apparatus includes a probe being attached to a head and having a light source for outputting measurement light and a photodetection unit for generating a detection signal according to an intensity of incident light, a calculation unit for performing a calculation of a hemoglobin concentration-related numerical value in the head which varies due to repetition of chest compression on the basis of the detection signal according to the intensity of the measurement light propagated through the inside of the head, and an instruction unit for instructing the calculation unit to start the calculation. The photodetection unit continuously generates the detection signal before the calculation start in the calculation unit. The instruction unit determines the calculation start on the basis of the detection signal. |
| US11337621B2 |
Lactate working threshold-estimating device and lactate working threshold-estimating method
A lactate working threshold-estimating device includes: an acquiring unit configured to acquire information on a gait of a person whose lactate working threshold value is to be estimated from a sensor installed on the person; and an estimating unit configured to estimate the lactate working threshold value of the person on the basis of the acquired information. |
| US11337617B2 |
Processing of electrophysiological signals
In an embodiment, PhotoPlethysmoGraphy (PPG) signals are processed by detecting peaks and valleys in the PPG signal, segmenting the PPG signal to provide a time series of PPG waveforms located between two subsequent valleys in the PPG signal, applying to the waveforms in the time series pattern recognition with respect to a reference PPG waveform pattern produced based on a mathematical model of the PPG signal by assigning to the waveforms in the time series a recognition score. A resulting PPG signal is produced by retaining the waveforms in the time series having an assigned recognition score reaching a recognition threshold, and discarding the waveforms in the time series having an assigned recognition score failing to reach the recognition threshold. |
| US11337610B2 |
Temperature measurement in thermal therapy
A method, system and article of manufacture is disclosed. The method includes providing a spatial navigator outside of a thermal therapy region; receiving a plurality of analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) readouts from an MRI device at a plurality of time points, wherein the ADC readouts comprise a first ADC readout acquired at a first time point, and one or more additional ADC readouts acquired at subsequent time points; processing the ADC readouts to obtain a frequency of the spatial navigator at each of the time points; obtaining a main magnetic field (B0) drift of the MRI device based on the frequency of the spatial navigator at a particular time point and the frequency of the spatial navigator at the first time point; and obtaining the temperature change at the particular time point based on the B0 drift. |
| US11337608B2 |
Confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope
A confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope (cSLO) includes an illumination module, an acquisition module, a scanning element and an imaging lens group. With the scanning element at the nominal position and the illumination beam passing through the centers of the lenses, by controlling the deviation angle between the incident marginal rays and the reflected rays on each surface of the lenses in the illumination path to no less than 0.5 degree. |
| US11337607B2 |
Ophthalmic imaging apparatus and system
An ophthalmic imaging apparatus comprising: an illumination light source and an optical assembly for directing light from the light source into an eye of a subject; a photosensor array comprising a plurality of photosensors positioned for acquiring images of portions of a fundus of the eye; an objective lens positioned along an imaging axis intersecting a point on the fundus of the eye wherein the objective lens is positioned for refracting light that has been reflected by the fundus to form an image of the fund us on an image plane of the objective lens such that the image plane is positioned away from the photosensor array; and a microlens array comprising a plurality of microlenses wherein the microlens array is spaced away from and positioned behind the image plane and wherein the microlens array is positioned in between the image plane and the photosensor array such that each microlens in the array projects a different view of the image formed at the image plane thereby forming an array of elemental images on the photosensor array. |
| US11337604B2 |
In vivo object identification, counting, and imaging based on light backscattered from a plane behind the object
A method to image an in vivo object in an eye includes illuminating an object in the eye by a light source; configuring one or more detectors to receive light from a conjugate plane behind a confocal plane of the object, the conjugate plane acting as a light screen; receiving at the one or more detectors a backscattered light from the light source which has been refracted at least in part by the object before being backscattered from the light screen to provide a detector data; and processing the detector data over a time period by a computer to generate information about the object. |
| US11337600B2 |
Endoscope
An endoscope (1) having a heating device (7) with at least one stiffened area (9, 10, 27) on a printed circuit board (8). At least one heating element (11) of the heating device is arranged in the stiffened area (9, 10, 27), and the heating device (7) is laid flat, from the outside, on a metallic head part (4) at the distal end (3) of the endoscope. |
| US11337593B2 |
Endoscope apparatus and video processor
An endoscope apparatus includes a light emitting element, an image pickup device of a rolling shutter scheme, and a control section. The control section performs control for switching between a first illumination mode for irradiating light on a subject in a readout period in which readout of an electric signal is performed in order for each of lines in the image pickup device and a second illumination mode for not irradiating light on the subject in the readout period. The control section controls the image pickup device to perform electronic shutter processing in all-line exposure period in which exposure of a plurality of lines is simultaneously performed in a frame corresponding to timing when one of the first illumination mode and the second illumination mode is switched to the other illumination mode. |
| US11337589B2 |
Bending operation device and endoscope
A bending operation device includes a bending operation lever, a wire pulling member, bending operation wires, and tubular members. The bending operation lever is tiltably supported to have an angle with respect to a longitudinal direction of an operation unit of an endoscope. The wire pulling member includes arm portions displaced in conjunction with tilt motion of the bending operation lever. The bending operation wires are connected to the arm portions. The bending operation wires cause bending motion of a bendable part disposed in an insertion section of the endoscope. A respective one of bending operation wires is inserted in each of the tubular members. The tubular members (i) change extension directions of the plurality of bending operation wires and (ii) guide the plurality of bending operation wires to the plurality of arm portions. |
| US11337587B2 |
Medical over-tube, and medical device adapter having moving member and medical system having such medical over-tube
A medical system includes a medical device, an over-tube, and a console. The medical device includes an insertion portion. The over-tube is configured to receive the insertion portion. A console having a first connector is attached to the medical device and a second connector is attached to the over-tube. The over-tube has a tubular main body and a proximal-end portion. The proximal-end portion comprises a tubular member having an insertion port for receiving the insertion portion of the medical device therethrough. A base portion is coupled to the second connector and a moving mechanism is coupled to both the tubular member and the base portion. The moving mechanism is configured to cause the tubular member to move with respect to the second connector such that the tubular member has two or more degrees of freedom with respect to the second connector. |
| US11337584B2 |
Shoe bottom cleansing apparatus
The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus, system and method for efficiently and rapidly cleaning the bottom of a shoe. The system includes a base having a plurality of alternating, complementary shaped cleansing portions separated by grooves. The configuration of the cleansing portions provides for a sturdy and efficient device for cleaning the bottom of a shoe. |
| US11337583B2 |
Dishwasher with a low-profile rack
A dishwasher with a tub that at least partially defines a treating chamber with an access opening, a closure moveable relative to the tub to selectively open and close the access opening, a lower dish holder located within the treating chamber, a middle dish holder located within the treating chamber above the lower dish holder, and an upper dish holder located within the treating chamber above the middle dish holder and having container supports defining a support surface. |
| US11337581B2 |
Household appliance having at least one movable door or panel
A dishwasher, in particular a domestic dishwasher, includes a dishwasher cavity for receiving an item to be washed. A door or flap is configured to close the dishwasher cavity and movable between an open and a closed position. Associated to the door or flap is a two-stage or multi-stage safety catch for transition between an open and a closed state of the door or flap. A device is provided to capture whether the door or flap is closed or open and to detect a traversal of the two-stage or multi-stage safety catch. |
| US11337575B2 |
Filter assembly and floor cleaner
The present disclosure provides a floor cleaner that includes a replaceable component, such as a brushroll or a filter. The floor cleaner has a detection mechanism comprising a magnet on the replaceable component and a Hall Effect sensor positioned to detect the permanent magnet when the replaceable component is correctly installed on the floor cleaner. Operation of one or more electrically-powered components of the floor cleaner is prevented when the permanent magnet is not detected by the Hall Effect sensor. |
| US11337573B2 |
Cleaning apparatus having vacuum cleaner and docking station
A cleaning apparatus including a vacuum cleaner and a docking station is provided. The cleaning apparatus includes a vacuum cleaner including a dust collecting chamber in which foreign substances are collected, and a docking station configured to be connected to the dust collecting chamber to remove the foreign substances collected in the dust collecting chamber. The dust collecting chamber is configured to collect foreign substances through centrifugation, and configured to be docked to the docking station, and the docking station includes a suction device configured to suction the foreign substances and air in the dust collecting chamber docked to the docking station. |
| US11337571B2 |
Vacuum cleaner
A surface cleaning apparatus includes a base unit configured to be moved over a surface to be cleaned, an upper unit coupled with the base unit, and a handle coupled with the upper unit and moveable between a folded position and an upright position. |
| US11337568B1 |
Toilet paper roll holder
The present invention is a toilet paper roll holder that includes a pair of elongate arms, a vertical support, and a base member. Each of the elongate arms has a first surface. The first surface corresponding to each of the elongate arms are curved to have a roll of toilet paper positioned thereon. Each of the elongate arms has a second surface. The second surface corresponding to each of the elongate arms are biased inwardly therein. The second surface corresponding to each of the elongate arms face each other. Each of the elongate arms is secured to the vertical support. The vertical support is positioned between the elongate arms. The vertical support has the elongate arms being spaced apart from each other providing tension to the elongate arms to retain the roll of toilet paper. The base member has a top surface and a peripheral edge. The vertical support is secured to the top surface of the base member. Each of the elongate arms, the vertical support, and the base member are formed from a rigid or a semi-rigid material. |
| US11337567B2 |
Dispenser with mechanical transfer and method
A dispenser for dispensing a roll of material is disclosed. The dispenser includes a rear housing and an openable cover. The rear-housing includes a roll transfer apparatus for transferring the roll of material from a first dispensing position to a second dispensing position. The roll transfer apparatus includes a transfer arm engaged with a transfer disk and a transfer latch capable of engaging and disengaging the transfer disk to facilitate movement of the roll of material from a first dispensing position to a second dispensing position. Also disclosed are methods for replacing a roll of material in a dispenser. |
| US11337566B2 |
Toilet paper
Toilet paper includes at least two sheets on which embossments are formed and that are joined together in a nested manner. The area of a top part of an embossed protrusion of each of the embossments is between 0.8 mm2 and 1.5 mm2, and the area percentage of top parts of embossed protrusions of the embossments is between 5% and 10%. |
| US11337565B1 |
Marking device
A selectively attachable marking device for permitting a user to distinguish between multiple articles which otherwise look the same or similar, particularly textile articles such as bath linens, bed linens, or table linens. The device has a clip-like structure, and may be preferably provided with retaining ribs to resist undesired slippage of the device off an edge of the textile article with which it is used. |
| US11337563B2 |
Two-piece foam piston pump
A piston pump for dispensing fluid from a reservoir, an improved vacuum relief arrangement in which a passageway for flow of air from the atmosphere into the reservoir is provided at least in part through a piston-forming element of the piston pump. |
| US11337561B2 |
Nozzles useful for shower systems
A shower nozzle assembly includes a shower nozzle, a nozzle attachment, and a bayonet connector. The shower nozzle has a water inlet opening and a water outlet part spaced from the water inlet opening, with the water outlet opening being configured to direct a flow of water out of the shower nozzle. The nozzle attachment has a through bore configured to receive the water outlet part therein. The bayonet connection is operative to secure the nozzle attachment to the shower nozzle, and includes a radial projection and a female bayonet receptor part configured to receive the radial projection therein to secure the shower nozzle to the nozzle attachment. |
| US11337560B2 |
Shower caddy
A shower caddy for attachment to an associated outer enclosure panel or door of an associated shower or tub enclosure includes a body and an attachment mechanism mounted on an end portion of the body. The attachment mechanism has at least one movable mounting arm. The attachment mechanism is configured such that downward movement of the body relative to the attachment mechanism by force of gravity moves the at least one mounting arm from a rest position toward an engagement position where the at least one mounting arm is engageable with the associated outer enclosure panel or door. |
| US11337559B2 |
Removable handles system
A removable handle assembly for a container having a side wall includes a container handle, a first removable handle and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism is coupled to the first removable handle and automatically secures the first removable handle to the container handle. The locking mechanism includes a catch coupled to a rotatable shaft. The catch pivots with rotation of the shaft between a locked position and an unlocked position. When in the locked position, the at least one catch is positioned under a part of the container handle to deter wobbling or relative movement between the container handle and the first removable handle when the container handle is fixedly attached to a container. |
| US11337558B1 |
Meals preparation machine
A meals preparation machine and a method for preparing meals, using a meals preparation machine, configured to: receive a meal package (MP) into the meals preparation machine, the MP having an identifier thereover; detect one or more characteristics of the identifier of the received MP, using at least one sensor, outputting sensor data indicative of the detected one or more characteristics; identify a meal preparation code of the respective MP, based on the sensor data; retrieve a meal preparation plan that is associated with the identified meal preparation code of the respective MP; and control preparation of a meal of the respective MP, based on the retrieved meal preparation plan. |
| US11337557B2 |
Air circulation and ventilation apparatus for food processing machine
An air circulation and ventilation apparatus for a food processing machine (70), and the air circulation and ventilation apparatus comprises: a motor (10) and a fan (30), in which the motor (10) is used for driving an agitating or pulverizing assembly and is arranged within a base of the machine, and a body (60) of the machine is disposed outside the base, and the gap between the body (60) and the outer side wall of the base forms an air inlet passage; the fan (30) is equipped with a driving motor and is arranged within the base, and under the effect of the fan (30), airflow enters the air inlet passage by means of an air inlet port (22) on the base and flows through the motor (10) within the base and is discharged from an outlet port (23) on the base. By independently and separately providing the motor (10) for driving the agitating or pulverizing assembly of the food processing machine (70) and the fan (30) for ventilation, the load on the motor (10) and the vibration of the food processing machine (70) maybe be reduced, while also reducing noise; the fan (30) drives the operation thereof, and can independently adjust the rotational speed thereof according to ventilation needs, thus preventing waste of resources; further, when an operation problem occurs with the motor (10), the motor (10) may be effectively cooled down, thus maintaining good heat-dissipation efficiency, thereby prolonging the service life of the food processing machine (70). |
| US11337554B1 |
Apparatus for accelerating heat transfer on flat griddles and methods for using such apparatus
Toasting apparatus for preparing food products, e.g., buns, are provided for a griddle including a flat griddle surface onto which food products may be placed for cooking, as well as methods for using such apparatus. The apparatus includes a rigid frame movable between a raised position to place food products on or remove food products from the griddle surface and a lowered position wherein a lower surface of the frame is positioned above the griddle surface. The frame includes a plurality of flexible members, e.g., elongate strips, including intermediate regions extending from the lower surface to contact food products on the griddle surface such that the flexible members conform to shapes of food products placed on the griddle surface when the frame is placed in the lowered position to apply pressure to the food products. |
| US11337551B2 |
Heating element assembly for cooking apparatus
A belt cooking apparatus (10) includes a lower frame structure (12) and an upper frame structure (14) in registry with the lower frame structure. A lower cooking conveyor belt (16) is supported by the lower frame structure (12) and correspondingly an upper conveyor belt (18) is supported by the upper frame structure (14). Heating element assemblies (20) are mounted on the lower frame structure (12) just below the lower cooking belt (16) as well as on the upper frame structure (14) just above the upper cooking belt (18). Food products are cooked while positioned between the upper and lower moving cooking conveyor belts (16) and (18) by heat generated by the heating element assemblies (20) while being advanced by the conveyor belts. |
| US11337544B1 |
Single brew system
A single brew system includes a kettle base and a platform is attached to the kettle base. The platform is adapted to receive and retain a kettle. A mug base is spaced from the kettle base and a mug platform is attached to the mug base. The mug platform is adapted to receive a mug. |
| US11337543B2 |
Brewing material holder
A container includes a receptacle and a cover. The receptacle includes a base and a sidewall. The base has an interior surface and a passageway in an interior area of the base. The passageway provides fluid communication from an interior of the receptacle to an exterior of the receptacle. The sidewall extends upward from the interior surface of the base. The cover is configured to sealingly engage with a top edge of the sidewall, and includes a cover opening. The container is configured to accept input fluid through the cover opening and to provide a corresponding outflow of fluid through the passageway. The passageway allows the outflow fluid to flow from the container while accommodating an outflow needle of a beverage brewer. |
| US11337538B2 |
Anti-tearing retractable arm for a collection box
A retractable arm device, system, and method with a locking mechanism for preventing items placed in a device or receptacle from getting stuck, damaged, or torn. The retractable arm includes an inner tube, a pawl, and an outer tube surrounding the inner tube. The inner tube slides within the outer tube and the pawl preventing the retractable arm from moving into an extended position under particular conditions. The retractable arm may be placed in a receptacle for items to prevent the door from being reopened before the door is fully closed. |
| US11337537B2 |
Single hand operated collapsing hanger
A garment hanger with particular ease of use advantage when removing or hanging crew neck or turtleneck type shirts or blouses. The hanger provides an easily manipulated and intuitive mechanism for collapsing the garment support portions of the hanger, thus allowing for simple passage through the narrow neck hole of a garment. The hanger further provides an easily manipulated and intuitive mechanism for returning the folded garment support portions to their extended and supportive positions, which can be done with the hanger enveloped within a garment, thus providing an improved means for hanging some shirts or blouses without the need to feed a hanger up through the bottom opening of the garment. |
| US11337535B2 |
System and method for securing a volume holder to a base
A system and method for securing a volume holder to a surface is provided. Generally, the system and method utilizes a base or volume holder containing one or more magnets or ferrous materials. The volume holder and base are attracted to one another through magnetic forces. The base may be attached directly to a surface or the base may be attached to a sub-base. The base or sub-base are attached to a surface and a volume holder is removably secured to the base. The system and method may be temporary, permanent, or semi-permanent. |
| US11337534B2 |
Drink container and leak proof plug lid for use therewith
A drink container and plug lid for use therewith. The lid has an upper member and a lower member with a ring seal positioned therebetween and radially outwardly stretchable from an initial diameter to a larger sealing diameter in response to an actuator moving the upper and lower members together to place the ring seal in fluid-tight sealing engagement with the container body. Moving the upper and lower members apart allows the radially outward stretched ring seal to move from the sealing diameter to the initial diameter whereat it is out of fluid-tight sealing engagement with the container body. |
| US11337526B2 |
Chair having pliable backrest and methods for same
A seating assembly includes a seat and an upright coupled with the seat. A pliable backrest is coupled with the upright and includes a support face and a coupling face. The pliable backrest includes a pliable material extending between the support and coupling faces. The support face is a first exterior face of the pliable back rest and the coupling face is a second exterior face of the pliable back rest. The coupling face is spaced away from the upright with a deformation gap. Another seating assembly includes a joint assembly along the upright member. The joint assembly includes a pivot configured to promote rotation of a first upright portion of the upright relative to a second upright portion. The joint assembly includes opposed stop interfaces configured to control rotation of the first upright portion relative to the second upright portion. |
| US11337525B1 |
Reclining seatback support device
A reclining seatback support device which mainly includes at least one seatback support and a seatback body is revealed. The seatback body and an upper end of the seatback support are provided with pivot bracket portions pivotally connected to each other while a lower part of the seatback body and the seatback support are connected by a swing arm. When a user is sitting and lying down on the back, the seatback body is rotated around the pivot axis where the seatback body is pivotally connected to the upper end of the seatback support and then reclined at a certain angle. By elastic segments of the seatback body and the swing arm between the lower part of the seatback body and the seatback support for pulling and limiting the seatback body, the user can lean on the seatback body comfortably and safely. |
| US11337523B2 |
Universal automatic self-leveling mechanism for motorized chair seats
An electro-mechanical automatic self-leveling device is provided for use on motorized chair seats. The device may include a pendulum assembly consisting of neodymium magnets attached to an inertia-dampened pendulum and a printed circuit board (PCB) with a hall effect sensor and processing circuitry that will develop proportional correction signals to be amplified by a high-current bi-directional motor driver. This configuration is assembled in a case attached to the motorized chair seat via a mounting bracket and clamping knob, and a cable from the device connects to the chair's seat tilt motor and power supply. Various switches may be included to reset the device in case of overheating and to switch between automatic and manual leveling. In alternative embodiments, the auto-leveling mechanism may be integrated into the motorized chair seat design rather than a separate device that can be attached to the chair seat after-market and independent of the chair's controller. |
| US11337521B2 |
Hydraulic support
A hydraulic foot assembly for supporting an object on a surface, the foot assembly comprising a cylinder defining an interior reservoir, a piston dividing the reservoir into two chambers in fluid communication with one another, the piston moveable within the reservoir, the position of the piston within the reservoir effecting the overall length of the foot assembly, a valve arrangement configured to limit movement of the piston within the reservoir. |
| US11337519B2 |
Storage system and article retrieving method
An apparatus is disclosed that provides a storage system designed to allow pickers to easily and efficiently pull products from all portions of the storage system from a single side of the storage system. The storage system includes a first storage rack that has a first plurality of columns and a first platform extending from one of the first plurality of columns. An outer edge of the first platform forms an end of the first storage rack. Positioned adjacent to the first storage rack is a second storage rack with a second plurality of columns and a second platform that extends from one of the second plurality of columns, where an outer edge of the second platform forms an end of the second storage rack. An aisle is formed by a predetermined distance between the outer edges of the first and second platforms. |
| US11337517B1 |
Book stand with improved readability features and page turning capabilities
A device for turning pages in a book includes a main frame and a bottom support configured for engaging a bottom lip of a book's binder. The bottom support is hingedly connected to the main frame. A top support is configured for engaging a top lip of a book's binder. The top support is hingedly connected to the main frame. A kick stand extends from a back surface of the main frame for providing support to the device. A light is carried by the bottom support or top support for providing illumination of the book. A pair of blades extend from one of the bottom support or the top support for imparting movement of pages of the book to a subsequent page. An actuator imparts movement to the blades and the actuator is responsive to detecting a user's audible instruction to change a page. |
| US11337515B2 |
Quick assembly table
A table featuring a horizontal surface, and two supporting trusses designed to be quickly attached and fastened to a horizontal surface, is claimed herein. |
| US11337512B2 |
Methods of providing a cosmetic brush
Example aspects of a method of providing a cosmetic brush for use in the application of cosmetics are disclosed. The method can comprise the steps of extruding a plurality of elongate brush bristles each having a triangular transverse cross section, such that each of said elongate brush bristles defines three substantially parallel edges along the length of each of said the bristles; and combining said plurality of said bristles to provide a brush head configured for the application of cosmetics. |
| US11337511B2 |
Paintbrush with a snap connection
The new paintbrush (19) includes a brush handle (1), a bristle carrier (11) and a ferrule (15). The brush handle (1) has a first end (3) including a brush handle snap element (4). The bristle carrier (11) has a first front side (36) including a bristle carrier snap element (12), the bristle carrier snap element (12) engaging the brush handle snap element (4) such that the bristle carrier (11) is fixedly connected to the brush handle (1). The bristle carrier (11) includes a plurality of recesses (23) and a plurality of bristles (20), the bristles (20) being arranged to form a plurality of bristle bundles (24), the bristle bundles (24) each being arranged to be gluelessly fixed in one of the recesses (23). The ferrule (15) is designed as one piece with the bristle carrier (11). |
| US11337510B2 |
Personal effects holder with receiving face
Embodiments relate to a personal effects holder device. The holder device includes a first portion having a lip defining an aperture forming a holder portion adapted to receive one or more personal effects; and a depending second portion joined to the first portion via a connector portion, the second portion including a first catch and a second catch. |
| US11337509B2 |
Backpack with airflow system
A backpack includes a back panel having an airflow system. The airflow system includes protrusions extending from a base of the back panel and defining boundaries of lateral and vertical flow channels. The flow channels are configured to promote active airflow through the back panel. |
| US11337508B2 |
Hat securing backpack and a method for its use
A backpack having a hat securing strap system to secure a hat onto the backpack when the hat is not being worn. The present backpack can have a front backpack section with shoulder straps, a middle backpack section having one or more storage compartments, and a rear backpack section wherein the hat securing strap system secures the hat. This hat securing strap system can be made up of three parts: a top section, a middle section, and a bottom section. The middle section can have parallel straps which are designed to pass around the crown of a hat while holding the brim of the hat against the rear backpack section. The top section and bottom section of the hat securing strap can attach to the backpack using a buckle or similar fastening mechanism. The hat securing strap system can be stored in a zippered storage pouch attached to the bottom of the backpack. |
| US11337505B2 |
Cosmetic container with an adjustable discharge quantity
A cosmetic container with an adjustable discharge quantity includes a container body, an inner cover, an outer cover, a button, a piston, and an elastic member. The upper part of the container body is provided with an opening. The inner wall of the inner cover is threadedly connected to the opening of the container body, and the inner cover extends upward to form an inner cylinder. A plurality of stepped grooves with different depths are arranged in parallel in a movement area of the outer wall of the inner cylinder. The lower end of the inner cover is hermetically connected to a dropper. The outer cover is fixedly connected to the inner cover. The button is inserted between the inner cover and the outer cover. The piston is sleeved on a piston connecting rod of the button and moves up and down with the button. |
| US11337498B2 |
Wallet with card holding mechanisms
The disclosure includes a wallet comprising an open-sided shell, a flexible member coupled to the open-sided shell, and an elastic band coupled to the flexible member. The flexible member may comprise an internal surface and an external surface located opposite the internal surface. In some embodiments, the open-sided shell is coupled to the internal surface. The wallet may be configured to move between open, closed, and clamshell positions. In the clamshell position, the elastic band may be configured to wrap around an external surface of the flexible member, thereby holding the wallet shut. |
| US11337494B2 |
Slide fastener
A zipper assembly including a left side tape configured with a plurality of left fastener teeth, and a right side tape configured with a plurality of right fastener teeth, defining together a zipper path, and at least one primary slider member slidingly displaceable along the zipper path for interlocking engagement or disengagement of left fastener teeth with corresponding right fastener teeth, wherein at least a portion of the zipper path is configured with a raceway extending through alternating neighboring left fastener teeth and right fastener teeth, said raceway configured for slidingly accommodating a flexible strip articulated at a first end thereof to the at least one slider member. |
| US11337487B2 |
Sole structure for an article of footwear having a nonlinear bending stiffness
A sole structure for an article of footwear comprises a first sole plate that includes a forefoot region, a foot-receiving surface, and a lower surface opposite the foot-receiving surface. The first sole plate has a plurality of slots including a first slot, and a second slot rearward of the first slot. The plurality of slots is disposed in the forefoot region and extends generally transversely and entirely through the first sole plate from the foot-receiving surface to the lower surface. The sole structure includes at least one rib, referred to as a first rib, disposed between the first slot and the second slot. The sole structure also includes a second sole plate secured to the lower surface of the first sole plate both forward of the plurality of slots and rearward of the plurality of slots. The second sole plate is detached from the first rib. |
| US11337486B2 |
Orthodontic appliance including arch member
A method of forming an arch member comprising an arch member body and an arch member coupling integral with the body, comprising: providing a substrate comprising a resilient material; and removing a portion of the substrate to form the arch member. The arch member body including a cross-sectional geometry that varies along a length of the body. Also a method of designing an orthodontic appliance comprising: providing a proposed specification of the orthodontic appliance, wherein the orthodontic appliance comprises an arch member comprising an arch member body and an arch member coupling integral with the body, and a set of anchors, providing a first digital image representing a first dental arrangement associated with the orthodontic appliance; deriving a target digital image representing a target dental arrangement; revising the proposed specification of the orthodontic appliance based in part on the target digital image; and forming the orthodontic appliance based on the revised proposed specification. |
| US11337485B2 |
Wearable planetary gear configuration
A wearable system, such as a footwear system, can employ a generator. The generator can be powered by human movement, such as movement of knee as a person walks or runs. When the knee resets, it can be desirable to have a relatively equal gear ratio to achieve near natural movement. Conversely, it can be desirable to have a high gear ratio when the knee pushes off to achieve high generator rotation to produce a high amount of power. This can be achieved with employment of a wearable planetary gear set configuration In practicing this wearable planetary gear set, torque can be provided from the source (e.g. human ankle joint) when power negative and not at other times during a movement cycle, meaning energy can be harvested from the walking motion without inducing additional burden to the device wearer. |
| US11337484B2 |
Headset and headset coupling system
A communication accessory may include an ear cup configured to at least one of send and receive an audio communication. The ear cup may be detachably coupleable to a first accessory coupling system configured to couple to a helmet and a second accessory coupling system configured to couple to a headband. |
| US11337480B2 |
Bicycle helmet fit system
The present invention provides a helmet comprising a main body having a concave interior for receiving a user's head, a head strap coupled to the body, and an adjustment mechanism coupled to the head strap. The head strap is positioned in a loop that spans at least 1.5 wraps around the interior of the main body. Preferably, the head strap is fully recessed into the concave interior of the main body. The head strap can include an occipital pad and a flexible belt (e.g., two flexible belts) secured to the occipital pad and engaged with the adjustment mechanism. Preferably, at least a portion of the flexible belt is spaced rearward from the occipital pad. The helmet can further include a belt guide (e.g., two side belt guides and a front belt guide) secured to the main body and adapted to allow the head strap to slide through the belt guide. |
| US11337479B2 |
Time trial bicycle helmet with ear shield
A helmet can include a helmet body and a shield. The helmet body can include a front portion and a tail portion, and the shield can include two ear portions connected by a brow portion. The shield can be releasably coupled to the helmet body. The ears of a helmet user can be exposed with respect to the helmet body and covered with respect to the shield. The brow portion of the shield can extend across the front portion of the helmet. The tail portion of the helmet can be tapered and the front portion of the helmet can have a rounded leading edge, such that the helmet body has a tear drop form factor. |
| US11337477B2 |
Washable heat cap
The present invention is a re-usable headwear with a removable heating pad insert. The removable heating pad insert is separable from the cap body, allowing the cap body to be washed by itself without damaging the heating pad insert. The heating pad insert is re-heatable through a microwave, allowing for multiple uses. The cap body contains an insert pocket and an insert opening. The heating pad insert is installed into the insert pocket through the insert pocket. The heating pad insert contains a plurality of heating media compartments, where each of the plurality of heating media compartments contains heating media. This heating media takes the form of microwavable flax seed that absorbs and retains the heat from the microwave. |
