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US11805706B2	Magnetoresistance effect element and magnetic memory A magnetoresistance effect element includes: a laminate body including a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a non-magnetic layer located between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer; and a spin-orbit torque wiring connected to the laminate body. A second surface opposite to a first surface of the spin-orbit torque wiring in contact with the laminate body is curved in a first direction orthogonal to a direction in which the laminate body is laminated.
US11805695B2	Organic electroluminescence device and polycyclic compound for organic electroluminescence device An organic electroluminescence device of an embodiment includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the emission layer includes a polycyclic compound represented by Formula 1, and long-life device characteristics may be shown.
US11805686B2	Display panel and display device The present disclosure relates to the field of display technologies and, in particular to a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a circuit board assembly, a plurality of sub-pixels, a base substrate, and a plurality of connecting wires. The circuit board assembly includes a plurality of first bonding pads; a plurality of second bonding pads are disposed in the non-display area of the base substrate; the plurality of connecting wires connect the plurality of first bonding pads and the plurality of second bonding pads. Adjacent connecting wires have different maximum stretchable heights in a direction perpendicular to the base substrate.
US11805682B2	Organic light emitting diode display substrate comprising a second capacitor plate, a first capacitor plate and a data line sequentially disposed from a base substrate, manufacturing method thereof, and display device comprising the same An organic light emitting diode display substrate, comprises: a base substrate, and a first data line, a driving thin film transistor and an energy storage capacitor, wherein the energy storage capacitor comprises a first capacitor plate and a second capacitor plate disposed opposite to each other, and the second capacitor plate is electrically connected to a gate of the driving thin film transistor, in a direction away from the base substrate, the first capacitor plate is disposed between the first data line and the second capacitor plate. The display substrate further comprises a power line and a voltage equalizing line which are electrically connected, the power line extends in a first direction which is substantially parallel to a direction in which the first data line extends, and the voltage equalizing line extends in a second direction. A method of manufacturing the display substrate and a display device are also provided.
US11805678B2	Display device, mask assembly, method of manufacturing the mask assembly, apparatus for manufacturing the display device, and method of manufacturing the display device A display device includes: a substrate comprising a first display area and a second display area, the first display area comprising a transparent area and the second display area being arranged to surround at least a portion of the first display area; a first pixel in the first display area and comprising a first pixel electrode, a first intermediate layer, and a first opposite electrode; and a second pixel in the second display area and comprising a second pixel electrode, a second intermediate layer, and a second opposite electrode, wherein each of the first intermediate layer and the second intermediate layer comprises a first section having a portion where a thickness thereof is constant and a second section where the thickness thereof is variable.
US11805677B2	Display substrate, display panel, and manufacturing method of display substrate A display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display panel are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate, a first electrode, a light-emitting functional layer, and a second electrode. The light-emitting functional layer includes a first functional layer and a second functional layer, an orthographic projection of an edge of the second functional layer on the base substrate is within an orthographic projection of an edge of the first functional layer on the base substrate, and an area of an orthographic projection of the second functional layer on the base substrate is smaller than an area of an orthographic projection of the first functional layer on the base substrate; and the second electrode covers and is in contact with at least one side surface of the light-emitting functional layer and a portion of a surface of the light-emitting functional layer away from the base substrate.
US11805673B2	Light extraction apparatus and OLED displays A light extraction apparatus for an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) includes an OLED emitter (100), a plurality of tapered reflectors (210), and a spacer layer (202). Each tapered reflector includes a first surface (212), a second surface (214) opposite to the first surface and comprising a surface area larger than a surface area of the first surface, and at least one side surface (216) extending between the first surface and the second surface. The spacer layer (202) includes a first surface coupled to the OLED emitter and a second surface coupled to the first surface of each of the plurality of tapered reflectors. Light emitted from the OLED passes through the spacer layer and into the plurality of tapered reflectors. The at least one side surface of each of the plurality of tapered reflectors includes a slope to redirect light into an escape cone and out of the second surface of the corresponding tapered reflector.
US11805672B2	Display device Provided is a display device that can retard the degradation of light-emitting elements even when the display device is used in a high temperature environment. A display device includes a TFT layer, a light-emitting element layer provided with a plurality of light-emitting elements, a heat dissipating layer, an extraction member, and a thermal insulation layer that insulates the light-emitting elements from external heat. The thermal insulation layer is made from a material containing a first resin in which a metal complex compound having an ammonium salt as a ligand is dispersed. The TFT layer is formed between the heat dissipating layer and the light-emitting element layer. The heat dissipating layer overlaps the light-emitting elements. The thermal insulation layer surrounds the heat dissipating layer. The extraction member is formed to overlap the thermal insulation layer. The heat dissipating layer and the thermal insulation layer are in direct contact with the TFT layer.
US11805666B2	Display device Provided is a display device including a first substrate including a display part and a non-display part around the display part, a second substrate disposed on the first substrate, a pixel disposed between the display part and the second substrate, a quantum dot layer disposed between the second substrate and the pixel, a bank layer disposed around the quantum dot layer, and when viewed on a plane, overlapping the non-display part, a color filter disposed between the second substrate and the quantum dot layer, a dummy color filter, when viewed on the plane, overlapping the non-display part, and disposed between the bank layer and the second substrate, and a sealant disposed between the non-display part and the bank layer.
US11805663B2	Light emitting device and display device A light-emitting device or the like with high color reproducibility and high luminous efficiency is achieved. The light-emitting device includes a blue pixel, a green pixel, and a red pixel, and the green pixel includes, in a green-light-emitting layer that emits light, a host material that transports carriers, a fluorescence dopant, which serves as a light emission dopant that contribute to light emission, and a thermally activated assist dopant which is composed of a thermally activated delayed fluorescent material.
US11805662B2	Memory devices with selector layer and methods of forming the same A memory device includes a first electrode, a selector layer and a plurality of first work function layers. The first work function layers are disposed between the first electrode and the selector layer, and a work function of the first work function layer increases as the first work function layer becomes closer to the selector layer.
US11805660B2	Semiconductor structure The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a memory region, the memory region includes a first metal line, a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) over the first metal line, a cap, wherein at least a portion of the cap is above the MTJ, a first stop layer above the cap, and a first metal via being disposed over the MTJ and in direct contact with the first stop layer, and a logic region adjacent to the memory region, the logic region includes a second metal line, a third metal line over the second metal line, a second stop layer being disposed over the third metal line, and a second metal via over the third metal line.
US11805659B2	Magnetic memory devices having a first magnetic pattern and multiple second magnetic patterns thereon Disclosed is a magnetic memory device including a first magnetic pattern that extends in a first direction and has a magnetization direction fixed in one direction, and a plurality of second magnetic patterns that extend across the first magnetic pattern. The second magnetic patterns extend in a second direction intersecting the first direction and are spaced apart from each other in the first direction. Each of the second magnetic patterns includes a plurality of magnetic domains that are spaced apart from each other in the second direction.
US11805656B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a stacked structure including conductive layers and insulating layers stacked alternately with each other, a channel layer passing through the stacked structure, a ferroelectric layer surrounding a sidewall of the channel layer, a first dielectric layer surrounding a sidewall of the ferroelectric layer, and sacrificial patterns interposed between the first dielectric layer and the insulating layers and including a material with a higher dielectric constant than the first dielectric layer.
US11805649B2	Three-dimensional memory device with wiggled drain-select-level isolation structure and methods of manufacturing the same A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, memory openings vertically extending through the alternating stack, memory opening fill structures located within a respective one of the memory openings, and at least one drain-select-level isolation structure vertically extending through at least a topmost electrically conductive layer among the electrically conductive layers. The at least one drain-select-level isolation structure may include wiggles and cut through upper portions of at least some of the memory opening fill structures, or may include a vertically-extending dielectric material portion and laterally-protruding dielectric material portions adjoined to the vertically-extending dielectric material portion and laterally protruding into lateral recesses located adjacent to the at least the topmost electrically conductive layer.
US11805643B2	Method of fabrication thereof a multi-level vertical memory device including inter-level channel connector Aspects of the disclosure provide methods for manufacturing semiconductor devices. One of the methods forms a string of transistors in a semiconductor device over a substrate of the semiconductor device. The method includes forming a first substring of transistors having a first channel structure that includes a first channel layer and a first gate dielectric structure that extend along a vertical direction over the substrate. The method includes forming a channel connector over the first substring and forming the second substring above the channel connector. The second substring has a second channel structure. The second channel structure includes the second channel layer and a second gate dielectric structure that extend along the vertical direction. The second gate dielectric structure is formed above the channel connector. The channel connector electrically couples the first channel layer and the second channel layer.
US11805642B2	Semiconductor device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a stacked body, a columnar portion, a first charge storage portion, and a second charge storage portion. The stacked body includes a plurality of electrode layers stacked in a first direction. The plurality of electrode layers includes a first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer. The columnar portion extends in the first direction in the stacked body. The first charge storage portion provides between the first electrode layer and the columnar portion. The second charge storage portion provides between the second electrode layer and the columnar portion. A first thickness in a second direction intersecting the first direction of the first charge storage portion between the first electrode layer and the columnar portion is thicker than a second thickness in the second direction of the second charge storage portion between the second electrode layer and the columnar portion.
US11805639B2	Semiconductor devices A semiconductor device includes a substrate including an active region, a first bitline structure and a second bitline structure that extend side by side on the substrate, a storage node contact electrically connected to the active region between the first and second bitline structures, a lower landing pad between the first and second bitline structures and on the storage node contact, an upper landing pad in contact with the first bitline structure and electrically connected to the lower landing pad, and a capping insulating layer. A lower surface of the upper landing pad in contact with the first bitline structure and a lower surface of the capping insulating layer in contact with the lower landing pad each include a portion in which a horizontal separation distance is increased from the adjacent upper landing pad in a direction toward the substrate.
US11805633B2	Electrical element transfer apparatus According to various embodiments, provided is an electrical element transfer apparatus comprising: a fixing jig in which each of a plurality of electrical elements is arranged at a predetermined interval; a movement jig movably arranged at an upper part of the fixing jig, and including a plurality of first accommodating grooves for accommodating at least a part of each of the plurality of electrical elements; and an attraction device arranged around the movable jig and attaching each of the plurality of electrical elements through the movable jig to the first accommodating groove of the movable jig through magnetic force. Additional various embodiments are possible.
US11805630B2	Display substrate and display device The present disclosure provides a display substrate, including: a display area and a bonding area positioned on a side of the display area, the bonding area includes a plurality of bonding sub-areas arranged at intervals, the bonding sub-areas are arranged along a direction in which an edge of the display area extends and configured for bonding a chip-on-film, where a first antistatic layer is further arranged on the bonding area, at least a part of the first antistatic layer is positioned between adjacent ones of the bonding sub-areas, and the first antistatic layer is electrically coupled to a reference signal terminal. The present disclosure further provides a display device.
US11805624B2	Coolant shroud Various aspects include devices, systems, and methods for cooling a heatsink of electronic equipment immersed in an immersion coolant tank with a coolant shroud. The coolant shroud includes side walls and a covering wall. The side walls mounted on a mounting surface within the immersion coolant tank and on which the heatsink is secured and at least one of the side walls includes a fluid port. The covering wall extends from and between the side walls, wherein the side walls and the covering wall together form a cooling chamber that receives the heatsink. The covering wall includes a fluid aperture separate from the fluid port, wherein dielectric fluid inside the cooling chamber is in fluid communication with dielectric fluid outside the cooling chamber via the fluid aperture. The fluid port is in fluid communication with a dielectric fluid pump disposed outside the cooling chamber.
US11805621B2	Memory auxiliary heat transfer structure A memory auxiliary heat transfer structure is correspondingly assembled with at least one memory unit and a water-cooling assembly. The memory auxiliary heat transfer structure includes a main body. The main body has a first end, a second end and a middle section. The middle section has a heated side and a contact side. The heated side is disposed corresponding to at least one chip disposed on the memory unit. The contact side is attached to and assembled with the water-cooling assembly. The memory auxiliary heat transfer structure serves to reduce the friction between the memory unit and the water-cooling assembly and fill the gap so as to reduce the heat resistance.
US11805612B2	Device having fool-proofing structure A device having fool-proofing structure is configured to be inserted into a cabinet along a first direction and includes a case and an elastic sheet module. The elastic sheet module is disposed on a side of the case and includes a first end disposed on the case, a second end opposite to the first end, a first protrusion portion and a second protrusion portion. The first protrusion portion is adjacent to the second end, protrudes from the case and is configured to abut against the cabinet. The second protrusion portion is farther from the second end than the first protrusion portion, protrudes from the case, and is configured to make the second end and the first protrusion portion move toward the interior of the case as being pressed by a force.
US11805610B2	Display device A display device includes a main body including a display module for outputting an image and bendable, a bending module located at a center of a back surface of the main body, a pair of links, wherein each link has one end coupled to the bending module and extends in a horizontal direction, and link brackets respectively located at left and right ends of the main body, wherein the other end of each link is connected to each link bracket. The bending module changes angles of the pair of links, and, when the angle of the link changes, the other end of the link slides in the horizontal direction with respect to the link bracket. The main body includes an inner sheet disposed on a back surface of the display module, a cover bottom disposed on a back surface of the inner sheet, and a middle cabinet for covering perimeters of the display module, the inner sheet, and the cover bottom and forming a side surface appearance of the display device. The link bracket is disposed overlapping the middle cabinet.
US11805609B2	Display module and display device A display module and display device that may suppress a greenish defect and reduce a bezel area while improving a heat-dissipation performance and a shock absorption function include an integral cushion plate including at least one protrusion protruding from and extending along an edge portion of a body with the cushion plate placed on a lower surface of a display panel, and the protrusion brought into contact with a cover member. Further, the protrusion of the cushion plate is bent to have an inclined part so that the protrusion does not contact the side surface of the display panel and contacts the cover member.
US11805606B2	Sliding display apparatus A sliding display apparatus comprises a display panel including first to fourth side surfaces, a case configured to accommodate the display panel, a cover configured to cover an opened upper surface of the case and including a hole provided at one side thereof, a wire driving part connected to at least one wire connected to a lower surface of the display panel, and a sliding controlling part configured to control the wire driving part, and an upper portion of the display panel is exposed through the hole provided at the cover.
US11805603B2	Applying a solderable surface to conductive ink Applying a solderable surface to conductive ink may include partially curing a conductive ink trace; applying, to the partially cured conductive ink trace, a conductive paste comprising conductive particles; and curing the partially cured conductive ink trace and the conductive paste.
US11805599B2	Electronic device An electronic device (1, and 1A to 1E) according to the present disclosure include a substrate (10, and 10F) made of a ceramic and a housing part (21) including a recessed portion (210) accommodating the substrate. The recessed portion includes a plurality of side wall portions (211) arranged around the substrate along a circumferential direction and respectively facing a plurality of sides (111) of the substrate in a plan view when viewing the substrate from a direction perpendicular to a circuit forming surface (110) of the substrate, and a plurality of gaps (212) each located between two of the plurality of side wall portions adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction. The substrate includes a plurality of corner portions (112) curved toward an inner side of the circuit forming surface in a plan view.
US11805598B2	Ultra-thin composite transparent conductive film and preparation method therefor Disclosed is an ultra-thin composite transparent conductive film, comprising: a transparent substrate; a first UV glue layer disposed on one side of the transparent substrate, pattern-imprinted and cured to form a first grid-shaped groove and a first lead groove, the first grid-shaped groove and the first lead groove being filled with conductive materials to form a first conductive layer and a first lead region respectively, depth of the first grid-shaped groove and the first lead groove being smaller than a thickness of the first UV glue layer; a second UV glue layer disposed on one side of the first UV glue layer away from the transparent substrate and used as a reinforced insulating support layer; and a third UV glue layer disposed on one side of the second UV glue layer away from the transparent substrate, pattern-imprinted and cured to form a second grid-shaped groove and a second lead groove, the second grid-shaped groove and the second lead groove being filled with conductive materials to form a second conductive layer and a second lead region respectively, and depth of the second grid-shaped groove and the second lead groove being not greater than a thickness of the third UV glue layer. The ultra-thin composite transparent conductive film has a simple structure and a simplified and stable preparation process, a reduced preparation cost, and can be used widely.
US11805594B2	Information handling system with split trace for high speed routing An apparatus includes a first conductor trace arranged to electrically couple a first complementary signal to provide differential signaling. The first conductor trace includes a first plurality of split traces to conduct the first complementary signal, and a first plurality of tie bars to connect the first split traces.
US11805592B2	Circuit board assembly and electronic device A circuit board assembly is applied to the field of electronic communications technologies to resolve a prior-art heat dissipation problem of a circuit board. The circuit board assembly combines, on a second circuit board, low-speed signals transmitted between a plurality of I/O modules and an IC chip, and then transmits the combined low-speed signals to the IC chip by using a low-speed cable. A low-speed signal sent by the IC chip to the plurality of I/O modules is extended to a plurality of low-speed signals on the second circuit board, and then the plurality of low-speed signals are separately sent to the plurality of I/O modules. This may be applied to a scenario in which a relatively large quantity of electronic components need to be disposed on a circuit board.
US11805590B2	Retrofit remote control device Remote control devices may control electrical loads and/or load control devices of a load control system without accessing electrical wiring. The remote control device may be mounted over a mechanical switch that is installed in a wallbox. The remote control device may include a control unit and a faceplate assembly. The faceplate assembly may include a mounting frame, an adapter plate, and a faceplate. The mounting frame may be configured to abut a bezel of the mechanical switch such that that the faceplate is spaced away from the bezel of the mechanical switch to enable the mounting ring to extend through respective openings in the adapter plate and the faceplate.
US11805589B2	Control device having buttons with multiple-level backlighting A control device may have a plurality of buttons that may be backlit to multiple levels, such as first, second, and third adjacent buttons positioned in order, and first, second, and third LEDs positioned to illuminate a respective button. The control device may be configured to illuminate the first LED to a first LED illumination intensity to illuminate the respective button to a first surface illumination intensity; illuminate the third LED to a second LED illumination intensity to illuminate the respective button to a second surface illumination intensity; and illuminate the second LED to a third LED illumination intensity to illuminate the respective button to the second surface illumination intensity. The third LED illumination intensity may be less than the second LED illumination intensity, which may be less than the first LED illumination intensity, and the second surface illumination intensity may be less than the first surface illumination intensity.
US11805586B1	Decorative lighting dimmer switch without influencing charging A decorative lighting dimmer switch without influencing charging is provided. The decorative lighting dimmer switch includes a charging module used for providing 12V direct current, wherein the charging module is connected to a charging interface of a light emitting diode (LED) lamp. The decorative lighting dimmer switch further includes a constant current source driving module connected to the charging module, wherein the constant current source driving module is connected to the LED lamp, and the constant current source driving module is a constant current source driving circuit including a PT4115 driving chip. The decorative lighting dimmer switch achieves a charging function and an on-line dimming function at a same time by arranging the constant current source driving module to drive the LED lamp to satisfy requirements of consumers.
US11805583B2	Light emitting diode light system Lighting system having a plurality light emitting diodes, wherein each of the light emitting diodes is configured to output light in a predetermined color bands and is arranged in a corresponding group according to the predetermined color bands. A plurality of power output controllers, each of the plurality of power output controllers configured to output a predetermined power level to the corresponding group of light emitting diodes and a master controller coupled to the plurality of output controllers and operable to synchronize the plurality of output controllers. The master controller operable to receive data from a remote device indicating a desired duty cycle, cycle period, and phase shift of the output power relative to one another.
US11805582B2	Method for controlling lamp circuit based on temperature and amplified current and lamp circuit applying the same A lamp circuit including a light emitting circuit and a light emission control circuit that controls the light emitting circuit. The light emitting circuit includes a thermistor and a light emitting device, and the light emission control circuit comprised a constant current circuit, dimming control circuit, voltage divider having a first resistor and a second resistor, and a current amplification circuit. The current amplification circuit amplifies a current of the thermistor, and the voltage divider divides a first voltage to a first node between the first resistor and the second resistor based on the amplified current. The dimming control circuit controls an output current of the constant current circuit based on the first voltage, and the constant current circuit outputs a current to the light emitting device based on the control of the dimming control circuit.
US11805579B2	Light fixture with at least one LED A light fixture having at least one LED and at least one filament, wherein the at least one filament is connected in series to the at least one LED. A current supplied to the at least one LED in the light fixture is regulated by the electrical properties of the at least one filament. Thus the at least one LED in the light fixture can be run without an electrical driver.
US11805576B2	Domestic appliance A household appliance device includes an integer number N of row switching elements at a row position i, wherein i is an integer number 1≤i≤N, an integer number M of column switching elements at a column position j, wherein j is an integer number 1≤j≤M, and a heating matrix including at least N×M heating matrix elements having positions (i, j), with N+M>2, wherein a heating matrix element at the position (i,j) includes at least one inductor at the position (i,j) and is connected to both the i-th row switching element and the j-th column switching element.
US11805574B2	Heating element selection method A method for obtaining a heating element for an electronic vapor provision system, the method including providing a sheet of electrically conductive porous material, directing light onto at least a portion of the sheet, detecting an amount of the light transmitted through the portion of the sheet, comparing the amount of light detected to a range of light transmission values known to correspond to a predetermined range of electrical resistance values required for the portion, and selecting the portion of the sheet for use as a heating element if the amount of detected light lies within the range of light transmission values, and otherwise rejecting the portion of the sheet.
US11805573B2	Flexible resistor A flexible resistor including a support made of electrically insulating material; at least one track made of an electrically conductive material incorporated in the support, and configured to be connected to an electric energy source; a foil made of electrically conductive material, having a surface fixed to a first face of the support, and a plurality of wings defined by foil portions cut and folded transversally to the surface.
US11805570B2	Alignment of discontinuous reception (DRX) active times across Uu and sidelink interfaces For each UE (TxUE) in discontinuous reception (DRX) in sidelink (SL) with each second UE(RxUE), and in communication over an air interface (Uu) with a gNB, determining a TxUE Uu active time. Further determining a TxUE Uu offset time accounting for TxUE processing of both a TxUE SL grant from the gNB and data for SL transmission to each RxUE. The TxUE Uu offset time is greater than or equal to a minimum TxUE Uu offset time. Further determining, for each RxUE, one or more RxUE SL active times, each RxUE SL active time: starting no earlier than a start of the TxUE Uu active time plus the TxUE Uu offset time for a TxUE from which the each RxUE is to receive data, and ending no later than the end of the TxUE Uu active time for a TxUE from which the each RxUE is to receive data.
US11805562B2	User device pairing method and apparatus The present invention relates to a user device pairing method and apparatus. The method comprises: receiving a pairing request message, carrying a first identity identifier, sent by a first user device, the first user device being an unmanned aerial vehicle or an unmanned aerial vehicle controller; sending a query request message carrying the first identity identifier to an unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management (UTM); receiving a query response message which comprises a query result and is fed back by the UTM; when the query result comprises a second identity identifier of a second user device in a correlation between an unmanned aerial vehicle and an unmanned aerial vehicle controller, sending to the first user device a pairing response message carrying the second identity identifier, wherein when the first user device is an unmanned aerial vehicle, the second user device is an unmanned aerial vehicle controller, and when the first user device is an unmanned aerial vehicle controller, the second user device is an unmanned aerial vehicle.
US11805559B2	Session management method and system, and terminal for locating a user plane function (UPF) entity when a session is an inactive state Embodiments of the present application relate to the field of communications technologies, and provide a session management method and system, and a terminal. The method includes: when user equipment UE has a first protocol data unit PDU session, sending, by the UE, a service request message to an access and mobility management function AMF entity; receiving, by the UE, a first message sent by the AMF entity; and determining, by the UE based on the first message, to re-establish or modify the first PDU session. In the embodiments of the present invention, the UE sends the service request message to the AMF entity, and then the AMF entity sends, to the UE, the first message used to determine to re-establish or modify the first PDU session.
US11805554B2	Client device and network access node for transmitting and receiving a random access preamble The present disclosure relates to a client device and a network access node for transmitting and receiving a random access preamble which comprises a division of a set of resource blocks available for transmission of the random access preamble into at least two subsets of resource blocks, wherein each resource block in the set of resource blocks comprises a plurality of subcarriers, a first selection of resource blocks within the first subset of resource blocks and a second selection of resource blocks within the second subset of resource blocks, wherein the first selection of resource blocks is different to the second selection of resource blocks, and a mapping of a modulation sequence of the random access preamble onto at least one subcarrier in each selected resource block. Thereby, lower side-lobes of the auto-correlation function is achieved. Furthermore, the present disclosure also relates to corresponding methods and a computer program.
US11805552B2	User equipment enabled sidelink ranging with adjustable bandwidth The bandwidth of ranging signals used in ranging session in a distributed system are dynamically adjusted based on the accuracy of the ranging over multiple ranging sessions and optionally based on the probability of successful Listen Before Transmit (LBT) procedure over the multiple ranging sessions. The accuracy of the ranging may be determined, e.g., based on the variance of determined ranges over a number of ranging sessions, which may be compared to a threshold to indicate low accuracy ranging. The bandwidth of the ranging signals may be increased based on an indication of low accuracy ranging. If the ranging signals are broadcast on unlicensed spectrum using LBT procedures, the probability of successful LBT procedures by the initiator UE, the responder UEs, or all participating UEs may be used to determine whether bandwidth of the ranging signals should be decreased.
US11805550B2	Multiple-input multiple-output channel access This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel access. A device may determine one or more time division duplex (TDD) service periods (SPs). The device may determine a directional multi-gigabit (DMG) frame to be sent to a responder device on a channel associated with a MIMO communication. The device may cause to send the DMG frame to the responder device on the channel. The device may establish a MIMO channel access based on sending the DMG frame to the responder device.
US11805549B2	SRS carrier based switching on unlicensed bands Systems and methods related to switched carrier Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) transmission in unlicensed spectrum are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a User Equipment device (UE) in a wireless system comprises performing uplink Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) on one or more candidate carriers for switched carrier SRS transmission and performing a switched carrier SRS transmission on at least one candidate carrier of the one or more candidate carriers that is determined to be available as a result of performing the uplink LBT on the one or more candidate carriers. In some embodiments, the one or more candidate carriers are carriers other than carriers configured for the UE and on which the UE is scheduled to transmit.
US11805544B2	Method and apparatus for LBT failure detection A method for LBT failure detection performed by a UE is provided. The method includes: receiving, by a MAC entity of the UE, an LBT failure indication from a lower layer for all UL transmissions; increasing an LBT failure counter when the MAC entity receives the LBT failure indication; determining an LBT failure event occurs when the LBT failure counter is greater than or equal to a threshold; and resetting the LBT failure counter after the MAC entity has not received the LBT failure indication for a time period.
US11805534B2	Random access method considering a coverage level, subcarrier spacing configuration and/or multi-tone configuration in internet of things environment Provided is random access method, performed by terminal for uplink data transmission during random access process between cellular based machine communication terminal and base station. The method includes performing random access process between cellular based machine communication terminal and base station, and the random access process includes selecting random access resource by considering coverage level and whether to support multi-tone transmission or not. Terminal can perform efficient random access process in response to coverage level, subcarrier spacing configuration, multi-tone configuration when machine communication terminal or machine communication device which operates in cellular based IoT system perform random access, number of repetition may be increased, when coverage level is changed, by minimizing the change in coverage level, and operation time of the terminal, due to standing by up to PRACH resource corresponding to the coverage level, may be reduced to reduce energy consumption and to enhance delay time performance.
US11805530B2	Dynamic TDD uplink/downlink configuration using DCI The invention relates to a method for dynamically indicating a TDD reconfiguration to the mobile station by encoding the dynamic TDD re-configuration indication into the DCI or CRC calculated for the DCI. In one embodiment, the TDD configuration indication is implicitly encoded as an RNTI into the CRC, when scrambling the CRC for the DCI with a TDD-RNTI. In another embodiment, the TDD configuration indication is part of the DCI payload, while the CRC for the DCI is scrambled with a cell identifier, identifying the target cell for which the dynamic TDD re-configuration is to be applied. In still another embodiment, the TDD configuration indication is part of the DCI payload, where the DCI payload further includes an invalid parameter indicating to the mobile station that the DCI carries the TDD configuration indication.
US11805524B2	Applying spatial relations to UL transmission occasions Some present implementations provide a method for indicating multiple spatial relations for uplink (UL) transmissions by a user equipment (UE). The method may receive a first configuration for configuring one or more physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources. The method may further receive a second configuration for configuring a plurality of spatial relations. The method may also receive a signal that indicates at least one of a first mode or a second mode. The method may further receive downlink control information (DCI) indicating a PUCCH resource from the one or more PUCCH resources, where first and second spatial relations are activated for the PUCCH resource. The method may derive a plurality of PUCCH transmission occasions associated with the indicated PUCCH resource. A same uplink control information (UCI) content may be transmitted on each of the plurality of PUCCH transmission occasions by applying the spatial relations based on the indicated mode.
US11805523B2	Information transmission method, terminal device, and network device A method includes: sending, by a network device, downlink control information to a terminal device, wherein the downlink control information comprises first information, the first information indicates an uplink control channel resource for carrying uplink control information, the uplink control channel resource belongs to a first uplink control channel resource set, wherein each resource in the first uplink control channel resource set occupies a different quantity of symbols, the first uplink control channel resource set comprises at least two uplink control channel resources, wherein the at least two uplink control channel resources include a first uplink control channel resource that occupies one symbol, and a second uplink control channel resource that occupies two symbols; and receiving, by the network device, the uplink control information from the terminal device by using the uplink control channel resource.
US11805520B2	Method and device for transmitting sidelink signal The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides a method for transmitting a sidelink signal. The method comprises: determining a Physical Sidelink Control CHannel (PSCCH) transmission mode allowed in a PSCCH transmission resource pool and a Physical Sidelink Shared CHannel (PSSCH) transmission mode allowed in a PSSCH transmission resource pool, respectively; determining a resource for transmitting a PSCCH and a resource for transmitting a PSSCH from the PSCCH transmission resource pool and the PSSCH transmission resource pool respectively; and transmitting the PSCCH according to the determined PSCCH transmission mode and the resource for transmitting the PSCCH and transmitting the PSSCH according to the determined PSSCH transmission mode and the resource for transmitting the PSSCH. The present disclosure also provides a corresponding device and storage media.
US11805513B2	Terminal device, communication method, and communication system A method that carries out uplink multiple access while reducing complexity in processing accompanying exchange of control information. A terminal device that performs uplink multiple access communication includes a reception unit that receives a frame including uplink multiple access connection information, a first autonomous decentralized control unit that instructs securing time of a wireless resource, and a second autonomous decentralized control unit that instructs securing time of a wireless resource after reception of a frame including the uplink multiple access connection information. The terminal device is instructed securing time of the wireless resource by the first autonomous decentralized control unit in a case that a frame including the uplink multiple access connection information is not received. Securing time of the wireless resource is instructed by the second autonomous decentralized control unit in a case that a frame including the uplink multiple access connection information is received.
US11805512B2	Receiving beam schedule for sidelink communications Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first wireless device, such as a user equipment (UE), may be configured to communicate with one or more other wireless devices (e.g., another UE) via sidelink communications. The first wireless device may receive an indication of a schedule of resources for sidelink communications to be performed over a communication beam, the schedule indicating a set of resources corresponding to a beam configuration for the sidelink communications with a second wireless device. The first wireless device may communicate with the second wireless device via one or more sidelink channels based on configuring the communication beam using the beam configuration over the set of resources. In some examples, the indication of the schedule of resources may be received in a confirmation of the schedule established by the second wireless device or, in some examples, in a request to establish the schedule.
US11805511B2	Cross-slot schedule for new radio (NR) sidelink (SL) This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support cross-slot scheduling of sidelink transmissions in a wireless communication system. A transmitting user equipment (UE) in communication with a receiving UE over a sidelink transmits cross-slot schedule information to the receiving UE at a time prior to a first slot over which a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) transmission is to be transmitted to the receiving UE. The cross-slot schedule information includes information that is sufficient to decode the PSSCH transmission received by the receiving UE at the first slot, without requiring the receiving UE to decode a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) transmission including a sidelink control information (SCI) message received during the first slot. In aspects, the PSSCH transmission may be decoded in parallel with the PSCCH transmission received in the first slot.
US11805507B2	Communication channel management In embodiments of the present disclosure, a method is provided for managing a communication channel between a first communication unit and a second communication unit in an AP. At the first communication unit, a request is transmitted to the second communication unit for reserving a communication channel. Here, the second communication unit is associated with a Wi-Fi network that is different from a network type associated with the first communication unit, and the first and second communication units share a band of the communication channel. A response for reserving the communication channel is received from the second communication unit. In accordance with a determination that the response indicates the communication channel has been reserved for a time duration, data is transmitted at the first communication unit within the time duration on the communication channel. Therefore, conflicts between the first and second communication units in the AP may be reduced.
US11805506B2	Concise feedback for downlink beam and power adjustment in 5G and 6G Feedback based on signal reception is essential for managing wireless communications in 5G and planned 6G networks. Disclosed procedures include brief test signals and brief responsive feedback signaling, including modulation schemes that encode multiple parameter feedback with minimal consumption of resources and power. For example, user device can indicate, in a very terse code, an improved beam direction, a beam power adjustment, and various scheduling/acknowledgement options. In addition, the custom modulation schemes can provide high phase noise tolerance for high-frequency operations, yet can be demodulated without a prior amplitude calibration for low-complexity user devices, at negligible cost in energy and resources. Many other aspects are disclosed.
US11805505B2	Sidelink tCI indication for sidelink multi-TRP relaying Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for sidelink multiple transmission reception points (TRPs) relaying are disclosed herein. An example method for wireless communication at a base station includes transmitting communication for a target user equipment (UE) to multiple TRPs for relaying the communication to the target UE over a sidelink. The method may further include configuring, for one or more of the target UE or at least one of the multiple TRPs, a first transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state for a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) between the UE and the at least one of the multiple TRPs.
US11805497B2	Method and apparatus for uplink transmission using MIMO in wireless communication system A method of a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The terminal includes receiving, from a base station, configuration information for a first uplink and configuration information for a second uplink, determining a first maximum number of multi-input and multi-output (MIMO) layers for the first uplink, based on the configuration information for the first uplink, determining a maximum number of layers for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) supported by the terminal to be a second maximum number of MIMO layers for the second uplink, and transmitting, to the base station, the PUSCH by using at least one of the first uplink or the second uplink, based on the determined first maximum number of MIMO layers and the second maximum number of MIMO layers.
