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US11602647B2	Method and apparatus for detecting position, and radiotherapy system A method and apparatus for position detection, and a radiotherapy system are provided. The radiotherapy system includes: a treatment couch, a positioning apparatus, an optical tracking system and a computer; the positioning apparatus disposed on the treatment couch, and at least one reference point provided on the positioning apparatus; the optical tracking system disposed above the treatment couch and configured to detect relative positioning between a mark point set on a treated part of a patient and the reference point, determine deviation between the relative and reference positions, and send the deviation to the computer. The computer is configured to determine whether to adjust a position of the treatment couch based on the deviation and deviation range. The system provided by the present disclosure avoids the influence of patient movement on the accuracy of treatment, and prevents a treatment beam from damaging normal tissues of the patient.
US11602643B2	Systems and methods for combining clinical goals with knowledge based dose prediction in treatment planning A treatment planning apparatus includes: a modeler configured to obtain a model definition, wherein the model definition comprises a first quality metric of a first clinical goal; and a treatment planner having: a model trainer configured to obtain a set of existing treatment plans following desired clinical practice, and to perform model training to obtain a trained model based on the existing treatment plans and the first quality metric of the first clinical goal; an objective generator configured to generate a cost function based on the trained model; and an optimizer configured to determine a treatment plan based on the cost function.
US11602642B2	Fiducial marker for oncological and other procedures A method and apparatus for marking a target with a radiopaque marker is disclosed. The method may include providing a radiopaque filament and inserting at least portion of the radiopaque filament into tissue. The filament may extend continuously and at last partially around a perimeter of the target so that the filament is disposed in a plurality of surgical planes to demarcate the target with the radiopaque maker.
US11602628B2	Intra-aortic balloon apparatus, assist devices and methods for improving flow, counterpulsation and haemodynamics A circulatory assist apparatus comprising: an inflatable pumping balloon having a proximal end joined to an elongated balloon catheter, the balloon catheter having a distal end joined to the pumping balloon and a proximal end, separated from the distal end by a length sufficient to extend from within a circulatory lumen to the outside of a patient's body, for receiving positive and negative pressure pulses from a pump to inflate and deflate the pumping balloon; and a radially expandable frame, mounted on one of a segment extending distally from the pumping balloon, the balloon catheter, and a sleeve tube surrounding the balloon catheter. The expandable frame is manipulate to expand within the circulatory lumen, and functions to space apart the inflatable balloon from the circulatory lumen, having a first diameter in a collapsed configuration for intraluminal delivery and a second, larger diameter in an expanded configuration achieved by said manipulation.
US11602626B2	Needleless connector with compressible valve Needleless connectors are described. An example needleless connector includes a housing and a compressible valve. The housing may define an internal cavity and may include a body section having a first port and one or more internal contact tabs and a base section having a valve mount and a second port. The compressible valve may be disposed within at least a portion of the internal cavity and be movably retained within the housing. The compressible valve may include a flange portion for securing the compressible valve within the housing. A central longitudinal axis of the housing may be defined by a coaxial arrangement of the first and second port. The one or more internal contact tabs may be arranged to contact an outer side surface of the flange portion such that a radial force substantially orthogonal to the central longitudinal axis is provided for securement.
US11602623B2	Balloon catheter having micro needles and manufacturing method for the same A balloon catheter which is inflated after insertion into a tubular tissue includes: a balloon catheter body made of a polymer material, which is inflatable by fluid injection; and a plurality of microneedles formed on the surface of the balloon catheter body, wherein the microneedles are formed by transferring a biocompatible polymer resin or photocurable resin, filled in intaglio patterns formed on a mold, which have a shape corresponding to a shape of the microneedles, to the surface of the balloon catheter body which is in close contact with the mold, by a thermal molding, thermal crosslinking or photocuring process.
US11602618B2	Device forming an infusion catheter for treating at least one partial or total obstruction in a passage, such as a body passage The invention relates to an infusion catheter device.This catheter device 10 has an elongate, substantially tubular shape defining a longitudinal axis, a distal end (D) and a proximal end (P), configured to be introduced into a conduit (50) having an inner wall (54) and an outer wall (56) and comprising at least one partial or total obstruction (60) or occlusion to be treated, said device comprising, at its distal end (D), one or more infusion orifices (16, 18, 20, 22) for an infusion liquid (LI), and, upstream from the one or more infusion orifices, at the proximal side (P) of the infusion catheter (10), at least one obturating element (70) for temporary obturating, configured to treat said obstruction (60) or occlusion and to perform the infusion of the infusion liquid (LI) downstream from the obturating element (70) and in the obturating position.This device is suitable in particular for cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology.
US11602617B2	Pumpless thrombectomy system A thrombectomy catheter system can include a catheter configured for insertion into vasculature of a patient. The system includes a pressure chamber configured to isolate an internal volume from a surrounding environment. The system can include an infusion container including an infusion fluid therein. The pressure chamber can receive the infusion container. A drive unit can pressurize a working fluid in the pressure chamber with the infusion container received in the pressure chamber. In an example, pressurizing of the working fluid correspondingly compresses the infusion container to pressurize the infusion fluid and transfer the infusion fluid to the catheter. In an example, the infusion fluid is isolated from the working fluid by the infusion container when the working fluid is pressurized in the pressure chamber.
US11602615B2	Introducer sheath assembly having a locking dilator An introducer assembly includes a valve having a first end and an opposite second end; a sheath fixedly secured to and extending axially from one of the first and second ends of the valve; a dilator extending through the valve and sheath; and a lock knob rotatable between locked and unlocked positions to releasably axially lock the tool relative to the sheath without causing corresponding rotation of the tool therewith.
US11602612B2	Support system, support method, and support program A support system, a support method, and a support program in the form of a non-transitory computer readable medium, which supports selection of a medical instrument and selection of a use form of the medical instrument. A support system includes the data acquisition unit that acquires health care worker data on a health care worker, medical institution data on a medical institution, patient data on a patient, and operation data on a past operation experience of the health care worker, a learning unit that performs machine learning using the health care worker data, the medical institution data, the patient data, and the operation data, and a presentation unit that presents a medical instrument recommended for use in operation on the patient and a recommended use form of the medical instrument based on a result of the machine learning.
US11602610B2	Chain mail mesh and process for reducing stress A chain mail mesh comprising interconnecting, polygonal links suitably interconnected to define a sheet having each of the interconnecting, polygonal links having at least one degree of freedom of movement in at least one direction with respect to its neighbouring polygonal links wherein each of the interconnecting, polygonal links, interconnected to at least one neighbouring interconnecting polygonal link, combine to form an operative upper surface and an operative lower surface of the sheet, and wherein at least a portion of at least one of the operative upper surface and the operative lower surface of the sheet generally feels smooth with gaps, which produce a calming or pleasing effect when contacted with or moved over, or combinedly contacted with and moved over a human's body portion which being apt to sense of touch. The sheet has a predetermined drape coefficient, nonlinear motion, and is capable of providing relief in stress or pleasure when a human employs the same.
US11602608B2	Method and device for administering a humidified aerosol to a patient interface A method and device are used for administering a humidified aerosol to a patient interface by providing and guiding a first gas flow having a humidified aerosol, a second gas flow having humidified respiratory gases, and a liquid flow of a thermally balancing liquid, thermally balancing the first and second gas flow by parallel guiding the first and second gas flow such that the first and second gas flow are guided in a manner that they are at least partially surrounded by the liquid flow of the thermally balancing liquid, mixing the first and second gas flow to obtain enriched respiratory gases having the humidified aerosol, and administering the enriched respiratory gases to the patient interface. The method and the device avoid the administration of dry or re-dried powdered aerosols and unwanted accumulation of and blockage by powdered material. The device is useful in respiratory support of preterm infants.
US11602600B2	Apparatus for mounting a pen needle assembly A storage device (30) for storing a pen needle assembly (10) includes a housing (30) having first wells (44) with a dimension for receiving the pen needle assembly and second wells (46) for receiving an inner shield (24) of the pen needle assembly. The second wells (46) have a diameter less than a diameter of the first wells (44). An ejector (40) in the housing (34) can be actuated to eject the used needle hub (16) and outer covers (22) from the first well (44) and the inner shield (24) from the second well (46) for disposal. A method of coupling a pen needle delivery device to a needle hub positions a needle hub assembly (18) in the first well (44) and inserts the coupling end of the delivery device (10) into the first well (44) and is coupled to the needle hub. The needle hub is pulled from the outer cover (22). The inner shield (24) is inserted into the second well (46) to remove the inner shield from the needle hub.
US11602599B2	Accessory for an injection device including a pivotable cover An accessory for an injection device having a needle cap. The accessory comprises a body portion comprising a recess adapted to receive the injection device and a cover coupled to the body portion. The cover is pivotally moveable between an open position in which the recess is exposed to receive the injection device, and a closed position in which the cover at least partially closes the recess to hold the injection device in the body portion. The accessory further comprises a cap remover comprising a grip adapted to hold the needle cap. The cap remover is moveable with respect to the body portion.
US11602591B2	Cartridge-based in-bore infuser A fluid delivery device includes: a fluid-filled cartridge comprising an outlet; a syringe comprising a substantially cylindrical syringe barrel having an open end and a fluid dispensing end; and a plunger rod configured to be received within the open end of the syringe barrel. The plunger rod comprises: a first end having a sealing member provided in sealing engagement with an inner wall of the syringe barrel such that a first syringe chamber is provided between the first end of the plunger rod and the fluid dispensing end of the syringe barrel; a second end extending out of the open end of the syringe barrel and having a cartridge-receiving chamber having a connection mechanism positioned therein for connecting the outlet of the cartridge thereto. The plunger rod also includes a fluid channel extending from the connection mechanism to the first end of the plunger rod.
US11602585B2	Methods for reducing contamination in a biological substance Provided herein are materials and methods of reducing contamination in a biological substance or treating contamination in a subject by one or more toxins comprising contacting the biological substance with an effective amount of a sorbent capable of sorbing the toxin, wherein the sorbent comprises a plurality of pores ranging from 50 Å to 40,000 Å with a pore volume of 0.5 cc/g to 5.0 cc/g and a size of 0.05 mm to 2 cm and sorbing the toxin. Also provided are kits to reduce contamination by one or more toxins in a biological substance comprising a sorbent capable of sorbing a toxin, wherein the sorbent comprises a plurality of pores ranging from 50 Å to 40,000 Å with a pore volume of 0.5 cc/g to 5.0 cc/g and a size of 0.05 mm to 2 cm and a vessel to store said sorbent when not in use together with packaging for same.
US11602569B2	Synthetic DNA vectors and methods of use Provided herein are isolated DNA vectors comprising a heterologous gene, wherein the DNA vector is devoid of bacterial plasmid DNA and/or bacterial signatures, which can abrogate persistence in vivo. The invention also features pharmaceutical compositions (non-immunogenic pharmaceutical compositions) including the DNA vectors of the invention, which can be used for induction of long-term, episomal expression of a heterologous gene in a subject. The invention involves methods of treating a subject by administering the DNA vectors of the invention, including methods of treating disorders associated with a defect in a target gene.
US11602559B2	HIV-1 Env fusion peptide immunogens and their use Embodiments of immunogens based on the HIV-1 Env fusion peptide and methods of their use and production are disclosed. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the immunogens are also provided. In several embodiments, the immunogens can be used to generate an immune response to HIV-1 Env in a subject, for example, to treat or prevent an HIV-1 infection in the subject.
US11602558B2	Modified norovirus VP1 proteins and VLPS comprising modified norovirus VP1 proteins Nucleic acids encoding modified norovirus VP1 proteins, and VLPs comprising one or more of the modified norovirus VP1 proteins are provided. Methods for modified norovirus VP1 protein, and norovirus VLP, production in plants, portions of the plant or a plant cell, are also described.
US11602555B2	Treatment of respiratory tract diseases and infections with ascorbic acid compositions The application is directed to a method of inhibiting or reducing growth of clinical isolate bacteria comprising contacting the clinical isolate with a composition comprising glutathione, a glutathione derivative, a glutathione conjugate, a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, or any combination thereof.
US11602554B2	P53-targeting vaccines and pd-1 pathway inhibitors and methods of use thereof The disclosure provides, inter alia, methods and materials involved in treating cancer using a p53 vaccine in combination with a PD-1 pathway inhibitor.
US11602549B2	Laminated tissue grafts composed of Wharton's jelly and methods of making and using the same Described herein are tissue grafts derived from the placenta with improved physical and biological properties. In one aspect, the tissue graft includes a first membrane comprising Wharton's jelly laminated with amnion, chorion, or a combination thereof. The presence of Wharton's jelly in the grafts enhances the performance of allograft amniotic-derived, caderivic allograft, xenograft, or alloplast soft tissue substitutes.
US11602547B2	FasL-engineered biomaterials with immunomodulatory function Described herein are FasL-engineered biomaterials, as well as methods of making and using such FasL-engineered biomaterials, such as for immunomodulation, such as for inducing immunosuppression and specific immune tolerance, such as for preventing or reducing the risks of rejection of cellular or tissue grafts and/or the treatment of autoimmune disorders such as Type I diabetes. In specific embodiments, the FasL-engineered biomaterials are biotinylated microgels bound to SA-FasL.
US11602535B2	Compositions and methods for treating retinal degradation The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for treating retinal damage and/or retinal degradation. More specifically, this disclosure relates to methods for treating degradation of the retinal pigment epithelium by administering compositions comprising a nucleoside and/or a nucleoside or nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor.
US11602533B2	Crenolanib combination therapy The present invention includes methods for treating a proliferative disorder by blocking both PDGFR and VEGFR signaling comprising a therapeutically effective amount of crenolanib or salt in combination with a VEGF/VEGFR inhibitor that is not axitinib wherein the crenolanib, VEGF/VEGFR inhibitor that is not axitinib are provided at least one of sequentially or concomitantly, in a subject for use in the treatment of the proliferative disorder, wherein the subject is a human subject.
US11602531B2	Vacuole-inducing compounds, methods of making and using the same Vacuole- or exosome-inducing indole-based chalcone and substituted triazole-hydrazone compounds that induce endosomal vacuolization and increase exosome yield, but do not trigger growth arrest or cell death, and methods of making and using are described.
US11602529B2	Use of EZH2 inhibitors for treating cancer The disclosure provides methods of treating, identifying and/or selecting for treatment a subject having a cancer in which an immune checkpoint protein is upregulated. In certain embodiments, the methods for treating cancer in a subject in need thereof comprise administering to the subject: (a) a therapeutically effective amount of an EZH2 inhibitor and (b) a therapeutically effective amount of an immune checkpoint inhibitor. In certain embodiments of the methods of the disclosure, the EZH2 inhibitor is tazemetostat.
US11602528B2	Method for the treatment of Pompe disease using 1-deoxynojirimycin derivatives The present invention provides a method for increasing the activity of a mutant or wild-type α-glucosidase enzyme in vitro and in vivo by contacting the enzyme with a specific pharmacological chaperone which is a derivative of 1-deoxynojirimycin. The invention also provides a method for the treatment of Pompe disease by administration of chaperone small molecule compound which is a derivative of 1-deoxynojirimycin. The 1-deoxynojirimycin derivative is substituted at the N or C1 position. Combination therapy with replacement α-glucosidase gene or enzyme is also provided.
US11602524B2	Selective inhibition of T Follicular Helper cells for treatment of autoimmune disorders Disclosed herein is a method of inhibiting T Follicular Helper (TFH) cell-mediated differentiation and/or activation in a subject. This method involves administering to a subject in need of treatment for an autoimmune disorder a eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) inhibitor to inhibit TFH cell-mediated differentiation and/or activation in the subject. Also disclosed is a method of inhibiting T Follicular Helper (THF) cell differentiation or TFH cell activity.
US11602518B2	Lipidic furan, pyrrole, and thiophene compounds for use in the treatment of atrophic vaginitis Provided herein are lipidic furan, pyrrole, and thiophene compounds, compositions, and methods using such compounds and compositions for the treatment of atrophic vaginitis. Specifically, the invention includes administering an effective amount of a compound of Formula I, I′, or I″, or a pharmaceutically acceptable composition, salt, isotopic analog, prodrug, or combination thereof, to a subject suffering from atrophic vaginitis.
US11602516B1	Treating benign prostatic hyperplasia Minimally invasive treatment methods for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) tissue. A system includes a sustained release formulation comprising a cytostatic or cytotoxic drug, and an applicator or delivery system for local delivery of a composition comprising or consisting essentially of the sustained release formulation to the prostate. The applicator containing the composition is characterized by a KIR value of between 40 and 400 Centipoise per unit area.
US11602515B2	Pharmaceutical compositions comprising dimethyl fumarate Pharmaceutical compositions are described comprising (a) dimethyl fumarate, (b) a diluent selected from monosaccharides, disaccharides, starch and starch derivatives, calcium and magnesium inorganic salts, sugar alcohols, and mixtures thereof, (c) microcrystalline cellulose and (d) croscarmellose sodium, wherein the dimethyl fumarate is not covered with a gastroresistant coating. These compositions are intended for the treatment of some inflammatory autoimmune diseases or disorders.
US11602512B1	Modified release gamma-hydroxybutyrate formulations having improved pharmacokinetics Modified release formulations of gamma-hydroxybutyrate having improved dissolution and pharmacokinetic properties are provided, and therapeutic uses thereof.
US11602511B2	Amino acid compositions and methods for the treatment of liver diseases This disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising amino acid entities and uses thereof. Methods for improving liver function and for treating liver diseases comprising administering an effective amount of the compositions to a subject in need thereof are also disclosed.
US11602510B2	Agent for use in the treatment of dyslipidemia The invention relates to an agent for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of dyslipidemia, in particular for the treatment of excessive/elevated LDL levels, containing propionic acid or a physiologically acceptable propionic acid derivative.
US11602509B2	Salt of cysteamine for the preparation of highly respirable particles An inhalable microparticles having cysteamine hyaluronate salt is provided. Also a preparation method and a pharmaceutical composition thereof are provided.
US11602501B2	Lyophilized formulations of tegavivint Lyophilized formulations of tegavivint, methods of making such formulations, and methods of treatment of cancer by administering the formulations.
US11602500B2	Treatment method for colon cancer The invention pertains to a method for treating a neoplasm, such as colorectal cancer, using hollow silica spheres (“HSS”). It also is directed to a method for making uncalcined HSS, calcined HSS from which phenyl groups have been removed, and HSS incorporating particles of Fe3O4, as well as compositions containing HSS.
US11602497B2	Hair bleaching compositions and methods of use Hair bleaching compositions, methods for using hair bleaching compositions, and methods for preparing hair bleaching compositions are provided herein. The hair bleaching compositions comprise at least one gallic acid derivative, at least one amino acid and/or at least one amino acid derivative, at least one oxidizing agent, and optionally, at least one hair care agent and/or hair treatment agent.
US11602495B2	Core shell silica particles and use for malodor reduction The present invention relates to core shell silica particles, wherein each core shell silica particle comprises a silica core, and a surface of the silica core is etched with metal silicate, the core shell silica particles prepared by: i) admixing an amount of silica particles in water with an amount of a base, wherein the base comprises a monovalent metal ion, to produce core shell silica particles, each core shell silica particle comprising a silica core, and a surface of the silica core etched with a silicate of the monovalent metal ion; and ii) reacting the core shell silica particles formed in step i) with a metal salt comprising a second metal ion, to form core shell silica particles comprising silicate of the second metal ion on the surface of the silica core.
US11602493B2	Gel formulations An anhydrous alcohol gel formulation. The gel formulation comprises one or more film forming agents, one of which is TM-Si 5. The gel formulation comprises active agent(s), which differs based on the purpose of the gel formulation. In certain embodiments, the gel formulation comprises one or more emollients. In certain embodiments, the gel formulation comprises one or more viscosity increasing agents. In certain embodiments, the gel formulation comprises Zinc Oxide. The formulation optionally comprises other ingredients. Such optional ingredients include: a skin conditioning and/or bulking agent; a fragrance, such as, for example and without limitation, Fragrance SZ-2108 MOD 2010; etc.
US11602491B1	Bioactive dental temporary filling material A dental filling material comprising bioactive borate glass particles, wherein the particles are at a concentration of 40-60 wt %, a co-monomer resin blend, a photoinitiator, and a co-initiator is provided. Method for applying the dental filling material to a tooth structure are also provided. The temporary filling material re-mineralizes the tooth structure and is removed after 1-7 days for the placement of a permanent filling material.
US11602488B2	Connected pill dispenser Apparatus and associated methods relate to a connected pill dispenser configured to treat a patient's illness with a robotic arm adapted to deliver a prescribed medication dose to a patient in their home, analyze the patient's response to the dose based on various sensor inputs, automatically determine whether the patient took the medicine and send the provider the result of providing the medication dose to the patient. In an illustrative example, the patient may be a chronic, acute, or terminal illness patient. The medication dose may be, for example, a medication prescribed by a doctor to be taken in a specific amount at specific times. In some embodiments, the connected pill dispenser may automatically notify the patient when a medication dose is due. Various embodiments may determine if the patient consumed a medication dose based on machine vision, audio, or other sensor data, permitting caregiver notification of patient medication adherence, medication compliance, or non-adherence and sensor inputs as data on potential effectiveness and/or side effects.
US11602486B2	Device for chilling insulin in a travel mug A device for use with a travel mug for storing and chilling at least one vial is disclosed. The device generally comprises at least a first cylindrical portion having a top end and a bottom end, wherein the top end comprises at least one recessed portion for storing the at least one vial and a second cylindrical portion having a top end and a bottom end. In one embodiment, the device comprises a rod having a first end connected to the bottom end of the first cylindrical portion, and a second end connected to the top end of the second cylindrical portion.
US11602484B2	Handheld acupuncture tapping device A handheld acupuncture tapping device includes a case that is divided into a head and a handheld part. At least one control button is disposed on the outer surface of the case, and at least one light unit, a vibration unit, a control module, and a contact unit are disposed within the case. The control module is electrically connected to the light unit and the vibration unit for driving the light unit and the vibration unit to generate a light and a vibration signal respectively. Further, the user can control the control module by the control button to adjust the intensity of the light and the waveform, frequency and amplitude of the vibration signal. The contact unit is disposed in front of the light unit and the vibration unit, so that the light and the vibration signal are projected on the contact unit and transmitted to an outside. The user can use the light and the vibration signal generated by the handheld acupuncture tapping device to tap or massage the treatment part.
US11602479B2	Systems and methods for providing synchronized movements of a powered wheelchair and an exoskeleton Embodiments herein are directed to a system that includes a powered wheelchair, a user-worn exoskeleton, and a master controller. The master controller monitors the independent movements of the powered wheelchair and the user-worn exoskeleton. The master controller prioritizes the movement of the powered wheelchair and the user-worn exoskeleton such that only one of the powered wheelchair or the user-worn exoskeleton will have the priority to complete the intended movement. The master controller may coordinate movements between the powered wheelchair and the user-worn exoskeleton so to perform a plurality of predetermined programs. For example, assisting a user to sit within the powered wheelchair, to assist a user to stand from a seating position when outside of the powered wheelchair, and/or use the powered wheelchair as a guide for walking.
US11602476B2	Prone patient positioning system Disclosed are patient positioning systems that support a patient in the prone position. A patient positioning system includes a chest bolster and one or more head supports selectively attachable to the chest bolster. The chest bolster elevates the patient's thorax and provides for gentle cervical flexion, while the one or more head supports can be attached to the chest bolster in different configurations to support the patient in a face down position or with the head turned laterally.
US11602475B2	Surgical tables A surgical table having a tabletop to be rotatable about a trend axis, the trend axis extending in a transverse direction across the tabletop; and an actuator mechanism coupled to the movable framework and arranged to raise and lower the movable framework relative to the column and to raise and lower the trend axis and to rotate the movable framework about the trend axis, and a control mechanism arranged to control the actuator mechanism to cause (i) the height of the trend axis to be translationally variable within a first dimensional range having a lowermost position, at which the trend axis extends through the column, and an uppermost position, at which the trend axis is above the upper end of the column the trend axis and is spaced at spacing height above the upper end of the column, and, simultaneously and/or independently (ii) the location of the trend axis in a lateral direction orthogonal to the trend axis to be translationally variable within a second dimensional range extending between first and second end positions.
US11602466B2	Absorbent hygienic article for absorbing body fluids An absorbent hygienic article for absorbing body fluids, the article including a liquid permeable topsheet, a backing layer and an absorbent core arranged between the topsheet and the backing layer, the topsheet and the backing layer being made from roll materials. The topsheet or an absorbent layer in the absorbent core is constituted by a cellulosic fibrous web, the fibres in the cellulosic fibrous web being constituted by a mixture of cellulose fibres including regenerated cellulose fibres or natural cellulose staple fibres and cellulose pulp fibres, the cellulosic fibrous web being a foam-formed, hydroentangled fibrous web.
US11602465B1	Diaper with electronic wetness detection A diaper wetness detection system includes a diaper, a wetness sensor, an RFID unit, and a transceiver unit. The RFID unit is a battery-less device that receives an interrogation signal transmitted by the transceiver unit. The RFID unit or the transceiver unit are configured to determine if a measurable characteristic, as sensed by the wetness sensor, indicates if the diaper is wet. The measurable characteristic can be a voltage or current indicative of a resistance, capacitance, or impedance at an area sensed by the wetness sensor. The value of the measurable characteristic is different when the diaper is wet versus dry. Comparing the measurable characteristic value to a threshold value or to one or more previously sensed measurable characteristic values enables a determination to be made as to whether or not the diaper is wet. The RFID unit can be detachably coupled to the diaper for simple attachment and removal.
US11602464B2	Multi-layer material for use in an absorbent article An absorbent article which can have an improved vertical absorption capability in the depth direction of the absorbent article. The absorbent article can have a topsheet layer, a backsheet layer, and an absorbent system positioned between the topsheet layer and the backsheet layer. The absorbent system can have at least a fluid intake layer and an absorbent core. The fluid intake layer can provide the absorbent article with a raised portion which can improve the vertical absorption capability in the depth direction of the absorbent article.
US11602461B2	Automatic wound coupling detection in negative pressure wound therapy systems Embodiments of negative pressure wound therapy systems and methods for operating the systems are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system includes a negative pressure source, a sensor, and a controller. The negative pressure source can provide negative pressure via a fluid flow path to the wound dressing. The sensor can monitor pressure in the fluid flow path. The controller can determine whether the wound dressing is coupled to a wound from a change in magnitude of pressure in the fluid flow path over time being more indicative of a steady state condition than a chaotic condition while the negative pressure source maintains negative pressure in the fluid flow path within a pressure range. In addition, the controller can output a first indication denoting that the wound dressing is coupled to the wound and a second indication denoting that the wound dressing is not coupled to the wound.
US11602460B2	Eustachian tube drug eluting stent An eustachian tube (ET) drug eluting stent includes a plurality of longitudinal spars with spring-like elements between each of the plurality of longitudinal spars, creating smooth arcs between each of the plurality of longitudinal spars while minimizing impediment of mucociliary flow. The combination of the plurality of longitudinal spars with spring-like elements are configured to enter into the ET uncompressed.
US11602450B2	Computer-controlled therapy with an adjustable removable cast Real-time cast sensor measurement outputs of a set of cast sensors that each measure a characteristic related to usage of an adjustable removable cast worn by a patient during treatment of congenital talipes equino varus (CTEV) are monitored. A cast usage anomaly relative to a treatment program prescribed for the patient with respect to wearing of the adjustable removable cast is identified according to the real-time cast sensor measurement outputs. Responsive to identifying the cast usage anomaly, real-time corrective treatment feedback is provided to the patient that instructs further and proper use of the adjustable removable cast to improve compliance with the treatment program prescribed for the patient.
US11602449B2	Systems and methods of performing surgery using Laplace's law tension retraction during surgery Disclosed are embodiments of an apparatus and system for performing a sleeve gastrectomy. The apparatus can include a bougie for insertion into an interior of a stomach, the bougie having a proximal bougie end and a distal bougie end, an inflation lumen having a proximal lumen end and a distal lumen end, the inflation lumen extending from the proximal bougie end through the distal bougie end, a fluid delivery system coupled with the proximal lumen end, the fluid delivery system being operably configured to deliver positive pressure in a predetermined positive pressure range into the stomach, and a monitor coupled with the proximal lumen end operably configured for the monitoring of pressure or volume within the stomach. The bougie can be operably configured to define a resection line for the sleeve gastrectomy when the predetermined positive pressure range is achieved within the stomach
US11602440B2	Expandable implant assembly An implant includes a first support, a second support rotatably coupled to the first support along a distal end of the implant, and a control assembly configured to move the implant between at least a first, collapsed orientation and a second, expanded orientation, the control assembly includes a control driver coupled to the first support and comprising a head and a shaft, the control driver configured to control relative movement between the first support and the second support, a control member configured to move along the shaft of the control driver, and a first linkage hingedly coupled to the control member and the second support, wherein movement of the control member causes the first support to move relative to the second support.
US11602437B2	Multi-piece intervertebral implants Intervertebral implants for implanting into an intervertebral space are provided. The implants can comprise one or more layers that are operably attached to one another. An implant can comprise a first layer having a first mating surface that mates with a second mating surface of a second layer. The first mating surface and the second mating surface can have features that allow them to complement each other. The implants can include one or more bore holes for receiving a fixation member. The bore holes can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal. In some cases, the bore holes will be blind bore holes.
US11602436B2	Expandable vertebral body replacement device and method An expandable vertebral body device, system, instrument, and methods of assembly and using the device, system, and instrument are disclosed. The vertebral body device includes a body with a first end and a second end, a first rotating member rotatably coupled to the first end, a second rotating member rotatably coupled to the second end, a first extension member moveably coupled to the first end, and a second extension member moveably coupled to the second end. The expandable cage system comprises a vertebral body device and an insertion instrument. Methods for assembling and using the vertebral body device and instrument are also disclosed.
US11602433B2	Prosthetic heart valve This disclosure relates generally to prosthetic valves and methods and systems for deploying, positioning, and recapturing the same. A prosthetic valve includes one or more support structures. At least one of the one or more support structures defines an elongate central passageway of the prosthetic valve. The prosthetic valve can also include a plurality of leaflet elements attached to at least one of the one or more support structures and disposed within the elongate central passageway for control of fluid flow through the elongate central passageway. At least one of the one or more support structures is configured to biodynamically fix the prosthetic valve within a native valve such as, for example, a native tricuspid valve of a heart.
US11602431B2	Heart valve sealing devices and delivery devices therefor An exemplary valve repair device for repairing a native valve of a patient includes a coaption element, a pair of paddles, and barb portions. The barb portions extend directly from at least one of the coaption element and the pair of paddles.
US11602429B2	Controllably deployable prosthetic valve A prosthetic valve may be used to repair a diseased or otherwise damaged heart valve such as the mitral valve. The prosthetic valve may include atraumatic anchor tabs which may be radiopaque or echogenic. A cinching mechanism may also be coupled to the prosthetic valve to control radial expansion of the prosthetic valve. The cinching mechanism may include a wire lasso or a belt. The prosthetic valve may include an expandable frame which has a reduced number of strut connection nodes to allow a lower profile collapsed configuration and tighter crimping. The commissure posts of the prosthetic valve may extend beyond an edge of the ventricular skirt portion of the device.
US11602427B2	Intraocular lenses including an intraocular pressure sensor Intraocular lenses that include a central portion and one or more peripheral portions. The IOLs includes a sensor housing and a communication member, both of which are secured to the central portion.
US11602426B2	Void occlusion device A void occlusion device that includes a scaffold defining a plurality of voids and a reinforcement member is described. The scaffold is configured to permit the infiltration of human tissue into the plurality of voids. The reinforcement member extends through at least a portion of the scaffold and is configured to resist compressive forces exerted on the scaffold. Also described are embodiments where the void occlusion device is biocompatible, bioresorbable, elastic, and suitable for radio imaging.
US11602421B2	Method and apparatus for forming a plurality of orthodontic aligners A method of forming an orthodontic aligner from an aligner digital model, the method comprising the steps of: three-dimensionally printing an intermediate structure comprising fused filaments from a biocompatible thermoplastic according to the aligner digital model via fused deposition modelling; coating the intermediate structure with a biocompatible translucent photopolymer; and irradiating the coating with ultraviolet light to cure the coating on the intermediate structure, thereby forming the orthodontic aligner.
US11602417B2	Dental implant, insertion tool for dental implant and combination of dental implant and insertion tool A dental implant (1), in particular for insertion into bone tissue of a patient, comprising: a core body (2) having an apical end (4), a coronal end (6), and an outer surface (8) extending along a longitudinal direction between said apical end (4) and said coronal end (6); and at least one thread (12) located on at least a threaded portion of said outer surface (8), should have superior properties regarding primary and secondary stability. According to the invention this is achieved in that the core body (2) comprises a core shaped zone (22), preferably next to said coronal end (6), in which core shaped zone (22) the cross-section of said core body (2) has a number of main directions in which the radius measuring the distance between the center (50) of the cross section and its outer contour takes a relative maximum value and thus a higher value than in neighboring orientations, a core circular zone (20), preferably next to said apical end (4), in which core circular zone (20) the cross-section of said core body (2) is basically circularly shaped, and, as seen in said longitudinal direction, a transition zone (26) positioned between said core shaped zone (22) and said core circular zone (20), in which transition zone (26) the geometry of the cross-section of said core body (2), as a function of a parameter characteristic for a coordinate in said longitudinal direction, changes continuously from a basically circular shape next to said core circular zone (20) to a shape in which the cross-section of said core body (2) corresponds to the shape of the cross section in said core shaped zone (32). The invention further relates to an insertion tool (200) for inserting a dental implant (1, 201, 401) into bone tissue of a patient. Moreover, the invention relates to a combination of such a dental implant (1, 201, 401) and such an insertion tool (200).
