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US11838984B2	Hierarchical database architecture for subscriber credential management in enterprise networks A credential management system for enterprise networks (ENs) that allows credential storage in different levels and enables individual enterprises to manage the sets of credentials for the SIM cards used in their respective networks. Central management of credentials is provided by a remote cloud-based, centralized orchestration network (O-Net) that receives SIM cards from a SIM Provisioning Platform (SPP) and distributes the credentials to the ENs, which store the credentials in an enterprise global database and assign the SIM cards to the UEs. The credentials can be associated with specific policies and user groups so that the enterprise can control the type and quality of access allowed to UEs. Each EN may have a plurality of campus locations and at each location, a local credential database may be provided to act as a cache for quick efficient access to credentials by the UEs.
US11838982B2	Emergency-responsive community and building infrastructure control An emergency dispatch system may determine that an emergency vehicle has been dispatched to a predefined gated community, based on a dispatch address being within the gated community. The system may access a database to obtain a custom map pre-associated with the gated community. The system may also determine a path to an emergency location within the gated community, based on the custom map and send the path and the custom map to the vehicle, responsive to determining the path.
US11838980B2	Method and apparatus for determining TDD UL-DL configuration applicable for radio frames Methods and apparatuses are provided in which a user equipment (UE) receives a system information block (SIB) from a network. The UE identifies at least one downlink (DL) period based on a first uplink (UL)/DL configuration included in the SIB. The UE monitors a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) during the at least one DL period using a discontinuous reception (DRX) operation. The UE obtains downlink control information (DCI) for indicating at least one second UL/DL configuration as a format for one or more time intervals from the monitored PDCCH. The UE determines the format for the one or more time intervals based on the obtained DCI. The monitoring of the PDCCH includes monitoring the PDCCH in an active time of a DRX cycle. The active time includes a time when the UE performs continuous reception.
US11838975B2	TDM transmission for inter-RAT dual connectivity UE Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform substantially concurrent communications with a next generation network node and a legacy network node. The wireless device may be configured to stablish a first wireless link with a first cell according to a RAT, where the first cell operates in a first system bandwidth and establish a second wireless link with a second cell according to a RAT, where the second cell operates in a second system bandwidth. Further, the wireless device may be configured to perform uplink activity for both the first RAT and the second RAT by TDM uplink data for the first RAT and uplink data for the second RAT if uplink activity is scheduled according to both the first RAT and the second RAT.
US11838973B2	Split protocol data unit (PDU) session indication for multi-rat dual connectivity (MR-DC) with 5GC A master node (MN) that determines a manner of a protocol data unit (PDU) session to be served, wherein the manner of the PDU session includes a split PDU session between the MN and a secondary node (SN) or a whole PDU session served by the MN, generates a request message to be transmitted to the SN to setup PDU session resources on the SN based on the manner of the PDU session is to be served and indicates, to the SN, the manner of the PDU session to be served. A SN that receives, from a MN, a request message to setup PDU session resources, determines a manner of the PDU session to be served, and sets up the PDU session resources on the SN, based on at least the manner of the PDU session to be served.
US11838972B2	Systems and methods for optimizing dual connectivity network environments Systems and methods provide for configuring, by a first wireless station using radio resource control (RRC), a plurality of Fifth Generation (5G) wireless stations associated with 5G secondary cell groups (SCGs), wherein the first wireless station is associated with a first anchor cell for the SCGs; determining, by the wireless station, that a dual connectivity (DC) user equipment (UE) device has a wireless connection to a first 5G wireless station via a first 5G cell, wherein a second 5G SCG is associated with a second one of the 5G wireless stations and the DC-UE device is located in an area associated with the first anchor cell and in an area associated with a second anchor cell; and switching, using a media access control (MAC) control element (CE) of the DC-UE device, the wireless connection from the first 5G cell to the second 5G cell.
US11838969B2	Method for accessing local network, and related device Embodiments of the present application disclose a method for accessing a local network, and a related device, so that a user equipment can simultaneously access an operator network and a local network. The method in the embodiments of the present application includes: receiving, by an MME, an access request of user equipment UE that is sent by an base station eNB, where the access request carries access information of the UE; determining, according to the access information of the UE, a first local gateway corresponding to the UE; and establishing, for the UE, a user plane bearer that is from the eNB to a gateway C-GW of a core network and that includes the first local gateway used as an intermediate node.
US11838964B2	Method and apparatus for RRC connection establishment to support UE-to-network relaying in a wireless communication system A method and device are disclosed from the perspective of a relay UE for Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection establishment to support User Equipment (UE)-to-Network relaying. In one embodiment, the method includes a relay UE establishing a PC5 RRC connection or a PC5 unicast link with a remote UE. The method also includes the relay UE receiving a RRC message from the remote UE. Furthermore, the method includes the relay UE initiating a RRC connection establishment with a network node in response to reception of the RRC message. In addition, the method includes the relay UE transmitting a Disconnect Request message to the remote UE to release the PC5 RRC connection or the PC5 unicast link or transmits a PC5 RRC message to the remote UE to inform the remote UE of a failure of the RRC connection establishment, if the RRC connection establishment fails.
US11838956B2	Techniques for prioritizing multiple sets of random access channel parameters Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a configuration for multiple sets of prioritization parameters for a random access channel (RACH) procedure. A first set of prioritization parameters of the multiple sets of prioritization parameters may be associated with a higher priority network slice than the other sets of prioritization parameters (e.g., than the remaining sets of prioritization parameters). The UE may detect a trigger to perform a RACH procedure and select the first set of prioritization parameters for the RACH procedure based on the first set of prioritization parameters being associated with the higher priority network slice. The UE may perform the RACH procedure for the network slice according to the first set of prioritization parameters.
US11838955B2	Channel access method for performing transmission in unlicensed band, and device using same A base station of a wireless communication system is disclosed. The base station of wireless communication includes a communication module and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a grant for scheduling a plurality of uplink transmissions from the base station, and when the UE attempts to a first fixed duration-based channel access for a first transmission which is one of the plurality of uplink transmission and fails in the first fixed duration-based channel access, attempt to a second fixed duration-based channel access for a second transmission which is a transmission following the first transmission.
US11838942B2	Random access response reception Wireless communications for random access procedures are described. One or more downlink control messages may indicate a system frame number corresponding to a random access preamble. The one or more downlink control messages may indicate the system frame number in a field and/or using a radio network identifier.
US11838940B2	Method for determining working frequency point, unmanned aerial vehicle, remote control, unmanned aerial vehicle system and computer storage medium A method for determining a working frequency point includes: each measurement period and each frequency point to be measured in each measurement period are acquired; whether a present moment is a first scheduling slice of a present measurement period is judged; if YES, frequency point switching and measurement are sequentially performed to obtain a Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) value of each frequency point to be measured in the present measurement period, frequency point switching back to a present working frequency point is performed, and the judging is re-executed until an RSSI value of each frequency point to be measured in each measurement period is measured; if NO, the judging is re-executed; and a working frequency point is redetermined according to a relationship between the RSSI value of each frequency point to be measured in each measurement period and an interference value of the present working frequency point.
US11838938B2	Collision mitigation procedures for grant-less uplink multiple access A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive configuration information for a first set of resources and a second set of resources for a grantless physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission. The WTRU may determine data for transmission using the grantless PUSCH transmission. Based on the data, the WTRU may select resources from the first set or the second set for the grantless PUSCH transmission. Further, the WTRU may send the grantless PUSCH transmission including the data using the selected resources. In an example, the sending of the grantless PUSCH transmission may be part of a random access procedure. The random access procedure may be a two-step random access procedure. The random access procedure may be a random access channel (RACH) procedure. The random access procedure may depend upon a double contention pool setting, and the setting may address at least one of a data pool or a control pool.
US11838937B2	Computation delay for aperiodic channel state information beam switching latency Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive downlink control information (DCI) that schedules an aperiodic channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) report. The UE may determine, based at least in part on the DCI, a time duration between an end of the DCI and a start of a communication on a physical uplink shared channel that includes the aperiodic CSI-RS report. The time duration may be based at least in part on an aperiodic CSI beam switch latency threshold. The UE may generate the aperiodic CSI-RS report based at least in part on a CSI-RS measurement. The UE may transmit the aperiodic CSI-RS report based at least in part on the DCI associated with the time duration. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11838933B2	User terminal and radio communication method The present invention is designed to appropriately select PUCCH resources used to transmit HARQ-ACK. According to one aspect of the present invention, a user terminal has a control section that monitors candidate resources of one or more downlink (DL) control channels (DL) transmitted in multiple different time and/or frequency resources, and detects one or more downlink control information (DCI), and a transmission section that transmits delivery acknowledgment information in response to a downlink (DL) data channel by using an uplink (UL) control channel, and the control section selects resources for the UL control channel based on the DCI.
US11838921B2	Multi-channel downlink scheduling with miss detection based on variable bitwidth index A base station may transmit downlink control information messages (DCIs) that schedule multiple physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) in a single DCI (multi-PDSCH DCIs) to a UE. The base station may generate DCIs with multiple downlink association index (DAI) bitwidths. The base station generate a given DCI with a DAI bitwidth based on a DCI format of the DCI, based on whether the DCI is a multi-PDSCH DCI, based on a carrier that the DCI is transmitted on, or whether the base station is capable of scheduling the UE with multi-PDSCH DCIs in general. The UE may determine the DAI bitwidth of received DCIs and may determine whether any DCIs were missed based on the DAI and the bitwidth of the DAI.
US11838920B2	Beam-based configured grant—small data transfer occasions Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a configuration message indicating a configured grant-small data transfer (CG-SDT) group that includes the UE. The CG-SDT group is associated with a downlink beam of the base station and one or more CG-SDT occasions. The UE may transmit, to the base station and within the one or more CG-SDT occasions, an uplink communication, using an uplink beam of the UE corresponding to a downlink beam of the UE, where the downlink beam of the UE is associated with the downlink beam of the base station used for transmitting at least one of the configuration message, a paging message, or a reference signal. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11838919B2	System and method for sharing a control channel for carrier aggregation A method for processing a control channel at a user agent (UA) to identify at least one of an uplink and a downlink resource allocated by a resource grant within a multi-carrier communication system wherein resource grants are specified by control channel element (CCE) subset candidates wherein the carriers used for data transmission and reception are configured carriers, the method comprising the steps of receiving activation signals specifying active and deactivated carriers from among the configured carriers, for active carriers (i) identifying a number of CCE subset candidates to decode and (ii) decoding up to the identified number of CCE subset candidates in an attempt to identify the resource grant; and for deactivated carriers, ignoring CCE subset candidates associated with the deactivated carriers.
US11838918B2	Method and apparatus for determining downlink feedback information in wireless communication system A communication scheme and a system thereof are provided for converging IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a high data transmission rate beyond that of a 4G system. The disclosure can be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. Further, the disclosure provides a method of determining DL feedback information in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving, from a BS, first information configuring a CBG based UL transmission; transmitting, to the BS, UL data including one or more CBGs, based on the first information; and receiving, from the BS, second information indicating an ACK or a NACK according to a reception result of the BS for the UL data.
US11838916B2	Downlink control information design for multi-component carrier scheduling Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may transmit downlink control information (DCI) to a user equipment (UE) indicating a joint field for at least a first component carrier (CC) and a second CC of a carrier aggregation configuration. For example, the joint field may include a rate matching (RM) indication for the first CC and the second CC, a zero power channel state information reference signal (ZP-CSI-RS) indication for the first CC and the second CC, or both. In some cases, the RM indication may include a common RM resource (RMR) configuration applicable for both the first CC and the second CC or per-CC RMR configurations that indicate separate RMRs for each of the CCs. Additionally, the ZP-CSI-RS indication may include a set identifier that indicates a resource set for ZP-CSI-RS resources for both the first CC and the second CC.
US11838908B2	Short control messages using index modulation on demodulation reference signals This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support short control messaging using index modulation on DMRS. In a first aspect, a method of wireless communication includes a base station determining a configuration action for a served user equipment (UE) in communication with the base station. The base station may then generate a short control message associated with the configuration action and map that short control message onto a set of inactive subcarrier resource elements (REs) of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence. The served UE may then receive the transmitted DMRS sequence and determine the short control message within the set of inactive subcarrier REs of the DMRS sequence. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US11838906B2	Dynamic power sharing enhancement A method, system, computer readable storage medium, or apparatus provides for receiving a first message from a user equipment (UE), wherein the first message comprises an indication of one or more conditions, wherein the one or more conditions comprises an indication that the UE has a radio mode that comprises new radio (NR); determining a required idle period for long term evolution (LTE) for the UE; determining, based on the first message and the required idle period for LTE, a transmission time interval (TTI) for NR that corresponds to the required idle period for LTE; and sending, to the UE, a second message, wherein the second message comprises an indication of the TTI for NR.
US11838902B2	Method and device for allocating resources by limiting RU and MRU for STA operating only in 20MHz band in WLAN system Proposed herein is a method and device for setting limited RUs and MRUs in a WLAN system. More specifically, a receiving STA receives a PPDU from a transmitting STA through a preset frequency band, and decodes the PPDU. The receiving STA is an STA operating only in a 20 MHz band. The PPDU includes a preamble and a data field. The data field is received through resources other than the first RU and the first MRU among the preset frequency band.
US11838901B2	System and method for utilizing overlapping component carriers A new radio base station establishes a first and a second component. The first and second component carrier overlap each other. The base station transmits first synchronization signal blocks on the first component carrier. The base station transmits second synchronization signal blocks on the second component carrier interleaved in time with the first synchronization signal blocks.
US11838894B2	Quality of service or priority configuration for relay user equipment Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a relay user equipment may receive or determine configuration information for a sidelink between the relay UE and a remote UE, wherein the configuration information indicates one or more parameters associated with at least one of a priority level or a quality of service value associated with the sidelink; receive or determine association information indicating that a logical channel on a radio access link is associated with a logical channel on the sidelink, wherein the association information is based at least in part on the one or more parameters for the sidelink; and relay traffic between the remote UE and a base station via the sidelink and the radio access link in accordance with the association information. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11838891B2	Paging of idle state wireless communication devices Methods and devices of enabling paging of a wireless communication device. In an aspect, a method of a node configured to provide core network user plane functionality in a communications network is provided to enable paging of a wireless communication device being in an idle state. The method includes receiving an indication that data is to be transmitted in downlink to the wireless communication device, identifying a radio access network control plane function, and sending a downlink data notification comprising an identifier of the wireless communication device and of a core network control plane function configured to provide mobility management where the wireless communication device currently is registered, thereby enabling for the identified radio access network control plane function to forward the download data notification to the identified core network control plane function configured to provide mobility management to enable the identified core network control plane function configured to provide mobility management to page the wireless communication device.
US11838889B2	Methods and nodes for facilitating positioning determination in a Wi-Fi communication network Methods for facilitating positioning determination in a Wi-Fi communication network are disclosed. An example method comprises sending, to a responding communication node, a request to start a position-related determination procedure and information of a first plurality of frequency bands over which the initiating communication node is able to communicate. The method further comprises receiving, from the responding communication node, second information related to a second number of frequency bands over which the responding communication node is able to communicate, and triggering start of the position-related determination procedure based on the received second information so that the position-related determination procedure is performed over at least one of a third number of frequency bands that occurs in both the first plurality of frequency bands and the second number of frequency bands.
US11838886B2	Mechanisms for integrated access and backhaul (IAB) mobile terminal distributed unit simultaneous operation Various embodiments herein provide techniques for integrated access and backhaul (IAB) nodes that operate with simultaneous mobile terminal (MT) and distributed unit (DU) communication. For example, embodiments may include mechanisms for aligning the communications (e.g., slot-based alignment or symbol-based alignment). Additionally, embodiments may include mechanisms for guard symbol management for IAB MT/DU simultaneous operation. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US11838885B2	Method and apparatus for timing advance adjustment This application provides a method and an apparatus for determining an effective time of a timing advance (TA). The method includes: determining a first subcarrier spacing from M subcarrier spacings, where the M subcarrier spacings are subcarrier spacings of L carriers used by a terminal device, and L≥M≥2; and determining an effective time of a timing advance (TA) of each of the L carriers based on the first subcarrier spacing.
US11838881B2	Method and device for transmitting synchronization signal block based on added time window, and storage medium Disclosed are a method and device for transmitting a synchronization signal block (SSB), and a storage medium. The method comprises: when an SSB is to be transmitted in an unlicensed band, lengthening a time window for transmission of an SSB; and transmitting the SSB in the lengthened time window. Implementing the solution of the present invention can increase a success rate of SSB transmission.
US11838869B2	Energy saving techniques for multi-connectivity devices A method for reducing the energy consumption of a mobile device includes: measuring condition values of the mobile device by a measuring unit associated to the mobile device; comparing the measured condition values of the mobile device to entries of a condition listing, wherein the condition listing is stored in a memory unit of the mobile device; and initiating an energy saving program of the mobile device upon detecting a match of the measured condition values and an entry of the condition listing. The entries of the condition listing comprise the following measuring condition values of the mobile device: a display state, an activity state, a traffic consumption value, a traffic stream value, an SSID state, a BSSID state, an ESSID state, authentication information, and/or access type information.
US11838868B2	To reduce interference between wake-up signalling transmissions from different base stations A network access node for use in a wireless telecommunications system comprising the network access node and a terminal device, the network access node is operable to: transmit wake-up signalling for the terminal device in a wake-up signalling transmission period in advance of transmitting a paging message to indicate the terminal device should seek to decode the paging message, wherein the wake-up signalling comprises: first wake-up signalling transmitted in a first frequency band during a first transmission period in the wake-up signalling transmission period; and second wake-up signalling transmitted in a second frequency band during a second transmission period in the wake-up signalling transmission period.
US11838865B2	Method and apparatus for monitoring physical downlink control channel in wireless communication system A method of controlling monitoring of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in user equipment (UE), the method including receiving wake up signal (WUS) configuration information from a base station; monitoring a WUS transmitted from the base station based on the WUS configuration information; detecting the WUS based on the monitoring; and monitoring at least one search space associated with the detected WUS.
US11838863B2	Method for monitoring downlink channel or downlink signal, and wireless device The present disclosure relates to a method of monitoring, by a wireless device, a downlink channel or a downlink signal. The method may include a step of receiving configuration information on a power save signal. The power saving signal can be used to signal that the downlink channel or the downlink signal should be monitored later. The configuration information may contain configuration information on an opportunity to omit the power saving signal. The method may include a step of monitoring the downlink channel or the downlink signal without monitoring the energy saving signal during the opportunity to omit. The length and/or position of the opportunity of omission can be determined according to the configuration information of a discontinuous receive cycle (DRX).
US11838861B2	Handling UE context upon inactivity A method is provided including configuring by a first network node (20-S) a timer for a UE (10) which is started when an inactivity criteria is met, upon expiry of the timer, allowing cell reselection for the UE (10) based on a frequency criteria between a first frequency and at least a second frequency; and forwarding the UE context by the first network node (20-S) controlling the first frequency to at least a second network node (20-T) controlling the at least second frequency.
US11838858B2	System and method for UE context and PDU session context management There is provided systems and methods for the grouping of UEs, such that UEs can share a UE group context or share a PDU session context or both. In this manner, network resource usage, with respect to UE context and PDU session context management, can be mitigated.
US11838857B2	Cross-node deep learning methods of selecting machine learning modules in wireless communication systems A method of wireless communication is performed by a user equipment (UE). The method receives, from a network, a configuration for a decision making module. The method also executes the decision making module to determine a selection parameter for a configuration of at least one machine learning module. The method selects the configuration of the at least one machine learning module based on the selection parameter. Further, the method reports, to the network, a decision resulting from executing the decision making module.
US11838851B1	Methods for managing L7 traffic classification and devices thereof A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and device that assists with managing L7 network classification includes receiving a request to access a service by a mobile computing device. Next, application layer network traffic from the requesting mobile computing device is classified based on mobile data associated with the requesting mobile computing device. One or more actions are performed based on the classification.
US11838843B2	System for communicating vehicle-specific features of an individual vehicle to a personal electronic device A system for communicating vehicle-specific features to one or more personal electronic devices includes one or more controllers in wireless communication with a centralized computer system including one or more database for storing the vehicle-specific features. The one or more controllers execute instructions to undergo a passive wireless interaction with the one or more personal electronic devices. The passive wireless interaction involves determining the one or more personal electronic devices are located within a predefined proximity around a vehicle without human interaction. In response to undergoing the passive wireless interaction, the one or more controllers transmit one or more vehicle-specific features to the one or more personal electronic devices, where the one or more vehicle-specific features are unique to the vehicle.
US11838842B2	Method and device for controlling an application, and storage medium A method for controlling an application includes: triggering reading information of a second device included in a near-field communication (NFC) sensor in response to a distance between a first device and the NFC sensor reaching an NFC effective communication distance, and determining the second device based on the information of the second device; determining a function currently executed by the first device, and determining a capability of the second device; and switching to the second device to continue to execute the function in response to the capability of the second device matching the function.
US11838841B2	System, apparatus and method for scalable internet of things (IOT) device on-boarding with quarantine capabilities In one embodiment, a domain controller (a) quarantines unknown devices at a first quarantine point at a first layer of a multi-layer communication model; (b) communicates with a domain name system (DNS) service to self-allocate and register a domain name with the DNS service; (c) receives a provisioning request for a first device via an access point, wherein the access point comprises a second quarantine point at a second layer of the multi-level communication model; (d) verifies a device type of the first device with the DNS service; and (e) responsive to that verification, provisions the first device into the domain. The domain controller may also send a provisioning response to the access point to enable the first device to be removed from the second quarantine point, to enable the first device to communicate with the domain controller. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11838839B2	V2X policy and parameters provisioning to user equipment by a policy and control function Systems and methods provide solutions for provisioning vehicle-to-everything (V2X) policy and parameters to a user equipment (UE). A UE may generate a registration request to register with a wireless network. The registration request may include a first indication of a V2X policy provisioning request. The UE processes a message from a policy control function (PCF) including either a current V2X policy and corresponding parameters or a second indication that the PCF does not support V2X provisioning.
US11838838B2	Method and system for application service management A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which an application layer network management service is provided. The service may allow third parties associated with an application layer network to develop and on-board application-aware logic that manages application services. The application-aware logic may include optimization of the application service and remedial procedures that address events associated with degradation and/or performance of the application service. The application-aware logic may be implemented in conjunction with other logic provisioned by a network provider.
US11838836B2	Data layers for a vehicle map service Vehicle map service data, which includes information associated with a geographic area and sensor observations of a vehicle, can be used to perform various operations. The vehicle map service data is based on a vehicle map service protocol specifying layers associated with portions of the vehicle map service data to which each client system is subscribed. Further, the layers to which the client systems are subscribed can be determined and access to the plurality of layers to which each of the vehicle client systems is subscribed can be provided to each of the client systems. Access to the layers can include authorization to send or receive one or more portions of the vehicle map service data associated with a corresponding layer.
US11838835B2	Distributed inference system and operating method of the same A distributed inference system includes an end device and a server. The end device generates status information and generates an inference result corresponding to target data based on a first machine learning model. The server creates a second machine learning model based on the status information and a training dataset including the inference result, calculates an accuracy of the inference result, and provides the second machine learning model to the end device based on the accuracy.
US11838833B2	Grouping method, apparatus, and system Example grouping methods, apparatuses, and systems are provided. One example method includes receiving, by a central unit, a first interference intensity indication reported by at least one distributed unit. The central unit can then group the at least one distributed unit into at least one first distributed unit group based on the first interference intensity indication. The central unit can then send, to a controller, a distributed unit grouping indication and a second interference intensity indication that corresponds to the at least one first distributed unit group, where the distributed unit grouping indication is used to indicate the at least one first distributed unit group.
US11838832B2	Method for adjusting multicast broadcast service area and network apparatus using the same An aspect of the disclosure includes a method for adjusting a multicast broadcast service area. According to an exemplary embodiment, the method may include, but is not limited to, the following steps. A cell list in a session update request message is obtained. An old broadcast target area for a multicast broadcast service is adjusted to a new broadcast target area for the multicast broadcast service according to the cell list. At least one base station is controlled to allocate or release radio spectrum resources for the multicast broadcast service.
US11838829B2	Systems and methods for intelligent audio output Systems and methods for a media guidance application that adjusts output parameters of media assets delivered to output devices based on user preferences of users near the output devices. For example, the media guidance application may adjust the volume to be higher at a speaker near a first user who enjoys a particular media asset and lower at a speaker near a second user who dislikes the media asset.
US11838822B2	Techniques for selecting network protocols This disclosure describes techniques for selecting network protocols using heatmaps. For instance, a system may receive radio frequency information from one or more sources located within an environment. The system may then generate heatmaps using the radio frequency information, where the heatmaps represent characteristics associated with different network protocols. The characteristics may include signal strengths, throughputs, data packet drop rates, data packet retry rates, and/or the like for various locations within the environment. A user device may then receive the heatmaps from the system. Using a location of the user device and the heatmaps, the user device may determine to communicate using a network protocol from the different network protocols. The user device may then establish a connection using the network protocol.
US11838818B2	Method for transferring an access node An apparatus and method comprising implementing a near-real-time radio access network intelligent controller, and detecting an event triggering a need for transfer of control of at least one access node from said near-real-time radio access network intelligent controller to a target near-real-time radio access network intelligent controller. An address of the target near-real-time radio access network intelligent controller is determined, and an interface between the near-real-time radio access network intelligent controller and the target near-real-time radio access network intelligent controller is established. The transfer of the control of the at least one access node from said near-real-time radio access network intelligent controller to the target near-real-time radio access network intelligent controller is carried out.
US11838817B2	Method and apparatus for system information acquisition, beam failure recovery and cell reselection The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. An apparatus, a method and a system for system information acquisition, beam failure recovery, and cell reselection in wireless communication system are provided.
US11838811B2	Inter-network change method and apparatus, and related device An inter-network change method and apparatus, where a terminal determines second network slice information to which first network slice information is mapped. The first network slice information is information about a first network slice accessed by the terminal, the second network slice information is information about a second network slice, the first network slice is a network slice in a first network, and the second network slice is a network slice in a second network. The terminal sends a request message to the second network and receives an accept message returned by the second network, such that the terminal accesses a network slice identified by network slice information accepted by the second network. It can be learned that embodiments of the present disclosure can implement a handover operation between network slices of different networks.
US11838810B2	Report NSA/SA NR indicator A wireless device configured to acquire network support information associated with a neighbor cell, wherein the network support information indicates that the neighbor cell supports a Stand-Alone (SA) mode of operation and/or a Non-Stand-Alone (NSA) mode of operation; and transmit to a serving network node a report comprising identification information associated with the neighbour cell and the network support information indicating that the neighbor cell supports a SA mode of operation and/or a NSA mode of operation. A serving network node configured to receive a report transmitted by a wireless device, wherein the report comprises identification information associated with the neighbor cell and network support information indicating that the neighbor cell supports a Stand-Alone (SA) mode of operation and/or a Non-Stand-Alone (NSA) mode of operation; and determine, based on the report, a type of interface to establish between the serving network node and the neighbor network node.
US11838803B2	Resource reserving method and device The embodiments of this application disclose a resource reserving method and a device and relate to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: obtaining target information, where the target information includes at least one of first information and second information, the first information is used to indicate a resource reserving priority of first data, the second information is used to indicate a resource reserving priority of second data, the first data is data that occupies a first resource, and the second data is to-be-transmitted data; and according to the target information, determining whether to use the first resource as a candidate resource for transmitting the second data. The embodiments of this application are applied to a scenario where UE reserves a resource for to-be-transmitted data.
US11838798B2	Method and apparatus for audio decoding based on dequantization of quantized parameters The present disclosure provides methods, devices and computer program products for non-uniform quantization of parameters. The disclosure further relates to a method and apparatus for reconstructing an audio object in an audio decoding system taking the non-uniformly quantized parameters into account. According to the disclosure, such an approach renders it possible to reduce bit consumption without substantially reducing the quality of the reconstructed audio object.
US11838797B2	Method and device for improved communication performance in wireless communication system Disclosed are: a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system; and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security, and safety related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. Disclosed is an operating method of a terminal, comprising the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including information for indicating whether to use uplink data compression (UDC); receiving data from an upper application layer of the terminal; compressing the data and encoding the compressed data; generating an uplink data compression (UDC) header and a service data adaption protocol (SDAP) header together; generating a block to which the UDC header and the SDAP header are bonded in the encoded data; and transmitting the block to a lower layer of the terminal.
US11838795B2	Method and apparatus for autonomous transmission A method and an apparatus for autonomous transmission in an unlicensed band are provided. The method and apparatus comprising: a wireless device receiving a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration for first uplink transmission, wherein the SPS configuration includes information regarding an SPS window indicating a time section in which the first uplink transmission is allowed; the wireless device receiving on a DL channel downlink control information (DCI) having an uplink grant that instructs second uplink transmission, wherein the uplink grant includes a second hybrid automatic repeat request process identifier (HARQid) for the second uplink transmission; and the wireless device performing the first uplink transmission in the SPS window when it is confirmed that a wireless medium is in an idle state by performing a listen before talk (LBT) in the SPS window, wherein a first HARQid for the first uplink transmission is not the same as the second HARQid.
US11838789B2	End-to-end secure communications for privileged 5G network traffic Software-defined networking and network function virtualization constructs are leveraged across diverse portions of 5G network infrastructure including radio access network, mobile core, and wide area network to enable a security property to be implemented for a network slice from end-to-end to provide for strong logical and/or physical isolation of slice traffic from other network traffic. One or more network slice controllers are implemented in the 5G network that are interoperable as separate elements, or under centralized control, to enable the underlying diverse network infrastructure to be abstracted and virtualized so that infrastructure properties can be mapped across infrastructure types for the end-to-end slice. Network resources may be dynamically allocated based on real-time traffic demands to instantiate the end-to-end network slices on a customized basis to meet particular quality of service parameters for various traffic types, including privileged traffic that may be prioritized when resources become scarce and network congestion occurs.
US11838784B2	Methods for panel activation/deactivation for uplink MIMO transmission Systems, methods, and devices for panel activation and/or deactivation for uplink multi-in multi-out (MIMO) transmission are disclosed. A device, such as a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) may have one or more antennal panels. Each panel may have an identifier (ID). Based on reported feedback that includes measurement information, one or more panels may be activated or deactivated. In some embodiments, a gNB may determine whether to activate or deactivate a panel. In other embodiments, a WTRU may determine to activate or deactivate a panel.
US11838779B2	License based traffic management in hybrid networks Systems and methods for managing traffic in a hybrid environment include monitoring traffic load of a local network to determine whether the traffic load exceeds or is likely to exceed a maximum traffic load, where the maximum traffic load is a traffic load for which a service can be provided by the local network, based on a license. An excess traffic load is determined if the traffic load exceeds or is likely to exceed the maximum traffic load. One or more external networks which have a capacity to provide the service to the excess traffic load are determined, to which the excess traffic load is migrated. The local network includes one or more service instances for providing the service for up to the maximum traffic load, and the service to the excess traffic load is provided by one or more additional service instances in the one or more external networks.
US11838778B2	Wireless node self-interference measurements and uplink beam management for full duplex transmissions Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first wireless node may determine, from a plurality of beams associated with the first wireless node, a set of suitable uplink beams and a set of suitable downlink beams, wherein the set of suitable UL beams and the set of suitable DL beams are suitable for full duplex communications, and transmit, to a second wireless node, an indication of the set of suitable uplink beams and the set of suitable downlink beams. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11838777B2	Support for quality-of-service (QOS) monitoring in a dual connectivity or split ng-ran with control plane (CP)—user plane (UP) separation An apparatus for a Next Generation Node-B (gNB) includes processing circuitry coupled to memory. To configure the gNB for QoS monitoring in an NG-RAN with a control plane (CP)-user plane (UP) separation, the processing circuitry is to decode assistance information data received at a gNB Central Unit (gNB-CU) node of the gNB from a gNB Distributed Unit (gNB-DU) node of the gNB. The gNB-CU node is hosting an NR PDCP. The gNB-DU node is configured as a corresponding node of the gNB. The assistance information data includes delay information of a communication link of the NG-RAN measured by the corresponding node. A delay associated with the communication link is determined at the gNB-CU node of the gNB, based on the delay information measured by the corresponding node.
US11838773B2	LBT failure processing method and LBT failure processing apparatus A method of processing a listen before talk (LBT) failure can be applied to a terminal and include: counting a number of failures and a number of successes for performing LBTs; determining whether to trigger a preset action according to a relationship between the number of failures and the number of successes, wherein the preset action is used to restore a link between the terminal and a base station or report a link problem to the base station.
US11838772B2	Base station report Systems and methods for operating a cellular telecommunications network. If determining that a first cell of a base station is about to reboot, performing a handover of one or more User Equipments from that cell to a second cell. After the reboot, the user equipment may be handed back to the rebooted cell.If both cells are to reboot, a determination is made to identify which cell's reboot operation is to be prioritized, a handover of the user equipment attached to the prioritized cell to the other cell is made, the prioritized cell is rebooted, all the user equipments are handed over from the non-prioritized cell to the (now rebooted) prioritized cell, the non-prioritized cell is rebooted and the user equipment that was initially attached to the non-prioritized cell is handed over from the prioritized cell back to the now rebooted non-prioritized cell.
US11838765B2	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.
US11838757B2	Identity authentication Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment, a method and/or system for mobile identity authentication is disclosed. For example, mobile identity authentication may be employed in a variety of situations, including purchases, financial transactions, granted access to accounts, granting access to content, etc.
US11838753B2	Communication apparatus, method of controlling the communication apparatus, and program The present invention relates to a communication apparatus including a first execution unit, a second execution unit, and a selection unit. The selection unit selects a first process of setting a wireless parameter in another communication apparatus or a second process of setting a wireless parameter that is set in another communication apparatus in the communication apparatus.
US11838751B2	Privacy preserving message blinding A method for transmitting message frames, comprising: generating, by an end device comprising a processor, a first message frame portion comprising a first plain header; obtaining a device identifier (DevEUI) and a header blinding key (HdrBKey); generating a first header mask using the DevEUI and the HdrBKey; obtaining a first blinded header by applying the first header mask to the first plain header; obtaining a first updated message frame portion by updating the first message portion using the first blinded header; generating a first blinded message frame comprising the first updated message frame portion; and transmitting the first blinded message frame to a network gateway.