US11805496B2	Sidelink resource information signaling for sidelink resource selection Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first user equipment (UE) may receive, via a sidelink interface, a message from a second UE. The UE may transmit, to the second UE, sidelink resource information for sidelink resources that are available to the second UE, wherein the sidelink resource information is based at least in part on a measured power level associated with the message received from the second UE. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11805495B2	Dynamic switching of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) between uplink (UL) and supplementary uplink (SUL) In some aspects, a method of wireless communication includes receiving, at a user equipment (UE) from a base station, a first message indicating a selected carrier for transmission of an uplink (UL) message. The selected carrier includes a UL carrier or a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier. The UL carrier and the SUL carrier correspond to the same cell. The method further includes transmitting the UL message to the base station via the selected carrier. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US11805494B2	Paging early indication techniques Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for paging based on a paging early indication (PEI). Particular aspects provide for a method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes determining a set of paging cycles for receiving paging information from a base station (BS), receiving a first paging early indicator (PEI) from the BS in a first paging cycle of the set of paging cycles, wherein the first PEI indicates whether the paging information will be transmitted to the UE in one or more second paging cycles of the set of paging cycles occurring after the first paging cycle, and receiving the paging information in the one or more second paging cycles based on the first PEI received in the first paging cycle.
US11805490B2	Time measurement method and apparatus A time measurement method includes that a first device receives a first packet from a second device using a first antenna. The first device transmits a second packet to the second device using a second antenna. The first device receives an indication for a first transceiving delay from the second device, where the first transceiving delay is a delay from a time at which the second device transmits the first packet to a time at which the second device receives the second packet. The first device determines a round-trip time (RTT) between the first device and the second device based on a calibration delay from the second antenna to the first antenna, a recording moment at which the first device receives the first packet, a recording moment at which the first device transmits the second packet, and the first transceiving delay.
US11805486B2	Method and apparatus for controlling transmission power in wireless communication system A method and apparatus are provided. The method of configuring a sidelink transmission power by a V2X user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from a base station (BS), first parameter for sidelink link quality or second parameter for downlink link quality, configuring, the transmission power for at least one of a sidelink control channel or a sidelink data channel based on sidelink pathloss or downlink pathloss according to the receiving of the first parameter or the second parameter, and transmitting, to a receiving V2X UE, the sidelink control channel or the sidelink data channel based on the configured transmission power.
US11805483B2	Method and apparatus for restoring WUP mode for multi-speed ethernet device A method for waking up, from a low-power mode, a first communications node coupled to a second node via a first communication link, includes determining, while the first node is awake, a first transmission rate for transmitting data over the first link, storing the first rate at the second node, and selectively transmitting, from the second node to the first node, a first wake-up command at a symbol rate corresponding to the first rate. Where a third node is coupled to the second node via a second link, the method may further include determining, at the second node, while the third node is awake, a second transmission rate for transmitting data over the second link, storing the second rate at the second node, and selectively transmitting, from the second node to the third node, a second wake-up command at a symbol rate corresponding to the second rate.
US11805481B2	Mesh routing of sleepy sensor data HVAC components having improved efficiency are described. In one embodiment, excessive sleep current draw in a battery-powered device having a microcontroller is detected by measuring a voltage drop across a MOSFET device coupled in a forward-conducting orientation in series between the battery and the microcontroller, causing a transistor to conduct when the voltage drop exceeds a predetermined threshold to generate a first trigger signal, integrating the first trigger signal to generate a second trigger signal, and generating an interrupt to the microcontroller. In another embodiment, a battery-saving method of operating an HVAC component includes maintaining the HVAC device in the sleep mode, receiving a user input to wake the device, transmitting a data request and returning the HVAC component to the sleep mode, waking up the HVAC device to poll an adjacent network node storing a cached response, displaying the response, and returning the HVAC device to sleep.
US11805479B2	Establishing a connection between an access point and an unstable client device Examples described herein relate to establishing a connection between a client device and an access point (AP). The AP may receive a series of connection frames from a client device. In response to determining that the client device is unstable based on the series of connection frames, the AP may assign a simplified wireless connection configuration to the client device. Further, the AP may receive a request management frame from the client device after the simplified wireless connection configuration has been assigned to the client device. The AP may generate a customized response frame for the request management frame based on the simplified wireless connection configuration. The AP may send the customized response management frame to the client device. Finally, a reliable connection may be established between the AP and the client device based on the customized response management frame.
US11805474B2	UE beam detection Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may performing a search procedure using a first receive beam. The UE may detect, based on performing the search procedure, a synchronization signal block corresponding to a transmit beam in a first synchronization signal burst set transmitted by a base station. The UE may perform a measurement procedure on a second synchronization signal burst set using a second receive beam to measure the transmit beam, where the second synchronization signal burst set is transmitted subsequently to the first synchronization signal burst set. In some cases, the UE may perform a measurement procedure for each configured receive beam. The UE may perform a beam refinement procedure after measuring each configured receive beam.
US11805473B2	Method for data transmission in a cellular network The present invention relates to a method for data transmission in a cellular network for wireless communication, comprising at least one base node, to at least one user equipment camping on said base node, the method comprising the steps for the base node of: —transmitting in at least one frequency band at least two frame structure settings and one master information block, the master information block comprising data fields indicating to an access information channel for at least one of the frame structure settings in the frequency band, wherein the access information channel of a frame structure setting provides access information indicating to the part of the frequency band reserved to respective frame structure setting, —transmitting user relevant data in said part of the frequency band configured according to said frame structure setting.
US11805470B2	Wireless device in a multi-link device (MLD) arranged to reduce duplication of multi-link operation (MLO) information and basic service set (BSS) information and methods A reduced neighbor report (RNR) element is generated. The generated RNR element includes multi-link device operation (MLO) information of least one neighboring wireless device to a reporting wireless device. In examples, the MLO information defines information of a respective multi-link device (MLD) which each at least one neighboring wireless device to the reporting wireless device is affiliated. A multilink (ML) element is also generated. The generated ML element includes basic service set (BSS) information of each of at least one wireless device affiliated to an MLD where the reporting wireless device is affiliated to the same MLD. The reporting wireless device transmits a frame which comprises the generated RNR element and the generated ML element, where the generated ML element does not include any other RNR element.
US11805465B2	System and method for implementing combined broadband and wireless self-organizing network (SON) Novel tools and techniques might provide for implementing combined broadband and wireless self-organizing network (“SON”) for provisioning of services. In some embodiments, a computing system might receive, from one or more first sensors and one or more second sensors, first operational states of fixed broadband network nodes and second operational states of wireless network nodes, respectively. The computing system might analyze the received first and second operational states, might determine an optimal network pathway and/or an optimal network backhaul pathway, and might establish the optimal network pathway and/or the optimal network backhaul pathway, through a determined combination of fixed and wireless network nodes, thereby implementing the combined broadband and wireless self-organizing network (“SON”) for provisioning of services.
US11805464B2	Mobile communication system, method and device Provided are a mobile communication system, method and device, which relate to the technical field of communications. The system comprises: an anchor node, a master node, a relay network and a terminal, wherein the anchor node is connected to the master node by means of a fixed connection, and the anchor node is an anchor point of a user plane and/or a control plane; the master node is connected to the relay network by means of a first wireless connection, and the relay network is connected to the terminal by means of a second wireless connection; and the relay network comprises at least one relay node, and in the at least one relay node, there is a first relay node directly connected to the master node, and there is a second relay node directly connected to the terminal.
US11805463B2	User equipment (UE) handover in wireless communication networks A wireless UE wirelessly attaches to a network controller over a source RAN. The UE transfers UE capabilities that comprise a Public Land Mobile Network Identifier (PLMN ID) and transfers a slice request for a network slice type to the network controller over the source RAN. The network controller selects a network slice based on the requested network slice type. The network controller selects a mobility profile that comprises handover criteria based on the requested slice type and the PLMN ID. The UE exchanges user data with a user plane over the selected network slice. The UE determines a handover requirement based on the handover criteria and identifies a set of target RANs. The UE selects one of the target RANs based on the handover criteria and hands over to the target RAN. The UE exchanges additional user data with user plane over the network slice and the target RAN.
US11805460B2	Dual link handover Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive data from both a source base station and a target base station during handover. For example, the UE may refrain from resetting or reestablishing media access control (MAC) and packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer configurations until after a successful access procedure is performed with the target base station. In some cases, a single radio link control (RLC)/PDCP stack may be used during handover procedures. A source base station may, for example, forward data to a target base station after receiving a handover execution message. A UE may identify and resolve any duplicate data sent by both base stations during the transition. Additional signaling may be used (e.g., during the radio resource control (RRC) configuration) to indicate that a UE supports dual link handover.
US11805459B2	Techniques for radio access technology (RAT) fallback in wireless communications Some aspects described herein relate to determining to fallback from a first radio access technology (RAT) to a second RAT to perform an emergency call, and deprioritizing, based on the determining to fallback, access to the first RAT to continue to use the second RAT for at least a period of time after the emergency call.
US11805456B2	Multiple trigger events based conditional handover in 5G NR networks A UE may decode a radio-resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message comprising a conditional handover (CHO) configuration (CHO-Config) which may identify a CHO configuration for at least one target candidate cell. The CHO configuration may include two or more CHO triggering events for an entry condition. The UE may monitor measurement quantities of the target candidate cell for the entry condition to determine if any of the CHO triggering events are met, start a first count-down timer when the entry condition of a first of the CHO triggering events is met and start a second count-down timer when the entry condition of a second of the CHO triggering events is met. The UE may apply the CHO configuration to the target candidate cell when both of the two CHO triggering events remain fulfilled upon expiration of the both timers.
US11805452B2	Handover control in a wireless user equipment (UE) A wireless User Equipment (UE) uses different handover types for different user applications that are served by different wireless network slices. The wireless UE executes a selected one of the user applications and selects one of the wireless network slices to serve the selected one of the user applications. The wireless UE selects one of the handover types for the selected one of the wireless network slices. The wireless UE wirelessly exchanges application data for the selected one of the user applications with a wireless communication network. The wireless UE and the wireless communication network use the selected one of the handover types for the wireless exchange of the application data. The selected one of the wireless network slices processes the application data in the wireless communication network for the selected one of the user applications.
US11805449B2	Radio resource switching in platooning It is provided a method, comprising monitoring if a request for a handover of a platoon leader from a source cell to a target cell is received, wherein the request for the handover comprises a description of the required resources for platoon leader and all platoon members; and the method further comprises configuring the platoon leader and the platoon members with a new resource allocation if the request for the handover is received; informing the source cell on the new resource allocation and reserving or pre-reserving the resources in at least one of the source and target cell; supervising if the trigger event has occurred; activating the new resource allocation in the platoon leader and the platoon members if the activation command is received.
US11805448B2	Resource reservation in sidelink communications Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a transmit user equipment (UE) may determine that a channel busy ratio satisfies a channel busy ratio threshold. The transmit UE may reserve, based at least in part on determining that the channel busy ratio satisfies the channel busy ratio threshold, a resource for transmission of a packet with a particular priority to the receive UE, wherein the resource is in a set of resources outside of a sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) on duration of a receive UE. The transmit UE may transmit the packet using the resource based at least in part on reserving the resource.
US11805447B2	Dynamic traffic control for docking station and information handling system A method for allocating traffic between a wireless interface and a wired interface of an information handling system may begin with determining that the information handling system is connected to a dock via a wireless interface. A determination may also be made that the information handling system is connected to the dock via a wired interface. One or more characteristics of at least a portion of data to be transmitted between the information handling system and the dock may be determined. A first portion of the data to be transmitted may be transmitted via the wireless interface based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics. A second portion of the data to be transmitted may be transmitted via the wired interface based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics.
US11805443B2	Method and apparatus for data processing in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a communication scheme and system for the convergence of a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a post-4G system and the IoT technology. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety services) based on the 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. One embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for processing data in a wireless communication system.
US11805442B2	Information processing apparatus, communication system, information processing method, and program The efficiency of wireless communication is improved.A communication system includes a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus. The first information processing apparatus controls to determine an information amount to be used for a receipt acknowledgment response to packets to be transmitted to a second information processing apparatus on the basis of information relating to the packets and notifies the second information processing apparatus of that determined information amount. The second information processing apparatus controls to return the receipt acknowledgment response to the packets transmitted from the first information processing apparatus to the first information processing apparatus on the basis of the information amount notified from the first information processing apparatus.
US11805439B2	Techniques for optimized traffic volume reporting Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may compress data, of an uncompressed size, associated with an uplink transmission to a compressed size. The UE may transmit a message based at least in part on the uncompressed size of the data associated with the uplink transmission satisfying a threshold. The UE may transmit the compressed data in the compressed size. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11805437B2	Method and apparatus for measuring frequency in wireless communication system A frequency measurement method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The frequency measurement method includes: receiving a radio resource control (RRC) release message or system information including first frequency measurement configuration information for frequency measurement in an RRC inactive mode; performing frequency measurement in the RRC inactive mode based on the first frequency measurement configuration information; receiving first RRC resume message including an indicator requesting a measurement report in the RRC inactive mode; and transmitting an RRC resume complete message including the measurement report based on the indicator.
US11805436B2	Method, and device for reporting beam measurement report The disclosure relates to a method and a device for reporting a beam measurement report. The method includes: obtaining, by a terminal, a beam measurement result, in which the beam measurement result includes channel measurement parameters corresponding to n reference signals RSs included in a set of target RSs and channel measurement parameters corresponding to m other RSs except the set of target RSs, the set of target RSs is corresponding to a set of target transmission configuration indication TCI states; transmitting, by the terminal, the beam measurement report to the network access equipment when the beam measurement result satisfies a preset condition; and receiving, by the terminal, TCI state update information from the network access equipment, in which the TCI state update information is configured to indicate TCI states included in the updated set of target TCI states.
US11805434B2	Systems and methods for reference signals and CSI feedback System and method embodiments are provided for signaling reference signals and Channel State Information (CSI) feedback for wireless communications. An embodiment method implemented by a user equipment (UE) for wireless communications measurements and CSI feedback includes receiving, from a network, at least one of a first index that indicates a corresponding non-zero-power CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resource, a second index that indicates a corresponding zero-power CSI-RS resource, a third index that indicates a corresponding CSI-RS resource for interference measurement, and a fourth index that indicates a corresponding channel quality indicator (CQI) report configuration. The method also includes receiving, from the network, at least one of a fifth index that indicates a corresponding periodic CQI report in accordance with the CQI report configuration indicated by the fourth index, and a sixth index that indicates a corresponding aperiodic CQI report in accordance with the CQI report configuration indicated by the fourth index.
US11805432B2	Support of flexible PDCCH monitoring in new radio (NR) Technology for a user equipment (UE), operable for monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is disclosed. The UE can monitor a downlink (DL) control channel for DL control information (DCI) at a predetermined monitoring occasion, wherein the predetermined monitoring occasion has a periodicity of P slots or P symbols with an offset Os. The UE can monitor a downlink (DL) control channel for DL control information (DCI) at a predetermined monitoring occasion, wherein Os has an offset with respect to a first slot in subframe number zero (SFN #0). The UE can monitor a downlink (DL) control channel for DL control information (DCI) at a predetermined monitoring occasion, wherein P is a positive integer greater than zero.
US11805431B2	Transmitter-based link adaptation This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for link adaptation in wireless communications. Some implementations more specifically relate to transmitter-based modulation and coding scheme (MCS) selection. A transmitting device transmits a test packet, over a wireless channel, to a receiving device. The receiving device generates one or more signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) estimates for the wireless channel based on the received sounding packet. In some aspects, each SINR estimate may be associated with a particular modulation order. In some other aspects, each SINR estimate may be generated based on a transmitter configuration or a receiver type to be used for subsequent communications between the transmitting device and the receiving device. The receiving device transmits feedback, including the SINR estimates, to the transmitting device. The transmitting device then selects an MCS to be used for subsequent communications with the receiving device based on the SINR estimates and associated modulation orders.
US11805429B2	Control apparatus for gateway in mobile communication system A control apparatus for a gateway functioning as the endpoint of a core network in a mobile communication system is provided. The gateway includes a first server configured to receive data from a user apparatus and one or more second servers configured to transfer the data received by the first server to an external network. The control apparatus performs an operation of changing performance of the one or more second servers, an operation of monitoring a processing status of the one or more second servers, and an operation of selecting, from the one or more second servers in accordance with the processing status of the one or more second servers, a second server as a transfer destination of the data received from the user apparatus by the first server.
US11805426B2	Techniques for sidelink reference beams Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) (e.g., Tx UE) may transmit or receive a first control message indicating a sidelink beam measurement configuration for performing a sidelink beam sweep procedure using a set of transmit beams. The first UE may select a subset of transmit beams from the set of transmit beams for the sidelink beam sweep procedure based on one or more parameters associated with the sidelink beam measurement configuration. The first UE may then transmit, to a second UE (e.g., Rx UE) during the sidelink beam sweep procedure, a set of sidelink reference signals using respective transmit beams of the subset of transmit beams.
US11805424B2	System and method for wireless equipment deployment One or more systems and methods for wireless equipment deployment are provided herein. Imagery of locations depicting structures within a list of structures is analyzed to identify features of the structures within the locations. Ranks may be calculated for the structures based upon structure scores and installation scores calculated from the features. In response to a rank for a structure exceeding a threshold, wireless equipment deployment of a communication device may be triggered so that the communication device is controlled to exchange communication signals with devices proximate the structure.
US11805422B2	AP deployment in a network comprising a centralized system and a distributed system An example apparatus can comprise a memory; a processor executing instructions stored in the memory to: receive a message from an AP requesting a role in a network; based on receiving the message, access a deployment policy; determine whether the deployment policy is defined for the AP; and based on determining that the deployment policy is defined for the AP, assign the role to the AP corresponding to the deployment policy and corresponding to at least one of a centralized system or a distributed system of the network.
US11805421B2	System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
US11805420B2	Enhanced feedback for secure mode wireless communications This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to enhanced feedback for secure mode wireless communications. A device may send a first null data packet (NDP) to a second device, and identify a second NDP received from the second device. The device may identify a location measurement report (LMR) received from the second device, the LMR including a first channel response indicative of a first arrival time of the first NDP at the second device and a first phase shift associated with the first NDP. The device may generate a second channel response indicative of a second arrival time of the second NDP at the device and a second phase shift associated with the second NDP. The device may determine that the first channel response does not match the second channel response, and may identify an attempted attack.
US11805417B2	Network architectures utilizing cellular network hosted access controlling schemas and computing platforms configured to facilitate internet activities based on expectation data records for access control, and methods for use thereof In some embodiments, the present disclosure is directed to an exemplary system, including: an access controlling platform, executing software instructions that instruct to generate an expectation data record as an access control mechanism to access an access-restricted digital resource, the expectation data record including: access code and identity linked to a computing device; where the access code is associated with the access-restricted digital resource; receive a mobile originating communication having data that includes a particular access code and a particular identity; perform a confirmation of the expectation data record with the mobile originating communication; instruct a cellular communications network to perform, based on at least one part of the data, at least one action with the cellular network hosted access controlling schema to generate a session record associated with the particular identity; and instruct to unlock the access-restricted digital resource for the accessing via the computing device.
US11805416B2	Systems and methods for multi-link device privacy protection A method for communicating over a wireless network includes broadcasting, by a Multi-Link Device (MLD) device, service data indicative of one or more services for wireless communication with a client device; wherein the service data indicates that a service type is differentiated based on a type of the client device; establishing a security association with the client device; and in response to establishing a security association with the client device, granting access by the client device to a subset of the one or more services based on the type of the client device.
US11805413B2	System and method for authenticating wireless programming devices in programmable medical systems A medical device of a medical system is configured for communicating with an external programmer over a wireless communications link. The medical device comprises a wireless communications module configured for receiving a first unencrypted version of a random number and a first encrypted version of the random number from the external programmer over the wireless communications link. The medical device further comprises control circuitry configured for performing an authentication procedure on the external programmer based on the first unencrypted version of the random number and the first encrypted version of the random number, and preventing the external programmer from commanding the medical device to perform an action unless the authentication procedure is successful.
US11805408B2	Systems and methods for dynamic cryptography for small cells A device within a small cell may establish a first secure communication channel between the device and a network device based on a first type of encryption. The device within the small cell may transmit data between the small cell and a core network via the first secure communication channel. The device within the small cell may receive information associated with a second type of encryption, wherein the second type of encryption is different from the first type of encryption. The device within the small cell may terminate the first secure communication channel. The device within the small cell may establish a second secure communication channel between the device and the network device based on the information associated with the second type of encryption. The device within the small cell may transmit further data between the small cell and the core network via the second secure communication channel.
US11805401B2	Dynamic controller selection for a local area network A device implementing dynamic controller selection may include a processor configured to generate a connectivity graph based on a scan for accessory devices, the connectivity graph including a connectivity metric value for a discovered accessory device. The processor may be configured to broadcast the connectivity graph and receive another connectivity graph broadcasted by another electronic device that includes another connectivity metric value for the accessory device. The processor may be configured to receive a request to provide an instruction to the accessory device and determine which of the electronic devices will provide the instruction based on the connectivity metric values. The processor may be further configured to, when the electronic device is determined, provide the instruction for transmission to the accessory device, and when the other electronic device is determined, provide, for transmission to the other electronic device, the instruction to be provided to the accessory device.
US11805398B2	Method and system for an integrated public safety solution A method of tracking at least one emergency service provider is disclosed. An electronic history is compiled that includes at least one identifier of a service provider, at least one identifier of an event to which the service provider responded, and GPS data identifying the geographic location of the service provider at each time interval within the duration of the event. A user interface within which is displayed a first identifier of a first event is generated to a display device. A selection of the event identifier is received from a user. In response to the selection of the identifier, an aerial view of a geographic region within which the first event took place is generated. At least one icon is displayed in the aerial view representing the service provider at the geographic location corresponding to at least one time interval during the event.
US11805397B2	IMEI binding and dynamic IMEI provisioning for wireless devices This Application sets forth techniques for binding and dynamic provisioning of international mobile equipment identifier (IMEI) values with cellular wireless service profiles, such as subscriber identity modules (SIMS) on physical SIM (pSIM) cards and electronic SIMs (eSIMs) on an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of the mobile wireless device. When pSIMs and/or eSIMs change on the mobile wireless device, e.g., based on installation, activation, deactivation, de-installation, etc., IMEI binding logic accounts for the changes and maps IMEI values to pSIMs and/or eSIMs as required. IMEI values can be assigned based on a history of bindings between IMEI values and ICCID values of one or more eSIMS on an eUICC. A most recently used or a newly assigned IMEI value can be associated with an eSIM. Whether to assign an identical IMEI value to multiple eSIMs depends on requirements of associated cellular wireless service subscriptions.
US11805385B2	Audio signal processing method, audio signal processing apparatus and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program An audio signal processing method includes generating an initial reflected sound control signal according to a geometrical shape of a virtual space, generating a reverberant sound control signal using a reflected sound parameter of the virtual space, calculating timing of connection, the timing of connection being a point in time at which a volume of an initial reflected sound reproducible by the initial reflected sound control signal is a same as a volume of a reverberant sound reproducible by the reverberant sound control signal, based on the geometrical shape of the virtual space, and increasing, in a period of time before the timing of connection, a level of the reverberant sound control signal so as to cause the volume of the reverberant sound to be closer to the volume of the reverberant sound at the timing of connection.
US11805381B2	Audio-based presence detection A device can receive an audio signal and determine a measure of correlation between the audio signal and a microphone signal. The audio signal can be attenuated based on the measure of correlation. The audio signal can be used to drive one or more speakers of the device. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11805378B2	Privacy device for smart speakers Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for a privacy blocking device configured to prevent receipt, by a listening device, of video and/or audio data until a trigger occurs. A blocker may be configured to prevent receipt of video and/or audio data by one or more microphones and/or one or more cameras of a listening device. The blocker may use the one or more microphones, the one or more cameras, and/or one or more second microphones and/or one or more second cameras to monitor for a trigger. The blocker may process the data. Upon detecting the trigger, the blocker may transmit data to the listening device. For example, the blocker may transmit all or a part of a spoken phrase to the listening device.
US11805377B2	Measurement device and measurement system A measurement device according to an embodiment includes: a base portion (10), a plurality of pillars (20, 30, 40) in an arc shape not directly facing one another having one end of each connected to the base portion and the other end of each coupled by a coupling portion (60), and a plurality of speakers (70) provided on each of the pillars and having distances to a certain location substantially uniform.
US11805376B2	Hearing device comprising an automatic power switching According to an aspect, a hearing device such as a bone conduction hearing aid is disclosed. The device includes an implantable prosthetic system comprising a receiver coil, and an external audio processor device. The audio processor device includes a microphone configured to transform a received sound into an electrical input signal, a signal processor configured to process the electrical input signal into a processed electrical data signal, a transmitter coil configured to inductively transmit data signals and/or power, across the skin of a hearing device user, to the receiver coil. The audio processor device further includes a detection device configured to detect if the external audio processor device is within a predefined distance from the implantable prosthetic system or to detect if a coupling coefficient between the transmitter coil and a receiver coil is within a predefined value range.
US11805372B2	MEMS chip The present disclosure discloses a MEMS chip including a capacitance system and a substrate with a back cavity. The capacitance system includes a back plate and a membrane; the substrate is located on one side of the membrane away from the back plate, including a first surface opposite to the membrane, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and an inner wall connecting the first surface and the second surface and enclosing the back cavity; the inner wall includes a first opening close to the membrane, having a first width along a first direction perpendicular with a vibration direction of the membrane, and a second opening away from the membrane, having a second width smaller than the first width along the first direction. The resonance frequency of the MEMS chip has been effectively improved and the SNR is simultaneously high.
US11805371B1	Piezoelectric mems microphone chip and piezoelectric mems microphone The present application discloses a piezoelectric micro electrical mechanical system (MEMS) microphone chip and a piezoelectric MEMS microphone, and relates to the technical field of piezoelectric devices. The piezoelectric MEMS microphone chip includes at least one substrate frame and at least one plurality of sound receiving beams arranged on the substrate frame. Each of the sound receiving beams includes a connecting beam and a cantilever beam. The connecting beam and the cantilever beam are staggered on a circumference. One ends of the plurality of sound receiving beams that face a geometric center of the a circumference are fixedly connected to one another in a center defined by the substrate frame, and one end of the connecting beam that is away from the geometric center is fixedly connected to the substrate frame.
US11805369B2	Sounding device A sounding device includes a frame, a vibration system, and a magnetic circuit system. The vibration system includes a diaphragm, a voice coil, and elastic support assemblies. The voice coil is inserted into a magnetic gap of the magnetic circuit system for driving the diaphragm to vibrate and produce sound. The elastic support assemblies are fixed to the frame and spaced apart from the diaphragm. The elastic support assemblies include elastic pieces. The elastic pieces include first fixed arms fixed to the frame, second fixed arms spaced apart from the first fixed arms and supporting the voice coil, first elastic arms connecting the first fixed arms with the second fixed arms, and second elastic arms connecting the first elastic arms with the second fixed arms. Compared with the related art, the sounding device has long service life and high reliability.
US11805368B2	Loudspeaker A loudspeaker is proposed, having an enclosure where the following components are installed: a magnetic circuit, a permanent magnet, a coil, a system positioning the coil in the gap between the enclosure and a permanent magnet, a resonating membrane diffuser, attached by an attachment mechanism to the coil, and lead wires with terminals. The coil is star-shaped. The technical result is to increase the loudspeaker's power and efficiency, to reduce its weight and size, and to improve the sound quality.
US11805367B2	Speaker A vibrating unit includes a diaphragm and a bobbin, and a voice coil is secured to the bobbin. A detecting unit includes a moving magnet and a magnetic sensor. An annular magnet support is secured to a front edge of the bobbin, and the moving magnet is positioned and secured to the magnet support. The magnetic sensor is secured to a drive supporting unit. The moving magnet is secured to the bobbin, with the magnet support therebetween. This facilitates mounting and positioning of the moving magnet.
US11805365B2	Electroacoustic diaphragm, transducer, audio device, and methods having subcircuits An electroacoustic diaphragm comprises a membrane, and an electrically conductive circuit carried by the membrane, such that a segment of the electrically conductive circuit is divided into two or more separate subcircuits. An electroacoustic transducer assembly comprises a frame, the novel diaphragm supported on the frame, and a magnetic element disposed adjacent the novel diaphragm whereby the transducer achieves uniform force distribution across the novel diaphragm. An audio device comprises a housing having an acoustic opening and the electroacoustic transducer including the novel diaphragm. Methods for constructing a transducer comprises determining the flux density of a magnetic field and configuring a diaphragm with separate subcircuits to correlate or inversely correlate to the flux density.
US11805364B2	Hearing device providing virtual sound Disclosed is a method and a hearing device for audio transmission. The hearing device is configured to be worn by a user. The hearing device comprises a first earphone comprising a first speaker. The hearing device comprises a second earphone comprising a second speaker. The hearing device comprises a virtual sound processing unit connected to the first earphone and the second earphone. The virtual sound processing unit is configured for receiving and processing an audio sound signal for generating a virtual audio sound signal. The virtual audio sound signal is forwarded to the first and second speakers, where the virtual audio sound appears to the user as audio sound coming from two virtual speakers in front of the user. The hearing device further comprises a first primary microphone for capturing surrounding sounds to provide a first surrounding sound signal based on a first primary input signal from the first primary microphone. The first primary microphone being arranged in the first earphone for providing a first rear facing sensitivity pattern towards the rear direction. The hearing device further comprises a first secondary microphone for capturing surrounding sounds to provide a second surrounding sound signal based on a first secondary input signal from the first secondary microphone. The first secondary microphone being arranged in the second earphone for providing a second rear facing sensitivity pattern towards the rear direction. The hearing device is configured for transmitting the first surrounding sound signal to the first speaker. The hearing device is configured for transmitting the second surrounding sound signal to the second speaker. Thereby the user receives the surrounding sound from the rear direction, while the surrounding sound from the front direction is attenuated compared to the surrounding sound from the rear direction.
US11805360B2	Noise suppression using tandem networks A device includes a memory configured to store instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions. The one or more processors are configured to execute the instructions to receive audio data including a first audio frame corresponding to a first output of a first microphone and a second audio frame corresponding to a second output of a second microphone. The one or more processors are also configured to execute the instructions to provide the audio data to a first noise-suppression network and a second noise-suppression network. The first noise-suppression network is configured to generate a first noise-suppressed audio frame and the second noise-suppression network is configured to generate a second noise-suppressed audio frame. The one or more processors are further configured to execute the instructions to provide the noise-suppressed audio frames to an attention-pooling network. The attention-pooling network is configured to generate an output noise-suppressed audio frame.
US11805357B2	Electronic device including speaker module According to an embodiment of the disclosure, an electronic device may include a housing including a first housing and a second housing receiving at least a portion of the first housing and configured to guide a slide of the first housing, a display including a first display area disposed on the second housing and a second display area extending from the first display area, a speaker module disposed in the housing, a resonance space facing at least a portion of the speaker module and configured to vary in size based on a slide of the first housing with respect to the second housing, and a processor configured to adjust a sound output from the speaker module based on the size of the resonance space.
US11805352B2	Wireless charging dock A headset charging dock includes a headset mechanical support configured to hang a first headset by a headband of the first headset; and a wireless charging interface for the first headset, the wireless charging interface integrated in the headset mechanical support.
US11805351B2	Eartip An eartip comprises a central tube part and a cone, the central tube part is in the shape of a column, the cone wraps around the central tube part, the cone comprises a first portion and a second portion, the first portion has a first hardness, the second portion has a second hardness less than the first hardness, a first upper end of the first portion is connected to a top end of the central tube part, and a bottom end of the first portion overlaps with a second upper end of the second portion to form a transition. The invention aims to solve the problems in the prior art that a hardness of eartip materials is too hard to cause discomfort to users, and too soft that may cause the structure to collapse.
US11805348B2	Acoustical damping system for headphones A damping system for an ear cup headphone design. The damping system introduces a completely enclosed inner acoustic volume in the rear volume of the ear cup by way of supporting a baffle damper spaced apart from the driver of the ear cup, wherein the density of the baffle damper diffuses acoustic wave rearwardly emanating from the driver. Additional damper masses of different relative densities may occupy the rear volume rearward of baffle damper.
US11805346B1	Pilot microphone cover for reducing ambient noise The pilot microphone cover for reducing ambient noise comprises an enclosure, an audio aperture, and a pair of sound redirection ridges. The pilot microphone cover may attenuate ambient noise to reduce interference with voice communication within a cockpit of an airplane. The pilot microphone cover may be used for anyone who wears a headset in a high wind environment, including but not limited to, ground support, staff, crew, etc. The enclosure may be adapted to cover a microphone of a headset. The enclosure may block the ambient noise while allowing the microphone to pick up sounds that originate in front of the microphone and that enter the enclosure through the audio aperture. The pair of sound redirection ridges may further attenuate the ambient noise originating above and below the microphone.
US11805343B2	Loudspeaker accessory tray An accessory tray for a loudspeaker includes a main portion defining a perimeter and a base surface configured to support an accessory within the perimeter. An anchor portion extends under the base surface of the main portion, the anchor portion configured to engage a portion of the loudspeaker. The main portion has a tapering height from a rear to a front thereof, forming a rake angle in side view.
US11805339B2	Downlink bandwidth transmission method and apparatus for passive optical network A downstream bandwidth transmission method for a passive optical network includes: an optical line terminal (OLT) sends downstream bandwidth allocation information in a downstream frame to a plurality of optical network units (ONUs); where the downstream bandwidth allocation information comprises a plurality of downstream bandwidth entries for the plurality of ONUs, each downstream bandwidth entry in the downstream bandwidth allocation information comprises ONU indication information for a respective ONU and downstream bandwidth feature information for the respective ONU, such that each of the plurality of ONUs receives respective traffic data within a downstream bandwidth allocated to the respective ONU.
US11805338B2	Systems and methods for enabling smart network interface card as an advanced telemetry appliance An information handling system may include a processor, a management controller communicatively coupled to the processor and configured for out-of-band management of the information handling system, and a smart network interface card communicatively coupled to the processor and the management controller and configured to receive telemetry information from telemetry sources of the information handling system and perform advanced processing of the telemetry information.
US11805333B2	Noise aware edge enhancement The disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for enhancing edges within an image in a light deficient environment, which utilizes knowledge of the expected noise pixel by pixel, to control the strength of the edge enhancement and thereby limit the impact of the enhancement on the perception of noise.
