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US11696519B2	Phase-change memory and method of forming same A device and a method of forming the same are provided. The device includes a substrate, a first dielectric layer over the substrate, a bottom electrode extending through the first dielectric layer, a first buffer layer over the bottom electrode, a phase-change layer over the first buffer layer, a top electrode over the phase-change layer, and a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer surrounds the phase-change layer and the top electrode. A width of the top electrode is greater than a width of the bottom electrode.
US11696518B2	Hybrid non-volatile memory cell A non-volatile memory structure, and methods of manufacture, which may include a first memory element and a second memory element between a first terminal and a second terminal. The first memory element and the second memory element may be in parallel with each other between the first and second terminal. This may enable the hybrid non-volatile memory structure to store values as a combination of the conductance for each memory element, thereby enabling better tuning of set and reset conductance parameters.
US11696515B2	Quantum information processing device formation A method for forming at least part of a quantum information processing device is presented. The method includes providing a first electrically-conductive layer formed of a first electrically-conductive material (100′) on a principal surface of a substrate (10), depositing a layer of dielectric material on the first electrically-conductive material, patterning the layer of dielectric material to form a pad of dielectric material and to reveal a first region of the first electrically-conductive layer, depositing a second electrically-conductive layer (104′) on the pad of dielectric material and on the first region of the first electrically-conductive layer, patterning the second electrically-conductive layer and removing the pad of dielectric material using isotropic gas phase etching.
US11696509B2	Flexible electric generator for generating electric power The present disclosure provides a flexible electric generator and methods for fabricating the same. The flexible electric generator comprises a flexible triboelectric layer covering the electrode layer of a flexible piezoelectric generator that enhances output power by combining piezoelectric effect and triboelectric effect. The reliability of the flexible electric generator under bending is also improved due to the presence of the flexible triboelectric layer. The fabrication methods of the disclosed flexible electric generators are simple, thereby enabling large-scale manufacturing.
US11696508B2	Sound vibration sensor using piezoelectric element having cantilever structure Disclosed is a sound vibration sensor using a piezoelectric element having a cantilever structure. The sound vibration sensor includes a housing forming an exterior, a piezoelectric element having a cantilever structure installed in the housing, a support structure supporting a fixed end of the piezoelectric element, a weight attached to a free end of the piezoelectric element, and an energizing part configured to transmit an output from the piezoelectric element, wherein the sound vibration sensor comes into contact with a speaker's body, receives vibration of the body generated when the speaker utters a sound through the housing, and amplifies the vibration by the free end of the piezoelectric element to detect the voice vibration of the speaker using a piezoelectric characteristic of the piezoelectric element.
US11696506B2	Piezoelectric device with orientation control layer formed of sazo and manufacturing method thereof A piezoelectric device has a layered structure in which at least a first electrode, a plastic layer, an orientation control layer, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode are stacked, wherein the orientation control layer is amorphous, and the piezoelectric layer with a thickness of 20 nm to 250 nm is provided over the orientation control layer, the piezoelectric layer having a wurtzite crystal structure, and wherein the orientation control layer and the piezoelectric layer are provided between the first electrode and the second electrode.
US11696501B2	Compound for organic electronic element, organic electronic element using the same, and an electronic device thereof The present invention provides a novel compound capable of improving the luminous efficiency, stability and lifespan of a device, an organic electronic element using the same, and an electronic device thereof, wherein the compound is represented by Formula (1): wherein: A is a substituent represented by Formula (A-1)-(A-2);
US11696500B2	Organic electroluminescent element, display device, illumination device, and pi-conjugated compound The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a π-conjugated compound exhibiting excellent light emission characteristics; an organic electroluminescent element using same; a display device; and an illumination device. Accordingly, this organic electroluminescent element is provided with: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and at least one organic layer which is sandwiched between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and which includes a light emission layer. The light emission layer includes a π-conjugated compound having a structure represented by any of general formulae (1)-(3) (in general formulae (1)-(3), at least one among R1-R4, R5-R8, and R9-R16 represents a group represented by general formula (4) (in general formula (4): Ar1 and Ar2 represent substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups; L1 represents a single bond or a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group; and # represents a bond to general formulae (1)-(3))).
US11696499B2	Organic light-emitting device An 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 including an emission layer, wherein the organic layer includes a first compound, a second compound, a third compound, and a fourth compound, and the first compound to the fourth compound satisfy Equations 1 to 8: E1,LUMO≥E2,LUMO+0.15 electron volts (eV) Equation 1 E1,HOMO≥E2,HOMO+0.15 eV Equation 2 E1,T1≥E4,T1 Equation 3 E2,T1≥E4,T1 Equation 4 E3,T1≥E4,T1 Equation 5 E3,LUMO≥E2,LUMO+0.1 eV Equation 6 −5.6 eV≥E3,HOMO Equation 7 Egap1≥Egap3. Equation 8
US11696489B2	Flexible display apparatus with curved edge and electronic device comprising the same A flexible display apparatus comprises a glass substrate including a flat surface and a glass etching surface that is curved, and a flexible display panel including a bending portion on the glass etching surface.
US11696487B2	Mask assembly, apparatus for manufacturing display device, and method of manufacturing display device According to one or more embodiments, a mask assembly includes a mask frame including an opening and a portion surrounding the opening, and a mask arranged on the mask frame and including a first region and a second region, and a deposition material is passable through the first region corresponding to the opening, and the second region is around the first region, and the first region includes deposition openings, and the second region includes dummy openings, at least some of the dummy openings including centers arranged to deviate from a straight line connecting centers of the deposition openings, and a width of each of the deposition openings is the same as a width of each of the dummy openings.
US11696480B2	Display panel and display device Disclosed are a display panel and a display device, the display panel including: a substrate including a display area, a peripheral area and a welding area; at least one barrier in the peripheral area and surrounding the display area, the barrier including a single-sided barrier structure between the display area and the welding area; an organic insulating structure including sub-insulating structures, each sub-insulating structure having a first boundary located between the display area and the single-sided barrier structure, for any two adjacent sub-insulating structures, the first boundary of the sub-insulating structure on a side away from the substrate being closer to the display area than the first boundary of the sub-insulating structure on a side proximal to the substrate; a distance between first boundaries of any two adjacent sub-insulating structures is greater than or equal to 20 μm; a touch electrode pattern; and a touch signal line.
US11696479B2	Organic light emitting diode display An OLED display according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a substrate that includes a display area and a non-display area; a pixel circuit that is disposed in the display area; organic light emitting diodes and barrier ribs that are disposed on the pixel circuit; an encapsulation layer that covers the pixel circuit, the organic light emitting diodes, and the barrier ribs; and a color filter that is disposed on the encapsulation layer, wherein the encapsulation layer comprises an edge area that is adjacent to the non-display area in the display area and a center area not directly adjacent to the non-display area and having the edge area disposed therebetween, the color filter comprises a first color filter, a second color filter, a third color filter, and color filter overlapped portions where the first color filter, the second color filter, and the third color filter are overlapped, and the color filter overlapped portions are disposed in areas where the barrier ribs are disposed, and a thickness of the color filter is greater in the edge area than in the center area.
US11696478B2	Display panel for improving display effect in low-resolution area, manufacturing method thereof, and display device The present disclosure provides a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display panel includes a first area and a second area. A pixel density of the first area is greater than that of the second area. In the second area, each pixel includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, a third sub-pixel, and a fourth sub-pixel. The first sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, and the fourth sub-pixel are in a same sub-pixel row. The first sub-pixel is between the third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel. The first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel are in a same sub-pixel column. The first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel are respectively in adjacent sub-pixel rows. The first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel has a same emission color. The first sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, and the fourth sub-pixel have different emission colors.
US11696476B2	Display device A display device includes a display region and a non-display region. First lines are between the substrate and the first insulating layer in the non-display region. Second lines are on a first insulating layer in the non-display region and are alternately disposed with the first lines. A second insulating layer is over the second lines and has a surface unevenness formed by the first and second lines. Third lines are over the second insulating layer and intersect the first lines and the second lines. First insulating patterns are on the second insulating layer and serve to planarize the surface unevenness. The first insulating patterns are between at least adjacent third lines in a plan view.
US11696475B2	Display device including a fifth transistor connected between the power line and the light emitting diode A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels. At least one of the pixel includes a light emitting diode, a first transistor connected between a power line receiving a power source voltage and an anode of the light emitting diode, a second transistor connected between a data line and a first reference node, a first capacitor connected between the power line and the first reference node, a second capacitor connected between the first reference node and a second reference node, a third transistor connected between the first reference node and a reference voltage line receiving a reference voltage, a fourth transistor connected between an initialization voltage line receiving an initialization voltage and a drain of the first transistor, and a fifth transistor connected between the drain of the first transistor and the anode of the light emitting diode.
US11696472B2	Organic EL display apparatus and manufacturing method therefor The present invention is equipped with: a substrate (10) that has a surface upon which a drive circuit containing a TFT (20) is formed; a planarization film (30) that makes the surface of the substrate planar by covering the drive circuit; and an organic light-emitting element (40) that is provided with a first electrode (41) formed upon the surface of the planarization film and connected to the drive circuit, an organic light-emitting layer (43) formed upon the first electrode, and a second electrode (44) formed upon the organic light-emitting layer. In addition, the planarization film has a two-layer structure comprising an inorganic insulating film (31) and an organic insulating film (32) that are layered upon the TFT, a conductor layer containing a titanium layer and a copper layer is embedded in the interior of a contact hole, and the first electrode is formed electrically connected to the conductor layer.
US11696471B2	Array substrate including a second electrode of the second capacitor disposed on the same layer with the power supply voltage line, OLED display panel, and display device having the same The disclosure discloses an array substrate, an OLED display panel and a display device. A storage capacitor includes a first capacitor and a second capacitor which are connected in parallel, wherein the first capacitor includes a storage electrode and a first electrode, a layer where the first electrode is located is same as a layer where the grid electrode of the driving transistor is located, the second capacitor includes the storage electrode and a second electrode, a layer where the second electrode is located is same as a layer where the power supply voltage line is located, and the first electrode and the second electrode are electrically connected through a via hole penetrating through a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer.
US11696469B2	Electronic device An electronic device that includes a display module having an active area that includes at least one pixel and a module hole and a non-active area adjacent to the active area that does not include a pixel. A window is disposed on the display module. A functional layer is disposed between the display module and the window. The functional layer includes a first opening defined therethrough that overlaps with the module hole. A light blocking layer is disposed on at least one of upper and lower surfaces of the functional layer and is positioned adjacent to the first opening. An electronic module is disposed in an opening formed by at least one of the module hole and the first opening.
US11696468B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes: a display element configured to emit light; a first refractive layer on the display element and having an opening corresponding to the display element; a light extraction pattern located inside the opening of the first refractive layer; and a second refractive layer on the first refractive layer, the second refractive layer covering the first refractive layer and the light extraction pattern.
US11696464B2	Display panel, manufacturing method thereof and display device A display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a display area and a hole forming area, where the display area surrounds the hole forming area, and an organic material layer is provided in the hole forming area so that a height difference between the hole forming area and the display area is less than a threshold value of 4 um.
US11696462B2	Display device including two inorganic layers and an outer barrier arranged on a substrate An organic light emitting diode device can have an enhanced thin film encapsulation layer for preventing moisture from permeating from the outside. The thin film encapsulation layer can have a multilayered structure in which one or more inorganic layers and one or more organic layers are alternately laminated. A barrier can be formed outside of a portion of the substrate on which the organic light emitting diode is formed. The organic layers of the thin film encapsulation layer can be formed inside an area defined by the barrier.
US11696460B2	Electroluminescent element capable of realizing high luminance and high resolution and electroluminescent display device having same An electroluminescent element and an electroluminescent display device having realizing high luminance and high resolution are proposed. The electroluminescent element and an electroluminescent display device includes a first light emitting element provided with a first light emitter emitting light of a first color and a second light emitter emitting light of a second color different from the first color, the first light emitter and the second light emitter being disposed to be adjacent to each other, and a second light emitting element provided with a third light emitter disposed to overlap the first light emitter and the second light emitter and emitting light of a third color different from the first and second colors, wherein light of the first and second colors emitted from the first light emitting element is emitted through the second light emitting element.
US11696457B2	Solar cell lamination The present invention relates to a solar cell sheet comprising a first and a second substrate, which first and second substrates are flexible and suitable for roll to roll printing, and the solar cell sheet further comprises one or more self-contained solar cell units, wherein each self-contained solar cell unit comprises one or more solar cell modules, and each solar cell module comprises a plurality of serially connected solar cells, wherein each of the solar cell modules comprises: a first substrate portion of the first flexible substrate and a second substrate portion of the second substrate, a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes arranged between the first and second substrate portions; and at least one organic active layer arranged between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes; wherein, a continuous or discontinuous portion of a first adhesive material encircles each of the solar cell units. The present invention further relates to a method for producing the solar cell sheet comprising one or more self-contained solar units.
US11696456B2	Solar cell A solar cell 100 includes a substrate 1, a first electrode 6, an electron transport layer 2, a first photoelectric conversion layer 3, and a coating layer 5. The first photoelectric conversion layer 3 is disposed between the first electrode 6 and the substrate 1. The substrate 1 has a first main surface and a second main surface, and the second main surface has an uneven structure. The electron transport layer 2 has a first main surface and a second main surface, and the first main surface and the second main surface each have an uneven structure. The first photoelectric conversion layer 3 has a first main surface and a second main surface. The second main surface of the substrate 1 faces the first main surface of the electron transport layer 2.
US11696455B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device A first transistor, a second transistor, a capacitor, and first to third conductors are included. The first transistor includes a first gate, a source, and a drain. The second transistor includes a second gate, a third gate over the second gate, first and second low-resistance regions, and an oxide sandwiched between the second gate and the third gate. The capacitor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an insulator sandwiched therebetween. The first low-resistance region overlaps with the first gate. The first conductor is electrically connected to the first gate and is connected to a bottom surface of the first low-resistance region. The capacitor overlaps with the first low-resistance region. The second conductor is electrically connected to the drain. The third conductor overlaps with the second conductor and is connected to the second conductor and a side surface of the second low-resistance region.
US11696454B2	Three dimensional memory arrays The present disclosure includes three dimensional memory arrays. An embodiment includes a first plurality of conductive lines separated from one another by an insulation material, a second plurality of conductive lines arranged to extend substantially perpendicular to and pass through the first plurality of conductive lines and the insulation material, and a storage element material formed between the first and second plurality of conductive lines where the second plurality of conductive lines pass through the first plurality of conductive lines. The storage element material is between and in direct contact with a first portion of each respective one of the first plurality of conductive lines and a portion of a first one of the second plurality of conductive lines, and a second portion of each respective one of the first plurality of conductive lines and a portion of a second one of the second plurality of conductive lines.
US11696453B2	Vertical metal oxide semiconductor channel selector transistor and methods of forming the same A device structure includes at least one selector device. Each selector device includes a vertical stack including, from bottom to top, a bottom electrode, a metal oxide semiconductor channel layer, and a top electrode and located over a substrate, a gate dielectric layer contacting sidewalls of the bottom electrode, the metal oxide semiconductor channel layer, and the top electrode, and a gate electrode formed within the gate dielectric layer and having a top surface that is coplanar with a top surface of the top electrode. Each top electrode or each bottom electrode of the at least one selector device may be contacted by a respective nonvolatile memory element to provide a one-selector one-resistor memory cell.
US11696452B2	Multi-level memristor elements There is described a two-terminal multi-level memristor element synthesised from binary memristors, which is configured to implement a variable resistance based on unary or binary code words. There is further described a circuit such as a synapse circuit implemented using a multi-level memristor element.
US11696446B2	Semiconductor storage device with contact melting prevention A semiconductor storage device includes a memory cell array including a stacked body having insulating layers and conductive layers that are alternately stacked. The memory cell array includes a cell area and a contact area provided adjacent the cell area. The semiconductor storage device includes: a circuit below the memory cell array; a source layer between the memory cell array and the circuit; a first contact in the contact area, and coupled to the circuit; a second contact over the cell area and the contact area; a first wiring extending in a direction intersecting an extending direction of the second contact in the contact area; a second wiring above the second contact, extending along the second contact in the contact area, and connected to the first wiring; and third contacts between the second wiring and the second contact.
US11696439B2	Staircase structure in three-dimensional memory device and method for forming the same Embodiments of 3D memory devices having staircase structures and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In an example, a 3D memory device includes a memory array structure and a staircase structure in an intermediate of the memory array structure and laterally dividing the memory array structure into a first memory array structure and a second memory array structure. The staircase structure includes a first staircase zone and a bridge structure connecting the first memory array structure and the second memory array structure. The first staircase zone includes a first pair of staircases facing each other in a first lateral direction and at different depths. Each staircase includes a plurality of stairs. At least one stair in the first pair of staircases is electrically connected to at least one of the first memory array structure and the second memory array structure through the bridge structure.
US11696438B2	Compact EEPROM memory cell with a gate dielectric layer having two different thicknesses An EEPROM memory integrated circuit includes memory cells arranged in a memory plane. Each memory cell includes an access transistor in series with a state transistor. Each access transistor is coupled, via its source region, to the corresponding source line and each state transistor is coupled, via its drain region, to the corresponding bit line. The floating gate of each state transistor rests on a dielectric layer having a first part with a first thickness, and a second part with a second thickness that is less than the first thickness. The second part is located on the source side of the state transistor.
US11696436B2	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A includes an element isolation region, a first active region bounded by the element isolation region and that extends in a first direction and includes first and second parts disposed at a first level, and a third part disposed at a second level located above the first level, and a gate electrode disposed inside each of the element isolation region and the first active region and that extends in a second direction different from the first direction. The second part is spaced apart in the first direction from the first part, and the third part contacts each of the first and second parts. A first width in the second direction of the first part is less than a second width in the second direction of the third part.
US11696432B2	Multi-direction conductive line and staircase contact for semiconductor devices Systems, methods, and apparatus including multi-direction conductive lines and staircase contacts for semiconductor devices. One memory device includes an array of vertically stacked memory cells, the array including: a vertical stack of horizontally oriented conductive lines, each conductive line comprising: a first portion extending in a first horizontal direction; and a second portion extending in a second horizontal direction at an angle to the first horizontal direction.
US11696429B2	Apparatus and method for mounting components on a substrate The invention relates to an apparatus for mounting components on a substrate. The apparatus comprises a bond head with a component gripper, a first drive system for moving a carrier over relatively long distances, a second drive system which is attached to the carrier for moving the bond head back and forth between a nominal working position and a stand-by position, a drive attached to the bond head for rotating the component gripper or a rotary drive for rotating the substrate about an axis, at least one substrate camera attached to the carrier and at least one component camera. Either the second drive system is also designed to perform high-precision correction movements with the bond head, or a third drive system is provided to perform high-precision correction movements with the substrate. At least one reference mark is attached to the bond head or the component gripper.
US11696427B2	Configurable printed-circuit-board-assembly component pressing fixture A pressing device includes a screw body. The screw body includes a screw head that comprises a driver interface. The screw body also includes a screw shaft that comprises a screw tip opposite the screw head with respect to the screw shaft, exterior spiral threads between the screw head and screw tip, and an interior cavity with an opening at the screw tip. The pressing device also includes a pin partially inserted into the interior cavity. The pin comprises a first pin end inserted into the interior cavity, a pin shaft that is connected to the first pin end, and a second pin end that is connected to the pin shaft and that is exterior to the interior cavity. Applying a force to the second pin end in a direction towards the screw head causes the pin shaft to advance into to interior cavity.
US11696425B2	Electromagnetic shield member and wire harness An electromagnetic shield member including: a case including a groove in which an electric wire is to be housed; a cover configured to be attached to the case and cover the groove; and a pressing mechanism that is housed in the groove and configured to press the electric wire, wherein the pressing mechanism has a wall that covers an outer circumferential surface of the electric wire in conjunction with the groove, and a presser provided on the wall and configured to press the electric wire.
US11696424B2	Power conversion device The power conversion device includes: a housing; an electric wiring board stored in the housing; a first heat generating component provided on the one surface of the electric wiring board; a second heat generating component which has a lower heat generation density than the first heat generating component and of which a protruding height from the electric wiring board is equal to or smaller than a protruding height of the first heat generating component, the second heat generating component being provided on the one surface of the electric wiring board; and a third heat generating component which has a lower heat generation density than the first heat generating component and of which a protruding height from the electric wiring board is greater than the protruding height of the first heat generating component, the third heat generating component being provided on another surface of the electric wiring board.
US11696422B2	Highly serviceable immersion cooling structural design for servers A two phase coolant immersion system includes a top section and an immersion section, where the top section and the immersion section are separated by one or more panels. The immersion section includes at least a number of server slots to receive a number of servers, where each of the servers is at least partially submerged within two phase liquid coolant within the immersion section, where, when the servers operate, the servers generate heat that is transferred to the two phase liquid coolant causing some of the two phase liquid coolant to turn into a vapor. The two phase coolant immersion system includes a condensing section interfaced with the immersion section, where the condensing section includes a vapor collection compartment to collect two phase liquid coolant in vapor phase and a liquid collection compartment situated beneath the vapor collection compartment. The one or more panels prevent vapor loss to the environment.
US11696415B2	Hinge structure, folding mechanism and mobile terminal A hinge structure includes a main support including a sliding groove disposed therein; a limit support rotationally connected to the main support via a straight shaft disposed in the sliding groove, and a limit groove is disposed at one side of the limit support; a sub support connected to the limit support via a crank shaft, wherein the sub support is sleeved on the crank shaft, a crank sliding block is disposed at one end of the crank shaft and in the limit groove; and a shaft sleeve; wherein when the main support rotates relative to the sub support, the straight shaft slides in the sliding groove and the crank sliding block slides in the limit groove. A folding mechanism and a mobile terminal are also provided.
US11696414B2	Laundry appliance A console assembly for an appliance is provided that includes a shell having a first face and a first rim and a first protrusion operably coupled with the first face. The first face is positioned at an incline relative to a top edge of the shell. A panel is operably coupled with the shell. The panel includes a second face and a second rim and a second protrusion extending from a side of the panel opposite the second face. The panel is positioned parallel to the first face. A plurality of electrical components are operably coupled to one of the shell and the panel.
US11696405B2	Display device A display device may include a main flexible printed circuit including a first alignment mark and electrically connected to a first panel; and a touch flexible printed circuit including a second alignment mark and electrically connected to a second panel that is perpendicular to the first panel, wherein the main flexible printed circuit is electrically connected to the touch flexible printed circuit through a pad region, and the touch flexible printed circuit includes a first overcoat region disposed between the first alignment mark and the second alignment mark.
US11696400B2	Embedded module An embedded module according to the present invention includes a base substrate having a multi-layer wiring, at least two semiconductor chip elements having different element thicknesses, each of the semiconductor chip element having a first surface fixed to the base substrate and having a connection part on a second surface, an insulating photosensitive resin layer enclosing the semiconductor chip elements on the base substrate and being formed by a first wiring photo via, a second wiring photo via, and a wiring, the first wiring photo via electrically connected to the connection part of the semiconductor chip elements, the second wiring photo via arranged at the outer periphery of each of the semiconductor chip elements and electrically connected to a connection part of the base substrate, the wiring arranged so as to be orthogonal to and electrically connected to the first wiring photo via and the second wiring photo via.
US11696394B2	Display unit and electronic apparatus A display unit includes: a display section (11) having flexibility; and a bending control section (12a, 12b) configured to limit a movable shaft in bending the display section (11) to one direction in a display surface and allowed to maintain the display section (11) in an arbitrary bending state.
US11696388B2	Pulsed non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma processing system A system for generating and delivering a low temperature, wide, partially ionized tunable plasma stream is described. The system employs a fast rising, repetitive high voltage pulse generator, flowing gas, and a plasma head to produce the described atmospheric pressure plasma stream and its associated active species. The plasma head may have an exit slit with a relatively wide dimension to produce a relative wide plasma stream. Electrodes may be located proximate the exit slit, for example one in an interior of the plasma head via with gas flows toward the exit slit, and the other exterior to the plasma head and offset from the exit slit. The plasma may include baffle material to enhance a uniformity of flow through and across the exit slit. Plasma heads with having exit slit with different widths may be provided as a kit.
US11696385B2	System for controlling load control parameters over fade times A load controller in a load control system may communicate messages with load control devices for controlling electrical loads. The load controller may receive messages that comprise values for controlling different load control parameters over different overlapping fade times. The load controller may identify a shorter remaining fade time for controlling one of the load control parameters and may determine an updated target value for controlling another load control parameter over the shorter remaining fade time. The load controller may transmit a series of messages within a limited fade time using an updated target value for each message to control an electrical load at a fade rate that during a fade time that is longer than the limited fade time.
US11696383B2	Continuous safety light An illumination system and method of ground and other illuminating that comprises a plurality of sensors that scan/detect the exterior area around the vehicle and at least one controller, the system selectively turning on/off a series of lighting elements placed strategically around the vehicle to allow light to be directed to at least one ground or other surface at the persons at all times or any predetermined time. A controller is provided to activate ground lighting in coordination with sensor signals identifying where an individual or object are located in predetermined proximity to the vehicle.
US11696381B2	Converter for driving a load, a LED driver and a LED lighting apparatus A converter for driving a load has a main switch for controlling, at a switching frequency, the path of current flow through a power inductor and power commutation thereof so as to provide an output. A hysteretic control circuit generates a burst signal for turning on and off the power commutation to implement a burst mode operation with a burst frequency lower than the switching frequency. An adjusting circuit adjusts the upper threshold and/or the lower threshold of the hysteretic control in dependence on the detected burst signal. This burst mode hysteresis controlled converter in this way has the hysteresis adapted in dependence on the load being driven so that load regulation problems are reduced.
US11696380B2	Lighting fixture and lighting system for automatically adjusting color temperature The present invention provides a lighting fixture and lighting system for automatically adjusting a color temperature. The optimal color temperature is obtained by adjusting step by step using the light intensity, the infrared movement signal, the visibility, the human body temperature and the environment temperature. Specifically, the color temperature is compensated for and adjusted by the light sources of at least two light emitting units. In this way, the adjustment range of the color temperature is extended, making it possible to obtain the optimal color temperature.
US11696379B2	Method and apparatus for determining a target light intensity from a phase-control signal A dimmable ballast circuit for a compact fluorescent lamp controls the intensity of a lamp tube in response to a phase-control voltage received from a dimmer switch. The ballast circuit comprises a phase-control-to-DC converter circuit that receives the phase-control voltage, which is characterized by a duty cycle defining a target intensity of the lamp tube, and generates a DC voltage representative of the duty cycle of the phase-control voltage. Changes in the duty cycle of the phase-control voltage that are below a threshold amount are filtered out by the converter circuit, while intentional changes in the duty cycle of the phase-control voltage are reflected in changes in the target intensity level and thereby the intensity level of the lamp tube.
US11696377B2	Flexible display panel and display apparatus including the same A flexible display panel and a display apparatus including the flexible display panel are disclosed. The flexible display panel includes an encapsulated panel, a first protective film on one side of the encapsulated panel, and a second protective film on another side of the encapsulated panel. The encapsulated panel includes a flexible panel and a flexible encapsulation member on the flexible panel. The flexible panel includes a first region on a first plane and that includes a display region, and a second region on a second plane that is bent with respect to the first plane and that includes a non-display region. The flexible encapsulation member encapsulates the display region. The display apparatus also includes a support unit for maintaining a shape of the flexible panel.
US11696371B2	Induction heating assembly for a vapour generating device An induction heating assembly for a vapour generating device includes an induction coil and a low-pass filter positioned adjacent to the induction coil. The low-pass filter is electrically connected to the induction coil to act as a low-pass filter for the induction coil and is shaped to extend substantially across at least one side of the induction coil to provide an electromagnetic shield for the induction coil.
US11696370B2	Household appliance with immersible heater A household appliance is configured to implement an automatic cycle of operation for treating an article. The household appliance includes a treating chamber configured to receive the article for treatment according to the automatic cycle of operation. A sump is fluidly coupled to the treating chamber. A liquid circuit is fluidly coupled to at least one of the treating chamber or the sump. An immersible heater is located within the sump.
US11696369B2	Process of making conformable, low voltage, light weight joule heating elements Disclosed are methods of making low voltage joule heating elements (10, 40, 50) from carbon nanotubes (CNT) (32). In an embodiment, the heating element (10) includes layers (12) of aligned thin film CNTs. In another embodiment, the heating element (40) includes CNTs (32) dispersed in a polymer (34) to form a CNT polymer composite (30). In another embodiment, the heating element (50) includes CNT thread (52) stitched to a fabric (54). Each embodiment further includes a pair of electrodes (20, 22, 42, 44, 56, 58) that are configured to be couple to a source of electricity. Embodiments further include an encapsulating film (24, 46) over at least the heating element. The heating elements (10, 40, 50) produced by the processes disclosed herein are lightweight and highly efficient and suitable for many uses including incorporation into objects such as clothing and footwear.
US11696368B2	Aerosol-generating system and a cartridge for an aerosol-generating system having a two-part liquid storage compartment The cartridge includes a storage compartment configured to contain a liquid, the storage compartment having a first portion and a second portion connected to one another by a liquid channel. The cartridge includes an airflow passage passing between the first portion and the second portion of the storage compartment, and an aerosol-generating element that is fluid permeable and is positioned between the first portion and the second portion of the storage compartment, the aerosol-generating element having a first side and a second side that oppose each other, the first side of the aerosol-generating element forming part of the airflow passage and the second side of the aerosol-generating element being in contact with the liquid from the second portion of the storage compartment.
US11696367B2	Methods and apparatus for HyperSecure last mile communication A variety of techniques for concealing the content of a communication between a client device, such as a cell phone or laptop, and a network or cloud of media nodes are disclosed. Among the techniques are routing data packets in the communication to different gateway nodes in the cloud, sending the packets over different physical media, such as an Ethernet cable or WiFi channel, and disguising the packets by giving them different source addressees. Also disclosed are a technique for muting certain participants in a conference call and a highly secure method of storing data files.
US11696366B2	Wireless data service control over radio bands in a wireless communication network A wireless User Equipment (UE) controls a wireless data service that is received from a wireless communication network over a radio band. In the wireless UE, a radio wirelessly exchanges user data with the communication network over the radio band to receive the wireless data service. The radio wirelessly receives a communication performance metric from the wireless communication network over the radio band. The communication performance metric characterizes the wireless data service received by the wireless UE over the radio band. In the wireless UE, user circuitry translates the communication performance metric into a service instruction for the wireless UE over the radio band. The radio wirelessly transfers the service instruction for the wireless UE to the wireless communication network over the radio band. The wireless communication network modifies the wireless data service for the wireless UE responsive to the service instruction.
US11696365B2	Self-contained, synchronized data communication system nodes as stand-alone pods or embedded in concrete walkways and in walls at public venues including sports and entertainment venues A system supports communications of video and data to hand held devices located within a public venue (e.g., sports stadium). A pod includes at least one of a synchronized server and wireless communications electronics. The pod includes an antennae integrated therein. The pod can be deployed as a communications node within the public venue and provides data including video through a data network from at least one server to hand held wireless devices located in the public venue. The pod can include a rechargeable power source sustaining self-contained operation of the wireless communication electronics. An optional solar cell can provide electrical power to charge the rechargeable power source. A pod can be embedded in the wall or floor surface of said public venue and can be provided in the form of a core hole plug.
US11696363B2	Release of preconfigured uplink resource for small data transmission In one aspect, a method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a preconfigured uplink resource (PUR) configuration message indicating a PUR configuration for small data transmissions. The method also includes determining, by the UE, a PUR configuration release trigger for the PUR configuration. The method further includes receiving, by the UE, a PUR configuration release message configured to release the PUR configuration. In another aspect, a method of wireless communication includes transmitting, by a network entity, a preconfigured uplink resource (PUR) configuration message indicating a PUR configuration for small data transmissions. The method also includes determining, by the network entity, a PUR configuration release trigger for the PUR configuration. The method further includes transmitting, by the network entity, a PUR configuration release message configured to release the PUR configuration. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11696362B2	Disabling WiFi disconnect on internet enabled appliances A method for operating an appliance, the appliance including a user interface and a wireless connection module. The method includes establishing a wireless connection between the appliance and a wireless network via the wireless connection module, determining that the appliance is communicating with a remote server via the wireless connection module in response to establishing the wireless connection, and disabling a disconnect button on the user interface for disconnecting the appliance from the wireless connection in response to determining the communication between the appliance and the remote server.
US11696353B2	Single-radio multi-channel medium access This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to single-radio multi-channel medium access. A device may detect that a primary channel is occupied by a transmission of a first packet by a neighboring station device in an overlapping basic service set (OBSS). The device may detect that a secondary channel is idle. The device may select the secondary channel for packet transmission while the primary channel is occupied by the first packet. The device may cause to send a second packet to a first station device using the secondary channel.
US11696352B2	Methods for limiting interruption in multicarrier ProSe operation A method in a network node (115) is disclosed for managing interruptions to Wide Area Network, WAN, operation of a wireless device (110), wherein the wireless device provides Proximity Services, ProSe, over at least two carriers (305, 310). The method comprises determining (804) a configuration of the wireless device for ProSe operation such that an aggregated interruption to the WAN operation of the wireless device is below an allowed interruption value.
US11696349B2	Micro-navigation for a vehicle A system and method for micro-navigation of a mobile object (1000) is disclosed herein. Micro-navigation provides guidance to destinations that are not normally found on maps or in navigation systems. In one micro-navigation method, data is collected (1501) related to route transit to specific end points that are not typically mapped. The end points are identified (1502) by relating specific geo coordinates, or physical landmark based characteristics, or electronically described and defined end point to a an identification that will be entered and stored in a location database. Guidance (1503) is provided to vehicles traveling to those end points or destinations, with additional information relevant to a route and/or a specific vehicle and configuration updated and made available to the system.
US11696345B2	Asynchronous channel access control of a wireless system This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for asynchronous channel access control of a wireless system. In some aspects, a device may adjust the priority of one or more PPDUs and may perform other operations to ensure control of a wireless medium at certain times while still allowing for other devices to communicate on the wireless medium. For example, the device may adjust a backoff counter or one or more EDCA parameters to ensure obtaining control of the wireless medium to transmit a first PPDU of an application file. For one or more subsequent PPDUs of the application file, the device may again adjust a backoff counter or one or more EDCA parameters to allow other devices to obtain control of the wireless medium in certain scenarios (such as a second device to provide information back to the device or to otherwise transmit using the shared wireless medium).