| US11337472B2 |
Glove
A glove is provided that enables suppression of cracks in a coating layer containing nitrile butadiene rubber as a principal component. The glove comprises: a glove main body made of fibers for covering a wearer's hand; and a coating layer which comprises nitrile butadiene rubber as a principal component and coats at least a part of an outer face of a palm region of the glove main body, in which: the coating layer comprises zinc oxide and a cross-linked product of the nitrile butadiene rubber and polycarbodiimide; and a mass ratio of the polycarbodiimide to the nitrile butadiene rubber is no less than 0.002. The mass ratio of the polycarbodiimide to the nitrile butadiene rubber is preferably no greater than 0.09. The content of the zinc oxide with respect to 100 parts by mass of the nitrile butadiene rubber is preferably from 0.3 to 5 parts by mass. |
| US11337468B2 |
Stowable garment system with quick release mechanism
Aspects herein are directed to a stowable garment system that allows for quick deployment and donning of an upper-body garment that is stowed within a pouch located on the front of a belt structure configured to encircle the waist of a wearer. The garment comprises at least a front section and a back section, where a portion of the front section is attached to the pouch. The garment further comprises a first tab extending from a bottom margin at a first side of the back section and a second tab extending from the bottom margin at a second opposite side of the back section. When stowed within the pouch, the tabs extend through one or more openings in the pouch. The wearer may exert tension on the tabs to actuate a quick-release mechanism causing the pouch to open, and enabling the garment to be deployed and donned. |
| US11337465B2 |
Pumping/nursing bra
An apparatus allowing a woman to pump milk from her breasts without the necessity of the woman's hands holding the breast pumps utilizes at least one band of material encircling the woman's chest, the band of material provided with two openings corresponding to the woman's breasts. A center panel would be provided to adjust the fit of the band. Additionally, in another embodiment, a back panel would be used in conjunction with the center panel to connect left and right panels together, the left and right panels including openings for a woman's breast. In all of the embodiments, semicircular pieces would cover each of the openings. In yet another embodiment, a removable piece is attached to the front of the apparatus, allowing the woman to wear the apparatus all day, even in public. |
| US11337462B2 |
Aerosol generation device, and method and program for operating same
Provided is an aerosol generation device with which it is possible to inexpensively observe a heater cooling process with high accuracy, and also possible to inexpensively detect a shortage or depletion of an aerosol source with high accuracy. An aerosol generation device includes an aerosol storage source; a load that atomizes the aerosol source by generating heat by power supplied from a power source, and has an electrical resistance value that changes depending on the temperature; a sensor that detects the electrical resistance value of the load; and a control unit that is configured so as to monitor the cooling process of the load after the temperature of the load has risen to or exceeded a temperature at which the aerosol source can be atomized. |
| US11337453B2 |
Liquid aerosol formulation of an electronic smoking article
A liquid aerosol formulation for an electronic smoking article includes an aerosol former, water, nicotine, and an acid including tartaric acid. The acid is included in an amount sufficient to provide the liquid aerosol formulation with a pH ranging from about 4 to about 8. |
| US11337446B2 |
Crisp and hard whole oat kernel snack
A crisp and hard whole kernel oat snack product made by fully hydrating whole oat kernels (i.e. oat groats), and then gelatinizing the starch in the whole oat kernels using an infrared process. The gelatinized oats are then roasted in a hot air dryer. The resulting food product is measurably harder and crisper than other whole oat products currently available. |
| US11337443B2 |
Use of copper-calcium sulphate as animal feed additive
Provided is a method of using a copper-calcium sulphate as an animal feed additive. When used in animal breeding, a low dose of the copper-calcium sulphate can achieve the effect of that high dosage of copper sulphate achieve in the promotion of animal growth, and thus the copper-calcium sulphate can be used as an animal basic nutritional supplement to substitute low-copper preparations in the breeding of poultry, livestock or aquatic animals. Copper-calcium sulphate, used as a novel, efficient and safe feed additive in the feed processing industry and animal breeding industry, can reduce the dosage of copper ion by nearly 50-70% to achieve the same production performance, can significantly reduce the use of copper in animal husbandry, and can reduce the production costs, reduce the toxic side effects of a high level of copper, and reduce the environmental pollution, thus the copper-calcium sulphate is a copper compound with unique advantages. |
| US11337440B2 |
Assembly of at least one vegetable protein and at least one dairy protein
A method for producing an assembly of at least one dairy protein and at least one vegetable protein, and the assembly obtained by the method. Also, the uses of the assembly, in particular in the food processing field. |
| US11337439B2 |
Rapidly cooling food and drinks
Systems and methods have demonstrated the capability of rapidly cooling the contents of pods containing the ingredients for food and drinks. |
| US11337436B2 |
Water-in-oil emulsion
The present invention relates to a water-in-oil emulsion comprising 30-90 wt. % of a structured continuous fat phase and 10-70 wt. % of a dispersed aqueous phase, said structured continuous fat phase comprising: 95-99.9 wt. % fat, said fat having a solid fat content at 20° C. (N20) of 5-50% and a liquid oil content at 20° C. that equals 100%-N20; particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material from plant parenchymal tissue, said particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material having a particle size of between 25 μm and 500 μm; wherein the particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material is present in the structured continuous fat phase in a concentration of 0.2-10% by weight of the liquid oil. Incorporation of the aforementioned particulate cell wall material in the fat phase of the water-in-oil emulsion makes it possible to reduce the amount of high melting (hard stock) fat that is required in the production of the emulsion. |
| US11337435B2 |
Product and method of producing dairy products comprising dairy-derived emulsifying salts
Dairy products are produced by subjecting a starting dairy material to nanofiltration to remove monovalent ions to produce an ion-depleted dairy permeate; passing the ion-depleted dairy permeate through an ion exchange column and subsequently with a sodium-containing eluting solution to produce sodium phosphate and sodium citrate derived from the starting material; concentrating the sodium phosphate and sodium citrate; and combining the concentrated sodium phosphate and sodium citrate with dairy components. The dairy product contains an amount of the concentrated sodium phosphate and sodium citrate sufficient to cause fat in the dairy product to be emulsified and protein in the dairy product to be hydrated. In addition or alternatively, a dairy by-product stream may be subjected to ion exchange to remove calcium therefrom; concentrated, and combined with dairy materials naturally containing phosphate and citrate in order to adjust the citrate+phosphate-to-calcium ratio to reach an emulsified dairy product. |
| US11337432B1 |
Automated crab meat picking system and method
A vision guided intelligent system for automated crab meat picking operates in a fully automated or semi-automatic modes of operation using a crab meat picking routine based on (a) the CNN model localization of back-fin knuckles algorithm, and/or (b) the Deep Learning model which accurately locates not only knuckle positions, but also crab legs and crab cores, with a high pixel accuracy (up to 0.9843), and low computation time. The subject system uses a concept of analyzing crab morphologies obtained from digital crab images, and, using a Deep Learning architecture integrated in the system, segments crab images into five regions of interest in a single step with high accuracy and efficiency. The image segmentation results are used for generating crab cut lines in XYZ and angular directions, determining starting cutting points in Z plane, and guiding cutting tools and end effectors to automatically cut crabs and harvest crab meat. |
| US11337427B2 |
Antimicrobial agents and their use in therapy
The present invention provides an agent, or a composition containing an agent, for use in treating or preventing a bacterial infection in a subject, wherein said agent comprises: (i) an oligopeptidic compound comprising a PCNA interacting motif and a domain that facilitates the cellular uptake of said compound, wherein the PCNA interacting motif is X1X2X3X4X5 (SEQ ID NO: 1) and wherein: X1 is a basic amino acid; X2 is an aromatic amino acid; X3 is an uncharged amino acid other than an aromatic amino acid, Glycine (G) and Proline (P); X4 is any amino acid other than Proline (P), an acidic amino acid or an aromatic amino acid; and X5 is a basic amino acid or Proline (P); or (ii) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a sequence encoding the oligopeptidic compound of (i). In certain aspects the agent and compositions of the invention may be used as single agents. In other aspects of the invention agents and compositions of the invention may be used in conjunction with one or more additional active agents, such as antibiotics. |
| US11337418B2 |
Retractable blind assembly
A blind assembly and setup configurations for the blind assembly are disclosed. The blind assembly contains two sheets wound together into a roll that are configured for separate outstretching at an angle relative to each other, for being maintained under tension in an outstretched form, and for retraction back into the roll. The end of each sheet contains a handle rod used for handling the sheets and for anchoring to the ground by means of attaching to stakes inserted into the ground using ropes. The roll end of the assembly structure is likewise attached to a stake in the course of setting up the blind assembly. A tie rod provides added support for the structure and is set up at a distance from the sheet rolls to prevent uncontrolled wraparounds of the sheets when the sheets are retracted. |
| US11337407B2 |
Pet collar
A pet collar has an adjustable length strap and a buckle. The buckle has a receiver and a clip releasably coupled to the receiver. The receiver includes a catch portion coupleable to the clip and a tension indicator portion. The tension indicator portion has two side walls defining a shuttle channel. Each side wall has a top surface having a first mark, a second mark, a third mark, and a fourth mark which have color coding. The shuttle channel is configured to slidably receive a reciprocating tensioning shuttle therein. The tensioning shuttle includes two side wall and a compression spring. Each side wall also includes a top flange overlaying the receiver side walls that includes a first viewing window and a second viewing window. The viewing windows alignment with the underlying marks indicated the tension of the collar upon the pet. |
| US11337401B2 |
Soybean cultivar 90370640
A soybean cultivar designated 90370640 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 90370640, to the plants of soybean cultivar 90370640, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 90370640, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 90370640. 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 90370640. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 90370640, 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 90370640 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11337400B2 |
Soybean variety 01077373
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01077373. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01077373. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01077373 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01077373 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US11337397B2 |
Soybean cultivar 90442929
A soybean cultivar designated 90442929 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 90442929, to the plants of soybean cultivar 90442929, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 90442929, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 90442929. 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 90442929. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 90442929, 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 90442929 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11337396B2 |
Soybean cultivar 92312145
A soybean cultivar designated 92312145 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 92312145, to the plants of soybean cultivar 92312145, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 92312145, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 92312145. 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 92312145. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 92312145, 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 92312145 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11337393B2 |
Canola variety 18UU2728I
Provided is a canola variety designated 18UU2728I and seed, plants and plant parts thereof produced from a cross of inbred varieties. Methods for producing a canola variety comprise crossing canola variety 18UU2728I with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 18UU2728I through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Canola variety 18UU2728I, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, plant parts and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of canola variety 18UU2728I are disclosed. |
| US11337392B2 |
Canola variety 18GG0505L
Provided is a canola variety designated 18GG0505L and seed, plants and plant parts thereof produced from a cross of inbred varieties. Methods for producing a canola variety comprise crossing canola variety 18GG0505L with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 18GG0505L through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Canola variety 18GG0505L, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, plant parts and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of canola variety 18GG0505L are disclosed. |
| US11337388B2 |
Maize plants with improved disease resistance
The present invention is in the field of plant breeding and disease resistance. More specifically, the invention includes a method for breeding corn plants containing one or more markers that are associated with resistance to fungi. The invention further includes germplasm and the use of germplasm containing at least one marker associated with resistance to Fusarium stalk rot (FSR) infection for introgression into elite germplasm in a breeding program, thus producing novel FSR resistant germplasm. |
| US11337381B1 |
Apparatus and method for discovery and control of internet-of-things components for indoor agriculture and controlled environment systems
Some embodiments of apparatuses and methods according to the present invention control the growth of plants in indoor systems. In some embodiments, an electronic device is provided that wirelessly discovers, couples to and controls one or more peripheral devices, the one or more peripheral devices including one or more of a light for illuminating a grow, a water pump for supplying water to the grow, a fan for circulating air to the grow, an air pump for oxygenating water for the grow, a heater for increasing a temperature ambient to the grow, and a chiller for decreasing a temperature ambient to the grow. The electronic device may also wireless couple to one or more sensors, including one or more of a temperature sensor, camera, light sensor, pH sensor, electrical conductivity sensor, and/or any other environmental, plant, biology, water, electrical, light, and/or power sensor. |
| US11337379B2 |
Plant growing apparatus
A plant growing apparatus is disclosed that enables users to grow edible vegetation and other plants in all climates and year round. The plant growing apparatus includes a framework, a solar assembly coupled to said framework at a predetermined angle, the solar assembly including at least one photovoltaic panel operable to receive solar energy. A planting bed is coupled to said framework. A lighting assembly is connected to the photovoltaic panel and operably directed to emit light toward said planting bed. The plant growing apparatus includes a watering assembly having a misting conduit in fluid communication with a water source and positioned proximate the photovoltaic panel and defining an aperture and a wiper assembly operably coupled to said at least one photovoltaic panel, said wiper assembly including a pulley system and a wiper blade movable along the photovoltaic panel when said pulley system is actuated. |
| US11337378B2 |
Plant cage
A plant cage includes an annular base configured to surround a portion of a plant. The base includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced stake openings formed therethrough. Each of the stake openings is inclined relative to a central axis of the base. The base is formed from a first segment releasably coupled to a second segment. The plant cage further includes a plurality of stakes. Each of the stakes is configured to extend through one of the stake openings formed in the base. A first portion of each of the stakes is received in the ground and a second portion of each of the stakes extends away from the ground into a substantially conical shape. |
| US11337376B2 |
Plant cultivation device and plant cultivation method
A plant cultivation device and a plant cultivation method are disclosed. The plant cultivation device includes: a holder including at least one plant cultivation layer; a lighting unit disposed in the at least one plant cultivation layer to allow light emitted from the lighting unit to irradiate a plant cultivated in the plant cultivation layer; an illuminance detecting unit configured to detect an illuminance in the plant cultivation layer to obtain an illuminance measurement; and a control unit configured to obtain the illuminance measurement and adjust a lighting intensity of the lighting unit according to the illuminance measurement. |
| US11337368B2 |
Spool for straight through line feed vegetation trimmer apparatus with modules and spokes
A trimmer head for use with either clockwise or counterclockwise trimmer heads, including the use of a bidirectionally dispensing spool. Various locations of passages straight through the trimmer head and spool are shown along with various locations of components of the ratcheting mechanism to allow for winding of the trimmer line on the trimmer head and for limiting the amount of line dispensed during “bumping” of the trimmer head knob on the ground. Additionally, an extended funnel into the passage can be provided to facilitate entrance of trimmer line into the funnel even when the line is not perfectly straight. Also, spokes can be used in place of the flanges of the spool to save material and cost, while still providing a guide and barrier between the line store areas. |
| US11337367B2 |
Pitchfork
A pitchfork is disclosed. The pitchfork includes a pitchfork subassembly and a collection basket subassembly. The pitchfork subassembly includes a base, a plurality of tines coupled to the base, a handle receiving port coupled to the base, and a handle received in the handle receiving port. The collection basket subassembly includes two or more rear supports coupled to the base, a plurality of vertical wires coupled to the two or more rear supports, a plurality of horizontal wires coupled to the two or more rear supports, two or more side supports each coupled to an outside tine of the plurality of tines. |
| US11337364B2 |
To automatic selective transplanters
A selective transplanter is provided for transplanting seedlings from a tray to seedling planting apparatus. The tray includes a plurality of cells for holding plugs of growing medium containing seedlings. The transplanter is arranged to eject plugs from the cells of the tray to a conveyor which conveys the plugs to the seedling planting apparatus. The transplanter is arranged to remove plugs that do not contain germinated seedlings from the conveyor at a removal position before they are transferred to the seedling planting apparatus. A seedling retention roller engages with plant material of the seedlings projecting from the plugs at the removal position before the plugs are transferred to the seedling planting apparatus, preventing removal of plugs containing seedlings with projecting plant material. The transplanter provides the advantage that the plugs containing seedlings can be planted in rows in a field without dud plugs being planted, leaving the rows substantially gap free. |
| US11337362B2 |
Row unit with vision system for maintaining seed orientation
Systems, implements, and methods for seed orientation during planting operations of agricultural plants of agricultural include a system for seed orientation having a vision system positioned in proximity to a seed disk. The vision system determines seed orientation data for seed on the seed disk. A seed belt receives seed from the seed disk and the seed belt adjusts an orientation of the seed from the seed disk to a desired seed orientation with a furrow during planting. |
| US11337361B2 |
Seed entrainment unit
The invention is directed broadly to an entrainment unit for distributing seed, comprising: a seed chamber for seed in bulk; a mixing chamber for mixing seed and air, the mixing chamber having an outlet for discharging entrained seeds; and an air supply unit for: (a) supplying a first air flow to the seed chamber and entraining and transporting seed to the mixing chamber, and (b) supplying a second air flow to the mixing chamber for forming a combined air flow that entrains the seed and transports the seed through the discharge outlet. |
| US11337358B2 |
Techniques for automated planting
Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques, including systems and methods, for planting using planting pods. A planting system can be configured to deliver pods including a payload (e.g., seeds, cuttings, or other planting materials) into or onto the ground at a predetermined location. In some embodiments, the automated planting system can include a mapping system that receives various sensor inputs and generates a map of a planting area. A pod planting system may use the map of the planting area to deliver pods to the planting area. The pod planting system may be executed automatically using the maps generated by the mapping system and/or manually by a remote operator. Each pod can include a payload to be planted on or in the ground by the pod planting system. Pods may be customized depending on the types of plants being planted, the terrain, prior planting results, etc. |
| US11337357B2 |
Agricultural stacker tool bar
An agricultural tool bar has outer wings foldable between a lowered use or field position and a raised transport position. A primary pair of hydraulic cylinders fold and unfold the wings, while a secondary pair of hydraulic cylinders initially incline the wings from the horizontal use position before folding to the transport position. The secondary set of cylinders allow the tool bar to be used for narrow row planting without interference from seed boxes mounted on the toolbar center frame and the wings. The primary cylinders extend to push the wings to the transport position and retract to pull the wings to the use position. |
| US11337355B2 |
Trailer device for an agricultural vehicle
A trailer device for an agricultural vehicle includes a frame part and a guide part longitudinally, displaceably mounted in the frame part. The guide part includes a coupling element provided on an end face. The frame part is pivoted by a lifting apparatus for raising and lowering the coupling element relative to a base frame for attaching to a load-bearing vehicle structure. The device includes at least one spring element arranged between the base frame and the frame part such that the spring element exerts a pretensioning force on the frame part for assisting the raising of the coupling element. |
| US11343951B2 |
Substrate processing machine
The object is to provide a substrate processing machine facilitating checking the operation of a device in the interior of a housing from the exterior of the housing. The substrate processing machine includes a base and a module, disposed on the base, and has a device configured to perform a predetermined operation contributing to the production of a substrate. The module can be switched between a fabrication position where the substrate is produced and an offset position that deviates from the production position relative to the base. The device can operate in the production position and the offset position. The operation speed of the device in the offset position is slower than the operation speed of the device to in the production position. |
| US11343947B2 |
Power converter cooling
An active laminar flow control arrangement may comprise a variable speed constant frequency (VSCF) converter comprising a housing, a compressor, an electric motor operably coupled to the compressor, and a laminar flow control duct. An airflow is received by the housing from the laminar flow control duct in response to the electric motor driving the compressor for cooling the VSCF converter. |
| US11343945B2 |
Combined liquid and air cooling system for fail-safe operation of high power density ASIC devices
A combined liquid and air cooling system is provided over a printed circuit board (PCB) of an electronic device, where the PCB includes an integrated circuit package including an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) die and a plurality of high bandwidth memory (HBM) modules located proximate the ASIC die, and the combined liquid and air cooling system includes a liquid cooling system located over the integrated circuit package and an air cooling system integrated with the liquid cooling system and a portion of the PCB. The system operates in a normal mode, where both liquid and air cooling systems provide cooling to components of the PCB, and a fail-safe mode, where the liquid cooling system is not operating (e.g., due to a detected condition) but the air cooling system operation is adjusted such that it provides sufficient cooling to PCB components which facilitates continuous operation of the electronic device. |
| US11343944B2 |
Deep-water submersible system
A deep-water submersible system is disclosed. The system can include a pressure vessel and an internal assembly. The internal assembly can include a housing and a wedge lock assembly coupleable to the housing. The wedge lock assembly can include a plurality of wedge members arranged along a longitudinal axis and including end wedge members at each end and one or more intermediate wedge members between the end wedge members. The wedge lock assembly can also include a displacement device along the longitudinal axis and connecting the end wedge members. The displacement device can be actuatable in one direction to move the end wedge members toward one another to displace adjacent wedge members relative to one another in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis to engage and apply a clamping force to the housing and the pressure vessel. In addition, the wedge lock assembly can include a variable gap compensation mechanism operable to exert a biasing force on the plurality of wedge members to accommodate the relative transverse movement of the adjacent wedge members and maintain the clamping force on the housing and the pressure vessel within a predetermined range as a distance between the housing and the pressure vessel varies. |
| US11343943B1 |
Heat dissipation for power switches
Systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of power switches are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is a power switch comprising an outer housing; a power electronics board disposed within the housing and including a semiconductor switch structured to selectively conduct a current between a first power terminal and a second power terminal; a first heat sink coupled to the power electronics board; a plurality of thermally conductive connectors; a second heat sink coupled to the plurality of thermally conductive connectors, a control electronics board structured to control the semiconductor switch, the control electronics board being located within an enclosure formed of the second heat sink, the plurality of thermally conductive connectors, and the power electronics board. |
| US11343935B2 |
Foolproof frame assembly and server chassis including the same
A foolproof frame assembly includes a blocking component fixed on a case, and first and second frames disposed on opposite sides of the case. Each of the first and second frames has a foolproof component fixed to one of two side plates thereof and blocking one of two through holes on its bottom plate. When the first frame is in a first mounting position, the blocking component passes through another through hole and form a space with another side plate of the first frame for one of two mounting side plates of the mounting frame to be disposed therethrough. When the second frame is in the first mounting position, a space occupied by its foolproof component overlaps a space occupied by the blocking component. When the first and second frames are respectively in the first and second mounting positions, the foolproof components block the two mounting side plates. |
| US11343934B2 |
Mechanical clip lock for an information handling system
Systems and methods are disclosed for a mechanical clip lock that may include a rigid substrate; a clip lock pin extending vertically from a surface of the rigid substrate; a semi-rigid arm having a first end coupled to the rigid substrate, the semi-rigid arm extending orthogonally from the rigid substrate; a clip lock socket disposed at a second end of the semi-rigid arm opposite the first end, the clip lock socket configured to releasably engage the clip lock pin; and a plurality of clipping pegs extending vertically from the surface of the rigid substrate, each of the plurality of clipping pegs disposed on an exterior portion of the clip lock pin, the plurality of clipping pegs configured to apply a compression force on a device when the clip lock socket and clip lock pin are releasably engaged, the compression force removably coupling the device to a printed circuit board. |
| US11343927B2 |
Display module and electronic device including the same
A display module and an electronic device including the same are provided. The display module includes a display panel including a first edge and a second edge facing the first edge, a support plate on a rear surface of the display panel, and an adhesive layer between the display panel and the support plate. The adhesive layer includes first and second areas providing a first adhesive force and a third area providing a second adhesive force different from the first adhesive force and disposed between the first area and the second area, the third area extending from the first edge to the second edge. The third area has a first width in a central area between the first edge and the second edge and a second width in areas adjacent to the first edge and the second edge, the second width being different from the first width. |
| US11343926B2 |
Flexible display device and terminal
The present invention provides a flexible display device and a terminal, the flexible display device includes a casing, a roller assembly, a supporting layer, and a flexible display screen. An accommodating cavity is defined in the casing. An opening is defined in a side surface. The roller assembly is disposed in the accommodating cavity and comprises a first roller, a second roller, and a connecting member. Wrapping directions of the supporting layer on the first roller and the second roller are opposite. The flexible display screen is disposed on the supporting layer. The present invention reduces a risk of damage of the flexible display screen due to the stress. |
| US11343920B2 |
Method for producing an electronic control module
A method for producing an electronic sensor module includes applying first soldering material onto electrical soldering pads of a printed circuit board element and/or electrical soldering pads of a printed circuit board element contact side of a sensor carrier, arranging the sensor carrier with the electrical soldering pads of the printed circuit board element contact side on the electrical soldering pads of the printed circuit board element to produce electrical connections between connecting lines and the printed circuit board element, applying second soldering material onto electrical connecting elements of a sensor element and/or soldering pads of the sensor receptacle, arranging the sensor element in the sensor receptacle such that the second soldering material produces electrical connections between the electrical connecting elements of the sensor element and the soldering pads of the sensor receptacle, and reflow-soldering the first soldering material and the second soldering material in a joint reflow-soldering process. |
| US11343914B2 |
Electronic device including conductive member forming capacitive coupling with bracket and electrically connected to grounds of plurality of circuit boards disposed in the bracket
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a conductive support member, a first circuit board connected to the conductive support member by a first capacitor, a second circuit board connected to the conductive support member by a second capacitor, a first conductive connection member electrically connecting the first circuit board and the second circuit board, and a first ground structure, at least a portion of the first ground structure being interposed between the first conductive connection member and the conductive support member. The ground structure includes a non-conductive layer physically contacting the conductive support member, and a conductive layer electrically connected to the first conductive connection member to form a capacitive coupling with the conductive support member. |
| US11343910B2 |
Elastic printed conductors
The development of stretchable, mechanically and electrically robust interconnects by printing an elastic, silver-based composite ink onto stretchable fabric. Such interconnects can have conductivity of 3000-4000 S/cm and are durable under cyclic stretching. In serpentine shape, the fabric-based conductor is enhanced in electrical durability. Resistance increases only ˜5 times when cyclically stretched over a thousand times from zero to 30% strain at a rate of 4% strain per second due to the ink permeating the textile structure. The textile fibers are wetted with composite ink to form a conductive, stretchable cladding of the silver particles. The e-textile can realize a fully printed, double-sided electronic system of sensor-textile-interconnect integration. The double-sided e-textile can be used for a surface electromyography (sEMG) system to monitor muscles activities, an electroencephalography (EEG) system to record brain waves, and the like. |
| US11343905B2 |
Asymmetric differential via stubs for skew compensation
One embodiment can provide a method and system for compensating for timing skew in a differential pair transmission line on a printed circuit board (PCB). During operation, the system obtains a PCB comprising one or more layers and at least a differential pair transmission line. The differential pair transmission line comprises first and second transmission lines, with a respective transmission line coupled to at least one via extending through the one or more layers of the PCB. The system determines a difference in length between first and second transmission lines and determines a stub length of the at least one via based on the determined difference in length between the first and second transmission lines, thereby compensating for the time skew in the differential pair transmission line. |
| US11343901B2 |
Printed-circuit board
A printed-circuit board includes: a film-shaped thermoplastic base member having plasticity; a pattern fuse formed from a metal foil layer provided on a principal surface of the base member; a cover member covering at least part of the pattern fuse from an opposite side of the base member; and a first heat-resistant protection film provided on a region overlapping with at least part of the pattern fuse and covering the pattern fuse from a cover member side. |
| US11343900B2 |
Thin-film target for DT neutron production
A novel thin-film target can the life of tritium targets for the production of 14 MeV neutrons by the 3H(2H,n)4He nuclear reaction while using only a small fraction of the amount of tritium compared to a standard thick-film target. With the thin-film target, the incident deuterium is implanted through the front tritide film into the underlying substrate material. A thin permeation barrier layer between the tritide film and substrate reduces the rate of tritium loss from the tritide film. As an example, good thin-film target performance was achieved using W and Fe for the barrier and substrate materials, respectively. |
| US11343899B2 |
Droplet generation for a laser produced plasma light source
The present disclosure is directed to a device having a nozzle for dispensing a liquid target material; one or more intermediary chamber(s), each intermediary chamber positioned to receive target material and formed with an exit aperture to output target material for downstream irradiation in a laser produced plasma (LPP) chamber. In some disclosed embodiments, control systems are included for controlling one or more of gas temperature, gas pressure and gas composition in one, some or all of a device's intermediary chamber(s). In one embodiment, an intermediary chamber having an adjustable length is disclosed. |
| US11343896B2 |
Optical-effect light, group of lights, arrangement and method
An optical-effect light may include a LIDAR system for detecting objects. The optical-effect light may be controlled based on one or more parameters of the detected object. The optical-effect light may include at least one radiation source configured to emit light and at least one acquisition unit configured to acquire data pertaining to the object(s). The light may be controlled based on the acquired data. |
| US11343894B2 |
Drive circuit for a light-emitting diode light source
A controllable lighting device may utilize a controllable impedance circuit to conduct a load current through an LED light source. The controllable impedance circuit may be coupled in series with a first switching device, which may be rendered conductive and non-conductive via a pulse-width modulated signal to adjust an average magnitude of the load current. The controllable lighting device may further comprise a control loop circuit that includes a second switching device. The second switching device may be rendered conductive and non-conductive in coordination with the first switching device to control when a feedback signal is provided to the control loop circuit and used to control the LED light source. The control loop circuit may be characterized by a time constant that is significantly greater than an operating period of the load current. |
| US11343891B2 |