US11602415B2	Orthodontic appliance The orthodontic appliance includes a spread plate for spreading location of right and left molars of an upper dentition portion by spreading right and left plate portions, and the right and left plate portions include plate body portions arranged respectively on the sides of the molars of the upper dentition portion and the engagement portions extending from the plate body portions to the positions each facing the vicinity of the front teeth of the upper dentition portion, and the engagement portions are configured to be engaged with the lower front teeth when the upper dentition portion and a lower dentition portion are engaged with each other.
US11602410B1	Aerodynamic surgical light and boom systems Disclosure herein are aerodynamic surgical lights and methods of manufacturing and use thereof. The aerodynamic surgical lights may include a light head made of one or more substantially tubular light housings. The substantially tubular light housings contain and protect a plurality of LED lights and their respective reflectors that aim a light beam toward the lower side of the substantially tubular light housings. The substantially tubular light housings are vertically elongate. The vertically elongated substantially tubular light housings include upper sections that are aerodynamically curved or pointed to streamline airflow past the light housings. The upper sections of the substantially tubular light housings are made of molded plastic resin reinforced with carbon fibers or glass fibers and the lower sections of the substantially tubular light housings are made of a clear moldable plastic.
US11602406B1	System and method for rapidly accessing an improved tourniquet A system and method for rapidly accessing a tourniquet located in a pouch with a pull-away cover includes a tear-away cover. The tourniquet holder allows users to safely store in a fabric pouch a prepared tourniquet that is quickly accessible and coupled to a removable cover of the pouch. Users are able to fold the tourniquet in a manner that allows the tourniquet to be removed from the pouch and used nearly instantaneously.
US11602404B2	Medical support arm apparatus A medical support system that includes a support arm including one or more active joints having an actuator, and one or more passive coupling mechanisms including a passive joint and a telescopic extension arm, the passive joint having no actuator; and processing circuitry configured to obtain information indicating a change due to movement of the one or more passive coupling mechanisms, and control the actuator of each of the one or more active joints based on the obtained information indicating the change, and the telescopic extension arm is positioned between (1) an active joint of the one or more active joints on a first side of the telescopic extension arm, and (2) the passive joint on a second side of the telescopic extension arm, the first side being closer to an proximal end of the support arm than a distal end of the support arm.
US11602403B2	Robotic tool control A system for controlling a robotic tool includes a memory that stores instructions and a processor that executes the instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions cause the system to perform a process that includes monitoring sequential motion of tissue in a three-dimensional space. The process also includes projecting locations and corresponding times when the tissue will be at projected locations in the three-dimensional space. An identified location of the tissue in the three-dimensional space is identified based on the projected locations. A trajectory of the robotic tool is set to meet the tissue at the identified location at a projected time corresponding to the identified location.
US11602399B2	Systems and methods to adjust bone cut positioning based on bone hardness Systems and methods for adjusting bone cut positioning are disclosed that can aid in optimizing implant size selection and positioning relative to bone during, e.g., orthopedic surgical procedures such as knee arthroplasty, hip arthroplasty, etc. In one embodiment, such a surgical method can include performing a first bone cut of a first bone using an at least partially robot-assisted surgical instrument, detecting one or more parameters related to bone hardness, selecting a bone hardness index based on the one or more detected parameters, and adjusting a position of a second bone cut of the first bone based on the selected bone hardness index to optimize implant fit relative to bone. Detecting the one or more parameters related to bone hardness can be performed in a number of manners, including by monitoring energy required to perform the first bone cut.
US11602398B2	Method and system for the navigational support of a person for navigation relative to a resectate, computer program and electronically readable data medium A method for navigational support of a person performing a resection on a patient following extraction of a resectate includes recording a first surface data set of the resectate using an ex vivo scan appliance, and determining a second surface data set of the extraction region using a recording instrument. The second surface data set covers at least one part of the remaining tissue surface of the extraction region of the resectate in the patient. The method also includes registering the first surface data set of the resectate with the second surface data set of the extraction region based on corresponding surface features of the resectate and the remaining tissue surface in the extraction region, and performing at least one support measure that supports the navigation in the extraction region relative to the resectate, using the registration.
US11602395B2	Augmented reality display systems for fitting, sizing, trialing and balancing of virtual implant components on the physical joint of the patient Devices and methods for performing a surgical step or surgical procedure with visual guidance using an optical head mounted display are disclosed.
US11602394B2	Electrosurgical device with disposable shaft having modular subassembly An apparatus comprises an end effector, a shaft assembly, and an interface assembly. The end effector is operable to manipulate tissue, the shaft assembly is in communication with the end effector and a portion of the shaft assembly extends proximally from the end effector. The interface assembly is in communication with the shaft assembly. The interface assembly comprises a housing portion, a shaft cartridge, and a base portion. The housing portion can engage the shaft cartridge. The shaft cartridge is able to rotate and articulate the end effector, and the shaft assembly extends from the shaft cartridge. The base portion and the housing portion are able to enclose the shaft cartridge.
US11602393B2	Surgical evacuation sensing and generator control Surgical systems can include evacuation systems for evacuating smoke, fluid, and/or particulates from a surgical site. A surgical evacuation system can be intelligent and may include one or more sensors for detecting one or more properties of the surgical system, evacuation system, surgical procedure, surgical site, and/or patient tissue, for example.
US11602387B2	Bone positioning and preparing guide systems and methods Methods for temporarily fixing an orientation of a bone or bones. Methods of correcting a bunion deformity. Bone positioning devices. Methods of using a bone positioning device. Bone preparation guides. Methods of using a bone preparation guide.
US11602384B2	Methods for generating and applying compression within a body This disclosure describes exemplary screw and intramedullary devices that are better able to bring bone fragments into close proximity with each other, generate a compressive load, and maintain that compressive load for a prolonged period of time while healing occurs. The devices are made of a shape memory material.
US11602383B2	Devices for generating and applying compression within a body This disclosure describes exemplary screw and intramedullary devices that are better able to bring bone fragments into close proximity with each other, generate a compressive load, and maintain that compressive load for a prolonged period of time while healing occurs. The devices are made of a shape memory material.
US11602382B2	Device for fixation of bone fragments A device for fixation of inner and outer bone fragments comprises at least three fixation means (5), at least one tilting preventing means (6) and a securing plate (7). The fixation means (5) are configured to allow, during secondary compression of the inner and outer bone fragments (2, 3), a sliding movement of the fixation means and said outer bone fragment relative to one another and thereby an interruption of an engagement of the securing plate (7) with the outer bone fragment (3) without affecting the angular position of the fixation means relative to the securing plate and relative to one another. The tilting preventing means (6) is configured to allow, during said secondary compression, a sliding movement of the at least one tilting preventing means and said outer bone fragment (3) relative to one another and thereby an interruption of the engagement of the securing plate (7) with the outer bone fragment. The tilting preventing means (6) is also configured to prevent or counteract tilting of the device.
US11602379B2	Orthopedic derotation devices and methods of installation thereof Embodiments herein are generally directed to derotation systems, apparatuses, and components thereof that can be used in spinal derotation procedures, as well as methods of installation. The derotation systems may include a plurality of derotation towers and clamp members.
US11602375B2	Methods and devices for protecting catheter tips and stereotactic fixtures for microcatheters Methods and devices are disclosed herein that generally provide protection for devices (e.g., microcatheters) having small tips. Methods and devices are also disclosed herein that generally facilitate use of commercially-available stereotactic systems with devices (e.g., microcatheters) having small tips.
US11602373B2	Biosensor inserter apparatus and methods A biosensor inserter includes a push member with a push element, a contact member including a latch, a transmitter carrier supporting a transmitter and sensor assembly, and a pivot member having a latch end, the pivot member supporting an insertion device during biosensor insertion. In operation, the push member is telescoped axially by the user relative to the contact member, which is provided in contact with a user's skin. This pushes the push element against the pivot member and translates the transmitter carrier during insertion of the biosensor. During a first portion of a stroke of the insertion device, insertion of the biosensor is accomplished, and the pivot member is prevented from pivoting. In a second portion of the stroke, after latch end moves past the latch, the pivot member is allowed to pivot and the insertion device is retracted. Other system and method embodiments are provided.
US11602369B2	Vibration transmitter and ultrasonic treatment instrument A vibration transmitter can include a straight portion, a curved portion, a first curved surface provided on an external surface of the curved portion, a second curved surface facing a side opposite to the first curved surface and a first portion provided on the first curved surface. The first portion can extend towards a side opposite to the side toward which the curved portion is curved and a distance between the first portion and an imaginary curved surface can increase from the proximal side toward the distal side, and the imaginary curved surface being parallel with the second curved surface.
US11602367B2	Apparatuses and methods for cutting a tissue bridge and/or removing a heart valve clip or suture Apparatus for excising and removing a clip or suture joining leaflets of a native heart valve. The apparatus includes an elongate shaft configured for remote access to a native heart valve, the elongate shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen defined therein, and a clamp at the distal end of the elongate shaft, the clamp configured to receive a clip or suture joining native leaflet tissue, the clamp including a passageway extending along a length thereof in communication with the lumen. The apparatus further includes a cutter moveable within the passageway to encompass a clip or suture joining native leaflet tissue received within the clamp and cut native leaflet tissue proximate the clip or suture.
US11602360B2	Patient specific glenoid guide A patient-specific guide tool for guiding an object toward a glenoid face of a scapula of a patient for implantation of a shoulder prosthetic device is disclosed. The guide tool includes a guide portion that includes a guide surface. The guide surface is configured to guide movement of the object toward the glenoid face. Furthermore, the guide tool includes a patient-specific portion that is operably coupled to the glenoid portion. The patient-specific portion includes at least one patient-specific surface that is three-dimensionally contoured and that is configured to nest and closely conform to a corresponding surface of the scapula to thereby position the guide surface at a predetermined position relative to the glenoid face.
US11602357B2	Drill bit with delivery device fitting and method of use thereof A device for drilling into bone includes a luer portion having a luer thread. A bit portion is rigidly coupled to the luer portion, the bit portion configured to be detachably coupled to a bit driver. An adapter portion is rigidly coupled to the bit portion. A drilling portion is rigidly coupled to the adapter portion, the drilling portion comprising a flute configured to create a hole in the bone. A channel extends through the luer portion, the bit portion, the adapter portion, and the drilling portion.
US11602355B2	Cutting guide for periacetabular osteotomy and kit for periacetabular osteotomy A cutting guide for periacetabular osteotomy comprises at least a first main body having a longitudinal opening for the insertion of a cutting instrument, extending from a first end to a second end of the first main body and at least two positioning and fixing arms extending away from the first main body from opposite sides with respect to the longitudinal opening, in order to correctly position the first main body on a bone and fix it thereto through respective fastening members.
US11602350B2	Intrasaccular inverting braid with highly flexible fill material A tubular braided implant is provided including a braid that can be delivered as a single layer braid, invert into itself during deployment to form at least two nested sacks and include additional braid material that can fill the innermost sack. The additional braid material can loop or coil like a ribbon and/or invert to form smaller and smaller nested sacks. The braid can have a variable braid angle along its length such that when positioned for delivery, the can have a high braid angle near its distal end and a low braid angle near the proximal end. In addition, or as a replacement for the braid material that fills the innermost sack, the implant can include an embolic coil that can loop within the innermost sack.
US11602349B2	Laminate membrane, an implant compromising the laminate membrane and a method of manufacturing the same There is provided a laminate membrane for an implant, comprising: an inner layer having an inner layer thickness; a first covering layer disposed on one side of the inner layer, the first covering layer having a first covering layer thickness; and a second covering layer disposed on another side of the inner layer, the second covering layer having a second covering layer thickness.
US11602348B2	Bridging peripheral nerve gaps with conduits for enhanced nerve regeneration Disclosed herein are compositions comprising containers and silk elements. Disclosed herein are methods of regenerating an at least partially severed nerve cell. Disclosed herein are compositions for regenerating an at least partially severed nerve cell.
US11602347B2	Method of applying buttresses to surgically cut and stapled sites A method of applying a buttress to a surgically cut and stapled site uses an end effector with a buttress applier cartridge assembly to load one or more buttress assemblies to the end effector. The buttress assemblies each include a buttress to support a staple formed therein as well an adhesive for adhering to the end effector. The adhesive of the buttress assemblies can include a pattern to assist in both attachment to the end effector and release from the end effector after cutting and stapling a tissue site. The buttress applier cartridge can include features that accommodate end effectors having various tip configurations, including straight tips and curved or bent tips.
US11602342B2	Surgical stapling device with laser probe A tool assembly includes a cartridge assembly or a heating assembly along with an anvil assembly, and a drive assembly. The drive assembly includes a working member and a laser probe that is pivotally supported on the working member and emits a laser beam. The laser probe is positioned between the cartridge and anvil assemblies such that the laser beam extends across a tissue gap of the tool assembly when the tool assembly is in the clamped position.
US11602333B2	Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: a transmitter; a receiver; a Doppler processor that detects a Doppler shift frequency resulting from a blood flow in a subject, based on a reception signal corresponding to a reflected wave from a sample gate position in the subject; and a velocity scale adjuster that adjusts a velocity scale determining a pulse repetition frequency, based on a Doppler waveform corresponding to the Doppler shift frequency during an observation target period. In a case where a recommendation value of the velocity scale calculated based on the Doppler waveform is larger than a critical value of the velocity scale at which a measurement state calculated based on the sample gate position transitions from a non-high-pulse-repetition-frequency state to a high-pulse-repetition-frequency state, the velocity scale adjuster sets the critical value as the velocity scale to be used in measurement.
US11602330B2	Machine learning to extract quantitative biomarkers from RF spectrums The present disclosure provides for ultrasound systems and methods to pre-process ultrasound data to distinguish abnormal tissue from normal tissue. An exemplary method can include receiving a set of ultrasound data and partitioning the set into a set of windows. The method can then provide for processing the set of windows to determine a power spectrum for each window. The power spectrum for each window can be processed to determine a normalized power spectrum for each window. This normalized power spectrum can be processed for each window with a machine learning model. The method can then provide for displaying an image where each window of the set of windows is displayed using a unique identifier based on the output of the machine learning model.
US11602329B2	Control device, control method, control system, and non-transitory recording medium for superimpose display A control device acquires a plurality of images including an ultrasound image and a photoacoustic image taken in an examination, selects a first image and a second image to be displayed superimposed on the first image, based on information relating to the examination, and generates an object for outputting at least information for displaying the second image superimposed on the first image to an external device.
US11602326B2	Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus Disclosed is an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus including an improved actuator to compensate for a weight of an input/output device. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a main body, an input/output device coupled to the main body and configured to receive information from a user or output information received from the main body, and a connection device to connect the main body and the input/output device, wherein the connection device includes a shaft having a shaft body, a link frame having a frame body and a shaft coupling portion extending from the frame body to be coupled with the shaft, and an actuator including a torsion spring having a first end supported by the shaft and a second end supported by the link frame, so as to compensate for a weight of the input/output device.
US11602325B2	Ultrasonic guidance of subacromial bursa This invention provides an ultrasonic guidance method of subacromial bursa, which images subacromial bursa easily under ultrasound through specific positioning with patient's another hand appropriately pushing the elbow joint and allow needle insertion through near-end needle insertion from long axis of supraspinatus tendon. Moreover, the bursal fluid can be positional drained by the specific positioning and ultrasonic detector is moved to a sagittal plane around a greater tubercle of humerus for drawing bursal fluid through near-end needle insertion. As a result, in the invention, it is to medially rotate greater tubercle of humerus as possible to prevent lower margin of scapular bone from blocking the imaging of subacromial bursa and to allow SASD bursal fluid pooling near greater tubercle of humerus.
US11602318B2	Mobile anatomical imaging system with improved movement system A new and improved anatomical imaging system which includes a new and improved movement system, wherein the movement system comprises an omnidirectional powered drive unit and wherein the movement system can substantially eliminate lateral walk (or drift) over the complete stroke of a scan, even when the floor includes substantial irregularities, whereby to improve the accuracy of the scan results and avoid unintentional engagement of the anatomical imaging system with the bed or gurney which is supporting the patient.
US11602315B2	X-ray tomography An x-ray tomography system which can generate a qualitative 3D image of a region of interest using a an x-ray source, the x-ray source configured to emit x-ray radiation at the region of interest. The x-ray radiation or the x-ray source or the relative position of the x ray source configured to be moved in a two dimensional plane. An x-ray detector including a plurality of detector elements arranged in a two dimensional plane opposite the x-ray source, the x-ray detector configured to detect x-ray radiation after attenuation by the subject and provide an indication of the detected x-rays. And a processor configured to receive the indication of the detected x-rays and resolve the detected x-ray radiation into a three dimensional image. The three dimensional image is qualitative in nature.
US11602307B2	Electrode array apparatus, neurological condition detection apparatus, and method of using the same An apparatus for measuring patient data includes a frame having a plurality of electrode hubs. Each hub can include one or more electrode members. The frame can be configured to receive a head of a patient. Each of the electrode hubs can have a single electrode member or a plurality of electrode members that extend from or are connected to an outer member for contacting a scalp of the head of the patient. The outer member can have at least one circuit configured to transmit data received by at least one of the electrode members to a measurement device via a wireless communication connection (e.g. Bluetooth, near field communication, etc.) or a wired communication connection.
US11602303B2	Methods and systems for preventing, correcting, transforming, and modifying facial, aesthetics, and consulting patients regarding the same Provided herein are MD Codes, MD DYNA Codes, MD ASA, and Next Human system, and the methods of using them to diagnose and treat aesthetic conditions or disorders.
US11602301B2	Wheal and flare analyzing system The wheal and flare analyzing system analyzes the mast cell reaction to an allergen being administered in a scratch or prick skin test. The system comprises a sensor array and a processing unit. The sensor array includes a plurality of emitters surrounding a receiver at the allergen test site. Energy of various wavelengths is emitted into the allergen test site. An energy receiver measures reflected various wavelengths from the plurality of emitters. A microprocessor is in digital communication with the plurality of emitters and the energy receiver. The reflected wavelengths have an energy return indicative of the intensity of the allergic reaction in the mast cells. The intensity of the allergic reaction is analyzable from the reflected wavelengths and other data over time. A plurality of temperature sensors measuring local dermal temperatures surrounding the sensor array, the local dermal temperature being indicative of the intensity of the allergic reaction.
US11602299B2	Method and system for processing electroencephalogram signal A method and a system for processing an electroencephalogram (EEG) signal are provided. The method for processing the EEG signal includes: performing a spike detection on the EEG signal to obtain a spike distribution waveform, performing an instantaneous frequency oscillation energy analysis on the EEG signal to obtain multiple energy distribution waveforms; performing a complexity analysis on the EEG signal to obtain a complexity change waveform, obtaining a determination result of a specified neural waveform based on the spike distribution waveform, the energy distribution waveforms, and the complexity change waveform, and outputting the determination result.
US11602293B2	Identifying and strengthening physiological/neurophysiological states predictive of superior performance To identify physiological states that are predictive of a person's performance, a system provides physiological and behavioral interfaces and a data processing pipeline. Physiological sensors generate physiological data about the person while performing a task. The behavioral interface generates performance data about the person while performing the task. The pipeline collects the physiological and performance data along with reference data from a population of people performing the same or similar tasks. In various implementations, the physiological states are brain states. In one implementation, the pipeline computes bandpower ratios. In another implementation, the pipeline decomposes the physiological data into frequency-banded components, identifies brain states derived from the decomposed data—for example, clusters of correlations of decomposed data envelopes—grades the performance data, compares the graded performance data to the brain states, and identifies statistical relationships between the brain states and levels of performance.
US11602287B2	Automatically aiding individuals with developing auditory attention abilities Aspects include identifying each of a plurality of audio sources proximate to a user wearing a headset. The audio sources include a primary audio source and a plurality of background audio sources. Aspects include causing the headset to play a set of audio sources to the user by causing each audio source of the set to be unfiltered by the headset. Aspects include determining an acceptance level of the user. Aspects also include determining a background noise filtering adjustment based on the acceptance level and the set of audio sources being played by the headset to the user. Aspects also include causing the headset to adjust a filtering of one or more of the plurality of background audio sources by the headset based on the background noise filtering adjustment.
US11602277B2	Endoscope system and image display device An endoscope system includes: a processor that generates first and second feature amount distribution images of a living tissue from an imaged image of the living tissue and generates a second feature amount distribution processed image from these distribution images; and a display that displays the second feature amount distribution processed image. The processor generates a mask image of the second feature amount distribution image by, in the first feature amount distribution image, setting a pixel whose pixel value representing the first feature amount is less than a lower limit value as a non-transmissive pixel having a transmittance of zero and setting a pixel between an upper limit value and the lower limit value as a transmissive pixel while giving the pixel a transmittance determined continuously or stepwise in accordance with the pixel value in the first feature amount distribution image.
US11602276B2	Medical image processing device, oct device, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions A target image to be corrected is generated by arranging partial images acquired by scanning a tissue of a living body with light and temporally continuously receiving the light from the tissue. A processor of a medical image processing device performs detecting position shift amounts, acquiring a component, and correcting. In the process of detecting position shift amounts, the processor detects the position shift amounts between the partial images (S3). In the process of acquiring, the processor acquires an assumed result of at least one of a component in the position shift amount caused by movement of the tissue, and a component in the position shift amount caused by a shape of the tissue (S4). In the process of correcting, the processor corrects a position of each of the partial images based on the component in the position shift amount (S7).
US11602275B2	Optical coherence tomography device for otitis media An OCT apparatus and method for characterization of a fluid adjacent to a tympanic membrane has a low coherence source which is coupled to a splitter which has a measurement path and a reference path. The reference path is temporally modulated for length, and the combined signals from the reference path and the measurement path are applied to a detector. The detector examines the width of the response and the time variation when an optional excitation source is applied to the tympanic membrane, the width of the response and the time variation forming a metric indicating the viscosity of a fluid adjacent to the tympanic membrane being measured.
US11602272B2	Ophthalmic optical coherence tomography with multiple resolutions Systems and methods are disclosed for performing ophthalmic optical coherence tomography with multiple resolutions. In some embodiments, a system comprises a light source, an output lens, and a set of optical components between the light source and the output lens, the set of optical components comprising an afocal zoom telescope. The set of optical components is adapted to provide imaging both at a first field of view with a first resolution and at a second field of view with a second resolution, wherein the first field of view is wider than the second field of view and the second resolution is higher than the first resolution. A method of performing ophthalmic optical coherence tomography with multiple resolutions may be performed using one or more of the systems described herein.
US11602269B2	Oscillating endoscopic catheter for fallopian tube navigation A falloposcope intended for use with a hysteroscope to access, image, and collect samples from a patient's fallopian tube includes a cannula having an angled tip oriented to engage a fallopian tube os when the cannula is transcervically introduced to a patient's uterus through the hysteroscope. The catheter has a distal viewing tip configured to be advanced from a distal end of the cannula into the patient's uterus through a cervical os. A viewing chamber has a wide proximal end attached to the distal viewing tip of the catheter, and the viewing chamber is at least partially transparent and typically tapers in a distal direction to provide a clear viewing zone for the endoscope as well as atraumatic advancement into the fallopian tube.
US11602264B2	Systems and method for selecting for display images captured in vivo A method executed by a system for selecting images from a plurality of image groups originating from a plurality of imagers of an in-vivo device includes calculating, or otherwise associating, a general score (GS) for images of each image group, to indicate the probability that each image includes at least one pathology, dividing each image group into image subgroups, identifying a set Set(i) of maximum general scores (MGSs), a MGS for each image subgroup of each image group; and selecting images for processing by identifying a MGS\|max in each set S(i) of MGSs; identifying the greatest MGS\|max and selecting the image related to the greatest MGS\|max. The method further includes modifying the set Set(i) of MGSs related to the selected image, and repeating the steps described above until a predetermined criterion selected from a group consisting of a number N of images and a score threshold is met.
US11602256B2	Magnetic sponge assembly A multi-layer sponge assembly is disclosed which contains a magnetic button that mates with a separate magnetic element to allow the sponge to be elevated in a suspended position to dry.
US11602254B2	Cleaning device A cleaning device includes: a liquid container; a heating element; and a pump for conveying liquid out of the liquid container in a direction of the heating element. The heating element at least partially vaporizes the liquid. The heating element is connected to a cleaning head, from which the vaporized liquid exits. A compensating device is arranged between the pump and the heating element.
US11602252B2	Vacuum cleaner filter bag made from recycled plastic The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner filter bag composed primarily of plastic recyclates.
US11602251B2	Removable rotatable driven agitator for surface cleaning head A removable rotatable driven agitator is used in a surface cleaning head and is driven by a drive mechanism that axially engages a driven end of the agitator. The removable rotatable driven agitator may be located in an openable agitator chamber for purposes of removing debris and/or removing the agitator. The openable agitator chamber may be covered by an external cover that is movable between an open position and a closed position. The removable agitator may be secured in the agitator chamber by the external cover. The removable rotatable agitator may have an end cap mounted on a rotatable bushing at a non-driven end and may have a splined driven member at the driven end to engage a splined drive member on the drive mechanism.
US11602250B2	Vac-canister A vacuum-canister that combines the vacuum, dustpan, and trashcan all in one is disclosed herein. The vacuum-canister saves time by allowing the completion of multiple tasks simultaneously. The vacuum-canister can suction both large and small items. Small items are suctioned through the wand extension feature into the dust and trash filter bin. Some larger items can be suctioned through the dustpan and carried to the dust and trash filter bin. Other larger items that are not suctioned can be delivered to the trashcan automatically. The functionality of the vacuum-canister not only saves time, but also minimizes potential aches and pains as a result of daily manual cleaning activities.
US11602248B2	Product dispenser holder with compliance module A product dispenser holder comprises a dispenser holder body configured to receive a product dispenser that stores a supply of a product to be dispensed, an actuation sensor that senses actuations of the product dispenser, and an actuation button, such that when an actuation force is applied to a pump of the product dispenser, a substantially downward force is applied to the actuation button causing the actuation button to rotate substantially downwardly and actuate the actuation sensor to generate a dispenser actuation signal.
US11602243B2	Food processor The present disclosure provides a food processor, comprising: a cutter head, wherein a cutter is arranged on the cutter head, the intersecting line of the side wall of the cutter head and the cross section of the cutter head is a cutter head contour line, the maximum inscribed circle or the minimum circumscribed circle of the cutter head contour line is a cutter head base circle, and the central axis of the cutter head penetrates the center of the cutter head base circle; and a cup body arranged on the cutter head, wherein the intersecting line of the cup wall of the cup body and the cross section of the cup wall is a cup body contour line, the maximum inscribed circle or the minimum circumscribed circle of the cup body contour line is a cup body base circle.
US11602242B2	Portable grill device Provided is a portable grill device including at least one substantially vertical, flat heat source, at least one support for food to be grilled that is arranged in front of the heat source, at least one drive unit for rotating the at least one support for food to be grilled about a substantially vertical axis of rotation, and a power supply for supplying the drive unit with the power required for the operation thereof. The portable grill device includes at least one adjustment unit which is designed to steplessly adjust a spacing between the at least one heat source and the at least one support for food to be grilled, during operation of the grill device.
US11602241B2	Electronic control of a dual-stage water heater in a hot-beverage vending machine Control of temperature of water delivered by a dual-stage water heater having an external boiler with a first heater as first stage and an internal duct (water booster) with a second heater as second stage. A control loop based on a measured water temperature in the boiler and controls the first heater. A second loop calculate a reference booster water temperature based on the temperature error at the outlet (difference between a measured outlet water temperature and a reference outlet water temperature) and controls second heater based on error between reference booster water temperature and measured booster water temperature. The reference outlet water temperature depends on type of beverage (e.g. espresso, cappuccino) and includes a temperature profile with different temperature for different sub-beverages (e.g. coffee, milk). Takes into account physical response times, inertia of heater and anticipate sudden changes of reference water temperature at hot water outlet.
US11602230B1	Method and system for gondola alignment A leveling assembly including a levelling bit with a first portion that engages a screw head of a levelling screw in a base of a gondola assembly and a second portion that countersinks around a portion of the leveling screw. The levelling assembly further includes an alignment measuring system configured to measure alignment of slots in the gondola assembly. The alignment measuring system includes a first bar attached to a retractable cord and a second bar movable along the cord. The first bar is shaped for insertion into a first slot of a first upright and the second bar is shaped for insertion into a second slot of a second upright. The cord is shaped to extend along a face of a third upright between the first and second upright when the first bar is inserted into the first slot and the second bar is inserted into the second slot.
US11602223B2	Body support assembly and methods for the use and assembly thereof A body support assembly includes a seat assembly and backrest assembly supported by tilt control assembly. Methods of using and assembling the body support assembly are provided.
US11602221B1	Shelving unit tie bar The technology described herein includes a four-column shelving unit. One or more improved tie bars run between the front and rear shelf-support beams. The one or more tie bars are installed perpendicular to the shelf-support beams. The improved tie bar may take the overall form of a V-channel with a novel tri-notch connection on either end. The tri-notch connection allows the tie bar to connect with a front shelf-support beam on one end and a back shelf-support beam on the other end. The tri-notch connection includes two bottom notches and a top notch. The top notch may form a gap in the V-channel that allows the end of the tie bar to slip under a shelf-support flange on a shelf-support beam during installation. The two bottom notches are sized and shaped to receive an upward facing retention flange located on the bottom flange of the shelf-support beam.
US11602216B2	Oral care system and method A method for oral care. In one aspect, the method for oral care includes a) receiving sensor data from at least one sensor configured to detect motion of an oral care device during a brushing routine of a user, the sensor data corresponding to the detected motion; and b) determining a target brushing time based on the sensor data. In another aspect, the method for oral care includes a) receiving sensor data from at least one sensor configured to detect brushing intensity during a brushing routine of a user, the sensor data corresponding to the detected brushing intensity; and b) determining a target brushing time based on the sensor data.
US11602212B2	Cosmetic case In one embodiment there is provided a cosmetic case for holding at least one sachet. The case includes a refillable and removable sleeve that holds the at least one sachet. The case includes a spring biases a platform that keeps the sachets in position for a user to take one when the case is opened.
US11602207B2	Angle deflection type twisted hair styling device Disclosed is an angle deflection type twisted hair styling device, including an upper gripping portion and a lower gripping portion openable and closeable through a hinge structure. An upper clamping head is connected to the upper gripping portion. A lower clamping head is connected to the lower gripping portion. An upper clamping surface is provided on the upper clamping head. A lower clamping surface is provided on the lower clamping head. The upper clamping surface has an upper twisted deflection angle with respect to the upper gripping portion. The lower clamping surface has a lower twisted deflection angle with respect to the lower gripping portion. The upper twisted deflection angle equal to the lower twisted deflection angle. A hairstyle with an inclined angle and a twisted shape can be realized without rotation of a user's hand, and the hairstyle can be completed without major changes to perm action.
US11602198B2	Cable lock with compliant cable engagement feature A cable lock adapted to temporarily maintain a static position along a cable strung through an article of footwear or apparel includes a housing and a compliant insert. The housing defines an aperture and is formed from a first material. The aperture extends through a thickness of the housing to provide access to the cable. The insert is provided at least partially within the aperture and defining an opening, the insert formed from a second material that is softer than the first material, the insert includes a plurality of cable engaging features extending radially inward from a perimeter of the aperture, the plurality of cable engaging features being adapted to deflect away from a neutral, unstressed plane when a cable is drawn through the opening.
US11602193B2	Safety footwear An item of footwear comprises an upper adapted to receive a foot of the wearer and having a front-end portion. An outsole forms a bottom surface of the item of footwear, the outsole being single-piece monolithic and having a concave outsole shell receiving in its outsole concavity at least part of the front-end portion. A midsole being single-piece monolithic may be in direct-attach connection between the upper and the outsole, the midsole having a concave midsole shell between the concave outsole shell and the front-end portion, the concave midsole shell receiving in its midsole concavity at least part of the front-end portion. A shock-absorbing pad may be between the concave shell and the front-end portion of the upper, the shock-absorbing pad being made of a material attenuating an impact force by at least 60% in a flat surface impact test, single drop of a 8.5 kg mass, at 1.0 m/s velocity.
US11602185B2	Cover to prevent damage to a garment A cover to attach along an edge of a garment and extend over a fastener. The cover includes front and back members each with outer and inner surfaces. A connector comprising a first end is connected to the front member and a second end is connected to the back member. The connector is sized to space apart the inner surfaces by a gap. The front and back members are connected together in an overlapping arrangement with the inner surfaces facing together and spaced apart on opposing sides of the gap.
