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| US11357774B2 |
Use of a quinoline sulfonyl compound for treatment of inflammation, inflammatory disorders, autoimmune disorders and malaria
The present application relates to uses of 7-chloro-4-(4-(2,4-dinitrophenylsulfonyl)piperazin-1-yl)quinoline (VR23) or optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or prodrug thereof, for the treatment of malaria or for treatment of a disease, disorder or condition treatable by reducing or inhibiting the secretion of a pro-inflammatory cytokine and/or reducing myeloperoxidase such as inflammation, an inflammatory disorder or autoimmune disease. |
| US11357771B2 |
Methods of preventing or treating flavivirus virus infections and methods of inhibiting the entry of flvivirus, enterovirus or lentivirus into host cells
A method of preventing or treating a subject suffering from a flavivirus infection by administering an effective amount of berbamine or its analogue to the subject, berbamine has a structure of Formula (I), wherein the flavivirus infection is caused by Japanese encephalitis virus, Zika virus or Dengue virus. A method of inhibiting the entry of a flavivirus, an enterovirus and/or a lentivirus into host cells includes contacting the host cells with an effective amount of berbamine of its analogue, berbamine has a structure of Formula (I), wherein the flavivirus is Japanese encephalitis virus, Zika virus or Dengue virus. |
| US11357765B1 |
Methods of treating Fabry patients having renal impairment
Provided are methods for treatment of Fabry disease in patients having HEK assay amenable mutations in α-galactosidase A. Certain methods comprise administering migalastat or a salt thereof every other day, such as administering about 150 mg of migalastat hydrochloride every other day. |
| US11357760B2 |
Method of treating liver fibrosis
A method of treating liver fibrosis with CCR2 antagonists is provided. The liver fibrosis may be associated with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), emerging cirrhosis, non-cirrhotic hepatic fibrosis, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) or metabolic syndrome (MS). |
| US11357753B2 |
Rescue treatment of post operative nausea and vomiting
Amisulpride is useful in the treatment of postoperative nausea and/or vomiting in a patient, wherein the patient has already been administered a prophylaxis drug for postoperative nausea and/or vomiting, and wherein the dose of amisulpride is 7.5 to 15 mg. |
| US11357750B2 |
Cysteamine prodrugs
Described herein are prodrugs of cysteamine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and esters thereof. Also described herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising prodrugs of cysteamine, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and esters thereof, and methods of treatment comprising administering prodrugs of cysteamine, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and esters thereof. |
| US11357746B2 |
Method for enhancing energy production and metabolism in cells
The present invention relates to use of a composition comprising D-glyceric acid (DGA), DL-glyceric acid, L-glyceric acid, or hydroxypyruvatic acid and/or their salts or esters. Further, the invention relates to the use of said composition for enhancing direct and indirect mitochondrial metabolism, e.g. the ATP producing electron transport system (ETS), citric acid cycle or tricarboxylic acid cycle, (TCA), and beta oxidation, and also enhancing the shuttling of reducing equivalents from mitochondrial matrix into the cytosol and protein synthesis in the endoplasmic reticulum. Directly related to the above the use of DGA relates also to reducing the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Alleviating, preventing and even healing effects towards extremely wide range of non-communicable diseases materializes. |
| US11357744B2 |
Bupropion as a modulator of drug activity
Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to sustained release of dextromethorphan or improved therapeutic effects are disclosed. Typically, bupropion or a related compound is orally administered to a human being to be treated with, or being treated with, dextromethorphan. |
| US11357743B2 |
Ketamine and propofol admixture
Pharmaceutical formulations comprising ketamine, propofol, and a lipid are provided. Methods of making the formulations and methods of using the formulations to provide sedation, amnesia, analgesia, anxiolysis, and/or stable hemodynamics are also provided. |
| US11357741B2 |
Use of cannabinoids in the treatment of epilepsy
The present invention relates to the use of cannabidiol (CBD) in the treatment of focal seizures. In one embodiment the patients suffering from focal seizures are children and young adults. CBD appears particularly effective in reducing focal seizures in patients suffering with etiologies that include: Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome; Tuberous Sclerosis Complex; Dravet Syndrome; CDKL5; Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCL); febrile infection related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES); Aicardi syndrome and brain abnormalities in comparison to other seizure types. Significantly CBD additionally is very effective in the reduction of a sub-type of focal seizures, focal seizures with impairment. |
| US11357731B2 |
Delayed release deferiprone tablets and methods of using the same
The invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions such as tablets that exhibit delayed release properties when administered as either whole or half tablets. The invention is also directed to delayed release tablets comprising deferiprone for oral administration, for which twice daily administration is bioequivalent to the same daily dose of an immediate release tablet administered thrice daily. The invention is also directed to methods of making and using the same. |
| US11357726B2 |
Process of preparing mRNA-loaded lipid nanoparticles
The present invention provides an improved process for lipid nanoparticle formulation and mRNA encapsulation. In some embodiments, the present invention provides a process of encapsulating messenger RNA (mRNA) in lipid nanoparticles comprising a step of mixing a solution of pre-formed lipid nanoparticles and mRNA at a low concentration. |
| US11357723B2 |
Residence structures and related methods
Residence structures, systems, and related methods are generally provided. Certain embodiments comprise administering (e.g., orally) a residence structure to a subject (e.g., a patient) such that the residence structure is retained at a location internal to the subject for a particular amount of time (e.g., at least about 24 hours) before being released. The residence structure may be, in some cases, a gastric residence structure. In some embodiments, the structures and systems described herein comprise one or more materials configured for high levels of active substances (e.g., a therapeutic agent) loading, high active substance and/or structure stability in acidic environments, mechanical flexibility and strength in an internal orifice (e.g., gastric cavity), easy passage through the GI tract until delivery to at a desired internal orifice (e.g., gastric cavity), and/or rapid dissolution/degradation in a physiological environment (e.g., intestinal environment) and/or in response to a chemical stimulant (e.g., ingestion of a solution that induces rapid dissolution/degradation). In certain embodiments, the structure has a modular design, combining a material configured for controlled release of therapeutic, diagnostic, and/or enhancement agents with a structural material necessary for gastric residence but configured for controlled and/or tunable degradation/dissolution to determine the time at which retention shape integrity is lost and the structure passes out of the gastric cavity. For example, in certain embodiments, the residence structure comprises a first elastic component, a second component configured to release an active substance (e.g., a therapeutic agent), and, optionally, a linker. In some such embodiments, the linker may be configured to degrade such that the residence structure breaks apart and is released from the location internally of the subject after a predetermined amount of time. |
| US11357718B2 |
Polymer-based antimicrobial compositions and methods of use thereof
Provided is a polymer-based antimicrobial composition that is non-toxic, water soluble, and that mitigates the transmission of infectious diseases from surfaces. The composition comprises a cationic polymer, at least one adhesion promoter, optionally organic and/or inorganic particles that are photocatalytically active in visible light, and a carrier, in which the components of the composition are not covalently bound to one another. Also provided is an antimicrobial composition that comprises at least (i) a polyethylenimine-based polymer and a carrier or (ii) an organic and/or inorganic particle that is photocatalytically active in visible light, an adhesion promoter, and a carrier. The antimicrobial compositions can be applied to disinfect a surface and to form residual self-sanitizing films on the surface that are removable. |
| US11357714B2 |
Diester cosmetic formulations and uses thereof
The present application relates to compounds, formulations, kits and methods of use in the cosmetics field. A cosmetic formulation comprising a diester compound of Formula (I) or Formula (II), or a combination thereof, and one or more cosmetically acceptable carriers or excipients. The structures of compounds of Formula (I) and Formula (II) are shown below: |
| US11357712B2 |
Method of use and compositions
The present invention is directed to a method for improving the occlusiveness of a topical pharmaceutical or cosmetic formulation in use in a patient in need thereof, comprising adding to the formulation at least 0.1- to about 10% w/w of one or more of a monofatty acid ester of glycerin and/or one or more of a monofatty acid ester of glycol, or mixtures thereof.The present invention is also directed to a method for maintaining skin barrier efficiency of the stratum corneum of a patient in need thereof, comprising applying to the skin of said patient a pharmaceutical or cosmetic formulation containing at least 3% w/w of one or more of a monofatty acid ester of glycerin and/or one or more of a monofatty acid ester of glycol, or mixtures thereof. |
| US11357704B2 |
Pill dispensers, systems and/or methods
Pill dispenser devices, systems and methods are shown and/or described herein. Include are a method, device or system for pill delivery including disposing a pill at a known location; contacting the pill with a pick-up member; and, moving the pill from the known location by movement of the pick-up member. |
| US11357701B2 |
Process for realizing a closing device for an aseptic container
The invention relates to a watertight closing device (100, 200) for an aseptic container, comprising an external shell (10, 210) made up of a first protecting material, a nucleus (20, 220) made up of a second material suitable for being punched, and a tab (11, 211) equipped with a first free end (12, 212) and with a second end (13, 213) connected to the shell (10, 210).The nucleus (20, 220) has a protruding element (21, 221) placed in correspondence with the connection area (14, 214), so that the protruding element (21, 221) is directly connected to the second end (13, 213) of the tab (11, 211). |
| US11357700B2 |
Wireless medication blister pack system and blister pack attachment
The present disclosure relates to wireless medication blister pack assembly and to a blister pack attachment to be secured to a blister pack assembly. The attachment an electronic card housing for receiving an electronic card which includes electronic components such as card connectors, and a locking system which is configurable between a locked configuration and a releasing configuration. In the locked configuration, the blister pack assembly and the electronic card are connected, with sheet connectors provided on the blister pack assembly and the card connectors being in electronic communication. Such electronic communication allows the electronic components to detect whether a given blister has been detached from the blister pack assembly. In the releasing configuration, the electronic card and the blister pack assembly can be removed from the blister pack attachment, so as to allow the electronic card to be reused with a replacement blister pack assembly. |
| US11357694B2 |
Foot wrap with inflatable bladder
A foot wrap (10) has a generally non-stretchable, flexible binding (11), a generally stretchable panel (12) coupled to the binding, an expandable, rotatable bladder (14), and a support pad (16) coupled to the binding opposite the bladder (14). The binding has a central portion (19) straddled by a first wing (21), a second wing (22), and an elastic heel band (23). The bladder measures approximately 3 inches by 3 inches and is designed to increase in height approximately 1½ to 1¾ inches with its inflation. |
| US11357692B2 |
Joint support unit and walking support apparatus
To provide a joint support unit, etc. capable of being worn on both left and right joints. A joint support unit 20 includes a first link 21 worn on one end side of a knee joint, a second link 22 worn on the other end side of the knee joint, and a driving unit 30 configured to cause the first link 21 and the second link 22 to perform rotational movement, or to relatively perform rotational movement while moving a rotation center and to perform sliding movement. |
| US11357688B1 |
Diagnostic and therapeutic instruments
Unique, multifunctional, ergonomic, paired, diagnostic, and treatment instruments having one or more knobs designed to simulate the digits of the human hand are provided. These instruments include a variety of curvilinear and linear tissue engaging edges and converging surfaces that facilitate the ergonomic use of these instruments on the irregular contours of the soft tissue areas of the human or animal body. These instruments for Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM), are to be used for mechanical therapy such as: breaking up soft tissue adhesions, fibrotic tissue, or calcium deposits, tissue massage, deep tissue release, acupressure, joint mobilization, and self-massage. These instruments are designed for treating more than one area of the body and may be used with humans as well as domestic and farm animals. These instruments are ergonomically designed and therefore reduce stress, strain and injury to practitioner's hands and fingers and provide enhanced patient comfort. |
| US11357686B2 |
Deployable compact surgical and biological apparatus and methods of use
A collapsible containment apparatus (36) with a first hub (21), a second hub (22), a plurality of articulated arms (23, 25) coupled to the first hub (21), a plurality of support arms (24) coupled to both the second hub (22) and the articulated arms (23), and a flexible canopy (73) carried by the articulated arms (23). The apparatus (36) is collapsed by relative movement of the two hubs (21, 22) away from one another, and deployed by relative movement of the hubs (21, 22) toward one another. When the apparatus (36) is deployed the canopy (73) creates a closed interior environment, which may be sterile. |
| US11357685B2 |
Apparatus and method for reorienting a person
An apparatus for reorienting a person includes a wrap having a first lateral portion and a second lateral portion, the first lateral portion and the second lateral portion being releasably securable to one another along an anterior region of the wrap between lateral sides of the person and along a posterior region of the wrap between the lateral sides of the person via a set of fasteners. Each of the lateral portions are dimensioned to extend around a corresponding one of the lateral sides of the person and having anterior and posterior edges that are dimensioned to extend at most partway across to an opposite one of the lateral sides of the person. The wrap is made from flexible materials and dimensioned to extend at least from below knees of the person to above the elbows of the person and snugly retain the person therein. |
| US11357684B2 |
Therapeutic cushion systems and methods
Apparatus and methods for providing therapeutic treatment for symptoms associated with GERD and/or other digestive disorders and/or other medical conditions are described herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a support element that has a first end portion and a second end portion and a top surface disposed at an angle relative to a bottom surface of the support element. The second end portion has a height greater than the first end portion. A riser element is configured to be coupled proximate to the second end portion of the support element. A body element is configured to be disposed on at least one of the support element or the riser element. The body element has a first arm and a second arm connected together by an arc portion. |
| US11357681B2 |
System and method for moving, turning, and positioning a patient
An apparatus includes a sheet having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side, a first flap coupled to the bottom surface proximate the first lateral side, a second flap coupled to the bottom surface proximate the second lateral side and longitudinally offset from the first flap, a first strap coupled to the first flap, and a second strap coupled to the second flap. |
| US11357680B2 |
Sit assist device
A sit assist device (1) comprising a base (2) adapted to be supported by a seating surface, and a sitting platform (3) hingedly connected to the base (2) and movable between a raised position and a lowered position to assist a user to sit down onto and to stand up from the sitting platform (3). A primary biasing means (4) provides a primary resilient bias to resiliently bias the sitting platform (3) from the lowered position to the raised position over an operating range, thereby moving the sitting platform (3) from the lowered position to the raised position over the operating range as the user stands up from the sitting platform (3) and slowing the movement of the sitting platform (3) from the raised position to the lowered position over the operating range as the user sits down onto the sitting platform (3). A secondary biasing means (5) provides a secondary resilient bias to supplement the primary resilient bias over a portion of the operating range adjacent the lowered position. |
| US11357675B2 |
Patient transport apparatus with controlled auxiliary wheel deployment
A patient transport apparatus transports a patient over a floor surface. The patient transport apparatus comprises a support structure and support wheels coupled to the support structure. An auxiliary wheel is coupled to the support structure to influence motion of the patient transport apparatus over the floor surface to assist users. An actuator is operatively coupled to the auxiliary wheel and operable to move the auxiliary wheel relative to the support structure from a retracted position to a deployed position. A user interface sensor is operatively connected to the actuator and configured to generate signals responsive to the user touching the user interface. A controller is operatively coupled to the user interface sensor and the actuator to operate the actuator in response to detection of signals. |
| US11357673B2 |
Method for providing a laminate with a hook and loop fastening volume, and resulting laminate
The invention relates to a laminate (1) comprising at least one support element (2), for example a nonwoven fabric, in particular an SMS nonwoven, and at least one nonwoven loop fabric (3), in particular a carded nonwoven, secured to the support element (1), in particular by means of calendaring with the first nonwoven fabric, characterised in that the curve representing the force required to stretch the laminate along a given axis (e.g. the MD axis or the CD axis of the laminate) as a function of elongation, comprises a segment in which, starting from a zero elongation value, the force increases from zero up to a maximum force, corresponding in particular to the rupture of the laminate, and the curve comprises an inflection point (Pi) on said segment. |
| US11357672B2 |
Individually packaged absorbent article, absorbent article, and method for folding absorbent article
An individually-packaged absorbent article or an absorbent article. The absorbent article (1) includes a hip-hold portion (H) that includes a side area (10) protruding from a rear side-edge of a body (8). The side area (10) includes a first protruding portion (21) that includes a portion having a largest width from a longitudinal centerline (CL) of the body (8), a first recessed portion (31) adjacent to the rear end of the first protruding portion (21), and a second recessed portion (32) adjacent to the front end of the first protruding portion (21). The absorbent article (1) is folded such that a mountain fold line (Y) is formed in the side area (10) of the hip-hold portion (H), and the mountain fold line (Y) intersects with an edge of the side area (10) of the hip-hold portion (H) at a position between a first inflection point (F1) between the first recessed portion (31) and the first protruding portion (21) and a second inflection point (F2) between the first protruding portion (21) and the second recessed portion (32), and is substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal centerline (CL). |
| US11357671B2 |
Hip-to-side silhouettes of adult disposable absorbent articles and arrays
In one embodiment, an array of packages may comprise two or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles. The Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette of a second absorbent article may be equal to or greater than a Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette of a first absorbent article. And, an Array Average Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette of first and second packages of the array may be from about 2.2 to about 6.0. |
| US11357667B2 |
Treatment apparatus for operatively correcting defective vision of an eye, method for generating control data therefor, and method for operatively correcting defective vision of an eye
A treatment device for the surgical correction of hyperopia in the eye comprising a laser device controlled by a control device. The laser device separating corneal tissue by applying laser radiation. The control device controls the laser device for emitting the laser radiation into the cornea such that a lenticule-shaped volume is isolated. Removal thereof effects the desired correction. The control device predefines the volume such that a posterior surface and an anterior surface are connected via an edge surface that has a width in projection along the visual axis that is wider than the one which a straight line in the same projection, that is perpendicular at the edge of the posterior or the anterior surface would have relative to the associated surface and connects the anterior surface to the posterior surface or to the perceived extension thereof. |
| US11357664B2 |
Hand-held mouthpiece for cooling of oral tissue of a user
A mouthpiece having particular suitability for cooling oral tissue of a patient undergoing chemotherapy or other medical treatments in which reducing oral cavity temperature is beneficial. The mouthpiece includes a cooling medium contained within the top element and the bottom element and able to retain a cooling environment within the mouth, preferably sufficient to reduce capillary blood flow to the patient's mouth. In one embodiment, an external chamber extends from the front of the mouthpiece to house a cooling medium. A bladder is positioned inside the external chamber for storing a solution having a freezing temperature above the freezing point temperature of the cooling medium to assist in cooling the cooling medium. At least one breathing tube extends through the external chamber to permit a patient to breathe through the mouth when the mouthpiece is emplaced within the mouth in the operative close-fitting relationship. |
| US11357654B2 |
System and method for reducing forces acting on a spinal column
A system for reducing forces which, in particular, act on a spine of a human, includes a plurality of joinable exoskeleton elements, wherein at least two of the joinable exoskeleton elements are configured to be fastened to the human body during use of the system and wherein a first exoskeleton element of the joinable exoskeleton elements includes a guide which is configured to guide a second exoskeleton element of the joinable exoskeleton elements along a curved trajectory relative to the first exoskeleton element and to enforce a superimposed translational and rotational relative movement between the first exoskeleton element and the second exoskeleton element when guiding the second exoskeleton element along the curved trajectory relative to the first exoskeleton element. |
| US11357646B2 |
Wrist device for a prosthetic limb
A wrist device for a prosthetic limb is provided. The device (1) comprises a base member (3) connectable to the wearer of the device, and a support member (13) connectable to the limb. The support member (13) is pivotably connected to the base member (3) such that the support member can pivot about a pivot axis (A) relative to the base member. A damping mechanism is located between the base (3) member and the support member (5). The damping mechanism comprises a pinion (47) connected to the support member (5) and rotatable about the pivot axis (A) relative to the base member (3). A rack (35) is engaged with the pinion (47) such that rotational motion of the pinion causes a linear motion of the rack, and at least one biasing member (41) extends between the base member (3) and the rack. The biasing member (41) biases the rack (35) and support member (13) into a neutral position. A prosthetic limb incorporating the wrist device is also provided. |
| US11357643B2 |
Methods and tools for hip replacement with superscapsular percutaneously assisted total hip approach
A minimally invasive surgical procedure for replacing a hip joint is provided. A main incision is initiated at a point being a projection of a tip of a greater trochanter and extends proximally about a distance in the range of from 1 cm to 8 cm in line with the femoral axis. An inline capsulotomy is performed, while keeping muscles and posterior capsule intact, to expose the hip joint capsule for accessing the hip joint. The femoral canal is prepared for receipt of a femoral implant. The femoral head is resected and removed out of the acetabulum. A step of acetabular preparation is performed using a retractor comprising two tip rails, each tip rail having a plurality of tines. Related tools, devices, systems and methods are also provided. |
| US11357642B2 |
Spinal implant system and method
A spinal implant comprises a proximal member including a body having a first diameter and a head having a second diameter. The body includes an outer surface disposed for non-fixation with a superior facet of a vertebra, and the second diameter being greater than the first diameter. The spinal implant comprises a distal member having a third diameter and being configured for fixation with an inferior facet of an adjacent vertebra. Systems, surgical instruments and methods are disclosed. |
| US11357641B2 |
Spinal implant system and method
A spinal implant has a first member defining a longitudinal axis. A second member includes an axial cavity configured for disposal of the first member. A third member is rotatable relative to the first member and defines a transverse cavity. A locking element is disposable in the transverse cavity and engageable with the first member to fix the third member relative to the first member. Systems and methods of use are disclosed. |
| US11357639B2 |
Six degree spine stabilization devices and methods
An implant stabilizes two adjacent bones of a joint, while enabling a natural kinematic relative movement of the bones. Support components are connected to each bone of the joint, and a flexible core is interposed between them. The core and at least one of the support components are provided with a smooth sliding surface upon which the core and support component may slide relative to each other, enabling a corresponding movement of the bones. The surfaces may have a mating curvature, to mimic a natural movement of the joint. The core is resilient, and may bend or compress, enabling the bones to move towards each other, and or to bend relative to each other. |
| US11357635B2 |
Metal-backed patella component of an orthopaedic knee prosthesis and associated method of making the same
An orthopaedic implant includes a patella component having a metal base with a polymer bearing molded thereto. A method for making a patella component is also disclosed. |
| US11357634B1 |
Posterior-stabilized symmetric knee prosthesis
A knee prosthesis for total knee replacement has femoral and tibial joint components. The femoral component has a medial condyle, a lateral condyle and an intercondylar recess between the condyles. The condyles have in sagittal profile a spiral outer surface with increasing anterior-to-posterior radii of curvature, such as radii that follow a Fibonacci sequence ratio per every quadrant. The tibial component is lateral-medial mirror symmetric in coronal profile and has shallow concave medial and lateral condyle surfaces for receiving corresponding condyles of the femoral component as bearing surfaces when the femoral and tibial components are biased together under applied tension by ligaments. The shallow concave condyle surfaces in sagittal profile have sharp radii of curvature near anterior and posterior ends of the condyle surfaces that can accommodate up to 5° anterior and up to 6° posterior misplacement error and up to 4° rotational mismatch between the femoral and tibial components. |
| US11357633B2 |
Artificial intervertebral disc with lower height
An intervertebral disc is provided having an upper plate, a lower plate, and a core. The upper and lower plates include outer vertebral body contacting surfaces which are provided with attachment enhancing features to ensure bone integration. The attachment enhancing features shown include one or more fins, serrations and teeth. An opposite surface of the plates from the vertebral body contacting surfaces is formed with a recess which serves as a bearing surface for the core. In order to form an intervertebral disc with a lower disc height, at least one of the recesses is provided opposite a corresponding dome shaped portion on the vertebral body contacting surfaces. This allows the plates to be formed with a thinner profile for a smaller overall disc height. In addition to providing a lower overall height to the artificial disc, the dome shaped portion of the plates also provides a more anatomically shaped outer vertebral body contacting surface. |
| US11357630B2 |
Connecting sleeve for anchoring shafts of two oppositely arranged prostheses
The invention relates to a connecting sleeve for anchoring shafts of two oppositely arranged prostheses, preferably on an elongate bone such as a femur or humerus. The reinforcing sleeve comprises two receiving bushes (1, 2) for one prosthesis shaft each and comprises a separable coupling region (3) arranged therebetween for connection in such a manner as to resist shear forces and rotation. According to the invention, each receiving bush (1, 2) has, on the side thereof facing the coupling region, one fork (31, 32) of a pair of forks that interact with each other, and a fitting block (4) is arranged on a base of the fork, the lateral surfaces (44) of which fitting block have a distance that corresponds to an inner width of the fork, and the lateral surfaces (44) are designed to contact flanks of the fork in a planar manner, at least one fastening screw (5) being arranged transversely through the fork. The fork connection is simpler to produce than the known wedge connection and yet is sufficiently robust. Unlike in the case of the wedge connection, an exact fit is not required; a clearance fit between the fork (31, 32) and the fitting block (4) is sufficient in principle, excessive play being eliminated by means of the fastening screw (5). |
| US11357628B2 |
Apparatus and method for delivery of a prosthetic valve device
A catheter and a method for using the catheter to implant a replacement aortic valve into a patient. The catheter includes an expandable wall, an outer sheath, a first tube operably coupled to the expandable wall, and a second tube operably coupled to the expandable wall. The catheter also includes a pusher that is fixed to the second tube, the pusher being spaced apart from the expandable wall by a distance that is sufficient to accommodate the replacement aortic valve. The outer sheath is movable relative to the expandable wall so that in one state the expandable wall is disposed within the outer sheath and in another state the expandable wall is located outside of the outer sheath. The expandable wall is configured to radially expand. The catheter also includes a handle assembly that is adjusted by a surgeon to achieve the functions of the catheter. |
| US11357625B2 |
Heart valve chordae replacement methods and apparatus
Apparatus for attaching a prosthetic tether between a leaflet of a patient's heart valve and another portion of the patient's heart to help prevent prolapse of the leaflet and/or to otherwise improve leaflet function. The apparatus can be used with relatively low invasiveness of the patient's body. The apparatus releasably clamps the leaflet during attachment of the tether to the leaflet. The apparatus may include an integrated display for indicating how extensively the leaflet is being clamped, as well as structure for stabilizing the leaflet for better clamping. The apparatus may enter the heart through an aperture in the wall of the heart, and may include structure for helping to reduce blood leakage from that aperture. The apparatus may be able to enter the heart by following a guide wire. The apparatus may include various means for attaching the tether to the leaflet. |
| US11357617B2 |
Method of implanting and forming masked intraocular implants and lenses
Intraocular implants and methods of making intraocular implants are provided. The intraocular implants can improve the vision of a patient, such as by increasing the depth of focus of an eye of a patient. In particular, the intraocular implants can include a mask having an annular portion with a relatively low visible light transmission surrounding a relatively high transmission central portion such as a clear lens or aperture. This construct is adapted to provide an annular mask with a small aperture for light to pass through to the retina to increase depth of focus. The intraocular implant may have an optical power for refractive correction. The intraocular implant may be implanted in any location along the optical pathway in the eye, e.g., as an implant in the anterior or posterior chamber. |
| US11357616B2 |
Intraocular clipping device
An intraocular clip comprises a flexible body connected to a plurality of fasteners. The fasteners, at least two of them, are configured on opposite sides of the body in an opposing relationship, and wherein the fasteners are biased to be engaging their respective opposing fasteners on the opposite sides of the body, however manipulation of the body moves the fasteners away from each other until the body is released and the fasteners bias toward each other. The fasteners have a proximal end joined to the body and a distal end on the opposite end of the fastener from the body. The distal ends of the fasteners comprise footpads, and the footpads on opposing fasteners engage each other when the fasteners are biased in their closed positions. |
| US11357614B1 |
Breast implant
Implementations of a breast implant may include a shell including a posterior cephalic portion, a posterior caudal portion, an anterior cephalic portion, and an anterior caudal portion. Implementations of the breast implant may also include an anchor coupled within the shell and coupled directly and fixedly to the posterior caudal portion and the anterior caudal portion. The anchor may prevent rotation of the breast implant. The outer surface of the shell may be non-textured. |
| US11357613B2 |
Composite scaffold for the repair, reconstruction, and regeneration of soft tissues
A composite scaffold having a highly porous interior with increased surface area and void volume is surrounded by a flexible support structure that substantially maintains its three-dimensional shape under tension and provides mechanical reinforcement during repair or reconstruction of soft tissue while simultaneously facilitating regeneration of functional tissue. |
| US11357612B2 |
Stent graft with sacrificial port
A stent graft assembly with a sacrificial entry/exit port is disclosed. A first sacrificial port extends from a first branch stent graft and is configured to face a second branch stent graft when the stent graft assembly is in an expanded configuration. Likewise, a second sacrificial port can be provided, and can extend from the second branch stent graft and configured to face the first branch stent graft when the stent graft assembly is in the expanded configuration. The first and optional second sacrificial ports are configured to transition between (i) an open configuration to enable a guidewire or other surgical tool to pass from the first branch stent graft to the second branch stent graft while bypassing the main body, and (ii) a closed configuration to inhibit blood flow therethrough. |
| US11357609B2 |
Device, method, and system for restraining an animal in a fixed position for a medical procedure
A restraining device for an animal. A body having a base and two spaced-apart walls define a cavity to receive the animal. At least one pair of side restraining members is mounted to one of the walls of the body. Each restraining member is displaceable away from the wall and into the cavity to engage a side of the animal. An overhead restraining member is mounted to the body above the base. The overhead restraining member is displaceable toward and away from the base to engage the animal. A tightening mechanism is mounted to the body and has at least one rotatable rod. The first end of the rod has a rotatable handle to rotate the rod and the second end has a cam engaging one of the side restraining members. The handle rotates the cam and displaces the side restraining members into the cavity. |
| US11357607B2 |
Dental irrigation device
A dental irrigation device for heating a solution and mixing solutes within the solution. The present invention utilizes an oscillator and inductive coil to heat and/or mix the solution. A pump then delivers the heated and mixed pressurized solution from a basin ultimately into a dispenser. |
| US11357603B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for forming a three-dimensional volumetric model of a subject's teeth
Methods and apparatuses for generating a model of a subject's teeth. Described herein are intraoral scanning methods and apparatuses for generating a three-dimensional model of a subject's intraoral region (e.g., teeth) including both surface features and internal features. These methods and apparatuses may be used for identifying and evaluating lesions, caries and cracks in the teeth. Any of these methods and apparatuses may use minimum scattering coefficients and/or segmentation to form a volumetric model of the teeth. |
| US11357602B2 |
Monitoring of dentition
An acquisition kit, including: a mouthpiece intended for being placed into the mouth of a patient and including a reference mark; and an image-acquisition apparatus including a screen for viewing an image that can be acquired, computer memory containing information on target acquisition conditions, and a computer program comprising program code instructions for displaying on said screen a reference in a position such that, when the reference mark matches the reference on the screen, the acquisition apparatus complies with the target acquisition conditions. |
| US11357600B2 |
Dental implant
The present disclosure provides a dental implant configured to be inserted in a hole in jaw bone and to be at least partially situated in the bone tissue when implanted and includes: a coronal region, an apical region, a longitudinal axis extending from the coronal region of the dental implant to the apical region of the dental implant; an implant surface configured to form an interface between an implant material and the oral environment/surrounding tissue and a surface layer formed on at least part of the implant surface, the surface layer including crystalline titanium oxide in the anatase phase and wherein the surface area roughness Sa and the pore size of the implant surface on which said surface layer is formed increase from the coronal region toward the apical region of the dental implant along the longitudinal axis. |
| US11357597B2 |
Method and system for data exchange with robotic surgical tools using near field communication (NFC)
In this patent disclosure, various embodiments of using near-field communication (NFC) to facilitate the transfer of data and power between a robotic surgical system and a surgical tool attached to the robotic surgical system are disclosed. In one aspect, a process for automatically managing surgical tool attachment in a robotic surgical system can begin by detecting an attachment of a surgical tool. The process next establishes a secure near-field communication (NFC) link between a first NFC module embedded in the robotic surgical system and a second NFC module embedded in the surgical tool. Next, the process requests tool calibration data from the surgical tool via the secure NFC link. The process subsequently uses the received tool calibration data to initialize the surgical tool so that the surgical tool is ready for use. |
| US11357592B2 |
Alternate instrument removal
Minimally invasive robotic surgical instruments and related methods are disclosed. A surgical instrument includes an interface fitting that couples a proximal chassis of the instrument with a holding fixture of a robotic manipulator. A securing feature releasably prevents relative axial sliding between the interface fitting and the chassis. In response to binding of the surgical instrument within a minimally invasive surgical site so as to inhibit removal of the surgical instrument from the surgical site and inhibit disengagement of the interface fitting from the holding fixture, the securing feature can be released to allow relative axial sliding between the interface fitting and the chassis, thereby allowing the holding fixture and the interface fitting to be separated from the rest of the surgical instrument and repositioning of the robotic manipulator out of the way. |
| US11357589B2 |
Device for controlling and limiting thermal injury to tissue during thermal procedures where tissue is simultaneously mechanically deformed
The illustrated embodiments include an apparatus to reduce or eliminate full thickness injury in tissue and to deform tissue which includes a probe or mechanism for deforming tissue, and a subsystem for selectively cooling and/or heating tissue while deformation is of the tissue is being performed. The illustrated embodiments of the invention also extend to a method to reduce or eliminate full thickness injury in tissue and to deform tissue including the steps of deforming tissue, and selectively cooling and/or heating tissue while deformation of the tissue is being performed. |
| US11357588B1 |
Needle packaging and disposal assembly
An assembly, for packaging and safely disposing of a needle structure, including a housing having at least one containment structure. The containment structure includes a hinge movably interconnecting a base and a needle retaining segment, between open and closed orientations. The retaining segment includes a compartment removably containing the needle structure therein and the base includes a chamber for reception of the compartment and medical needle therein, when in the closed orientation. The hinge normally biases the retaining segment and compartment outwardly at substantially a predetermined angular orientation relative to said base, in the open orientation, to facilitate access to the medical needle through an access opening in the compartment. A closure is fixedly connected to and movable with both the base and the retaining segment and is structured to removably secure said housing in said closed orientation. |
| US11357582B1 |
System for transcribing and performing analysis on patient data
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for transcribing and performing analysis on patient data are disclosed. Data is collected from one or more medical professionals as well as sensors and imaging devices positioned on or oriented towards a patient. An analysis is performed on the patient data and the data is presented to a medical professional via a verbal interface in a conversational manner, allowing the medical professional to provide additional data such as observations or instructions which may be used for further analysis or to perform actions related to the patient's care. |
| US11357581B2 |
Method for using a physical object to manipulate a corresponding virtual object in a virtual environment, and associated apparatus and computer program product
Systems and methods are provided for planning a procedure. A display device is configured to display a first virtual element. A controller device having a processor is configured to be in communication with the display device, and the controller device is further configured to direct the display device to display the first virtual element. A physical control element is in communication with the controller device, and is configured to correspond to the first virtual element such that an actual manipulation of the control element is displayed, via the processor of the controller device and on the display device, as a corresponding response of the first virtual element to the actual manipulation of the control element. Associated systems, methods, and computer program products are also provided. |
| US11357579B2 |
Systems and methods for planning, performing, and assessing spinal correction during surgery
Methods are provided for planning, performing, and assessing of surgical correction to the spine during a spinal surgical procedure. These methods are implemented by a control unit through a GUI to digitize screw locations, digitize anatomical reference points, accept one or more correction inputs, and generate one or more rod solution outputs shaped to engage the screws at locations distinct from the originally digitized locations. |
| US11357571B2 |
Stent length estimation device, stent length estimation program, and method of estimating length of stent
To estimate the length of a stent implanted in a blood vessel after implantation of the stent. A stent length estimation device 100 includes an implantation start position specifying means for receiving, from a user, a designation of an implantation start position of an aneurysm treatment stent which is formed by helicoidally braiding a plurality of metal wires and specifying the implantation start position of the stent on a three-dimensional blood vessel image which represents a three-dimensional shape of the blood vessel, an implantation direction specifying means for receiving a designation of an implantation direction of the stent from the user and specifying the implantation direction of the stent on the three-dimensional blood vessel image, a stent specification specifying means for specifying a diameter of the stent after expanded, a length of the stent after expanded, the number of wires of the stent, and a pitch length of the wires of the stent after expanded as a specification of the stent, and an implanted stent length calculating means for calculating a length of the stent which is implanted and expanded along with a blood vessel diameter on the basis of the specification of the stent specified by the stent specification specifying means and the blood vessel diameter of the blood vessel in the implantation direction specified by the implantation direction specifying means from the implantation start position specified by the implantation start position specifying means. |
| US11357569B2 |
