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| US11717178B2 |
Measurement sensor package and measurement sensor
A measurement sensor package and a measurement sensor reduce susceptibility to noise and enable highly accurate measurement. A measurement sensor package includes a substrate. The substrate includes a first recess including a first bottom surface on which a light emitter is mountable, and a first step surface having a first connection pad thereon, a second recess including a second bottom surface on which a light receiver is mountable, and a second step surface having a second connection pad thereon. In a direction connecting a center of the first bottom surface and a center of the second bottom surface in a plan view, the first step surface is located outward from the first bottom surface and the second step surface is located outward from the second bottom surface. |
| US11717172B2 |
Method and system for determining a parameter related to microcirculation function
The present invention provides a method (100) for determining at least one parameter related to the microcirculation function of a person, said method comprising the steps of a) determining (101) an arrival time (AT) of a pulse wave, wherein the AT is the time between the onset of an activity of the heart producing said pulse wave and the arrival of said pulse wave in a part of the body of said person; b) varying (102) an applied pressure (P) on said part of the body over time and determining said AT as a function of applied pressure and time; and c) assessing (103) said at least one parameter related to the microcirculation function based on said determination of AT and said AT as a function of applied pressure and time in steps a) and b). The present invention further provides a system (1) for determining at least one parameter. |
| US11717167B2 |
In-vivo monitoring of cellular energetics with Raman spectroscopy
The inventors have developed tools for quantifying the mitochondrial redox state of in vivo, in situ tissue using resonance Raman spectroscopy. The tissue is illuminated with an excitation beam that causes the tissue to scatter Raman-shifted light, which is collected and analyzed to produce coefficients representing the relative concentrations of different chromophores in the tissue. These relative concentrations indicate the redox state of whole mitochondria, hemoglobin oxygen saturation, myoglobin oxygen saturation, and/or redox state of individual cytochrome complexes in mitochondria of the in vivo, in situ tissue. Quantifiable information about these states and/or saturations can be used to assess tissue health, including organ (dys)function before, during, and after surgery. For example, this information can be used to predict impending cardiac failure, to guide surgical interventions, to monitor organ health after transplantation, or to guide post-operative care. |
| US11717164B2 |
Tissue elasticity measurement
A device for measuring elasticity of a tissue of an object is disclosed. It comprises a base portion comprising contact means for contacting the tissue. It also comprises a palpation probe for pushing down on the tissue comprising a palpation pen for pushing down the tissue and a force measuring means for determining a palpation force applied to the palpation probe and/or a displacement measuring means for determining a displacement of the palpation pen being representative for a displacement of the tissue. The device also comprises a swiveling handle mounted pivotally to the base portion for positioning the device and for distributing a positioning force along the at least two contact points in a predetermined manner. |
| US11717162B2 |
Rebound tonometer having tilt correction
A rebound tonometer is improved by providing a tilt signal from a tilt sensor of the rebound tonometer to a signal processor of the rebound tonometer, and configuring the signal processor to apply a tilt correction factor to a basic IOP measurement value calculated by the signal processor to provide a final IOP measurement value, wherein the tilt correction factor depends on a tilt direction and a degree of tilt indicated by the tilt signal. The final reported IOP measurement value takes into account gravitational effects on the probe due to tilt. As a result, measurements made at relatively small tilt angles are now usable, thereby improving efficiency. A corresponding rebound tonometry measurement method, and a method of calibrating a rebound tonometer for tilt correction, are also disclosed. |
| US11717157B2 |
Visual sense examination device
A visual sense examination device includes: a beam source that emits a visible beam and an invisible beam; a visible beam optical system that includes a first scanner scanning the visible beam; an invisible beam optical system that includes a second scanner scanning the invisible beam; a detector that detects the invisible beam reflected by a retina of a subject; a controller that performs a first control; a synthesizer that synthesizes the visible beam scanned by the first scanner and the invisible beam scanned by the second scanner; and wherein scanning angles of the visible beam by the first scanner and the invisible beam by the second scanner are substantially the same, and projectable ranges of the visible beam scanned by the first scanner and the invisible light scanned by the second scanner are substantially the same on the retina of the subject. |
| US11717155B2 |
Identifying retinal layer boundaries
Methods for automatically identifying retinal boundaries from a reflectance image are disclosed. An example of the method includes identifying a reflectance image of the retina of a subject; generating a gradient map of the reflectance image, the gradient map representing dark-to-light or light-to-dark reflectance differentials between adjacent pixel pairs in the reflectance image; generating a guidance point array corresponding to a retinal layer boundary depicted in the reflectance image using the gradient map; generating multiple candidate paths estimating the retinal layer boundary in the reflectance image by performing a guided bidirectional graph search on the reflectance image using the guidance point array; and identifying the retinal layer boundary by merging two or more of the multiple candidate paths. |
| US11717150B2 |
Ophthalmologic apparatus, and ophthalmologic information processing apparatus
An ophthalmologic apparatus includes an optical scanner, an interference optical system, an intraocular distance calculator, an image correcting unit, and a controller. The optical scanner is disposed at an optically substantially conjugate position with a first site of a subject's eye. The interference optical system is configured to split light from a light source into reference light and measurement light, to project the measurement light onto the subject's eye via the optical scanner, and to detect interference light between returning light of the light from the subject's eye and the reference light via the optical scanner. The image forming unit is configured to form a tomographic image of the subject's eye corresponding a first traveling direction of the measurement light deflected by the optical scanner, based on a detection result of the interference light. The intraocular distance calculator is configured to obtain an intraocular distance between predetermined sites of the subject's eye based on the detection result of the interference light. The image correcting unit is configured to correct the tomographic image based on the intraocular distance. The controller is configured to control at least the optical scanner. |
| US11717149B1 |
Methods and systems for robotic single-port laparoscopic access
A laparoscopic tool has a semicircular mid-portion with a center point and coinciding remote center of the robotic arm, to which the tool is mounted on a common axis located between straight proximal and straight distal sections. The straight proximal of the laparoscopic tool is rotatably mounted on a fixed side mount on surgical robotic arm. The robotic arm is disengaged from the surgical robot to allow manual location of the robotic arm to position the semicircular mid-portion through a percutaneous port and the center point of semi-circular mid-portion and coinciding remote center of the robotic arm, to which the tool is mounted at a target virtual insertion point on the patient's body. Visual aids are provided to assist in the positioning of the center point. |
| US11717148B2 |
Proctoscope and methods of use
Provided is a scope that can comprise a tubular casing, a proximal end, a distal end, an internal volume, a longitudinal axis of extension extending from the distal end to the proximal end, a vertical axis extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of extension and one or more apertures along a length L of the longitudinal axis of extension; a handle having a proximal end and a distal end; and image capture devices each located within the internal volume of the tubular casing. |
| US11717146B2 |
Laryngoscope system and blade assembly
A laryngoscope system including a laryngoscope device and a blade assembly. The laryngoscope device has a handle member and a front-end member, which includes: a longitudinal member, with a channel, being connected with the handle member; a sliding part having at a distal end an imaging and/or a lighting device and being configured to be at least partially inserted in and movable along the channel, which has an abutment and a positioning spring between the abutment and a proximal end of the sliding part. The blade assembly is configured to cooperate with the front-end member and has fixed to one another: a blade having a distal tip; an insertion housing, which has a cavity to receive the front-end member, includes an engaging element having an edge to cooperate with the longitudinal member's distal end, the engaging element's edge being positioned at a predefined distance from the blade's distal tip. |
| US11717128B2 |
Surface cleaning apparatus
A surface cleaning apparatus such as an extractor has a fluid flow path extending from a dirty fluid inlet head to a clean air outlet. The fluid flow path upstream of the separation stage comprises a removable portion. |
| US11717126B2 |
Motor assembly, method of manufacturing the same and a cleaner having the same
A motor assembly comprises a stator, a rotor configured to be rotated about a shaft by electromagnetically interacting with the stator, an impeller configured to be rotated with the rotor about the shaft by being coupled to the rotor and configured to suction air in response to a rotation, a housing configured to cover between the impeller and the stator by being coupled to the stator, a cover comprising an inlet through which air sucked by the impeller is introduced, and configured to cover the impeller, a guide member configured to guide the air discharged from the impeller and configured to be coupled to the housing, and a plurality of first vanes protruding from one of the cover and the guide member to an axial direction and coupled to the other of the cover and the guide member. The cover and the guide member are configured to be movable in the axial direction in response to not being coupled to the housing, and the cover comprises a contact portion in contact with the impeller according to a position of the cover. The contact portion is spaced apart from the impeller in response to coupling between the guide member and the housing. |
| US11717120B2 |
Robotic cleaner
A robotic cleaner may include a housing, an agitator, and one or more projections. The housing may have a front side, a back side opposite the front side, a left side, and a right side opposite the left side. The right and left sides extend between the front and back sides. The agitator may be configured to rotate about an agitator rotation axis, the agitator rotation axis extending substantially parallel to the front side. The one or more projections may extend from the housing. The one or more projections may include one or more cliff sensors. |
| US11717118B2 |
Dispensing device with mounting bracket
A dispenser for dispensing materials is disclosed. The dispenser includes a backplate, a cover, and a circular mounting bracket. The backplate includes a second side having a bracket engagement area thereon. The cover encloses at least portion of the backplate when in a closed condition forming a housing having an interior volume so as to retain at least one dispensable product. The circular mounting bracket includes a faceplate containing one or more holes configured to receive a fastener for securing the mounting bracket to a wall. The faceplate includes at least one flange raised from a first surface of the faceplate. The bracket engagement area includes at least one latching means configured to engage the flange to secure the backplate to the mounting bracket. |
| US11717108B2 |
Heat lamp
A heat lamp is provided that minimizes visual obstructions between an individual and a food service line, while more evenly distributing heat across food. The heat energy penetrates into the food and does not merely heat the surface. Different heating capabilities can be provided by locating the lamp head at different positions over a large adjustable height range. Additional lighting elements provide illumination to heated surfaces to improve visual appeal. Each heat lamp on a service line may be connected to an adjacent heat lamp through built-in power receptacles. The surfaces of the heat lamp are sealed and/or made of easily cleaned substances and have features compliant to one or more industry standards. The heat lamp may be easily transportable and may be resistant to damage. |
| US11717105B2 |
System and method for an automatic cooking device
A system and method for an automated cooking device that includes a multi-ingredient dispenser with a base, liquid dispenser and a dispensing selector, wherein the base comprises a set of base receptacles; a set of ingredient dispenser units that removably couple with the base receptacles and controllably open when in an engaged mode with the dispensing selector of the multi-ingredient dispenser; a cooking apparatus with a heating unit and mixing unit; and a control unit that is configured to process a multi-stage cooking process and that at least partially controls the dispensing selector, heating unit, mixing unit, and liquid dispenser. |
| US11717100B2 |
Water-blocking and air-enterable structure of dual drinking-mode cup
A water-blocking and air-enterable structure includes a cup lid disposed with a direct drinking mouth assembly and a drinking nozzle assembly. The direct drinking mouth assembly includes a direct drinking mouth flap, a direct drinking mouth plug and an air inlet plug. The cup lid is provided with a spout and a first air inlet. The drinking nozzle assembly includes a drinking nozzle flap, a drinking nozzle seat, a drinking nozzle and an air inlet valve. The cup lid is provided with a second air inlet plugged by the air inlet valve, and a lower end of the drinking nozzle is connected with the air inlet valve through a plastic strip. The structure adopts two drinking-modes of using the direct drinking mouth assembly and the drinking nozzle assembly both being integral structures, the problems of loss of components, difficult assembly, and assembly dislocation can be avoided. |
| US11717097B2 |
Moveable base for retail gondola
An example base for a retail gondola can include: a frame defining a locator configured to receive a bottom portion of the retail gondola; and a plurality of bolts held by the frame, the plurality of bolts being moveable up and down to position the frame relative to a support surface; wherein a portion of each of the plurality of bolts is configured to allow the frame to be slid along the support surface. |
| US11717089B2 |
Multiple sitting position chair
A reconfigurable chair includes features that open up new sitting and resting positions for the user. The chair includes rotatable lateral side rests and a tilt adjustable back rest which when reconfigured, provide auxiliary resting platforms to support the body in different sitting and resting positions. The backrest may include a rotatable feature so that the backrest may be moved from an upright position to a flat position adding another level of support. A height adjustment mechanism may adjust the height of the backrest to add to the reconfigurability of the chair. |
| US11717088B2 |
Rocking chair
A rocking chair includes a foldable main body frame and a leg rest frame, where the leg rest frame includes two side support rods, two bottom rods and two slanting rods; first end portions of the two side support rods are pivotally connected to the main body frame, when the rocking chair is unfolded, second end portions of the side support rods are located forward and below the first end portions thereof; first end portions of the two bottom rods are pivotally connected to the main body frame, and second end portions of the two bottom rods are respectively pivotally connected to the two side support rods; when the rocking chair is unfolded, the first end portions of the side support rods are located above the first end portions of the bottom rods; the two slanting rods intersect and are pivotally connected at an intersection. |
| US11717082B2 |
Convertible item having an anti-tip leg system
A convertible item of furniture including: a plurality of shelf units, wherein each shelf unit has a horizontally extending leave and at least one leave support for supporting the leave; a drive system operably connected to each leave support such that the leaves remain horizontal when the shelf units are moved between a vertical configuration and a horizontal configuration; and, an anti-tip leg system. The anti-tip leg system has a front leg assembly and a rear leg assembly including an upwardly extending pair of rear legs, each rear leg comprising a rear leg upper region operably connected to a shelf unit or a part of the drive system, and a rear leg lower region supporting at least one wheel, and a linkage assembly interconnecting the front and rear leg assemblies. A spacing between the front and rear leg lower regions increases as the shelf units move towards the horizontal configuration. |
| US11717081B1 |
Smoothly adjustable artboard
A smoothly adjustable artboard comprises: a base configured for fixing, an adjusting bracket configured to adjust the height and angle of the artboard, and a painting plate configured to place drawing paper, and the adjusting bracket is arranged between the base and the painting plate, wherein the adjusting bracket includes a connecting seat, a connecting bracket, a force applying mechanism, a cam member, a roller and a one-way limiting mechanism, the roller is rotatably arranged on the connecting bracket and is located at one end close to the base, and one end of the force applying mechanism is connected with the connecting seat, and the other end of the force applying mechanism is connected with the cam member, wherein a curved surface of the cam member is configured to press against the roller under the pushing action of the force applying mechanism. |
| US11717072B2 |
Lipstick arrangement
A lipstick arrangement including a casing and a protective covering. The casing includes a first part including a carrier at a bottom region, a second part and a protruding element attached to the second part. Lipstick bullet is mounted on the carrier and has an elongate shape including a sloping top portion. The carrier is operatively coupled to the first part and the second part and the carrier is arranged to move in an axial direction relative to the second part in response to the first part being rotated relative to the second part. The protective covering covers the first part of the casing when applied to the casing. The sloping top portion of the lipstick bullet is configured to face away from the protruding element when the lipstick bullet is unscrewed to a fully deployed position. |
| US11717068B2 |
Roll-up modular pack with integrated pouch
A sheet of material has a left panel secured to the left edge and a right panel secured to a right edge such that a pouch is formed at one end of the sheet of material with a roll panel portion of the sheet extending outwardly form the pouch. Storage structures, such as pouches and tool rolls may secure to the roll panel removably or non-removably. The storage structures and roll panel which may be rolled up and placed within the pouch. A perimeter of the pouch may include a closure mechanism, such as a cord and cord lock for constricting the opening of the pouch. A suspension portion may secure to the roll panel for hanging the roll panel and pouch during use. |
| US11717067B1 |
Case system for portable electronic device
Systems and methods involve implementations such as a first aperture extending through an interior base surface and an exterior base surface, and a second aperture extending through the interior base surface and the exterior base surface, wherein the first aperture includes a first plan-view shape and the second aperture includes a second plan-view shape, the first plan-view shape of the first aperture being different that the second plan-view shape of the second aperture; and a bumper assembly including a first engagement member sized and shaped to couple with the first aperture and the least one second engagement member sized and shaped to couple with the second aperture. In addition, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. |
| US11717062B2 |
Interlocking zipper pull tabs and fastening system
A fastening system for a zipper is disclosed which includes locking or interlocking first and second zipper pull tabs. A first zipper pull tab comprises a first base, a hook extending from the first base, and a movable gate coupled to the first base. A second zipper pull tab comprises a second base, a cover coupled to the second base, and a post extending between the second base and the cover. For interlocking, the movable gate and hook are further coupled around the post to provide the interlocking configuration of the first and second zipper pull tabs. The first zipper pull tab may be utilized separately from the second zipper pull tab, such as to lock to a coupling ring or another component of a carrying bag. |
| US11717061B2 |
Male member of snap fastener and snap fastener
This male member of a snap fastener is provided with a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is composed of a plastic material, and the second portion is composed of a metal portion. In addition, the male member of the snap fastener has an engaging protrusion part working together with an eyelet of a female member, and a cover which at least partially covers the engaging protrusion part is provided to a side of the male member, the side facing the female member. |
| US11717059B2 |
Buckle structure, buckle assembly and baby carrier
A buckle structure is adapted to connect a strap. The buckle structure has a connecting port. The connecting port has a connecting member for connecting the strap. An extending portion extends from a side of the connecting port. The extending portion has an opening for the strap to pass through. The strap passes through the opening to enter the connecting port and connect the connecting member. |
| US11717058B2 |
Traction cleat system and apparatus for athletic shoe, and athletic shoe including same
A traction cleat assembly for a golf shoe includes a hub and removable cover affixed to the hub body in a fixed position with mated sealing engagement between the hub and removable cover defining a, the hub body including a minor driven fitting comprising one of a female fitting and male fitting defined in the hub bottom surface, and the cover top surface including a minor driving fitting for mating engagement with the minor driven fitting to define mated engagement therebetween. |
| US11717057B2 |
Midsole traction device
A midsole traction device is described. The midsole traction device comprises a first base portion; a second base portion and a flexible connector portion connecting the first base portion to the second base portion. The first base portion comprises a first traction aid on a first side of the midsole traction device. The second base portion comprising a second traction aid of the first side of the midsole traction device. The second traction aid is different to the first traction aid. |
| US11717053B2 |
Debondable adhesives and uses thereof
Debondable adhesive compositions are provided. This disclosure also provides articles of footwear and components for articles of footwear including a debondable adhesive matrix. The debondable adhesive matrix can allow for the bonding and debonding of two substrates in the article of footwear or component thereof. This disclosure also provides methods of making the debondable adhesive compositions and methods of using said compositions for bonding and debonding the substrates, e.g. for bonding and debonding of an upper and an outsole in an article of footwear. |
| US11717051B2 |
Stacked cushioning arrangement for sole structure
A sole structure for an article of footwear is provided. The sole structure includes an outsole having a ground-engaging surface and an upper surface formed on an opposite side of the outsole than the ground-engaging surface. A first cushion is disposed proximate to a medial side of the sole structure and includes a first fluid-filled chamber attached to the upper surface of the outsole and a second fluid-filled chamber attached to the first fluid-filled chamber and disposed between the first fluid-filled chamber and the upper. A second cushion is disposed proximate to a lateral side of the sole structure and includes a third fluid-filled chamber attached to the upper surface of the outsole and a fourth fluid-filled chamber attached to the third fluid-filled chamber and disposed between the third fluid-filled chamber and the upper. The second cushion is fluidly isolated from the first cushion. |
| US11717049B2 |
Insole for footwear
Insole (34) for footwear, the insole (34) comprising an anterior arch support (48); and an anterior reinforcing bridge (54) having a raised section (56) for providing resistance against compression of the anterior arch support (48). |
| US11717047B2 |
Safety helmet fan system
A safety helmet fan system includes a fan housing carrying a first fan on a first side of the fan housing and a second fan on a second side of the fan housing and configured to be mounted, by a mount connector located between the first side and the second side, on an exterior of a safety helmet shell above a brim of the safety helmet shell, and an elongate cooling air duct connected to the fan housing to direct cooling air flow from the fan housing around the brim and into an interior of the safety helmet shell. |
| US11717045B2 |
Helmet lighting system
A helmet includes a lighting system integrated into the helmet. The helmet includes a first layer and a second layer. The helmet includes a plurality of light emitting devices between the first layer and the second layer. A controller is configured to control the light emitting devices. A power source is configured to power the light emitting devices and the controller. The light emitting devices are operably connected to the controller and the power source. In some configurations, a lighting system can be contained in a shell that that can be attached to an existing helmet. In some configurations, a lighting system is contained in a flexible material that can be fitted onto an existing helmet. |
| US11717033B2 |
Easy Don and Doff sock
Aspects herein are directed to a sock having an integrally knit tab positioned between a collar of the sock and a heel of the sock, where the collar defines an opening for a wearer's foot. The base of the tab is integrally knit with a reciprocally knit section to reinforce the structural integrity of the tab, which may be used to assist the wearer in donning and/or doffing the sock by acting as the primary structure by which the wearer pulls the sock around the wearer's foot when donning the sock. |
| US11717030B2 |
Electrically heated smoking system with internal or external heater
An electrically heated smoking system for receiving an aerosol forming substrate includes a heater for heating the substrate to form the aerosol. The heater includes a heating element. The electrically heated smoking system and the heating element are arranged such that, when the aerosol forming substrate is received in the electrically heated smoking system, the heating element extends a distance only partially along the length of the aerosol forming-substrate, and the heating element is positioned towards the downstream end of the aerosol forming substrate. |
| US11717028B2 |
Vaporizing devices and methods for delivering a compound using the same
A method of treating disorders in a human or animal subject may include heating a material containing a compound to a first temperature to form a heated volume of the material. The method may additionally include heating the heated volume to a higher second temperature to form a dose of vapor including the compound. The method may also include administering the dose of vapor to the subject to treat disorders such as pain. The method may further include pre-heating the material to a preliminary temperature prior to the heating to the first temperature. The heating and pre-heating may be performed with a capsule including two covering layers, each including an electrically conductive material, configured to hold the material therebetween and to generate heat by resistive heating. |
| US11717026B1 |
Bowl with detachable grinder for use with a pipe
The bowl with attachable grinder for use with a pipe is a mechanical structure. The bowl with attachable grinder for use with a pipe claims the benefit of United States 35 USC 120 from non-provisional application U.S. Ser. No. 16/253,282 filed on Jan. 22, 2019. The prior disclosure comprises a partitioned bowl. A gas phase of a pharmacologically active media generated by the combustion of a smoking material passes through the partitioned bowl. The bowl with attachable grinder for use with a pipe comprises an exterior screw thread and a burr grinder. The exterior screw thread removably attaches the burr grinder to the prism structure of the partitioned bowl. The burr grinder grinds the smoking material in preparation for the combustion of the smoking material within the partitioned bowl. The burr grinder deposits the ground smoking material directly into the prism structure of the partitioned bowl. |
| US11717023B2 |
Filtered smoking article
A filtered smoking article includes an aerosol generation rod, a filter disposed at a downstream end of the aerosol generation rod, and tipping paper wrapped around a downstream end part of the aerosol generation rod and an outer circumferential surface of the filter and connecting the aerosol generation rod and the filter. The tipping paper is paper containing bleached pulp and unbleached pulp, and fibers of the unbleached pulp have a length of 1 mm to 4 mm and a thickness of 20 μm to 70 μm. |
| US11717018B2 |
Smoking article comprising aerogel
A smoking article is provided that includes an aerogel, which can be optionally impregnated with a catalytic metal compound or can optionally be coated with at least one aerosol-forming material and a flavoring agent. The smoking article comprises various segments such as a heat generation segment, an aerosol-generation segment, and a mouth end. The aerogel can be placed near or within any of these segments.The presence of the aerogel can reduce the concentration of certain gaseous components of mainstream smoke generated during use of a smoking article incorporating a heat generation segment containing a fuel element. |
| US11717016B2 |
Sushi maker kit
A sushi maker kit having a frame member with first, second, third, fourth side walls and a ledge capturing portion is provided. The first, second, third and fourth side walls define an open region. The ledge capturing portion extends upwardly from the first, second, and third side walls proximate to a first end of the frame member. The sushi maker kit further includes an insert member having a plate portion and a keel portion. The keel portion is coupled to and extends from the plate portion in a first direction. The plate portion has a ledge portion at a first end thereof. The ledge portion is removably received in the ledge capturing portion such that the keel portion extends into the open region of the frame member when the insert member is in a first operational position relative to the frame member. |
| US11717015B2 |
Roasting apparatus and controlling method thereof
The present disclosure relates to a roasting apparatus and a method of controlling the roasting apparatus, and more particularly, to a roasting apparatus for roasting objects while stirring the objects in a roasting chamber, and a method of controlling the roasting apparatus. An roasting apparatus for heating objects according to the present disclosure includes a roasting chamber part which includes: a cylindrical roasting chamber that extends in a vertical direction and has an internal space in which the objects are stirred; and a rotary stirring part that rotates to stir the objects received in the roasting chamber and rotates about a stirring axis defined in the vertical direction. The roasting apparatus further includes heat source parts which supply heat to the roasting chamber part. |
| US11717014B2 |
Cracking-shelling mechanism for nuts with a hard or soft shell
The invention relates to a cracking-shelling mechanism for nuts with a hard or soft shell, with a plurality of first and second blocks the facing sides of which have a plurality of complementary first and second notches in a staggered arrangement, wherein each first notch is associated with at least a second notch and forms a cracking hole with each one, wherein the notches have first and second vertexes for each hole, forming a specific angle with respect to the longitudinal axis, and in the standby position of the first block, said first and second vertexes of each first notch are arranged so as to coincide with second and first vertexes, respectively, of a second notch. |
| US11717010B1 |
Systems and methods for processing seaweed
Methods for processing seaweed. The methods include cold washing seaweed to generate cold-washed seaweed, outgassing the cold-washed seaweed to generate outgassed seaweed, and dry heating the outgassed seaweed to generate dried seaweed. The cold washing may include contacting the seaweed with cold water at a temperature and/or pressure that retains at least a threshold salts fraction of naturally occurring mineral salts in the raw seaweed. The dry heating may include dry heating at a dry-heat temperature that is less than at least one of a char temperature and a burn temperature for the outgassed seaweed and/or that is greater than a pasteurization temperature for the outgassed seaweed. The methods may include compressing the outgassed seaweed to separate water from the outgassed seaweed and/or pulverizing the dried seaweed to generate pulverized seaweed. The methods also may include producing baked goods utilizing the processed and/or pulverized seaweed. |
| US11717009B2 |
Apparatus and process for producing sausage products
Process and an apparatus adapted to carry out the process steps for producing sausage products, which includes the following steps: Comminuting raw meat with fat, adding seasoning, salt and further additives, mixing in order to produce a raw sausage mass, filling the raw sausage mass into sausage casings or boxes to form encased sausage, first warming and fermenting the formed encased sausage, second warming the encased sausage mass to a temperature of approximately 42° C., immediately subsequently cooling the cooked fermented sausage mass to −1° C. or below with vacuum being applied, and cutting of the dried and cooled encased sausage to obtain a cut and cooled sausage product. |
| US11717008B2 |
Probiotic fermented fruit and vegetable pulp composition containing active bacteria and preparation method thereof
The present invention belongs to the technical field of beverages, and relates to a probiotic fermented fruit and vegetable puree composition containing active bacteria and its preparation method. The composition containing active bacteria is obtained by fermenting fruit and vegetable puree with Lactobacillus casei NCU215. The probiotic fermented fruit and vegetable puree has the following characteristics: the probiotic fermented fruit and vegetable puree may generate a natural mellow sour, effectively remove an astringency in fruit and a wild Artemisia flavor in vegetable, and neutralize an unpleasant sour in the fruit; with probiotic fermentation, the present invention may improve a content of amino acid in the fruit and vegetable by 20% or more, generate multiple aromatic substances, improve a flavor substance by 30% or more, and effectively improve a taste and a mouthfeel of the product; the present invention prolongs a shelf life of the product and prevents rot. |
| US11717007B2 |
Cat food
Cat food includes: food granules including extruded puffed granules having a moisture content of 12% or less. 60% or more of the food granules have a hardness of 2.5 kgw or less 1 minute after being immersed in a dilute hydrochloric acid (pH of 2.5) at 25° C. for 10 minutes. A pepsin digestibility of the food granules, 1 minute after being immersed in a 500 U/mL pepsin hydrochloric acid solution at 38° C. for 4 hours, is 60% or more. |
| US11717006B2 |
Method and system of processing meal from oilseeds
The method and system for processing meal from oilseeds after oil extraction includes biotransformation of meal and its cascade, sequential refining leading to the separation of the product or products with high added value, and finally obtaining the remaining biomass with an increased nutritional value compared to the original post-extraction meal material. |
| US11717005B2 |
Method and apparatus for reducing required frequency for manual cleaning of at least portions of a food flow path in a food processor
A system and method for treating a portion of a food flow path in a food processor having a freezer chamber includes imparting a continuous flow of solution through a portion of the food flow path with sufficient flow rate, temperature and flow duration to impart at least one of (i) impart at least a 6 log reduction in inoculum count and (ii) extend the necessary time for manual cleaning of the portion of a food flow path exposed to the continuous flow of solution to at least 7 days. |
| US11717004B2 |
Method for obtaining ice cream cones and product thereof
The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing an ice cream cone, formed by a cone-shaped wafer and a layer of chocolate arranged on the inner face and upper edge of said wafer, with ice cream inside the ice cream cone. Another object of the invention is the ice cream cone obtained from said process. |
| US11717002B2 |
Device and method for separating at least one tendon that connects a breast fillet of a gutted poultry body, or a part thereof, to a carcass of the poultry body, or a part thereof, and a tool unit therefor
An apparatus to separate a tendon connecting a breast fillet of a gutted poultry body, from which wings have been removed, to a carcass of the poultry body, has a transport apparatus having a transport unit which is driven in a revolving manner, and a holding apparatus fastened thereto to hold the poultry body or part thereof during processing, and a means for separating the tendon. The means for separating is movable from a standby position into a separating position and back. The transport unit, with the holding apparatus, with the formation of a transport path, transports the poultry body or the part thereof in a direction of transport, with the anus side leading, in the direction towards the means for separating. The means for separating the tendon includes at least one combination tool which has a portion that displaces the breast fillet and a portion that separates the tendon. |
| US11716999B2 |
System and process for picking up and transporting a casing
There is provided a system and a process for picking up and transporting a casing of indefinite length into relationship with a device, such as a device for measuring the diameter of the casing. The process comprises the steps: i) placing the casing on a support; ii) directing an actuated arm equipped with a finger towards the casing; iii) moving the actuated arm away from the support and activating rollers to coil the casing onto the finger; and iv) moving the finger with the casing to a device, such as a device for measuring the diameter thereof, and decoiling the casing to transfer the casing to the device. |
| US11716997B2 |
System for providing a dough sheet of a double pre-fermented dough
The present invention relates to a system for providing a dough sheet, comprising a mixer for mixing ingredients to a dough, a portioning device for portioning the dough in batches into carriers, a first fermenting stage, formed by a cabinet, the cabinet comprising a conveyor, configured for conveying the carriers along a trajectory through the cabinet, a first handler for placing the carriers in a fermenting cabinet, a second fermenting stage, formed by a conveyor, a second handler, for picking the carriers from the cabinet and placing the dough batches from the carriers onto the fermenting conveyor, wherein the second handler is configured for placing the dough batches in a touching or overlapping manner and a dough sheeting stage, for receiving the dough from the second fermenting stage and forming a sheet from the dough. |
| US11716996B2 |
Compositions and methods for mitigating pest infestation with Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
dsRNA for preventing, mitigating and/or treating infestation of a plant with red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus), the dsRNA comprising a polynucleotide sequence which is about 85% to about 100% complementary to a segment of a target gene of the red palm weevil, wherein ingestion of the dsRNA polynucleotide by the red palm weevil results in mortality and/or stunting thereof. |
| US11716995B2 |
Method of producing an antimicrobial agent
A method for producing an antimicrobial agent is provided. The method includes co-fermenting at least one seed of Lepidium Sativum and at least one yeast in a growth media to produce a yeast lees co-fermented by-product. The yeast lees by-product is then applied to a growth medium and at least one cell of Ganoderma Lucidum as a liquid medium under controlled conditions to produce mycelium and the liquid medium is agitated. The liquid medium is then filtered to isolate and extract an antimicrobial agent. |
| US11716993B2 |
Feral hog toxicant
A composition and method for killing feral hogs: a bait that is attractive to hogs is mixed with a lethal amount of sodium nitrite, along with sufficient base to inhibit decomposition of the sodium nitrite. At sufficiently high pH, encapsulation of the sodium nitrite is not required to inhibit decomposition. In the absence of substantial decomposition, the sodium nitrite itself is not aversive to the pigs, and may even enhance acceptance of the baits by the pigs. Optionally, an anti-emetic compound is added to the mixture to reduce the likelihood the bait will be vomited. Optionally, an additional toxicant such as luteolin is added to the mixture. |
| US11716991B2 |
Biostimulants for enhancing crop productivity, methods and uses thereof
A biostimulant composition comprising an amino acid, a polysaccharide, a betaine, a polyol, an enzyme and a plant hormone is disclosed herein. The biostimulant compositions are useful for enhancing the biomass of a horticultural, arboricultural or an agricultural crop. The biostimulant compositions are also useful for enhancing at least one of enhancing protein content, sugar content, trace element content, resistance to bruising, or preservation capacity. |
| US11716990B2 |
Systems and methods for surface retention of fluids
Systems and methods related to the formation of a reaction product on a surface are generally provided. The systems and methods described herein may allow for collection of the retention of a fluid by a surface in a relatively high amount. Such systems and methods may be useful in various applications including, for example, agriculture. In some embodiments, the systems and methods enhance water retention on hydrophobic surfaces of plants. Advantageously, the methods described herein may, in some cases, result in the formation of reaction products on a surface that serve to prevent fluids from being removed from the surface. Advantageously, the systems and methods described herein may suppress the adverse effects of natural conditions such as high surface energies and wind. |
| US11716986B2 |
Lifting jaw mouse trap to store dead mouse
A mouse catching and killing device and a method of eliminating mice with the mouse catching and killing device, the device including a jaw. The method comprises the steps of holding the jaw open until a mouse is sensed in the jaw, closing the jaw when a mouse is sensed in the jaw, providing a mechanism on a frame for moving the jaw to over a storage bin, opening the jaw so that the mouse falls from the jaw into the storage bin, and then returning the trap to its mouse ready position. |
| US11716985B2 |
Method for remediating developmentally delayed plants
A method for remediating developmentally delayed plants within a field of crops using at least one work vehicle during a field operation. The method comprises identifying delayed plants within the field with a sensor on the work vehicle and generating, with a processor, location data associated with the location of the delayed plant with the field. Upon arriving at the location of the delayed plant with the work vehicle, the delayed plant is remediated. |
| US11716980B2 |
Spinning reel
A spinning reel includes a reel body, a rotor, a bail arm, a rod, a coil spring, a swing member, and a tubular member. The rotor rotates with respect to the reel body. The bail arm is configured to swing with respect to the rotor. The bail arm has a bail and a bail support member that supports one end of the bail. The rod is connected to the bail support member. The coil spring is disposed around the outer circumference of the rod and presses the rod toward the bail support member. The swing member has a bottom that supports the coil spring and is swingably supported by the rotor. The tubular member is supported by the swing member. The tubular member is disposed in the inner circumference of the coil spring. The rod is configured to slide in accordance with a swing movement of the bail arm. |
| US11716979B2 |
Fishing lure
A fishing lure includes a main body portion with a cavity provided inside of the main body portion; a plurality of elastic members with end portions attached to the main body portion; a swing member that swings and is attached to the elastic members and swings, wherein the swing member is visible from the outside of the main body portion and at least two points of the swing members are supported by the elastic members. |
| US11716977B2 |
Continuous feeding device for predatory mites and feeding method thereof
A continuous feeding device for predatory mites, including a feeding part and an isolation part to solve problems existing in the prior art of accurately controlling a feeding quantity of predatory mites, and reducing a number of the feeding devices required for feeding predatory mites, thereby reducing a feeding cost of predatory mites. |
| US11716974B2 |
Human liver chimeric mouse with deficient P450 oxidoreductase
The present disclosure provides a chimeric non-human animal comprising human hepatocytes, methods for preparing the chimeric non-human animal comprising human hepatocytes and methods of utilizing the chimeric non-human animal comprising human hepatocytes to screening and identifying metabolites for any type of drugs, typically small molecule drugs, which might affect human liver functions and any other bodily function. |
| US11716972B2 |
Floating seaweed clip
Aquarium feeding systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system (10) includes a flotation base (20) adapted to float on water and a clip (130) adapted to be removably inserted into and removed from the flotation base (20). The clip may hold food materials (e.g., seaweed) for feeding aquatic life of the aquarium. |
| US11716970B2 |
Method for monitoring a livestock facility and/or livestock animals in a livestock facility using improved sound processing techniques