US11805326B2	Image processing apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium An image processing apparatus obtains an image captured in an image capturing and sets a white balance recording mode for recording the image as a still image and a white balance display mode for displaying the image before being captured as the still image on a display. The apparatus controls white balance correction performed on the image captured in the image capturing. In a case where a first display mode that is included in the display mode is set, the apparatus sets an amount of a light source color that remains after the white balance correction is performed on the image before being captured as the still image in the first display mode to be larger than the amount of the light source color that remains after the white balance correction is performed on the still image in the recording mode.
US11805325B2	Image sensing device correcting defective image values Disclosed is an image sensing device including a plurality of defect detectors each suitable for detecting whether a corresponding target image value is defective, and generating detection information corresponding to a result of the detection, a defect scheduler suitable for sequentially outputting one or more defective image values, which are the target image values detected as defective among the plurality of target image values, based on the detection information, and a defect corrector suitable for correcting the output defective image values.
US11805324B2	Imaging device and image-capturing apparatus To suppress entrance of incident light into a charge holding section in a pixel to prevent a reduction in image quality. An imaging device includes a pixel array. The pixel array includes a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric converter that generates a charge depending on incident light, a charge holding section that holds the generated charge, and a charge transfer section that transfers the generated charge to the charge holding section, each of the plurality of pixels generating an image signal depending on the held charge. The charge holding section or the charge transfer section in each of the plurality of pixels is arranged close to an optical center of the pixel array with respect to the incident light.
US11805323B2	Solid-state imaging device, method for driving solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatus A solid-state imaging device, a method for driving the same, and an electronic apparatus can achieve a high dynamic range based on multiple exposure technique, where images captured with different exposure durations are combined, with it being possible to prevent motion artifacts and LED flickers. A pixel has a 4:0 configuration. The pixel is divided into, for example, four sub-pixels all of which have the same color (for example, G (green)). An access control part sets different charge integration periods and different charge storage starting times between photoelectric conversion parts PD of the sub-pixels and controls the charge integration periods such that they overlap each other. In other words, the access control part sets different charge integration periods and different charge storage starting times, the number of which corresponds to the number of sub-pixels having the same color, and controls the charge integration periods such that they overlap each other.
US11805320B2	Imaging device, imaging method, and imaging program Provided are an imaging device, an imaging method, and an imaging program capable of easily acquiring a slow moving image with good image quality. In one aspect of the present invention, an imaging device includes an optical system, an imaging element, and a processor, and the processor performs detection processing of detecting a movement of a subject based on an image signal output from the imaging element, frame rate control of increasing a frame rate of a moving image output from the imaging element based on the detected movement, exposure control processing of maintaining a rate of an exposure time per frame of the moving image constant according to the increase in the frame rate, and dimming control processing of changing a degree of dimming of the optical system according to the exposure control processing.
US11805318B2	Camera body, camera accessory, and sharing ratio transmission method A camera body with which it is possible to improve the effect of shake correction, a camera accessory, and an information transmission method wherein the camera body to which a camera accessory can be detachably mounted, and includes: a movable section which is movable to correct shaking of the camera body; a detection unit which detects the shake and outputs a detection signal; a calculation unit which, on the basis of the detection signal, calculates an amount of movement of the movable section; and a transmission unit which transmits, to the camera accessory, body-side information the calculation unit uses to calculate the amount of movement.
US11805316B2	Reducing camera sensor throughput via an intermediary device Throughput reduction in autonomous vehicle camera sensors, including: generating, by a camera sensor, a frame; selecting an area of focus for the frame; and generating, by the camera sensor from the frame, a downsampled frame and a cropped frame, wherein the cropped frame is based on the area of focus.
US11805312B2	Multi-media content modification An apparatus including means for: identifying audio-focus attenuation of a sound source; determining a correspondence between the sound source that is subject to audio focus attenuation and a corresponding visual object; and modifying capturing of an image to at least partially exclude and/or modify the visual object corresponding to the sound source subject to audio focus attenuation.
US11805302B2	Method, device, and computer program for transmitting portions of encapsulated media content According to embodiments, the invention provides a method for transmitting encapsulated media data from a server to a client, the media data being requested by the client, the method being carried out by the server and comprising: —identifying at least one byte-range of the encapsulated media data to be transmitted, the at least one byte-range representing a portion of the encapsulated media data; —obtaining a processing level of the at least one identified byte-range, the processing level being indicative of the role of data contained in the at least one identified byte-range for processing the encapsulated media data; and—sending the at least one identified byte-range and an item of information determined as a function of the obtained processing level to the client.
US11805299B2	Video distribution system, video distribution method, information processing device, and video viewing program An information processing device displays a video including an avatar object on a display based on video data received from a server, displays a group to which a distributing user belongs in an identifiable manner in a video view or a video distribution list including images of multiple videos, and sends a display request to display an object in one of the videos to the server.
US11805298B2	Targeted content distribution over a network A computing device may be configured to provide authorization to a first content source to provide first content to a user device. The computing device may receive a request from the first content source to identify a location of second content to be presented to the user device and respond to the request by providing an address to the first content source. At the provided address, a request for the second content from the user device may be received. When responding to the request, the computing device may retrieve information associated with the user (e.g., user preference information) from the user device. Using this information, the computing device may generate at least one parameter for selecting the second contend and send a response to the user device. The response may include an address for the second content and the at least one parameter for selecting the second content.
US11805297B2	Video quality optimization based on display capabilities Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing media content streaming/downloading and playback, and, more particularly, to methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing video quality optimization based on display capabilities. In various embodiments, a computing system might receive user input from a user indicating a user request for media content. The computing system might autonomously determine characteristics or attributes of a playback device (i.e., a display device and/or audio playback device, etc.). The computing system might send, to a media content source over a network, a request for the media content, the request comprising information regarding presentation characteristics that are based at least in part on the determined characteristics of the playback device. The computing system might receive a version of the media content having the one or more presentation characteristics, and might relay the received version of the media content to the playback device for presentation to the user.
US11805296B2	Per-viewer engagement-based video optimization Per-viewer engagement-based video optimization is disclosed. A request for content associated with a first client is received. A model associated with the first client is obtained. The obtained model comprises at least one of behavior and playback preferences of a viewer associated with the first client. The obtained model is used to determine, for the first client, an optimal set of instructions usable to obtain content. A different set of instructions is determined to be optimal for a second client. The optimal set of instructions determined for the client is provided as output. The first client is configured to obtain content according to the optimal set of instructions determined for the first client.
US11805291B2	Synchronizing media content tag data Tag data is created from in-band data in a media content item by a remote location while the media content item is being broadcasted by a content provider and received by the remote location. The tag data identifies locations in the media content item which enables media devices to accurately jump to particular locations in the media content item based on the tag data.
US11805286B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving processes of a broadcast signal An apparatus for receiving a broadcast signal, the apparatus including a tuner configured to receive transport packets for signaling data and transport packets for delivery objects, a delivery object is a part of a file for video content of a broadcast service: a signaling parser configured to parse the signaling data including session information including an extended file delivery table providing information about delivery of the file, in which the extended file delivery table including file template information: and a data processor configured to generate location information for the file by substituting an identifier in the file template information with a Transport Object Identifier (TOI) in a header of a transport packet for the delivery object. Further, a payload of the transport packet for the delivery object carries a contiguous portion of the delivery object starting from a beginning of a first byte value through a byte value related to a sum of the first byte value and second byte value, the first byte value is a value of start offset information, that is followed by the payload, in the transport packet, and the second byte value is a length of the payload computed by subtracting a size of the header and a size of the start offset information from a total length of the transport packet.
US11805276B2	Intra prediction method and device and computer-readable storage medium An intra prediction method and device and a computer-readable storage medium, the method comprising: configuring actual angle modes indicated by relative angle indices, wherein the relative angle indices are successively represented within a prediction direction range corresponding to a preset width and height relationship; starting from a starting angle, using a corresponding actual angle mode after sampling preset angle sample points, said starting angle being determined according to the width and height relationship of processing blocks and the prediction direction range corresponding to the preset width and height relationship, and actual angles having a one-to-one correspondence with the actual angle modes.
US11805275B2	Context determination for matrix-based intra prediction Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which includes matrix-based intra prediction methods for video coding, are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video processing includes performing a first determination whether a luma video block of a video is coded using a matrix based intra prediction (MIP) mode; performing a second determination that the luma video block is applicable for determining a chroma intra mode for a current chroma video block of the video; performing, based on the first determination and the second determination, a third determination about the chroma intra mode to be used for the current chroma video block; and performing, based on the third determination, a conversion between the current chroma video block and a bitstream representation of the current chroma video block.
US11805274B2	Early determination of hash-based motion searching Methods, systems and device for hash-based motion estimation in video coding are described. An exemplary method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, motion information associated with the current block using a hash-based motion search, a size of the current block being M×N, M and N being positive integers and M being not equal to N, applying, based on the motion information and a video picture comprising the current block, a prediction for the current block, and performing, based on the prediction, the conversion.
US11805272B2	Predictor candidates for motion compensation Different implementations are described for determining a set of predictor candidates for affine merge coding mode from neighboring blocks for motion compensation of a picture block based on a motion model for a video content encoder or decoder.
US11805264B2	NAL unit type-based image or video coding According to the disclosure of the present document, a syntax structure and a syntax element may be provided wherein the syntax structure and syntax element enable, on the basis of whether an NAL unit type mixed with a picture is allowed, the existence of signaling-related information of a reference picture list with respect to a slice having a specific NAL unit type in the picture.
US11805263B2	Video coding method on basis of transformation, and device therefor A video decoding method according to the present document comprises a step of deriving transform coefficients for a current block on the basis of residual information, wherein the step of deriving the transform coefficients comprises a step of deriving a zero-out block indicating a region in which effective transform coefficients may exist in the current block, wherein the zero-out block is derived on the basis of flag information indicating whether multiple transform selection (MTS), in which a plurality of transform kernels are used, can be applied to the current block.
US11805260B2	Methods and systems for automated synchronization and optimization of audio-visual files One variation of a method for autonomously generating an optimized audio-visual (AV) file from an original AV file comprises: a) generating a vector cube comprising a plurality of vector matrices for an original AV file; b) for each vector matrix within the vector cube, determining an optimal subframe having a subframe size larger than or equal to a predetermined minimum subframe size; and c) generating an optimized AV file based on the optimal subframes determined for each of the vector matrices within the vector cube.
US11805255B2	Method and apparatus for processing video signal A method for decoding a video according to the present invention may comprise: obtaining a weighted prediction parameter of a current block, determined, based on the weighted prediction parameter, weights applying to a first prediction block generated based on a first reference picture and a second prediction block generated based on a second reference picture, and obtaining, based on a weighted sum of the first prediction block and the second prediction block, a final prediction block of the current block.
US11805253B2	Processing a video frame having slices and tiles A method for decoding video includes receiving a frame of the video that includes at least one slice and at least one time. Each of the at least one slice and the at least one tile are not all aligned with one another. Each of the at least one slice is characterized that it is decoded independently of the other the at least one slice. Each of the at least one tile is characterized that it is a rectangular region of the frame and having coding units for the decoding arranged in a raster scan order. The at least one tile of the frame are collectively arranged in a raster scan order of the frame.
US11805247B2	Video encoding/decoding method and device, and recording medium having bitstream stored therein An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing intra prediction are provided. An image decoding method of the present invention comprises deriving an intra-prediction mode for a current block, determining whether or not a left boundary or an upper boundary of the current block is a boundary of a predetermined image region, configuring a reference sample by using at least one reconstructed sample included in at least one reconstructed sample line adjacent to the current block based on the determination result, and performing intra-prediction for the current block based on the intra-prediction mode and the reference sample.
US11805243B2	Adaptive image encoding device and method Provided are an image encoding method and device. When carrying out image encoding for a block within a slice, at least one block in a restored block of the slice is set as a reference block. When this is done, the encoding parameters of the reference block are distinguished, and the block to be encoded is encoded adaptively based on the encoding parameters.
US11805240B2	Method for modifying multimedia content A method for modifying multimedia content captured by at least one first terminal which is capable of re-transmitting the content. The method includes identifying at least one part of the content captured by the at least one first terminal, determining, for the at least one part, at least one quality indicator and modifying the at least one part of the content depending on the at least one quality indicator.
US11805238B2	Methods and apparatuses for acquiring display image sequence, rotary stereoscopic display devices and storage media Methods and apparatuses for acquiring display image sequence, rotary stereoscopic display devices and storage media are provided. A method includes: determining voxels in a 3D display space by multiple partitioning of the 3D display space in a cylindrical coordinate system using a predetermined partitioning mode, where the predetermined partitioning mode includes non-uniform partitioning in a radius direction of the cylindrical coordinate system, and space bounding boxes resulting from a same partitioning have a same volume; determining a cross-sectional profile of a 3D object to be displayed on a display screen at each of phase positions; determining a cross-sectional image based on voxels and the cross-sectional profile at each of the phase positions; and acquiring a display image sequence by arranging the cross-sectional images according to rotation angles of the display screen.
US11805227B2	Video conferencing systems with meeting migration A system and method for a video conferencing system with meeting migration allows a client device to host a video conference meeting while connected to a video conferencing system in a first conference room. At any point during the meeting, the video conference may be paused and the current state of the video conference in a first conference room may be saved. The video conference meeting may then be migrated to a second conference room without having to restart the video conference. Client devices that have connected to the video conferencing system as well as client devices that have joined the video conference, the contents of the shared display, and other elements of the video conference are saved and restarted in the second conference room.
US11805226B2	Presentation systems and related methods A videoconferencing system includes a codec configured to receive a videoconferencing call, the codec including at least one application programming interface (API), a system controller configured to communicate with the codec using the at least one API, and at least one other videoconferencing component. The system controller is configured to send one or more commands to the at least one other videoconferencing component independently of the codec.
US11805223B2	Method of collecting signals sensed from sensing transistors, corresponding sensor device and imaging camera Current signals indicative of sensed physical quantities are collected from sensing transistors in an array of sensing transistors. The sensing transistors have respective control nodes and current channel paths therethrough between respective first nodes and a second node common to the sensing transistors. A bias voltage level is applied to the respective first nodes of the sensing transistors in the array and one sensing transistor in the array of sensing transistors is selected. The selected sensing transistor is decoupled from the bias voltage level, while the remaining sensing transistors in the array of sensing transistors maintain coupling to the bias voltage level. The respective first node of the selected sensing transistor in the array of sensing transistors is coupled to an output node, and an output current signal is collected from the output node.
US11805221B2	Dual-band divided-aperture infra-red spectral imaging system Various embodiments disclosed herein describe a divided-aperture infrared spectral imaging (DAISI) system that is adapted to acquire multiple IR images of a scene with a single-shot (also referred to as a snapshot). The plurality of acquired images having different wavelength compositions that are obtained generally simultaneously. The system includes at least two optical channels that are spatially and spectrally different from one another. Each of the at least two optical channels are configured to transfer IR radiation incident on the optical system towards an optical FPA unit comprising at least two detector arrays. One of the at least two detector arrays comprises a cooled mid-wavelength infra-red FPA. The system further comprises at least one temperature reference source or surface that is used to dynamically calibrate the two detector arrays and compensate for a temperature difference between the two detector arrays.
US11805219B2	Image special effect processing method and apparatus, electronic device and computer-readable storage medium A method and a device for performing special effect processing on an image, an electronic apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring a video; capturing an image from the video by an image capture unit of a rendering layer when the video is played, and storing the captured image in a data storage layer; acquiring multiple images from the data storage layer by an image acquisition unit of the rendering layer; performing split-screen processing on the multiple images by a special effect unit of the rendering layer; and outputting an image obtained from split-screen processing and displaying the image obtained from split-screen processing on a terminal screen.
US11805217B2	Image recording device, method of controlling image recording device, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium therefor An image recording device comprises a conveyance mechanism, a head, a sensor configured to detect a position of an orthogonal edge of recording medium in a direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction, and a controller. The controller tentatively determines, for each of a plurality of unit areas aligned in the conveyance direction on the recording medium, a recording position of an image for the unit area based on image data and a size of the recording medium, derives a correction amount for the tentatively determined recording position, and determines whether the correction amount exceeds a first upper limit for each unit area. When it is determined that the correction amount does not exceed the first upper limit, the controller determines the recording position based on the correction amount, and causes the head to record an image at the recording position determined in the determining.
US11805215B2	Image processing apparatus and method of storing setting history An image processing apparatus including: a job executor which executes a job regarding image processing; a storage in which a setting history related to execution of the job is stored when the job is executed; and a controller which controls a storage timing to store the setting history, in which the controller decides on the storage timing on the basis of an execution condition for the job, thereby storing the setting history.
US11805213B2	Image forming system and wireless operation device An image forming system comprising: an image forming apparatus capable of transitioning between a standby mode and a sleep mode; and a wireless operation device capable of wireless communication with the image forming apparatus, the wireless operation device including: a display; a battery configured to perform power supply to the display; and a controller configured to control the power supply from the battery to the display, wherein, in response to transition of the image forming apparatus from the standby mode to the sleep mode with a predetermined amount of power being supplied from the battery to the display, the controller makes a supply amount of power from the battery to the display less than the predetermined amount.
US11805211B2	Image forming system An image forming system includes an image forming unit, a sheet folding unit, a sheet discharge tray, and a control unit. For the print job in which a first sheet bundle and a second sheet bundle are discharged onto the sheet discharge tray, the control unit is configured to selectively execute a first image forming mode or a second image forming mode. The first image forming mode is a mode in which a page order is controlled in such a manner that page numbers of sheets included in the second sheet bundle are larger than page numbers of sheets included in the first sheet bundle. The second image forming mode is a mode in which a page order is controlled in such a manner that page numbers of sheets included in the first sheet bundle are larger than page numbers of sheets included in the second sheet bundle.
US11805210B2	Method for changing scan settings in a multi-function printer and a multi-function printer thereof A method and apparatus are provided for changing scan settings to verify the size of a scanned document. The method includes displaying on a user interface of the apparatus, a size of the scanned document, scanned based on one or more scan settings. The method further includes receiving a user response relating to the size of the scanned document. The user response is indicative of whether the size of the scanned document is according to a target size. The apparatus provides at least one of color information or resolution information to at least one of a device associated with the user or the user interface, when the size of scanned document is greater than the target size. The user changes one of color and resolution settings. The method includes scanning the document with one of changed color or resolution settings to obtain the scanned document with the target size.
US11805206B1	Contact center customization in data communications systems Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to customization of a contact center, using a data communications server. According to a specific example, the data communications server includes circuitry configured and arranged to provide data communications services to a plurality of remotely-situated client entities. The data communications server further provides a user interface for each respective remotely-situated client entity, the user interface including a display of communications-based campaigns, interactive voice response (IVR) tools, and data analytics. Moreover, the data communications server provides a display on the user interface which may include selectable components to create for the associated remotely-situated client entity, a customized way for handling incoming data communications by the data communications server. Accordingly, the data communications server may handle communications for the associated remotely-situated client entity according to the provided customization.
US11805205B2	AI-based compliance and preference system A method of providing artificial intelligence (AI) functionality to target legacy customer outreach platforms of a plurality of tenant enterprises includes storing a plurality of AI templates, each of which is associated with one or more AI routines, generating a campaign object associating one or more of the AI templates with a tenant enterprise from among the plurality of tenant enterprises, transforming a communication on a switching network associated with the tenant enterprise according to the one or more AI templates associated with the campaign object, and providing the transformed communication to a target legacy customer outreach platform of the tenant enterprise.
US11805199B2	Electronic device and method for identifying grip state of electronic device An electronic device according to an embodiment include a first antenna, a second antenna, a first capacitor connected to the first antenna, a second capacitor connected to the second antenna, a grip sensor connected to the first antenna through a first electrical path and connected to the second antenna through a second electrical path and at least one processor, wherein at least one processor is configured to identify that a changed value of a first capacitance, caused by the first antenna, obtained through the grip sensor to identify whether the electronic device is gripped, is maintained within a specified range, based on identifying that the changed value of the first capacitance is maintained within the specified range, obtain a changed value of the second capacitance, caused by the second antenna, and based on the changed value of the second capacitance, identify whether the electronic device is gripped.
US11805198B2	Unread-message reminding method, terminal device and storage medium Provided are an unread-message reminding method and apparatus, a terminal device and a storage medium. The method includes displaying, in response to receiving an activation instruction of a session interface and in a case where an unread message is present on the session interface, an unread-message reminder icon on the session interface; skipping, in response to receiving a trigger instruction of the unread-message reminder icon, to a corresponding unread message for a user to read; and updating, in real time and according to a session message received by the session interface in real time and an unread-message reading state, the unread-message reminder icon displayed on the session interface.
US11805194B2	On-board self-healing network for delivery of vehicle passenger-consumable content A self-healing network on-board a vehicle includes multiple wireless devices that are directly and communicatively interconnected via communications backbone(s). One of devices is collectively determined by the other devices to be a lead device of the network, and therefore establishes a wireless link (e.g., an only wireless link) communicatively connecting any of the self-healing network devices to other devices/servers on-board the vehicle and external to the network. Passenger-consumable content may be delivered between any device of the self-healing network and the other on-board, external devices via the lead wireless device, its established wireless link, and the communications backbone(s). Any wireless device of the self-healing network may serve as a hot spare for the lead wireless device, so that the self-healing network may automatically reconfigure to mitigate and recover from faults, e.g., by automatically forming multiple, mutually exclusive sub-self-healing networks, each of which has its own cooperatively selected lead wireless device.
US11805192B2	Method and apparatus for requesting complete information or partial information on APs in transmission MLD in wireless LAN system Provided are a method and apparatus for requesting complete information or partial information on access points (APs) in a transmitting multi-link device (MLD) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system. Specifically, a receiving MLD transmits a probe request frame to the transmitting MLD through a first link. The receiving MLD receives a probe response frame from the transmitting MLD through the first link. The transmitting MLD includes a first transmitting station (STA) operating in the first link and a second transmitting STA operating in a second link. The receiving MLD includes a first receiving STA operating in the first link and a second receiving STA operating in the second link. The probe request frame includes a profile field of the second receiving STA.
US11805188B2	Hub and spoke publish-subscribe Techniques for hub and spoke publish-subscribe are described herein. In some examples, an outgoing-data database comprising addresses of remote device hubs on respective remote devices is maintained. First data is received from a first process operating on the device. The first data is sent to a first remote hub associated with a first remote device and associated with an entry in the outgoing-data database. An incoming-data database is maintained to associate processes operating on the device with data to which the processes subscribe. Second data is received from a second device hub associated with a second device. It is determined—by reference to the incoming-data database—that the second data is data subscribed-to by a second process operating on the device. The second data is sent to the second process.
US11805182B2	User profile distribution and deployment systems and methods A first server can generate user profiles and receive requests from user devices for enrollment in a first server-managed system that includes user groups. The first server can provide a unique key to a user device during an enrolment process based on a user group the user device is assigned to. The first server can include an enrollment notification for the user device in a first notification transmitted to a messaging service. The messaging service can transmit a second notification to the user device, and the user device can request a user profile from a second server based on second server access information included in the second notification. The second server can use the unique key to access user profile information which it transmits to the user device based on the request. The user device can access the user profile from the profile information using the unique key.
US11805180B2	Native activity tracking using credential and authentication management in scalable data networks Native activity tracking using credential and authentication management in scalable data networks is described, including detecting a request from an extension installed on a browser to access a data network, initiating another request from the extension to a server to retrieve authentication data to access the data network, transferring from the server to the extension the authentication data and an instruction to the extension to generate a further request, transmitting the further request to the data network from the browser, the request comprising the authentication data from the server without manual input of the authentication data, presenting an overlay on the browser, the overlay being configured to indicate a login status associated with the data network, and storing one or more portions of data transferred between the data network and the browser, the storing being performed by the extension if access to the data network has been provided to the browser in response to the request.
US11805174B2	Transition between network connections A computing device may broadcast a first message via a wireless interface while operating according to a first network topology. After broadcasting the first message, the computing device may receive the first message via a wired interface. Based on receiving the first message via the wired interface, the computing device may broadcast a second message indicating a second network topology via the wireless interface. Based on receiving the first message via the wired interface, the computing device may operate according to the second network topology.
US11805171B2	Automated ethernet layer 3 (L3) connectivity between non-volatile memory express over fabric (NVMe-oF) hosts and NVM-oF subsystems using bind Systems and methods provide zero-configuration provisioning for modern storage networks such as those utilizing a non-volatile memory express over Fabric (NVMe-oF) system. In various embodiments, this is accomplished by leveraging discovery information, such as multicast Domain Name System (mDNS) information, to locate subsystems in a network and to explicitly and dynamically specify target destinations without a Centralized Discovery Controller (CDC) client having to modify its routing table.
US11805169B2	Content delivery network data sharing between mobile devices A mobile communication device is configured to receive updated network data, such as updated Content Delivery Network (CDN) data utilized to access a first network, without accessing the first network and a second network, such as a Wi-Fi or cellular network. The mobile communication device periodically transmits, via a peer-to-peer (P2P) network, a beacon signal indicating a network data request for the updated network data. A rate at which the mobile communication device periodically transmits the beacon signal is based on various criteria, such as an origination date of network data stored on the mobile communication device, an amount of time between the origination date and the present date, a battery health of the mobile communication device, and/or various inputs to the mobile communication device. An additional mobile communication device receives the beacon signal and transmits the updated network data to the mobile communication device.
US11805163B2	Apparatuses, methods, computer programs, and computer program products for live uplink adaptive streaming A method for providing a media feed to a server. The method includes a client transmitting to the server over a transport layer connection a message comprising a header and a body, wherein the header of the message does not indicate the size of the body of the message. The method also includes the client storing in a transmit buffer media data corresponding to the media feed, wherein an encoding bitrate setting is used to generate the media data. Transmitting the body of the first message to the server over the transport layer connection comprises: 1) before transmitting any media data corresponding to the media feed, the client transmitting to the server over the transport layer connection a movie box comprising information identifying a codec and codec configuration information; 2) after transmitting the movie box, transmitting one or more Common Media Application Format (CMAF) chunks, wherein each CMAF chunk comprises media data corresponding to the media feed; and 3) after transmitting the one or more CMAF chunks, transmitting an end of stream indication, wherein the end of stream indication is i) an end of stream flag or ii) a zero-size chunk.
US11805160B2	Systems and methods for concurrent content presentation Methods and systems are employed for providing vehicle-associated concurrent content presentation over a network for in-vehicle use. The system determines a network of friends are traveling to a destination and provides an opportunity to enjoy listening to the same curated playlist of media content. The content presentation includes generating a playlist based on the user profiles or selection of the users or occupants of a vehicle and presenting the playlist to a number of vehicles occupied by network of friends.
US11805157B2	Sharing content during a virtual 3D video conference A method for sharing content during a virtual 3D video conference, the method may include inviting multiple participants to join a virtual 3D video conference; creating a shared folder dedicated for storing shared content items, wherein the shared content is accessible during at least during the virtual 3D video conference; enabling access, to the multiple participants, to the shared folder; wherein the access is governed by one or more access control rule; and conducting the virtual 3D video conference; wherein the conducting comprises sharing at least one of the content items.
US11805149B2	Determination method, determination device and recording medium A determination method includes determining an attack type of an attack code included in an attack request on the server, carrying out emulation of an attack by the attack code on the server in accordance with the determined attack type, and in a case of succeeding in an attack on the server as a result of the emulation, extracting a feature appearing in a response from the server, and examining whether a plurality of responses respectively corresponding to a plurality of requests to the server after the attack request each have the extracted feature, and in a case where at least any one of the plurality of responses has the extracted feature, determining that an attack by the attack code has succeeded, by a processor.
US11805147B2	Domain-specific language simulant for simulating a threat-actor and adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures The present describes simulating a threat-actor executing an attack execution operation. According to one aspect of the subject matter described in this disclosure, a method for generating a domain-specific language (DSL) simulant is disclosed. The method may comprise determining, a framework based on an attack repository, determining a first primitive based on the framework, and determining a second primitive based on the framework. In one implementation, the first primitive and the second primitive are fundamental structures or constructs within a DSL. The method further comprises combining the first primitive and the second primitive into a DSL simulant. In one implementation, the DSL simulant is executed to simulate a threat-actor executing an attack execution operation.
US11805145B2	Systems and methods for continuous threat-informed exposure management Aspects of the subject technology relate to determining a defense surface change command to be applied to a defense surface. An organizational threat profile is stored and a baseline exposure score for threats is generated. The baseline exposure score is weighted based on at least the organizational threat profile to generate a prioritized exposure score. A defense surface change command is generated based on at least the prioritized exposure score, which is transmitted to hardware or software components, and an updated prioritized exposure score for the one or more hardware or software components is generated.
US11805141B2	Predicting security response impact An approach to predicting the outcome of a computer security response. The approach can analyze an unlabeled set of network data and based on the analysis, create a language model of the network. The approach can process the language model to predict a reduction factor associated with network availability. The approach can further process the language model and a malicious sequence to predict an effectiveness factor associated with blocking the malicious sequence. The approach can output bot the reduction factor and the effectiveness factor to a network administrator for determining the applicability of the computer security response.
US11805139B1	Multiclass classification system with accumulator-based arbitration A multiclass classifier generates a probability vector for individual data units of an input data stream. The probability vector has prediction probability values for classes that the multiclass classifier has been trained to detect. A class with the highest prediction probability value among the classes in a probability vector is selected as the predicted class. A confidence score is calculated based on the prediction probability value of the class. Confidence scores of the class are accumulated within a sliding window. The class is declared to be the detected class of the input data stream when the accumulated value of the class meets an accumulator threshold. A security policy for an application program that is mapped to the class is enforced against the input data stream.
US11805137B2	Method and system for machine learning model testing and preventive measure recommendation Data-driven applications depend on training data obtained from multiple internal and external data sources. Hence poisoning of the training data can cause adverse effects in the data driven applications. Conventional methods identifies contaminated test samples and avert them from entering into the training. A generic approach covering all data-driven applications and all types of data poisoning attacks in an efficient manner is challenging. Initially, data aggregation is performed after receiving a ML application for testing. A plurality of feature vectors are extracted from the aggregated data and a poisoned data set is generated. A plurality of personas are generated and are further prioritized to obtain a plurality of attack personas. Further, a plurality of security assessment vectors are computed for each of the plurality of attack personas. A plurality of preventive measures are recommended for each of the plurality of attack personas based on the corresponding security assessment vector.
US11805136B2	Scanning container images and objects associated with building the container images A technique includes accessing, by a computer, a container image that is built at least in part inside a virtual machine instance; and accessing, by the computer, an image of the virtual machine instance. Pursuant to the technique, the container image and the image of the virtual machine instance are scanned for security issues; and a result of the scanning is displayed by the computer.
US11805130B1	Systems and methods for secured data aggregation via an aggregation database schema Systems and methods of the present disclosure enable secure data aggregation in an aggregation database. The aggregation database has an aggregation database schema configured to communicate with entity-specific databases via entity-specific secure connections. The aggregation database receives, from the entity-specific databases, user profiles having an entity identifier identifying an entity, and a metric associated with a user. Groups associated with the user profiles are determined based on the metric associated with each user profile. The user profiles are ranked within each group for a ranking across the entity-specific databases based on the metric. A percentile rank in each group across the entity-specific databases is determined for each user profile. Each user profile is modified to include the percentile rank and are returned to each entity-specific database without other user profiles not associated with each respective entity-specific database.
US11805128B2	Methods and authentication server for authentication of users requesting access to a restricted data resource Disclosed is a method and authentication server for authentication of users requesting access to a restricted data resource from a communication device. Communication between the communication device and the authentication server passes via an access server, and the RADIUS protocol is used for the communication between the authentication server and the access server. After validating password and username entered by a user, the authentication server sends a request to the communication device to enter an authentication device ID. When receiving an entered authentication device ID, the authentication server performs authentication of the user based on a second authentication procedure using the received authentication device ID and when the second authentication procedure is successful, the user is granted access to the restricted data resource. The user can therefore decide which of a plurality of different authentication devices to use.
US11805122B2	Encryption parameter selection Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, devices, and machine-readable mediums for authenticating a user using biometric data without distributing unencrypted biometric data or decrypting biometric data during authentication, including selecting, based on a first set of data points representing a biometric characteristic of a user, an encryption parameter of an encryption function, generating first encrypted challenge data by encrypting, by applying the encryption parameter to the encryption function, challenge data to create encrypted authentication data, receiving, from a network based authentication device, during an authentication process, second encrypted challenge data for authenticating the user, and determining whether to authenticate the user using a comparison of the first encrypted challenge data to the second encrypted challenge data.
US11805121B2	Authentication system A method for authenticating a user for performing a transaction comprises receiving unique knowledge of the user such as photoauthentication, and receiving a hardware profile associated with the user. The unique knowledge and the hardware profile are compared against previously stored data representing unique knowledge of the user and a hardware profile associated with the user. If both the received data representing the unique knowledge of the user and the received hardware profile are authenticated, the transaction is allowed to go forward.
US11805117B2	Onboarding for remote management In some examples, a cloud-based management system receives information identifying electronic devices to be onboarded for cloud-based management by the cloud-based management system, receives, from a first electronic device, a request to establish a secure connection between the cloud-based management system and the first electronic device, and receives, from the first electronic device, a certificate. The cloud-based management system confirms, based on information in the certificate and the information identifying the electronic devices to be onboarded for cloud-based management, that the cloud-based management system is to perform the cloud-based management of the first electronic device over the secure connection.
US11805115B2	System and method for secure single sign on using security assertion markup language A method for providing secure single sign on includes receiving a first data object from an application hosting server, the first data object indicating at least a service provider name and identifying a configuration file corresponding to the service provider name, wherein the configuration file includes at least trusted identity information. The method also includes determining, using the configuration file corresponding to the service provider name, whether the first data object is valid and, in response to a determination that the first data object is valid, generating a response message.
US11805113B2	Establishing trust with network device Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for establishing, or re-establishing, trust for a network device. A user device may send, via a network device, a service request to establish trust for the network device in a network. The service request may comprise, or may allow look up of, identifying information for the network device, such as a network address. Trust of the network device may be established, at least in part, by confirming the network address (or other identifying information) associated with the network device, and/or by confirming certain devices that are in communication with the network device. An authentication token may be sent to the network device for reconnecting to the network.
US11805111B2	Secure RFID tag identification A method, apparatus and system for secure one-way RFID tag identification is provided. The method comprising generating, at an RFID tag, an auxiliary identifier; generating, at an RFID tag, a secure representation based on the auxiliary identifier; transmitting, from the RFID tag and receiving at an RFID reader, one or more representations of the auxiliary identifier and the tag identifier including the secure representation; and verifying the identity of the RFID tag based on the received representations.