LED system for vehicle lighting having high efficiency and high reliability
Provided is an LED system for vehicle lighting, the LED system including: an LED package (10) including a first LED chip (11) and a second LED chip (12); and an external transistor (20) provided outside the LED package (10), and connected to a main current channel of the LED package (10) in series, wherein the driving circuit (13) is configured to drive only the first LED chip (11) with a first constant current when a level of an input voltage is lower than that of a reference voltage, or drive the first LED chip (11), the second LED chip (12), and the external transistor (20) with a second constant current when the level of the input voltage is higher than that of the reference voltage, wherein the driving circuit (13) controls the first constant current and the second constant current such that power of the first LED chip (11) when only the first LED chip (11) is driven is the same as power of the first LED chip (11) and the second LED chip (12) when all the first LED chip (11), the second LED chip (12), and the external transistor (20) connected to each other in series are driven. |
| US11343882B2 |
Cooking utensil having contactless driven consumer with a driving unit of the consumer operating based on direct optical detection of the consumers movement
A cooking utensil includes a drive unit which is configured to drive at least one consumer, and a receiving unit which is configured to receive energy in a contactless manner and to supply energy to the drive unit. The cooking utensil can be part of a cooking system which further includes a cooktop apparatus having an induction unit configured at least to supply energy for the receiving unit of the cooking utensil. |
| US11343881B2 |
Electromagnetic cooking appliance and method for controlling power of the same
The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a power of an electromagnetic cooking appliance and an electromagnetic cooking appliance. The electromagnetic cooking appliance includes a first coil disk and a second coil disk. Each of the first coil disk and the second coil disk corresponds to an independent resonance circuit. After obtaining a target power of the electromagnetic cooking appliance, a heating period of the electromagnetic cooking appliance is determined based on the target power, each heating period including at least one first heating time period and at least one second heating time period. The first coil disk is controlled to heat in the first heating time period, and the second coil disk to heat in the second heating time period, such that the first coil disk and the second coil disk are heated alternately to reduce an interference of harmonic current and voltage flicker. |
| US11343877B2 |
E-vaping device cartridge with internal infrared sensor
A cartridge for an e-vaping device includes an infrared sensor configured to measure infrared radiation emitted by at least a portion of a heating element coupled to a dispensing interface in the cartridge. The field of view of the infrared sensor may encompass an entirety of the heating element. The infrared sensor may be an infrared light emitting diode. The e-vaping device may include control circuitry configured to determine the temperature of the heating element based on sensor data generated by the infrared sensor and control the electrical power supplied to the cartridge based on the temperature of the heating element. The control circuitry may control the electrical power to maintain the temperature of the heating element below a threshold temperature. The control circuitry may determine the heating element temperature based on accessing at least a portion of the sensor data stored at a storage device in the cartridge. |
| US11343875B2 |
Mobile terminal and wireless communication module
The present application relates to the field of mobile communications. Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a wireless communication module. In the present disclosure, an optional wireless communication function is packaged in a pluggable wireless communication module; a physical interface conforming to industry standards is reserved on a host of a mobile terminal so as to be used for connecting the wireless communication module; and the host can immediately have a specific wireless communication function merely by means of having a specific wireless communication module plugged into same. |
| US11343866B2 |
Method, apparatus and computer program related to secondary cell group reactivation in multi-radio access technology-dual connectivity
There is provided a method comprising, at a user equipment operating in connection with a first radio access technology network and a second radio access technology network, determining that communication using the second radio access technology is to be suspended and in response to the determining, suspending communication using the second radio access technology and storing a configuration relating to the second radio access technology such that communication using the second radio access technology can be reactivated via at least one of the first radio access technology network and the second radio access technology network. |
| US11343857B2 |
Random access in a non-terrestrial network
Systems, methods, and devices for random access to a communications network by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). In some implementations, the WTRU receives random access response (RAR) configuration information. The WTRU determines a time offset for a RAR window, based on a minimum round trip time (RTT) between the WTRU and a non-terrestrial network device. The WTRU determines a length of the RAR window. the WTRU monitors a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) from the non-terrestrial network device during the RAR window based on the time offset and the length of the RAR window. |
| US11343854B2 |
Algorithm to predict optimal Wi-Fi contention window based on load
A novel method that dynamically changes the contention window of access points based on system load to improve performance in a dense Wi-Fi deployment is disclosed. A key feature is that no MAC protocol changes, nor client side modifications are needed to deploy the solution. Setting an optimal contention window can lead to throughput and latency improvements up to 155%, and 50%, respectively. Furthermore, an online learning method that efficiently finds the optimal contention window with minimal training data, and yields an average improvement in throughput of 53-55% during congested periods for a real traffic-volume workload replay in a Wi-Fi test-bed is demonstrated. |
| US11343851B2 |
Method and apparatus for managing carrier sensing
Methods and apparatus are proposed for managing carrier sensing in a communications system. In order to enable carrier sensing of a beamforming transmission to a served wireless device, a network node transmits a first transmission and a second transmission. The second transmission is the beamforming transmission to the served wireless device and the first transmission is an unhiding signal, which indicates the presence of the second transmission. |
| US11343850B2 |
Method and device in UE and base station
The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station. The UE transmits M2 first type radio signal(s) in M2 time block(s) of M1 time blocks respectively, and transmits a second type radio signal; the second type radio signal is used to determine at least the former of the M2 time block(s) and M2 first type carrier(s); the M2 first type radio signal(s) is(are) transmitted on the M2 first type carrier(s) respectively; a first bit block is used to generate the M2 first type radio signal(s); the present disclosure designs the second type radio signal, which helps the base station determine a position of a carrier where transmission is actually performed and corresponding time block when narrowband UE performs uplink data transmission on unlicensed frequency spectrum. This further streamlines base station reception and improves uplink transmission performance. |
| US11343848B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining preambles and RACH occasions for 2 step random access
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 disclosure provides method and apparatus of determining preamble and RACH occasions for 2-step random access. |
| US11343847B2 |
Method for transmitting or receiving signal in wireless communication system and device therefor
A method for a user equipment (UE) to transmit an uplink signal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: determining a data transmission mode; and transmitting to a base station through a competition resource region, a control channel carrying control information including the data transmission mode, a data channel carrying at least one transmission block (TB), and a preamble, wherein the preamble indicates the position of a resource to which the control channel is mapped in the competition resource region, and the data transmission mode determined by the UE can correspond to one among a first transmission mode in which 1 TB is transmitted by being divided into N sub-blocks or a second transmission mode in which 1 TB is repeatedly transmitted M times. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, the base station or a network. |
| US11343846B2 |
Status messaging protocol
A method, an apparatus, a system, and a computer program product for radio synchronous status messaging between communications units in wireless communications systems. A change of status event by one or more first communications devices is detected. A message indicative of the detected change of status event is generated. The generated message is transmitted to one or more second communications devices. |
| US11343845B2 |
Method and apparatus for channel state reporting in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to channel state reporting 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: establishing a PC5 radio resource control (RRC) connection between the first wireless device and a second wireless device; receiving sidelink control information (SCI) from the second wireless device, wherein the SCI instructs the first wireless device to perform sidelink (SL)-channel state information (CSI) reporting for the PC5 RRC connection; triggering the SL-CSI reporting; and based on that a sidelink resource for the SL-CSI reporting is unavailable and the first wireless device is configured with a mode in which sidelink resources are scheduled by a network, transmitting a signal related to the SL CSI reporting for requesting the sidelink resource to the network. |
| US11343841B2 |
Uplink resource scheduling in multiple time instances
It is disclosed a network node, a communication device and methods therein, for scheduling of uplink resources in multiple time instances and transmitting in accordance with the scheduled UL resources. By including an indicator in an UL grant comprising an UL resource allocation, the indicator indicates that, for at least one UL time instance of the multiple time instances, at least one UL resource is excluded from, or added to, the UL resource allocation of the UL grant. |
| US11343840B2 |
Communication method and apparatus using beamforming in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for fusing, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than 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 discloses a communication method and apparatus between a terminal and a base station in a communication system to which beamforming is applied. |
| US11343839B2 |
Devices and methods for uplink control channel design in regular bursts for new radio (NR)
Wireless communication devices, such as a scheduled entity, are adapted to facilitate uplink transmissions on multiple physical uplink control channels (PUCCHs) of a regular burst period. According to one example, a scheduled entity may obtain a payload for an uplink transmission on a PUCCH. The scheduled entity may subsequently send the uplink transmission utilizing two or more physical uplink control channels (PUCCH) of a regular burst period, where each PUCCH is associated with a different frequency band of the regular burst period. According to one example, a scheduling entity may receive an uplink transmission, where the uplink transmission utilizes a first PUCCH of a regular burst period, and at least a second PUCCH of the regular burst period, each of the first and second PUCCHs being associated with respectively different frequency bands of the regular burst period. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included. |
| US11343836B2 |
Two-step signaling of uplink scheduling assignments
A method including receiving at a wireless communication device first and second scheduling information indicative of attributes related to a data transmission. The first scheduling information including information indicative of contents attributes of the data transmission, and the subsequently received second scheduling information being indicative of time attributes of the data transmission. |
| US11343833B2 |
V2X message communication method and apparatus
The present disclosure relates to Vehicle to Everything (V2X) message communication methods and apparatus. One example method performed by a terminal includes sending a quality of service QoS request message to a network device, receiving QoS information of the terminal that is sent by the network device based on identification information of the terminal, obtaining, based on the QoS information, a QoS parameter corresponding to a message identifier of a to-be-sent V2X message, obtaining, based on the obtained QoS parameter, a radio resource used to send the to-be-sent V2X message, and sending the to-be-sent V2X message by using the obtained radio resource. |
| US11343828B2 |
Transmissions based on candidate resources or candidate resource groups
Methods, systems, and devices related to reducing signaling overhead for uplink transmissions are described. In one representative aspect, a method for wireless communication includes transmitting, from the wireless communication node, a first message to a mobile device. The first message identifies one or more resource groups that correspond to a transmission rank to be used by the mobile device for a data transmission from the mobile device to the wireless communication node. The one or more resource groups are selected from a set of candidate resource groups or a set of candidate resources. The method also includes receiving, at the wireless communication node, the data transmission having the transmission rank from the mobile device. |
| US11343827B2 |
Radio resource configuration method, network-side device, and user-side device
The embodiments of the present application discloses a radio resource configuration method, a network-side device and a user-side device. The method includes: receiving configuration information for indicating to perform activation or deactivation of a radio resource configuration; wherein the radio resource configuration includes a CORESET configuration and/or a quasi co-location (QCL) related configuration; activating or deactivating the radio resource configuration according to the configuration information. In the application, the activation or deactivation of the radio resource configuration is achieved; moreover, the rapid activation or deactivation of the radio resource configuration is achieved; it is ensured that the times known by the network-side device and the user-side device, at which the activation or deactivation operation on the user-side device is performed, are consistent; and the utilization efficiency of air interface resources is improved. |
| US11343823B2 |
Orthogonal multiple access and non-orthogonal multiple access
A transmitter in a wireless communication network encodes data bits of a first layer to produce a set of coded symbols; spreads the coded symbols using discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM); and modulates the spread symbols onto a set of OFDM subcarrier frequencies to produce a discrete-time OFDM signal. Spreading is configured to map the coded symbols to a first sparse DFT-s-OFDM code space in a DFT-s-OFDM symbol, wherein the first sparse DFT-s-OFDM code space is different from a second sparse DFT-s-OFDM code space in the DFT-s-OFDM symbol, the second sparse DFT-s-OFDM code space being employed by a second layer. |
| US11343817B2 |
Multi-tier density-aware location-based channel assignment and adaptive power control method for mobile ad-hoc networks
A method, and software application, are disclosed for managing data communication transmissions among a plurality of wireless communication nodes that are configured to communicate using a time division multiple access (TDMA) network that is based upon a TDMA frame including a plurality of timeslots. The method is individually performed by each of the nodes, and comprises the steps of: a) obtaining a plurality of K Channel Assignment Functions (CAFs), wherein: 1) K is an integer greater than or equal to 2, and J is an integer ranging from 0 to K-1, and 2) the J-th CAF from the plurality of K CAFs is in a one-to-one correspondence with a J-th channel set, and a J-th Maximum Transmission Interference Range Function (MTIRF), wherein 2a) the J-th CAF assigns one channel from the J-th channel set to an input set of spatial coordinates (SOSC) identifying an input geographic location, and 2b) the J-th MTIRF assigns a J-th Maximum Transmission Interference Range (MTIR) value to the input SOSC; b) obtaining a set of network topology metrics (NTMs), wherein each of the NTMs is associated with at least one threshold; c) obtaining one or more measurements for each of the NTMs; d) obtaining a current SOSC identifying the current geographic location of the node performing the method; e) selecting a CAF based, at least in part, on 1) the current SOSC, 2) the one or more measurements for each of the NTMs, and 3) the at least one threshold associated with each of the NTMs; f) selecting a channel from a list of channels comprising the channel assigned to the current SOSC by the selected CAF; g) calculating a transmission power level (TPL) based, at least in part, on the MTIR value assigned to the current SOSC by the MTIRF corresponding to the selected CAF; and, h) transmitting data using the selected channel and the calculated TPL. |
| US11343816B2 |
Methods for transmission time interval bundling in the uplink
Methods, systems, and apparatus for supporting uplink Transmission Time Interval (TTI) bundling in Long Term Evolution (LTE) are provided. Methods, systems, and apparatus for signaling, activation/deactivation, and wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) behavior are also provided. |
| US11343813B2 |
Method and device in UE and base station used for wireless communication
The present disclosure discloses a UE and a base station used for wireless communications. The UE receives Q control signaling groups respectively in Q time windows; receives a first control signaling that is used for determining Q1 time window(s) out of the Q time windows; and performs energy detection to determine whether to transmit on a first time-frequency resource; herein, any of the Q control signaling groups comprises a first field; any control signaling comprised by the Q control signaling groups comprises a first field; first fields comprised by control signalings in any of the Q control signaling groups are of a same value; among any Q2 adjacent control signaling groups of the Q control signaling groups, any two control signaling groups comprise first fields of different values; the first radio signal comprises first feedback information. The present disclosure not only ensures HARQ-ACK transmission but reduces signaling overhead redundancy. |
| US11343812B2 |
Radio resource allocation for access link
Wireless communication techniques are described. An access node/device may transmit, to another access node/device, data corresponding to a wireless device. The access node/device may transmit the data along with downlink resource information indicating a radio resource. The other access node/device may use the radio resource to transmit the data to the wireless device. The access node/device may transmit one or more preemption indications to one or more other communication devices to preempt any other transmissions in the radio resource. |
| US11343809B2 |
Methods and related devices of channel state information (CSI) reporting for bandwidth part (BWP) switch operation
A method for Channel State Information (CSI) reporting includes a User Equipment (UE) receiving a Channel State Information (CSI) reporting configuration from a base station (BS) on a first Bandwidth Part (BWP), receiving a first BWP switch indication from the BS on the first BWP, switching an active BWP of the UE from the first BWP to a second BWP, reserving the CSI reporting configuration after switching the active BWP, receiving a second BWP switch indication on the second BWP or a third BWP after switching the active BWP, switching the active BWP back to the first BWP, and automatically sending a CSI report based on the CSI reporting configuration without receiving any CSI reporting activation command from the BS after switching the active BWP back to the first BWP. |
| US11343808B2 |
Uplink data sending method and apparatus
A terminal device receives first scheduling information from an access network device, where the first scheduling information is used to schedule the terminal device to transmit a first transport block by using an unlicensed carrier; performs rate matching on the first transport block, to obtain uplink data; detects the unlicensed carrier, and determines a start time domain symbol, used to send the uplink data, in at least two time domain symbols included in a first subframe, where the at least two time domain symbols include a first time domain symbol and a second time domain symbol, the second time domain symbol is later than the first time domain symbol, and the start time domain symbol is the first time domain symbol or the second time domain symbol; and sends the uplink data to the access network device from the start time domain symbol. |
| US11343807B2 |
PUCCH transmission method, user equipment and apparatus
Disclosed are a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission method, a user equipment and an apparatus, used to solve the technical problem in existing technology wherein there is no specific method or apparatus to support a PUCCH transmission scenario in a new wireless communication system. The PUCCH transmission method comprises: on the basis of an acquired indication signaling, determining an uplink beam used when carrying out PUCCH transmission; and carrying out PUCCH transmission using the determined uplink beam. |
| US11343801B2 |
Feedback information transmission method and apparatus
Embodiments of the present invention describe a feedback information transmission method and apparatus. The feedback information transmission method may include receiving, by a first terminal, first data sent by a second terminal. The method may also include sending, by the first terminal, feedback information for the first data to the second terminal in a first subframe, where there is second data to be sent by the first terminal in the first subframe. The feedback information may be carried in sidelink control information (SCI) of the second data, or the feedback information may be carried in a data packet carrying the second data. According to the embodiments of the present invention, the feedback information is carried in the SCI or the data packet carrying the second data, so that a peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of a system can be reduced. |
| US11343797B2 |
Paging related methods and apparatus
Efficient paging in a communications system including macro and small cell base stations is described. A macro cell base station receives, from a network node, a request to page a UE and determines a set of base stations including one or more small cell base stations, which are to attempt to page the UE. The macro cell base station communicates the paging request to the selected one or more small cell base stations. A small cell base station, using unlicensed spectrum, may fail in its paging attempt due to current unavailability of the unlicensed spectrum (LBT fails to clear) resulting in no paging signal transmitted; the reason for failure is communicated from the small cell base station to the macro cell base station via a paging response message. The macro cell base station in turn communicates a paging response message to the network node communicating the reason for failure. |
| US11343795B2 |
Paging related methods and apparatus
Methods and apparatus for efficient paging in a communications system using unlicensed spectrum are described. A base station, which uses unlicensed spectrum, receives a paging request message from a network node and performs paging operations attempting to page the UE. The paging attempt may fail due to the base station being unable to transmit a paging signal to the UE because the unlicensed spectrum is currently unavailable or because the UE did not respond to a transmitted page. The base station generates and transmits a paging failure response message including a failure cause code indicating the reason that the paging attempt failed. The network node receives the paging failure response message, recovers the failure cause code, and implements a paging escalation strategy as a function of the recovered failure cause code. |
| US11343789B2 |
Arrangement for responding to a failure in the communication of the position assistance information
A terminal device is configured to detect a failure in communicating the position assistance information, such as a failure to decrypt or an integrity protection decoding failure, and in response to detecting the failure in communicating the position assistance information to perform a position assistance information failure procedure. In one example embodiment the position assistance information failure procedure includes transmitting a message indicating the failure to the infrastructure equipment. In another example the position assistance information failure procedure includes adapting one or more communications parameters in order to recover the reception of the position assistance information. |
| US11343786B2 |
Method for broadcast gateway signaling using cloud network and apparatus for the same
Disclosed herein are a method for broadcast gateway signaling using a cloud network and an apparatus for the same. The method includes generating an outer packet corresponding to the outer layer of a tunneling system using an inner packet corresponding to the inner layer of the tunneling system, generating a header of the outer packet, and transmitting the outer packet to a transmitter through a Studio-to-Transmitter Link (STL). The header includes an STL propagation delay time field indicating a reception wait time for an STL stream corresponding to the outer packet. |
| US11343782B2 |
Method of transmitting synchronized signal block, network equipment, and user equipment
A method of transmitting a synchronized signal block (SS block), network equipment, and user equipment are disclosed. The SS block includes a New Radio (NR)-primary synchronized signal (PSS), an NR-secondary synchronized signal (SSS), and an NR-physical broadcast channel (PBCH) signal. The method includes: network equipment transmits the NR-PSS by using a first frequency domain resource, transmits the NR-SSS by using a second frequency domain resource, and transmits the NR-PBCH signal by using a third frequency domain resource; and user equipment receives the NR-PSS by using the first frequency domain resource, receives the NR-SSS by using the second frequency domain resource, and receives the NR-PBCH signal by using the third frequency domain resource. A position relationship among the first frequency domain resource, the second frequency domain resource, and the third frequency domain resource satisfies a preset condition. |
| US11343777B2 |
Method and apparatus for multi-antenna transmission in vehicle to vehicle communication
A method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a base station (BS), configuration information for a power control of a sidelink and a downlink reference signal (RS) to measure a downlink channel from the BS, wherein the sidelink is established between the UE and another UE; receiving, from the BS, the downlink RS based on the configuration information; calculating a first pathloss for the downlink channel between the UE and the BS based on the configuration information; identifying a second pathloss for the sidelink between the UE and the other UE; and transmitting, to the other UE, a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) and a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) based on the first pathloss and the second pathloss. |
| US11343776B2 |
Method for terminal to transmit uplink signal, and terminal
A method for a terminal to transmit an uplink signal is provided. The method includes: receiving an instruction sent by a serving base station and used for determining transmit power; selecting an uplink power control formula from a plurality of uplink power control formulas according to the instruction; obtaining transmit power of an uplink signal by using the selected uplink power control formula; and transmitting an uplink signal by using the transmit power. According to the application, a terminal is not only capable of selecting, according to a receiving manner, an associated uplink power control formula to determine a transmit signal, but also capable of using the uplink power control formula for a different configuration parameter of a non-periodical SRS to determine suitable transmit power to transmit an uplink signal. |
| US11343771B2 |
Wireless communication apparatus and method for performing energy-efficient link adaptation
An operating method of a wireless communication apparatus including a plurality of antennas and receiving a data signal through a downlink channel from a base station includes: calculating a plurality of estimated energy efficiencies under a plurality of reception conditions of the wireless communication apparatus in accordance with prior information regarding a number of transmission ranks and a number of receiving antennas to be used for receiving the data signal; and generating channel state information by using the calculated estimated energy efficiencies and determining the number of receiving antennas. |
| US11343770B2 |
Method and device for receiving signal through T-RPT in wireless communication system
An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for receiving, by a terminal, a signal of another terminal by using a time resource pattern of transmission (T-RPT) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: determining subframes through which the another terminal transmits data, by applying a T-RPT bitmap to subframes within a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) period; and receiving D2D data from at least some of the subframes through which the another terminal transmits data, wherein when the terminal has received first information within the PSCCH period, the terminal switches subframes into a sleep mode according to the first information even though the T-RPT bitmap indicates that data is to be transmitted through the subframes. |
| US11343769B2 |
Method and system for wirelessly transmitting data
Methods and systems for wirelessly transmitting data between Wi-Fi stations without requiring the Wi-Fi stations to be fully connected to the Wi-Fi network. A first Wi-Fi station generates the data to be transmitted. The data comprises status data and/or wake-up data. The first Wi-Fi station then inserts the data in a vendor-specific information element of a probe request frame and wirelessly transmits the probe request frame. The probe request frame is then received by a second Wi-Fi station. If the probe request frame contains wake-up data and the second Wi-Fi station is operating in a low-power mode when it receives the probe request frame, the second Wi-Fi station will wake-up from the low-power mode. If the probe request frame contains status data then the second Wi-Fi station may process the probe request frame and/or forward at least a portion of the received probe request frame to another device. |
| US11343767B2 |
Systems and methods providing an idle early data transmission solution accommodating power-saving mode
According to certain embodiments, a method includes determining that at least one condition is met while a wireless device is in a power saving mode (PSM) and no non-access stratum (NAS) connection is established. In response to determining that the at least one condition is met and while no NAS connection is established, a timer is set to an initial value and restarted with the initial value. |
| US11343765B2 |
Communication module in vehicle and control message generating method therefor
A communication module in a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a battery unit; a receiving unit for receiving power from the battery unit and operating by a predetermined period in a reception standby state; and a control unit configured to accumulatively calculate an amount of current consumed according to an operation time of the receiving unit, and generate a control message for controlling a turn-off of the communication module or controlling an operation period of the receiving unit when the accumulatively calculated value exceeds a predetermined value. |
| US11343763B2 |
Micro sleep for network node providing service to user equipment onboard a high speed train
In one aspect, a network node receives a message indicating that UEs that require service are expected to enter a service area of the network node. The network node determines, based on the message, that a change in power management for radio equipment corresponding to the service area is required. The network node determines a timing for initiating the change in power management for the radio equipment, taking into account a predicted time for when the UEs are expected to enter the service area, and triggers the change in power management for the radio equipment, based on the determined timing. In another aspect, the network node predicts a departure time from the first service area for the UEs. The network node then sends to another network node, prior to the predicted departure time, an indication that the UEs are expected to enter a service area of the other network node. |
| US11343761B2 |
Method and apparatus for wireless communication
Disclosed is a 5G or a pre-5G communication system to support a higher data transmission rate than a system after a 4G communication system such as LTE. A wireless communication method by a terminal according to one embodiment may include the operations of: identifying information indicating a type of each of multiple wireless networks, a strength of each of signals received from the multiple wireless networks, respectively, and power consumption of the terminal; selecting one wireless network among the multiple wireless networks on the basis of the information and the strength of each of current signals received from the multiple wireless networks, respectively; and communicating with the selected wireless network. |
| US11343757B2 |
Method for service processing and user equipment
A method for service processing and a user equipment are provided, and the method for service processing includes: starting a back-off timer, after receiving a rejection response message sent by a network side through a 3GPP access; and stopping the back-off timer and triggering a service request process that is based on the 3GPP access, when a non-access stratum notification message sent by the network side through a non-3GPP access is received before the back-off timer expires. |
| US11343755B2 |
Node selection for network sharing
A base station distributed unit transmits at least one system information block to a wireless device. The at least one system information block indicates a first public land mobile network (PLMN) and a second PLMN. The base station distributed unit receives a radio resource control message from the wireless device. The radio resource control message indicates at least one PLMN of the first PLMN and the second PLMN. The base station distributed unit determines, by based on the at least one PLMN, at least one base station central unit from: a first base station central unit of the first PLMN; and a second base station central unit of the second PLMN. The base station distributed unit transmits the radio resource control message to the at least one base station central unit. |
| US11343754B2 |
Terminal apparatus, mobility management entity (MME), and communication control method
First identification information is information indicating a mobility type supported by a core network, and second identification information is information indicating a mobility type allowed by the core network. A communication control method for a terminal apparatus of the present invention includes a step of receiving an attach accept message from the core network via a base station apparatus, the attach accept message including at least the first identification information and/or the second identification information. Accordingly, there is provided a communication procedure that is suited to the determination of a mobility type of a terminal. |
| US11343752B2 |
Communication apparatus, communication system, communication method, and communication processing program
This first communication apparatus is provided with: a first communication unit which, after establishing a link necessary for first near field communication with a communication counterpart existing within a first communication available range, performs the first near field communication with the link-established communication counterpart; and a second communication unit which performs second near field communication with a communication counterpart existing within a second communication available range that is narrower than the first communication available range. In a case where detecting that a portable storage medium with which the second near field communication is available enters the second communication available range, the first communication apparatus transmits, through the first communication unit, detection information which indicates that the portable storage medium enters the second communication available range to a link-established second communication apparatus. In a case where receiving the detection information from the first communication apparatus, the second communication apparatus limits the transmission and reception of data through the first near field communication with communication counterparts other than the first communication apparatus which has transmitted the detection information, while maintaining the establishment of each link with each of a plurality of link-established communication counterparts. |
| US11343748B2 |
Coordinated beam selection in cellular mesh network
Methods and apparatuses for maintaining network information. A method for operating a base station (BS) in a wireless communication network includes receiving a neighbor discovery signal block (NDSB) from a neighbor BS in the wireless communication network, generating measurement information based on the NDSB, and generating a path metric for the neighbor BS based on the generated measurement information. The method further includes determining whether the neighbor BS as an interferer neighbor BS based on comparison of the path metric to a threshold and updating network information maintained at the BS based on the determination of whether the neighbor BS is the interferer neighbor BS. |
| US11343747B2 |
Control device, communication device, control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