US11838749B2	Deep packet inspection in a fronthaul network of a cloud radio access network A C-RAN includes a plurality of remote units (RUs), each being configured to exchange RF signals with at least one UE. The C-RAN also includes a central unit communicatively coupled to the plurality of RUs via a fronthaul interface. The fronthaul interface includes a unit having a switching function and configured to perform deep packet inspection on a received packet in order to determine whether an RU identification is present in the packet. The RU identification, if present in the packet, indicates at least one RU the packet is intended for. When the RU identification is present in the packet, the unit is also configured to communicate, for each of the at least one RU, at least a portion of the packet to the RU based on a comparison of the RU identification with at least one bit pattern for the RU.
US11838739B2	Device and method for obtaining a first order ambisonic signal A device and method, respectively, obtain a first order ambisonic (FOA) signal from signals of multiple microphones, e.g., at least four or five directive microphones. The device and method determine a look direction of each microphone, and calculate a decoding matrix based on the determined look directions. The decoding matrix is a matrix suitable for decoding a FOA signal into the signals of the microphones. Further, the device and method invert the decoding matrix to obtain an encoding matrix, and encode the signals of the microphones based on the encoding matrix to obtain the FOA signal.
US11838734B2	Multi-device audio adjustment coordination This relates to intelligent automated assistants and, more specifically, to the intelligent coordination of audio signal output adjustments among multiple electronic devices. An example method includes, generating a local audio intent object associated with a software application stored on a first electronic device, the local audio intent object including one or more local audio parameters; determining that a second electronic device that is outputting an audio signal is proximate to the first electronic device; generating a proximate audio intent object corresponding to the second electronic device based on the one or more local audio adjustment parameters and a round-trip time (RTT) of a communication connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device; and transmitting the proximate audio intent object to the second electronic device via the communication connection, wherein the proximate audio intent object causes the second electronic device to adjust the output of the audio signal.
US11838732B2	Adaptive filterbanks using scale-dependent nonlinearity for psychoacoustic frequency range extension A system provides for psychoacoustic frequency range extension. The system generates quadrature components from an audio channel, and generates rotated spectral quadrature components by applying a forward transformation that rotates a spectrum of the quadrature components from a standard basis to a rotated basis. In the rotated basis, the system isolates components of the rotated spectral quadrature components at target frequencies, and generates weighted phase-coherent harmonic spectral quadrature components by applying a nonlinearity to the isolated components having a dependence on scale that is subject to constraints. The circuitry generates a harmonic spectral component by applying an inverse transformation that rotates a spectrum of the weighted phase-coherent harmonic spectral quadrature components from the rotated basis to the standard basis. The circuitry combines the harmonic spectral component with frequencies of the audio channel outside of the target frequencies to generate an output channel, and provides the output channel to a speaker.
US11838731B2	Sound recognition apparatus, sound recognition method, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program A sound recognition apparatus (100) includes at least two microphones (1) that detect a surrounding sound, an attitude detection unit (4) that detects attitudes of the microphones (1), a self-position estimation unit (52) that estimates positions of the microphones (1) based on the attitudes of the microphones (1) and a signal of the sound detected by the microphone (1), a sound source estimation unit (53) that estimates a direction of the sound source (200) of the sound based on the attitudes of the microphones (1) and the signal of the sound detected by the microphone (1), and a sound environment mapping unit (54) that creates a sound environment map based on the positions of the microphones (1) and the direction of the sound source (200), the sound environment map displaying at least a position of the sound source (200).
US11838729B2	Flexible ear piece for hearing aid A hearing aid (1) comprises a flexible ear tip (36) for an ear piece (62) adapted for insertion into the ear canal of a user. The ear piece comprises a shroud having a generally ball-shaped hollow bulb made of soft resilient material. The shroud is oval for better adaptation to the ear canal, as ear canals of humans are generally oval. The invention further provides an ear piece, an ear plug, and a component for a communications device.
US11838728B2	Sound awareness medical device The present application discloses a hearing prosthesis configured to alert a user of the presence of sound while operating in a sound awareness mode of operation. When a user of the hearing aid removes the external sound processor and microphone, traditionally, a hearing prosthesis does not produce any audio stimulus. Here, the systems and methods will alert a user to sounds in his or her environment when the external sound processor and microphone are decoupled from the internal components of the hearing prosthesis. In some embodiments, the hearing prosthesis may have an acoustic receiver that is implanted in the recipient. The implanted acoustic detector may be used to detect an aspect of a sound above a threshold level. The threshold may be chosen so the detected sound is a loud sound such as a fire alarm.
US11838727B1	Hearing aids with parallel neural networks An apparatus (e.g., an ear-worn device such as a hearing aid) includes neural network circuitry and control circuitry. The neural network circuitry is configured to implement a neural network system comprising at least a first neural network and a second neural network operating in parallel. The control circuitry is configured to control the neural network system to receive a first input signal, process the first input signal using the first neural network to produce a first output and using the second neural network to produce a second output, combine the first output and the second output, reset one or more states of the first neural network, and reset one or more states of the second neural network at a different time than when the one or more states of the first neural network are reset.
US11838726B2	Pressure wave-generating device and method for producing the same A pressure wave-generating device having a support and a heating element film that is disposed over the support and that is configured to generate heat by energization, and the heating element film has a porous metal structure.
US11838724B2	MEMS microphone The present disclosure discloses a MEMS microphone including a printed circuit board, a shell assembled with the printed circuit board for forming a receiving space and provided with a sound hole communicating with the receiving space, a MEMS Die with a cavity accommodated in the receiving space and mounted on the shell for covering the sound hole, and an ASIC chip accommodated in the receiving space and mounted on the shell through a substrate. The cavity of the MEMS Die communicates with the sound hole. The MEMS Die electrically connects with the ASIC chip. The ASIC chip electrically connects with the substrate. The substrate electrically connects with the printed circuit board.
US11838722B2	Terminal device In a terminal device in this application, a device housing includes an installation space and a first inner cavity that are isolated from each other. A speaker is installed in the installation space. The speaker includes a speaker shell provided with a sound hole and a second inner cavity, and a vibrating piece, a signal amplifier, and a speaker body that are disposed in the second inner cavity. The first inner cavity and the second inner cavity are isolated from each other. A circuit board is installed in the first inner cavity. The circuit board is provided with a sound signal processing module and a vibration sound wave generation device. The vibration sound wave generation device is connected to the sound signal processing module. The vibration sound wave generation device converts a sound signal from the sound signal processing module into a vibration signal.
US11838720B2	Vibration and sound-making apparatus and electronic device An electronic device includes a main body, a display disposed on the main body, and a sound-making assembly. The sound-making assembly includes a speaker box and a driving diaphragm located in the speaker box, the speaker box is disposed inside the main body or is formed using the main body and the display, where the main body includes a speaker grille corresponding to the speaker box, the driving diaphragm is fastened inside the speaker box and divides the speaker box into two sub-chambers, the speaker grille is coupled to one of the two sub-chambers, the driving diaphragm vibrates after receiving an audio signal, the driving diaphragm drives, through vibration of the driving diaphragm, air in the two sub-chambers to vibrate to make a sound, and the sound is propagated through the speaker grille.
US11838718B2	Hearing protection device, hearing protection system, and related method A hearing protection system, a hearing protection device and related method, the hearing protection device comprising an earpiece device comprising a first connector, and first and second earpieces, the first earpiece comprising a first primary microphone and a first receiver wired to the first connector and the second earpiece comprising a second primary microphone and a second receiver wired to the first connector; and a processing device comprising a processor, an earpiece interface, and a wireless communication interface, wherein the processor is configured to receive a first microphone input signal from the first primary microphone; process the first microphone input signal for provision of a first primary output signal for the first receiver based on the first microphone input signal; receive a communication request from a communication device via the communication interface; and in response to receipt of the communication request, communicate with the communication device via the communication interface.
US11838717B2	Signal processing apparatus and signal processing method Disclosed is a signal processing apparatus including a surrounding sound signal acquisition unit, a NC (Noise Canceling) signal generation part, a cooped-up feeling elimination signal generation part, and an addition part. The surrounding sound signal acquisition unit collects a surrounding sound to generate a surrounding sound signal. The NC signal generation part generates a noise canceling signal from the surrounding sound signal. The cooped-up feeling elimination signal generation part generates a cooped-up feeling elimination signal from the surrounding sound signal. The addition part adds together the generated noise canceling signal and the cooped-up feeling elimination signal at a prescribed ratio.
US11838711B2	Bluetooth earphone A Bluetooth earphone includes an earbud portion and an earphone handle portion. A receiver module is disposed in the earbud portion. The earphone handle portion includes a connecting section connected to the earbud portion, and a top section and a bottom section located on both sides of the connecting section, a battery is disposed in the bottom section of the earphone handle portion. The Bluetooth earphone includes an antenna and a flexible circuit board. The antenna extends from the connecting section of the earphone handle portion to the top section of the earphone handle portion. The flexible circuit board includes a feeding part and a first extension part connected to the feeding part. The feeding part is located in the connecting section of the earphone handle portion, and is coupled to the antenna. The first extension part extends to the earbud portion.
US11838707B2	Capturing sound An apparatus including a body, a plurality of microphones arranged in a predetermined geometry relative to the body such that the apparatus is configured to capture sound substantially from all directions around the body to produce direction and ambience information for the captured sound, and electronics for processing signals from the plurality of microphones.
US11838706B2	Diaphragm composite material and preparation method thereof The present application relates to the technical field of composite film, and more particularly, to a diaphragm composite material and a preparation method thereof. The diaphragm composite material includes a polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) film layer, an aluminum-plated film layer, an aerogel layer, and an elastic adhesive layer disposed between the PEN film layer and the aluminum-plated film layer for bonding the PEN film layer and the aluminum-plated film layer, the aerogel layer is coated on one side of the aluminum-plated film layer away from the elastic adhesive layer. The diaphragm composite layer of the present application has high strength and strong rigidity, has better vibration dampening and noise-reducing effects, and wear-resistant and corrosion-resistant effects, and is worthy of popularization.
US11838705B2	Earphone The present disclosure discloses an earphone. The earphone may include a hook-shaped component, a connecting component, and a holding component. When the earphone is in a wearing state, the hook-shaped component may be configured to hang between a rear side of an ear of a user and a head of the user. The holding component may be configured to contact a front side of the ear. The connecting component may be configured to connect the hook-shaped component and the holding component and extend from the head to an outside of the head to cooperate with the hook-shaped component to provide the holding component with a pressing force on the front side of the ear.
US11838703B2	Method for establishing communication in an optical access network An item of ONU equipment configures itself for communicating via a first transport system with an item of OLT equipment in an optical access network, and starts a synchronisation for the first transport system and transmits via the first transport system. The OLT equipment transmits, via a protocol layer fitting on top of the entire transport system of the optical access network, without waiting for the synchronisation for the first transport system to have ended, a message indicating which transport system is to be used by the ONU equipment. When the transport system to be used by the ONU equipment is the first transport system, the synchronisation continues the first communication system, otherwise the synchronisation is restarted for the second transport system.
US11838702B2	Intelligent subsystem An intelligent subsystem comprising a microprocessor, a foldable/stretchable display, radio modules/transceivers, a first set of computer implementable instructions for intelligent learning (that can include (i) artificial intelligence or an artificial neural network and (ii) fuzzy logic) and a second set of computer implementable instructions in natural language is disclosed. The intelligent subsystem can (i) respond to a user's interests and/or preferences and (ii) provide a peer-to-peer transaction. Furthermore, the intelligent subsystem can be sensor-aware or context-aware.
US11838698B2	Display apparatus, its control method, and storage medium A display apparatus includes a display unit, an acquiring unit configured to acquire a captured image generated by capturing a displayed image, which is displayed by the display unit, by an image pickup apparatus, and a control unit configured to cause the display unit to display the captured image together with or instead of the displayed image. The control unit causes the display unit to stop displaying the captured image when the image pickup apparatus captures the displayed image.
US11838695B2	Projection apparatus and keystone correction method A projection apparatus and a keystone correction method thereof are provided. The projection apparatus includes a display processing circuit including an image processing circuit, a first keystone correction circuit, a rotation circuit, a second keystone correction circuit, and a video output circuit. The first keystone correction circuit performs first keystone correction processing on a processed image frame based on horizontal scaling processing to obtain a first corrected image frame. The rotation circuit performs rotation processing on the first corrected image frame to write a rotated image frame into a memory. The second keystone correction circuit reads the rotated image frame from the memory and performs second keystone correction processing on the rotated image frame based on the horizontal scaling processing to obtain a second corrected image frame. The video output circuit transmits the second corrected image frame to a projection module through a data transmission interface.
US11838694B1	Heat dissipation device for projector A heat dissipation device for a projector includes a light source, a light valve, a prism set, a shading element, and a projection lens. The light source emits a light beam. The light valve is disposed downstream of a light path of the light source to receive the light beam, convert a part of the light beam into image light and another part of the light beam into an ineffective light beam. The prism set includes at least one prism, receiving the image light and the ineffective light beam. The shading element includes a heat dissipation part and is disposed downstream of a light path of the prism set and used to block the ineffective light beam from the prism set. The projection lens is disposed downstream of the light path of the prism set.
US11838689B2	Rotating LIDAR with co-aligned imager Example implementations are provided for an arrangement of co-aligned rotating sensors. One example device includes a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) transmitter that emits light pulses toward a scene according to a pointing direction of the device. The device also includes a LIDAR receiver that detects reflections of the emitted light pulses reflecting from the scene. The device also includes an image sensor that captures an image of the scene based on at least external light originating from one or more external light sources. The device also includes a platform that supports the LIDAR transmitter, the LIDAR receiver, and the image sensor in a particular relative arrangement. The device also includes an actuator that rotates the platform about an axis to adjust the pointing direction of the device.
US11838685B2	Secure video visitation system Video conferencing in a controlled environment facility entails significant security concerns. These concerns are even more prevalent in a system that permits residents of such facilities to communicate via their own personal devices. Therefore, in order to alleviate these concerns and provide a secure system in which a resident is able to make video calls using their personal device, a kiosk unit is provided to which the personal device must be linked for completing a video call. When making the video call, the camera and display on the personal device are disabled, and all video data is captured and displayed by the kiosk unit. The link between the kiosk unit and the personal device facilitates the exchange of the image information for transmission to the outside party, or display to the user. By providing a fixed camera, and disabling the personal device camera, security can be maintained while permitting video calling services.
US11838681B2	Electronic imager An electronic imager (1) for imaging a photographic medium, comprising at least one array (6) of micromirrors (2), each of which is suitable for reflecting, during a change in position, a light beam coming from at least one light source (3) towards a projecting optical element (4), the change in position of the micromirrors (2) being controlled by a signal modulated at a toggling frequency (fb) of the micromirrors comprised between 1 Hz and 100 kHz.
US11838680B2	Techniques for ATSC 3.0 broadcast boundary area management using complete service reception during scan to determine signal quality of frequencies carrying the duplicate service Techniques are described for expanding and/or improving the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 television protocol in robustly delivering the next generation broadcast television services. In a boundary region between first and second broadcast stations in which a receiver can pick up signals from both stations, a lower level signaling PLP is used to identify frequencies duplicatively carrying the same service and then higher level PLPs are activated for each duplicate to determine a channel quality metric for identifying the best frequency to receive the service on, which is sent from both stations.
US11838679B2	Infrared imaging device An infrared imaging device comprises an infrared imaging sensor to detect infrared light as heat, a temperature drift compensation amount calculator to calculate a temperature drift compensation amount in accordance with a temperature change of the substrate, with respect to a pixel output outputted from each of the plurality of pixels, a compensation amount calculation function generator to generate a function with the temperature of the substrate as an independent variable; and a timing controller to cause the infrared imaging sensor and the substrate temperature sensor to synchronously output data to the compensation amount calculation function generator for generating the function, wherein the compensation amount calculation function generator uses the data for generation output after the generation of the function as additional data for improving accuracy of the function.
US11838671B2	Photoelectric conversion apparatus for detecting luminance change, control method of photoelectric conversion apparatus, program storage medium, and image capturing apparatus A photoelectric conversion apparatus and the like that enables a predetermined determination in response to the incidence of photons is provided. The photoelectric conversion apparatus comprising a pixel provided with a photoelectric conversion unit that outputs a signal in response to the incidence of a photon; and a plurality of processing units configured to correspond to the pixel, wherein the processing unit has a first counter circuit configured to count an output signal from the pixel during a predetermined time period and a first memory configured to store a count value counted by the first counter circuit as a second count value, and wherein the processing unit outputs a determination result obtained by comparing a first count value output by the first counter circuit and a predetermined threshold that has been set based on the second count value read out from the first memory.
US11838670B2	Imaging element and imaging apparatus An imaging element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a plurality of sensor pixels and a voltage control section. The sensor pixels each include a photoelectric conversion section, and a readout circuit that outputs a pixel signal based on charges outputted from the photoelectric conversion section. The voltage control section applies a control voltage based on the pixel signal to a plurality of the photoelectric conversion sections.
US11838656B2	Imaging device and correction method for reducing image height dependency of a depth An imaging device (100) includes: an imaging element (112) including a pixel capable of detecting a depth; an image processing unit (120) configured to detect a depth using a signal obtained from the pixel and perform processing based on the depth; and a correction data generation unit (130) configured to generate, based on the signal, a correction map for correcting image height dependency of the depth in the image processing unit (120).
US11838652B2	Method for storing image and electronic device supporting the same An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first camera disposed on a first surface to obtain a first image, a second camera disposed on a second surface opposite to the first surface to obtain a second image, a communication module configured to establish communication with an external device, a plurality of microphones, and a processor electrically connected with the first camera, the second camera, the communication module, and the plurality of microphones. The processor is configured to identify an audio reception range for at least some of the plurality of microphones, while the first image and the second image are obtained, store a first audio signal collected through the plurality of microphones with the first image and the second image, when the audio reception range corresponds to a first range, and obtain and synthesize a second audio signal collected by the external device with the first audio signal, when the audio reception range corresponds to a second range narrower than the first range, and store the synthesized audio signal with the first image and the second image.
US11838649B2	Image capturing device and control method thereof and medium There is provided with an image capturing device. An image capturing unit is capable of controlling an exposure condition for each region. A first acquisition unit acquires information representing a moving object region within an imaging range of the image capturing unit. A second acquisition unit acquires brightness information of each region within the imaging range of the image capturing unit. A setting unit sets the exposure condition used by the image capturing unit for each region by using the information representing the moving object region and the brightness information.
US11838647B2	Image capture apparatus capable of suppressing flicker reduction when detecting flicker during live view display, and method of controlling same An image capture apparatus includes an image sensor that captures a subject image formed via a lens and outputs an image; and at least one processor or circuit configured to function as: a detection unit configured to detect flicker from the image output from the image sensor; and a control unit configured, in a case where, in an image capture time period in which images of a subject are being captured for flicker detection by the image sensor, the lens is driven in accordance with a drive operation that causes a change in an amount of light received by the image sensor, to adjust drive of the lens in the image capture time period.
US11838646B2	Apparatus, method, and storage medium for deciding an exposure condition based on brightness of a combined area of a captured image An apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire distance information indicating a distance to an object included in each of divided areas of an imaging area, a creation unit configured to create a combined area that is obtained by combining divided areas based on the acquired distance information and positions of the divided areas in the imaging area, and a decision unit configured to decide an exposure condition of the created combined area.
US11838644B2	Exposure record totalizer and radiography system An exposure record totalizer includes: a hardware processor that adds up a first exposure record of a first exposure image and a second exposure record of a second exposure image, when a radiography system generates the first exposure image through first exposure and the second exposure image through second exposure, and that links information about a third exposure record to a third exposure image generated on the basis of the first exposure image and the second exposure image, the third exposure record being generated by the hardware processor.
US11838640B2	Image data encoding/decoding method and apparatus A method for decoding a 360-degree image includes: receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding a 360-degree image; generating a prediction image by making reference to syntax information obtained from the received bitstream; combining the generated prediction image with a residual image obtained by dequantizing and inverse-transforming the bitstream, so as to obtain a decoded image; and reconstructing the decoded image into a 360-degree image according to a projection format. Here, generating the prediction image includes: checking, from the syntax information, prediction mode accuracy for a current block to be decoded; determining whether the checked prediction mode accuracy corresponds to most probable mode (MPM) information obtained from the syntax information; and when the checked prediction mode accuracy does not correspond to the MPM information, reconfiguring the MPM information according to the prediction mode accuracy for the current block.
US11838634B2	Method of generating a digital video image using a wide-angle field of view lens A method of generating a digital video image uses a wide-angle field of view (WFOV) lens positioned closely in front of an image sensor array so that the image field of the lens is so curved at the sensor array that different regions of the image field are substantially in focus on the sensor array for different positions of the lens. The method comprises selecting a desired region of interest in the image field of the lens, and adjusting the lens/array distance to bring the region of interest into focus on the sensor array. The in-focus region of interest is stored and at least partially corrected for field-of-view distortion due to the WFOV lens. The corrected image is displayed, locally and/or remotely. These steps are cyclically repeated to provide the video image.
US11838633B2	Camera device having a flexible substrate for image stabilization mechanism with a coil on its surface Provided is a camera device, including: a case having a receiving cavity; a focus adjustment mechanism installed to a camera lens having an optical axis; and an image stabilization mechanism, the image stabilization mechanism and the focus adjustment mechanism being arranged along a direction of the optical axis. The focus adjustment mechanism includes a focus adjustment magnet and a first base. The image stabilization mechanism includes a second base and a flexible substrate fixed to the second base, the flexible substrate is configured with and electrically connected to a first coil, the first coil corresponds to and is spaced from the focus adjustment magnet in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the optical axis, and the first coil interacts with the focus adjustment magnet when being energized, to drive the flexible substrate to move in a plane orthogonal to the direction of the optical axis.
US11838624B2	Systems and methods of remote video production, and apparatus therefor A portable remote controlled video production apparatus and method are provided, as is a teleprompter/Interrotron integrated with a camera. A computer is mounted in a rigid cage, the computer having a local portion of remote access remote control software. A camera is fixedly mounted in the cage in communication with the computer; either the camera or the computer have camera control software running thereon. A monitor is fixedly mounted in the cage in front of the camera and parallel to the lens axis; the monitor is in communication with the computer. A beamsplitter is fixedly mounted in the cage in front of the lens reflecting light from the monitor towards a front of the cage. The camera and computer are controllable remotely via a remote portion of the remote access remote control software running on a remote computer communicating with the local portion of the remote access remote control software.
US11838623B2	Electronic device, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium An electronic device comprises a determination unit configured to determine a target remaining-capacity of a battery provided in an accessory device connected to the electronic device, based on an operation mode of the electronic device; and a power supply unit configured to supply power to the accessory device based on the determined remaining-capacity.
US11838621B2	Collaborative shooting utilizing preview images and multiple terminals The present disclosure provides a photographing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer readable storage medium, relating to the technical field of image processing. Said method is applied to a first terminal. Said method comprises: in a cooperative photographing process, transmitting, to a second terminal, a preview image acquired by the first terminal; receiving cooperative photographing information inputted by the second terminal on the basis of the preview image, the cooperative photographing information being used for performing photographing control on the first terminal; executing a cooperative photographing operation corresponding to the cooperative photographing information; and outputting a target image obtained by the first terminal after executing the cooperative photographing operation. The implementation of the present disclosure is beneficial for improving the image photographing quality, and reducing operation cost when a user performs photographing by himself/herself.
US11838620B2	Electronic device and control method thereof In an electronic device, a memory temporarily holds image data output from an image sensor during a first operation instruction instructing preparation for shooting is output, and an acquisition unit repeatedly acquires determination information used for estimating a level of possibility that a second operation instruction for instructing recording of a shot image will be output. A controller controls image shooting and to hold image data in the memory by a first control if the level is a first level, and by a second control that can reduce power consumption if the level is a second level which is lower than the first level. When the second operation instruction is output, the image data of an image shot in response to the second operation instruction and the latest image data held in the memory are recorded on a recording medium.
US11838619B2	Identifying photogenic locations on autonomous vehicle routes Systems and methods for generating images from an autonomous vehicle ride. Systems and methods are provided for determining whether a vehicle route passes a photogenic location and, if so, capturing an image at the photogenic location. The user can be provided with an option to take a detour to a nearby photogenic location. Additionally, a route can be selected based on one or more photogenic locations along the route. Captured images are provided to the user.
US11838617B2	Image forming apparatus storing scan data in external memory non-transitory recording medium storing control program, and control method An apparatus including: a system including a correction lens unit configured to move to correct an aberration; a driving device configured to move the correction lens unit; an image pickup element configured to pick up an image formed by the system; an obtaining device configured to obtain an aberration based on a picked up image, through use of a learned model obtained by learning an image and aberration data of the system; and a controller configured to control the driving device based on the aberration, to thereby correct the aberration.
US11838616B2	Optical lens assembly and photographing module An optical lens assembly includes, in order from the object side to the image side: a first lens with negative refractive power, a second lens with positive refractive power, a stop, a third lens with positive refractive power, a fourth lens with positive refractive power, a fifth lens with negative refractive power, and an IR band-pass filter. A maximum field of view of the optical lens assembly is FOV, a f-number of the optical lens assembly is Fno, a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to an image plane along an optical axis is TL, a distance from an image-side surface of the fifth lens to the image plane along the optical axis is BFL, an entrance pupil diameter of the optical lens assembly is EPD, and the following conditions are satisfied: 0.58
US11838614B2	Lens driving unit, and camera module and optical apparatus including same An embodiment includes a housing, a bobbin disposed in the housing, a first coil disposed on the bobbin, a magnet disposed in the housing, an upper spring coupled to an upper part of the bobbin and an upper part of the housing, a circuit substrate disposed under the housing, a support member electrically connecting the upper spring and the circuit substrate, and a damper disposed on the upper spring, wherein the upper spring includes an outer side portion coupled to the housing, a first coupling portion coupled to the support member, and a first connecting portion which connects the outer side portion and the first coupling portion, the first coupling portion further including a first extension extending from the first coupling portion toward the outer side portion, the first extension is spaced apart from the outer side portion, and the damper connects the first extension and the outer side portion.
US11838611B1	Vehicle display device with simulated mirror and wireless connectivity A vehicle system includes a display device that simulates a rear-facing mirror (e.g., rearview mirror). The display device displays a first video captured by a first camera to simulate the rear-facing mirror. The system detects a change in an orientation of the display device from a first orientation to a second orientation and, in response, causes the display device to display a second video captured by a second camera to maintain the simulation of the rearview mirror but from the second orientation. Alternatively, the system causes a corresponding change in the perspective of the first video being displayed on the display device thereby maintaining the effect of the rearview mirror.
US11838610B2	Camera system Camera system having a camera for a vehicle (F) for capturing the environment around the vehicle and a protection element. The camera has an optical element, with a light incidence portion (EB) and a retainer, which supports the optical element. The protection element is provided separately to the optical element and the retainer and is positioned at least on the light incidence portion (EB) of the optical element. The protection element has a sight opening, which exposes a use portion (NB) of the light incidence portion (EB). At least one gap between the optical element and the protection element for receiving a water drop (T), which is located on the use portion (NB), and a water drainage opening s distal from the sight opening is provided.
US11838608B2	Heatsink of an image capture device An image capture device, including: a heatsink, an integrated sensor and lens assembly (ISLA), and a battery cage. The heatsink includes a mounting flange. The ISLA extends through the heatsink. The battery cage being in communication with a finger mounting flange of the mounting flange to support the battery cage within the image capture device.
US11838603B2	Video distribution system for live distributing video containing animation of character object generated based on motion of distributor user, distribution method, and storage medium storing video distribution program One embodiment of the invention relates to a video distribution system for live distributing a video containing animation of a character object generated based on a motion of a distributor user. The video distribution system includes one or more computer processors that execute computer-readable instructions to: display a display instruction object on a distributor user device that is used by the distributor user in response to reception of a first display request for a first gift from a viewing user; and display the first gift in the video in response to operation on the display instruction object.
US11838602B2	MPD chaining in a live CMAF/DASH player using W3C media source and encrypted extensions A method and apparatus may be provided for building a linear media source extension (MSE) buffer from two or more nonlinear media sources using MPD chaining. The method may include parsing at least one obtained media presentation segment (MPD), and obtain a live MPD based on the at least one URL, the live MPD comprising one or more live media segments. The method may include appending the one or more ad media segments to a first MSE source buffer based on a first timing model and chaining the one or more live media segments to the one or more ad media segments by appending the one or more live media segments to the first buffer based on a second timing model. The one or more ad media segments may be dispatched and the one or more live media segments based on the first timing model and the second timing model.
US11838598B2	Live caption feedback systems and methods System and devices for live captioning events is disclosed. The system may receive event calendar data and a first plurality of caption files and preselect a first caption file based on the event calendar data. The system may then access an audiovisual recorder of a user device, and receive a first feedback from the recorder. The system may then determine whether the first caption file matches the first feedback. When there is a match, the system may determine a first synchronization between the caption file and the feedback. When there is no match, the system may determine if there is a match with a second caption file of the first plurality of caption files and determine a second synchronization. When the second caption file does not match, the system may receive at least a third caption file over a mobile network and determine a third synchronization for display.
US11838595B2	Matching and ranking content items The present disclosure is directed to a networking system that provides a user experience in which users of the networking system can interact with user-generated digital content items to select and receive information about one or more products. In particular, the systems and methods involve identifying products shown within user-generated digital content items and associating the user-generated digital content items with the identified products. In addition, where a user selects a product shown within a digital content item, the systems and methods involve selectively identifying other user-generated digital content items for the user based on a coefficient between the user and the other user-generated digital content items. Moreover, the systems and methods involve tracking user-interactions with respect to digital content items and generating and providing a creation insight including an identification of one or more products predicted to engage users of the networking system.
US11838592B1	Rendering a dynamic endemic banner on streaming platforms using content recommendation systems and advanced banner personalization Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for utilizing a content recommendation system powering a streaming media publisher channel, in conjunction with an object recognition model, to enhance dynamic generation of a banner being shown to a user via an awareness or performance campaign. This method allows the platform to present the most relevant ML personalized in-channel content to the publisher platform users in endemic banners that run on the platform which then correspondingly helps drive user reach. An example embodiment operates by implementing personalized content banners that may act as a hook for channel users opening their streaming device, both active and lapsed, to enter back into the channel.
US11838591B2	Methods and systems for recommendations based on user-supplied criteria Methods and systems are proposed herein to address the inefficiencies in the recommendation schemes available. More specifically, the embodiments disclosed herein provide a new recommendation scheme, whereby a user enters various criteria for what he/she would like to be recommended. For example, the system may receive a user preference for content recommendations from a user. The system may retrieve a user profile for the user. The system may compare the user preference to the user profile to determine a criterion for content recommendations for the user. The system may receive a content attribute for content provided by a content provider. The system may match the criterion to the content attribute. The system may, in response to matching the criterion to the content attribute, generate for display a recommendation to the user for the content.
US11838588B2	Performing trick plays of segmented video content Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for performing trick plays of segmented video content are provided. A point at which a trick play begins may be based on a playback time associated with a video segment that includes the video frame currently displayed when a request to start the trick play is received. A point at which to resume playback of the normal rate video content may be similarly based on a trick play playback time associated with a trick play video segment that includes the trick play video frame currently outputted when a request to stop the trick play is received.
US11838584B2	Methods and apparatus to monitor digital media Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to monitor media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes memory; computer readable instructions; and processor circuitry to execute the computer readable instructions to: generate a plurality of errors by comparing (a) a plurality of watermarks adjusted by offsets and (b) reference data, the adjusted watermarks corresponding to watermark data with inaccurate timing information for media; identify an offset of the offsets based on the plurality of errors; and adjust timing information of a watermark of the watermarks using the offset to increase an accuracy of the timing information.
US11838583B2	Methods and apparatus to identify user presence to a meter Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify user presence to a meter. An example apparatus includes memory, instructions, and at least one hardware processor to execute the instructions to at least: obtain presence information from a configuration device, the configuration device separate from the apparatus, the presence information indicating that user is present at the apparatus; verify the presence information matches user information, the user information stored in a memory of the apparatus; cause a confirmation prompt to be displayed on the configuration device, the confirmation prompt to indicate the presence information was obtained by the apparatus; and store the presence information in memory.
US11838581B2	Preserving channel lock and performing dynamic ad insertion (DAI) in a multi-device setup Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for preserving channel lock while performing dynamic ad insertion (DAI) in a multi-device setup. An example embodiment operates by identifying a secondary device that loses a channel lock on a channel based on a primary device performing DAI on the channel. The embodiment determines that that the primary device is configured to perform a DAI to replace a portion of multimedia content in the channel with a replacement portion of multimedia content. The embodiment modifies an automated content recognition (ACR) behavior for the secondary device based on the determining, thereby preventing the secondary device from losing channel lock on the channel. The embodiment then modifies a DAI behavior for the secondary device in response to the modifying the ACR behavior for the secondary device.
US11838580B2	Insertion of targeted content in real-time streaming media A method for targeted content insertion in real-time streaming. The method leverages the different ordered signals available on a multi-step process that clients follow when subscribing to a real-time media (video and/or audio) stream including selecting a region, connecting to a control channel, and subscribing to a stream to guide a multi-stage process of content selection, transcoding, and insertion in a real-time media stream. A system is also specified for implementing the described method on a real-time streaming architecture.
US11838577B2	Audio and video transmission system An audio and video transmission system includes a multimedia device. The multimedia device includes a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) receiver, a first transfer circuit, and a first universal serial bus type C (USB-C) interface. The first transfer circuit is configured to transfer a first audio signal output by an audio channel pin of the HDMI receiver into a second audio signal in a universal serial bus (USB) interface format. The first USB-C interface is configured to transmit the second audio signal. The HDMI audio channel pin is an audio return channel (ARC) pin or an enhanced ARC pin.
US11838575B2	System and method for scalable physical layer flow of packetized media streams A media stream receiver is provided for scalable physical layer flow of packetized media streams. The media stream receiver replicates the processing block in time, rather than in hardware, through the use of a single shared memory and pointer alignment calculations, which combines multiple buffering stages as the single, shared memory buffer to offer redundancy and alignment, while acting as a receiver buffer to account for packet delay variations. By doing so the media stream receiver can perform a vertical interval switch between received media streams.
US11838574B2	Content distribution system An object of the present disclosure is to distribute content with a high quality and low latency without being limited by a low-rate and unstable network and a low-capacity reception-side edge servers while maintaining sufficient traffic reduction effects.A content distribution system according to the present disclosure converts part of communication for distribution into multicast communication. In the content distribution system, a transmission-side edge server (UC/MC) generates and transmits a plurality of multicast streams having different transfer rates for the same input content, and a reception-side edge server (MC/UC) selects and receives a multicast stream having a desired transfer rate among the plurality of transmitted multicast streams.