Optical-guided ablation system for use with pulsed fields or other energy sources
Described herein is a system including a catheter, an optical circuit, a pulsed field ablation energy source, and a processing device. The catheter includes a proximal section, a distal section, and a shaft coupled between the proximal section and the distal section. The optical circuit is configured to transport light at least partially from the proximal section to the distal section and back. The pulsed field ablation energy source is coupled to the catheter and configured to transmit pulsed electrical signals to a tissue sample. The processing device is configured to analyze one or more optical signals received from the optical circuit to determine changes in polarization or phase retardation of light reflected or scattered by the tissue sample, and determine changes in a birefringence of the tissue sample based on the changes in polarization or phase retardation. |
| US11357563B2 |
Method and apparatus for inflating and deflating balloon catheters
A system and method for controlling the inflation, ablation, and deflation of a balloon catheter. The system includes a balloon catheter, a console, a pressurized gas or liquid inflation source, and an umbilical system to deliver pressurized coolant to the balloon catheter. The system may include controller that monitors the amount of pressure and volume within the balloon catheter. During inflation, the pressure and/or volume of fluid within the balloon is maintained at a target amount in order to provide sufficient mechanized pressure against the desired target region. The system limits the inflation pressure such that a safe quantity of gas would be released should a leak occur. If the amount falls below a certain threshold level, gas or fluid egress is presumed and the inflation process is halted. |
| US11357550B2 |
Polyaxial bone fixation element
The present disclosure includes a polyaxial bone fixation element for use in spinal fixation to interconnect a longitudinal spinal rod with a patient's vertebra. The polyaxial bone fixation element preferably includes a bone anchor, a collet, a body, and a locking cap. The polyaxial bone fixation element preferably enables in-situ assembly. That is, the polyaxial bone fixation element is preferably configured so that in use, the bone anchor may be secured to the patient's vertebra prior to being received within the body. Accordingly, the polyaxial bone fixation element enables a surgeon to implant the bone anchor without the body to maximize visibility and access around the anchoring site. Once the bone anchor has been secured to the patient's vertebra, the body can be snapped-onto the bone anchor. The bone anchor preferably also includes a second tool interface so that a surgical instrument can be directly coupled to the bone anchor. |
| US11357549B2 |
Expandable rod system to treat scoliosis and method of using the same
Correction of a scoliotic curve in a spine comprises the steps of implanting an expanding rod isolated completely under the skin and attached to selected portions of the scoliotic curve of the spine at opposing ends of the rod; and producing a controlled force by means of expansion of the rod over at an extended time period under external control until a desire spinal curve is obtained. An incremental force is generated to stretch the scoliotic curve of the spine between the selected portions where attachment of the rod is defined. The controlled force is provided steadily for at least one month or alternatively 1-3 months. Multiple rods may be employed each associated with a different scoliotic curve of the spine or a different portion of the scoliotic curve. |
| US11357548B2 |
Robotic rod benders and related mechanical and motor housings
Robotic rod benders are disclosed including a motor housing and a mechanical housing coupled with the motor housing. The motor housing may include first and second rod feeding/rotating motors, a brake motor, a bending motor, first and second rod feeding/rotating transmission inputs, a brake transmission input, and a bending transmission input. The mechanical housing may include a rod feeding/rotating subassembly, a brake subassembly, a bending subassembly, first and second rod feeding/rotating transmission outputs, a brake transmission output, and a bending transmission output. Separate motor and mechanical housings are also disclosed. |
| US11357541B2 |
Protective bubble
A bubble for use with various medical equipment or other sites on the body such as IV ports, feeding tube locations, PODs, CGMs (Continuous Glucose Monitors) or other equipment connected to the body, whereby the bubble assists in protecting the site, and hopefully prevents medical equipment from being dislodged, if installed, to provide for strenuous activity or even application of water, such as bathing, showering, etc. |
| US11357535B2 |
Scalpel with retractable blade
A scalpel has a handle (1) and a blade carrier (2) movable within a longitudinally extending cavity therein between an operative position in which a blade (5) on the blade carrier is exposed for use and an inoperative retracted position. A manually operable slider (4) moves the blade carrier (2) that has a catch face (21) directed rearwards in the operative position. The catch face partially aligns with a stop face (22) provided on the handle (1) in the normal operative position of the blade carrier such that force exerted on a blade carried by the blade carrier in the direction of the length of the handle causes engagement of the catch face with the stop face to arrest movement of the blade carrier into the cavity. Transverse biasing of the blade carrier (2) is overcome by pressure exerted on the slider (4) to retract the blade carrier (2) into the handle with the catch face (21) passing the stop face (22). |
| US11357532B2 |
Snap fit clamp pad for ultrasonic surgical instrument
An ultrasonic instrument includes a shaft assembly and an end effector having an ultrasonic blade, a clamp arm, and a clamp pad. The clamp arm is pivotally coupled with the shaft assembly. The clamp pad is configured to removably couple with the clamp arm while the clamp arm is pivotally coupled to the shaft assembly. The clamp arm includes a mortise and a pair of support gussets. The clamp pad includes a tenon and a pair of resilient projections where the tenon engages the mortise of the clamp arm and the projections contact the support gussets of the clamp arm. |
| US11357528B2 |
Apparatus for removably receiving an end effector for performing surgical operations
A surgical instrument apparatus for removably receiving an end effector coupled to an elongate control link for actuating the end effector to perform surgical operations is disclosed. The apparatus includes an actuator housing and an elongate shaft extending from the actuator housing and having a bore for receiving the control link. The apparatus also includes an actuator mounted within the actuator housing and includes a clamp aperture disposed to receive the control link while the clamp aperture is being urged into an unclamped state by an opening force, the clamp aperture being operably configured to move between the unclamped state and a clamped state in response to the opening force being released, the aperture in the clamped state being operable to restrain the control link within the actuator for movement in a longitudinal direction substantially aligned with the elongate shaft. |
| US11357526B2 |
Medical instrument with snake wrist structure
A medical instrument includes a snake wrist structure further including: a first joint disk having a first rim having a first tooth slot and a first toothed gear with the first tooth slot opposite the first toothed gear along the first rim; and a first strut having a first slot bearing and a first hole bearing connected by a first connection strut with the first slot bearing in the first tooth slot. |
| US11357524B2 |
Tissue retrieval system
The tissue retrieval system deploys a tissue bag at the surgical site. The bag is supported by the system as tissue is placed within the bag and is closed to isolate the collected tissue and allow the bag and collected tissue to be removed from the body. The bag can be reopened and re-closed as desired through use of a guide bead and cord. The bead also facilitates removal of the collected tissue. |
| US11357523B2 |
Device and method for the fragmentation of a calculus
A device for the fragmentation of a calculus includes a probe, and a drive unit for deflecting the probe along the longitudinal extension thereof. The drive unit includes a first drive element for periodically deflecting the probe and a second drive element for the pulsed deflection of the probe. The drive unit is configured such that periodic deflection and pulsed deflection can be superimposed. |
| US11357522B2 |
Surgical glenoid instrument system
A surgical instrument system for positioning a guide pin about a glenoid cavity that includes an anterior retractor. The anterior retractor includes a tip structured to engage a scapula, a lateral retractor shaft extending from the tip, and a medial retractor shaft extending substantially transverse from the lateral retractor shaft. The system further includes an alignment guide attachable to the anterior retractor, the alignment guide including an alignment guide shaft, a guide about a distal end of the alignment guide shaft, and a fastener for connecting the alignment guide shaft to the anterior retractor such that a longitudinal axis of the alignment guide shaft is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the medial retractor shaft when fastened thereto. |
| US11357521B2 |
Multifunctional PCL guide arm
A drill guide arm for providing guidance for placement of a bone tunnel, while protecting against trauma. The guide arm includes a first arm at a proximal end connected at an angle to a second arm, the second arm extending to a distal end. The angle can be within the range of 80°-110°. The second arm extends along a first axis. The guide arm also includes a distal tip extending at a second angle from the second arm at the distal end, and an indicator feature extending from the distal tip toward the first arm. The indicator feature extends along a second axis, the second axis being substantially parallel to the first axis. The guide arm can also include a shield feature of the distal tip. The shield feature has a width wider than the remainder of the distal tip. |
| US11357513B2 |
Implant delivery device
A system for delivering an implant within a patient is disclosed. The activation of the heater coil causes the degradation, melting or reduction of a component that brings the heater coil into or out of electrical contact with another component, or causes the individual loops of the coil to contact each other, thereby resulting a notable change in resistance in the circuit supplying the heater coil with electricity. A core wire terminates prior to the distal end of the device, allowing for greater flexibility. |
| US11357512B2 |
Mechanism and device for left atrial appendage occlusion with electrical isolation
Left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion device including a membrane, a plurality of fixation splines and a deployment hub, the plurality of fixation splines for affixing the LAA occlusion device to an ostium of the LAA, the deployment hub being positioned in the membrane, the deployment hub including a threaded aperture and a one-way valve, for enabling a toxin to be entered into the LAA through the deployment hub. |
| US11357508B2 |
Illuminated trocar assembly for surgical stapling instrument
A surgical stapling instrument includes an anvil assembly, a shell assembly, and an adapter assembly. The adapter assembly includes a tubular shaft supporting the shell assembly at a distal portion of the tubular shaft, and a trocar assembly transitionable between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration. The trocar assembly includes a trocar detachably supporting the anvil assembly thereon, a lead screw adapted to be coupled to an actuator for rotational input, a first member rotatably supporting the lead screw, a second member operatively coupled to the lead screw such that rotation of the lead screw causes axial displacement of the second member relative to the first member, and a light diffuser configured to scatter light received from a light source. The light diffuser is configured to be surrounded by the anvil center rod when the anvil center rod is attached to the trocar. |
| US11357496B2 |
Scapho-lunate and other ligament and bone repair/reconstruction
Methods and kits are provided to treat scapho-lunate ligament tears, which involve stabilization of the scaphoid and lunate both dorsally and volarly. The treatments can be performed through open, mini-open or arthroscopic procedures, as an intra-capsular or extra-capsular repair and stabilization procedure. The treatment procedures involve the use of sutures or wires to fix the relative orientations of the scaphoid and lunate, and the optional use of bone anchors or other bone attachment devices to create a capsulodesis between the lunate and scaphoid, or other bones, to lift the scaphoid into the desired position. Localization of the entry point of the sutures or wires into the bones are used to improve positioning of the bone anchors, sutures and wires. |
| US11357494B2 |
Expanding suture anchor having an actuator pin
A method and apparatus for reattaching soft tissue to a boney structure using an expanding suture anchor. The method can include providing a suture anchor and forming a cavity in the boney structure for receipt of the suture anchor. The method can also include coupling the soft tissue to a suture and coupling the suture to the suture anchor. The method can further include deploying the suture anchor to fix the suture to the suture anchor and the suture anchor to the cavity. |
| US11357492B2 |
Laparoscopic intraabdominal work table retractor, instrument and positioner
A SURGICAL ACCESSORY TO BE USED WITHIN THE BODY WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE ABDOMINAL WALL, FOR HOLDING AND POSITIONING TISSUE AND SURGICAL IMPLEMENTS DURING LAPEROSCOPIC OR ROBOTIC SURGERY.THIS CONSIST OF A COLLAPSABLE TABLE WITH ATTACHED FLEXABLE OR FIXED ARMS WITH ACCESSORIES FOR HOLDING SURGICAL TOOLS OR MANIPULATING TISSUES OR ORGANS.A SURGICAL CLIP THAT ATTACHES TO OTHER INSTRUMENTS OFFERING MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS FOR CAPTURING AND SECURING OTHER ACCESSORIES SUCH AS CAMERAS OR INTRA OPERATIVE ULTRASOUND PROBES. |
| US11357491B2 |
Spine stabilization utilizing the uncinate joints
A system for stabilizing a cervical spine segment utilizing uncinate joint stabilization, includes a stabilizing bridge for bridging across intervertebral disc space of the cervical spine segment to mechanically couple between a pair of uncinate joint stabilizers positioned in a respective pair of uncinate joints of the cervical spine segment. A method for stabilizing a cervical spine segment utilizing uncinate joint stabilization includes (a) positioning a pair of uncinate joint stabilizers in respective uncinate joints of the cervical spine segment to stabilize the uncinate joints and thereby stabilize the cervical spine segment (b) and implanting, in intervertebral disc space of the cervical spine segment, a stabilizing bridge that mechanically couples between the uncinate joint stabilizers across intervertebral disc space of the cervical spine segment. |
| US11357487B2 |
Medical probe, assembly and method
A medical probe for traversing a tract in the body of a human or animal. One medical probe includes an elongate elastically deformable member including a helically wound element, and a sheath having an inner surface which contacts an outer surface of the elastically deformable member. The probe is elastically deformable, for traversing the tract, by virtue of the elastically deformable member. The probe may include a treatment element, which can be used to perform a procedure in the body of a patient. An assembly includes a probe and a treatment element. The medical probe has a particular use in the treatment of a fistula, in which the probe takes the form of a fistula probe adapted to traverse a fistula tract. |
| US11357482B2 |
Method for sampling urine and collector therefore
A urine collector (1) and a method for mounting the urine collector to a toilet bowl. The collector is made of paper sheet and comprises a central collection area (20), a front flap (4), a rear part (23), two side wings (3 A, 3B) each extending from the central collection area (20) and further two rear wings (2 A, 2B) extending from the rear part (23). Each of the wings (2 A, 2B, 3 A, 3B) and the front flap (4) are provided with sticky material (6) for fastening them to the toilet bowl (5). The urine collector (1) is mounted onto a toilet bowl (5) by fastening the front flap (4) to the front part of the bowl opening (5C), and fastening the wings (2A, 2B, 3A, 3B) to the edge of the toilet bowl opening (5). After urine collection in the collection area (20), the front flap is detached from the front of the toilet bowl and lifted, while the side wings and rear wings are still attached. This causes the collected urine to flow over the rear part into a separate sampling container. |
| US11357478B2 |
Methods and systems for shear wave elastography
A mechanical vibration source for a shear wave elastography system has a contact surface shaped to provide a point source of mechanical energy when striking a target surface of a medium. This point source usefully mitigates high frequency components and other artifacts in an induced shear wave. Other techniques may be used in combination with this mechanical energy source to improve shear wave elastography and facilitate miniaturization for deployment, e.g., within a handheld imaging device. |
| US11357470B1 |
Systems and methods for identifying a biomedical condition
In one embodiment, a system for identifying a biomedical condition of a subject includes apparatus for collecting blood flow sounds from the subject and a computing device that stores computer-executable instructions that are configured to: receive the collected blood flow sounds, extract acoustic heart pulses from the collected blood flow sounds, segment the acoustic heart pulses to obtain acoustic heart pulse segments, compute a continuous time wavelet transform-based feature for each acoustic heart pulse segment, and perform clustering on the computed continuous time wavelet transform-based features to determine whether or not the subject is experiencing the biomedical condition. |
| US11357467B2 |
Multi-pass computed tomography scans for improved workflow and performance
An x-ray imaging apparatus and associated methods are provided to execute multi-pass imaging scans for improved quality and workflow. An imaging scan can be segmented into multiple passes that are faster than the full imaging scan. Data received by an initial scan pass can be utilized early in the workflow and of sufficient quality for treatment setup, including while the another scan pass is executed to generate data needed for higher quality images, which may be needed for treatment planning. In one embodiment, a data acquisition and reconstruction technique is used when the detector is offset in the channel and/or axial direction for a large FOV during multiple passes. |
| US11357466B2 |
X-ray diagnosis apparatus
An X-ray diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry configured: to acquire a two-dimensional X-ray image of an examined subject imaged in a first imaging process; to designate at least one track on which an X-ray generator is to move in a second imaging process to be performed after the first imaging process; and to perform a predicting process of predicting, on the basis of the two-dimensional X-ray image and the track, an artifact that is to occur when the second imaging process is performed by using the track. |
| US11357462B2 |
3D perspective indicator and generation method therefor and application thereof
The present invention relates to a 3D perspective indicator and a generation method therefor and an application thereof. The present invention specifically provides a 3D perspective indicator for a CT system and a generation method therefor as well as a method and an apparatus for controlling a scanning range in a CT system. The method for generating a 3D perspective indicator comprises: generating an upper boundary plane and a lower boundary plane perpendicular to a scanning direction and an auxiliary plane perpendicular to the upper boundary plane and the lower boundary plane in a coordinate system space of the CT system, the auxiliary plane being located above a to-be-scanned part of a patient; and identifying an upper contour line intersecting the upper boundary plane and a lower contour line intersecting the lower boundary plane in a point cloud generated based on a depth image of the patient, wherein the 3D perspective indicator comprises the upper contour line and the lower contour line, the upper boundary plane and the lower boundary plane, and the auxiliary plane. The present invention further provides a CT system using the apparatus and a computer-readable storage medium capable of implementing the method. |
| US11357460B2 |
Radiological imaging device for lower limbs
A radiological imaging device configured to be used for the analysis of a limb and including a first module including a source configured to emit radiation and a second module including a detector configured to receive the radiation. The device also includes a platform including a first analysis area delimited by a first outer through opening and a first inner through opening and a second analysis area delimited by a second outer through opening and a second inner through opening. Also, the device includes a drive unit that controls the movement of the first and second modules. |
| US11357455B2 |
Information processing apparatus, radiation imaging apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium
An information processing apparatus comprises: an obtainment unit configured to obtain a radiation image of a subject; a generation unit configured to generate, based on a plurality of radiation images obtained by radiation of mutually different spectra, a material characteristic image in which a region for each material can be extracted from the interior of the subject; and an image processing unit configured to perform processing of enhancing or attenuating, based on a position of a specific region in the material characteristic image, the specific region in the radiation image. |
| US11357454B2 |
Nursing care recipient watching support system
The present invention provides a nursing care recipient watching support system. In the nursing care recipient watching support system, position information with respect to a measuring position, and indoor compartment attribute information such as a living room, a share room, a conversation room, a kitchen, a bathroom and an entrance, as well as watching level information corresponding to the indoor compartment attribute information are stored in storing unit 30. Position information extracting means 40 extracts the position information, the indoor compartment attribute information and the watching level information. Output means 60 outputs the position information, the indoor compartment attribute information and the watching level information, According to this, it is possible to estimate an existent position of a nursing care recipient, and to support a watching operation of the nursing care recipient. |
| US11357453B2 |
Neck-worn physiological monitor
The invention provides a neck-worn sensor that is a single, body-worn system that measures the following parameters from an ambulatory patient: heart rate, pulse rate, pulse oximetry, respiratory rate, temperature, thoracic fluid levels, stroke volume, cardiac output, and a parameter sensitive to blood pressure called pulse transit time. From stroke volume, a first algorithm employing a linear model can estimate the patient's pulse pressure. And from pulse pressure and pulse transit time, a second algorithm, also employing a linear algorithm, can estimate systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure. Thus, the sensor can measure all five vital signs along with hemodynamic parameters. It also includes a motion-detecting accelerometer, from which it can determine motion-related parameters such as posture, degree of motion, activity level, respiratory-induced heaving of the chest, and falls. |
| US11357445B2 |
Systems and methods for determining sleep patterns and circadian rhythms
Systems and methods for monitoring sleep are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes emitting light into tissue. The method also includes detecting light backscattered from the tissue. Further, the method includes determining a sleep pattern based on the backscattered light. |
| US11357439B1 |
Advanced cardiovascular monitoring system with personalized st-segment thresholds
A device for detecting acute coronary syndrome (ACS) events, arrythmias, heart rate abnormalities, medication problems such as non-compliance or ineffective amount or type of medication, and demand/supply related cardiac ischemia is disclosed. The device may have both implanted and external components and can communicate with other user devices such as smartphones and smartwatches for monitoring and alerting in response to detected medically relevant events or states of a patient. The processor is configured to provide event detection based upon various criteria including what is found to be statistically abnormal for a patient or what has been defined by a doctor to be abnormal. A patient's cardiovascular condition can be tracked over time using histogram, trend, and summary information related to heart rate and/or cardiac features such as those measured from the S-T segment of heartbeats. Heartbeats that are elevated but which are below what is defined as high, are used to provide medically relevant detections. |
| US11357438B2 |
Annotation histogram
Systems and methods for facilitating processing of cardiac information based on sensed electrical signals include a processing unit configured to receive a set of electrical signals; receive an indication of a measurement location corresponding to each electrical signal of the set of electrical signals; and generate, based on at least one of an annotation waveform corresponding to each electrical signal of the set of electrical signals and a set of annotation mapping values, an annotation histogram. |
| US11357436B2 |
Systems and methods of patient data compression
A system including a medical device is provided. The medical device includes at least one sensor configured to acquire first data descriptive of a patient, first memory storing a plurality of templates, and at least one processor coupled to the at least one sensor and the first memory. The at least one processor is configured to identify a first template of the plurality of templates that is similar to the first data, to determine first difference data based on the first template and the first data, and to store the first difference data in association with the first template. The system may further include the programmable device. |
| US11357434B2 |
Adjustable geometry wearable electrodes
The present disclosure provides systems, apparatuses, and methods for use of wearable electrode assemblies. The electrode assemblies improve comfort by providing increased overall surface area of their bottom surfaces, which make contact with the patient's scalp and hair. Collapse, compression, or telescoping of the bottom surface will thereby decrease the direct force and/or pressure applied by the distal member or members of the bottom surfaces to the skin. This may be advantageous in patients who have little to no hair in electrode contact areas, patient populations that are particularly skin-sensitive, and/or patients which must wear the electrode assemblies of an extended time period. The electrode assemblies further include structures to dispense and/or maintain conductive gel placed over the patient's skin, thereby maintaining electrical connection quality, and/or to facilitate the clearing of skin and/or hair prior to establishing an electrical connection. |
| US11357428B2 |
Transcutaneous sensor with dual electrodes and methods of detecting and compensating for withdrawal of a transcutaneous sensor from a patient
A transcutaneous sensor configured to measure one or more physiological conditions of a patient. The transcutaneous sensor includes a substrate and first and second working electrodes on the substrate. The first working electrode includes a first active sensing area and the second working electrode includes a second active sensing area. The first active sensing area of the first working electrode is longitudinally offset along the substrate from the second active sensing area of the second working electrode. |
| US11357426B2 |
Glucose management
Systems and methods are disclosed for monitoring a user by calibrating one or more noninvasive sensors to track a user glucose level at one or more user physical activity conditions; generating a calibration based on the one or more user conditions; and in real time detecting a current user condition and applying the calibration to accurately estimate the user glucose or insulin level. |
| US11357425B2 |
Intraosseous implanted biological sensor
A method and system for monitoring analytes in the circulatory system of an individual is provided. A biological sensor is implanted in the bone marrow of a patient and may be self contained within a housing. The biological sensor measures physiological parameters of a patient, including analytes, on a fixed or adjustable schedule. The biological sensor includes a control unit having a transmitter and an energy source for providing energy to the control unit. The biological sensor may be used to adjust other medical treatments and devices in a closed or semi closed loop mechanism and/or predict patient treatment. |
| US11357423B2 |
Systems and methods to estimate human length
Systems and methods use a three-dimensional snapshot of an infant, child, adolescent, or adult where the subject may have bent legs and an unaligned head position, to provide an estimate of human length. The system identifies anatomical features from the digital information and generates a virtual skeleton. The cumulative distances between pseudo-joints of the virtual skeleton provide an estimate of human length. Comparing length estimates from multiple three-dimensional snapshots of the same individual acquired over time provide an indication of growth of the infant, child, or adolescent. Daily estimates of length can detect growth faltering sooner than less frequent estimates of length, which can lead to timely intervention. |
| US11357419B2 |
Magnetic resonance imaging guided therapy system
Systems and methods for determining whether a structure of interest is within a predefined region of interest. An example embodiment of a method includes applying a multiband magnetic resonance imaging sequence in order to simultaneously acquire a first slice of magnetic resonance data from a first slice location and a second slice of magnetic resonance data from a second and different slice location. The first slice is positioned near a first side of the region of interest and the second slice is positioned near a second side of the region of interest. The method further includes determining based on the first and second slice of magnetic resonance data and prior knowledge about at least one of the structure of interest and its surroundings whether the structure of interest is within the region of interest. |
| US11357417B2 |
Continuous autoregulation system
A method for measuring an intracranial bioimpedance in a patient's head, to help evaluate cerebral autoregulation, may involve securing a volumetric integral phase-shift spectroscopy (VIPS) device to the patient's head, measuring the intracranial bioimpedance with the VIPS device by measuring a phase shift between a magnetic field transmitted from a transmitter on one side of a VIPS device and a magnetic field received at a receiver on another side of the VIPS device, at one or more frequencies, and evaluating cerebral autoregulation in the intracranial bioimpedance, using a processor in the VIPS device. |
| US11357413B2 |
Methods and apparatus for self-calibrating non-invasive cuffless blood pressure measurements
In one embodiment of the invention, a non-invasive method of measuring blood pressure is disclosed. The method includes scanning for ECG data with a portable cuffless blood pressure measuring device including, forming an electronic circuit with a first electrode and a second electrode of the portable cuffless blood pressure measuring device by contacting the first electrode with a user's temple and contacting the second electrode with the user's finger holding the portable cuffless blood pressure measuring device; concurrently scanning for PPG data with the cuffless blood pressure measuring device during ECG scanning by placing the PPG sensor to the user's temple; cross-correlating the ECG data and the PPG data to determine a PWTT for the user; receiving one or more physiological data of the user; and using regression analysis to predict systolic blood pressure of the user in response to the PWTT and the one or more physiological data. |
| US11357400B2 |
Image processing method for glaucoma detection and computer program products thereof
The method comprises storing a set of images captured of the anterior chamber of various eyes, and using a processor for: a) processing some of said stored images by implementing an homogenization process that adjusts an horizontal and a vertical spatial resolution of each image of the set to be the same, and a centering and aligning process that computes statistical properties of the images, and uses said computed statistical properties to compute a centroid and a covariance matrix of each image; b) performing pair-wise distance measures between images of said processed images providing a pair-wise distance matrix; c) analyzing said pair-wise distance matrix by executing a nonlinear dimensionality reduction algorithm that assigns a point in an n-dimensional space associated to each analyzed image; and d) outputting the results of said analysis in a visual way enabling being usable to detect if said eyes suffer from glaucoma. |
| US11357394B2 |
Variable pressure cleaning device and method
Endoscopic instruments, such as endoscopes, and devices and methods for cleaning endoscopic instruments are provided. A cleaning device for use with an endoscopic instrument comprises an elongate member configured for advancement through an internal lumen within the endoscopic instrument and a cleaning member removably coupled to a portion of the elongate member. The cleaning element comprises a variable pressure region shaped and configured to increase the hydrodynamic fluid friction force and fluid pressure force of a cleaner or detergent against the wall of the internal lumen of the endoscope to more effectively clean all internal surfaces of an endoscopic instrument, including crevasses, scratches or other irregularities, without further damaging these surfaces. |
| US11357392B2 |
Bending section for an endoscope
A bending section (5) for an endoscope (1) and the endoscope, where the bending section comprises a number of segments (12), where adjacent segments are connected by a first hinge (14) and a second hinge (24). Both the first and the second hinges are made integrally from the same material as the segments (12), and the first and second hinges are arranged for allowing the connected segments to bend in a bending plane. A second hinge at the distal end of a segment forms a continuous rib (44) with the second hinge (24) at the proximal end of the segment. This continuous rib is arranged perpendicular to the bending plane. |
| US11357390B2 |
Optical system for a stereo video endoscope
An optical system for a stereo video endoscope including: first and second lens system channels each having optical elements in identical configurations, the optical elements being arranged in a same position along first and second optical axes, respectively, an optical axis of first and second optical elements coincide with the first and second optical axes, respectively, first and second cross-sectional areas of the first and second optical elements are inscribed in first and second circumferential circles, respectively, centers of first and second circumferential circles each coincide with the first and second optical axes, respectively, to define a maximum radius of the first optical element and the second optical element, the first and second circumferential circles overlap one another, and circumferential shapes of the first and second optical elements deviate from the first and second circumferential circles circumscribing them such that the first and second optical elements do not contact. |
| US11357386B2 |
Endoscope adapted for facilitating BAL procedures
An endoscope having a proximal end and a distal end, a handle at the proximal end and an insertion tube extending from the proximal end towards the distal end. The insertion tube includes an internal working channel extending from the handle to the distal end of the insertion tube. A connector at the handle is adapted for the attachment of a syringe. A recess is adapted to accommodate a cylindrical body of the syringe when said syringe is attached to the connector. |
| US11357385B2 |
Learning dispensing system for water inlet hose
A retrofit auxiliary device for distributing cleaning resources to a household cleaning appliance having a treating chamber is described wherein the device can connect to various household cleaning appliances of different makes and models and can learn the flow of water and detergent during various stages of operation and then perform the dispensing itself. |
| US11357382B2 |
Bucket and cleaning system which comprises such a bucket
A bucket includes: at least two chambers which are flow connected to one another by at least one overflow channel. One of the chambers is a combined washing-out/centrifuging chamber for a cleaning device. One of the chambers is a water level-regulating chamber configured to regulate a water level in the washing-out/centrifuging chamber. The water level-regulating chamber contains a displacement body which is movable by a first actuating device. |
| US11357380B2 |
Cleaning tool
A cleaning tool is provided. The cleaning tool includes a first roller, a second roller, a shell and a wiper. The first roller is rotatably connected to the shell. The second roller is rotatably connected to the shell. Two ends of the wiper are wound around the first roller and the second roller, respectively. The cleaning tool further includes an operation part and a link part. The operation part moves in an axial direction of the first roller to control the link part to unlock the second roller and the operation part rotates to drive the first roller to rotate. Unlocking of the second roller and rotation of the first roller and the second roller are controlled by different motions of the operation part. |
| US11357378B2 |
Floor sweeper
A floor sweeper includes a housing which has a garbage cavity for containing garbage. The garbage cavity has an inlet allowing the garbage to enter the garbage cavity. A sweeping roller is disposed at the inlet of the garbage cavity, is rotatably connected to the housing and is able to sweep outside garbage into the garbage cavity. A sealing plate for opening/closing the inlet is disposed at the inlet of the garbage cavity. An ejector rod is vertically and movably connected to the housing, has an upper end connected to the sealing plate and is able to move vertically to drive the sealing plate to move. When floor sweeper cleans a floor, the ejector rod abuts against the floor and moves upwards to drive the sealing plate to move to open the inlet of the garbage cavity. |
| US11357372B2 |
Vacuumed material collection station, vacuum cleaning apparatus and system consisting of a vacuumed material collection station and a vacuum cleaning apparatus
A vacuumed material collection station for receiving vacuumed material from a vacuum cleaning apparatus includes a vacuumed material collection container and an interface for connecting the vacuum cleaning apparatus to the vacuumed material collection station. The vacuumed material collection station comprises a receptacle space for receiving a filter chamber of a vacuum cleaning apparatus connected to the vacuumed material collection station and a feed device for feeding the filter chamber into the receptacle space. The receptacle space is designed for completely encompassing the filter chamber and/or at the most not encompassing a chamber side facing the interface with the vacuum cleaning apparatus. The receptacle space forms a partial volume within the housing of the vacuumed material collection station, and the feed device is designed for removing the filter chamber from the vacuum cleaning apparatus and displacing the filter chamber into the receptacle space. |
| US11357370B2 |
Handheld vacuum cleaner
A handheld vacuum cleaner including a fluid flow path, a main body, a fluid flow motor, a battery, and a cyclone chamber. The fluid flow path extends from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet, and the main body includes a handle. The fluid flow motor is positioned in the fluid flow path. The battery is positioned below the fluid flow motor. The cyclone chamber is in the fluid flow path transverse to the dirty air inlet. The cyclone chamber includes a first end wall and a second end wall, a cyclone chamber axis passing through the first end wall and the second end wall, a cyclone dirty fluid inlet, and a cyclone clean fluid outlet. The first end wall and the second end wall of the cyclone chamber both intersect a common horizontal plane when the handheld vacuum cleaner is positioned on a horizontal surface. |
| US11357366B2 |
Web material dispenser and web material feed assembly for a web material dispenser
The present disclosure concerns a web material feed assembly for a web material dispenser comprising a housing, the web material feed assembly comprising first and second rollers rotatable relative to the housing of the dispenser about first and second parallel axes. The first roller is provided with friction rings forming a nip between the first and second rollers for feeding the web material therethrough, at least one of the friction rings comprising a recessed surface forming an anti-wrinkling space between the first and second rollers. The disclosure also concerns a web material dispenser with such a web material feed assembly and a method for preventing wrinkles in a web material dispensed by a web material dispenser with such a web material feed assembly. |
| US11357364B2 |
Dispenser and container
Among other things, a dispenser for dispensing material is provided herein. The dispenser includes a cover. The dispenser is configured to receive a container from which material is dispensed. The container is adapted to be supported by the cover. Biasing structure is adapted to apply a force to the container to facilitate dispensing the material from the container. |
| US11357363B2 |
Hand soap dispenser with timer
A liquid soap dispensing device with a soap dispensing apparatus and a timer, and associated methods, are disclosed herein. The soap dispensing apparatus includes a housing and a soap dispensing element. The timer includes a traveling object (e.g., a ball), a track, and a mover. The track is configured to receive the traveling object at a start position and release the traveling object at an end position. The track is also configured to carry the traveling object from the start position to the end position in a time interval. The mover is configured to displace the traveling object from a first position to a second position. Displacement of the traveling object from the first position to the second position initiates the release of the traveling object onto the track at the start position. |
| US11357361B1 |
Mobile bathroom assembly
A mobile bathroom assembly with a support frame member assembly operably configured to attach to a trailer hitch and support a lower shell and an upper shell. The lower shell includes a bottom wall and a sidewall enclosing a lower shell cavity and having a lower sidewall door. The bottom wall includes a toilet assembly coupled thereto fluidly coupled to a liquid supply tank and a circulation pump operably configured to induce a flow of liquid from the liquid supply tank to the toilet assembly. The upper shell also includes a sidewall surrounding a ceiling wall and defining an upper shell cavity, wherein the upper shell is operably configured with a motor assembly to extend upwards and contract downwards with respect to the lower shell to increase and decrease the internal assembly height and lower and upper shell cavities within the lower and upper shells. |
| US11357359B2 |
Portable blender set
A portable blender includes a handle having at least one first attachment structure, an activation button, and a power activation member positioned for mechanical engagement with the activation button and a power switch. The blender also includes a container body with at least one second attachment structure. The first attachment structure and second attachment structure are configured to engage each other to attach the handle to the container body and to disengage each other to detach the handle from the container body. The blender further includes a container base configured for detachable engagement with the container body. In one configuration, the blender set includes a motor subunit configured for detachable engagement with the container base, and a power subunit configured for detachable engagement with the motor subunit. In another configuration, the blender includes a motor subunit configured for detachable engagement with the container base, and a power subunit included in the handle. |
| US11357358B2 |
Fluid convection fryer
A substantially closed loop filtration and convection system is configured to move fluid/oil volume within a fryer vat. The vat has a flow directed inlet, which directs flow of cooking fluid in a direction across the bottom of the vat directing the flow of oil and crumbs/debris across the vat, up and across a flow separation portion toward and into a cleaning zone portion of the vat. A crumb tray or crumb/debris catch system is disposed in the cleaning zone adjacent to the vat. |
| US11357357B2 |
Folding grill stand structure with high storage convenience
A folding grill stand structure with high storage convenience is revealed. The grill stand includes a first support, a second support, a third support and a plurality of lateral supports. Each first horizontal rod of the first support includes a first side surface and a second side surface. A first end portion and a second end portion of each second horizontal rod of the second support are connected to the first side surface in a foldable manner by a first rotating shaft and a first bolt respectively. A third end portion and a fourth end portion of each third horizontal rod are connected to the second side surface in a foldable manner by a second rotating shaft and a second bolt respectively. The lateral supports are formed on an end portion of the outer side of the first, the second and the third supports respectively. |
| US11357353B2 |
Beverage or foodstuff preparation system
A beverage or foodstuff preparation system (2) comprising: a base unit (74); a removable component (76) having a beverage or foodstuff component processing system (4); a power coupling (78) adapted for inductive power transfer of electrical energy between the base unit and the removable component when the removable component (76) is coupled with the base unit (74). |
| US11357351B2 |
Tree stand display assembly
The invention provides an annular shroud configured to be positioned around a tree stand. The annular shroud has one or more display panels configured to display digital images about a perimeter of the tree stand. In some embodiments, the invention further includes a tree stand display assembly comprising a tree, a tree stand supporting the tree in an upright orientation, and the annular shroud around the tree stand. |
| US11357348B2 |