US11602183B2	Sports glove with an adjustable cuff A sports glove, such as a lacrosse glove or a hockey glove, for a player or other wearer. The sports glove comprises a hand covering for protecting a hand of the wearer. The hand covering comprises protective padding. The hand covering comprises a palm portion for overlying a palm of the wearer's hand, a back portion for overlying a back of the wearer's hand, finger portions for receiving fingers of the wearer's hand, and a thumb portion for receiving a thumb of the wearer's hand. The sports glove comprises a cuff for overlying a wrist of the wearer. The cuff comprises protective padding. The cuff is adjustable. For example, the cuff may be flared relative to the hand covering and configured such that a flare of the cuff is adjustable.
US11602163B2	Shisha device with aerosol condensation A method includes generating an aerosol by heating, without combusting, an aerosol generating substrate (300) in a shisha device (100). The method further includes introducing at least one aerosol condensation particle to an airflow path (103) of the shisha device. The airflow path (103) carries the aerosol generated by the aerosol generating substrate to an outlet (104) of the shisha device for delivery to a user.
US11602161B2	Cigarette wrapper with novel pattern A wrapper for a smoking article has a base web and a plurality of elements each having at least a pair of patch areas where diffusivity is in the range of 0 to about 0.2 cm/sec. Patches of adjacent elements are circumferentially offset from one another along the axis of a smoking article. The add-on material can be applied by gravure printing in a single pass in a chevron pattern such that an apex of the element is co-linear with substantially symmetrically spaced points on a trailing, outer edge of an adjacent element. Testing elements may be simultaneously printed with the add-on material to monitor diffusivity and/or presence of add-on material.
US11602158B2	Aluminum nitride synthesis from nut shells Nano-structures of Aluminum Nitride and a method of producing nano-structures of Aluminum Nitride from nut shells comprising milling agricultural nuts into a fine nut powder, milling nanocrystalline Al2O3 into a powder, mixing, pressing the fine nut powder and the powder of nanocrystalline Al2O3, heating the pellet, maintaining the temperature of the pellet at about 1400° C., cooling the pellet, eliminating the residual carbon, and forming nano-structures of AlN. An Aluminum Nitride (AlN) product made from the steps of preparing powders of agricultural nuts using ball milling, preparing powders of nanocrystalline Al2O3, mixing the powders of agricultural nuts and the powders of nanocrystalline Al2O3 forming a homogenous sample powder of agricultural nuts and Al2O3, pressurizing, pyrolyzing the disk, and reacting the disk and the nitrogen atmosphere and forming AlN.
US11602154B2	Creamers and methods of making same Natural Creamers for providing whitening and indulgent texture/mouthfeel of beverage and food products are provided. The creamers have long-term stability, high whitening capacity and a pleasant mouthfeel when added to beverage and food, while being free from artificial additives. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a creamer comprising added sugar, milk fat, milk proteins and optionally natural flavors and free of any artificial additives. Wherein the ratio of milk fat:milk protein is less than 5.3:1; and wherein the Lumisizer instability index of liquid creamer is less than 10.
US11602151B2	Cutting equipment The present invention relates to a cutting equipment having a cutting device with a cutting element and a drive device for the cutting element. The drive device includes a pneumatically driven piston/cylinder arrangement and a switch valve having a high-pressure input port, a high-pressure output port and a low-pressure output port, with the high-pressure input port coupled to a high-pressure source, the high-pressure output port coupled to a first cylinder chamber and the low-pressure output port coupled to a second cylinder chamber. The switch valve connects the high-pressure input port to the high-pressure output port upon application of a pressurized fluid, and connects the high-pressure output port to the low-pressure output port upon reduction of the pressure level of the pressurized fluid. The present invention further relates to a clipping machine for producing sausage-shaped products, including said cutting equipment, and a method for controlling the cutting equipment.
US11602148B2	Crystalline form of oxamyl process for its preparation and use of the same A crystalline form of oxamyl is provided. The crystalline form of oxamyl is of formula (I): A crystal preparation process, the analyses of the crystal through various analytical methods, and using the crystalline form to prepare a stable agrochemical formulation is also provided. The use of various solvents towards the crystalline form preparation conditions is also provided.
US11602144B2	System and method for retrofitting rodent traps for remote monitoring A method for converting a conventional manually monitored capture-and-release rodent trap of a type having a box-shaped container with opposed one-way entry corridors communicating with a capture chamber into a remotely-monitored rodent trap. In one aspect, the method includes attaching a smart-sensor to the lid of the trap and press-fitting a bracket having a rodent opening into the space between the one-way entry corridors such that the rodent opening in the bracket restricts movement of a rodent into the capture chamber to a pathway in sufficient proximity for detection by the smart-sensor and signaling to a remote monitoring location.
US11602143B2	Autonomous laser weed eradication Disclosed herein are methods, devices, modules, and systems which may be employed for automated weed identification, control, and eradication. These methods, devices, modules, and systems provide an alternative to hand cultivation or chemical herbicides. Devices disclosed herein may be configured to locate, identify, and autonomously target a weed with a beam, such as a laser beam, which may burn or irradiate the weed. The methods, devices, modules, and systems may be used for agricultural crop management or for at-home weed control.
US11602142B2	Agricultural implement suspension system A semi-active suspension system includes a suspension element having a damping coefficient range. The suspension element optionally includes an implement end and a chassis end. The semi-active suspension system includes a suspension control circuit in communication with the suspension element. The suspension control circuit optionally includes a kinematic assessment circuit in communication with one or more sensors. The kinematic assessment circuit is configured to measure or determine kinematic characteristics of one or more of the agricultural implement and the chassis. The suspension control circuit optionally includes a damping control circuit, and the damping control circuit generates a specified damping characteristic based on the measured or determined kinematic characteristics. The damping control circuit optionally directs the suspension element to operate within the damping coefficient range based on the specified damping characteristic.
US11602141B2	Methods for deploying biosentinels to agricultural fields and monitoring biotic and abiotic stresses in crops remotely One variation of a method for interpreting pressures in plants includes: accessing a first image of a first set of sentinel plants in a field; accessing a second image of a second set of sentinel plants in the field, recorded during a first period; interpreting a first pressure of a stressor in the first set based on features extracted from the first image, captured during the first period; interpreting a second pressure in the second set based on features extracted from the second image; deriving a model associating pressure at the first set and pressure at the second set based on the first pressure and the second pressure; interpreting a third pressure in the first set based on features extracted from a third image captured during a second period; and predicting a fourth pressure in the second set during the second period based on the third pressure and the model.
US11602140B2	Smart fishing rod device A smart fishing rod device that fits on the tip of any fishing rod. The line passes through the device, and the device senses tension on the line. A processor in the device is configured to interpret increases in tension as the presence of fish. The device can signal wirelessly to a smart device that there is a fish present. The device can also have one or more LEDs that flashes when a fish is present. The smart device can run an application (APP) that displays or signals the presence of a fish on one or more rods equipped with the device.
US11602139B2	Fishing rod A fishing rod includes a rod section and a fitting having a securing portion, the fitting being firmly secured to the rod section without inhibiting bending of the rod section, the securing portion having an excellent outer appearance. On a securing portion of a fishing line guide placed on the rod section, a prepreg sheet formed of plain-woven reinforcement fibers impregnated with a thermosetting resin is wound to secure the fishing line guide. The prepreg sheet is wound and secured so that, with respect to an axial direction, reinforcement fibers are in oblique directions, and intersecting angles of the reinforcement fibers in a winding region on a part of the rod section located beyond a distal end of the securing portion are smaller than those of the reinforcement fibers in a winding region on the securing portion.
US11602135B2	Repressors of viral infection The present invention pertains to a non-human genetically modified animal with increased susceptibility to infection with a human virus. The invention suggests to genetically impair the expression of newly identified viral infection repression factors CD302, Cr11, Ndufc2, AW112010, Scarb2 and Zc3hav1, which markedly improves infection with human viruses in none-human hosts. Furthermore provided are methods for the generation of the animal of the invention, methods for increasing or reducing the susceptibility of a cell to viral infection, methods for screening novel modulators of viral infection as well as new therapy options for the treatment of viral diseases, in particular hepatitis C.
US11602134B2	Mouse model of myocarditits A preparation method of an anti-PD-1/PD-L1 monoclonal antibody (mAb)-induced autoimmune myocarditis model is provided, including: mediating a model with adeno-associated virus 9 (AAV9) to achieve the high expression of PDL1 in a myocardial tissue, and applying an anti-PD-1/PD-L1 mAb to the model with high PDL1 expression in the myocardial tissue for modeling. The present disclosure also provides use of an animal model prepared by the preparation method. The model prepared by the present disclosure truly simulates the pathogenesis and clinical course of autoimmune myocarditis in a patient administered with an anti-PD1/PD-L1 mAb, is close to a pathophysiological status of a clinical patient, has a high modeling rate, and can be dynamically monitored.
US11602130B2	Pet collar and leash storage apparatus A storage apparatus for a pet collar and a pet leash wearable by a pet may be described as an annular sheath that includes an inner base component, and first and second walls that, together with the inner base component, define a channel in which a collar for a pet, and an attached leash, can be stored. Particular embodiments provide an improved apparatus that is snag-free, provides for convenient and facile storage (of collar and leash) and facile re-storage of an extended/removed leash. Side walls may be elastically biased towards each other to help secure a stored collar (and leash) within a channel of the sheath. Particular embodiments may include, inter alia, collar unbuckling facilitators and/or a band located at a sheath separation site.
US11602129B2	Dental chew toy The present disclosure is directed to products and methods useful for a dental chew toy capable of stimulating and/or cleaning the tooth surfaces and/or gums of a domesticated animal. The dental chew toy includes a plurality of flexible dental elements extending outward from a core member. A relatively flexible outer cover surrounds the core member and the plurality of dental elements. A plurality of apertures formed in the outer cover allow passage of the dental elements when the outer cover is compressed via chewing action of the animal. Hollow tubes may surround the dental elements to guide the dental elements through the apertures formed in the outer cover.
US11602126B1	Bowl-like container for holding edible material A container for holding edible material is bowl-shaped and capable of maintaining the edible material held therein while an animal is consuming such edible material. Simply stated, in the preferred embodiment, the bowl resembles a cereal bowl bottom with an inverted cereal bowl top; with the top having a central opening. The container includes an inward and upwardly extending, smooth walled circular access aperture which assists an animal in consuming edible material by directing such edible material into a mouth and onto the tongue of the animal while preventing ears of the animal from coming into contact with the food in the container and ensuring food does not accidentally escape the bowl while the animal is licking the inside of the cavity. The container also includes a base that maintains the container in a stable and stationary position.
US11602123B1	Dog blanket for play and sleep A dog blanket (1) having one or more chewable objects (3) integrated into a body (2) of the dog blanket to occupy and comfort a dog while sleeping and while at play.
US11602120B2	Lightweight coated extruded granular absorbent Method and coated lightweight granular absorbent formed of lightweight inner cores made of extruded pellets coated with powdered smectite, preferably bentonite, to form an outer sorbent smectite shell around each pellet producing lightweight sorbent granules where the pellets have sufficient water soluble binder to facilitate shell formation and clumping during sorbent use. When lightweight sorbent granules are wetted, clumps are formed that shrink during drying producing a clean, generally non-sticking clump having a high clump retention rate of at least 92% and/or a crush strength of at least 15 PSI. In a preferred method, the pellets are dried coated with dry powdered smectite before wetting using an atomizer or mister while turbulently directing air towards the pellets and powdered smectite to coat the pellets with the powdered smectite forming the outer sorbent shell while minimizing pellet shrinkage and densification. Such lightweight granular sorbent is well suited for use as litter.
US11602119B2	Tomato line FIS-XJ16-6524 The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato line FIS-XJ16-6524. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato line FIS-XJ16-6524 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato line FIS-XJ16-6524 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US11602118B2	Methods and compositions related to improved nitrogen utilization efficiency in tobacco The present disclosure provides metabolic signatures and genetic markers for tracking enhanced nitrogen utilization efficiency phenotypes in tobacco plants and for introgressing enhanced nitrogen utilization efficiency phenotypes into tobacco plants. The disclosure also provides tobacco plants comprising enhanced nitrogen utilization efficiency and methods to the creation of tobacco plants comprising enhanced nitrogen utilization efficiency. The disclosure also provides recombinant polynucleotides and polypeptides for enhancing nitrogen utilization efficiency in modified tobacco plants and tobacco plants comprising the provided recombinant polynucleotides and polypeptides.
US11602116B2	Cotton variety 19R236B3XF The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 19R236B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 19R236B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 19R236B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 19R236B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US11602115B2	Cotton variety 19R233B3XF The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 19R233B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 19R233B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 19R233B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 19R233B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US11602112B2	Maize inbred 1PRUC36 A novel maize variety designated 1PRUC36 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PRUC36 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PRUC36 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 1PRUC36 or a locus conversion of 1PRUC36 with another maize variety.
US11602108B1	Maize inbred PH4D79 A novel maize variety designated PH4D79 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4D79 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4D79 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH4D79 or a locus conversion of PH4D79 with another maize variety.
US11602107B2	Graft-mediated hybridisation of monocotyledonous plants The invention relates to the production of graft-mediated hybrid monocotyledonous plants. Methods for the production of such plants are disclosed herein.
US11602104B2	Apparatus for controlling conditions in a plant cultivation facility An apparatus for controlling conditions in a plant cultivation facility includes a lighting system arranged in connection with plants present in an environmentally sealable and closable cultivation facility; a hydronic cooling arrangement for lowering or impeding the rise of temperature in the cultivation facility, the cooling arrangement comprising a cooling manifold present in connection with plants in the cultivation facility and a heat recovery arrangement for utilizing excess heat generated in the cultivation facility. The heat recovery arrangement includes a heat storing system. The heat recovery arrangement includes one or more condenser dryers/coolers for collecting water and/or heat absorbed in the indoor air of a cultivation facility and a heat pump assembly for transferring the heat, accumulated in the heat storing system by way of the cooling arrangement's circulation water and/or the condenser dryer's/cooler's circulation water, into an independent secondary circuit.
US11602093B2	System and method for controlling the operation of a seed-planting implement based on topographical features present within a field In one aspect, a system for controlling the operation of a seed-planting implement may include a furrow-forming tool configured to form a furrow in soil present within a field. Furthermore, the system may include a sensor configured to capture data indicative of a topographical profile of the soil within the field. Additionally, a controller of the disclosed system may be configured to identify a topographical feature within the field based on the data received from the sensor. Furthermore, the controller may be configured to determine a position of the furrow-forming tool relative to the identified topographical feature. Additionally, the controller may be configured to initiate a control action to adjust the position of the furrow-forming tool when it is determined that the relative position between the furrow-forming tool and the identified topographical feature is offset from a predetermined positional relationship defined for the furrow-forming tool.
US11602092B2	Frame control system for an agricultural implement A frame control system for an agricultural implement includes a first sensor configured to be coupled to a sub-frame of the agricultural implement and directed toward a soil surface. The first sensor is configured to emit a first output signal toward the soil surface and to receive a first return signal indicative of a first height of the sub-frame above the soil surface. The frame control system also includes a first sub-frame actuator configured to be coupled to the sub-frame and to a main frame of the agricultural implement. The first sub-frame actuator is configured to control a first position of the sub-frame relative to the main frame along a vertical axis. In addition, the frame control system includes a controller configured to control the first sub-frame actuator such that a difference between the first height and a target height is less than a threshold value.
US11606891B2	Component supply device and surface mounting machine A component supply device including a main body provided with an introducing region into which a component supply tape holding components is introduced and configured to supply the components by sending the component supply tape introduced into the main body via the introducing region in a longitudinal direction of the component supply tape. The device comprises a tape supporter insertable into the introducing region while supporting the component supply tape, and a clamping mechanism configured to sandwich and hold at least a part of a supported part of the component supply tape supported by the tape supporter with respect to the tape supporter. The component supply tape is introduced into the main body by inserting the tape supporter into the introducing region with the component supply tape held by the clamping mechanism.
US11606885B2	Composite multiple channel liquid component for liquid cooled electronics Disclosed are liquid cooling devices for high power density electronics. The liquid cooling devices may include multiple integrated cooling channels for cooling the electronics in various configurations of the cooling channels and fluid distribution paths. A fluid input port and a fluid output port are connected to the supply and return loops of an external cooling source to distribute cooling liquid to the electronics and to return the liquid. The fluid input port may be connected to an inlet channel that distributes the cooling liquid to multiple inlets of the multiple integrated channels. The fluid output port may be connected to an outlet channel that provides a converging channel for the fluid existing from the multiple integrated channels. The multiple cooling fins and channels, inlet channel, outlet channel, fluid inlet port, and fluid outlet port may be integrated into multiple frames that are stacked to assemble the liquid cooling device.
US11606884B2	Computer server heat regulation utilizing integrated precision air flow The present invention includes a server system that uses an airflow source that can be external to the computer that the airflow source cools. The computer may be sealed such that the conduits are the primary source of fluid ingress and egress. The airflow source can be positioned in a case of the computer, support members affixing the computer to a rack stand, the rack stand, or beyond conduit that conducts fluid to the rack stand.
US11606883B2	Method for backflow prevention in an airflow plenum of a modular data center A modular data center (MDC) includes a volumetric container comprising an enclosure having first and second exterior walls at a forward and an aft end, connected by lateral exterior walls. Information technology component(s) are positioned longitudinally within the container between a cold aisle and a hot aisle. An air handling system includes two or more air handling units (AHUs) each having a return air inlet and a supply air outlet. A supply air plenum directs cooling air flow from the supply air outlets to a supply air opening positioned adjacent to the cold aisle. Backflow prevention mechanisms are positioned respectively at each supply air outlet of the AHUs. Each backflow prevention mechanism is moveable into an open position to allow cooling air flow out of the supply air outlet of a corresponding AHU and a closed position in response to deactivation of an air mover of the corresponding AHU.
US11606882B2	Aerothermal ring structures providing RF isolation A heat dissipation structure is disclosed that is especially well-suited for use on aerodynamic systems. The heat dissipation structure is formed within a metallic body that surrounds the heat-generating electronics. The heat dissipation structure is designed to both dissipate the generated heat and also to isolate RF cross-talk between the one or more transmitters and receivers. The heat dissipation structure includes a plurality of ring structures that extend around at least a portion of a body that houses the one or more heat-generating electrical components. The plurality of ring structures may be recessed into the body, and a first spacing between a first adjacent pair of ring structures of the plurality of ring structures is different from a second spacing between a second adjacent pair of ring structures of the plurality of ring structures.
US11606880B2	Self-organizing thermodynamic system Disclosed are thermal management for electronic devices and, more particularly, to a thermodynamic system with bi-phase fluid circuits which self-organize internal fluid movement to transfer heat from heat absorption zones to heat dissipation zones. A thermodynamic system may include a plurality of thermal energy absorption (TEA) nodes disposed adjacent to one or more heat sources which are interconnected with one another and also a plurality of thermal energy dissipation (TED) nodes through a capillary system that encloses a bi-phase fluid. As TE is absorbed into the bi-phase fluid at individual TEA nodes local condition changes such as, for example, pressure and/or volume increases induce convection of the absorbed TE away from the individual TEA nodes. As TE dissipates from the bi-phase fluid at individual TED nodes local condition changes such as, for example, pressure and/or volume decreases further induce convection of additional absorbed TE toward the individual TED nodes.
US11606878B2	Systems and methods for immersion-cooled datacenters A liquid-submersible thermal management system includes a cylindrical outer shell and an inner shell positioned in an interior volume of the outer shell. The cylindrical outer shell has a longitudinal axis oriented vertically relative to a direction of gravity, and the inner shell defines an immersion chamber. The liquid-submersible thermal management system a spine positioned inside the immersion chamber and oriented at least partially in a direction of the longitudinal axis with a heat-generating component located in the immersion chamber. A working fluid is positioned in the immersion chamber and at least partially surrounding the heat-generating component. The working fluid receives heat from the heat-generating component.
US11606877B2	Air transportable modular shipping container for edge data centers This invention describes the use of pre-packaged air shipping containers for delivery of edge data center equipment. The containers are capable of rapid deployment and positioning at the edge data center delivery site to minimize time between the order of equipment and deployment of a functioning edge data center. The containers allow for easy access, and rapid repair/replacement of modular edge data center equipment.
US11606874B2	Tolerance absorbing lever mechanism A locking mechanism for a device assembly in an information handling system is disclosed. The locking mechanism includes a bulkhead, a compression spring, a leaf spring, and a lever. The compression spring is located within a cavity of the first portion of the bulkhead. A first end of the compression spring is located beyond a surface of the first portion when the compression spring is in a first position. An end of the leaf spring is in physical communication with the first end of the compression spring. The lever is in physical communication with the second portion of the bulkhead and includes an outer surface in physical communication with the leaf spring. When the lever interfaces with a portion of the information handling system and the lever is in a locked position, a connector of an electronic board is fully mated with a connector of the information handling system.
US11606863B2	Methods for producing an etch resist pattern on a metallic surface Methods and composition sets for forming etch-resist masks on a metallic surface are provided. The method may include depositing a first aqueous composition comprising a first reactive component onto a metallic layer of a substrate; depositing a second aqueous composition comprising a second reactive component on selected portions of the deposited first aqueous composition to form, from a chemical reaction between the first reactive component and the second reactive component, a bi-component material mask in a pattern to protect selected regions of the metallic layer; and depositing an etch solution to remove the metallic layer in regions not protected by the bi-component material mask.
US11606859B2	Stretchable circuit board A stretchable circuit board includes a stretchable base material; a stretchable conductive pattern formed on at least one main surface of the stretchable base material and having stretchability; and a reinforcing base having higher rigidity than the stretchable base material, wherein the reinforcing base reinforces the stretchable base material by being directly or indirectly laminated on the stretchable base material so as to surround at least a part of a formation region of the stretchable conductive pattern in the stretchable base material in a plan view.
US11606856B2	Electromagnetic wave generator and control method thereof Disclosed is an electromagnetic wave generator, comprising a tube comprising an anode, a cathode and at least one gate, a tube power supply circuit in which one side of an output terminal is connected to the anode, and the other side of the output terminal is connected to the cathode, and a gate controlling circuit in which at least one side of the output terminal is connected to the gate, wherein a first voltage value of one side of the output terminal of the tube power supply circuit and a second voltage value of the other side of the output terminal of the tube power supply circuit are different from each other with respect to a ground terminal of the tube power supply circuit.
US11606854B2	Lighting device and performance system comprising same A lighting device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a light source unit; a first communication unit for receiving library data from a mobile terminal; a storage unit for storing the library data; a second communication unit for receiving a control message indicating an execution command of a library corresponding to the library data from a control device; and a processor for controlling the light source unit such that the library is executed according to the control message, wherein the processor can control operation timing of the light source unit by sequentially receiving the control message at least a predetermined number of times at the initiation of the execution of the library.
US11606847B2	Self-baking electrode An apparatus for a self-baking electrode includes an electrode having at least three zones, a first zone containing uncarbonized carbon-containing composition, a second zone which adjoins the first zone and in which the carbon-containing composition is present in a paste-like or liquid form, a third zone which adjoins the second zone and in which the carbon-containing composition is present in carbonized form, and a cylindrical housing which encloses at least the first and second zones. A tube can be lifted and lowered in a vertical direction at least partly within the zones and an extendable holding element for taking up tensile forces runs partly within the tube and partly outside the tube where a first end of the holding element (101) can be detachably connected to a fastening element, a second end of the holding element enters the third zone and is anchored there.
US11606846B2	Aerosol generating device with induction heater with side opening An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: an induction heater configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate and including an induction coil and a heating element, the heating element being arrangeable within the induction coil, the induction coil including a first side opening along a longitudinal length of the induction coil, and the first side opening being configured to enable access to the heating element; and a housing, the induction coil being arranged within the housing, and the housing including a second side opening, which corresponds to the first side opening of the induction coil within the housing. A method for manufacturing the aerosol-generating device is also provided.
US11606831B2	Radio link recovery method and terminal A radio link recovery method and a terminal are provided. The method includes: recovering a radio link where a radio link failure or a handover failure occurs, according to radio link configuration information before the radio link failure or the handover failure. The radio link configuration information includes at least one piece of following information: configuration information of carrier aggregation (CA), configuration information of dual connectivity (DC), or configuration information of bandwidth part (BWP).
US11606830B2	Electronic apparatus for managing network connection and control method thereof An electronic apparatus and a control method are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a transceiver, a memory configured to store an artificial intelligence (AI) model, and a processor configured to control the transceiver to receive environment information from at least one of a plurality of devices that are connected to the electronic apparatus, determine that a predicted device of the plurality of devices will lose a network connection based on the first AI model and the environment information, and in response to determining the predicted device will lose the network connection, maintain the network connection of the predicted device through another device of the plurality of devices. The electronic apparatus may use a rule-based model or an AI model trained by using at least one of a machine learning algorithm, a neural network algorithm, or a deep-learning algorithm.
US11606822B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving signal in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprise: iteratively mapping a PUCCH sequence to each of resource blocks (RBs) within an interlace; and transmitting a PUCCH on the interlace, wherein a phase shift (PS) value of the PUCCH sequence may be changed on the basis of an RB index of each of the RBs.
US11606820B2	Sharing a physical random access channel (PRACH) configuration for avoiding collisions of PRACH communications Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first base station may determine collision avoidance information for avoiding collisions of physical random access channel communications from one or more user equipment. The collision avoidance information may include subcarrier spacing information and/or beam correspondence information. The first base station may transmit the collision avoidance information to a second base station. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11606819B2	Indexing of random access occasions for channel state information reference signal based random access procedures Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, Generally, a base station may send to a user equipment (UE) a configuration message, which may include an indication of one or more CSI-RS resources and one or more random access occasion indices. The UE may identify one or more random access occasions associated with the UE based on the CSI-RS resources, the random access occasion indices for the UE, and a random access occasion index reset time. The random access occasion index rest time may be based on a fixed time period. The random access occasion index reset time may be based on a number of CSI-RS resources. In some examples, the random access occasion index reset time may be based on a number of actually transmitted synchronization signal blocks (SSBs).
US11606817B2	Devices and methods for ELAA multi-carrier LBT Devices, methods, user equipment (UE), evolved node B (eNB), and storage media are described suitable for coexistence operations for uplink communications on multiple unlicensed carriers. Various embodiments are implemented in LTE systems with license-assisted access (LAA) associated communications. In one embodiment, a UE processes one or more uplink grants from an eNB scheduling transmissions on multiple unlicensed carriers at a first time, and indicating a first channel access procedure. The UE then selects a first unlicensed carrier and performs the first channel access procedure, and performs a second channel access procedure on a second unlicensed carrier of the multiple unlicensed carriers.
US11606815B2	Random access channel transmissions for frame based equipment systems Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The method may include receiving, from a base station over an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, a broadcast message including system information, the system information indicating a LBT mode of the base station and a set of random access channel resources associated with a fixed frame period, monitoring a wireless channel of the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band during the fixed frame period for control information from the base station based on the indicated LBT mode, determining, based on the monitoring, that the base station has access to the wireless channel during the fixed frame period, and performing, based on the determining, a random access channel transmission during the fixed frame period using the set of random access channel resources.
US11606814B2	Uplink collision handling Methods, systems, and devices are described for handling transmissions or channels in wireless communications that collide with one another. The described techniques relate to handling the collision between multiple overlapping channels (e.g., two or more channels of the same priority). For example, a collision resolution configuration may include resolving the collisions among the channels of the same priority first (e.g., feedback information transmissions first, and then control information), among the channels of the same service type first (e.g., normal channels first, and then low latency channel(s)), or across all of the channels of all priorities at once. Collisions may be resolved by dropping or rescheduling overlapping information from the lower priority transmission(s) or channel(s) in consideration of the higher priority transmission(s) or channel(s), or by multiplexing or piggybacking overlapping information from a first priority transmission(s) or channel(s) with a second priority transmission(s) or channel(s).
US11606809B2	Duplicated dci transmission There is disclosed a network node for a Radio Access Network, the network node being adapted for communication utilizing a carrier aggregation comprising at least a first carrier and a second carrier. The network node is adapted for transmitting first downlink control information on the first carrier of the carrier aggregation, and second downlink control information on the second carrier of the carrier aggregation, wherein the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information pertain to transmission on the same uplink carrier.
US11606807B2	Techniques for configuring and indicating radio resource control (RRC) messages in wireless communications Aspects described herein relate to configuring and indicating radio resource control (RRC) message types in wireless communications, to support new UE categories, new operation modes, new use cases, or a combination thereof. Configuration and indication methods that may support co-existence of new and legacy RRC message types and/or user equipment (UE) procedures for decoding new RRC message type are also described.
US11606805B2	Method for transmitting and receiving physical downlink shared channel in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor A method of receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving configuration information related to the PDSCH, receiving a message representing an activation of a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state related to the PDSCH, receiving physical downlink control information (DCI) scheduling the PDSCH, and receiving the PDSCH based on the DCI. Specific frequency domains related to the activation are determined based on the message, and the activated TCI states are related to the specific frequency domains.
US11606802B2	Method, system and apparatus There is provided a method including determining, at a user device capable of transmitting at least one subframe, the subframe having a subframe structure including at least one first symbol associated with one of physical layer signals and a first channel, and at least one second symbol associated with a second channel, if the respective one of physical layer signals and the first channel is scheduled to be transmitted in the at least one first symbol and, if the respective one of physical layer signals and the first channel is not scheduled to be transmitted in the at least one first symbol, causing transmission of a signal indicating channel occupancy during the at least one first symbol and transmission of the second channel during the at least one second symbol.
US11606798B2	Signal collision avoidance between terrestrial radio towers and airborne platforms A terrestrial communication systems, specifically a signal collision avoidance system between a terrestrial transmitter and an airborne receiver, is disclosed. The terrestrial communication system includes an electronic processor configured to determine a receive frequency from a nearby airborne receiver, determine a transmit frequency from a communicatively coupled terrestrial transmitter, and modify the transmit frequency of the terrestrial transmitter based on the determined receive frequency and transmit frequency. To modify the transmit frequency, the electronic processor compares the receive frequency and the transmit frequency to determine a channel type. Based on the determined channel type, including co-channel and adjacent-channel, the electronic processor modifies a spectrum signature of the transmit frequency so that the transmit frequency does not interfere with the receive frequency of the airborne receiver.
US11606793B2	Control channel in a wireless communication system A base station receives channel state information from a wireless device. The base station transmits to the wireless device one or more data packets on a data channel employing a first precoding matrix identifier. The base station transmits one or more control packets on a control channel to the wireless device employing a second precoding matrix.
US11606791B1	Multi-tier coordinated dynamic frequency selection (DFS) system Technologies directed to multi-tier coordinated dynamic frequency selection (DFS) service in a multi-tier wireless network are described. One method includes receiving, by a first wireless device, first data associated with a first set of DFS channels. The first wireless device performs a CAC on each DFS channel of the first set of DFS channels in a specified order. The first wireless device identifies a second set of DFS channels in which no radar event is found during the respective CAC and generates second data associated with the second set of DFS channels. The first wireless device receives a first request for the second data from a second wireless device. The first wireless device determines a receive signal strength indicator (RSSI) value associated with the first request and sends a first response, including the second data and the RSSI value, to the second wireless device
US11606788B2	Method for sending control information, method for receiving control information, network device, and terminal device The present disclosure provides a method including: determining, by a network device, a resource element group corresponding to a control channel, where the resource element group includes a first resource element for carrying downlink control information and a second resource element for carrying a reference signal, and the reference signal is used to demodulate the downlink control information carried by the resource element group; and sending the downlink control information by using the control channel, wherein resource elements comprised in the resource element group are distributed in all symbols of a time domain resource occupied by the control channel. This provides a possibility of supporting forward compatibility.
US11606787B2	Communications method, apparatus, and system to support slot aggregation A communications method includes: obtaining first indication information and format information; and determining, based on a transmission direction that is of a sub-time unit in a time unit and that is indicated by the first indication information and a transmission direction that is of the sub-time unit and that is indicated by the format information, whether the time unit is an aggregation time unit. It is determined, based on the transmission direction that is of the sub-time unit in the time unit and that is configured in the first indication information and the transmission direction that is of the sub-time unit and that is configured in the format information, whether the time unit is an aggregation time unit.
US11606778B2	Method and apparatus for transmission and reception of broadcast information in wireless communication system Disclosed is a method performed by a first terminal in a wireless communication system, including transmitting, to a second terminal on a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH), slot format information for a sidelink communication, the slot format information including first information on a number of patterns, second information on a period of pattern, and third information on a number of uplink slots of pattern, and performing, with the second terminal, the sidelink communication in at least one sidelink resource identified based on the first information, the second information, and the third information, wherein, when the first information indicates the number of patterns as 1, the second information indicates the period of pattern for a pattern, and the third information indicates the number of uplink slots for the pattern, and when the first information indicates the number of patterns as 2, the second information indicates the period of pattern for a first pattern and a second pattern, and the third information indicates the number of uplink slots for the first pattern and the second pattern.
US11606774B2	Relay-mediated paging At least one first control message (2011) indicative of the remote node (103) and of timing information (351, 352) is communicated between a network and a relay node (102). At least one second control message (2012) is communicated via a device-to-device, D2D, channel of the wireless link and between the relay node (102) and the remote node (103) in accordance with the timing information (351, 352). The at least one second control message is indicative of the network paging the remote node (103).