US11838570B2	Loudness normalization method and system A loudness normalization method includes receiving data for playback of content from a server in response to a user's request to play back the content; normalizing the loudness of the content by adjusting the volume output level of a player using volume level metadata of the content included in the received data; and providing the content by playing audio of the content based on the adjusted volume output level of the player.
US11838569B2	Method and apparatus for providing user-wise playing rate information Provided are a method and apparatus for providing image playing rate information. The method including receiving, from a user terminal, a target image request signal, transmitting, to the user terminal, a target image in a first state or the target image in a second state, based on whether the target image request signal satisfies a specified standard, obtaining, from the user terminal, state information and image playing information of the target image for each specified time, and providing user-wise playing rate information of the target image, based on the state information and image playing information of the target image may be provided.
US11838568B2	Custom data indicating nominal range of samples of media content A media processing tool adds custom data to an elementary media bitstream or media container. The custom data indicates nominal range of samples of media content, but the meaning of the custom data is not defined in the codec format or media container format. For example, the custom data indicates the nominal range is full range or limited range. For playback, a media processing tool parses the custom data and determines an indication of media content type. A rendering engine performs color conversion operations whose logic changes based at least in part on the media content type. In this way, a codec format or media container format can in effect be extended to support full nominal range media content as well as limited nominal range media content, and hence preserve full or correct color fidelity, while maintaining backward compatibility and conformance with the codec format or media container format.
US11838567B2	Automated dynamic data extraction, distillation, and enhancement A dynamic data extraction, distillation, and enhancement system is disclosed that includes a dynamic extraction, distillation, and enhancement framework. The framework includes an allocator, extractor, and deconstructor stored in a non-transitory memory that, when executed by a processor, receive files in different formats from data sources, determine a native format of each file, identify and extract an embedded object from a file, deconstruct the file into components, assign each file to one of a plurality of streams based on the native format of the file, assign the embedded object to a stream based on a format of the embedded object, and assign a deconstructed component to a stream based on a format of the deconstructed component. The native format includes one of text, video, image, or audio. Each stream corresponds to one native format. The streams include a text stream, an audio stream, a video stream, and an image stream.
US11838565B2	Data transmission device and reception device in wireless AV system The present invention relates to a data transmission device and reception device in a wireless AV system. Disclosed in the present specification is a wireless data transmission device comprising: a processor for generating a compressed bitstream by encoding media data; and a communication unit for segmenting the compressed bitstream, mapping the segmentation results to MSDUs, generating an MPDU frame sequentially including a MAC header, a frame body, and an FCS associated with the MAC header in order to transmit the MSDUs, generating a PPDU frame sequentially, which includes a preamble to which at least a portion of the MAC header is mapped, at least one PPDU to which the frame body and the FCS are mapped, and a TRN field, and transmitting the PPDU frame through a wireless channel. A data transmission rate can be improved through a reduction in overhead information.
US11838561B2	Systems and methods for programmatic quality control of content Systems and methods for controlling quality of content are provided. Programmatic ad buying may facilitate and expedite ad buying via an automated process. However, quality control via a conventional ad buying process is done with manual intervention. A confidence tool may request, from a programmatic content library of a content provider, to analyze a content tag associated with programmatic content. The confidence tool may determine whether the content tag meets confidence criteria (e.g., specifications of a content presentation service). The confidence tool may notify the content provider of whether the content tag meets the confidence criteria. Based on this notification, the content provider may approve the content to be run or reject the content to prevent problematic content from running on the content presentation service.
US11838555B2	Picture output flag indication in video coding Methods and apparatus for video processing, including coding and decoding, are described. One example video processing method includes performing a conversion between a video having one or more video layers and a bitstream of the video according to a format rule, and wherein the format rule specifies that a value of a variable indicating whether to output a picture in an access unit is determined based on a flag indicating whether to output another picture in the access unit.
US11838553B2	Green metadata signaling Disclosed are systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for processing video data. For instance, an apparatus for processing video data, may include: at least one memory; and at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory, the at least one processor being configured to: obtain a bitstream; retrieve a granularity type syntax element associated with the bitstream, the granularity type syntax element specifying a type of granularity of one or more pictures over which complexity metrics (CM) associated with the bitstream are applicable; retrieve a period type syntax element associated with the bitstream, the period type syntax element indicating an upcoming period of time or a set of pictures over which the CM are applicable; and decode a portion of the bitstream based on the granularity type syntax element and the period type syntax element.
US11838547B2	Method and device for encoding the geometry of a point cloud The present principles relate to a method and device method for encoding depth values of orthogonally projected points of a point cloud onto a projection plane. The present principles also relate to a method and device for decoding a point cloud, a computer readable program and a video signal.
US11838546B2	Image decoding method and apparatus relying on intra prediction in image coding system An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a step of deriving an intra prediction mode for a current block; a step of deriving upper neighboring samples of a plurality of rows for the current block, and left neighboring samples of a plurality of columns; a step of deriving one row of upper reference samples on the basis of the upper neighboring samples; a step of deriving one column of left reference samples on the basis of the left neighboring samples; and a step of generating a prediction sample for the current block by using at least one of the upper reference samples and the left reference samples in accordance with the intra prediction mode.
US11838538B2	Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding video using inter-prediction A video decoding apparatus is provided for decoding pictures using inter-prediction. The video decoding apparatus includes a predictor that generates affine prediction samples for respective subblocks in a target block in a current picture to be decoded by performing affine motion prediction on a subblock-by-subblock basis using control point motion vectors which respectively correspond to corners of the target block. The predictor also modifies sample values of the affine prediction samples by executing a first coding tool, the first coding tool compensating for motion according to sample positions in each of the subblocks using the control point motion vectors.
US11838530B2	Method for concealing data in an image or a video stream inside a compression chain A method for concealing data in an image or a video stream inside a compression chain, being implemented by a computer and including a structuring and processing phase, during which at least one image is structured into blocks including coefficients, a phase of converting and quantifying blocks so as to generate converted and quantified coefficients, with entropic coding intended to code the converted and quantified coefficients. The method includes a step of concealing data, during which bits of the data are concealed by modifying converted and quantified coefficients located in a high frequency zone of at least some of the blocks that relate to the luminance component of the video stream and that are intra-coded. This modification is performed after the quantification but before the entropic coding.
US11838527B2	Method and device for encoding/decoding residual block on basis of quantization parameter An encoding/decoding device according to the present invention derives a residual coefficient of a residual block from a bitstream, calculates a quantization parameter for the residual block, performs inverse quantization on the residual coefficient by using the quantization parameter, and performs inverse conversion on the inversely quantized residual coefficient, thereby enabling restoration of a residual sample of the residual block.
US11838523B2	General constraints information for video coding A method for implementing an adaptive color transform (ACT) during image/video encoding and decoding, comprises determining, for a conversion between a video comprising a block and a bitstream of the video, that a size of the block is greater than a maximum allowed size for an ACT mode, and performing, based on the determining, the conversion, wherein, in response to the size of the block being greater than the maximum allowed size for the ACT mode, the block is partitioned into multiple sub-blocks, and wherein each of the multiple sub-blocks share a same prediction mode, and the ACT mode is enabled at a sub-block level.
US11838515B2	Inter-prediction method and image decoding device Disclosed are an inter-prediction method and an video decoding device. One embodiment of the present invention provides an inter-prediction method executed in an video decoding device, including deriving a motion vector of a current block based on motion information decoded from a bitstream; acquiring reference samples of a first reference block by using the motion vector, wherein reference samples of an external region located outside a reference picture among the first reference block are acquired from a corresponding region corresponding to the external region within the reference picture; and predicting the current block based on the acquired reference samples.
US11838514B2	Image encoding/decoding method and device, and recording medium storing bitstream The present invention discloses an image decoding method, the method including generating a candidate list including motion information derived from a spatial neighboring block and a temporal neighboring block adjacent to a current block; deriving motion information of the current block using the candidate list; generating a prediction block of the current block using the derived motion information; and updating the derived motion information in a motion information list, wherein the generating of the candidate list is performed in such a manner as to include at least one information of the motion information included in the updated motion information list in a block decoded before the current block.
US11838513B2	Progressive transmission of detailed image data via video compression of successive subsampled frames In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a computer-implemented method for Progressive Subsampled Transmission of image data. In one embodiment, a source computer may: generate a first down-sampled frame by sampling an input image according to a first sampling pattern; generate a first encoded down-sampled frame; transmit the first encoded down-sampled frame to a recipient device to cause the recipient device to display/use a first output frame generated by decoding and up-sampling the first encoded down-sampled frame; generate a second down-sampled frame by sampling the input image according to a second sampling pattern; generate a second encoded down-sampled frame; and transmit the second encoded down-sampled frame to the recipient device to cause the recipient device to display/use a second output frame generated based on the first encoded down-sampled frame and the second encoded down-sampled frame and in accordance with the first sampling pattern and the second sampling pattern.
US11838506B2	Method, apparatus and storage medium for image encoding/decoding Disclosed herein are a method, an apparatus and a storage medium for image encoding/decoding. For efficient image compression, efficient syntax is required. Pieces of information required for image decoding may be structurally or semantically associated with each other. Based on this association, whether signaling of one piece of information is to be performed may be determined based on another piece of information. Further, based on this association, the signaling order or priority of multiple pieces of information may be determined. Depending on this determination, based on the number of subpictures present in a picture in high-level syntax, the number of slices present in the picture may be selectively signaled.
US11838504B2	Efficient sub-picture extraction Sub-picture extraction is rendered less complex by providing each slice with start position information which indicates a starting position from which onwards the picture is, along a coding path, encoded into the respective slice, relative to an onset position at which the coding path starts traversing a segment the starting position is located in. Alternatively or additionally, sub-picture extraction processes are treated like choosing one layer out of a multi-layer datastream.
US11838498B2	Harmonized design for intra bi-prediction and multiple reference line selection Methods, apparatus, and computer readable storage medium for intra bi-prediction and multiple reference line intra prediction in video decoding. The method includes receiving, by a device, a coded video bitstream for a block. The method also includes determining, by the device, whether a single directional intra prediction or an intra bi-prediction applies to the block, based on mode information of the block, the mode information of the block comprising at least one of: a reference line index of the block, an intra prediction mode of the block, and a size of the block; in response to determining that the single directional intra prediction applies to the block, performing, by the device, the single directional intra prediction to the block; and in response to determining that the intra bi-prediction applies to the block, performing, by the device, the intra bi-prediction to the block.
US11838496B2	Method and system for tracking eye movement in conjunction with a light scanning projector An eye tracking system includes a pair of glasses including two frames; a light scanning projector coupled to the pair of glasses and operable to scan a beam of light to project an image frame including a plurality of pixels; an eyepiece mounted in one of the two frames and optically coupled to the light scanning projector; one or more photodetectors coupled to one of the two frames and operable to detect time-varying reflected signals; and a processor coupled to the light scanning projector and the photodetectors. The eyepiece includes an exit pupil expander operable to direct a portion of the beam of light towards an eye of a user. Each of the time-varying reflected signals is associated with the plurality of pixels. The processor is operable to correlate the time-varying reflected signals with the plurality of pixels and determine a first eye orientation.
US11838484B2	Color management for information processing apparatus, printing system, management method for image forming, and medium An information processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises at least one memory; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one memory stores at least one program that causes the at least one processor to perform operations including acquiring, periodically, in response to a request, or both, a color verification result of a printed article printed by an image forming apparatus from a storage storing a color measurement result of a printed article printed by the image forming apparatus, and in a case where the color verification result for the image forming apparatus to execute an instructed image forming satisfies a reference, executing the instructed image forming.
US11838483B2	Universal secure workflow with upgradeable capability schema with custom commands, the upgradeable capability schema based on the supplier model, a gateway IP address, and a domain name Embodiments disclosed include systems and methods for computer automated print services control comprising authenticating a user credential input via a user device. The system and method includes generating, by a printer driver comprised in the user device, a user interface comprising features supported by a plurality of printing devices. Further, it includes receiving via the user device over the network, a print instruction comprising the features supported by the plurality of printing devices connected to the computer system over the network. And based on the print instruction, generating a print job in an embodiment. Further, based on the user authentication at one of the plurality of printing devices, converting via a gateway, the received print instruction into a format compatible with that printing device and releasing the generated print job for printing at that printing device, according to an embodiment.
US11838480B2	Electrophotographic printing system including lateral translations to reduce burn-in artifacts A method for reducing image burn-in artifacts in an electrophotographic printing system, includes receiving a print job including image data for a set of pages to be printed. The pages are analyzed to determine that the image data for a sequence of pages in the print job are similar. The similar pages are printed using a pattern of lateral translations wherein the image data is laterally translated such that it is printed at a different lateral position on the printed page. The similar pages can also be printed using a pattern of page orientations including a first page orientation and a second page orientation, wherein the image data for the second page orientation is rotated 180 degrees relative to the image data for the first page orientation.
US11838475B2	Secure document certification and execution system Methods and systems for secure media processing may be used to execute and certify a digital media asset by verifying that the digital media asset is authentic and has not been altered since capture. In some cases, these secure media processing techniques may be used in the mobile certification and execution application and a corresponding server system. The mobile application and the corresponding server system may automatically generate finalized documents upon receiving certified digital media and the corresponding metadata from the users. The digital media and other information from the users may be received while the user is in communication with other users. A biometric and artificial intelligent feature recognition system may be utilized to receive biometric data and verify identity. Data transferred to a secure server are accessible by various parties involved in the certification and execution process to provide transparency.
US11838474B2	Information processing apparatus, control method of information processing apparatus, and storage medium On a user interface screen for a user to set a rule relating to property information used for filing a document image and distributing the document image into a folder, at least a first area for editing the rule, a second area displaying a plurality of items selectable by a user, and a third area displaying an image of a sample document are provided. Then, in a case where a particular item being displayed in the second area is activated by a mouse hover, a character area in the image of the sample document being displayed in the third area is highlighted, which corresponds to the particular item activated by the mouse hover.
US11838473B2	Information processing apparatus, storage medium, and control method A method for an information processing apparatus capable of executing an application that runs on an operating system includes determining whether data is writable by the application into a folder associated with the application, instructing the operating system to display a screen for permitting the application to write the data into the folder in a case where it is determined that the data is not writable into the folder associated with the application, the screen being a screen using Storage Access Framework (SAF), and writing the data into the folder, wherein, at a time of the writing, the data is written into the folder into which the application is permitted to write the data by an operation accepted on the screen.
US11838472B2	Multi-function devices to populate parameters for configuration files via communication with networked multi-function devices A multi-function device (MFD) is disclosed. For example, the MFD includes a communication interface to establish a communication path with a network, a user interface to display a plurality of fields associated with different settings of a configuration file of the MFD, a processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions. The instructions when executed by the processor cause the processor to detect selection of a field associated with a setting of the configuration file, establish a connection with at least one networked MFD on the network, query the at least one networked MFD for a value used in the field associated with the setting of the configuration file that is selected, receive the value from the at least one networked MFD, and populate the field with the value.
US11838471B2	Printing apparatus for displaying predetermined display screen for requesting printing to the printing apparatus and control method thereof, and non-transitory computer-readable medium A job management server, which is connected to a Web application server and a job processing apparatus via a network, comprises: a registration unit which registers, when a job received from the Web application server is added with information indicating that a request source of the job is the job processing apparatus, the job in a first job queue, and to register, when the job is not added with the information, the job in a second job queue having a lower priority than the first job queue; and a transmission unit which transmits the job registered in the first job queue in response to a request from the job processing apparatus while a user utilizes a Web application via the job processing apparatus.
US11838469B2	Image forming system and control method of the system An image forming system includes: an image forming device that is disposed at a first conveyance path and forms an image on a recording medium that is a continuous sheet or a long sheet; a first conveyor that conveys the recording medium on the first conveyance path in a conveyance direction; an image reader that reads the image formed on the recording medium at a second conveyance path on a downstream side of the first conveyance path in the conveyance direction; a second conveyor that conveys the recording medium on the second conveyance path; and a controller that controls a speed of a drive source of the first conveyor and controls a torque of a drive source of the second conveyor.
US11838467B2	Document placement detecting device, image reading device, image forming apparatus, method, and non-transitory recording medium A document placement detecting device includes a document table, a plate, a plurality of invisible light sources, an imaging device, and circuitry. The document table transmits light. The plate is openable and closable relative to the document table, and covers the document table in a closed state of the plate. The plurality of invisible light sources irradiate a placement area with invisible light via the document table. The placement area is an area of the document table on which a document is placed. The imaging device receives reflected light from the document, and outputs read data. The circuitry detects the placement of the document with a change in a read value of the read data output from the imaging device based on the irradiation with the invisible light.
US11838466B1	Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus includes a frame, a conveying roller, a reading section, a first guide member, a second guide member, a supporting section, and a locking section. The conveying roller conveys a sheet along a conveying path. The reading section is supported rotatably around a first turning axis. The reading section reads an image on the sheet in a reading position in the conveying path. The first guide member is provided in the reading section. The second guide member is provided in a position opposed to the first guide member across the conveying path. A first end portion of the supporting section is supported to be rotatable around a second turning axis. The locking section is locked to a portion between the first end portion and a second end portion in the supporting section. The locking section rotates in a first direction around the first turning axis.
US11838464B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a casing, an upper cover, a lateral cover and a closing position holding mechanism which holds the lateral cover in a closing position. The closing position holding mechanism includes an engaging part provided in the upper cover and an engaged part provided in the lateral cover. When the upper cover is displaced from the opening position to the closing position in the state where the lateral cover is in the closing position, the engaging part is engaged with the engaged part from an outside on the lateral side of the casing. When the upper cover is displaced from the closing position to the opening position in the state where the lateral cover is in the closing position, the engagement of the engaging part with the engaged part is released as the upper cover is displaced.
US11838457B2	Image processing apparatus, control method, for directly registering image data received by the image forming apparatus as voucher data in an expense processing system without printing the image data An image processing apparatus is provided and is capable of directly registering image data received by the image forming apparatus in an expense processing system as voucher data without printing the image data. The image processing apparatus according to the present invention is an image processing apparatus capable of communicating with an expense processing server that registers a character string included in received image data as expense data. The image processing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive image data from an external apparatus and a transmission unit configured to automatically transmit the image data received by the reception unit to the expense processing server.
US11838453B2	Systems and methods for efficient management of resources for streaming interactive multimedia content Interactive video game content for a video game is streamed to a client device using a first streaming protocol configured for low-latency streaming. When an indication of non-interactive content to be inserted into the video game is detected, streaming of the interactive video game content to the client device is paused and the non-interactive content is streamed to the client device using a second streaming protocol configured for adaptive bitrate streaming. Upon receiving an indication that streaming of the non-interactive content to the client device has ended, streaming of the interactive content to the client device is resumed using the first streaming protocol.
US11838452B2	Control apparatus, control method and program A control device that controls a bit rate selectable by a client terminal in a video distribution network in which video data is distributed includes a database configured to store distribution information, band allocation information, and distribution system information, the distribution information containing information on video data in a distribution system, the band allocation information containing an allocated band of each session in which the distribution system performs video distribution, and the distribution system information containing a channel band of the distribution system, and a control unit configured to receive a viewing request from the client terminal, calculate an available band in the distribution system with reference to the database, and determine a maximum bit rate selectable by the client terminal based on the available band and one or more bit rates of video data corresponding to the viewing request.
US11838446B2	Action limitations for items of a shared voicemail inbox A voice message (VM) received from a phone number is associated with a shared VM inbox that is accessible to a group of users. The group of users includes a first user and a second user. The VM is assigned to the first user. The first user is determined not to have responded to the VM within a predefined response time. Responsive to the determination that the first user did not respond to the VM within the predefined response time, the VM is reassigned to the second user; a callback action associated with the VM is enabled for the second user; and the callback action is disabled for the first user. A status associated with the VM is updated based on performance of the callback action.
US11838443B2	Collaborative phone reputation system Various systems and methods for a collaborative phone reputation system are described herein. A system for implementing a collaborative phone reputation system includes a compute device comprising: a call handling module to detect, at the compute device, an incoming call for a user of the compute device; a scoring module to determine a local probabilistic score that the incoming call is desirable for the user; and an execution module to perform an action at the compute device based on the local probabilistic score.
US11838441B2	Communication apparatus and communication method A communication apparatus includes a user signal transmission unit that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication; a manager function implementing unit that implements a function provided to a manager of the present apparatus; a license monitoring unit that monitors a license of the present apparatus, and outputs a function limitation signal when the license has expired; and a function limitation unit that limits the function implemented by the manager function implementing unit when receiving the function limitation signal. In a communication apparatus that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication, a function of the apparatus is limited when a relevant license has expired, while preventing an influence of the limitation upon the end user.
US11838433B1	Electronic devices with translating flexible displays and corresponding methods for automatic transition to peek position An electronic device includes a device housing, a front-facing imager, one or more sensors, a blade assembly carrying a blade and slidably coupled to the device housing and operable to slidably transition between an extended position where the blade extends beyond an edge of the device housing a retracted position where a major surface of the blade abuts a major surface of the device housing and a peek position in which the blade reveals the front-facing imager. The electronic device includes one or more processors. The one or more processors cause the blade assembly to transition to the peek position in response to a document scanning application operating on the one or more processors invoking an image capture operation and the one or more sensors determining the front-facing imager is oriented toward a document.
US11838432B2	Handheld electronic device A portable electronic device includes a housing defining an internal volume and a circuit board assembly within the internal volume. The circuit board assembly includes a first circuit board, a wall structure soldered to the first circuit board, and a second circuit board soldered to the wall structure and supported above the first circuit board by the wall structure. The second circuit board defines an exterior top surface of the circuit board assembly. A processor is coupled to the first circuit board and positioned within an internal volume defined between the first circuit board and the second circuit board and at least partially surrounded by the wall structure. A memory module is coupled to the exterior top surface of the circuit board assembly.
US11838429B2	Certificate chain compression to extend node operational lifetime A battery-powered device (BPD) node compresses certificate chains to generate compressed certificate chains. The BPD node includes a compression dictionary that indexes various data entries that occur across many certificate chains and/or repeat within a particular certificate chain. The BPD node compresses a given certificate chain by replacing data entries within the given certificate chain with indices to corresponding data entries in the compression dictionary. The indices are smaller in size than the corresponding data entries. A neighboring BPD node also includes the compression dictionary and decompresses a compressed certificate chain by replacing indices included in the compressed certificate chain with the indexed data entries stored in the compression dictionary. Performing certificate exchanges with compressed certificate chains reduces the amount of limited battery power that is depleted during certificate exchanges, thereby extending BPD node operational lifetime and helping to prevent the need for premature battery replacement.
US11838427B2	Usage restrictions for digital certificates A method, a computer program product, and a system for usage restrictions on digital certificates. The method includes selecting a digital certificate relating to a user and determining a usage restriction policy for the digital certificate based on the user. The method also includes populating an extension field of the digital certificate with the usage restriction policy. The method further includes providing the digital certificate including the usage restriction policy to the user. The method also includes gathering parameters relating to the digital certificate, determining usage patterns based on the parameters, inputting the usage patterns into a machine learning model, outputting a risk assessment, and updating the usage restriction policy based on the risk assessment.
US11838426B2	Computer implemented method and system for obtaining digitally signed data A method of obtaining digitally signed data is disclosed. The method comprises sending first data (e2) from at least one of a plurality of first participants to at least one second participant, wherein the first data is based on second data (e) accessible to at least one said first participant, and the second data is inaccessible to the or each said second participant. A digital signature (s1) of the first data is received from at least one said second participant, and the digital signature of the first data is processed, by a plurality of the first participants, to provide shares of a digital signature(s) of the second data, wherein the digital signature of said second data is accessible by means of a threshold number of said shares and is inaccessible to less than said threshold number of shares.
US11838420B2	System and method for hierarchical token distribution on blockchain network A method to participate in a blockchain-implemented token distribution process is disclosed. The token distribution process divides an initial quantity of tokens at an input address associated with an input node into a plurality of sub-quantities and uses a mixer node to distribute the sub-quantities to multiple output addresses associated with respective output nodes using a blockchain. The token distribution process utilizes a hierarchical token distribution scheme to recruit the mixer node. The hierarchical token distribution scheme involves a first commitment channel (Ui → Uij) for a first transaction between the upstream node and a recruited mixer node (Uij), and for each of the plurality of downstream nodes, a second commitment channel (Uij → Uijk) for a second transaction between the mixer node and a selected downstream node, wherein an unlocking script for the first transaction is derived from an unlocking script for any one of the second transactions.
US11838411B2	Permutation cipher encryption for processor-accelerator memory mapped input/output communication Technologies for secure data transfer of MMIO data between a processor and an accelerator. A MIMO security engine includes a first permutation cipher pipeline to defuse a count and a key into a permutation state; a first exclusive-OR (XOR) to generate ciphertext data from 64-bits of the new permutation state; and plaintext data; a concatenator to concatenate the plaintext data and additional authenticated data (AAD) to produce a concatenation result; a second XOR to generate an XOR result from the concatenation result and the latest permutation state; and a second permutation pipeline to generate an authentication tag of the XOR result and the key.
US11838409B2	Method and apparatus for transferring data in a publish-subscribe system The invention relates to a method for transferring data in a publish-subscribe system (100) comprising a key distribution server (200) and a plurality of communication devices (101, 102, 103, 104) which can be coupled to the key distribution server (200) and which comprise at least one server device and a number of client devices. The method comprises the following steps: a) providing (S101) a group key by means of the key distribution server (200) to a group (G) selected from the communication devices (101, 102, 103, 104) to establish group communications, secured by the group key, within the group (G) of selected communication devices (101, 102, 103, 104); b) providing (S102) a point-to-point connection which can be encrypted by means of a public key of an asymmetric encryption, between a first and a second communication device (101, 102) of the group (G); and c) transferring (S103) a message encrypted by means of the public key for the point-to-point connection and secured by means of the group key, between the first and the second communication device (101, 102).
US11838407B2	Computer-implemented systems and methods for using a blockchain to perform an atomic swap A computer-implemented security may be implemented on a blockchain comprising applying a one-way function to a first secret value to create a first veiled secret value; communicating the first veiled secret value to a user; receiving a second veiled secret value from the user, wherein the second veiled secret value is created by applying a one-way function to the second secret value; and constructing a first blockchain transaction comprising the first veiled secret value and the second veiled secret value, the first blockchain transaction arranged to be unlockable to transfer control of a first resource upon provision of both the first secret value and the second secret value to a respective blockchain transaction.
US11838404B2	Block chain modification correlation A method may include obtaining first and second sets of block chain modifications from first and second exchange servers, respectively. The method may additionally include parsing the sets of block chain modifications to identify attributes associated with a first block chain modification included in the first set of block chain modifications, and automatically correlating the first block chain modification with a second block chain modification included in the second set of block chain modifications as corresponding components of an exchange associated with the first user. The method may additionally include flagging both the first and second block chain modifications based on the automatic correlation, and generating a report of the sets of block chain modifications that excludes the flagged block chain modifications.
US11838402B2	Ultra low power core for lightweight encryption A processing unit and a method of operating a processing unit. In an embodiment, the processing unit comprises a SIMON block cipher for transforming plaintext data into encrypted data. A key expansion module generates and outputs one or more encryption keys; and the key expansion module includes a first series of adiabatic registers for holding key generation data values, and for using adiabatic switching to transmit the key generation data values through the first series of adiabatic registers. A round function module receives the plaintext data and the one or more encryption keys, encrypts the plaintext data to generate the encrypted data, and outputs the encrypted data; and the round function module includes a second series of adiabatic registers for holding encryption data, and for using adiabatic switching to transmit the encryption data through the second series of adiabatic registers.
US11838401B2	Transmitting encoded data along transmission mediums based on colorspace schemes Techniques to transmit encoded data along a transmission medium and decode the transmitted data along the transmission medium are provided. Some techniques include logic to encode data transmitted along a transmission medium, such as a fiberoptic line or cable, where the encoding is pursuant to a conversion between a first and second colorspace. The logic may further be configured to decode the data once it is received at a node along the fiberoptic line, where the colorspace conversion provides the basis, key, or cipher for preforming the decoding operation. The logic may be further configured to alter the encryption and decryption basis, key, or cypher by altering the colorspace scheme defining the encoding (and by extension the decoding) during transmission, including a transmission that takes place after a previous transmission governed by the previously defined (and subsequently altered) colorspace conversion scheme. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11838399B2	Anonymous aggregation service for sensitive data A method is provided for a device participating in a data aggregation service. The device receives, from at least one requesting server, a participant homomorphic encryption key, and a request for data to perform a computation. The device encrypts requested data, including a location identifier, with the participant homomorphic encryption key, and sends, to an aggregation service, the encrypted requested data.
US11838398B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes: a data sampler configured to receive a data signal having a first frequency and to sample the data signal with a clock signal having a second frequency, higher than the first frequency, to output data for a time corresponding to a unit interval of the data signal; an error sampler configured to sample the data signal with an error clock signal having the second frequency and a phase, different from a phase of the clock signal, to output a plurality of pieces of error data for the time corresponding to the unit interval; and an eye-opening monitor (EOM) circuit configured to compare the data with each of the plurality of pieces of error data to obtain an eye diagram of the data signal in the unit interval.
US11838397B2	Systems and methods for synchronization of processing elements In an example, a synchronization signal can be transmitted to a plurality of synchronizers. The plurality of synchronizers can include a plurality of upstream synchronizers and a downstream synchronizer. Each synchronizer of the plurality of upstream synchronizers can be caused to count from a respective count value until a predetermined end count sequence value in response to receiving the synchronization signal. The respective count value stored at each synchronizer can be representative of a difference in time between a respective upstream synchronizer of the plurality of upstream synchronizers receiving the synchronization signal and the downstream synchronizer receiving the synchronization signal. A respective processing element of a plurality of processing elements can be caused to start a respective function or operation in response to a respective upstream synchronizer reaching the predetermined end count sequence value.
US11838394B2	Wireless communication device and wireless communication method According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes: a receiver configured to receive a plurality of first frames transmitted by spatial multiplexing; and a transmitter configured to transmit a second frame containing check results indicating whether the first frames are successfully received and first information specifying at least one communication device. The receiver is configured to receive a plurality of third frames transmitted by spatial multiplexing from a communication device having transmitted the first frame the check result of which represents failure and the communication device specified in the first information.
US11838393B2	Message handler A message handler is described. The message handler is configured, in response to receiving a data package which is formatted according to a given communications protocol, such as CAN or Ethernet, and which comprises package-directing data and payload data, to generate package having a predetermined data format, for example a layer-2 or layer-3 package, which comprises a header and payload data. The header comprises an address generated in dependence upon the package-directing data and wherein the payload comprises the data package. The package having a predetermined data format may be an IEEE 1722 frame.
US11838392B2	Eventing systems and methods to facilitate robust event processing A device for facilitating event processing is presented. The device includes a transceiver, one or more memories including an event processing model, and one or more processors. The processors retrieve a new event from an application programming interface (API). The processors then parse the new event to determine a parsed event and store the parsed event in the memories. After determining the presence or absence of an additional new event via the API, the processors transmit a notification for display to a user indicating the parsed event and prompting a user to process the parsed event, resulting in either a successful or a failure processing signal. Responsive to receiving a failure processing signal, the processors schedule a subsequent notification for transmission to the user device according to an event processing model by using an exponential back-off and a random jitter.
US11838389B2	Service deployment method and scheduling apparatus A service deployment method determining an execution path of a to-be-deployed service, the execution path includes a first execution device and a second execution device; obtaining a first quality of service (QoS) of the first execution device; obtaining a second QoS of the second execution device; calculating a third QoS of the execution path based on the first QoS and the second QoS; obtaining a preset QoS of the to-be-deployed service; making a first determination that a first relationship between the third QoS and the preset QoS meets a preset rule; and deploying, in response to the first determination, the to-be-deployed service on the execution path.
US11838385B2	Control in a content delivery network A content delivery network (CDN) includes a plurality of CDN components including at least one CDN rendezvous mechanism and at least one control core. The CDN components are controlled by control core data from the at least one control core. Some CDN components obtain CDN resources including control core data from at least some other CDN components. The CDN components use the CDN rendezvous mechanism to select one or more CDN components from which to obtain CDN resources.
US11838383B2	Edge application context relocation and replication Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine, by an edge enabler client of the UE, to trigger generation of a shadow application context to support an application that is associated with an application context and that is served by an edge network device. The UE may determine, by the edge enabler client, to transfer support of the application from the application context to the shadow application context, and transfer, by the edge enabler client, support of the application from the application context to the shadow application context. In some aspects, an application context may be transferred between a UE and an edge network directly, without the shadow application context. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11838381B2	Device cross-area access method, electronic device, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium Provided are a device cross-region access method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: receiving a cross-region access request from a target device and determining IP address information in the cross-region access request; determining information of a cross-region proxy server matching the target device according to the IP address information, where the cross-region proxy server is preset in a proxy region different from a target region where the target server is located, and the cross-region proxy server and the target server are in a distributed deployment; and transmitting the information of the cross-region proxy server to the target device to enable the target device to establish a connection to the cross-region proxy server.
US11838380B2	Push notification management A push notification mechanism at a mobile user device provides for automated limiting of the rate of production of push notification alerts (such as an audible alert or a vibratory alert) and/or push notifications responsive to the occurrence of chat events relevant to a chat application hosted by the user device. Some chat events automatically trigger suppression periods during which push notification alerts are prevented for subsequent chat events that satisfy predefined suppression criteria. Such push notification and/or alert limiting can be performed separately for separate users, chat groups, and/or chat event types.
US11838378B2	System for generating deployment criteria and transmitting interactive content based on the deployment criteria for rendering by an application Provided herein are systems and processes for transmitting interactive content to an application and causing the interactive content to be rendered on a display of the application. In at least one embodiment, the system is configured to analyze mapping metadata based on deployment criteria and cause a content element to be rendered on a display when the mapping metadata satisfies the deployment criteria. A content element may be a permitted content element from a plurality of permissible content elements. The deployment criteria includes temporal criteria, mapping criteria, and/or other criteria described herein.
US11838372B2	URL normalization for rendering a service graph A method of normalizing URLs associated with a real user session comprises extracting uniform resource locators (URLs) from ingested spans where at least a portion of the URLs comprise unique URL strings. The method also comprises decomposing each of the URLs into a sequence of tokens and grouping together subsets of related URLs. Also, the method comprises representing each subset of related URLs with a normalized URL string.
