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US11547624B2	Surgical leg positioner A surgical leg positioner capable of bending the knee in varus or valgus while simultaneously distracting the tibia from the femur, the leg positioner having a thigh clamp module, a swing arm module connected to the thigh clamp module in a manner that offsets a joint axis laterally to the side of the knee of the patient so as not to damage the opposite compartment of the knee when bent in varus or valgus. The swing arm module also distracts the knee simultaneously when the knee is bent in varus or valgus. The swing arm module also permits flexion and extension of the knee at the knee's natural flexion-extension axis. The surgical leg positioner also utilizes a thigh brace that property aligns the leg on the surgical leg positioner.
US11547621B2	Cover assembly A cover assembly for a patient support including a top portion with the top portion defining a patient support surface and a sealing surface opposite the patient support surface. The cover assembly further includes a bottom portion defining a plurality of open face chambers with each open face chamber including a floor and a plurality of walls extending from the floor towards the top portion. Each open face chamber is connected to, and integral with, at least one additional open face chamber by a hinge. The sealing surface of the top portion covers the open face chambers and is coupled to the bottom portion at each hinge.
US11547619B1	Mobility cart system and method of use A mobility cart system includes a first platform with a plurality of wheels extending therefrom and configured to engage with a ground surface; a first control console with a first support attached to and extending from the first platform; a first seat attached to and extending from the first platform; and a power source to provide traversing movement of the first platform via the plurality of wheels; the first platform is to support a first user.
US11547611B2	Wound dressings and systems with high-flow therapeutic gas sources for topical wound therapy and related methods This disclosure includes wound dressings and systems with high-flow therapeutic gas sources for topical wound therapy and related methods. Some dressings, which are configured to be coupled to tissue to facilitate delivery of therapeutic gas to the tissue, comprise a manifold that defines a plurality of gas passageways, the manifold configured to allow communication of therapeutic gas to the tissue; and a gas-occlusive layer configured to be disposed over the manifold and coupled to the tissue such that an interior volume containing the manifold is defined between the gas-occlusive layer and the tissue and the gas-occlusive layer limits escape of therapeutic gas from the interior volume; wherein the gas-occlusive layer includes: a first opening configured to allow communication of therapeutic gas into the interior volume; and one or more second openings configured to allow communication of therapeutic gas out of the interior volume.
US11547610B2	Tympanostomy tube and a placement device A tympanostomy tube placement device has a stem with a needle having a tip configured to pierce a tympanic membrane. A retainer is on the needle and includes four fingers extending axially at a distance from said axis and at 90° circumferential separations in one example. The retainer is movable from a distal position at which it presses radially inwardly against the tube distal flange tabs to retain the distal flange in a folded position, to a proximal position at which the tube distal flange is free to spring out radially to a deployed position. The retainer fingers extend through tube proximal flange passageways and press the tube distal flange inwardly, while leaving a distally-facing face of the proximal flange exposed radially outwardly of the retainer. Hence, the proximal flange has its final deployed configuration throughout, and so can act as a physical stop member against the tympanic membrane and also provides visualisation for the surgeon because it extends radially outwardly of the stem.
US11547609B2	Tympanostomy tube and placement device A tympanostomy tube placement device has a needle with a tip, and a retainer at the needle tip. The retainer is within and retains by pulling radially inwardly a tympanostomy tube distal flange in a folded configuration extending distally. Movement of the needle tip in the proximal direction causes the adhesive bond to break and the distal flange releases to an unconstrained deployed position. Due to the axial folding of the distal flange its radial dimension does not affect deployment through the membrane.
US11547607B2	Goggle and angle adjustment mechanism thereof A goggle and an angle adjustment mechanism thereof are provided. The angle adjustment mechanism includes an assembling slot and a bendable temple. The assembling slot has a retaining rack arranged therein, and the retaining rack is in an arced shape. The bendable temple is integrally formed as a single one-piece structure and includes an assembling segment pivotally connected to the assembling slot and having an engaging tooth and a flexible segment that extends from the assembling segment. The engaging tooth of the assembling segment is inserted into the assembling slot and is engaged with the retaining rack, and the assembling segment is rotatable relative to the assembling slot in an angle range, so that the engaging tooth is engaged with and movable from one end of the retaining rack to another end of the retaining rack.
US11547604B2	Method and apparatus for performing ophthalmic procedures removing undesirable features using laser energy A method and system perform an ophthalmic procedure on an eye having an optical path from the lens to the retina. An image of at least part of the eye is received in a data processing unit. The image includes the optical path. The data processing unit determines keep out zone(s) and identifies undesirable feature(s) based on the image. The keep out zone(s) include the retina. The data processing unit also selects one of the undesirable feature(s) for removal. At least part of the undesirable feature is outside of the keep out zone(s). Confirmation for removal of the undesirable feature is received in the data processing unit. In response to receiving the confirmation, a control unit controls a laser to perform laser removal the at least the portion of the undesirable feature without targeting any portion of the keep out zone(s).
US11547602B2	Device and method for cooling living tissue The present disclosure provides a device and a method for cooling living tissues for a medical purpose and other purposes. The cooling device comprises: a container configured to accommodate a cooling medium and thermally coupled with the cooling medium by directly contacting the cooling medium; a cooling generator configured to be thermally coupled with the container by a direct contact and thereby to provide cooling energy to the cooling medium; and a heat sink dissipating heat from the cooling generator, the heat sing being configured to be spaced apart from the cooling generator and to be thermally coupled with the cooling generator without a direct contact with the cooling generator.
US11547600B2	Oral appliance A method of treating sleep disorder breathing in a patient, the method comprising in a first step providing a set of oral appliances comprising a first and at least a second oral appliance. Each of the first and at least second oral appliances comprises a generally U shaped appliance body including an inner wall, an outer wall, and a web interconnecting the inner wall and the outer wall. The web has a front section and two arms with trailing ends. The web comprises at least one breathing hole so as to define a total cross sectional area for breathing and the total cross sectional area for breathing of the first oral appliance is larger than the total cross sectional area for breathing of the second oral appliance. In a second step, a patient wears the first oral appliance in a first treatment stage whilst sleeping for a first period of time and in a third step the patient wears the second oral appliance in a second treatment stage whilst sleeping for a second period of time.
US11547598B2	Body side member of an ostomy appliance A body side member of an ostomy appliance comprising a nonwoven element comprising a releasable material. Contact of the nonwoven element with liquid allow release of the releasable material from the nonwoven element. The releasable material may act to neutralise enzyme activity or pH of stomal exudate.
US11547595B2	Base plate and a sensor assembly part for a medical appliance A base plate and/or a sensor assembly part for an ostomy appliance is disclosed, the base plate and/or the sensor assembly part comprising a first adhesive layer with a proximal side configured for attachment of the base plate and/or the sensor assembly part to the skin surface of a user, the first adhesive layer having a stomal opening with a center point; and a plurality of electrodes including a ground electrode, a first electrode, and a second electrode, the ground electrode comprising a ground connection part, the first electrode comprising a first connection part, and the second electrode comprising a second connection part; wherein the ground electrode forms a ground for the first electrode and the second electrode.
US11547593B2	Pediatric support module for patient support apparatus A patient support apparatus comprises a support structure comprising a head end, a foot end, a base, and a patient support deck. The patient support deck comprises a fowler section at the head end and a foot section at the foot end. The fowler section is capable of articulating relative to the base. The patient support apparatus further comprises a pediatric support module comprising a seat section disposed between the fowler section and the foot section. The pediatric support module is integrated into the patient support deck and comprises a lid and a body.
US11547587B2	Orthosis, related components and methods of use An orthosis, and components thereof, that may be used as a shoulder brace for immobilization of the arm and shoulder joint may comprise components that may allow for abduction, internal/external rotation and allow for flexion and extension simultaneously. Methods of using the brace and methods of using the brace and treating shoulder injuries are similarly provided.
US11547582B2	Lower limb prosthesis A lower limb prosthesis comprises a knee chassis (10), a shin carrier (20) pivotally connected to the knee chassis (10) and a piston and cylinder assembly (30, 40) pivotally connected to the knee chassis (10) and the shin carrier (20). The piston and cylinder assembly (30, 40) comprises a piston assembly (40) comprising a piston (40) mounted on a piston rod (42), a cylinder body (32B) having a cavity (46) defining a cylinder within which the piston (44) is arranged to reciprocate along the piston and cylinder assembly axis, and a foot component attachment means (36) for attaching a foot component to the piston and cylinder assembly (30, 40).
US11547581B2	Energy conservation of a motor-driven digit Routines and methods disclosed herein can increase a power efficiency of a prosthetic hand without drastically reducing the speed at which it operates. A prosthesis can implement an acceleration profile, which can reduce an energy consumption of a motor, or an amount of electrical and/or mechanical noise produced by a motor, as the motor transitions from an idle state to a non-idle state. A prosthesis can implement a deceleration profile, which can reduce the energy consumption of the motor, or an amount of electrical and/or mechanical noise produced by a motor, as the motor transitions from a non-idle state to an idle state.
US11547573B2	Expandable interbody implant with teeth driven linkages A spinal interbody implant includes a shaft extending along and rotatable about a central axis. The shaft includes a first threaded region. The implant further includes a first link having a first end with first gear teeth. The first end of the first link is fixed at a first point relative to the central axis such that the first gear teeth engage the first threaded region.
US11547572B2	Intra-articular joint replacement A method of forming a shoulder prosthesis includes resecting an end portion of a humerus to form a resected end of the humerus and a resected portion separated from the humerus, the resected portion having an outer convex surface and an inner surface. The inner surface of the resected portion is processed to include a concave articular surface. The outer convex surface of the resected portion is implanted in the resected end of the humerus. An implant having a convex articular surface is secured to a glenoid. The concave articular surface of the resected portion is articulated with the convex articular surface of the implant.
US11547570B2	Knee prosthesis system and method According to one example, a system for a knee arthroplasty that can optionally comprise: a femoral prosthesis having a joint facing surface and an opposing bone facing surface, wherein the femoral prosthesis has one or more attachment elements at or adjacent the bone facing surface; and one or more features selectively attachable with the femoral prosthesis via the one or more attachment elements, wherein the one or more features comprise one of a box, a stem, or a combination of the box and the stem.
US11547569B2	Anatomical wedge implant An osteotomy implant includes a first surface extending generally in a first plane and a second surface extending generally in a second plane, oblique to the first plane. The first surface has a perimeter having a first linear edge, a first curve edge connected to the first linear edge, a second linear edge connected to the first curved edge, and a second curved edge connected to the second liner edge.
US11547565B2	Artificial chordae tendineae and artificial chordae tendineae implantation system An artificial chordae tendineae includes a chordae tendineae main body with at least one end connected to a fixing member. A side of the fixing member facing away from the chordae tendineae main body is provided with a puncturing connection member. An artificial chordae tendineae implantion system includes a clamping device, a puncturing device including a puncture needle, the artificial chordae tendineae, and a pushing device including a pushing shaft. The puncturing device and the clamping device are received in the pushing shaft. A proximal clamp of the clamping device is provided at a distal end of the pushing shaft. A distal clamp of the clamping device is provided at a distal end of the clamping push rod. A distal end of the puncture needle is provided with a tapped straight tip. The artificial chordae tendineae is received in the clamping device. The fixing member corresponds to the puncture needle.
US11547564B2	Native valve repair devices and procedures A valve repair device for repairing a native valve of a patient includes a pair of paddles and a pair of gripping members. The pair of paddles are movable between an open position and a closed position. Each paddle comprises a metal loop that is moveable from a compressed condition where each metal loop has a first width to an expanded condition where each loop has a second width that is greater than the first width. The pair of gripping members are configured to attach to the native valve of the patient.
US11547563B2	Annuloplasty device An annuloplasty device is disclosed comprising first and second support rings being configured to be arranged as a coil in a first configuration around an axial direction, wherein the first and second support rings are configured to be arranged on opposite sides of native heart valve leaflets of a heart valve, wherein the first and second support rings are separated with a first pitch distance in the axial direction, in the first configuration, wherein the first and second support rings are configured to assume a contracted state having a second pitch distance in the axial direction being shorter than the first pitch distance, and wherein the first and second support rings are configured to be transferable between the first configuration and the contracted state to pinch the heart valve leaflets. A method of repairing a defective heart valve is also disclosed.
US11547556B2	Haptic optic management system utilizing rotating cams Systems, methods, and devices for inserting an intraocular lens (IOL) into an eye may be provided. An example haptic optic management system may comprise a first cam assembly comprising a first cam body portion, an opening in the first cam body portion, and haptic folder arms disposed in the opening. The haptic optic management system may further comprise a second cam assembly positioned on one side of the first cam assembly, wherein the second cam assembly comprises a second cam body portion, an opening in the second cam body portion, and optic folders disposed in the opening. The haptic optic management system may further comprise a central plate for holding an intraocular lens in the opening of the second cam body portion, wherein the central plate is disposed between the first cam assembly and the second cam assembly.
US11547553B2	Accommodative intraocular lens An accommodative intraocular lens capable of effectively exerting a focus adjustment function includes an optical portion and a plurality of support portions arranged around the optical portion. The support portion includes an anterior support portion and a posterior support portion, and the anterior support portion presses an anterior capsule and the posterior support portion presses a posterior capsule by the elastic force of the support portion. When the lens capsule is in a distance vision state or in a near vision state, as the pressing force of the anterior capsule against the anterior support portion increases or decreases, the anterior support portion deflects backward or returns forward while maintaining the radial position of the base end portion, so that the tip end portion of the anterior support portion moves backward or forward greatly while maintaining the radial position, and the optical portion moves backward or forward accordingly.
US11547552B2	Small diameter corneal inlays Methods of manufacturing and implanting corneal inlays, such as small diameter corneal inlays, are provided. The methods include manufacturing an implant body to have a meniscus shape with a small diameter and an index of refraction, and implanting the implant body in a corneal bed of a cornea. The inlays cause a change in an anterior surface of the cornea after implantation due to the implant body.
US11547551B2	Engineered tendon graft for rotator cuff repair The present disclosure relates to tissue engineering, and more particularly to a method for treating or repairing rotator cuff or other tendon tears or damage using scaffold-free 3-dimensional engineered tendon constructs.
US11547549B2	Aortic graft assembly An aortic graft assembly includes a tubular component that defines a wall aperture having a proximal end that extends perpendicular to a major longitudinal axis of the tubular aortic component, and a tunnel graft connected to the wall of the tubular aortic component and extending from the wall aperture toward a proximal end of the tubular aortic component. The aortic graft assembly is delivered to a patient through the wall aperture and into interfering relation with the tunnel graft to treat aortic aneurysms.
US11547544B2	Transcatheter heart valve storage container and crimping mechanism Disclosed herein is a storage container for an expandable prosthetic heart valve that crimps the valve upon opening the container and removal of the valve from the container. The container includes a housing sized to receive the heart valve in its expanded configuration and a crimping mechanism. The crimping mechanism is incorporated into the container and engages the heart valve so as to operably convert the heart valve from its expanded configuration to its smaller crimped configuration upon opening the container and removing the valve.
US11547543B2	Reinforcement device with dissolvable layer and its use A reinforcement device for reinforcing tissues having one or more structural deficiencies includes a longitudinally-extending reinforcing layer for treating the structural deficiency, a plurality of spiked naps distributed across the reinforcing layer and projecting therefrom for adhering to the tissue, and a dissolvable matrix layer covering at least a portion of the reinforcing layer and a portion of the plurality of spiked naps. The matrix layer increases the time before the spiked naps substantially adhere to the tissue, thereby allowing the practitioner additional time to position the reinforcement device.
US11547542B2	Minimally invasive implant and method Apparatus and methods are provided for treating urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and other pelvic defects or dysfunctions, in both males and females, using one or more lateral implants to reinforce the supportive tissue of the urethra. The implants can be configured as a sling device having at least one extension arm and a tissue support portion having an eyelet, wherein a portion of the at least one extension arm is adapted to slide through and adjustably attach with the eyelet.
US11547534B2	Orthodontic lip advancer A lip advancer is presented for preventing proclining or tipping forward of the lower incisors that causes relapse and gingival recession in retention with forward intermaxillary elastic traction that extends diagonally from posterior bracket hooks in the lower arch anchored to hooks on upper anchorage appliances. In one embodiment, the lip advancer is comprised of an invisible clear liner type plastic retainer for use with a dental arch, and a bumper extending labially from the retainer for pressing against the patient's lip causing the lip muscles to react pushing back with an opposite force thus preventing the anterior teeth from flaring labially. In another embodiment, for use with a plurality of brackets and an archwire, the lip advancer comprises an auxiliary archwire extending from and in contact with the brackets, and a bumper formed on the auxiliary archwire for applying pressure labially to a corresponding lip.
US11547530B2	Dental restoration molds A tool for forming a dental restoration includes a mold body configured to provide a customized fit with at least one tooth of a patient. In some examples, the mold body defines an aperture configured to align with a portion of a surface of a tooth. The aperture is sufficiently large to allow placement and flow of restorative material over the desired portion of the surface of the tooth to be restored. The mold body is configured to combine with the at least one tooth of the patient to define a mold cavity encompassing at least a portion of desired tooth structure of the tooth to be restored.
US11547529B2	Annular resilient retention member A dental tool, such as an insertion tool for a dental implant, including a shaft extending along a longitudinal axis and having a distal end and a proximal end, the tool further including an annular resilient retention member formed of a metal material and connected to the shaft such that at least a section of the member protrudes from a surface of the shaft.
US11547527B2	Bone foundation guide system and method A bone foundation guide system has a bone foundation guide including a body that is contoured to reversibly affix to a bone segment of a dental implant surgical site. The body is further contoured to guide the cutting of a portion of the bone segment from a dental implant surgical site and alternatively support a dental implant surgical guide. The body is further contoured to support a bone foundation guide prosthesis as an alternative to the dental implant surgical guide. The bone foundation guide prosthesis combines with the body to accommodate the bone segment portion as placed through the body prior to the bone segment portion being removed from the dental implant site through the use of the body.
US11547526B2	Bone foundation guide system and method A bone foundation guide system has a bone foundation guide including a body that is contoured to reversibly affix to a bone segment of a dental implant surgical site. The body is further contoured to guide the cutting of a portion of the bone segment from a dental implant surgical site and alternatively support a dental implant surgical guide. The body is further contoured to support a bone foundation guide prosthesis as an alternative to the dental implant surgical guide. The bone foundation guide prosthesis combines with the body to accommodate the bone segment portion as placed through the body prior to the bone segment portion being removed from the dental implant site through the use of the body.
US11547524B2	Collecting and harvesting cut bone from rongeur A collector used to collect bone includes: a container body defining an interior containment space for receiving and retaining collected bone, and having at least one open end for access and removal of collected bone from the interior containment space; and a cap in covering relation to the open end of the container body such that access to the interior containment space for removal of collected bone is inhibited. The collector includes an intake port defining an opening for receiving therein a distal end of a kerrison rongeur for collecting cut bone from a cutting area thereof, and the cap includes at least one scraper for engaging and dislodging cut bone from the cutting area of a distal end of a kerrison rongeur when received within the intake port. The collector preferably is used with a kerrison rongeur for collecting cut bone therefrom.
US11547519B2	On patient surgical procedural instrument tray An instrument tray is configured for use with surgical and/or other invasive or non-invasive medical procedures, such as in operating rooms or ICU rooms within a hospital, for example. The tray facilitates a safe transfer of instruments between a procedural team and performing the procedure. In an embodiment the surgical tray may be attached directly to the patient and/or patient's drapes so that the tray may rest upon the patient.
US11547517B2	Devices for supporting a medical instrument and methods of use Various implementations include a device for holding and supporting a medical instrument in a position. For example, the medical instrument may include a percutaneous procedure apparatus, such as a needle (e.g., biopsy needle, anesthesia needle) or needle holder. In some implementations, the device holds and supports the percutaneous procedure apparatus and liberates the procedure operator's hands from direct beam exposure, which lowers the risk of complications and radiation exposure to patients and procedure operators. The device also increases the effectiveness of the procedure by holding and supporting the apparatus in the intended position.
US11547513B2	Haptic user interface for robotically controlled surgical instruments A powered user interface for a robotic surgical system includes a base, a handle mounted to the base and moveable relative to the base in at least six degrees of freedom, and actuators. The interface operates in accordance with a first mode of operation in which the actuators are operated to constrain predetermined ones of the joints to permit motion of the handle in only 4DOF with respect to the base, and a second mode of operation in which the actuators permit motion of the handle in at least 6DOF with respect to the base.
US11547505B2	Method for controlling a mechanical arm of a surgical robot following the movement of a surgical bed and a device therefor A method includes: synchronously calculating offsets of a first mechanical arm, a second mechanical arm and an endoscopy mechanical arm corresponding to a change of posture of the surgical bed when the change of posture of the surgical bed is detected in real time; calculating target joint readings of each of the first mechanical arm, the second mechanical arm and the endoscopy mechanical arm based on the offsets; adjusting in real time the first mechanical arm, the second mechanical arm and the endoscopy mechanical arm, based on the calculated target joint readings. The method acquires the joint readings of the mechanical arm of the surgical robot with information about a change of posture of the surgical bed so as to achieve the purpose of synchronizing the mechanical arm with the change of posture of the surgical bed.
US11547504B2	Robotic surgical systems with independent roll, pitch, and yaw scaling A robotic surgical system includes a linkage, an input device, and a processing unit. The linkage moveably supports a surgical tool relative to a base. The input device is rotatable about a first axis of rotation and a second axis of rotation. The processing unit is in communication with the input device and is operatively associated with the linkage to rotate the surgical tool about a first axis of movement based on a scaled rotation of the input device about the first axis of rotation by a first scaling factor and to rotate the surgical tool about a second axis of movement based on a scaled rotation of the input device about the second axis of rotation by a second scaling factor that is different from the first scaling factor.
US11547498B2	Surgical instrument with real time navigation assistance Navigation assistance systems and methods for use with a surgical instrument to assist in navigation of a surgical instrument during an operation. The system may include sensors that may observe the patient to generate positioning data regarding the relative position of the surgical instrument and the patient. The system may retrieve imaging data regarding the patient and correlate the imaging data to the positioning data. In turn, the position of the surgical instrument relative to the imaging data may be provided and used to generate navigation date (e.g., position, orientation, trajectory, or the like) regarding the surgical instrument.
US11547497B2	Attachments for tracking handheld implements Devices and systems are provided for tracking a position and orientation of a handheld implement, such that the handheld implement may be trackable with an overhead tracking system. A support member secures one or more markers relative to a longitudinal portion of the handheld implement, and a marker plane containing the markers is orientated an angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the longitudinal portion. A marker assembly may include a support member for supporting the markers, and a connector for removably attaching the marker assembly to one or more handheld implements. The marker assembly may be configured to be removably attachable to a plurality of connection adapters, where each connection adapter is further connectable to a handheld implement, optionally at a calibrated position, such that a single connection adapter can be optionally employed to track a plurality of handheld implements. The handheld implement may be a medical instrument.
US11547496B2	Surgical navigation system support array A system (100) and device (300) for mounting and tracking a tracker array during a surgical procedure are described. For example, the system includes a surgical navigation system (700) including a position tracking system (702) configured to track one or more tracker arrays, and a device (300) for mounting a tracker array (306) onto a patient during the surgical procedure. The device includes an intramedullary (IM) canal component (304) configured to be inserted into an IM canal (310) within a bone (312). The device further includes a tracker pin (308) configured to penetrate at least a portion of the bone and engage an inserted end (411, 413) of the IM canal component, and a tracker array (306) affixed to the tracker pin. The IM canal component is configured to engage the IM canal of the bone to stabilize the tracker array during the surgical procedure.
US11547470B2	Endosurgical device and method of use An endosurgical device is provided. The endosurgical device comprises a flexible tube having at least two lengthwise extending channels, an end effector comprising two opposite jaws having opposite cutting edges, an effector sleeve that surrounds the tube at least at the distal tube end, and means for reciprocating the end effector axially in relation to the effector sleeve to close the jaws when the effector sleeve is moved forward and backwards to close and open the jaws, respectively. The exterior face of the opposite jaws is electrically insulated, and an electrical cord for providing current to the end effector extends inside one of the lengthwise extending channels of the tube. The endosurgical device may allow the surgeon to take several tissue specimens from an organ and to perform several functionalities when the device is inside the organ.
US11547459B2	Spinal plate system for intervertebral body fixation A spinal plate system that makes it possible to check the extent to which a screw for anchoring the device to a vertebra is inserted in the vertebra is proposed. The spinal plate system includes a fixing plate having a plurality of first fastening holes formed through a surface thereof, a plurality of screws, which are respectively inserted into the plurality of first fastening holes and are threadedly coupled to a vertebra, and a locking rivet, which is disposed adjacent to the plurality of fastening holes and which comes into contact with first ends of the plurality of screws so as to hold the plurality of screws, the locking rivet including an elastic portion, which is elastically deformed by the plurality of screws when the screws are inserted into the fixing plate and which is elastically restored after the screws are completely inserted to a predetermined depth.
US11547457B2	Anterior cervical plate with integrated locks An anterior cervical plate system with integrated locks which is additively manufactured as one component is disclosed. The anterior cervical plate system comprises a plate having at least one through hole configured to receive a bone screw for attaching the plate to a patient's bone. The plate includes a lock component adjacent to the at least one through hole. The lock component is connected to the plate such that the lock component is permitted to rotate with respect to the plate. The lock component has an unlocked position in which the locking ends of the lock component do not cover the head of the bone screw inside the through hole, and a locked position in which at least part of the locking ends engage the head portion of the bone screw to prevent the bone screw from backing out of the through hole.
US11547456B2	Internal ankle fixation systems, foot securement and jig devices, and related methods Embodiments described herein provide an implant for rigid intramedullary fixation of the hindfoot complex with the midfoot and/or forefoot and methods of implanting the same. Embodiments described herein can allow for the implant to be adapted to the patient based upon the extent of bone loss and instability. Embodiments herein also provide a jig system to facilitate the shaping of the foot and/or the implantation of the described internal fixation systems.
US11547452B2	Method for improved spinal correction surgery implementing non-fusion anterior scoliosis correction techniques with vertebrae de-rotation Spinal correction surgical techniques and methodologies for correction of scoliosis using non fusion anterior scoliosis correction, including soft tissue releases, unique correction techniques such as de-rotation, and unique single and dual anchor screw/cord applications.
US11547449B2	Polyaxial bone fixation element A fastener device includes an anchor body that defines a through hole. The anchor body further includes an inner surface that defines a least a portion of the through hole. The fastener includes a head, a threaded shaft that extends out with respect to the head in a distal direction, and a neck between the head and threaded shaft. The head includes an outer surface configured to articulate along the inner surface when the fastener head is inserted in the through hole. At least a portion of the outer surface is convex and defines a portion of a sphere that defines a first diameter. The neck defines a second diameter and the fastener defines a ratio of the first diameter to the second diameter in a range between about 2 to 1 and about 3 to 1.
US11547446B2	Fully integrated, disposable tissue visualization device The present invention relates to a fully integrated sterilizable one time use disposable tissue visualization device and methods for using such devices. Preferred embodiments of the invention facilitate the visualization of an internal tissue site while causing a minimum of damage to the surrounding tissue. Further preferred embodiments may allow for the delivery of fluids and other treatment to an internal tissue site.
US11547445B2	Powered driver actuated by force on driveshaft and related kits, components, and methods Powered drivers operable to insert an intraosseous device into a bone are disclosed. Some of the present powered drivers include a housing having a distal end and a proximal end. A driveshaft may be located near the distal end of the housing and configured to engage a portion of the intraosseous device. A motor may be disposed in the housing and operable to rotate the driveshaft. A power source may be disposed within the housing and configured to power the motor. The powered drivers may include a lockout operable to prevent activation of the driver for increased safety when handling the driver.
US11547441B2	Retention anchor for surgical access devices A surgical access assembly includes a cannula and a retention anchor including an annular body and a washer secured to the annular body. The annular body includes an inner side surface defining an opening therethrough, and the washer includes an inner terminal edge defining an opening therethrough that is aligned with the opening of the annular body. The elongated shaft of the cannula extends through the openings. The washer is transitionable between a first configuration in which the inner terminal edge of the washer is coincident with or disposed radially outwardly of the inner side surface of the annular body so that the retention anchor is slidable along the elongated shaft, and a second configuration in which the inner terminal edge of the washer extends radially inwardly of the inner side surface of the annular body and engages the elongated shaft to fix the retention anchor to the elongated shaft.
US11547435B2	Cooled burr surgical instruments Featured is a surgical instrument including an end effector such as a rotating cutting implement and a heat transfer mechanism such as a cooling device, such as can include a phase change device, such as can be configured to absorb heat energy during the use of such a rotating cutting implement. The heat transfer mechanism can be configured so the absorbed heat energy is communicated to an external heat sink. Such a heat transfer mechanism can include a heat pipe, e.g., a scintered or wick type heat pipe. The heat energy is absorbed at one end of the heat pipe to minimize the potential for damage to the tissue and the like at and/or about the surgical site. Also featured are a surgical apparatus embodying such a surgical instrument and surgical or medical methods or procedures for manipulating, rotatably cutting, grinding, abrading or debriding tissue, bone or other structures or components of a mammalian body using such surgical instruments or surgical apparatus.
US11547432B2	Ultrasonic surgical instrument with pre-assembled acoustic assembly An ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a body, an ultrasonic supported by the body, a shaft extending distally from the body and defining a shaft axis, a waveguide extending distally through the shaft, and an end effector arranged at a distal end of the shaft. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade coupled to a distal end of the waveguide and having a primary blade treatment surface configured to treat tissue, and a clamp arm coupled to the distal end of the shaft. The shaft and the waveguide are selectively rotatable relative to one another about the shaft axis through a predefined range of angular motion between an assembly state and an operational state. In the assembly state, the clamp arm and the primary blade treatment surface are rotationally offset from one another. In the operational state, the clamp arm and the primary blade treatment surface are rotationally aligned.
US11547429B2	Device used in the implementation of laparoscopic hydatid cyst operations The present invention relates to a laparoscopic device used in laparoscopic cyst hydatid operations, which has a shaft that enables simultaneous performance of the breaking of the cyst content in the area by the blade in the conical slot at the end of the shaft, aspiration of the cyst fluid and the broken female vesicles and if required, washing processes and an electrically connected hand unit. The mentioned laparoscopic device contains a motor inside the hand unit, motor drive unit, cycle unit, cycle control unit and trigger and the shaft part contains aspiration channel, washing channel, the shaft enabling the blade movement and blade unit in the conical slot at the end part of the same shaft, which rotates transversely to the conical slot.
US11547428B2	Redeploy able tissue retrieval system A tissue retrieval system including a tissue retrieval bag deployable by an actuator from an introducer and suspended in an open configuration by support arms can be serially redeployed between a partially or fully stowed configuration and a first deployed configuration to be used in procedures to collect multiple samples. The system can include defeasible proximal and distal stop mechanisms to limit movement of the actuator for serial redeployment. The tissue retrieval system can include a retention latch to couple a bead of the tissue retrieval bag to the actuator with the retrieval bag in the first deployed position and a user-selectable deployment release to allow deployment of the retrieval bag to a fully deployed position where it is released from the actuator. A bead stop is positioned to engage the introducer to prevent reintroduction of the bead and bag into the introducer once the bag has been fully deployed.
US11547427B2	Clot retrieval devices A clot retrieval device for removing clot from a blood vessel including a plurality of ring elements comprising a plurality of struts forming one or more closed cells having one or more crown elements and attached together by connecting tethers at connection points, a plurality of openings through which clot may pass and enter the device, each opening being disposed between respective ring elements. Each ring element can be self-expandable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration wherein a radial force biases the ring elements toward the expanded configuration. At least one of the crown element terminates in an apex away from a center axis of the device.
US11547426B2	Aspiration thrombectomy system and methods for thrombus removal with aspiration catheter A clot removal system comprises a catheter, a vacuum source, and a controller. The catheter comprises a proximal end, a distal end, and controller operating parameters and defines a lumen configured to be filled with a liquid column having a proximal portion. The vacuum source is configured to supply vacuum. The controller is configured to carry out a control pattern of turning on and off the vacuum based upon the controller operating parameters and is configured to receive the controller operating parameters in an automatic response to the catheter being operatively connected to at least one of the vacuum source and the controller and, responsive to the connection, to carry out the control pattern to change a level of vacuum at the distal end of the catheter.
US11547425B1	Tarsometatarsal joint arthrodesis tools and related method for bunion correction A kit of tarsometatarsal joint arthrodesis tools include a metatarsal multi-tool, a first ray multi-tool, a cuneiform cut guide, and a joint compressor-distractor. The metatarsal multi-tool is configured for securement to a first metatarsal establishing an anatomic reference for carrying out a surgical procedure and guiding a surgeon to perform the metatarsal base cut. The first ray multi-tool is configured for securement to the first metatarsal using a fixation method. The first ray multi-tool is also configured to be secured to the medial cuneiform. The cuneiform cut guide is configured for removable attachment to the first ray multi-tool and is configured to guide the surgeon to perform the cuneiform head cut. The compressor-distractor is configured to apply a force to the first ray multi-tool such that the position of the first metatarsal may be adjusted toward or away from the medial cuneiform.