Footwear hanger
A display hanger for hanging first and second footwear items on a hanger support includes a base having a first and second end portions, and a central portion between the first and second end portions. A first footwear engagement element is coupled to the base at the first end portion and is rotatable relative to the base about a first rotation axis. A second footwear engagement element is coupled to the base at the second end portion and is rotatable relative to the base about a second rotation axis separate from the first rotation axis. The first and second footwear engagement elements are engageable with respective first and second footwear items. A support body is coupled to the central portion of the base and is rotatable relative to the base about a central rotation axis, with the support body being configured to be selectively engageable with the hanger support. |
| US11357346B1 |
Collapsible ground sheet
A collapsible ground sheet has a floor made of a sheet of flexible, waterproof or water-resistant material, and walls attached to the floor and extending from the floor in a top direction. The walls are arranged about the periphery of the floor in series in a ring formation such that each of the walls has two neighboring walls. Each wall has a fabric portion and a wire loop, the wire loop disposed near the periphery of the fabric portion such that the fabric portion is supported by the wire loop. Each of the walls attached to its two neighboring walls by hourglass-shaped gussets made of a sheet of flexible material. |
| US11357343B2 |
Modular candle holder, vase and caddy
A modular assembly comprising at least one holder, base-unit having at least one hollow opening on at least one end and further comprising at least one adapter-unit; wherein said adapter-unit plugs securely into the hollow opening of said holder, base-unit; and wherein said holder, base-unit and said at least one adapter-unit may be interchanged and combined with alternate holder, base-units and adapter-units to form a variety of cohesive, convertible assemblies which function as a vase, a plant stand, a candle holder and/or a caddy for various articles. |
| US11357338B2 |
Wearable baby carriers with multiple operation modes, and baby support systems comprising such wearable baby carriers
A wearable baby carrier includes: a pad; a first strap coupled to, or configured for coupling to, the pad via a first strap connector; a second strap coupled to, or configured for coupling to, the pad via a second strap connector; and a first device connector coupled to the pad; wherein the wearable baby carrier has a first operation mode, and a second operation mode; wherein in the first operation mode, the wearable baby carrier is configured to support a weight of a baby while the wearable baby carrier is worn by the user via the first strap and the second strap; and wherein in the second operation mode, the wearable baby carrier is configured to detachably couple to a baby device via the first device connector while the wearable baby carrier is not worn by the user. |
| US11357337B2 |
Baby carrier with adjustable head support and buckle therefore
The invention relates to a baby carrier comprising chest straps, which are arranged to extend around both shoulder regions of a wearer, a waist belt, and a baby-carrying pouch mounted on the chest straps and the waist belt, said baby-carrying pouch comprises at least a front piece having leg openings and a head support, respective lateral corner of the head support being detachably connected to corresponding nearby connecting point at respective chest strap by a first strap means having a detachable buckle. A second strap means is arranged between respective lateral corner of the head support and a buckle slidably arranged along respective first strap means, and that said second strap means is continuously adjustably connected said buckle. |
| US11357335B2 |
Bed sheet fastener
The present application discloses a bedsheet fastening device for fastening bedsheet to a mattress and holding it in place. The device comprises magnets configured to hold the bedsheet to the mattress and prevent it from rumpling. In some embodiments, the device comprises a plurality sets of magnets with each set of magnets comprising a first piece of magnet and a second piece of magnet. The first piece of magnet is affixed to the mattress and the second piece of magnet can be attached to and removed from the first piece of magnet. The plurality sets of magnets are arranged on the mattress and can hold a bedsheet securely in place. The bedsheet can be removed by separating the first piece of magnet from the second piece in each set. In some embodiments, magnets are housed in a protective cover or a holder, for example, an insert or a panel. |
| US11357334B2 |
Adjustable support for foldable bed frame and foldable bed frame having same
Disclosed are adjustable supports and foldable bed frames. An adjustable support includes inner and outer tubular bars movably coupled to each other. A locking mechanism is disposed in the inner tubular bar and includes a positioning piece to restrict the inner and outer tubular bars from moving with respect to each other. An unlocking mechanism is fixedly coupled to the outer tubular bar and includes a push button to unlock the locking mechanism. |
| US11357332B2 |
Furniture with integrated acoustical system
An article of furniture includes a cushioned seating portion, a rigid panel configured adjacent to the cushioned seating portion, a first group of exciters configured on a surface of the rigid panel, and a controller communicatively coupled to the first and second plurality of exciters. |
| US11357329B2 |
Body support assembly and methods for the use and assembly thereof
A body support assembly includes a seat assembly and backrest assembly supported by a tilt control assembly. Methods of using and assembling the body support assembly are provided. |
| US11357321B2 |
Portable table
The portable table described herein includes: hubs respectively installed at front left, front right, rear left, and rear right corners of the table; four frames separably connecting to the hubs to form a four sided table top; front left, front right, rear left and rear right leg frames, each respectively having base ends separably coupled to the surfaces of the respective hubs and respectively having free ends disposed in a manner extending toward the ground surface; and a top sheet coupled to the support frames forming a table top with four leg frames. The leg frames may be of differing length to position the table in a more level position when placed on a non-level surface. The structural rigidity is excellent, and the table may stand on a surface in a stable position. |
| US11357316B2 |
Bale carrying device
A bale carrying device includes a main body defining a handle portion; and a binding catch extending from the main body, the binding catch configured to engage a binding of a bale. A method for using a bale carrying device includes grasping a handle portion of a main body of the bale carrying device; engaging a binding catch of the bale carrying device with a binding of a bale, the binding catch extending from the main body, the binding extending around the bale; and lifting the bale with the bale carrying device. |
| US11357313B2 |
System, apparatus and method for coding caps for different bottle sizes
A plurality of caps are provided each with a visual coding of color and/or indicia for use with different sizes of bottles at least in accordance with a height of the bottles from a closed bottom end to an open top end for engaging each of the caps. Each of the caps has a tube mounted to, or through, an aperture extending through a top closed end of the cap to extend a selected length enabling one end of the tube to reach or extend along an interior surface of the bottom end of any of the bottles of the height to which the cap is coded for use therewith. The other end of tube is extendable to a bioreactor container. Each of the caps has another tube or port to another aperture of the cap to provide an air vent with an optional air filtering device. |
| US11357312B2 |
Working machine support belt
A working machine support belt includes: a back plate portion; a left shoulder belt and a right shoulder belt; a waist belt; a left suspender band that connects the left shoulder belt and the waist belt; a right suspender band that connects the right shoulder belt and the waist belt; a left side belt that extends left-downward from the back plate portion, turns forward, and is connected to a left end portion of the waist belt; a right side belt that extends right-downward from the upper portion of the back plate portion, turns forward, and is connected to a right end portion of the waist belt; a locking member that locks the left end portion and the right end portion of the waist belt; and a pad member supported via a rear support band and a front support band, and provided with a hook that supports a working machine. |
| US11357311B2 |
Hair weave removal tool and method of using same
A hair weave removal tool includes a handle, an elongated member, a magnifier, and a light source. The elongated member extends from an end of the handle. The elongated member includes an extension extending outwardly therefrom and a guide member located laterally adjacent the extension. The magnifier is pivotably coupled to the handle laterally adjacent the elongated member. The light source is coupled to the handle, and is configured to illuminate an area above the extension. |
| US11357305B2 |
Moldable heated eyelash curler
An eyelash curler comprising a handle, an actuator, and a curling head. The handle has an elongated shape with a top end and a bottom end. The actuator is embedded within the handle with a switch exposed on the surface of the handle and an actuator stem extending from the top end of the handle. Manipulating the switch moves the actuator between a first position and a second position. The curling head has only one support bar, a first curler arm coupled to the end of the support bar, and a second curler arm coupled to the top end of the actuator stem. When the actuator is in the first position, the second curler arm is in contact with the top end of the handle and when the actuator is in the second position, the second curler arm is in contact with the first curler arm. |
| US11357304B2 |
Systems and methods for a compressible pouch
Systems and methods for a compression pouch with a rear shell and a front shell that are coupled together with a compressible layer, wherein the compressible layer is configured to open and close via a zipper, and a coupling mechanism positioned on the front shell and a flap. |
| US11357301B2 |
Multi-compartment deflatable carryon baggage
Multi-compartment deflatable carryon luggage provides a system with a plurality of bags. The bags can connect to each other and release from each other. When a traveler is packing fewer items, the traveler can detach unneeded bags and only take the bags that are needed. When additional items are needed, more of the bags can be added and connected to each other. In the case of a carryon bag, the bags forming the carryon luggage have a combined size that complies with airline carryon baggage requirements for a single bag. To increase the amount stored in each bag, a deflatable airtight bag is included inside each bag of the luggage. Before being deflated, the deflatable bag has a volume that is greater than the volume of the bag in which the deflatable airtight bag is disposed. After being deflated, the deflatable airtight bag has a volume no larger than the volume of bag in which the deflatable airtight bag is disposed. A pump can be integrated in the luggage. The pump is used to pump the air from the airtight bag after it has been packed. |
| US11357300B2 |
System and method of expandable containers
An expandable container is disclosed. The expandable container may include a frame with extendable sections, an expandable material covering the frame and protective plates secured to the expandable material. |
| US11357297B2 |
Bag, in particular a shopping bag, and a method for forming said bag
The invention relates to a folded bag and a method for forming a bag from a square or rectangular shaped sheet, which method comprises the steps of dividing the sheet into nine fields arranged such that eight fields surround a central field; folding the sheet along folding-lines between and across the fields in such a way that the central field forms the bottom of the bag and the eight surrounding fields form the sides of the bag and at least one inner wall providing separated compartments in the bag. |
| US11357296B2 |
Piece of jewellery, method for cutting a stone, in particular a diamond, and associated mounting pin
A round stone is intended for being inserted contiguously with other similar stones to as to conceal the setting of the stones. Facets are bevel-formed between the girdle and the pavilion. Grooves, open at the two ends thereof, are formed, as by sawing in a plane perpendicular to the axis, in the facets to receive the setting claws. |
| US11357295B2 |
Blemish concealing toe jewelry system
A blemish-concealing toe jewelry system; the blemish-concealing toe jewelry system includes an open-ended, hollow, semi-cylindrical brace including an interior surface and an exterior surface, a padded cushion member positioned on the interior surface, and an ornament affixed to the exterior surface of the brace. The brace is a functionally operative and decorative toe-ring configured to conceal, protect, and adorn blemishes on at least one toe of a user. |
| US11357293B2 |
Wearable devices, watchband and connector
A wearable device may include a watchcase defining a mounting slot and a key slot communicating with each other and a watchband. The watchband may include a strap-shaped body; and a clamping part connected to one end of the strap-shaped body and including a rotating part and a stop block arranged in the rotating part; the stop block is capable of moving out of or back into the rotating part; when the stop block moves into the rotating part, the clamping part is configured to be inserted into the mounting slot; after the clamping part is inserted into the mounting slot, the clamping part is configured to be rotated relative to the watchcase by rotating the watchband, and the stop block is configured to move out of the rotating part and is clamped in the key slot, such that the watchband is attached on the watchcase. |
| US11357289B2 |
Shoe
A shoe is provided with a first forming portion provided on a medial side and a second forming portion provided on a lateral side across a central opening formed forward from a foot insertion portion of an upper on each of which a string passing portion is formed; a first support member a tip end of which is fixed to the second forming portion, including a first string passing structure provided at the tip end, and extending downward so as to abut a medial side of a foot; a second support member a tip end of which is fixed to the first forming portion, including a second string passing structure provided at the tip end, and extending downward so as to abut a lateral side of the foot; and a shoelace which passes through the string passing portion and continuously passes through the first and second string passing structures. |
| US11357286B2 |
Plate with foam for footwear
A sole structure for an article of footwear having an upper includes an outsole, a plate disposed between the outsole and the upper, and a first cushioning layer. The plate includes an anterior-most point disposed in a forefoot region of the sole structure, a posterior-most point disposed closer to a heel region of the sole structure than the anterior-most point, and a concave portion extending between the anterior-most point and the posterior-most point. The concave portion includes a constant radius of curvature from the anterior-most point to a metarsophalangeal (MTP) point of the sole structure. The MTP point opposes the MTP joint of a foot during use. The first cushioning layer is disposed between the concave portion and the upper. |
| US11357284B2 |
Orthotic device
An orthotic device for footwear. In one embodiment the orthotic device comprises a substantially planar body having a resiliently deformable outer peripheral portion, a cell frame, and an inner array of detachably coupleable cells, wherein each cell comprises one or more protuberances and/or recesses which permit the cells to detachably couple with the cell frame. |
| US11357281B2 |
Method and apparatus for non-destructive measurement of faceguard structural stiffness
A force generator applying a force load against a facemask. A first load cell carrying a first portion of the facemask at an attachment point of the facemask where the facemask is attachable to a helmet. A second load cell carrying a second portion of the facemask at another attachment point of the facemask where the facemask is attachable to a helmet. A first attachment platform carrying the first load cell, wherein the first attachment platform is laterally movable in at least two degrees of freedom. A second attachment platform carrying the second load cell, wherein the second attachment platform is laterally movable in at least two degrees of freedom. The force generator directs the contact plate against the facemask to cause a horizontal deformation of the facemask and a lateral movement of the attachment platforms to allow for repeatable force load testing on a single facemask. |
| US11357280B2 |
Safety helmet and accessory system that prevents hearing loss at worksites
A safety helmet and accessory system for construction worksites. The system includes a safety helmet that defines two apertures, each aperture being positioned on the helmet so that they will correspond to a user's left and right ears when the safety helmet is placed on the user's head, the safety helmet has a plurality of cord holder attachments attached within an inner circumference of the safety helmet. A pair of capsules, each capsule is secured within each aperture of the safety helmet. A cord that has two terminal ends and each terminal end has a securing device. And, a pair of earplugs that define a stem, the stem of each ear plug has a receiver that receives each securing device. The system provides a safety helmet that has an integral earplug securing system. |
| US11357270B2 |
Upper and lower torso garments having an improved band
A lower torso garment, such as a brief, includes a body having a pair of leg openings, a crotch portion between the leg openings, and a waist opening, and a waist band connected to the body and positioned at the waist opening. The waist band includes an elastomeric band affixed between overlapping plies of fabric, and the elastomeric band includes a thermoplastic elastomer film. The elastomeric band is positioned between the overlapping plies of fabric. |
| US11357268B2 |
Swaddling garment
A new or alternative swaddling garment that swaddles infants by sufficiently restraining movement of the limbs to suppress the startle reflex, yet allowing movement of hand to mouth thereby facilitating non-nutritive sucking and allowing the infant to self-soothe by sucking the hands or the fabric of the garment. |
| US11357265B2 |
Stretchable gusset
Some shapewear and other similar undergarments are equipped with an open gusset, which provides an opening at the crotch region to allow the wearer to use the restroom without removing any garments. A typical double gusset construction requires two hands to pull apart both layers in order to use the restroom, which can make using the restroom more difficult for the wearer. The stretchable gusset disclosed herein addresses the limitations of existing gusset constructions. The gusset panel is fixedly or seamlessly attached to the front body panel and fixedly or seamlessly attached to the back body panel. An access space is formed by leaving at least a portion of a lateral gusset panel edge unattached to any other portion of the garment. The access space can be widened with one hand due to the highly stretchable characteristics of the gusset panel. |
| US11357262B2 |
Vaporizer unit having a heating element with an electrically conductive cover or coating
A vaporizer unit for a personal vaporizer device, especially an electronic smoking article, includes a housing which encloses a reservoir for storing a liquid to be vaporized; a heating element configured and arranged for heating the liquid to be vaporized to generate a vapour to be inhaled; and a liquid delivery element which is configured to convey the liquid from the reservoir to the heating element for vaporization. The liquid delivery element includes at least a first side configured to be in contact with or to form a wall of the reservoir and a second side in contact with the heating element fluidly connected with the first side and wherein the heating element includes an electrically conductive cover or coating applied to the second side of the liquid delivery element. A personal vaporizer device includes the vaporizer unit. |
| US11357260B2 |
Electronic smoking article with improved storage of aerosol precursor compositions
The present disclosure relates to electronic smoking articles exhibiting improved moisture control of a reservoir contained therein. The reservoir can be formed of fibrous materials, such as cellulose acetate fiber, thermoplastic fiber, non-thermoplastic fiber, or a combination thereof. The disclosure further provides methods for forming electronic smoking articles and methods of packaging electronic smoking articles (including cartridges thereof) so as to improve moisture control of the reservoir. |
| US11357259B2 |
Reservoir assembly for a personal vaporizer device
A reservoir assembly is provided for a personal vaporizer device, such as an electronic smoking article or an e-cigarette. The reservoir assembly comprises a housing which encloses a reservoir for storing a liquid to be vaporized, wherein the housing and/or the reservoir define a flow path for the liquid from the reservoir for vaporization of the liquid. The reservoir assembly further comprises a mouthpiece provided in or on the housing and defining a channel for conveying vapour formed from the liquid to a user's mouth. The mouthpiece is configured for movement between a first position and a second position, wherein the flow path is closed or blocked when the mouthpiece is in the first position and wherein the flow path is open in the second position. Also provided is a personal vaporizer device, such as an electronic smoking article or an e-cigarette, which includes such a reservoir assembly. |
| US11357254B2 |
Sub roll slicing and conveying apparatus
The present invention relates to the field of automated food preparation. Specifically, the present invention is a system and method for processing sub style sandwich breads and sandwiches. |
| US11357252B2 |
Synthetic milk compositions for optimal growth and development and prevention of obesity in male and female infant and children
Synthetic nutritional compositions for infants and young children up to the age of thirty-six months, particularly infant formulae and growing-up milks, vary according to gender and the age of the infant or young child. The compositions have been designed to ensure balanced growth and to prevent obesity in in-fancy and later in life. |
| US11357249B2 |
Synthetic milk compositions comprising n-6 eicosatrienoic acid and polar lipids for infants younger and older than three months for healthy establishment of cognitive function
The invention concerns synthetic nutritional formulations, particularly milk based compositions, for infants and children. The compositions are especially adapted to the age of the child, younger or older than three months. The invention further relates to administration of these compositions for promoting the healthy establishment of cognitive function in infant boys and girls and in young boys and girls up to the age of thirty-six months. |
| US11357245B2 |
Apparatus and method for preparing a food puree
Provided is an apparatus (100) for preparing a food puree comprising a chamber (102) for containing food ingredients and a steam supply (104) for supplying steam to the chamber for steaming the food ingredients. A liquid supply (106) supplies a liquid to the chamber and an agitator (108) purees the steamed food ingredients in the presence of the liquid to obtain the food puree. A user interface (110) permits user selection of a texture of the food puree. A controller determines a steam parameter and a liquid amount to be supplied by the liquid supply according to the user selection. The controller further controls the steam supply and the liquid supply according to the determined steam parameter and liquid amount. Further provided is a method for preparing the food puree. |
| US11357244B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for preparing a comestible meat product
The substrates, systems, and methods described herein relate to textured substrates for preparing a comestible meat product. Substrates and methods are described herein for controlling one or more of growth, adhesion, retention, and/or release of cells (e.g., of a cell sheet) on or from the surface of the substrate. A method of preparing a comestible meat product may include applying a plurality of non-human cells to at least one patterned texture substrate, growing the cells on the patterned texture substrate to form the comestible meat product, and separating the comestible meat product from the patterned texture substrate. The patterned texture allows for improved growth, adhesion, retention, and/or release of cells as compared to another surface not comprising the patterned texture. In some embodiments, the cell culture substrate surfaces include a plurality of regions corresponding to a plurality of patterned textures. |
| US11357242B2 |
Semi-moist food compositions that maintain soft texture
A soft semi-moist composition, for example semi-moist extruded kibbles, is formulated to substantially maintain softness through storage in a blend with dry food compositions. Softness is maintained by hindering formation of protein-starch complexes during storage. In an embodiment, the soft semi-moist food composition comprises at least 0.5% of a free amino acid, such as glutamate, and the soft semi-moist composition has a pH at which the free amino acid is charged. In some embodiments, hydrolyzed animal or vegetable substrates are included to provide one or more free amino acids that are charged at the pH of the semi-moist food composition and maintain softness of the semi-moist food composition. |
| US11357239B2 |
Compositions comprising cocoa butter
The invention relates to a composition comprising cocoa butter, said composition having an improved whiteness. Further, the invention relates to a composition comprising cocoa butter having improved whiteness and anhydrous milk fat having improved whiteness. |
| US11357237B2 |
Apparatus for processing and grading food articles and related methods
This disclosure relates to apparatuses and methods for processing and grading food articles. For example, provided herein is a system for grading a portioned food article, in which the system includes: a first conveyor; a first receiving conveyor and a second receiving conveyor, defining a space therebetween; at least one spray-removal robot; and a third receiving conveyor. The spray-removal robot may include at least one valve with a nozzle, in which the valve ejects fluid through the nozzle to impact a food article being moved on the first conveyor toward the third receiving conveyor, such that at least one portion of the food article is moved by the impact through the space between the first receiving conveyor and the second receiving conveyor, and such that at least one portion of the food article is moved by the first receiving conveyor and the second receiving conveyor to the third receiving conveyor. |
| US11357236B2 |
Machine for making rissoles
A machine for forming rissoles (2) has a hopper (3) for a food (4); a dispensing element (5) of at least a portion (6) of said food (4) taken from the hopper (3); a forming element (10) of each portion (6) having a shaped element (11) and a facing contrast element (12). The shaped element (11) includes a motor roller (13) provided with a pair of circumferential grooves (14) and the contrast element (12) includes a fixed guide (15) provided with two grooves (16) facing the recesses (14). Each recess (14) and each groove (16) form a channel (21) and internally have respectively a series of reliefs or notches (22) and a series of protrusions or cavities (23). The reliefs or notches (22) and the protrusions or cavities (23) interact with each portion (6) to help rototranslational movement thereof within the channel (21) to form a spherical shaped rissole (2). |
| US11357232B2 |
Methods of improving soil health, growth and vigor of perennial grass communities
This invention provides low-dose, low-concentration formulations of phytotoxic trace inorganic compounds for use in methods and systems for selectively and effectively controlling invasive plants. |
| US11357227B2 |
Frame and organ holder
A frame includes a ring-shaped body part locatable to surround the periphery of an organ, and at least one tube clamp part mounted on the body part. Each tube clamp part includes a tube holder that holds a tube. The tube clamp part is mounted so as to be movable in the circumferential direction of the body part. Thus, a tube connected to the organ can be fixed at an appropriate position to the tube clamp part. This stabilizes the relative positions of the organ and the tube. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the probability of the organ becoming damaged due to a strain on the organ. |
| US11357222B2 |
Tournament fishing measurement device and method
A fish measurement device including a hinged rigid bump board in combination with a slidably engageable cradle and a method for verification of fish measurement when using the device. The device having a QR tag used during the verification method authenticating fish size during a Catch, Photo, Release fishing tournament using a Tournament Management System. |
| US11357221B2 |
Oscillating fishing lure
The oscillating fishing lure is a fishing lure comprising a jig having a body with a longitudinal axis, an uppermost surface, a rearward surface, at least one hook, said first hook including a shank and a hook end, said shank being surrounded by and protruding rearwardly from said body, and said hook end being spaced rearwardly behind said rearward surface of said body along said longitudinal axis of said body; a blade having an edge proximal said jig body; and a joining mechanism placed between said body and said blade, wherein at least a first portion of the joining mechanism is mechanically affixed to said body and at least one other portion is mechanically coupled to said blade, whereby retrieval of the lure causes the blade to oscillate. The oscillating-blade action imparts a natural swimming motion to the lure, emulating prey species movements. |
| US11357218B2 |
Breeding system for crawling insects
The present invention relates to a breeding system for the breeding of crawling insects, comprising a drum, a shuffling device and a feeding device. The drum comprises at least one wall, defining a drum interior, to house the insects, and the shuffling device is arranged at least partially in the drum interior, to shuffle the insects. The feeding device id configured to feed nutrients into the drum interior. The system comprises a cooling device having a cooling fluid circuit that is, by means of a flow of coolant in the circuit, configured to withdraw heat from the drum interior. The invention further relates to a protein production system, for the on-site production of protein-rich insect larvae as animal feed, and to a method for the breeding of crawling insects, comprising the step of cooling the insects in the interior of the drum with a cooling device. |
| US11357216B2 |
Methods for promoting production of female embryos in eggs
The present invention relates to a method for promoting production of female embryos in fertilized eggs, comprising steps of: incubating said eggs; generating at least one type of energy with a predetermined energy profile; and simultaneously generating a pre-determined profile of a non-energy parameter by means of an energy generation device, applying both energy profile and the non-energy parameter to the eggs; and, collecting the eggs; wherein said method is non-toxic to the embryos, the application of both the energy profile and the non-energy parameter increases the fraction of females in the hatched chicks. |
| US11357214B2 |
Piezoelectric sensor assembly and integrated base
A base for supporting a piezoelectric sensor which includes a generally planar support frame having an opening and a housing mounted in the opening. The housing has an upper portion including a sensor and a lower portion including a biasing member in contact with the sensor. The sensor is biased by the biasing force of the biasing member against the upper portion of the housing, whereby the upper portion is in turn biased by the biasing force against a floor of a cage positioned on the upper side of the support frame. |
| US11357210B2 |
Feeding apparatus
A feeding apparatus, disposed in a detecting room having therein a target object, includes a fixing element, at least one target sensing unit, a rotating element, a driving module, and a control unit. The fixing element includes at least one lens disposed on a sidewall of the fixing element. The lens converges an infrared radiation in the detecting room onto the target sensing unit which then generates a position signal corresponding to the target object. The rotating element is disposed on one side of the fixing element. The rotating element includes a discharge channel. The driving module is connected to the rotating element. The control unit is coupled to the target sensing unit and the driving module to receive a position signal from the target sensing unit and control the driving module to drive the rotating element according to the position signal. |
| US11357209B2 |
Pet bed platform with air filtration system
A base platform with a plurality of platform legs mounted to said base platform for raising said base platform. A bedding tray is carried by said base platform with a plurality of tray legs mounted to said bedding tray raising said bedding tray above said base platform to define an air channel between said base platform and said bedding tray. A blower unit is carried by said base platform with an air duct disposed on a perimeter of said base platform receiving air from said blower unit. An air suction gap is disposed between said air duct and said bedding tray with at least one air discharge port disposed in said air duct directing air into said air channel underneath said bedding tray and drawing air downward through said air suction gap around said bedding tray. |
| US11357207B1 |
Tomato line FIR-XM18-4501
The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato line FIR-XM18-4501. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato line FIR-XM18-4501 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato line FIR-XM18-4501 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits. |
| US11357206B2 |
Soybean variety 01077974
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01077974. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01077974. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01077974 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01077974 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US11357205B2 |
Soybean variety 01083631
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01083631. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01083631. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01083631 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01083631 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US11357202B2 |
Soybean cultivar 92440084
A soybean cultivar designated 92440084 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 92440084, to the plants of soybean cultivar 92440084, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 92440084, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 92440084. 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 92440084. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 92440084, 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 92440084 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11357200B2 |
Soybean cultivar 92131600
A soybean cultivar designated 92131600 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 92131600, to the plants of soybean cultivar 92131600, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 92131600, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 92131600. 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 92131600. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 92131600, 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 92131600 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11357199B2 |
Soybean cultivar 94150027
A soybean cultivar designated 94150027 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 94150027, to the plants of soybean cultivar 94150027, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 94150027, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 94150027. 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 94150027. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 94150027, 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 94150027 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11357198B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH011088
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011088. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011088, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011088 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011088. |
| US11357197B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH011064
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011064. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011064, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011064 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011064. |
| US11357193B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH011101
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011101. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011101, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011101 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011101. |
| US11357190B2 |
Cucumber hybrid SVCN0656 and parents thereof
The invention provides seeds and plants of cucumber hybrid SVCN0656, cucumber inbred line API-M313306GY, and cucumber inbred line APD-M316-0902MO. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of cucumber hybrid SVCN0656, cucumber inbred line API-M313306GY, and cucumber inbred line APD-M316-0902MO and to methods for producing a cucumber plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a cucumber plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of cucumber hybrid SVCN0656, cucumber inbred line API-M313306GY, and cucumber inbred line APD-M316-0902MO comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits. |
| US11357188B2 |
Lettuce variety 79-858 RZ
The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-858 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-858 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-858 RZ. |
| US11357185B2 |
Polynucleotides and kits associated with soybean iron deficiency tolerance and methods of detection and breeding
Molecular markers useful for identifying, selecting, and/or providing soybean plants displaying tolerance, improved tolerance, or susceptibility to iron deficiency, methods of their use, and compositions having one or more marker loci are provided. Methods comprise detecting at least one marker locus, detecting a haplotype, and/or detecting a marker profile. Methods may further comprise crossing a selected soybean plant with a second soybean plant. Isolated polynucleotides, primers, probes, kits, systems, as well as soybean plants, seeds, and parts thereof are also provided. |
| US11357184B2 |
Method of combining fusarium resistance and pepper
Methods for combining fusarium resistance and peppers and the fusarium resistant peppers produced by the method are disclosed. The invention relates to the plants and seeds of fusarium resistant pepper plants and to methods for producing a fusarium resistant pepper plant by crossing the fusarium resistant pepper plant with itself or another cultivar. The invention also relates to methods for producing locus conversion plants and genetically modified plants of fusarium resistant pepper plants and to the plants produced by those methods. This invention also relates to fusarium resistant pepper cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from fusarium resistant pepper plants, to methods for producing other fusarium resistant pepper cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from fusarium resistant pepper plants and to the fusarium resistant pepper plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. |
| US11357183B2 |
Sustainable macroalgae production at large scale
Pelagic, surface floating, macroalga, Sargassum is harvested at large scale from a free-roaming farm floating freely on the ocean surface, monitored and tracked with GPS drifters and contained only by naturally occurring circular currents known as eddies or gyres, without aquaculture equipment. The farming technique occurs in open ocean through the utilization of system design and technology. Satellite imagery is interpreted to locate naturally occurring Sargassum aggregations or mats. Harvest vessel(s) travel to an identified mat, where only a portion of the natural mat is harvested as starter culture for a free-roaming farm. Cuttings are left behind to become new plants to restore the “mother mat” for no net loss of habitat and for migration for cohabitating organisms. The remainder of the biomass is transported to the identified free-roaming farm site which is in a suitable Eddie. GPS drifters are adhered with seedlings until the crop is ready for harvest. |
| US11357182B2 |
Sensor-based interruption of an irrigation controller
Some embodiments provide a system and method for interfacing with an irrigation controller based on rainfall, the system comprising: an interface unit including a housing and a control unit within the housing and configured to: cause an interruption of one or more watering schedules executed by the irrigation controller, which is separate from the interface unit, based on signaling received from a rain sensor including hygroscopic material, when a sensed expansion of the hygroscopic material is above a set rainfall accumulation threshold parameter, the rain sensor being separate from the interface unit and the hygroscopic material being configured to expand in response to being contacted by the rainfall and to contract in response to an absence of the rainfall; and remove the interruption after a completion of a predetermined interval of time after a sensed contraction of the hygroscopic material indicative of a rainfall stop. |
| US11357180B2 |
Monitoring and control of a movable tower in an irrigation system
Aspects of the technology described herein provide a system for improved control and monitoring of a movable tower in an irrigation system. A computer controller associated with a tower of an irrigation system receives an indication of parameter modification. The system is then able to change parameters at a component of the tower control system based on the received parameters. The system stores the current drive value at a station to control drive. If the stored drive value is above a threshold level, a drive signal is provided to a motor. The system is operable to selectively apply a drive signal at a tower. The system provides the ability to digitally modify a threshold that is used in a machine run-mode to operate the motor at a tower. |
| US11357177B2 |
Sod harvester hydraulic system for actuating components with precise timing
Sod harvesters can have hydraulic systems that are configured to actuate components with precise timing. The hydraulic system of a sod harvester can be configured to maintain the temperature of hydraulic fluid both during harvesting and while harvesting is paused to thereby eliminate or minimize the occurrence of periods of variation in the timing of actuation of the components that the hydraulic fluid drives. As a result, these components can be consistently actuated with precise timing even after harvesting has been paused. Additionally, such configurations can minimize the amount of time required to warm the hydraulic fluid to a steady operational temperature. |
| US11357176B1 |
Tree support with articulating leg
A tree support block that is easy to install and remove, for temporarily supporting a tree and does not impart damage to the tree. A plurality of one-piece molded support blocks which are designed to be strapped to the trunk of a tree encircling the trunk. A pivotal leg adapter allows for angularly adjustable positioning of each support leg thereby maximizing support configurations. Support stress is transferred from the adapter to the support base such that the entire support force is not borne concentrated at the pivot connection. |
| US11357175B2 |
Agile spectrum LED lighting fixture and control
Disclosed are various embodiments of an agile spectrum LED lighting fixture with a control. In one embodiment, a light emitting device includes a plurality of sets of light emitting diodes, wherein each set of the plurality of sets of light emitting diodes includes one or more light emitting diodes. The light emitting device further includes a control device for controlling a light intensity of each set of light emitting diodes of the plurality of sets of light emitting diodes. Each set of the plurality of sets is controlled by a driver, such that there are a plurality of drivers, at least one for each set of the plurality of sets. |
| US11357174B2 |
Seed starting tray
A seed starting tray including at least one cell defining a space, the at least one cell including a rigid upper portion defining an opening of the least one cell, and a flexible lower portion defining a base of the at least one cell, the flexible lower portion being transitionable between a first position in which the space defines a first volume and a first height and a second position in which the space defines a second volume and a second height, the first volume being greater than the second volume and the first height being greater than the second height. |
| US11357168B2 |
Towed implement that compensates for unbalanced loads caused by offset centre of gravity
A towed agricultural implement including a first headstock element for connection to a towing vehicle, a second headstock element supporting a chassis member provided with a plurality of working implements, a pivot pin for connecting the first headstock member and the second headstock member and defining a horizontal axis of rotation between the first headstock member and the second headstock member, in which the second headstock member has a lateral centre of gravity offset from the axis of rotation. A compensating structure is provided between the first headstock member and the second headstock member to offset the unbalanced loads caused by the lateral centre of gravity being offset from the axis of rotation. |
| US11357166B2 |
Autonomous lawn mower and a system for navigating thereof
A system and method for an autonomous lawn mower comprising a mower body having at least one motor arranged to drive a cutting blade and to propel the mower body on an operating surface via a wheel arrangement, wherein the mower body includes a navigation system arranged to assist a controller to control the operation of the mower body within a predefined operating area. |
| US11357165B2 |
Root crop harvester