The invention concerns a method for monitoring a livestock facility and/or livestock animals in a livestock facility. It includes receiving audio signals comprising sounds generated in a livestock facility from two or more microphones. Sounds of interest in the audio signals are localized, the sounds of interest being both sounds generated by livestock animals and sounds generated by noise sources. The localization further comprises the steps of utilizing models of noise sources in an airspace based on localization in noise reduction algorithms to filter off noise sources from the audio signal, resulting in a filtered audio signal, and the step of analysing the filtered audio signal. |
| US11716969B2 |
Animal leash with longitudinally adjustable grip handle
An animal leash has a flexible line extending from a connector that attaches to the animal. A grip handle is supported for sliding at an intermediate location along the line. The grip handle has a main body with a leash passage receiving the line therethrough and an outer surface for gripping in a hand of a user. Two cavities formed within the main body at a location between one of the major surfaces of the leash passage and the outer surface so as to define a material bridge extending radially outward from the major surface to the outer surface whereby a radially compressive force applied to the outer surface is transferred through the material bridge to the major surface of the passage so as to collapse the passage and grip the line to prevent sliding of the grip handle along the line when applying compressive force. |
| US11716966B2 |
Secure enclosure for pets
A secure enclosure for pets which permits pet owners who have installed a “doggie door” to remove the threat of coyotes and other wildlife from attacking small dogs and cats. |
| US11716964B2 |
Intelligent defecation device for living creature
An intelligent defecation device for living creature includes a device body, a supporting portion, an image module, and a first analysis module. The supporting portion is formed within the inner side of the device body for accommodating a moisture absorption member so as to allow the living creature to leave over its excrement therein. The image module is also arranged at the device body for dynamically capturing the images of the excrement in the supporting portion and outputting the image. The first analysis module is arranged in the device body and connected with the image module to analyze and calculate the defecation mode with the image based on preset or accumulated data, so as to generate a signal when an abnormal defecation mode is diagnosed. |
| US11716962B2 |
Tomato line FDR-A815-3562
The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato line FDR-A815-3562V. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato line FDR-A815-3562V and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato line FDR-A815-3562V comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits. |
| US11716959B2 |
Pepper line SMO-E718-0979
The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper line SMO-E718-0979. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper line SMO-E718-0979 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper line SMO-E718-0979 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits. |
| US11716956B2 |
Soybean cultivar 07090548
A soybean cultivar designated 07090548 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 07090548, to the plants of soybean cultivar 07090548, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 07090548, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 07090548. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 07090548. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 07090548, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 07090548 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11716955B2 |
Soybean cultivar 08080534
A soybean cultivar designated 08080534 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 08080534, to the plants of soybean cultivar 08080534, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 08080534, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 08080534. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 08080534. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 08080534, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 08080534 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11716954B2 |
Soybean cultivar 04110156
A soybean cultivar designated 04110156 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 04110156, to the plants of soybean cultivar 04110156, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 04110156, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 04110156. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04110156. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04110156, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 04110156 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11716950B2 |
Soybean cultivar 02020322
A soybean cultivar designated 02020322 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 02020322, to the plants of soybean cultivar 02020322, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 02020322, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 02020322. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 02020322. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 02020322, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 02020322 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11716948B2 |
Soybean cultivar 04010758
A soybean cultivar designated 04010758 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 04010758, to the plants of soybean cultivar 04010758, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 04010758, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 04010758. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04010758. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04010758, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 04010758 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11716946B2 |
Inbred corn line KW9D1433
Inbred corn line, designated KW9D1433, are disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of inbred corn line KW9D1433, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line KW9D1433 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn line KW9D1433 with itself or another corn line. The disclosure also relates to products produced from the seeds, plants, or parts thereof, of inbred corn line KW9D1433 and/or of the hybrids produced using the inbred as a parent. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other corn lines derived from inbred corn line KW9D1433. |
| US11716944B1 |
Method for improving one-time seedling rate of microspore embryoids of brassica campestris SSP. chinensis makino
The present invention provides a method for improving a one-time seedling rate of microspore embryoids of Brassica campestris ssp. Chinensis Makino, including the steps of: spraying 6-BA onto a flower bud of a plant; sterilizing the flower bud with alcohol and HgCl2; releasing microspores, filtering and centrifuging to obtain purified microspores; diluting the microspores with a NLN medium, subpackaging into culture dishes, and adding phytic acid; finally, subjecting to heat shock treatment and transferring to culture in the dark until embryoids appear, and then conducting shaking culture; transferring the cultured embryos in a cotyledon stage onto a MS medium for differentiation culture, wherein the culture conditions are: 4° C., 14 h of illumination by blue-red compound light/day, and 14 days of culture; and then continuing to culture under the condition of 25° C. and 14 h of illumination by blue-red compound light/day until seedlings. |
| US11716943B2 |
Molecular markers linked to disease resistance in soybean
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying, selecting and/or producing a soybean plant or germplasm having a Rps1 resistance allele and resistance to Phytophthora sojae. A soybean plant, part thereof and/or germplasm that has been identified, selected and/or produced by any of the methods of the present invention is also provided. |
| US11716941B2 |
Method of removing synthetic turf and synthetic turf removal attachment
A turf removal attachment is bolted to a skid steer to allow hydraulic motors thereon to first power cutting blades to form easily removable strips of turf and then, on a lower gear ratio, the drum to which roller tines are attached to spool the strips of turf. Hydraulic circuitry is provided to permit the hydraulic fluid of the skid steer to power the turf removal tools on the turf removal attachment. |
| US11716939B2 |
Optical system for facilitating plant growth
Optical system for facilitating plant growth is provided. The optical system can produce a light beam having a full width at half-maximum (FWHM) angle of greater than 120 degrees in one or more transverse directions, wherein the transverse direction is perpendicular to the optical axis of the light beam. |
| US11716938B2 |
Plant cultivation light source and plant cultivation device
Disclosed herein are a plant cultivation light source and a plant cultivation apparatus. The plant cultivation light source includes a main light source and an auxiliary light source. The main light source emits light having at least two peak wavelengths. The at least two peak wavelengths fall within a wavelength region absorbed by chlorophyll. |
| US11716936B2 |
Round baler with movable follower rolls
A bale chamber of an agricultural round baler. The bale chamber includes a main frame, a plurality of rollers, and at least one belt engaging with at least one roller of the plurality of rollers. The at least one belt and the plurality of rollers are together configured for creating a round circulating chamber. The bale chamber also includes a subframe movably connected to the main frame and at least one follower roller pivotally connected to the subframe at a first pivot axis. The at least one follower roller engages with the at least one belt. The subframe is configured for moving during formation of the bale so that the at least one follower roller moves in between a first position at the empty bale position of the circulating chamber and a second position at the full bale position of the circulating chamber. |
| US11716931B2 |
Work equipment with autonomous collection container
A collected article container device provided with a collected article container and capable of traveling autonomously is detachably connected to a work equipment main body that has a work unit such as a cutting blade device and is able to travel, the container device being configured to travel in a detached state to a collected article destination by itself. |
| US11716924B2 |
Adjustable row closing assemblies
A closing wheel frame assembly comprising a closing wheel frame, a closing wheel assembly, and a lever arm adjustment assembly. A retaining pin secures a lever arm in a desired position to set an angle or orientation of the closing wheel assembly relative to the frame, seed furrow (trench or trough), or soil surface. Operation of the lever arm changes the angle or orientation of the closing wheel assembly relative to the frame, seed furrow (trench or trough), or soil surface. |
| US11716922B2 |
Agricultural toolbar with wing flex lock
A horizontally foldable toolbar includes opposite wings having flex joints which can be selectively locked to prevent flexing of the joints when the wings are in a transport position and unlocked to permit flexing of the joints when the wings are in a field position. The lock assembly includes a hydraulic cylinder with an extendable and retractable arm. Operation of the hydraulic cylinder can be controlled by an operator remotely, such as from a tractor cab. The stroke of the hydraulic cylinder can be adjusted to accommodate wear on the wing components. |
| US11716919B2 |
Method for orienting an implement attached to a three-point hitch
A method for adjusting an orientation angle of an agricultural implement includes arranging a hitch such that an upper link and at least one lower link is articulated to a support structure of the utility vehicle, and adjusting the orientation angle based on a target length of the upper link. The target length of the upper link is determined as a function of the orientation angle and as a function of a lower link angle. |
| US11723289B2 |
Variable resistance memory device
A variable resistance memory device includes a variable resistance layer, a first conductive element, and a second conductive element. The variable resistance layer includes a first layer including a first material and a second layer on the first layer and the second layer including a second material. The second material has a different valence than a valence of the first material. The first conductive element and the second conductive element are on the variable resistance layer and separated from each other to form an electric current path in the variable resistance layer in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the first layer and the second layer are stacked. |
| US11723288B2 |
Quantum bit array
A quantum bit array is disclosed. In an embodiment, the quantum bit array includes a control gate coupled to a qubit and at least one pass gate coupled between the qubit and an adjacent qubit to control operation of the qubit of the quantum bit array, a bit line, and a first transistor channel that connects the bit line to the control gate. The array further comprises at least one word line coupled to the first transistor channel. The at least one word line selectively controls charge flow through the first transistor channel. The array further comprises a capacitor coupled to selectively store charge in the first transistor channel. |
| US11723286B2 |
STT-MRAM heat sink and magnetic shield structure design for more robust read/write performance
An STT-MRAM device incorporating a multiplicity of MTJ junctions is encapsulated so that it dissipates heat produced by repeated read/write processes and is simultaneously shielded from external magnetic fields of neighboring devices. In addition, the encapsulation layers can be structured to reduced top lead stresses that have been shown to affect DR/R and Hc. We provide a device design and its method of fabrication that can simultaneously address all of these problems. |
| US11723275B2 |
Thermoelectric module
A thermoelectric module according to an exemplary embodiment includes a first metal substrate including a first through-hole, a first insulating layer disposed on the first metal substrate, a first electrode part disposed on the first insulating layer and including a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of P-type thermoelectric legs and a plurality of N-type thermoelectric legs disposed on the first electrode part, a second electrode part disposed on the plurality of P-type thermoelectric legs and the plurality of N-type thermoelectric legs and including a plurality of second electrodes, a second insulating layer disposed on the second electrode part, and a second metal substrate disposed on the second insulating layer and including a second through-hole, wherein the first metal substrate includes an effective region in which the first electrode part is disposed and a peripheral region formed outside the effective region, the second metal substrate includes an effective region in which the second electrode part is disposed and a peripheral region formed outside the effective region, the first through-hole occupies a portion of the effective region of the first metal substrate, the second through-hole occupies a portion of the effective region of the second metal substrate, and the first through-hole and the second through-hole are formed at positions corresponding to each other. |
| US11723273B2 |
Method of improving thermoelectric performance of SnSe thermoelectric material
Provided is a method of preparing an SnSe thermoelectric material including (a) heating a mixture including Sn2+ and Se2−, (b) cooling the mixture at a cooling rate greater than 0 and equal to or less than 3 K/h, and forming single crystal Sn1-xSe (where 0 |
| US11723267B2 |
Light emitting device and displaying device
A light emitting device and a displaying device. The light emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light emitting unit located between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the light emitting unit includes a doped electron-barrier layer, a blue-light host layer and a doped blue-light host layer that are stacked; the doped electron-barrier layer includes an electron-barrier host material and a first guest material that is doped in the electron-barrier host material; the blue-light host layer includes a first blue-light host material; the doped blue-light host layer includes a second blue-light host material and a second guest material that is doped in the second blue-light host material; and a singlet-state energy level of the first blue-light host material is higher than a singlet-state energy level of the first guest material and a singlet-state energy level of the second guest material. |
| US11723263B2 |
Organic electroluminescent element
With a light-emission-layer material comprising: a novel polycyclic aromatic compound (1) or a multimer thereof in which a plurality of aromatic rings are linked by a boron atom and a nitrogen atom; and a specific anthracene-based compound (3) that achieves optimum light-emission characteristics in combination with said polycyclic aromatic compound or a multimer thereof, it is possible to provide an organic EL element having optimum light-emission characteristics. Ring A to ring C are an aryl ring or the like, Y1 represents B, X1 and X2 represent N—R, R of the N—R is an aryl or the like, and Ar3 and Ar4 are a hydrogen atom, a phenyl, a group represented by formula (4), or the like. |
| US11723260B2 |
Deposition mask, method of fabricating the same, and method of manufacturing display device using the same
A deposition mask for making a display device, the deposition mask includes: a frame including a first opening; a first member disposed above the first opening of the frame and including a first portion surrounding at least one second opening and a second portion disposed in the second opening and physically separated from the first portion; and a second member disposed on the first member and including a first connecting portion connected to the frame and a second mesh portion overlapping the second portion. |
| US11723259B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus and method of processing substrate
A method of processing a substrate includes loading the substrate to which a processing liquid is adhered, inside a processing container, removing the processing liquid adhering to the substrate by supplying a first organic solvent to the loaded substrate, causing the substrate to be water-repellent by supplying a water repellent to the substrate from which the processing liquid has been removed, supplying a second organic solvent to the water-repellent substrate, and drying the substrate by volatilizing the second organic solvent adhering to the substrate. |
| US11723258B2 |
Photoelectric conversion material dispersion liquid and producing method thereof, producing method and producing apparatus of photoelectric conversion film, and photoelectric conversion device
A photoelectric conversion material dispersion liquid of an embodiment includes: perovskite crystal particles having a composition represented as ABX3, where A is a monovalent cation of an amine compound, B is a divalent cation of a metal element, and X is a monovalent anion of a halogen element, and having an average particle diameter of not less than 10 nm nor more than 10000 nm; and a dispersion medium which is composed of a poor solvent to the perovskite crystal particles, and in which the perovskite crystal particles are dispersed. |
| US11723250B2 |
Electroluminescent display device
An electroluminescent display device includes a substrate having an emission region and a bezel region, a bank layer that extends from the emission region to the bezel region, a plurality of signal lines which are disposed on different layers on the substrate, a first metal layer that overlaps the plurality of signal lines and has a step, a second metal layer that is disposed on the first metal layer, and an intermediate layer between the first and second metal layer. A step or curvature above the first electrode may be offset by the first intermediate layer so that incident from the outside is inwardly reflected. Therefore, a failure that a user at the outside recognizes the reflected light may be solved. |
| US11723249B2 |
Array substrate and display apparatus
An array substrate is provided. A first virtual line and a second virtual line respectively cross over a first voltage supply line, a second voltage supply line, and a third voltage supply line. The first voltage supply line, the second voltage supply line, and the third voltage supply line respectively include a first voltage supply line portion, a second voltage supply line portion, and a third voltage supply line portion, respectively between the first virtual line and the second virtual line. An orthographic projection of a third anode of a third light emitting element on a base substrate completely covers an orthographic projection of the third voltage supply line portion on the base substrate. The third voltage supply line portion has a line width greater than a line width of the first voltage supply line portion, and greater than a line width of the second voltage supply line portion. |
| US11723246B2 |
Display panel, preparation method thereof and display device
The present disclosure discloses a display panel, a preparation method thereof and a display device. A first conducting layer includes a first electrode layer, a second conducting layer includes a second electrode layer, a third conducting layer includes a third electrode layer, an orthographic projection of the first electrode layer on a base substrate, an orthographic projection of the second electrode layer on the base substrate and an orthographic projection of the third electrode layer on the base substrate have an overlap region with one another, in this way, the first electrode layer and the third electrode layer may be electrically connected with each other to serve as one electrode of a storage capacitor, the second electrode layer may serve as another electrode of the storage capacitor, thus the storage capacitor may be formed in a sandwich capacitor mode, and a capacitance value of the storage capacitor may be increased. |
| US11723245B2 |
Display device
A display device having a plurality of pixel structures, each of the plurality of the pixel structures including: a substrate; a first active pattern on the substrate; a first gate line on the first active pattern and extending in a first direction; a first connecting pattern on the first gate line and configured to transmit an initialization voltage; a second connecting pattern on the first connecting pattern and electrically connected to the first active pattern and the first connecting pattern; and a first electrode on the second connecting pattern and configured to be initialized in response to the initialization voltage. |
| US11723243B2 |
Organic light emitting display device including a connecting structure with dummy pad on flexible substrate
An organic light emitting display device may include a substrate having a display area and a non-display area at least partially surrounds the display area, a pixel structure disposed in the display area on the substrate, a via insulating layer disposed in the non-display area on the substrate and having a contact hole, a lower pad disposed on the via insulating layer and a connecting structure. Here, the connecting structure may include a flexible substrate disposed on the lower pad, an upper pad disposed between the flexible substrate and the lower pad, and an upper dummy pad spaced apart from the upper pad in a first direction on a bottom surface of the flexible substrate. |
| US11723242B2 |
Display apparatus having display area configured to allow a signal to pass therethrough
A display apparatus includes a first display area including a plurality of pixel areas, and a second display area including a plurality of pixel areas and a plurality of transmission areas and arranged adjacent to the first display area. The plurality of pixel areas each includes sub-pixels each including a pixel circuit and an organic light-emitting device electrically connected to the pixel circuit. The pixel circuit includes a thin-film transistor and an inorganic insulating layer on the thin-film transistor, and the thin-film transistor includes a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode. The organic insulated layer extends in the transmission areas. The second display area defines a dummy contact hole which passes through the inorganic insulating layer in at least one of the pixel areas and the transmission areas. |
| US11723239B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a substrate; a data line disposed on the substrate; an another data line disposed on the substrate and adjacent to the data line; a first light emitting diode including a first electrode; and a second light emitting diode including an another first electrode, wherein the first electrode partially overlaps the data line, the another first electrode partially overlaps the another data line, and an area of the first electrode and an area of the another first electrode are different. |
| US11723237B2 |
Organic light-emitting display device and method of manufacturing the same
An organic light-emitting display device includes: a substrate; a pixel electrode on the substrate; a pixel defining layer having a first opening exposing a center portion of the pixel electrode; a barrier layer on the pixel defining layer; an intermediate layer including a first common layer, a first emissive layer, and a second common layer sequentially arranged on the pixel electrode, the pixel defining layer, and the barrier layer; and a first opposite electrode covering the intermediate layer. The barrier layer has a second opening that is larger than the first opening and has an undercut structure. |
| US11723235B2 |
Display panel with opening adjusting layer
Disclosed herein is a display panel in which a plurality of pixel regions are arranged in a matrix form, the display panel including a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a partition wall, a first functional layer, a first light emitting layer, a second functional layer, and a second light emitting layer. As viewed in plan, a ratio of an area of the first functional layer to an area of the pixel region in which the first functional layer is present being lower than a ratio of an area of the second functional layer to an area of the pixel region in which the second functional layer is present. |
| US11723234B2 |
Display backplane, manufacturing method thereof, and display device
The present disclosure provides a display backplane, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. The display backplane includes: a substrate defining a transparent display area and a normal display area; a first insulating layer disposed on a side of the substrate and having a plurality of openings; an emitting layer disposed in the openings; and a first electrode disposed on a remote side of the emitting layer from the substrate and including a first sub-layer and a second sub-layer which are stacked, wherein an orthographic projection of the emitting layer on the substrate is within an orthographic projection of the second sub-layer on the substrate, and the sub-layer is patterned in the transparent display area. |
| US11723231B2 |
Display device with patterned organic film at metal wiring overlap in display area
A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area, a thin film transistor arranged on the substrate, a first metal wiring layer electrically connected to the thin film transistor, an inorganic protective layer on the first metal wiring layer, a patterned first organic film layer located on the inorganic protective layer and overlapping the first metal wiring layer in a plan view, a second metal wiring layer on the first organic film layer, and a second organic film layer on the second metal wiring layer, where the first organic film layer is patterned to be arranged at a position where the first metal wiring layer and the second metal wiring layer overlap each other in the plan view, and is not arranged on an entirety of the display area, and the second organic film layer is arranged on the entire display area. |
| US11723229B2 |
Display device having fusion pattern in sealing member inserted into trench of display panel
A display device includes a display panel including a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, an encapsulation substrate disposed on the display panel, a sealing member disposed between the display panel and the encapsulation substrate to bond the display panel and the encapsulation substrate together and a first fusion pattern disposed inside the display panel, the sealing member and the encapsulation substrate, where the display panel comprises a trench formed in the non-display area and recessed into a portion of an upper surface of the display panel, the sealing member is inserted into the trench, and the first fusion pattern is disposed to overlap the trench. |
| US11723225B2 |
Imaging device and imaging system
An imaging device including a semiconductor substrate including a first surface that receives light from outside, and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a first transistor located on the second surface; and a photoelectric converter that faces the second surface and that receives light transmitted through the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate is a silicon substrate or a silicon compound substrate, and the photoelectric converter includes a first electrode electrically connected to the first transistor, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer that is located between the first electrode and the second electrode and that contains a material which absorbs light having a first wavelength longer than or equal to 1.1 μm, and the material has a quantum nanostructure. |
| US11723222B2 |
Integrated circuit (IC) package with integrated inductor having core magnetic field (B field) extending parallel to substrate
An integrated circuit (IC) package product, e.g., system-on-chip (SoC) or system-in-package (SiP) product, may include at least one integrated inductor having a core magnetic field (B field) that extends parallel to the substrate major plane of at least one die or chiplet included in or mounted to the product, which may reduce the eddy currents within each die/chiplet substrate, and thereby reduce energy loss of the indictor. The IC package product may include a horizontally-extending IC package substrate, a horizontally-extending die mount base arranged on the IC package substrate, at least one die mounted to the die mount base in a vertical orientation, and an integrated inductor having a B field extending in a vertical direction parallel to the silicon substrate of each vertically-mounted die, thereby providing a reduced substrate loss in the integrated inductor, which provides an increased quality factor (Q) of the inductor. |
| US11723221B2 |
Three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices
A three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor memory device including first cell stacks arranged in first and second directions; second cell stacks disposed on the first cell stacks and arranged in the first and second directions; first conductive lines extending in the first direction and provided between a substrate and the first cell stacks; common conductive lines extending in the second direction and provided between the first and second cell stacks; etch stop patterns extending in the second direction and provided between the common conductive lines and top surfaces of the first cell stacks; second conductive lines extending in the first direction and provided on the second cell stacks; and a capping pattern covering a sidewall of the common conductive lines and a sidewall of the etch stop patterns, wherein each of the common conductive lines has a second thickness greater than a first thickness of each of the first conductive lines. |
| US11723220B2 |
Strained transistors and phase change memory
A method for manufacturing an electronic chip includes providing a semiconductor layer located on an insulator covering a semiconductor substrate. First and second portions of the semiconductor layer are oxidized up to the insulator. Stresses are generated in third portions of the semiconductor layer, and each of the third portions extend between two portions of the semiconductor layer that are oxidized. Cavities are formed which extend at least to the substrate through the second portions and the insulator. Bipolar transistors are formed in at least part of the cavities and first field effect transistors are formed in and on the third portions. Phase change memory points are coupled to the bipolar transistors. |
| US11723216B2 |
Magnetic memory device
According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes: a plurality of first films and a plurality of second films stacked alternately; a first insulating layer passing through the plurality of first and second films; a second insulating layer passing through the plurality of first and second films and in contact with a surface of the first insulating layer; a first magnet including a first pillar portion provided between the second insulating layer and the plurality of first and second films, and a first terrace portion coupled to one end of the first pillar portion; a first interconnect layer coupled to the other end of the first pillar portion of the first magnet; and a first magnetoresistance effect element coupled to the first terrace portion of the first magnet. |
| US11723211B2 |
Semiconductor memory device having ferroelectric field effect transistor
A semiconductor memory device of an embodiment includes a first gate electrode layer and a second gate electrode layer extending parallel to each other, a semiconductor layer between the first and the second gate electrode layer intersecting with the first and the second gate electrodes, and a dielectric layer surrounding the semiconductor layer, the dielectric layer containing oxygen and one of hafnium oxide or zirconium, the dielectric layer including a first region containing crystal of orthorhombic or trigonal as a main component between the first gate electrode layer and the semiconductor layer, a second region containing crystal of orthorhombic or trigonal as a main component between the second gate electrode layer and the semiconductor layer, and a third region containing a substance other than crystal of orthorhombic or trigonal as a main component between the first region and the second region. |
| US11723207B2 |
Integrated chip with a gate structure disposed within a trench
The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip comprising a substrate having a first pair of opposing sidewalls that define a trench. The trench extends into a front-side surface of the substrate. A first source/drain region is disposed along the front-side surface of the substrate. A second source/drain region is disposed along the front-side surface of the substrate. A gate structure is disposed within the trench and is arranged laterally between the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region. The gate structure extends along the first pair of opposing sidewalls to an upper surface of the substrate. A bottom surface of the gate structure is disposed below a bottom surface of the first source/drain region. |
| US11723203B2 |
Method of manufacturing three dimensional semiconductor device including first and second channels and buried insulation and conductive patterns
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of first gate electrodes sequentially stacked on a substrate, a second gate electrode on the plurality of first gate electrodes, a first channel structure extending through the plurality of first gate electrodes and a portion of the second gate electrode, a buried insulation pattern on a sidewall of the first channel structure, of which an upper surface is at a higher level than a top end of the first channel structure, a second channel structure extending through a remainder of the second gate electrode, the second channel structure connected to the first channel structure, and a buried conductive pattern on a sidewall of the second channel structure. |
| US11723201B2 |
Method of forming three-dimensional memory device with epitaxially grown layers
Three-dimensional (3D) NAND memory devices and methods are provided. In one aspect, a 3D NAND memory device includes a substrate, a layer stack over the substrate, a first epitaxial layer, a second epitaxial layer, first array common sources (ACS's), and second ACS's. The layer stack includes first stack layers and second stack layers that are alternately stacked. The first epitaxial layer is deposited on a side portion of a channel layer that extends through the layer stack. The second epitaxial layer is deposited on the substrate. The first ACS's and a portion of the layer stack are between the second ACS's. |
| US11723200B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a first substrate including a cell region and surrounded by an extension region, a common source plate on the first substrate, a supporter on the common source plate, a first stack structure on the supporter and including an alternately stacked first insulating film and first gate electrode, a channel hole penetrating the first stack structure, the supporter, and the common source plate on the cell region, and an electrode isolation trench spaced apart from the channel hole in a first direction on the cell region, extending in a second direction, and penetrating the first stack structure, the supporter, and the common source plate, wherein a first thickness of the supporter in a first region adjacent to the electrode isolation trench is greater than a second thickness of the supporter in a second region formed between the electrode isolation trench and the channel hole. |
| US11723198B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
According to one or more embodiments, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes alternately stacking a first film and a second film on an object to form a multilayer film, then forming a stacked body and a recess by partially removing the multilayer film. A dielectric layer is then formed by applying a composite material to the recess to fill the recess with the dielectric layer. The composite material includes an inorganic material and an organic material. The dielectric layer is then exposed to an oxidizing gas to oxidize the inorganic material and to remove at least part of the organic material from the dielectric layer. |
| US11723197B2 |
Semiconductor structure of split gate flash memory cell
The present invention provides a semiconductor structure for a split gate flash memory cell and a method of manufacturing the same. The split gate flash memory cell provided by the present invention at least includes a select gate and a floating gate formed on the substrate, one side of the select gate is formed with an isolation wall, and the floating gate is on the other side of the isolation wall. An ion implantation region is formed in an upper portion of the substrate below the isolation wall, wherein the ion implantation type of the ion implantation region is different from the ion implantation type of the substrate. The manufactured split gate flash memory cell can reduce the influence of the channel inversion region on the channel current, thereby improving the characteristics of the channel current of the flash cell and optimizing the device performance. |
| US11723195B2 |
Semiconductor device having an inter-layer via (ILV), and method of making same
A method of making a semiconductor device includes forming a first memory device, connecting a first word line to the first memory device, forming at least a first via, forming a second memory device, connecting a second word line to the second memory device, connecting a bit line to the first memory device and connecting the bit line to the second memory device by the first via. The first and second memory devices are separated by an inter-layer dielectric, and the first via connects the first memory device and the second memory device. |
| US11723194B2 |
Integrated circuit read only memory (ROM) structure
An integrated circuit read only memory (ROM) structure includes a first ROM transistor with a first gate electrode, a first source, and a first drain, and a second ROM transistor with a second gate electrode, a second source, and a second drain. A drain conductive line is over the first drain and the second drain, and is between the first drain and the second drain. The first drain, the drain conductive line and the second drain are between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode, and a first trench isolation structure electrically isolates the first drain from the first source is below the first gate electrode. |
| US11723193B2 |
Memory devices and methods of manufacturing thereof
A memory device includes a first transistor formed in a first region of a substrate. The first transistor includes a structure protruding from the substrate, and a first source/drain (S/D) structure coupled to a first end of the protruding structure. The memory device includes a second transistor formed in a second region of the substrate. The second transistor includes a number of first semiconductor layers that are vertically spaced apart from one another, a second S/D structure coupled to a first end of the first semiconductor layers; and a third S/D structure coupled to a second end of the first semiconductor layers. The first region and the second region are laterally separated from each other by an isolation structure. |
| US11723191B2 |
Semiconductor memory devices having protruding contact portions
Disclosed are a semiconductor memory device and a method of fabricating the same. The device includes a substrate including an active pattern with doped regions, a gate electrode crossing the active pattern between the doped regions, a bit line crossing the active pattern and being electrically connected to one of the doped regions, a spacer on a side surface of the bit line, a first contact coupled to another of the doped regions and spaced apart from the bit line with the spacer interposed therebetween, a landing pad on the first contact, and a data storing element on the landing pad. The another of the doped regions has a top surface, an upper side surface, and a curved top surface that extends from the top surface to the upper side surface. The first contact is in contact with the curved top surface and the upper side surface. |
| US11723190B2 |
Capacitor structure and method for manufacturing same
The present disclosure provides a capacitor structure and a method for manufacturing same. The capacitor structure includes: a substrate, a first capacitor contact layer, a bottom electrode layer, a capacitor dielectric layer, and a top electrode layer, where the first capacitor contact layer is arranged on the substrate in an array manner, the bottom electrode layer surrounds a side wall of the first capacitor contact layer and extends in a direction of the first capacitor contact layer away from the substrate, the capacitor dielectric layer covers an upper surface of the substrate, a surface of the bottom electrode layer and an upper surface of the first capacitor contact layer, and the top electrode layer covers a surface of the capacitor dielectric layer. |
| US11723182B2 |
Shielding film and method for producing a shielding film
A method for manufacturing a shielding film is provided. The method includes providing a band of an amorphous soft magnetic alloy; thermally treating the band at a temperature of 500° C. to 600° C. for 1 minute to 1 hour under an N2- or H2-containing atmosphere and under the Earth's magnetic field, thereby creating a nanocrystalline soft magnetic band with a round hysteresis loop; applying an adhesive layer to at least one side of the band; and wherein the band is first applied to a substrate, then thermally treated, after which an adhesive film is applied to the band and, finally, the band is structured by breaking. |
| US11723180B2 |
Display module and method for manufacturing same, and display device
Disclosed are a display module and a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device. The display module includes: a display panel, a heat dissipation layer, a heat conduction assembly, and a driving chip, wherein the display panel includes a first part and a second part opposite to each other, and a bending part connecting the first part and the second part; the heat dissipation layer is disposed on a side, proximal to the second part, of the first part; the heat conduction assembly is disposed between the heat dissipation layer and the second part; an area of an orthographic projection of the heat conduction assembly on the first part is smaller than an area of an orthographic projection of the heat dissipation layer on the first part; and the driving chip is disposed on a side, distal from the heat conduction assembly, of the second part distal. |
| US11723176B2 |
Multi-tier cooling system without load perception
The disclosed embodiments provide a cooling system with an auxiliary system that extends a main system. The auxiliary system includes a vapor container that receives vapor from the IT load, an auxiliary condenser that receives vapor from the vapor container via a compressor or a vapor valve, and condenses the vapor into liquid to be stored in a liquid container. The auxiliary system further includes a fluid pump on a cooling loop for cooling the auxiliary condenser, and a cooling controller that includes a machine learning model for regulating operations of the vapor valve, the fluid pump, and the first compressor based on a pre-created profile of the IT load and real-time information from at least one of many sources, including the vapor container and the liquid container. The auxiliary system includes multiple cooling tiers that can be partially trigger or completely trigger based on several indicators collected multiple sensors in the auxiliary system. |
| US11723170B2 |
Electronic apparatus
An electronic apparatus includes a first chassis having a heat generating element, a second chassis, a hinge device that connects the first chassis and the second chassis such that the first chassis and the second chassis can be rotated relative to each other between a 0-degree attitude and a 180-degree attitude, and a display provided across the first chassis and the second chassis. The hinge device has a metal hinge main body, a metal first support plate provided to be relatively movable with respect to the inner surface of the first chassis, and a metal second support plate provided to be relatively movable with respect to the inner surface of the second chassis. The electronic apparatus further includes a flexible heat conductive member in the first chassis. The heat conductive member thermally connects a heat receiving member that receives heat from a heat generating element, and the first support plate. |
| US11723168B2 |
Busbar assembly for current sensing
A busbar assembly includes a base having a width and a length. The base has a first surface and a second surface and has a first side and a second side. A distance between the first side and the second side comprises the width, and the base defines a slot centered between approximately 75% and approximately 79% of the width. |
| US11723167B2 |
Bezel assembly for a computing device
A bezel assembly including a front bezel frame, a front bezel scaffold, and a latch apparatus. The front bezel scaffold is connected to the front bezel frame and the front bezel scaffold has a bezel pattern. The latch apparatus is arranged in a shape that is aligned with the bezel pattern and when the latch apparatus is in a latched position, at least a portion of the latch apparatus extends past an edge of the front bezel frame. |
| US11723166B2 |
Split door submersible network protector housings for electrical distribution systems
A split door submersible housing for an electrical distribution system includes a cabinet body defining an interior region configured to accept a component of the electrical distribution system, and a first door and a second door positioned side by side to cover an open front portion of the cabinet body. The cabinet body includes at least one opening configured to accept an electrode sealed with and electrically isolated from the cabinet body and extending through the cabinet body to establish electrical connection between a corresponding terminal of the component and an electrical distribution network. A gasket system is provided, which comprises a first gasket configured to fit on the first door and a second gasket configured to fit on the second door. The gasket system seals the first door and the second door against each other and against a corresponding surface on the cabinet body, when the first and second doors are closed and locked, so that the housing is water tight. |