US11547423B2	Medical tourniquet A compression assembly for a medical tourniquet comprises a strap, a windlass and a buckle assembly and employs a retainer which retains the windlass upon rotation to apply pressure to a limb. The retainer has a pair of C-shaped portions which retain the windlass and a cross piece which is captured by a mounting strip. The buckle assembly preferably comprises a pair of parallel bars, one of which mounts a clasp which engageably retains a D-shaped ring. The strap is pulled through the D-shaped ring and secured in a taut engagement about a limb. The tourniquet is cooperatively configured so that only a relatively small additional rotation of the windlass is typically required to apply the final occluding pressure.
US11547422B2	Reloadable clip with a flaring capsule deformation A clipping system includes a clip having a pair of clip arms, proximal ends of the clip arms slidably received within a channel of a capsule to be moved between an open configuration and a closed configuration. A proximal end of the capsule including connecting tabs extending proximally therefrom. An applicator includes an elongated flexible member and a control member extending therethrough. The control member includes a distal end connected to the clip arms to move the clip assembly between the open and closed configurations. A distal end of the elongated flexible member includes a bushing including a first ramped surface, along which the connecting tabs slide along to engage a corresponding engaging feature of the bushing, and a second ramped surface proximal of the first ramped surface, the connecting tabs slidable along the second ramped surface to plastically deform toward a deployed configuration.
US11547420B2	Through the scope tension member release clip An apparatus for deployment of a hemostatic clip includes a handle assembly, a shaft connected to a distal portion thereof and a clip assembly releasably coupled to a distal portion of the shaft. The clip assembly includes clip arms and a capsule cooperating with the clip arms to provide a first user feedback indicating a decision configuration of the clip assembly. In addition, the apparatus includes a control wire including a ball connector, the control wire extending from the handle assembly and coupled to the clip assembly by the ball connector to maintain the clip assembly coupled to the shaft, wherein the ball connector is detachable from the clip assembly to provide a second user feedback indicating separation of the clip assembly.
US11547419B2	Surgical staple having two movable branches connected by a transverse connecting zone The disclosure relates to a surgical staple defining a median folding zone which is continued by a pair of branches, each branch having a pointed fastening end and an intermediate clamping zone situated between the median folding zone and the pointed fastening end. The staple is deformable so that each branch can be folded relative to the median folding zone by causing each fastening end to approach the other branch, the staple being formed by a metal cutout pre-shaped by folding, and is of constant thickness. Intermediate clamping zones of the two branches are cut out such as to form at least two teeth, the edges of which form two complementary clamping surfaces, parallel to the median plane when the staple is folded. The cross-section of clamping surfaces correspond to the cross-section of the metal cutout.
US11547417B2	Left atrial appendage occluder A left atrial appendage occluder comprises an elastic closure disc, and a supporting structure connecting with the closure disc and being located on one side of the closure disc, with the supporting structure comprising a central end connecting with the closure disc and a plurality of interconnected and bent struts, wherein at least one anchoring thorn is set near the end of at least one strut with the anchoring thorn toward the closure disc. The left atrial appendage occluder has a stable structure, a good positioning and sealing effect on the cavity wall in the left atrial appendage, and it is easy to position repeatedly; it can also be recycled before separating from a conveyor. When in surgical operation, the left atrial appendage occluder can select the position area based on the actual shape and size of the patient's left atrial appendage, so the surgical risk is lowered.
US11547416B2	Left atrial appendage closure A left atrium appendage (LAA) isolator, including:a body sized and shaped to fit an at least partially inverted LAA of a human adult, wherein a distal end of said body defines a two-state sealing adaptor interface configured in a first state to apply a radially outward force against a wall of said LAA or against a wall of said LAA opening sufficient to anchor said body to the LAA wall, and in a second state the sealing adaptor interface is configured to apply a radially inward force on a portion of the inverted LAA positioned within said body.
US11547414B2	Spiral delivery system for embolic braid A device for treating an aneurysm with a braided implant can include a delivery tube having a spiral groove on an outer surface of the delivery tube and a braided implant having a spiral segment. The spiral segment can engage the spiral groove as the braided implant is delivered to an aneurysm treatment site. At the treatment site, the braided implant can be implanted, and the delivery tube can be rotated to disengage the spiral segment from the spiral groove. Once released, the spiral segment can reshape to occlude the neck of the aneurysm.
US11547411B2	Anastomosis wound protector A wound protector includes a tubular body that is configured to protect a cut site of an anastomosis. The wound protector can be secured to the anastomotic site after formation of the anastomosis or, alternatively, secured to the anastomotic site during formation of the anastomosis. The tubular body of the wound protector is positioned and configured to shield the anastomosis from waste material passing through a digestive tract of a patient.
US11547408B2	Method and apparatus for delivering multiple tissue fasteners Method and apparatus for delivering multiple tissue fasteners with needle and fastener assemblies each of which comprises a hollow needle adapted to be passed through tissue layers to be fastened, the needle containing a proximal and a distal implant, the implants being configured to self-expand when ejected from the needle, the implants being lockable to each other after ejection in response to drawing the implants together with tissue gripped between the implants.
US11547406B2	End effector with staple cartridge ejector An end effector for a surgical stapling device includes an anvil, a multiple use loading unit, and an ejector assembly. The multiple use loading unit is pivotally secured to the anvil and includes a channel member defining a cavity and a staple cartridge received within the cavity. The staple cartridge has a distal portion having an angled lower surface. The ejector assembly includes an ejector button that is supported on the channel member and engages the angled lower surface of the staple cartridge such that movement of the ejector button from an advanced position to a retracted position in relation to the channel member lifts the distal portion of the staple cartridge from the cavity of the channel member.
US11547405B2	Surgical stapling device A surgical stapling device includes a handle assembly, an adapter assembly, and a reload assembly that is releasably secured to the adapter assembly to facilitate replacement of the reload assembly after each use of the stapling device. The reload assembly includes an authentication chip and printed circuit board assembly that is constructed to provide electrical contacts that are self-supporting to allow for automated assembly of the electrical contacts and provide a more reliable, robust electrical connection between the electrical contacts and the chip.
US11547400B2	Suture delivery system A device is described. The device includes a suture guide and a tissue retracting surface to enable accurate and safe delivery of sutures through tissue.
US11547399B2	Articulating suture hook An articulating suture hook for passing or retrieving suture. The suture hook having a handle with a proximal end and distal end. A stiffening tube is fixed to the distal end of the handle extending distally from the handle. A flexible outer tube is fixed to the stiffening tube and extends distally therefrom. A cut portion of the flexible outer tube has a plurality of cuts positioned therealong. In a first configuration, the flexible outer tube extends parallel to or in alignment with the stiffening tube, but in a second configuration, the flexible outer tube is curved at the cut portion. The plurality of cuts may be arranged into two patterns. Each cut arranged in a first pattern is offset at an angle from each cut arranged in a second pattern. The pattern, shape, and size of the cuts determines the movement of the flexible outer tube to the second configuration.
US11547390B2	Ultrasonic CT apparatus and ultrasonic imaging method Information relevant to a state of a tissue in a subject (state information) is provided with technology reducing the amount of memory and computation necessary at the time of extracting the information. An ultrasonic wave is transmitted towards a subject, a transmission wave transmitted through the subject or a reflection wave reflected on the subject is received. A reception signal is generated on the basis of the transmission wave or the reflection wave. A tissue region candidate, of a region indicating a tissue of the subject, is set on the basis of the reception signal. State information, which is information relevant to a state of the tissue in the tissue region candidate, is calculated on the basis of the reception signal and the tissue region candidate. An ultrasonic image reflecting the state information is generated on the basis of the state information and displayed.
US11547388B2	Correcting probe induced deformation in an ultrasound fusing imaging system A fusion imaging system co-registers and fuses real time ultrasound images with reference images such as those produced by MRI or CT imaging. In an illustrated implementation, previously acquired CT or MRI or ultrasound images are loaded into the system. An ultrasound system is operated in conjunction with a tracking system so that the ultrasound probe and images can be spatially tracked. A computerized image processor registers the probe position with a reference image of the anatomy being scanned by the probe and determines whether the probe appears to be inside the skin line of the subject. If that is the case it is due to probe compression of the subject, and the reference image is modified to locate the skin line in the reference image in front of the ultrasound probe. The modified reference images can then be readily co-registered and fused with the ultrasound images produced by the probe.
US11547387B2	Ultrasound probe and ultrasound system provided with said ultrasound probe An ultrasound probe in combination with at least an operating unit such as a tracking sensor or receiver and/or a keypad and/or a surgical tool support, wherein the probe and the at least one operating unit are each one provided with one of two parts of a releasable joint, the said two parts of the joint being releasably engageable one with the other by magnetic force and by mechanical coupling.
US11547386B1	Method and apparatus for multi-zone, multi-frequency ultrasound image reconstruction with sub-zone blending Systems and methods of ultrasound imaging of an object that includes multiple depth zones. Each of the zones can be imaged using a different frequency, or the same frequency as another zone. A method includes imaging a first zone using plane wave imaging, imaging a second zone using tissue harmonic imaging, and imaging a third zone using fundamental and subharmonic deep imaging. The depth of each zone can vary based on the ultrasonic array, and correspondingly, the F # used for imaging the zone. In an example, zones can be imaged at different F #'s, for example, at F #1 for the first zone, at F #2, F #3, or F #6 for one or more zones that extend deeper into the object than the first zone. The method can also include forming an image based on the received signals from the multiple zones, and blending the transitions between the zones.
US11547383B2	Ultrasound imaging apparatus and method of generating ultrasound image Provided are an ultrasound imaging apparatus and a method of generating an ultrasound image. The method includes: transmitting ultrasound signals to an object; receiving ultrasound echo signals from the object; generating ultrasound image data based on the received ultrasound echo signals; identifying a fetus's skull from the ultrasound image data; identifying, based on the identified fetus's skull, a caput succedaneum region corresponding to caput succedaneum occurring in the fetus; and displaying information about the caput succedaneum region.
US11547382B2	Networked ultrasound system and method for imaging a medical procedure using an invasive probe A hand-held ultrasound system includes integrated electronics within an ergonomic housing. The electronics includes control circuitry, beamforming and circuitry transducer drive circuitry. The electronics communicate with a host computer using an industry standard high speed serial bus. The ultrasonic imaging system is operable on a standard, commercially available, user computing device without specific hardware modifications, and is adapted to interface with an external application without modification to the ultrasonic imaging system to allow a user to gather ultrasonic data on a standard user computing device such as a PC, and employ the data so gathered via an independent external application without requiring a custom system, expensive hardware modifications, or system rebuilds. An integrated interface program allows such ultrasonic data to be invoked by a variety of such external applications having access to the integrated interface program via a standard, predetermined platform such as visual basic or c++.
US11547379B2	Method and apparatus for scatter artifacts correction in industrial 3-dimensional cone beam computed tomography Provided are a method and apparatus for correcting scattering artifacts in industrial three-dimensional (3D) cone beam computed tomography (CT) that may prepare raw data acquired from a subject through computed tomography (CT) and a primary signal acquired from shape prior information of the subject, may estimate a scatter kernel based on the raw data and the primary signal, may acquire result data by removing, from the raw data, a scatter signal estimated based on the scatter kernel, and may generate an image from the result data.
US11547378B2	Apparatus and method combining deep learning (DL) with an X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanner having a multi-resolution detector A method and apparatus is provided that uses a deep learning (DL) network together with a multi-resolution detector to perform X-ray projection imaging to provide improved resolution similar to a single-resolution detector but at lower cost and less demand on the communication bandwidth between the rotating and stationary parts of an X-ray gantry. The DL network is trained using a training dataset that includes input data and target data. The input data includes projection data acquired using a multi-resolution detector, and the target data includes projection data acquired using a single-resolution, high-resolution detector. Thus, the DL network is trained to improve the resolution of projection data acquired using a multi-resolution detector. Further, the DL network is can be trained to additional correct other aspects of the projection data (e.g., noise and artifacts).
US11547377B2	System and method for navigating to target and performing procedure on target utilizing fluoroscopic-based local three dimensional volume reconstruction A system and method for navigating to a target using fluoroscopic-based three dimensional volumetric data generated from two dimensional fluoroscopic images, including a catheter guide assembly including a sensor, an electromagnetic field generator, a fluoroscopic imaging device to acquire a fluoroscopic video of a target area about a plurality of angles relative to the target area, and a computing device. The computing device is configured to receive previously acquired CT data, determine the location of the sensor based on the electromagnetic field generated by the electromagnetic field generator, generate a three dimensional rendering of the target area based on the acquired fluoroscopic video, receive a selection of the catheter guide assembly in the generated three dimensional rendering, and register the generated three dimensional rendering of the target area with the previously acquired CT data to correct the position of the catheter guide assembly.
US11547374B2	C-arm x-ray machine and system, collision monitoring method and apparatus A collision monitoring apparatus can include a camera to acquire a video image of surroundings of at least one target protection component on the C-arm X-ray machine system; an image processor to determine a scene of the surroundings of the at least one target protection component according to the video image; and a controller to control a C-arm X-ray machine system to stop moving or slow down when it is determined that a possible collision exists according to the scene of the surroundings of the at least one target protection component. Advantageously the apparatus effectively prevents patients, operators, patient examination beds and other obstacles from suffering a serious collision with the C-arm itself.
US11547369B2	Machine learning using clinical and simulated data Systems are provided for generating data representing electromagnetic states of a heart for medical, scientific, research, and/or engineering purposes. The systems generate the data based on source configurations such as dimensions of, and scar or fibrosis or pro-arrhythmic substrate location within, a heart and a computational model of the electromagnetic output of the heart. The systems may dynamically generate the source configurations to provide representative source configurations that may be found in a population. For each source configuration of the electromagnetic source, the systems run a simulation of the functioning of the heart to generate modeled electromagnetic output (e.g., an electromagnetic mesh for each simulation step with a voltage at each point of the electromagnetic mesh) for that source configuration. The systems may generate a cardiogram for each source configuration from the modeled electromagnetic output of that source configuration for use in predicting the source location of an arrhythmia.
US11547364B2	Abnormality notification system, abnormality notification method, and program A biological signal of a subject is acquired so as to calculate biological information from the acquired biological signal. When the biological information has been determined to be anomaly, whether the biological information is one that was calculated under a high-accuracy condition is determined. When the biological information is determined to be one that was calculated under the high-accuracy condition, a notice is given based on a first criterion. In the other cases, a notice is given based on a second criterion. Thereby, it is possible to provide an abnormality notification system that can give a necessary notification appropriately while suppressing unnecessary notification, by changing the criteria for notification in accordance with the accuracy of the determined biological information when the biological information of the subject was determined to be anomaly.
US11547362B2	Portable terminal case having skin condition-measuring function A portable terminal case having a skin condition-measuring function is disclosed. The case includes a battery case; a bumper case coupled to the battery case; a moisture measurement unit for receiving moisture level information in the skin of a user from a moisture measurement sensor; a contact detection unit for receiving information on the presence or absence of a contact between the bumper case and the skin from a contact detection sensor; an environment measurement unit for receiving surrounding environment information from an environment information measurement sensor; and a control unit for collecting the moisture content and the environment information from the moisture measurement unit and the environment measurement unit.
US11547360B2	Acute heart failure monitoring and treatment Systems and methods include differential diagnosis for acute heart failure to provide treatment to a patient including determining whether the patient has cardiac volume overload, determining whether the patient has decreased abdominal venous system volume, and providing the appropriate treatment in response to the determinations. A multi-sensor system may be used to determine cardiac volume and abdominal venous system volume. Fluid redistribution treatment may be provided when cardiac volume overload is accompanied by a decrease in abdominal venous system volume. Fluid accumulation treatment may be provided when cardiac volume overload is not accompanied by a decrease in abdominal venous system volume.
US11547356B2	Wearable device for healthcare and method thereof A wearable device for healthcare and a method thereof, wherein the device is worn on a finger for measuring the health data of the user, including but not limited to, the heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, etc. The wearing size of the device is adjustable for different sizes of fingers. In one embodiment, the device includes a main body at least partially worn on a digit of a user; at least one physiological sensor attached to the main body for detecting physiological information; and at least two branches coupled to the main body for holding the digit while reducing the movement of the device. At least a part of at least one branch is changeable such that the wearing size of the device is adjustable for different sizes of digits. In another embodiment, at least a part of at least one branch is movable such that the wearing size of the device is adjustable for different sizes of digits.
US11547355B2	Capacitive leadwire for physiological patient monitoring A leadwire for physiological patient monitoring is provided that transfers potentials received at a chest electrode to a data acquisition device. The leadwire includes an electrode end connectable to the chest electrode and a first conductive layer extending from the electrode end. The leadwire also has a device end connectable to a data acquisition device and a second conductive layer extending from the device end. The first conductive layer is galvanically isolated from the second conductive layer such that the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer form a capacitor.
US11547352B2	Method and apparatus for measuring flow through a lumen A prosthesis for monitoring a characteristic of flow includes a first tubular prosthesis having a lumen and a sensor for detecting the characteristic of flow through the lumen. The sensor may be covered with another tubular prosthesis or by a layer of material in order to insulate the sensor from the fluid flow. A pocket may be formed between the tubular prosthesis and the adjacent layer of material or prosthesis and the sensor may be disposed in the pocket.
US11547351B2	Body condition managing device and body condition managing method The present invention has an object to manage the manual ingestion (and failure of manual ingestion) of an ingestible object without making the user feel bothered. The present invention includes: a collating unit configured to collate the biological data acquired by a biosensor and the temporal changes of biological data that occur after a medicine is taken and after a medicine is not taken at a medicine-taking timing; and a warning output unit configured to output, on the basis of a result of the collation, information on whether or not a living body has taken the medicine.
US11547347B2	Flexible piezoelectric devices for gastrointestinal motility sensing Improvements in ingestible electronics with the capacity to sense physiologic and pathophysiologic states have transformed the standard of care for patients. Yet despite advances in device development, significant risks associated with solid, non-flexible gastrointestinal transiting systems remain. Here, we disclose an ingestible, flexible piezoelectric device that senses mechanical deformation within the gastric cavity. We demonstrate the capabilities of the sensor in both in vitro and ex vivo simulated gastric models, quantified its key behaviors in the GI tract by using computational modeling, and validated its functionality in awake and ambulating swine. Our piezoelectric devices can safely sense mechanical variations and harvest mechanical energy inside the gastrointestinal tract for diagnosing and treating motility disorders and for monitoring ingestion in bariatric applications.
US11547346B2	Method, server, and computer program for classifying severe cognitive impairment patients by analyzing EEG data Provided is a method for classifying severe cognitive impairment patients by analyzing electroencephalogram (EEG) data. The method of classifying severe cognitive impairment patients by analyzing EEG data includes a brainwave collection step of collecting EEG data on a plurality of users, a first classification step of classifying the plurality of users into a severe cognitive impairment group or a non-severe cognitive impairment group by analyzing the collected EEG data, a second classification step of classifying users included in the non-severe cognitive impairment group into a normal group or an amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) group, and a third classification group of classifying users included in the normal group into a within normal limits (WNL) group or a preclinical Alzheimer's disease (AD) group and classifying users included in the aMCI group into a non-AD MCI group or a prodromal AD group.
US11547345B2	Dynamic neuropsychological assessment tool A dynamic neuropsychological assessment tool according to an embodiment utilizes speech recognition, speech synthesis and machine learning to assess whether a patient is at risk for a neurological disorder, such as Alzheimer's disease. The dynamic neuropsychological assessment tool enables self-administration by a patient. The tool performs pre-test validation operations on the test environment, test equipment, and the patient's capability for performing the test at that time. The tool also enables dynamic modification of a questionnaire presented to the patient while the patient completes the questionnaire. Also provides the dynamic modification of which tests to present the patient with. The modification can be rule based or modified by a provider. The dynamic neuropsychological assessment tool enables providers and administrators to modify and improve tests and validate them using machine learning based on previously completed assessments and results.
US11547344B2	System and method for post-stroke rehabilitation and recovery using adaptive surface electromyographic sensing and visualization A system and method for rehabilitation and recovery using adaptive surface electromyographic sensing and visualization is disclosed. The system uses surface electromyography (sEMG) sensors to identify signals of intent from patients with physical disabilities and then uses these signals to interact with a computer system designed to create repetitive practice in a manner that promotes neurological recovery. A machine teaming module analyses body signals picked up during patient movement attempts and converts these body signals to a visual representation of the intended movement by way of a virtual body or virtual body part displayed on a computer display, display glasses, or the like. The system thus allows for very early patient therapy, providing early benefits to rehabilitation therapy not heretofore possible. The virtual reality or augmented reality environment provides a patient with very early visual reinforcement of beneficial muscle activation patterns.
US11547343B2	PVC adjusted AF detection This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods to receive cardiac electrical information and premature ventricular contraction (PVC) information of a subject, detect atrial fibrillation (AF) of the subject using the received cardiac electrical information, and adjust AF detection using the received PVC information.
US11547333B2	Physiological parameter sensing device Systems and Methods for determining a physiological parameter are disclosed. The physiological sensing device can measure a physiological parameter, determine a mood based on the physiological parameter, and render one or more songs associated with the mood.
US11547330B2	Apparatus and methods for probing sensor operation of continuous analyte sensing and auto-calibration Apparatus and methods are operative to probe the condition of a sensor either initially, at any point thereafter or continuously during a continuous sensor operation for measuring an analyte in a bodily fluid (such as performed by, e.g., a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) sensor). Results of the probe may include calibration indices determined from electrical signals obtained during the probe. The calibration indices may indicate whether in-situ adjustment of the sensor's calibration should be performed either initially and/or at random check points. Probing potential modulation parameters also may be used during analyte calculations to reduce the effects of lot-to-lot sensitivity variations, sensitivity drift during monitoring, temperature, interferents, and/or the like. Other aspects are disclosed.
US11547328B2	Detection device and method, and computer program for detecting a blood image parameter The present invention relates to a detecting device for detecting a blood count parameter in a blood vessel. The detecting device comprises a signal generator, which is designed to generate a calibration measurement signal, wherein the calibration measurement signal comprises a superimposition of a first excitation signal and a second excitation signal, wherein the first excitation signal has a higher frequency than the second excitation signal and/or the second excitation signal is a direct signal and/or wherein the second excitation signal has a higher power than the first excitation signal; a transceiver arrangement which is designed to emit the calibration measurement signal towards the blood vessel and to receive a first system response signal in response to the emission of the calibration signal; wherein the transceiver arrangement is designed to emit a third excitation signal directed towards the blood vessel and to receive a second system response signal in response to the emission of the third excitation signal; and a processor which is designed to link the first system response signal and the second system response signal in order to obtain a measurement signal for determining the blood count parameter.
US11547325B2	Method and apparatus for assessing sensorimotor performance A method and apparatus for quantifying differences in human sensorimotor performance useful for diagnosing, assessing, and/or detecting brain injury and/or a neurological disorder, or identifying exceptional performance in a subject. In a task a subject's limb movement is restricted to a limited workspace and an object moves towards the limb. The objective of the task is for the subject to contact the object with the limb within a set time period. During the task a perturbation directed to the object and/or limb, or other feature of the environment, may occur on some trials, requiring a rapid motor correction in order to contact the object, or the subject may receive an alternative instruction on whether to interact with the object. Position data and/or motion data and/or kinetic data of the limb or portions thereof with respect to a presented object are obtained, and a data set is acquired for a plurality of trials. The acquired data set provides information about brain injury and/or a neurological disorder in the subject or exceptional capabilities of the subject.
US11547323B2	Patient model estimation from camera stream in medicine For patient model estimation from surface data in a medical system, a stream or sequence of depth camera captures are performed. The fitting of the patient model is divided between different times or parts of the sequence, using the streaming capture to distribute processing and account for patient movement. Less manual involvement may be needed due to the regular availability of image captures. Subsequent fitting may benefit from previous fitting.
US11547320B2	Implantable sensor enclosure with thin sidewalls A wireless circuit includes a housing, such as a hermetic housing, and at least one antenna coil wound about a coil axis within the housing. The coil axis may be substantially parallel to at least one wall of the housing, wherein the wall parallel to the coil axis is substantially thinner than other walls of the housing.
US11547319B2	Multilayered tablets with customized dissolving patterns A tablet, method of forming the tablet, and article of manufacture that includes the tablet. The tablet can include a layer of a first dissolvable material and a first circuit positioned on the layer of the first dissolvable material. The tablet can also include a layer of a second dissolvable material coating the first circuit, and a second circuit positioned on the layer of the second dissolvable material. The method can include providing the tablet, and determining a dissolving pattern for the tablet.
US11547313B2	Systems and methods for video-based patient monitoring during surgery The present invention relates to the field of medical monitoring, and in particular non-contact monitoring of one or more physiological parameters in a region of a patient during surgery. Systems, methods, and computer readable media are described for generating a pulsation field and/or a pulsation strength field of a region of interest (ROI) in a patient across a field of view of an image capture device, such as a video camera. The pulsation field and/or the pulsation strength field can be generated from changes in light intensities and/or colors of pixels in a video sequence captured by the image capture device. The pulsation field and/or the pulsation strength field can be combined with indocyanine green (ICG) information regarding ICG dye injected into the patient to identify sites where blood flow has decreased and/or ceased and that are at risk of hypoxia.
US11547312B2	Smart watch and method for measuring pulse information A smart watch and a method for measuring a pulse information are provided in the present disclosure. The smart watch includes a dial, a watchband, a blood vessel information collecting apparatus, and a processing apparatus. The watchband is connected with the dial. The blood vessel information collecting apparatus is disposed in the watchband and is configured to collect a blood vessel information from an inner side of a wrist of a user. The processing apparatus is connected with the blood vessel information collecting apparatus and is configured to receive and process the blood vessel information to obtain the pulse information of the user.
US11547311B2	Physiological data detection method and wearable device therefor A physiological data detection method is provided. The physiological data detection method includes the following steps. Firstly, an ECG signal and a PPG signal are detected. Then, a plurality of RRI values is calculated according to the ECG signal, and a plurality of PPI values is calculated according to the PPG signal. Thereafter, wrong RRI values are excluded according to the RRI values and/or the PPI values. Then, whether an abnormal state occurs or not is determined by using the remaining RRI values. A wearable device therefor is also provided.
US11547307B2	Quantification of the respiratory effort from hemodynamic measurements A method for detecting or monitoring respiratory or cardiac health of a patient includes measuring any intravascular or intracardiac pressure (IVP) of a patient over a period of time, said IVP including a measured respiratory wave, defining respiratory effort of the patient as a peak-to-peak amplitude of said respiratory wave, and using the respiratory effort to detect or monitor respiratory and cardiac health of the patient by comparing the respiratory effort with a known value of respiratory effort or by monitoring changes in the respiratory effort of the patient over another period of time.
US11547302B2	User wearable fluorescence enabled visualization system A user-wearable fluorescence based visualization system comprising a multi-light lamp assembly that provides for the selected output of light using multiple light emitting sources, wherein the outputted light may be tailored to generate response wavelength by the interaction of the emitted light and a tissue illuminated by the emitted light, through the process of fluorescence, and a viewing system that allows a practitioner view the fluorescent light generated by the tissue, and distinguish between healthy and diseased tissues.
US11547301B2	Methods for collecting and testing bacteria containing samples from within the gastrointestinal tract The present disclosure relates to methods of collecting and testing bacteria containing samples from within the gastrointestinal (GI) tract of a subject. The methods may include disposing an ingestible device in the GI tract, collecting a bacteria-containing sample from the GI tract, selectively lysing eukaryotic cells in the sample by combining the sample with a dried reagent, exposing bacteria in the sample to resazurin in the ingestible device to produce resorufin, emitting light from the ingestible device, the emitted light being filtered through an optical filter to control for scatter so that the light interacts with the resorufin to produce fluorescence, and measuring a total fluorescence from the resorufin; or a rate of change of fluorescence from the resorufin as a function of time within the GI tract of the subject; and correlating the measured parameter to a number of viable bacterial cells in the sample.
US11547299B2	Transiluminator for mapping the blood vessels of the face A portable intraoral transilluminator (1) for mapping some blood vessels of a patient's lower face (24) prior to a surgical operation or aesthetic intervention is described.The transilluminator has a central LED (7) that illuminates the internal region of the patient's mouth, allowing the visualization of the facial artery and some of its branches and thus its mapping.The use of the transilluminator reduces the risk of necrosis and bruising of the patient's epidermis (24) submitted to aesthetic facial harmonization procedures with dermal fillers and other surgical or aesthetic interventions.
US11547297B1	Correlation of bio-impedance measurements and a physiological parameter for a wearable device An apparatus device may include a bio-impedance sensor configured to take a bio-impedance measurement from a body of an individual, an optical sensor configured to take an optical measurement from the body of the individual, and a processing device configured to receive a first bio-impedance measurement from the bio-impedance sensor taken during a first period of time and a first optical measurement from the optical sensor taken during the first period of time, receive first location information of the individual during the first period of time, determine a first correlation between a physiological parameter and at least one of the first location, the first bio-impedance measurement, or the first optical measurement, and determine a first level of the physiological parameter based on the first correlation.
US11547294B2	Ophthalmic apparatus, controlling method thereof, and recording medium An ophthalmic apparatus of an exemplary aspect performs the first and second OCT scans on a subject's eye. The first OCT scan is performed on the first region including the first site of the subject's eye, and the second OCT scan is performed on the second region including the second site. The ophthalmic apparatus acquires the first deviation information of the subject's eye prior to the first OCT scan and performs alignment, and also acquires the second deviation information of the subject's eye prior to the second OCT scan and performs alignment. The ophthalmic apparatus calculates the distance between the first site and the second site based on the first data acquired through the first OCT scan and second data acquired through the second OCT scan.
US11547289B1	Endoscopic cleaning and lubrication system The endoscopic cleaning and lubrication system is a mechanical structure. The endoscopic cleaning and lubrication system is a medical device. The endoscopic cleaning and lubrication system clamps an endoscope to a working surface, such as an operating table, such that the endoscope can be cleaned and lubricated before use. The endoscopic cleaning and lubrication system comprises an endoscope clamp, a clamp mount, a gooseneck tube, and a table clamp. The gooseneck tube attaches the clamp mount to the table clamp. The table clamp attaches the endoscopic cleaning and lubrication system to the working surface. The clamp mount attaches the endoscope clamp to the gooseneck tube. The endoscope attaches to the endoscope clamp. The endoscope clamp holds the endoscope in a fixed position relative to the endoscopic cleaning and lubrication system. The gooseneck tube is a flexible structure that allows for the repositioning of the endoscope clamp.
US11547287B2	Surgical instrument A tool comprises a distal portion and a proximal portion spaced apart by a shaft along a longitudinal axis. The distal portion includes a distal link and the proximal portion including a proximal link. The distal link and proximal link form a pair of links. The tool also comprises a set of tension load bearing members connecting the proximal link and the distal link and terminating at the links of the pair to transfer movement therebetween. The tool also comprises an articulation lock positioned between the distal portion and the proximal portion and configured to allow through passage of the set of tension load bearing members. The articulation lock is adjustable between an unlocked configuration in which the proximal and distal links are moveable and a locked configuration in which an effective length of the shaft is increased, creating a force to impede movement of the proximal and distal links.
US11547286B2	Stylet assembly A stylet assembly and method of forming an in vivo image acquiring stylet assembly. The stylet assembly includes an elongate flexible body and an image acquiring device that is supported at a location that is offset from an in vivo facing terminal end of the stylet assembly. A terminal end portion of the stylet assembly is defined by a manipulator that is oriented to extend in a crossing direction relative to a longitudinal axis of the elongate body. The terminal end portion of the stylet assembly is steerable relative to the elongate body and is operable to manipulate positions or adjacent anatomy and/or effectuate guidance of the imaging device relative thereto during use.
US11547285B2	Support and positioner for an endoscope maneuvering system The present invention provides a device for supporting and positioning an endoscope maneuvering system, the device connectable to a fixed support, the device comprising: a. a support mechanism releasably connectable to said endoscope maneuvering system; b. at least one movable arm comprising at least one first jointed connection to said support mechanism, said at least one movable arm adapted to position and orient said endoscope maneuvering system; and c. a base connector comprising at least one second jointed connection to said at least one movable arm, said base connector fixedly connectable to said fixed support; wherein said device is adapted to maintain said endoscope maneuvering system in a state of quasi-static dynamic equilibrium.
US11547280B2	Rotatable and detachable electrical coupling point A video endoscope that includes a handle with a housing and an interface portion rotatably mounted relative to the housing, and an elongate shaft with one or more electronic image sensors, wherein a proximal end section of the shaft is detachably connected to the interface portion of the handle, where the interface portion includes a first connector element electrically connected to an electric transmission element of the interface portion and the shaft includes a second connector element electrically connected to the one or more electronic image sensors, the first and second connector elements co-operating to form a detachable electrical connection, and where the handle includes an electrical connection assembly arranged at an exterior of the interface portion forming an electrical connection to at least one stationary electric and/or electronic component of the handle in a multiplicity of rotational positions of the interface portion relative to the housing.
US11547273B2	User interface for a dental measurement system Some of the embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a dental measurement method comprising: measuring an orientation of a dental measurement device includes a user interface; and displaying information on said user interface based on said orientation.
US11547272B2	Endoscope system and method of operating the same A special observation image is obtained by performing an image pickup of an object to be observed illuminated with special light. Bs-image signals of the special observation image are assigned to brightness signals Y to generate a first observation image for display. Gs-image signals of the special observation image are assigned to brightness signals Y to generate a second observation image for display. The first observation image for display and the second observation image for display are automatically switched and displayed on a monitor.
