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US11433129B2	Compositions and methods of manufacturing trivalent filovirus vaccines Disclosed is a stable immunogenic composition capable of eliciting a robust and durable immune response, comprising at least one antigen consisting of a filovirus glycoprotein and at least one nano-emulsion adjuvant which are co-lyophilized and can be reconstituted immediately prior to use. Also disclosed is a vaccine composition comprising at least two antigens, wherein each antigen is specific to a different genus of filovirus and which also comprises at least one nano-emulsion adjuvant.
US11433127B2	Non-toxigenic Clostridium difficile spores for use in oral vaccination Described are non-toxigenic Clostridium difficile strains and spores. Also described are vaccines comprising the Clostridium difficile spores. Further described are methods of preventing or treating a Clostridium difficile infection in a subject in need thereof.
US11433126B2	Protection from stress, anxiety, neuroinflammation, and cognitive dysfunction Methods of treating or preventing stress, anxiety, or postoperative cognitive dysfunction. Also provided are methods of improving resilience in a subject by administering a therapeutically effective amount of isolated Mycobacterium.
US11433117B2	Methods for regulating free fatty acid flux using fat specific protein 27 (FSP27) compositions Methods and FSP27 compositions for treating and/or preventing metabolic disease and conditions associated insulin resistance, obesity, inflammation and dyslipidemia are described.
US11433113B2	CEACAM based antibacterial agents Prophylactic and/or therapeutic antipathogen agents are provided that disrupt or prevent the formation of at least one homotypic and/or heterotypic protein-protein interaction that has at least one CEA-family protein and that is involved in the establishment and colonization of a pathogen in a suitable host.
US11433110B2	Composition for treating fine dust-caused skin cell damage or for inhibiting antimicrobial peptide, comprising Hibiscus syriacus extract Disclosed is a composition including a Hibiscus syriacus extract as an effective ingredient for treating fine dust-caused skin damage, wherein the expression of at least one selected from the group consisting of IL-36G (NM_019618), PTGS2 (NM_000963), XDH (NM_000379) and S100A7 (NM_002963), which are all genes having the expression levels affected by fine dust in skin cells, is regulated to a normal level and for inhibiting an antibacterial peptide, wherein the expression of the antibacterial peptide S100A7 (NM_002963) is regulated to a normal level. By using the composition for treating fine dust-caused skin damage and the composition for inhibiting an antibacterial peptide, gene expression changed by fine dust can return to a normal level to treat skin cell damage and the increased expression of the antibacterial peptide due to various causes can return to normal level.
US11433107B2	Bacterial compositions This document provides bacterial compositions. For example, bacterial compositions having a combination of different bacterial strains formulated in a manner to maintain the stability of the bacteria are provided.
US11433102B2	Compositions and methods for treating Parkinson's disease (PD) and related disorders The present disclosure is in the field of pharmaceutical compositions suitable for the treatment of diseases in mammals. The disclosure provides novel compositions comprising non-pathogenic fecal microbes or a sterile fecal filtrate for treating Parkinson's disease and related diseases. The disclosure also provides methods for treating a subject with the compositions disclosed herein.
US11433097B2	Methods of using tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in double-refractory melanoma Methods of treating melanomas refractory to other therapies using tumor infiltrating lymphocytes are disclosed. Also disclosed is the use of IP-10 as a biomarker for predicting treatment efficacy.
US11433094B2	Water-activated mucoadhesive compositions to reduce intestinal absorption of nutrients This disclosure relates to compositions including formulated sucralfate or other aluminum-crosslinked sulfated agents for delivery of agents to biological surfaces and/or the modulation of nutrient absorption through the intestinal lining as well as methods for the manufacture of and the use of these compositions for treating disorders including diabetes type II and clinical obesity that require a modulation of certain nutrients to the body.
US11433093B2	Compact gyroplane employing torque compensated main rotor and hybrid power train A gyroplane employing torque compensated main rotor and hybrid power train is disclosed. The invention incorporates a torque-compensated main rotor system with a common Collective pitch control, which can be driven transiently during flight to allow Vertical Take-Off, Landing and Hovering (VTOLH) flight operations. Torque compensation is via a coaxial counter-rotating (CACR) rotor system, or alternatively using a single rotor in conjunction with one or more electronically-controlled, fixed-pitch, thruster motors. The use of electric motors for lift and torque compensation facilitates electronic and potentially autonomous control of all phases of vertical flight.
US11433086B2	Combination of T-cell checkpoint inhibitors with inhibitors of e-selectin or CXCR4, or with heterobifunctional inhibitors of both E-selectin and CXCR4 Compositions and methods for the treatment of diseases, disorders, and/or conditions associated with the increased regulatory T lymphocyte cell function, comprising the administration of T-cell checkpoint inhibitors in combination with E-selectin inhibitors, C—X—C Motif Chemokine Receptor 4 (CXCR4) receptor inhibitors, and/or heterobifunctional inhibitors that comprise at least one E-selectin inhibitor linked to at least one CXCR4 receptor inhibitor, are disclosed.
US11433083B2	High-strength testosterone undecanoate compositions The present disclosure is drawn to pharmaceutical compositions and oral dosage capsules containing testosterone undecanoate, as well as related methods. The capsule includes a capsule shell and a capsule fill. The capsule fill can include a solubilizer and about 14 wt % to about 35 wt % testosterone undecanoate based on the total capsule fill. The oral dosage capsule is such that when a single oral administration to a male subject of one or more capsules with a total testosterone undecanoate daily dose of about 350 mg to about 650 mg it provides a ratio of serum testosterone Cmax to serum testosterone Cave of about 2.7 or less. In yet another embodiment, a method for providing a serum concentration of testosterone within a target serum testosterone concentration Cave range for a male subject is provided.
US11433080B2	Antiviral treatment A method of treating a subject in need of anti-coronavirus treatment by providing a prophylactic or therapeutic treatment which includes an antiviral effective amount of an Azelastine compound, where the antiviral effective amount is 0.1-500 μg per dose. An Azelastine compound can also be used as an antiviral substance in a medicinal product for treating a biological surface to prevent coronavirus infection and/or coronavirus spread, or as a viral disinfectant.
US11433077B2	Calcineurin inhibitors of the setron family for the treatment of hearing loss Disclosed is an inhibitor of calcineurin of the setron family for use for treating hearing loss in a subject in need thereof.
US11433074B2	Methods of treating glioblastoma Disclosed herein are methods and compounds for treating glioblastoma with iniparib. Also disclosed herein is a method of selecting subjects having a glioblastoma for treatment based on a biomarker panel.
US11433073B2	Compositions and methods for the prevention and treatment of hearing loss Method, kit and pharmaceutical compositions using an inhibitor of EGFR signaling for prevention or treatment of hearing loss are described.
US11433071B2	Heterocyclylamines as PI3K inhibitors The present invention provides heterocyclylamine derivatives of Formula I: wherein the variables are defined herein, that modulate the activity of phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of PI3Ks including, for example, inflammatory disorders, immune-based disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
US11433066B2	Abuse-resistant pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of opioid dependence There is provided pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of e.g. opioid dependency comprising microparticles of a pharmacologically-effective amount of buprenorphine, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, in associative admixture with particles comprising a weak acid, or particles comprising weakly-acidic buffer forming materials. The composition may further comprise a disintegrant and/or particles of a pharmacologically-effective amount of naloxone, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof. The compositions are useful in the treatment of opioid dependency/addiction and/or pain.
US11433064B2	Methods of using c-Met modulators Methods of treating cancer by administering a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, in combination with other cancer treatments are described, wherein R1 is halo; R2 is halo; and Q is CH or N.
US11433059B2	BYL719 (alpelisib) for use in the treatment of PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum (pros-CLOVES syndrome) The present invention relates to a method of treating PIK3CA-Related Overgrowth Spectrum (PROS) more particularly, Congenital, Lipomatous, Overgrowth, Vascular Malformations, Epidermal Nevi and Spinal/Skeletal Anomalies and/or Scoliosis (CLOVES) 10 syndrome. To date, there are no specific treatments for patients and no animal models of PROS to better understand the physiopathology of the disorder. Inventors developed a genetic mouse model of PROS that recapitulates the human disease and demonstrated the efficacy of BYL719. Based on these results they treated two patients, one adult and one child, with severe CLOVES syndrome using BYL719. The drug had a robust efficiency on disease in the 15 two patients inducing quick recovery of all affected organs. Thus, the invention relates to a method of treating PROS in a subject in need thereof comprising the step of administrating the subject with a therapeutically effective amount of BYL719.
US11433055B2	Chromane monobactam compounds for the treatment of bacterial infections The present invention relates to monobactam compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present invention also relates to compositions which comprise a monobactam compound of the invention or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The invention further relates to methods for treating a bacterial infection comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention, either alone or in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of a second beta-lactam antibiotic.
US11433054B2	Pharmaceutical preparation and preparation method therefor The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical preparation containing an active ingredient and a release-controlling agent for adjusting the release of the active ingredient, in which the active ingredient is at least one selected from among mirabegron and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and the release-controlling agent is a hydrogel-forming polymer, the hydrogel-forming polymer being at least one selected from among polyethylene oxide, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, and hydroxyethyl cellulose and having an average molecular weight ranging from 100,000 to 8,000,000. The present invention is capable of suppressing the generation of impurities therein and of effectively controlling the release of at least one selected from among mirabegron and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11433052B2	5-LOX and COX-2 inhibition for treatment in connection with blood-brain barrier dysfunction Methods of reducing blood brain barrier dysfunction involve inhibiting 5-LOX and COX-2.
US11433051B2	ST-246 (tecovirimat monohydrate) suspension formulations The present invention is directed to a dry suspension for reconstitution containing Tecovirimat (ST-246) powder and simethicone. The dry suspension is dispersed in water to provide an aqueous pharmaceutical suspension formulation for oral administration for treating orthopoxvirus infections and/or eczema vaccinatum. The suspension formulation exhibits excellent stability and good dissolution and has an improved taste and texture.
US11433050B2	Treatment for primary biliary cholangitis The present invention provides therapeutic compound for prevention and treatment of primary biliary cholangitis, (PBC). Specifically, the present invention provides pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the treatment of PBC.
US11433046B2	Compositions and methods for treating epilepsy, seizures and other conditions Compositions are provided for the liquid oral administration of topiramate and its salts. The invention further provides methods for treating diseases and disorders using the compositions.
US11433043B2	Compounds useful for increasing neurogenesis in neural tissue The invention described herein is directed to the use of acetyl L-carnitine, or propionyl L-carnitine, or a salt thereof, for preparing a medicament for increasing neurogenesis in neural tissue; in which said increased neurogenesis is useful for preventing central nervous system disorders due to ageing or genetic predisposition.
US11433042B2	Methods and compositions for treating metabolic disorders The invention includes methods and compositions for treating a metabolic disorder, such as metabolic syndrome, hyperlipidemia and associated disorders, such as obesity and diabetes. The invention includes a method of treating a human subject comprising administering 12,13-dihydroxy-9Z-octadecenoic acid (12,13-diHOME) to the subject. Further provided is the use of 12,13-diHOME as a biomarker for identifying brown adipose tissue (BAT) activation in human subjects.
US11433036B2	Oxprenolol compositions for treating cancer The present invention relates to compositions of S-enantiomer enriched oxprenolol and their use in treating cancer and treating or preventing, in cancer patients, cachexia, body weight loss, lean body mass loss and adipose tissue loss, and improving quality of life and prolonging survival of cancer patients.
US11433033B2	2,4-dinitrophenol formulations and methods using same The present invention includes a low dose and sustained release formulation of a mitochondrial uncoupling agent The compositions of the invention are useful for preventing or treating a disease or disorder, such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, insulin resistance and/or diabetes, in a subject in need thereof.
US11433027B2	Dry powder composition comprising long-chain RNA The present invention is directed to a storage-stable formulation of long-chain RNA. In particular, the invention concerns a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule. The present invention is furthermore directed to methods for preparing a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule by spray-drying. The invention further concerns the use of such a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions and vaccines, to a method of treating or preventing a disorder or a disease, to first and second medical uses of such a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule and to kits, particularly to kits of parts, comprising such a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule.
US11433025B2	Oil foamable carriers and formulations A waterless foamable pharmaceutical composition suitable for external administration is disclosed. The composition includes a foamable carrier least one liquefied or compressed gas propellant. The foamable carrier includes at least one liquid oil; at least one silicone and at least one least one stabilizing agent; wherein the stabilizing agent selected from the group consisting of about 0.01% to about 25% by weight of at least one surface-active agent alone or on combination with a foam adjuvant; and about 0% to about 5% by weight of at least one polymeric agent alone or on combination with a foam adjuvant; and mixtures thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising active agents, methods for their preparation, propellants suitable for use with the carriers and uses thereof are further described.
US11433022B2	Rapidly-orodispersible tablets having an in interior cavity A rapidly-orodispersible dosage form comprising a porous, bound-powder matrix and one or more internal cavities is provided, as well as three-dimensional printing methods for making the same. Each internal cavity is configured to contain one or more payloads, particularly pharmaceutical medicaments, while isolating the payloads from the external environment outside of the dosage form. Each payload can be contained within its cavity in its native form without having to be combined with the bound-powder matrix or binding liquid. Dosage forms can disintegrate in water or saliva in less than two minutes, independently of the payload(s) or medicament(s) contained within. The dosage forms can be formed as unitary tablets, or as two-piece tablets comprising a container body and a lidding body that are secured together to isolate the one or more cavities and their payloads inside.
US11433021B2	Palonosetron for the treatment or prevention of nausea and vomiting The invention relates to a method for treating or preventing nausea and vomiting. The method comprises administering an eye drop composition comprising palonosetron or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to the eye of the subject. The ocular administration results in fast systemic absorption, improved bioavailability compared to oral route and extended elimination time.
US11433018B2	Non-greasy personal care compositions An anhydrous personal care composition, comprising: (a) 45 to 60 weight % of at least one ester, selected from (i) triglycerides, (ii) diglycerides, (iii) monoglycerides, (iv) monoesters of diols, and (v) diesters of diols; (b) a first wax having a melting point of from 35° C. to 72° C. present in an amount of 5 to 25 weight %; (c) a second wax having a melting point of 73 to 90° C. present in an amount of 0.5 to 15 weight %; and (d) at least one plant oil having a saponification value of from 150 to 275 mg KOH/g present in an amount of 5 to 35 weight.
US11433015B2	Personal care compositions comprising anti-dandruff agents A personal care composition comprises a personal care adjunct ingredient, an anti-dandruff agent, and cationic co-polymer disposed on an outer surface of the anti-dandruff agent. The cationic co-polymer has a viscosity of at least 0.09 poise and comprises monomers selected from the group consisting of acrylamide (“AAM”), dimethyl acrylamide (“DMAA”), acrylamidopropyl trimethylamonium chloride (“APTAC”), methacrylamidopropyl trimethylammonium chloride (“MAPTAC”), and combinations thereof.
US11433014B2	Polyol polyrhamnosides, process for the preparation thereof, and cosmetic and/or pharmaceutical composition comprising same Disclosed is a composition based on a polyol of formula: HO—CH2—(CHOH)m—CH2—OH and on alkyl polyrhamnosides of formula: HO—CH2—(CHOH)m—CH2—O-(Rham)x-H; process for preparing same, and cosmetic or pharmaceutical composition including same.
US11433012B2	Peptides for increasing melanin in melanocytes Disclosed is use of a compound of the formula (I) to increase the amount of melanin in melanocytes, where: R1 is formula (AA) in which, X is H, CH3, (CH2)n—CH3 or a substituted alkyl group, Y is H, CH3, (CH2)n—CH3 or a substituted alkyl group and Z is H or OH; and R2 is H, OH, NH2 or —O—(OH2)nβ where, n=1 to 3 and β is phenyl, naphthyl or alkyl group further optionally substituted with halogen, aryl or NH2 group, where compound of formula 1 is not a compound in which X is H, Y is CH3 and Z is OH.
US11433011B2	Methods for treating chemically relaxed hair The instant disclosure relates to methods for treating chemically relaxed hair. The methods include applying a neutralizing composition to the chemically relaxed hair, the neutralizing composition comprising: at least 0.5 wt. % of at least one carboxylic acid, one or more C2-C6 monoalkanolamines, and water. The neutralizing composition is allowed to remain on the hair for a period of time. The hair is also treated with a neutralizing conditioner, which is a different than the neutralizing composition. The neutralizing conditioner includes: at least 0.5 wt. % of at least one carboxylic acid, one or more C2-C6 monoalkanolamines, one or more cationic surfactants, and water. The neutralizing conditioner is allowed to remain on the hair for a period of time. After treatment with a neutralizing composition and a neutralizing conditioner, the hair may be further treated with a shampoo, a conditioner, a conditioning shampoo, etc., dried, and/or styled.
US11433010B2	N-acyl sarcosinate compounds and oxidative compounds with improved stability and efficacy for use in pharmaceutical compositions Described herein are single-phase compositions and methods for its pharmaceutical and cosmetic use, comprising (i) a combination of N-acyl sarcosinate, (ii) an oxidative compound, and (iii) a buffering system in amounts and embodiments effective to protect the oxidative compounds from degradation prior to use and upon use and to enhance the efficacy of the composition in removing polymicrobial biofilms, reducing the re-growth of polymicrobial biofilms that leads to plaque formation, greater availability of chlorite ion for antimicrobial and cosmetic purposes, and effective oxidation of salivary biomolecules. When these single-phase compositions are comprised of a source of fluoride ion, they also achieve enhanced enamel fluoride uptake, higher enamel protection by enhanced remineralization and reduced demineralization of teeth when compared to US Pharmacopoeia Reference Dentifrice, prior known toothpastes comprising stabilized chlorine dioxide and comparable commercial dentifrices.
US11433008B2	Composition comprising photonic particles, at least one absorber and at least one surfactant The present invention relates to a composition, especially a cosmetic composition, particularly a photoprotective composition, comprising at least: —photonic particles having an average size comprised from 0.5 μm to 100 μm and each including an arrangement that diffracts monodisperse nanoparticles or voids, the diffraction spectrum of this arrangement including a reflection peak of the first order in the range of wavelengths ranging from 250 nm to 1800 nm, preferably from 250 nm to 400 nm, —at least one absorber, said absorber being a molecule having an absorption spectrum in the UV-near IR domain (100 nm-3000 nm) whose mass extinction coefficient ε1% is greater than or equal to 160 g−1·100 mL·cm−1, and —at least one surfactant.
US11433007B2	Powdered compositions based on polyhydroxyalkanoates and uses thereof in dental prophylaxes Powdered composition comprising: (a) 100 parts by weight of at least one polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) in the form of particles having an average diameter (d50) from 1 μm to 100 μm, preferably from 5 μm to 60 μm; (b) from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight, preferably from 0.5 to 5 parts by weight, of at least one silicate or silica. The powdered composition, having a relatively low abrasivity index and high flowability, can be used in air-polishing without causing excessive abrasion of the enamel and of the root cementum and without causing sticking in the device. Furthermore, the presence of PHA, being a polymer characterized by high biodegradability, makes the powdered composition particularly suitable for use in the oral cavity.
US11433005B2	Dental filling material and dental polymerizable composition According to one aspect of the present invention, a dental filling material is manufactured by surface-treating an inorganic filling material with a silane coupling agent having an epoxy group and then by causing a ring-opening reaction with a composition containing an epoxide having a (meth)acryloyl group.
US11433003B2	Internal hole filler of abutment for implant The present invention relates to an internal hole filler of an abutment for implant, which includes first polytetrafluoroethylene (first PTFE) and second polytetrafluoroethylene (second PTFE), wherein tensile strength measured after sintering the first PTFE is in a range of 20 MPa or more to less than 28 MPa, and tensile strength measured after sintering the second PTFE is 28 MPa or more, and a method of filling an internal hole of the abutment for implant.
US11432999B2	Automatic pill dispenser and methods for automatic pill dispensing A portable, versatile pill dispensing system can be used in a variety of settings and for a variety of pill dispensing regimens. Such systems and methods can be configured for intuitive filling or refilling, early or flexible dispensing, remote monitoring software to verify user compliance with a predetermined medication regimen, and features designed to improve compliance while traveling.
US11432995B2	Pneumatic massage A fluidic switching module body defining an inlet passage, a first nozzle in fluid communication with the inlet passage, an air splitter in fluid communication with the first nozzle, and a first transfer passage in fluid communication with a first side of the air splitter. A second transfer passage is in fluid communication with a second side of the air splitter, a second nozzle is in fluid communication with the first transfer passage, and a second air splitter is in fluid communication with the second nozzle. A first bladder passage is in fluid communication with a first side of the second air splitter, and a second bladder passage is in fluid communication with a second side of the second air splitter. A first vent passage is in fluid communication with the first bladder passage, and a second vent passage is in fluid communication with the second bladder passage.
US11432994B2	Intelligence engine system and method A percussive therapy system that includes a percussive massage device including a network interface, and an intelligence engine. The intelligence engine is configured to receive manual capture data and real-time tracking data from the percussive massage device, receive remote data from a remote data source, and generate recommendation data comprising a recommended protocol to be performed by the percussive massage device. The recommendation data is generated from demographic, activity, temporal, analytics, and biometric data, received from the manual capture data, the real-time tracking data, and the remote data inputs.
US11432986B2	Motion assistance apparatus A motion assistance apparatus includes a waist frame configured to support a waist of a user, and a proximal support configured to support a proximal part of the user. A pressure applied to a thigh of the user by the proximal support in a sitting state in which the user is sitting may be greater than a pressure applied to the thigh of the user by the proximal support in a standing state in which the user is standing upright.
US11432983B2	Relocation module and methods for surgical equipment Modules for housing electronic and electromechanical medical equipment including a system to measure and record administration of one or more IV medications or fluids for IV administration.
US11432982B2	Relocation module and methods for surgical equipment Module for housing electronic and electromechanical medical equipment including a portable digital camera and processing circuitry with machine vision and machine learning software for automatically documenting healthcare events and healthcare equipment operations in the electronic health record.
US11432981B2	Tilt mechanisms for medical systems and applications A robotic medical system can include a patient platform. The patient platform includes a tilt mechanism. The tilt mechanism can include a lateral tilt mechanism and a longitudinal tilt mechanism. The lateral tilt mechanism can include a tilt plate and a pivot housing. A linear actuator mounted on the tilt plate can apply a linear force to the pivot housing. The lateral tilt mechanism can also include a first linear guide that extends along a first axis, and the pivot housing can translate along the first linear guide. Application of the linear force to the pivot housing tilts the tilt plate by causing the pivot housing to translate along the first linear guide.
US11432977B2	Power assist wheelchair, power assist unit for wheelchair, control device for power assist wheelchair, control method for power assist wheelchair, and program A power assist wheelchair includes a wheel, an electric motor that drives the wheel, an encoder that detects rotation of the electric motor, and a control device that controls the electric motor. The control device includes a total torque value calculator that calculates a total torque value based upon only a detection signal of the encoder, an assist torque value calculator that calculates an assist torque value based upon an output current of the electric motor, a manual torque value calculator that calculates a manual torque value based upon a difference obtained by subtracting the assist torque value from the total torque value, and a target current determiner that determines a target current of the electric motor based upon the manual torque value.
US11432975B2	Array of wearable articles Disclosed is an array 1 of wearable articles 20, each article comprising a main body 38 and a ring-like elastic belt 40 comprising a front belt and a back belt wherein at least the front belt or the back belt is an elastic member having an elastic member width in the transverse direction and a non-elastic region; wherein a first elastic member of a first article comprises a first non-elastic region; a second elastic member of a second article comprises a second non-elastic region; a third elastic member of a third article comprises a third non-elastic region; wherein the elastic member width of the first, second, and third elastic members are the same; and the first, second, and third non-elastic regions are different from each other.
US11432972B2	Length-to-side silhouettes for bikini/low rise brief type disposable absorbent articles and arrays An absorbent article may have a Product Length-to-Side Silhouette from about 1.8 to about 6. An array of absorbent articles may have an Array Average Product Length-to-Side Silhouette from about 1.8 to about 6.
US11432971B2	Hip-to-side and waist-to-side silhouettes for bikini/low rise brief type disposable absorbent articles and arrays An absorbent article may have a Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette from about 2.3 to about 6, and a Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette from about 2.3 to about 6. An array of absorbent articles may have an Array Average Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette from about 2.3 to about 6, and an Array Average Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette from about 2.3 to about 6.
US11432970B2	Method of manufacturing an absorbent article having fully encircling bodyside and garment-side waistband A method for manufacturing absorbent articles comprises delivering a continuous web assembly including a backsheet material, a liquid permeable bodyside liner material, and an absorbent structure interposed between the backsheet material and the bodyside liner material, the web assembly having a body-facing side and a garment-facing side; attaching a discrete segment of first waist elastic material to the body-facing side of the web assembly; attaching a discrete segment of second waist elastic material to the garment-facing side of the web assembly such that the web assembly is interposed between the discrete segments of first and second waist elastic materials; and cutting the web assembly to form a plurality of absorbent articles.
US11432966B2	Composite dressings for improved granulation and reduced maceration with negative-pressure treatment Dressings for tissue treatment with negative pressure and methods of using the dressings for tissue treatment with negative pressure, which may comprise a dressing having at least three layers assembled in a stacked relationship. The first layer may comprise or consist essentially of a polymer film having a plurality of fluid restrictions that are normally unstrained or closed. The second layer may comprise a manifold, and the third layer may comprise or consist essentially of a polymer drape. A fourth layer, which may be coupled to the first layer opposite the second layer, may comprise or consist essentially of a silicone gel having a plurality of apertures. In some examples, the plurality of apertures in the fourth layer may be registered with the fluid restrictions of the first layer.
US11432965B2	Medical bandage for the head, a limb or a stump A medical bandage is provided, capable of being rapidly, adjustably, intuitively and universally fitted on a head, limb, stump, finger or other body part, such as to conceal and protect a wound. The medical bandage is cap-shaped and deformable, is formed of several layers, and comprises at least one port for obtaining quick access to a wound concealed by the medical bandage. When open, a port can stabilize a drainage tube, or provide a passage through which to easily and rapidly apply a medicine. The medical bandage can be directly fit on the head or other body part, providing an all-in-one dressing, wrap and treatment, and eliminating the need for cumbersome and difficult to manage gauze roll and multiple bandages of various sizes, shapes, and uses. The medical bandage can include one or more sensors for measuring or monitoring body parameters or functions.
US11432963B2	Aligning multi-wavelength laser beams with cores of a multi-core fiber Particular embodiments disclosed herein provide a surgical laser system comprising first laser source configured to emit a first laser beam with a first wavelength and a second laser source configured to emit a second laser beam with a second wavelength. The surgical laser system further comprises a first diffraction optical element (DOE) tuned to the first wavelength and a second DOE tuned to the second wavelength, wherein the first DOE is configured to diffract the first laser beam into one or more first diffracted beams at a diffraction angle and the second DOE is configured to diffract the second laser beam into one or more second diffracted beams at the same diffraction angle. The surgical laser system further comprises one or more beam splitters configured to reflect the one or more first diffracted beams and the one or more second diffracted beams onto a lens.
US11432962B2	Ocular treatment devices and related methods of use Apparatus and methods for ocular treatment are provided. The apparatus can comprise a microcannula having a proximal end, a distal end, a cavity, and a central longitudinal axis. The apparatus can include a handle coupled to the proximal end of the microcannula. The apparatus can include multiple orifices extending circumferentially about the microcannula distal end, each of the orifices defining a channel extending transverse to the central longitudinal axis, and one or more grooves about a circumference of the microcannula.
US11432959B2	Porous structures for extended release drug delivery devices A therapeutic device for extended release drug delivery including a refillable reservoir configured to receive a therapeutic agent and having an outlet for delivery of the therapeutic agent to a patient from the reservoir over an extended period. A porous structure is coupled near the outlet of the reservoir, the porous structure formed of sintered material. A barrier layer is coupled to the reservoir on or adjacent a surface of the porous structure such that the therapeutic agent passes through both the porous structure and the barrier layer upon delivery from the reservoir through the outlet. The porous structure is tuned to deliver the therapeutic agent at a diffusion rate and the barrier layer is adapted to block passage of particles having an average particle size within an average particle size range that is outside an average particle size range blocked by the porous structure. Related methods and systems are provided.
US11432958B2	Inserter The present invention relates to an inserter for an intrauterine system, comprising a handle (3) having a longitudinal opening (8) at its first end, said opening (8) having a longitudinal axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the inserter, a first end (8a) and a second end (8b), a movable slider (5) arranged in said longitudinal opening (8) and having a first end (5a) and a second end (5b), a plunger (2) attached to the handle (3) and having a longitudinal axis, and an insertion tube (6) having a first end, a second end and a longitudinal axis essentially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the plunger (2), the insertion tube (6) being, along said longitudinal axis, movably arranged around the plunger (2). The invention is characterised in that it further comprises a flange (4) arranged on the insertion tube (6) at its first end, and means for locking the slider (5) into a position showing the correct insertion depth for the intrauterine system, said means being adjustable with respect to the opening (8) of the handle.
US11432956B1	Resistance sensor for identifying leak locations in ostomy system A sensor device for identifying an ostomy effluent leak location in an ostomy system includes a stoma opening and electrically conductive circuitry arranged in pattern around the stoma opening. The electrically conductive circuitry includes a first electrode and a second electrode spaced from the first electrode. The first electrode is subdivided by a plurality of resistors spaced along a length of the first electrode. The second electrode extends as a continuous strip of conductive material. The sensor device is configured to detect electrical resistance in the electrically conductive circuit and identify a location of a leak based on the detected electrical resistance.
US11432952B2	Implantable medical devices and related delivery systems The present disclosure describes medical devices comprising implantable expandable implants, such as stent-grafts. Such devices can comprise a constraining line. The constraining line can surround the proximal end of the expandable implant, and assist in positioning and deployment of the expandable implant within the body of the patient.
US11432951B2	Tools for transurethral deployment and fixation of graft for the management and treatment of urethral strictures An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a device and method for the treatment of urethral stricture. The present invention places and holds a graft at an incised urethral stricture site for 5-21 days, while the graft adherences to the incised urethral stricture site. A device of the present invention includes a delivery component, a graft carrier component, and a removal component. In some embodiments, the delivery and removal components may be combined into the same device. The delivery component, the graft carrier component, and the removal component are all configured to enter and exit the urethra without trauma. A method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes harvesting a graft, loading the graft onto the graft carrier component, introducing the delivery device into the urethra with the graft carrier component and graft loaded, and delivering of the graft to the incised urethral stricture site.
US11432949B2	Antenna posts Apparatus and methods are described, including a stent configured to be placed in a lumen. The stent includes a generally cylindrical stent body including a plurality of struts, at least one electrode post protruding from the stent body, and a plurality of antenna posts protruding longitudinally from an end of the stent body. The antenna posts are longitudinally separated from the electrode post. An antenna is disposed annularly on the antenna posts, such that the antenna posts separate the antenna from the end of the stent body, and at least one electrode is coupled to the stent by being placed on the electrode post. Additional embodiments are also described.
US11432946B2	Breast prostheses A breast prosthesis comprises a resiliently-compliant silicone shell (1;11) which has an outer wall (2;12) configured to simulate the shape of a female breast. The wall (2;12) is fretted with an ornamental pattern of perforations (6;16) that vent the internal cavity (4;14) of the shell (1;11), and ribs (5;15) within the cavity (4;14) extend across it in resiliently supporting and retaining the breast-shape of the shell (1;11). The ribs (5;15) are interconnected with one another and are molded integrally with the outer wall (2;12). The shell (1:11) has a flat peripheral rim (3:13) to the cavity (4:14).
US11432945B2	Robotic system for shoulder arthroplasty using stemless implant components Robotic system and methods for robotic arthroplasty. The robotic system includes a machining station and a guidance station. The guidance station tracks movement of various objects in the operating room, such as a surgical tool, a humerus of a patient, and a scapula of the patient. The guidance station tracks these objects for purposes of displaying their relative positions and orientations to the surgeon and, in some cases, for purposes of controlling movement of the surgical tool relative to virtual cutting boundaries or other virtual objects associated with the humerus and scapula to facilitate preparation of bone to receive a shoulder implant system.
US11432934B2	Glenoid implant surgery using patient specific instrumentation A pin placement instrument for placing a pin in a bone comprises an anatomical interface with a hook-like portion being opened in a lateral direction of the instrument to receive a bone therein in a planned position. A drill guide is connected to the anatomical interface and defining at least one guide slot in a longitudinal direction of the instrument. The guide slot has a lateral opening over its full length in the drill guide to allow lateral withdrawal of the instrument in said lateral direction with the pin placed in the bone passing through the lateral opening. A bushing is removably placed in said guide slot via said longitudinal direction in a planned fit, the bushing defining a throughbore aligned with the guide slot and adapted to receive the pin extending in said longitudinal direction when the bushing is in the guide slot for pin placement.
US11432931B2	Artificial neural network for fitting or aligning orthopedic implants Devices, systems, techniques and methods for determining the fit of an implant and for determining one or more prognosticators, indicators or risk factors of postoperative performance are provided.
US11432930B2	Method for modeling a glenoid surface of a scapula, apparatus for implanting a glenoid component of a shoulder prosthesis, and method for producing such a component An apparatus and modeling method of the present invention includes the successive steps of generating cartographic data representative of points belonging to a glenoid surface; distinguishing from among the cartographic data a first group of cartographic data corresponding to a first part of the glenoid surface, the first surface part being situated farthest down in the vertical direction in relation to the scapula; calculating from the first group of cartographic data a first ellipsoid portion that coincides substantially with the first surface part; and obtaining a theoretical glenoid surface from the first ellipsoid portion. By virtue of the theoretical glenoid surface obtained by this method, it is possible to assist the surgeon in optimizing the position of implantation of a glenoid component and to produce a glenoid component “made to measure” for the scapula that is to be fitted with a prosthesis.