| US11723158B2 |
Electronic device with storage functionality
An electronic device with storage functionality is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing member, a first circuit board, a second housing member and a second circuit board. The first circuit board is connected to the first housing member. The second circuit board is coupled to the first circuit board and is parallel to the first circuit board. The first housing member includes two hooks, and the hooks are wedged against the first edge of the second circuit board. |
| US11723153B2 |
Printed circuit board and method of fabricating the same
A printed circuit board includes an insulating layer, a circuit pattern on the insulating layer, and a surface treatment layer on the circuit pattern. The surface treatment layer includes a bottom surface having a width wider than a width of a top surface of the circuit pattern. |
| US11723150B2 |
Surface mount device bonded to an inner layer of a multi-layer substrate
An apparatus includes a primary layer of a substrate that includes an open area that extends through the primary layer to an inner layer of the substrate. The apparatus includes a secondary layer of the substrate. The apparatus also includes the inner layer of the substrate that is positioned between the primary layer and the secondary layer. The inner layer includes component bond pads that are disposed on the inner layer and that are exposed via the open area of the primary layer. |
| US11723149B2 |
Resistive PCB traces for improved stability
A method of running a printed circuit board (PCB) trace on a PCB. The PCB comprising a plurality of PCB layers. The method comprising forming a conductive trace on at least one of the plurality of PCB layers; coupling a first portion of the conductive trace to a capacitor formed on at least one of the plurality of PCB layers; coupling a second portion, different from the first portion, of the conductive trace to a conductive material formed within a first via extending through two or more of the plurality of PCB layers; and configurably setting a length of a conductive path of the conductive trace according to a predetermined impedance. The capacitor is separated laterally in a plan view at a first distance from the first via. The length of the conductive trace in the plan view is greater than the first distance. The conductive path of the conductive trace of the length has the predetermined impedance. |
| US11723143B1 |
Thermal dissipation and shielding improvement using merged PCB bottom copper post
A system and method for dissipating heat from a package and reducing interference between signaling pins is disclosed. The system includes a circuit substrate that includes a dielectric layer and at least one metal layer having an external surface. A plurality of metal posts is disposed on the external surface that function to a least one of dissipate heat from the circuit substrate, shield interfering signals between the signaling pins, and interact with mounting substrates on corresponding componentry. One or more metal posts are merged, increasing the interference shielding and heat dissipation functions of the metal posts. |
| US11723142B2 |
Longitudinally joined superconducting resonating cavities
A system and method for fabricating accelerator cavities comprises forming at least two half cavities and joining the half cavities with a longitudinal seal. The half cavities can comprise at least one of aluminum, copper, tin, and copper alloys. The half cavities can be coated with a superconductor or combination of materials configured to form a superconductor coating. |
| US11723140B2 |
Plasma field faraday cage system
A system for creating a plasma field Faraday cage around a structure, the system comprising a plurality of lasers spaced apart from each other, each laser being configured to transmit an electromagnetic energy beam to a focal point of an atmosphere region, each electromagnetic energy beam having an amount of energy less than an amount of energy required to ionize air, the electromagnetic energy beams intersecting at the focal point such that the electromagnetic energy beams cooperatively ionize the air at the focal point to block electromagnetic radiation from passing through the focal point. |
| US11723139B2 |
Method for setting up and operating a network of luminaires
Described herein is method for setting up a network of luminaires and their subsequent operation. A plurality of luminaires are located on a street (24, 29), and each luminaire comprises a control module (23, 28). The method for setting up the network comprises, for each control module, scanning the environment and providing environmental information to a central server, which, allocates the control modules and their associated luminaires into groups (A, B). A group controller (23′, 28′, 31, 32) is allocated for each group which has long-distance communication with the server and short-distance communication with control modules within its group. Each group controller and control modules within the group form a network which can operate autonomously or under the control of the server. Some of the control modules may include sensors (S1, S2) which provide signals indicative of changes in the environment allowing the network to adapt its operation in accordance with those changes. |
| US11723138B2 |
Method and device for controlling a plurality of wireless lighting devices
Disclosed is a method for controlling a plurality of wireless lighting devices. In an example embodiment of the present disclosure, the method includes the steps of: acquiring coordinate information having the plurality of wireless lighting devices mapped to coordinate values of a coordinate system; generating lighting control information indicating a response of at least one of the plurality of wireless lighting devices to produce a lighting shape of the coordinate system; and transmitting the lighting control information, wherein the lighting control information includes response information and function information, the response information indicates a lighting response of the wireless lighting device, and the function information indicates a response or non-response of the at least one wireless lighting device based on the coordinate values. |
| US11723137B2 |
Light device control circuit
Light device control circuit includes signal processor; control circuit including control signal source and active switch, active switch having output end thereof electrically connected to control input side of the signal processor through control bus; data synchronization circuit including data signal source and another set of active switches, and the output end of the another set of active switches being electrically connected to data input side of signal processor through data bus, signal processor forming electrical connection with signal connection circuit by data output side to form signal and command synchronization between data input side and data output side; and warning light control IC connected to warning lights and forming electrical connection with data bus outside data output side, and transmitting data, clock pulse and ID information from data output side, so that the starter and the receivers select one of the flash modes to flash the light. |
| US11723135B1 |
Intelligent lighting device controller with adaptive adjustment function and method thereof
An intelligent lighting device controller includes a detecting module, a main power source module and an intelligent control module. The detecting module has a detecting circuit. The main power source module has a plurality of first electrode connectors and a common second electrode connector. The first electrode connectors are connected to the detecting circuit and connected to the first electrodes of a plurality of lighting devices respectively via the detecting circuit. The common second electrode connector outputs an electricity signal to drive the lighting devices. The intelligent control module is connected to the detecting module and the main power source module. The detecting circuit generates a plurality of detecting signals corresponding to the lighting devices respectively. The intelligent control module generates a feedback signal and transmits the feedback signal to the main power source module. The main power source module adjusts the electricity signal according to the feedback signal. |
| US11723132B2 |
Control and/or regulating system, circuit arrangement and procedure for reducing the maximum current in an LED (light-emitting diode) field
A control/regulating system is provided for controlling/regulating an LED field with n LEDs, where n>2, with outputs at which control/regulating signals for controlling/regulating controllable switching elements can be tapped. Activation/deactivation times ( t ein jp j , t aus jp j ) of impulses can be defined by the control/regulating system through the control signals/regulating signals. One and/or several controllable switching elements can be actuated during the determined impulses for closing or opening. A number of k groups can be specified. Each LED is allocated to one of the k groups such that each of the k groups mj contains LEDs, where 1≤j≤k and Σj=1kmj=n apply, a reference time αj=α1 . . . αk can be determined for each group and the activation and deactivation time ( t ein jp j , t aus jp j ) of the impulse for each LED of every group can be determined as a factor of the reference time αj=α1 . . . αk, where 1≤pj≤mj applies. |
| US11723130B2 |
Lighting apparatus
A lighting apparatus includes a first light source, a second light source, a current controller, a current source and a signal converter. The light source set has a first light source and a second light source. The current source is controlled by the current controller for generating a first driving current to the first light source and for generating a second driving current to the second light source. The signal converter for converting a first type control signal to a second type control signal. The first type control signal indicates a light parameter to be produced by the light source set and the second light source. The second type control signal includes a clock signal and a data signal supplied to the current controller to determine the first driving current and the second driving current. |
| US11723127B2 |
Solid state lighting systems and associated methods of operation and manufacture
A lighting system includes a solid state lighting device capable of generating mixed light and a controller. The solid state lighting device includes light sources for producing mixed light and a sensor configured to detect light from one of the light sources. The controller controls two or more of the light sources based on output from the sensor. The controller can communicate with the sensor to provide closed-loop control. |
| US11723122B2 |
Dynamic driver voltage headroom adjustment
Aspects of the disclosure provide for a circuit including a binary-weighted DAC, a first transistor, a second transistor, a switch, a first current mirror, a second current mirror. The binary-weighted DAC is coupled between a first node and a second node and configured to receive a plurality of bits of a digital control signal. The first transistor has a source coupled to the first node, a drain coupled to a third node, and a gate coupled to a fourth node. The second transistor has a source coupled to the first node, a drain coupled to the third node, and a gate. The switch is coupled between the gate of the second transistor and the fourth node and configured to receive a partition control signal. The first current mirror is coupled to the third node and the second node. The second current mirror is coupled to the first current mirror. |
| US11723116B2 |
Electronic device for performing precoding and method for operating the same
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a RFIC to convert data transmitted from the a communication processor into a RF signal and output the RF signal, and an antenna configured to receive the RF signal and radiate an electromagnetic field, the communication processor is configured to receive, from a BS, a reference signal for identifying a state of a downlink channel between the electronic device and the BS through the antenna and the RFIC, based on the reference signal and association information between the downlink channel and an uplink channel and between the electronic device and the BS, identify the uplink channel, based on the identified uplink channel, identify a precoder for the uplink channel, based on the identified precoder, precode uplink data and a DMRS, and transmit a signal based on the precoded data to the BS using at least some of the RFIC and the antenna. |
| US11723115B2 |
WLAN decodability-based frame processing for power saving
Methods, apparatus and systems are disclosed for receiving an IEEE 802.11 frame at a WLAN station, determining whether the frame is decodable and addressed to the WLAN station, and entering a reduced power state if the frame is not decodable or not addressed to the WLAN station. |
| US11723113B2 |
Apparatus and method for enabling and disabling links in multi-link communication systems
Embodiments of an apparatus and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method of enabling and disabling of links in the system a multi-link communications system comprises receiving, by a first multi-link device in the multi-link communications system, a status change information of a link in the multi-link communications system for the first multi-link device from an enabled status to a disabled status, and in response to the status change information, at least partially resetting, by the first multi-link device, parameters related to per-link operations for the link. |
| US11723112B2 |
Power saving methods and devices using discontinuous reception (DRX) in wireless systems
A configuration method includes receiving, by a terminal device, configuration information from a network device, where the configuration information includes a first discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter and a second DRX parameter, and communicating, by the terminal device, with the network device on a first bandwidth part (BWP) using the first DRX parameter or on a second BWP using the second DRX parameter. |
| US11723110B2 |
Discontinuous operation on sidelink
Wireless communication systems and methods related to sidelink communications are provided. A first user equipment (UE) determines a discontinuous operation configuration that indicates an on-duration period for a sidelink communication and a cycle of discontinuous operation. The first UE communicates with at least one other UE during the on-duration period indicated by the discontinuous operation configuration. The first UE uses a base configuration and an on-duration parameter, an offset parameter, and a cycle parameter to determine a discontinuous operation configuration for the first UE. |
| US11723109B2 |
Downlink data of small data transmission procedure
A second base station sends, to a wireless device, an indication of a data radio bearer (DRB) configured for a small data transmission (SDT) procedure of the wireless device. The second base station receives, from a first base station, a request for a context of the wireless device. The second base station sends, to the first base station, in response to the request, a response message indicating not to relocate the context of the wireless device, and the DRB configured for the SDT procedure. The second base station receives, from the first base station, downlink data forwarding information associated with the DRB configured for the SDT procedure. Based on the downlink data forwarding information, the second base station sends, to the first base station, downlink data of the SDT procedure received from a core network node. |
| US11723102B2 |
Radio communication system, radio station, radio terminal, communication control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
A radio terminal (3) can perform carrier aggregation using a first cell (10) of a first radio station (1) and a second cell (20) of a second radio station (2). The first radio station (1) performs, with the radio terminal (3), radio resource control for the first cell (10) and the second cell (20) in order to perform the carrier aggregation. At least one of the second radio station (2) and the radio terminal (3) is configured to transmit, to the first radio station (10), information about a problem occurring in a radio link in the second cell (20) between the second radio station (20) and the radio terminal (30) while the carrier aggregation of the first cell (10) and the second cell (20) is being performed. |
| US11723095B1 |
Systems and methods for joint wireless transmission and joint wireless reception
A method for joint wireless transmission includes (a) at a master wireless communication device, generating a first coordination signal for coordinating joint transmission of a wireless communication signal by at least the master wireless communication device and a first slave wireless communication device, (b) transmitting the first coordination signal from the master wireless communication device to the first slave wireless communication device, and (c) transmitting a first portion of the wireless communication signal from the master wireless communication device to a wireless base station that is remote from each of the master wireless communication device and the first slave wireless communication device. |
| US11723094B2 |
Method and device for transmitting signal through multi-link in wireless LAN system
A method for operation in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system according to various embodiments may comprise the steps of: determining, by a transmitting device, whether a second link is in an idle state for a first time interval, after receiving an ACK through a first link within a TXOP configured for the first link; aggregating, by the transmitting device, the first link and the second link on the basis of the determination; and transmitting, by the transmitting device, a packet through the aggregated first link and second link. |
| US11723093B1 |
Method and apparatus for a relay user equipment (UE) supporting connection with another remote UE in a wireless communication system
A method and device are disclosed for supporting UE-to-UE relay. In one embodiment, the method includes a relay User Equipment (UE) establishing a first layer-2 link with a first UE and establishes a second layer-2 link with a second UE, wherein the first layer-2 link and the second layer-2 link are used for forwarding traffic between the first UE and the second UE. The method also includes the relay UE receiving a first PC5 message from a third UE for request of establishing a third layer-2 link, wherein the first PC5 message includes a second User Info of the second UE. The method further includes the relay UE transmitting a second PC5 message to the second UE for modifying the second layer-2 link in response to reception of the first PC5 message from the third UE, wherein the second PC5 message includes a third User Info of the third UE and the second User Info of the second UE. |
| US11723091B2 |
Unicast connection establishment method for direct link, terminal and device
A unicast connection establishment method for a direct link, a terminal and a device are provided, the method is applied to a first terminal and includes the following steps: determining, according to status information of at least one second terminal, one terminal of the at least one second terminal as a target terminal for a unicast communication of a direct link; and establishing a unicast connection of the direct link with the target terminal, and determining transmission configuration information for performing a unicast data communication with the target terminal. |
| US11723080B2 |
Frame structure and channel access in a radio system
A method and a base station thereof are provided. In the method, the base station transmits one or more messages including configuration parameters of a cell to a wireless device to a wireless device. The configuration parameters indicate a plurality of slot format combinations and a number of repetitions for a slot format combination. Further, the base station transmits a downlink control information indicating a first slot format combination of the plurality of slot format combinations and receives, based on one or more slot formats of one or more slots in a channel occupancy time of the cell, transport blocks on uplink resources of the cell, where the one or more slot formats are determined based on applying the number of repetitions of the first slot format combination across the one or more slots. |
| US11723079B2 |
Systems and methods for wireless mesh network devices operating on multiple radio access technologies
Embodiments described herein provide for a hybrid network device to serve as a zero- or low-latency relay for communications between a wireless network, such as a licensed wireless network, and one or more other devices. The hybrid network device may establish a connection with a base station of a wireless network via a licensed radio access technology (“RAT”). The hybrid network device may communicate with one or more devices via an unlicensed RAT. The hybrid network device of some embodiments may aggregate communications from devices and may serve as a single connection endpoint with respect to the base station, such that the base station need not maintain a relatively large number of connections to accommodate a relatively large quantity devices. |
| US11723077B2 |
Method and device for transmitting/receiving wireless signal in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and specifically, to a method and a device for the method which comprises the steps of: receiving a PDCCH including uplink scheduling information; and transmitting, at a UL SF, a PUSCH indicated by the uplink scheduling information, wherein, if the PDCCH requests a transmission of an ACK, the PUSCH includes ACK information about a SF set corresponding to the UL SF, wherein the SF set includes a plurality of SFs. |
| US11723072B2 |
Method for transmitting random access response, access network device, and terminal device
Embodiments of this application provide a method for transmitting a random access response, a network device, and a terminal device. The method includes: determining, by an access network device, a Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU), where the MAC PDU includes at least two MAC subPDUs, the at least two MAC subPDUs include at least a first MAC subPDU, the first MAC subPDU includes a first MAC subheader and a random access response (RAR) corresponding to the first MAC subheader, and the first MAC subheader is located before the RAR corresponding to the first MAC subheader; and sending, by the access network device, the MAC PDU. |
| US11723070B2 |
Signaling individualized transmission duration threshold for RTS/CTS
System and method of using an AP to individually controlling RTS/CTS duration thresholds for multiple STAs in a WLAN. In response to a STA's association request, the AP determines a duration threshold specific to the STA and encloses this information in an association request response for transmission to the STA. By using a broadcast frame, the AP may instruct multiple STAs to uniformly update their stored duration thresholds. For example, if the duration threshold field in the beacon frame is set to 0, the multiple STAs preserve their current duration thresholds; if the field is set to a non-zero value less than 1023, the multiple STAs all update their duration thresholds to the non-zero value; if this field is set to 1023, the multiple STAs disable the RTS/CTS transmissions. Based on a current threshold and pertinent policies, an STA can decide whether to initiate an RTS/CTS transmission sequence. |
| US11723069B2 |
Transmitting data on a sub-band based on a first and a second LBT of sub-bands
A wireless device receives a grant scheduling a transmission on sub-bands of a physical uplink shared channel of a cell. The sub-bands comprise a first sub-band and one or more other sub-bands. The wireless device performs, in response to the grant: a first type listen-before-talk (LBT) on the first sub-band; and a second type LBT on each of the one or more other sub-bands. Data is transmitted on a sub-band of the sub-bands, based on a determination that: the first type LBT indicates that the first sub-band is clear; and the second type LBT indicates that each of the one or more other sub-bands are clear. |
| US11723053B2 |
Time domain coreset design for single carrier waveforms
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which control information is transmitted using a single carrier (SC) waveform in time domain blocks without a cyclic prefix (CP). A base station may configure a user equipment (UE) for control information transmissions using a SC waveform without CPs in time domain blocks, and may activate the SC waveform without CPs in time domain blocks based on one or more parameters. The control information may be non-uniformly segmented across two or more time domain blocks or two or more portions of a time domain block. A reference signal, such as a demodulation reference signal, may be transmitted in the time domain blocks, where the reference signals may be distributed evenly or unevenly across the time domain blocks. |
| US11723050B2 |
QCL-type-D sounding reference signal
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for transmission configuration indication states that indicate quasi-collocation relationships. For example, a user equipment (UE) may transmit an uplink reference signal to a base station and receive, in response, a transmission configuration indication state from the base station that is based on the uplink reference signal. In some examples, the transmission configuration indication state may indicate a quasi-collocation relationship between the uplink reference signal and one or more reference signals associated with a downlink channel. In some implementations, the quasi-collocation relationship may be a spatial relationship between one or more antenna ports associated with the base station used to receive the uplink reference signal and one or more antenna ports used to transmit downlink data. The UE may receive downlink data based on the transmission configuration indication state and the indicated quasi-collocation relationship. |
| US11723041B2 |
Method and device for transmitting and receiving signal in wireless communication system
The disclosure relates to communication techniques for merging 5th generation (5G) communication systems with internet-of-things (IoT) technology to support a high data transmission rate in post-4th generation (4G) system and systems therefor. The disclosure can be applied to an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or a connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security and safety-related services, and the like) based on a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. A method and device for transmitting and receiving signals in a wireless communication system are provided. |
| US11723040B2 |
Systems and methods for unlicensed wide-band transmission
For wideband operation in the unlicensed spectrum, a network operator may allocate a channel having multiple sub-bands to user equipment. The presently disclosed embodiments enable the user equipment to select one of multiple noncontiguous sub-bands and/or blocks of contiguous sub-bands that are available in the channel, and transmit data over the selected one of the noncontiguous available sub-bands and/or blocks of contiguous available sub-bands. The user equipment may select the one of the noncontiguous available sub-bands and/or blocks of contiguous available sub-bands of the channel based on the largest block of contiguous available sub-bands, the largest grant size, the best signal quality, the greatest estimated throughput, and/or the highest priority level. Moreover, in cases where data is transmitted using contiguous available sub-bands, guard bands disposed in between the contiguous available sub-bands may also be used to transmit data. |
| US11723037B2 |
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. |
| US11723031B2 |
Scheduling request procedure for D2D communication
The present invention relates to a D2D capable a communication method and to a transmitting user equipment, which transmits data to a receiving user equipment over a direct link data channel, uses the services of the eNodeB in order to have resources allocated for transmitting said data. To this end the UE sends to the eNB scheduling information using resources of a subframe dedicated for standard uplink communication through the eNodeB, rather than using resources on the subframe dedicated to D2D data transmission. In order to allow the eNB to distinguish whether the received scheduling request is for allocating resources for transmitting data over the direct link channel or over the eNB, UE may send along with the scheduling information also identification information associated to the scheduling information. |
| US11723027B2 |
Method for operating terminal and base station in wireless communication system, and device supporting same
Disclosed are: a method for operating a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system; and a device supporting same. According to an embodiment applicable to the present disclosure, a terminal may: acquire resource information for setting a transmission mode, in which data generated from the same information is transmitted through a plurality of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) by a base station, and on this basis, transmitting the data through the plurality of PDSCHs; and acquire related data information. |
| US11723026B2 |
Systems and methods for multi-dimensional differentiation of radio access networks
A device may receive information from a unified database, wherein the information includes a Service Profile Identifier (SPID); select a Quality-of-Service (QoS)-related identifier (ID) at least based on the SPID; and either map a radio bearer to a flow associated with a User Equipment device (UE) or configure a component to map the radio bearer to the flow. After mapping the radio bearer to the flow, the device may send data from the flow to the UE based on the QoS related ID. After configuring the component, the device may forward the SPID to a second component for sending the data from the flow to the UE based on the QoS-related ID. |
| US11723017B2 |
Uplink (UL) resource allocation for a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE)
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE). The UE detects one or more conditions are met for transmitting a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) providing assistance information to a network entity for scheduling. In response to the detection, the UE then takes one or more actions to obtain uplink (UL) resources for transmitting the MAC CE. |
| US11723011B2 |
Gap time configuration after beam switch
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for beam switching gaps. An example method by a user equipment (UE) generally includes receiving signaling, from a network entity, indicating a beam switch from a first beam to a second beam, performing the beam switch from the first beam to the second beam, identifying a gap time after the beam switch when one or more conditions are met, and communicating with the network entity, after the gap time, using the second beam. |
| US11723003B2 |
Latency reduction for artificial reality
Disclosed herein are related to a system and a method of remotely rendering artificial reality. In one approach, a console determines an expected transmission end time of a first session for wireless transmission of image data indicating an image of artificial reality to a head wearable display. In one approach, the console determines an expected process end time of generating additional data associated with the image of the artificial reality. In one approach, the console compares the expected transmission end time and the expected process end time. The console may transmit, to the head wearable display in the first session, the additional data together with the image data, in response to the expected process end time being less than the expected transmission end time. |
| US11723002B2 |
Short transmission time interval (TTI)
Technology for a user equipment (UE) to perform reduced transmission time interval (TTI) data transmission within a wireless communication network is disclosed. The UE can process a process, for transmission to an eNodeB, control information within a short transmission time interval (TTI) over a short TTI resource block (RB) set within a short physical uplink control channel (S-PUCCH), wherein the short TTI is shorter in time than a TTI that has a duration of at least one (1) millisecond, and wherein the S-PUCCH is a subset of resources available for a short physical uplink shared channel (S-PUSCH) and the S-PUSCH is a subset of resources available for a legacy PUSCH transmission; and process, for transmission to the eNodeB, data within the short TTI over the short TTI RB set within the S-PUSCH. |
| US11723001B2 |
Discovery signal block mapping
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for signal block mapping are provided. One method includes configuring, by a network node (e.g., base station or eNB), a group of discovery signaling blocks. The method may then include mapping the discovery signaling blocks of the group onto a subframe structure, including the group information into each of the discovery signaling blocks, and transmitting the discovery signaling blocks in the subframe structure. |
| US11723000B2 |
Method and equipment for determining transmitting resources in V2X communication
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). A method for determining transmitting resources in vehicle to vehicle/pedestrian/infrastructure/network (V2X) communication is provided. The method includes determining, by a user equipment (UE), a set {ti} consisting of configurable V2X subframes within one system frame period, by the UE, determining information about a bitmap for configuring a resource pool, determining, in the set {ti}, subframes belonging to the resource pool, by the UE, selecting, after resource reselection, the position of a resource for initial transmission, determining, in the resource pool, the subframe position of the reserved resource according to a resource reservation subframe interval Prsv and the number of resource reservations, readjusting the position of the reserved resource when a certain condition is satisfied, and transmitting, by the UE, a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) on the determined resource for initial transmission and the reserved resource. |
| US11722996B2 |
Activation and retransmissions for pool of resources
A method and apparatus for activation and retransmissions for a pool of resources is provided. A first device autonomously selects a set of resources on a pool of resources for N number of transmissions of a Transport Block (TB) stored in a process. The first device transmits, to the network, a request for a retransmission grant for the process based on i) the N number of transmission being completed and ii) retransmission of the TB being required. The request includes a Hybrid Automatic Repeat request (HARQ) process identifier (ID) associated to the process. |
| US11722989B2 |
Communication method, terminal apparatus, and access network apparatus
Implementations of the present disclosure provide a communication method, a terminal device, and an access network device, which may determine a paging type of a received message. The method includes: the terminal device receives a first message sent by an access network device; and the terminal device determines a paging type according to the first message. |
| US11722984B2 |
Geo-locating of wireless devices using a “pass filter” function
A method, wireless device and measuring station are disclosed that determine the best fit geo-location of a target station. According to one aspect, a method includes, using a “Pass Filter” for minimization of the summation of squared miss probabilities SSMP that improves the fitting process of the measured data over the method of minimization of the summation of the squared residuals (SSR) in the presence of spurious measurements. A “Pass Filter” approach is disclosed that reduces the corruption of the fitting process by outlier data and still yields the same result in the limit of clean data as the classic summation of the squared residuals (SSR) method. |
| US11722982B2 |
Technologies to authorize user equipment use of local area data network features and control the size of local area data network information in access and mobility management function
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for indicating local area data network (LADN) data network names (DNNs). In embodiments, a user equipment (UE) provides a list of configured LADN DNNs in a registration request message during a registration procedure. An Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) determines LADN information for the UE by looking into configured LADN DNNs in the AMF and/or retrieved LADN authorization/subscription information. The LADN information includes a list of LADN DNNs and corresponding LADN service area(s) that the UE can use, including LADN DNNs that the UE can use in a current registration area. The AMF sends the LADN information to the UE in a registration accept message. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. |
| US11722978B2 |
Signaling timing error group updates for positioning
Techniques are provided for signaling timing error group (TEG) updates for positioning. An example for providing reference signal measurement values with a mobile device incudes measuring one or more reference signals, determining a timing error change associated with one or more reference signal measurement values, and transmitting the one or more reference signal measurement values and an indication of the timing error change. |
| US11722975B2 |
Coordinating communication links for artificial reality
Disclosed herein are related to coordinating communication among a first access point, a first station device, a second access point, and a second station device. In one aspect, the second access point receives, from the first access point, a first beacon of the first access point at a first beacon transmission time. The first beacon may indicate an offset between the first beacon transmission time of the first beacon and a first data transmission time of the first access point for communication between the first access point and a first station device. In one aspect, the second access point may determine, according to the offset, a second data transmission time of the second access point to be distinct from the first data transmission time of the first access point. The second access point may communicate with a second station device, according to the second data transmission time. |
| US11722968B2 |
Communication method and communications apparatus
Example communication methods and communications apparatus are described. One example method includes determining power of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) by a terminal device. The terminal device sends the DMRS based on the determined power. In embodiments of this application, the power of the DMRS can be flexibly determined for different communication statuses. |
| US11722967B2 |
Transmission power control for a radio base station
Mechanisms for controlling total average transmission power of a radio base station over a fixed time period. A method is performed by a control device. The method comprises obtaining values of average total transmission power of at least one previous transmission from the radio base station. The method comprises determining a resource factor value from the value of average total transmission power and a setpoint value of the average total transmission power. The method comprises determining, based on the resource factor value, an action that restricts the amount of code-division multiple access (CDMA) resources to be used at least for a current transmission. The method comprises controlling the total average transmission power over the fixed time period by initiating the determined action at least for the current transmission. |
| US11722966B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for power control
Methods and apparatuses for power control are disclosed. A method comprises: receiving a first signaling indicating one or multiple power values for a downlink reception from a node, each power value being associated with a spatial domain filter, and determining a power value for the downlink reception from the node. |
| US11722963B2 |
Method of conserving power of a battery in a battery-powered electronic device, and electronic device for performing the method in a wireless local area network
A method of and system for conserving power of a battery in a battery-powered electronic device are disclosed. The electronic device, which can be a digital camera, is wirelessly communicable with one or more access points over a wireless local area network. The electronic device is also wirelessly communicable over a plurality of frequency channels in one or more frequency bands. The method of conserving power relates to an improved roaming process. Also disclosed are an electronic device and a system for performing the method. |
| US11722959B2 |
Method and device for transmitting/receiving wireless signal in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, particularly, to a method and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a WUS sequence in a WUS resource on a carrier, wherein the WUS resource is defined as a plurality of consecutive OFDM symbols and a plurality of consecutive subcarriers; and attempting to detect a physical channel corresponding to the WUS, wherein the WUS sequence exists in the same pattern regardless of the position of a frequency band of the carrier, in the Nth (N>1) to last OFDM symbols of the WUS resource, and the WUS sequence exists selectively on the basis of the position of the frequency band of the carrier, in the first to (N−1)th OFDM symbols of the WUS resource. |
| US11722958B2 |
Wi-Fi adaptive beacon skipping for battery-powered devices
A Wi-Fi chip is configured to operate in a power saving Wi-Fi mode in which the Wi-Fi chip repeatedly checks, at a first time interval, periodic DTIM beacons transmitted at a second time interval by a wireless access point of a Wi-Fi network, wherein the first time interval is longer than the second time interval. Upon receiving a standby message, the Wi-Fi chip, during a predefined time duration, operates in a standby mode in which the Wi-Fi chip checks at a third time interval periodic DTIM beacons transmitted by the wireless access point, wherein the third time interval is shorter than the first time interval. |
| US11722949B2 |
Static memory device with shared memory for an instrument and a wireless radio
A static memory device including an instrument, a wireless radio, a shared memory, an outgoing memory portion and an incoming memory portion. The instrument includes an environmental sensing device, a hazard detection device, and/or an industrial safety device. The wireless radio sends and receives information on a wireless mesh network. The shared memory is connected to the instrument and wireless radio and includes static message memory having static messages related to the instrument. The outgoing memory portion receives outgoing information from the instrument and transmits the outgoing information to the wireless radio for transmission on the wireless mesh network. The incoming memory portion receives incoming information from the wireless radio and transmits the incoming information to the instrument. The shared memory restricts the wireless radio and the instrument from both raising grant lines and granting data to either the incoming memory portion or the outgoing memory portion simultaneously. |
| US11722947B2 |
Apparatus and method for routing data packet to user equipment in LTE-WLAN aggregation system
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-generation (4G) system with a technology for internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on 5G communication technology and 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 system and a method for routing a data packet to a user equipment (UE) in a long term evolution-wireless local area network (LTE-WLAN) aggregation are provided. The system includes an evolved node B (eNB) with a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) adaptation layer that adds a header to the data packet. |
| US11722945B2 |
Managing FTM frames of WLAN RTT bursts
In aspects of managing FTM frames of WLAN RTT bursts, a device can receive a WLAN RTT burst, such as initiated by a device application, device firmware, or received as a RTT ranging request. The device implements a status module that interposes the routing of the ranging request in the device, and determines a device state of the device with a device state monitor of the status module. The status module is implemented to drop the ranging request if the device is an idle device state such that the ranging request is extraneous. Alternatively, the status module is implemented to reduce a number of FTM frames in the ranging request based on the device state indicating that multiple FTM frames of the ranging request are extraneous, and then route to perform the ranging request of the WLAN RTT burst with the reduced number of FTM frames in the ranging request. |
| US11722942B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling packet transmission
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for increasing data transmission efficiency when performing packet duplication. A method for a terminal in a wireless communication system according to the present invention comprises the steps of: performing protocol data convergence protocol (PDCP) duplication in which an identical PDCP protocol data unit (PDU) is transmitted to a base station through each of a first logical channel and a second logical channel; when a request for retransmission of the PDCP PDU which has been transmitted through the second logical channel is received from the base station, retransmitting the PDCP PDU to the base station; and when the PDCP PDU has been retransmitted a predetermined number of times or more, receiving, from the base station, information indicating deactivation of the PDCP duplication. |
| US11722939B2 |
Reconfiguration method, network device, and terminal
A reconfiguration method, a network device, and a terminal are provided. The reconfiguration method in this disclosure includes: sending, by a first network node, a reconfiguration request of cell change configuration information to a second network node; and obtaining, by the first network node, a reconfiguration response sent by the second network node based on the reconfiguration request. |
| US11722937B2 |
Signaling optimization method and device
Disclosed are a signaling optimization method and device, to resolve a problem of heavy signaling overheads and long data transmission delay when a user equipment (UE) accesses a network side. The method includes: receiving, by the UE, configuration information sent by a first network side device, where the configuration information includes a list, and the list is a cell list or a base station list; and entering, by the UE, an intermediate state according to the configuration information, where the intermediate state means that: when the UE stores context information of the UE, if the UE moves and a cell movement range falls within a coverage area of a cell or a base station included in the list, the UE performs cell reselection according to the list. Embodiments of the present disclosure are applicable to optimization of signaling transmission between the UE and a network side. |
| US11722933B2 |
