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| US11779250B2 |
Systems and methods for recording biomagnetic fields of the human heart
A magnetocardiography (MCG) system includes a passively shielded enclosure having walls defining the passively shielded enclosure, each of the walls including passive magnetic shielding material to reduce an ambient background magnetic field within the passively shielded enclosure; an MCG measurement device including optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs); and active shield coils within the passively shielded enclosure and stationary relative to the passively shielded enclosure and the MCG measurement device, wherein the active shield coils are configured to further reduce the ambient background magnetic field within a user area of the passively shielded enclosure. |
| US11779244B2 |
Device for mandibular attachment of a localization marker
A device for attaching a localization marker to the lower jaw of an individual. The marker includes an inner face provided with two attachment lugs including an intra-oral portion having a general U-shape adapted for coming into contact with the outer face of the teeth of the lower jaw, an extra-oral portion including an attachment element for the marker, a connecting portion connecting the intra-oral portion and the extra-oral portion. The attachment element includes two recesses each adapted for receiving a respective lug of the marker, the recesses being separated by a tab adapted for being elastically deformed when one of the lugs is engaged in a respective recess so as to exert a pressure force on the lug. |
| US11779242B2 |
Systems and methods to estimate human length
Systems and methods use a three-dimensional snapshot of an infant, child, adolescent, or adult where the subject may have bent legs and an unaligned head position, to provide an estimate of human length. The system identifies anatomical features from the digital information and generates a virtual skeleton. The cumulative distances between pseudo-joints of the virtual skeleton provide an estimate of human length. Comparing length estimates from multiple three-dimensional snapshots of the same individual acquired over time provide an indication of growth of the infant, child, or adolescent. Daily estimates of length can detect growth faltering sooner than less frequent estimates of length, which can lead to timely intervention. |
| US11779240B2 |
Systems and methods for breaching a sterile field for intravascular placement of a catheter
A catheter placement system designed to establish a conductive pathway through a sterile barrier from a sterile field to a non-sterile field. The catheter placement system can include a stylet having a first connector including a piercing component, and a sensing component, and a data-receiving component having a second connector. The data-receiving component can be designed for positioning in the non-sterile field under the sterile barrier. The first connector can be designed to conductively connect to the second connector of the data-receiving component through the sterile barrier via the piercing component without compromising the sterile field. |
| US11779234B2 |
Pressure sensing ventricular assist devices and methods of use
The invention generally relates to heart pump systems. In some embodiments, a pressure sensor is provided with a heart pump, either at the inflow or the outflow of the blood pump. The heart pump may further include a flow estimator based on a rotor drive current signal delivered to the rotor. Based on the rotor drive current signal, a differential pressure across the pump may be calculated. The differential pressure in combination with the pressure measurements from the pressure sensor may be used to calculate pressure on the opposite side of the pump from the pressure sensor. In some embodiments, the pressure sensor is located at the outflow of the pump and the pump is coupled with the left ventricle. The differential pressure and pressure measurement may be used to calculate a left ventricular pressure waveform of the patient. With such a measurement, other physiological parameters may be derived. |
| US11779229B2 |
Electronic device capable of measuring blood pressure and method for measuring blood pressure thereby
An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a display, a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed below the display and having a first surface facing the display, a biometric sensor disposed on the first surface of the PCB and configured to measure a biometric signal related to a heartbeat, a pressure sensor disposed below the display and configured to generate a pressure signal based on measuring a pressure applied to the display, a processor. The processor implements the method, including measuring, by the biometric sensor, the biometric signal, measuring, by the pressure sensor, the pressure applied to the display, calculating biometric information related to a heartbeat by interlinking the biometric signal and the pressure signal, and outputting the calculated biometric information to the display. |
| US11779223B2 |
Image generation apparatus and operation method
In a photoacoustic image generation apparatus including a photoacoustic image generation unit that generates a photoacoustic image based on a detection signal and a sound speed in a subject and a sound speed setting unit that sets the sound speed in the subject, the sound speed setting unit extracts a region having a predetermined range including a high signal value pixel collection portion having a region size larger than a reference region size as a tip region in a photoacoustic image generated based on an assumed sound speed and the detection signal and sets a sound speed of a photoacoustic image having a maximum image evaluation value as the sound speed in the subject among photoacoustic images for respective sound speeds generated by changing the sound speed in a predetermined sound speed range for the tip region. |
| US11779220B2 |
Multi-channel orthogonal convolutional neural networks
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure include apparatus and methods to classify the plaque tissue present in the coronary artery using intravascular optical coherence tomography (IVOCT) images. |
| US11779217B2 |
System and method for collecting and displaying data acquired from an implantable therapy device using a consumer electronic device
A method comprises establishing communication between a therapy device implantable in a patient and a consumer electronic device operable by the patient. The method comprises controlling, by the consumer electronic device, a predetermined set of therapy device functions in response to patient inputs to the consumer electronic device. The method also comprises transmitting therapy data from the therapy device to the consumer electronic device. The method further comprises presenting therapy data on a display of the consumer electronic device. |
| US11779214B2 |
Systems and methods for measuring and classifying ocular misalignment
A device for measuring and classifying ocular misalignment of a patient's eyes includes an enclosure, two lenses at the front of the enclosure, one corresponding to each eye of a patient, a divider within the enclosure, positioned laterally between the lenses, a screen within the enclosure, an integrated microprocessor connected to the screen, and at least one input control connected to the integrated microprocessor, at least one input control operable by the patient; where the integrated microprocessor generates and transmits two images to the screen, each image corresponding to each lens; where the integrated microprocessor receives input from the patient via at least one input control to manipulate at least one image on the screen; and where the integrated microprocessor calculates and outputs a quantification of ocular misalignment based on that input. |
| US11779210B2 |
Ophthalmic imaging apparatus and system
An ophthalmic imaging apparatus comprising: an illumination light source and an optical assembly for directing light from the light source into an eye of a subject; a photosensor array comprising a plurality of photosensors positioned for acquiring images of portions of a fundus of the eye; an objective lens positioned along an imaging axis intersecting a point on the fundus of the eye wherein the objective lens is positioned for refracting light that has been reflected by the fundus to form an image of the fundus on an image plane of the objective lens such that the image plane is positioned away from the photosensor array; and a microlens array comprising a plurality of microlenses wherein the microlens array is spaced away from and positioned behind the image plane and wherein the microlens array is positioned in between the image plane and the photosensor array such that each microlens in the array projects a different view of the image formed at the image plane thereby forming an array of elemental images on the photosensor array. |
| US11779209B2 |
Retinal image capturing
An apparatus for producing a fundus image includes: a processor and a memory; an illumination component including a light source; a camera; and a display, the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to: display a target element on the display; display a light source reflection from a cornea of an eye on the display; update a position of the light source reflection on the display as a caregiver manipulates a position of the apparatus relative to the eye; as time elapses, modify the display to allow the light source reflection to more easily be positioned within the target element; and automatically initiate fundus image capture with the camera when the light source reflection is within the target element on the display. |
| US11779208B2 |
Tracking movement of an eye within a tracking range
In certain embodiments, a system for tracking movement of an eye comprises a camera system, a computer system, and an output device. The camera system generates images of the eye. The computer system stores the images and at least one of the images as a reference image. The computer system also tracks movement of the eye within a tracking range by comparing a current image with the reference image, and by determining a movement of the eye from the comparison of the current image and the reference image. The tracking range has one or more alert points. The computer system also determines an orientation of the eye relative to at least one alert point of the tracking range. The output device outputs a range indicator that indicates the orientation of the eye relative to the at least one alert point of the tracking range. |
| US11779200B2 |
Variable pressure cleaning device and method
Endoscopic instruments, such as endoscopes, and devices and methods for cleaning endoscopic instruments are provided. A cleaning device for use with an endoscopic instrument comprises an elongate member configured for advancement through an internal lumen within the endoscopic instrument and a cleaning member removably coupled to a portion of the elongate member. The cleaning element comprises a variable pressure region shaped and configured to increase the hydrodynamic fluid friction force and fluid pressure force of a cleaner or detergent against the wall of the internal lumen of the endoscope to more effectively clean all internal surfaces of an endoscopic instrument, including crevasses, scratches or other irregularities, without further damaging these surfaces. |
| US11779199B2 |
Wireless endoscope
Disclosed embodiments relate to an endoscopic camera and methods for operating the camera. In one embodiment, the endoscopic camera includes a grip region to facilitate holding by a user. The camera may also include a mechanism for correcting improperly exposed video signals by modulating illumination parameters. |
| US11779196B2 |
Gastrointestinal endoscopy with attachable intestine pleating structures
Disclosed herein are intestine pleating attachable structures for use with endoscopes and methods for using said structures. The intestine pleating attachable structures may act in conjunction with a gastrointestinal endoscope and, optionally, a balloon to improve visualization during endoscopic procedures. The intestine pleating attachable structures are coupled to the endoscope shaft, and include at least one flexible appendage to enhance contact between the structure and the intestinal wall. When the endoscope is retracted, the flexible appendage assists in moving the intestinal wall relative to the imaging system. This movement causes the intestine to pleat. Pleating reduces looping, improves efficiency, and results in a less painful endoscopic procedure for the patient. The attachable structures may be used in conjunction with a dome-shaped balloon that is inflated at the distal, imaging end of the endoscope. The balloon is transparent, such that the intestinal wall may still be visualized through the balloon while intestinal matter is prevented from obscuring the image. |
| US11779195B2 |
Precision control systems for tissue visualization and manipulation assemblies
A robotic assembly comprises a deployment catheter including a steerable distal region and further comprises a balloon assembly coupled to the steerable distal region. |
| US11779194B2 |
Locking mechanisms for endoscopic devices
A medical device may comprise a sheath configured to be inserted into a body lumen of a patient. A distal end of the sheath may include an elevator for changing an orientation of a medical device. A handle may include an actuator. The actuator may be operably connected to the elevator. Activation of the actuator may cause movement of the elevator. An engaging portion may, in at least one configuration of the handle, protrude from a surface of a handle body toward the actuator. A force exerted by the user on at least one of the actuator or the engaging portion may cause the handle to transition between (a) a first configuration in which the engaging portion interacts with the actuator to inhibit movement of the actuator relative to the engaging portion and (b) a second configuration in which the actuator is movable relative to the engaging portion. |
| US11779193B2 |
Molded article and hollow tube
A coating film is provided in a cable, a medical hollow tube, a molded article and a hollow tube. The coating film is formed from a rubber composition including a rubber component and fine particles. A static friction coefficient on a surface of the coating film is 0.5 or less. When the coating film is subjected to a testing such that a long fiber non-woven fabric including cotton linters including an alcohol for disinfection with a length of 50 mm along a wiping direction is brought contiguous to the surface of the coating film at a shearing stress of 2×10−3 MPa to 4×10−3 MPa, followed by wiping off the surface of the coating film at a speed of 80 times/min to 120 times/min and 20,000 repetitions thereof for a wiping direction length of 150 mm, a difference (an absolute value of a difference) between the static friction coefficients of the coating film before and after the testing is not greater than 0.1. |
| US11779192B2 |
Medical image viewer control from surgeon's camera
Provided in accordance with the present disclosure are systems, devices, and methods for displaying medical images based on a location of a camera. In an exemplary embodiment, a method includes receiving image data of a patient's body, identifying an organ in the image data, generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of at least a portion of the patient's body based on the image data, registering the 3D model with the patient's body, determining a location of a camera inside the patient's body, identifying a 2D slice image from the image data based on the determined location of the camera inside the patient's body, and displaying the 2D slice image. |
| US11779190B2 |
Dishwasher system with a reuse tank
A dishwasher comprising a tub, a reuse tank, and a controller for implementing a wash cycle in the tub, the controller comprising a clock, the controller operably coupled to a recirculation pump and a drain pump, the controller configured (a) to cause the recirculation pump to supply liquid used during the wash cycle to the reuse tank, (b) to monitor via a clock a period of time that the liquid is within the reuse tank, and (c) when the period of time is greater than a predetermined period of time, (i) to cause a control valve in an outlet conduit to open and allow the liquid to flow from the reuse tank to a sump and (ii) to cause a drain pump to drain the liquid from the sump and out of the dishwasher. |
| US11779189B2 |
Systems and methods for performing a sous-vide cooking cycle in a dishwasher appliance
A method of controlling a dishwashing appliance may include determining that a cooking operation has been input to the dishwashing appliance via a mobile device, receiving an input option for the cooking operation via the mobile device, and activating the pump to supply a predetermined volume of fluid to the container at a predetermined temperature. |
| US11779184B2 |
Cleaning assembly
A cleaning assembly including a floor scrubber and a self-cleaning device matched with the floor scrubber is provided. The floor scrubber includes a housing connected to a handle. A motor is arranged in the housing. A scrubbing disc is arranged below the housing and is driven by the motor to rotate. The self-cleaning device includes a barrel connected to a support member used for supporting the floor scrubber. A wiper member is arranged in the barrel. When the floor scrubber is placed in the barrel to be dried, the support member supports the floor scrubber, and the wiper member abuts against the scrubbing disc; and when the scrubbing disc rotates or the wiper member moves, water and/or dirt on the scrubbing disc are/is wiped off by the wiper member. |
| US11779178B2 |
Household appliance having an improved cyclone and a cyclone for same
A uniflow cyclone for a hand vacuum cleaner has a dirt chamber that is external to the cyclone chamber and vortex finder, which has a solid portion that is spaced from and faces a dirt outlet of the cyclone chamber and a porous section that is angularly spaced around the cyclone axis of rotation of the cyclone from the solid portion. |
| US11779177B2 |
Fan blade cleaning assembly
A fan blade cleaning assembly for cleaning a ceiling fan blade includes a sleeve that is elongated for sliding onto a ceiling fan blade. A plurality of brushes is each coupled to the sleeve and each of the brushes is positioned within the sleeve. In this way each of the brushes can clean the ceiling fan blade when the sleeve is slid thereon. Moreover, the plurality of brushes is strategically positioned to clean a top surface and a bottom surface of the ceiling fan blade. A hose is fluidly coupled to the sleeve and the hose can be fluidly coupled to a vacuum source to facilitate the vacuum source to remove the dust and debris from the sleeve. |
| US11779169B2 |
Potty chair cover
A potty chair cover adapted for a training potty system. The cover is configured to both provide a snug fit for the potty chair when not in use for training, while also adapted to be removed quickly and easily when a toddler is ready to toilet train. |
| US11779168B2 |
Multi-purpose storage and dispensing apparatus
A dispensing device for single-use articles is provided. In certain embodiments, the dispensing device comprises a wall-mounted unit or fixture that is capable of holding at least different articles and providing those articles to a user. Packaging devices for use and cooperation with the dispensing device are further provided, and various systems for storing and dispensing articles are provided. |
| US11779167B2 |
Dispensing and monitoring systems and methods
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods that facilitate identifying, logging, mapping, and/or tracking of the movements and/or activities of individuals throughout a facility using a plurality of dispensers are positioned at selected locations about the facility. The systems and methods further allow for capturing infrared radiation of one or more individuals within a prescribed detection range, area, or zone covered using at least one passive infrared radiation sensor. The control system of a dispenser of the plurality of dispensers can be disconnected from a power source of the dispenser when the at least one passive infrared radiation sensor does not capture infrared radiation of one or more individuals within the prescribed detection range, area, or zone. Other aspects also are described. |
| US11779164B1 |
Portable smoothie maker with solar panels
A portable smoothie maker with solar panels including a base assembly, a container assembly and a lid assembly. The base assembly includes a hollow base. The base encloses a motor. The base is covered with solar panels. The solar panels power the motor to rotate a blade. The blade is at the top end of the base. The container assembly includes a container. The container is threadably coupled to the top end of the base. The container encloses the blade. The lid assembly includes a lid removable attached to an open top end of the container. Fruits, vegetables and liquids are deposited into the container to make a smoothie by rotating the blade. |
| US11779156B2 |
Reusable beverage container assembly
A beverage container assembly including a cup and a lid. The cup includes an outer wall and an inner wall. The cup may have a double truncated cone shape. The lid includes a spout for drinking a beverage held in the cup and a number of holes that allow aroma to escape from the cup. The cup includes an internal protrusion that aids in mixing the beverage. |
| US11779155B2 |
High-efficiency heating apparatus
A high efficiency heating apparatus for heating fluids and cooking mediums, such as oil or shortening within a fryer, includes a natural draft (non powered) combustion chamber that is affixed to an exterior surface of a fry tank. |
| US11779152B2 |
Beverage dispensing device with cleaning module and method of cleaning said device
A method is provided for cleansing a hot beverage dispensing device (1), the device including at least one water inlet (11), a hot beverage preparation module (2) located downstream of the water inlet, and a beverage outlet (26) downstream of the beverage preparation module, a second rinsing step (S2) The method includes a first rinsing step (S1), a second rinsing step (S3). In the first rinsing step at least part of the beverage preparation module and the beverage outlet are rinsed with a rinsing fluid having a first rinsing fluid temperature. In the treatment step (S2) at least part of the beverage preparation module and the beverage outlet are treated with a treatment fluid, the treatment fluid having a temperature that is higher than the first rinsing fluid temperature. In the second rinsing step (S3) at least part of the beverage preparation module and the beverage outlet are rinsed with a rinsing fluid having a second rinsing fluid temperature. |
| US11779150B2 |
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for brewing a beverage
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for brewing a desired portion of a beverage, such as a single-cup portion of coffee, are provided. The system can include one or more hopper assemblies configured to provide a controlled dose of beverage material to a brew chamber. The system can also include a water input system configured to wet the ground beverage material as the grinds enter the brew chamber and substantially prevent steam from reaching grinder components of the system. Further, the system can include an automatic cleaning mechanism such that a user does not need to manually clean components of a brewing machine between brew cycles. |
| US11779146B2 |
Extraction filter basket
A filter basket for a beverage machine includes a sidewall and a strainer portion. The filter basket forms a brew chamber into which ground coffee or other products are added. The brew chamber is defined by a sidewall, a strainer surface, and a smooth contour between the tapered sidewall and the strainer surface. The brew chamber is defined by smooth lines to create better fluid flow through the extraction process. A plurality of apertures are formed in the strainer surface to filter out large particles while allowing brewed beverage to flow therethrough. The tapered sidewalls in combination with the strainer surface, the smooth contour, and the unique pozzetto shape, result in a pressure profile and fluid flow characteristics that reduce the tendency of channeling through the ground coffee and result in a more consistent and uniform extraction. |
| US11779142B2 |
Configurable food trays and modular containers
A disposable or reusable food base tray and plurality of container modules is disclosed which allows the user to both hold food directly in compartments on the base tray and configure a plurality of similar or different food and beverage container modules selected by the user to securely fit the compartments on the surface of the base tray. Container modules include but are not limited to bowls, partitioned modules, cups, cup adapters, platters and other container modules. An additional feature includes the ability to stack an additional tray securely on top of said container modules. An additional feature includes unique themed identifiers on base trays and container modules so that users can readily identify and remember which items belong to the user. |
| US11779141B2 |
Golf-themed device for consuming a beverage
A device, method, and system for consuming a beverage is disclosed herein. The device includes a golf club, a tee coupled to a club head of the golf club, and a shot glass coupled to the tee. In use, a user pours the beverage into the shot glass, lifts the golf club and the shot glass connected thereto, and consumes the beverage from the shot glass. |
| US11779135B2 |
Refrigerator having panel assembly covering opening of outer plate of door
Provided is a refrigerator. The refrigerator is characterized by enabling at least a part of a refrigerator door to be selectively transparent by a user's operation, such that the user sees through an inside of the refrigerator while the refrigerator door is closed. |
| US11779132B2 |
Illuminated shelf assemblies
A shelf assembly for an enclosure includes a shelf panel having an upper surface, a lower surface, and an edge extending between the upper and lower surfaces. The edge includes front, rear, and side edges. A light housing is coupled to the shelf panel and includes one or more walls defining an interior. The light housing includes front, rear, and side portions disposed adjacent to the front, rear, and side edges of the shelf panel, respectively. A plurality of light sources received within the light housing to project light outwardly therefrom. |
| US11779131B2 |
Tableware taking device and its linkage-type misalignment material discharge structure
A linkage-type misalignment material discharge structure is provided. It has a support block and a drive element. The support block comprises a rotation shaft, a first support sheet and a second support sheet stacked on the rotation shaft successively. The first support sheet comprises a first support portion and a first material discharge portion, the second support sheet comprises a second support portion and a second material discharge portion. The first and second material discharge portions are misaligned in a perpendicular direction. One end of the rotation shaft is connected with a swing rod provided with a clamping groove, the drive element is provided with a position limitation column matched with the clamping groove. The support block is rotated for discharging the material under a drive of the drive element, such that the in-situ material falling is accurate and reliable without requiring any forward, backward, leftward or rightward movement. |
| US11779130B2 |
Child bassinet
A child bassinet includes a standing frame, and a top rail portion and a support frame portion respectively connected with the standing frame. The standing frame includes a first leg having two first side segments, and a second leg having two second side segments. The top rail portion includes a first rail respectively connected pivotally with the two first side segments and a second rail respectively connected pivotally with the two second side segments. The support frame portion includes two first bar segments that are respectively connected pivotally with the two first side segments and are fixedly connected with a first coupling part, and two second bar segments that are respectively connected pivotally with the two second side segments and are fixedly connected with a second coupling part, the first and second coupling parts being pivotally connected with each other for forming a central hinge of the support frame portion. |
| US11779128B2 |
Bed microclimate controller
A bed system includes microclimate control capabilities for providing quality sleep experience. The bed system can include a microclimate control subsystem configured to supply conditioned air (e.g., heated or cooled air) to a mattress, or draw ambient air from the mattress, to achieve a desired temperature at the top of the mattress. Utilizing supply of conditioned air to provide air at desired temperature to the mattress system, or utilizing air suction to drain heat away from the mattress system, can provide precise microclimate control at the mattress, thereby permitting conformable sleep. |
| US11779123B2 |
Modular sofa construction and methods for assembly
A modular sofa assembly described herein includes a plurality of seating modules each having a seat section, a backrest section, and side edge surfaces. The backrest section includes first and second portions coupled for movement between a folded configuration and an extended configuration. An armrest module has an armrest side edge surface configured for mating engagement with a side edge surface of a seating module. The modular sofa is assembled by aligning connectors of the seating modules and armrest module, with each respective connectors slidingly engaged along an axis. After bringing the modules together, these connections are secured with the side edge surfaces in abutting engagement. The modular sofa further may include a power cradle mounted at the sofa's bottom surface. The power cradle includes a cubic power outlet near the front of the sofa, and power cable extending beyond the back of the sofa. |
| US11779122B2 |
Adjustable breast pump flange
An adjustable breast pumping flange is provided. The breast pumping flange allows for adjustment of the flange angle relative to a bottle to which the flange connects. This allows for a nursing mother to more comfortably position the flanges and bottles during a pumping session. This increased comfort in turn allows for improved and more efficient milk collection. |
| US11779098B1 |
Apparatus and methods of removably attaching a band to a wearable electronic device
Embodiments of an apparatus configured to removably attach a band to a wearable electronic device, and method of its use are described herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a coupler removably coupleable to a frame. The coupler includes a body portion and a curved side portion disposed along a side of the body portion. The curved side portion defines a channel configured to slidingly receive an elongated post of the frame. The body portion of the coupler and the curved side portion of the coupler collectively have an end profile that the prevents insertion of the elongated post of the frame into the channel unless the body portion of the coupler is positioned at an angle within the range of about 5 degrees to about 80 degrees with respect to the frame. |
| US11779095B2 |
Container for stick type content
A container for stick type content includes a housing, a manipulation portion coupled to a lower side of the housing to be relatively rotatable with the housing, a first lifting portion provided inside the housing and including an accommodation portion on top in which at least a part of content is accommodated, and a second lifting portion provided inside the first lifting portion and including a support portion disposed inside the accommodation portion to support the content from below. The first lifting portion and the second lifting portion move upward or downward according to rotation of the manipulation portion, and the first lifting portion and the second lifting portion move upward simultaneously and move the content upward when the manipulation portion rotates in one direction while the second lifting portion moves upward alone and moves the content further upward when the first lifting portion moves upward to a certain height. |
| US11779094B1 |
Refillable hair coloration package and applicator with adjustable bristles
An adjustable applicator head with protrusion elements and a dispensing orifice in fluidic communication with a formulation reservoir operably coupled to a sliding length-adjustment element configured to adjust an exposed protrusion length of the protrusion elements along a direction parallel to a central axis of the length-adjustment element. The applicator can be refilled and re-used and is adjustable for different lengths of hair and hair styles. The tines or bristles can be replaced with foam applicators, sponges, or other surfaces for various applications, such as skincare, makeup or makeup removal. |
| US11779092B2 |
Collapsible mist steamer
A collapsible mist steamer is provided herein. The collapsible mist steamer, notably, includes a plurality of sections connected by hinges configured to allow the collapsible mist steamer adopt a compact storage configuration and one or more use configurations. The collapsible mist steamer is useful for allowing a user to enjoy professional quality mist hair treatment in a setting of their choosing, using a highly portable device. |
| US11779091B2 |
Hair styling apparatus with ion emitter
A hair styling apparatus includes a first member and a second member extending along a central longitudinal axis. The first member and the second member are configured for relative movement between an open position for receiving hair therebetween and an approximated position. The first member and second member each include an inner plate segment and an outer shell segment. The first member and the second member are each configured to impart a straightening effect on hair when clamped with the inner plate segment. A heating assembly is connected via the inner plate segment to the first member and the second member. At least one ion emitter is for generating ions upon activation of the hair styling apparatus. |
| US11779088B2 |
Pad for tightening a ring upon a finger, and methods and kit relating thereto
The present invention relates to a pad to be applied to an inner surface of a finger-ring, comprising an elastically compressible pad body and an adhesive layer adapted to adhere to the inner surface of the finger-ring, wherein, upon the finger-ring being worn upon a finger, the pad body is compressed, and the compressed pad body urges against the finger, such that rotation or movement of the finger-ring about or along the finger is inhibited. The present invention further relates to a method of use thereof, a method of formation thereof and a kit comprising an embodiment of the pad of the present invention. |
| US11779086B2 |
Flame and heat-resistant fastener chain and methods of manufacturing the same
According to various implementations, a flame-resistant and heat-resistant fastener chain includes a pair of left and right fastener tapes and a pair of left and right continuous fastener elements. Each fastener tape includes a facing tape side edge that faces the facing tape side edge of the other fastener tape. The left continuous fastener element is coupled to the left fastener tape adjacent the facing tape side edge of the left fastener tape and the right continuous fastener element is coupled to the right fastener tape adjacent the facing tape side edge of the right fastener tape. Each continuous fastener element includes a coiled monofilament that includes a high temperature polymer. In some implementations, the continuous fastener element includes a cord around which the coiled monofilament is wrapped. |
| US11779085B2 |
Device for measuring inner size of shoe
A device for measuring the inner size of a shoe includes a measuring unit including a sensor inserted into the shoe so as to measure the distance up to the inner surface of the shoe, a driving unit capable of rotating the measuring unit around a preset rotation axis, and a frame for supporting the driving unit. |
| US11779084B2 |
Method for measuring foot size and shape by using image processing
A method for measuring foot size and shape by using image processing includes a step of acquiring an image captured by simultaneously photographing a user's foot and an item having a standardized size; and a calculation step of calculating foot size or shape information from the image. The image is captured when at least a part of the user's foot comes in contact with the item. |
| US11779083B2 |
Reel based lacing system
A lacing system configured to selectively adjust the size of an opening on an object and allow for the incremental release of the lace within the lacing system. The lacing system can have a reel comprising a housing, a spool supported by the housing, and a knob supported by the housing. The reel can be configured so that cable is gathered in the channel formed in the spool when the spool is rotated in a first direction relative to the housing, and so that cable can be incrementally released from the spool when the spool is rotated in a second direction relative to the housing. In some embodiments, the reel can include a rotation limiter which can be configured to prevent over-tightening of the lacing system and/or to prevent rotation past the substantially fully loosened state. |
| US11779081B2 |
Shoe
A shoe is provided with a first forming portion provided on a medial side and a second forming portion provided on a lateral side across a central opening formed forward from a foot insertion portion of an upper on each of which a string passing portion is formed; a first support member a tip end of which is fixed to the second forming portion, including a first string passing structure provided at the tip end, and extending downward so as to abut a medial side of a foot; a second support member a tip end of which is fixed to the first forming portion, including a second string passing structure provided at the tip end, and extending downward so as to abut a lateral side of the foot; and a shoelace which passes through the string passing portion and continuously passes through the first and second string passing structures. |
| US11779076B2 |
Cushion and shoe
The present invention provides a cushion partially or entirely composed of a foam, the foam composed of a polymer composition that includes a homopolymer or a copolymer including a constituent unit derived from farnesene. |
| US11779074B2 |
Hair piece
A hair piece of artificial, animal or natural hair or a combination thereof wherein the hair piece is configured to be used as a removable hair piece such as a ponytail or hair extension. The hair piece may include an attachment member for attachment to the ponytail of a user. The hair piece may further include a bendable spine member to allow the user to adjust the configuration of the hair piece. The hair piece may further include an elongate flexible member having a greater rigidity than the hair wherein the elongate member is interwoven in the strands of the hair to allow the user to adjust the configuration of the hair piece. The hair piece may also include a variety of hair styles, textures or textiles to provide a versatile hair style that is easily installed or removed by the user. |
| US11779072B2 |
Undergarment with modular connecting system
An undergarment including a front panel having a top edge, an elastic band arranged on the front panel along the top edge and extending beyond the front panel parallel to the top edge. The undergarment further includes a back panel having a top edge, the elastic band arranged on the back panel along the top edge and extending beyond the back panel parallel to the top edge, and a pair of connectors secured to the elastic band and configured to attach to a side seam of a blouse or shirt. |
| US11779065B2 |
Functional textile fabric
The present invention refers to a method for manufacturing a functional textile product with microbicidal activity, which can preferably have a text or image in color or black and white printed on it, which is aimed at solving the problem of impregnating and fixing a microbicidal solution in simple steps and without the use of fixing or dispersing chemicals, and in another aspect that the textile fabric may also have a predetermined digital image on the surface thereof, where the image has definition, contrast and durability of the print without neglecting or affecting the microbicidal activity on the textile substrate. Preferably, without intending to limit the scope of the invention, the functional textile woven material may be bed linens such as covers, duvets and the like, clothing, articles for hospitals or the health sector, such as face covers, the industrial sector, food or any other sector that requires contagion prevention devices. |
| US11779063B2 |
Garment
A garment is provided for moving an incapacitated person. The garment includes a wearable body portion; and a support portion comprising a plurality of attachment elements attachable to a lifting device. Further, the plurality of attachment elements comprises a first attachment element located at a first location on a first side of a sagittal plane of the garment and a second attachment element located at a second location on a second side of the sagittal plane and substantially opposed to the first location. A method of moving an incapacitated person and a system comprising a garment and a sling are also provided. |
| US11779062B2 |
Breastfeeding garment and method of use
A breastfeeding garment and method of use is provided. The breastfeeding garment includes a first front flap and a second front flap positioned over the breasts of a user, and a back panel, all of which are joined at two side seams. The first and second front flaps may be moved away from each other vertically to form an aperture through the breastfeeding garment. The first and second front flaps are composed of an elastic material, so a breastfeeding funnel may be placed onto the breast of a user through the aperture and then induced to remain in contact with the breast through the elastic force generated by the breastfeeding garment. |
| US11779057B2 |
Herb grinder
An herb grinder comprising a receptacle grinding for receiving herbs and an insertable grinding member for being inserted into the receptacle grinding member. The receptacle grinding member comprises a receptacle grinding surface and a peripheral wall structure circumscribing the receptacle grinding surface. The insertable grinding member comprises an insertable grinding surface for rotatably interfacing with the receptacle grinding surface. The grinding surfaces comprise define a respective plurality of elongate grooves forming a respective contiguous protruding structure therebetween. Impartment of a mutual rotational movement of the insertable member within the receptacle grinding member provides for grinding herbs between the interfacing grinding surfaces by the grinding action of the respective contiguous protruding structures thereof. |
| US11779056B2 |
Atomizer
An atomizer is provided. The atomizer includes a battery rod, including a rod body, a battery, and a first electrical connection part arranged on the rod body and exposed from the rod body, wherein an end of the rod body is disposed with a receiving part, and the first electrical connection part is located in the receiving part, an atomizing head, including a housing and a second electrical connection part arranged on the housing and exposed from the housing, and a mechanical switch, arranged on the rod body and exposed outside the rod body, wherein the mechanical switch is electrically connected between the battery and the first electrical connection part, and configured to turn on or turn off an electrical connection between the battery and the first electrical connection part; wherein the first electrical connection part is in contact with the second electrical connection part when the atomizing head is inserted into the receiving part, the electrical connection between the battery and the first electrical connection part is turned on when the atomizing head is inserted into the receiving part and the mechanical switch is triggered, and thereby an electrical connection between the first electrical connection part and the second electrical connection part is turned on to supply a power to the atomizing head through the battery. Using the mechanical switch to control the battery rod whether supply a power to the atomizing head or not can ensure the effectiveness of triggering power supply for a long time. |
| US11779052B2 |
Tobacco product compositions and delivery system
In an illustrative embodiment, a heat-not-burn tobacco aerosolization device aerosolizes a high viscosity, wet tobacco product at a very low temperature and reduces harmful and potentially harmful carcinogen (HPHC) emissions by six times or more relative to conventional heat-not-burn products while also providing substantially improved taste and user experience. Embodiments exemplified herein provide a compelling and healthier substitute for cigarette smoking that avoids the HPHC emissions of conventional heat-not-burn products while also avoiding the increased risk of addiction and short-term health effects reported in connection with conventional vaping devices. |
| US11779048B2 |
Method and apparatus for manufacturing of rods
An apparatus for manufacturing of rods of a continuous material strand comprising a feeding unit for feeding material strand, a guiding unit for guiding material strand, a compressing unit for compressing the strand and forming a continuous rod of the material strand, and an object feeding unit for feeding an object to the compressing unit. The apparatus is characterised by being provided with a cutting unit for lengthwise cutting of the material strand into at least two partial strands, whereas the partial strands are fed through the guiding unit to the compressing unit. It is provided with a system for adjusting the position of at least one cutting element in the cutting unit so as to adjust the widths of the partial strands thus determining the point of insertion of the object being inserted. |
| US11779039B2 |
Enzymatic process
Provided is an enzymatic process that hydrolyzes celery plant material to form a salt-enhancing ingredient, the formed salt-enhancing ingredient, food products comprising said salt-enhancing ingredient and a method of enhancing the salty taste of food products. |
| US11779038B2 |
Fully-automated sushi making apparatus
A fully-automated sushi making apparatus, comprising a fixed plate (1), a container module (2), an annular shielding module (3), a center shielding module (4), a dispensing module (7), a ring-shaped isolation module (5), a cylindrical pushing module (6), an extraction module (8), a recovery module (9), and a controller (10). The controller controls vertical drive units (52, 62, 81) and horizontal drive units (31, 41, 51, and 61) to drive the connected annular shielding module, ring-shaped isolation module, and cylindrical pushing module to perform layerwise removal of rice from the container module, then drives the center shielding module, the dispensing module, and the cylindrical pushing module to add sushi ingredients into the hollow center of the rice removed from the container module, and finally drives the extraction module, the annular shielding module, and the center shielding module to move in unison to extract the completed sushi. |
| US11779037B2 |
Adaptive food preparation automation and control
Methods, systems, and machine-readable media are provided to facilitate adaptive control for food preparation. First input may be received from a first set of sensors, consequent to detecting a presence of a load on a portion of a heating device. A location of the load with respect to the heating device may be determined. Second input may be received from a second set of sensors, consequent to detecting temperature corresponding to the load. Third input received from a set of devices may be processed, and an adjustment may be determined based on the temperature and the third input. The heating device and/or devices proximate to the heating device may be caused to activate, deactivate, and/or change a setting in accordance with the adjustment. |
| US11779036B2 |
Auger dip apparatus for applying antimicrobial solution
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an auger dip apparatus for the application of antimicrobial solution to raw food. Embodiments of the present disclosure may use an auger as a single moving part to move the food work pieces through the application area for antimicrobial solution. Embodiments of the present disclosure are simple with only one moving auger part to move the food pieces, and the bearing for the moving part, supporting the shaft of the auger, may be configured to be outside of the cabinet with the reservoir of the antimicrobial solution, so that the bearing is not in contact with the antimicrobial solution. This provides for less maintenance and downtime, particularly unscheduled downtime, than a system using more complicated exposed parts. The present disclosure also permits a more compact and lighter configuration for an assembled application unit. |
| US11779035B2 |
Low-caloric beverage