US11696344B2	Wireless local area network management An access point manages a first wireless local area network (WLAN) in a 6 GHz radio frequency (RF) band and ii) a second WLAN operating in another RF band. The access point generates a physical layer (PHY) data unit to include a management frame having i) first information indicating first network parameters of the first WLAN, and ii) second information indicating second network parameters of the second WLAN. The AP transmits the PHY data unit in the other RF band to provide, to any client stations that are operating in the other RF band and that are also capable of operating in the 6 GHz band: the first information indicating the first network parameters of the first WLAN operating in the 6 GHz RF band to assist the any client stations that are operating in the other RF band with joining the first WLAN operating in the 6 GHz RF band.
US11696343B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting data unit in RRC inactive state by user equipment in wireless communication system A method for performing data transmission by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises steps of receiving a message indicating a change of a Radio resource control (RRC) state from a RRC CONNECTED state to a RRC INACTIVE state, wherein the message includes information related to a configured grant (CG) and a threshold; if a time gap between a current time and an uplink grant occasion associated with the configured grant is larger than or equal to the threshold, triggering a random access (RA) procedure for the data transmission; and performing the data transmission based on the RA procedure in the RRC INACTIVE state, wherein, if the time gap is smaller than the threshold, the data transmission is performed based on the uplink grant occasion associated with the configured grant.
US11696342B2	Probabilistic random access Generating, by a user equipment (UE) of a wireless access network, for a set of contention-based random access occasions of a base station of the network, a random number over an interval. For the generated random number meeting a threshold value within the interval, transmitting, by the UE and to the base station, a random access preamble within one of the random access occasions of the set. For the generated random number not meeting the threshold value, attempting, by the UE, contention-based access to the network within a subsequent set of random access occasions of the base station, the subsequent set of random access occasions occurring after the set of contention-based random access occasions of the base station.
US11696335B2	Random access procedure for CV2X Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable mediums for wireless communication are disclosed by the present disclosure. In an example, a host wireless device may transmit a discovery message to a client wireless device. The client wireless device may transmit a random access channel (RACH) preamble on a first time domain resource to the host wireless device in response to the discovery message. The client wireless device may later transmit a second RACH message to the host device on a second time domain resource after the first time domain resource. The second time domain resource may be defined by a mapping from the first time domain resource. The host device may transmit a third RACH message establishing a communication session between the host wireless device and the client wireless device.
US11696333B2	Beam sweep based random access msg 1 and msg 2 A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided for wireless communication including random access between a base station and a user equipment (UE). The UE transmits at least two first random access messages (Msg 1) to multiple transmission reception points (TRPs) of at least one cell using different resources for the multiple TRPs. The UE monitors for at least two second random access messages (Msg 2) from the multiple TRPs of the at least one cell using different resources for the multiple TRPs.
US11696331B2	Logical channel prioritization and mapping to different numerologies Logical channel prioritization and mapping to different numerologies is disclosed for 5G networks having multiple network slices operable for communication via logical channels associated with different numerologies. For user equipments (UEs) configured to handle multiple numerologies, different rules for mapping logical channels associated with different numerologies may be defined for data and non-data channels. Thus, when new data arrives at a UE for communication via a logical channel associated with a different numerology, the UE checks whether the mapping rules would allow multiplexing of the new numerology data onto an existing data channel. If no data channel has already been allocated or if an allocated data channel may not include data from the new numerology, then a mapping is followed for specifically requesting resources for communication of the new numerology data. The new mapping may trigger scheduling request or random access procedures specifically associated with the new numerology.
US11696328B2	Sidelink-aided radio frequency sensing Example aspects include a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for sidelink-aided radio frequency (RF) sensing at user equipment (UE) of a wireless communication network, comprising receiving a sensing establishment message associated with a sensing session. The aspects further include receiving one or more sensing measurement information obtained by the one or more sidelink UEs corresponding to the sensing session, or a first sensing outcome information corresponding to the sensing session obtained by one of the one or more sidelink UEs based on the one or more sensing measurement information. Additionally, the aspects include transmitting the one or more sensing measurement information obtained by the one or more sidelink UEs corresponding to the sensing session, or a second sensing outcome information corresponding to the sensing session.
US11696326B2	Strategic channel sensing Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may perform, during at least a portion of a sensing window, a sensing process to identify a quantity of resources of a sidelink channel that are available for transmission by the UE during a selection window. The UE may terminate the sensing process before expiry of the sensing window based on the quantity of resources satisfying an early termination threshold. The UE may then transmit, during the selection window, a set of data over the sidelink channel using the quantity of resources.
US11696319B2	Reducing interference in CBRS networks Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for radio resource management in a Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) network include one or more CBRS devices (CBSDs) which can obtain a group type associated with the CBSDs and their associated Radio Environment Map (REM) reports of one or more frequency channels of the CBRS network. The group type and the REM reports may be provided to a Self-Organizing Network (SON) manager of the CBRS network, where the SON manager may determine and provide to the CBSDs, one or more of a channel utilization information, transmission power, or mobility load management information for the CBSD, based on the group type and the REM reports.
US11696316B2	Data transmission method and apparatus and computer storage medium Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for transmitting data in a wireless communication network. A network device sends first configuration signaling to a terminal. The first configuration signaling is used to determine a first resource occupied by first data in a first slot. The network device also sends third configuration signaling to the terminal. The third configuration signaling is used to determine a second resource occupied by second data in the first slot and the third configuration signaling has a different type of configuration signaling from the first configuration signaling. When at least one time domain symbol in the second resource is located in the first resource in the first slot, the network device further determines, based on a preset policy, data transmitted in the first slot.
US11696315B2	Uplink cancellation indication configuration for wireless communications network Wireless communications systems and methods related to configuring a resource cancellation configuration based on an UL cancellation indication are provided. A UE may receive an indication indicating a plurality of resources and receive downlink control information (DCI) from a base station (BS). The DCI may include an uplink (UL) cancellation indication that references the plurality of resources in one or more full-UL slots and one or more full-duplex slots. The UE may determine a resource cancellation configuration based on the UL cancellation indication for the plurality of resources. The resource cancellation configuration may include a set of parameters for at least one of the one or more full-UL slots and the one or more full-duplex slots. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US11696310B2	Method for transmitting and receiving data in wireless communication system, and device therefor The present invention relates to a method and device for operating a terminal in a wireless communication system. According to the present invention, downlink control information is transmitted to a terminal and can include symbol information related to the last symbol of a downlink shared channel. A method and device can be provided wherein a terminal transmits a first demodulation reference signal (DMSR) and at least one second DMRS for demodulating downlink data, and transmits data through the downlink shared channel, and a symbol position to which the at least one second DMRS is mapped is determined according to the symbol information.
US11696305B2	Scheduling uplink transmissions using relay devices Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a relay device may receive, from a first user equipment (UE) on a sidelink channel, a buffer status report. Accordingly, the relay device may receive, from a base station, a grant of an uplink resource based at least in part on determining a priority of data associated with the buffer status report. Additionally, the relay device may transmit, to the base station, the buffer status report based at least in part on receiving the grant of the uplink resource. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11696304B2	Scheduling sidelink resources for multiple unicasts by a single downlink control information message This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for wireless communication. In one aspect of the disclosure, a method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station, a grant message indicating a set of sidelink resources. The method further includes transmitting multiple unicast messages via multiple subgroups of the set of sidelink resources.
US11696303B2	Service transmission method, base station, and terminal A service transmission method, a base station and a terminal are provided. The method includes: a base station sends a switch message of a narrow bandwidth receiving mode to a terminal, indicating the terminal to switch to a designated narrow bandwidth to receive information, wherein a width of the narrow bandwidth is smaller than a width of a system bandwidth; and when a pre-scheduled service needs to be transmitted, the base station schedules the terminal to switch to the system bandwidth or the bandwidth occupied by the pre-scheduled service to receive the pre-scheduled service.
US11696302B2	User terminal A user terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives configuration information of a plurality of control resource sets configured in a partial band in a carrier; and a control section that controls, when the plurality of control resource sets are configured to have different pieces of presence information indicating whether or not a certain field indicating a state of a transmission configuration indicator is present in a specific downlink control information (DCI) format, monitoring of downlink control information of the specific DCI format in a plurality of search spaces respectively associated with the plurality of control resource sets.
US11696296B2	Method and apparatus for determining a user data resource assignment A method and apparatus can determine a user data resource assignment in a wireless network. A control channel candidate can be monitored for a control channel. The control channel candidate can correspond to a CCE parameter that is a function of a first RBG size used for user data resource assignments. The control channel can be decoded. A user data resource assignment can be determined based on the decoded control channel. The user data resource assignment can be based on a second RBG size.
US11696289B2	User equipment and method for activating PUCCH spatial relation A user equipment and a method for activating a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) spatial relation are provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) including a first field and a second field, the first field indicating an identifier (ID) of a specific PUCCH spatial relation to be activated or deactivated, the second field indicating an ID of a specific PUCCH resource; applying the MAC CE to all PUCCH resources in a specific PUCCH group that includes the specific PUCCH resource in a case that the MAC CE is identified by a first LCID; and applying the MAC CE to the specific PUCCH resource in a case that the MAC CE is identified by a second LCID.
US11696287B2	User terminal and radio communication method The present invention is designed so that, when a CP-OFDM waveform is supported in the UL in addition to DFT-spreading OFDM waveform, transmission of UCI can still be controlled adequately. According to the present invention, a user terminal has a transmission section that transmits uplink control information (UCI), and a control section that controls transmission of the UCI based on a waveform of an uplink (UL) data channel or based on indication information provided via higher layer signaling and/or downlink control information (DCI).
US11696286B2	Method and device for managing control information in NR V2X A method for performing wireless communication by a first device and a device for supporting same are provided. The method may include receiving, from a second device, a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) including a first sidelink control information (SCI) for scheduling a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH); receiving, from the second device, the PSSCH including a second SCI; and transmitting, to the second device, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback through a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) in response to the PSSCH based on a format of the second SCI.
US11696270B2	Efficient resource unit allocation signaling in extreme-high-throughput wireless communications An extreme-high-throughput (EHT) physical-layer protocol data unit (PPDU) is signaled between a first station (STA) and a second STA to indicate a resource unit (RU) allocation with respect to multiple users. One or more RU allocated to the first STA or the second STA as indicated in the EHT PPDU can be determined by using a RU allocation table that includes, in addition to entries corresponding to RUs allocatable to a plurality of users, one or more empty RU entries corresponding to one or more of an empty 242-tone RU, an empty 484-tone RU and an empty 996-tone RU.
US11696266B2	Method and communication node for allocating and scheduling criteria for wireless resources using DCI signaling A method and a device in a communication node for wireless communications are disclosed in the present disclosure. The communication node first receives a first signaling; and then receives a first radio signal in K1 slots and receives a second radio signal in K2 slots; the first signaling is used to determine the K1 and the K2; a first TB is used to generate the first radio signal, while a second TB is used to generate the second radio signal, the first TB comprising a positive integer number of bit(s), and the second TB comprising a positive integer number of bit(s); the K1 slots are divided into X1 slot groups, while the K2 slots are divided into X2 slot groups, and positions of the X1 slot groups and the X2 slot groups are interleaved in time domain. The present disclosure can reduce power consumption and improve coverage performance.
US11696260B2	Method and apparatus for user equipment directed radio resource control in a UMTS network A method and apparatus for improved battery performance of user equipment in a wireless network having multiple radio resource control (RRC) states, the method comprising the steps of: monitoring, at the user equipment, application data exchange; determining when no application on the user equipment is expected to exchange data; and initiating, from the user equipment, a transition to a less battery demanding radio resource control state or mode.
US11696256B2	Beam selection for paging Wireless communications for paging are described. A wireless device may use a subset of beams, among a plurality of beams, to communicate with a base station during a connected state. After a connection release, at least one beam of the subset of beams may be used for paging associated with the wireless device.
US11696251B2	Systems and methods for minimizing risk to wireless backup services A device may receive data identifying a quantity of wireless network devices, distance data identifying distances from the wireless network devices to a geographical location, data identifying signal strengths of the wireless network devices, carrier data identifying wireless and wireline carriers for the wireless network devices, or path data identifying wireline paths for the wireless network devices and wireline network devices. The device may assign scores to the quantity, the distance data, the signal strengths, the carrier data, or the path data to generate scores, and may combine the scores to generate a diversity risk score. The device may compare the diversity risk score to a diversity risk threshold scale and may determine whether the diversity risk score satisfies thresholds of the diversity risk threshold scale based on the comparison. The device may perform actions based on whether the diversity risk score satisfies the thresholds.
US11696249B2	Messaging method, system and mobile device A messaging method includes causing a mobile device to be registered in a database by storing identification information associated with the mobile device in the database and storing network connectivity information indicative of whether the mobile device is connected to a wireless network in the database. The method also includes facilitating a message to be communicated to the mobile device from a messaging device remote from the mobile device by causing the identification information and the network connectivity information to be communicated to the messaging device.
US11696248B2	Service layer registration A service layer entity may register to another service layer entity and proactively request to gain access to the local services hosted by the registrar entity. A registrar entity may accept a registree entity's registration request but only grant access of its partial services to the registree entity. If a registree entity does not need to proactively request the services within its registration request message, the registrar entity decides what services may be needed by the registree entity and grants access of those services to the registree entity.
US11696247B2	Clock synchronization and data redundancy for a mesh network of user devices A hub may receive event data captured by a body-worn device and store the event data in a memory of the hub. The event data is then backed up from the hub to a memory of an additional hub communicatively connected to the hub. A copy of event data for a predetermined period of time as included in the event data is then transferred from the memory of the hub to a data store of a network operations center (NOC). In response to the transfer being complete, the hub may delete the event data for the predetermined period of time, send a first command to the additional hub directing the additional hub to delete a backup of the event data for the predetermined period of time, or send a second command to the body-worn device directing the body-worn device to delete the event data for the predetermined period of time.
US11696242B2	Link auto-negotiation between a radio equipment controller (REC) and radio equipment (RE) in an ethernet-based fronthaul network Techniques that provide link auto-negotiation between a radio equipment controller (REC) and a radio equipment (RE) are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes performing, by a proxy master, a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) Layer 1 (L1) link auto-negotiation with a RE to achieve a L1 synchronization between the proxy master and the RE at a link bit rate; communicating the link bit rate from the proxy master to a proxy slave; performing, by the proxy slave, a CPRI L1 link auto-negotiation with a REC to determine whether a L1 synchronization between the proxy slave and the REC is achieved, wherein if the L1 synchronization is achieved, the link bit rate is a common matching link bit rate achieved; and upon the common matching link bit rate being achieved, establishing a CPRI link between the REC and the RE using the common matching link bit rate.
US11696241B2	Techniques for synchronizing based on sidelink synchronization signal prioritization Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a first set of synchronization signals from a first synchronization source and may receive a second set synchronization signals from a second synchronization source, where the UE determines a first priority for the first synchronization source based on a first identification (ID) associated with the first set of synchronization signals and a second priority for the second synchronization source based on a second ID associated with the second set of synchronization signals. Accordingly, the UE may then select the first synchronization source or the second synchronization source based on which synchronization source has a higher priority and communicate with the selected synchronization source (e.g., via sidelink communications).
US11696240B2	Power control in full duplex communication Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications that support power control in full duplex communication are described. In some wireless communications systems, a user equipment (UE) may experience antenna isolation for communication of downlink and uplink data traffic. Based on the antenna isolation, the UE may realize an increased channel capacity for full-duplex communication. As part of the full-duplex communication, the UE may identify characteristics of a potential downlink signal on formatted slots of the channel. The UE may determine an uplink transmit power control configured to account for the characteristics. The determination may include a configured transmit power control for beamformed signaling at the UE, and may be based on signal reception quality for potential downlink transmissions. Based on the determination, the UE may either perform uplink transmission on a resource block allocation of the formatted slots or forgo uplink transmission.
US11696239B1	Reference signal enhancement in a wireless communication network A primary wireless access node wirelessly transmits reference signals at an initial reference signal power level. The primary wireless access node exchanges data with User Equipment (UEs) and exchanges the data with other network elements. The primary wireless access node exchanges signaling with secondary wireless access nodes. The secondary wireless access nodes exchange data between the UEs and the network elements responsive to the signaling. The primary wireless access node determines the amount of the secondary nodes and determines a new reference signal power level based on the amount of the secondary nodes. The primary wireless access node wirelessly transmits subsequent reference signals at the new reference power level.
US11696224B2	PBCH content for NR unlicensed Systems and methods of providing timing information for initial access in an unlicensed band are described. A UE monitors a new radio discovery signal (NRDS-U) window in an unlicensed band for a DRS transmission that is constrained to be transmitted within the NRDS-U window. The UE determines initial access information, including an offset that indicates when the DRS transmission occurs within the NRDS-U window, and engages in initial access dependent on the offset. The offset is from a radio frame or half radio frame boundary or the start of the NRDS-U window. The offset is indicated in three least/most significant bits an SSB index or from an sl-offset field in a MIB of the SSB. When the base station uses a DFS channel, the base station transmits a periodic signal to emulate a radar signal.
US11696219B2	Data transmission method, terminal apparatus, and network apparatus A method for transmitting data, a terminal device and a network device are provided. The method includes: generating, by a network device, indication information, wherein the indication information is used for indicating at least one of the following: a first interface, a type of the first interface, a criterion for determining the type of the first interface, and a criterion for determining the first interface under at least one interface type; and sending, by the network device, the indication information to the terminal device, so that the terminal device enters or remains in an idle state under the first interface according to the indication information.
US11696217B2	Method, network device and terminal device for remaining minimum system information A method, network device and terminal device for providing remaining minimum system information (RMSI) in a wireless network. A method comprises determining whether a SS/PBCH block in the SS burst set configures the RMSI. In response to that the SS/PBCH block configures the RMSI, transmitting one or more repeated RMSI within a first periodicity.
US11696212B2	Beacon and method for setting up and for maintaining a network The invention relates to a method for establishing and maintaining a network having two or more subscribers, based on radio connections between the subscribers in accordance with a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) standard, each subscriber being uniquely characterized by way of a subscriber identifier (node ID). Provision is made in that context that clusters having one subscriber, or several subscribers connected by means of BLE network connections, are formed; that a unique cluster identifier (cluster ID) is allocated to each cluster; that a first subscriber of a first cluster selects a second subscriber, located within range of a BLE connection, from a second cluster that is smaller or of the same size, and causes it to be detached from the second cluster and integrated into the first cluster by way of a BLE network connection to the first subscriber. The invention further relates to a beacon for carrying out the method.
US11696210B2	Multi-hop communication techniques Systems and methods configured for supporting multi-hop communications are described. Embodiments provide unavailable packet signaling by a base station aiding a multi-hop communication link. For example, the base station may transmit a predetermined “unavailable” message (e.g., an explicit and affirmatively transmitted message having predetermined content and/or format transmitted according to the schedule of the failed message) when an uplink data transmission in a multi-hop communication link fails or is otherwise currently unavailable. The unavailable packet signaling may be provided in association with a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) and control channel scheduled retransmission technique, such as for supporting Internet of things (IoT), such as industrial Internet of things (IIoT), traffic. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US11696208B1	Priority data transport service Techniques, devices, and systems for implementing a Priority Data Transport Service (PDTS) are disclosed. The PDTS provides authorized devices and/or authorized users with on-demand, priority data transport (e.g., priority Internet access). For example, the PDTS allows authorized devices and/or authorized users to access the Internet, use mobile applications, and/or send and receive image data, video data, and text data in a prioritized manner, as compared to the regular (non-priority) Internet access that is provided to non-subscribers of the PDTS over commercial telecommunications networks. An authorized user may activate and deactivate the PDTS on demand. For instance, the PDTS may be activated during an emergency or crisis situation when networks may be congested, thereby providing the user with priority data transport (e.g., priority Internet access) in an emergency or crisis situation when a telecommunications network may be overloaded.
US11696203B2	Handoff procedure in a mobile communication system The invention relates to an improved handover procedure for a mobile terminal. Under control of the target base station, the mobile terminal is to perform a handoff to a target base station, wherein it is to be configured for communication with the target base station via a target radio cell comprising a downlink carrier and an uplink carrier. The mobile terminal receives a handoff command message for the handoff to the target base station including a handoff execution condition as trigger for executing handoff to the target base station. Then, the mobile terminal determines, based on the received handoff execution condition, whether or not the mobile terminal is to trigger execution of the handoff to the target base station. In case the mobile terminal determines that it is to trigger execution of the handoff to the target base station, the mobile terminal executes the handoff to the target base station.
US11696199B2	Method and equipment for handover The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method and equipment for handover are provided. The method includes informing, by a source base station, a source core network whether a direct data forwarding path is available, determining, by the source core network, whether to use direct data forwarding or indirect data forwarding, informing, by the source core network, a target core network of information of direct data forwarding, indirect data forwarding or data forwarding being not possible, informing, by the target core network, a target base station of the information of direct data forwarding, indirect data forwarding or data forwarding being not possible, and allocating, by the target base station, tunnel information for data forwarding.
US11696196B2	Handover random access Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. Random access procedures may include various types of procedures, such as 4-step or 2-step random access procedures. One or more indicators may be included in one or more messages for a handover to indicate a type of a random access procedure.
US11696195B2	Techniques for determining a delay for downlink control information based secondary cell activation/deactivation Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive physical-layer control information indicating to activate or deactivate a secondary cell; and activate or deactivate the secondary cell within a time period in accordance with the physical-layer control information, wherein the time period is based at least in part on a set of factors and based at least in part on the secondary cell being activated or deactivated by the physical-layer control information. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11696194B2	Triggered measurement reporting for wireless communications A method is performed by a wireless device in a network. The wireless device detects a triggering event related to a procedure for a handover from a source network node to a target network node in which the wireless device relies on downlink beam selection. The wireless device determines measurement information to include in a message to send to the target network node. The measurement information is obtained by measuring one or more beams according to at least one of a radio link management configuration, a beam management configuration, and a measurement configuration. In response to detecting the triggering event, the determined measurement information in the message is sent to the target network node.
US11696192B2	Measurement reporting method and device An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurement reporting method and device. The method includes: starting a timer according to a measurement configuration of a target cell transmitted by a network side; determining, before the timer expires, that identification information of the target cell cannot be obtained; and reporting, to the network side, that the identification information of the target cell cannot be obtained by the UE.
US11696188B2	Wireless communication service delivery responsive to user equipment (UE) handovers In a wireless communication system, a Session Management Function (SMF) transfers signaling to a User Plane Function (UPF) to deliver a wireless data service to a wireless User Equipment (UE). The UPF exchanges user data with the wireless UE over a source Radio Unit (RU) to deliver the wireless data service. A Radio Resource Control (RRC) detects the RU handover of the wireless UE from the source RU to a target RU and transfers an RU handover notice for the wireless UE the SMF. The SMF transfers new signaling to the UPF to modify the wireless data service for the wireless UE. The UPF exchanges additional user data with the wireless UE over the target RU to deliver the modified wireless data service to the wireless UE.
US11696182B2	Core network node, user equipment and methods in a packet communications network A method performed by a core network node for handling a data service session in a packet communication network is provided. The packet communication network is configured to support fixed access between a User Equipment (UE) and an access network node. The core network node obtains a decision whether a monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below a bandwidth requirement authorized to the UE. The bandwidth over the fixed access is monitored for a data service session between the UE and the Data Network via the fixed access. The core network node obtains a decision of how to handle the data service session based on the decision whether the monitored bandwidth over the fixed access is below the bandwidth requirement.
US11696179B1	Data compression techniques Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for data compression are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes compressing at least a first portion of geo-location information attributed to at least a portion of one or more access points; converting at least a second portion of geo-location information attributed to the at least a portion of the one or more access points to one or more polar coordinates; converting the one or more polar coordinates attributed thereto to at least one position on a data structure configured to have one or more predetermined properties; generating at least one compressed access point geo-location data output comprising the compressed at least first portion of geo-location information and the at least one position on the data structure; and outputting the at least one compressed access point geo-location data output to at least one user device.
US11696178B2	Apparatus and method for reducing overhead of signaling field in physical layer convergence protocol in wireless local area network system A baseband circuit in a transmitting device of a WLAN may include at least one processor configured to generate a PPDU comprising a preamble and a payload. The preamble includes training fields and signaling fields, and the payload includes a data field. A first one of the signaling fields includes a compression mode field indicating whether resource unit (RU) allocation information designated for at least one receiving device is included in a second one of the signaling fields. A binary value of the compression mode field represents whether the RU allocation information is included and size information associated with the RU allocated to the at least one receiving device.
US11696177B2	Resource unit (RU) downsizing This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for soliciting trigger-based (TB) physical layer protocol convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data units (PPDUs). Some implementations more specifically relate to trigger frame and PPDU designs that support RU downsizing. For example, an access point (AP) may transmit a trigger frame soliciting a TB PPDU from a wireless station (STA). In some aspects, the trigger frame may carry RU allocation information indicating the allocated RU or MRU (associated with a wireless medium) and downsizing information indicating whether downsizing of the RU or MRU is permitted. If interference is detected in a portion of the wireless medium, and downsizing is permitted, the STA may transmit the TB PPDU on a downsized RU or MRU. The downsized RU or MRU includes a subset of the tones in the RU or MRU allocated by the trigger frame.
US11696176B2	Mobile assisted enhancements to reduce radio resource control (RRC) signaling Techniques discussed herein can reduce RRC signaling messages, and various aspects can employ one or more of these sets of techniques. A first set of techniques can be employed to reduce RACH (Random Access Channel) requests from an RRC Idle State SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) of a UE in DSDS (Dual SIM Dual Standby) mode. A second set of techniques can be employed to reduce the number of RACH attempts to obtain NotBroadcasted (e.g., On Demand) SI(s) (System Information(s)) by a UE in response to a page message indicating SI modification.
US11696175B2	Base station device, terminal device, communication method, and communication system A base station device includes, a transmitter that transmits first data of a first type and second data of a second type, and a controller that is able to omit, when the transmitter multiplexes the first data and the second data together and transmits the first data and the second data multiplexed together, at least a portion of a segmentation offset or at least a portion of a reserve bit included in an RLC header of the second data.
US11696172B2	Coverage enhancement for dual connectivity In certain aspects, a method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) includes attempting to receive, from a first base station, data via a first communication link, generating a radio link control (RLC) status report indicating a status of the data at the UE, and transmitting, to a second base station, the RLC status report via a second communication link. The UE may be simultaneously connected to the first base station and the second base station using dual connectivity. In one example, the first base station may be configured as a secondary cell group (SCG) and the second base station may be configured as a master cell group (MCG). In one example, the first communication link may be a New Radio (NR) link and the second communication link may be a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) link.
US11696163B2	Channel status information feedback method and apparatus for a distributed antenna mobile communication system Disclosed is a method by a terminal in a mobile communication system including receiving, from a base station, CSI measurement configuration information for a serving cell, measuring a first reference signal for obtaining reference signal received power (RSRP) information based on the first CSI configuration information related to the RSRP for the physical layer signaling, transmitting the RSRP information to the base station through the physical layer signaling, measuring a second reference signal for obtaining CSI, and transmitting the CSI to the base station, the first CSI configuration information including information indicating whether to use group based reporting for the RSRP information, and the first CSI configuration information including information indicating a number of antenna ports for the RSRP information when the group based reporting is not configured for the RSRP information.
US11696159B2	Method, apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium for testing terminals A method for testing terminals includes determining a quantity of terminals to be tested; testing each terminal to be tested in a testing environment and obtaining a quantity of testing results; each testing result includes an actual transmitting power and/or a receiving signal strength; obtaining a first fitting function based on the actual transmitting power, and/or obtaining a second fitting function based on the receiving signal strength; and controlling a target terminal to transmit signals, calculating an actual transmitting power of the target terminal by the first fitting function, and/or controlling the target terminal to receive signals, calculating a receiving signal strength of the target terminal by the second fitting function. A computer apparatus and a non-transitory computer readable medium for testing terminals are also disclosed.
US11696158B2	Network Data Analytics in a communications network A network data analytics function, which may be implemented as a service, is disclosed which provides a new and improved network data analytics capability in 5G core networks.
US11696155B2	Ergodic spectrum management systems and methods Presented are Ergodic Spectrum Management (ESM) systems and methods that take advantage of the presence of statistical consistencies (“ergodicity”) and correlations, such as a wireless network's average dimensional consistencies of probability distributions (in time, space, and frequency) of channel gains, to adaptively learn qualitative and quantitative network/user behavior; estimate or predict network performance; and guide locally implemented radio resource management (RRM) decisions of wireless multi-user transmissions in a manner such as to reduce interference and improve latency; connection stability; efficiency; and overall wireless performance. ESM also enhances end-users' Quality of Experience (QoE) by allowing movement across bands and regions as users/devices roam. A remote-cloud-based resource management implementation of ESM's Learn-ed Resource Managers (LRMs) removes the need for heavy edge-computing close to radio cells.
US11696153B2	Transfer learning of network traffic prediction model among cellular base stations Transfer learning based on prediction determines a similarity between a source base station and a target base station. Importance of parameters is determined and training is adjusted to respect the importance of parameters. A lack of historical data is compensated by selecting a base station as source base station which has a larger amount of historical data.
US11696150B2	Network planning based on crowd-sourced access point data for 5G or other next generation network Network planning based on collected crowd-sourced access point quality and selection data can optimize access point frequency and/or bandwidth selection. A cloud-based application can be utilized in conjunction with a mobile device to build a database of access point quality and thresholds suitable for real-time and other jitter-sensitive services. The mobile device jitter measurements and selection thresholds can be collected at a cloud platform, which creates an access point performance and selection threshold profile from which the network can facilitate access point frequency and/or bandwidth selections.
US11696146B1	Systems and methods for wireless coexistence of OFDM technologies A cross-scheduling resource allocation method for NOMA-based DSS is provided for a first wireless technology carrier and a different second wireless technology carrier co-existing on a same network communication channel. The method includes providing a resource subframe the first carrier within the channel at a specified bandwidth and duration, synchronizing the second wireless carrier to the specified duration within the specified bandwidth, allocating first PRBs within a first portion of the specified bandwidth for the first technology user traffic and second PRBs within a second non-overlapping portion of the specified bandwidth for the second technology user traffic, programming a frequency gap between the first PRBs and the second PRBs, obtaining channel information regarding the target communication channel, and dynamically adjusting the programmed frequency gap based on the obtained channel information.
US11696145B2	Registered and unregistered operation for shared band wireless nodes within wireless networks According to an example embodiment, a method may include sending, by a wireless node to a spectrum access controller, a request, including information indicating at least a location of the wireless node; receiving, by the wireless node from the spectrum access controller, information indicating at least one restricted channel for the wireless node and indicating at least one unrestricted channel for the wireless node within a shared frequency band; wherein the wireless node is prohibited from transmitting signals via the at least one restricted channel if the wireless node is in an unregistered state with respect to the spectrum access controller; and wherein the wireless node is permitted to transmit signals via the at least one unrestricted channel regardless whether the wireless node is in the registered state or the unregistered state with respect to the spectrum access controller.
US11696143B2	Method and device in communication node for wireless communication The disclosure discloses a method and device in a communication node for wireless communication. The communication node receives first information, and performs Q energy detections respectively in Q time sub-pools within a first sub-band, and if energy detected by each energy detection of the Q energy detections is lower than a first threshold, starts to transmit a first radio signal at a first time-instant; the first information is used to determine K candidate time-instant subsets; a target time-instant subset is one of the K candidate time-instant subsets, the first time-instant belongs to the target time-instant subset; a frequency-domain bandwidth of the first sub-band is used to determine the target time-instant subset out of the K candidate time-instant subsets, and frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal belong to the first sub-band. The disclosure can improve access fairness.
US11696142B2	Method and apparatus for resource mapping of PDSCH on unlicensed spectrum A method and apparatus in a wireless communication system supporting shared spectrum channel access is provided. The method and apparatus comprises: receiving a set of downlink channels supporting the shared spectrum channel access; identifying, a window for SS/PBCH block transmission, a bitmap for SS/PBCH blocks (ssb-PositionsInBurst), and a parameter for QCL assumption Q; determining, based on the identified window for the SS/PBCH block transmission, the identified bitmap for the ssb-PositionsInBurst, and the identified parameter for the QCL assumption Q, a SS/PBCH block as one of: a first set of SS/PBCH blocks assumed to be transmitted by the BS, or a second set of SS/PBCH blocks not transmitted by the BS; determining a set of resources that is not available for at least one PDSCH as overlapped with the first set of SS/PBCH blocks; and receiving the at least one PDSCH based on resource other than the determined set of resources.
US11696140B1	Authentication based on user interaction with images or objects An authentication system includes an authenticator that receives an authentication request from a device and receives sensor data from one or more sensors, the sensor data being indicative of interaction with one or more real world objects or with a displayed authentication image. The authenticator determines that the sensor data is indicative of an authorized interaction with the one or more real world objects or with the displayed authentication image and, in response to the determination, grants the authentication request.
US11696138B2	Security appliance for protecting power-saving wireless devices against attack Described systems and methods allow protecting multiple wireless Internet-of-things (IoT) devices against impersonation attacks. In some embodiments, a security appliance detects an availability notification (e.g., a Bluetooth® Low Energy advertisement) emitted as part of a protocol of establishing a wireless connection between two devices. The security appliance may then determine whether the detected notification fits a baseline notification pattern of the apparent sender. When no, the security appliance may attack the sender device by replying to the respective availability notification and initiating a handshake.
US11696136B2	Method and system for relay attack prevention incorporating motion A method and system for detecting if a relay is present in a PEPS system for a vehicle is provided by (a) determining whether movement of an authentication device was detected within a predefined time period after the authentication device enters a PEPS entry operational region; and (b) determining if the authentication device was stationary for a predetermined time period during a PEPS entry triggering event.
US11696135B2	Malicious anchor node detection and target node localization method based on recovery of sparse terms A malicious anchor node detection and target node localization method based on recovery of sparse terms, includes: S1: establishing an unknown disturbance term by using ranging value attack terms from an attacker to nodes in a wireless sensor network, and introducing a to-be-estimated location of a target node to the unknown disturbance term, to obtain an unknown sparse vector; S2: converting a problem of malicious anchor node detection and target node localization into a problem of recovery of the unknown sparse vector; S3: determining a location of an initial node according to a recursive weighted linear least square method, and recovering and reconstructing the unknown sparse vector with sparsity; and S4: determining a malicious anchor node determination range by approximating a threshold using a recovered value of the unknown sparse vector, to implement malicious anchor node detection, and recovering and determining location information of the target node.