Apparatus and method for supporting handover in a wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present invention provides a method for supporting handover, comprising the steps of: informing, by a source base station, a core network whether a direct data forwarding path is available; deciding, by the core network, whether to use direct data forwarding or indirect data forwarding; informing, by the core network, a target base station of information about the direct data forwarding or indirect data forwarding; allocating, by the target base station, data forwarding tunnel information, the target base station allocating the data forwarding tunnel information according to the received information about the direct data forwarding or indirect data forwarding; transmitting, by the target base station, the allocated data forwarding tunnel information to the core network; and informing, by the core network, the source base station of the data forwarding tunnel information. With the present invention, different data forwarding methods are supported to prevent data loss and ensure service continuity. |
| US11722932B2 |
Method and apparatus for acquiring vehicle to everything communication policy
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for obtaining a Vehicle to Everything Policy (V2XP). The method includes: transmitting, by a terminal device, at least one of first information and second information to a Policy Control Function (PCF), the first information being used for requesting a configuration of a policy for V2X communication over a PC5 interface, and the second information being used for requesting a configuration of a policy for V2X communication over a Uu interface; and receiving, by the terminal device from the PCF, at least one of the policy corresponding to the first information and the policy corresponding to the second information. |
| US11722927B2 |
Radio link control (RLC) status reporting
Wireless communication systems and methods related to Radio Link Control (RLC) status reporting are provided. A wireless communication device receives one or more radio link control (RLC) packet data units (PDUs) of a sequence of RLC PDUs. The wireless communication device determines missing RLC data PDUs in the sequence of RLC PDUs based on the received one or more RLC PDUs. The wireless communication device receives a first uplink (UL) grant. The wireless communication device transmits a first RLC status report including an indication of a first subset of the missing RLC PDUs less than all the missing RLC PDUs, the indication of the first subset of missing PDUs being based on a size of the first UL grant. The wireless communication device modifies a RLC status prohibit timer based on the transmitted first RLC status report indicating less than all the missing RLC PDUs. |
| US11722925B2 |
Performing service class aware load balancing to distribute packets of a flow among multiple network links
Some embodiments provide a method for quantifying quality of several service classes provided by a link between first and second forwarding nodes in a wide area network (WAN). At a first forwarding node, the method computes and stores first and second path quality metric (PQM) values based on packets sent from the second forwarding node for the first and second service classes. The different service classes in some embodiments are associated with different quality of service (QoS) guarantees that the WAN offers to the packets. In some embodiments, the computed PQM value for each service class quantifies the QoS provided to packets processed through the service class. In some embodiments, the first forwarding node adjusts the first and second PQM values as it processes more packets associated with the first and second service classes. The first forwarding node also periodically forwards to the second forwarding node the first and second PQM values that it maintains for the first and second service classes. In some embodiments, the second forwarding node performs a similar set of operations to compute first and second PQM values for packets sent from the first forwarding node for the first and second service classes, and to provide these PQM values to the first forwarding node periodically. |
| US11722924B2 |
Systems and methods to automatically create dedicated bearers during failure event
A bearer creation system creates dedicated bearers for sessions requested by user equipment devices based on a policy associated with the user equipment device. The bearer creation system detects that a request to initiate a session has been sent by user equipment associated with a policy. The bearer creation system compares the request to initiate the session to information indicated by the policy, and determines whether to create a dedicated bearer for the session based on the comparison. The bearer creation system creates a dedicated bearer for the session based on a determination that a dedicated bearer should be created. |
| US11722923B2 |
Cancelling SL CSI reporting in a wireless communication system
A method and/or an apparatus for cancelling sidelink (SL) channel state information (CSI) reporting in a wireless communication system is provided. A first wireless device establishes a first PC5-Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with a second wireless device and a second PC5-RRC connection with a third wireless device. A first wireless device triggers the first SL CSI reporting for a first pair of a Source ID for the first wireless device and a Destination ID for the second wireless device, wherein the first pair is corresponding to the first PC5-RRC connection. A first wireless device generates a MAC CE for the first SL CSI reporting. A first wireless device cancels the triggered first SL CSI reporting for the first pair. |
| US11722922B2 |
Pathloss measurement using multiple unlicensed cells
A wireless device receives configuration parameters of a primary timing advance group (TAG) and a secondary TAG comprising a first unlicensed secondary cell and a second unlicensed secondary cell. The wireless device selects both the first and second unlicensed secondary cells to jointly serve as pathloss reference cells, wherein the selecting is based on the first and second unlicensed secondary cells being activated unlicensed secondary cells and in a same secondary TAG. The wireless device transmits, via the second unlicensed secondary cell, a transport block with a transmission power, wherein a pathloss reference value of the transmission power is based on a joint measurement of a received signal power of the first unlicensed secondary cell and a received signal power of the second unlicensed secondary cell. |
| US11722921B2 |
Secondary cell group selection based on primary frequency band measurements
A method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) may include receiving a message requesting estimated channel characteristics of a secondary band based on measuring characteristics of a channel in the primary band. The method also includes measuring characteristics of the channel in the primary band. The method estimates channel characteristics of the secondary band based on the primary band characteristics measurements. The estimating may occur without measuring signals in the secondary band. Further, the method may report the estimated channel characteristics of the secondary band and receive an indication of a secondary cell group, based on the estimated channel characteristics of the secondary band. |
| US11722920B2 |
Null data packet frame format
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to null data packet (NDP) frame format. A device may cause to send a null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame to a responding station device (RSTA). The device may cause to send a first sounding NDP frame comprising one or more fields formatted to support 2.4 gigahertz (GHz) and 5 GHz bands in a non-trigger-based ranging measurement with the RSTA. The device may identify after a passage of a short inter-frame space (SIFS) time a second NDP frame received from the RSTA. The device may identify a location measurement report frame from the RSTA. |
| US11722919B2 |
Method, device and system for minimization of drive test
A method for minimization of drive tests (MDT) measurement includes: determining an identifier of a target network environment to be measured corresponding to a target terminal device; sending MDT configuration information to the target terminal device, the MDT configuration information including the identifier of the target network environment; and receiving measurement information of the target network environment from the target terminal device, the measurement information of the target network environment being associated with mobile network signal information of the target terminal device. |
| US11722918B2 |
Systems and methods for aperiodic measurement reference signal transmission in multiple antenna systems
Systems and methods are disclosed for determining a first downlink control indicator (DCI) and a second DCI, determining a set of active aperiodic channel state information reference signals (A-CSI-RSs) based on the first DCI, and determining a subset of the set of active A-CSI-RSs based on the second DCI. A WTRU may perform resource element (RE) muting based on a set of active A-CSI-RSs. A WTRU may perform channel state information (CSI) measurement based on a subset of a set of active A-CSI-RSs. |
| US11722917B2 |
Communication device having mobility management beam steering for reduced interference
A communication device, computer program product, and method mitigate interference during mobility management of antenna beam selection. A controller of the communication device determines a first direction to a first downlink from a base station downlink that is beam steered toward the communication device. The controller determines a second direction to a second downlink from the base station that is beam steered toward a second communication device. The controller determines a scan cone of two or more beam entries oriented generally in the first direction and being at least one of angularly narrowed or directed away from the second direction to avoid receiving the second downlink. The controller configures the RF frontend of the communication device with a reduced codebook based on a subset of the two or more beam entries within the scan cone for mobility management of the communication device. |
| US11722916B2 |
System and method for power saving in discontinuous reception operation
A computer-implemented method includes sending, by an access node, to a user equipment (UE) configuration information for a beam quality reference signal (BQRS) that is associated with a discontinuous reception (DRX)-ON period used for sending a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) to the UE, wherein the BQRS has a spatial quasi-collocated (QCL) relationship with either the PDCCH or a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) of the PDCCH. The method further includes sending, by the access node, the BQRS to the UE. |
| US11722912B2 |
Radio link failure handling in an integrated access backhaul network
When an integrated access backhaul (IAB) node connected to a user equipment (UE) detects a radio link failure in a communication with an IAB donor, the IAB node may perform various features to cause the UE perform one or more features accordingly without explicitly indicating the radio link failure to the UE. The IAB node may detecting a radio link failure in a communication between the IAB node and an IAB donor, and determine whether the IAB node has recovered from the radio link failure. The IAB node may refrain from broadcasting one or more synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) to one or more UEs including a UE connected to the IAB node in response to determining that the IAB node has not recovered from the radio link failure. |
| US11722910B2 |
On-demand coverage extended broadcast signal
Wireless communications systems and methods related to on-demand cell coverage extension for broadcast signals are provided. A first wireless communication device communicates, with a second wireless communication device, a first extended cell coverage request. The first wireless communication device communicates, with the second wireless communication device, a first broadcast communication signal in an extended cell coverage mode in response to the first extended cell coverage request. The first broadcast communication signal includes a system information block repeated in at least one of a time domain or a frequency domain. |
| US11722909B2 |
Systems and methods for venue based wireless communication
A plurality of directional antennas are arranged between an inner barrier (e.g., ring, wall, fence, glass, etc encircling a field, court, rink, stage, etc) and an outer barrier (e.g., guardrail, wall, etc encircling a seating region, etc) of the venue. Each directional antenna produces a beam pattern that is oriented such that the beam pattern is directed at an angle off-normal from the inner or outer barrier. Further, at least some of the directional antennas are placed at the openings of pedestrian tunnels leading into the seating region of the venue, near the inner barrier of the venue seating region, or placed near a midpoint between the inner and outer barriers so as to provide wireless communication services to users in the seating region of the venue. |
| US11722907B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining operating conditions for frequency coexistence
Provided is a method and apparatus for determining an operating condition for frequency coexistence and an operating condition determining method includes a method of calculating and transferring an inference-free available frequency and an output level to an existing radio station that operates and needs to be protected or a method of calculating a channel access parameter for sharing a frequency with a heterogeneous device, a network, or a system. |
| US11722906B2 |
Method of operating spectrum sharing system interoperating with distributed antenna system
The present disclosure provides a method of allocating shared radio resources in a spectrum shared system (SSS), the method including: obtaining, by a system controller of the SSS, identification information from at least one radio service device of the SSS and a node unit of a distributed antenna system (DAS); determining, by the system controller of the SSS, whether the at least one radio service device interoperates with the DAS based on the identification information; and allocating, by the system controller of the SSS, the shared radio resources to the at least one radio service device and the DAS, respectively, based on a result of the determining of interoperating. |
| US11722905B1 |
Dedicating antenna elements to specific wireless devices
Dedicating antenna elements to specific wireless devices by identifying specific wireless devices that meet a set of criteria, such as wireless devices using a certain application type that is associated with a bandwidth, and respectively dedicating a separate portion of antenna elements for communicating with each specific wireless device. The separate portion of antenna elements is selected based on being configured to utilize a bandwidth that meets a threshold bandwidth or matches the bandwidth associated with the application type. |
| US11722893B2 |
Anonymous network access in a network environment
A same wireless access profile is installed on each of multiple mobile communication devices. The wireless access profile includes outer identity information and anonymous inner identity information for each service. The anonymous inner identity information includes a credential used by each of the multiple mobile communication devices to use the service. To use the service such as access a remote network, a respective mobile communication device communicates an anonymous username and password assigned to the service to a policy server during first level authentication. The policy server stores a network address of the authenticated mobile communication device. During second level authentication, the policy server receives an identity of the mobile communication device from a network gateway. The policy server provides access control information (assigned to the service) to the network gateway. The network gateway then provides access to the mobile communication device in accordance with the access control information. |
| US11722892B2 |
VLC in streets
A visual light communication emitter for a vehicle, arranged to communicate a status of the vehicle, includes a first light emitter arranged to emit flash light which is modulated at a first target frequency in a dedicated non-visible spectrum, and a second light emitter arranged to emit flash light which is modulated at a second target frequency in the dedicated non-visible spectrum. A difference between the first target frequency and the second target frequency is predetermined, so as to authenticate the status of the vehicle. |
| US11722891B2 |
User authentication in first network using subscriber identity module for second legacy network
In given user equipment seeking access to a first communication network (e.g., 5G network), wherein the given user equipment comprises a subscriber identity module (e.g., USIM) configured for a second communication network, and wherein the second communication network is a legacy network with respect to the first communication network (e.g., legacy 4G network), a method includes: initiating an authentication procedure with at least one network entity of the first communication network and selecting an authentication method to be used during the authentication procedure; and participating in the authentication procedure with the at least one network entity using the selected authentication method and, upon successful authentication, the given user equipment obtaining a set of keys to enable the given user equipment to access the first communication network. |
| US11722887B2 |
Privacy protection authentication method based on wireless body area network
A privacy protection authentication method based on a wireless body area network may be applied to a smart home care system. The method provides an authentication method for two-way authentication and key verification between a device and a cloud server, can ensure identities of the device and the cloud server to be valid and prevent network information security from being affected by external invasion attacks. A physical unclonable function and an elliptic curve cryptography algorithm are introduced to encrypt key data in the authentication process, so that the whole authentication process is in a safe environment, and the security of the authentication process is further improved through adding and removing functions of a third-party identity. The privacy protection authentication protocol method can resist replay attacks and smart card impersonation attacks, the whole authentication process is safe and efficient, and has a high application value in smart home care scenes. |
| US11722884B2 |
UE storage of UE context information
In certain embodiments, a (e.g., 5G) wireless network has a (e.g., CBSD) base station and any suitable number of instances of user equipment (UE). For each group of one or more UEs, one of the UEs is designated as a primary UE that stores UE context information for the other (secondary) UEs in the UE group. To connect to a secondary UE, the base station can retrieve the UE context information from the secondary UE's associated primary UE without having to retrieve the secondary UE's context information from the core network, thereby reducing backbone bandwidth usage and delays in connecting the secondary UE, especially when many secondary UE request connections within a short time interval. |
| US11722882B2 |
Sidelink capability signaling and configuration
In an aspect, the present disclosure includes a method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for wireless communications for transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), a capability indication message to a network entity, the capability indication message comprising a sidelink capability for direct communication between the UE and one or more secondary UEs; receiving, at the UE, a configuration message from the network entity in response to the capability indication message, wherein the configuration message includes one or more configuration parameters based on the sidelink capability; and establishing a communication link based on the one or more configuration parameters. |
| US11722878B2 |
Wireless communications protocol with disconnection tolerance
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method which utilizes the benefits of both advertising and bidirectional connections to allow a client/receiving device to receive data, e.g. sensor measurements, from the source/transmitting device during device discovery and connection, thereby minimizing the amount of time during which data, e.g. measurements, are unavailable. The disclosed embodiments may further allow for reduced power consumption by a source device by minimizing data transmission during advertising. |
| US11722877B2 |
Method for discovering Bluetooth device and Bluetooth device
The present invention provides a method for discovering a Bluetooth device. The method includes: receiving, by a second Bluetooth device, a first broadcast frame of a first Bluetooth device; determining, by the second Bluetooth device, whether the first broadcast frame includes first indication information; and if the first broadcast frame includes the first indication information, sending, by the second Bluetooth device, at least one second broadcast frame within a preset time period after receiving the first broadcast frame, where the second broadcast frame includes second indication information, and the second indication information is used to instruct a Bluetooth device receiving the second broadcast frame to exchange information with the second Bluetooth device. |
| US11722875B2 |
IoT device discovery and identification
Techniques for performing Internet of Things (IoT) device identification are disclosed. Information associated with a network communication of an IoT device is received. A determination of one or more confidence scores that represent how well the received information matches respective one or more network behavior pattern identifiers is made. A determination is made that each one of the one or more determined confidence scores is below a threshold. In response to determining that each of the one or more determined confidence scores is below the threshold, a two-part classification process is performed, where a first portion includes an inline classification, and a second portion includes a subsequent verification of the inline classification. A result of the classification process is provided to a security appliance configured to apply a policy to the IoT device. |
| US11722873B2 |
Bluetooth mesh network system and connection method having communication range extending mechanism
The present invention discloses a Bluetooth mesh network system having a communication range extending mechanism that includes a plurality of nodes and a provisional node. The provisional node is configured to transmit a connection setting packet to the nodes to control the nodes to establish a coded PHY connection between each two of the nodes such that a packet error rate is smaller than a threshold value when the nodes perform communication when a physical distance between each two of the nodes is larger than a maximum non-coded-PHY communication distance, in which when the nodes establish a non-coded-PHY connection and the physical distance is larger than the maximum non-coded-PHY communication distance, the packet error rate is larger than the threshold value. |
| US11722868B2 |
Network-aware deployment optimization for large scale virtual network function deployments at a network edge
Systems and methods described herein provide deployment optimization service. A network device in a network receives an order for virtual network function (VNF) deployments at network edge locations. The network device maps a radio access network (RAN) topology for the network edge locations. The network device identifies time windows to perform the VNF deployments, based on the order, historical transport and RAN utilization data, and the RAN topology. The network device selects an optimal time window to perform the VNF deployments based on stored policy rules and pushes software images for the VNF deployments to an image repository in a geographical region near the network edge locations. The network device analyzes, for the optimal time window, real-time network data for a pre-emptive condition. The network device pre-empts the VNF deployments when a pre-emptive condition is identified and initiates the VNF deployments when no pre-emptive condition is identified. |
| US11722867B2 |
Systems and methods to determine mobile edge deployment of microservices
A device may include a processor configured to determine latency budgets for particular microservices for an application associated with a user equipment (UE) device, wherein the microservices are deployed in a cloud computing center. The processor may be further configured to determine that a measured latency for a particular microservice has exceeded a latency budget for the particular microservice by at least a latency budget threshold; deploy the particular microservice on a Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) network associated with a base station servicing the UE device, based on determining that the measured latency for the particular microservice has exceeded the latency budget for the particular microservice by at least the latency budget threshold; and send a recommendation to the UE device to use the particular microservice deployed at the MEC network. |
| US11722861B2 |
Conditional communication forwarding based on origination and destination attributes
One example method of operation may include one or more of identifying an incoming communication via a communication processing device, identifying communication source attributes associated with a communication source of the incoming communication, retrieving one or more communication routing conditions from a communication recipient profile associated with an intended recipient device identified by the incoming communication, and determining whether to route the incoming communication to the intended recipient device or an automated communication management device based on the communication source attributes and the one or more communication routing conditions. |
| US11722858B2 |
Domain selection for short message delivery including in 5G or other next generation networks
The disclosed technology is directed towards an integrated short message service (SMS) function and short message service center function that delivers mobile terminated messages by selecting among access domains for to endpoints based on their capabilities, e.g., 5G, 5G+, LTE WI-FI, including multimode capabilities. The integrated SMS function determines attributes (e.g., capabilities) of a user equipment destination device for a mobile terminated message, obtains contextual data (e.g., current device reachability, network conditions) for the device, and determines which access and mobility management function (AMF) or mobility management entity (MME) is associated with the device. Based on the various obtained information, the integrated SMS function selects an appropriate access domain based on the capabilities and contextual data, and if the device is reachable, correctly routes the message for delivery. Retry operations can be set up for devices that are not currently reachable. |
| US11722857B2 |
Text-messaging based coaching programs
Embodiments are directed to an interactive text message based coaching program. A computer system generates customized messages for a first user containing information related to a health-related campaign program. The computer system generates the messages via a user interface in response to user-input provided by a second user. Messages are included in interaction components that include a user-specified link that logically connects the interaction component to another interaction component in a decision tree. The decision tree defines a sequence of messages to be sent to the first user. For example, a next message of the sequence can be based on a response from the first user to a previous message of the sequence. |
| US11722855B2 |
Handling of multicast service data transport for mobility between supporting and non-supporting access nodes
Embodiments include systems and methods for enabling multicast service data transport for mobility between multicast/broadcast service (MBS) supporting and non-MBS supporting access nodes. Various aspects include methods for supporting an MBS session. In some embodiments, an MBS session context may indicate at least one multicast flow identifier (ID) for an MBS session and a unicast Quality of Service (QoS) flow ID for a unicast Packet Data Unit (PDU) session, wherein the MBS session context associates the unicast QoS flow ID with the at least one multicast flow ID. |
| US11722852B1 |
Smartphone clustering method
A device, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for using a smartphone clustering application. The method includes identifying, by each smartphone equipped with the smartphone clustering application, a cluster of neighboring smartphones equipped with the smartphone clustering application; determining a cluster head by each smartphone in the cluster; determining position by the cluster head; transmitting personal information by each smartphone to the cluster head; receiving the personal information from each of the neighboring smartphones by the cluster head; aggregating personal information with the personal information from each of the neighboring smartphones by the cluster head and generating aggregated personal information; combining, by the cluster head, its position with the aggregated personal information into a communication stream; identifying an access point by the cluster head; transmitting the communication stream to the access point; and transmitting the communication stream by the access point to a server side smartphone clustering application. |
| US11722849B2 |
Device and method for the unambiguous identification of Wi-Fi devices
A device and method for the unambiguous identification of Wi-Fi devices is disclosed, by receiving probe request frames sent by Wi-Fi devices, extracting a set of features from a plurality of fields of each probe request frame, assigning a footprint to each probe request frame based on the extracted set of features, for each footprint, performing a cluster analysis on a time series of the sequence numbers included in the header of the probe request frames associated with the corresponding footprint, obtaining at least one cluster per footprint, identifying a Wi-Fi device for each different cluster, which identifies Wi-Fi devices that are not connected to a Wi-Fi network and employ MAC address randomization. |
| US11722848B2 |
User location and identity awareness
A location of a computing device may be determined by determining the range of a communication. Several different wireless communication protocols and/or wireless networks (e.g., Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Cellular, and/or GPS) may be used to determine the user's location. When the user's location is determined, one or more actions (e.g., granting access to content) may be performed based on the user's location. |
| US11722846B2 |
Network based enforcement of geographical compliance
Improved systems and methods for enhancing the performance of network based computerized content rendering and hosting and providing of devices, systems and/or platforms by modifying the capabilities and providing non-native functionality to such devices, systems and/or platforms through a novel and improved application, networked based enforcement of geographical compliance, data processing and networking framework. |
| US11722843B2 |
Smart location determination for arrival estimation and generation of arrival alerts
Systems, methods and computer-readable media are disclosed for adjustment in the amount of calculations performed at a server for determining a location of a device for purposes of providing an arrival alert to a destination of arrival of the device. In one aspect, a method includes determining a zone around a destination; receiving location information from a tracking device that is traveling to the destination; based on the location information and the zone, determining whether the tracking device is within the zone to yield a determination; determining a remaining time for a user associated with the tracking device to reach the destination based on the determination; and providing an arrival alert to the destination regarding an arrival time of the user at the destination based on the remaining time and an arrival threshold. |
| US11722841B2 |
Vehicle-mounted ranging system
Disclosed is a vehicle-mounted ranging system having a communication transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one external communication transceiver and a plurality of ultra-wideband (UWB) transceivers configured to transmit and receive ranging pulses to and from at least one external UWB transceiver associated with the at least one external communication transceiver. A controller is interfaced between the communication transceiver and the plurality of UWB transceivers. The controller is configured to communicate with the associated at least one external communication transceiver to schedule transmission of ranging pulses between the plurality of UWB transceivers and the at least one external UWB transceiver and to calculate ranges between each of the plurality of UWB transceivers and the at least one external UWB transceiver based upon time-of-arrival of ranging pulses transmitted between the plurality of UWB ranging transceivers and the at least one external UWB transceiver. |
| US11722833B2 |
Systems and methods for spatial audio rendering
Systems and methods for rendering spatial audio in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a spatial audio system, including a primary network connected speaker, including a plurality of sets of drivers, where each set of drivers is oriented in a different direction, a processor system, memory containing an audio player application, wherein the audio player application configures the processor system to obtain an audio source stream from an audio source via the network interface, spatially encode the audio source, decode the spatially encoded audio source to obtain driver inputs for the individual drivers in the plurality of sets of drivers, where the driver inputs cause the drivers to generate directional audio. |
| US11722826B2 |
Hierarchical environmental classification in a hearing prosthesis
Presented herein are techniques for generating a hierarchical classification of a set of sound signals received at hearing prosthesis. The hierarchical classification includes a plurality of nested classifications of a sound environment associated with the set of sound signals received at hearing prosthesis, including a primary classification and one or more secondary classifications that each represent different characteristics of the sound environment. The primary classification represents a basic categorization of the sound environment, while the secondary classifications define sub-categories/refinements of the associated primary classification and/or other secondary classifications. |
| US11722823B2 |
Speaker
Provided is a speaker, including a frame; a vibration unit fixed to the frame; and a magnetic circuit unit provided with a magnetic gap. The magnetic circuit unit includes a yoke and a magnet; the vibration unit includes a diaphragm and a voice coil; the diaphragm includes a dome and a suspension; the suspension includes an inner edge, an outer edge, a suspension portion, and an extension portion; the diaphragm includes a structural layer and a metal layer; the inner edge includes a first recess, and the extension portion includes a second recess; and the voice coil is electrically connected to the metal layer through the first recess, and the metal layer is electrically connected to an external circuit through the second recess. With this structure, an internal space of the speaker is saved, reducing material cost and improving reliability. |
| US11722818B2 |
Method and apparatus for recognizing wind noise of earphone, and earphone
An earphone includes a feedforward microphone located outside ear and a feedback microphone located inside ear. A method for recognizing wind noise of the earphone includes: feedforward microphone signal collected by feedforward microphone and feedback microphone signal collected by feedback microphone are acquired; Fourier transform is performed on feedforward and feedback microphone signals to obtain a feedforward microphone frequency domain signal and a feedback microphone frequency domain signal; inverse feedback filtering processing is performed on the feedback microphone frequency domain signal to obtain an inverse feedback filtering processing result; inverse feedforward filtering processing is performed on the feedforward microphone frequency domain signal and the inverse feedback filtering processing result to obtain an inverse hybrid filtering processing result; and a wind noise recognition result of the earphone is obtained based on an interrelationship between the inverse feedback filtering processing result and the inverse hybrid filtering processing result. |
| US11722807B2 |
System and computer-implemented method for providing responder information
A system and a computer-implemented method for providing responder information are disclosed herein. The method includes receiving, via a computing device, a sensor data generated by one or more safety devices corresponding to one or more responders. The computer-implemented method further includes analyzing, via the computing device, the sensor data to generate an analyzed sensor data. The computer-implemented method further includes establishing, via an application programming interface (API), a direct communication link between the computing device and at least one server or establishing, via a local application, a direct communication link between the computing device and at least one third party server. The computer-implemented method further includes transmitting, via the computing device, the analyzed sensor data to the at least one server or transmitting, via the computing device, the analyzed sensor data to the at least one third party server. |
| US11722806B2 |
System, method and apparatus for remote monitoring
A monitoring unit for security and automation in a premises are described. The monitoring unit uses remote configuration and control to enable monitoring of a premises. The monitoring unit provides multiple monitoring functions to respond to events within the space and alert a user at a remote device like a smartphone. An image sensor provides a wide field of view which can be segmented on the mobile device to enable specific areas to be viewed enabling the user to view the area and be alerted when an event occurs based upon a rules based configuration. |
| US11722797B2 |
Leakage light detection device, imaging device, leakage light detection method, and leakage light detection program
Provided are a leakage light detection device, an imaging device, a leakage light detection method, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a leakage light detection program capable of improving quality of a captured image. A determination unit (11A) compares a pixel value (Gu3) of a pixel (G12) with a pixel value (Gb1) of a pixel (G14) and determines that the pixel (G12) has leakage light from a pixel (G11) in a case where the pixel value (Gu3) is larger than the pixel value (Gb1) by a threshold (TH) or more, and compares a pixel value (Gd3) of a pixel (G13) with the pixel value (Gb1) of the pixel (G14) and determines that the pixel (G13) has the leakage light from the pixel (G11) in a case where the pixel value (Gd3) is larger than the pixel value (Gb1) by the threshold (TH) or more. |
| US11722792B2 |
Image sensing device
An image sensing device is provided to include a pixel array comprising a first pixel group and a second pixel group, each pixel configured to sense a distance to a target object in response to modulated light that is incident on the pixel array; a first modulation driver configured to supply, to the first pixel group, a first modulation control signal and a second modulation control signal; and a second modulation driver configured to supply, to the second pixel group, a third modulation control signal and a fourth modulation control signal, wherein the first and second modulation drivers are independently controlled from each other such that at least one of the first modulation control signal, the second modulation control signal, the third modulation control signal, or the fourth modulation control signal has a phase difference from the modulated light. |
| US11722790B2 |
Systems and methods for three-hundred sixty degree inspection of an object
In one embodiment, a system for inspecting an object comprises a first camera for inspecting a first surface of the object, and a second camera for inspecting a second surface of the object. The object may be placed upon a support structure during simultaneous inspection by the first camera and the second camera. At least one roller is arranged to selectively engage the object when the object is placed upon the support structure, wherein the at least one roller is adapted for circumferential rotation relative to the support structure. Rotation of the at least one roller causes a corresponding circumferential rotation of the object relative to the first and second cameras. |
| US11722789B1 |
Multi-camera imaging system selecting between visible and infrared views in a vehicle
In order to display driving assistance images to a driver in a vehicle, visible light images are captured using a visible light camera mounted for viewing a roadway on which the vehicle travels and infrared images overlapping with the visible light images are captured using an infrared camera mounted for viewing the roadway. The visible light images are normally displayed on a display screen when a visible light brightness around the vehicle is greater than a brightness threshold. Trigger conditions are monitored which are indicative of limitations of a driver visibility when directly viewing the roadway. The trigger conditions include a driver reaction. The monitored trigger condition is classified according to a plurality of predetermined classifications which indicate an occurrence of an impairment event. The infrared images are selected for display on the display screen upon occurrence of the impairment event. |
| US11722777B2 |
System and method for PWM control of a video display screen
A PWM control system includes a memory and a processor. The processor obtains characteristics of a camera capturing an image of a video display. The characteristics include a duration of a camera shutter open period. The processor calculates a PWM timing control for the display, specifying a PWM cycle duration based on the period. The processor sends a signal to the video display including the timing control and configured to control video display brightness when the camera shutter is open. The characteristics may further indicate that the camera has a rolling shutter. The cycle duration may further be based on a frame period of video data displayed by the display. The timing control may further specify the PWM cycle, configured to align a subset of the cycle to the period. The processor may adjust the timing control to reduce a visual artifact in the video output from the camera. |
| US11722763B2 |
System and method for audio tagging of an object of interest
Techniques for audio tagging of an object of interest are provided. An object of interest within a field of view of a first video camera may be identified at a first time. At least one audio tag representing a first sound created by the object of interest may be generated and associated with the object of interest. At a second time later than the first and at a second video camera, a second sound generated by an unidentified object that is not in the field of view of the second video camera may be detected. An audio tag representing the second tag may be generated. It may be determined that the object of interest and the unidentified object of interest are the same when the audio tag representing the first sound and the second sound are the same. |
| US11722756B2 |
Camera module with droplet removing device
A camera module is provided. The camera module includes: a housing; a lens barrel disposed in the housing; a cover screen disposed over the lens barrel; a blade pivotably coupled to the cover screen and configured to have at least a portion in contact with a surface of the cover screen; and a rotation member disposed on the blade and configured to pivot the blade with respect to the cover screen. |
| US11722753B2 |
Synchronizing out-of-band content with a media stream
Receiving and processing out-of-band (OOB) data along with a media stream is disclosed. The received OOB data can be extracted from an OOB data stream and correlated with the media stream using timestamps. Display and other operations can then be performed when a timestamp of the OOB data matches a current timestamp of the media stream. In addition, timestamp notification requests can be received and processed such that when the current timestamp of the media stream matches a requested timestamp, a notification can be transmitted, and data can be received in response to the notification. |
| US11722752B2 |
Resource segmentation to improve delivery performance
A flexible approach to segmenting a resource (e.g., a media resource, such as a media segment, or other resource, such as a resource normally fetched or pushed using general file transfer protocols like HTTP) into a plurality of fragments. By employing such an approach, the delay until the resource can be utilized at the client side is reduced. Certain embodiments are provided which apply the flexible segmentation approach to ISOBMFF media segments for video streaming, such as would be used with Live DASH streaming. |
| US11722749B2 |
Systems and methods for providing content relevant to a quotation
Methods and systems are described for providing content, such as a movie, with dialogue including a quotation that was input. For example, using a voice search a viewer may input a quotation famous from a movie to find the original fil and related content. The methods and systems use a quotation engine in a digital device to receive an input including the quotation and access a plurality of content items that include dialogue. The quotation engine identifies a subset of content items that include dialogue similar to the input quotation. The quotation engine accesses metadata of each of the subset of content, ranks the subset based on predetermined criteria and the metadata, and provides the ranked subset of the plurality of content items for consumption. The quotation engine may use a graphical user interface to identify the earliest release, trending content, or the program best known for the quote. |
| US11722744B2 |
System and method for a self adaptive multi-user program guide
A programming access device such as, for example, a cable or satellite set top box (STB), a digital video recorder (DVR), a personal computer, and/or a digital media receivers automatically optimizes an order of content choices presented in a content listing, such as a program guide display, favorite channel display, and/or a recording listing display based on the past viewing and/or recording history of a current user. |
| US11722742B2 |
Method and graphic user interface for interactively displaying digital media objects across multiple computing devices
A method and a graphic user interface for displaying digital media objects and dynamically calculating their quality indicators. A first digital media object is displayed on a first computing device. A first user provides one of predefined inputs corresponding either to a positive or a negative response to the first digital media object. The quality indicator of the first digital media object is increased if the response is positive and decreased if the response is negative. The amount of increase or decrease is calculated based on a coefficient value associated with the first user. Subsequent responses to the first digital media object from other users impact the quality indicator of the first digital media object and, also, impact the coefficient value of the first user. Updated coefficient value of the first user is used to calculate impact of subsequent responses of the first user to other digital media objects. |
| US11722737B1 |