US11547267B2	Condition warning system, control system and method for pot and pan washing machine A condition warning system for an apparatus such as a pot and pan washing machine, a control system and control methods for a pot and pan washing machine are provided. The condition warning system includes a control system that monitors operational, safety or compliance parameters of an apparatus, and a light that illuminates a location below (or above) an operator's direct line of sight, and which is outside of the operator's direct line of sight. The control system and control methods include a punitive wash action lockout, an extended wash cycle time, and a deep clean wash cycle.
US11547262B2	Cleaner A mobile cleaner includes a body, a mop module, and a sweep module. The mop module includes a pair of spin mops configured to rotate and mop a surface. The sweep module is configured to sweep up foreign material on the surface using a rotating agitator. The sweep module includes a dust housing, the agitator, and a wheel assembly. The wheel assembly is configured to support the dust housing on the surface and includes a wheel body that is movable in a vertical direction. A cliff sensor is configured to detect movement of the wheel body.
US11547260B2	Leveraging spatial scanning data of autonomous robotic devices Provided is a method, computer program product, and system for leveraging spatial scanning data of an environment collected by a robotic vacuum to generate recommendations for improving environmental conditions. A robotic vacuum may collect cleanliness data relative to an environment. The robotic vacuum may store the cleanliness data over a plurality of cleaning cycles. The robotic vacuum may analyze the cleanliness data over the plurality of cleaning cycles to identify one or more cleanliness trends. The robotic vacuum may generate a recommendation for improving an environmental condition relative to the environment based on the identified one or more cleanliness trends. The robotic vacuum may provide the recommendation to a user.
US11547258B2	Surface cleaning apparatus A hand held surface cleaning apparatus comprises a generally spherical cyclone chamber having dual cyclone air outlets and dual dirt outlets.
US11547257B2	Vacuum bag with inlet gasket and closure seal A vacuum filter bag includes an inlet flange and gasket and a plug. The inlet flange includes axial ribs and recesses which improve the seal between the inlet gasket and a vacuum inlet port and prevent accidental removal of the filter bag from the vacuum inlet port. The plug more securely closes the filter inlet opening after use of the filter bag. The filter bag reduces user exposure to dust and debris captured with a vacuum and is particularly suited for minimizing exposure to hazardous materials.
US11547255B2	Cleaning robot A cleaning robot includes a top cover, a bottom cover provided below the top cover, traveling parts provided in the bottom cover, a suction module provided in the bottom cover to suck in foreign materials on the ground, a recessed part firmed to be recessed inward between the top cover and the bottom cover, and a first sensor located in the recessed part.
US11547254B2	Vacuum cleaning apparatus Hand held vacuum cleaning apparatus (100) includes an elongate housing (122) which is cylindrical in shape. The housing (122) defines an inlet opening (108), an interior (124) and an exhaust opening (118). The housing (122) further defines, within the interior (124), a receptacle receiving chamber (112) in which, in use, a removable dust retaining receptacle (115) is located. The receptacle receiving chamber (112) is substantially circular in cross section and comprises substantially the whole of the diameter of the interior (124) in cross section. The apparatus (100) includes a flow inducer (117) located in the interior (124). In use, the flow inducer (117) induces air flow from the inlet opening (108), through the receptacle (115) in the chamber (112), through the flow inducer (117) to the exhaust opening (118).
US11547252B2	Product monitoring device An apparatus, product monitoring system, and a method of measuring an amount of product on a roller are provided. The method includes receiving a first position distance between a position sensor and an exterior edge of the roller. The method also includes comparing the first position distance with a predetermined position distance. The predetermined position distance defines the distance between the position sensor and the exterior edge of the roller at a specific amount of product left on the roller. The method further includes determining the amount of product left on the roller based on the comparison of the first position distance and the predetermined position distance. The method still further includes causing the transmission of a signal relating to the amount of product left on the roller.
US11547245B2	Grinding apparatus and method An apparatus including a grinder lid section; a grinder section configured to be attached to and detached from the grinder lid section, so that when the grinder section is attached to the grinder lid section the grinder lid section rotates with respect to the grinder section; a funnel section configured to be attached to and detached from the grinder section, so that when the funnel section is attached to the grinder section the funnel section does not rotate with respect to the grinder section; and a storage section configured to be attached and detached from the funnel section, so that when the storage section is attached to the funnel section the storage section does not rotate with respect to the funnel section. Each of the grinder lid section and the grinder section has a plurality of pointed teeth which face towards each other.
US11547242B2	Cooking device and components thereof A cooking system for cooking food includes a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive a food container. The housing has an upper portion defining an opening to said hollow chamber. A lid is movable relative to said housing. The lid contacts the housing in a closed position about the upper portion of the housing to close the opening to the hollow chamber. At least one heating element is associated with at least one of said housing and said lid. The cooking system is operable in a plurality of cooking modes including a pressure cooking mode and a convective cooking mode. In said pressure cooking mode, the cooking system is operable as a pressure cooker and in said convective cooking mode, the cooking system is operable as a convection cooker.
US11547236B2	Brewing device for a machine for preparing beverages, in particular coffee or tea The present disclosure is for an electronic control system for a brewing device for a machine for preparing beverages, in particular coffee or tea. The brewing device comprises a brewing chamber having an opening through which a material to be brewed may be loaded and discharged; a closing body movable away from and towards a sealed closing position of the opening angularly spaced apart from the closing position, through an intermediate ejection position, in which the closing body is raised with respect to the closing position along the longitudinal axis of the brewing chamber; a piston slidably mounted in the brewing chamber in a position axially opposite the closing body; a first electric actuating device for the movement of the closing body; and a second electric actuating device for the movement of the piston. The electronic control system is configured to be arrangeable in the brewing device and comprises a sensory system configured to output electrical signals to allow the reaching, by the closing body, of the opening, closing and ejection positions to be sensed, and the axial position of the piston in the brewing chamber to be determined, and an on-board electronic control unit configured to be connectable to the sensory system to receive electrical signals therefrom, to the first and second electric actuating device to supply electrical control signals thereto, and to an electronic control unit of the beverage preparation machine external to the brewing device to receive therefrom commands relating to the operation of the brewing device. The on-board electronic control unit is further configured to execute commands received from the external control unit to responsively output, also based on the electrical signals received from the sensory system, electrical control signals for the electric actuating devices.
US11547233B2	Quick loading curtain track for an aircraft cabin A curtain track for an aircraft cabin enables curtain sliders to be quickly loaded into the curtain track. The curtain track is constructed of an elongate channel with a first end fitting on a first end of the channel and a second end fitting on a second end of the channel. There is a unique cutout in the bottom surface of the first end fitting that forms a curved slot surface that enables curtain sliders to be loaded into the channel of the curtain track through the cutout to quickly load the curtain onto the curtain track without disassembling any of the parts of the curtain track or removing the curtain track from its attachment to the aircraft cabin.
US11547231B1	Expandable beverage tray The expandable beverage tray comprises a carrier body, an intermediate tray, and a bottom tray. The expandable beverage tray may be adapted to hold beverages and food being delivered by a delivery person. A top surface of the carrier body may be adapted to hold a plurality of beverage cups in a first plurality of cup apertures. The intermediate tray and the bottom tray may reside within the carrier body. The intermediate tray may be adapted to slide out of the carrier body and hold more of the plurality of beverage cups in a second plurality of cup apertures. The bottom tray may be adapted to slide out of the carrier body and hold one or more food containers.
US11547230B2	Cup holder Disclosed herein is an adjustable cup holder for holding a beverage container. The adjustable cup holder includes a body, a base configured to support the weight of a beverage container, an adjustable diameter ratchet strap configured to accommodate a diameter of the beverage container, and a connector. The holding portion of the cup holder may be connected to the body via a first hinge configured such that the beverage container holding portion is rotatable relative to the body about an axis to allow beverage container holding portion to hold the beverage container relatively level. The holding portion of the cup holder may be connected to the body via a hinge configured such that the beverage container holding portion is pivotable relative to the body about an axis from a use position to a stowed position.
US11547229B1	Cup holder The cup holder comprises a backing board, an upper cup arm, a lower cup arm, a phone holder, a front card holder, and a rear card holder. The cup holder may be adapted to hold a cup, a cell phone, cards, or combinations thereof. The upper cup arm and the lower cup arm may be moved between an open position and a closed position. The cup may be held by the upper cup arm and by the lower cup arm when the upper cup arm and the lower cup arm are moved to the open position. The cards may be held in the front card holder and/or the rear card holder. As non-limiting examples, the cards may comprise one or more of a credit card, a debit card, a business card, an ID card, a name tag, a driver license, or combinations thereof.
US11547227B2	Salad storage assembly A salad/produce storage assembly for storing and maintaining the quality of salad/produce. The assembly includes a bowl member having a bottom wall and an annular sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom wall and terminating at an upper edge portion. The assembly also includes an insert member having a bottom surface and a generally dome shaped, impervious upper surface that drains liquid received thereon downwardly and outwardly toward an annular peripheral portion of the insert. The insert member is insertable into the bowl member in overlying relationship with the bowl member bottom relationship with the bowl member annular sidewall. The bottom wall and a lower portion of the bowl member annular sidewall and the insert member bottom surface define a bowl liquid reservoir. Moisture draining from the dome shaped impervious upper surface of the insert member drains into the liquid reservoir where it remains separated from the salad/produce so it does not wick back into the salad/produce.
US11547226B2	Food protection apparatuses, assemblies, and methods of use The present disclosure is directed to improved food protection apparatuses, assemblies, and methods of use. The food protection apparatus includes a base portion; a removable covering coupled to the base portion, the removable covering including a top surface and one or more side walls, the top surface integrally connected to the one or more side walls; and a candle delivery apparatus coupled to the top surface of the removable covering, the candle delivery apparatus including one or more openings to receive one or more candles to position the candles external to the removable covering.
US11547225B2	Cup There is disclosed a cup comprising a cup body comprising an opening and provided to contain a beverage; and a handle part provided in an outer surface of the cup body and configured to be holdable by a user, wherein the handle part forms a preset angle with respect to an outer surface of the cup body so that the cup body supported by handle part is spaced from a table surface or floor when the handle part in contact with the table surface or floor, and wherein the length or width at which the handle part is formed is provided in a size such that when the handle part contacts with the table surface or floor, an imaginary normal extending from the table surface or floor to the center of gravity of the cup body to pass through the handle part.
US11547221B1	Retail cigarette inventory-monitoring system The retail cigarette inventory management system forms a containment structure that stores one or more packs of smoking materials. The retail cigarette inventory management system counts the number of individual packs contained in the one or more packs of smoking materials. The retail cigarette inventory management system visibly displays the counted number of individual packs of the one or more packs of smoking materials contained in the retail cigarette inventory management system. The retail cigarette inventory management system visibly displays the number of individual packs contained in the one or more packs of smoking materials.
US11547220B1	Baby high chair liner system A baby high chair liner includes a single and unitary body including a plurality of panels integrally and monolithically coupled to each other, a plurality of fold over tabs integrally and monolithically coupled to the panels respectively, a plurality of lines of weakness disposed at associated conjoining edges of the panels and the fold over tabs such that the fold over tabs are freely pivotally about the lines of weakness, respectively, and a plurality of fasteners connected to the fold over panels, respectively. The fasteners are configured to detachably secure the fold over panels to the existing baby high chair. The panels and the fold over tabs are configured to secure and cover a major seat surface area of an existing baby high chair and thereby provide a protective barrier between a child and the existing baby high chair.
US11547218B2	Methods for packaging cushions with elastomeric cushioning elements A method for packaging a cushion includes coating a cushioning element with a powder while the cushioning element is in an expanded state and then compressing the cushion to a compressed state. As the cushioning element is compressed, the powder prevents surfaces of the cushioning element (e.g., surfaces of intersecting walls that define hollow buckling columns of a cushioning element formed from an elastomeric polymer extended with a plasticizer, etc.) from adhering to each other. The powder may allow the cushioning element to substantially return to its expanded state substantially immediately following removal of a compressive force from the cushioning element.
US11547217B1	Mattress assembly with segmented border wires Disclosed is a mattress assembly having a spring or foam core structure and reduced-sized parts. Spaced along the mattress top and bottom border are a plurality of bands having through-openings. Border wire segments extend through the through-openings and are joined end-to-end by releasable connectors to form a continuous border wire providing edge support. Butterfly springs having tube-like bands for receiving the border wire segments prevent sagging. In spring mattresses, the bands, which may be rings or a similar type part, are carried at the top and bottom of the outer springs. In foam mattresses, the bands are formed by a plurality of loops formed in a continuous folded strip fixed by adhesive or other means to the mattress border walls. Two such mattresses may be joined together by interweaving a flexible cord through the bands of adjoining mattresses. The mattress assembly is completed by encasing in an outer cover.
US11547214B2	Seat, particularly for video games, and hinge for use therein A seat, particularly for video games, includes a collapsible frame which carries a seat surface and a backrest. The frame includes a first part carrying the backrest and a second part configured to carry a console for a steering wheel or joystick for controlling a video game. These parts are connected pivotally to each other by a hinge. The hinge includes a first load-bearing body on which the first frame part is mounted, and a second load-bearing body on which the second frame part is mounted. The hinge has locking means for fixating the first and second frame parts in a desired position relative to each other. A hinge for application in such a seat.
US11547212B1	Orthopedic lounge chair An orthopedic lounge chair includes a substantially flat support surface that has a length, a width, a front side, and a back side and defines a back support section, a seat section foldably joined to the back support section at a first fold junction, and a leg support section foldably joined to the seat section at a second fold junction, a first bolster support coupled to and rising away from the front side of the back support section, the first bolster support extending longitudinally at least a majority of the width of the support surface, a second bolster support coupled to and rising away from the front side of the seat support section, the second bolster support extending longitudinally at least a majority of the width of the support surface, and a third bolster support coupled to and rising away from the front side of the leg support section, the third bolster support extending longitudinally a majority of the width of the support surface, wherein the first bolster, the second bolster, and the third bolster are not located on the first fold junction or the second fold junction of the lounge chair.
US11547208B2	Scoring or beverage station for a toss game A multicomponent modular kit for assembling a scoring station for a toss game includes an upright member, a scoreboard adapted to be repeatedly removably affixed to the upright member, a shelf structure adapted to be repeatedly removably affixed to the upright member and to hold cylindrical beverage containers and a base adapted to be repeatedly removably affixed to the lower section of the upright member to stably hold it in a vertical orientation when the scoreboard and shelf structure are affixed to the upright member and the base is placed on a hard essentially horizontal surface. A multicomponent modular kit for assembling a beverage station has the same components as the scoring station except that it may omit the scoreboard.
US11547204B2	Oral care implement having a release component Described herein is an oral care implement comprising: a handle; and a head coupled to the handle, the head comprising a main body and a release component coupled to the main body, the release component comprising: a water-dissolvable matrix comprising a first polymer having a processing temperature greater than or equal to 130° C.; and a release agent comprising at least one of zinc oxide, potassium nitrate, and tetrapotassium pyrophosphate; wherein the release agent is dispersed throughout the water-dissolvable matrix.
US11547203B2	Cleaning brush attached to oral irrigator A cleaning brush is attached to an oral irrigator that includes a supply pipe stored in a body unit, which has a control unit on the lower side of a cleaning tank in which a cleaning solution is stored, such that cleaning is carried out by supplying the cleaning solution at a predetermined water pressure. The cleaning brush includes a supply hole to which the supply pipe is connected and which is provided on the upper side of a finger cover having an insertion space into which a finger is inserted. Nozzles are formed at predetermined intervals on the upper side of a nozzle unit to which the supply hole is connected. A brush protrudes from the peripheral upper side at which the nozzles are formed. The supply hole has a connection member protruding outward and has a connector having connector-connecting pipes formed on both sides thereof.
US11547202B2	Wire-core applicator having multi-material bristles A mascara brush having a centre made of at least two wire sections twisted together along a longitudinal axis of the wire core, and having a bristle covering made of plastic bristles formed by filaments, each of which bristles is held in a clamping manner between the two wire sections, and which bristles are formed with a wedge-shaped bristle tip or without a wedge-shaped bristle tip on their free ends. At least one portion of the bristles has a bristle coating made of a first softer material, and a bristle core that is joined to the bristle coating and made of a second harder material, and at least these bristles have a transverse cut, in the form of a simple wedge, on one side or on two sides, at least partially on their radially outward free ends, and comprise a wedge-shaped bristle tip having at least one cut surface forming a wedge.
US11547201B1	Rotary hanging chair A rotary hanging chair comprises a cushion, a support frame and a base assembly. The cushion has two ends connected to an upper end of the support frame and is able to swing forwards and backwards with respect to the support frame. A bottom of the support frame is connected to the base assembly and is able to rotate within 360° with respect to the base assembly. The entire rotary hanging chair comprises three detachable parts, thus being simple and practical in structure, not only can swing forwards and backwards like a traditional hanging chair, but also can rotate within 360° to change the direction freely to meet the requirement for switching the view angle, and is small in size, easy to carry and capable of being used both indoors and outdoors.
US11547200B2	Backpack system with waterproof bag Methods and systems are provided for a backpack system including a frame-less waterproof bag and a backpack frame. In one example, a frame-less waterproof bag may include a frame-cap coupled to an outer surface of the frame-less waterproof bag. The frame-cap may be adapted to couple the frame-less waterproof bag with the backpack frame while maintaining a waterproof quality of the frame-less waterproof bag.
US11547199B2	Dual point quick release shoulder strap device In some embodiments, a strap assembly has a chest compression strap having a loop at one end, a connection fitting having an anchoring strip at one end proximate a connection fitting connector and configured to attach to a pack at another end opposite the anchoring strip, and a shoulder strap having a channel proximate a shoulder strap connector and configured to retain the anchoring strip when the connection fitting connector is attached to the shoulder strap connector, the shoulder strap being configured to attach to a pack at another end opposite the shoulder strap connector, the shoulder strap having a guideway through the channel configured to receive the chest compression strap loop, wherein the anchoring strip engages the loop when the anchoring strip is retained in the channel.
US11547197B2	Cosmetic container The invention relates to a cosmetic container. According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a cosmetic container, including: a storing unit providing a first storing space which can store fluid; a discharging unit which discharges the fluid stored in the storing unit to the outside; and a fluid supporting unit which can support from a lower direction fluid which has been discharged to the outside.
US11547190B2	Wheeled bag with extendable support platform A travel bag assembly that utilizes a bag construct with a top surface. A retractable pull handle is provided. A depression is formed in the top surface of the bag construct. A support platform is provided that either directly fits into the depression or can be folded to fit in the depression. The support platform is connected to the bag construct by at least one adjustable shaft. The adjustable shaft enables the support platform to be selectively adjusted in elevation throughout a range above top surface of the bag construct without effecting the retractable pull handle.
US11547189B1	Security bag with privacy cover A transparent bag suitable for carrying into venues holding out such security requirements and a cover that can be removeably secured to the bag to provide privacy and safety when the bag is not being inspected but that can be removed to facilitate bag inspections.
US11547185B2	Locking ring A locking ring includes a first annular band portion and a second annular band portion. The locking ring includes a first and second cutout on at least one end of the respective first and second semi-annular band portions. The ring configuration is made by bringing the first and second semi-annular band portions together. A key member is to be inserted within the first and second cutout to thereby lock the first and second annular band portions into a ring configuration to be worn on a finger. The key member is to be released when the ring configuration is under a threshold pressure to thereby allow the first and second semi-annular band portions to be unlocked.
US11547173B2	Climbing shoe A climbing shoe comprising: a shoe-upper which is shaped so as to accommodate and cover substantially the whole foot of the user; a sole made of polymeric material, which is fixed to the bottom of the shoe-upper so as to cover the front part of the bottom of said shoe-upper; a front tensioning band made of elastomeric material, which is substantially U-bent and is fixed to the toe of the shoe-upper so as to embrace/surround the front part of the bottom of the shoe-upper, while joining to the front sole; a rear patch made of soft and flexible material, which is arranged astride of the rear part of the shoe-upper, in the area above the heel portion of the shoe-upper; and a rear tensioning band which is substantially U-bent and is firmly fixed to the shoe-upper so that the central elbow/bend of the rear tensioning band covers the plantar arch portion of the bottom, and the two branches of the rear tensioning band extend obliquely along the two lateral sides of the shoe-upper up to reach and firmly join said rear patch.
US11547172B2	Size adjustable footwear A size adjustable footwear includes an upper, an insole, a midsole, an outer sole, and a size adjustment mechanism. The midsole includes a heel plate and a toe plate. The upper is perimetrically connected around the midsole. The insole is adjacently connected atop the midsole and internally positioned within the upper. The outer sole is perimetrically connected around the midsole as the midsole is positioned in between the insole and the outer sole. The heel plate and the toe plate are slidably engaged to the size adjustment mechanism. The size adjustment mechanism is operatively integrated in between the heel plate and the toe plate, wherein the size adjustment mechanism elastically expands and contracts the upper, the midsole, and the outer sole.
US11547163B2	Apparel for athletic activities A textile laminate includes a first side, a second side, and a plurality of spaced apart marks formed on the first side. The plurality of marks formed on the first side impart a roughened, uneven surface along the second side that corresponds with the first side, and a surface roughness of the second side varies based upon a degree of stretch applied to the textile laminate.
US11547162B2	Garment with cell phone pockets This invention is directed toward a garment that is comfortable to wear and can safely, with easy accessibility, securely store a cell phone and other important items. A preferred embodiment of the invention is a pair of shorts, with an elasticized waistband that can be tightened by a non-elasticized drawstring cord. There is a seamless, knitted inner layer similar to “boy short” style underwear. This seamless, knitted “boy short” style underwear inner layer provides comfort to the user. Two vertical side hip interior pockets are sewn to the inner layer at the outside of the seamless, knitted “boy short” underwear at the hips of the user, making it comfortable for a user to carry a cell phone and/or other items. The shorts have a thin line of reflective fabric on the seams and hem of the shorts, providing safety for the user.
US11547159B2	Face shield assembly and method A face shield and head covering combination is provided. The head covering comprises a body and an attachment element. The body defines a head opening configured to receive a user's head therethrough. The attachment element is coupled to the body and configured to couple to a face shield positionable on the user's face. The attachment element is configured to transition between a first position on the body and a second position on the body, wherein the second position is spaced from the first position.
US11547155B2	External vacuum expander with non-adhesive rim A tissue expander having a shell, an opening in the shell in communication with an external vacuum source to apply a vacuum within the shell and impart a distracting force to expand tissue, and a rim connected to the shell and adapted to be in contact with a skin of a patient. The rim is non-fixedly attached to the skin of the patient and moves laterally outwardly with respect to the shell under application of the vacuum.
US11547152B2	Re-charging pack for an e-cigarette Various embodiments provide a pack for holding and re-charging an e-cigarette. The pack comprises a pack battery; a body portion including a tube for receiving an e-cigarette; a re-charging mechanism for re-charging the e-cigarette received into the tube using the pack battery; and a lid attached to the body portion. The lid can be opened to allow the e-cigarette to be received into the tube, and closed to retain the e-cigarette in the tube. The pack is configured to transition from a higher power state to a lower power state a predetermined period of time after the lid is opened and before the lid has been shut.
US11547150B2	Aerosol generating device and method for providing adaptive feedback through puff recognition Provided is a device including: a battery configured to supply power; a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating material by receiving power from the battery; a sensor; at least one output unit; and a controller, wherein the controller detects a user's puff by using the sensor and controls at least one output unit based on puff characteristic data based on a result of the detection.
US11547149B2	Electronic cigarette and control method thereof An electronic cigarette and a control method thereof are provided. The electronic cigarette includes a power supply device, a control device, a tobacco heating device and an e-liquid atomizing device. The power supply device is configured to provide electric power to the control device, the tobacco heating device and the e-liquid atomizing device. The tobacco heating device and the e-liquid atomizing device have a common smoke outlet. The control device is electrically connected to each of the tobacco heating device and the e-liquid atomizing device. The control device is configured to control the tobacco in the tobacco heating device to be heated when receiving an instruction for heating the tobacco and control the e-liquid in the e-liquid atomizing device to be atomized when a condition for atomizing the e-liquid is satisfied.
US11547148B2	Aerosol generating device having a magnetic force generator for coupling a case with a cover An aerosol generating device includes a case, a cover having a metallic body and configured to be coupled to the case, a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating material, a magnetic force generator arranged in the case and configured to generate magnetic force acting on the metallic body according to a current applied thereto, and a controller configured to adjust coupling force between the cover and the case arising, which is generated by the magnetic force, by controlling the current applied to the magnetic force generator based on an operating state of the heater.
US11547147B2	Booster circuit, battery device and electronic cigarette The present invention relates to the technical field of electronics, and provides a boosting circuit, a battery device, and an electronic cigarette. An output end of the boosting module is connected to a first end of the protection capacitor; an anode of the rectifier diode is connected to a second end of the protection capacitor, and a cathode of the rectifier diode is connected to the first end and a load of the voltage feedback module; the second end of the voltage feedback module is connected to a feedback end of the boosting module and a first end of the output control resistor, and a second end of the output control resistor is grounded; an enabling end of the boosting module is connected to a controller.
US11547144B2	Aerosol generation device and heater for aerosol generation device Provided according to an exemplary embodiment is a heater for an aerosol generation device, the heater comprising a plurality of segments combined together to form an insertion portion into which an object-to-be-heated is inserted; one or more electrically conductive tracks printed on one surface of each of the plurality of segments and disposed toward the object-to-be-heated; and an elastic member configured to surround at least a part of the plurality of segments.
US11547141B2	Filter tip, tubes, and cones A filter strip is provided for rolling sheets to construct custom cigars and/or cigarettes. The filter strip may be made of a deformable material which can be positioned on one end of the rolling sheet. The filter strip can be folded in a zig zag or spiral filter section with open section located longitudinally below to form a filter tip. The filter tip can assist the user in rolling by hand a substantially cylindrical or conical cigar or cigarette. The filter tip prevents tobacco filler material from being drawn through the cigar or cigarette and into a user's mouth, and permits the entire amount of tobacco filler to be consumed/smoked without risking burned hands and/or lips.
US11547138B2	Tobacco having reduced tobacco specific nitrosamine content The present document generally relates to methods and materials involved in producing tobacco or smokeless tobacco product comprising chlorate. For example, chlorate can be used to reduce tobacco specific nitrosamine content in tobacco or smokeless tobacco products.
US11547137B2	Topical flavouring compositions comprising oleic acid and sodium oleate A topical flavouring product of a solid flavouring dispersed in a non-aqueous continuous medium containing oleic acid and sodium oleate in the relative weight proportions of from 80:20-54:46. A method of applying to the surface of a comestible product a solid flavouring, comprising dispersion of the solid flavouring in a non-aqueous continuous medium in the presence of oleic acid and sodium oleate and its topical application to the product, the oleic acid and sodium oleate being present in the relative weight proportions of from 80:20-54:46.
US11547134B2	Food and beverage product A method for forming a grain-based cereal paste that includes preparing a mixture of the paste and water at a target first cereal-to-water weight ratio, boiling the mixture for a target boiling duration of time, cooling the mixture to a prescribed temperature for a target cooling duration of time, adding enzymes to the mixture, the amount of enzymes calculated based on a dry weight of the paste in the mixture, maintaining the mixture with added enzymes for a specified duration of time at a specified temperature, preparing a dehydrated mixture by removing water from the mixture to result in a prescribed moisture content for the dehydrated mixture, admixing a plant based oil to the dehydrated mixture at a prescribed oil-to-mixture weight ratio, and milling the dehydrated mixture containing the admixed plant based oil to prepare a paste with a particle size in a range of 1 to 120 microns.
US11547128B2	Mogrosides and use thereof The present invention provides a process for preparation of compositions comprising novel mogrosides from fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii. The compositions have superior organoleptic properties compared to known mogroside compositions and are useful in wider range of consumables including foods and beverages.
US11547121B2	Method of concentration of fluid milk using renewable energy A method used for concentration of fluid milk by renewable energy (RE). RE used in the present invention is sole solar energy (SE) at room temperature (25° C.-27° C.). A device of two glass Petri dishes of same size is arranged as upper and lower plates. A volume of 60 ml of pasteurized bovine or camel milk is put in the upper plate and 60 ml of tap water in the lower plate. The device is placed on the bench beside window to be exposed to sunlight, but not to direct sunrays, at room temperature. After about 30 mins water droplets started to appear on the lower face of the upper plate and increased in size with time. With continuous collection of water droplets for 24 hours, 50% of water is removed i.e. giving 50% concentration of milk; after 48 hours the concentration is 16.67%.
US11547120B2	Holding apparatus for holding a gutted poultry carcass or a part thereof during processing in a device for processing gutted poultry carcasses or parts thereof A holding apparatus for holding a gutted poultry body/part during processing has a support body supporting the body/part, a fastening body for holding the support body and fastening the holding apparatus to a circulatingly driven transport unit, and a clamping device for securing the body/part to the support body. The clamping device has a hook for penetrating into soft parts and a clamping lever. The lever has a clamping jaw for clamping parts of the body/part against the hook lower side directed towards the support body. The hook lower side is spaced apart from the support body to form a free space for receiving the parts to be clamped. The clamping lever is movable, against a spring force, from a standby position into a clamping position, and back. The clamping lever also has a centring shoulder projecting into the free space when the clamping lever is in the standby position.
US11547119B2	Plant growth promoter The present invention is a plant growth promoter containing one or more seed shell components of plant selected from Palmae Elaeis, Leguminosae Faboideae, Juglandaceae, Rosaceae Prunus, and Oleeae.
US11547113B2	Liquid polymer suspensions The present invention concerns a suspension of a polymer comprising, in addition to said polymer, a) a liquid medium; b) a monovalent cation salt; c) an alginate.
US11547111B2	Compositions and methods for stabilizing circulating tumor cells Compositions and Methods for Stabilizing Circulating Tumor Cells Methods and compositions for stabilizing a biological sample for analysis, comprising the steps of obtaining in a sample collection device a biological sample from a subject, especially blood, the biological sample including at least one circulating tumor cell from the subject. The methods may include a step of contacting the biological sample with a protective agent composition that includes a preservative agent, an optional anticoagulant, and a quenching agent to form a mixture that includes the protective agent composition and the sample.
US11547110B2	Portable hunting blind chair or seat with simple, reliable, and quick setup and take-down Portable hunting blind including seat/chair for use in hunting or similar environment including side panels and hinge brackets having support arms mounted to side panels; seat mounted to side panels, the seat together with side panels and hinge brackets having support arms form a chair-like structure; skirt put around side panels to conceal hunter sitting on seat; and bonnets and blind top. Blind top conceals hunter while allowing hunter to see what is going on around him. To hunt or to come out of portable hunting blind, hunter stands up throwing back bonnets and hitting the skirt with his knee, thereby detaching skirt. Portable hunting blind is folded by folding side panels along with skirt with help of hinge brackets and by throwing back bonnets to retracted state for easy transport.
US11547109B2	Weed enclosure device A weed enclosure device has a main body with a first enclosure half hingedly connected to a second enclosure half. Each of the first enclosure half and the second enclosure half may be movable about a hinge between a closed position and an opened position. The main body may have a top end and a bottom end. A first aperture may be formed in the top end of the main body. A second aperture may be formed in the bottom end of the main body. At least one divider may be disposed in the main body. The divider may have a plurality of flexible holders.
US11547108B1	Field incinerator A field incinerator has a carriage with a frame. A fuel tank such as a propane tank is mounted to the frame. An outlet passage extends from the tank. An outlet valve is mounted to the outlet passage. The outlet valve controls the outlet passage. The first gauge has a first gauge tap. The first gauge tap is connected to the fuel tank or the outlet passage. The first gauge has a first gauge control parameter. The first gauge control parameter requires less than a first set pressure for activation. The second gauge is connected to the outlet passage downstream from the first gauge. The second gauge has a second gauge control parameter. The second gauge control parameter requires more than a set second pressure for activation. The first gauge control parameter and the second gauge control parameter must both be fulfilled for opening the outlet valve.
US11547106B2	System for insect surveillance and tracking A mosquito surveillance device includes one or more mosquito traps having a camera capable of taking images of mosquitos and transmitting the images electronically to a receiver. Suitable traps include an ovitrap, for example. Images may be transmitted from inside or outside the trap to a receiver using low bandwidth cellular phone networks. The images are processed and displayed using software forming mosquito data. The images may be analyzed and the number of live mosquitos identified, the number of dead mosquitos identified, the species of mosquitos identified, or mapped vector densities in real time identified preferably at high resolution.
US11547104B2	Fishing lure furnishings A fishing lure furnishing is provided, comprising a fishing lure body having an elongate member extending therefrom, wherein the fishing lure body comprises a first side having a non-planar contoured body surface and opposite thereto a second side having a planar body surface, wherein the fishing lure body comprises one or more first apertures disposed at a bottom portion of the fishing lure body; and one or more sets of hooks removably coupled to the fishing lure body, wherein each set of hooks comprises a plurality of hook segments coupled to one another, wherein each hook segment is coupled at a first end adjacent one or more coupling mechanisms disposed within the one or more apertures and terminates at a second end in a hemispherical shape, wherein the one or more coupling mechanisms detach from the lure body or one or more sets of hooks when a threshold amount of force is applied to the one or more coupling mechanisms.