US11696134B2	Secure path discovery in a mesh network A method for secure path discovery in a mesh network at a destination device is disclosed. The method includes receiving a path discovery request from an originator device and selecting a path selection in response to the path discovery request. The method also includes transmitting the path selection to the originator device and receiving a random seed from a provisioner device. The method also includes generating an authentication code based on the random seed, transmitting an authentication code message to an originator device and receiving communications from the originator device only if the originator device receives a verification response message from the provisioner device which confirms that the destination device has been verified.
US11696131B2	Methods and apparatus for processing data packets originated from a mobile computing device to destinations at a wireless network node Methods and apparatus for processing data packets originated from a mobile computing device to destinations at a wireless network node. The wireless network node receives an access request from the mobile computing device for the data packet transmission to the destinations and determines an identifier of the mobile computing device. The wireless network node then determines whether the identifier is in a wireless network node database. When the identifier is not in the wireless network node database, the wireless network node suspends to process data packets received from the mobile computing device and communicates with a server to determine whether status of the mobile computing device in a server database is the first state.
US11696130B2	Mobile phone authentication method using implicit authentication Provided is a mobile phone authentication method using implicit authentication, the method including the steps of: by a server, receiving behavior data and environment information data from a user terminal when a user checks an authentication number for authentication of a mobile phone user; by the server, detecting a start point of a behavior of the user for checking the authentication number by performing peak detection in the received behavior data, and storing behavior data from the detected start point; and by the server, extracting feature data from the received environment information data and learning the extracted feature data to build a learning model.
US11696120B2	Terminal device, base station device, communication method, and storage medium To greatly improve transmission efficiency of an entire system by improving reliability while ensuring low delay with respect to notification of response information in a communication system in which a base station device and a terminal device communicate with each other.A terminal device that communicates with a base station device, the terminal device including: a reception unit that receives a data channel including one or more pieces of data; and a transmission unit that transmits response information to the data on the basis of a parameter regarding reliability of the data.
US11696118B2	System and methods for network control of 5G operation mode Systems and methods provide for network-based selection of a UE device's 5G operation mode. A network device in a wireless core network receives a policy query for a user equipment (UE) device. The UE device is capable of 5G non-standalone (NSA) and 5G standalone (SA) operation modes. The network device identifies one or more of subscription data for the UE device, stored network data associated with the UE device, or dynamic network data relevant to the UE device. The network device assigns, based on the identifying, a radio access technology/frequency selection and prioritization (RFSP) value for the UE device. The network device sends the RFSP value to an access management function in the wireless core network for controlling selection of the 5G NSA operation mode or 5G SA operation mode.
US11696116B2	Discovering an embedded subscriber identification module root discovery service endpoint A method includes receiving a request to provision an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) profile to an eSIM-enabled device. The request includes a proxy eSIM identifier (EID) prefix. The eSIM profile is associated with a service provider of a mobile communication service a user of the device subscribes to. The method also includes determining whether the proxy EID prefix includes an address of a target discovery server the device is configured to connect to, and when the proxy EID prefix includes the address the method includes extracting the address of the target discovery server from the proxy EID prefix. Using the extracted address of the target discovery server, the method also includes registering a discovery event with the target discovery server indicating that the service provider has reserved the eSIM profile to the proxy EID or an actual EID assigned to the device.
US11696109B2	Interference reduction using signal quality Techniques are described for interference reductions using, e.g., a Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) or packet error rate threshold. User Equipment that implements these techniques may reduce interference among personal area network enabled devices, for example, with the added benefit of reducing power consumption by reduced radio frequency transmissions. By reducing interference, the performance of personal area network devices may be improved.
US11696106B2	Configuration of fixed tracking areas and fixed cells for a 5G satellite rat User equipment (UE) access to a non-terrestrial network (NTN) via a satellite to a Fifth Generation (5G) public land mobile network (PLMN) is supported using fixed tracking areas (TAs) and fixed cells. The fixed TAs and fixed cells are defined in the NTN independently of NTN radio cells. Network elements in the NTN are provided with configuration information for the fixed TAs and fixed cells from a server (e.g., an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) server). The configuration information includes location related information for the fixed TAs and fixed cells, which may not be standardized. The network entities perform one or more services for the UE based on the location related information for the fixed TAs and fixed cells, such as determining a fixed TA or fixed serving cell for a UE, locating the UE, routing emergency calls, and supporting wireless emergency alerting (WEA).
US11696096B2	Control method and relay device for multicasting data A controller, which is a communication device, includes: a transfer unit including a function of transferring data received from a first terminal to another communication device via wireless communication; and a determination unit configured to determine whether first information is included in the data received by the transfer unit, the first information indicating that the data is to be multicast. The transfer unit is further configured to multicast the data to a second terminal when the determination unit determines that the first information is included in the data, the second terminal and the first terminal being different terminals.
US11696093B2	Multi-object positioning using mixture density networks Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for object positioning using mixture density networks, comprising: receiving radio frequency (RF) signal data collected in a physical space; generating a feature vector encoding the RF signal data by processing the RF signal data using a first neural network; processing the feature vector using a first mixture model to generate a first encoding tensor indicating a set of moving objects in the physical space, a first location tensor indicating a location of each of the moving objects in the physical space, and a first uncertainty tensor indicating uncertainty of the locations of each of the moving objects in the physical space; and outputting at least one location from the first location tensor.
US11696092B2	Multi-wireless device location determination Disclosed are embodiments that determine a location of a first wireless device based on estimates of two other wireless devices. Each of the other wireless devices is assigned or defines its own plurality of regions. Each wireless device estimates a location of the first wireless device with respect to its assigned or defined plurality of regions. One of the estimates is then translated to the other device's plurality of regions. The two estimates are then combined to estimate the location of the first wireless device.
US11696091B2	Systems and methods for device localization Systems and methods for localizing portable devices are illustrated. One embodiment includes a method for locating a portable device in a network that includes several reference devices. The method measures characteristics of signals transmitted via signal paths between reference devices and a portable device, normalizes the measurements to estimate characteristics of the signal paths, and estimates the likelihood that the portable device is in a particular location. Systems and methods for training prediction models include a method that includes steps for receiving context data for a portable device in a system, wherein the context data includes localization data that describes a location of the portable device, identifying a predicted stationary device based on the context data using a prediction model, identifying a target stationary device from the several stationary devices, training the prediction model based on based on the predicted stationary device and the received input.
US11696090B2	Location-based curbside delivery This specification generally relates to a method and system for providing curbside pickup. In one example method, an order to be fulfilled via curbside delivery is received at a merchant, where the order is associated with a first entity. The merchant receives a notification of arrival of the first entity to or within a pre-determined area associated with the merchant, where the notification includes location information associated with the first entity. The merchant can then generate a set of directions for a second entity to travel to reach the first entity based on the location information associated with the first entity, and can present the generated set of directions to the second entity for completing the curbside delivery. The merchant can then receive a confirmation of the delivery after interactions between the second entity and the first entity at the first entity's location.
US11696088B1	Method and apparatus to generate a six dimensional audio dataset This patent teaches a method and apparatus of an enhanced reading experience. This enables books to be brought to life by enhancing the reading experience by delivering sounds and visual effects at a precise timing based on eye tracking technology during the reading experience.
US11696082B2	Insert molded or over molded insulating layers on enclosures for microphone assemblies A microphone assembly comprises a substrate. An acoustic transducer is disposed on the substrate and configured to generate an electrical signal responsive to an acoustic signal. An integrated circuit is disposed on the substrate and electrically coupled to the acoustic transducer. An enclosure is disposed on the substrate, and comprises a main body, and a sidewall projecting axially from outer edges of the main body towards the substrate and contacting the substrate such that an internal volume is defined between the enclosure and the substrate. An insulating layer is insert molded on an inner surface of the enclosure, or over molded on an outer surface of the enclosure such that the insulating layer is not disposed on a portion of the sidewall proximate to the substrate.
US11696079B2	Hearing device comprising a recurrent neural network and a method of processing an audio signal A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid or a headset, configured to be worn by a comprises an input unit for providing at least one electric input signal in a time-frequency representation; and a signal processor comprising a target signal estimator for providing an estimate of the target signal; a noise estimator for providing an estimate of the noise; and a gain estimator for providing respective gain values in dependence of said target signal estimate and said noise estimate. The gain estimator comprises a trained neural network, wherein the outputs of the neural network comprise real or complex valued gains, or separate real valued gains and real valued phases. The signal processor is configured—at a given time instance t—to calculate changes Δx(i,t)=x(i,t)−{circumflex over (x)}(i,t−1), and Δh(j,t−1)=h(j,t−1)−ĥ(j,t−2) to an input vector x(t) and to the hidden state vector h(t−1), respectively, from one time instance, t−1, to the next, t, and where {circumflex over (x)}(i,t−1) and ĥ(j,t−2) are estimated values of x(i,t−1) and h(j,t−2), respectively, where indices i, j refers to the ith input neuron and the jth neuron of the hidden state, respectively, where 1≤i≤Nch,x and 1≤j≤Nch,oh, wherein Nch,x and Nch,oh is the number of processing channels of the input vector x and the hidden state vector h, respectively, and wherein the signal processor is further configured to provide that the number of updated channels among said Nch,x and said Nch,oh processing channels of the modified gated recurrent unit for said input vector x(t) and said hidden state vector h(t−1), respectively, at said given time instance t is limited to a number of peak values Np,x, and Np,oh, respectively, where Np,x is smaller than Nch,x, and Np,oh, is smaller than Nch,oh.
US11696077B2	Speaker device The present disclosure provides speaker device. The speaker device includes frame, vibration unit and magnetic circuit unit, where vibration unit includes diaphragm, voice coil and holder; holder includes holder body and first connecting portion; voice coil includes pair of first sides and pair of second sides; first side is provided with elastic support member fixed to frame and fixed to first connecting portion; elastic support member and first side enclose an accommodating space; magnetic circuit unit includes main magnetic body and an auxiliary magnetic body; auxiliary magnetic body includes first magnetic portion that is respectively spaced apart from first side and located in accommodating space; elastic support member include an auxiliary diaphragm; auxiliary diaphragm is provided with an avoiding groove. The present disclosure can increase volume of magnetic circuit unit to increase BL value, and can effectively reduce weight of vibration unit to improve sensitivity.
US11696076B2	Content output device, audio system, and content output method A content output device includes at least one processor and at least one communicator. The at least one communicator is configured to output a plurality of channels from the at least one processor to a plurality of audio devices signals. When the number of audio devices increases and at least one additional channel is available to be reproduced, the assigning task assigns the at least one additional channel to the increased number of audio devices and the outputting task outputs the at least one additional channel in accordance with the changed assignment of the plurality of channels.
US11696072B2	Method and circuit for operating electro-acoustic transducers for reception and transmission using ring-down parameters An electro-acoustical transducer such as a Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers is coupled with an adjustable load circuit having a set of adjustable load parameters including resistance and inductance parameters. Starting from at least one resonance frequency or at least one ring-down parameter of the electro-acoustical transducer a set of model parameters is calculated for a Butterworth-Van Dyke (BVD) model of the electro-acoustical transducer. The BVD model includes an equivalent circuit network having a constant capacitance coupled to a RLC branch and the adjustable load circuit is coupled with the electro-acoustical transducer at an input port of the equivalent circuit network of the model of the electro-acoustical transducer. The adjustable load parameters are adjusted as a function of the set of model parameters calculated for the BVD model of the electro-acoustic transducer to increase the bandwidth or the sensitivity of the electro-acoustic transducer.
US11696065B2	Adaptive active noise cancellation based on movement A speaker system includes a speaker, a processor, and an active noise cancellation (ANC) circuit communicatively coupled with the processor. The ANC is configured to apply ANC on audio signals from outside the speaker system to generate a modified audio signal stream through the speaker. The application of ANC is to include generation of ANC signals to interfere with at least part of the audio signals from outside the speaker system in the modified audio signal stream. The processor is configured to determine of low-frequency energy at the speaker system, the low-frequency energy below a threshold frequency. The ANC circuit is configured to, based on the determination of low-frequency energy at the speaker system, perform a corrective action on application of ANC to the audio signals from outside the speaker system.
US11696062B2	Magnetic connector and sensor for detecting a presence of a function A system for detecting a presence of a feature or function of an output device used with an electronic device. The system includes a connector associated with the output device, the connector having a magnetic region comprising one or more magnetized members to provide a magnetic field. The system further includes a magnetic sensor associated with the electronic device, the magnetic sensor being positioned proximate a connection port of the electronic device, the connection port being configured to receive the connector to enable the magnetic sensor to detect a presence of the magnetic field and to determine the feature or function of the output device. The system further includes control logic associated with the magnetic sensor, the control logic controlling the electronic device based on the presence of the magnetic field and according to the determined feature or function of the output device.
US11696059B2	Two-way receiver having front bass duct A two-way receiver includes a cylindrical frame, a yoke dividing an internal space of the frame and including a cylindrical portion, a first flange portion formed at an outer periphery of the cylindrical portion, a connection wall bent downward from the first flange portion, a second flange portion formed at an outer periphery of the connection wall, and a communication hole formed by deleting a portion of the connection wall and second flange portion. A first speaker unit is installed above the yoke, and a second speaker unit below the yoke. A protector coupled to a lower portion of the frame protects the second speaker. A bass duct formed on an outer periphery of the first speaker unit has a sound emission hole for emitting a sound of the first speaker unit emitted to the communication hole of the yoke to a position spaced apart from the communication hole.
US11696056B2	Optical transmission system and optical transmission method [Problem] whether optical input interruption detected by an OXC device is due to an external failure from an upstream side or an internal failure of the OXC device in a transponder device connected to the OXC device using an optical transmission line, and this determination is implemented at low cost.[Solution] An optical transmission system (10A) is configured by connecting a plurality of OXC devices (14A) using optical fibers (16) between transponder devices (15A1) that relay optical signals transmitted to/from terminals (19a, 19b). The OXC device (14A) includes an OSC part (4d1) and a monitoring control part (4e1). The OSC part (4d1) outputs wavelength information on an optical signal in which optical input interruption has occurred and path information on a path of an optical fiber (16) in which the optical input interruption has occurred, at the time of detecting the optical input interruption from the optical fiber (16). In accordance with the wavelength information and the path information that have been output as above, the OXC device (14A) includes an AIS generation part (4j) that generates an AIS signal including both pieces of information on the wavelength and the path of the optical signal relating to the optical input interruption and alarm information relating to both the pieces of information.
US11696052B2	Signal processing device and method, and program The present technology relates to a signal processing device and method, and a program that enable easier and more accurate failure detection. The signal processing device includes: an addition unit that adds test data for failure detection to valid data on which predetermined processing is to be performed, two or more samples processed in parallel in different paths having a same sample value in the test data; and a signal processing unit that performs the predetermined processing on the valid data and the test data that has been added to the valid data by a plurality of the paths. The present technology can be applied to in-car cameras.
US11696051B2	Imaging device In an imaging device, a first digital signal corresponding to a first analog signal read out from a pixel, and a second digital signal corresponding to the amount of charge accumulated during a first exposure period following a period for reading the first analog signal. A difference is acquired between a first difference and a second difference wherein the first difference is a difference between a third digital signal and the second digital signal, the third digital signal is a digital signal corresponding to the amount of charge cumulatively accumulated during the first exposure period and a following second exposure period, and the second difference is a difference between the second digital signal and the first digital signal. At least one of the first exposure period or the second exposure period includes a period during which the first light source is in the on-state.
US11696050B2	Imaging apparatus, method for controlling imaging apparatus, and storage medium An apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire distance information that indicates a distance to a subject on each predetermined region in a captured image, a control unit configured to adjust a focus position, and a storage unit configured to store first distance information acquired by the acquisition unit in response to the adjusted focus position. The control unit readjusts the focus position based on the first distance information and second distance information acquired by the acquisition unit.
US11696048B1	Pixel arrangement and method for operating a pixel arrangement A pixel arrangement comprises a photodiode, a circuit node, a transfer transistor coupled to the photodiode and to the circuit node, an amplifier with an input coupled to the circuit node, a first and a second capacitor, a first transistor coupled to an output of the amplifier and to the first capacitor, a second transistor coupled to the first transistor and to the second capacitor, and a coupling transistor coupled to the circuit node and to the second capacitor.
US11696041B2	Image sensor, control method, camera component and mobile terminal with raised event adaptability and phase detection auto focus An image sensor includes a two-dimensional pixel array and a lens array. The two-dimensional pixel array comprises a plurality of pixels. Some of the pixels includes two sub-pixels. A rectangular coordinate is established by taking the pixel as an origin, a length direction of the two-dimensional pixel array as an x-axis, and a width direction of the two-dimensional pixel array as a y-axis. The two sub-pixels lie in both a positive half axis and a negative half axis of the x-axis and lies in both a positive half axis and a negative half axis of the y-axis. The lens array comprises a plurality of lenses, each covering one of the pixels.
US11696035B2	Image data encoding/decoding method and apparatus A method for decoding a 360-degree image includes: receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding a 360-degree image; generating a prediction image by making reference to syntax information obtained from the received bitstream; combining the generated prediction image with a residual image obtained by dequantizing and inverse-transforming the bitstream, so as to obtain a decoded image; and reconstructing the decoded image into a 360-degree image according to a projection format. Here, generating the prediction image includes: checking, from the syntax information, prediction mode accuracy for a current block to be decoded; determining whether the checked prediction mode accuracy corresponds to most probable mode (MPM) information obtained from the syntax information; and when the checked prediction mode accuracy does not correspond to the MPM information, reconfiguring the MPM information according to the prediction mode accuracy for the current block.
US11696033B2	Imaging apparatus and imaging method An imaging apparatus and an imaging method that further facilitate recording of a video within an extraction range while moving the extraction range within an angle of view are provided.An imaging apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes an image sensor that captures a reference video which is a motion picture, a housing that accommodates the image sensor, a detection portion for detecting a motion of the housing, and a processor. The processor is configured to execute setting processing of setting an extraction range smaller than an angle of view within the angle of view in a case of capturing the reference video, extraction processing of extracting an extraction video within the extraction range from the reference video, movement processing of moving the extraction range within the angle of view over time in accordance with the motion detected by the detection portion, and recording processing of recording the extraction video during movement of the extraction range in the movement processing on a recording medium.
US11696031B1	Drive mechanism, camera device and portable electric device A drive mechanism, a camera device and a portable electric device are provided. The drive mechanism includes an auto-focusing mechanism and a stabilization mechanism. The auto-focusing mechanism receive and drive the lens along an optical axis of the lens. The auto-focusing mechanism includes a stator and a mover. The mover includes a holder for installing the lens. A groove is formed at a surface of the holder facing the stator. An inner side of the groove is coated with a vibration damping gel. The stator is provided with a claw member extending into the groove to cooperate with the vibration damping gel. The stator is further provided with a through-hole opposite to the groove to expose the groove. After assembling is completed, an amount of the vibration damping gel can be adjusted through the groove, thereby suppressing vibration of the auto-focusing mechanism and improving the vibration damping effect.
US11696030B2	Vibration type actuator control apparatus, vibration type driving apparatus having the same, interchangeable lens, imaging apparatus, and automatic stage A vibration type actuator control apparatus, which uses a vibration from a vibrator to move a contact member, includes a control unit and a drive unit. The control unit includes first and second learned models, each having a neural network, and outputs control amounts for the drive unit to move the contact member. When a contact member moving target velocity is input, the first learned model outputs a first control amount as one of the control amounts. When a positional deviation is input, the second learned model outputs a second control amount as one of the control amounts. The drive unit moves the contact member using a value based on the first and second control amounts. The positional deviation is in association with a difference between a target position for moving the contact member and a detected position detected when the contact member is moved relative to the vibrator.
US11696028B2	Blur correction device, interchangeable lens and image-capturing device A blur correction device includes a blur correction element that is movable to correct blurring of a subject image formed via an image-capturing optical system, a motion sensor that detects a motion of a device equipped with the blur correction device, an input unit to which information indicating a position on an image sensor that captures the subject image is input, and a drive unit that moves the blur correction element based on the position and the motion. In a case where the position is different, the direction of the blur correction element moved based on the motion is different.
US11696026B2	Control apparatus and method, and storage medium A control apparatus includes a first acquiring unit configured to acquire a hyperfocal length of a lens apparatus that is attachable to, detachable from, and communicable with an image pickup apparatus, using information acquired by communication between the lens apparatus and the image pickup apparatus, and a second acquiring unit configured to acquire a position of a focus lens in the lens apparatus according to the hyperfocal length.
US11696023B2	Synchronized media capturing for an interactive scene There are provided systems and methods for synchronized media capturing for an interactive scene. A user at a venue may watch an event unfold at the venue. The venue may include wireless beacons established throughout the venue. The wireless beacons may be configured to establish short range wireless communications with the user's device. Once a connection is established, the wireless beacons may instruct the user's device to capture media of an instance during the event. The wireless beacons may similar instruct other user's devices to capture media of the instance at the same time, thereby synchronizing media capturing of a particular instance during the event. The user may review the media and select to delete the media or upload the media to a media sharing service. The server may further process the media into an interactive scene.
US11696021B2	Video recording device and camera function control program A video recording device includes: a first imaging unit (in camera) arranged on a same face as that of a display unit of a casing of the device; a second imaging unit (out camera) arranged on a face different from that of the display unit of the casing of the device; and an audio input unit that inputs a command voice giving an instruction for recording a video signal. A control unit sets a delay time until start of a recording process performed by the recording unit after input of the command voice to be different in accordance with the enabled imaging unit and sets a delay time of a case where the first imaging unit is enabled to be longer than a delay time of a case where the second imaging unit is enabled.
US11696018B2	Method for displaying image in photographing scenario and electronic device Disclosed herein is a method for generating an image using an electronic device having a color camera, comprising: activating the color camera and a camera application on the electronic device; displaying, through the camera application, a preview image generated by the color camera; determining, automatically, whether the preview image includes an image of a first object; displaying, through the camera application in response to a determination that the preview image includes the image of the first object, a first image generated by the color camera, the first image including a color region corresponding to the first object and a grayscale region corresponding to objects that are not the first object; and displaying, through the camera application in response to a determine that the preview image does not include any image of the first object, a second image generated by the color camera, the second image is a grayscale image.
US11696017B2	User interface for managing audible descriptions for visual media The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces and techniques for managing audible descriptions for visual media. In some embodiments, the user interfaces and techniques provide different audible descriptions for a portion of a representation of the media, where one audible description is provided before the portion of the representation of the media has been changed and the different audible description is provided after the portion of the representation of media has been changed.
US11696016B2	Imaging apparatus and display control method thereof An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.
US11696015B2	Camera, setting method of camera, and setting program of camera Provided are a camera capable of preventing an erroneous operation with a compact configuration and has high operability, a setting method of the camera, and a setting program of the camera. A change in a setting value by the operation dial is switched between valid and invalid, and an operation by the operation dial becomes possible only in a case where the change in the setting value is valid. A setting value of an item to be set by the operation dial is displayed on a dial display provided on the operation dial.
US11696012B2	Privacy protected image and obscuration system Systems and methods are disclosed and an example system includes a digital image receiver for receiving a digital image, and an automatic obscuration processor coupled to the image receiver and configured to determine whether the digital image includes a region that classifies as an image of a category of object and, upon a positive determination, to obscure the region and output a corresponding obscured-region digital image.
US11696011B2	Predictive field-of-view (FOV) and cueing to enforce data capture and transmission compliance in real and near real time video To prevent the capture and transmission of excluded data, the current pose and motion of a video camera are used to predict a pose and predicted FOV for the video camera over one or more future frames. The predicted pose and predicted FOV are used to generate cues to enforce an alignment condition to an allowed object or to prevent capture of a disallowed object. If the cues fail, an interrupt is generated to prevent capture of disallowed objects in the video signal and perhaps to deactivate the video camera. The predicted FOV prevents excluded data from entering the video signal and reaching circuitry or being processed downstream of the video camera. This can be implemented in real or near real time.
US11696007B2	Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus, having an imaging element has top, bottom, front, and rear sides, includes exterior members, a control circuit on a control circuit board to control the imaging apparatus, a display panel on the rear side as one of the exterior members, and a heat release fan. The control circuit board and the display panel are arranged sequentially in a direction of an optical axis from the front side to the rear side. A duct having a vent formed on the duct rear side as one of the exterior members extends from the rear side to the front side and from the top side to the bottom side and connects to a bottom side vent formed on the bottom side as one of the exterior members. The heat release fan is inside the duct near the bottom side below the control circuit board as one of the exterior members.
US11696005B2	Imaging apparatus, and moving object An imaging apparatus is mounted on a moving object and configured to capture an image while moving along a moving direction of the moving object. The imaging apparatus includes a sensor unit including a sensor substrate on which an image sensor is mounted, and a main unit including a main substrate on which an electronic component configured to process an output signal from the sensor substrate is mounted. The imaging apparatus further includes a heat dissipation fin configured to dissipate heat generated in at least one of the sensor unit and the main unit. The heat dissipation fin is provided in a direction substantially parallel to the moving direction.
US11696001B2	Enhanced immersive digital media This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to immersive digital media. A method may include receiving, at a first device, first volumetric data, and second volumetric data including a first volumetric time slice of a first volumetric media stream. The method may include determining that the first volumetric time slice includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion representing a first object and including an amount of the second volumetric data. The method may include determining that the first volumetric data represents the first object. The method may include generating a second volumetric time slice including the first volumetric data and the second portion of the first volumetric time slice, and generating a second volumetric media stream including the second volumetric time slice. The method may include sending the second volumetric media for presentation at a third device.
US11695999B2	Systems and methods for determining delay of a plurality of media streams A system and method are provided for determining delay of a plurality of media streams. The system and method involve generating, at a source processor, a series of source time packets; transmitting, at the source processor, through a network, the series of source time packets as a source packet stream; generating, at a destination processor, a series of destination time packets; receiving, at the destination processor, through the network, the source packet stream; determining, at the destination processor, a transmission time for the source packet stream based on the source time data and the destination time data; and determining, at the destination processor, a relative synchronization error based on the source signature data and the destination signature data. Each source time packet includes source time data and source signature data. Each destination time packet includes destination time data and destination signature data.
US11695997B2	Swivel search system A method and apparatus for performing an integrated search is provided. An interface is provided that allows users to search and select any data related to a searchable term. Searchable terms may comprise titles of content, actors, and tags. Upon receiving results from the initial search, the user progresses through the initial search by selecting a result from the initial search and conducting a further search of that selection. The search may progress through many layers of searching in order to find information useful to the user and the user may perform actions based upon results of the search. The search implements a display with two columns, the first column displaying selectable data, and the second column displaying results to the selected data. The search is further customizable based upon a privacy level selected by the user.
US11695991B2	Power aware adaptation for video streaming Power aware adaptation for a power aware video streaming system may be based on the complexity information conveyed in different ways. A complexity level of a data stream, such as a video data stream, may be selected as a function of a remaining battery power of a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and on a state set of a plurality of state sets that may be stored and/or managed by the WTRU. These state sets may correspond to, for example, different content sources and/or different complexity estimation algorithms and may be used to select the complexity level of the data stream. The data stream may then be received at the selected complexity level. The complexity level and/or a bitrate of the data stream may be adapted to accommodate, for example, the remaining battery power and/or other circumstances. The adaptation may be customized according to the objectives of use cases.
US11695986B2	Pre-fetching of information to facilitate channel switching Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, for a selected channel, a first video; processing the first video for rendering on a display being viewed by a user; selecting from among a plurality of channels a subset of channels for which to pre-fetch data, the selecting being according to predictions that each channel of the subset of channels is more likely to be requested by the user than each channel of the plurality of channels that is not part of the subset; prioritizing the subset of channels such that a first channel of the subset of channels has a priority over a second channel of the subset of channels, the first channel being given the priority based upon a prediction that the first channel is more likely to be requested by the user than the second channel; pre-fetching, for the first channel, first data of a first type and second data of a second type; and pre-fetching, for the second channel, third data of the first type without pre-fetching any data of the second type. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11695985B2	Broadcast receiving apparatus, broadcast receiving method, and contents outputting method A broadcast receiving apparatus includes: a digital broadcast receiver configured to receive digital broadcasting in which contents are transmitted; a network transceiver configured to execute network communication; a data string converter configured to perform a mixing process for creating a new coded data string based on a coded data string of the received contents and a coded data string acquired by the network transceiver; a digital interface configured to output the contents to external equipment; and a controller configured to determine a state of the network communication of the external equipment. The state of the network communication of the external equipment includes a first state in which the network communication is in a communicable state and a second state in which the network communication is in an uncommunicable state. In accordance with the determined state of the network communication, the digital interface performs three types of output operations.
US11695982B2	Content casting method and electronic device therefor According to various embodiments, a content casting method of an electronic device may comprise: an operation of obtaining a content list including a plurality of pieces of content information from an external server; an operation of selecting at least one piece of content from the content list on the basis of at least one of the state of a user, the type of content, and the state of an external electronic device; and an operation of transmitting information on the selected at least one piece of content to the external electronic device so as to cause the external electronic device to play the selected at least one piece of content through a short-range wireless network. Additional various embodiments identified through the specification are possible.
US11695974B2	Methods, systems, and media for adjusting quality level during synchronized media content playback on multiple devices Methods, systems, and media for adjusting quality level during synchronized media content presentation are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: transmitting, from a server to a first user device, first media content data corresponding to a first stream of a media content item and from the server to a second user device, second media content data corresponding to a second stream of the media content item, wherein the first media content data is to be stored in a buffer of the first user device, and wherein the second media content data is to be stored in a buffer of the second user device; transmitting, from the server to the first user device and to the second user device, instructions that cause the first user device and the second user device to begin presenting the media content item simultaneously; determining, by the server, that the first media content data is being stored in the buffer of the first user device at a slower rate than the second media content data is being stored in the buffer of the second user device; in response to determining that the first media content data is being stored in the buffer of the first user device at a slower rate than the second media content data is being stored in the buffer of the second user device, selecting a third stream of the media content item corresponding to the first stream of the media content item, wherein the third stream of the media content item has a lower quality level than the first stream of the media content item; and transmitting third media content data corresponding to the third stream of the media content item to the first user device.
US11695971B2	Real-time video feed presentation enhancement system A system is configured to enhance a video feed in real time. A live video feed captured by a video capturing device is received. A presentation of the live video feed on one or more client devices is enhanced. The enhancing includes causing a first content item of a plurality of content items to be displayed at a first location within the presentation of the live video feed. Based on a detecting of a first instance of a first gesture made by a hand at the first location in the live video feed, a content item manipulation mode with respect to the first content item is entered. The entering of the content item manipulation mode with respect to the first content includes at least one of causing the first content item to be moved within the presentation of the live video feed based on a movement of the hand or causing a scale of the first content item to be changed within the presentation of the live video feed based on a detecting of a second gesture made by the hand.
US11695967B2	Block level geometric partitioning A decoder is configured to decode a bitstream having a block based geometric partition having a plurality of orthogonal block boundaries by assigning a first plurality blocks on one side of an angled line segment a first common motion vector and by assigning a second plurality of blocks on the other side of the angled line segment a second common motion vector different than the first common motion vector. The decoder reconstructs the first plurality of blocks using the first common motion vector and the blocks in the second plurality of blocks using the second common motion vector.
US11695965B1	Video coding using a coded picture buffer Interpolation between explicitly signaled CPB (or HRD) parameters at selected bit rates is used to achieve a good compromise between CPB parameter transmission capacity and CPB parametrization effectiveness and may be, particularly, made in an effective manner.
US11695963B2	Systems and methods for signaling scaling window information in video coding A device may be configured to signal scaling window information according to one or more of the techniques described herein.
US11695960B2	Transform and last significant coefficient position signaling for low-frequency non-separable transform in video coding A video decoder determines, based on a block size of a current block and a low-frequency non-separable transform (LFNST) syntax element, a zero-out pattern of normatively defined zero-coefficients. The LFNST syntax element is signaled at a transform unit (TU) level. Additionally, the video decoder determines transform coefficients of the current block. The transform coefficients of the current block include transform coefficients in an LFNST region of the current block and transform coefficients outside the LFNST region of the current block. As part of determining the transform coefficients of the current block, the video decoder applies an inverse LFNST to determine values of one or more transform coefficients in the LFNST region of the current block. The video decoder also determines that transform coefficients of the current block in a region of the current block defined by the zero-out pattern are equal to 0.
US11695958B2	Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding video signal by using edge-adaptive graph-based transform The present invention provides a method for encoding a video signal based on an Edge Adaptive Graph-Based Transform (EA-GBT) including detecting a step edge or a ramp edge from a residual signal; generating a graph signal based on at least one of the step edge or the ramp edge; obtaining an EA-GBT coefficient by performing the EA-GBT for the graph signal; quantizing the EA-GBT coefficient; and entropy-encoding the quantized EA-GBT coefficient.
US11695955B2	Image encoding device, image decoding device and program An image encoding device (1) includes the cross-component intra predictor (171a) generates a predicted chroma block through cross-component intra prediction in which a chroma block to be encoded is predicted by referring to, as the neighbouring decoded pixels adjacent to the chroma block, decoded luminance pixels and decoded chroma pixels, a candidate generator (181) configured to generate candidates for an orthogonal transform type to be applied to orthogonal transform processing on prediction residuals that represent errors between the predicted chroma block and the chroma block; and a transformer (121) configured to perform the orthogonal transform processing on the chroma prediction residuals by using an orthogonal transform type selected from among the candidates generated by the candidate generator (181). The candidate generator (181) generates the candidates for the orthogonal transform type, depending on whether or not positions of the neighbouring decoded pixels referred to in cross-component intra prediction are to only any one of a top, a bottom, a left, and a right of a chroma block.
US11695952B2	Image signal encoding/decoding method, and apparatus therefor An image decoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: deriving a merge candidate of a current block from a neighboring block of the current block; adding the derived merge candidate to a merge candidate list; when the number of merge candidates previously added to the merge candidate list is less than a threshold value, adding at least one prediction area merge candidate included in a prediction area motion information table to the merge candidate list; deriving motion information about the current block on the basis of the merge candidate list; and performing motion compensation on the current block on the basis of the derived motion information.
US11695950B2	Systems, apparatus and methods for inter prediction refinement with optical flow Method, apparatus and systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of decoding includes obtaining a sub-block based motion prediction signal for a current block of the video; obtaining one or more spatial gradients of the sub-block based motion prediction signal or one or more motion vector difference values; obtaining a refinement signal for the current block based on the one or more obtained spatial gradients or the one or more obtained motion vector difference values; obtaining a refined motion prediction signal for the current block based on the sub-block based motion prediction signal and the refinement signal; and decoding the current block based on the refined motion prediction signal.