US11606770B2	System, method, and computer program for using moving network connected vehicles to deliver high level connectivity As described herein, a system, method, and computer program are provided for using moving network connected vehicles to deliver high level network connectivity. In use, a request for digital content to be provided to a requesting device is received, the requesting device being a residential network router or a mobile device of a user. Additionally, responsive to the request, one or more moving network connected vehicles available to obtain the digital content when moving in a vicinity of a network and to provide the digital content to the requesting device when moving in a vicinity of the requesting device are determined. Further, the one or more moving network connected vehicles are caused to obtain the digital content when moving in the vicinity of the network and to provide the digital content to the requesting device when moving in the vicinity of the requesting device.
US11606769B2	SIM-based positioning In various embodiments, techniques are provided for deploying a positioning applet to a SIM (e.g., a physical SIM card or an embedded SIM (eSIM)/integrated SIM (iSIM)) via an over-the-air (OTA) update or by permanent programming (i.e. “burning in”) during manufacture. The positioning applet may run solely on a processor of the SIM, functioning without support of application, OS or baseband software executing on the CPU or baseband processor of the UE, or network deployed infrastructure support. In operation, the positioning applet collects positioning measurements from a baseband processor (e.g., a baseband chipset) of the UE (e.g., via 3GPP protocols) which are sent (e.g., as an encrypted payload) to a remote location platform that compares the positioning measurements to known positioning data in a database (e.g., a crowd sourced database) to determine UE position. The remote location platform may provide an estimated position to a designated recipient system, without involvement of the UE.
US11606766B2	Synchronous communication method and terminal One example method includes obtaining first configuration information, where the first configuration information includes an initial reference time or a scale parameter, determining a current time according to a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) clock, and calculating a transmission timeslot in a device-to-device (D2D) communications system according to the current time and the first configuration information.
US11606762B2	Synchronization signal block-level sleep mode Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for a synchronization signal block (SSB)-level sleep mode. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes determining, from a synchronization signal burst set, a first set of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) to forgo performing measurements on using one or more receive beams based, at least in part, on one or more previous measurements associated with the determined first set of SSBs and performing measurements on only one or more remaining SSBs in the synchronization signal burst set using the one or more receive beams.
US11606761B2	Feedback-based transmission property adjustment in sidelink communications Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a transmission-adjusting wireless node may transmit a first communication via a sidelink channel. The transmission-adjusting wireless node may receive, from a feedback-reporting wireless node, transmission-specific information relating to at least one of a channel quality of the sidelink channel or a power level for the transmission-adjusting wireless node. The transmission-specific information may be based at least in part on the first communication. The transmission-adjusting wireless node may adjust, based at least in part on the transmission-specific information, a transmission property of the transmission-adjusting wireless node to obtain an adjusted transmission property. The transmission-adjusting wireless node may transmit a second communication via the sidelink channel using the adjusted transmission property. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11606759B2	Wireless signal receiving device and method Disclosed is a wireless signal receiving device and method capable of making different adjustments for different kinds of wireless communication to configure the device itself adaptively. The device includes an analog-front-end receiving circuit and a media access control (MAC) and post-processing circuit. The analog-front-end receiving circuit receives a first (second) communication signal through first (second) wireless communication in a first (second) duration and then generates a first (second) reception signal according to the first (second) communication signal. The MAC and post-processing circuit adjusts at least one parameter of the first (second) wireless communication according to updated setting of the first (second) wireless communication and thereby configures the device adaptively, wherein the updated setting of the first (second) wireless communication is determined according to the first (second) reception signal or first (second) subsidiary information dependent on the first (second) wireless communication.
US11606758B2	Techniques for power control using carrier aggregation in wireless communications Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for managing transmissions using multiple component carriers (CCs) in which transmissions using one or more of the CCs may span less than a full transmission time of a slot or other transmission time interval. A UE may signal a capability to transmit such transmissions, and one or more capabilities related to carrier aggregation that may be used by a base station for scheduling of transmissions on different CCs. In the event that overlapping transmissions on two or more CCs exceed a maximum power threshold, various techniques for dropping at least a portion of one or more transmissions of one or more CCs are described.
US11606755B2	Wearable device location systems architecture Systems, methods, devices, computer readable media, and other various embodiments are described for location management processes in wearable electronic devices. Performance of such devices is improved with reduced time to first fix of location operations in conjunction with low-power operations. In one embodiment, low-power circuitry manages high-speed circuitry and location circuitry to provide location assistance data from the high-speed circuitry to the low-power circuitry automatically on initiation of location fix operations as the high-speed circuitry and location circuitry are booted from low-power states. In some embodiments, the high-speed circuitry is returned to a low-power state prior to completion of a location fix and after capture of content associated with initiation of the location fix. In some embodiments, high-speed circuitry is booted after completion of a location fix to update location data associated with content.
US11606753B2	Method for monitoring PDCCH, terminal device, and network device Embodiments of the present application provide a method for monitoring a PDCCH, a terminal device, and a network device, capable of reducing power consumption when a terminal device monitors a PDCCH. The method comprises: a terminal device receiving a first message sent by a network device, the first message indicating a first time duration and/or whether to monitor a PDCCH within the first time duration; and the terminal device monitoring the PDCCH according to the first message.
US11606751B2	Power saving signals in wireless communication Systems, methods, and devices for addressing power savings signals in wireless communication. A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) may monitor for an energy saving signal (ESS) while the WTRU is asleep (e.g., prior to a discontinuous reception (DRX) ON duration that includes one or more search spaces). The WTRU may measure the energy of the ESS. If the ESS is below a threshold, the WTRU fallback to a default operation or continue in a current operating mode (e.g., remain asleep to save power). If the ESS is above a threshold, the ESS may be received using a coverage enhancement (CE) level based on a parameter associated with a search space. The parameter may be the highest aggregation level of the one or more search spaces.
US11606742B2	Systems/methods of providing a processing capability to a first device by a second device Inventive concepts and embodiments associated therewith are provided wherein a first device may solicit a processing capability from at least one second device that may be proximate to the first device. In some embodiments, the processing capability comprises receiving data by the at least one second device from the first device, processing the data and transmitting by the at least one second device a processed version of said data to a destination device. In some embodiments, the first device comprises a smartphone that is configured to perform operations comprising wirelessly soliciting the processing capability from the at least one second device. In some embodiments, the at least one second device comprises at least one smartphone and the destination device comprises a base station.
US11606739B2	Re-routing in an integrated access backhaul network An apparatus comprising means for receiving, by an integrated access backhaul node from an integrated access backhaul donor, information for limiting re-routing of data packets over one or more wireless backhaul connections of an integrated access backhaul network; means for receiving, by the integrated access backhaul node, at least one data packet over a first wireless backhaul connection from an originating integrated access backhaul node; means for re-routing, by the integrated access backhaul node, the received at least one data packet over a second wireless backhaul connection based on the received information for limiting re-routing.
US11606738B2	Routing method and device of mobile ad-hoc networks A network construction method, a routing method and device of mobile ad-hoc networks are provided. The mobile ad-hoc network includes a plurality of nodes, each node communicating with its neighbors via communication links. The routing method comprises the following steps: each node identifying a link quality with each of its neighbors by providing marks based on a hysteresis-based link quality marking mechanism; each node identifying a link operationality with each of its neighbors by evaluating a score calculated from the marks; and each node reconstructing routes with its neighbors by filtering route construction messages related to the link operationality of the neighbors.
US11606736B1	Systems and methods for providing a dynamic coverage handovers A gateway device for providing a dynamic network activation and/or handover is disclosed herein. The gateway device may determine a first location of the gateway device and identify a first geographical area from a network provider map. The gateway device may identify network desirability information associated with the first geographical area and identify, based at least in part on the network desirability information, a first network provider. The gateway device may determine a second location and a second geographical area from the network provider map. Based at least in part on network desirability information associated with the second geographical area, the gateway device may perform or not perform a network activation and/or handover.
US11606735B2	Sleep-state for mobile terminal and service initiation for mobile terminals in sleep-state The invention relates to the initiation of a service to a mobile terminal capable of communicating via at least a first and second access network. Further, the invention relates to a reduction of power consumption of mobile terminals supporting connectivity to at least two access networks. The invention also relates to mobile communication systems and in particular to mobile communications through heterogeneous access networks. In order to prove improved method for initiating services to mobile terminals and/or to reduce power consumption of mobile terminals, the invention introduces of a sleep state that can be entered by the terminal for an access system if same is not used. Upon requesting a service from/to the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal starts service initiation through a second access system and transits back to active state for the first access system for service provision.
US11606733B2	Radio communication system, base station, mobile station, communication control method, and computer readable medium A first base station (1) is configured to send, to a second base station (2), first configuration information that is necessary to establish a data bearer and a data radio bearer in the second base station (2) for a C/U-plane split scenario. Further, the first base station (1) is configured to send, to a third base station (3), configuration information (e.g., LPN information) regarding the data bearer established in the second base station (2) when a mobile station (4) moves from a first cell (10) to a third cell (30) (S103 and S104). It is thus, for example, possible to contribute to a reduction in wasted signaling when a UE moves between cells in the C/U-plane split scenario.
US11606730B2	Method and apparatus for improving voice service quality in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.
US11606728B1	Interworking function for VoLTE outbound roaming This invention is a system and method for implementing a VoLTE and circuit switched voice and SMS interworking function to provide voice and SMS service to roaming mobile devices at visiting network based on Circuit-switched (CS) roaming towards VPLMN, and VoLTE voice and SMS roaming towards HPLMN. The interworking function translates CS signaling with VPLMN into IMS signaling towards IMS core at HPLMN. The interworking function also performs location-update registration at HSS at HPLMN for receiving mobile-terminated voice calls and SMS.
US11606724B2	Resource allocation for configurable bandwidths Disclosed are methods, apparatus and systems for resource allocation when configurable bandwidths are available. One method includes performing a first transmission using a first set of resources in a first bandwidth, and subsequently performing a second transmission using a second set of resources in a second bandwidth, where the first bandwidth is greater than the second bandwidth, where the first and second set of resources are identified by a first and second value, respectively, and where a bit representation of the first value is a zero-padded version of a bit representation of the second value on either the most significant bit (MSB) or the least significant bit (LSB).
US11606723B2	End-to-end integration of an adaptive air interface scheduler A method includes receiving a request for delivery of content to a point-of-delivery device over a wireless network, wherein the request includes one or more service metrics and a Quality of Service Class Identifier (“QCI”), facilitating an allocation of resources of the wireless network based on the service metrics and the QCI, sending wireline transmission parameters associated with the service metrics and the QCI to a wireline manager of a wireline network wherein the wireline network is in communication with the wireless network, establishing an end-to-end communication channel between a content collection point and the point-of-delivery device using a combination of the wireline network and the wireless network and delivering the content to the point-of-delivery device via the end-to-end communication channel in accordance with the wireline transmission parameters, the service metrics and the QCI.
US11606722B2	Network slice deployment method and apparatus This application provides a network slice deployment method. The method may include obtaining, by a first network manager, node instance information, determining, by the first network manager, transmission requirement information corresponding to the node instance information, and sending a transmission request message to a transport network manager. The node instance information may include identifier information of a node instance or a network address of a node instance, and the transmission request message may include the transmission requirement information and the node instance information.
US11606717B2	Ethernet header compression techniques in New Radio The disclosure includes a method at a device configured to process both wireless data traffic and Ethernet data traffic into a wireless communication, comprising determining, at a compressor, whether an acknowledgement (ACK) signal is received from a decompressor in response to transmitting, over a wireless communication link, a context creation message for a context identification (ID) associated with a flow of incoming Ethernet data traffic; refraining from transmitting, by the compressor to the decompressor over the wireless communication link, a compressed packet corresponding to the flow based on a first determination that the ACK signal is not received from the decompressor; and transmitting, by the compressor to the decompressor over the wireless communication link, the compressed packet corresponding to the flow based on a second determination that the ACK signal is received from the decompressor.
US11606716B2	Configuring telecommunications network using data obtained from user equipment Techniques and systems relate to utilizing network metrics to optimize performance and network coverage for a telecommunications network. Using techniques described herein, a telecommunications network may utilize network metrics collected from user equipment (UE) devices to determine how where to deploy cells, such as 5G cells, in order to optimize network performance. Metrics are collected by UE that indicates the use of different wireless access technologies (e.g., 3G, 4G, 4G LTE, 5G, . . . ) within a telecommunications network.
US11606710B2	Redistribution of 802.11ax capable client devices to radios to improve throughput and spectral efficiency Systems and methods are provided for receiving data indicating a spatial distribution and 802.11ax capabilities of access point radios and of client devices in a network, assigning the access point radios as either first access point radios or second access point radios, the first access point radios conducting data transmission using an 802.11ax wireless standard and the second access point radios conducting data transmission using legacy wireless standards, based on the data, determining whether any of the client devices are to be steered to a different access point radio based on the 802.11ax capabilities of the client devices, and in response to determining that a client device is to be steered to a different access point radio, steering the client device to a first access point radio or a second access point radio.
US11606709B2	Method for controlling function of terminal device, terminal device and network device A method for controlling a function of a terminal device, a terminal device and a network device are provided. The method comprises operations as follows. Function configuration information is acquired. The function configuration information is used to instruct the terminal device to activate a target function. Whether to execute the target function that is indicated to be activated in the function configuration information is determined based on a preset condition.
US11606708B2	Method and apparatus for managing measurement result in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to managing measurement results in wireless communications. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by wireless device in a wireless communication system, the method comprises: receiving, from a first cell, a first frequency list for a measurement comprising a specific frequency; performing a measurement on the specific frequency to obtain a measurement result for the specific frequency; receiving, from a second cell to which a cell reselection is performed, a second frequency list for a measurement; and upon identifying that the specific frequency is different from all frequencies included in the second frequency list, releasing the measurement result for the specific frequency.
US11606705B2	System and methods for rapid round-trip-time measurement distribution Disclosed are techniques for determining round-trip time (RTT) of a user equipment (UE). In an aspect, each gNodeB in a plurality of gNodeBs measure signaling data related to an uplink RTT reference signal received from the UE and the downlink RTT reference signal transmitted by each gNodeB. The signaling data comprises one of a processing delay between a time of arrival (TOA) of the uplink RTT reference signal and a time of transmission (TOT) of the downlink RTT reference signal or a total RTT between the TOT of the downlink RTT reference signal and the TOA of the uplink RTT reference signal. The signaling data is sent to a single entity, other than the UE, e.g., another gNodeB or a location server, where signaling data relevant to the UE is aggregated. The aggregated signaling data may be sent to the UE to determine the RTT for the UE or used by the location server to determine the RTT for the UE.
US11606701B2	Enhanced establishment of communication between nodes in a communication system A wireless communication system comprising a first network node and a wireless device is provided. The system is adapted to establish communication between the first network node and the wireless device. The device is adapted to obtain information related to a geographic location of the device, to transmit the information related to the geographic location to the network node, and to transmit a Sounding Reference Signal to the node. The node is adapted to receive information related to a geographic location of the device, and to determine an antenna configuration of the network node for communicating with the device via a directive antenna, based on the geographic location of the device. A network node is adapted to communicate with the device by the first network node, via the directive antenna, by means of the determined antenna configuration.
US11606698B2	Dynamically sharing wireless signature data Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for dynamically sharing wireless signature data. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to detect a wireless signature emitted from an information handling device at a network-connected device and record wireless signature information for the information handling device based on the wireless signature. The code is executable by the processor to receive a request to share the wireless signature information with a requesting party. The code is executable by the processor to share the wireless signature information with the requesting party from the network-connected device in response to determining that the requesting party is an authorized party for receiving the wireless signature information.
US11606697B2	Electronic system for construction and detection of spatial movements in a VR space for performance of electronic activities In general, apparatuses, methods and computer program products for construction and detection of spatial movements in a virtual reality (VR) space for performance of electronic activities are disclosed. A VR composite credential authentication device is provided that is configured is structured for capturing, customizing and transforming one or more VR composite credentials of a user and authenticating electronic activities based on at least the VR composite credentials. The VR composite credentials of the user are captured using one or more VR spatial sensor devices which are configured for capture and imaging of VR spatial movement and position credentials. The captured credentials are analyzed to determine an associated electronic activity. The electronic activity is initiated, automatically, in response to the successful validation of the captured credentials. Moreover, the invention allows for setting-up an infinitely customizable library of registered VR composite credentials.
US11606693B2	Application of integrity protection in a wireless communication network A method in a first node of a wireless communications network comprises: inspecting a data packet or message to determine a characteristic of the data packet or message; and selectively activating integrity protection for onward transmission of the data packet or message to a second node of the wireless communications network based on the determined characteristic.
US11606692B2	Determining an environmental parameter from sensor data of a plurality of automobiles using a cellular network An automobile device receives first data from one or more transmitters located in an automobile. A random access preamble is transmitted on an uplink carrier to a base station in response to a pre-defined condition being met based on at least one of the following: the first data; a value of an internal timer; and a user input. A first message is transmitted to a network server via the base station over a bearer. The first message is configured to trigger establishment of a connection to the network server. A second message is received from the network server via the base station over the bearer. The second message is configured to cause transmission of the first data to the network server. The first data is transmitted to the base station via an established bearer.
US11606689B1	Systems and methods for authenticating application points of entry to prevent unauthorized use of locked mobile applications The disclosed computer-implemented method for authenticating application points of entry to prevent unauthorized use of locked mobile applications may include (i) identifying one or more mobile applications having an access restriction and a group of application entry points associated with at least one mobile application function, (ii) intercepting a series of device inputs from a user for accessing the application entry points to bypass the access restriction for the mobile applications, (iii) requesting authentication credentials to bypass the access restriction from the application entry points, (iv) determining that the requested authentication credentials are invalid, and (v) performing a security action that protects against potentially malicious activity associated with unauthorized access to the mobile applications upon determining that the requested authentication credentials are invalid. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11606686B2	Electronic devices and corresponding methods for establishing geofencing for enhanced security modes of operation One or more sensors of an electronic device detect either authorization of an authorized user or a cessation of physical contact between an authorized user of the electronic device and the electronic device. A location detector determines a location of the electronic device when the authorization of the authorized user occurs or where the cessation of physical contact occurs. A geofence manager establishes a geofence about the location in response to detecting the authorization of the authorized user or the cessation of physical contact. One or more processors operate the electronic device in a normal mode of operation while the electronic device remains within the geofence and in an enhanced security mode of operation when the electronic device exits the geofence.
US11606680B2	Method and device for discriminating one of a group of NFC transmitters A method is provided for differentiating one of a plurality of unpowered NFC transmitting devices for NFC communication with a receiving device. Each NFC transmitting device has a transmitter NFC interface and an NFC communication range. A range extending device has a power source, a transmitter communication interface, a range extender antenna, and an amplifier. One of the transmitting devices is selected and the range extending device is connected to it so that the transmitter communication interface engages the transmitter NFC interface of the selected transmitting device. This action serves to establish an extended communication range for the selected NFC transmitting device. The NFC transmitting devices are then positioned at a distance from the receiving device that is within the extended communication range, but outside the communication ranges of the other NFC transmitting devices. NFC communication is then established between the selected NFC transmitting device and the receiving device.
US11606677B2	Method for sharing application between terminals, and terminal Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for sharing an application between terminals, and a terminal, so as to facilitate user operations at a receiving end. The method includes: generating, by a first terminal according to an application that has been installed, a shared application installation package of the application; sending, by the first terminal, the shared application installation package to a second terminal, so that the second terminal installs the shared application installation package; determining, by the first terminal, shared data of the application that has been installed, where the shared data is data that is from an application server and required for the application to run; and sending, by the first terminal, the shared data to the second terminal, so that the second terminal uses the shared data when running the shared application. In the embodiments of the present invention, when sharing an application, two terminals not only share an installation package of the application, but also share shared data of the application, so that a receiving end does not need to download the shared data from an application server, which facilitates user operations at the receiving end and improves user experience.
US11606674B2	Network based containerized computing Techniques for instantiating containers in a network are discussed herein. A container controller component can receive a request from a user equipment (UE) for a service, whereby a portion of the service is performed by a containerized application. The container controller component can determine a location of the UE and can determine a number of requests for the service associated with that location. If the number of requests meet or exceed a threshold number, and/or if one or more metrics associated with the service are indicative of a quality level below a threshold, the container controller component can instantiate a container associated with the service at a computing device associated with the location. In some examples, the container can run an application, such as a presentation layer of the service, which can respond to the request from the UE.
US11606667B2	Precise positioning system and method of using the same A location system, comprises multiple nodes, each of which receiving and transmitting signals from and to user equipment. The system further comprises a processor configured to determine a location of the user equipment in a space having at least one node. The system is configured to interprets the location of the user equipment based on power of at least one signal transmitted to at least one of the nodes, a received signal strength of the user equipment at one of the nodes, and distances between the user device and at least two nodes.
US11606652B2	Distortion compensation for bone anchored hearing device A bone anchored hearing device includes an electromagnetic vibrator for generating a vibration in order to transmit sound through a bone of a user to an ear of the user; and a compensator for at least in part compensating a distortion in the vibration of the electromagnetic vibrator. Further, a signal processing method for a bone anchored hearing device includes providing, by an input transducer, an electric input signal representing sound of a surrounding of a user of the bone anchored hearing device; processing, by a signal processing unit, the electric input signal and providing a processed electric signal; generating, by an electromagnetic vibrator, based on the processed electric signal, a vibration in order to transmit sound through a bone of the user to an ear of the user; and at least in part compensating, by a compensator, a distortion in the vibration of the electromagnetic vibrator.
US11606646B2	Method of making a piezoelectric MEMS diaphragm microphone A piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems diaphragm microphone can be mounted on a printed circuit board. The microphone can include a substrate with an opening between a bottom end of the substrate and a top end of the substrate. The microphone can have two or more piezoelectric film layers disposed over the top end of the substrate and defining a diaphragm structure. Each of the two or more piezoelectric film layers can have a predefined residual stress that substantially cancel each other out so that the diaphragm structure is substantially flat with substantially zero residual stress. The microphone can include one or more electrodes disposed over the diaphragm structure. The diaphragm structure is configured to deflect when the diaphragm is subjected to sound pressure via the opening in the substrate.
US11606642B2	Driver circuits The application describes a switched driver (401) for outputting a drive signal at an output node (402) to drive a load such as a transducer. The driver receives respective high-side and low-side voltages (VinH, VinL) defining an input voltage at first and second input nodes and has connections for first and second capacitors (403H, 403L). A network of switching paths is configured such that each of the first and second capacitors can be selectively charged to the input voltage, the first input node can be selectively coupled to a first node (N1) by a path that include or bypass the first capacitor, and the second input node can be selectively coupled to a second node (N2) by a path that includes or bypasses the second capacitor. The output node (402) can be switched between two switching voltages at the first or second nodes. The driver is selectively operable in different operating modes, where the switching voltages are different in each of said modes.
US11606639B2	Earpiece intra-auricular support system An earpiece including an intra-auricular support, a projection element coupled thereto, and a flexible body disposed thereon and inside an external ear canal of an ear, and a moldable earpiece material moldable about the intra-auricular support to conform to the auricle of an ear and curable to provide a fixed configuration of the earpiece.
US11606638B2	Wireless earphones with digital signal processors Left and right earphones are independently wireless such that the left and right earphones are not physically connected when worn by a user. Each earphone comprises a speaker, microphone and a body portion with an SOC. Each SOC comprises a wireless communication circuit and a processor. Each processor comprises a digital signal processor for noise cancellation.
US11606637B2	Wireless listening device A portable listening device comprising: a device housing defining an internal cavity; an acoustic port formed through the device housing; an audio driver disposed within the device housing and aligned to emit sound through the acoustic port; a multifunction input button coupled to the device housing, the multifunction input button having a distal end and a proximate end, a centerline between the distal and proximate ends and an axis of rotation located between the center line and the proximate end; an electronic circuit disposed within the device housing that requires power to operate and is configured to detect activation of the button; and a battery disposed within the device housing and operable to provide power to the electronic circuit.
US11606632B2	Textile assemblies for speakers, including textile assemblies with inlaid tensioning yarns, and associated apparatuses and methods This document describes textile assemblies for speakers, including textile assemblies with inlaid tensioning yarns, and associated apparatuses and methods. The textile assembly includes a textile body (106) with inlaid tensioning yarns (302, 304). The textile assembly (102) may be a fully-fashioned textile swatch. The tensioning yarns are inlaid at intervals in the textile body but can slide within or be pulled through the textile body. Further, the tensioning yarns have ends (306, 308, 402, 404) that are accessible near the edges of the textile body for various reasons. First, pulling on them while the textile assembly is on an acoustic device (104) tensions the tensioning yarns such that they limit movement of the textile assembly and break up vibration modes. Second, their ends can be tied directly to, formed into loops to hook over, or wound around, features (208) on the acoustic device to removably secure the textile assembly to the acoustic device.
US11606628B2	Real-time cloud-based video watermarking systems and methods A video generation system is configured to provide streaming video as a cloud processed service to viewers over a computing network. In response to a request from a viewer, a video source is configured to provide video and an identifier source is configured to provide an identifier for inclusion in the video. A video encoder is configured to convert the video from a first format to a second format, apply the identifier to the video, and otherwise encode the video in real-time while streaming the encoded video to the viewer. The identifier may be stored in association with the account information of the viewer and used for identifying the viewer a source of an unauthorized video copy.
US11606627B2	System to monitor and manage integrated receiver decoders An integrated network receiver includes a first universal resource identifier for a first channel and an input suitable for receiving a first input video content from the Internet based upon the first universal resource identifier. The integrated network receiver provides the first input video content for the first channel to a head end connected to a plurality of customer devices through a transmission network. The integrated network receiver updating the first universal resource identifier based upon data obtained from a video address server.
US11606626B2	Inserting advertisements in ATSC content In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a device, playback content. The playback content is associated with an ATSC signal. The method also includes identifying, by the device, one or more markers in the playback content, communicating, by the device, information associated with the one or more markers to an advertisement decision engine, and receiving, by the device, a URL for an addressable targeted programmatic advertisement from the advertisement decision engine. The method further includes inserting, by the device, the addressable targeted programmatic advertisement URL into the playback content.
US11606624B2	Method and apparatus for operating an on-demand video gateway Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a user device that attaches to a radio access network of a mobile network and requests services. The user device creates a virtual network function on the device to support the service. The virtual network function may include a user plane virtual network function, a control plane virtual network function, or both. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11606623B2	Systems and methods for providing a contextual menu with information related to an emergency alert Systems and methods are described herein for presenting additional information related to an emergency alert. A media guidance application may detect that a new emergency alert has been received. The media guidance application may then perform a search of various content sources (e.g., program listings, the Internet, etc.) for content related to the emergency alert. The media guidance application may then present the search results in a contextual menu enabling the user to access content of the search results. The media guidance application may also provide more options, such as, recording or pausing media content that the user was in the process of consuming when the emergency alert was generated, and an option to the user not to bring up the contextual menu again if the same emergency alert is repeated.
US11606618B2	Method for managing the reception of digital contents by a management device A method for managing reception of digital contents by a management device suitable for receiving a command for selecting a content, termed the main content, arising from a control device. The management device is suitable for requesting reception of the main content and of other digital contents, termed secondary contents. It is also suitable for receiving the data streams representative of the requested contents, and for requesting the retrieval of the main content. According to the method, in the course of retrieval of the main content, a detection of an activity related to the control device triggers a request suitable for requesting reception of the secondary contents.
US11606615B2	Remote user interface An interactive user interface, such as a remote terminal user interface, is compressed prior to transmission to a video client. The compression may be performed independently of any other video that may be simultaneously transmitted to the video client. At the client side, two compressed video streams (remote user interface and video content) may be decompressed independently of each other. In some cases, technology already existing in some client devices, such as picture-in-picture (PiP) capability, may be leveraged to decompress the received compressed remote user interface without needing to modify the hardware of those client devices.
US11606614B1	Feed recommendations for multi-platform event feeds A method for recommending feed sources in an event feed includes generating an event feed comprising a plurality of feed items associated with a user. The event feed includes a recommendation feed item comprising one or more feed item sources not being followed by the user. The method further includes causing at least a portion of the event feed to be displayed to the user in the event feed. In accordance with a determination that the user is viewing a graphical user interface associated with a first software application, the recommendation feed item includes feed item sources associated with the first software application. In accordance with a determination that the user is viewing a graphical user interface associated with a second software application different from the first, the recommendation feed item includes feed item sources associated with the second software application.
US11606609B1	System and method for selection of supplemental content according to skip likelihood Systems and methods for a computer-based process that determines when a viewer is likely to skip over supplemental content and adjusts supplemental content presentation to compensate. Systems of embodiments of the disclosure may utilize various inputs to determine the likelihood of skipping supplemental content, including cursor position at or near specified icons or other UI elements, as well as user actions such as gaze direction, various motions or actions, controller manipulations, and the like. Once a likelihood of skipping supplemental content is determined, various actions may be taken in response, including without limitation selection of supplemental content that conveys its intended message prior to skipping, supplemental content that can be played at increased speed, and designation of supplemental content slots as skippable or non-skippable.
US11606608B1	Gamification of video content presented to a user Disclosed herein are a system and related operating method of providing video game functionality that is contextually linked with video program content. In certain implementations, the method involves the steps of: causing presentation of a video program at a presentation device; identifying a portion of the video program as a candidate for gamification; processing the identified portion into a video game segment that represents a gamified version of the identified portion; and causing presentation of the video game segment at a playback device.
US11606604B2	System and method for streaming video data A system according to one embodiment disclosed in the present document may comprise at least one network interface, at least one processor, and at least one storage apparatus, wherein the storage apparatus includes instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: store uploaded video data in the storage apparatus, without transcoding video data to be streamed; receive a first request for streaming of the video data; when the video data to be streamed at the first request is not available on the storage apparatus, transcode the video data in order to stream same; stream the transcoded video data to a first external device through the interface; receive a second request for streaming of the video data; and stream the stored transcoded video data to a second external device through the interface, without additionally transcoding the video data.
US11606601B2	Method and device for communicating between devices in multimedia system The present invention relates to a method and device for transmitting/receiving information efficiently between devices in a multimedia system. A method of communicating between devices in a multimedia system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: searching a second device for a first device to use a broadcast service or content; acquiring second information on at least one service terminal point for the first device to receive first information related to the broadcast service or the content from the second device; requesting, by means of the first device, the transmission of the first information related to the broadcast service or the content by using the second information; and receiving, by means of the first device from the second device, the first information as a response to the request.
US11606597B2	Devices, systems, and processes for facilitating live and recorded content watch parties System and methods for facilitating content watch parties may include a sync server having a server CPU, a host user device, a client user device, and a content provider. The content provider may first provide a first portion of the content independently to the host user device and the client user device. The content provider may second provide a second portion of the content to the host user device and the client user device. The first providing of the first portion of the content may occur separately of the second providing of the second portion of the content. The sync server may synchronize the second providing of the second portion of the content to the client user device to facilitate substantially simultaneously presentations of the second portion of the content by the host user device and the client user device.
US11606594B2	Methods, systems and devices that enable user of mobile phone to at least partially take control of consumer electronic device on display Described herein are methods, systems, and devices for enabling a user of a mobile phone to at least partially take control of a consumer electronic device on display in a retail store. A session with the mobile phone is initiated in response to the mobile phone being used to scan a scannable code displayed on a display screen in the retail store, wherein the session is associated with the consumer electronic device. A graphical user interface (GUI), which is displayed on the mobile phone during the session, enables the user of the mobile phone to use the mobile phone during the session to at least partially take control of the consumer electronic device that is on display in the retail store, thereby enabling the user of the mobile phone to learn about one or more capabilities of the consumer electronic device that is on display in the retail store.
US11606588B2	Content-modification system with local avail correction feature An example method includes detecting over a particular time-period and at a periodic interval, match data indicating whether reference fingerprints representing content transmitted by a non-local content-distribution system on a particular channel matches query fingerprints representing content received by a content-presentation device on the particular channel. The method also includes based on the match data, identifying three time-periods within the particular time-period, the middle of which being a time-period (i) in which there is a threshold consistent lack of matching for a threshold duration and (ii) that corresponds to a detected portion of the received content that serves as a placeholder for local content to be inserted by a local content-distribution system. The method also includes based on the three identified time-periods, detecting, that the local content-distribution system inserted local content into the content received on the particular channel in connection with the detected portion, and responsively performing an action.
US11606585B2	Video information periodic broadcasting method and apparatus, and video information receiving method and apparatus A video information periodic broadcasting method includes segmenting video information with an equal duration to obtain video segments Si of each time series, where i is the segment serial number of the video segments. The video segments Si are connected in series in an order of ascending the segment serial numbers. Segmenting each video segment Si with an equal duration to obtain video sub-segments Si,j of each time series, where the number of the video sub-segments Si,j of each time series is equal to the segment serial number of the video segments corresponding to the same time series, j is the sub-segment serial numbers of all the video sub-segments of the video segment. The video sub-segments Si,j are connected in series in an order of ascending the sub-segment serial numbers to form the video segment Si. Transmitting the video sub-segments through multiple periodic broadcasting channels with an equal bandwidth.
US11606583B1	Distributed data storage for in-vehicle entertainment system A data storage system for providing entertainment content to terminal devices in a passenger vehicle is provided to comprise: a first group of terminal devices configured to operate as storage nodes of a storage cluster configured to provide the entertainment content to media playback devices disposed in the passenger vehicle, the entertainment content including one or more entertainment programs and the storage nodes configured to store blocks of the one or more entertainment programs; a second group of terminal devices configured to operate as monitor nodes in the storage cluster, the monitor nodes configured to monitor status of the storage nodes; and a host in communication with the first group and the second group of the terminal devices via an in-vehicle network and configured to store metadata for the storage cluster and facilitate delivery of the entertainment content from the first group of terminal devices to the media playback devices.