US11432928B2	Implant and method for improving coaptation of an atrioventricular valve An implant for improving coaptation of an atrioventricular valve, the atrioventricular valve having a native first leaflet, a native second leaflet and an annulus and controlling blood flow from an upstream side to a downstream side of the valve, the implant comprising a support structure configured to be fixed to the annulus or to the native first leaflet, the implant further comprising a flexible artificial leaflet structure mounted to the support structure and comprising a rim section that is shaped to coapt with the native second leaflet, wherein said rim section comprises pockets that are open towards said downstream side and capable of being filled with blood from the downstream side each time the valve is closed.
US11432925B2	Catheter assembly with prosthesis crimping and prosthesis retaining accessories A prosthesis retaining assembly for securing an implantable prosthesis to a catheter assembly can include a first member including a prosthesis retaining slot configured to retain a portion of the prosthesis. The retaining slot can have a first portion with a first width and a second portion with a second width. The first portion can be distal to the second portion. The second width can be larger than the first width, and the retaining slot can have an opening at a first surface of the first member. The prosthesis retaining assembly can also include a second member configured to be move relative to the first member. The second member can be configured to move to a position that obstructs a portion of the opening of the retaining slot.
US11432921B2	Intraocular pseudophakic contact lenses and related systems and methods An apparatus includes an intraocular pseudophakic contact lens. The intraocular pseudophakic contact lens includes a first optical lens and multiple projections extending from the first optical lens. The projections are at least partially coplanar with the first optical lens. The intraocular pseudophakic contact lens also includes multiple anchors partially embedded in or configured to pass through the projections. The anchors are configured to pierce lens material forming a second optical lens of an artificial intraocular lens in order to secure the intraocular pseudophakic contact lens to the artificial intraocular lens. The anchors extend along an optical axis of the first optical lens.
US11432920B2	Systems and methods of preparing a graft The present disclosure relates generally to methods for preparing a graft with at least two implants of biocompatible materials, the graft being folded a plurality of times prior to being used in reconstructing a treatment site. Methods of this disclosure are contemplated for preparing a graft at a site outside of a hospital setting, storing offsite, and/or later transporting to the hospital for use with a patient.
US11432917B2	Dental suction assisting device A dental suction assisting device includes an upper molar seat located at an upper portion of a body and having anti-separation protrusions and a space for allowing seating of upper molars, a lower molar seat located at a lower portion of the body and having anti-separation protrusions and a space for allowing seating of lower molars, a fastening portion having an insertion hole and a through-hole and allowing fastening of a suction tube, a suction port having a first suction hole and allowing secretions in an oral cavity to be sucked through the suction tube, a leg formed at each side of the lower molar seat, configured such that the respective legs are brought into intimate contact with opposite side surfaces of the lower molars and having partitions, and a wing extending from the leg, and seated between the lower molars and skin in the oral cavity.
US11432916B2	Oral irrigator with handle support An oral irrigator is provided. The oral irrigator may include a base unit defining a recess, a reservoir supported by the base unit, a handle support attached to the base unit above the recess, an oral irrigator handle supported by the handle support, and a tube attached to the handle and in fluid communication with the reservoir and the handle such that fluid from the reservoir flows through the tube into the handle. The tube may include a coiled portion that is received in the recess defined by the base unit when the handle is supported by the handle support.
US11432912B2	Dental implant assembly Dental implant assembly comprising an implant with a body having an outer implant surface configured for osseointegration and a connection well, and an abutment comprising a prosthesis mounting portion for assembly of a dental prosthesis thereon and a connector mounting cavity. The assembly further comprises a connector comprising an implant mounting portion for assembly in the connection well of the implant, and an abutment mounting portion for assembly in the connector mounting cavity of the abutment, the abutment mounting portion of the connector comprising an index portion and the abutment connector mounting cavity further comprising an index cavity portion for receiving the index portion therein, the index portions configured to register the rotational orientation of the abutment about a longitudinal axis (A) with respect to the connector.
US11432909B2	Apparatus and method for generating image of corrected teeth Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for generating an image of corrected teeth. The apparatus includes: a control unit configured to generate dental curves representative of dental arches after the completion of correction from an image of teeth, and to generate an image of corrected virtual teeth by aligning the locations of the teeth with the dental curves; and an input/output unit configured to provide the image of corrected virtual teeth via a screen. The control unit is further configured to model the dental curves with functions corresponding to sets of teeth.
US11432906B2	Dental instrument with a flexible tip end and method of manufacture Dental instruments, assemblies, and components for a dental instrument are described with a two-piece tip that includes a flexible tip end and a stiff shank. Various methods of assembly are described for securing the flexible tip end to the shank including utilizing a slot in the shank and one or more pins inserted through the tip and shank, a securing material, and forming the shank with a distal portion coupled to a portion of the flexible tip end.
US11432903B2	Surgical sterilization system and method A surgical sterilization system includes a surgical table and a sterilization member disposable with the surgical table and including a dispenser configured for alignment with a selected surface of a body disposed with the surgical table. The surface and the dispenser are relatively movable. In some embodiments, surgical instruments and methods are disclosed.
US11432901B2	Spring arm for laser treatment apparatus and laser treatment apparatus including same The present invention relates to a spring arm and a laser treatment apparatus including same and, particularly, to a spring arm for a laser treatment apparatus, which can provide an appropriate support force according to a change in the center of gravity of a link at an initial high rotation angle and at a low rotation angle during use, and a laser treatment apparatus including same. According to the present invention, a user fatigue degree can be reduced and accuracy of the apparatus when in use can be improved.
US11432898B2	Tracing platforms and intra-operative systems and methods using same There is provided a tracing platform configured to rigidly attach to an anatomy of a patient that has at least one surface configured to provide a defined path (represented by path definition data) for tracing by a surgical instrument. An intra-operative computing unit receives pose data for the instrument when tracing the path and calculates a location of the defined path using the pose data and the path definition data. A change in location may be determined from pose data of different traces. Tracing the defined path generates a plurality of pose data which may increase accuracy of the location calculations. Redundant trace data may be received to eliminate bias. A geometric feature (e.g. V-groove), shape and/or magnetic properties of the platform may assist with tracing. The platform may rigidly attach to a bone using at least one of spikes, a bone screw, a cerclage wire, and a bone clamp.
US11432897B2	Neonatal drape device A neonatal drape device for protecting a neonatal subject comprising a sheet configured to receive the neonatal subject in a supine position. The sheet has a base, at least one side edge, and a plurality of separation lines. The separation lines extend inwardly from the at least one side edge of the sheet. The sheet is sufficiently pliable so as to wrap and conform to the neonatal subject. The sheet further includes a plurality of notches disposed adjacent to the base, each at an inner end of one of the separation lines. The notches are configured to allow a cable to extend from an internal space of the neonatal drape device to an external location while the sheet is wrapped around the neonatal subject.
US11432895B2	Wireless communication in a robotic surgical system A telesurgical manipulator comprises a surgical instrument, an instrument holder adapted to releasably mount the surgical instrument, an electrically-isolating and sterile drape, an instrument interface included on the instrument holder, and a communication device disposed on the instrument holder. The instrument interface is operably couplable to the surgical instrument via a sterile adaptor that secures the electrically-isolating and sterile drape to the instrument interface. The electrically-isolating and sterile drape permits communication between the surgical instrument and the instrument holder while maintaining an electrically-isolating and sterile barrier therebetween. The communication device wirelessly communicates with the surgical instrument, with the electrically-isolating and sterile drape disposed therebetween, and wirelessly provides power to the surgical instrument, with the electrically-isolating and sterile drape disposed therebetween.
US11432889B2	Robotic surgical instrument, method of assembling the same, and robotic surgical system A robotic surgical instrument according to an embodiment may include: an end effector; a first support body that supports the end effector rotatably about a first shaft; a second support body that supports the first support body rotatably about a second shaft; an elongated element to rotate the first support body with respect to the second support body; and a shaft to which the second support body is connected. The elongated element includes a wire, an attachment fixed to the wire, and a protection tube fixed to the wire. The first support body includes a through-hole having a size in which the attachment and the protection tube are insertable.
US11432886B2	User initiated break-away clutching of a surgical mounting platform Robotic and/or surgical devices, systems, and methods include a robotic device. The robotic device includes a manipulator, a drive unit coupled to the manipulator, and a processor coupled with the drive unit. The processor is configured determine that a cannula is mounted to the manipulator and inhibit, using the drive unit, manual articulation of the manipulator in response to determining that the cannula is mounted to the manipulator. In some embodiments, the robotic device further includes a linkage. The processor is further configured to determine a manual effort against the manipulator; inhibit, using the drive unit, the manual articulation of the linkage in response to the manual effort being below an articulation threshold; and facilitate, using the drive unit and in response to not determining that the cannula is mounted to the manipulator, the manual articulation of the linkage in response to the manual effort exceeding the articulation threshold.
US11432884B1	Method for delivery of prosthetic aortic valve Methods of delivering a prosthetic aortic heart valve are disclosed. The disclosed methods include loading a prosthetic aortic valve in a collapsed configuration into a delivery sheath so that a selected point on the prosthetic valve is rotationally aligned relative to a long axis of the delivery sheath with a selected radiopaque marker on the delivery sheath, while under fluoroscopic imaging, rotating the delivery sheath about its long axis to align a selected radiopaque marker on the delivery sheath with the selected point on the native aortic valve in a fluoroscopic imaging plane, thereby establishing a desired orientation of the prosthetic aortic valve with respect to the native aortic valve in which the prosthetic valve commissures are rotationally aligned with commissures of the native aortic valve, further advancing the delivery sheath along its long axis until the prosthetic aortic valve is disposed inside the native aortic valve, and deploying the prosthetic aortic valve into an implanted state inside the native aortic valve with the prosthetic aortic valve aligned in the desired orientation with respect to the native aortic valve.
US11432882B2	System and method for medical object tracking According to one aspect of the invention, a system for medical object tracking is provided. The system includes a plurality of radio frequency transceivers where each of the plurality of radio frequency transceivers are configured to emit a radio frequency signal at a respective frequency. The system includes a radio frequency beacon removably attachable to a medical object where the radio frequency beacon configured to: reflect the radio frequency signals from the plurality of radio frequency transceivers, and emit vibration-based signals. The system includes a control device in communication with the plurality of radio frequency transceivers where the control device includes processing circuitry configured to determine a location of the medical object in three-dimensional space based at least in part on the reflected radio frequency signals and vibration-based signals.
US11432881B2	Image marker-based navigation using a tracking frame Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for navigating an anatomical body part, a corresponding computer program, a non-transitory program storage medium storing such a program and a computer for executing the program, as well as a system for navigating the anatomical body part, the system comprising an electronic data storage device and the aforementioned computer, and to a system for conducting medical navigation.
US11432879B2	Method and apparatus for wide area multi-body 6D pose tracking system An apparatus and method for tracking the position and orientation of one or more objects in three dimensional space is disclosed. One or more tracked sensor units are each connected with a respective object. Each tracked sensor unit includes one or more light sources and an inertial measurement unit. One or more position sensitive detector tracking devices track the position of the tracked sensor units. Each position sensitive detector tracking device includes a plurality of position sensitive detector sensors combined with optical lenses that focus light from a larger field of view onto each position sensitive detector sensor. The position and orientation of each object in three-dimensional space is calculated from the output of the inertial measurement unit of the respective tracked sensor unit and the output of the one or more position sensitive detector tracking devices in response to light emitted from the one or more light sources of the respective tracked sensor unit.
US11432878B2	Systems, methods and devices to scan 3D surfaces for intra-operative localization Systems and methods are described herein to generate a 3D surface scan of a surface profile of a patient's anatomy. The 3D surface scan may be generated by reflections of structured light off the surface profile of the anatomy. The 3D surface scan may be used during intra-operative surgical navigation by a localization system. Optionally, a pre-operative medical image may also be registered to the localization system or used to enhance the 3D surface scan.
US11432875B2	Left atrial appendage closure guidance in medical imaging An ultrasound imager provides for LAA closure guidance. Using ultrasound imaging allows for modeling over time (e.g., throughout a heart cycle). An anatomy model of the LAA over time is used to create a biomechanical model personalized to the patient. The personalized models and a model of one or more closure devices are used to select a closure device for the patient appropriate for the entire heart cycle and to guide placement of the selected closure device during an implantation.
US11432869B2	Method for coating electrosurgical tissue sealing device with non-stick coating A method for applying a polydimethylsiloxane coating having a thickness in the range of from about 35 nm to about 85 nm on a tissue sealing plate. The method includes: placing the electrically conductive component into a plasma deposition chamber; supplying an ionizable media into the plasma deposition chamber; igniting the ionizable media to generate a first plasma at a first power level to prepare the electrically conductive component to receive the coating; supplying the ionizable media and a precursor composition into the plasma deposition chamber; and igniting the ionizable media and the precursor composition to generate a second plasma at a second power level thereby forming the coating on the electrically conductive component.
US11432865B2	Method of inserting an electrosurgical instrument into an endoscope in an apparatus for ionisable gas coagulation and operating the electrosurgical instrument in the endoscope after insertion A method of operating an electrosurgical apparatus for coagulating tissue comprises inserting the electrosurgical instrument into an endoscope, and activating a source to supply ionisable gas to the electrosurgical instrument at a flow rate of less than a predetermined threshold flow rate while the electrosurgical instrument is being inserted into the endoscope. Once the electrosurgical instrument has been fully inserted into the endoscope, the source is activated to supply ionisable gas to the electrosurgical instrument at a flow rate of greater than the predetermined threshold flow rate. Finally, high frequency energy is supplied from an electrosurgical generator to the electrosurgical instrument, in order to ionise the ionisable gas flowing to the electrosurgical instrument.
US11432863B2	Wire passer system and method A wire passer system for passing a surgical wire around a bone. The wire passer system broadly comprises a gun assembly, a flexible push member, and a surgical wire. The gun assembly can comprise a handle, a trigger, a rigid guide section, a support guide, a push rod, and tensioner.
US11432861B2	Self-holding screw head A screw insertion system has a screw having a threaded shaft and a head. The head has a conically tapered outer surface, the taper increasing in distance from a central longitudinal axis of the screw from a free end of the head towards a larger diameter adjacent the connection between the head and the threaded shaft. The conically tapered head outer surface has preferably two helically extending partially rounded threads. The head has a drive element for engaging a driver. A tubular screw holder has an outer surface and internal bore extending between a leading end and a trailing end for receiving the screw. The leading end having a conically tapered inner threaded portion for engaging the conically tapered outer thread of the screw head. The tubular screw holder outer surface having a diameter less than or equal to the maximum diameter of the conically tapered head.
US11432859B2	Hook plate and hook plate system A hook plate for use in conjunction with a fracture fixation plate, said fracture fixation plate including a bone contacting surface and an opposite surface, said hook plate comprising a substantially rigid plate having a first portion and a second portion; the first portion adapted for slidable engagement with, said opposite surface of said fracture fixation plate; the second portion configured to wrap around an edge of said fracture fixation plate to engage with a bone fragment and reduce a fracture; the first portion being substantially flat and defining a first portion plane; the second portion having at least two projections which curve downward to a position below the first portion plane and terminate in hook ends adapted to engage with said bone fragment; the first portion including a slot that transects said hook plate from a surface of said hook plate that faces the fracture fixation plate to an opposing surface of said hook plate for engagement with a fastener on said opposite surface of said fracture fixation plate; said slot being elongated; and the first portion including an elongate member extending distally away from the first portion and upward to a position above the first portion, said elongate member adapted to aid in the tensioning of the hook plate prior to tightening of the fastener.
US11432845B2	Insertion tool with a dissector An insertion tool for creating a subcutaneous pocket and implanting a device in the pocket. The tool may include a cannula extending from a handle, a dissector tip disposed at a distal end of the cannula, and a rod. The cannula and dissector tip may create the pocket. The cannula may include a passage and an opening into the passage, and the cannula may be disposed in the passage and move along the passage between a retracted position and an extended position. The rod and the cannula may be configured such that, when the rod is at the retracted position, the cannula holds the device in the passage, and as the cannula moves from the extended position to the retracted position, the rod forces the device through the opening at the distal end of the cannula, at least partially out of the cannula, and at least partially into the pocket.
US11432834B2	Shock wave catheter system with energy control A system includes a catheter including an elongated carrier, a balloon about the carrier in sealed relation thereto, the balloon being arranged to receive a fluid therein that inflates the balloon, and first and second electrodes within the balloon arranged to carry a voltage there-across including an initial high electrical voltage at an initial low current. The initial high electrical voltage causes an electrical arc to form across the first and second electrodes within the balloon. The electrical arc causes a gas bubble within the liquid, a high current to flow through the first and second electrodes, a decrease in the initial high electrical voltage, and a mechanical shock wave within the balloon. The system further includes a power source that provides the first and second electrodes with a drive voltage that creates the initial high electrical voltage at the initial current and that terminates the drive voltage in response to the decrease in the initial high electrical voltage.
US11432833B2	Surgical kit and method A surgical kit and method for performing a controlled resection of the neck of a femur during a hip replacement procedure. The kit includes a mounting portion. The mounting portion includes guide holes for inserting guide pins into the femoral head while the mounting portion is located on an anterior aspect of the femoral head. The kit also includes a body portion connected to the mounting portion. The body portion includes an opening for mounting the body portion on an intramedullary pin. The kit also includes a resection guide including guide holes having the same layout as the guide holes of the mounting portion, to allow the resection guide to be mounted on the anterior aspect of the femoral head with the guide pins inserted into the femoral head for positioning a resection plane indicator of the resection guide with respect to the neck of the femur.
US11432832B2	Minimally invasive surgery targeting guides and methods of use A targeting system for use with a bone plate includes a body having an upper side and an opposite lower side, a first lateral side and a second opposite lateral side, a first plurality of holes extending through the upper and lower sides and arranged in a first pattern, a second plurality of holes extending through the first and second lateral sides and arranged in a different second pattern.
US11432831B2	Targeting guide and method for an implant A system comprises a first implant including first and second screw receiving holes having respective first and second longitudinal axes. A second implant includes third and fourth screw receiving holes having respective third and fourth longitudinal axes. First and second drill guides have respective fifth and sixth longitudinal axes. A targeting guide is provided for aligning the first and second drill guides with each of the first and second implants simultaneously, so that the first, third and fifth longitudinal axes lie along a same line as each other, and the second, fourth and sixth longitudinal axes lie along a same line as each other.
US11432827B2	Guide module having oblique installation pins The present invention relates to a guide module having oblique installation pins, the guide module including: a first installation pin unit penetratively inserted into one side of an aligned bone; a second installation pin unit penetratively inserted into the other side of the aligned bone; a reposition guide unit simultaneously penetrated by the first installation pin unit and the second installation pin unit and being simultaneously in contact with one side of the aligned bone and the other side of the aligned bone; and a compression guide unit disposed adjacent to the reposition guide unit and simultaneously penetrated by the first installation pin unit and the second installation pin unit, in which imaginary central axes of holes of the reposition guide unit penetrated by the first installation pin unit and the second installation pin unit are spaced apart, at a predetermined interval in a vertical direction, from imaginary central axes of holes of the compression guide unit. Therefore, the aligned bone may be compressed.
US11432824B2	Radial and ulnar compression band A radial compression band employs a substantially rigid U-like cuff that fits over a patient's arm and then snaps onto a tightening band. A movable bubble member is positioned for movement along the band separate from the attachment to the patient and is inflatable to provide pressure to an incision or the like to accomplish hemostasis. A plural bubble member version provides multiple pressure application positions.
US11432815B2	Features to enhance staple height consistency in curved surgical stapler An apparatus includes a housing, an anvil, a backing member, and a concave surface. The housing has a plurality of staples and the anvil is opposed from the housing such that the anvil and the housing are configured to cooperate to clamp tissue. The anvil is configured to form staples ejected from the housing into the clamped tissue. The backing member is coupled with the anvil and the concave surface defines a gap between the backing member and an adjacent component of the apparatus. The anvil is configured to deflect in a direction towards the gap in response to actuation of the apparatus to at least one of clamp tissue or staple tissue.
US11432814B2	Devices, systems, and methods for suture management Devices, systems, and methods are provided for managing suture filament during a tissue repair procedure. One exemplary embodiment of an anchor insertion tool includes a handle, an elongate shaft extending distally from the handle, and a ring disposed around the elongate shaft. The ring can be configured to slide along a length of the shaft, and can be configured to engage a filament extending from an anchor removably coupled to the shaft's distal end during a suture anchor insertion procedure. In some embodiments, the ring can include one or more slots for receiving a filament and maintaining a tension applied to the filament. The ring can also include features that prevent it from rotating with respect to the shaft, such as a boss formed on a ring's central opening that engages a slot formed in the shaft. Other devices, systems, and methods for suture anchor insertion are also provided.
US11432811B2	Joint gap balancing lever and methods of use thereof A joint distraction device includes a lever body, a foot extending from a bottom surface of the lever body, wherein the foot is coupled to the lever body via a hinge such that the lever body is rotatable relative to the foot, a first plate and a second plate extending from a distal portion of the lever body, wherein the first plate and the second plate are separated by a gap and wherein each of the first plate and the second plate comprise a stopper extending upwards from a top surface of the first plate and the second plate, and a force measurement device coupled to the bottom surface of the lever body and configured to measure a distraction force applied by the lever body at the foot during a joint distraction procedure in which a torque is applied at a proximal portion of the lever body.
US11432809B2	Occlusive medical device with fabric retention barb An occlusive implant system may include a catheter having a lumen extending from a proximal opening to a distal opening, a core wire slidably disposed within the lumen, and an occlusive implant having an expandable framework configured to shift between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, and an occlusive element disposed on the expandable framework. The expandable framework may include a plurality of anchor members extending radially outward from the expandable framework, at least some of the plurality of anchor members each have a barb projecting circumferentially therefrom. The occlusive implant may be releasably connected to a distal portion of the core wire.
US11432808B2	Guide wire A guide wire of the present disclosure includes a core shaft having a distal end portion reducing in diameter, a coil body wound to cover the distal end portion, and a distal end fixing portion fixing the core shaft and the coil body to each other. The distal end portion includes a small diameter portion, a large diameter portion, and a tapered portion between the small diameter portion and the large diameter portion. The core shaft and the coil body are fixed at a portion excluding the tapered portion. A first bending rigidity FR1 of the large diameter portion, a second bending rigidity FR2 of the small diameter portion, and a length L of the tapered portion satisfy the following expressions (1) and (2). In the following expressions (1) and (2), the unit of L is mm (millimeter). FR1/FR2≥10 (1) 1≤L≤3 (2)
US11432807B2	Ultrasound imaging system, operating method of ultrasound imaging system, and computer-readable recording medium Provided is an ultrasound imaging system configured to generate data of an ultrasound image based on an echo signal received by each of a plurality of elements included in an ultrasound transducer, the ultrasound imaging system includes: a determining circuit configured to determine, using a signal corresponding to the echo signal obtained by receiving from each of the plurality of elements, concerning the elements, whether a decrease in reception sensitivity occurs; and a control circuit configured to cause, based on a position of an element where the determining circuit determines that the decrease in the reception sensitivity occurs, a display to display at least one of display data indicating an image region where sensitivity decreases in the ultrasound image and information for informing that a sensitivity decreased element in which a decrease in reception sensitivity occurs is present.
US11432804B2	Methods and systems for processing an unltrasound image The invention provides methods and systems for generating an ultrasound image. In a method, the generation of an ultrasound image comprises: obtaining channel data, the channel data defining a set of imaged points; for each imaged point: isolating the channel data; performing a spectral estimation on the isolated channel data; and selectively attenuating the spectral estimation channel data, thereby generating filtered channel data; and summing the filtered channel data, thereby forming a filtered ultrasound image. In some examples, the method comprises aperture extrapolation. The aperture extrapolation improves the lateral resolution of the ultrasound image. In other examples, the method comprises transmit extrapolation. The transmit extrapolation improves the contrast of the image. In addition, the transmit extrapolation improves the frame rate and reduces the motion artifacts in the ultrasound image. In further examples, the aperture and transmit extrapolations may be combined.
US11432803B2	Method and system for generating a visualization plane from 3D ultrasound data A system (e.g., an ultrasound imaging system) is provided. The system includes an ultrasound probe configured to acquire three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound data of a volumetric region of interest (ROI). The system further includes a display, a memory configured to store programmed instructions, and a controller circuit. The controller circuit includes one or more processors. The controller circuit is configured to execute the programmed instructions stored in the memory. When executing the programmed instructions, the controller circuit performs a plurality of operations. The operations includes collecting the 3D ultrasound data from an ultrasound probe and identifying a select set of the 3D ultrasound data corresponding to an object of interest within the volumetric ROI. The operations further include segmenting the object of interest from the select set of the 3D ultrasound data, generating a visualization plane of the object of interest, and displaying the visualization plane on the display.
US11432802B2	System and method for controlling focused ultrasound treatment A system and method for controlling the delivery of ultrasound energy to a subject is provided. In particular, such a system and method are capable of safely disrupting the blood-brain barrier. Ultrasound energy is delivered to produce cavitation of an ultrasound contrast agent at a selected pressure value. An acoustic signal is acquired following cavitation, from which a signal spectrum is produced. The signal spectrum is analyzed for the presence of harmonics, such as subharmonics or ultraharmonics. When subharmonics or ultraharmonics are present, the pressure value is decreased for subsequent sonications. If a previous sonication resulted in no subharmonics or ultraharmonics being generated, then the pressure value may be increased. In this manner, the blood-brain barrier can be advantageously disrupted while mitigating potentially injurious effects of the sonication.
US11432799B2	Fully automatic ultrasonic scanner and scan detection method A fully automatic ultrasonic scanner and a scan detection method is provided. The fully automatic ultrasonic scanner comprises: an ultrasonic probe (4); a driving system (5) for driving the ultrasonic probe (4) to move; and a flexible structure on which the ultrasonic probe (4) is mounted, wherein the flexible structure enables the ultrasonic probe (4) to be always along a curve of a skin surface and keep perpendicular to the skin surface during scanning. The flexible structure of the fully automatic ultrasonic scanner has self-adaptive effect, can adjust the scan trace and the probe angle in real time according to different curves of the human body, and ensure that the ultrasonic probe (4) scans against the skin surface and keeps perpendicular to the skin surface, which improves the quality of the scanned images, so as to enhance the detection rate and accuracy rate of early screening, and reduces the probability of missed diagnosis.
US11432793B2	High resolution compound ultrasound flow imaging An ultrasound imaging system includes a transducer array (202) with a plurality of transducer elements (206) configured to transmit a pulsed field beam into a scan field of view, receive echo signals produced in response to the pulsed field interacting with particles/structure flowing/moving in the scan field of view, and generate electrical signals indicative of the echo signals. The ultrasound imaging system further includes a beamformer (212) including multiple synthetic transmit aperture beamformers configured to process the electrical signals over a plurality of processing channels (312) into corresponding receive-beams of RF-data with a beam-level delay, channel-level delays, a beam-level gain and channel-level gains. The ultrasound imaging system further includes a velocity processor (216) configured to estimate a flow velocity of the structure flowing in the scan field of view from the RF-data. The ultrasound imaging system further includes a rendering engine (224) configured to display the flow velocity estimate on a display (226) with color-coding.
US11432792B2	Multi-modal ultrasound probe for calibration-free cuff-less evaluation of blood pressure A system for calibration-free cuff-less evaluation of blood pressure is proposed. The system includes an ultrasound-based arterial compliance probes and a controller unit connected to the said probe. The ultrasound transducers measure the change in arterial dimensions, pulse wave velocity, and other character traits of an arterial segment over continuous cardiac cycle, which is then used to evaluate blood pressure parameters without any calibration procedure using dedicated mathematical models. The pressure sensor/force sensor/biopotential transducers/accelerometric sensors measure a pressure acting on a skin surface at a measurement site, an internal arterial transmural pressure level, an applied pressure or a hold-down pressure on the skin surface or an arterial site, biopotential and/or plethysmograph signal, arterial vibrations acting on the measurement site as a function of the arterial pressure and the mechanical characteristics and/or a function of the applied/hold-down pressure and/or function of external factors.
US11432788B2	Control system and radiographic imaging system A control system includes a radiation emission apparatus and a radiographic imaging apparatus that generates image data by receiving radiation A first apparatus of the radiation emission apparatus and the radiographic imaging apparatus includes a first timer that performs time measurement to periodically generate first time measurement information. A second apparatus of the radiation emission apparatus and the radiographic imaging apparatus includes a second timer that performs time measurement to periodically generate second time measurement information. The first apparatus includes an interface that transmits the first time measurement information to the second timer. At least one apparatus includes a hardware processor which adjusts the operation of the first or second timer based on adjustment conditions in a state where the second timer does not acquire the first time measurement information.
US11432785B2	X-ray imaging apparatus In order to perform a setting of whether or not an input of an imaging failure reason at the time of an imaging failure is necessary, a check box 8j on whether or not the input of the imaging failure reason is necessary is displayed on a screen. When an operation to input a check mark in the check box 8j is performed, it is set that the input of the imaging failure reason is necessary. When an operation to remove the check mark from the check box 8j is performed, it is set that the input of the imaging failure reason is unnecessary. When it is set that the input of the imaging failure reason is necessary, a screen for inputting the imaging failure reason is displayed. When it is set that the input of the imaging failure reason is unnecessary, a screen for inputting the imaging failure reason is skipped. As a result, when the input of the imaging failure reason is unnecessary, the input operation is automatically skipped, reducing the burden on the operator.
US11432783B2	Methods and systems for beam attenuation Various methods and systems are provided for displaying to an operator an attenuation map of a filter relative to a current location of an anatomical feature of a subject; and in response to the anatomical feature being within a region of the attenuation map, prompting an operator to reposition the subject. In this way, centering of the anatomical feature relative to an attenuation system may be facilitated for improved image quality.
US11432780B2	Sled-table for radiographic imaging and medical device integration X-ray procedure tables with improved structural strength that enable radiation shielding and integrated medical device and monitoring systems. The design allows the incorporation of an integrated patient support structure, radiation shielding and associated devices and conduits for medical care in procedures that employ X-ray imaging.
US11432779B2	Method and device for capacitive touch panel based biosignal measurement Many capacitive sensing based biosignal measurements methods exist, which are generic as they do not personalize biosignal measurement. Further, are do not provide device agnostic solutions. A method and system for capacitive touch panel based biosignal measurement is provided. The method senses a change in raw capacitance value of a capacitive touch panel. However, unlike existing methods that directly utilize the raw signal for biosignal measurements, the method disclosed derives a normalized signal by normalizing a raw signal corresponding to the change in raw capacitance of the capacitive touch panel. The normalization considers inter-relationships between a plurality of variables that affect the raw capacitance value such as a set of device specific parameters associated with the capacitive touch panel of the device, a set of ethnographic parameters, and metadata associated with the subject. Thus, method provides higher accuracy in biosignal measurement using capacitive touch panel based devices by personalizing the biosignal measurements.
US11432778B2	Methods and systems for patient monitoring Systems and methods are provided for false alarm suppression in patient monitoring systems. In one embodiment, a method comprises inputting each electronic signal of a plurality of electronic signals into a corresponding predictor cloud of a plurality of predictor clouds, each predictor cloud comprising a long short-term memory neural network and a recurrent neural network, and responsive to an alarm generated based on at least one of the plurality of electronic signals, suppressing the alarm responsive to outputs of the plurality of predictor clouds indicating the alarm is false. In this way, patient monitors may be more reliable with fewer false alarms.
US11432776B2	Medical device administration and interaction The present disclosure provides for medical device administration and interaction by identifying a medical event affecting a first individual, a medical device associated with treating the medical event, and an initial attentiveness level of an administering individual; outputting a tutorial for how to use the medical device to treat the medical event with a first control level, wherein the first control level based on the initial attentiveness level of the administering individual; and in response to receiving a triggering event while outputting the tutorial: determining a current attentiveness level for the administering individual; and in response to the current attentiveness level indicating a change from the initial attentiveness level, adjusting the tutorial based on a second control level, different than the first control level, based on the change from the initial attentiveness level.
US11432773B2	Monitoring of diagnostic indicators and quality of life In some embodiments, the method includes a creating a plurality of session records for a subject, generating a subject progression model based on the plurality of session records, and comparing the subject progression model to a health progression model. The method further includes determining, based on the comparing the subject progression model to the health progression model, at least one progression deviation and generating a notification including an indication of the at least one progression deviation. In some embodiments, the plurality of session records include both objective data and subjective data. In some embodiments, the objective data includes one or more of body motion data captured with an RGB-D camera or RGB camera and voice data captured with a microphone. In some embodiments, the subjective data includes one or more of self-reported data from the subject and physician-reported data associated with the subject.
US11432771B2	Physiological measurement device An physiological measurement device provides a device body having a base, legs extending from the base and an optical housing disposed at ends of the legs opposite the base. An optical assembly is disposed in the housing. The device body is flexed so as to position the housing over a tissue site. The device body is unflexed so as to attach the housing to the tissue site and position the optical assembly to illuminate the tissue site. The optical assembly is configured to transmit optical radiation into tissue site tissue and receive the optical radiation after attenuation by pulsatile blood flow within the tissue.
US11432768B2	Device and system for sensing medically relevant information from the mouth An intraoral multisensor device includes a mouthpiece, a plurality of sensors at least one of attached to or integrated with the mouthpiece, and a data communications unit configured to receive signals from the plurality of sensors. The mouthpiece has a form to permit stable arrangement at least partially within a person's mouth such that it can remain for hands-free sensing of a plurality of biological parameters. Also, an intraoral multisensor system includes an intraoral multisensor device and a data processing device adapted to communicate with the intraoral multisensor device.