A distributing control unit performs provisional switching control processing to a distributing unit when a link in use for first data units is a first link and a candidate link to be used is a second link. For example, the distributing control unit distributes at least one of the data units of the first data units of the data stream to the second link and distributes other data units to the first link. A determining unit determines whether or not a link in use for second data units subsequent to the first data units is to be switched from the first link to the second link based on first and second communication qualities, the first and second communication qualities being based on feedback information. The first and second communication qualities are communication qualities of the other data units and the at least one of the data units, respectively. |
| US11343744B2 |
Method for managing handover roaming
In the context of management of handover roaming, a communication system comprises a first LPWAN network of a first operator and a second LPWAN network of a second operator. The first network comprises gathering gateways, a first server managing the gathering gateways, and a second server controlling the MAC layer. The second network comprises a third server interfacing fourth and fifth servers with the second server. Uplink frames of application data are transported from an end device of the second operator to the fourth server by successive relayings of the first, second and third servers. However, when the end device of the second operator requests joining the communication system in order to benefit from the services of the fourth server, the gathering gateways communicate with the fifth server, short-circuiting the first, second and third servers. |
| US11343743B2 |
Handover techniques to provide service continuity with multiple concurrent connections
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for service continuity in make-before-break handover procedures. A user equipment (UE) may receive grants for two or more concurrent communications with a source base station and a target base station during the handover procedure, where the UE may be incapable of performing the two or more concurrent communications. The UE may use one or more priority rules to determine communication priority. The one or more priority rules identify one or more channel types that have a higher priority than other channel types, may identify whether communications with the source base station or the target base station have priority, among other examples. |
| US11343742B2 |
Preserving emergency call during failure to transfer
A system and method in a user equipment (UE) for transferring an emergency session from a first network to a second network. The method includes transmitting a first registration request message to the second network; receiving a registration reject message from the second network; detecting the emergency session between the UE and the first network is ongoing; transmitting a second registration request message comprising an emergency registration request to the second network; and receiving a registration accept message for the emergency session. |
| US11343741B2 |
Data transmission method and device based on mobile network, and storage medium
A data transmission method based on a mobile network, applied to a terminal configured with a primary card link for a primary subscriber identity module (SIM) card and a secondary card link for a secondary SIM card, includes: performing transmission quality evaluation on the primary card link when the primary card link is applied to perform data transmission of the mobile network to obtain a first transmission quality evaluation value; and compensating the data transmission of the mobile network performed by the primary card link through the secondary card link in response to that the first transmission quality evaluation value is lower than a transmission quality evaluation threshold. |
| US11343737B2 |
Base station backhaul link information
A first access node receives, from a second access node, at least one message comprising configuration parameters of a first cell of a third access node. The third access node is a child node associated with the second access node. The third access node communicates with the second access node via at least one backhaul link. The configuration parameters comprise an identifier indicating the first cell and backhaul information of the at least one backhaul link. The first access node determines, based on the backhaul information, a handover of a wireless device to the first cell. The first access node transmits, to the second access node, a message requesting the handover of the wireless device to the first cell. |
| US11343730B2 |
Method and apparatus for inter-node coordination for auto neighbor relation
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.A method by a first base station, which includes receiving, from a second base station, a first message for requesting cell global identity (CGI) measurement; transmitting, to a terminal, a second message including configuration information for the CGI measurement based on the first message; and transmitting, to the second base station, a third message including a measurement report based on the configuration information. |
| US11343728B2 |
Supplemental uplink selection using configuration information
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A first base station may receive, from a second base station, parameters for a selection of an uplink of the cell. A handover to the selected uplink may be performed based on the parameters and a measurement associated with a signal of the cell. |
| US11343724B2 |
User equipment context management method, apparatus, and device
The present invention discloses a user equipment context management method, apparatus, and device, and relates to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: receiving, by a first control plane entity, a service request message of user equipment UE, where the service request message includes service information requested by the UE; obtaining location information of the UE, determining, based on the service information requested by the UE, a mobility level of a service requested by the UE, determining, based on the location information of the UE and the mobility level of the service, an effective range of a context of a network resource bearing the service of the UE, and managing the context based on the effective range of the context. |
| US11343722B2 |
Management of handover candidate cells
Various communication systems may benefit from improved handover. For example, it may be helpful to manage a list candidate cells to which a user equipment may be handed over. A method may include receiving at a user equipment a list of prepared candidate cells from a source cell. The method may also include transmitting the list of prepared candidate cells from the user equipment to a target cell after or during handover from the source cell to the target cell. |
| US11343720B2 |
Preemptive handover preparation and tracking/paging area handling and intelligent route selection in a cellular network
A concept for handovers in cellular networks, a concept for improved handling of tracking/paging areas for, for instance, user entities in inactive modes and a concept for enabling intelligent route selection in cellular networks are presented. |
| US11343719B2 |
Method for reserving and allocating resources for ultra-low-latency uplink service flow based on air interface slice
A method for reserving and allocating resources for an ultra-low-latency uplink service flow based on an air interface slice includes: virtualizing an air interface resource of a base station side into an ultra-low-latency slice resource and a non-ultra-low-latency slice resource; recording a collision situation on reserved resources in each retry window, and dynamically adjusting a size of the reserved ultra-low-latency slice resource; after detecting that a terminal transmits ultra-low-latency data on the ultra-low-latency slice resource, performing a resource reallocation and determining whether an idle resource is presented; if presented, allocating the idle resource to the terminal transmitting the ultra-low-latency data and returning the borrowed non-ultra-low-latency slice resource after transmitting the ultra-low-latency data; and if not presented, borrowing the non-ultra-low-latency slice resource allocated to a non-ultra-low-latency terminal and returning the borrowed non-ultra-low-latency slice resource after transmitting the ultra-low-latency data. |
| US11343714B2 |
Radio communication of critical packet data units
A technique for communicating protocol data units, PDUs, in a radio communication from a transmitter (100) to a receiver (200) is described. As to a method aspect of the technique, one or more control messages indicative of Quality of Service, QoS, requirements for the radio communication are received. The QoS requirements include a control command for a reliability of the radio communication and a control command for a latency of the radio communication. A batch of redundant PDUs is transmitted from the transmitter (100) to the receiver (200). A number of the redundant PDUs per batch depends on the control command for the reliability and a temporal spread of the redundant PDUs per batch depends on the control command for the latency. |
| US11343712B2 |
V2X communication device and V2X communication method of V2X communication device
Disclosed is a method for receiving a V2X message by a V2X communication device. A method for transmitting a V2X message comprises the steps of: acquiring CBR information indicating a congestion state of a channel; determining a state and substate of a channel for a distributed congestion control (DCC) on the basis of the CBR information; on the basis of the state and substate state, generating transmission period information and transmission structure information for the V2X message; and generating the V2X message on the basis of the transmission period information and the transmission structure information. Here, the transmission period information indicates a transmission period of the V2X message, and the transmission structure information indicates a structure of the V2X message transmitted in the transmission period. |
| US11343707B2 |
Systems and methods for voice network control and optimization
Provided is a controller for optimizing a wireless network by selectively enabling different codecs at different Radio Access Networks (“RANs”), and/or by dynamically provisioning resources to support interoperability between the selectively enabled codecs and other codecs in use elsewhere in the network. The controller may receive a request with an indication of a first codec and a second codec for establishing a session via a particular RAN. The controller may disable availability of the second codec for the session by providing a modified request that omits the second codec in response to the quality of service at the particular RAN satisfying performance criteria. The controller may selectively enable use of the second codec and provide transcoding between the first and second codecs by forwarding the request without modification to the session recipient in response to the quality of service at the particular RAN not satisfying the performance criteria. |
| US11343696B2 |
Apparatus, system and method of ranging measurement with secure long training field (LTF)
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of Multi-User (MU) ranging measurement. For example, an apparatus may include circuitry and logic configured to cause a wireless station to generate a plurality of sounding sequences corresponding to a plurality of stations (STAs), the plurality of sounding sequences including at least first and second different sounding sequences, the first sounding sequence corresponding to at least one first STA of the plurality of STAs, the second sounding sequence corresponding to at least one second STA of the plurality of STAs; during a Multi-User (MU) ranging measurement, to transmit a MU frame to indicate a MU Downlink (DL) transmission; and, following the MU frame, to transmit a MU DL Null Data Packet (NDP) transmission to the plurality of STAs, the MU DL NDP transmission including a plurality of Long Training Fields (LTFs) including the plurality of sounding sequences. |
| US11343695B2 |
Methods for quality-aware reporting of RSSI-based measurements to avoid RSSI window split
According to an aspect, a network node serving a wireless device obtains a quality requirement for a wireless device measurement that is based on RSSI measurement samples and determines configuration parameters for the wireless device based on the quality requirement. The network node sends the determined configuration parameters to the wireless device. The wireless device obtains a set of the configuration parameters for RSSI measurements. The configuration parameters specify a length for RSSI measurement durations in which RSSI measurement samples are obtained and an RSSI measurement periodicity for the RSSI measurement durations. The wireless device adapts operation of the UE with respect to the measurement that is based on RSSI measurement samples, based on a quality requirement for the measurement that is based on RSSI measurement samples. |
| US11343691B2 |
Radio communication system, radio terminal, radio network, radio communication method and program
A radio terminal, which has a function to collect and report measurement information designated by a radio network, comprises: means for receiving collection/reporting control information related to the radio terminal's execution of at least one of the collection of measurement information and the reporting of the measurement information to the radio network; and control means for executing, based on the collection/reporting control information, at least one of the collection and the reporting if execution determination information, which is related to at least one of the collection of the measurement information and the reporting of the measurement information to be executed by the local terminal, satisfies a given determination criterion. |
| US11343689B2 |
Method for supervising the connection between two nodes of a communication network
A method for monitoring the connection between a first node and a second node of a communication network, includes selecting a session established between the first node and the second node, the selected session becoming a monitoring session, monitoring the connection between the first node and the second node via the monitoring session. |
| US11343687B1 |
Mixed mode wireless communication system operational environment
One example Land Mobile Radio (LMR) base station includes a network interface and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive profile information of a plurality of fifth generation (5G)/Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication devices. The profile information of the plurality of 5G/LTE communication devices may be transmitted (i) over a background gateway communication channel to an LMR communication network that includes the LMR base station and (ii) in response to the 5G/LTE software defined network detecting a fault condition of the first 5G/LTE communication network. The electronic processor is further configured to broadcast a capture beacon based on the profile information and compliant with at least some characteristics of a 5G/LTE communication protocol. The capture beacon is configured to be received by the 5G/LTE communication device to reconfigure the 5G/LTE communication device for communication compliant with an LMR communication protocol. |
| US11343684B2 |
Self organizing backhaul radio
A self-organizing backhaul radio (SOBR) and related arrangements are disclosed. A “primary” link between an first SOBR enabled radio and a second SOBR radio includes a secondary transmission link, referred to as a signature control channel (SCC), as a spread spectrum modulated signal embedded within and transmitted simultaneously with the primary link. The SCC transmissions from the first SOBR radio may be utilized by other SOBR enabled radios to determine an interference level to or from the first SOBR radio's primary link. The SCC transmission may be utilized to allow transmit beam forming between SOBR-enabled radios without damaging other friendly SOBR radios within the propagation distance of the transmitted signals based upon the detection of the SCC transmissions. |
| US11343681B1 |
Dynamic beam management of an antenna array with a faulty element
Methods and systems are provided for dynamically adjusting the beamform of an antenna array. An intended beamform, which should ideally be propagated by an antenna array based on a supply of a first set of signals, may not be realized if one or more antenna elements of the antenna array are experiencing a fault. Utilizing various methods, one or more faulty antenna elements of the antenna array are identified and a second set of signals is calculated that, when propagated by one or more operational antenna elements, yield an optimized beamform, wherein the optimized beamform at least partially recovers a portion of a coverage gap. |
| US11343677B2 |
Secured pairing of video capture device and mobile device
To allow secure communications between a video capturing device and mobile devices, an association process includes providing a unique pattern, such as a QR code, to the mobile device in proximity to the video capturing device. The unique pattern is used by the mobile device to request pairing with the client device, either directly or via a cloud-based system. The QR code includes an identifier or “shared secret” that allows the client device to verify the pairing request originates from the mobile device in close proximity. The association process may also involve cryptographic keys to further secure communications and may also involve a process to retrieve a mobile app without additional user intervention. Once the devices are associated, they can communicate directly using wireless communications, such as cellular or WiFi, and transfer video data and other data automatically. |
| US11343676B1 |
Configuring devices to connect to a network
A technology is described for connecting an unconfigured device to a wireless network using network credentials obtained via a configurator device. An example of the technology may include activating a configurator service on a device to allow the device to act as a configurator device and provide network credentials of a wireless network to unconfigured devices. The configurator device may receive a connection request from an unconfigured device to obtain the network credentials to enable the unconfigured device to connect to the wireless network. The configurator device may determine that the unconfigured device is authorized to connect to the wireless network, obtain the network credentials from a credential provisioning service, and send the network credentials to the unconfigured device to enable the unconfigured device to connect to the wireless network. |
| US11343673B2 |
Enhanced aggregated re-authentication for wireless devices
Methods and systems for group re-authentication of devices in a wireless telecommunication network are provided. According to one aspect, a method of operation of a base station in a wireless telecommunication network comprises receiving a group authentication request message from a mobility management entity, the group authentication request message comprising a group identifier; identifying at least one user equipment as belonging to a group identified by the group identifier; sending an individual authentication request message to each identified UE; receiving an authentication response from at least one of the identified UE; aggregating the received at least one authentication response to create a group authentication response message; and sending the group authentication response message to the mobility management entity. |
| US11343672B2 |
Secure communication encryption and decryption mechanism in a wireless communication system
A system and method for secure communications between a master and a plurality of devices in a wireless communications network are provided. The method includes encrypting, on said master, downlink plaintext for multicast transmission to a plurality of devices over a wireless communications link utilizing a symmetric key encryption algorithm in accordance with a first counter value and a shared symmetric session key; and decrypting, on one of said devices, multicast downlink cyphertext received from said master over said wireless communications link utilizing a symmetric key decryption algorithm in accordance with a second counter value and said shared symmetric session key. |
| US11343671B2 |
Handling of PDCP duplication and data recovery in new radio access technology
In accordance with the example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to performing determining, by a device of a communication network, that at least one PDCP PDU of a PDCP sublayer is duplicated for transmission over at least one logical channel; signaling to an RLC sublayer an indication of the at least one PDCP PDU that is duplicated; and based on the signaling, controlling duplication of the at least one PDCP PDU for transmission over the at least one logical channel. Further, performing receiving, at a device of a communication network, an indication through a received signaling indicating that at least one PDCP PDU of a PDCP sublayer is to be duplicated; determining to duplicate the at least one PDCP PDU; duplicating the at least one PDCP PDU based on the determination; and transmitting the duplicated PDCP PDU over at least one logical channel. |
| US11343670B2 |
Identifying devices with transpositional modulation
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for transmitting, by a first device, a transmission signal that includes a carrier signal modulated with a TM signal. Receiving a response signal from a second device in response to the transmission signal. Determining, whether the response signal includes the TM signal. |
| US11343668B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing the trace corresponding to a terminal in wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for performing a terminal trace in a wireless communication system is disclosed. A control method for a femto base station according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: after a terminal is handed over to the femto base station, receiving terminal trace activation information from a serving base station; and transmitting a message including the received terminal trace activation information to a femto gateway (HeNB gateway) so as to allow the femto gateway to trace the terminal. |
| US11343666B2 |
Waveform design of discovery signals
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some wireless communications systems, a wireless device may broadcast a discovery preamble to identify a receiving device or to identify a suitable beam for communicating with a receiving device prior to broadcasting a discovery message to the receiving device. In such systems, the wireless device may use the techniques described herein to generate the discovery preamble and to reduce interference between discovery preamble transmissions and avoid data loss. In one example, a wireless device may append a cyclic prefix (CP) to a discovery preamble with a suitable length to protect the discovery preamble from interference from another transmission. In another example, the wireless device may generate a cyclically periodic signal including multiple copies of the discovery preamble so a receiving device may be able to receive a portion of the signal and identify the discovery preamble. |
| US11343665B2 |
Vehicle-to-everything server discovery
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for V2X server discovery. In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method. The method may include receiving, by a user equipment, an indication of an identity of a local server configured to provide, in the serving public land mobile network, information regarding a vehicle-based service, when the user equipment enters a region of the serving public land mobile network; and discovering, by the user equipment, the local server based on the received indication of the identity. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed. |
| US11343664B2 |
Bluetooth mesh network system and control method having control authority sharing mechanism
The present invention discloses a Bluetooth mesh network system having control authority sharing mechanism that includes an original provisioner node and at least one newly added provisioner node. The original provisioner node stores control authority information related to a Bluetooth mesh network, controls the Bluetooth mesh network accordingly and performs a control authority broadcast. The newly added provisioner node receives the control authority broadcast and establishes connection with the original provisioner node according to a connection protocol. The newly added provisioner node further requests the control authority information from the original provisioner node so as to control the Bluetooth mesh network after receiving the control authority information from the original provisioner node. |
| US11343663B2 |
Beacon-triggered activation of a near field communication application
An automated method is provided for activating a NFC application in a mobile interface device. In this method, the device receives from a beacon a wireless beacon signal comprising at least one beacon identifier. The wireless beacon signal is processed by the mobile interface device to determine the at least one beacon identifier. The mobile interface device determines based on the at least one beacon identifier, whether to activate the NFC application. Responsive to a determination that the NFC application should be activated, the mobile interface device transitions the NFC application from a passive state to an active state. NFC communication is then established between the mobile interface device and at least one NFC transmitting device disposed within a beacon range volume defined by the beacon location and the beacon range. |
| US11343660B2 |
Mobile edge computing applications management for wireless networks
A technique may include receiving, from an external applications controller, by a mobile edge computing applications manager provided on a mobile edge computing server that is in proximity to a radio access network, a mobile edge computing application criteria that includes management rules for managing at least a portion of a lifecycle of a mobile edge computing application; and storing the mobile edge computing application criteria. In an example embodiment, a technique may further include managing at least a portion of a lifecycle of the mobile edge computing application based on the mobile edge computing application criteria. |
| US11343657B2 |
System and method for client protocol selection for short data service
Embodiments herein provide a method for managing short data service (SDS) communication in a mission critical data (MCData) communication system. The method includes determining, by a transmitting MCData UE, whether a pre-determined criteria is met for transmitting a one-to-one standalone SDS message or a group standalone SDS message to receiving MCData UE (s). Further, the method includes determining data size of the one-to-one standalone SDS message or group standalone SDS message. Furthermore, the method includes transmitting the one-to-one standalone SDS message to the receiving MCData UE for one-to-one communication or group communication using one of a signaling control plane and a media plane based the determined data size of the one-to-one standalone SDS message or group standalone SDS message. |
| US11343652B2 |
Resource selection for user equipment (UE)-shared multicast feedback
This disclosure provides methods, devices, and systems for resource selection supporting user equipment (UE)-shared multicast feedback. In some systems, a UE and a base station may support multicast communications. The base station may configure a set of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources that the UE may use for multicast feedback messages. The base station may transmit an indication of the set of PUCCH resources to the UE, and the UE may determine to use a PUCCH resource of the set of PUCCH resources based on one or more indications from the base station. The UE may fail to receive a multicast message from the base station and may transmit a UE-shared negative acknowledgment (NACK) feedback message. The base station may re-transmit the multicast message according to a set of transmission parameters that is based on which PUCCH resource was used by one or more UEs for multicast NACK feedback. |
| US11343651B2 |
System and method for unlicensed spectrum transmissions
A system comprising: a plurality of base stations forming a multicast broadcast single frequency network operating using unlicensed frequency resources; and a network element configured to allocate a transmission period to each of the plurality of base stations, wherein each base station is configured to independently determine whether the unlicensed frequency resources are available for transmission, and transmit a data packet using the unlicensed frequency resources during the allocated transmission period only if the unlicensed frequency resources are determined to be available. |
| US11343650B1 |
Computation of a saddle-point
An unconstrained saddle point of a function is obtained by computing a combination of a first subspace for minimization, and a second subspace for maximization. A combination of a current location including a first and second current location within the first and second subspace is iteratively selected. From the current location, a combination of a step-size including a first and second step-size along a first and second direction of the first and second subspace, is computed. The first and second step-size is to a next first and second location within the first and second subspace. The current location is set to a next location including the next first and second location. The combination of the first and second subspace is according to the next location. The iterations terminate when the next location meets a requirement denoting the unconstrained saddle point. The location indicating the unconstrained saddle point is provided. |
| US11343648B2 |
Systems and methods for location tracking using dynamically generated geo data
A mobile device running a software application is configured to provide initial location data to a server when it is first turned on, or reaches a predetermined movement status. The server determines, based on the initial location data, geo data including a set of geo-fences near the mobile device and a region including areas defined by the set of geo-fences, and provides the geo data to the mobile device. The mobile device is further configured to collect its locations when the mobile device is within any of the set of geo-fences and to provide the collected locations to the server. The mobile device is further configured to track its movement status after it has been outside the region and, in response to having reached a predetermined movement status, obtain updated geo data including a new region and a new set of geo-fences from the server. The software application enables efficient tracking of mobile device locations and reduces power consumption. |
| US11343646B2 |
Method and apparatus for localization
An electronic device and a method of the electronic device for performing localization in a wireless communication system are provided. The electronic device and method comprise: receiving, from a plurality of anchor nodes, signals for the localization; performing ranging measurements of the signals based on a range and an angle of arrival (AoA) of the signals; determining whether at least one of the plurality of anchor nodes is not detected based on the ranging measurements; determining, based on a determination that the at least one anchor node is not detected based on the ranging measurements, whether at least one other anchor node in the plurality of anchor nodes is located on a line of sight (LOS) from the electronic device, wherein the LOS is determined based on the AoA of the signals; and performing the localization based on the at least one other anchor node. |
| US11343644B2 |
Neighbor awareness method, beacon device, and mobile terminal
A beacon device obtains first location feature information that indicates an environmental condition around a current location of the beacon device; obtains registration location feature information that indicates an environmental condition around an original assembly location of the beacon device; then compares the two pieces of information to perform compliance detection on a location of the beacon device; and determines, based on a detection result, whether to trigger neighbor awareness. |
| US11343638B2 |
System and method for validating accuracy of geographic location for an address
A system and method of validating the accuracy of geographic location for an address is provided, as described in the embodiments. The system checks whether a given geographical location is the correct physical location for an address or not. An address whose location needs to be verified is parsed and broken down into at least one of nationality, state, city, town, locality, sub-locality, street, landmark, building, floor number, identification number, postal code, zip code or any other address identifying parameter. Similar addresses are searched for in the list of stored addresses and the verification check is done based on locations of the addresses found to be similar. In this way, the system establishes a trust score between the address and the geographic location of an entity. |
| US11343634B2 |
Apparatus and method for rendering an audio signal for a playback to a user
An apparatus and method for rendering an audio signal for a playback to a user is disclosed. In one example, the apparatus is configured to determine information about an orientation of a head of the user using an optical sensor. The apparatus is configured to determine information about an orientation of the optical sensor using an orientation sensor which is arranged in a predetermined positional relationship with respect to the optical sensor. The apparatus is configured to consider the information about the orientation of the optical sensor when determining the information about the orientation of the head. The apparatus is configured to perform a spatial rendering of an audio signal in dependence on the information about the orientation of the head of the user. |
| US11343629B2 |
Systems and methods for automatic synchronization of content between a player system and a listener system
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for synchronizing devices using audio signals. Additionally, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for synchronizing a device to a live event using audio signals. The systems and methods of the present disclosure may provide more accurate and efficient synchronization. |
| US11343628B2 |
Hydrophobic structure for hearing device
A hearing device is provided. The hearing device is suitable for being at least partially inserted into an ear canal is provided. The hearing device comprises a barrier. The barrier is configured to prevent foreign matter inside the ear canal from passing. The barrier comprises a body and a structure. The body has a surface. The structure is a microstructure or a nanostructure. The structure is formed on at least a first part of the surface. The first part is thus configured to hinder the foreign matter from adhering thereto. The structure and the body are monolithic. |
| US11343621B2 |
Controlling a volume dynamic of a hearing device
A method includes receiving a volume modifier value; when the volume modifier value is in a soft sound emphasizer range, modifying a volume control curve by increasing a value of the volume control curve in a range below a reference value, the volume control curve defining how much a sound signal with a specific volume is amplified to a desired volume; when the volume modifier value is in a loud sound limiter range, modifying the volume control curve by increasing a value of the volume control curve in a range above a reference value; and applying the modified volume control curve to a sound processor of a hearing device, such that a sound signal processed by the hearing device and output by the hearing device to the user is amplified according to the modified volume control curve. |
| US11343605B1 |
System and method for automatic right-left ear detection for headphones
System for automatic right-left ear detection for headphone comprising: first earcup and second earcup that are identical. Each of first and second earcups includes: first microphone located on perimeter of each earcup, when first earcup is worn on user's right ear first microphone of first earcup is at location farthest from user's mouth when headphone is worn in normal wear position; second microphone located on perimeter of each earcup, when first earcup is worn on user's right ear, second microphone of first earcup is at location closer than first microphone of first earcup to user's mouth; third microphone located inside each earcup facing user's ear cavity, fourth microphone located at perimeter and bottom center portion of each earcup and facing exterior of each earcup, and fifth microphone located on perimeter of each earcup above and to left of second microphone when looking at outside housing of each earcup. |
| US11343600B2 |
Foldable display device and sound providing method thereof
A foldable display device includes: a first display panel including a first substrate and a first pixel array layer which is disposed on a first surface of the first substrate; a second display panel including a second substrate and a second pixel array layer which is disposed on a first surface of the second substrate; and a first sound generator disposed between a second surface of the first display panel opposite to the first surface of the first display panel and a second surface of the second display panel opposite to the first surface of the second display panel, where the first sound generator outputs first sound by vibrating at least one of the first and second display panels. |
| US11343595B2 |
User interface elements for content selection in media narrative presentation
An interactive narrative presentation includes a plurality of narrative segments, with a variety of available media content consumer selectable paths or directions, typically specified by a director or editor. The content consumer can select a path or path segment at each of a number of points, e.g., decision points, in the narrative presentation via user interface elements or narrative prompts, providing the consumer the opportunity to follow a storyline they find interesting. Each consumer follows a “personalized” path through the narrative. The narrative prompts can include images from subsequent segments, may be generated to stylistically resemble the underlying narrative presentation, may be animated to move with or with respect to the underlying narrative presentation, and, or may be presented in overlaid with a presentation of the underlying narrative while the underlying narrative continues play. |
| US11343591B2 |
Method and system of presenting moving images or videos corresponding to still images
The present application discloses a method of presenting moving images or videos corresponding to still images. The method includes: storing a still image and a moving image or video corresponding to the still image into a cloud storage; extracting feature points of the still image stored in the cloud storage, and storing the feature points in the cloud storage in a manner which associates the feature points with the still image; when a device obtains a first still image through scanning, extracting feature points from the first still image, comparing and judging whether the extracted feature points match feature points of each still image stored in the cloud storage to determine a second still image whose feature points match the feature points of the first still image; rendering a moving image or video corresponding to the second still image stored in the cloud storage at the position of the first still image. The present application can facilitate presenting a moving image corresponding to a still image, and increase the information and entertainment provided by a still image. |