US11606579B2	Image coding method and device in image coding system A method for decoding an image by a decoding device, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: acquiring image information; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the image information.
US11606577B2	Method for processing adaptive color transform and low-frequency non-separable transform in video coding Methods, apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium for processing video data are provided. The method includes: receiving one or more video sequences for processing; and coding the one or more video sequences using only one of a low-frequency non-separable transform (LFNST) and an adaptive color transform (ACT) when coding of both LFNST and ACT is not allowed.
US11606576B2	Method and apparatus for generating media file comprising 3-dimensional video content, and method and apparatus for replaying 3-dimensional video content The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for generating and transmitting a media file containing three-dimensional (3D) video content. The present disclosure also relates to a method and a device for reconstructing and reproducing three-dimensional video content from a received media file. According to an aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of generating a media file containing three-dimensional video content may include inserting, into a media data box in the media file, a plurality of components contained in a two-dimensional video frame in which the three-dimensional video content is compressed; inserting, into a metadata box in the media file, first tracks respectively corresponding to the components and a second track containing metadata; and inserting, into the second track, information about an entry point for each of the plurality of components.
US11606573B2	Inter-prediction candidate index coding independent of inter-prediction candidate list construction in video coding Methods are provided for inter-prediction candidate index coding independent of the construction of the corresponding inter-prediction candidate list, i.e., a merging candidate list or an advanced motion vector predictor list. A maximum allowed number of inter-prediction candidates for an inter-prediction candidate list is used for encoding the inter-prediction candidate index in an encoded bit stream. The maximum allowed number may be pre-determined or may be selected by the encoder and encoded in the bit stream. A decoder may then decode the index using the maximum allowed number of inter-prediction candidates independent of the construction of the corresponding inter-prediction candidate list.
US11606570B2	Syntax signaling and parsing based on colour component Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which includes matrix-based intra prediction methods for video coding, are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video processing includes generating, for a conversion between a current video block of a video including multiple video blocks and a bitstream representation of the video, a most probable mode (MPM) list for a matrix based intra prediction (MIP) tool based on a rule, where, the MIP tool includes determining, during the conversion, a prediction block of the current video block by performing, on previously coded samples of the video, a boundary downsampling operation, followed by a matrix vector multiplication operation, and selectively followed by an upsampling operation, and where the rule specifies a mapping between a number of MIP modes and dimensions of the multiple video blocks; and performing the conversion based on the generating.
US11606563B2	CTU size signaling A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for coding video data. Video data having a coding tree unit size is received. The coding tree unit size associated with the video data is signaled by setting two or more flags. The video data is encoded/decoded based on the flags corresponding to the signaled coding tree unit size.
US11606557B2	Method and apparatus for performing low complexity computation in transform kernel for video compression The present disclosure relates to a method for processing a video signal by using a linear relationship between transform types, comprising the steps of: determining a transform group on the basis of a prediction mode of a current block; parsing a transform combination index from a video signal, wherein the transform combination index indicates anyone of a plurality of transform combinations in the transform group; deriving a transform combination corresponding to the transform combination index, wherein the transform combination consists of a horizontal transform and a vertical transform, and includes DST-7 or DCT-8; performing inverse transform on the current block on the basis of the transform combination; and restoring the video signal by using the inverse transformed current block.
US11606554B2	Extended reference intra-picture prediction A video encoder is configured to encode, by block based predictive encoding, pictures of a video into coding data, wherein the block based predictive encoding includes an intra-picture prediction. The video encoder is configured to use, for the intra-picture prediction, for encoding a prediction block of a picture, a plurality of nearest reference samples of the picture directly neighboring the prediction block and a plurality of extended reference samples, each extended reference sample of the plurality of extended reference samples separated from the prediction block at least by one nearest reference sample of the plurality of reference samples. The video encoder is further configured to sequentially determine an availability or unavailability of each of the plurality of nearest reference samples and to substitute a nearest reference sample being determined as unavailable by a substitution sample. The video encoder is configured to use the substitution sample for the intra-picture prediction.
US11606550B2	Techniques for predictive sensor reconfiguration Systems and methods for optimizing sensory signal capturing by reconfiguring robotic device configurations. A method includes determining at least one predicted future sensor reading for a robotic device based on navigation path data of the robotic device, wherein the robotic device is deployed with at least one sensor, wherein each predicted future sensor reading is an expected value of a future sensory signal; determining an optimized sensor configuration based on the at least one predicted future sensor reading, wherein the optimized sensor configuration optimizes capturing of sensor signals by the at least one sensor; and reconfiguring the at least one sensor based on the optimized sensor configuration, wherein reconfiguring the at least one sensor further comprises modifying at least one sensor parameter of the at least one sensor based on the optimized sensor configuration.
US11606547B2	Point cloud data transmission device, point cloud data transmission method, point cloud data reception device, and point cloud data reception method Disclosed herein is a method for transmitting point cloud data. The transmission method may include encoding point cloud data, and transmitting the point cloud data. Disclosed herein is a method for receiving point cloud data. The reception method may include receiving point cloud data, decoding the point cloud data, and rendering the point cloud data.
US11606541B2	Projection control device, projection control method and projection control system A projection control device includes: a communication unit connected to communicate with an image capturing device configured to capture an image of a target object positioned around a projected object; a derivation unit configured to derive a projection position of a content image based on designation of a parameter related to the content image to be projected onto the projected object and an image of the projected object including the target object; a projection image generation unit configured to generate a projection image including the content image disposed at the derived projection position; and a control unit configured to transmit a projection instruction of the projection image to a projection device via the communication unit.
US11606531B2	Image capturing method, apparatus, and storage medium A method and an apparatus for image capturing, and a storage medium can be applied to a terminal device. When it is determined that the terminal is in an augmented reality image capturing scene, augmented reality environment information of the augmented reality image capturing scene is determined. When an image capturing instruction is received, an image is captured and augmented reality environment information corresponding to the image is recorded to obtain a target image carrying the augmented reality environment information.
US11606530B2	Display device, television set or computer monitor using such a display device Disclosed is a display device including, from a front face towards a rear face, a panel, a ground plane, and a processing unit connected to the panel and including an antenna for receiving and/or emitting a wave for connection to a wireless network. The display device further includes a plurality of adjustable elements connected to the processing unit, each adjustable element having an impedance which can be modified by the processing unit in order to change the manner in which the wave is reflected and/or transmitted by the adjustable elements, these adjustable elements being located on the rear side of the ground plane.
US11606528B2	Advanced television systems committee (ATSC) 3.0 latency-free display of content attribute Techniques are described for expanding and/or improving the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 television protocol in robustly delivering the next generation broadcast television services. A dynamic MPD can be supplemented by offline descriptor information transmitted OTA at display time so that the descriptor information, e.g., language information, captioning information, and the like, can be immediately presented on a UI.
US11606524B2	CTIA CMOS image sensor pixel with zero-biased multiplexer An image sensor and pixel circuit therefor includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices, a zero-biased multiplexer connected to the plurality of photoelectric conversion devices, an amplifier including a first input terminal connected to the zero-biased multiplexer, and an output terminal, a capacitor disposed between the first input terminal and the output terminal, and a reset switch disposed between the first input terminal and the output terminal in parallel with the capacitor, the reset switch including a body terminal connected to a common reference voltage.
US11606521B2	Image sensors with reduced peak power An image sensor may include a pixel array having pixels arranged in rows and columns, column readout circuitry, and control circuitry. Column readout circuitry may include corresponding readout circuits each coupled to a corresponding column path for a respective column of pixels. The readout circuits may each include signal processing circuits such as correlated double sampling circuitry and analog-to-digital converter circuitry. To reduce peak-to-average power ratio, during the signal processing operations for each pixel row, the control circuitry may control the signal processing circuits to perform time-domain multiplexing across the pixel columns to activate the signal processing circuits at varied times within the row time. If desired, the pattern of time-domain multiplexing may be varied across the signal processing operations for different pixel rows and/or for different image frames.
US11606520B2	Image sensor An image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of unit pixels arranged along a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. Each of the unit pixels includes a photoelectric conversion element generating and accumulating photocharges, a charge detection node receiving the photocharges accumulated in the photoelectric conversion element, a readout circuit converting the photocharges accumulated in and output from the charge detection node into an electrical pixel signal, the readout circuit outputting the electrical pixel signal, a capacitive element, and a switching element controlling connection between the charge detection node and the capacitive element. Each of the rows of the pixel array includes first pixels connected to a first conversion gain control line and second pixels connected to a second conversion gain control line.
US11606518B2	Imaging apparatus and electronic equipment An imaging apparatus and electronic equipment configured for reduced power consumption are disclosed. In one example, an imaging apparatus includes a pixel array unit including a first pixel portion and a second pixel portion different from the first pixel portion. Each of the first pixel portion and the second pixel portion includes a first photoelectric conversion unit and a second photoelectric conversion unit adjacent to the first photoelectric conversion unit. The pixel array unit includes a first drive line connected to the first photoelectric conversion unit of the first pixel portion and the second pixel portion, a second drive line connected to the second photoelectric conversion unit of the first pixel portion, and a third drive line connected to the second photoelectric conversion unit of the second pixel portion. The t technology can, for example, be applied in a CMOS image sensor having pixels for phase difference detection.
US11606510B2	Intelligent multi-camera switching with machine learning Multiple cameras in a conference room, each pointed in a different direction and including a microphone array to perform sound source localization (SSL). The SSL is used in combination with the video image to identify the speaker from among multiple individuals that appear in the video image. Neural network or machine learning processing is performed on the identified speaker to determine the quality of the front or facial view of the speaker. The best view of the speaker's face from the various cameras is selected to be provided to the far end. If no view is satisfactory, a default view is selected and that is provided to the far end. The use of the SSL allows selection of the proper individual from a group of individuals in the conference room, so that only the speaker's head is analyzed for the best facial view and then framed for transmission.
US11606508B1	Enhanced representations based on sensor data Techniques for generating enhanced representations based on sensor data are described and are implementable in a video conference setting. Generally, the described implementations enable an enhanced representation of a focal individual, for instance a speaker, to be generated based on sensor data, for instance audio and visual sensor data. The audio data can identify an individual as the speaker or determine a general location of a source of audio. Visual sensors can detect gestures of individuals located in the general location of the source of audio to identify gestures which indicate that one or more individuals are speaking or are about to speak.
US11606500B2	Reception apparatus and transmission apparatus Provided is a reception apparatus that includes an information processing section configured to generate an image at least either in a first mode for reading out a whole captured region or in a second mode for reading out a partial region in the captured region. At the time of readout in the second mode, the image processing section varies a readout rate depending on the region.
US11606497B2	Endoscope with multiple views and novel configurations adapted thereto Disclosed is an endoscope system, which comprises an endoscope, the endoscope having at its distal end multiple cameras each having a different field of view (FOV). The system also comprises an image processing box adapted to receive images of different FOVs from the multiple cameras and process the image to form a consolidated image covering 360-degree view of areas surrounding the distal end using the received images of different FOVs and image-stitching techniques.
US11606495B2	Control device, control method, and electronic device Provided is a control device that includes a calculation unit that calculates, on a basis of a result of capturing a subject image passed through a focus lens by using an imaging element including a plurality of phase difference detection regions, a focus position of each of the phase difference detection regions and a determination unit that determines a position of the focus lens on a basis of an average value of the focus positions of the phase difference detection regions calculated by the calculation unit and falling within a predetermined range from the focus position on an infinity side or macro side.
US11606489B1	Systems and methods for generating time-lapse videos Positions of an image capture device may be used to determine a position-based time-lapse video frame factor. Apparent motion between pairs of images may be used to determine a visual-based time-lapse video frame rate factor. A time-lapse video frame rate for a time-lapse video may be determined based on the position-based time-lapse video frame factor and the visual-based time-lapse video frame rate factor.
US11606485B2	Vehicular camera with controlled camera focus A vehicular camera includes a camera housing having front and rear camera housing portions. An imager is disposed at a printed circuit board. A lens assembly is disposed at the front camera housing portion and accommodates at least one lens. The front camera housing portion is formed of a material having a first Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE). At least two attachment elements are disposed at the front camera housing portion and are formed of a material having a second CTE that is less than the first CTE of the front camera housing portion and that is less than 10 ppm/° C. The printed circuit board is mounted at the attachment elements via fasteners threadedly engaging respective ones of the at least two attachment elements. The front camera housing portion and the attachment elements cooperate to decrease temperature-induced movement of the printed circuit board relative to the at least one lens.
US11606481B2	Reducing judder using motion vectors A method at a client device for mitigating motion judder in frames of an image due to display data for a particular frame being unavailable at a required time at the client device. The method involves receiving (S35) the display data for a current frame n, and generating (S3Y3) the current frame n from the received display data. Motion vectors for some elements of the image in the current frame n are obtained (S3Y1). If it is determined that display data for the next frame n+1 is not available, the next frame n+1 is generated (S3N4) from either the current frame n or a previous frame n−m, where m=1, 2, 3, etc, adjusted based on an extrapolation (S3N3) of the motion vectors for the elements of the image in either the current frame n or the previous frame n−m.
US11606479B2	Image processing system and image processing method An imaging processing system includes an image pickup device that has circuitry which creates, from raw image data, image data including a first gamut, and compression-codes the image data including the first gamut to generate compression-coded image data. The system also includes an image processing device that has circuitry which decodes the compression-coded image data to generate uncompressed image data, which includes the first gamut. The circuitry of the image processing device also converts the uncompressed image data including the first gamut into image data including a second gamut, where the first gamut encompasses the second gamut.
US11606474B2	Printer, server and non-transitory computer-readable recording media storing computer readable instructions for printer and server A first printer may include a controller configured to: in a case where a first predetermined operation is accepted in a state where second printer identification information and specific service-related information are stored in association with each other in the server, cause the display unit to display a notification screen that prompts a second predetermined operation, the second predetermined operation being for changing a printer used for the service from a second printer to the first printer; and in a case where the second predetermined operation is accepted, send a printer changing request including first printer identification information to the server. In a case where the printer changing request is sent to the server, the first printer identification information is stored, instead of the second printer identification information, in association with the specific service-related information in the server.
US11606472B2	Projection device and spatial imaging method Disclosed are a projection device and a spatial imaging method. The projection device includes: an optical fiber scanner array; a light source located on an incident light path of the optical fiber scanner array; and an adjustment and control module assembly configured to couple, according to a virtual scene to be displayed, light emitted by the light source into the optical fiber scanner array, and to control the optical fiber scanner array to project pencil beams to a plurality of virtual object points corresponding to the virtual scene and located in space, such that multiple pencil beams projected to each virtual object point form a bundle of emitting light beams.
US11606468B2	Image forming apparatus, image forming method for printing images in an order different from an order of reading images An image forming apparatus includes: a scanner to read a plurality of images of document into a plurality of pieces of image data each representing the image; a memory to store the plurality of pieces of image data in an order of image reading by the scanner; a printer to print, on one or more recording media sheets, the plurality of images according to the plurality of pieces of image data having been stored in the memory, in an order different from an order of image reading by the scanner; and circuitry to: in response to reading of a first image of the plurality of images of document into first image data representing the first image, calculate a remaining number of readable images using the first image data; and display information based on the remaining number of readable images.
US11606467B2	Information processing apparatus, output method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which highlights an abnormality before correction An information processing apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry is configured to acquire read image data of an image formed on a recording medium. The circuitry is configured to acquire output target image data according to which the image is formed. The circuitry is configured to generate, based on the output target image data, inspection image data for inspection of the read image data. The circuitry is configured to compare the read image data corrected based on an amount of deviation caused by conveyance of the recording medium with the inspection image data generated, to detect an image abnormality. The circuitry is configured to highlight and output a position of a portion of the image abnormality in the read image data before correction, based on the amount of deviation caused by conveyance of the recording medium, in response to the image abnormality being detected.
US11606466B2	Method and apparatus for distributing content via a wireless communication network Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including detecting, by a processing system comprising a processor, wireless communication servers that are available for providing content via first wireless communication links to a wireless communication system, receiving unused data capacity information from the wireless communication servers, aggregating comprising a processor, the unused data capacity information from the wireless communication servers to identify broadband bandwidth, receiving, by the processing system, a request for first content from a customer premises device, assigning a first portion of the broadband bandwidth for receiving the first content from the wireless communication servers, requesting the first content from the wireless communication servers according to the assigning, receiving the first content from the wireless communication servers, and transmitting the first content to the customer premises device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11606461B2	Method for training a spoofing detection model using biometric clustering Systems for and methods of training a spoofing detection model include receiving a plurality of customer call interactions; classifying each of the plurality of customer call interactions as a spoofed call or a non-spoofed call using a spoofing detection model; generating a voiceprint for each of the plurality of customer call interactions; comparing the generated voiceprints; grouping the generated voiceprints into one or more clusters based on the comparing, wherein each cluster represents a single speaker; locating a cluster containing a spoofed call and a non-spoofed call, thereby indicating that the non-spoofed call was misclassified by the spoofing detection model; and updating the spoofing detection model with the non-spoofed call.
US11606460B2	Mutual disabling unit for multiple phones A secure phone system comprising a plurality of Voice over IP (VoIP) phones, each having an enhanced security implant device, a Mutual Disabling Unit (MDU) and a method of operating the system for securing VoIP phones located in the same room by disabling a VoIP phone while a call is active in another phone in order to prevent audio eavesdropping.
US11606459B2	Terminal device, and DSD audio playback circuit and method A terminal device includes a processor, a direct stream digital (DSD) audio playback circuit, and a headset jack. The processor is connected to the DSD audio playback circuit, and the DSD audio playback circuit is connected to the headset jack. The processor outputs a DSD audio signal to the DSD audio playback circuit in response to triggering performed by a user. The DSD audio playback circuit is configured to process the DSD audio signal, generate an alert tone based on a current scenario, and superpose the processed DSD audio signal and the alert tone. The headset jack is configured to connect to a headset and play the superposed audio signal and alert tone using the headset.
US11606458B2	Favorite-object display method and terminal Embodiments of this application provide a favorite-object display method. The method manages favorite objects in different applications, and after an input operation performed by a user on a favorite object is received, the method displays in an original application the content corresponding to the favorite object. The method further includes the following steps: displaying a favorites management interface, where a first favorite object and a second favorite object are displayed on the favorites management interface; receiving an operation entered by a user; and if the operation is directed to the first favorite object, responding to the operation by displaying, in a first application, a content corresponding to the first favorite object; or if the operation is directed to the second favorite object, responding to the operation by displaying, in a second application, a content corresponding to the second favorite object.
US11606455B2	Method for preventing mistouch by using top-emitted proximity light, and terminal Embodiments provide a proximity sensor located at a side edge of a terminal or a top side edge of the terminal. A first included angle is formed between light emitted by the proximity sensor and a touchscreen of the terminal. The terminal obtains data detected by a motion sensor, and motion data of the terminal based on the data detected by the motion sensor. The terminal determines whether the motion data is less than a first threshold. If the motion data is less than the first threshold, the terminal determines that no external object is currently approaching, and skips performing a mistouch prevention action. If the motion data is greater than or equal to the first threshold, the terminal determines, based on data detected by the proximity sensor, whether an external object is approaching, and determines, based on a determining result, whether to subsequently perform the mistouch prevention action.
US11606452B2	Mobile terminal A mobile terminal comprises: a main body; a display in the front surface of the main body; a coil antenna module positioned in a first region of the rear surface of the main body; and a rear touch sensor positioned in a second region of the rear surface of the main body to sense a touch input of a user, wherein the first region and the second region do not overlap each other. Since the rear touch sensor is provided within a limited space of the mobile terminal, the difficulty of one-handed manipulation can be reduced.
US11606451B2	Smartphone with integrated pager A smartphone case includes an integrated pager processor and pager antenna. The pager processor interfaces with the smartphone via physical connection such as USB or a wireless connection such as Bluetooth. A battery embedded in the smartphone case powers the pager processor and may be shared with the smartphone via a physical connection. The pager processor may display messages via the smartphone or independently via a speaker embedded in the smartphone case. The smartphone may communicate with a paging source via a cellular network to confirm receipt of one or both of a pager signal or a cellular network signal so that the paging source may produce maps of where various communication methods are useable.
US11606449B2	Mobile phone/device case or cover having a 3D camera A mobile phone/device case or cover having a 3D camera, realized by integrating or connecting two cameras and a 3D viewer sheet integrated on the phone/device case or cover; wherein the 3D camera comprises: a V-shaped optical component having left and right arms, which act as light guides to guide the light from an object, onto an image sensor, and a focusing lens for focusing an image on the image sensor, where two images are formed of any object in the field of view of the V-shaped optical component.
US11606448B2	Efficient capture and streaming of data packets What is disclosed is a method for efficient capture and streaming of data packets in a network device comprises capturing data packets matching predetermined filters, packaging said data packets into samples, and aggregating one or more samples in a high speed bus payload. The method also comprises transferring said high speed bus payload to a CPU, extracting said samples from the high speed bus payload and storing said samples in a shared memory of the CPU, and accessing said samples from the shared memory for streaming to one or more client.
US11606446B1	Microapplication composition Embodiments of the present invention provide computer-implemented methods, computer program products and computer systems. Embodiments of the present invention can, in response to receiving a request, dynamically generate a composite application that includes one or more micro applications based, at least in part, on a user's intention.
US11606442B2	Subscription to edits of blockchain transaction The disclosed technology is generally directed to blockchain technology. In one example of the technology, a modified block is provided in response to at least an edit transaction that indicates a transaction in an original block in a blockchain. The modified block includes: transactions of the original block except the indicated transaction, a hash of the indicated transaction, and a header that includes a link to a hash of a block that precedes the original block. A new block is provided. The new block includes a reference associated with the edit transaction, and that the reference may include a link to the modified block. Subscription metadata associated with subscribers to changes in the transaction is retrieved from a stored registry. The subscribers are caused to be notified of the edit transaction.
US11606440B2	Monitoring and managing services in legacy systems using cloud native monitoring and managing tools The disclosure herein describes using a monitoring tool and a management tool from a cloud native system to monitor and manage an application executing on a legacy system. Network addresses of services running in the application on the legacy systems are discovered. Based on the discovered addresses, a probe is configured for execution on the legacy system by a monitoring tool deployed on the legacy system to obtain metrics data associated with the services running on the legacy system, the metrics data representing execution loads of the application. A management tool deployed on the cloud native system receives the obtained metrics data. The management tool compares the metrics data to one or more performance thresholds associated with the application. Based on the comparison, the management tool adjusts a quantity of instances of the application running on the cloud native system, enabling the cloud native system to share the execution loads.
US11606439B2	Exit node benchmark feature Systems and methods for effectively managing exit nodes are provided. The exemplary systems and methods use a Supernode to examine an Exit Node through sending and receiving a request to a Target. Information about the exit node is then stored into the Supernode. According to the information provided from the Supernode, the Exit Nodes Database systemizes the proxies according to availability and provides available exit nodes to a User Device.
US11606436B2	Image obtaining method and apparatus, server, and storage medium Embodiments of this disclosure include an image obtaining method and apparatus, a server, and a storage medium. In the method, a target application process corresponding to a user identifier is obtained, by processing circuitry, from an application process set. A plurality of window image data that is currently generated is obtained, via a data obtaining module, when an image rendering function in the target application process is called. Image synthesis processing is performed on the plurality of window image data, to obtain a user interface image to be displayed. Further, a notification message that includes the user interface image is transmitted to a user terminal corresponding to the user identifier for display on a user interface.
US11606435B1	System, method, and computer program for establishing application interfaces in an echo system As described herein, a system, method, and computer program are provided for establishing an application interface in an echo system. In use, a plurality of end points in a plurality of applications installed on an echo system are identified. Each end point of the plurality of end points is analyzed to generate a classification for the end point according to one or more parameters. An interface is created between a pair of end points of the plurality of end points, based on the classification generated for each end point in the pair of end points. The interface is established in the echo system for enabling communication between the pair of end points.
US11606432B1	Cloud distributed hybrid data storage and normalization A method and system for cloud distributed hybrid data storage and normalization are disclosed. The method may include obtaining a data set comprising data entities. A data entity may comprise data fields each containing a data element. The method may further include determining policy constraint meta-data for each of the data elements based on the storage policy constraint. The policy constraint meta-data may include a first meta-tag indicating the storage policy constraint for the data element. The method may further include determining whether a server satisfies the storage policy constraint based on the first meta-tag for the data element. When the server satisfies the storage policy constraint, the method may further include transmitting the data element to the server to store the data element on the server. When the server fails to satisfy the storage policy constraint, the method may further include, storing the data element on the client.
US11606431B2	Maintaining failure independence for storage of a set of encoded data slices A method includes detecting a storage error associated with a first memory device of a storage unit of a set of storage units, where data is error encoded into a set of encoded data slices and stored in a plurality of memory devices of the set of storage units, and where the plurality of memory devices includes the first memory device. The method further includes determining attributes associated with the first memory device and determining attributes of other memory devices of the plurality of memory devices. The method further includes selecting a memory device from the other memory devices based on the attributes of the memory device comparing favorably to the attributes associated with the first memory device. The method further includes rebuilding an encoded data slice associated with the storage error and storing the rebuilt encoded data slice in the selected memory device.
US11606430B2	Information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to receive, from a first user, data and data identification information for identifying the data, generate association information that associates the data identification information with cloud-storage identification information for identifying a cloud storage for storing the data from among multiple cloud storages, and store the data in the cloud storage.
US11606423B2	Method, apparatus, device, and storage medium for running stand-alone program A method for running a stand-alone program includes: running the stand-alone program in a first main program, and establishing a network connection between a first terminal and a second terminal through the first main program run in the first terminal and a second main program run in the second terminal; and transmitting, by the first terminal, image information to the second terminal and transmitting, by the second terminal, a second operation command to the first terminal, through the network connection. A first operation object and a second operation object in the stand-alone program are separately controlled.
US11606421B2	Edge computing relocation A method of operating a terminal (130), comprising: transmitting, to a master control node (290) of an edge computing architecture (299), a configuration request message (7001), the configuration request message (7001) being indicative of at least one of a connectivity status of the terminal (130) indicative of an access network and a location of the terminal (130), receiving, from the master control node (290), a configuration response message (7002) indicative of an edge computing system (260-267), and executing an edge computing application (4001, 4002) using the edge computing system (260-267).
US11606413B2	Estimation apparatus, estimation method and program An estimation device includes: a collection unit configured to collect first information that has correlation with a display time of a web page from devices transmitting data in a network; a conversion unit configured to convert the first information into second information per unit time of each area including one of the devices; and a calculation unit configured to calculate an estimated value of the display time in each area in the unit time based on the second information and characteristics of the display time with regard to the first information. Thus, a display time of a web page is estimated from information which can be measured in a network.
US11606409B1	Optimizing quality of experience (QoE) levels for video streaming over wireless/cellular networks Provided is a method and system for a network-assisted Quality of Experience (QoE)-based smart and proactive video streaming framework to be deployed at Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) servers. Quality of Experience (QoE) levels for a plurality of video sessions streamed from a cloud server to computing devices through a central edge server are estimated based on one or more metrics associated with the plurality of video sessions. Additionally, channel status of one or more neighboring edge servers proximate to the central edge server is determined. The QoE levels of the plurality of video sessions are then maximized based on the estimating, by employing a local optimization, a global optimization and a combination of both the local optimization and the global optimization based on the one or more metrics and the channel status determined for the one or more neighboring edge servers.
US11606405B2	Receiving compressed video frames in a video conference One disclosed example method includes receiving, by a video conference provider, video frames from a plurality of existing participants in a video conference; receiving, by the video conference provider, a request from a new user to join the video conference, and in response: generating, by the video conference provider, an instantaneous decoder refresh (IDR) frame; determining, by the video conference provider, one or more prior video frames previously acknowledged by each existing participant of the plurality of existing participants; generating, by the video conference provider, a benchmark frame for each of the plurality of existing participants based on at least one of the determined one or more prior video frames and the IDR frame; transmitting, by the video conference provider, the IDR frame to the new user; and transmitting, by the video conference provider, a message comprising the benchmark frame to each of the plurality of existing participants.
US11606404B2	Relay device and relay method of voice signal [Problem] When a communication apparatus that is the communication partner is called via a relay device, the transmission control mode of a voice signal can be switched according to the capability of the communication partner.[Solution] A relay device (2) includes a telephone relay unit (3), a network communication relay unit (4), and a wireless communication relay unit (5). The wireless communication relay unit (5) includes a plurality of external apparatus interfaces, and an analog repeater (25), a digital repeater (27), or the like is connected to each external apparatus interface. If an SIP telephone (20) has called an analog transceiver (27), the relay device (2) obtains the address and apparatus type of the analog transceiver (27) from call information, and transmits a voice signal to the analog transceiver (27) using a transmission control mode (VOX mode) that suits the analog transceiver (27).
US11606400B2	Capturing and presenting audience response at scale One example method includes receiving a plurality of responses during a time period, the plurality of responses each provided by one of a plurality of participants in a video conference hosted by a video conference provider, sampling the plurality of responses to identify a plurality of response characteristics, and then generating a consolidated response based at least in part on the plurality of response characteristics. The example method additionally includes causing the consolidated response to be output to at least one of the plurality of participants.
US11606399B2	System and method for meeting preparation and user content management using heterogeneous cloud service providers A method for managing cloud service providers (CSPs) includes obtaining, by a CSP management service, CSP user information corresponding to a plurality of users, initiating access to user content in at least a CSP of the CSPs using the CSP user information, after obtaining the CSP user information: obtaining, from a meeting preparation service, a content provide request, wherein the content provide request corresponds to a meeting, in response to the content provide request: obtaining access links to each data object of the user content that corresponds to the meeting, and providing dashboard-ready information to the meeting preparation service, wherein the dashboard-ready information comprises the access links.
US11606397B2	Server and operating method thereof An operating method of a server, comprising, mediating a video call session between a first terminal and a second terminal; receiving satisfaction information on the video call session of a user of the first terminal from the first terminal; preparing combination of a specific type of personal information about a user of the first terminal and facial characteristic information about a user of the second terminal; calculating a correlation between the combination and the satisfaction information corresponding to the combination; receiving a video call mediating request from a third terminal and from a plurality of candidate terminals, and predicting satisfaction information of a user of the third terminal with respect to each of the candidate terminals; and choosing a fourth terminal among the candidate terminals.
US11606394B2	Methods and systems for controlling traffic to VPN servers The present application is directed to a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium contains program instructions for managing traffic in a network that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to determine, from among plural users, information of a user in the network. The program instructions also include reviewing selection criteria of plural, dynamic, virtual private network (VPN) cloud servers in the network. The program instructions also include ranking efficiency of the plural, dynamic, virtual VPN cloud servers in the network. The program instructions further include controlling content displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI) including a dynamically changing list of users from the plural users matched with respective VPN cloud servers. The program instructions yet even further include matching the user with one of the plural, dynamic VPN cloud servers based on the ranked efficiency and the determined information of the user. The program instructions even further including communicating with the matched dynamic VPN cloud server to continue an active session of the user until a predetermined condition is met.
US11606391B2	Method for controlling and provisioning resource access A method for controlling an access to a resource is provided. The method includes receiving, from a first user, a first input that relates to a business criterion for a provision of the access to the resource; receiving, from a second user, a second input that relates to an application-specific criterion for the provision of the access to the resource; generating one or more one access-control rules based on the inputs; receiving an access request; and determining whether to grant the access request based on the rules, and any conditions that pertain to the access. The method effectively decouples the business-related criterion from the application-specific criterion for the access determination, thereby ensuring that business stakeholders and application owners each have an independent ability to provide inputs for generating access-control rules and policies.
US11606385B2	Behavioral DNS tunneling identification Methods, apparatus and computer software products for protecting a computing system implement embodiments of the present invention that include extracting, from data traffic transmitted over a data network connecting a plurality of computing devices to multiple Internet hosting services, respective sets of transmissions from the computing devices to the Internet hosting services, and identifying, in a given set of the transmissions from a given computing device, multiple domain name system (DNS) requests for an identical second-level domain (2LD) and for different respective sub-domains within the 2LD. A number of the different sub-domains within the 2LD and a data size of the multiple DNS requests are computed, and when the number of the different sub-domains and the data size of the multiple DNS requests exceed a predefined criterion, a preventive action is initiated to inhibit DNS tunneling from at least the given computing device.
US11606380B2	Apparatus and methods for data collection, analysis and service modification based on online activity Methods and apparatus for evaluating collected data relating to online activity, and modification of services within a service provider network. In one embodiment, a service provider collects data relating to the online activity of users of third-party services and correlates the data with subscribers of the service provider to generate useful products and analytics (e.g., classifications, behavioral models, etc.) containing information relating to the subscribers' online activity. The generated products may be used to determine whether and how to modify services provided to individual subscribers, exported for use by third parties, or for other purposes.