The present invention relates to a low-calorie beverage having excellent sensory properties and sweetness, and more particularly, to a beverage containing allulose as a sweetener. |
| US11779026B2 |
Device and method for constricting and/or severing a sausage strand
The disclosure relates to a device for constricting and/or separating a sausage strand moving in direction of transport with two separating devices which in relation to sausage strand are disposed opposite one another, each comprising: a disk mounted to be rotatable about a first axis, a disk arranged thereabove mounted to be rotatable about a second axis with an axis spacing from first axis, at least two connecting elements, at least one of which comprises a displacement element, where a first end of respective connecting element is mounted to be rotatable in first disk at a respective distance r from first axis and a second end in second disk is mounted to be rotatable at same distance from second axis, where connecting elements are guided such that at least one displacement element, during its rotation about first axis, is always aligned at a predetermined angle relative to direction of transport. |
| US11779021B2 |
Strain Serratia plymuthica gyun-8 and use thereof
Disclosed are a novel strain Serratia plymuthica GYUN-8 and use thereof and, specifically, a Serratia plymuthica GYUN-8 strain, a control agent for controlling a plant disease and a plant growth promoter each containing the strain or a culture thereof as an active ingredient, and a method for controlling a plant disease and a method for promoting plant growth each including soaking or drenching a plant or a plant seed in the strain or a culture thereof, wherein the control agent for controlling a plant disease and the plant growth promoter each containing the novel strain Serratia plymuthica GYUN-8 have an excellent antagonistic action on plant pathogens and a superior activity to promote seed germination and plant growth, and furthermore, the control agent for controlling a plant disease and the plant growth promoter of the present disclosure, which are microbial preparations using microbes, can solve environmental pollution problems due to the use of conventional chemical pesticides and human toxicity problems due to residual pesticides, and thus are safer and more eco-friendly and can increase the production of plants, leading to very useful effects from an economic view. |
| US11779020B2 |
Honey-based rooting gel composition and method of preparing the same
A honey-based rooting gel composition and method of preparing the same are disclosed. The honey-based rooting gel composition comprises honey and symbiotic fungi such as Beauveria bassiana or Trichoderma koningii which increases plant growth and health, and may also contain a plant rooting hormone such as Indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) or other plant rooting hormones that promote root initiation, or natural rooting substances such as willow bark extracts that promote root growth. The use of honey provides an unexpected synergy to protect the cuttings from pathogens through the antibacterial and anti-fungal properties of the honey and benefits both plant and fungal growth by providing growth-promoting carbohydrates (mainly fructose and glucose) for both the plant and the germinating fungal spores. Further, the honey-based rooting gel composition simultaneously induces roots in cuttings to produce new plants and infects the new plants with beneficial symbiotic fungi that improve various properties of the growing plants. |
| US11779019B2 |
Composition made from polyol(s) and sterol(s) for use in the agricultural field
Use of at least one non-ionic surfactant derived from polyols and a sterol for promoting the growth of a plant and the resistance of a plant to an abiotic stress, and stimulating the defence systems of a plant against an abiotic stress. |
| US11779017B2 |
Antimicrobial composition
The present invention relates to an antimicrobial composition and more particularly to an antimicrobial composition at the pH of skin. The present invention provides an antimicrobial composition comprising: a. 0.5 to 20% by weight of a solvent comprising an alkyl glycol ether, b. 0.1 to 20% by weight of a carboxylic acid selected from an aromatic carboxylic acid having pKa greater than 4 or an aliphatic carboxylic acid having pKa greater than 4.5 or mixtures thereof c. 1 to 80% by weight of an anionic surfactant. |
| US11779016B2 |
Solutions for enhancing the effectiveness of insecticides and fungicides on living plants and related methods
The present invention relates to a solution for resisting destruction of living plants and a related method. A solution including a buffered amine oxide admixed with at least one material selected from the group consisting of insecticides and fungicides is applied to the living plant and provides a synergistically effective greater resistance to living plant deterioration than any of the individual buffered amine oxide, insecticides and fungicides achieve. A related method is disclosed. |
| US11779009B2 |
Portable treestand and climbing stick system
A climbing system includes a treestand and a plurality of climbing sticks. The treestand includes a monolithic platform formed from strengthened material. Each of the climbing sticks includes a frame having a plurality of weight-reduction apertures formed therethrough. Methods of manufacturing a treestand and climbing sticks are also disclosed. The method of manufacturing a treestand includes providing a solid, strengthened piece of material and removing portions of the material to form openings between structural supports. The method of manufacturing a climbing stick includes providing a frame and forming a plurality of weight-reduction apertures therethrough. |
| US11779003B2 |
System and method for managing an insect swarm using drones
This disclosure relates to system and method for managing an insect swarm using a plurality of drones. The method includes detecting an insect swarm. The method may further include tracking a movement of the insect swarm. The method further includes communicating, with remaining of the plurality of drones, to dynamically align in a position based on the tracking so as to make a drone formation. The method further includes magnetizing, by at least some of the plurality of drones, one or more drone couplers for electromagnetically coupling the at least some of the plurality of drones with each other as per the drone formation. The method further includes casting, by each of the plurality of drones, a net to trap insects in the insect swarm. The method further includes supplying, by each of the plurality of drones, a high voltage to the net to decapacitate the insects. |
| US11779002B2 |
Scallop harvesting bag
A scallop harvesting bag used for harvesting scallops. The scallop harvesting bag may clip to a swimsuit allows for the use of both hands to hold and put scallops into this bag. The scallop harvesting bag has a rigid to semi-rigid throated opening to facilitate insertion of harvested scallops into the bag. The bag is attached to a bottom end of the throated opening and has an extraction closure defined along at least one edge of the bag. The bag may be formed of a mesh material to facilitate cleaning sand and debris from the harvested scallops contained therein. |
| US11779000B2 |
One-way clutch unit for fishing reel and fishing reel
A one-way clutch unit for a fishing reel is disclosed. The one-way clutch is configured to brake a rotation of a shaft member of the fishing reel. The one-way clutch includes a rolling element and an outer member. The rolling element contacts the shaft member in a radial direction away from an axle of the shaft member. The outer member is disposed outside the rolling element in the radial direction. The outer member is configured to rotate in only one direction along a circumferential direction around the axle. The outer member includes a first external force receiving portion that receives a first external force in an axial direction of the shaft member. |
| US11778999B2 |
Fishing reel
A fishing reel includes a reel body, a first shaft member, a second shaft member, a rolling element, and an outer member. The first shaft member is rotatably supported by the reel body. The second shaft member is connected to an end of the first shaft member in an axial direction of the first shaft member. The second shaft member rotates integrally with the first shaft member. The rolling element contacts the second shaft member in a radial direction away from an axial center of the first shaft member. The outer member is disposed outside the rolling element in the radial direction. The outer member rotates integrally with the second shaft member only in one direction along a circumferential direction around the axial center of the first shaft member. |
| US11778997B1 |
Fishing line spooling assembly
A fishing line spooling assembly includes a bracket that can be positioned on a support surface and a pair of panels attached to the bracket. A first screw is extendable through each of the panels to rotatably retain a spool of fishing line between the panels. A window is slidable into each of the panels such that the window defines a front threshold of a spool space defined between the panels. The window has a line hole extending through the window thereby facilitating fishing line on the spool of fishing line to be extended through the line hole thereby facilitating the fishing line to be wound around a reel of a fishing pole. A pair of second screws is each coupled to and extends upwardly from the lower portion of the bracket thereby facilitating a respective spool of fishing line positioned on the second screws for storage. |
| US11778996B2 |
System and method for attracting crustaceans and other aquatic life
An improved lure for attracting aquatic life, specifically crabs, that utilizes interchangeable sound cartridges. The improved lure utilizes a fully submersible portable unit that hoses all sound production components, including a speaker, and a power source. The improved lure may be configured for activation in low-light settings and for use in connection with traps. |
| US11778993B2 |
Repeat variable diresidues for targeting nucleotides
The present invention relates to polypeptides and more particularly to Transcription Activator-Like Effector derived proteins that allow to efficiently target and/or process nucleic acids. The present invention also concerns methods to use these proteins. The present invention also relates to vectors, compositions and kits in which RVD domains and Transcription Activator-Like Effector (TALE) proteins of the present invention are used. |
| US11778990B2 |
Automatic food feeder for aquaculture breeding
An automatic food feeder for aquatic breeding comprises a bottom plate; the lower side of the bottom plate is provided with a driving mechanism, and the driving mechanism comprises four groups of rotating shafts located on the lower side of the bottom plate; gears are sleeved on the outer sides of the two groups of rotating shafts, and a conveyor belt is connected between the two groups of gears; a plurality of groups of meshing teeth matched with the gears are uniformly provided on the inner side of the conveyor belt, and a plurality of groups of electric telescopic push blocks are uniformly arranged on the outer side of the conveyor belt; a placing rack is connected on the upper side of the bottom plate, and a control box is connected on the front part of the lower side of the placing rack. |
| US11778988B2 |
Automatic bee separation device
The present invention relates to an automatic bee separation device, and more specifically, to an automatic bee separation device capable of automatically withdrawing a beehive accommodated in a bee box, performing bee separation at the same time, and when the bee separation is completed, inputting the beehive to the bee box. In the automatic bee separation device according to the present invention, since beehive withdrawal work and bee separation work are performed at the same time without requiring a worker to directly and manually withdraw the beehive from the bee box when the bee separation work or honey extraction work is performed after the bee separation work, a speed and efficiency of the work can be maximized in addition to an effect of reducing a labor cost. Therefore, as productivity increases, an effect of increasing income can be generated. |
| US11778987B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based system for collecting and distributing animal data for monitoring
An unmanned aerial vehicle-based data collection and distribution system includes a source of animal data that can be transmitted electronically. The source of animal data includes at least one sensor. The animal data is collected from at least one target individual. The system also includes an unmanned aerial vehicle that receives the animal data from the source of animal data as a first set of received animal data and a home station that receives the first set of received animal data. Characteristically, the unmanned aerial vehicle includes a transceiver operable to receive signals from the source of animal data and to send control signals to the source of animal data. |
| US11778975B2 |
Edible bean line <14451> (LUMEN)
An edible bean seed designated as <14451> or LUMEN, a sample of the edible bean deposited under accession no. PI 698684 is disclosed. Methods of using the edible bean seed designated as <14451> or LUMEN for breeding new varieties of bean seed are also disclosed, as well as seeds of the edible bean seed designated as <14451> or LUMEN. |
| US11778974B2 |
Soybean cultivar 07050021
A soybean cultivar designated 07050021 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 07050021, to the plants of soybean cultivar 07050021, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 07050021, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 07050021. 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 07050021. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 07050021, 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 07050021 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11778973B2 |
Soybean cultivar 00150108
A soybean cultivar designated 00150108 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 00150108, to the plants of soybean cultivar 00150108, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 00150108, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 00150108. 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 00150108. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 00150108, 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 00150108 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11778971B2 |
Soybean cultivar 08150118
A soybean cultivar designated 08150118 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 08150118, to the plants of soybean cultivar 08150118, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 08150118, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 08150118. 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 08150118. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 08150118, 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 08150118 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11778969B1 |
Maize hybrid X08R625
A novel maize variety designated X08R625 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X08R625 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08R625 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X08R625, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08R625 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08R625 and methods of using maize variety X08R625 are disclosed. |
| US11778965B2 |
Alteration of tobacco alkaloid content through modification of specific cytochrome P450 genes
Compositions and methods for reducing the level of nornicotine and N′-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) in Nicotiana plants and plant parts thereof are provided. The compositions comprise isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides for cytochrome P450s that are involved in the metabolic conversion of nicotine to nornicotine in these plants. Expression cassettes, vectors, plants, and plant parts thereof comprising inhibitory sequences that target expression or function of the disclosed cytochrome P450 polypeptides are also provided. Methods for the use of these novel sequences to inhibit expression or function of cytochrome P450 polypeptides involved in this metabolic conversion are also provided. The methods find use in the production of tobacco products that have reduced levels of nornicotine and its carcinogenic metabolite, NNN, and thus reduced carcinogenic potential for individuals consuming these tobacco products or exposed to secondary smoke derived from these products. |
| US11778961B2 |
Tree trimming apparatus and method
An apparatus and method for removing the tops of trees, the apparatus including a rotatable first boom configured for coupling to and extending vertically downward from an aircraft and a cutting assembly hingedly coupled to a bottom end portion of the first boom. The cutting assembly includes a housing containing a motor, the housing having an upper portion coupled to the bottom end portion of the first boom. A second boom extends from a lower portion of the housing and supports thereon a singular circular saw which is operatively coupled to the motor. The second boom is arranged at an angle of about 30° to about 55° relative to the first boom. This accomplished by including bend within the housing. |
| US11778959B2 |
Plant shade device
The present invention is a shade apparatus with central hub an shade components. |
| US11778952B2 |
Shearing device providing a pair of pincers for securing the sheared object
A hand-operated, two-blade shearing device providing a pincer post operatively associated with each blade, the two pincers post being dimensioned and adapted to work in concert to securely pinch and hold the object sheared by the two blades during the shearing action. |
| US11778946B2 |
Flexible header with sectional height adjustment
A flexible harvesting header having multiple sections supported by support arms, with the height of each arm being adjustable in response to a changing load. Load sensors at first ends of the arms sense loads and generate electronic load signals. Hydraulic cylinders at second ends of the arms are actuatable to raise and lower the first ends. A controller receives the load signals, determines whether actuating one or more of the hydraulic cylinders is warranted due to a changing load, and if so, changes a hydraulic pressure to raise or lower the first ends to offset the changing load. Actuation may be warranted if the changing load exceeds a predetermined value. Further, the entire flexible cutter bar may be raised in response to an electronic raise signal, and the controller may actuate all of the hydraulic cylinders to raise the front ends of all of the support arms. |
| US11778944B2 |
Heat dissipation power head and lawn mower
A power head comprises a motor assembly, an energy device and a housing. The motor assembly comprises a motor base and a motor fixed on the motor base. The housing assembly comprises a casing that is assembled with the motor base. The top of the casing is provided with an air inlet that is inclined backward and downward and an air inlet cavity connected to the air inlet. The air inlet and the air inlet cavity are provided with two. The air inlet cavity is a U-shaped structure with an upper opening, and the casing covers the top of the air inlet cavity to form a sealed airflow passage. |
| US11778939B2 |
Method for pest control
The present invention relates to the technical field of controlling harmful organisms in the cultivation of cultivated plants. The present invention relates to a method for controlling harmful organisms, to a system for controlling harmful organisms and to the use of a digital application map for the application of one or more control agents against harmful organisms. |
| US11778936B2 |
Apparatus and methods for vehicle steering to follow a curved path
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for vehicle steering to follow a curved path. An example apparatus includes interface circuitry to determine vehicle data of a vehicle, navigation manager circuitry to determine navigation data of the vehicle, and tracking mode controller circuitry to: determine the vehicle is approaching a curve based on the navigation data, in response to determining the vehicle is approaching a curve: determine a wheel steering angle utilizing the navigation data and the vehicle data, the wheel steering angle corresponding to the curve, determine a heading error offset adjustment utilizing the navigation data and the vehicle data, and generate steering commands based on the wheel steering angle and the heading error offset, the steering commands to control the vehicle to reduce control errors and follow the wheel steering angle. |
| US11778935B2 |
Controlling operating envelope for off-road equipment based on a digital fence
A digital fence of a work area is generated and loaded into a machine control system that controls an off-road machine. The machine control system detects whether the off-road machine is within a threshold distance of the digital fence and automatically controls operating parameters of the off-road machine when the off-road machine is within a threshold distance of the digital fence. |
| US11778934B2 |
Agricultural lane following
Systems and methods for agricultural lane following are described. For example, a method includes accessing range data captured using a distance sensor connected to a vehicle and/or image data captured using an image sensor connected to a vehicle; detecting a crop row based on the range data and/or the image data to obtain position data for the crop row; determining, based on the position data for the crop row, a yaw and a lateral position of the vehicle with respect to a lane bounded by the crop row; and based on the yaw and the lateral position, controlling the vehicle to move along a length of the lane bounded by the crop row. |
| US11785867B2 |
Memory device and manufacturing method thereof
A memory device includes a substrate, a memory unit, and a first spacer layer. The memory unit is disposed on the substrate, and the memory unit includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a memory material layer. The second electrode is disposed above the first electrode in a vertical direction, and the memory material layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode in the vertical direction. The first spacer layer is disposed on a sidewall of the memory unit. The first spacer layer includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is disposed on a sidewall of the first electrode, the second portion is disposed on a sidewall of the second electrode, and a thickness of the second portion in a horizontal direction is greater than a thickness of the first portion in the horizontal direction. |
| US11785866B2 |
High temperature superconductor
A superconductor device includes a high superconductivity transition temperature enhanced from the raw material transition temperature. The superconductor device includes a matrix material and a core material. The enhancing matrix material and the core material together create a system of strongly coupled carriers. A plurality of low-dimensional conductive features can be embedded in the matrix. The low-dimensional conductive features (e.g., nanowires or nanoparticles) can be conductors or superconductors. An interaction between electrons of the low-dimensional conductive features and the enhancing matrix material can promote excitations that increase a superconductivity transition temperature of the superconductor device. |
| US11785862B2 |
Via landing enhancement for memory device
A memory cell with dual sidewall spacers and its manufacturing methods are provided. In some embodiments, the memory cell includes a bottom electrode disposed over a substrate, a resistance switching dielectric disposed over the bottom electrode and having a variable resistance, and a top electrode disposed over the resistance switching dielectric. The memory cell further includes a first sidewall spacer disposed on an upper surface of the bottom electrode and extending upwardly alongside the resistance switching dielectric and the top electrode. The memory cell further includes a second sidewall spacer having a bottom surface disposed on the upper surface of the bottom electrode and directly and conformally lining the first sidewall spacer. |
| US11785860B2 |
Top electrode for a memory device and methods of making such a memory device
One illustrative device disclosed herein includes a memory cell positioned in a first opening in at least one layer of insulating material. The memory cell comprises a bottom electrode, a memory state material positioned above the bottom electrode and an internal sidewall spacer positioned within the first opening, wherein the internal sidewall spacer defines a spacer opening. The device also comprises a top electrode positioned within the spacer opening. |
| US11785859B2 |
Voltage-controlled magnetoresistance device comprising layered magnetic material and layered ferroelectric material
Proposed is a magnetoresistance device, including a first layered magnetic material layer in which a magnetization direction is controlled depending on the voltage, a second layered magnetic material layer in which a magnetization direction is fixed in a predetermined direction, and a layered insulator layer interposed between the first and second layered magnetic material layers. |
| US11785857B2 |
Piezoelectric film, method of manufacturing same, piezoelectric film laminated body, and method of manufacturing same
Provided is a piezoelectric film including an AlN crystal, and a first element and a second element doped to the AlN crystal. The first element is an element having an ionic radius larger than an ionic radius of Al. The second element is an element having an ionic radius smaller than the ionic radius of Al. Also provided are piezoelectric film laminated body including an underlayer and a piezoelectric film including ScAlN, and a method of manufacturing the same. The underlayer has a crystal lattice having six-fold symmetry or three-fold symmetry. Also provided are a piezoelectric film including ScAlN having a laminated structure of a hexagonal crystal and a cubic crystal, and a method of manufacturing the same. The cubic crystal is doped with an element other than trivalent element. |
| US11785856B2 |
Method and apparatus for energy harvesting using polymeric piezoelectric structures
A piezoelectric energy harvester has a layered structure comprising a first electrode, a polymeric piezoelectric material, and a second electrode, the layered structure coupled to receive mechanical stress from the environment, and the first and second electrode electrically coupled to a power converter. The power converter is adapted to charge an energy storage device selected from a capacitor and a battery. The method of harvesting energy from the environment includes providing a piezoelectric device comprising a layer of a polymeric piezoelectric material disposed between a first and a second electrode; coupling mechanical stress derived from an environment to the piezoelectric device; and coupling electrical energy from the piezoelectric device. |
| US11785850B2 |
ZrCoBi based half Heuslers with high thermoelectric conversion efficiency
A method of thermoelectric power generation by converting heat to electricity via the use of a ZrCoBi-based thermoelectric material, wherein a thermoelectric conversion efficiency of the ZrCoBi-based thermoelectric material is greater than or equal to 7% at a temperature difference of up to 800 K. |
| US11785846B2 |
Organic electroluminescent compound and organic electroluminescent device comprising the same
The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent compound and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. The organic electroluminescent compound of the present disclosure has a high glass transition temperature that can be used in a deposition process. Further, by comprising the organic electroluminescent compound of the present disclosure, an organic electroluminescent device having a low driving voltage, high luminous efficiency, and/or improved lifespan characteristics can be provided. |
| US11785843B2 |
Photoelectric conversion element, optical sensor, and imaging element
An object of the invention is to provide a photoelectric conversion element exhibiting an excellent production suitability.Also, the other object of the invention is to provide an optical sensor and an imaging element comprising the photoelectric conversion element.The photoelectric conversion element of the invention includes a conductive film, a photoelectric conversion film, and a transparent conductive film, in this order, in which the photoelectric conversion film contains a compound represented by Formula (1) below. |
| US11785839B2 |
Organic light-emitting materials containing cyano-substituted ligand
An organic light-emitting material containing cyano-substituted ligand is disclosed. The organic light-emitting material is a metal complex containing a cyano-substituted ligand, which can be used as a light-emitting material in a light-emitting layer of an organic electroluminescent device. These new complexes can provide better device performance, e.g., narrower full width at half maximum, lower voltage values, and higher quantum efficiency, and the like. An electroluminescent device and a compound formulation containing the metal complex, and a compound capable of being used to prepare the metal complex are also disclosed. |
| US11785835B2 |
Touch panel having a photoelectric conversion element between the first and second flexible substrates
A highly portable and highly browsable light-emitting device is provided. A light-emitting device that is less likely to be broken is provided. The light-emitting device has a strip-like region having high flexibility and a strip-like region having low flexibility that are arranged alternately. In the region having high flexibility, a light-emitting panel and a plurality of spacers overlap with each other. In the region having low flexibility, the light-emitting panel and a support overlap with each other. When the region having high flexibility is bent, the angle between normals of facing planes of the two adjacent spacers changes according to the bending of the light-emitting panel; thus, a neutral plane can be formed in the light-emitting panel or in the vicinity of the light-emitting panel. |
| US11785833B2 |
Display apparatus including an anti-crack projection
A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area, a peripheral area outside the display area, and a bending area bendable along a bending axis, and an anti-crack projection disposed in the peripheral area and extending along at least a part of an edge of the substrate. A portion of the anti-crack projection in the bending area is a bending portion. A preset area including the bending portion on the substrate is a first area. A preset area of the substrate disposed outside the first area, having substantially the same area as that of the first area, and including a part of the anti-crack projection is a second area. A portion of the anti-crack projection belonging to the second area is a flat portion. The area occupied by the bending portion in the first area is greater than the area occupied by the flat portion in the second area. |
| US11785832B2 |
Display device and method for manufacturing the same
The present disclosure relates to a display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The display device includes: a plurality of display units, each display unit including one or more pixels; and a plurality of elastically stretchable stretching units respectively connected among the plurality of display units and forming elastic connection points with the display units, the stretching units and the plurality of display units forming a net-shaped distribution structure, wherein in a state that the display device is not under tension, a connection lines between the elastic connection points at both ends of the stretching unit are not parallel to a normal of the display units connected with at least one end of the stretching unit at the elastic connection points. |
| US11785830B2 |
Method of manufacturing electroluminescent device having light emitting layer by using transfer printing process
Provided is a method of manufacturing an electroluminescent device including: forming a first electrode layer on a substrate; forming a hole transport layer on the first electrode layer; forming a light emitting layer on the hole transport layer by using a transfer printing process; forming an electron transport layer on the light emitting layer; and forming a second electrode layer on the electron transport layer. Therefore, in the present disclosure, the manufacturing method of forming the light-emitting layer through the transfer printing process has the advantage of rapid manufacturing, and is suitable for manufacturing light emitting devices with a large area and any shape. |
| US11785829B2 |
Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same, the method including depositing different electrode portions by moving a mask
A display apparatus is described that includes a substrate having a display area and a sensor area, wherein the sensor area includes a transmission area; a plurality of first opposite electrodes arranged to correspond to the display area; and a plurality of second opposite electrodes arranged to correspond to the sensor area and surround the transmission area, wherein a shape of each of the plurality of first opposite electrodes is different from a shape of each of the plurality of second opposite electrodes. |
| US11785828B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a display panel including a substrate having first and second opposing surfaces and a light emitting element disposed on the first surface of the substrate, the display panel having a transmission area through which light is transmitted from outside the display device; a sensor facing the surface of the substrate and configured to sense light received through the transmission area; and an anti-reflective member disposed between the sensor and the substrate and to transmit light such that reflection of applied light is reduced. The anti-reflective member overlaps the transmission area when viewed in a direction normal to the first and second surfaces of the substrate. |
| US11785827B2 |
Display device and driving method of display device
A display device that can switch between normal display and see-through display is provided. Visibility in see-through display is improved. A liquid crystal element overlaps with a light-emitting element. The light-emitting element, a transistor, and the like overlapping with the liquid crystal element transmit visible light. When the liquid crystal element blocks external light, an image is displayed with the light-emitting element. When the liquid crystal element transmits external light, an image displayed with the light-emitting element is superimposed on a transmission image through the liquid crystal element. |
| US11785826B2 |
Touch panel
A flexible touch panel is provided. Both reduction in thickness and high sensitivity of a touch panel are achieved. The touch panel includes a first flexible substrate, a first insulating layer over the first substrate, a transistor and a light-emitting element over the first insulating layer, a color filter over the light-emitting element, a pair of sensor electrodes over the color filter, a second insulating layer over the sensor electrodes, a second flexible substrate over the second insulating layer, and a protective layer over the second substrate. A first bonding layer is between the light-emitting element and the color filter. The thickness of the first substrate and the second substrate is each 1 μm to 200 μm inclusive. The first bonding layer includes a region with a thickness of 50 nm to 10 μm inclusive. |
| US11785825B2 |
Quantum dot-organic light emitting display panel and display device
A display panel is provided with a plurality of sub-pixel areas and includes: a base substrate, a light emitting structure including a plurality of light emitting devices corresponding to the sub-pixel areas, an encapsulating layer, and a pixel defining layer. The pixel defining layer includes: a plurality of openings; at least two sub-pixel defining layers, and a quantum dot color film layer. Each of the sub-pixel defining layers is provided with a pixel separator. The pixel separators fence each of the plurality of openings, and define the plurality of sub-pixel areas. In the at least two sub-pixel defining layers, the sectional shape of the pixel separator in the sub-pixel defining layer which is farthest away from the encapsulating layer includes a regular trapezoid. The quantum dot color film layer includes a plurality of quantum dot color films arranged in the corresponding openings. |
| US11785824B2 |
Display device and manufacturing method thereof
A display device includes a first substrate including a plurality of unit light emitting areas; a first electrode and a second electrode in each of the unit light emitting areas of the first substrate; a first insulation layer exposing one region of each of the first electrode and the second electrode; a light emitting element on the first insulation layer and having a first end and a second end in a length direction; light conversion patterns adjacent to the light emitting element, covering a portion of an upper surface of the light emitting element, and exposing the first and second ends of the light emitting element; a first contact electrode on the first electrode and connecting the one region of the exposed first electrode and the first end of the light emitting element; and a second contact electrode on the second electrode. |
| US11785823B2 |
Quantum dot display panel and manufacturing method thereof
A quantum dot display panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The quantum dot display panel includes an array substrate; a luminescent layer disposed on the array substrate; an encapsulation layer disposed on the luminescent layer; and a color filter layer disposed on the encapsulation layer. The color filter layer includes a plurality of pixel areas. Each of the plurality of pixel areas includes a plurality of sub-pixel filter layers. Each of the sub-pixel filter layers is made of a quantum dot material. A color of a light excited by the quantum dot material is the same as a color of the sub-pixel filter layer. An upper surface of at least one of the sub-pixel filter layers forms a concave structure. The quantum dot display panel provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure enhances the light extraction rate and the display effect of the quantum dot display panel. |
| US11785818B2 |
Organic light emitting display apparatus
An organic light emitting display apparatus includes a base layer, a circuit element layer, a display element layer, an encapsulation layer, and a sealing member. The circuit element layer includes a power supply line on the base layer and an auxiliary power supply pattern on and connected to the power supply line. The display element layer includes a first electrode, a light emitting layer, and a second electrode, which are sequentially stacked on the circuit element layer. The second electrode is electrically connected to the auxiliary power supply pattern. The sealing member is between the circuit element layer and the encapsulation layer to overlap with the auxiliary power supply pattern when viewed in a plan view. |
| US11785815B2 |
Flat panel device electrode structure
A flat panel device, such as a flat display, comprises a substrate; a power circuit; a plurality of pixel circuits, each pixel circuit coupled to a self-emitting device; and a plurality of power lines electrically coupled to the plurality of pixel circuits. The plurality of power lines are also electrically coupled to the power circuit by a plurality of vias traveling through the substrate. |
| US11785809B2 |
Display device
A display device includes an emission area and a sub-region spaced apart from the emission area in a first direction, electrodes extending in the first direction, disposed across the emission area and the sub-region, and spaced apart from each other in a second direction, a first bank surrounding the emission area and the sub-region, and light emitting elements disposed on the electrodes spaced apart in the second direction in the emission area. The first bank includes trench portions in which a top surface of the first bank is partially depressed. The trench portions are disposed between the emission area and the sub-region. |
| US11785805B2 |
Display device with pixel circuit having a plurality of transistors
A display device includes: a plurality of pixels on a substrate, each of the plurality of pixels including a light emitting element and a pixel circuit configured to drive the light emitting element, wherein the pixel circuit of each of the plurality of pixels comprises: a first-first transistor configured to control a driving current flowing through the light emitting element based on a voltage of a first node; a first-second transistor connected in series with the first-first transistor and configured to control the driving current based on a voltage of a second node; a second transistor configured to selectively supply a data voltage to a third node which is a first electrode of the first-first transistor; a third-first transistor connected between the first node and a fourth node which is a second electrode of the first-second transistor; and a third-second transistor connected between the second node and the fourth node. |
| US11785800B2 |
Display device having cover window
A display device includes a display panel; a polarizing film disposed on the display panel; a touch film disposed on the polarizing film; a light control film disposed on the touch film; a barrier film disposed over the polarizing film; and a cover window disposed on the barrier film. |
| US11785797B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a display panel including a front portion, a first side portion extended from a first side of the front portion, a second side portion extended from a second side of the front portion, and a corner portion between the first side portion and the second side portion. The display panel includes: a first display area on the front portion and including first pixels; and a second display area at the corner portion and including second pixels. The second display area includes a first encapsulation divider between adjacent ones of the second pixels. |
| US11785796B2 |
Display device including multi-portion barrier layer
A display device includes: a display module having a first non-foldable region, a second non-foldable region, and a foldable region disposed between the first non-foldable region and the second non-foldable region and being foldable about a folding axis extending in a first direction; and a barrier layer disposed adjacent the display module and including: a first portion having a first region overlapping the first non-foldable region, a second region overlapping the foldable region, and a third region overlapping the second non-foldable region; and a second portion extending from at least a portion of the second region of the first portion in the first direction. |
| US11785789B2 |
Organic image sensors without color filters
An organic image sensor may be configured to obtain a color signal associated with a particular wavelength spectrum of light absorbed by the organic image sensor may omit a color filter. The organic image sensor may include an organic photoelectric conversion layer including a first material and a second material. The first material may absorb a first wavelength spectrum of light, and the second material may absorb a second wavelength spectrum of light. The organic photoelectric conversion layer may include stacked upper and lower layers, and the respective material compositions of the lower and upper layers may be first and second mixtures of the first and second materials. A ratio of the first material to the second material in the first mixture may be greater than 1/1, and a ratio of the first material to the second material in the second mixture may be less than 1/1. |
| US11785784B2 |
Multilayered seed for perpendicular magnetic structure including an oxide layer
The present invention is directed to a perpendicular magnetic structure including a seed layer structure that includes a first seed layer comprising a metal element and oxygen, and a second seed layer formed on top of the first seed layer and comprising chromium. The metal element is one of titanium, tantalum, or magnesium. The perpendicular magnetic structure further includes a magnetic fixed layer structure formed on top of the seed layer structure and having an invariable magnetization direction substantially perpendicular to a layer plane of the magnetic fixed layer structure. The magnetic fixed layer structure includes layers of a magnetic material interleaved with layers of a transition metal. The magnetic material includes cobalt. The transition metal is one of nickel, platinum, palladium, or iridium. |
| US11785782B1 |
Embedded memory with encapsulation layer adjacent to a memory stack
A process integration and patterning flow used to pattern a memory array area for an embedded memory without perturbing a fabricating process for logic circuitries. The fabrication process uses a pocket mask (e.g., a hard mask) to decouple the etching process of a memory array area and non-memory area. Such decoupling allows for a simpler fabrication process with little to no impact on the current fabrication process. The fabrication process may use multiple pocket masks to decouple the etching process of the memory array area and the non-memory area. This fabrication process (using multiple pocket masks) allows to avoid exposure of memory material into a second pocket etch chamber. The process of etching memory material is decoupled from the process of etching an encapsulation material. Examples of embedded memory include dynamic random-access memory and ferroelectric random-access memory. |
| US11785781B2 |
Integrated circuit constructions comprising memory and methods used in the formation of integrated circuitry comprising memory
An integrated circuit construction comprising memory comprises two memory-cell-array regions having a peripheral-circuitry region laterally there-between in a vertical cross-section. The two memory-cell-array regions individually comprise a plurality of capacitors individually comprising a capacitor storage node electrode, a shared capacitor electrode that is shared by the plurality of capacitors, and a capacitor insulator there-between. A laterally-extending insulator structure is about lateral peripheries of the capacitor storage node electrodes and is vertically spaced from a top and a bottom of individual of the capacitor storage node electrodes in the vertical cross-section. The peripheral-circuitry region in the vertical cross-section comprises a pair of elevationally-extending walls comprising a first insulative composition. A second insulative composition different from the first insulative composition is laterally between the pair of walls. The pair of walls individually have a laterally-outer side of the first insulative composition that is directly against a lateral edge of the insulator structure that is in different ones of the two array regions. Other embodiments, including methods, are disclosed. |
| US11785780B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
A semiconductor includes a ferroelectric layer, a first semiconductor layer, a first gate, a second semiconductor layer, a second gate and contact structures. The ferroelectric layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first semiconductor layer is disposed on the first surface of the ferroelectric layer. The first gate is disposed on the first semiconductor layer over the first surface. The second semiconductor layer is disposed on the second surface of the ferroelectric layer. The second gate is disposed on the second semiconductor layer over the second surface. The contacts structures are connected to the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. |
| US11785779B2 |
Method for forming a semiconductor memory structure using a liner layer as an etch stop
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate and a stacked structure disposed on the substrate. The stacked structure includes multiple alternately stacked insulating layers and gate members. A core structure is disposed in the stacked structure. The core structure includes a memory layer, a channel member, a contact member, and a liner member. The channel member is disposed on the memory layer. The contact member is disposed on the channel member. The liner member surrounds a portion of the core structure. The present disclosure also provides a method for fabricating the semiconductor structure. |
| US11785778B2 |
Ferroelectric memory and memory array device with multiple independently controlled gates
A multi-gate ferroelectric memory comprises a fin-shaped channel layer, a front ferroelectric layer disposed on one side of the fin-shaped channel layer, a back ferroelectric layer disposed on another side of the fin-shaped channel layer, a front gate attached to the front ferroelectric layer and away from the fin-shaped channel layer, wherein the front gate is configured to connect a word line, and a back gate attached to the back ferroelectric layer and away from the fin-shaped channel layer, wherein the back gate is configured to connect a bit line. The present disclosure further discloses a memory array device, comprises a plurality of the multi-gate ferroelectric memories arranged as an array, a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines. |