US11547103B2	Fishing tool for bottom-dwelling marine organisms, for fishing Iceland scallops, other scallops and potentially other bottom species such as sea cucumbers, sea urchins, other types of shellfish and species of crab A harvesting unit with one or more pumps including one or more suction nozzles directed towards the seabed, one or more inlets that lead from the suction nozzle to the pump, an outlet to a sorting device, one or more motors for driving the one or more pumps, where the sorting device, which at least separates shellfish from bycatch and foreign bodies, has an outlet for shellfish leading to a collecting unit, a structural main frame that carries at least the harvesting unit, and a towing and launching system for deployment and propulsion of the harvesting unit.
US11547098B2	Terrarium or aquaterrarium An (aqua)terrarium, in particular for ectothermic animals, has a container serving as living space. The (aqua)terrarium is provided with a climate control device that comprises a flow machine, in particular a fan, and an electrothermal converter, in particular a Peltier element. It is provided that the climate control device sucks in air from the container, conditions the sucked-in air by guiding it along a first side of the electrothermal converter, and conveys the conditioned air back into the container.
US11547096B2	Insertable beehive entrance device An insertable beehive entrance device allowing entrance into the beehive and disrupting exit from the beehive in order to make the moving of honey bee hives to a new location less problematic. The device includes a base with an entrance opening and a two legs attached to the base forming a triangular frame, the frame forming an entrance at its apex. The frame includes a mesh top covering and a reflective bottom covering configured to be brighter than the inner hive. Once placed in the hive entrance it allows honey bees to enter the hive through the insertable device but disrupts their normal pattern of exit. Bees are now trapped in the hive making it simpler to move. When catching honey bee swarms, this device placed in the entrance makes coming back for the swarm box more convenient.
US11547090B2	Combined adjustable pet ball-throwing rod A combined adjustable pet ball-throwing rod includes a rod body. A front ball socket is fixed to a first end of the rod body. The front ball socket has a hollow connecting tube. A rear ball socket is detachable and slidably sleeved on the connecting tube. The front ball socket and the rear ball socket form an elastic ball socket. The connecting tube is provided with a retaining portion, the first end of the rod body is provided with a buckling portion, and the buckling portion is buckled in the retaining portion. The quantity of the retaining portions is two, and the two retaining portions are respectively located on two opposite side walls of the connecting tube. The quantity of the buckling portions is two, and one buckling portion is buckled in one retaining portion.
US11547085B2	Pet food container A pet food container includes a hollow body including a top, a bottom, and an outer surface disposed between the top and the bottom. The top has a recessed portion defined by an inner longitudinal surface and recessed top surface. The recessed top surface includes an opening in communication with an interior of the hollow body and the inner longitudinal surface includes a latching mechanism configured to couple to a removable cap.
US11547083B2	Tilt forward head gate for livestock chute Livestock head gate assembly configured to be installed as part of a livestock chute for holding an animal, including a head gate frame and a pair of laterally spaced gate panels laterally shiftable relative to each other between a releasing condition and a holding condition. The gate panels cooperatively define a gate opening, with the gate panels permitting the animal to move through the gate opening in the releasing condition and removably engaging a neck of the animal in the holding condition to restrict animal movement through the gate opening. The head gate frame is configured to be pivotally attached to the chute frame at a pivot joint defining a lateral pivot axis such that the head gate is swingable away from the chute frame toward the holding condition to orient the neck along a longitudinal direction and restrict movement of a head of the animal.
US11547081B2	Tomato hybrid DRTH5007 and parents thereof The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato hybrid DRTH5007. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid DRTH5007 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid DRTH5007 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US11547078B2	Soybean variety 60306167 The soybean variety 60306167 is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and soybean lint as well as to hybrid soybean plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety 60306167 with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of 60306167 and to plants of 60306167 reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from 60306167.
US11547075B2	Soybean variety 01078822 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01078822. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01078822. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01078822 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01078822 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US11547071B2	Methods for disinfecting and inducing direct rapid proliferation of explants of Kadsura coccinea stems with buds A method for disinfecting explants of Kadsura coccinea stems with buds and a method for directly inducing rapid proliferation of sterile buds by using the explants of Kadsura coccinea stems with buds involve processes such as selection, treatment and disinfection of explants, primary culture, subculture proliferation culture. The problem of difficulty in tissue culture and primary culture of Kadsura coccinea stems is solved, and the advantages include low contamination rate of explants, high propagation rate and robust proliferation of axillary buds. This allows obtaining sterile axillary buds of Kadsura coccinea through tissue culture, and provides support for tissue culture, rapid propagation and factory seedling of Kadsura coccinea in the future.
US11547070B2	Vertical-hive green box cultivation systems A Vertical-Hive Green Box (or V-Hive Green Box) is a modular cultivation system utilized in a modular Vertical Farm or Plant Factory, as well as a warehouse-type or greenhouse-type of vertical farm or plant factory. The V-Hive Green Box includes growing boards, lighting boards, and an irrigation system arranged within a frame structure to maximize the quantity of crops that can be grown within an available volume of space in a modular Vertical Farm unit, warehouse or greenhouse per unit time. The V-Hive Green Box can also include aquaculture boards that can be used for aquaculture of aquatic fish and plants.
US11547065B2	Gel-based horticultural plug A gel plug comprised of a gel may be used for growth of plants. The gel may include two polysaccharide components, with a second of the two components providing increased rigidity Plants may be grown, including from seed, in the gel plug.
US11547061B2	Light spectrum-modifying netting for use in citrus fruit production A photo-selective light spectrum-modifying net for use in citrus fruit production, the net comprising a woven array of parallel and mutually spaced first threads and an array of parallel and mutually spaced second threads, the second threads being inclined to the first threads to define an array of openings between the first and second threads, wherein the first threads are uncolored and composed of a first polymer which is selected from a polymer incorporating a white pigment or dye, a transparent polymer or a translucent polymer, and the second threads are colored red and composed of a second polymer which incorporates a red pigment or dye, the second threads being adapted to transmit, scatter and reflect electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range of from 640 to 680 nm. Also disclosed is a method of producing citrus fruit using the net.
US11547057B2	Hydraulic dampening system for a rear gate of a round baler A hydraulic system for operating a rear gate of a baler implement includes a hydraulic cylinder having a housing that defines an interior, and a piston that is moveably disposed within the interior of the housing. The housing includes a first fluid port and a second fluid port, each disposed in fluid communication with a first fluid volume of the hydraulic cylinder. A flow rate control valve is moveable between a first position for directing fluid to or from the first fluid port at a first flow rate, and a second position for directing fluid to or from the second fluid port at a second flow rate. The second flow rate is different than the first flow rate.
US11547053B2	Agricultural vehicle with windguard having offset arms A feeding assembly includes: a frame; a pickup assembly carried by the frame and including a pickup roll, a plurality of tines carried by the pickup roll, and a pair of end flares, each of the end flares being disposed adjacent to a respective lateral end of the pickup roll and configured to redirect crop material picked up by the tines as the pickup roll rotates; and a windguard assembly including a windguard roll coupled to the frame by a pair of arm assemblies. Each of the arm assemblies includes: a first arm pivotably coupled to the frame; a second arm coupled to the first arm and the windguard roll; and an arm connector coupling the first arm to the second arm such that the second arm is laterally offset relative to the first arm and is positioned laterally between a pair of vertical planes defined by the end flares.
US11547052B1	Audible operator feedback for riding lawn mower applications A lawn vehicle network including a lawn vehicle including a movement mechanism and at least one rotatable blade, a circuit capable of residing on the lawn vehicle, a sensor associated with the lawn vehicle and capable of sensing at least one characteristic of the lawn vehicle, a data packet representative of the at least one characteristic of the lawn vehicle, a transmitter connected to the circuit and to a computing device, the transmitter capable of transmitting the data packet to the computing device, the computing device connected to a speaker, the speaker capable of outputting an audible command representing the at least one characteristic of the lawn vehicle.
US11547050B1	Extractor fan assembly with clamshell hub An extractor fan assembly for an extractor of a sugarcane harvester comprises a motor, fan blades, and a clamshell hub. The motor comprises an output that rotates about an axis of rotation. The clamshell hub comprises a base and clamp jaws. The base is coupled to the output for rotation therewith about the axis of rotation. The clamp jaws are positioned angularly about the axis of rotation. Each clamp jaw is fastened to and cooperates with the base to clamp a respective fan blade of the fan blades therebetween to position the fan blades angularly about the axis of rotation.
US11547045B2	Cutting blade A cutting blade for vegetation is provided for example for use in a straw chopper or rotary mower. The blade includes a first base material and a plurality of hard surface beads of at least two different materials formed on at least one surface of the base material extending up to a cutting edge of the base material wherein the plurality of hard surface beads lie alternately side by side with touching side edges and one contains at least one different material of a different hardness relative to the other so that differential wear rates are created, and a wear profile is controlled. The softer material is burnt away at the edge by the cladding laser to form pockets so that the blade is serrated by the pockets when supplied with additional wear increasing the pockets to maintain the serrations.
US11547041B2	Method for detecting lifting of a self-propelled tool from the ground The present disclosure relates to a self-propelled robotic tool (1) and a method in a self-propelled robotic tool (1), being used to detecting lifting of the self-propelled robotic device from the ground. The method includes collecting (21) driving data (31) related to the driving of a wheel (5), collecting (23) measured inertia data from an inertial measurement unit (13), IMU, in the self-propelled robotic tool, determining (25), using an estimation function (33), a residual parameter corresponding to a differential between said measured inertia data and estimated inertia data resulting from said driving data being input to said estimation function, and determining a lifting condition based on the residual parameter.
US11547039B2	Fully-automatic transplanting combined machine A fully-automatic transplanting combined machine includes a traction apparatus, operation apparatus and a control system. The operation apparatus is mounted on the traction apparatus with a main body frame and is towed behind the traction apparatus. The operation apparatus includes a rotary tillage furrowing system, a system for slightly preparing soil and opening narrow furrows, a planting system, and a soil covering compacting system which are arranged successively from front to back. The planting system includes more than one planting unit. The fully-automatic transplanting combined machine is capable of orderly performing rotary tillage, cleaning stubble, leveling a border check, opening a furrow, cutting narrow slits, transplanting, covering soil, compacting soil in untilled soil at one process, so as to create the soil requirements for high-speed transplanting of blanket seedlings such as rape and other crops.
US11547038B2	Plenum for air seeding machine and method of use An air flow system for an air seeding machine includes a tank configured to store an agricultural commodity, a plenum, conduits, and a blower configured to push air flow through the plenum and the conduits to the tank. The plenum includes a uniformly-sloped side wall and geometric first and second ends bounding the side wall. The plenum further includes bleed ports coupled to bleed conduits and configured to conduct air flow to an interior volume of the tanks. The plenum further includes primary ports coupled to primary conduits and configured to conduct air flow to the tanks. The primary conduits receive commodity from the tanks to be deposited in the soil. The geometry of the plenum facilitates an adequate balance of air flow between the primary and bleed conduits so that the commodity most-effectively enters the air stream conducted by the primary conduits.
US11547037B2	Singulating meter A singulating meter includes a seed disc with seed apertures rotates in a vertical plane through a seed reservoir. A horizontal seed tube has an inlet adjacent to the top of the seed disc and the seed apertures move along a seed aperture path toward the inlet. Pressurized air flows into the tube inlet, and through each seed aperture as it rotates upward out of the seed reservoir pushing a seed into each seed aperture which seed then moves along the seed aperture path through about 180 degrees of rotation to a release position at the top of the path where the seed is carried horizontally into the seed tube. An ejector pushes debris out of the seed apertures into the seed tube. An alignment guide moves the singulator element of the meter into the operating position where same is magnetically secured.
US11547035B1	Lift assist for an electrically driven hitch on an robotic vehicle A spring is combined between the chassis and the pair of links arms. An electric actuator is combined between the chassis and the pair of links arms for compressing the spring with the assistance of gravity on a downward stroke of the electric actuator while lowering the pair of link arms, and wherein the pair of link arms are raised by an outward stroke of both the electric actuator and the spring.
US11553633B2	Mounting device, information processing device, mounting method, and information processing method A mounting device comprises: a mounting head having multiple pickup members configured to pick up components; a mounting control section configured to cause a second component to be picked up later when a first component, held by the mounting head at a predetermined height, and the second component, held by the mounting head at a lowered position lower than the predetermined height, are picked up with the mounting head; the mounting control section being configured to cause the second component to be released earlier when the mounting head, having picked up the first component and the second component, releases a component.
US11553631B2	Systems and methods for removing an adhesively-attached component from a circuit board assembly Apparatus and associated methods relate to removing an adhesively-attached component from a circuit board assembly. A complementary pair of high-permeability members are positioned on opposite sides of the circuit board assembly about the adhesively-attached component. Then, a magnetic field is induced within the complementary pair of high permeability members via a coil driver generating an AC current in an inductive coil circumscribing a central pedestal of the complementary pair of high-permeability members. The magnetic field induced is directed through the adhesively-attached component via a central pedestal located proximate the adhesively-attached component. A return path for the magnetic field is provided about a periphery of the adhesively-attached component via a peripheral pedestal.
US11553629B2	Shielding member and electronic device including the same An electronic device including a shielding member for performing an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding function is provided. The electronic device includes a printed circuit board including a first area in which first electronic components having a first frequency as a driving frequency are mounted, and a second area in which second electronic components having a second frequency as a driving frequency are mounted, a shielding film disposed to cover the first area and the second area of the printed circuit board and attached to a first ground portion of the printed circuit board, and at least one conductive member formed to extend in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the printed circuit board. The at least one conductive member includes a first end that contacts the shielding film, and a second end that contacts a second ground portion of the printed circuit board, the second end being disposed between the first area and the second area of the printed circuit board.
US11553628B2	Power conversion apparatus, and method of manufacturing power conversion apparatus A power conversion apparatus includes a case having a heat-dissipation property, and including a housing part formed to surround a predetermined space, a resin material having a thermal conductivity, the resin material being provided in the predetermined space, a coil disposed in the predetermined space, a coil case having a shape that fits with the housing part, the coil case being configured to house the coil, and a power semiconductor device disposed along a side wall of the coil case. The power semiconductor device is pressed and fixed between a side wall of the housing part and the side wall of the coil case in a state where a heat dissipation surface is in contact with the side wall of the housing part.
US11553621B2	Heat dissipation base A heat dissipation base includes a fixing plate and a metal heat conduction block. The fixing plate includes a plurality of heat pipe partitions and a plurality of heat pipe fixing openings, and the heat pipe fixing openings are formed between the heat pipe partitions. The metal heat conduction block is fixed to the fixing plate, and the fixing plate further includes a plurality of supporting portions to support shear surfaces at two ends of the heat conduction block.
US11553619B2	Control device and control method A processing executing unit of a control device is configured to set the number of blocks to be read indicating the number of blocks to be read from a storage unit per unit time and a fan rotational speed of a fan motor in accordance with the amount of allowable machining error or a feed rate of a table that is inputted by an operator, and further configured to read a machining program from the storage unit block by block at the set number of blocks to be read and cause a fan control unit to perform a process to drive the fan motor at the set fan rotational speed.
US11553616B2	Module with power device The present disclosure provides a module including a circuit board, a first component and a second component. The circuit board includes a first side and a second side opposite to each other and includes a first plane and second plane disposed on the first side. A first height difference is formed between the first plane and the second plane. The first component and the second component are disposed on the first plane and the second plane, respectively. The first component and the second component include a first contact surface and a second contact surface, respectively. The first contact surface and the second contact surface are coplanar with a first surface of the module. It benefits to reduce the design complexity of a heat-transfer component, and enhance the heat dissipation capability and the overall power density of the module simultaneously.
US11553614B2	Electronic device including flexible display An electronic device comprises a first structure including a first plate providing a first surface and a second surface and a second structure coupled to surround at least a portion of the first structure and configured to guide the first structure in a direction parallel with the first surface or the second surface. The device also includes a roller mounted on an edge of the second structure and a flexible display including a first area mounted on the first surface and a second area extending from the first area. The device also includes at least one support sheet mounted on the roller and wound around the roller as the roller rotates. The support sheet is wound around the roller when the second area is received inside the second structure, and is unfolded inside the second area when the second area is exposed to the outside of the second structure.
US11553609B2	Reel and display device A reel and a display device are provided. The display device includes the reel, the reel includes a reel body, and the reel body is cylindrical. The reel body is provided with a first ring mounting groove along an extending direction of a length of a cylinder, and a depth of the first ring mounting groove corresponds to a thickness of a flexible display screen to be mounted.
US11553607B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes: a circuit board having a wiring board on which wiring is formed, and an electronic component that is electrically and mechanically connected to the wiring via a first solder. A base is provided to accommodate the circuit board, and has a side wall that faces a side surface of the wiring board. A leaf spring arranged on the circuit board, and is configured to be contactable with the base. The leaf spring includes a fixing portion arranged on the circuit board and a pressing portion extending from and connected to the fixing portion and pressing the side wall, and the pressing portion in a biased state toward a housing establishes a contact thereto when the circuit board is put in and accommodated by the base.
US11553606B2	Display device According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first submodule having a display panel, a second submodule having a cover member located on the display panel, and a first decoupling layer located between the first submodule and the second submodule, and each of the first submodule and the second submodule has a single neutral plane.
US11553603B2	Method of manufacturing circuit board and circuit board A method includes preparing a first substrate member in which a cavity is formed. Moreover, the method includes preparing a magnetic member having a plurality of magnetic pieces. The magnetic member is placed in the cavity, and the second substrate member is placed on the first substrate member to close the cavity. The cavity is defined at least in part by a pair of wall surfaces facing each other in a lateral direction and opens upward in an up-down direction perpendicular to the lateral direction. The magnetic pieces are coupled with each other by positioning members so as to be arranged at regular intervals in a predetermined direction. The placing of the magnetic member in the cavity is carried out so that the predetermined direction coincides with the lateral direction or a front-rear direction perpendicular to both of the lateral direction and the up-down direction.
US11553600B2	Device for manufacturing conductive film Provided is a device configured to manufacture a conductive film including a rotating member, a first syringe, and a second syringe. The rotating member rotates about an axis extending in a first direction. The first syringe is disposed over a first portion of the rotating member, and is configured to discharge a first polymer and conductive balls. The second syringe is adjacent to the first syringe, and is configured to discharge a second polymer.
US11553598B2	Integrated electro-optical flexible circuit board An integrated electro-optical circuit board comprises a first flexible substrate having a top side and a bottom side, at least one first optical circuit on the bottom side of the first flexible substrate connected to the top surface through a filled via, at least one first metal trace on the top side of the first flexible substrate, an optical adhesive layer connecting the bottom side of the first flexible substrate to a top side of a second flexible substrate, and at least one second metal trace on a bottom side of the second flexible substrate connected by a filled via through the second flexible substrate, the optical adhesive layer, and the first flexible substrate to the at least one first metal trace.
US11553595B2	Printed circuit board comprising a plurality of power transistor switching cells in parallel A printed circuit board comprises N power switching cells operating in parallel and respectively comprising a transistor leg, at least one decoupling capacitor and a gate driver circuit. Each transistor leg comprises respective first and second transistors in series, a drain of the first transistor being connected to a positive DC line, a source of the second transistor being connected to a negative DC line, a source of the first transistor being connected to a drain of the second through a connection middle-point connected to an output terminal. Each gate driver circuit controls respective switching ON and OFF of the corresponding first and second transistors. The N transistor legs of the corresponding N power switching cells are positioned to substantially form a convex polygon having N edges of substantially the same length, each one of the N transistor legs being positioned along one of the edges of the convex polygon.
US11553594B2	Wireless machine condition monitoring device A condition monitoring device configured to be mounted on a machine for sensing, for example, vibrations produced by the machine during operation, includes a base, a printed circuit board assembly lying in a first plane, and first and second fasteners, each having a longitudinal axis, lying in a second plane perpendicular to the first plane, the first and second fasteners extending through the printed circuit board assembly and into the base. A third plane is perpendicular to the first and second planes and is located halfway between the longitudinal axes of the first and second fasteners. An integrated power supply is connected to the printed circuit board assembly, and at least two active sensing cells, such as vibration sensors, are arranged symmetrically relative to the second plane and/or symmetrically relative to the third plane.
US11553590B2	Electronic device The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, and the electronic device may include a circuit board provided within a main body of the electronic device, on which a conductive layer made of a conductive material and a dielectric layer made of an insulating material are alternately laminated; at least one or more patch antennas disposed on the circuit board; a core layer located at a central portion inside the circuit board, and configured with any one of the dielectric layers; a ground layer disposed below the core layer; and an EBG structure located inside the circuit board in a symmetrical shape at the top and bottom with respect to the core layer, and the EBG structure restricts operating frequency signals radiated from the respective patch antennas from being interfered with each other.
US11553589B2	Backplane footprint for high speed, high density electrical connectors A printed circuit board includes a plurality of layers including attachment layers and routing layers; and columns of via patterns formed in the plurality of layers, wherein via patterns in adjacent columns are offset in a direction of the columns, each of the via patterns comprising: first and second signal vias forming a differential signal pair, the first and second signal vias extending through at least the attachment layers; and at least one conductive shadow via located between the first and second signal vias of the differential pair. In some embodiments, at least one conductive shadow via is electrically connected to a conductive surface film.
US11553588B2	Transmission line board, and joint structure of transmission line board A transmission line board includes an insulating substrate including a first principal surface, first and second signal lines, first and second signal electrodes, which are provided at the insulating substrate. The first signal electrode is connected to the first signal line, and is connected by capacitive coupling to a different circuit board. The second signal electrode is connected to the second signal line, and is connected to the different circuit board via a conductive binder. The first signal line is provided to transmit a signal in a first frequency band, and the second signal line is provided to transmit a signal in a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band.
US11553587B2	Display panel with internal traces proofed against electromagentic interference A display panel with display and non-display regions has pixel units in the display region. The non-display region defines a bonding region in which there are traces and driving chips. The driving chips are bonded in a flexible printed circuit, and electrically connect with the pixel units. The traces include high-speed signal traces, power traces, and grounding traces. The grounding traces are adjacent to the power traces and so disposed as to shield against electromagnetic interference affecting the signal and power traces, the grounding traces serving as reference ground to the power traces, and form a shield against electromagnetic interference.
US11553582B2	Optical isolation module An optical source for a photolithography tool includes a source configured to emit a first beam of light and a second beam of light, the first beam of light having a first wavelength, and the second beam of light having a second wavelength, the first and second wavelengths being different; an amplifier configured to amplify the first beam of light and the second beam of light to produce, respectively, a first amplified light beam and a second amplified light beam; and an optical isolator between the source and the amplifier, the optical isolator including: a plurality of dichroic optical elements, and an optical modulator between two of the dichroic optical elements.
US11553579B2	Three-way switch A multiway switching device may comprise a wireless device in communication with a relay and a manual switch of the device. A toggle state of the relay may be indicative of an electrical configuration between conductors and rectifier circuits of the multiway switching device. The wireless device may receive, from the manual switch or from an external device, a signal indicative of a modification to the toggle state of the relay. Based on the signal, the wireless device may cause the modification to the toggle state of the relay. The wireless device may cause output of a status signal indicative of the modification to the toggle state of the relay.
US11553578B2	Light device and a lighting system A lighting device comprising a controller arranged to convey a cryptographic message to a load indicative of an instruction for said load to consume an amount of power during a selected time-interval; determine the power consumed during said selected time-interval and determine a condition indicative of an unauthorized load when said determined power is different from one which is expected.
US11553565B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, substrate processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium A substrate processing technology including: transferring a substrate to a process chamber and mounting the substrate on a substrate holder; heating the substrate with a heating device to perform predetermined substrate processing; determining the number of times of the predetermined substrate processing that has been performed that the predetermined substrate processing has been performed a preset number of times or more, determining whether it is necessary to adjust a mounting position at which the substrate is mounted on the substrate holder; and when it is determined that a mounting position adjustment is necessary, determining the mounting position by comparing the substrate temperature measured at the performing the predetermined substrate processing with a premeasured temperature of the substrate which corresponds to the mounting position and is stored in a memory.
US11553564B2	Method for a cooktop In a method for a cooktop, in particular for producing and/or operating the cooktop, which has at least one variable cooking surface, the cooking surface is partitioned in an operating mode along a partitioning direction into a plurality of heating zones to which at least one heating parameter is assigned in each case in a location-dependent manner in order to heat a cooking utensil that is deposited on the heating zone. In order to ensure flexible production and/or flexible operation of the cooktop, during partitioning of the cooking surface into the heating zones in at least one peripheral region of the cooking surface, at least one cooking utensil characteristic is taken into account.
US11553562B2	Aerosol delivery device having a resonant transmitter An aerosol delivery device is provided that comprises a control body and an aerosol source member. The aerosol delivery device includes a resonant transformer comprising a resonant transmitter and a resonant receiver. The aerosol source member includes an inhalable substance medium at least a portion of which is positioned proximate the resonant transmitter. The resonant transmitter is configured to generate an oscillating magnetic field and induce an alternating voltage in the resonant receiver when exposed to the oscillating magnetic field, such that the alternating voltage causes the resonant receiver to generate heat and thereby vaporize components of the inhalable substance medium to produce an aerosol. In some implementations, the resonant receiver comprises part of the control body. In other implementations, the resonant receiver comprises part of the aerosol source member.
US11553560B2	Apparatus and method for supporting continuity of edge computing service in mobile network Methods and an apparatus for providing an edge computing service to a UE in a mobile communication network and. The method comprises: receiving, from an AMF, a PDU session modification command including first information instructing modification of a PUD session for the MEC service and valid time of the PDU session; transmitting, to the AMF, a PDU session modification command NACK message including second information indicating a wait until transmission of an ACK, when relocation of an application context corresponding to the PDU session is possible within the valid time of the PDU session; transmitting, to an MEC system providing the service, an application context relocation request message; and transmitting, to the AMF, a PDU session modification command ACK in response to receiving an application context relocation complete message from the MEC system, wherein the PDU session modification command and the PDU session modification command NACK message are NAS messages.
US11553559B2	Session management function derived core network assisted radio access network parameters Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for session management function derived core network assisted radio access network parameters. One method includes receiving session management function derived core network assisted radio access network parameters from a session management function. The method includes storing the session management function derived core network assisted radio access network parameters in a protocol data unit session level context. The method includes using the session management function derived core network assisted radio access network parameters to determine an expected session activity behavior parameter set.
US11553557B2	Method and apparatus for performing cooperative communication in wireless communication system In a wireless communication system, a user equipment (UE) transmits, to a base station (BS), UE capability information comprising whether the UE supports cooperative communication for receiving physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) from a plurality of transmission reception points (TRPs) in a particular time-frequency resource, obtains, via radio resource control (RRC), information about whether the cooperative communication is to be applied from the BS, identifies a format of a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) received from the BS based on whether the BS is to apply the cooperative communication, and determines transmission configuration indication (TCI) states according to the respective TRPs, based on the identified format of the MAC CE.
US11553555B2	Methods and apparatuses for faster radio frequency activation Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for faster radio frequency (RF) activation are provided. One method may include transmitting by a network node, or receiving by a user equipment, a connection release message for the user equipment, wherein the connection release message comprises an indication for the user equipment to start measuring secondary cells after connection release. The method may then include during or immediately after connection setup or connection resume, receiving by the network node or transmitting by the user equipment, an indication of availability of measurements of the secondary cells.
US11553553B2	Configuring discontinuous reception on a sidelink Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method of wireless communications, including: receiving, at a first user equipment from a network, a sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration; configuring a sidelink DRX cycle at the first user equipment based on the sidelink DRX configuration; receiving, at the first user equipment from the network, data for a second user equipment; and sending, from the first user equipment to the second user equipment on a sidelink in accordance with the sidelink DRX cycle, the data for the second user equipment.
US11553552B2	Communication terminal, control device, communication system, and communication method To provide a communication terminal that ensures the coincidence of Paging timing between a UE and a control device when an eDRX parameter is updated in a control device, a communication terminal (10) according to the present disclosure includes a receiving unit (11) for receiving a Tracking Area Registration Accept message or a Location Registration Accept message sent from a control device (30), and a sending unit (12) for sending a Tracking Area Registration Complete message or a Location Registration Complete message to the control device (30) when a first eDRX (Extended Idle Mode DRX) parameter is contained in the Tracking Area Registration Accept message or the Location Registration Accept message.
US11553551B2	Method and device for supporting double connection of RRC inactivation mode in next generation mobile communication system Disclosed are: a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system; and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security, and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. Disclosed are a method and a device for supporting the connection of a terminal operating in an RRC inactivation mode.
US11553550B2	Method and apparatus for supporting security in RRC inactive state in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for supporting security in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives information on multiple security variables, of which each variable is mapped to each of multiple counter values, respectively. The UE calculates a security parameter and/or updating a UE identifier (ID) based on a security variable among the security variables which is mapped to a corresponding counter value among the multiple counter values, and transmits a radio resource control (RRC) resume request message including the calculated security parameter and/or the updated UE ID. The counter value may be increase whenever a timer expires or an RRC reject message is received as a response to the RRC resume request message.
US11553548B2	Intelligent cellular channel management Various arrangements for performing intelligent cellular channel management are presented herein. A physical cellular communication channel may be established between a user equipment (UE) and a cellular network for sending a short message service (SMS) message in response to a cellular service request from the UE. One or more characteristics of the UE, the SMS message, or both may be analyzed. A duration of time for which the physical cellular communication channel is kept active may be based on the analyzed one or more characteristics. A channel maintenance instruction may be transmitted to keep the physical cellular communication channel active based on a cellular network messaging controller determining to adjust the duration of time for which the physical cellular communication channel is kept active.
US11553541B2	Wi-fi connection method and device A Wi-Fi connection method and a device is provided. The method includes: searching an ambient environment of a device for a Wi-Fi access point, to obtain a list of Wi-Fi access points; determining a target access point in the list of Wi-Fi access points; sending a connection request to a device in which the target access point resides; receiving feedback information that is returned, according to the connection request, by the device in which the target access point resides, where the feedback information indicates whether the target access point is a portable Wi-Fi hotspot; and if the feedback information indicates that the target access point is a portable Wi-Fi hotspot, outputting prompt information, where the prompt information is used to remind a user of the device that the target access point is a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
US11553539B2	Communication apparatus and communication method In a communication apparatus on a network where communication apparatuses perform direct communication with each other, a network management apparatus for managing the network based on message information transmitted and received on the network is determined. When the communication apparatus itself is determined as the network management apparatus, the apparatus collects information indicating device capabilities from other communication apparatuses. On the other hand, the communication apparatus receives information indicating device capabilities from another communication apparatus when the other communication apparatus is determined as the network management apparatus.
US11553536B2	Channel coordination method and apparatus Provided are a channel coordination method and apparatus. The method may be used by a first access point (AP) that is currently serving a terminal. In response to determining that a channel needs to be configured for a real-time service initiated by the terminal, the first AP detects a second AP that requires channel coordination. The first AP sends channel coordination request signalling to the second AP, wherein the channel coordination request signalling comprises a designated channel that the first AP requests to coordinate. In response to receiving first channel coordination feedback signalling, which is used for indicating to agree to coordinate the designated channel, sent from the second AP, the first AP determines, according to the first channel coordination feedback signalling, that the second AP agrees to coordinate the designated channel.
US11553534B2	Handling collisions due to multiple radio resource control (RRC) connection requests Disclosed are techniques for handling collisions between multiple radio resource control (RRC) connection establishment procedures for multiple connection events, such as mobile terminating pages and tracking area updates.
US11553533B2	Efficient transmission of a response signal for a random access preamble transmitted from legacy or extension carrier capable devices In order to provide a transmission device and transmission method with which a response signal for random access preamble transmitted from a preamble transmission device is efficiently transmitted, setting unit in base station sets a first resource candidate group, which enables terminal capable of receiving a latch response transmitted by demodulation reference signal (DMRS) transmission to be selected, and a second resource candidate group, which enables terminal incapable of receiving a latch response transmitted by DMRS transmission but capable of receiving a latch response transmitted by cell-specific reference signal (CRS) transmission to be selected. Control unit selects DMRS transmission as the latch response transmission method when a resource in which latch preamble has been received is included in the first candidate group, but selects CRS transmission as the latch response transmission method when the resource is included in the second resource candidate group.
US11553532B2	Delay reduction method and apparatus This application discloses a delay reduction method and apparatus, applied to a random access process. The method includes: sending, by a terminal device, a message 1 to a network device, where the message 1 is a random access preamble; receiving, by the terminal device, a message 2 sent by the network device; and sending, by the terminal device, a message 3 to the network device, where a time gap between receiving the message 2 and sending the message 3 is set by the terminal based on a timing advance (TA) value. In an embodiment, the TA value is related to a message 1 format of the terminal device and a cell radius or subcarrier spacing supported by the message 1. In this solution, a TA value is reduced, and random access efficiency is improved.
US11553519B2	Method for configuring contention free random access resource, user equipment and network device A method and a device for configuring a contention free random access resource are provided. The method includes: transmitting target resource indication information to a user equipment based on a pre-defined mapping relationship; where the target resource indication information is used to determine a physical random access channel transmission occasion (RO) resource, the target resource indication information includes at least one of a physical random access channel (PRACH) mask index or an RO resource index, and the pre-defined mapping relationship includes a correspondence between a value range of the target resource indication information and the RO resource.