| US11343588B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, transmission apparatus, and transmission method
The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, information processing method, transmission apparatus, and transmission method, capable of improving the convenience of a voice AI assistance service used in cooperation with content.Provided is an information processing apparatus including a processing unit configured to process, in using a voice AI assistance service in cooperation with content, specific information associated with a universal invoking name included in a voice uttered by a viewer watching the content on the basis of the universal invoking name and association information, the universal invoking name being common to a plurality of programs that perform processing corresponding to the voice uttered by the viewer as an invoking name used for invoking the program, the association information being associated with the specific information to each of the programs. The present technology can be applied to a system in cooperation with a voice AI assistance service, for example. |
| US11343586B2 |
Video optimization proxy system and method
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a machine-readable storage medium, including executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations that include assuming control of a video content transfer between a video server and a video client for HTTP traffic responsive to determining the HTTP traffic is for video content, generating a video transfer rate selection and a video transfer resolution selection for a requested video chunk of a time slot of the video content, generating an optimized manifest file for the requested video chunk, and publishing the optimized manifest file to the video client, wherein the video client request the requested video chunk from the video server based on the optimized manifest. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US11343585B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting video streams in WiFi mesh networks
The present disclosure provides a technical scheme for transmitting video streams in WiFi mesh networks, including a method for transmitting multicast video in an access points in a WiFi mesh network, wherein the method includes: receiving a video stream and determining the node(s) to which the video stream needs to be transmitted, wherein the video stream includes a multicast address; determining dynamically a transmission mode of the video stream and transmitting corresponding video stream to multiple stations using the transmission mode when the nodes are the multiple stations corresponding to the multicast address; transmitting corresponding video stream to a next access point using unicast mode when the node is the next access point. |
| US11343584B2 |
System and method for accelerated video startup
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying unselected video content items and preconfiguring playback views for unselected video content items. During a warm-up phase, access to the unselected video content items is precoordinated individually with a separate video player, manifests and license/key are retrieved in anticipation for possible selection for playback. Subsequent selection of one of the unselected video content items initiates playback responsive to selection without repeating any of the preconfiguring, preauthorizing or fetching. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US11343581B2 |
Methods and apparatus for implementing dynamic program guides on mobile devices
Mechanisms are provided for allowing a mobile device to dynamically obtain program guide data. A mobile device having the capability of playing media streams is configurable to dynamically request program guide structure information followed by program guide content information. In one example, the program guide structure information allows a user to begin navigating the program guide data in an active and dynamic manner. Program guide content information including data such as program titles, times, icons, and links are then downloaded and displayed as needed. Potentially limitless amounts of program guide data can be provided on a mobile device. Program guide content information can be provided in a generic manner while allowing user layout customization. Program guide information can also be preemptively provided to a mobile device based on a variety of criteria. |
| US11343579B2 |
Intelligent buffering method, device and storage medium of a web video based on a browser
The present invention provides a method, device and computer-readable storage medium of intelligently buffering a Web video based on a browser, and belongs to a field of the Internet technology. The method, device and computer-readable storage medium of intelligently buffering a Web video based on a browser comprises a browser calculating an available buffer duration based on an available memory size of a buffer and a bit rate; initializing a player based on the available buffer duration; buffering and playing the video to be played using the player. So, the buffer duration can be set flexibly based on different browser platforms and an average bit rate of the video, which can maximize the use of a cache space, and effectively avoid the occurrence of sticking during video playback, and make better use of the bandwidth, so as to greatly improve the user experience. |
| US11343574B2 |
Method, apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium for recommending multimedia resource
The present disclosure provides a method, an apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium for recommending multimedia resource, and relates to the field of machine learning. The method includes: acquiring features of the multimedia resource based on a convolutional neural network, where the convolutional neural network comprises N convolutional layers, where N is a positive integer; determining user interest information based on an identifier of a recommended user, where the user interest information is corresponding to the feature of each convolutional layer; determining a first feature matrix based on the convolution of convolution kernel and the feature, where the convolution kernel comprises the user interest information; generating user preference data based on the first feature matrix; and recommending the multimedia resource to the recommended user based on the N generated user preference data. |
| US11343571B2 |
Content-modification system with transmission delay-based feature
In one aspect, a method includes determining a content-transmission delay between a content-distribution system and a content-presentation device. The method also includes using at least the determined content-transmission delay as a basis to select, from among a plurality of reference fingerprint data sets, a reference fingerprint data set that corresponds with the determined content-transmission delay. The method also includes transmitting to the content-presentation device, the selected reference fingerprint data set that corresponds with the determined content-transmission delay to facilitate the content-presentation device detecting a match between query fingerprint data representing content received by the content-presentation device and at least a portion of reference fingerprint data in the transmitted reference fingerprint data set. |
| US11343570B2 |
Systems and methods for providing a storyline selection interface
Systems and methods are provided herein for providing a storyline based media content. At least two storylines may be identified, each storyline specifying an order of providing a plurality of episodes from a plurality of interrelated series. Identifiers of the plurality of episodes are displayed. Then identifiers of a first set of the plurality of episodes that are relevant to the first storyline are graphically modified to indicate relevance to the first storyline. Identifiers of a second set of the plurality of episodes that are relevant to the second storyline are also graphically modified to indicate relevance to the second storyline. A first and second storyline identifier are generating for display to enable storyline selection. The interrelated series are then provided to a user device in the order specified by the selected storyline. |
| US11343563B2 |
Methods and systems for verifying media guidance data
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for verifying media guidance data. Specifically, a media guidance application may facilitate the extraction and transmission of an excerpt of a media asset that is associated with media guidance data such that the content of the excerpt may be compared to content known to be associated with the media guidance data. |
| US11343561B2 |
Distributed composition of broadcast television programs
Described are methods and systems for combining programming content in a controlled synchronized manner. The systems and methods allow for centrally generated content to be modified using local content. The centrally generated content can include data that specifies what portions of the centrally generated content can be modified by the local content. |
| US11343552B2 |
Dynamic delay equalization for media transport
Systems and methods of the present disclosure provide for dynamic delay equalization of related media signals in a media transport system. Methods include receiving a plurality of related media signals, transporting the related media signals along different media paths, calculating uncorrected propagation delays for the media paths, and delaying each of the related media signals by an amount related to the difference between the longest propagation delay (of the uncorrected propagation delays) and the uncorrected propagation delay of the related media signal/media path. Calculating the uncorrected propagation delays and delaying the related media signals may be performed in response to a change to the propagation delay of at least one of the related media signals/media paths. Additionally or alternatively, calculating the uncorrected propagation delays and delaying the related media signals may be performed while transporting the related media signals. |
| US11343550B2 |
Transmission device, transmission method, and content distribution system
A transmission device encodes content data, divides the encoded content data into a plurality of pieces of transmission data, and transmits the pieces to, through a plurality of uploaders and a plurality of networks corresponding to the plurality of uploaders, a distribution device configured to perform content distribution. |
| US11343549B2 |
Reception apparatus, reception method, transmission apparatus, and transmission method
The present technique relates to a reception apparatus, a reception method, a transmission apparatus, and a transmission method capable of supporting various service modes. The reception apparatus obtains first meta data including class information for providing, in multiple modes, a service transmitted via a digital broadcast signal using an IP transmission method, and controls reproduction of a component of the service by processing a stream including the component of the service for each of the multiple modes based on the class information included in the first meta data. The present technique can be applied to, for example, a fixed receiver such as a television receiver, a mobile receiver such as a smartphone, and the like. |
| US11343548B2 |
Systems and methods for video processing
Several systems and methods for processing of video frames based on one or more video formats are disclosed. In an embodiment, a video processing system comprises a memory and a video engine. The memory stores a plurality of video frames, a primary set of instructions and a plurality of secondary sets of processing instructions. Each secondary set of processing instructions is associated with a video format. The video engine is loaded with the primary set of instructions and is configured to fetch one or more video frames and a secondary set of processing instructions from the memory based on the loaded primary set of instructions. The fetched secondary set of processing instructions corresponds to a video format determined for processing of the one or more video frames. The video engine performs processing of the one or more video frames based on the secondary set of processing instructions. |
| US11343544B2 |
Selective use of cameras in a distributed surveillance system
A distributed video management system that allows for monitoring a camera allocation parameter and dynamic reallocation of video cameras to available camera nodes in response to detecting a change in the allocation parameter including selectively dropping at least one camera from the system based on a priority of the camera. The change in allocation parameter may be due to a number of potential contexts including a change in availability of camera nodes, a change in the nature of the video data captured, a change in computational load, or other change that results in a change in allocation parameter. The disconnection or “dropping” of a camera may be temporary in response to an increase in computational load on the system. The use of priority values of the cameras may allow for sufficient camera coverage to be provided by the system while maintaining processing of video data from higher priority cameras. |
| US11343542B2 |
Acceleration of bypass binary symbol processing in video coding
A method for encoding a video sequence in a video encoder to generate a compressed video bit stream is provided that includes binarizing a plurality of syntax elements, wherein each binarized syntax element comprises a string of one or more binary symbols (bins), wherein a bin is one selected from a context-coded bin and bypass bin, encoding the context-coded bins of the binarized syntax elements using binary arithmetic encoding, and adding the bypass bins of the binarized syntax elements to the compressed video bit stream with no encoding. |
| US11343540B2 |
Conditionally parsed extension syntax for HEVC extension processing
A system for signaling extension functions used in decoding a sequence including a plurality of pictures, each picture processed at least in part according to a picture parameter set is disclosed. An extension presence signaling flag is read and used to determine whether flags signaling the performance of extension functions are to be read. The flags are only read if indicated by the extension presence signaling flag. |
| US11343538B2 |
Image processing apparatus and method
The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method for enabling suppression of an increase in a memory capacity required for orthogonal transform and inverse orthogonal transform.A transformation matrix is derived using a submatrix configuring a part of the transformation matrix, a prediction residual of an image is orthogonally transformed using the derived transformation matrix, and coefficient data obtained by orthogonally transforming the prediction residual is encoded to generate a bit stream. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing apparatus, an image encoding device, an image decoding device, or the like. |
| US11343526B2 |
Method of video processing for calibrating motion vectors
A video processing method includes dividing a current frame into a plurality of blocks, generating a motion vector of each block of the plurality of blocks of the current frame according to the each block of the current frame and a corresponding block of a previous frame, generating a global motion vector according to a plurality of motion vectors of the current frame, generating a sum of absolute differences of pixels of each block of the current frame according to the global motion vector, generating a region with a set of blocks of the current frame, matching a distribution of the sum of absolute differences of pixels of the region with a plurality of models, identifying a best matching model, and labeling each block in the region in the current frame with a label of either a foreground block or a background block according to the best matching model. |
| US11343521B2 |
Systems and methods for coding video data using adaptive component scaling
A method of encoding and decoding video data is described. According to an aspect of an invention, luma and chroma components may have separate quadtree plus binary tree (QTBT) structures and a scaling parameter for a chroma coding block is determined based on one or more properties of a luma component. |
| US11343518B2 |
Image decoding method, image coding method, image decoding apparatus, image coding apparatus, and image coding and decoding apparatus
The image decoding method includes determining a context for use in a current block to be processed, from among a plurality of contexts, wherein in the determining: the context is determined under a condition that control parameters of a left block and an upper block are used, when the signal type is a first type; and the context is determined under a third condition that the control parameter of the upper block is not used and a hierarchical depth of a data unit to which the control parameter of the current block belongs is used, when the signal type is a third type, and the third type is one or more of (i) “merge_flag”, (ii) “ref_idx_l0” or “ref_idx_l1”, (iii) “inter_pred_flag”, (iv) “mvd_l0” or “mvd_l1”, (v) “intra_chroma_pred_mode”, (vi) “cbf_luma”, and (vii) “cbf_cb” or “cbf_cr”. |
| US11343514B2 |
Lossless compression of digital images using prior image context
Techniques for lossless compression of a digital image using prior image context. |
| US11343513B2 |
Image encoding method and decoding method, encoder, decoder, and storage medium
Provided is an image encoding method. The method includes: determining a first reference sample value of an encoding block according to a pixel sample value in the encoding block; determining an intra prediction mode of the encoding block according to the first reference sample value, and calculating an intra prediction value of the encoding block; obtaining a prediction difference parameter according to original values of the encoding block and the intra prediction value; and encoding the first reference sample value, the intra prediction mode, and the prediction difference parameter, and writing encoded bits into a bitstream. Further provided are an image decoding method, an encoder, a decoder, and a computer storage medium. |
| US11343512B1 |
Systems and methods for compression with constraint on maximum absolute error
Systems and methods for performing rate-distortion optimization includes receiving an original data corresponding to a block of an image frame, and identifying a reconstructed version of the original data that minimizes a cost function. The cost associated with a particular reconstructed version of the original data may be based on an encoding rate associated with the particular reconstructed version of the original data, and a distortion between the original data and the particular reconstructed version of the original data in response to a supremum norm of error between the original data and the particular reconstructed version of the original data being less than or equal to a threshold value. |
| US11343510B2 |
Methods and apparatus for determining rotation angle for spherical multimedia content
Provided are a method and an apparatus for determining an optimal rotation angle during compression of a spherical multimedia content where the processor may receive first multimedia content corresponding to the spherical multimedia content, generate a plurality of second multimedia contents based on the first multimedia content by rotating the first multimedia content to a plurality of rotation angles, perform an edge analysis on each of the plurality of the second multimedia contents, identify the number of edges aligned to one of a vertical axis or a horizontal axis based on the edge analysis, select second multimedia content with the maximum number of edges, and determine an optimal rotation angle. |
| US11343507B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing video signal
A method for decoding a video according to the present invention may comprise: determining a motion vector precision of a current block, generating a motion vector candidate list of the current block, obtaining a motion vector prediction value of the current block from the motion vector candidate list, determining whether a precision of the motion vector prediction value is identical to a motion vector precision of the current block, scaling the motion vector prediction value according to the motion vector precision of the current block, when the precision of the motion vector prediction value is different from the motion vector precision of the current block, and obtaining a motion vector of the current block using the scaled motion vector prediction value. |
| US11343505B2 |
Configuring luma-dependent chroma residue scaling for video coding
A method for video processing is provided to include: performing a conversion between a current video block of a video that is a chroma block and a coded representation of the video, wherein, during the conversion, the current video block is constructed based on a first domain and a second domain, and wherein the conversion further includes applying a forward reshaping process and/or an inverse reshaping process to one or more chroma components of the current video block. |
| US11343501B2 |
Video transcoding method and device, and storage medium
A video transcoding method is provided for a video transcoding device. The method includes obtaining a video sequence in source video data, which comprises a plurality of video sequences arranged in a sequence arrangement order; obtaining a source video frame in the video sequence; and obtaining a first ratio of a sum of absolute transformed differences of an initial frame in the video sequence to a bit rate of the video sequence. The method also includes adjusting a quantization parameter of the source video frame based on the first ratio; encoding the source video frame based on an adjusted quantization parameter to obtain a target video frame; replacing the source video frame with the target video frame to obtain a video sequence after the replacement; and adding the video sequence after the replacement to target video data according to the sequence arrangement order. |
| US11343499B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing video signal
A method of processing video signal according to a present invention comprises determining a transform set for a current block comprising a plurality of transform type candidates, determining a transform type of the current block from the plurality of transform type candidates and performing an inverse transform for the current block based on the transform type of the current block. |
| US11343497B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing video signal
A method of processing video signal according to a present invention comprises determining a transform set for a current block comprising a plurality of transform type candidates, determining a transform type of the current block from the plurality of transform type candidates and performing an inverse transform for the current block based on the transform type of the current block. |
| US11343494B2 |
Intra sharpening and/or de-ringing filter for video coding
A decoder for decoding a block of a current frame of a video from a bitstream and a corresponding encoder are provided. The decoder comprises a reference sample selection unit configured to select reference samples of a reconstructed part of the current frame, a filter unit configured to filter the reference samples, and a block generation unit configured to generate a prediction of the block based on the filtered reference samples, wherein the filter unit comprises a sharpening filter and/or a de-ringing filter. |
| US11343493B2 |
Bit shifting for cross-component adaptive loop filtering for video coding
An example method includes decoding a plurality of filter coefficients of a cross-component adaptive loop filter, wherein decoding a particular filter coefficient of the plurality of filter coefficients comprises: decoding, from an encoded video bitstream, a syntax element specifying an exponent value that represents a log base 2 of an absolute value of the particular filter coefficient as two raised to the power of the exponent value; and determining a value of the particular filter coefficient based on the exponent value; reconstructing samples of a block of video data; and cross-component adaptive loop filtering, based on the plurality of filter coefficients, the block of video data. |
| US11343491B2 |
Unequal weight planar motion vector derivation
A system and method of planar motion vector derivation which, in some embodiments can employ an unequal weighted combination of adjacent motion vectors. In some embodiments, motion vector information associated with a bottom right pixel or block adjacent to a current coding unit can be derived from motion information associated with a top row or top neighboring row of a current coding unit and motion information associated with a left column or left neighboring column of a current coding unit. Weighted or non-weighted combinations of such values can be combined in a planar mode prediction model to derive associated motion information for bottom and/or right adjacent pixels or blocks. |
| US11343490B2 |
Image encoding/decoding image method and device, and recording medium storing bit stream
An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image encoding method performed by an image encoding apparatus may comprise determining an intra-prediction mode of a current block, configuring a reference sample of intra prediction by using at least one of a neighbor pixel of the current block in a current picture and a pixel of a reference picture, and performing intra prediction for the current block based on the intra-prediction mode and the reference sample. |
| US11343487B2 |
Trackable glasses system for perspective views of a display
Embodiments allow a viewer of a display to see images. The images viewed by the glasses may be based on the orientation of the glasses, so that the images correspond to the user's viewpoint. Different images may be presented to left and right eyes for 3D stereoscopic viewing. The position and orientation of the glasses may be tracked by analyzing images from one or more cameras observing the glasses. Glasses may have distinct geometric shapes or features, such as circular lenses, rims, regions around the lenses, to facilitate tracking. One or more regions of the glasses may be illuminated by self-contained or reflected light, to facilitate tracking under various ambient lighting conditions. The lenses of the glasses may have selective barriers such as anaglyph filters, polarizing filters, and shutters, to select images from the display. |
| US11343484B2 |
Display device, display system, and movable vehicle
A display device is switchable between 3D image display and 2D image display. The display device includes a first display panel, a second display panel, a controller, and an optical system. The first and second display panels each include subpixels arranged in a grid. The controller performs switching and/or is configured to perform switching between multiple display modes including a first display mode for displaying a 2D image and a second display mode for displaying a parallax image on the first display panel, and switches and/or is configured to switch a drive mode of the second display panel between multiple drive modes including a first drive mode corresponding to the first display mode and a second drive mode corresponding to the second display mode. |
| US11343481B2 |
Suggested viewport indication for panoramic video
A suggested viewport indication is generated and sent for use in a panoramic video. In one example, a method includes receiving encoded video including viewport metadata, decoding the video, extracting the viewport metadata, generating a viewport of the decoded video based on the viewport metadata, and buffering the generated viewport for display. |
| US11343477B2 |
Method and apparatus for correcting color convergence error, and device
Provided are a method and an apparatus for correcting a color convergence error, and a device. The method includes: in a darkroom environment, acquiring a projection image obtained by projecting a test pattern containing N white shape points by a projection system, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2; performing color separation on N shape image points on the projection image, to obtain N shape image points corresponding to R, G, and B color components respectively; determining color coordinates corresponding to R, G, and B according to the N shape image points corresponding to R, G, and B color components respectively; and adjusting an assembly parameter of the projection system according to the color coordinates corresponding to the R, G, and B. The present disclosure may detect and correct color convergence error of the projection system. |
| US11343472B2 |
Associating captured media to a party
A portable device, and a method performed in a portable device, for associating media captured by the portable device to one or more parties having requested the media to be captured at one or more locations. The method comprises: receiving information associating each of the one or more parties with a location; dynamically determining a location of the portable device; dynamically associating the media captured by the portable device to the one or more parties, such that media currently being captured by the portable device is associated with a party that according to the received information is associated with a current location of the portable device. |
| US11343470B1 |
Systems and methods for collaborative conferencing and annotating presented assets with relevant conference contributions
Disclosed is a collaboration system that synchronizes what is seen and heard by all participants to a conference such that participant input provided during the conference are seen and heard with respect to the same state of a presented asset. Additionally, the collaboration system may monitor the conference, may extract a first participant contribution prior to presentation of a first asset in the conference and a second participant contribution that is made during a particular interval of the conference when the first asset is presented. The collaboration system may link the second participant contribution to the first asset, may receive a request for the first asset after the conference has concluded, and may provide the first asset with the second participant contribution in response to the request. |
| US11343469B2 |
Pairing devices in conference using ultrasonic beacon and subsequent control thereof
A videoconferencing system has a videoconferencing unit that use portable devices as peripherals for the system. The portable devices obtain near-end audio and send the audio to the videoconferencing unit via a wireless connection. In turn, the videoconferencing unit sends the near-end audio from the loudest portable device along with near-end video to the far-end. The portable devices can control the videoconferencing unit and can initially establish the videoconference by connecting with the far-end and then transferring operations to the videoconferencing unit. To deal with acoustic coupling between the unit's loudspeaker and the portable device's microphone, the unit uses an echo canceller that is compensated for differences in the clocks used in the A/D and D/A converters of the loudspeaker and microphone. |
| US11343467B1 |
System and method for automatically adjusting key frame quantization parameter and frame rate
A new real-time video communication system and method improves the clarity of shared screen by automatically adjusting the key frame's quantization parameter values. The adjustment depends on the underlying network's connection condition. When the connection bandwidth deteriorates, the key frame's quantization parameter value is further decreased on the value output from a standard H.264 encoder to derive a desirable quantization parameter value and thus achieve a desirable user experience of the shared screen. Moreover, the new real-time video communication system and method adjusts the frame rate of the shared screen based on the present quantization parameter value to achieve a more desirable user experience of the screen sharing. |
| US11343463B2 |
Video script generation, presentation and video recording with flexible overwriting
A distributed computer system including a story application for a mobile computing device enables generation, presentation, and sharing of media using the device. Under control of a programmed story script, the story application invokes a camera of the device for recording a clip during an iteration for a character in a story while presenting a story script in a teleprompter manner. A clip for each different character in the story may be received to be combined therewith and presented as a scene on mobile computing device for viewing. Another iteration for the character may be recorded, and a resulting new clip may be combined with the clips for the other characters, or with different clips for the other characters, to generate another scene for the story script. Media presentations of the same story include multiple scenes each having a different interpretation. Scenes and/or clips may be shared using different applications. |
| US11343450B1 |
Dark current/white pixel devices and methods for lateral overflow image sensors
Image sensors having reduced dark current and white pixel are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, each pixel of the image sensor includes a photodiode (PD), a first floating diffusion (FD1) coupled to the photodiode through a transfer (TX) transistor, a second floating diffusion (FD2) coupled to the FD1 through a dual floating diffusion (DFD) transistor, and a lateral overflow integrating capacitor (LOFIC) coupled between the FD2 and a variable reference voltage (VCAP). A method for a correlated double sampling (CDS) readout includes: exposing a photodiode (PD) to light during an exposure period and increasing a capacitance of the LOFIC by setting the VCAP to a high voltage (H) level during an integration period of the exposure period. |
| US11343449B2 |
Image sensor for implementing high dynamic range image using dual conversion gain
Disclosed is an image sensor that includes a pixel array including first pixels sharing a first floating diffusion region and second pixels sharing a second floating diffusion region, a first analog-to-digital converter, a second analog-to-digital converter, and a switch circuit. In a first mode, the first analog-to-digital converter processes the first pixels, and the second analog-to-digital converter processes the second pixels. In the second mode, the first analog-to-digital converter processes a first image component of a pixel signal of the first pixels, and the second analog-to-digital converter processes a second image component of the pixel signal of the first pixels. An HDR image is implemented based on processing results of the first analog-to-digital converter and the second analog-to-digital converter. |
| US11343447B2 |
Thermal camera health monitoring
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for detecting a problem with a thermal camera. A current contrast value is determined for the thermal camera. It is determined whether the current contrast value deviates from a reference contrast value by more than a predetermined value. In response to determining that the current contrast value deviates from the reference contrast value by more than a predetermined value and for more than a predetermined period of time, an indication of a problem with the thermal camera is provided. |
| US11343439B2 |
High dynamic range imaging pixels with multiple photodiodes
A high dynamic range imaging pixel may include first and second photodiodes that generate charge in response to incident light. The second photodiode may have a higher sensitivity than the first photodiode. When generated charge in the first photodiode exceeds a given charge level, the charge may overflow through a transistor to a capacitor. The overflow path from the first photodiode to the capacitor may optionally pass through the floating diffusion region. A transistor may be coupled between the first and second photodiodes. A gain select transistor may be coupled between the floating diffusion region and the capacitor. After sampling the overflow charge, the charge from both the first and second photodiodes may be sampled. In one arrangement, overflow charge may be transferred to a capacitor in a subsequent row. |
| US11343438B1 |
Instant auto exposure control with multiple cameras
An apparatus and methods for efficiently determining a final exposure level of an image capture device are described. A first camera generates a first image of a scene based on a first exposure level. A second camera generates a second image of the scene based on a second exposure level. When the first camera determines the first image includes out of range exposure, the first camera adjusts the first exposure level based on the second exposure level of the second camera. Additionally, the first camera adjusts the second exposure level of the second camera based on the second exposure level. Afterward, each of the first camera and the second camera are able to generate new images of the same scene using the updated first exposure level and updated second exposure level. |
| US11343430B2 |
Method and apparatus for remanent imaging control
The invention is drawn towards a method and apparatus for controlling a consumer based on motion detected in a data stream, comprising: receiving the data stream, extracting motion information from the image data, generating commands and parameters for the consumer according to the motion information and controlling the consumer according to the commands and parameters. |
| US11343421B2 |
Photography auxiliary device for a mobile communication unit
A photography auxiliary device for a mobile communication unit, including: a bottom plate (1), a lens hole (11) arranged on the bottom plate (1), a shaft (7), walls surrounding the base plate (1), a gear (6) rotatably connected to the shaft (7), and a first rack (4) and a second rack (5) at opposite ends of the gear (6); the wall includes a first side wall (2) and a second side wall (3), the first side wall (2) is provided with a groove (21), the second side wall (3) is provided with a through hole (31); an end portion of the first rack (4) is provided with a shutter button (41) located in the through hole (31); an end portion of the second rack (5) is provided with an elbow (51) located in the groove (21); the second rack (5) is arranged in parallel with the first rack (4). When the shutter button (41) is pressed, the elbow (51) moves upward together with the second rack (5) and presses the volume button for driving the photography. |
| US11343417B2 |
Image pickup unit and image pickup apparatus
An image pickup unit includes an image sensor in which a sensor chip is mounted on a first substrate surface of a substrate having a long side and a short side, and electronic components are mounted on a second substrate surface opposite to the first substrate surface, and a holder having an opening and configured to hold the image sensor. The opening has an inner surface parallel to the short side of the substrate, and the image sensor is fixed to the holder with an adhesive that contacts the inner surface and an adhesion area on the second substrate surface of the substrate that is outside the electronic component. |