US11805110B2	Method for transmitting data packets Provided is a method for transmitting data packets over a network from a sender to a receiver via a communication link consisting of at least one transmission section, via which the data packet is transmitted from a sender node to a receiver node, the method having the following steps for at least one transmission section: first security information, which includes information about a cryptographic protective function used in the transmission of the data packet via an adjacent transmission section, is assigned to the data packet by the sender node, the data packet having the assigned security information is transmitted to the receiver node of the transmission section, the security information is checked in the receiver node against a preset guideline, and at least one measure is provided in accordance with the result of the check.
US11805109B1	Data transfer encryption offloading using session pairs A computing device includes one or more processors, a memory and an encryption accelerator. The memory includes instructions that when executed on the processors cause a first networking session to be established between a pair of communication peers. Encryption of messages of the first session is enabled by a parameter of a security protocol of the session. The encryption accelerator obtains a key determined in the first session, and uses the key to encrypt messages of a second networking session established between the peers.
US11805108B2	Secure volume encryption suspension for managed client device updates Examples of scheduled and on-demand volume encryption suspension are described. In some examples, volume encryption is to be suspended for a client device. A suspension limit is identified for a volume encryption suspension for the client device. A suspend encryption command is generated to include instructions for the client device to apply the volume encryption suspension according to the suspension limit. The suspend encryption command is transmitted to the client device for execution.
US11805102B2	Remote management of software on private networks Systems and methods for remote management of software on private networks are generally described. In various examples, a cluster of compute instances are deployed by a cloud compute service provider. A first compute pod may be deployed among the cluster of compute instances. The first compute pod may be configured to execute a secure shell daemon (SSHD) network proxy. The first compute pod may be configured to open ports to allow access to the cluster of compute instances by an authorized administrative user. In some examples, a connection may be established between a first computing device executing a secure shell (SSH) process and the SSHD network proxy of the first compute pod. Data may be sent from the first computing device to at least one compute instance of the cluster of compute instances using the connection.
US11805097B2	Decrypting transport layer security traffic without Man-in-the-Middle proxy A network security platform (NSP) device and interaction method are disclosed. The interaction method provides network packet analysis for secure transmission protocols using ephemeral keys or keys that are negotiated dynamically. The NSP may be part of an Intrusion Protection System, or firewall. The disclosed approach does not use man-in-the-middle proxy. Instead, it includes monitoring connections ends: client and/or server, to intercept the required data or negotiated (or changed) encryption keys. Decrypted data may be sent to an NSP sensor in a secure manner for analysis. Alternatively, intercepted keys used for the encrypt/decrypt operations may be sent to an NSP sensor in a secure manner every time they are changed. The NSP sensor may then use the obtained keys to decrypt traffic prior to providing it to the inspection engines. Embodiments focused on inbound traffic to a web server may coordinate between a web server and an NSP.
US11805095B2	System for event-driven redirection of internet protocol service flows A system provides for event-driven redirection of IP service flows and receives, by a DHCP server, an add event corresponding to a specified MAC address; provides a new DHCP lease for the specified address; transmits, by the DHCP server and to an Internet gateway, new instructions comprising one or more of a new IP address, subnet mask, and specified DNS servers; and, through DNS services and routing, redirects all network traffic originating from the Internet gateway to a specified destination. Some embodiments receive a remove event corresponding to the specified address; provide a second new DHCP lease for the specified address; transmit to an Internet gateway, second new instructions comprising one or more of a second new IP address, second subnet mask, and second specified DNS servers; and, through DNS services and routing, direct all network traffic originating from the Internet gateway back to unfettered, but monitored, Internet access.
US11805089B2	Conversation slipstream propagation Conversation slipstream propagation can include using machine learning to construct a conversations graph representing conversations conducted over an electronic communications network by a plurality of participants and collected from one or more messaging platforms. A conversation slipstream comprising one or more communications extracted from the conversations can be generated in response to receiving a secondary communication over the electronic communications network. Each of the one or more communications extracted is represented by a sub-graph of the conversations graph, each sub-graph corresponding to a graph of the secondary communication. The conversation slipstream can be presented to at least one participant to the secondary communication.
US11805088B2	Cross-channel orchestration of messages Disclosed embodiments herein related to a message management server that provides a platform for message publishers to build message series with different messages that are transmitted to message recipients via different channels. A message publisher may specify triggering conditions for a message series. The message management server may automatically identify message recipients to receive an initial message. The message management server may continue to monitor event notifications related to the message recipients and send subsequent messages in the series to the message recipients when conditions are met. Each message may be sent via a different channel as specified by the message recipients. The platform may include a graphical user interface to provide previews of the messages as rendered in various end user device models when the messages are delivered via the specified channels.
US11805076B2	Microservice placement in hybrid multi-cloud using graph matching An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and system for deployment of microservices within a shared pool of configurable computing resources. An embodiment may include creating a dependency map for a plurality of microservices of an application deployed on the shared pool of configurable computing resources. An embodiment may include identifying attributes, with associated values, for each microservice of the plurality of microservices and identifying eligible deployment locations within the shared pool of configurable computing resources. An embodiment may include creating a bipartite graph based on the plurality of microservices and the identified eligible deployment locations. An embodiment may include applying bipartite matching to the shared pool of configurable computing resources based on the created bipartite graph. An embodiment may include, based on the applied bipartite matching, relocating one or more microservices within the shared pool of configurable computing resources.
US11805074B2	Control apparatus, control method and program A control apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires application information related to at least one of a plurality of sessions at a plurality of timings for each of the plurality of sessions related to a plurality of types of applications that are communicating in a network, a search unit that searches for an allocation band of each of the plurality of sessions at the plurality of timings based on a QoE prediction value of each of the plurality of sessions derived from the application information and a condition for a band of the network, and a control unit that controls allocation of a band for each of the plurality of sessions at the plurality of timings based on the allocation band searched by the search unit.
US11805071B2	Congestion control processing method, packet forwarding apparatus, and packet receiving apparatus A congestion control processing method uses a two-level scheduling manner of a forwarding device and a destination device, where the network device of a data center network performs coarse-grained bandwidth allocation based on weights of flows destined for different destination devices. The network device allocates each flow a bandwidth that does not cause congestion, and notifies the destination device. The destination device performs fine-grained division, determines a maximum sending rate for each flow, and notifies a packet sending device of the maximum sending rate.
US11805067B1	Dynamically generating and managing request queues for processing electronic requests via a shared processing infrastructure Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media are disclosed for utilizing dynamic request queues to process electronic requests in a shared infrastructure environment. The disclosed system dynamically generates a plurality of separate request queues for tenant computing systems that utilize a shared processing infrastructure to issue electronic requests for processing by various recipient processors (e.g., one or more processing threads) by separating a primary request queue into the separate requests queues based on the tenant computing systems. The disclosed system also generates a plurality of queue order scores for the request queues based in part on a processing recency of each of the request queues and whether the request queues have pending electronic requests. The disclosed system processes electronic requests in the request queues by selecting a request queue based on the queue order scores and processing a batch of electronic requests utilizing a recipient processor.
US11805064B2	Estimating terminal location in a satellite communication system A system and method are disclosed for estimating the location of a satellite terminal. The terminal is selected from among a plurality of terminals, and one or more position estimates are generated for a satellite which provides service to the terminal. The position estimated can be generated, for example, by performing a first one or more iterative grid searches over a plurality of potential position estimates for the satellite. A location estimate is subsequently generated for the terminal by performing a second one or more iterative grid searches over a plurality of potential location estimates for the terminal.
US11805063B2	Round-trip time signaling Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first wireless node may receive, from a second wireless node, a round-trip time timing advance indicator, wherein the round-trip time timing advance indicator is different from a timing advance indicator used for an uplink transmission timing advance message. In some aspects, the first wireless node may synchronize a timing configuration of the first wireless node to at least one of the second wireless node or a third wireless node based at least in part on the round-trip time timing advance indicator. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11805062B1	Systems and methods for traffic classification Systems and methods for classifying a traffic flow on a network to determine a policy are described herein. The systems and methods enable a network to use aspects of an encrypted traffic flow and compare those aspects against a training set of data to classify the traffic flow. The classification helps the network determine and enforce policies associated with traffic flows from various services, even if the traffic flows are encrypted (obfuscated).
US11805055B2	Auto-configuration of routes between neighbor devices In some embodiments, a method inserts, by a first computing device, a first value for a capability in a first message that is used in a process to automatically exchange capability values with a second computing device. The first value for the capability indicates the first computing device requires a default route to reach the second computing device as a next hop for sending a packet to a destination. The first computing device sends the first message to the second computing device; and receives a second value for the capability in a second message from the second computing device. The second value indicating the second computing device will send the default route to reach the second computing device. When the default route is received from the second computing device, the first computing device stores the default route from the second computing device in a route table.
US11805053B2	Data sending method and forwarding device A data sending method includes receiving, by a forwarding device using a first flexible Ethernet (FlexE) group and in multiple timeslots included in a first timeslot set, multiple first encoded data blocks from a physical coding sublayer (PCS), determining, by the forwarding device according to the timeslots included in the first timeslot set and the first FlexE group, a second FlexE group and multiple timeslots included in a second timeslot set, and sending, by the forwarding device, the first encoded data blocks using the second FlexE group and in the timeslots included in the second timeslot set.
US11805045B2	Selective routing Systems and methods for selectively transmitting routing information between separated local area network (LAN) interfaces are disclosed. In exemplary embodiments, a network appliance to update a local routing table with IP subnet, neighbor type, source type, and community identifier of a second network appliance; based at least on the local routing table, receive a customized routing policy and subnet exporting policy that permits the network appliance to export a subset of IP addresses from the local routing table to a permitted community of network appliances, wherein the customized routing policy and subnet exporting policy are configured by a network administrator of the network appliance; match the permitted community of network appliances to a new community identifier of a third network appliance; and export the subset of IP addresses of the local routing table to the third network appliance based on the customized routing policy and subnet exporting policy.
US11805044B2	Application usage time estimation An application detection method includes running one or more applications in various application scenarios on one or more user devices for a predetermined time period, capturing network traffic data generated by the one or more applications, labelling the network traffic data according to an application scenario of the one or more applications and with respect to a user device of the one or more user devices, determining an active application usage time in relation to the application scenario during the predetermined time period based on the labelling, training a machine learning model to estimate the active application usage time based on the determining, and using the machine learning model to estimate the active application usage time on the one or more user devices.
US11805041B2	In-memory management system and method using user traffic Provided are an in-memory management system and method using user traffic. According to embodiments thereof, traffic bandwidth is monitored for an ERP user who has left an LAN coverage area, by using an OpenFlow-based SDN WAN, and loading or unloading of a table partition set, an SQL Plan cache, and an SQL view cache in an in-memory is managed depending on a result of monitoring, so that the in-memory can be efficiently managed. The user traffic for the ERP user and the user can be monitored through the local network, and loading or unloading of table partitions of the in-memory can be managed on the basis of the monitored user traffic so that the in-memory can be managed regardless of Internet access. Data transmission rate and security can be enhanced because distributed communication is performed over an LAN and a WAN for each user and each ERP user.
US11805040B2	Methods and apparatus to remove information from records Methods and apparatus to exclude network communication traffic from media monitoring records are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a first communication radio to collect records of network traffic on a communication network and a second communication radio to transmit the records identifying a portion of the network traffic to an audience measurement entity. The example apparatus further includes a MAC address determiner to determine the MAC address of the second communication radio and a record filter to remove the network communication associated with the MAC address from the records.
US11805039B1	Method and apparatus for detecting degraded network performance A method, comprising: receiving a plurality of first response times, each of the plurality of first response times corresponding to a different one of a plurality of first network paths between a first host device and the first storage array, the plurality of first response times being received from the first host device; receiving a plurality of second response times, each of the plurality of second response times corresponding to a different one of a plurality of second network paths between a second host device and the first storage array, the plurality of second response times being received from the second host device; and processing the plurality of first response times and the plurality of second response times, wherein the plurality of first network paths and the plurality of second network paths are part of a communications network.
US11805035B2	Interval flow-based inband telemetry This disclosure presents several embodiments of a device configured to perform inband telemetry tracking. The device is configured to store a flow table that tracks metrics of a detected packet flow that passes through the device. More specifically, the flow table tracks several telemetry metrics, each telemetry metric being specific to a tracking time period, and tracking statics based only on packets of the packet flow that were received during that specific time period. At an end of an export time period (which is longer than a tracking time period), the device transmits all stored telemetry metrics from the flow table to a collector.
US11805034B1	Systems and methods for detecting large network flows In a system for efficiently detecting large/elephant flows in a network, the rate at which the received packets are sampled is adjusted according to the measured heavy tailedness of the arriving traffic, such that the measured heavy tailedness reaches a specified target level. The heavy tailedness is measured using the estimated sizes of different flows associated with the arriving packets. When the measured heavy tailedness reaches and remains at the specified target level, the flows having the largest estimated sizes are likely to be the largest/elephant flows in the network.
US11805027B2	Machine learning using serverless compute architecture A serverless computing system is configured to provide access to a machine learning model by at least associating an endpoint, comprising code that accesses the machine learning model, with an extension that interfaces between a serverless compute architecture and the endpoint. A request to perform an inference is received by the system and processed by using the serverless compute architecture to execute a compute function. The compute function cases the extension to interface with the endpoint to cause the machine learning model to perform the inference.
US11805024B1	Automatically generating an intent-based network model of an existing computer network Collectors are provided to network devices of an existing computer network. A reference network type associated with the existing computer network is determined. Based at least in part on telemetry and configuration information received from the collectors and the reference network type, an intent-based network model of the existing computer network is generated. The existing computer network is validated using the generated intent-based network model.
US11805023B2	Cloud-based IoT network virtualization system and networking method A cloud-based IoT device virtualization network system includes: a cloud-based virtual server which, in response to registration requests received from multiple IoT devices, creates virtual sensing objects and virtual actuating objects for the IoT devices including various sensors and actuators, and creates a virtual object list and a mapping table presenting information about the connections between the IoT devices and the virtual objects and stores the created table and list therein; a client terminal including a client application stored therein which receives the virtual object list from the virtual server, sets connection relations between the virtual objects on the basis of the virtual object list, and transmits the settings to the virtual server; and a controller formed in the cloud to operate connectivity between the virtual sensing objects and the virtual actuating objects according to the connection settings of the client application.
US11805020B2	Cloudified MAC scheduler Some embodiments provide a method for performing radio access network (RAN) functions in a cloud at a medium access control (MAC) scheduler application that executes on a machine deployed on a host computer in the cloud. The method receives data, via a RAN intelligent controller (RIC), from a first RAN component. The method uses the received data to generate a MAC scheduling output. The method provides the MAC scheduling output to a second RAN component via the RIC.
US11805017B2	Systems and methods for identifying and determining third party compliance A method for determining third party network compliance with a host entity network is provided. The method may include generating a scanning file that includes host entity network compliance standards and transferring the scanning file to an intermediary entity network. The method may further include generating an executable file that may run a plug-in scanning file to scan hardware and software resident at the third-party network for compliance. The method may further include transferring the executable file from the intermediary entity network to the third party network. The method may further include executing the executable file, generating a log file upon the completion of the running of the plug-in scanning file and digitally signing the log file. The method may further include deciphering the log file at the intermediary entity network, generating a readable report based on the deciphering and transferring the readable report to the host entity network.
US11805013B2	Prioritizing policy intent enforcement on network devices A controller device manages a plurality of network devices arranged at a plurality of sites. The controller device includes one or more processing units configured to determine a stateful intent for managing a software application at the plurality of network devices and represented by a graph model and translate the stateful intent into low-level configuration data. The one or more processing units are further configured to determine, for each site, a priority index based on a site-level usage of the software application, determine, an ordered list of the plurality of sites based on the priority index for each respective site, and configure, for each respective site, and in an order specified by the ordered list of the plurality of sites, one or more network devices of the plurality of network devices that are arranged at the respective site according to the low-level configuration data.
US11805012B2	Cloud network mechanism driver migration A method includes updating a cloud networking environment from a first network mechanism driver to a second network mechanism driver and identifying a configuration of one or more resources of the cloud networking environment associated with the first network mechanism driver. The method further includes determining one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources that are incompatible with the second network mechanism driver and updating the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources to be compatible with the second network mechanism driver.
US11805011B2	Bulk discovery of devices behind a network address translation device In one example, a network management system discovers a plurality of network devices behind a network address translation device, such as a firewall. The network management system may receive a model of a seed network device, generate a first activation configuration and commit the first activation configuration on the seed network device. The network management system may connect to the seed network device and discover neighboring devices from information in the seed network device. The network management system may connect to the neighboring devices, automatically create a model of the neighboring network devices, generate s activation configurations for the neighboring network devices and commit the activation configurations on the neighboring network devices. The network management system may iterative perform these steps until it discovers all the discoverable network devices behind the network address translation device.
US11805005B2	Systems and methods for predictive assurance Systems and methods are provided for predicting system or network failures, such as a degradation in the services provided by a service provider system or network, a system or network outage, etc. In a discovery phase, failure scenarios that can be accurately predicted based on monitored system events are identified. In an operationalization phase, those failure scenarios can be used to design production run-time machines that can be used to predict, in real-time, a future failure scenario. An early warning signal(s) can be sent in advance of the failure scenario occurring.
US11805001B2	Managing data schema differences by path deterministic finite automata A method for migrating a data schema comprising combining a first deterministic finite automaton with a second deterministic finite automaton to generate a modified deterministic finite automation. Identifying a state of the modified deterministic finite automaton without computed followers. Computing a new vector of original states for each state of the modified deterministic finite automaton corresponding to the identified state.
US11805000B2	Wireless telecommunication base station and process for high-mobility scenarios A wireless telecommunications base station that compensates for Doppler shift in each connected User Equipment. The base station deploys a plurality of parallel receivers, each with a given frequency offset above and below the carrier frequency. Each receiver performs a frequency shift on a common uplink signal, determines the quality of the frequency shifted uplink signal, and demodulates the frequency shifted uplink signal. A selector/combiner module generates a highest quality demodulated signal, which may be done by selecting the frequency shifted uplink signal or soft combining a subset of frequency shifted uplink signals having a sufficiently high quality.
US11804998B2	Machine learning based receiver performance improvement using peak reduction tones Various embodiments include methods performed in receiver circuitry of a wireless communication device for demodulating wireless transmission waveforms to reconstruct data tones, which may include receiving, from a transmitter, wireless transmission waveforms that includes peak reduction tones (PRTs) that were inserted by a PRT neural network in the transmitter, and demodulating the received wireless transmission waveforms using a decoder neural network that has been trained based on outputs of the transmitter to output a reconstruction of the data tones. Further embodiments include exchanging information between the transmitter and receiver circuitry to coordinate the PRT neural network used for inserting PRTs in the transmitting wireless communication device and the decoder neural network used in the receiving wireless communication device for demodulating transmission waveforms received from the transmitting wireless communication device.
US11804996B2	Guard bands for resource block sets of full duplex slot configured bandwidth parts Systems and methods providing guard bands for resource blocks of full duplex slot configured bandwidth parts (BWPs) are described. One or more guard bands of an intra-cell guard band allocation with respect to a full duplex BWP configuration may be determined using a full duplex guard band message containing information regarding guard bands between RB sets of a BWP when used in a full duplex slot configuration. Additionally or alternatively, one or more guard bands of an intra-cell guard band allocation with respect to a full duplex BWP configuration may be determined using half duplex guard band messages containing information regarding guard bands between RB sets of a BWP when used in a corresponding half duplex slot duplex configuration. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US11804995B2	Data sending method, terminal device, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium A data sending method and a terminal device are provided. The data sending method is applied to a terminal device and includes sending placeholder data in a guard period of a slot, an idle duration of the guard period being less than or equal to a target sensing duration. The placeholder data is sent in the guard period of the slot, such that a duration of the guard period may be reduced and a possibility of a transmission resource being preempted by other terminal devices may be reduced, or even avoid the transmission resource being preempted by the other terminal devices.
US11804994B2	Method and apparatus for receiving FSK signals Method of demodulation of M-CPFSK signal, includes receiving the M-CPFSK radio signal; moving it to zero frequency; sampling at no less than double a frequency of symbols; storing the samples with their amplitude and phase for at least L4 symbols; demodulating the sampled signal in three stages, wherein each stage includes iterating over symbol values within a block of symbols, of length is L1, L2 and then L3; in the first stage, N1 symbol sequences out of all possible symbol sequences are iterated over, at the second stage, N2 symbol sequences out of all possible symbol sequences are iterated over, and at the third stage, N3 symbol sequences out of all possible symbol sequences are iterated over, to obtain final symbol values; symbol values obtained at previous stage is used in a next stage to reduce a number of symbol sequences; and determining encoded bits based on final symbol values.
US11804989B2	Reference signal transmission window and timing considerations Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. These wireless communications may include channel estimation procedures between communicating devices such as a base station and user equipment (UE). For example, the UE may receive, from the base station, a resource grant triggering a given reference signal configuration. Based at least in part on the type of reference signal configuration, the UE (e.g., and the base station) may determine a timing offset relative to the resource grant. The UE may transmit (and the base station may receive) the reference signal based at least in part on the timing offset. In some cases, the reference signal may be transmitted in a transmission opportunity of a set of transmission opportunities, where the set of transmission opportunities is determined based at least in part on the reference signal configuration.
US11804988B2	Method and system of overlay flow control In one aspect, A computerized method of a gateway distributing routes learned through routing protocols (RP) into a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) includes the step of providing a first gateway that receives a route over a routing protocol. The method includes the step of with the first gateway, redistributing the route to one or more peer routers as a BGP route based on one or more specified criteria. The method includes the step of setting a gateway precedence based on the redistribution of the route to the one or more peer routers as the BGP route. The method includes the step of, based on the gateway precedence, setting a second gateway to automatically redistribute the route with different priorities to influence steering of traffic to a preferred gateway.
US11804987B2	Flow generation from second level controller to first level controller to managed switching element A network system that includes a first set of network hosts in a first domain and a second set of network hosts in a second domain. Within each of the domains, the system includes several edge switching elements (SEs) that each couple to the network hosts and forward network data to and from the set of network hosts. Within the first domain, the system includes (i) an interior SE that couples to a particular edge SE in order to receive network data for forwarding from the edge SE when the edge SE does not recognize a destination location of the network data and (ii) an interconnection SE that couples to the interior SE, the edge SE, and the second domain through an external network. When the edge SE receives network data with a destination address in the second domain, it forwards the network data directly to the interconnection SE.
US11804986B2	Method for the remote management of a device connected to a residential gateway A method is provided for the remote management of a device connected to a residential gateway, including, when performed by the gateway: intercepting a request coming from the device including an address of a first server for which the request is intended, the purpose of the request being to obtain an address of a second server with which the device must be connected; determining a processing operation to be applied to the request, an identifier of the device contained in the request and configuration information obtained from an operator, the configuration information including information representing a set of devices, the plurality of processing operations including a processing operation applied when the device belongs to the set, including responding to the request without contributing the first server. When the processing to be applied is a redirection, a response is provided to the request containing the address of the second server.
US11804985B2	Packet transmission method, apparatus, and system, and storage medium A packet transmission method, implemented by a first network device includes determining a first master logical interface, where the first master logical interface is associated with a first virtual network identifier and a first sub-logical interface, and the first sub-logical interface is associated with a second virtual network identifier, and receiving an advertisement packet from a second network device through the first master logical interface, where the advertisement packet includes the first virtual network identifier, first internet protocol (IP) information associated with the first virtual network identifier, the second virtual network identifier, and second IP information associated with the second virtual network identifier.
US11804983B2	Method and system to scale routing in Ethernet Virtual Private Network Symmetric Integrated Routing and Bridging deployments One embodiment provides a system which facilitates scaling of routing in an EVPN. During operation, the system determines, in an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN), a plurality of virtual tunnel endpoints (VTEPs) coupled to a plurality of subnets, wherein a respective subnet includes one or more hosts, wherein a first VTEP is configured with a first number of host routes for a first subnet coupled to a second VTEP, and wherein each of the first number of host routes corresponds to a host residing in the first subnet. Responsive to detecting that a total number of routes configured on the first VTEP exceeds a first predetermined threshold, the system aggregates the first number of host routes by replacing the first number of host routes with a first prefix route which indicates the first subnet.
US11804976B2	Integration of knob sensors in monitoring systems Techniques are described for using information from a knob sensor of an appliance in a property monitoring system. In some implementations, a monitoring system may be configured to receive sensor information from a knob, receive monitoring device information from a monitoring device and, based on the sensor information from the knob, identify a knob event. The monitoring system may integrate the knob event with the monitoring device information and analyze the integrated knob event and monitoring device information against one or more rules related to usage of the appliance in view of the state of the property. Based on analyzing the integrated knob event and monitoring device information, the monitoring system may determine whether to perform an action, such as notifying a user or activating an appliance.
US11804974B2	Information processing apparatus, meeting system, and method An information processing apparatus, a meeting system, and a method. The information processing apparatus registers material to be distributed to a participant of a meeting, controls an output device to output the material, acquires meeting progress information indicating progress of the meeting and additional information added by the participant to the material, and generates meeting result information that indicates meeting result based on the material, the meeting progress information, and the additional information.
US11804969B2	Establishing trust between two devices for secure peer-to-peer communication Systems and methods are described for establishing trust between two devices for secure peer-to-peer communication. In an example, a first and a second device can each possess a digital signature issued by the same certificate authority and a hash function issued by the same trusted entity. The devices can exchange public keys that include their respective digital signatures. The second device can verify the first device's digital signature, encrypt an encryption key with the second device's public key, hash the encryption key using its hash function, and encrypt the hash using its private key. The second device can send the encrypted hash and encryption key to the first device. The first device can verify the second device's digital signature, decrypt the encryption key, and decrypt the encrypted hash. The first device can hash the encryption key using its hashing function and compare the two hashes to verify the second device.
US11804966B2	Trusted custody chain for verifiable claims A first chain of custody verifiable claim is received by a second entity from a first entity. The first chain of custody verifiable claim is signed by the first entity and specifies that an object was in the custody of the first entity. A distributed ledger is accessed to verify the first chain of custody verifiable claim. A second chain of custody verifiable claim is generated that embeds the first chain of custody verifiable claim and is signed by the second entity. The second chain of custody verifiable claim is recorded on the distributed ledger. The second chain of custody verifiable claim is provided to a third entity. The second chain of custody verifiable claim is configured to specify to the third entity that the object was in the custody of the second entity.
US11804963B2	System and method for permissioned blockchain access into a computing network A computer-implemented system, method and computer program product for providing access to a network of computing nodes that includes: requesting, by a client, access into a host node in the network, preferably a private network; selecting a digital certificate issuer; verifying, by the digital certificate issuer, the identity of the client's token; adding, by the certificate issuer, a nonce to a distributed ledger; and granting the client access to the host node in the network. The computing nodes in an embodiment are ranked based upon CPU capacity, and computing nodes with highest CPU capacity ranking are selected to participate in a proof-of-capacity consensus to solve for the nonce.
US11804962B2	System and method for establishing an in-vehicle cryptographic manager An in-vehicle encryption system for use in a vehicle comprising a plurality of vehicle subsystems. The system comprises a security ECU module that communicates with a remote cryptographic module, the security ECU module comprising a processor and a per vehicle master secret (PVMS) value stored in the security ECU module. The security ECU module uses the PVMS value to authenticate with the remote cryptographic module and to establish an external encrypted communication link with the remote cryptographic module. The system further comprises a first subsystem ECU module that generates a first globally unique identifier (GUID) and a second subsystem ECU module that generates a second GUID. The security ECU module uses the first GUID value to establish a first encrypted communication link with the first subsystem ECU module.
US11804960B2	Distributed symmetric encryption Systems and methods for improved distributed symmetric cryptography are disclosed. A client computer may communicate with a number of cryptographic devices in order to encrypt or decrypt data. Each cryptographic device may possess a secret share and a verification share, which may be used in the process of encrypting or decrypting data. The client computer may generate a commitment and transmit the commitment to the cryptographic devices. Each cryptographic device may generate a partial computation based on the commitment and their respective secret share, and likewise generate a partial signature based on the commitment and their respective verification share. The partial computations and partial signatures may be transmitted to the client computer. The client computer may use the partial computations and partial signatures to generate a cryptographic key and verification signature respectively. The client computer may use the cryptographic key to encrypt or decrypt a message.
US11804959B2	System and method for securing personal information via biometric public key A device, method, and computer readable storage medium generate a biometric public key for an individual based on both the individual's biometric data and a secret, in a manner that verifiably characterizes both while tending to prevent recovery of either by anyone other than the individual. The biometric public key may be later used to authenticate a subject purporting to be the individual, using a computing facility that need not rely on a hardware root of trust. Such biometric public keys may be distributed without compromising the individual's biometric data. In operation, a confident subset of a set of biometric values of the subject is extracted, including by performing a transform of the set of biometric values. The transform may variously be a Gabor transform, a wavelet transform, processing by a machine learning system, etc.
US11804954B2	Encryption key management for an automated workflow Media, system, and method for providing encryption key management to an automated workflow within a group-based communication system. The automated workflow is encrypted using an organization-specific encryption key and is stored in a data store. Responsive to a triggering event, the encrypted workflow is retrieved from the data store to be decrypted and a corresponding decryption key is retrieved from a key store. The decrypted workflow performs a series of steps responsive to determining that a trigger condition has been met. The steps may be associated with at least one of sending a form and sending a message to a user within the group-based communication system.
US11804953B2	Key management method used in encryption processing for safely transmitting and receiving messages A key management method serves as an electronic control unit (ECU) in an onboard network system having a plurality of ECUs that perform communication by frames via a network. The method includes storing, in a first-type ECU, a shared key to be mutually shared with second-type ECUs, and executing encryption processing regarding a framed transmitted or received via the network, based on the shared key. The method further includes executing, by the first-type ECU, inspection of a security state of the shared key stored by the second type ECUs in a case where a vehicle is in at least one of the following particular states, including immediately after the vehicle is not driving and is entering the accessory-on state, immediately after the vehicle is not driving and the vehicle is entering the accessory-off state, and immediately after the vehicle engine is started.
US11804949B2	Subscriber revocation in a publish-subscribe network using attribute-based encryption Techniques for subscriber revocation in a publish-subscribe network using attribute-based encryption (ABE) are disclosed, including: generating a tree data structure including leaf nodes representing subscribers, subtrees of the tree data structure representing subsets of subscribers having different likelihoods of ABE key revocation; generating ABE keys associated with edges in the tree data structure; assigning ABE keys to the leaf nodes, each leaf node being assigned a subset of the ABE keys associated with edges that form a path from a root node to the leaf node; based at least on a revocation record that indicates one or more revoked subscribers, determining a minimal subset of ABE keys that covers all non-revoked subscribers; and encrypting a payload using an encryption policy requiring at least one ABE key in the minimal subset of the ABE keys, to obtain a ciphertext that is not accessible to the one or more revoked subscribers.
US11804944B2	Beam sweeping pattern switching Techniques and apparatus for beam sweeping pattern switching. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving signaling configuring the UE with a first set of repetition and beam sweeping patterns for half-duplex communications and a second set of repetition and beam sweeping patterns for full-duplex communications; and participating in half-duplex communications and full-duplex communications using the first and second sets of repetition and beam sweeping patterns.
US11804941B2	Wireless communication method using trigger information, and wireless communication terminal using same Provided is a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly. The wireless communication terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor. The processor receiving trigger information from a base wireless communication terminal using the transceiver, and transmits an Aggregate-MAC Protocol Data Unit (A-MPDU) to the base wireless communication terminal based on the trigger information.
US11804930B2	Sidelink HARQ feedback transmission method and device thereof Provided are a method and device for providing vehicle-to-everything (V2X) services in next generation wireless access technology (New RAT). The method controls the sidelink HARQ feedback operation by a terminal. A PSSCH scheduled by a PSCCH including sidelink control information is received from a transmitting terminal. Wireless resources of a PSFCH including HARQ feedback information regarding the PSSCH are determined and allocated in one symbol. The PSFCH, allocated in the one symbol, are repeatedly transmitted to the transmitting terminal in two consecutive symbols.
US11804929B2	Apparatus and method for transmission of uplink control information in network cooperative communication The disclosure relates to a communication technique and a system for integrating a 5G communication system with IoT technology to support a higher data transmission rate after a 4G system. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services, based on 5G communication technology and IoT-related technologies (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security and safety related services, etc.).
US11804918B2	Method for enhancing uplink and downlink coverage between a base station and a user terminal, and electronic device A method for enhancing uplink and downlink coverage is applied in a base station for the benefit of a terminal user. The base station receives from the user terminal an uplink scheduling request and GPS location. In response, the base station determines a penetration loss level of the GPS location, the penetration loss being attenuation of signals when signals penetrate an outer structure of a building. The base station further determines a transmission frequency of the uplink according to the penetration loss level which is set by reference to base station Tables of penetration loss for buildings and areas within its coverage area, and generates a scheduling strategy comprising the transmission frequency of the uplink, sending the scheduling strategy including the transmission frequency of the uplink to the user terminal for use in intercommunication.
US11804917B2	Electronic device and method for wireless communication, and computer readable storage medium Provided in the present disclosure are an electronic device and a method for wireless communication, and a computer-readable storage medium, the electronic device for wireless communication comprising a processing circuit, the processing circuit configured such that: if it is determined that the electronic device is in a frequency spectrum transaction verification region, verifying an effectiveness of a frequency spectrum transaction, the verification region being determined on the basis of interference generated when a frequency spectrum acquirer in the frequency spectrum transaction uses the transaction frequency spectrum; determining an electronic device signal-to-noise ratio according to interference of the electronic device when the frequency spectrum acquirer uses the transaction frequency spectrum, and if the signal-to-noise ratio is greater than a preset signal-to-noise ratio threshold configured for the electronic device, verifying that the frequency spectrum transaction is in effect.
US11804914B1	Calibration of a phased array antenna by using a probe antenna Techniques are described for detecting whether a phased array antenna is to be calibrated. In an example, a controller communicatively coupled with the phased array antenna measures a characteristic of a probe signal. The probe signal is communicated between an antenna element of the phased array antenna and a probe antenna mounted to the phased array antenna. The probe antenna is over-resonant. The controller further determines a drift of the phased array antenna based at least in part on the characteristic. Based at least in part on the drift, the controller initiates a calibration of the phased array antenna.