System, method, and program product for interactively prompting user decisions
The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented process for evaluating user activity, user preference, and/or user habit via one or more personal devices and providing precisely timed and situationally targeted content recommendations. It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a technological solution to the long felt need in small scale content recommendation systems caused by the technical problem of generating situationally targeted and user preference targeted content recommendations for users of an interactive electronic system. |
| US11722734B2 |
Ratings information
A system for content advisory ratings information. |
| US11722733B2 |
Systems and methods for generating a watch schedule and compressed content to complete a series before expiration
Systems and methods are described herein for generating a watch schedule and compressed series for a user for a series that is expected to become unavailable. Availability data indicating when a content series will become unavailable is received and compared to user progression habits. If the content series will become unavailable before the user will complete it, a watch schedule may be offered to the user. If the user subsequently falls behind on this watch schedule, a compressed version of the content series may be offered to the user. |
| US11722731B2 |
Integrating short-term context for content playback adaption
While an assistant-enabled device is playing back media content, a method includes receiving a contextual signal from an environment of the assistant-enabled device and executing an event recognition routine to determine whether the received contextual signal is indicative of an event that conflicts with the playback of the media content from the assistant-enabled device. When the event recognition routine determines that the received contextual signal is indicative of the event that conflicts with the playback of the media content, the method also includes adjusting content playback settings of the assistant-enabled device. |
| US11722728B2 |
Data processing method and device
A data processing method is applied to a digital interface, which includes: reading data cached by a data source, where the data source includes a video source and an auxiliary data source; outputting video data, if the video data cached by the video source is not empty, where when the video data is output, corresponding position marks are at start and end positions of a frame structure of the video data and at start and end positions of a row structure of the video data; and outputting auxiliary data, if the video data cached by the video source is empty, the auxiliary data cached by the auxiliary data source is not empty and the frame structure or the row structure of the video data has been output, where when the auxiliary data is output, corresponding position marks are at a start position and an end position of the auxiliary data. |
| US11722727B2 |
Special effect processing method and apparatus for live broadcasting, and server
The disclosure provides a special effect processing method for live broadcasting. A video stream is acquired. Positions of key points of a human body contained in each frame of the video stream are obtained. For each frame, positions of target key points contained in a virtual object template are adjusted based on the positions of the key points of the human body in the frame to obtain a target virtual object corresponding to the frame. The target virtual object corresponding to the frame and the frame of the video stream are fused to generate a target video stream. The target video stream is sent to the live broadcasting client and a user client. |
| US11722726B2 |
Television apparatus and display method
Disclosed are a television apparatus and a display method. The television apparatus includes a display configured to display an image, a communication interface configured to communicate with a mobile device and one or more servers, and a controller in connection with the display and the communication interface. The controller is configured to receive authentication information from a second server of the one or more servers, display the authentication information on the display of the display apparatus, receive a display request for displaying an item in actual physical size from the second server, and display the item in actual physical size on the display of the television apparatus. |
| US11722724B2 |
Set top/back box, system and method for providing a remote control device
A set top/back box and system and method for providing a remote control device are disclosed. In one embodiment, one or more wireless transceivers are located within a housing, which also interconnectively includes television input/output, a processor, and memory. The set top/back box may establish a pairing with a programmable device, such as a proximate wireless-enabled interactive handheld device having a touch screen display, whereby formatted parallel audiovisual experience instructions, including virtual buttons, may be transmitted to the programmable device for display on the touch screen display to create an experience parallel to the experience on the television. The set top/back box receives and processes virtual remote control functionality input instructions from the programmable device to control amenities associated with the set top/back box. |
| US11722720B2 |
Techniques for encoding a media title via multiple encoders
In various embodiments, a subsequence-based encoding application generates subsequences based on a source sequence associated with a media title. The subsequence-based encoding application then encodes both a first subsequence and a second subsequence across each of multiple configured encoders and at least one rate control value to generate, respectively, a first set of encoded subsequences and a second set of encoded subsequences. Notably, each configured encoder is associated with a combination of an encoder and a configuration, and at least two configured encoders are different from one another. Subsequently, the subsequence-based encoding application generates encoded media sequences based on the first set of encoded subsequences and the second set of encoded subsequences. Finally, the application selects a first encoded media sequence from the encoded media sequences based on a first target value for a media metric to subsequently stream to a first endpoint device during playback of the media title. |
| US11722717B1 |
Systems and methods for network-based adaptive uplink data transfer for large volume data
A network device may provide, to a content server device, an upload policy for uploading data, and may receive a notification indicating that the user device is attached to a network associated with a network identifier. The network device may receive a request identifying data to be uploaded by a user device to the content server device, and may determine a time window, a data size, and the network identifier associated with the upload policy and the network. The network device may determine whether the request complies with the time window, the data size, and the network identifier, and may determine whether a quantity of tokens associated with the network identifier is zero. The network device may provide, to the user device, a response indicating approval of the data to be uploaded, and may receive an indication that uploading the data is complete. |
| US11722715B2 |
Content-modification system with multiple video buffers feature
In one aspect, a method includes transmitting a request for supplemental content for use by a content-presentation device that is scheduled to perform a content-modification operation at a start-time and, in response to the request: receiving, into a first buffer of the content-presentation device, first supplemental content having a first video quality that is higher than or equal to a predefined threshold, and receiving, into a second, different buffer of the content-presentation device, second supplemental content having a second video quality lower than the predefined threshold. The method also includes within a predefined time period before the start-time, determining whether an entirety of the first supplemental content has been received into the first buffer. The method also includes based on the determination, selecting supplemental content from a set of supplemental content that includes the first and second supplemental content, and performing the content-modification operation using the selected supplemental content. |
| US11722713B2 |
Data processing device and data processing method
A data processing method is provided in which a transmission frame is received from a transmitting device. The transmission frame is based on a split stream for one of a plurality of channels and channel bonding signaling information. Further, the received transmission frame is processed. The channel bonding signaling information includes signature information that uniquely identifies the input stream, and the signature information is contained in a header of the transmission frame of a plurality of channels and transmits the split streams, for example. |
| US11722712B2 |
Source device, content providing method using the source device, sink device and controlling method of the sink device
A source device for transmitting content to a sink device is provided. The source device may include an interface configured to perform high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) authentication with the sink device, and a controller configured to determine an HDCP version supported by the sink device, convert the content so as to be encrypted in the HDCP version supported by the sink device in response to a determination that another HDCP version applied to the content is not supported by the sink device, encrypt the converted content in the HDCP version supported by the sink device, and control the interface to transmit the content to the sink device. |
| US11722711B2 |
System and method for data stream fragmentation
A method of data conditioning is disclosed that in one aspect includes receiving a data stream and encoding into the data stream information representing a boundary of a content fragment, wherein the boundary is independent of a group of pictures structure of the data stream. |
| US11722703B2 |
Automatic partition for cross blocks
In a representative aspect, a method for processing pictures includes segmenting a picture into one or multiple picture segments, determining that a first block of a picture segment covers at least one region that is outside a border of the picture segment, wherein a size of the first block is M×N pixels, selecting a second block of size K×L pixels and where (K≤M and L |
| US11722698B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
In image encoding, to raise the degree of concentration of coefficient energy (concentrate the transform coefficients at low frequencies), there is disclosed the application of a secondary transform different from a primary transform to the transform coefficients after the primary transform. Since the transform coefficients after multiple transforms are applied may be transformed to a different domain than the frequency domain with respect to the original image characteristics, bandwidth control using a scaling list for the frequency domain (quantization matrix) is affected. It is an object to provide a mechanism enabling bandwidth control using a scaling list. The present invention provides an image processing apparatus including a process control section that controls a scaling list process based on transform information related to a transform applied to a processing target block (information indicating whether or not a predetermined transform has been applied, information indicating the number of transforms, etc.). |
| US11722693B2 |
Prediction image generation device, moving image decoding device, and moving image coding device
Coding efficiency is improved. A motion compensation filter unit acts on a motion vector applied image obtained by acting a motion vector on a reference image. The motion compensation filter unit causes filter coefficients mcFilter[i][k] designated by a phase i and a filter coefficient position k to act on the motion vector applied image. The filter coefficients mcFilter[i][k] includes filter coefficients calculated by using filter coefficients mcFilter[p][k] (p≠i) and filter coefficients mcFilter[q][k] (q≠i). |
| US11722685B2 |
Simplified signaling method for affine linear weighted intra prediction mode
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry that decodes prediction information for a current block in a current picture that is a part of a coded video sequence. The prediction information indicates whether the current block is coded in affine linear weighted intra prediction (ALWIP). Responsive to the prediction information indicating that the current block is coded in ALWIP, the processing circuitry determines an ALWIP mode index irrespective of prediction modes of neighboring blocks adjacent to the current block, the ALWIP mode index indicating one of a plurality of ALWIP modes. The processing circuitry reconstructs the current block according to the one of the plurality of ALWIP modes. |
| US11722681B2 |
Video or image coding based on mapping of luma samples and scaling of chroma samples
According to the disclosure of the present document, the resources necessary for an LMCS process may be reduced by limiting the range that an LMCS APS occupies in all APSs. Thus, the degree of complexity in LMCS may be reduced, and video/image coding efficiency may be increased. |
| US11722680B2 |
Coding mode signaling for small blocks
An apparatus for video encoding includes processing circuitry that determines that a current block is not coded in an intra block copy (IBC) mode. Responsive to the determination that the current block is not coded in the IBC mode, the processing circuitry determines whether a size of the current block is greater than a threshold. The processing circuitry encodes a mode prediction flag into a coded bitstream based on the size of the current block being greater than the threshold. The mode prediction flag indicates whether the current block is coded in an intra prediction mode. |
| US11722677B2 |
Method and system for decoder-side intra mode derivation for block-based video coding
Systems and methods related to video encoding and decoding using decoder-side intra mode derivation (DIMD) are described. In an exemplary method of coding samples in a block in a video, an intra coding mode is selected based on a plurality of reconstructed samples in a template region adjacent to the block, and the samples in the block are predicted with intra prediction using the selected intra coding mode. The intra coding mode may be selected by testing a plurality of candidate intra coding modes for cost (e.g. distortion) of predicting the template region from a set of reconstructed reference samples. The mode with the lowest cost is used for prediction. In exemplary embodiments, explicit signaling of the intra mode is not required. |
| US11722676B2 |
Encoding and decoding using tiling
Video coding using tiling may include encoding a current frame by identifying a tile-width for encoding a current tile of the current frame, the tile-width indicating a cardinality of horizontally adjacent blocks in the current tile, identifying a tile-height for encoding the current tile of the current frame, the tile-height indicating a cardinality of vertically adjacent block in the current tile, and generating an encoded tile by encoding the current tile, such that a row of the current tile includes tile-width horizontally adjacent blocks from the plurality of blocks, and a column of the current tile includes tile-height vertically adjacent blocks from the plurality of blocks. Encoding the current frame may include outputting the encoded tile, wherein outputting the encoded tile includes including an encoded-tile size in an output bitstream, the encoded-tile size indicating a cardinality of bytes for including the encoded tile in the output bitstream. |
| US11722675B2 |
Sign prediction for multiple color components in video coding
An example method includes predicting, based on a plurality of color components of a block of video data coded using joint coding of chroma residuals (JCCR), a sign of a coefficient of a plurality of coefficients of a joint residual block of the block of video data; generating, for each respective color component of the plurality of color components and based on the plurality of coefficients of the joint residual block, coefficients of a respective residual block of a plurality of residual blocks; and reconstructing, based on the plurality of residual blocks, the block of video data. |
| US11722674B2 |
Cross-component adaptive loop filter using luma differences
A method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a video region of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, to correct chroma samples of the video region using a cross-component adaptive loop filter (CC-ALF) process based on filtering of luma sample differences; and performing the conversion based on the determining. |
| US11722672B2 |
Adaptively deriving rice parameter values for high bit-depth video coding
An example device for binarizing video data includes a memory configured to store video data; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: calculate a local sum of absolute values (locSumAbs value) of neighboring coefficients to a current coefficient of a current block of video data; derive a shift value from the locSumAbs value; normalize the locSumAbs value using the shift value; determine a Rice parameter using the normalized locSumAbs value; and binarize or inverse binarize the current coefficient using the Rice parameter. In this manner, these techniques may allow for more appropriate Rice parameter value selection when binarizing high bitdepth data in conjunction with performing context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC). |
| US11722669B2 |
Methods and apparatus for determining quantization parameter predictors from a plurality of neighboring quantization parameters
Methods and apparatus are provided for determining quantization parameter predictors from a plurality of neighboring quantization parameters. An apparatus includes an encoder for encoding image data for at least a portion of a picture using a quantization parameter predictor for a current quantization parameter to be applied to the image data. The quantization parameter predictor is determined using multiple quantization parameters from previously coded neighboring portions. A difference between the current quantization parameter and the quantization parameter predictor is encoded for signaling to a corresponding decoder. |
| US11722667B2 |
Geometric partitioning mode in video coding
A method of visual media processing, including: determining, fora conversion between a current video block of a visual media data and a bitstream representation of the visual media data, that a partitioning mode coding tool is disabled for the conversion based on a rule that depends on a dimension of the current video block; and performing the conversion based on the determining. |
| US11722666B2 |
Method for encoding and decoding images according to distinct zones, encoding and decoding device, and corresponding computer programs
A method and device for encoding an image divided into blocks. The image contains two separate zones. The method implements the following: only in the event where the current block pertains to one of the zones of the image: encoding the current block using a prediction, the current block being predicted using a previously encoded and then decoded block located in the other zone of the image, the blocks of the other zone having been previously encoded and then decoded, and encoding information indicating the application of the prediction; and for any decoded block pertaining to the other zone of the image, storing the decoded block data. |
| US11722662B2 |
Encoder that encodes a current block based on a prediction image generated using an interpolation filter
An encoder that encodes a current block to be encoded in an image is provided. The encoder includes: processor; and memory coupled to the processor, in which, in operation, the processor: generates a first prediction image based on a motion vector, the first prediction image being an image with full-pel precision; generates a second prediction image using an interpolation filter by interpolating a value at a fractional-pel position between full-pel positions included in the first prediction image; and encodes the current block based on the second prediction image, and in the using of the interpolation filter, the interpolation filter is switched between a first interpolation filter and a second interpolation filter differing in a total number of taps from the first interpolation filter. |
| US11722661B2 |
Method and apparatus for video coding
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and an apparatus for video decoding. In some embodiments, the apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry decodes at least one syntax element from a coded video bitstream. The at least one syntax element is indicative of a block size of a non-square block under reconstruction that has a rectangular shape. The block size includes a first size in a first dimension and a second size in a second dimension. The first size is different from the second size. The processing circuitry predicts a sample of the non-square block based on a first set of intra prediction directions for the non-square block. The first set of intra prediction directions does not include at least one of a second set of intra prediction directions for a square block. |
| US11722656B2 |
Method for output layer set mode
A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for coding video data. Video data including a current picture and one or more other pictures is received. A first flag corresponding to whether the current picture is referenced by the one or more other pictures in a decoding order is checked. A second flag corresponding to whether the current picture is output; is checked. The video data is decoded based on values corresponding to the first flag and the second flag. |
| US11722653B2 |
Multi-pass add-on tool for coherent and complete view synthesis
An embodiment of an image processor for immersive video includes technology to re-order patches from a plurality of views based on one or more of relative position and orientation related information for a desired synthesized view, select a set of views to be used in each view synthesis pass, perform two or more view synthesis passes for the synthesized view to provide two or more intermediate view synthesis results, and mask and merge the two or more intermediate view synthesis results to provide a final view synthesis result. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. |
| US11722652B2 |
Method and system for multi-wavelength depth encoding for three- dimensional range geometry compression
A method for generating encoded depth data includes receiving digital fringe projection (DFP) data corresponding to a three-dimensional structure of a physical object, and generating first and second fringe encodings for a first predetermined wavelength based on the DFP data at a first coordinate. The method further includes generating third and fourth fringe encodings for a second predetermined wavelength based on the DFP data at the first coordinate, the second wavelength being longer than the first wavelength, and generating a combined fringe encoding based on the third fringe encoding and the fourth fringe encoding. The method further includes storing the first, second, and combined fringe encoding data in a pixel of two-dimensional image data at a pixel coordinate in the two-dimensional image data corresponding to the first coordinate. |
| US11722647B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle imaging control method, unmanned aerial vehicle imaging method, control terminal, unmanned aerial vehicle control device, and unmanned aerial vehicle
An imaging control method for an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) includes receiving a video capturing instruction from a control terminal, determining, based on an imaging scene, a combined action mode, and capturing a video based on the combined action mode. The combined action mode includes a plurality of action modes, the plurality of action modes are different from each other, and the plurality of action modes include at least one of a type of the plurality of action modes, an arrangement order of the plurality of action modes, a flight trajectory of each of the plurality of action modes, a composition rule for the each of the plurality of action modes, or a flight duration of the each of the plurality of action modes. |
| US11722644B2 |
Live cataract surgery video in phacoemulsification surgical system
A Phacoemulsification surgical system provides a live video feed from a camera that is attached to a surgical microscope. The live video feed is shown as part of a graphical user interface (GUI) of phacoemulsification surgical console either in a picture in picture or a full-screen format. The video feed is either static or displayed on-demand as needed during a surgical procedure. The displaying of a live video feed directly on the phacoemulsification surgical console allows for surgical assistants to interact with the live video feed and phacoemulsification surgical system parameters and/or GUI controls without having to refocus on an external object between near and far distances. |
| US11722642B2 |
Machine-vision system and method for remote quality inspection of a product
A machine-vision system for monitoring a quality metric for a product. The system includes a controller configured to receive a digital image from an image acquisition device. The controller is also configured to analyze the digital image using a first machine-vision algorithm to compute a measurement of the product. The system also includes a vision server connected to the controller, and configured to compute a quality metric and store the digital image and the measurement in a database storage. The system also includes a remote terminal connected to the vision server, and configured to display the digital image and the quality metric on the remote terminal. |
| US11722641B2 |
Digital image inference system with enhanced privacy protection
A system for inferring features in a digital image includes a vision sensor for capturing and optically encrypting an image of a visual scene so as to shroud any human-perceivable features contained therein. An image interpreter in communication with the vision sensor is programmed to recognize and classify features in the encrypted image without prior decryption, thereby ensuring the privacy of any subjects depicted therein. The vision sensor is encoded with a calibration key that applies a unique transformation function to optically encrypt the captured image. The image interpreter is permitted access to the calibration key and applies a convolutional network constructed using the calibration key, a source convolutional network, and a set of private layer keys in order to infer features in the encrypted image without prior decryption. For applications requiring enhanced privacy protection, the inference output produced by the image interpreter remains encrypted but available for further feature detection. |
| US11722640B2 |
Application processing method for providing group video call
An application processing method for providing a group video call and a terminal for performing a group video call are disclosed. The application processing method of providing a group video call may include executing a group video call comprising a plurality of participants, based on a number of the participants, displaying views corresponding to the participants by pagination, based on a predetermined action of a first participant whose view is not displayed on a predetermined page of a plurality of pages generated by the pagination, selecting one of participants whose view is displayed on the predetermined page as a second participant, and displaying the views by swapping a position of the view corresponding to the selected second participant and a position of the view corresponding to the first participant. |
| US11722637B2 |
System and method for a timed one-on-one video conference call
A computer-implemented method for a timed one-on-one video conference call between a host and a guest, the video conference call presenting a shared conference call interface including a status bar defining a question portion and an answer portion, the computer-implemented method initiating a timer that defined a preset total time for the conference call and updating the status bar to progress through the question portion and the answer portion according to the timer, and a digital curtain that transitions across the shared conference call interface signaling the end of the video conference call when the timer reaches the preset total time. |
| US11722635B2 |
Processing device, electronic device, and method of outputting video
Provided are a processing device, an electronic device, and a method of outputting a video. The processing device includes a pull-down cadence detector configured to receive an input video stream generated by pulling down raw data from an external device, detect a pull-down cadence format indicating a rate at which the raw data is pulled down based on the input video stream, and output detection result information; and a pull-down cadence controller configured to output an output video stream having a second frame rate that is an integer multiple of a first frame rate of the raw data, based on the input video stream and the detection result information. |
| US11722628B2 |
Information processing apparatus and nonvolatile storage medium
An information processing apparatus (10) for evaluating the chromatic discriminability of content includes: a unit (S12) that converts the color space values of each of first and second verification points A and B on the content into Lab color space values; a unit (S13) that calculates the color difference and the lightness difference between the first and second verification points based on the Lab color space values; and a unit (S23, S24) that determines color-difference discriminability by comparing the color difference between the first and second verification points with a color-difference threshold, and determines lightness-difference discriminability by comparing the lightness difference between the first and second verification points with a lightness-difference threshold. Each of the color-difference threshold and the lightness-difference threshold is set to a value that depends on whether a region containing the first verification point and a region containing the second verification point are adjoining or not. |
| US11722627B2 |
Information processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium
An information processing apparatus includes a processing section that generates preview data for a preview of a print image by using raster data obtained by performing RIP processing on image data, and a storage section that stores the preview data, in which the image data has a spot color region represented by using a plurality of colors including at least one spot color as a region corresponding to one pixel of the preview data, and when a color replacement of the at least one spot color is performed, the processing section records a color value using an output color of the color replacement in the one pixel. |
| US11722626B2 |
Designated region projection printing
A system determines an object-design for a three-dimensional model of an object. The object-design may exhibit a design continuity. The system breaks the object-design in to spatial patterns corresponding to the discrete surfaces making up the outward surface of the object. The system then generates flattened patterns by projecting the spatial patterns into a two-dimensional plane. The system prints the flattened patterns on to designated regions of material sheets in an orientation that preserves the design continuity of the object-design. The regions may be extracted from the sheets and then joined at their edges to form a cover for object that exhibits the continuity of the object design. |
| US11722620B2 |
Information processing system and method of controlling information processing system
An image forming apparatus includes at least one first processor and at least one first memory coupled to the first processor and having stored thereon instructions, when executed by the first processor, and cooperating to act as a determination unit configured to determine whether a password set to the image forming apparatus is an initial password, a lock function setting unit configured to enable a lock function preventing the setting of the image forming apparatus from being changed with an operation unit or an operation screen of the image forming apparatus, and a control unit configured to perform control so that a screen of a setting to operate the image forming apparatus via a client terminal is not displayed in response to the password being the initial password as the password. |
| US11722616B2 |
Control device, startup method, and electric apparatus
A control device includes a processor and a first storage portion. The processor executes a control process based on data stored in a main memory. The first storage portion stores a first memory image related to the main memory after a process of starting-up an operating system by the processor is completed. The control device loads the first memory image into the main memory if the operating system is started up. |
| US11722611B2 |
Image forming system capable of remotely operating image forming apparatus, image forming apparatus, and remote operation program
An image forming system includes a mobile terminal apparatus and an image forming apparatus. The mobile terminal apparatus displays a captured image of an operation panel of the image forming apparatus, extracts from the captured image, in response to a user operation on the captured image, an operation partial image including an operation part designated by the user operation, and transmits operation partial image data indicating the operation partial image to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus identifies the operation part corresponding to the operation partial image data received from the mobile terminal apparatus, and executes an action corresponding to the identified operation part. |
| US11722609B2 |
Operation receiving apparatus, control method, image forming system, and recording medium that perform print setting based on voice and manual operations
An apparatus includes: a display; and a controller that: causes the display to display a plurality of operation items that can be instructed by a user, receives an instruction by a voice operation with respect to at least one of the operation items, and receives an instruction by a manual operation with respect to at least one of the operation items. The display displays a first operation item identifiable from the remaining operation items, and the first operation item can be instructed by a user voice. |
| US11722608B2 |
Maintenance support device, maintenance support method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
A maintenance support device includes a memory that stores data of a maintenance manual that describes a first maintenance work to be performed to resolve a failure of an image processing apparatus, and a processor configured to acquire, and store in the memory, work result information corresponding to a second maintenance work that has been performed to resolve the failure of the image processing apparatus, and generate additional information based on the acquired work result information and store in the memory the additional information in association with the data of the maintenance manual. |
| US11722607B2 |
Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium
An information processing apparatus comprising a processor executing a control program configured to authenticate a user. The processor further configured to transmit an action instructing signal for issuing an instruction to perform an action to a portable device at plural radio wave output intensities selectively, via wireless communication, wherein the portable device has been associated with the user in advance. The processor further configured to detect a status change of the portable device, for at least one of the plural radio wave output intensities. The processor further configured to determine, when the action instruction signal is transmitted at the at least one of the plural radio wave output intensities and based on the change of the status corresponds to the action instructed by the action instruction signal, whether or not the user is holding the portable device that is associated with the user in advance. |
| US11722604B2 |
Image inspection apparatus, image inspection method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for indicating areas to be inspected and areas exempt from inspection
An image inspection apparatus is provided to allow a user to check a really-inspected area. The image inspection apparatus includes an image scanning unit to scan an image on a paper, an abnormality detector to determine whether or not a printing result is normal based on the image scanned by the image scanning unit, a storage unit to store information on an area to be inspected by the abnormality detector, and a display processor to indicate the area to be inspected by the abnormality detector in the image scanned by the image scanning unit. |
| US11722601B2 |
Content coded zip tones for agents and conference call participants, and user-adjustable tone attribute
Providing zip tones for a call includes receiving, by a computer of a contact center, a call-related event for the call; generating, by the computer of the contact center, one zip tone from among a plurality of different zip tones based on the call-related event, wherein the one zip tone is indicative of one or more attributes of the call-related event that are different than other call-related events; transmitting, by the computer of the contact center, the one zip tone to a device associated with a call participant of the call; and requesting, by the computer of the contact center, customization instructions for one or more of the plurality of different zip tones |
| US11722597B2 |
Dynamically providing safe phone numbers for responding to inbound communications
A system and method for dynamically providing safe call back numbers to use to respond to an inbound communication, the method comprising parsing message records from a message server, analyzing the message records for untrustworthy phone numbers by comparing content of the message records to a reference data set that is retrieved from a database, the reference data set including genuine and fraud data wherein the genuine and fraud data includes entities and contact information corresponding to the entities, determining untrustworthy phone numbers in the message records from the analysis, and generating remedy actions based on the determination of the untrustworthy phone numbers. |
| US11722595B2 |
Systems and methods for processing calls
Methods and systems are described for authenticating calls. An example method may comprise receiving a message indicative of a call request. Header data associated with the message may be analyzed to determine an attestation value. A signature may be generated based on the attestation value. A signed message comprising the signature and at least a portion of the message may be sent. |
| US11722594B2 |
Mobile service information display method and apparatus, mobile service information server and system, and terminal
Disclosed are a mobile service information display method, a mobile service information server and system, which can avoid a waste of resources of the mobile service information system. The method includes: determining mobile service information according to obtained location information of a mobile terminal at a current moment and obtained location information of the mobile terminal within preset duration prior to the current moment; and sending the determined mobile service information to the mobile terminal for display. |
| US11722591B2 |
Smartphone case with separate computer hardware for recording private health-related data
New peripheral device cases and methods of use are provided. In some embodiments, specialized hardware for acquiring personal health data is provided within a smartphone case. In some such embodiments, a case with squeezable sections is provided, configured to monitor pressure applied by a user and record a user's grip strength. In some embodiments, optical sensors are provided which monitor and assess a user's behavior while extrapolating user statuses based on behavior. For example, a new form of transparent pixel array is provided over the screen of a smartphone held within a case, and records both visual data and user input related to the screen, while permitting normal actuation of the smartphone screen through the transparent pixel array. In some embodiments, data is secured and managed within separate computer hardware within a case, and shared with a smartphone held within it, and/or with a network, upon obtaining user consent. |
| US11722589B2 |
Rapid ledger consensus system and method for distributed wireless networks
A computing device functions as a member of a distributed database system implemented using a wireless network. A member version of a chain graph is stored at the computing device. The chain graph includes events created by the computing device and events received through the wireless network from other computing devices that are members of the distributed database system. The computing device determines if it is a member of a voting committee that comprises only a subset of the computing devices that are members of the distributed database system. When the computing device is a member of a voting committee, it participates in a distributed consensus algorithm with other members of the voting committee using the wireless network to define an order of the events in the chain graph and stores that order as a new event in the member version of the chain graph. |
| US11722586B2 |
Assembly type edge system
This application relates to an assembly type edge system. In one aspect, the edge system includes M protocol modules connected to and interworked with the at least one interworking target device according to a specified interworking protocol, and a collection module configured to collect a collection data set of a specified collection data structure through at least one protocol module. The system may also include P processing modules configured to generate n (1≤n≤N) pieces of data to be transmitted to a specified higher-level system, and S structuring modules configured to generate a transmission data set by structuring a data group including the n pieces of data. The system may also include T communication modules configured to apply a specified communication protocol to the transmission data set, and transmit the transmission data set to a specified higher-level system, and a control module configured to control one or more of the modules. |
| US11722583B2 |
System and method for asset management and integration
A system for communicating and managing messaging between a source system and a destination system including a publisher module, a topic module that receives the message from the publisher module and including one or more subscription modules, a queue module that receives the message from the topic module, a success queue module, an error queue module, and a subscriber module that receives the message from the queue module, then decompresses, decrypts, calculates the check sum, then prepares the message for transmission to the destination system and transmits the message to the destination system. |
| US11722581B2 |
Mechanisms for an intelligent service layer request abstraction service
Systems and methods are described herein to automate managing of service layer operations comprised of multiple elementary operations and offloading the burden of performing such multi-step operations from a requesting entity to the service layer. A Request Abstraction Service (RAS) is described herein for the autonomous execution of such multi-step operations. Methods and apparatuses are also described herein for a service layer framework for integrating generic and functional user interfaces as services managed by the SL on behalf of requesting entities. |
| US11722579B2 |
Dependency management for shared data objects in a database system
Techniques are disclosed relating to managing dependencies between shared data objects in a database system. In various embodiments, a data storage system may maintain a function cache that is operable to store functions that are accessible to one or more applications hosted by a server system. In response to a request to invalidate a first data type utilized by one or more of these functions, various embodiments may include accessing an inverted index that specifies a mapping between data types and corresponding functions, stored in the function cache, which depend on those data types. Using the inverted index, various embodiments include identifying a set of functions that depend on the first data type and invalidating the set of functions in the function cache such that the set of functions are no longer accessible by the applications. |
| US11722577B2 |
Proxying TCP fingerprints
In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for an automated proxying TCP fingerprints comprises: receiving, at a proxy server, a request from a source host, to establish a first communications connection between the source host and a destination host; establishing, by the proxy server, a second communications connection between the source host and the proxy server; determining a plurality of fingerprint values specific to the source host; establishing by the proxy server, using at least the plurality of fingerprint values specific to the source host, a third communications connection between the proxy server and the destination host; facilitating, by the proxy server, communications between the source host and proxy server via the second communications connection and between the proxy server and the destination host via the third communications connection. |
| US11722572B2 |
Communication platform shifting for voice-enabled device
A system allowing user/system interaction sessions on voice-enabled computing devices (VECDs) to be shifted from a voice-based interface to a non-voice-based (such as a text/web-based) interface. Accordingly, easy and convenient data input, receipt and recognition is provided in a manner that is not likely to frustrate users, that accommodates a broad range of data needs, and/or that avoids confidentiality issues associated with the use of voice input and data security issues associated with the storage of medical/health or other sensitive data. The system recognizes a platform-shifting command via a voice-based interface, gathers any required information (such as a telephone number or e-mail address) for continuing the communications session on another platform, and then sends a text/email/other message including a URL/hyperlink usable to initiate a communications session on a different communications platform and continue a voice-based interaction session on a non-voice-based communications platform. |
| US11722568B2 |
Methods providing dynamic NEF tunnel allocation and related network nodes/functions
Methods are provided to operate an SMF node. A request to create a session for a wireless device is received. A communication establishment request is transmitted to an NEF node responsive to receiving the request to create the session for the wireless device, wherein the communication establishment request includes UPF node information for a tunnel between a UPF node and the NEF node to be used for the session for the wireless device. A communication establishment response is received from the NEF node, wherein the communication establishment response includes NEF node information for the tunnel between the UPF node and the NEF node to be used for the session for the wireless device. A tunnel information update is transmitted to the UPF node after receiving the communication establishment response, wherein the tunnel information update includes the NEF node information for the tunnel between the UPF node and the NEF node. |
| US11722565B1 |
System and method for non-disruptive migration of software components to a public cloud system
