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US11833227B2	Methods for preserving a subject and using imaging contrast agents A method that may be used in the imaging of tissues or subjects includes flushing a tissue or subject with a solution, preserving the tissue or subject, and then introducing an imaging contrast agent into the tissue or subject. After these actions, the tissue or subject may be imaged.
US11833223B2	Antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions and methods Pharmaceutical composition comprising antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof that bind to stage-specific embryonic antigen 4 (SSEA-4) are disclosed herein, as well as methods of use thereof. Methods of use include, without limitation, cancer therapies and diagnostics. The antibodies of the disclosure can bind to certain cancer cell surfaces. Exemplary targets of the antibodies disclosed herein can include carcinomas, such as breast cancer, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, rectal cancer, biliary cancer, liver cancer, buccal cancer, gastric cancer, colon cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, pancreatic cancer, testicular cancer, bladder cancer, head and neck cancer, oral cancer, neuroendocrine cancer, adrenal cancer, thyroid cancer, bone cancer, skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma, and/or brain tumor.
US11833219B2	Method for producing antibody-drug conjugate intermediate by addition of acid and use thereof Provided is a method for producing an antibody-drug conjugate intermediate by addition of acid. An acid additive is used to convert the monomethyl auristatin derivative into a salt thereof to participate in the reaction. The addition of the acid additive can significantly improve the yield of the final product. In addition, the low price of the acid additive greatly reduces the production cost of the final ADC product. Moreover, the method of the present invention adopts a one-step preparation process, in addition to a higher yield of the final product, not only reducing the cost of the consumables, labor, equipment, site, raw materials and the like in the production, but also greatly reducing the production of the waste liquid, and thus reducing production costs and improving production efficiency, and making the method suitable for industrial large-scale production.
US11833214B2	Methods of preparing cell-binding agent-drug conjugates The present invention provides methods of preparing a cell-binding agent-cytotoxic agent conjugate comprising a cell-binding agent (CysCBA) having one or more unpaired cysteine residues covalently linked to a cytotoxic agent. Also provided are conjugates prepared by the methods described herein and pharmaceutical composition and methods of use thereof.
US11833213B2	Compositions and methods for the treatment of viral infections Compositions and methods for the treatment of viral infections include conjugates containing inhibitors of viral neuraminidase (e.g., zanamivir, peramivir, or analogs thereof) linked to an Fc monomer, an Fc domain, and Fc-binding peptide, an albumin protein, or albumin-binding peptide. In particular, conjugates can be used in the treatment of viral infections (e.g., influenza viral infections).
US11833212B2	Linker peptide for constructing fusion protein A linker peptide for constructing a fusion protein. The linker peptide comprises a flexible peptide and a rigid peptide. The flexible peptide consists of one or more flexible units. The rigid peptide consists of one or more rigid units. The flexible unit comprises two or more amino acid residues selected from Gly, Ser, Ala, and Thr. The rigid unit comprises a human chorionic gonadotropin β-subunit carboxy-terminal peptide (CTP) bearing a plurality of glycosylation sites. The linker peptide can more effectively eliminate mutual steric hindrance of two fusion molecules, decreasing a reduction/loss of polymerization or activity resulting from improper folding of an active protein or a conformational change. On the other hand, the negatively charged, highly sialylated CTP can resist renal clearance, further prolonging a half-life of a fused molecule and enhancing bioavailability of a fused protein. Furthermore, a protective effect of a glycosylated side chain CTP can lower the protease sensitivity of the linker peptide, making a linker region of the fusion protein less degradable.
US11833206B2	Polysorbate mixtures having modified fatty acid ester distribution The present disclosure provides polysorbate 20 compositions with particular fatty acid ester concentrations. In some embodiments, they may be used in pharmaceutical formulations, for example, to improve stability.
US11833203B2	Synthetic retinoids (in cell modulation) There are described novel compounds of formula I: (I) in which, in which A1, A2, A3, A4, R1 and R2 are each as herein defined, for use in the treatment or alleviation of an RAR mediated condition; and methods related thereto.
US11833199B2	Peptide fragments from filoviruses and their uses Isolated peptides comprising one or more antigenic sites of filovirus glycoprotein and methods of their use and production are disclosed. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the peptides are also provided. In several embodiments, the peptides can be used to induce an immune response to filovirus glycoprotein, such as Zaire ebolavirus glycoprotein, in a subject, for example, to treat or prevent infection of the subject with the virus.