| US11785776B2 |
Through array contact structure of three-dimensional memory device
Embodiments of through array contact structures of a 3D memory device is disclosed. The 3D NAND memory device includes an alternating layer stack disposed on a substrate. The alternating layer stack includes a first region including an alternating dielectric stack, and a second region including an alternating conductor/dielectric stack. The memory device further comprises a barrier structure extending vertically through the alternating layer stack to laterally separate the first region from the second region, and multiple through array contacts in the first region each extending vertically through the alternating dielectric stack. At least one through array contact is electrically connected with a peripheral circuit. |
| US11785769B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor device including floating gate and control gate
A manufacturing method of semiconductor device is provided. In the manufacturing method, a tunneling dielectric layer, floating gates on the tunneling dielectric layer, an ONO layer on the floating gates, and control gates on the ONO layer are formed. During the formation of the floating gates and the control gates, reactive-ion etching (R.I.E.) is not used at all, and thus damage to the floating and control gates from high-density plasma is prevented, such as charge trap in the floating gates may be significantly reduced to improve the reliability of data storage. |
| US11785768B2 |
Three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices
A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, an electrode structure including a plurality of gate electrodes sequentially stacked on the substrate in a first direction that extends perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, a source conductive pattern between the substrate and the electrode structure, a vertical semiconductor pattern penetrating the electrode structure and the source conductive pattern, and a data storage pattern extending in the first direction between the vertical semiconductor pattern and the electrode structure. A lower surface of the data storage pattern contacts the source conductive pattern. A portion of the lower surface of the data storage pattern is at a different height from the upper surface of the substrate, in relation to a height of another portion of the lower surface of the data storage pattern from the upper surface of the substrate. |
| US11785761B2 |
Semiconductor memory devices
Semiconductor memory devices are provided. A semiconductor memory device includes an isolation layer in a first trench and a first gate electrode portion on the isolation layer. The semiconductor memory device includes a second gate electrode portion in a second trench. In some embodiments, the second gate electrode portion is wider, in a direction, than the first gate electrode portion. Moreover, in some embodiments, an upper region of the second trench is spaced apart from the first trench by a greater distance, in the direction, than a lower region of the second trench. Related methods of forming semiconductor memory devices are also provided. |
| US11785760B2 |
Gate-all-around semiconductor device with dielectric-all-around capacitor and method for fabricating the same
The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first stack structure positioned on a first substrate, a first impurity region and a second impurity region respectively positioned on opposing sides of the first stack structure and operatively associated with the first stack structure, a second stack structure positioned above the first stack structure with a middle insulation layer interposed therebetween, and a third impurity region positioned on one side of the second stack structure and electrically coupled to the second impurity region. The first stack structure includes a plurality of first semiconductor layers and a plurality of gate assemblies alternatively arranged. The plurality of gate assemblies includes a gate dielectric and a gate electrode. The second stack structure includes a plurality of second semiconductor layers and a plurality of capacitor sub-units alternatively arranged. The plurality of capacitor sub-units including a capacitor dielectric and a capacitor electrode. |
| US11785757B2 |
Method for preparing memory array with contact enhancement sidewall spacers
A method for preparing the memory are provided. The method includes forming a trench at a front side of a semiconductor substrate, wherein the trench defines laterally separate active areas formed of surface regions of the semiconductor substrate; filling an isolation structure in the trench, wherein the isolation structure is filled to a height lower than top surfaces of the active areas; recessing a first group of the active areas from top surfaces of the first group of the active areas, while having top surfaces of a second group of the active areas covered; and forming contact enhancement sidewall spacers to laterally surround top portions of the active areas, respectively. |
| US11785756B2 |
Thin film transistor random access memory
Methods, systems, and devices for thin film transistor random access memory are described. A memory device may include memory cells each having one or more transistors formed above a substrate. For example, a memory cell may include a transistor having a channel portion formed by one or more pillars or other structures formed above a substrate, and a gate portion including a conductor formed above the substrate and configured to activate the channel portion based at least in part on a voltage of the gate portion. A memory cell may include a set of two or more such transistors to support latching circuitry of the memory cell, or other circuitry configured to store a logic state, which may or may not be used in combination with one or more transistors formed at least in part from one or more portions of a substrate. |
| US11785754B2 |
Enhanced 3D printed support block
Support blocks for printed circuit boards (PCB's) and printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA's), wherein the support blocks are produced from a 3D printing process. The support block including a bottom surface having a vacuum connection; a top surface having at least one vacuum hole; at least one recessed surface that is offset from the top surface; and at least one vacuum channel extending from the vacuum connection to the at least one vacuum hole. |
| US11785751B2 |
Adapter with heat dissipation layer
An adapter with a heat dissipation layer applied in locations of high electric current and provided for using in high-current electrical appliances, the adapter is provided with a heat dissipation fan on one side or on two sides at the same time, the heat dissipation fan is activated by a small amount of electric power from the adapter, so that the heat dissipation fan is capable of performing heat dissipation function for the adapter, and a guide rod in the adapter is sleeved with an embossed heat dissipation layer, which makes the adapter's heat dissipation effect better, thereby preventing the adapter from deteriorating due to high heat, maintaining product stability, prolonging service life, and reducing work accidents. |
| US11785750B2 |
Two-phase coolant distribution architecture
In one embodiment, an immersion cooling system comprising one or more electronic devices submerged in a two-phase liquid coolant, a first cooling loop to provide cooling liquid to the immersion system, wherein the first cooling loop comprises a first condenser unit, a first liquid supply line, and a first vapor return line, and a second cooling loop to provide cooling liquid to the immersion system, wherein the second cooling loop comprises a second condenser unit, a second liquid supply line, and a second vapor return line. The apparatus further includes a first pressure sensor coupled to the first vapor return line, a second pressure sensor coupled to the second vapor return line and at least one main cooling source comprising a fluid control valve controlled based on the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor. |
| US11785748B2 |
Backup cooling for a data center and servers
Cooling arrangement of data center configured for backup operation, the arrangement including an active cooling system having: fluid cooling systems. The arrangement further including an intake louvers assuming a closed position separating interior space of the data center from the exterior environment during normal mode of operation and an open position enabling free flow of outside air into the interior space during backup operation; exhaust louvers assuming a closed position separating interior space of the data center from the exterior environment and an open position enabling free flow of interior air out to the exterior environment; and controller configured to direct the intake louvers and exhaust louvers to assume the open position when electrical power supply to the active cooling system has been interrupted. The arrangement further includes a fluid system which functions as an open loop in the normal mode and a closed loop in the backup mode. |
| US11785743B2 |
Temperature control of closely packed electronic assemblies
A thin, single-layer thermally conductive jacket surrounds a PCA. One or more living springs integrated in the jacket exert compressive force on PCA components where cooling is desired. The compressive force creates and maintains a thermal contact though which heat is conducted out of the PCA components and into the jacket. The jacket conducts the heat (either directly or indirectly) to a liquid-cooled cold plate configured as a cooling frame surrounding one or more of the jacketed PCAs. The jacket, optionally through intermediate thermal transfer devices such as heat spreaders or heat pipes, transfers heat from components on the PCA to the cooling frame. Liquid flowing through the cooling frame's internal channels convects the heat out of the electronic device. Turbulence encouraged by turbulence enhancing artifacts including bends and shape-changes along the internal channels increases the efficiency of the convection. |
| US11785742B2 |
Microchannel heat sink for datacenter solid state drives
A heat sink for use in drawing heat away from electronic devices such as solid state drives (SSDs) includes microchannels formed along its length. The microchannels may have a triangular cross-section and may be formed by additive manufacturing. Two pairs of microchannels are provided, with coolant fluid running in a first direction through the first pair, and in a second opposite direction in the second pair to minimize thermal gradients along the length of the SSD and heat sink. The walls of the microchannel may be formed with a roughness that provides turbulent flow through the microchannels. The turbulent flow together with the large surface area of the three sides of the triangular microchannels increases the heat transfer coefficient of the microchannels, while the triangular shape and pumping fluid through a pair of microchannels reduces pressure drop along the microchannels. |
| US11785739B2 |
System level control of mems-based cooling systems
A system including a plurality of cooling cells and a switching and control module is described. The cooling cells including cooling elements configured to be actuated to induce vibrational motion to drive a fluid toward a heat-generating structure. The switching and control module is coupled to the cooling elements and provides drive signals to the cooling elements based on at least one drive signal input. Each of the drive signals has a frequency corresponding to a cooling element. The frequency of the drive signal corresponds to a resonant state of the cooling element. |
| US11785737B2 |
Systems and methods for cooling electronic components of a vehicle
A cooling system for a capacitor may include a housing for the capacitor, the housing comprising of a bottom surface, a top surface, and at least one side surface connecting the bottom surface and the top surface, the housing further including: a bottom inlet manifold and a bottom outlet manifold extending along the bottom surface; an inlet side channel extending along the side surface, the inlet side channel being in fluid communication with the bottom inlet manifold; an outlet side channel extending along the side surface, the outlet side channel being in fluid communication with the bottom outlet manifold; a top inlet manifold extending along the top surface, the top inlet manifold being in fluid communication with the inlet side channel; and a top outlet manifold extending along the top surface, the top outlet manifold being in fluid communication with the outlet side channel. |
| US11785733B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus including a sealing member having an improved structure, the display apparatus includes a housing including an opening, a display module including a display panel, the display module arranged inside the housing for the image to be displayed through the opening, a housing cover coupled to the housing to cover the opening while covering a rear surface of the display module, and a sealing member provided to seal a gap between the housing and the housing cover, the sealing member including a contact surface convexly formed toward the housing cover and a first protrusion and a second protrusion arranged on the contact surface, wherein at least a portion of the contact surface located between the first protrusion and the second protrusion is located at a same level as the first protrusion and the second protrusion or protrudes outward of the first protrusion and the second protrusion. |
| US11785729B2 |
Glass enclosure
A handheld computing device that includes an enclosure having structural walls formed from a glass material that can be radio-transparent. The enclosure can be formed from a hollow glass tube or two glass members bonded together. A laser frit bonding process may be used to hermetically seal the two glass members together to create a water resistant electronic device. |
| US11785728B2 |
Electric power device
An electric power device includes a power control unit that is fixed to an upper portion of an automatic transmission case, with a gap interposed between the power control unit and the automatic transmission case, and a battery that is connected to the power control unit by a first wire extending rearward in a vehicle front-rear direction from the power control unit. |
| US11785722B2 |
Systems for printing conformal materials on component edges at high resolution
Systems and methods that enable printing of conformal materials and other waterproof coating materials at high resolution. An initial printing of a material on edges of a component is performed at high resolution in a first printing step, and a subsequent printing of the material on remaining surfaces of the component is applied in a second printing step, with or without curing of the material printed on the edges between the two printing steps. The printing of the material may be performed by a laser-assisted deposition or using another dispensing system to achieve a high resolution printing of the material and a high printing speed. |
| US11785721B2 |
Method for manufacturing wiring board
First, a patterned substrate including an insulating substrate, a conductive seed layer, and an insulating layer is prepared. The seed layer is disposed on the insulating substrate, and consists of a first part having a predetermined pattern corresponding to the wiring pattern and a second part as a part other than the first part. The insulating layer is disposed on the second part of the seed layer. Subsequently, a metal layer having a thickness larger than a thickness of the insulating layer is formed on the first part of the seed layer. Here, a voltage is applied between an anode and the seed layer while a resin film containing a metal ion-containing solution is disposed between the patterned substrate and the anode and the resin film and the seed layer are brought into pressure contact. Subsequently, the insulating layer and the second part of the seed layer are removed. |
| US11785720B2 |
Multilayer ceramic capacitor
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes an interposer including, on a side in a length direction, a first through conductive portion that penetrates the interposer in a stacking direction, and provides electrical conduction between a first joining electrode and a first mounting electrode. The interposer includes, on the other side in the length direction, a second through conductive portion that penetrates the interposer in the stacking direction, and provides electrical conduction between a second joining electrode and a second mounting electrode. The first mounting electrode includes a first portion that covers a portion of a first interposer end surface on the one side in the length direction of the interposer. The second mounting electrode includes a second portion that covers a portion of a second interposer end surface on the other side in the length direction of the interposer. |
| US11785719B2 |
Electronic device
A display assembly for an electronic device can include a printed circuit board, a display panel, and a support structure affixed to the display panel and disposed between the display panel and the printed circuit board. |
| US11785715B2 |
Article for power inverter and power inverter
An article for a power inverter, includes a multilayer printed circuit board having a first and second electrically conductive wiring layer and at least a first dielectric layer interposed between the first and second electrically conductive wiring layers. Each conductive wiring layer includes a common input and output line, the common input and output lines at least partially overlapping one another in a projection along a thickness of the multilayer printed circuit board. A set of input mounting pads is carried by the first common input line and a set of input mounting pads is carried by the second common input line, the input mounting pads of the second set of input mounting pads are interleaved with the input mounting pads of the first set of input mounting pads along a first axis. The article further includes a set output mounting pads carried by the common output line. |
| US11785713B2 |
Flexible cable jumper structure, and method for producing same
A flexible cable jumper structure and manufacturing method thereof. The flexible cable jumper device of the present disclosure includes a cover layer, a first metal layer stacked on the cover layer and having a circuit pattern formed thereon, a first dielectric layer stacked on the first metal layer, a first adhesive layer applied on the first dielectric layer, a second metal layer stacked on the first dielectric layer to which the first adhesive layer is applied and having a circuit pattern formed thereon, a heat-resistant layer stacked on the second metal layer, and a terminal layer formed in one region of the heat-resistant layer and electrically connected to the first metal layer and the second metal layer. |
| US11785712B2 |
Communication device
Disclosed herein are communication devices and connected clothing systems. The communication devices comprise a circuit printed on a portion of fabric, the circuit comprising means for transmitting electrical signals to and from a user, a controller electrically pairable to the circuit, and means for attaching the circuit to an item of apparel. Connected clothing systems comprises a communication device as disclosed herein attached to an item of apparel. |
| US11785708B1 |
Sensor device for measuring current in electrical circuit
A sensor device is provided for measuring current in an electrical circuit of a PCB, including a coaxial connector mounted on a tab in the PCB having an inner conductor and a concentric outer conductor, where the tab is formed by a gap through the PCB along a portion of a perimeter surrounding the coaxial connector; a sidewall conductor formed on sidewalls of the tab and connected to ground plane; and resistors mounted on the PCB and arranged along the portion of the perimeter surrounding the coaxial connector, each resistor being connected between the inner conductor and the sidewall conductor. Current from the electrical circuit flows in a first direction through the ground plane creating a first magnetic field, and flows in a second direction between the sidewall conductor and the inner conductor through the resistors creating a second magnetic field, where the first and second magnetic field partially cancel. |
| US11785697B2 |
Systems and methods for monitoring electrostatic buildup for an attraction system
An attraction system of an amusement park includes a sensor configured to monitor electrostatic buildup associated with the attraction system and a control system communicatively coupled to the sensor. The control system is configured to receive data from the sensor, the data being indicative of an amount of the electrostatic buildup associated with the attraction system, and operate the attraction system based on the data indicative of the amount of the electrostatic buildup associated with the attraction system. |
| US11785690B2 |
Light system with controllable branches of light elements
Example embodiments relate to light systems with controllable branches of light elements. One example light system includes at least two parallel branches, each branch including a series connection of a plurality of light elements and a switching element. The at least two parallel branches are intended to share a common regulated current source configured for feeding the at least two parallel branches. The light system also includes a control module having a supply input line and at least two control output lights. The at least two control output lines are connected for controlling the switching elements of the at least two parallel branches. The control module optionally includes a galvanic isolation. The control module is configured for controlling the switching elements of the at least two parallel branches according to at least two different control schemes: a first control scheme and a second control scheme. |
| US11785689B2 |
Light system with anti-parallel LEDs
Example embodiments relate to light system with anti-parallel LEDs. One example light system includes a driver configured to generate a DC current. The light system also includes at least one first group, a first group thereof including a first and a second LED connected in anti-parallel. The light system also includes at least one second group, a second group thereof including a first and a second LED connected in anti-parallel. The at least one second group is connected in series with the at least one first group. Additionally, the light system includes control circuitry configured for selectively operating the first and second group in at least one first one and at least one second mode. |
| US11785688B2 |
Solid-state light emitter power supplies, dimmable solid-state light sources, and method of powering solid-state light emitters
A solid-state light emitter power supply includes a first rectifier circuit, a second rectifier circuit, a power factor correction (PFC) stage, a first flyback converter, a second flyback converter, and a microcontroller. The rectifier circuits are configured to receive phase-cut signals from respective dimmer circuits as inputs and output respective phase-cut rectified power signals. The PFC stage is configured to receive a sum of the phase-cut rectified power signals as input and output a power-factor corrected electrical power to the flyback converters. The flyback converters are connected in parallel and are configured to power respective loads including a respective solid-state light emitter. The microcontroller is configured to receive signals derived from the phase-cut signals as inputs and to output respective pulse-width modulation (PWM) control signals to each of the flyback converters. Each flyback converter receives a respective power output portion of the power-factor corrected electrical power in accordance with the respective PWM control signals. |
| US11785683B2 |
Calibration device for an optical detector and setting device for setting calibration points for the calibration device
The present invention provides a calibration device for an optical detector comprising a light emitting diode 1, and an electronic circuit 3 for driving the light emitting diode 1, wherein the electronic circuit 3 is a constant current generator configured to supply a constant driving current to the light emitting diode 1 in the range of 0.5 to 25 μA. Furthermore, the present invention provides a setting device for setting at least one calibration point for a calibration device as described above. The setting device comprises a light detector 51 configured to output a signal representing the light emission intensity of a calibration device under examination, a controller 53 for controlling the constant driving current of the calibration device under examination, and a calibration point setting means 55 for setting at least one calibration point for the calibration device under examination. |
| US11785679B2 |
Rotary induction heater having a direct-current exciter
The invention relates to a rotary induction heater with direct-current excitation for heating solid or liquid or gaseous substances. The alternating magnetic field required for induction or for generating inductive heat is generated with a direct-current coil having a constant magnetic field. The constant magnetic field is converted into an alternating magnetic field by way of a rotating mechanical component. |
| US11785677B2 |
Cartridge having a susceptor material
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system may include a container, a susceptor material, and an aerosol-forming substrate. The container defines a cartridge cavity. The susceptor material is positioned within the cartridge cavity. The susceptor material may define a plurality of interconnected interstices. The aerosol-forming substrate may be in the form of a gel that is solid at room temperature. The gel may be provided so as to be positioned within the plurality of interconnected interstices. |
| US11785673B2 |
Fluid permeable heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system and method for assembling a fluid permeable heater for an aerosol-generating system
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system is provided, including a liquid storage portion including a housing containing a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, the housing having an open end; and a heater assembly including: an electrical heating element configured to heat the substrate to form an aerosol, the heating element including a planar filament arrangement having one or more electrically conductive filaments, an electrically insulating substrate having a planar attachment face, the filament arrangement disposed on the planar attachment face, and connectors arranged at opposite ends of the heating element and forming two separate electrical contacts configured to apply power to the filament arrangement, at least a portion of the heater assembly is fluid-permeable, and the heater assembly is arranged over the open end of the housing. |
| US11785669B2 |
Systems and methods for ethernet link sharing to concurrently support multiple radios
With advanced compute capabilities and growing convergence of wireless standards, it is desirable to run multiple wireless standards, e.g., 4G, 5G NR, and Wi-Fi, on a single signal processing system. In the present disclosure, two baseband processors are used with each processor dedicated for one type of signal processing, such as 5G or Wi-Fi. The two baseband processors are interlinked via a chip-to-chip interconnect link for ingress and egress data transfer between the two processors. These two processors share an Ethernet link for benefits including cost saving, reduction in overall chipset power, and reduced form factor of the enclosure. Application of the disclosed embodiments may realize concurrent 5G Fronthaul and Wi-Fi traffic processing on the same Ethernet link. Such an application may be applied to other related scenarios, including Ethernet link sharing for dual Wi-Fi baseband processors, and Ethernet link sharing for Wi-Fi and gNodeB deployments, etc. |
| US11785663B2 |
Session management method and apparatus
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a session management method and an apparatus. The technology is specifically related to sending, by user equipment, a NAS message to an AGF, where the NAS message includes a PDU session establishment request message used to request to establish a PDU session, receiving, by the user equipment, a PDU session establishment accept message returned by a network side device, and establishing, by the user equipment, an access session with the AGF, where the access session is an access session related to the PDU session. The user equipment sends the NAS message to establish the PDU session, and establishes the access session with the AGF. Because the access session is related to the PDU session, the user equipment can map the PDU session to the access session, so that the user equipment accesses a 5G CN through a fixed network. |
| US11785657B2 |
UE assistance information for dual connectivity
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a technique for signaling user equipment (UE) assistance information (UAI) that is specific to a particular cell group (CG) (e.g., a secondary CG (SCG)). For example, the technique may be executed to generate CG specific UAI, which may indicate a configuration parameter for the UE when operating in a multiple radio dual connectivity (MR-DC) mode. The UE may signal the UAI to a network entity along with an indication of the CG to which the UAI is to be applied. |
| US11785653B2 |
Distributed unit, proxy central unit and methods in a wireless communications network
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a distributed unit of a network node, for establishing a connection between the distributed unit and a central unit connected to a core part of the wireless network. The network node includes the central unit and at least the distributed unit. The distributed unit performs a Domain Name Server lookup for a proxy central unit, which will act as a temporary or initial central unit with regard to a configuration transfer procedure. The distributed unit further receives an ip address of the proxy central unit and initiates the configuration transfer procedure by sending a configuration transfer message to the ip address of the proxy central unit. The distributed unit further receives an ip address of the central unit and establishes a connection between the distributed unit and the central unit using the received ip address of the central unit. |
| US11785632B2 |
On demand system information for sidelink communications
A wireless device receives, from a base station, a first system information block. The first system information block comprises a broadcast status parameter indicating that a second system information block for a sidelink communication is provided on-demand. A radio resource control (RRC) request to establish an RRC connection for the sidelink communication is transmitted based on the broadcast status parameter. Based on the RRC connection, a sidelink request for a sidelink resource for the sidelink communication is transmitted. An RRC message indicating the sidelink resource is received. |
| US11785631B1 |
Predictive model for high-capacity frequencies in mobile broadband
A method for a base station in communication with a user device through a wireless communications network is described. The method includes communicating with a user device on a current frequency through a wireless communications network. The method may also include determining, based at least in part on a model, a probability that a higher capacity may be acquired by the user device on a frequency other than the current frequency; predicting a first recommended frequency for the user device that is likely to have a higher capacity than the current frequency; instructing the user device to scan the first recommended frequency; receiving an indication from the user device that the first recommended frequency has a higher capacity than the current frequency; and communicating with the user device on the first recommended frequency. |
| US11785629B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data
The present disclosure presents a method for a first receiver in a first communication link, the first communication link sharing a communication channel with a second communication link in a wireless network, the first communication link corresponding to a first set of beam directions, the second communication link corresponding to a second set of beam directions, and the method comprises determining whether a communication quality satisfies a predefined criterion; and selecting a first beam direction from the first set of beam directions in response to determining the communication quality satisfying the predefined criterion. The present disclosure also presents a further method for a second transmitter and the further method comprising receiving a beam direction selection signaling and selecting a second beam direction from the second set of beam directions in the second communication link. The first receiver and the second transmitter in respective communication links are also disclosed. |
| US11785626B2 |
Resource configuration method and apparatus
This application provides a resource configuration method and apparatus. A multiplexing type between a second functional unit and each of one or more antenna panels of a first functional unit is indicated to an IAB node, so that the IAB node obtains a resource configuration of an MT or a resource configuration of a DU based on the multiplexing type. This helps implement a resource configuration in the IAB node in a case of a plurality of antenna panels. |
| US11785625B2 |
Downlink control information (DCI) on physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH)
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for wireless communication. In one aspect of the disclosure, a method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a network entity, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) that includes downlink control information (DCI) and that does not include any media access control (MAC) header. The method further includes processing the DCI based on the PDSCH not including any MAC header. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described. |
| US11785624B2 |
Method for transmitting physical channels, user equipment therefor, method and user equipment for relay transmission
The present invention discloses a physical channel transmission method, which includes: determining transmission subcarrier resources according to a configuration of a base station; and sending or receiving physical channels on the transmission subcarrier resources. Compared with the prior art, the present invention subdivides resource allocation units for transmitting physical channels from PRBs to subcarriers, which significantly improves the power spectral density of the uplink transmission and effectively achieves coverage enhancement. |
| US11785616B2 |
Method and apparatus for receiving system information in the wireless communication
The present invention discloses a method for a user equipment to receive system information in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method is characterized in detecting a first synchronization signal block configured with a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS) and a Physical Broadcasting Channel (PBCH) at a specific frequency position, determining a presence or non-presence of system information corresponding to the first synchronization signal block within a first synchronization raster corresponding to a specific frequency position based on a system information indicator included in the PBCH, and if the system information corresponding to the first synchronization signal block is determined as not existing, determining a second synchronization raster having system information exist therein based on the system information indicator. |
| US11785614B2 |
Physical downlink control channel and physical hybrid automatic repeat request indicator channel enhancements
A wireless transmission system included at least one user equipment and a base station. The base station is operable to form a downlink control information block, modulate the downlink control information, precode the modulated downlink control information, and transmit the precoded, modulated downlink control information on at least one demodulation reference signal antenna port to the at least one user equipment. The precoded, modulated downlink control information is mapped to a set of N1 physical resource block pairs in a subframe from an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol T1 to and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol T2. |
| US11785613B2 |
Base station and communication method
A base station grants communications of a plurality of wireless communication terminals with the base station without allocating wireless resources upon occurrence of requests for the communications. The base station receives radio signals incoming from the wireless communication terminals and having encoded data, executes a first process of obtaining, from the received radio signals, first signals with at least ones of amplitudes and phases being adjusted, the first signals being incoming from a first wireless communication terminal among the plural wireless communication terminals, a second process of generating replicas of the radio signals incoming from the first wireless communication terminal before at least ones of the amplitudes and the phases are adjusted, a third process of extracting signals given by removing the replicas of the incoming radio signals from the received radio signals, and a process of iterating the first through third processes successively. |
| US11785607B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting control information in wireless cellular communication system
The present invention relates to a communication technique for convergence of an IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related service, etc.) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. A method for communicating by a base station according to the present invention comprises transmitting control information relating to at least two services to a terminal; and transmitting data relating to the at least two services to the terminal, wherein at least one of a control region for transmitting the control information and a data region for transmitting the data may include at least two frequency bandwidths corresponding to each of the at least two services. |
| US11785605B2 |
Base station, terminal, and communication method
At a base station, a control unit selects one combination from multiple combinations of parameters regarding uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources. A transmission unit indicates a terminal of resource settings (Semi-static resource configuration) including the multiple combinations by higher layer signaling, and indicates the terminal of the one combination that has been selected by dynamic signaling (DCI). |
| US11785601B2 |
Method and apparatus for decoding control information in wireless communication system
Disclosed is a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system such as LTE. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for a terminal in a wireless communication system comprises: receiving system information and radio resource control (RRC) configuration information; identifying decoding-related information including an aggregation level based on the system information and/or the RRC configuration information; and decoding control information on the basis of the aggregation level. |
| US11785589B2 |
Carrier aggregation with narrow bandwidth carriers
Performing carrier aggregation with narrow bandwidth carriers includes determining that a spectrum block allocated to a sector has a bandwidth that is narrower than a threshold bandwidth, wherein the threshold bandwidth is based on a size of a synchronization signal block (SSB), configuring the spectrum block as a narrow bandwidth carrier, performing carrier aggregation with the narrow bandwidth carrier as a secondary component carrier aggregated with the primary component carrier, and scheduling the SSB within the primary component carrier. |
| US11785586B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing user equipment triggered semi-persistent scheduling activation in wireless communication system
A user equipment (UE) receives a SPS resource configuration from an eNodeB (eNB), and transmits information related to a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) activation for a specific logical channel to the eNB. The information may include timing information for the specific logical channel which indicates when a SPS resource for the specific logical channel should be activated. The specific logical channel may correspond to a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication. |
| US11785584B2 |
Distributed resource model
A distributed resource model is described that maintains traits of resources in a distributed computing system. The traits include properties, commands, and events that, along with protocols operating in the distributed computing system, provide real-time access to the traits of resources in the distributed computing system, as well as real-time command of controls for the resources. Controllers manage and publish the traits of resources and provide various types of functionality, such as arbitration, complexity management, fan-out of capabilities, coordination, adaptation, and resource proxying. |
| US11785578B2 |
Positioning method in wireless communication system, and device supporting same
Disclosed in various embodiments of the present disclosure are a positioning method in a wireless communication system, and a device supporting same. |
| US11785576B2 |
Relay discovery in wireless communication systems
A configuration for dynamically updating the neighbor list sent to a UE based on the location of the UE and the location of one or more mobile relays. The apparatus receives first location information for one or more UEs. The apparatus receives second location information for one or more mobile relays. The apparatus determines a distance between the one or more UEs and each of the one or more mobile relays. The apparatus sends assistance information to at least one of the one or more UEs in an area, the assistance information identifying at least one mobile relay of the one or more mobile relays based on the determined distance between the one or more UEs and the at least one mobile relay. |
| US11785572B2 |
Reminders based on device proximity using Bluetooth LE
In one general aspect, a method can include identifying, by a computing device, a geographic proximity of an entity, establishing, by the computing device, direct short-range communications with the entity, the computing device and the entity being able to communicate with one another using a short-range communication protocol. The method can further include receiving, by the computing device, an indication that the computing device shares an identifier with the entity, and receiving, by the computing device, information relevant to the computing device regarding the entity based on the shared identifier. |
| US11785567B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining search window and SSB bitmap
A UE is configured to determine a set of parameters associated with receiving the SSBs, the set of parameters including a first parameter bitmap associated with a serving cell, a second parameter bitmap associated with the neighbor cell, and the SMTC. The UE is configured to determine a search window for searching the received SSBs based on the SMTC and at least one of the first parameter bitmap or the second parameter bitmap. The UE may measure the SSBs searched during the determined search window and send measurement results associated with at least a subset of the measured SSBs to the base station. The UE may also prune measurements to generate the measurement results by removing measurements associated with SSBs received in slots that are not indicated to expect SSBs, based on the first parameter bitmap, the second first parameter bitmap, or the SMTC. |
| US11785561B2 |
Digital channelizer with predistorter, high-power amplifier, and beamforming
A satellite communications system is disclosed, the system comprising a ground controller, a decode-and-forward (DF) satellite transponder, and a digital high-power amplifier (HPA). The DF is further comprised of a transponder front end including a digital channelizer and a predistorter. The ground controller is configured to transmit multiple-access frequency-division-multiplexed signals to the DF, where the DF is configured to down-convert the signals received at the transponder front end. The digital channelizer is configured to convert the signals received into a single sample steam and feed the stream through the predistorter into the single digital HPA, wherein the HPA is configured to amplify each input sample of the stream in sample-by-sample fashion and generates a discrete output. The DF is further configured to convert the output of the digital HPA to a continuous time signal and up-convert the output with a main carrier frequency for down-link transmission to multiple-access ground users. |
| US11785555B2 |
Communication device, information processing device, control method, and program
A communication device includes transmitting means for transmitting a signal in one or more frequency bands of a frequency channel including a plurality of frequency bands, identifying means for identifying occupancy of the plurality of frequency bands, and control means for controlling transmission power for transmitting the signal from the transmitting means, on the basis of an identification result obtained by the identifying means. |
| US11785554B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling uplink power in wireless communication system
A method and an apparatus for controlling uplink power in a wireless communication system are provided. The method for controlling uplink power of a User Equipment (UE) forming a transmission link with a plurality of BSs (BSs), a power headroom report trigger event by at least one of the plurality of BSs is detected. Power headroom information of the UE is reported to at least one of the plurality of BSs. |
| US11785552B2 |
Method and apparatus for adjusting uplink transmission power of terminal, and storage medium
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for adjusting uplink transmission power of a terminal and a storage medium. The method includes: receiving sending capability information of at least one antenna module of a terminal; obtaining a target uplink transmission power of the terminal according to the sending capability information; and notifying the terminal of the target uplink transmit power. The method can improve the data transmission efficiency of a terminal, or reduce the power consumption of the terminal on the premise of ensuring the data transmission efficiency of the terminal. |
| US11785551B2 |
Data transmission method and terminal device thereof
A data transmission method includes obtaining, by user equipment (UE), a maximum transmit power; determining, by the UE, a transmit power of a data channel and/or a transmit power of a control channel based on the maximum transmit power and a first parameter, where the first parameter includes at least one of the following: a bandwidth of the data channel, a bandwidth of the control channel, or a carrier type of a carrier of a first link; and sending, by the UE, the control channel and the data channel in a same subframe. |
| US11785550B2 |
Method for efficient rediscovery and medium access for wake-up radios
Methods and apparatuses are described herein for rediscovery and medium access for wake-up radios. For example, a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) may receive, via a first transceiver, a frame that includes a wake-up radio (WUR) operation element having a first counter value. The WTRU may deactivate the first transceiver and activate a second transceiver, wherein the first transceiver enters into a doze state and the second transceiver is in an awake state. The WTRU may then receive, via the second transceiver in the awake state, a WUR frame that includes a second counter value indicating an update of a plurality of basic sewer set (BSS) parameters associated with the first transceiver. On a condition that the second counter value is different than the first counter value, the WTRU may activate the first transceiver to update the plurality of BSS parameters, wherein the first transceiver enters into an awake state. |
| US11785549B2 |
Wearable device location systems
Systems, methods, devices, computer readable media, and other various embodiments are described for location management processes in wearable electronic devices. Performance of such devices is improved with reduced time to first fix of location operations in conjunction with low-power operations. In one embodiment, low-power circuitry manages high-speed circuitry and location circuitry to provide location assistance data from the high-speed circuitry to the low-power circuitry automatically on initiation of location fix operations as the high-speed circuitry and location circuitry are booted from low-power states. In some embodiments, the high-speed circuitry is returned to a low-power state prior to completion of a location fix and after capture of content associated with initiation of the location fix. In some embodiments, high-speed circuitry is booted after completion of a location fix to update location data associated with content. |