US11553513B2	Methods and apparatuses for determining a placement and duration of a transient period of an on/off time mask for uplink transmission A method in a wireless device is disclosed. The wireless device receives an uplink grant from a network node, the uplink grant scheduling one or more uplink transmissions by the wireless device. The wireless device selects an ON/OFF time mask to use for transmitting the one or more uplink transmissions. The wireless device determines, based on the received uplink grant, an allowed placement of a transient period of the selected ON/OFF time mask and a duration of the transient period to use for the one or more uplink transmissions.
US11553510B2	Multi-slot transport block configurations In some aspects, multi-slot transport block (TB) configurations for communicating data between wireless devices, such as between a base station and a user equipment (UE), in a wireless communication system are described. Some examples of multi-slot configurations enable the communication of large payloads. For example, an application of a wireless device may jointly process data from a large file or other large set of packets. In such examples, the wireless device transmitting the large file may utilize a multi-slot TB including multiple TB segments corresponding to respective slots of a transmission. Similarly, a wireless device receiving the large file may utilize the multi-slot TB configuration for receiving the data.
US11553509B2	Enhanced PUCCH format 0 and format 1 design for new radio unlicensed spectrum operation An apparatus (e.g., a user equipment (UE)) maps a plurality of mutually orthogonal sequences to each of a plurality of physical resource blocks (PRBs) within an interlace. The apparatus then performs a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission in a New Radio unlicensed spectrum (NR-U). The apparatus also receives an assignment of a set of sequences for each PRB of the plurality of PRBs from a wireless network. In response, the apparatus performs an uplink control information (UCI) transmission via the PUCCH in the NR-U.
US11553505B2	Method and apparatus for determining transmission direction and transmission channel and computer storage medium This application discloses a method for determining transmission direction performed at a terminal and an associated computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: obtaining, by the terminal, first configuration signaling, wherein the first configuration signaling indicates that one or more symbols in a slot are used to transmit data in a first transmission direction; obtaining, by the terminal, second configuration signaling, wherein the second configuration signaling indicates that at least one of the one or more symbols in the slot is used to transmit data in a second transmission direction; determining, by the terminal, transmitting data on the one or more symbols in the first transmission direction, and not transmitting data on the at least one of the one or more symbols in the second transmission direction, wherein the first configuration signaling is cell-specific radio resource control (RRC) signaling.
US11553503B2	Prioritized messaging and resource selection in vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) sidelink communication Embodiments of a Generation Node-B (gNB), User Equipment (UE) and methods for communication are generally described herein. The gNB may allocate a resource pool of physical resource blocks (PRBs) and sub-frames for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) sidelink transmissions. The gNB may receive, from a UE, an uplink control message that indicates that the UE requests a V2V sidelink transmission of a prioritized message. The gNB may select, for the V2V sidelink transmission of the prioritized message, one or more PRBs and one or more sub-frames. The gNB may transmit, to the UE and to other UEs, a downlink control message that indicates: the selected PRBs, the selected sub-frames, and that the other UEs are to mute sidelink transmissions in the selected PRBs in the selected sub-frames to enable the V2V sidelink transmission of the prioritized message.
US11553502B2	Recalibrating resource profiles for network slices in a 5G or other next generation wireless network The technologies described herein are generally directed to facilitating the allocation, scheduling, and management of network slice resources. According some embodiments, a system can facilitate performance of operations. The operations can include, based on a request for a network service type that was received from a user device, allocating a network slice of a network to the user device, with the network slice being previously assigned a capacity of a resource of the network in accordance with a resource profile. Further, operations include monitoring performance of the network slice, resulting in monitored slice performance compared to a performance requirement of the network service type. Another operation includes, based on the monitored slice performance, facilitating recalibration of the resource profile in accordance with a condition associated with the network service type, resulting in a modification of the capacity of the resource assigned to the network slice.
US11553496B2	Method and system for provisioning signalling in integrated access backhaul (IAB) network Accordingly embodiments herein achieve signaling method and system (2000) for provisioning signalling in an Integrated Access Backhaul (IAB) network (1000). The method includes providing a set of modifications in uplink and downlink signaling for an IAB node (100). The modifications either help to reduce the control channel payload or enable more flexible signaling of resources, improve efficient control channel scheduling and also avoid conflicts that might arise due to discrepancies between semi static and dynamic resource allocation.
US11553495B2	Method and device for sending uplink channel, and method and device for receiving uplink channel Provided are a method and device for sending an uplink channel and a method and device for receiving an uplink channel. The method includes that a terminal device determines a first transmission resource on a first time unit on a first carrier. The first transmission resource is configured to transmit a first uplink channel. The first transmission resource is allocated with N frequency domain units on a frequency domain, where N is a positive integer, and N≥2. The method also includes that the terminal device transmits the first uplink channel by the first transmission resource. By means of the uplink channel transmission method in embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal device can utilize a transmission power more efficiently.
US11553491B2	User terminal and radio communication method The present invention is designed so that it is possible to communicate adequately depending on user terminal-specific capabilities, in a system where wide frequency bands are supported. A user terminal has a receiving section that receives band information, which indicates a prospective downlink (DL) band, which is a band where a DL signal might be allocated, and/or a prospective uplink (UL) band, which is a band where a UL signal might be allocated, and a control section that configures the DL band candidate and/or the UL band candidate in a user terminal-specific manner based on the band information.
US11553488B2	Physical downlink shared channel reference signal puncturing Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. According to one or more aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify, for a set of time periods associated with a reference signal associated with a physical downlink shared channel, an overlap between a first set of frequency resources allocated for the reference signal and a second set of frequency resources that are scheduled to puncture the first set of resources and that are unavailable for scheduling on the physical downlink shared channel. The UE may determine a remaining set of frequency resources from the first set of frequency resources based on the overlap, and a subset of frequency resources from the remaining set of frequency resources based on a reference signal processing configuration. The UE may then process the reference signal in the subset of frequency resources based on the reference signal processing configuration.
US11553486B2	Information transmission method, network device, and terminal An information transmission method, a network device and a terminal are provided. The method includes: sending configuration information of a first configuration of a physical uplink shared channel or a physical downlink shared channel; determining RVs corresponding to TOs in a second configuration of the physical uplink shared channel or the physical downlink shared channel according to the configuration information, wherein, RVs corresponding to TOs overlapped in time domain in the first configuration and in the second configuration are the same; transmitting the physical uplink shared channel or the physical downlink shared channel according to the RVs.
US11553483B2	Measuring a signal from a neighboring device A disclosure of the present specification provides a method for performing measurements. The method may performed by a user equipment (UE) comprise: performing, by the UE, measurements; based on that (i) the measurements are for measuring a cross link interference (CLI) and (ii) that the measurements are performed on a sounding reference signal (SRS) from a neighboring UE in a neighboring cell, adjusting a time error between a downlink reference timing in a serving cell and a SRS arrival timing from the neighboring UE. The adjustment is performed based on offset.
US11553473B2	Terminal, radio communication method, and base station A terminal is disclosed including a receiver that receives information comprising a first indicator regarding a search space set categorization and a second indicator regarding a search space set index, the first indicator and the second indicator corresponding to each of one or more search space sets; and a processor that controls a monitoring of downlink control channel candidates allocated to each of the search space sets based on the search space set categorization and the search space set index. In other aspects, a radio communication method and a base station are also disclosed.
US11553470B2	Beam management for high-pathloss mode operations Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. When operating in a high-pathloss mode, wireless devices in a network may transmit or receive downlink control information (DCI) that schedules a transmission time interval (TTI) for a physical shared channel (such as a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH)). A wireless device may determine one or more intervals that correspond to a periodic signal that collides with portions of the TTI. Based on the identified intervals, the wireless device may communicate over the physical shared channel during the TTI. In such cases, the TTI may overlap in time with the one or more intervals to allow communication of the periodic signal during the portions of the TTI. For instance, a periodic signal may be transmitted or received during each of the one or more intervals.
US11553468B2	Control channel configuration A wireless device may receive at least one radio resource control (RRC) message comprising a field indicating a starting symbol for an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH). The wireless device may receive an ePDCCH signal. The ePDCCH may start from the starting symbol plus an offset value.
US11553465B2	Channel configuration method, communication node, and storage medium A channel configuration method, a communication node and a storage medium are disclosed. The method includes: determining information about a correspondence between a first channel set and a second channel set; determining a second transmission mode set corresponding to the second channel set according to the information about the correspondence between the first channel set and the second channel set and a first transmission mode set corresponding to the first channel set; and transmitting or receiving a channel in the second channel set according to the second transmission mode set.
US11553462B2	Wireless communication device and corresponding apparatus, method and computer program Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to wireless communication devices, systems comprising wireless communication devices, and to an apparatus, a method and a computer program for a wireless communication device. The apparatus comprises a transceiver module for transmitting and receiving wireless transmissions. The apparatus comprises a processing module that is configured to control the transceiver module. The processing module is configured to communicate with a further wireless communication device via the transceiver module. The communication with the further wireless communication device is based on a transmission of data frames between the wireless communication device and the further wireless communication device. Each data frame is based on a two-dimensional grid in a time-frequency plane having a time dimension resolution and a frequency dimension resolution. The processing module is configured to select a communication mode from a plurality of communication modes for the communication between the wireless communication device and the wireless communication device. The communication mode defines a combination of a frequency dimension resolution and a time dimension resolution of the two-dimensional grid in the time-frequency plane.
US11553459B2	Resource allocation method and device for supporting vehicle communication in next generation mobile communication system Disclosed are: a communication technique for merging, with IOT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system; and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security, and safety-related services, and the like) based on 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. A method of a terminal in a wireless communication system, according to the present invention, comprising: receiving system information including a V2X parameter; receiving a data packet based on the V2X parameter; and updating a state variable on the data packet when the data packet is related to a new service, wherein a sequence number included in the state variable is updated based on a sequence number of a data packet received for the first time.
US11553457B2	Coordination between multicast/broadcast communication and unicast communication Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration for a shared physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The UE may receive a first communication via the shared PDSCH and a first bearer based at least in part on the configuration, the first communication being one of a unicast communication or a multicast/broadcast communication. The UE may receive a second communication via the shared PDSCH and the first bearer or a second bearer based at least in part on the configuration, the second communication being the other of the unicast communication or the multicast/broadcast communication. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11553456B2	RAN area ID configuration A method comprising configuring a user equipment in a low activity state to operate within a radio access network wherein a radio access network notification area for the user equipment is defined based on a list of logically associated radio access network paging areas, wherein each of the logically associated radio access network paging areas is a subset of a core network tracking area identified by a paging area code value which is unique within the core network associated tracking area.
US11553453B2	Active geo-location for orthogonal frequency division multiplex wireless local area network devices using additive correlation in the time domain A method in a wireless device (WD) is described. The method is performed for determining a geo-location of a target station using round-trip times (RTTs) of a plurality of signals transmitted by the WD to the target station and a plurality of response signals received from the target station. The method includes determining expected time domain symbols of an expected response signal, and, for each transmitted signal of the plurality of signals, determining a first time, opening a reception window for receiving a response signal, receiving the response signal within the reception window, frequency shifting the expected time domain symbols, and cross-correlating the time domain symbols with the frequency shifted expected time domain symbols. In addition, the method includes determining a peak correlation value, a second time, and the RTT for each one of the transmitted plurality of signals based at least on the first time and the second time.
US11553452B2	Positioning control method and device, positioning system and storage medium A positioning control method includes: determining a position of a positioning object; determining, based on the position of the positioning object, at least one target positioning beacon whose distance to the positioning object satisfies a predetermined condition; and sending a prompt message to the target positioning beacon, wherein the prompt message is intended to instruct a positioning beacon to switch a broadcast frequency from a first frequency to a second frequency which is greater than the first frequency.
US11553450B2	Methods and apparatus for locating mobile devices using wireless signals in mixed mode Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for locating mobile devices using wireless signals in mixed mode. A disclosed method includes generating an access point signal matrix based on signal strength values based on first signal data collected at a mobile device corresponding to first signals received from a plurality of access points for a first period of time, and based on second signal data collected at the plurality of access points corresponding to second signals received from the mobile device and the plurality of access points for a second period of time, determining a first group of contour perimeters corresponding to first ones of the signal strength values in the access point signal matrix that satisfy a first threshold, the first group of contour perimeters including an obstructed contour perimeter corresponding to second ones of the signal strength values in the access point signal matrix that do not satisfy the first threshold, determining a second group of contour perimeters by replacing the obstructed contour perimeter with a corrected contour perimeter, and determining a location of the mobile device based on the second group of contour perimeters including the corrected contour perimeter.
US11553448B2	Method and apparatus for restricting use of a beamforming node for positioning purposes A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to identify a particular wireless communication node of one or more wireless communication nodes as a beamforming node. The method, apparatus and computer program product also restrict use of the particular wireless communication node for positioning purposes relative to another one of the wireless communication nodes that has not been identified as a beamforming node. In relation to restricting the use of a beamforming node for positioning purpose, the use of a beamforming node may be restricted in relation to the generation or updating of a radio map and/or in relation to the determination of a position of a mobile device.
US11553445B2	Method for transmitting/receiving signal in wireless communication system and device supporting same Various embodiments relate to a next generation wireless communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate and the like beyond 4th generation (4G) wireless communication systems. Provided according to various embodiments are a method for transmitting/receiving a signal in a wireless communication system and a device supporting same, and various other embodiments may also be provided.
US11553441B2	Uplink transmission power control method and device in wireless cellular communication system Disclosed are a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system; and system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security, and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. A power control method for uplink transmission in a wireless cellular communication system is disclosed.
US11553439B2	Online power control in D2D networks Embodiments of a method of operation of a power control coordinator to control transmission power of a plurality of Device-to-Device (D2D) pairs that co-exist with a Cellular User Equipment (CUE) that communicates with a base station of a cellular communications network comprises obtaining, for a particular time slot, delayed Network State Information (NSI) feedback from at least some of the plurality of D2D pairs. The method further comprises computing transmission powers for the D2D pairs, respectively, for the particular time slot using On-Line Convex Optimization (OCO) to solve an optimization problem that maximizes a weighted sum data rate of D2D pairs with a constraint of maximum expected interference to the base station. The method further comprises providing, to each D2D pair, an indication of the computed transmission power for the D2D pair for the particular time slot.
US11553438B2	Encoding and transmit power control for downsized uplink trigger-based PPDU transmissions in next-generation WLAM systems Various schemes pertaining to encoding and transmit power control for downsized trigger-based (TB) physical-layer protocol data unit (PPDU) transmissions in next-generation WLAN systems are described. A station (STA) receives a trigger frame indicating an allocated resource unit (RU) of a first size. The STA performs channel sensing responsive to receiving the trigger frame. In response to detecting at least one subchannel being busy from the channel sensing, the STA performs a downsized trigger-based (TB) transmission with a downsized RU or multi-RU (MRU) of a second size smaller than the first size by utilizing downsized RU or MRU allocation information while maintaining a value of each of one or more parameters unchanged in an encoding process to perform the downsized TB transmission.
US11553433B2	User equipment power-saving method and device, user equipment and base station A user equipment power-saving method includes: determining a second signaling on the basis of a first signaling, wherein the second signaling is a radio resource control (RRC) connection request signaling and carries a signaling element that characterizes a cause value for requesting to establish an RRC connection as a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle update; and sending the second signaling.
US11553432B2	Method and device for communication device to sense or transmit WUS signal in wireless communication system The present invention discloses various embodiments of a method and a device by which a terminal senses a wake up signal (WUS) in a wireless communication system. Disclosed are a method and a device by which a terminal senses a WUS signal in a wireless communication system, the method including: a step for receiving, from a base station, WUS setting information related to a first WUS resource and a second WUS resource; a step for specifying the first WUS resource on the basis of the WUS setting information; and a step for sensing a WUS signal from the specified first WUS resource, wherein, when the WUS signal is a group WUS signal, the first WUS resource is specified to be continuous with the second WUS resource in a time domain.
US11553431B2	Time slotted scan receiver In one embodiment, an apparatus of a wireless communication device includes control circuitry to cause receiver circuitry of the wireless communication device to switch between an on-mode and an off-mode. The apparatus also includes synchronizing circuitry to: perform a correlation on signals of a packet received by the receiver circuitry when in the on-mode to detect a pattern in the received signals, and cause the control circuitry to hold the receiver circuitry in the on-mode based on detection of the pattern in the received signals. The apparatus further includes demodulation circuitry to process additional signals of the packet received by the receiver circuitry when held in the on-mode.
US11553426B2	Method for operating communication node supporting low power mode in wireless LAN Disclosed is a method for operating a communication node supporting a low power mode in a wireless LAN. A method for operating a station, which includes a PCR and a WURx, comprises the steps of: allowing the WURx, which operates in a wake-up state, to receive a wake-up packet from an access point; transitioning an operating state of the PCR from a sleep state to the wake-up state when the wake-up packet is received; allowing the PCR, which operates in the wake-up state, to receive a data frame from an access point; and allowing the PCR to transmit, to the access point, a response to the data frame.
US11553423B2	Signaling indication to reduce power consumption for MTC devices A method for a user equipment, a method for a network equipment, a user equipment and a network equipment is disclosed. The network equipment transmits a signal pertaining to if control information is present in a first time period while the user equipment determines if a signal pertaining to control information is present in a first time period. The network equipment transmits control information to a UE in accordance with the transmitted signal while the user equipment decides whether to attempt to decode the control information depending on the determination.
US11553420B2	Method and apparatus for handling channel state information reporting regarding sidelink discontinuous reception in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a first device configured to discontinuously monitor one or more sidelink control channels, the first device performs a first sidelink transmission to a second device. In response to the first sidelink transmission, the first device starts or restarts a timer. The first device monitors a first sidelink control channel, from at least the second device, when the timer is running.
US11553419B2	Timer processing method and terminal device A timer processing method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, a first message sent by a network device, and starting or restarting a timer based on a scrambling identifier of the first message, wherein the timer is a timer used by the terminal device to switch from an active downlink BWP to a default downlink BWP, or is a timer used by the terminal device to activate a default downlink BWP and deactivate an active downlink BWP; or if an active BWP pair of the terminal device is not a default BWP pair, starting or restarting, by the terminal device, a timer based on a scrambling identifier of the first message, wherein the timer is a timer used by the terminal device to switch from the active BWP pair to the default BWP pair, or is a timer used by the terminal device to activate the default BWP pair.
US11553417B2	PDCCH monitoring after DRX configuration or reconfiguration A method and apparatus for a user equipment (UE) operating based on a DRX (Discontinuous Reception) configuration are disclosed. According to these, the UE receives a message including configuration or reconfiguration of DRX; and monitors a PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) during an active time according to the configuration or reconfiguration of DRX. Here, the active time includes a time period during a PDCCH indicating a new transmission has not been received after receiving the message including configuration or reconfiguration of DRX.
US11553416B1	Dynamic memory reallocation and offload channel state information (CSI) processing for device power savings Technologies directed to dynamic memory reallocation and offload channel state information (CSI) processing for device power savings are described. A method includes receiving, by a radio, first data from a processing device. The first data is sent to a second wireless device over a wireless channel. The method measures, by the radio, first CSI values that represent channel properties of the wireless channel. The method sends, by the radio, the first CSI values to the processing device with a first periodicity. The method receives, by the radio from the processing device, second data that specifies a transfer interval and an amount of memory to reserve in a memory buffer for second CSI values measured during the transfer interval. The method measures, by the radio, the second CSI values and sends the second CSI values to the processing device at the end of the transfer interval.
US11553414B1	Modified synchronization signal block for network energy saving Aspects presented herein may enable a transmitting entity, such as a base station, to indicate to one or more receiving entities that SSBs of one or more cells (which may include the transmitting entity) are to be transmitted with modified configurations. The method may also enable the transmitting entity to transmit modified SSBs to enable network energy saving. In one aspect, a base station configures one or more cells of a plurality of cells with one or more modified SSBs associated with an ES mode. The base station transmits an indication of the one or more cells associated with a transmission of the one or more modified SSBs, the transmission of the one or more modified SSBs corresponding to an ES mode at the one or more cells, the one or more cells being associated with the base station or at least one other base station.
US11553413B2	User equipment controlled mobility in an evolved radio access network Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a user equipment (UE) may enter into an E-UTRAN Routing Area Paging Channel state, and is configured with an E-UTRAN Routing Area and an Anchor identifier to identify an anchor evolved Node B (eNB) for the UE. The UE selects to a new cell without performing a handover procedure, and performs a cell update procedure. The UE also may enter into a Cell Update Connected state, and is configured with an Anchor identifier. The UE selects to a new cell, performs a cell update procedure, performs a buffer request procedure, and performs a cell update procedure to download buffered data and to perform data transmission with the new cell.
US11553410B2	Method and apparatus for access point discovery in dense WiFi networks Systems, devices, and methods for access point discovery in a wireless network are provided. An access point device embeds into a preamble of a transmission packet discovery information including modifications determined by passing in-phase quadrature (IQ) symbols through a finite impulse response (FIR) filter to introduce a phase shift in selected ones of the IQ symbols. The phase shifts are encoded into bits in selected ones of a plurality of subcarriers, bounded by a maximum phase shift and a maximum number of the subcarriers to limit the packet error rate. A convolutional neural network can learn channel state and other information to determine the maximum phase shift and number of subcarriers. A client device can select from among a plurality of modified transmission packets to send a discovery request.
US11553409B2	Method executed by user equipment and user equipment The present invention provides a method executed by a user equipment and a user equipment, and the method comprises: receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message; determining, according to one or more information elements (IEs) or a portion of one information element (IE) in the RRC message, indication information related to a control region in a subframe and/or an access to a cell; and performing, according to the indication information, processing related to the access to the cell and/or processing related to resource mapping, so as to make the user equipment speed up cell selection and save power consumption.
US11553404B2	Method and apparatus for reporting UE capability of terminal in next-generation mobile communication system A communication technique for merging, with internet of things (IoT) technology, a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting a higher data rate, subsequent to a fourth generation (4G) system, and a system thereof are provided. The disclosure can be applied to an intelligent service (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security and safety-related services, and the like), based on a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. A method for reporting user equipment (UE) capability of a terminal and a device thereof are provided.
US11553403B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving device to device discovery message in wireless communication system supporting device to device scheme The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as a long term evolution (LTE). The present disclosure relates to a method of an evolved node B (eNB), comprising: transmitting at least one of first information as information on at least one first type-discovery resource pool including first type-discovery resources and second information as information on at least one second type-discovery resource pool including second type-discovery resources, or transmitting discovery resource information on at least one discovery resource which corresponds to a discovery resource type requested from a user equipment (UE).
US11553401B2	Serving node update method and device Embodiments of this disclosure provide a serving node update method and a device. The method includes: sending a first message to a target node; receiving, from the target node, a second message used for responding to the first message; and sending a third message to a terminal device when the second message indicates that the target node rejects a multi-connectivity serving node update, where the third message is used to indicate the terminal device to perform a serving node update in a legacy serving node update manner.
US11553393B2	Transmission control method and device A transmission control method includes sending or receiving, by a first device, first data to or from a second device through a first communication connection, detecting, by the first device when sending or receiving the first data to or from the second device through the first communication connection, that an error has occurred on the first communication connection, and sending, by the first device, error information of the first communication connection to the second device through a second communication connection, where the second communication connection is different from the first communication connection, and the error information indicates that the error has occurred on the first communication connection.
US11553391B2	Wireless communication handover responsive to uplink interference at a serving cell In a wireless User Equipment (UE), a serving radio wirelessly exchanges data with a serving cell over a serving radio band. The wireless UE wirelessly receives serving signaling that indicates serving uplink interference for the serving radio band at the serving cell. A neighbor radio in the UE wirelessly receives neighbor signaling. UE circuitry determines serving signal strength and the serving uplink interference for the serving cell. The UE circuitry determines neighbor signal strength for the neighbor cell. The UE circuitry compares the serving uplink interference and the serving signal strength to the neighbor signal strength, and in response, generates a handover request for the neighbor cell. The serving radio wirelessly transfers the handover request to the serving cell, and in response, the neighbor radio wirelessly exchanges additional data with the neighbor cell over the neighbor radio band.
US11553389B2	Method for controlling terminal to use wireless network and related device This application provides a method for controlling a terminal to use a wireless network, a system, and a related device. The method includes: obtaining, by a network decision device, service information of a terminal, constructing network use indication information, and delivering the network use indication information to a network trigger device; and triggering, by the network trigger device based on the network use indication information, the terminal to use a wireless network corresponding to the service information. According to the method, an operator can assign, based on a service requirement of the operator, the terminal to use a specific wireless network, so that the terminal can use in time a wireless network that is consistent with a requirement of the operator. This helps improve network use efficiency for the operator, and can prevent a service of the terminal from being affected.
US11553388B2	Device and method of handling mobility between long-term evolution network and fifth generation network A communication device for handling mobility from a long-term evolution (LTE) network to a fifth generation (5G) network comprises a storage device storing instructions of transmitting a first LTE Non-Access Stratum (NAS) message to the LTE network; receiving a second LTE NAS message in response to the first LTE NAS message, from the LTE network; and transmitting a message to the 5G network, after determining to communicate with the 5G network instead of the LTE network, wherein the message comprises a slice information, and the slice information is comprised in the first LTE NAS message or in the second LTE NAS message.
US11553386B2	Systems and methods of managing communication endpoints In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a trigger to dynamically modify a serving site of a communication endpoint, wherein the communication endpoint is registered to receive digital communication service from a first serving site. The method further includes determining a stored serving-site selection policy applicable to the communication endpoint. The method also includes selecting a second serving site for the communication endpoint based, at least part, on a stored serving-site selection policy. Also, the method includes determining endpoint-configuration requirements of the second serving site. Furthermore, the method includes dynamically generating endpoint configurations that satisfy the endpoint-configuration requirements of the second serving site. Moreover, the method includes writing the generated endpoint configurations to the communication endpoint. Additionally, the method includes causing the communication endpoint to register to receive digital communication service from the second serving site in place of the first serving site.
US11553385B2	Data transmission method performed by base station in wireless communication system, and apparatus using same Provided are a data transmission method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus using the method. The base station transmits a message requesting information for data transmission to a second base station and receives, from the second base station, a response message to the message requesting the information for data transmission, wherein the information for data transmission is to transmit data on a terminal in a light connection state.
US11553382B2	Key change procedure There is provided mechanisms for configuring use of keys for security protecting packets communicated between a wireless device and a network node. A method is performed by the wireless device. The method comprises exchanging key use information with the network node in conjunction with performing a key change procedure with the network node during which a first key is replaced with a second key. The key use information indicates which of the packets are security protected using which of the first key and the second key.
US11553378B2	Network slicing with multiple slice instance variation types One or more network devices create, in a network, a network slice with multiple network slice instances (NSIs) having multiple slice instance variations, where each of the multiple slice instance variations services a slice variation type and one of multiple slice variation levels. The slice variation type corresponds to a first performance characteristic of one or more performance characteristics met by the network slice while servicing sessions and the multiple slice variation levels sub-divide the slice variation type into multiple different levels of service within the slice variation type. The one or more network devices allocate, instantiate, and provision virtual resources for each of the multiple NSIs; and services User Equipment (UE) sessions via one of the multiple slice instance variations based on UE selection of one of the multiple slice variation levels of the slice variation type.
US11553377B2	System, device, and method of cellular congestion management without cell awareness System, device, and method of cellular congestion management without cell awareness. A system defines applications as important or non-important. The system measures and monitors parameters related to cellular traffic, and remotely generates an estimate that a first User Equipment (UE) is experiencing cellular traffic congestion. A Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) Engine determines that the first UE is utilizing a first communication flow associated with an Important Application, and is also utilizing a second communication flow associated with a Non-Important Application. Filtering pass-through bitrate limits are enforced, selectively and remotely, on communication flows of the first UE, by enforcing a reduced bitrate limit on the second communication flow that is associated with a Non-Important Application, and by not enforcing a reduced bitrate limit on the first communication flow that is associated with an Important Application.
US11553376B2	Communication link selection for non-RSRP based association in wireless industrial internet-of-things Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network node may receive an indication of a first set of parameters that corresponds to a direct communication link between an industrial internet-of-things (IIoT) device and a first controller; receive an indication of a second set of parameters that corresponds to an indirect communication link between the IIoT device and the first controller through a second controller; and schedule a communication on at least one of the direct communication link or the indirect communication link based at least in part on the first set of parameters and the second set of parameters. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11553373B2	Wireless terminal, wireless base station, and transmission method of buffer status report A wireless terminal for a wireless communication, the wireless terminal includes: a memory that includes a buffer configured to store uplink data, wherein the uplink data is configured to be transmitted; and a controller configured to transmit a buffer status report, the buffer status report including a first index, wherein the first index is one of a plurality of buffer status indices and corresponds to a buffer size indicating a size of the uplink data stored in the buffer, wherein the memory is configured to store a buffer status table in which a range from a minimum value of the buffer to a maximum value of the buffer is divided into a plurality of subranges, the plurality of subranges being associated with a part of the plurality of buffer status indices, and a rest of the plurality of buffer status indices are associated with one or more reserved fields.
US11553371B2	Quality of service (QOS) flow management for optimizing use of QOS resources and supporting QOS guarantees in a private 5G network In one illustrative example, a user plane function (UPF) may detect initial traffic for an application for a user equipment (UE) for which no current dedicated Quality of Service (QoS) flow is established. In response, the UPF may send, to a control plane function, a message which indicates a request for creating a dedicated QoS Flow for traffic for the application for the UE. The message may include flow metadata and an application identifier obtained in detecting the initial traffic. A QoS Flow may then be created for the traffic based on a selected QoS policy associated with the application identifier. Subsequently, the UPF may determine that a measured time period of traffic inactivity for the QoS Flow is outside a limit set by a threshold. Based on the determining, the UPF may send, to the control plane function, a message which indicates a request for deleting the QoS Flow.
US11553365B2	Method for reporting measurement result by user equipment transceiving data by first radio access technology and second radio access technology, and device therefor The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for combining, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system, and to a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g., a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related service, etc.), based on a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. A method for a user equipment in a first communication system according to the present invention comprises a user equipment in an inactive state: transmits a paging area update request message; checks whether a timer associated with a paging area update has expired; and transitions into an idle state if a response message for the paging area update request message has not been received until the timer expired.
US11553364B2	System and method for reporting beam information A method for reporting beam information includes setting, by a user equipment (UE), a report type of a beam information report, wherein the beam information report includes beam indices of communications beams being reported, a reference beam quality measurement of one of the communications beams reported, and a report type field conveying the report type, and sending, by the UE to an access node, the beam information report.
US11553363B1	Systems and methods for assessing vehicle data transmission capabilities A computer system for evaluating the communication performance of an autonomous vehicle is provided. The vehicle may have a vehicle controller including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device. The processor may be programmed to receive, from a standard data transmission location network device, an evaluation data packet. The processor may be programmed to decode the evaluation data packet and initiate a diagnostic test of the vehicle based upon the decoded evaluation data packet. The processor may also be programmed to record measurements of the vehicle during the diagnostic test, and transmit the measurements to the standard data transmission location network device.
US11553357B2	Efficient adaptable wireless network system with agile beamforming Beamforming for adapting wireless signaling beams in an adaptive and agile manner is contemplated. The beamforming may be characterized by adaptively constructing beam form parameters to provide wireless signaling in a manner that maximizes efficiency and bandwidth according to device positioning relative to a responding base station.
US11553356B2	Determining beam settings for beam management There is provided mechanisms for determining beam settings for beam management. A method is performed by a first radio transceiver device. The method comprises obtaining information about expected distribution of second radio transceiver devices in a network coverage region of the first radio transceiver device in which the beam management is to be performed. The method comprises determining beam settings for a first set of beams and a second set of beams. The first set of beams and the second set of beams are to be used for the beam management. There are fewer beams in the first set of beams than in the second set of beams. The beams in the first set of beams collectively cover all beams in the second set of beams. The beam settings for the beams in the first set of beams are determined according to the obtained information.
US11553352B2	Complex composite tokens Technologies are shown for trust delegation that involve receiving a first request from a subject client and responding by sending a first token having first permissions to the subject client. A second request from a first actor includes the first token and responding involves linking the first actor to the subject client in a trust stack and sending a second token to the first actor with second permissions, the second token being a first complex token that identifies the subject client and the first actor. A third request from a second actor includes the second token and responding to the third request involves linking the second actor to the first actor in the trust stack, and sending a third token to the second actor partner with third permissions, the third token being a second complex token that identifies the first actor and the second actor.
US11553349B2	Communication apparatus, control method, and computer-readable storage medium A communication apparatus receives a signal that is transmitted from a partner apparatus using a first communication scheme, and establishes, on the basis that the signal received includes information indicating that parameter exchange processing is to be executed, a connection with the partner apparatus using a second communication scheme, wherein the second communication scheme has a higher communication rate and consumes more power than the first communication scheme. In addition, the communication apparatus exchanges, by using the second communication scheme, information to be used in communication for the parameter exchange processing with the partner apparatus, and executes the parameter exchange processing using the information by using the second communication unit scheme.
US11553341B2	Authorization assignment on field devices A gateway for assigning an access authorization for a mobile operating device to a field device, including a first interface that wirelessly communicates with the mobile operating device, a second interface that communicates with an authorization assignment device, a memory device that stores an access authorization of the mobile operating device transmitted by the authorization assignment device, authorization assignment circuitry that reads the access authorization of the mobile operating device from the memory device and transmits the access authorization to the mobile operating device via the first interface.