US11606374B2	Analyzing client application behavior to detect anomalies and prevent access A client device accesses content and performs actions at a remote application server via a user-agent application. The application server directs the user-agent application to a security verification system to retrieve and perform security tests. The security verification system receives information from the user-agent application describing characteristics of the user-agent application, and the security verification system selects a set of security tests to be performed by a security module executing in the user-agent application to verify that the user-agent application is accessing the application server consistent with the described user-agent application. The security verification system compares a set of test results with other user-agent applications and provides a token to the user-agent application to access the application server. The security module may also monitor and actions on the user-agent application to permit the security verification system to revise or revoke the token.
US11606371B2	Digital safety and account discovery Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may assist a consumer in keeping track of a consumer's accounts in order to prevent unauthorized access or use of the consumer's identified accounts. To discover the various accounts, the methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses can monitor at least a consumer's email accounts, web browser history, and web cache. The discovered accounts may be displayed to the consumer along with recommendations and assistance for closing unused or unwanted accounts to prevent unauthorized access or use.
US11606370B1	Systems and methods of detecting and mitigating malicious network activity Disclosed herein are systems and methods executing a security server that perform various processes using alert elements containing various data fields indicating threats of fraud or attempts to penetrate an enterprise network. Using alert elements, the security server generate integrated alerts that are associated with customers of the system and assign a risk score for the integrated alerts, which the security server uses to store and sort the integrated alerts according to a priority, based on the relative risk scores. Analyst computers may query and fetch integrated alerts from an integrate alert database, and then present the integrate alerts to be addressed by an analyst according to the priority level of the respective integrated alerts. This allows to ensure that the right customer, is worked by the right analyst, at the right time, to maximize fraud prevention and minimize customer impact.
US11606367B2	Systems and methods for network anomaly detection and resolution Systems and methods for detecting network anomalies are described. These may include determining burst scores for external network resources, determining burst scores for internal network resources, and using the burst scores to construct a burst graph where the edges are weighted by the number of connections between each resource. The graph is then analyzed by a graph convolutional neural network to identify patterns from which anomalous network traffic can be detected and from which corrective action can be taken. These techniques can allow for better detection and mitigation of abusive network traffic, improve computer network security, and provide more robust access to networked computer resources.
US11606365B2	Delivery of an electronic message using a machine learning policy According to some embodiments, a method performed by a classification scanner comprises receiving an electronic message and determining whether the electronic message includes an express indication from the user indicating that a classification applies to the electronic message. In response to determining that the electronic message does not include the express indication that the classification applies to the electronic message, the message further comprises sending the electronic message to a machine learning scanner. The machine learning scanner is adapted to use a machine learning policy to determine whether the classification applies to the electronic message.
US11606362B2	Privacy-preserving composite views of computer resources in communication groups Computerized systems are provided for detecting or receiving a sharing gesture in a communication group and responsively instantiating or updating one or more computer objects that include rich contextual data associated with the sharing gesture. These computer objects can be instantiated or updated based on one or more rules or policies. These computer objects or associated indications can be surfaced back to a user to give the user context regarding the shared resource. It can be determined whether a user has access to (or permission to access) such a computer object and/or an associated computer resource for presentation to the user.
US11606360B1	System and method for multi-account provisioning In a method for providing provisioning information, a central data processing system receives from a transaction data processing system, an encrypted user datum associated with a client user of the transaction data processing system; receives from at least one of a plurality of account administrator data processing systems, a response comprising a notification that a user account administrated by that account administrator data processing system is associated with the client user; receives an account administrator selection message including identification of a user-selected account administrator from an account administrator list; transmits to the account administrator data processing system associated with the user-selected account administrator, a provisioning request for client user account provisioning information; receives from the account administrator data processing system associated with the user-selected account administrator, the client user account provisioning information; and transmits to the transaction data processing system, the client user account provisioning information.
US11606359B1	Cloud service authentication microservice A method of authenticating requests to a cloud service, comprising using one or more edge proxy servers of a container execution system facilitating a cloud service to execute an authentication microservice configured for forwarding, to a login service, each login request received by the edge proxy server, via one or more network, from one or more client devices used by respective users to establish sessions with application(s) executed by application server(s) of the container execution system wherein the login service is configured to authenticate the respective user based on credentials extracted from the login request and create one or more session tokens transmitted to the one or more client device, extracting the session token(s) from each subsequent request received by the edge proxy server from the one or more client devices pertaining to the respective sessions, and authenticating the respective subsequent request by verifying the session token(s).
US11606358B2	Tokenization and encryption of sensitive data A method and system for anonymizing data are disclosed. The method and system include receiving, at the wrapper, a request to store data in a data source. The wrapper includes a dispatcher and at least one service. The dispatcher receives the communication and is data agnostic. The method and system also include providing the request from the dispatcher to the at least one service and anonymizing, at the service(s), the data to provide anonymized data.
US11606357B2	Pervasive resource identification A method for pervasive resource identification includes receiving an authentication request from a first application service. The authentication request requests authentication of a user of a user device. The method includes obtaining device information associated with the user device of the user and generating a unique opaque identifier for the user device based on the device information. The method includes obtaining authentication credentials from the user device. The authentication credentials verify an identity of the user. In response to receiving the authentication credentials from the user device, the method includes generating an authentication token and encoding the unique opaque identifier into the authentication token. The method also includes transmitting the authentication token to the first application service. The authentication token, when received by the first application service, allows the first application service to adjust an interaction with the user device based on the unique opaque identifier.
US11606355B2	Biometrics hub for processing biometrics data for authorized remote devices A biometrics hub may establish a first schedule for processing first biometric data of a user, establishing a second schedule for processing second biometric data of the user, storing the first biometric data that is received from a first biometric device via a first persistent session, and store the second biometric data that is received from a second biometric device via a second persistent session. The biometrics hub may further transmit at least one of the first biometric data or the second biometric data to an authorized remote device in accordance with the first schedule or the second schedule. In one example, the transmitting includes establishing a session with the authorized remote device, sending the at least one of the first biometric data or the second biometric data to the authorized remote device via the session with the authorized remote device, and closing the session with the authorized remote device.
US11606354B2	Unlocking method and system for air conditioner unit An unlock method and system for an air-conditioning unit. The unlock system includes: a display apparatus; an input apparatus; and a control apparatus in communication with the display apparatus and the unlock system is configured to perform the following operations: generating a dynamic graphic according to at least an identification code and an update code; generating an unlock password according to at least a certificate, the identification code and the update code; receiving an unlock password through the input apparatus; comparing the unlock password received from the input apparatus with the generated unlock password; and granting a corresponding permission if the acquired unlock password is consistent with the generated unlock password.
US11606353B2	System, device, and method of generating and utilizing one-time passwords System, device, and method of generating and utilizing one-time passwords. A method generates a particular One-Time Password (OTP) string that is based on pre-defined OTP string construction rules. The particular OTP string is not a purely-random string; rather, the particular non-purely-random OTP string provides to a behavioral monitoring unit a capability to extract user-specific behavioral typing patterns from a way in which a user types characters of the particular OTP via a keyboard of an electronic device. The method sends the particular OTP string to the user; monitors the way that the user types the OTP string; extracts from the user interactions, that were performed while the user entered the OTP string, a user-specific behavioral typing characteristic; and based on that user-specific characteristic, determines whether that user is authenticated or non-authenticated, and optionally activates fraud mitigation operations or transaction blocking operations if the user is non-authenticated.
US11606344B2	Security enforcement in a system with a multiplicity of end units Method and systems for authenticating a source of a signal in a system comprising a multiplicity of electrical units. One embodiment comprises: receiving by a receiver a signal comprising a command and a characteristic added to the command; retrieving a characteristic of the signal; associating the characteristic with an alleged transmitter of the signal; determining a transmitter of the signal; decoding the command from the signal; and subject to the transmitter being the same as the alleged transmitter, and that the transmitter of the signal is authorized to send the command to the receiver, performing the command.
US11606334B2	Communication security apparatus, control method, and storage medium storing a program A communication security apparatus includes a communicator that receives a packet from a first device and transmits the received packet to a second device, a memory that retains address authentication information containing pairs of a physical address and a logical address of one or more devices, and a controller. After a learning period of receiving and transmitting packets, the controller determines whether a pair of a physical address and a logical address of the first device and the second device match any one of the pairs of the physical address and the logical address of the one or more devices in the packet, and discards the packet when the pair of the physical address and the logical address of the first device and the second device do not match any one of the pairs of the physical address and the logical address of the one or more devices.
US11606333B1	Synchronizing dynamic host configuration protocol snoop information Systems and techniques are provided for synchronizing DHCP snoop information. In some examples, a method can include, performing, by a first PE device from a plurality of PE devices, DHCP snooping of a first plurality of DHCP messages between a DHCP client and a DHCP server, wherein the plurality of PE devices is part of an ethernet segment for multihoming the DHCP client. In some aspects, the method includes determining, based on snooping the first plurality of DHCP messages, an association between an IP address corresponding to the DHCP client and a MAC address corresponding to the DHCP client. In some examples, the method includes sending, by the first PE device to at least one other PE device from the plurality of PE devices, a first route advertisement that includes the association between the IP address corresponding to the DHCP client and the MAC address corresponding to the DHCP client.
US11606330B2	Domain name determination Systems and methods are disclosed for provide alternative domain names for a single Internet website to different users in results of search queries. The systems and methods can perform operations including maintaining alternative domain names for a single webpage of a content provider and associated context information of the alternative domain names. The operations also include receiving a request for the context information and providing the context information in response to the request. The operations further include receiving a notification of usage of an alternative domain name based on the context information. Additionally, the operations include determining usage metrics for the plurality of alternative domain names of the content provider based on the usage information. Moreover, the operations include periodically culling alternative domain names of the content provider based on the usage metrics.
US11606327B2	Method and system for organizing and interacting with messages on devices A method performed by a mobile device includes causing display of graphical tiles on a display of the mobile device and detecting a gesture while displaying the graphical tiles. The gesture includes an indication to move a particular graphical tile among the graphical tiles. In response to the gesture, the mobile device can automatically move another graphical tile to accommodate the new location of the particular graphical tile and cause display of the graphical tiles arranged in a new order that includes the particular graphical tile in the new location.
US11606319B2	Intelligent analysis of digital symbols for message content determination There are provided systems and methods for intelligent analysis of digital symbols for message content determination. A user may engage in messaging with another user, such as using a messaging platform that may include electronic transaction processing through a service provider. The service provider may have compliance rules, such as to avoid illegal, fraudulent, or otherwise noncompliant electronic transaction processing. In this regard, messaging between users may be analyzed to detect noncompliant messaging and activities by users on the service provider's platforms. The messages may include graphical images or icons, which may be converted to text so that plain text of the message may be analyzed. This may be done through a mapping of images-to-text, as well as an artificial intelligence model train to convert images into text. Thereafter, the plain text may be analyzed to determine if the message violates any compliance rules.
US11606315B1	VNFM handling of faults in virtual network function components An example operation may include a system, comprising one or more of: receiving a status failure notification for a VNFCI, retrieving a peer VNFCI admin state and a peer VNFCI operational state, taking no action when one or more of: the peer VNFCI admin state is not online, the peer VNFCI is not reachable, and the peer VNFCI operational state is active, retrieving current issues reported on resources associated with the peer VNFCI when one or more of: the peer VNFCI admin state is online, the peer VNFCI is reachable, and the peer VNFCI operational state is not active, sending a state change request message with an active state to the peer VNFCI when the current issues do not exist, and starting a retry timer for the peer VNFCI.
US11606308B2	Service aware admission control for IOT applications A network device may receive a request to connect to a network from a user equipment device and perform a first admission control procedure to determine whether to temporarily allow the user equipment device to connect to the network. The network device may receive information identifying a slice associated with the user equipment device in response to determining to temporarily allow the user equipment device to connect to the network. The network device may perform a second admission control procedure to determine whether to allow the user equipment device to connect to the network. The second admission control procedure is based on the slice associated with the user equipment device. The network device may allocate network resources to the user equipment device in response to determining to allow the user equipment device to connect to the network.
US11606306B2	Packet transmission method and apparatus Various embodiments provide a packet transmission method and an apparatus. In those embodiments, a first device supports a first protocol layer, and replicates a packet at the first protocol layer. A second device supports a second protocol layer, and deduplicates the packet at the second protocol layer. When receiving a first packet, a first access device converts a sequence number of the first protocol layer in the first packet into a sequence number of the second protocol layer, and then sends, to the second device, a second packet that carries the sequence number of the second protocol layer and a data packet of the first packet. For example, if the first access network device receives two packets having same data packets, the first access network device separately coverts sequence numbers in the two packets without performing operations of first deduplicating and then replicating the packet.
US11606305B2	Quality of service adjusting method based on application categories and system thereof A quality of service adjusting method based on application categories is configured to adjust a Quality of Service (QoS) of a communication device. A network session processing step is performed to drive a hardware accelerator to process a plurality of network sessions. A packet receiving step is performed to drive a processing unit to receive a first packet group of each of the network sessions. A packet analyzing step is performed to execute a packet inspecting module to analyze a plurality of packet data of the first packet group of each of the network sessions, and to classify an application corresponding to each of the network sessions. A list establishing step is performed to establish a priority list. A bandwidth distributing step is performed to distribute a network bandwidth to a second packet group of each of the network sessions according to the priority list.
US11606297B2	Congestion control method and network device This application provides a congestion control method and a network device. The method includes: receiving a first message sent by a second network device, where the first message carries an active flow quantity, and the active flow quantity is a quantity determined by the second network device based on a data flow to which data packets received from a first network device belong; determining, based on the active flow quantity and rated receiving bandwidth of the second network device, packet sending control information used to send the data flow to the second network device; and sending the data flow to the second network device based on the packet sending control information. This application can better control congestion, thereby reducing network packet loss.
US11606296B2	Longest-prefix matching dynamic allocation in communications network A method performed by a node of a communications network such as a virtual routing function or policy enforcement node comprises receiving at least one packet, such as an internet protocol packet having an associated address and obtaining one or more metrics. The method involves dynamically configuring a longest-prefix match process on the basis of at least the metric(s). The dynamically configured longest-prefix match process is used with the associated address to identify an action and the identified action is applied to the packet.
US11606289B2	Packet processing method and router This application discloses a packet processing method and an LSR. The method includes: receiving, by an Ingress LSR of a first MPLS tunnel, a first notification packet that is based on an IGP, where the first notification packet includes an ELC flag, which is used to indicate that the first Egress LSR has ELC; after learning from the first notification packet that the first Egress LSR has ELC, inserting a label into a first packet, to generate a second packet, where the label forms an MPLS label stack, which includes, from bottom to top, a first EL, a first ELI, and a first TL; and sending the second packet to the first Egress LSR through the first MPLS tunnel.
US11606284B2	System and method for FIB aggregation A system and method for FIB aggregation. FIB Aggregation with Quick Selections (FAQS) is a FIB aggregation algorithm that leverages compact data structures and three unique optimization techniques to quickly and incrementally select next hops when handling route updates. As a result, FAQS can run up to 2.53 and 1.75 times faster for IPv4 and IPv6, respectively, than the optimal FIB aggregation algorithm while achieving a near-optimal aggregation ratio. Meanwhile, it consumes much less memory and generates much smaller number of FIB changes when carrying out frequent updates. The performance enhancement of the new algorithm addresses many concerns from ISPs regarding performance issues, and enhances the probability to push FIB aggregation techniques further to the level of production adoption by the industry.
US11606283B1	Overcoming multi-factor authentication in user interface based automation script A request is received from a browser (e.g., a tool that runs on top of or in a browser). The request is to authenticate via an authentication credential provided from a communication device that is external to a test communication device running the browser. The request is queued in a request queue. The authentication credential is received from an interceptor that intercepts the authentication credential in the external communication device. The authentication credential is sent to the browser, which in turn sends the authentication credential to the application under test. This completes the authentication process in the application under test. The request is then removed from the request queue. This allows for an automated multi-factor authentication process that can be used for testing the application under test.
US11606282B2	Method and device for detecting network reliability Embodiments of this application disclose a method and a device for detecting network reliability. The method includes: A detection apparatus obtains a first quantity of data packets included in a first packet sent by a first network node to a second network node. The detection apparatus obtains first feedback information sent by the second network node, where the first feedback information includes a second quantity of data packets included in the first packet received by the second network node. The detection apparatus calculates communication service availability of a network channel from the first network node to the second network node based on at least one of the first quantity or the second quantity. Embodiments of this application can quickly and accurately detect and evaluate the network reliability.
US11606278B2	Packet information analysis method and network traffic monitoring device A packet information analysis method suitable for a device measuring and monitoring network traffic in real-time. The method includes: obtaining network data including a combination of multiple network packet header information; generating an index parameter according to packet header information of a monitored network packet in the network packets; querying at least one reference table according to the index parameter to obtain a first reference value and an offset correction value corresponding to the index parameter in the at least one reference table; obtaining a second reference value according to the first reference value and the offset value; and obtaining an evaluation value according to the second reference value. The evaluation value reflects the distribution status of a measuring and monitoring item in the network packets.
US11606270B2	Monitoring user experience using data blocks for secure data access Techniques for enabling secure access to data using data blocks is described. Computing device(s) can provide instruction(s) to a component associated with an entity, wherein the instruction(s) are associated with an identifier corresponding to a data block of a plurality of data blocks. The computing device(s) can receive, from the component, data associated with the component, wherein the data is associated with the identifier and is indicative of a state of the component. The computing device(s) can store the data in the data block and monitor, using rule(s), changes to the state of the component based at least partly on the data in the data block. As a result, techniques described herein enable near real-time—and in some examples, automatic—reporting and/or remediation for correcting changes to the state of the component using data that is securely accessed by use of data blocks.
US11606268B2	Cloud computing environment with split connectivity and application interfaces that enable support of separate cloud services A cloud service provider network may receive, from a cloud subscriber device, a request to access an application, wherein the cloud service provider network includes a split interface associated with the cloud subscriber device. The cloud service provider network may provide, to the cloud operator device, the request to access the application, wherein the cloud operator device stores the application. The cloud service provider network may receive, from the cloud operator device, the application, based on the request to access the application. The cloud service provider network may provide the application to the cloud subscriber device via the application interface of the split interface, wherein the connectivity interface connects the cloud subscriber device and the cloud operator device so that the application is provided to the cloud subscriber device via the application interface.
US11606266B2	System and method for dynamic time estimates Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, devices, and the like for obtaining real-time estimates. In one embodiment, a novel customizable, transferable system architecture is presented that enables the characterization of a task, designated for time estimate, into steps or processes. The characterization may occur using the novel architecture which introduces an estimates service module that can provide an initial timing estimate by obtaining a composite time estimate of all steps. Timing of each of the steps can be predicted using a job scheduling enterprise designed to model the job or step. In another embodiment, delays are captured by time estimate monitors which can provide the alerts and delta time differences. Such alerts and time differences can be updated and presented to the user.
US11606265B2	Network control in artificial intelligence-defined networking A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, perform certain acts. The acts can include receiving a deployment model selection of a software-defined-network (SDN) control service. The deployment model selection includes one of a centralized model, a decentralized model, a distributed model, or a hybrid model. The acts also can include deploying the SDN control service in the deployment model selection to control a physical computer network. The SDN control service uses a routing agent model trained using a reinforcement-learning model. Other embodiments are described.
US11606262B2	Management of a computing system with multiple domains A method, computer program product, and system are provided to identify a target computing system configured to operate in a plurality of service domains. The method, computer program product, and system also, for each service domain of the plurality of service domains: collect current values of: (i) a metric indicating success of the service domain, and (ii) one or more other collection metrics of the service domain; determine one or more predominant metrics from the one or more other collection metrics, based, at least in part, on a statistical regression between the current values of the metric indicating success and the one or more other collection metrics, the one or more predominant metrics being predominant in affecting the metric indicating success; and output an indication of the current values of the metric indicating success and the one or more predominant metrics.
US11606261B2	Data service overload detection and mitigation The described technology is directed towards presenting a server overload condition that can result from a spike in client requests. Upon receiving an incoming client request for data at a server, a request buffer condition of a client request buffer (e.g., a counter) is evaluated to determine whether the client request corresponds to an anticipated overload state with respect to a request-handling capability of the server, e.g., whether the client request buffer is full. If so, an overload response (e.g., a retry response) is returned to the client indicating so that the client retries a corresponding client request after a time delay. If not in the anticipated overload state, the request is further processed, e.g., to provide a regular response containing the requested data, such as by adding a request information entry associated with the incoming client request to the client request buffer and updating the request buffer condition.
US11606255B2	Method and apparatus for creating network slices Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for creating network slices. The method for creating network slices comprises: creating a slice-bundles link between a first node and a second node, wherein the slice-bundles link comprises at least one member link created between the first node and the second node; and configuring a packet service for the slice-bundles link.
US11606254B2	Automatic configuring of VLAN and overlay logical switches for container secondary interfaces The method of some embodiments allocates a secondary network interface for a pod, which has a primary network interface, in a container network operating on an underlying logical network. The method receives an ND that designates a network segment. The method receives the pod, wherein the pod includes an identifier of the ND. The method then creates a secondary network interface for the pod and connects the secondary network interface to the network segment. In some embodiments, the pods include multiple ND identifiers that each identify a network segment. The method of such embodiments creates multiple secondary network interfaces and attaches the multiple network segments to the multiple secondary network interfaces.
US11606251B2	Deploying a server stack having a cross-server dependency Techniques for deploying a server stack having a cross-server dependency are disclosed. A deployment engine initiates a deployment process for a server stack. The deployment engine provisions servers of one server type (“requisite servers”). The deployment engine attempts to provision servers of another server type (“dependent servers”). The deployment engine executes a test that requires the dependent servers to invoke a service executed by the requisite servers. Based on the test results, the deployment engine determines that an operational requirement of the dependent servers is not satisfied. The deployment engine modifies a configuration for the requisite servers to satisfy the operational requirement of the dependent servers. The deployment engine re-provisions the requisite servers using the modified configuration. The deployment engine completes the deployment process for the server stack.
US11606234B2	Systems, apparatuses and methods for a signal extension padding scheme Systems, apparatuses and methods described herein provide a method for padding a signal extension of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. A transceiver may obtain a plurality of data symbols for transmission, and determine that a number of information bits for a last symbol of the plurality of data symbols is not an integer value. A special padding rule may be applied to add padding bits to the last symbol. A number of coded bits for the last symbol may be determined when the number of information bits for the last symbol has changed, and the plurality of data symbols for data transmission may be encoded based on the determined number of coded bits for the last symbol.
US11606231B2	Reference signal configuration method, network side device and user equipment A reference signal configuration method, a network side device and a User Equipment (UE) are provided. The reference signal configuration method includes: configuring a reference signal configuration parameter for the UE; and transmitting the reference signal configuration parameter to the UE. The reference signal configuration parameter is used by the UE to transmit a reference signal.
US11606228B2	Methods and systems for filter frequency response shift compensation for WLAN traffic Systems and techniques are described that are directed to filter frequency response shift compensation, including compensating for shifting in the rejection band of the filter. Compensation for the shifting in the rejection band can include applying a pre-distortion to attenuate edge resource units (RUs), and applying PHY Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) scheduling schemes. For example, a PPDU scheduling scheme reduce bandwidth in the channel, thereby dropping the out of band RUs. Front ends provide feedback to a respective radio, which allows that radio to apply the appropriate pre-distortion. The front ends can include one or more filters enabling frequency domain coexistence between collocated radios operating in the differing Wi-Fi bands, and a coupler that provides the feedback indicating the frequency response shift to a radio. The radio can then apply a digital pre-distortion to compensate for the shifting in the rejection band.
US11606226B2	Programmable infrastructure gateway for enabling hybrid cloud services in a network environment An example method for a programmable infrastructure gateway for enabling hybrid cloud services in a network environment is provided and includes receiving an instruction from a hybrid cloud application executing in a private cloud, interpreting the instruction according to a hybrid cloud application programming interface, and executing the interpreted instruction in a public cloud using a cloud adapter. The method is generally executed in the infrastructure gateway including a programmable integration framework allowing generation of various cloud adapters using a cloud adapter software development kit, the cloud adapter being generated and programmed to be compatible with a specific public cloud platform of the public cloud. In specific embodiments, identical copies of the infrastructure gateway can be provided to different cloud service providers who manage disparate public cloud platforms; each copy of the infrastructure gateway can be programmed differently to generate corresponding cloud adapters compatible with the respective public cloud platforms.
US11606225B2	Identifying multiple nodes in a virtual network defined over a set of public clouds to connect to an external SAAS provider Some embodiments establish for an entity a virtual network over several public clouds of several public cloud providers and/or in several regions. In some embodiments, the virtual network is an overlay network that spans across several public clouds to interconnect one or more private networks (e.g., networks within branches, divisions, departments of the entity or their associated datacenters), mobile users, and SaaS (Software as a Service) provider machines, and other web applications of the entity. The virtual network in some embodiments can be configured to optimize the routing of the entity's data messages to their destinations for best end-to-end performance, reliability and security, while trying to minimize the routing of this traffic through the Internet. Also, the virtual network in some embodiments can be configured to optimize the layer 4 processing of the data message flows passing through the network.
US11606223B2	Broadband remote access server (BRAS) system-based packet encapsulation A BRAS system-based packet encapsulation method includes obtaining user access information when receiving a user access protocol packet and performing VXLAN GPE encapsulation on the user access protocol packet based on the user access information. The encapsulation structure includes a user information header that is used to store the user access information, and a quantity of bytes occupied by the user information header is less than or equal to 12. In this application, the foregoing encapsulation structure is used to encapsulate a packet.
US11606220B2	Systems, methods, and apparatus for meeting management In accordance with some embodiments, systems, apparatus, interfaces, methods, and articles of manufacture are provided for providing information about individuals, such as capabilities in the context of meetings. In various embodiments, data is captured about an individual, such as via feedback from others. Based on the data, individuals may be identified and invited to meetings.
US11606217B2	Secure sharing of credential information A first user device may be used to request provisioning of a secure credential on a second user device. A provisioning system may facilitate the provisioning in a manner that ensures security and privacy of the requesting parties. The provisioning requests may be made using an application on the first user device such as a third-party application or using a web application via a browser. The credential may be added to a digital wallet on the second user device. The credential may be useable by the second user device to perform one or more contactless transactions.
US11606209B2	Blockchain based access control using time-dependent obfuscation of access tokens There is provided a computer-implemented method for managing third-party access to data, to increase data security and/or privacy. The method comprises receiving, from a third-party computer, a request to access data, wherein the request is indicative of at least one requested operation. A validity of each of the requested operations is determined in dependence on permission data stored in a distributed public ledger. The permissions data defines, for said third-party computer, a set of permissible operations and one or more permissible data attributes associated with each of the set of permissible operations. The request and the validity are logged in the distributed public ledger. For each of the requested operations, if the requested operation is valid, there is created, on the public ledger, an electronic token enabling the third-Valid party computer to obtain access to one or more of the permissible data attributes associated with the requested operation, wherein the electronic token comprises information indicative of a location of the data attributes. A time-dependent transformation is applied to an element of the electronic token, and the electronic token is communicated from the public ledger to the third-party computer.
US11606207B2	Error-correcting key agreement for noisy cryptographic systems A system, method, and computer program product are provided for sending and receiving messages using a noisy cryptographic system. To send a message, N secret keys are negotiated using a noisy cryptographic system, where K secret keys are expected to be noiseless. A secret polynomial that includes the N secret keys is generated, and K points on the secret polynomial are derived. For each of the N secret keys, a secret key MAC key is derived and a secret key MAC is calculated using the derived secret key MAC key. A secret key MAC header is generated that includes an array of each of the secret key MACs and possibly a corresponding public key. Message integrity plaintext is generated that includes an encrypted message, the secret key MAC header, and an array of the K points on the secret polynomial. A final message that includes the message integrity plaintext is generated for being sent.
US11606206B2	Recovery key for unlocking a data storage device Disclosed herein is a data storage device comprising a data path and an access controller. The access controller generates a recovery private key, generates encrypted authorization data based on the recovery private key, stores the encrypted authorization data, and sends the recovery private key to a manager device. When recovery is desired, access controller receives a recovery public key, calculated based on the recovery private key, from a recovery manager device, decrypts the encrypted authorization data based on the recovery public key, generates a challenge for the recovery manager device based on the decrypted authorization data, sends the challenge to the recovery manager device over the communication channel that is different from the data path, receives a response to the challenge from the recovery manager device over the communication channel, and based at least partly on the response, enables decryption of the encrypted user content data.
US11606205B2	Causal total order broadcast protocols using trusted execution environments A computer executes a causal total order broadcast (CTOB) protocol, in a Byzantine fault-tolerant, distributed computerized system comprising a set of nodes acting as servers for clients of the system. The nodes host a trusted proxy client (TPC) process that executes in a trusted execution environment of the nodes. The TPC process includes for each client request (which include encrypted contents) received from any of the clients, signing the client request. The TPC process invokes a total order broadcast (TOB) protocol to obtain a sequence number for the signed request, whereby the nodes establish a total order in which the signed request is processed by the nodes. Upon determining that the signed request is assigned this sequence number, the TPC process reveals a decrypted version of the encrypted contents of the client request to the set of nodes, and the decrypted version is processed according to the TOB protocol.
US11606202B2	Methods and systems for secure data transmission A method is disclosed of secure data transmission comprising sending a data request from a client device to a server device, the data request comprising a first share of a first encryption key, and a first location in the database at which is located desired double-encrypted data; receiving the sent data request at the server device; extracting, at the server device, the first share and the first location from the received data request; obtaining, at the server device, the desired double-encrypted data from the database using the extracted first location; generating, at the server device, the first encryption key using the extracted first share and one or more additional shares of the first encryption key held by the server device; and decrypting, at the server device, the obtained desired double-encrypted data using the generated first encryption key to form single-encrypted data.
US11606201B2	Cryptographic systems and methods using distributed ledgers The disclosure relates to, among other things, systems and methods for facilitating the secure recording of assertions made by entities tied to identities. Embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods may allow users to make non-revocable, difficult to forge, cryptographic assertions tied to their identities through the posting of entries in an immutable ledger. In certain embodiments, a user's cryptographic assertions may be preceded by ledger entries which feature certificates from trusted authorities that tie the keys used for making assertions to the user's identity. Further embodiments provide for a mechanism for disabling further entries posted under a user's key, either automatically or at the user's initiation.
US11606199B2	Management of groups of connected objects using wireless communication protocols Management of a group of connected objects in a communications network including at least one local network. The connected objects, known as client objects, have at least one functional attribute. The method includes: obtaining an identifier of the group and an encryption key of the group); assigning the group at least one connected object according to at least one functional attribute of the connected object; obtaining an encryption key of the object; encrypting the encryption key of the group using the encryption key of the object; transmitting the identifier of the group, and the encrypted encryption key of the group to the at least one connected object.
US11606196B1	Authentication system for a multiuser device A method including decrypting, by a user device based at least in part on utilizing a master key, an assigned private key associated with the user device; decrypting, by a user device based at least in part on utilizing a trusted key, a double-encrypted symmetric key to determine a single-encrypted symmetric key; decrypting, by the user device based at least in part on utilizing the assigned private key, the single-encrypted symmetric key to determine a symmetric key; and decrypting, by the user device based at least in part on utilizing the symmetric key, an encrypted folder stored on the user device to provide access to data included in the encrypted folder. Various other aspects and techniques are contemplated.
US11606179B2	System and method for adaptive TTI coexistence with LTE System and method embodiments are disclosed to provide mechanisms wireless communications. A method comprises transmitting, by a network device to a non-long term evolution (LTE) user equipment (UE), a bandwidth partitioning information describing a non-LTE bandwidth partition of a system bandwidth. The system bandwidth comprises an LTE bandwidth partition coexisting with the non-LTE bandwidth partition in the system bandwidth, and the LTE bandwidth partition is within the non-LTE bandwidth partition or the LTE bandwidth partition is adjacent to the non-LTE bandwidth partition.
US11606175B2	Enhancement of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for enhanced physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission. In some cases, a UE obtains payload bits to be conveyed in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission via an interlace of resource blocks (RBs), determines a group of the RBs available to the UE, and transmits the payload bits using the determined group of RBs, wherein the transmitting involves modulating different RBs of the group by at least one of different payload bits or sequences.
US11606171B2	Implementation of HARQ on PUSCH for multiple carriers A method for operating a network node of a wireless communication network is disclosed. The method comprises determining and/or adjusting a HARQ signaling format for a terminal configured for carrier aggregation based on a number of DL carriers and/or a number of HARQ bits configured for the terminal.
US11606166B2	Transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication network using a combination of real and complex modulation types Apparatus and methods are disclosed for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication network. Apparatus for transmitting data in a wireless communication network comprises a real modulation branch for modulating a first segment of a bit sequence to obtain a real modulated signal, a complex modulation branch for modulating a second segment of the bit sequence to obtain a complex modulated signal, a signal dividing unit configured to divide the bit sequence into a plurality of alternating first segments and second segments, and to send the first segments and the second segments to the real modulation branch and the complex modulation branch respectively, and a transmitter configured to transmit the real and complex modulated signals. Apparatus and methods are also disclosed for demultiplexing a plurality of data streams, using wide linear zero forcing with successive interference cancellation.
US11606161B2	Transmission/reception device and transmission/reception method A transmission/reception device is configured to convert an optical signal based on a plurality of first optical signals having frequency bands different from each other into an electric signal and output the electric signal as a plurality of first electric signals; receive the plurality of first electric signals, change frequency bands of some or all of a plurality of second electric signals to narrow an interval between frequency bands of two second electric signals having frequency bands adjacent to each other, and output, as third electric signals, electric signals; to receive a plurality of the third electric signals, combine and output the plurality of third electric signals as a fourth electric signal; and receive the fourth electric signal, convert the fourth electric signal into an optical signal, and output the optical signal as a second optical signal.