A root crop harvester has a lifting device picking up a mixture of crop and admixtures. Screening belts downstream of the lifting device transport the mixture away from the lifting device. A feed belt feeds the mixture to a sorting zone where a separating device is arranged above the feed belt. A sorting belt is arranged downstream of the separating device that has first and second stripper belts circulating in a stripping direction and provided with stripper elements. The stripper elements act on the crop transverse to a feed direction and supply the crop to the sorting belt. The admixtures remain on the feed belt and are discharged in a guiding direction angled to the stripping direction. At least one of the stripper belts has a discharge section with an incline smaller than 55° relative to the stripper plane and has in sections a non-round contour and a constant incline. |
| US11357163B2 |
Control system for air seeder venting system
In one embodiment, an air seeder tower includes a valve with an actuator, and a closed loop feedback control with a sensor to control actuation of the valve to control air flow out of the air seeder vent tower. |
| US11357157B2 |
Method and arrangement for assisting control of forest work machine
The invention relates to a method and forest work machine (1) making use of it, by means of which the control of the forest work machine is assisted. In the forest work machine, a light source (2) is adapted, which may be directed to one or more different parts of the surroundings around it, forming the working area of the forest work machine. This is adapted to produce at least one specifically defined specified-form light pattern (3) on said working area. With such a light pattern, visual information content may be produced on the working area to support an operator of the forest work machine in their work. As content of such information, it is possible to define control measures for the forest work machine, performed in any working area or their restrictions. |
| US11357155B2 |
Agricultural implement
The present invention relates to an agricultural implement comprising a main frame supporting a plurality of ground engaging tools, the main frame being transferable between a first configuration, in which a first plurality of ground engaging tools are in a working position, and a second configuration, in which a second plurality of ground engaging tools are in a working position. A first depth wheel is connected to the main frame and capable of adjusting a working depth of the first plurality of ground engaging tools, when the main frame is in its first configuration. A second depth wheel connected to the main frame and capable of adjusting a working depth of the second plurality of ground engaging tools, when the main frame is in its second configuration. At least the first depth wheel is pivotable in such a way that the first depth wheel moves with respect to the second depth wheel. |
| US11357153B2 |
System and method for determining soil clod size using captured images of a field
In one aspect, a system for determining soil clod size as an implement is being towed across a field by a work vehicle may include an imaging device provided in operative association with the work vehicle or the implement such that the imaging device is configured to capture images of the field. Furthermore, the system may include a controller communicatively coupled to the imaging device. The controller may be configured to receive, from the imaging device, image data associated with an imaged portion of the field. Moreover, the controller may be configured analyze the received image data to identify at least one edge of a soil clod within the imaged portion of the field. Additionally, the controller may be configured to determine a size of the soil clod based on the identified at least one edge of the soil clod. |
| US11363751B2 |
Mounting order determination device, mounting order examination device, mounting order determination method, and mounting order examination method
A mounting order determination device for determining a mounting order of multiple electronic components prior to mounting work using a component mounting machine or a component mounting line, the mounting order determination device including a level setting section for setting level information, in which mounting order priorities are ranked, for each component type, the target of which being of at least one of a multilayer mounting component type group, including a component type of multiple electronic components having a possibility of being mounted in the up-down direction in layers, and a close-proximity mounting component type group. |
| US11363749B2 |
Semiautomatic machine for swaging connector pins
A machine that is used to automate the assembly of a circuit board assembly is provided. The machine includes a rotating indexer, at least one anvil holder, a punch, and an activation switch. The at least one anvil holder is carried by the rotating indexer and is configured to receive a connector pin. The anvil holder is rotatable relative to the punch, such that the at least one anvil holder may be aligned with the punch. A circuit board may be located about the connector pin, after which the activation switch may be activated to cause movement of the punch towards the anvil holder. When this occurs, the connector pin is compressed, which causes the connector pin to be secured to the circuit board. More specifically, a top section of the connector pin is compressed to form a top lip, where the circuit board is located between the top lip and a shoulder of the connector pin. |
| US11363740B2 |
Modularized water-cooling heat sink
A modularized water-cooling heat sink includes a cold discharge body, a water tank and a water pump. The water pump is connected with the water tank, and connected with the cold discharge body via an external cold head. The cold discharge body is provided with a first through hole in communication with outside, and the water pump is provided with a second through hole in communication with outside. The first through hole is located on the end of the cold discharge body away from the connection with the water pump. The water tank and the cold discharge body are detachably connected. The modularized water-cooling heat sink has such a modular structure design that it is assembled as simple as an integrated water-cooling heat sink, and that the heat dissipation effect thereof is as good as a split water-cooling heat sink. |
| US11363737B2 |
Data centre
A data centre comprises a plurality of sections assembled together to define a unitary structure such that there exists at least one personnel area that spans at least two sections; wherein the sections comprise a first section with which there is associated a first service-carrying chassis and a second section with which there is associated a second service-carrying chassis, each of the first and second service-carrying chassis comprising a frame onto which is mounted components of at least two different services; the first and second chassis are connected to each other by means of a junction between the first and second chassis; and the first and second sections each include a ceiling and the first service carrying chassis is mounted on the ceiling of the first section and the second service carrying chassis is mounted on the ceiling of the second section. |
| US11363735B2 |
Sealing assembly for electronic component and underwater booster
A sealing assembly for electronic components including a sealing seat and a sealing shell for mounting the electronic component. The sealing shell is received through an opening in the top of the sealing seat and into complementary mounting chamber. A left end of the sealing shell includes a first connection channel; a left end of the mounting chamber includes a second connection channel and a sealing gasket surrounding the second connection channel. A right end of the mounting chamber includes an elastic latch. After installing the sealing shell in the mounting chamber, the elastic latch laterally abuts the sealing shell's right end and is in a lateral compression position, and the first connection channel and the second connection channel are aligned and in sealing communication through the sealing gasket. The elastic latch includes a right backstop to prevent the sealing shell from being vertically detached from the mounting chamber. |
| US11363729B2 |
Protective enclosure for encasing an electronic device
A protective enclosure for an electronic device includes a first case portion that may be adapted to surround at least a portion of a top device portion and a second case portion that may be adapted to surround at least a portion of a bottom device portion. The protective enclosure may also include a first hinge member coupled to a portion of the first case portion and a portion of the second case portion, and the first hinge member may pivot about a first hinge axis that is coaxially aligned with or parallel to a device hinge axis. |
| US11363726B2 |
Circuit board with an embedded an electronic component and method for manufacturing the same
A circuit board includes a multilayer wiring board including a first wiring board and a second wiring board. A receiving cavity penetrates the second wiring board and corresponds to at least one connecting pad of the first wiring board. The receiving cavity includes a receiving portion penetrating the second wiring board and a plurality of recessed portions. Each recessed portion penetrates the second wiring board and is recessed from an inner wall defining the receiving portion. A width of each recessed portion gradually increases from a surface of the second wiring board facing the first wiring board toward a surface of the second wiring board facing away from the first wiring board. An electronic component is received in the receiving cavity and electrically connected to the at least one connecting pad. An adhesive fills in a gap between the electronic component and the second wiring board. |
| US11363723B2 |
Printed circuit board and method for producing a printed circuit board
A printed circuit board for an electric component contains an electrically insulating substrate which has a surface and at least one electrically conductive conductor track formed within the substrate. The surface of the substrate has a sealing region which is arranged and/or configured such that the sealing region is flat and/or the substrate has a homogenous substrate thickness in the sealing region. An overmolding which adjoins the sealing region is arranged on the surface of the substrate. |
| US11363720B2 |
System for manufacturing an electromechanical structure
A system for manufacturing an electromechanical structure includes first, second, and third entities. The first entity produces conductors on a planar, flat film. The second entity attaches electronic elements at locations on the film in relation to a three-dimensional shape of the film. The electronic elements include a number of surface mount technology components. The locations of the electronic elements are selected to omit substantial deformation during subsequent forming of the film into the three-dimensional shape. The third entity forms the film into the three-dimensional shape when the electronic elements are supported on the film. The third entity includes one or more machines that are continuously roll-fed, automatically in-precut-pieces-fed, computer numerical control, thermoforming, vacuum former, pressure forming, or blow molding. The first, second, and third entities are arranged relative to one another to manufacture the electromechanical structure. |
| US11363719B2 |
Wiring substrate and component built-in wiring substrate
A wiring substrate includes a core substrate, and a build-up part laminated on the substrate and including resin insulating layers. The insulating layers include a first insulating layer, the build-up part includes a conductor layer on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer and covering the conductor layer, and a recess penetrating through the second insulating layer and exposing portion of the conductor layer such that the conductor layer includes component mounting region that places an electronic component in the recess and a conductor pad forming bottom surface of the recess, the insulating layers include inorganic filler such that all insulating layers or all insulating layers other than the first insulating layer include the inorganic filler and that inorganic filler content rate of the first insulating layer is lower than inorganic filler content rate of the insulating layers other than the first insulating layer. |
| US11363718B2 |
Oscillator structure and electronic device including the same
An electronic device and oscillator structure are provided. The electronic device includes a printed circuit board, an oscillator configured to oscillate at a frequency corresponding to an operation clock of the electronic device, and a connection member disposed between the oscillator and the printed circuit board such that the oscillator is spaced apart from a surface of the printed circuit board to electrically connect the oscillator to the printed circuit board. The connection member includes a first pad part electrically connected to a terminal of the oscillator, a second pad part electrically connected to a pad of the printed circuit board, and at least one conductive pattern electrically connecting the first pad part and the second pad part. |
| US11363717B2 |
Inductor array and support
For circuit boards that may be used in computing devices, a horizontal inductor, or an array of such inductors, may be coupled to a circuit board having a plurality of signal routing lines in a second layer from a surface of the circuit board and the horizontal inductor is positioned over these signal routing lines and may generate magnetic field lines that directionally follow the signal routing lines. The horizontal inductor may have a coiled wire with a central axis that is oriented horizontally with the surface of the circuit board. The horizontal inductor, or an array of such inductors, may be coupled to a support board attached to the circuit board. |
| US11363715B2 |
Lighting device with intermediate contacts and method of manufacturing the same
A lighting device including a light-emitter including light emitting elements, and a support having a first surface that carries a wiring line electrically connecting element electrodes of the light emitting elements and a light emitting surface, and a substrate including a base substrate, a conductor formed on a first surface of the base substrate, an adhesive member formed on a second surface of the base substrate, and a through-hole penetrating the substrate. A space is formed between the substrate and the light-emitter to communicate with a bottomed hole formed in a location of the through-hole as a result of adhering an adhesive surface of the adhesive member to a surface of the light-emitter having the wiring line formed thereon. The wiring line is connected to the conductor via a filler filling the bottomed hole, and the space is located outside an opening of the bottomed hole. |
| US11363707B2 |
Polarization apparatus
A polarization apparatus includes a conductive carrier, a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma source, an electric net, a DBD power supply, and a DC power supply. The conductive carrier has a carrying surface which is configured to carry a work piece. The work piece includes a piezoelectric material film, and the conductive carrier is grounded. The DBD plasma source is disposed over the carrying surface and is configured to apply plasma toward the piezoelectric material film. The electric net is disposed between the carrying surface and the DBD plasma source. The DBD power supply includes a first electrode and a second electrode, in which the first electrode is electrically connected to the DBD plasma source, and the second electrode is grounded. The DC power supply includes a third electrode and a fourth electrode. The third electrode is electrically connected to the electric net, and the fourth electrode is grounded. |
| US11363705B2 |
Extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus, extreme ultraviolet light generation system, and electronic device manufacturing method
An extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus may include a chamber device, a concentrating mirror, a central gas supply port configured to supply gas along a focal line passing through a first focal point and a second focal point from the center side of the reflection surface, and a first peripheral gas supply port disposed at a peripheral portion of the reflection surface and configured to supply gas in a direction from the outer side of the reflection surface toward the inner side of the reflection surface. The first peripheral gas supply port may supply gas, when viewed along the focal line, in an inclined direction inclined to a tangential direction side of the peripheral portion at the peripheral portion where the first peripheral gas supply port is located with respect to a first straight line passing through the first peripheral gas supply port and the focal line. |
| US11363703B2 |
Method of associating wireless control devices
A first wireless control device may be associated with a second wireless control device in response to the movement of the first wireless control device in relation to the second wireless control device. The second control device may determine whether the signal strength of the wireless signals received from the first wireless control device has changed, and may associate the first wireless control device with the second wireless control device if the signal strength of the received wireless signals has changed. The second control device may be disassociated with the first control device by moving the first wireless control device in relation to the second wireless control device. The second control device may disassociate the first control device when the signal strength of subsequent wireless signals received from the first wireless control device has changed. |
| US11363699B2 |
Device for providing an action upon detecting an object in a space
The invention provides a device for providing an action upon detecting an object in a space, the device comprising a processor configured to: obtain sensor data recorded by a portable sensor associated with the object; determine a first movement pattern from said sensor data; obtain communication data comprising wireless communication signals exchanged between electronic devices of a wireless network within said space; determine a second movement pattern from said communication data; determine whether said first movement pattern matches with said second movement pattern, so as to detect the object in said space; and perform an action upon determining a match. |
| US11363698B2 |
Door hardware illumination device
This present invention relates to an illuminated source of light used for illuminating specific areas, such as door handles, door locks, door knobs and more. The source of light comprises an integrated light source, such as a plurality of LED lights, that can be turned ON manually or automatically based on motion detection of an approaching individual or object. Additionally, the source of light may be automatically turned OFF after a predetermined duration of time has elapsed in order to conserve battery life. The illuminated source of light offers a functional and decorative lighting solution for illuminating dark or dimly lit areas, such as dwelling entries. |
| US11363696B2 |
Over-temperature protection circuit of an LED driving power supply
The application relates to an over-temperature protection circuit of an LED driving power supply. The over-temperature protection circuit comprises a temperature detection circuit for sensing a temperature change; a switch control circuit connected to the output end of the temperature detection circuit and controlling the on-off of the circuit according to the output signal of the temperature detection circuit; a shunt circuit connected to an output end of the switch control circuit and shunting current when the switch control circuit is in an on state; a current detection circuit connected to an output end of the shunt circuit and changing a current detection signal according to an output current of the shunt circuit; the output end of the current detection circuit is connected with the feedback loop. The application has the advantages of low cost, stable performance, little environmental influence and high precision. |
| US11363695B2 |
Flashing lamp circuit
The specification discloses a flashing lamp circuit including (1) at least one LED, (2) a dual-BJT astable multivibrator, and (3) a BJT/MOSFET pair that functions as both (a) a switch between the multivibrator and the lamp and (b) a current regulator for the at least one LED. |
| US11363693B2 |
Power converter and control method thereof
A power converter can include: a rectifier circuit; a silicon controlled dimmer coupled between an AC input terminal and an input terminal of the rectifier circuit; and a bleeder circuit coupled to an output terminal of the rectifier circuit, and being configured to provide a bleeder current after the silicon controlled dimmer is turned off. A method of controlling a power converter, can include: generating a bleeder current flowing though output terminals of a rectifier circuit of the power converter after a silicon controlled dimmer is turned off; and where the silicon controlled dimmer coupled to the rectifier circuit receives an AC input voltage. |
| US11363692B2 |
Electrical appliance for connection to an AC supply and a control method
An electrical luminaire receives an AC supply as well as an auxiliary power supply. A power converter converts the AC power to supply a lighting element. A power factor associated with the AC supply is used as a control input for selecting an amount of power to be supplied from the two supplies. This enables the overall power factor to be controlled, for example to avoid financial penalties associated with the use of the AC supply with low power factor. |
| US11363682B2 |
Aerosol-generating system with puff detector
An aerosol-generating system includes a liquid-storage portion configured to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a control system. The second electrode is spaced from the first electrode. At least a portion of the liquid storage portion is arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. The control system is configured to measure an electrical quantity between the first electrode and the second electrode, and detect a draw on the aerosol-generating system based on the measured electrical quantity information. |
| US11363681B2 |
Cartridge and e-vaping device
A cartridge of an e-vaping device includes a housing extending in a longitudinal direction, a reservoir in the housing, a heater in the housing, and an absorbent material at least partially surrounding the sinusoidal shaped member. The reservoir is configured to store a pre-vapor formulation. The heater has a sinusoidal shaped member translating about an elliptical shape to define a channel there through. The absorbent material is in fluid communication with the reservoir. |
| US11363680B2 |
Plasma reactor and heating apparatus therefor
Disclosed are a plasma reactor and a heating apparatus therefor, wherein the heating apparatus comprises: a programmable power supply, a heater assembly, and a bandpass filter assembly, the heater assembly being configured for connecting with the programmable power supply via the bandpass filter assembly, the bandpass filter assembly including a plurality of bandpass filters, wherein the programmable power supply may input, based on match relationships between outputted AC heating powers and conduction frequencies of the bandpass filters BPF, an AC heating power to a matched heater unit to perform heating, thereby achieving zoned temperature control; the disclosures offer a simple circuit structure due to eliminating the need of switch elements, thereby offering a simple control manner. |
| US11363675B2 |
Mesh network system
A mesh network system adapted for a wireless access point includes multiple mesh network nodes, which are a root node, relay nodes, and leaf nodes. The root node is communicatively connected to the wireless access point. The relay nodes and the leaf nodes are configured to receive a downlink message having a downlink destination address. When one of the relay nodes that receives the downlink message determines that the downlink destination address fails to match its mesh network address, the relay node queries a routing table to find a next-hop node address directing to the downlink destination address and forwards the downlink message to the mesh network node corresponding to the next-hop node address. When one of the leaf nodes that receives the downlink message determines that the downlink destination address fails to match its mesh network address, the leaf node discards the downlink message. |
| US11363672B2 |
Wireless communication method, terminal device and network device
Provided in embodiments of the present application are a wireless communication method, a terminal device and a network device. The method includes that: a terminal device determines that a first message generated based on a first Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) has been successfully sent to a network device, the first message indicating the network device to switch the first PDCP to a second PDCP; and the terminal device sends a second message generated based on the second PDCP to the network device. According to the method, the terminal device and the network device, the network device can correctly parse messages sent by the terminal device. |
| US11363669B2 |
Conditional release of soft resources in an integrated access and backhaul network
In some aspects, a node may configure whether a set of soft time resources is to be conditionally released or unconditionally released. The set of soft time resources may be configurable in a schedulable state or a non-schedulable state. The set of soft time resources may be schedulable subject to at most a directionality constraint when unconditionally released and, when conditionally released, being schedulable subject to: the directionality constraint and one or more conditions other than the directionality constraint if the set of soft resources is configured subject to the directionality constraint, or at least one of the directionality constraint or the one or more conditions other than the directionality constraint if the set of soft resources is not configured subject to the directionality constraint. The node may transmit a configuration that indicates whether the set of soft time resources is conditionally released or unconditionally released in the schedulable state. |
| US11363666B2 |
Data transmission method and related device
Embodiments of this application disclose example data transmission methods and example devices. One example method includes receiving, by a first network device, resource configuration assistance information, where the resource configuration assistance information is used to indicate a communication pattern of user equipment. The first network device can then send dedicated resource configuration information to the user equipment based on the resource configuration assistance information, where the dedicated resource configuration information is used by the user equipment in a radio resource control (RRC) non-connected state to access the first network device, and where the RRC non-connected state is an RRC idle state or an RRC inactive state. The first network device can then perform data transmission with the user equipment by using the dedicated resource configuration information. |
| US11363665B2 |
Next generation to VoLTE fallback for voice calls
A network device receives, from a user equipment (UE), a Fifth Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) network attach request, wherein the 5G NR network attach request includes a Voice over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) network attach request. The network device initiates attachment procedures, in response to receipt of the 5G NR network attach request and the VoLTE network attach request, to attach the UE to the 5G NR network and to a VoLTE network, and initiates establishment of a connection between the 5G NR network and the UE. |
| US11363662B2 |
Method and apparatus for reporting a connection failure with a target network during handover in a wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a method for receiving packets by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method includes receiving a handover command including security information; establishing a connection with a second network; based on detecting a connection failure with the second network, deriving a security key for a first network based on the security information; performing a PDCP re-establishment for one or more radio bearers of the first network based on the security key for the first network; and reporting, to the first network, the connection failure with the second network. |
| US11363659B2 |
Network node and method therein for configuring PDCP for a wireless device
A wireless device is configured for wirelessly communicating with one or more types of Radio Access Networks (RANs) providing control-plane connectivity to one or both of a first type of core network and a second type of core network. The device configures a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) at the device, e.g., at least for initial control-plane signaling, in dependence on whether the device is connected, or connecting, to the first type or the second type of core network. In at least one embodiment, the device configures PDCP for the second type of core network as a default choice, when control-plane connectivity to the second core network is available. In an example arrangement, the RAN types are LTE and 5G New Radio (NR), and the core network types are Evolved Packet Core (EPC) and 5G New Generation Core Network (NGCN). |
| US11363658B2 |
Wireless communication method and terminal device
Implementations of the present disclosure provide a wireless communication method and a terminal device. In the case that a duplicate transmission of a first bearer is deactivated, a terminal device can determine an RLC entity of the split transmission. The wireless communication method includes: in the case that a duplicate transmission of a first bearer is deactivated, a terminal device determines, according to cell groups corresponding to a primary RLC entity and a secondary RLC entity in at least three RLC entities configured for the first bearer, an RLC entity that transmits a PDCP PDU, and/or a terminal device determines, according to cell groups corresponding to a primary RLC entity and a secondary RLC entity in at least three RLC entities configured for the first bearer, an MAC entity that maps the data amount of a PDCP to be transmitted. |
| US11363651B2 |
Information processing apparatus, terminal apparatus, information processing method and program
An object of the preset invention is to prevent unnecessary wireless connection from being established and to improve security. An information processing apparatus includes: a notifying unit that notifies a plurality of services which the information processing apparatus provides; a receiving unit that receives a connection request in which one service among the plurality of services is designated, from a terminal apparatus; and a controlling unit that when allowing the connection request, establishes a connection with the terminal apparatus, based on a communication method of wireless communication concerning the connection request and the designated service, and when not allowing the connection request, does not establish the connection with the terminal apparatus. |
| US11363646B2 |
Communication apparatus and communication method
[Object] To provide a communication apparatus and a communication method which are capable of suppressing a decrease in communication efficiency in UL communication of a random access scheme.[Solution] Provided is a communication apparatus, including a communication unit configured to transmit a trigger frame including sub area information in which a sub area is specified from a resource area including wireless communication resources selectable as uplink resources and receive a response frame to the trigger frame. Provided is a communication apparatus, including a communication unit configured to receive a trigger frame including sub area information in which a sub area is specified from a resource area including wireless communication resources selectable as uplink resources and transmit a response frame to the trigger frame. |
| US11363639B2 |
Random access method and device, user equipment and base station
A random access method for user equipment, includes: when initiating random access, acquiring a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) resource for multi-preamble transmission from a presently associated downlink beam, wherein the PRACH resource is to indicate a multi-preamble transmission opportunity; starting preamble transmission from a time-frequency resource position in the present multi-preamble transmission opportunity, and when transmission of all preambles is ended, starting monitoring a random access response (RAR) receiving window; and if an RAR is received in the RAR receiving window, determining a sending beam that the RAR corresponds to, sending a message MSG3 to a base station through the sending beam, and waiting to receive a message MSG4 returned by the base station. |
| US11363634B2 |
Spatial listen before talk by precoded request to send and clear to send via whitening
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A first wireless device may receive a clear to send signal based precoded based at least in part on a receive filter at a second wireless device. The first wireless device may calculate a transmit precoder based at least in part on the clear to send signal. For example, the first wireless device may calculate a whitening filter and a second filter based at least in part on the clear to send signal. The first wireless device may transmit a request to send signal precoded by the transmit precoder to initiate communications with a third wireless device without significantly interfering with ongoing communications at the second wireless device. |
| US11363631B2 |
Dynamic start for transmission on unlicensed spectrum
A radio access node or wireless device performs LBT on a channel and dynamically determines a transmission starting point on the channel, based on whether the LBT succeeds before or after a slot boundary between a slot n and a previous slot n−1. In response to determining that the LBT succeeds before the slot boundary, a transmission scheduled for the slot n is extended to start earlier, in the previous slot n−1. Otherwise, in response to determining that the LBT succeeds after the slot boundary, either a transmission scheduled for a next slot n+1 is extended to start earlier, in the slot n, or a transmission scheduled for the a second mini-slot of the slot n is extended to start earlier, in a first mini-slot of the slot n. |
| US11363622B2 |
Control apparatus, to-be-controlled device, control system, control method, method for controlling to-be-controlled device, program for control apparatus, and program for to-be-controlled device
In order to realize a control apparatus capable of stably controlling a to-be-controlled device, a to-be-controlled device, a control system, a control method, a method for controlling a to-be-controlled device, a program for a control apparatus, and a program for a to-be-controlled device, a control apparatus according to the present invention is provided with: a transmission means for transmitting a control signal at a prescribed transmission interval to a to-be-controlled device that sends out a reply signal upon receipt of the control signal; a reception means for receiving the reply signal; and a control means for calculating a communication delay time from the difference between a transmission time of the control signal and a reception time of the reply signal, and then changing the prescribed transmission interval such that the sum of the prescribed transmission interval and the communication delay time satisfies a prescribed condition. |
| US11363621B2 |
Method and device for dynamically adjusting a number of resource elements in uplink control information
The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station for wireless communication. A UE first receives a first signaling and a first downlink signaling, and transmits a first radio signal. Herein, the first signaling comprises scheduling information of the first radio signal, the scheduling information includes at least one of a time domain resource occupied, a frequency domain resource occupied, a MCS, a HARQ process number, a RV or a NDI; the first radio signal comprises M first type sub-signal(s) and a second type sub-signal, the M first type sub-signal(s) carries(carry) M first type bit block(s) respectively. The above method can dynamically adjust the number of REs occupied by uplink control information on an uplink physical layer data channel so as to control the transmission reliability of the uplink control information in a flexible manner. |
| US11363617B2 |
Method and device for beam reporting
A method and device for beam reporting are provided. The method includes: using, by a terminal device, reference signal resources in a configured first set for channel measurement for a beam and reference signal resources in a configured second set for interference measurement for the beam; wherein the reference signal resources in the first set are associated by ordering with the reference signal resources in the second set; and calculating and reporting, by the terminal device, SINR, based on results of the channel measurement and the interference measurement. |
| US11363609B2 |
Methods, apparatus and systems for preempting uplink transmission resource in a wireless communication
Methods, apparatus and systems for preempting uplink transmission resource in a wireless communication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication device is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving indication information, wherein the indication information indicates that a first resource region is at least partially preempted; and cancelling or stopping or puncturing an uplink transmission based on the indication information. |
| US11363605B2 |
Communication system
A communication system is described in which machine-type communication devices having a reduced bandwidth can be allocated physical uplink control channel resources that fall within that reduced bandwidth whilst other, legacy, devices can continue to use physical uplink control channel resources that do not fall within that reduced bandwidth. |
| US11363595B2 |
Apparatus and method for wireless communication
A wireless communication apparatus which can simultaneously conduct communication on at least two frequency channels is described. The apparatus includes a communication unit which refers to a connection management table to determine a communication system which can be used by a wireless communication terminal using an identifier of the wireless communication terminal, and conducts communication with the wireless communication terminal on a second frequency channel using the communication system, when a request from the wireless communication terminal to change the first frequency channel to the second frequency channel is permitted. |
| US11363590B2 |
Method for deriving cell quality and device supporting the same
Provided are a method for deriving cell quality and a device supporting the method. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the method includes: measuring a first reference signal (RS) group transmitted in a first measurement window; deriving a first cell quality of a cell for the first measurement window, based on M best RSs of the first RS group; measuring a second RS group transmitted in a second measurement window; and deriving a second cell quality of the cell for the second measurement window, when the second RS group includes N RSs among the M best RSs of the first RS group. |
| US11363589B2 |
Collision mitigation for directional response in millimeter wave wireless local area network system
A method, apparatus, and system for beamforming training using a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU). A WTRU may receive an indication of a number of space time slots (STSs) from an access point (AP) within a beacon frame during a beamforming training allocation. The WTRU may send a response signal to the AP in a specific STS based on a function of the number of STSs. The WTRU may receive an acknowledgement (ACK) from the AP confirming the response was received. Alternatively, the AP may send a signal indicating that a collision occurred and alter the number of STSs, and the WTRU may try again in the next beamforming training allocation. |
| US11363587B2 |
Information transmission method and device
Provided are an information transmission method and device. The method includes that a base station configures, in multiplexing downlink control information (DCI), instruction information for instructing a user equipment (UE) that includes different types to act; and the base station sends the multiplexing DCI to the UE. The multiplexing DCI is DCI that multiplexes DCI of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and the multiplexing DCI is the DCI of the PDSCH in response to being scrambled by a preset radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) and is paging DCI in response to being scrambled by a paging radio network temporary identifier (P-RNTI), where the preset RNTI is an RNTI excluding the P-RNTI. Instruction information is set in multiplexing DCI to instruct a UE that includes different types to act to switch a paging mechanism. |
| US11363585B2 |
Method and apparatus for obtaining downlink channel information
A method and an apparatus for obtaining downlink channel information are provided. The method includes, at least, receiving a first pilot signal sent by user equipment by using N first antenna ports, and determining, based on the received first pilot signal, a downlink channel gain matrix corresponding to the N first antenna ports, determining, based on the downlink channel gain matrix corresponding to the N first antenna ports, a first weight matrix corresponding to the N first antenna ports, and sending a second pilot signal to the user equipment. The method further includes receiving a precoding matrix indicator PMI fed back by the user equipment, determining a second weight matrix based on the PMI, and determining, based on the first weight matrix and the second weight matrix, downlink channel information that corresponds to the N first antenna ports and that corresponds to the M second antenna ports. |
| US11363584B2 |
Transport block size configuration
A wireless communication device determines a base value for a transport block size, determines a scaling factor for the transport block size, applies the scaling factor to the base value to determine the transport block size, and receives information from a radio access node according to the determined transport block size. |
| US11363582B2 |
Key provisioning for broadcast control channel protection in a wireless network
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may communicate with a base station in a wireless communications system. The base station may transmit signaling to the UE over a broadcast channel. The base station may transmit control signaling to the UE that indicates a broadcast root key. The UE may identify the broadcast root key for a wireless network corresponding to the base station. The base station may transmit an encrypted broadcast transmission. The UE may receive the encrypted broadcast transmission from the base station, and the UE may decrypt the encrypted broadcast transmission to obtain broadcast information based on a cell-specific key derived from the broadcast root key. |
| US11363581B2 |
Resource allocation determination method, resource allocation indication method, user equipment and network device
A resource allocation determination method, a resource allocation indication method, a UE and a network device are provided. The resource allocation determination method applied for the UE includes: determining the quantity N of bits of a resource allocation indication field in DCI; determining a BWP where a data channel is located based on the DCI; and determining resource allocation for the data channel in the BWP where the data channel is located based on information about the resource allocation indication field in the DCI. |
| US11363580B2 |
On the usage of control resources for data transmission
A method, apparatus, and computer program product modifying the usage of control resources for data transmission by focusing on reducing overhead of the control channel in order to maximize the spectral efficiency by configuring physical resources into two parts for an allocation into control information for the first part, and data for both the first part and the second part or data for only the second part. Data allocation in the first part based is derived based on the data allocation in the second part and the control information allocation in the first part. The number of control symbols within a subframe or transmission time interval is minimized on the downlink control signaling, used mainly for downlink and uplink grant signaling, and for the uplink HARQ ACK/NACK feedback. Where overhead is not the only problem, usage of two symbols is proposed due to the limitations of radio frequency beamforming. |
| US11363579B2 |
Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, and communication method
A terminal apparatus includes a transmitter configured to transmit a UCI payload with CRC bits by using a PUCCH, wherein a size of the CRC bits added to the UCI payload is a first size, and a number of PRBs of a resource of the PUCCH is given based on a second size of the CRC bits. |
| US11363569B2 |
Logical channel mapping with packet duplication
A wireless device receives one or more messages comprising: a parameter indicating that uplink duplication is configured for a bearer corresponding to a first logical channel and a second logical channel; first mapping restrictions of the first logical channel to at least one first cell; and second mapping restrictions of the second logical channel to at least one second cell. A control element indicating activation or deactivation of duplication for the bearer is received. If the control element indicates activation of the duplication, the first mapping restrictions are applied to the first logical channel and the second mapping restrictions are applied to the second logical channel. If the control element indicates deactivation of the duplication, the first mapping restrictions are lifted from the first logical channel and the second mapping restrictions are lifted from the second logical channel. |
| US11363567B2 |
Wireless access point assistance to wireless user devices for wireless communication network selection
A wireless User Equipment (UE) selects wireless communication networks. The wireless UE wirelessly receives and processes a broadcast block that comprises a cell identifier for a wireless access point, wireless communication network identifiers, and network selection information that individually characterizes the wireless communication networks. The wireless UE selects wireless communication networks based on the network selection information in the broadcast block that individually characterizes the wireless communication networks. The wireless UE wirelessly exchanges attachment signaling with a wireless access point that indicates the selected wireless communication network. The wireless UE wirelessly exchanges user data with the wireless access point over the selected wireless communication network. |
| US11363566B2 |
Detecting the number of transmit antennas in a base station
Data is scrambled at a transmitter according to one of a number of predetermined scrambling sequences which are associated with a particular one of a number of predetermined transmit antenna diversity schemes (i.e., a specific number of transmit antenna ports). Received data is decoded using one or more of the known transmit antenna diversity schemes and the scrambled data is descrambled according to a corresponding descrambling sequence (related to the scrambling sequence). Based on the descrambled data, the receiver determines which transmit antenna diversity scheme (i.e., the number of antenna ports) is used by the transmitter. In one specific embodiment, CRC parity data is scrambled in the transmitter and the receiver descrambles the recovered CRC parity data according to a descrambling sequence, computes CRC parity data from the received data, and compares the descrambled CRC parity data to the newly computed CRC parity data. |