US11432765B2	Excrement care robot with integrated analysis function for motion and condition of bedridden patient Disclosed is an excrement care robot with an integrated analysis function on the motion and condition of a bedridden patient including: a body-fitted type treating apparatus including a body which has a shape corresponding to bends of the genitals and buttocks of a human body and is formed with a treatment space that is opened in a direction of the genitals and buttocks of the human body to receive excrement discharged from the human body, a discharge unit which is provided in the body and communicates with the treatment space to discharge the excrement of the treatment space to the outside, and a sensor unit that is provided in the body to measure a direction of movement of the body; and a motion analysis unit that receives sensor data of the sensor unit to analyze the motion of the human body through the movement of the body.
US11432763B1	Detecting and avoiding blood vessels A method differentiates a blood vessel from a nonvascular tissue during a minimally invasive surgery using a device. A device may be any penetration sensor device, such as a dilator sensor device, a hollow needle sensor device, or a trocar sensor device, which penetrates the skin and subcutaneous layers to reach a target location inside the body. The penetration sensor device includes a sensor probe which can make optical measurements to determine various parameters of the tissue at the tip of the sensor probe. These parameters may include an optical signal level returned from tissue contacting the tip of the sensor probe, an oxygen saturation level of the tissue, a total hemoglobin concentration, a blood flow, and a pulse. Based on these parameters, the presence or absence of a blood vessel at the tip of the penetration sensor device can be determined while the device travels towards the target location for surgery.
US11432761B1	Method and server for dementia test based on voice question and answer using artificial intelligence call The present disclosure relates to a method and a server capable of performing a dementia test without the need for a dementia test subject to personally visit a test center and capable of automatically performing a dementia test by an artificial intelligence, not an individual. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a dementia test may be performed without the need for a dementia test subject to personally visit a test center, thereby improving the effectiveness of a dementia test by filtering patients who need to visit the test center and proceed with a follow-up test, and a dementia test may be automatically performed by an artificial intelligence, not an individual, thereby saving the time required for the dementia test and costs such as labor cost for the test.
US11432760B2	Devices and methods for remote therapy and patient monitoring Systems and methods for remote therapy and patient monitoring are provided. A method comprises contacting an outer skin surface of a patient with a contact surface of a stimulator and transmitting an electrical impulse from the stimulator transcutaneously through the outer skin surface to a nerve within the patient. Data related to parameters of the electrical impulse applied to the nerve is stored and transmitted to a remote source. The data may include duration of treatment, amplitude of the electrical impulse, compliance with a prescribed therapy regimen or other relevant data related to the therapy. The method may further include collecting patient status data, such as symptoms of a medical condition (e.g., severity of a headache) before, during and/or after stimulation. The patient status data is correlated with the treatment data to monitor compliance and/or the effectiveness of the therapy.
US11432758B2	Left and right brain recognition method and device The present application provides a left and right brain recognition method and device, and relates to the field of wearable devices. The method comprises: in response to that a user listens to an audio content meeting a predetermined condition, acquiring first brain electrical information of a first hemisphere of the user; and recognizing that the first hemisphere is a left brain or a right brain according to the first brain electrical information and reference information. The method and the device provide a left and right brain recognition method, facilitate a device that the user wears to perform automatic setting according to a recognition result, and enhance user experience.
US11432757B2	Method for hosting mobile access to high-resolution electroencephalography data One variation of a method for hosting mobile access to dense electroencephalography data includes: receiving a set of signals, in a raw resolution, recorded by a set of channels in an electroencephalography headset during an electroencephalography test; receiving, from a client computing device, a view parameters for viewing the set of signals on a display; calculating a quantity of raw signal points per pixel column of the display based on the view parameters and a length of a segment of the electroencephalography test; for each signal in the set of signals, for each discrete contiguous sequence of the quantity of raw signal points within the segment of the signal, calculating a value set characterizing the discrete contiguous sequence of the quantity of raw signal points in the signal; and generating a static image representing value sets for each channel, in the set of channels, across the segment of the electroencephalography test.
US11432751B2	Magnetic sensor and inspection device According to one embodiment, a magnetic sensor includes a first magnetic element, a second magnetic element, a third magnetic element located between the first and second magnetic elements in a first direction, a fourth magnetic element located between the third and second magnetic elements in the first direction, a first conductive member, a second conductive member, a third conductive member located between the first and second conductive members in the first direction, a fourth conductive member located between the third and second conductive members in the first direction, a first magnetic member, a second magnetic member, a third magnetic member located between the first and second magnetic members in the first direction, a fourth magnetic member located between the third and second magnetic members in the first direction, and a fifth magnetic member located between the third and fourth magnetic members in the first direction.
US11432748B2	Common depth noninvasive glucose concentration determination analyzer apparatus and method of use thereof The invention comprises a method and apparatus for sampling optical pathways having a common tissue depth, such as a maximum mean depth of penetration in the dermis, with a common detector of a person for analysis in a noninvasive analyte property determination system, comprising the steps of: probing skin with a range of illumination zone-to-detection zone distances with at least two wavelength ranges, which optionally overlap, and detecting, using a common detector, illumination zone-to-detection zone distances having mean optical pathways probing the common tissue layer, such as without the mean optical pathways entering the subcutaneous fat layer of the person. Optionally, the skin tissue layers are modulated and/or treated via tissue displacement before and/or during data collection.
US11432745B2	Gait detection algorithm A method in gait rehabilitation for detecting a foot being lifted comprises: receiving (102) a plurality of signals from respective pressure sensors (12), mounted beneath a foot of a person, each signal providing a time sequence of values representing asserted pressure; processing the received signals, wherein said processing comprises, for each signal, assigning states to the respective pressure sensor (12) for determining when the foot is being lifted for walking, and wherein said assigning of states comprises: identifying that the sequence of values are maintained above an upper threshold (32) for a duration exceeding a time threshold (36); and upon such identifying assigning a prepared state to the sensor (12); and, when the sensor (12) is in the prepared state, identifying (108) a value below a lower threshold (34) indicating that the foot is potentially lifted; and upon such identifying assigning an unprepared state to the sensor (12); and wherein said processing further comprises, when assigning an unprepared state to a first sensor, determining (110) whether a prepared state is assigned to a second sensor and comparing (112) a priority of the first sensor and the second sensor.
US11432744B2	Lung condition monitoring device The present invention discloses a Lung condition monitoring device for performing ultrafast detection of humidity level in exhaled air while breathing out and therefrom detect condition of the human lungs in real time. The Lung 5 condition monitoring device comprises a mouthpiece for forcibly exhaling air there through, one or more humidity sensor to measure the variable electrical resistance based on level of adsorption of water molecules thereon of the humidity content of exhaled air and real time monitoring unit operatively connected to said humidity sensor and having correlating means for correlating 10 the change in humidity level and related variation in the electrical resistance due to exhalation to peak flow rate of the exhaled air for monitoring lung condition. The Lung condition monitoring device is also capable of wireless data transfer to any peripheral computing device such as mobile phone via wireless connectivity and show the test results on the mobile phone display with the help of a 15 proprietary application embodied in the phones operating system. The mobile interface increases the portability, data monitoring, and user friendliness of the device. Further, the mobile interface helps in storage and analysis of big time data for prognosis, diagnosis, and therapeutic purposes.
US11432737B2	Systems and methods for real-time motion prediction in dynamic imaging Systems and methods for predicting motion of a target using imaging are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving image data, acquired using an imaging system, corresponding to a region of interest (“ROI”) in a subject, and generating a set of reconstructed images from the image data. The method also includes processing the set of reconstructed images to obtain motion information associated with a target in the ROI, and applying the motion information in a motion prediction framework to estimate a predicted motion of the target. The method further includes generating a report based on the predicted motion estimated.
US11432721B2	Methods, systems and devices for physical contact activated display and navigation Methods, systems and devices are provided for providing user interface navigation of screen display metrics of a device. In one example, a device is configured for capture of activity data for a user. The device includes a housing and a screen disposed on the housing to display a plurality of metrics which include metrics that characterize the activity captured over time. The device further includes a sensor disposed in the housing to capture physical contact upon the housing. A processor is included to process the physical contact to determine if the physical contact qualifies as an input. The processor enables the screen from an off state when the physical contact qualifies as the input. The screen is configured to display one or more of the plurality of metrics in accordance with a scroll order, and a first metric displayed in response to the physical contact that qualifies as the input.
US11432719B2	Visual field simulation using optical coherence tomography and optical coherence tomographic angiography Disclosed herein are methods for simulating the results of a visual field (VF) test using an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system. The disclosed methods may utilize structural information extracted from OCT image datasets, such as thickness measurements, or may utilize functional information, such as blood perfusion measurements, extracted from OCT angiography (OCTA) image datasets. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US11432716B2	Retractor and tip extender therefor A retractor used in inner-oral surgery is provided that includes a maxilla portion configured to maintain a patient's mount in an open state. The retractor also includes a blade that maintains the position of the tongue so that surgical tools are not obstructed. The maxilla portion of one embodiment only extends a portion of the length of the blade.
US11432713B2	Endoscope system, endoscope image processing method, and computer readable recording medium for generating a three-dimensional shape image An endoscope system includes an endoscope configured to pick up an image of an inside of a subject to acquire an image, and a processor including hardware. The processor estimates a three-dimensional position of a target portion within the subject based on an image, sets for the three-dimensional position a reliability corresponding to a predetermined parameter related to the endoscope system determined when the image is acquired, and selects, when a plurality of three-dimensional positions for the target portion exist, a predetermined three-dimensional position among the plurality of three-dimensional positions depending on the reliability and generates a three-dimensional shape image.
US11432712B2	Fluorescence imaging scope with dual mode focusing structures Improved fluoresced imaging (FI) and other sensor data imaging processes, devices, and systems are provided to enhance use of endoscopes with FI and visible light capabilities. A first optical device is provided for endoscopy imaging in a white light and a fluoresced light mode with an image sensor assembly including one or more image sensors. A mechanism in the first optical device to automatically adjust the focus of the first optical device wherein the automatic focus adjustment compensates for a chromatic focal difference between the white light image and the fluoresced light image caused by the dispersive or diffractive properties of the optical materials or optical design employed in the construction of the first or second optical devices, or both. Adjustment mechanisms are provided using liquid lenses or repositioning sensors. The design may be integrated with a scope or detachable.
US11432710B2	External mechanism for endoscope and endoscope system An external mechanism for endoscope includes a wheel engaged with a second bending operation up and down knob of a second bending operation apparatus provided in an operation portion of an endoscope, a motor configured to generate driving force for rotating the wheel, an operation switch for outputting a driving control signal to the motor, a container case containing the wheel and the motor, a case attachment and detachment fixation member with which the container case can be attached to and detached from the operation portion, a switch case attached to the container case and configured to be able to turn between a first position covering a part of the operation portion and a second position away from the first position, and a dummy switch provided in the switch case and configured to operate a remote switch arranged in the operation portion in the first position via the switch case.
US11432709B2	Endoscope system An endoscope system includes: a first endoscope including an insertion section, an operation section, and a bending operation device; a second endoscope including an insertion section, an operation section, and a bending operation device; and a fixing member configured to connect and fix the operation sections to each other such that the bending operation device of the first endoscope is made to protrude toward the operation section of the second endoscope, the bending operation device of the second endoscope is made to protrude toward the operation section of the first endoscope, and the bending operation device of the second endoscope is spaced apart from the bending operation device of the first endoscope toward an insertion section side.
US11432702B2	Domestic dishwasher having lifting mechanism for washing item receptacle A household dishwasher includes a rinsing container, a washing item receptacle, a guide mechanism for moving the washing item receptacle from a starting state within the rinsing container to an end state outside the rinsing container and vice versa, and a lifting mechanism for raising the receptacle from a starting position to an end position and to lower it from the end position to the starting position. The lifting mechanism includes a lifting lever pivotably connected to the rinsing container and the guide mechanism and having a guide contour for arresting the receptacle in the end position when lifted from the starting position to the end position and in the end state when lowered from the end position to the starting position so that the receptacle is only movable from the starting state to the end state in the starting position and vice versa.
US11432701B2	Use of recycled wash and rinse water for the pre-rinse operation of dishes A dishwashing machine is used for pre-rinse operation of soiled dishes. A cavity is configured and arranged to contain the soiled dishes. A nozzle is proximate the cavity and is in fluid communication with the cavity. An accumulator pan accumulates wash and rinse water including cleaning chemicals used in a previous cycle of the dishwashing machine. A fluid passageway interconnects the nozzle and the accumulator pan. A pump directs the accumulated wash and rinse water from the accumulator pan to the nozzle via the fluid passageway for pre-rinse operation of the soiled dishes in the cavity, and the nozzle directs the accumulated wash and rinse water into the cavity with the soiled dishes to assist in removing soil from the soiled dishes prior to a wash cycle of the dishwashing machine. The wash cycle utilizes fresh wash water.
US11432700B1	Adjustable shaft for ice scraper and snow brush An adjustable shaft for an ice scraper and a snow brush includes a shaft member and an adjustable positioning arrangement. The shaft member includes an inner handle frame and an outer handle frame slidably receiving the inner handle frame for coupling the ice scraper and the snow scraper at two ends of the shaft member, wherein the inner and outer handle frames are slid with each other to selectively adjust a length of the shaft member. The adjustable positioning arrangement includes a plurality of non-through reinforcing ribs spacedly indented on the inner handle frame to reinforce a structure of the inner handle frame, and a positioning member movably coupled at the outer handle frame to selectively engage with one of the reinforcing ribs so as to lock up a relative sliding movement between the inner and outer handle frames.
US11432698B2	Mobile robotic cleaner A control system for a robotic floor cleaning machine configured to perform a cleaning operation along a cleaning path can comprise a controller, and a plurality of sensors. The controller can be configured to control autonomous movement of the robotic floor cleaning machine along the cleaning path and autonomous performance of the cleaning operation. The plurality of sensors can be configured to sense a location of the robotic floor cleaning machine relative to surroundings of the robotic floor cleaning machine. At least two sensors from the plurality of sensors are configured to locate the robotic floor cleaning machine in overlapping areas of the surroundings.
US11432696B2	Handheld extraction cleaner A handheld extraction cleaner includes a unitary body provided with a carry handle, and further provided with a supply tank, a recovery tank, and a suction source, all of which are carried on the unitary body. The various components of the extraction cleaner can be arranged for a balanced weight in hand. The supply tank can be integrated with a fluid distributor in a removable, modular unit.
US11432692B2	Dust suction device utilizing beads A dust suction device includes: a main body composed of a bottom plate and a footboard, wherein a dust suction part is formed in the bottom plate, and the footboard seals the dust suction part and has suction holes formed on the upper part thereof to allow the dust to be sucked to the dust suction part; a number of springs provided on the bottom inside the bottom plate matching the number of suction holes; balls which are provided on the upper part of the springs and which are in close contact with the suction holes of the footboard and open and close the suction holes; and a suction part which is connected to a side portion of the main body through a hose and sucks the dust through the suction holes toward the dust suction part when the suction holes are open.
US11432691B2	Configuration apparatus for a system comprising a machine tool and a vacuum cleaner A configuration apparatus for a system having an electric device in the shape of a machine tool or an energy storage module for the electric power supply of the machine tool and a vacuum cleaner to suction dust generated by the machine tool, with the vacuum cleaner being actuatable by the electric device via a wireless control connection, with the machine tool having a drive motor to drive a tool holder on which a tool provided to process a workpiece is arranged or is arrangeable, with the vacuum cleaner having a vacuum housing with a dirt collection chamber to receive dirt separated from a suction flow and a suction unit to generate the suction flow, with a suction inlet being present on the vacuum housing to connect a suction hose to establish a current connection for the suction flow with the machine tool, with the vacuum cleaner and the electric device having first communication interfaces according to a first communication standard to communicate via the wireless control connection.
US11432690B2	Handheld vacuum cleaner A handheld vacuum cleaner including a fluid flow path, a main body including a handle, a fluid flow motor positioned in the fluid flow path, a dirt collection region, and a cyclone chamber in the fluid flow path. The cyclone chamber includes a first end wall, a second end wall, a sidewall extending along a cyclone axis, a cyclone dirt outlet formed in the sidewall, a cyclone dirty fluid inlet, and a cyclone clean fluid outlet. A duct extends between the cyclone dirt outlet and the dirt collection region. The duct includes an upstream wall and a downstream flow-diverting wall forming a downstream boundary of the cyclone dirt outlet. The duct widens between the upstream wall and the downstream flow-diverting wall in a downstream direction away from the cyclone dirt outlet.
US11432685B2	Leg care apparatus A leg care apparatus includes a main body configured to provide an action space in which a leg is accommodated, a bottom module which is placed on a bottom surface of the main body and in which a component for a foot bath is accommodated, and an action space adjustment module configured to adjust a size of the action space.
US11432680B2	Egg cooker An egg cooker includes a base band shaped to be placed on a cooking surface. A cover is connected to the base band. A tunnel within the cover is sized to allow contents of an opened egg to be poured through the tunnel and onto the cooking surface. A length of the tunnel is selected so that when the cover is mounted on the cooking surface, a base at a bottom of the tunnel is elevated over the cooking surface to a height that allows a white of the opened egg to pass under the base of the tunnel to the cooking surface under the cover, while retaining a top of a yolk of the opened egg within an inside circumference of the tunnel.
US11432674B2	Dispenser with parallel dispensing paths A beverage preparation machine (1) has: a water circuit (12,13) for guiding water (2,2′,2″) from a source (11); and a mixing unit (20) fluidically connected to the water circuit (12,13) and to a beverage outlet (23) for dispensing to a consumer cup or mug (5) a beverage (3) formed in the mixing unit (20). The mixing unit (20) has a first module (21) and a second module (22) that are relatively movable from: a distant configuration for inserting an ingredient between the first and second modules (21,22); to a proximate position for combining such ingredient with water (2′) supplied by the water circuit (12,13) so as to form the beverage (3). The machine has: a further unit (30) fluidically connected to the water circuit (12,13) and to an outlet (33) for dispensing to a consumer cup or mug water (2″) supplied by the water circuit (12,13); and a water directing device (14) fluidically connected to the water circuit (12,13), to the mixing unit (20) and to the further unit (30). The directing device (14) has one or more valves (141,142;143,144) that is/are actuated by the relatively moving first and/or second modules (21,22) and that can be opened and closed for controlling a flow of water (2,2′,2″) from the water circuit (12,13) selectively to the mixing unit (20) or to the further unit (30).
US11432671B2	Smart prayer rug A system is provided including a processor, a memory, a wireless controller, and a prayer rug. The prayer rug includes a display screen, one or more pressure sensors, and one or more proximity sensors. The prayer rug may also include one or more speakers. The wireless controller is configured to change what is displayed on the display screen. The pressure sensors are configured to sense a change in pressure applied at a number of pressure points and output pressure information. The proximity sensors are configured to sense a distance away an object is from the one or more proximity sensors. The processor is configured to receive pressure information from the pressure sensors and proximity information from the proximity sensors and determine a prayer posture from the received pressure and proximity information. The processor may generate an alert if the determined prayer posture is detected as being incorrect.
US11432668B1	Smart hanger system An electronic hanger system for identifying clothing articles is disclosed. The electronic hanger system comprises a charging station comprising a plurality of arms, a hub provided at the charging station, and one or more electrical contact points provided at each of the arms. The electronic hanger system comprises a plurality of hangers placed at a closet rack. Each hanger comprises hanger arms used for hanging at least one clothing article, a metal suspension hook coupled to the closet rack, an audio output device provided at the hanger arms and an illuminating device provided at the hanger arms. The electronic hanger system comprises a user device configured to store information corresponding to the hubs and the clothing articles hanged to the hangers. A user of user device uses the user device to select the clothing article based on the style, type, and description of the clothing article. The user device transmits a request to the hub. The hub transmits the request to the hanger to produce sound by the audio output device or to illuminate the illuminating device such that the user's attention is drawn to the hanger holding the clothing article.
US11432660B1	Resilient and buoyant beanbag chair The invention is directed to a chair (e.g., beanbag chair) that can be easily and securely used in a home and an aquatic environment. The chair comprises a top panel that interacts directly with the user. Specifically, the top surface of the chair provides support for the user's back, rear end, and legs when in use. The chair also includes a pair of side panels, a front panel, a rear panel, and a bottom panel. The chair includes an interior filled with one or more materials (e.g., polystyrene). Advantageously, the chair is constructed from one or more resilient materials, providing increased durability and comfort for the user. In addition, the chair is configured to float on a body of water, such as the ocean, a lake, a swimming pool, or a river.
US11432658B2	Collapsible bed base A bed base is configured as a light weight, collapsible bed base having a plurality of separate and independent bed sections. A pair of brackets are provided, and each bracket is releasably attachable to each one of the plurality of separate and independent bed sections to form the bed base. The plurality of separate and independent bed sections connected only through the pair of brackets.
US11432657B1	Furniture with extendable console A piece of furniture including a frame with a seat portion, and a console assembly at least partially received within the seat portion of the frame. The console assembly is movable along an axis between a retracted position and an extended position.
US11432651B2	Folding mechanism and foldable chair with the same A folding mechanism includes a pivot seat unit and at least three support units disposed about an axial line and pivotally connected to the pivot seat unit. Each of the support units includes a support rod. Rotation of any one of the support rods of the support units relative to the pivot seat unit drives an adjacent one of the support rods to rotate, such that when any one of the support rods is rotated relative to the pivot seat unit, the other support rods are in turn driven to rotate relative to the pivot seat unit so as to convert the support units between a folded state and an unfolded state.
US11432648B1	Wall bracket A support bracket may include a brace section and a protrusion. The brace section may include a base, a first arm, and a second arm. The base may define a first opening. The first arm may extend from the base in a first direction. The second arm may extend from the base in the first direction. The protrusion may extend from the base of the brace section in a second direction. The second direction may be opposite the first direction.
US11432646B2	Structural column and modular structure for electrical cabinets including referred structural column Structural Column and Modular Structure for Electrical Cabinets Comprising said Structural column, includes a structural column (1) which, from a single piece, accurately determines two corners or vertexes of a modular structure (19) for electric cabinets. The modular structure (19) has four vertically positioned structural columns (1) and at least eight horizontal beams (20) connected to each other by means of screws (21). This invention also introduces an innovative joint between the elements of the structural columns (1), which are joined together by means of welds (6) and with the aid of limiters (12), positioning flaps (11) and engagers (9). Thus, this invention guarantees a perfect square of the modular structure and the correct assembly of the electrical cabinet, with no need for highly specialized labor. The modular structure (19) presented here can be manufactured entirely from low-cost metal materials such as carbon steel, significantly reducing the manufacturing costs of electrical cabinets.
US11432633B2	Nail cleaning pen tool and method A tool for cleaning and disinfecting is disclosed herein. The tool for cleaning and disinfecting includes an elongated body, a brush portion, and a hook portion. The elongated body may be configured to house a fluid therein. The fluid may be a sanitizing agent or a cuticle oil. The tool for cleaning and disinfecting is useful for cleaning and disinfecting a surface.
US11432628B2	Suitcase, preferably of the rigid type, with an interchangeable external case A container for the transport of objects, clothing, accessories, and books includes a frame and at least one shell connected to the frame and at least partly delimiting an inner containment volume, wherein the at least one shell is interchangeably connected to the frame.
US11432626B2	Two-in-one walking support and methods of use Two-in-one walking supports and methods of using the walking support. The walking supports include first and second shaft portions and a handle assembly that has first and second handles. A latching mechanism is incorporated into the first and second handles and is configured to releasably couple the first and second handles to form the handle assembly and a single walking support configuration with the first and second shaft potions abutting one another and being configured to decouple the first and second handles and separate the first and second shaft portions to form a two-piece walking support configuration.
US11432623B2	Adjustable silicone wrist band and kit The invention is an assortment of apparatuses to magnetically tether a dental hygienist's hand to the utility tubes and hoses commonly found in a dental office. In a preferred embodiment, this is an adjustable silicone utility band containing a magnet which is worn by the hygienist. This tethers him or her to a utility hose or tube, which has a clasp that contains a reciprocal magnet. In another embodiment, the invention is a ring or fingergrip which contain magnets that tether to the utility hose or tube via the magnetized clasp.
US11432622B2	Releasable coupling device Aspects herein are directed to a releasable coupling device having a first housing structure than includes a temporary magnet and a second housing structure that includes a permanent magnet. The first housing structure is receivable by a receiving receptacle of the second housing structure. The releasable coupling device may be included as part of a slide fastener assembly having two slider tapes.
US11432619B2	System, method, and apparatus for modelling feet and selecting footwear One aspect of this disclosure is a method comprising: receiving, from a camera, a video feed depicting a pair of feet and a scaling object; capturing, with the camera, images of the feet and the scaling object based on the video feed; identifying foot features in each captured image; determining camera positions for each captured image by triangulating the foot features; generating a point cloud in a three-dimensional space by positioning each foot feature in the three-dimensional space based on the camera positions; scaling the point cloud based on the scaling object; segmenting the point cloud into at least a right-foot cluster and a left-foot cluster; fitting a first three-dimensional morphable model to the right-foot cluster according to first foot parameters; and fitting a second three-dimensional morphable model to the left-foot cluster according to second foot parameters. Related systems, apparatus, and methods also are described.
US11432614B2	Foot covering with divided sole In one possible embodiment, the inventive subject matter is directed to a foot covering, comprising: a thin, flexible compartment for receiving a foot. The compartment has a forefoot section, a midfoot section, and a rearfoot section of selected rigidity. The compartment has a top surface for securing the foot and a ground-facing surface having a sole divided into at least two portions comprising (1) a forefoot portion and midfoot portion and/or (2) a midfoot portion and a rearfoot portion. At least one sole portion comprises a midfoot portion disposed between a forefoot portion and/or a rearfoot portion. In the foot covering, each pair of sole portions is divided along a flexural line running generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the foot. The sole portions and flexural line(s), in combination with the flexible compartment, have a material construction and are arranged so as to facilitate the close conforming of the foot covering to the foot of an intended user through plantar flexion to dorsiflexion.
US11432611B2	Manufacturing method of a thermoplastic elastomer yarn The present invention relates to a thermoplastic elastomer yarn with improved unwinding, weaving and yarn shrinking property, and a manufacturing method thereof. According to the present invention, the thermoplastic elastomer yarn according to the present invention is excellent in improved unwinding, weaving and yarn shrinking property.Furthermore, the thermoplastic elastomer yarn according to the present invention is excellent in yarn shrinkage rate, unwinding, weaving, tensile strength and elongation rate to be adequate for manufacturing textile fabric and footwear in terms of physical properties.
US11432608B2	Stacking artificial lash extensions An artificial lash extension system includes lash extensions designed for an application under a natural lash. First lash extensions designed for an application at an underside of a natural lash each include first artificial hairs and a first base from which the first artificial hairs protrude, wherein the first base includes a top side designed to attach to the underside of the natural lash. Second lash extensions designed for an application under the first plurality of lashes each include second artificial hairs, and a second base from which the second artificial hairs protrude, wherein the second base includes a top side designed to attach to at least part of a bottom side of one or more of the first lash extensions.
US11432607B2	Artificial hair fiber A polyvinyl chloride-based fiber for artificial hair that has excellent low glossiness and grip performance when woven and can be stably spun. Configuring a fiber for artificial hair using a polyvinyl chloride-based resin composition, wherein the polyvinyl chloride-based resin includes, at predetermined blending amounts, a polyvinyl chloride-based resin (A) having a viscosity-average polymerization degree of 450-1,700 and a crosslinked vinyl chloride-based resin (B) in which the viscosity-average polymerization degree of a component that dissolves in tetrahydrofuran is 1,800-2,300, the difference between the viscosity-average polymerization degree of the polyvinyl chloride-based resin (A) and the viscosity-average polymerization degree of the THF-soluble component of the crosslinked vinyl chloride-based resin (B) is in a predetermined range, and the cross-sectional shape of the fiber for artificial hair has a first projection, a second projection, and a third projection and the lengths and widths thereof satisfy predetermined conditions.
US11432606B1	Locking magnetic fasteners Embodiments disclosed herein relate to magnetic fasteners capable of transitioning between a locked state and an unlocked state. In some embodiments, the magnetic fastener includes a first fastening portion and a second fastening portion configured to interface with one another. The first fastening portion may include a first pin with a channel configured to receive a second pin disposed on the second fastening portion. The channel may include a recess and the second pin may include a projection complementary to the recess such that the projection may be disposed within the recess when the respective central axes of the first and second fastening portions are offset. Thus, a portion of the recess may abut the projection when the respective central axes of the first and second fastening portions are offset, thus locking the first and second fastening portions relative to one another. Conversely, when the respective central axes of the first and second fastening portions are aligned, the projection may not be disposed within the recess, and accordingly, the first and second fastening portions may be capable of being unfastened from one another.
US11432605B1	Protective garment containing a stiff composite A protective garment containing a composite which has an alternating pattern containing groupings of woven fabric and groupings of biaxially oriented thermoplastic films. The composite has a thickness of greater than about 5 mm. Each grouping of woven fabric contains at least one woven fabric layer, each woven fabric layer containing tape elements having a base layer of a strain oriented olefin polymer disposed between covering layers of a heat fusible olefin polymer. Each grouping of biaxially oriented thermoplastic films contain at least one biaxially oriented thermoplastic film which has a core layer of thermoplastic disposed between covering layers of a thermoplastic able to bond to polypropylene.
US11432604B2	Interactive skin for wearable A wearable may be provided with or configured to provide interactive skin. The interactive skin may be configured for accepting touch input from a user. The interactive skin may include one or more flexible layers and may include or be mounted under a transparent display cover layer such as a layer of clear glass or plastic. Interactive skin may include a touch-sensitive layer that allows a user to provide touch input to the wearable. Display pixels on interactive skin may be used to display visual information to the user. The interactive skin may be configured for detecting a condition of at least one wearable and generating an output function in response to the detected condition.
US11432602B2	Nighttime hand signal system and methods of use thereof A nighttime hand signal system, having primarily a glove or fingerless glove having a backside, one or more infrared (IR) reflective material patterns affixed to the backside of the glove, an infrared (IR) light source, a night vision optical viewer, and thus functions to have the glove used by forward personnel in a police or military unit to provide a variety of hand signal communications to rear personnel using night vision optical viewer, as well as identify friend verse enemy personnel.
US11432600B1	Finger protector apparatus and related methods Apparatus and methods are disclosed for preventing and protecting a user from disease and virus transmission that might otherwise occur from contacting or touching potentially contaminated surfaces. A finger protector provides a barrier between a user's finger and a potentially contaminated surface when a user makes contact with or touches the surface. Indicia on the protector provide visual and/or physical indicators to enable a user to track the potentially contaminated and non-contaminated surfaces of the finger protector, before, during, and after use. This enables a user to safely grab the non-contaminated portion of the protector for removal from their finger after use, thereby further helping reduce the risk of contamination and potential disease and virus transmission. The disclosed methods and apparatus include for use, fabrication, packaging, and distribution of the protectors.
US11432598B1	Exercise pad device and related methods Specific implementations of an exercise pad device may include: a pad portion including a well, wherein the well may be substantially centered in the pad portion, a protective layer coupled to the pad portion, and a cover coupled to and enclosing the pad portion and the protective layer, wherein the well may be configured to reduce the localized pressure felt by a user when a barbell is placed over the pad while the user performs a hip thrust lift using the barbell.
US11432597B2	Pump-conditioned garment and apparatus therefor To pump-condition a garment that covers at least a portion of an individual, at least one fluid-circulating vent panel circulates a fluid adjacent the garment in an effort to condition the individual. A pump provides a motive force to circulate the circulating fluid through each vent panel, and a conduit is routed within the garment and couples the pump and each vent panel. A controller controls the pump to provide the motive force, and a power source provides power to operate the pump and the controller. The pump may be an ultrasonic piezoelectric pump.
US11432591B2	Electronic vaping device having pressure sensor At least one example embodiment discloses a section of an electronic-vaping device including a pressure sensor configured to measure a current ambient pressure, the pressure sensor further configured to output the current ambient pressure measurement in accordance with a read request frequency, and a controller configured to determine a mode of operation of the electronic-vaping device, control the read request frequency based on the determined mode of operation, and detect a threshold pressure change based on the current ambient pressure and a baseline pressure.
US11432590B2	Inhalation component generation device, method for controlling inhalation component generation device, and program An inhalation component generation device including: a load configured to vaporize or atomize an inhalation component source by electric power from an electric power source; a user interface; and circuitry configured to obtain a value representing a remaining amount of the electric power source, obtain an operation requesting signal to the load, and generate an instruction for operating the load; cause the user interface to perform a first notification in a case that the value is equal to or greater than a first threshold value; cause the user interface to perform a second notification in a case that the value is less than the first threshold value and equal to or greater than a second threshold value that is less than the first threshold value; and cause the user interface to perform a third notification in a case that the value is less than the second threshold value.
US11432589B2	Electronic vapor provision system An electronic vapor provision device includes a first electrical resistive heater for vaporizing a precursor material to generate vapor in an airflow for inhalation by a user and a second electrical resistive heater for vaporizing the precursor material and/or heating said airflow. The first electrical resistive heater has a first thermal coefficient of resistance which is less than a second thermal coefficient of resistance of the second electrical resistive heater. The device further includes a control system to monitor for a change in the resistance of at least the second electrical resistive heater. The second electrical resistance heater therefore serves both as a heater and as a temperature monitor.
US11432586B2	Electronic cigarette An electronic cigarette comprises a power supply device, a screw sleeve and an atomizer. The power supply device is provided with a cavity accommodating the atomizer with a cigarette holder exposed outside. The atomizer is provided with a screw joint portion at one end thereof opposite to the cigarette holder, and a middle part of the screw joint portion is provided with a conduction head insulated from the screw sleeve that is made of a conductive material. A bottom part of the cavity is provided with an annular conductor, an adsorption element, and a pole needle extending through a middle part of the annular conductor, and the adsorption element is insulated from the pole needle. The screw sleeve can be adsorbed on the adsorption element, so that the screw sleeve is conductive with the annular conductor, and the conduction head is conductive with the pole needle.