| US11785542B2 |
Downlink scheduling data monitoring method, downlink scheduling data sending method, and apparatus
A downlink scheduling data monitoring method, a downlink scheduling data sending method, and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: starting a timer; and after it is determined that the timer expires, monitoring, by using a first discontinuous reception DRX monitoring cycle, downlink scheduling data sent by a base station, where duration of the first DRX monitoring cycle is in a unit of minute or hour. After it is determined that the timer expires, the downlink scheduling data is monitored by using the first DRX monitoring cycle whose duration is in a unit of minute or hour. In this way, not only power consumption is reduced, but also the downlink scheduling data can be monitored. |
| US11785541B2 |
Method for executing BFR process, device, terminal, base station, and storage medium
A method for executing a beam failure recovery (BFR) process includes receiving a delay instruction sent by a base station, in which the delay instruction is configured to instruct that a mechanism for executing a beam failure recovery (BFR) process is configured as a mechanism for delaying the execution of the BFR process when the BFR process is triggered in an inactive state of discontinuous reception (DRX); configuring the mechanism for executing the BFR process of the terminal as the mechanism for delaying the execution of the BFR process when the BFR process is triggered in the inactive state of the DRX based on the delay instruction; and delaying the execution of the BFR process when the BFR process is triggered in the inactive state of the DRX. |
| US11785538B2 |
Communication control device, communication control system, communication control method, and communication control program
A communication control apparatus authenticates a user based on an authentication request transmitted from virtual Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) in response to a request of the user who accesses the virtual network. The communication control apparatus refers to information, held by an operation management system of a service operator, about the user of the virtual network. The communication control apparatus refers to information, collected by a collector, about a network slice constructed in the virtual network. The communication control apparatus selects a network slice through which data flow of the user. The communication control apparatus notifies the virtual CPE of the selected network slice. |
| US11785536B2 |
Scheduling for a UE capable of receptions over multiple antenna panels
Apparatuses and methods for scheduling for a user equipment (UE) capable of receptions over multiple antenna panels. A method for a UE includes receiving information for first search space sets and for first CORESETs on first cells. The method further includes determining second search space sets, from the first search space sets, associated with time-overlapping PDCCH receptions in second CORESETs, from the first CORESETs, on second cells from the first cells; and receiving PDCCHs according to CSS sets or USS sets, from the second search space sets, only in: (a) a first CORESET with a first TCI state, and (b) if any, a second CORESET with a second TCI state different than the first TCI state, and (c) in any other CORESET from the second CORESETs with a TCI state that is same as the first TCI state or as the second TCI state. |
| US11785531B2 |
Method and device for transmitting system information
A method and a device for transmitting system information are provided. The method includes: a network device determines a resource for sending the system information, and the network device sends the system information on the resource for sending the system information. The device for transmitting system information includes a transceiver, used for receiving system information on a configured first resource. |
| US11785527B2 |
Dynamic cellular subscriber management
Techniques for cellular network subscriber management. A request for cellular service is received at a base station from a mobile device. The base station is communicatively coupled to a plurality of other base stations using a virtual private network (VPN) connection. It is determined, based on a first communication from the base station to a database using the VPN connection, that the mobile device does not have a recognized associated identifier, and in response an identifier for the mobile device is assigned. A second communication is routed from the base station to the mobile device using the identifier. |
| US11785525B2 |
Path selection for integrated access and backhaul
A method may include identifying paths from a user equipment (UE) device to an anchor station, determining that a first path corresponds to a direct wireless link to the anchor station and determining, in response to determining that the first path corresponds to a direct wireless link, a signal quality and a congestion associated with the direct wireless link. The method may also include selecting, in response to determining that the signal quality satisfies a signal quality threshold and the congestion satisfies a congestion threshold, the first path for the UE device to use when communicating with the anchor station. The method may further include identifying, in response to determining that the signal quality does not satisfy the signal quality threshold or the congestion does not satisfy the throughput threshold, another path for the UE device to use when communicating with the anchor station. |
| US11785516B1 |
Proactive control of UE service based on quality of an access node's RF-circuitry as to frequency bands on which the access node operates in coverage zones through which the UE is predicted to move
A mechanism for controlling service of a user equipment device (UE), including (i) predicting that the UE will move sequentially through multiple zones of coverage of an access node that operates on a different respective set of one or more frequency bands in each zone of coverage and that has a respective radio-frequency (RF) circuitry quality as to each frequency band, (ii) based on the predicting, determining an RF-circuitry-quality score of the access node as an aggregate of the RF-circuitry-qualities of the access node as to the frequency bands on which the access node operates in the multiple zones of coverage through which the UE is predicted to move, and (iii) before the predicted movement of the UE through the multiple zones of coverage occurs, proactively using the determined RF-circuitry-quality score of the access node as a basis to control whether the UE is served by the access node. |
| US11785513B2 |
User equipment and base station participating in cell measurement procedures
The present disclosure relates to a radio base station serving a user equipment in a first radio cell of a mobile communication system. The radio base station comprises processing circuitry which determines that a neighbor radio base station does not provide a beamformed reference signal to the user equipment. The neighbor radio base station controls the transmission in its neighbor radio cell of an omni-directional reference signal and the beamformed reference signal. A transmitter transmits a reference signal request to the neighbor radio base station. The reference signal request requests the neighbor radio base station to provide the beamformed reference signal to the user equipment. A receiver receives from the neighbor radio base station a reference signal request response, including information on the transmission of the requested beamformed reference signal. The transmitter transmits a notification to the user equipment, comprising information on the requested beamformed reference signal. |
| US11785512B2 |
Fallback to conditional handover using SSB reference signal
In a system, apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for implementing fallback to conditional handover using a SSB reference signal, a UE device may be caused to, receive RRC reconfiguration information from a source RAN node, the RRC reconfiguration information including a SSB RS based CHO execution condition associated with at least one target cell controlled by a target RAN node, and a CSI-RS based CHO execution condition associated with the target cell(s), perform signal measurements of at least one SSB RS and at least one CSI-RS associated with the target cell(s), the at least one CSI-RS associated with a contention-free random access resource, and perform the CHO with the target cell(s) based on the signal measurement results of the at least one SSB RS, the at least one CSI-RS, the SSB based CHO execution condition, and the CSI-RS based CHO execution condition. |
| US11785511B2 |
Inter-RAT (radio access technology) re-establishment enhancements in multi-RAT dual connectivity (MR-DC)
Methods for a target node to establish a connection with a user equipment (UE) operating in dual connectivity (DC) with a primary cell (PCell) served by a master node and with a primary secondary cell (PSCell) served by a secondary node. The methods include receiving, from the UE, a re-establishment request message comprising parameters associated with the PSCell, a message authentication code, and an indication of the UE's selection of a target cell served by the target node as a replacement for the PCell, which utilizes a first radio access technology (RAT). The PSCell and the target cell utilize a different second RAT. The methods include, based on the parameters associated with the PSCell, determining a full UE context for the UE, and establishing a connection with the UE based on the full UE context, whereby the target cell will serve as a PCell for DC. |
| US11785508B2 |
Enabling single radio voice call continuity (SRVCC) in a second access when a user equipment (UE) is using a first access
A method implemented by a network node is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining registration state information associated with a user equipment (UE) from a first core network node, the registration state information indicating at least one of fourth-generation (4G) UE single radio voice call continuity (SRVCC) capability or fifth-generation (5G) UE SRVCC capability for the UE, wherein the UE is registered with a first IMS network that includes the network node using a session initiation protocol (SIP) via an access network supported by a second core network; and providing, to a second IMS network node, an indication of a single UE SRVCC capability for the UE. |
| US11785507B2 |
Method and apparatus for data transmission
An aspect of the disclosure provides a user equipment (UE) that includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry of the UE determines whether to transmit service data associated with a service to a receiving device through a primary link or a sidelink. When the service data is determined to be transmitted through the sidelink, the processing circuitry selects a radio access technology (RAT) for implementing the sidelink from a plurality of available RATs according to a set of configuration parameters received from a network, determines communication parameters for the selected RAT based on quality of service (QoS) or service requirement related parameters included in the set of configuration parameters, and transmits the service data through the sidelink implemented by the selected RAT according to the communication parameters. When the service data is determined to be transmitted through the primary link, the processing circuitry transmits the service data through the primary link. |
| US11785506B2 |
Methods and systems for communication session management
A computing device (e.g., a network device) may receive a request from a user device to initiate a communication session. The request may indicate a requested beacon data communication rate associated with the user device. The computing device may determine that an advertised beacon data communication rate associated with the computing device is different from the requested beacon data communication rate for the user device. The computing device may determine to communicate with the user device at the requested beacon data communication rate associated with the user device. The computing device may send, to the user device, a response at a data communication rate associated with the requested beacon data communication rate. |
| US11785502B2 |
Selective relay of data packets
The disclosure relates generally to wireless communication, and more particularly to selective relay of data packets. A method includes receiving one or more received data packets from a series of transmitted data packets that are transmitted from a host device over a host piconet during a plurality of listening time slots of the host piconet; receiving a bitmap over a primary/secondary piconet, wherein the bitmap includes a plurality of bitmap portions and each bitmap portion respectively corresponds to one of the plurality of listening time slots of the host piconet; analyzing the received bitmap to identify one or more missed data packets from the series of transmitted data packets that were not received from the host device; and generating a relay list of missed data packets based on the analyzing of the bitmap. |
| US11785492B2 |
Key performance indicator anomaly identifier
An anomaly detection and analysis system generates analysis or summary of the anomalies detected from key performance indicators (KPIs). The system receives anomaly data reporting anomalies detected in key performance indicator (KPI) data. The system classifies the reported anomalies into a plurality of anomaly items, wherein anomalies from KPI data that share a set of features are assigned to one anomaly item. The system computes a ranking score for each anomaly item by assigning predefined weights for different anomaly types that are present in the anomaly item. The system sorts a list of anomaly items from the plurality of anomaly items into a sorted list of anomaly items according to the ranking scores computed for the plurality of anomaly items. The system sends the sorted list of anomaly items to a user device for presentation. |
| US11785491B2 |
Service-associated reference signals
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a transmitting device may transmit a reference signal indicating a first service type supported by the transmitting device and a receiving device may receive the reference and determine whether to measure a signal strength associated with the reference signal based on determining whether the first service type supported by the transmitting device and a second service type supported by the receiving device are a same service type. For example, the receiving device may measure the reference signal if the first service type indicated by the reference signal and the second service type supported by the receiving device are the same service type. Alternatively, the receiving device may refrain from measuring the reference signal if the first service type indicated by the reference signal and the second service type supported by the receiving device are different service types. |
| US11785488B2 |
Enhanced real-time network consumption tracking for wireless networks
A real-time network consumption tracking service is provided. A charging function (CHF) device receives transaction records of network consumption by user equipment (UE) devices in a wireless network and generates individual event messages based on each of the transaction records. Each of the individual event messages includes a detailed record based on one of the transaction records. The CHF device associates each of the individual event messages with a message bus topic, formats each of the individual event messages for publication on the message bus, and publishes each of the formatted individual event messages to the message bus. The message bus is accessible to external systems that generate dynamic network consumption data sets based on the formatted individual event messages. |
| US11785487B2 |
Counting method, terminal device, and apparatus
Disclosed in the present disclosure are a counting method, a terminal device, a chip, a computer readable storage medium, a computer program product and a computer program. The method includes maintaining at least one counter, the at least one counter being used to record how many times first indication information is received; and determining to increase a count value of a counter corresponding to the first indication information based on received first indication information. |
| US11785486B1 |
Telecommunication channel evaluation tool
A telecommunication radio frequency channel evaluation tool, software and method of creating the tool are disclosed. The tool identifies restrictions associated with incumbent users of spectral bandwidth within a shared spectrum and assesses channel availability for third party transmitters in the shared spectrum. Generally, the tool comprises a database of incumbent users' locations and corresponding protection areas within a geographic area, population density within the geographic area, and restrictions on third party transmissions associated with each of the incumbent users. |
| US11785480B2 |
Method and apparatus to support RACH optimization and delay measurements for 5G networks
Systems and methods of supporting RACH optimization and monitoring of UP packet delay performance are described. During RACH optimization, a NF provisioning MnS with modify MOIAttributes operation to configure targets for RACH optimization and a NF provisioning MnS with modifyMOIAttributes operation are separately consumed to enable a RACH optimization function for a NR cell. After this, a performance assurance MnS with notifyFileReady or reportStreamData operation is consumed to collect RACH optimization-related measurements for the NR cell and RACH performance data of the RACH optimization-related measurements analyzed to evaluate RACH optimization performance for the NR cell. During monitoring of UP packet delay performance, raw performance measurements related to UP packet delay based on at least one of NG-RAN measurement results or time stamps in GTP packets are obtained from a NG-RAN or UPF, UP packet delay performance measurements are generated. UP packet delay performance could be optimized based on the performance measurements. |
| US11785477B2 |
Three-dimensional visualization of Wi-Fi signal propagation based on telemetry data
The present technology is directed to providing a 3-D visualization of a Wi-Fi signal propagation pattern based on telemetry data. The present technology can receive telemetry data for a Wi-Fi access point located at a location of a building plan in a Wi-Fi visualization system, store the telemetry data with a timestamp, determine a change in a Wi-Fi coverage for the Wi-Fi access point based on the telemetry data, and present a visualization illustrating the change in the Wi-Fi coverage for the Wi-Fi access point. The present technology can further present an animation of the change in the Wi-Fi coverage for the Wi-Fi access point based on the stored telemetry data. |
| US11785475B2 |
Wireless terminal accommodation determination apparatus, wireless terminal accommodation determination method and program
A radio terminal accommodation determination device includes: an average received power calculation unit for calculating an average received power for each mesh constituting an area; an interfering signal power CDF creation unit for creating a cumulative distribution function of all interfering signal powers; an intended signal power PDF creation unit for creating a fourth probability density function indicating a probability density function of an intended signal power; and a communication success rate estimation unit for calculating, for each base station, a communication success rate of the intended terminal based on the cumulative distribution function and the fourth probability density function. |
| US11785473B2 |
Coexistence operation of wireless devices
An apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a controller configured to operate in an access point (AP) mode. The apparatus also includes a processing device. The processing device is configured to transmit a signal to one or more stations (STAs) to prevent the one or more STAs from using a frequency band. The frequency band is shared by the one or more STAs and a radio. The processing device is also configured to detect that the frequency band is available for use by at least one STA of the one or more STAs to transmit uplink signals to the controller without interfering with the radio; and in response, transmit a trigger frame to the at least one STA to schedule the at least one STA to transmit the uplink signals to the controller using the frequency band. |
| US11785471B2 |
Method for transmitting information and receiving information and communication device
A method for transmitting information and receiving information and a communication device are provided. The method is applied to an unlicensed carrier, a first time unit on the unlicensed carrier is used to transmit target uplink control information, and a second time unit on the unlicensed carrier is used to transmit the target uplink shared channel. The second time unit is located after the first time unit in a time domain; and the method includes: a terminal device determines the target uplink control information and the target uplink shared channel; and the terminal device transmits the target uplink control information and the target uplink shared channel in the second time unit. |
| US11785470B2 |
Wireless communication method and wireless communication terminal for spatial reuse of overlapped basic service set
The present invention relates to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for a spatial reuse operation of an overlapping basic service set, and more particularly, to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for supporting a spatial reuse operation of an overlapping basic service set to efficiently use a wireless resource. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal including: a processor; and a communication unit, wherein the processor receives a trigger frame indicating an uplink multi-user transmission, and transmits a trigger-based PHY protocol data unit (PPDU) in response to the received trigger frame, wherein the trigger-based PPDU comprises a spatial reuse parameter for spatial reuse operation of an overlapping basic service set (OBSS) terminal and a wireless communication method using the same. |
| US11785468B2 |
Subscriber identification module (SIM) management for cloud-based private mobile networks
The present disclosure relates to devices, methods, and systems for subscriber identification module (SIM) management for a private mobile network. The methods and systems may include a private mobile network service on a cloud computing system. Users of the cloud computing system may use the private mobile network service to create a private mobile network. The private mobile network service may facilitate the creation of the private mobile network by providing interfaces for secure communications with the users of the cloud computing system, the SIM service partners, and the packet core partners. The mobile network service may also manage the SIM cards for the private mobile networks by coordinating the transmission of the SIM operation details for the SIM cards. |
| US11785466B2 |
Method and system for IoT code and configuration using smart contracts
Method and Systems for configuring, monitoring, updating and validating Internet of Things (IoT) software code and configuration using blockchain smart contract technology. The use of smart contracts for delivering software code and or configuration scripts to IoT devices is an enhanced cybersecurity solution meant to ensure the security and integrity of IoT devices. The use of smart contracts is also shown how it can be used for verifying the integrity of the IoT devices software code and or configuration is a proactive method of cybersecurity. The proactive cybersecurity method will prevent man in the middle attacks as well as preventing rogue devices from impacting other IoT devices or networks. |
| US11785465B2 |
Facilitating a secure session between paired devices
A host device can establish a verified session with a wearable device. The host device can determine whether the verified session is in progress. In accordance with a determination that the verified session is in progress, the host device can provide a user interface to request confirmation that the identifier is to be provided to the wearable device. The host device can receive an input at the user interface and, in accordance with a determination that the input indicates a confirmation that the identifier is to be provided to the wearable device, the host can identify a user identifier to provide to the wearable device, and transmit the user identifier to the wearable device. |
| US11785462B2 |
Registration and authentication of a drone, ground control station, and user for flights leveraging a wide area network
A device may include a memory and a processor. The device may receive, from a ground control station (GCS) associated with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), credentials associated with a user. The device may determine whether the GCS has been registered and determine, in response to determining that the GCS has been registered, whether the UAV has been registered. The device may present, in response to determining that the UAV has been registered, a list of UAVs the user is authorized to operate and receive selection of a particular UAV from the list of UAVs. The device may facilitate operational activities of the particular UAV. |
| US11785459B2 |
Marine vessel portable device registration system and marine vessel portable device registration method
A marine vessel portable device registration system includes portable devices and a controller. A registered portable device transmits a specific wireless signal based on an input operation on a portable device operator. The controller is configured or programmed to receive the specific wireless signal from the registered portable device, and perform a control to authenticate and register an unregistered portable device as a new registered portable device based on having received a wireless signal from the unregistered portable device. |
| US11785455B2 |
Communication device and system
[Object] To provide a mechanism that makes it possible to avoid inconveniences when the authentication process has abnormality.[Solution] A communication device comprising a control section configured to control each of a first process that achieves a prescribed function, and a second process that authenticates another communication device and that is different from the first process, wherein the control section performs control in such a manner that the second process is not performed in a case where abnormality is recognized. |
| US11785454B2 |
Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, mobility management entity (MME), and communication control method
Provided is a communication procedure for data transmission and/or reception suitable for a Network Slice and a DeCOR. One or a plurality of Network Slices are included in a core network managed by the network operator, the Network Slice is configured of one or a plurality of Network Functions, and based on registration information of a terminal apparatus or a request of the terminal apparatus, the terminal apparatus performs processing to connect to the one or the plurality of Network Slices corresponding to a service or an application. Furthermore, based on an authentication result from the network, the terminal apparatus performs processing to connect to a supplemental Network Slice. |
| US11785451B2 |
Managing identifier privacy
In order to ensure that a Subscription Concealed Identifier, SUCI, is calculated in the Universal Subscriber Identity Module, USIM, part of a User Equipment, UE, when intended, when a SUCI-Calculation-Indicator is set to a value indicating that the SUCI should be calculated in the USIM, a network node sets proprietary information, which is not known to a Mobile Equipment, ME, part of the UE, as required for calculation of the SUCI. The USIM facilitates calculation of the SUCI in the ME part of the UE only when the SUCI-Calculation-Indicator is set to a value indicating that the SUCI should be calculated in the ME. When the SUCI-Calculation-Indicator is set to a value indicating that the SUCI should be calculated in the USIM, the ME part deletes any locally stored information required for calculation of the SUCI. |
| US11785449B2 |
Secure on-demand ultra-wideband communication channels systems and methods
A method includes forming a communication channel between a user device and an access device. The communication channel is then secured using a user device key pair in the user device and an access device ephemeral key pair in the access device. The access device then generates a session key using at least a private cryptographic key in the access device ephemeral key pair, and a public key in the user device key pair. The access device then uses the session key to secure an ultrawideband communication channel between the user device and the access device. |
| US11785445B1 |
Wireless communication service over a network exposure function and multiple unified data elements
A wireless communication network serves a User Equipment (UE) with a Network Exposure Function (NEF) and multiple Unified Data Elements (UDEs) like Unified Data Managements (UDMs) and Unified Data Repositories (UDRs) The NEF receives initial network data and transfers a UDE query to a Network Repository Function (NRF). The NRF selects a Unified Data Proxy (UDP) and indicates the UDP to the NEF. The NEF receives the UDP indication and responsively transfers the initial network data to the UDP. The UDP receives the initial network data, and in response, selects one of the UDEs. The UDP transfers the initial network data to the selected one of the UDEs. The selected one of the UDEs receives the initial network data, and in response, generates and transfers new network data. In some examples, the UDEs comprise UDMs/UDRs that reside in different Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs) from one another and from the NEF. |
| US11785443B2 |
Methods for providing regulation compliant privacy and related apparatuses
A method of operating a network device in a serving network for providing regulation compliant privacy in a communications network is provided. Operations of such methods include obtaining a concealed subscription identifier from a user equipment, UE, that is associated with a home network, HN, obtaining a permanent subscription identifier that is associated with the concealed subscription identifier from the HN, determining whether the concealed subscription identifier from the UE corresponds to the permanent subscription identifier from the HN, and responsive to determining that the concealed subscription identifier from the UE corresponds to the permanent subscription identifier from the HN, performing further operations to provide service to the UE. |
| US11785440B2 |
Public safety system and method
A feedback based public safety method is provided. The method is implemented by a computing device and comprising receiving, from an external device of an individual, identification data of the individual associated with the external device, accessing from one or more databases, by the computing device of the user, ratings data specific to the individual, the ratings data is based on historical interactions of the individual, comparing the ratings data with one or more of a plurality of threshold values, determining, based on the comparing, whether the ratings data satisfies one or more of the plurality of threshold values, and initiating one or more of a plurality of action sets responsive to the ratings data satisfying the one or more of the plurality of threshold values. |
| US11785439B2 |
Integrated emergency event detection and mapping using individualized device location registrations
A software platform includes emergency event processing functionality for detecting and mapping emergency event occurrences. The emergency event processing includes device location registration functionality for allowing operators of the software platform to register locations of their devices. Information associated with the operator-entered location information is stored alongside network device information. When an emergency call is placed by a device registered with the software platform, the software platform identifies network device information for the device placing the emergency call and searches records generated based on the operator-indicated device locations. A location determined thereby is then signaled to a public safety answering point. This automated signaling can improve an emergency response by directing dispatched responders to a specific location verified by the operator of the device, rather than an assumed location specified by an administrator which may not actually be accurate. |
| US11785437B2 |
Apparatus for locating an aerosol generation device
A system is disclosed comprising a smartphone 2 and an aerosol generation device, such as an electronic cigarette. The smartphone 2 is configured to establish a communicative interaction with the electronic cigarette 4, preferably using a wireless protocol like Bluetooth® so that the devices can exchange data. The smartphone 2 comprises a positioning module, such as a GPS receiver 26, and is adapted to store a position in a data storage unit 28 each time a communicative interaction is established. In this way, the user can retrieve the last stored position from the data storage unit 28 and display it on a map on the smartphone display screen 22 so that they can be assisted in locating the electronic cigarette 4. |
| US11785433B2 |
Systems and methods for managing a vehicle’s energy via a wireless network
The disclosure is directed to methods and systems for provisioning mobile electric vehicles with various operational settings data transmitted over the air. A vehicle or its components may operate according to operational settings corresponding to operational settings data included in the vehicle components. A server that is remote to the vehicle may comprise operational settings data and may transmit operational settings data to the vehicle. The server may transmit operational settings data automatically, such as on a periodic basis, in response to a request, such as from a user or from a vehicle component or anytime new or updated operational settings data are available for the vehicle or its components. |
| US11785429B2 |
Semantic clustering of messages
Example systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed. In an example method, a first outbound text message is transmitted via a message broker of a messaging platform from a client to a plurality of recipients. In response to the first outbound message, a plurality of inbound text messages is received, via the message broker, from the plurality of recipients. A first grouping of the plurality of inbound text messages is determined, the first grouping associated with one or more recipients of the plurality of recipients. The first grouping is presented to the client. A second outbound text message is transmitted, via the message broker, from the client to the one or more recipients of the plurality of recipients. The second outbound text message is generated based on the first grouping. The message broker is in communication with a first messaging service and a second messaging service different from the first messaging service. The first outbound text message is transmitted via the first messaging service. A first inbound text message of the plurality of inbound text messages is received via the second messaging service. Each inbound text message of the plurality of inbound text message is addressed to a long-code telephone number generated by the messaging platform and uniquely associated with the client by the messaging platform. |
| US11785427B2 |
Control plane-based communication of multimedia broadcast/multicast service service keys
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may register to a cellular network associated with a multicast/broadcast multimedia service (MBMS). The UE may transmit, to the cellular network, a request to join the MBMS. The UE may receive, from the cellular network and based at least in part on being registered with the cellular network, a response that indicates an MBMS service key (MSK) and MSK identifier pair. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US11785420B2 |
Angle-based positioning improvements in presence of non line of sight reference signals
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for enhanced angle-based positioning calculations. |
| US11785419B2 |
Dual-band real-time location
The disclosure describes a real-time location system for tracking assets at a site. The system includes one or more tracking tags for carrying by or on the assets, one or more locating device nodes and a processing application. Each tracking tag includes a short-range radio frequency signal transmitter configured to transmit a beacon signal with unique identification information of the tracking tag. Each locating device node includes a signal receiver configured to receive the beacon signals at a received signal strength and a long-range radio frequency transmitter configured to transmit, using a spread spectrum, long-range modulation over a wide area network, locating signals including the unique identification information of the tracking tag and a received signal strength indicator representing the received signal strength. The processing application is configured to associate tracking tags and locating device nodes based upon the received signal strength indicator. |
| US11785416B2 |
Enhanced algorithms for improved user experience using internet of things sensor integration
Techniques directed to utilizing networked devices to enhance user experience are described. In an example, sensor data received from sensor(s) associated with a facility can be used to determine a presence of a user equipment (UE) within or proximate to the facility. Based at least in part on the sensor data, an account associated with the UE can be accessed. Based at least in part on account data associated with the account, a distribution of network technology can be modified to temporarily enable the UE to access a service that is not otherwise available to at least one other UE within or proximate to the facility. |
| US11785415B2 |
Locations platform for managing and providing of user experiences
A method for using location-based services for service management is discussed. The method includes receiving, at a server, a user request from a user device at a geographical location. The method includes accessing a store search to determine a store reference based on the user request and a user location corresponding to the geographical location, the store reference indicating tenant(s) accessible to the user via a user interface (UI) of the user device. The method includes accessing location data for the user device based on the store reference and a user account associated with the user, the location data indicating a service accessible via the UI and associated with a certain tenant. The method includes providing, to the user device and based on the location data, a user experience for accessing the service via the UI. |
| US11785411B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system
Provided is an information processing apparatus that includes an output processing unit, a recognized-position acquisition unit, and a comparing unit. The output processing unit generates a sound by using a head-related transfer function of a user measured in advance, the sound being to be output from a virtual sound source located at a first position in a space around the user. The recognized-position acquisition unit acquires information of a second position in the space, the second position being recognized as a position of the virtual sound source by the user who has listened to the sound. The comparing unit compares the first position and the second position with each other. The output processing unit controls the position of the virtual sound source of the sound output toward the user on the basis of a result of the comparison by the comparing unit. |
| US11785410B2 |
Reproduction apparatus and reproduction method
The present technology relates a reproduction apparatus, a reproduction method, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program which can realize reproduction of highly flexible audio data while reflecting the intention of a content creator.A reproduction apparatus according to one aspect of the present technology acquires content including audio data of each of audio objects and rendering parameters of the audio data for each of a plurality of presumed listening positions, renders the audio data on the basis of the rendering parameters for a selected predetermined presumed listening position, and outputs an audio signal. The present technology can be applied to an apparatus that can reproduce object-based audio data. |
| US11785409B1 |
Multi-stage solver for acoustic wave decomposition
Disclosed are techniques for an improved method for performing Acoustic Wave Decomposition (AWD) processing that reduces a complexity and processing consumption. The improved method enables a device to perform AWD processing to decompose an observed sound field into directional components, enabling the device to perform additional processing such as sound source separation, dereverberation, sound source localization, sound field reconstruction, and/or the like. The improved method splits the solution to two phases: a search phase that selects a subset of a device dictionary to reduce a complexity, and a decomposition phase that solves an optimization problem using the subset of the device dictionary. |
| US11785408B2 |
Determination of targeted spatial audio parameters and associated spatial audio playback
A method for spatial audio signal processing, including determining, for two or more playback audio signals, at least one spatial audio parameter for providing spatial audio reproduction; determining between the two or more playback audio signals at least one audio signal relationship parameter, the at least one audio signal relationship parameter being associated with a determination of inter-channel signal relationship information between the two or more playback audio signals and for at least two frequency bands, such that the two or more playback audio signals are configured to be reproduced based on the at least one spatial audio parameter and the at least one audio signal relationship parameter. |
| US11785407B2 |
Method and apparatus for rendering sound signal, and computer-readable recording medium
A method of reproducing a multi-channel audio signal including an elevation sound signal in a horizontal layout environment is provided, thereby obtaining a rendering parameter according to a rendering type and configuring a down-mix matrix, and thus effective rendering performance may be obtained with respect to an audio signal that is not suitable for applying virtual rendering. A method of rendering an audio signal includes receiving a multi-channel signal includes a plurality of input channels to be converted into a plurality of output channels; determining a rendering type for elevation rendering based on a parameter determined from a characteristic of the multi-channel signal; and rendering at least one height input channel according to the determined rendering type, wherein the parameter is included in a bitstream of the multi-channel signal. |
| US11785404B2 |
Method and system of fitting a hearing device
In a method of fitting of a hearing device having an input transducer and an output transducer, the method includes executing a fitting application on a graphical user interface of an external device in communication with the hearing device, detecting by measuring reactions of the user to picked-up sound, performing acoustic feedback measurements as a background process without a user's involvement, assessing the probability of a correct physical fit based on the position of the inserted hearing device, assessing feedback risk based on the correct physical fit assessment and the acoustic feedback measurements, and fine tuning fitting parameter of the hearing device based on the result of at least one of the detected reactions of the user, acoustic feedback measurements and saved, within the fitting application, personal information of the user. |
| US11785403B2 |
Device to optically verify custom hearing aid fit and method of use
Embodiments herein relate to a test shell for assessing fit in an ear of a user of an ear-wearable device, such as a hearing aid. The test shell includes a body having an aperture end and an ear canal end, the aperture end defines a first aperture, and the body defines a shell cavity extending away from the first aperture in a direction of the ear canal end. The body includes a transparent or translucent material and is sized to fit within an ear of the user of an ear-wearable device. Other embodiments are also included herein. |
| US11785399B2 |
Hearable device comprising integrated device and wireless functionality
A device comprising a first printed circuit board (PCB); a second printed circuit board (PCB); a first flex board coupled to the first PCB and the second PCB; a first integrated device coupled to the first PCB; a speaker configured to be coupled to the first integrated device; a microphone configured to be coupled to the first integrated device; a second integrated device coupled to the second PCB, wherein the second integrated device is configured to be coupled to the first integrated device through the second PCB, the first flex board and the first PCB; and a power source configured to provide power to the first integrated device and the second integrated device. The first PCB is located between the power source and the first integrated device. The second PCB is located between the power source and the second integrated device. |
| US11785397B2 |
Hearing aid comprising a physiological sensor
The present application relates to a system comprising a hearing aid, the hearing aid configured to be operated based on an estimation of a current listening effort of a hearing aid user. The system comprising an input unit for receiving an input sound signal from an environment of the hearing aid user and providing at least one electric input signal representing said input sound signal, an output unit for providing at least one set of stimuli perceivable as sound to the hearing aid user based on processed versions of said at least one electric input signal, a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) estimator for determining an SNR in the environment of the hearing aid user, a processing unit connected to said input unit and to said output unit and comprising signal processing parameters of the system to provide processed versions of said at least one electric input signal, a memory unit configured to store reference sets of SNR and pulse transition time (PTT) of the hearing aid user, at least a first and a second physiological sensor, wherein the system being configured to determine, based on the first physiological sensor, a first point in time at a first maximum upslope point of a first measured parameter, determine, based on the second physiological sensor, a second point in time at a second maximum upslope point of a second measured parameter, establish a current PTT by calculating a time difference between the first point in time and the second point in time, and determine, based on the current PTT and the stored reference sets of SNR and PTT, a current listening effort of the hearing aid user. |
| US11785395B2 |
Hearing aid with voice recognition
A system for selectively amplifying audio signals may include a microphone configured to capture sounds from an environment of a user. The system may also include a processor programmed to: receive audio signals representative of the sounds captured by the microphone; cause selective conditioning of at least one audio signal received by the microphone from a region associated with the recognized individual; and cause transmission of the at least one conditioned audio signal to a hearing interface device configured to provide sound to an ear of the user. |
| US11785394B2 |
Apparatus including flexible vibration module
A display apparatus including a flexible vibration module and a method of manufacturing the flexible vibration module are provided. A display apparatus includes: a display panel configured to display an image, and a flexible vibration module on a rear surface of the display panel, the flexible vibration module configured to vibrate the display panel, the flexible vibration module including: a plurality of first portions having a piezoelectric characteristic, and a plurality of second portions respectively between pairs of the plurality of first portions, the plurality of second portions having flexibility. |
| US11785392B2 |
Dual function transducer