| US11363564B2 |
Paging in a wireless network
A network node determines a paging occasion of a user equipment (UE). In response to a received paging message, the network node transmits on a control channel in the determined paging occasion a signal including an indication of shared channel resources. The signal may be derived from a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI). |
| US11363561B2 |
Method and apparatus for reporting information by terminal, and computer storage medium
The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for reporting information by a terminal, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: sending, by the terminal, a first message to a RAN entity, the first message including a first identifier and UE related information, so as to send a second message to a UPF entity through the RAN entity, the second message including the first identifier and the UE related information, and to send the UE related information to an SMF entity through the UPF entity after identifying the first identifier in the second message through the UPF entity, and then to send the UE related information to a PCF entity through the SMF entity. |
| US11363555B2 |
Immediate authorization for high-power customer premises equipment in citizens broadband radio service systems
In a Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) system, high-power customer premises equipment (HP-CPE) transmits a registration request to a spectrum access system (SAS), which determines a CPE device type for the HP-CPE and transmits a positive registration response to the HP-CPE. The HP-CPE transmits a grant request to the SAS, which transmits a positive grant response to the HP-CPE. The HP-CPE transmits a heartbeat request to the SAS, which relies on the CPE device type to approve the heartbeat request without relying on a corresponding Coordinated Periodic Activity among SASs (CPAS) process, and transmits a positive heartbeat response to the HP-CPE. In one method, the SAS determines the CPE device type using a database that maps FCC model numbers to device types. In another method, the registration request contains a field with the CPE device type. Both methods enable immediate HP-CPE authorization without the delay of a CPAS process. |
| US11363549B2 |
Frame formats for distributed MIMO
Disclosed herein are related to systems and methods for a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication. In one aspect, during a first time period, a master access point transmits, to a slave access point, information for a joint transmission by the master access point and the slave access point. In one aspect, the slave access point estimates synchronization information for the joint transmission, according to the information for the joint transmission. In one aspect, during a second time period after the first time period, the master access point transmits a portion of a null data packet to a station device. In one aspect, during the second time period, the slave access point transmits the portion of the null data packet to the station device, based on the synchronization information for the joint transmission. In one aspect, the station device determines steering information for the MIMO communication, according to the null data packet. |
| US11363545B2 |
Wireless communication system, base-station and user-side-device
A wireless communication system has at least one user-side-device and a base-station. The at least one user-side-device and the base-station are configured to communicate with each other via a satellite applying a timing-advance-value (TA) for synchronizing an uplink of the communication. The base-station is configured to provide the at least one user-side-device with a satellite-connecting-signal concerning an uplink towards the satellite, the satellite-connecting-signal providing configuration information in order to establish and adjust the uplink to the satellite. The at least one user-side-device is configured to perform an adjustment of the timing-advance-value for a pre-compensation of at least one synchronization offset of an uplink in case the at least one user-side-device receives the satellite-connecting-signal, the satellite-connecting-signal including a granting-signal indicating the user-side-device the allowance to adjust the timing-advance-value. Responsive to the granting-signal, the at least one user-side-device is configured to automatically adjust the timing-advance-value for an unlimited time or for a certain period of time, until the at least one user-side-device receives a new TA adjustment configuration. |
| US11363539B1 |
Adaptive power control for mobile ad-hoc networks
Systems and methods to accomplish a power control system in a MANET are described herein. To reduce detectability of the MANET, the controller 310 can reduce transmit power at individual links while operating the link's modulation and coding data rate and data queue backlog at levels that are sufficient to meet the user's offered load. |
| US11363535B2 |
Method and device for controlling uplink power
The present application provides a method and a device for controlling uplink power. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, uplink power control information transmitted by a network device; determining, by the terminal device, according to the uplink power control information, a target power control parameter corresponding to a target transmission mode, where the target transmission mode is a target uplink multiple access mode, or a target uplink beam, or a target uplink precoding scheme, or a target transmission scheduling scheme; and determining, by the terminal device, according to the target power control parameter, target transmitting power for transmitting a target uplink signal using the target transmission mode. The method and the device for controlling uplink power provided in the present application can flexibly adjust the uplink transmitting power to meet the requirements of different transmission modes, and are suitable for a communication system supporting multiple transmission modes. |
| US11363533B2 |
Method and apparatus for selective vehicular power-preserving cellular band enablement
A system includes a processor configured to determine that a vehicle is in a predefined power-preservation state. The processor is also configured to determine a lowest transmit-power available cellular band for vehicle telematics services, responsive to the power-preservation state. The processor is further configured to disable all bands other than the lowest-power available band and use the lowest-power available band for vehicle communication as long as the power-preservation state persists. |
| US11363532B2 |
Downlink event allocation in a network
Techniques for allocating event offsets within a period of transmission are described. A mains-powered device (MPD) may act as a “parent” to one or more battery-powered devices (BPDs). The MPD may assign “event offsets” to each BPD. The event offset is a time by which the BPD's timeslot is “offset” from the start of a periodic cycle of transmissions by the MPD. Thus, each event offset indicates a time that the BPD must be “awake,” i.e., operating its radio receiver and/or performing other functionality. A BPD may spend a substantial fraction of its time in a “sleep” mode, wherein less power is used and fewer functions are performed than during a period of that BPD's event offset. Another BPD may have a different event offset. Communications by the MPD with each child BPD may be substantially uniformly distributed over the period. To increase efficiency, groups of BPDs may receive multicasts. |
| US11363531B2 |
Encoding and decoding data in communication frames of a communications protocol
The disclosed apparatus and methods can be used to provide an energy efficient Internet of Things (IoT) communication method that can be deployed on a city-wide scale using existing infrastructure and that can target individual sensors or devices. An example apparatus is a decoder including an energy detector and a processor. The energy detector is configured to detect average subframe energy levels of a plurality of subframes during reception of at least one frame of data defined by a first communications protocol (e.g., Long-Term Evolution (LTE)). The average subframe energy levels of the plurality of subframes form a pattern of relatively higher and lower energy levels. The processor is configured to interpret, according to a second communications protocol, the pattern of energy levels to decode a block of data represented by the pattern of energy levels. Another embodiment is a method producing index modulation signals of the second communications protocol. |
| US11363527B2 |
Adjusting power states of access points
Example implementations relate to adjusting power states of access points based on a power model. A non-transitory computer readable medium may store instructions executable by a processing resource to: in response to a client device being associated with an access point (AP) of a group of APs, determine: a first degree of performance being provided to the client device via a first radio of the AP of a group of APs; and a second degree of performance to be provided to the client device via a second radio of the group of APs, if the client device is provided a network connectivity via the second radio; determine, based on the first degree of performance and the second degree of performance, a subset of the group of APs whose power state is adjustable to a different power state; and adjust a power state of the subset of the group of APs. |
| US11363523B2 |
Method and apparatus for handling cell selection and re-selection in MR-DC system
Disclosed is a method for handling cell selection in a multiple radio access technology dual connectivity (MR-DC) system, including scanning, by a user equipment (UE), at least one frequency, identifying, by the UE, a first cell supporting an MR-DC based on the scanned at least one frequency, and camping, by the UE, to the identified first cell. |
| US11363521B2 |
Collision avoidance adaptation for autonomous transmission systems
A method in a wireless device (110) comprises obtaining (104) information related to a signal transmission configuration for autonomous uplink transmission by the wireless device, the information comprising: a set of pre-allocated resources for use by the wireless device in performing autonomous uplink transmission on at least one secondary cell established between the wireless device and a network node (115), and a periodicity associated with the set of pre-allocated resources. The method comprises performing (1008) autonomous uplink transmission according to the obtained information related to the signal transmission configuration. |
| US11363520B2 |
Relay discovery in a wireless network
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a relay may identify an operator, of a wireless network, that provides service on a first frequency band, and may transmit, to a user equipment and using a second frequency band associated with the relay, a communication that includes information associated with the operator of the wireless network and information indicating that the relay is capable of providing a layer 1 relay function, associated with the first frequency band, to the user equipment. In some aspects, the first frequency band and the second frequency band are on different frequencies. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US11363518B2 |
High efficiency signaling
This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for high efficiency (HE) beacons. HE supported access points (APs) and stations (STAs) may operate on resource deployments used for Wi-Fi technology and without support for legacy devices, also referred to as a greenfield deployment. An AP may identify updated capability information and transmit a HE physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) including a beacon frame. A STA may receive, from the AP, the HE or EHT PPDU and identify an indication of change to a content or format of the beacon frame relative to a reference beacon frame. Based on the identified indication, the STA may then determine an updated content or format for the beacon frame and process the beacon frame or skip processing for one or more portions of the beacon frame. |
| US11363517B1 |
Policy node grouping for efficient network operation
Policy node grouping provides efficient network operation by improving the speed and reliability of policy node traffic. Disclosed solutions include: receiving, at a proxy-call session control function (P-CSCF), from a user equipment (UE), a data traffic session request; based on at least the data traffic session request and group policy criteria, selecting a policy node group from among a plurality of policy node groups, the plurality of policy node groups each comprising policy node peers grouped by a service type; based on at least the selected policy node group, determining a selected policy node; based on at least the selected policy node and the data traffic session request, establishing a data traffic session for the UE; and based on at least meeting policy node failover criteria and a failover latency timer, performing an inter-group or intra-group failover according to the group policy criteria. |
| US11363512B2 |
Content distribution in a multi-network environment
A wireless network environment includes communication management hardware, a wireless base station, a core network, and multiple remote networks. The communication management hardware monitors traffic associated with first radio access technology and second radio access technology supported by the wireless base station. The monitored traffic is conveyed through a core network such as from the wireless base station to the remote networks or from the remote networks to the wireless base station. The controller produces control information to convey the traffic through the core network between the wireless base station and multiple remote networks. Based on the control information, the communication management hardware controls conveyance of the monitored traffic through the core network depending on whether the traffic is associated with first radio access technology or second radio access technology. |
| US11363510B2 |
Method of bandwidth part switching in unpaired spectrum, user equipment and network device
A method of BWP switching in unpaired spectrum, a UE and a network device are provided. The method of BWP switching in unpaired spectrum includes: when first DCI for scheduling a PDSCH is not detected, resetting a timer in accordance with detected second DCI for scheduling a PUSCH; and when a reset timer is expired, switching a current BWP to a default BWP. |
| US11363508B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle, controller, and management device
An unmanned aerial vehicle uses a calculation unit to calculate a distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and a controller, uses a search unit to search for an available moving body communication line when the distance exceeds a predetermined threshold in a case where the unmanned aerial vehicle and the controller are directly communicating with each other, and uses a communication continuation processing unit to perform predetermined processing for continuing the communication depending on a search result. The unmanned aerial vehicle, the controller, and the management device may be linked to a block-chain network by communication via the block-chain network in association with processing. |
| US11363507B2 |
Mobile communication system, SGW, terminal communication method and control method
A bearer management device that performs control to reliably receive an incoming packet call that is made while a mobile terminal device is moving is provided. A bearer management device (10) includes an incoming call control unit (11) that, in the case where a mobility management device (30) manages a location of a mobile terminal device (40) as a result of movement of the mobile terminal device (40) whose location has been managed by a mobility management device (20), suspends processing of an incoming call to the mobile terminal device (40) made during movement of the mobile terminal device (40) until receiving a notification about completion of movement of the mobile terminal device (40) from the mobility management device (30), and resumes incoming call processing to the mobile terminal device (40) after receiving a notification about completion of movement of the mobile terminal device (40) from the mobility management device (30). |
| US11363496B2 |
Intermediate networking devices
A wireless communication device comprising: one or more network modems enabling the wireless communication device to communicate over a first wireless network; one or more network modems enabling the wireless communication device to communicate with two or more end-point devices over a second wireless network; one or more processors configured to execute one or more instructions; and memory coupled to the one or more processors and configured to provide the one or more processors with the one or more instructions. The one or more instructions, when executed by the processors, cause processors to: establish a first connection between the wireless communication device and a first end-point device; establish a second connection between the wireless communication device and a second end-point device; apply a first control to traffic transmitted by or to the first end-point device; and apply a second control to traffic transmitted by or to the second end-point device. |
| US11363495B1 |
Use of per-connection spectral efficiency as basis for dynamic control of air-interface communication with dual-connected device
A method and system for controlling data split of a dual-connected user equipment device (UE) when the UE has at least two co-existing air-interface connections including a first air-interface connection with a first access node and a second air-interface connection with a second access node. An example method includes (i) comparing a level of spectral efficiency of the first air-interface connection with a level of spectral efficiency of the second air-interface connection, (ii) based at least on the comparing, establishing a split ratio that defines a distribution of data flow of the UE between at least the first air-interface connection and the second air-interface connection, and (iii) based on the establishing, causing the established split ratio to be applied. Further the method could include using the comparison as a basis to set one of the UE's air-interface connections as the UE's primary uplink path. |
| US11363494B2 |
Method and apparatus for session offloading, device and storage medium
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for session offloading, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes following steps: a primary base station determines a session aggregation maximum bit rate (AMBR) of an offloaded session at a secondary base station; and the primary base station sends the session AMBR at the secondary base station to the secondary base station. |
| US11363487B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for quality of service flow relocation handling
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for quality of service (QoS) flow relocation handling are provided. One method includes configuring an alteration rule that alters how packets from a relocated QoS flow are handled on an old bearer when a mapping rule update to a new bearer is provided. The method also includes providing, to at least one user equipment, the mapping rule update to the new bearer. |
| US11363481B1 |
Measuring and using dispersion for user mobility analytics to improve management of cellular systems
The disclosed technology teaches dispersion analysis of individual UE devices, measuring the span of cellular locations in a 5G network over which the bulk of a user's data, voice minutes and text messaging usage take place. Dispersion analysis also measures the span of cellular locations over which the bulk of a user's transactions and failed transactions take place, providing insights into camping behavior on specific cellular locations and hot spot formation. The technology disclosed includes new collection and filtering of location data to pinpoint cellular communication challenges encountered by users as well as system improvement and remediation opportunities. Additionally, this technology enables reporting of the detected behavior and related hot spots formation analysis with identifiers of UE mobile devices involved. The technology also applies to 3G 4G and future mobile networks and can be utilized for a group of UE devices selected for analysis, by device, geography, or affinity. |
| US11363479B2 |
Method and device for people counting
Disclosed are a people counting device and a method for counting the number of people capable of executing built-in artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and/or machine learning algorithms to count the number of people and communicating with user terminals and servers in a 5G communication environment. The method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure can include collecting, by a first collector, probe request packets for a predetermined time from a user terminal transmitting the probe request packets to confirm the existence of an access point, measuring, by a measurer, the density of the probe request packets and generating density data, and estimating, by a estimator, the number of people using a people counting learning model pre-trained to count people according to the density of the probe request packets based on the density data generated by collecting the probe request packets from the user terminal. |
| US11363477B2 |
Techniques in measurement gap configurations in new radio (NR)
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for beam management techniques in New Radio (NR) Standalone (SA) applications. Various embodiments describe how to configure one or more measurement gaps in an NR SA network so that a UE may apply the same or different measurement gaps while operating with various technologies or services in various frequency ranges. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US11363473B2 |
Systems and methods for adaptive SRS transmit antenna selection
Systems and methods for selectively enabling antenna selection at a wireless device for uplink sounding reference signal transmission in a Time Division Duplexing (TDD) wireless communication system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a network node comprises making a determination as to whether to enable or disable antenna selection at a wireless device for transmission of uplink sounding reference signals based on: an estimated speed of movement of the wireless device; both the estimated speed and a Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) for one or more downlink channels to the wireless device; or the estimated speed, the SINR for the one or more downlink channels, and a rank used for downlink transmission to the wireless device. The method further comprises sending, to the wireless device, an indication that indicates whether the wireless device is to enable or disable antenna selection. |
| US11363469B2 |
Methods and apparatus for codebook switching with dynamic coverage in a communication system
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. One method may inlcude a base station or other device estimating an intended coverage area of all possible communication devices that are to be serviced by the base station or other device. The base station or other device may dynamically optimize at least one transmission metric such as a codebook, in response to a change in the coverage area. Another method may include a base station estimating a dynamic coverage area of a set of all possible user equipments or devices to be serviced, and dynamically optimizing a codebook structure in response to a change in the coverage area. Another method may include the base station determining a use-case of the set of all possible user equipments to be serviced by the base station, and hard-coding a metric corresponding to the use case. |
| US11363458B2 |
Communication apparatus and method for controlling the same
A communication apparatus automatically starts operating in a direct wireless communication mode in conjunction with a user's logging in to the communication apparatus. |
| US11363457B2 |
System and method for providing a secure VLAN within a wireless network
Methods, systems and computer readable media for secure VLAN within a wireless network are described. |
| US11363446B2 |
Profile generation method, profile acquisition method, and related device and storage medium
If a first SIM card in a terminal device has been registered with a first service provider, when needs to subscribe to a second service provider for registration, the terminal device sends a subscription indication and a subscription identity to a second service provider server. The second service provider server acquires service registration information from a first service provider server according to the subscription indication and the subscription identity, generates a second profile for accessing a second service provider network based on the service registration information which is used by the first SIM card to access a first service provider network. The second profile is generated based on existing service registration information, so the terminal device subscribes to the second service provider for registration. After performing subscription for registration once, no need to submit an identity for verification again, user operations are simplified and user experience is improved. |
| US11363444B2 |
Local traffic offload function with overloaded S5 and SGI interface
A system and method is disclosed for allowing a Third-Party (TP) User Equipment (UE) to use a base station/access point (BS/AP), such as a 4G eNodeB (eNB) or a 5G gNodeB (gNB) of a private network, such as an enterprise network to access components of a network core, such as an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) in the TP network while also having access to features provided by or through components of an EPC within the private network. |
| US11363441B2 |
Facilitating mobility as a service in fifth generation (5G) or other advanced networks
Facilitating mobility as a service in advanced networks (e.g., 5G, 6G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a method can comprise evaluating, by a system comprising a processor, a group of characteristics of a device. The method also can comprise enabling, by the system, a mobility management function as a mobility microservice. Further, the method can comprise activating, by the system, microservices of a group of microservices, comprising the mobility microservice, based on the group of characteristics of the device. |
| US11363434B1 |
Inter-vehicle communication
A tool for inter-vehicle communication. The tool determines whether contextual data and journey information for a user justifies a notification. Responsive to a determination that the contextual data and the journey information justifies the notification, the tool generates the notification. The tool generates a trust score for the notification. The tool determines one or more vehicles located within a pre-defined proximity of the user. The tool transmits the notification and the trust score to the one or more vehicles located within the pre-defined proximity of the user. |
| US11363428B2 |
System and method for providing vehicular communication in an advanced wireless network
A method for providing vehicular communication in an advanced wireless communication system, which includes instant feedback to enable synchronized cooperative driving, is provided. The method comprises: identifying, at a first V2X-UE, one or more second V2X-UEs in proximity to the first V2X-UE; transmitting, from the first V2X-UE- and to the one or more second V2X-UEs, control channel information identifying a portion of a data pool allocated for V2X intention data; transmitting, from the first V2X-UE and to the one or more second V2X-UEs and on the identified portion of the data pool, V2X intention data; and receiving, at a first V2X-UE- and on a reserved feedback channel, confirmation of receipt of the V2X intention data from a V2X-UE of the one or more second V2X-UEs. |
| US11363426B1 |
Systems and methods for verifying reliability of sensor data received from mobile devices
Method and system for verifying a reliability of sensor data received from a mobile device of a user are disclosed. For example, the method includes receiving first sensor data collected and/or generated by one or more sensors of the mobile device from an application installed on a mobile device of a user at a first time, receiving second sensor data collected and/or generated by the one or more sensors of the mobile device from the application at a second time, determining whether the mobile device is in a vehicle that the user is driving during a time interval based at least upon the first sensor data and the second sensor data, and in response to the mobile device not being in the vehicle that the user is driving during the time interval, transmitting a notification to the mobile device indicating that the application does not work properly. |
| US11363424B2 |
Location-based resource management
In various embodiments, the predicted location of a user within an institutional space is associated with a node at or near that location, and a virtual desktop is prepared before a user has actually logged on and authenticated. Although users are not accorded access to applications and sensitive data until they have properly authenticated themselves, the virtual desktop and associated data are assembled and retrieved in the background in order to eliminate delay following log-on. |
| US11363416B2 |
System and method for WiFi-based indoor localization via unsupervised domain adaptation
A location-aware electronic device is provided. The electronic device trains feature extraction layers, reconstruction layers, and classification layers. The training may be based on a reconstruction loss and/or a clustering loss. The electronic device processes a fingerprint to obtain an augmented fingerprint using randomization based on statistics of the fingerprint. The feature extraction layers provide feature data to both the reconstruction layers and the classification layers. The classification layers operate on the codes to obtain an estimated location label. An application processor operates on the estimated location label to provide a location-aware application result to a person. |
| US11363415B2 |
Sensor-based location determination and dynamic routing
Systems and methods are disclosed for location determination and dynamic routing. In one implementation, a first request corresponding to a first location identifier is received. The first request is assigned based on a location of a first device. A second location identifier is received in conjunction with a fulfillment of the first request and based on a perception of one or more access points by one or more sensors of the first device. The second location identifier is associated with the first location identifier. A second request corresponding to the first location identifier is received. The second request is assigned to the second device with respect to the second location identifier based on input(s) originating from sensor(s) of a second device and an association, with respect to the fulfillment of the first request, of the second location identifier with the first location identifier. |
| US11363408B1 |
Quantifying mobility of mobile devices via a privacy preserving mobility metric
Embodiments of the invention generate metrics quantifying the mobility of a mobile device without persisting information related to the device's specific location at any given time. Specifically, at multiple intervals, a value of a mobility metric is computed based on the distance between the current location of the mobile device and a previously identified origin location of the mobile device. |
| US11363404B2 |
System and method for generating a recommendation on a mobile device
A system and a method generate a recommendation on a mobile device. The system and the method may use a time, a location, a venue and/or an event to generate the recommendation. Further, the system and the method may use an event database to determine current interests of the user. Still further, the system and the method for generating a recommendation on a mobile device may use a transactional history of the user and/or behavior of other users to generate the recommendation. The system and the method may recommend, for example, digital media, news and event information, editorial content and/or physical or digital merchandise. As a result, the system and the method may generate a recommendation that corresponds to the current interests of the user. |
| US11363402B2 |
Method for providing a spatialized soundfield
A signal processing system and method for delivering spatialized sound by optimizing sound waveforms from a sparse array of speakers to the ears of a user. The system can provide listening areas within a room or space, to provide spatialization sounds to create a 3D audio effect. In a binaural mode, a binary speaker array provides targeted beams aimed towards a user's ears. |
| US11363399B2 |
System and method for complementary audio output
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sound system, the sound system comprising: a first loudspeaker, comprising at least one first speaker element, a second loudspeaker, comprising at least one second speaker element, wherein the first and second loudspeaker have at least partially overlapping frequency ranges, and the first speaker is configured to produce a response within at least one first operating band defined within the frequency range of the first speaker, and the second speaker is configured to produce a response within at least one second operating band defined within the frequency range of the second speaker, and the first and second operating bands do not overlap, and wherein the overall response of the sound system at a first location is comprised of the response within the first operating band and the response within the second operating band. |
| US11363398B2 |
Metadata-preserved audio object clustering
Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to audio object clustering. A method for metadata-preserved audio object clustering is disclosed. The method comprises classifying a plurality of audio objects into a number of categories based on information to be preserved in metadata associated with the plurality of audio objects. The method further comprises assigning a predetermined number of clusters to the categories and allocating an audio object in each of the categories to at least one of the clusters according to the assigning. Corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed. |
| US11363395B1 |
Miniature folded transducer
A piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) transducer that can operate as a microphone (e.g., contact microphone) or a speaker is presented herein. The piezoelectric MEMS transducer includes a substrate, a proof mass and folded displacement sensing structures. Each folded displacement sensing structure comprises a continuous beam, a first piezoelectric stress sensor coupled to a first portion of the continuous beam, and a second piezoelectric stress sensor coupled to a second portion of the continuous beam. The first portion of the continuous beam is coupled to a respective portion of the proof mass, and the second portion of the continuous beam is coupled to a respective portion of the substrate. The first and second portions of the continuous beam come together at an acute angle. The first and second piezoelectric stress sensors output stress information responsive to a stress induced in the continuous beam by displacement of the proof mass. |
| US11363392B2 |
Systems and methods for suppressing sound leakage
A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing. |
| US11363389B2 |
Hearing device comprising a beamformer filtering unit for reducing feedback
A hearing device comprises an ITE-part adapted for being located at or in an ear canal of the user comprising a housing comprising a seal towards walls or the ear canal, the ITE part comprising at least two microphones located outside the seal and facing the environment, and at least one microphone located inside the seal and facing the ear drum. The hearing device may comprise a beamformer filter connected to said at least three microphones comprising a first beamformer for spatial filtering said sound in the environment based on input signals from said at least two microphones facing the environment, and a second beamformer for spatial filtering sound reflected from the ear drum based on said at least one electric input signal from said at least one microphone facing the ear drum and at least one of said input signals from said at least two microphones facing the environment. |
| US11363388B2 |
Audio amplification electronic device with independent pitch and bass response adjustment
Techniques used to selectively amplify audio signals are described in connection with audio amplification devices, such as hearing aids. A device and its operation are described to facilitate setting low and high tone/volume controls separately, using at least two selection mechanisms. In one aspect, a first selection mechanism includes a pitch frequency control rocker switch and the second selection mechanism includes a bass frequency control rocker switch disposed separately. In one aspect, the bass frequency control rocker switch causes a processor to bias the frequency response of the sound amplifier for frequencies below 1 kHz. In another aspect, the pitch frequency control rocker switch causes a processor to bias the frequency response of the hearing for frequencies above 1 kHz. In another aspect, the selection mechanism involves the separate attenuation of treble and bass adjustments in response to a user selection of a rocker switch setting for each adjustment. |
| US11363387B2 |
Transducer system with configurable acoustic overload point
A MEMS transducer system has a transducer configured to convert a received signal into an output signal for forwarding by a transducer output port, and an integrated circuit having an IC input in communication with the transducer output port. The IC input is configured to receive an IC input signal produced as a function of the output signal. The system also has a dividing element coupled between the IC input and the transducer output port. The dividing element is configured to selectively attenuate one or more signals into the IC input to at least in part produce the IC input signal. Other implementations may couple a feedback loop to the ground of the transducer (similar to bootstrapping), or pick off voltages at specific portions of the transducer. |
| US11363386B1 |
System for converting vibration to voice frequency wirelessly
The present application discloses a system for converting vibration to voice frequency wirelessly and a method thereof. By sensing a first vibration variation data and a voice frequency variation data of a vocal vibration part in a first sensing period, a voice frequency reference data is obtained from the voice frequency variation data and the first vibration result. A second vibration result is obtained at a second sensing period for converting to a voice frequency output signal, and the voice frequency output signal is used to output as a voice signal corresponding to the voice frequency various result. Thus, the present application provides a voice signal close to a human voice. |
| US11363382B2 |
Methods and user interfaces for audio synchronization
The present disclosure generally relates to audio synchronization. An example method includes, at a first device with a communication device: performing an audio timing synchronization process that includes: transmitting, via the communication device, to a second device, a request for the second device to participate in the audio timing synchronization process; subsequent to transmitting the request to the second device, causing an output of an audio tone; subsequent to causing the output of the audio tone, receiving data from the second device based on the audio tone; and adjusting an audio timing synchronization setting of a third device based at least in part on the data received from the second device. |
| US11363377B2 |
Audio processing
An audio processing method comprises: for each given input digital audio signal of a set of two or more input digital audio signals, detecting a correlation between the given input digital audio signal and others of the input digital audio signals; generating a gain adjustment for application to the given input digital audio signal in dependence upon the detected correlation; applying the gain adjustment to the given input digital audio signal to generate a respective gain-adjusted input digital audio signal; and combining the set of gain-adjusted input digital audio signals to generate an output digital audio signal. |
| US11363371B1 |
Electronic device
An electronic device includes a main body, a sound guiding tube, a microphone assembly and an adjustment cavity. The device body includes a wall plate. The sound guiding tube is formed on the wall plate of the main body and includes an input end, a first output end and a second output end, and the input end is in communication with the external environment. The microphone assembly is arranged on the main body and in communication with the first output end of the sound guiding tube, and the microphone assembly is acoustically connected to the external environment. The adjustment cavity is arranged in the main body and in communication with the second output end of the sound guiding tube, and the adjustment cavity is acoustically connected to the external environment. |
| US11363365B2 |
Loudspeaker apparatus
The present disclosure discloses a loudspeaker apparatus. The loudspeaker apparatus may include a circuit housing, an ear hook, a rear hook, a loudspeaker component, and a magnetic connector. The circuit housing may be configured to accommodate a control circuit or a battery component. The ear hook may be connected to one end of the circuit housing and at least partially covered by a first protective housing. The rear hook connected to another end of the circuit housing and at least partially covered by a second protective housing. The magnetic connector may be configured to absorb a charging interface of an external power source to establish an electrical connection so as to charge the loudspeaker apparatus. |
| US11363363B2 |
Wireless earphone
A housing has a bud portion abutting an elongated stem portion. The bud portion is to fit within an ear. The bud portion has a primary sound outlet at its far end that is to be inserted into an outer ear canal, and abuts the stem portion at its near end. A speaker driver is inside the bud portion. Electronic circuitry inside the housing includes a wireless communications interface to receive audio content over-the-air and in response provides an audio signal to the speaker driver. A rechargeable battery as a power source for the electronic circuitry is located inside a cavity of the stem portion. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. |
| US11363362B2 |
Speaker device
The present disclosure relates to a speaker device including a circuit housing, an ear hook, a rear hook, and a speaker assembly. The speaker assembly may include a headphone core and a housing for accommodating the headphone core, the housing may include a housing panel facing a human body and a housing back opposite to the housing panel, and the headphone core may cause the housing panel and the housing back to vibrate. An absolute value of a difference between a first phase of a vibration of the housing panel and a second phase of a vibration of the housing back may be less than 60 degrees when a frequency of each of the vibration of the housing panel and the vibration of the housing back is between 2000 Hz and 3000 Hz. |
| US11363360B2 |
Acoustic reflector and acoustic electronics device
An acoustic reflector and an acoustic electronics device are disclosed. The acoustic reflector is for being used inside an enclosure of an acoustic electronics device, which is made of thermal conductive material and functions as a heat sink. The acoustic electronics device comprises such an acoustic reflector. |
| US11363359B2 |
Range extender device
This document describes techniques and systems that enable a range extender device. The techniques and systems include a user device that includes a housing with an audio sensor, a heat sink assembly, a circuit board assembly, and a speaker assembly positioned within the housing. The housing includes a top housing member connected to a bottom housing member. The top housing member includes a concave-down top-end portion connected to a generally-cylindrical vertical wall via rounded corners. The heat sink assembly includes a heat sink and one or more antennas positioned proximate to an inner surface of the vertical wall. The circuit board assembly is positioned within the housing and proximate to the heat sink assembly, and the speaker assembly is positioned within the housing and connected to the circuit board assembly. Also, a light ring assembly is connected to a bottom exterior surface of the bottom housing member. |
| US11363355B2 |
System and method for obtaining vehicle telematics data
A sensor tag which in use will be affixed to a vehicle for obtaining vehicle telematics data includes a battery for powering the tag and a processor running executable code to process accelerometer data. An accelerometer measures the acceleration of the tag and thereby of the vehicle, and also controls the operation of the processor. A memory is used for storing a unique tag identifier of the tag and for storing trip data including information about trips and acceleration data. Finally, a communication module is used for short range wireless communication with a mobile communications device located in the vehicle via a short range wireless communications protocol, the communication module transmitting the tag's unique identifier and a sequence of time stamped acceleration data. The mobile communications device obtains GPS data, combines this with the acceleration date and transmits this to a server for analysis. |
| US11363354B2 |
Prioritized call sessions
A local network call handling device is configured to establish multiple concurrent call sessions between local network end devices and an external network. When a prioritized end device attempts to establish a call session, the call handling device may initially determine if a first call session identifier is available. If so, the call session can be established using that first identifier. If the first identifier is in use for a call session of another end device, the call handling device may either use a different call session identifier for the prioritized end device session or may drop a pre-existing call session to free an identifier for use in connection with the prioritized end device. |
| US11363352B2 |
Video content relationship mapping
A method and system for digital video content mapping includes receiving and parsing digital video content. Content tokens are defined for tagging content in the digital video content. A cognitive analysis is used to identify content tokens and tag content tokens in the digital video content. A relationship map is created between related tagged content tokens between instances of digital video content using a cognitive analysis. The relationship map indicates the strength of a relationship between the tagged plurality of content tokens and thereby the plurality of instances of digital video content. |
| US11363348B2 |
Managing lifecycles of television gadgets and applications