US11432584B2	Method and apparatus to form a rod for an aerosol generating article from a sheet of material The present invention relates to a method to form a rod for an aerosol generating article from a sheet of material (11), the method comprising the steps of: crimping the sheet of material (11); flattening the crimped sheet of material (11) by forcing it to contact a sliding edge, transversally arranged with respect to a feed direction of the sheet of material (11); giving a substantially tubular shape to the flattened sheet of material (11); and forming the rod with the so-shaped sheet of material (11). The present invention also relates to an apparatus to form a rod for an aerosol generating article from a sheet of material (11).
US11432581B2	Capsule containing a matrix, device with the matrix, and method of forming the matrix The capsule includes the matrix with one or more portions of a filler material. The filler material is a plant-based cellulose material. The one or more portions define interstices. A containing structure contains the matrix. A consumable substance is infused within the filler material. The consumable substance is nicotine, a flavorant, a pre-aerosol formulation, a combination thereof, or a sub-combination thereof. The device includes a heating section with the capsule.
US11432580B2	Cured leaf separator A leaf removal assembly including a frame comprising a front plate having a feed opening, a leaf stripping assembly mounted on said front plate in front of said feed opening and an upper sprocket wheel comprising a plurality of upper socket grippers extending radially outward of the upper sprocket wheel and being disposed behind the front plate. The leaf removal assembly further includes a lower sprocket wheel comprising a plurality of lower sprocket grippers extending radially outwardly of the lower sprocket wheel and being disposed behind the front plate. At least one of the upper sprocket wheel and the lower sprocket wheel may be adjustably attached to the frame. A process for separating a leaf from a stalk comprising at least one leaf is also included.
US11432573B2	Food and beverage sweeteners Natural sweetener compositions are disclosed, which generally include various combinations of steviol glycosides extracted from a Stevia rebaudiana plant; Siraitia grosvenorii (Monk Fruit) plant extract (including mogrosides extracted from such plant species); and an amino acid component consisting of free glycine. The natural sweetener compositions may optionally further include gymnemic acid (such as an extract of a Gymnemic sylvestre herb that includes 25%-75% gymnemic acid). The natural sweetener compositions may consist essentially of those two, three, or four components—or may be included in beverages, beverage powders, and foods.
US11432571B2	Method of heat-treatment of a product in a sealed container of a packaging material A method of heat-treatment of a product in a sealed container of a packaging material is described. The method includes placing the container in a treatment environment having a pressure (P) and a temperature (T), the pressure and the temperature having a ratio (P/T), and adjusting the temperature and/or pressure in the treatment environment to decrease the ratio over a duration in a time period. The time period starts at a time of cooking onset of the product and extends over a time of cooling onset at which time a temperature decrease is started, the time of cooking onset being preceded by a first time period of temperature ramping during which the temperature is increased. An apparatus for controlling heat-treatment of a product in a sealed container of a packaging material is also described.
US11432568B2	Beetle powder The present invention relates to a beetle powder containing at least 67% by weight protein and at least 5% by weight chitin, the weight percentages relating to the total weight of the beetle powder. The invention is also directed to a method for preparing the beetle powder and to the uses thereof, in particular in human or animal nutrition.
US11432564B2	Progressive hydration system Systems and methods describe continuously and progressively hydrating material, such as food material for meat analogue products. First, material is provided to be conveyed through a material passage between an exterior tube and a rotating inner shaft, with the rotating inner shaft including one or more agitation and/or progression features. The progression features could be, e.g., a series of imbricated protruding filled paddles arranged in a helical pattern, while the agitation features could take the form of, e.g., unfilled hoops, hooks, or paddles. Concurrent to conveying and hydrating the material through the material passage, a number of lumps, clumps, and/or unhydrated pieces of the material are broken up via one or more agitation features configured to produce uniform hydration and consistent dispersal of the material. Also concurrently or subsequently, water is continuously and/or progressively provided to the material to produce hydrated material particles.
US11432562B2	Manufacturing process for the production of a lipid-fiber powder The invention relates to a manufacturing process for the production of a lipid-fiber powder. In particularly the invention relates to a process for the production of a lipid-fiber powder having between 40 to 78 wt % of oil or fat (by weight of total lipid-fiber powder) and 22 to 60 wt % of a vegetable fiber (by weight of total lipid-fiber powder), wherein the fiber is characterized by having a rate of hydration between 15 to 500 cP/min and wherein the oil or fat has a solid fat content (SFC) at 20° C. below 12 wt %.
US11432559B2	Closed loop recycling system and dip tank for antimicrobial compounds A dip tank and recycling system for applying antimicrobial solution to food items, including a dip tank having a bottom and sides, and holding a liquid antimicrobial solution. A conveyor to convey food items through the tank passes through the liquid antimicrobial solution held in the tank such that food items conveyed on the conveyor are dipped in the liquid antimicrobial solution. At least two discharge nozzles spray fresh antimicrobial solution into the tank. The discharge nozzles are located in the sides of the tank, and are positioned above the level of the conveyor but below an expected top level of the liquid antimicrobial solution contained within the tank such that food items conveyed on the conveyor are agitated by the force of the spray from the discharge nozzles. The spray from the discharge nozzles causes unstacking of items on the conveyor, producing an even application of the antimicrobial solution.
US11432557B2	Microwaveable frozen lobster tail products In one embodiment, a minimally-processed microwaveable lobster product including a lobster tail, a fat-containing composition, and a microwaveable package. The lobster tail has a shell containing lobster meat. The shell has a longitudinal axis with at least one cut formed generally parallel to the longitudinal axis. The fat-containing composition is disposed in a region above the lobster tail. The microwaveable package has first and second resilient layers. The first resilient layer is disposed under the lobster tail and contacts the lobster tail. The second resilient layer is disposed above the lobster tail and contacts the lobster tail and the fat-containing composition.
US11432556B2	Poultry defeathering apparatus A poultry defeathering apparatus comprising a compression plate with a central aperture operationally associated with a hub drive shaft of a feather plucking machine, wherein the compression plate is secured to the hub drive shaft, a finger plate operationally associated with the hub drive shaft and the compression plate, the finger plate includes a central aperture, an annular abutment ring operationally associated with the central aperture, a plurality of finger apertures surrounding the central aperture, a plurality of fingers secured to the finger plate by insertion through the finger plate, with the body extending through a finger aperture, wherein the hub drive shaft is secured to the finger plate and wherein the oversized base of each finger is compressed between the compression plate and the finger plate and a mounting bolt secured on the finger plate within the mounting hole of the hub drive shaft.
US11432552B2	Deodorizing/antibacterial agent To improve the fact that the main components of conventional deodorizing and antimicrobial agents are existing components, the effect and efficacy of which are known to some extent, and do not generate an effect better than predicted. The deodorizing and antimicrobial agent of the present invention has a loquat seed extract including non-volatile fatty acids and at least benzaldehyde and benzoic acid as a main raw material.
US11432548B2	Methods for repelling Drosophila species using 2-pentylfuran Methods for repelling Drosophila species (e.g., D. suzukii, D. melanogaster) involving treating an object or area with a composition containing a Drosophila species (e.g., D. suzukii, D. melanogaster) repelling effective amount of 2-pentylfuran and optionally a carrier.
US11432544B2	Composition and related methods of manufacture and use Described herein is a stable dry composition comprising a compound with herbicide activity located on a carrier compound and a compound with amphiphilic properties coating at least part or all of the compound with herbicide activity and carrier compound. Methods of manufacture and application of the dry composition are also described along with storage stable plant and herbicide compositions and methods of co-administration of combination plant and herbicide compositions.
US11432542B2	Pest control system and method of operating same A pest control device comprising a capacitive sensor array including a plurality of sensor pads, the capacitive sensor array being configured to generate an electrical output signal indicating the state of each sensor pad, and an electronic controller electrically connected to the capacitive sensor array, the electronic controller including a processor and a memory including a plurality of instructions, which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: receive the electrical output signals from the capacitive sensor array, determine a measured capacitance value for each sensor pad based on each electrical output signal, calculate a baseline for each sensor pad based on the measured capacitance value of the sensor pad, determine whether a difference between the measured capacitance value of at least one sensor pad and its corresponding baseline exceeds a first predetermined threshold, update a counter when the first predetermined threshold is exceeded, and record an event indicative of a presence of a pest when the counter exceeds a predetermined limit.
US11432539B2	Insect trap The present disclosure describes a trap for catching or killing insects, and a method of attracting flying insects to an insect trap. The trap includes a back housing, an insect capture or killing mechanism, an insect attracting light source including light emitting diodes (LEDs) that emit ultra violet radiation, and a cover with openings that allow insects to enter the trap. The light source is directed immediately inwardly through plus or minor 45 degrees towards the insect capture or killing mechanism and is precluded from being directed immediately outwardly through the cover.
US11432537B2	Method for producing blood chimeric animal The present invention discloses a novel means capable of producing a blood chimeric animal in which a state of retaining blood cells originating in a heterologous animal at a high percentage is sustained for a long period of time. The method for producing a non-human animal that retains blood cells originating in a heterologous animal, according to the present invention, comprises transplanting hematopoietic cells of a heterologous animal into a non-human animal, in which hematopoietic cells the function of a gene that acts on the hematopoietic system is modified, The gene that acts on the hematopoietic system is, for example, Lnk gene, When a medium to large mammal is used as a recipient, the survival rate of hematopoietic cells originating in a heterologous animal is dramatically increased such that blood chimerism of 10% or more can be maintained even in a 16 month old animal.
US11432535B2	Critter-proof bird feeder apparatus A critter-proof bird feed apparatus includes a critter deterrent barrier/deflector assembly that attaches to the top of a bird feeder and prevents critters from accessing the bird feeder when the combined apparatus is hung up. The critter deterrent barrier/deflector assembly includes a connecting cable having a first end attached to the bird feeder and a second end for attaching to a pole, bracket, or other support structure above. The critter deterrent barrier/deflector assembly includes a deflector plate that extends in a lateral/horizontal direction. The deflector plate has a larger width than the bird feeder and block a view of the bird feeder from above the deflector plate. The critter deterrent barrier/deflector assembly includes a plurality of inverted, overlapping cones extending above the deflector plate, and preventing a critter from gripping onto the cones.
US11432531B2	Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing real time beef cattle monitoring utilizing radio-frequency identification (RFID) based technologies In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided methods and systems for real-time beef cattle monitoring utilizing Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) based technologies. For example, there is disclosed a system having at least a memory to store instructions; a processor to execute the instructions; a database to store data for heads of livestock, wherein each head of livestock is individually identified via a Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, the RFID tag uniquely identifying each of the heads of livestock to the system; a plurality of antennas to read information transmitted from the RFID tags; a transactional and analytical server to receive the information transmitted from the RFID tags and to store the information in the database; wherein the transactional and analytical server to further analyze the information stored in the database to identify when each head of livestock is present within a defined feeding zone; and monitoring the heads of livestock for anomalous feeding behavior based on the analysis. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
US11432525B2	Excrement screening device and method Disclosed are an excrement screening device and method. The excrement screening device includes a rotary receiving piece, a litter blocking piece and a screening piece. The rotary receiving piece is configured to receive cat litter and the rotary receiving piece is provided with a waste discharge outlet. The litter blocking piece is disposed in the rotary receiving piece and the litter blocking piece is configured to block the cat litter in a case where the rotary receiving piece rotates along a first direction. The screening piece is disposed in the rotary receiving piece, the screening piece is provided with a plurality of screening holes, and an accommodating cavity is formed by the screening piece, the litter blocking piece and the rotary receiving piece. The excrement screening method uses the above-mentioned excrement screening device.
US11432514B2	Soybean variety 5PZQJ47 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PZQJ47 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PZQJ47, cells from soybean variety 5PZQJ47, plants of soybean 5PZQJ47, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PZQJ47. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PZQJ47 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PZQJ47, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PZQJ47, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PZQJ47. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PZQJ47 are further provided.
US11432512B2	Soybean cultivar 90210769 A soybean cultivar designated 90210769 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 90210769, to the plants of soybean cultivar 90210769, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 90210769, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 90210769. 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 90210769. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 90210769, 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 90210769 with another soybean cultivar.
US11432509B1	Maize inbred PH433C A novel maize variety designated PH433C and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH433C with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH433C through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH433C or a locus conversion of PH433C with another maize variety.
US11432508B1	Maize inbred PH4C73 A novel maize variety designated PH4C73 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4C73 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4C73 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH4C73 or a locus conversion of PH4C73 with another maize variety.
US11432506B1	Maize inbred PH47GY A novel maize variety designated PH47GY and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH47GY with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH47GY through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH47GY or a locus conversion of PH47GY with another maize variety.
US11432503B1	Maize inbred PH487H A novel maize variety designated PH487H and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH487H with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH487H through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH487H or a locus conversion of PH487H with another maize variety.
US11432502B1	Maize inbred PH4CD5 A novel maize variety designated PH4CD5 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4CD5 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4CD5 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH4CD5 or a locus conversion of PH4CD5 with another maize variety.
US11432496B1	Maize inbred PH4CBV A novel maize variety designated PH4CBV and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4CBV with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4CBV through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH4CBV or a locus conversion of PH4CBV with another maize variety.
US11432488B1	Hemp cultivar named ‘05.09.24.S1’ The present disclosure provides a new and distinct hemp cultivar designated ‘05.09.24.S1’. The present disclosure relates to seeds of the hemp plant ‘05.09.24.S1,’ to plants and parts of the hemp plant ‘05.09.24.S1,’ and to methods for producing a hemp plant by crossing the hemp plant ‘05.09.24.S1’ with itself or other cannabis plants. The disclosure further relates to the morphological and physiological characteristics of the new and distinct hemp cultivar and its uses.
US11432484B2	Environmental services platform Methods and systems are disclosed for an environmental services platform for providing optimized irrigation plans, water management and use analysis, automated irrigation. Scheduling via network connected irrigation controllers, and other automated environmental services. According to some embodiments, a user may input site survey data regarding a selected irrigation site to a network-connected environmental services platform. The environmental services platform may correlate and analyze the input site survey data with large scale sets of relevant data (e.g., soil data, geographic data, plant data, weather data, solar radiation data, etc.) to provide services associated with the platform.
US11432481B2	Drop hose irrigation device and method of mounting such irrigation device to a supporting rod of an irrigation system A drop base irrigation device includes a substantially vertical pipeline section, which is adapted to be secured to a truss of an irrigation system by a substantially horizontal supporting rod, and a support having a substantially U-shaped bracket. The bracket includes a pair of side walls and a curved connecting wall extending along a substantially horizontal axis. The side and connecting walls have substantially cylindrical smooth inner surfaces with substantially parallel opposed projections for snap-fit locking engagement of the rod in the bracket. A pair of curved appendages extend from one of the side walls and define a pair of substantially vertical seats with oppositely directed concavities for receiving the substantially vertical pipeline section and locking it by rotation about a substantially horizontal axis. A method of mounting a drop base irrigation device to a supporting rod of an irrigation system.
US11432480B2	Spreading device, method and powder-like mixture composition for controlling or preventing forest pathogens on tree stumps A spreading device, a powder-like mixture composition and a method for spreading the composition for control or prevent forest pathogens on tree stumps are disclosed.
US11432479B2	String trimmer with blower The present invention is directed to a string trimmer having a blower feature incorporated therein. The string trimmer has a cutting head for holding a spool with cutting line. The cutting line is rotated at high speed to cut grass and other vegetation. The cutting head also includes a fan for generating an airflow to act as a blower. The string trimmer can be operated in two modes. In a first mode, both the fan and the spool housing are engaged with the motor so that the rotation of the spool housing performs a cutting operation. In a second mode, the motor engages only the fan to blow air, and the spool housing is disengaged so no cutting operation is performed.
US11432477B2	Radiator and plant illumination lamp A radiator and a plant illumination lamp containing the radiator. The radiator includes a heat-radiating baseplate configured for fixing a heat source, and heat-radiating side plates connected to the heat-radiating baseplate. The heat-radiating side plates each are provided with a plurality of heat-exchanging through grooves running through the heat-radiating side plates. The heat-exchanging through groove forms a heat potential difference, so that under the influence of the heat potential difference, the cold air outside the radiator passes through the heat-exchanging through groove on the heat-radiating side plates, and then flows out through a hot air chamber and an air outlet at an upper end of the hot air chamber after exchanging heat with the heat-exchanging through groove on the heat-radiating side plates, so as to form a strong natural air convection.
US11432475B2	Soft plant food and method of producing the same Soft plant foods and a method of producing the same are revealed. The method includes steps of (a) providing a plant food; (b) immersing the plant food in a decomposition-enhancing enzyme solution; (c) performing a plurality of instances of high-pressure treatment on the plant food immersed in the decomposition-enhancing enzyme solution; (d) allowing the plant food having finished step (c) to react at 40 to 65° C. for 20 to 60 minutes; and (e) applying a pressure of at least 400 MPa on the plant food having finished step (d) for 3 to 10 minutes. The method is effective in speeding up the production process and preventing loss of nutrients of the plant foods.
US11432474B2	Plant cultivation method for increasing phytochemical content A plant cultivation method for increasing the phytochemical content of a Labiatae plant is provided. The plant cultivation method includes cultivating the Labiatae plant in a visible light environment having a dark period and a light period during which the Labiatae plant is exposed to visible light in an alternate manner, and performing treatment with UVB radiation during the light period for at least one day before harvesting. A cumulative dose of the UVB radiation may range from 0.54J/m2 to 4.32 kJ/m2.
US11432472B2	Dark cavity lighting system A lighting system is provided with an illumination device with a semiconductor light emission solution and device suited for plant cultivation in a greenhouse environment are described. A lighting device with binary alloy quantum dots made by colloidal methods produces a size distribution of quantum dots that produces an emission spectrum similar to the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) spectrum. The methods and arrangements allow more precise spectral tuning of the emission spectrum for lights used in plant cultivation. Therefore unexpected improvements in the photomorphogenetic control of plant growth, and further improvements in plant production are realized.
US11432471B2	Crop growing structure and method Plants are grown in grow trays. The grow trays are placed on a shelf that has rollers mounted on a top side of the shelf and a first stop at a first end of the first shelf. The first shelf is tilted so that grow trays placed on the first shelf will tend to roll towards the first stop at the first end of the first shelf. A plurality of light panels is mounted on the light support system at various locations over the shelf so that a first subsection of the grow trays will be illuminated by the light panels and a second subsection of the grow trays will not be illuminated by the light panels.
US11432470B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and vegetation management system The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a vegetation management system each capable of managing vegetation in such a manner as to maintain a high quality state and achieve uniform growth.In a vegetation management system, an image acquiring apparatus acquires an image in which vegetation corresponding to a target of management is captured. An analysis unit analyzes the image as at least input information and outputs a predetermined analysis result. Then, a determination unit determines work contents to be performed for the vegetation, according to the analysis result. A work apparatus performs a process for executing work for the vegetation according to the work contents. For example, the present technology is applicable to a management system that manages natural grass.
US11432469B2	Method for prediction of soil and/or plant condition A method and system for predicting soil and/or plant condition in precision agriculture with a classification of measurement data for providing an assignment of a measurement parcel to classes of interest. The assignment is used for providing action recommendations, particularly in real time or close to real time, to a farmer and/or to an agricultural device based on acquired measurement data, particularly remote sensing data, and wherein a classification model is trained by a machine learning algorithm, e.g. relying on deep learning for supervised and/or unsupervised learning, and is potentially continuously refined and adapted thanks to a feedback procedure.
US11432463B2	Nut harvester with a removable assembly and a method of replacing a removable assembly of a nut harvester Systems and methods for replacing a removable assembly from a harvester for collecting and separating harvested crop product from twigs, dirt, dust, and other debris. A removable assembly for picking up harvested crop product and a removable assembly for separating the picked up harvested crop product from twigs, dirt, dust, and other debris are mounted to be changed out quickly in the field. A removable pickup assembly is received for removably mounting in the harvester by an inclined slot formed in a sidewall of the harvester body frame, so that the removable pickup assembly with the worn belt is lifted up and out and a replacement removable pickup assembly with a new belt is dropped into its place.
US11432458B2	Dual-disk seed meter for multi-variety seed planting A dual-disk seed meter for a planter may include a housing defining a first seed chamber configured to receive first seeds of a first seed type and a second seed chamber configured to receive second seeds of a second seed type. The seed meter may also include a first seed disk rotatable within the housing to convey the first seeds from the first seed chamber, a second seed disk rotatable within the housing to convey the second seeds from the second seed chamber, and a drive assembly configured to simultaneously rotate the first and second seed disks. In addition, the seed meter may include a seed deflector movable relative to the first seed disk and/or the second seed disk to control which of the seed types is discharged from the housing based on a selected seed type to be delivered by the seed meter.
US11439048B2	Electronic component housing An electronic component housing that internally houses an electronic component includes a portion formed of a resin material and a portion formed of a metallic material. The portion formed of the resin material is a connection side portion opposed to a member as a connection partner of the electronic component housing, or an opposite portion opposed to the connection side portion. The electronic component housing further includes an electromagnetic shield member that covers an outer surface of the portion formed of the resin material.
US11439047B2	Server racks for hot aisle—cold aisle server rooms A standard server rack is modified to be able to detect if a blanking panel is missing from an unoccupied slot. Detection can be achieved electrically by providing switch elements in the holes on the rack siderails, whose switching state depends on whether a fastening pin is in the hole. A blanking panel, when fitted to a particular slot, thus switches the switch elements for that slot, which can be detected by a make/break circuit including the switch elements. Alternatively, detection of a missing blanking panel can be achieved optically by arranging a bank of forward pointing optical sensors at the back of the server rack, which point forward to detect the presence of a blanking panel. The optical sensors are distributed vertically so that at least one optical sensor covers each slot.
US11439046B2	Electronic rack liquid cooling system According to one embodiment, an electronic rack cooling system includes a liquid manifold and a vapor manifold. The system includes a cold plate configured to mount on a processor of a piece of information technology (IT) equipment for liquid cooling. The cooling device such as the cold plate is coupled to the liquid manifold to receive cooling liquid and is coupled to the vapor manifold that receives vapor produced by the cold plate when heat generated by the processor is transferred into the cooling liquid through the cold plate. The system also includes a heat exchanger coupled to the vapor manifold to receive the vapor and configured to condense the vapor back into cooling liquid. The system also includes a fluid control unit coupled between the liquid manifold and the heat exchanger to create a heat exchanging loop, and configured to circulate the cooling liquid within the heat exchanging loop. Multiple methods of implementing the proposed thermal system and the loop design on a rack and a data center.
US11439045B2	Chassis structure A chassis structure is disclosed. The chassis structure has a chassis with a storage space and a computer node. The storage space is provided for accommodating the computer node. The node has a body removably stored in the storage space. The body has a front and a back portion. The node has a tray frame located in the front portion. The node has a sliding assembly for longitudinally and slideably moving the tray frame between a received and a withdrawn position. The back portion has a first and a second ducting structure, and is provided for accommodating two components. The first ducting structure disposed over the first component, and the second ducting structure disposed over the second component. The first ducting structure is offset from the second ducting structure for guiding different portions of the fluid flow over the first component and the second component, respectively.
US11439044B1	Heat recovery from data center cooling system A system to create a dehydrating environment from the waste cooling air from a data center including a drying room above the data center. Waste cooling air dries moisture laden product in the drying room and is returned to the data center. Also, a system to distribute waste cooling air from a data center. The system includes a reservoir tank and a local tank for waste cooling air. Both tanks include insulated walls that assist in maintaining a temperature within the reservoir tank. A reservoir tank blower conveys waste cooling air from the data center into the reservoir tank and pressurizes the interior of the reservoir tank. Pressurized waste cooling air from the data center is delivered from the local tank through the blower when a blower valve is opened.
US11439041B2	Air cooled cage design Presented herein are optical module cage designs and heatsink configurations for improved air cooling of pluggable optical modules disposed within the optical module cages. The designs and configurations presented herein facilitate efficient air cooling of higher power pluggable optical modules by enhancing airflow through the optical module cages, increasing contact between the optical modules and the heatsinks, and/or increasing the heatsink dissipation surface area.
US11439039B2	Thermal management of electronic devices on a cold plate A cold plate includes a first side with a first surface, and a second side, opposite the first side. A coolant cavity is formed between the first side and the second side. A recessed base is machined into the first surface of the first side. The recessed base is bonded to a base copper plate and is a thinnest portion of the first surface.
US11439033B2	Electronic device and tray structure thereof An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a first riser module, a hard-disk backplane module, and a plurality of hard-disks. The first riser module is disposed in the housing. The first riser module includes a first tray structure and a first riser board. The first riser board is disposed on the first tray structure. The first tray structure is adapted to move the first riser board in a first direction. The hard-disk backplane module is disposed in the housing. The tray structure is adapted to move the first riser board in the first direction to connect the hard-disk backplane module. The hard-disks are connected to the hard-disk backplane module. The modules of the electronic device of the embodiment of the invention can be coupled together more easily.
US11439032B2	Communication device board and communication device Communication device board and a communication device are provided. A connector of the communication device board includes a fixed position and a contact position. The fixed position and the contact position; have different levels. The fixed position is fixedly connected one end of an inner side of a conductive resilient sheet. An outer side of the conductive sheet is provided with an insulating coating. When the fixed position fixedly connected to the end of the inner side of the conductive resilient sheet, and a mating gap between the connector of the communication device board and a corresponding communication device connector is smaller than a preset threshold range, A second end of the inner side of the conductive resilient sheet is in contact with the contact position (12).
US11439031B2	Latch mechanism and electronic device case Provided are a latch mechanism and an electronic device case. The latch mechanism includes a base assembly, a pressing assembly and a first elastic member. The base assembly has an accommodating cavity, and a wall surface of the base assembly has a first through hole and a second through hole which are respectively communicated with the accommodating cavity. The pressing assembly includes a main body part, a button part and a bolt part, the main body part is disposed in the accommodating cavity, and the button part and the bolt part are respectively disposed on the main body part. The first elastic member is located in the accommodating cavity, one end of the first elastic member abuts against an inner wall of the accommodating cavity and the other end abuts against the main body part.
US11439029B2	Electronic device and housing structure Provided is an electronic device including a display arranged on a front face of the electronic device; and a housing structure forming at least a part of a side exterior of the electronic device and a back exterior of the electronic device, wherein the housing structure may include: a transparent housing comprising a side region arranged on a side face of the electronic device, a back region arranged on a back face of the electronic device, and a connection region connecting the side region with the back region; a transparent pattern layer arranged on an inner surface of the back region of the transparent housing and comprising a pattern; and a color layer disposed on an inner surface of the transparent pattern layer in the back region of the transparent housing, and disposed on an inner surface of the side region of the transparent housing.
US11439027B2	Display device and method for manufacturing the same having improved folding reliability A display device includes a display module on which a first non-folding area, a folding area, and a second non-folding area are sequentially defined in a first direction and which is deformable between a first state that is an unfolded sate and a second state that is a folded state and a sheet member including a first support portion overlapping the first non-folding area, a second support portion overlapping the second non-folding area, and a restoration portion overlapping the folding area, which are disposed below the display module. When the display module is in the first state, the restoration portion has an elastic force.
US11439020B2	Electronic component-embedded substrate An electronic component-embedded substrate includes a wiring structure including a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of wiring layers and having a cavity penetrating through at least one of the plurality of insulating layers, a first electronic component disposed in the cavity, a dam structure disposed on the wiring structure and having a through-portion, a first insulating material disposed in at least a portion of each of the cavity and the through-portion, and covering at least a portion of each of the wiring structure and the first electronic component, and a first circuit layer disposed on the first insulating material.
US11439019B2	Printed circuit board and method of manufacturing the same A printed circuit board includes a printed wiring board, a semiconductor element, and conductive members. The printed wiring board includes an insulative substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and wiring provided on the second surface of the insulative substrate to face the through-holes. The insulative substrate has flexibility and through-holes passing through the insulative substrate from the first surface to the second surface. The semiconductor element is mounted on the first surface of the insulative substrate of the printed wiring board and has element terminals interposed between the printed wiring board and the semiconductor element. The conductive members filled in the through-holes connect the element terminals and the wiring.
US11439017B2	Voltage regulator module A voltage regulator module includes a first circuit board assembly, a second circuit board assembly and a magnetic core assembly. The first circuit board assembly includes a first printed circuit board. The second circuit board assembly includes a second printed circuit board, at least one output capacitor, a plurality of ball grid arrays and at least one bonding pad. The second printed circuit board includes a first surface and a second surface. The plurality of ball grid arrays are disposed on the second surface of the second printed circuit board. The at least one bonding pad is arranged beside the first surface of the second printed circuit board. The magnetic core assembly is arranged between the first circuit board assembly and the second circuit board assembly and electrically connected with the at least one bonding pad. The at least one output capacitor is embedded within the second circuit board assembly.
US11439016B2	Power converter module A power converter module includes a multilayer printed circuit board, a switching device, a magnetic core element and a winding via. The multilayer printed circuit board has a first surface, a second surface and an inside layer. The multilayer printed circuit board includes a plurality of copper layers. The magnetic core element is disposed in the inside layer and includes a hole. One end of the winding via is electrically connected to the switching device, and the other end of the winding via is electrically connected to the second surface. The winding via penetrates through the hole and forms a magnetic assembly. An amount of the copper layers on a first side of the magnetic core element close to the first surface of the multilayer printed circuit board is at least two more than a second side of the magnetic core element.
US11439013B2	Interposer printed circuit boards for power modules Interposer printed circuit boards for power modules and associated methods are disclosed. In at least one illustrative embodiment, a printed circuit board assembly may comprise a printed circuit board having a surface, an electrical component mounted on the surface, a pin mounted on the surface, and an interposer printed circuit board mounted on the surface. The electrical component may have a first height orthogonal to the surface. The pin may have a second height orthogonal to the surface, where the second height is greater than the first height. The interposer printed circuit board may comprise a pad and an outer solder bump positioned on the pad. The outer solder bump may be positioned at a third height orthogonal to the surface, where the third height is greater than the first height.
US11439010B2	Via pattern for framebuffer interfaces This disclosure provides a multi-layered printed circuit board (PC) that has signal array region. The signal array region has a width and circumscribes a power core region and has signal vias connected to respective signal ball pads, and ground vias connected to respective ground ball pads within the signal array region that have an associated ball pad pitch. The PCB also has an inner current power layer. The signal and ground vias are arranged on the component layer in a pattern and extend into the inner current layer. The pattern forms current power paths across the width of the signal array region, such that the current power paths have a width that is at least about 50% as wide as the ball pad pitch.
US11439008B2	Package with substrate comprising variable thickness solder resist layer A package that includes a substrate and an electrical component coupled to the substrate. The substrate includes at least one dielectric layer, a plurality of interconnects located in the at least one dielectric layer, and a solder resist layer located over a surface of the at least one dielectric layer. The solder resist layer includes a first solder resist layer portion comprising a first thickness, and a second solder resist layer portion comprising a second thickness that is less than the first thickness. The electrical component is located over the second solder resist layer portion.
US11438997B2	Method and system of laser-driven intense x-ray photons imaging A X-ray source, comprising a laser, of a pulse duration of at most 40 fs, instantaneous power of at least about 80 TW, a pulse repetition rate of at least 1 Hz; an optical compressor spectrally shaping the laser beam; focusing optics in the range between f#10 and f#15; and a gas target of electron density after ionization by the laser beam in a range between 1018 cm3 and 1019 cm−3; wherein the focusing optics focuses the laser beam in the gas target, and interaction of the focused laser beam with the gas target generates an X-ray beam, with a focused laser amplitude a0, given by a0=0.855 [IL (1018W/cm2)λL,2 (μm)]1/2, where IL is the on-target laser intensity and λL is the laser wavelength, of at least 2 and a P/Pc ratio value of at least 20, with P being the beam power and Pc a critical power given by Pc=17 (nc/n) GW where n is the electron density and nc is a critical electron density at which the plasma acts as a mirror reflecting the laser beam.
US11438993B2	X-ray high voltage apparatus and power factor corrector According to one embodiment, the X-ray high voltage apparatus includes a plurality of converters and control circuitry. The plurality of converters converts AC power to DC power. Each converter includes choke coils and three-phase rectifier circuits. Each choke coil has a main winding and is provided on each phase line of three-phase AC power supply lines. Each three-phase rectifier circuit includes a switching device. The control circuitry is configured to interleave the plurality of converters. Each choke coil of the each converter has the single main winding and two correction windings of a first correction winding and a second correction winding. Each of currents flowing through the respective two correction windings is a sum of currents flowing through the plurality of converters performing interleaving operation, and flows so as to cancel a magnetic flux generated in the main winding.
US11438987B2	Lighting control method, system and device for NVME backboard, and medium There are provided a lighting control method, system, and device for an NVME backboard, and a medium. The method is applied to a mainboard. The method includes: executing a target code for parsing a target VPP signal upon reception of the target VPP signal, where the target code is added in the mainboard in advance and stores VPP addresses respectively corresponding to NVME backboards connected with the mainboard; parsing the target VPP signal to obtain a target VPP address corresponding to the target VPP signal; and delivering the target VPP address to a target NVME backboard corresponding to the target VPP address to light the target NVME backboard.
US11438985B2	Light-emitting circuit, light-emitting system, and control method A light-emitting system is provided and includes a controller and a light-emitting circuit. The controller has a data output terminal and provides a light-emitting data signal by the data output terminal. The light-emitting circuit is connected to the data output terminal to receive the light-emitting data signal. The light-emitting circuit includes M light-emitting units serially connected in sequence, wherein M≥2. Each light-emitting units has a main input terminal and an output terminal, and each of the second to M-th light-emitting units further has an auxiliary input terminal. The data output terminal is connected to the main input terminal of the first light-emitting unit among the M light-emitting units through a first wire. There is a first shunt node on the first wire, and the first shunt node is connected to the auxiliary input terminal of the second light-emitting unit among the M light-emitting units.