US11695947B2	Signaling high dynamic range and wide color gamut content in transport streams A program map table in a transport stream comprising an elementary stream identifier indicating a particular elementary stream, a high dynamic range flag indicating the presence or absence of high dynamic range content within the elementary stream, and a wide color gamut flag indicating the presence or absence of wide color gamut content within the elementary stream.
US11695942B2	Video or image coding based on mapping of luma samples and scaling of chroma samples According to the disclosure of the present document, the granularity of value(s) of a chroma residual scaling factor can be controlled through explicit signaling of information on the value(s) of the chroma residual scaling factor. In addition, chroma residual scaling can be efficiently performed through implicit derivation of the information on the value(s) of the chroma residual scaling factor.
US11695941B2	Image processing device and method The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method that allow reduction in coding efficiency to be suppressed.A pixel value of a chroma component is predicted by linear prediction from a pixel value of a reference image of a luma component whose pixel location is changed by using a filter, and a prediction image of the chroma component is generated. A chroma component of encoded data in which an image is encoded is decoded by using the generated prediction image. The filter is selected on a basis of information regarding a pixel location of the chroma component and information regarding a color format. The present disclosure is applicable, for example, to an image processing device, an image encoding device, an image decoding device, or the like.
US11695940B2	Affine linear weighted intra prediction in video coding A video coder performs a Most-Probable Mode (MPM) derivation process that derives one or more MPMs for a current block that is not coded using affine linear weighted intra prediction (ALWIP). As part of performing the MPM derivation process, the video coder determines whether a neighboring block of the current block is an ALWIP-coded neighboring block. Based on the neighboring block being an ALWIP-coded neighboring block, the video coder determines that a value of an intra prediction mode of the neighboring block is a value indicating a planar mode. The video coder codes the current block based on one of the MPMs for the current block.
US11695938B2	Method and apparatus for thumbnail generation for a video device Systems and processes are provided to generate a thumbnail image including a tuner configured for receiving and demodulating a video signal including a video packet having a packet header and a video frame, a processor configured for generating a modified packet header by modifying the packet header to set a number of reference frames to zero and to designate the video frame as unused for reference, decoding the video frame in response to the modified packet header to extract the video frame, and generating the thumbnail image in response to the video frame, a memory configured for storing the thumbnail image, and a video output configured for coupling the thumbnail image to a display in response to a user video search request.
US11695934B2	Mixed NAL unit type based-video encoding/decoding method and apparatus, and method for transmitting bitstream Disclosed herein are an image encoding and decoding method and apparatus. The image decoding method may include obtaining video coding layer (VCL) network abstraction layer (NAL) unit type information of a current picture from a bitstream, determining a NAL unit type of each of a plurality of slices included in the current picture, based on the obtained VCL NAL unit type information, and decoding the plurality of slices based on the determined NAL unit type. The current picture may include a first subpicture and a second subpicture having different NAL unit types based on that at least some of the plurality of slices have different NAL unit types, and a NAL unit type of the second subpicture may be determined based on a NAL unit type of the first subpicture.
US11695929B2	Image encoding/decoding method and apparatus performing residual processing by using adaptive color space transformation, and method for transmitting bitstream An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. The image decoding method performed by the image decoding apparatus, according to the present disclosure, may comprise the steps of: determining whether a color space transformation is applied to residual samples of a current block; determining quantization parameter of the current block on the basis of whether the color space transformation is applied; and determining a transformation coefficient of the current block on the basis of the quantization parameter. The step of determining the quantization parameter may be performed by limiting the range of an effective value of the quantization parameter such that a value of the quantization parameter has a value less than or equal to a predetermined upper value and greater than or equal to a predetermined lower value.
US11695928B2	Dividing pattern determination device capable of reducing amount of computation, dividing pattern determination method, learning device, learning method, and storage medium A dividing pattern determination device capable of reducing the amount of computation performed when determining a dividing pattern of an image. An image for which a dividing pattern is expressed by a hierarchical structure for each predetermined area is input to a feature extraction section, and the feature extraction section generates, based on the input image, for the predetermined area, a hierarchy map in which a value indicative of a block size is associated with each of a plurality of blocks in the predetermined area. A determination section determines a dividing pattern of the image based on the generated hierarchy map.
US11695924B2	Intra prediction-based image coding method and apparatus using MPM list A video decoding method according to this document includes deriving a first candidate intra prediction mode based on a first neighboring block located on a left side of a current block, deriving a second candidate intra prediction mode based on a second neighboring block located on an upper side of the current block, constructing a most probable mode (MPM) list for the current block based on the first candidate intra prediction mode and the second candidate intra prediction mode, deriving an intra prediction mode for the current block based on the MPM list, generating predicted samples by performing prediction for the current block based on the intra prediction mode, and generating a reconstructed picture for the current block based on the predicted samples.
US11695921B2	Selection of coded motion information for LUT updating A method of video decoding includes maintaining a number of tables, wherein each table includes a set of motion candidates, wherein each motion candidate is associated with corresponding motion information derived from previously video blocks, performing a conversion between a video block and a coded representation of the video block, and determining, based on a conversion condition of the video block, whether to update at least one of the tables by adding motion information corresponding to the video block.
US11695919B2	Lossy image compression using palettization of locally mixed colors An apparatus includes a processor that is configured to select a palette entry in the palette for coding a value of a pixel of the image block; obtain respective palette indexes of neighboring pixels of the pixel; select, using the respective palette indexes, an entropy code for coding an index of the palette entry; and code the palette entry using the entropy code. A method includes obtaining respective palette indexes of neighboring pixels of a pixel of the image block; selecting an entropy code using the respective palette indexes; decoding, from a encoded bitstream, an index of a palette entry; and setting a value of the pixel using the palette entry.
US11695918B2	Encoding method and device therefor, and decoding method and device therefor Provided is a video decoding method including obtaining, from a bitstream, split information indicating whether a current block is to be split; when the split information does not indicate that the current block is to be split, decoding the current block according to encoding information about the current block; and when the split information indicates that the current block is to be split, splitting the current block into at least two lower blocks, obtaining encoding order information indicating an encoding order of the at least two lower blocks of the current block from the bitstream, determining a decoding order of the at least two lower blocks according to the encoding order information, and decoding the at least two lower blocks according to the decoding order.
US11695909B2	Method for obtaining a three-dimensional model of an inspection site A method for obtaining a three-dimensional model of an inspection site, using a perception module, is disclosed. The perception module comprises a detection unit, e.g. comprising one or more cameras and/or a three-dimensional laser scanner, configured to obtain a three-dimensional image. At least one three-dimensional image is obtained by means of the detection unit. A three-dimensional model of surroundings of the perception module is created, based on the obtained three-dimensional image. The created three-dimensional model and a plan of the inspection site are compared and features of the created three-dimensional model and features of the plan of the inspection site are matched. A site-specific three-dimensional model of the inspection site is formed, based on the created three-dimensional model and the plan of the inspection site, and based on the comparison.
US11695908B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method There is provided an information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium that each allow a user to recognize a border of a virtual space without breaking the world view of the virtual space. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit that tracks a motion of a user to present an image of a virtual space to the user, and performs distance control to increase a distance between a viewpoint of the user and a border region in the virtual space while an operation of the user coming closer toward the border region is being inputted. The border region is fixed at a specific position in the virtual space.
US11695904B2	Reflective screen and image display device This reflective screen 10 reflects a part of image light beam projected from an image source LS, to display an image. The reflective screen 10 is provided with: a first optical shape layer 12 which has optical transparency and has a plurality of unit optical shapes 121 arranged on a rear surface thereof; and a reflective layer 13 which is formed in at least some of the unit optical shapes 121 and by which a part of incident light is reflected and at least the other part of the incident light is transmitted, wherein a light diffusing action in the direction in which the unit optical shapes 121 are arranged is larger than a light diffusing action in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction.
US11695901B2	Emotes for non-verbal communication in a videoconferencing system A method is disclosed for videoconferencing in a three-dimensional virtual environment. In the method, a position and direction, a specification of an emote, and a video stream are received. The position and direction specify a location and orientation in the virtual environment and are input by a first user. The specification of the emote is also input by the first user. The video stream is captured from a camera on a device of the first user that is positioned to capture photographic images of the first user. The video stream is mapped onto a three-dimensional model of an avatar. From a perspective of a virtual camera of a second user, the virtual environment is rendering for display to the second user. The rendered environment includes the mapped three-dimensional model of the avatar located at the position and oriented at the direction and the emote attached to the video stream-mapped avatar.
US11695899B2	Subtitle presentation based on volume control Systems and methods are provided for presenting subtitles. The systems and methods include accessing, by a user device, a video discovery graphical user interface that includes a plurality of videos; receiving a user input that gradually reduces volume of the user device; determining that the volume of the user device has gradually been reduced by the user input until a mute state has been reached in which audio output of the user device is disabled; and in response to determining that the volume of the user device has gradually been reduced until the mute state has been reached, automatically causing subtitles of a first video of the plurality of videos to be displayed during playback of the first video.
US11695898B2	Video processing using a spectral decomposition layer A method is presented. The method includes receiving a first sequence of frames depicting a dynamic element. The method also includes decomposing each spatial position from multiple spatial positions in the first sequence of frames to a frequency domain. The method further includes determining a distribution of spectral power density over a range of frequencies of the multiple spatial positions. The method still further includes generating a first set of feature maps based on the determined distribution of spectral power density over the range of frequencies. The method still further includes estimating a first physical property of the dynamic element.
US11695896B2	Synthetically enlarged camera aperture Methods for obtaining a shallow depth of field effect (DOF) and improved signal-to-noise (SNR) in an image through synthetically increase the camera aperture of a compact camera using at least one actuator included in such a camera for other known purposes, for example for providing optical image stabilization (OIS). The synthetically enlarged camera aperture enables to take a plurality of images at different aperture positions. The plurality of images is processed into an image with shallow DOF and improved SNR.
US11695894B1	Automatic profile contour artifact detection A system and method provide for automated evaluation of reference point pairs. For each of a set of reference point pairs in an input color space, a straight line connecting the reference points is sampled to generate a set of sampled points. Each of the set of sampled points in the input color space is converted to a sampled point in an output color space. For each of a set of color separations in the output color space, discontinuities are identified, based on the set of sampled points in the output color space. Candidate reference point pairs are identified in the set of reference point pairs for which at least one discontinuity is identified. The candidate reference point pairs can be validated by printing test sweeps, which are each derived from a respective set of sampled points in the output color space, and identifying contour artifacts in the printed test sweeps.
US11695890B2	Image capture device with an automatic image capture capability An image capture device may automatically capture images. An image sensor may generate visual content based on light that becomes incident thereon. A depiction of interest within the visual content may be identified, and one or more images may be generated to include one or more portions of the visual content including the depiction of interest.
US11695884B2	Image processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium An image processing apparatus receives destination information for use in data transmission, performs control, based on the received destination information including a destination in an email address format, so that a first screen, which is used to transmit data external to the image processing apparatus, and on which a transmission destination of the data is displayed, based on the received destination information, is displayed on the operation unit, and performs control, based on the received destination information including only a destination in a fax format so that a second screen, different from the first screen and used to perform fax transmission, on which a transmission destination of the fax transmission is displayed, based on the received destination information, is displayed on the operation unit.
US11695881B2	Image forming apparatus that creates a composite image by comparing image data of document sheets, control method thereof, and storage medium An image forming apparatus comprises a reading unit that reads a document sheet, specifies image data of a comparison source document sheet, among image data of document sheets read by the reading unit; extracts a difference by comparing the image data of the specified comparison source document sheet, and image data of each of other document sheets included in the read document sheets; and creates a composite image by composing the extracted difference and the image data of the comparison source document sheet.
US11695874B2	System and method for increased call quality and success rate A system and method for providing a communication session is provided. The system and method include a client device in communication with a plurality of communication networks. The system and method further includes a server also in communication with the plurality of communication networks. The client device includes a network monitor module and a dialer module. The network monitor module determines which networks to utilize in the communication session, and the dialer module initiates and terminates the communication session. The server receives a data signal associated with the communication session from the selected communication network. The server places a separate call to the recipient client device and completes the connection from the client device to the recipient client device by sending the data signal over the phone call to the recipient client device.
US11695871B2	Systems and methods for emergency data integration Described herein are systems, devices, methods, and media providing emergency data to emergency service providers (ESP; e.g., public safety answering points (PSAPs)). Also provided are systems, methods, and media for utilizing location data and geofences to provide emergency data to ESPs and interactive graphical displays to efficiently display relevant emergency data.
US11695862B2	System, method, and article of manufacture to iteratively update an image displayed over a lock screen to provide a continuous glimpse into a navigation application running in the background of the mobile device that is in a screen locked state A navigation application running in the foreground of the mobile device is run in the background when the mobile device enters a screen locked state. A display may be activated while the mobile device remains in the screen locked state, and an image is rendered over a lock screen of the mobile device, where the image providing a glimpse into the navigation application running in the background while the mobile device remains in the screen locked state. The image displayed over the lock screen is iteratively updated to provide a continuous glimpse into the navigation application running in the background of the mobile device that is in the screen locked state, without having to unlock the mobile device.
US11695860B2	Online application layer processing of network layer timestamps Computer-readable media, systems and methods may propagate lower layer data, in headers that would otherwise be deleted, to upper layers in a network protocol stack that uses a multi-layer communication model. For example, high precision network-level timestamps that indicate a time that binary data is received at a network switch may be propagated upward for online application-level processing. Network switches may ordinarily insert network-level timestamps in frame headers that are ordinarily removed prior to propagation upward. The network-level timestamps may be propagated via in-band propagation or out-of-band propagation.
US11695856B2	Scheduling solution configuration method and apparatus, computer readable storage medium thereof, and computer device A scheduling scheme configuration method includes performing state verification on a plurality of operation dimensions involved in generating a scheduling scheme, and, in response to one or more of the operation dimensions being abnormal, removing the one or more abnormal operation dimensions to generate a new scheduling scheme.
US11695855B2	User generated pluggable content delivery network (CDN) system and method A pluggable CDN system and method include an edge node that is installed at each premises and caches/serves content/data to that premises that may be an individual user or a community. The edge node may use a hybrid push/pull caching scheme and may serve data to users even without any Internet connectivity.
US11695854B2	Optimization of encoding cycles for object recovery feed The disclosed embodiments relate generally to efficient data encoding and transmission. An encoding system determines an encoding interval at which to encode different groups of related data in a data structure. The encoding interval for each group encoded together optimizes the amount of newly received information that is encoded and transmitted in a continuous, repeating loop.
US11695841B2	Cross-domain discovery between service layer systems and web of Things systems Systems and methods are introduced to enable cross-domain discovery. Systems and methods are also introduced to create representations of resources and information discovered from cross-domain discovery.
US11695840B2	Dynamically routing code for executing Code may be dynamically routed to computing resources for execution. Code may be received for execution on behalf of a client. Execution criteria for the code may be determined and computing resources that satisfy the execution criteria may be identified. The identified computing resources may then be procured for executing the code and then the code may be routed to the procured computing resources for execution. Permissions or authorization to execute the code may be shared to ensure that computing resources executing the code have the same permissions or authorization when executing the code.
US11695839B1	Real-time, intelligent pairing and prioritizing of client and server data queues using ultra-wide band A system is presented for matching user devices with resource devices. User preference and profile information are communicated from user devices to a queue management server. The user preference information is parsed and compared with resource information associated with a plurality of resources. Availability of the resource devices is forecasted based at least in part upon the resource information and resource devices are selected to service user devices based at least in part upon the comparison and the forecast. User devices are added to the end of data queues for the resource devices. The data queues are communicated to the user devices and the resource devices.
US11695837B2	Systems and methods for virtual multiplexed connections A system for facilitating a plurality of virtual transmission control protocol connections between a target application and a source application is provided. The system includes a server proxy, a client proxy, and a network protection interposed between the server proxy and the client proxy. The server proxy is configured to receive an open request from the client proxy via a stateless protocol, including a target identifier, the open request originating from the source application, open a connection between the server proxy and the target application based on the target identifier, provide a response to the client proxy indicating a status of the open request, the response including at least one of a session identifier or a sequence identifier, receive, a data request from the client proxy, including the session identifier and an incremented sequence identifier, and provide the data request to the target application.
US11695830B1	Multi-threaded processing of search responses Multi-threaded processing of search responses returned by search peers is disclosed. An example method may include transmitting, by a computer system, a search request to a plurality of search peers of a data aggregation and analysis system; receiving, by a first processing thread, a plurality of data packets from the plurality of search peers; parsing, by a second processing thread, one or more data packets of the plurality of data packets to produce a first partial response to the search request; parsing, by a third processing thread, the one or more data packets to produce a second partial response to the search request; and generating, based on the first partial response and the second partial response, an aggregated response to the search request.
US11695827B2	Dynamically computing load balancer subset size in a distributed computing system A distributed computing system uses dynamically calculates a subset size for each of a plurality of load balancers. Each of a plurality of load balancers logs requests from client devices for connections to back-end servers and periodically sends a request report to a traffic aggregator, which aggregates the report requests from the load balancers in the corresponding zone. Each traffic aggregator sends the aggregated request data to a traffic controller, which aggregates the request data to determine a total number of requests received at the system. The total request data is transmitted through each traffic aggregator to each load balancer instance, which calculates a percentage of the total number of requests produced by the load balancer and determines a subset size based on the calculated percentage.
US11695824B2	Optimized internet access in a multi-site software-defined network fabric Presented herein are techniques to provide an endpoint in a multi-site Software-defined network (SDN) fabric with an Internet access route that is optimal for the specific site in which the endpoint is located. In particular, a control plane node in a first site of a multi-site SDN fabric registers a border node in the first site as a Default Egress Tunnel Router (ETR) for Internet access or unknown endpoint identifier (EID) of the first site. The first site includes at least one endpoint. The control plane node receives a request for Internet access for the at least one endpoint and provides a dynamically-selected Internet access route via a same or different virtual instance (e.g., Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) function(s), Virtual Private Network(s) (VPNs), Virtual Networks (VNs), etc.) for Internet traffic sent by the at least one endpoint.
US11695821B2	Application computation offloading for mobile edge computing Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media, are provided for offloading computationally intensive tasks from one computer device to another computer device taking into account, inter alia, energy consumption and latency budgets for both computation and communication. Embodiments may also exploit multiple radio access technologies (RATs) in order to find opportunities to offload computational tasks by taking into account, for example, network/RAT functionalities, processing, offloading coding/encoding mechanisms, and/or differentiating traffic between different RATs. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11695820B2	Commerce oriented uniform resource locater (URL) shortener A uniform resource locator (URL) shortener relies on client-side support to embed links to websites into, for example, text messages, emails, tweets, or other forms of microblogging, and that provides additional capabilities. A method may include: recognizing a token indicator; recognizing a token in conjunction with the token indicator; selecting a template corresponding to the token indicator; and executing a process enabled according to the token and the template. Executing an enabled process may include one or more of: generating a URL; generating a URL that is itself a server-based URL shortener, in which the token indicator is substituted for the server-based URL shortener hostname to reduce the character count from that of the server-based URL shortener; displaying information from a destination website of the URL generated from the token and the template; or generating a URL according to a distinctive visual characteristic of the token indicator.
US11695817B2	Methods and apparatus to facilitate using a streaming manifest including a profile indication The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for facilitating using a streaming manifest including a profile signal for content encoded based on a encapsulation format. An example method disclosed herein includes identifying structures associated with first media, wherein the first media is associated with a first streaming format. The example method also includes generating a streaming manifest for the first media, wherein the streaming manifest maps the structures associated with the first media to structures associated with a second streaming format, and including an indication with the streaming manifest, wherein the indication identifies the streaming profile used to map the structures.
US11695816B2	Video streaming A server for streaming a video to a client involves making the video available from the server to the client upon request in at least a temporal independent version and a temporal dependent version. The server is configured for: i) receiving a request from the client to receive a stream of the video from an arbitrary starting point in time; and ii) retrieving at least the first frame from the temporal independent version; and iii) retrieving frames subsequent to the at least first frame from the temporal dependent version; and iv) sending the at least first frame to the client and send the frames subsequent to the at least first frame to the client.
US11695814B2	Method and apparatus for stream descriptor binding in a streaming environment A method, apparatus and computer program product provide a stream binding mechanism that supports stream data pulling and pushing in a distributed or cloud based streaming environment. The method, apparatus and computer program product receive a stream register message associated with a stream from a streaming entity. The stream register message includes a binding descriptor. The method, apparatus and computer program product transmit a create connection message to a stream broker. The method, apparatus and computer program product transmit an endpoint message including a set of connection parameters of an endpoint to the streaming entity. The method, apparatus and computer program product receive a query for the stream from a stream processing node. And the method, apparatus and computer program product transmit a response to the query to the stream processing node. The response includes a set of connection parameters of the stream broker.
US11695813B2	Conversational social network Systems and methods for setting up live online conversations between people, and selecting participants for such conversations in a manner that optimizes the enjoyment of the participants. Conversations are analyzed and attributes of participants and conversations are extracted from the audio of the conversations. A quality level of the conversations is determined from the audio, and subjective quality assessments may be received from participants. Participants and conversations are divided into classes and clusters, where the classes and clusters represent groups of entities which have certain attributes in common. Based on the attributes, classes, clusters, and quality levels, compatibilities are determined between arbitrary pairs of participants and for arbitrary groups of participants. Conversations are generated, and participants are selected for the conversations based on the determined compatibilities.
US11695810B2	Enhanced content sharing platform Examples of the present disclosure describe an enhanced content sharing platform. In aspects, the enhanced content sharing platform provides an interface enabling users to search for and navigate content. The interface may comprise various interface elements for searching, navigating, and/or interacting with content accessible to the enhanced content sharing platform. At least one of the interface elements may be a mode selection interface element. The mode selection interface element may be configured to select and toggle between various content domains available to the enhanced content sharing platform. Each content domain may be associated with a corresponding set of interface elements, and may meaningfully limit content search results to the content domain in which the content was searched. Additionally, new and/or subsequent content searches may be executed in the current selected content domain without requiring a manual (re)selection of that content domain.
US11695806B2	Intercepting calls for encryption handling in persistent access multi-key systems Some database systems may implement encryption services to improve the security of data stored in databases or on disks. The systems may implement encryption using multiple encryption keys. For example, a worker server may implement a system call interceptor, such as a filesystem in userspace (Fuse) driver. The system call interceptor may intercept system calls (e.g., associated with query or extract, transform, and load (ETL) jobs) as they enter or exit the kernel. The system call interceptor may determine whether data sets associated with the jobs are marked for encryption, and may perform an encryption process on the data sets. A worker may encrypt and store data sets on a worker disk or at a file store, or may retrieve and decrypt the data sets. The system may additionally manage encryption keys, and may provide mechanisms for archiving or revoking encryption keys while maintaining user access to stored data sets.
US11695805B2	Monitoring and detection of fraudulent or unauthorized use in telephone conferencing systems or voice networks Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing monitoring and detection of fraudulent or unauthorized use in telephone conferencing systems or voice networks. In various embodiments, a computing system might monitor call activity through telephone conferencing system or voice network. In response to detecting use of the telephone conferencing system or voice network by at least one party based on the monitored call activity, the computing system might identify incoming and/or outgoing associated with a call initiated by the at least one party. The computing system might analyze the identified incoming and/or outgoing call data to determine whether the call initiated by the at least one party constitutes at least one of fraudulent use or unauthorized use of the telephone conferencing system or voice network. If so, the computing system might initiate one or more first actions.
US11695799B1	System and method for secure user access and agentless lateral movement protection from ransomware for endpoints deployed under a default gateway with point to point links An extended enterprise browser supports using at least two different authentication certificates depending on factors such as a ransomware risk posture. Secure user access may be provided by using a trusted platform module to encrypt/decrypt the authentication certificates based on a secret key generated based on information from the trusted platform module and the extended enterprise browser. Man-in-the Middle (MITM) attacks of the authentication certificated by ransomware is prevented.
US11695797B2	Proxy computer system to provide direct links for bypass A proxy computer system retrieves content requested by a client computer from a third-party network service. The proxy computer system parses the content to identify a plurality of links including a first link to a first target resource and a second link to a second target resource. The proxy computer system generates modified content comprising (i) a direct link that includes an absolute domain address of the third-party network service that enables the client computer to bypass the proxy service and directly retrieve the first target resource from the third-party network service, and (ii) a proxy link that enables the client computer to retrieve the second target resource via the proxy service implemented by the network computer system. The proxy computer system provides the modified content to the client computer.
US11695788B1	Filtering strategies for subgraph matching on noisy multiplex networks Described is a system for detecting adversarial activities based on detection of activity patterns in a multiplex network. The system detects one or more subnetworks that are matches to a template network of template nodes. The subnetworks are detected by filtering multiplex network nodes according to a filtering criteria that utilizes monotone function properties in the multiplex network. Nodes that do not meet the filtering criteria are eliminated, resulting in a list of candidate nodes in the multiplex network. The one or more subnetworks are formed from the list of candidate nodes. An activity pattern corresponding to a pattern of adversarial activity is identified in the one or more subnetworks. Based on the identified activity pattern, an alert of adversarial activity is generated and transmitted.
US11695784B2	Reassembly free deep packet inspection for peer to peer networks The present disclosure relates to a system, a method, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium for deep packet inspection scanning at an application layer of a computer. A method of the presently claimed invention may scan pieces of data received out of order without reassembly at an application layer from a first input state generating one or more output states for each piece of data. The method may then identify that the first input state includes one or more characters that are associated with malicious content. The method may then identify that the data set may include malicious content when the first input state combined with one or more output states matches a known piece of malicious content.
US11695783B2	Systems, devices, and methods for determining a confidence level associated with a device using heuristics of trust A method of determining a confidence level associated with a device using heuristics of trust includes receiving, by an evaluating device, at least a communication from a first remote device, determining, by the evaluating device, an identity of the first remote device as a function of the at least a communication, calculating, by the evaluating device, at least a heuristic of trust as a function of the at least a communication and the identity, assigning, by the evaluating device, a first confidence level to the first remote device as a function of the at least a heuristic of trust, and assigning, by the evaluating device, an access right as a function of the first confidence level.
US11695778B2	Security redundancy Various example embodiments for supporting security in a communication system are presented. Various example embodiments for supporting security in a communication system may be configured to support stateful security redundancy in the communication system. Various example embodiments for supporting stateful security redundancy in a communication system may be configured to support stateful security redundancy for a set of client devices based on a set of security nodes arranged in a security redundancy architecture. Various example embodiments for supporting stateful security redundancy for a set of client devices based on a set of security nodes arranged in a security redundancy architecture may be configured to support stateful security redundancy for a client device based on a security redundancy domain including an active security node and one or more standby security nodes.
US11695777B2	Hybrid access control model in computer systems Techniques for providing hybrid access control in a cloud-services computing environment are provided. In one embodiment, a method for providing hybrid access control is provided at a host computing device. The method includes obtaining access control settings including at least a first user's role-based access settings with respect to a first sub-system of a hierarchical computing-resource system. The method further includes propagating the access control settings from the first sub-system to a second sub-system; obtaining user group domains assigned to a plurality of sub-systems; and obtaining a group membership associated with the first user. The method further includes determining, based on the obtained user group domains and the obtained group membership associated with the first user, whether the first user's role-based access settings propagated to the second sub-system are to be adjusted; and making adjustments accordingly.
US11695776B2	Techniques for automatically configuring minimal cloud service access rights for container applications A computer system may receive one or more requests for access to one or more cloud services and may store the one or more requests in a request log. The computer system may receive one or more access rules applicable to cloud service access rights. The computer system may aggregate the one or more requests of the request log to determine access requirements for a container, the container being configured to store one or more applications. The computer system may generate and store container access policies that define access of a container and the one or more cloud services, the container access policies based at least in part on the aggregated one or more requests and the one or more access rules. The computer system may send the container access policies to a request forwarder of a compute instance in a production environment.
US11695769B2	Dynamic user authorization with a service provider This disclosure describes techniques for dynamically changing a user authorization with a service provider during an ongoing user session. The changing user authorization may be used to address changing confidence in an identity of a user consuming a service provided by the service provider. The changing user authorization may also be used to adjust a scope of a service to which a user has access. The present techniques may allow single-sign-on type protocols to accomplish the flexible and dynamic change-of-authorization functionality of some traditional protocols to handle ongoing client-server sessions, rather than simply revoking authorization for access to the service. For this reason, the present techniques are able to integrate advantages of traditional protocols with newer, single-sign-on-type protocols.
US11695768B1	Systems and methods for locally conducting delegated authentication at edge nodes Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems and methods for locally conducting delegated authentication at edge nodes. In an embodiment, an edge node of a managed network receives, from an authentication system, authentication information for a user. The edge node stores the authentication information. The edge node receives, from a user device associated with the user, an authentication request that includes presented authentication information. The edge node determines whether one or more authentication criteria are met for the authentication request, and if so performs a set of authenticating operations. The one or more authentication criteria includes the presented authentication information matching the stored authentication information. The set of authenticating operations includes authenticating the user with respect to the managed network, as well as establishing an authenticated session for the user at the edge node.
US11695765B2	Techniques for selective container access to cloud services based on hosting node A system and technique for a Request Forwarder as for a computer network architecture is disclosed to provide selective access to one or more cloud services. In some implementations, a computer system may receive a request for access to a cloud service, the request including a container credential. The computer system may determine an identification of the container using the container credential. The computer system may verify that the container requesting access to the cloud service is authorized based at least in part on stored policies. Based at least in part on the determination that the container requesting access to the cloud service is authorized: receiving instance credential from a metadata service. The computer system may include the instance credential with the request. The computer system may send the request to the cloud service. In various examples, the Request Forwarder can be provided as a service.
US11695764B2	Virtual credential authentication based on browsing context In some implementations, an authentication device may receive information related to website browsing activity at a client device. The information related to the website browsing activity may include information associated with a web address for a current website where information associated with a virtual credential was entered. The authentication device may identify one or more valid web addresses associated with the virtual credential, which may be valid only for an entity associated with the one or more valid web addresses. The authentication device may transmit, to the client device, information to indicate whether the website browsing activity is authenticated based on a comparison of the web address for the current website where the information associated with the virtual credential was entered and the one or more valid web addresses associated with the virtual credential.
US11695762B2	Heterogeneous device authentication system and heterogeneous device authentication method thereof A heterogeneous device authentication system and method authenticate heterogeneous devices in various manners according to user environments. The heterogeneous device authentication system includes an authentication information matching device communication-connected with a plurality of heterogeneous devices and configured to match a plurality of user authentication information of different authentication means to the heterogeneous devices. The authentication information matching device includes a controller and a communication unit communication-connected with the heterogeneous devices. The controller: matches user authentication information selected from among the plurality of user authentication information to a device selected from among the heterogeneous devices based on a user input; stores the resulting matching information; and provides user authentication information matched to each of the heterogeneous devices based on the matching information such that the heterogeneous devices perform user authentication.
US11695760B2	Application for requesting multi-person authentication A first user device includes a camera. The first user device receives a challenge-response message following a request for access to a secure server. The first user device captures a first image of the first user. The first image includes an image of at least a portion of a face of the first user. An authentication result from facial recognition scan of the second user is received. Facial recognition is used to determine that the face of the first user is a face of an authorized user of the secure server. The first user device generates and sends a response to the challenge-response message based on results of facial recognition and the received authentication results.
US11695759B1	Systems and methods for passive continuous session authentication Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for generating behavioral attribute data structures. An example method includes generating, by video monitoring circuitry, a video data structure comprising a video stream captured over a duration of time, wherein the video stream comprises a plurality of video frames, extracting, by biometric attribute generation circuitry, a set of biometric attributes from the video stream, generating, by biometric attribute generation circuitry, a biometric attribute data structure comprising the set of biometric attributes extracted from the video data structure, generating, by sensor circuitry, a sensor data structure comprising a set of sensor data captured over the duration of time, and generating, by behavioral attribute generation circuitry, a behavioral attribute data structure from the sensor data structure and the biometric attribute data structure, wherein the behavioral attribute data structure comprises a set of behavioral attributes of the user derived from the set of sensor data.
US11695753B2	Accessing and organizing data sets directly from a data warehouse Accessing and organizing data sets directly from a data warehouse including receiving, by a data analyzer, a request from a service provider client instructing the data analyzer to retrieve a data set from a service provider data warehouse, wherein the service provider client is a client of a service provider, and wherein the service provider data warehouse stores data sets for the service provider; retrieving, by the data analyzer, the data set directly from the service provider data warehouse using credentials provided by the service provider; selecting, by the data analyzer, a worksheet template based on the service provider; organizing, by the data analyzer, the data set into a worksheet based on the worksheet template; and presenting, by the data analyzer to the service provider client, the worksheet comprising the data set.
US11695748B2	Sharing authentication between applications Systems and methods for sharing authentication between applications include receiving a request to share authentication from a first application with a second application. An account identifier and identity token for a user are obtained from the first application. Access to a communication application associated with the account identifier is verified as available. The account identifier and identity token are sent to a second application server for verification with a first application server. A verification message is received in the communication application from the second application server. The verification message is determined to contain confirmation information and authentication is shared from the first application with the second application. Related systems and methods include retrieving information associated with an operating system to facilitate sharing authentication between applications.
US11695746B2	Multi-layer user authentication with live interaction Systems and techniques for multi-layer user authentication with live interaction are described herein. An authentication request may be received from a user for secure data stored in a computing system. Contextual data may be received that is associated with authentication information received from the user. It may be determined that the user has passed a first authentication process based on a match between the authentication information and reference authentication information stored in a user profile for the user. A risk score may be generated for the authentication request based on the contextual data and the authentication data. A second authentication process may be identified based on the risk score. A set of secondary authentication information may be received. Data associated with the authentication request may be transmitted upon authentication of the user via the second authentication process based on the set of secondary authentication data.
US11695745B2	Automated DMARC device discovery and workflow A third-party server, delegated by organizations to manage application environment, may maintain a plurality of guided workflow plans. At least one of the guided workflow plans may include one or more steps associated with setting up an interaction control policy. The third-party server may receive an interaction report associated with the organization. The interaction report may include metadata of one or more devices that interacted with other devices. The third-party server may identify a particular device to which existing interaction control policies of the organization are inapplicable. The third-party server may search for additional out-of-band information of the particular device using the metadata in the interaction report. The third-party server may select an applicable guided workflow plan for setting up an applicable interaction control policy for the particular device. A guided workflow may be presented via a graphical user interface according to the applicable guided workflow plan.