US11838371B2	System and method for connecting virtual networks in a branch site to clouds The present technology is directed to controlling and managing resources both in Software-Defined Cloud Interconnect (SDCI) providers and cloud service providers via a single network controller and further connecting virtual networks in a branch site to virtual networks in the cloud service providers. A network controller can establish a network gateway in an SDCI provider, establish a cross-connectivity between the network gateway in the SDCI provider and one or more clouds, group one or more virtual networks in the one or more clouds and one or more virtual networks in a branch site into a tag, and establish a connection between the one or more virtual networks in the one or more clouds and the one or more virtual networks in the branch site using the tag.
US11838366B2	Systems, apparatus, and methods for detecting and verifying an environmental anomaly using multiple command nodes A system for detecting and verifying an environmental anomaly within a shipping container (transported on a transit vehicle having an external transceiver) has wireless sensor-based ID nodes at different locations within the container and multiple command nodes mounted to the container. A first command node is programmatically configured to be operative to detect the sensor data broadcasted from the ID nodes; responsively identify the anomaly based upon the sensor data detected by that command node; and transmit a validation request to another command node. The other command node is configured to be operative to also detect the sensor data broadcasted from the ID nodes; receive the validation request from the first command node; verify the anomaly in response to the validation request and based upon the sensor data detected by the second command node; and broadcast a verification message based upon whether the anomaly for the shipping container is verified.
US11838364B2	Extrema-retentive data buffering and simplification Systems and storage media containing instructions for asset tracking are provided. An example system includes a server and an asset tracking device onboard an asset. The asset tracking device to receive raw data pertaining to the asset, determine a dynamic group of carry-over data points, derived from the raw data, to be used in the performance of a dataset simplification algorithm on the raw data, perform the dataset simplification algorithm on a set of data that contains the raw data and the dynamic group of carry-over data points to determine one or more data points in the set of data to be recorded, and transmit the recorded data points to the server.
US11838360B2	Sharing of data share metrics to customers Provided herein are systems and methods to provide a way to share metrics regarding shared data access and accesses associated with data providers for different data listings of the data exchange. For example, the method may comprise detecting one or more client interactions with a set of data listings of a data exchange, the set of data listings associated with one or data providers. The method may further comprise collecting metrics corresponding to the one or more client interactions. In addition, the method may share metrics relevant to the one or more data providers with the one or more data providers.
US11838359B2	Synchronizing metadata in a cloud-based storage system Symmetric storage using a cloud-based storage system, including: receiving, at a cloud-based storage system among storage systems synchronously replicating a dataset, an I/O operation directed to the dataset; determining, in dependence upon the I/O operation, a metadata update describing a mapping of segments of content to an address within a storage object, wherein the storage object includes the dataset; and synchronizing metadata on another storage system of the storage systems by sending the metadata update from the cloud-based storage system to the other storage system to update a metadata representation on the second storage system in accordance with the metadata update.
US11838358B2	Network operating system Generally described, the present invention is directed to a network operating system that provides more effective ways of leveraging the connectivity of computer networks. In one embodiment, an XML virtual machine is implemented that accepts high-level application code written in an XML programming language as input. Functionality is provided to interpret or translate the application code written in an XML programming language into code that is suitable for execution across computer platforms. Moreover, the XML virtual machine supports the Model View Controller (MVC) design paradigm that facilitates true data abstraction from applications to a common data model. Multi-instance applications, with each instance potentially supporting multiple views, may be created and executed.
US11838356B2	Weighted auto-sharing Methods, systems, and apparatus for automatic sharding and load balancing in a distributed data processing system. In one aspect, a method includes determining workload distribution for an application across worker computers and in response to determining a load balancing operation is required: selecting a first worker computer having a highest load measure relative to respective load measure of the other work computers; determining one or more move operations for a partition of data assigned to the first worker computer and a weight for each move operation; and selecting the move operation with a highest weight the selected move operation.
US11838352B2	Data sharing apparatus and method of mobile terminal An apparatus and method for sharing data between a cloud server and at last one terminal are provided. The method includes displaying, when a data type is selected on a setting menu screen of a cloud service, meta information of real data corresponding to the selected data type, the meta information being downloaded from a server, downloading, when a piece of meta information is selected, the real data corresponding to the selected piece of meta information from the server, and deleting, when the downloaded real data is consumed completely, the consumed real data.
US11838349B2	Method and device for transmitting list information A method and an apparatus for transmitting list information. The method includes sending a list information of a web page to a receiving end by using a two-way communication protocol. The two-way communication protocol does not need to use a fixed request response strategy for information transmission like the HTTP protocol, thus can improve the transmission efficiency of the list information of a web page.
US11838347B2	Techniques for signaling audio mixing gain in teleconferencing and telepresence for remote terminals A method and system for audio mixing in a teleconference using a Session Description Protocol (SDP) and Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) signaling of audio mixing gain is provided. The method includes receiving an input audio stream from a 360-degree video/audio stream that includes an audio mixing gain which includes audio gain from the input audio stream and audio gain from overlay audio streams, declaring a RTP header extension for the input audio stream using the SDP, the RTP header extension, and signaling the audio mixing gain based on a single attribute of the SDP using the RTP header extension. An element of the RTP header extension may include an element identifier, a length of an extension element, and a magnitude of the audio mixing gain of the RTP header extension. The RTP header extension may use a one-byte or two-byte header extension format which is declared using the SDP.
US11838346B2	Apparatus for light weighted setting spatial data of 3D modeling data and video monitoring A method of setting spatial information for defining a space in the shape of dimensional data or property information including relationship information between objects installed in the space is defined, and a video monitoring apparatus is set to be linked to the defined method. Then, based on the same, a video captured by a video monitoring apparatus provided in a space may be efficiently output on the web. Therefore, various functions may be performed in which 3-dimensional spatial information and video monitoring are linked in a very easy way.
US11838345B2	Session description protocol (SDP) based signaling of camera calibration parameters Various embodiments herein provide techniques for Session Description Protocol (SDP)-based signaling of camera calibration parameters for multiple video streams. In embodiments, a device may receive an SDP attribute to indicate that a bitstream included in a real-time transport protocol (RTP)-based media stream includes camera calibration parameters. The device may obtain the camera calibration parameters based on the SDP attribute, and process the RTP-based media stream based on the camera calibration parameters. In embodiments, the camera calibration parameters may be used to stitch together (e.g., align and/or synchronize) the multiple video streams. In embodiments, the stitched video streams may form an immersive video content (e.g., 360-degree video content). Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US11838342B1	Synergistic queue management Synergistic queue management techniques are disclosed. The techniques can include receiving, by a server, a first queue action message, the first queue action message indicating a first queue action for a content queue associated with a client device, determining, based on the first queue action, a second queue action for the content queue, the second queue action comprising a supplemental queue action for the first queue action, and sending a second queue action message to the client device, the second queue action message indicating the second queue action.
US11838339B2	Method and device for group communication A communication method between road users, which can each connect to a server via at least one communication interface. The following steps carried out by the server for establishing communication: establishing local and thematic information for determining communication participants; determining a group of communication participants based on local and thematic information, with a local area being defined for the local restriction of the communication participants and with at least one technological aspect and/or one interest-based aspect being taken as a basis for the thematic restriction on the part of the server; and granting permission for data communication by the road users based on the server prioritizing the data transmitted by the road users to the server once the group has been determined. The local and thematic information determined from the average of the spatial coordinates of the road users and respective average speed and average direction of the road users.
US11838337B2	Transmitting a message for display within a graphical interface of a conference A server or an on-premises computing node accesses a message and a destination tag indicating one or more client devices participating in a conference to receive the message. The server or the on-premises computing node determines a configuration for the message based on a source of the message. The server or the on-premises computing node transmits the message to the one or more client devices indicated in the destination tag to configure the one or more client devices to display the message according to the configuration within a display region associated with the conference.
US11838336B2	Virtual events-based social network Networking is one of the key aspects of events, but virtual events pose a huge limitation, as attendees don't really get an opportunity to have one on one discussions with each another. The users of current video calling solutions unsuccessfully trying to extend the use of these products to casual social get together and the current video calling solutions that have no dimension of space and are not tailored to emulate the dynamics of real-life social settings. The current invention belongs broadly to natural communication flow in video call solutions, highly interactive, aiming to create as similar an experience as possible to their physical counterparts.
US11838329B1	Curating actionable intrusion detection system rules New intrusion detection system (IDS) rules to be deployed on an IDS that generates alerts based on an applied ruleset are accessed. A trial window that includes incorporating the new IDS rules into a candidate list to enable summarization and filtering of the alerts is started and the applied ruleset that includes existing IDS rules is supplemented with the candidate list that includes the new IDS rules. The applied ruleset is transmitted to a network sensor associated with the IDS upon the supplementation and alerts generated based on network events implicated by both the existing IDS rules and the new IDS rules in the applied ruleset are received from the IDS. Upon completion of the trial window, a set of alerts generated only by the new IDS rules in the applied ruleset are designated as suppressed alerts and a set of new IDS rules is eliminated from the applied ruleset upon determining that the set of new IDS rules generate a subset of alerts that exceed an alert threshold. The update and modified applied ruleset is then transmitted to the network sensor associated with the IDS.
US11838327B1	Cloud-based security service that includes external evaluation for accessing a third-party application A cloud-based security service that includes external evaluation for accessing a third-party application. The security service receives a request to access a third-party application from a client device. The security service enforces a set of one or more access policies configured for the third-party application including an external evaluation rule. As part of enforcing the external evaluation rule, the security service transmits an external evaluation request to an external endpoint defined in the external evaluation rule. The external evaluation request includes an identity of a user associated with the request. The security service receives the result of the external evaluation. If the external evaluation passed, the security service grants access to the third-party application based at least in part on its passing.
US11838326B2	Mobile equipment identity and/or IoT equipment identity and application identity based security enforcement in service provider networks Techniques for mobile equipment identity and/or IoT equipment identity and application identity based security enforcement in service provider networks (e.g., service provider networks for mobile subscribers) are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/process/computer program product for mobile equipment identity and/or IoT equipment identity and application identity based security enforcement in service provider networks includes monitoring network traffic on a service provider network at a security platform to identify a device identifier for a new session; determining an application identifier for user traffic associated with the new session at the security platform; and determining a security policy to apply at the security platform to the new session based on the device identifier and the application identifier.
US11838324B2	Secure web container for a secure online user environment Disclosed herein are systems and methods that allow for secure access to websites and web-based applications and other resources available through the browser. Also described are systems and methods for invocation of a secure web container which may display data representative of a requesting party's application at a user's machine. The secure web container is invoked upon receipt of an API call from the requesting party. Thus, described in the present specification are systems and methods for constructing and destroying private, secure, browsing environments (a secure disposable web container), insulating the user and requesting parties from the threats associated with being online for the purposes of providing secure, policy-based interaction with a requesting party's online services.
US11838321B2	Verifying incoming communications Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for verifying an incoming communication. A recipient client device receives an incoming communication including an identifier identifying a second client device as having initiated the incoming communication. A verification service installed on the recipient client device queries a call placement service directory based on the first identifier. The call placement service directory maintains a listing of identifiers for client devices and corresponding communication providers that manage the identifiers. The call placement service directory returns information identifying the communication provider that manages the identifier. In turn, the verification service transmitting a request to the communication provider to confirm whether the second client device initiated the incoming communication. The verification service processes the incoming communication based on the response from the communication provider indicating whether the second client device initiated the incoming communication.
US11838317B2	Method for providing a connection between a communications service provider and an internet protocol, IP, server, providing a service, as well as a perimeter network, comprising the IP server, and an IP server providing the service A method of providing at least one communications service provider a connection to an Internet Protocol, IP, server in a perimeter network, the IP server providing a service over a public IP network, the method comprising the steps of detecting, in the perimeter network, an irregularity in IP traffic arriving at the perimeter network over the public IP network, disregarding, in the perimeter network, IP traffic arriving at the perimeter network over the public IP network, and enabling, in the perimeter network, a connection between the IP server and the at least one communications service provider for the service provided by the IP server over at least one private IP network.
US11838316B1	Providing application security using causal graph Computer systems and methods are provided for storing a first path profile. A computing device receives a first request to access a first location of a website, transmits the first request to a server, and receives a first cookie that includes identifying information for the first location. In response to receiving the first cookie, the device stores the identifying information. The device receives a second request to access a second location of the website that is distinct from the first location. The second request includes the identifying information for the first location. The device transmits the second request to the server and receives a second cookie that includes the identifying information for the first location and for the second location. In response to receiving the second cookie, the device stores the first path profile that includes the identifying information for the first location and the second location.
US11838312B2	Merging duplicate items identified by a vulnerability analysis An embodiment may involve a plurality of configuration items and an unmatched configuration item, wherein the unmatched configuration item is associated with a first set of attribute values and a first vulnerability, wherein the first vulnerability is associated with a first set of field values. The embodiment may further involve one or more processors configured to: (i) determine that the unmatched configuration item and a particular configuration item both represent a specific component, wherein the particular configuration item is associated with a second set of attribute values and a second vulnerability, wherein the second vulnerability is associated with a second set of field values; (ii) merge the unmatched configuration item into the particular configuration item; (iii) determine that the first vulnerability and the second vulnerability both represent a specific vulnerability; (iv) merge the first vulnerability into the second vulnerability; and (v) delete the unmatched configuration item and the first vulnerability.
US11838311B2	Systems and methods for automated quantitative risk and threat calculation and remediation A system described herein may provide a technique for identifying and remediating potential threat vectors in a system, such as containers or applications in a virtual or cloud computing environment. Attributes of potential threat vectors may be identified, and the potential threat vectors may be scored based on the attributes. Values or scores of individual attributes may be determined through machine learning or other suitable techniques. Scores exceeding a threshold may indicate that a remedial measure should be performed. A remedial measure may be identified using machine learning or other suitable techniques. After the remedial measure is performed, the threat vector may be scored again, and a machine learning model may be refined based on whether the remedial measure was successful.
US11838310B2	Generating attack graphs in agile security platforms Implementations of the present disclosure include providing graph data defining a graph that is representative of an enterprise network, the graph including nodes and edges between nodes, each node representing an asset within the enterprise network, and each edge representing one or more lateral attack paths between assets in the enterprise network, determining, for each node, an incoming value based on attributes of a set of incoming edges and an outgoing value based on attributes of a set of outgoing edges, the attributes including a number of edges and semantic types of the edges, at least one cardinality value of each node being determined based on one or more of the incoming value and the outgoing value of the node, receiving input representative of filter parameters, generating a sub-graph based on attributes of the nodes and the filter parameters, and displaying, by the visualization platform, the sub-graph in a display.
US11838309B1	System and method for risk evaluation and reputational scoring of social media accounts A method of evaluating risk associated with a social media account. Content associated with the account and with social media accounts connected to the account is scanned. Collected data relating to the account content and the connected account content is stored. The account content is analyzed by determining one or more of characteristics of a posted image, parameters of posted comments, and changes in the list of connected social media accounts. The collected data is also analyzed in order to characterize the connected social media accounts with levels of suspicion. A report may be generated that includes one or more of: information identifying at least some of the account content as presenting a risk based upon characteristics of posted images or comments, information identifying material changes in account user traffic, and information identifying one or more of the connected social media accounts as being associated with suspicious activity.
US11838307B2	Resource-efficient generation of analytical attack graphs Implementations include evaluating a first sub-set of rules based on a first sub-set of facts to provide a first set of impacts, evaluating including applying the first sub-set of facts to each rule using a hash join operation to determine whether a rule results in an impact, indexes of arguments of facts being used in a probe phase of the hash join operation, evaluating a second sub-set of rules using impacts of the first set of impacts to provide a second set of impacts, determining whether each goal in a set of goals has been achieved using the first set of impacts and the second set of impacts, each goal being provided as an impact, in response to determining that each goal in the set of goals has been achieved, removing paths of the AAG, each of the paths resulting in an impact that is not a goal.
US11838305B2	Methods, systems, and devices for dynamically modeling and grouping endpoints for edge networking Various embodiments described herein disclose an endpoint modeling and grouping management system that can collect data from endpoint computer devices in a network. In some embodiments, agents installed on the endpoints can collect real-time information at the kernel level providing the system with deep visibility. In some embodiments, the endpoint modeling and grouping management system can identify similarities in behavior in response to assessing the data collected by the agents. In some embodiments, the endpoint modeling and grouping management system can dynamically model groups such as logical groups, and cluster endpoints based on the similarities and/or differences in behavior of the endpoints. In some embodiments, the endpoint modeling and grouping management system transmits the behavioral models to the agents to allow the agents to identify anomalies and/or security threats autonomously.
US11838300B1	Run-time configurable cybersecurity system A system for conducting cyberthreat analytics on a submitted object to determine whether the object is malicious is described. The system features a cybersecurity system operating with a cloud platform, which is configured to host resources including cloud processing resources and cloud storage resources. The cybersecurity system is configured to analyze one or more received objects included as part of a submission received from a subscriber after authentication of the subscriber and verification that the subscriber is authorized to perform one or more tasks associated with the submission. The cybersecurity system is configured to operate as a multi-tenant Security-as-a-Service (SaaS) that relies upon the cloud processing resources and the cloud storage resources provided by the cloud platform in performing the cybersecurity operations.
US11838299B2	Cloud-based web content processing system providing client threat isolation and data integrity Systems and methods include receiving a request for resources that are one of web content and a cloud application from a user device; determining the request requires isolation based on any of policy, category of the web content, type of the user device, and location of the user device; rendering content associated with the request in a secure environment that is isolated from the user device; and providing image content based on the content to the user device. The user device can execute a web browser that loads the image content utilizing a JavaScript application and that interacts with the image content by sending keyboard and mouse inputs via a WebSocket channel.
US11838298B2	Generating a security risk persona using stressor data A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing an electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being based upon the observable from the electronic data source; analyzing the security related activity, the analyzing the security related activity using a security risk persona; and, performing a security operation in response to the analyzing the security related activity.
US11838297B2	Group verification of a transmission source A method including transmitting, by a transmitting device, verification information including a current fingerprint associated with a first instance of a source application stored on the transmitting device; receiving, by the transmitting device, a determination result determined based at least in part on a comparison of the current fingerprint with a verification fingerprint associated with a second instance of the source application stored on another device; and selectively transmitting, by the transmitting device, transmission data utilizing the first instance of the source application based at least in part on the determination result. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US11838295B2	Delayed and provisional user authentication for medical devices Representative embodiments of operating a secured device requiring user authentication include receiving a request from a user for operating the device without prior authentication; granting the user temporary access to the device in accordance with a security policy that specifies a predetermined time interval and/or a predetermined number of device operations within which authentication must occur to continue at least some operations of the device; computationally storing an audit trail identifying the temporary access and actions performed during the temporary access; and upon determining that authentication has not been provided within the predetermined time interval or number of device operations, preventing at least some operations of the device and updating the audit trail to specify expiration of the temporary access.
US11838293B2	Private data exchange metrics sharing Providing access to consumer information on a private data exchange is described. In an example, privileges are assigned to a share object, granting access to consumer information obtained from a query against data referenced by a data listing of a data exchange. The data exchange comprises one or more data listings provided by one or more data providers. In response to the share object being added to a list of consumed share objects of a data provider that provided the data listing, a database is generated that references the consumer information based on the share object. Access to the database is granted to the data provider that provided the data listing.
US11838291B2	Distributed storage and user verification for visual feeds A processing system including at least one processor may obtain, from a device of a requesting entity, a request to verify an identity of a user in a visual feed, obtain the visual feed from an endpoint device associated with the user, the visual feed including first visual biometric data of the user, and extract the first visual biometric data from the visual feed. The processing system may then retrieve second visual biometric data of the user from a plurality of distributed storage nodes, each storing a portion of the second visual biometric data, determine a match between the first visual biometric data and the second visual biometric data, and transmit the visual feed to the device of the requesting entity, where the visual feed includes an indication of an authentication of the user, in response to the determining the match between the first and second visual biometric data.
US11838290B2	Hybrid data managed lock system A residential key may be programmed by a computer with access rights information. A lock device may receive the access rights information from the residential key. The lock device may store and utilize the access rights information if the lock determines that the residential key is authorized to update the lock device.
US11838288B2	Platform framework namespaces In the provided platform framework, participants issue requests for registration as members of namespaces supported by the platform framework, where the namespace is a capability of an IHS (Information Handling System) that will be provided by the participant using hardware of the IHS. The platform framework generates an entry in a manifest in response to a participant's registration, wherein the manifest entry identifies a participant as registered within a particular namespace. The platform framework receives, from an operating system application of the IHS, a request for participants registered within one or more namespaces. The platform framework provides the requesting operating system application with an identity of one or more participants that are registered within the first namespace. The requesting operating system application may then choose from registered participants that provide access to platform framework resources that are available for use within a particular namespace.
US11838282B2	Information recording apparatus with server-based user authentication for accessing a locked operating system storage An information recording apparatus has a drive unit to record digital information including digital contents; and a host unit to control reading and writing of the digital information for the drive unit. The host unit has a network processing unit to communicate with a server, a shadow determination unit to determine whether a shadow boot program to be executed prior to a boot program is executable, a shadow reading unit to read the shadow program from the drive unit when the shadow determination unit determines to be executable, a shadow execution unit to execute the shadow program, a server authentication unit to perform authentication with the server in accordance with a processing of the shadow program, and a password transmitter to transmit to the drive unit a password used for unlock of the drive unit when the authentication with the server is successful.
US11838277B2	Blockchain-based secure, anonymizing message bus Systems and methods for enabling a blockchain-based secure, anonymizing message bus are disclosed. An example method includes sharing public keys associated with messaging participants for communicating information using a message-bus smart contract implemented on a blockchain network. The method also includes a first participant sending a message via a smart contract call against an instance of the message-bus smart contract, and a second participant determining and receiving the message using the blockchain network.
US11838275B2	Web endpoint device having automatic switching between proxied and non-proxied communication modes A method, system, and computer-usable medium are disclosed, comprising: initiating a web transaction between an endpoint device and a target web server; automatically switching between a first communication mode and a second communication mode in response to one or more communication performance conditions associated with conducting the web transaction, where the endpoint device communicates with the target web server using an intermediate proxy server in the first communication mode; and the endpoint device communicates with the target web server without using the intermediate proxy server in the second communication mode. Other embodiments include corresponding computer systems, apparatus, and computer programs recorded on one or more computer storage devices, each configured to perform the actions of the methods.
US11838273B2	Extending cloud-based virtual private networks to radio-based networks Disclosed are various embodiments for extending cloud-based virtual private networks to radio-based networks. In one embodiment, a request from a client device to connect to a radio-based network is received. A virtual private cloud network of a cloud provider network to which the client device is permitted access is determined. The client device is provided with access to the virtual private cloud network through the radio-based network.
US11838272B2	VPN establishment The present invention relates to a system for establishing a secure connection between a mobile device container and a number of virtual private networks.
US11838269B2	Securing access to network devices utilizing authentication and dynamically generated temporary firewall rules A network security system provides portals which enable automatic creation of a dynamic one-time port forwarding rule for an authorized user's current IP address following two factor authentication of the authorized user. Such a dynamic one-time port forwarding rule is utilized to set up a connection, at which point the dynamic one-time port forwarding rule is removed, preventing any attacker from subsequently taking advantage of it. Such a methodology is advantageous as compared to conventional port forwarding in that it is much more secure. Such a methodology is advantageous as compared to traditional port forwarding with access control both in that a user does not always have to utilize the same device with a static IP address, and in that the port forwarding rule representing or exposing a potential vulnerability is deleted after a connection is established.
US11838268B2	Method, device and system for data communication control Disclosed are a method, a device and a system for data communication control. In the method for data communication control, data sent from a first communication device is received by a data forwarding device, where the data is transmitted through at least two types of physical interfaces in sequence. The data is then forwarded by the data forwarding device to a second communication device that is preconfigured. During the process of sending the data by the first communication device, the data is physically isolated by at least two types of physical interfaces, and then forwarded to the second communication device that is preconfigured. Even if the first communication device is illegally invaded by outsiders, the outsiders only know the IP address of the first communication device but fail to know the IP address of the destination of the physically isolated data.
US11838266B2	IP address assignment apparatus, IP address assignment method and program An IP address assigning device can reduce registration information required for controlling traffic by calculating, for traffic between a plurality of user terminals and a plurality of services in a past period, a statistic of the traffic for each of a plurality of combinations of a user terminal, a service, and a time period, and extracting a plurality of patterns relating to the traffic based on a plurality of the statistics; classifying the plurality of user terminals into a plurality of groups based on the patterns; and assigning IP addresses belonging to a subnetwork to corresponding ones of the plurality of user terminals for each of the plurality of groups.
US11838265B1	Managing address collision in a network device A network device includes a memory, a memory access circuit, and a processor. The memory is configured to store a hash table for accessing a database of network addresses, the hash table including multiple buckets, each bucket dimensioned to store entries for up to a maximal permitted number of the network addresses. The memory access circuit is configured to receive a network address, to calculate a hash value over at least the network address by applying a hashing scheme selected from among a plurality of hashing schemes, to choose a bucket of the hash table based on the hash value, and to access information in the database pertaining to the network address by accessing the selected bucket. The processor is configured to select the hashing scheme to ensure that none of the buckets will be mapped to more than the maximal permitted number of the network addresses.
US11838260B2	Systems and methods for detecting conflicts in internet services The technology disclosed relates to detection and resolution of conflicts between requested internet services and package of internet services associated with a domain. The method disclosed includes receiving a request from a client to add a requested internet service to a package of internet services. The method includes searching a domain name system (DNS) database for DNS records or a DNS server for external domains having attribute fields indicating attributes of the internet services in the package of internet services. The method includes comparing attributes of the requested internet service to attribute fields for the internet services in the package of internet services using a set of conflict definitions to identify attributes of the internet service requested conflicting with attributes of the package of internet services. When conflicting attributes are identified, the method includes invoking a resolution process to resolve the conflict.
US11838258B1	Systems and methods for creating multiple renditions of a social media composition from inputs to a single digital composer Systems and methods for creating multiple renditions of a social media composition may include (1) providing a composition screen configured to be used to create user compositions for use with different consumption channels of a social media application, (2) collecting, via the composition screen, a set of one or more user inputs selecting user-selected content, to be included within a user composition, that includes photographs and text, (3) creating a first rendering of the user composition, to be viewed from a first consumption channel, that includes a slideshow of the photographs with a cover card that includes the text, and (4) creating a second rendering of the user composition, to be viewed from a second consumption channel, that includes a collage of the photographs with a caption that includes the text. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11838257B2	Identifying and handling broadcast electronic mail The information processing device comprises: a broadcast mail determination means which determines a broadcast mail among received electronic mails; a broadcast mail reception predicted time limit setting means which, when the previously received electronic mail is determined as the broadcast mail, sets a predicted time limit for receiving a broadcast mail on the basis of the difference between the reception time of the previously received electronic mail and the reception time of the electronic mail determined as the broadcast mail; and a broadcast mail reception standby end determination means which determines whether to end reception standby of the broadcast mail on the basis of the predicted time limit for receiving the broadcast mail, which is set by the broadcast mail reception predicted time limit setting means.
US11838256B2	Systems and methods for dynamically routing application notifications to selected devices Systems and methods for dynamically routing notifications based on device statuses are disclosed herein. For instance, a notification may be generated for a user account corresponding to an application that is installed on a plurality of devices. A system identifies a status of each of the plurality of devices and uses the status of each of the plurality of devices to select a particular device to receive the notification. The system then transmits the notification to the selected particular device.
US11838245B2	Apparatus and method for managing interference in wireless communication system An apparatus of a base station in a wireless communication system supporting time division duplex (TDD) and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes at least one transceiver, and at least one processor operatively connected with the at least one transceiver. The at least one processor may be configured to perform signaling for preventing transmission of an uplink (UL) signal in a cell, and measure a strength of a downlink (DL) signal received from at least one base station during at least one symbol in a UL subframe. The apparatus 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).
US11838242B2	Aperiodic triggering of channel quality information using physical downlink control channel The invention relates methods for triggering channel quality feedback for at least one of plural component carriers of a communication system available for downlink transmission. The invention suggests a mechanism for triggering channel quality feedback from a terminal where the downlink control signaling overhead for the selection of component carrier(s) to be reported on is minimized. One aspect of the invention is a new interpretation of a predetermined format for dedicated control information comprising a CQI request flag, which is depending on the status of the CQI request flag. In case the CQI request flag is set at least one further bit of the dedicated control information is interpreted as information indicative of the one or more component carriers available for downlink transmission to the terminal and the terminal is providing channel quality feedback on the channel quality experienced on the indicated component carrier or component carriers.
US11838239B2	Method for receiving HARQ-ACK feedback in wireless communication system, and device therefor The present disclosure provides a method for receiving a HARQ-ACK feedback and an apparatus supporting the same. More particularly, the method performed by a user equipment includes transmitting, to a base station, an uplink data; and receiving, from the base station, first DCI for the uplink data, wherein the first DCI includes a New Data Indicator (NDI) field indicating a transmission or retransmission of the uplink data, wherein the first DCI is determined by DCI related to HARQ-ACK of the uplink data on whether the first DCI includes a UL grant, and when the first DCI is determined to be the DCI related to HARQ-ACK of the uplink data, wherein the NDI field is identified to be related to the HARQ-ACK of the uplink data.
US11838235B2	Physical uplink control channel frequency division multiplexing with intra data subcarrier orthogonal cover codes A method, wireless device, and network node for increasing the capacity on a control channel when using Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM) of data and DMRS are disclosed. According to one aspect, a wireless device (WD) is configured to perform intra-symbol frequency division multiplexing of data subcarriers and demodulation reference signal, DMRS, subcarriers. The WD is also configured to apply intra-symbol orthogonal cover codes, OCCs, to the data subcarriers. The WD is further configured to apply intra-symbol cyclic shifts to the DMRS subcarriers.
US11838229B2	Enhanced ultra-reliable/low-latency communications over-the-air mechanism for shared spectrum Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station serving the UE in a first network, a power control configuration and a reference signal measurement configuration. The UE may receive, based at least in part on the reference signal measurement configuration, a reference signal from at least one wireless device of a second network. The UE may determine, based at least in part on the power control configuration and the received reference signal, an interference level for the second network introduced by the first network. The UE may adjust a transmission power limit for the UE based at least in part on the determined interference level and the power control configuration. The UE may transmit signals to the base station according to the adjusted transmission power limit.
US11838226B2	Method and system for a repeater network that utilizes distributed transceivers with array processing A device that comprises a plurality of distributed transceivers, a central processor and a network management engine may be configured to function as relay device, relaying an input data stream from a source device to at least one other device. The relaying may include configuring one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers to particular mode of relay operation and receiving the input data stream from the source device via at least one of the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers. The relaying may also include transmitting at least one relay data stream corresponding to the input data stream to the at least one other device, via at least one of the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers.
US11838221B2	Systems and methods for multi-cloud virtualized instance deployment and execution A system may receive a first definition for a virtualized instance of a network function. The first definition may include a first set of declarations in a first format that is different than respective formats supported by different virtualized environments. The system may select a first virtualized environment to run the virtualized instance based on requirements specified within the first definition, and may generate a second definition with a second set of declarations that map the first set of declarations from the first format to a second format supported by the first virtualized environment. The system may deploy the virtualized instance to the first virtualized environment using the second set of declarations from the second definition. Deploying the virtualized instance may include configuring its operation based on some of the second set of declarations matching a configuration format supported by the first virtualized environment.
US11838217B2	System and method for supporting target groups for congestion control in a private fabric in a high performance computing environment Systems and methods for supporting target groups for congestion control in a private fabric in a high performance computing environment. An exemplary method can provide, at one or more microprocessors, a first subnet, the first subnet comprising a plurality of switches, a plurality of host channel adapters, and a plurality of end nodes, including a plurality of virtual machines. The method can define a target group on one of an inter-switch link or at a port of a switch of the plurality of switches, wherein the target group defines a bandwidth limit on the at least one of an inter-switch link between two switches of the plurality of switches or at a port of a switch of the plurality of switches. The method can provide a target group repository stored in a memory of the host channel adapter where the defined target group in the target group repository is recorded.
US11838216B2	Enterprise egress access request processing method, apparatus, system, device and medium An egress access request processing method includes Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) in an enterprise Intranet of an enterprise receiving an egress access request of the enterprise, forwarding the egress access request to an acceleration network or sending the egress access request to the acceleration network in response to the egress access request complying with a preset rule, receiving, from the acceleration network, response data obtained by performing back-to-origin processing on the egress access request, and sending the response data to a sender of the egress access request.
US11838213B2	CV2X situationally-dependent service prioritization Techniques are providing for situationally-dependent service prioritization in a CV2X network. An example method of prioritizing data packets with a mobile device includes determining a range to a waypoint, determining an estimated time of arrival at the waypoint, computing a priority value based at least in part on the estimated time of arrival at the waypoint, and generating a data packet based on the priority value.
US11838211B2	System and method to determine optimal path(s) and use load balancing in an interconnect A system, and corresponding method, is described for finding the optimal or the best set of routes from a master to each of its connected slaves, for all the masters and slaves using an interconnect, such as a network-on-chip (NoC). Some embodiments of the invention apply to a class of interconnects that utilize a two-dimensional mesh topology, wherein a set of switches are arranged on a two-dimensional grid. Masters (initiators or sources) inject data packets or traffic into the interconnect. Slaves (targets or destinations) service the data packets or traffic traveling through the interconnect. The interconnect includes switches and links that are part of a path. Additionally, one or more optimal routes, which is defined by the system, move the traffic in a way that avoids deadlock scenarios.
US11838208B2	Congestion control method and apparatus, device, and storage medium A congestion control method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium, where the congestion control method includes sending first data packets to a receive end, where a quantity of the first data packets is the first value, receiving a plurality of second data packets corresponding to all or a portion of the first data packets, where the second packets include one or more third data packets and one or more fourth data packets, and adjusting, by a transmit end, a congestion window based on the second data packets to adjust a value of the congestion window to a second value.
US11838199B1	System and method for deploying, scaling and managing network endpoint groups in cloud computing environments Grouping virtualized computing instances in cloud environments can be achieved utilizing groups of network endpoints, such as hardware devices, virtualized computing instances, etc. The network endpoint group (NEG) provides a logical grouping for providers of backend services that may be arranged on the network endpoints, and may be organized based on the backend service to be provided by the computing environments that operate as network endpoints. For example, the NEGs may be implemented for load balancing applications. The network endpoint groups, and the network endpoints included therein, may be managed using a framework of tools, libraries and application programming interfaces.