One embodiment of the invention features a system that includes a first virtual appliance and a second virtual appliance that support a transfer of content between an on-premises network and a public cloud network. Deployed as part of the on-premises network, the first virtual appliance translates a network address assigned to the content stored within a first non-transitory storage medium, which is associated with on-premises host residing within a first subnetwork of the on-premises network, to a temporary address associated with a second subnetwork. Deployed as part of the public cloud network, the second virtual appliance translates the temporary address back to the network address. The content, such as a software instance, is stored within a second non-transitory storage medium of the public cloud network with a network address identical to the network address used when stored within the first non-transitory storage medium pertaining to the on-premises network. |
| US11722563B2 |
Decentralized and distributed continuous replication system for moving devices
A replication system for data of mobile devices is disclosed. The data of a mobile device is uploaded to stations in an area. Metadata associated with the objects is stored in a centralized or decentralized system. The metadata can be accessed to identify the stations storing the device's objects and the data of the mobile device can then be retrieved from the stations and reconstructed. |
| US11722561B2 |
DTLS/SCTP enhancements for RAN signaling purposes
A method at a first node for encoding a message for secure transmission to a second node comprising. The method includes receiving the message for transmission to the second node and fragmenting the message into a plurality of fragments, wherein each fragment is of a selected size. The method further includes encoding separately each fragment of the plurality of fragments using Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS), combining DTLS encoded fragments into a Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) message, and transmitting the message as a plurality of DTLS encoded fragments in the SCTP message to the second node. |
| US11722558B2 |
Server-side resource monitoring in a distributed data storage environment
Apparatus and method for performing real-time monitoring of server-side resources required to satisfy a client-side request in a distributed data storage environment, such as in a cloud computing or HPC (high performance computing) network. A client device is configured to issue a service request to carry out a service application associated with one or more server nodes. A request scheduler forwards the service request from the client device to a selected server node associated with the service request. A service log accumulates entries associated with data transfer operations carried out by the server node responsive to the service request over each of a succession of time periods. A service monitor accumulates, for each of the succession of time periods, information associated with the data transfer operations. A monitor tool aggregates the cumulative information to provide an indication of server-side resources utilized to satisfy the service request. |
| US11722555B2 |
Application control method and apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium
This application relates to an application control method performed by an electronic device. The method includes: running a native application and a sub-application nested in the native application in the electronic device; transmitting an object creation instruction to the native application when the sub-application detects an operation request for a target multimedia content, the object creation instruction including parameter information corresponding to a native object to be created, and the native object being used for performing operation on the target multimedia content in the sub-application; transmitting the object calling instruction to the native application in response to determining the native object created by the native application to enable the native application to call the native object and execute a function code of the native object; and receiving an execution result returned by the native application, and performing corresponding operation on the target multimedia content according to the execution result. |
| US11722550B2 |
Sharing an input device between remote desktops of multiple client devices
An input device is shared between a first remote desktop having a first display image, which is displayed on a first display of a first client device, and a second remote desktop having a second display image, which is displayed on a second display of a second client device. Upon detecting that an input pointer of the input device currently displayed within the first display image on the first display, is moved across an edge of the first remote desktop that corresponds to a virtual boundary between the first remote desktop and the second remote desktop, instructions are issued to a first remote computing device that is hosting the first remote desktop to discontinue receiving inputs made with the input device and a second remote computing device that is hosting the second remote desktop to begin receiving inputs made with the input device. |
| US11722549B2 |
Method and apparatus of CoAP support for IoT streaming devices in a media scene description system
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatus for accessing a Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) server in a media scene description system. A CoAP request can be sent, by a media access function (MAF) of processing circuitry implementing the media scene description system using an application programming interface (API), to the CoAP server to request a media resource. The MAF can be configured as a CoAP client or a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)-CoAP proxy. A CoAP response can be received, by the MAF using the API, from the CoAP server. In an example, the CoAP response includes the requested media resource. In an embodiment, the MAF is compatible with both the CoAP request according to a CoAP communication protocol and a proxy request according to an HTTP communication protocol. |
| US11722548B2 |
Smart link generation
In a method for generating at least one smart link, a plurality of destination digital resources is received. At least one smart link is generated based on the plurality of destination digital resources, wherein the at least one smart link provides configurable access to the plurality of destination digital resources in response to an interaction with the at least one smart link. |
| US11722545B2 |
Systems and methods for adaptively improving the perceived quality of a video conference by passive users
A device may include a processor configured to monitor a user of a video conferencing application. The processor may be further configured to determine that the user corresponds to a passive user based on the monitoring; switch a setting for the video conferencing application for the user from real-time video to video streaming, in response to determining that the user corresponds to a passive user; generate a delay between receiving content via the video conferencing application and playing the content by the video conferencing application, wherein the delay progressively increases from no delay to a particular delay value over a time period, in response to switching the setting for the video conferencing application for the user from real-time video to video streaming; and play the received content using the video conferencing application based on the generated delay. |
| US11722535B2 |
Communicating with a user external to a virtual conference
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for communicating with a user external to a virtual conference. The program and method provide, in association with designing a room for virtual conferencing, an interface for configuring an external communication element to communicate with an external user; receive, via the interface, an indication of first user input for setting properties for the external communication element; provide, in association with virtual conferencing for the room, the external communication element in the room based on the properties; receive an indication of second user input selecting the external communication element; and provide, in response to receiving indication of the second user input, for communication with the external user based on the properties. |
| US11722524B2 |
Dynamic event securitization and neural network analysis system
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a dynamic event securitization and neural network analysis system. A dynamic event inspection and securitization computing platform comprising at least one processor, a communication interface, and memory storing computer-readable instructions may securitize event data prior to authorizing execution of the event. A neural network event analysis computing platform comprising at least one processor, a communication interface, and memory storing computer-readable instructions may utilize a plurality of event analysis modules, a neural network, and a decision engine to analyze the risk level values of data sharing events. The dynamic event inspection and securitization computing platform may interface with the neural network event analysis computing platform by generating data securitization flags that may be utilized by the neural network event analysis computing platform to modify event analysis results generated by the event analysis modules. |
| US11722523B2 |
Solution management systems and methods for addressing cybersecurity vulnerabilities
Solution management systems and methods are presently disclosed that enable receiving, compiling, and analyzing vendor solutions, determining the vendor solutions that address a target vulnerability of a client network and/or client devices, determining additional vulnerabilities of the client network and/or client devices that the vendor solutions address, and selecting a vendor solution to remediate the target vulnerability. The presently disclosed systems and methods also enable scoring, risk evaluation, and additional metrics to facilitate determining the vendor solution(s) that have the largest impact and/or benefit to the various vulnerabilities of the client network and/or client devices. |
| US11722518B2 |
System for providing enhanced cryptography based response mechanism for malicious attacks
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for providing enhanced cryptography based response mechanism for malicious attacks. The system is configured for generating one or more tracker seeds, storing the one or more tracker seeds in at least one entity system associated with an entity, identifying a malicious event associated with data in the at least one entity system, in response to identifying the malicious event, identifying an encryption algorithm and a key for the malicious event based on the one or more tracker seeds, and decrypting the data in the at least one entity system based on the encryption algorithm key pair. |
| US11722516B2 |
Using reputation to avoid false malware detections
A variety of techniques are disclosed for detection of advanced persistent threats and similar malware. In one aspect, the detection of certain network traffic at a gateway is used to trigger a query of an originating endpoint, which can use internal logs to identify a local process that is sourcing the network traffic. In another aspect, an endpoint is configured to periodically generate and transmit a secure heartbeat, so that an interruption of the heartbeat can be used to signal the possible presence of malware. In another aspect, other information such as local and global reputation information is used to provide context for more accurate malware detection. |
| US11722514B1 |
Dynamic vulnerability correlation
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for performing dynamic vulnerability correlation suitable for use in enterprise information technology (IT) environments, including vulnerability filtering, patch correlation, and vulnerability paring. According to one disclosed embodiment, a method of vulnerability filtering includes attempting to execute vulnerability scanning rules according to a specified order in a rule hierarchy, and depending on the type of the rule hierarchy and on whether the attempt was successful, not executing additional rules in the rule hierarchy. In another disclosed embodiment, a method of patch correlation includes executing vulnerability scanning rules based on a correlation associations including, if a particular vulnerability is detected, then not executing other correlated scanning rules for a particular software patch. In another disclosed embodiment, a method of vulnerability paring includes defining a plurality of patch milestones for a software product and scanning a target computer for vulnerabilities associated with a current installed patch. |
| US11722510B2 |
Monitoring and preventing remote user automated cyber attacks
Aspects of the disclosure relate to monitoring virtual desktops accessed by devices at remote locations using machine-learning models to mitigate potential cyber-attacks. In some embodiments, a computing platform may monitor data associated with a series of activities from a virtual desktop accessed by a remote computing device. Subsequently, the computing platform may detect new activity data on the virtual desktop accessed by the remote computing device, and evaluate the new activity data relative to the data associated with the series of activities, wherein evaluating includes applying a machine learning model to the new activity data. Based on evaluating the new activity data, the computing platform may determine if the new activity data is indicative of a potential cyber-attack. In response to determining that the new activity data is indicative of a potential cyber-attack, the computing platform may initiate one or more security response actions. |
| US11722506B2 |
Methods, systems, and devices for dynamically modeling and grouping endpoints for edge networking
Various embodiments described herein disclose an endpoint modeling and grouping management system that can collect data from endpoint computer devices in a network. In some embodiments, agents installed on the endpoints can collect real-time information at the kernel level providing the system with deep visibility. In some embodiments, the endpoint modeling and grouping management system can identify similarities in behavior in response to assessing the data collected by the agents. In some embodiments, the endpoint modeling and grouping management system can dynamically model groups such as logical groups, and cluster endpoints based on the similarities and/or differences in behavior of the endpoints. In some embodiments, the endpoint modeling and grouping management system transmits the behavioral models to the agents to allow the agents to identify anomalies and/or security threats autonomously. |
| US11722495B2 |
Operator action authentication in an industrial control system
Operator actions and/or other commands or requests are secured via an authentication path from an action originator to a communications/control module or any other industrial element/controller. In implementations, an industrial control system includes an action authenticator configured to sign an action request generated by the action originator. The destination communications/control module or any other industrial element/controller is configured to receive the signed action request, verify the authenticity of the signed action request, and perform a requested action when the authenticity of the signed action request is verified. |
| US11722489B2 |
Management of shared authentication credentials
Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for management and usage of shared authentication credentials. The method includes one or more processors updating usage information associated with an authentication credential with a media access control address (MAC address) that corresponds to a computing device that corresponds to using the authentication credential. The method further includes one or more processors receiving a login request that includes the authentication credential from a computing device. The method further includes one or more processors fetching a MAC address of the computing device that sent the login request. The method further includes one or more processors validating the authentication credentials and the MAC address. |
| US11722485B2 |
Method and system for integrating voice biometrics
Systems and methods for determining whether a voice biometrics credential provides a reliable mechanism for authenticating a user are provided. The method includes receiving at least one set of voice data from the user; determining, based on the received at least one set of voice data, a value of at least one parameter that corresponds to a user-specific voice biometrics credential; obtaining at least one user-specific item of information; accessing at least one business rule that relates to the user; and determining, based on the at least one set of voice data, the at least one user-specific item of information, and the at least one business rule, whether the user-specific voice biometrics credential is usable for authenticating the user. |
| US11722481B2 |
Multiple identity provider authentication system
Methods and systems for authentication using multiple identity providers are described herein. A first identity provider may receive, e.g., from a second identity provider, an indication of an authentication request. The first identity provider may retrieve, from a storage device, session information associated with the request. The first identity provider may authenticate, using one or more first functions, based on the session information, and based on authentication credentials received from a user, the user. Based on the authentication, the first identity provider may modify the session information. The second identity provider may authenticate, based on the session information and using one or more second functions, the user. The one or more second functions may comprise providing the user a token based on the session information. The session information may be subsequently deleted. |
| US11722479B2 |
Security key device, security authentication system, and security authentication method
A security key device, a security authentication system, and a security authentication method are provided. The security key device includes a communication module, a security processing unit, and a processing unit. The security processing unit executes an authentication module, a bridge module, and a management module. The authentication module is configured to operate according to a Fast IDentity Online protocol. The management module is configured to operate according to a Public Key Infrastructure protocol. The authentication module receives through the communication module an input command provided based on the Fast IDentity Online protocol by a web authentication module of a browser executed by an electronic device. According to a header of the input command, the authentication module determines that the input command is used to be executed by the authentication module or used to access the management module through the bridge module. |
| US11722478B1 |
Multitiered interfacing architecture
A system and method provide access to a remote resource locally by requesting content from an original address and receiving a first requested content and a first redirect uniform resource locator in response. The first redirect uniform resource locator reroutes the navigation from the original address requested to a redirect destination address that serves an access token. The system and method unlock access to a second application programming interface in response to validating the access token served by the redirect destination address and receives a second requested content and a second redirect uniform resource locator in response to transmitting the access token to the original address. The second redirect uniform resource locator transfers a user to an environment residing at an address different from the original address and the redirect destination address. |
| US11722477B2 |
Automated renewal of certificates across a distributed computing security system
A system for data processing, comprising a plurality of data processing systems, each associated with a user and having an anchor certificate, a proxy system operating on a processor and configured to determine whether an expiration associated with the anchor certificate for each data processing system is within a predetermined time of expiration and a certificate expiration monitor operating on the processor and configured to generate a certificate signing request in response to the determination that the expiration associated with the anchor certificate for each data processing system is within the predetermined time of expiration. |
| US11722476B2 |
Workflow service back end integration
Disclosed are various approaches for workflow service back end integration. In some examples, a hosting location is identified for a connector that handles communications with a network service. Authentication information that is selected based on the hosting location of the connector is appended to a service request. The authentication information includes a service credential that the connector uses to authenticate with the network service, if the connector is hosted locally to the workflow service. The authentication information includes instructions for the connector to retrieve the service credential from an enterprise-hosted data store, if the connector is hosted external to the workflow service. The service request is then transmitted with the selected authentication information. |
| US11722475B2 |
Federated login with centralized control
In some examples, a centralized management system comprises a central management console including a federated login system embedded in the centralized management system. The federated login system includes at least one processor configured to perform operations in a method of federated login and authorization allowing a user of the centralized management system to manage connected clusters or products without performing an individual cluster or product login. |
| US11722473B2 |
Communication between a communication device and a network device
A communication device of a communication network receives, via a network, a challenge, generates a first Diffie Hellman, DH, parameter, a first verification code for the first DH parameter, forwards the challenge or a derivative thereof to an identity module, receives at least one result parameter as response from the identity module, determines, based on the result parameter, whether the first DH parameter is authentic, and if the first DH parameter is authentic, generates and sends a second DH parameter to the network device for session key generation based on the first DH parameter and the second DH parameter. |
| US11722470B2 |
Encrypted data according to a schema
A producer system may insert an encrypted value in a field in a message, where the message is associated with a schema that specifies a public key used to encrypt the encrypted value of the field and further specifies a type of an unencrypted form of the encrypted value, insert one or more unencrypted values in one or more fields in the message, and send the message to an external computing system. A consumer system may receive the message, determine, based at least in part on the public key specified by the schema, a private key associated with the public key, and decrypt, using the private key, the encrypted value of the field into the unencrypted form of the encrypted value. |
| US11722468B1 |
Optimized messaging in a mesh network
A method including determining, by a first device in communication with a second device and a third device in a mesh network, a first instant message to be transmitted to the second device and a second instant message to be transmitted to the third device, the first instant message and the second instant message including instant messaging (IM) information; encrypting, by the first device, the first instant message based at least in part on utilizing a symmetric key negotiated between the first device and the second device and the second instant message based at least in part on utilizing a symmetric key negotiated between the first device and the third device; and selectively transmitting, by the first device, the encrypted first instant message over a first meshnet connection and the encrypted second instant message over a second meshnet connection. Various other aspects are contemplated. |
| US11722467B2 |
Secured communication from within non-volatile memory device
An apparatus includes a non-volatile memory (NVM) device coupled to a host, the NVM device including a processing device to: receive a communication packet from a server via the host computing system that is coupled to the NVM device and communicatively coupled to the server, the communication packet comprising clear text data that requests to initiate secure communications; perform a secure handshake with the server, via communication through the host computing system, using a secure protocol that generates a session key; receive data, via the host computing system, from the server within a secure protocol packet, wherein the data is inaccessible to the host computing system; authenticate the data using secure protocol metadata of the secure protocol packet; optionally decrypt, using the session key, the data to generate plaintext data; and store the plaintext data in NVM storage elements of the NVM device. |
| US11722464B2 |
Symmetric account authentication
A method for symmetric authentication is provided. This method includes generating a first challenge message containing a first string; encrypting the first challenge message; transmitting the encrypted first challenge message to a second device; receiving a first answer message from the second device; decrypting the first answer message; and authenticating the second device based on determining the decrypted first answer message contains the first string. Upon successful authentication of the second device, the method further includes receiving an encrypted second challenge message from the second device; decrypting the encrypted second challenge message; generating a second answer message containing a second string; encrypting the second answer message; and transmitting the encrypted second answer message to the second device. |
| US11722460B2 |
Network manageability techniques for intelligent connectivity
Systems and systems for implementing network manageability techniques that enable intelligent connectivity are described. In an embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: determine that a rule prescribed by a connectivity policy is satisfied by context information collected by the IHS, and, in response to the determination, change at least one of: a wireless communication channel, a protocol, or a network configuration used by the IHS to connect to a wireless docking station. |
| US11722459B1 |
Cumulative sum model for IP deny lists
In an example aspect, a method includes receiving a plurality of login attempts from a network address over a length of time, querying log data to determine, for the network address, an average number of login failures of the plurality of login attempts over the length of time, calculating a failure rate metric based on the average number of login failures, determining that the failure rate metric exceeds a reference number of login failures for the length of time, the reference number of login failures based on a historical average number of login failures for the length of time, and based in part on the determining, adding the network address to a system deny list. |
| US11722457B2 |
Secure multi-tenant cloud subscription sharing
The disclosed techniques improve the efficiency and functionality of cloud services by providing a system for sharing individual subscriptions among multiple tenants. A cloud service provider utilizes a location-based manager to retrieve a pool of subscriptions from a cloud platform. Individual subscriptions within the pool can define a set of cloud resources for a resource unit such as a server farm. The location-based manager can assign one or multiple subscriptions for a resource unit to share amongst multiple tenants. In this way, security boundaries between individual tenants can be maintained while also dramatically reducing the number of subscriptions a cloud service provider must manage. In addition, by assigning subscriptions at the granularity of resource units rather than tenants, the location-based manager can enhance the security of the cloud platform by creating a logical zone about individual resource units to serve as an additional security boundary. |
| US11722453B2 |
Name composition assistance in messaging applications
A method includes identifying, at an electronic device a candidate name responsive to user input indicating a salutational trigger during composition of a body of a message of a messaging application. Identifying the candidate name including at least one of: parsing a recipient-specific portion of a recipient message address of the message; parsing a display name associated with the recipient message address; parsing a content of the message body; parsing an attachment name associated with an attachment field of the message; identifying the candidate name from a contact record selected from a contacts database based on a recipient-specific portion of a recipient message address of the message; and parsing user-readable content of an application from which composition of the message was triggered. The method further includes facilitating composition of a recipient name in the body of the message based on the candidate name. |
| US11722452B2 |
Retention model management for chat conversations
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a method for managing chat conversation retention models. The method may include causing display of an interface that enables a user to select one of multiple retention models for association with an electronic chat conversation, and receiving, via the selector interface, a selection of a particular retention model. The retention model specifies an amount of time that each individual message in the electronic chat conversation is accessible upon being read by a receiving user. The method further includes storing a newly received message as part of the chat conversation, where the storing includes configuring a retention duration attribute for the message in accordance with the amount of time specified by the retention model. The method further includes erasing the message in accordance with the retention duration attribute. |
| US11722451B2 |
Distributing event messages from a first service to additional services using a message store
Techniques are provided for distributing event messages from a first service to additional services using a message store. One method comprises obtaining, by a first service, from a second service, messages associated with the second service, wherein the second service provides a given message, comprising information related to a given event associated with the second service, to the first service in response to an occurrence of the given event; and providing, by the first service, the messages to a message store, wherein each message is published on the message store, and wherein at least one additional service consumes one or more of the published messages on the message store. The message store may comprise a sequential message queue implemented using an event streaming platform. The plurality of messages may also be stored in a data store that supports access (e.g., query access) by the at least one additional service. |
| US11722443B1 |
Techniques for media item display configuration
Techniques for media item display configuration are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a media management component operative to retrieve a plurality of contact-associated media items associated with a plurality of contacts for a user account associated with a messaging client by a messaging system; retrieve an engagement score for each of the plurality of contacts; and order the plurality of contact-associated media items based on the engagement score for each of the plurality of contacts; and a user interface component operative to receive a mixed-contact media display interface invocation in the messaging client for the messaging system; and display the plurality of contact-associated media items in a mixed-contact media display interface according to the ordering of the plurality of contact-associated media items. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US11722440B2 |
Visual design of a conversational bot
A visual bot designer displays a user interface that has a visual authoring canvas and a property pane. It can also have a serialized file display pane. A user can provide authoring inputs on any of the user interfaces, and the visual bot designer computing system generates and displays updates on the other parts of the user interface. |
| US11722430B2 |
Technologies for context-aware dynamic bandwidth allocation
Technologies for context-aware dynamic bandwidth allocation include a network compute device configured to collect context inputs from a plurality of compute devices communicatively coupled to the network compute device. The network compute device is further configured to identify a context of each compute device based on the collected context inputs and determine a bandwidth priority for each compute device based on the identified context. Additionally, the network compute device is configure to determine an amount of bandwidth from a total available bandwidth to allocate to the compute device based on the determined bandwidth priority and update a moderated bandwidth allocation policy to reflect the determined amount of bandwidth allocated to the compute device. Other embodiments are described herein. |
| US11722425B2 |
Data packet deleting method, device and storage medium
Embodiments of the present application provide a data packet deleting method, a device and a storage medium, the method includes: when a protocol layer entity of a sender receives an SDU from a higher layer, determining a QoS flow to which the SDU belongs; when the QoS flow to which the SDU belongs is a first QoS flow, the protocol layer entity starts a first discard timer, or the protocol layer entity selects a reference timer from the first discard timer and a second discard timer (a discard timer with DRB granularity), and starts the reference timer; when the first discard timer expires, or, when the reference timer expires, the protocol layer entity deletes the SDU and a PDU corresponding to the SDU. |
| US11722424B2 |
Execution of a command within a conditional command received in a data packet
A mechanism is disclosed for implementing conditional commands carried by network data packets. A data flow including a data packet is received. The data packet includes a conditional command. A condition and a command are obtained from the conditional command. The mechanism determines that the condition is satisfied. Based on the determination that the condition is satisfied, the command is executed to alter handling of the data flow, alter handling of the data packet, or alter a context for the data flow. |
| US11722422B2 |
Systems and methods for managing streams of packets via intermediary devices
Virtual application and desktop delivery may be optimized by supplying application metadata and user intent to the device between a client and a server hosting resources for the delivery. The data packets used to deliver the virtual application or desktop may be also tagged with references to the application. By supplying the metadata and tagging packets with the metadata, an intermediary network device may provide streams of data packets at the target QoS. In addition, the device may apply network resource allocation rules (e.g., firewalls and QoS configuration) for redirected content retrieved by the client out of band relative to a virtual channel such as the Internet. The network resource allocation rules may differ for different types of resources accessed. The device may also control a delivery agent on the server to modify communication sessions established through the virtual channels based on network conditions. |
| US11722410B2 |
Policy plane integration across multiple domains
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for interconnecting SDWANs through segment routing. A first SDWAN and a second SDWAN of a SDWAN fabric can be identified. A segment routing domain that interconnects the first SDWAN and the second SDWAN can be formed across a WAN underlay of the SDWAN fabric. Data transmission between the first SDWAN and the second SDWAN can be controlled by performing segment routing through the segment routing domain formed between the first SDWAN and the second SDWAN. |
| US11722409B2 |
Inter-tunneling endpoint (inter-TEP) overlay forwarding
The disclosure provides an approach for deploying an software defined networking (SDN) solution for overlay routing of traffic on a host with colocated a workload virtual machine (VM), addressable on an overlay network and VM addressable on an underlay network. An overlay interceptor in a hypervisor of the host can intercept traffic from a virtual switch and route the traffic to destination VM. The overlay interceptor can route the traffic directly, without the traffic exiting the host. A fast path can be created for the routing. |
| US11722408B1 |
Service chaining among devices of interconnected topology
An example data center system includes server devices hosting data of a first tenant and a second tenant of the data center, network devices of an interconnected topology coupling the server devices including respective service virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) tables, and one or more service devices that communicatively couple the network devices, wherein the service devices include respective service VRF tables for the first set of server devices and the second set of server devices, and wherein the service devices apply services to network traffic flowing between the first set of server devices and the second set of server devices using the first service VRF table and the second service VRF table. |
| US11722397B2 |
Reliability estimation system and reliability estimation method
Provided are a reliability estimation system and a reliability estimation method capable of reducing a calculation amount of a reliability of a plurality of networks between terminals in communication between the terminals over the plurality of networks. The reliability estimation system according to the present invention calculates, for each network, a contraction reliability Rx, a contraction reliability Rx′ when nodes are contracted, and a contraction reliability RB′ between the networks including the terminals, and a true value of the reliability between the terminals over the plurality of networks is between a product P1 (=RB′ Rx) and a product P2 (=RB′ Rx′). Instead of calculating the true value of the reliability, only an upper limit and a lower limit are calculated, and thus, it is possible to significantly low additional remark the calculation amount. |
| US11722394B2 |
Method and system for implementing high availability (HA) web application firewall (WAF) functionality
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing firewall functionalities, and, more particularly, to methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing high availability (“HA”) web application firewall (“WAF”) functionalities. In various embodiments, a first computing system might monitor network communications between a client and a server providing access to software applications, and might determine whether latency has been introduced as a result of at least one first WAF container having been launched and whether any introduced latency exceeds a predetermined threshold, each first WAF container being tuned to a corresponding software application and protecting the software application from network attacks. Based on a determination that latency has been introduced and based on a determination that the introduced latency exceeds the predetermined threshold, one or more second WAF containers may be launched, each being tuned to the corresponding software application. Subsequently, any unused or underutilized WAF containers may be decommissioned or deleted. |
| US11722392B2 |
Network adapter node performance detection method and apparatus, device, and readable medium
A network adapter node performance detection method, includes: creating corresponding path test messages based on a plurality of ports of a node to be tested respectively, and sending the corresponding path test messages to a test node by means of the plurality of ports; receiving a path test message returned by the test node, and determining whether a port corresponding to the received path test message is consistent with a receiving port; in response to the fact that the port corresponding to the received path test message is consistent with the receiving port, sending a plurality of performance detection messages to the test node by means of the port; and receiving a performance detection message returned by the test node, and recording a performance parameter of the node to be tested to evaluate a state of the node to be tested. |
| US11722382B2 |
Managing data center resources to achieve a quality of service
In accordance with some embodiments, a cloud service provider may operate a data center in a way that dynamically reallocates resources across nodes within the data center based on both utilization and service level agreements. In other words, the allocation of resources may be adjusted dynamically based on current conditions. The current conditions in the data center may be a function of the nature of all the current workloads. Instead of simply managing the workloads in a way to increase overall execution efficiency, the data center instead may manage the workload to achieve quality of service requirements for particular workloads according to service level agreements. |
| US11722381B1 |
Method and system for building potential wireless access node based on software-and-hardware separation techniques
A system and a method for building a potential wireless access node based on software-and-hardware-separation techniques are provided. The system includes first and second electronic devices. The first electronic device includes a host and a software-defined radio device. The method includes configuring the host to: set a target application, a target operating system, a target hardware platform and a target radio platform to serve as a target combination; download an executable file corresponding to the target combination from the second electronic device or establish the executable file corresponding to the target combination; in response to the executable file corresponding to the target combination being downloaded or established, execute the executable file corresponding to the target combination, and determine whether the software-defined radio device complies with a radio standard specification of the target application, and to take the first electronic device as the potential wireless access node. |
| US11722377B2 |
Coordinated startup routine for control devices of a network
A control device may be configured to form a network at a unique coordinated startup time. The control device may identify a role assigned to the control device in a previously-formed network that the control device was attached to. The control device may determine a unique coordinated startup time for the control device based on the role assigned to the control device in the previously-formed network. The control device may initiate a network formation procedure at the unique coordinated startup time for the device. For example, the network formation procedure may cause the control device to attach to another control device in the network. The network formation procedure is configured to enable the control device to assume the role assigned to the control device in the previously-formed network in the new network. |
| US11722376B2 |
Execution of a topology
A method of executing a topology includes deriving executable logic from the topology. The method of executing the topology further includes, with an LCM engine, executing the topology based on the executable logic. |
| US11722371B2 |
Utilizing unstructured data in self-organized networks
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for optimizing user experience by utilizing at least one self-organizing network (SON) is provided. The present invention may include generating one or more predictions associated with one or more optimizations for a plurality of unstructured data associated with one or more combined data sets. The present invention may then include transferring the generated one or more predictions associated with the one or more optimizations to at least one SON controller. The present invention may further include implementing the one or more optimizations to an antennae signal to determine a relationship with the implemented one or more optimizations and the plurality of unstructured data. |
| US11722363B2 |
Exchange management apparatus, exchange management method, and program
A replacement management apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect, for both a communication apparatus to be replaced and a communication apparatus for replacement, communication speeds of physical ports used for connection, in units of communication apparatuses that are connection destinations, and a replacement determination unit configured to derive, for both the communication apparatus to be replaced and the communication apparatus for replacement, a communication capacity that is a sum of the communication speeds for each of the communication apparatuses that are connection destinations, and determine, for all of the communication apparatuses that are connection destinations, in a case in which the communication capacity of the communication apparatus for replacement is equal to or greater than the communication capacity of the communication apparatus to be replaced, that the communication apparatus to be replaced is replaceable with the communication apparatus for replacement. |
| US11722359B2 |
Drift detection for predictive network models
A method, computer system, and computer program product are provided for detecting drift in predictive models for network devices and traffic. A plurality of streams of time-series telemetry data are obtained, the time-series telemetry data generated by network devices of a data network. The plurality of streams are analyzed to identify a subset of streams, wherein each stream of the subset of streams includes telemetry data that is substantially empirically distributed. The subset of streams of time-series data are analyzed to identify a change point. In response to identifying the change point, additional time-series data is obtained from one or more streams of the plurality of streams of time-series telemetry data. A predictive model is trained using the additional time-series data to update the predictive model and provide a trained predictive model. |
| US11722357B2 |
Method to dynamically change connectivity of virtual network function (VNF) and physical network function (PNF) instances in new radio (NR) networks
Embodiments of a Network Manager (NM), a (NFVO), and methods of communication are disclosed herein. The NM may transfer, to the NFVO, an update NS request message to update the NS instance based on the new NSD. The NM may encode the update NS request message to include: an nsInstanceID parameter that identifies the NS instance, and an updateType parameter that indicates a type of update for the NS instance. One value of “AssocPnfWithPnfProfile” for the updateType parameter may indicate a request to associate the PNF of the NS instance with a new or updated PNF profile indicated by the new NSD. Another value of “AssocVnfWithVnfProfile” for the updateType parameter may indicate a request to associate the VNF of the NS instance with a new or updated VNF profile indicated by the new NSD. |
| US11722356B2 |
Enabling integration of solutions with software-defined networking platform