US11606160B1	Power control loop for stabilization of link power The technology employs a state-based power control loop (PCL) architecture to maintain tracking and communication signal-to-noise ratios at suitable levels for optimal tracking performance and data throughput in a free-space optical communication system. Power for a link is adjustable to stay within a functional range of receiving sensors in order to provide continuous service to users. This avoids oversaturation and possible damage to the equipment. The approach can include decreasing or increasing the power to counteract a surge or drop while maintaining a near constant received power at a remote communication device. The system may receive power adjustment feedback from another communication terminal and perform state-based power control according to the received feedback. This can include re-initializing and reacquiring a link with the other communication terminal automatically after loss of power, without human intervention. There may be a default state and discrete states including rain, fade, surge and unstable states.
US11606157B1	Time synchronization based on network traffic patterns A network node includes a port and circuitry. The port is configured for communicating over a packet network. The circuitry is configured to receive, via the port, a sequence of packets from a peer network node, the sequence of packets including (i) a time-protocol packet and (ii) a transmit-side (TX) time-stamp indicative of a time at which the time-protocol packet was transmitted from the peer network node, to assess a receive-side (RX) traffic pattern over one or more of the received packets in the sequence that precede reception of the time-protocol packet, and to calculate an accuracy measure for the TX time-stamp, based on the assessed RX traffic pattern.
US11606153B2	System and method for testing multi-user, multi-input/multi-output communication systems A test system for testing a device under test includes: a signal processor configured to generate a plurality of independent signals and to apply first fading channel characteristics to each of the independent signals to generate a plurality of first faded test signals; a test system interface configured to provide the plurality of first faded test signals to one or more signal input interfaces of the device under test (DUT); a second signal processor configured to apply second fading channel characteristics to a plurality of output signals of the DUT to generate a plurality of second faded test signals, wherein the second fading channel characteristics are derived from the first fading channel characteristics; and one or more test instruments configured to measure at least one performance characteristic of the DUT from the plurality of second faded test signals.
US11606149B2	Optical transmitter based on optical time division multiplexing An optical transmitter based on optical time division multiplexing is disclosed, which may solve the issues of complex structure and operation of a multilevel-OTDM-based optical transmitter while using a multilevel signal modulation format and OTDM technology that may increase the transmission rate of an optical transmitter with limited bandwidth.
US11606147B1	Frequency and bandwidth agile optical bench An optical bench utilizing narrowband optical filters on precision rotary stages that can provide custom tuning of the operational frequencies of the optical bench while maintaining the ability to switch between narrowband and wideband operation thereof. The precision rotary filters may further provide dynamic reconfiguration of the optical bench to alternate frequencies for intersystem compatibility, the enablement of additional self-test capabilities, and easing the manufacturing tolerances thereof.
US11606137B2	Beam switching user data outage reduction in a spot beam satellite system A system and method for beam switching by a User Terminal (UT). The method includes initiating a beam switch between an old beam and a new beam when the UT is disposed in an overlap area of the old beam and the new beam; duplicating over the new beam, at a Network Access Point (NAP), user traffic to the UT; and assigning a Time Division Multiplex Access (TDMA) allocation for the UT on the new beam, prior to an arrival of the UT on the new beam, where the user traffic traversing a satellite network remains uninterrupted during the beam switch and the NAP redirects user traffic for the UT via the old beam to the new beam.
US11606133B2	Indications of selected beams for transmission and reception in full duplex operation Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first wireless communication device (WCD) may receive, from a second WCD, transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state information that defines a set of TCI state configurations for a full duplex operation, wherein TCI state configurations of the set of TCI state configurations are associated with respective receive beams and respective transmit beams. The WCD may transmit, to the second WCD, an indication of one or more candidate TCI states, associated with the set of TCI state configurations, for selection by the second WCD for communications using the full duplex operation. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11606126B2	Electronic device including antenna device Disclosed is an electronic device including a housing, an antenna device including at least one antenna element disposed on one surface or inside of a printed circuit board disposed inside the housing and a radio frequency integrated chip (RFIC) for processing a signal in a frequency band, which is transmitted and/or received through the at least one antenna element, a communication circuit, a memory, and a processor configured to detect an external object, which contacts at least part of the housing, based on a change in a beam pattern of a beam formed by the antenna device, determine whether at least some information of the external object is information included in registration object data stored in the memory, and change the beam pattern by using first compensation data, which is stored in the registration object data and which is changed depending on a registration structure corresponding to the external object when the at least some information of the external object is included in the registration object data.
US11606124B2	Antenna array for enhanced MIMO throughput An apparatus comprising: an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements configured for receiving multiple input multiple output (MIMO) signals. The antenna array comprises at least a first subpart of the antenna array comprising a first subsection of the plurality of antenna elements. A second subpart of the antenna array comprises a second subsection of the plurality of antenna elements. An alignment of the antenna elements in the second subpart deviates substantially by 30°-60° from an alignment of the antenna elements in the first subpart.
US11606122B2	Interference pre-cancellation for multi-user ultra low latency communications in wireless networks A technique may include determining, by the ultra low latency user device, a decoder matrix; receiving, by the ultra low latency user device, control information indicating that a scheduled transmission of an ultra low latency data block to the ultra low latency user device is co-scheduled with a transmission of a mobile broadband data block to a mobile broadband user device via a set of shared physical resource blocks using multi-user multiple-input, multiple-output (MU-MIMO); and projecting, by the ultra low latency user device, the decoder matrix of the ultra low latency user device to be substantially orthogonal with a reference spatial subspace in which a precoder matrix for the mobile broadband user device is aligned with the reference spatial subspace, to reduce interference at the ultra low latency user device caused by the transmission of the enhanced mobile broadband data block, when receiving the ultra low latency data block.
US11606121B1	Systems and methods of multi-antenna radio for wireless communication Described embodiments provide devices and methods for directing portions of signals to reduce power consumption. A wearable device may comprise N antennas configured to wirelessly receive and/or transmit incoming and/or outgoing signals. The N antennas may be spatially disposed on the device to enable at least one of the N antennas to be clear from blockage by a body part of a user when the device is maintained or worn against the body part, wherein N is an integer value greater than or equal to 2. The wearable device may comprise N receive chains coupled to the N antennas via transmit-receive couplers, the N receive chains configured to process the incoming signals. The wearable device may comprise a transmit chain configured to generate the outgoing signals. The wearable device may comprise a RF controller circuitry configured to direct portions of the generated outgoing signals via the transmit-receive couplers to the N antennas.
US11606120B2	Devices and methods related to radio-frequency front-end systems A radio frequency front end system can include a first module configured to provide multi-input multi-output (MIMO) receive operations for a first plurality of mid bands and a first plurality of high bands. The first module can be further configured to provide transmit operations for the plurality of mid bands. The first module can include a first node. The radio frequency front end system can include a second module configured to provide transmit and receive operations for a second plurality of mid bands and a second plurality of high bands. The second module can be a power amplifier integrated duplexer (PAiD) module. The second module can include a second node. The first module and the second module can be coupled by a signal path at the first node and the second node, respectively.
US11606119B2	Metal layer for inductive power transfer An inductive charging system for inductive charging of electronic devices is disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment, the system includes a substantially planar inductive charging coil parallel to the surface of the inductive charger or the electronic device. The system further includes a metallic layer positioned proximate to and substantially parallel to the inductive coil to cover a surface of the inductive coil. The metallic layer comprises multiple substantially concentric rings or polygons, with each of the concentric rings or polygons having multiple sections separated by gaps such that each concentric ring or polygon is discontinuous. Adjacent sections of each concentric ring or polygon are electrically isolated from one another to avoid eddy current generation and heating of the metallic layer during inductive power transfer.
US11606118B2	Data transfer with multiple threshold actions One example may include transmitting data between a client device and a server over a first channel, determining an error rate on at least one of the first channel and a second channel not mirrored with the first channel, when the error rate crosses a first error rate threshold then mirroring the first channel and the second channel, and when the error rate is between the first error rate threshold and a second error rate threshold that is different than the first error rate threshold, determining whether to continue mirroring or discontinue the mirroring of the first channel and the second channel.
US11606117B2	Frequency hopping pattern for random access channel preamble based on coverage enhancement level Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a UE determines a frequency hopping pattern for transmission of a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble based on an associated PRACH coverage enhancement (CE) level, and transmits the PRACH preamble in accordance with the frequency hopping pattern and the associated PRACH CE level. A base station receives the PRACH preamble, and transmits a response (e.g., Msg2 or MsgA) to the PRACH preamble.
US11606113B2	Transceiver performing internal loopback test and operation method thereof Disclosed is a transceiver which includes a logic circuit that generates parallel transmission data in response to a first test mode signal or a second test mode signal, a serializer that converts the parallel transmission data into serial transmission data, a driver that outputs the serial transmission data through transmission pads, an analog circuit that receives serial reception data through reception pads, a deserializer that converts the serial reception data into parallel reception data, a plurality of test switches switched in response to the first test mode signal, and a test circuit that is electrically connected to the analog circuit through the plurality of test switches and outputs serial post data corresponding to the serial transmission data to the analog circuit.
US11606112B2	Mobile device connection apparatus A mobile device connection apparatus, method and system is disclosed which allows a user to physically connect or tether, without the use of adhesive, a mobile device with a case to a user, surface, or structure. The mobile device connection apparatus comprises multiple layers of materials to create a connection point for mobile devices, such as mobile phones, which is compatible with devices with a case, reusable, and robust and prevents mobile devices from being damaged, lost, and stolen. Further the mobile device connection apparatus allows a user to interact with their phone in new ways.
US11606109B2	Dynamically configurable transmitter power levels In many examples, a device comprises a transmitter. The transmitter comprises a power amplifier, a first transformer coil coupled to the power amplifier, and a second transformer coil adapted to be electromagnetically coupled to the first transformer coil. The transmitter also comprises a first bond wire coupled to a first end of the second transformer coil and adapted to be coupled to a first end of an antenna, a capacitor coupled to a second end of the second transformer coil, a switch coupled to the capacitor and configured to engage and disengage the capacitor from the transmitter, and a second bond wire coupled to the switch and adapted to be coupled to a second end of the antenna.
US11606108B2	Radio frequency module and communication device A radio frequency module includes: a module board that includes a first principal surface and a second principal surface on opposite sides of the module board; a power amplifier configured to amplify a transmission signal; a first circuit component; and a power amplifier (PA) control circuit configured to control the power amplifier. The power amplifier and the PA control circuit are stacked on the first principal surface, and the first circuit component is disposed on the second principal surface.
US11606099B1	Fault detection within an analog-to-digital converter An integrated circuit includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) having selectable first and second analog channel inputs and a digital output. A window comparator coupled to the digital output. The window comparator configured to compare a digital value on the digital output to first and second threshold values. A programmable clock circuit configured to provide a clock signal to the ADC. A controller that, response to assertion of the trigger signal, is configured to generate a sample rate control signal to the clock circuit to cause the clock circuit to increase the frequency of the clock signal and toggle selection between the first and second analog channel inputs. A result comparison circuit having a comparison input coupled to the digital output. The result comparison circuit is configured to compare a first digital conversion output from the ADC to a second digital conversion output from the ADC.
US11606098B1	Comb enhanced oscillator with AM-to-PM noise suppression A comb enhanced oscillator in which a drive signal from a first oscillator is split into two signals. The first signal is applied to a nonlinear resonator producing a phononic frequency comb of equally spaced resonances. The second signal is passed through an amplitude detector and a phase shifter. In one embodiment, the comb is applied to the phase shifter to correct for AM-PM cross-correlation noise and then applied to a phase lock loop (PLL) for locking to a second oscillator. The output of the second oscillator is used as the output of the comb enhanced oscillator.
US11606096B2	Power supply for voltage controlled oscillators with automatic gain control The disclosure relates to technology for power supply for a voltage controller oscillator (VCO). A peak detector circuit determines the amplitude of the output for the VCO, which is compared to a reference value in an automatic gain control loop. An input voltage for the VCO is determined based on a difference between the reference value and the output of the peak detector circuit. The peak detector circuit can be implemented using parasitic bipolar devices in an integrated circuit formed in a CMOS process.
US11606093B2	Level converting enable latch A level converting enable latch includes a level shifter circuit and a latch circuit. The level shifter circuit receives a first data input signal, and generates a first data output signal, wherein the first data input signal and the first data output signal have different voltage swings. The latch circuit sets a second data output signal in response to the first data output signal when a latch enable signal is set to a first logic value, and latches the second data output signal when the latch enable signal is set to a second logic value. The latch circuit includes a first control circuit. The first control circuit enables a latch feedback loop of the latch circuit when the latch enable signal is set to the second logic value, and disables the latch feedback loop of the latch circuit when the latch enable signal is set to the first logic value.
US11606090B2	Semiconductor device Provided is a semiconductor device comprising a high-side switching device, a low-side switching device, a high-side driver configured to turn on/off the high-side switching device, a low-side driver configured to turn on/off the low-side switching device, a high-side driving external terminal configured to supply a power supply voltage for driving the high-side driver, and a protection circuit section connected to the high-side driving external terminal. The high-side driver may include a reference potential terminal set to a reference potential of the high-side driver. The protection circuit section may be connected between the high-side driving external terminal and the reference potential terminal.
US11606085B1	Approximation of a range of sideband frequencies efficiently Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to facilitate approximating a range of sideband frequencies efficiently are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a processor that executes computer executable components stored in memory. The computer executable components comprise a wave division component that generates a plurality of waveform snippets using a definition of an intended waveform, wherein the plurality of waveform snippets can be phase shifted. The computer executable components further comprise rotation component that assigns a phase rotation to be applied to at least one waveform snippet of the plurality of waveform snippets, wherein the phase rotation is out of phase with a previous waveform snippet of the plurality of waveform snippets.
US11606081B2	Filter device and method for manufacturing the same A filter device includes a substrate having piezoelectricity, a first filter including an IDT electrode disposed on the substrate, a terminal electrode disposed on the substrate, a first wiring electrode disposed on the substrate and connecting the first filter and a terminal electrode, and a dielectric film disposed above the substrate to cover the IDT electrode. At least a portion of the first wiring electrode is not covered with the dielectric film.
US11606078B2	Acoustic wave resonator with rotated and tilted interdigital transducer electrode Acoustic wave resonators are disclosed that include a piezoelectric layer and an interdigital transducer electrode over the piezoelectric layer. The interdigital transducer electrode has a rotation angle and a tilt angle. The rotation angle and the tilt angle can together increase a figure of merit of the acoustic wave device. The rotation angle and the tilt angle can both be non-zero.
US11606075B2	Tunable, broadband directional coupler circuits employing an additional, selectable coupling circuit(s) for controlling frequency response Tunable, broadband directional coupler circuits employing one or more additional, switchable coupling circuits for controlling frequency response, and related methods. In exemplary aspects, the directional coupler includes one or more additional coupling circuits that each include an additional coupling line located adjacent to the primary coupling line and that can be selectively activated to change a frequency response of the directional coupler. When an additional coupling circuit is activated, its additional coupling line has the effect of extending the length of the primary coupling line through mutual inductance, thus changing the coupling frequency response of the directional coupler. The additional coupling circuit includes one or more switch(es) to allow for the selective coupling of its additional coupling line to the coupling and/or isolation ports of the directional coupler to selectively change and control the frequency response of the primary coupling line.
US11606073B2	Method of producing composite substrate for surface acoustic wave device Provided is a composite substrate for surface acoustic wave device which does not cause peeling of an entire surface of a piezoelectric single crystal film even when heating the film to 400° C. or higher in a step after bonding. The composite substrate is formed by providing a piezoelectric single crystal substrate and a support substrate, forming a film made of an inorganic material on at least one of the piezoelectric single crystal substrate and the support substrate, and joining the piezoelectric single crystal substrate with the support substrate so as to sandwich the film made of the inorganic material.
US11606066B2	Power amplifier circuit A power amplifier circuit includes a first amplifier that amplifies an input signal and outputs an output signal; a second amplifier that, in accordance with a control signal, amplifies a signal corresponding to the input signal, generates a signal having an opposite phase to that of the output signal, and adds the signal to the output signal; and a control circuit that supplies the control signal to the second amplifier. The control circuit outputs the control signal so that during operation of the power amplifier circuit in a first power mode, a gain of the second amplifier is not less than zero and less than a predetermined level and during operation in a second power mode lower than the first power mode in output power level, a gain of the second amplifier is not less than the predetermined level and less than a gain of the first amplifier.
US11606065B2	Body tie optimization for stacked transistor amplifier A transistor stack can include a combination of floating and body tied devices. Improved performance of the RF amplifier can be obtained by using a single body tied device as the input transistor of the stack, or as the output transistor of the stack, while other transistors of the stack are floating transistors. Transient response of the RF amplifier can be improved by using all body tied devices in the stack.
US11606062B2	Coordinated control of renewable electric generation resource and charge storage device A method for coordinated control of a renewable electrical energy source (RES) and an electrical energy storage (EES) device utilizes a time-dependent forecast of electrical energy production by the RES and a state of charge (SOC) schedule for the EES including at least one SOC target value. A time-varying charge/discharge control signal is configured to ensure that the SOC schedule is satisfied by charging at a rate necessary to meet the SOC target value, while periodically updating the generation of the charge/discharge control signal based upon an updated time-dependent forecast of electrical energy production and/or an updated SOC schedule. A configurable refresh period may be used to limit updates of the time-varying control signal including computation and use of a new basepoint value for aggregated energy supplied from the RES-ESS facility to an electrical grid.
US11606059B2	Optimized truss foundations, adapters for optimized truss foundations, and related systems and methods An A-frame-shaped truss foundation system for a single-axis tracker with a bearing assembly sitting atop a pair of adjacent angled truss legs joined together with an adapter so that the axis of rotation of the tracker is aligned with a work point of the A-frame. Several such foundation systems are arranged along a North-South row to support a tracker torque tube.
US11606056B2	Inverter unit An inverter unit includes a switching element unit, a control board, a cooler, and an inverter case. The inverter case is integrally fixed to a rotating electrical machine case. The cooler is disposed so as to be in contact with the switching element unit on an opposite side to a rotating electrical machine side. The control board is disposed on the rotating electrical machine side of the switching element unit.
US11606054B2	Motor control method A motor control method includes the following steps: adjusting a voltage component of an estimated voltage command to a steady-state voltage value; performing a coordinate axis conversion on another voltage component of the estimated voltage command and the steady-state voltage value, and generating a three-phase excitation current to make a synchronous motor rotate to a rotating position and stop; calculating an estimated current signal; calculating an estimated value of the rotating position and adjusting the another voltage component of the estimated voltage command when determining that the current component is not maintained at a steady-state current value; calculating an effective inductance of the synchronous motor based on the steady-state voltage value, the another voltage component of the estimated voltage command, the steady-state current value, and another current component of the estimated current signal when determining that the current component is maintained at the steady-state current value.
US11606053B2	Initial position detection of an electric motor A method for initial position detection of an electric motor includes determining a delta voltage for each of three pairs of stator windings by sequentially energizing and deenergizing each pair. The delta voltage is measured through a non-energized stator winding connected to a center tap of each respective pair. A minimum delta voltage is determined from an absolute value of a minimum of the three delta voltages. The minimum delta voltage is associated with a remaining stator winding not included in the respective pair. The two delta voltages not associated with the minimum delta voltage are compared to determine the proximity of the remaining stator winding to one of a D-axis of a rotor of the electric motor and a Q-axis of the rotor.
US11606051B2	Motor driving circuit, integrated circuit device, electronic apparatus, and motor control method A motor driving circuit includes a stepping motor driving circuit that controls driving of a stepping motor, a DC motor driving circuit that controls driving of a DC motor, and a control circuit that controls the stepping motor driving circuit and the DC motor driving circuit. The control circuit, upon accepting a driving instruction for driving the stepping motor in the middle of the DC motor driving circuit performing driving of the DC motor, stops driving of the DC motor by the DC motor driving circuit, and starts driving of the stepping motor by the stepping motor driving circuit.
US11606049B2	Control chip, control system, and control method for motors A control chip, a control system, and a control method for a motor are disclosed. The control chip comprises: an analog comparator comprising a first input terminal and a second input terminal, wherein the first input terminal receives a reference voltage of the motor, the second input terminal receives at least one back EMF (Electromotive Force) of the motor in turn, the analog comparator compares each of the at least one back EMF with the reference voltage in turn through a polling method, so as to produce at least one comparison result and control the motor according to the at least one comparison result. Thereby, the analog comparator is able to compare back EMF with the reference voltage without three comparators, and the cost is therefore saved.
US11606046B2	Vibration type actuator, optical apparatus, and electronic apparatus A vibration type actuator includes a vibrating body including an elastic body and an electro-mechanical energy conversion element, a contact body contacting the vibrating body, a flexible printed board provided with a concave portion on a surface opposite to a surface contacting the electro-mechanical energy conversion element and configured to supply electric power to the electro-mechanical energy conversion element, and a holding member provided with a projection portion engaging with the concave portion.
US11606039B2	Synchronous rectifier circuit, control circuit and control method thereof A method of controlling a synchronous rectifier circuit can include: adjusting a falling amplitude of a drive voltage of a synchronous rectifier switch in the synchronous rectifier circuit in a pull-down mode; adjusting a shielding time during which the synchronous rectifier switch is in a turn-off shielding mode and is not to be turned off; turning off the synchronous rectifier switch after a drain-source voltage of the synchronous rectifier switch reaches a turn-off threshold; and where the falling amplitude of the drive voltage in the pull-down mode and the shielding time for a current period are adjusted according to an operation state of the synchronous rectifier switch in a previous period.
US11606028B2	Single mode load tracking voltage mode controller with near minimum deviation transient response A single-mode quasi constant frequency controller apparatus for controlling output voltage deviation during one or more load transients, the controller apparatus comprising: a converter receiving one or more operational control parameters; a load tracking modulator configured to receive sensory inputs representative of a capacitor current polarity, and to control one or more power transistors of the converter such that an inductor current matches a load current cycle and reconstructs a desired inductor current ripple by splitting both an on-time for inductor charging and an off-time for inductor discharging into a current correction phase (CCP) and a ripple reconstruction phase (RRP), the load tracking modulator communicating the one or more operational control parameters for controlling the one or more power transistors.
US11606024B2	Starter circuit for energy harvesting circuits The present disclosure provides a circuits for harvesting energy from an energy source. The energy source may have a first and a second potential of an input voltage. The circuits may further comprise one or more of a charging capacitor, transformers, transistors, or diodes. The circuits may be used for harvesting energy from thermoelectric generators.
US11606023B2	Discharge device for discharging internal power of electronic device A discharge device is provided. The discharge device discharges an internal power of an electronic device. The discharge device includes a voltage regulation circuit, a charge storage circuit, a control signal generator and a discharge path. The voltage regulation circuit regulates the internal power to a regulated power. The charge storage circuit stores the regulated power. The control signal generator is configured to receive the regulated power and an external power, enabled according to the regulated power, and generating a control signal in response to a voltage level of the external power. The discharge path is configured to receive the internal power, and turned on according to the control signal to discharge the internal power.
US11606018B2	High bandwidth constant on-time PWM control Apparatus and associated methods relate to dynamic bandwidth control of a variable frequency modulation circuit by selective contribution of a crossover frequency tuning engine (XFTE) in response to a transient in a switching frequency. In an illustrative example, the XFTE may generate a transient control signal (Ctrans) in response to a transient in a control output signal trans, (Cout) indicative of switching frequency and received from a feedback control circuit. The XFTE may generate Ctrans, for example, according to a predetermined relationship between a crossover frequency and the switching frequency of the modulation circuit. The feedback control circuit may, for example, generate Cout from a predetermined reference and a control input signal. Cout may, for example, correspond to a pulse-width modulated output delivered to a load through an inductor. Various embodiments may advantageously increase the effective bandwidth of the modulation circuit while maintaining desired frequency response characteristics.
US11606015B2	Linear motor and linear compressor having same In a linear motor and the linear compressor having the same according to the present disclosure, a plurality of magnets are coupled to a stator equipped with a winding coil, and a mover core made of magnetic material instead of a permanent magnet is provided on the mover, and by the magnetizing plurality of magnets in the same direction, the motor output can increase by increasing thrust instead of decreasing the centering force for the mover core. In addition, as it is applied to a two-pore motor, it is possible to easily control the mover core and to easily perform an assembly operation and a magnetization operation for the magnet. In addition, as the stator is made of a grain-oriented core, core loss may be reduced and the motor efficiency may be improved.
US11606012B2	Electric machine assembly with reduced rotor post leakage A method includes forming elongated magnetic flux carrier portions in magnetically conductive sheets by cutting elongated magnetic flux barriers including one or more relief features into the magnetically conductive sheets, such that the magnetic flux barriers are separated from each other in radial directions of the magnetically conductive sheets. The method includes inserting or forming non-magnetic posts into the magnetic flux barriers such that each of the non-magnetic posts is elongated in a different radial direction of the radial directions from a first magnetic flux carrier portion to a second magnetic flux carrier portion of the magnetic flux carrier portions on opposite sides of at least one magnetic flux barrier; and forming at least part of a rotor for an electric machine assembly using the magnetically conductive sheets having the magnetic flux carrier portions, the non-magnetic posts, and the magnetic flux barriers.
US11606011B2	Electric machine An electric machine is provided. The electric machine defines a centerline and includes: a stator assembly; a rotor assembly rotatable relative to the stator assembly about the centerline; and an actuator coupled to the rotor assembly, the stator assembly, or both for moving the rotor assembly, the stator assembly, or both along the centerline between a first position and a second position, the rotor assembly positioned closer to the stator assembly when in the first position than when in the second position.
US11606009B2	Motor control apparatus and method for securing insulation performance A motor control apparatus for securing insulation performance includes: a temperature sensor detecting a temperature of a motor; an altitude detection means providing information on an altitude at which the motor is positioned; and a controller including a motor output map having a plurality of groups of map data in which motor output limit rates depending on temperatures of the motor are pre-stored for each preset altitude section, selecting one group of map data corresponding to the information on the altitude provided by the altitude detection means, and determining a motor output limit rate by applying the temperature detected by the temperature sensor to the selected group of map data.
US11606008B2	EMI filter for DC motor An electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter 32 is provided which is suitable for a DC motor 10. The EMI filter 32 comprises an EMI suppression circuit 34 having first and second DC-motor-terminal inputs 36a, 36b, and an MW-band power choke 44 coupled to one of the first and second DC-motor-terminal inputs 36a, 36b to increase the motor inductance in the MW frequency band.
US11606005B2	Rotor end ring with oil jacket An electric motor includes a housing, a stator having end turn windings, a rotatable central shaft, a rotor mounted onto the central shaft, and a rotor end ring mounted onto the central shaft adjacent the rotor, the rotor end ring including an annular disk shaped body having a circumferential outer diameter and a circumferential inner diameter and being formed from a thermally conductive material, a recess formed within a face of the body, an oil jacket formed within a back side of the body, the oil jacket comprising an annular channel having a circumferential outer wall and a circumferential inner wall, two inlets, each inlet extending radially between the inner diameter of the body and the inner wall of the oil jacket, a plurality of outlets, each outlet comprising a circumferential slot, the plurality of outlets equidistantly spaced around the face adjacent the circumferential inner wall of the oil jacket.
US11606002B2	Flywheel energy storage system Flywheel system properties are enhanced with rim designs that control stress at operational rotational velocities. The tensile strength of fiber-resin composites can be aligned with radial forces to improve radial stress loading. Loops with composite casings can be arranged around the flywheel circumference with a majority of the fibers being aligned in the radial direction. The loops can enclose masses that contribute to energy storage in the flywheel system. Masses can be arranged around the hub circumference with a hoop wound composite casing enclosing the masses and hub. The masses subjected to radial forces are radially displaced with increasing rotational velocity and can provide compressive force to the fiber-resin composite to contribute to maintaining composite integrity. With the alignment of fibers in hoop or radial directions, higher loading permits increase rotational velocities, which can significantly add to the amount of energy stored or produced with the flywheel.
US11606000B2	Electric drive device and electric power steering device A power supplying-side terminal (38) has a power supplying-side hanging portion (38H) extending toward a surface of the circuit board (31), a power supplying-side extending portion (38E) bent from the power supplying-side hanging portion (38H) and extending outwards along the surface of the circuit board (31) and a power supplying-side standing portion (38S) bent from the power supplying-side extending portion (38E) and extending in a direction away from circuit board (31). A power receiving-side terminal (39) has a power receiving-side extending portion (39E) extending outwards along the surface of the circuit board (31) and a power receiving-side standing portion (39S) bent from the power receiving-side extending portion (39E) and extending in the direction away from circuit board (31). The power supplying-side standing portion (38S) and the power receiving-side standing portion (39S) overlap each other, and connected to each other so as to have electrical continuity.
US11605997B2	Electric motor assembly and hair dryer having the same An electric motor assembly for, for example, a hair dryer, includes an impeller, an outer housing in which the impeller is accommodated, an inner housing concentrically disposed in the outer housing, a stator having one side thereof accommodated in the inner housing, a rotor provided with a rotating shaft having one end coupled to the impeller and rotatably accommodated in the stator, a first bearing disposed at one side of the rotor, a second bearing disposed at another side of the rotor, and a bracket coupled to the stator and the outer housing so as to support the second bearing. Accordingly, initial alignment of the stator and the rotor may be securely maintained.
US11605989B2	Stator winding with alternating winding pitches A stator for an electric machine includes a stator core with a multi-phase winding arranged on the stator core. The stator core has a plurality of slots formed therein and defines a first axial end and a second axial end. The multi-phase winding includes multiple parallel paths for each winding phase, each parallel path completing multiple revolutions around the stator core, and each parallel path comprising a series of slot segments arranged in layers of the plurality of slots and end turns alternately connecting consecutive slot segments on the first axial end and the second axial end. A pitch of the end turns connecting the slot segments for at least one parallel path alternates between a first pitch on the first axial end and a second pitch on the second axial end, the second pitch being different from the first pitch.
US11605986B2	Systems and methods for wireless power and data transfer for connectors A system and a method for wireless power and data transfer for connectors. The connector system is adapted for coupling two devices and for wirelessly transferring power and/or data from a first device to a second device. At the transmitting end, the system comprises of a power source, a self-resonating sinewave oscillator, a tuning circuit a, and a transmitter coil for processing and transmitting the power and/or data. At the receiving end, the system comprises a receiver coil, a proximity sensor, a signal modulator, a signal de-modulator, a bridge rectifier, a DC-DC regulator for processing and providing the power and/or date to a load.
US11605983B2	Systems, devices, and/or methods for managing electrical energy Certain exemplary embodiments can cause an electronic device to charge or be remotely powered via a device. The device comprises multiple software enabled wireless transceivers. The device is constructed to: identify an electronic device in proximity to the device's wireless AdHoc Meshed Network; automatically add, hand off or remove the electronic device to/across/from the network; and automatically determine a charge or remote power level of the electronic device.
US11605980B2	Multi-transmitting multi-receiving magnetic-resonance wireless charging system for medium-power electronic apparatus A multi-transmitting multi-receiving magnetic-resonance wireless charging system for a medium-power electronic apparatus includes a magnetic-resonance transmitting module and a magnetic-resonance receiving module. The magnetic-resonance transmitting module includes a transmitting-end Bluetooth-communication and control module and at least two magnetic-resonance transmitting channels. Each magnetic-resonance transmitting channel includes a direct current/direct current (DC/DC) regulator module, a radio-frequency power amplifier source, a matching network and a magnetic-resonance transmitting antenna which are connected sequentially. The magnetic-resonance receiving module includes a receiving-end Bluetooth-communication and control module, a power synthesis and protocol module and at least two magnetic-resonance receiving channels. Each magnetic-resonance receiving channel includes a magnetic-resonance receiving antenna, a receiving-antenna matching network, a rectifier and filter module, a primary regulator and filter module and a secondary regulator and filter module which are connected sequentially. The magnetic-resonance transmitting antenna is coupled with the magnetic-resonance receiving antenna in one-to-one correspondence.
US11605977B2	Device for displaying in response to a sensed motion A device includes a signaling means and a motion sensor, and logic for activating or controlling the signaling means in response to a sensed motion according to an embedded logic. The device may be used as a toy, and may be shaped like a play ball or as a handheld unit. It may be powered from a battery, either chargeable from an AC power source directly or contactless by using induction or by converting electrical energy from harvested kinetic energy. The embedded logic may activate or control the signaling means, predictably or randomly, in response to sensed acceleration magnitude or direction, such as sensing the crossing of a preset threshold or sensing the peak value. The visual means may be a numeric display for displaying a value associated with the count of the number of times the threshold has been exceeded or the peak magnitude of the acceleration sensed.
US11605974B2	On-line power measurement Devices, systems, and methods for measurement of parameters of electric power transmission lines can improve electric power usage, while wireless circuitry can provide communication from field-located devices. Connection to draw electrical power from the transmission line can be distinct from connection to sense line parameters.