| US11343413B2 |
Automatically determining a wet microphone condition in a camera
A camera includes a first microphone, a second microphone, and a processor. The processor determines a correlation metric between portions of audio signals obtained from the first and second microphones. The camera includes a memory to store the portions of the audio signals as portions of an output audio signal. |
| US11343404B2 |
Information processing apparatus with a simulation mode and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program
An information processing apparatus includes a first specifying section that receives specification of an execution target function from plural functions, a second specifying section that receives specification of a normal mode or a simulation mode, and an execution section that executes a process for implementing the specified function in the mode received by the second specifying section. |
| US11343401B2 |
Information processing device and control method to acquire and execute a workflow including interrelated jobs
An information processing device acquires and executes a workflow including interrelated jobs from a management device. The information processing device includes: a main controller including a memory that stores instructions and a central processing unit (CPU) that executes the instructions; and an operation panel. Based on the instructions executed by the CPU, the main controller: determines whether the first network region matches the second network region, determines whether the workflow includes a first cloud job that requests a service from a server device, upon determining that the first network region does not match the second network region and also that the workflow includes the first cloud job, determines whether to implement the service in the second network region, and upon determining not to implement the service in the second network region, outputs service information to be displayed as an alternative service. |
| US11343400B2 |
Separating mechanical elements in an image forming apparatus after a predetermined period of time
An apparatus includes an image forming portion 10 for forming an image on a sheet; a first rotatable member 100; a second rotatable member 101 cooperative with the first rotatable member to form a nip for fixing the image formed by the image forming portion, on the sheet; a pressing mechanism 112, 113 for pressing the first rotatable member toward the second rotatable member; a moving mechanism 120 for moving the pressing mechanism between a first position in which the nip is formed by the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member, and a second position in which the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member are spaced from each other; and a controller 800 for controlling an operation of the moving mechanism, wherein the image forming apparatus is capable of executing an operation in a control mode in which a pressure releasing operation is executed such that the pressing mechanism is shifted from the first position to the second position after elapse of a predetermined time after completion of execution of the image formation job. The apparatus includes a manual operating portion 831 in which selection and setting can be executed as to whether to execute the operation in the control mode. |
| US11343398B2 |
Image forming apparatus, recording medium recording control program, and control method
An image forming apparatus includes an image reading unit. When printing a postcard is selected, a preview screen including a preview image about an image on a communication side of the postcard read by the image reading unit is displayed on a display. At this occasion, an instruction image indicating an orientation of an address side of the postcard is also displayed. When it is instructed to turn over the preview image on the communication side, the preview screen including the preview image on the address side is displayed on the display. When the orientation of the address side and the orientation of the communication side do not coincide with each other, or when they are not as intended by a user, printing is performed after the image on the communication side is rotated according to the user's operation. |
| US11343396B2 |
System for extending a printer input and a printer output
A system for extending a printer output and a printer output allows a printer to hold longer pieces of paper. The system includes a base, an extension arm, a support stand, a crossbar, a desktop printer, and an output extension clip. The base provides a structural platform to hold pieces of paper. The extension arm provides a lengthening element to hold longer pieces of paper if the base is not long enough. The support stand provides a structural reinforcement which maintains the system in a raised position from a table surface or similar. The crossbar provides a structural reference bar which is used to attach the support stand to the base. The desktop printer includes an input tray and output paper catch. The base attaches to the input tray to extend the input tray. The output extension clip attaches to the output paper catch to extend the output paper catch. |
| US11343390B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium
An information processing apparatus includes: a memory that stores control information to be utilized for displaying a setting screen on which entry of a setting value for an application added to the information processing apparatus is received; and circuitry to receive a user operation related to execution of the application on the setting screen and perform processing for installing the application. |
| US11343385B2 |
Image processing apparatus, control method, and non-transitory computer-read able storage medium
An image processing apparatus capable of transmitting image data according to a predetermined protocol, includes scanning unit configured to scan a document and generating image data, receiving unit configured to receive, from an application, information which is variable for each page, and transmitting unit configured to transmit the image data for which a predetermined header which is a header of the predetermined protocol and which is different for each page is added based on the information received by the receiving unit. |
| US11343383B2 |
Image forming apparatus with registered correct answer image to verify printed image, image forming method, and storage medium
An image printed on a recording sheet is read, and read images excluding a defective image are displayed on a display unit. An instruction to use a displayed image as a correct answer image is accepted, and an image generated from the accepted image is registered as a correct answer image to be used for verification. |
| US11343382B2 |
Image inspection apparatus, image inspection method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for indicating areas to be inspected and areas exempt from inspection
An image inspection apparatus is provided to allow a user, when checking a scan result of automatic inspection, to check a really-inspected area. The image inspection apparatus includes an image scanning unit to scan an image on a paper, an abnormality detector to determine whether or not a printing result is normal based on the image scanned by the image scanning unit, a storage unit to store information on an area to be inspected by the abnormality detector, and a display processor to indicate the area to be inspected by the abnormality detector in the image scanned by the image scanning unit. |
| US11343381B2 |
Identifying and resolving telecommunication network problems using network experience score
The disclosed system identifies and resolves telecommunication network problems and/or problems with devices utilizing the network. The system segments the user devices into groups having similar characteristics, by grouping together devices more likely to leave the network, and devices less likely to leave the network. Each group of devices has a trained machine learning model, to predict the NEX score for each device. The system focuses on devices with a low NEX score. The system determines whether the problem is with the network and/or the problem is with the device. The system gathers information from network monitoring software and determine which tower caused, for example, the call to drop. The system determines technological capability of the device from the device TAC number. The system suggests solutions to the network problems by suggesting adding a sector, tuning an antenna, etc., or if the device has problems, adjusting phone settings. |
| US11343378B1 |
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for dynamically navigating interactive communication systems
Methods, apparatuses, and systems are described for dynamically navigating interactive communication systems. An example method may comprise: receiving, from a user device, sound waves or audio information, the sound waves or audio information indicative of a request to initiate an interactive communication session with a communication system of a biller or merchant; interpreting, based on the sound waves or audio information, an intent of the communication session and an identity of the biller or merchant; retrieving a predetermined interaction coding associated with the biller or merchant; and initiating the interactive communication session with the communication system of the biller or merchant based on the predetermined interaction coding. |
| US11343375B2 |
Systems and methods for automatically conducting risk assessments for telephony communications
Systems and methods for using machine-learning techniques for labeling incoming calls with categories relating to a risk level. A model is generated using call log data. The call log data is augmented using information from additional data sources to generate features for the model. The model may then be used to categorize additional incoming calls. The model may be used in real-time to categorize incoming calls, or categorization results may be stored for a plurality of calling numbers. Various embodiments provide various technical advantages by virtue of how the components of the system are deployed between an endpoint communication device, a telephony provider system, and possibly other systems. |
| US11343371B2 |
Switching between watches or other accessories
Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for allowing a user to switch between wearable items that have been paired or associated with an electronic device, such as a smartphone, are described. In one embodiment, the wearable items automatically detect a removal of a first wearable item from a user's body and an attachment of a second wearable item to the user's body. Messages from the wearable items are transmitted to the electronic device to allow the electronic device to switch the active wearable item from the first wearable item to the second wearable item. The switch can occur while the electronic device is in a locked state, and the electronic device can synchronize the second wearable item with data received from the first wearable item. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US11343369B2 |
Mobile device cover for use with a host mobile device
A mobile application running on a host mobile device is used to control the display of notifications, received by the host mobile device, on a mobile device cover. The mobile device cover can run a different operating system than the host mobile device. The mobile device cover can also be assigned a different phone number than the host mobile device. Further, the mobile device cover can make or receive a phone call under the different phone number using its own cellular communication hardware. |
| US11343368B2 |
Enhanced system and method for fully automated reverse logistics platform
Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for inspecting mobile devices. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising executing a de-trash operation on a mobile device, the de-trash operation resulting in the removal of extraneous material attached to the mobile device; categorizing an operating system of the mobile device; connecting the mobile device to a reading device and installing one or more software applications on the mobile device, the one or more software application operable to read one or more identifiers from the mobile device; visually inspecting the mobile device and classifying the physical condition of the mobile device; performing a functional test on the mobile device upon determining that the physical condition of the mobile device is free of defects; and removing all test data from the mobile device after performing the functional test and flashing the mobile device with a new operating system image. |
| US11343366B2 |
Microphone control
The present subject matter relates to techniques of controlling a position of a microphone coupled to a headset. In an example implementation of present subject matter, the position of the microphone coupled to the headset is changed between a first position and a second position, depending upon a signal received by the headset. |
| US11343365B2 |
Electronic device with flexible expandable display
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a main body, a rotating member, a flexible display screen, and a flexible circuit board. The main body has a pillar shape. An outer periphery of the main body has a groove provided thereon. The rotating member is sleeved on an outside of the main body and is configured to drive the flexible display screen to be wound or unfolded relative to the rotating member. When the flexible display screen is unfolded, the flexible circuit board is unfolded along with the flexible display screen, and when the flexible display screen is wound, the flexible circuit board is wound into the groove along with the flexible display screen. |
| US11343361B2 |
Mobile terminal, control system, and control method
A mobile terminal, a control system and a control method, the mobile terminal includes a housing and a flexible screen, the flexible screen includes a fixed portion fixed on the housing and an expansion portion movable relative to the housing; the mobile terminal further includes a support structure and a movement mechanism, the movement mechanism is configured to drive the expansion portion to move so that at least a part of the expansion portion is driven to move outside the housing; and the movement mechanism is capable of driving the expansion portion to move in an opposite direction so that the expansion portion outside the housing is driven to retract into the housing; and the support structure is configured to support the expansion portion. |
| US11343360B2 |
Packet aggregation and disaggregation method
The present disclosure provides packet aggregation and disaggregation methods. In the packet aggregation methods, the protocol-independent packet processor (P4) switch stores plural message headers of plural packets in the ring buffer. When the plural message headers stored in the ring buffer reach a pre-defined amount of data, the P4 switch replaces the first flag header in the current packet with a second flag header so as to form a work packet. The egress pipeline of the P4 switch recirculates the work packet repeatedly, whenever it receives a work packet, a message header is extracted from a plurality of message headers in the ring buffer and added to the working packet for packet aggregation. |
| US11343355B1 |
Automated mapping of multi-tier applications in a distributed system
An application mapping procedure obtains and aggregates application mapping information from a plurality of machines in a distributed system. A first layer of application mapping information is generated, identifying application entry points, each comprising a machine and a process executed by the identified machine. An application map is initialized with the first layer of application mapping information. A plurality of iterations of a predefined map gathering operation are performed, each iteration adding a layer of application mapping information to the application map, thereby producing an application map of the distributed processing of one or more respective applications. Each iteration sends queries, via one or more linear communication orbits, to machines in the distributed system, and obtains from the machines information identifying entities that have participated in predefined communications with entities identified in a most recently generated or added layer of application mapping information. |
| US11343352B1 |
Customer-facing service for service coordination
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for a customer-facing service for service coordination are disclosed. Via a request gateway, a request to perform an operation is received. A data structure associated with the operation is retrieved. The data structure is generated based at least in part on one or more models and an indication of service operations. The one or more models are formatted using a modeling language associated with the request gateway. The data structure comprises a directed acyclic graph representing a flow of data between the service operations, and the flow of data is determined based at least in part on analysis of typed fields of the service operations. The request is processed to perform the operation based at least in part on the data structure, including invoking a plurality of the service operations using traversal of the directed acyclic graph. |
| US11343351B2 |
Content distribution network supporting popularity-based caching
A content delivery network may provide content items to requesting devices using a popularity-based distribution hierarchy. A central analysis system may determine popularity data for a content item stored in a first caching device. The central analysis system may determine that a change in the popularity data is beyond a threshold value. The central analysis system may then transmit an instruction to move the content item from the first caching device to a second caching device in a different tier of caching devices than the first caching device. The central analysis system may update a content index to indicate that the content item has been moved to the second caching device. A user device may be redirected to request the content item directly from the second caching device. |
| US11343350B2 |
Use frequency-based cooperative caching method for multi-layer network structures (e.g. 5G)
A method for caching most-frequently requested contents by users in a multi-layer network structure in a bottom layer of a network, wherein the bottom layer of the network includes access points and base stations and for providing a fastest access to files by changing a node connected by a user by performing a content-based handover by directing the user to a point comprising a requested content, wherein the method is based upon a concept of storing files, wherein the files are in high demand in a geographical region, in a cached manner on a basis of cooperation between the base stations that are in juxtaposition to one another. In the method, a group of close-proximity nodes are grouped, and the group of close-proximity nodes ensured to perform user handover therebetween. |
| US11343348B1 |
Real-time message delivery and update service in a proxy server network
This patent document describes technology for providing real-time messaging and entity update services in a distributed proxy server network, such as a CDN. Uses include distributing real-time notifications about updates to data stored in and delivered by the network, with both high efficiency and locality of latency. The technology can be integrated into conventional caching proxy servers providing HTTP services, thereby leveraging their existing footprint in the Internet, their existing overlay network topologies and architectures, and their integration with existing traffic management components. |
| US11343347B2 |
Relay device, relay method, and computer program
In a relay device, a control unit stores, in a temporary storage unit data which is received by an Ethernet communication unit through a communication line. When the data stored in the temporary storage unit is transmitted, the control unit deletes the transmitted data from the temporary storage unit. When the control unit determines that, for the data received by the Ethernet communication unit, the amount of data stored in the temporary storage unit is equal to or greater than a threshold value, the Ethernet communication unit transmits instruction data giving an instruction to stop transmission through a communication line and to perform transmission through a communication bus. |
| US11343346B1 |
System and method for providing real-time lockless parallel screen recording compliance enforcement to omni channel cloud systems
A computerized-method for providing real-time lockless parallel screen recording compliance enforcement to omni-channel cloud systems, is provided herein. In a processor of a client computer configured to execute code for recording events of one or more voice or digital interactions, on one or more screens associated to the client computer, the computerized-method maintains a cache for storing a masked state. Each interaction is having an associated interaction identifier and upon receiving a screen event from a server of a cloud-based video recording that is communicating with the client computer over a communication network, operating a compliance-enforcement module. The compliance-enforcement module includes updating the cache; and operating a module of recording of screen events for the screen events of the one or more voice or digital interactions. Thus, by updating in real-time the cache on the client computer refraining from database locks in the server of the cloud-based video recording. |
| US11343345B2 |
Memory system allowing host to easily transmit and receive data
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a non-volatile semiconductor memory device, a control unit, a memory as a work area, a wireless communication module, and an extension register. The control unit controls the non-volatile semiconductor memory device. The extension register is provided in the memory and has a data length by which a wireless communication function of the wireless communication module can be defined. The control unit causes the non-volatile semiconductor memory device to store, as a file, an HTTP request supplied from a host, causes the extension register, based on a first command supplied from the host, to register an HTTP transmission command transmitted together with the first command, and causes the wireless communication module to transmit the HTTP request stored in the non-volatile semiconductor memory device based on the transmission command registered in the extension register. |
| US11343340B2 |
IOT device identification
Providing an interested party with network availability of certain devices may provide a method including one or more of receiving user requirements for a user device, identifying IoT devices based on a degree of matching between manufacturer-defined capabilities of the IoT devices and the user requirements, verifying the manufacturer-defined capabilities based on tests that expose risks with the manufacturer-defined capabilities of the IoT devices in comparison to current operating features of the IoT devices, determining that no single IoT device satisfies the user requirements based on the verifying, identifying a group of IoT devices which meet or exceed the user requirements, and outputting information about the group of IoT devices including information about exposed risks with manufacturer-defined capabilities of the group of IoT devices via a user interface which enables selection and use of IoT devices included within the group of IoT devices. |
| US11343335B2 |
Message processing by subscriber app prior to message forwarding
Certain embodiments of the present invention can detect and evaluate new messages at a coordinating device to determine whether to forward the message to a wearable device. In this manner, a server can reduce a number of devices that it is to communicate a message to, while still allowing the message to be availed to multiple devices. Further, certain embodiments relate to coordinating alerts (e.g., audio or haptic alerts) to reduce redundant alerts of a single message amongst spatially clustered devices. |
| US11343326B2 |
Techniques for implementing persistently interactive software robots
According to at least one aspect, a system configured to execute a software robot such that interactive actions may be performed by the software robot without interruption is provided. The system comprises at least one hardware processor configured to execute an operating system. The system further comprises at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions configured to execute in a service session in the operating system that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, causes the at least one hardware processor to: start a first remote desktop session in the operating system, establish a loopback remote desktop connection between the first remote desktop session and the service session, and start a software robot computer program in the first remote desktop session. |
| US11343325B2 |
Systems and methods for estimating typed graphlets in large data
A system and method for fast, accurate, and scalable typed graphlet estimation. The system and method utilizes typed edge sampling and typed path sampling to estimate typed graphlet counts in large graphs in a small fraction of the computing time of existing systems. The obtained unbiased estimates of typed graphlets are highly accurate, and have applications in the analysis, mining, and predictive modeling of massive real-world networks. During operation, the system obtains a dataset indicating nodes and edges of a graph. The system samples a portion of the graph and counts a number of graph features in the sampled portion of the graph. The system then computes an occurrence frequency of a typed graphlet pattern and a total number of typed graphlets associated with the typed graphlet pattern in the graph. |
| US11343320B2 |
Information processing apparatus, access control system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing access control program
An information processing apparatus configured to provide an application programming interface (API) group for controlling a device coupled via a network, the information processing apparatus includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to execute a receiving process that includes receiving data on any API of the API group from a terminal, execute a code execution process that includes executing first code indicating processing to be executed by the information processing apparatus, the first code being included in the data, thereby causing an API specified in the first code, of the API group, to be invocable from the terminal, and execute a control process that includes, in response to an invocation request for the API specified in the first code, the invocation request being transmitted from the terminal, performing control in accordance with the API over the device. |
| US11343317B2 |
Data transmission method and device
Embodiments provide a data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: after obtaining information of a target input port of a data receiving device and information of a target protocol used by a target Internet of Things device connected to the target input port, the data receiving device determines the target input port and the target protocol, and decapsulates, according to the target protocol, a first data packet transmitted by the target Internet of Things device via means of the target input port to obtain data. The data receiving device can adaptively determine a target protocol according to the information of the target protocol used by the target Internet of Things device, without configuring the target protocol for the target Internet of Things device in advance. |
| US11343316B2 |
Highly assisted driving platform
Methods for providing a highly assisted driving (HAD) service include: (a) transmitting telematics sensor data from a vehicle to a remote first server; (b) transmitting at least a portion of the telematics sensor data from the remote first server to a remote second server, wherein the remote second server is configured to execute a HAD application using received telematics sensor data, and wherein the HAD application is configured to output a HAD service result; and (c) transmitting the HAD service result from the remote second server to a client. Apparatuses for providing a HAD service are described. |
| US11343315B1 |
Spatio-temporal social network based mobile kube-edge auto-configuration
A method, a computer program product, and a computer system determine a kube-edge pod configuration. The method includes determining mobile devices in a coverage area utilizing a cloud service. The method includes receiving polling data from the mobile devices that include bid data indicative of a respective cost and a respective resource availability for each of the mobile devices operating as an edge device for the cloud service. The method comprises includes coupling information for the mobile devices indicative of whether at least two of the mobile devices are to be considered coupled such that the coupled mobile devices have a coupled cost and a coupled resource availability. The method includes determining a utility score of the coverage area based on the bid data and the coupling information and selecting a data storage deployment scheme for pods of the cloud service based on the utility score. |
| US11343313B1 |
Fault tolerant periodic leader rotation for blockchain
An example operation may include one or more of storing a list of unavailable blockchain peers that cannot be a lead peer of a blockchain consensus protocol, generating a pre-prepare message comprising a new block of a blockchain, appending commit messages received during a commit stage of a previous block to the blockchain, to the pre-prepare message, where the commit messages identify an unavailable blockchain peer from the list that is now available, and broadcasting the pre-prepare message with the new block and the appended commit messages to a plurality of blockchain peers. |
| US11343312B2 |
Social mesh networks
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. In certain configurations, the apparatus may connect to a mesh network that includes at least the first device and a second device. The apparatus may communicate with the second device without obtaining one or more access credentials from the second device. |
| US11343310B2 |
Detecting anomalies in a distributed application
Anomalies are detected in a distributed application that runs on a plurality of nodes to execute at least first and second workloads. The method of detecting anomalies includes collecting first network traffic data of the first workload and second network traffic data of the second workload during a first period of execution of the first and second workloads, collecting third network traffic data of the first workload and fourth network traffic data of the second workload during a second period of execution of the first and second workloads, and detecting an anomaly in the distributed application based on a comparison of the third network traffic data against the first network traffic data or a comparison of the fourth network traffic data against the second network traffic data. Anomalies may also be detected by comparing network traffic data of two groups of containers executing the same workload. |
| US11343306B2 |
Method, device and system for downloading data block of resource file
The present disclosure belongs to the field of data transmission, and provides method, device and system for downloading data blocks of resource files. The method includes: when a target peer needs to download a target resource file, the target peer notifies a tracker server of a file size and a URL of the target resource; the tracker server forwards the file size and the URL to super peers preset in a P2P network to notify the super peers to prepare data blocks of the target resource file meeting the file size and the URL; after the super peer is ready, the tracker server recommends the super peer to the target peer in a form of a peer list; furthermore, the target peer downloads the data blocks of the target resource file from the super peer. With technical solutions of the present disclosure, validity of the resource file downloaded by the target peer may be guaranteed. |
| US11343303B2 |
Techniques for identifying issues related to digital interactions on websites
Techniques are described herein for identifying issues related to digital interactions. For example, a detection system may be provided to analyze suspect sessions to determine if one or more stages associated with the suspect sessions are underperforming compared to corresponding stages associated with similar sessions. The detection system may provide a user interface that allows a user to select one or more attributes that may be associated with one or more sessions. Selection of the one or more attributes may identify multiple sessions (referred to as suspect sessions herein). The one or more suspect sessions may be analyzed to determine whether one or more stages associated with the one or more suspect sessions are underperforming compared to corresponding stages associated with one or more other sessions determined to be similar to the one or more suspect sessions. |
| US11343297B1 |
Method and system for providing elastic media forking infrastructure to cloud distributed real-time applications
A computerized-method for providing an elastic media forking infrastructure to cloud distributed real-time applications, is provided herein. In an Internet Protocol (IP) network having a direct media streaming between a first media-client and a source IP device, in a direct media streaming mode, upon receiving a request from a second media-client, via a signaling protocol, to receive media from the source IP device, switching from the direct media streaming mode to a media forking mode by starting a media forking service on a media forking infrastructure. Upon receiving a request from the second media-client to terminate media reception from the source IP device, switching from media forking mode to direct streaming mode, by ending the media forking service, and operating the direct media streaming between the first media-client and the source IP device. |
| US11343296B2 |
Method and device for providing streaming content
A method and apparatus for an adaptive Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) streaming service using metadata of content are provided. The metadata of the content may be efficiently divided for a purpose of use of a terminal based on general media information or specific media information, and may be transmitted to the terminal. A group may include one or more representations of content. The metadata may include a group element, and the group element may provide a summary of attributes of one or more representations included in the group. |
| US11343288B2 |
Telecommunications network call control
Telecommunications network components configured to manage call control of a communication session of user equipment are described herein. An anchoring network device may proxy signaling traffic for the communication session. The anchoring network device may determine a routing identifier based at least in part on which access network, or which type of access network, is carrying the communication session, and may transmit state information of the communication session to a call-control server in association with the routing identifier. The call-control server may provide control information of the communication session to the anchoring network device in response to the state information. The anchoring network device may modify the communication session, e.g., by adding or dropping one or more parties, in response to the control information. The routing identifier may be determined based at least in part on capabilities of a communication session indicated in a session-initiation message. |
| US11343282B2 |
Storage and data protection as a service in a cloud native environment
Classes of storage are associated with data protection policies. The storage classes are mapped to storage providers and the storage providers are connected to a backup storage server. A service broker advertises to stateful workloads in a cloud native environment a service catalog listing the storage classes. The service broker receives a request from a stateful workload for a class of storage. A storage provider having storage of the storage class is instructed to provision a volume. A response to the request includes an identification of the volume to allow the stateful workload to persist data on the volume. The storage provider is instructed to generate snapshots of the volume according to a data protection policy associated with the storage class. Backups of the snapshots to the backup storage server are conducted according to the data protection policy. |
| US11343280B2 |
System and method for identifying and controlling polymorphic malware
The present system and method pertain to the detection of malicious software and processes such as malware. A cloud security policy system receives hashes and behavioral information about applications and/or processes executing on user devices. The cloud security policy system records this information and then evaluates the trustworthiness of the hashes based on the information received from the user devices to provide a security policy for the applications and/or processes. The security policy is sent from the cloud security policy system to user devices to be applied by the user devices. |
| US11343279B2 |
System and methods for developing secure platform to deliver end-to-end protection and safety for transactions using multi-dimensional, multi-layered security control
The embodiments herein disclose a system or a platform for multi-dimensional, multi-layered security control. The system includes Identity management module, Payload data handling module, heuristic network Management module, Application interface Manager, and an encapsulator or Modulator while leveraging a dynamic Validator. A Shielding protector is provided for safety of servers, devices, systems and clouds. The identity management module safeguards passwords, PINS, user information, and device data. The dynamic ID, time-based, multi factor elements is used to embed both ID and data. The Payload data handling module provides data wrapping, random-segmenting and flow-chains. The heuristic network Management module performs routing of watermarking, and obfuscation map tracker. The Application interface Manager works on DDMLSORI techniques to block out any unwanted Access while validating actual transactions using Qualifiers. The Encapsulator or Modulator and Validator module fortifies system resources, applications, databases, message exchanges with control mechanism. |
| US11343278B2 |
Apparatus and method for protecting location privacy of cooperative spectrum sensing users
An apparatus is provided which comprises: logic to privately compare one or more received Order Preserving Encrypted (OPE) signal strength (RSS) values, from a plurality of secondary users (SUs), with a OPE threshold value; a transmitter to send the comparison result to a fusion center (FC); and a receiver to receive the OPE threshold value from the FC. |
| US11343272B2 |
Proof of work based on compressed video
An approach is provided that transmits a compressed video file and a work unit to various clients, receiving, from at least one of the clients. A proof of work submission is received from one of the clients with the proof of work being a result of one or more computations performed by the client on a rendered form of the compressed video file. The approach determines whether the proof of work submission is acceptable. If the proof of work submission is acceptable, then a block is added to a set of blocks included in a blockchain. |