Certain embodiments described herein are directed to a method of receiving information associated with a service provided by a management plane for managing a remote network. The method, in one example, includes registering, at an adapter container, with a data store or an entity within a service instance of a service deployment associated with a service within a software-defined networking environment associated with the remote network, wherein the service is provided for managing a remote network, and wherein registering with the data store or the entity causes the data store or the entity to send information associated with the service instance to the adapter when information is available. The method also includes receiving, at the adapter container, information from the data store or the entity. The method also includes transforming the information from a first format to a second format. The method also includes transmitting the information to an endpoint. |
| US11722353B2 |
Enhancements to support HST-SFN deployment scenario
A device, such as a UE, and a Transmit and Receive Point (TRP) in a High-Speed Train-Single Frequency Network (HST-SFN) are disclosed that provide network-assisted frequency-offset compensation for the device. The device includes a receiver that receives a first reference signal and a second reference signal sent over a wireless network from a first TRP. The first reference signal corresponds to a QCL RS of the second reference signal. The device receiver determines delay-spread and average-delay information for a path between the first TRP to the device based on the first reference signal. The device receiver further receives a third reference signal from a second TRP that includes Doppler-shift and Doppler-spread information, and corresponds to a QCL RS of a fourth reference signal transmitted from the second TRP or corresponds to the second reference signal transmitted in a SFN manner from the first TRP. |
| US11722352B2 |
Configurability and signaling for half-tone shift
Described is an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with an Evolved Node-B (eNB) on a wireless network. The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry, a second circuitry, and a third circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to process a configuration transmission carrying a half-tone shifting indicator. The second circuitry may be operable to select one or more subcarrier frequencies for Uplink (UL) transmission based on the half-tone shifting indicator. The third circuitry may be operable to generate a UL transmission for the one or more subcarrier frequencies. The half-tone shifting indicator may have a first value indicating application of a half-subcarrier offset, and a second value indicating no application of the half-subcarrier offset. |
| US11722351B2 |
Interference mitigation for full-duplex communication
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described to enable base station and a user equipment (UE) to mitigate interference when using full-duplex communications. For example, a base station communicating with a UE via full-duplex communications may indicate for the UE to align the time of its uplink transmissions with the time the UE receives downlink transmissions. Additionally or alternatively, the base station may indicate a timing alignment window for the UE, where the window may consist of an allowed time period the UE may use to select a time to begin uplink transmissions. In some examples, the base station may select a cyclic prefix for full-duplex communications, where the cyclic prefix may be longer than a cyclic prefix used for other communications. Further, the base station may select uplink frequency and downlink frequency bands separated by a defined guard band for full-duplex communications. |
| US11722350B2 |
Systems and methods for synchronize word correlation
Systems and methods for synchronize word correlation. The methods comprise: obtaining first values that each indicate a likelihood or probability that a respective timeslot in a symbol timing window of a carrier wave is meant or expected to include energy; multiplying, by the correlator, the first values respectively by correlation coefficients to produce a plurality of products (wherein at least one of the correlation coefficients comprises a negative coefficient value); generating a correlation value by combining the products together; determining whether a synchronization word has been detected with a given amount of likelihood based on the correlation value; and causing symbol timing synchronization at a receiver when a determination is made that the synchronization word has been detected with the given amount of likelihood based on the correlation value. |
| US11722343B1 |
Resolver integral demodulation using zero crossing points
Examples described herein provide a method that includes storing, in a first buffer associated with a first ADC of a DSP, resolver sine values collected from first, second, and third resolvers. The method further includes storing, in a second buffer associated with a second ADC of the DSP, resolver cosine values collected from the first, second, and third resolvers. The method further includes storing, in a third buffer associated with a third ADC of the DSP, resolver excitation values collected from the first, second, and third resolvers. The method further includes determining a midpoint value of the resolver excitation values, determining a sine amplitude based at least in part on the resolver sine values and the midpoint value, and determining a cosine amplitude based at least in part on the resolver sine values and the midpoint value. The method further includes identifying a quadrant of a resolver position. |
| US11722341B2 |
Continuous time linear equalization and bandwidth adaptation using peak detector
Methods and systems are described for asynchronously measuring an equalized information signal to obtain amplitude information, modifying frequency dependent parameters of a continuous-time linear equalization (CTLE) component of the signal path, determining a correlation between CTLE parameters and signal amplitude, and adjusting, responsive to the correlation, a continuous-time linear equalization (CTLE) code of a CTLE to adjust equalization of the equalized information signal. |
| US11722338B2 |
Terminal apparatus, content transmission method, and content playback system
A terminal apparatus includes by way of a gateway apparatus that performs communication with an in-vehicle apparatus capable of playing back a content through a CAN bus, a first communication section that transmits command information for changing a mode of the in-vehicle apparatus to the in-vehicle apparatus, and a second communication section that transmits content data to the in-vehicle apparatus. |
| US11722327B2 |
Controller area network controller and transceiver
A Controller Area Network, CAN, transceiver comprising: two terminals for coupling to a CAN bus; a transmitter arrangement configured to transmit signalling on the bus based on transmit data, the transmitter arrangement configured to drive the bus to a dominant state or recessive state based on the transmit signal; an impedance control device; a signalling detector to determine the length of time the transmit data comprises a logic zero prior to a transition to a logic one state and: based on the length of time being longer than a predetermined threshold, provide for control of an output impedance by the impedance control device in accordance with a first scheme; and based on the length of time being shorter than said predetermined threshold, provide for one of: control of said output impedance in accordance with a second scheme; and no control of the output impedance by the impedance control device. |
| US11722326B2 |
Powered device (PD) detection device
A powered device (PD) detection device is configured to identify a type of power sourcing equipment. The PD detection device includes a detection circuit and a processing circuit, and the detection circuit is connected to the processing circuit. The detection circuit is configured to: receive hierarchical waveform information sent by the power sourcing equipment, and generate a corresponding first-type signal or a corresponding second-type signal based on the hierarchical waveform information, and is further configured to send the first-type signal or the second-type signal to the processing circuit, where the first-type signal corresponds to first-type power sourcing equipment, and the first-type power sourcing equipment includes at least one of non-standard power sourcing equipment and a direct current adapter. The processing circuit is configured to: receive the first-type signal or the second-type signal, and determine the type of the power sourcing equipment based on the first-type signal or the second-type signal. |
| US11722318B2 |
Message transmission methods and apparatuses
This specification provides a message transmission methods and apparatuses. One method includes: receiving a digital certificate sent by each blockchain node of a plurality of blockchain nodes in a blockchain relay communication network, wherein the digital certificate comprises identity information of each blockchain node of the plurality of blockchain nodes and a network identifier of a blockchain network of the blockchain relay communication network that comprises a corresponding blockchain node of the plurality of blockchain nodes; verifying that a digital signature of the digital certificate is authentic based on a public key of a certification authority (CA) issuing the digital certificate; and recording a mapping relationship between the identity information of each blockchain node of the plurality of blockchain nodes and the network identifier. |
| US11722317B2 |
System and method for obtaining a signed certificate
A computer-implemented method comprises sending, to a first device, a request for a signed certificate, the request for the signed certificate comprising a signed hash of data associated with a user, a corresponding public key of the user, and the data associated with the user; sending, to a second device different from the first device, a request for the signed certificate, the request comprising information to retrieve the signed certificate; and obtaining, from the second device, a signed certificate, the signed certificate comprising the public key of the user, the hash of the data associated with the user, and information indicating a health status of the user, the data associated with the user being absent from the signed certificate. |
| US11722315B2 |
Factory data storage and recovery
Systems and methods for storing and recovering data for a device are described. In one embodiment, factory generated calibration data can be generated, sealed and restored securely even if two sensors in two different devices, such as a first ambient light sensor and a second ambient light sensor have the same sensor identifier. In one embodiment, a device transmits a database key to cause storage or recovery of the calibration data, and the database key includes a sensor identifier and a public cryptographic key of the device. |
| US11722311B2 |
Methods and systems for enhanced endpoint identity validation in electronic transactions
Methods and systems are disclosed for merchant system identity validation. One method comprises generating, by an access management system, a primary key associated with an integrator system and transmitting the primary key to the integrator system. The access management system may also generate a hash value associated with a merchant system, and may transmit the hash value to the merchant system. When a payment transaction is initiated at the merchant system, the access management system may receive an authorization request comprising a key-hash pair. The key-hash pair may be validated against a validation database. Upon successful validation, the access management system may transmit the authorization request to an acquirer processor. |
| US11722310B2 |
Automatically discovering and securely identifying connected systems
Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for automatically discovering and securely identifying connected systems are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes discovering a set of one or more systems connected via at least one network using one or more domain name server (DNS) service discovery techniques; identifying at least one of the one or more systems of the discovered set by processing cryptographic data associated with at least a portion of the one or more systems using one or more digest access authentication techniques; and performing one or more automated actions based at least in part on the at least one identified system. |
| US11722304B2 |
Secure digital information infrastructure
An authentication and encryption computer system is disclosed including processing devices, a network interface, and a data store. The authentication and encryption system is configured to maintain in the data store content common to a plurality of entities and content independently specified by each of the plurality of entities. The system is configured to receive a content request from an application executing on a mobile device, the content request comprising a secure access code corresponding to an entity, and the content request encrypted by the mobile device. An interface, comprising the content common to the plurality of entities, is customized to include content independently specified by the entity, wherein the content independently specified by the entity comprises a token value. A user request for an item presented via the interface is received and the token value is transferred to the entity. |
| US11722299B1 |
Spatially-bound cryptographic storage
Embodiments of the present invention include a computer program product, a computer-implemented method, and a system, where program code executing on one or more processors (on a client) obtains, from a host within a secure environment, data stored on the host. To obtain the data, the processor(s) establishes a communications connection to a computing resource in the secure environment and authenticates to the computing resource to obtain a key. The processor(s) intercepts the data, encrypts the data, with the key, and stores the encrypted data on a buffer accessible to the client. |
| US11722290B2 |
Method and apparatus for modulus refresh in homomorphic encryption
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for modulus refresh, where the method for modulus refresh of a ciphertext in homomorphic encryption includes receiving a first ciphertext corresponding to a first modulus, generating a second ciphertext by performing a blind rotation on the first ciphertext, and generating a target ciphertext corresponding to a second modulus greater than the first modulus based on the first ciphertext and the second ciphertext. |
| US11722286B2 |
Control channel resource configuration method, base station, and terminal device
Embodiments of this application provide a control channel configuration method, a base station, and a terminal device. The method includes: determining, by a base station, a configuration of a time-frequency resource unit from at least two configurations of a time-frequency resource unit of a control channel; and sending, by the base station, indication information to a terminal device, where the indication information is used to indicate the configuration of the time-frequency resource unit, and the at least two configurations of a time-frequency resource unit include a first configuration and a second configuration. In the embodiments of this application, the base station can flexibly configure the time-frequency resource unit of the control channel. In addition, flexibly configuring a time-frequency resource unit can reduce a probability that time-frequency resource units of different structures are blocked, thereby reducing complexity of detecting the control channel by the terminal device. |
| US11722282B2 |
Method and system for dynamic ACK/NACK repetition for robust downlink MAC PDU transmission in LTE
A method and apparatus for dynamic acknowledgement repetition for a downlink medium access control packet data unit transmission ‘MAC PDU’ requiring multiple acknowledgements, the method having the steps of: receiving the downlink MAC PDU requiring multiple acknowledgements; and utilizing a differentiating factor and acknowledgement scheme, sending the multiple acknowledgements. |
| US11722281B2 |
PUCCH structure for mixed numerology
There is disclosed a user equipment for a Radio Access Network. The user equipment is adapted for communicating utilizing a first transmission timing structure having a first number of symbols, and for communicating utilizing a second transmission timing structure comprising a second number of symbols. The user equipment further is adapted for receiving first signaling based on the first transmission timing structure and for transmitting acknowledgement signaling pertaining to the first signaling based on the second transmission timing structure, wherein the user equipment is adapted to start transmitting the acknowledgement signaling at a starting symbol of the second transmission timing structure, the starting symbol being determined based on a configuration of the user equipment. |
| US11722278B2 |
Quasi-colocation indication after downlink transmission
Quasi-colocation (QCL) indication is discussed after downlink transmission. In the management of multiple transmission-reception point (TRP) downlink transmissions, a second indication of a QCL assumption for a particular downlink transmission may be transmitted to receiving user equipment (UEs) after transmission of the downlink transmission. Once a TRP passes a listen before talk (LBT) procedure in a first time interval, it may send a first downlink control information (DCI) with indication of a first QCL assumption for the transmission in the first time interval. The TRP then transmits the downlink transmission intended for part of the multi-TRP downlink transmission. Upon receiving an indication that another of the TRPs was unsuccessful in its part of the multi-TRP transmission, the TRP may transmit a second DCI in a subsequent time interval with adjustments to the QCL assumption for the UEs to use in processing the downlink transmission from the first time interval. |
| US11722276B2 |
Search space monitoring
A wireless device monitors search spaces by receiving an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing, OFDM, symbol in a downlink slot. The OFDM symbol is included in a control-resource set, CORESET, of resource elements configured to carry control information. The CORESET is associated with at least one property. The wireless device identifies at least one first property of the at least one property of the CORESET. Then, the wireless device monitors at least one particular search space for a control message related to the wireless device based on the identified at least one first property of the CORESET. |
| US11722273B2 |
Calculation of downlink positioning reference signal (PRS) symbol duration for PRS buffering purposes
Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives at least one positioning reference signal (PRS) resource from a reference transmission-reception point (TRP) and one or more neighboring TRPs, and processes the at least one PRS resource during a time window, wherein a length of the time window is less than or equal to an integer number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of the at least one PRS resource that the UE is capable of processing, buffering, or both within the time window. |
| US11722272B2 |
Method and device in a node used for wireless communication
Present disclosure discloses method and device in a node used for wireless communication. A first node receives a first information block and a first signaling; and operates a first signal. The first information block is used for determining M first-type indexes out of N first-type indexes; the M first-type indexes are used for determining M1 information elements out of N1 information elements, and for determining M2 information elements out of N2 information elements; the first signaling comprises scheduling information of the first signal, and a first information element is used for determining Rx/Tx parameters of the first signal; when the operating is receiving, the first signaling indicates the first information element out of the M1 information elements; when the operating is transmitting, the first signaling indicates the first information element out of the M2 information elements. The above method streamlines beam management and improves the performance of uplink data transmission. |
| US11722269B2 |
Compressing user data transmitted between a lower layer split central unit and a radio unit using bitmap representations
A method for transmitting user data from a lower-layer split central unit (LLS-CU) to a radio unit (RU) in a network node of a wireless communication system for transmission by the RU over a wireless interface includes mapping reference symbols to be transmitted by the RU to resource elements to provide mapped data. The mapped data including the references symbols is compressed using a bitmap representation of the mapped data to obtain compressed data. The compressed data is transmitted from the LLS-CU to the RU. |
| US11722260B2 |
HARQ codebook acknowledgement signaling for radio access networks
There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network. The method includes transmitting acknowledgement signaling according to a HARQ codebook at a second HARQ transmitting occasion, the HARQ codebook indicating first acknowledgement information, the first acknowledgement information pertaining to first data signaling scheduled to be received by the user equipment before a first HARQ transmitting occasion that occurred earlier in time than the second HARQ transmitting occasion. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods. |
| US11722259B2 |
Hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process when using sidelink for retransmission
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for sidelink assisted retransmissions, in which a first UE obtains first data intended for a second UE by decoding a first transmission of the first data targeting the second UE, receives signaling indicating the first UE is to retransmit the first data to the second UE, and retransmits the first data to the second UE, via a sidelink, in response to the signaling. |
| US11722251B2 |
Data transmission method and device
Provided are a data transmission method and device. The method includes that a terminal sends uplink data in a grant-free manner, detects grant information within a target time window and generates a detection result, the grant information being used for indicating configuration information about a data transmission channel, and the terminal determines, according to the detection result, whether to repeatedly send the uplink data. The embodiments of the present invention facilitate the reduction of a data transmission delay and improve the efficiency, intelligence and stability of data transmission. |
| US11722250B2 |
Uplink repetition enhancement
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform methods for enhancing uplink (UL) repetitions for an associated transport block. A user equipment device (UE) may be configured to transmit an indication of cancellation of remaining UL repetitions to a network, e.g., to a network entity, such as a base station, e.g., based, at least in part, on monitored channel conditions. Additionally, a network, e.g., a network entity such as a base station, may be configured to transmit an indication of cancellation of remaining UL repetitions to a UE, e.g., based on successful reception of the associated transport block. |
| US11722248B1 |
Cloud communication for an edge device
Methods and systems of managing data transfers in a fixture. One system includes fixtures comprising: a communication interface; and a processor configured to optimize download efficiency by: receiving, from a remote device via the communication interface, a file comprising a plurality of data blocks, wherein each of the plurality of data blocks comprise a unique cyclical redundancy check (CRC) value and a payload; determining, for each of the plurality of data blocks, a check value based on a polynomial division of the respective payload; determining an error in at least one of the plurality of data blocks based on a comparison between each of the respective CRC values and the respective check values; and providing, to the remote device via the communication interface, a request for retransmission of each of the at least one of the plurality of data blocks with the determined error. |
| US11722247B2 |
Method and apparatus for channel encoding and decoding in communication or broadcasting system
A pre-5th-generation (pre-5G) or 5G communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-generation (4G) communication system, such as long term evolution (LTE) is provided. A channel encoding method in a communication or broadcasting system includes identifying an input bit size, determining a block size (Z), determining a low density parity check (LDPC) sequence to perform LDPC encoding, and performing the LDPC encoding based on the LDPC sequence and the block size. |
| US11722246B2 |
Search space configuration with CORESET identifier
Provided herein are method and apparatus for channel coding in the fifth Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) system. An embodiment provides an apparatus for a Next Generation NodeB (gNB), including circuitry, which is configured to: generate Downlink Control Information (DCI) payload for a NR-Physical Downlink Control Channel (NR-PDCCH); attach Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) to the DCI payload; mask the CRC with an Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) using a bitwise modulus 2 addition operation, wherein the number of bits for the RNTI is different from the number of bits for the CRC; and perform polar encoding for the DCI payload with the masked CRC. |
| US11722242B2 |
Message transmission method and device
A message transmission method and device relating to the field of communications technologies are described that improve an anti-interference capability in message transmission. The method includes generating a scrambling code according to a scrambling code initialization seed, wherein the scrambling code initialization seed meets the following expression: cinit=R·2a7+P·(nf mod k+1)·2b7 and then scrambling a message according to the scrambling code. The method further includes sending the scrambled message to a terminal on a physical downlink shared channel. Because the first time parameter has different values at at least two different moments, scrambling codes determined at the at least two corresponding different moments are different. Therefore, a possibility at which the base station uses a same scrambling code to scramble a same system message repeatedly in a time period is reduced, so that an anti-interference capability in system message transmission is improved. |
| US11722238B2 |
Method and apparatus for mapping and de-mapping in an optical transport network
Methods and apparatuses for mapping processing and de-mapping processing in an optical transport network are provided. A Low Order Optical Channel Data Unit (LO ODU) signal is mapped into a payload area of an Optical Channel Data Tributary (ODTU) signal in units of M bytes. M is equal to the number of time slots of a High Order Optical Channel Payload Unit (HO OPU) that are to be occupied by the ODTU signal, and M is an integer larger than 1. Overhead information is encapsulated to an overhead area of the ODTU signal. Thereafter, the ODTU signal is multiplexed into the HO OPU. According to the application, an efficient and universal mode for mapping the LO ODU to the HO OPU is provided. |
| US11722235B2 |
Optical branch insertion device and optical branch insertion method
The present invention is to provide an optical add/drop multiplexing device capable of realizing a configuration in which many transponders can be connected at low cost.An optical add/drop multiplexing device 30A includes branch function units 34a to 34d connected to each of WSSs 22a to 22d connected to respective routes 1 to D having a plurality of optical fibers and dropping optical signals having a plurality of wavelengths among the optical signals having the respective wavelengths transmitted by wavelength division multiplexing. The optical add/drop multiplexing device includes C-function units 35a to 35d configured to transmit the optical signals branched by the branch function units 34a to 34d to a plurality of transponders. The optical add/drop multiplexing device includes optical couplers 36a to 36d each connected between a set of K WSSs 22c and 22d each having 1 input and M outputs and one of the branch function units 34a, K being a number of 2 or more, the number of optical couplers being equal to or greater than a positive integer obtained by dividing a numerical value D(M−D) by K, the numerical value being obtained by multiplying the number (M−D) of optical signals dropped by each of the WSSs 22c and 22d by the number D of all of the WSSs 22a to 22d. The optical coupler 36a couples optical signals of different wavelengths dropped by a set of WSSs into one optical signal and outputs the coupled optical signal to the branch function unit 34a. |
| US11722232B2 |
Encapsulating electromagnetic propagation model features to create composable prediction models
A method for encapsulating electromagnetic propagation model features to create composable prediction models includes obtaining electromagnetic (EM) impediment data for a geographical area. The method also includes dividing the geographical area into a plurality of tiles. Each tile of the plurality of tiles includes a geometric shape that encompasses a distinct non-overlapping portion of the geographical area. For each tile of the plurality of tiles, the method also includes determining one or more composable EM attenuation values for EM signals propagating through the distinct non-overlapping portion of the geographical area encompassed by the tile using the EM impediment data and caching the one or more composable EM attenuation values determined for the corresponding tile. |
| US11722231B2 |
Signal signature detector and classifier
A Drone Detection System (DDS) listens passively to the Radio Frequency (RF) spectrum for a monitored area. If a drone-like signal is detected, the system alerts for the existence of a drone in the monitored area. This detection system may consist of multiple interconnected software and/or hardware-modules. Each module is responsible for extracting a certain physical feature (i.e., physical layer features) of the received signal (e.g. duty-cycle, bandwidth, power, center frequency, envelope in the time and frequency domains, type of modulation, frame size, etc.). The modular design of the system makes it easier to expand by adding more modules that can measure more physical features of the received signal. If the detector detects a signal with certain physical features, it may alert the existence of this signal along with its physical features and name of the most similar known signal from the library. |
| US11722228B2 |
Wireless communication
A method for use in controlling pressure based signal transmission within a fluid in a flowline includes transmitting a pressure based signal through a fluid within a flowline using a flow control device, recognising a condition change associated with the flowline, and then controlling the flow control device in accordance with the condition change. Another method, or an associated method for use in communication within a flowline includes determining or composing an optimised pressure based signal for detection at a remote location and then transmitting the optimised signal using a flow control device. |
| US11722227B1 |
Sonic conduit tracer system
A sonic conduit tracer includes a sonic transmitter, a sonic receiver and a spectrum analyzer. The transmitter may be configured to transmit an audio signal down an interior length of an empty conduit from a proximate end of the conduit for identification purposes. The receiver may be configured to receive an audio return signal. The spectrum analyzer may be configured to analyze the audio return signal to facilitate the determination of a location of a distant end of the conduit. The sonic conduit tracer may use the audio return signal to determine an estimated length of the conduit. |
| US11722219B2 |
System and methods for coherent optics based daisy-chaining
An optical access network includes an optical hub having at least one processor, and a plurality of optical fiber strands. Each optical fiber strand has a first strand end connected to the optical hub. The network further includes a plurality of nodes connected to at least one segment of a first fiber strand of the plurality of optical fiber strands. Each node is sequentially disposed at respective locations along the first fiber strand at different differences from the optical hub, respectively. The network further includes a plurality of end-points. Each end-point includes a receiver. Each respective receiver (i) has a different optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) from the other receivers, (ii) is operably coupled with at least one node of the plurality of nodes, and (iii) is configured to receive the same optical wavelength signal from the first fiber strand as received by the other receivers. |
| US11722217B2 |
Method and apparatus for obtaining ODN logical topology information, device, and storage medium
Embodiments of this application provide a method and an apparatus for obtaining optical distribution network (ODN) logical topology information, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining identification information of each first ONU that is connected to a first passive optical network (PON) port and whose optical path changes and feature data of the first ONU in a first time window, where the feature data includes receive optical power and/or an alarm event; obtaining, based on the feature data of each first ONU, a feature vector corresponding to each first ONU; and performing cluster analysis on the feature vector corresponding to each first ONU, to obtain topology information corresponding to the first PON port. ONU topology information is obtained by analyzing an ONU feature. |
| US11722216B2 |
Uplink transmission puncturing to reduce interference between wireless services
Techniques are disclosed relating to handling preemptive data services in cellular wireless transmissions. In some embodiments, a device receives a first downlink control information (DCI) message on resources in a first frequency band, where the first DCI message indicates resources for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission. In some embodiments, the device monitors a downlink control channel on a second frequency band, disjoint from the first frequency band. In some embodiments, subsequent to reception of the first DCI message, the detects an indicator in the downlink control channel and reduces the PUSCH transmission in response to the detection. |
| US11722215B1 |
Achieving higher data rate on NB-IoT over satellite
A satellite communication system includes a satellite, satellite base station (eNodeB or gNodeB) and a user equipment (UE). The satellite provides a number of satellite beams, and each satellite beam includes multiple cells. The base station communicates with the UE via a satellite using a narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) waveform and an enhanced protocol. In particular, the base station and UE perform carrier aggregation by adding and/or deleting carriers in a cell, and the base station and UE perform a higher-order modulation and coding scheme (MCS) processing to support high data rates for user data transport. |
| US11722213B2 |
Machine learning models for adjusting communication parameters
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for machine learning models for adjusting communication parameters. In some implementations, data for each device in a set of multiple communication devices is obtained. A machine learning model is trained based on the obtained data. The model can be trained to receive an indication of a geographic location and predict a communication setting capable of providing at least a minimum level of efficiency. After training the machine learning model, an indication of a predicted communication setting for a particular communication device is generated. A determination is then made whether to change a current communication setting for the particular communication device based on the predicted communication setting. |
| US11722208B1 |
Scheduling resources for relay nodes in a wireless network
Systems, methods, and processing nodes for scheduling resources for relay nodes in a wireless network include identifying a relay node attached to an access node in the wireless network, determining a transmit power associated with the relay node, and prioritizing resources allocated towards the relay node based on the transmit power. The transmit power includes a transmit power of a radio air interface deployed by the relay node. |
| US11722207B2 |
Repeater system using umbrella base station
A service-area repeater for deployment in a service area to provide capacity supplied by a base station located remotely from the service-area repeater includes downlink circuitry to receive, via a donor antenna coupled to the service-area repeater, transformed RF downlink signals transmitted from the base station or a base-station repeater, the base station transforming original RF downlink signals or the base-station repeater transforming original RF downlink signals received from the base station to produce the transformed RF downlink signals. The downlink circuitry includes a signal transformation circuit to de-transform the received transformed RF downlink signals to generate non-transformed downlink signals and a frequency correction circuit to apply a frequency correction to the downlink signals to produce corrected downlink signals. The downlink circuitry wirelessly transmits the corrected downlink signals via a coverage antenna to user equipment in the service area. |
| US11722203B2 |
Beam pair selection for full duplex with downlink and uplink reception timing constraint
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for beam pair selection. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station (BS), an indication to report one or more beam pairs to be used for full-duplex (FD) communication based on a timing constraint, wherein the timing constraint comprises a constraint on a time difference between receptions, at the UE, of a downlink (DL) signal and an uplink (UL) signal for each of the one or more beam pairs and transmitting a report specifying the one or more beam pairs in accordance with the indication, in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. |
| US11722199B2 |
Method for supporting beam correspondence and apparatus thereof
There is provided for supporting beam correspondence. The method may be performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprise: transmitting UE capability information to a base station. The UE capability information may include first information related a capability of supporting beam correspondence. The beam correspondence may be determined based on at least a beam correspondence tolerance requirement. The beam correspondence tolerance requirement may include a delta effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) of 3 dB. |
| US11722197B2 |
Receiver system
A receiver system (100) comprising: a plurality of receiver-input-terminals (102), each of which is configured to receive an input-signal from a respective antenna (106), wherein the input-signals comprise: i. one or more undesired-signal-components; and ii. one or more combined-signal-components. The receiver system (100) also includes a spatial-information-processing-block (112; 212) configured to: calculate spatial information (222) of the undesired-signal-components of the plurality of input-signals; calculate spatial information (220) of the combined-signal-components of the plurality of input-signals; calculate weighting-coefficients (226) for each of the input-signals based on the spatial information (220) of the combined-signal-components and the spatial information (222) of the undesired-signal-components; and combine the plurality of input-signals by applying the weighting-coefficients to each of the input-signals to provide a spatial-output-signal (114; 214). The receiver system (100) further includes a signal-combiner (130) configured to combine a plurality of signal-processing-path-output-signals (110) with the spatial-output-signal (114; 214) in order to provide a receiver-output-signal (108). |
| US11722192B2 |
Interference measurement method, user equipment and network side device
The present disclosure provides an interference measurement method, a UE and a network side device. The interference measurement method includes: receiving, by the UE, configuration information about an interference measurement reference signal resource and an interference measurement parameter from a network side device; receiving, by the UE, an interference measurement reference signal on the interference measurement reference signal resource based on the configuration information; and calculating, by the UE, an interference estimation value of an interference signal based on the interference measurement parameter and the interference measurement reference signal. |
| US11722188B1 |
Techniques for estimating misalignment between multiple antenna arrays
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first wireless device may identify a translational or rotational misalignment between a first antenna array of the first wireless device and a second antenna array of a second wireless device that is in line-of-sight (LoS) wireless communication with the first wireless device via a channel. The first wireless device may update a channel matrix for the channel based on the translational or rotational misalignment, where the first wireless device may update the channel matrix with one or more beam steering metrics of the first antenna array so as to improve a beam alignment between the first antenna array and the second antenna array. The first wireless device may communicate with the second wireless device in accordance with the updated channel matrix. |
| US11722185B2 |
Method and apparatus to enable CSI reporting based on non-uniform space-frequency compression
A method of a user equipment (UE) for a channel state information (CSI) feedback in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), CSI feedback configuration information including a number (K0) of coefficients for the CSI feedback, deriving, based on the CSI feedback configuration information, the CSI feedback including K1 coefficients that are a subset of a total of Q coefficients, wherein K1≤K0 and K0 |
| US11722176B2 |
Wireless communication apparatus and method
A wireless communication apparatus may include: an oscillator including a coil assembly exposed to an outside of the wireless communication apparatus, a variable capacitor, and a negative resistor; and a phase locking circuit connected to the coil assembly and the negative resistor. The phase locking circuit may be configured to generate a control signal to lock an oscillation frequency of the oscillator based on an oscillation signal generated by the oscillator, and provide the generated control signal to the variable capacitor. |
| US11722174B2 |
Long preamble and duty cycle based coexistence mechanism for power line communication (PLC) networks
Embodiments of methods and systems for supporting coexistence of multiple technologies in a Power Line Communication (PLC) network are disclosed. A long coexistence preamble sequence may be transmitted by a device that has been forced to back off the PLC channel multiple times. The long coexistence sequence provides a way for the device to request channel access from devices on the channel using other technology. The device may transmit a data packet after transmitting the long coexistence preamble sequence. A network duty cycle time may also be defined as a maximum allowed duration for nodes of the same network to access the channel. When the network duty cycle time occurs, all nodes will back off the channel for a duty cycle extended inter frame space before transmitting again. The long coexistence preamble sequence and the network duty cycle time may be used together. |
| US11722172B2 |
Operating an access service
A method for operating a first access service depends on the presence of a second access service. The method includes conducting at least one measurement by the first access service and determining based on the at least one measurement whether or not a power spectral density used by the first access service is adjusted. |
| US11722168B2 |
Electrical phase computation using RF media
A method includes computing electrical phase of electrical metering devices including obtaining data indicating zero-crossing times at first and second metering devices. A time difference between the zero-crossing times may be determined. In a first example, the time difference may be based at least in part on calculations involving a first value of a first free-run timer on a first metering device, a second value of a second free-run timer on a second metering device, the time of reception of a packet, and a latency defined by a time taken for the packet to propagate through at least one layer of at least one of the first metering device and the second metering device. A phase difference between the first zero-crossing and the second zero-crossing may be determined, based at least in part on the determined time difference. |
| US11722164B2 |
Correlating network and physical layer activities
A system that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may perform operations including, for example, a method of identifying, by a system comprising a processor, network communication degradation in one or more layers of a multi-layered communication protocol above a physical layer, wherein the network communication degradation is associated with communications taking place through a network, in part over a radio frequency link, between a plurality of communication devices, obtaining, by the system, data from a layer below the one or more layers of the multi-layered communication protocol identified as having the network communication degradation, determining, by the system, one or more geographic regions of the network associated with the network communication degradation from the data, and mitigating, by the system, effects of the network communication degradation in the one or more geographic regions of the network. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US11722161B2 |
Generating a digital modulation signal and an analog modulation signal according to an input signal of the frequency modulation circuit
A frequency modulation circuit can include: a modulation circuit configured to generate a digital modulation signal and an analog modulation signal according to an input signal of the frequency modulation circuit; and a phase-locked loop having a voltage-controlled oscillator configured to receive a reference frequency, and to modulate a frequency of an output signal of the voltage-controlled oscillator according to the analog modulation signal and the digital modulation signal. |
| US11722154B2 |
High-throughput software-defined convolutional interleavers and de-interleavers
High-throughput software-defined convolutional interleavers and de-interleavers are provided herein. In some examples, a method for generating convolutionally interleaved samples on a general purpose processor with cache is provided. Memory is represented as a three dimensional array, indexed by block number, row, and column. Input samples may be written to the cache according to an indexing scheme. Output samples may be generated every MN samples by reading out the samples from the cache in a transposed and vectorized order. |
| US11722152B1 |
Capacity-expanding memory control component
A memory control component encodes over-capacity data into an error correction code generated for and stored in association with an application data block, inferentially recovering the over-capacity data during application data block read-back by comparing error syndromes generated in detection/correction operations for respective combinations of each possible value of the over-capacity data and the read-back application data block. |
| US11722151B2 |
Bit flipping decoder based on soft information