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes identifying metadata related to television programming. The method further includes sending search requests that include the identified metadata to a search system for selecting at least one portable program module. The method further includes in response to a first one of the search requests, receiving first search results from the search system that identify the selected portable program module and outputting a representation of the selected portable program module to a display device for presentation concurrently with the television programming. The method further includes in response to a second one of the search requests, receiving second search results from the search system that no longer identify the selected portable program module and ceasing the output of the representation of the selected portable program module. |
| US11363342B2 |
Systems and methods of displaying content
A device for enabling content selection is configured to display a program guide that presents a plurality of icon groupings. Each icon grouping corresponds to one of a plurality of sub-categories within a category of media content. An icon in an icon grouping representing a media content item within a sub-category of the plurality of sub-categories. The device is further configured to receive a first input indicative of a selection of the icon grouping and based on the received first input, update the programming guide to present the icon grouping for selection. The updating of the program guide includes changing a manner in which the icons of the icon grouping are organized within the icon grouping. The device is further configured to perform an operation associated with the icon from the icon grouping based on a second input indicative of a selection of the icon. |
| US11363336B2 |
Disparate live media output stream playout and broadcast distribution
A stream playout and distribution system and method for disparate live media output stream playout and broadcast distribution are provided. The system generates a plurality of disparate live media output stream manifests, which comprises at least one of an index of a plurality of pre-encoded media assets or a plurality of live input streams, based on playout schedule and content viewing demographics. The system further generates a new version of at least one disparate live media output stream manifest based on insertion of a segment of at least one of a pre-encoded media asset or a live input stream into the disparate live media output stream manifest. Each segment corresponds to a different quality level and a different content encryption mode. The system further retrieves one or more broadcast content segments encoded in first encoding format of the new version, and converts retrieved broadcast content segments to second encoding format. |
| US11363328B2 |
Display apparatus and method of controlling the same
The disclosure is to provide a display apparatus capable of increasing user convenience by outputting a screen and a sound under predetermined conditions when outputting a split screen, and a method of controlling the display apparatus. The display apparatus of the disclosure includes a speaker; a display; and in response to input of an output command for outputting the plurality of contents to the plurality of regions of the display, a controller configured to output image signals of a plurality of contents to a plurality of regions, and to output sound signals of the plurality of contents to the speaker. Sizes of the plurality of regions and an output intensity of the sound signal corresponding to the plurality of contents are configured to be determined based on priority information predetermined based on the plurality of contents. |
| US11363319B2 |
Systems and methods for immersing spectators in sporting event and evaluating spectator-participant performance
Systems and methods enable sporting event spectators to do more than just observe an online or live contest with the spectators' engagement being limited to group messaging with other spectators (and possibly also the game stars/participants) during an event. The present invention provides a new level of participation for spectators. Spectators can play the game alongside their favorite athlete/star and a computer system evaluates how the participants perform compared to the athlete. The system can monitor several participants and rank their performance against performance of actual athletes to determine which participants made similar moves, took similar actions, or took action that may be deemed superior to action taken by actual athletes. From the collected data top performers can be acknowledge/awarded. The data can also be useful to identify rising stars from the pool of participants, and new athletes worthy of participants in future competitions cane identified. |
| US11363315B2 |
Video object tagging based on machine learning
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system obtains a sample of a content stream directed to a user device, identifies a type of the content stream, and selects a model for recognizing objects appearing in the content stream. The system analyzes the content stream in accordance with the model to recognize the object, generates a label for the object, and associates the label with the object in the content stream. The system also delivers the content stream for presentation at the user device; the label is delivered in-line with respect to the content stream and is generated in real time with respect to the presentation. The method further includes training the model in accordance with a machine learning procedure; the model is refined based on the analyzing of the content stream. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US11363311B2 |
Video production systems and methods
Live video streams are produced using a network server system. The network server system initially receives, via a network, one or more captured video streams that are live streams captured from a remotely-located camera, phone or the like. The captured streams are forwarded to a control device via the network to thereby permit a user of the control device to select one of the captured video streams for output to the video production stream. In response to a command received from the control device that indicates the selected capture stream, the selected capture video streams is encoded for output as the video production stream. |
| US11363308B2 |
Coding of a spatial sampling of a two-dimensional information signal using sub-division
Coding schemes for coding a spatially sampled information signal using sub-division and coding schemes for coding a sub-division or a multitree structure are described, wherein representative embodiments relate to picture and/or video coding applications. |
| US11363291B2 |
Decoder side motion vector derivation
A method for processing a video includes performing a conversion between a current block of visual media data and a corresponding coded representation of the visual media data, wherein the conversion of the current block includes determining whether a use of one or both of a bi-directional optical flow (BIO) technique or a decoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR) technique to the current block is enabled or disabled, and wherein the determining the use of the BIO technique or the DMVR technique is based on a cost criterion associated with the current block. |
| US11363290B2 |
Block size restrictions for DMVR
Methods of enabling and disabling a decoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR) video decoder and/or encoder are described. One example method includes determining a width (W) and a height (H) of a video block, making a determination, based on a condition of the video block, between enabling and disabling a decoder side motion vector refinement step for a conversion between the video block and a coded representation of the video block, in a case that the determination is enabling, performing the conversion by enabling the decoder side motion vector refinement step; and in a case that the determination is disabling, performing the conversion by disabling the decoder side motion vector refinement step, wherein the decoder side motion vector refinement step includes refining value of a motion vector signaled in the coded representation and using the refined value during the conversion. |
| US11363283B2 |
Rules for intra-picture prediction modes when wavefront parallel processing is enabled
Various innovations facilitate the use of intra-picture prediction modes such as palette prediction mode, intra block copy mode, intra line copy mode and intra string copy mode by an encoder or decoder when wavefront parallel processing (“WPP”) is enabled. For example, for a palette coding/decoding mode, an encoder or decoder predicts a palette for an initial unit in a current WPP row of a picture using previous palette data from a previous unit in a previous WPP row of the picture. Or, as another example, for an intra copy mode (e.g., intra block copy mode, intra string copy mode, intra line copy mode), an encoder enforces one or more constraints attributable to the WPP, or a decoder receives and decodes encoded data that satisfies one or more constraints attributable to WPP. |
| US11363280B2 |
Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding image signal
A method for decoding an image signal according to the present invention may comprise the steps of: obtaining a first prediction sample of a current block by performing inter prediction on the current block; determining one or more weight prediction parameter candidates for the current block; determining a weight prediction parameter of the current block from the one or more weight prediction parameter candidates; and obtaining a second prediction sample of the current block by applying the weight prediction parameter to the first prediction sample. Herein, a number of the one or more weight prediction parameter candidates is variably determined based on a size of the current block. |
| US11363278B2 |
Methods and apparatuses of encoding/decoding intra prediction mode using candidate intra prediction modes
A method and an apparatus of encoding/decoding intra prediction mode using a plurality of candidate intra prediction modes are disclosed. The method includes deriving three candidate intra prediction modes about a current block and deriving an intra prediction mode of the current block. |
| US11363273B2 |
Chroma coding mode determination based on matrix-based intra prediction
Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which includes matrix-based intra prediction methods for video coding, are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video processing includes performing a first determination that a luma video block of a video is coded using a matrix based intra prediction (MIP) mode in which a prediction block of the luma video block is determined by performing, on previously coded samples of the video, a boundary downsampling operation, followed by a matrix vector multiplication operation, and selectively followed by an upsampling operation, performing, based on the first determination, a second determination about a chroma intra mode to be used for a chroma video block associated with the luma video block, and performing, based on the second determination, a conversion between the chroma video block and a bitstream representation of the chroma video block. |
| US11363270B2 |
Decoding method, encoding method, and transfer device for coding efficiency
An encoding device includes a deriving unit and an encoding unit. The deriving unit is configured to derive a first reference value based on fixed point precision representing roughness of a weighting factor that is used for multiplying a reference image. The encoding unit is configured to encode a first difference value that is a difference value between the weighting factor and the first reference value and the fixed point precision. The weighting factor is included in a first range of predetermined bit precision having the first reference value at approximate center. The first difference value is in the predetermined range. |
| US11363263B2 |
Data coding method and apparatus, terminal device, and computer-readable storage medium
A data coding method includes determining a length of a current first bit-rate-control-unit data frame in to-be-transmitted data, and the length of the first bit-rate-control-unit data frame is less than or equal to a length of a group of pictures (GOP) data frame. The method also includes determining a first target bit rate of the first bit-rate-control-unit data frame according to the length of the first bit-rate-control-unit data frame, a target bit rate of the to-be-transmitted data, and a frame rate of the to-be-transmitted data and, when a first difference value between a real bit rate of a second bit-rate-control-unit data frame and a second target bit rate of the second bit-rate-control-unit data frame is greater than zero, adjusting the first target bit rate according to the first difference value, and coding the first bit-rate-control-unit data frame according to the adjusted first target bit rate. |
| US11363258B2 |
Temporal motion data candidate derivation in video coding
A method for derivation of a temporal motion data (TMD) candidate for a prediction unit (PU) in video encoding or video decoding is provided. The derived TMD candidate is for inclusion in an inter-prediction candidate list for the PU. The method includes determining a primary TMD position relative to a co-located PU in a co-located largest coding unit (LCU), wherein the co-located PU is a block in a reference picture having a same size, shape, and coordinates as the PU, and selecting at least some motion data of a secondary TMD position as the TMD candidate when the primary TMD position is in a bottom neighboring LCU or in a bottom right neighboring LCU of the co-located LCU, wherein the secondary TMD position is determined relative to the co-located PU. |
| US11363247B2 |
Motion smoothing in a distributed system
Described herein are motion smoothing techniques for a display, or display system, such as a head-mounted display (HMD), to account for motion of moving or animating objects in a way that mitigates judder. The display system may be separate from, yet communicatively coupled to, a host computer where a graphics-based application, such as a video game, is outputting frames for rendering on the display system. The host computer may generate motion vectors representing compressed pixel data for transmission to the display system. The motion vectors can be used by the display system to modify pixel data of a frame. The modified pixel data for the frame is “motion-smoothed” for rendering on the display system in a manner that mitigates judder of moving or animating objects. |
| US11363245B2 |
Image processing device, image processing method, and image processing program
To provide an image processing device, an image processing method, and an image processing program capable of performing image processing beneficial for producing an image having high visibility without giving a sense of incongruity to a user such as a doctor. An image processing device is provided, the image processing device being provided with a weighting determination unit and a brightness calculation unit, wherein: when a region made up of a plurality of pixels, which is at least one portion of an input image input to the image processing device, is defined as a noted region, and this input image, either originally or as a result of an operation after being input, is an image expressed in an RGB color space, that is, each pixel is made up of an R component configuring red, a G component configuring green, and a B component configuring blue, and these are collectively defined as RGB components. |
| US11363244B2 |
Methods, systems, and media for image white balance adjustment
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for image white balance adjustment. The systems may perform the methods to obtain a target image; determine a first lighting condition of the target image when the target image is captured; determine, based on the first lighting condition of the target image, a white balance gain of the target image; and adjust, based on the white balance gain, white balance of the target image. |
| US11363243B2 |
Laser arrays
Disclosed herein are a plurality of laser sources forming an element. Multiple laser elements are arranged in a pattern to form an array. Each laser element of the array is independently addressable, such that video and other content can be projected from the array. |
| US11363237B1 |
System and method for notifying others when a person is on a conference
A system for alerting individuals when a user is a participant of a conference call is provided. The system has a software application downloadable to a one user device associated with a user, wherein the a user device comprises an audio or video interface that allows the user to participate on a conference call, and wherein the software application is configured to detect if the user is on the conference call, a communication interface, and a cue in communication with the software application via the communication interface, wherein the cue is configured to receive an input from software application when the user is on the conference call, and in response, trigger the cue so that the individual is alerted that the user is on a conference call. |
| US11363236B1 |
Projection-type video conference system
The embodiments of the disclosure provide a projection-type video conference system, which includes a video conference device and a cloud service system. The cloud service system is configured to provide services to the video conference device. The video conference device includes: a camera assembly configured to acquire image information of a conference scene and generate a conference video; an audio input assembly configured to collect voice signals of the conference scene, the voice signals including a recognizable voice instruction; a projection assembly configured to display the conference video. The video conference device can recognize the voice instruction, and perform, according to the voice instruction, an operation corresponding thereto. The video conference device may be controlled through voice, and it has high integration and is convenient to carry. |
| US11363232B2 |
System and circuit for display power state control
A system and circuit for television power state control are disclosed. In one embodiment, a power management circuit communicatively controls television or set-top box components including a signal processing circuitry, a screen, and a visual indicator. The power management circuit selectively alternates the television between three states: powered ON/operating state (first state); power standby state (second state); and no/low power state (third state). Utilized with a television in a commercial or residential application, the system and circuit are employed to provide accelerated turn-on time to receive an image for user interaction, while providing sufficient control to maintain energy power savings. |
| US11363225B2 |
Image sensor
It is an object of the present technology to provide an image sensor capable of reducing crosstalk in an AD conversion unit. The image sensor includes: capacitors in an even-numbered column region; and a capacitor in an odd-numbered column region disposed facing the capacitors in the even-numbered column region with different areas. |
| US11363223B2 |
Pixel circuit for an ultra-low power image sensor
A pixel circuit for a ultra-low power image sensor, including: an integration node, on which a photodiode current is integrated, a comparator arranged to compare a voltage at the integration node with a reference voltage, a n+1 bits digital memory, a writing pulse signal generator arranged to generate a writing pulse signal, on the basis of the comparator output voltage and on the voltage at a memory node, the start of the pulse triggering the writing of the digital word in the n-bits digital memory part. The comparator includes a switch in series with a current source and arranged to be commanded by the voltage at the memory node so that the switch is open at the end of the pulse, so as to drastically limit the consumption of static power of the pixel circuit during the integration phase. |
| US11363219B2 |
Information processing apparatus, image sensor, image capturing apparatus, and information processing method
An information processing apparatus comprises: a correction unit that sequentially inputs count values of a plurality of pixels from an image sensor and corrects the input count values, the image sensor having the plurality of pixels each of which has a sensor that outputs a pulse signal in response to an incident of a photon and a counter that counts the number of pulse signals. In a case where a count value reaches a maximum value, the counter resets the count value to 0 and continues counting, and, in a case were an input count value is obtained by continuing counting after the count value is reset to 0, the correction unit corrects the input count value. |
| US11363218B2 |
Event-based vision sensor
According to the present invention there is provided a vision sensor comprising, an array of pixels (101) comprising rows and columns of pixels, wherein each pixel has an address assigned thereto which represents the position of the pixel in the array, wherein each pixel in the array of pixels comprises a photodiode (103) which can receive light, and which can output current having an amplitude proportional to the intensity of the received light; a photoreceptor circuit (104) which is electronically connected to the photodiode, and which is configured to convert current which it receives from the photodiode into a voltage; a first storage capacitor (105), and at least a first switch which (106) is positioned between the first storage capacitor and an output of the photoreceptor circuit, wherein the first switch can be selectively closed to electronically connect the output of the photoreceptor circuit to the first storage capacitor, or selectively opened to electronically disconnect the output of the photoreceptor circuit from the first storage capacitor; and a circuit (102, 201) which is configured so that it can he selectively electronically connected to a pixel in the array, and to determine if the difference between the voltage output from the photoreceptor circuit and the voltage across the first storage capacitor is greater than a predefined threshold voltage, and to output the address of the pixel to a receiver only if the difference between the voltage output from the photoreceptor circuit and the voltage across the first storage capacitor is greater than a predefined threshold voltage. There is further provided a corresponding method of vision sensing using the vision sensor. |
| US11363212B2 |
Exposure control device, exposure control method, program, imaging device, and mobile body
The present technology relates to an exposure control device, an exposure control method, a program, an imaging device, and a mobile body that allow for appropriate exposure control.The exposure control device includes: a wave-detection unit that calculates a wave-detection value, in a captured image taken by an imaging unit, by assigning a smaller weight to an area that is predicted to go out of an angle of view of the imaging unit within a predetermined time; and an exposure control unit that performs exposure control of the imaging unit on the basis of the wave-detection value. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an imaging device or an imaging system provided in a mobile body such as a vehicle, a robot, or the like. |
| US11363210B2 |
In-vehicle device and vehicle search system
An in-vehicle device comprises a direction controller configured to perform control of switching a direction of an in-vehicle camera that photographs an outside of a vehicle to acquire an image to a first direction which is a direction toward a side in front of the vehicle and a second direction which is a direction toward a lane opposite a lane along which the vehicle is traveling; a recognizer configured to periodically recognize license plate information included in the image acquired continuously from the in-vehicle camera;a transmitter configured to transmit data related to the recognized license plate information to a server device, wherein the direction controller switches the direction of the in-vehicle camera facing the first direction to the second direction when the recognizer has continuously recognized the same license plate information for a predetermined period or more. |
| US11363205B2 |
Imaging apparatus and imaging system
An imaging apparatus mountable on an external device, the imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor that captures a subject image formed through an optical system to generate image data; an image stabilizer that performs image stabilization on an image indicated by the image data; and a controller that detects a vibration caused by a resonance frequency of the external device, wherein based on a detection result, the controller controls the image stabilizer to remove, from a target of the image stabilization, the vibration caused by the resonance frequency. |
| US11363201B2 |
Statistics-based electronic image stabilization
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for selecting a cropping area in a sequence of images captured by a camera. First external motion data including data of external factors affecting movement of the camera is correlated with internal motion data describing a movement of the camera. The first external motion data and the internal motion data are obtained during a first time interval. Second external motion data is obtained during a second time interval subsequent to the first time interval. A sequence of images being captured during a third time interval is stabilized by selecting a cropping area based on the correlation and the second external motion data. The cropping area remains constant and maximized in size with respect to the field of view of the images during the third time interval. The third time interval is subsequent to, or partly overlapping with, the second time interval. |
| US11363200B2 |
Techniques to compensate for movement of sensors in a vehicle
Techniques are described for compensating for movements of sensors. A method includes receiving two sets of sensor data from two sets of sensors, where a first set of sensors are located on a roof of a cab of a semi-trailer truck and a second set of sensor data are located on a hood of the semi-trailer truck. The method also receives from a height sensor a measured value indicative of a height of the rear of a rear portion of the cab of the semi-trailer truck relative to a chassis of the semi-trailer truck, determines two correction values, one for each of the two sets of sensor data, and compensates for the movement of the two sets of sensors by generating two sets of compensated sensor data. The two sets of compensated sensor data are generated by adjusting the two sets of sensor data based on the two correction values. |
| US11363197B2 |
Systems and methods for stabilizing videos
Images with an optical field of view are captured by an image capture device. An observed trajectory of the image capture device reflects the positions of the image capture device at different moments may be determined. A capture trajectory of the image capture device reflects virtual positions of the image capture device from which video content may be generated. The capture trajectory is determined based on a subsequent portion of the observed trajectory such that a portion of the capture trajectory corresponding to a portion of the observed trajectory is determined based on a subsequent portion of the observed trajectory. Orientations of punch-outs for the images are determined based on the capture trajectory. Video content is generated based on visual content of the images within the punch-outs. |
| US11363196B2 |
Image selection method and related product
A method for image selection applied to a mobile terminal including a camera may include: acquiring image information of a first image, the image information of the first image comprising a first acceleration value of the mobile terminal in response to the camera capturing the first image, the first image being any one of at least two images successively captured by the camera; and determining that the first image satisfies a multi-frame denoising processing condition in response to the first acceleration value being smaller than a preset acceleration threshold. |
| US11363195B2 |
Control device, imaging device, imaging system, movable object, control method, and program
A control device includes a memory storing a program and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the program to detect a driving command supplied to a driving device that changes a position or an orientation of an imaging device, and disable a shake correction function of the imaging device before the driving device starts to change the position or the orientation of the imaging device corresponding to the driving command. |
| US11363185B1 |
Determining capture instructions for drone photography based on images on a user device
Methods, Systems, and Devices are disclosed for using drone imaging to capture images. Capture instructions are provided to a drone device to aid in image capture. The capture instructions may include factors-of-interest. The factors-of-interest may include subject faces derived from a collection of images stored at a user device such as a cell phone. The factors-of-interest may also include information derived from images associated with an event, geographical and temporal information associated with the event and social graph information received from a social network and used to determine subject faces to target for image capture by the drone device. The factors-of-interest may also include current geographical location information of one or more friends identified in the social graph. This information may also be used to locate subjects for image capture. The social graph information may also be used to distribute any images captured to subjects appearing in those images. |
| US11363183B2 |
Linkage mechanisms for cameras
An example apparatus includes a camera cover connected to a housing; a linkage mechanism actuated by the camera cover; and a camera connected to the linkage mechanism. The camera is retained in the housing during a fingerprint-sensing mode. The camera is to extend above the camera cover in a media-capturing mode via the linkage mechanism based on a sliding movement of the camera cover. A light source may be provided under the camera cover to emit light. A lens may direct the light towards the camera cover. The camera cover may be transparent to permit the light to be directed towards a fingerprint positioned over the camera cover. The camera may be positioned under the camera cover to capture an image of the fingerprint. The camera cover may be positioned to retain the camera under the camera cover prior to slidable movement of the camera cover. |
| US11363182B2 |
Camera module
A camera module includes a liquid lens unit; a lens holder in which the liquid lens unit is disposed; a main board configured to supply a driving signal to drive the liquid lens unit; and a base disposed on the main board, the base having an inner space in which the liquid lens unit is disposed, wherein the liquid lens unit includes: a liquid lens including upper electrodes and a lower electrode; and a lower connection substrate connected to the lower electrode, and wherein the base includes: an upper connection part configured to electrically connect the upper electrodes to the main board, the upper connection part being disposed adjacent to the upper electrodes in a plan view; and a lower connection part configured to electrically connect the lower connection substrate to the main board. |
| US11363181B2 |
Display module and display device
The present application provides a display module and a display device, wherein a display panel is provided with an opening; a cover plate covers the display panel and has a first refractive index; a camera module is disposed corresponding to the opening; a light-transmitting body is disposed in the opening and has a second refractive index; and a spacer layer is disposed between the external camera module and the light-transmitting body and has a third refractive index, wherein the second refractive index is greater than or equal to the first refractive index, and the second refractive index is greater than the third refractive index. |
| US11363180B2 |
Switchable continuous display information system above camera
Systems comprising a display having a first pixel array and a gap in the first pixel array in which at least some pixels of the first pixel array are missing, a device such as a camera, a light emitting device or a light receiving device, and a second pixel array. The systems are operable in a first operation mode in which the camera or light emitting device are operative while the second pixel array is not operative to display information, and in a second operation mode in which the camera or light emitting device are not operative while the second pixel array is operative to display the second array pixel information in the gap in the first pixel array. Systems are also operable in a third operation mode. |
| US11363179B2 |
System, method, and computer program for capturing a flash image based on ambient and flash metering
A system and method are provided for capturing a flash image based on ambient and flash metering. In use, a first ambient condition is metered for a first ambient frame. Next, a first ambient capture time is determined based on the metering of the first ambient condition. Further, a first flash condition is metered for a first flash frame, and a first flash capture time is determined based on the metering of the first flash condition. Next, a first ambient frame is captured based on the first ambient capture time. After capturing the first ambient frame, a flash circuit is enabled during an active period and, a first flash frame is captured based on a combination of the first ambient capture time and the first flash capture time. Finally, a final image is generated based on the first ambient frame and the first flash frame. |
| US11363178B2 |
Camera module
One embodiment of a camera module includes: a lens barrel provided with at least one lens; and a lens holder having the lens barrel coupled thereto, wherein the lens barrel may have a first adhesive part formed thereon having the bottom surface thereof facing the top surface of the lens holder and adhered to the lens holder, the lens holder may have a second adhesive part formed thereon having the top surface thereof facing the bottom surface of the lens barrel and adhered to the lens barrel, and a first recessed groove having at least a portion of an adhesive deposited therein may be formed in the second adhesive part. |
| US11363176B2 |
Reflection module including a holder and a reflective member and a camera module including a reflection module
A reflection module includes: a holder; and a reflective member mounted on the holder and including an incident surface, a reflective surface, and an emitting surface. The holder includes a cover portion covering a portion of the emitting surface. An area of the cover portion covering the emitting surface increases in a direction toward a lower portion of the emitting surface. |
| US11363173B2 |
Camera and a method
A camera and a method of counteracting an increase in humidity of a first air volume inside an enclosure of a camera, the increase in humidity being induced by a first electrical component being shifted from a first state to a second state being associated with an increase in heat dissipation from the first electrical component, the first electrical component directly or indirectly dissipating heat to the first air volume. The concept involves: temporarily decreasing, as the first electrical component is shifted the second state, electrical power consumption of a second electrical component having a variable electrical power consumption, the second electrical component directly or indirectly dissipating heat to the first air volume. |
| US11363172B1 |
Camera enclosure for thermal management
Exemplary cameras may include a housing. The housing may include a forward section defining a forward internal compartment. The housing may include a rear section defining a rear internal compartment. The rear section may include a heat dissipation element. The forward section and the rear section may be separated by an air gap that extends through an entire thickness of the housing. The housing may include a communications conduit coupling the forward internal compartment with the rear internal compartment. The cameras may include an imaging sensor disposed within the forward internal compartment. The cameras may include a processing unit disposed within the rear internal compartment and communicatively coupled with the imaging sensor. |
| US11363171B2 |
Output adjustments in color tables with nodes arranged in a vector of first color perception parameter according to an order of an increasing second color perception parameter
A color table is modulated. The color table includes a plurality of nodes, and each node corresponds with a color input in the first color space and provides a print output in a second color space. The set of the plurality of nodes are arranged in a vector of a first color perception parameter. The vector can be arranged according to an order of increasing second color perception parameter in the first color space to an end node of the set of the plurality of nodes. A node in the set of the plurality of nodes that provides a peak amount of the second color perception parameter on the medium is determined. The print output for the end node is replaced with a print output corresponding with the node that provides the peak amount of the second color perception parameter on the medium. |
| US11363164B2 |
Method and system for automatically verifying the authenticity of documents
A method and system for automatically verifying the authenticity of documents is provided. The method has: scanning a document to be verified in the visible and ultraviolet light spectrum; detecting in the scanned document digital watermarks printed with visible and ultraviolet ink; decrypting the marks, thereby obtaining an ultraviolet mark identifier and a variable data mark identifier; validating the percentage of the mark by checking for the presence of the digital watermark in different areas of the scanned document; comparing the mark identifiers obtained with mark identifiers stored in a database; and determining the validity of the document on the basis of the comparison. The invention allows the validity of the data printed in the document to be checked automatically, reducing the possibility of the undetected falsification, modification or total or partial alteration of a document. |
| US11363163B2 |
Method for controlling display of screen for setting metadata, non-transitory storage medium, and apparatus
Based on one metadata template determined from among a plurality of metadata templates, a screen including a scan image, a plurality of keys defined in the one determined metadata template, and value input fields each corresponding to a different one of the plurality of keys is displayed, and in a case where a user selects any one of the plurality of keys displayed in the screen, character string areas determined to match a data format of a value corresponding to the key are displayed in such a manner that the character string areas are recognizable as value candidates on the scan image. |
| US11363154B2 |
Image processing apparatus capable of performing plurality of pieces of processing in parallel, control method for the image processing apparatus, and storage medium
An image processing apparatus capable of performing a plurality of pieces of image processing including scan processing of a document in parallel with a scanner unit. In the scan processing, when the document is conveyed, the scanner unit receives a first instruction for setting a transfer rate and sets the transfer rate based on the first instruction, and when the image data is transferred, the scanner unit receives a second instruction for setting the transfer rate. When the transfer rate indicated by the first instruction and the transfer rate indicated by the second instruction are different, the image data is transmitted after changing the transfer rate, based on the second instruction. When the transfer rate indicated by the first instruction and the transfer rate indicated by the second instruction are identical, the image data is transmitted without changing the transfer rate set based on the first instruction. |
| US11363152B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet; a plurality of trays on which insert sheets are to be stacked; a setting unit configured to set, when an insert sheet is not stacked on a first tray specified by a print job among the plurality of trays, to perform an automatic feed changeover for feeding an insert sheet from a second tray on which the insert sheet is stacked among the plurality of trays; and a controller configured to disable, even when it is set to perform the automatic feed changeover, the automatic feed changeover when an insert sheet is not stacked on the first tray at a time of feeding a first insert sheet from a start of the print job. |
| US11363150B2 |
Image management apparatus, image management method, communication apparatus, control method, and storage medium
There is provided an image management apparatus. A first receiving unit receives an image from a communication apparatus. A sending unit sends the image and an evaluation request for the image to an image evaluation apparatus configured to perform evaluation with respect to likelihood that another user will purchase the image. A second receiving unit receives an evaluation result for the image from the image evaluation apparatus. A registering unit registers the image in a server apparatus configured to provide an image sales service, in a case where the evaluation result indicates that the likelihood satisfies a predetermined standard and information, which indicates that a user consents to having the image registered in the server apparatus, is set in the image. |
| US11363149B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing a communication service in a communication network using preallocated usage units
A charging trigger function (CTF 40) in a communication network (30) advantageously uses pre-allocated usage units to authorize the use of a communication service by a user, when a pre-allocated usage unit is available with respect to the involved communication service and user. A pre-allocation function (PAF 42) provides the one or more pre-allocated usage units directly to the CTF (40) or indirectly via an online charging function (OCF 44). The pre-allocated usage units are determined, for example, according to predicted usage information, user account information, and configured rules. A usage prediction function (UPF 52) in the network (30) uses user-related information, such as historical usage data or other activity by the user, to generate the predicted usage information. Among its other advantages, authorizing the use of the communication service based on pre-allocated usage units obviates or reduces the need for usage authorization signaling going between the CTF and OCF. |
| US11363148B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting network outages
A method for cellular network outage detection including monitoring error rates associated with a network node of a cellular network for a first predetermined time period. The method includes determining a first baseline error rate for the network node based on the plurality of first error rates for the first predetermined time period, and determining a first threshold error rate for the network node based on the first baseline error rate for the network node. The method includes monitoring a plurality of second error rates associated with the network node for a time period subsequent the first predetermined time period, and detecting an excessive error rate of the plurality of second error rates associated with the network node, where the excessive error rate exceeding the first threshold error rate. The method includes, in response to detecting the excessive error rate, automatically executing a predetermined override rule. |
| US11363147B2 |
Receive-path signal gain operations
Operations related to performing gain operations with respect to a receive-path signal of a first device may be performed. The operations may include obtaining the receive-path signal, which includes an echo speech signal and a receive speech signal originating at a second device. In addition, the operations may include identifying a portion of the receive-path signal that includes, at a particular time, a first frequency component that corresponds to the echo speech signal and a second frequency component that corresponds to the receive speech signal in which the first frequency component is different from the second frequency component. Moreover, the operations may include attenuating the first frequency component of the portion while avoiding attenuating the second frequency component of the portion based on the first frequency component corresponding to the echo speech signal and the second frequency component corresponding to the receive speech signal. |
| US11363143B2 |
Methods and systems for reducing customer service calls
Methods and devices for redirecting calls made to a customer service center of an enterprise include monitoring activities of a mobile device user, predicting (e.g., based on the monitored activities, information stored in memory, or information received from another device, etc.) a reason that the mobile device user has commenced calling the customer service center or will commence calling the customer service center in the near future, selecting a media element based on the predicted reason that the mobile device user has commenced calling the customer service center or will commence calling the customer service center in the near future, and rendering the selected media element on a screen of a mobile device of the mobile device user prior to completing a call to the customer service center associated with the enterprise and until the mobile device user interacts with the mobile device or the rendered media element. |
| US11363140B2 |
Systems and methods for operating an interactive voice response system
Systems and methods are provided for initiating an Intelligent Virtual Assistant (IVA) for facilitating user interaction with the automated call handling system such as Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system. A computer-implemented method may obtain a command for initiating an IVA system during a call between a mobile device operated by a user and an automated call handling system. Next, the method may obtain a first natural language command from the mobile device, determine a first user action based on the first natural language command, and transmit the determined user action to the automated call handling system. Finally, the method may obtain a first audio response from the automated call handling system in response to the transmitted user action, and transmit the first audio response to the user upon determining that the first audio response includes information associated with the first user request. |
| US11363137B2 |
User interfaces for managing contacts on another electronic device
In some embodiments, a supervising electronic device manages communication restrictions of a supervised electronic device. In some embodiments, a supervised electronic device presents user interfaces that enforce one or more communication restrictions configured by a supervising electronic device when communicating with other users. |
| US11363136B2 |
Lawful interception manifesto