| US11343271B1 |
Systems and methods for adaptive security protocols in a managed system
Embodiments disclosed herein describe one or more servers of an enterprise system that may be configured to receive security and vulnerability information from a plurality of data sources and then rate them based upon their respective variance from an enterprise policy or status quo configuration in a related process area. The servers may execute scoring modules to normalize the data received from the data sources to tailor the system response to a given vulnerability. As such, identified vulnerabilities may be rated according to the needs of the enterprise, rather than being rated according to the factory or default configurations of a particular data source. |
| US11343268B2 |
Detection of network anomalies based on relationship graphs
The disclosed techniques relate to a graph-based network security analytic framework to combine multiple sources of information and security knowledge in order to detect risky behaviors and potential threats. In some examples, the input can be anomaly events or simply regular events. The entities associated with the activities can be grouped into smaller time units, e.g., per day. The riskiest days of activity can be found by computing a risk score for each day and according to the features in the day. A graph can be built with links between the time units. The links can also receive scoring based on a number of factors. The resulting graph can be compared with known security knowledge for adjustments. Threats can be detected based on the adjusted risk score for a component (i.e., a group of linked entities) as well as a number of other factors. |
| US11343267B2 |
Threat monitor, threat monitoring method, and recording medium therefore
A monitor for monitoring a monitored object comprises: a processor configured to execute a program; a storage device configured to store the program; and a communication interface capable of communicating with the monitored object, wherein the processor is configured to execute: acquisition processing for acquiring threat information indicating association of a plurality of events necessary for an occurrence of a threat; and determination processing for determining, as a collection scheme of a log from the monitored object according to a rule for detecting an attack on the monitored object, either a passive scheme for collecting the log transmitted from the monitored object or an active scheme for collecting from the monitored object the log requested from the monitor to the monitored object. |
| US11343266B2 |
Self-certified security for assured cyber-physical systems
Methods and systems for self-certifying secure operation of a cyber-physical system having a plurality of monitoring nodes. In an embodiment, an artificial intelligence (AI) watchdog computer platform obtains, using the output of a local features extraction process of time series data of a plurality of monitoring nodes of a cyber-physical system and a global features extraction process, global features extraction data. The AI watchdog computer platform then obtains reduced dimensional data, generates an updated decision boundary, compares the updated decision boundary to a certification manifold, determines based on the comparison that the updated decision boundary is certified, and determines, based on an anomaly detection process, whether the cyber-physical system is behaving normally or abnormally. |
| US11343265B2 |
System and methods for malware detection using log analytics for channels and super channels
Log based analysis systems and methods for protecting computers and networks from malicious communications and malware attacks by analyzing log data obtained from client networks having network entities representing business units or customers. The system may further comprise a plurality of client asset machines, each operable to execute a security product associated with a security product vendor and log associated information of the network entities into at least one log file. The log files may be uploaded onto a log-analytics detection platform for analysis using learning algorithms operable to generate a risk factor attribute for at least one entity. |
| US11343262B2 |
Port scanning
A method of scanning a plurality of ports at one or more target IP addresses is disclosed. Each of the plurality of ports corresponds to a port number at one of the one or more target IP addresses, for example an IPv4 or IPv6 address. The method comprises assigning each port to one of a plurality of sets of ports and executing a plurality of port scanning processes at the same time on a common source machine (virtual or physical). Each port scanning process sends port probe requests to the ports of a respective set of the plurality of sets from a different respective source IP addresses. Thus, a different respective source IP address is associated with each set of the plurality of sets of ports, different from the source IP addresses associated with the remaining sets, and each set of target IP addresses receives probe requests from a different respective source IP address. The sets may be aligned with target addresses or may spread several target addresses or only part of the ports of a target address. For example, one or more of the plurality of port scanning processes may send port probe requests to more than one target IP address and/or two or more of the plurality of port scanning processes may send port probe requests to the same target IP address. |
| US11343256B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling third-party access of a protected data resource
A method for controlling third-party access of a protected resource is disclosed. The method includes: receiving, from a client device associated with a user account at a protected resource, an indication of access permissions for a first application to access the user account, the access permissions defining at least one permission level and one or more permitted user account operations that are associated with the at least one permission level; receiving a request for the first application to access the user account for performing a first access operation; determining that the first access operation is not among the one or more permitted user account operations; in response to determining that the first access operation is not among the one or more permitted user account operations: providing, to the client device, a request for a one-time authorization for the first application to access the user account for performing the first access operation; receiving, from the client device, an indication of the requested one-time authorization; and granting, to the first application access to the user account. |
| US11343255B2 |
Security policy exchange and enforcement for question delegation environments
Techniques are provided for question delegation and security enforcement. One exemplary method comprises providing a third party with a question obtained from a user and a corresponding user security policy; providing a security policy response from the third party to the user indicating an acceptance of the corresponding user security policy or any proposed modifications to the corresponding user security policy for the question; performing the following steps once there is an agreement between the user and the third party regarding an accepted security policy for the question: monitoring responses to the question; enforcing directives within the accepted security policy for the question, wherein the directives comprise one or more triggers mapped to a security control and/or a compliance control for the question, and wherein each trigger has a corresponding predefined enforcement action; and performing the corresponding predefined enforcement action when a given trigger is detected. |
| US11343253B2 |
Access control for private channels in a channel-based discussion system
Methods, media, and systems for a changing a private channel in a channel-based communication system from an “invited-members” mode to a “whitelisted groups” mode. When in a whitelisted-groups mode, the channel administrator can whitelist one or more groups for channel membership. The whitelisted groups may be external groups managed by an identity provider. Based on the whitelisted groups, users cannot be added to the private channel without being a member of one of the whitelisted groups. Users are also automatically removed from the channel if they are no longer in one of the whitelisted groups for any reason. |
| US11343248B2 |
Sidecar architecture for stateless proxying to databases
A mechanism for providing connection to a database is described. A connection to the database is intercepted. The connection is assigned to an instance of the database. A sidecar is configured to proxy the connection to the database. The sidecar is stateless and passes all communications for the connection to the instance of the database. |
| US11343241B2 |
Multi-connectivity communication
A method for multi-connectivity communication in an application layer of a communication network. The method includes generating a plurality of decision elements and repeating a first iterative process. An ith iteration of the first iterative process includes generating an ith transmit message set by executing an application, transmitting the ith transmit message set from a transmitter to a receiver, receiving an ith receive message set of a plurality of receive message sets, and updating the plurality of decision elements. The ith transmit message set is transmitted over a plurality of networks. The ith transmit message set is transmitted based on the plurality of decision elements. Each transmit message in the ith transmit message set is associated with at least one respective network of the plurality of networks. The plurality of decision elements are updated based on a jth receive message set in the plurality of receive message sets. |
| US11343240B2 |
Multi-user test system and method for configuring a multi-user test system
The present invention relates to the automatic configuration of a measuring and test device in a multi-user test system. Individual users are initially authenticated. An individual user profile can be generated for authenticated users. The individual user profile can be stored in a user database. After authentication of a user, the user profile can be read-out from the profile database and then a measuring and test device can then be automatically adjusted corresponding to the user profile. |
| US11343239B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling third-party access of a protected data resource
A method for controlling third-party access of a protected data resource is disclosed. The method includes: receiving an access token associated with a first application, the access token indicating access permissions for the first application to access a user account at a protected data resource; receiving a first request to perform a first access operation of accessing the user account using the access token; determining whether the first access operation is permitted based on the access permissions; in response to determining that the first access operation is not permitted: modifying the first request to obtain a second request for performing a second access operation of accessing the user account using the access token, the second access operation complying with the access permissions for the first application; transmitting the second request to a server associated with the protected data resource. |
| US11343238B2 |
System, method, and apparatus for verifying a user identity
Provided is a computer-implemented method for verifying a user identity, including: receiving, from a user device, authentication data for a user, the authentication data including an account identifier corresponding to an account with a first issuer institution; generating, with at least one processor and based at least partially on the authentication data, a passcode; communicating the passcode to the user device or a second device associated with the user; receiving, with at least one processor, a verification request comprising the passcode; and verifying, with at least one processor, an identity of the user based on validating the passcode. |
| US11343236B2 |
System and method for rendering a landing page based on location
Systems, methods, and devices for using a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) parameter to pass variables between authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) servers and a portal so as to intelligently select and display a different captive portal landing page on a user equipment (UE) device based on any combination of the geographic location of the UE device, the service set identifier (SSID) of the access point, the UE device's media access control (MAC) address. |
| US11343235B2 |
Secure device notifications from remote applications
Methods and systems for securely delivering notifications from remote applications to client devices are described herein. A computing device may listen for notifications from a remote application and receive notification data from the remote application. The computing device may select a notification service for delivery of the notification data to the client device. The computing device may determine whether a client agent application is running as a foreground process on the client device. The computing device may send, to a notification service, notification data for delivery to the client device. At least a portion of the notification data may be encrypted prior to sending to the selected notification service. |
| US11343233B2 |
Node control method and related apparatus in distributed system
An embodiment of this application discloses a node control method performed by a forwarding platform in a distributed computer system. The method includes: establishing, by a forwarding platform, a secure link with a user terminal through a domain name of the forwarding platform; obtaining, by the forwarding platform through the secure link, a request packet transmitted by a user terminal, and the request packet comprising an address identifier of a target node in the distributed computer system and a request content of the user terminal for the target node; encrypting, by the forwarding platform, the request content to obtain a first encrypted packet; and transmitting, by the forwarding platform, the first encrypted packet to the target node according to the address identifier. Computing device and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium counterparts are also contemplated. |
| US11343232B2 |
Workstation log-in
A method including actions of pairing with a mobile device and receiving a user name, a password encrypted with a connector password key, and a public key of the mobile device. Additional actions include providing the password encrypted with the connector password key, receiving the password in a decrypted form, obtaining a pairing key, encrypting the pairing key using the public key, encrypting the password with a local password key, providing the pairing key encrypted using the public key and the password encrypted with the local password key, disconnecting from the mobile device, after disconnecting form the mobile device, reconnecting with mobile device, providing a workstation identification, receiving the user name and the password encrypted with the local password key, decrypting the password encrypted with the local password key, and logging in the user using the user name and the password decrypted with the local password key. |
| US11343231B2 |
Security context aware nano-segmentation for container based microservices
The present disclosure provides an approach for creating one or more firewall rules to regulate communication between containers. The approach includes calculating a trust score for each container. To generate a rule for any two containers, a difference between the trust scores is computed, and if the difference in trust levels is too large, then the more trustworthy container is not allowed to communicate with the less trustworthy container. If the difference in trust scores is not too large, then the trustworthy container is allowed to communicate with the other trustworthy container, or an untrustworthy container is allowed to communicate with another untrustworthy container. |
| US11343230B2 |
Method for configuring device resources based on network identification and system therefor
A method for configuring resources at an information handling system may include determining, during initialization, a wide area network (WAN) Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the information handling system, and retrieving a list of trusted IP addresses from a storage location at the information handling system. The method may further include configuring a first resource at the information handling system to operate in a first state in response to determining that the WAN IP address is included at the list of trusted IP addresses, and configuring the first resource at the information handling system to operate in a second state in response to determining that the WAN IP address is not included at the list of trusted IP addresses. |
| US11343229B2 |
Managed forwarding element detecting invalid packet addresses
Some embodiments provide a method for a managed forwarding element (MFE) executing on a data compute node (DCN) that operates on a host computer in a public datacenter. The MFE implements a logical network that connects multiple DCNs within the public datacenter. The method receives a packet, directed to the DCN, that (i) has a first logical network source address and (ii) is encapsulated with a second source address associated with an underlying public datacenter network. The method determines whether the first logical network source address is a valid source address for the packet based on a mapping table that maps logical network addresses to underlying public datacenter network addresses. When the first source address is not a valid source address for the packet, the method drops the packet. |
| US11343226B2 |
Systems and methods for micro network segmentation
A wireless communication system includes an external provider subsystem and an electronic network subsystem in operable communication with the external provider subsystem. The electronic network subsystem is configured to provide a first microservice and a second microservice different from the first microservice. The wireless communication system further includes an in-home subsystem (i) separate from the external provider subsystem, (ii) in operable communication with the electronic network subsystem, and (iii) including a first micronet and a second micronet different from the first micronet. The first micronet is configured to operably interact with the first microservice, and the second micronet is configured to operably interact with the second microservice. The wireless communication system further includes at least one electronic device configured to operably connect with one of the first micronet and the second micronet. |
| US11343225B2 |
Sharing media among remote access clients in a universal plug and play environment
In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Remote Access Server (RAS) to provide a communication channel between UPnP Remote Access Clients (RACs) connected thereto. The UPnP RAS maintains local discovery information for UPnP devices connected to a local network and remote discovery information for remote UPnP devices communicating therewith. The UPnP RAS provides the remote UPnP devices communicating therewith with the local discovery information and the remote discovery information. The remote discovery information is utilized by a first remote UPnP device to discover a second UPnP device and vice versa. After discovery, a first remote UPnP device can communicate with a second UPnP device and vice versa. |
| US11343220B2 |
User engagement with co-users of a networking system
The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for improving and streamlining user engagement with co-users within a networking system. For instance, the user engagement system can detect co-user engagement with a user of a networking system. Based on one or more metrics, such as characteristics of the engaging co-user, the type of detected co-user engagement, or engagement history with the user, the user engagement system can rank, prioritize, and/or aggregate the engagement notifications. For example, the user engagement system can prioritize message requests from co-users with whom the user has not actively engaged on the networking system. In another example, the user engagement system can filter messages from co-users with whom the user has actively engaged in to one of multiple message repositories. |
| US11343219B2 |
Collaboration device for social networking service collaboration
A collaboration device is configured to be communicably connected with a device that includes a camera, a sensor, and a processor configured to recognize a human face from an image captured by the camera. The collaboration device includes a memory, and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The at least one processor is configured to, when the device detects a person by recognizing a face, generate first text data based on sensing data acquired by sensing the detected person, and contribute the first text data to a specified group in an Social Networking Service. The at least one processor is configured to, when the device has not detected a person by recognizing a face for a predetermined time span, generate second text data indicating that the device has not detected a person for the predetermined time span, and contribute the second text data to the specified group. |
| US11343212B2 |
Interoperable clinical document-exchange system
A method of exchanging messages between users over a network includes receiving a registration request from an organization and provisioning an organizational sub-domain, verifying the registration request according to requirements of a first protocol and provisioning a first user address that is part of the organizational sub-domain, and sending a message from the first user address to a second user address according to the first protocol. |
| US11343210B1 |
Message selection and presentation in a real-time messaging platform
A system and message for message selection and presentation, including: receiving a request for content, wherein the request is associated with a context account of a messaging platform; identifying a set of unviewed messages associated with the context account; identifying grouping criteria for grouping content based on messages; applying, by a computer processor, the grouping criteria to the unviewed messages to generate a content group, wherein the content group is associated with a subset of the unviewed messages; and providing at least a portion of the content group in response to the request. |
| US11343209B2 |
Presenting reactions from friends
Systems and methods are provided for performing operations including: retrieving, by one or more processors, a plurality of content items; identifying a list of friends of a user on a messaging application; obtaining reaction data for each friend in the list of friends, the reaction data identifying a set of content items to which respective ones of the friends in the list of friends reacted; selecting, based on the reaction data, a first content item in the plurality of content items that is included in the set of content items to which respective ones of the friends in the list of friends reacted; and presenting the first content item to the user in a presentation arrangement of a graphical user interface. |
| US11343205B2 |
Real-time, time aware, dynamic, context aware and reconfigurable ethernet packet classification
An ultra-high speed electronic communications device includes: a network communications interface; a memory; and one or more processing units, communicatively coupled to the memory and the network communications interface, wherein the memory stores instructions configured to cause the one or more processing units to: receive a data packet using the network communications interface; determine a classification of the data packet based, at least in part, on a plurality of factors, wherein the plurality of factors comprises a rate at which the data packet was received and a time at which the data packet was received; select, based at least in part, on the classification, an operation from a plurality of operations, wherein the plurality of operations comprises a cut-through operation and a store-and-forward operation; and perform the selected operation. |
| US11343202B1 |
Managing edge devices based on predicted network bandwidth utilization
In one embodiment, a method for managing a plurality of edge devices based on a predicted network bandwidth utilization includes: identifying a plurality of management tasks associated with the plurality of edge devices, each of the plurality of management tasks associated with a priority; determining a management task of the plurality of management tasks to be assigned to an edge device of the plurality of edge devices; accessing a time series indicating the predicted network bandwidth utilization of the plurality of edge devices; generating a threshold value for the management task based on the time series, the threshold value corresponding to a percentage of the predicted network bandwidth utilization and including one or more available time slots; determining that the predicted network bandwidth utilization is less than the threshold value; and assigning the management task to the edge device. |
| US11343197B2 |
Packet-flow message-distribution system
Switchless interconnect fabric message distribution includes end-to-end partitioning of message pathways or multiple priority levels with interrupt capability. A switchless interconnect fabric message distribution system includes a data distribution module and at least two host-bus adapters connected to the data distribution module. The data distribution module includes partition first in first out buffers. Each of the host-bus adapters includes an input manager connected to input priority first in first out buffers and an output manager connected to priority first in first out buffers. |
| US11343195B1 |
Ephemeral data stream routing service
Systems and methods are described for streaming data between a user device and a remote computing environment via a “switchboard” service that enables interaction without the user device or the remote computing environment establishing additional connections. A first routing device receives a connection from a user device that requests routing a data stream to or from a remote computing environment. The first routing device processes the request by generating a token, which is passed to the remote computing environment along with the request. The remote computing environment passes the token to a second routing device, which decodes the routing token to identify the first routing device. The second routing device then passes the request token to the first routing device, which responds by establishing a route for streaming data between the connection made with the user device and the remote computing environment via the routing devices. |
| US11343193B2 |
Apparatus and method for rate management and bandwidth control
A data rate management system that provides quality of service at the fine granularity of applications in the home network and home automation environment is provided. An application can be associated with a dynamic traffic flow, a physical port, a logical interface, or a host computer or device. Virtual queueing is applied to isolate and protect individual applications. Comprehensive rate management algorithms are developed to offer the bandwidth guarantee for the applications individually. The data rate management system includes a traffic classifier, virtual queueing, and a rate manager. The traffic classifier can statically or dynamically identify an application. The identified application is stored in a dedicated virtual queue. The rate manager schedules the packet transmission among virtual queues using the application-based traffic profiles. |
| US11343192B2 |
Packet processing method, and device
A packet processing method, where a server allocates an identifier of a network slice to a terminal device based on a service type of the terminal device and sends the identifier of the network slice to a control device. The control device determines parameter information of the network slice based on the identifier and determines a forwarding path based on the parameter information. Then, the control device adds a forwarding resource included in the forwarding path to a forwarding resource of the network slice. When the terminal device sends the service packet, the service packet is forwarded using the forwarding resource of the network slice. Hence, the control device dynamically determines the forwarding resource for the network slice based on a service requirement such that a forwarding resource in a network can be fully used, saving forwarding resource and improving network flexibility. |
| US11343191B2 |
In-facility wireless communication system and method for determining locations based on tag orientation
A wireless communication system includes a control station and a plurality of second wireless communication apparatuses. The control station includes a management table that holds sending permission information indicating whether or not to transmit a packet for requesting to send an orientation estimation auxiliary signal. The plurality of second wireless communication apparatuses each refer to the management table, transmit the packet to a first wireless communication apparatus in response to the sending permission information, and perform orientation estimation using the orientation estimation auxiliary signal transmitted from the first wireless communication apparatus. |
| US11343189B2 |
Systems and methods for augmenting TCAM bank processing with exact match
Systems and methods are provided for programming a network device. A method includes receiving a wild card entry at the network device, the network device including a ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) table and an exact match (EM) table. The method determines whether the wild card entry is compatible with the EM table. In response to determining that the wild card entry is compatible with the EM table, the method determines the available space in the EM table, the usage of the TCAM table, and at least one flow characteristic of the wild card entry. The method evaluates the determined available space in the EM table, usage of the TCAM table, and the at least one flow characteristic against a set of stored rules that select the EM table or the TCAM table. The method programs the wild card entry in the EM table or TCAM table based upon the selection. |
| US11343185B2 |
Network traffic steering with programmatically generated proxy auto-configuration files
Described embodiments provide systems and methods for steering network traffic using dynamically generated configuration scripts. A first device may generate a configuration script for an application on the client for connecting with a server. The configuration script may specify the application to establish a direct connection or an indirect connection with the server. The first device may provide the configuration script to be invoked by the application to identify a first address to access the server based on a determination to establish the direct connection or the indirect connection. The first device may receive, from the client, an initiation request to connect with the server including the first address. The first device may determine second address by applying a routing policy to the first address. The first device may establish one of the direct connection or the indirect connection using the second address. |
| US11343184B2 |
Methods and apparatus to manage a physical network to reduce network dependencies in a multi-fabric virtual network
A disclosed example of managing a network includes a packet receiver to receive a packet at a second switch from a first switch via an inter-switch link between the first and second switches; a packet analyzer to determine whether the packet includes a load-based teaming (LBT) egress control value; a packet transmitter to handle the packet according to an LBT policy when the packet analyzer determines the packet does not include the LBT egress control value; and a packet modifier to terminate the packet at the second switch when the packet analyzer determines the packet does include the LBT egress control value. |
| US11343182B2 |
System and method for dataplane-signaled packet capture in IPV6 environment
Presented herein are methods and systems that facilitate data plane signaling of a packet as a candidate for capture at various network nodes within an IPv6 network. The signaling occurs in-band, via the data plane—that is, a capture or interrogation signal is embedded within the respective packet (e.g., in the packet header) that carries a user traffic. The signaling is inserted, preferably when the packet is classified, e.g., at the ingress node of the network, to which subsequent network nodes with the IPv6 network are signaled to capture or further inspect the packet for capture. |
| US11343181B2 |
Common carrier network device, network system, and program
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a provider network device, a network system, and a program that shorten a communication disconnection time during redundancy switching in a Single-Active redundant configuration. The provider network device according to the present disclosure notifies a CE that a VLAN, which has been communicating with traffic, is disabled due to setting of a block point or that new traffic communication is enabled due to releasing of the block point. This allows the CE to quickly delete a previously used transfer database and build up a new transfer database, and thus it is possible to shorten a communication disconnection time during redundancy switching. |
| US11343176B2 |
Interconnect address based QoS regulation
In various implementations, provided are systems and methods for an integrated circuit including a completer device, a requester device, and an interconnect fabric. The requester device is configured to generate transactions to the completer device, where each transaction includes a request packet that includes an attribute associated with the completer device; and the interconnect fabric is coupled to the requester device and the completer device. The integrated circuit can also include a QoS regulator configured to identify, based on a first attribute associated with the completer device, a first QoS value establishing a first priority level for a first request packet generated by the requester device, and modify the first request packet to include the first QoS value. |
| US11343174B2 |
Networking aggregation synchronization system
A system includes a first aggregated networking device that is coupled to a second aggregated networking device via an inter-aggregated-networking-device link and that is configured to provide a first portion of a link aggregation to a connected device, The first aggregated networking device receives a first packet via a first aggregated port that is included in the first aggregated networking device and that provides the first portion of the link aggregation to the connected device. The first packet includes first information for synchronizing at least one process running in the first aggregated networking device with respective corresponding processes running in the second aggregated networking device. The first aggregated networking device copies, using a first network processing system, the first packet to provide a first copied packet and provides, using the first network processing system, the first copied packet to the second aggregated networking device via the inter-aggregated-networking-device link. |
| US11343173B2 |
Systems and methods to implement path aware networking
A method implemented by an end user device in a network, comprises transmitting user service expectation data to a network element (NE) in the network, the user service expectation data describing an expected network attribute of a path between the end user device and a destination, receiving path aware network data from the NE in response to transmitting the user service expectation data describing the expected network attribute to the NE, the path aware network data comprising a path index, path quality information, and data plane information, the path index identifying the path, the path quality information describing a network attribute supported by the NE on the path, and the data plane information comprising information associated with a protocol by which to transmit a data packet along the path, and transmitting the data packet along the path based on the data plane information. |
| US11343162B2 |
Systems and methods for flow-based inband telemetry
Methods and systems are described for inband telemetry. The system receives a plurality of packets, each packet comprising a portion with INT data. The system identifies a packet flow from a source device to a destination device in the plurality of packets and calculates a telemetry metric based on INT data of a plurality of packets of the packet flow. Then the system forwards the calculated telemetry metric to an INT collector. |
| US11343160B1 |
Device clustering
Clustering a plurality of client devices running an application as a function of a data structure such that the plurality of client devices are each assigned a cluster. Client devices having similar performance metrics are assigned the same cluster. An operation of the application is modified as a function of the performance metrics of the client device. The modification of application operation is performed by turning certain features of the application on and off using a rule based on device cluster. |
| US11343157B2 |
Systems and methods to utilize a network fabric design via drawing import
Networking management tools enable network designers and administrator to design, configure, deploy, expand, and manage network fabrics. However, such tools may be limited—particularly when dealing with a deployed network fabric. In one or more embodiments, given a network drawing generated using a diagramming application and a set of defined stencils of network elements in which one or more network elements in the network drawing include associated network data properties, the network drawing is imported into a fabric management application. The fabric management application recognizes the network elements and the associated network data properties of the network drawing. The imported network drawing is used to map a network fabric represented by the imported network drawing into a representation usable by the fabric management tool. In one or more embodiments, configuration data may also be imported and used to map the network fabric. |
| US11343154B2 |
Systems and method for providing an ontogenesis wisdom and action engine
Systems and methods for controlling operations of a Computer System (“CS”). The methods comprise: collecting information about events occurring in CS; performing automated ontogenesis operations using the collected information to determine a context of a given situation associated with CS using stored ontogenetic knowledge, define parameters for different sets of actions that could occur in the context of the given situation, simulate the sets of actions to generate a set of simulation results defining predicted consequences resulting from the performance of certain behaviors by nodes of CS, select a best simulation result from the set of simulation results, and determine whether a system action specified by the best simulation result might cause an undesirable unintended consequence; and using the parameters associated with the best simulation result to optimize control and performance of CS, when a determination is made that the system action will not cause the undesirable unintended consequence. |