US11695744B2	Using credentials stored in different directories to access a common endpoint A global endpoint may be associated with an organization name and a plurality of directories located in different geographic regions. The global endpoint may be a computing system that hosts a page used by users to access an application or service. A user may be able to access the application or service using already existing credentials. For example, the user may access the application or service using credentials stored and maintained by an entity with which the user is affiliated. Users having credentials stored in different geographic regions may be able to access the application or service via the same global endpoint.
US11695736B2	Cloud-based explicit proxy with private access feature set A system for processing data is disclosed that includes a first processor configured to operate one or more algorithms to identify a user identity as a function of user metadata and to provide access to a predetermined network resource using a cloud-based explicit proxy as a function of the user identity and one or more service requests, the first processor configured to operate one or more algorithms to detect a change in the one or more service requests and wherein access to the predetermined network resources using the cloud-based explicit proxy is modified as a function of the detected change in the one or more service requests.
US11695735B2	Security management for net worked client devices using a distributed ledger service A system and method for managing a plurality of network-enabled client devices such as Internet of Things (IoT) and smart devices employs a distributed ledger or blockchain to store security-related information for each client device. Access to the distributed ledger is provided through a proxy computing system that is configured to exchange security-related messages with the client devices over a first communication path, which may be over a public network; and to engage in transactions with or query the distributed ledger on behalf of the client devices over a second communication path, which is a private channel Vendible data published by the client devices may be routed by the proxy computing system to a data broker or publishing system in a manner that removes identifying information from the vendible data.
US11695731B2	Distributed identity-based firewalls Systems and techniques are described for monitoring network communications using a distributed firewall. One of the techniques includes receiving, at a driver executing in a guest operating system of a virtual machine, a request to open a network connection from a process associated with a user, wherein the driver performs operations comprising: obtaining identity information for the user; providing the identity information and data identifying the network connection to an identity module external to the driver; and receiving, by a distributed firewall, data associating the identity information with the data identifying the network connection from the identity module, wherein the distributed firewall performs operations comprising: receiving an outgoing packet from the virtual machine; determining that the identity information corresponds to the outgoing packet; and evaluating one or more routing rules based at least in part on the identity information.
US11695729B2	System and method of applying policy based, targeted prefix advertisements via internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) stateless address auto-configuration (SLAAC) router advertisement (RA) poisoning Systems and network devices configured to use Stateless Address Auto-Configuration (SLAAC) to provide different internet protocol (IP) address information to user equipment (UE) devices that are connected to the same local area network (LAN). A network device (e.g., default router, etc.) may determine whether a UE device is eligible to receive special treatment based on a link-layer address of the UE device. The network device send the UE device an unicast router advertisement that includes a special prefix in response to determining that the UE device is eligible to receive special treatment. The network device may send the UE device an unicast router advertisement that includes a base prefix for the LAN in response to determining that the UE device is not eligible to receive special treatment.
US11695725B2	Electronically referring a contact without divulging contact data An information source, such as an advertiser or product vendor, transfers information to contacts for which the information source has no contact data. The information source stores information in an information database which communicates the information to a referrer which has the desired contact data. The referrer uses a communication device to transfer the information to one or more contacts using contact data.
US11695719B2	Systems and methods for generating tasks based on chat sessions between users of a collaboration environment Systems and methods for generating tasks based on chat sessions between users of a collaboration environment are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain content information characterizing content of the chat sessions between the users of the collaboration environment; generate tasks for the users based on the content from the chat sessions, a first task being generated based on the first content information for the first chat session; and/or store information defining the tasks generated as part of the state information such that the first task is defined by a first task record.
US11695717B2	Dynamic email content engine Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for a dynamic email content engine. An embodiment operates by selecting a subscriber record from a database. The embodiment adds, i.e., stores, a first content item to a content pool based on a first rule in a set of rules, wherein the first rule is applied based on a characteristic of the content item or a persona record assigned to the subscriber record. The embodiments adds, i.e., stores, a second content item to the content pool based on a second rule in the set of rules. The embodiment ranks the first content item and the second content item in the content pool based on a first priority value and a second priority value. The embodiment assigns the first content item to the subscriber record based on the ranking.
US11695715B2	Methods, systems and computer readable mediums for providing a rich menu for instant messaging services Disclosed are a system, method, device, and/or non-transitory computer readable medium for providing an instant messaging service implemented with a computer. The method includes receiving a request on establishing a conversation interface with an official account registered at the instant messaging service from a client, providing a rich menu user interface associated with the official account on a portion of the conversation interface when the client establishes the conversation interface in response to the request, receiving a selection on a display item included in the rich menu from the client, identifying content associated with the selected display item by a manager of the official account, and providing the identified content to the client through the conversation interface.
US11695713B2	Computerized system and method for multi-factor message classification and delivery Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content providing, searching and/or hosting systems supported by or configured with devices, servers and/or platforms. The disclosed systems and methods provide a novel messaging framework that automatically applies a multi-factor analysis technique to incoming and received messages in order to properly identify a message's type and category, which dictates the manner in which the message is displayed within a recipient's inbox. The disclosed framework operates on two levels: i) it determines whether a message is from a human or machine sender (H/M classification), and ii) it determines the messages category (MAGMA categorization).
US11695711B2	Adaptive communications display window One embodiment provides a method, including: utilizing at least one processor to execute computer code that performs the steps of: providing, on a display device, a communications window, wherein the communications window comprises a request for user input to start a conversation with an online assistant; receiving a user input identifying a request by the user to be completed by the online assistant; updating, based upon the request, the communications window, wherein the updated communications window comprises a summary of the conversation including prepopulated variable terms and allows user interaction to adjust the summary including adjustment of the prepopulated variable terms; and iteratively updating the communications windows based upon user input adjusting the summary. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11695705B2	Resource management apparatus, resource management system, and resource management method A resource management apparatus, a resource management system, and a resource management method. The resource management apparatus stores in one or more memories, positional relation of a resource and reservation information related to a reservation of the resource, in response to receiving a usage start request for starting a use of the resource from a communication terminal, determines whether one or more resources in surroundings are secured based on the positional relation and the reservation information, identifies the resource as an available resource in response to a determination that the one or more resources in the surroundings are not secured, and transmits usage information regarding the use of the available resource to the communication terminal.
US11695704B2	Reduced sized encoding of packet length field Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for reducing the size of packet headers without reducing the range of packet lengths supported. A packet header includes a fixed-width length field. Using a linear encoding, the maximum packet size is a linear function of the fixed-width length field. Thus, to expand the range of sizes available, either the granularity of the field must be decreased (e.g., by changing the measure of the field from flits to double-flits) or the size of the field must be increased (e.g., by changing the size of the field from 4 bits to 5 bits). However, by using a non-linear encoding, the difference between the minimum and maximum size can be increased without decreasing the granularity within a first range of field values and without increasing the size of the length field.
US11695695B2	Logical L3 daemon For a network controller for managing hosts in a network, a method for configuring a host to resolve network addresses is described. The method configures an address resolution module in a host to resolve a network address. The method configures a managed forwarding element in the host to (1) avoid sending a request to resolve the network address to another host by using the address resolution module to resolve the network address and (2) forward packets using the resolved network address.
US11695694B2	Reduction of the attack surface in a communications system A system and a method are for routing data packets from or to at least one electronic control unit, referred to as outgoing packets or incoming packets respectively. The at least one electronic control unit is connected to a communications system via a first interface. The communications system is connected via a second interface to a modem suitable for transferring the outgoing packets and the incoming packets to or respectively from at least one telecommunications network through a plurality of access points. Each access point is secured or unsecured. The outgoing and incoming packets are processed according to the type of access point by which the packets are transferred to or from the at least one telecommunications network.
US11695693B2	Packet transmission method, device, and system A packet transmission method, device, and system for network technologies are disclosed. A first network device receives, by using a first VPLS instance a packet to be sent to a user-side device connected to the second network device. The first network device forwards, based on an association relationship between the first VPLS instance and the first VPWS instance, the packet to a second VPWS instance in the second network device by using the first VPWS instance. A VPLS instance is associated with a VPWS instance in the first network device. A packet that is received by using the VPLS instance and that is to be sent to a user-side device can be forwarded by using the associated VPWS instance, so that pressure to learn a MAC address for packet transmission is reduced, and forwarding performance of the system is ensured.
US11695688B2	Computing segment identifier lists for multipaths in a segment routing-enabled network Techniques are described for computing lists of segment identifiers (SIDs) that satisfy each path in a multipath solution for a segment routing (SR) policy. In an example, a method includes obtaining, by a computing device, a plurality of paths through a network comprising one or more network nodes, each path of the plurality of paths representing a different sequence of links connecting pairs of the network nodes from a source to a destination; computing, by the computing device, one or more lists of segments identifiers (SIDs) that satisfy each path of the plurality of paths; and programming the network to forward network traffic based at least on the one or more lists of SIDs.
US11695687B2	Distribution of multicast information in a routing system A routing system for distributing multicast routing information for a multicast service includes a plurality of routers including a multicast source router and a plurality of multicast receiver routers, the plurality of routers providing a multicast service, wherein the routers are configured to exchange multicast information associated with the multicast service including identification of multicast sources and the multicast receivers.
US11695685B2	Supporting candidate path selection Various example embodiments for supporting candidate path selection in a communication system are presented. The support for candidate path selection may be based on candidate path preference information of the candidate paths where the candidate path preference information of the candidate paths may be configured for use by network devices in selecting between the candidate paths. The support for candidate path selection based on candidate path preference information of the candidate paths may be provided within the context of candidate path selection which may include failover switching. The support for candidate path selection based on candidate path preference information may be based on support for distribution of the candidate path preference information of the candidate paths to network devices and use of the candidate path preference information of the candidate paths by the network devices to support selection of the candidate paths.
US11695680B2	Method and system for providing communication analysis of user equipment based on network data analysis A method and system for providing communication analysis of the user equipment (UE) based on network analysis is disclosed. The method provides communication analysis of the UE in a form as UE communication statistics or UE communication prediction by analyzing network data collected from the network function (NF) device.
US11695678B2	Calibrating network analyzer devices A device receives network information from an analyzer device associated with a host device, a target device, and a link of a network, and compares the network information and historical equalizer calibration information to identify a set of equalizer calibration information. The historical equalizer calibration information is associated with multiple host devices, multiple target devices, and multiple links. The device ranks the set of equalizer calibration information, based on quality information associated with the historical equalizer calibration information, to generate a ranked set of equalizer calibration information. The device provides the ranked set of equalizer calibration information to the analyzer device to permit the analyzer device to identify selected equalizer calibration information of the ranked set of equalizer calibration information, and utilize the selected equalizer calibration information.
US11695674B2	Estimation of network quality metrics from network request data Network request data is collected over a time window. The network request data is filtered to generate bypass network traffic records. Network performance categories are generated from the bypass network traffic records. Sufficient statistics of network optimization parameters are calculated for the network performance categories. The sufficient statistics of the network optimization parameters are used to generate network optimization parameters to determine data download performances of web applications.
US11695673B2	System and method for collecting consumption Various embodiments disclosed herein are related to a non-transitory computer readable storage medium. In some embodiments, the medium includes instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to identify, at an edge network, resource consumption data including a status that indicates whether a service hosted on a cluster of nodes on the edge network is powered on, a type of a resource being consumed by the service, a quantity of the resource being consumed by the service, and a time stamp associated with the resource being consumed by the service and provide, to a remote server in communication with the edge network, the resource consumption data. In some embodiments, the remote server meters resource consumption based on the resource consumption data.
US11695672B2	Communication system determining time of arrival using matching pursuit A wireless receiver receives location pilots embedded in received symbols and uses the location pilots to detect the first path for every base station the network has designated for the receiver to use in time of arrival estimation. The receiver preferably applies matching pursuit strategies to offer a robust and reliable identification of a channel impulse response's first path. The receiver may also receive and use estimation pilots as a supplement to the location pilot information in determining time of arrival. The receiver can use metrics characteristic of the channel to improve the robustness and reliability of the identification of a CIR's first path. With the first path identified, the receiver measures the time of arrival for signals from that path and the receiver determines the observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) to respond to network requests for OTDOA and position determination measurements.
US11695669B2	Network interface device A network interface device, said network interface device has a data transmission path configured to receive data for transmission. The data for transmission is to be sent over a network by the network interface device. A monitor is configured to monitor the data transmission path to determine if an underrun condition is associated with the data transmission path. If so, an indication is included in the transmitted data packet.
US11695667B2	Query prints (Qprints): telemetry-based similarity for DNS Techniques for Qprints using telemetry-based similarity for DNS are provided. In some embodiments, a system/process/computer program product for Qprints using telemetry-based similarity for DNS in accordance with some embodiments includes aggregating a set of network related event data, wherein the set of network related event data includes Domain Name System (DNS) related query data; clustering the DNS related query data; and generating similarity clusters for domains based on their DNS related query data. For example, the set of network related event data can include passive DNS (pDNS) data aggregated over a period of time to express pDNS data at-scale, and similarity of the pDNS data aggregated over the period of time is quantified, within and across networks based on telemetry-based similarity for DNS using a statistical model.
US11695665B2	Cross-cloud connectivity checks Example methods and systems are provided for cross-cloud connectivity checks. One example method may include detecting a first connectivity check packet that is addressed from a first virtualized computing instance deployed in a first cloud environment; and determining that the first connectivity check packet is destined for a second virtualized computing instance in a second cloud environment reachable via the network device. The method may also comprise: generating a second connectivity check packet by modifying the first connectivity check packet to include one or more indicators that a connectivity check is required along a datapath towards the second virtualized computing instance in the second cloud environment. The method may further comprise: sending the second connectivity check packet to cause one or more observation points along the datapath to, based on the one or more indicators, generate and send report information associated with the second connectivity packet.
US11695662B1	Methods and devices for improved percentile extraction of network monitoring data Described are various embodiments of a device and method for computing statistics of various network monitoring metrics. In one embodiment, the method includes constructing a first histogram of network traffic monitoring data acquired over a designated sampling period from said network; identifying one or more bins of said first histogram comprising each at least one of one or more desired percentile values; for each identified bin: building a second histogram centered on said identified bin, said second histogram comprising a second bin size that is smaller than said first bin size; calculating one or more bins of said second histogram comprising each at least one of said one or more desired percentile values and the values associated therewith; and converting said values associated therewith into percentile values representative of the range defined between said lower order of magnitude to said higher order of magnitude.
US11695661B1	Systems and methods for deploying a cloud management system configured for tagging constructs deployed in a multi-cloud environment A distributed cloud computing system is disclosed that includes a controller configured to deploy a first gateway in a first cloud computing network and a second gateway in a second cloud computing network and logic. The logic, upon execution by one or more processors, causes performance of operations including generating a topology mapping visualization illustrating a plurality of constructs and communication paths therebetween, wherein a first subset of the plurality of constructs are deployed in the first cloud computing network and a second subset of the plurality of constructs are deployed in the second cloud computing network, receiving user input corresponding to (i) a selection of one or more constructs and (ii) an identifier for the selection, generating a filtered topology mapping visualization of the selection of the one or more constructs and any connections therebetween, and causing rendering of the filtered topology mapping visualization on a display screen.
US11695659B2	Unique ID generation for sensors Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for generating a unique ID for a sensor in a network. Once the sensor is installed on a component of the network, the sensor can send attributes of the sensor to a control server of the network. The attributes of the sensor can include at least one unique identifier of the sensor or the host component of the sensor. The control server can determine a hash value using a one-way hash function and a secret key, send the hash value to the sensor, and designate the hash value as a sensor ID of the sensor. In response to receiving the sensor ID, the sensor can incorporate the sensor ID in subsequent communication messages. Other components of the network can verify the validity of the sensor using a hash of the at least one unique identifier of the sensor and the secret key.
US11695657B2	Network embedded framework for distributed network analytics A network analytics controller is established in a network. The network includes a plurality of nodes. A plurality of network analytics agents is established; each agent at a node of the network. Network analytics configuration parameters, including a network analytics scope, are received at the networks analytics controller. A task is assigned to each agent at a node determined to be within the network analytics scope, the task comprising that portion of the network analytics specified in the network analytics configuration parameters relevant to the corresponding node. The assigned task is performed at each agent assigned a task. The networks analytics controller receives the results of each performed task, and aggregates the received results.
US11695656B2	Method and apparatus for detecting service and analyzing service characteristic using NWDAF in mobile communication system The disclosure relates to a communication method and a 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 disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure relates to apparatuses and methods for detecting a specific service through a network data analytics function (NWDAF) in a mobile communication system and analyzing a characteristic related to the service.
US11695654B2	High performance compute infrastructure as a service A high performance computing environment includes a plurality of computing resources, a plurality of tenant clouds organized from the plurality of computing resources, and an Infrastructure as a Service resource manager. The Infrastructure as a Service resource manager further includes a plurality of Infrastructure as a Service system interfaces and a portal. In operation, a cloud user interacts over a secure link and through the portal with the Infrastructure as a Service system interfaces to perform cloud tasks relative to a particular one of a plurality of tenant clouds of the high performance computing environment.
US11695650B2	Secure count in cloud computing networks Inducements are provided to customers to regularly connect back to a service provider and report usage that is expressed using a count of requests from a local computing device for cloud-based operations such as packet routing, container instantiation, virtual machine (VM) utilization, calls to a service or application, and the like. The count information is reported within a secure context, such as a trusted execution environment (TEE), using public-private key pair cryptography by which key derivation is dependent on some form of counting. For example, a customer computing device that is subject to a usage license encrypts an operation count and reports it to the service provider.
US11695648B2	Method for supporting service level agreement monitoring in a software defined network and corresponding software defined network A method supports service level agreement monitoring in a software defined network. The software defined network has forwarding elements and a software defined network controller for controlling the forwarding elements. Data flows are transmitted between a first end-path forwarding element, of the forwarding elements, and a second end-path forwarding element, of the forwarding elements, via at least one intermediate forwarding element, of the forwarding elements. The software defined network controller configures the intermediate forwarding element such that a probe triggering packet is generated based on local information of the intermediate forwarding element. The software defined network controller configures at least one of the first end-path forwarding element or the second end-path forwarding element such that an end-to-end probing is triggered based on receiving the probe triggering packet. The end-to-end probing is performed in order to detect a service level agreement violation.
US11695640B2	Container telemetry in data center environments with blade servers and switches The present disclosure provides systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for determining container to leaf switch connectivity information in a data center in a presence of blade switches and servers. In one aspect of the present disclosure, a method of determining container to leaf switch connectivity information of a data center utilizing at least one blade switch and at least one blade server, includes receiving, at a network controller, link connectivity information that includes south-bound neighboring information between the at least one blade switch of the data center and the at least one blade server of the data center; determining, at the network controller, the container to leaf switch connectivity information of the data center, based on the link connectivity information; and generating a visual representation of a topology of the data center based on the container to leaf switch connectivity information.
US11695637B2	Network service descriptor support for network slice isolation requirements A non-transitory computer readable media, methods, system and network function virtualization orchestrator can be used to instantiate a network service operating as at least a portion of a network slice. A network service descriptor describing the network service comprises at least one service deployment flavor; zero or more sharing allowed attribute defining if the network service or constituent instances of the network service is allowed to be shared with another network service instance, or with its constituent instances; and zero or more external placement rule attribute defining if the network service or constituent instances of the network service, is affine or anti-affine with current and future other network service or constituent instances of the current and future other network service.
US11695623B2	Method and apparatus for binding network card in multi-network card server, and electronic device and storage medium The present application discloses a method and an apparatus for binding a network card in a multi-network card server, an electronic device and a computer readable storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring a target address of a target server, wherein a connection between the target server and the multi-network card server is to be established; querying an IP address library according to the target address to determine an operator to which the target address belongs, wherein the IP address library records a correspondence between IP addresses and operators; selecting a network card, according to the determined operator to which the target address belongs, corresponding to the determined operator from a plurality of network cards in the multi-network card server; and binding the selected network card to establish the connection between the multi-network card server and the target server. On the premise of avoiding the inter-operator connection, the present application realizes binding the corresponding network card to enable the automatic connection between the multi-network card server and the target server.
US11695618B2	Quantum computing in root cause analysis of 5G and subsequent generations of communication networks Methods, systems, and apparatus for root cause analysis in a communication network. In one aspect, a method includes providing a quantum computer with data representing a topology of the communication network, the topology comprising a graph of vertices representing network devices and edges representing connections between network devices; receiving, from the quantum computer, data representing a first subset of network devices, wherein the first subset comprises a dominating set of vertices or a vertex cover for the graph; monitoring network devices in the first subset to generate alarm data representing triggered network device alarms; providing the alarm data to a quantum computer; receiving, from the quantum computer, data representing a second subset of network devices, wherein the second subset comprises a set cover for the alarm data and the network devices in the second subset comprise diagnosed sources of failures in the communication network.
US11695617B2	Alarm monitoring system, alarm monitoring method, and program A warning monitoring system includes: a warning information generation unit configured to receive a warning and a ripple warning generated due to the warning, each including a device name and sent by a device configuring a network, determine respective types of the warning and the ripple warning based on messages included in the warning and the ripple warning, and generate warning information in which the warning and the ripple warning are associated with the types; a network configuration database in which configuration information about the network is accumulated; and an interrelation analysis unit including a prior rule that indicates a generation manner of the ripple warning different depending on the type, and configured to acquire specific connection destination information by searching the network configuration database by using target information defined by the prior rule and the device name as keys, and relate the warning and the ripple warning.
US11695614B2	Systems, methods and devices for joint calibration of transmit and receive IQ mismatch A method of compensating for IQ mismatch (IQMM) in a transceiver may include sending first and second signals from a transmit path through a loopback path, using a phase shifter to introduce a phase shift in at least one of the first and second signals, to obtain first and second signals received by a receive path, using the first and second signals received by the receive path to obtain joint estimates of transmit and receive IQMM, at least in part, by estimating the phase shift, and compensating for IQMM using the estimates of IQMM. Using the first and second signals received by the receive path to obtain estimates of the IQMM may include processing the first and second signals received by the receive path as a function of one or more frequency-dependent IQMM parameters.
US11695613B2	Non-uniform constellations A method for generating a non-uniform constellation is provided. The method comprises the step of performing a first process, the first process comprising the steps of: obtaining a first constellation defined by one or more parameter values; and generating a second constellation based on the first constellation using a second process. The second process comprises the steps of: obtaining a set of candidate constellations, wherein the set of candidate constellations comprises the first constellation and one or more modified constellations, wherein each modified constellation is obtained by modifying the parameter values defining the first constellation; determining the performance of each candidate constellation according to a predetermined performance measure; selecting the candidate constellation having the best performance as the second constellation.
US11695610B2	Bandwidth constrained communication systems with frequency domain information processing The present disclosure provides techniques for bandwidth constrained communication systems with frequency domain information processing. A bandwidth constrained equalized transport (BCET) communication system can include a transmitter, a communication channel, and a receiver. The transmitter can include a pulse-shaping filter that intentionally introduces memory into a signal in the form of inter-symbol interference, an error control code (ECC) encoder, a multidimensional fast Fourier transform (FFT) processing block that processes the signal in the frequency domain, and a first interleaver. The receiver can include an information-retrieving equalizer, a deinterleaver with an ECC decoder, and a second interleaver joined in an iterative ECC decoding loop. The communication system can be bandwidth constrained, and the signal can comprise an information rate that is higher than that of a communication system without intentional introduction of the memory at the transmitter.
US11695606B2	Processing device for a network access node for generating phase compensated modulation symbols The disclosure relates to performing phase compensation at a transmitter. A processing device for a network access node generates a phase compensated modulation symbol based on at least one first modulation symbol and at least on one of a frequency offset parameter and a time offset parameter. The frequency offset parameter may be determined based on an offset between a reference frequency f0 and a DC (0 Hz) frequency such that the frequency offset parameter corresponds to the reference frequency f0. Also, the reference frequency f0 can be at least partly based on the carrier of up-conversion frequency used by the processing device and the reference frequency f0 can be the carrier for up-conversion frequency. The phase compensated symbol is transmitted to a receiver, such as a client device. Furthermore, the disclosure also relates to corresponding methods and a computer program.
US11695600B2	Costas sequence time-frequency synchronization method based on all-phase spectrum correction The present invention relates to the field of digital signal processing, and in particular to a Costas sequence time-frequency joint synchronization method based on all-phase spectrum correction. The method improves the defects existing in a discrete frequency spectrum correction algorithm using short-time Fourier transform and sliding correlation. The improvement mainly comprises: the present disclosure provides a solution based on iterative optimization: when an actual frequency offset is an integral multiple of the spectral resolution, a large error can occur, frequency offset correction and time delay correction are carried out on a signal by using an estimated value having a large estimated error, then estimation is carried out again, and the frequency offset of the signal is not a special value by means of an iteration mode.
US11695599B1	Systems and methods for delta-sigma digitization A baseband processing unit includes a baseband processor configured to receive a plurality of component carriers of a radio access technology wireless service, and a delta-sigma digitization interface configured to digitize at least one carrier signal of the plurality of component carriers into a digitized bit stream, for transport over a transport medium, by (i) oversampling the at least one carrier signal, (ii) quantizing the oversampled carrier signal into the digitized bit stream using two or fewer quantization bits.
US11695596B2	Multi-level signal transmitter and method thereof A multi-level signal transmitter includes an encoder figured to receive an input data and output a plurality of logical signal sets, each of said plurality of logical signal sets comprising a plurality of logical signals; and a plurality of tree-structured drivers configured to receive said plurality of logical signal sets, respectively, and jointly establish an output voltage at an output node, wherein each of said tree-structure drivers comprises a plurality of inverters configured to receive said plurality of logical signals of its respective logical signal set and jointly establish a joint voltage at a bifurcation node via coupling to the bifurcation node through a plurality of first-level weighting resistors, and a second-level weighting resistor configured to couple the bifurcation node to the output node.
US11695590B2	Communication device, communication system and message arbitration method A communication device that can prevent the transmission of a message from being continuously hindered over a long period of time, a communication system and a message arbitration method are provided. The communication device transmits and receives a message to and from another device connected to a common communication line which comprises a calculation unit that calculates as to a message to be transmitted a margin time before a time when a transmission of the message is completed; a transmission unit that transmits the message to which information related to the margin time calculated by the calculation unit is attached; and an arbitration unit that performs arbitration based on the information attached to the message when simultaneous message transmissions to the communication line occur, and as to multiple of messages simultaneously transmitted to the communication line, the arbitration unit performs arbitration in such a manner as to prioritize a message with a shorter margin time.
US11695588B2	Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing persistent management agent (PMA) functions for the control and coordination of DPU and DSLAM components In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, an exemplary system or computer implemented method for implementing Persistent Management Agent (PMA) functions for the control and coordination of DPU and DSLAM components may include, for example: a memory to store instructions for execution; one or more processors to execute the instructions; a virtualized module operating on virtualized computing infrastructure, in which the virtualized module is to provide a virtualized implementation of a plurality of functions associated with one or more remotely located Distribution Point Units (DPUs) and/or Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexers (DSLAMs), each of the one or more remotely located DPUs and/or DSLAMs having a plurality of broadband lines coupled thereto; in which the virtualized module is to further control Persistent Management Agent (PMA) functions and control coordination of the one or more remotely located DPUs and/or DSLAMs and the plurality of broadband lines coupled with the one or more remotely located DPUs and/or DSLAMs by virtualizing one or more functions of the one or more remotely located DPUs and/or DSLAMs to operate on the virtualized computing infrastructure; and a network interface to receive data and send control instructions for operation of the plurality of broadband lines to and from the one or more remotely located DPUs and/or DSLAMs. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
US11695587B1	Device, system, and method of wirelessly controlling electronic devices and appliances Devices, systems, and methods of wirelessly controlling appliances and electronic devices, such as ceiling fans, air conditioners, garage doors, or the like. A receive-only garage door system is wirelessly controlled by a proprietary remote control unit. A cloning unit is able to clone or duplicate the proprietary wireless signal, and to replay it or re-generate it in response to a triggering command that a user submitted via a smartphone or tablet; thereby enabling to control such garage door system via mobile electronic devices. The cloning unit utilizes recording of the wireless signal payload and carrier frequency; wireless signal analysis; image analysis of the appliance or of the remote control unit; queries to a remote server to obtain properties of the proprietary wireless signal; or other techniques of signal analysis or duplication.
US11695586B2	Smart home controller refrigerator and control method therefor The present invention relates to a smart home controller refrigerator and a control method therefor, the smart home controller refrigerator, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprising: a control unit comprising a control protocol communication unit for receiving control information for controlling a home appliance in a home, an operation protocol communication unit for generating an operation signal calculated from the control information, and a signal transmission unit for transmitting the operation signal to the home appliance; at least one storage space; and at least one door for controlling the opening/closing of the at least one storage space.
US11695583B2	System and method to provide homogeneous fabric attributes to reduce the need for SA access in a high performance computing environment Systems and methods for InfiniBand fabric optimizations to minimize SA access and startup failover times. A system can comprise one or more microprocessors, a first subnet, the first subnet comprising a plurality of switches, a plurality of host channel adapters, a plurality of hosts, and a subnet manager, the subnet manager running on one of the one or more switches and the plurality of host channel adapters. The subnet manager can be configured to determine that the plurality of hosts and the plurality of switches support a same set of capabilities. On such determination, the subnet manager can configure an SMA flag, the flag indicating that a condition can be set for each of the host channel adapter ports.
US11695581B2	Video conference calendar integration In an example embodiment, a tool to provide calendar integration with video conferencing technology to allow for the rendering of a specialized graphical user interface during a video conference that displays not only an identification of which users are currently attending or otherwise connected to the video conference but also an identification of users that have been invited to the video conference but not yet attended.
US11695580B2	Systems and methods for providing category—sensitive chat channels Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are provided for providing category-sensitive chat channels. A category-sensitive chat channel may be provided. The category-sensitive chat channel may be assigned a given category level. The given category level may determine a scope of content allowed in the category-sensitive chat channel. Information to be posted through the category-sensitive chat channel may be obtained. The obtained information may be filtered based on the given category level. The filtered information may be posted in the category-sensitive chat channel.
US11695575B2	Computing device and method for performing a secure neighbor discovery Computing devices and method for performing a secure neighbor discovery. A local computing device transmits an encrypted local node identifier and an encrypted local challenge to a remote computing device. The remote computing device generates a local challenge response based on the local challenge; and transmits an encrypted remote node identifier and an encrypted local challenge response to the local computing device. The local computing device determines that the received local challenge response corresponds to an expected local challenge response generated based on the local challenge. The remote computing device further transmits an encrypted remote challenge. The local computing device generates a remote challenge response based on the remote challenge; and transmits an encrypted remote challenge response to the remote computing device. The remote computing device determines that the received remote challenge response corresponds to an expected remote challenge response generated based on the remote challenge.
US11695572B2	Dialysis machine, a fluid preparation device, and methods for establishing secure communication between a dialysis machine and a fluid preparation device The present disclosure relates to establishing secure communication between a dialysis machine and a fluid preparation device. In an example, a dialysis machine includes a control unit configured to establish a short-range wireless connection with an external fluid preparation device. The control unit establishes the short-range wireless connection by causing a user interface to display a prompt to enter a passkey associated with a fluid preparation device, using the received passkey to pair with the fluid preparation device, and creating a new bonding table or write to an empty bonding table using the passkey. The control unit is also configured to generate a shared key using the passkey and at least one predetermined criterion and use the shared key to authenticate with the fluid preparation device. When authentication with the fluid preparation device is successful, the control unit enables data communication using the short-range connection with the fluid preparation device.
US11695571B2	System enabling digital signature of a document in an online meeting The system comprises a first data processing system, a second data processing system, and a server. The system further includes four screens. The first and third screen comprises a video stream and an audio stream. The second and fourth screen comprises a video stream displaying visual contents of a first document that is to be digitally signed by the first and second user. The first and second data processing systems are configured to receive a first and second unique signature from the first and second user, respectively, and add it to the first document. The server is configured to coordinate communication between the first and second data processing systems, record the visual contents of the first screen, the second screen, the third screen and the fourth screen, and store the recording.
US11695570B1	Quantum-safe blockchain vault system Arrangements of the present disclosure relate to a method for securing data located in a blockchain having a plurality of blocks. The method includes creating a pointer within a block of the plurality of blocks, the pointer pointing to a location external to the blockchain. In response to a request to protect data inside the block, the method further includes creating a security vault at the location, copying the block, and storing the copied block in the security vault using the pointer.
US11695569B2	Contribution signatures for tagging A request to add tags (e.g., labels, key-value pairs, or metadata) to resources can be digitally signed by the entity making the request, such that the source can be verified and an authorization determination made for each tag. For a request involving multiple services (or entities) that can each add tags, any tag added by a service can be included in the request and digitally signed by that service. Each service processing the request can also digitally sign the request before forwarding, so that each service signs a version of the request, which includes elements signed by other services earlier in the request chain. When the request is received to a tagging service, the service ensures that every tag was digitally signed by the appropriate authorized entity or service, and validates the signatures to ensure that no data was modified or omitted, before adding the tags to the designated resource(s).
US11695558B2	Systems and methods for distributed trust model and framework A trust management system is provided for a network communication ecosystem having a plurality of participating entities. The trust management system includes a trust specification engine configured to define and manage trust relationships between a first entity and a second entity of the plurality of participating entities, a trust analysis engine configured to process the results of a trust query from the first entity to the second entity, a trust evaluation engine configured to evaluate the trust relationships managed by the trust specification engine, and a trust monitor configured to (i) monitor one or more trust triggers occurring relevant to at least one of the first and second entities, and (2) update a trust relationship between the first and second entities based on one or more monitored trust triggers.
US11695554B2	Methods and apparatus for multi-path mesh network encryption and key generation The present application relates to networking technologies, communication cube technologies, and, more particularly, to methods, apparatus, techniques, and means for communication security, encryption, and privacy in network communications.
US11695551B2	Quantum frequency processor for provable cybersecurity Methods of quantum key distribution include receiving a frequency bin photon at a location, selecting a frequency bin photon quantum key distribution measurement basis, with a quantum frequency processor, performing a measurement basis transformation on the received frequency bin photon so that the frequency bin photon is measurable in the selected frequency bin photon quantum key distribution measurement basis, and detecting the frequency bin photon in the selected quantum key distribution measurement basis and assigning a quantum key distribution key value based on the detection to a portion of a quantum key distribution key. Apparatus and methods for encoding, decoding, transmitting, and receiving frequency bin photons are disclosed.