US11804910B1	Systems and methods for common path distortion detection and mitigation A transmitter is configured to transmit data to a receiver over a communications network. The transmitter includes a memory for storing computer-executable instructions and a processor in operable communication with the memory. The processor is configured to (i) collect spectrum data of a spectral band over a first sampling interval, and (ii) store the collected spectrum data in the memory. The transmitter further includes a common path distortion (CPD) detection unit configured to (i) sample the collected spectrum data, over a second sampling interval less than the first sampling interval, for a plurality of sub-bands within the spectral band, (ii) analyze the spectral band and each sub-band for indications of common path distortion, and (iii) inject a test signal configured for detection at a headend of the communications network. The transmitter further includes a modem portion configured to operably communicate with the headend and the receiver.
US11804907B2	Ultra high speed communications system with finite rate of innovation A finite rate of innovation (FRI) communications system includes a reference signal generator, an FRI modulator configured to apply an FRI kernel and encode information onto the reference signal, and a transmitter configured to transmit the encoded signal. The FRI kernel is one of a sinc function kernel or a Gaussian kernel. A receiver unit is configured to receive an encoded signal, convert the encoded signal into a digital signal, and demodulate and recover information from finite rate of innovation parameters in the digital signal.
US11804902B2	Optical line terminal configured to operate with optical network terminals that require different sets of OMCI parameters Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, implementing an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) that successfully communicates with Optical Network Terminals having various ONT Management Control Interface (OMCI) parameter configurations. The OLT is configured to perform operations including determining that two different sets of OMCI parameters are required to communicate with two different ONTs and registering both of the two different ONTs using two different sets of OMCI parameters. The registration includes configuring communications with a first ONT using a first set of OMCI parameters and configuring communications with a second ONT using a second set of OMCI parameters that differs from the first set of OMCI parameters. After completing the registering, the OLT exchanges network traffic with each of the two different ONTs according to their respective configurations.
US11804898B2	Use of waveguides and lenses to improve light communication reception in devices A detection system for light communications comprises a total internal reflection (TIR) waveguide and a light sensor adjacent to the TIR waveguide. The TIR waveguide comprises a TIR structure, a diffusive element, and a waveguide entrance. The TIR structure is configured to internally propagate light associated with optical signaling along the TIR waveguide. The diffusive element is disposed at an internal edge of the TIR structure opposite the light sensor. The diffusive element is configured to disrupt the propagation of the light such that at least some of the light is directed to the light sensor. The waveguide entrance is offset from the diffusive element along the TIR structure and configured to collect the light into the TIR structure.
US11804887B2	Online adjustment for channel state information Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a set of reference signals from a base station and may determine a first set of channel state parameters. The UE may determine one or more preprocessed decoder parameters based on a downlink channel decoder of the UE and may perform one or more signal processing operations to determine one or more adjustment values for the first set of channel state parameters. The UE may transmit an indication of a the one or more adjustment values to the base station. In some implementations, the UE may transmit an indication of the one or more preprocessed decoder parameters to the base station and the base station may perform the one or more signal processing operations to determine the one or more adjustment values.
US11804884B2	Precoding processing method and apparatus This application discloses a precoding processing method and an apparatus. The method includes: A base station determines first downlink channel information based on a pilot signal received from a terminal device. The base station receives a precoding matrix indication PMI from the terminal device, determines second downlink channel information based on the PMI, determines a precoding matrix of a downlink channel based on the first downlink channel information and second downlink channel information, and performs precoding processing by using the precoding matrix. In this method, when calculating a downlink BF weight, the base station combines the downlink channel information obtained based on the pilot signal with the precoding matrix indicated by the PMI, to compensate for a quantization error caused by feedback of a single PMI indication. This method improves accuracy of beamforming weights.
US11804880B2	Signal generation method and signal generation device A transmission method simultaneously transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal at a common frequency performs precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix and regularly changes the phase of at least one of the signals, thereby improving received data signal quality for a reception device.
US11804879B2	Terminal apparatus and communication method for terminal apparatus A terminal apparatus mounted on a movable body is provided to communicate with an external communication apparatus outside the movable body. The terminal apparatus includes an antenna, and a communicator device. The antenna includes a plurality of antenna elements to be arranged along a traveling direction of the movable body. The communicator device is configured to communicate with the external communication apparatus using a communicating antenna element that is at least one of the plurality of antenna elements. The communicating antenna element is selected from the plurality of antenna elements so as to belong to a specified region. The specified region is defined by propagation environment information of an electric wave propagation path of a signal transmitted to and received from the external communication apparatus.
US11804871B2	Systems and methods for synchronizing time, frequency, and phase among a plurality of devices Aspects of the present disclosure describe a system and method for synchronizing time, frequency, and phase among a plurality of devices.
US11804870B2	Channel probing signal for a broadband communication system In a broadband wireless communication system, a spread spectrum signal is intentionally overlapped with an OFDM signal, in a time domain, a frequency domain, or both. The OFDM signal, which inherently has a high spectral efficiency, is used for carrying broadband data or control information. The spread spectrum signal, which is designed to have a high spread gain for overcoming severe interference, is used for facilitating system functions such as initial random access, channel probing, or short messaging. Methods and techniques are devised to ensure that the mutual interference between the overlapped signals is minimized to have insignificant impact on either signal and that both signals are detectable with expected performance by a receiver.
US11804861B2	Devices and methods related to wideband multiplexer for radio-frequency applications Devices and methods related to wideband multiplexer for radio-frequency (RF) applications. In some embodiments, a multiplexer may include a common path configured to receive a plurality of RF signals. The multiplexer may further include a first path having an output coupled to the common path and configured to provide a band-pass response for a frequency band BX. The multiplexer may further include a second path having an output coupled to the common path such that RF signals in the first and second paths are combined and routed through the common path. The second path may be configured to provide a band-stop response for the frequency band BX such that the common path includes a wideband response that includes the frequency band BX and one or more other frequency bands.
US11804857B2	Electronic device Provided herein may be an electronic device using an artificial neural network. The electronic device may include a training data generator configured to determine an input vector corresponding to a trapping set, detected during error correction decoding corresponding to a codeword, and a target vector corresponding to the input vector, and a training component configured to train an artificial neural network based on supervised learning by inputting the input vector to an input layer of the artificial neural network and by inputting the target vector to an output layer of the artificial neural network.
US11804847B2	Fractional frequency synthesis by sigma-delta modulating frequency of a reference clock A circuit includes a programmable frequency divider which receives a high-speed clock, fin, as an input and which provides a modulated reference clock as an output; a Sigma-Delta modulator which receives a Frequency Control Word (FCW) and which is connected to the programmable frequency divider to receive the modulated reference clock as a sample clock and to control an average frequency of the modulated reference clock; and an integer-N Phase Lock Loop (PLL) which receives the modulated reference clock and outputs a clock output.
US11804845B2	Multi-modal data-driven clock recovery circuit Multi-mode non-return-to-zero (NRZ) and orthogonal differential vector signaling (ODVS) clock and data recovery circuits having configurable sub-channel multi-input comparator (MIC) circuits for forming a composite phase-error signal from a plurality of data-driven phase-error signals generated using phase detectors in a plurality of receivers configured as ODVS sub-channel MICs generating orthogonal sub-channel outputs in a first mode and a separate first and second data driven phase-error signal from two receivers of a plurality of receivers configured as NRZ receivers in a second mode.
US11804843B2	Selection circuit and method for controlling the same, and multiplexing circuit A selection circuit, a method for controlling the selection circuit, and a multiplexing circuit are provided. The selection circuit includes N control circuits and M booster circuits. Control terminals of M control circuits among the N control circuits are coupled to output terminals of the M booster circuits, respectively, and first input terminals of the M booster circuits are coupled to receive M control signals among N control signals, respectively. Second input terminals of the M booster circuits are coupled to receive M boost signals respectively, and each booster circuit is configured to provide the received control signal to an output terminal of the booster circuit and increase a potential at the output terminal of the booster circuit by using the received boost signal.
US11804842B2	Physically unclonable function device A physically unclonable function device includes a set of diode-connected MOS transistors having a random distribution of respective threshold voltages. A first circuit is configured to impose, on each first transistor, a fixed respective gate voltage regardless of the value of a current flowing in this first transistor. A second circuit is configured to impose, on each second transistor, a fixed respective gate voltage regardless of the value of a current flowing in this second transistor. A current mirror stage is coupled between the first circuit and the second circuit and is configured to deliver the reference current from a sum of the currents flowing in the first transistors. A comparator is configured to deliver a signal whose level depends on a comparison between a first current obtained from a reference current based on the first transistors and a second current of the second transistors.
US11804841B2	Interface circuit and operating method thereof to compensate for supply voltage variations An interface circuit includes: a buffer circuit configured to receive an input signal and to generate an output signal having a delay time, the delay time being determined based on a current level of a bias current and a voltage level of a power supply voltage; and a bias generation circuit configured to vary a voltage level of a bias control voltage so that the delay time is constant by compensating for a change in the voltage level of the power supply voltage, the bias generation circuit being further configured to provide the bias control voltage to the buffer circuit.
US11804840B2	Integrated circuit with self-reference impedance An integrated circuit with self-reference impedance includes an input/output pin provided for connection to an external impedance, a local impedance, a reference power circuit, a switching circuit, and a control circuit. The switching circuit is configured to conduct a connection between the input/output pin and the reference power circuit in a first state and to conduct a connection between the local impedance and the reference power circuit in a second state. The control circuit is configured to detect whether the external impedance is connected to the input/output pin or not and to generate a detection signal. The control circuit controls the switching circuit into the first state or the second state according to the detection signal. In the first state, the reference power circuit generates a reference signal according to the external impedance. In the second state, the reference power circuit generates the reference signal according to the local impedance.
US11804838B2	Transmitter circuit including selection circuit, and method of operating the selection circuit A transmitter circuit includes a clock generator configured to generate a plurality of clock signals having different phases, and a plurality of selection circuits configured to receive a plurality of parallel data signals and output a serial data signal on an output node based on the plurality of clock signals and the received plurality of parallel data signals. Each of the plurality of selection circuits includes a data multiplexer configured to generate a plurality of data selection signals based on the received one of the plurality of parallel data signals and the plurality of clock signals; a control signal generator configured to generate first and second control signals based on the plurality of data selection signals; and an output driver connected to the output node, and configured to precharge the output node based on the first control signal or discharge the output node based on the second control signal.
US11804837B1	Switch circuit and power module A switch circuit electrically connected to a power source and a first control source and including a plurality of switch bridge arms is provided. Each of the plurality of switch bridge arms includes a first switch and a second switch electrically connected in series. A loop formed by the first switch, the second switch and the power source is defined as a power loop. A loop formed by the first control source and the first switch is defined as a first control loop. A first mutual inductance is formed between the power loop and the first control loop. Among all the first switches, the first switch with the longer power loop has the smaller first mutual inductance.
US11804836B1	Bootstrapped switch with fast turn off The present disclosure provides designs and techniques to improve turn “off” times of a bootstrapped switch, maximizing the total “on” time of the bootstrapped switch. The techniques described herein provide a protection device coupled to the bootstrapped switch. The protection device may be controlled by an input voltage to the bootstrapped switch during a boosting phase and may be controlled by a constant voltage during a non-boosting phase. The techniques for reducing turn “off” times are particularly useful in high-speed applications, such as high-speed, low-voltage analog-to-digital converters.
US11804833B1	Gate leakage current monitor apparatus and control method An apparatus includes a capacitor coupled to a power switch, wherein the capacitor is configured to provide a negative gate voltage to the power switch when a turn-off signal is applied to a gate of the power switch, and a sink and source power supply coupled to the capacitor, wherein the sink and source power supply has a first current limit for controlling a sink current flowing from the capacitor to the sink and source power supply, and a second current limit for controlling a source current flowing from the sink and source power supply to the capacitor.
US11804830B2	Clock filter device, clock filter and pulse generator A clock filter device for finding an optimal cut-off frequency of a clock filter through a controller to achieve an effective clock filtering is illustrated. Further, in the calibration mode, a reference clock that has not passed the clock filter and a reference clock that has passed the clock filter make a first counter and a second counter count respectively. After the first counter counts to a specific value, a count value of the second counter is obtained. The count values of the first counter and the second counter are compared to each other to determine whether the two values are approximate or not. When the two values are not approximate, the previous cut-off frequency of the clock filter is taken as the optimal cut-off frequency. Therefore, the clock filter can adopt the optimal cut-off frequency in a working mode to effectively filter out the noise an input clock.
US11804829B2	Latch circuit, latch method, and electronic device The present disclosure relates to a latch circuit and a latch method, and an electronic device, and relates to the technical field of integrated circuits. The latch circuit includes: a transmission module, a latch module, and a control module, wherein the transmission module is configured to transmit an input signal to the latch module; the latch module is configured to latch the input signal or output the input signal when a set signal or a reset signal is at a low level; and the control module is configured to perform control, such that a current leakage path cannot be formed between the transmission module and the latch module when the set signal or the reset signal is at a high level.
US11804828B2	Dual duty cycle correction loop for a serializer/deserializer (SerDes) transmitter output Aspects of the invention include receiving, by a controller, an indication of a chip initialization for a duty cycle correction (DCC) circuit, wherein the duty cycle correction circuit includes a main path including a main multiplexer (MUX) having a first input and a main driver circuit, a replica path including a replica MUX having a second input and a replica driver circuit, a selection MUX connected to the main path and the replica path, operating the selection MUX, during a period for the chip initialization, to select the main path as an input to the selection MUX, inputting a pre-defined data pattern to the main path, comparing an output of the selection MUX with the pre-defined data pattern to determine duty cycle issue, and generating an adjustment vector based on the determined duty cycle issue.
US11804827B2	Validation of current levels delivered by a gate driver A method for validating operation of a driver integrated circuit includes providing a signal using an output node. The signal is provided using multiple set points in response to a change in state of an input signal. Each set point corresponds to a different phase of a multi-phase transition of the signal. The method includes providing a timer value at an end of a phase of the multi-phase transition and determining whether the signal is in a target signal range of the phase based on the timer value at the end of the phase, a predetermined value defining the target signal range of the phase, and a predetermined time limit for the phase. A current through the output node may be provided using the multiple set points, and a voltage on the output node may have the multi-phase transition.
US11804823B1	Mehtof of manufacturing temperature compensated surface acoustic wave device Embodiments described herein may provide a surface acoustic wave (SAW) device, methods of fabricating the SAW device, and a system incorporating the SAW device. The SAW device may include a piezoelectric substrate and individual resonators may be formed by a plurality of electrodes on the surface of the piezoelectric substrate. A dielectric layer having a positive thermal coefficient of frequency (TCF) may be formed on each of the plurality of electrodes. In various embodiments, temperature compensation may be achieved by providing more or less of the dielectric layer on at least one resonator than on the other resonators based on a configuration of the resonators. In various embodiments, temperature compensation may be achieved by providing at least one resonator with a different duty factor than the other resonators based on a configuration of the resonators.
US11804821B2	High-frequency surface acoustic wave resonator and method for making the same The present disclosure provides a high frequency surface acoustic wave resonator and a method for making the same. The high frequency surface acoustic wave resonator includes: a high wave velocity supporting substrate, a piezoelectric film disposed on a top surface of the high wave velocity supporting substrate, and a top electrode disposed on a top surface of the piezoelectric film; a velocity of a body wave propagating in the high wave velocity supporting substrate is greater than a velocity of a target elastic wave propagating in the piezoelectric film. The conductivity of the high wave velocity supporting substrate is greater than 1E3 Ω·cm. The high frequency surface acoustic wave resonator and the method for making the same of the present disclosure solve the problem that the operating frequency of the traditional surface acoustic wave resonator is low.
US11804820B2	Resonator and resonance device A resonator is provided that includes a vibration member including three or more vibration arms that each have a fixed end with at least two vibration arms performing out-of-plane bending at different phases. The resonator also includes a base having a front end connected to the fixed end of each of the vibration arms and a rear end opposing the front end. A frame holds the vibration member and two support arms are provided with first ends connected to the frame. The second ends of the two support arms are connected to a location in the rear end of the base.
US11804819B2	Method and structure for high performance resonance circuit with single crystal piezoelectric capacitor dielectric material A method and structure for single crystal acoustic electronic device. The device includes a substrate having an enhancement layer formed overlying its surface region, a support layer formed overlying the enhancement layer, and an air cavity formed through a portion of the support layer. Single crystal piezoelectric material is formed overlying the air cavity and a portion of the enhancement layer. Also, a first electrode material coupled to the backside surface region of the crystal piezoelectric material and spatially configured within the cavity. A second electrode material is formed overlying the topside of the piezoelectric material, and a dielectric layer formed overlying the second electrode material. Further, one or more shunt layers can be formed around the perimeter of a resonator region of the device to connect the piezoelectric material to the enhancement layer.
US11804817B2	Ultra-wide band frequency offset estimation systems and methods for analog coherent receivers Described herein are systems and methods that allow for correcting a residual frequency offset in the GHz frequency range by using low-complexity analog circuit implementations of a broad-band frequency detector that comprises two analog polyphase filters in a dual configuration. Each filter comprises an RC network of cross-coupled capacitors that facilitate filters with opposite passbands and opposite stop-bands. In various embodiments, the outputs of the two filters are combined to obtain power metrics that when subtracted from each other, deliver a measure of the imbalance between the positive and negative halves of a frequency spectrum. Since the measure is substantially proportional to a frequency offset within a linear range spanning 5 GHz or more, the polyphase filters may be used in a broad-band frequency detector that, based on the measure, adjusts the frequency offset.
US11804816B2	Adaptive tuning networks with direct mapped multiple channel filter tuning A flexible multi-path RF adaptive tuning network switch architecture that counteracts impedance mismatch conditions arising from various combinations of coupled RF band filters, particularly in a Carrier Aggregation-based (CA) radio system. In one version, a digitally-controlled tunable matching network is coupled to a multi-path RF switch in order to provide adaptive impedance matching for various combinations of RF band filters. Optionally, some or all RF band filters include an associated digitally-controlled filter pre-match network to further improve impedance matching. In a second version, some or all RF band filters coupled to a multi-path RF switch include a digitally-controlled phase matching network to provide necessary per-band impedance matching. Optionally, a digitally-controlled tunable matching network may be included on the common port of the multi-path RF switch to provide additional impedance matching capability. In a third version, CA direct mapped adaptive tuning networks include filter tuning blocks for selected lower frequency bands.
US11804808B2	Sound quality enhancement system and device An exemplary audio enhancement system substantially eliminates latency by returning audio input signals in amplified form directly in the analog domain to the source, thereby reducing signal degradation and removing redundancy from digital and analog audio transmission and processing architectures.
US11804807B2	Cost effective hybrid protection for high power amplifier An RF generation system is provided for an electromagnetic cooking device having a cavity. The system includes: a signal generator for generating an input RF signal; an RF feed configured to introduce electromagnetic radiation into the cavity and to receive reflected electromagnetic radiation from the cavity; and a high-power amplifier coupled between the signal generator and the RF feed. The high-power amplifier including an amplifying stage configured to output a signal that is amplified in power, and a circulator for directing the amplified output signal to the RF feed and for redirecting any reflected radiation received from the RF feed to a dummy load. The system further includes a hardware protection component for detecting backward power in the reflected radiation and for reducing power supplied to the amplifying stage if the backward power exceeds a power threshold within a time scale that prevents damage to the circulator.
US11804806B2	Charge-steering amplifier circuit and control method thereof A charge-steering amplifier circuit and a control method thereof are provided. The charge-steering amplifier circuit is used for amplifying a differential input signal and includes a sample-and-hold circuit, a charge-steering amplifier, a reference voltage generation circuit, and a switch circuit. The sample-and-hold circuit is configured to sample the differential input signal to generate first and second sampled signals. The charge-steering amplifier has a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a first output terminal, and a second output terminal. The first and second input terminals receive the first and second sampled signals, respectively. The reference voltage generation circuit is configured to generate a reference voltage according to the differential input signal. The switch circuit is configured to couple the reference voltage to the first output terminal and the second output terminal.
US11804804B2	Programmable harmonic rejection mixer (HRM)/subharmonic mixer (SHM) topology One embodiment is a reconfigurable mixer topology for selectively implementing one of a harmonic rejection mixer (HRM) and a subharmonic mixer (SHM), the reconfigurable mixer topology comprising a mixer core comprising a plurality of differential mixers each having a first clock input and a second clock input; a clock generator for generating a plurality of clock signals each having a different phase; and a clock distributor for distributing the plurality of clock signals to the first and second clock inputs of the differential mixers in accordance with a designated operation of the reconfigurable mixer as an HRM or an SHM.
US11804799B2	Detection of unbalanced phase resistances in synchronous motor drives A system for controlling a synchronous motor drive may be configured to receive a command voltage signal and to identify, in the synchronous motor drive, a resistance imbalance signature from the command voltage signal. The system may determine, based on the resistance imbalance signature, respective phase resistances that correspond to phases of a synchronous motor of the synchronous motor drive. Each respective phase resistance may include a phase transistor resistance and a phase winding resistance. The system may identify, based on the phase resistances and an estimated average resistance between the phases of the synchronous motor, one or more phases of the synchronous motor that correspond to one or more phase resistances representing a resistance imbalance.
US11804798B2	DC brushless motor controller comprising lightning protection and surge protection circuit A motor controller includes a rectifier module, an inverter circuit, an energy storage capacitor C1, a DC inductor L1, a microprocessor, and a lightning protection and surge protection circuit. The rectifier module includes an output end connected to the energy storage capacitor C1 to charge the energy storage capacitor C1; two ends of the energy storage capacitor C1 are connected to the inverter circuit to supply power to the energy storage capacitor C1. The DC inductor L1 is in series connection between a positive output end A of the rectifier module and a positive end B of the energy storage capacitor C1. The lightning protection and surge protection circuit is disposed between the rectifier module and the energy storage capacitor C1. The lightning protection and surge protection circuit includes a differential mode protection circuit and a primary common mode protection circuit.
US11804796B2	Motor drive system and air conditioner A motor drive system includes: an inverter that drives a motor; a current detector that detects and outputs the first signal that is a current value of a current flowing through the inverter; a first low-pass filter that removes a noise frequency component from the first signal and outputs a second signal that is a current value after the noise frequency component has been removed; a demagnetization current determiner that compares a demagnetization current threshold with the second signal, and outputs a demagnetization protection signal when the second signal takes a value larger than the demagnetization current threshold; and a short circuit determiner that compares a third signal with a short circuit and outputs an anomaly signal for stopping the inverter when the third signal takes a value larger than or equal to the short circuit threshold.
US11804790B2	Piezoelectric motor A brushless electric motor is disclosed. A group of permanent magnets are physically attached to a group of piezoelectric actuators which push them toward or pull them away from a second group of permanent magnets when the piezoelectric actuators are electrically activated. The second group of permanent magnets may also be pushed and pulled with a second group of piezoelectric actuators. Alternate configurations using electromagnets are also disclosed.A novel configuration for the groups of electromagnets which maximizes efficiency in a piezoelectrically actuated motor is also disclosed.
US11804786B2	Power converting apparatus, motor driving apparatus, and air conditioner A power converting apparatus includes: a bridge circuit that includes at least two legs each including switching elements connected in series, and converts an alternating-current voltage output from an alternating-current power supply into a direct-current voltage; a power-supply current detecting unit that detects a current from the alternating-current power supply; a zero crossing detecting unit that detects a voltage polarity of the alternating-current power supply; and a control unit that controls ON and OFF of the switching elements depending on outputs of the power-supply current detecting unit and the zero crossing detecting unit, in which a dead time that is set for switching and includes a change in the voltage polarity of the alternating-current power supply is longer than a dead time that is set for switching and does not include a change in the polarity.
US11804780B2	Multi-mode control method for active clamp flyback converter This disclosure provides a multi-mode control method for an active clamp flyback converter. In the flyback converter, the controller realizes mode switching between a trailing edge non-complementary mode, a leading edge non-complementary mode, and a leading edge non-complementary Burst mode of two driving signals after comparing a detection feedback voltage with the set mode switching threshold voltages. The disclosure adopts the trailing edge non-complementary mode to reduce a circulating current of the converter, uses the leading edge non-complementary mode to replace the ordinary flyback mode to improve light load efficiency, and uses the leading-edge non-complementary Burst mode at no-load to limit a peak current of a primary side in leading-edge non-complementary Burst mode to avoid generation of audio noise, and allowing a low no-load power consumption.
US11804779B2	Power converter with voltage-selective skip mode entry load compensation Power converter with voltage-selective skip mode entry. At least one example is a method of operating a power converter, the method comprising: operating, by a controller, the power converter in discontinuous conduction mode; and then operating, by the controller, the power converter in frequency foldback operation; and entering, by the controller, skip mode when load current falls below a skip threshold implemented based on an output voltage of the converter.
US11804778B2	DC-to-DC converter and integrated circuit including the same A direct-current (DC)-DC converter includes a converting circuit including an inductor element. The converting circuit is configured to generate an output voltage from an input voltage based on a switching operation. An inductor current emulator is configured to adjust at least one parameter for changing a current peak value of the inductor element in response to a change in a level of the input voltage and is configured to generate an internal voltage based on the at least one parameter, which is adjusted. The inductor current emulator is configured to generate a control signal for controlling the switching operation such that current of the inductor element has a pattern corresponding to a pattern of the internal voltage.
US11804776B2	Programmable switching converter controller A programmable switch converter controller for a power stage with a switch, an inductor, and a diode, includes a pulse-width modulator. The pulse-width modulator is configured to: generate an on-time interval (Ton) that is fixed or proportional to a demand signal proportional to a load adapted to be coupled to an output of the power stage; generate an off-time interval (Toff) that is inversely proportional to the product of a voltage across the inductor while the switch is off and a demand signal proportional to the load; initiate Ton when Toff elapses; and initiate Ton responsive to an external trigger signal.
US11804770B2	Analyzing a control signal in order to control a power converter to deliver energy to a load An example a circuit for controlling a power converter comprises a first power domain circuit including a first control circuit and a first driver circuit, wherein the first control circuit controls the first driver circuit to drive a first semiconductor device, wherein a second power domain circuit includes a second control circuit and a second driver circuit. The first control circuit is configured to receive a control signal for controlling the second driver circuit to drive a second semiconductor device; and identify, based on the control signal, a future electrical characteristic of a second power domain output of the power converter. Additionally, the first control circuit is configured to determine, based on the future electrical characteristic of the second power domain output of the power converter, whether to adjust one or more control parameters for controlling the first driver circuit to drive the first semiconductor device.
US11804769B2	Power converter control In some examples, an apparatus includes a driver having a driver output, a capacitor having a first plate and a second plate, the first plate coupled to the driver output, and a transistor having a transistor gate, a transistor source, and a transistor drain. The apparatus also includes a first switch coupled between the second plate and the transistor gate, a second switch coupled between the second plate and the transistor drain, and a third switch coupled between the transistor gate and the transistor drain.
US11804765B2	Vibrating motor and haptic device A vibrating motor includes a stationary portion, and a movable portion able to vibrate with respect to the stationary portion along a center axis extending in a vertical direction. The stationary portion includes a bearing portion which supports the movable portion to be able to vibrate along the center axis and has a tubular shape extending along the center axis, a coil which directly opposes at least a portion of the movable portion in a radial direction, and a top surface portion which is above the movable portion and connected to the movable portion with an elastic portion therebetween. The bearing portion includes a first region which opposes the movable portion in the radial direction with a first gap therebetween, and a second region which is above the first region and opposes the movable portion in the radial direction with a second gap wider than the first gap therebetween.
US11804764B2	Vibration exciter Provided is a vibration exciter, comprising a shell having a receiving space, a vibration unit suspended in the shell, a coil configured to drive the vibration unit, and an elastic member configured to suspend the vibration unit in the shell. The vibration unit comprises a mass block fixedly connected to the elastic member. The mass block comprises fixing planes opposite to each other along a vibration direction. The elastic member has one end fixed to the mass block and another end fixed to the shell, and a projection of the elastic member in the vibration direction is at least partially located in the fixing planes. Compared with the related art, the vibration exciter provided by the present invention can improve the vibration stability.
US11804762B2	Flywheel systems and flywheel bearing modules A flywheel system includes a fixture providing a base and a stator, rotor having a cavity to receive the stator, a generator/motor module having a plurality of permanent magnets mechanically coupled to the rotor and an active magnetic bearing module. The active magnetic bearing module includes a plurality of magnetizable elements mechanically coupled to or integrated in the rotor, and a plurality of electromagnets mechanically coupled to a shaft and configured to magnetically couple with the plurality of first magnetizable elements to actively stabilize the rotor relative to the fixture. The windings of the generator/motor module are arranged around the rotation axis of the rotor at a first distance from the rotation axis of the rotor, the electromagnets of the active magnetic bearing module are arranged around the rotation axis of the rotor at a second distance, and the first distance is greater than or equal to the second distance.
US11804760B2	Method for producing an arrangement for a plug-in coil of an electric machine, grip apparatus and manufacturing A method is presented for producing an arrangement for a plug-in coil of an electric machine, having the following steps: providing an arrangement of coil elements, which each are embodied as a rod-shaped coil element and are pre-aligned with one another; gripping the arrangement of coil elements by way of a grip apparatus, wherein the grip apparatus grips the arrangement of coil element by way of a first grip device in a first grip plane and by way of a second grip device in a second grip plane which is arranged beneath the first grip plane and at a distance therefrom; holding the arrangement of coil elements by way of the grip apparatus and inserting legs of the coil element into allocated grooves of a core; and releasing the grip apparatus from the arrangement of coil elements.
US11804758B2	Electric motor stator comprising compact windings and method for manufacturing such a stator An electric motor stator includes a magnetic circuit having a plurality of radial polar protuberances. The stator has, for all or some of said protuberances, a set of conductive zones in the general shape of a U, disposed around the protuberance, and the ends of each of the conductive zones are located in the vicinity of a common plane. The stator also has at least one connection component including a plurality of conductive tracks connected to distinct ends of said conductive zones, so as to define a DC electric circuit forming a winding around one or more radial polar protuberances.
US11804757B2	Cold pressure welding apparatus, coil manufacturing apparatus, coil, and method of manufacturing the same The cold pressure welding apparatus includes a first holding part capable of sandwiching a first flat conductor, a second holding part disposed opposite to the first holding part and capable of sandwiching a second flat conductor, and a drive part for moving the first holding part and the second holding part. The drive part can move the first holding part and the second holding part between a first direction separated position and a close position along a first direction. The drive part can move the first holding part and the second holding part between a second direction separated position and a sandwiching position along a second direction.
US11804756B2	Active part of an electric machine, having a printed conductor An active part of an electric machine includes electrical conductors which are additively printed in layers, and intermediate bodies respectively disposed between the electrical conductors and being additively printed in layers, wherein the electrical conductors are printed in a radially increasing manner, alternating with the intermediate bodies. A contact layer <=300 μm of a third material is applied between at least one of the electrical conductors and at least one of the printed intermediate bodies, with a diffusion zone being embodied by the contact layer and a heat treatment.
US11804753B2	Motor and motor assembly A motor includes a stator, a rotor, and a bearing. The stator includes a shaft that extends in a vertical direction. The rotor is rotatable around the shaft. The bearing supports the rotor in a rotatable manner. The rotor includes a magnet, a case, and a tooth groove. The magnet is radially outward of the stator and opposes the stator in a radial direction. The case covers a radially outer end of the magnet. The tooth groove is provided in a radially outer surface of the case.
US11804752B2	Drive, comprising an electric motor with a brake, a fan cowl, and a rod for manually actuating the brake, and process for manufacturing a drive A drive includes an electric motor with a brake and a fan cowl. The fan cowl is connected to a housing, in particular to a stator housing part, of the electric motor in a detachable manner. A rod is able to be passed through a cover part, which projects through a recess, in particular a recess arranged in the form of a slot, in the fan cowl.
US11804750B2	Electric device and motor The motor includes a sealing material (dry body of a liquid gasket 41) interposed between a joint surface 3b of a motor housing 3 and a joint surface of an inverter housing, and an O-ring 39. The O-ring 39 is interposed between the motor housing 3 and the inverter housing and disposed so as to surround the communication port 3a1 of the refrigerant flow path 3a. The motor housing 3 includes a groove 3d disposed between the sealing material and the O-ring 39 on the joint surface 3b in a surface direction of the joint surface 3b.
US11804749B2	Stator and busbar module A stator of the present disclosure includes a stator core, a stator coil wound around the stator core, and a busbar module electrically connected to the stator coil and fixed to a coil end portion formed on one end side of the stator core. The busbar module includes a module body that holds a conductive member, a hole that penetrates the module body, and a bridge portion that extends from a part of the inner peripheral surface of the hole to another part of the inner peripheral surface so as to divide an inside of the hole into a plurality of opening regions and is fixed to the coil end portion with an adhesive introduced into the hole and cured therein. In the stator, the busbar module is fixed more firmly to the coil end formed on one end side of the stator core with the adhesive.
US11804747B2	Coated article for an electro-mechanical device A coated article for an electro-mechanical which includes conductors carrying current therewithin, at least one heat convection enabling component disposed in an operable connection with one or more of the conductors, and a coating applied at least partially on the conductors and/or the at least one heat convection enabling component. The coating is a Graphene coating increasing current carrying capacity of the conductors and enhancing operational efficiency of the electro-mechanical device.
US11804740B2	Brushless electrical machine with permanent magnet excitation A brushless electrical machine with permanent magnet excitation, designed for propulsion, in particular of boats, pumps, electric vehicles, for operation as a servomotor, etc. The brushless electrical machine provides increased power at significant reduction of the weight and the inertia moment of its rotor. The rotor (11) comprises an outer (12), intermediate (13) and inner (14) steel rings. The surface of the poles of the rotor (11) is formed by interconnected cut-out parts (15). In the rotor (11), above the permanent magnets (17) are formed elongated axial slots (20). By number of poles 2 p less than 16 and at a diameter of the rotor (11) greater than 0.15 m, the axial slots (16) are divided into two equal parts by a third radial rib (25) with maximum width 0.0025 m, which is located under the middle of the cut-out part (15) and is connecting the intermediate ring (13) to the outer ring (12).
US11804733B2	Integrated wireless resonant power charging and communication channel A wireless powering device for providing directional wireless power to a target device. The wireless powering device includes a power source and communication circuitry configured to receive a communication signal from the target device. The wireless powering device further includes source power manager circuitry configured to determine (e.g., based on the communication signal) a location of the target device relative to the wireless powering device. Resonant coupling circuitry is coupled to the power source and the source power manager circuitry, the resonant coupling circuitry configured to generate a directional wireless power transmission, based on the location of the target device, to transfer wireless power to the target device. In an embodiment, the directional wireless power transmission is via non-radiated magnetic field. In another embodiment, the direction wireless power transmission is via a radiated magnetic field.