US11438981B2	Load drive device Provided is a load drive device comprising: a first input terminal for accepting an input of a first input current from a power source; a second input terminal for accepting an input of a second input current from the power source via an external resistor; an output terminal for outputting an output current to a load; a current distribution unit for summing the first input current and second input current at a prescribed distribution ratio and generating the output current and a control unit for controlling the distribution ratio. As one example, it would be appropriate for the control unit to control the distribution ratio according to the difference between a first terminal voltage present in the second input terminal and a second terminal voltage present in the output terminal.
US11438972B2	Apparatus arranged to heat smokable material and method of forming a heater An apparatus arranged to heat smokable material to volatilize at least one component of said smokable material is described. An example of the apparatus includes a housing for receiving smokable material; and at least one heater arranged within the housing for heating smokable material removably received within the housing in use. The heater has first and second ends and a hollow central portion in which smokable material is received in use, and is formed from a sheet which is rolled into a tube and sealed along its length to prevent air entering or leaving the heater other than through at least one of the first and second ends.
US11438970B2	Devices for heating small-diameter tubing and methods of making and using Heating devices, systems, and methods of making and using a heating device. Such a heating device includes a tubular body having a passage therethrough, at least an inner layer surrounding the passage, and an outer layer surrounding the inner layer. The inner layer is electrically resistive and the outer layer is electrically insulating, and the passage is sized and configured to receive therethrough a tubing. The heating device further includes electrical contacts located at oppositely-disposed ends of the tubular body. The contacts are configured to functionally couple with a power source to provide an electrical current to the inner layer, such that applying an electrical current to the inner layer increases the temperature of the inner layer.
US11438966B2	Electronic device for providing Wi-Fi communication and mobile hotspot communication and method thereof An electronic device is disclosed. In addition, various embodiments recognized through the specification are possible. The electronic device includes a housing, at least one antenna located in the housing, a Wi-Fi module that is electrically connected with the at least one antenna, supports a Wi-Fi protocol, and includes one core, a processor that is located in the housing and is operatively connected with the Wi-Fi module, and a memory operatively connected with the processor. The memory stores instructions, when executed, causing the processor to establish a Wi-Fi link on a first channel with an access point (AP), through the Wi-Fi module, establish a mobile hotspot link on the first channel with an external electronic device, through the Wi-Fi module, detect an event associated with a change in state of the Wi-Fi link, and change a state of the mobile hotspot link, based at least on the detected event.
US11438958B2	Method for transmitting signal relating to PDU in wireless communication system and device therefor An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for transmitting or receiving a signal relating to a PDU session of a UE in a wireless communication system, the method includes the steps of: transmitting, by a UE in a RRC inactive state, a RRC message for resuming to a base station; and receiving, by the UE, information indicating release of a resource from the base station in response to the RRC message for resuming, wherein the release of the resource is caused by the deactivation of a PDU session of the UE.
US11438956B2	Method of sidelink unicast service management in access stratum layer and related device A method of sidelink unicast service management in an access stratum layer for a first user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, by the first UE through a PC5 interface, a sidelink unicast configuration associated with a second UE, from the second UE, transmitting, by the first UE through a radio resource control, RRC, signaling of the PC5 interface, a sidelink unicast link problem report, to the second UE in responsive to that the first UE is unable to comply with all or part of the sidelink unicast configuration, and performing, by the first UE, a sidelink unicast fallback procedure with the second UE by continuously using a sidelink unicast configuration setting of the first UE with corresponding configurations in a sidelink unicast pre-configuration used prior to the received sidelink unicast configuration.
US11438955B2	Hierarchical mobility Techniques are described herein for signaling procedures that use a hierarchical mobility, which may be applied when a user equipment (UE) is operating in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state or the RRC idle state. A wireless communication system may be configured with a plurality of areas in which one or more networks are established for communicating certain types of signals. Examples of the areas associated with networks may include a tracking area (TA), a radio access network area code (RAN-AC), a radio access network based notification area (RNA). A synchronization signal or a paging signal may be transmitted using a first set of communication resources in a first area, while the synchronization signal or the paging signal may be transmitted using a second set of communication resources in a second area different than the first set of communication resources.
US11438951B2	Assistance information for SpCell selection Exemplary embodiments include methods performed by a central unit, CU, of a base station, for selecting a special cell, SpCell, to be used by a first distributed unit, DU, of the base station for serving a user equipment, UE. Such embodiments can include sending, to the first DU, a first request comprising an identity of a first cell, served by the first DU, as a preferred SpCell for the UE; and identities of one or more second cells served by the first DU. Such embodiments can also include receiving, from the first DU, a first response comprising a first indication that the first DU cannot configure the first cell as an SpCell for the UE, and a second indication that the first DU can configure zero or more third cells as an SpCell for the UE.
US11438946B2	Beacon system to improve wireless audio communication between headset communication devices A headset communication device includes at least one processor configured to transmit, via a dedicated virtual communication channel of a wireless communication protocol, local beacon data to one or more remote headset communication devices within a work environment, to discover a remote headset communication device included in the one or more remote headset communication devices by receiving, via the dedicated virtual communication channel of the wireless communication protocol, remote beacon data that is transmitted by the remote headset communication device, to automatically synchronize, based on the remote beacon data, the headset communication device with the remote headset communication device, and, to transmit, via one or more additional virtual communication channels of the wireless communication protocol, local audio communication data to the one or more remote headset communication devices.
US11438942B2	Method for establishing tunnel between local gateways, and gateway A method for establishing a tunnel between local gateways, and a gateway are disclosed. The method includes: determining, by an RGW, that UE is handed over from an S-LGW to a T-LGW, where before the UE is handed over, a packet of a local service of the UE is forwarded by the S-LGW between the UE and an application server of the local service, and the local service includes a same service that is deployed on the S-LGW and that is accessed by the UE before and after the UE is handed over; sending, by the RGW to the S-LGW and the T-LGW respectively, a first request message and a second request message to request to establish a tunnel, where the tunnel is used to transmit the packet of the local service between the S-LGW and the T-LGW; and establishing the tunnel between the S-LGW and the T-LGW.
US11438938B1	System and method to generate position and state-based electronic signaling from a vehicle A system and method for using a mobile device to capture the proper execution of a series of one or more tasks with pre-assigned constraints that are associated with a specific set of assets, where those assets have certain known physical attributes and characteristics and are configured in a known manner is disclosed herein. The assets are preferably vehicles such as trucks.
US11438935B2	Selecting an uplink carrier of a cell based on a power-threshold and speed of a wireless device A wireless device receives uplink configuration parameters indicating: a first uplink carrier of a cell; a second uplink carrier of the cell; and a power-threshold, based on the power threshold and a speed of the wireless device, one of the first uplink carrier and the second uplink carrier is selected as a selected uplink carrier. a random access preamble is transmitted via the selected uplink carrier.
US11438932B2	Contention resolution in random access procedure Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to contention resolution in random access procedure. An apparatus transmits a random access request to a further apparatus, and the random access request comprises a random access preamble and an identifier of the apparatus for a random access procedure. The apparatus then receives, from the further apparatus, control information on a control channel addressed to the identifier, and the control information indicates at least one of a resource and timing information for communication between the apparatus and the further apparatus. Next, the apparatus determines a result of the random access procedure based at least in part on the control information.
US11438928B2	Methods for adjusting transmission parameters and communication device utilizing the same A communication device includes a radio transceiver and a processor. The radio transceiver is configured to transmit or receive wireless signals and includes a collision detection device. The collision detection device is configured to detect energy in a wireless communication channel during a first time interval before a packet is transmitted by the radio transceiver and accordingly generate a detection result. The first time interval covers a period of time for the radio transceiver to switch from a receiving state to a transmitting state. The processor is configured to adjust at least one transmission parameter according to the detection result.
US11438926B2	Method and system for simultaneous multi-channel downlink operation in wireless local area network Methods and a devices are provided is for receiving simultaneous downlink transmissions at a mobile station (STA). Information regarding whether endings of simultaneous data transmissions to the mobile station are to be aligned is transmitted to an access point (AP). The simultaneous data transmissions are between the AP and the STA over a pair of channels. Reception begins of a first data transmission, from the AP, on a first channel of the pair of channels. Reception begins of a second data transmission, from the AP, on a second channel of the pair of channels. The second data transmission overlaps at least a portion of the first data transmission. Reception of the second data transmission ends upon an end of the first data transmission when the information indicates that the endings of simultaneous downlink data transmissions are to be aligned.
US11438923B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting data in random access process This application provides a method and an apparatus that are for transmitting data in a random access process. The method includes sending a message 1 to a network device. The method further includes receiving a message 2 sent by the network device, where the message 2 includes uplink grant information, where the uplink grant information includes first indication information, and where the first indication information is used to indicate a largest transport block size TBS allowed for a message 3. The method includes determining a target TBS in candidate TBSs based on the allowed largest TBS, where the target TBS is less than or equal to the allowed largest TBS. The method further includes sending the message 3 to the network device, where the message 3 includes uplink data transmitted based on the target TBS.
US11438922B2	MAC-CE duplication in packet duplication Aspects for MAC-CE duplication for packet repetition in uplink and downlink are disclosed. In one particular aspect a method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a message including a component carrier (CC) identifier (ID) for a particular Medium Access Control (MAC) control element (MAC-CE). The method also includes receiving, by the UE, a first MAC-CE via a first CC of a plurality of CCs, and receiving, by the UE, a second MAC-CE via a second CC of the plurality of CCs. The CC ID included in the message corresponds to a CC ID for the second MAC-CE. The method further includes combining, by the UE based on the CC ID for the second MAC-CE, a first signal corresponding to the first MAC-CE and a second signal corresponding to the second MAC-CE to generate a combined signal for decoding.
US11438920B2	Downlink scheduling of terminal devices There is provided mechanisms for downlink scheduling of terminal devices. A method is performed by a network node. The method comprises obtaining user-specific delay and user-specific channel conditions per scheduling opportunity for each of the terminal devices to be scheduled. The method comprises scheduling, in each scheduling opportunity, the terminal devices according to an order. The order is determined by individually weighting the user-specific delay and individually weighting the user-specific channel conditions for each terminal device to be scheduled.
US11438918B2	Scheduling request with different numerologies A method is provided including determining a mapping of a scheduling request to one or more logical channels configured for a user equipment; in response to a received scheduling request, allocating an uplink radio resource such that a transmission time interval of the allocated uplink radio resource has a length corresponding to length of a transmission time interval configured for the mapped one or more logical channels; and receiving data on the allocated uplink radio resource. A further method includes transmitting a scheduling request mapped to one or more logical channels configured for a user equipment; receiving an allocation of an uplink radio resource wherein a transmission time interval of the allocated uplink radio resource has a length corresponding to length of a transmission time interval configured for the mapped one or more logical channels; and sending data on the allocated uplink radio resource.
US11438911B2	System and method of modes for data transmission In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus obtain a signal from a remote wireless node. The apparatus may switch between a first mode and a second mode in response to the signal. The apparatus may sense the shared transmission medium and sense if an absence of traffic is detected. The apparatus may delay data transmission for a fixed time interval from detecting the absence of traffic. The apparatus may initiate the data transmission at the end of the fixed time interval if operating in the first mode or initiate the data transmission at the end of a random time interval following the fixed time interval if operation in the second mode.
US11438908B2	LTE resource allocation A method for allocating available transceiver resources across different component carriers (CC) includes obtaining a carrier aggregation capability that includes a list of available CCs supported by the UE at a current location for simultaneous communication with a carrier aggregation capable network. The method also includes, for each of the available CCs, obtaining an expected key performance indicator (KPI) associated with the corresponding available CC at the current location. The method also includes allocating the available transceiver resources across the available CCs based on the expected KPIs at the current location.
US11438903B2	Communications method and apparatus A communications method is applied to a communications system including a backhaul node and a first wireless access device. The first wireless access device receives a first backhaul signal by using a first radio resource, and receives a first service signal by using a second radio resource. Herein, the first backhaul signal includes backhaul data sent by the backhaul node to the first wireless access device, the first service signal includes service data sent by a terminal to the first wireless access device, and the first radio resource is partially or completely the same as the second radio resource. Therefore, the first wireless access device may transmit the backhaul data and the service data on a radio resource.
US11438902B2	Method for determining slot format, terminal device and network device A method for determining a slot-format includes that: a terminal device receives an indication signal from a network device, the indication signal having a first association with a downlink transmission opportunity obtained by the network device; and the terminal device determines a slot format according to the indication signal. Another method for determining a slot format includes that: a network device sends an indication signal after obtaining a downlink transmission opportunity, the indication signal having a first association with the downlink transmission opportunity and the indication signal being used for a terminal device to determine a slot format. A terminal device and a network device are also provided.
US11438899B2	Transmit resource handling for sidelink relay An aspect of this disclosure relates to a relay node, and a method of wireless communications by the relay node, including attempting to decode first code block groups of a transport block received in a resource allocation and according to a first encoding configuration. The aspects include identifying a symbol in the resource allocation that includes both of a first part of a successfully decoded one, and a first part of an unsuccessfully decoded one, of the plurality of first code block groups, and determining a modified transmit configuration for the symbol. Further, the aspects include encoding a second part of the successfully decoded one according to the first encoding configuration to define a second code block group that is outside of the symbol. Additionally, the aspects include transmitting the transport block including the one or more second code block groups and the symbol according to the modified transmit configuration.
US11438898B2	Beam indication method, apparatus and system A beam indication method and apparatus and a system. The method includes: receiving activation signaling by a terminal equipment, the activation signaling activating at least one transmission; and transmitting or receiving the at least one transmission by the terminal equipment based on an understanding that: before receiving deactivation signaling or a next time of activation signaling, all transmissions activated by the activation signaling use identical spatial domain filters or transmission hypotheses, or use respective spatial domain filters or transmission hypotheses determined by dynamically interpreting the activation signaling. For a semi-persistently scheduled or periodically scheduled transmission, between activation signaling and deactivation signaling or a next time of activation signaling, identical spatial domain filters or transmission hypotheses or respective spatial domain filters or transmission hypotheses determined by dynamically interpreting the activation signaling are used for transmission or reception, thereby solving the problem of ambiguity of beam indication in the above time period.
US11438892B2	Method and electronic apparatus for wireless communication, storage medium The present disclosure provides a method and electronic apparatus for wireless communication and a computer readable storage medium. The electronic apparatus comprises a processing circuit. The electronic apparatus is configured to determine whether a related parameter of an available component carrier in a sidelink satisfies a preset condition; and if the related parameter satisfies a present condition, to configure the available parameter for use as a secondary component carrier in carrier aggregation of the sidelink.
US11438889B2	Resource units for unassociated stations and grouped multi-user transmissions in 802.11ax networks The invention relates to improve use of resource units in MU transmissions of an 802.11ax network. An un-associated station may receive data frames over a downlink resource unit, RU, assigned to an AID, e.g. 2045, reserved for stations not associated with the AP, The AP may use a downlink RU sharing an allocation scheme feature of an uplink RU previously used by the un-associated station. The AP may also aggregated data frames addressed to several stations within the same downlink RU, for instance to acknowledge frames previously received from the stations. The aggregated data frames may signal which respective response RUs the addressee stations should use for a next multi-user uplink transmission to respond to the AP. These approaches particularly applies to the exchange of management frames for instance to speed up the association procedure of un-associated stations.
US11438887B2	Default beam identification and beam failure detection in cross carrier scheduling Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may transmit a first downlink grant (e.g., a PDCCH transmission) for a first data transmission (e.g., a PDSCH transmission) over a first component carrier; the first data transmission over a second component carrier; and a second downlink grant (e.g., another PDCCH transmission) for a second data transmission (e.g., another PDSCH transmission) over the second component carrier. A user equipment (UE) receives the first data transmission over a first beam and may use the first beam for receiving the second data transmission. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may receive a configuration message indicating a set of TCI states for downlink data transmissions to the UE; identify one or more reference signals monitor for beam failure detection (BFD), identify one or more BFD beams, monitor the identified one or more reference signals; and selectively trigger a beam failure reporting procedure.
US11438885B2	Method for performing uplink transmission in a wireless communication system and apparatus therefor A method of performing, by a user equipment (UE), uplink transmission in a wireless communication system. The method includes: receiving, from a base station (BS), a plurality of RRC configuration information related to downlink control information (DCI); receiving, from the BS, first DCI for the uplink transmission, wherein the first DCI includes a field related to a usage of the first DCI; applying parameters of a specific RRC configuration information, among the plurality of RRC configuration information, to the first DCI based on the usage of the first DCI indicated by the field of the first DCI, wherein based on a size of the field of the first DCI being smaller than a field size of second DCI for PUSCH transmission, the field of the first DCI is zero bit padded and decoded; and performing the uplink transmission to the BS based on the first DCI.
US11438884B2	Configuration of control channels in a mobile communication system The invention relates to a method, apparatus and system for configuring control channels in a mobile communication network and a mobile station. In order to suggest another improved scheme for configuring control channels, in particular control channels related to the transmission of user data the invention suggests aligning the size of the control channel information of different formats to an equal number of coded control channel information bits and/or modulation symbols for each control channel. The control channels may comprise scheduling related control information. According to another aspect of the invention, the size of the control channel information is aligned by means of modulation and/or coding, however the control channel information is aligned to one out of a set of numbers of coded control channel information bits and/or modulation symbols for each control channel.
US11438883B2	Method and apparatus for low latency and high reliability data transmission in wireless communication system An operating method of a user equipment (UE) for time domain resource assignment of a data channel in a wireless communication system, the operating method including: receiving control information related to the time domain resource assignment of the data channel from a base station via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and upper layer signaling, and determining the time domain resource assignment of the data channel, based on the received control information.
US11438882B2	NLOS wireless backhaul uplink communication A method for uplink (UL) wireless backhaul communication at a wireless backhaul remote unit in a radio access network comprising receiving a configuration for radio frames and a transmission schedule through a downlink (DL) physical layer broadcast channel, wherein the transmission schedule comprises a transmission allocation for the remote unit, generating a UL data frame, wherein generating the UL data frame comprises performing forward error correction (FEC) encoding on a data bit stream to generate a plurality of FEC codewords, wherein performing the FEC encoding comprises performing Reed Solomon (RS) encoding on the data bit stream to generate a plurality of RS codewords, performing byte interleaving on the RS codewords, and performing Turbo encoding on the byte interleaved RS codewords to generate one or more Turbo codewords, wherein each Turbo codeword is encoded from more than one RS codeword, and transmitting the UL data frame according to the transmission allocation.
US11438881B2	Techniques and apparatuses for modulation order control for an uplink channel Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, while the UE is using a first modulation order for a physical uplink control channel, a signaling message that identifies a second modulation order, for the physical uplink control channel. The UE may provide the physical uplink control channel using the second modulation order. In some aspects, a base station may provide, while a UE is using a first modulation order for a physical uplink control channel, a signaling message that identifies a second modulation order, for the physical uplink control channel. The base station may receive the physical uplink control channel using the second modulation order. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11438879B2	Method of enabling a standalone Traffic Detection Function, TDF, node in a telecommunication network to act on unsuccessful resource allocation for an over-the-top, OTT application A method of enabling a standalone Traffic Detection Function, TDF, node (104, 204, 304) in a telecommunication network to act on unsuccessful resource allocation for an over-the-top, OTT, application detected by said TDF node (104, 204, 304), said method comprising the steps of receiving (107), by a Policy and Charging Rules Function, PCRF, node (103, 203, 303) from said TDF node (104, 204, 304), a notification that said TDF node (104, 204, 304) has detected a particular OTT application; determining (108; 109), by said PCRF node (103, 203, 303), that resources for said detected particular OTT application can not be successfully allocated, and notifying (110), by said PCRF node (103, 203, 303), said TDF node (104, 204, 304) that said resources for said detected particular OTT application can not be successfully allocated.
US11438877B2	Signaling for sidelink beam operation Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Quasi co-location (QCL) or spatial relation information, or both may be indicated for sidelink communications in a system. For example, a user equipment (UE) may receive control signaling that indicates a resource allocation for a sidelink communication link with another UE. The resource allocation may be configured or scheduled via control messaging from a base station, or may be selected (e.g., by a UE) from a set of resources. The UE may transmit an indication of a QCL relation, spatial relation data, or a combination thereof, to the other UE via a sidelink control channel. The UEs may then communicate over the sidelink communication link using the resource allocation and based on the QCL relation, the spatial relation data, or both.
US11438875B2	Signaling receiving method and related device Embodiments of the present invention disclose a signaling receiving method and a related device. The method includes: determining, by a terminal based on resource unit allocation signaling, locations of S resource units in a system bandwidth that are scheduled to the terminal; grouping, by the terminal, the S resource units into K resource groups, where a quantity of resource units that separate any resource unit in a first resource group from any resource unit in a second resource group in the system bandwidth is not less than a threshold M; and precoding, by the terminal by using N precoding matrices, data sent in N resource unit sets, where resource units included in each of the N resource unit sets are determined based on the K resource groups, and S, K, and M are all positive integers.
US11438874B2	Method by which terminal selects resource on plurality of CCs and transmits signal in wireless communication system, and device Disclosed in one embodiment of the present invention is a method by which a terminal selects a resource on a plurality of component carriers (CCs) and transmits a signal in a wireless communication system, and the method for transmitting signals on a plurality of CCs comprises the steps of: performing sensing on an anchor CC for a first time period; performing sensing on a non-anchor CC for a second time period; allowing a terminal to select, at the ending times of the first time period and the second time period, a resource through which a signal is to be transmitted on the anchor CC; and transmitting a signal through a resource selected on the anchor CC and a resource on the non-anchor CC, which is connected by the resource selected on the anchor CC, wherein the second time period should be included in the first time period, and the ending times of the first time period and the second time period are the same. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, the BS or a network.
US11438872B2	Narrowband internet of things devices and method of operation thereof Devices and methods of enhancing narrowband communications are generally described. NPSS and NSSS are modulated to include an additional bit that indicates a duplexing scheme, a raster frequency offset (zero or non-zero), an operating mode (in-band or standalone/guard-band) or frame timing used by the eNB. The NPSS modulation uses conjugate ZC sequences multiplied by a cover code for each OFDM symbol. The NMIB may provide additional information related to the operating mode or offset. NSSS cyclic shifts may be used to indicate the offset or TDD/FDD use, as may relative locations of the NPSS and NSSS. The NSSS may use symbol-level modulation and time domain cyclic shifts to indicate the frame timing.
US11438864B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving positioning reference signal in wireless communication system An apparatus and method of processing a positioning reference signal are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes determining a narrow-band (NB) positioning reference signal (PRS) bitmap indicating a pattern selecting NB PRS subframes, wherein each NB PRS subframe comprises an NB PRS for positioning an NB user equipment (UE), transmitting, to the NB UE, NB PRS configuration information for the NB UE, the NB PRS configuration information comprising the NB PRS bitmap, determining, by a reference cell and based on the NB PRS bitmap, NB PRS subframes of the reference cell, mapping, by the reference cell, a first NB PRS in the NB PRS subframes of the reference cell, and receiving, from the NB UE and in response to the first NB PRS, a reference signal time difference (RSTD) measurement.
US11438857B2	Transmission device, time transmission system, and delay measurement method A SW used in the time transmission system in which a master node and a slave node perform transmission and reception of a precision time protocol (PTP) packet via the SW and the time of the master node is synchronized based on time information of the transmission and reception includes a delay calculator that measures an intra-device delay between input and output of the PTP packet to and from the SW, and a delay information writing unit that appends the intra-device delay measured by the delay calculator to a packet subsequent to the PTP packet, and outputs the appended packet to an output destination of the PTP packet.
US11438852B2	Method and device for determining time of transmitting synchronization block, user equipment and base station A method for determining a sending time of a synchronization block includes: performing descrambling and decoding on a PBCH message carried in the synchronous block, and buffering PBCH symbol data of the PBCH message before demodulation; after the descrambling succeeds and the decoding fails, acquiring PBCH symbol data to be merged, which are same as buffered PBCH symbol data. The PBCH symbol data to be merged include PBCH symbol data of a beam where the synchronous block is located and PBCH symbol data of an adjacent beam in a PBCH merge period; and merging the buffered PBCH symbol data and the PBCH symbol data to be merged until the PBCH symbol data can be correctly decoded. The sending time of the synchronous block and the system frame number can be effectively indicated in the 5G system, and merging PBCH symbol data can be realized without increasing UE complexity.
US11438848B2	Uplink control channel power control adjustment in a network with different processing times Systems and methods are provided herein for uplink (UL) control channel power control adjustment. In some embodiments a method performed by a wireless device for controlling power for an UL control channel includes receiving a first transmit power control (TPC) command; receiving at least a second TPC command; computing a power for the UL control channel transmission based on at least the first TPC command and the second TPC command; and adjusting a power for the UL control channel according to the computed power. In this way, the wireless device behavior is clarified in terms of UL power setting in case multiple transmissions with feedback in the same UL transmission are scheduled, especially if these multiple transmissions are scheduled at different times.
US11438845B2	Power control method, activation management method, user equipment, and base station A power control method, including obtaining, by a UE, configuration information, where the configuration information includes a configuration parameter of at least one secondary carrier (Scell) configured by a base station for the UE; setting, by the UE, an initial power adjustment value of the Scell according to the configuration parameter of the Scell in the configuration information, and controlling, by the UE, transmit power on the Scell according to the set initial power adjustment value of the Scell.
US11438844B2	Post-event modification of local clock values in water distribution system A hydrant apparatus may be employed to monitor a water distribution system, and may include a sensor, a processor, and a local clock source. The apparatus may wake from a low power mode to a sensing mode, receive the sensor data, associate the sensor data with a first local clock time, and return the apparatus to the low power mode from the sensing mode. The apparatus may subsequently wake to an operational mode, determine a second local clock time subsequent to the first local clock time, associate an external clock time with the second local clock time, determine an offset for the received sensor data based on the first local clock time and the association between the second local clock time and the external clock time, and transmit the sensor data and the offset to an external monitoring system.
US11438843B2	Transmission mode determination methods and devices The present disclosure provides in some embodiments a transmission mode determination method and a transmission mode determination device. The transmission mode determination method includes transmitting change information to a network side device, and the change information is used to indicate a desired transmission mode of a UE.
US11438841B2	Energy savings system based machine learning of wireless performance activity for mobile information handling system connected to plural wireless networks A mobile information handling system comprising a plurality of wireless network interface modules, a wireless network interface control system for controlling the plurality of wireless network interface modules, and a processor executing instructions of a wireless utilization machine learning inference modulator to receive iterative wireless utilization profiles indicating aggregated time and location profiles of wireless network utilization parameters and user configuration states of the information handling system for data needs including applications and hardware usage levels. The system to execute a machine learning process to determine a predictive time and date based plural wireless control setting index for adjusting control settings of the plural wireless network interface modules based on the received iterative wireless utilization profiles and to modify operation of some the plurality of wireless network interface modules based on the predictive time and date based plural wireless control setting index for an impending predictive time period.
US11438840B2	Wireless communication method and wireless communication terminal using variable-length wake-up frame A wireless communication terminal for wireless communicating includes a first wireless transceiver transmitting and receiving a signal through a first waveform, a second wireless receiver receiving a signal through a second waveform different from the first waveform, and a processor. The processor may be configured to start receiving a variable length Wake-Up frame through the second wireless receiver, from a base wireless communication terminal of a basic service set (BSS) to which the wireless communication terminal belongs, determine whether or not a Frame Body field of the Wake-Up frame includes an identifier of the wireless communication terminal, when an ID field of the Wake-Up frame indicates an identifier of a group including the wireless communication terminal, and wake up the first wireless transceiver based on the Wake-Up frame, when the Frame Body field of the Wake-Up frame includes the identifier of the wireless communication terminal.
US11438835B2	Determining when to adjust a power state of access points Example implementations relate to determining when to adjust a power state of access points. A non-transitory computer readable medium may store instructions executable by a processing resource to: determine a subset of a group of access points (APs) that is to provide, to a client device, at least a performance threshold during a particular time interval, wherein an AP of the subset of the group of APs serves the client device; and determine when to adjust a power state of a remaining AP of the group of APs based on: a first degree of performance being provided by a first set of radios of the subset of the group of APs; and a second degree of performance to be provided by the remaining AP of the group of APs if the group of client devices is provided a network connectivity via a second radio of the remaining AP of the group of APs.
US11438834B2	Searchable database of 5G/6G network access information To send a message on a 5G or 6G network, a prospective user device must first perform a time-consuming and uncertain “blind search”, followed by a complex series of steps. Disclosed herein is a “network database”, a compendium of parameters about each base station, organized and searchable regionally, to simplify network access by providing the locations and connection information of base stations proximate to a prospective user before first contact. The database may be publicly accessible and downloadable for off-line use, and searchable by location to find the closest available base station. Compared with 5G/6G protocols, the network database may provide a simpler and quicker way to access local base stations. This is a great advantage in situations when even one-thousandth of a second can mean the difference between life and death, such as in roadway collision avoidance and harm minimization, and in situations involving V2X vehicle interconnectivity.
US11438831B2	Network slicing awareness in IP multimedia subsystem A method performed within a communication system comprising a 5G core network and an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network, where the 5G core network is configured to implement a plurality of virtual core network slices each having a slice identifier. The method comprises assigning one of said virtual core network slices to a User Equipment (UE) at or following registration of said UE with the IMS network, and sending from the UE or the 5G core network, to the IMS network, the slice identifier of the network slice assigned to the UE. The method further comprises receiving the slice identifier within the IMS network and storing in the IMS network a mapping between the UE and the received network slice identifier. The slice identifier is used within the IMS network to provision services to the UE.
US11438829B2	Adaptive discovery channel measurement time configurations The apparatus is configured to receive, from a second UE, a set of DMTCs, receive information indicating a DMTC of the set of DMTCs to be used for measuring discovery signals, and measure discovery signals received from the second UE based on the indicated DMTC. The apparatus may be configured to receive additional information regarding at least one of a carrier, a BWP, or a resource pool through which the discovery signals will be transmitted and a numerology used by the discovery signals and communicate through at least one of a PSSCH or PSCCH with the second UE through a first carrier, BWP, resource pool, or numerology and wherein the channel measurements performed on the discovery signals received from the second UE based on the indicated DMTC are performed on a second carrier, BWP, resource pool, or numerology.
US11438827B2	Band steering system A band steering system includes a station and a wireless access point. The station broadcasts a probe request, where the probe request corresponds to a received signal strength indicator. The wireless access point monitors whether the probe request is in a first band or in a second band. When the wireless access point receives the probe request from the first band, the wireless access point determines whether the station is associated with the first band or the second band. When the station is not associated with the first band and the second band, the wireless access point blocks or responds to the probe request according to the received signal strength indicator and a first threshold. When the station is associated with the first band or the second band, the wireless access point blocks or responds to the probe request according to the received signal strength indicator and a second threshold.
US11438825B2	Wireless authorization and access network-neutral advice of charge techniques Presented herein are techniques to facilitate wireless authorization based on in-line assurance and tariffing information. In one example, a method may include determining, by a roaming subscriber, that a visited network is a chargeable network; querying, by the roaming subscriber, the visited network for charging policies for at least two identity realms; obtaining, by the roaming subscriber, charging policy metadata associated with the charging policies for the at least two identity realms; selecting, by the roaming subscriber, an identity realm through which to connect to the visited network based on the charging policy metadata for the at least two identity realms; and connecting to the visited network using the selected identity realm.
US11438816B2	Electronic device and method for controlling communication mode thereof An electronic device includes: a UI; a wireless communication circuit configured to wirelessly communicate with an external electronic device by using a short-range wireless communication protocol; a processor; and a memory. The memory stores instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to receive first data from the external electronic device at a first time through a wireless communication channel by using the wireless communication circuit, receive second data from the external electronic device at a second time after the first time through the wireless communication channel by using the wireless communication circuit, compare a first reception state related to the first data and a second reception state related to the second data, and transmit, to the external electronic device, a request for change from a first mode to a second mode by using the wireless communication circuit, based on a result of the comparing.
US11438813B2	Enhanced user equipment capability exchange during handover Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications and capability signaling for enhanced handover processes are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a source base station, a band combination indicator to indicate at least one band combination supported by the UE. The source base station may transmit a source base station configuration and at least one band combination supported by the UE to a target base station for use during a handover procedure. The target base station may then transmit to the source base station, a target base station configuration to use in the handover procedure. The source base station may transmit to the UE, both base station configurations to be applied during the handover procedure which may include a number of band combinations. The UE may communicate during handover execution with both base stations using at least one band combination indicated in the received base station configurations.
US11438810B2	Communication of configuration parameters of radio resources of an unlicensed cell A first base station receives, from a second base station, cell configuration parameters of one or more cells of the second base station. The cell configuration parameters indicate: at least one first information element (IE) indicating a first identifier of a first cell of the one or more cells; at least one second IE indicating that the first cell is an unlicensed cell; and at least one third IE indicating one or more configuration parameters of radio resources of the unlicensed cell. The first base station sends, to the second base station, a handover request message for a wireless device based on the cell configuration parameters.
US11438809B2	Handover method and mobility management network element A target mobility management network element is provided, which receives a forward relocation request message sent by a source mobility management network element, where the forward relocation request message includes single radio voice call continuity (SRVCC) capability information; and the target mobility management network element sends, to a target access network element, a first request message that carries information of SRVCC operation possible.
US11438808B2	Acknowledgment messaging for resource reservations Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The described techniques may enable a first wireless device (e.g., a parent node) to transmit a control message to a second wireless device (e.g., a child node). The control message may include a resource reservation for communication with the second wireless device. The second wireless device may receive the control message and may transmit an acknowledgment message acknowledging successful reception of the resource reservation. The first wireless device may monitor for the acknowledgment message and may communicate with the second wireless device based on whether the acknowledgment message is received. For example, if the first wireless device receives feedback acknowledging successful reception of the resource reservation at the second wireless device, the devices may communicate data in the reserved resources. Otherwise, the first wireless device may retransmit a control message if the first control message was not successfully received.