US11553340B2	Network identifier and authentication information generation for building automation system controllers Generating network identifier information and authentication information for wireless communication with a controller includes accessing, by the controller, identity information associated with the controller. The controller obfuscates the identity information and generates the network identifier information and the authentication information associated with the controller using the obfuscated identity information. The controller is configured for wireless communication using the generated network identifier information and the generated authentication information.
US11553339B2	Method for accessing serving network and communications apparatus A method for accessing a serving network includes: obtaining, by a user plane network element, an access message, where the access message is for a terminal accessing a serving network, and where the access message includes authentication information of the terminal in the serving network; and sending, by the user plane network element, the access message to the serving network. The method for accessing serving network and the communications apparatus that are provided in the embodiments of this application enable a terminal to access a serving network using an access network, and expand a usage scenario of the serving network.
US11553336B2	System and method for processing of private beacons in a mesh network A mesh device for receiving and processing a private beacon message, which can be represented by one or more Bluetooth Low Energy mesh packets. Upon receiving the private beacon message, the mesh device decrypts a first portion of the private beacon by using a first encryption key corresponding to a first subnet, wherein the first portion comprises an initialization vector (IV), in the form of an index or other indicator. The decrypting using the first encryption key results in a first decrypted value for the IV index. The mesh device then determines whether the first decrypted value for the IV index is valid or invalid. If the mesh device determines the first decrypted value to be valid, the mesh device proceeds with authenticating the data contained in the private beacon message.
US11553334B1	User equipment (UE) identification in a wireless communication network In a wireless communication network, Unified Data Repositories (UDRs) determine initial User Equipment Identifiers (UE IDs). The UDRs successfully synchronize the initial UE IDs and serve the initial UE IDs to network elements that use the initial UE IDs to serve wireless data communications to UEs. The UDRs determine additional UE IDs. The UDRs unsuccessfully synchronize the additional UE IDs and serve the additional UE IDs to the network elements. In response to the unsuccessful synchronization of the additional UE IDs, a UDR recovery system reallocates the additional UE IDs. The UDR recovery system successfully synchronizes the reallocated-additional UE IDs. The network elements use the initial UE IDs and the reallocated-additional UE IDs to serve the wireless data communications.
US11553333B2	Method of reporting received signal strength on per frame basis in wi-fi network Aspects of the present disclosure are drawn to a client device for use with an access point device. The client device includes: a memory; and a processor configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the client device to: obtain a value associated with a capability of the client device, create a response including a header and a payload, the header including a reserved field including a bit reporting that the payload of the response includes the value associated with the capability, and transmit the response to the APD.
US11553329B2	System and method for compatibility analysis and performance verification A method (200) for compatibility analysis and performance verification. Profile data is received (210) for a first profile from a first device and for other profiles from other devices, including a profile received from a second device. A request is received (215) from the first device to identify a profile with profile data compatible with the profile data of the first profile. The profile data of the first profile is compared (220) with profile data of the other profiles to identify compatibility, and the compatible profiles are reported to the first device. A selection of a compatible profile is received (225) from the first device. A request for an item is received (315) from the first device. An instruction is sent regarding the item (320) to the third device. A confirmation regarding the instruction is received (330) from the fourth device. The item is enabled (335).
US11553328B2	Methods, devices, and computer programs for provisioning or controlling operator profiles in terminals Methods are disclosed for provisioning and/or controlling operator profiles in terminals, each having an integrated circuit card identified by an integrated circuit card identifier. According to one aspect, a discovery server is configured with an authorization table including associations of integrated circuit card identifier, service provider identifier, and operator identifier(s). The discovery server receives, from a data preparation node, an event registration request that includes a number of elements. The discovery server determines whether the event is authorized. If so, the event is registered. This enables a terminal to seek to retrieve the event, to contact the data preparation node, and to eventually perform the profile operation. Some embodiments enable the network-initiated provisioning and/or controlling of operator profiles in machine-to-machine devices.
US11553326B2	Communication device and communication method for transmitting notifications to communicate with first and second softwares and to cause second software to be on standby and to cancel being on standby An electronic clock which is a communication device includes: a transceiver configured to communicate with another communication device including first software and second software; and at least one processor. The processor: controls the transceiver to perform a certain communication with the first software; and causes, after the certain communication ends, the transceiver to transmit a notification for notifying the second software of the end of the certain communication.
US11553325B2	Communication system for monitoring process units A communication system for monitoring process units includes at least one process unit operably connected to an associated peripheral communication unit via a communication interface in order to transmit process variables to the associated peripheral communication unit. The process variables which are transmitted to the associated peripheral communication unit are configurable. Each peripheral communication unit is configured to receive the configured process variables from the corresponding process unit and to emit them as advertising packets. The communication system further includes a central communication unit configured to receive the advertising packets from each peripheral communication unit.
US11553324B2	Apparatus and method of system information transmission and reception on a carrier supporting multiple bandwidth parts The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The method for transmitting system information by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising identifying whether an active downlink (DL) bandwidth part (BWP) of a user equipment (UE) is configured with common search space, and transmitting, to the UE, an updated system information in a dedicated signaling when the active DL BWP of the UE is not configured with the common search space.
US11553323B2	Computer-readable recording medium, information processing method, and information processing device Information for determining whether to evacuate or not is provided to a user by a computerized process. The process includes: acquiring a number of evacuees for each of a plurality of targets corresponding to a predetermined user; selecting a target of the plurality of targets based on the acquired numbers of evacuees for the plurality of targets and importance levels respectively set for the plurality of targets; and associating information on the selected target with information on the acquired number of evacuees for the selected target and outputting the information on the selected target and the information on the acquired number of evacuees for the selected target to the predetermined user.
US11553319B2	Evaluating vehicle-to-everything (V2X) information Embodiments include methods performed by vehicle-to-everything (V2X) system for evaluating V2X information. Some embodiments may include receiving from a V2X entity a length value and width value of the V2X entity, determining whether the received length value and width value are reliable, and performing a position overlap check using the received length value and width value in response to determining that the received length value and width value are reliable.
US11553316B2	Method and apparatus for storing and sending a computer location A method and apparatus for storing a computer location including the steps of initiating, by a user of a device, a capture sequence, wherein the device includes a processor and a display screen, obtaining, by the processor, visual data corresponding to an image displayed on the display screen at the time of the initiating step, obtaining, by the processor, location data corresponding to a computer location accessed by the device, and storing, by the processor, the visual data and the location data as associated data such that the visual data and the location data are associated with each other. A method and apparatus for sending the computer location further including the step of sending, by the first device, the associated data to a second device, wherein the second device includes a second processor and a second display screen.
US11553315B2	Method and system for configuring caller line identification for short message service A method performed by, and a system embedded within, a communication device operating in a communication network, performing the steps of: obtaining a plurality of caller identification codes for the caller device, where each of the caller identification codes identifies the caller device in a network; obtaining at least one rule for selecting a caller identification code from the plurality of caller identification codes according to a characteristic of the called device; obtaining a characteristic of the called device; selecting a caller identification code from the plurality of caller identification codes according to the characteristic of the destination telephone identification, or caller environment or destination environment parameters, or caller decision on the time of making the call; and forwarding the selected caller identification code to any of another communication network and a terminal device of a communication network.
US11553314B2	Method and system for providing interoperability for rich communication suite (RCS) messaging with local and remote applications with e-commerce and data collection A method and system for providing interoperability for Rich Communications Suite/Systems (RCS) messaging. If a target network device cannot directly receive RCS messages, electronic messages are modified on an RCS message application to include different types of electronic links to remote or local RCS interoperability applications. The local or remote RCS interoperability applications independently provides seamless, rich multi-media RCS functionality to the target network device including e-commerce and data collection when the electronic link is activated in the modified electronic message. The local or remote RCS interoperability applications provide two-way RCS message communications between target network devices without RCS functionality and target network devices with RCS functionality.
US11553313B2	Clench activated switch system Systems and methods for operating a controlled device via an activation accessory that includes a vibration motor, a wearable module including a clench-detection sensor (e.g., a Hal effect sensor), and a communication element. The sensor is coupled to a controller, which has an output coupled to a control signal interface and another output coupled to the vibration motor. The controller is programmed to receive and evaluate input signals from the sensor to determine whether or not they represent a command for the controlled device by assessing the input signals for a signal pattern indicative of a plurality of volitional jaw clench actions of a wearer of the wearable module. If/when the processor determines that the input signals represent the command, then it decodes the command and transmits an associated control signal to the controlled device via the control signal interface as well as an activation signal to the vibration motor.
US11553312B2	Concurrent multi-level broadcast and unicast for small unmanned aerial vehicles and V2X systems Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for processing a multi-level transmission sent on a common set of resources using superposition coding, comprising determining a first group radio network temporary identifier (GRNTI), wherein the GRNTI is associated with a broadcast transmission to a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), determining a second GRNTI, wherein the second GRNTI is associated with a transmission to a subset of the plurality of WTRUs that received the first GRNTI, receiving the multi-level transmission, wherein the multi-level transmission comprises a first level message and a second level message, decoding the first level message from the multi-level transmission using the first GRNTI and preconfigured control information, and decoding the second level message from the multi-level transmission using the second GRNTI.
US11553309B2	Indoor and outdoor seamless positioning switching device including domains and actors An indoor and outdoor seamless positioning transition device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a personal domain providing information related to a user, a IoT domain providing information related to a vehicle, an infrastructure domain that provides information related to an infrastructure, a sensor domain collecting information for data exchange between domains, and a positioning domain calculating positioning of the user or the vehicle using data transmitted from the domain. The indoor and outdoor seamless positioning may be calculated through data exchange between the respective domains and a cloud server.
US11553306B2	Tracking velocity information Systems and methods for tracking velocity information. One system includes an application execution server providing an application layer. The application execution server is configured to receive a request including metadata. The application execution server is also configured to generate and transmit a response to the request. The application execution server is also configured to enrich the metadata by structuring the metadata for further processing by a data processing layer, where the further processing includes determining velocity information associated with the metadata, and by supplementing the metadata with available historical velocity information. The application execution server is also configured to transmit the enriched metadata for further processing by the data processing layer.
US11553305B2	Method of and apparatus for access geographical location information service The invention provides a solution to accessing for a geographical location information-based service in a server of a machine type communication based communication system, where firstly a server broadcasts or multicasts a content request message, the content request message comprising information on requested content and information on a target geographical location; then the server receives a response message from at least one user equipment, the response message indicating that the at least one user equipment possesses the requested content and the at least one user equipment being located within the target geographical location; and finally the server acquires the requested content from the at least one user equipment.
US11553304B2	Geo-based connectivity awareness for better productivity A server includes a network interface to interface with mobile computing devices operating within a geographical area, with at least one of the mobile computing devices providing a request for navigation instructions between two geo-locations based on prompting the user to select an optimized connectivity route prompt. A processor is coupled to the network interface and is configured to generate a network connectivity map based on varying cellular network connectivity metrics for the geographical area, and generate, based on the user-selected optimized connectivity route prompt, the navigation instructions between the two geo-locations to be provided to the at least one mobile communications device via said network interface. The navigation instructions are generated based on the network connectivity map to provide a single route that is optimized to include areas with strong cellular network connectivity metric values.
US11553303B2	Vehicle control system and vehicle control method The vehicle control system includes a first position measuring unit measuring a position of a mobile terminal by performing first position measuring processing, a second position measuring unit measuring a position of the mobile terminal by performing second position measuring processing having less power consumption in a vehicle by wireless communication than that of the first position measuring processing, and a position measurement control unit handling, as monitoring areas, a first area outside the vehicle and a second area outside the first area and, if the position of the mobile terminal is within the second area, continuing measurement of a position of the mobile terminal by the second position measuring unit, and, after the position of the mobile terminal comes into the first area, switching to measurement of a position of the mobile terminal by the first position measuring unit.
US11553300B2	Lighting for biomechatronically enhanced organism Examples of lighting equipment provide services to and on behalf of a biomechatronically enhanced organism and/or a biomechatronic component of the organism. Such services include charging, communications, location-related services, control, optimization, client-server functions and distributed processing functionality. The biomechatronically enhanced organism and/or biomechatronic component utilize such services provided by and/or via the lighting equipment to enable, enhance or otherwise influence operation of the organism.
US11553297B1	Method and apparatus to generate a six dimensional audio dataset This patent includes a method to generate a six dimensional audio dataset. When listening to the six dimensional audio dataset with an advanced headset disclosed in this patent, a user will enable a user to have precision sound localization and maximize the listening experience. For example, when the audio file is registered to a living room, a user would be able to sit in the “middle of the band” and if desired, reposition the instruments to different locations within the living room to change the audio experience.
US11553291B2	Hearing device with printed circuit board assembly and output transducer Disclosed is a hearing device configured to be worn in an ear of a user. The hearing device is configured to provide an audio signal to the user. The hearing device comprises a circuit assembly. The circuit assembly comprises a printed circuit board assembly. The printed circuit board assembly comprises: a first circuit board; a second circuit board; and a third circuit board interconnected with the first circuit board and the second circuit board. The circuit assembly comprises a battery, and an output transducer for providing the audio signal, wherein the printed circuit board assembly is folded about the battery and the output transducer.
US11553290B2	Implantable sound sensors with non-uniform diaphragms Presented herein are implantable sound sensors that include a non-uniform diaphragm mechanically coupled to a vibrating structure of a recipient's middle or inner ear. The non-uniform diaphragm includes a central region and a peripheral region, where the thickness of the central region is greater than the thickness of the peripheral region.
US11553285B2	Hearing device or system for evaluating and selecting an external audio source A hearing system comprises a hearing device worn on the head, or fully or partially implanted in the head, of a user, and external audio transmitters. The hearing system allows wireless communication to be established between the hearing device and the audio transmitters. The hearing device comprises microphones providing respective electric input signals; a beamformer filter providing a beamformed signal from the electric input signals; and an output unit. The hearing system further comprises a selector/mixer for selecting and possibly mixing one or more of the electric input signals or the beamformed signal and external electric signals from the audio transmitters, and providing a current input sound signal based thereon for presentation to the user. The selector/mixer is controlled by a source selection processor, which determines the source selection control signal based on a comparison of the beamformed signal and the external electric sound signals or processed versions thereof.
US11553279B1	Electromagnetic transducer and loudspeaker An electromagnetic transducer includes a yoke, a first magnet, a second magnet, and a spacer. The yoke is disposed along a vertical axis. The first magnet is magnetically coupled to the yoke and has a polarization in a first orientation with respect to the vertical axis. The second magnet is magnetically coupled to the yoke and has a polarization in the first orientation with respect to the vertical axis. The spacer is disposed between the first magnet and the second magnet and is extended along the vertical axis.
US11553278B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes: a display panel configured to display an image; a housing module including a roller configured to have the display panel wound or unwound in the housing module; a rolling module including a structure connected to an upper portion of the display panel, and configured to wind or unwind the display panel according to a folding or unfolding of the structure; a plurality of beams on one surface of display panel that extends in a first direction, and arranged in a second direction vertical to the first direction; and a vibration generating device in a portion of each of the plurality of beams, wherein the vibration generating device includes a plurality of sound generating modules configured to vibrate the display panel when the display panel is unwound from the roller and the structure is unfolded.
US11553274B2	Autoregressive based residual echo suppression The present application relates to a system and method for providing autoregressive based residual echo suppression in the STFT domain in a bidirectional vehicle communications system including receiving, from a communications processor, a speaker signal for coupling to a speaker, receiving, from a microphone, a microphone signal wherein the microphone signal includes a voice signal and a residual echo signal, transforming the signals to the STFT domain generating an estimated power spectral density of the residual echo signal in response to a prior power spectral density of a prior residual echo signal, isolating the voice signal from the microphone signal by multiplying the estimated residual echo gain generated using the estimated power spectral density of the residual echo signal with the microphone signal, transforming the signals back to the time domain and coupling the voice signal to the communications processor.
US11553271B2	Speaker apparatus and acoustic system Provided is a speaker apparatus including a first speaker having a first surface communicating with an interior and a second surface not communicating with the interior; a second speaker having a first surface communicating with an exterior and a second surface not communicating with the exterior; and a cabinet having boundary surfaces that form an enclosed space. The second surface of the first speaker and the second surface of the second speaker are arranged on the boundary surfaces and are facing the enclosed space.
US11553268B2	Wireless headset A wireless headset includes a first headset part and a second headset part. The first headset part includes a first earplug, a battery box, and a first part of a cable control box. The first part of the cable control box includes a first interface, a first wireless chip configured to receive and send a wireless signal, and a processor configured to process the wireless signal. The battery box includes a first battery. The second headset part includes a second earplug and a second part of the cable control box, and the second part of the cable control box includes a second interface. The first interface is detachably connected to the second interface. When the first interface is electrically connected to the second interface, a data path is formed between the second earplug and the processor, and the first battery supplies power to the second earplug.
US11553267B2	Dual zone discharge of rechargeable batteries The technology described in this document can be embodied in a method of using a silver-zinc rechargeable battery to power a device. The method includes drawing, in a first mode of operation of a power management circuit, a first current from the battery to power the device. The first current is selected such that a target percentage of a capacity of the battery is discharged in a predetermined time of use of the device. The method also includes switching to a second mode of operation after the target percentage of the capacity of the battery is discharged. In the second mode of operation, a second current is drawn from the battery, wherein the second current is less than the first current. The method further includes powering the device using the second current.
US11553264B2	Surround for pipeline inspection equipment A surround for protecting an acoustic device for sending and/or receiving acoustic signals positioned therein from impact as the surround is rolled along an interior surface of a fluid-containing pipeline, the surround comprising: a shell comprising an exterior segment configured to roll along the interior surface, the exterior segment defining at least one acoustic aperture configured to allow the passage of acoustic signals therethrough; and a lattice configured between the exterior segment and the acoustic device, the lattice comprising a plurality of unit cells, each unit cell defining an opening, wherein the plurality of unit cells are interconnected and define a plurality of openings, wherein the plurality of openings allow fluid to move between the interior of the surround and the exterior of the surround and enable the passage of the acoustic signals transmitted and/or received by the acoustic device such that the surround reduces the diminution of the quality and/or strength of the acoustic signals.
US11553258B2	Apparatus, a method and a computer program for video coding and decoding A method comprising: authoring a first section of a first media format, wherein the first section comprises type and length fields of the first section, wherein the type value of the first section of the first media format is such that allows parsers of the first media format ignore the first section; one or more entire sections complying with a second media format; and a section header of a bridge section complying with the second media format, wherein the section header comprises type and length fields; authoring a second section of the first media format, comprising type and length fields of the second section; and data complying with the second media format; and setting the content of the first section to be such that it allows parsers of the second media format ignore the type and length fields of the second section.
US11553257B2	Systems and methods for IP-based asset package distribution for provisioning targeted advertisements Embodiments are related to faster provisioning of targeted advertisements at a set-top box (STB) via an Internet Protocol (IP) connection between the STB and a remote server. The disclosed IP-based advertisement distribution system enables targeted advertisements to be pulled from the remote server efficiently, causing the advertisements to be made available within a short time frame (e.g., less than one day from the time when the advertisements are available). The disclosed methods enables a STB to determine whether to retain existing targeted advertisements, discard them, or provision newly-available advertisements. The targeted advertisements can depend on various factors such as demographic information of an owner of the STB, lifestyle information of the owner of the STB, etc.
US11553255B2	Systems and methods for real time fact checking during stream viewing The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for fact-checking contemporary and/or live video streams. In one aspect, the disclosed systems and methods may provide fact-checked commentary and annotations to enhance the enjoyment and engagement with the streaming media. In one aspect, the systems and methods nay generate an overlay for the streaming media that includes fact-checked annotations and comments about statements or assertions made during the live streaming media.
US11553253B2	System and method for direct operator to set-top box communication A system and method implements communications between a TV operator's infrastructure and set-top boxes (STBs) through a TV operator's infrastructure, wherein the infrastructure includes at least one Conditional Access System (CAS), a messaging engine and a Set Top Box (STB), the STB including a unique identification value. The method comprises receiving a structured message in the messaging engine; computing a stream out of multiple received structured messages by the messaging engine and sending to the multiplexor; including the stream of structured messages in a broadcasted signal transmitted through the TV operator's infrastructure; receiving the broadcasted signal by the STB and extracting a structured message; and comparing addressing information in the extracted structured message with a unique identification of the STB. Messages directed to the STB can be displayed.
US11553250B2	Updating application code A system and method for updating a settop box (STB) architecture that can be used to immediately update a device without requiring the device to be reset/restarted. The device may be any type of device that simultaneously supports multiple applications. The architecture may be used to update one of the applications with new functionality in a seamless manner that allows the applications including the one application to continue to operate without interruption.
US11553249B1	Audio/video receiving device and wireless display system An Audio/Video (A/V) receiving device may include a display, a Radio Frequency (RF) receiving module configured to receive an RF packet from an A/V transmitting device, the RF receiving module including a plurality of antennas, and a microcomputer configured to obtain a distance between the A/V transmitting device and A/V receiving device and when the obtained distance is changed, display a first message indicating that a number of antennas to be turned among the plurality of antennas is changed according to the change of the distance.
US11553248B2	System and method for the access and routing of content on the basis of facial recognition A system and method for controlling the display of video content upon one or more displays as a function of user identity as determined by facial recognition. The system and method provide for the video content to be transferred between multiple screens so as to provide a user with a substantially continuous video experience as the user travels between screen locations. User images captured by both video and still image cameras can be utilized for purposes of user recognition. One or more media hubs may be utilized in performing and supporting the disclosed technology.
US11553244B2	Downstream plant capacity An amplification system for amplifying a service of a cable television network that includes a first amplifier receiving the service and providing a first output signal having a first frequency band with a first maximum downstream frequency to a first customer and a second amplifier. The amplification system includes the second amplifier receiving the first output signal and providing a second output signal having a second frequency band with a second maximum downstream frequency to a second customer, wherein the second maximum downstream frequency is less than the first maximum downstream frequency.
US11553242B2	Video production system A system may perform operations including displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display screen of a web client; displaying a first content prompt on a prompt screen comprised in the GUI, wherein the prompt screen is disposed on the GUI at least one of proximate or adjacent to a camera of the web client; recording a first video clip while displaying the first content prompt; displaying a second content prompt on the prompt screen in response to the recording the first video clip being completed; recording a second video clip while displaying the second content prompt; and/or concatenating the first video clip and the second video clip into a video.
US11553234B2	System and method for supporting multiple identities for a secure identity device A multiple-identity secure device (MISD) persistently may store an identification code. The identification code may be stored in an integral memory of the device, or on an interchangeable card received in a physical interface of the MISD. The MISD may generate one or more unique identities (e.g., network addresses) from the stored identification code. The generated identities may be dynamically generated or may be securely stored in the MISD for subsequent retrieval. The generated identities may generates in accordance with an addressing scheme, a global/network setting, or as determined from a received data transmission.
US11553233B2	Systems and methods for modifying the display of inputs on a user input device Systems and methods are described for adapting a second user input device to resemble a first user input device while preserving new functionalities not available in the first user input device. The systems and methods may identify, based on identifiers of the first and second user input devices, a first and second set of device functionalities provided by the devices. The systems and methods may compare the sets of device functionalities to determine a set of common device functionalities and, in response, modify the display of an input of the second user input device to correspond to visual attributes of an input of the first user input device.
US11553231B2	Remote controller, screen projection receiving component, television, screen projection system and screen projection method A remote controller, includes: a first interface; and a first wireless portion connected with the first interface, wherein the first interface is connected with a screen projection device, the first wireless portion is wirelessly connected with a display device, and the first wireless portion receives data to be projected by the screen projection device through the first interface, and sends the data to be projected to the display device for displaying.
US11553225B2	Transport stream automatic change over A device, system, and method perform an automatic change over for transport streams. The method is performed at an output server. The method includes selecting a first transport stream. The method includes generating a first portion of an output based on the first transport stream. The method includes selecting a second transport stream. The method includes determining a frametime to synchronize first packets of the first transport stream to second packets of the second transport stream. The frametime is based on a start time of a content item included in the first transport stream and the second transport stream and a completed progression of the content item using the first transport stream. The method includes determining a location in the second transport stream based on the frametime. The method includes generating a second portion of the output based on the second transport stream starting at the location.
US11553219B2	Event progress detection in media items One or more frames sampled from a media item of an event that is concurrently being streamed to one or more users of a content delivery platform are received. The one or more frames are analyzed to identify one or more candidate event clocks within the one or more frames. Whether a candidate event clock of the one or more candidate event clocks satisfies one or more conditions for each of the one or more frames is determined. Responsive to determining that the candidate event clock of the one or more candidate event clocks satisfies the one or more conditions, the candidate event clock is identified as an actual event clock used to time the event and mapping data that maps the actual event clock to a timestamp associated with a respective frame of the one or more frames of the media item is generated.
US11553214B2	Thermostat and system and method for use of same A thermostat and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, multiple wireless transceivers are located within a housing, which also interconnectively includes a processor and memory. To improve convenience, the thermostat may establish a pairing with a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device having a display. Virtual remote control functionality for various amenities may then be provided. To improve safety, the thermostat may be incorporated into a geolocation and safety network.
US11553213B2	Method and apparatus for video coding Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry can receive coded information of pictures in a coded video sequence. The coded information can include a coding tree unit (CTU) size information that indicates a CTU size selected for the pictures. The CTU size information can be encoded using a truncated unary code. The processing circuitry can determine the selected CTU size based on the CTU size information encoded using the truncated unary code. The processing circuitry can reconstruct samples in the pictures based on the selected CTU size. The selected CTU size can be 32×32, 64×64, or 128×128 luma samples.
US11553208B2	Method and system of video coding using a subset of available intra prediction modes for multiple reference lines A video decoding method includes obtaining a bitstream including a plurality of coded frames of a video signal; decoding each of the plurality of coded frames into a plurality of CTUs and each of the plurality of CTUs into a plurality of residual blocks; recovering a coding block for each of the plurality of residual blocks based on multiple reference line intra prediction flags and reference samples included in each coded frame, wherein a subset of all available intra prediction modes, is determined for each of the multiple reference lines selected for intra prediction based on coding efficiency and compression performance, and each of the multiple reference lines is identified by an index number; reconstructing each frame of the video signal by storing the recovered coding block for each of the plurality of residual blocks in a frame buffer; and continuously outputting the reconstructed frames to restore the video signal.
US11553206B2	Bl-prediction for video coding Systems, methods, and instrumentalities may be provided for determining whether to bypass bi-directional optical flow (BDOF) if BDOF is used in combination with bi-prediction with coding unit (CU) weights (e.g., generalized bi-prediction (GBi)). A coding system may combine coding modes, coding techniques, and/or coding tools. The coding system may include a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). For example, the coding system may combine BDOF and bi-prediction with GU weights (BCW). BDOF may include refining a motion vector associated with a current CU based at least in part on gradients associated with a location in the current CU. The coding system may determine that BDOF is enabled, and/or that bi-prediction with CU weights is enabled for the current CU. The coding system's determination that bi-prediction with CU weights is enabled and/or that BDOF is enabled may be based on one or more indications.
US11553204B2	Encoding method, decoding method, encoder, and decoder An encoder includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry performs a primary transform on a derived prediction error, performs a secondary transform on a result of the primary transform, quantizes a result of the secondary transform, and encodes a result of the quantization as data of an image. When a current block to be processed has a predetermined shape, the encoder performs the secondary transform using, among secondary transform basis candidates that are secondary bases usable in the secondary transform, only a secondary transform basis candidate having a size that is not largest size containable in the current block.
US11553203B2	Signaling of in-loop reshaping information using parameter sets A method for video processing is provided to include performing a conversion between a current video block of a video region of a video and a coded representation of the video, wherein the conversion uses a coding mode in which the current video block is constructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, and wherein a parameter set in the coded representation comprises parameter information for the coding mode.
US11553201B2	Decoder side motion vector derivation A method for processing a video includes performing a conversion between a current block of visual media data and a corresponding coded representation of the visual media data, wherein the conversion of the current block includes determining whether a use of one or both of a bi-directional optical flow (BIO) technique or a decoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR) technique to the current block is enabled or disabled, and wherein the determining the use of the BIO technique or the DMVR technique is based on a cost criterion associated with the current block.
US11553200B2	Applications for decoder-side modeling of objects identified in decoded video data Techniques are disclosed for coding and decoding video data using object recognition and object modeling as a basis of coding and error recovery. A video decoder may decode coded video data received from a channel. The video decoder may perform object recognition on decoded video data obtained therefrom, and, when an object is recognized in the decoded video data, the video decoder may generate a model representing the recognized object. It may store data representing the model locally. The video decoder may communicate the model data to an encoder, which may form a basis of error mitigation and recovery. The video decoder also may monitor deviation patterns in the object model and associated patterns in audio content; if/when video decoding is suspended due to operational errors, the video decoder may generate simulated video data by analyzing audio data received during the suspension period and developing video data from the data model and deviation(s) associated with patterns detected from the audio data.
US11553196B2	Media storage A user of a storage system can upload files for a media asset, which can include a high quality media file and various related files. As part of the upload process, the storage system can extract metadata that describes the media asset. The user can specify one or more lifecycle policies to be applied for storage of the asset, and a rules engine can ensure the application of the one or more policies. The rules engine can also enable the use of simple media processing workflows. A filename hashing approach can be used to ensure that the segments and files for the asset are stored in a relatively random and even distribution across the partitions of the storage system. As part of the lifecycle for the asset, the high quality media file can be moved to less expensive storage once transcoding of the asset or another such action occurs.
US11553195B2	Encoder for encoding information of sub-bitstreams having mutually different frame rates An encoder includes circuitry, and memory coupled to the circuitry. The circuitry, in operation, for each of a plurality of sub-bitstreams having mutually different frame rates, encodes identification information into a header of a bitstream including the plurality of sub-bitstreams, the identification information indicating a temporal ID that is an identifier of a temporal layer related to a temporal scalability and corresponds to the sub-bitstream, and encodes level information indicating a conformance level of the sub-bitstream.
US11553194B2	Parameter derivation in cross component mode A method for visual media processing, including performing a conversion between a current chroma video block of visual media data and a bitstream representation of the current chroma video block, wherein, during the conversion, a chroma residual of the current chroma video block is scaled based on a scaling coefficient, wherein the scaling coefficient is derived at least based on luma samples located in predefined positions.
US11553191B2	Tile group assignment for raster scan and rectangular tile groups in video coding A video coding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes partitioning a picture into a plurality of tiles. A number of the tiles are included in a tile group. The mechanism determines whether the tile group is a raster scan tile group or a rectangular tile group. The number of tiles in the tile group is determined based on whether the tile group is the raster scan tile group or the rectangular tile group. The tiles are encoded into a bitstream based on the tile group. The bitstream is stored for communication toward a decoder.
US11553190B2	Extensions of motion-constrained tile sets SEI message for interactivity An extension to the motion-constrained tile sets SEI message provides functionality to signal all tiles are independently decodable and to signal the ROIs that may have more than one tile per ROI. With this extension, the functionality to redefine any independently decodable region-of-interest in a CVS at a coding tree unit level based on user interactivity is enabled. The extension supports the interactivity utilized in various applications such as interactive Ultra High Definition Television (UHDTV), dynamic high-quality zoom-in application, interactive on-demand, e-learning, smart surveillance and many other applications. Additionally, the temporal MCTS SEI message is able to be used by an encoder for tiled streaming to signal explicitly to the decoder that the decoder need only to display the ROI.
US11553186B2	In-loop filtering method according to adaptive pixel classification standard The in-loop filtering method performed by a video decoding apparatus includes: classifying reconstructed samples according to an absolute classification standard or relative classification standard; acquiring offset data on the basis of results of classifying the reconstructed samples; adding an offset value to the reconstructed samples by referencing the acquired offset data; and outputting the offset value-added reconstructed samples. Accordingly, errors in the reconstructed image can be corrected.
US11553184B2	Hybrid digital-analog modulation for transmission of video data A method for encoding video data comprises generating coefficients based on video data; generating coefficient vectors, wherein each of the coefficient vectors includes n of the coefficients; for each of the coefficient vectors, determining an amplitude value for the coefficient vector based on a mapping pattern, wherein for each respective allowed coefficient vector in a plurality of allowed coefficient vectors: the mapping pattern maps the respective allowed coefficient vector to a respective amplitude value in a plurality of amplitude values, and the respective amplitude value is adjacent in an n-dimensional space to at least one other amplitude value in the plurality of amplitude values that is adjacent to the respective amplitude value in a monotonic number line of the amplitude values; and modulating an analog signal based on the amplitude values for the coefficient vectors.
US11553177B2	Buffer management in subpicture decoding A method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a video comprising a picture that includes multiple sub-pictures and a coded representation of the video using a coding mode according to a rule. The rule specifies that certain stored information about a previous sub-picture is reset prior to processing each next sub-picture of the multiple sub-pictures.
US11553175B2	Method and apparatus for candidate list pruning Video signal coding and decoding functions can generate lists of potential candidates to use in coding and decoding, for example, predictors. Video signal coding component candidate undergo operations before potential inclusion in candidate lists. The candidates are checked after being modified by the operations to see if other equal candidates are already in the candidate list. If equal candidates are not in the list, the modified candidates are added to the candidate list. If equal candidates are already in the list, the modified candidates are not added to the list. Operations that can be performed comprise rounding and clipping.