US11838198B2	Path optimization based on reducing dominating set membership to essential parent devices In one embodiment, a method comprises identifying, by a path computation element, essential parent devices from a nonstoring destination oriented directed acyclic graph (DODAG) topology as dominating set members belonging to a dominating set; receiving, by the path computation element, an advertisement message specifying a first dominating set member having reachability to a second dominating set member, the reachability distinct from the nonstoring DODAG topology; and generating, by the path computation element based on the advertisement message, an optimized path for reaching a destination network device in the nonstoring DODAG topology via a selected sequence of dominating set members, the optimized path providing cut-through optimization across the nonstoring DODAG topology.
US11838197B2	Methods and system for securing a SDN controller from denial of service attack A Method and a system for securing a SDN controller from denial of service attack are provided. A SDN controller receives, from a networking device, data packets pertaining to a flow in Packet_IN messages, if the flow does not match flow entries in a first flow table of the networking device. A table miss flow entry pertaining to the flow is created in a second flow table of the networking device for sending the Packet_IN. The SDN controller installs a flood prevention flow entry in the second flow table to enable the networking device to drop subsequent data packets pertaining to the flow until the SDN controller installs, in the first flow table, a flow entry matching the flow. The flood prevention flow entry is deleted from the second flow table after the installation of the flow entry matching the flow.
US11838196B2	Network forensic system and method A high performance packet stream storage method. Original packet data from data traffic transmitted over a network is collected. Collected original packet data is written in a memory. Metadata from the collected original package data is extracted and metadata is written in the memory. The original packet data and the metadata is stored in a storage unit.
US11838195B2	Deployable network sensor for multiple platforms Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and processes for centralized containerized deployment of network traffic sensors to network sensor hosts for deep packet inspection (DPI) that supports various other cybersecurity operations. A network sensor package containing a pre-configured network sensor container is received by a network sensor host from a network sensor deployment server. Installation of the network sensor package on the network sensor host causes execution of the network sensor container that further causes deployment of an on-premise network sensor along with a network sensor management system, a DPI system, and an intrusion detection/prevention (IDS/IPS) system. The configurable on-premise network sensor is deployed on multiple operating system distributions of the network sensor host and generates actionable network metadata using DPI techniques for optimized log search and management and improved intrusion detection and response (IDR) operations.
US11838194B2	Detecting outages in a cloud environment The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for detecting outages in a cloud environment. Internal web agents installed at corresponding network segments of a first cloud platform and external web agents installed at an external second cloud platform are configured to perform network calls between themselves and the other web agents. Data from the internal web agents is automatically collected to generate structured data defining network connectivity status corresponding to the network segments of the first cloud platform based on the performed network calls between the internal and external web agents. In response to evaluating the structured data, a health status of network connectivity of the first cloud platform is determined. The health status can be provided to platform services provided by the first cloud platform and/or applications running on the first cloud platform to support managing of lifecycles of entities running on the first cloud platform.
US11838193B1	Real-time load limit measurement for a plurality of nodes A first node can be selected as a target node, and a second node can be selected as a control to determine a performance limit associated with providing a service. A request for the service can be determined to be routed to the first node. A first indication of a first performance measurement associated with processing a first load by the first node can be received. A second indication of a second performance measurement associated with processing a second load by the second node can be received. A performance error of the first node can be determined based on the first performance measurement and the second performance measurement. The performance limit can be determined based on the performance error, and an action can be triggered based on the performance limit.
US11838191B2	Automatically managing performance of software in a distributed computing environment Software performance can be automatically managed in a distributed computing environment. In one example, a system that can receive metrics information describing resource usage by a first instance of a service in a distributed computing environment. The system can also determine a quality-of-service (QoS) constraint for the service. The system can then modify a definition file based on the metrics information and the QoS constraint, the definition file being configured for deploying instances of the service in the distributed computing environment. The system can deploy a second instance of the service in the distributed computing environment using the modified definition file. As a result, the second instance can more closely satisfy the QoS constraint than the first instance.
US11838190B2	System and method to support network slicing in an MEC system providing automatic conflict resolution arising from multiple tenancy in the MEC environment A method is provided for operating an edge computing system in which edge application servers (EASs) are provided by application service providers (ASPs) for deployment in edge data network (EDNs). The method includes receiving, from each of a plurality of the ASPs, a respective deployment request for a respective EAS, each respective deployment request including software image information for the respective EAS. The method further includes assigning, to each of the plurality of the ASPs from which a respective deployment request is received, a set of at least one application management privilege, and receiving EAS lifecycle management requests issued by one or more of the ASPs from which a respective deployment request is received. The EAS lifecycle management requests specify lifecycle management operations to be performed for respective EASs. The method additionally includes performing the lifecycle management operations for the respective EASs in response to the EAS lifecycle management requests.
US11838183B2	Autonomous distributed workload and infrastructure scheduling Provided is a process of autonomous distributed workload and infrastructure scheduling based on physical telemetry data of a plurality of different data centers executing a plurality of different workload distributed applications on behalf of a plurality of different tenants.
US11838182B2	Automated access to racks in a colocation data center Top-of-rack (TOR) switches are connected to a network fabric of a data center. Each TOR switch corresponds to a rack of the data center, and is configured to provide access to the network fabric for computing devices mounted in the rack. In one method, a TOR switch is mounted in a rack. The TOR switch is connected to a network fabric of a data center. A lock is used to control physical access to the rack. A request to physically access the rack is received from a computing device (e.g., a badge implementing a security token, or a mobile device). The request includes authentication credentials. The computing device is then authenticated. In response to authenticating the computing device, the lock is configured to provide physical access to the rack.
US11838177B2	Consolidation of existing signal transfer points in a telecommunication network The present disclosure is directed to consolidation of STP pairs without deploying new STP pairs and without making changes at a Service Switching Point to reflect the consolidation. In one aspect, a method includes identifying a first pair of signal transfer point devices to be decommissioned from a telecommunication network; identifying a second pair of signal transfer point devices to assume, in part, functionalities of the first pair of signal transfer point devices, each signal transfer point device of the first pair and the second pair having at least one primary point code and at least one secondary point code assigning a temporary secondary point code to each signal transfer point device of the first pair; and modifying at least one secondary point code of each signal transfer point device of the second pair with a primary point code of at least one signal transfer point device of the first pair.
US11838175B2	Adaption of reference signal muting configuration Systems and methods for determining and using a reference signal muting configuration are provided. A network can configure a muting configuration for a first reference signal in accordance with determining if the first reference signal is used by a wireless device for operating a channel. The first reference signal can be transmitted in accordance with the muting configuration and used by the wireless device to perform an operation.
US11838172B2	Identifying root cause of failures through detection of network scope failures Techniques are described by which a network management system (NMS) is configured to provide identification of root cause failure through the detection of network scope failures. For example, the NMS comprises one or more processors; and a memory comprising instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to: generate a hierarchical attribution graph comprising attributes representing different network scopes at different hierarchical levels; receive network event data, wherein the network event data is indicative of operational behavior of the network, including one or more of successful events or one or more failure events associated with one or more client devices; and apply a machine learning model to the network event data and to a particular network scope in the hierarchical attribution graph to detect whether the particular network scope has failure.
US11838170B1	Messaging segmentation based on data flow informatics A system for monitoring quantized signals in a bidirectional data stream and alerting a networked device of metric divergence by georegion includes a computing system that automatically, for each of multiple user entities, receives input signals and stores corresponding records, associated with the user entity, each representing a quantized input event. The computing system increments a resource of the user entity by a respective input quantity. Georegion-specific attributes associated with a respective georegion are discriminated, and the input records are associated with georegion. The computing system measures user-specific georegion-specific metrics for each georegion and determines whether the metrics diverge from a georegion-specific index. An alert is sent across a network for display on a user device upon determining a user-specific georegion-specific metric diverges from a georegion-specific index.
US11838167B2	Wireless communication system, wireless communication method, and wireless communication device Provided is a wireless communication system configured to accommodate a plurality of circuits to transmit a signal from a transmitter to a receiver, the system including a number-of-circuits observation unit configured to observe the number of circuits among the plurality of circuits through which communication is being performed; a quality observation unit configured to observe a quality of each of a plurality of communications; a determination unit configured to determine a modulation scheme for transmitting a signal based on the number of circuits observed by the number-of-circuits observation unit, the quality of each of the plurality of communications observed by the quality observation unit, and a required throughput of each of the plurality of circuits; and a modulation unit configured to modulate the signal using the modulation scheme determined by the determination unit.
US11838166B2	Transmitting apparatus and mapping method thereof A transmitting apparatus is disclosed. The transmitting apparatus includes an encoder to perform channel encoding with respect to bits and generate a codeword, an interleaver to interleave the codeword, and a modulator to map the interleaved codeword onto a non-uniform constellation according to a modulation scheme, and the constellation may include constellation points defined based on various tables according to the modulation scheme.
US11838163B2	CSI feedback with Type-II codebook compression For Type-II codebook compression, methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed. One apparatus includes a transceiver and a processor coupled to the transceiver, the processor being configured to cause the apparatus to: receive a reference signal, identify a set of taps over a layer based on the reference signal, where the set of taps correspond to a set of sub-band indices. The processor is configured to cause the apparatus to generate a combinatorial codeword representing the set of taps and transmit a CSI report indicating the combinatorial codeword.
US11838162B2	Method for generating a training sequence consisting of a plurality of OFDM symbols Method for generating an OFDM training sequence, device and computer program product. The OFDM training sequence consists of at least two OFDM symbols, and the OFDM training sequence comprises at least two OFDM sub-carriers, the method comprising a step of partitioning the OFDM sub-carriers into at least two separate groups comprising at least one sub-carrier, a number of groups being smaller than a number of sub-carriers. The method comprises steps, carried out independently for each group, of generating an elementary sequence associated with a group by combining the sub-carriers of the group, the elementary sequence having a duration equal to a duration of one of the at least two symbols.
US11838161B2	Methods, apparatus and systems for channel estimation and simultaneous beamforming training for multi-input multi-output (MIMO) communications Methods, apparatuses, and systems to enable a channel estimation of more than one channel for Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) communications in a wireless network is provided. The method includes determining a first set of complex numbers comprising first channel estimation signal associated with a first channel, determining a second set of complex numbers comprising second channel estimation signal associated with a second channel, and transmitting the first set of complex numbers and the second set of complex numbers via a physical layer (PHY) frame, wherein the second set of complex numbers are complex conjugates of the first set of complex numbers.
US11838160B2	Generation of an OFDM-based single carrier wake-up signal Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex and Non-Coherent Demodulation A method includes obtaining a reference signal waveform which is defined in accordance with a non-coherent modulation scheme. The method also includes shaping the reference signal waveform to obtain at least one signal waveform associated with one or more subcarriers of a plurality of subcarriers. The method also includes inputting the at least one signal waveform to at least one corresponding channel of a multi-channel orthogonal frequency division multiplex, OFDM, modulator. The method further includes transmitting an OFDM symbol output by the OFDM modulator. Said shaping approximates a baseband representation of a part of the OFDM symbol associated with the one or more subcarriers to the reference signal waveform. For example, the reference signal waveform can be a reference wake-up signal waveform.
US11838157B2	Signal processing device, signal processing method, and signal processing program A signal processing device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire signal waveform data corresponding to a frequency signal, a generation unit configured to generate a sine wave and a cosine wave of demodulation waveform data having a demodulation frequency between the first frequency and the second frequency, a first phase calculation unit configured to calculate a first phase based on a multiplication result of the sine wave and the signal waveform data at a first time and a multiplication result of the cosine wave and the signal waveform data at the first time, a second phase calculation unit configured to calculate a second phase based on a multiplication result of the sine wave and the signal waveform data at a second time advanced from the first time by a specified time interval less than one cycle of the demodulation frequency.
US11838156B2	Continuous time linear equalization and bandwidth adaptation using asynchronous sampling Methods and systems are described for generating a time-varying information signal at an output of a continuous time linear equalizer (CTLE), asynchronously sampling a data signal according to a sampling clock having a frequency less than a data rate of the data signal; generating corresponding pattern-verified samples for at least two data patterns, each of the at least two data patterns having a respective frequency content; determining corresponding frequency-specific voltage measurements associated with each of the at least two data patterns based on the corresponding pattern-verified samples of the at least two data patterns; and adjusting an equalization of the data signal based on a comparison of the corresponding frequency-specific voltage measurements.
US11838154B2	Systems, methods, and devices for electronic spectrum management for identifying open space Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for automated identification of open space in a wireless communications spectrum, by identifying sources of signal emission in the spectrum by automatically detecting signals, analyzing signals, comparing signal data to historical and reference data, creating corresponding signal profiles, and determining information about the open space based upon the measured and analyzed data in near real-time.
US11838150B2	Leveraging a virtual router to bridge between an underlay and an overlay Embodiments are directed towards systems and methods for bridging data traffic between an underlay network and an overlay network within a wireless telecommunication network, such as a wireless 5G network. One such method including: providing access to an overlay network that includes virtual routers, wherein the overlay network is built above the underlay network, the underlay network including physical infrastructure that delivers packets; providing a UPFv that acts as an anchor for telephony voice functions; establishing routing protocols to transmit from the UPFv to one or more of the virtual routers; configuring one or more of the virtual routers to bridge an outgoing communication from the UPFv to a public cloud provider; instructing the virtual router to send the outgoing communication through the public cloud provider to the underlay network; and instructing the virtual router to receive an incoming communication from the underlay network through the public cloud provider to the UPFv.
US11838145B2	Communication control device and transmitting/receiving device for a subscriber station of a serial bus system and method for communication in a serial bus system A communication control device for a subscriber station of a serial bus system. The communication control device has a communication control module for generating a transmitted signal for controlling a communication of the subscriber station with at least one other subscriber station of the bus system, in which bus system at least a first communication phase and a second communication phase are used for exchanging messages between subscriber stations of the bus system, a first terminal for transmitting, in an operating mode of the first communication phase, the transmitted signal to a transmitting/receiving device, a second terminal for receiving, in the operating mode of the first communication phase, a digital received signal from the transmitting/receiving device, and an operating mode switching module for switching the transmission direction of the first and the second terminal in the second communication phase to the same direction for differential signal transmission.
US11838144B2	Assisted cooking calibration optimizer A method for calibrating an induction cooking device includes capturing image data representing a cooking vessel and processing the image data to identify one or more features. The method further includes comparing the image data representing the cooking vessel to a library of stored image data of calibrated cookware. In response to identifying stored image data in the library that matches the one or more features, the method accesses preconfigured calibration data and configures the operation of the induction cooking device based on the preconfigured calibration data.
US11838143B2	Method and system for pilot tone synchronization in point-to-multipoint systems An apparatus for pilot tone synchronization in point-to-multipoint (P2MP) communication is described, including a transceiver configured to send a downstream transmission including pilot tones to one or more customer premises equipments (CPEs) in a P2MP group. A method for pilot tone synchronization in point-to-multipoint (P2MP) communication is described, including sending a downstream transmission including pilot tones to one or more customer premises equipments (CPEs) in a P2MP group.
US11838142B2	Managing meeting data A device may receive meeting data associated with a first meeting, the first meeting having previously occurred. The device may obtain, based on the meeting data, data identifying at least one individual associated with the first meeting and data identifying at least one topic associated with the first meeting. In addition, the device may identify a second meeting based on the at least one individual or the at least one topic, the second meeting having not yet occurred. The device may provide, to a user device associated with the second meeting and based on identifying the second meeting, at least a portion of the meeting data associated with the first meeting.
US11838141B2	Augmentation of contextual timeline markers on a virtual video conversation In an approach for augmenting contextual timeline markers on a virtual video conversation, a processor records a virtual meeting on a virtual meeting platform with one or more participants. Responsive to the virtual meeting chair ending the virtual meeting with one or more incomplete tasks, a processor creates an augmented recording of the virtual meeting, wherein the augmented recording includes a timeline composed of a plurality of timeline markers, wherein a timeline marker is associated with a conversation that occurs at a particular contextual conversation point during the virtual meeting. A processor enables one or more post-meeting collaboration enabled conversations between the virtual meeting chair and one or more nonparticipants, wherein the one or more incomplete tasks are completed. A processor requests feedback on a timeline marker response associated with the one or more incomplete tasks from a timeline marker creator. A processor applies the feedback received.
US11838135B2	Semi-persistent scheduling management in New Radio Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In one example, a method includes receiving signaling from a base station to activate a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration for transmission between the base station and the UE, and receiving a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARM) timing for downlink transmissions based at least in part on the SPS configuration being activated. In another example, the method includes establishing a connection with a base station using a component carrier (CC), the CC having a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWPs), receiving signaling that indicates an SPS configuration or other types of pre-configured resources associated with at least a first BWP of the plurality of BWPs and transmitting or receiving using at least the first BWP according to the SPS configuration or other types of pre-configured resources associated with at least the first BWP.
US11838134B2	Transmitting device and buffer control method A transmitting device includes a first layer processor configured to include a buffer to store therein transmission data, the first layer processor configured to execute processing for a first layer on the transmission data, a second layer processor configured to execute processing for a second layer that differs from the first layer on the transmission data, and a transmitter configured to transmit the transmission data processed by the first layer processor and the second layer processor. The first layer processor discards the transmission data stored in the buffer in accordance with a parameter used for transmission control in the processing for the second layer.
US11838133B2	Method and device for transmitting/receiving HARQ-ACK information in wireless communication system A method for transmitting and receiving HARQ-ACK information in a wireless communication system and a device therefor are disclosed. Specifically, a method of transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), HARQ-ACK information in a wireless communication system comprises receiving first downlink control information (DCI) based on a first control resource set group and second DCI based on a second control resource set group; determining a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource for a transmission of the HARQ-ACK information; and transmitting the HARQ-ACK information based on the determined PUCCH resource, wherein the first DCI and the second DCI are indexed based on (i) an index of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) related monitoring occasion, (ii) a cell index, and (iii) an index associated with each control resource set group, and wherein the PUCCH resource is determined based on a last DCI among the first DCI and the second DCI.
US11838132B2	Method and device for transmitting or receiving groupcast feedback in wireless cellular communication system The disclosure relates to a communication method for converging an IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond the 4G system; and a system therefor. The disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, retail business, security and safety services, etc.), based on 5G communication technologies and IoT-related technologies. A method and terminal are provided. The method includes receiving first sidelink control information (SCI) and first data corresponding to the first SCI, the first SCI including first priority information, receiving second SCI and second data corresponding to the second SCI, the second SCI including second priority information, identifying whether first feedback information associated with the first data or second feedback information associated with the second data is transmitted based on the first priority information or the second priority information when a resource for the first feedback information and a resource for the second feedback information are overlapped, and transmitting one of the first feedback information or the second feedback information which is associated with higher priority.
US11838124B2	Receiver and method for processing a signal thereof A receiver is provided. The receiver includes: a first decoder configured to decode a superposition-coded signal by using a parity check matrix to generate Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) information word bits and first parity bits corresponding to a first layer signal; an encoder configured to encode the LDPC information word bits and the first parity bits to generate second parity bits, or encode the LDPC information word bits to generate the first parity bits and the second parity bits, by using the parity check matrix; and a second decoder configured to decode a signal which is generated by removing the first layer signal, corresponding to the LDPC information word bits, the first parity bits, and the second parity bits, from the superposition-coded signal, to reconstruct bits transmitted through the second layer signal.
US11838123B2	Bit-channel combiner and combined probabilistic constellation shaping and polar encoder A polar encoder comprises an input, an output and a processor operatively connected to the input and to the output. The input either receives first, second and third codewords, or receives information bits used by the processor for generating first, second and third probabilistic constellation shaping codewords. The processor combines the first and second codewords, to produce a first modulation symbol bit, combines the first and third codewords to produce a second modulation symbol bit, and combines the first, second and third codewords to produce a third modulation symbol bit. The output forwards the modulation symbol bits to a bit to symbol mapper. The polar encoder may be included in a transmitter that further comprises the bit to symbol mapper receiving the modulation symbol bits and generating modulation symbols, and a modulator modulating a carrier using the modulation symbols.
US11838120B2	Apparatus, method and computer program for user plane function control by a set of controllers There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus comprising means for providing, from a first function instance of a set of first function instances to a second function, first information comprising an indication that a protocol session between the first function and the second function is controllable by different instances of the set of first function instances and receiving, at one of the set of first function instances from the second function, a protocol session related message based on the first information.
US11838119B2	System providing faster and more efficient data communication A system designed for increasing network communication speed for users, while lowering network congestion for content owners and ISPs. The system employs network elements including an acceleration server, clients, agents, and peers, where communication requests generated by applications are intercepted by the client on the same machine. The IP address of the server in the communication request is transmitted to the acceleration server, which provides a list of agents to use for this IP address. The communication request is sent to the agents. One or more of the agents respond with a list of peers that have previously seen some or all of the content which is the response to this request (after checking whether this data is still valid). The client then downloads the data from these peers in parts and in parallel, thereby speeding up the Web transfer, releasing congestion from the Web by fetching the information from multiple sources, and relieving traffic from Web servers by offloading the data transfers from them to nearby peers.
US11838118B2	Device, system, and method of detecting vishing attacks Devices, systems, and methods of detecting a vishing attack, in which an attacker provides to a victim step-by-step over-the-phone instructions that command the victim to log-in to his bank account and to perform a dictated banking transaction. The system monitors transactions, online operations, user interactions, gestures performed via input units, speed and timing of data entry, and user engagement with User Interface elements. The system detects that the operations performed by the victim, follow a pre-defined playbook of a vishing attack. The system detects that the victim operates under duress or under dictated instructions, as exhibited in irregular doodling activity, data entry rhythm, typographical error introduction rhythm, unique posture of the user, alternating pattern of listening to phone instructions and performing online operations via a computer, and device orientation changes or spatial changes that characterize a device being used to perform an online transaction while also talking on the phone.
US11838117B2	Systems and methods for detecting and mitigating cyber security threats A cyber security system includes a plurality of event sensors to detect events, a plurality of inference servers, and a server in communication with the plurality of inference servers. Each inference server of the plurality is in communication with a subset of event sensors of the plurality of event sensors. Each inference server has a portion of an event lattice and is to compare the event detected by the subset of event sensors to the event lattice. Each inference server is to identify an originator having a behavior pattern indicative of an attack and communicating an identifier associated with the originator. The server is to provide an interface indicating the behavior pattern indicative of an attack and the identifier of the originator.
US11838116B2	Communication apparatus, control method, and computer-readable storage medium A communication apparatus receives request regarding a wireless communication parameter setting from another apparatus that has obtained information regarding the communication apparatus by capturing an image indicating information regarding the communication apparatus, accepts a user input regarding whether the parameter setting is to be executed with the other apparatus in a case where the request has been received, and executes the parameter setting with the other apparatus in a case where the user input indicating that a parameter setting is to be executed with the other apparatus has been accepted.
US11838115B2	Proxy service system for use with third-party network services A proxy computer system provides a proxy service for a client to utilize a third-party network service by parsing content retrieved from a third-party network service to identify a link specifying a hostname with multiple subdomains of the third-party network service and substituting the hostname of the link with a mapped hostname that is mapped internally within the proxy service to the hostname of the link and is compatible with a wildcard proxy service certificate to enable the client to securely access a resource associated with the link without a compatible certificate for the hostname with multiple subdomains of the third-party network service.
US11838114B2	Method and apparatus for effective wireless LAN selection A method for selecting an access network in a terminal of a mobile communication system according to one embodiment of the present specification comprises the steps of: if traffic is generated in the terminal, selecting an access network according to the characteristics of the generated traffic and network selection policy information; and transmitting and receiving the generated traffic via the selected access network. According to the embodiment, the present invention adjusts priorities of accesses given to users and applications in a wireless communication system including heterogenerous networks, thereby reducing processes for reselecting an access network of a user terminal, and reducing the cases of unnecessarily accessing a network having a low priority or requiring high costs for a long time. Therefore, the present invention can enhance user convenience and improve communication efficiency.
US11838113B2	Techniques to verify and authenticate resources in a data center computer environment Embodiments are generally directed apparatuses, methods, techniques and so forth to receive a sled manifest comprising identifiers for physical resources of a sled, receive results of an authentication and validation operations performed to authenticate and validate the physical resources of the sled, determine whether the results of the authentication and validation operations indicate the physical resources are authenticate or not authenticate. Further and in response to the determination that the results indicate the physical resources are authenticated, permit the physical resources to process a workload, and in response to the determination that the results indicate the physical resources are not authenticated, prevent the physical resources from processing the workload.
US11838109B2	Time stamp replication within a wireless network based on transmission prediction Time stamp replication within wireless networks is described. In an embodiment, a wireless station receives an input time stamp and uses this input time stamp to generate an output time stamp. The wireless station transmits the output time stamp to wireless stations in one of a number of groups which make up the wireless network. The output time stamp is generated to compensate for delays between receiving the input time stamp and transmitting the output time stamp such that output time stamp which is transmitted at a time T corresponds to the value that the input time stamp would have had if it had been received at time T (and not at a time earlier than T). This may, therefore, reduce or eliminate independent time stamp errors and jitter caused by multiple disparate systems and processes.
US11838105B2	Bidirectional optical communications This disclosure describes digitally generating sub-carriers (SCs) to provide isolation and dynamic allocation of bandwidth between uplink and downlink traffic between transceivers that are communicatively coupled via a bidirectional link including one or more segments of optical fiber. Separate uplink and downlink communication channels may be created using digitally generated SCs and using the same transmitter laser. In some implementations, one or more of the nodes include a transceiver having at least one laser and one digital signal processing (DSP) operable for digitally generating at least two SCs and detecting at least two SCs. The transceiver can transmit selected SCs, and can receive other SCs. Accordingly, the transceiver can facilitate bidirectional communication, for example, over a single optical fiber link. In some instances, techniques can facilitate dynamic bandwidth assignment by facilitating adding or blocking of optical subcarriers from transmission in an uplink or downlink direction.
US11838104B2	Wavelength multiplexing processor A wavelength multiplexing system is presented comprising at least one basic functional unit extending between input and output light ports. The basic functional unit comprises at least one multi-core fiber. The multi-core fiber comprises N cores configured for supporting transmission of N wavelength channels λ1, . . . , λn, wherein each of said at least one multi-core fibers is configured to apply a predetermined encoding pattern to the wavelength channels enabling linear mixing between them while propagating through multiple cores of said multi-core fiber. The encoding pattern may be configured to affect light propagation paths in the cores by inducing a predetermined dispersion pattern causing linear interaction and mixing between the channels; or may be configured to affect spectral encoding of the channels being transmitted through the cores by applying different weights to the channels.
US11838098B2	Satellite communication system with high-ground elevation angle A satellite receiver for wireless signals having carrier frequencies in the V or the W band of frequencies is described. The satellite receiver may receive the wireless signals at high elevation angles, such as greater than 62°. This high elevation angle may reduce losses, which may allow the satellite receiver to communicate at a data rate of at least 50 Mbps. In order to accommodate these system requirements, the one or more satellites that provide the wireless signals may have eccentric geosynchronous or near-geosynchronous orbits that are inclined relative to an equatorial plane of the Earth, such as an eccentricity between 0.12 and 0.3. Moreover, the one or more satellites may have ground tracks substantially along one or more continents, and may be in view of dense population regions in the one or more continents with a higher frequency than low-density population regions in the one or more continents.
US11838097B2	Low latency satellite communication relay network Methods and systems for free space communication comprising one or more satellites that may provide a continuous communication link between two or more terminals are disclosed. A first satellite may be configured to send and/or receive data signals from a first terminal through a first link, and a second satellite may be configured to send and/or receive data from a second terminal through a second link. The first satellite and the second satellite may be coupled through a crosslink. The satellites and the terminals may be positioned at a minimum latitude threshold in order to take advantage of the decreasing circumference of the earth at increasing latitudes. The system and the method may comprise dividing the communication pathway between into a plurality of smaller segments, which when linked together approximate an optimal pathway for low latency and enable maintaining of higher bandwidth between the two terminals.
US11838096B2	System and method for regenerative satellite communications A system and method for regenerative satellite communications between a gateway of a terrestrial communication network and a user terminal via a communications satellite are described. The system includes a distributed regenerative modulator having a first portion of modulator components arranged at the gateway, and a second portion of modulator components arranged at the communications satellite. The first portion of the modulator components applies a first part of modulation functions to the information data carried by an uplink signal at the gateway, while the second portion of the modulator components applies a second part of modulation functions to the information data at the satellite to generate a down-link signal for transmitting it to the user terminal. The first portion of the components performs specific signal processing operations, which are only suitable for processing a waveform of a specific type. The second portion of the components performs only general signal processing operations which do not depend on the waveform used for modulation.
US11838094B1	Repeaters for use in a hostile environment A repeater for maintaining wireless line of sight communications. The repeater is autonomously repositional in both absolute location and azimuthal orientation. The repeater has at least two vibratory motors, or other vibration sources, which provide oscillations to depending legs against a support surface. By selectively operating one or more of the vibration sources together or independently, the repeater may be moved as helpful to maintain line of sight communication with another repeater or other operational hardware. A command signal from a remote base station controls the locomotion of the repeater to provide both a change in absolute position relative to the surroundings and a rotational change in azimuthal orientation as necessary to maintain communication under dynamic conditions.
US11838090B2	Method and apparatus for information sharing Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for information sharing. The method which may be performed by a first network node comprises receiving a first measurement report from a terminal device. The terminal device may be capable of communicating with the first network node over a first connection. The method further comprises transmitting first measurement information based at least in part on the first measurement report to a second network node. The terminal device may be capable of communicating with the second network node over a second connection.
US11838088B2	Wireless repeater apparatus and methods of operation Apparatus and methods for repeater/extender operation of a wireless-enabled device, including for extending the range or coverage in a wireless network subject to poor signal propagation or obstructions. In one embodiment, the apparatus and methods leverage use of a CPE (consumer premises equipment) configured as a 5G mmWave extender to extend RF signals from one or more base stations (e.g., a NodeB) to one or more other premises. In one variant, the CPE includes (i) a internal unit configured to provide 5G and Wi-Fi services to local UE, as well as other standard CPE functions; (ii) a donor apparatus configured to receive/transmit 5G signals to/from the one or more base stations; and (iii) a service apparatus configured to radiate 5G signals to UE/CPE with weak or no NodeB connectivity. The CPE is configured to create and dynamically update a weighted beam matrix used to select beams.
US11838087B2	Antenna placement method and antenna selection method Provided is an antenna placement method in a system for detecting an object in a detection area between at least one set of a transmission station and a reception station by a wireless signal. The antenna arrangement method includes: making the transmission station having a plurality of antennas transmit a measurement signal for measuring channel state information; making the reception station having a plurality of antennas measure the channel state information based on the measurement signal and notify a detection server of a result of the measurement; and making the detection server perform processing where the detection server detects an object based on the channel state information, calculates at least one of a channel capacity and an eigenvalue distribution based on a propagation channel matrix between the transmission station and the reception station, and determines an antenna arrangement where the channel capacity becomes a largest or an antenna arrangement where spreading of the eigenvalue distribution becomes a smallest.
US11838086B2	Method for selecting cyclic shift diversity sequence, and related apparatus In a method of sending a frame using a cyclic shift diversity (CSD) sequence, a wireless device generates a frame comprising a legacy short training field (L-STF), a legacy long training field (L-LTF), a legacy signal (L-SIG) field, a repeated legacy signal (RL-SIG) field, an extremely high throughput signal A (EHT-SIG A) field, and an extremely high throughput signal B (EHT-SIG B) field. The wire device sends the frame through a set of transmit antennas by performing cyclic shift over the fields according to a CSD sequence. The number of transmit antennas is greater than 8. The number of cyclic shift diversities in the CSD sequence is equal to a number of the transmit antennas, and each cyclic shift diversity has a value that is a multiple of 12.5.
US11838084B2	Codebook constraint and codebook parameter determination method and apparatus Disclosed are a codebook constraint and codebook parameter determination method and apparatus, and same are used for preventing the generation of a beam with an orientation bringing about interference, and to prevent interference. The codebook constraint method includes determining codebook sub-set constraint indication information for indicating that one or more beam groups in a candidate combination beam set are constrained and coefficients in a first coefficient set corresponding to each beam of the beam groups are constrained, and sending the codebook sub-set constraint indication information to a terminal.
US11838083B2	Sequence based uplink control channel coexistence Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration signal indicating a codebook construction configuration for constructing a codebook of sequences for conveying a first type of uplink payload in a resource block that is orthogonal to a second type of uplink payload transmitted from a second UE in the resource block. The UE may construct the codebook of sequences for the first type of uplink payload according to the codebook construction configuration. The UE may generate the first type of uplink payload for transmission using a first sequence from the codebook of sequences. The UE may transmit the first type of uplink payload in the resource block, wherein the first type of uplink payload is multiplexed in the resource block with the second type of uplink payload from the second UE.
US11838080B2	Sidelink channel state information reporting for sidelink relaying that uses multiple transmit receive points Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive a configuration that indicates multiple sidelink channel state information (CSI) reporting sets, wherein different sidelink CSI reporting sets include different combinations of CSI parameters; receive an indication of a sidelink CSI reporting set, of the multiple sidelink CSI reporting sets, to be reported in a sidelink CSI report; and transmit the sidelink CSI report, wherein the sidelink CSI report includes a set of values for one or more CSI parameters included in the indicated sidelink CSI reporting set. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11838079B2	MIMO systems According to the present disclosure there is provided a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) transmitter for transmitting wireless communication signals over a communication channel to a receiver, the transmitter including a digital signal processor configured to perform pre-coding on a plurality Ns of data streams; a plurality NRF of radio-frequency (RF) chains each configured to pass a pre-coded data stream from the digital signal processor to generate a signal representing that data stream; a lens antenna array comprising an array of NT antenna elements; and a selecting unit coupled between the plurality NRF of RF chains and the lens antenna array, the selecting unit including a plurality of separate coupling units each configured to couple a respective RF chain to a selective sub-array of NTBRF antenna elements concurrently for transmitting the signal representing the data stream passed through that RF chain.
US11838075B2	System and methods of employing data over power in aircraft A system and method is provided for data over power in an aircraft that includes a direct current power source for providing power over power lines to devices onboard the aircraft and a data injector coupled to the power lines for digitally modulating radio frequency data onto twisted pair data over power lines to provide data and power to the devices. A controller is coupled to the direct current power source and the data injector for providing the data to digitally modulate the radio frequency onto the twisted pair data over power lines such that power for the devices onboard the aircraft and data for control of the device onboard the aircraft are provided to the devices onboard the aircraft over the twisted pair data over power lines.