A transducer assembly comprising: a magnet motor assembly comprising a first magnet plate and a second magnet plate arranged along an axis, a first support plate positioned between inward facing surfaces of the first magnet plate and the second magnet plate, a second support plate positioned along an outward facing surface of the first magnet plate to form a first magnetic gap between the first support plate and the second support plate, and a third support plate positioned along an outward facing surface of the second magnet plate to form a second magnetic gap between the first support plate and the third support plate; a voice coil coupled to the magnet motor assembly, wherein the voice coil is positioned around the first support plate and within the first magnetic gap and the second magnetic gap; and a piston coupled to the voice coil, wherein the piston is operable to vibrate in a direction parallel to the axis. |
| US11785389B2 |
Dynamic adjustment of earbud performance characteristics
In some embodiments, a system comprises a host computing device and an audio device including at least one speaker and a plurality of microphones, the audio device being wirelessly and communicatively coupled to the host computing device. The host computing device can include one or more processors and one or more machine-readable, non-transitory storage mediums that include instructions configured to cause the one or more processors of the host computing device to perform operations including: receiving user environment data by one or more sensors of the host computing device; determining a characterization profile of a surrounding environment of the user based on the user environment data; and sending the characterization profile to the audio device, the characterization profile configured to cause the audio device to adapt an audio cardioid pattern of the plurality of microphones on the audio device based on the characterization profile. |
| US11785384B2 |
Acoustic wave manipulation
A device for manipulating an incident acoustic wave to generate an acoustic output is described wherein the device comprises a plurality of unit cells arranged into an array, at least some of said unit cells being configured to introduce time delays to an incident acoustic wave at the respective positions of the unit cells within the array of unit cells, such that said plurality of unit cells define an array of time delays to thereby define a spatial delay distribution for manipulating an incident acoustic wave to generate an acoustic output. The array of time delays may be re-configured to vary the spatial delay distribution of the device in order to generate different acoustic outputs. Also described are methods for designing or configuring such devices. |
| US11785383B2 |
Method and system for compensating frequency response of microphone
A method and system for compensating a frequency response of a microphone array are provided. The method includes: multiple microphones in a microphone array respectively receiving a compensation signal sent from a calibration speaker and outputting multiple output signals respectively; determining a uniform frequency response of the multiple microphones based on the multiple output signals; calculating a compensation gain for each of the multiple microphones according to the uniform frequency response; and storing the calculated compensation gain of each microphone. |
| US11785381B2 |
Audio recorder
There is disclosed an audio recorder that automatically determines, when preset microphones are configured to be detachable and different microphones are attached to the same jacks, whether or not the different microphones are in-house microphones, and automatically determines which of the X-Y technique or the A-B technique is used as the attachment technique. Holders in the audio recorder include a switch structure in which, in cases where the different microphones are attached in place of the preset microphones, a contact is turned on only when the different microphones are in-house microphones. Further, a main body unit includes a processor that, when the contact in the switch structure is turned on, automatically determines which of the X-Y technique or the A-B technique is used based on a voltage value of a certain terminal in a plug of the different microphones. |
| US11785374B2 |
Acoustic device
An acoustic device (1), comprises: a container (2); a passive resonator, including a suspension (3) connected to the container (2) and a radiator (4) connected to the suspension (3), where the suspension (3) is configured to allow the radiator (4) to vibrate relative to the container (2), a structure (5) having at least a first connecting point (51), where it is connected to the radiator (4), and a second connecting point (52), where it is connected to the container (2), the structure (5) being movable alternately between a first position and a second position, responsive to a vibration of the radiator (4); one or more masses (61, 62), spaced from the radiator (4) and associated with the vibrating structure (5). |
| US11785370B2 |
Attachable vibration sensor and method for manufacturing same
Proposed is a vibration sensor including: a substrate; a first electrode positioned on the substrate; a support positioned on the first electrode and including a cylindrical hollow hole; and a diaphragm including a thin film positioned on the support and a second electrode positioned on the thin film. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to manufacture a skin-attachable vibration sensor that is attached to a user's neck to detect vibration acceleration in user's neck skin, thus exhibiting a uniform and high sensitivity to a user's voice over the frequency range of the human voice. In addition, the sensor sensitively detects a user's voice through neck skin vibrations rather than through air, thus being free from the influence of external noise or wind, and can recognize the user's voice even in a situation where a user's mouth is covered. |
| US11785367B2 |
Speaker mount with spring-loaded latch
An example device may include a housing with a number of latches with curved faces to permit contact and manipulation when in contact with a surface. The example may include a housing having spring-loaded angled and sloped latches disposed along the outside of the housing, and a face plate on a bottom portion of the housing. |
| US11785366B2 |
Magnetic loudspeaker grill mounting system
An audio device includes a frame having a first frame portion having a first circumference and a second frame portion coupled to the first frame portion. A grill tray has a second circumference smaller than the first circumference and is coupled to the first frame portion. The first circumference of the frame and the second circumference of the grill tray define a grill slot therebetween. The audio device further includes a magnet partially protruding within the grill slot. |
| US11785365B2 |
Interworking between variable capacity optical layer and ethernet/IP/MPLS layer
Systems and methods for coordinating an optical layer and a packet layer in a network, include a Software Defined Networking (SDN) Internet Protocol (IP) application configured to implement a closed loop for analytics, recommendations, provisioning, and monitoring, of a plurality of routers in the packet layer; and a variable capacity application configured to determine optical path viability, compute excess optical margin, and recommend and cause capacity upgrades and downgrades, by communicating with a plurality of network elements in the optical layer, wherein the SDN IP application and the variable capacity application coordinate activity therebetween based on conditions in the network. The activity is coordinated based on underlying capacity changes in the optical layer and workload changes in the packet layer. |
| US11785360B2 |
Solid-state imaging device, method for driving solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatus
A photoelectric conversion reading part of a pixel includes a photoelectric conversion element for storing therein, in a storing period, charges generated by the photoelectric conversion, a transfer element for transferring, in a transfer period following the storing period, the charges stored in the photoelectric conversion element, an output node to which the charges stored in the photoelectric conversion element are transferred through the transfer element, a reset element for resetting, in a reset period, the output node to a predetermined potential, an output buffer part for converting the charges in the output node into a voltage signal at a level determined by the amount of the charges and outputting the voltage signal as the pixel signal, and an output voltage control part for controlling an output signal level of the pixel signal from the output buffer part to a controlled level determined by the operational state. |
| US11785354B2 |
Image sensor for optical code recognition
A CMOS image sensor for a code reader in an optical code recognition system incorporates a digital processing circuit that applies a calculation process to the capture image data as said data acquired by the sequential readout circuit of the sensor, in order to calculate a macro-image from the capture image data, which corresponds to location information of code(s) in the capture image, and transmit this macro-image in the image frame following the capture image data, in the footer of the frame. |
| US11785351B1 |
Multi-dimensional imaging system and method
A system includes an image capture device including a plurality of image sensors that are each configured to capture a mutually distinct visual of a scene. Further, a spatial data device is included that is configured to generate and transmit a signal, and to receive reflections of the signal from a plurality of objects within the scene, and to convey information corresponding to respective positions of the plurality of objects. At least one processor is configured to generate an image using at least one captured visual of the scene by at least one of the plurality of image sensors and using a measurement associated with the information conveyed by the spatial data device. |
| US11785349B2 |
Imaging apparatus and image processing apparatus
[Object] To quickly and correctly reproduce an image intended by a photographer, a cinematographer, and the like on the occasion of post-production.[Solving Means] The development apparatus includes: an imaging unit that performs shooting and generates RAW data; a first conversion unit that converts the generated RAW data into image data by interpolation; an acquisition unit that acquires an exposure index value corresponding to an illuminance of a shooting environment; a first correction unit that corrects a value of the image data based on the exposure index value; and an output unit that associates the RAW data and the acquired exposure index value with each other and outputs the associated RAW data and exposure index value. |
| US11785348B2 |
Endoscopic reflection microscope using optical fiber bundle and image acquisition method using the same
Disclosed are an endoscopic reflection microscope using an optical fiber bundle and an image acquisition method using the same. The endoscopic reflection microscope includes an incident wave output unit configured to output an incident wave to a target object through any one optical fiber in an optical fiber bundle, a reflected wave receiver configured to receive a reflected wave output from the target object in response to the incident wave through a plurality of corresponding optical fibers in the optical fiber bundle, and an image acquirer configured to establish a reflection matrix corresponding to the reflected wave and to acquire an image in which at least one of phase retardation of the incident wave or phase retardation of the reflected wave is compensated for based on the established reflection matrix. |
| US11785346B2 |
Imaging device and imaging control method
An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes an exposure section and a controller. The controller controls, at an exposure timing based on a predicted exposure timing at which a state of a subject shot at a first frame rate is predicted to satisfy a predetermined condition, the exposure section at a second frame rate. The second frame rate is different from the first frame rate. |
| US11785345B2 |
Electronic device, imaging device, and imaging element for obtaining exposure of each area of image
An electronic device includes: an imaging unit including a region having a pixel group that has a plurality of first pixels, and second pixels that are fewer than the first pixels in the pixel group; and a control unit that reads out the signals based upon exposure of the second pixels during exposure of the plurality of first pixels. |
| US11785344B2 |
Panoramic camera
A panoramic camera is provided with an orientation sensor to record orientation along with a panoramic image. The display or print image is selected from the captured panoramic image, a warped, non-scale-correct image. The selection of the display image is done using the orientation sensor. The orientation sensor data can be recorded with the panoramic image as metadata. The orientation sensor can also be used to control an external display and/or panoramic image selection during browsing. |
| US11785342B2 |
Method of activating an object-specific action
A method of activating an object-specific action comprises obtaining, based on image analysis of acquired images, a plurality of values of a movement characteristic, each value representing a moving object detected in the acquired images; receiving an input signal from a user input device, wherein the input signal represents a value of the movement characteristic for the user input device; comparing the value of the movement characteristic for the user input device with each value of the movement characteristics for the moving objects, and determining the moving object corresponding to the closest value of movement characteristic as a selected moving object; and activating the object-specific action for the selected moving object. |
| US11785341B2 |
Crosstalk correction method and actuator driver
An image stabilization actuator is used to displace a movable unit in a first direction, and a position in the first direction when an AF-axis position detection signal reaches a peak value is detected. Similarly, the image stabilization actuator is used to displace the movable unit in a second direction, and a position in the second direction when the AF-axis position detection signal reaches a peak value is detected. A reference position based on the position in the first direction and the position in the second direction thus obtained is stored. Correction information indicating a relationship between a displacement amount, from the reference position, of the movable unit displaced by the image stabilization actuator and a correction amount of the position detection signal is stored. |
| US11785339B2 |
Automated camera mode selection
A camera mode to use for capturing an image or video is selected by estimating high dynamic range (HDR), motion, and light intensity with respect to a scene of the image or video to capture. An image capture device includes a HDR estimation unit to detect whether HDR is present in a scene of an image to capture, a motion estimation unit to determine whether motion is detected within the scene, and a light intensity estimation unit to determine whether a scene luminance for the scene meets a threshold. A mode selection unit selects a camera mode to use for capturing the image based on output of the HDR estimation unit, the motion estimation unit, and the light intensity estimation unit. An image sensor captures the image according to the selected camera mode. |
| US11785334B2 |
Method and device for image frame selection
Method and device for image frame selection are provided. A computing device can receive, from an image capture device, a plurality of frames including a capture frame. The computing device can determine a computer-selected frame of the plurality of frames. The computing device can receive, by way of a user interface, a selection of an option to view the capture frame. The computing device can, responsive to receiving the selection, provide, by way of the user interface, an animation between the capture frame and the computer-selected frame. The animation includes an interpolation of one or more frames captured between the capture frame and the computer-selected frame. |
| US11785332B2 |
Production shot design system
The described technology is directed towards a production shot design system that facilitates previsualizing scene shots, including by members of a production crew (running client devices) in different locations in a collaborative and secure shot construction environment. Modifiable scene elements' properties and camera data can be manipulated to build a scene (shot) containing modifiable and non-modifiable scene elements. In an online, shared camera mode, changes to a scene can be communicated to other client devices, e.g., virtually immediately, so that each client device displays the change for other users to see at an interactive frame rate. Scene changes can also be made locally and/or in an offline mode before communicating to other users. In various aspects, animation and a video plane camera/video plane (e.g., greenscreen) are integrated into the production shot design system. |
| US11785329B2 |
Camera switching method for terminal, and terminal
Embodiments relate to the field of terminals and disclose a camera switching method for a terminal, and the terminal. In those embodiments, when the terminal is installed with a plurality of cameras, automatic and dynamic switching between the cameras may be implemented based on a to-be-photographed object, thereby improving a photographing effect of the to-be-photographed object. In those embodiment, the terminal may display, in response to a first operation of enabling a photographing function by a user, a first photographing picture captured by a first camera, where the first photographing picture includes a to-be-photographed object. If the to-be-photographed object cannot be displayed completely in the first photographing picture, the terminal may switch from the first photographing picture to a second photographing picture captured by the second camera, and disabling the first camera, where an FOV of the second camera is larger than an FOV of the first camera. |
| US11785326B2 |
Imaging apparatus
An imaging apparatus includes an image capturing element configured to convert an image obtained through an imaging lens, into an electronic signal, an image capturing element holder configured to hold the image capturing element, a base member configured to tiltably support the image capturing element holder, a driving member configured to tilt the image capturing element holder to incline the image capturing element relative to a surface orthogonal to an optical axis of the imaging lens, and a sealing member configured to seal a gap between the base member and the image capturing element holder, wherein the sealing member deforms by the tilting of the image capturing element holder. |
| US11785325B2 |
Camera module having circuit board, molded base, and optical lens, electronic device having same and method for manufacturing camera module
A camera module and an electronic device having the same, and a method for manufacturing the camera module, wherein the fixed-focus camera module comprises a circuit board; a photosensitive element, which is conductively connected to the circuit board; a molded base, wherein the molded base is integrally molded on the circuit board and the photosensitive element, and the molded base forms a light window, so as to provide a light passage for the photosensitive chip through the light window; and an optical lens, wherein the optical lens is supported on the molded base and corresponds to the light window formed by the molded base, wherein the circuit board comprises a circuit board substrate and at least one electronic component, wherein the at least one electronic component is electrically connected to the circuit board substrate, wherein the circuit board substrate has a blank side, and wherein the blank side of the circuit board substrate is free of the at least one electronic component. |
| US11785322B2 |
Forming combined image by imaging system with rotatable reflector
The following relates to forming a combined image by an imaging system with a rotatable reflector. A reflector is rotated about an axis to a first position relative to an image sensor. At the first position, the reflector directs light from a first portion of a view corresponding to an external environment towards the image sensor. An image of the first portion of the view is captured by the image sensor. The reflector is rotated about the axis to a second position relative to the image sensor. At the second position, the reflector directs light from a second portion of the view corresponding to the external environment towards the image sensor. An image of the second portion of the view is captured by the image sensor. The image of the first portion and the image of the second portion are combined to form an image corresponding to the view. |
| US11785321B2 |
Imaging device
Provided is an imaging device that includes a first coil that moves a lens that collects light from a subject, in an optical axis direction of the light in accordance with a first magnetic field and that moves together with the lens, a second coil for moving the lens in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis in accordance with a second magnetic field, and a third coil for detecting the first magnetic field. The second coil and the third coil are arranged on a same substrate. |
| US11785315B2 |
Secure provisioning, by a client device, cryptographic keys for exploiting services provided by an operator
A method for securely receiving a multimedia content by a client device operated by one or more operator(s) involving a dedicated provisioning server of a security provider managing symmetric secrets used by the client devices and operators license servers. The provisioning server provides to the client device one or more generations of operator specific unique device secrets, which are then exploited by the various operators' license servers to deliver licenses such that authorized client devices can consume protected multimedia contents. |
| US11785313B2 |
Method and apparatus for optimizing content placement
A system and method for scheduling at least one advertisement for presentation in connection with at least one media program is presented. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining a measure of engagement of at least a portion of the at least one media program, selecting the at least one advertisement from the plurality of advertisements based at least in part upon the determined measure of engagement of the at least a portion of the media program, and scheduling the selected advertisement for presentation in connection with the selected at least one advertisement. |
| US11785309B2 |
Searching for and prioritizing audiovisual content using the viewer's age
Embodiments are directed towards selecting content search results based on the age of the viewer. The content receiver receives search criteria for a viewer, which may include the age of the viewer. The content receiver obtains search results from a search of a plurality of content. The search results are prioritized based on the age of the viewer and presented to the viewer. In this way, searching for “dog” for a four year-old may provide or prioritize different results compared to search for “dog” for an eight year-old. |
| US11785305B2 |
Target user identification and management of distributed and published content
According to examples, a system for identifying target users in a content item from a first location and distributing the content item to a second location may include a processor and a memory storing instructions. The processor, when executing the instructions, may cause the system to receive information associated with a content item published in a first location and receive information associated with a target user associated with the content item. The processor may further determine, based on the information associated with the content item and the information associated with the target user, if the content item should be distributed to a second location. The processor may then prepare the content item for distribution to the second location and distribute the content item to the second location to publish a distributed content item. |
| US11785304B2 |
Video preview method and electronic device
A video preview method includes receiving, by an electronic device, a first operation, displaying, by the electronic device, a first screen on a touchscreen of the electronic device in response to the first operation, where the first screen is a page of a home screen or a leftmost screen, obtaining, by the electronic device, a first preview video corresponding to a first video application when the first screen includes an identifier of the first video application, displaying, by the electronic device, a first video preview window in the first screen, and playing, by the electronic device, the first preview video in the first video preview window. |
| US11785301B2 |
Methods and apparatus to assign viewers to media meter data
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to assign viewers to media meter data are disclosed. An apparatus includes processor circuitry to execute computer readable instructions to at least: identify a candidate household from a plurality of second households to associate with a first household based on an analysis of a first duration of time first media was presented by a first media presentation device and a second duration of time second media was presented by second media presentation devices; match different ones of first panelists of the first household with matching ones of second panelists of the candidate household; and impute respective portions of the first duration of time to the different ones of the first panelists based on portions of the second duration of time for which the matching ones of the second panelists of the candidate household were exposed to the second media. |
| US11785297B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting improper implementation of presentation of content items by applications executing on client devices
Systems and methods for detecting improper presentation of content items by applications executing on client devices. A method can include receiving a content package including a first content item, a second content item and an interaction confirmation script, the interaction confirmation script configured to execute within an application and cause the application to detect, responsive to the first content item presented, a first interaction event with the first content item; present, upon detecting the first interaction event on the first content item, the second content item; detect a second interaction event with the second content item; transmit, upon detecting the second interaction event, a confirmation of the first interaction event; and transmit a request to access an information resource linked to the second content item. The method can further include presenting the information resource responsive to the second interaction event on the second content item. |
| US11785296B2 |
Systems and methods to enhance viewer program experience during profile mismatch
A system and method of providing enhanced content, for example, when a viewer may not match with a program in order to make a viewer comfortable and encourage the viewer to continue to consume the program. The system accesses a viewer profile and accesses content to provide for consumption. The system calculates a match score for the content based on the viewer profile and determines if the match score is below a predetermined threshold. If the match score is lower than the threshold, the system generates an enhanced program from the content based on viewer profile and provides the enhanced program for consumption. Enhanced content may include omitting scenes with violence, modifying dialogue with vulgarities, focusing on scenes with preferred actors or setting, adding external content, and other modifications. |
| US11785293B2 |
Methods and apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions
A disclosed example apparatus includes at least one memory, instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to store a logged media impression for a media identifier representative of media accessed via the Internet, cause transmission of a device identifier or a user identifier to a database proprietor when a user has not elected to not participate in third-party tracking corresponding to online activities, access user information from the database proprietor based on the device identifier or the user identifier, log a demographic impression based on the media impression and the user information, and generate an impression report corresponding to the media based on the demographic impression. |
| US11785292B2 |
Information processing terminal and system
An information processor includes: a user information acquiring unit acquiring user information for identifying a user; a display; a viewing time measuring unit measuring a viewing time during which a previously-registered user views contents information on the display; and a controller. The controller determines whether the user is the registered user, based on the user information and registered user information for identifying the registered user. When the user is the registered user, the controller causes the display to display the contents information, causes the viewing time measuring unit to measure the viewing time, compares a cumulative viewing time that is a total of the viewing times cumulated within a period of time with a viewing limit time that is a previously-set upper limit of the cumulative viewing time, and gives the registered user a warning when the cumulative viewing time is equal to or longer than the viewing limit time. |
| US11785283B2 |
Determining a starting time for a session-based description file
A method for receiving media data includes receiving a media presentation description (MPD) file and a session-based description (SBD) file, and determining whether the SBD file includes a starting time attribute indicating a starting time of an SBD timeline of a session. The method also includes determining the starting time of the SBD timeline based on the SBD file in response to the SBD file including the starting time attribute. The method further includes, in response to the SBD file not including the starting time attribute, determining the starting time of the SBD timeline based on an availability starting time attribute of an MPD element of the MPD file in response to (i) a type of the MPD file being dynamic and (ii) a determination that an SBD descriptor corresponding to the SBD file is included in the MPD file at an MPD level. |
| US11785278B1 |
Methods and systems for synchronization of closed captions with content output
Alignment between closed caption and audio/video content may be improved by determining text associated with a portion of the audio or a portion of the video and comparing the determined text to a portion of closed caption text. Based on the comparison, a delay may be determined and the audio/video content may be buffered based on the determined delay. |
| US11785275B2 |
System and method for receiving a television signal
A wideband receiver system comprises a wideband analog-to-digital converter (ADC) module and a digital frontend (DFE) module. The wideband ADC is configured to concurrently digitize a band of frequencies comprising a plurality of desired channels and a plurality of undesired channels. The DFE module is coupled to the digital in-phase and quadrature signals. The DFE module is configured to select the plurality of desired channels from the digitized band of frequencies, and generate an intermediate frequency (IF) signal comprising the selected plurality of desired channels and having a bandwidth that is less than a bandwidth of the band of frequencies, where the generation comprises frequency shifting of the selected plurality of desired channels. The IF signal may be a digital signal and the DFE is configured to output the IF signal via a serial or parallel interface. |
| US11785268B1 |
System for managing video playback using a server generated manifest/playlist
An apparatus and method for managing video playback for users during video streaming is disclosed. In one aspect, a server may be used to generate manifest files and updates to video players requesting video content. In addition, the manifest files and updates may be provided unique to each video player. |
| US11785265B2 |
Geolocationing system and method for use of same
A geolocationing system and method for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, such as a hospitality environment or educational environment, are presented. In one embodiment of the geolocationing system, a vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices is provided. Each gateway device includes a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location within the multi-space environment. Each gateway device includes a wireless transceiver that receives a beacon signal from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device. The gateway devices, in turn, send gateway signals to a server, which determines estimated location of the wireless-enabled personal locator device. |
| US11785261B2 |
Frequency specific compression and compensation technique in image processing
The present disclosure relates to a method for compensating an image. The method comprises estimating transform coefficients of a frequency component for a first image based on the first image, performing a dot multiplication operation between the estimated transform coefficients and a basis function associated with the frequency component to generate a compensation image, and combining the first image and the compensation image to generate a combined image. |
| US11785258B2 |
Methods and apparatus for signaling coding unit partitioning of video data
A method and apparatus of video coding for a video encoding system or video decoding system are disclosed. According to one method, the current block region is partitioned into one or more leaf blocks using quadtree (QT) partition and/or 1D (one-dimensional) partition by firstly signalling or parsing a first syntax element to indicate whether the current block region is split into multiple smaller blocks. According to a second method, a target syntax model from multiple syntax models is determined. The current block region is partitioned into one or more leaf blocks using QT partition and/or 1D partition and signalling block partition information according to the target syntax model at an encoder side, or the block partition information is parsed according to the target syntax model and the current block region is partitioned into one or more leaf blocks at a decoder side. |
| US11785257B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing video signal
A method for processing a video according to the present invention may comprise: generating a plurality of Most Probable Mode (MPM) candidates; determining whether there is an MPM candidate identical to an intra-prediction mode of a current block among the plurality of MPM candidates; obtaining the intra-prediction mode of the current block, based on a result of the determining; and performing an intra-prediction for the current block, based on the intra-prediction mode of the current block. |
| US11785252B2 |
Global motion constrained motion vector in inter prediction
A decoder includes circuitry configured to receive a bitstream, extract a header associated with a current frame and including a signal characterizing that global motion is enabled and further characterizing parameters of a global motion model, and decoding the current frame, the decoding including using a motion model for each current block having a complexity that is less than or equal to a complexity of the global motion model. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described. |
| US11785251B2 |
Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding video using inter-prediction
A coding tool is provided to improve the compression performance of inter prediction and is used at the encoder/decoder side to adjust the correction of a motion vector based on a high level syntax. In addition, a method is provided for simply performing an integer sample search step of searching for an integer offset and a fractional sample refinement step of searching for a sub-pixel offset in relation to motion vector refinement among coding tools. |
| US11785250B2 |
Multiple predictor candidates for motion compensation
Different implementations are described, particularly implementations for selecting a predictor candidate from a set of multiple predictor candidates for motion compensation of a picture block based on a motion model. The motion model, may be, e.g., an affine model in a merge mode for a video content encoder or decoder. In an embodiment, a predictor candidate is selected from the set based on a motion model for each of the multiple predictor candidates, and may be based on a criterion such as, e.g., a rate distortion cost. The corresponding motion field is determined based on, e.g., one or more corresponding control point motion vectors for the block being encoded or decoded. The corresponding motion field of an embodiment identifies motion vectors used for prediction of sub-blocks of the block being encoded or decoded. |
| US11785245B2 |
Image encoding/decoding method and device on basis of wrap-around motion compensation, and recording medium storing bitstream
An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus comprises obtaining inter prediction information of a current block and wraparound information from a bitstream, and generating a prediction block of the current block based on the inter prediction information and the wraparound information. The wraparound information may comprise a first flag specifying whether wraparound motion compensation is enabled for a current picture including the current block. Based on the first flag having a predetermined value specifying that the wraparound motion compensation is enabled for the current picture, the prediction block may be generated by performing the wraparound motion compensation, and the wraparound motion compensation may be performed based on either boundaries of a current subpicture including the current block or boundaries of a reference picture of the current block, based on whether the current subpicture is independently coded or not. |
| US11785242B2 |
Video processing methods and apparatuses of determining motion vectors for storage in video coding systems
Video processing methods and apparatuses for coding a current block include receiving input data of a current block, splitting the current block into sub-blocks, deriving motion information for the sub-blocks, performing motion compensation for the sub-blocks using the motion information to derive a final predictor, deriving and storing a representative motion vector for each grid in the current block, and encoding or decoding the current block using the final predictor. The representative motion vector for grids in a weighted area is determined by combining the motion vectors of the sub-blocks if the motion vectors of the sub-blocks are in different lists. The representative motion vector for grids in the weighted area is determined as one of the motion vectors of the sub-blocks if the motion vectors of the sub-blocks are in the same list. |
| US11785238B2 |
Candidates in frames with global motion
A decoder includes circuitry configured to receive a bitstream; construct, for a current block, a motion vector candidate list including adding a global motion vector candidate to the motion vector candidate list; and reconstruct pixel data of the current block and using the motion vector candidate list. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. |
| US11785237B2 |
Methods for signaling video coding data
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for wrap-around motion compensation. One exemplary method comprises: receiving a wrap-around motion compensation flag; determining whether a wrap-around motion compensation is enabled based on the wrap-around motion compensation flag; in response to a determination that the wrap-around motion compensation is enabled, receiving data indicating a difference between a width of the picture and an offset used for determining a horizontal wrap-around position; and performing a motion compensation according to the wrap-around motion compensation flag and the difference. |
| US11785236B2 |
Parameter grouping among plural coding units for video encoding and decoding
At least a method and an apparatus are presented for encoding or decoding video and can involve, for example, obtaining a group of coding units including two or more of a plurality of coding units divided from a current block wherein the two or more of the plurality of coding units share a coding parameter, and the group of coding units overlaps at least two different pipeline units associated with a pipelined decoding operation, and encoding or decoding the current block based on the group of coding units, and the shared coding parameter. |
| US11785235B2 |
Usage for history-based affine parameters
Usage for History-based affine parameters is described. In an exemplary aspect, a method for video processing includes deriving, for a conversion between a current block of video and a bitstream representation of the current block, affine related information associated with affine model for the current block based on affine parameters stored in a buffer for storing affine related information of blocks coded prior the current block; and performing the conversion by using the affine related information. |
| US11785231B2 |
Image coding method, image decoding method, image coding apparatus, receiving apparatus, and transmitting apparatus
An image coding method of hierarchically coding a plurality of pictures to generate a bitstream, includes: coding each of the plurality of pictures, which belongs to any one of a plurality of hierarchical layers, with reference to a picture belonging to a hierarchical layer which is same as or lower than a hierarchical layer to which the picture belongs, and without reference to a picture belonging to a hierarchical layer which is higher than the hierarchical layer to which the picture belongs; and generating the bitstream by coding the coded pictures and time information indicating decoding times of the coded pictures. The time information indicates that the decoding times are set at equal intervals for low-layer pictures which are the plurality of pictures other than highest-layer pictures belonging to a highest layer among the plurality of hierarchical layers. |
| US11785224B2 |
Low-complexity two-dimensional (2D) separable transform design with transpose buffer management
Methods are provided for reducing the size of a transpose buffer used for computation of a two-dimensional (2D) separable transform. Scaling factors and clip bit widths determined for a particular transpose buffer size and the expected transform sizes are used to reduce the size of the intermediate results of applying the 2D separable transform. The reduced bit widths of the intermediate results may vary across the intermediate results. In some embodiments, the scaling factors and associated clip bit widths may be adapted during encoding. |
| US11785220B2 |
Handling of multiple picture size and conformance windows for reference picture resampling in video coding
A method of decoding includes receiving a first picture parameter set and a second picture parameter set each referring to same sequence parameter set, the first picture parameter set and the second picture parameter set having same values of a conformance window when the first picture parameter set and the second picture parameter set have same values of picture width and picture height, and applying the conformance window to a current picture corresponding to the first picture parameter set or the second picture parameter set. |
| US11785219B2 |
Coefficient coding for support of different color formats in video coding
A method of decoding video data comprises determining, based on a color format of a picture of the video data, which context model from among a first context model and a second context model to use to determine a context increment for a syntax element that indicates a prefix of an x or y coordinate of a last significant transform coefficient of a color component of a block of the picture; and decoding a bin of the syntax element by applying Context Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding (CABAC) using a context determined based on the context increment for the syntax element. |
| US11785216B2 |
Point cloud coding methods, encoder, and decoder
Point cloud coding methods, an encoder, and a decoder are provided. The method includes the following. Morton codes for a point cloud are obtained according to geometry information of the point cloud after geometry decoding is completed and the geometry information is reconstructed. The point cloud is determined as an input point cloud of an iteration. Morton codes for an input point cloud of an i-th iteration are right shifted by K bits according to a number of points in the input point cloud of the i-th iteration, where K is a positive integer. A point is selected from points with a same value of Morton codes after right shifted by K bits. An i-th level of detail (LOD) layer is formed with the point selected. Color information is decoded according to the LOD layer. |
| US11785215B2 |
Encoding method, decoding method, encoding/decoding system, encoder, and decoder
An encoding, a decoding method, a system for encoding and decoding, an encoder, and a decoder are provided. The encoding method includes the following. In a palette mode, if colors of pixels of a coding unit block are all represented by one or more major colors of the coding unit block, a flag is set as a first state value, and if the color of at least one pixel of the coding unit block is not represented by the one or more major colors of the coding unit block, the flag is set as a second state value. The encoding method further includes establishing a palette table corresponding to the coding unit block according to a state value of the flag and the one or more major colors. |
| US11785212B2 |
Mode list generation for multi-line intra prediction
A method of signaling an intra prediction mode used to encode a current block in an encoded video bitstream includes generating a first most probable mode (MPM) list corresponding to a zero reference line of the current block, wherein the first MPM list includes a first plurality of intra prediction modes; generating a second MPM list corresponding to one or more non-zero reference lines of the current block, wherein the second MPM list includes a second plurality of intra prediction modes, the second plurality of intra prediction modes including a subset of the first plurality of intra prediction modes; signaling a reference line index indicating a reference line used to encode the current block; and signaling an intra mode index indicating the intra prediction mode from among the first MPM list and the second MPM list. |
| US11785209B2 |
Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method
An encoder includes memory and circuitry. The circuitry, using the memory, (i) selects a mode from among a plurality of modes each for deriving a motion vector, and derives a motion vector for a current block via the selected mode, and (ii) performs inter prediction encoding on the current block, using the derived motion vector, via one of a skip mode and a non-skip mode different from the skip mode. The plurality of modes include a plurality of first modes each for predicting the motion vector for the current block based on an encoded block neighboring the current block without encoding information indicating a motion vector into a stream. When a second mode included in the plurality of first modes is selected, the current block is encoded via the non-skip mode regardless of presence or absence of a residual coefficient. |
| US11785207B2 |
Apparatus of encoding or decoding video blocks by current picture referencing coding
Video processing methods comprise receiving input data of a current block in a current picture, constructing a candidate list for the current block by including one or more History-based Motion Vector Predictor (HMVP) candidates, selecting one candidate from the candidate list, locating a reference block according to motion information of the selected candidate, and encoding or decoding the current block by predicting the current block using the reference block. The one or more HMVP candidates are fetched from a normal HMVP table if the current block is to be processed by a normal inter prediction mode, and the one or more HMVP candidates are fetched form a Current Picture Referencing (CPR) HMVP table if the current block is to be processed by a CPR mode. The two HMVP tables are separately maintained and updated. |
| US11785205B2 |
Shared decoder picture buffer for multiple layers
A video decoder for decoding multi-layer video data can be configured to maintain a decoded picture buffer (DPB) for storing reference pictures for a plurality of layers, wherein the plurality of layers comprise at least a first layer and a second layer; prior to decoding a current picture of an access unit of the first layer, perform a picture output and removal process on the DPB, wherein to perform the picture output and removal process on the DPB, the one or more processors are further configured to remove from the DPB only decoded pictures that belong to the first layer; and after removing a last decoding unit of the current picture from a coded picture buffer (CPB), perform a picture bumping process across all layers of the DPB. |
| US11785202B2 |
VR image processing method and apparatus, VR glasses and readable storage medium