US11695550B2	Secure communication network A method of exchanging a combined cryptographic key between a first node and a second node,the first node and the second node being connected through a first communication and a second communication network, wherein the first communication network is a quantum communication network wherein information is encoded on weak light pulses; andthe first node and the second node being configured to:exchange one or more first cryptographic keys on the first communication network;exchange one or more second cryptographic keys using the second communication network; andform the combined cryptographic key by combining the one or more first cryptographic keys and the one or more second cryptographic keys, such that the first node and the second node share knowledge of the combined cryptographic key.
US11695549B2	Multi-device remote attestation Systems and methods for attesting an enclave in a network. A method includes receiving, by a first device, proof information from an application provider entity that the enclave is secure, wherein the proof information includes a public part, Ga, of information used by the enclave to derive a Diffie-Hellman key in a key generation process with the application provider entity, processing, by the first device, the proof information to verify that the enclave is secure and ensuring that Ga is authentic and/or valid, deriving, by the first device, a new Diffie-Hellman key, based on Ga and x, wherein x is a private part of information used by the first device to derive the new Diffie-Hellman key, and sending, by the first device, a message including Ga and a public part, Gx, of the information used by the first device to derive the new Diffie-Hellman key to the enclave.
US11695543B2	Blockchain network control system and methods A blockchain network control system and method is disclosed. The system includes a processor coupled to a storage comprising a plurality of network entity definitions each defining a different network entity that make up a target network architecture for a permissioned blockchain network. The system also includes a control object communicatively coupled to an ordering service and a plurality of organizations. The plurality of organizations was established by the blockchain network control system by instantiating the organizational membership service provider, registering and enrolling each peer node within each organization, storing the cryptographic identity generated for the peer node, and then instantiating the plurality of peer nodes. The ordering service was established by the blockchain network control system by instantiating the ordering membership service provider, registering and enrolling each orderer node belonging to the ordering service, storing the cryptographic identity generated for the orderer node, and then instantiating the orderer nodes.
US11695542B2	Technology for generating a keystream while combatting side-channel attacks An integrated circuit features technology for generating a keystream. The integrated circuit comprises a cipher block with a linear feedback shift register (LFSR) and a finite state machine (FSM). The LFSR and the FSM are configured to generate a stream of keys, based on an initialization value and an initialization key. The FSM comprises an Sbox that is configured to use a multiplicative mask to mask data that is processed by the Sbox when the LFSR and the FSM are generating the stream of keys. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11695541B2	Implementing resilient deterministic encryption A computer-implemented method according to one aspect includes creating an initialization vector, utilizing an instance of plaintext and a secret key; encrypting the instance of plaintext, utilizing the initialization vector, the secret key, and the instance of plaintext; combining the initialization vector and the encrypted instance of plaintext to create a ciphertext string; and sending the ciphertext string to a storage device performing deduplication.
US11695538B2	Efficient phase calibration methods and systems for serial interfaces A phase calibration method includes sweeping phase codes applicable to a serial clock signal, identifying a first, a second, a third, and a fourth phase code, wherein the first phase code causes zero plus a first threshold number of bits extracted from the serial data signal to be a particular value, wherein the second phase code causes all minus a second threshold number of bits extracted from the serial data signal to be the particular value, wherein the third phase code causes all minus a third threshold number of bits extracted from the serial data signal to be the particular value, wherein the fourth phase code causes zero plus a fourth threshold number of bits extracted from the serial data signal to be the particular value, determining an average phase code based on the identified phase codes.
US11695530B2	DMRS design for DFT-s-OFDM with increased subcarrier spacing This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for DMRS design for DFT-s-OFDM with increased subcarrier spacing. A UE may receive an assignment to transmit on a set of RBs. The set of RBs may be contiguous within a carrier that includes greater than 110 RBs. The UE may transmit DMRS on each RE of one or more adjacent symbols of the set of RBs.
US11695527B2	Coreset search area optimization A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. According to some embodiments, a network node for communicating with a first wireless device is provided. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to: assign a control resource set, CORESET, search area identifier, CS-ID, to a first wireless device, and cause signaling of a CORESET including data for a first wireless device where the data is searchable within the CORESET based at least on an offset derivable from the CS-ID.
US11695524B2	Puncturing indicator of a portion of a reference signal within an unpunctured portion of the reference signal Disclosed are techniques related to wireless communication system in which a network node is allowed to puncture a reference signal (RS) to deliver high priority data (e.g., URLLC data) to a user equipment (UE) that is not currently being served by the network node. In an aspect, the RS comprises a puncturable subset and an unpuncturable subset. In an aspect, the puncturable subset comprises resources of the RS that are allowed to be punctured, and the unpuncturable subset comprises resources of the RS that are prohibited from being punctured. In an aspect, the network node transmits the RS such that unpuncturable subset indicates whether or not the puncturable subset of the RS has or has not been punctured.
US11695523B2	Distribution shaping method, distribution deshaping method, distribution shaping encoder, distribution shaping decoder, and transmission system In a distribution shaping method, information compression and distribution shaping are executed at the same time. A symbol sequence of a predetermined length is allocated to an input bit sequence of a predetermined length on a one-to-one basis. In the allocation, a bit sequence smaller in entropy is allocated a symbol sequence smaller in average power.
US11695519B2	Multi-beam piggyback downlink control information Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive, on a downlink control channel and a first beam, first downlink control information (DCI), wherein the first DCI identifies a second DCI that is carried on a downlink shared channel; and receive multiple repetitions of the second DCI on the downlink shared channel on a plurality of second beams.
US11695516B2	Method and apparatus for handling device-to-device feedback in a wireless communication system In an example, a second UE receives a first SCI and a second SCI from a first UE in a first slot. A groupcast sidelink transmission is scheduled by the first SCI and the second SCI. The second SCI indicates a location indication, associated with a location of the first UE, and a communication range. A PSFCH resource is determined based upon the first SCI. The second UE doesn't transmit a NACK indication on the PSFCH resource if location information of the second UE is available, the groupcast sidelink transmission isn't successfully decoded, and the second UE is outside the communication range. The second UE transmits the NACK indication on the PSFCH resource if the location information isn't available and the groupcast sidelink transmission isn't successfully decoded, or if the location information is available, the groupcast sidelink transmission isn't successfully decoded, and the second UE is within the communication range.
US11695513B2	User terminal and radio communication method A terminal is disclosed including a processor that controls a transmission of an uplink control information using a cyclic shift that is based on the uplink control information, the uplink control information including a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK), and a transmitter that transmits the uplink control information in an uplink control channel, wherein intervals between two cyclic shifts that are respectively based on two values of a 1-bit HARQ-ACK are each equal to π, and intervals between four cyclic shifts that are respectively based on four values of a 2-bit HARQ-ACK are each equal to π/2. In other aspects, a radio communication method for a user terminal is also disclosed.
US11695509B2	Resolving decodability for subsequent transmissions whose throughput exceeds a threshold Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine to decode or refrain from decoding a transport block (TB) transmitted from a base station based on a decodability condition. The decodability condition may include whether an effective UE throughput for decoding the TB is greater than a predetermined decoding throughput threshold or not. If the effective UE throughput is greater than the predetermined decoding throughput threshold, the UE may refrain from decoding the TB. In some cases, the TB may be a subsequent transmission from the base station based on an initial transmission not being correctly decoded, and the UE may refrain from decoding the subsequent transmission.
US11695507B2	Apparatus and method for in multiple access in wireless communication A multiple access method, a multiple access transmitter, and a multiple access receiver includes performing, by a transmitter, channel coding on a bit sequence to determine a coded sequence. The method also includes interleaving and/or scrambling the coded sequence, and performing multidimensional constellation modulation on the interleaved and/or scrambled sequence; performing grid mapping on the modulated symbol sequence to determine a mapped sequence, and transmitting the mapped sequence. The method also includes receiving, by a receiver, mixed signals from multiple transmitters, the mixed signals are obtained by performing, by each of the multiple transmitters, interleaving and/or scrambling, multidimensional constellation modulation and grid mapping on data. The method further includes decoding, by the receiver, mixed information according to interleaver information and/or scrambler information, multidimensional constellation information and grid mapping pattern information corresponding to each transmitter to obtain data corresponding to each transmitter.
US11695505B2	Reduced overhead error detection code design for decoding a codeword Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. An encoder of a wireless device may receive a transport block (TB) for transmission and segment the transport block into a set of multiple, smaller data segments that respectively correspond to a plurality of code blocks of the TB. The encoder may generate a code block level (CB-level) error detection code (EDC) for a subset of the data segments. The encoder may generate a transport block-level (TB-level) EDC for the TB using the data segments. Each of the code blocks (CBs) may be of the same size and may include one of the data segments. A subset of the CBs may include a data segment from the subset of the data segments and one of the CB-level EDCs. The remaining CBs that are not part of the subset may include a remaining data segments and the TB-level EDC.
US11695501B2	Adaptive control channel blind detection limits Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for blind decoding and channel estimation (BD/CE) limitations and configuration of new radio (NR) physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) repetition. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station, an indication of at least one blind detection limit for detecting a control channel from a set of blind detection limits and monitoring for the control channel based on the received indication of the at least one blind detection limit for detecting the control channel.
US11695500B2	Communication method, terminal device, and network device This application provides a communication method, including: receiving, by a terminal device, configuration information, where the configuration information is used to configure M component carriers, and M is a positive integer; determining, by the terminal device, N types of DCI sizes based on the configuration information; and if N is greater than a first threshold, determining, by the terminal device, Q types of DCI sizes, and detecting a downlink control channel in a first time unit based on the Q types of DCI sizes, where Q is less than or equal to the first threshold. According to the communication method provided in this application, a capability of detecting a DCI size by a terminal device can be fully used.
US11695487B2	Robust broadcast via relayed retransmission Systems and methods for broadcasting wireless data via one or more retransmission schemes to increase the packet reception in a wireless system. One or more devices of the system are configured to listen for an initial data packet from a source device. Should one or more devices successfully receive the initial packet, each device that received the packet can unconditionally retransmit a copy of the payload of the initial packet such that any device that failed to receive the initial packet payload has an opportunity to receive it during the respective retransmissions. Similarly, each device of the system can send acknowledgements to the other system devices that indicate whether they received the initial packet. Should one or more of the devices successfully receive the initial packet, the devices can conditionally retransmit a copy of the missing payload when one or more devices indicates they have failed to receive it.
US11695486B2	Non-terrestrial network link adaptation Systems and methods for communication link adaptation and communication networks involving ground-based user equipment and non-terrestrial stations. A communication is received indicating signal quality of a first signal transmitted during a first transmission period and a plurality of fading losses associated with the first signal are obtained. A first fading loss and a second fading loss associated with the first signal are estimated for a future time, the first fading loss based on application of a first filter, and the second fading loss based on differences determined between the first fading loss and the plurality of fading losses. A signal-to-interference-plus-noise-ratio is calculated and includes at least one of the first fading loss and the second fading loss. A non-terrestrial station transmits, for a second time period, a second signal having settings determined based on the signal-to-interference-plus-noise-ratio.
US11695484B2	Pairing electronic devices through an accessory device In one example, an accessory device establishes a connection with a first collaboration device. An acoustic signal encoded with a token and transmitted by a second collaboration device is received at the accessory device. The acoustic signal is decoded at the accessory device to obtain the token. The token is transmitted from the accessory device to the first collaboration device for verification and pairing of the first collaboration device with the second collaboration device.
US11695483B2	Target qubit decoupling in an echoed cross-resonance gate Systems, computer-implemented methods, and/or computer program products that can facilitate target qubit decoupling in an echoed cross-resonance gate are provided. According to an embodiment, a computer-implemented method can comprise receiving, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, both a cross-resonance pulse and a decoupling pulse at a target qubit. The cross-resonance pulse propagates to the target qubit via a control qubit. The computer-implemented method can further comprise receiving, by the system, a state inversion pulse at the control qubit. The computer-implemented method can further comprise receiving, by the system, both a phase-inverted cross-resonance pulse and a phase-inverted decoupling pulse at the target qubit. The phase-inverted cross-resonance pulse propagates to the target qubit via the control qubit.
US11695481B2	Light intensity signal transmitting device based on high-speed LED array Disclosed is a light intensity signal transmitting device based on a high-speed LED array. The light intensity signal transmitting device includes an LED array and a control board card; through a novel arrangement and driving mode, the LED array has a high-speed modulation characteristic and can transmit high-bit light intensity information at the switching speed of single-point LEDs; the control board card performs high-speed display by gating an I/O port of the LED array, and is used as a light intensity signal transmitting end to transmit a light signal. According to the light intensity signal transmitting device, on the premise that the switching rate of the LED array is ensured, multi-bit binary data transmission is realized, and the transmission rate is improved.
US11695480B2	High-speed optical transceiver integrated chip drive circuit with phase delay compensation function A high-speed optical transceiver integrated chip drive circuit with phase delay compensation function includes a transmitting end drive circuit to drive the laser to emit light to transmit signals and a receiving end drive circuit to optimize the signal degradation caused by the signal sent by the transmitting end drive circuit to the laser via the transmission backplane; a long code phase lead adjustment circuit is arranged on the main channel of the transmitting end drive circuit, and a long code phase lag adjustment circuit is set on the main channel of the receiving end drive circuit. The present invention is used to optimize high-speed signals and solve the problem that the CML drive circuit at the receiving end or the laser drive circuit at the transmitting end cannot compensate the difference between the group delay and phase delay for the high-speed signal after passing through the backplane (Laser device).
US11695477B2	Spatial optical wireless communication system A system comprising a plurality of points of access deployed in venue having a crowd area located next to an event happening area, each one of the plurality of points of access comprising an optical transmitter adapted to broadcast an encoded media stream in light emissions, a plurality of portable optical receiver units, each having: a connector adapted to be electrically connected to one of a plurality of client devices, an optical receiver adapted to capture the light emissions, and a controller adapted to convert the light emissions into a digital stream forwarded via the connector to a respective client device of the plurality of client devices to allow a presentation of the digital stream on a display of the respective client device by an application executed on the respective client device.
US11695476B2	System and method for optimizing optical communication for autonomous vehicles A system and method for optimizing optical communication for autonomous vehicles, including: determining a predetermined route of a vehicle equipped with an optical communication device (OCD) including an array of micromirrors; determining a location of at least one infrastructure unit along the predetermined route; determining optimal angles for the array of micromirrors based on the predetermined route and the determined location of the at least one infrastructure unit to optimize optical communication between the OCD and the at least one infrastructure unit; and adjusting the array of micromirrors based on the determined optimal angles.
US11695474B2	Autonomous provisioning of optical channels in submarine or foreign optical line systems Systems and methods are provided for enhancing techniques for provisioning optical channels to allow optical networks to operate in an optimal fashion. A method, according to one implementation, includes utilizing a plurality of modems to measure optical performance parameters of a plurality of optical channels of an optical spectrum. Each optical channel is previously unassigned in an unknown optical link system to be commissioned. The modems are arranged within a group for communicating optical signals within the optical spectrum across the unknown optical link system to an unknown far-end network element. The method also includes provisioning the plurality of optical channels based on the measured optical performance parameters to enable data communication between the near-end network element and the far-end network element. Before commissioning, the unknown optical link system does not allow data communication between the near-end network element and the far-end network element.
US11695468B2	Reconfigurable wireless radio system for providing highly sensitive nationwide radar functionality using a limited number of frequencies and adaptable hardware A highly sensitive RADAR system comprising a plurality of ground stations, where each ground station includes a plurality of ground-based directional antennae, each ground-based directional antenna having a beam width associated with a particular area of the sky above the ground station and, for each ground-based directional antenna, a least one software defined radio is coupled to the directional antenna in such a manner as to enable the ground-based directional antenna to transmit radfrequency signals generated by the software defined radio at one or more frequencies and to provide to the software defined radfrequency signals received by the ground-based directional antenna at one or more frequencies; and where each of a plurality of the ground stations is configured to transmit a radfrequency signal into a specific defined area of space in such a manner that the various transmitted radio signals will arrive in the defined area of space at substantially the same time; and wherein, each of the plurality of ground stations are further configured to detect reflected radio signals from an object within the defined area of space; and wherein the system further includes a processor for processing any reflected signals received by is the plurality of ground stations to identify the presence of objects within the defined space.
US11695467B2	Reconfigurable and modular active repeater device A device includes a primary sector and secondary sectors communicatively coupled to the primary sector. The processor included in the primary sector is configured to down convert a Radio Frequency (RF) signals with a first frequency to an analog baseband (IQ) signal with a second frequency, and receive a second digital baseband signal that comprises a first digital baseband signal and a digital echo signal. The first digital baseband signal comprises a training sequence signal. Further, the processor estimates a plurality of filter taps of the FIR filter based on the digital echo signal and estimate the digital echo signal in the received second digital baseband signal based on the first digital baseband signal and the plurality of filter taps of the FIR filter. The estimated digital echo signal is removed from at least one current digital baseband signal based on the down conversion of the RF signals.
US11695457B2	Pre-coding method and pre-coding device Disclosed is a precoding method comprising the steps of: generating a first coded block and a second coded block with use of a predetermined error correction block coding scheme; generating a first precoded signal z1 and a second precoded signal z2 by performing a precoding process, which corresponds to a matrix selected from among the N matrices F[i], on a first baseband signal s1 generated from the first coded block and a second baseband signal s2 generated from the second coded block, respectively; the first precoded signal z1 and the second precoded signal z2 satisfying (z1, z2)T=F[i] (s1, s2)T; and changing both of or one of a power of the first precoded signal z1 and a power of the second precoded signal z2, such that an average power of the first precoded signal z1 is less than an average power of the second precoded signal z2.
US11695453B2	Method for maintaining beamforming in wireless AV system, and wireless device using same A method by which a first wireless device maintains beamforming in a wireless AV system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: transmitting a packet including a non-training field and a plurality of training fields to a second wireless device, wherein the non-training field is transmitted on the basis of the best sector combination from among a plurality of candidate sector combinations predetermined between the first wireless device and the second wireless device, and the plurality of training fields is transmitted on the basis of the plurality of candidate sector combinations; receiving candidate beam feedback information as a response to the plurality of training fields; determining, on the basis of the candidate beam feedback information, whether a channel change due to an obstacle occurs; and updating the best sector combination on the basis of the candidate beam feedback information when it is determined that the channel change occurs.
US11695447B2	Communication device and method of operating the same In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided, comprising: an ultra-wideband (UWB) communication unit configured to set up a UWB communication channel with a first external communication device; a further communication unit configured to set up a further communication channel with a second external communication device; an antenna configured to be selectively used by the UWB communication unit and the further communication unit; wherein the UWB communication unit is operatively coupled to the further communication unit, and wherein the further communication unit is configured to grant the UWB communication unit access to said antenna in response to receiving a request from the UWB communication unit. This aspect represents a solution to the problem of how to facilitate avoiding that UWB ranging rounds fail in a co-existence system.
US11695446B2	Communication apparatus According to an embodiment, a communication apparatus creates a prediction model taking into consideration of the actual fluctuation of a self-interference signal. The communication apparatus selects, where the self-interference signal has largely fluctuated, a prediction model in accordance with a fluctuation pattern at an early stage of the fluctuation. The communication apparatus generates a cancel signal by control applying a gain and an amount of phase shift represented by the prediction model.
US11695441B2	Method and apparatus for cancelling interference signals A method of cancelling interference signals may comprise: receiving, from a transmitting communication node, a first polarization signal including an interference signal and a second polarization signal that is orthogonal to the first polarization signal and includes the interference signal; generating a combined signal by combining the first polarization signal and the second polarization signal using initial combining coefficients; calculating a correlation between the combined signal and one of the first polarization signal and the second polarization signal; selecting final combining coefficients based on the correlation; and generating an output signal by combining the first polarization signal and the second polarization signal using the final combining coefficients.
US11695438B2	Expandable architecture and bus for consumer gateway The embodiments include a stackable computing device that includes an integrated heatsink and antenna structure and a housing structure. The housing structure includes a housing casing that surrounds the integrated heatsink and antenna structure. The integrated heatsink and antenna structure includes a heatsink base and one or more radio frequency (RF) antenna portions. The heatsink base includes a connector port that provides an interface between components of the computing device and other computing or peripheral devices. For example, the heatsink base may include platform that is configured to have circuitry fixedly secured on a first side of the platform with a connector of the circuitry aligned with an aperture of the connector port such that a connection to the circuitry is accepted by circuitry of another computing device.
US11695430B1	Method for decoding polar codes and apparatus thereof A method and an apparatus for decoding polar codes, the method comprising: determining a starting level for processing an overflow according to a number of encoded bits of a received polar encoded codeword, an input bit-width, and an internal bit-width of a decoder; multiplying an output Log-Likelihood Ratio (LLR) value and two input LLR values of the G function by a first coefficient and a second coefficient respectively; and finally, the LLR values corresponding to the received codeword are decoded to obtain decoded bits.
US11695426B1	SAR ADC and related method A successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes a comparator, a threshold generator and a controller. The comparator receives an analog signal and the SAR ADC outputs an output codeword. The comparator performs a plurality of first comparisons and a plurality of second comparisons. The controller determines a plurality of most significant bits of the output codeword according to a plurality of first comparison results corresponding to the first comparisons. The first comparisons are performed by comparing the analog signal with a plurality of first thresholds. The controller determines a plurality of least significant bits of the output codeword according to a plurality of second comparison results corresponding to the second comparisons. The second comparisons are performed by comparing the analog signal with a second threshold. The controller controls the threshold generator to produce the plurality of first thresholds and the second threshold according to the first comparison results.
US11695425B2	ADC slicer reconfiguration for different channel insertion loss A receiver having analog-to-digital converters (ADC) is disclosed. The ADCs may be reconfigured based on the insertion loss mode of the receiver. For example, different portions of a plurality of time-interleaved successive approximation (SAR) ADC slices included in at least one sub-ADC of each time-interleaved ADC may be enabled depending on which of a plurality of insertion loss modes is selected for operation of the receiver.
US11695424B2	Distortion reduction circuit An apparatus includes a sampling circuit, a sense circuit, and a tuning circuit. The sampling circuit samples an input signal according to a sampling clock signal to produce a sampled signal. The sense circuit determines a scaling factor based on a distortion in the sampled signal caused by the sampling clock signal. The tuning circuit generates an offset signal based on the sampling clock signal and the scaling factor. The offset signal reduces the distortion in the sampled signal caused by the sampling clock signal.
US11695420B2	Logic-in-memory inverter using feedback field-effect transistor Disclosed is technology that is driven using a positive feedback loop of a feedback field-effect transistor and is capable of performing a logic-in memory function. The logic-in-memory inverter includes a metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor, and a feedback field-effect transistor in which a drain region of a nanostructure is connected in series to a drain region of the metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor, wherein the logic-in-memory inverter performs a logical operation is performed based on an output voltage VOUT that changes depending on a level of an input voltage VIN that is input to a gate electrode of the feedback field-effect transistor and a gate electrode of the metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor while a source voltage VSS is input to a source region of the nanostructure and a drain voltage VDD is input to a source region of the metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor.
US11695417B1	Active noise cancelation in superconducting Qubits using closed-loop feedback A closed-loop feedback system and method of active noise cancellation to maintain a desired operating frequency of a qubit during a quantum computation, even when that frequency is relatively sensitive to flux noise. A series of Ramsey experiments is performed on the qubit to estimate an offset between its actual and desired operating frequencies, and the error is accumulated. After the probing is complete, the accumulated error is supplied to an arbitrary waveform generator that produces a magnetic flux that is coupled to the qubit, thereby tuning the qubit and actively controlling its operating frequency. Having corrected the operating frequency of the qubit and extended its coherence time, the quantum state of the qubit is allowed to evolve according to the computation.
US11695415B2	Semiconductor device A power-on reset circuit 10 has: an enhancement-type PMOS transistor P1 whose source is connected to VDD and whose drain is connected to node VJG; a depletion-type NMOS transistor D1 whose drain is connected to the node VJG; a first resistor portion having resistors R1, R2 that are connected in series, and whose one end is connected to a source of the depletion-type NMOS transistor D1, and whose another end is connected to GND, and at which a region between the resistors R1, R2 is connected to a gate of the enhancement-type PMOS transistor P1; and an inverter whose input is connected to the node VJG, and that outputs a reset signal.
US11695411B2	Transmitter and operating method of transmitter Disclosed is a transmitter which includes a channel driver that includes a pull-up transistor and a pull-down transistor connected between a power node and a ground node and outputs a voltage between the pull-up transistor and the pull-down transistor as a transmit signal, and a pre-driver that controls the pull-up transistor and the pull-down transistor in response to a driving signal and controls the channel driver such that the transmit signal is overshot at a rising edge of the driving signal and the transmit signal is undershot at a falling edge of the driving signal.
US11695405B2	Short circuit protection for semiconductor switches Systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of a semiconductor control system are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is a method for protecting a semiconductor switch comprising receiving a first voltage during a second blanking period following a first blanking period; determining whether a short circuit fault is occurring by comparing the first voltage to a fast detection threshold corresponding to a first value of a drain-source voltage of the semiconductor switch; if a short circuit is not occurring: receiving a second voltage after the second blanking period ends; determining whether a short circuit fault is occurring by comparing the second voltage to a slow detection threshold corresponding to a second value of the drain-source voltage; and if a short circuit fault is occurring, opening the semiconductor switch, wherein the first value of the drain-source voltage is greater than the second value of the drain-source voltage.
US11695402B2	Efficient switching circuit An apparatus includes a first leg having a plurality of transistors connected in series between a first node and a second node. Each of the plurality of transistors includes a respective body diode. The apparatus further includes a second leg connected between the first node and the second node and in parallel to the series connection of the plurality of transistors of the first leg. The second leg includes a first transistor. The second leg has lower reverse recovery losses relative to the first leg.
US11695401B2	Switch control systems for light emitting diodes and methods thereof System and method for controlling one or more light emitting diodes. For example, the system for controlling one or more light emitting diodes includes a current generator configured to generate a first current flowing through one or more light emitting diodes. The one or more light emitting diodes are configured to receive a rectified voltage generated by a rectifying bridge coupled to a TRIAC dimmer. Additionally, the system includes a bleeder configured to receive the rectified voltage, and a controller configured to receive a sensing voltage from the current generator and output a control signal to the bleeder. The sensing voltage indicates a magnitude of the first current.
US11695397B2	Offset circuitry and threshold reference circuitry for a capture flip-flop Receiver circuitry for a communication system includes signal processing circuitry, voltage digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuitry, and slicer circuitry. The signal processing circuitry receives a data signal and generate a processed data signal. The voltage DAC circuitry generates a first threshold reference voltage. The slicer circuitry is coupled to an output of the signal processing circuitry. The slicer circuitry includes a capture flip-flop (CapFF) circuit that receives the processed data signal and the first threshold reference voltage. The CapFF circuit further generates a first data signal. The first CapFF circuit includes a first offset compensation circuit that adjusts a parasitic capacitance of the first CapFF circuit.
US11695395B2	Level shifter A level shifter with high reliability is shown, which has a cross-coupled pair and a pull-down pair. The cross-coupled pair couples a first power terminal to a first output terminal of the level shifter or a second output terminal of the level shifter. The pull-down pair has a first transistor and a second transistor, which are controlled according to an input signal of the level shifter. The first transistor is coupled between the second output terminal and a second power terminal, and the second transistor is coupled between the first output terminal and the second power terminal. A first voltage level coupled to the first power terminal is greater than a second voltage level coupled to the second power terminal, and the second voltage level is greater than the ground level.
US11695394B2	Data synthesizer A data synthesizer includes a first input circuit, a second input circuit, and an output circuit. The first input circuit is configured to latch a first data under control of a first latch clock signal. The second input circuit is configured to latch a second data under control of the first latch clock signal. A phase of the first data is the same as a phase of the second data. The output circuit is connected to the first input circuit and the second input circuit. The output circuit is configured to output the first data and the second data in sequence.
US11695389B2	Acoustic wave device, front-end circuit, and communication apparatus An acoustic wave device includes an element substrate having piezoelectricity, a functional electrode on a first main surface of the element substrate, an extended wiring line electrically connected to the functional electrode and extending from the first main surface to a side surface of the element substrate, an external terminal electrically connected to the extended wiring line and on a second main surface of the element substrate, a first resin portion to seal the acoustic wave device, and a second resin portion at least between the extended wiring line on the side surface and the first resin portion. The second resin portion has a lower Young's modulus than the first resin portion.
US11695388B2	Elastic wave device An elastic wave device includes an IDT electrode on a second main surface of an element substrate that includes a piezoelectric layer, a support layer on the second main surface and surrounding the IDT electrode, a cover member on the support layer, and routing wiring lines extending from the second main surface of the element substrate onto side surfaces of the element substrate.
US11695387B2	Air gap type semiconductor device package structure and fabrication method thereof The present disclosure provides a package structure of an air gap type semiconductor device and its fabrication method. The fabrication method includes forming a bonding layer having a first opening on a carrier; disposing a semiconductor chip on the bonding layer, thereby forming a first cavity at the first opening, where the first cavity is at least aligned with a portion of an active region of the semiconductor chip; performing an encapsulation process to encapsulate the semiconductor chip on the carrier; lastly, forming through holes passing through the carrier where each through hole is aligned with a corresponding input/output electrode region of the semiconductor chip, and forming interconnection structures on a side of the carrier different from a side with the bonding layer, where each interconnection structure passes through a corresponding through hole and is electrically connected to an corresponding input/output electrode.
US11695385B2	Bulk-acoustic wave resonator A bulk-acoustic wave resonator comprises a substrate, a resonant portion comprising a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode sequentially stacked on the substrate, and further comprising a center portion and an extension portion that is disposed along a periphery of the center portion, and an insertion layer that is disposed in the extension portion between the first electrode and the piezoelectric layer, and the insertion layer is formed of an aluminum alloy containing scandium (Sc).
US11695384B2	Acoustic resonator device with controlled placement of functionalization material A micro-electrical-mechanical system (MEMS) resonator device includes at least one functionalization material arranged over at least a central portion, but less than an entirety, of a top side electrode. For an active region exhibiting greatest sensitivity at a center point and reduced sensitivity along its periphery, omitting functionalization material over at least one peripheral portion of a resonator active region prevents analyte binding in regions of lowest sensitivity. The at least one functionalization material extends a maximum length in a range of from about 20% to about 95% of an active area length and extends a maximum width in a range of from about 50% to 100% of an active area width. Methods for fabricating MEMS resonator devices are also provided.
US11695379B2	Apparatus and method for automatic volume control with ambient noise compensation An electronic device and method that automatically adjusts an audio output volume level based on a live environmental acoustic scenario input via a microphone using a machine learning algorithm trained with Human Activity Recognition (HAR). Equipped with such an intelligence the electronic device classifies ambient sounds occurring in the environment of the listening area in which the device is situated into different acoustic scenario mappings such a voice or conversation, for an ambient human conversation detected event, and noise, such as for example a vacuum cleaner or dish washer noise detected event, and automatically adjust the audio output volume accordingly.
US11695373B1	Audio power source with improved efficiency One example includes a differential amplifier, a voltage weighting element, coupled to a voltage source which provides an input voltage, to provide a reference voltage with a constant power limit when the input voltage varies, an error amplifier configured to receive and compare the reference voltage provided from the voltage weighting element and a feedback sensed voltage provided from the differential amplifier to identify whether the sensed voltage exceeds the reference voltage, and a pulse width modulation (PWM) controller, coupled to a power transformer and the error amplifier, that reduces a transformer input current provided to the power transformer based on the comparison of the reference voltage from the voltage weighting element and the feedback sensed voltage from the differential amplifier.
US11695371B2	Electrically isolated heat dissipating junction box A junction box used for making electrical connections to a photovoltaic panel. The junction box has two chambers including a first chamber and a second chamber and a wall common to and separating both chambers. The wall may be adapted to have an electrical connection therethrough. The two lids are adapted to seal respectively the two chambers. The two lids are on opposite sides of the junction box relative to the photovoltaic panel. The two lids may be attachable using different sealing processes to a different level of hermeticity. The first chamber may be adapted to receive a circuit board for electrical power conversion. The junction box may include supports for mounting a printed circuit board in the first chamber. The second chamber is configured for electrical connection to the photovoltaic panel. A metal heat sink may be bonded inside the first chamber.
US11695368B2	Modular power supply apparatuses and methods for using same A modular power supply apparatus for use in harsh climates that comprises a portable, low cost, easily maintained, durable power supply for energy production as well as systems, methods for forming, and methods of using same.
US11695367B1	Day-night photovoltaic system The present disclosure relates to a day-night photovoltaic system. More specifically, power supplied to a solar panel from a DC power supply part is output as a final output power PV together with power produced by the solar panel during the daytime, and is output as the final output power together with an ultra-high frequency wavelength generated by the sun explosion and induced to the solar panel during the night time. This provides the effects of stably supplying the power not only during the daytime but also during the night time.
US11695366B2	Short circuit detection device, and short circuit detection method for rotating electric machine Provided are a short circuit state analyzer to compare difference value when the AC excitation current is applied at a first frequency with a threshold value, to estimate a short circuit resistance from the difference value based on data indicating a relationship between the short circuit resistance and the difference value at the first frequency when the difference value is smaller than the threshold value, to cause an excitation power supply to apply the AC excitation current to the field windings at a second frequency lower than the first frequency when the difference value is equal to or greater than the threshold value, and to estimate the short circuit resistance from a difference value obtained by the AC excitation current at the second frequency based on data indicating a relationship between the short circuit resistance and the difference value at the second frequency.
US11695364B2	Variable torque motor/generator/transmission A motor/generator/transmission system includes: an axle; a stator ring having a plurality of stator coils disposed around the periphery of the stator ring, wherein each phase of the plurality of stator coils includes a respective set of multiple parallel non-twisted wires separated at the center tap with electronic switches for connecting the parallel non-twisted wires of each phase of the stator coils all in series, all in parallel, or in a combination of series and parallel; a rotor support structure coupled to the axle; a first rotor ring and a second rotor ring each having an axis of rotation coincident with the axis of rotation of the axle, at least one of the first rotor ring or the second rotor ring being slidably coupled to the rotor support structure and configured to translate along the rotor support structure in a first axial direction or in a second axial direction.
US11695362B2	Method for monitoring the operation of an electric motor, and lifting mechanism In a method for monitoring the operation of an electric motor and a lifting mechanism, the motor current is acquired, and the electric motor has, for example, an electromagnetically actuable brake, e.g., a holding brake. In the method, a pre-magnetization is performed when the electric motor is switched on, the characteristic of the acquired values of the motor current is monitored for an exceeding of a permissible measure of deviation from a setpoint characteristic, and a brake of the electric motor is activated, e.g., remains applied.