US11438807B2	Closed-loop control of a communication system for teleoperated driving A network operator apparatus, a teleoperation application (TOApplication) apparatus, and an apparatus for a teleoperable vehicle are provided. The network operator apparatus creates a network slice for teleoperating the teleoperable vehicle along at least one route, receives a slice configuration request comprising QoS for the at least one route from the TOApplication apparatus, and configures the network slice to support the QoS. The TOApplication apparatus communicates towards the network operator apparatus, a request for creating the network slice, receives a teleoperation service request comprising a set of teleoperation configurations from the teleoperable vehicle, maps each teleoperation configuration to a respective QoS and sends the slice configuration request comprising the QoS to the network operator apparatus. The apparatus for the teleoperable vehicle sends the teleoperation service request to the TOApplication apparatus and controls the route to be followed by the teleoperable vehicle based on information from the TOApplication apparatus.
US11438806B2	Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, and method To provide a technique related to a terminal apparatus, a method, and an integrated circuit for efficiently performing communication between a base station apparatus and the terminal apparatus by correctly managing QoS. A terminal apparatus for communicating with one or multiple base station apparatuses, the terminal apparatus including: a receiver configured to receive an RRC reconfiguration message from a base station apparatus of the one or multiple base station apparatuses; and a processing unit configured to establish an SDAP entity, and notify higher layers of a list of QoS flow identifiers corresponding to an established DRB having a DRB identity and DRB establishment information, in a case that DRB configuration including the DRB identity that is not part of configuration of the terminal apparatus, in a DRB configuration list included in the RRC reconfiguration message received by the receiver, includes SDAP entity configuration, and that a PDU session identifier associated with the SDAP configuration is not in part of configuration of the terminal apparatus.
US11438802B2	Method and system for quality-of-service authorization based on type of radio access technology and other data session attributes A computer-implemented system and method for automated traffic flow control using quality of service authorization based on type of radio access technology and other parameters for one or more devices enabled for connectivity over cellular network are disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes receiving credit control request for the one or more devices from a subscriber; receiving quality of service (QoS) configuration authorized for the one or more devices for the subscriber from a configuration database; combining the authorized QoS parameters for the subscriber; comparing them against the requested QoS by the subscriber; and updating charging rules for the subscriber as an answer to the credit control request.
US11438794B2	Radio link monitoring in sidelink communications A method of radio link monitoring (RLM) can include performing a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) transmission over a radio link between a Tx UE and a Rx UE in sidelink communications, receiving a HARQ feedback status corresponding to the PSSCH transmission from a physical layer, incrementing a count of a number of consecutive HARQ failure indications (e.g., represented by HARQ DTX) received for PSSCH transmissions over the radio link between the Tx UE and the Rx UE by 1 when the received HARQ feedback status is a HARQ failure indication, declaring a radio link failure (RLF) for the radio link between the Tx UE and the Rx UE when the count of the number of consecutive HARQ failure indications reaches a threshold, and resetting the count of the number of consecutive HARQ failure indications to 0 when the received HARQ feedback status is not a HARQ failure indication.
US11438792B2	Devices and methods for managing communication in a V2X communication network The present application relates to a global communication management entity for managing vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication parameters of a plurality of vehicular user equipments of a V2X communication network, the corresponding V2X communication network and vehicular user equipment. The global communication management entity comprises at least one processor and a memory configured to store computer readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the global communication management entity to provide execution comprising determining one or more V2X communication parameters of a vehicular user equipment of the plurality of vehicular user equipments, wherein the one or more V2X communication parameters are associated with a local vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) congestion control scheme implemented on the vehicular user equipment and/or a V2V communication module of the vehicular user equipment for communicating with the other vehicular user equipments; and providing the one or more V2X communication parameters to the vehicular user equipment.
US11438791B1	Mitigating packet loss at a cell site router A cell site router communicatively coupled to an access node and configured to transmit data between the access node and an external network is further configured to determine a packet loss occurring at a port of the cell site router and adjust a size of a buffer of the cell site router based on the packet loss. The buffer can be associated with the port and/or a RAT associated with the port, and a latency requirement of the data transmission can be considered when adjusting buffer sizes.
US11438787B2	Transmission control protocol (TCP) based control of a wireless user device In a wireless communication network, a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) engine receives user data and transfers a TCP packet having the user data for delivery to wireless User Equipment (UE). The wireless UE wirelessly receives the TCP packet using a wireless communication protocol and generates a TCP Acknowledgment (ACK) that indicates the wireless communication protocol. The wireless UE wirelessly transfers the TCP ACK for delivery to the TCP engine. The TCP engine receives the TCP ACK and selects a UE instruction based on the wireless communication protocol indicated by the TCP ACK. The TCP engine transfer the UE instruction for delivery to the wireless UE. The wireless UE wirelessly receives and implements the UE instruction.
US11438785B2	Method and device for measuring interference or signal received power The implementations of the present disclosure relate to a method and a device for measuring interference or signal received power, the method includes: a terminal device measures channel sounding reference signal SRS resources to obtain a reference signal received power RSRP value corresponding to at least one SRS resource; on the basis of the RSRP value corresponding to the at least one SRS resource, the terminal device determines a value to be reported; and the terminal device reports the value to be reported to a network device.
US11438784B2	Methods supporting early measurement information in logged minimization of drive tests (MDT) measurement reports and related communication devices and network nodes According to an example embodiment a method is provided to operate a communication device. A logged MDT measurement configuration is received from a wireless communication network. An early measurement configuration is received from the wireless communication network, wherein the early measurement configuration identifies a plurality of early measurement frequencies including a first early measurement frequency. A plurality of MDT signal measurements are logged in accordance with the logged MDT measurement configuration. Measurements are performed in accordance with the early measurement configuration, wherein a signal measurement for the first early measurement frequency is not provided. A logged MDT measurement report is transmitted to the wireless communication network in accordance with the logged MDT measurement configuration, wherein the logged MDT measurement report includes the plurality of MDT signal measurements, and an indication that a signal measurement for the first early measurement frequency is not provided.
US11438780B2	Channel sounding information feedback method, user equipment, and base station Embodiments provide a channel sounding information feedback method, user equipment, and a base station. The method includes: determining, by UE, a first period used to periodically report channel sounding information; and periodically sending, by the UE based on received preset downlink control information DCI that is sent by a base station, the channel sounding information by using the first period as a sending period. System overheads can be reduced, a configuration response can be improved, and spectrum utilization of a system can be improved while periodic feedback of indication is reduced.
US11438779B2	Measurement report method and base station using the same in a radio access network The present disclosure provides a method of requesting for a measurement report, comprising steps of: setting, in a request message, a first field for indicating an action on measurement to be stop and a second field including cell information for which a stop action on measurement is needed, so as to indicate a reporting eNB to stop measurement reports according to the second field; and transmitting to the reporting eNB the request message for the measurement report. The present disclosure also provides a requesting eNB using the above method, a method of stopping a measurement report by a reporting eNB and a reporting eNB using the above method, as well as a computer readable recording medium comprising computer instructions for executing the above methods.
US11438778B2	Access point device, station device, wireless control method, communication control method, and program [Object] To enable the access point device to grasp interference information without using a management device.[Solution] Provided is a station device including: a reception unit configured to receive a signal transmitted from another network other than a BSS to which the own device belongs; an acquisition unit configured to acquire parameter information regarding the signal; and a reporting unit configured to report the parameter information to an access point device that performs interference control in the BSS.
US11438776B2	Control channel monitoring method, monitoring indication method, user equipment and network device A control channel monitoring method, a monitoring indication method, a terminal and a network device are provided. The control channel monitoring method includes: acquiring indication information for a PDCCH monitoring periodicity, the indication information including a first PDCCH monitoring periodicity; monitoring the first PDCCH in a monitoring slot belonging to the first PDCCH monitoring periodicity; and when the first PDCCH is not detected in the monitoring slot belonging to the first PDCCH monitoring periodicity, monitoring the PDCCH in a next slot including a PDCCH resource set; or when the indication information further includes a second PDCCH monitoring periodicity and the first PDCCH is not detected in the monitoring slot belonging to the first PDCCH monitoring periodicity, monitoring a second PDCCH in a monitoring slot belonging to the second PDCCH monitoring periodicity.
US11438775B2	Radio link monitoring in new radio A wireless device receives one or more messages comprising one or more configuration parameters. The one or more configuration parameters indicate: a plurality of control resource sets (coresets); a first group of search space sets for monitoring the plurality of coresets in a first mode; and a second group of search space sets for monitoring the plurality of coresets in a second mode. Reference signals for radio link monitoring are selected based on the first group of search space sets. The reference signals for the radio link monitoring are measured for both in the first mode and the second mode.
US11438774B2	Device and method for CSI processing based on multi-service priority queue The disclosure relates to a mobile communication device circuitry, comprising: a radio receiver configured to receive a plurality of channel state information (CSI) measurement requests, each CSI measurement request triggering a CSI measurement; and a processor configured to process the plurality of CSI measurement triggers within a CSI reporting period according to a CSI computation scheduling which is based on a multi-service priority queue of multi-size jobs, each job corresponding to a respective CSI measurement trigger.
US11438772B2	Configured grant transmission in new radio-unlicensed (NR-U) Wireless communications systems and methods related to configured transmissions in a shared radio frequency band are provided. A user equipment (UE) receives, from a base station (BS), an indication of a first configured resource in a shared radio frequency band for a communication in a first direction. The UE receives, from the BS, a first configuration to select between a validation of the first direction or an absence of an invalidation of the first direction for using the first configured resource for the communication. The UE communicates, with the BS, the communication in the first direction using the first configured resource based on the first configuration.
US11438771B2	Apparatus and methods for heterogeneous coverage and use cases in a quasi-licensed wireless system Apparatus and methods for providing multi-tier quasi-licensed spectrum service via a common wireless access node. In one embodiment, the quasi-licensed system utilizes 3.55-3.70 GHz CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) GAA and PAL spectrum selectively applied to first and second transceiver chains (including one or more antenna elements each) of the wireless access node. In one variant, GAA spectrum is used for unlicensed and unrestricted user access within an indoor portion of a premises, while PAL is used for licensed and restricted use in an outdoor area of/external to the premises.
US11438769B2	Apparatus and methods for spatial and operational differentiation and optimization in a wireless system Apparatus and methods for providing multi-tier quasi-licensed spectrum wireless service via a common wireless access node such as a small-cell. In one embodiment, the quasi-licensed system utilizes multi-sector antennae to create antenna lobes adaptively according to parameters associated with different cell sectors, such as user traffic, random access requests, and/or interference. In one variant, when the user traffic or interference is determined to be very high in a particular sector, the sector is configured and activated based on the availability of low-noise spectrum. In another variant, when a new sector is created, the electrical power resources available for that sector are checked, and based on the amount of power available at that sector, either CBSD Category A or B status is allocated to that sector.
US11438766B2	Terminal type identification in interaction processing A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a user device from an access device, an available applications request message. The available applications request message includes an access device type identifier. The method also includes determining whether an association exists between the access device type identifier and one or more application identifiers of a plurality of application identifiers stored on the user device. The plurality of application identifiers respectively correspond to different applications on the user device. The method also includes transmitting, by the user device, to the access device, based in part on whether the association exists, an available applications response. The available applications response includes the one or more application identifiers of the plurality of application identifiers associated with the access device type identifier.
US11438764B2	Secure mobile initiated authentication Provided is a process that establishes representations and permits users to login to a relying device to which a mobile device has registered. Credential values of the user are established within a trusted execution environment of the mobile device and representations of those credentials are transmitted to a server. The user of the mobile device may authenticate with the mobile device to the server, which may permit user access to the relying device via secure session. The user of the mobile device may authenticate with the mobile device to the server, which may permit user access by causing the mobile device to obtain a value by which the relying device may be accessed. The user of the mobile device may authenticate with the mobile device based on a policy received from the server to obtain a value by which the relying device may be accessed.
US11438762B2	Vehicle connectivity, V2X communication, and 5G/6G sidelink messaging Communication between autonomous vehicles, in 5G or 6G, is necessary for cooperative hazard avoidance and to coordinate the flow of traffic. However, before cooperative action, each vehicle must determine the wireless address of other vehicles in proximity, so that they can communicate directly with each other. Methods and systems disclosed herein include a computer-readable wireless “connectivity matrix”, an array of black and white squares showing a connectivity code. The connectivity code may be the vehicle's wireless address, an index code, or other information about the vehicle. The connectivity code may be an index in a tabulation of information that provides the wireless address, among other data. Other vehicles, or their cameras, may read the connectivity matrix, determine the code therein, and find the vehicle's wireless address. After determining the wireless address of the other vehicles, the vehicles can then communicate and cooperate to avoid accidents and facilitate the flow of traffic.
US11438755B2	Steering of roaming in wireless communication networks A method for steering of roaming (SOR) in wireless communication networks includes sending by a mobile equipment (ME) a registration message to a visited public land mobile network (VPLMN). The ME receives a first message from a home public land mobile network (HPLMN) through the VPLMN. The ME determines that the first message has failed a security check. In response to determining that the first message has failed the security check, the ME sends a second message to the VPLMN, the second message including an indication that the first message has failed the security check.
US11438754B1	Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing content according to geolocation Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are set forth for providing digital and non-digital content to a segment of a population that is identified using geolocation data and other activity data. In some implementations, non-digital content is delivered via postal mail to a segment of a population according to whether the segment of the population viewed certain content before, during, or after visiting a particular geographic location. In other implementations, digital content, such as phone calls or voice messages, can be delivered to a segment of a population according whether the segment of the population is present or has recently been present at a particular location and previously viewed certain content associated with the location. Segmenting populations in this way can conserve computational resources and materials that might otherwise be wasted on serving a larger population that may have less of an interest in the content.
US11438751B1	Surf wake forming systems and methods with gyroscope force vector translation A wakeboat has a hull, the hull forming a wake when moving forward in the water, with a left quiet region and a right quiet region in the wake. The hull may exhibit rotation around one or more of its roll, pitch, and yaw axes which affects the quiet regions in the wake. A gyroscope supported in the hull may be used to rotate the hull around one or more axes. Such rotation may be used to create a surf left and/or surf right configuration, and measured via one or more sensors. Other systems and methods are also provided.
US11438749B2	Acoustic apparatus and volume control method for acoustic apparatus An acoustic apparatus according to each of the embodiments includes a reception unit, an operation unit, and a control unit. The reception unit is configured to receive a packet to which voice data and a signal for azimuth estimate are added. The operation unit is configured to operate a signal angle of the packet by using the signal for azimuth estimate. The control unit is configured to control information related to a sound image of the voice data according to the signal angle.
US11438742B2	Method and apparatus for vehicle-to-vehicle message service A method and an apparatus for vehicle-to-vehicle or V2V message service are disclosed. In at least one aspect, a method of operating a V2V message service apparatus in a V2V communication system includes when a first vehicle equipped with the V2V message service apparatus enters a particular road link, subscribing the first vehicle to a V2V message server with the particular road link as a topic, and receiving an event message including an event-situated road link as a topic from the V2V message server, and determining whether to issue an alarm corresponding to the event message based on a preceding and trailing relationship between the first vehicle and a second vehicle that published the event message.
US11438739B2	Multi-connectivity data volume reporting method This patent application provides a multi-connectivity data reporting method, including: obtaining, by a first network device, a first data volume report, where the first data volume report is used to indicate a volume of data that are of a terminal device and that pass through a second network device; and sending, by the first network device, the first data volume report to a third network device. The first data volume report includes one or more of QoS flow identifiers (QFIs) of one or more quality of service QoS flows, identifiers of one or more protocol data unit (PDU) sessions to which the one or more QoS flows belong, or data volumes of the one or more QoS flows.
US11438738B2	SMS via NAS carried by non-cellular access Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for services, such as SMS, location services, and/or the like over the NAS through a non-cellular access. In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method that includes receiving, via a non-access stratum connection through a wireless local area network, a notification message; sending a service request message to request, via the non-access stratum connection through the wireless local area network, delivery of downlink data for a service; and receiving, via the non-access stratum connection through the wireless local area network, the downlink data for the service. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
US11438737B2	Context sensitive message notifications A method and device for generating message notifications at a mobile device is provided. A current operating context of the mobile device is determined. A first display representation for the received message in accordance with notification display settings associated with the determined current operating context is determined. Gesture information from a touch input component is determined and a second display representation comprising at least a portion of the received message and an action area for performing a direct action in response to the received message in response to the determined gesture information is generated.
US11438735B2	Positioning with disjoint bandwidth segments Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a network node receives a reference signal comprising a plurality of time and frequency resources, the plurality of time and frequency resources spanning a plurality of disjoint bandwidth segments, the plurality of disjoint bandwidth segments being time aligned or having a known time offset with respect to each other, and determines a time of arrival (ToA) of the reference signal based on jointly processing the plurality of time and frequency resources of the reference signal across the plurality of disjoint bandwidth segments.
US11438734B2	Location prediction using hierarchical classification Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a neural network location classifier that is designed and trained in accordance with a hierarchical architecture, thereby producing a hierarchical neural network location classifier. Further embodiments relate to obtaining, through use of the hierarchical neural network location classifier, an inferred hierarchical label for a user equipment location. The inferred hierarchical label may then be decoded to obtain a location.
US11438724B2	Head pose mixing of audio files Examples of wearable devices that can present to a user of the display device an audible or visual representation of an audio file comprising a plurality of stem tracks that represent different audio content of the audio file are described. Systems and methods are described that determine the pose of the user; generate, based on the pose of the user, an audio mix of at least one of the plurality of stem tracks of the audio file; generate, based on the pose of the user and the audio mix, a visualization of the audio mix; communicate an audio signal representative of the audio mix to the speaker; and communicate a visual signal representative of the visualization of the audio mix to the display.
US11438721B2	Out-of-head localization system, filter generation device, method, and program To provide an out-of-head localization system, a filter generation device, a method, and a program capable of appropriate processing, an out-of-head localization system according to this embodiment includes a measurement device that measures transfer characteristics by using a microphone worn on a user's ear before the user U sits on a seat, an out-of-head localization device that is installed in the seat and performs out-of-head localization by using a filter appropriate to the transfer characteristics, and a server terminal that transmits the filter appropriate to the transfer characteristics to the out-of-head localization device on the basis of identification information of the user U.
US11438719B2	Analog audio patchbay under digital control The present invention provides for an analog audio patchbay comprising a first plurality of connectors capable of receiving a plurality analog electronic signals, a second plurality of connectors capable of transmitting a plurality of analog electronic signals, and a circuit board extending from the first plurality to the second plurality.
US11438714B2	Method for ensuring symmetric audio quality for hands-free phoning A hearing device includes a processor and a wireless transceiver operatively connected with the processor and configured to connect via a wireless link with a remote device and to exchange bi-directional audio packets with the remote device. The transmit power of the remote device is larger than the transmit power of the hearing device. The processor is configured to estimate the audio link packet error rate of the transmission via the wireless link, and generate a notification when the audio link packet error rate exceeds a pre-determined threshold.
US11438710B2	Contextual guidance for hearing aid Various implementations include control mechanisms for managing hearing aid usage. In some cases, an interface with a representation of the hearing aid in space is used to control audio functions in the device. In other cases, directionality of the device is controlled based upon the user's visual focus direction. In additional cases, the operating mode of the device is adjustable based upon the signature of a nearby acoustic signal.
US11438709B2	Acoustic filter with enhanced valve stroke An acoustic filter (100) comprises a filter housing (10) with an acoustic channel (11) and acoustic valve (20) in the channel. The acoustic valve (20) can be moved to along a trajectory (S) between positions (P1, P2). An actuator (30) is configured to actuate the acoustic valve (20) along the trajectory (S). The actuator (30) comprises one or more mechanical elements (31,32). The mechanical elements can move the acoustic valve (20) along at least an initial part of the trajectory. The actuator (30) comprises one or more magnetic elements (41, 42) with a magnetic field (M1,M2) configured to exert a magnetic force (Fm) on the acoustic valve (20). This may help to move the acoustic valve (20) to the second position (P2) along a final part of the trajectory and keep the acoustic valve (20) at the second position (P2). Accordingly the stroke of the valve can be enhanced.
US11438708B1	Method for providing occluded sound effect and electronic device The embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for providing an occluded sound effect and an electronic device. The method includes: providing a virtual environment, wherein the virtual environment comprises a first object, and the first object is approximated as a second object; defining an object detection range of a sound source based on a sound ray originated from the sound source; in response to determining that the first object enters the object detection range, defining a reference plane based on a reference point on the second object and the sound ray, wherein the reference plane has an intersection area with the object detection range; projecting the second object onto the reference plane as a first projection; determining a sound occluding factor based on the intersection area and the first projection; and adjusting a sound signal based on the sound occluding factor.
US11438702B2	Acoustic receivers with hinged diaphragms Sound-producing acoustic receivers are disclosed. The acoustic receiver includes a housing, a first diaphragm, and a motor. The housing has an internal volume separated by the first diaphragm into a first front volume and a first back volume such that the first front volume has a first sound outlet. The first diaphragm includes a first paddle movable about a first hinge. The motor is disposed in the housing and includes an armature mechanically coupled to the first paddle. The first hinge is located between opposite ends of the first paddle such that actuation of the armature pivots both ends of the first paddle about the hinge.
US11438695B1	Beamforming techniques for acoustic interference cancellation The present application relates to a system and method for receiving, via a microphone array, an incoming acoustic signal including a desired signal and an undesired signal, performing a first minimum variance distortionless response beamforming operation on the incoming acoustic signal to isolate the desired signal, performing a second minimum variance distortionless response beamforming operation, by the signal processor, on the incoming acoust signal to isolate the undesired signal, filtering the desired signal to generate a filtered desired signal, combining an inverse of the filtered desired signal with the undesired signal to generate a combined undesired signal, filtering the combined undesired signal to generate a filtered combined undesired signal, combining an inverse of the combined undesired signal and the desired signal to generate an output signal, and generating a data signal in response to the output signal for transmission via a wireless network.
US11438689B2	Loudspeaker apparatus The present disclosure discloses a loudspeaker apparatus. The loudspeaker may include: a support connector configured to contact a head of a human; at least one loudspeaker component including an earphone core and a housing for accommodating the earphone core, wherein the housing is fixedly connected to the support connector and has at least one key module; a control circuit or a battery that is contained in the support connection, wherein the earphones core is driven by the control circuit or the battery to vibrate to generate sound. The sound includes at least two resonance peaks. The loudspeaker apparatus may optimize the transmission efficiency of the sound, increase sound volume, and improve user experience.
US11438688B2	Sharing audio from a source device In various examples, audio received from a source device is shared from a first wireless earbud to one or more other wireless earbuds. For example, source-device settings are shared by the first wireless earbud with the one or more other wireless earbuds to facilitate synchronization and passive receipt of data transmitted by the source device. Once the wireless earbuds are synchronized, they may check in with one another in a coordinated manner to share packets that were missed when passively listening to the source device.
US11438684B2	Earphone device, headphone device and audio playing device An earphone device, a headphone device, and an audio playing device are provided. The earphone device is configured to be used with a headset accessory. The earphone device includes a first earphone unit and a cable. The cable further includes a splitter, and the splitter is electrically connected to each of an earphone plug and the first earphone unit. The splitter has a jack. The first earphone unit has a through hole provided for insertion of the headset accessory, such that the headset accessory is detachably connected to the first earphone unit.
US11438682B2	Digital microphone with reduced processing noise A microphone assembly includes a housing including a base, a cover, and a sound port. The microphone assembly further includes an acoustic transducer and an electrical circuit, both of which are disposed in an enclosed volume of the housing. The transducer and electrical circuit work in concert to convert sound waves into a processed digital audio signal. The electrical circuit is configured to process digital data in a series of frames that correspond to a fixed period in time. The electrical circuit is further configured to reduce noise in the resulting signal by varying the current draw required in a randomized or pseudo-randomized fashion between adjacent frames of digital data.
US11438679B2	Storage box and electronic device The present disclosure relates to a storage box. The storage box includes a body, a cover, and a first magnetic unit. The body is provided with a receiving space. The cover is rotatably attached to the body and is configured to rotate relative to the body to drive the storage box between an open state and a closed state. In the open state, the cover covers the receiving space. In the closed state, the receiving space is exposed. The first magnetic unit includes a first magnetic member attached to the body and a first attracting member attached to the cover. Opening the storage box from the closed state causes the first attracting member to move closer to the first magnetic member. Magnetic force between the first magnetic member and the first attracting member drives the cover to rotate away from the closed state and into the open state.
US11438675B1	Subsequent look media presentation on a playing device In general, in an aspect, second look advertising is enabled. During an original advertisement selection process at a network infrastructure, original-selection advertisements are selected for play back with a streaming format video on a viewer device. After the original advertisement selection process, the streaming format video is presented on the viewer device together with advertisements that are provided by a helper process and can include the original-selection advertisements or other advertisements or both.
US11438674B2	Method for playing video, electronic device, and storage medium A method for playing a video includes: playing a first video; displaying a first plot development selection interface in response to end of playing of the first video, wherein the first plot development selection interface includes a first plot prompt message including a plurality of prompt messages, each prompt message corresponding to a plot development direction of the first video; determining a target prompt message, wherein the target prompt message includes the prompt message selected on the first plot development selection interface; and acquiring a second video based on the target prompt message; and playing the second video.
US11438673B2	Presenting media items on a playing device In general, in an aspect, versions of representations of segments of a media item are received and temporarily stored on a media playing device. The segments have a sequence. The temporarily stored versions are used in sequence to present at least part of the media item to a user. One or more other versions of representations of segments of the media item are also received and persistently stored on the media playing device. The one or more persistently stored other versions are used to enhance the presentation of at least part of the media item to the user.
US11438672B2	Systems and methods for generating, analyzing, and storing data snippets Systems and methods are provided for generating and storing data snippets. A data file can be obtained from a data source through a plug-in interface. The data file can be played to a user through an application running on a computing device. An indication can be received from the user, through the application, to tag an entity depicted in the data file during playback of the data file. A snippet of the data file can be stored, wherein the snippet is a portion of the data file corresponding to the entity tagged by the user.
US11438668B2	Media program having selectable content depth Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for generating and playing a selectable content depth media program are provided. Media content items are edited to produce selectable depth media segments which are assembled into selectable depth media programs. A media-playback device is configured to navigate and play the selectable depth media program through interaction by a listening user. The user selects the desired content depth for each media segment.
US11438667B2	Communications system, apparatus and method The present invention relates to a communication system operative to provide a user interface for selecting content from at least a first content domain and a second different content domain, configured to drive a display device to display one or more content item identifiers (184) identifying content items of said first content domain and content item identifiers (192) identifying one or more content items of said second content domain in a common display arrangement (180). The invention also relates to an apparatus and method.
US11438666B2	Social network account assisted service registration Examples involve a control device using a social networking service to facilitate registration of a streaming media service with a media playback system. An example implementation receives (i) data indicating login credentials for a given account of a social networking service, and (ii) input data to configure streaming media services with a media playback system. Based on receiving the input data to configure the media playback system, the implementation queries the social networking service for streaming media services associated with the given account, and in response to the query, receives data indicating a first streaming media service associated with the given account. The implementation configures the media playback system to playback audio content from the first streaming media service that is associated with the given account and causes the media playback system to playback audio content from the first streaming media service.
US11438665B2	User commentary systems and methods In one embodiment, a method includes receiving program content and data describing program content from a content source, and automatically identifying, based on user preferences of a first user, one or more relevant products or services displayed in the program content. Product-related metadata associated with the program content is identified. The product-related metadata including data relating to the one or more relevant products or services displayed in the program content. The program content is communicated to a display device for presentation to a first user in a first portion of the display device, and the product-related metadata is communicated to a second display device for presentation to a second user substantially simultaneously with the presentation of the program content in the first display device. A user commentary is received from the second device, the user commentary generated by the second user and associated with the program content or product-related metadata.
US11438664B2	Automated content virality enhancement Systems and methods for enhancing virality for a content item are disclosed herein. A content item is uploaded to a content sharing platform over a communication network. Feedback on the content item is received from the content sharing platform over the communication network. Based on the feedback, a virality score for the content item is determined and a determination is made as to whether the virality score meets a virality criterion. In response to a determination that the virality score does not meet the virality criterion, a virality enhancement technique is selected from a virality enhancement database, the content item is modified by applying the virality enhancement technique to the content item, and the modified content item is uploaded to the content sharing platform over the communication network.
US11438659B2	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.
US11438657B2	Methods and systems for recommending content restrictions Systems and methods are described herein for recommending content restrictions to a user based on chatter in a social network of the user. The system analyzes chatter in the social network to identify a correlation between what is posted by users and the content that the users are posting about. The system stores a mapping between chatter and expected attributes of the content referenced by the chatter. The system will determine whether to block the content when an expected attribute is associated with a content restriction.
US11438654B2	Geographically tailored content management systems and methods Media-presentation-conscious scheduling protocols are disclosed that may associate a geographical location containing a thing with an identifier of the thing and allow later-found media works that pertain to the identifier to be presented at a mobile device before the device reaches a waypoint of the location. Alternatively or additionally, such protocols may respond to a predicted connectivity impairment of a traveling device by obtaining supplemental content to mitigate a predicted capacity shortage. Alternatively or additionally, such protocols may interrupt live stream content, insert on-demand content, and later return to live stream presentation automatically.
US11438653B2	Method and system for detecting incompatible cable (HDMI) A method, a set-top box, and non-transitory computer readable medium are disclosed for detecting incompatible cables for devices. The method includes: setting, on an electronic device, a high speed data-transfer mode; sending, from the electronic device, data to a device at the high speed data-transfer mode over a cable under test; determining, on the electronic device, a number of authentication attempts by the device; and determining, by the electronic device, that the number of authentication attempts by the device is less a predetermined number that the cable under test is compatible with the high speed data-transfer mode.
US11438652B2	Display system, display method, and program A display system includes a main display unit configured to display a video; a plurality of subordinate display units configured to display a plurality of videos, respectively; a detection unit configured to detect the number of viewers of the main display unit and the respective numbers of viewers of the plurality of subordinate display units; and a control unit. The control unit is configured to switch a video displayed on a subordinate display unit of the plurality of subordinate display units to the same video as a video displayed on the main display unit when the number of viewers of the main display unit detected by the detection unit is equal to or more than a first predetermined value and the number of viewers of the subordinate display unit is less than a second predetermined value.
US11438650B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, transmission apparatus, and transmission method The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, information processing method, transmission apparatus, and transmission method, capable of improving the convenience of a voice AI assistance service used in cooperation with content.The convenience of the voice AI assistance service used in cooperation with the content can be improved by providing an information processing apparatus including a control unit configured to control a timing of a voice response upon using a voice AI assistance service in cooperation with content on the basis of voice response time information indicating time suitable for the voice response to an utterance of a viewer watching the content. The present technology can be applied to a system in cooperation with a voice AI assistance service, for example.
US11438649B2	Methods and apparatus to optimize reference signature matching using watermark matching Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to optimize reference signature matching using watermark matching. An example disclosed herein includes selecting first unhashed reference signatures to evaluate for a second time segment of monitoring data based on watermark coverage of a first time segment of the monitoring data, the monitoring data obtained from a meter monitoring media presented by a media device and comparing the first unhashed reference signatures with first unhashed monitored signatures from the second time segment of the monitoring data. The example further includes, when a first media event associated with the monitoring data is not identifiable based on the comparing of the first of unhashed reference signatures with the first unhashed monitored signatures hashing the first unhashed monitored signatures to form a corresponding first hashed monitored signatures and comparing the first hashed monitored signatures with a library of reference hashed signatures to determine the first media event associated with the second time segment of the monitoring data.
US11438645B2	Media information processing method, related device, and computer storage medium A media information processing method includes obtaining media description information, where the media description information includes description information of at least two bitstreams corresponding to a first picture area, any one of the at least two bitstreams has an access point different in time from an access point of another bitstream in the at least two bitstreams, the at least two bitstreams are bitstreams obtained by separately encoding picture content of the first picture subarea, and time periods corresponding to the picture content separately encoded by the at least two bitstreams overlap, and determining, based on the media description information, a to-be-played first target bitstream, where the first target bitstream is one of the at least two bitstreams.
US11438644B1	Synchronizing presentation of content presented by multiple client devices Various client devices include displays and one or more image capture devices configured to capture video data. Different users of an online system are associated with client devices that exchange information captured by their respective image capture devices. When exchanging information, presentation of content to users associated with different client device may be initially synchronized across the client devices. To synchronize content presentation, a client device initiating presentation of the content transmits a request identifying the content and an initial time to other client devices. The initial time is greater than a maximum return time or latency in a network coupling the client devices and the online system from a time when the request is transmitted. A client device determined to be out of synchronization with one or more other client devices receives a command to modify a rate at which the content is presented to reestablish synchronization.
US11438642B2	Systems and methods for displaying multiple media assets for a plurality of users Systems and methods for delivering multiple media assets for a plurality of users are disclosed herein. A plurality of users proximate to a display device may detected and split into groups based on preference for a specific media asset. Media assets may be generated on a display device in a layout based on the number of users in each group. When a new user enters the proximity of the display device the group membership may be recalculated and based on the new group memberships the display layout may be updated.
US11438640B2	Optimized content delivery Data (e.g., images, video, data fields, character strings, logos, etc.) may be analyzed to identify common elements and differentiating elements, and the elements may be respectively transmitted using different streams. For example, if two devices are receiving two video images that are nearly the same, a first data stream comprising the one or more identified common elements may be sent to them both, a second data stream comprising a portion of the one or more identified differentiating elements may be transmitted to the first device, and a third data stream comprising a different portion of the one or more identified differentiating elements may be transmitted to the second device.
US11438639B2	Partial-video near-duplicate detection Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for detecting near duplicates and partial matches of videos. One method includes an operation for receiving a video containing frames. For each frame, keypoints are determined within the frame. For each keypoint, a horizontal gradient vector is calculated based on a horizontal gradient at the keypoint and a vertical gradient vector is calculated based on a vertical gradient at the keypoint. The horizontal and vertical gradients are binary vectors. Further, a keypoint description is generated for each keypoint based on the horizontal gradient vector and the vertical gradient vector. Further, the frames are matched to frames of videos in a video library based on the keypoint descriptions of the keypoints in the frame in the videos in the video library. Further, a determination is made if the video has near duplicates in the video library based on the matching.