Provided are VR image processing method and apparatus. The method includes: rendering left-eye and right-eye viewpoint regions based on left-eye and right-eye view angles respectively, to obtain left-eye and right-eye viewpoint images; determining a candidate region based on positions of the left-eye and right-eye view angles, and selecting a point in the candidate region as a peripheral image view angle; rendering left-eye and right-eye viewpoint peripheral regions based on the peripheral image view angle, to obtain a same viewpoint peripheral image; splicing the viewpoint peripheral image with the left-eye viewpoint image and with the right-eye viewpoint image to obtain a left-eye complete image and a right-eye complete image; and reducing, when a displacement of a left-eye viewpoint or a right-eye viewpoint within a preset time period is less than a preset displacement, an area of a corresponding viewpoint region and increasing an area of a corresponding viewpoint peripheral region. |
| US11785201B2 |
Method of displaying three dimensional image and three dimensional display apparatus for performing the method
A method of displaying a three-dimensional (“3D”) image, the method includes determining a shutter electrode of an unit part included in a shutter panel as a left-eye electrode and a right-eye electrode, the unit part including ‘n’ shutter electrodes (herein, n is a natural number), selectively driving the left-eye electrode and the right-eye electrode as an opening part based on an image displayed on a display panel to transmit light through the opening part, and providing light transmitted through the opening part with an observer's two eyes through a lens plate, the lens plate including a plurality of lenses. |
| US11785190B2 |
Projection apparatus and control method for projection apparatus
A projection apparatus includes an illumination system including a first laser light source and a second laser light source, a first light valve, and a second light valve. The first laser light source provides a first laser beam in first time periods. The second laser light source provides a second laser beam in second time periods. A color refresh rate of the projection apparatus is the number of times of alternating the first and second time periods with each other, and the color refresh rate ranges between 60 Hz and 6000 Hz. The first and second laser beams respectively form a first color light and a second color light when exiting the illumination system. The first and second light valves are located on a transmission path of the first color light. One of the first and second light valves is located on a transmission path of the second color light. |
| US11785188B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
Provided is an apparatus that includes an image projection section that performs an image projection process based on a PWM method, an output image control section that sets a portion of a single-frame output period of a view-use image as a period in which to output a pattern image to be used for calculating an image correction parameter, a correction parameter calculation section that calculates the image correction parameter with use of the pattern image captured by a camera in the pattern image output period, and an image correction section that performs a correction process on the view-use image with use of the image correction parameter. The output image control section controls the pattern image output period in such a manner that pixel values of the pattern image fall within a range from a minimum pixel value to less than a minimum significant pixel value of the view-use image. |
| US11785187B2 |
Monitoring camera and mount
A video monitoring system includes a camera head, which includes an infrared illumination source and an image sensor and is configured to transmit streaming video signals generated by the image sensor. A mount is configured to hold the camera head in a fixed location and orientation above a bed such that the image sensor captures images from a bird's eye view of a child in the bed. A processor is configured to receive and analyze the video signals so as to extract and provide information to a client device with regard to a behavior of the child. |
| US11785186B2 |
Centralized monitoring of confined spaces
A system including a point monitor case including a point monitoring case port electrically coupled to a confined space monitoring device for acquiring monitoring data from a confined space. A centralized monitoring station cabinet communicatively connected to the point monitor case includes a display device, a processor, and a centralized monitoring application. The centralized monitoring application executes instructions on the processor to display: a number of workers in proximity to the confined space, a camera feed from a camera located at a confined space, a control button configured to control the confined space monitoring device, and gas sensor indicators. A hub is communicatively interposed between the point monitor case and the centralized monitoring station cabinet. The hub includes a cableless access point, an aggregator, and a graphical user interface configured to display an aggregated current state of the confined space, including a combination of data streams aggregated by the aggregator. |
| US11785185B2 |
Systems and methods for validating imagery collected via unmanned aerial vehicles
A user device may include a memory and a processor. The user device may send, via a cellular network, instructions to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The instructions may include instructions to capture a plurality of first images while the UAV is in flight. The user device may receive, while the UAV is in flight, one or more second images via a wireless wide area network. The one or more second images may be lower resolution versions of a subset of the first plurality of images. The user device may store the one or more second images at the user device. |
| US11785182B2 |
System for transmitting data from an event
A camera mounting system and a system for streaming data. The camera mounting system includes a tripod with at least two mounts for mounting devices. A device, using an application, may acquire image data from at least one camera and send the image data to a recipient device via a wireless network. |
| US11785180B2 |
Management and analysis of related concurrent communication sessions
In some implementations, a computer system identifies multiple sub-sessions of a network-based communication session in which multiple remote endpoint devices each provide media streams over a communication network. For each of the sub-sessions, the computer system can identify the endpoint devices included in the sub-session. The computer system can obtain user state data for each of the endpoint devices, the user state data for each endpoint device being generated based on analysis of face images of the user of the endpoint device. The computer system aggregates the user state data to determine a sub-session state for each of the sub-sessions. During the communication session, the computer system communicates over the communication network with a remote device associated with the communication session to cause a user interface of the remote device to indicate the sub-session states determined for one or more of the multiple sub-sessions. |
| US11785176B1 |
Ambient light sensor-based localization
Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that estimate a location of a light source based on ambient light data. For example, an example process may include acquiring ambient light data from an ambient light sensor (ALS) during movement of a device in a physical environment, acquiring motion data from a motion sensor during the movement of the device, determining, based on the ambient light data and the motion data, estimates of three-dimensional (3D) locations of a light source with respect to the device during the movement of the device, and tracking a location of the device in a 3D coordinate system during the movement of the device based on the estimates of the 3D locations of the light source with respect to the device during the movement of the device. |
| US11785172B2 |
Static identification area detecting method and module, chip, electronic device and medium
A static identification area detecting method and module, chip, electronic device and medium, which can improve the accuracy of static identification area detection. |
| US11785170B2 |
Combined HDR/LDR video streaming
The invention provides methods for broadcasting video in a dual HDR/LDR format such that the video can be displayed in real time by both LDR and HDR display devices. Methods and devices of the invention process streams of pixels from multiple sensors in a frame-independent manner to produce an HDR video signal in real time. That HDR video signal is then tone-mapped to produce an LDR video signal, the LDR signal is subtracted from the HDR signal to calculate a residual signal, and the LDR signal and the residual signal are merged into a combined signal that is broadcast via a communications network. |
| US11785169B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable medium
An image processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of first color values in a device independent color space, from information defining a predetermined gamut; a setting unit configured to set predetermined first dot percentages of a fluorescent color for the plurality of first color values acquired by the acquisition unit; a calculation unit configured to calculate a second dot percentage of the fluorescent color, based on a relationship between the plurality of first color values and the first dot percentages, the second dot percentage corresponding to an arbitrary second color value in the color space; and a generation unit configured to generate a first profile to convert the second color value to dot percentages of a process color and the fluorescent color, based on the second color value and the second dot percentage calculated by the calculation unit. |
| US11785163B2 |
Printer, server and non-transitory computer-readable recording media storing computer readable instructions for printer and server
A first printer may include a controller configured to: in a case where a first predetermined operation is accepted in a state where second printer identification information and specific service-related information are stored in association with each other in the server, cause the display unit to display a notification screen that prompts a second predetermined operation, the second predetermined operation being for changing a printer used for the service from a second printer to the first printer; and in a case where the second predetermined operation is accepted, send a printer changing request including first printer identification information to the server. In a case where the printer changing request is sent to the server, the first printer identification information is stored, instead of the second printer identification information, in association with the specific service-related information in the server. |
| US11785158B2 |
Belt transfer type multi-function device and control method thereof
A belt transfer type multi-function device includes a control device performing controlling such that an image to be printed on paper already caught between a transfer roller and the belt roller is printed, and if printing should not be performed on a next paper, movement of the next paper is stopped on a transfer path before the next paper is positioned between the transfer roller and the belt roller, the image already transferred on the transfer belt is deleted in a state in which the next paper is stopped on the transfer path, and the next paper in a stopped state is ejected as a blank paper through a ejection port along the transfer path, so that the image already transferred to the transfer belt, which is to be printed on the next paper along the movement direction of paper, is not printed on the next paper. |
| US11785157B2 |
Information processing method, information processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an information processing program for printing image on three-dimensional medium
An information processing method is configured for printing a first image by using a flatbed printer including a mounting table for mounting a first medium and a printing device for printing the first image on the first medium. The information processing method includes generating a second image indicating a position as a reference to mount the first medium on the mounting table, causing the printing device to print the second image on a second medium mounted on the mounting table, and causing the printing device to print the first image on the first medium mounted on the second medium having the printed second image. |
| US11785154B2 |
Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus
An image reading apparatus controls a sheet feeding unit such that in a reading job in which a plurality of documents on a document tray is continuously fed, continuous feeding of the documents is stopped in response to changing of a detection state in which a document is detected on the document tray to a non-detection state in which no document is detected on the document tray. The control unit executes a first mode in which the sheet feeding unit stops the continuous feeding of the documents in a case where the number of documents having been discharged continuously in the reading job has reached a predetermined number of sheets, regardless of a detection result of the detection unit, and a second mode which continues the continuous feeding of the documents regardless of the number of documents having been discharged continuously. |
| US11785147B1 |
Information processing apparatus, product, and method wherein a print from one image forming apparatus is read by another and a screen is generated including diagnostic results and image forming apparatus information
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire a result of diagnosis of one image forming apparatus made on a basis of a result of reading of a recording medium on which an image has been formed by the one image forming apparatus and that has been read by another image forming apparatus having an image reading function; acquire other apparatus information, which is information concerning the other image forming apparatus; and generate a screen including both of the result of the diagnosis and the other apparatus information. |
| US11785144B2 |
Methods for handling voice and data teleservices through mobile devices with asynchronous communication
A method for handling contact center teleservices in voice and/or data through a plurality of mobile devices, such as smartphones, is disclosed. The invention is directed to a novel concept named “Event” in which any interaction between a customer and a call center platform via voice or data is uniquely identified. This concept introduces a functionality into the Cloud-Implemented Intelligent ACD making it able to identify each call or contact with a “tag” that is later used to manage all possible future interactions between the customers and the agents by linking them under the Agent Mobile Platform, while adding the capability to maintain open the communication originally established between a customer and an agent in the case of any communication interruption, either involuntary or voluntary, thus making the C-I IACD able to route the contact once the communication is reestablished or when the customer calls the contact center platform back again. This method enables the customer to be attended by one and the same agent for as many times as the business rules permit, until the customer closes the opened tag. |
| US11785141B1 |
Virtual assistant interface for call routing
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for determining a transfer option for transferring a call. One of the methods include receiving, by a call assistant engine, a keyword related to information provided by a user to an agent during a call; generating, by the call assistant engine, follow-up questions to be displayed on a user device of the agent in an interactive format, the first follow-up question being generated based on the keyword, each of the following follow-up questions being generated based on an answer of the agent to the previous question; and determining, by the call assistant engine, based on answers of the agent to the follow-up questions, a transfer option for transferring the call. |
| US11785140B2 |
Gesture-based call center agent state change control
Users of a networked communication device may omit updating their availability state, and that of an associated communication device, if the state change is sudden or believed to be of sufficiently short duration. By quickly changing their state, a routing component may more accurately know whether or not a communication routed to the communication device will or will not be answered. By utilizing a camera and gesture processing logic, a user may naturally and quickly update their state without the need to navigate menus or select options with manual, tactile interactions with the communication device. |
| US11785134B2 |
User interface that controls where sound will localize
A smartphone displays a user interface that simultaneously shows a first image that when selected by a listener plays sound as stereo audio to a listener wearing headphones or the earphones, a second image that when selected by the listener plays the sound as spatial audio through the headphones or the earphones, and an image of a head of a person. |
| US11785131B2 |
Enhanced text-to-911 system via cloud-based page service
Disclosed is a system and method of providing enhanced content to a PSAP or other service center whereby when a 911 call is to be initiated, prior to the call or text communication being sent, the software application on the device contacts the cloud-based dynamic page service. The cloud-based dynamic page service receives event information, dynamically creates a page for the event along with a page identifier, and sends the page identifier to the software application of the initiating device. Then, the software application on the device initiates a 911 communication and includes the page identifier with the communication. In some cases, the page identifier may be sent as a separate communication. |
| US11785130B2 |
Mobile application for controlling outdoor grill
Embodiments are directed to controlling an electronically-controlled appliance using a software application and providing a user interface for controlling an electronically-controlled appliance. In one scenario, a computer system receives an indication from a remote computing system indicating that an electronically-controlled appliance is communicably connected to the remote computing system. The computer system provides a notification in the software application indicating that the electronically-controlled appliance is available to receive instructions, and receives a user input at the software application indicating that certain functions are to be performed by the electronically-controlled appliance. The computer system further generates instructions configured to control the electronically-controlled appliance based on the functions specified in the received user input, and sends the generated instructions to the electronically-controlled appliance to perform the specified functions. These functions are then interpreted and carried out on the electronically-controlled appliance via the hardware controller. |
| US11785116B2 |
Systems and methods for use in network service interface bundling
Systems and methods for use in facilitating application interface (API) interactions are disclosed. One exemplary method includes receiving, by a computing device, a primary API request from a client. The primary API request includes a plurality of parameters in association with a plurality of values. The computing device identifies relationships between the parameters and a plurality of interfaces, and generates a plurality of secondary requests based on the primary API request and the identified relationships. The computing device further transmits each of the plurality of secondary requests to the plurality of interfaces and receives a plurality of secondary responses from the plurality of interfaces. The computing device then generates a primary response based on the secondary responses and transmits the primary response to the client. |
| US11785111B2 |
Managing inter-service communication
This document discloses techniques, apparatuses, and systems for inter-service communication management to manage inter-service communication between a server-side service and a client-side service. The inter-service management system may comprise memory and a controller configured to perform the inter-service communication management. In aspects, a configuration file may be used to obtain information specifying a first inter-service communication mechanism for communicating one or more messages between the client-side and server-side services. The inter-service communication management system may instantiate a stub associated with the inter-service communication mechanism information, which can be used to communicate a message from the server-side service to a proxy that interacts with the client-side service. The message may then be forwarded from the proxy to the client-side service to enable inter-service communication between the server-side service and the client-side service. |
| US11785110B1 |
Selective online content removal based on activity history
A computer that selectively removes online content associated with an individual is described. During operation, the computer may perform an enrollment process associated with the individual, where the enrollment process involves receiving credentials for one or more accounts associated with the individual. Then, based at least in part on the credentials, the computer may monitor a subsequent activity history associated with the individual, where the activity history includes online transactions associated with the individual, and where the online transactions are associated with multiple locations and the one or more accounts. When the computer receives information specifying an occurrence of an event (such as death or illness of the individual), the computer may, based at least in part on the monitored activity history, selectively remove the online content associated with the individual and at least some of the locations. |
| US11785106B2 |
Analyzing website performance
Techniques are described herein for determining an impact of slow performing webpages on a website. For example, a detection system may be provided to determine timing distributions for webpages by analyzing timing measurements for different timing metrics. The detection system may determine ranges of the timing distributions for slow and fast group of users of the website. The detection system may analyze user interactions of slow and fast group of users on the website. The detection system may further determine impacts of poor performing webpages on the website's performance based on the analysis of the user interactions on the webpages. The detection system may classify the impacts the webpages of the website and display the classifications to a website provider for identifying network operation(s) contributing to poor performance of the webpages. |
| US11785102B1 |
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for application programming interface (API) related groupings involving common application programming interface framework
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for application programming interface (API) related groupings involving common API framework (CAPIF) are disclosed. One example method for using an API exposure function (AEF) group comprises: at a CAPIF node including at least one processor: receiving an AEF group creation message for creating an AEF group associated with an API invoker, wherein the AEF group creation message includes AEF group information indicating one or more service APIs usable by an API invoker; storing the AEF group information; determining, using the AEF group information, service API information associated with the AEF group for the API invoker; and providing the service API information to the API invoker. |
| US11785101B1 |
Allowance of application communication based on context
In one aspect, a first device may include at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to identify a context associated with the first device and identify a first group of applications associated with the context. While the context is ongoing, the instructions may be executable to allow the first group of applications to communicate with one or more other devices besides the first device and to disallow a second group of applications from communicating with one or more other devices besides the first device. |
| US11785100B2 |
System and method for software services platform architecture for supporting standalone services or development environments
Embodiments of a software services platform with a services infrastructure that allows standalone service to be run in association with other services deployed on a deployment platform. The service infrastructure and services may cooperate to ensure that that communications (associated with the standalone service are routed to that standalone service while communications for other services deployed in the software services may also continue communicating to receive and servicing requests for those services. |
| US11785098B2 |
Systems and methods for personalization of a computer application
Systems and methods for personalizing a computer application for a user are disclosed. The method including providing multiple user groups, where each user group is assigned a set of computer application features and no two sets of computer application features are identical. The method further includes monitoring computer application usage of the user over a first period of time; based on the monitored usage, allocating a first user group to the user from the multiple user groups, the first user group fitting the user; and personalizing the computer application for the user by providing the set of computer application features assigned to the first user group. |
| US11785095B2 |
Method for routing data of a session initialized between a terminal and a server
A method for routing data of a session initialized between a terminal and a server, over a first network slot corresponding to a set of data-processing functions of a communication infrastructure, implemented by the terminal. This method includes receiving from the server at least one routing identifier determined as a function of at least one communication parameter of the session, configuring session information as a function of the at least one identifier received, and emitting to the server subsequent data of the session routed over at least one second slot corresponding to the configured information. |
| US11785091B2 |
Information processing system, information processing method and information processing apparatus
An information processing system includes a first server, a second server connected to the first server, and a control apparatus connected to the second server and configured to control one or more devices. The first server includes: a first receiving unit configured to receive data about the one or more devices from a terminal connected to the first server; and a creating unit configured to create first data for the second server and second data for the control apparatus, from the received data about the one or more devices. The second server includes: a registration unit configured to save the first data in a storage unit; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the second data to the control apparatus. |
| US11785089B2 |
Updating communication parameters in a mesh network
A method including receiving, by a first device during communication with a second device in a mesh network, information indicating a determined first communication parameter utilized by the first device to communicate in the mesh network; determining, by the first device during communication in the mesh network, that the determined first communication parameter is different from a stored first communication parameter; and transmitting, by the first device during communication in the mesh network, a message indicating the determined first communication parameter to enable the second device to communicate with the first device in the mesh network utilizing the determined first communication parameter. Various other aspects are contemplated. |
| US11785085B2 |
Control interface for the deployment of an application, system and method using such a control interface
A control interface for deployment of an application, the control interface running on a specific cloud provider and connected to a plurality of other control interfaces running on a plurality of cloud providers, wherein the control interface is connected to a cloud provider database storing a description of each cloud provider. The control interface includes a cloud driver specific to the cloud provider on which the control interface is running, the cloud driver allowing the control interface to instruct the cloud provider to deploy components of the application. The control interface includes means to receive an attribute file describing the application to deploy; means to select for each component of the application, based on the descriptions provided by the cloud provider database and the attribute file, a cloud provider suitable for the deployment; for each selected cloud provider, means to send to the corresponding control interface the component to deploy. |
| US11785083B2 |
System and method for offline-first application development
A system to synchronize application data bidirectionally between N clients and one server, by: (a) pushing mutations made in the client to the server, wherein each mutation is comprised of a mutation name identifying the type of mutation, and arguments provided by the application modifying the behavior of the mutation, and the pusher also pushes a client ID and mutation ID for each mutation to the server; (b) pulling server differentials to the client; (c) storing key/value pairs in a versioned cache, wherein the keys are text strings and the values are data provided by an application in the client; and (d) resolving conflicts between the client and the server with a rebaser that: forks the cache to create a synch branch when the client receives the latest server differential, applies the latest received server differential to the synch branch, applies only those mutations to the synch branch that have not already been acknowledged by the server, and then makes the synch branch the main branch of the cache. |
| US11785082B2 |
Domain replication across regions
The present embodiments relate to a CI replication service that can replicate domain data from IDCS control plane to data plane and to all subscribed regions of a domain. For instance, the CI replication service can provide replication of required resources of a domain for AuthN and AuthZ from an IDCS local region to other regions for high availability (e.g., to improve latency). The CI replication service can replicate the resources from a domain's home region to all subscribed regions for local availability of data for workloads running in those regions. Further, when a new region is subscribed for a domain, then the service can bootstrap that domain's data from home region before enabling that region for the domain. |
| US11785081B2 |
Data sync engine, method and software
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and program products are disclosed for data synchronization. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor to maintain a list of user devices for a user that are enabled for communicating with a core computer system, maintain lists of data changes made to the database of user data separately for each of the user devices, prefilter the data changes for the user devices such that only preselected types of data changes are used to update the user data on the user devices, in response to detecting a data change to the user data for at least one of the user devices, send a real-time notification to other user devices for the user of the data change to prompt data synchronization on the other user devices, and delete a list of the data changes in response to receiving a synchronization token. |
| US11785080B1 |
Decentralized ledger system and method for enterprises
A method for improving data flow and data security in an existing wireless communications network comprising a central node and a plurality of remote nodes, during band-width-limiting conditions, the method including generating, by a processor at the central node, a hybrid network overlay to the existing wireless communications network, the hybrid network overlay including a remote overlay node for each remote node and a central overly node for the central node. The method further includes maintaining a distributed ledger having a blockchain architecture, the distributed ledger storing data transmitted among the central node and the remote nodes, including designating remote nodes as super nodes comprising using a link sensing mechanism and remote node processing characteristics to identify remote nodes having links with sufficient bandwidth and sufficient processing capacity to aggregate transactions and validate blocks, each super node participating in a block validation process using the hybrid network overlay. |
| US11785077B2 |
Active-active standby for real-time telephony traffic
Active-active standby is maintained for communication sessions using session initiation protocol (SIP) processes between two active session zones in a first datacenter and a standby session zone in a second datacenter. In the event of a failure at a first active session zone at the first datacenter, a failover to the second active session zone at the first datacenter is performed such that there are no interruptions in the active sessions. In the event of a failure at both active session zones at the first datacenter, a failover to the second datacenter is performed. |
| US11785073B2 |
Systems and methods for communication efficient distributed mean estimation
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for communication efficient distributed mean estimation. In particular, aspects of the present disclosure can be implemented by a system in which a number of vectors reside on a number of different clients, and a centralized server device seeks to estimate the mean of such vectors. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a client computing device can rotate a vector by a random rotation matrix and then subsequently perform probabilistic quantization on the rotated vector. According to another aspect of the present disclosure, subsequent to quantization but prior to transmission, the client computing can encode the quantized vector according to a variable length coding scheme (e.g., by computing variable length codes). |
| US11785070B2 |
Connected cloud applications
Media, methods, and systems are disclosed for providing one or more cloud-based, platform agnostic cloud applications and displaying the one or more cloud-based application in the display of a client device. The cloud applications may be displayed on a client device after, receiving, at a server side, a first request to access a cloud application, wherein the cloud application comprises a feature providing the functionality of the cloud application. Responsive to the request, fetching, from a storage, a first data source comprising one or more fields associated with the feature of the cloud applications. Responsive to the fetching, transmitting the first data source to a client side, wherein the client side is configured for storing a second data source comprising one or more fields providing a user interface of the cloud application. Responsive to the transmitting, displaying a user interface of the one or more cloud applications. |
| US11785069B2 |
System and method for content-adaptive real-time video communication
SphericRTC provides real-time 360-degree video communication, which allows the viewer to observe the environment in any direction from the camera location. This more allows users to more-efficiently exchange information and can be beneficial in the real-time setting. The system selects representations of 360-degree frames to allow efficient, content-adaptive delivery. The system performs joint content and bitrate adaptation in real-time by offloading expensive transformation operations to a GPU. The system demonstrates that the multiple sub-components: viewport feedback, representation selection, and joint content and bitrate adaptation, can be effectively integrated within a single framework. Compared to a baseline implementation, views in SphericRTC have consistently higher visual quality. The median Viewport-PSNR of such views is 2.25 dB higher than views in the baseline system. |
| US11785060B2 |
Content-aware device selection for modifying content elements in digital collaboration spaces
Content-aware device selection is performed for modifying content elements in digital collaboration spaces. A content element, such as a text box or drawing space, is detected within a digital collaboration space based on input received from a first device of a first device type. A second device type to use to modify the content element is determined based on a content type of the content element. One or more devices of that second device type which are authenticated to access the digital collaboration space are identified. At least one of those authenticated devices are then prompted for input to use to modify the content element. The content element is then modified within the digital collaboration space based on the input received from at least one of those prompted devices. |
| US11785059B1 |
Facilitating interaction among participants at different locations
Technology is described for assisting a user in identifying relevant participants to a communication session. The technology detects that the user has interacted with a user interface (UI) presentation in a specified manner. The technology then receives context information that describes the current context of the user's interaction. The technology uses the context information to interrogate a graph to identify one or more candidate participants that may be added to the communication session. The technology then generates a UI collaboration pane for presentation on the UI presentation. The UI collaboration pane provides a mechanism by which the user can add one or more of the candidate participants to the communication session without disrupting the user's focus on a task at hand, and with minimal user interface actions required by the user. Further, the UI collaboration pane gives the user plural options to establish communication with the candidate participants. |
| US11785057B1 |
Increase service reliability by reusing session-stateful service instances within a single long-lived session
Described are examples for techniques to increase service reliability by reusing session-stateful service instances within a single long-lived session. A system for routing sessions within a network includes a first server hosting a first instance of a first service configured to establish a first network session for a subscriber with a first instance of a second service. The system includes a second server hosting the first instance of the second service configured to select the first instance of the first service to establish a second network session for the subscriber. The second service may copy header information from a first session invite to a second session invite for the second network session. The first network session remains active for a duration of the second network session. Reusing the first instance of the first service reduces the number of potential failure points to increase reliability of the long-lived session. |
| US11785053B2 |
Systems and methods for determining secure network paths
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes one or more processors and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the one or more processors. The one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media include instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to perform operations including determining a path through a plurality of provider nodes within a provider network and determining that the path through the plurality of provider nodes within the provider network is secure. The operations also include receiving, from a customer node, a Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) path message comprising an attribute for a security request. The operations further include routing the RSVP path message along the path of the plurality of provider nodes. |
| US11785050B2 |
Security management system for remote working environment, computer program therefor, and method therefor
A security management system for a remove working environment, a computer program therefor, and a method therefor are provided. The security management system monitors and tracks a behavior of an endpoint in real time after execution of a process or a network access time point. Furthermore, the security management system monitors a behavior of an operating system level on the endpoint to which the security policy is not applied in real time to detect a behavior which threatens the security management system and controls the endpoint. Furthermore, the security management system corrects and manages the security policy in response to a request about exception application of a predetermined security policy in real time to flexibly perform security management of the endpoint. |
| US11785045B2 |
Network watermark
A network communications method utilizing a network watermark for providing security in the communications includes creating a verifiable network communications path of nodes through a network for the transfer of information from a first end node to a second end node; verifying the network communications path of nodes, by the first end node, before communicating by the first end node information intended for receipt by the second end node; and once the network communications path of nodes is verified by the first end node, communicating by the first end node, via the verified communications path of nodes, the information intended for receipt by the second end node; wherein the network watermark represents the verifiable network communications path of nodes. |
| US11785042B2 |
Real time management of botnet attacks
A system and computer-implemented method of managing botnet attacks to a computer network is provided. The system and method includes receiving a DNS request included in network traffic, each DNS request included in the network traffic and including a domain name of a target host and identifying a source address of a source host, wherein the translation of the domain name, if translated, provides an IP address to the source host that requested the translation. The domain name of the DNS request is compared to a botnet domain repository, wherein the botnet domain repository includes one or more entries, each entry having a confirmation indicator that indicates whether the entry corresponds to a confirmed botnet. If determined by the comparison that the domain name of the DNS request is included in the botnet domain repository, then the source address of the DNS request is stored or updated in an infected host repository and a control signal is output to cause any future network traffic from the source address to be diverted to an administrator configured address. Each source address stored in the infected host repository identifies a host known to be infected. |
| US11785040B2 |
Systems and methods for cyber security alert triage
The present disclosure is directed to systems, apparatuses and methods for mitigating cyber-attacks. For example, the method includes receiving, from one or more network devices tracking activity on a network, one or more data streams associated with a respective one of the one or more network devices, identifying a security alert from the one or more data streams, the security alert including metadata context describing the network device from the one or more network devices that originated the security alert, analyzing the metadata context to generate a metadata context score. When the security alert is determined to be a security threat event, classifying a type of the security threat event based on the related activity score and the metadata context, and outputting a recommended mitigation course of action based on the classified type of the security threat event. |
| US11785039B2 |
Scanning web applications for security vulnerabilities
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and processes for the enhanced crawling of unexposed web applications for vulnerability scanning purposes. A response to a request generated to a web application is received and a web application framework detection routine on the response for web application frameworks is executed. A determination is made that a web application framework is part of the response and the response is loaded in a web browser associated with the web application. A custom web application framework hook for the web application framework is injected into a web page of a web browser and a list of Document Object Model (DOM) elements and corresponding event handlers is received. A determination is made, based on the list, to execute DOM events to discover functionality of the web application. The web page is loaded in the web browser, the DOM events are executed, and network activity of the web browser during execution of the DOM events is recorded. |
| US11785037B2 |
Cybersecurity risk assessment on an industry basis
Determining an entity's cybersecurity risk and benchmarking that risk includes non-intrusively collecting one or more types of data associated with an entity. Embodiments further include calculating a security score for at least one of the one or more types of data based, at least in part, on processing of security information extracted from the at least one type of data, wherein the security information is indicative of a level of cybersecurity. Some embodiments also comprise assigning a weight to the calculated security score based on a correlation between the extracted security information and an overall security risk determined from analysis of one or more previously-breached entities in the same industry as the entity. Additional embodiments include calculating an overall cybersecurity risk score for the entity based, at least in part, on the calculated security score and the weight assigned to the calculated security score. |
| US11785034B2 |
Detecting security risks based on open ports
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and processes to detect anomalous computing assets based on open ports. Security data associated with computing assets executing in a computing environment is received from an agent executing on the computing assets. Open port information associated with the computing assets is extracted from the security data. The open port information and a list of computing assets with the open port information is used to generate a type similarity model and an open port model. The type similarity model clusters the computing assets and the open port model determines whether a port associated with a computing asset with the open port information is likely to be open or should be open in the computing environment, permitting detection of anomalous computing assets in the computing environment. |
| US11785033B2 |
Detecting unused, abnormal permissions of users for cloud-based applications using a genetic algorithm
Systems and methods include obtaining unused user accounts associated with a cloud application where an unused user account is one where a corresponding user has not accessed the cloud application in a certain period of time; determining a subset of the unused user accounts that are abnormal user accounts, wherein an abnormal user account is one that is anomalous compared to similar users; scoring and ranking the unused and abnormal user accounts; and remediating a set of the ranked unused and abnormal user accounts. |
| US11785031B2 |
Automated and scalable worker orchestration for cloud-based computer forensic analysis
Disclosed are techniques for performing forensic analysis of computer systems in a cloud network. The techniques can include using a scalable, cloud-based, specialized computer architecture for performing the forensic analysis of computer systems. |
| US11785030B2 |
Identifying data processing timeouts in live risk analysis systems
This application discusses identifying data processing timeouts in live risk analysis systems. A service provider, such as an electronic transaction processor, may provide a production computing environment that includes a risk analysis system having one or more risk models, which may be machine-learning based. These risk models may be utilized in order to determine whether incoming data processing requests are fraudulent. To test these risk models using production data traffic, an audit computing environment made of a set of machines that do not service production computing environment requests, but that utilize databases and data connections as are used by the production systems. The audit computing environment may thus mirror the risk models and functionality of the production computing environment without the drawbacks of a typical fully separate testing environment. Thus, risk model performance and execution times may be monitored to determine whether any models encounter errors with production data traffic. |
| US11785029B2 |
Vehicular network security