US11695359B2	Autonomous apparatus The disclosure relates to an autonomous apparatus, moving and performing preset work in a defined working area, the autonomous apparatus including an energy module supplying energy to the autonomous apparatus, a motor, a sensor circuit, and a control circuit, the motor obtaining the energy from the energy module, to drive the autonomous apparatus to move and/or work in the working area, the sensor circuit detecting working parameters and environmental parameters of the autonomous apparatus, and transmitting detection results to the control circuit, the control circuit controlling the operation of the motor according to a signal transmitted by the sensor circuit, where the motor is a sensorless brushless motor, and before the motor rotates, the control circuit measures a resistance value of the motor, and estimates, one the basis of the resistance value of the motor, a rotor position of the motor, so as to control the operation of the motor.
US11695357B2	Motor control device A motor control device includes a motor that generates torque corresponding to a current for energizing multi-phase coils, a current sensor that detects a current value of the current for energizing the multi-phase coils, and a controller that obtains a current value of a current flowing through a predetermined coil by adding an origin learning value to a signal input from the current sensor and that controls a current for energizing the predetermined coil based on the current value. The motor control device obtains, each time the origin learning value is changed by a predetermined value, an amplitude of a predetermined order in a q-axis current of the motor based on the changed origin learning value and the signal input from the current sensor, and performs correction based on the origin learning value at the time when the amplitude switches from a decreasing tendency to an increasing tendency.
US11695353B2	Safe torque off (STO) circuit and method for STO circuit Embodiments of present disclosure relate to a Safe Torque Off (STO) circuit and a method for the STO circuit. The STO circuit has an input suitable for receiving an input signal, channels coupled to the input in parallel, wherein each of the channels includes a switch, a level conversion circuit, and an isolation circuit connected in series. Each isolation circuit being configured to be turned on when the respective switch is closed and to be turned off when the respective switch is opened. Each of the channels also includes an inverter module, a control unit, a first switch unit, and a second switch unit.
US11695352B2	Electronic braking in a power tool A power tool includes a three-phase DC motor, a power switching network, a power source, and an electronic processor. A first phase of the motor is connected between a first low side electronic switch and a power source electronic switch, and connected to the power source via a first high side electronic switch in parallel with a diode. The electronic processor is configured to receive an indication to stop the motor during operation of the motor and activate the first low side electronic switch and a second low side electronic switch for a first predetermined time responsive to receiving the indication such that a back-electromagnetic force generated by the motor is stored in the first phase. The electronic processor is configured to deactivate the second low side electronic switch after the first predetermined time such that a first regenerative current is provided to the power source via the diode.
US11695351B2	Triboelectricity-based energy harvesting material, spring including same, and method of manufacturing same Provided is a triboelectricity-based energy harvesting material including a first carbon composite layer, a second carbon composite layer, a first charge layer and a second charge layer applied onto the first carbon composite layer and the second carbon composite layer, respectively, and a spacer that is provided between the first charge layer and the second charge layer and maintains a predetermined interval between the first charge layer and the second charge layer, wherein the spacer is provided only in a partial region of the first charge layer and the second charge layer, and accordingly, the first charge layer and the second charge layer come into contact with each other according to deformation of the material in a region in which the spacer is not provided so as to generate triboelectricity.
US11695350B2	Control method and system for three-phase grid-connected inverter, and three-phase grid-connected inverter A three-phase grid-connected inverter, and a method and a device for controlling the three-phase grid-connected inverter are provided. The method is applied to a three-phase three-leg grid-connected inverter. A structure of the three-phase three-leg grid-connected inverter is improved, so that a filter capacitor (C1, C2, and C3) is connected to a negative electrode of a direct current input bus to form a harmonic bypass circuit. Inverter devices connected in parallel in the system operate stably without increase of inductance of an inductor (L1, L2, L3). In addition, the three-phase three-leg grid-connected inverter according to the present disclosure operates in a discontinuous mode of inductor current (iL1, iL2, and iL3). That is, in the process that a power switch transistor (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, Q5 and Q6) on bridge legs is turned on, the inductor current (iL1, iL2, and iL3) drops to zero.
US11695347B2	Electric power converter Obtain an electric power converter by which a downsizing and a low cost can be realized in such a way that main components are standardized. A transformer and rectifier elements of a rectifier circuit are configured by using a single module, and a center tap is configured by laminating one pullout portion of a first secondary winding and one pullout portion of a second secondary winding, and a central connecting component is connected to a center tap and a terminal of a smoothing coil which composes a smoothing reactor.
US11695346B2	Inverter device An inverter device intended to convert a DC voltage into three phases of a polyphase AC voltage with a predetermined frequency, the inverter device comprising three single-phase inverters, each of the three single-phase inverters being able to deliver one of the three phases.
US11695344B2	High performance two stage power converter with enhanced light load management A two-stage power converter can incorporate a buck pre-regulator and a resonant bus converter. Such a converter may be operated to achieve unconditional soft switching operation (zero voltage switching a/k/a ZVS) over a wide input and output range, while delivering excellent power conversion efficiency at lower power levels and in a no load condition.
US11695343B2	Output-side controller with switching request at relaxation ring extremum A control circuit comprising an output controller coupled to an output side of a power converter. The output controller comprises a switch control signal generator to receive a feedback signal representative of an output of the power controller and to communicate a control signal to an input controller coupled to an input side to control a turn ON of a power switch. The control signal is generated in response to the feedback signal and is communicated in response to an enable signal. The output controller comprises an extremum locator to generate the enable signal in response to a winding signal representative of an instantaneous voltage on an output terminal of an energy transfer element and the extremum locator enables the switch control signal generator such that the transition of the power switch from the OFF state to the ON state occurs substantially when the winding signal reaches an extremum.
US11695342B2	Active pull-up and level shifter circuit An active pull-up circuit which is operated between an upper voltage and a lower voltage and which pulls up an intermediate node to the upper voltage in reaction to an input voltage of the pull-up circuit falling from the upper voltage to an intermediate voltage is described. The pull-up circuit comprises a first transistor having a source terminal coupled to the upper voltage, a drain terminal coupled to the intermediate node and a gate terminal coupled to the input voltage. The pull-up circuit comprises a second transistor having a source terminal coupled to the upper voltage, a drain terminal coupled to the intermediate node and a gate terminal coupled to a control node. In addition, the pull-up circuit comprises control circuitry configured to pull the control node to a voltage level of the intermediate node, subject to the input voltage falling from the upper voltage to the intermediate voltage.
US11695338B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit for a regulator for forming a low current consumption type DC power supply device Disclosed is a semiconductor integrated circuit for a regulator for forming a low current consumption type DC power supply device. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes an output transistor, a control circuit, an operation control transistor and a soft start circuit. The output transistor is connected between an output terminal and a voltage input terminal to which a DC voltage is input. The control circuit controls the output transistor according to a feedback voltage of an output. The operation control transistor controls an operation state of the control circuit. The soft start circuit gradually changes a voltage applied to a control terminal of the operation control transistor and delays activation of the control circuit at a time of applying a power supply voltage to the voltage input terminal.
US11695336B2	Multi-phase power converter with external phase circuits A power management circuit included in a computer system regulates a voltage level of a power supply node used by other circuits in the computer system. The power management circuit includes a control circuit and multiple phase circuits coupled to the regulated power supply node via corresponding inductors. The control circuit selectively activates particular ones of the multiple phase circuits allowing them source respective currents to the regulated power supply node. The control circuit also selectively activates particular ones of other phase circuits that are external to the power management circuit and coupled to the regulated power supply node via their own corresponding inductors. Once activated, the external phase circuits source respective currents to the regulated power supply node via their corresponding inductors.
US11695335B2	Hybrid boost converters A method comprises configuring a power converter to operate as a boost converter, the power converter comprising a low side switch and a high side switch, during a first dead time after turning off the low side switch and before turning on the high side switch, configuring the power converter such that a current of the power converter flows through a high speed diode, and after turning on the high side switch, configuring the power converter such that the current of the power converter flows through a low forward voltage drop diode.
US11695332B2	Voltage regulator for series-connected loads In described examples, a power management circuit includes a voltage sensor and a differential power converter. The voltage sensor is coupled in series with other voltage sensors between a high voltage bus and a ground bus. The voltage sensor senses a voltage across an impedance and outputs a control signal in response to the sensed voltage. The differential power converter is coupled in series with other differential power converters and in parallel with a load between the high voltage bus and the ground bus. The differential power converter is configured to increase or decrease a supplied current in response to a change in magnitude of the control signal.
US11695325B2	Method and device for setting a dead time of switching elements of a half bridge, and inverter The invention relates to a method for setting a dead time between the opening of a first switching element (31) of a half bridge (2) and the closing of a second switching element (32) of the half bridge (2), comprising the steps: reducing the dead time of a switching cycle relative to the dead time of a preceding switching cycle, and determining a temperature of at least one of the switching elements (31, 32); wherein the steps of reducing the dead time and of determining the temperature are repeated for subsequent switching cycles until a critical dead time is reached, in the case of which a termination condition, which depends on the determined temperature, is fulfilled; and wherein the dead time is set using the critical dead time.
US11695322B2	AC-side symmetrically-split single-phase inverter for decoupling An alternating current (AC)-side symmetrically-split single-phase inverter for decoupling, which includes an H-bridge inverter, the H-bridge inverter includes an upper half-bridge structure and a lower half-bridge structure that are symmetrical to each other, the upper half-bridge structure includes an upper half-bridge first unit and an upper half-bridge second unit in parallel, the upper half-bridge first unit includes an insulated-gate bipolar transistor G1, a diode D1, and a capacitor C3 in parallel, the upper half-bridge second unit includes an insulated-gate bipolar transistor G3, a diode D3, and a capacitor C4 in parallel; and the lower half-bridge structure includes a lower half-bridge first unit and a lower half-bridge second unit in parallel, the lower half-bridge first unit includes an insulated-gate bipolar transistor G2, a diode D2, and a capacitor C1 in parallel, the lower half-bridge second unit includes an insulated-gate bipolar transistor G4, a diode D4, and a capacitor C2 in parallel.
US11695321B2	Gate drive adapter A gate drive adapter circuit includes an input circuit, an output circuit, and a charge pump circuit. The input circuit is configured to receive pulses suitable for controlling a silicon power transistor. The output circuit is coupled to the input circuit. The output circuit is configured to translate the pulses to voltages suitable for controlling a silicon-carbide power transistor. The charge pump circuit is coupled to the input circuit and to the output circuit. The charge pump circuit is configured to generate a negative voltage. The output circuit is configured to apply the negative voltage to translate the pulses.
US11695318B2	Current feedback control for a power converter with multiple feedback loops A method performed by a control system of a power electronics converter. A first part of a grid-side current controller runs a first feedback control algorithm having a first control cycle time and includes at least proportional control using a proportional gain. A third part of the controller runs a third feedback control algorithm having the first control cycle time and acting on an output from the first control algorithm after SOA limits have been applied and includes counteracting the proportional control of the first feedback control algorithm. A second part of the controller runs a second feedback control algorithm having a second control cycle time, less than the first control cycle time, and acting on an output from the third control algorithm with the same polarity as the first control algorithm and includes proportional control using the proportional gain.
US11695316B2	Electric magnetic resistance control structure for exercise machine An electric magnetic resistance control structure for an exercise machine includes a base; a flywheel, pivotally connected to the base through a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft defining an axial direction, the flywheel, a non-magnetically sensitive layer being coupled to a circumference of the flywheel; a power unit, fixed to the base; a magnetic resistance unit, including a coupling portion corresponding to an arc of the non-magnetically sensitive layer, at least one magnetic member being provided on the coupling portion and kept at a distance from the non-magnetically sensitive layer to generate a magnetic resistance effect; a control unit, configured to control a current applied to the power unit to drive the magnetic resistance unit to move along the axial direction, thereby changing an overlapping area of the magnetic member and the non-magnetically sensitive layer in the axial direction, so as to adjust a magnetic resistance of the flywheel.
US11695314B2	Electric drive unit for driving a vehicle An electric drive unit includes a multi-phase AC motor including a plurality of first terminals, and a power converter including a plurality of second terminals. The power converter is fixed to an electric motor case so as to partially overlap the AC motor in an axial direction with a wall portion interposed therebetween. Each first terminal includes a first extended portion extending from the stator along the axial direction, and a first fastening portion. Each second terminal includes a second extended portion extending along an extending direction at a portion of the power converter that does not overlap the AC motor in the axial direction; and a second fastening portion. The electric motor case includes a communication hole formed in the wall portion, and a service hole formed in a portion located on an extension line of the fastener parallel to an insertion direction of the fastener.
US11695311B2	Interference suppression module for an electrically commutated electric motor, method for producing an interference suppression module, and vehicle comprising such an interference suppression module An interference suppression module for an electrically commutated electric motor has the following components: a circuit carrier, an electronic circuit arrangement, which is arranged on the circuit carrier, an encapsulation, which surrounds the electronic circuit arrangement in a form-fitting and material-bonding manner, and at least one interface, which is provided for the purpose of electrical contact-connection of the electronic circuit arrangement to a control unit of the electrically commutated electric motor. The specification details an interference suppression module, a method for producing an interference suppression module, and a vehicle equipped with an interference suppression module.
US11695305B2	Rotor structure, permanent magnet auxiliary synchronous reluctance motor, and electric vehicle Rotor structure, permanent magnet auxiliary synchronous reluctance motor and electric vehicle. The rotor structure includes: a rotor body provided with a permanent magnet slot group, the permanent magnet slot group including a permanent magnet slot, a first segment and a second segment of the permanent magnet slot being arranged to extend towards an outer edge of the rotor body, and an intermediate portion of the permanent magnet slot being arranged to protrude towards a side where a shaft hole of the rotor body is disposed; and a permanent magnet arranged in the permanent magnet slot, the permanent magnet including a plurality of permanent magnet segments, and partial lengths of the permanent magnet segments gradually decreasing outwards along a radial direction of the rotor body.
US11695303B2	Device and method for wireless power transfer A power transfer device is a power transmitter (201) or a power receiver (205) conducting power transfer using an electromagnetic power transfer signal employing a repeating time frame comprising a power transfer time interval and an object detection time interval. A power transfer circuit (303, 307) comprises a power transfer coil (203, 207) receiving or generating the power transfer signal during the power transfer time intervals. A communicator (315, 323) communicates with the other device via an electromagnetic communication signal. A communication resonance circuit (317, 321) comprises a communication antenna (319, 325) for transmitting or receiving the electromagnetic communication signal. During the communication, the communication resonance circuit (317, 321) provides a resonance at a first resonance frequency to the communicator (315, 323). A controller (333, 335) adapts the communication resonance circuit to not provide the resonance at the first resonance frequency to the communicator during object detection time intervals. The approach may provide improved detection of resonance objects, such as smart cards (e.g. NFC cards).
US11695302B2	Segmented shielding for wide area wireless power transmitter An antenna for wireless power transfer includes a first antenna terminal, a second antenna terminal, at least one inner turn, the at least one inner turn having an inner turn width, and at least one outer turn, the at least one outer turn having an outer turn width, the outer turn width greater than the inner turn width. The antenna further includes a substrate positioned underneath the at least one inner turn and the at least one outer turn and a plurality of separate panes of a magnetic shielding material. Each of the plurality of separate panes are positioned substantially co-planar, with respect to each other, and positioned between the substrate and both the at least one inner turns and the at least one outer turns.
US11695300B2	Systems and methods for low power excitation in high power wireless power systems Disclosed herein are systems and methods for low power excitation of wireless power transmitters configured to transmit high power. The exemplary systems and methods include disabling a power factor correction circuit of the transmitter, and adjusting one or more variable impedance components of the impedance network to obtain a minimum attainable impedance. The variable impedance components can be configured to operate between the minimum attainable impedance and a maximum attainable impedance. The systems and methods can include adjusting a phase shift angle associated with one or more transistors of the inverter and driving the transmitter such that the transmitter resonator coil generates a magnetic flux density less than or equal to a field safety threshold.
US11695299B2	Quick-response voltage control method of distribution system considering multiple participants The present invention relates to a quick-response voltage control method of distribution systems considering multiple participants, comprising a multiple agent system (MAS), which collects the local information of the distribution system controlled by each agent and interacts with the local information collected by each agent, so that voltage-power sensitivity of the distribution system, used for providing the theoretical basis for voltage regulation, is calculated by distributed calculation; and multiple participants, which establish incentive mechanism by DSOs based on the bidding game with imperfect information, and independently decide their own strategies to obtain the voltage regulation subsidy from the DSOs, according to the calculated voltage-power sensitivities, thus provide voltage support for the distribution system in the process of pursuing benefit maximization.
US11695292B2	Power supply system for mobile body A power supply system includes: a voltage converter that converts a voltage between first and second power circuits; a power controller that controls charging and discharging of first and second batteries; a cooling output controller that controls cooling output for the second battery; a temperature remaining-capacity acquirer that acquires a temperature remaining-capacity T2_mar; and a cooling remaining-capacity acquirer that acquires a cooling remaining-capacity PC2_mar depending on a difference between maximum cooling output and the cooling output of the second cooler. The power controller is configured to stop the voltage converter in a case where at least one of the temperature remaining-capacity T2_mar and the cooling remaining-capacity PC2_mar is less than an associated one of a threshold value for the temperature remaining-capacity and a threshold value for the cooling remaining-capacity and a potential difference between the first and second batteries is equal to or more than a potential difference threshold value.
US11695284B1	Switch detection circuit, method, and switch detector A switch detection circuit includes a controller, a first DC isolation module, a second DC isolation module, and a signal conditioning module connected to the controller. The controller is connected to a first end of an external switch via the first DC isolation module and the signal conditioning module is connected to a second end of the external switch via the second DC isolation module. The controller is configured to output a pulse signal, and transmit the pulse signal to the second DC isolation module via the first DC isolation module and the external switch. As a current flowing out from the second DC isolation module, the signal conditioning module outputs a feedback signal to the controller and the controller counts according to the feedback signal and detects the working state of the external switch according to the count value.
US11695278B2	Method and wind energy system for feeding electric power into an electricity supply grid Provided is a method for feeding electric power into an electricity supply grid via a connection node by way of a converter-controlled infeed unit, in particular by way of a wind power installation or a wind farm. The grid has a grid voltage and a grid frequency and is characterized by a grid nominal voltage and a grid nominal frequency. The grid voltage of the grid is acquired, a delayed differential angle is ascertained on the basis of the acquired grid voltage. The delayed differential angle corresponds to a difference between an acquired phase signal that indicates a temporal profile of a phase angle of the grid voltage and a phase signal that is delayed with respect to the acquired phase signal. A grid impedance effective for the connection node is acquired, and an infeed power is predefined based on the delayed differential angle and based on the impedance.
US11695277B2	Converter-based generators and method for feeding in electrical power A method for feeding electrical power into an electrical supply network having a network voltage with a network frequency by means of a converter-based generator, in particular by means of a wind power system, is provided. The method includes estimating a converter proportion of a network section of the electrical supply network. The converter proportion denotes a ratio of power fed in by means of converters to total power fed in. The method includes feeding the electrical power into the electrical supply network in a normal mode depending on the estimated converter proportion, activating a first support mode depending on the estimated converter proportion in accordance with a first activation condition, and activating a second support mode depending on the estimated converter proportion in accordance with a second activation condition, which is different than the first activation condition.
US11695276B2	Feedforward dynamic and distributed energy storage system A system and method for energy distribution leveraging dynamic feedforward allocation of distributed energy storage using multiple energy distribution pathways to maximize load-balancing to accelerate return on investment, reduce system energy consumption, and maximize utilization of existing energy infrastructure particularly for modular construction.
US11695268B2	Load drive circuit, motor drive control device, and motor unit A protection function of an electronic device is realized with a lower cost. A load drive circuit 102 includes: transistors Qa and Qb for protection of an N-channel type connected between a power source terminal P1 and a power source end P7 for driving; an inverter circuit 14 that drives a load based on an input drive control signal Sd, the inverter circuit 14 being disposed between the power source end P7 for driving and a ground potential; and a booster unit 16 including a capacitor C1 having one terminal connected to an output end of the inverter circuit 14, the booster unit 16 generating, across another terminal of the capacitor C1, a voltage exceeding a power source voltage Vdc, and applying the voltage to control electrodes of the transistors Qa and Qb for protection.
US11695266B2	Performance three-phase ground fault circuit interrupter Devices herein may include conductor lines connected between a power supply and load, each of the conductor lines coupled to an AC contactor and a contactor control circuit, wherein the contactor control circuit is operable to open and close one or more contactors of the AC contactor. The devices may further include a current transformer coupled to the conductor lines, the current transformer operable to output a secondary current corresponding to a primary current magnitude of an electrical current not flowing to the load, wherein the AC contactor is connected between the power supply and the load. Devices may further include a zero cross detection circuit operable to generate an interrupt at each of a plurality of zero crossings for a microprocessor, and determine whether to open the one or more contactors of the AC contactor in a predetermined optimum interval calculated with respect to the zero crossing points.
US11695264B2	Device for winding a flexible tube A device for winding a flexible tube, the device including two identical blades LA placed opposite ways round one against the other and pivotally secured to each other about their respective axes of axial symmetry, which together constitute a pivot axis PIV. One of the blades presents in its left edge an upwardly open notch EC that is formed by a first circular arc ARC1 having its origin at a connection point PR situated on the right edge of the notch and on the longitudinal axis LG of the blade; a diameter of the first circular arc lying on the longitudinal axis; and the first circular arc presenting a central angle α of not less than 180°.
US11695261B2	Groove indicated junction box In an example embodiment, a junction box may include a flashing. The flashing may define a first groove. The first groove may be disposed relative to a first center axis on a first plane. The junction box may also include a housing. The housing may include a bottom portion. The bottom portion may define a second groove. The second groove may be disposed relative to a second center axis. The second center axis may be coincident with the first center axis in a direction that is substantially parallel to the first plane of the first groove. In addition, the second groove may be located on a second plane that is substantially parallel to the first plane of the first groove. Further, the second groove may be configured to indicate a suitable hole position in the bottom portion.
US11695259B2	Modular ion generator device The present invention provides methods and systems for a modular ion generator device that includes a bottom portion, two opposed side portions, a front end, a back end, and a top portion. A cavity is formed within the two opposed side portions, front end, back end, and top portion. At least one electrode is positioned within the cavity, and an engagement device is engaged to the front end and/or an engagement device engaged to the back end for allowing one or more modular ion generator devices to be selectively secured to one another.
US11695253B2	Semiconductor laser diode A semiconductor laser diode is specified, the semiconductor laser diode includes a semiconductor layer sequence having an active layer having a main extension plane and which, in operation, is configured to generate light in an active region and emit light via a light-outcoupling surface, the active region extending from a back surface opposite the light-outcoupling surface to the light-outcoupling surface along a longitudinal direction in the main extension plane, the semiconductor layer sequence having a surface region on which a first cladding layer is applied in direct contact, the first cladding layer having a transparent material from a material system different from the semiconductor layer sequence, and the first cladding layer being structured and having a first structure.
US11695252B2	Structured light projector and electronic apparatus including the same Provided are a structured light projector that generates and projects structured light, and an electronic apparatus including the structured light projector. The structured light projector includes an illuminator configured to emit light, a pattern mask configured to form structured light by partially transmitting and partially blocking incident light from the illuminator based on a pattern of the pattern mask, and a lens configured to project the structured light. The illuminator includes a plurality of illumination areas respectively facing a plurality of areas of the pattern mask, wherein intensities of lights respectively emitted by the plurality of illumination areas are different from one other.
US11695249B2	Femtosecond pulse laser apparatus A femtosecond pulse laser apparatus includes a pump light source configured to provide a pump light, a gain medium configured to obtain a gain of a laser light using the pump light, a first curved mirror and a second curved mirror, which are provided at both sides of the gain medium, an output mirror configured to transmit a portion of the laser light and reflect the other portion of the laser light to the gain medium, a mode locking portion configured to generate a femtosecond pulse of the laser light, and an acoustic wave generator configured to provide an acoustic wave into the gain medium so as to adjust self-phase modulation of the laser light.
US11695247B2	Lens arrangements for varying numerical aperture in laser delivery systems In various embodiments, one or more optical elements are utilized to alter the numerical aperture of a radiation beam received from an optical fiber in order to accommodate the properties of a downstream collimator within a laser delivery head.
US11695245B2	Crimping die, crimping equipment and method of manufacturing conductive wire with terminal A crimping die including a first die piece having a recess portion and a second die piece having a protrusion portion is provided. An inner wall surface of the recess portion has a bottom wall surface and recess-side lateral end surfaces. An outer surface of the protrusion portion has a top end surface and protrusion-side lateral end surfaces. The bottom wall surface has a recess-side projection portion, a recess-side concave portion, and a recess-side curvature changing portion. The top end surface has a protrusion-side projection portion, a protrusion-side concave portion, and a protrusion-side curvature changing portion. A sign of curvature of the bottom wall surface changes at a boundary portion in the recess-side curvature changing portion with respect to the recess-side concave portion. A sign of curvature of the top end surface changes at a boundary portion in the protrusion-side curvature changing portion with respect to the protrusion-side concave portion.
US11695243B2	Solderless coaxial cable connector and installation thereof Cable connector installation tools are provided. In one aspect, a tool includes removable nubs configured to set trim distances from the end of a cable to a blade in the tool. In another aspect, a tool includes jaws configured to force end connector components together, one of which being temporarily engaged by an interface nub.
US11695240B2	Retractable EMC protection A system and method for providing electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) protection for a removable component through a retractable EMC protection apparatus. The EMC protection apparatus includes an actuation pin, a stabilizing bracket, an actuation arm, a spring brace, an arm spring, a second stabilizing bracket, a rounded pin, an angled engagement feature, an enclosure opening, a conductive surface, a protection device spring, and a retractable EMC protection device. The actuation pin is configured to engage upon a surface of an end product upon insertion of the removable component into the end product. The activation arm is configured to simultaneously compress the arm spring against the stop brace and to push on the angled engagement feature. The angled engagement feature is configured to push in a downward direction on the conductive surface to seal an enclosure opening of the removable component with the retractable EMC protection device.
US11695239B2	Electrical connector and electrical connector assembly An electrical connector includes multiple electrical modules sequentially stacked along a vertical direction. Each electrical module includes an insulating block being arc-shaped, a row of conductors fixed to the insulating block, and a first shielding member. The row of conductors includes multiple first grounding conductors and multiple pairs of first signal conductors arranged on the insulating block along a left-right direction. The two first signal conductors in a same pair of first signal conductors have a same length. The first shielding member has a first main body portion overlapping with a projection of one pair of first signal conductors in the vertical direction. The first shielding member and each conductor bend and extend downward from a top thereof and backward from a front thereof to be arc-shaped. The first contact portions of the row of conductors located on the same electrical module are located on a same horizontal plane.
US11695237B2	Annular abutment/alignment guide for cable connectors A connector comprises an inner conductor, an outer conductor basket and an annular abutment/alignment guide disposed therebetween. The inner conductor socket transmits RF signals from one connector portion to another connector portion across a mating interface. The outer conductor basket comprises a plurality of axially projecting fingers operative to electrically ground the connector. The annular abutment comprises an outwardly facing abutment surface and an alignment guide disposed integrally with the annular abutment. The alignment guide has a flanged end portion projecting: (i) radially outboard from an upper or forward end of the annular abutment and (ii) over the tip ends of each axially projecting basket finger. The annular abutment: (a) inhibits inward radial displacement of the axially projecting fingers, (b) prevents plastic deformation of the basket fingers upon annular abutment of a non-mating connector, and (c) aligns a mating connector so as to prevent damage to the basket fingers upon joining the mating connector.
US11695234B2	Cable organizer for a pluggable module A pluggable module includes a housing and cables arranged as a cable bundle extending from a module cavity of the housing. Each cable includes first and second conductors and an insulator surrounding the conductors. Each cable is obround shaped having generally flat first and second ends and semi-circular first and second sides between the first and second ends. The pluggable module includes a cable organizer coupled to the cable bundle to position the cables relative to each other. The cable organizer has cable channels receiving and holding the cables such that at least a first subset of the cables are oriented with the first and second ends non-parallel to the first and second ends of a second subset of the cables.
US11695231B2	Locking connector system A locking connector system for releasably locking a first connector in mechanical engagement with a second connector. The locking connector system generally includes a first connector including a female coupler and a second connector including a male coupler, with the first and second connectors being adapted to mechanically connect to each other. The first connector includes an adjustable latch which selectively engages with a catch portion on the male coupler to lock the connectors together. The latch may be pressed downwardly, such as by use of a connected button, to release the latch from the catch portion and disconnect the connectors. The first connector is adapted to provide audible, visual, and tactile feedback to confirm when the latch engages with the catch portion.
US11695229B1	Auxiliary power connector PCB Auxiliary power connector PCBs are described. In one example, an auxiliary power connector is described. The auxiliary power connector includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and a PCI express graphics (PEG) connector mounted to the PCB, the PEG connector configured to connect to an auxiliary power source. The auxiliary power connector further includes a set of connectors provided on the PCB, the set of connectors configured to connect the PCB to a main PCB of a device.
US11695223B2	Antenna array An antenna array is provided which may include different levels of antenna elements on the array. A first set of antenna elements are arranged on a first set of reflectors with the reflectors being arranged in a shape having corners. A second set of reflectors with a second set of antenna elements are mounted on the corners of the first set of reflectors. A third set of reflectors is arranged in another shape with a third set of antenna elements being on the faces of the third set of reflectors. The first and second set of reflectors and antenna elements are on a first level of the array and the third set of reflectors and antenna elements are on a second level of the array. The third set of reflectors and antenna elements are between the first level and the base plate of the array.
US11695221B2	Flexible polymer antenna with multiple ground resonators The disclosure concerns an antenna assembly having a substrate with an antenna radiating element and a ground conductor disposed on the substrate, the ground conductor further characterized by a plurality of ground resonators, wherein a length associated with each of the ground resonators increases as the ground resonators are distanced from the antenna radiating element. Additionally, a coaxial cable is routed around the antenna assembly for configuring the coaxial cable as an additional ground resonator associated with the antenna assembly. The resulting antenna provides wide band performance between 700 MHz and 2700 MHz with improved efficiency compared with conventional antennas.
US11695216B2	Cross-polarized time division duplexed antenna A laminar phased array has a first sub-array configured to operate in one of a receive mode with a first polarity and a transmit mode with a second polarity, and a second sub-array configured to operate in one of a receive mode with the second polarity and a transmit mode with the first polarity. The first polarity is physically orthogonal to the second polarity. The array also has a controller configured to control the first and second sub-arrays so that they operate together in either 1) a receive mode or 2) a transit mode. Accordingly, both sub-arrays are configured to operate at the same time to receive signals in the first and second polarities when in the receive mode. In a corresponding manner, both sub-arrays are configured to operate at the same time to transmit signals in the first and second polarities when in the transmit mode.
US11695213B2	Antenna for wireless communications integrated in electronic device An apparatus includes a housing and a circuit including an inductor and at least one capacitor in electrical communication with the inductor. The circuit has a resonance frequency and bounds a non-electrically-conductive region of the housing. The circuit is configured to be operable as an antenna.
US11695211B2	Antenna module including dielectric material and electronic device including antenna module An antenna module of a wireless communication system is provided. The antenna module includes a radiator comprising a top face to which a radio wave is radiated, a dielectric material disposed on a bottom face of the radiator, the bottom face of the radiator being opposite to the top face of the radiator, a feeding unit disposed on a bottom face of the dielectric material, the feeding unit being configured to supply an electric signal to the radiator through the dielectric material, and a support unit disposed on the bottom face of the dielectric material, the support unit comprising a metallic material.
US11695209B2	System and method for a digitally beamformed phased array feed Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.
US11695207B2	Vehicle antenna device with side wall lens Provided is an antenna device with a simple configuration and in which it is possible to control the directivity in various directions. An antenna device according to the present invention is provided with: an array antenna that includes at least one antenna element disposed on a first surface of a substrate and that forms beams in respective directions having a plurality of angles including a first angle relative to the first surface of the substrate; and a side wall that is provided on at least a partial periphery of the at least one antenna element and that refracts, in a direction along the substrate, a first beam in the direction having the first angle.
US11695204B2	Dynamic polarization and coupling control from a steerable multi-layered cylindrically fed holographic antenna An apparatus is disclosed herein for a cylindrically fed antenna and method for using the same. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises: an antenna feed to input a cylindrical feed wave; a first layer coupled to the antenna feed and into which the feed wave propagates outwardly and concentrically from the feed; a second layer coupled to the first layer to cause the feed wave to be reflected at edges of the antenna and propagate inwardly through the second layer from the edges of the antenna; and a radio-frequency (RF) array coupled to the second layer, wherein the feed wave interacts with the RF array to generate a beam.
US11695199B2	Antenna device and manufacturing method thereof An antenna device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an antenna layer, and a redistribution layer. The first substrate has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and an inclined sidewall adjoining the first and second surfaces. The second substrate is below the first substrate. The first surface of the first substrate faces toward the second substrate. The antenna layer is located on the first surface of the first substrate. The redistribution layer extends from the second surface of the first substrate to the second substrate along the inclined sidewall of the first substrate, and the redistribution layer has a first section in contact with an end of the antenna layer.
US11695195B2	Self-supporting antenna An antenna includes a self-supporting electrically conductive wire having a width (W) and extending longitudinally along a length and between first and second ends of the conductive wire. The conductive wire forms one or more loops and comprises an electrically conductive layer disposed on and aligned with an adhesive layer. A width and a length of each of the conductive and adhesive layers are substantially co-extensive with the width and the length of the conductive wire.
US11695190B2	Secondary battery The present application provides a secondary battery, which includes a first electrode assembly, a second electrode assembly, a case, and a top cap assembly. The top cap assembly includes a top cap plate and a first electrode terminal, the top cap plate is connected to the case, and the first electrode terminal is arranged on the top cap plate. The first electrode assembly includes a first body and first tabs extending from the first body, and the first tabs are multiple and stacked. The second electrode assembly includes a second body and second tabs extending from the second body, and the second tabs are multiple and stacked. An end of each of the second tabs that is away from the second body is a second end portion. Each of the first tabs includes a first connecting portion extending beyond the second end portion.