US11605971B2	Input redundant power supply with zero current switching An input redundant power supply circuit includes a power converter, a relay switch unit including a first relay circuit coupled to a first power source and a second relay circuit coupled to a second power source, a control unit configured to control the relay switch unit so that the power converter is supplied power by the first or second power source, a high capacity capacitor powered by the power converter and a step-up converter coupled between the power converter and the high capacity capacitor. The step-up converter maintains a voltage across the high capacity capacitor higher than a voltage of the first power source or a voltage of the second power source when the relay switch unit switches from one of the first power source and the second power source to the other of the first power source and the second power source.
US11605969B2	Adaptable redundant power A system and method of managing a power infrastructure having a plurality of duty power modules (DPMs) configured to power a plurality of load centers. Various different operational modes may be deployed. Inherent redundancy mode is implemented by: monitoring operations of the power infrastructure; powering each load center during normal operations using DPMs through a load center switch via an enabled preferred setting (PS) input; providing an inherent redundancy (IR) bus coupled to each load center switch via an alternate setting (AS) input that is disabled during normal operations, wherein the IR bus is configured to receive excess capacity power exclusively from the DPMs; and in response to a detected DPM failure, disabling the PS input and enabling the AS input in the load center switch for an affected load center to capture power from the IR bus.
US11605968B2	Charging device for charging a supercapacitor A charging device that includes (a) a DC to DC converter (“converter”) that includes a converter control input and a converter output for outputting a charging voltage to the supercapacitor, (b) an adjustable voltage divider, (c) a controller that is configured to (i) sense a supercapacitor voltage, (ii) determine a first target value of the supercapacitor voltage, based on an internal impedance of the supercapacitor and on a nominal supercapacitor voltage that is lower than the first target value of the supercapacitor voltage, and (iii) during a first phase of a charging process, output a control signal via the control output and to the converter control input, to set the charging voltage to one or more values that once provided to the supercapacitor cause the supercapacitor voltage to reach, at the end of the first phase of the charging process, the first target value of the supercapacitor voltage.
US11605966B2	Anticipatory event based battery charging A smart charger and associated methods and systems are disclosed. The smart charger identifies an anticipatory event that triggers battery charging, selects a battery charging profile that matches the anticipatory event, charges the battery of a mobile device based on the battery charging profile, and updates criteria for identifying anticipatory events and/or the battery charging profile that matches the anticipatory event.
US11605965B2	Electronic device for adaptive power management An electronic device includes: a location measurement circuitry; a rechargeable battery; a memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to execute the instructions to: monitor a usage pattern of the battery while the electronic device operates in a first power management state; acquire, based on determining that the usage pattern of the battery is different from a reference pattern derived from a model, information on a location in which the battery is estimated to be charged and information on a time at which the battery is estimated to be charged using the model; and switch, partially based on the information on the location and the information on the time, the first power management state to a second power management state based on a second maximum driving frequency lower than the first maximum driving frequency.
US11605962B2	Multi-level encoding for battery management system A battery management system comprises a first and second battery cell controllers and a transmission line providing a point-to-point signal transmission path between the first and second battery cell controllers. At least one of the first and second battery cell controllers includes a logic circuit constructed and arranged for encoding data for transmission as a serial data stream along the signal transmission path in compliance with a multi-level encoding technique. The logic circuit comprises an encoding/decoding circuit that generates a modulated signal of the serial data stream over at least three discrete signal levels at a predetermined and fixed data pulse frequency for transmission through the transmission line and encodes a plurality of data units of the serial data stream into a data packet. The data packet includes at least three symbols constructed and arranged with at least four consecutive transmissions per symbol. Each transmission of each symbol assumes one of the three discrete signal levels. At least one transceiver is configured in a transmit mode or a receive mode and that discards any combinations of the maximum number of possible combinations to reduce a source of electromagnetic interference (EMI) on the transmission line.
US11605961B2	System for facilitating the charging of a battery-operated apparatus An adjustable system for facilitating establishment of an operative connection between a charging station and a rechargeable power supply on an operating unit that is propelled by a drive. The adjustable system has: an arm assembly on one of the charging station and the operating unit and supporting at least one connector; and at least one connector on the other of the charging station and the operating unit. The connectors, when engaged, establish an operative charging connection. The arm assembly is configured so that the at least one connector on the arm assembly can move in at least two dimensions relative to the one of the charging station and the operating unit to align with and engage the at least one connector on the other of the arm assembly and operating unit as an incident of the operating unit moving from a position spaced fully from the charging station into the charging position.
US11605958B2	Electric vehicle charging method for preventing inrush current and device for the same A method for preventing an inrush current of an electric vehicle charger may include the steps of determining whether there is a need for an increase or decrease in a charging current level while currently supplied to an electric vehicle to be charged; decreasing the charging current level at a predetermined ratio when it is determined that there is the need for the increase or decrease in the charging current level; checking whether an inrush current occurs for a first time; activating or deactivating at least one charging module to increase or decrease the charging current level according to the request of the electric vehicle to be charged, when the inrush current does not occur for the first time; checking whether the inrush current occurs for a second time; and increasing the charging current level by the charging current level requested by the electric vehicle to be charged, when the inrush current does not occur for the second time.
US11605955B2	Half-bridge circuit using GaN power devices GaN-based half bridge power conversion circuits employ control, support and logic functions that are monolithically integrated on the same devices as the power transistors. In some embodiments a low side GaN device communicates through one or more level shift circuits with a high side GaN device. Various embodiments of level shift circuits and their inventive aspects are disclosed.
US11605949B2	Electrification arrangement for supplying power to electrical loads An electrification arrangement is provided for simplifying changes to the system, such as adding new electrical loads. The arrangement includes a power supply bus that routes available electric power throughout a facility. Electrical loads may be connected to the power supply bus using smart connectors that provide electrical protection and control of respective electrical loads.
US11605946B2	Autonomous restoration of power systems after natural disasters Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for autonomous restoration of power systems after natural disasters. An operating mode of a circuit breaker that is in a power system grid and that is coupled to other circuit breakers in the power system grid via communication channels is determined. Based on determining that the operating mode is a normal operating mode, data to parameterize a plurality of power grid restoration scenarios is collected at the circuit breaker. Based on determining that the operating mode is an exception mode, measurement data that includes current and voltage data is received at the circuit breaker, and one of the power system grid restoration scenarios is initiated at the circuit breaker. The power system grid error restoration scenario is selected based at least in part on a status of the plurality of communication channels coupled to the circuit breaker and on the measurement data.
US11605943B2	Multiple frequency ground fault protection A GFCI includes a current sensor system providing a current sensor signal indicating a leakage current of the AC power system. At least one signal conditioning channel conditions the current sensor signal to provide a conditioned current sensor signal. An integrated circuit-based controller is configured to receive the conditioned current sensor signal. The integrated circuit-based controller is configured to execute instructions stored in at least one nontransitory memory medium to determine at least one frequency value and at least one magnitude value of the conditioned current sensor signal, evaluate a trip condition in response to the at least one frequency value and the at least one magnitude value, and provide a fault trip signal in response to evaluation of the trip condition. A circuit breaker mechanism is configured to open a circuit of the AC power system in response to the fault trip signal.
US11605942B2	Electrical circuit breaker system with temperature-dependent total current monitoring An electrical circuit breaker system including an input terminal connecting an electrical current source and a plurality of output terminals for connecting electrical loads. Each output terminal includes an electrical switch and a current measuring unit. The circuit breaker system includes a current acquiring unit for acquiring current magnitudes measured at the output terminals and for determining a total current magnitude. A temperature acquiring unit acquires a temperature, and a computing unit is configured to determine a total current limit as a function of the acquired temperature. Further, a control unit is configured to select one of the plurality of output terminals based on a ranking of the output terminals and to interrupt the current supply at the selected output terminal by means of the corresponding electrical switch when the total current magnitude exceeds the determined total current limit.
US11605932B2	Monolithically integrated mid-infrared two-dimensional optical phased array A novel, monolithically integrated mid-IR optical phased array (OPA) structure which eliminates the wafer bonding process to achieve highly efficient surface emitting optical beam steering in two dimensions is disclosed. Since solar energy is about 15-20 times smaller than that at 1.55 μm, mid-IR is more favorable for the atmospheric transmission due to lower solar radiance backgrounds. For the beam steering, thermo-optic phase shifting is used for azimuthal plane beam steering and laser wavelength tuning is used for elevation plane beam steering. The OPA structure disclosed comprises a wavelength-tunable a QCL, a 1×32 splitter, thermo-optic phase-shifters, and sub-wavelength grating emitters. The disclosed OPA provides a low-cost, low-loss, low-power consumption, robust, small footprint, apparatus that may be used with expendable UAV swarms. A LiDAR may be created by monolithically integrating a QCD with the apparatus. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11605929B2	Thermal management system for directed energy weapon system Disclosed are systems and methods of heating and cooling a laser system by providing a vapor compression system having a plurality of compressors. A control system controls the activity of each compressor and activates and manages the speed of each compressor to efficiently provide cooling and heating of the laser system.
US11605926B2	Card connector, card holder, and terminal device A card connector, a card holder, and a terminal device, where the card connector includes a plurality of first terminals and one or more second terminals. The first terminals are arranged to form a first card access area that installs a first card, and the first terminals are configured to be electrically coupled to the first card. The one or more second terminals are distributed on a periphery of the first card access area, the first terminals and the one or more second terminals form a second card access area that installs a second card, and the first terminals and the one or more second terminals are configured to be electrically coupled to the second card.
US11605924B2	Radio frequency connector and measurement system A radio frequency connector for establishing a radio frequency connection with a radio frequency device is described. The radio frequency connector includes a radio frequency connection interface, an interchangeable radio frequency adapter and a positioning member. The interchangeable radio frequency adapter is detachably attached with the radio frequency connection interface such that the interchangeable radio frequency adapter is configured to be detached from the radio frequency connection interface in a disassembled state of the radio frequency connector. The positioning member is configured to position the interchangeable radio frequency adapter with respect to the radio frequency connection interface in an assembled state of the radio frequency connector. The positioning member is detachably attached such that the positioning member is configured to be detached in the disassembled state of the radio frequency connector, thereby releasing the interchangeable radio frequency adapter with respect to the radio frequency connection interface. Further, a measurement system for radio frequency measurement is described.
US11605920B2	Backplane connector with improved shielding effect A backplane connector includes a housing, a number of terminal modules assembled to the housing, and a metal shield surrounding member. The housing includes a base, a first side wall and a second side wall. The base, the first side wall and the second side wall jointly form a receiving space for at least partially receiving a mating connector. The terminal module includes a first signal terminal, a second signal terminal and an insulating block fixed on the first signal terminal and the second signal terminal. The metal shield surrounding member at least partially surrounds the periphery of the first signal terminal and the second signal terminal. As a result, the shielding effect of the backplane connector is improved.
US11605918B2	Protection device for a plug-in connection The present disclosure relates to a protection device for a component of a releasable plug-in connection between a plug and a socket, which is arranged on or in a housing of an electronics unit of a field device. The protection device includes a first half shell and a second half shell at least partially complementary to the first half shell, wherein the two half shells are embodied as to define an internal volume when assembled and at least partially surround at least the plug, at least a first passageway for passage of the plug, or the plug and a cable secured to the plug, into the internal volume of the protection device, at least one securement unit for releasably securing the protection device to the housing, and at least one assembling unit for releasably assembling the two half shells with one another.
US11605914B2	Electrical contact with multiple contact points having equivalent normal force An electrical connector includes a mating section for receiving the mating tab therein. The mating section has a first contact arm and a second contact arm. The first contact arm is spaced from the second contact arm by a first slot. The first contact arm has a first length which is different than a second length of the second contact arm. A first normal force exerted by the first contact arm on the mating tab is equal to a second normal force exerted by the second contact arm.
US11605910B2	Set formed of a conductor connection element and a fastening element A set formed of a conductor connection element and a fastening element for fastening the conductor connection element to another component, wherein the conductor connection element has an insulating housing with a conductor insertion opening for inserting an electrical conductor in a direction of conductor insertion, and wherein the fastening element has a connecting arrangement by means of which the fastening element can be fastened to the conductor connection element in a positive-locking manner. The connecting arrangement is configured to allow a fastening of the fastening element to the conductor connection element in multiple different discrete spatial orientations relative to the direction of conductor insertion.
US11605907B2	Conductor connection terminal, clamping spring of a conductor connection terminal and terminal block A conductor connection terminal, having an insulating material housing, a busbar, a clamping spring and an operating lever which is pivotably received in the insulating material housing over a pivoting range and can be pivoted between an open position and a closed position, wherein the clamping spring has an operating arm which is deflected via a spring driver of the operating lever at least in the open position, characterized in that the operating lever is supported in the open position at a first and a second support point spaced from the first, and that the operating lever is pulled against the first and the second support point by a tensile force of the clamping spring acting on the spring driver from the operating arm.
US11605905B2	Multi-band lens antenna system A multi-band antenna system that includes a first antenna array and a second antenna array. The first antenna array includes a plurality of lens sets, each including a lens and feed element(s) configured to transmit and/or receive electromagnetic signals that pass through the lens. The second antenna array includes a plurality of antenna elements, each disposed between two of the lenses of the first array.
US11605896B2	Communication device having metallic frame that includes a T-shaped slot antenna A communication device is made with a metallic frame having an interior mounting surface for receiving one or more functional components. The metallic frame includes a first frame member having a first portion extending uninterrupted across one lateral side of the metallic frame. The first portion provides structural support to the communication device. A T-shaped slot antenna is formed in a second portion of the first frame member adjacent to the first portion. The T-shaped slot antenna has first and second arms separated at a gap and partially encompassing a slot. The second portion of the first frame member enables radio frequency communication by at least one of the functional components via the T-shaped slot antenna of the communication device.
US11605886B1	Radome with integrated passive cooling An antenna assembly is provided having passive cooling elements that enable compact design. In one example, an antenna assembly is provided that includes a heat sink assembly having an interior side and an exterior side, an antenna array, an antenna circuit board, and a radome. The antenna circuit board includes at least one integrated circuit (IC) die. The IC die has a conductive primary heat dissipation path to the interior side of the heat sink assembly. The radome is coupled to the heat sink assembly and encloses the antenna circuit board and the antenna array between the radome and the heat sink assembly. The heat sink assembly includes a metal base plate and at least a first heat pipe embedded with the metal base plate. The first heat pipe is disposed between the metal base plate and the IC die.
US11605881B2	Concealment systems and wireless communication equipment installations and methods including same A wireless communication equipment installation for wireless communication equipment includes a 5G New Radio (NR) antenna and a shroud member. The 5G NR antenna includes a radiating element configured to transmit radio signals at frequencies greater than 24 GHz. The shroud member comprises a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) substrate. The radiating element is configured to emit and receive radio signals through the shroud member.
US11605880B2	Radio frequency emission guard for portable wireless electronic device A radio frequency and electromagnetic emission shield employed on wireless personal and portable electronic devices, containing one or more layers of radio frequency (RF) or electromagnetic (EM) screening material, shielding the user from harmful RF or EM radiation, or a redirection antenna that receives all RF signals, and redirects those signals away from the user. The RF emission shield may be contained within a plurality of outer layers, providing a secure fit to a wireless electronic device and an outer layer providing an easy grip for the user.
US11605877B2	Semiconductor device package and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device package includes a glass carrier, a package body, a first circuit layer and a first antenna layer. The glass carrier has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The package body is disposed on the first surface of the glass carrier. The package body has an interconnection structure penetrating the package body. The first circuit layer is disposed on the package body. The first circuit layer has a redistribution layer (RDL) electrically connected to the interconnection structure of the package body. The first antenna layer is disposed on the second surface of the glass carrier.
US11605873B2	Substrate with antenna, and antenna module A substrate with an antenna according to the present disclosure includes a circuit board having one main surface and the other main surface, and an antenna element mounted on the one main surface of the circuit board. When viewed from a thickness direction, an area of the one main surface of the circuit board is larger than an area of the other main surface, and the antenna element is mounted on at least a part of a region that is on the one main surface of the circuit board and that protrudes from the other main surface.
US11605871B2	Resonator and filter Provided are a resonator having a good Q value and a filter using the resonator. The resonator has: a via electrode portion formed inside a dielectric substrate; a plurality of shielding conductors formed on the dielectric substrate to surround the via electrode portion; a first strip line which is connected to one end of the via electrode portion in the dielectric substrate and faces a first shielding conductor among the plurality of shielding conductors; and a second strip line which is connected to the other end of the via electrode portion in the dielectric substrate and faces a second shielding conductor among the plurality of shielding conductors.
US11605860B2	Battery pack A battery pack including a rectangular prismatic outer housing including a front and a back, opposed sides, a bottom and an open top, and a lid applied to the open top to define a closed outer hold within the outer housing. The battery pack further includes a power switch, a power port, an input/output, and a display all carried in the front of the outer housing. An inner housing is within the outer hold of the outer housing and includes a basin and a lid applied to the basin to define a closed inner hold within the inner housing. A plurality of battery cells are disposed entirely within the inner hold, and the battery cells are electrically coupled to the power port to provide power to the power port.
US11605859B2	Battery module and vehicle equipped with same In order to provide a battery module and the like capable of maintaining a fastened state of a plurality of battery cells with high reliability, battery module includes a plurality of battery cells each having electrode terminals, a pair of end plates that cover both side end surfaces of battery stack including the plurality of stacked battery cells, and a plurality of fastening members that fastens end plates to each other. End plate forms overlapping portion that covers at least a portion of each fastening member covering each side surface of battery cells located on the both side end surfaces of battery stack, and overlapping portion and the fastening members are welded and fixed. According to the above configuration, by welding in a state in which a side surface of fastening member is further covered with overlapping portion, there is an advantage that firm fixation can be achieved while preventing disengagement of fastening member.
US11605853B2	Energy store having a cooling device and motor vehicle having an energy store An energy store includes a plurality of electrical energy storage modules which are arranged in neighboring rows and a plurality of separate cooling elements each of which is in contact with at least one surface of an associated one of the plurality of electrical energy storage modules. A coolant or a refrigerant is flowable through the plurality of separate cooling elements where the plurality of separate cooling elements have a respective intake and a discharge. A coolant channel is disposed between the neighboring rows. The respective intake and the discharge of the plurality of separate cooling elements are each connected to the coolant channel via a respective coolant line and the coolant channel has a feed and a return which are adjacent to a hollow space that is disposed between the feed and the return.
US11605852B2	Techniques for forming thermally resilient energy storage devices and a battery thermal management system implementing same In general, the present disclosure is directed to forming lithium ion battery (LIB) cells with structure and chemistry that achieves formation of a solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer that allows for operating in relatively high ambient temperature environments, e.g., up to and exceeding 60° C., while significantly reducing self-discharge amounts, e.g., relative to other LIB cells formed with SEI layers measuring about 1-2 nanometers in thickness. For example, one non-limiting embodiment of the present disclosure enables a self-discharge amount for a LIB cell of 10% or less over a four (4) week period of time when operating at an ambient temperature of 60 degrees Celsius.
US11605848B2	Traction battery self-heating control method and device Disclosed is a traction battery self-heating control method and a device. Acquiring a second temperature of a rotor at a current sampling time according to system parameters and a first temperature of the rotor at a previous sampling time, and estimating a third temperature of the rotor at a next sampling time according to the first temperature and the second temperature, and stopping the self-heating of the traction battery when the third temperature reaches a demagnetization temperature of the rotor. Whether to stop the self-heating of the traction battery is determined by estimating a rotor temperature under the self-heating condition, and comparing the rotor temperature with the demagnetization temperature of the rotor, and thus the self-heating control of the traction battery is realized.
US11605847B2	Thermal exchange plate assembly for vehicle battery A battery assembly according to a non-limiting aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an array of battery cells, and a thermal exchange plate assembly adjacent the array. The thermal exchange plate assembly includes an inlet, an outlet, a main channel, and a bypass channel configured to direct fluid from the inlet to the outlet while substantially bypassing the main channel.
US11605844B2	Cathode recycling of end-of-life lithium batteries Disclosed herein are improved methods and devices for recycling lithium cathodes from batteries.
US11605841B2	Battery equalizing apparatus and method, and unmanned aerial vehicle The present invention provides a battery equalizing apparatus and method, and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The battery equalizing apparatus includes: a battery gauge configured to monitor battery level information of a battery in a static state, a battery equalizing circuit being disposed inside the battery gauge; and a microprocessor connected to a communication port of the battery gauge and configured to: acquire the battery level information monitored by the battery gauge, and calculate a pressure difference between cells of the battery in a static state according to the battery level information, and determine whether the pressure difference is greater than a pressure difference threshold; the microprocessor sending a trigger signal to the battery gauge through the communication port when the pressure difference is greater than the pressure difference threshold, to trigger the equalizing circuit of the battery gauge to equalize the battery. Through implementation of the present invention, a space of a circuit board may be saved by using an internally integrated equalization function of the battery gauge, facilitating miniaturization of the battery.
US11605838B2	Furniture efficient battery pack A battery pack to be used in motorized furniture is provided. The battery pack includes a plurality of polymer cells. The plurality of polymer cells is connected such that a threshold voltage is achieved. The battery pack also includes a motherboard coupled to the plurality of polymer cells. The motherboard is configured to monitor and regulate each cell in the plurality of cells, as well as the entire plurality of cells as a whole. The motherboard is further configured to regulate power flow throughout the plurality of cells such that more than two motors may operate at the same time.
US11605836B2	Li/garnet electrolyte interface with low interfacial resistance A lithium-metal battery, includes: a substrate; a cathode disposed on the substrate; a garnet solid-state electrolyte disposed on the cathode; and a lithium anode disposed on the garnet solid-state electrolyte, such that a discoloration layer is disposed at an interface of the lithium anode and garnet solid-state electrolyte, the discoloration layer includes: a first portion; and a second portion, such that the first portion has a lithium component and the second portion has a garnet component. A method of forming a lithium-metal battery, includes: stacking a garnet source with at least one lithium source; and heating the stack at a temperature of at least 300° C. for a time in a range of 1 sec to 20 min to form a discoloration layer, such that the discoloration layer is disposed at an interface of the garnet source and the lithium source.
US11605832B2	Nanoconfined electrolytes and their use in batteries A nanoconfined metal-containing electrolyte comprising a layer of enclosed nanostructures in which each enclosed nanostructure contains a liquid metal-containing electrolyte, wherein said enclosed nanostructures are in physical contact with each other. Metal-ion batteries containing the nanoconfined electrolyte in contact with an anode and cathode of the battery are also described. Methods for producing the nanoconfined electrolyte are also described.
US11605830B2	Apparatus for manufacturing battery cell to enhance electrode wetting through vibration, and manufacturing method of battery cell using the same An apparatus for manufacturing a battery cell to enhance the electrolyte wettability to an electrode assembly in the battery cell is provided. The apparatus includes a battery cell tray in which one or more preliminary battery cells are housed and an excitation unit which makes a contact opposite to contacting one side of the battery cell tray to apply megasonic vibration to the preliminary battery cell in a state in which the preliminary battery cell is housed. A method for manufacturing a battery cell using the apparatus is also provided.
US11605828B2	Fuel cell system A fuel cell system that can improve an operating efficiency while minimizing an increase in cost for a configuration is provided. A fuel cell system (10) includes a fuel cell stack (11), an air pump (13), and an electric power control unit (15). The air pump (13) is connected to an output terminal of the fuel cell stack (11). The air pump (13) is configured to supply air as an oxidizing agent gas to the fuel cell stack (11). The electric power control unit (15) includes a first circuit unit (31) and a second circuit unit (32). The first circuit unit (31) is connected to the output terminal of the fuel cell stack (11) and is configured to perform step-up electric power conversion on an input from the fuel cell stack (11). The second circuit unit (32) is configured to perform bidirectional electric power conversion for stepping-up an input from the fuel cell stack (11) and for stepping-down an output to the air pump (13).
US11605820B2	Electrical energy generating element An electrical energy generating element includes a first porous electrode, an eggshell membrane, and a second porous electrode. The first porous electrode, the eggshell membrane, and the second porous electrode are stacked on each other in that order. The present application also relates to an electrical energy generating device, a method for generating electrical energy, and a decorative ring.
US11605814B2	Positive-electrode active material containing lithium composite oxide, and battery including the same A positive-electrode active material contains a lithium composite oxide containing manganese. The crystal structure of the lithium composite oxide belongs to a space group Fd-3m. The integrated intensity ratio I(111)/I(400) of a first peak I(111) on the (111) plane to a second peak I(400) on the (400) plane in an XRD pattern of the lithium composite oxide satisfies 0.05≤I(111)/I(400)≤0.90.
US11605811B2	Negative electrode active material, preparation method thereof, negative electrode including the negative electrode active material, and secondary battery including the negative electrode A negative electrode active material including a core containing SiOx (0≤x<2) and a lithium-containing compound, and a shell disposed on the core and containing SiOx (0≤x<2) and magnesium silicate.
US11605810B2	Method to prepare composite graphite particles for nonaqueous secondary battery negative electrode, active material for nonaqueous secondary battery negative electrode, and nonaqueous secondary battery The invention relates to composite graphite particles for a nonaqueous secondary battery negative electrode containing graphite (A) and metal particles (B) capable of alloying with Li, wherein the degree of dispersion of the metal particles (B) in the composite graphite particles is 0.78 or more and the internal void fraction of the composite graphite particles is 3% or more and 40% or less.
US11605809B2	Anode active material and battery A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an anode active material whose volume variation due to charging and discharging is small. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an anode active material comprising a primary particle including a Si phase, an MSi phase that is a silicide phase wherein M is a transition metal element, and a first void.
US11605806B2	Sacrificial substrates for silicon-carbon composite materials Methods of forming a composite material film can include providing a layer comprising a carbon precursor and silicon particles on a sacrificial substrate. The methods can also include pyrolysing the carbon precursor to convert the precursor into one or more types of carbon phases to form the composite material film, whereby the sacrificial substrate has a char yield of about 10% or less.
US11605804B2	Negative electrode for power storage device, method for forming the same, and power storage device An object is to suppress electrochemical decomposition of an electrolyte solution and the like at a negative electrode in a lithium ion battery or a lithium ion capacitor; thus, irreversible capacity is reduced, cycle performance is improved, or operating temperature range is extended. A negative electrode for a power storage device including a negative electrode current collector, a negative electrode active material layer which is over the negative electrode current collector and includes a plurality of particles of a negative electrode active material, and a film covering pan of the negative electrode active material. The film has an insulating property and lithium ion conductivity.
US11605796B2	Display device A display device includes: a display module; a first support part and a second support part disposed below the display module, the first and second support parts being arranged in a first direction; a hinge disposed between the first and second support parts below the display module to define biaxial rotation axes extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and a plurality of rotation parts coupled to the hinge to rotate about the biaxial rotation axes, the plurality of rotation parts being connected to the first and second support parts, respectively. Each of the rotation parts includes first and second parts that move relative to each other via a lost motion connection upon rotation of the rotation parts.
US11605794B2	Materials and devices that provide total transmission of electrons without ballistic propagation and methods of devising same Quantum dragon materials and devices have unit (total) transmission of electrons for a wide range of electron energies, even though the electrons do not undergo ballistic propagation, when connected optimally to at least two external leads. Quantum dragon materials and devices, as well as those that are nearly quantum dragons, enable embodiments as quantum dragon electronic or optoelectronic devices, including field effect transistors (FETs), sensors, injectors for spin-polarized currents, wires having integral multiples of the conductance quantum, and wires with zero electrical resistance. Methods of devising such quantum dragon materials and devices are also disclosed.
US11605789B2	Organic electroluminescent materials and devices A composition including a first compound capable of functioning as a phosphorescent emitter in an OLED is provided. The first compound has at least one aromatic ring and at least one substituent R directly bonded to one of the at least one aromatic rings. Each substituent R has the formula of where (a) G1 is selected from NR1, SiR1R2, GeR1R2, alkyl, cycloalkyl, and combinations thereof; and G2 is a non-aromatic polycyclic group; (b) G1 is a direct bond; and G2 is a non-aromatic spiro polycyclic group; or (c) G1 is selected from direct bond, NR1, SiR1R2, GeR1R2, alkyl, cycloalkyl, and combinations thereof; G2 is a non-aromatic polycyclic group; and R is directly bonded to a phenyl, pyridine, or triazine. R1, R2, and R3 are a variety of substituents. Formulations and devices, such as an OLEDs, that include the first compound are also described.
US11605788B2	Organic electroluminescence device and polycyclic compound for organic electroluminescence device An organic electroluminescence device of an embodiment includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the emission layer includes a polycyclic compound represented by Formula 1 and shows high emission efficiency and excellent color reproducibility.
US11605787B2	Organic photovoltaic cells and non-fullerene acceptors thereof Organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) and their compositions are described herein. In one or more embodiments, the acceptor with an active layer of an OPV includes is a non-fullerene acceptor. Such non-fullerene acceptors may provide improved OPV performance characteristics such as improved power conversion efficiency, open circuit voltage, fill factor, short circuit current, and/or external quantum efficiency. One example of a non-fullerene acceptor is (4,4,10,10-tetrakis(4-hexylphenyl)-5,11-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-4,10-dihydro-dithienyl[1,2-b:4,5b′] benzodi-thiophene-2,8-diyl) bis(2-(3-oxo-2,3-dihydroinden-5,6-dichloro-1-ylidene) malononitrile.
US11605786B2	Organic light-emitting device and apparatus including the same An organic light-emitting device and an apparatus including the same are disclosed. The organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic layer includes an emission layer, the emission layer includes a first compound, a second compound, a third compound, and a fourth compound, the first compound is represented by Formula 1, the second compound is represented by Formula 2, the third compound is represented by Formula 3, the fourth compound is represented by any one of Formulae 4-1 to 4-3, each as respectively described in the detailed description.
US11605782B2	Organic optoelectronic device and display device An organic optoelectronic device and a display device, the organic optoelectronic device including an anode and a cathode facing each other, a light emitting layer between the anode and the cathode, a hole transport layer between the anode and the light emitting layer, and a hole transport auxiliary layer between the light emitting layer and the hole transport layer, wherein the light emitting layer includes a first compound represented by a combination of Chemical Formula 1 and Chemical Formula 2, and a second compound represented by Chemical Formula 3, and the hole transport auxiliary layer includes a third compound represented by Chemical Formula 4:
US11605781B2	Organic electroluminescent compound and organic electroluminescent device comprising the same The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent compound and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. By using the organic electroluminescent compound of the present disclosure, an organic electroluminescent device having high luminous efficiency and/or long lifespan properties can be provided compared to conventional organic electroluminescent devices.
US11605779B2	Memory cell, method of forming the same, and semiconductor die Provided are a memory cell and a method of forming the same. The memory cell includes a first dielectric pattern, a second dielectric pattern, a first bottom electrode, a first storage pattern, and a first top electrode. The first bottom electrode is disposed between the first dielectric pattern and the second dielectric pattern, and the first bottom electrode interfaces a first sidewall of the first dielectric pattern and a sidewall of the second dielectric pattern. The first storage pattern is disposed on the first dielectric pattern, the second dielectric pattern and the first bottom electrode, wherein the first storage pattern is electrically connected to the first bottom electrode. The first storage pattern is between the first bottom electrode and the first top electrode. A semiconductor die including a memory array is also provided.
US11605778B2	Hall effect sensor with low offset and high level of stability A magnetic field magnetic field sensor and method of making the sensor. The sensor and method of making the sensor may comprise a material or structure that prevents the admission of light in certain wavelengths to enhance the stability of the magnetic field sensor over a period of time. The sensor and method of making the sensor may comprise an adsorption prevention layer which protects the semiconductor portion of the magnetic. The sensor may also comprise an insulating layer formed between semiconductor layers and a substrate layer.
US11605771B2	Thermoelectric power-generating device A thermoelectric generator includes: a heat-receiving plate having a heat-receiving surface configured to receive radiant heat; a thermoelectric generation module provided to a surface of the heat-receiving plate opposite from the heat-receiving surface and having an area smaller than an area of the heat-receiving plate; a cooling plate provided to a surface of the thermoelectric generation module opposite from a surface where the heat-receiving plate is provided; and a temperature equalizer provided to the heat-receiving plate and configured to equalize a temperature of the heat-receiving surface.
US11605764B2	LED light source, surface light source display module, and preparation method for LED light source The present disclosure provides an LED light source, a surface light source display module, and a preparation method for the LED light source. The LED light source includes: an LED chip including a first reflective layer, a P—GaN layer, a light-emitting layer, an N—GaN layer and a substrate, which are sequentially arranged from bottom to top; a light excitation layer configured for emitting light upon excitation with a blue light, wherein the LED chip is covered by the light excitation layer, that is, the light excitation layer is disposed on a top surface of the substrate of the LED chip and in contact with a side surface of the LED chip, wherein four side surfaces of the light excitation layer are defined as light output regions; and a second reflective layer disposed on a top surface of the light excitation layer, and a top surface of the second reflective layer is defined as a total reflection region or a partial reflection region. The light emission angle of the LED light source can be enlarged.
US11605763B2	Light emitting diode package A light emitting diode package is disclosed. The light emitting diode package includes a light emitting diode chip emitting light and a light transmissive member. The light transmissive member covers at least an upper surface of the light emitting diode chip and includes a light transmissive resin and reinforcing fillers. The reinforcing fillers have at least two side surfaces having different lengths and are dispersed in the light transmissive resin.

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