A declarative mechanism is provided in the context of lawful interception (LI). A manifesto with information that specifies LI of a communication service or application is created and declared by a service or application provider who, is subject to LI. The declaration takes place in that the manifesto is provided from a first LI function to other LI functions in a communication system. LI data (e.g., call data record, intercept related information and call content) is subsequently generated during LI according to the manifesto by a point of interception within the service or application. The point of interception delivers the LI data to a mediation and delivery function that then forwards it to a law enforcement agency. The law enforcement agency knows how to read and manage the LI data from the manifesto. |
| US11363133B1 |
Battery health-based power management
A method of an electronic device that includes a power source is disclosed. The method determines a health of the power source, a temperature of the power source, and a state of charge of the power source. The method then sets a performance state cap for the electronic device based on at least the health of the power source. |
| US11363132B2 |
Information processing terminal and automatic response method
The information processing terminal that performs automatic response, comprises: a database configured to store personal information of a user of the information processing terminal; a receiver configured to receive an access and a message from an access partner; an automatic response unit configured to, after receiving the access, perform a request to the access partner to transmit the message when an operation in response to the access is not input in the information processing terminal, and create a response to the message which has been received in response to the request; and a transmitter configured to transmit the response to the access partner, wherein the automatic response unit includes: an intention recognition unit configured to recognize an intension of the message; and a response creation unit configured to create a response to the message by referring to the intension of the message and the personal information. |
| US11363127B2 |
Telephony terminal
Methods and apparatus implementing a telephony terminal for connecting a telephone to a data network. In one implementation, a telephony system includes: a phone connection for connecting to a telephone; a network connection for connecting to a network; and a controller connected to said phone connection and to said network connection; wherein said controller provides a phone service for processing information for said phone connection, said controller provides a network service for processing information for said network connection, and said controller provides a network voice service for converting information to and from a network voice format. |
| US11363124B2 |
Zero copy socket splicing
Some embodiments provide a novel method for splicing Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) sockets on a computing device that processes a kernel of an operating system. The method receives a set of packets at a first TCP socket of the kernel. The method stores the set of packets at a kernel memory location sends the set of packets directly from the kernel memory location out through a second TCP socket of the kernel. |
| US11363123B2 |
Supporting internet protocol version 4 (IPv4) extension headers
A method implemented by a network element (NE) comprises generating, by a processor, an Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) packet comprising an IPv4 header, a plurality of extension headers, and upper layer data, wherein the IPv4 packet indicates a total length of the IPv4 packet and a total length of the plurality of extension headers, indicating, by the processor, a protocol number associated with a first extension header of the plurality of extension headers in a protocol field of the IPv4 header, indicating, by the processor, a protocol used to encode the upper layer data of the IPv4 packet in a last protocol field of a last extension header of the plurality of extension headers, and transmitting, by a transmitter, the IPv4 packet to another NE. |
| US11363122B2 |
Method for multi-path UDP communication method between two terminals
A method for communication in an IP network is described. A first communicating device initializes a communication with a second communicating device, signaling to the second communicating device that the first communicating device is compatible with multi-path communications based on the User Datagram Protocol (UDP). If the second communicating device is also compatible with multi-path UDP communications, one of the first communicating device and the second communication device transmits data to the other device using the UDP transport protocol, including in the messages containing said data, regardless of the path used, a single identifier, known as the context identifier, allowing the other communicating device to correlate all of the UDP datagrams associated with the same multi-path UDP communication. |
| US11363111B2 |
Customized application architecture utilizing sparse and base metadata layers
In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for assisting with provisioning individualized application instances are provided. A request to render an individualized instance of an application may be received. A determination may be made based on the request as to whether a sparse metadata chunk exists for each of a plurality of user interface elements associated with the application. A sparse metadata application artifact may be generated for each user interface element for which a sparse metadata chunk is determined to exist. A base user interface chunk of metadata may be identified for each user interface element for which a sparse metadata chunk is determined not to exist. A base metadata application artifact may be generated for each identified base user interface chunk of metadata, and the individualized instance of the application may be caused to be displayed. |
| US11363108B2 |
Network latency detection
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing user interface development tools. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a client device, network request data that specifies, for each of multiple network requests that were transmitted from the client device to a server during a user session, a requested user interface element and a load time that indicates a duration of time between a time at which the network request was initiated and a time at which the user interface element was loaded in a user interface at the client device. An interactive interface is generated. The interactive interface includes a session replay area that presents playback of visual changes of the one or more user interfaces that occurred during the user session and a network request area that presents a list of network requests that were transmitted during the user session. |
| US11363105B2 |
Determining a target service based on a service discovery request
A service discovery method, a registration center, and a device, where the method includes: receiving, by a registration center, a service discovery request sent by a first device, where the service discovery request carries target parameter information of a service needed by the first device, and where the target parameter information includes at least one of information about a first transmission mode, information about an invocation mode, information about a transmission protocol, or information about a second transmission mode; determining, by the registration center based on a service parameter database, a target service corresponding to the target parameter information, where the service parameter database is used to store parameter information of different services of a second device; and sending, by the registration center, a service response message to the first device, where the service response message includes description information of the target service. |
| US11363104B2 |
Subscription based directory services for IOT devices
An example system comprising a management server to execute a directory service for internet-of-things (IoT) devices deployed on the management server, the management server to receive a subscription message including a topic about the IoT devices from a client device, store an address of the client device and the corresponding topic subscribed by the client device in the directory service for the IoT devices, extract device information from a sensor, wherein the device information includes the topic about the IoT devices, and transmit a configuration packet to the sensor in response to an identification of the topic from the device information, wherein the configuration packet includes the address of the client device. |
| US11363100B2 |
Network attached device for accessing removable storage media
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and computer readable media to access data on removable storage media via a network attached access device. In a particular embodiment, a method provides receiving one or more user provided, in the removable storage media access device, receiving data over a packet communication network for storage on a removable storage medium. After receiving the data, the method provides preparing the data for storage on the removable storage medium. After preparing the data, the method provides writing the data to the removable storage medium. |
| US11363099B2 |
Methods and systems for enabling publish-subscribe message transmission in a distributed environment
Messaging systems and methods for routing messages between network nodes of a distributed computing system are disclosed. The messaging system includes a plurality of network nodes. Each network node includes a shared memory comprising a shared memory region configured to store messages, a publisher, and a first bridge module. The first bridge module determines if a subscriber for a shared memory region of that network node exists on a remote network node, where the remote network node does not include the publisher. Upon determining that the subscriber exists on the remote network node, the first bridging module reads a plurality of messages from the shared memory region, and transmits the plurality of messages to a second bridge module of the remote network node. The second bridge module is configured to write the plurality of messages to a remote memory region on the remote network node. |
| US11363097B2 |
Method and system for dynamically rebalancing client sessions within a cluster of servers connected to a network
A dynamic rebalancer operates in a server cluster independently of routers directing traffic to the servers in the cluster. An analysis component uses configuration information and statistics information to determine which session, if any, should be moved. A filter component receives transfer instructions from the analysis component. When the filter component receives transfer instructions from the analysis component, the filter component adds a redirect command to the client request. The filter component continually redirects client requests within the session to the new server until the client receives the redirect command and begins to send client requests to the new server. |
| US11363094B2 |
Efficient data processing in a mesh network of computing devices
In an approach for efficient data processing in a mesh network of computing devices, a processor receives data to be processed in the mesh network. A processor distributes a set of computational units to a set of computing devices in the mesh network. A processor creates a computational plan to construct a computational pipeline of the set of computational units. The computational plan considers cost and performance trade-offs by considering limitation of hardware resources, processing speed, accuracy and application requirements. A processor executes the computational plan by sending data to assigned computational units. |
| US11363092B2 |
Resource sharing method, device and system
Provided are a resource sharing method, device and system. The method includes: establishing, by a cloud desktop system based on a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), links with multiple terminals; and acquiring, by the cloud desktop system, resources of the multiple terminals through the links, and sharing the acquired resources to the multiple terminals. |
| US11363088B1 |
Methods and apparatus for receiving virtual relocation during a network conference
Methods and apparatus for receiving virtual relocation during a network conference. In an embodiment, a method is provided for relocating a conference participant during a network conference. The method includes receiving a first video stream having a first background, transmitting a second video stream, and receiving a request to remove a background from the second video stream. The method also includes removing the background from the second video stream to generate a modified video stream and transmitting the modified video stream. The method also includes receiving an instruction for relocating the modified video stream within the first background and relocating the modified video stream within the first background based on the instruction. |
| US11363087B2 |
Leveraging microservices to orchestrate media workflows in the cloud
A method and system provide the ability to orchestrate a media workflow using a computer system. A payload for an application programming interface (API) to be utilized to process media content is determined. The payload is parsed to display one or more variables of the payload in a graphical user interface. The variables are mapped to webform user interface elements. A job of the media workflow is executed. During execution, a webform of the user interface elements is programmatically generated and presented to an operator, data for the payload is received via the webform, and the received data is provided to the API to process the media content. |
| US11363079B2 |
For recording conference application activity associated with a network conference
System and methods for recording conference application activity associated with a network conference. In an embodiment, a method is provided for recording conference application activity associated with a network conference. The method includes activating a client application, activating a recording of conference application activity, selecting a conference application from a plurality of conference applications, and running the conference application from the client application. The conference application is run during at least one of before, during, and after a network conference so that conference application activity is recorded. The method also includes exiting the network conference, and completing the recording of the conference application activity. |
| US11363075B2 |
Methods and apparatus for efficient load balancing among microservices and/or processing entities
The present invention is directed to communications methods and apparatus for efficiently distributing traffic to processing entities. An exemplary method includes the steps of: receiving, at a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) load balancer (SLB), a first SIP INVITE message; selecting, at the first SLB, which Session Border Controller (SBC) in a first cluster of SBCs to send the first SIP invite message based on a message allocation weight determined based on message loss information corresponding to different SBCs in the first cluster of SBCs, the selecting including allocating a portion of incoming received SIP INVITE messages to an individual SBC based on a message loss rate corresponding to the individual SBC and the message allocation rate, said selecting including selecting a first SBC from the first cluster of SBCs to send said first SIP INVITE message, and sending the first SIP INVITE message to the first SBC. |
| US11363074B2 |
Method and system for handling mission critical data (MCData) communications using pre-established session
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. Example embodiments initiate a Mission Critical data (MCData) communication using a pre-established session. A participating MCData server receives at least one pre-established session setup request from an originating MCData client device. The pre-established session setup request comprises the pre-established session indication advising the participating MCData server of initiation of at least one pre-established session. The participating MCData server initiates the at least one pre-established session with the originating MCData client device based on the pre-established session indication. The participating MCData server sends at least one MCData-communication-state message to the originating MCData client device. |
| US11363069B1 |
Systems and methods for multiple custody using mobile devices or wearables
A system including a network interface and a processing circuit is provided. The processing circuit includes one or more processors coupled to non-transitory memory. The processing circuit is structured to receive a request for a multiple custody linkage between user devices. The multiple custody linkage includes a digital connection between the user devices that allows shared access to a resource. The resource includes at least one of a physical object or information. The processing circuit is further structured to perform a validation process based on information in the request for the multiple custody linkage to determine if a violation of a security protocol exists. The security protocol is associated with security of the resource. The processing circuit is further structured to, in response to determining no violation of the security protocol exists, activate the multiple custody linkage between the user devices to allow the shared access to the resource. |
| US11363067B2 |
Distribution and management of services in virtual environments
Distribution and management of services in virtual environments is described herein. In one or more implementations, a service distribution and management model is implemented in which system services and applications are seamlessly distributed across multiple containers which each implement a different runtime environment. In one or more implementations, a system for distributing access to services in a host operating system of a computing device includes a host operating system configured to implement a host runtime environment, and one or more services implemented by the host operating system. The system further includes a service control manager configured to enable communication between a client stub of a service implemented in a client runtime environment and a service provider of the service that is implemented in a service runtime environment that is separate from the first client runtime environment. |
| US11363059B2 |
Detection of brute force attacks
The disclosed embodiments determine a plurality of anomaly indications for a plurality of corresponding time series. A multi-modal model is defined for each time series. A first distribution is compared against a time series when the time series values fall within a first range and a second distribution is compared against the time series when the time series values fall with a second range. Based on the comparison, an indication of anomaly is generated for the time series. The indicators of anomaly for each time series are then combined using Fisher's method in some embodiments. The resulting combined anomaly indication is used to determine whether a network is experiencing a brute force attack. |
| US11363050B1 |
Information security system and method for incompliance detection in data transmission
A system for incompliance detection in data transmission extracts data features from a data file. The system compares each data feature with a corresponding historical data feature associated with a historical transmission of the data file. The system determines whether the data feature deviates from the corresponding historical data feature. In response to determining that the data feature deviates from the corresponding historical data feature, the system determines that the data feature does not comply with the corresponding historical data feature. The system determines whether more than a threshold percentage of the data features deviate from corresponding historical data features. If it is determined that more than the threshold percentage of the data features deviate from corresponding historical data features, the system sends a notification to update the data file, such that the updated data file corresponds to the data file in historical transmissions. |
| US11363048B1 |
Information security system and method for security threat detection in data transmission
A system for security threat detection in data transmission extracts data features from a data file. The system compares each data feature with a corresponding historical data feature associated with a historical transmission of the data file. The system determines whether the data feature deviates from the corresponding historical data feature. In response to determining that the data feature deviates from the corresponding historical data feature, the system determines that the data feature is associated with a security threat that makes the data file vulnerable to unauthorized access. The system determines whether more than a threshold percentage of the data features are associated with security threats. If it is determined that more than the threshold percentage of the data features are associated with security threats, the system terminates the transmission of the data file. |
| US11363044B2 |
Method and system for detecting and mitigating HTTPS flood attacks
A method for detecting hypertext transfer protocol secure (HTTPS) flood denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The method estimating traffic telemetries of at least ingress traffic directed to a protected entity; providing at least one rate-base feature and at least one rate-invariant feature based on the estimated traffic telemetries, wherein the rate-base feature and the rate-invariant feature demonstrate a normal behavior of HTTPS traffic directed to the protected entity; evaluating the at least one rate-base feature and the at least one rate-invariant feature with respect to at least one baseline to determine whether the behavior of the at least HTTPS traffic indicates a potential HTTPS flood DDoS attack; and causing execution of a mitigation action when an indication of a potential HTTPS flood DDoS attack is determined. |
| US11363042B2 |
Detection of anomalies in communities based on access patterns by users
A system, method, and machine-readable storage medium for detecting an anomaly are provided. In some embodiments, the method includes computing an access rate of a set of entities for each user of a plurality of users. The access rate may refer to data operations for the set of entities stored by a storage system. The method also includes normalizing the access rates for a subset of the plurality of users, the subset belonging to a community. The method further includes determining whether a normalized access rate from among the access rates satisfies a threshold. The method also includes detecting an anomaly in response to a determination that the normalized access rate satisfies the threshold. |
| US11363036B2 |
Detecting a missing security alert using a machine learning model
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for detecting a missing security alert by receiving an alert sequence generated by a network security provider, applying the received alert sequence to a security incident model, receiving an indication from the security incident model that the received alert sequence corresponds to a security incident defined by a predetermined sequence of alerts that includes at least one alert missing from the received alert sequence, and generating a notification to the network security provider that indicates at least one of the security incident or the missing alert(s). In addition, the security incident model may be generated by providing a set of historical alerts and a set of historical security incidents to a machine learning algorithm to generate the security incident model. |
| US11363030B2 |
Systems and methods for categorized hierarchical view and modification of user accessibility to information technology item
The present disclosure includes systems and methods that provide a control that enables entry of a user and a catalog item. In response to this entry, a visual representation of the categorized hierarchy of the catalog item and categories (collectively “catalog entities”) to which the catalog item belongs are displayed. Each displayed catalog entity may include a visual indication of whether the catalog entity is accessible to the user. In some embodiments, the displayed catalog entity may include a control that enables or disables access to the catalog entity. The displayed catalog entity may also include a control that displays user groupings that have access or do not have access to that displayed catalog entity. An indication of whether the user belongs to each user grouping may also be displayed. Each displayed user group may include a control that enables modification to the definition of the displayed user grouping. |
| US11363027B2 |
Media data based user profiles
An image of users of an application may be received from a computing device on a home network. The image may comprise representations of a group of users. Recognition techniques may be applied to the image. Unclaimed profiles may be created for users who are not recognized. The unclaimed profiles may be utilized by applications prior to being claimed by a user or group. Access to the unclaimed profiles may be controlled based on the identity of the network gateway used in the transmission of the image used as the basis for forming the profile. |
| US11363019B2 |
Domain join
Example implementations relate to a domain join. An example controller can remotely configure and authenticate a computing device within a computing network to join a domain. In response to the configuration and authentication, the controller can record to the computing device that the domain join has been requested but not fulfilled. The computing device can be joined to the domain based on the domain join request record and in response to a restart of the computing device and receipt of domain credentials at the computing device. |
| US11363018B2 |
Verifying user device access rights for application data requests
A proxy server enforces security rules on data accesses. Network traffic between a client application and a cloud application is routed to the proxy. The proxy tags data that is stored in the cloud applications in order to track the data. When a data request is received by the proxy, the proxy uses a set of rules to decide whether the requesting user is allowed access to the data from the cloud application. |
| US11363014B2 |
Method and system for securely authenticating a user by an identity and access service using a pictorial code and a one-time code
The present invention comprises scanning, by a mobile device of the user, a QR code generated by a server application when the user requests access to a secure web portal and generating, within a client application, a login code which is used to authenticate the user within an authentication service and then being redirected to the requested portal. |
| US11363012B1 |
System and methods for using role credentials associated with a VM instance
A customer in a computing resource provider environment, running an application on a VM instance, uses role credentials to request access to one or more web services. The request is forwarded to an enclave associated with the VM instance such that the enclave digitally signs the request and access to the one or more web services is provided. |
| US11363008B2 |
System and method for applications to share single sign on through lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) integration
The techniques described herein may be used to provide a user with access to distinct applications (with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication) based on a single set of user credentials from the user. A server may receive user credentials from a user device. The server may authenticate the user of the user device by communicating with an LDAP server. After the user has been authenticated, the server may detect a request from the user device to access a first application with LDAP authentication. The server may create temporary credentials for the user, provide the temporary credentials to the application, receive an authentication request (that includes the temporary credentials) from the application, and authenticate the user based on a local copy of the temporary credentials. If/when the user requests access to a second application, the server may authenticate the user for the second application in a similar manner. |
| US11363007B2 |
Methods and systems for accessing a resource
A client application requesting to access a resource may be issued an access token and a refresh token. Instead of revoking the client application access to a resource by revoking the refresh token, allowing the access token to expire, and forcing a user associated with the client application to re-login, authentication for the client application to access the resource may be obtained from the user. The authentication may be obtained from the user while the client application, without notification of the concurrent authentication, may continue attempts to access the resource, for example, via an invalid access token. Once authentication is obtained, the client application may be provided access to the resource, for example, via a valid access token. |
| US11363006B2 |
Generating bridge match identifiers for linking identifiers from server logs
Systems and methods of matching identifiers between multiple datasets are described herein. A system can transmit a first identifier vector to a third party server. The first identifier vector can include a first identifier, first parameters, and second parameters. The system can receive, from the third party server, the first identifier vector encrypted based on a third-party encryption. The system can receive, from the third party server, a second identifier vector encrypted based on the third-party encryption associated with the third party server. The second identifier vector can include a second identifier, third parameters, and fourth parameters. The system can determine a correlation count between the first identifier vector and the second identifier vector. The system can determine that the first identifier corresponds to the second identifier based on the correlation count. The system can generate one identifier key for both the first identifier and the second identifier. |
| US11363005B2 |
Storing information within a zero-knowledge data management network
The techniques herein are directed generally to a “zero-knowledge” data management network. Users are able to share verifiable proof of data and/or identity information, and businesses are able to request, consume, and act on the data—all without a data storage server or those businesses ever seeing or having access to the raw sensitive information (where server-stored data is viewable only by the intended recipients, which may even be selected after storage). In one embodiment, source data is encrypted with a source encryption key (e.g., source public key), with a rekeying key being an encrypting combination of a source decryption key (e.g., source private key) and a recipient's public key. Without being able to decrypt the data, the storage server can use the rekeying key to re-encrypt the source data with the recipient's public key, to then be decrypted only by the corresponding recipient using its private key, accordingly. |
| US11363003B2 |
Data management device, data management system, data management method, and program
A data management device (10) includes an insertion position determiner (121) to determine an insertion position of dummy data to be inserted into transmission target data, a dummy data inserter (122) to insert the dummy data in the insertion position of the transmission target data to create dummy-inserted data, an insertion position encryptor (123) to encrypt data indicating the insertion position with a public key (PUBa) to create insertion-position-encrypted data; and a deliverer (110) to deliver the dummy-inserted data and the insertion-position-encrypted data. |
| US11362998B2 |
Reduction and acceleration of a deterministic finite automaton
Techniques for reduction and acceleration of a deterministic finite automaton (DFA) are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for reduction and acceleration of a DFA includes receiving an input value; performing a reduced deterministic finite automaton lookup using a lookup key, wherein the lookup key comprises a current state and the input value; and determining a next state based on the lookup key. |
| US11362996B2 |
Methods and systems for efficient adaptive logging of cyber threat incidents
A packet-filtering network appliance protects networks from threats by enforcing policies on in-transit packets crossing network boundaries. The policies are composed of packet filtering rules derived from cyber threat intelligence (CTI). Logs of rule-matching packets and their flows are sent to cyberanalysis applications located at security operations centers (SOCs). Some cyber threats/attacks, or incidents, are composed of many different flows occurring at a very high rate, generating a flood of logs that may overwhelm computer, storage, network, and cyberanalysis resources, thereby compromising cyber defenses. The present disclosure describes incident logging that efficiently incorporates logs of many flows that comprise the incident, potentially reducing resource consumption while improving the informational/cyberanalytical value for cyberanalysis when compared to the component flow logs. Incident logging vs. flow logging can be automatically and adaptively switched on or off. |
| US11362993B2 |
Method and system for securing data transmission in communication networks
A method and system for securing data transmission in communication networks is disclosed. The method includes the steps of allocating a sequence ID (SQID) to each of a plurality of packets. The SQID is embedded in an Internet Protocol (IP) header of an associated packet from the plurality of packets. The method further includes grouping the plurality of packets into at least one cluster based on at least one of a distance amongst at least one IP attribute associated with destination address of each of the plurality of packets and variance in IP attributes associated with destination address of each of the plurality of packets. The method includes transmitting each of the at least one cluster to an associated destination address. Each cluster in the at least one cluster includes a set of packets from the plurality of packets and at least a domain-name is same in destination address. |
| US11362991B1 |
Methods and systems for sharing internet protocol (IP) address with multiple appliances for redundancy support
Embodiments of a device and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for network management involves at a switch connected to redundant network devices, receiving a notification indicating that a first network device of the redundant network devices is active, where the redundant network devices share a first internet protocol (IP) address, and at the switch, configuring routing information to include a route to the first IP address via a second IP address of the first network device. |
| US11362990B1 |
Reassigning exit internet protocol addresses in a virtual private network server
A method for reassigning exit internet protocol (IP) addresses in a virtual private network (VPN), the method comprising activating a first exit IP address for communicating data associated with a user device having an established VPN connection; deactivating, during the established VPN connection, the first exit IP address based at least in part on determining that an amount of data communication associated with the first exit IP address satisfies a data threshold; and activating, during the established VPN connection, a second exit IP address, different from the first exit IP address, for communicating data associated with the user device based at least in part on deactivating the first exit IP address. Various other aspects are contemplated. |
| US11362988B2 |
Generating mobile device-specific identifiers across native mobile applications and mobile browsers
Described herein are methods and systems for generating a mobile device-specific identifier usable across native mobile applications and mobile browsers with a unified opt-out mechanism. A mobile device generates a transient identifier for the mobile device and maps the transient identifier to a stable identifier of the mobile device using at least one call to a service endpoint coupled to the mobile device via a communications network. A browser application on the mobile device renders a webpage, the webpage comprising first instructions, executed by the browser application, to retrieve the stable identifier of the mobile device using at least one call to the service endpoint coupled to the mobile device via a communications network. |
| US11362987B2 |
Fully qualified domain name-based traffic control for virtual private network access control
A system includes a virtual private network (VPN) gateway and a client device. The VPN gateway receives a domain name system response through a physical coding sublayer. The VPN gateway fetches a fully qualified domain name corresponding to the domain name system response, and fetches one or more access control list rules from an access control list table for a specific user account. The VPN gateway installs an Internet protocol (IP) address in the access control list table for each access control list rule and handles requested data traffic to the IP address. The client device creates a virtual tunnel interface route with a port of a transmission control protocol (TCP) listener device and parses the domain name system response. The client device updates a domain name system cache with the fully qualified domain name and the IP address and sends unencrypted network traffic over the virtual tunnel interface route. |
| US11362986B2 |
Resolution of domain name requests in heterogeneous network environments
Systems and methods are for domain name system (DNS) resolutions in heterogeneous network environments including a virtual private cloud (VPC). An administrator of a virtual private cloud (VPC) specifies rules identifying sources for resolving DNS resolution requests. The rules may include routing a request to a source outside the VPC such as to an on-premises DNS resolver through an outbound IP endpoint. |
| US11362984B2 |
Matter message notification method, apparatus, and device
The present disclosure discloses a subject matter message notification method performed at a terminal and to be disseminated to one or more target users. The method includes: displaying a subject matter editing interface, the subject matter editing interface including an editing item used for editing subject matter content, an editing item used for adding a target user, and an editing item used for adding a file; generating a subject matter message in accordance with user-provided subject matter content through the editing item used for editing subject matter content, one or more user-selected target users through the editing item used for adding a target user, and one or more user-selected files through the editing item used for adding a file; and sending the subject matter message to a server, wherein the server is configured to send the subject matter message to the one or more user-selected target users. |
| US11362983B2 |
Electronic messaging platform that allows users to change the content and attachments of messages after sending
Systems, methods, and computer media for manipulating electronic messages are provided herein. A system for editing electronic messages can include at least one processor, and an application. The application can be configured to, by the at least one processor, send an electronic message from a sender to a recipient, edit the message after it has been sent to the recipient to create an edited message, retain a relative location of the message in the recipient's inbox while the edited message is created, send the edited message from the sender to the recipient, and place the edited message in the relative location of the message in the recipient's inbox. |
| US11362982B2 |
Mail bot and mailing list detection
An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product, and system for detecting email messages sent from an automated mailing system. The embodiment may include analyzing email metadata of a user to detect an indication of automation. The embodiment may include identifying any email messages sent corresponding to the pattern of automation. The embodiment may include performing an action in response to the identified email messages. |
| US11362978B2 |
Method for deleting and re-posting text messages in dialog boxes
A method for managing text messages of a chat between a user and a contact of an instant messaging application that provides the option to apply a secret chat mode on the messages that are written or recorded and displayed in the dialog boxes after applying the secret mode. The method indicates on the screens of the computing devices of the user and the contact that the chat is under the secret chat mode. The method deletes from the dialog boxes the text messages that are under the secret chat mode upon receiving a deleting command from the user or the contact. The deleting command may be automatically created when the user or the contact leaves the chat. The method stores these text messages and re-posts them upon receiving a mutual re-posting command from both the user and the contact. |
| US11362971B2 |
Pass through sharing of resources
A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for sharing resources between users. In an implementation, a method may include receiving a sharing request for a resource from a requesting participant of a collaborative session. The method may also include receiving a sharing authorization from a sharing participant of the collaborative session. The method may further include simultaneously downloading the resource from a resource location by a computing device associated with the sharing participant and uploading the resource to the requesting participant by the computing device associated with the sharing participant. |
| US11362963B2 |
Method for managing allocation requests to allocate a computing resource
A method for managing an allocation request to allocate a computing resource in a cloud computing system having comprising at least two data centers connected to one another via a communication network, implemented by an access device allowing a terminal to access the communication network and which determine a routing path to a service address. The method includes: transmitting the request to a first data center; and if the computing resource is not available, retransmitting the request to an adjacent data center that is the following one in the routing path, the retransmission of the request being reiterated until either a data center responds that the resource is available or the request has been retransmitted to all of the data centers. |
| US11362961B2 |
Service processing method and system and device
A service processing method and system, and a device to reduce a large quantity of back end servers, and to simplify a structure of a distributed system where the method includes receiving, by a master device in a resource pool, a service processing request, determining, by the master device, a resource required by a service, determining, according to a remaining resource of each slave device in the resource pool, a slave device that satisfies the resource required by the service, and assigning, by the master device, the service to the corresponding slave device for processing, where the master device and the slave device are both video surveillance front end devices, and the master device determines a device that is in the front end devices and whose remaining resource satisfies a preset threshold as the slave device. |
| US11362959B2 |
Latency based forwarding of packets with destination policies
Latency Based Forwarding (LBF) techniques are presented for the management of the latencies, or delays, of packets forwarded over nodes, such as routers, of a network. In addition to a network header indicating a destination node for receiving the packet, a packet also includes an LBF header indicating the packets accumulated delay since leaving the sender, a maximum latency for the entire journey from the sender to the receiver and a minimum latency for the entire journey from the sender to the receiver. When a packet is received at a node, based on the accumulated delay, the maximum latency, and the minimum latency, the node places the packet in a forwarding queue to manage the delays between the sender and the receiver. The LBF can also indicate a policy for the forwarding node to used when determining the enqueueing of the packet. |
| US11362952B2 |
Application programing interface API gateway cluster control method and API gateway cluster
An application programming interface (API) gateway cluster control method includes determining, by an API gateway cluster, that a quantity of API requests received per unit of time exceeds a traffic control parameter, obtaining a load parameter of the API gateway cluster and a load parameter of a service cluster, determining, based on the load parameter of the API gateway cluster, that the API gateway cluster is congested, determining, based on the load parameter of the service cluster, that the service cluster is not congested, and scaling out the API gateway cluster. |
| US11362949B2 |
Path count management
This disclosure describes techniques for managing path counts at a router. The techniques include monitoring available storage space at a router for storing per prefix routes. In an instance where the available storage space at the router may be inadequate to support continued, stable network operations, the techniques include reducing an amount of per prefix routes that are advertised to the router. The techniques may also include withdrawing previously advertised per prefix routes from the router. As such, path count management concepts may help prevent overload of storage space at a router. |
| US11362948B2 |
Exact match and ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) hybrid lookup for network device
In a network device, a hash calculator generates a lookup hash value from data fields associated with a packet received by the network device. A compressed lookup key generator generates a compressed lookup key for the packet using the lookup hash value. A content addressable memory (CAM) stores compressed patterns corresponding to compressed lookup keys, uses the compressed lookup key received from the compressed lookup key generator to determine if the received compressed lookup key matches any stored compressed patterns, and outputs an index corresponding to a stored compressed pattern that matches the compressed lookup key. A memory stores uncompressed patterns corresponding to the compressed patterns stored in the CAM, and retrieves an uncompressed pattern using the index output by the CAM. A comparator generate a signal that indicates whether the uncompressed pattern retrieved from the memory matches the data fields associated with the packet. |
| US11362946B2 |
SRv6 with micro segment identifiers
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a packet comprising a destination address in a destination address field of the packet, where the destination address including at least a first global identifier and a second global identifier, determining that the first global identifier corresponds to the first network apparatus, determining that a local identifier in the destination address is associated with the first global identifier, identifying one or more instructions associated with the local identifier, performing one or more functions instructed by the one or more instructions, updating the destination address in the destination field of the packet to an updated destination address, determining a forwarding rule associated with the packet, and forwarding the packet with the updated destination address based on the forwarding rule. |