US11838071B2	System for monitoring cables in a line guide apparatus; in particular in an energy chain A monitoring system is proposed for monitoring the state of a cable which is routed through a cable routing device or an energy chain. A monitoring apparatus (10; 20; 30) is provided for this purpose and has an evaluation unit which determines information relating to the state of the cable to be monitored. The invention provides for the monitoring apparatus to comprise a first data communication device (11) with a data communication interface and a second data communication device (12; 12′) with a data communication interface. These devices (11,12) are configured for data communication according to a digital data transmission protocol and are connected by means of the interfaces thereof via the cable (13; I3A; I3B) to be monitored. An evaluation unit is also provided and configured to determine information relating to the state of the cable to be monitored on the basis of a quality feature of the data connection, for example the packet loss rate in the case of a packet-based communication protocol, between the first device (11) and the second device (12; 12′).
US11838070B2	Amplification apparatus, device, and method for a tap of a cable communication network Examples relate to an amplification apparatus, device or method, to a Tap for a cable communication network comprising an amplification apparatus or device, and to a cable communication network comprising an amplification apparatus or device. The amplification apparatus comprises interface circuitry for exchanging a first version of a shared signal with a first component of the cable communication network. The shared signal is based on a frequency spectrum comprising at least a first frequency band and a second frequency band. The amplification apparatus comprises interface circuitry for exchanging a second version of the shared signal with a second component of the cable communication network. The amplification apparatus comprises amplifier circuitry configured to selectively amplify the first frequency band of the frequency spectrum of the shared signal, such that the first frequency band is amplified in the second version of the shared signal.
US11838069B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting data in a communication system A method and apparatus for transmitting data in a communication system including a transmitter and receivers, each receiver being connected to the transmitter via a communication channel, the method including: precoding the data for transmission on the channels to provide first precoded data; using the first precoded data, for each channel, computing a number of bits to be allocated to that channel; determining that the bit allocation does not satisfy one or more criteria; ranking the channels in an order based on channel properties; discarding for use as a direct channel, one or more channels based on the ranking; precoding the data for transmission on the channels accounting for the discarded channels to provide second precoded data; and transmitting, by the transmitter, the second precoded data on the channels.
US11838068B2	Transceiver with shared filter for both transmit and receive modes A transceiver having a shared filter for both transmit and receive modes is disclosed. A transceiver includes a transmitter having an output coupled to a signal node, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit signals onto the signal node during transceiver operation in a transmit mode. The transceiver also includes a receiver having an input coupled to the signal node, and configured to receive signals from the signal node during operation in the receive mode. The transceiver further includes a first filter coupled to the signal node, wherein the filter is shared by the transmitter and the receiver. The filter is coupled between the transceiver and a first terminal of a transmission line.
US11838066B2	Default radio link monitoring reference signal (RLM-RS) determination procedure in new radio (NR) Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for radio link monitoring reference signal (RLM-RS) determination using communications systems operating according to new radio (NR) technologies. For example, a method for wireless communications from a UE generally includes determining resources to monitor for radio link monitoring (RLM) prior to being configured with resources to monitor for RLM after establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a network, and performing RLM based on the determined resources.
US11838065B2	Method and apparatus for antenna calibration in a wireless communication system A method is implemented in a digital unit connected with a plurality of distributed antennas including a first antenna, a second antenna and a third antenna. The method comprises: causing transmitting a first signal from the first antenna, a second signal from the second antenna, and a third signal from the third antenna in a same frequency resource; obtaining a receiver and transmitter side loop-back phase difference between the first antenna and the second antenna based on the first signal received at the third antenna, the second signal received at the third antenna, the third signal received at the first antenna, and the third signal received at the second antenna; and obtaining estimations of a time delay difference and an initial phase difference between the first and second antennas based on the obtained loop-back phase difference.
US11838062B2	Headset data transmission method, system, and device and computer storage medium A method, a system, and a device for transmitting data through an earphone and a computer storage medium are provided. A first data type of to-be-transmitted data is acquired, a second data type set for an FIR filter coefficient is acquired, and a sum of the number of decimal places indicated by the first data type and the number of decimal places indicated by the second data type is determined. A data type which indicates a number of decimal places that is at least two orders more than the sum is determined among preset data types as a third data type of an FIR filtering result, and FIR filtering is performed on the to-be-transmitted data to obtain a target filtering result and transmit the target filtering result.
US11838061B2	Method and device for setting up long range quantum communications networks Described is a method of setting up a plurality of quantum communications links, forming a quantum network providing provably secure communications and internet services over intercontinental distances without requiring direct line of sight communication or the intermediate use of the entanglement resource of satellites. Also described is a quantum communicator device for use in this method. Two or more quantum memory units are disposed at a first location, an entangled link is set up between at least two of the quantum memory units, at least one of the quantum memory units sharing in the entangled link is physically transported to a second location. The quantum communicator device comprises communications nodes, an optical interface to set up entanglement to other devices and storage nodes, each node in the form of a quantum memory unit capable of storing quantum information for a desired length of time, i.e. weeks or longer.
US11838054B2	Side channel communication for an optical coherent transceiver A method, system and apparatus for optimizing parameters between two optical coherent transceivers connected via an optical link, including determining performance of a second optical receiver; wherein the second optical transceiver uses a set of parameters; and inputting information into a side channel communication between a first optical transceiver and the second optical transceiver to update the set of parameters for the second transceiver.
US11838045B2	System and method for controlling an antenna system A system includes: a TX port and a RX port; an omnidirectional TX antenna connected to the TX port; a plurality of RX antennas connected to the RX port, wherein each RX antenna comprises a first antenna element and a second antenna element; a monitoring circuit connected to the TX antenna; a switching circuit connected to the second antenna element of each RX antenna; and a processor connected to the monitoring circuit and to the switching circuit. The monitoring circuit monitors a status of the TX antenna. In response to a failure of the TX antenna detected by the monitoring circuit: the monitoring circuit notifies the processor of the failure; and the processor controls the switching circuit to switch the second antenna element of each RX antenna to be connected to the TX port. When the failure is not detected, the second antenna element of each RX antenna is disconnected from the TX port.
US11838043B2	Filter circuit module, filter circuit element, filter circuit, and communication apparatus A filter circuit module includes a filter circuit element, a circuit board with the filter circuit element mounted thereon, and a first inductor. The filter circuit element includes a resonant circuit capacitor defining a portion of an LC parallel resonant circuit, and a phase-shift circuit. The circuit board includes a second inductor. A primary coil and a secondary coil of the phase-shift circuit are overlapped with the second inductor, viewed in a direction of a winding axis. The resonant circuit capacitor is closer to a mounting surface on which the filter circuit element is mounted on the circuit board, compared with the primary coil and the secondary coil. The resonant circuit capacitor includes a capacitor electrode covering a coil opening of the primary coil and a coil opening of the secondary coil, viewed in the direction of the winding axis.
US11838041B2	Electronic device and field device Disclosed is an electronic device comprising: a radio module designed to exchange information; an interface device designed to receive a SIM card, the interface device having a data interface, a clock interface, a reset interface and a supply interface designed to supply power to the SIM card; and a circuit board, on which the radio module and the interface device are arranged and electrically connected to one another; characterised in that the radio module has a voltage specification circuit and an associated voltage output, which voltage specification circuit is designed to specify an operating voltage for the SIM card, a fourth electrical connection having a decoupling circuit with power-limited output to the supply interface, which decoupling circuit is designed to decouple the voltage specification and energy supply of the SIM card from one another.
US11838040B2	Noise recycling Described are concepts, systems, devices and methods that enhance decoding performance of channels subject to correlated noise. The concepts, systems, devices and methods can be used with any combination of codes, code-rates and decoding techniques. In embodiments, a continuous realization of effective noise is estimated from a lead channel by subtracting its decoded output from its received signal. This estimate is then used to improve the accuracy of decoding of an otherwise orthogonal channel that is experiencing correlated effective noise. In this approach, channels aid each other through the post-decoding provision of estimates of effective noise. In some embodiments, the lead channel is not pre-determined, but is chosen dynamically based on which of a plurality of decoders completes first, or using soft information including an estimate of effective noise that is least energetic or most likely to have occurred.
US11838037B2	Signal processing device A signal processing device is provided. The signal processing device includes a proximal end device, a connection unit, and a distal end device. The proximal end device generates a first radio frequency signal. The connection unit is coupled to the proximal end device and receives and transmits the first radio frequency signal. The distal end device is coupled to the connection unit, receives the first radio frequency signal, performs a power detection on the first radio frequency signal to generate a detection signal, generates a control signal according to a comparison result of the detection signal and a predetermined reference value, and transmits the control signal to the connection unit. The proximal end device further receives the control signal through the connection unit, and adjusts the first radio frequency signal according to the control signal so as to generate a second radio frequency signal.
US11838034B2	System and method for blockchain data compaction A system and method for faster communication between blockchain mining nodes and faster block validation. The system uses machine learning on data chunks to generate codebooks which compact the data to be stored, processed, or sent with a smaller data profile than uncompacted data. The system uses a data compaction in an existing blockchain fork or implemented in a new blockchain protocol from which nodes that wish to or need to use the blockchain can do so with a reduced storage requirement. The system uses network data compaction across all nodes to increase the speed of and decrease the size of a blockchain's data packets. The system uses data compaction firmware to increase the efficiency at which mining rigs can computationally validate new blocks on the blockchain. The system can be implemented using any combination of the three data compaction services to meet the needs of the desired blockchain technology.
US11838033B1	Partial speed changes to improve in-order transfer The present disclosure generally relates partial speed changes to improve in-order data transfer. Rather than determining an ECC decoder on a first available decoder basis, the ECC decoder may be based on the ECC decoder level. A memory device will have at least one FMU that has a syndrome weight (SW). The disclosure proposes assigning FMU's based on the SW rate. At the time the command is read, the data storage device determines which level of decoder will be assigned to the FMU. The determination will then be checked according to different system environment parameters to maintain performance or reduce power consumption. The arrangement allows a more flexible system design that can adapt according to the current system status.
US11838031B2	Digital-to-analog conversion circuit A digital-to-analog conversion circuit, comprising: an R−2R resistive network (10) configured to be connected between an output end and a ground end; an output voltage selection unit (20) configured to be connected between the output end of the R−2R resistive network (10) and a voltage output terminal; an output voltage trimming unit (30), wherein the output voltage trimming unit (30) is provided between a 2R resistor on at least one branch of the R−2R resistive network (10) and the ground end.
US11838029B2	System for combining digital streams and method for combining digital streams (variants) This invention relates to multichannel signal processing systems using synchronous protocols I2S (Inter-IC Sound Bus) and SPI (Serial Peripheral Bus) for sequenced data exchange, and providing unified synchronization of processed data. The system and method for synchronously multiplexing data streams in the I2S or SPI formats involves transformation of a standard Left/Right Clock (LRCK) sampled pulse signal of the I2S format or a Chip Select (CS) pulse signal of the SPI format into a LRCLt signal comprising a time stamp code and start and end marker codes of the synchronization clock signal, LRCK or CS, respectively. The presence of the marker codes and the time stamp code enables to restore the pulse signal, LRCK or CS, respectively, in the process of data stream program processing and link each discrete sample to the time stamp. The digital stream multiplexing system includes m channel groups for collection of synchronous data in the I2S or SPI synchronous protocol, a clock generator, a host processor and a means of transforming the LRCK or CS signal into the LRCKt signal. The technical effect consists in removal of limitations on a number of fully synchronized data streams in the I2S or SPI formats and, at the same time, simplification of the synchronization system and method and reduction in requirements to hardware resources.
US11838027B2	All-digital phase-locked loop and calibration method thereof An all-digital phase-locked loop (ADPLL) and a calibration method thereof are provided. The ADPLL includes a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO), a time-to-digital converter (TDC) coupled to the DCO, and a normalization circuit coupled to the TDC. The TDC is configured to generate a clock signal according to a frequency control signal. The TDC is configured to generate a digital output signal according to a phase difference between the clock signal and a reference signal. The normalization circuit is configured to convert the digital output signal into a clock phase value according to a gain parameter. The normalization circuit selects one of a plurality of candidate gain parameters stored in the normalization circuit in response to the digital output signal, for being utilized as the gain parameter.
US11838019B2	Optical fingerprint identification circuit and display panel An optical fingerprint identification circuit and a display panel are provided. The optical fingerprint identification circuit adds a reset unit at the gate of the driving transistor. The anode of the photodiode is electrically connected to the scan line. The optical fingerprint identification circuit could effectively avoid the reverse breakdown risk of the photodiode while realizing the fingerprint identification. It could reduce the requirement for the reverse breakdown voltage of the photodiode and requirement for the performance of the sensor. Furthermore, the circuit structure is simpler and the number of the TFTs is reduced. This improves the integration of the circuit.
US11838016B2	Transistor association A circuit, intended to be associated in series with a load to be powered including a first field-effect transistor; at least one second field-effect transistor, associated in parallel with the first transistor; and at least one sensor of information representative of a current transmitted to said load, the gate of the second transistor being coupled to an output of the sensor.
US11838012B2	Power on reset circuit and integrated circuit including the same A power on reset circuit comprises terminals for reference and supply potentials and a voltage divider coupled therebetween. First and second transistors of a bandgap circuit are resistively coupled to the reference potential terminal and have bases connected to the voltage divider. Current mirrors couple the collectors of the first and second transistors to an output terminal providing an output signal indicating a power on reset condition. A first compensation transistor is coupled between the collector of one of the transistors and the reference potential terminal, and a second compensation transistor is coupled between the output terminal and the reference potential terminal to compensate the effect of parasitic substrate currents in response to an external interference.
US11838011B2	Temperature-sensitive transistor gate driver A system comprises a gate driver that is configured to couple to a transistor disposed in a transistor module via a first pin. The gate driver comprises a duty cycle measurement circuit having a first input terminal and a first output terminal, the first input terminal coupled to a second pin via an isolator. The duty cycle measurement circuit comprises a flip-flop, a counter, a shift register, and a comparator. The system comprises an analog to digital converter circuit having a second input terminal, a second output terminal, and a reference terminal, the second input terminal coupled to a third pin configured to couple to a temperature-sensitive device disposed in the transistor module, the second output terminal coupled to a fourth pin via the isolator, and the reference terminal coupled to the first output terminal.
US11838006B2	Acoustic wave device, band pass filter, duplexer, and multiplexer An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate including a piezoelectric layer made of lithium tantalate, an IDT electrode on the piezoelectric substrate, and a pair of reflectors on both sides of the IDT electrode on the piezoelectric substrate in an acoustic wave propagation direction. SH waves are used as a principal mode. The IDT electrode includes electrode fingers and the pair of reflectors each including electrode fingers. When a length along a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the electrode fingers extend is a width, each of the reflectors includes first and second electrode fingers having different widths. Four consecutive electrode fingers, which are any four of the electrode fingers of each of the reflectors, include both of the first and second electrode fingers and distances between centers of the four consecutive electrode fingers are equal or substantially equal.
US11838005B2	Bulk acoustic wave resonator filters including rejection-band resonators A BAW resonator filter can include a BAW resonator pass-band filter ladder, the BAW resonator pass-band filter ladder can be configured to pass frequency components of an input signal in a pass-band of frequencies received at an input node of the BAW resonator pass-band filter ladder to an output node of the BAW resonator pass-band filter ladder. A first rejection-band series resonator can be coupled in series between an input port of the BAW resonator pass-band filter ladder and the input node, the first rejection-band series resonator can have a first anti-resonant frequency peak in a rejection-band of frequencies that is less than the pass-band of frequencies. A second rejection-band series resonator can be coupled in series between an output port of the BAW resonator filter and the output node, the second rejection-band series resonator can have a second anti-resonant frequency peak in the rejection-band of frequencies.
US11838002B2	High frequency multilayer filter A high frequency multilayer filter may include a plurality of dielectric layers and a signal path having an input and an output. The multilayer filter may include an inductor including a conductive layer formed over a first dielectric layer. The inductor may be electrically connected at a first location with the signal path and electrically connected at a second location with at least one of the signal path or a ground. The multilayer filter may include a capacitor including a first electrode and a second electrode that is separated from the first electrode by a second dielectric layer. The multilayer filter has a characteristic frequency that is greater than about 6 GHz.
US11838001B2	Bulk acoustic wave resonator and method of manufacturing the same A bulk acoustic wave resonator and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The bulk acoustic wave resonator includes: a first carrier substrate; a barrier layer on a main surface of the first carrier substrate and configured to prevent an undesired conductive channel from being generated due to charge accumulation on the main surface; a buffer layer on a side of the barrier layer away from the first carrier substrate; a piezoelectric layer on a side of the buffer layer away from the barrier layer; a first electrode and a second electrode on opposite sides of the piezoelectric layer; a first passivation layer and a second passivation layer, respectively covering sidewalls of the first electrode and the second electrode; a dielectric layer between the first passivation layer and the buffer layer, wherein a first cavity is provided between the first passivation layer and the dielectric layer.
US11838000B2	Comparator integration time stabilization technique utilizing common mode mitigation scheme Aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for regulating an integration current of a sensing amplifier. The sensing amplifier includes a first input transistor and a second input transistor, wherein a source of the first input transistor and a source of the second input transistor are coupled to a source node. The method includes pulling a current from or sourcing the current to the source node, measuring the integration current, comparing the measured integration current with a reference signal, and adjusting the current pulled from or sourced to the source node based on the comparison.
US11837998B2	Gain compression compensation circuit of radio frequency power amplifier A gain compression compensation circuit of a radio frequency power amplifier includes: a low-pass filtering module configured to receive a part of radio frequency signals output from a first power amplification transistor and to filter, from the part of radio frequency signals, radio frequency signals with a frequency above a fundamental wave to obtain a filtered signal; and a rectifying module configured to receive the filtered signal output by the low-pass filtering module and to rectify the filtered signal to obtain a rectified current; and to output the rectified current to a bias transistor and superimpose the rectified current with a bias current Ibias to flow into the bias transistor.
US11837993B2	System for controlling a photovoltaic system, method and device for controlling the photovoltaic system A system for controlling a photovoltaic system and a method and device for controlling a photovoltaic system are provided. The method includes that: whether an abnormity occurs to a control component which currently controls the photovoltaic system or not is determined; and under the condition of determining that the abnormity occurs, switching to another control component to control the photovoltaic system is executed. According to the disclosure, the technical problem of relatively low reliability of a control system for a photovoltaic system providing power for a smart home system in the related art is solved.
US11837992B2	Insulation piercing cable connection system The invention is directed to an insulation piercing cable connection system, to an insulation piercing cable and an insulation piercing connector for use in said insulation piercing cable connection system, and to a photovoltaic system.
US11837991B2	Fluid driven solar panel cleaning system A system for cleaning solar panels (photo-electric and/or water heating etc.) is driven by fluid driven motor (water and/or air driven motor) such as a piston motor or a vane motor. Some or all of the outlet water/air from the motor is used for cleaning the panels. The motor preferably also operates a cleaning mechanism, such as a rotating and or linear brush arrangement. The motor, gear system and/or components may be made from plastic. Optionally, a cleaning device travels along the edges of panels, optionally without requiring an additional rail structure. The cleaning device optionally includes a trailing water/air supply hose. In some embodiments, electrical components of the cleaning device are powered by an internal power supply. Control is optionally via an electrically actuated valve, a timer (for example a real time clock), a wireless receiver and/or a controller.
US11837988B2	Thermal rectifying antenna complex (TRAC) A method and device to collect and convert thermal energy from the surrounding environments to produce usable electric power. The device includes a rectenna that is preferably a narrow bandwidth rectenna. In an embodiment, the rectenna comprises a rectenna complex, which is, in sequence, a high gain antenna, optional matching circuits, an optional narrow bandpass filter, and one or more rectifying diodes. An embodiment may include multiple arrays of linked nanoscale rectenna complexes. When linked in arrays using preselected bandwidths in the infrared and near infrared spectral regions, the rectenna complex acts as a thermally responsive collector capable of extracting heat energy from its surrounding environment to produce usable electric power.
US11837980B2	Method and system for creating data map for field weakening control of motor A motor flux weakening control method with data map creation is provided. The method estimates a phase angle between a dq electric current vector and a d-axis based on a speed of the motor; estimates an input direct current; repeats the estimating of the phase angle and the direct current while decreasing a magnitude of the dq electric current vector based on a difference between the estimated direct current and a preset direct current limitation value; and interrupts the repeating of the estimating of the phase angle and the estimating of the direct current when the direct current and the preset direct current limitation value are equal, and stores a relationship between the speed of the motor, the direct current voltage, the phase angle, and the magnitude of the dq electric current vector, when the estimated direct current and the preset direct current limitation value are equal.
US11837966B2	Power conversion device The power conversion device includes a semiconductor module having a connection terminal, a cooler, a control board, a capacitor module, a cover, a case, and a connection busbar. The semiconductor module, the cooler, the control board, and the capacitor module are arranged in an overlapped manner as seen in the direction perpendicular to the top surface of the cooler. The capacitor module has a capacitor cell, a capacitor case, resin, and a capacitor busbar. The capacitor busbar has an inner extending portion, an opening-side extending portion, and an outer extending portion. The connection busbar extends from the connection terminal of the semiconductor module to an outer surface of the outer extending portion and has a part extending in parallel to the extending direction of the outer extending portion. The connection busbar has a capacitor connection portion at an end thereof on the outer extending portion side.
US11837965B2	High-voltage device A high-voltage generator may be provided. The high-voltage generator may include a rectifying unit, a grid-controlled unit, and a shielding device. The rectifying unit may be configured to rectify an electric current generated in the high-voltage generator. The grid-controlled unit may be configured to generate a high voltage and electrically connected to the rectifying unit. The grid-controlled unit may have a conductive surface that opposes the rectifying unit. The shielding device may be located between the rectifying unit and the conductive surface of the grid-controlled unit. The shielding device may be spaced apart from the rectifying unit and the conductive surface of the grid-controlled unit. The shielding device may be electrically connected to the rectifying unit.
US11837964B2	Method for detecting low impedance condition at output of electrical converter, control unit, computer program product and electrical converter A method for detecting low impedance condition at an output (15) of an electrical converter (10), a control unit (1000), a computer program product, and an electrical converter (10) are presented. The method includes determining (110) a first current value (I1(T1)) of a first current (I1), and a second current value (I1(T2)) of the first current (I1), and determining (120) a first current difference (ΔI1) between the first (I1(T1)) and the second (I1(T2)) current values, and comparing (130) the first current difference (ΔI1) to a first current difference threshold (I1_TH), and if the first current difference (ΔI1) is of predefined magnitude with respect to the first current difference threshold (I1_TH), such as higher, turning off (140) a first voltage (U1) driving the first current (I1), such as by switching off a corresponding switch or switches for applying the first voltage (U1) to the output (15).
US11837962B2	Control system and method for dual active bridge DC/DC converters Control system and method for controlling power flow in dual active bridge converters. The control system comprises a compensator, a feedback unit, and a modulator. An outer loop provides a reference signal. The output of the compensator are the control parameters for the modulator. The feedback unit samples the transformer current once every half switching cycle to thereby determine a power level. The power level is used to determine a modulation technique to apply. The modulation technique is one of phase-shift modulation (PSM), variable duty cycle modulation (VDM), or triangular current mode modulation (TCM).
US11837958B2	Multiphase power converter A multiphase power converter comprises a regulator, a value-supply system arranged for collecting at least one operating point of the power converter, and a predictor for determining updated phase statuses, for activating or deactivating each of the phases (111, 112, 113, . . . ) during a further operation of the power converter. The updated phase statuses are determined using a process based on the at least one collected operating point and predictor parameters obtained from a machine-learning process.
US11837954B2	Power supply for gate driver in switched-capacitor circuit An apparatus includes first and second pluralities of switches, a controller for controlling these switches, gate-drivers for driving switches from the first plurality of switches, and first and second terminals configured for coupling to corresponding first and second external circuits at corresponding first and second voltages. During operation, the controller causes the first plurality of switches to transition between states. These transitions result in the second voltage being maintained at a value that is a multiple of the first voltage. The controller also causes the second plurality of switches to transition between states. These transitions resulting in capacitors being coupled or decoupled from the second voltage. The gate drivers derive, from the capacitors, charge for causing a voltage that enables switches from the first plurality of switches to be driven.
US11837953B2	Switched capacitor converter, corresponding method, power supply system and electronic device First and second circuit branches are coupled between an input node and ground. Each circuit branch includes a series coupling first-fourth transistors in a current flow path with an output node. A first capacitor is coupled between a first capacitor node and a second capacitor node intermediate the first transistor and the second transistor in the first circuit branch. A second capacitor is coupled between a third capacitor node and a fourth capacitor node intermediate the first transistor and the second transistor in the second circuit branch. An inter-branch circuit block between the first and second branches includes a first inter-branch transistor coupled between the first capacitor node in the first circuit branch and the fourth capacitor node in the second circuit branch and a second inter-branch transistor coupled between the third capacitor node in the second circuit branch and the second capacitor node in the first circuit branch.
US11837946B2	Bootstrap power supply circuit A GaN half bridge circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes a bootstrap power supply voltage generator is configured to supply a first power voltage and includes a switch node. The circuit also includes a bootstrap transistor, a bootstrap transistor drive circuit, and a bootstrap capacitor connected to the switch node and to the bootstrap transistor. The bootstrap capacitor is configured to supply the first power voltage while the voltage at the switch node is equal to the second switch node voltage, the bootstrap transistor is configured to electrically connect the bootstrap capacitor to a power node at a second power voltage while the voltage at the switch node is equal to the first switch node voltage, and the bootstrap power supply voltage generator does not include a separate diode in parallel with the drain and source of the bootstrap transistor.
US11837939B2	Electric machine An electric machine includes a housing, a stator, an oil film, and at least one first seal. The housing has an internal surface defining an internal cavity. The stator has an outer peripheral surface and is disposed within the internal cavity such that a clearance gap is defined between an outer peripheral surface and the internal surface. The oil film is disposed within the clearance gap and is in contact with the internal surface and the outer peripheral surface. The at least one first seal is disposed along a first end of the stator and is configured to retain the oil film within the clearance gap along the first end of the stator.
US11837932B2	Stator, motor, and compressor A stator includes a stator core having a plurality of teeth, an insulator, a plurality of coils, a first region in which distal ends of feeder lines are connected to each other, and a second region in which distal ends of neutral lines are connected to each other. The insulator has inner and outer walls spaced from each other in a radial direction. In a cross section at a gap between two adjacent coils, along a plane including an axis of the stator core, a center of gravity of the first region is positioned above a center of gravity of the second region in an axial direction. B
US11837931B2	Multiphase linear motor, multiphase planar motor, stage, lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method An electromagnetic motor is described, the electromagnetic motor comprising: a magnet assembly configured to generate a two-dimensional alternating magnetic field having a pitch Pm1 in a first direction and a pitch Pm2 in a second direction; a coil assembly configured to co-operate with the magnet assembly to generate a first force in the first direction and a second force in the second direction, wherein the coil assembly comprises a first coil set comprising a plurality of first coils for generating the first force and a second coil set comprising a plurality of second coils for generating the second force, wherein a ratio R1 of a coil pitch Pc1 in the first coil set in the first direction over Pm1 is different from a ratio R2 of a coil pitch Pc2 in the second coil set in the second direction over Pm2.
US11837929B2	Electric machine, stator assembly, and winding arrangement provided thereon A winding arrangement provided on a stator of an electric machine. The winding arrangement includes at least four windings. A first winding and a second winding occupied a first subset of slots; and a third winding and a fourth winding occupied a second subset of the slots. The first subset and the second subset of the plurality of slots are adjoined to each other. A span between two adjacent slots concerning the first winding, the second winding, the third winding, and the fourth winding is chosen from a full-pitch, a short-pitch, and a long-pitch to result in the winding arrangement where the first subsets in a first half of the slots is diagonal to the second subset in a second half of the slots, and the second subset in the first half of the slots is diagonal to the first subset in the second half of the slots.
US11837925B2	Ortho-radial induction generator A generator comprising a rotor, at least one magnetic bridging element arranged to rotate about a rotation axis of the rotor in response to the rotation of the rotor, at least one inductance unit at an area of an influence of the moving magnetic bridging element for inducing electromotive force in response to the movement of the magnetic bridging element relative to the inductance unit, and at least one flow channel unit for conveying a fluid flow to the rotor for operating the rotor.
US11837921B2	Electric machine and motor vehicle An electric machine comprises a rotor with a rotor body, wherein the rotor body has a plurality of poles each carrying at least one rotor winding formed from a plurality of conductor loops, wherein the poles extend in a radial direction of the rotor and the conductor loops running through grooves respectively formed between two adjacent poles, wherein a support element extending in the radial direction is respectively arranged in the grooves between the rotor windings of the adjacent poles, which support element, at a radially outer end of the groove, bears up against a thrust-bearing element arranged in a radially positionally-fixed manner between the adjacent poles, wherein the support element presses the conductor loops against the rotor body during a rotation and/or a temperature increase of the rotor.
US11837917B2	Method and apparatus for cooling a rotor assembly A rotor assembly for an electric machine is disclosed. The rotor core has a cylindrical body defining an outwardly facing peripheral surface comprising a slotted portion including a set of slots defined by a set of rotor teeth projecting outwardly from the peripheral surface. Each rotor tooth comprises a respective first distal tip and a respective first radial length extending radially from a center point of the rotor core to the first distal tip. The peripheral surface further comprises a non-slotted portion defining a respective second radial length, extending radially from the center point of the rotor core to the outwardly facing peripheral surface. The first radial length is less than the second radial length.
US11837914B2	Electric drive system An electric drive system includes at least one electric drive unit. The at least one electric drive unit includes an electric motor and inverters that are each supplied with DC voltage via a high-voltage bus. The electric drive system includes a main battery system that has a plurality of battery modules that supply DC voltage to each of the high-voltage buses. The electric device system includes a plurality of reserve batteries. A separate reserve battery is provided for each high-voltage bus. The drive system is configured to make a change to the supply of DC voltage when a corresponding control signal is present for each of the high-voltage buses. A change is made from a supply of DC voltage of the battery module of the main battery system that is assigned to the high-voltage bus to a supply of DC voltage of the reserve battery assigned to the high-voltage bus.
US11837910B2	Power supply control apparatus and control method A power supply control apparatus includes: a first system capable of supplying electric power from a first power supply to a first load; a second system capable of supplying electric power from a second power supply to a load group including a second load and a third load having consumed electric power smaller than that of the second load; a plurality of load switches as defined herein; and a control unit configured to control the load switches so that backup control performed by the second system is executed by the electric power supply from the second power supply, in a case where an occurrence of a ground fault in the first system is detected, and when the control unit inspects as to whether the backup control can be executed, the control unit connects the load switch corresponding to the third load of the load group to execute the inspection.
US11837904B2	Charger A casing of a charger includes a DC port and a plurality of AC ports. The charger includes a switching device configured to connect one of the AC ports selectively to a power conversion circuit. The power conversion circuit is configured to convert, into direct current electric power, alternating current electric power input from the AC port connected by the switching device, and output the direct current electric power to the DC port.
US11837900B2	Battery capacity representation method and related computer system A battery capacity representation method for a computer system, is disclosed. The computer system includes a specific absorption rate (SAR) sensor, a battery module and a light-emitting diode (LED) module, and the battery capacity representation method includes performing an external environment sensing by the SAR sensor to determine whether a triggering condition is satisfied; sensing a battery capacity of the battery module when the triggering condition is satisfied; and determining a representation status of the LED module according to the battery capacity.
US11837896B2	Wireless lighting controller wireless charging A wall-mounted wireless battery charger for a wireless remote lighting controller includes: a wall plate configured to removably retain the wireless remote lighting controller; and an inductive charging transmitter circuit coupled to the wall plate, the inductive charging transmitter circuit being configured to wirelessly interface with an inductive charging receiver circuit of the wireless remote lighting controller when the wireless remote lighting controller is retained by the wall plate. The inductive charging receiver circuit is configured to wirelessly receive power from the inductive charging transmitter circuit and generate a direct current (DC) voltage to charge a battery of the wireless remote lighting controller.
US11837887B2	Charging integrated circuit and operating method A charging integrated circuit (IC) in a mobile device including battery includes; a switching charger including at least one inductor, a direct charger including at least one capacitor, and a control circuit. The control circuit detects a connection between the mobile device and an external power unit and a disconnection between the mobile device and the external power unit, wherein the switching charger and the direct charger selectively receive an external power signal provided by the external power unit by the connection between the mobile device and an external power unit. Upon detecting the connection between the mobile device and an external power unit, the charging IC activates the direct charger and provides a constant charging current to the battery using the direct charger, and upon detecting the disconnection between the mobile device and an external power unit, the charging IC deactivates the direct charger, activates the switching charger, and maintains a battery voltage associated with the battery using the switching charger.
US11837885B2	Coil module, power transmitting circuit and power receiving circuit A coil module, power transmitting circuit and power receiving circuit are disclosed. The coil module including at least two parallel branches, wherein each parallel branch includes a coil and a first capacitor which are connected in series; the capacitances of the first capacitors are set to reduce or eliminate an equivalent impedance difference between the parallel branches. Therefore, the loss is reduced and the wireless charging efficiency is improved while ensuring the charging rate and the charging degree of freedom.
US11837882B2	Amplitude shift key modulation for multi-device wireless chargers Systems, methods and apparatus for wireless charging are disclosed. One method includes providing a first charging current to a first transmitting coil in a wireless charging device, where the first transmitting coil is coupled to a receiving coil in a first power receiving device, providing a second charging current to a second transmitting coil in the wireless charging device, where the second transmitting coil is coupled to a receiving coil in a second power receiving device, the first charging current and the second charging current being provided at different frequencies from one another, receiving a first modulated signal from the first power receiving device, where the first modulated signal includes a carrier signal provided at a frequency corresponding to the frequency of the first charging current, and filtering the first modulated signal using a band-pass filter configured to block a second modulated signal transmitted by the second power receiving device.
US11837881B2	Aerial moving body and wireless power transmission system A flying mobile body 4 includes: a rotary blade to rotate to generate lift; an airframe in which the rotary blade is provided; a power reception antenna to include a power reception surface that receives a radio wave transmitting electric power, the power reception surface having an area larger than an area projecting the airframe onto a rotation axis perpendicular plane that is a plane perpendicular to a rotation axis direction that is a direction parallel to a rotation axis of the rotary blade, and a drag reducing structure that reduces a drag generated with respect to a descending airflow generated by rotation of the rotary blade: a converter to convert electric power of the radio wave received by the power reception antenna into DC electric power; a storage battery; and an electric motor to generate power rotating the rotary blade.