US11804732B2	Wireless power transmission device, and transmission power control method therefor A wireless power transmission device, and a transmission power control method therefor are provided. A wireless power transmission device for wirelessly transmitting power to a wireless power receiving device can comprise: a primary core comprising at least one primary coil and transmitting a power signal to the wireless power receiving device by being coupled, through magnetic induction or magnetic resonance, to a secondary core provided at the wireless power receiving device; an inverter connected to the primary core so as to apply an alternating voltage necessary for transmitting the power signal; and a controller connected to the inverter, and controlling a direct voltage to be applied to the wireless power transmission device and/or a gate voltage of the inverter on the basis of the information on the power received at the wireless power receiving device by the power signal.
US11804731B2	Method for controlling an uninterruptable power supply A method for controlling an uninterruptable power supply arranged between a grid and a variable load, the uninterruptable power supply includes a DC link interconnecting a rectifier connected to the grid via a grid switch, an energy storage and an inverter connected to the load, and a switchable bypass connected between the grid switch and the load and in parallel with the path formed by the rectifier, the DC link and the inverter, the method includes monitoring a power supply of the grid, comparing the power supply to a load requirement of the load, if the power supply meets the load requirement, closing the grid switch, and switching on the bypass, to supply the load with AC current from the grid.
US11804727B2	System and method for providing redundant electric power A system for providing redundant electric power to at least one vehicle component is disclosed. The system includes at least one power management unit connectable to a vehicle power network; and one or more storage units coupled to the at least one power management unit for receiving electric power to be stored in the one or more storage units. The at least one vehicle component is connectable to at least two of the storage units to enable a redundant electric power supply.
US11804724B2	Rechargeable jump starting device having a highly electrically conductive cable connecting device A rechargeable battery jump starting device having detachable positive and negative cables. The rechargeable battery jump starting device, including a rechargeable battery connected to a positive cam-lock cable connecting device and a negative cam-lock cable connecting device. The rechargeable battery jump starting device can include a highly electrically conductive frame connecting the rechargeable battery to the cam-lock cable devices.
US11804721B2	DC/DC converter for distributed storage and solar systems A multi-power distributed storage system including a first power source; a second power source electrically connected to a common bus with the first power source; a single input port inverter electrically connected to the common bus. The system including a controller configured to communicate with at least the second power source, and the single input port inverter. The second power source including a plurality of battery banks and a plurality of bi-directional DC/DC converters configured to charge and discharge the plurality of battery banks and provide DC to the single input port inverter.
US11804717B2	Systems and methods for coordinating distributed energy storage Systems and methods for coordinating distributed energy storage in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a power distribution network, including a set of nodes, wherein a node includes a controllable load, an uncontrollable load, and a local controller, a substation connected to each node in the set of nodes by a set of distribution lines, and a global controller including a processor, a memory, and a communications device, wherein the global controller obtains load parameters from at least one node, calculates coordination parameters for each node based on the obtained load parameters, and asynchronously provides the coordination parameters to each of the nodes in the set of nodes, and wherein each node independently obtains coordination parameters, and controls the operation of its controllable load using the local controller based on the coordination parameters and a local load profile describing at least the uncontrollable load.
US11804716B2	System and method for powering a device A system for powering a device is disclosed. The system includes at least one internal battery located in a device, at least one external battery connected to the device, and a master controller configured to connect either the at least one internal battery or the at least one external battery to a power bus to power the device.
US11804708B2	Fast triggering electrostatic discharge protection An electrostatic discharge protection circuit is disclosed. It comprises a stacked drain-ballasted NMOS devices structure and a gate bias circuit. The gate bias circuit includes an inverter, a first gate bias output terminal, and a second gate bias output terminal. The first gate bias output terminal is coupled to a gate of a first one of the drain-ballasted NMOS devices. The second gate bias output terminal runs from an output of the inverter to a gate of a second one of the drain-ballasted NMOS devices.
US11804707B2	System-in-package and electronic module including the same A system-in-package includes a function circuit and a protection circuit that protects the function circuit by preventing an instantaneous transient voltage from being applied to the function circuit. Here, the protection circuit includes a TVS diode and a capacitor. The TVS diode includes an anode that receives a ground voltage and a cathode that is connected to a first external connection terminal. The capacitor includes a first terminal that is connected to a second external connection terminal electrically separated from the first external connection terminal and a second terminal that receives the ground voltage.
US11804704B2	Method and apparatus for switching current between conductive paths and through a differential current sensor A device, system, and method is disclosed for improving safety of a power system. For example, a differential current may be detected using at least one sensor by temporarily enabling sampling of current flowing through one or more conductors. Additionally, current flow may be temporarily altered in order to sample current in a system. The measurements may be handled locally and/or remotely and appropriate actions may be taken to enhance the overall safety of the system.
US11804703B2	Mounting device, line surge arrester unit and method for mounting a line surge arrester on a power tower A mounting device for mounting a line surge arrester on a power tower includes a base having at least one fastening structure for fastening to a tower-side component, and a joint unit for positioning the line surge arrester. The joint unit has a joint for pivoting the line surge arrester about a joint axis. At least one position is a mounting position and at least one other position is a working position of the line surge arrester. The mounting device furthermore has parts of a drive mechanism. The parts are permanently connected to the base and/or to the joint, for driving the pivoting of the line surge arrester. A line surge arrester unit includes a line surge arrester and the mounting device. A method provides for mounting a line surge arrester on a power tower.
US11804702B2	Cable-winding charger A cable-winding charger includes a housing, a main circuit board, a plug, a pivot base, a torsion spring, and a data cable. The main circuit board is in the housing and includes conductive rings. The conductive rings are coaxially arranged around the column of the housing. The plug is pivotally connected to the housing and electrically connected to the main circuit board. The pivot base is pivotally connected to the housing. Each conductive piece of the pivot base contacts the corresponding conductive ring. One end of the torsion spring is fixed to the column, and the other end of the torsion spring is fixed to the pivot base. One end of the cable body of the data cable is electrically connected to the conductive pieces, and the other end of the cable body is electrically connected to the connection port.
US11804701B2	Electrical junction box An electrical junction box is configured such that an electric or electronic component is mounted thereon. The electrical junction box includes a case having an accommodation recess, a housing configured such that the electric or electronic component is held therein and configured to be attached in the accommodation recess, and a cable configured to be drawn into the accommodation recess. The housing includes a path restricting wall configured to restrict a wiring direction of the cable.
US11804700B2	Sheath structure and wire harness A sheath structure includes an outer member, and an inner member formed in a cylindrical shape in a state in which a first portion and a second portion are engaged with an engaging portion, and capable of being fitted into the outer member from an end portion of the outer member. In the inner member, the first portion and the second portion are not engaged with the engaging portion but interfere with the end portion of the outer member and are not capable of being fitted into the outer member, when a maximum insertable number of the predetermined routed members insertable into the outer member are inserted therein. The first portion and the second portion are engaged with the engaging portion and capable of being fitted into the outer member, when the predetermined routed members of a prescribed number smaller than the maximum insertable number are inserted therein.
US11804699B2	Interlocking between ROM and racking feeder mechanism for drawout module An interlocking arrangement for switching devices for blocking the operation of the switching device when a feeder door is open, including a feeder assembly with an interlock and a racking screw interlock assembly. The feeder assembly includes a switching device mounted on a feeder base plate of the feeder assembly and mechanically connected with an interlock slider by a locking clutch cable. The racking screw interlock assembly is mounted to the feeder channel by an interlock base plate, the racking screw interlock assembly including an interlock base plate to accommodate the locking clutch cable. The interlock slider is slidably mounted on the baseplate by a plurality of step screws and slots provided on the base plate.
US11804696B2	Semiconductor laser and manufacturing method for a semiconductor laser A semiconductor laser (1) is provided that includes a semiconductor layer sequence in which an active zone for generating laser radiation is located. A ridge waveguide is formed as an elevation from the semiconductor layer sequence. An electrical contact layer is located directly on the ridge waveguide. A metallic electrical connection region is located directly on the contact layer and is configured for external electrical connection of the semiconductor laser. A metallic breakage coating extends directly to facets of the semiconductor layer sequence and is arranged on the ridge waveguide. The breakage coating is electrically functionless and includes comprises a lower speed of sound for a breaking wave than the semiconductor layer sequence in the region of the ridge waveguide.
US11804685B1	Crimping pliers with quick replaceable jaws The present disclosure provides crimping pliers with quick replaceable jaws, comprising: a crimping pliers body and a jaw; the crimping pliers body comprises a handle; the clamping end of the handle is provided with a groove, the groove is equipped with a fixed block, a guide block and a button, the central section of the button is rotated on the fixed block and one end is used to clamp the front end face of the jaw; the fixed block is provided with a blind hole, and a push-eject spring is placed inside the blind hole; the end of the push-eject spring is in contact with the rear end face of the jaw; the jaw uses the clamping force of button to compress push-eject spring, and simultaneously is in contact with the guide block, the fixed block and the inner wall of the groove.
US11804682B2	Data center network distribution system A method and apparatus (“utility”) for facilitating connection of rack-mounted data devices (50) to a data network is provided. The utility includes a distribution strip (42) and a number of network ports (44), disposed on the distribution strip (42), for use in connecting the rack-mounted data devices (50) to the network. The distribution strip (42) has a longitudinal axis, and is disposed on a rack (40) such that a length of the distribution strip (42), defined relative to the longitudinal axis, extends primarily or exclusively along a vertical axis of the rack (40). The distribution strip may further include a data network switch device. A utility is also provided that provides improved redundancy with regard to connections of rack-mounted data devices by including a distribution strip (42) that includes first and second ports (46) for connecting the distribution strip (42) to a network device (56).
US11804680B2	RF connectors with dispensable and formable insulative materials and related methods A method for making an RF connector having an outer conductor and an inner conductor includes the steps of plating the outer conductor and the inner conductor of the RF connector with at least one corrosion-resistant metallic material; dispensing and/or injecting a material comprising an epoxy phenol novolac based resin. in a volume between the outer conductor and the inner conductor of the connector; heating the RF connector with the injected material to a temperature between about 150° C. to about 380° C. in a substantially dry nitrogen-based environment; and allowing the RF connector to cool.
US11804675B2	Plug connector, receptacle connector and connector assembly A plug connector includes a metal housing, an insulation body received in the metal housing, the insulation body having an insertion slot, a signal terminal disposed in the insulation body, a power terminal disposed in the insulation body, and a metal sheet. The metal sheet is disposed in the insertion slot. The signal terminal and the power terminal are separated from each other by the metal sheet.
US11804674B2	Contact module, and female connector and male connector A contact module, a female connector and a male connector, wherein the female contact unit of the female connector includes signal contacts arranged in pairs and ground contacts corresponding to the signal contacts, a side surface of each signal contact facing the corresponding ground contact includes a signal contact portion in conductive contact with the signal contact portion of an adapter connector, a side surface of each ground contact facing the corresponding signal contact includes a shielding contact portion in electrical contact with the ground contact of the adapter connector, and a plugging space for plugging the contact module of the adapter connector is between the signal contacts and the ground contacts. The female connector enables the adapted contact unit to be clamped between the corresponding signal contact and the corresponding ground contact to realize corresponding conduction.
US11804665B2	Connector capable of suppressing the inclination of a housing A connector 10 includes a housing 11 to be installed on a circuit board 80. The housing 11 includes a first locking portion 21 and a second locking portion 22. Each of the first and second locking portions 21, 22 includes a resiliently deformable leg portion 27, 28 projecting from a front side to a back side of the circuit board 80 and a locking body 31, 32 protruding from the leg portion 27, 28 in a direction intersecting a projecting direction of the leg portion 27, 28. The locking body 31, 32 has a locking surface 33, 34 lockable to the circuit board 80. The locking surfaces 33, 34 of the first and second locking portions 21, 22 are at different heights in the projecting direction.
US11804664B2	Cable connector for motor vehicles A high-current cable connector comprises two metal parts and a interlocking member. The interlocking member moves the metal parts outward so that two abutting surfaces per metal part are pressed together. The alignment of the abutting surfaces causes two other surfaces per metal part, the contact surfaces, to also be pressed together and the cable connector is locked. This results in an easy-to-assemble cable connector with low contact resistance and high thermal capacity.
US11804661B2	Array antenna Wiring and a wiring path of a feed line for feeding power to a radiation element is simplified. An array antenna includes a first conductive pattern layer, first dielectric layer, conductive ground layer, second dielectric layer, second conductive pattern layer, third dielectric layer, and radiation element pattern layer that are layered in this order. The radiation element pattern layer includes radiation element pairs arranged in a two-dimensional array pattern. Each of the radiation element pairs includes a first radiation element and a second radiation element arranged side by side with an interval therebetween. The second conductive pattern layer includes branch feed lines arranged in a two-dimensional array pattern to correspond to the radiation element pairs, respectively. The first conductive pattern layer includes feed lines corresponding to the branch feed lines, respectively.
US11804660B2	Antenna for integration with a display The disclosed systems, structures, and methods are directed to antennas for integration with a display structure which has a plurality of pixels arranged in pixel rows with an inter-pixel spacing, and a feeding line located in the inter-pixel spacing. The display structure also has an antenna which comprises a slotted waveguide and a substrate. The slotted waveguide is located in the inter-pixel spacing and defines a plurality of slots configured to radiate electromagnetic waves. The substrate is attached to the slotted waveguide and is located between the feeding line and the slotted waveguide. The antenna may also include a plurality of slotted waveguides superposing on different feeding lines of the display structure.
US11804658B2	Mitigation of polarization mismatch between reflector and feed antennas by feed predistortion An apparatus and method for mitigating polarization mismatch in reflector antenna systems. A feed unit is configured to determine a polarization mismatch between a first polarization associated with a first wave and a second polarization associated with a reflector unit. The feed unit pre-distorts the first wave to achieve a compensated polarization for reducing and/or eliminating a polarization mismatch. The pre-distorted first wave having the compensated polarization is used to illuminate the reflector unit. A re-radiated wave is reflected by the reflector unit. Furthermore, the level of the re-radiated wave is increased as a result of the pre-distortion.
US11804655B2	Wi-Fi antenna device and wireless communication device having the same A Wi-Fi antenna device is disclosed. The Wi-Fi antenna device comprises a ground plane, a plurality of first inverted-F antennas, a plurality of second inverted-F antennas and a plurality of third inverted-F antennas, thereby being capable of transceiving multi-band wireless signals. Particularly, there is an included angle between any two of the first inverted-F antennas. In the same way, any two of the second inverted-F antennas and any two of the third inverted-F antennas are both arranged to have said included angle therebetween. By such an arrangement, an omni radiation pattern can be measured on X-Y plane, X-Z plane and Y-Z plane in case of this novel Wi-Fi antenna device being applied in an environment. Therefore, the Wi-Fi antenna device according to the present invention has a significant potential for replacing the conventional multi-band antenna so as to be applied in a Wi-Fi router.
US11804653B2	Antenna device having a capacitive loading element An antenna device includes a case, a first antenna and a second antenna in the case, the second antenna including a capacitance loading element. The capacitance loading element includes an inclined portion which extends from a front-upper side toward a rear-lower side at a front side of the capacitance loading element. The first antenna is provided in a front side with respect to the inclined portion.
US11804647B2	Bridge printed circuit board, millimeter-wave antenna device and electronic device A bridge PCB is disclosed, which comprises: a substrate, a first HF connector, a second HF connector, a first antenna connector, and a first electrical connector, of which a millimeter-wave antenna module is connected with the first antenna connector that is disposed at outside of an electronic device. On the other hand, the first HF connector is coupled to a main board in the electronic device through a first signal transmission cable, and the second HF connector is coupled to the main board through a second signal transmission cable. By such arrangements, the millimeter-wave antenna module is not influenced by the case of an electronic device during the transceiving of millimeter-wave signal. Therefore, there is no need to use a particularly-designed flexible PCB to bridge the mobile communication signal processor and the millimeter-wave antenna module.
US11804646B2	Antenna structure and image display device including the same An antenna structure according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a dielectric layer, and an antenna conductive layer disposed on a top surface of the dielectric layer. The antenna conductive layer includes a radiator, first and second transmission lines extending in different directions to be connected to the radiator, an upper parasitic element adjacent to an upper portion of the radiator in a planar view, and a lower parasitic element adjacent to a lower portion of the radiator, the first transmission line and the second transmission line in the planar view.
US11804645B2	Multi-sided antenna module employing antennas on multiple sides of a package substrate for enhanced antenna coverage, and related fabrication methods Multi-sided antenna modules employing antennas on multiple sides of a package substrate for enhanced antenna coverage, and related antenna module fabrication methods. The multi-sided antenna module includes an integrated circuit (IC) die(s) disposed on a first side of the package substrate. The multi-sided antenna module further includes first and second substrate antenna layers disposed on respective first and second sides of the package substrate. The first substrate antenna layer includes a first antenna(s) disposed on the first side of the package substrate adjacent to the IC die(s). The second substrate antenna layer includes a second antenna(s) disposed on the second side of the package substrate opposite of the first side of the package substrate. In this manner, the multi-sided antenna module, including antennas on multiple sides of the package substrate, provides antenna coverage that extends from both sides of the package substrate to provide multiple directions of coverage.
US11804644B2	Antenna device and antenna controlling method An antenna device, applied to an electronic device and the antenna device includes: an antenna unit, configured to transmit and receive signals; a rotation unit, connected to the antenna unit, and configured to rotate the antenna unit when the electronic device is powered on, record a signal strength in preset angle for each rotation and generate an angle and signal strength mapping table, and further configured to rotate the antenna unit to a position with a strongest signal according to the angle and signal strength mapping table, which realizes automatic adjustment of antenna direction to optimize antenna performance.
US11804643B2	Radar sensor comprising a distributor plate having a waveguide structure therein, where pins couple a circuit board to the waveguide structure A radar sensor that includes a circuit board, a waveguide structure having at least one waveguide channel, and at least one pin that is pressed into the circuit board. The pin connects the circuit board to the at least one waveguide channel of the waveguide structure in such a way that radar signals may be coupled into the at least one waveguide channel and/or decoupled from the at least one waveguide channel.
US11804641B2	Reduced thermal resistance attenuator on high-thermal conductivity substrates for quantum applications Techniques for facilitating reduced thermal resistance attenuator on high-thermal conductivity substrates for quantum applications are provided. A device can comprise a substrate that provides a thermal conductivity level that is more than a defined thermal conductivity level. The device can also comprise one or more grooved transmission lines formed in the substrate. The one or more grooved transmission lines can comprise a powder substance. Further, the device can comprise one or more copper heat sinks formed in the substrate. The one or more copper heat sinks can provide a ground connection. Further, the one or more copper heat sinks can be formed adjacent to the one or more grooved transmission lines.
US11804640B2	Battery parts having solventless acid barriers and associated systems and methods Battery parts, such as battery terminals, and associated systems and methods for making the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a battery part includes a body having a base portion and a lug portion extending from the base portion. The battery part can further include a light-curable sealing material at least partially covering an exterior surface of the base portion. The sealing material is configured to seal an interface between the battery part and the material of a battery container when the base portion is embedded in the battery container material.
US11804639B2	Multistage plunger systems and methods for forming battery cell tabs Presented are metalworking systems for forming metallic workpieces, methods for making/operating such metalworking systems, and battery module cell tabs bent by a multistage cluster-and-bend press. A metalworking system includes a grouping tool and a contouring tool that both align adjacent a workpiece support structure, such as a base plate of a battery module housing buttressing a stack of battery pouch cells. The grouping tool, which may include a first reciprocating plunger or plunger head, presses together a stack of metallic workpieces to thereby form a workpiece set having a first bend profile and a first length. The contouring tool, which may include a second reciprocating plunger or a pair of plunger fingers mounted on the plunger head, is attached to the grouping tool and bends the workpiece set to a second bend profile, distinct from the first bend profile, and a second set length, shorter than the first set length.
US11804638B2	Solid-state battery A packaged solid-state battery that includes a solid-state battery having a top surface, a bottom surface, and side surfaces connecting the top surface to the bottom surface; a supporting substrate supporting the bottom surface of the solid-state battery; an insulating cover layer covering at least the top surface and the side surfaces of the solid-state battery; and an inorganic cover film on the insulating cover layer.
US11804637B2	Battery module, battery pack, electric apparatus, and method and device for manufacturing battery module The present application relates to a battery module, comprising a first type of battery cells and a second type of battery cells electrically connected at least in series, wherein the first type of battery cells and the second type of battery cells are battery cells with different chemical systems, the first type of battery cells comprises N first battery cells, the second type of battery cells comprises M second battery cells, N and M are positive integers, the first battery cell comprises a first separator and a first electrolyte, the second battery cell comprises a second separator and a second electrolyte, a kinetic characteristic factor x1 of the first battery cell is: x1=1000×(ε1×r1)/(τ1×t1×θ1), a kinetic characteristic factor x2 of the second battery cell is: x2=1000×(ε2×r2)/(τ2×t2×θ2), and x1 and x2 satisfy: 0.01≤x1/x2≤160.
US11804635B2	Crosslinked polyolefin separator having inorganic coating layer and high power secondary battery comprising the same A separator comprising a crosslinked polyolefin substrate having a plurality of pores and an inorganic coating layer having internal pores formed on at least one surface of the crosslinked polyolefin substrate. The inorganic coating layer on the at least one surface of the crosslinked polyolefin substrate has internal pores formed by an immersion phase separation method, and a high power secondary battery including the same.
US11804632B2	Aluminum battery packaging film An aluminum battery packaging film includes a heat-sealing layer, wherein a material of the heat-sealing layer includes modified polyethylene terephthalate, polycarbonate, polyimide, or a combination thereof.
US11804629B2	Battery pack The disclosure relates a battery technology field, and in particular, relates to a battery pack. The battery pack includes a battery array and a liquid cooling tube. The battery array includes at least two batteries, and the batteries are arranged in a first direction. The liquid cooling tube is disposed on a surface of the battery array and is configured to dissipate heat for the batteries. The liquid cooling tube includes cooling portions, and the cooling portions are portions of an orthographic projection of the liquid cooling tube on the battery array. Orthographic projections of the cooling portions on the battery array are cooling regions. In the battery array, at least one of the batteries is located outside a range of the cooling portions.
US11804628B2	Thermal management device for battery An object of the invention is a thermal management device (1) for a battery, including an extruded plate (2). The extruded plate (2) comprises a first channel (13) and a second channel (23), configured to allow a flow of a coolant. The extruded plate (2) also includes at least one encapsulation cavity (33), intended to be filled by a Phase Change Material. The first channel, the second channel and the encapsulation cavity extend between a front face (10) and a rear face (20) of the extruded plate (2). The device comprises an inlet/outlet cap (40), connected to the front face (10) and a diverting cap (50,50′), connected to the rear face (20). Both caps provide plugs of each encapsulation cavity. The diverting cap forms a connecting channel (52i,52s), connecting the first channel (13) to the second channel (23).
US11804624B2	Battery module having a plurality of battery cells and method for producing same A battery module having a plurality of battery cells (2), in particular lithium-ion battery cells (20), which are each electrically conductively interconnected with one another in series and/or in parallel, and a switching device (3), which has a first terminal (31) and a second terminal (32), wherein a first connecting element (41) of electrically conductive design electrically conductively connects the first terminal (31) to a voltage tap (5) of a battery cell (2, 21) arranged at an end and a second connecting element (42) of electrically conductive design electrically conductively connects the second terminal (32) to a voltage tap (6) of the battery module (1), wherein the first connecting element (41) and/or the second connecting element (42) are received in a thermally conductive manner in a receptacle (7, 71, 72) of the housing (10) of the battery module (1).
US11804622B2	Abnormality detection method of power storage device and management device of power storage device The cost of hardware and the cost of calculation are reduced in the case where a plurality of assembled batteries are used. The amount of change in the voltage of each battery constituting an assembled battery is sequentially measured with a voltage monitor and abnormality is detected from the correlation between the amounts of changes in the voltages of batteries at the same period. Furthermore, abnormality is detected on the basis of the amounts of changes up to the previous step. Inference is made by a reference parameter acquisition system using an IIR filter or an FIR filter.
US11804621B2	Parameter tuning method of energy storage system and the energy storage system The invention provides a parameters tuning method of energy storage system and the energy storage system, and the method comprises the following steps: using PID control module to construct a closed-loop control subsystem of energy dispatching; acquiring PID initial parameters according to the energy dispatching model of the energy storage system; setting an adaptive model in the PID control module, and processing the PID initial parameters through the adaptive model to obtain PID adjusted and modified parameters; using the PID adjusted and modified parameters to modify the PID parameters and get the PID tuning parameters. What's more, the system comprises a battery module, a bidirectional converter device, an energy dispatching subsystem and a closed-loop control subsystem; and the closed-loop control subsystem is provided with a PID control module, and the PID control module is provided with an adaptive model for realizing the parameters tuning method of the energy storage system. In addition, the invention can realize the parameters tuning of the energy storage system, so that the control can adapt to the characteristics of the distributed energy storage system, deal with the uncertainty to achieve better control effect, and reduce the failure rate and maintenance cost.
US11804614B2	Power supply system, power supply method and non-transitory computer readable medium The power supply system includes: a fuel cell, capable of generating power; a power storage device, storing power generated by the fuel cell; and a control device, controlling at least the fuel cell. The control device, under a tendency that power consumption of a load at least connected with the fuel cell and the power storage device decreases, determines a first lower limit power based on power generated by the fuel cell before a predetermined time, causes the fuel cell to generate second power equal to or greater than the first lower limit power when first power generated by the fuel cell determined based on a power supplied to the load drops below the first lower limit power, and determines the first lower limit power with a tendency that the greater the generated power, the greater a difference between the generated power and the first lower limit power is increased.
US11804613B2	Method of controlling fuel battery system A method of controlling a fuel battery system of the present disclosure is a method of controlling a fuel battery system, including a measurement process in which a power generation voltage at a predetermined current density of a fuel battery cell is measured, a first calculation process in which a poisoning rate of an electrode catalyst at the power generation voltage measured in the measurement process is calculated from a predetermined relationship between the power generation voltage at the predetermined current density and the poisoning rate of the electrode catalyst of the fuel battery cell, and a second calculation process in which a generation rate of hydrogen peroxide at the poisoning rate of the electrode catalyst calculated in the first calculation process is calculated from a predetermined relationship between the poisoning rate of the electrode catalyst and the generation rate of hydrogen peroxide of the fuel battery cell.
US11804604B2	Positive electrode piece in a battery, electrochemical device and apparatus The present application relates to the field of battery, in particular to a positive electrode piece, an electrochemical device and an apparatus. The positive electrode piece of the present application includes a current collector and an electrode active material layer arranged on at least one surface of the current collector, where the current collector includes a support layer and a conductive layer arranged on at least one surface of the support layer. The thickness D2 of one side of the conductive layer D2 satisfies 30 nm≤D2≤3 μm, the material of the conductive layer is aluminum or aluminum alloy, and the density of the conductive layer is 2.5 g/cm3 to 2.8 g/cm3, and a primer layer containing a conductive material and a binder is also arranged between the current collector and the electrode active material layer.
US11804598B2	Negative electrode active material and method for producing the same, negative electrode, and battery A negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material. A negative electrode active material includes: lithium; a first element consisting of silicon or tin; and a second element consisting of oxygen or fluorine, in which the negative electrode active material contains substantially no compound phase of the first element and the lithium, and contains an amorphous phase containing the first element and the second element, and an ionic bond is formed between the lithium and the second element.
US11804595B2	Pre-lithiation of electrode materials in a semi-solid electrode Embodiments described herein relate generally to electrochemical cells having pre-lithiated semi-solid electrodes, and particularly to semi-solid electrodes that are pre-lithiated during the mixing of the semi-solid electrode slurry such that a solid-electrolyte interface (SEI) layer is formed in the semi-solid electrode before the electrochemical cell formation. In some embodiments, a semi-solid electrode includes about 20% to about 90% by volume of an active material, about 0% to about 25% by volume of a conductive material, about 10% to about 70% by volume of a liquid electrolyte, and lithium (as lithium metal, a lithium-containing material, and/or a lithium metal equivalent) in an amount sufficient to substantially pre-lithiate the active material. The lithium metal is configured to form a solid-electrolyte interface (SEI) layer on a surface of the active material before an initial charging cycle of an electrochemical cell that includes the semi-solid electrode.
US11804591B2	Highly efficient manufacturing of silicon-carbon composite materials comprising ultra low Z Silicon-carbon composite materials and related processes are disclosed that overcome the challenges for providing amorphous nano-sized silicon entrained within porous carbon. Compared to other, inferior materials and processes described in the prior art, the materials and processes disclosed herein find superior utility in various applications, including energy storage devices such as lithium ion batteries.
US11804590B2	Secondary battery, preparation method thereof, and battery module, battery pack, and apparatus containing secondary battery A secondary battery and a preparation method thereof, and a battery module, battery pack, and apparatus containing a secondary battery are provided. In some embodiments, the secondary battery includes a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and an electrolyte, where the positive electrode plate includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode film layer that is disposed on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector and that includes a positive electrode active material, and the negative electrode plate includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode film layer that is disposed on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector and that includes a negative electrode active material; and the positive electrode active material includes a first material and a second material.
US11804589B2	All solid state battery A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an all solid state battery with excellent capacity durability when restraining pressure is not applied or even when low restraining pressure is applied thereto. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an all solid state battery comprising layers in the order of a cathode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and an anode layer; wherein the anode layer contains an anode active material including a silicon clathrate II type crystal phase; restraining pressure of 0 MPa or more and less than 5 MPa is applied to the all solid state battery in a layering direction; and a specific surface area of the anode active material is 8 m2/g or more and 17 m2/g or less.
US11804588B2	Low cobalt layered oxide materials for lithium ion battery electrodes Stabilized layered lithium metal oxide cathode materials are described which include excess lithium, Ni, Mn, and at least one other metal ion. The materials comprise a layered LiMO2-type material in which M comprises a combination of Ni, Mn, and at least one other metal ion that includes less than about 6 mol % Co; and which has about 1 to 6 percent excess lithium. In one embodiment, the stabilized lithium metal oxide cathode material comprises a composition having the empirical formula xLi2MnO3·(1−x)LiNi0.5+δ/2Mn0.5−δCoδ/2O2, wherein 0
US11804587B2	Light emitting diode cooling with turbulent flow A cooling system for a light emitting diode (“LED”) assembly includes a fluid configured to absorb heat at the LED assembly, a heat exchanger coupled to one or more substrates of the LED assembly, where the heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between the LED assembly and the fluid, and a pump configured to circulate the fluid along the LED assembly and the heat exchanger, where the fluid exhibits a turbulent flow at the LED assembly, the heat exchanger, or both, while circulated by the pump.
US11804586B2	High-voltage solid-state transducers and associated systems and methods High-voltage solid-state transducer (SST) devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. An SST device in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present technology includes a carrier substrate, a first terminal, a second terminal and a plurality of SST dies connected in series between the first and second terminals. The individual SST dies can include a transducer structure having a p-n junction, a first contact and a second contact. The transducer structure forms a boundary between a first region and a second region with the carrier substrate being in the first region. The first and second terminals can be configured to receive an output voltage and each SST die can have a forward junction voltage less than the output voltage.
US11804585B2	Lamp using semiconductor light-emitting device and manufacturing method thereof Discussed is a lamp and a lamp device, and more particularly, to a lamp using a semiconductor light-emitting device, and a method of manufacturing the lamp. The lamp includes a substrate; a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting devices disposed on the substrate; a flat layer formed between the plurality of semiconductor light-emitting devices; a spacer disposed between the substrate and the flat layer; and an air gap disposed between each semiconductor light-emitting device and the spacer.
US11804581B2	Wavelength conversion wheel and projection device A wavelength conversion wheel includes a turnable disc, a wavelength conversion layer, a pressure ring, an anodized layer and a balance weight. The turnable disc has an inner ring portion and a ring-shaped irradiation portion. The ring-shaped irradiation portion is connected to an outer edge of the inner ring portion. The ring-shaped irradiation portion includes a wavelength conversion region. The wavelength conversion layer is disposed on the wavelength conversion region. The pressure ring presses against the inner ring portion and has a first surface facing away the turnable disc. The anodized layer is disposed on the first surface. The balance weight is disposed on the anodized layer, wherein the surface roughness of the anodized layer is 1 μm to 10 μm. The wavelength conversion wheel of the invention has better reliability. A projection device with the wavelength conversion wheel is further provided.
US11804577B2	Glass for use in wavelength conversion material, wavelength conversion material, wavelength conversion member, and light-emitting device Provided is a glass that is used in a phosphor-containing wavelength conversion material and from which can be produced a wavelength conversion member less degraded in characteristics of a phosphor owing to firing during production of the wavelength conversion member and having excellent weather resistance. The glass is for use in a wavelength conversion material and contains, in terms of % by mass, 30 to 75% SiO2, 1 to 30% B2O3, over 4 to 20% Al2O3, 0.1 to 10% Li2O, 0 to below 9% Na2O+K2O, and 0 to 10% MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO+ZnO.
US11804573B2	Group III-V light emitting diode A group III-V light-emitting diode is provided. The light-emitting diode includes a light generating portion including an active layer interposed between a first conductivity type semiconductor layer and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer. The active layer generates light. The light-emitting diode further includes an optical trap disposed on an optical path of light generated from the active layer. The optical trap includes a light absorption layer interposed between light guide layers. The light-emitting diode further includes a side reflector disposed on a side surface of the optical trap.
US11804571B2	Light emitting diode and light emitting module comprising the same A light emitting device including a substrate, a light emitting structure disposed on the substrate and having a first light emitting region, a second light emitting region, and a third light emitting region, and an insulation layer to block unintended electrical connection between the first light emitting region and the second light emitting region, or between the second light emitting region and the third light emitting region, in which each of the first light emitting region, the second light emitting region, and the third light emitting region comprises a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, and a center of the first light emitting region overlaps a center of the second light emitting region and a center of the third light emitting region.
US11804567B2	III-nitride semiconductor light-emitting device and method of producing the same Provided are a III-nitride semiconductor light-emitting device that can reduce change in the light output power with time and has more excellent light output power, and a method of producing the same. A III-nitride semiconductor light-emitting device 100 has an emission wavelength of 200 nm to 350 nm, and includes an n-type layer 30, a light emitting layer 40, an electron blocking layer 60, and a p-type contact layer 70 in this order. The electron blocking layer 60 has a co-doped region layer 60c, the p-type contact layer 60 is made of p-type AlxGa1-xN (0≤x≤0.1), and the p-type contact layer 60 has a thickness of 300 nm or more.