US11833198B2	Norovirus S particle based vaccines and methods of making and using same Disclosed herein are vaccine compositions, in particular, polyvalent icosahedral compositions for antigen presentation. The disclosed compositions may contain an S particle made up of recombinant fusion proteins. The recombinant fusion proteins may include a norovirus (NoV) S domain protein, a linker protein domain operatively connected to the norovirus S domain protein, and an antigen protein domain operatively connected to said linker.
US11833195B2	Amidated peptides and their deamidated counterparts displayed by HLA-A*02 for use in immunotherapy against different types of cancers The invention relates to a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of (i) SEQ ID NO: 1 to SEQ ID NO: 102, and (ii) a variant sequence thereof which maintains capacity to bind to MHC molecule(s) and/or induce T cells cross-reacting with said variant peptide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11833193B2	A*03 restricted peptides for use in immunotherapy against cancers and related methods The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US11833189B1	Sublingual Semaglutide-BPC 157 combination for weight loss Sublingual Semaglutide compositions may comprise both Semaglutide or a salt thereof and a gastric peptide or salt thereof, in combination. The use of a gastric peptide mitigates gastrointestinal side effects of Semaglutide. A weight loss regimen comprises administration of sublingual Semaglutide compositions in the physical form of sublingual tablets. In preferred embodiments, each sublingual Semaglutide tablet provides about 500 mcg Semaglutide or 750 mcg Semaglutide in combination with 300 mcg of gastric peptide, with the gastric peptide preferably comprising Body Protection Compound-157 (BPC-157). Sublingual administration of Semaglutide finds use in suppressing appetite, losing weight, and maintaining a desired personal appearance.
US11833186B2	Methods and compositions for improving quality of life and increasing activity in aging and chronically ill mammals Methods for improving quality of life and/or increasing activity in an aging and/or chronically ill mammal via administration of a composition of egg powder protein are provided.
US11833177B2	Probiotic to enhance an individual's skin microbiome Compositions, systems and methods of improving the health of the microbiome of an individual's skin relate to the provision of skin contacting formulations containing beneficial bacteria, postbiotics, metabolites and other microbe components to foster the growth and maintenance of a healthy skin microbiome. One embodiment includes a topical application of Lactobacillus Crispatus to ameliorate skin barrier damage and inflammation using unique combinations of probiotics, prebiotics, postbiotics, and other skin-beneficial ingredients, effectively treating inflammatory skin diseases, such as atopic dermatitis, psoriasis and acne, through the production of tryptophan metabolites that act as AHR agonists.
US11833176B2	Composition for treating neonatal HIE The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), comprising thrombin-treated stem cells or exosomes derived therefrom as an active ingredient, and a method for producing the same. According to the present invention, the thrombin-treated stem cell or the exosome derived therefrom has an increased expression of growth factors, immunoregulatory factors, antioxidation factors, or regeneration factors compared to a group not treated with thrombin and also enhances a neuronal apoptosis inhibitory effect, and thus has an advantage in that the therapeutic effect thereof on neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is excellent.
US11833170B2	Altering net charge on mannosylated dextrans to maximize target tissue uptake and off target competitive blocking Provided are compounds, compositions, methods, and kits for increasing target specificity of a mannosylated carbohydrate polymeric therapeutic or diagnostic compound to reduce or eliminate localization of the mannosylated carbohydrate polymeric therapeutic or diagnostic compound to off-target sites. Mannosylated carbohydrate polymers are synthesized to be modified to be either polyanionic (i.e., net negatively charged) or electrostatically neutral, and using these polyanionic or neutral mannosylated carbohydrate polymers as competitors for polycationic (i.e., net positively charged) mannosylated carbohydrate polymers carrying small molecule drug payloads or imaging moieties to CD206 expressing cells in target tissues, such as tumors or other sites of inflammation.
US11833165B2	Synthetic composition and method for treating irritable bowel syndrome The application relates to a method for treating a patient with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the method comprising administering to the patient one or more neutral human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) selected from 2′-fucosyllactose (2′-FL), 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL), difucosyllactose (DFL), lacto-N-fucopentaose I, lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT), and combinations thereof.