US11553174B2	Method of intra predicting a block of a picture The present disclosure provides methods and devices of intra predicting a block of a picture. The method comprises for a sample of the block: obtaining a predicted sample value from one or more reference sample values by performing intra-prediction using a DC intra-prediction mode; multiplying the predicted sample value by a sample weighting factor to produce a weighted predicted sample value; adding an additional value to the weighted predicted sample value to produce a non-normalized predicted sample value; and normalizing the non-normalized predicted sample value by an arithmetic right shift; wherein the sample weighting factor is ((2<
US11553166B2	Method, system, and non-transitory computer readable record medium for exposing personalized background using chroma key in broadcast viewing side Disclosed is a broadcast providing method implemented at an electronic device including processing circuitry. The broadcast providing method includes receiving, by the processing circuitry, a broadcast image from a broadcast server, and generating, by the processing circuitry, a final image by synthesizing the broadcast image with a personalized background image using a chroma key, the personalized background image being personalized for a user of the electronic device.
US11553163B1	Method and system for eyebox expansion in display systems A method includes receiving a light beam propagating along an optical path, converting, using a first diffractive element, a first portion of the light beam into a first circularly polarized beam, and a second portion of the light beam into a second circularly polarized beam. The method also includes converting, using a second diffractive element, the first circularly polarized beam into a first circularly polarized output beam, and the second circularly polarized beam into a second circularly polarized output beam.
US11553160B1	Systems and methods for imaging communication and control A telesurgical mentoring platform with a wheeled base, a lower rack mounted on the base, an upper rack extending vertically from the lower rack, a compactly foldable articulated arm that is configured to extend horizontally outward away from the upper rack and configured to connect to a connector piece holding an end effectuator at its distal end, a tablet personal computer; the console configured to be readily mobilized on the floor of an existing operating room and is capable of providing a connectivity point for communication, audiovisual, and data transfer services in an operating room.
US11553156B2	Systems and methods for video splicing and displaying The present disclosure relates to a system and method for synchronous video display on at least one display. The method may comprises receiving a channel of video signal from each data acquisition port of a plurality of data acquisition ports during a time interval, each channel of video signal comprising a plurality of video frames captured during the time interval. The method may also comprises assigning a count value for each video frame of the channel of video signal as synchronization information for each video frame of the channel of video signal to form a pool of video frames each corresponding to a count value. The method may further comprises selecting video frames with the same count value from the pool of video frames as synchronized video frames, and transmitting, through the plurality of output ports, the synchronized video frames for synchronous display on the at least one display.
US11553147B2	Imaging device and imaging system An imaging device including pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel, the pixels arranged in rows and columns, the first pixel belonging to a first column, the second pixel belonging to a second column adjacent the first column; a first signal path through which a signal from the first pixel flows; and a second signal path through which a signal from the second pixel flows, a first circuit including first and second lines, a first voltage being applied to the first lines, a second voltage different from the first voltage applied to the second lines. The first signal path is located in a region closer to one of the first lines than any of the second lines in a plan view, and the second signal path is located in a region closer to one of the second lines than any of the first lines in the plan view.
US11553146B2	Image signal processor and image processing system An image processing system includes: an image sensor suitable for generating an RYYB (Red Yellow Yellow Blue) bayer image by applying an RYYB color filter array; an interpolation logic suitable for generating a Y image at a position of an R image portion in the RYYB bayer image by interpolating a YY image portion in the RYYB bayer image; and a guided filtering logic suitable for guided-filtering the R image portion in the RYYB bayer image by using, as a guide image, the Y image at the position of the R image portion.
US11553144B2	Imaging unit, imaging apparatus, and computer-readable medium having stored thereon a control program Provided is an imaging unit including an imaging section that includes a pixel capable of performing charge accumulation a plurality of times in response to an imaging instruction for generating one frame of image data; a storage section that stores a pixel signal based on output from the pixel; an updating section that updates the pixel signal already stored in the storage section by performing an integration process to integrate the pixel signal output from the pixel as a result of a new charge accumulation and the pixel signal already stored in the storage section; and a control section that controls whether the updating section performs the update, for each of a plurality of pixel groups that each include one or more pixels.
US11553140B2	Vehicular vision system with multiple cameras A vehicular vision system includes first and second cameras disposed at a vehicle and having respective overlapping fields of view that include a road surface of a road along which the vehicle is traveling. Image data captured by the cameras is provided to an image processor and is processed to determine relative movement of a road feature present in the captured image data. The determined movement of the road feature relative to the vehicle in first image data captured by the first camera is compared to the determined movement of the road feature relative to the vehicle in second image data captured by the second camera, and at least a rotational offset of the second camera at the vehicle relative to the first camera at the vehicle is determined and the image data are remapped to at least partially accommodate misalignment of the second camera relative to the first camera.
US11553139B2	Video frame synthesis using tensor neural networks A method for implementing video frame synthesis using a tensor neural network includes receiving input video data including one or more missing frames, converting the input video data into an input tensor, generating, through tensor completion based on the input tensor, output video data including one or more synthesized frames corresponding to the one or more missing frames by using a transform-based tensor neural network (TTNet) including a plurality of phases implementing a tensor iterative shrinkage thresholding algorithm (ISTA), and obtaining a loss function based on the output video data.
US11553138B2	Signal processing device, signal processing method, camera system, video system, and server To enable HDR video signals of a plurality of signal interfaces to be satisfactorily handled.[Solution] A processing unit processes a linear high dynamic range video signal and obtains a high dynamic range video signal that has undergone a grayscale compression process. The processing unit is able to perform grayscale compression processes of a plurality of signal interfaces. For example, when a grayscale compression process of another signal interface other than a reference signal interface is performed, the processing unit further performs a process of adding characteristics of system gamma of the reference signal interface and a process of cancelling out characteristics of system gamma of the other signal interface.
US11553137B2	High dynamic range processing on spherical images Image signal processing includes obtaining two or more image signals from a first hyper-hemispherical image sensor, where each of the two or more image signals has a different exposure and obtaining two or more image signals from a second hyper-hemispherical image sensor, where each of the two or more image signals has a different exposure. Image signal processing includes generating an exposure compensated image based on a gain value applied to an exposure level of a first image and a gain value applied to an exposure level of a second image. Image signal processing further includes performing high dynamic range (HDR) processing on the exposure compensated image. The HDR processing may be performed on a high a frequency portion of the exposure compensated image.
US11553136B2	Subject tracking device, subject tracking method, and storage medium In order to provide a subject tracking device capable of reducing erroneous tracking of a subject, the subject tracking device includes an image acquisition unit configured to sequentially acquire images, a tracking unit configured to track a subject which is detected from the images acquired by the image acquisition unit by comparison between images over a plurality of images which are sequentially acquired by the image acquisition unit, and a switching unit configured to switch a time for continuing tracking in the tracking unit in accordance with a type of the subject detected from the images.
US11553135B2	Display control apparatus including an eye approach detector and a sightline detector and a control method for starting image display A display control apparatus comprises a first display unit capable of being viewed via an eyepiece part, a second display unit capable of being viewed without the eyepiece part, an eye approach detection unit configured to detect an eye approaching to the eyepiece part, a sight line detection unit configured to detect a sight line of the eye that is viewing the first display unit via the eyepiece part, and a control unit configured to perform control to stop display of the first display unit if a sight line is not detected by the sight line detection unit within a first time period in a state where the eye approaching is being detected by the eye approach detection unit.
US11553134B2	Image stabilizing apparatus and image pickup apparatus An image stabilizing apparatus includes a first wireless communication unit, a second wireless communication unit configured to communicate with the first wireless communication unit and disposed to face the first wireless communication unit, a first substrate mounted with the first wireless communication unit, a second substrate mounted with the second wireless communication unit, a third substrate provided opposite to the first substrate with respect to the second substrate in an optical axis direction and mounted with an image sensor, and an electromagnetic shield member provided between the second substrate and the third substrate. The image stabilizing apparatus provides an image stabilization by moving the second and third substrates relative to the first substrate in planes formed in directions different from the optical axis.
US11553132B2	Method of correcting position detecting signal and position detecting device The position detecting device of the present invention is a device for detecting the position of a movable detection target within a predetermined movable range. The position detecting device comprises: a first magnet (13A) and a second magnet (13B) which are arranged so as to move integrally with the movement of the detection target; a first magnetic detecting circuit (20A) that detects the magnetic field of the first magnet (13A) and a second magnetic detecting circuit (20B) that detects the magnetic field of the second magnet (13B), which are arranged at positions outside the movable range; and a differential amplifier (8) that amplifies the difference between the detection signals of the magnetic field output from the first magnetic detecting circuit (20A) and the second magnetic detecting circuit (20B), and that outputs the amplified difference of the signal as a position detecting signal of the detection target.
US11553130B2	Method and apparatus for reconstructing 360-degree image according to projection format Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for image data encoding/decoding. A method for decoding a 360-degree image includes the steps of: receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding a 360-degree image; generating a prediction image by making reference to syntax information obtained from the received bitstream; adding the generated prediction image to a residual image obtained by dequantizing and inverse-transforming the bitstream, so as to obtain a decoded image; and reconstructing the decoded image into a 360-degree image according to a projection format. Therefore, the performance of image data compression can be improved.
US11553125B2	Camera system and cables A camera head unit including an image sensor configured to generate an image signal, a main unit configured to perform a signal process to the image signal, and first and second cables are included. Further, a determining section configured to determine whether a connection state is in a first connection state in which the camera head unit and the main unit are connected with each other via a first cable without a second cable or a second connection state in which the camera head unit and the main unit are connected with each other via the first cable and the second cable, and a transmission section configured to transmit the image signal between the camera head unit and the main unit at least via the first cable according to a determination result determined by the determining section are included.
US11553118B2	Imaging apparatus, manufacturing method therefor, and electronic apparatus An imaging apparatus with reduced flare includes an imaging structure including a solid state imaging element (1) and a transparent substrate (2) disposed on the imaging element. The imaging apparatus includes a circuit substrate (7) including a circuit, a spacer (10) including at least one fixing portion (11) that guides the imaging structure to a desired position on the circuit substrate (7) when the imaging structure is mounted on the circuit substrate, and a light absorbing material (13) disposed on at least one side surface of the imaging structure such that that light absorbing material (13) is between the imaging structure and the at least one fixing portion.
US11553117B2	Image pickup control apparatus, image pickup apparatus, control method for image pickup control apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium To reduce power consumption in an image pickup apparatus that captures a plurality of pieces of image data.An image pickup apparatus includes a signal processing unit and a control unit. The signal processing unit executes, in accordance with a predetermined control signal, either compound-eye processing for synthesizing a plurality of pieces of image data by carrying out signal processing on each of the plurality of pieces of image data or monocular processing for carrying out the signal processing on any one of the plurality of pieces of image data. The control unit supplies the predetermined control signal to the signal processing unit and causes one of the compound-eye processing and the monocular processing to be switched to the other one of the compound-eye processing and the monocular processing, on a basis of a result of a comparison between a measured predetermined physical amount and a predetermined threshold value.
US11553101B2	Computer-readable medium, information processing device, and system for setting up program on each terminal device A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions that are executable by a processor of a first terminal device compatible with a first platform. The instructions are configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the first terminal device to accept selection of an image processing apparatus from among one or more devices connected with the first terminal device, obtain setting information from the selected image processing apparatus, install, into the first terminal device, a first program compatible with the image processing apparatus and the first platform, display access information on a display of the first terminal device, the access information being based on an address of a web page representing a site of a supply source for a second program that is compatible with the image processing apparatus and a second platform, and display the setting information on the display.
US11553100B2	Image processing apparatus and method of communicating with an external apparatus An image processing apparatus capable of fax communication and a method of controlling the image processing apparatus are described. The image processing apparatus has a user interface capable of accepting from a user, in advance of receiving by a network interface a shutdown request, a setting of whether or not to perform shutdown processing based on the received shutdown request when the image processing apparatus is in a state of being connected to a fax line and when fax communication is possible. The image processing apparatus executes, in accordance with the setting accepted in advance from the user by the user interface, the shutdown processing of the image processing apparatus based on the shutdown request received from the external apparatus.
US11553080B2	Detecting fraud using machine-learning and recorded voice clips A system and method are disclosed for training a machine-learning model to detect characteristics of fraudulent calls. The machine-learning model is trained using audio clips, voice recognition, call handler feedback and general public knowledge of commercial risks to detect and divert fraudulent calls, thereby alleviating the burdens otherwise placed on call center service representatives.
US11553076B1	Method and apparatus for automatically setting alarms and notifications A processor-based personal electronic device (such as a smartphone) is programmed to automatically respond to data sent by various sensors from which the user's activity may be inferred. One or more alarms on the device may be temporarily disabled when sensor data indicates that the user is asleep. One or more of the sensors may be worn by the user and remote from the device. A wireless communication link may be used by the device to obtain remote sensor data. Data from on-board sensors in the device—such as motion sensors, location sensors, ambient light sensors, and the like—may also be used to deduce the user's current activity. User data (such as calendar entries) may also be used to determine likely user activity and set alarms accordingly. Biometric data from a second, nearby person may also be used to automatically select certain alarm modes on a first person's device.
US11553073B2	Methods and systems for recalling second party interactions with mobile devices Systems and methods are presented for identifying individuals through facial recognition, voice recognition, or the like, recalling past recorded conversations with the identified individuals, and recording and inventorying conversations with the individuals with mobile devices. In some embodiments, a method is presented. The method may include identifying, at a device, an individual through facial recognition, voice recognition, or a unique RFID. The method may also include recording a conversation with the identified individual, and recalling past relevant recorded conversations based on the identification of the individual, and transmitting the recording of the conversation to a display system configured to display the recording of the event.
US11553072B2	Electronic apparatus and method of selectively applying security mode in mobile device A mobile device is configured to photograph an object and includes a user interface having a display panel to display an image and a touch panel to receive a user command, a network interface to wirelessly communicate with an external network, a memory to store a password and data for operations of the mobile device, and a control unit to control the user interface, the network interface, and the memory to perform a first process during a normal mode, and to perform a second operation during a power saving mode. The first process includes setting an area condition and a wireless communication condition. The second process includes unlocking the mobile device according to the area condition and the wireless communication condition.
US11553064B2	Methods and nodes for facilitating a PDU session procedure in interworking networks A method at an Access and mobility Management Function (AMF) for facilitating a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session procedure for a User Equipment (UE) in a 5th Generation System (5GS) network, wherein the 5GS network is interworking with an Evolved Packet System (EPS) network, and a Packet Data Network Gateway Control plane Function+Session Management Function (PGW-C+SMF) supporting the interworking is selected for managing the PDU session. The method comprises determining whether the PDU session supports interworking with the EPS network, based on at least one of a capability of the UE and a subscription data of the UE; and sending an indication which indicates whether the PDU session supports interworking with the EPS network to the PGW-C+SMF.
US11553063B2	System and method for selecting and providing available actions from one or more computer applications to a user A computing system can be configured to input model input that includes context data into a machine-learned model and receive model output that describes one or more semantic entities referenced by the context data. The computing system can be configured to provide data descriptive of the semantic entity or entities to the computer application(s) and receive application output(s) respectively from the computing application(s) in response to providing the data descriptive of semantic entity or entities to the computer application(s). The application output(s) received from each computer application can describe available action(s) of the corresponding computer application with respect to the semantic entity or entities. The computing system can be configured to provide at least one indicator to a user that describes the available action(s) of the corresponding computer applications with respect to the semantic entity or entities.
US11553060B2	Programmable delivery network A system and method are provided for provisioning code snippets for programming a content delivery network. The method includes receiving a first client code snippet from a first client. The first client code snippet includes identity information of origin servers, standard responses for network requests, and configuration parameters to configure programmable content delivery nodes to respond to the one or more network requests. The method also includes publishing the first client code snippet to a snippet library, and indexing the first client code snippet in the snippet library. The method also includes receiving, from a second client, a request for a second client code snippet. The method also includes selecting a subset of client code snippets stored in the snippet library. The method also includes rendering identification information for the subset of client code snippets, and outputting a selected client code snippet from the subset of client code snippets.
US11553056B2	Publishing and synchronization techniques Upon detection of a change in value to a data asset, customized rules are processed to publish the change and other information pertaining to the data asset with one or more services/devices. In an embodiment, the change and other information are dynamically pushed to a mobile device when the mobile device is in a predefined geographical area as defined by the customized rules.
US11553055B2	Automated communication-based intelligence engine A system that creates and automatically builds one or more entity models that are derived from communication-based information received over a network. Building the entity models uses machine learning, a user interface, a sentiment analyzer, a communication monitoring agent and an automated bot. Bots are created based on a bot template. New communication-based information is analyzed and processed to improve the entity model, to keep the bot up-to-date, and to update other services and products that the entity relies on. The system enables a business to cluster other entities together to assist in identifying competitors. The system provides analytical information about how users journey through an entity model. The system automatically maintains listings such as frequently asked questions. The system works in a networked environment, which may be a distributed network.
US11553050B2	Event notification method and device, apparatus and computer storage medium An event notification method, an apparatus, a server device, and a computer storage medium are disclosed. An event notification method includes receiving an event subscription request from a subscriber, the event subscription request including one or more notified parties; dividing the one or more notified parties into one or more groups, each group of the one or more groups including one or more notified parties; and sending an event notification to notified parties in at least one group of the one or more groups.
US11553041B2	Systems and methods for filtering messages A recording system may use the information stored in a list to determine whether to receive and/or respond to messages transmitted by notice systems. The source of the information for the list includes a server and/or the recording system itself. A server that provides the list may use data provided by an agency to determine a relationship between a people, recording devices and notice systems. The associations between people, recording devices and notice devices may be used to determine what information is in the list. A recording device that forms the list may receive messages from any notice system, detect the session identifier, store the session identifiers from received messages, and receive and/or respond to messages in accordance with the list formed by the recording system.
US11553040B2	Relay apparatus and relay method To provide a relay apparatus and a relay method by which an app can be flexibly connected to a device and various apps can be connected to various devices to realize stable operation. The invention is a relay method for mediating a connection between an app and a device, and the relay method includes: when an input specification of data required for an app whose use is to be started is input, comparing an output specification held by each processing node provided in an existing data processing path with a data item included in the input specification; connecting an output of the data processing path to the app whose use is to be started if the existing processing node and the existing data processing path are able to satisfy the input specification; adding a new processing node and comparing an output specification of the new processing node with the input specification if the existing data processing path is not able to satisfy the input specification; and connecting an output of the new processing node to the app whose use is to be started if the new processing node is able to satisfy the input specification.
US11553037B2	Systems and methods for providing load balancing as a service The present disclosure is directed generally to systems and methods for providing load balancing as a service. A load balancer executing on a device intermediary to a server and a plurality of clients can receive a request from an agent executing on the server. The request can be to initiate establishment of a transport layer connection. The load balancer can accept the request to establish the transport layer connection with the server. The load balancer can receive a request to access the server from a client of the plurality of clients. The load balancer can forward the request to the server via the transport layer connection established between the load balancer and the server responsive to the request of the server.
US11553036B2	System and method for cloud security monitoring The invention relates to a computer-implemented system for security monitoring of Member accounts in a cloud environment. The Member accounts are provided as instances of cloud services in one or more monitored clouds by one or more cloud service providers. The system is programmed to automatically deploy software agents to the Member accounts. The software agents are configured to monitor activities in the Member accounts and to push security and operations data to a SIEM platform. The security and operations data may comprise alerts and activity logs for the Member accounts, public internet protocol (IP) addresses used by the Member accounts, and identifying information for individuals and information technology (IT) assets associated with the Member accounts. The system includes a user interface to define customized alerts based on the security and operations data, and the system generates and sends the customized alerts to a system administrator or security analyst.
US11553032B2	System and method for toolchain integration in application availability monitoring Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for implementing a smart toolchain integration module are disclosed. A processor detects an issue in connection with performance and/or operation of an application and creates an event, in response to detecting the issue, with required parameters. The processor causes the event to be consumed with the required parameters in an event automation platform and triggers a corresponding microservice which stores a code to be utilized for replicating and interpreting the issue in response to consuming the event. The processor also replicates the issue by running a check through hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) POST request by the microservice to a corresponding application programming interface (API) based on the code; interprets the issue by sending a HTTP secure (HTTPS) GET request by the microservice to the corresponding API based on the code; and automatically remediates the issue based on the required parameters.
US11553027B2	Methods and systems for improving performance of streaming media sessions A method for improving performance of a streaming media session between a plurality of communicating entities. Observation reports are collected from a plurality of monitoring entities. Each observation report includes information pertaining to events observed and recorded at a corresponding monitoring entity. A size of at least one window to be used for analyzing the observation reports is determined. The observation reports are analyzed using the at least one window of the determined size, to determine a correlation between the events across the observation reports. A problem encountered during the streaming media session is identified, based upon the correlation between the events. A notification is sent to at least one of the monitoring entities, based upon the problem. The notification is sent during the streaming media session.
US11553024B2	Systems and methods for dynamic weighting of branched video paths Systems and methods for dynamically weighting media segments and paths in a structured media presentation are disclosed. The structured media presentation can be, for example, a video tree representing a branching video presentation and defining multiple branches, each defining a path of one or more video content segments. Different portions of the video tree are associated with weights, and during playback of the branching video presentation, a video content segment is automatically selected for presentation based on one or more of the associated weights.
US11553022B2	Signaling of a request to adapt a voice-over-IP communication session A method, receiver device and terminal for signaling an adaptation request to adapt a coding/decoding of real-time signals of a real-time communication session, from a receiver device to a sender device. The method is such that the adaptation request relates to a demand for aggregation and/or redundancy of frames, that it is generated according to the existence of a signaling parameter arising from a phase of negotiation of codecs used during initialization of the communication session and in that it is transported via a real-time protocol of RTP type.
US11553021B2	Media downlink transmission control method and related device A media downlink transmission control method and a related device, the method including receiving a remote media reception message sent by an authorized terminal, where the remote media reception message includes a target user identifier, determining a first target media stream based on the remote media reception message, and sending the first target media stream to a destination terminal corresponding to the target user identifier.
US11553019B2	Method, apparatus, electronic device and storage medium for acquiring programs in live streaming room The disclosure relates to methods, apparatuses, electronic devices, and storage media for acquiring programs in a live streaming room. The method includes acquiring a program acquisition condition and triggering to save live streaming room data of a user account as a target program in response to detecting that a live streaming behavior of the user account meets the program acquisition condition, to provide the target program to an associated user account of the user account.
US11553018B2	Dynamically switched multicast delivery According to some aspects, methods and systems may include receiving, by computing device from one or more client devices, a plurality of requests for one or more content items formatted in a first format and determining whether to multicast the one or more content items based on a data structure configured with one or more conditions associated with multicasting content. The methods and systems may also include transmitting, to the one or more client devices, the one more content items via one or more multicast streams if the requests meet a first condition of the one or more conditions. The methods and systems may also include formatting the one or more content items in a second format prior to the transmitting if network resources fail to meet a second condition of the one or more conditions.
US11553012B2	System and method of intelligently sharing conference content A computer-implemented method for sharing conference content is provided. The method comprises receiving a share input from a first device corresponding to a participant of a conference session, determining content for sharing using communication information associated with the participant, determining that the content is available through a second device and sharing the content using the second device.
US11553011B1	Methods and systems for facilitating a collaborative work environment The present disclosure describes techniques for facilitating a collaborative work environment. The techniques comprise receiving a request from a first client computing device associated with a first user in the plurality of users to establish a communication with a second user in the plurality of users, the request specifying information associated with the communication; generating and transmitting data to a second client computing device associated with the second user for display of a user interface on the second client computing device, wherein the user interface indicates an invite of communication from the first user, and the user interface comprises information about the first user, the information associated with the communication, and selectable interface elements for accepting or declining the invite; and in response to receiving an indication of acceptance by the second user, establishing a communication channel between the first user and the second user.
US11553010B2	Systems and methods for remote control in information technology infrastructure Systems and methods of the present disclosure are directed to providing remote control capabilities in information technology infrastructure. In particular, systems and methods of the present disclosure can provide remotely control capabilities to facilitate the management, configuration, or maintenance of information technology infrastructure.
US11553004B2	Methods and apparatus to facilitate end-user defined policy management Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to facilitate end-user defined policy management. An example apparatus includes an edge node interface to detect addition of a networked user device to a service gateway, and to extract publish information from the networked user device. The example apparatus also includes a device context manager to identify tag parameters based on the publish information from the networked user device, and a tag manager to prohibit unauthorized disclosure of the networked user device by setting values of the tag parameters based on a user profile associated with a type of the networked user device.
US11553002B2	Cloud router platform for SDN networks A system is described whereby a cloud router may allow routing as a service in a cloud-like manner. In an example, an apparatus may include a processor and a memory coupled with the processor that effectuates operations. The operations may include receiving first routing information associated with a first customer edge device; adding the first routing information to network routing information of the apparatus, wherein the network routing information comprises a network routing table with routes for a plurality of networks; and propagating the network routing information to a software defined network (SDN) controller, wherein, based on the network routing information, the SDN controller sends a forwarding information base (FIB) to a provider edge device connected with the first customer edge device.
US11553001B2	End user security manager In one embodiment, a client device accesses an online application via a browser executed by the client device. The client device makes an assessment as to whether the online application uses Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) security headers that satisfy a security header policy. The client device generates scoring for the webpage based on the assessment. The client device presents the generated scoring to a user of the client device.
US11552997B2	Secure request authentication for a threat protection service A client application manages a resolver configuration and sends DNS requests to a threat protection service when a mobile device operating the client application is operating off-network. The client application detects network conditions and automatically configures an appropriate system-wide DNS resolution setting. DNS requests from the client identify the customer and the device to threat protection (TP) service resolvers without introducing a publicly-visible customer or device identifier. The TP system applies the correct policy to DNS requests coming from off-network clients. In particular, the TP resolver recognizes the customer for requests coming from such clients and applies the customer's policy. The resolver is also configured to log the customer and the device associated with requests from the TP off-net client. Request logs from the TP resolver are provided to a cloud security intelligence platform for threat intelligence analytics and customer visible reporting.
US11552996B2	Automated and adaptive model-driven security system and method for operating the same A system and method for managing implementation of policies in an information technologies system receives at least one policy function, at least one refinement template and at least one available policy function from the at least one memory, receives a policy input indicating a high-level policy for the IT system where the policy input is compliant with the at least one policy function and is received in a format that is not machine-enforceable at an enforcement entity of the IT system, based on the received policy input, automatically or semi-automatically generates a machine-enforceable rule and/or configuration by filling the at least one refinement template, where the machine-enforceable rule and/or configuration includes the at least one available policy function and being compliant with the received policy input, and distributes the machine-enforceable rule and/or configuration to the at least one memory of the IT system or another at least one memory to thereby enable implementation of the policies.
US11552994B2	Methods and nodes for handling LLDP messages in a communication network Transmitting node (120) and receiving node (121) for handling LLDP messages in a communication network (100). The transmitting node (120) transmits a LLDP message to the receiving node (121), which LLDP message comprises security related information enabling to verify authenticity of the transmitting node (120). The receiving node (121) receives one or more LLDP messages, at least one comprising security related information enabling to verify authenticity of the transmitting node (120; 124) that transmitted the LLDP message.
US11552992B2	Systems and methods for artificial model building techniques Embodiments disclosed describe a security awareness system may adaptively learn the best design of a simulated phishing campaign to get a user to perform the requested actions, such as clicking a hyperlink or opening a file. In some implementations, the system may adapt an ongoing campaign based on user's responses to messages in the campaign, along with the system's learned awareness. The learning process implemented by the security awareness system can be trained by observing the behavior of other users in the same company, other users in the same industry, other users that share similar attributes, all other users of the system, or users that have user attributes that match criteria set by the system, or that match attributes of a subset of other users in the system.
US11552991B2	Systems and methods for performing a simulated phishing attack Systems and methods for performing a simulated phishing attack are provided. A simulated attack server can send a simulated attack email including a unique identifier to a target. The simulated attack server can receive a reply email including the unique identifier from the target. The simulated attack server can extract the unique identifier from the reply email. The simulated attack server can determine a match between the unique identifier and an identity of the target. The simulated attack server can record a target failure, responsive to determining the match between the unique identifier and the identity of the target.
US11552990B2	Message management platform for performing impersonation analysis and detection Aspects of the disclosure relate to detecting impersonation in email body content using machine learning. Based on email data received from user accounts, a computing platform may generate user identification models that are each specific to one of the user accounts. The computing platform may intercept a message from a first user account to a second user account and may apply a user identification model, specific to the first user account, to the message, so as to calculate feature vectors for the message. The computing platform then may apply impersonation algorithms to the feature vectors and may determine that the message is impersonated. Based on results of the impersonation algorithms, the computing platform may modify delivery of the message.
US11552988B2	Creating malware prevention rules using malware detection and prevention system Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods computing devices to access a public network posing as a user to the network to detect one or more malware programs available for downloading through the network. More particularly, a malware detection control system utilizes a browser executed on a computing device to access a public network, such as the Internet. Through the browser, sites or nodes of the public network are accessed by the control system with the interactions with the sites of the public network designed to mimic or approximate a human user of the browser. More particularly, the control system may apply the one or more personality profiles to the browser of the computing device to access and interact with the nodes of the public network. Further, the control system may monitor the information retrieved from the network sites to detect the presence of malware within the nodes.
US11552985B2	Method for predicting events using a joint representation of different feature types A method for predicting one or more events includes generating, for features of each of at least two feature types, an intermediate representation using a representation learning model for the at least two feature types. The intermediate representations of the at least two feature types are analyzed using a neural network and at least one neural network model so as to provide a joint representation for predicting certain events. One or more actions to be taken can be determined based on the one or more events predicted by the joint representation.
US11552982B2	Systems and methods for effective delivery of simulated phishing campaigns Systems and methods are described for verifying whether simulated phishing communications are allowed to pass by a security system of an email system to email account of users. One or more email accounts of the email system with the security system may be identified to use for a delivery verification campaign. Further, one or more types of simulated phishing communications may be selected from a plurality of types of simulated phishing communications. The delivery verification campaign may be configured to include the selection of the one or more types of simulated phishing communications from the plurality of types of simulated phishing communications. The selected one or more types of simulated phishing communications of the delivery verification campaign may be communicated to the one or more email accounts. Further, whether or not each of the one or more types of simulated phishing communications was allowed by the security system to be received unchanged at the one or more email accounts.
US11552978B2	Disaster security calculation method, and user terminal and non-transitory medium implementing same A disaster security resource calculation method includes obtaining disaster prevention data of a place to be evaluated and loss assessment data of the place in a disaster scenario, and determining disaster security resources required by the place to be evaluated in the disaster scenario using a preset calculation model according to the disaster prevention data and the loss assessment data. The disaster prevention data includes environmental information, item information, and personnel information.
US11552973B2	Network malicious behavior detection method and networking system using same A network malicious behavior detection method, including: checking each piece of network packet to determine whether a protocol payload contained therein matches an element in a predetermined protocol payload set, marking each piece of the network packet as a suspicious network packet if the check result is true, and transferring each piece of the network packet to a target device if the check result is false; and performing a malicious behavior checking process on at least one piece of the suspicious network packet, blocking the transfer of at least one piece of the suspicious network packet to the target device if the check result is true, and enabling the transfer of at least one piece of the suspicious network packet to the target device if the check result is false.
US11552969B2	Threat detection platforms for detecting, characterizing, and remediating email-based threats in real time Conventional email filtering services are not suitable for recognizing sophisticated malicious emails, and therefore may allow sophisticated malicious emails to reach inboxes by mistake. Introduced here are threat detection platforms designed to take an integrative approach to detecting security threats. For example, after receiving input indicative of an approval from an individual to access past email received by employees of an enterprise, a threat detection platform can download past emails to build a machine learning (ML) model that understands the norms of communication with internal contacts (e.g., other employees) and/or external contacts (e.g., vendors). By applying the ML model to incoming email, the threat detection platform can identify security threats in real time in a targeted manner.
US11552968B2	System and methods for detecting and mitigating golden SAML attacks against federated services A system and methods for detecting and mitigating golden SAML attacks against federated services is provided, comprising an authentication object inspector configured to observe a new authentication object generated by an identity provider, and retrieve the new authentication object; and a hashing engine configured to create a security cookie for each valid authentication session; wherein subsequent access requests accompanied by authentication objects are validated by checking for a valid security cookie.
US11552964B2	Detecting man-in-the-middle attacks in adaptive streaming Systems and methods for adaptively streaming video content to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) or wired transmit/receive unit may include obtaining a media presentation description that comprises a content authenticity, requesting a key for a hash-based message authentication code; receiving the key for the hash-based message authentication code, determining a determined hash for a segment of the media presentation description, requesting a reference hash for the segment from a server, receiving the reference hash for the segment from the server, and comparing the reference hash to the determined hash to determine whether the requested hash matches the determined hash.
US11552961B2	System, method and computer readable medium for processing unsolicited electronic mail An internet service provider (ISP) is configured to analyze a subscriber's sent e-mail packets to determine a subscriber identity associated with the e-mail packets. A database is then queried to determine a current sending rate of e-mails by the subscriber. A sending rate above an allowed threshold causes the upstream transmission of the e-mail packets to be blocked by injecting connection destroying packets. A subscriber remains blocked from upstream transmission of e-mails until the sending rate as determined by the ISP drops below a second, more stringent threshold. This automatic process is also accompanied by automated messaging to the subscriber with information as to the measures taken and remedial options.