US11837870B2	Power management system, power management method, and power management program An EMS includes a control unit that controls a power generation facility and a power adjustment unit that adjusts an amount of supply of supply power. The control unit includes: a reverse power flow suppression process determination unit; a priority decision unit that decides a priority for adjusting an amount of power generated for the two power generation devices of the power generation facility on the basis of a predicted degree of fluctuation in load power; and a device control unit that controls the power generation facility such that the amount of power generated is adjusted in descending order of the priority decided by the priority decision unit when the reverse power flow suppression process determination unit determines to reduce the amount of power generated by the power generation facility.
US11837868B2	Photovoltaic system and leakage current control method for photovoltaic system A photovoltaic system and a leakage current control method for the photovoltaic system includes at least one photovoltaic module group, at least one photovoltaic inverter, a grounded metal frame, and a sampling control unit. The photovoltaic module group is mounted on the grounded metal frame. An output end of the photovoltaic module group is connected to an input end of the photovoltaic inverter, and an output end of the photovoltaic inverter is connected to a power grid. The sampling control unit is coupled to both the photovoltaic module group and the photovoltaic inverter and is configured to detect a current value of a leakage current formed by a common-mode voltage of the photovoltaic inverter on a parasitic capacitor. Herein, the parasitic capacitor exists between the photovoltaic module group and the grounded metal frame.
US11837866B1	ESD protection apparatus and control method An ESD protection apparatus includes a discharge resistor and a transistor connected in series between a first voltage rail and a second voltage rail, a first coupling capacitor, a diode and a first bias resistor connected in series between the first voltage rail and the second voltage rail, wherein a common node of the diode and the first bias resistor is connected to a gate of the transistor, and an ESD protection device connected between the first voltage rail and the second voltage rail.
US11837865B2	Hybrid circuit breakers In one aspect, a hybrid circuit protection device for current-limiting a fault current between a source and a load during a fault is provided. The hybrid circuit protection device includes an input configured to couple to the source, an output configured to couple to the load, a return configured to couple the source to the load, a main switch configured to selectively couple the input to the output, a switching network coupled in parallel with the main switch, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine that the main switch has opened in response to the fault current, where the fault current has an initial value, and activate the switching network to current-limit the fault current to less than the initial value during the fault.
US11837861B2	Wiring member and wiring member in packaged form The present invention aims to suppress a case in which paths of linear transmission members are disturbed on a sheet-shaped member or the linear transmission members separate from the sheet-shaped member. The wiring member includes a sheet-shaped member and multiple linear transmission members that are fixed on the sheet-shaped member. The multiple linear transmission members are fixed on the sheet-shaped member such that a portion of the multiple linear transmission members intersects with respect to another said linear transmission member. An intersection location of the multiple linear transmission members is located away from a folding track.
US11837860B2	Cable-gland system for an electronic chassis providing enhanced sealing functionality A cable-gland system provides a sealing function to openings in an electronic chassis that receive cables. The cable-gland system comprises a plurality of individual cable glands. Each of the plurality of individual cable glands includes an exterior end to be positioned adjacent an exterior of the chassis, and an interior end for positioning within the chassis. Each of the plurality of individual cable glands includes a through-hole extending between the exterior and interior ends for receiving one of the cables, and an outer surface between the exterior and interior ends. Each of the plurality of individual cable glands has a male projection on one side of the outer surface and a female recess on an opposing side of the outer surface. The cable glands are connectable to form the cable-gland system by mating the male projection on one cable gland with the female recess of an adjacent cable gland.
US11837859B2	Electrical box and conduit support plates The present disclosure provides improved electrical box and conduit support plates that allow for central mounting of an electrical box to a support plate and mounting of electrical conduits for suspended installations in various orientations. The support plate includes a body having a plurality of built-in offsets, a plurality of built-in hanger tabs, and a plurality of clip mounting apertures that may be arranged as pairs. Each built-in offset preferably has two side walls extending from the body and a mounting arm between the side walls. Each mounting arm includes a plurality of clamp mounting apertures used to attach a conduit clamp to the mounting arm. Each of the plurality of built-in hanger tabs are preferably bendable relative to the body. Box and conduit support kits that includes a body and a plurality of hanger clips are also provided.
US11837857B2	Electrical junction box A cover-side peripheral wall includes an inner wall, which serves as a first wall, and a bent wall. The inner wall is located between an inner wall and an outer wall of a body-side double-wall. The bent wall extends inward and downward from an inner surface of the inner wall. The bent wall has a proximal end that is located upward from an upper end of the inner wall of a body-side peripheral wall. The bent wall further includes a portion between a distal end and the proximal end that is located inward and downward from the upper end of the inner wall of the body-side peripheral wall.
US11837856B2	Bushing housing A bushing housing (1) for leading one or more lines and/or cables out of or into a closed area comprises a housing member (2) and a matching removable housing cover (3). The housing member (2) has a breakthrough hole (5) and at least one exit hole (6, 6′), the planes of which extend substantially perpendicularly to each other.
US11837855B2	Outer cover body for electrical wires and outer-cover-body-attached wire harness An outer cover body for electrical wires, which is formed by bending a resin sheet and to be attached to an outer periphery of an electrical wire, includes a plurality of wall parts extending along an extending direction of the electrical wire and forming an accommodating part for accommodating the electrical wire. At least one of the plurality of wall parts includes a wall surface overlapping part having an outer side wall surface having a first notch, and an inner side wall surface overlapping the outer side wall surface and having a second notch. A branch line through-hole is formed by overlapping the first notch and the second notch.
US11837852B1	Spark plug electrode with electrode tip directly thermally coupled to heat dissipating core and method of manufacturing the same A spark plug electrode includes an electrode tip that is attached to or formed on an electrode base so that the electrode tip is directly thermally coupled to a heat dissipating core through an opening in the electrode base. This direct thermal coupling may take place on a side surface of a ground electrode or a center electrode and removes thermal energy away from the electrode tip in order to reduce thermal and/or other stresses. The heat dissipating core may have one or more core extensions that diverge or branch off of a core main body and extend into the opening in the electrode base for better thermal coupling to the electrode tip. The electrode tip can be attached to the electrode base via welding or it can be formed on the electrode base using a suitable additive manufacturing process, such as a powder bed fusion technique.
US11837850B2	Surface-emitting laser device and method for manufacturing surface-emitting laser device A method for manufacturing a GaN-based surface-emitting laser by an MOVPE includes: (a) growing a first cladding layer with a {0001} growth plane; (b) growing a guide layer on the first cladding layer; (c) forming holes in a surface of the guide layer by etching, the holes being two-dimensionally periodically arranged within a plane parallel to the guide layer; (d) etching the guide layer by using an etchant having selectivity to the {0001} plane and a {10−10} plane of the guide layer; (e) supplying a gas containing a nitrogen source to cause mass transport without supplying a group-III material gas, and then supplying the group-III material gas for growth, whereby a first embedding layer closing openings of the holes is formed to form a photonic crystal layer; and (f) growing an active layer and a second cladding layer in this order on the first embedding layer.
US11837849B2	Control circuit for pulsed control of a light-emitting means The invention relates to a control circuit (50) for pulsed control of a light-emitting means (52), in particular an LED or a laser diode (52), having a switched-mode power supply unit (54) with a first switch (64) arranged in a primary circuit of the switched-mode power supply unit (54), wherein the switched-mode power supply unit (54) has a primary-side connector (62) for connection to a supply voltage, a secondary-side connector (67) for supplying the light-emitting means (52) and a switching input (65) for operating the first switch (64), having a storage capacitor (68) arranged between the secondary-side connector (67) and a ground (66), having a second switch (70) arranged in a current path (71) in parallel with the storage capacitor (68), wherein the light-emitting means (52) is positionable in the current path (71), and having a control unit (72) to control the first and the second switch (64, 70), wherein the control unit (72) is designed to operate the first switch (64) in order to induce at least one charge pulse for charging the storage capacitor (68) in the secondary circuit and to operate the second switch (70) in order to discharge the storage capacitor (68) while generating a light pulse (82) via the light-emitting means (52). The invention also relates to a LiDAR-based environmental sensor, in particular a laser scanner, for use in a vehicle, having an abovementioned control circuit (50) and a laser diode (52). The invention further relates to a method for the pulsed control of a light-emitting means (52), in particular an LED or a laser diode (52), comprising the steps of providing a storage capacitor (68) and a current path (71) that is parallel thereto and in which the light-emitting means (52) is arranged, of generating at least one charge pulse for charging the storage capacitor (68), and of discharging the storage capacitor (68) via the light-emitting means (52) while generating a light pulse (82).
US11837843B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device includes a base, a first semiconductor laser element, a second semiconductor laser element, a lens member, and a waveplate. The base has a bottom part. The first semiconductor laser element is disposed on the bottom part of the base. The second semiconductor laser element is disposed on the bottom part of the base. The second semiconductor laser element has a different polarization direction from a polarization direction of the first semiconductor laser element. The lens member is a member into which light beams from the first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor laser element enter. The waveplate is configured to change the polarization direction of light from the first semiconductor laser element.
US11837841B2	Systems and methods for laser power interlocking Systems and methods are described that relate to a scanning laser system configured to emit laser light and an interlock circuit communicatively coupled to the scanning laser system. The interlock circuit may carry out certain operations. The operations include, as the scanning laser system emits laser light into one or more regions of an environment around the scanning laser system, determining a respective predicted dosage amount for each region based on the emitted laser light. The operations further include detecting an interlock condition. The interlock condition includes a predicted dosage amount for at least one region being greater than a threshold dose. In response to detecting the interlock condition, the operations include controlling the scanning laser system to reduce a subsequent dosage amount in the at least one region.
US11837839B2	Optical pulse stretcher, laser device, and electronic device manufacturing method An optical pulse stretcher includes a first delay optical system including a plurality of concave toroidal mirrors; and a beam splitter including a first surface and a second surface, causing a part of pulse laser light incident on the first surface to be transmitted in a first direction and output as a first beam and another part thereof to be reflected in a second direction and enter the first delay optical system, and causing a part of pulse laser light incident on the second surface from the first delay optical system to be reflected in the first direction and output as a second beam.
US11837837B2	Holder which supports and restricts rotation of a nut attached to a terminal block housing A terminal block includes: a busbar including a first terminal portion and a second terminal portion, the first terminal portion having a through hole; a housing that holds the busbar and has a storage chamber; a nut stored in the storage chamber; and a holder including a support unit that supports the nut, the holder configured to be attached to the housing, in which the storage chamber has wall surfaces facing individual side surfaces of the nut, the storage chamber configured to restrict rotation of the nut by using the wall surfaces of the storage chamber, and the support unit is positioned on a side opposite to a side of the first terminal portion with respect to the nut, the support unit configured to support the nut by setting a threaded hole of the nut to face the through hole.
US11837832B2	Composite material structure and composite material structure producing method A composite material structure that prevents occurrence of galvanic corrosion while exposing a part of a conductor embedded in a conductive resin portion as a connecting portion, is provided. The composite material structure includes a conductive resin portion formed of an electrically conductive reinforced resin in which conductive fibers are contained in a base material, a conductor formed of a conductive material and embedded in the conductive resin portion with a part of the conductor exposed as a connecting portion for electrical connection with another component, and an insulator that is formed of an insulating material and that is at least partially embedded in the conductive resin portion so as to be interposed between the conductive reinforced resin and the conductor so as to prevent the connecting portion of the conductor from contacting the conductive reinforced resin.
US11837831B2	Spring-clamp terminal block A spring-clamp terminal block for connecting an electrical conductor, with a bus bar, a clamping spring, a housing and a lever, wherein the lever has a bearing plate with a partially circular outer contour for mounting the lever in a counter bearing, and wherein the lever has a follower which is designed to move the clamping arm out of a closed position into an open position when the lever is actuated.
US11837830B2	Hinged busbar assembly A hinged busbar assembly includes a first mounting busbar configured to be electrically and mechanically connected to the first component at a fixed connection, a second mounting busbar configured to be electrically and mechanically connected to the second component at a fixed connection, and at least two extension busbars extending between the first and second mounting busbars. Adjacent extension busbars are electrically and mechanically connected to each other at a pivotal connection. One of the at least two extension busbars is electrically and mechanically connected to the first mounting busbar at a pivotal connection, and another one of the at least two extension busbars is electrically and mechanically connected to the second mounting busbar at a pivotal connection. Each pivotal connection includes at least one extension extending from each adjacent busbar and at least one electrical contact mounted in each extension, and a pin inserted through the electrical contacts.
US11837829B2	Adapter device for power busbar systems Adapter device (1) for connecting at least one electrical device (2) adapted for a busbar subsystem (11, 12) to a busbar main system (7), wherein the adapter housing (4) of the adapter device (1) comprises a busbar main interface (22) on a rear side of the housing for electromechanical contacting of busbars (6) of the busbar main system (7) and one or more busbar sub-interfaces on a front side of the housing, which are provided for placing the at least one electrical device (2) on the adapter device (1) and for its electrical connection to the busbar main system (7) via busbars (15, 16) of the respective busbar sub-system (11, 12) integrated in the adapter housing (4) or attached thereto and via electrical conductors (28) contained in the adapter housing (4).
US11837824B2	Systems, methods, and apparatus useful for busway power distribution A tap-off box includes an enclosure defining a plurality of stab slots and defining a wire access opening, and a thermocouple disposed therein. The tap-off box is configured for remote control and monitoring.
US11837820B2	Clippable interconnection module and associated connection cord This interconnection module (10) between a connection cord and a connection panel comprises a pair of spring-loaded conductive pins (12) and a molded body (14) in which a portion of said pair of pins (12) is embedded. At least one of the ends (121, 122) of each pin (12) projects from the body (14) and the body (14) forms a hollow volume making the module (10) clippable.
US11837814B2	Extender module for modular connector A modular electrical connector with modular components suitable for assembly into a right angle connector may also be used in forming an orthogonal connector or connector in other desired configurations. The connector modules may be configured through the user of extender modules. Those connector modules may be held together as a right angle connector with a front housing portion, which, in some embodiments, may be shaped differently depending on whether the connector modules are used to form a right angle connector or an orthogonal connector. When designed to form an orthogonal connector, the extender modules may interlock into subarrays, which may be held to other connector components through the use of an extender shell. The mating contact portions on the extender modules may be such that a right angle connector, similarly made with connector modules, may directly mate with the orthogonal connector.
US11837811B2	Plug connector, receptacle connector, and electric connector A plug connector mounted on a board and that mates with a receptacle connector includes at least three signal contacts and two power contacts each including a contact portion that contacts the receptacle connector and a block that holds the signal contacts and the power contacts. The block includes a body and a fitting portion that protrudes away from the body and is inserted into a fitting port of the receptacle connector, and the signal contacts and the power contacts are disposed alternately in a row along an arrangement direction and symmetrically about a line that passes through a center position of the plug connector and is orthogonal to the arrangement direction when viewed from a fitting direction to the receptacle connector.
US11837810B2	Flexible circuit board, manufacturing method, movable apparatus, and electronic device A flexible circuit board includes a main board, a first connecting plate, and a second connecting plate; a side surface of the first connecting plate is connected to a first side surface of the main board, and an included angle between the main board and the first connecting plate is a first preset angle; a side surface of the second connecting plate is connected to the first side surface of the main board, and an included angle between the main board and the second connecting plate is a second preset angle; and the first preset angle and the second preset angle are both greater than 0 degree and less than 180 degrees.
US11837808B2	Board connector and device A board connector 10 to be mounted on a circuit board 50 is provided with a connector housing 11 including a receptacle 15 and a back wall 30 provided on a side opposite to an opening direction of the receptacle 15, a mating connector 70 being fit into the receptacle 15, an outer conductor 20 disposed in an outer conductor mounting hole 34 formed to penetrate through the back wall 30, an insulating dielectric 19 disposed inside the outer conductor 20, and an inner conductor 18 disposed inside the dielectric 19. The outer conductor 20 includes a closing portion 25 for closing a mold removal hole 32 formed at a position of the back wall 30 different from the outer conductor mounting hole 34.
US11837795B2	Slider, phase shifter and base station antenna A slider includes: a first coupling section; a second coupling section; and an impedance conversion line, which is connected between the first coupling section and the second coupling section, and includes a series portion and a parallel portion connected in series, wherein the series portion includes only one first connection line, and the parallel portion includes at least two second connection lines connected in parallel.
US11837789B2	Integrated antenna and filter unit (IAFU) for 5th generation advanced antenna system (AAS) systems According to one aspect, an integrated antenna and filter unit, IAFU, is provided. The IAFU includes a filter portion including at least one filter configured to filter RF signals to generate filtered RF signals and a plurality of filter pins configured to output filtered RF signals, and an antenna portion securable to the filter portion where the antenna portion includes a PCB including a plurality of conductor traces each mateable with a corresponding one of the plurality of filter pins to electrically couple the plurality of filter pins directly to corresponding ones of the plurality of conductor traces on the PCB, and a plurality of antennas securable to the PCB where the plurality of antennas are electrically coupled to the plurality of conductor traces.
US11837781B2	Method for manufacturing an antenna A method of manufacturing an antenna using a radome (10) comprising a front portion (30) and a rear portion (20), the front and rear portions (20, (30) configured to define an interior cavity in which an antenna arrangement is received, the method comprising placing an antenna panel on an inside of one of the front and rear portions, and bringing the portions together, whereby the front portion (30) includes a peripheral channel region (31) configured to contain an adhesive sealant (60) and receive a peripheral edge (21) of the rear portion (20) that is partially submerged in the adhesive sealant (60) before it cures. Additional mechanical fastening clip engagement members (23; 33) are provided inside both the front and rear portions (20; 30) that engage with one another and mechanically secure the radome front and rear portions (20; 30) to each other, in addition to the adhesive joint provided by the adhesive sealant (60) once cured.
US11837780B2	Radiofrequency signal control device of a domestic electrical apparatus, and associated domestic electrical apparatus and blanking device A radiofrequency signal control device of a domestic electrical apparatus, configured to be supplied with electrical energy by a mains electrical supply network, comprises a first electrical conductor, a second electrical conductor, a radiofrequency unit, a printed circuit board and an antenna. A first end of each of the first and second electrical conductors is configured to be electrically connected to the mains electrical supply network. The radiofrequency unit is electrically connected to a connection point. The connection point is arranged at a second end of the first electrical conductor. The radiofrequency signal control device further comprises an adaptation line section. A first end of the adaptation line section is electrically connected to the connection point. Furthermore, a second end of the adaptation line section is either electrically connected to a reference voltage or is devoid of an electrical connection.
US11837777B2	Antenna assembly and terminal A antenna assembly includes: a first antenna disposed on the first support provided with a first through hole, wherein the first antenna includes a first part disposed on an upper surface of the first support, a second part disposed inside the first through hole, and a third part disposed on a lower surface of the first support; a first connecting plate, an upper surface of which abuts against the third part, and lower surface is attached to an upper surface of the circuit board; a second connecting plate, an upper surface of which is attached to a lower surface of the circuit board; and a second antenna disposed on a middle frame of the terminal and connected to a lower surface of the second connecting plate, the first antenna being connected to a feed point of the second antenna through the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate.
US11837776B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes a display layer including an active area and a peripheral area adjacent to the active area. An antenna layer is disposed on the display layer and includes an antenna, an antenna line connected to one side of the antenna, and an antenna pad connected to one side of the antenna line. A cover layer is spaced apart from the antenna layer with the display layer disposed therebetween. The cover layer may at least partially overlap each of the antenna, the antenna line, and the antenna pad.
US11837772B2	Modules for cellular base stations and bracket assemblies for mounting same An antenna-RRU module for a cellular base station includes first, second and third antenna-RRU assemblies mounted on a pole. Each of the first, second and third antenna-RRU assemblies includes: a pole mounting bracket; a subassembly mounting bracket mounted on the pole mounting bracket; an antenna-RRU unit fixed relative to the subassembly mounting bracket; and a shroud mounted to at least partially cover the antenna-RRU unit. The pole mounting brackets of the first, second and third antenna-RRU assemblies are mounted on the pole at approximately 120 degree intervals.
US11837769B2	System for coherent microwave transmission using a non-refrigerated waveguide An apparatus, including a waveguide, a first circuit, a second circuit. The waveguide is connected to the first circuit and the second circuit. The first circuit is located within a cryostat.
US11837765B2	Cutting apparatus and method of manufacturing MEA for fuel cell A cutting apparatus of membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell may include a cutting press including a cutting die disposed on a lower side of the feeding path and a driving cutter configured to be upwardly and downwardly movable on the cutting die at an upper side of the feeding path, and the cutting press disposed to a facility frame, a plurality of gripper modules disposed on the facility frame through a base member along a feeding direction of the membrane-electrode assembly sheet, and gripping both side edges of the membrane-electrode assembly sheet and a gripper driving unit disposed in the facility frame and moving the base member in a direction perpendicular to the feeding direction of the membrane-electrode assembly sheet and along the feeding direction of the membrane-electrode assembly sheet.
US11837764B2	Compact efficient hydrogen reactor Methods and devices and aspects thereof for generating power using PEM fuel cell power systems comprising a rotary bed (or rotatable) reactor for hydrogen generation are disclosed. Hydrogen is generated by the hydrolysis of fuels such as lithium aluminum hydride and mixtures thereof. Water required for hydrolysis may be captured from the fuel cell exhaust. Water is preferably fed to the reactor in the form of a mist generated by an atomizer. An exemplary 750 We-h, 400 We PEM fuel cell power system may be characterized by a specific energy of about 550 We-h/kg and a specific power of about 290 We/kg. Turbidity fixtures within the reactor increase turbidity of fuel pellets within the reactor and improve the energy density of the system.
US11837757B2	Chemical reactor for controlled temperature gas phase oxidation reactions A chemical reactor includes one or more solid oxide fuel cells, each cell having an electrolyte layer joining a cathode and an anode, the one or more fuel cell cathodes being located in a first gas zone of the reactor, and the one or more fuel cell anodes being located in a second gas zone of the reactor. The chemical reactor further includes a first gas supply route for supplying a flow of oxidant to the first gas zone. The chemical reactor further includes a second gas supply route for supplying a flow of reactant to the second gas zone. The chemical reactor further includes a gas removal route for removing a flow of reaction products away from the second gas zone. The chemical reactor further includes one or more leakage paths which fluidly connect the first gas zone to the second gas zone such that a leakage flow of oxidant leaks from the first gas zone into the second gas zone to support a direct exothermic chemical reaction between the oxidant and the reactant, while substantially preventing a reverse flow of reactant into the first gas zone. The reaction products are a mixture of reaction product from the direct reaction and reaction product from an indirect electrochemical oxidation reaction of the reactant at the anode or anodes. The reactor further includes a catalyst in the second gas zone for catalysing the direct reaction, and a controller for drawing a controlled electric current from the fuel cell or cells to control the rate of the indirect reaction and thereby the temperature of the catalyst.
US11837753B2	Battery A battery is disclosed including: a battery body, where a first electrode end plate and a second electrode end plate are disposed at two ends of the battery body respectively, a connecting sleeve is disposed on the first electrode end plate, and the second electrode end plate has a contour edge extending along a length direction of the battery body and away from the battery body, to define a first mounting countersink; and the connecting sleeve can be detachably connected to a first mounting countersink of another battery, and the connecting sleeve has an electrical contact surface at a free end that is in surface contact with the second electrode end plate.
US11837751B2	Polyolefin micro-porous film and power-storage device This polyolefin micro-porous film includes a multilayered structure, wherein the multilayered structure contains a first layer composed of polypropylene resin, a second layer composed of polyethylene resin and provided on the first layer, and a third layer composed of polypropylene resin and provided on the second layer. Furthermore, a thickness of the first layer is thinner than a thickness of the second layer, a thickness of the third layer is thinner than the thickness of the second layer, and in the multilayered structure, a thickness is 16 μm or less, a porosity is 40 to 70%, and a surface opening ratio is 10 to 30%.
US11837745B2	Battery storage housing and emergency location transmitter A cell storage box for storing a battery cell includes a first end provided with a safety valve and a second end. The cell storage box includes a metal case having a bottom wall and side walls, and a thermally insulating support arranged in the metal case. The thermally insulating support includes a shoulder raised relative to the bottom wall of the metal case, a side bearing wall configured such that the cell rests against the at least one side bearing wall so as to keep the cell at a first distance from the at least one side wall of the metal case, and an opening arranged below the shoulder in order to allow smoke and gas to escape during a runaway of the cell.
US11837739B2	Battery pack A battery pack includes: battery cells, each including end portions in a height direction thereof; a case accommodating the battery cells and a cooling fluid; and first and second holder plates coupled to the case to face each other along the case such that the end portions of the battery cells are insertable therethrough, an accommodation space being defined between the first and second holder plates to accommodate the cooling fluid, and the case, the battery cells, and the first and second holder plates have heights in the height direction that satisfy the condition: a height between the first and second holder plates
US11837738B2	Battery pack A battery pack including battery cells bounded by an imaginary rectangular envelope including a pair of long sides and a pair of short sides extending to linearly surround an outer periphery of the battery cells across an outer circumference of the battery cells; and bus bars that electrically connect at least some of the battery cells to each other, the bus bars being arranged to extend in a zig-zag shape along a short side direction of the imaginary rectangular envelope.
US11837736B2	Secondary battery, battery module, battery pack, device, and manufacturing method The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a secondary battery, a battery module, a battery pack, a device, and a manufacturing method. The secondary battery includes: an electrode unit, including a main body portion and a first tab and a second tab extending out from the main body portion; a casing, including an accommodating cavity for accommodating the main body portion and a first opening which is in communication with the accommodating cavity; a first cover plate capping the first opening, the first cover plate including a first relief hole penetrating therethrough, the first tab passes through the first relief hole and is connected to a side of the first cover plate facing away from the accommodating cavity; and a sealing plate, which is sealingly connected to the side of the first cover plate facing away from the accommodating cavity and covers the first relief hole.
US11837735B2	Catalyst, method for producing same, electrode comprising same, membrane-electrode assembly comprising same, and fuel cell comprising same Disclosed are a catalyst, a method for producing the catalyst, an electrode comprising the catalyst, a membrane-electrode assembly comprising the electrode, and a fuel cell comprising the membrane-electrode assembly, the catalyst having superb catalytic activity that can be obtained by means of a simple post-treatment process of the raw catalyst. The catalyst according to the present invention comprises a support, and metal particles supported therein, wherein the metal particles comprise main particles and an additional metal layer thereon, and the main particles and additional metal layer comprise the same metal elements. The metal particles have a budding structure or a rod structure by having just a particular latticed active surface of the main particles grow to form the additional metal layer, or a core-shell structure by having the entire latticed active surface of the main particles grow to form the additional metal layer.
US11837730B2	Secondary battery electrode A secondary battery electrode is provided that may achieve a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a high energy output density with a small amount of a conductive aid. The secondary battery electrode has a mixture layer containing graphene and a secondary battery active substance. The secondary battery electrode has a mean aspect ratio of 2.0 or greater in an electric conductive material portion from a cross section of the secondary battery electrode, as specified by the method described below. The method for specifying the electric conductive material portion comprises: (1) acquiring, by scanning spreading resistance microscopy, a mapping image and a histogram of spreading resistance values for a mixture layer portion; and (2), defining R1 as the lowest resistance value in the histogram, accumulating sequentially from R1 the frequency, defining R2 as the spreading resistance value when the cumulative frequency has exceeded 3% relative to the cumulative frequency over the entire data, further defining R3 as a spreading resistance value of ten times R2, and, with R3 serving as the threshold value, binarizing the mapping image to define as the electric conductive material portion the portion having a resistance value of R3 or lower.
US11837725B2	Positive electrode active material and lithium secondary battery comprising the same The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material having improved electrical characteristics by adjusting an aspect ratio gradient of primary particles included in a secondary particle, a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery using the positive electrode.
US11837723B2	Positive electrode active material for nonaqueous secondary battery, and method for manufacturing same Provided is a positive-electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including a lithium transition metal composite oxide particle having a layered structure and containing nickel, and an oxide containing lithium and aluminum and an oxide containing lithium and boron adhering to a surface of the lithium transition metal composite oxide particle. The lithium transition metal composite oxide particle includes a secondary particle formed by aggregation of primary particles containing a solid solution of aluminum in a surface layer. The lithium transition metal composite oxide particles have a composition with a difference of more than 0.22 mol % and less than 0.6 mol % between a ratio of the number of moles of aluminum in the solid solution in the surface layer of the primary particles relative to a total number of moles of metal other than lithium and a ratio of the number of moles of aluminum present in a region other than the surface layer of the primary particles relative to the total number of moles of metal other than lithium.
US11837722B2	Positive electrode material for lithium ion battery and preparation method therefor, and lithium ion battery A positive electrode material for a lithium ion battery and a preparation method therefor, and a lithium ion battery, relating to the technical field of secondary batteries. The positive electrode material comprises a high-nickel multi-element positive electrode material, the high-nickel multi-element positive electrode material is formed by agglomerating multiple primary grains, and the primary grains are distributed in a divergent shape along the diameter direction of the high-nickel multi-element positive electrode material, the aspect ratio L/R of the primary grains in the positive electrode material is greater than or equal to 3, and the radial distribution ratio of the primary grains in the positive electrode material is greater than or equal to 60%. The lithium ion battery containing the positive electrode material has high capacity and greatly improved particle strength.
US11837717B2	Negative electrode active material for lithium secondary battery and method of preparing the same The present specification relates to a negative electrode active material which includes a silicon-based composite represented by SiOa (0≤a<1), and a carbon coating layer distributed on a surface of the silicon-based composite, and which has a bimodal pore structure including nanopores and mesopores. In a lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode active material, an oxygen content in the silicon-based composite can be controlled to improve initial efficiency and capacity characteristics, and a specific surface area can also be controlled, and thus a side reaction with electrolyte can be reduced.
US11837710B2	Methods of reducing occurrences of short circuits and/or lithium plating in batteries An example method of reducing short circuits from occurring in a battery can include providing a current collector coated with a safety layer. The method can include providing an electrochemically active material film on the safety layer such that the safety layer is configured to reduce exposure of the current collector to an opposing electrode. The method can also include adhering the electrochemically active material film to the current collector via the safety layer.
US11837709B2	Manufacturing apparatus of electrode for secondary battery comprising heating part and manufacturing method of electrode for secondary battery comprising heating process, for heating electrode current collector before coating with electrode active material slurry The present disclosure relates to a manufacturing apparatus of an electrode fora secondary battery including a heating part and a manufacturing method of an electrode for a secondary battery including a heating process, which performs heating of an electrode current collector before coating with an electrode active material slurry.
US11837706B2	Adhesive bond setting with pre-cured adhesive standoffs A battery module and a method of assembling the battery module are provided. The battery module includes a cooling plate having a cooling surface, an adhesive standoff disposed on a first portion of the cooling surface, and a securing adhesive disposed on a second portion of the first cooling surface. The securing adhesive is disposed on the cooling surface after the adhesive standoff is substantially cured. The battery module further includes a plurality of battery cells. A first end of each of the plurality of battery cells is secured to the cooling surface by the securing adhesive. The adhesive standoff maintains the first end of each of the plurality of battery cells a distance away from the cooling surface while the securing adhesive cures.
US11837702B2	Electric energy storage device, power tool system and charging system An electric energy storage device, the electric energy storage device configured to be detachably coupled with an electrical device, the electric energy storage device comprises a housing, N sets of battery units received in the housing, N being a composite number, each battery unit comprising at least one battery cell, a plurality of switches, each switch connected to the output end of two different battery units, a control unit electrically connected to the switches and configured to control the switches to switch on or off in order to connect the battery units in parallel or series, wherein the electric energy storage device can output at least three different voltages. The electric energy storage device can be used for different types of power tools with different voltage requirements.
US11837701B2	Bipolar lead acid battery cells with increased energy density A bipolar lead acid battery with increased energy density is provided. The battery includes a number of lead acid wafer cell that each comprise a negative electrode having a negative electrode plate and a negative active material positioned on the negative electrode plate, as well as a positive electrode having a positive electrode plate and a positive active material positioned on the positive electrode plate. The positive electrode plate comprises a metal foil with a conductive film thereon, such as a titanium foil or substrate with a titanium silicide coating thereon. The lead acid wafer cell also includes a separator between the negative and positive electrodes, wherein the separator includes an electrolyte for transferring charge between the negative and positive electrodes.
US11837700B2	Energy storage device An energy storage device includes an electrode assembly having a negative electrode plate and a separator wound around a tubular core material. The core material has a first line part and a second line part extending along a first imaginary line and a second imaginary line parallel to a long side surface of a case, respectively. At least one of the first line part and the second line part has a curved portion that protrudes toward the other beyond the first imaginary line or the second imaginary line. An inner peripheral edge of the negative electrode plate is located at a position other than the curved portion in at least one of the first line part and the second line part.
US11837698B2	Electrochemical device and electronic device An electrochemical device, including a cathode, an anode and an electrolyte. The anode includes an anode current collector and an anode active material disposed on the anode current collector, the electrolyte includes fluoroethylene carbonate, and the electrochemical device meets the following relationship: 17.55≤K1−K2−1.63K32+11.27K3≤20.80, where K1 represents a specific surface area value of the unit mass of the anode active material (in m2/g), and 1.0≤K1≤2.0; K2 represents a content value of the fluoroethylene carbonate required by per Ah capacity (in g/Ah), and 0.05≤K2≤0.25; and K3 represents a weight value of the anode active material required by per Ah capacity (in g/Ah). The electrochemical device of the present application has improved kinetic performance and cycle performance.
US11837691B2	Battery manufacturing method A battery manufacturing method includes forming a unit cell having a positive electrode that is obtained by a positive electrode active material layer containing an electrolytic solution being disposed on a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode that is obtained by a negative electrode active material layer containing an electrolytic solution being disposed on a negative electrode current collector, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The battery manufacturing method further includes applying pressure to one unit cell or with two or more stacked unit cells from the stacking direction, and charging the one unit cell or the two or more stacked unit cells after applying of the pressure. The method is performed such that the positive electrode and the negative electrode are formed without an application film being subjected to a drying process performed through heating.
US11837688B2	Pixel, multi-pixel LED module and method of manufacture In an embodiment a pixel for a multi-pixel LED module includes a first light-emitting semiconductor chip having a first upper chip side and a first lead-frame section having a first upper side, a first contacting protrusion and a second contacting protrusion, wherein the first contacting protrusion and the second contacting protrusion extend from the first upper side, and wherein the first light-emitting semiconductor chip is embedded in an electrically insulating material such that the first upper side is covered by the electrically insulating material and the first upper chip side and the contacting protrusions are exposed.