US11833161B2	Compositions and methods for treatment of skin infections A pharmaceutical composition for treating skin infections is described herein. A method using a pharmaceutical composition for treating skin infections is described herein. A pharmaceutical composition for treating skin infections may comprise, in 100 parts of the composition, 1-99 parts of a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient; 99-1 parts of a keratolytic; 99-1 parts ethyl pyruvate; and 99-1 parts povidone iodine. A method for treating skin infections may comprise topical application of a composition to an infected skin cell for a treatment period.
US11833156B2	Heterocyclic compounds as pad inhibitors Heterocyclic compounds of Formula (I), (II), and (III) are described herein along with their polymorphs, stereoisomers, prodrugs, solvates, co-crystals, intermediates, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and metabolites thereof. The compounds described herein, their polymorphs, stereoisomers, prodrugs, solvates, co-crystals, intermediates, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and metabolites thereof are PAD4 inhibitors and may be useful in the treatment of various disorders, for example rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis, systemic lupus erythematosis, cutaneous lupus erythematosis, ulcerative colitis, cancer, cystic fibrosis, asthma, multiple sclerosis and psoriasis.
US11833154B2	Methods of treatment of myeloproliferative neoplasm Provided are methods and compositions for treating myeloproliferative neoplasms in patients carrying an IDH2 mutation and a JAK2 mutation.
US11833153B2	N-(substituted-phenyl)-sulfonamide derivatives as kinase inhibitors The invention relates to N-(substituted-phenyl)-sulfonamide compounds, which are extremely useful as inhibitors of protein kinases (e.g. PERK kinase) and accordingly can be used for the treatment of cell proliferative disorders, such as cancer, or diseases associated with activated unfolded protein response pathways, such as Alzheimer's disease. The present invention also provides methods for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of treating diseases utilizing pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds.
US11833152B2	JAK1 pathway inhibitors for the treatment of cytokine-related disorders This disclosure relates to JAK1 pathway inhibitors and the use thereof in treating cytokine-related diseases or disorders such as cytokine release syndrome (CRS), hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), macrophage activation syndrome (MAS), and CAR-T-cell-related encephalopathy syndrome (CRES).
US11833147B2	Procaspase 3 activation by combination therapy The invention provides compositions and methods for the induction of cell death, for example, cancer cell death. Combinations of compounds and related methods of use are disclosed, including the use of compounds in therapy for the treatment of cancer and selective induction of apoptosis in cells. The disclosed drug combinations can have lower neurotoxicity effects than other compounds and combinations of compounds.
US11833145B2	Nicotine formulation The invention relates to a pharmaceutical formulation comprising nicotine. The formulation can be aerosolised at ambient temperature for delivery via inhalation. The invention also relates to a method of delivering nicotine to a subject via inhalation, and specifically via the use of a nebuliser.
US11833143B2	Choline salt forms of an HIV capsid inhibitor The present disclosure relates to choline salts, and crystalline forms thereof, of a compound which is N—((S)-1-(3-(4-chloro-3-(methylsulfonamido)-1-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-1H-indazol-7-yl)-6-(3-methyl-3-(methylsulfony)but-1-yn-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)-2-(3,5-difluorophenyl)ethyl)-2-((3bS,4aR)-5,5-difluoro-3-(trifluoromethyl)- 3b,4,4a,5-tetrahydro-1H-cyclopropa[3,4]cyclopenta[1,2-c]pyrazol-1-yl)acetamide, which is useful in the treatment and prevention of a Retroviridae viral infection including an infection caused by the HIV virus.
US11833139B2	Rifabutin treatment methods, uses, and compositions The invention provides systems and methods for increased clinical efficacy of rifabutin against A. baumannii. The invention takes advantage of the discovery of a ferric-coprogen (FhuE) receptor that is responsible for the uptake of rifabutin into A. baumannii cells. Methods preferably include obtaining a sample from a patient suspected of having an infection; performing a test on the sample to identify an infection of A. baumannii in the patient; and providing a formulation of rifabutin for treating the patient that, when administered to the patient, maximizes a resultant AUC and/or Cmax. The method may include administering the formulation of rifabutin to the patient. Preferably the formulation is delivered to the patient, e.g., by intravenous injection and results in a Cmax is that greater than about 2 mg/L and optionally less than about 50 mg/L.