US11552957B2	Resource access control with dynamic tag In a device including a processor and a memory, the memory includes executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the device to perform functions of receiving an access control setting for granting access to an access-controlled resource and a dynamic tag characterizing a member group subject to the access control setting; accessing a data source storing member data including an attribute associated with each member, the attribute including a parameter related to a time or time period. The dynamic tag is mapped to the member data based on (1) the parameter of the attribute and (2) a time or time period associated with the dynamic tag, to identify mapped members forming the member group, wherein the mapped members identified based on a same dynamic tag vary depending on the time or time period associated with the dynamic tag, to identify the member group.
US11552956B2	Secure resource authorization for external identities using remote principal objects Methods of secure resource authorization for external identities using remote principal objects are performed by systems and devices. An external entity creates a user group and defines entitlements to an owning entity's secure resource as a set of permissions for the group. An immutable access template with the permissions and an access policy for the secure resource are provided to the owning entity for approval. On approval, a remote principal object is created in the owner directory according to the permissions and access policy. A remote principal that is a group member requests access via an interface to the owner domain using external domain credentials. The identity of the remote principal is verified against the remote principal object by a token service. Verification causes generation and issuance of a token, with the enumerated entitlements, to the remote principal interface affecting a redirect for access to the secure resource.
US11552954B2	Private cloud control Management of IoT devices through a private cloud. An IoT device is coupled to a gateway. A request from the IoT device to connect to a private cloud, wherein the private cloud is used to manage IoT devices, is received at a private cloud control center agent. An identification of the IoT device is determined. The IoT device is onboarded, using the identification, for management through the private cloud. A device profile of the IoT device is generated. The flow of data to and from the IoT device is regulated through application of IoT rules according to the device profile of the IoT device.
US11552950B2	Blockchain interoperability A system supports asset transfers among blockchains of differing distributed ledger technologies using interop circuitry. The interop circuitry may receive asset permissions from origin and target participant circuitry. The asset permissions may support transfer of an asset from an origin blockchain to a target blockchain. The interop circuitry, acting on behalf of the origin and target participant circuitry, locks an asset on the origin blockchain. Then the interop circuitry creates the asset on the target blockchain. The locking of the asset on the origin blockchain may prevent a double-expend opportunity, where the asset can be redeemed on the origin blockchain and on the target blockchain.
US11552949B2	Shared terminal that authenticates a user based on a terminal identifier A shared terminal includes: circuitry to control a display to display an image to a plurality of users, the plurality of users sharing a use of the shared terminal, and obtain, from a first privately-owned terminal owned by a first user of the plurality of users, first terminal identification information for identifying the first privately-owned terminal; a transmitter to transmit, to a terminal management server, an authentication request for authenticating the first privately-owned terminal to allow login of the first user into the shared terminal, the authentication request including the first terminal identification information of the first privately-owned terminal; and a receiver to receive an authentication result indicating whether the first privately-owned terminal is authenticated to allow login of the first user, from the terminal management server. When the authentication result indicates that the first privately-owned terminal is a legitimate terminal and login of the first user is successful, the circuitry controls the display to display a screen for allowing the plurality of users including the first user to draw an image. When the authentication result indicates that the first privately-owned terminal is not a legitimate terminal and login of the first user fails, the circuitry controls the display to display a screen with an error message.
US11552947B2	Home realm discovery with flat-name usernames Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for automatically determining a home realm. An authentication request receiver interface may receive a request to access a resource and a device identifier from a client device. An authenticator may be enacted in response to receiving the request to access the resource that includes a home realm discoverer and an authentication user interface (UI) provider. The home realm discoverer may determine, based at least on the device identifier, the home realm from a plurality of realms. The authentication UI provider may provide, to the client device, an authentication UI via which a flat-name username can be submitted. Based at least on a flat-name user name and the determined home realm, access to the resource may be granted. In this manner, a user may input a flat-name username during sign-in, rather than inputting a realm or an entire e-mail address.
US11552942B2	Using sound to verify location Method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for verifying location using sound. In some embodiments, location data representing an unverified location of a first electronic device are received. Audio data generated based on sound detected by a sensor of the first electronic device during a predetermined time are received, as well as audio data generated based on trusted sound detected by a sensor of a second electronic device during the predetermined time, wherein the second electronic device is located near the unverified location of the first electronic device, and wherein the trusted sound includes one or more frequencies inaudible to humans (e.g., infrasonic and/or ultrasonic sound). The audio data generated by the first and second electronic devices are analyzed and a similarity score representing a similarity between the respective audio data is generated. The unverified location of the first electronic device may be verified based on the similarity score.
US11552938B2	Device and method for mediating configuration of authentication information Facilitate configuration of authentication information for a service provided over IP network when there is no shared authentication information between IoT device and service provider device for a service used by IoT device, an intermediary device capable of authenticating legitimate access mediates between devices. An example: a cipher key CK stored in intermediary device and IoT device, as a result of SIM authentication of the SIM of the IoT device, is used as master key for services used by IoT device. By generating unique application key for a service used by IoT device on the intermediary device and IoT device on the basis of master key, and sending it to service provider apparatus from intermediary device by secure connection, common keys are set as authentication information to IoT device and service provider apparatus. A SIM authentication process for generating cipher key can suppress SQN attack based on a bad request.
US11552937B2	Distributed authentication and authorization for rapid scaling of containerized services The disclosed technology provides solutions for performing rapid authentication and authorization for distributed containerized microservices. In some aspects, a process of the technology can include steps for: associating a service type with a set of microservices or service pods, detecting deployment of a first microservice on a first host, and receiving an authentication and authorization state from a first virtual network edge (VNE) of the first host. In some aspects, the process can further include steps for distributing the authentication state to a second VNE on a second host, wherein the authentication state is configured to facilitate authentication of one or more subsequent microservices instantiated on the second host by the second VNE. Systems and machine readable media are also provided.
US11552936B2	Management of dynamic credentials In an embodiment, a method comprises intercepting, from a first computer, a first set of instructions that define one or more original operations, which are configured to cause one or more requests to be sent if executed by a client computer; modifying the first set of instructions to produce a modified set of instructions, which are configured to cause a credential to be included in the one or more requests sent if executed by the client computer; rendering a second set of instructions comprising the modified set of instructions and one or more credential-morphing-instructions, wherein the one or more credential-morphing-instructions define one or more credential-morphing operations, which are configured to cause the client computer to update the credential over time if executed; sending the second set of instructions to a second computer.
US11552932B1	Identifying virtual private network servers for user devices A VPN servers request is transmitted from a user device to a central server. A first VPN server is received from the central server at the user device. Responsive to the user device failing to establish a first encrypted tunnel with the first VPN server, a request for another VPN server is transmitted from the user device to the central server. A second VPN server is received from the central server. A second encrypted tunnel is established with the second VPN server. An encrypted communication is obtained by encrypting a communication directed to a network server. The encrypted communication is transmitted from the user device to the VPN second server.
US11552931B2	Multipoint mesh virtual private network (MMVPN) The disclosure is directed to a method and system including a first node that stores a first multipoint mesh VPN database including a plurality of underlay addresses in an underlay network for a plurality of nodes, respectively, and a plurality of VPN addresses in a multipoint mesh VPN for the plurality of nodes, respectively. The first node also receives a second multipoint mesh VPN database from a second node, the second multipoint mesh VPN database including underlay and VPN addresses for the third node. The first node further receives a third multipoint mesh VPN database from the third node, the third multipoint mesh VPN database including underlay and VPN addresses for the second node. The first node additionally compares the databases to determine if underlay addresses and VPN addresses are missing from the first multipoint mesh VPN database.
US11552926B2	Method related to sending management IP address and system A method includes a second system that determines a type of a first management Internet Protocol (IP) address, and sends, to a first system, first information used to indicate the type of the first management IP address; the first system determines the first management IP address based on the type of the first management IP address indicated by the first information, and releases a first correspondence between system identification information and the first management IP address to an advertisement system; the advertisement system sends the first correspondence to a network management system; and the network management system manages the first system based on the first correspondence.
US11552924B2	Obscured routing Systems and techniques are provided for obscured routing. A computing device may send stacks of identifiers to neighbor computing devices in a network. Each stack of identifiers may include a unique identifier for the neighbor computing device to which it is sent. The computing device may send a notification identifying a destination computing device to the neighbor computing devices. The computing device may receive stacks of identifiers from the neighbor computing devices. The received stacks of identifiers may include completed routes to the destination computing device. Each completed route may be specified by unique identifiers added to the stack of identifiers by computing devices in the network. A unique identifier in each stack of identifiers may not be resolvable to an address by the computing device. The computing device may send a message a neighbor computing device based on a unique identifier in a chosen stack of identifiers.
US11552923B2	Whitelist domain name registry Systems and methods for managing domain name registrations in accordance with rules and regulations of a domain name verification system are disclosed. The disclosed technology enables a domain name verification system to regulate the registration of domain names in accordance with its own domain name registration policies. This disclosed system uses a “whitelist” domain name registry to register “whitelist domain names” once pre-approval to register a corresponding target domain name has been granted. In this manner, the whitelist domain name registry system acts as a repository for pre-approved domain name registrations and enables pre-qualified registrants (including potential or prospective registrants) to then register a target domain name.
US11552922B2	Enhancing online contents based on digital alliance data One or more non-transitory storage media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause performance of a method of enhancing online contents based on digital alliance data are disclosed. The method comprising receiving from a web server a webpage at a first user device associated with a first user and a first user account managed by a communication data management server; extracting a type of data of a plurality types of data from a body or metadata of the webpage; and determining that the type of data matches certain data regarding an organization. The method further comprises updating the webpage with specific data related to one or more members or contacts of an alliance network of the first user account that are associated with the organization; and causing displaying the updated webpage by the first user device.
US11552918B2	System and method of a relay server for managing communications and notification between a mobile device and application server Providing a mobile device with web-based access to data objects is disclosed. Authentication information is sent from a mobile device to a relay server. The relay server executes a connection application to establish a connection to a web access server. The authentication information is provided to the web access server associated with a data store hosting a data object. Upon authentication, the data object is provided to the relay server from the data store. The data object is then provided to the mobile device.
US11552916B2	Indexing and searching content behind links presented in a communication Among other disclosures, a method may include identifying content in an electronic communication, the content including a link. The method may include characterizing content associated with the link and storing the characterization. Upon detecting a match of a characterization, presenting one or more of the communication or portion thereof, the link or content associated with the link.
US11552912B2	Process for optimizing the storage space on a messaging server and associated system A process for optimizing storage space of a messaging server that stores electronic messages. Sets of messages may be processed to identify redundant elements, such as common text clauses or attachments, that appear in multiple messages. These redundant elements may be stored and removed from the associated messages. When a message is read, the removed elements may be replaced in the message at their original positions to reconstruct the original message.
US11552908B2	Method and system for reliable and deterministic data transmission The present invention relates to a data transmission system including a data exchange unit; wherein, to transmit a data frame, it passes successively at least through an interface module that is configured to receive said data frame from outside the transmission system; an analysis and filtering module responsible for processing said data frame which is received from the interface module before encapsulation; and an encapsulation module responsible for encapsulating said data frame processed by the analysis and filtering module, wherein two successive modules through which said data frame passes are connected to one another by an interconnection device each including a temporary memory for storing said frame and the read and write accesses to said memory being frequency-independent.
US11552906B2	Hard zoning of virtual local area networks in a fibre channel fabric A network where FC and Ethernet storage traffic share the underlying network. The network extends FC SAN storage specific attributes to Ethernet storage devices. The network is preferably formed of FC switches, so each edge switch acts as an FCoE FCF, with internal communications done using FC. IP packets are encapsulated in FC packets for transport. Preferably, either each outward facing switch port can be configured as an Ethernet or FC port, so devices can be connected as desired. FCoE devices connected to the network are in particular virtual LANs (VLANs). The name server database is extended to include VLAN information for the device and the zoning database has automatic FCOE_VLAN zones added to provide a mechanism for enhanced soft and hard zoning. Zoning is performed with the conventional zoning restrictions enhanced by including the factor that any FCoE devices must be in the same VLAN.
US11552904B2	Architecture for high performing data plane applications with smart network interface on compute servers A system for processing data, comprising a compute node having a first processor that is configured to receive a digital data message containing a request for computing services and to allocate processing resources on a network as a function of the request. A smart network interface controller (NIC) having a second processor that is configured to interface with the network and to send and receive data over the network associated with the computing services as a function of one or more policies. The smart NIC configured to receive policy update data and to implement the policy update data and to process the data that is sent and received over the network in accordance with the policy data.
US11552902B2	Managing connection retries due to access class barring In some implementations, a method includes receiving a connection request from a user application. A service request is sent to a radio resource control (RRC) module. An indication of failure of or a rejection to the service request due to access class barring is received from the RRC module. A retry of the user application connection request is prevented until expiration of an access-class-barring timer of the RRC module that resulted in the access class barring.
US11552901B2	Automated decision techniques for controlling resource access A durability assessment system may receive a request, from a computing system, for a durability index describing an entity. The durability assessment system may determine the durability index based on information about the resource usage by the entity, such as a resource availability score or a resource allocation score. The durability assessment system may compare the obtained resource availability score and resource allocation score to ranges associated with a set of durability indices. Based on the comparison, the durability assessment system may determine a durability index for the entity. The durability index may indicate an ability of the entity to return accessed resources. In some cases, the durability assessment system may provide the durability index to an allocation computing system that is configured to determine whether to grant access to resources based on the durability index.
US11552899B2	Automatic scaling for consumer servers in a data processing system A system and method for automatically scaling consumer servers in a data processing system. To build an automatic scaling system, the present disclosure allows consumers to obtain additional information, e.g., the number of events that await to be read from an aggregator when receiving an event from the aggregator. This additionally obtained number provides a direct gauge for the data processing system to determine when the consumers are over-provisioned, i.e., when the number of events left to be read is close to zero, as well as when the consumers are under-provisioned, e.g., when the number of events left to be read continues to increase. As a result, the consumers can be automatically scaled to handle the dynamic data processing demand while providing optimal resource allocation.
US11552894B2	Method for regulating traffic of TCP flow A method for regulating traffic of a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) flow includes: deciding, based on a ratio of current bucket level to bucket size, a value of an Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) bit of a packet; setting a field of a meter tag of the packet based on a packet length of the packet, the value of the ECN bit, and a current bucket level; updating the current bucket level based on the field of the meter tag; calculating an actual transmission rate; and determining an adjustment value based on a difference between the actual transmission rate and a target rate, and adjusting a rate of change of bucket level based on the adjustment value.
US11552892B2	Dynamic control of latency tolerance reporting values An endpoint processing device is provided for dynamically controlling latency tolerance reporting (LTR) values. The endpoint processing device comprises memory configured to store data and a processor. The processor is configured to execute a program and send, to a root point processing device via a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) link, a plurality of messages each comprising a memory access request and a LTR value indicating an amount of time to service the memory access request. The processor is also configured to, for each of the plurality of messages, determine, during execution of the program, a LTR value setting and set the LTR value as the determined LTR value setting.
US11552890B2	Enhanced entropy for a converged interconnect network Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for introducing entropy in a Converged Interconnect Network. For instance, a remote physical layer device (RPD) can receive a first plurality of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses that are assigned to the RPD. The RPD can receive, from a Converged Cable Access Platform Core (CCAP-Core) device, a first data packet having a first destination IP address selected from the first plurality of IP addresses. The RPD can receive, from the CCAP-Core device, a second data packet having a second destination IP address selected from the first plurality of IP addresses. In some examples, a difference between the first destination IP address and the second destination IP address can cause a router disposed between the CCAP-Core device and the RPD to select a first route for the first data packet and a second route for the second data packet.
US11552889B1	Layer three instances for a cloud-based services exchange In general, this disclosure describes a programmable network platform for dynamically programming a cloud exchange to provide a layer three (L3) routing instance as a service to customers of the cloud exchange. In one example, a cloud exchange comprises an L3 network located within a data center and configured with an L3 routing instance for an enterprise; and for the L3 routing instance, respective first and second attachment circuits for first and second cloud service provider networks co-located within the data center, wherein the L3 routing instance stores a route to a subnet of the second cloud service provider network to cause the L3 routing instance to forward packets, received from the first cloud service provider network via the first attachment circuit, to the second cloud service provider network via the second attachment circuit.
US11552888B2	Communication apparatus and communication method A communication device includes a processor. The processor updates, when a port which is received a packet is connected to a first path or a second path, an identifier assigned to the packet from a value according to the path to a first value or a second value. The processor learns a correspondence relationship between a destination address of the packet and a transmission port by flooding the packet, and determines the transmission port based on the correspondence relationship. The processor updates, when the transmission port is connected to the first path or the second path, the identifier assigned to the packet of which the transmission port is determined to a value according to the first path or the second path. The processor discards the packet of which the identifier is updated to the second value by the first process and the transmission port is connected to the second path.
US11552884B1	Efficient core routing A method for managing traffic in a computerized system that may include routers and at least one edge device, the method may include performing traffic management operations for controlling traffic related to the routers while executing a first traffic management operations by the at least one edge device, and executing second traffic management operations by the routers.
US11552878B1	Managing replay windows in multipath connections between gateways Described herein are systems, methods, and software to manage replay windows in multipath connections between gateways. In one implementation, a first gateway may receive a packet directed toward a second gateway and identify a path from a plurality of paths to the second gateway. Once identified, the first gateway may increment a sequence number associated with the path and encapsulate the packet with a unique identifier for the path in the header with the incremented sequence number. The first gateway the communicates the encapsulated packet to the second gateway.
US11552877B2	Systems and methods for modeling and optimizing a telecommunications network Aspects of the present disclosure include systems, methods, computing devices, computer-implemented methods, and the like for modeling and/or simulating performance of a telecommunications network during one or more failure scenarios that reduces computational time and/or power over previous simulation techniques. Modeling and simulating the network may include generating an initial network model from network data information and applying one or more transformations to the initial network model to reduce the size of the model. Following transformation, simulation methods may be applied to the generated network model based on routing characteristics of the components of the network. To reduce the computations utilized to simulate such components and/or routing decisions in the network, one or more simulation algorithms may be applied to the transformed network model to reduce the number of routing decisions simulated.
US11552875B2	Communication support system and method From among a U-plane and a C-plane, the U-plane is installed in a first user site which has a base station, and the C-plane is installed in a C-plane site (any site that is not a user site). A system sets a U-plane inter-site path which is an inter-site communication path that connects a first user site with a second user site via a wide area network, and a C-plane inter-site path which is an inter-site communication path that connects a C-plane site with the first user site via the wide area network. In addition, the system sets an in-site communication path which is a communication path within the first user site and which connects to an inter-site communication path. A U-plane inter-site path is an inter-site communication path via which data is transmitted or received by a U-plane. A C-plane inter-site path is an inter-site communication path via which a signal is transmitted or received by a C-plane.
US11552874B1	Methods, systems and computer readable media for proactive network testing The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for proactive network testing. One method for proactive network testing includes receiving, by a test controller and via a network tap, at least one metric associated with live network traffic; determining, by the test controller and using the at least one metric and a threshold value associated with the at least one metric, that a network test is to be performed; configuring, by the test controller, a first test agent to execute the network test; and executing, by the first test agent, the network test.
US11552873B2	Debugging arrangement for active ethernet cable A cable, a manufacturing method, and a usage method, each facilitate product development, testing, and debugging. An illustrative embodiment of a cable manufacturing method includes: connecting a first connector plug to a first data recovery and re-modulation (DRR) device and to a first controller device; and coupling electrical signal conductors to the first DRR device to convey electrical transit signals to and from a second DRR device, the second DRR device being connected to a second connector plug. The first controller device is operable in response to a host command to initiate a debug dump by the first DRR device and to store the debug dump in a nonvolatile memory.
US11552869B2	Robust suspension and resumption of desktop virtualization A method for suspending and resuming a connection for desktop virtualization between two computing devices. In response to a client computing device shutting down, suspending, hibernating, or losing network connectivity during virtualization, the server computing device may itself shut down, suspend, or hibernate, or may pause or suspend the operation of one or more applications currently hosted by the server computing device. The server may detect that connectivity has been restored and resume operation of hosted applications. Alternatively, the client may transmit a command to the server indicating that the client is ready to resume virtualization. The client may also be configured to transmit a command that may cause the server to resume a powered-on state after the server was shut down or in a state of hibernation.
US11552853B2	Service chain accomodation apparatus and service chain accommodation method A service chain accommodation device includes an influence coefficient calculation unit that calculates an influence coefficient indicating that an influence at the time of processing failure of a service chain is greater for a VNF located in a subsequent stage of a service chain and a VNF shared among a plurality of service chains, a residual resource calculation unit that corrects an amount of residual resources that can be accommodated for each of the VNFs through which the service chain passes, and an accommodation design unit that assigns a new service chain on the basis of the amount of the residual resources.
US11552843B2	Playback devices and bonded zones Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to facilitate configuration and naming of a multimedia playback device on a local playback network are disclosed. An example method includes identifying and analyzing local network topology to identify playback device(s) connected to the network at location(s). The example method includes analyzing a playback device to be added and comparing the playback device to be added to the playback device(s) already connected to the network. The example method includes displaying available option(s) to name the playback device to be added based on the analysis of the network, the already connected playback device(s) and the playback device to be added to the network. The example method includes naming the playback device to be added based on a selected available option.
US11552842B2	Flexible interface between a baseband controller and remote units of a C-RAN In one embodiment, a method comprises determining which functional splits between processing performed in a baseband controller and processing performed in a remote unit are supported by each remote unit served by the baseband controller. The method further comprises determining at least one functional split in the processing performed in the baseband controller and the processing performed in the remote units to use. The method further comprises, for each said at least one functional split and each remote unit associated with that functional split, configuring the processing performed in the baseband controller and the processing performed in that remote unit are configured to use that functional split and configuring a respective interface between the baseband controller and that remote unit are configured for communicating front-haul data therebetween using that functional split.
US11552841B2	Method and apparatus for configuring service This application provides a method and an apparatus for configuring a service, which help to implement automatic configuration of a service and improve efficiency. The method provided in this application includes: obtaining, by an NaaS device, a contract of a service, where the contract includes identifier information and a condition, the identifier information is used to identify a first device group, the first device group includes a device that provides the service, and the condition is a communication requirement corresponding to the service; obtaining, by the NaaS device, information about a network device group according to the identifier information and the condition; obtaining, by the NaaS device, a first forwarding rule according to the condition, where the first forwarding rule corresponds to the network device group; and sending, by the NaaS device, the first forwarding rule and the information about the network device group to a controller.
US11552838B2	Techniques for interfacing between web services and interface description language (IDL)-based remote procedure call (RPC) services and an optical communication system implementing same An embodiment of the present disclosure includes an RPC architecture that includes a central manager gateway with a client-facing side that allows for client access via web services protocols such as SOAP and REST. The central manager gateway further includes a server-facing side that can communicate with a plurality of network elements, with each network element implementing a common IDL architecture and RPC manager instance. Each of the network elements, and in particular their RPC manager instance, may communicate with other RPC manager instances to ‘learn’ the network topology for the system and maintain a topology database for purposes of exposing a naming service, e.g., a CORBA naming service. The network elements may elect one master element while the others remain as slaves. The central manager gateway may automatically locate the master network element and forward client requests to the same for servicing.
US11552836B1	Systems and methods for calculating beamforming weights used in wireless network discovery, synchronization, and reference signal waveform identification Physical layer processing methods for network acquisition by remote nodes in wireless communication systems are described herein. New methods for wireless network discovery and synchronization by remote nodes are described herein that utilize spatial (e.g., antenna array) processing algorithms which may achieve enhanced functioning in challenging radio frequency environments, such as those containing interference and multipath distortion effects. These methods may include advantageous use of spatial whiteners and associated pluralities of adaptive beamformers to detect network reference and synchronization signals and estimate their parameters.
US11552835B2	Allocation-based distortion function selection A radio transmitter circuit (10) for transmitting signals within an uplink or sidelink frequency band of a cellular communications system is disclosed. It comprises a signal-generation circuit (20) configured to generate a transmission signal to be transmitted, and a radio front-end circuit (30), connected to the signal-generation circuit (20) at an input of the radio front-end circuit (30), for receiving the transmission signal, and configured to be connected to an antenna (40) at an output of the radio front-end circuit and to transmit the transmission signal to a remote node via said antenna (40). The signal-generation circuit (20) is configured to select a distortion function (D1, D2) based on a location of an allocated radio frequency resource, within said uplink or sidelink frequency band, for the transmission signal. Furthermore, the signal-generation circuit (20) is configured to generate an intermediate transmission signal, based on information to be transmitted in the transmission signal. Moreover, the signal-generation circuit (20) is configured to generate the transmission signal by applying the distortion function (D1, D2) to the intermediate transmission signal.
US11552833B2	Receiver for data signal based on pulse amplitude modulation and electronic device including the same A receiver includes an interface configured to receive a data signal based on an n-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM-n) in which n is an integer equal to or greater than 4. The interface may include an analog-digital converting circuit configured to adjust a reference voltage, for distinguishing second bit data from the data signal in a second section, based on first bit data converted from the data signal in a first section and the first bit data converted from the data signal in the second section, the second section being after the first section.
US11552831B1	Systems and methods for equalizer correction A method for equalizer correction in a communication network includes (a) obtaining raw equalizer coefficients in a frequency domain, (b) removing time delay from the raw equalizer coefficients to generate corrected equalizer coefficients in a time domain such that a direct current (DC) corrected equalizer coefficient of the corrected equalizer coefficients has a phase of zero, and (c) converting the corrected equalizer coefficients from the time domain to the frequency domain.
US11552830B2	Low power receiver with equalization circuit, communication unit and method therefor A low power receiver having a feedforward equalization, FFE, based continuous time linear equalizer, CTLE. The FFE CTLE comprises: an input for receiving an input signal; a main first path operably coupled to the input and comprising a source-follower transistor arranged to apply a scaling factor to the received input signal; a second path operably coupled to the input and comprising a delay arranged to apply a delay to the received input signal and a common source transistor common source transistor arranged to apply a scaling factor to the received delayed input signal, wherein the source-follower transistor and the common source, CS, transistor are connected as a single SF-CS stage whose output is arranged to subtract the output of the common source transistor from an output of the source-follower transistor.
US11552829B2	Method and system for adjusting line width and line gap of differential signal pair A method for adjusting a line width and a line gap of a differential signal pair includes performing a new parameter setting step, a distance difference of center calculating step, a reference polygon generating step and a differential signal pair adjusting step. The new parameter setting step is performed to set a new line width and a new line gap of the new differential signal line pair. The distance difference of center calculating step is performed to calculate a difference between an original center distance of the original differential signal line pair and a new center distance of the new differential signal line pair. The reference polygon generating step is performed to generate a reference polygon from an original center line of the original differential signal line pair. The differential signal pair adjusting step is performed to adjust the reference polygon to the new differential signal line pair.
US11552828B2	Beamformer solicited sounding Example implementations are directed to methods and systems employing a solicited sounding protocol that includes receiving, by a second access point, a sounding trigger broadcast by a first access point. The methods and systems also include receiving, by the second access point, a dedicated training signal from a first station in response to the sounding trigger broadcast by the first access point, and generating, by the second access point, channel characteristics of a channel based on the first dedicated training signal, the channel including a forward channel between the second access point and the first station.
US11552826B2	Method for the operation and expansion of a network of lights Method for the operation and expansion of a network of lights Described herein is method for the operation and the expansion of a network of lights, each light in the network including a control module which is assigned to a group, each control module being in communication with a group controller as well as control modules in the same group. The network can be expanded by installing new lights with their associated control modules (19), and each new control module scans its environment and transmits environmental information to a central server (20) where the environmental information is analysed and the new control modules are allocated into groups (21). After allocation to a group in which control modules may be moved from one group to another or a new group is formed, the new control modules are available for normal operation. This process is repeated for each new light and associated control module.
US11552820B2	Prioritized serial communication An electric system for transmitting serial communication messages with different priorities over a communication link. The data to be transmitted is arranged in serial communication messages comprising a start of packet (SOP) symbol and data symbols. The ongoing transmission of a first message is interrupted if a SOP symbol of a second message is sent before the first message has been completed. Transmission of the first message is continued only after the second message has been sent.
US11552815B2	Method of and devices for supporting selective forwarding of messages in a network of communicatively coupled communication devices A gateway device and a configuration client for supporting selective forwarding of messages published to a group address or a virtual address in a wireless mesh network of communicatively coupled communication devices, such as a Bluetooth Mesh system. The configuration client maintains a mapping between unicast addresses of communication devices and group and virtual addresses in the network. The gateway device receives, from the configuration client, unicast addresses of those communication devices collectively identified by the group or virtual address in a received message. When the retrieved unicast addresses are all serviced by the gateway device, the message is transmitted by the gateway device on all interfaces corresponding to the communication devices addressed by the retrieved unicast addresses. When the retrieved unicast addresses are not all serviced by the gateway device, the message is transmitted by the gateway device on all except one of the interfaces.
US11552811B2	Conferencing with error state HID notification A conferencing system may include a data input port and an ingest system to receive signals through the data input port from a separate conference data source. The ingest system may include a notification subsystem to: identify an error state with respect to the signals received through the data input port; and output a human interface device (HID) notification to a conferencing application, wherein the HID notification includes the identified error state.
US11552810B2	PUF with dissolvable conductive paths The generation of “fingerprints”, also called challenge-response pairs (CRPs) of Physically Unclonable Functions (PUFs), can often stress electronic components, leaving behind traces that can be exploited by crypto-analysts. A non-intrusive method to generate CRPs based on Resistive RAMs may instead be used, which does not disturb the memory cells. The injection of small electric currents (magnitude of nanoAmperes) in each cell causes the resistance of each cell to drop abruptly by several orders of magnitudes through the formation of temporary conductive paths in each cell. A repeated injection of currents into the same cell, results in an almost identical effect in resistance drop for a single cell. However, due to the small physical variations which occur during manufacturing, the cells are significantly different from each other, in such a way that a group of cells can be used as a basis for PUF authentication.
US11552809B1	Gesture-extracted passwords for authenticated key exchange A method for gesture-based multi-factor authentication includes mapping a gesture password to a first substitution string, generating a cryptographic key using the first substitution string as an input to a password authenticated key exchange protocol, encrypting a challenge response with the cryptographic key to generate an encrypted challenge response, and transmitting, to a relying party computing system, a first authentication message comprising the encrypted challenge response and a user identifier identifying a user.
US11552804B1	Code sign white listing (CSWL) A system and method for efficiently managing an executable environment involving multiple code-sign certificate chains. The system and method include receiving, by one or more processors and from a client device, a request for information to verify an authorization of a code bundle, the code bundle associated with a first signed code segment and a second signed code segment. The system and method include generating, by one or more processors, a list of certificates associated with the code bundle. The system and method include transmitting, by the one or more processors and to the client device, a message comprising the list of certificates, the message causing the client device to verify the code bundle based on the list of certificates.
US11552802B2	Stateless mutual authentication between services A server computing system generates a universally unique identifier (UUID) associated with a first application, the UUID to be encrypted using a private key associated with the first application to generate a first digital signature. The server computing system generates a first session key associated with the first application, the first digital signature to be encrypted using the first session key to generate a first encrypted digital signature. The server computing system encrypts the first session key using a public key associated with a second application to generate a first encrypted session key, wherein the first application and the second application are deployed with the PaaS associated with the server computing system. The server computing system transmits the UUID, the first encrypted digital signature, and the first encrypted session key to the second application using hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) to enable the second application to authenticate the first application.
US11552799B1	Storage architecture providing improved modification of access rights for stored data A storage architecture and associated usage techniques are described for providing efficient modification and use of access rights for stored data. The access rights may be associated with data stored on blockchain storage, and a separate ledger storage system may be used to provide improvements for modifying access rights for such stored data. For example, groups of data may be created and stored on blockchain storage before access to the stored data groups is made available to end users, and additional information related to those stored data groups (e.g., about their access rights) may be stored in a separate ledger storage system. When a particular user later requests access rights for one of those previously stored data groups, corresponding modifications may be quickly made to the separate ledger storage system to provide the user with substantially immediate access to that stored data group.
US11552798B2	Method and system for authenticating a secure credential transfer to a device A method for authenticating a secure credential transfer to a device includes verifying user identity and device identity. In particular, the method includes verifying user identity by requesting and receiving a user identification input at a first client device and verifying device identity of a second client device by (i) determining a security status of the second client device from hardware of the second client device, (ii) invoking an identifier related to the security status of the second client device to an authentication server, and (iii) obtaining certification from the authentication server for the second client device based on the invoked identifier. After verifying the user identity and the device identity, the method includes establishing a secure channel between the first client device and the second client device for the secure credential transfer using one or more tokens generated by the authentication server.
US11552796B2	Cryptographic processing events for encrypting or decrypting data A cryptographic method is provided. The cryptographic method comprises an initialisation phase for determining a provisional generator point G′ equal to a first product G′=[d′]G, where d′ is a first random scalar forming a secret key of N bits and G is a generator point of an elliptical curve, and determining a provisional key Q′ equal to a second product Q′=[d′]Q, where Q is a point of the elliptical curve forming a public key. During an encryption phase a second random scalar forming a second secret key k of M bits, with M

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