US11438637B2	Computerized system and method for automatic highlight detection from live streaming media and rendering within a specialized media player Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content generating, searching, hosting and/or providing systems supported by or configured with personal computing devices, servers and/or platforms. The systems interact to identify and retrieve data within or across platforms, which can be used to improve the quality of data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. The disclosed systems and methods automatically analyze a live streaming media file, and identify portions of the media that are highlights. The content classified as a highlight can be shared across social media platforms, and indexed for searching respective to attributes of the video content. The streaming and highlight media content is renderable in a novel, modified video player that enables variable playback speeds for how content is classified, and enables on-demand selections of specific content portions and adjustable rendering displays during streaming.
US11438633B2	Temporal de-noising for video A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for video coding. Video data including one or more frames is received. A static background is estimated for each of the one or more frames based on a temporal average of the one or more frames. Pixels from among the one or more frames are identified as corresponding to the static background. Noise is removed in the static background based on the identified pixels.
US11438628B2	Hash-based accessing of geometry occupancy information for point cloud coding A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for decoding point cloud data. Data corresponding to a point cloud is received. Hash elements corresponding to one or more neighboring nodes associated with a current node are identified. A size of a hash table is decreased based on deleting one or more of the hash elements corresponding to non-border regions of the one or more neighboring nodes. The data corresponding to the point cloud is decoded based on the hash table having the decreased size.
US11438627B2	Rate adaptive encoding decoding scheme for prioritized segmented data A method in a rate adaptive system includes categorizing, by an encoder, a plurality of clusters of data in a segmented image into one of a plurality of categories corresponding to a different predetermined label with a predetermined priority level; vectorizing, by the encoder, the data to generate a sparse vector xi for its corresponding label; encoding, by the encoder, a plurality of the sparse vectors xi by multiplying a measurement matrix Ai(t) with the sparse vector xi to generate a set of encoded information yi; transmitting, by the encoder to the decoder, the plurality of sets of the encoded information yi in a prioritized order; decoding, by the decoder, the plurality of sets of encoded information yi to determine the plurality of the sparse vectors xi based on determining measurement matrix Ai(t); and uniting the plurality of the sparse vectors xi into a single image frame.
US11438626B2	Image decoding apparatus and image coding apparatus A method of generating a prediction for an area of video data, comprises Receiving a rectangular video block including sample values, and for each sample included in the video block, generating a predictive sample value by averaging a horizontal interpolation and a vertical interpolation corresponding to the location of the sample within the video block.
US11438625B2	Image decoding device, image encoding device, image processing system, and program An image decoding device includes a prediction unit configured to generate a prediction signal included in a prediction block based on a motion vector. The prediction unit is configured to perform refinement processing of setting a search range based on a reference position specified by the motion vector, specifying a corrected reference position having the smallest predetermined cost from the search range, and correcting the motion vector based on the corrected reference position. When a block size of the prediction block is larger than a predetermined block size, the prediction unit is configured to divide the prediction block into sub-block groups and perform the refinement processing for each sub-block.
US11438622B2	Affine motion prediction-based image decoding method and device using affine merge candidate list in image coding system An image decoding method performed by means of a decoding device according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: configuring an affine merge candidate list with respect to a current block; deriving CPMVs with respect to CPs of the current block on the basis of the affine merge candidate list; deriving prediction samples with respect to the current block on the basis of the CPMVs; and generating a reconstructed picture with respect to the current block on the basis of the derived prediction samples, wherein the maximum number of inherited affine candidates is two, a first inherited affine candidate is derived on the basis of a left block group of the current block, and a second inherited affine candidate is derived on the basis of an upper block group of the current block.
US11438621B2	Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method An encoder which includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry generates a list which includes candidates for a first motion vector for a first partition. The list has a maximum list size and an order of the candidates, and at least one of the maximum list size or the order of the candidates is dependent on at least one of a partition size or a partition shape of the first partition. The circuitry selects the first motion vector from the candidates included in the list; encodes an index indicating the first motion vector among the candidates in the list into the bitstream based on the maximum list size; and generates the predicted image for the first partition using the first motion vector.
US11438615B2	Moving picture decoding device, moving picture decoding method, and program obtaining chrominance values from corresponding luminance values A decoding device includes a transformer sets a decoded luminance component of a prediction target block to the same number of samples as that of the chrominance component corresponding to the decoded luminance component of the prediction target block and generates a luminance reference signal. A specificator specifies luminance pixels having minimum and maximum pixel values of the decoded luminance component adjacent to the decoded luminance component of the prediction target block, respectively, outputs luminance pixel values obtained from specified luminance pixels, and outputs chrominance pixel values from pigment pixels corresponding to the luminance pixels. A derivator derives a linear prediction parameter from the two pixel values and a linear prediction model. A chrominance linear predictor obtains a chrominance prediction signal by applying the linear prediction model based on the linear prediction parameter to the luminance reference signal. The chrominance prediction and residual signals are summed to generate a reconstructed chrominance signal.
US11438612B2	Display device and control method thereof The disclosure relates a display apparatus comprising: a signal input receiver receives a plurality of signals which are different in kind from each other, a plurality of encoders provided respectively corresponding to the plurality of signals, and perform encoding of a corresponding mode according to the kinds of at least one signal input to the signal input receiver among the plurality of signals, a first interface transmits a signal obtained by serializing the encoded signal, a second interface deserializes the signal received from the first interface, a plurality of decoders provided respectively corresponding to the plurality of encoders, and perform decoding and restoring the deserialized signal into the at least one signal, and a display displays an image based on the at least one restored signal.
US11438603B2	Methods and systems for adaptive cropping A decoder includes circuitry configured to receive a bitstream, identify, as a function of the bitstream, a current frame, and a cropped sub-frame of the current frame, wherein the cropped sub-frame is signaled in the bitstream, the cropped sub-frame is signaled using at least a vertical offset, and the at least a vertical offset includes an sps_conf_win_top_offset and an sps_conf_win_bottom offset, determine, as a function of the bitstream, a scaling constant associated with the cropped sub-frame, and reconstruct pixel data of the cropped sub-frame using the scaling constant.
US11438602B2	Coding mode based on a coding tree structure type Devices, systems and methods for coefficient coding in transform skip mode are described. An exemplary method for visual media processing includes making a decision, for encoding a current video block in a video region of a visual media data into a bitstream representation of the visual media data, regarding an application of an intra block copy (IBC) mode based on or inferred from at least a coding tree structure associated with the current video block; and selectively including, in the bitstream representation, a syntax element indicative of the application of the IBC mode based on or inferred from at least the coding tree structure.
US11438601B2	Method for encoding/decoding image and device using same A method for decoding an image, according to the present invention, can comprise the steps of: drawing out a vector predictor of a block vector for indicating a reference block with respect to a current block to be predicted within a current picture; drawing out the block vector on the basis of the vector predictor and a vector differential value corresponding to a different value of the block vector and the vector predictor; and generating a prediction block with respect to the current block on the basis of the block vector.
US11438598B2	Simplified parameter derivation for intra prediction A method for video processing is provided. The method includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video that is a chroma block and a coded representation of the video, parameters of a cross-component linear model that are completely determinable by two chroma samples and corresponding two luma samples; and performing the conversion based on the determining.
US11438597B2	Quantized residual differential pulse code modulation representation of coded video Video coding and decoding methods are described. An example method includes determining, based on an applicability rule, that a differential coding mode is applicable to a conversion between a chroma video block of a video and a bitstream representation of the chroma video block, and performing, based on the determining, the conversion between the chroma video block and the bitstream representation of the chroma video block using the differential coding mode, where the chroma video block is represented in the bitstream representation using a difference between a quantized residual of an intra prediction of the chroma video block and a prediction of the quantized residual in the differential coding mode, where the intra prediction is performed in a first direction and the prediction of the quantized residual is performed in a second direction, and where the difference is represented using a differential pulse coding modulation (DPCM) representation.
US11438592B2	Apparatus of decoding video data An image coding method can include generating a prediction block using an intra prediction mode; generating a prediction block using motion information; transforming residual signals generated using an original block and the prediction block to generate a transformed block; quantizing the transformed block using a quantization parameter to generate a quantized block; determining a scan pattern and applying the scan pattern to the quantized block to generate one-dimensional coefficient information; and entropy-coding the one-dimensional coefficient information, in which the residual signals are transformed in transform unit, a transform type used for transforming the residual signals of luma component is determined by a prediction mode and a size of the transform unit, and a transform type used for transforming the residual signals of chroma components is a DCT-based integer transform, and the quantization parameter is a luma quantization parameter, and a differential quantization parameter is generated by subtracting a quantization parameter predictor from the quantization parameter, and is entropy-coded.
US11438570B2	Data processing apparatus and data processing method for generation of calibration data for performing image processing The present technology relates to a data processing apparatus, a data processing method, and a program that are capable of generating calibration data for performing appropriate image processing. The data processing apparatus performs interpolation to generate calibration data for a predetermined focus position by using calibration data for a plurality of focus positions. The calibration data for the plurality of focus positions is generated from a calibration image captured at the plurality of focus positions. The calibration image is obtained by capturing an image of a known object in the plurality of focus positions with a multi-lens camera that captures an image from two or more viewpoints. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a multi-lens camera that captures an image from two or more viewpoints.
US11438565B2	Snapshots at predefined intervals or angles Various embodiments of the present invention relate generally to systems and methods for analyzing and manipulating images and video. In particular, a multi-view interactive digital media representation can be generated from live images captured from a camera. The live images can include an object. An angular view of the object captured in the live images can be estimated using sensor data from an inertial measurement unit. The determined angular views can be used to select from among the live images. The multi-view interactive digital media representation can include a plurality of images where each of the plurality of images includes the object from a different camera view. When the plurality of images is output to a display, the object can appear to undergo a 3-D rotation through the determined angular view where the 3-D rotation of the object is generated without a 3-D polygon model of the object.
US11438561B2	Projection device and personalized image setting method thereof A projection device having an information input unit, a storage unit, a scaling unit, an image processing unit and a projection unit is provided. The information input unit receives the image file corresponded to a compressed personalized startup image file. The storage unit has a first storage block storing a preset startup image file and a second storage block. The scaling unit generates a projected image signal according to the compressed personalized startup image file, and the scaling unit stores the compressed personalized startup image file in the at least one second storage block. The image processing unit generates a projection control signal according to the projected image signal. The projection unit generates an image beam according to the projection control signal, and projects the image beam on a projection surface to form the startup image screen. The disclosure further provides a personalized startup image setting method.
US11438560B2	Image processing device, projection system, image processing method, and image processing program An image processing device includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires first and second image data for projecting the image from the first and second projection units respectively; a superimposed region information acquisition unit that acquires information on a superimposed region between the projection range of the first projection unit and the projection range of the second projection unit; a first image processing unit that performs first image processing on a first portion in the first image data corresponding to the superimposed region; a second image processing unit that performs second image processing on a second portion in the second image data corresponding to the superimposed region; and an output unit that outputs the first image data after the first image processing as image data for the first projection unit and outputs the second image data after the second image processing as image data for the second projection unit.
US11438559B2	Image correction method and projector An image correction method performed by a projector, the method including projecting a second image onto a projection surface, the second image is acquired by reducing a first image containing a plurality of candidate points that are candidates for display position correction to a size that falls within a projection area that is the largest area over which the projector is capable of projection, accepting a first input to select a target point that is a display position correction target out of the plurality of candidate points in the state in which the second image is projected on the projection surface, projecting a third image onto the projection surface, the third image is acquired by enlarging the second image to the size of the first image after accepting the first input, accepting a second input to change the display position of the target point in the state in which the third image is projected on the projection surface, and projecting a projection image acquired by correcting the shape of an input image based on the second input onto the projection surface.
US11438555B1	Method for verifying tampering of an electronic device A method for verifying tampering of an electronic device by a third party who picks up and attempts to unlock the device when the device is inadvertently left in a place by the owner of the device. The method comprises an application software downloaded within the device that senses the movement of the device when picked up by a third party and triggers the bidirectional cameras within the device to silently start capturing images of the third party and video record the tampering actions which are time and date stamped, uploaded to a cloud source and sent by text and email to a second device for review of the tampering of the device, and identification of the third party who tampered with the device.
US11438554B2	System and method for remote detection and location of gas leaks A system for monitoring for a gas leak from a gas containing structure is disclosed. The system includes a lens that directs an image of a scene of interest through an optical filter onto a detector. The filter is associated with the lens and the filter has one or more passbands that passes wavelengths which match one or more emission or reflectively wavelengths of the gas being monitored. A detector receives the image after the image passes through the lens and the filter. The detector generates image data representing the scene including the gas containing structure. A processor is configured to process the image data by executing machine executable code stored on a memory. The machine executable code processes the image data to identify turbulence flows in the image data such that turbulence flow indicates a gas leak, and generate and send an alert in response to the identification of a turbulence flow.
US11438550B1	Video conference content requests to non-participants Systems and methods for providing video conference content requests to non-participants. An example method may include receiving, from a first participant of a video conference, via a first communication channel that is associated with the video conference, a content request directed to a non-participant, wherein the non-participant is not connected to the video conference; transmitting, via a second communication channel that is not associated with the video conference, the content request to the non-participant; receiving, from the non-participant, a response to the content request; and transmitting, via the first communication channel, to at least one of the first participant or a second participant of the video conference, a message reflecting the response.
US11438545B2	Video image-based media stream bandwidth reduction A video system includes one or more media sources and a media server configured to communicate with a video viewing device through a network. The media server includes memory and a processor configured to perform operations. The operations include receiving a video stream from the one or more media sources, where the video stream includes a plurality of image frames. The operations also include determining whether throttling is enabled for the video stream. Based on determining that throttling is enabled, one or more of the image frames of the video stream are dropped until a predetermined condition is met and one of the image frames from the media server is transmitted through the network to the video viewing device after the predetermined condition is met. Based on determining that throttling is disabled, the image frames are transmitted from the media server through the network to the video viewing device.
US11438544B2	Image transmission device and method including an image data receiver and a processor The present application discloses an image transmission device and method. The image transmission device includes a receiver configured to receive pixel data in image data from a camera in sequence and buffer the pixel data into a memory, and determine, upon reception of a line of pixel data, a line number of the line of pixel data in the image data and a frame number of the image data; and a processor configured to obtain the line of pixel data, the line number of the line of pixel data and the frame number of the image data from the receiver, package the obtained line of pixel data, line number of the line of pixel data and frame number of the image data into a data packet, and transmit the data packet to a server.
US11438543B2	Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus A solid-state imaging device is disclosed. In one example, a solid-state imaging device includes a current mirror circuit connected to first and second vertical signal lines, first and second unit pixels connected to the first or the second vertical signal line, a current supply line connected to the first and the second unit pixels, and a constant current circuit connected to the current supply line. The unit pixels each include a photoelectric conversion element, a transfer transistor that transfers an electric charge generated in the photoelectric conversion element, first and second charge accumulation units that accumulate the transferred electric charge, a switching transistor configured to control accumulation of the electric charge by the second charge accumulation unit, and an amplification transistor that causes a voltage corresponding to electric charges accumulated the first and/or the second charge accumulation units to appear in the first or the second vertical signal line.
US11438541B2	Imaging device with first temperature detection element and second temperature detection element for temperature reference An imaging device includes: a first temperature detection element 16 that detects temperature on the basis of infrared rays; a second temperature detection element 17 for temperature reference; and a drive circuit 10A including a switch circuit 101 including a butterfly switch circuit, a first current source 82A, a second current source 82B, a differential circuit 83, and an analog-digital conversion circuit 84. The first temperature detection element 16 and the second temperature detection element 17 are connected to a first input end 101A and a second input end 101B of the switch circuit. A first output end 101C and the first current source 82A are connected to a first input end 83A of the differential amplifier. A second output end 101D of the switch circuit and the second current source 82B are connected to a second input end 83B of the differential amplifier. An output end 83C of the differential amplifier is connected to an input portion of the analog-digital conversion circuit 84.
US11438537B2	Image pickup apparatus, control method, and computer program storage medium An image pickup apparatus has a plurality of pixels each of which includes first and second photoelectric converters and is arranged in a matrix and connected to a column output line, a reading unit configured to perform a first reading operation that reads a signal of the first photoelectric converter to the column output line and a second reading operation that reads a signal obtained by mixing the signals of the first and second photoelectric converters to the column output line, a column circuit configured to be connected to the column output line, and a control unit configured to save power in at least some of the column circuits not used during the first reading operation from among the column circuits used in the second reading operation, during the first reading operation.
US11438535B2	Image sensor and imaging device including the same An imaging device includes a pixel array with first and second pixels respectively having first and second conversion gains connected to row and column lines; a row driver determining a selection row line among the row lines; a readout circuit obtaining first and second pixel signals from first and second pixels connected to the selection row line; a column driver generating first and second image data from the first and second pixel signals; and an image signal processor using the first and second image data to generate an object image. The second pixels include an expansion capacitor connected between a floating diffusion node and a ground node. Exposure time of the first pixels is equal to or longer than exposure time of the second pixels. An area of a light receiving region of the first pixels is equal to an area of a light receiving region of the second pixels.
US11438530B2	Pixel unit with a design for half row reading, an imaging apparatus including the same, and an imaging method thereof Disclosed are a pixel unit, and an imaging method and apparatus thereof. The pixel has a first and a second pixel sub-portion each comprising one or more photodiodes; one or more transfer transistors each coupled to a floating diffusion, for transferring the charges generated by the one or more photodiodes in response to incident light during an exposure period and accumulated in the photodiode during said exposure period respectively to the floating diffusion; a reset transistor; and a source follower transistor coupled to the floating diffusion for amplifying and outputting the pixel signal of the floating diffusion. In some embodiments, the pixel further includes a capacitor and a gain control transistor.
US11438529B1	Detector, imaging system and method for detecting uncooled thermal systems Systems for detecting a presence of a microbolometer are provided. The systems may also discriminate a type of the microbolometer. The systems may comprise analog filtering and processing or digital filtering and processing. In some examples, both analog and digital filtering may be used. For example, a system may comprises a photodiode, an analog to digital converter (ADC) having a frequency sampling rate of at least two times an expected frequency range of known microbolometers and a processor. The ADC may receive an amplified output from the photodiode and produce a sampled sequence using the frequency sampling rate. The processor converts the sampled sequence into a frequency profile, examines the frequency profile to identity at least a fundamental frequency and determines whether a microbolometer is detected in a line of sight of the photodiode based on the fundamental frequency.
US11438524B2	Automated rack imaging Example implementations relate to automated rack imaging. According to an example, a system for imaging a face of a rack includes a camera and lighting array, a positioning system, a computer system and a wheeled platform. The array includes multiple cameras located in a first plane orthogonal to a second plane and each camera has a first field of view in a first axis of the second plane. Collectively, the first fields of view extend from one end of the face to another end of the face. The positioning system is operable to move the array from a starting point to an ending point via multiple intermediate points along an axis in a third plane parallel to the first plane. The computer system (i) causes the cameras to capture images at the starting, intermediate, and ending point; (ii) stitches the captured images together; and (iii) stores the resulting image.
US11438523B2	Display control apparatus, display control method, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium A display control apparatus includes: a display controller configured to display a graphic image together with an HDR image on a display unit, wherein the display controller is further configured to (1) display the graphic image in second brightness in a case where brightness of the HDR image is first brightness, and (2) display the graphic image in fourth brightness that is higher than the second brightness in a case where brightness of the HDR image is third brightness that is higher than the first brightness.
US11438522B2	Image pickup apparatus and image pickup method Provided is an image pickup apparatus that can determine a step-out with a high approximation accuracy and then return a lens position to an initial position. The image pickup apparatus includes: an optical element that is movable with respect to a predetermined initial position; acceleration detection means that detects a shock applied to a body of the apparatus and outputs a vector of the shock; and control means that adds up an optical axis direction component of the optical element in the vector of the shock each time the shock is detected and, when a cumulative shock that is a result of adding up exceeds a predetermined threshold, determines that the optical element has stepped out and returns the optical element to the initial position.
US11438515B2	Image capturing apparatus, method of controlling same, and storage medium for reducing a code amount The image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit for capturing a subject image, a calculating unit for calculating an exposure amount at a time of capturing by the image capturing unit, a range correction unit for performing range correction for compressing a range of luminance in an image signal captured by the image capturing unit, an identification unit for identifying a luminance change amount of an image signal caused by range correction, and a changing unit for, based on the luminance change amount identified by the identification unit, changing at least one of the exposure amount and a reference luminance value in an input/output characteristic in a case of performing the range correction.
US11438513B2	Drive control device and drive control method Accuracy of drive control in an image capturing direction for object tracking is improved. Therefore, a drive amount in an image capturing direction for tracking an object is configured to be controlled by using object information acquired from a captured image and image-capturing-direction information corresponding to a horizontal synchronization signal used in an image capturing action.
US11438512B2	Electronic apparatus and control method thereof An electronic apparatus, when an object included in a captured image is not moving, indicates a region of the captured image corresponding to the object in a first display appearance, and when the object is moving in the captured image, indicates the region in a second display appearance that is at least different in shape from the first display appearance.
US11438510B2	System and method for editing video contents automatically technical field Provided is a system for editing video contents automatically, the system including an input interface module configured to receive a user input; a video sequence setting module configured to define a set of consecutive frames of original video content as a single original video sequence in response to receiving a video edit activation input from the input interface nodule, and to divide the original video content into a first original video sequence to an n-th original video sequence, n denoting an integer greater than or equal to 2; a video sequence shuffling module configured to create shuffled video content by randomly shuffling a subset video sequence including at least a portion of a k-th original video sequence to follow after a (k+1)-th original video sequence or to precede a (k−1)-th original video sequence, k denoting an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to n−1; and a shuffled video content storage module configured to store sequence arrangement information that is information about the shuffled video content or arrangement order of video sequences of the shuffled video content and the subset video sequence.
US11438505B2	Imaging apparatus and control method An imaging apparatus includes a communication unit, a movement unit, an imaging unit, and a control unit. The communication unit receives first information including information on a shooting position of an external apparatus. The movement unit moves the imaging apparatus to a position at which a bird's eye view of subjects is made possible. The imaging unit performs shooting at the position at which the bird's eye view of the subject is made possible. The control unit acquires second information on the subjects from an image that is shot at the position at which the bird's eye view of the subject is made possible, determines priority for shooting each of the subjects based on the first information and the second information, and controls the movement unit and the imaging unit based on the determined priority.
US11438502B2	Image signal processor resource management Aspects relate to an image signal processor that processes frames at changing frame rates. An example method includes receiving, by an image signal processor, a first sequence of image frames from an image sensor at a first frame rate, processing each image frame of the first sequence of image frames at the first frame rate, and receiving from the image sensor an indication of a frame rate change from the first frame rate to a second frame rate. The method also includes configuring one or more filters of the image signal processor to process image frames from the image sensor in response to receiving the indication of the frame rate change from the image sensor, receiving a second sequence of image frames from the image sensor at the second frame rate, and processing each image frame of the second sequence of image frames at the second frame rate.
US11438499B2	Scialytic light navigation A system and method for tracking an object within a surgical field are described. A system may include a lighting component to illuminate a surgical field, and a camera device to capture an image of a tracked device within the surgical field. The system may include a rotational component configured to rotate with respect to the lighting component. The camera device may couple to the rotational component to rotate with respect to the lighting component, such as in response to an obstruction of a tracked object being detected.
US11438497B2	Managing multiple image devices Managing device settings on multiple devices, including: creating a first group of devices including two or more devices, wherein each device in the first group has at least one first device setting; creating a second group of devices including two or more devices, wherein each device in the second group has at least one second device setting and each device in the second group is not in the first group; sending the at least one first device setting to each device in the first group of devices in parallel, so that each device in the first group changes at least one device setting according to the at least one received first device setting; and sending the at least one second device setting to each device in the second group of devices in parallel, so that each device in the second group changes at least one device setting according to the at least one received second device setting.
US11438496B2	Multi-camera module A multi-camera module includes a plurality of camera units, and a single case coupled to the plurality of camera units, wherein the case includes an upper surface portion surrounding an upper portion of the plurality of camera units, and wherein the upper surface portion includes a groove, the groove having different depths in accordance with a position corresponding to the plurality of camera units.
US11438494B1	Device for viewing and imaging the sun and solar phenomena A viewing device adapted to support an imaging device includes a panel defining an imaging aperture to facilitate a capture of an image, by a camera sensor of the imaging device, of solar phenomena, and a viewing window to facilitate a view, by one of the human eyes, of the solar phenomena. The viewing window is arranged distally from a first longitudinal end of the panel relative to the imaging aperture and is arranged laterally offset from the imaging aperture. The viewing device also includes an optical filter attached to the panel and arranged covering the viewing window to filter parasitic light rays, and an engagement member adapted to releasably engage with the imaging device and retain the imaging device with the panel such that the camera sensor is aligned with the imaging aperture. The viewing device uses an authentication identification to eliminate the risk of counterfeiting and preserve safety.
US11438493B2	Optical apparatus and imaging system having the same An optical apparatus includes a lens part including a first imaging portion forming a first image of an object and a second imaging portion forming a second image of the object, and a filter part including a filter arranged on at least one of optical axes of the first and second imaging portions and configured to make properties of light for forming the first image and light for forming second image different from each other. The first and second images correspond to a common field stop. F numbers of the first and second imaging portions are different from each other.
US11438491B2	Systems and methods for blocking a target in video monitoring The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for generating an occlusion region in an image. The system includes a plurality of imaging devices, a storage device and at least one processor in communication with the storage device, wherein each of the plurality of imaging devices is configured to capture a component image presenting a scene. When executing the instructions, the at least one processor is configured to cause the system to determine a first occlusion region in an image formed based on at least one component image. The at least one processor is configured to determine how to generate a second occlusion region in at least one of the plurality of component images based on the area of the first occlusion region and an area threshold.
US11438487B2	Vehicular camera with thermal interface material A vehicular camera module for a vehicular vision system includes a housing having a front housing portion and a rear housing portion. A circuit board includes a circuit board substrate having electronic circuitry disposed thereat. A thermal interface material is molded at an inner surface of the housing. The front housing portion is attached at the circuit board and the rear housing portion is mated with the front housing portion to encase the circuit board. The thermal interface material is formed to interface with electronic components of the circuit board and may conform with the electronic components at the circuit board substrate when the front housing portion is attached at the circuit board and/or when the rear housing portion is mated with the front housing portion. A connector element in electrical contact with circuitry of the circuit board is configured to connect to a connector end of a wire harness.
US11438486B2	3D active depth sensing with laser pulse train bursts and a gated sensor This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for sensing a scene. In one aspect, a device may illuminate the scene using a sequence of two or more periods. Each period may include a transmission portion during which a plurality of light pulses are emitted onto the scene. Each period may include a non-transmission portion corresponding to an absence of emitted light. The device may receive, during each transmission portion, a plurality of light pulses reflected from the scene. The device may continuously accumulate photoelectric charge indicative of the received light pulses during an entirety of the sequence. The device may transfer the accumulated photoelectric charge to a readout circuit after an end of the sequence.
US11438482B2	Controlling an image forming device via a web application An information processing apparatus on which a web browser is executed, the information processing apparatus causes to, in a case where a web site including a web application is accessed from the information processing apparatus, perform an acquisition request to an operating system to acquire information on each connected device if an access request to access a connected device connected to the information processing apparatus is executed based on the web application, provide a first screen for selection of a connected device, access to which is permitted to the web application, from a list of information on connected devices acquired based on the acquisition request, provide a second screen for setting of an identification name corresponding to the selected connected device; and store, in a storage area, information on the selected connected device and an identification name set in the second screen in association with each other.
US11438480B2	Image reading device and image forming device comprising a drive device configured to selectively apply a driving force to the carriage and the plutality of pairs of conveyance rollers, wherein the device driver includes an abutting member, a motor, a carriage that rotates in conjunction with the motor supports a first main body gear to mesh with a cover input gear and a second main body gear to mesh with a main rack gear One motor is shared for carriage movement and document sheet conveyance. An abutting member stops the carriage, that has moved from a second position located below a first end portion of a platen glass, at a first position located below a contact glass. The carriage supports the motor and first and second main body gears. The main body gears interlock with the motor. A cover input gear meshes with the first main body gear when the carriage is located between the first position and a relay region. A main rack gear meshes with the second main body gear when the carriage is located in a region extending from the relay region to a third position located below a second end portion of the platen glass. A load torque applied to the motor is larger when the carriage is fixed than when the cover input gear is fixed.
US11438478B2	Printing device A printing device includes a battery, a print head and a controller. The battery is charged by a charging power and supplies a power to the print head. The controller has multiple operation modes and is configured to operate in one of the multiple operation modes. The controller consumes an operating power corresponding to the operation mode. An external power source has multiple power profiles and outputs a supplying power corresponding to one of the power profiles to the printing device. The supplying power is used as the operating power for driving the controller. The controller obtains the multiple power profiles from the externa power source. The controller determines whether the supplying power is greater than a sum of the charging power to charge the battery and the operating power, and determine an operation mode when the battery is being charged.
US11438477B2	Information processing device, information processing system and computer readable medium An information processing device includes a processor configured to: group electronic documents that have been processed, based on similarity degree of the electronic documents into one or more groups; determine a group, among the one or more groups, to which at least one received electronic document is to belong; determine whether the at least one received document is a modified version of one or more electronic documents belonging to the determined group, the modified version having been partially modified with respect to the one or more electronic documents belonging to the determined group; and specify a blank portion in the at least one received electronic document by comparing the at least one received electronic document with the one or more electronic documents belonging to the determined group.
US11438476B2	Reading apparatus and image forming apparatus A reading apparatus includes a feeding roller pair configured to feed a sheet supplied from another apparatus that is to be connected to the reading apparatus; a tray provided above the feeding roller pair in a vertical direction; a conveyance path through which the sheet is to be conveyed to discharge the sheet fed by the feeding roller pair to the tray; a first conveyance roller pair which is provided in the conveyance path, and is configured to convey the sheet; a second conveyance roller pair which is provided in the conveyance path on a downstream of the first conveyance roller pair in a conveying direction in which the sheet is conveyed, and is configured to convey the sheet; and a reading unit configured to read an image formed on the sheet while moving in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction.
US11438474B2	Image reading apparatus with movable apparatus body An image reading apparatus includes a support portion in contact with a mount surface on which the apparatus is mounted, an apparatus body portion that is provided so that a position thereof is changeable by being rotated relative to the support portion, and a discharge tray provided so as to be openable/closeable relative to the apparatus body portion, the discharge tray receiving the original. The apparatus body portion is switchable between a first position that is a position while not in use, and a second position in which reading of the original is performed. When the apparatus body portion is in the first position and when the discharge tray is opened from the closed state, the discharge tray switches the apparatus body portion from the first position to the second position.
US11438467B2	Apparatus, method, and storage medium for supporting data entry by correcting erroneously recoginized characters When a character required to be corrected is specified in a character string of a character recognition result, a plurality of candidate character strings are generated by using a substitution candidate for the specified character and not using a substitution candidate for a character other than the specified character, and one correct character string is finalized from the plurality of generated candidate character strings.
US11438463B1	System and method for hybrid network data consumption tracking in a wireless network Disclosed are systems and methods for intelligent, real-time network consumption tracking and traffic steering in fifth-generation (5G) networks via a network configuration and implementation. The disclosed hybrid network traffic steering is effectuated by using Diameter Routing Agent (DRA) and Subscriber Location Function (SLF) to route/steer fourth-generation (4G) network traffic by 5G subscribers to a 5G Charging Function (CHF) for 4G fallback network consumptions. Network currency consumption tracking is performed by the 5G CHF. The CHF dictates policy rules for 5G networks via the Policy Control Function (PCF) of the 5G Core, and dictates policy rules for 4G networks via the Policy and Charging Rules Functions (PCRF) for fallback sessions.
US11438462B2	Method and apparatus for information exchange in online charging A method and an apparatus for information exchange in online charging in order to reduce frequency of information exchange between a Charging Trigger Function (CTF) device and an Online Charging System (OCS), and reduce a pressure of information transmission between the CTF device and the OCS, where the method includes receiving, by a CTF device, a credit control answer (CCA) message that carries a non-real-time Trigger and sent by an OCS, recording, by the CTF device, charging information before and after a corresponding event of the non-real-time Trigger happens each time before sending a credit control request (CCR) message to the OCS next time, and sending, by the CTF device, the CCR message to the OCS.
US11438457B1	Method and apparatus for coaching call center agents A method and an apparatus for coaching call center agents is provided. The method includes analyzing a conversation of the agent with a first customer, determining a performance of the agent on at least one behavioral skill based on the analysis, generating automatically, a custom training package (CTP) based on the determined first performance, and sending the CTP for presentation on the agent device.
US11438456B2	Techniques for managing softphone repositories and establishing communication channels Introduced here is a platform for actively managing communication channels. In particular, the communication channels are managed to increase the probability of success of a call center agent to meaningfully engage with a client. In addition, the platform provides identification information and other information to facilitate a conversation between the parties, while also reducing the pre-call preparation by an agent. The platform parses search results to identify contact information for prospect by utilizing keyword identification algorithm. During the call, the platform applies voice detection and speaker detection algorithms to ensure that the agent is speaking with a live voice, rather than a pre-recorded message. By applying these algorithms, the platform aims to increase call center efficiency and conversation rates, while reducing pre-call preparation and skepticism of a prospect.