A computer implemented security method operable with a communications network in a vehicle, the network communicatively connecting devices including sensors and actuators in the vehicle such that information provided by sensors and states of actuators are determinable by data communicated via the network, the method including defining a Markov decision process model for the vehicle, the model specifying states of the vehicle and actions constituting transitions between states, wherein a state of the vehicle is indicated by information provided by one or more sensors and a state of one or more actuators, and an action corresponds to a change in the information provided by one or more sensors and/or a change to a state of one or more actuators, each action having associated a probability of occurrence; determining, by accessing data communicated via the network, a current state of the vehicle in the model; accessing data communicated via the network; responsive to the accessed data indicating an action to change the vehicle state to a new state, determining, from the model, a probability of the action; responsive to a determination that the determined probability falls below a predetermined threshold probability, generating an indication that the vehicle state transition is anomalous. |
| US11785024B2 |
Deploying neural-trojan-resistant convolutional neural networks
In some implementation, a system for identifying malicious attacks on a convolutional neural network (CNN) model includes a target computing system that performs classification of objects using a CNN model, and an attack identification computing system that identifies an injected neural attack. The attack identification computing system can be configured to generate, based on the CNN model and associated parameters, an ecosystem of CNN models by modifying original weights of the parameters associated with the CNN model; update the original weights of the parameters with the modified weights; store, in a secure data store, the updated weights of the parameters; generate, based on the updated weights, an update file for the CNN model; update, using the update file, the CNN model; and transmit the updated CNN model to a targeting computing system configured to detect neural attacks by an attacker computing system based on the updated CNN model. |
| US11785021B2 |
Systems and methods for facilitating detection of a security event associated with an IoT device
Disclosed herein is a method of detecting a security event associated with an IoT device configured to store data on a primary blockchain, in accordance with some embodiments. Accordingly, the method may include receiving, using a communication device, actual operational data associated with the IoT device. Further, the method may include retrieving, using a storage device, standard operational data associated with the IoT device. Further, the method may include analyzing, using a processing device, each of the actual operational data and the standard operational data. Further, the method may include detecting, using the processing device, the security event based on the analyzing. Further, the method may include generating, using the processing device, a notification based on the detecting. Further, the method may include transmitting, using the communication device, the notification to at least one user device associated with the IoT device. |
| US11785017B2 |
Enforcing granular access control policy
An example method of enforcing granular access policy for embedded artifacts comprises: detecting an association of an embedded artifact with a resource container; associating the embedded artifact with at least a subset of an access control policy associated with the resource container; and responsive to receiving an access request to access the embedded artifact, applying the access control policy associated with the resource container for determining whether the access request is grantable. |
| US11785015B2 |
Information security system for detecting unauthorized access requests
A system for verifying a user's request to access a resource determines a set of entitlement attributes from the request. The set of entitlement requests indicates a type of permission to access a particular resource, including at least one of a write-access and a read-access to the particular resource. The system determines whether there is any rule that is violated by the set of entitlement attributes. In response to determining that there is at least one rule that is violated by the set of entitlement attributes, the system denies the request. |
| US11785014B1 |
Apparatus and methods for securely delivering digital content
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are disclosed for securely delivering digital content to a user. An example method includes receiving a request for digital content for presentation by a first user device associated with a first user profile and receiving contextual device data of the first user device. The example method further include comparing the contextual device data of the first user device and a secure context dataset to determine a device delivery context of the first user device. In instances in which the contextual device data of the first user device fails to satisfy one or more security thresholds defined by the secure context dataset, the method determines an unsecure delivery context and generates secured digital content. The example method further includes causing presentation of the secured digital content via a second user device associated with the first user profile. |
| US11785013B2 |
Application program access control
There is provided a method of operating a node of a network. A first token generated by a device having an application program stored therein is received from the device. The first token is generated by the device in response to a request from a user to access the application program. A second token input by the user at a mobile terminal of a mobile network is received. The second token is input in response to a request for the user to input the first token. It is decided whether to allow the user access to the application program stored in the device based on a verification of whether the second token matches the first token and whether the user has a subscription for the application program. An indication of the decision whether to allow the user access to the application program is transmitted to the device. |
| US11785010B2 |
Method and system for authentication via location monitoring
A computer-implemented method is provided to authenticate a user. The computer-implemented method includes obtaining, at an authentication server, a current location and an associated time from a client device of the user over a communications network; determining, by a hardware processor, a location score based on a correlation between the current location and the associated time and a historical location and a historical time that are associated with the client device of the user; determining, by the hardware processor, a risk assessment score based on the location score; and providing, over the communications network, an authentication verification for the user to perform one or more actions with an online resource based on the risk assessment score. |
| US11785007B2 |
Email processing for improved authentication question accuracy
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described herein for improving the accuracy of authentication questions using e-mail processing. A request for access to an account may be received from a user device. A plurality of organizations may be identified. One or more e-mail associated with the account may be identified. The e-mails may be processed to identify one or more organizations that correspond to transactions conducted by a user. A modified plurality of organizations may be generated by removing, from the plurality of organizations, the one or more organizations. An authentication question may be generated and provided to the user device. A response to the authentication question may be received, and the user device may be provided access based on the response. |
| US11785003B2 |
Biometric interaction manager
A method and system for processing a transaction based on biometric data and access data is disclosed. Different accounts and providers may be used to process transactions, using different message formats, based on user-configured mappings. In one example, the method includes receiving, by a message processing system, an authorization request message from an access device, the authorization request message comprising a biometric template and access data. An interaction entity record identifier, associated with an interaction entity from among a plurality of different interaction entities that process messages in different message formats, may be retrieved. The authorization request message may be converted from a first format to a second format, the second format being compatible with message processing by the interaction entity. The converted authorization request message may be transmitted to the interaction entity for determining whether to authorize the transaction. |
| US11785000B2 |
Security continuity systems and methods
In various exemplary embodiments, a security continuity system allows users to continue accessing certain user accounts (e.g., email, calendar, contacts, documents, instant messaging, cloud storage, etc.) through alternate logon identity credentials that are automatically provisioned such as when a security event is detected or suspected. The alternate logon identity credentials may be temporary (e.g., just used during security continuity until the original user logon identity credentials can be secured such as by establishing a new password or by having the user select a new logon identity) or permanent (e.g., the alternate logon identity can become the user's new logon identity). Security continuity may be invoked manually (e.g., by the user or by an administrator) or automatically when certain conditions are detected (e.g., through detection of suspicious activities such as repeated user lockouts due to multiple failed logon attempts or upon detection of a successful breach by an attacker). |
| US11784992B2 |
Credential entry and management
The present embodiments relate to entry and management of identifiers and credentials. The present embodiments display a credential affordance that, upon selection, provides a credential-assistance user interface for enabling swift access to various credential and management options. The credential affordance can be displayed based on a determination by electronic device that a webpage includes a text entry field associated with a set of one or more restricted resources (e.g., document and/or webpage). |
| US11784991B2 |
Contactless authentication and event processing
Systems for contactless authentication and event processing are provided. In some examples, a user may request processing of an event. The user may provide user identifying or event identifying information that may be transmitted to contactless processing computing platform. Based on the user identifying information, additional user data may be retrieved. An interactive authentication request may be generated and transmitted to the user computing device. The interactive authentication request may include a request for one or more types of authentication data. The user may input authentication response data into the user computing device, which may then be transmitted to the contactless processing computing platform for evaluation. The authentication response data may be evaluated to determine whether it includes a trigger, whether it matches pre-stored authentication data, and the like. In response, one or more authentication outputs may be generated and/or the requested event may be processed or denied. |
| US11784985B2 |
Network security devices and method
An encryption/decryption method including the steps of encrypting a message, beginning with the encrypting of the message using a key and a salt, the salt being a random number; stopping the encrypting step when the message is encrypted resulting in an encrypted message; encrypting the salt with the key resulting in an encrypted salt; and assembling the encrypted salt, a demark character, the encrypted message and padding to form a data set. |
| US11784984B2 |
Methods to strengthen cyber-security and privacy in a deterministic internet of things
Methods to strengthen the cyber-security and privacy in a proposed deterministic Internet of Things (IoT) network are described. The proposed deterministic IoT consists of a network of simple deterministic packet switches under the control of a low-complexity ‘Software Defined Networking’ (SDN) control-plane. The network can transport ‘Deterministic Traffic Flows’ (DTFs), where each DTF has a source node, a destination node, a fixed path through the network, and a deterministic or guaranteed rate of transmission. The SDN control-plane can configure millions of distinct interference-free ‘Deterministic Virtual Networks’ DVNs) into the IoT, where each DVN is a collection of interference-free DTFs. The SDN control-plane can configure each deterministic packet switch to store several deterministic periodic schedules, defined for a scheduling-frame which comprises F time-slots. The schedules of a network determine which DTFs are authorized to transmit data over each fiber-optic link of the network. These schedules also ensure that each DTF will receive a deterministic rate of transmission through every switch it traverses, with full immunity to congestion, interference and Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks. |
| US11784982B2 |
Secure content access authorization
A secure content delivery or access method may include coordination among three devices such as servers—a content management server, a delivery server, and an authorization server. A request for content may originate from an authorization server application, and may involve the application obtaining two digitally signed tokens for the request. The first token may be from the authorization server, and may include a content management server identifier for the requested content. The second token may include two identifiers for the content: the first identifier being the content management server identifier, and the second being a delivery server identifier. The first and second tokens may be signed by the authorization server and content management server, respectively, and may be delivered to the delivery server for validation. Successful validation may result in the delivery server providing a content decryption key for the requested content to a device requesting the content. |
| US11784980B2 |
Secure low-latency trapdoor proxy
A proxy system is installed on a computing device that is in the network path between the device and the Internet. The proxy system, residing on the computing device, decrypts and inspects all traffic going in and out of the computing device. |
| US11784978B2 |
Method for establishing remote work environment to ensure security of remote work user terminal and apparatus using the same
Disclosed herein are a method for establishing a remote work environment for ensuring the security of a user terminal for remote work and an apparatus using the method. The method, performed by the apparatus, includes acquiring media image creation information from a user; creating a certificate for VPN access based on the media image creation information and creating a media image using the media image creation information and the certificate for VPN access; and providing the media image to the user such that the user is able to create a medium for remote work. The user terminal for remote work is booted through the medium for remote work, thereby configuring a runtime environment for remote work in which security is ensured. |
| US11784974B2 |
Method and system for intrusion detection and prevention
The present teaching generally relates to providing optimized access control rules. A request may be received from a client device. A determination may be made, based on the request, that an update is needed for access control rule information for the client device. Rule data may be generated. The rule data may include a plurality of data buckets each including one or more access control rules, each data bucket of the plurality being associated with a range of destination port numbers, and where each of the one or more access control rules comprise a set of tuples having a common source network and source port number, and one or more destination port numbers associated with the common source network and source port number. The rule data may be sent to the client device. |
| US11784971B2 |
Network layer signaling security with next generation firewall
Techniques for network layer signaling security with next generation firewall are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/process/computer program product for network layer signaling security with next generation firewall includes monitoring a network layer signaling protocol traffic on a service provider network at a security platform; and filtering the network layer signaling protocol traffic at the security platform based on a security policy. |
| US11784968B1 |
Distributed domain name systems and methods
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for providing access to external client machine via a domain name system (DNS) of an internal network. A distributed DNS service maintains distributed DNS entries as external clients log on and/or log off of the internal network. In this manner, internal systems within the internal network may access distributed client devices via the internal network DNS. |
| US11784967B1 |
Monitoring internet protocol address utilization to apply unified network policy
Techniques implemented by an IP address management (IPAM) system for monitoring the usage of IP addresses in networks of computing resources and automatically notifying networking devices when IP address usage has changed. The IPAM system may create pools of IP addresses (e.g., address groups), and map those pools to prefix lists that are distributed to the networking devices. The IPAM system may monitor changes in IP address usage by resources in the networks (e.g., allocations and releases of IP addresses), update the pools that are affected by the changes, carry those changes through to the appropriate prefix lists, and propagate updated prefix lists to the networking devices (e.g., firewall devices, routing devices, etc.). In this way, the IPAM system may automatically identify and apply IP address changes to prefix lists that are used for networking operations in the networks. |
| US11784963B2 |
NAT traversal method, device, and system
A method, a device, and a system for network address translation traversal are provided. The method is performed by a system in which a first terminal communicates with a second terminal. The first terminal is in a network constructed by a first NAT device, the second terminal is in a network constructed by a second NAT device, and the first NAT device is different from the second NAT device. The method implements NAT traversal through bidirectional dynamic detection of TTL values at both ends of the NAT traversal, to resolve a problem of low NAT traversal efficiency. |
| US11784962B2 |
Systems and methods for collaborative chat with non-native chat platforms
In accordance with the present approach, a collaborative chat system is provided that enables collaborative communication between a user preferring a native chat platform and a different user who communicates using a non-native or third-party chat platform. The user may particularly select various other users to be added to a collaborative chat, regardless of which chat platform the other users have set as their main or preferred communication channel. Indeed, when displaying the various users available to be added to the collaborative chat, the collaborative chat system may display a visual indication or icon that indicates which chat platform the various users are available through. The collaborative chat system or platform may utilize bi-directional communications between the native chat platform and any communicatively coupled third-party chat platforms to link the user with the selected other users within a collaborative chat instance. |
| US11784954B2 |
Personalized temporary unsubscribe mechanisms for email subscriptions
In some embodiments, techniques for generating personalized unsubscribe options for emails are provided. For example, a subscription management system can access information associated with an active email subscription and a user profile for a user. The subscription management system can determine a temporary unsubscribe time period for the user based on the information associated with the active email subscription and the profile of the user. The subscription management system can embed a temporary unsubscribe option in an email to be sent to the user. The temporary unsubscribe option can represent the temporary unsubscribe time period. The subscription management system can cause the email to be sent to the user and receiving a selection of the temporary unsubscribe option indicating the temporary unsubscribe time period. The subscription management system can change the active email subscription to a suppressed email subscription associated with the temporary unsubscribe time period. |
| US11784950B2 |
Mesh networking using peer to peer messages for a hospitality entity
A method and system for communicating with wireless messaging enabled door locks. The method includes advertising availability of the door lock via wireless messaging for a first period of time; triggering a message send event; determining a destination node; connecting to the destination node; sending the message to the destination node; and entering a low power state for a second period of time, wherein the second period of time is longer than the first period of time; wherein the destination node is chosen from a second door lock or a computing system. |
| US11784949B2 |
Limited functionality interface for communication platform
Techniques are described for expediting communications between a first person of an organization associated with a communication platform and a second person not associated with the organization. The first person requests for the communication platform to generate an invitation to communicate with the second person. The first person provides the invitation to the second person directly or via the communication platform. Responsive to receiving an indication that the second person accepts the invitation, the communication platform identifies whether the second person is associated with the communication platform. If the second user is associated with the communication platform, the communication platform modifies an existing user interface associated therewith to enable communications between the first person and the second person. If the second person is not associated with the communication platform, the communication platform generates a limited functionality user interface to enable the communications between the first person and the second person. |
| US11784948B2 |
Cognitive determination of message suitability
Cognitive determination of whether a message is suitable for sending over a data communications network can include extracting tokens from the message prior to transmitting the message. One or more intended recipients of the message can be determined from the tokens. A machine learning classification model corresponding to the one or more recipients of the message can be selected. The machine learning classification model can be constructed based on tokens extracted from prior messages, which are combined to create a plurality of documents for training the machine learning classification model. The one or more tokens extracted from the message can be classified using the machine learning classification model. An alert message can be generated in response to determining based on the classifying that the message is unsuited for sending. |
| US11784943B2 |
Sharing account data between different interfaces to a service
Some embodiments provide a method for an electronic device. The method stores user data associated with a web-based third party service based on user interaction with a web domain for the third party service through a web browser. The method receives a request from a service-specific application to utilize the user data stored for the third party service. The method provides the user data to the application only when the application is verified by the web domain for receiving user data associated with the third party service. |
| US11784942B2 |
Dynamic allocation of edge network resources
An embodiment includes determining, based on historical data associated with a specific task, a baseline bandwidth recommendation for completing the specific task. The embodiment assigns, for a first time period, the specific task to a first computing device on a network. The embodiment allocates, for the first time period based on the baseline bandwidth recommendation, a first baseline bandwidth to the first computing device. The embodiment allocates, for the first time period, a portion of a shared buffer bandwidth as a first buffer bandwidth to the first computing device based on a weight value assigned to the specific task. The first buffer bandwidth combines with the first baseline bandwidth as a first total bandwidth for the specific task. The embodiment throttles, during the first time period, data packets associated with the specific task based on the first total bandwidth for the specific task. |
| US11784940B2 |
Detecting faulty resources of a resource delivery system
One example disclosed method involves a computing system determining that a first shared computing resource, included among a plurality of shared computing resources managed by a controller, is potentially faulty. The system may configure the controller to identify the first shared computing resource with a tag, the tag configured to cause the controller, in response to a client requesting the controller for access to a first application, to assign the first shared computing resource to deliver the first application to the client. The system may instruct the client to request the controller for access to the first application. The system may determine that the first shared computing resource is faulty based on the client being unable to access the first application at a time of application of the tag to the first shared computing resource. The system may take a corrective action with respect to the first shared computing resource. |
| US11784939B2 |
Cloud resource management using externally-sourced data
A processing device can make use of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model to make projections about resource usage based on data from external sources. The processing device can then adjust cloud-based resources accordingly. The cluster resource allocation can be adjusted as examples, by increasing, decreasing, or maintaining a number of nodes allocated to a cluster, by increasing, decreasing, or maintaining the number of pods assigned to an application or a container running in a cluster, or by increasing, decreasing, or maintaining central processing unit (CPU) resource, memory, disk storage, or a replication factor assigned to a pod. |
| US11784934B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling congestion based on Gen-Z interface
Provided are a method and an apparatus for controlling congestion based on a generation Z (Gen-Z) interface. When a first device receives, from a second device, a second packet that is a response to a first packet transmitted to the second device, and the second packet indicates that a congestion situation occurs, the first device records priority information of a packet in a predetermined field for congestion control among fields according to the Gen-Z interface. Then, the first device transmits a third packet including priority information to the second device. |
| US11784932B2 |
Delay-based automatic queue management and tail drop
Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for improving operations of a network switching device and/or network-at-large by utilizing queue delay as a basis for measuring congestion for the purposes of Automated Queue Management (“AQM”) and/or other congestion-based policies. Queue delay is an exact or approximate measure of the amount of time a data unit waits at a network device as a consequence of queuing, such as the amount of time the data unit spends in an egress queue while the data unit is being buffered by a traffic manager. Queue delay may be used as a substitute for queue size in existing AQM, Weighted Random Early Detection (“WRED”), Tail Drop, Explicit Congestion Notification (“ECN”), reflection, and/or other congestion management or notification algorithms. Or, a congestion score calculated based on the queue delay and one or more other metrics, such as queue size, may be used as a substitute. |
| US11784931B2 |
Network burst load evacuation method for edge servers
The present invention discloses a network burst load evacuation method for edge servers, which takes a time and average penalty function of all tasks performed by the edge system as a minimum optimization goal. This method not only takes into account the fairness of all users in the system, but also ensures that the unloading tasks of all users in the system can be completed in a relatively shortest time, and a new quantitative measure is proposed for improving user QoS response. In the implementation process of the algorithm in the present invention, a particle swarm algorithm is used to solve an optimal target of the system, This algorithm has a fast execution speed and high efficiency, and is especially suitable for a scene of an edge computing network system, so that when a sudden load occurs, an edge computing network system can respond in a very short time and complete the evacuation of the load, which greatly improves the fault tolerance and stability of the edge network environment. |
| US11784930B2 |
Communication system with auto-routing and load balancing
A network analysis device that is configured to obtain a traffic volume classification that is associated with a plurality of messages and bandwidth information that is associated with a plurality of network devices. The network analysis device is further configured to input the bandwidth information and the traffic volume classification into a machine learning model that outputs routing recommendations based on the bandwidth information and the traffic volume classification. The network analysis device is further configured to generate routing instructions based on the routing recommendations and to reconfigure a routing device based on the routing instructions. |
| US11784927B1 |
Layer three instances for a cloud-based services exchange
In general, this disclosure describes a programmable network platform for dynamically programming a cloud exchange to provide a layer three (L3) routing instance as a service to customers of the cloud exchange. In one example, a cloud exchange comprises an L3 network located within a data center and configured with an L3 routing instance for an enterprise; and for the L3 routing instance, respective first and second attachment circuits for first and second cloud service provider networks co-located within the data center, wherein the L3 routing instance stores a route to a subnet of the second cloud service provider network to cause the L3 routing instance to forward packets, received from the first cloud service provider network via the first attachment circuit, to the second cloud service provider network via the second attachment circuit. |
| US11784926B2 |
Optimized processing of multicast data messages in a host
Some embodiments provide a method for forwarding multicast data messages at a forwarding element on a host computer. The method receives a multicast data message from a routing element executing on the host computer along with metadata appended to the multicast data message by the routing element. Based on a destination address of the multicast data message, the method identifies a set of recipient ports for a multicast group with which the multicast data message is associated. For each recipient port, the method uses the metadata appended to the multicast data message by the routing element to determine whether to deliver a copy of the multicast data message to the recipient port. |
| US11784925B2 |
Combined input and output queue for packet forwarding in network devices
An apparatus for switching network traffic includes an ingress packet forwarding engine and an egress packet forwarding engine. The ingress packet forwarding engine is configured to determine, in response to receiving a network packet, an egress packet forwarding engine for outputting the network packet and enqueue the network packet in a virtual output queue. The egress packet forwarding engine is configured to output, in response to a first scheduling event and to the ingress packet forwarding engine, information indicating the network packet in the virtual output queue and that the network packet is to be enqueued at an output queue for an output port of the egress packet forwarding engine. The ingress packet forwarding engine is further configured to dequeue, in response to receiving the information, the network packet from the virtual output queue and enqueue the network packet to the output queue. |
| US11784924B2 |
Optimizing application performance in hierarchical SD-WAN
Systems and methods are provided for receiving bandwidth metrics from a plurality of routers on respective link routes in a network, compiling a link database including the bandwidth metrics of each respective link route in the network, selecting a first designated link path from the link database between a first router and a second router based on an application routing policy, the application routing policy being based on a routing metric, providing a first multiprotocol label switching label based on the first designated link path to the first router of the plurality of routers in the network, and restricting network traffic of the first router to the first designated link path provided in the first multiprotocol label switching label. |
| US11784921B2 |
Route control techniques
Embodiments described herein relate to techniques for route control. The techniques may include obtaining, by a routing information base (RIB) agent, a route policy for performing a route action; receiving, by the RIB agent, a route from a routing protocol; analyzing, by the RIB agent, the route using to make a determination about whether to perform the route action; and performing, by the RIB agent, the route action based on the determination. Route actions may include actions relating to route modification, route redistribution, modifications of various attributes of a route, etc. |
| US11784920B2 |
Algorithms for use of load information from neighboring nodes in adaptive routing
Systems and methods are provided for passing data amongst a plurality of switches having a plurality of links attached between the plurality of switches. At a switch, a plurality of load signals are received from a plurality of neighboring switches. Each of the plurality of load signals are made up of a set of values indicative of a load at each of the plurality of neighboring switches providing the load signal. Each value within the set of values provides an indication for each link of the plurality of links attached thereto as to whether the link is busy or quiet. Based upon the plurality of load signals, an output link for routing a received packet is selected, and the received packet is routed via the selected output link. |
| US11784915B2 |
Multicast packet processing method and device
A method and a device for multicast packet processing are disclosed. The method includes: A first network device obtains a data packet; and the first network device generates a first multicast packet and a second multicast packet based on the data packet. The first multicast packet includes first iFIT information and a first multi-level flow identifier. The second multicast packet includes the first iFIT information and a second multi-level flow identifier. The first multi-level flow identifier and the second multi-level flow identifier are different, to identify different forwarding paths of the generated first multicast packet and second multicast packet respectively. In the method, in a point-to-multipoint multicast data flow transmission scenario, a plurality of multicast data flows can be identified, to perform iFIT detection on each of the plurality of data flows, so as to implement packet loss and delay detection, path restoration, and the like for the multicast data flows. |
| US11784914B1 |
Routing methods, systems, and computer program products
In various embodiments, an apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable media, and a method are provided, involving a technique to: receive, from at least one other node in a network, a plurality of segment identifiers, utilizing at least one of a link state protocol, a distance vector protocol, or a path vector protocol, store, in a data structure, the plurality of segment identifiers associated with nodes represented in a topology of at least a portion of a network, select, from the plurality of segment identifiers in the data structure and based on a specified policy, a first sequence of segment identifiers that identify a first sequence of at least one of: one or more nodes, one or more network interfaces, or one or more network regions, at least partially in a first path segment that communicatively couples the transmitting node with a receiving node in the network and that includes at least one particular node which is not predetermined by the first sequence of segment identifiers such that the at least one particular node is determined during routing of data between the transmitting node and the receiving node, identify, based on a segment identifier in a first subsequence, of the first sequence of segment identifiers, that precedes a second subsequence of the first sequence of segment identifiers, a first network interface of the transmitting node in the first path segment, store at least the second subsequence of the first sequence of segment identifiers in a header associated with a first packet, and transmit, via the first network interface, the first packet for delivering the data in a payload of the first packet to the receiving node in the network. |
| US11784913B2 |
Methodology for efficient upstream multicast in PON networks
Systems and methods for efficient upstream multicast in passive optical networks. An upstream multicast source communicates an upstream multicast packet to the network. Subsequent downstream packet management achieved through use of source filters prevents a reflected copy of the original upstream multicast packets from being received by the upstream multicast source. |
| US11784906B2 |
System-latency-aware display device
A display device for measuring the end-to-end latency of a computing system. The computing system includes an input device, a computing device, and the display device. The display device is directly connected with the input device and receives input data packets generated by the input device in response to received user input events. The display device passes the input packets to the computing device for graphics processing. The display device measures the end-to-end latency comprising the sum of three latencies. A first latency comprises an input delay of the input device. A second latency comprises an amount of time between generation of the input packet and a corresponding change in pixel values caused by the input event at the display device. A third latency comprises a display latency. The display device also displays latency information associated with the measured end-to-end latency. |
| US11784893B1 |
Channelized optical wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) adaptive interface
A number of channels on an optical network is determined by a device. A size of a display through which a user interface is to be provided is determined. A number of tiles to be included in the user interface is determined based on the number of channels and the size of the display. Each tile is associated with a channel. The user interface including the number of tiles is caused to be provided through the display. |
| US11784886B2 |
Network slice usage
A communication network may be provided having a plurality of network nodes and which may be configured to enable instantiation of different network slices which represent virtual networks with different feature sets, e.g., providing different network functions and/or having different network characteristics. The communication network may be configured to allow a network slice to be used for data communication between i) a user equipment (UE) connected to the network and configured to execute an application, and ii) a content or application server (CAS) configured to provide an application service via the network. Network functions may be provided which allow influencing the UE's slice usage based on requirements of the application service, even if the CAS is located outside the connectivity provider's network, e.g., outside a mobile operator's domain. |
| US11784882B2 |
Configuration monitoring in a cloud platform
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are provided for configuration monitoring. In some embodiments, there is provided a method that includes: sending a container image to a second cloud platform hosting a production system, wherein the container image includes configuration instructions to configure monitoring of an application at the production system hosted at the second cloud platform and at least one value to be monitored at the application at the production system hosted at the second cloud platform; receiving at least one message including the at least one value indicative of a current state of the application and/or the cloud platform; comparing the at least one value to at least one threshold; and in response to the at least one value exceeding the at least one threshold, sending an alert message. |
| US11784881B1 |
Vendor agnostic network device configuration audit platform
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a request for a configuration audit of a network device, identifying a class of the network device, retrieving a configuration template for the network device, wherein the retrieving is based on the class of the network device, wherein the configuration template is represented as a hierarchical tree structure, retrieving a current configuration of the network device, translating the current configuration of the network device to a tree data structure, comparing the tree data structure with the configuration template represented as a hierarchical tree structure, identifying discrepancies between the tree data structure and the configuration template represented as a hierarchical tree structure, reporting the discrepancies, receiving instructions to resolve the discrepancies, and modifying one of the current configuration for the network device and the configuration template for the network device, wherein the modifying is responsive to the instructions to resolve the discrepancies. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US11784879B2 |
High reliability low latency configuration for wireless communications systems
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Wireless communications systems as described herein may be configured to support several service types with different latency, reliability, or throughput rates or standards. One such service type may be referred to as high-reliability, low latency communication (HRLLC). Enhancements to improve HRLLC performance in coexistence with and as a complement to legacy service types, such as LTE are described. These include, for example, downlink and uplink control enhancements, channel state information (CSI) feedback enhancements, physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) enhancements, and UL power control enhancements to support HRLLC. |
| US11784877B2 |
Systems and methods to control operation of virtualized networks
An intelligent agent monitors operation of at least one software virtualized network (VN). Context information associated with the VN is used to analyze a state of the VN. At least one configuration change is caused to the VN in response to analysis of the state of the VN. A change is identified to the state of the VN caused by the configuration change. A determination is made as to whether or not the change to the state of the VN is an improvement to operation of the VN. A response to the determination is made by causing at least one other configuration change to the VN. |
| US11784870B2 |
System and method for effective determination and resolution of network issues impacting application performance in multi-domain networks
A method and system for determining and resolving network issues impacting application performance in multi-domain networks is disclosed. The method includes obtaining at least one of health and performance data associated with an application and one or more alerts related to fault and/or performance issues associated with the application. The method further includes determining at least one of network faults and performance issues that influence at least one of fault and/or performance issues associated with the application. The method further includes determining one or more underlying network problems that impact performance of the application. The method further includes determining at least one appropriate resolution action to address the one or more underlying network problems, implementing the at least one appropriate resolution action; monitoring an effectiveness of the implementation of the at least one appropriate resolution action; and adapting at least one of rules, parameters, and thresholds. |
| US11784869B2 |
Method, apparatus, and computer program product for error handling for indirect communications
A method, apparatus, and computer program product provide for network communication error originator identification with a header, such as an HTTP header. In the context of a method, the method causes a service request from a NF client to be transmitted to a NF server via one or more intermediary network proxy functions. The method receives a service response with error information identifying the type or identity of the originator of the error response or identifying the type or identity of network proxy function having relayed the error response. The method may also be enabled to redirect a service request to a different NF server or a different network proxy function, and to enable the NF client to determine whether to redirect the request to a different NF server or a different network proxy function. |
| US11784867B2 |
Communication device and communication method
A communication device includes an acquisition unit that acquires a bit sequence, and a conversion unit that converts the bit sequence to a predetermined complex constellation point sequence including a plurality of complex constellation points including a non-zero complex constellation point and a zero complex constellation point. At least one of the predetermined complex constellation point sequences is a first complex constellation point sequence in which each of a plurality of complex constellation points constituting the complex constellation point sequence is converted to any complex constellation point or zero complex constellation point of a first signal constellation including non-power of two number of complex constellation points. The conversion unit converts one of the bit sequences to at least the first complex constellation point sequence. |
| US11784850B2 |
High-speed wireless multi-path data network
A communication network includes nodes configured into a wireless ring network operating at one or more millimeter-wave frequencies. At least one of the nodes is configured to send and receive millimeter-wave wireless signals through an obstruction. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the network, one or more of the nodes may include small, phased-array antennas and transceivers, configured with radio electronics to mitigate the path loss through certain obstructions, such as walls, floors, ceilings, and other barriers within buildings, as well as attenuation from free-space path-loss, including moisture in air (humidity). The network may include multiple pairs of nodes to form one or more wireless communication paths through various obstructions. This may allow a high-speed, wireless, multi-ring network to be established, for example, within a structure, such as a building, without requiring additional cabling or wiring. |
| US11784848B2 |
Method of assigning an operative address
Described is a method for assigning an operational address to at least one slave device (20) of a plurality of slave devices by a master device (10) according to a serial communication protocol. The method comprises the following steps: —a step A wherein said master device (10) sends a first operational communication in said broadcast mode —a step B wherein each slave device (20i) of said plurality of slave devices (20) having received said first operational communication, assigns a value to said random number —a step C wherein said master device (10) for each of said identification communications, transmits in said broadcast mode a second operational communication; —a step D wherein each slave device (20i) of said plurality of slave devices (20) which receives said second operational communication acquires as its operational address the unique address (U_AD) contained in said second operational communication and passes to said addressed state. |