Methods, systems, and apparatuses include receiving a codeword stored in a memory device. Energy function values are determined for bits of the codeword based on soft information for the bits of the codeword. A bit of the codeword is flipped when the energy function values for a bit of the codeword satisfies a bit flipping criterion. A corrected codeword that results from the flipping of the bits is returned. |
| US11722147B2 |
Dynamic sequencing of data partitions for optimizing memory utilization and performance of neural networks
Optimized memory usage and management is crucial to the overall performance of a neural network (NN) or deep neural network (DNN) computing environment. Using various characteristics of the input data dimension, an apportionment sequence is calculated for the input data to be processed by the NN or DNN that optimizes the efficient use of the local and external memory components. The apportionment sequence can describe how to parcel the input data (and its associated processing parameters—e.g., processing weights) into one or more portions as well as how such portions of input data (and its associated processing parameters) are passed between the local memory, external memory, and processing unit components of the NN or DNN. Additionally, the apportionment sequence can include instructions to store generated output data in the local and/or external memory components so as to optimize the efficient use of the local and/or external memory components. |
| US11722144B2 |
Integrated timing skew calibration with digital down conversion for time-interleaved analog-to-digital converter
An interleaved analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) system may have timing errors in a time domain that is corrected using phase compensation in a phase domain. The ADC system may include sub-ADCs, each receiving a clock signal, which is associated with a representation of a timing skew value, reflecting an undesired timing error. A mixer may have sub-mixers, each receiving a sub-ADC output signal and a compensated numerically controlled oscillator (NCO) value. A combiner may combine the sub-mixer output signals. A decimator may decimate the output of the combiner. Each timing skew value is in a time domain. A compensated NCO value is determined using a respective phase skew value. Each phase skew value is an offset value in phase and is not a value in time. Each phase skew value in a phase domain compensates the respective timing skew value in a time domain. Multiple ADC systems and methods are described. |
| US11722142B1 |
Charge pump with output current adjustment
In described examples, a charge pump includes an output, first and second transistors, a control circuit, a multiplexer, and a calibration circuit. The first transistor's drain is coupled to the output. The second transistor's drain is part of a current path separate from a current path that includes the first transistor's drain. The control circuit generates a control signal in response to voltages at the gates of the first and second transistors. First and second inputs of the multiplexer are respectively coupled to sources of the first and second transistors. A control input of the multiplexer is coupled to receive the control signal. A first input of the calibration circuit is coupled to an output of the multiplexer. A second input of the calibration circuit receives a reference voltage. First and second outputs of the calibration circuit are respectively coupled to body terminals of the first and second transistors. |
| US11722135B2 |
Superconducting AC switch system
A superconducting AC switch system includes a switch network configuration comprising a Josephson junction (JJ) coupled to a transmission line having a transmission line impedance, and a magnetic field generator that is configured to switch from inducing a magnetic field in a plane of the JJ, and providing no magnetic field in the plane of the JJ. An AC input signal applied at an input of the switch network configuration is passed through to an output of the switch network configuration in a first magnetic state, and substantially reflected back to the input of the switch network configuration in a second magnetic state. The first magnetic state is one of inducing and not inducing a magnetic field in a plane of the JJ, and the second magnetic state is the other of inducing and not inducing a magnetic field in a plane of the JJ. |
| US11722134B2 |
Radio frequency communication system and radio frequency switch thereof
Disclosed is a radio frequency switch and its radio frequency communication system. The RF switch comprises: N switch transistors Q1˜QN connected in series, wherein a first conducting terminal of Q1 serves as an output end, a second conducting terminal of QN serves as an input end a switch transistor located closer to the output end has a higher or equal withstand voltage than that of a switch transistor located closer to the input end, or a switch transistor located closer to the output end has a lower or equal withstand voltage than that of a switch transistor located closer to the input end, and Q1 and QN has different withstand voltages. The withstand voltages of the switch transistors match the voltage division situation of the switch transistors affected by parasitic effect in the RF switch, thus the voltage withstand capability is basically not affected by parasitic effect. |
| US11722133B2 |
Isolated gate driver device for a power electrical system and corresponding power electrical system
In an embodiment an isolated gate driver device includes a low-voltage section having a control input configured to receive a PWM control signal with a switching frequency from a control stage, a high-voltage section, galvanically isolated from the low-voltage section the high-voltage section including a driving output configured to provide a gate-driving signal as a function of the PWM control signal to a power stage having at least one switch, a feedback input configured to receive at least one feedback signal indicative of an operation of the power stag, and an ADC module configured to convert the feedback signal into a digital data stream and a conversion-control module coupled to the ADC module and configured to provide a conversion-trigger signal designed to determine a start of a conversion for acquiring a new sample of the feedback signal. |
| US11722128B2 |
Duty cycle correction system and low dropout (LDO) regulator based delay-locked loop (DLL)
An apparatus is provided, where the apparatus includes a plurality of components; a first circuitry to generate a clock signal, and to supply the clock signal to the plurality of components; a second circuitry to estimate, for each of two or more components of the plurality of components, a corresponding duty cycle of the clock signal received at the corresponding component, wherein two or more duty cycles corresponding to the two or more components are determined; a third circuitry to determine an average of the two or more duty cycles; and a fourth circuitry to correct a duty cycle of the clock signal generated by the first circuitry, based at least in part on the average. |
| US11722126B2 |
Stable level shifters in high slew rate or noisy environments
A system includes a level shifter coupled to a voltage source, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The system also includes a first current source coupled to the first transistor and the second transistor and configured to bias the first transistor and the second transistor. The system includes a slew detector coupled to the voltage source and to the first current source, where the slew detector is configured to detect a change in voltage of the voltage source, and further configured to provide current to the first current source responsive to detecting the change. The system also includes a second current source coupled in parallel to the first current source, where the second current source is configured to provide current to the first current source responsive to a control signal. |
| US11722125B2 |
Bidirectional RF circuit and method of use
A bidirectional RF circuit, preferably including a plurality of terminals, a switch, a transistor, a coupler, and a feedback network. The circuit can optionally include a drain matching network, an input matching network, and/or one or more tuning inputs. In some variations, the circuit can optionally include one or more impedance networks, such as an impedance network used in place of the feedback network; in some such variations, the circuit may not include a coupler, switch, and/or input matching network. A method for circuit operation, preferably including operating in an amplifier mode, operating in a rectifier mode, and/or transitioning between operation modes. |
| US11722122B2 |
Multilayer piezoelectric substrate with high density electrode
A surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonator comprises a plurality of interdigital transducer (IDT) electrodes disposed on a multilayer piezoelectric substrate including a layer of piezoelectric material having a lower surface bonded to an upper surface of a layer of a dielectric material. The dielectric material has a lower surface bonded to an upper surface of a carrier substrate. The plurality of IDT electrodes include an upper layer and a lower layer. The upper layer is formed of a material having a higher conductivity than the lower layer. The lower layer is formed of a material having a higher density than the upper layer to provide for reduction in size of the SAW resonator. |
| US11722118B2 |
SAW resonator with improved power durability and heat resistance and RF filter comprising an SAW resonator
An improved SAW (SAWR) resonator having an improved power durability and heat resistance and a protection to prevent device failure is provided. The SAW resonator has a carrier substrate (S) and an electrode structure (ES, EF) on a piezoelectric material (PM, PL). Further, the resonator has a shunt path (PCPP) parallel to the electrode structure and provided to enable an RF signal to bypass the electrode structure. The shunt path has a temperature dependent conductance with negative temperature coefficient of resistance. |
| US11722115B2 |
Radio frequency duplexer circuit and radio frequency substrate
The present disclosure provides a radio frequency duplexer circuit and a radio frequency substrate. The radio frequency duplexer circuit includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, a low-pass filter, and a high-pass filter. The low-pass filter includes N first filter sub-circuits coupled in series and a first tuning sub-circuit. Among the N first filter sub-circuits coupled in series, a first end of a 1st first filter sub-circuit is coupled to the first terminal, and a second end of a Nth first filter sub-circuit is coupled to the second terminal. The high-pass filter includes M second filter sub-circuits coupled in series and a second tuning sub-circuit. Among the M second filter sub-circuits coupled in series, a first end of a 1st second filter sub-circuit is coupled to the first terminal, and a second end of a Mth second filter sub-circuit is coupled to the third terminal. |
| US11722110B2 |
Signal processing device, signal processing method, program, and video display device
A signal processing device includes a first panel displacement control unit to which a first audio signal is input, a second panel displacement control unit to which a second audio signal is input, and a control unit configured to control the first panel displacement control unit and the second panel displacement control unit. The first panel displacement control unit includes a first gain adjustment unit configured to adjust a level of the first audio signal, the second panel displacement control unit includes a second gain adjustment unit configured to adjust a level of the second audio signal, and the control unit includes a correlation determination unit configured to determine presence or absence of a correlation between the first audio signal and the second audio signal, and a gain control unit configured to control a level adjustment amount in each of the first gain adjustment unit and the second gain adjustment unit on the basis of a determination result of the correlation determination unit. |
| US11722107B2 |
Zero-crossing management in Class-D audio amplifiers
Class-D amplifier circuits provide operation with low-distortion zero crossings outside of a unipolar power supply voltage range. The amplifiers include a first H-bridge driver circuit and a second H-bridge driver circuit. The class-D amplifier circuits also include a control circuit having an input for receiving an input signal to be reproduced by the class-D amplifier circuit. The control circuit has outputs coupled to inputs of the first and second H-bridge drivers, and includes one or more modulators. The control circuit selects between actively operating a selected one of the driver circuits or both, according to the signal to be reproduced, while setting an unselected driver circuit to turn either a high-side switch or a low-side switch of the unselected one of the first driver circuit or the second driver circuit fully on for at least some cycles of the one or more modulators. |
| US11722105B2 |
Recovery control for power converter
A device includes a first amplifier and a second amplifier. The first amplifier includes an inverting input configured to be coupled to a feedback node of an output of a power converter, a first non-inverting input configured to couple to a first voltage node, a second non-inverting input, and an output. The second amplifier includes an inverting input coupled to the output of the first amplifier, a non-inverting input coupled to a second voltage node, and an output. The device also includes a first transistor coupled to the output of the first amplifier and having a control terminal coupled to the output of the second amplifier, a capacitor coupled to a ground node and to the second non-inverting input of the first amplifier, and a current node coupled to the capacitor. |
| US11722100B2 |
Audio amplifier with fast wake-up power supply and peak current reduction
An improved audio amplifier system can both reduce power consumption by supporting a standby mode and shorten wake time when resuming from the standby mode. The audio amplifier system may reduce power by entering a sleep or standby state in response to a command and/or detecting that an audio input signal is not received. Further, the audio amplifier system may use a burst generator to periodically or intermittently activate the power supply during standby mode. By periodically or intermittently activating the power supply, one or more of the capacitors may be charged. By charging the capacitors during standby mode, the time to wake from standby mode may be significantly reduced. In some cases, the wake time may be reduced by several order of magnitudes (e.g., from seconds to milliseconds). |
| US11722096B2 |
Oven controlled MEMS oscillator with multiple temperature control loops
In an example, a system includes a BAW resonator. The system also includes a first heater configured to heat the BAW resonator, where the first heater is controlled by a first control loop. The system includes a circuit coupled to the BAW resonator. The system also includes a second heater configured to heat the circuit, where the second heater is controlled by a second control loop. |
| US11722095B2 |
Method and apparatus for testing solar cell performance
A method and apparatus for testing solar cell performance. The method for testing solar cell performance includes: provide a solar cell; illuminating the solar cell; acquire an illumination intensity of light onto the solar cell; acquire a luminous intensity of light emitted from the solar cell in response to the solar cell being illuminated; and determine the solar cell performance based on the illumination intensity and the luminous intensity. |
| US11722094B2 |
Flexible circuit for solar cell assemblies
A solar cell assembly having a flexible circuit is described. The solar cell assembly includes a solar cell having a solar-facing surface and a non-solar-facing surface, the solar cell comprising a cell corner. The solar cell assembly further includes a flexible circuit coupled to the non-solar-facing surface of the solar. The flexible circuit is substantially coextensive with the solar cell. The flexible circuit includes a flexible insulator including a plurality of edges aligned with the solar cell, a flexible corner extending past the cell corner, and a flexible tab extending from an edge of the plurality of edges. The flexible circuit includes a circuit substantially embedded in the flexible insulator. The circuit comprises a first electric contact exposed at a solar-facing side of the flexible corner, and a second electric contact exposed at a solar-facing side of the flexible tab. |
| US11722090B2 |
Control circuits for compressor motors including multiple capacitors
A compressor assembly includes a compressor motor having a main winding coupled with a line terminal to receive power from a line voltage source, and an auxiliary winding. The assembly includes first and second capacitors each coupled between the line terminal and the auxiliary winding, a first relay to selectively couple the first capacitor and the second capacitor in parallel, a second relay coupled to selectively inhibit the supply of power from the line voltage source to the auxiliary winding via the first capacitor, and a control circuit configured to close the first relay in response detection of excess load condition criteria, and to subsequently open the first relay in response to detection of normal load condition criteria. The excess load condition criteria and the normal load condition criteria each include at least one of a voltage of the main winding and a voltage of the auxiliary winding. |
| US11722086B2 |
Motor drive device
A direct-current bus power supply as a power supply device supplies power to a load capable of switching a state between a driving state in which driving is performed by receiving power supply and a standby state in which driving is stopped while receiving power supply. The power supply device includes: a diode bridge circuit and capacitors as a rectifier circuit that enables an alternating-current voltage to be rectified by respective rectification systems of full-wave rectification and voltage doubler rectification; and a switching unit that perform switching between the full-wave rectification and the voltage doubler rectification on the basis of a voltage value of the alternating-current voltage and the state of the load. |
| US11722085B2 |
Impedance measurement for a haptic load
In some implementations, a measurement circuit may drive, using a first transistor, a first node of a haptic load. The measurement circuit may trigger a first comparator when a voltage driving the haptic load satisfies a first condition. The first comparator may have a first node connected, in parallel, to a drain of a second transistor and may have a second node connected to the first node of the haptic load. Additionally, the second transistor may have a gate connected to a gate of the first transistor and may have the drain connected to a first reference current. |
| US11722078B2 |
Control apparatus and method of controlling the same
A control apparatus that controls a stepping motor, comprises a determination unit configured to determine a current value to be applied to the stepping motor by looking up a first driving table, which is to be looked up when driving is to be performed in a first driving direction, and a second driving table, which is to be looked up when driving is to be performed in a second driving direction in reverse of the first driving direction. The determination unit includes an interpolation calculation unit configured to calculate the current value by interpolation calculation that looks up both the first driving table and the second driving table, in a case in which driving is to be performed in a driving direction different from a driving direction of a preceding driving operation. |
| US11722075B2 |
Ultrasonic motor with stabilized stator vibration
An ultrasonic motor is provided that includes a stator including first and second piezoelectric elements provided on a first main surface of a vibrator having a plate shape, a rotor in direct or indirect contact with a second main surface of the vibrator, and a wiring member connected to the first and second piezoelectric elements. Moreover, the wiring member includes first and second connection members connected to the first and second piezoelectric elements, a central wiring portion connected to the first and second connection members and provided in a region including a center of an axial direction, and an extended wiring portion connected to the central wiring portion. The central wiring portion is fixed to the first main surface of the vibrator and the extended wiring portion is lifted from the first main surface of the vibrator. |
| US11722073B2 |
Flocked surface triboelectric charge generator and method of manufacturing
A flocked surface tribo-electric charge generator includes first and second contact surface electrodes; first and second flock fiber support layers a first flock fiber material flocked onto the first flock fiber support layer; a tribo-electrically second different flock fiber material flocked onto the second flock fiber support layer. A tribo-electric charge is generated by intermittent intermeshing/separation of the tribo-electrically diverse flock fiber materials of the first and second flock fiber support layers. |
| US11722071B2 |
Control circuit of NPC-type three-level converter, NPC-type three-level converter and wind power generator set
A control circuit for an NPC-type three-level converter is provided. Each phase bridge arm of the NPC-type three-level converter includes multiple IGBT devices. For each phase bridge arm, a control circuit corresponding to the phase bridge arm includes an off-time control circuit and a timing control circuit. The off-time control circuit is configured to reserve a preset time period for turn-off of the multiple IGBT devices in the corresponding phase bridge arm. The timing control circuit includes a first sub-circuit and a second sub-circuit, and each sub-circuit of the first sub-circuit and the second sub-circuit includes: a first fixed delay circuit, a second fixed delay circuit, a first AND gate circuit and a first OR gate circuit. For each sub-circuit, output terminals of the first AND gate circuit and the first OR gate circuit serve as output terminals of the timing control circuit, respectively. |
| US11722067B2 |
Flyback converter with secondary side regulation
Disclosed examples include flyback converters, control circuits and methods to facilitate secondary side regulation of the output voltage. A primary side control circuit operates a primary side switch to independently initiate power transfer cycles to deliver power to a transformer secondary winding in a first mode. A secondary side control circuit operates a synchronous rectifier or secondary side switch to generate a predetermined cycle start request signal via a transformer auxiliary winding to assume secondary side regulation and to cause the primary side controller to initiate new power transfer cycles. |
| US11722061B2 |
Valley current mode control for a voltage converter
A switching regulator includes a first transistor having a control input and the first transistor is coupled to an input voltage terminal. The regulator includes a second transistor having a control input. The second transistor is coupled to the first transistor at a switch terminal and to a ground terminal. The regulator also includes a controller coupled to the control inputs of the first and second transistor. The controller configured is configured to cause both the first and second transistors to be off concurrently during each of multiple switching cycles for an adaptive high impedance state. The length of time of the adaptive high impedance state is inversely related to current output by the switching regulator. |
| US11722060B2 |
Power converter with charge injection from booster rail
A converter circuit, included in a power converter circuit, may generate a given voltage level on a regulated power supply node of a computer system. A control circuit may monitor a voltage level and assert a control signal in response to a determination that a regulation event has occurred. A boost converter circuit, included in the power converter circuit, may inject charge into to the regulated power supply node via a capacitor, in response to an assertion of the control signal. |
| US11722057B2 |
Charge pump circuit
A bipolar output charge pump circuit having a network of switching paths for selectively connecting an input node and a reference node for connection to an input voltage, a first pair of output nodes, two pairs of flying capacitor nodes, and a controller for controlling the switching of the network of switching paths. The controller is operable to control the network of switching paths when in use with two flying capacitors connected to the two pairs of flying capacitor nodes, to provide a first mode and a second mode when in use with two flying capacitors connected to the flying capacitor nodes, wherein at least the first mode corresponds to a bipolar output voltage of +/−3VV, +/−VV/5 or +/−VV/6. |
| US11722050B2 |
Current limiting circuit for multilevel power converter cell
Each of a plurality of unit converters includes: a main circuit; a control circuit that controls the plurality of switching elements according to a control signal received from the controller; a power supply that lowers a voltage of a first capacitor to generate a power supply voltage and supplies the power supply voltage to the control circuit; and a current-limiting resistance circuit having a variable resistance value and disposed between the main circuit and the power supply. The power supply includes a second capacitor, an overcharge suppression circuit, a power supply circuit, and a controller. The controller includes: an overcharge suppression control circuit that controls the overcharge suppression circuit in accordance with a magnitude of a voltage of the second capacitor; and a resistance switching circuit that changes a resistance value of the current-limiting resistance circuit in accordance with a magnitude of a voltage of the first capacitor. |
| US11722049B2 |
Inductor current reconstruction
In the parallel operation of power supply units, a high line ripple current may be observed in output when the power supply units (PSUs) are supplied with different inputs. For example, a high line ripple current may be observed when PSUs were supplied with different line frequency inputs and/or when PSUs were supplied with different phase angle input lines. A low pass filter is in a control loop which is capable of filtering the line frequency to get an average current reference signal. The average current reference signal is compared with the real time output current to generate an error signal. This error signal is fed back to a voltage control loop to adjust the output in order to compensate the line ripple. |
| US11722048B2 |
Voltage generating circuits including assist circuits and operating methods thereof
Provided a voltage generating circuits including assist circuits and operating methods thereof. The voltage generating circuit which includes an assist circuit that generates an assist signal indicating an enable mode or a disable mode. When a first power supply voltage is lower than an assist reference voltage, the assist signal indicates the enable mode, and a compensation circuit generates a compensation signal based on the first power supply voltage. An internal voltage converter generates a regulated voltage based on the first power supply voltage, and a charge pump circuit generates a pump voltage based on the regulated voltage. The compensation signal compensates for the regulated voltage. |
| US11722047B2 |
Voltage converter
To provide a voltage converter configured to suppress individual variation in voltage conversion ratio and configured to achieve a high voltage conversion ratio. A voltage converter comprising a reactor, a switching element, a diode, a current sensor, and a controller, wherein the controller detects a current value of the reactor several times in a switching period; wherein the controller calculates an estimated execution ON time length from a transition of a current value of the reactor detected in the switching period; wherein the controller calculates a difference between the estimated execution ON time length and a command ON time length instructed by the controller; and wherein, by using the difference, the controller corrects the command ON time length of the time when performing any of subsequent ON commands in a range not exceeding a predetermined command ON time upper limit value. |
| US11722040B2 |
Method of manufacturing rotor
A manufacturing method of a rotor may be provided with: arranging a magnet and a thermoplastic in a magnet fixing portion of a rotor core including a laminate in which a plurality of metal plates is laminated, the magnet fixing portion including a hole and/or a trench provided in the rotor core and extending along a lamination direction of the laminate; heating the rotor core while rotating the rotor core around a center axis of the rotor core, with the center axis intersecting a vertical direction; and cooling the rotor core to fix the magnet to the rotor core via the thermoplastic while rotating the rotor core around the center axis, with the center axis intersecting the vertical direction. |
| US11722039B2 |
Bi-material integrated polepiece
A method of manufacturing a magnetic pole piece includes molding a magnetic body having an outer wall and an inner wall extending between a first end and a second end, and a trim cap disposed at the first end. The method further includes fixing a non-magnetic isolator to the magnetic body between the outer wall and the inner wall and removing the trim cap. |
| US11722037B2 |
Interior permanent magnet motor having controllable coolant distribution
An interior permanent magnet motor having controllable coolant distribution is provided. The motor comprises a motor housing and a rotary shaft connected to a rotor rotatably disposed in the housing. The motor further comprises a stator unit disposed in the housing and comprising conductive windings arranged about the rotor. The windings have a straight portion radially extending to an end-turn portion. The motor further comprises an oil sump disposed on the housing above the stator unit. The oil sump comprises a reservoir having an inner side and an outer side. The reservoir has at least one aperture formed therethrough over the end-turn portion. The motor further comprises a movable nozzle having a first open end extending to a second open end. The first open end is connected to the at least one aperture such that the movable nozzle and reservoir are in fluid communication. The second open end extends from the at least one aperture and positioned adjacently above the end turn portion for coolant distribution. The motor further comprises a connector movably disposed in the housing proximate to the movable nozzle. The motor further comprises a cam connected to the connector and in contact with the nozzle. Upon movement of the connector, the cam is arranged with the connector to move the second open end of the nozzle over the end turn portion for distribution of coolant oil from the oil sump to the end turn portion. |
| US11722034B2 |
Linear generator
A linear generator for generating electrical power from momentum of a vehicle, comprises a moving part and a stator. The moving part is a powered vehicle moving along a defined path and the stator is built along the defined path. Examples are trains and elevators, and the linear generator may be used to help with braking and at the same time prevent waste of the energy from the vehicle momentum. |
| US11722033B2 |
Electric motor with backup bearing assembly
An electric motor adapted to apply torque to a drive shaft rotatable about an axis, the electric motor includes a stator, a rotor adapted to rotate relative to the stator, a primary bearing interoperably coupled to the stator and adapted to provide bearing support between the stator and the rotor, an auxiliary bearing interoperably coupled to the drive shaft, an annular shear adapter connected to the primary bearing and the auxiliary bearing, and a shear pin interoperably coupled to the primary bearing via the annular shear adapter and configured to break responsive to torque between the annular shear adapter and the drive shaft exceeding a predetermined torque threshold. |
| US11722030B2 |
Motor and rotating device
A motor according to an embodiment includes a commutator provided to a rotation shaft, a brush in contact with the commutator, a bracket having a wall surface opposing the brush, and a deformable portion in contact with the brush and the wall surface. The bracket includes a protrusion provided on the commutator side with respect to the deformable portion. The protrusion protrudes from the wall surface toward the brush. |
| US11722026B2 |
Fault tolerant rotating electric machine
The disclosed technology provides systems and methods to employ fault tolerance for rotating electric machines operating as motors or generators. A unique system architecture and control elements allow rotating electric machines the ability to isolate faulted conditions and continue to operate. |
| US11722023B2 |
Structure for fixing permanent magnet in rotor core
A structure for fixing a permanent magnet in a rotor core. The structure includes a magnet accommodation portion into which a permanent magnet is to be inserted, an internal hole formed in an area adjacent to one end of the magnet accommodation portion, a pressing portion provided between the magnet accommodation portion and the internal hole. The pressing portion forms a convex shape toward the permanent magnet to be in contact with the permanent magnet. |
| US11722020B2 |
Stator of a brushless motor
A stator of a brushless motor has an iron core, a bobbin, and a winding assembly. The iron core has multiple stator poles mounted on an interior annular surface of a core body and spaced apart from each other. The bobbin is mounted on one of two open ends of the core body and has a substrate, at least one neutral connector mounted on an upper surface of the substrate, and at least one neutral solder pad mounted in the at least one neutral connector. The winding assembly is formed by one wire wound on multiple stator poles and the connectors. The winding assembly is electrically connected to the at least one neutral solder pad. |
| US11722019B2 |
Stator assembly with heat recovery for electric machines
The present disclosure is concerned with a stator for an electric machine comprising a plurality of stacked laminations each including inwardly facing slots defining inwardly facing teeth configured to receive prewound coils thereonto. Each slot including a generally triangular projection configured and sized as to be in proximity of the prewound coils. |
| US11722017B2 |
Wireless power delivery in dynamic environments
An adaptive system for efficient and long-range wireless power delivery using magnetically coupled resonators responds to changes in a dynamic environment, and maintains high efficiency over a narrow or fixed frequency range. The system uses adaptive impedance matching to maintain high efficiency. The wireless power transfer system includes a drive inductor coupled to a high-Q transmitter coil, and a load inductor coupled to a high-Q receiver coil. The transmitter coil and receiver coil for a magnetically coupled resonator. A first matching network is (i) operably coupled to the drive inductor and configured to selectively adjust the impedance between the drive inductor and the transmitter coil, or (ii) is operably coupled to the load inductor and configured to selectively adjust the impedance between the load inductor and the receiver coil. |
| US11722015B2 |
Wireless charging modules with magnetic alignment components
A magnetic alignment system can include a primary annular magnetic alignment component and a secondary annular magnetic alignment component. The primary alignment component can include an inner annular region having a first magnetic orientation, an outer annular region having a second magnetic orientation opposite to the first magnetic orientation, and a non-magnetized central annular region disposed between the primary inner annular region and the primary outer annular region. The secondary alignment component can have a magnetic orientation with a radial component. Additional features, such as a rotational magnetic alignment component and/or an NFC coil and circuitry can be included. |
| US11722012B2 |
Power feed system and power feed method
A power feed system includes a power feed mat and a computer. The power feed mat includes a plurality of power transmission coils. The power feed mat is configured to feed power to at least one movable body on the power feed mat by using at least one of the plurality of power transmission coils. The computer is configured to determine whether or not to permit power feed to a movable body that requests power feed. In the power feed system, when the computer determines not to permit power feed, the power feed mat does not feed power to the movable body that requests power feed. |
| US11722011B2 |
Systems and methods for receiver beaconing in wireless power systems
A wireless power transmission system includes a transmitter antenna, an amplifier, and a transmitter controller. The transmitter antenna is configured to transmit wireless power signals and wireless data signals. The amplifier is configured to receive a driving signal at a gate of the at least one transistor and invert a direct power (DC) input power signal to generate the AC wireless signal at the operating frequency. The transmitter controller is configured to configure the driving signal based, at least, on an operating frequency and an initial beaconing process, the initial beaconing process for determining presence of a wireless receiver system at a coupling between the transmitter antenna and a receiver antenna of the wireless receiver system, determine amplifier voltage instructions for the amplifier based on the initial beaconing process, and drive the amplifier by providing the driving signal and the amplifier voltage instructions to the amplifier. |
| US11722007B2 |
Microprocessor controlled class E driver
A charger including a class E power driver, a frequency-shift keying (“FSK”) module, and a processor. The processor can receive data relating to the operation of the class E power driver and can control the class E power driver based on the received data relating to the operation of the class E power driver. The processor can additionally control the FSK module to modulate the natural frequency of the class E power transformer to thereby allow the simultaneous recharging of an implantable device and the transmission of data to the implantable device. The processor can additionally compensate for propagation delays by adjusting switching times. |
| US11722004B2 |
Signal processing device, signal processing method, and program
The present technology relates to a signal processing device, a signal processing method, and an electronic device that reduce the influence of crosstalk. In one example, a signal processing device includes a plurality of comparators; a delay unit adapted to delay output of each of the plurality of comparators; and a subtractor adapted to subtract, from a supplied signal, a signal from the delay unit. The signal processing device processes signals transmitted in N phases and includes (N-1) or more comparators. Each of the plurality of comparators has a different threshold value set and compares a received signal with the threshold value, and in a case where the signal transitions between a plurality of voltage levels, the threshold value is set to a value within adjacent voltage levels. In a second example, a reception device that receives a signal transmitted in multiple phases and via multiple lines. |
| US11722001B2 |
Pre-charging circuit, inverter, and power generation system
A pre-charging circuit is provided, including a first switch, a second switch, a diode, a first current-limiting apparatus, a capacitor, and an inverter unit. One end of the pre-charging circuit is connected to a power grid. After the first current-limiting apparatus, the first switch, and the diode are connected in series, one end of a line formed by the series connection is connected to one terminal of the capacitor, the other end of the line is connected to a first-phase alternating current of the power grid, and the other terminal of the capacitor is connected to a second-phase alternating current of the power grid via the inverter unit and the second switch successively. |
| US11722000B2 |
Power converters and methods of controlling same
A power converter converts a medium-voltage output from a solar module to an appropriate voltage to power a solar tracker system. The power converter includes a voltage divider having at least two legs, a first semiconductor switch subassembly coupled in parallel with a first leg of the voltage divider, and a second semiconductor switch subassembly coupled in parallel with a second leg of the voltage divider. The power converter may be a unidirectional or a bidirectional power converter. In implementations, the signals for driving the semiconductor switches of the first and second semiconductor switch subassemblies may be shifted out of phase from each other. In implementations, if the bus voltages to the semiconductor switches are not balanced, the pulse width of the driving signal of the semiconductor switch supplied with the higher bus voltage is decreased for at least one cycle. |
| US11721999B2 |
Charging control for improving efficiency of charging auxiliary device battery
A charging control device includes: a determination section configured to make a determination as to whether an auxiliary device battery that supplies electric power to auxiliary devices of a vehicle is within a predetermined first temperature range; and a control section configured to, in a case in which the auxiliary device battery is within the first temperature range, cause a charging section to charge the auxiliary device battery. |
| US11721994B2 |
Method and system for optimizing charging and discharging behaviors of a battery energy storage system based on state of health
Provided are a method and a system for optimizing charging and discharging behaviors of a BESS based on a SOH, relating to charging and discharging optimization. The number of cycles of the battery pack and corresponding DODs are obtained based on the curve of the SOC of the battery pack. Then, the SOH of the battery pack is obtained. A charging index sequence and a discharging index sequence of battery packs are obtained based on the SOH, the SOC and a charging and discharging state of the battery pack. The optimal number of the charging and discharging battery packs and optimal DODs are determined. Charging and discharging tasks are carried out according to the charging and discharging index sequences of the battery packs based on the optimal number of the charging and discharging battery packs and the optimal DODs. |
| US11721992B2 |
System and method for supplying power from a multi-cell battery to a single-cell power management system
Systems and methods for supplying power from a multi-cell battery to a single-cell power management integrated circuit. One implementation of the system includes a voltage converter circuit, a control circuit, and a signal buffer circuit. The voltage converter circuit is configured to scale a positive battery terminal voltage signal received from the multi-cell battery to generate a scaled voltage signal. The control circuit is configured to select one of the scaled voltage signal or a cell voltage signal received from the multi-cell battery. The control circuit is also configured to output a high-impedance single-cell power signal including the selected one of the scaled voltage signal or the cell voltage signal. The signal buffer circuit is configured to buffer the high-impedance single-cell power signal to generate a low-impedance single-cell power signal for a voltage sense pin of the single-cell power management integrated circuit. |
| US11721990B2 |
Power tool system having wireless communicator
A power tool includes a power tool housing accommodating a motor; a battery pack interface electrically connected to the motor and being configured to be physically and electrically connected to and disconnected from a power tool interface of a battery pack; and a wireless communicator configured to be attached to or detached from the power tool housing. The wireless communicator wirelessly transmits data between the power tool and an external device using radio waves. In addition, the power tool housing includes a receptacle opening configured to accommodate the wireless communicator within the power tool housing such that no part of the wireless communicator projects or protrudes beyond an outer surface or contour of the power tool housing. |
| US11721989B2 |
Multi-functional portable power charger
A portable charger capable of jump starting a 12 V car battery includes a charger battery, a jump start circuit operatively electrically connected with the charger battery and with an ignition power outlet, and a microcontroller for coordinating safety functions to establish or interrupt the operative electrical connection of the jump start circuit with the ignition power outlet. The ignition power outlet comprises a positive power socket, a negative power socket, a positive sensing socket and a negative sensing socket. The sensing sockets are electrically isolated from the power sockets, and the microcontroller senses voltage across the sensing sockets and is configured to interrupt the operative electrical connection of the jump start circuit to the ignition power outlet until proper voltage is sensed across the sensing sockets. |
| US11721984B2 |
Battery monitoring system, vehicle, battery monitoring device
A battery monitoring system includes a battery pack for a vehicle and a battery monitoring device that monitors a state of a battery cell included in the battery pack. The battery pack includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire battery information of the battery cell, a first storage unit configured to store the acquired battery information, and a first communication unit configured to transmit the battery information stored in the first storage unit to the battery monitoring device. The battery monitoring device includes a second communication unit configured to receive the battery information transmitted from the first communication unit, a second storage unit configured to store the received battery information, and a third storage unit configured to store initial battery information indicating a battery state at the time of manufacture of the battery pack. |
| US11721980B2 |
Power generation system employing power amplifying thermo-mechanical inverter technology
Modern thermal power plants based on classical thermodynamic power cycles suffer from an upper bound efficiency restriction imposed by the Carnot principle. This disclosure teaches how to break away from the classical thermodynamics paradigm in configuring a thermal power plant so that its efficiency will not be restricted by the Carnot principle. The power generation system described herein makes a path for the next generation of low-to-moderate temperature thermal power plants to run at significantly higher efficiencies powered by renewable energy. This disclosure also reveals novel high-performance power schemes with integrated fuel cell technology, driven by a variety of fuels such as hydrogen, ammonia, syngas, methane and natural gas, leading toward low-to-zero emission power generation for the future. |
| US11721977B2 |
Automatic discovery of electrical supply network topology and phase
A system for discovering the topology and phase of an electrical power distribution system is provided. For example, a group of meters connected to an electrical power distribution system can process sensor data obtained at the meters and generate descriptors based on the processed data and transmit the descriptors to a headend system. The headend system can, after receiving the descriptors from the various meters in the system, group these meters to generate a grouping by applying clustering algorithms to the descriptors of these meters. The headend system can further compare the current grouping with past groupings to determine a confidence level of the current grouping and assign a segment identifier or a phase identifier or both to one or more of the meters based on the confidence level. |