US11804566B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device includes a first light emitting part including a first n-type semiconductor layer, and a first mesa structure including a first active layer, a first p-type semiconductor layer, and a first transparent electrode vertically stacked one over another and exposing a portion of a first surface of the first n-type semiconductor layer, a second light emitting part spaced apart from the first mesa structure, and including a second n-type semiconductor layer, a second active layer, a second p-type semiconductor layer, and a second transparent electrode and exposing a portion of a first surface of the second n-type semiconductor layer, and a first bonding layer on which the first and second light emitting parts are disposed and electrically coupling the first n-type semiconductor layer and the second n-type semiconductor layer to each other.
US11804564B2	Solar cell, manufacturing method thereof, and photovoltaic module Provided is a solar cell, including: an N-type semiconductor substrate having a front surface and a rear surface opposite to the front surface; a boron diffusion layer arranged on the front surface of the N-type semiconductor substrate, a first passivation layer is provided on a surface of the boron diffusion layer, and a first electrode is provided passing through the first passivation layer to form an electrical connection with the N-type semiconductor substrate; and a phosphorus-doped polysilicon layer arranged on the rear surface of the N-type semiconductor substrate. A silicon oxide layer containing nitrogen and phosphorus is provided between the rear surface of the N-type semiconductor substrate and the phosphorus-doped polysilicon layer, a second passivation layer is provided on a surface of the phosphorus-doped polysilicon layer, and a second electrode is provided passing through the second passivation layer to form an electrical connection with the phosphorus-doped polysilicon layer.
US11804563B2	Method for binding photovoltaic cells to a substrate impregnated with crosslinkable polymer material A method for binding photovoltaic cells to a substrate, each photovoltaic cell comprising a rear face and a front face, comprises: providing the substrate, said substrate being flexible and impregnable; impregnating portions of the substrate with a crosslinkable polymer material, said portions being impregnated along the thickness of the substrate, with a view to bonding the photovoltaic cells to the substrate; bringing the rear faces of the photovoltaic cells into contact with the impregnated portions of the substrate; crosslinking the crosslinkable polymer material.
US11804559B2	Solar cell module and method for manufacturing solar cell module A solar cell module according to the present disclosure includes a photoelectric converter, a collector electrode electrically connected to the photoelectric converter, and a wiring material (3) electrically connected to the collector electrode, wherein the collector electrode includes: a first electrode film (9A) formed on a photoelectric converter side; and a second electrode film (9B) formed on at least a wiring material side of the first electrode film (9A) so that part of a surface of the first electrode film (9A) on the wiring material side is exposed, and wherein the collector electrode and the wiring material (3) are electrically connected to each other with solder (11) connected to the part of the surface of the first electrode film (9A) exposed from the second electrode film (9B) and to a surface of the second electrode film (9B).
US11804558B2	Conductive contacts for polycrystalline silicon features of solar cells Methods of fabricating conductive contacts for polycrystalline silicon features of solar cells, and the resulting solar cells, are described. In an example, a method of fabricating a solar cell includes providing a substrate having a polycrystalline silicon feature. The method also includes forming a conductive paste directly on the polycrystalline silicon feature. The method also includes firing the conductive paste at a temperature above approximately 700 degrees Celsius to form a conductive contact for the polycrystalline silicon feature. The method also includes, subsequent to firing the conductive paste, forming an anti-reflective coating (ARC) layer on the polycrystalline silicon feature and the conductive contact. The method also includes forming a conductive structure in an opening through the ARC layer and electrically contacting the conductive contact.
US11804556B2	Ferroelectric-assisted tunneling selector device A selector device may include a first electrode, a tunneling layer, and a ferroelectric layer. The tunneling layer may be between the first electrode and the ferroelectric layer, and a thickness and dielectric constant of the tunneling layer relative to a thickness and dielectric constant of the ferroelectric layer may cause a depolarizing electric field induced in the first tunneling layer to be greater than or approximately equal to an electric field induced in an opposite direction by ferroelectric dipoles in the ferroelectric layer when a voltage is applied across the selector device. The device may also include a second electrode, and the ferroelectric layer may be between the tunneling layer and the second electrode. A seconding layer may also be added between the ferroelectric layer and the second electrode for bipolar selectors.
US11804553B2	Transition metal dichalcogenide transistor and preparation method thereof A transition metal dichalcogenide transistor, comprising: a gate, a gate dielectric layer and a channel layer from bottom to top, a source/drain region are located on both the sides of the gate dielectric layer, wherein, in a plane paralleled to the channel layer, the length of the channel layer in each direction is greater than the length of the gate dielectric layer, and the length of the gate dielectric layer in each direction is greater than or equal to the length of the gate; wherein, the source/drain region are a first transition metal dichalcogenide with metallic properties, and the channel layer is a second transition metal dichalcogenide with semiconductor properties. The present invention provides a transition metal dichalcogenide transistor and a preparation method thereof, which can solve a problem of excessive contact resistance between a transition metal dichalcogenide transistor channel and a source/drain region and can make the transition metal dichalcogenide transistor compatible with the existing CMOS process.
US11804550B2	Method for fabricating field-effect transistor A method for fabricating a field-effect transistor includes the following steps. A gate structure layer in a line shape including a first region and a second region abutting to the first region is formed on a silicon layer. A first implanting process is performed to implant first-type dopants at least into a second portion of the second region of the gate structure layer. A second implanting region is performed to implant second-type dopants into the silicon layer to form a source region and a second region corresponding to the first region of the gate structure layer. The gate structure layer has a conductive-type junction at an interface between the first and second portions of the second region. A width of the silicon layer under the second region of the gate structure layer is smaller than a width of the gate structure layer.
US11804549B2	Integrated circuit device and method of manufacturing the same An integrated circuit device includes a device isolation trench defining an active area, a gate trench extending in a first direction across the active area and the device isolation film, a gate dielectric film covering an inner wall of the gate trench, and a conductive line filling a part of the gate trench above the gate dielectric film. The active area includes a fin body portion located under the conductive line, and a thinner fin portion protruding from the fin body portion toward the conductive line and having a width less than a width of the fin body portion in the first direction.
US11804537B2	Channeled implants for SiC MOSFET fabrication Methods for fabricating SiC MOSFETs using channeled ion implants are disclosed. By aligning the workpiece such that the ions pass through channels in the SiC hexagonal crystalline structure, it is possible to achieve deeper implants than are otherwise possible. Further, it was found that these channeled implants can be tailored to achieve box-like dopant concentrations. This allows channeled ion implants to be used to create the current spreading layer of the MOSFET, which is conventional fabricated using epitaxial growth. Further, these channeled implants can also be used to create the shields between adjacent transistors. Additionally, the use of channeled implants allows a reduction in the number of epitaxially growth processes that are used to create super junction MOSFETs.
US11804536B2	Thin film structure and semiconductor device including the same A thin film structure including ferroelectrics and anti-ferroelectrics and a semiconductor device including the same are provided. The thin film structure includes a first anti-ferroelectric layer comprising anti-ferroelectrics, a second anti-ferroelectric layer disposed apart from the first anti-ferroelectric layer and including anti-ferroelectrics, and a ferroelectric layer between the first anti-ferroelectric layer and the second anti-ferroelectric layer and including ferroelectrics.
US11804534B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes plurality of fin structures extending in first direction on semiconductor substrate. Fin structure's lower portion is embedded in first insulating layer. First gate electrode and second gate electrode structures extend in second direction substantially perpendicular to first direction over of fin structures and first insulating layer. The first and second gate electrode structures are spaced apart and extend along line in same direction. First and second insulating sidewall spacers are arranged on opposing sides of first and second gate electrode structures. Each of first and second insulating sidewall spacers contiguously extend along second direction. A second insulating layer is in region between first and second gate electrode structures. The second insulating layer separates first and second gate electrode structures. A third insulating layer is in region between first and second gate electrode structures. The third insulating layer is formed of different material than second insulating layer.
US11804530B2	Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same Disclosed are a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same. The device may include a substrate, an active pattern in an upper portion of the substrate and is extending in a first direction, a gate electrode crossing the active pattern and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a first gate spacer covering a side surface of the gate electrode, a first inhibition layer between the gate electrode and the first gate spacer, and a gate insulating layer between the gate electrode and the active pattern. The gate insulating layer may include a high-k dielectric layer and a gate oxide layer. The gate oxide layer may be between the high-k dielectric layer and the active pattern. The high-k dielectric layer may be between the gate oxide layer and the gate electrode.
US11804523B2	High aspect ratio source or drain structures with abrupt dopant profile Integrated circuit structures having source or drain structures with abrupt dopant profiles are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A gate stack is around the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A first epitaxial source or drain structure is at a first end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A second epitaxial source or drain structure is at a second end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. The first and second epitaxial source or drain structures include silicon, phosphorous and arsenic, with an atomic concentration of phosphorous substantially the same as an atomic concentration of arsenic.
US11804522B2	Sidewall epitaxy encapsulation for nanosheet I/O device A semiconductor structure includes a first nanosheet fin extending vertically from a first region of a substrate corresponding to a logic device and a second nanosheet fin extending vertically from a second region of the substrate corresponding to an input/output device. The first nanosheet fin includes first semiconductor channel layers vertically stacked over the first region of the substrate, while the second nanosheet fin includes an alternating sequence of semiconductor sacrificial layers and second semiconductor channel layers. The semiconductor structure further includes an epitaxially grown encapsulation layer disposed only along sidewalls of the second nanosheet fin.
US11804519B2	Crystalline multilayer structure, semiconductor device, and method of manufacturing crystalline structure A crystalline multilayer structure having a high-quality crystalline layer and a semiconductor device employing such a crystalline multilayer structure are provided. A crystalline multilayer structure, including a first crystalline layer having a first crystal, and a second crystalline layer stacked on the first crystalline layer and having a second crystal, wherein the first crystal includes polycrystalline κ-Ga2O3 and the second crystal is a single crystal of a crystalline oxide.
US11804518B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a capacitor including a lower electrode an upper electrode, and a dielectric layer between the lower electrode and the upper electrode. The lower electrode includes ABO3 where ‘A’ is a first metal element and ‘B’ is a second metal element having a work function greater than that of the first metal element. The dielectric layer includes CDO3 where ‘C’ is a third metal element and ‘D’ is a fourth metal element. The lower electrode includes a first layer and a second layer which are alternately and repeatedly stacked. The first layer includes the first metal element and oxygen. The second layer includes the second metal element and oxygen. The dielectric layer is in contact with the lower electrode at a first contact surface the first contact surface corresponding to the second layer.
US11804515B2	Systems and methods for shielded inductive devices In an embodiment, a circuit includes: a transformer defining an inductive footprint within a first layer; a grounded shield bounded by the inductive footprint within a second layer separate from the first layer; and a circuit component bounded by the inductive footprint within a third layer separate from the second layer, wherein: the circuit component is coupled with the transformer through the second layer, and the third layer is separated from the first layer by the second layer.
US11804511B2	Light emitting device with LED stack for display and display apparatus having the same A light emitting device including a first LED sub-unit, a second LED sub-unit disposed under the first LED sub-unit, a third LED sub-unit disposed under the second LED sub-unit, a first ohmic electrode interposed between the first LED sub-unit and the second LED sub-unit, and in ohmic contact with the first LED sub-unit, a second ohmic electrode interposed between the second LED sub-unit and the third LED sub-unit, and in ohmic contact with the second LED sub-unit, a third ohmic electrode interposed between the second ohmic electrode and the third LED sub-unit, and in ohmic contact the third LED sub-unit, a plurality of electrode pads disposed on the first LED sub-unit, in which at least one of the first ohmic electrode, the second ohmic electrode, and the third ohmic electrode has a patterned structure.
US11804510B2	Image sensor including active regions An image sensor is provided to include an active region which comprises: a floating diffusion region; a transfer transistor gate region; transistor active regions; and a well-tap region. The transfer transistor gate region may have a diagonal bar shape to isolate the floating diffusion region in a first corner of the active region. The well-tap region may be positioned between the transfer transistor gate region and the transistor active regions, and isolate the transfer transistor gate region from the transistor active regions.
US11804508B2	Sensor, manufacturing method thereof, and photoelectric conversion device A sensor, a manufacturing method thereof, and a photoelectric conversion device are provided. The sensor includes a first gate disposed on a second insulating layer, wherein a position of the first gate corresponds to a position of a first active layer and a material of the first gate is a metal material; a second gate disposed on the second insulating layer or between a second active layer and a base substrate, wherein a position of the second active layer corresponds to a position of the second gate.
US11804503B2	Photoelectric conversion device and x-ray imaging device A photoelectric conversion device includes: a substrate; a photoelectric conversion element provided on the substrate; a first protective layer provided on the photoelectric conversion element; and a second protective layer provided above the substrate and surrounding the photoelectric conversion element and the first protective layer, the second protective layer being lower in water vapor transmittance than the first protective layer. The second protective layer has an upper end positioned above an upper end of the first protective layer.
US11804500B2	Solid-state image pickup apparatus and electronic equipment A solid-state image pickup apparatus according to a first aspect of the present technology includes a photoelectric conversion section that generates and holds a charge in response to incident light, a transfer section that includes a V-NW transistor (Vertical Nano Wire transistor) and transfers the charge held in the photoelectric conversion section, and an accumulation section that includes a wiring layer connected to a drain of the transfer section including the V-NW transistor and accumulates the charge transferred by the transfer section. The present technology is applicable to a CMOS image sensor, for example.
US11804495B2	Thin film transistor array substrate and manufacturing method thereof A substrate including a first signal line and a first electrode disposed on the substrate, an oxide semiconductor layer pattern overlapping the first electrode, an insulating layer disposed between the first electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer pattern, a second signal line intersecting the first signal line, a second electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer pattern, a third electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer pattern and spaced apart from the second electrode, and an insulator comprising a first portion disposed between the first signal line and the second signal line, and at least partially overlapping with both of the first signal line and the second signal line.
US11804491B2	Devices with staggered body contacts The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to devices with staggered body contacts and methods of manufacture. The device includes: a gate structure on a semiconductor substrate material, the gate structure comprising a gate body with a width and a length; a plurality of body contacts electrically contacting a channel region under the gate body on at least one side of the gate body along its width; and isolation structures isolating the plurality of body contacts from a source region and a drain region associated with the gate structure.
US11804486B2	Backside power rail and methods of forming the same A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes a bottom dielectric feature on a substrate, a plurality of channel members directly over the bottom dielectric feature, a gate structure wrapping around each of the plurality of channel members, two first epitaxial features sandwiching the bottom dielectric feature along a first direction, and two second epitaxial features sandwiching the plurality of channel members along the first direction.
US11804485B2	Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture Transistors of different types of electronic devices on the same semiconductor substrate are configured with different transistor attributes to increase the performance of the different types of electronic devices. Fin height, shallow source drain (SSD) height, source or drain width, and/or one or more other transistor attributes may be co-optimized for the different types of electronic devices by various semiconductor manufacturing processes such as etching, lithography, process loading, and/or masking, among other examples. This enables the performance of a plurality of types of electronic devices on the same semiconductor substrate to be increased.
US11804484B2	FinFet isolation structure and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor device and a semiconductor fin on the semiconductor substrate, in which the semiconductor fin has a fin isolation structure at a common boundary that is shared by the two cells. The fin isolation structure has an air gap extending from a top of the semiconductor fin to a stop layer on the semiconductor substrate. The air gap divides the semiconductor fin into two portions of the semiconductor fin. The fin isolation structure includes a dielectric cap layer capping a top of the air gap.
US11804482B2	Transistor drain design for ESD protection and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device comprises a substrate of a first type, a first doped region embedded within the substrate and having a first portion and a second portion, and a first gate electrode disposed above the substrate. The semiconductor device further comprises a well region of a second type and embedded within the substrate. The well region is in contact with the second portion of the first doped region.
US11804481B2	Fin-based and bipolar electrostatic discharge devices The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to electrostatic discharge (ESD) devices and methods of manufacture. The structure (ESD device) includes: a bipolar transistor comprising a collector region, an emitter region and a base region; and a lateral ballasting resistance comprising semiconductor material adjacent to the collector region.
US11804480B2	Integrated circuit chip including standard cell An integrated circuit chip including a substrate including first and second element regions; a first channel active region extending in a first direction; a second channel active region; gate lines extending in a second direction and intersecting the first and second channel active regions; a diffusion break extending in the second direction; source/drain regions at opposite sides of the gate lines and on the first and second channel active regions; a first power line electrically connected to the source/drain regions; and a second power line electrically connected to the source/drain regions and having a lower voltage level than the first power line, wherein the diffusion break includes a first region including an insulator and overlapping the first element region, and a second region including a same material as the gate lines and overlapping the second element region, wherein the second region is electrically connected to the second power line.
US11804477B2	Semiconductor device having package on package structure and method of manufacturing the semiconductor device A semiconductor device having a package on package (PoP) structure, in which a fine pitch between package substrates is implemented, a total height of a package is reduced, and reliability is enhanced. The semiconductor package includes a first package substrate including a first body layer and a first passivation layer, a first semiconductor chip on the first package substrate, a second package substrate on the first package substrate, the second package substrate including a second body layer and a second passivation layer, a first connection member on the first package substrate outside the first semiconductor chip, and a gap filler filled between the first package substrate and the second package substrate, wherein the first package substrate includes a first trench, the second package substrate includes a second trench, and the first semiconductor chip is disposed between the first trench and the second trench.
US11804476B2	Light emitting device package and application thereof A light emitting device module including a printed circuit board, upper and lower electrodes disposed on opposing surfaces of the printed circuit board, light emitting devices configured to emit light in a direction away from the printed circuit board, and a molding layer surrounding the light emitting devices, in which each light emitting device includes a light emitting structure, a substrate disposed on the light emitting structure, and bump electrodes disposed between the light emitting structure and the printed circuit board, the molding layer covers side surfaces of the substrates, a number of the lower electrodes is less than a number of the bump electrodes of the plurality of light emitting devices, and each of the light emitting devices is configured to be driven independently.
US11804467B2	Radiative heat collective bonder and gangbonder A radiative heat collective bonder or gangbonder for packaging a semiconductor die stack is provided. The bonder generally includes a shroud positioned at least partially around the die stack and a radiative heat source positioned inward of the shroud and configured to emit a radiative heat flux in a direction away from the shroud. The bonder may further include a bondhead configured to contact the backside of the topmost die in the die stack and optionally include another bondhead configured to contact a substrate beneath the die stack. The radiative heat source may be configured to direct the radiative heat flux to at least a portion of the die stack to reduce a vertical temperature gradient in the die stack. One or both of the bondheads may be configured to concurrently direct a conductive heat flux into the die stack.
US11804465B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor includes: a substrate; a circuit pattern on the substrate, and including a first region, a second region located away from the first region, and a third region between the first region and the second region; a first chip disposed in the second region and including a diode; a second chip disposed in the third region, the second chip including a vertical transistor having a source pad disposed on a surface opposite to a surface facing the third region in a thickness direction of the substrate, and a gate pad disposed at a position different from the source pad; a first wire including a first bonded portion bonded to the first region, a second bonded portion bonded to the second chip, and a third bonded portion bonded to the first chip; and a second wire arranged to be adjacent to the first wire with the gate pad sandwiched therebetween.
US11804462B2	Hybrid bonding structures and semiconductor devices including the same A hybrid bonding structure and a semiconductor including the hybrid bonding structure are provided. The hybrid bonding structure includes a solder ball and a solder paste bonded to the solder ball. The solder paste may include solder particles including at least one of In, Zn, SnBiAg alloy, or SnBi alloy, and ceramic particles. The solder paste may include a flux. The solder particles may include Sn(42.0 wt %)-Ag(0.4 wt %)-Bi(57.5−X) wt %, and the ceramic particles include CeO2(X) wt %, where 0.05≤X≤0.1.
US11804461B2	Semiconductor package structure and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor package structure includes a semiconductor device with an active surface, a conductive pillar on the conductive pad, an adhesion strengthening layer, and an encapsulant in contact with the adhesion strengthening layer. The conductive pillar has a side surface and a top surface. The adhesion strengthening layer is conformally disposed on the side surface of the conductive pillar and the active surface of the semiconductor device.
US11804460B2	Devices and methods related to stack structures including passivation layers for distributing compressive force Structures, methods and devices are disclosed, related to improved stack structures in electronic devices. In some embodiments, a stack structure includes a pad implemented on a substrate, the pad including a polymer layer having a side that forms an interface with another layer of the pad, the pad further including an upper metal layer over the interface, the upper metal layer having an upper surface. In some embodiments, the stack structure also includes a passivation layer implemented over the upper metal layer, the passivation layer including a pattern configured to provide a compressive force on the upper metal layer to thereby reduce the likelihood of delamination at the interface, the pattern defining a plurality of openings to expose the upper surface of the upper metal layer.
US11804455B1	Substrate integrated thin film capacitors using amorphous high-k dielectrics Embodiments include an electronic package that includes a dielectric layer and a capacitor on the dielectric layer. In an embodiment, the capacitor comprises a first electrode disposed over the dielectric layer and a capacitor dielectric layer over the first electrode. In an embodiment, the capacitor dielectric layer is an amorphous dielectric layer. In an embodiment, the electronic package may also comprise a second electrode over the capacitor dielectric layer.
US11804453B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a lead frame, a conductive member, a resin composition and a sealing resin. The semiconductor element has an element front surface and an element back surface facing away in a first direction. The semiconductor element is mounted on the lead frame. The conductive member is bonded to the lead frame, electrically connecting the semiconductor element and the lead frame. The resin composition covers a bonded region where the conductive member and lead frame are bonded while exposing part of the element front surface. The sealing resin covers part of the leadframe, the semiconductor element, and the resin composition. The resin composition has a greater bonding strength with the lead frame than a bonding strength between the sealing resin and lead frame and a greater bonding strength with the conductive member than a bonding strength between the sealing resin and conductive member.
US11804450B2	Semiconductor device and semiconductor module A semiconductor device includes first and second members. In the first member, a first electronic circuit including a semiconductor element is formed. The second member is joined to an area of part of a first surface of the first member, and includes a second electronic circuit including a semiconductor element formed of a semiconductor material different from that of the semiconductor element of the first electronic circuit. An interlayer insulating film covers the second member and an area of the first surface of the first member to which the second member is not joined. An inter-member connection wire on the interlayer insulating film couples the first and second electronic circuits through an opening in the interlayer insulating film. A shield structure including a first metal pattern disposed on the interlayer insulating film shields a shielded circuit, which is part of the first electronic circuit, in terms of radio frequencies.
US11804449B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate; a semiconductor chip provided on the substrate; a resin covering the semiconductor chip; and a metal film provided on the resin. The metal film includes a first metal layer provided on the resin, a second metal layer provided on the first metal layer, and a third metal layer provided on the second metal layer. The first metal layer and the second metal layer contain a same material, and a particle diameter of the second metal layer is smaller than a particle diameter of the first metal layer.
US11804441B2	Microelectronic structures including bridges Disclosed herein are microelectronic structures including bridges, as well as related assemblies and methods. In some embodiments, a microelectronic structure may include a substrate including a first metal layer and a second metal layer; a cavity in the substrate, wherein a portion of the first metal layer in the substrate and a portion of the second metal layer in the substrate are exposed in the cavity; and a bridge component in the cavity, the bridge component includes a first conductive contact at a first face and a second conductive contacts at an opposing second face, wherein the second face of the bridge component is between the first face of the bridge component and a bottom surface of the cavity in the substrate, and wherein the second conductive contact is electrically coupled to the portion of the first metal layer in the cavity.
US11804440B2	Chip module with robust in-package interconnects Disclosed are chip module structures, each having a robust in-package interconnect for reliable performance. Some of the chip module structures achieve interconnect robustness through the use of vias in a spiral step pattern within the interconnect itself. Some chip module structures achieve interconnect robustness through the use of an interconnect stabilizer (referred to herein as a stabilization structure, fence or cage)), which includes vias in a repeating step pattern encircling the in-package interconnect, which is electrically isolated from back side solder balls, front side collapse chip connections (referred to herein as C4 connections), and the interconnect itself, and which is optionally connected to ground. Some chip module structures achieve interconnect robustness through the use of a combination of both vias in a spiral step pattern within the interconnect itself and an interconnect stabilizer.
US11804437B2	Semiconductor device, method for fabricating the semiconductor device, and memory device and system including the semiconductor device A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a stack structure including a plurality of first conductive patterns and a plurality of dielectric layers, which are alternately stacked, the stack structure having a stepped structure such that any one of the first conductive patterns further protrudes than the first conductive pattern positioned immediately above it; a plurality of second conductive patterns which are respectively formed over protrusions of the first conductive patterns; a plurality of contact plugs which overlap the plurality of second conductive patterns, respectively, and pass through the overlapping second conductive patterns and the stack structure; and a sealing layer pattern which is interposed between the first conductive patterns and the contact plugs and separates the first conductive patterns from the contact plugs.
US11804430B2	Electronic component An electronic component includes a first insulating layer, a resistance layer including a metal thin film that is formed on the first insulating layer, the resistance layer having a first end portion, a second end portion and a central portion between the first end portion and the second end portion, a first electrode having a first contact portion and a second contact portion spaced away from the first contact portion both of which are in contact with the resistance layer at a portion of the first end portion side with respect to the central portion of the resistance layer, a notched portion formed in the first end portion of the resistance layer and between the first contact portion and the second contact portion, and a second electrode having a contact portion in contact with the resistance layer at a portion of the second end portion side with respect to the central portion of the resistance layer.
US11804427B2	Semiconductor package A semiconductor package may include a redistribution substrate, a connection terminal, and a semiconductor chip sequentially stacked. The redistribution substrate may include an insulating layer, a plurality of redistribution patterns, which are vertically stacked in the insulating layer, and each of which includes interconnection and via portions, and a bonding pad on the interconnection portion of the topmost redistribution pattern. The topmost redistribution pattern and the bonding pad may include different metallic materials. The bonding pad may have first and second surfaces opposite to each other. The first surface of the bonding pad may be in contact with a top surface of the interconnection portion of the topmost redistribution pattern. A portion of the second surface of the bonding pad may be in contact with the connection terminal. The insulating layer may be extended to be in contact with the remaining portion of the second surface.
US11804426B2	Integrated circuit structures in package substrates Disclosed herein are integrated circuit (IC) structures that may be included in package substrates. For example, disclosed herein are passive components in package substrate, wherein the passive components include at least one non-circular via and at least one pad in contact with the at least one non-circular via, and the passive components include an inductor or a capacitor. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US11804425B2	Electronic device and wiring board An electronic device including: a semiconductor device including plural terminals input with voltages having a same potential; and a wiring board including a mounting region at which the semiconductor device is mounted, wherein the wiring board includes a board wiring line formed on the wiring board from a connection portion at which one terminal of the plural terminals is connected, via an inside of the mounting region, to a connection portion at which another terminal of the plural terminals is connected.
US11804423B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, which has a protective film having an opening that exposes a part of a source electrode and disposed/provided to position an end portion thereof on the source electrode. A rewiring layer has wiring that is connected to the source electrode and to a conductive connecting member, and an insulator that covers a part of the source wiring. The insulator includes: an insulating film having (a) an opening for exposing a part of the source wiring, and (b) an end portion of the opening provided in a facing region of the opening; and an insulating film having (c) (i) an opening for exposing a part of the source wiring having a solder arranged therein and (ii) a connecting member arranged therein.
US11804416B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming protective layer around cavity of semiconductor die A semiconductor device has a semiconductor die with a sensor and a cavity formed into a first surface of the semiconductor die to provide access to the sensor. A protective layer is formed on the first surface of the semiconductor die around the cavity. An encapsulant is deposited around the semiconductor die. The protective layer blocks the encapsulant from entering the cavity. With the cavity clear of encapsulant, liquid or gas has unobstructed entry into cavity during operation of the semiconductor die. The clear entry for the cavity provides reliable sensor detection and measurement. The semiconductor die is disposed over a leadframe. The semiconductor die has a sensor. The protective layer can be a film. The protective layer can have a beveled surface. A surface of the leadframe can be exposed from the encapsulant. A second surface of the semiconductor die can be exposed from the encapsulant.
US11804415B2	Semiconductor device with first and second portions that include silicon and nitrogen A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor body having an active region and an edge termination region between the active region and a side surface of the semiconductor body; a first portion including silicon and nitrogen; a second portion including silicon and nitrogen, the second portion being in direct contact with the first portion; and a front side metallization in contact with the semiconductor body in the active region. The first portion separates the second portion from the semiconductor body. An average silicon content in the first portion is higher than in the second portion. The front side metallization is interposed between the first portion and the semiconductor body in the active region but not in the edge termination region, and/or the first portion and the second portion are both present in the edge termination region but not in the active region.
US11804413B1	Product design for test to enable electrical non-destructive test for measuring multi-chip interconnect defects A semiconductor stack, including a carrier and a semiconductor device arranged above the carrier; non-releasable interconnections electrically and mechanically connecting the semiconductor device and the carrier; a first contact on at least one of the carrier or the semiconductor device: a second contact on at least one of the carrier or the semiconductor device; an electrical connection structure electrically conductively coupling the first contact and the second contact with each other via at least one non-releasable interconnection of the non-releasable interconnections; and wherein the electrical connection structure comprises a plurality of test diode circuits integrated in at least one of the carrier and the semiconductor device, wherein each of the test diode circuits comprises one or more diodes.
US11804412B2	Circuit for detecting crack damage of a die, method for detecting crack, and memory A circuit and method for detecting crack damage of a die are provided. The circuit comprises: a test circuit located within a seal ring of the die for outputting a pulse detection signal; a crack detection loop arranged outside a guard ring of an internal processing circuit of the die, having an input end connected to an output end of the test circuit and an output end connected to an output pin of the die; and a relay driving unit arranged between the input end and output end for increasing a capability of transmission of the pulse detection signal, wherein the seal ring surrounds the whole die; in a test mode, the test circuit outputs the pulse detection signal to the crack detection loop, and a test machine determines whether the die is damaged by a crack by reading a signal on the output pin of the die.
US11804411B2	Secure inspection and marking of semiconductor wafers for trusted manufacturing thereof A method for securing and verifying semiconductor wafers during fabrication includes receiving a semiconductor wafer after a layer of features has been patterned thereon. At least one security mark is formed at one or more locations embedded within a backside of the semiconductor wafer by implanting an inert species at the one or more locations. At a subsequent point in fabrication and/or after fabrication of the semiconductor wafer has completed the backside of the wafer is inspected for detection of the at least one security mark. If the at least one security mark is not detected at an expected location within the backside of the semiconductor wafer a determination is made that the semiconductor wafer has been compromised.
US11804407B2	Semiconductor device having plurality of insulators A semiconductor device which has favorable electrical characteristics and can be highly integrated is provided.The semiconductor device includes a first insulator; an oxide over the first insulator; a second insulator over the oxide; a first conductor over the second insulator; a third insulator in contact with a top surface of the first insulator, a side surface of the oxide, a top surface of the oxide, a side surface of the second insulator, and a side surface of the first conductor; and a fourth insulator over the third insulator. The third insulator includes an opening exposing the first insulator, and the fourth insulator is in contact with the first insulator through the opening.
US11804405B2	Method of forming copper interconnect structure with manganese barrier layer Low capacitance and high reliability interconnect structures and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The method includes forming a copper based interconnect structure in an opening of a dielectric material. The method further includes forming a capping layer on the copper based interconnect structure. The method further includes oxidizing the capping layer and any residual material formed on a surface of the dielectric material. The method further includes forming a barrier layer on the capping layer by outdiffusing a material from the copper based interconnect structure to a surface of the capping layer. The method further includes removing the residual material, while the barrier layer on the surface of the capping layer protects the capping layer.
US11804396B2	Methods for producing a 3D semiconductor device and structure with memory cells and multiple metal layers A method for producing a 3D semiconductor device including: providing a first level including a first single crystal layer; forming a first metal layer on top of the first level; forming a second metal layer on top of the first metal layer; forming at least one second level above the second metal layer; performing a first lithography step on the second level; forming a third level on top of the second level; performing processing steps to form first memory cells within the second level and form second memory cells within the third level, where the first memory cells include at least one second transistor, and the second memory cells include at least one third transistor; and then at performing at least one deposition step which deposits gate electrodes for both the second and the third transistors, and forming at least four independent memory arrays.
US11804394B2	Methods and systems for improving transfer efficiency of an automated material handling system Methods and systems for improving the efficiency of an automated material handling system (AMHS) include providing an apparatus operatively coupled to a load port of a processing apparatus, where the apparatus is configured to remove a first work-in-process from the load port and to move the first work-in-process along a first direction to displace the first work-in-progress from the load port while a second work-in-progress is transferred to the load port from an AMHS vehicle along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, and transferring the first work-in-progress to an AMHS vehicle along the second direction. The methods and systems may be used for loading and unloading wafer storage containers, such as front opening unified pods (FOUPs), in a semiconductor fabrication facility.
US11804391B2	Transfer system, transfer method, and transfer apparatus A transfer system includes: a transfer chamber having a side wall provided thereon with a plurality of processing chambers in which a processing is performed on a substrate under a decompressed atmosphere, and configured such that the substrate is transferred in the decompressed atmosphere; a plurality of robots fixed in the transfer chamber and configured to transfer the substrate; and a movable buffer configured to hold the substrate and move in a horizontal direction along the side wall between the side wall and the robots in the transfer chamber. The robots exchange the substrate between the movable buffer and the processing chambers in cooperation with a movement of the movable buffer.
US11804385B2	Method, control device and vacuum arrangement According to various aspects of the disclosure, a method may comprise: varying a drive force, by which a chamber valve of a vacuum chamber is held closed, when the vacuum chamber has been evacuated; and aerating the vacuum chamber after the variation of the drive force; transporting a substrate through the chamber valve when the chamber valve has been opened.
US11804384B2	Device for self-assembling semiconductor light-emitting diodes magnets in a plurality of rows Discussed is a device for self-assembling semiconductor light-emitting including: a chip supply part to supply the semiconductor light-emitting diodes to the substrate in cooperation with magnets disposed in a plurality of rows to form the magnetic field, wherein the chip supply part includes: a chip accommodating part to accommodate the semiconductor light-emitting diodes; a vertical moving part to adjust a distance between the chip supply part and the magnets; a horizontal moving part to move the chip supply part such that the chip accommodating part is alternately overlapped with a part of the magnets; and a controller to drive the vertical and horizontal moving parts to control a position of the chip supply part, and the controller moves the chip supply part in at least one of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction at a predetermined path and a plurality of points existing on the predetermined path.