US11438453B2	Incoming call alert method and terminal Embodiments of this application disclose an incoming call alert method and a terminal. The incoming call alert method includes: receiving an incoming call request; and invoking an audio/video player of a system to play audio/video corresponding to the incoming call request. The audio/video player is disposed in a system of the terminal in the embodiments of this application, so that when the terminal receives the incoming call request, the system of the terminal can play the audio/video used for incoming call alert. In this way, the terminal can alert a user by playing the audio/video without occupying additional system resources. In addition, an animation of the video and a caller ID display interface that are displayed by the terminal are integrated in terms of a visual effect, thereby improving use experience of the user.
US11438452B1	Propagating context information in a privacy preserving manner The present disclosure generally relates to propagating context information from a first electronic device to a second electronic device. In one example, in response to detecting the second electronic device satisfies a distance criterion with respect to the first electronic device, the first electronic device determines whether propagation of the context to the second electronic device is permitted. If propagation of the context to the second electronic device is permitted and while the second electronic device satisfies the distance criterion with respect to the first electronic device, the context is transmitted to the second electronic device.
US11438450B2	Information transmission apparatus and information transmission method An information transmission apparatus includes: a mode instruction unit configured to instruct a first mode to permit a voice output by the voice output unit or a second mode to prohibit the voice output; an image control unit configured to control a display image of a display unit so as to display an agent image including a face image of an agent; and an output determination unit configured to determine whether or not output of information to the user is necessary. The image control unit controls the display image so as to display, when the output determination unit determines output of information is necessary without being input a voice of an utterance by the user in a state where the second mode is instructed, a second agent image including a second face image.
US11438447B2	First node, communication device, and methods performed thereby for handling positioning information A method performed by a first node (111) is described herein. The first node (111) operates in a communications network (10). The first node (111) sends (204) a query to a second node (112) operating in the communications network (10). The query requests information on a location of a communication device (130) operating in the communications network (10). The communication device (130) is identified by the first node (111) as a constrained communication device (130) lacking a capability to query the second node (112). The first node (111) obtains (205) the information from the second node (112), in response to the sent query, and initiates updating (207) an object in the communication device (130) based on the obtained information. A method performed by the communication device (130) is also described, whereby the device sends (301), to the first node (111), an indication that it is constrained, and obtains (304) the update.
US11438446B2	Load balancing and session persistence in packet networks A node may generate a data packet comprising an Internet Protocol (IP) header and a destination options extension header (DOEH). The DOEH may comprise one or more data fields and an IP payload. The node may send the data packet to another node in a data network.
US11438443B1	Scalable collaborative editing Systems and methods for scalable collaborative editing are generally described. In various examples, a first collaborative editing session may be executed at a first node of a first cluster of compute nodes. A load balancer executing on the first cluster of compute nodes may receive a first request from a first computing device. In various examples, the first request may include first identifier data identifying the first collaborative editing session. In some examples, the load balancer may determine that the first identifier data is associated with the first collaborative editing session. Further, the load balancer may determine that the first collaborative editing session is assigned to the first node. In some examples, the first request may be sent to the first node.
US11438442B1	Systems and methods for optimizing provision of high latency content by a network A multi-access edge computing device may receive historical content data associated with a content application of a user equipment and may process the historical content data, with a machine learning model, to identify content to cache for the user equipment. The multi-access edge computing device may provide, to a content provider device, a request for the content to cache and may receive, from the content provider device, the content to cache based on the request for the content to cache. The multi-access edge computing device may process the content to cache, with a document object model and a browser object model, to generate intermediary content that corresponds to the content to cache. The multi-access edge computing device may store the intermediary content in a data structure associated with the multi-access edge computing device.
US11438440B2	Ad-hoc link-local multicast delivery of HTTP responses A Network Access Point (NAP) in an ICN may have multiple clients requesting the same resource. Instead of sending multiple link-local unicast transmissions, the multiple clients may subscribe to a response bucket based on their unicast address and the NAP may send a multicast response to the group based on previously issued HTTP requests. The response bucket may contain multiple clients attached to the NAP. A multicast address of the response bucket may be used by the NAP to send the multicast response. A class D octet in the multicast group address may be derived from a class C octet of the individual client IP addresses.
US11438439B1	Detecting non-personal network and connectivity attributes for classifying user location Non-personal network attributes of a user's network connection are detected. A user's physical location is classified as being onsite or remote based upon the non-personal network attributes. Connectivity performance information is generated indicative of a performance of a user device in connecting with the host computing system over the network, and a control signal is generated to surface performance information through an administrative system.
US11438436B1	System and method for preserving a minority protocol name in a multiple protocol migration A method, computer program product, and computer system for creating, by a computing device, a first directory entry with a name using a majority protocol, wherein the creation may be done on a source side for a multi-protocol delta copy migration session. Minority protocol name information associated with the first directory entry using the majority protocol may be relayed to a destination side for the multi-protocol delta copy migration session, wherein the minority protocol name information is cached on the destination side. A second directory entry with the name using the majority protocol for the multi-protocol delta copy migration session may be created on the destination side. The name of the second directory entry created using the majority protocol may be reset to the minority protocol name created using the minority protocol name information cached on the destination side.
US11438435B2	User interaction and task management using multiple devices The present disclosure provides systems and methods for user interaction and task completion using multiple devices. A set of devices may be used to perform a task, such that different devices may perform different steps of the task. A device management service may update state information at each device of the set, thereby enabling a user to interact with any of the computing devices to perform the task. A device management service may also automatically determine which device should be used by the user, based on task or step requirements, device characteristics, and device capabilities, among other examples. Thus, rather than being required to continue a task on the same device (even when the device is not well-suited for the current step or task), the user is provided with the option to use and, in some instances, is automatically transitioned to use, different devices within the set.
US11438434B2	System and a method for generating service actionable for equipment Aspects of the invention are directed towards a system and a method for generating service actionable for a plurality of equipment. Embodiments of the invention describe the method comprises steps of behaviorally classifying an equipment into normalizing classification and behavior classification. The method further comprises steps of processing the normalizing and behavior classifications to generate one or more profiles corresponding to the equipment. The one or more profiles represent time-granular behavior patterns of the equipment. The method comprises steps of generating time-granular normalized characteristics for the equipment and normalizing variances of the time-granular normalized characteristics and the time-granular behavior patterns to generate possible service actionable (SACT) recommendations that are integrated into workflows to drive action and receive prediction confirmation.
US11438433B1	Progressive object refreshes in content delivery networks The embodiments herein describe a CDN that uses revalidation to force edge servers to refresh their cached objects (i.e., download new copies of the objects from the origin data center). Revalidation can be used by edge servers to determine whether an object currently cached at the edge servers has been updated or changed in the origin data center. The embodiments herein leverage revalidation to perform a forced refresh to force the edge servers to refresh their cached object, regardless whether those cached objects match the objects stored in the origin data center. A forced refresh can be used when there is a network connection that may have caused the cached objects to become corrupted. Moreover, the forced refresh can be performed in batches so as not to overwhelm the network and computing resources in the CDN.
US11438432B2	Control of cache data A machine-implemented method for controlling transfer of at least one data item from a data cache component, in communication with storage using at least one relatively higher-latency path and at least one relatively lower-latency path, comprises: receiving metadata defining at least a first characteristic of data selected for inspection; responsive to the metadata, seeking a match between said at least first characteristic and a second characteristic of at least one of a plurality of data items in the data cache component; selecting said at least one of the plurality of data items where the at least one of the plurality of data items has the second characteristic matching the first characteristic; and passing the selected one of the plurality of data items from the data cache component using the relatively lower-latency path.
US11438430B2	Electronic device and method for controlling same An electronic apparatus is configured to: obtain through the communicator characteristic data of each of the external apparatuses regarding a plurality of user characteristics, classify the plurality of external apparatuses into a plurality of groups, whose user characteristic are similar, based on the obtained characteristic data, in response to designating one or more first external apparatuses among the plurality of external apparatuses, calculate similarity of the user characteristic between the first external apparatus and a plurality of second external apparatuses of the group in which the first external apparatus is included among the plurality of groups, and select one or more second external apparatuses whose similarity are relatively high among the plurality of second external apparatuses.
US11438419B2	Managing unmanned aerial vehicle flight data A device can be configured to receive flight data associated with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), at least some of the flight data being received from the UAV; store the flight data; receive, from a requesting device, a flight data request, the flight data request including information identifying the UAV or a flight of the UAV; determine response data based on the flight data request and based on an entity associated with the requesting device, the response data including a subset of the flight data, which is available to be accessed by the entity; and perform an action associated with the response data.
US11438415B2	Managing hash tables in a storage system An aspect includes splitting a table of buckets into a fixed number of domains. Each of the domains includes a corresponding subset of the buckets. An aspect also includes providing a spare bucket for each of the subsets of the buckets and providing a metadata structure for each of the domains. The metadata structure includes a head pointer that points to a first bucket of a corresponding subset of the buckets and a spare_bucket pointer that points to the spare bucket of the subset of the buckets. An aspect further includes providing a split-spare bucket pointer that interleaves, during updates to data, among the subset of buckets in the domain. Data subject to the updates is stored in the spare bucket for a corresponding one of the domains. An aspect also includes updating the head pointer and the spare_bucket pointer for corresponding domains in response to updating the data.
US11438412B2	Technologies for conversion of mainframe files for big data ingestion Technologies for conversion and transmission of data files from a mainframe computing system for big data ingestion. Secure electronic payment transactional data is extracted in a mainframe format, such as Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC). The electronic payment transactional data is converted to American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) code prior to transmission to a big data analytics computing system. The converted data is encrypting and transmitted for ingestion into a big data analytics computing system.
US11438409B2	Interface apparatus for a data interchange between a field bus network and a cloud Described is an interface apparatus for performing data interchange, or exchange, between a fieldbus network and a cloud. The interface apparatus includes a first interface, via which the interface apparatus is connectable with at least one fieldbus component of the fieldbus network, and a second interface, via which the interface apparatus is connectable with the cloud. The first interface is embodied as an interface corresponding to the application programming interface of the cloud, wherein an interface definition of the first interface agrees with an interface definition of the application programming interface of the cloud. The interface apparatus is embodied to convert a request for a cloud service received via the first interface from a fieldbus component of the fieldbus network into a request addressed to the cloud for a cloud service and to transfer such via the second interface to the cloud.
US11438408B2	Transferring applications from overutilized arrays of computer systems to underutilized arrays of computer systems Transferring a workload among computing devices is described. For instance, a system can comprise a first device with a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. In an example implementation, a transfer instruction receiving component can receive a transfer instruction from a second device, with the transfer instruction being generated based on a first utilization characteristic assigned to the first device and a second utilization characteristic assigned to a third device. In one or more embodiments, the first utilization characteristic can be based on a workload to provide a service to a client device served by the first device, and the second utilization characteristic can be based on measure of available workload processing capacity for the third device.
US11438405B2	Efficient file routing system A method or system for efficiently routing a file located on two or more sources to one or more file recipients connected by a plurality of paths in one or more networks. For each file recipient, one or more predetermined utility functions are evaluated to select the most efficient one of the plurality of paths to use for routing the file to the one or more file recipients, and the file is routed to the one or more file recipient using the selected path. The predetermined utility function may be the estimated operating expense associated with the routing of the file to the one or more file recipients, or the estimated return on investment for improving the routing of said file to the one or more recipients, or is related to an estimated file transfer time to the one or more file recipients.
US11438401B2	Service processing method and device A service processing method comprises: receiving, by a first server possessing a first service function, a first service request sent by a client; generating a first service result based on the first service request; and sending the first service result to the client and a second server possessing a second service function, for the second server to directly generate a second service result based on the first service result, and after the second server receives a second service request generated by the client based on the first service result, to send the generated second service result to the client.
US11438398B2	3rd generation partnership project (3gpp) framework for live uplink streaming (flus) sink capabilities determination A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for determining 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Framework for Live Uplink Streaming (FLUS) sink capabilities. A capability description is signaled using at least a first attribute and a second attribute. The first attribute comprises a location from which the capability description can be retrieved. The second attribute comprises a descriptor that determines a FLUS sink capability. Signaling the descriptor and a scheme identifier of the descriptor enables interoperability between a FLUS sink and a source from a plurality of vendors.
US11438393B1	Origin server address rotation An address rotation system detects a trigger to initiate rotation of location information of an origin server that provides content to be served by a content delivery service. In response to the trigger, the address rotation system identifies an active networking route of the content delivery service and obtains, from the route, an assigned first name of the origin server and a first network address in a name service. The address rotation system replaces the first network address with a second network address and updates the name service to resolve a second name to the second network address. The address rotation system updates the content delivery service with the second name to allow the content delivery service to use the second name to obtain the second network address and access the origin server.
US11438392B1	Network architecture for parallel data stream analysis and modification Network architectures interface with several real-time streams that control network operation. The network can analyze stream data by storing incoming raw stream data, processing the data, and controlling network operations based thereon. Specific packets, bits, flags, fields, or messages may be targeted, including HL7 ADTs. Data is queued for processing in a FIFO manner to avoid timeline mistakes. The network sets a configuration value based on the data analyzed in this time ordering, and a relational database can be updated in real-time with these values as stream data is incoming. Separate clean-up functions separately manage the database by adjusting the values as they become old. Timeline information is generated and selectively broadcast based on the operations value, potentially with additional information from the targeted data. The network selectively provides this information to users interfaces and displays as dictated by the operating value and information calculated therefrom.
US11438390B2	Automatic call forwarding during system updates A method includes identifying a system update for a first device. A forwarding command is sent from the first device to a service provider that provides communications services for the first device responsive to identifying the system update. The forwarding command specifies a second device. The system update is executed after sending the forwarding command. A first device includes a transceiver for receiving incoming communications and a processor. The processor is to identify a system update for the first device, send a forwarding command from the first device to a service provider that provides communication services for the first device responsive to identifying the system update, wherein the forwarding command specifies a second device, and execute the system update after sending the forwarding command.
US11438387B2	Access management system with a security maintenance manager Methods, systems, and computer storage media for providing detection of unsecure network policies in a network segment and automatically remediating the unsecure policies based on pre-defined network policies in a computing environment. In particular, a security maintenance manager of an access management system in the computing environment detects an unsecure network policy based on comparing an active configuration of the network segment to an expected configuration of the network segment and modifies the active configuration to at least restore restrictions of network policies of the expected configuration to the active configuration. In operation, the security maintenance manager periodically accesses an active configuration record for the network segment and compares the active configuration record to an expected configuration record for the network segment. Based on comparing the active configuration record to the expected configuration record, restrictions are remediated (e.g., modified or added) to restore restrictions of the expected configuration record.
US11438385B2	User interface supporting an integrated decision engine for evolving defenses A decision engine includes: a genetic algorithm framework including a knowledge base of standard configurations, a candidate selector generator and a selector to select a candidate configuration from a plurality of preferred standard configurations in response to the candidate selector generator; a parallelized reasoning framework including an attack surface reasoning algorithm module to compute the security and cost tradeoffs of an attack surface associated with each candidate configuration; and a user interface framework including a web service engine where users can interact and provide feedback on direction of an evolution used in a genetic algorithm search for evolving defenses.
US11438380B2	Method and computing device for commissioning an industrial automation control system To commission an industrial automation control system, IACS, a computing device generates commands to automatically set or verify a security configuration of the IACS. The commands are generated by the computing device based on a machine-readable security baseline, and, optionally, based on a machine-readable configuration file of the IACS.
US11438376B2	Problematic autonomous system routing detection An Autonomous System (AS) may receive an AS route update from a remote AS at an isolated border gateway (BGW) router of an AS. The AS may analyze a data traffic routing path in the AS route update to determine whether the AS route update is a problematic update, the data traffic routing path for routing data traffic through a plurality of ASs that include the AS. In response to determining that the AS route update is a non-problematic update, the AS may implement the AS route update into the one or more operational BGW routers of the AS to route the data traffic between the plurality of ASs. In response to determining that the AS route update is a problematic update, the AS may designate the AS route update from the remote AS as unsuitable for implementation into one or more operational BGW routers of the AS.
US11438374B2	Agentless security of virtual machines for outbound transmissions using a network interface controller Disclosed herein are systems and method for providing agentless security of virtual machines. In one aspect, the method intercepts, by a virtual switch filtering extension of an extensible virtual switch on a host processor, a data packet in an outbound transmission from a virtual machine to a destination device, wherein the virtual switch filtering extension is also configured to intercept data packets in inbound transmissions to the virtual machine. In response to determining that the data packet is not in compliance with the set of predefined rules associated with the virtual machine, the method prevents, by the virtual switch filtering extension, transmission of the data packet from the virtual machine to the destination device.
US11438373B2	Monitoring for security threats from lateral movements Method, product and apparatus for monitoring for security threats from lateral movements. A method comprises obtaining a graph of network lateral movements, that comprises nodes, representing network assets, and directed edges, representing a network lateral movement from a source asset to a target asset. An event that affects the graph of network lateral movements is detected. The event affects at least one of: the payload utility of the node and the probability of penetration to the node. The graph of network lateral movements is updated based on the event. The updated graph is analyzed to determine one or more mitigation actions to be applied. The one or more mitigation actions are applied automatically, manually or the like.
US11438370B2	Email security platform A server can include a detection module for monitoring an electronic account and detecting irregular or fraudulent activities. The detection module can be a machine learning model configured to detect activities or patterns indicative of an account being compromised, hacked or accessed by unauthorized users. Upon detection of the irregular activities or patterns, the detection module can transmit a notification or signal to a trigger module which can implement remedial actions. The trigger module can receive the signal from the detection module and execute an action in accordance with a trigger plan. The trigger plan can include various information and a range of actions, which can be selected and/or executed based on the information included in the signal.
US11438369B2	Information security An information security system that incorporates time, feedback, and/or varying trust in analyzing and responding to attacks. A solution can defer processing of a request for a period of time, which can be sufficient to allow the request to be approved or disproved. The solution can be configured to automatically approve or disprove the request after the period of time if no affirmative response is received. Trust for an entity can be periodically determined and can automatically decay over time. Feedback can be used as part of the approval/disproval process and/or to reevaluate trust.
US11438363B2	Network exposure detection and security assessment tool Systems and methods include receiving a domain of interest; performing an analysis of the domain to extract namespaces of the domain, hosts associated with the domain, subdomains associated with the domain, namespaces of the subdomains, and addresses including address ranges of any identified namespaces; performing a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) search based on the analysis to identify a CVE list associated with the domain; determining weightings of the namespaces of the domain and the subdomains to provide a name list; obtaining cloud monitoring content associated with the domain; and utilizing the name list, the CVE list, and the cloud monitoring content to determine a risk associated with the domain.
US11438362B2	Method and system for prioritizing and remediating security vulnerabilities based on adaptive scoring A system, a method, and a computer program for remediating a vulnerability on a computing resource asset located in a computer network that has a plurality of other computing resource assets each having at last one vulnerability, where a Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) score is determined for the vulnerability. Vulnerability scanning results data corresponding to the computing resource asset can be analyzed and an environmental factor weighting score value determined for each of a plurality of environmentally-dependent factors. The environmental factor weighting score values and CVSS score can be aggregated and an adjusted environmental factor weighting score aggregate value generated. A prioritization score value for the vulnerability on the computing resource asset can be determined based on the adjusted environmental factor weighting score aggregate value and the vulnerability remediated on each of the computing resource assets according to the prioritization score value.
US11438361B2	Method and system for predicting an attack path in a computer network The present disclosure discloses method and an attack path prediction system for predicting an attack path in a computer network. The attack path prediction system receives static and dynamic data associated with a source node attacked in computer network along with static and dynamic risk attributes of one or more vulnerabilities associated with one or more target nodes reachable from source node. A likelihood score is calculated for each of one or more vulnerabilities associated with one or more target nodes in relation to each of one or more vulnerabilities associated with source node based on static and dynamic risk attributes. Additionally, a prediction score is calculated for each of one or more vulnerabilities associated with target nodes based on corresponding likelihood score and static and dynamic risk attributes. Thereafter, based on prediction score, the attack path is predicted between the source node and one or more target nodes.
US11438360B2	Determining the intersection of a set of compromised credentials with a set of active credentials with data structures and architectures that expedite comparisons Provided is a process that includes: obtaining, with one or more processors, a query identifying a user identification; retrieving, with one or more processors, via an application programming interface, from a database, one or more passwords associated with one or more user identification entries in the database that matches the user identification in response to the obtained query; determining, with one or more processors, whether the one or more passwords matches a password associated with the user identification; blocking, with one or more processors, access to a user account associated with the user identification and the password when the one or more passwords matches the password associated with the user identification; and notifying, with one or more processors, a user associated with the user account to reset the password when the one or more passwords matches the password associated with the user identification.
US11438359B2	Increasing edge data confidence via trusted ethical hacking One example method includes deploying a group of bots in a computing environment that includes a group of nodes, each of the bots having an associated attack vector with respect to one or more of the nodes, receiving, from each of the bots, a report that identifies a node attacked by that bot, and a result of the attack, and adjusting, based on the bot reports, a confidence score of one or more of the attacked nodes.
US11438358B2	Aggregating asset vulnerabilities In a system for determining vulnerabilities associated with a web property, requests are communicated to network accessible servers associated with a set of one or more domains. Software components indicated in responses from the network accessible servers are identified. Vulnerability information is obtained for the software components. An aggregate vulnerability is determined for each network accessible server based on at least one of a ratio of software components of the network accessible server indicated as vulnerable by the vulnerability information to total software components used by the network accessible server and a frequency of use of those of the plurality of software components of the network accessible server indicated as vulnerable by the vulnerability information. Vulnerability of the network accessible servers is indicated based on the aggregate vulnerabilities.
US11438357B2	Endpoint network sensor and related cybersecurity infrastructure In one or more examples, an advanced form of network endpoint sensor is deployed to an endpoint device to provide local monitoring and reporting of network traffic flowing to and/or from the endpoint device. For example, such network endpoint sensors may reduce reliance on other types of monitoring component (such as mirrors/TAPs) and/or complement functionality of other type(s) of monitoring component (e.g. in a deployment with “roaming” endpoints). In one or more examples, network data may be linked or otherwise associated with endpoint data locally at an endpoint device. In one or more examples, such linking may be performed locally prior to reporting, response and/or remediation.
US11438355B2	In-vehicle network anomaly detection system and in-vehicle network anomaly detection method An anomaly detection system is on an in-vehicle network including: a first network connected to first devices that communicate using a first protocol; and a second network connected to second devices that includes a driving assistance controller communicates using a second protocol. The system includes: a communicator receiving, through the first network, first unit data including (i) source information indicating a source first device and (ii) second unit data including a data identifier; a database storing rule; and an anomaly determiner that determines whether the first unit data has anomaly by comparing the source information and the data identifier with the rule. Based on the rule, the first unit data is determined to have anomaly when the source first device is a sensing device and, according to the identifier, the second unit data is to be received by the controller.
US11438350B2	Unauthorized communication detection method, unauthorized communication detection system, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program An unauthorized activity detection method in an onboard network system. The detection method includes determining whether or not a message sent out onto the network is an attack message, saving information relating to the attack message in at least one memory in a case where the message is an attack message, identifying a communication pattern from information relating to the attack message, and determining whether or not the message matches a communication pattern. The determination of whether an attack message and determination of whether matching a communication pattern are executed on each of a plurality of messages received from the network. In the determining of whether an attack message executed on a message received after executing of determining of whether matching a communication pattern, results of the determination of whether an attack message that has already be executed are used.
US11438349B2	Systems and methods for protecting devices from malware Disclosed herein are systems and method for protecting an endpoint device from malware. In one aspect, an exemplary method comprises performing, by a light analysis tool of the endpoint, a light static analysis of a sample, terminating the process and notifying the user when the process is malware, performing light dynamic analysis when the process is not malware based on the light static analysis, when the process is clean based on the light dynamic analysis, enabling the process to execute, when the process is malware, terminating the process and notifying the user, and when the process is suspicious pattern, suspending the process, setting a level of trust, sending the sample to a sandbox, terminating the process and notifying the user when the process is a malware based on received final verdict, enabling the process to resume executing when the process is determined as being clean based on the final verdict.
US11438343B2	Motor vehicle having a data network which is divided into multiple separate domains and method for operating the data network The disclosure relates to a motor vehicle having a data network via multiple control devices of the motor vehicle for exchanging message data (that are coupled together, wherein the data network is subdivided into different domains and via each of the domains respectively some of the control devices are coupled to the data network and in each domain respectively other of the control devices are included and the exchange of message data is blocked between the control devices of different domains or permitted only as a function of an authorization check of at least one domain transition is provided. The disclosure provides that the data network also includes an overall domain and each of the control devices is also coupled via the overall domain to the data network.
US11438334B2	Systems and methods for securing social media for users and businesses and rewarding for enhancing security The disclosed system and method enhances security of people, organizations, and other entities that use what has been termed “social media.” Recent trends have shown that information posted to social media may cause tremendous damage to individuals and other entities. This includes information that was posted deliberately or unintentionally, including social security numbers, financial data and other sensitive information. Further, information that previously may have been viewed as innocuous, such as location data, has caused harm on certain occasions and may need to be protected. The disclosed system provides a novel method of screening, identifying, and preventing certain information from being posted on social media and other public locations. In addition, the disclosed system and method improves security by motivating people to use security software by offering rewards for its use.
US11438331B1	Digital identity sign-in Disclosed herein is an identity network that provides a universal, digital identity for users to be authenticated by an identity provider for relying parties upon sign-in to the relying party. The identity network receives the sign-in request from a relying party for a user using a user device. The identity network can provide a session identifier to the relying party for the request and launch an identity provider application associated with the user via a software development kit in the relying party application. The user may sign-in to the identity provider via the software development kit, thereby authenticating the user for the relying party. Additionally, the identity provider may generate a risk validation score and provide it to the relying party that provides a confidence value that the user is validly using the user device and a risk score based on device activity on the identity network.
US11438329B2	Systems and methods for authenticated peer-to-peer data transfer using resource locators An authenticated data transfer system may include generating, after entry of one or more processors of a transmitting device into a communication field, a link, the link comprising a near field communication data exchange format uniform resource locator including identifier data and user data; transmitting, to a first application comprising instructions for execution on a first device, the link to initiate data transfer; authenticating a user associated with the first device by activating one or more actions based on the link; transmitting one or more requests for confirmation of quantity and recipient data associated with the data transfer; receiving one or more notifications that are based on the one or more requests for confirmation of quantity and recipient data associated with the data transfer; and performing one or more login credentials that are responsive to the one or more notifications so as to complete the data transfer.
US11438328B2	Methods and apparatus to refresh a token Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to refresh a token for use in a virtualized computing environment are disclosed. An example method includes accessing a request to perform an automation task; extracting a first token from the request to perform the automation task; determining, by executing an instruction with a processor, whether the first token is expired or will expire in a threshold amount of time; in response to determining that the first token is expired or will expire in the threshold amount of time, requesting a refreshed token; replacing the first token with the refreshed token to create an updated request; and sending the updated request to an automation executor.
US11438318B2	Symmetric-key infrastructure Techniques for provisioning a key server to facilitate secure communications between a web server and a client by providing the client with a first data structure including information on how the web server may obtain a target symmetric key are presented. The techniques can include: provisioning the key server with a second data structure including information on how the key server may generate the first data structure; receiving a request on behalf of a web server for a third data structure comprising information on how the client may obtain the first data structure from the key server; and obtaining the third data structure, such that the third data structure is published in association with an identification of the web server, and such that the client uses the third data structure to obtain the first data structure and uses the first data structure to communicate with the web server.
US11438317B2	Device identification encryption In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a system may comprise a a combination engine to combine an encrypted device identification and a routing indicator resulting in a combined device identification. The system may also include an encryption engine to encrypt the combined device identification and a transmission engine to transmit the encrypted combined device identification.
US11438308B2	Method and device for securely displaying data A method and device for securely displaying data are displayed. The method includes the following. A security display state is entered after an instruction used for starting the security display state is received. A current data packet to be displayed is obtained. If a display address includes a security display address, security data corresponding to the security display address is obtained from current data to be displayed. The security data is securely processed. The security data is displayed at the security display address. A security processing result of the security data is obtained. The security display address is a fixed address.
US11438306B2	System and method of connecting a DNS secure resolution protocol Disclosed herein are systems and methods for connecting a Domain Name System (DNS) secure resolution protocol. In one aspect, an exemplary method comprises, by a protection module, determining a DNS query from a client, determining a fulfillment of at least one condition for connecting the DNS secure resolution protocol, wherein the at least one condition is obtained from a database, and connecting the DNS secure resolution protocol for the client when the at least one condition for connecting the DNS secure resolution protocol is fulfilled.
US11438303B2	Client device address assignment following authentication Methods and systems are described for assigning the proper internet protocol (IP) address to a client device following authentication of the client device on a network. In particular, at commencement of an authentication procedure of the client device, a role is associated with the client device that denies all DHCP renews/requests. By assigning a role to the client device 103 with a “deny DHCP renew/request” rule at the commencement of an authentication procedure, the systems and methods described herein ensure that a race condition does not allow the client device to renew an IP address in an old segment of the network. Accordingly, the client device may avoid a possibly improper IP address in a segment of the network system in which the client device is no longer associated with or operating on.
US11438302B1	Selection of an egress IP address for egress traffic of a distributed cloud computing network A map of IP addresses of a distributed cloud computing network to one or more groupings is stored. The IP addresses are anycast IP addresses for which compute servers of the distributed cloud computing network share. These IP addresses are to be used as source IP addresses when transmitting traffic to destinations external to the cloud computing network. The map is made available to external destinations. Traffic is received at the distributed cloud computing network that is destined to an external destination. An IP address is selected based on the characteristic(s) applicable for the traffic and the map. The distributed cloud computing network transmits the traffic to the external destination using the selected IP address.
US11438300B2	Alternate control channel for network protocol stack Methods, systems, and computer-readable mediums for an alternate control channel for a network protocol stack are disclosed. In some embodiments a controller device provides instructions to one or more source devices. The controller device instructs the one or more source devices to override network parameters associated with network communication performed by the source devices. The network parameters to be overridden may include transport level source ports, source network addresses, or source link level addresses. In some embodiments, a range of override values are specified. In some of these aspects, a source device may perform time division multiplexing via the multiple override values, such that data generated by a single device may appear to be transmitted by multiple devices.
US11438298B2	Method and apparatus for forwarding content between different application programs Example methods and apparatuses for forwarding content between different application programs are disclosed. In one example method, a first address book of a first application program is associated with a second address book of a second application program. When a content forwarding instruction is received, the second address book is invoked and displayed, where the content forwarding instruction is used to forward selected content in the first application program to the second application program. A contact selected by a user is determined, and the selected content is forwarded to the determined contact.
US11438295B1	Efficient backup and recovery of electronic mail objects A method and system for the efficient backup and recovery of electronic mail objects. Particularly, the disclosed method and system propose the elimination of redundant electronic mail object content while pursuing backup operations thereof, thus promoting faster and more efficient successive backups. Furthermore, the disclosed method and system propose a framework through which the restoration of electronic mail objects may be decoupled from engagement with any electronic mail client.
US11438293B2	Title provisioning for event notification on a mobile device A technique for user notification involves receiving an event notification related to an event associated with user notification by a user; providing the event notification from a stored array to a process executed by a processor; using the event notification as a first title used for the process; providing a second title from the stored array to the process; and using the second title to identify the process to the user.
US11438292B1	Method and apparatus for filtering undesired email messages A method, including: receiving an email message, the email message being generated by a computing device; detecting whether a condition associated with the email message is satisfied, the condition including a condition for detecting whether the email message is sent by an automailer that is executing on the computing device; forwarding the email message to an email server, when the condition is satisfied; and discarding the email message, when the condition is not satisfied.
US11438288B2	Displaying customized electronic messaging graphics A system according to various exemplary embodiments includes a processor and a user interface coupled to the processor, the user interface comprising an input device and a display screen. The system further comprises memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform operations comprising: receiving, via the input device of the user interface, an electronic message comprising a scene identifier for a graphic; retrieving a user identifier for a user associated with the system; generating a customized graphic based on the scene identifier and the user identifier; and presenting the customized graphic within the electronic message via the display screen of the user interface.
US11438286B2	Systems and methods for email attachments management including changing attributes Systems and methods consistent with various disclosed embodiments provide for managing email attachments. In one embodiment, a system is disclosed for managing email attachments. The system may include a memory storing software instructions and one or ore processors configured to execute the software instructions to perform one or more operations. The operations may include providing an interface for converting an original attachment to an email. The operations may also include converting the original attachment to a modified attachment based on input received through the interface. The operations may further include substituting the original attachment to the email with the modified attachment, and providing information to send the email with the modified attachment.
US11438281B2	Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method An information processing apparatus configured to receive message information from a terminal device, and transmit responding message information to the terminal device based on setting information in which query information and answer information are associated with each other, switch a state between a first state and a second state, the first state being a state in which the message information is to be received from the terminal device and a change of the setting information is to be received, the second state being a state in which the message information is not to be received and a change of the setting information is to be received, and when switching from the second state to the first state is performed, transmit the responding message information based on the setting information for which the change has been received in the second state before the switching is performed.
US11438280B2	Handling IP network addresses in a virtualization system Methods, systems and non-transitory computer readable media for handling IP network addresses in a virtualization system. Embodiments are configured to receive, from a cloud provider, a cloud provider media access control address to assign to a network interface of a computing node. Also received from the cloud provider is a cloud provider's IP address associated with the cloud provider's media access control address. A virtual machine on the computing node is configured such that the cloud provider's IP address serves as an IP address of the virtual machine and such that a virtualization system media access control address serves as a MAC address of the virtual machine. The virtualization system correlates the cloud provider's media access control address to the IP address of the virtual machine. In some cases, the cloud provider's media access control address stored in a virtual switch of a hypervisor.
US11438279B2	Non-disruptive conversion of a clustered service from single-chassis to multi-chassis The embodiments provide for a method of expanding a clustered service. The method includes inserting a network layer, comprising multiple switch devices, between switch devices of a network and switch devices of a clustered service, rearranging connections of the switch devices of the network and the switch devices of the clustered service to form a multi-chassis link aggregation group (MC-LAG), and maintaining data traffic during the rearranging the connections.

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