US11695189B2	Battery system with flexible printed circuit A method for connecting a flexible printed circuit (FPC) to a battery module and a cell supervision circuit board (CSCB) is provided. The method includes: providing a coil of a continuous, strip-shaped FPC; unwinding a first section of the FPC from the coil, positioning the first section of the FPC over a first contact portion of the battery module, and welding a conductive structure of the FPC in the first section to the first contact portion of the battery module; unwinding a second section of the FPC from the coil, positioning the second section of the FPC over a contact pad of the CSCB, and welding the conductive structure of the FPC in the second section to the contact pad of the CSCB; and separating the first section and second section of the FPC from the coil of the FPC.
US11695183B2	Battery pack A battery pack includes: a battery cell including first and second surfaces arranged at opposite sides and at which first and second electrodes are respectively located, and a side surface connecting the first and second surfaces to each other; a first circuit board arranged on the first surface and connected to the first electrode; a second circuit board arranged on the second surface; a first flexible line extending from a first side of the first circuit board to the second circuit board while surrounding a portion of the side surface of the battery cell; and a second flexible line extending from a second side of the first circuit board to the second surface of the battery cell while surrounding another portion of the side surface of the battery cell and connected to the second electrode.
US11695178B2	Liquid crystal polymer battery enclosure material The present invention features a pouch comprising a single layer of polymer material having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the second surface is disposed to define an interior space surrounded by the second surface of the pouch, and wherein the first surface is disposed to define the exterior of the pouch, wherein the single layer has a uniform thickness between the first surface and second surface, wherein the polymer material comprises a liquid crystal polymer, and wherein the pouch has a water vapor transmission rate of less than 0.1 g/m2/day between the interior space and the first surface of the pouch.
US11695176B2	Zinc-air battery compositions and methods A zinc-air battery cell assembly comprising: a layer of anode material; one or more layers of cathode material; a separator directly between and engaging both the layer of anode material and the layer of cathode material that acts as both an electronic insulator and an ion conductive path between the layer of anode material and the layer of cathode material; and a diffusion member directly engaging the layer of cathode material.
US11695168B2	Optimization of electrochemical cell A system and method for optimizing electrochemical cells including electrodes employing coordination compounds by mediating water content within a desired water content profile that includes sufficient coordinated water and reduces non-coordinated water below a desired target and with electrochemical cells including a coordination compound electrochemically active in one or more electrodes, with an improvement in electrochemical cell manufacture that relaxes standards for water content of electrochemical cells having one or more electrodes including one or more such transition metal cyanide coordination compounds.
US11695159B2	Optimization of electrochemical cell A system and method for optimizing electrochemical cells including electrodes employing coordination compounds by mediating water content within a desired water content profile that includes sufficient coordinated water and reduces non-coordinated water below a desired target and with electrochemical cells including a coordination compound electrochemically active in one or more electrodes, with an improvement in electrochemical cell manufacture that relaxes standards for water content of electrochemical cells having one or more electrodes including one or more such transition metal cyanide coordination compounds.
US11695154B2	Electrolyte containing siloxane compound and lithium secondary battery including the electrolyte An electrolyte and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The electrolyte includes a lithium salt; an organic solvent; and at least one siloxane compound represented by Formula 1 or Formula 2, wherein an amount of the at least one siloxane compound is about 0.05 wt % to about 20 wt % based on a total weight of the electrolyte. In Formulae 1 and 2, group substituents and number indices are as defined in the specification.
US11695153B2	Alkali ion conducting plastic crystals A solid electrolyte represented by general formula LiySiRx(MO4), where x is an integer from 1 to 3 inclusive, y=4−x, each R present is independently C1-C3 alkyl or C1-C3 alkoxy, and M is sulfur, selenium, or tellurium. Methods of making the solid electrolyte include combining a phenylsilane and a first acid to yield mixture including benzene and a second acid, and combining at least one of an alkali halide, and alkali amide, and an alkali alkoxide with the second acid to yield a product d represented by general formula LiySiRx(MO4)y. The second acid may be in the form of a liquid or a solid. The phenylsilane includes at least one C1-C3 alkyl substituent or at least one C1-C3 alkoxy substituent, and the first acid includes at least one of sulfuric acid, selenic acid, and telluric acid.
US11695151B2	Case for lithium metal secondary battery, lithium metal secondary battery comprising same, method for manufacturing same Provided is a casing for a lithium metal secondary battery including: a battery casing material; at least one releasable capsule attached at least partially or totally to the inner surface of the casing material to cover the inner surface of the casing material; and a release solution supported in the releasable capsule, wherein the releasable capsule includes a capsule coating film and a capsule inner space surrounded with the capsule coating film, the release solution is supported in the capsule inner space, and the release solution includes a release agent and a solvent. A lithium metal secondary battery including the casing and a method for manufacturing the same are also provided. It is possible to increase releasability of the negative electrode in a lithium metal secondary battery and to improve nail safety by using the releasable capsule according to the present disclosure.
US11695149B2	Isostatic press devices and processes for cylindrical solid-state batteries Various arrangements for compressing a cylindrical battery cell are presented herein. The cylindrical battery cell may be wrapped in a buffer material. The buffer material may then be compressed using a compression mechanism. The buffer material may uniformly distribute pressure applied to the buffer material to a curved sidewall of the cylindrical battery cell.
US11695147B2	Antioxidant for electrolyte membrane of fuel cell and method for preparing the same Disclosed is an antioxidant for a polymer electrolyte membrane of a fuel cell including cerium hydrogen phosphate (CeHPO4). The presence of cerium hydrogen phosphate in the antioxidant enhances the dissolution stability of cerium and improves the ability to capture water, leading to an increase in proton conductivity. In addition, the cerium hydrogen phosphate has a crystal structure composed of smaller cerium particles. This crystal structure greatly improves the ability of the antioxidant to prevent oxidation of the electrolyte membrane. Also disclosed are an electrolyte membrane including the antioxidant, a fuel cell including the electrolyte membrane, a method for preparing the antioxidant, a method for producing the electrolyte membrane, and a method for fabricating the fuel cell.
US11695145B2	Method for treating hydrogen-containing and oxygen-containing residual gases of fuel cells, and residual gas treatment system A method for treating hydrogen-containing and oxygen-containing residual gases of fuel cells, wherein the residual gases are fed to a gas circuit, and a residual gas mixture resulting therefrom is circulated in the gas circuit by a device for converting hydrogen and oxygen to water. In order to reduce the amount of hydrogen and oxygen in the residual gas mixture, at least part of the residual gas mixture is discharged from the gas circuit.
US11695144B2	Fuel cell system, control apparatus, and control method A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a circuit, a pump, a pressure regulating valve, and a control apparatus. The fuel cell includes a plurality of membrane electrode assemblies and a separator. The separator has a gas channel and a coolant channel. The circuit is coupled to the coolant channel and allows a coolant to circulate therethrough. The pump delivers the coolant toward the coolant channel. The pressure regulating valve adjusts a pressure of the coolant in the coolant channel. The control apparatus controls a flow rate of the coolant in the coolant channel by controlling a rotational speed of the pump on the basis of a temperature of the fuel cell, and controls the pressure of the coolant in the coolant channel by controlling a position of the pressure regulating valve on the basis of a pressure of gas in the gas channel.
US11695142B2	Fuel cell system A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell that includes an installation port and a discharge port for a reactant gas; a first injection device that intermittently injects the reactant gas; second and third injection devices that continuously inject the reactant gas; an ejector that includes an ejection port for the reactant gas from the first or second injection device and the discharge port; a first flow passage that connects the installation port and the ejection port; a second flow passage through which the reactant gas from the third injection device is led to the first flow passage without the ejector; and a control device that performs a warm-up operation by executing the injection of the third injection device, executes the injection of the second injection device, and executes the injection of the first injection device after completion of the warm-up operation.
US11695140B2	Method and apparatus for detecting damage in fuel cell stacks, and adjusting operational characteristics in fuel cell systems A method and apparatus for detecting oxidation in at least one planar fuel cell stack that includes a multitude of cells is described. The height of the stack is measured to determine if there has been an increase from a previously-measured height. Such an increase correlates with the oxidation of at least some of the planar cells. In some cases, the fuel flow rate or airflow rate to each fuel cell stack can be adjusted, based in part on the oxidation detection technique. A power delivery system with at least two fuel cell stacks is also described, and it includes a stack height-measurement system, a health monitor for the fuel cell stacks, and a load balancer or airflow regulator.
US11695139B2	Fuel cell system A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell; a first valve device provided at an oxidation gas supply channel; a second valve device provided at an oxidation off-gas discharge channel; a third valve device provided at a bypass channel; an abnormality detection unit configured to detect an abnormality; and a control unit. The control unit causes the fuel cell to initiate fail-safe power generation if (i) a different abnormality from a valve opening abnormality is detected in the first valve device, (ii) the different abnormality is detected in the second valve device, or (iii) any abnormality is detected in the third valve device. During the fail-safe power generation, if any abnormality is additionally detected in any valve device different from the valve device in which an abnormality is already detected, the control unit stops power generation by the fuel cell.
US11695138B2	Device and method for online impedance spectrum measurement of vehicle-mounted hydrogen fuel cell An online impedance spectrum measuring device and method for a vehicle-mounted hydrogen fuel cell includes: a controllable alternating current source, configured to apply a sinusoidal alternating signal; a cell voltage signal preceding-stage measuring circuit, configured to select to communicate with one monocell via a voltage signal gating circuit; a current sensor and a cell current signal preceding-stage measuring circuit connected with the current sensor; and a signal conditioning and amplifying circuit, a multi-channel simultaneous sampling analog-digital conversion circuit, a digital signal processor and an upper computer, which are connected in sequence, wherein the signal conditioning and amplifying circuit is connected to the cell voltage signal preceding-stage measuring circuit and the cell current signal preceding-stage measuring circuit, separately; and the upper computer is connected with the controllable alternating source and the voltage signal gating circuit.
US11695131B2	Fuel cell and fuel cell system for an aircraft A fuel cell to provide a higher power density. The fuel cell can be produced by 3D printing in ceramic and has an improved power density by virtue of its spiral shape. In order to better extract the energy generated by the fuel cell, an interconnector sheet can be fastened positively to fastening knobs of the fuel cell by holding eyes. In addition, the interconnector sheet can be fixed by glass solder.
US11695129B2	Manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus for fuel cell unit The manufacturing method for the fuel cell unit includes a stacking step and a laser irradiation step. In the stacking step, a stacked portion including, stacked together, a resin frame member of a resin frame equipped membrane electrode assembly and an outer peripheral portion of a separator is placed on a metal spacer. The resin frame member at a joining target portion of the stacked portion is placed so as to face a recess of the metal spacer. In the laser irradiation step, the separator at the joining target portion in a state where the resin frame member faces the recess is irradiated with a laser beam to thereby form a welded portion where the resin frame member and the separator are welded to each other.
US11695125B2	Deposition on two sides of a web Apparatuses and methods for depositing materials on both sides of a web while it passes a substantially vertical direction are provided. In particular embodiments, a web does not contact any hardware components during the deposition. A web may be supported before and after the deposition chamber but not inside the deposition chamber. At such support points, the web may be exposed to different conditions (e.g., temperature) than during the deposition. Also provided are substrates having materials deposited on both sides that may be fabricated by the methods and apparatuses.
US11695119B2	Negative electrode for secondary battery, secondary battery, battery pack, electric vehicle, power storage system, power tool, and electronic device The secondary battery includes an electrolytic solution, a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and the negative electrode includes a plurality of particulate negative electrode active materials, a first negative electrode binder, and a plurality of second negative electrode binders with an average particle size smaller than the plurality of particulate negative electrode active materials. The plurality of particulate negative electrode active materials have an average particle size of 5 μm or more and 30 μm or less. The first negative electrode binder includes one or both of a styrene butadiene rubber and a derivative thereof. The plurality of second negative electrode binders include one or both of a polyvinylidene fluoride and a derivative thereof, and the plurality of second negative electrode binders have an average particle size of 0.1 μm or more and 10 μm or less.
US11695117B2	Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery In a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one exemplary embodiment, a separator includes a substrate, a first filler layer containing phosphate particles and formed on at least one surface of the substrate, and a second filler layer containing inorganic particles and formed on a surface of the first filler layer on the side of the at least one surface of the substrate. The phosphate particles have a BET specific surface area of 5 m2/g or more and 100 m2/g or less.
US11695116B2	Method for manufacturing cathode active material for lithium ion secondary battery The cathode active material is capable of reducing cathode resistance of a secondary battery by enhancing electron conductivity thereof without reducing discharge capacity of the secondary battery. The method for manufacturing a cathode active material includes: mixing transition metal-containing composite compound particles containing lanthanum with a lithium compound to obtain a lithium mixture; calcinating the lithium mixture at a temperature equal to or lower than the melting point of the lithium compound; and then subjecting the lithium mixture to main firing at a firing temperature within a range of 725° C. to 1000° C. Lithium carbonate is preferably used as the lithium compound, and in this case, the calcination temperature is within a range of 600° C. to 723° C. It is preferable to obtain the transition metal-containing composite compound particles containing lanthanum by a coprecipitation method and to uniformly disperse a lanthanum element in the particles.
US11695114B2	Positive electrode active material and lithium secondary battery comprising the same The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material which has the structural stability of a lithium composite oxide constituting a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The lithium composite oxide constituting the positive electrode active material according to the present invention is able to reduce the surface area and grain boundary of secondary particles having a side reaction with an electrolyte solution, thereby improving high-temperature stability and reducing gas generation caused by the positive electrode active material, and the structural stability of the lithium composite oxide may be improved using a cation-mixing layer covering the surface of a primary particle.
US11695113B2	Secondary battery, battery pack, vehicle, and stationary power supply According to one embodiment, provided is a secondary battery including a negative electrode containing a titanium-containing oxide, a positive electrode, a separator between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, a first aqueous electrolyte, a second aqueous electrolyte, and a third aqueous electrolyte. The first aqueous electrolyte is held in the negative electrode and contains 0.001% by mass to 0.5% by mass of zinc ions. The second aqueous electrolyte is held in the separator and contains 1% by mass to 5% by mass of a first compound that includes a hydrophobic portion and a hydrophilic portion. The third aqueous electrolyte is held in the positive electrode.
US11695111B2	Sulfur-carbon composite, preparation method thereof, and lithium secondary battery comprising same A sulfur-carbon composite including porous carbon material, and sulfur, wherein at least a portion of an inside and a surface of the porous carbon material coated with the sulfur, the sulfur-carbon composite has a pore volume of 0.180 cm3/g to 0.300 cm3/g, and the sulfur-carbon composite has an average pore size of 40.0 nm to 70.0 nm, and a method of manufacturing the same. Also, a method of manufacturing a sulfur-carbon composite, which includes (a) mixing a porous carbon material with sulfur particles, wherein the sulfur particles have a particle size of 1 nm to 1 μm using a Henschel mixer; and (b) drying the resulting mixture of (a).
US11695106B2	Lower pyrolysis temperature binder for silicon-dominant anodes Systems and methods are provided for carbon additives for direct coating of silicon-dominant anodes. An example composition for use in directly coated anodes may include a silicon-dominated anode active material, a carbon-based binder, and a carbon-based additive, with the composition being configured for low-temperature pyrolysis. The low-temperature pyrolysis may be conducted at <600° C. An anode may be formed using a direct coating process of the composition on a current collector. The anode active material yields silicon constituting between 86% and 97% of weight of the formed anode after pyrolysis. The carbon-based additive yields carbon constituting between 2% and 6% of weight of the formed anode after pyrolysis.
US11695105B2	Rechargeable battery Battery core packs employing minimum cell-face pressure containment devices and methods are disclosed for minimizing dendrite growth and increasing cycle life of metal and metal-ion battery cells.
US11695098B2	High voltage light-emitting diode and method of producing the same A light-emitting diode (LED) sub-chip and a method of producing the same are provided. The LED sub-chip comprises an epitaxial layer disposed on a growth substrate, where the epitaxial layer comprises a plurality of electrodes. The groove disposed between the LED sub-chip and a second LED sub-chip, where the groove penetrates through the epitaxial layer separating the two sub-chips. The bridge insulating layer at least partially covering a sidewall of the groove, where the sidewall comprises a first surface and a second surface above the first surface, where the texture of the second surface is less granular than a texture of the first surface. The bridge electrode on the bridge insulating layer, where the bridge electrode connects respective electrodes of the two sub-chips at the first surface.
US11695096B2	Epitaxial oxide materials, structures, and devices In some embodiments, a semiconductor structure includes: a first epitaxial oxide semiconductor layer; a metal layer; and a contact layer adjacent to the metal layer, and between the first epitaxial oxide semiconductor layer and the metal layer. The contact layer can include an epitaxial oxide semiconductor material. The contact layer can also include a region comprising a gradient in a composition of the epitaxial oxide semiconductor material adjacent to the metal layer, or a gradient in a strain of the epitaxial oxide semiconductor material over a region adjacent to the metal layer.
US11695094B2	Pixel and display device including the same A display device includes a pixel in a display area. The pixel includes: a first electrode and a second electrode spaced from each other; a light emitting element between the first electrode and the second electrode, a first bank overlapping with one area of each of the first electrode and the second electrode in a plan view, the first bank including a first sidewall adjacent to the first end portion of the light emitting element and a second sidewall adjacent to the second end portion of the light emitting element; at least one of a third electrode on the first end portion of the light emitting element to connect the first end portion to the first electrode and a fourth electrode on the second end portion to connect the second end portion of the light emitting element to the second electrode.
US11695091B2	Transfer method, display device, and storage medium Provided are a transfer method, a display device, and a storage medium. The transfer method includes: performing partial cutting on preset scribe lines (22) on an epitaxial layer to obtain to-be-transferred wafers (24) after cutting (S1); adhering a temporary substrate (26) on the to-be-transferred wafers (24) through adhering a first release adhesive (25) to first side faces of the to-be-transferred wafers (24), and removing a growth substrate (21) (S2); adhering the to-be-transferred wafers (24) to the blue tape (28) through adhering a second release adhesive (27) to second side faces of the to-be-transferred wafers (24), and removing the temporary substrate (26) (S3); jacking up the blue tape (28) with a roller so that remaining scribe lines (23) on the to-be-transferred wafers (24) are separated by breaking under action of stress (S4).
US11695089B2	Solar cell modules A solar cell module is provided. The solar cell module includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite the first substrate, a cell unit disposed between the first and second substrates, a first thermosetting resin layer disposed between the cell unit and the first substrate, a first thermoplastic resin layer disposed between the cell unit and the first thermosetting resin layer, a second thermosetting resin layer disposed between the cell unit and the second substrate, and a second thermoplastic resin layer disposed between the cell unit and the second thermosetting resin layer.
US11695088B2	Self-bypass diode function for gallium arsenide photovoltaic devices Embodiments of the invention generally relate to photovoltaic devices. In one embodiment, a method for forming a gallium arsenide based photovoltaic device includes providing a semiconductor structure, the structure including an absorber layer comprising gallium arsenide. A bypass function is provided in a p-n junction of the semiconductor structure, where under reverse-bias conditions the p-n junction breaks down in a controlled manner by a Zener breakdown effect.
US11695085B2	Photovoltaic devices including nitrogen-containing metal contact A photovoltaic cell can include a nitrogen-containing metal layer in contact with a semiconductor layer.
US11695079B2	Oxide thin film transistor, method for manufacturing the same and display device An oxide thin film transistor includes: a gate electrode, a metal oxide active layer and a source-drain metal layer, which are on a base substrate. The metal oxide active layer includes a first metal oxide layer and a second metal oxide layer stacked on the first metal oxide layer in a direction away from the base substrate; the first metal oxide layer is a carrier transport layer; the second metal oxide layer is a carrier isolation layer; an electron transfer rate of the carrier transport layer is greater than an electron transfer rate of the carrier isolation layer. The first metal oxide layer includes a primary surface facing toward the base substrate and a primary surface away from the base substrate; the first metal oxide layer further includes a lateral surface around the primary surfaces; the second metal oxide layer covers the lateral surface of the first metal oxide layer.
US11695074B2	Semiconductor device, method of manufacturing the same and electronic device including the device There are provided a semiconductor device, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device including the device. According to an embodiment, the semiconductor device may include a substrate, and a first device and a second device formed on the substrate. Each of the first device and the second device includes a first source/drain layer, a channel layer and a second source/drain layer stacked on the substrate in sequence, and also a gate stack surrounding a periphery of the channel layer. The channel layer of the first device and the channel layer of the second device are substantially co-planar.
US11695073B2	Memory array gate structures A memory cell includes a thin film transistor over a semiconductor substrate. The thin film transistor comprising: a ferroelectric (FE) material contacting a word line, the FE material being a hafnium-comprising compound, and the hafnium-comprising compound comprising a rare earth metal; and an oxide semiconductor (OS) layer contacting a source line and a bit line, wherein the FE material is disposed between the OS layer and the word line.
US11695070B2	Power switch arrangement A power device can be structured with a power switch having multiple arrangements such that the power switch can operate as a power switch with the capability to measure properties of the power switch. An example power device can comprise a main arrangement of transistor cells and a sensor arrangement of sensor transistor cells. The main arrangement can be structured to operate as a power switch, with the transistor cells of the main arrangement having control nodes connected in parallel to receive a common control signal. The sensor arrangement of sensor transistor cells can be structured to measure one or more parameters of the main arrangement, with the sensor transistor cells having sensor control nodes connected in parallel to receive a common sensor control signal. The sensor transistor cells can have a common transistor terminal shared with a common transistor terminal of the transistor cells of the main arrangement.
US11695069B2	Gate contact structure for semiconductor device According to an embodiment of a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device includes: a first active cell area comprising a first plurality of parallel gate trenches; a second active cell area comprising a second plurality of parallel gate trenches; and a metallization layer above the first and the second active cell areas. The metallization layer includes: a first part contacting a semiconductor mesa region between the plurality of parallel gate trenches in the first and the second active cell areas; and a second part surrounding the first part. The second part of the metallization layer contacts the first plurality of gate trenches along a first direction and the second plurality of gate trenches along a second direction different from the first direction.
US11695065B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device Provided are a semiconductor device in which the lifetime of holes is controlled and the switching loss is suppressed, and a method of manufacturing the same. Provided are a semiconductor substrate having a drift layer of a first conductivity type between a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, a first buffer layer of the first conductive type provided between the drift layer and the second main surface in contact with the drift layer, having a resistivity lower than that of the drift layer, and having an impurity concentration higher than that of the drift layer, and a high resistivity layer provided between the first buffer layer and the second main surface and having a resistivity higher than that of the drift layer.
US11695064B2	Bipolar junction transistors with a wraparound base layer Device structures and fabrication methods for a bipolar junction transistor. The device structure includes a substrate and a trench isolation region in the substrate. The trench isolation region surrounds an active region of the substrate. The device structure further includes a collector in the active region of the substrate, a base layer having a first section positioned on the active region and a second section oriented at an angle relative to the first section, an emitter positioned on the first section of the base layer, and an extrinsic base layer positioned over the trench isolation region and adjacent to the emitter. The second section of the base layer is laterally positioned between the extrinsic base layer and the emitter.
US11695062B2	Semiconductor structure and forming method thereof A semiconductor structure and a forming method thereof are provided. In one form, a forming method includes: providing a base, including a device region and a zero mark region; forming a zero mark trench inside the base in the zero mark region; filling the zero mark trench, to form a dielectric layer; forming a fin mask material layer covering the base and the dielectric layer; forming a mandrel layer on the fin mask material layer above the dielectric layer and the base in the device region, where the mandrel layer covers a top portion of the dielectric layer; forming a mask spacer on a side wall of the mandrel layer; removing the mandrel layer; etching the fin mask material layer by using the mask spacer as a mask after the mandrel layer is removed, to form a fin mask layer; and etching a partial thickness of the base using the fin mask layer as a mask, where the remaining base after etching is used as a substrate, and a protrusion located over the substrate in the device region is used as a fin, and etching a partial thickness of the dielectric layer during the etching of the base. In the present disclosure, after a fin is formed by filling a zero mark trench with a dielectric layer, a probability that a residue defect or a peeling defect occurs is relatively low.
US11695056B2	Memory arrays comprising strings of memory cells and methods used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells A method used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells comprises forming a conductor tier comprising conductor material on a substrate. A stack is formed comprising vertically-alternating first tiers and second tiers above the conductor tier. The stack comprises laterally-spaced memory-block regions having horizontally-elongated trenches there-between. Channel-material strings extend through the first tiers and the second tiers. Material of the first tiers is of different composition from that of the second tiers. A lowest of the first tiers is thicker than the first tiers there-above. The first-tier material is isotropically etched selectively relative to the second-tier material to form void-space in the first tiers. Conducting material is deposited into the trenches and into the void-space in the first tiers. The conducting material fills the void-space in the first tiers that are above the lowest first tier. The conducting material less-than-fills the void-space in the lowest first tier. The conducting material is etched from the lowest first tier. After the etching of the conducting material, conductive material is deposited into the void-space of the lowest first tier and that directly electrically couples together the channel material of individual of the channel-material strings and the conductor material of the conductor tier. Additional embodiments, including structure independent of method, are disclosed.
US11695052B2	III-Nitride transistor with a cap layer for RF operation This disclosure describes the structure of a transistor that provides improved performance by reducing the off-state capacitance between the source and the drain by using a cap layer to extend the electrical distance between the gate and the source and drain contacts. In certain embodiments, a dielectric layer may be disposed between the gate electrode and the cap layer and vias are created in the dielectric layer to allow the gate electrode to contact the cap layer at select locations. In some embodiments, the gate electrode is offset from the cap layer to allow a more narrow cap layer and to allow additional space between the gate electrode and the drain contact facilitating the inclusion of a field plate. The gate electrode may be configured to only contact a portion of the cap layer.
US11695048B2	Silicon wafer and manufacturing method of the same A silicon wafer having a layer of oxygen precipitates and method of manufacturing thereof wherein the wafer exhibiting robustness characterized as having a ratio of a first average density from a first treatment that to a second average density from a second treatment is between 0.74 to 1.02, wherein the first treatment includes heating the wafer or a portion of the wafer at about 1150° C. for about 2 minutes and then between about 950 to 1000° C. for about 16 hours, and the second treatment includes heating the wafer or a portion of the wafer at about 780° C. for about 3 hours and then between about 950 to 1000° C. for about 16 hours. The wafer exhibits heretofore unattainable uniformity wherein a ratio of an oxygen precipitate density determined from any one cubic centimeter in the BMD layer of the wafer to another oxygen precipitate density from any other one cubic centimeter in the BMD layer of the wafer is in a range of 0.77 to 1.30.
US11695044B2	Semiconductor device having stacked structure with two-dimensional atomic layer A semiconductor device is provided and includes a substrate and a stack on the substrate. The stack includes plural active layers that are vertically stacked and spaced apart from each other, and plural gate electrodes that are on the active layers, respectively, and vertically stacked. Each active layer includes a channel layer under a corresponding one of the gate electrodes, and a source/drain layer disposed at a side of the channel layer and electrically connected to the channel layer. The channel layer is made of a two-dimensional atomic layer of a first material.
US11695039B2	Semiconductor device including an active component and a barrier pattern surrounding the active component and method of forming the same Provided are a semiconductor device and method of forming the same. The semiconductor device includes active components and a first barrier pattern. The active components are on a substrate. Each of the active components includes base insulation patterns on the substrate, gate electrodes on the substrate and spaced apart from each other with the base insulation patterns interposed therebetween, a gate dielectric layer on the gate electrodes and the base insulation patterns, a channel pattern on the gate dielectric layer, source electrodes on the channel pattern and spaced apart from each other, a drain electrode on the channel pattern and between the source electrodes, and second insulation patterns between the source electrodes and the drain electrode. The first barrier pattern disposed on the gate dielectric layer surrounds the channel patterns, the source electrodes, the drain electrodes, and the second insulation patterns of each of the active components.
US11695038B2	Forming single and double diffusion breaks for fin field-effect transistor structures A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes forming a plurality of fins over a substrate, at least a portion of one or more of the fins providing one or more channels for one or more fin field-effect transistors. The method also includes forming a plurality of active gate structures over the fins, forming at least one single diffusion break trench between a first one of the active gate structures and a second one of the active gate structures, and forming at least one double diffusion break trench between a third one of the active gate structures and a fourth one of the active gate structures. The double diffusion break trench has a stepped height profile in the substrate, the stepped height profile comprising a first depth with a first width and a second depth less than the first depth with a second width greater than the first width.
US11695036B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type having a device forming region and an outside region, an impurity region of a second conductivity type formed in a surface layer portion of a first main surface in the device forming region, a field limiting region of a second conductivity type formed in the surface layer portion in the outside region and having a impurity concentration higher than that of the impurity region, and a well region of a second conductivity type formed in a region between the device forming region and the field limiting region in the surface layer portion in the outside region, having a bottom portion positioned at a second main surface side with respect to bottom portions of the impurity region and the field limiting region, and having a impurity concentration higher than that of the impurity region.
US11695034B2	Capacitor structure, method of forming the same, semiconductor device including the capacitor structure and method of manufacturing the same A capacitor structure may include a lower electrode on a substrate, a dielectric layer on the substrate, and an upper electrode on the dielectric layer. The lower electrode may include a metal nitride having a chemical formula of M1Ny (M1 is a first metal, and y is a positive real number). The dielectric layer may include a metal oxide and nitrogen (N), the metal oxide having a chemical formula of M2Ox (M2 is a second metal, and x is a positive real number). A maximum value of a detection amount of nitrogen (N) in the dielectric layer may be greater than a maximum value of a detection amount of nitrogen (N) in the lower electrode.
US11695032B2	Display device A display device includes a base layer, a display layer on the base layer and defined with a plurality of light emitting areas and a surrounding area, a sensing layer on the display layer, and an antenna layer on the display layer and including a plurality of antennas, wherein each of the plurality of antennas includes a first pattern configured to receive a signal, and a second pattern on the same layer as the first pattern, the second pattern being separated from the first pattern and grounded, and each of the first pattern and the second pattern has a mesh structure and overlaps the surrounding area.
US11695030B2	Reduced cross-talk pixel-array substrate and fabrication method A pixel-array substrate includes a semiconductor substrate, a buffer layer, and a metal annulus. The semiconductor substrate includes a first-photodiode region. A back surface of the semiconductor substrate forms a trench surrounding the first-photodiode region in a cross-sectional plane parallel to a first back-surface region of the back surface above the first-photodiode region. The buffer layer is on the back surface and has (i) a thin buffer-layer region located above the first-photodiode region and (ii) a thick buffer-layer region forming an annulus above the trench in a plane parallel to the cross-sectional plane. The metal annulus is on the buffer layer and covers the thick buffer-layer region.
US11695025B2	Image sensor An image sensor includes a detection region, a first transistor region, and a second transistor region. The detection region including a first demodulation node and a second demodulation node generates a hole current in a substrate, and captures photocharges that are generated by incident light and move by the hole current. The first pixel transistor region including a plurality of transistors is disposed at one side of the detection region, and processes photocharges captured by the first demodulation node. The second pixel transistor region including a plurality of transistors is disposed at other side of the detection region, and processes photocharges captured by the second demodulation node.
US11695022B2	Image capturing apparatus, image capturing system, and moving body An image capturing apparatus includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, a first selection unit, and a second selection unit. Each of the photoelectric conversion elements includes an avalanche diode and a counter. The photoelectric conversion elements have a first photoelectric conversion element and a second photoelectric conversion element. The first selection unit controls the first photoelectric conversion element. The second selection unit controls the second photoelectric conversion element. The first and second selection units are controlled by a first control line and a second control line. In a first mode, the second selection unit controls the second photoelectric conversion element to be brought into a state where no signal is read from the second photoelectric conversion element. In a second mode, the second selection unit controls the second photoelectric conversion element to be brought into a state where a signal is read from the second photoelectric conversion element.
US11695018B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes a wireless transmission unit and a display panel. The display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel units and a signal line. The substrate includes a display region and a periphery region. The periphery region surrounds the display region. The pixel units are disposed on the display region. Each of the pixel units includes an active device and a pixel electrode. The active device is electrically connected to the pixel electrode. The signal line is on the periphery region. As viewed from a top view, the signal line has an annular shape having a gap and surrounds the display region.
US11695011B2	Integrated circuit layout cell, integrated circuit layout arrangement, and methods of forming the same Various embodiments may provide an integrated circuit layout cell. The integrated circuit layout cell may include a doped region of a first conductivity type, a doped region of a second conductivity type opposite of the first conductivity type, and a further doped region of the first conductivity type at least partially within the doped region of the second conductivity type, and continuous with the doped region of the first conductivity type. The integrated circuit cell may include a first transistor having a control terminal, a first controlled terminal, and a second controlled terminal. The first controlled terminal and the second controlled terminal of the first transistor may include terminal regions of the second conductivity type formed within the further doped region of the first conductivity type. The integrated circuit cell may also include a second transistor.
US11695000B2	Three-dimensional memory devices In certain aspects, a three-dimensional (3D) memory device includes a memory stack including interleaved conductive layers and dielectric layers, a plurality of channel structures each extending vertically through the memory stack, a conductive layer in contact with source ends of the plurality of channel structures, a first source contact electrically connected to the channel structures, and a second source contact electrically connected to the channel structures.
US11694996B2	Semiconductor package including a pad contacting a via A semiconductor package is provided. The semiconductor package may include a first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die stacked on the first semiconductor die, the second semiconductor die having a width smaller than a width of the first semiconductor die, a third semiconductor die stacked on the second semiconductor die, the third semiconductor die having a width smaller than the width of the first semiconductor die, and a mold layer covering side surfaces of the second and third semiconductor dies and a top surface of the first semiconductor die. The second semiconductor die may include a second through via, and the third semiconductor die may include a third conductive pad in contact with the second through via.
US11694993B2	Unified semiconductor devices having processor and heterogeneous memories and methods for forming the same Embodiments of semiconductor devices and fabrication methods thereof are disclosed. In an example, a semiconductor device includes NAND memory cells and a first bonding layer including first bonding contacts. The semiconductor device also includes a second semiconductor structure including DRAM cells and a second bonding layer including second bonding contacts. The semiconductor device also includes a third semiconductor structure including a processor, SRAM cells, and a third bonding layer including third bonding contacts. The semiconductor device further includes a first bonding interface between the first and third bonding layers, and a second bonding interface between the second and third bonding layers. The first bonding contacts are in contact with a first set of the third bonding contacts at the first bonding interface. The second bonding contacts are in contact with a second set of the third bonding contacts at the second bonding interface. The first and second bonding interfaces are in a same plane.

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