| US11362944B2 |
Routing method and device
A routing method and a device to provide a routing path that satisfies a quality of service (QoS) requirement, where the routing method includes performing QoS measurement on a path between the first routing node and a reachable adjacent routing node, to obtain a QoS parameter set of the path between every two adjacent routing nodes, reporting the QoS parameter set to the control node, receiving one or more routing tables of routing performed from the first routing node to the other routing node that are delivered by the control node, and receiving a packet, determining, from the one or more routing tables, a routing table corresponding to an identifier of the packet, and forwarding the received packet based on the routing table. |
| US11362942B2 |
Avoiding loops by preventing further fast reroute (FRR) after an earlier FRR
In some cases, once Fast Reroute (FRR) has taken place (e.g., for MPLS protection), a further FRR is undesirable, and even detrimental. A mechanism to prevent a further FRR, once such a further FRR is determined to be potentially harmful, is described. |
| US11362939B2 |
Flow control for a multiple flow control unit interface
Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for flow control using a multiple flit interface. A credit return field is used in a credit-based flow control system to indicate that one or more credits are being returned to a sending device from a receiving device. Based on the number of credits available, the sending device determines whether to send device or wait until more credits are returned. The amount of buffer space used by the receiver to store the packet is determined by the number of transfer cycles used to receive the packet, not the number of flits comprising the packet. This is enabled by having the buffer be as wide as the bus. The receiver returns credits to the sender based on the number of buffer rows used to store the received packet, not the number of flits comprising the packet. |
| US11362938B2 |
Packet sending method, router, and service switching entity
The application provide a packet sending method, a router, and a service switching entity. According to the application, a router determines a flow group identifier of a service packet and information about a next-hop service switching entity according to a user identifier and IP 5-tuple information; and forwards the packet to the next-hop service switching entity according to the information about the next-hop service switching entity, so that the next-hop service switching entity determines a corresponding destination service instance according to the user identifier, the flow group identifier, a router identifier, and a processing result, and forwards the packet to the destination service instance, to perform corresponding service processing, thereby implementing service packet forwarding among service instances. The router in the method provided in the embodiments has a flow steering function, and steers a flow to a specified path to perform node-by-node processing. |
| US11362936B2 |
Datapath provision in software defined networks
A Software Defined Network (SDN) comprises a plurality of resources including Network Elements (NEs) and network links connecting the NEs. A method comprises receiving a request to provision an SDN Datapath in the SDN. The request comprises performance metrics for the SDN Datapath and a geographic constraint to be applied to resources used in provisioning the SDN Datapath. The method further comprises assembling a candidate set of resources to provision the SDN Datapath and initiating provision of the SDN Datapath using resources selected from the candidate set. Assembling a candidate set of resources to provision the SDN Datapath comprises obtaining a geographic location attribute of resources in the SDN and populating the candidate set with those resources having a geographic location attribute satisfying the received geographic constraint. |
| US11362933B2 |
Methods and systems for sending packets through a plurality of tunnels
Described in example embodiments herein are methods and systems for implementing sending packets from a first network node to a second network node. Packets belonging to the same session may be sent through the same or different tunnels. The second network node processes packets belonging to the same session using the same core. In accordance with an example embodiment, the first network node informs the second network code the core to process the packets. Optionally, selection of core at the second network node is assisted by a core identity created by the first network based on the session. The core identity may be stored in the header or payload of the packets. In an example embodiment, the second network determines the core for processing packet belonging to the same session. |
| US11362923B2 |
Techniques for infrastructure analysis of internet-based activity
Some embodiments are directed to techniques for infrastructure analysis of Internet-based activity. Techniques are disclosed to enable analysts to spend more time focusing on analyzing and identifying threats to in a network infrastructure, and little time on data collection and data processing. Specifically, techniques are described for identifying network data relevant to Internet activity and providing an interactive interface (e.g., a “heat map” interface) for viewing and interactive analysis of the network data. The network data may be identified for assessing Internet activity with respect to one or more attributes, such as an Internet domain name or an Internet protocol (IP) address. |
| US11362922B2 |
Method, apparatus and system for diagnosing network performance
An aspect of the present disclosure discloses a method for diagnosing a network performance in an apparatus for diagnosing network performance connected to a switching device provided between a first entity and a second entity. The method may include: obtaining at least one mirrored packet for at least one packet transmitted between the first entity and the second entity based on mirroring from the switching device, calculating performance related indicator representing performance of a network service associated with the first entity and the second entity based on at least a part of information included in the at least one mirrored packet, and storing the calculated performance related indicators. |
| US11362920B2 |
Enhanced network communication using multiple network connections
Systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer-readable media, for enhanced network communication using multiple network connections. In some implementations, a networking apparatus concurrently maintains connectivity to a network through each of multiple network transports. The networking apparatus receives one or more packets to be transmitted over the network and classifies the one or more packets to determine a class of service. The networking apparatus selects one of the multiple network transports to transmit the one or more packets based on (i) the class of service for the one or more packets and (ii) measures of expected latency for transmission of the one or more packets over the respective multiple network transports. The networking apparatus transmits the one or more packets using the selected network transport. |
| US11362910B2 |
Distributed machine learning for anomaly detection
A tiered machine learning-based infrastructure comprises a first machine learning (ML) tier configured to execute within an enterprise network environment and that learns statistics for a set of use cases locally, and to alert deviations from the learned distributions. Use cases typically are independent from one another. A second machine learning tier executes external to the enterprise network environment and provides further learning support, e.g., by determining a correlation among multiple independent use cases that are running locally in the first tier. Preferably, the second tier executes in a cloud compute environment for scalability and performance. |
| US11362909B2 |
Augmented reality for slice management in a Telco network
Examples described herein include systems and methods for managing slices in a Telco network by using a graphical user interface (“GUI”) with augmented reality (“AR”). A user device can scan a code that is related to physical hardware in a datacenter. Based on the code, the GUI can display at least one virtual component that resides on that hardware. The user can move the virtual component from one slice to another, such as by dragging it to a displayed slice region. Similarly, the user can drag the virtual component to new physical hardware. This can cause an AR engine to contact an orchestrator to route traffic to the virtual component according to the new slice identifier and new hardware. The GUI can also provide a datacenter map to related physical or virtual components, allowing the user to locate and inspect other hardware relied on by a slice. |
| US11362908B2 |
Systems and methods for communication flow modeling
Disclosed communication flow modeling solution is significantly streamlined in a user friendly way to shield users from the technical complexities usually required. At design time, an orchestration flow modeling application receives user instruction to open or create a communication flow modeling project. Per configuration specific to an enterprise associated with the user, a custom drag-and-drop communication flow modeling environment with a canvas and modeling entities is provided. Responsive to the user dragging and dropping a set of modeling entities from the menu onto the communication flow modeling canvas and drawing connections between them, the orchestration flow modeling application logically connects the modeling entities to form a valid communication flow and stores it in a database. The communication flow undergoes an approval process. Once approved, it is activated for execution by an orchestration server. The orchestration server automatically orchestrates services needed by the communication flow at runtime without user programming. |
| US11362905B2 |
Method and device for receiving data from a plurality of peripheral devices
Provided are a data receiving method and device to increase a probability of receiving normal data from a plurality of peripheral devices. A data receiving method of a device includes receiving current data from any one peripheral device of a plurality of peripheral devices, determining whether the received current data is normal data, calculating a probability that next data is normal data, on the basis of a result of the determination, and determining whether to receive the next data according to the calculated probability, in which the next data is data transmitted by the any one peripheral device or another peripheral device. |
| US11362902B2 |
Techniques for correlating service events in computer network diagnostics
Examples described herein generally relate to receiving a query context for service events occurring on one or more networks, determining, based on the query context, a set of service events occurring on the one or more networks, querying multiple layers of a multiple-layer relational graph to determine one or more other service events having a defined relationship with the set of service events at one or more of the multiple layers, where the multiple layers include a configuration layer, an observation layer, and learned layer, defining relationships between services or service events, and indicating, via a user interface and in response to the query context, the one or more other service events. |
| US11362897B2 |
Site policy administrative agent
A method, system and apparatus for inter-parties network computing. A policy management method can include establishing a set of policy terms for receiving content from a content provider based upon preferences selected by a content recipient externally to the content recipient and content provider. The method further can include enforcing the policy terms externally to the content recipient and content provider for content provided by the content provider for receipt by the content recipient. Notably, the establishing step can include mapping the selected preferences to the set of policy terms. The establishing step also can include exposing an interface to the content recipient, and accepting the selected preferences through the interface. |
| US11362890B2 |
System management device, system management method, program, and information processing system
A system management device includes a storage part for storing at least one of a device configuration of a device and a network configuration of a network to which the device belongs. The device includes a control part configured to, from among devices belonging to a system, determine the device for executing a process on a basis of at least one of the device configuration and the network configuration. |
| US11362889B2 |
System and method for automated information technology services management
A computer-implemented method includes receiving a routing request with respect to a base management node of a customer and an avatar of a customer, generating a first virtual network interface corresponding to the base management node, generating a second virtual network interface corresponding to the avatar, the first virtual network interface and the second virtual network interface communicatively coupled by a network tunnel, and providing the customer with access to the information technology resource via the network tunnel. The method may also include transmitting a request to a connection broker, receiving a set of initialization data, constructing a virtual network interface, and transferring data through a network tunnel via the virtual network interface. |
| US11362887B2 |
Monitoring method based on internet of things, fog computing terminal and internet of things system
A monitoring method based on Internet of things (IoT), a fog computing terminal and an Internet of things system are provided. The fog computing terminal downloads an application package from a cloud server, downloads a general model from the cloud server through the application package, sets one or more IoT devices to a device group to receive a plurality of sensing data from the device group, and executes an incremental learning based on the sensing data and the general model to obtain an incrementally learning model for controlling the device group by the incrementally learning model. |
| US11362882B2 |
Methods and systems for optimal and adaptive urban scanning using self-organized fleets of autonomous vehicles
Methods and systems are provided for optimal and adaptive urban scanning using self-organized fleets of autonomous vehicles. A mobile access point (MAP) may obtain, while operating within a communication network comprising one or more mobile access points (MAPs) and one or more fixed access points (FAPs), sensory information relating to an infrastructure utilized by the MAPs. The MAP may store the sensory information, may determine when access to a central entity, configured for managing the infrastructure and/or the communication network, is available via at least one fixed access point (FAP), and when access to the central entity is available, communicate the obtained sensory information. The MAP may include on-board sensors for directly obtaining at least some of the sensory information. The MAP may obtain at least some of the sensory information from fixed sensors deployed within or near the infrastructure. The MAP may comprise an autonomous vehicle (AV). |
| US11362877B2 |
Fast scan of NB-IoT signals in networks
The invention discloses a method for fast detection scan of NB-IoT signals in networks. The object of the invention to provide a scanning procedure which is reliable and very fast in order to reduce the search time and hence the power consumption will be solved by a method for fast detection scan of NB-IoT signals in a network by applying a higher sampling rate than 240 kHz and observing a received signal at a receive bandwidth around a magnitude wider than the NB-IoT signal bandwidth of 180 kHz, wherein a set of 2M+1 NB-IoT signals each having a different E-UTRA absolute radio frequency channel number (EARFCN) can be observed simultaneously, whereas M is a natural number and 2M+1 indicates the number of concurrently observed channels. |
| US11362873B2 |
Sequence-based signal processing method and apparatus
A sequence-based signal processing method and apparatus are provided. A sequence meeting a requirement for sending a signal by using a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is determined. The sequence is a sequence {fn} consisting of 12 elements, fn represents an element in the sequence {fn}, and the determined sequence {fn} is a sequence meeting a preset condition. Then, the 12 elements in the sequence {fn} are respectively mapped to 12 subcarriers, to generate a first signal, and the first signal is sent. By using the determined sequence, when the signal is sent by using the PUCCH, a low correlation between sequences can be maintained, and a relatively small peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) value and a relatively small cubic metric (CM) value can be maintained. Therefore, a requirement of a communication application environment in which the signal is sent by using the PUCCH is met. |
| US11362872B2 |
Receiver-side processing of orthogonal time frequency space modulated signals
Wireless communication techniques for transmitting and receiving reference signals is described. The reference signals may include pilot signals that are transmitted using transmission resources that are separate from data transmission resources. Pilot signals are continuously transmitted from a base station to user equipment being served. Pilot signals are generated from delay-Doppler domain signals that are processed to obtain time-frequency signals that occupy a two-dimensional lattice in the time frequency domain that is non-overlapping with a lattice corresponding to data signal transmissions. |
| US11362866B2 |
Iterative channel estimation and equalization with superimposed reference signals
In a transmitter apparatus, a known reference signal is superimposed on top of a data signal that is typically not known a priori to a receiver and the combined signal is transmitted. At a receiver, an iterative channel estimation and equalization technique is used to recover the reference signal and the unknown data signal. In the initial iteration, the known reference signal is recovered by treating the data signal as noise. Subsequent iterations are used to improve estimation of received reference signal and the unknown data signal. |
| US11362862B2 |
Method and system for operating networks with data-plane and control-plane separated network functions
A method for operating a network that includes network functions that have a data-plane separated from a control-plane is provided. The network function of the network functions include network function components. The network function components include a control plane function and data plane functions. During runtime and in case of a predefined state of a first data plane function of the data plane functions, an existing subscription context of the first data plane function and associated data-plane traffic are offloaded to a second data plane function of the data plane functions. |
| US11362861B2 |
Operating device
Provided is a modular type operating device capable of controlling the operation after assembly regardless of the assembly order of multiple modules. A base of a robot transmits an ID change request signal to an active module on a downstream side of a ring network. When each module receives the ID change request signal, it rewrites HOP of the ID change request signal to a value incremented by 1 and transmits it to the module on the downstream side or the base, creates a new ID to indicate the connection order and type of each module based on the HOP before rewriting and the physical ID, and transmits a module information signal including the new ID and the like to the module on the downstream side or the base. |
| US11362860B2 |
Method for data hand-shaking based on etherCAT protocol
A method for data hand-shaking based on EtherCAT protocol is disclosed, the method is implemented by an EtherCAT slave device, and includes: receiving a data packet from a previous device; obtaining self-related data from or inserting feedback data to the data packet for generating a processed packet; transmitting the processed packet to a next device; receiving a returned packet from the next device; transmitting the returned packet to the previous device; performing a packet diversion procedure to at least one of the data packet, the processed packet and the returned packet for generating a backup packet, wherein at least part of the content of the backup packet is identical to the content of the data packet, the processed packet or the returned packet; analyzing the backup packet; and, filtering the backup packet for obtaining designated application data with respect to other EtherCAT slave devices. |
| US11362859B2 |
In-vehicle communication device and in-vehicle system
The present invention provides an in-vehicle communication device and an in-vehicle system that can establish communication, in a short time, between applications corresponding to the same communication protocol between in-vehicle processing devices connected to communication buses having different communication protocols. In the present invention, when the first communication controller 33 has received a specific message from the first in-vehicle processing device 102 connected to the first communication bus 101, the in-vehicle communication device 1 transmits a communication protocol switching command from the second communication controller 3 to the second in-vehicle processing device 202 connected to the second communication bus 201 to switch a communication protocol setting of the second communication controller to the same communication protocol setting as that of the first communication bus. |
| US11362853B2 |
Doorbell communication systems and methods
Doorbells often include a button to enable visitors to ring a chime to summon building occupants. In some embodiments, doorbells include a camera to take pictures of visitors. In several embodiments, doorbells include covers that are light filters. These light filters can cover infrared light sources such as infrared light emitting diodes. The light filters can pass infrared light while blocking visible light. In several embodiments, a front portion of a camera assembly fits through a hole in a light filter. Light filters can help secure camera assemblies and can form a portion of a doorbell's outer housing. |
| US11362852B2 |
Systems and methods for configuring and operating building equipment using causal and spatial relationships
A building management system comprising a database storing relationships between a plurality of building objects representing building equipment and building spaces and a configuration tool. The configuration tool is configured to obtain configuration data associated with a first building object of the plurality of building objects and use the relationships between the plurality of building objects to identify a second building object having a stored relationship with the first building object. The configuration tool is also configured to automatically generate configuration data for the second building object based on the configuration data associated with the first building object and the relationship with the second building object. |
| US11362849B1 |
SD-WAN multicast replicator selection centralized policy
The present disclosure is directed to a centralized control policy for multicast replicator selection. Methods include receiving multicast advertisements from a plurality of edge devices configured with multicast protocol, each multicast advertisement including information indicating whether an associated edge device is a replicator; analyzing multicast advertisements from the plurality of edge devices to identify one or more replicators; receiving a centralized policy configuration associated with at least one control policy that includes a preference related to selection of at least one replicator from the identified one or more replicators, the preference applicable to a defined set of edge devices from the plurality of edge devices; and updating at least one multicast advertisement with the control policy for transmission to the defined set of edge devices, the updated at least one multicast advertisement indicating the preference for replicator selection for the defined set of edge devices based on the control policy. |
| US11362841B2 |
Method and system for providing security in trusted execution environments
A method secures a system that includes an application owner, a master application, and a plurality secure platforms. The master application receives from the application owner an application and an input. The application computes a function to calculate an output from the input. The master application deploys replicas of the application on a number of the secure platforms. The master application establishes a secure channel with each of the replicas, and sends at least a portion of the input to the replicas. The master application receives a result calculated by each of the replicas. The result is determined according to the function and the at least the portion of input. The master application determines the output based on the result received from each of the replicas; and sends to the application owner, the output. |
| US11362839B2 |
Security data processing device
A security data processing device comprising a processor and memory, the processor configured to: receive a digital document comprising a primary programming requirement for programming a programmable device; determine if there is a record stored in the memory that corresponds to the digital document; receive a programming request from a programming module of a programming machine in communication with said processor, said programming request requesting the programming of the programmable device; determine if the programming request complies with the primary programming requirement in the digital document; and wherein if said programming request complies with the primary programming requirement in the digital document and if there is no record stored in the memory that corresponds to the digital document, the processor is configured to: output programming information to the programming module for programming the programmable device; and permanently store a further record, corresponding to said digital document, in the memory. |
| US11362837B2 |
Generating trustable RPL messages having root-signed rank values
In one embodiment, a method comprises: identifying, by a root network device of a directed acyclic graph (DAG) in a low power and lossy network, a child network device in the DAG, including identifying a first rank associated with the child network device; allocating, by the root network device, an allocated rank for the child network device, the allocated rank different from the first rank; and outputting, by the root network device, a message to the child network device specifying the allocated rank, the message causing the child network device to implement the allocated rank in the DAG, including causing the child network device to generate and output a Destination Oriented Directed Acyclic Graph (DODAG) information object (DIO) message specifying the child network device is using the allocated rank. |
| US11362835B2 |
Efficient post-quantum anonymous attestation with signature-based join protocol and unlimited signatures
In one example an apparatus comprises a computer readable memory; and a signature module to generate a set of cryptographic keys for attestation of group member devices and a set of leaf nodes in a sub-tree of a Merkle tree corresponding to the set of cryptographic keys, forward the set of leaf nodes to a group manager device, receive, from the group manager device, a subset of intermediate nodes in the Merkle tree, the intermediate nodes being common to all available authentications paths through the Merkel tree for signatures originating in the sub-tree, and determine a cryptographic key that defines an authentication path through the Merkle tree, the authentication path comprising one or more nodes from the set of leaf nodes and one or more nodes from the intermediate nodes received from the group manager device. Other examples may be described. |
| US11362833B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for embedding information into probe data
An approach is provided for embedding information into probe data. The approach involves retrieving a probe data set comprising a plurality of probe data points collected from a probe device. The approach also involves determining the information to embed, wherein the information is a bit string of a specified length. The approach further involves iteratively selecting at least one bit of the bit string to embed into at least one probe data point of the plurality of probe data points to generate an embedded probe data set until at least a predetermined portion of the bit string is embedded. The approach further involves providing the embedded probe data set as an output. |
| US11362830B2 |
Memory system
A memory system is communicable with a plurality of hosts. The memory system includes a nonvolatile memory and a controller electrically connected to the nonvolatile memory. The controller receives an authentication request command from a first host, and transmits a first authentication code when authentication of the first host is successful. The controller receives an access command, which includes a second authentication code, for accessing the nonvolatile memory from a second host. The controller permits an access to the nonvolatile memory in accordance with the access command when the second authentication code matches the first authentication code, and prohibits an access to the nonvolatile memory in accordance with the access command when the second authentication code is different from the first authentication code. |
| US11362829B2 |
Distributed privacy-preserving verifiable computation
According to an aspect, there is provided a first node for use in a system, wherein the first node is configured to determine a plurality of keys for enabling a computation by a plurality of worker nodes in the system, wherein the computation comprises a plurality of computation parts, wherein the plurality of computation parts comprises one or more types of computation part, and wherein an output from one computation part to another computation part is a shared block; and publish the determined plurality of keys for access by at least one input node in the system, the plurality of worker nodes, and at least one recipient node in the system; wherein the plurality of keys comprises a computation part prove key for each part of the computation; a computation part verification key for each part of the computation; a shared block commitment generation key for each shared block; an input commitment generation key for each input node and computation part combination; and an output commitment generation key for each recipient node and computation part combination. A corresponding method of operating a first node is also provided. |
| US11362828B2 |
Systems and methods for authenticated communication sessions
Aspects of this disclosure relate to authenticating a communication session. In some variations, a secured hardware storage area may be utilized to store at least one key credential. A communication session may be established from an enterprise associated application. To verify the authenticity of the communication session, a customer system and a host enterprise system may exchange a token. The token which may be signed with a key credential to validate a communication session. Additional validation data may be exchanged between operators of the customer system and a host enterprise system. |
| US11362824B2 |
Content management systems and methods using proxy reencryption
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing protected electronic content using proxy reencryption techniques. Rights management architectures are described that may, among other things, provide end-to-end protection of content keys from their point of origination at a content creator and/or content service to end user devices. Proxy reencryption techniques consistent with aspects of the disclosed embodiments may enable transformation of a ciphertext under one public key to a ciphertext containing the same plaintext under another public key. Consistent with embodiments disclosed herein, proxy reencryption processes may be implemented using indistinguishability obfuscation and puncturable public-key encryption schemes, functional encryption, and/or white box obfuscation techniques. |
| US11362819B2 |
Identification key generating device and identification key generating method
The present invention provides an identification key generating device and an identification key generating method. The identification key generating device comprises: a plurality of unit cells provided on a circuit in a semiconductor manufacturing procedure; a reading unit for reading for shorting of each of the unit cells; a digital value generation unit for determining the probability for the shorting of each of the unit cells, and generating a digital value of each of the unit cells on the basis of the reading for shorting from the reading unit; and a selection unit for selecting at least one of the plurality of unit cells, wherein an identification key is generated from a combination of respective digital values generated from the unit cells selected by means of the selection unit. |
| US11362816B2 |
Layered secret sharing with flexible access structures
A layered secret sharing scheme in which a trust set of each of the parties receiving a share of the secret is received and used to generate an authorized set and an adversary set for reconstruction of a secret. In this regard, an access structure defining an authorized subset of participants may be based, at least in part, on the encoded trust subsets of the shares. The secret sharing scheme includes a secret generator that generates the shares distributed to the parties. In turn, an authorized subset of participants as defined by the access structure may provide shares to a dealer for reconstruction of the secret. However, if the participants requesting secret reconstruction are not an authorized subset of participants or if participants define an adversary subset, the secret reconstruction fails. In this regard, even if an authorized subset is present, if an adversary subset is present, the reconstruction may be “killed.” |
| US11362815B2 |
Trusted data transmission methods, apparatuses, and devices
Embodiments of the present specification disclose trusted data transmission methods, apparatuses, and devices. One method comprising: identifying a data use request of a data requestor; identifying authorization information of a data owner; generating a data use authorization claim based on the authorization information, wherein the data use authorization claim indicates that the data owner authorizes the data requestor to use data; obtaining initial data based on the data use authorization claim; verifying the initial data to obtain target data that is successfully verified, wherein the target data comprises a data validity claim indicating a validity of the target data; and sending the target data to the data requestor. |
| US11362810B2 |
Method and system for rateless and pollution-attack-resilient network coding
An encoder including a computer readable storage medium storing program instructions, and a processor executing the program instructions, the processor configured to construct an encoded message using a message and a random element, construct a hash using a shared secret, and transmit the encoded message and the hash to a destination, through a network. |
| US11362809B2 |
Systems and methods for post-collision vehicle routing via blockchain
The present embodiments relate to systems and methods for using a blockchain or shared ledger to record information regarding a vehicle identified by a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN), or other vehicle identifier. The blockchain may be used to handle vehicles after vehicle collisions based upon sensor data regarding the collision and the vehicle stored on-chain. An indication that a vehicle has been involved in a collision is received including sensor data collected at substantially the time of the vehicle collision. A transaction is broadcast to the blockchain to reflect the sensor data of the vehicle. Since the chain is searchable by VIN, any future searches for the vehicle by VIN include the sensor data collected substantially at the time of the collision. |
| US11362808B2 |
Method and system for consensus in a permissioned blockchain
A method for consensus for creating new blocks in a blockchain is disclosed. A random timeout message is sent, by each node to each other peer privileged nodes participating in creating new blocks. Each privileged node computes a first wait time comprising a random timeout value and a random nonce from each of the random timeout message it receives. The first n timeout values from the lowest to the highest, n being equal to two-thirds the total privileged nodes are chosen and indexed. The timeout value at the computed triggers a timer. The node to time out first reveals all the random timeout messages received from its peers and sends the new block. Each peer privileged node validates the signatures of each random timeout message, calculates the timeout value and validates the first timeout. If successful, the new block is accepted and appended to the blockchain. |
| US11362802B2 |
Cryptographic device arranged to compute a target block cipher
A cryptographic device (100) arranged to compute a target block cipher (Bt) on an input message (110), the device comprising a first and second block cipher unit (121, 122) arranged to compute the target block cipher (Bt) on the input message, and a first control unit (130) arranged to take the first block cipher result and the second block cipher result as input, and to produces the first block cipher result only if the block cipher results are equal. |
| US11362801B1 |
Multilayered obstructed brokered (MOB) embedded cyber security architecture
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a multilayered obstructed brokered network routing and data repackaging system, sometimes referred to as a MOB HUB. The MOB HUB is configured to communicate with a mission computer on a vehicle. At least one mobile computer is configured to communicate with the MOB HUB. |
| US11362793B2 |
Determining channel state information in 5G or other next generation wireless communication systems with multiple transmission points
The described technology is generally directed towards using demodulation reference signal (DMRS)-based channel state information (CSI) reporting in a wireless communications network with multiple transmit-receive points (TRPs). A user equipment computes joint CSI based on received DMRS data, e.g., received with downlink data traffic from two TRPs, such as co-located or backhaul connected TRPs. The DMRS-based joint CSI is reported to the multiple TRPs for use in scheduling subsequent data traffic, which can increase data throughput, and can reduce the frequency of CSI-RS reporting, increasing overall efficiency. The network can activate and deactivate DMRS-based CSI reporting. |
| US11362792B2 |
Data transmission method, device, and system
A data transmission method, applied to a base station, includes: acquiring target information for indicating transmission direction from pre-configured indication unit allocation information, the target information for indicating transmission direction being configured for a terminal to determine transmission directions of uplink data transmission on an uplink slot and downlink data transmission on a downlink slot in a frequency division duplexing (FDD) mode; and sending the target information for indicating transmission direction to the terminal, to cause the terminal to determine respective transmission directions of the uplink slot and the downlink slot in the FDD mode according to the target information for indicating transmission direction. |
| US11362791B2 |
Terminal and a base station for mapping or receiving a demodulation reference signal
Provided is a user terminal which is used in a future wireless communication system which bundles a plurality of slots (sub-frames) in the time direction. When applying bundling, in the leading slot, Additional DMRS (Demodulation Reference Signal) is mapped according to channel quality (factors which lead to a deterioration in quality, such as Doppler shift, propagation environment, etc.), and in second and subsequent slots, the existence of Additional DMRS mapping or the mapping position is selected on the basis of rules concerning Additional DMRS mapping. The control unit (203) of the user terminal (20) specifies, in second and subsequent slots, the existence of Additional DMRS mapping and the mapping position on the basis of the aforementioned rules. |
| US11362788B2 |
Method for transmitting or receiving sounding reference signal in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
The present invention provides a method for transmitting or receiving a sounding reference signal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, a method for transmitting a sounding reference signal (SRS) by a terminal in a wireless communication system may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a base station, configuration information for transmission of the SRS, wherein the configuration information includes one or more SRS resources for transmission of the SRS, a cyclic shift (CS) hopping pattern for the SRS, and CS relation information about whether CS hopping patterns of the SRS and a PUCCH are related; and transmitting the SRS to the base station, through at least one SRS resource among the one or more SRS resources, wherein a CS value applied to the SRS is configured on the basis of the CS hopping pattern for the SRS and the CS relation information. |
| US11362787B2 |
Phase tracking reference signal association indication and transmission method, network device and terminal
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a PTRS association indication method, a PTRS transmission method, a network device and a terminal. The PTRS association indication method includes: transmitting indication information to a terminal, the indication information being used to indicate information of a DMRS port to the terminal, the DMRS port being associated with a PTRS port in uplink transmission using a CP-OFDM waveform. |
| US11362780B2 |
DMRS sequence transmitting method, terminal device and network device
A wireless communication method, a terminal device and a network device can realize multi-user multiplexing of terminal devices that transmit DMRS sequences using different multiple access modes. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a quantity K of demodulation reference signal DMRS sequences corresponding to a first DMRS port and a physical resource occupied by each DMRS sequence in the K DMRS sequences, where K is a positive integer; and sending, on the determined physical resource occupied by the each DMRS sequence, the each DMRS sequence to a network device using the first DMRS port. |
| US11362779B2 |
Using cell-specific reference signals for a machine-type communication physical downlink control channel
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may determine a relationship between a first set of antenna ports, used for demodulation reference signals (DMRS) associated with a machine-type communication physical downlink control channel (MPDCCH) and used for the MPDCCH, and a second set of antenna ports used for cell-specific reference signals (CRS); receive CRS on one or more antenna ports of the second set of antenna ports; and receive the MPDCCH using at least the CRS based at least in part on the relationship. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US11362776B2 |
Early link detection based adaptive selection of receive parameters
An example method may include receiving a pre-payload portion of a packet at a receiver node. A link associated with a sender node of the packet may be identified based on the pre-payload portion. One or more baseband receive parameters associated with the identified link may be selected and loaded at the receiver node. A payload of the packet may be received at the receiver node using the selected baseband receive parameters. Another example method may include detecting arrival of a packet at a receiver node by detecting OTA energy using at least one of multiple antenna sectors. One or more RF receive parameters of the receiver node may be selected based on information included in or determined from the pre-payload portion of the packet. A payload of the packet may be received at the receiver node using the selected RF receive parameters of the receiver node. |
| US11362770B2 |
Trigger retransmission of a feedback in unlicensed spectrum
Wireless communications systems and methods related to providing feedback for DL data are provided. A first wireless communication device communicates with a second wireless communication device, a first communication signal. The first wireless communication device communicates the second wireless communication device, a grant for retransmitting a feedback associated with the first communication signal. The first wireless communication device communicates with the second wireless communication device, the feedback based on the grant. |
| US11362769B2 |
Hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) with polar coded transmissions
For communication utilizing polar codes, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) algorithm is provided that takes advantage of the benefits of chase combining HARQ (HARQ-CC) and incremental redundancy HARQ (HARQ-IR), by selecting one or the other in accordance with a code rate of the first transmission. In some examples, the HARQ algorithm utilizes HARQ-IR when the code rate in the first transmission is greater than a code rate threshold, and utilizes HARQ-CC when the code rate in the first transmission is less than the code rate threshold. |
| US11362767B2 |
Receiver, transmitter, system and method implementing a retransmission process responsive to an indication that encoded data on allocated resources is not decodable
A receiver includes an antenna, a transceiver coupled to the antenna, a decoder and a processor. The transceiver receives from a transmitter of a wireless communication network a data block. The data block includes encoded data transmitted on a plurality of resources allocated to the receiver. The decoder decodes the encoded data and determines for the allocated resources whether decoding of the encoded data was successful or failed. The processor evaluates whether one or more of the resources for which the decoding failed are included in a report, the report indicating for one or more of the allocated resources that encoded data transmitted on the one or more allocated resources is not decodable or is likely to be not decodable, and causes the transceiver to send a retransmission request to the transmitter responsive to the evaluation. |
| US11362765B2 |
Packet retransmission using one or more delay requirements
Through the identification of different packet-types, packets can be handled based on an assigned packet handling identifier. This identifier can, for example, enable forwarding of latency-sensitive packets without delay and allow error-sensitive packets to be stored for possible retransmission. In another embodiment, and optionally in conjunction with retransmission protocols including a packet handling identifier, a memory used for retransmission of packets can be shared with other transceiver functionality such as, coding, decoding, interleaving, deinterleaving, error correction, and the like. |