| US11784844B2 |
Method and device for managing content consumption in an extended home network
A device for managing an extended home network is disclosed. This extended home network comprises a main home network and a secondary network, including an equipment adapted to execute an application based on a uniform resource locator address that enables the equipment to access, via a communication network, at least one piece of data enabling the execution of the application on the equipment. The management device is configured to: receive, via the main home network, a request to associate the equipment from the secondary network with the application, store a list of equipment from the secondary network in association with the application, receive a request to launch the application, from a terminal, via the secondary network, this request comprising an identifier of the application, provide the terminal, on reception of the launch request, with the list of equipment, receive, from the terminal, an identifier of an equipment on the list. |
| US11784842B2 |
Traffic replication in overlay networks spanning multiple sites
Some embodiments provide a method of replicating messages for a logical network. At a particular tunnel endpoint in a particular datacenter, the method receives a message to be replicated to members of a replication group. The method replicates the message to a set of tunnel endpoints of the replication group located in a same segment of the particular datacenter as the particular tunnel endpoint. The method replicates the message to a first set of proxy endpoints of the replication group, each of which is located in a different segment of the particular datacenter and for replicating the message to tunnel endpoints located in its respective segment of the particular datacenter. The method replicates the message to a second set of proxy endpoints of the replication group, each of which is located in a different datacenter and for replicating the message to tunnel endpoints located in its respective datacenter. |
| US11784841B2 |
Presenting participant reactions within a virtual conferencing system
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for presenting participant reactions to a virtual conference. The program and method provide for a virtual conference between plural participants; provide, for each of the plural participants, display of a reaction button which is selectable by the participant to indicate a reaction to the virtual conference; receive indication of selections of the reaction button by one or more of the plural participants; and in response to receiving the indication, provide, for each of the plural participants, display of reaction icons and audio output based on the selections, determine that a rate at which the selections were received meets a threshold rate, and provide, in response to the determining, for modified audio output associated with the selections. |
| US11784840B2 |
Receiving data for presentation during a conference
A source device provides, during a conference, shared data from the source device participating in the conference to one or more destination devices participating in the conference. The source device receives a representation of a download progress of the shared data at the one or more destination devices. A presenter device prompts a user of the presenter device to select a presentation time of the shared data based on the download progress. The presenter device is the source device or one of the one or more destination devices. |
| US11784835B2 |
Detection and mitigation of unstable cells in unclonable cell array
A circuit includes a set of multiple bit generating cells. One or more adjustable characterization circuits are coupled to inputs to the bit generating cells to affect the outputs of the bit generating cells. Based on the effect of the characterization circuit(s) on the outputs of the bit generating cells, a subset less than all of the bit generating cells is selected. |
| US11784831B1 |
Management of digital certificate with repeated rollback
The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for the gradual application of a new digital certificate to a service endpoint or server, with repeated rollbacks to an old digital certificate, whereby the new certificate is applied to a service endpoint and automatically rolled back to the previous certificate after an amount of time. After a period that corresponds to a set amount of time minus the time the new certificate was applied to the endpoint, the process starts again, except with an increased period of time for the new certificate. |
| US11784830B2 |
Method for sending certificate, method for receiving certificate, cloud and terminal device
A method includes acquiring a root certificate of a first node; generating a target sub-certificate based on the root certificate, where the target sub-certificate includes a first sub-certificate of a first functional module of a first application associated with the first node; and sending the target sub-certificate to a terminal device. The target sub-certificate is used for the first functional module of the first application in the terminal device communicating through the target sub-certificate. In such a manner, a capability of managing the first sub-certificate of the first functional module in the terminal device can be improved. |
| US11784826B2 |
System, method, and computer program product for secure real-time n-party computation
Described are a system, method, and computer program product for secure real-time n-party computation. The method includes communicating, to a trusted execution environment (TEE), a first computation input and a first portion of a one-time key. The method also includes receiving, from the TEE, an encrypted output of a computation based on the first computation input and a second computation input communicated to the TEE by a second computing device. The method further includes communicating the encrypted output to the second computing device and receiving a digital signature indicating that the second computing device received the encrypted output. The method further includes communicating the first portion of the one-time key to the second computing device and, in response to not receiving the second portion of the one-time key from the second computing device, executing a fallback computation process using the TEE and a shared ledger to determine the computation. |
| US11784823B2 |
Object signing within a cloud-based architecture
A system and method for digitally signing an object. An object signing agent sends a signing request for an object to a remote signing server, which, in response to receiving the request, generates a virtual machine executing code for signing the object. The object is signed within the virtual machine and returned to the object signing agent. |
| US11784820B2 |
Systems and methods for cryptographic authentication of contactless cards
Example embodiments of systems and methods for data transmission in a contactless card are provided. The contactless card may include a processor, and a memory. The memory may contain a first applet, a second applet, and a plurality of keys. The first applet and the second applet may be stored within a shared security domain. The second applet may be configured to communicate with the first applet to perform one or more cryptographic services. The second applet may be configured to transmit one or more requests to the first applet to encode one or more payload strings based on the plurality of keys to perform the one or more cryptographic services. The first applet may be configured to perform the one or more cryptographic services on behalf of the second applet based on the one or more requests. |
| US11784813B2 |
Crypto tunnelling between two-way trusted network devices in a secure peer-to-peer data network
In one embodiment, a method comprises: generating, by a secure executable container executed by an endpoint device in a secure peer-to-peer data network, a secure private key and a first secure public key; first establishing, by the secure executable container, a two-way trusted relationship with a second endpoint device, including receiving a second secure public key of the second endpoint device; second establishing, by the secure executable container, a two-way trusted relationship with a replicator device, including receiving a third secure public key of the replicator device; generating, by the secure executable container using the second secure public key, a secure data packet destined for the second endpoint device, including generating an encrypted payload for the secure data packet; and generating and outputting to the replicator device, by the secure executable container using the third secure public key, a secure tunneled data packet, including encrypting the secure data packet. |
| US11784810B2 |
Performing key server redundancy verification to verify a key is obtained from redundant key servers
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for determining key server type and key server redundancy information to enable encryption. A first key server type for a first protocol is indicated in a key server type field in response to determining a current protocol used to communicate with the key server comprises the first protocol. A query information request is submitted to the key server to determine a key server type in response to determining that the current protocol comprises the second protocol. The second key server type indicated in the response to the query information request is indicated in the key server type field in response to the response indicating the second key server type. The first or second type of key server indicated in the key server type field is used to determine information to include in a key retrieval request. |
| US11784804B2 |
Distributed anonymized compliant encryption management system
A method for data security implemented as an application on a device includes generating a request for one or more secret shares needed to reconstruct a key. The device stores a first secret share in its memory. The method also includes signing the request with a certificate that identifies the request as valid without identifying the device, and sending the request, signed with the certificate, to at least one other device. The method further includes receiving, from the at least one other device, the one or more secret shares, determining whether the one or more secret shares received from the at least one other device is sufficient to reconstruct the key, and reconstructing the key using the first secret share and the one or more secret shares upon determining that the one or more secret shares are sufficient to reconstruct the key. |
| US11784802B1 |
Cluster feature code obtainment method and apparatus, and electronic device
A method for obtaining a cluster feature code includes: determining a plurality of key nodes from respective nodes in a cluster; obtaining plaintexts of feature codes of the respective key nodes; according to the plaintexts of the feature codes of the respective key nodes, obtaining ciphertexts of the feature codes of the respective key nodes, by utilizing a first-level public key; calculating a check code according to the ciphertexts of the feature codes of the respective key nodes; and according to the check code, obtaining the cluster feature code, by utilizing a second-level public key. By means of the present application, the scope of influence on the entire system when system nodes change is reduced. |
| US11784801B2 |
Key management method and related device
Embodiments of this disclosure disclose a key management method and a related device, the method including: selecting a random number and a key according to an operation instruction inputted by a user; generating a first encryption ciphertext of the key, according to the random number, the key, a first public key, and a second public key, the first public key being determined according to a point on an elliptic curve and a private key of a hardware security module (HSM), and the second public key being determined according to the point on the elliptic curve and a private key of the client; generating a symmetric key sequence according to the key and a preselected hash function; encrypting data according to the symmetric key sequence to obtain a data ciphertext; and transmitting the first encryption ciphertext and the data ciphertext to a cloud server. |
| US11784800B2 |
Secure multi-party reach and frequency estimation
Systems and methods for generating min-increment counting bloom filters to determine count and frequency of device identifiers and attributes in a networking environment are disclosed. The system can maintain a set of data records including device identifiers and attributes associated with device in a network. The system can generate a vector comprising coordinates corresponding to counter registers. The system can identify hash functions to update a counting bloom filter. The system can hash the data records to extract index values pointing to a set of counter registers. The system can increment the positions in the min-increment counting bloom filter corresponding to the minimum values of the counter registers. The system can obtain an aggregated public key comprising a public key. The system can encrypt the counter registers using the aggregated shared key to generate an encrypted vector. The system can transmit the encrypted vector to a networked worker computing device. |
| US11784797B2 |
Serving-network based perfect forward security for authentication
A method for a serving network to selectively employ perfect forward security (PFS) based on an indication from a home network is described. The method includes receiving, by the serving network, a PFS indicator from the home network; determining, by the serving network, whether the PFS indicator indicates that the home network has instructed the serving network to employ PFS for communications with a piece of user equipment; and performing, by the serving network, a PFS procedure with the piece of user equipment in response to determining that the PFS indicator indicates that the home network has instructed the serving network to employ PFS for communications with the piece of user equipment. |
| US11784795B2 |
Post-quantum blockchain system and methods
One-time-pad (OTP) encryption systems and methodologies are resistant to cracking, even by advanced quantum computers. In contrast to some purported solutions, the required elements of an unbreakable OTP system are preserved under Claude Shannon's mathematical proof. In alternative embodiments, the invention uses a secure network to reconstitute blockchain systems without the use of asymmetric encryption. Described extensions of these block chain systems are described which enable an entirely new set of applications for protecting privacy, sharing information, performing validations and analysis of data, and creating system actions that are constrained by complex data algorithms. |
| US11784792B2 |
Secure software interface
A system may include a first processing component arranged in a secure domain of the system. The system may include a second processing component arranged outside of the secure domain of the system. The system may include one or more hardware accelerators to perform operations in association with providing communication security for the system. The one or more hardware accelerators may be accessible by the first processing component via a channel in the secure domain. The one or more hardware accelerators may be accessible by at least the second processing component via a channel outside of the secure domain. |
| US11784789B2 |
Distributed platform for computation and trusted validation
An example operation may include one or more of obtaining data of a simulation, identifying checkpoints within the simulation data, generating a plurality of sequential data structures based on the identified checkpoints, where each data structure identifies an evolving state of the simulation with respect to a previous data structure among the sequential data structures, and transmitting the generated sequential data structures to nodes of a blockchain network for inclusion in one or more data blocks within a hash-linked chain of data blocks. |
| US11784787B2 |
Streaming with low latency encryption ready packaging
Techniques for packaging media content in a low latency encryption ready format for streaming are described herein. In accordance with various embodiments, one or more packagers that include create an intermediate unit including at least one data portion from media content. The packager(s) further determine a size for reformatting the intermediate unit, where the size can include a padding amount for the at least one data portion. The packager(s) also package the intermediate unit to a reformatted partial segment according to the size without encrypting the at least one data portion, including injecting into the partial segment at least one encryption specific box and injecting padding into the at least one data portion according to the padding amount. The packager(s) then package the reformatted partial segment for streaming while maintaining the size, including generating a manifest for streaming the media content specifying the size of the reformatted partial segment. |
| US11784784B2 |
Sensor device and related method and system
A sensor includes detection circuitry and control circuitry coupled to the detection circuitry. The detection circuitry generates a detection signal indicative of a detected physical quantity. The control circuitry, in operation receives the detection signal and a frequency-indication signal, and generates a trigger signal based on the frequency-indication signal and a set of local reference signals. The sensor generates a digital output signal and a locking signal based on the trigger signal and the detection signal. The generating the digital output signal includes outputting a sample of the digital output signal based on the trigger signal. The locking signal is temporally aligned with the digital output signal. |
| US11784783B2 |
Waveform construction using interpolation of data points
A method of constructing a waveform from N sampled data captured at N successive points in time, includes, in part, applying the N sampled data, K data at a time, to each of M delayed replicas of a filter that includes K taps so to generate N×M interpolated data. The waveform is then constructed from the N sampled data and the N×M interpolated data. |
| US11784782B2 |
Method for measuring and correcting multi-wire skew
Generating, during a first and second signaling interval, an aggregated data signal by forming a linear combination of wire signals received in parallel from wires of a multi-wire bus, wherein at least some of the wire signals undergo a signal level transition during the first and second signaling interval; measuring a signal skew characteristic of the aggregated data signal; and, generating wire-specific skew offset metrics, each wire-specific skew offset metric based on the signal skew characteristic. |
| US11784781B2 |
Full duplex wireless communication system with single master clock
A base station and the customer premises equipment (CPE) transceivers are configured to use a single master clock for all frequency conversions. The modem of each CPE has a clock output and that output is connected to the upconverter in the transceiver uplink or to both the upconverter and the downconverter as required. |
| US11784780B2 |
Clock synchronization when switching between broadcast and data transmission modes
A communication system allows for clock synchronization between a transmitter and a receiver when switching from transmission of an analog signal to transmission of a digital signal. The system uses clock synchronization during transmission of the digital signal, but the clock synchronization may be lost when switching to transmission of an analog signal. A digital clock synchronization is embedded in the analog signal so that the clock synchronization between the transmitter and the receiver may be reestablished upon switching to a digital signal without any delay in transmission of the digital signal. |
| US11784775B2 |
Acknowledgement of direct link and downlink transmissions in trigger-based multi-user transmissions
Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to enhanced multi-user (MU) uplink (UL) protocols in wireless networks that allow non-UL transmissions to be performed simultaneously with triggered MU UL transmissions. A station may send a trigger frame triggering MU transmissions with an appropriate signaling to allow non-UL transmissions, i.e. transmission to another station, in a resource unit of the MU transmission. Examples of non-UL transmissions include Direct Link transmissions as well as downlink (DL) transmissions. The present disclosure regards how acknowledgment of or response to such transmissions can be efficiently performed. A response resource unit to be used within a MU transmission by the DiL/DL destination station to send a response to the (DiL/DL) data transmission may be signaled in the trigger frame triggering the DiL/DL transmissions in appropriate resource units. |
| US11784772B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting physical layer protocol data unit
This application relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for transmitting a physical layer protocol data unit, and for example, is applied to a wireless local area network. The method includes: A first communications device generates a PPDU and may send the PPDU, where the PPDU includes an LTF sequence; and correspondingly, a second communications device receives the PPDU, and parses the PPDU to obtain the LTF sequence included in the PPDU. Embodiments of this application can be used to design an LTF sequence that has a relatively low PAPR on entire bandwidth, on a single resource unit, on a combined resource unit, and in a considered multi-stream scenario. |
| US11784769B2 |
AGC aspects of sidelink DMRS bundling
A first UE may select, based on a resource pool configuration for a sidelink communication, at least one of a first slot in time or a second slot in time of a plurality of slots. The plurality of slots may be associated with DMRS bundling. The first UE may configure, based on the DMRS bundling, at least one of one or more symbols in the first slot in time from a gap symbol to a non-gap symbol or one or more symbols in the second slot in time from an AGC symbol to a non-AGC symbol. The first UE may transmit, to a second UE, an indication of the configuration of the at least one of the one or more symbols in the first slot in time or the one or more symbols in the second slot in time. |
| US11784768B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving uplink signal in wireless communication system
A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving an uplink signal in a wireless communication system. A method of transmitting an uplink signal includes receiving configuration information related to a sounding reference signal (SRS) from a base station; and transmitting the SRS to the base station in one or more SRS resources in a SRS resource set configured by the configuration information. Based on time domain bundling between the SRS and an uplink demodulation reference signal (DMRS) being indicated, the SRS and the uplink DMRS are transmitted on the same antenna port and/or with the same spatial domain transmission filter. |
| US11784763B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for transmitting feedback information between internet-of-vehicles devices
A method for transmitting feedback information between Internet-of-Vehicles (IOV) devices includes: a second IOV device receives at least one of first user data and scheduling control information of the first user data from a first IOV device; a second resource location of the first user data is determined based on a first resource location of the first user data, the first resource location indicating at least one of a time-frequency location of corresponding user data and a time-frequency location of scheduling control information of the corresponding user data; and Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) feedback information of the first user data is sent to the first IOV device based on the second resource location of the first user data. |
| US11784761B2 |
Method and device for HARQ-based transmission/reception for group-common transmission in wireless communication system
A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises the steps of: receiving a group-common transmission regarding a TB from a network; transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK) or non-acknowledgement (NACK) information regarding the group-common transmission to the network, on the basis of whether the TB is successfully decoded; and receiving first transmission from the network after a first round trip time (RTT) has lapsed since transmission of the HARQ ACK/NACK information regarding the group-common transmission. The first transmission corresponds to group-common transmission or terminal-specific transmission. The first transmission may correspond to retransmission of the TB on the basis that the first transmission is terminal-specific transmission associated with the same HARQ process as the group-common transmission, and that a new data indicator (NDI) value is not toggled. |
| US11784759B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for SPS HARQ-ACK transmission
A method performed by a base station (BS) is provided. The method transmits, to a user equipment (UE), a radio resource control (RRC) message that carries a configuration for a configured downlink (DL) transmission on a first DL channel and a configured uplink (UL) transmission on a UL channel. In a case a timing condition between the first DL channel and a second DL channel is satisfied, the method transmits, to the UE, the second DL channel; cancels the configured DL transmission on the first DL channel; and cancels the configured UL transmission on the UL channel. The UL channel includes a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback. |
| US11784758B2 |
Hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) procedure using multiple beams in a wireless wide area network (WWAN)
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for implementing a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) protocol using multiple beams. In some aspects, the UE may receive a first HARQ transmission from a base station (BS) via a first beam, and may transmit a HARQ feedback to the first BS. The BS may receive the HARQ feedback message and determine whether to transmit a HARQ retransmission associated with the first HARQ transmission via the first beam or via a different beam (such as a second beam) based on beam-specific conditions. The BS may provide a HARQ retransmission beam indication to the UE indicating that the HARQ retransmission will be transmitted via the second beam. The BS may transmit the HARQ retransmission via the second beam. The UE may receive the HARQ retransmission associated with the first HARQ transmission via the second beam. |
| US11784754B2 |
Error recovery and power management between nodes of an interconnection network
Improved techniques for recovering from an error condition without requiring a re-transmittal of data across a high-speed data link and for improved power usage are disclosed herein. A data stream is initiated. This stream includes different types of packets. Error correcting code (ECC) is selectively imposed on a control data type packet. A transmitter node and a receiver node are connected via a hard link that has multiple virtual channels. Each virtual channel is associated with a corresponding power-consuming node. When the receiver node receives the control data type packet, error correction is performed if needed without re-transmittal. When a final data type packet is transmitted for each virtual channel, the transmitter node transmits an end condition type packet. A corresponding power-consuming node that corresponds to the respective virtual channel transitions from an active state to a low power state. |
| US11784753B2 |
Data transmission method and apparatus
Embodiments of this application provide data transmission methods and apparatuses. One method includes: receiving, by a communications apparatus, indication information from a network device, wherein the indication information indicates a data distribution selected from a first data distribution and a second data distribution; performing, by the communications apparatus, data transmission with the network device based on the data distribution; wherein the data distribution indicates a distribution of modulation symbols of a code block (CB) on one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of at least one resource unit, and wherein the one or more OFDM symbols are consecutive in time-domain. |
| US11784752B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting PPDU in duplicate (DUP) mode in a wireless communication system
A method performed by a transmitter in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises: identifying that a first parameter used for indicating a first puncturing pattern is set to be not present in a first frame based on predetermined condition; determining whether to operate in duplicate (DUP) mode; and in case that the transmitter determines to operate in the DUP mode, transmitting a second frame in the DUP mode, wherein data in a payload portion of the second frame is duplicated in frequency in the DUP mode. |
| US11784750B2 |
HARQ for advanced channel codes
A method may comprise receiving a first signal comprising first LDPC bits including systematic bits and parity bits and transmitting information indicating that the first signal was incorrectly received. A second signal comprising second LDPC bits may be received in response to the transmitting. The second signal may include LDPC bits according to a lifting size of an LDPC base graph. |
| US11784747B2 |
Configuration signaling of demodulation reference signal and transmission mode
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) receives control signaling from the base station indicating a set of transmission mode indicators or transmission mode options and a set of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) configurations for every transmission mode from a set of transmission modes. The base station transmits additional control signaling to dynamically indicate a transmission mode or a combination of transmission mode indicators and DMRS configuration parameters to signal the transmission mode and one or more associated DMRS configurations. The UE identifies a DMRS configuration and a transmission mode based on the additional control signaling. The UE receives one or more DMRSs from multiple transmission reception points (TRPs) based on the joint/disjoint DMRS and transmission mode signaling. The UE receives one or more data messages from the TRPs based on the transmission mode indication and based on the received DMRSs. |
| US11784744B2 |
Link adaptation for concurrent OFDMA and non-OFDMA signaling
Embodiments include methods for a network node configured to communicate with wireless devices via orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) signaling and non-OFDMA signaling. Such methods include creating a frequency gap in the OFDMA signaling, with the frequency gap including one or more adjacent OFDM sub-carriers. Such methods include selecting a center frequency for the non-OFDMA signaling to be within the frequency gap and selecting one or more modulation and coding schemes (MCS) for the OFDMA signaling based on interference to the OFDMA signaling by the non-OFDMA signaling. Other embodiments include network nodes configured to perform such methods, and computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that embody such methods. |
| US11784741B2 |
Optical network unit registration method for wavelength-selected wavelength division multiplexing passive optical network
A method of communication includes receiving, by an optical line terminal (OLT), a registration request from an optical network unit (ONU) through a specific upstream wavelength, assigning, by the OLT, out of a plurality of normal service upstream wavelengths and a plurality of normal service downstream wavelengths in a wavelength resource pool, a normal service upstream wavelength and a normal service downstream wavelength to the ONU for a normal service between the ONU and the OLT, and informing, through a specific downstream wavelength, the ONU of information regarding the normal service upstream wavelength and the normal service downstream wavelength. The specific downstream and upstream wavelengths are reserved for a registration process that includes receiving, through the specific upstream wavelength, the registration request and sending, through the specific downstream wavelength, the information regarding the normal service upstream wavelength and the normal service downstream wavelength. |
| US11784740B2 |
Physical path control in hierarchical networks
A method in a physical network controller (130) for configuring physical resources to provide a physical layer connection in a communications network (100). The physical layer connection provides physical connectivity for a higher layer network connection controlled by a higher layer network controller (120) in a hierarchical arrangement with the physical network controller (130). The method comprising the physical network controller (130) receiving (210) an indication for a minimum traffic capacity for the physical layer connection. The physical network controller configuring (220) physical resources according to the received indication. |
| US11784736B2 |
Digital broadcast receiver and digital broadcast receiver system
A digital broadcast receiver includes a first receiving module tunable to a foreground broadcast service to extract a program information, a first decoder module coupled to the first receiving module and decoding the program information, an output module switchably coupled to the first decoder module and adapted to output the program information, at least one second decoder module coupled to the first receiving module and tunable to a background broadcast service to decode a program information associated with the background broadcast service, and a control unit adapted to tune the first receiving module and the first decoder module to the foreground broadcast service and to tune each of the at least one second decoder modules to a background broadcast service. The control unit determines the foreground broadcast service based on a user input and determines the background broadcast services based on the foreground broadcast service and a predefined rule. |
| US11784734B2 |
Method and apparatus for multi-path delay estimation
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method performed by a communication device. The method includes obtaining, in frequency domain, channel estimation for a transmission unit for a channel between the communication device and another communication device, and calculating correlation coefficients for the transmission unit based on the channel estimation. The method also includes obtaining a delay spread for the channel from the calculated correlation coefficients. |
| US11784732B2 |
Wave shaping device, an electronic device, and a system
A wave shaping device which comprises a tunable impedance surface and a controller connected to the surface in order to control its impedance. The shaping device further comprises a transmission module for receiving a pilot signal used to control the impedance of the surface. |
| US11784730B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for improving position estimation and/or communication performance in a wireless communication network
An apparatus includes an antenna and a transceiver. The transceiver transmits a first signal via the antenna, the first signal including a unique identification of the apparatus and a request for receive information about the first signal at a receiver. The transceiver receives from the receiver a second signal via the antenna, the second signal including first information about a direction of arrival (DoA) of the first signal at the receiver and second information indicative of a location of the receiver. |
| US11784724B2 |
Wireless spectrum management and optimization for dual transceiver operation
An access point allocates resource units within a first channel to mitigate interference from an adjacent second channel. The access point obtains a measure of signal strength corresponding to each wireless device attached to an access point, and assigns, for each wireless device, resource units with a first frequency band of the first channel to mitigate interference with a second frequency band of a second channel adjacent to the first channel. An assignment between a set of resource units and a particular wireless device is based on the measure of signal strength corresponding to the particular wireless device. The access point communicates with the wireless devices on the resource units. |
| US11784723B2 |
Method for implementing many-to-one concurrent transmission medium access control (MAC) protocol for underwater acoustic networks
A method for implementing a many-to-one concurrent transmission medium access control (MAC) protocol for underwater acoustic networks, including: initializing a network; setting a timer; initiating, by a receiving node, a control frame to perform handshakes with multiple nodes; exchange ID, level and location of the receiving node and a sending node, and counting the number of nodes that generate a sending notification (SN) message before timeout; and planning, by the receiving node, a receiving scheduling time of data from different nodes according to the number of successful handshake nodes, distance from each sending node to the receiving node, and data packet size; and performing data transmission. |
| US11784718B2 |
System for creating an adjustable delay
A system for creating an adjustable delay in an optical signal. The system has an input interface for receiving an optical input signal. The system has a first optical modulator configured to shift the frequency of the optical input signal depending on a setting of the first optical modulator, thereby generating a modulated optical signal. The system includes at least two frequency selective reflectors configured to reflect the modulated optical signal, thereby providing a reflected signal. The system has a control circuit that adapts the setting of the first optical modulator such that a frequency shift of the optical input signal introduced by the first optical modulator is set by the control circuit. The frequency shift introduced by the first optical modulator corresponds to an operational frequency of one of the at least two frequency selective reflectors associated with the setting of the first optical modulator. The system has an output fiber that receives the reflected signal from the corresponding frequency selective reflector. |
| US11784714B2 |
Controlling compensation of chromatic dispersion in optical transport networks
A method (200) of controlling compensation of chromatic dispersion in an optical transport network. The method comprises determining (202) whether a residual dispersion, RD, of a first path (3) within the network is within a defined RD range and if the RD of the first path is outside the defined RD range the method comprises identifying (204) a first tuneable dispersion compensation module, TDCM, crossed by the first path (3), configured to apply a respective value of dispersion compensation. The method also comprises determining (206) a different value of dispersion compensation to be applied by the first TDCM to bring the RD of the first path within the defined RD range; if (208) the first TDCM is crossed by at least one other path (1, 2), checking (210) that the respective RD of said at least one other path is within a respective defined RD range for said different value of dispersion compensation; and generating (212) a control signal comprising instructions configured to set the first TDCM to apply said different value of dispersion compensation. |
| US11784713B2 |
Wide and fully flexible two-electromagnetic-beam steering device
A two-beam steering device comprising two single-beam steering devices and a motorized, rotating base stage, wherein each single-beam steering device is able to steer an electromagnetic wave beam in a full field of regard, wherein the two single-beam steering devices are fixed on top of the rotating base stage. The two-beam steering device can point the two individual beams into any direction pair in the entire field of regard with full flexibility. |
| US11784711B2 |
Network employing cube satellites
A space-based communications network (100) includes at least one central ground station (116) having a transceiver that is configured to communicate with satellites, such as cube satellites (110). The cube satellites (110) form an ad hoc network of orbital cube satellites, in which each of the cube satellites (110) communicate with each other. One of the cube satellites communicates with the ground station (116). A ground-based control system (1000) communicates with the central ground station (116). The control system (1000) continuously determines a configuration of the ad hoc network (100) and communicates network control information for the cube satellites (110) to maintain communications in the ad hoc network (100). The cube satellites (110) disseminate the network control to each other via the ad hoc network (100). |
| US11784710B2 |
Satellite orientation system
Embodiments of the present invention include a two-stage blending filter that blends the measurements from two angular sensors to form a single superior high bandwidth measurement for improved disturbance rejection in a satellite systems for increased accuracy in satellite pointing, orientation, and attitude control. Embodiments of the present invention can include a satellite system including a first sensor including or defining a first measurement bandwidth; a first filter connected to the first sensor; a second sensor including or defining a second measurement bandwidth; a second filter connected to the second sensor; and a third filter connected to the first filter and the second filter. The third filter blend the first signal and the second signal into a third signal; and transmit the third signal to a flight controller configured to adjust an orientation of the satellite, a satellite subsystem, or both, relative to a target in response to the third signal. |
| US11784707B2 |
Techniques for sidelink relay
In an aspect, the present disclosure includes a method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for wireless communications for receiving, by a relay node via a first link, one or more first transport block portions of a first transport block; attempting to decode each of the first transport block portions; encoding each successfully decoded first transport block portions to define one or more second transport block portions; and transmitting, via a second link, the one or more second transport block portions. |
| US11784705B2 |
Techniques for partial configuration of autonomously smart relay devices
Techniques for partial configuration of an autonomously smart repeater may allow a control entity (e.g., base station, UE, or cloud software/algorithm) to configure the autonomously smart repeater and thereby improve end-to-end performance for some communications. In an example, a relay device may receive, from a first entity, an indication for reconfiguring a parameter corresponding to an autonomous reconfiguration procedure of the relay device. The relay device may configure a setting of the autonomous reconfiguration procedure according to the parameter. The relay device may forward a signal between a first wireless device and a second wireless device based on the configuring. |
| US11784704B2 |
Repeater device and repeating method
In a repeater device: a communication device receives position information of a forwarding source device and a forwarding destination device using a first communication scheme; based on the position information of the forwarding source device, a moving mechanism moves the repeater device to a position at which it is capable of communicating with the forwarding source device using a second communication scheme; the communication device receives data from the forwarding source device using the second communication scheme; a storage device stores the data; based on the position information of the forwarding destination device received by the communication device, the moving mechanism moves the repeater device to a position at which it is capable of communicating with the forwarding destination device using the second communication scheme, and the communication device transmits the data stored in the storage device to the forwarding destination device using the second communication scheme. |
| US11784701B2 |
Apparatus, system and method of beam tracking
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of beamforming. For example, a responder station may process a received Beam Refinement Protocol (BRP) request including a beam tracking request from an initiator station; and select whether or not to transmit a BRP response including beam tracking feedback, in response to the BRP request, based on a comparison between a time period and a BRP tracking time limit, the time period being based on a timing of the BRP request and a timing of the BRP response. |
| US11784697B1 |
Techniques for throughput-constrained beam selection with self-correction and virtual serving beam tracking
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may configure a first set of throughput targets and a second set of throughput targets for an application layer. The UE may set a target throughput rate associated with the application to a required throughput target included in the first set of throughput targets. The UE may monitor a real-time throughput rate associated with the application layer. The UE may set the target throughput rate to a value in the second set of throughput targets based at least in part on a difference between the real-time throughput rate and the required throughput target satisfying a threshold. The UE may select, from a set of candidate beams, a serving beam associated with an estimated application layer throughput that satisfies the target throughput rate. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US11784693B1 |
Coverage cluster-based beamforming in a wireless node in a wireless communications system (WCS)
Coverage cluster-based beamforming in a wireless node in a wireless communications system (WCS) is provided. In a conventional beamforming system, a wireless node (e.g., base station) periodically emits multiple reference beams, each steered toward a predefined direction, to provide a blanket coverage in a coverage area. Contrary to providing the blanket coverage, a wireless node disclosed herein is configured to provide targeted coverage in a coverage area. Specifically, the wireless node is configured to dynamically group multiple coverage points (e.g., user equipment, high user density area, etc.) into multiple coverage clusters. Accordingly, the wireless node can form and steer a respective reference beam toward each of the coverage clusters. By supporting coverage cluster-based beamforming in the wireless node, it is possible to achieve blanket coverage in the coverage area with a lesser number of reference beams, thus helping to reduce computational complexity and signaling overhead in the wireless node. |
| US11784692B1 |
Explicit multiuser beamforming training in a wireless local area network
A first communication device transmits a null data packet (NDP) to a second communication device as part of a multi-user beamforming training transmission sequence and receives a first packet from the second communication device responsive to transmitting the NDP. The first packet includes an aggregate media access control protocol data unit (A-MPDU) having a plurality of fragments of beamforming training information that was generated by the second communication device based on the NDP. The first communication device determines that one or more of the fragments were not correctly received by the first communication device and generates a bitmap to indicate a set of at least one fragment that is to be retransmitted by the second communication device. The first communication device transmits a second packet having the bitmap to the second communication device to prompt the second communication device to retransmit the set of at least one fragment. |
| US11784687B2 |
Reception apparatus, signal processing method, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium
In order to achieve both of reduction of peak power and reduction of a transmission rate, an apparatus includes a reception processing unit configured to receive transmission signals from a transmission apparatus, the transmission apparatus performing precoding processing and clipping processing on the transmission signals and outputting a plurality of the transmission signals simultaneously in an identical frequency band; a signal separating unit configured to separate reception data sets from the transmission signals; and a transmission signal estimating unit configured to estimate a signal distortion component and a noise component due to the clipping processing and an interference component between the transmission signals, based on the reception data sets and gain information related to a channel for transmitting the transmission signals, and estimate transmission data sets by removing the signal distortion component, the noise component, and the interference component being estimated from the reception data sets. |