US11837687B2	Display panel and display apparatus A display panel and a display apparatus are provided. The display panel includes an active area and a non-active area located at least on one side of the active area, wherein the non-active area includes a first fanout area; a plurality of sub-pixels located in the active area; a plurality of data lines located in the active area and extending from the active area to the first fanout area, the plurality of data lines electrically connected to the plurality of sub-pixels and configured to provide data signals for the plurality of sub-pixels; the first fanout area includes at least two data line fanout sub-areas, and the plurality of data lines are respectively located in the at least two data line fanout sub-areas.
US11837684B2	Submount structures for light emitting diode packages Submount structures for light-emitting diode (LED) packages are provided. Submounts may include a base material that is configured to provide high thermal conductivity and a ceramic layer on the base material that is configured to provide high reflectivity for one or more LED chips that are mounted thereon. In certain aspects, the base material may include a ceramic base having a ceramic material that is different than a material of the ceramic layer. In certain aspects, submounts may also include additional ceramic layers configured to provide high reflectivity. In certain aspects, LED packages include electrical traces that are arranged either on one or more ceramic layers or at least partially embedded within one or more ceramic layers. The arrangement of such ceramic layers may provide increased reflectivity in areas where it may be difficult for other reflective materials to be present, such as gaps formed between tightly spaced electrical traces.
US11837683B2	Indium-gallium-nitride light emitting diodes with increased red-light quantum efficiency Exemplary processing methods of forming a semiconductor structure may include forming a nucleation layer on a semiconductor substrate. The methods may further include forming first, second, and third, gallium-and-nitrogen-containing regions on the nucleation layer. The first gallium-and-nitrogen-containing region may be porosified, without porosifying the second and third gallium-and-nitrogen containing regions. The methods may still further include forming a first active region on the porosified first gallium-and-nitrogen-containing region, and a second active region on the unporosified second gallium-and-nitrogen-containing region. The methods may yet also include forming a third active region on the unporosified third gallium-and-nitrogen-containing region.
US11837676B2	Optical semiconductor device and optical transmission apparatus An apparatus includes a first semiconductor layer including a first bandgap; and a second semiconductor layer of a first polarity including a second bandgap smaller than the first bandgap and formed over the first semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer includes a first conductive region of the first polarity, a second conductive region of a second polarity, and a non-conductive region between the first conductive region and the second conductive region, and the second semiconductor layer is in contact with the first conductive region and the non-conductive region.
US11837674B2	Poly-layered, poly-dimensional solar-stack structure A poly-layered, poly-dimensional solar photovoltaic stack structure may be provided in a tower form. A plurality of solar panels may be stacked on top of one another to create a solar stack tower. Using the solar stack tower, reflection, refraction, diffusion, and transportation of light may transmit photons from a higher area of photon saturation to a lower area of photon saturation. The solar stack tower may provide an enclosed structure, protecting and insulating the solar panels from heat, moisture, dust, and other elements that usually damage solar panels over time.
US11837671B2	Doped region structure and solar cell comprising the same, cell assembly, and photovoltaic system The disclosure relates to the technical field of solar cells, and provides a solar cell and a doped region structure thereof, a cell assembly, and a photovoltaic system. The doped region structure includes a first doped layer, a passivation layer, and a second doped layer that are disposed on a silicon substrate in sequence. The passivation layer is a porous structure having the first doped layer and/or the second doped layer inlaid in a hole region. The first doped layer and the second doped layer have a same doping polarity. By means of the doped region structure of the solar cell provided in the disclosure, the difficulty in production and the limitation on conversion efficiency as a result of precise requirements for the accuracy of a thickness of a conventional tunneling layer are resolved.
US11837669B2	Photo detector systems and methods of operating same A dynamic photodiode may comprise a substrate comprising a first surface opposite a second surface, the substrate being of a first doping type; a substrate region disposed on the first surface, the substrate region comprising a substrate contact configured to be grounded; a first doped region disposed on the first surface, the first doped region being of the first doping type and comprising a first contact configured to receive a first voltage; a second doped region disposed on the first surface, the second doped region being of a second doping type opposite to the first doping type and comprising a second contact configured to receive a second voltage. The substrate region may surround the second doped region, the second doped region may surround the first doped region, and exposed portions of the substrate form light absorbing regions may be configured to generate electron-hole pairs in the substrate.
US11837668B2	Semiconductor element and semiconductor device The capacity of a MOS capacitor is increased. A semiconductor element includes a first semiconductor region, an insulation film, a gate electrode, and a second semiconductor region. The first semiconductor region is arranged on a semiconductor substrate and has a recess on the surface. The insulation film is arranged adjacent to the surface of the first semiconductor region. The gate electrode is arranged adjacent to the insulation film and constitutes a MOS capacitor with the first semiconductor region. The second semiconductor region is arranged adjacent to the first semiconductor region on the semiconductor substrate, formed in the same conductive type as the first semiconductor region, and supplies a carrier to the first semiconductor region when the MOS capacitor is charged and discharged.
US11837667B2	Transistors with enhanced dopant profile and methods for forming the same A planar insulating spacer layer is formed over a substrate, and a vertical stack of a gate electrode, a gate dielectric layer, and a first semiconducting metal oxide layer may be formed thereabove. The first semiconducting metal oxide layer includes atoms of a first n-type dopant at a first average dopant concentration. A second semiconducting metal oxide layer is formed over the first semiconducting metal oxide layer. Portions of the second semiconducting metal oxide layer are doped with the second n-type dopant to provide a source-side n-doped region and a drain-side n-doped region that include atoms of the second n-type dopant at a second average dopant concentration that is greater than the first average dopant concentration. Various dopants may be introduced to enhance performance of the thin film transistor.
US11837664B2	Doped polar layers and semiconductor device incorporating same The disclosed technology generally relates to ferroelectric materials and semiconductor devices, and more particularly to semiconductor memory devices incorporating doped polar materials. In one aspect, a semiconductor device comprises a capacitor, which in turn comprises a polar layer comprising a crystalline base polar material doped with a dopant. The base polar material includes one or more metal elements and one or both of oxygen or nitrogen, wherein the dopant comprises a metal element that is different from the one or more metal elements and is present at a concentration such that a ferroelectric switching voltage of the capacitor is different from that of the capacitor having the base polar material without being doped with the dopant by more than about 100 mV. The capacitor additionally comprises first and second crystalline conductive or semiconductive oxide electrodes on opposing sides of the polar layer, wherein the polar layer has a lattice constant that is matched within about 20% of a lattice constant of one or both of the first and second crystalline conductive or semiconductive oxide electrodes. The first crystalline conductive or semiconductive oxide electrode serves as a template for growing the polar layer thereon, such that at least a portion of the polar layer is pseudomorphically formed on the first crystalline conductive or semiconductive oxide electrode.
US11837662B2	Devices with strained isolation features A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same are provided. A semiconductor device of the present disclosure includes a first fin including a first source/drain region, a second fin including a second source/drain region, a first isolation layer disposed between the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region, and a second isolation layer disposed over the first isolation layer. A first portion of the first isolation layer is disposed on sidewalls of the first source/drain region and a second portion of the first isolation layer is disposed on sidewalls of the second source/drain region. A portion of the second isolation layer is disposed between the first portion and second portion of the first isolation layer.
US11837652B2	Semiconductor processing system with in-situ electrical bias and methods thereof A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes placing a semiconductor wafer into a processing chamber, the semiconductor wafer including a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer separated by an intermediate layer; applying an electrical bias voltage across the intermediate layer by coupling the first conductive layer to a first potential and coupling the second conductive layer to a second potential; and annealing the semiconductor wafer while applying the electrical bias voltage.
US11837648B2	Stacked thin film transistors with nanowires Thin film transistor structures and processes are disclosed that include stacked nanowire bodies to mitigate undesirable short channel effects, which can occur as gate lengths scale down to sub-100 nanometer (nm) dimensions, and to reduce external contact resistance. In an example embodiment, the disclosed structures employ a gate-all-around architecture, in which the gate stack (including a high-k dielectric layer) wraps around each of the stacked channel region nanowires (or nanoribbons) to provide improved electrostatic control. The resulting increased gate surface contact area also provides improved conduction. Additionally, these thin film structures can be stacked with relatively small spacing (e.g., 1 to 20 nm) between nanowire bodies to increase integrated circuit transistor density. In some embodiments, the nanowire body may have a thickness in the range of 1 to 20 nm and a length in the range of 5 to 100 nm.
US11837646B2	3D capacitor and method of manufacturing same A device includes a substrate including a low-resistance top surface and a fin structure including a first fin and a second fin. Each of the first and second fins includes a low-resistance fin-top surface and two low-resistance sidewall surfaces. The device includes an insulation material over the top surface of the substrate and between the first fin and the second fin. The fin-top surface and a first portion of the sidewall surfaces of each of the first and the second fins are above the insulation material. The device further includes a dielectric layer over the insulation material and in direct contact with the fin-top surface and the first portion of the sidewall surfaces of each of the first and the second fins; a first electrode in direct contact with the fin-top surface of the first fin; and a second electrode over the dielectric layer that is over the second fin.
US11837641B2	Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having adjacent deep via substrate contacts for sub-fin electrical contact Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having adjacent deep via substrate contact for sub-fin electrical contact are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a conductive via on a semiconductor substrate. A vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires is above a fin protruding from the semiconductor substrate. A channel region of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires is electrically isolated from the fin. The fin is electrically coupled to the conductive via. A gate stack is over the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires.
US11837639B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of semiconductor device A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof includes a source contact structure, a gate stack structure including a side region adjacent to the source contact structure, and a center region extending from the side region. The semiconductor device further includes a source gate pattern disposed under the side region of the first gate stack structure. The source gate pattern has an inclined surface facing the source contact structure. The semiconductor device also includes a channel pattern penetrating the center region of the gate stack structure, the channel pattern extending toward and contacting the source contact structure.
US11837638B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes first and second isolation regions, a first active region extending in a first direction between the first and second isolation regions, a first fin pattern on the first active region, nanowires on the first fin pattern, a gate electrode in a second direction on the first fin pattern, the gate electrode surrounding the nanowires, a first source/drain region on a side of the gate electrode, the first source/drain region being on the first active region and in contact with the nanowires, and a first source/drain contact on the first source/drain region, the first source/drain contact including a first portion on a top surface of the first source/drain region, and a second portion extending toward the first active region along a sidewall of the first source/drain region, an end of the first source/drain contact being on one of the first and second isolation regions.
US11837633B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method therefor The HEMT includes a channel layer, a barrier layer, a drain, and a gate conductor. The barrier layer is disposed on the channel layer. The drain is disposed on the barrier layer. The gate conductor is disposed on the barrier layer. The barrier layer comprises a doped semiconductor region extending from a top surface to a bottom surface of the barrier layer and located between the drain and the gate conductor.
US11837630B1	Semiconductor device for reducing switching loss and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device for reducing a switching loss includes a drain metal. A silicon substrate of a first conductive type is provided on the drain metal. An epitaxial layer of the first conductive type is provided on the silicon substrate of the first conductive type. A pillar of the first conductive type and a pillar of a second conductive type are arranged in the epitaxial layer of the first conductive type. A body region of the second conductive type is provided on a surface of each pillar. A heavily doped source region of the first conductive type and a heavily doped source region of the second conductive type are arranged in the body region of the second conductive type. A gate trench is formed in the pillar of the first conductive type. Discrete gate polycrystalline silicon is provided in the gate trench.
US11837629B2	Power semiconductor devices having gate trenches and buried edge terminations and related methods Semiconductor devices include a semiconductor layer structure comprising a drift region that includes a wide band-gap semiconductor material. A shielding pattern is provided in an upper portion of the drift region in an active region of the device and a termination structure is provided in the upper portion of the drift region in a termination region of the device. A gate trench extends into an upper surface of the semiconductor layer structure. The semiconductor layer structure includes a semiconductor layer that extends above and at least partially covers the termination structure.
US11837628B2	Display array A display array including a semiconductor stacked layer, an insulating layer, a plurality of electrode pads, and a driving backplane is provided. The semiconductor stacked layer has a plurality of light emitting regions arranged along a reference plane. The insulating layer is disposed to an outer surface of the semiconductor stacked layer and contacts the semiconductor stacked layer. The insulating layer has a plurality of openings respectively corresponding to the plurality of light emitting regions. The electrode pads are disposed to the insulating layer and are respectively electrically connect the plurality of light emitting regions through the plurality of openings. The driving backplane is disposed to the semiconductor stacked layer and electrically connected to the plurality of electrode pads, wherein a light emitting material layer of the semiconductor stacked layer has consistency along an extension direction of the reference plane.
US11837625B2	LED display apparatus A display apparatus including a display substrate, light emitting devices disposed on the display substrate, circuit electrodes disposed between the light emitting devices and the display substrate, and a transparent layer covering the light emitting devices and the circuit electrodes, in which at least one of the light emitting devices includes a first LED sub-unit configured to emit light having a first wavelength, a second LED sub-unit adjacent to the first LED sub-unit and configured to emit light having a second wavelength, a third LED sub-unit adjacent to the second LED sub-unit and configured to emit light having a third wavelength, and a substrate disposed on the third LED sub-unit, in which a difference in refractive indices between the transparent layer and air is less than a difference in refractive indices between the substrate and a semiconductor layer of the third LED sub-unit.
US11837624B2	Radiation detector and a method of making it Disclosed herein are a radiation detector and a method of making it. The radiation detector is configured to absorb radiation particles incident on a semiconductor single crystal of the radiation detector and to generate charge carriers. The semiconductor single crystal may be a CdZnTe single crystal or a CdTe single crystal. The method may comprise forming a recess into a substrate of semiconductor; forming a semiconductor single crystal in the recess; and forming a heavily doped semiconductor region in the substrate. The semiconductor single crystal has a different composition from the substrate. The heavily doped region is in electrical contact with the semiconductor single crystal and embedded in a portion of intrinsic semiconductor of the substrate.
US11837622B2	Image sensor comprising polysilicon gate electrode and nitride hard mask An image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate dielectric layer, a gate electrode, a protection oxide film, and a nitride hard mask. The gate dielectric layer is over the semiconductor substrate. The gate electrode is over the gate dielectric layer. An entirety of a first portion of the gate dielectric layer directly under the gate electrode is of uniform thickness. The protection oxide film is in contact with a top surface of the gate electrode. The gate dielectric layer extends beyond a sidewall of the protection oxide film. The nitride hard mask is in contact with a top surface of the protection oxide film.
US11837619B2	Semiconductor arrangement with isolation structure A semiconductor arrangement includes a photodiode extending to a first depth from a first side in a substrate. An isolation structure laterally surrounds the photodiode and includes a first well that extends into a first side of the substrate. A deep trench isolation extends into a second side of the substrate and at least a portion of the deep trench isolation underlies the first well.
US11837616B2	Wafer level lens The present technology relates to an imaging element, a method of manufacturing the imaging element, and an electronic apparatus that make it possible to suppress generation of a void in an infrared cutoff filter layer. The imaging element includes: a light receiving sensor that performs photoelectric conversion of incoming light; a cover glass that protects a top surface side serving as a light incidence surface of the light receiving sensor; a frame that is disposed in an outer peripheral portion between the light receiving sensor and the cover glass, and is formed with use of an inorganic material; and an infrared cutoff filter layer that is formed on an inner side on a same plane as the frame. The present technology is applicable to, for example, an imaging element having a CSP structure, and the like.
US11837614B2	Fast charge transfer floating diffusion region for a photodetector and methods of forming the same A subpixel including at least one second-conductivity-type pinned photodiode layer that forms a p-n junction with a substrate semiconductor layer, at least one floating diffusion region, and at least one transfer gate stack structure. The at least one transfer gate stack structure may at least partially laterally surround the at least one second-conductivity-type pinned photodiode layer with a total azimuthal extension angle in a range from 240 degrees to 360 degrees around a geometrical center of the second-conductivity-type pinned photodiode layer. The at least one transfer gate stack structure may include multiple edges that overlie different segments of a periphery of the at least one second-conductivity-type pinned photodiode layer, and the floating diffusion region includes a portion located between the first edge and the second edge. In addition, multiple transfer gate stack structures and multiple floating diffusion regions may be present in the subpixel.
US11837611B2	Data storage element and manufacturing method thereof Disclosed herein, in some embodiments, is a memory device. The memory device includes a bottom electrode disposed over a substrate and a top electrode disposed over the bottom electrode. An upper surface of the bottom electrode faces away from the substrate. A bottom surface of the top electrode faces the substrate. A data storage layer is arranged between the bottom electrode and the top electrode. At least a portion of the bottom surface of the top electrode does not overlap with any portion of the top surface of the bottom electrode along a first direction parallel to the bottom surface of the top electrode. Furthermore, at least a portion of the top surface of the bottom electrode does not overlap with any portion of the bottom surface of the top electrode along the first direction.
US11837609B2	Electro-static discharge protection circuit, display panel and display device An Electro-Static Discharge (ESD) protection circuit including a Thin Film Transistor (TFT) arranged between a to-be-protected signal line and a discharging line is provided, wherein a length direction of a channel of the TFT is parallel to an extension direction of the to-be-protected signal line. A display panel and a display device are also provided.
US11837604B2	Forming stacked nanosheet semiconductor devices with optimal crystalline orientations around devices An approach provides a semiconductor structure with a first crystalline surface orientation and a first nanosheet stack on the semiconductor substrate with the first crystalline surface orientation. The semiconductor substrate structure includes a second nanosheet stack with a second crystalline surface orientation above the first nanosheet stack, wherein the first nanosheet stack and the second nanosheet stack are separated by a dielectric material.
US11837600B2	Electrostatic discharge protection apparatus and its operating method The electrostatic discharge protection apparatus includes a substrate, a first well having a first conductivity type and disposed in the substrate, a second well having a second conductivity type and disposed in the first well, a first doping region having the first conductivity type and disposed in the second well, a second doping region having the first conductivity type and disposed in the second well, a third doping region having the second conductivity type and disposed in the second well, and a fourth doping region having the first conductivity type and disposed in the substrate. The first conductivity type is different from the second conductivity type. The second well, the first well, the substrate and the fourth doping region form a silicon controlled rectifier. Electrostatic discharge current flowing into the first doping region flows to the fourth doping region through the silicon controlled rectifier.
US11837598B2	Semiconductor device electrostatic discharge diode A semiconductor device includes a first doped zone and a second doped zone in a first semiconductor material, the first doped zone being separated from the second doped zone; an isolation structure between the first doped zone and the second doped zone; and a first line segment over a top surface of the first doped zone, where the ends of the first line segment and the ends of the second line are over the isolation structure. The first line segment and the second line segment have a first width; and a dielectric material is between the first line segment and the second line segment and over the isolation structure. The first width is substantially similar to a width of a gate electrode in the semiconductor device.
US11837597B2	Semiconductor capacitor array layout with dummy capacitor structure A semiconductor capacitor array layout includes a first conductive structure and a second conductive structure. The first conductive structure includes: longitudinal first conductive strips in a first integrated circuit (IC) layer; and lateral first conductive strips that are in a second IC layer and coupled to the longitudinal first conductive strips. The longitudinal and lateral first conductive strips jointly form well-shaped structures including outer wells and inner wells. The outer wells are not electrically coupled to the inner wells. The second conductive structure includes second conductors that are respectively disposed in the well-shaped structures in the first IC layer. The second conductors include outer second conductors respectively positioned in the outer wells and inner second conductors respectively positioned in the inner wells. The outer second conductor are not electrically coupled to the inner second conductor. The outer wells and the outer second conductors jointly function as a dummy capacitor structure.
US11837593B2	Light emitting structure A method and structure for receiving a micro device on a receiving substrate are disclosed. A micro device such as a micro LED device is punched-through a passivation layer covering a conductive layer on the receiving substrate, and the passivation layer is hardened. In an embodiment the micro LED device is punched-through a B-staged thermoset material. In an embodiment the micro LED device is punched-through a thermoplastic material.
US11837586B2	Package structure and method of forming thereof A package structure includes a package substrate, a first die, a second die, a first underfill, and a second underfill. The first die and a second die are disposed on the package substrate. The first underfill is between the first die and the package substrate, and the first underfill includes a first extension portion extending from a first sidewall of the first die toward the second die. The second underfill is between the second die and the package substrate, and the second underfill includes a second extension portion extending from a second sidewall of the second die toward the first die, the second extension portion overlapping the first extension portion on the package substrate.
US11837584B2	Display device A manufacturing method of a display device is provided. The manufacturing method of the display device includes forming a switching structure. The switching structure includes a plurality of switching elements. The manufacturing method of the display device also includes forming a light-emitting structure. The light-emitting structure includes a plurality of light-emitting elements. The manufacturing method of the display device further includes arranging the light-emitting structure on the switching structure, so that each of the light-emitting elements is above each of the switching elements. The manufacturing method of the display device includes connecting each of the light-emitting elements to a corresponding switching element via a laser.
US11837577B2	System-in-package module A system-in-package module includes a substrate, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chip on the substrate, first wafer level package (WLP) memories on the substrate spaced apart from the ASIC chip in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate, and second WLP memories on the substrate spaced apart from the ASIC chip in a direction opposite to the first direction.
US11837575B2	Bonding passive devices on active device dies to form 3D packages A package includes a package substrate, an interposer over and bonded to the package substrate, a first wafer over and bonding to the interposer, and a second wafer over and bonding to the first wafer. The first wafer has independent passive device dies therein. The second wafer has active device dies therein.
US11837574B2	Bonding apparatus and bonding method A bonding apparatus includes a holder; a pressing member; and a curvature adjuster. The holder is configured to attract and hold a substrate to be bonded. The pressing member is configured to come into contact with a central portion of the substrate attracted to and held by the holder and press the substrate to allow the central portion of the substrate to be protruded. The curvature adjuster is configured to adjust a curvature of the substrate pressed by the pressing member.
US11837569B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device according to the present embodiment includes a circuit board comprising a plurality of electrodes provided on a first surface, a first resin layer provided on the first surface around the electrodes, and a second resin layer provided on the first resin layer. A first semiconductor chip is connected to a first one of the electrodes. A second semiconductor chip is provided above the first semiconductor chip, being larger than the first semiconductor chip, and is connected to a second one of the electrodes via a metal wire. A third resin layer is provided between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip and between the second resin layer and the second semiconductor chip, and covers the first semiconductor chip.
US11837566B2	Electronic device package and method for manufacturing the same An electronic device package includes a circuit layer, a first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die, a plurality of first conductive structures and a second conductive structure. The first semiconductor die is disposed on the circuit layer. The second semiconductor die is disposed on the first semiconductor die, and has an active surface toward the circuit layer. The first conductive structures are disposed between a first region of the second semiconductor die and the first semiconductor die, and electrically connecting the first semiconductor die to the second semiconductor die. The second conductive structure is disposed between a second region of the second semiconductor die and the circuit layer, and electrically connecting the circuit layer to the second semiconductor die.
US11837565B2	Devices including coax-like electrical connections and methods for manufacturing thereof A device includes a semiconductor chip including an electrical contact arranged on a main surface of the semiconductor chip. The device includes an external connection element configured to provide a first coax-like electrical connection between the device and a printed circuit board, wherein the first coax-like electrical connection includes a section extending in a direction vertical to the main surface of the semiconductor chip. The device further includes an electrical redistribution layer arranged over the main surface of the semiconductor chip and configured to provide a second coax-like electrical connection between the electrical contact of the semiconductor chip and the external connection element, wherein the second coax-like electrical connection includes a section extending in a direction parallel to the main surface of the semiconductor chip.
US11837557B2	Semiconductor device package and a method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device package comprises a semiconductor device, a first encapsulant surrounding the semiconductor device, a second encapsulant covering the semiconductor device and the first encapsulant, and a redistribution layer extending through the second encapsulant and electrically connected to the semiconductor device.
US11837556B2	Wire bonding method and apparatus for electromagnetic interference shielding Apparatuses relating generally to a microelectronic package having protection from electromagnetic interference are disclosed. In an apparatus thereof, a platform has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface and has a ground plane. A microelectronic device is coupled to the upper surface of the platform. Wire bond wires are coupled to the ground plane with a pitch. The wire bond wires extend away from the upper surface of the platform with upper ends of the wire bond wires extending above an upper surface of the microelectronic device. The wire bond wires are spaced apart from one another to provide a fence-like perimeter to provide an interference shielding cage. A conductive layer is coupled to at least a subset of the upper ends of the wire bond wires for electrical conductivity to provide a conductive shielding layer to cover the interference shielding cage.
US11837555B2	Module and method of manufacturing the same A module includes a substrate including a first main surface, a first component mounted on the first main surface, a first sealing resin including a first upper surface, the first component being sealed with the first sealing resin, a first shield film that covers at least a part of the first upper surface of the first sealing resin, and a second shield film that covers a side surface of the first sealing resin and a side surface of the substrate. A step portion lower than the first upper surface of the first sealing resin is provided on an outer periphery of the first sealing resin. The first shield film and the second shield film are electrically connected to each other on a side surface below the step portion.
US11837552B2	Semiconductor package with layer structures, antenna layer and electronic component A semiconductor package includes a first substrate, a first layer structure, a second layer structure, a first antenna layer and an electronic component. The first antenna layer is formed on at least one of the first layer structure and the second layer structure, wherein the first antenna layer has an upper surface flush with a layer upper surface of the first layer structure or the second layer structure. The electronic component is disposed on a substrate lower surface of the first substrate and exposed from the first substrate. The first layer structure is formed between the first substrate and the second layer structure.
US11837551B2	Semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes a redistribution substrate having a semiconductor chip mounted on a top surface thereof with and a connection terminal between the semiconductor chip and the redistribution substrate. The redistribution substrate includes a first redistribution pattern on a bottom surface of the connection terminal and comprising a first via and a first interconnection on the first via, a pad pattern between the first redistribution pattern and the connection terminal and comprising a pad via and a pad on the pad via, and a second redistribution pattern between the first redistribution pattern and the pad pattern and comprising a second via and a second interconnection on the second via with a recess region where a portion of a top surface of the second interconnection is recessed. A bottom surface of the recess region is located at a lower level than a topmost surface of the second interconnection.
US11837550B2	Method of forming semiconductor packages having through package vias A semiconductor device and method for forming the semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit having through vias adjacent to the integrated circuit die, wherein a molding compound is interposed between the integrated circuit die and the through vias. The through vias have a projection extending through a patterned layer, and the through vias may be offset from a surface of the patterned layer. The recess may be formed by selectively removing a seed layer used to form the through vias.
US11837549B2	Power delivery for embedded bridge die utilizing trench structures Methods/structures of joining package structures are described. Those methods/structures may include a die disposed on a surface of a substrate, an interconnect bridge embedded in the substrate, and at least one vertical interconnect structure disposed through a portion of the interconnect bridge, wherein the at least one vertical interconnect structure is electrically and physically coupled to the die.
US11837544B2	Liner-free conductive structures with anchor points The present disclosure describes a method for forming liner-free or barrier-free conductive structures. The method includes depositing an etch stop layer on a cobalt contact disposed on a substrate, depositing a dielectric on the etch stop layer, etching the dielectric and the etch stop layer to form an opening that exposes a top surface of the cobalt contact, and etching the exposed top surface of the cobalt contact to form a recess in the cobalt contact extending laterally under the etch stop layer. The method further includes depositing a ruthenium metal to substantially fill the recess and the opening, and annealing the ruthenium metal to form an oxide layer between the ruthenium metal and the dielectric.
US11837536B2	Semiconductor memory structure and interconnect structure of semiconductor memory structure A semiconductor memory structure includes a first cell, a second cell, a first bit line, a first source line, a second bit line and a second source line. The first cell includes a first source structure and a first drain structure, and the second cell includes a second source structure and a second drain structure. The first source line is coupled to the first source structure, and the first bit line is coupled to the first drain structure. The second source line is coupled to the second source structure, and the second bit line is coupled to the second drain structure. A distance between the first source line and the second bit line, a distance between the second bit line and the second source line, and a distance between the second source line and the first bit line are similar.
US11837532B2	Leadframe with delamination resistant feature A packaged semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die having a top side including a semiconductor surface layer having circuitry configured for a function coupled to bond pads, and a bottom side. A leadframe includes a die pad and leads or lead terminals on at least two sides of the die pad. At least one non-through hole for delamination prevention is in at least one of the die pad and the lead or the lead terminals. The semiconductor die is mounted by a die attach material with the bottom side down on the die pad. A mold compound provides encapsulation for the package semiconductor device except for at least a bottom side of the lead terminals or sidewalls of the package for the leads. The non-through hole is a filled hole filled with either the die attach material or the mold compound.
US11837531B2	Semiconductor device with galvanically isolated semiconductor chips A semiconductor device includes a chip carrier, a first semiconductor chip arranged on the chip carrier, the first semiconductor chip being located in a first electrical potential domain when the semiconductor device is operated, a second semiconductor chip arranged on the chip carrier, the second semiconductor chip being located in a second electrical potential domain different from the first electrical potential domain when the semiconductor device is operated, and an electrically insulating structure arranged between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip, which is designed to galvanically isolate the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip from each other.
US11837524B2	Localized targeted thermoelectric cooling thermal control of integrated circuits with sub-device scale resolution A cooling device for integrated circuits. The device includes: a plurality TEC cooling cells arranged in an array, wherein each of the cells includes a controller coupled to at least one TEC device; and a single power connector that provides power to all the cells in the array. The controller of each cell in the array is operable to control the at least one TEC it is coupled to with power received from the single power connector.
US11837520B2	Semiconductor device and semiconductor device fabrication method The semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor IC, a second semiconductor IC with a smaller heat generation quantity than the first semiconductor IC, a first heat conduction member covering at least a portion of the first semiconductor IC, a second heat conduction member covering the second semiconductor IC and the first heat conduction member, and a heat dissipation member. The heat dissipation member covers the second heat conduction member and dissipates heat produced from the first semiconductor IC and second semiconductor IC to the exterior. A thermal conductivity of the first heat conduction member is lower than a thermal conductivity of the second heat conduction member in a horizontal direction, which is a direction in which the first semiconductor IC and the second semiconductor IC are arrayed.
US11837519B2	Heatsink cutout and insulating through silicon vias to cut thermal cross-talk Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages. In an embodiment, the electronic package comprises an interposer, a first die attached to the interposer, and a second die attached to the interposer. In an embodiment, the electronic package further comprises a heatsink thermally coupled to the first die and the second die. In an embodiment, the heatsink has a first surface facing away from the first die and the second die and a second surface facing the first die and the second die. In an embodiment, the heatsink comprises a thermal break between the first die and the second die.
US11837516B2	Semiconductor device In a semiconductor device, on a heat dissipation portion of a lead frame opposite to a mounting portion on which a semiconductor element is mounted, a thin molding portion having a thickness of about 0.02 mm to 0.3 mm is formed by a second molding resin which is a high-heat-dissipation resin. A scale-like portion on which scale-shaped projections are consecutively formed is provided over both sides across a resin boundary portion of the heat dissipation portion. The scale-like portion reaches abutting surfaces of an upper die and a lower die of a mold used in a molding process. Thus, the same void inhibition effect as with an air vent is obtained.
US11837515B2	Semiconductor device and method A semiconductor device and method of manufacture comprise forming a channel-less, porous low K material. The material may be formed using a silicon backbone precursor and a hydrocarbon precursor to form a matrix material. The material may then be cured to remove a porogen and help to collapse channels within the material. As such, the material may be formed with a scaling factor of less than or equal to about 1.8.
US11837508B2	Method of forming high-k dielectric material The present application relates to a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. The method includes: obtaining a substrate, a first device region, a second device region and a high-k gate dielectric layer film being formed on the substrate; forming, on the substrate, a barrier layer structure covering the high-k gate dielectric layer film at the second device region; forming a covering layer film including a first metal element on the substrate; and diffusing the first metal element in the covering layer film towards the high-k gate dielectric layer film at the first device region using an annealing process, the barrier layer structure preventing the first metal element from being diffused towards the high-k gate dielectric layer film at the second device region; wherein the first device region and the second device region have opposite conduction types.
US11837507B2	Gate structure and method of forming same A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same are provided. A method includes forming a sacrificial gate over an active region of a substrate. The sacrificial gate is removed to form an opening. A gate dielectric layer is formed on sidewalls and a bottom of the opening. A first work function layer is formed over the gate dielectric layer in the opening. A first protective layer is formed over the first work function layer in the opening. A first etch process is performed to widen an upper portion of the opening. The opening is filled with a conductive material.
US11837506B2	FinFET devices and methods of forming the same Provided are FinFET devices and methods of forming the same. A FinFET device includes a substrate, a first gate strip and a second gate strip. The substrate has at least one first fin in a first region, at least one second fin in a second region and an isolation layer covering lower portions of the first and second fins. The first fin includes a first material layer and a second material layer over the first material layer, and the interface between the first material layer and the second material layer is uneven. The first gate strip is disposed across the first fin. The second gate strip is disposed across the second fin.
US11837505B2	Formation of hybrid isolation regions through recess and re-deposition A method includes forming a semiconductor fin protruding higher than top surfaces of isolation regions. The isolation regions extend into a semiconductor substrate. The method further includes etching a portion of the semiconductor fin to form a trench, filling the trench with a first dielectric material, wherein the first dielectric material has a first bandgap, and performing a recessing process to recess the first dielectric material. A recess is formed between opposing portions of the isolation regions. The recess is filled with a second dielectric material. The first dielectric material and the second dielectric material in combination form an additional isolation region. The second dielectric material has a second bandgap smaller than the first bandgap.
US11837501B2	Selective recessing to form a fully aligned via A method of forming a semiconductor device having a vertical metal line interconnect (via) fully aligned to a first direction of a first interconnect layer and a second direction of a second interconnect layer in a selective recess region by forming a plurality of metal lines in a first dielectric layer; and recessing in a recess region first portions of the plurality of metal lines such that top surfaces of the first portions of the plurality of metal lines are below a top surface of the first dielectric layer; wherein a non-recess region includes second portions of the plurality of metal lines that are outside the recess region.
US11837498B2	Semiconductor memory device and manufacturing method thereof A process of forming a 3D memory device includes forming a stacked structure with a plurality of stacked layers, etching the stacked structure to form stepped trenches each comprising a plurality of steps, forming a hard mask layer with a plurality of openings over the stepped trenches, forming a photoresist layer over the hard mask layer, and etching through the plurality of openings using the hard mask layer and the photoresist layers as an etch mask to extend a bottom of the stepped trenches to a lower depth.

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