US11833137B2	Substituted chromenones, IRE1 inhibitors, and methods of using same The present invention includes substituted chromenones that are useful to inhibit the IRE1/XBP-1 pathway. In certain embodiments, the compounds of the invention inhibit IRE1's RNase activity. In other embodiments, the compounds of the invention are useful to treat or prevent a cancer that involve activation of the ER stress response. The invention also relates, in certain aspects, to the discovery that secretory IgM (sIgM) can orchestrate an immunosuppressive microenvironment by recruiting myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) into different tumor models, such as but not limited to solid tumors (such as but not limited to lung cancer) and tumors that have high levels of secreted IgM. In certain embodiments, sIgM produced by B cells or CLL cells can contribute to the accumulation of MDSCs in a tumor. In other embodiments, inhibition of the IRE1/XBP-1 pathway can ablate, minimize, or reduce MDSC levels in a tumor.
US11833133B2	Solid oral pharmaceutical composition A solid oral pharmaceutical composition is disclosed, which comprises: a first active ingredient, which is pitavastatin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a second active ingredient, which is ezetimibe or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and at least one excipient, including a diluent, a stabilizing agent, a disintegrant, a binding agent, a sweetener, a lubricant, a glidant, a flavor, a coloring agent or a combination thereof.
US11833132B1	Method of synthesis of a nanocomposite including silymarin-loaded collagen nanoparticles A method of synthesizing silymarin-loaded collagen collagen nanoparticles can include dissolving silymarin in an alcohol to provide a solution, mixing the solution with acetic acid to provide an acetic acid mixture, and adding the glutaraldehyde to the mixture to provide silymarin nanoparticles. The silymarin nanoparticles can be dissolved in a further alcohol and mixed for a period of time to provide a silymarin nanoparticle mixture. Then, the silymarin nanoparticles can be mixed with collagen nanoparticles to provide a silymarin/collagen mixture. Glutaraldehyde can be added to the collagen mixture to provide the nanocomposite formulation.
US11833131B2	Compositions and methods for treating inflammatory diseases A method of treating an inflammatory disease in a subject in need thereof is provided. The method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a liquid chromatography fraction of a cannabis extract comprising at least 75% tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA), wherein the fraction comprises cannabis derived active ingredients other than the THCA.
US11833128B2	Ketone carbonyl-containing hydrophobic antitumor drug and conjugate thereof as well as nano preparation containing conjugate, preparation method therefor, and application thereof The present disclosure provides a ketone carbonyl-containing hydrophobic antitumor drug and a conjugate thereof as well as a nano preparation containing the conjugate, a preparation method therefor, and an application thereof. The conjugate is an amphipathic pH-responsive conjugate obtained by enabling a dehydration condensation reaction between a hydrazide-terminated polyethylene glycol and/or lactose hydrazide and the ketone carbonyl-introduced hydrophobic antitumor drug. The ketone carbonyl-introduced hydrophobic antitumor drug is obtained by reacting an isocyanate group in a compound containing isocyanate group and ketone carbonyl group with a hydroxyl on a hydroxyl-containing hydrophobic antitumor drug. The hydroxyl-containing hydrophobic antitumor drug includes at least one of paclitaxel, docetaxel, paclitaxel derivatives, or docetaxel derivatives. Compared with docetaxel, the ketone carbonyl-containing hydrophobic antitumor drug, the conjugate thereof and the nano preparation have higher antitumor activity.
US11833123B2	Pharmaceutical composition The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for suppressing reduction in the quantity of lidocaines in external pharmaceutical compositions. In a pharmaceutical composition containing lidocaine and/or a salt thereof, the pharmaceutical composition being accommodated in a container of which the inner walls are configured from linear low-density polyethylene, and being such that the carbon number of the side chain of the linear low-density polyethylene is 4 or lower, a reduction in the quantity of lidocaine and/or salt thereof is suppressed.