| US11343153B2 |
BGP logical topology generation method, and device
A BGP logical topology generation method includes obtaining, by a controller, node information of a first forwarder and BGP session information of the first forwarder, and obtaining node information of a second forwarder and BGP session information of the second forwarder; and generating, by the controller, a BGP logical topology between the first forwarder and the second forwarder according to the node information and the BGP session information of the first forwarder, and the node information and the BGP session information of the second forwarder that are obtained. |
| US11343151B2 |
Automatic network scaling for data centers
Systems and methods are provided for automatic network scaling for data centers. One of the methods comprises storing respective configurations of a plurality of interconnectors, wherein each interconnector is in communication with a respective plurality of servers in a respective rack and a respective top-of-rack switch, and wherein each configuration describes connections between the respective servers and the respective top-of-rack switch, determining a traffic load of each interconnector, and transferring traffic between interconnectors having compatible configurations according to the traffic loads. |
| US11343145B2 |
Dynamic tracking device reconfiguration
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a tracking server, tracking device diagnostic information and user device diagnostic information. The method includes retrieving, by the tracking server, a power consumption model for a tracking device based on the tracking device diagnostic information. The method includes revising, by the tracking server, the power consumption model for the tracking device based on the tracking device diagnostic information and the user device diagnostic information. The method includes determining, by the tracking server, reconfiguration instructions for the tracking device based on the revised power consumption model. The reconfiguration instructions are selected to cause the tracking device to satisfy one or more power conditions. The method includes providing, by the tracking server, the reconfiguration instructions to the tracking device. |
| US11343142B1 |
Data model driven design of data pipelines configured on a cloud platform
A system performs continuous delivery of a data pipeline on a cloud platform. The system receives a specification of the data pipeline comprising data pipeline units. The system generates a deployment package for each data pipeline unit for a cloud platform. The system provisions computing infrastructure on the cloud platform according to the system configuration of the data pipeline unit. The data pipeline may be implemented as a data mesh. The data pipeline generates one or more data models. The system receives a schema representing a modification in a data model based on a change in the requirements of a consumer system. The system determines the changes to the data pipeline based on the received schema and reconfigures the data pipeline to generate the modified data model. The system manages access control of data to minimize the exposure to data in case of accidental or malicious data breach. |
| US11343141B2 |
Methods and apparatus to migrate physical server hosts between virtual standard switches and virtual distributed switches in a network
Disclosed examples include determining that a user-approved migration plan satisfies a proposed migration plan, the proposed migration plan to configure a virtual distributed switch using network configuration settings of a virtual standard switch corresponding to first physical network interface cards, the user-approved migration plan based on a user-selection responsive to the proposed migration plan; creating the virtual distributed switch in a first host and a second host in response to the user-approved migration plan satisfying the proposed migration plan; and configuring the virtual distributed switch based on the network configuration settings of the virtual standard switch. |
| US11343137B2 |
Dynamic selection of active router based on network conditions
Systems and methods for managing edge routers include monitoring one or more trigger conditions related to transport links between two or more edge routers and one or more external networks. A first parameter associated with a first edge router is modified if at least one trigger condition is detected, the at least one trigger condition related to at least one transport link between the first edge router and the one or more external networks. The first parameter is compared with a second parameter associated with a second edge router of the two or more edge routers. A role of primary edge router is dynamically reassigned to one of the first edge router or the second router based on the comparison of the first parameter and the second parameter, where traffic between a local network and the one or more external networks is routed through the primary edge router. |
| US11343135B2 |
Network troubleshooting digital assistant system
A system includes one or more processors and a memory. The processor(s) effectuates operations including receiving a query, wherein the query identifies one or more problems in the network. The processor(s) further effectuates operations including retrieving contextual information and problem information, associated with the one or more problems, from a knowledge base and generating a first recommendation list comprising one or more recommendations, wherein each of the one or more recommendations comprises the contextual information or the problem information and at least one course of action. The processor(s) further effectuates operations including receiving a selection of a recommendation from the first recommendation list and updating the knowledge base to include information associated with the selection of the recommendation and generating, in response to a further query, a second recommendation list comprising one or more further recommendations that include further contextual information or further problem information retrieved from the knowledge base. |
| US11343134B1 |
System and method for mitigating analytics loads between hardware devices
An information handling system includes a cloud device including an on-the-cloud analytics device, and a node device. The node device includes an on-the-box analytics device, a data collector device, a data management device, and a load mitigator device. The data collector device sources a plurality of data-producing agents within the information handling system. The data management device receives and manages data produced by the data collector. The load mitigator device receives the data from the data management device, and analyzes the data and additional system data. The additional system data is associated with the information handling system. The load mitigator device also determines whether to route analytics for the information handling system to the on-the box analytics device or to the on-the-cloud analytics. Based on the determination, the load mitigator device routes the analytics to either the on-the box analytics device or to the on-the-cloud analytics device. |
| US11343131B2 |
Preemption indication for new radio
Preempting a slot with a mini-slot for use in a wireless transmitter of a wireless communication network is presented. The method includes preempting a slot transmission to a wireless receiver with a mini-slot transmission to the wireless receiver, wherein the slot transmission comprises a plurality of time-frequency regions (TFRs), each TFR comprising a plurality of sub-regions. The method further includes transmitting a preemption indication to the wireless receiver, where the preemption indication includes: a TFR position in time of one or more preempted TFRs in the slot transmission, a TFR position in frequency of the one or more preempted TFRs in the slot transmission and an identifier of one or more of the plurality of a sub-regions of the one or more preempted TFRs. |
| US11343122B2 |
Wireless extender with on-boarding SSID for simple and extensible onboarding
A gateway apparatus initiates an extender onboarding process and wirelessly transmits an onboarding SSID; and an extender apparatus for establishing a backhaul wireless communication link with the electronic apparatus, wirelessly scans for presence of the onboarding SSID, and in response to detection of the onboarding SSID, establishes an onboarding wireless communication link with the electronic apparatus based on the onboarding SSID. The extender apparatus transmits a backhaul information request via the onboarding wireless communication link, receives backhaul credentials, including a backhaul SSID, from the gateway apparatus via the onboarding wireless communication link, and after receiving the backhaul credentials, disassociates from the onboarding SSID, associates itself with the backhaul SSID, and establishes a wireless backhaul link with the electronic apparatus based on the backhaul SSID. The wireless backhaul link is different from the onboarding wireless communication link, and use of the wireless backhaul link requires the backhaul SSID. |
| US11343121B2 |
Logical router comprising disaggregated network elements
A logical router includes disaggregated network elements that function as a single router and that are not coupled to a common backplane. The logical router includes spine elements and leaf elements implementing a network fabric with front panel ports being defined by leaf elements. Control plane elements program the spine units and leaf to function a logical router. The control plane may define operating system interfaces mapped to front panel ports of the leaf elements and referenced by tags associated with packets traversing the logical router. Redundancy and checkpoints may be implemented for a route database implemented by the control plane elements. The logical router may include a standalone fabric and may implement label tables that are used to label packets according to egress port and path through the fabric. |
| US11343117B2 |
Method for transmitting data via a serial communication bus, correspondingly designed bus interface, and correspondingly designed computer program
A method for transmitting data via a serial communication bus where the data are transmitted with an adapted transmission frame. The adapted transmission frame includes at least one arbitration field and a data field, with the arbitration field being used to control the bus access in accordance with the Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Resolution method by prioritization of messages with the aid of an identifier. For the arbitration phase, a low bit rate is set; and an increased bit rate is set for the transmission of the data in the data field. A start field is provided in the transmission frame. The data are packaged as an Ethernet transmission frame, which is inserted into the data field of the adapted transmission frame. The arbitration field and the start field replace a preamble and a Start Frame Delimiter of the Ethernet transmission frame. |
| US11343113B2 |
Creation of enterprise group
The present invention provides a method for establishing an enterprise group and a corresponding apparatus. According to an example, an IM application server may determine, according to a received join-group request for adding a first user to an inside group, whether identity information of the first user matches attribute information of the inside group. If the identity information of the first user matches the attribute information of the inside group, the server may add the first user to the inside group, and send a first notification message to a client corresponding to the first user. If the identity information of the first user does not match the attribute information of the inside group, the server may create an inter-enterprise group including the first user and all members of the inside group, and send a second notification message to the client corresponding to the first user. |
| US11343101B2 |
Authentication through verification of an evolving identity credential
Disclosed is a method, a device, and/or a system of authentication through verification of an evolving identity credential. In one embodiment, an authentication method includes receiving an identity claim from a device that includes a device root hash of a hashed history of the device, referred to as a device hastory. Data of a user profile associated with the device that includes a profile root hash of a profile hastory is retrieved. The device root hash and the profile root hash, each of which may be computed as the output of a hash function with inputs including one or more previous authentication transactions, are compared and determined to be identical to verify an identity of a user and/or a device. Alternatively, a comparison may be determined to be non-identical and the authentication request rejected and/or the user profile suspended. |
| US11343100B2 |
Method and system for privacy preserving multifactor biometric authentication
Authentication is a key procedure in information systems. Conventional biometric authentication system is based on a trusted third-party server which is not secure. The present disclosure provides a privacy preserving multifactor biometric authentication for authenticating a client without the third-party authentication server. The server receives a plurality of encrypted biometric features from the client, encrypted using Fully Homomorphic Encryption. Further, the server evaluates the plurality of encrypted biometric features to obtain a client identifier value and a plurality of encrypted resultant values. The server encrypts each of the plurality of resultant values based on a time based nonce and the client identifier value. The encrypted authentication tags and the corresponding resultant values are aggregated by the server and transmitted to the client. The client decrypts the resultant value and the authentication tag and transmits to the server. The server authenticates the client after verifying the received information. |
| US11343099B2 |
System and method for securing personal information via biometric public key
A device, method, and computer readable storage medium generate a biometric public key for an individual based on both the individual's biometric data and a secret, in a manner that verifiably characterizes both while tending to prevent recovery of either by anyone other than the individual. The biometric public key may be later used to authenticate a subject purporting to be the individual, using a computing facility that need not rely on a hardware root of trust. Such biometric public keys may be distributed without compromising the individual's biometric data, and may be used to provide authentication in addition to, or in lieu of, passwords or cryptographic tokens. Various use cases are disclosed, including: enrollment, authentication, establishing and using a secure communications channel, and cryptographically signing a message. |
| US11343094B2 |
Methods and systems for encrypting shared information through its lifecycle
Methods and systems for encrypting shared information through its life cycle are described. The method includes receiving and storing a document. The method further includes encrypting document using a primary key. Further, the method includes receiving sharing request from current user of document for sharing document with a next user. The method includes, for each time the document is to be shared with next user in a series, generating a key for next user specified in sharing request. The method further includes encrypting document for next user using key generated for corresponding next user. Furthermore, the method includes binding access rights to document for authorizing request to access document by next user. The method includes sharing encrypted document with next user. Thereafter, the method includes receiving a request to access the document from the next user and providing the access to encrypted document meant for next user to next user. |
| US11343093B2 |
Methods and apparatus to broadcast data packets in a process control environment
An example method includes, in response to receiving a byte array including process data, determining whether auxiliary data is to be transmitted from a field device based on a counter, the auxiliary data including an encryption key identifier and an initialization vector, when auxiliary data is to be transmitted, transmitting a first data packet including the auxiliary data to the remote device, and determining a value for a source bit based on a type of connection between the field device and the remote device, the source bit and the counter included in associated data. The method further includes generating a nonce value based on the source bit and the initialization vector, encrypting a payload including the byte array based on the encryption key identifier and the nonce value, and transmitting a second data packet to the remote device, the second data packet including the associated data and the encrypted payload. |
| US11343092B2 |
Biometric authentication method
A method of biometric signature. The method comprises receiving a biometric data input from a user and generating a digital artifact from the biometric data input. N private keys are generated from the digital artifact. Upon receiving input of a document, a hash of the document is generated. In response to receiving a signature from the user on the document, the hash is encrypted with each private key to create an encrypted hash with N encrypted keys. The encrypted hash and N encrypted keys are stored in a database. |
| US11343091B2 |
Authentication of network devices using access control protocols
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for authenticating access control messages include receiving, at a first node, access control messages from a second node. The first node and the second node including network devices and the access control messages can be based on RADIUS or TACACS+ protocols among others. The first node can obtain attestation information from one or more fields of the access control messages determine whether the second node is authentic and trustworthy based on the attestation information. The first node can also determine reliability or freshness of the access control messages based on the attestation information. The first node can be a server and the second node can be a client, or the first node can be a client and the second node can be a server. The attestation information can include Proof of Integrity based on a hardware fingerprint, device identifier, or Canary Stamp. |
| US11343086B2 |
Transmitter and receiver for transmitting and receiving a quantum key
A transmitter provides an optical signal for transmitting a quantum key over a network. The transmitter comprises a first generator configured to generate a quantum signal, the quantum signal comprising a sequence of frames. The transmitter comprises a second generator configured to generate a pilot signal. The pilot signal comprises a sequence of signatures that is in synchrony with the sequence of frames. The transmitter comprises an optical modulator configured to generate the optical signal by modulating an optical carrier based on the quantum signal and the pilot signal. A corresponding receiver is proposed for receiving the optical signal and for extracting the quantum key. |
| US11343085B2 |
Threshold encryption for broadcast content
An example operation may include one or more of splitting a session key into a plurality of partial shares, distributing the plurality partial shares to a plurality of content providers, respectively, where each content provider receives a different partial share of the session key, encrypting a stream of media content based on the session key, and transmitting the encrypted stream of digital content to a user device which has one or more partial shares among the plurality of partial shares. |
| US11343082B2 |
Resource sharing for trusted execution environments
The technology disclosed herein enables resource sharing for trusted execution environments. An example method can include: establishing a first trusted execution environment (TEE) in a first computing device; establishing, by the first TEE, a set of shell TEEs, where each shell TEE is configured in view of one or more configuration parameters associated with the set of shell TEEs; receiving, by the first TEE, a request from a tenant computing device to establish a second TEE; determining, by the first TEE, whether the configuration parameters associated with the set of shell TEEs satisfy one or more request parameters for the second TEE; and responsive to determining that the configuration parameters associated with the set of shell TEEs satisfy the one or more request parameters for the second TEE, establishing, by the first TEE, the second TEE to satisfy the request, wherein the second TEE is selected from the set of shell TEEs, and causing, by the first TEE, the second TEE to communicate with tenant computing device. |
| US11343081B2 |
Synchronizable hardware security module
An HSM cluster includes a set of hardware security modules that maintain a set of cryptographic keys that are synchronized across the HSM cluster. Individual applications running on client computer systems access the HSM cluster using HSM cluster clients running on the client computer systems. The HSMs are accessed via a set of HSM cluster servers that monitor the synchronization of the cryptographic keys. Synchronization of the HSMs is maintained by the HSM cluster clients. The HSM cluster clients replicate key-addition and key-deletion operations across the HSM cluster. When a new key is created by a particular HSM, a prefix associated with the particular HSM is added to the identifier associated with the new key to avoid key-namespace collisions. If the set of cryptographic keys becomes unsynchronized across the HSM cluster, applications may continue read-only cryptographic operations while the HSM cluster is resynchronized by the HSM cluster clients. |
| US11343080B1 |
System and method for data privacy and authentication
A system and method for insuring privacy, access control, and authentication for electronic user data submitted to social media platforms, email systems, web sites, and other electronics and software based communication and storage systems is provided. Control over user data is provided such that the user can determine which other users may have access to the data, and only such permitted users will be able to access the data. All other parties, including the operators of the system platform in use, will not be able to view the submitted data. Authentication is provided such that the viewer of the data is ensured that the author of the data is in fact the author indicated in the data, and that the data has not been modified since it was submitted. Data privacy, access control, and authentication is provided in a seamless and convenient manner for both the author and recipients of the data. |
| US11343079B2 |
Secure application deployment
A computing system includes persistent storage configured to store a plurality of software applications and a distribution application configured to perform operations. The operations include obtaining a first cryptographic key of a pair of asymmetric cryptographic keys, where a second cryptographic key of the pair is stored by an on-premises computational instance, obtaining a selection of a software application from the plurality of software applications for installation, and obtaining an identifier associated with the on-premises computational instance. The operations additionally include encrypting the software application by way of a symmetric encryption algorithm and using a third cryptographic key, and encrypting the third cryptographic key by way of an asymmetric encryption algorithm and using the first cryptographic key. The operations further include generating an installation file that includes the software application as encrypted, the third cryptographic key as encrypted, and a representation of the identifier. |
| US11343077B1 |
Network access control
This disclosure describes methods, apparatus, and systems related to controlled access data allocation. A device may receive a first request from a first device to establish a first connection with a wireless network. The device may receive a second request from a second device to establish a second connection with the wireless network. The device may determine a first access data for the first device, wherein the first access data is associated with a first access configuration. The device may determine a second access data for the second device, wherein the second access data is associated with a second access configuration, wherein the second access configuration is different from the first access configuration. The device may send the first access data to the first device. The device may send the second access data to the second device. The device may establish the first connection with the first device, wherein the first connection is at the first access configuration. The device may establish the second connection with the second device, wherein the second connection is at the second access configuration. |
| US11343074B2 |
Block-chain based identity system
A method for the confidential verification of an electronic identity includes applying block chain. The method allows an acting party to recognize a block-chain identity while at the same time a level of confidentiality of the respective identity and its identity attributes is maintained. A correspondingly adapted identity system and a computer program product with control commands are arranged to implement the method and/or operate the proposed system arrangement. |
| US11343072B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing service using kiosk
A method and an apparatus for providing a service using a kiosk by a service providing server by performing the steps of: receiving a device list of at least one kiosk having an ability to provide the service among a plurality of kiosks registered in a blockchain from a kiosk server; authenticating a first kiosk through a smart contract function embedded in the blockchain when a user requests the service through the first kiosk and determining whether the first kiosk is included in the device list; and providing the service to the user when the first kiosk is authenticated by the smart contract function and is included in the device list are provided. |
| US11343070B2 |
System and method for performing a fully homomorphic encryption on a plain text
A method for performing a fully homomorphic encryption on a plain text is disclosed. The method includes computing a first subfunction based on a first computationally intractable problem and the plain text to generate a first section of a cipher text. The method also includes computing a second subfunction based on a second computationally intractable problem and the plain text to generate a second section of the cipher text. The method further includes generating a fully homomorphic function by integrating the first subfunction and the second subfunction. The method further includes encrypting the plain text to a fully homomorphic cipher text using the fully homomorphic function. |
| US11343069B2 |
Oracle-aided protocol for compact data storage for applications using computations over fully homomorphic encrypted data
Systems and methods that may implement an Oracle-aided protocol for producing and using FHE encrypted data. The systems and methods may initially encrypt and store input data in one encrypted form that is not performed using FHE, which does not substantially increase the size of the data and storage resources required to store the encrypted data. In accordance with the Oracle-aided protocol, the encrypted data is re-encrypted as FHE encrypted data when FHE encrypted data is required. |
| US11343067B2 |
Sampling point identification for low frequency asynchronous data capture
An asynchronous data capture device comprises an edge spread detector circuit, a clock generator, and a data sampling circuit. The edge spread detector circuit uses a first clock frequency that is a multiple of a second clock frequency, identifies transitions in a data stream transmitted to the device at the second clock frequency, and determines a sampling point based on the identified transitions. The clock generator adjusts a phase offset based on the sampling point and generates a clock signal having the second clock frequency and the adjusted phase offset. The data sampling circuit uses the second clock frequency and samples the data stream at the sampling point. In some implementations, the edge spread detector determines a sampling point that is isolated from the identified transitions, and the clock generator adjusts the phase offset to cause a rising edge at the sampling point. |
| US11343066B2 |
OFDMA baseband clock synchronization
A method for synchronizing baseband clocks in an OFDMA wireless microphone system is disclosed. An example method includes receiving a plurality of pilot subcarriers from an audio transmitter. The method also includes determining a timing offset estimate based on the pilot subcarriers. The method further includes determining a tuning value by passing the timing offset estimate through a proportional-integral controller. The method still further includes determining a modified reference signal by modifying a reference oscillator based on the tuning value. And the method yet further includes controlling (i) an audio sample clock and (ii) an antenna data clock based on the modified reference signal. |
| US11343064B2 |
Systems and methods to improve co-existence between fixed wireless access and short range devices in 802.11ay
A method of a second node for a co-existence operation in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises transmitting, to a first node, a first extended schedule element (ESE) frame including a time-division multiplexing service period (TDD-SP) bit, receiving, from the first node, a preamble or a second ESE frame including a short device co-existence (SRD Co-Ex) indicator that is set to one based on the TDD-SP bit, and changing a transmit-receive slot pattern based on the received preamble or SRD Co-Ex indicator for the co-existence operation. |
| US11343062B2 |
Apparatus and method for cancelling self-interference signal
Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for removing a self-interference signal. The apparatus includes one or more processors and executable memory for storing at least one program executed by the one or more processors. The at least one program receives an upstream signal for removing self-interference, generates a downstream signal for channel estimation, replicates a self-interference signal in a time domain and a self-interference signal in a frequency domain using the upstream signal and the downstream signal, and removes the self-interference signal from the upstream signal using the replicated self-interference signal in the time domain and the replicated self-interference signal in the frequency domain. |
| US11343058B2 |
Cell search procedure using primary synchronization signals (PSS) and secondary synchronization signals (SSS) in a wireless communication system
A method for establishing a duplex connection for data transmission between transmission units in a communications system, wherein the transmission units each have a transmit unit and a receive unit, where the duplex connection includes oppositely directed, unidirectional transmission channels, by which a communications link for each data transmission between respective transmit and receive units of the transmission units is established, during a synchronization phase transmit units independently emit in a periodically repeated manner a first synchronization signal respectively, where following detection and synchronization with the respective first synchronization signal by the respective receive unit, the respective transmit unit belonging to the same transmission unit is instructed to emit at least once a second synchronization signal respectively, where a changeover to data transmission is implemented once the second synchronization signal respectively has been detected at least once by respective receive units of the transmission units. |
| US11343053B2 |
Communications devices, infrastructure equipment and methods
A communications device for use in a wireless communications system comprising an infrastructure equipment and the communications device is provided. The communications device is configured to transmit an uplink channel to the infrastructure equipment in a plurality of allocated subcarriers. The communications device comprises circuitry for one or more modulation symbol repetition blocks, each configured to receive modulated symbols mapped to one of plurality of modulated symbol sets and to repeat each of the received modulated symbols within each of the plurality of modulated symbol sets, and circuitry for a precoder block configured to carry out a precoder function on the repeated modulation symbols, the precoder function comprising multiplying each of the repeated modulation symbols by an element of a precoder vector to produce precoded symbols. |
| US11343052B2 |
Cell specific reference signal (CRS) muting for even further enhanced machine type communication (EFEMTC)
A network device such as an evolved NodeB (eNB) or next generation NodeB (gNB) can configure a set of user equipment (UE) for cell reference signal (CRS) muting in order to provide better channel quality and power efficiency in communications. Where an eNB mutes CRS transmissions that are not needed by any UE, an improvement in downlink throughput and reduce connection drop rate can be generated. A CRS muting capability can be determined based on a user equipment (UE) capability information. According to the CRS muting capability of a UE, CRS muting can be generated in a physical channel outside of a narrow band (NB) or a wide band (WB) plus/minus X physical resource blocks (PRBs), wherein X is a non-negative integer, based on the CRS muting capability. |
| US11343049B2 |
User terminal and radio communication method
A terminal is disclosed including a transmitter that transmits, in an uplink control channel, uplink control information including a 1-bit Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) and a positive Scheduling Request (SR) or a negative SR, and a processor that uses a cyclic shift based on a parameter according to higher layer signaling, and based on the uplink control information, in the transmission of the uplink control information, wherein an interval between two cyclic shifts, each based on two values of uplink control information including the positive SR and the 1-bit HARQ-ACK, is π, and an interval between two cyclic shifts, each based on two values of uplink control information including the negative SR and the 1-bit HARQ-ACK, is π. In other aspects, a radio communication method for a terminal is also disclosed. |
| US11343047B2 |
Method and a system for transmitting DFT-s-OFDM symbols
The present disclosure discloses a method and a system for transmitting DFT-s-OFDM symbols. A data sequence for transmitting as an OFDM symbol is received as input from a data source. A reference sequence for transmitting along with the data sequence as the OFDM symbol is generated and time-multiplexed with the data sequence, to generate a multiplexed sequence. Thereafter, a Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) operation is performed on the multiplexed sequence to generate a DFT-spread-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM) symbol that is further processed for transmitting over a channel. The transmission of the reference sequence and the data sequence in a single OFDM symbol provides better bandwidth utilization and flexibility in modulation of the reference sequence and the data sequence. |
| US11343046B2 |
Method and device for receiving and sending reference signal, and computer-readable storage medium
Provided are a method and device for receiving and sending a reference signal and a storage medium, the method for receiving includes steps described below. A reference signal resource used for sending the reference signal is determined; and the reference signal sent by using the reference signal resource is received. And the method for sending includes steps described below, a reference signal resource used for sending the reference signal is determined; and the reference signal is sent by using the determined reference signal resource. |
| US11343045B2 |
Information transmission method and apparatus
An information transmission method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: determining a time domain density of a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS); determining a frequency domain density of the PTRS based on an available bandwidth, a scheduled resource block (RB) or an available RB; mapping the PTRS to one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols based on the time domain density and the frequency domain density; and sending a signal that includes the OFDM symbol to which the PTRS is mapped. According to this application, a quantity of PTRSs can be prevented from jumping when a value of scheduled bandwidth is close to a threshold, both accuracy of common phase error estimation and spectral efficiency are taken into consideration, and the PTRSs can be uniformly mapped in the scheduled or available bandwidth, thereby properly configuring the PTRSs. |
| US11343039B2 |
Demodulation reference signaling for mini-slots
There is disclosed a method of operating a radio node in a radio access network. The method includes transmitting and/or receiving reference signaling in a mini-slot, the timing of the reference signaling being determined based on a structure configuration of a transmission timing structure relative to which the mini-slot is positioned. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods. |
| US11343037B2 |
Transmission configuration indication states with quasi-collocation groups
A base station may transmit a quasi-collocation (QCL) relationship indication to a user equipment (UE) that indicates different QCL groups (e.g., QCL relationships corresponding to different port groups). The QCL relationship indication may include a tuple of transmission configuration indication (TCI)-states, TCI-states configured with TCI-state-sets, or multiple TCI-states indicated via an extended media access control (MAC) control element (CE). The QCL relationship indication may indicate a QCL relationship between one or more port groups of a first reference signal set and a plurality of port groups associated with a target reference signal. For example, the QCL relationship indication may indicate two QCL groups, where each QCL group includes a QCL relationship between a reference signal resource and a port group associated with a target reference signal. Using QCL group information, the UE may perform channel estimation for demodulating target reference signals, using the QCL antenna port group. |
| US11343035B2 |
Coding over multiple resource units (RU) in extremely high throughput (EHT) systems
Embodiments of an access point (AP), station (STA) and method of communication are generally described herein. The STA may determine a portion of a channel occupied by an incumbent device. The STA may refrain from communication in a first subset of resource units (RUs) that overlap the portion of the channel occupied by the incumbent device. The STA may determine a combined RU that comprises two or more RUs of a second subset of RUs that do not overlap the portion of the channel occupied by the incumbent device. The STA may encode a physical layer convergence procedure protocol data unit (PPDU) for transmission in the combined RU. The PPDU may be encoded in accordance with joint coding across the RUs of the combined RU. |