US11804383B2	Method for producing a metal-ceramic substrate with electrically conductive vias A method for producing a metal-ceramic substrate with a plurality of electrically conductive vias includes: attaching a first metal layer in a planar manner to a first surface side of a ceramic layer; after attaching the first metal layer, introducing a copper hydroxide or copper acetate brine into a plurality of holes in the ceramic layer delimiting a via, to form an assembly; converting the copper hydroxide or copper acetate brine into copper oxide; subjecting the assembly to a high-temperature step above 500° C. in which the copper oxide forms a copper body in the plurality of holes; and after converting the copper hydroxide or copper acetate brine into the copper oxide, attaching a second metal layer in a planar manner to a second surface side of the ceramic layer opposite the first surface side. The copper body produces an electrically conductive connection between the first and the second metal layers.
US11804382B2	Method of forming package substrate with partially recessed capacitor A semiconductor package includes a multilayer substrate including a dielectric layer, a first conductive layer forming a first set of electrical contacts, a second conductive layer forming package electrical contacts and two capacitor electrical contacts, conductive vias extending through the dielectric layer between the first conductive layer with the second conductive layer, and a solder mask layer over the second conductive layer. The semiconductor package further includes a semiconductor die on the first side of the multilayer substrate electrically connected a capacitor on the second side of the multilayer substrate. A recessed portion of the capacitor is within a capacitor opening of the solder mask layer between the two capacitor electrical contacts and a board-side surface of the solder mask layer.
US11804379B2	Etching method and plasma processing apparatus An etching method of forming, on a substrate having a base film; a stacked film in which a first film and a second film are alternately stacked on the base film; and a mask on the stacked film, a recess in the stacked film through the mask by using plasma includes preparing the substrate; and etching the stacked film until the recess of the stacked film reaches the base film by plasma formed from a gas containing hydrogen, fluorine and carbon, while maintaining a substrate temperature equal to or less than 15° C.
US11804378B2	Surface conversion in chemical mechanical polishing A method for fabricating a planarized planarization layer for an integrated circuit device is described. A barrier layer is deposited over a planarization layer. Next, a liner layer is deposited on the barrier layer. An overburden layer is deposited on the liner layer. A first chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process is performed on the overburden layer. A surface conversion process is performed on uncovered portions of a top surface of the planarization layer which are not protected by the polished overburden layer. A first wet etch is performed of the planarization layer. In embodiments, the first wet etch is selective to metal overburden layer as compared to the planarization layer. A second wet etch is performed removing the liner layer, the diffusion barrier layer and the metal overburden layer. In embodiments, the second wet etch is selective to the planarization layer as compared to the overburden layer.
US11804373B2	Selective layer formation using deposition and removing Methods and systems for selectively depositing dielectric films on a first surface of a substrate relative to a passivation layer previously deposited on a second surface are provided. The methods can include at least one cyclical deposition process used to deposit material on the first surface while the passivation layer is removed, thereby preventing deposition over the passivation layer.
US11804372B2	CD dependent gap fill and conformal films A method of depositing a silicon-containing material is disclosed. Some embodiments of the disclosure provide films which fill narrow CD features without a seam or void. Some embodiments of the disclosure provide films which form conformally on features with wider CD. Embodiments of the disclosure also provide superior quality films with low roughness, low defects and advantageously low deposition rates.
US11804369B2	Mass spectrometry method and mass spectrometer A mass spectrometer 1, which is for generating a product ion from a precursor ion derived from a sample component having a hydrocarbon chain to analyze a mass, includes a reaction chamber 2 into which the precursor ion is introduced, radical generating units 51, 52, and 53 that generate a radical having an oxidizing ability or/and a radical other than a hydrogen radical having a reducing ability, a radical irradiation unit 54 that irradiates the inside of the reaction chamber 2 with the generated radical, a separation detection unit 3 that separates and detects the product ion generated from the precursor ion by a reaction with the radical according to a mass-to-charge ratio, and a structure estimation unit 14 that estimates the structure of the sample component based on the mass-to-charge ratio of the detected product ions and the information on the structure or the structure candidate.
US11804366B2	Plasma processing apparatus A plasma processing apparatus includes a baffle structure between a mounting table and a processing chamber. The baffle structure has a first member and a second member. The first member has a first cylindrical part extending between the mounting table and the processing chamber, and a plurality of through-holes elongated in the vertical direction is formed in an array in the circumferential direction in the first cylindrical part. The second member has a second cylindrical part having an inner diameter greater than the outer diameter of the cylindrical part for the first member. The second member moves up and down in a region that includes the space between the first member and the processing chamber.
US11804365B2	Substrate processing apparatus, plasma generating apparatus, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device There is provided is a technique that includes: a process chamber in which at least one substrate is processed; and at least one buffer chamber in which plasma is formed, wherein the at least one buffer chamber includes at least two application electrodes of different lengths to which high frequency electric power is applied, and a reference electrode subjected to a reference potential.
US11804364B2	Substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing apparatus capable of locally controlling a plasma intensity and improving thin film properties and thickness uniformity includes: a power supply unit, a processing unit electrically connected to the power supply unit, and a substrate support unit below the processing unit, wherein the substrate support unit includes a first ground electrode and a second ground electrode.
US11804362B2	Frequency tuning for modulated plasma systems Plasma processing and power supply systems and methods are disclosed. The plasma processing system comprises a high-frequency generator configured to deliver power to a plasma chamber and a low-frequency generator configured to deliver power to the plasma chamber. A filter is coupled between the plasma chamber and the high-frequency generator, and the filter suppresses mixing products of high frequencies produced by the high-frequency generator and low frequencies produced by the low-frequency generator. The plasma processing system also comprises means for frequency tuning the high-frequency generator using a probe signal that is concurrently applied with the power applied to the plasma chamber at the primary frequency.
US11804357B2	Electron optical module for providing an off-axial electron beam with a tunable coma An electron optical module for providing an off-axial electron beam with a tunable coma, according to the present disclosure includes a structure positioned downstream of an electron source and an electron lens assembly positioned between the structure and the electron source. The structure generates a decelerating electric field, and is positioned to prevent the passage of electrons along the optical axis of the electron lens assembly. The electron optical module further includes a micro-lens that is not positioned on the optical axis of the electron lens assembly and is configured to apply a lensing effect to an off-axial election beam. Aberrations applied to the off-axial electron beam by the micro-lens and the electron lens assembly combine so that a coma of the off-axial beam has a desired value in a downstream plane.
US11804354B2	X-ray source device comprising an anode for generating x-rays An X-ray source device includes an anode to generate X-rays; a drive to rotate the anode about an anode central axis, the drive including a stator and a first rotor, and the first rotor being rotationally fixed relative to the anode; and a cooling facility to cool at least one of the anode and the drive using a coolant. The drive includes a second rotor to circulate the coolant.
US11804352B2	Fuse The present invention provides a fuse that has a stable fusing characteristic and is easily manufactured.A fuse 600 includes: a fuse element 100 that is provided between a pair of terminal parts 110 and has a plurality of fuse parts 120; and a casing 200 for housing the fuse parts 120, wherein the fuse element 100 includes a first flat surface 140 and a second flat surface 150 which are shaped bent along a longitudinal direction P of the fuse element 100 and which extend in a linear manner along the longitudinal direction P, wherein the first flat surface 140 and the second flat surface 150 are provided with the plurality of fuse parts 120, and wherein the first flat surface 140 and the second flat surface 150 are contiguous to one other via a bent section 131.
US11804349B2	Circuit interrupter A circuit interrupter movable among ON, OFF, and TRIP positions includes a housing, a latch situated on the housing, a number of mechanisms situated on the housing, each mechanism of the number of mechanisms including a contact arm that is movable with respect to the housing, a set of separable contacts including a stationary contact and further including a movable contact situated on the contact arm, a handle, a pin, a first spring that extends between the contact arm and the handle in at least one of the OFF position and the ON position, a second spring that extends between the handle and the pin, and the pin being movable among a position engaged with the latch in at least one of the ON position and the OFF position and another position engaged with the handle in the TRIP position.
US11804347B2	Protecting device and battery pack Provided is a protecting device that can prevent damage of the device by releasing the pressure inside the housing by providing openings in the housing and can secure appropriate insulation. The protecting device includes: a meltable conductor 3; first and second external connection terminals 7, 8 connected to both ends of the meltable conductor 3; and a housing 6 having a lower case 4 and an upper case 5, wherein one end of the first external connection terminal 7 and one end of the second external connection terminal 8 are led out from the housing 6, and the housing is provided with a first opening 24 formed facing a front surface of the first external connection terminal 7 and a second opening 25 formed facing a front surface of the second external connection terminal 8.
US11804346B2	Vacuum interrupter and vacuum breaker An arc shield surrounding an outer peripheral side of a fixed electrode and a movable electrode is provided, in addition to a fixed-side insulating unit in which a fixed-side insulator is provided to be connected coaxially with the arc shield on the fixed side in the axial direction of the arc shield, and a movable-side insulating unit in which movable-side insulators are provided to be connected coaxially with the arc shield on the movable side in the axial direction of the arc shield. The movable-side insulating unit has an insulator group in which movable-side insulators are provided to be connected in the axial direction, an insulator-group-side sub shield surrounding the outer peripheral side of a movable-side energizing shaft, and an insulator-group-side sub shield support part which is on the outer peripheral surface of the insulator-group-side sub shield and interposed between two adjacent movable-side insulators of the insulator group.
US11804345B2	Low-voltage circuit breaker A low-voltage circuit breaker includes at least one fixed contact, for each pole, which is electrically connected to a terminal for connection to an electric circuit, and a corresponding moving contact which is associable/separable with respect to the fixed contact by a rotation of the moving contact. The low-voltage circuit breaker further includes an arc chamber positioned in correspondence of the fixed contact, and a rotating contact supporting shaft common to all poles, which is functionally connected to an actuation mechanism of the circuit breaker, where the actuation mechanism includes a kinematic system operatively connected to an actuation lever for opening/closing operations and provided with opening springs and a tripping shaft for releasing the kinematic system and allowing its movement from a closed to an open position. The low-voltage circuit breaker further includes, for each pole, a quick acting trip device.
US11804344B2	Drive structure for high-voltage direct-current relay Provided is a drive structure for a high-voltage direct-current relay, the drive structure comprising: a retaining frame, a stopper piece, a movable spring piece, and an elastic member. The retaining frame comprises two retaining side arms, a support plate, and a drive rod. The two retaining side arms are disposed at two sides of the support plate, and the drive rod is connected to a bottom portion of the support plate. The stopper piece has one end connected to a terminal end of one of the retaining side arms, and the other end connected to a terminal end of the other retaining side arm. The elastic member has one end pressing against the support plate and the other end pressing against the movable spring piece, the movable spring piece presses against the stopper piece, and the stopper piece is provided with an arc isolation portion. The drive structure for a high-voltage direct-current relay has an bottom-up assembly manner, in which the elastic member, the movable spring piece, and the stopper piece are stacked sequentially, and the stopper piece is connected to and retained by the two retaining side arms, thereby realizing a simple and fast assembly process, and increasing assembly efficiency of high-voltage direct-current relays. In addition, the arc isolation portion has an effect of isolating arcs, thereby improving a service life of high-voltage direct-current relays despite reverse arcs.
US11804337B2	Method for manufacturing electrochemical device having exposed metal layer outside packaging Disclosed herein is an electrochemical device forming a chip-capacitor or a super-capacitor. The electrochemical device includes: a ceramic substrate having a nonconductive ceramic layer, a current collecting layer disposed on a nonconductive ceramic layer and made of ceramic or cermet, and a metal layer arranged on outer surfaces of the nonconductive ceramic layer and the current collecting layer; an electrode having a positive electrode and a negative electrode and formed on the current collecting layer; and a nonconductive ceramic packaging module located on the ceramic substrate to accommodate electrolyte therein, wherein the metal layer is exposed to the outside of the nonconductive ceramic packaging module.
US11804335B2	Power storage device and power storage device assembly structure A power storage device has a first power storage unit, a second power storage unit, a third power storage unit, and a fourth power storage unit. The power storage device is provided with a common electrode being integrated molding to make the first power storage unit and the second power storage unit connected in series, the third power storage unit and the fourth power storage unit connected in series, the first power storage unit and the third power storage unit connected in parallel, and the second power storage unit and the fourth power storage unit connected in parallel, so inside of the power storage device can have high potential and high capacitance, and avoid the problem of increasing the overall impedance caused by the conventional welding process. Further, the power storage device uses both surfaces of the common electrode at the same time to save electrode material.
US11804334B2	Electrolytic capacitor comprising an anode body, a cathode body and a conductive polymer and a liquid component disposed between the anode body and the cathode body An electrolytic capacitor includes an anode body, a cathode body, and a conductive polymer and a liquid component that are disposed between the anode body and the cathode body. The liquid component contains an acid component, a base component, and an aromatic additive. The acid component includes at least one of an aromatic carboxylic acid and an aromatic carboxylic acid derivative. The at least one of the aromatic carboxylic acid and the aromatic carboxylic acid derivative includes at least two carboxy groups and at least one aromatic ring. A content proportion of the base component in the liquid component is more than or equal to 1% by mass. The aromatic additive includes an electron withdrawing group and an electron donating group. A content ratio of the aromatic additive contained in the liquid component is more than or equal to 50 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the conductive polymer.
US11804331B2	Multilayer electronic component A multilayer electronic component includes: a body including dielectric layers; side margin portions disposed on side surfaces of the body, respectively; and external electrodes disposed on end surfaces of the body, respectively. The body includes a capacitance forming portion including internal electrodes disposed alternately with the dielectric layers and cover portions disposed on upper and lower surfaces of the capacitance forming portion, respectively. Ga2/Ga1 is 0.8 or more and less than 1.0 and Ga2/Gc1 is 0.8 or more and less than 1.0. a1 is a central portion of the capacitance forming portion, a2 is a boundary portion between the capacitance forming portion and the cover portion in the capacitance forming portion, and c1 is a boundary portion between the capacitance forming portion and the cover portion in the cover portion. Ga1, Ga2, and Gc1 are average sizes of dielectric grains at a1, a2, and c1, respectively.
US11804325B2	Electronic component and production method thereof An electronic component includes a composite body composed of a composite material of a resin and a magnetic metal powder and a metal film disposed on an outer surface of the composite body. The magnetic metal powder contains Fe. The metal film mainly contains Cu, further contains Fe, and is in contact with the resin and the magnetic metal powder.
US11804322B1	Ultra-density nanostructure GdFe thin film with large perpendicular magnetic anisotropy for a new generation of spintronic device A method of fabrication of nanostructured thin film includes depositing a Gd20Fe80 alloy by using the thermal evaporating technique on the top of a high-density nanoporous alumina template. In a particular embodiment, the high-density nanoporous alumina template has a pore diameter of 92 nm and interpore distance of 103 nm and the Gd20Fe80 nanostructured thin film has a layer thickness of 48 nm. The present method results in nanostructured GdFe thin films with large perpendicular magnetic energy density of 4.8 erg/cm2, which is 15 times higher than obtained in the conventional ferromagnetic alloy thin films with PMA.
US11804321B2	Tunable templating layers for perpendicularly magnetized Heusler films A device including a templating structure and a magnetic layer on the templating structure is described. The templating structure includes D and E. A ratio of D to E is represented by D1-xEx, with x being at least 0.4 and not more than 0.6. E includes a main constituent. The main constituent includes at least one of Al, Ga, and Ge. Further, E includes at least fifty atomic percent of the main constituent. D includes at least one constituent that includes Ir, D includes at least 50 atomic percent of the at least one constituent. The templating structure is nonmagnetic at room temperature. The magnetic layer includes at least one of a Heusler compound and an L10 compound, the magnetic layer being in contact with the templating structure.
US11804317B2	Soft magnetic metal powder and electronic component Provided is a soft magnetic metal powder including a plurality of soft magnetic metal particles. Each of the soft magnetic metal particles includes a metal particle and an oxidized part covering the metal particle. The metal particle includes at least Fe. The oxidized part includes an oxide of at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Si, and B, and at least one kind of element of Ca and Mg. A concentration of Ca or Mg in the metal particle and the oxidized part is maximum in the oxidized part. An average value of a maximum value of the concentration of Ca or Mg in the oxidized part is 0.2 atom % or more.
US11804315B2	EV charging cable system with cooling A charging system for an electric energy storage includes a cable assembly and a plug transition between the cable assembly and the electric energy storage. The cable assembly includes a cable provided with at least two separate power conductors and at least one earth conductor. The power conductors are spaced apart from each other within the cable, with each surrounding at least one tube and including a plurality of intertwisted wires stranded around the tube. The cable assembly also includes at least two separate cooling circuits within the cable, namely a first cooling circuit having a cooling fluid in the tubes surrounded by the power conductors, and a second cooling circuit having a cooling fluid in auxiliary tubes to cool the plug transition. Systems and methods are also provided for charging an electrical energy storage on basis of such a cable assembly.
US11804311B1	Use and coordination of healthcare information within life-long care team Managing healthcare information includes a first healthcare professional subscribing to a subset of medical information for a patient in a healthcare information framework having a datastore containing electronic health records for the patient, the first healthcare professional being a member of a life-long care team for the patient that includes all care teams encountered by the patient at any time, a second healthcare professional posting medical information about the patient in the healthcare information framework, pushing, in real time or near real time, the medical information to at least one server that is coupled to the datastore, and the at least one server causing the first healthcare professional to automatically receive the subset of the medical information based on the first healthcare professional subscribing to the subset of the medical information. The second healthcare professional may be invited based on analysis of data in the datastore.
US11804310B2	Minimize garbage collection in HL7 manipulation Disclosed are a system and method for processing HL7 messages. A method includes receiving, an HL7 message; storing the HL7 message in a memory; creating a data structure representation of the stored HL7 message in the memory that stores a start index and an end index of the stored HL7 message, wherein the start index indicates a beginning of the stored HL7 message and the end index indicates an end of the stored HL7 message; hierarchically creating, from the data structure representation of the stored HL7 message, one or more data structure representations in the memory that store at least one start index and at least one end index corresponding to one or more fragments in the stored HL7 message; and, modifying the stored HL7 message according to the at least one start index and a corresponding end index of the fragments in the HL7 message.
US11804308B2	Pathway planning system and method A system and method for planning a pathway through an anatomical luminal network of a patient including a computing device having at least one processor; a display device in communication with the computing device; and a user interface configured for display on the display device and configured to guide a user through a pathway planning procedure. The user interface includes a patient selection window configured to receive a user input to select a patient having CT image data on which to perform pathway planning; a target selection window configured to receive a user input to select at least one target from the CT image data; and an airway finder window configured to generate at least one pathway from the at least one target to an entry point of the anatomical luminal network in response to a user input.
US11804305B2	Contralateral image orthopedic implant A fabrication system and method for prosthetic appliances employs imaging of a contralateral skeletal structure for designing a matched, patient specific replacement appliance based on the patient's own skeletal structure. Many skeletal structures are disposed on opposed sides, i.e. left and right sides. A contralateral bone or skeletal member often accurately depicts the individual bone shape of a particular patient more accurately than a generalized approximation. A scan such as a CT or MRI is segmented to apportion a skeletal member for replacement and reconstructed into a 3D (3 dimensional) model. The 3D model is inverted to define the contralateral side, and augmented for surgical connection features and comparison with an anatomic ideal to mitigate imperfections. 3D printing and/or additive manufacturing techniques are invoked with biocompatible materials to render the replacement prosthetic appliance based on the model.
US11804304B2	Method and software for assessing neurodevelopmental abnormalities Neurological abnormalities are often discovered through observation by health care providers, and/or parent report. Many neurodevelopmental disorders such as ASD are purely identified through behavioral analysis, and cannot be screened for using a biomarker or quantitative stimulus-response test. Current screening tools contain subjective components based on parent report and clinician observation, vary in consistency of use across providers, and demands resources, knowledge, and access to skilled expertise. As a result, the only tests used today require lengthy and subjective behavioral analysis and often, miss or misidentify neurodevelopmental disorders contributing to a delayed diagnosis. The technology disclosed herein allow for a solution to this systemic problem.
US11804301B2	Systems and methods involving predictive modeling of hot flashes Embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for managing hot flashes and/or menopause symptoms. An example system includes sensor circuitry and logic circuitry. The sensor circuitry obtains a physical measurement associated with a user and communicates the physical measurement. The logic circuitry generates a predictive model that indicates a probability of the user having a hot flash at a date and time based on a plurality of input parameters, revises the probability based on the physical measurement using the predictive model, and communicates data indicative of an action in response to the revised probability being outside a threshold, such as providing cooling relief.
US11804297B1	Computing system for updating or entering multidimensional values Described herein are features pertaining to updating patient data based upon input of an EHR user by way of a GUI. The GUI can depict health information that is generated or extracted from the patient data, wherein the health information can include demographic information, vital statistics, etc. of a patient. The GUI receives input with respect to a multidimensional value displayed on the GUI, the input comprising input in a first dimension and input in a second dimension, the multidimensional value comprising a first value and a second value. The first value and the second value are simultaneously modified based upon the input in the first dimension and the input in the second dimension.
US11804294B2	Contextually adaptive digital pathology interface A method, system, and computer program product for an image visualization system (120) that includes a contextually adaptive digital pathology interface. At least one image of a biological sample stained for the presence of one or more biomarkers is obtained (300). The image is displayed on a display screen at a first zoom level (310), in which a first subset of user selectable elements are contemporaneously displayed (320). As a result of user input, the image being is displayed at a second zoom level (330), in which a second subset of user selectable elements are contemporaneously displayed with the image (340). The one or more elements within the second subset of user selectable elements are disabled or hidden at the first zoom level, or one or more elements within the first subset of user selectable elements are disabled or hidden at the second zoom level.
US11804291B2	Systems and methods for recommending physical activity associated with media content Systems and methods are presented herein for providing a user with a recommendation for physical activity related to media content. The user may activate a recommendation application setting on a user equipment device. The user may select a media asset for presentation on a user equipment device. The system may analyze data associated with the media asset and perform deep video analysis of the frames of the media asset to identify events in the media asset. The system may identify the content type of each respective segment of the media asset and may identify respective activities performed in each segment by a primary character. The system may determine a respective activity to recommend to the user for reach respective segment of the media asset. The application may then determine a segment is being displayed for a user and generate an overlay representing a physical activity for the user to perform.
US11804290B2	Methods and device arrangement for physical activity thresholds reducing risks of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, inflammations, dementia, cancers and mortality in sedentary subjects Highblood levels of very low density lipoprotein lipids (VLDLs) and glycoprotein acyl (Glyc A) are known to increase risk of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, inflammations, cognitive impairments, cancers and premature deaths in sedentary persons. The invention determines physical activity thresholds of daily steps and accelerations to reduce plasma concentrations of VLDLs and Glyc A. The method and device is an accelerometer recording and classifying numbers of steps and accelerations and comparing the person's steps and accelerations with those shown to reduce VLDLs and Gly A. The invention is characterized in that if the daily number of accleration maxima exceeds the given en threshold of 2980 steps in the acceleration range 1.3-1.7 g, the person has performed physical activity, typically known to reduce circulating VLDLs and Glyc A.
US11804288B1	De-identifying medical history information for medical underwriting A computer-implemented method includes producing information that characterizes a group of individuals from a set of private data representing characteristics of the individuals. The identity of the individuals is unattainable from the produced information. The method also includes providing the produced information to report the characteristics of the group.
US11804287B2	System and method for determining subject conditions in mobile health clinical trials A method for calculating a subject's state or condition comprises integrating data that are captured from multiple sources, storing the integrated data in a first database, calculating time intervals in which to collect an optimal amount of data to predict the subject state, developing a predictive model using a recorded diary or electronic data capture information, testing the model against a portion of the captured data, and applying the predictive model to new data from other sources. The predictive model may determine a subject state that may be a digital bio-marker for a disease condition. A system for predicting subject state is also disclosed.
US11804279B2	Program and operating methods of nonvolatile memory device A program method of a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory cells, each storing at least two bits of data, includes performing a first program operation based on a plurality of program voltages having a first pulse width to program first page data into selected memory cells connected to a selected word line among the plurality of memory cells; and performing a second program operation based on a plurality of program voltages having a second pulse width different from the first pulse width to program second page data into the selected memory cells in which the first page data is programmed.
US11804275B1	Phase-mode bit-addressable sensing register Shift register elements of a phase-mode bit-addressable sensing register sample varied AC or DC bias values provided to operational RQL circuitry on the RQL IC via clock resonators or DC bias lines. The shift register can be constructed of phase-mode D flip-flops and JTLs as data and clock lines. A method of using the sensing register includes shifting in a data bit pattern while a bias parameter (e.g., AC amplitude, DC value, or phase) is set to a nominal value; stopping the logical clock that controls the shifting of values through the sensing register, varying the bias parameter value, inputting one assertion SFQ pulse or reciprocal pulse pair into the logical clock, restoring the bias parameter to the nominal value, restarting the logical clock to shift out an output data bit pattern, and observing the output data bit pattern to determine the effect of the bias parameter value change.
US11804273B2	Memory device for setting channel initialization time based on inhabition count value and method of the memory device Provided herein is a memory device and a method of operating the same. The memory device includes a plurality of memory blocks, each including a plurality of memory cells, and a peripheral circuit configured to perform program operations, read operations and erase operations on the plurality of memory blocks. The memory device also includes control logic configured to, when the read operation is performed on any one of the plurality of memory blocks, set a channel initialization time used to initialize channels of memory cells included in the one memory block based on an inhibition count value indicating a number of times that a corresponding operation is inhibited from being performed on the one memory block, and control the peripheral circuit so that the channels are initialized during the channel initialization time before the read operation is performed.
US11804272B2	Memory system and storage system A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory, a controller configured to control the nonvolatile memory, a power supply circuit that is connected to the controller and configured to generate a power supply voltage for the nonvolatile memory and the controller from a voltage supplied from at least one external power supply, and a power storage device that is connected to the power supply circuit and configured to charge to a first energy from a charging voltage supplied by the power supply circuit, and an energy sharing pin that is connected to the power supply circuit and the power storage device, and is connectable to an external power storage device in an external memory system.
US11804270B2	Non-volatile memory device A non-volatile memory device includes a memory cell region including a first metal pad and a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells, and a peripheral circuit region including a second metal pad and an output driver to output a data signal, and vertically connected to the memory cell region by the first metal pad and the second metal pad. The output driver includes a pull-up driver and a pull-down driver. The pull-up driver includes a first pull-up driver having a plurality of P-type transistors and a second pull-up driver having a plurality of N-type transistors. The pull-down driver includes a plurality of N-type transistors. One or more power supply voltages having different voltage levels are selectively applied to the pull-up driver. A first power supply voltage is applied to the first pull-up driver, and a second power supply voltage is applied to the second pull-up driver.
US11804262B2	Area efficient memory cell read disturb mitigation A machine memory includes multiple memory cells. Word lines, each with at least one word line driver, are coupled to the memory cells along rows. The word line drivers of at least some adjacent pairs of the word lines are coupled together by a pull-down transistor, in a manner that reduces read disturb of the memory cells.
US11804252B2	Word line structures for three-dimensional memory arrays Methods, systems, and devices for word line structures for three-dimensional memory arrays are described. A memory device may include word line structures that support accessing memory cells arranged in a three-dimensional level architecture. The word line structures may be arranged above a substrate and be separated from each other by respective dielectric layers. Each word line structure may include word line members and a word line plate that is connected to each word line member. Each word line plate may include a contact that may be coupled with a word line decoder operable to bias the word line plate. To couple the word line plate to the word line decoder, the memory device may include first vias that extend through holes in the word line plates and are coupled with second vias that extend from a respective contact through openings in the word line plates above the contact.
US11804251B2	Ghost command suppression in a half-frequency memory device A memory device includes a command interface configured to receive a two-cycle command from a host device via multiple command address bits. The memory device also includes a command decoder configured to decode a first portion of the multiple command address bits in a first cycle of the two-cycle command. The command decoder includes mask circuitry. The mask circuitry includes mask generation circuitry configured to generate a mask signal. The mask circuitry also includes multiplexer circuitry configured to apply the mask signal to block the command decoder from decoding a second portion of the multiple command address bits in a second cycle of the two-cycle command.
US11804250B2	Memory with deferred fractional row activation Row activation operations within a memory component are carried out with respect to subrows instead of complete storage rows to reduce power consumption. Further, instead of activating subrows in response to row commands, subrow activation operations are deferred until receipt of column commands that specify the column operation to be performed and the subrow to be activated.
US11804249B2	Systems and methods for adaptive and responsive video Systems and methods for providing adaptive and responsive media are disclosed. In various implementations, a video for playback is received at a user device having a plurality of associated properties. Based on at least one of the properties, a first state of the video is configured, and the video is presented according to the first state. During playback of the video, a change in one of the device properties is detected, and the video is seamlessly transitioned to a second state based on the change.
US11804247B2	Collaborative media object generation and presentation in improved collaborative workspace In the present disclosure, a collaborative workspace fosters content creation between users in a synchronous and/or asynchronous manner by enabling automatic generation and management of collaborative media objects that automatically combine content from a plurality of users into a single media object. This is extremely beneficial in technical scenarios where users are creating projects, assignments, presentations, etc., by removing the need for users to manually stitch together and combine content to create a final product. For example, the collaborative workspace is adapted for a video discussion application/service, where users create one or more video clips (e.g., video feeds, live video feeds) in response to a posted topic. In at least one instance, a collaborative workspace for a video discussion application/service may be integrated to display within another type of application/service. However, the present disclosure is extensible to work with any type of application/service and any content type.
US11804243B2	Magnetic recording medium It is an object of the present technology to provide a magnetic recording medium that has a small total thickness and achieves excellent travelling stability.The present technology provides a tape-shaped magnetic recording medium including a magnetic layer, an underlayer, a base layer, and a back layer, in which a servo pattern is recorded in the magnetic layer, a statistical value σSW indicating non-linearity of a servo band and being obtained from a reproduction waveform of a servo signal of the servo pattern is 24 nm or less, the base layer contains polyester as a main component, an average thickness tT of the magnetic recording medium is 5.6 μm or less, the magnetic recording medium contains a lubricant, pores are formed in the magnetic recording medium, and an average diameter of the pores of the magnetic recording medium that is measured in a state where the lubricant has been removed from the magnetic recording medium and the magnetic recording medium has been dried, is 6 nm or more and 11 nm or less.
US11804242B2	Reader noise reduction using spin hall effects A read head is disclosed wherein a Spin Hall Effect (SHE) layer is formed on a free layer (FL) in a sensor and between the FL and top shield (S2). Preferably, the sensor has a seed layer, an AP2 reference layer, antiferromagnetic coupling layer, AP1 reference layer, and a tunnel barrier sequentially formed on a bottom shield (S1). When the stripe heights of the FL and SHE layer are equal, a two terminal configuration is employed where a current flows between one side of the SHE layer to a center portion thereof and then to S1, or vice versa. As a result, a second spin torque is generated by the SHE layer on the FL that opposes a first spin torque from the AP1 reference layer on the FL.
US11804240B2	Methods and systems for human activity tracking Methods and systems for identifying human activity in a building. An illustrative method includes storing one or more room sound profiles for a room in a building based at least in part on background audio captured in the room without a presence of humans in the room. Background noise filters are generated for the room based on the room sound profiles. Real time audio may be captured from the room and filtered with at least one of the background noise filters. The filtered real time audio may be analyzed to identify one or more sounds associated with human activity in the room. A situation report may be generated based at least in part on the identified one or more sounds associated with human activity in the room and transmitted for use by a user.
US11804237B2	Conference terminal and echo cancellation method for conference A conference terminal and an echo cancellation method for a conference are provided. In the echo cancellation method, a synthetic speech signal is received. The synthetic speech signal includes a user speech signal of a speaking party corresponding to a first conference terminal of multiple conference terminals and an audio watermark signal corresponding to the first conference terminal. One or more delay times corresponding to the audio watermark signal are detected in a received audio signal. The received audio signal is recorded through a sound receiver of a second conference terminal of the conference terminals. An echo in the received audio signal is canceled according to the delay time.
US11804230B2	Audio encoding/decoding apparatus and method using vector quantized residual error feature An audio encoding/decoding apparatus and method using vector quantized residual error features are disclosed. An audio signal encoding method includes outputting a bitstream of a main codec by encoding an original signal, decoding the bitstream of the main codec, determining a residual error feature vector from a feature vector of a decoded signal and a feature vector of the original signal, and outputting a bitstream of additional information by encoding the residual error feature vector.
US11804229B2	Apparatus and audio signal processor, for providing processed audio signal representation, audio decoder, audio encoder, methods and computer programs An apparatus for providing a processed audio signal representation on the basis of input audio signal representation configured to apply an un-windowing, in order to provide the processed audio signal representation on the basis of the input audio signal representation. The apparatus is configured to adapt the un-windowing in dependence on one or more signal characteristics and/or in dependence on one or more processing parameters used for a provision of the input audio signal representation.
US11804226B2	System and method for understanding and explaining spoken interactions using speech acoustic and linguistic markers A method includes providing audio signals of an interaction between a plurality of human speakers, the speakers speaking into electronic devices to record the audio signals. The audio signals, which are optionally combined, include agent audio and subject audio. The method further includes automatically processing the audio signals to generate a speaker separated natural language transcript of the interaction from the audio signals. For each identified question, a subject response is identified. From the agent text, it is determined whether the question asked by the at least one agent is an open question or a closed question. A decision engine is used to determine the veracity of the subject response and the subject response is flagged if the indicia of the likelihood of deception in the subject response exceeds a predetermined value.
US11804225B1	Dialog management system Techniques for conversation recovery in a dialog management system are described. A system may determine, using dialog models, that a predicted action to be performed by a skill component is likely to result in an undesired response or that the skill component is unable to respond to a user input of a dialog session. Rather than informing the user that the skill component is unable to respond, the system may send data to the skill component to enable the skill component to determine a correct action responsive to the user input. The data may include an indication of the predicted action and/or entity data corresponding to the user input. The system may receive, from the skill component, response data corresponding to the user input, and may use the response data to update a dialog context for the dialog session and an inference engine of the dialog management system.
US11804224B2	Electronic device and method for operation thereof Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method for providing an intelligent assistance service and an electronic device for performing the same. According to an embodiment, an electronic device comprises at least one communication circuit, at least one microphone, at least one speaker, at least one processor operatively connected to the communication circuit, the microphone, and the speaker, and at least one memory electrically connected to the processor, wherein the memory has instructions stored therein which, when executed, cause the processor to receive a wake-up utterance calling a voice-based intelligent assistance service, in response to the wake-up utterance, to identify a session which is in progress by the voice-based intelligent assistance service, and, upon receiving a control command, to provide the control command to an external device through the session on the basis of the session. Other embodiments are also possible.

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