US11833121B2	Composition and method for treating neurological disease The present disclosure is directed to methods of treating neurological disorders in a patient such as Parkinson's disease, drug-induced extrapyramidal reactions, and/or levodopa-induced dyskinesia comprising administering to the patient once daily in the morning a pharmaceutical composition comprising about 50 mg to about 400 mg of extended-release amantadine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11833116B2	Preparation method of yeast powder rich in nicotinamide mononucleotide, yeast powder, and methods for improving skin condition, hair health, antiinflammation, cardiovascular health, antioxidation, antiaging and/or relieving body fatigue The present invention discloses yeast powder rich in nicotinamide mononucleotide, a preparation method and uses thereof. The preparation method includes: preparing a first medium, a second medium, and a third medium; inoculating the first medium with yeast for fermentation to obtain a first fermentation broth; inoculating the second medium with the first fermentation broth for fermentation to obtain a second fermentation broth; inoculating the third medium with the second fermentation broth for fermentation to obtain a third fermentation broth; centrifuging the third fermentation broth to obtain a fermented product; and drying the fermented product to obtain the yeast powder. Components of the first medium, the second medium and the third medium include nicotinamide, tryptophan and niacin. The content of nicotinamide mononucleotide in the yeast powder is at least 5000 ppm.
US11833110B2	Drug reconstitution system A system including an adapter for sequential engagement with a cartridge containing a first substance and a vial containing a second substance is disclosed. The adapter is configured to first engage with the vial and subsequently engage with the cartridge such that the cartridge is in fluid communication with the vial via the adapter. The system includes a latch member engageable with a portion of the cartridge. A plunger rod includes a protrusion and is adapted to communicate with the latch member, the plunger rod being transitionable from a disengaged position, in which the protrusion of the plunger rod is disengaged from the latch member and the latch member is locked to the cartridge, to an engaged position, in which the protrusion is engaged with the latch member and the latch member is unlocked from the cartridge and locked to the plunger rod.
US11833098B1	System and method for knee rehabilitation The invention may be embodied in a physical therapy or health maintenance stretching system including a frame configured for engaging a treated leg of a user at or near the popliteal space of the treated leg to allow a knee of the treated leg to bend inwards in response to gravitational force affecting a lower portion of the treated leg. The frame may be further configured to allow a knee of the treated leg to bend inwards in response to a user force directly or indirectly applied to the lower portion of the treated leg.
US11833096B2	Ambulatory respiratory assist device An ambulatory respiratory assist device utilizes a cuirass worn on the chest and/or abdomen and supported by a hip belt so that it does not place a load on the patient's shoulders. The belt also supports a ventilator that includes a pump and its power supply, valving, controls and auxiliary equipment. The device is optionally integrated with auxiliary features such as chest wall vibration, which can be achieved by utilizing cuirass pressure modulation, with shoulder or upper arm supports for simulating the “tripod position”, with positive pressure ventilation apparatus, or with patient monitoring. Shoulder or upper arm supports can extend directly from the belt to the shoulders or upper arms, utilized independently of the cuirass, and optionally integrated with one or more of the above-mentioned auxiliary features.
US11833095B2	Attachment members for a slingbar component of a lift system A slingbar includes a sling attachment member and an actuating mechanism. The sling attachment member includes a frame, a portion of which defines an opening, the frame and opening defining an interior of the sling attachment member and a closure element. The actuating mechanism includes a cam and a linkage arranged to be driven by the cam and to operate the closure element in response to motion of the cam thereby causing the closure element to block or expose the opening.
US11833094B2	Lift unit docking systems A lift unit docking system includes a docking rail, a docking rail adapter, and a locking mechanism. The docking rail is configured to provide ingress and egress of a lift unit to and from an overhead rail, and includes a body defining a channel and an adapter receiving opening within the body. The docking rail adapter is repositionable relative to the adapter receiving opening of the docking rail and is configured to transport the lift unit into and out of the channel of the docking rail. The locking mechanism is repositionable between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein the locking mechanism extends into the channel to block movement of a mounted lift unit toward the adapter receiving opening of the docking rail when in the locked position.
US11833087B2	Subject and surgical equipment monitoring systems A surgical monitoring system including a machine vision sensor, an electronic controller communicatively coupled to the machine vision sensor, the electronic controller including a processor and a memory storing a computer readable instruction set, where, when the computer readable instruction set is executed by the processor, the electronic controller, detects a position of a subject with the machine vision sensor, detects a position of a person support apparatus, compares the detected position of the subject with the detected position of the person support apparatus, and determines if the detected position of the subject and the detected position of the person support apparatus indicates that the subject is not aligned with the person support apparatus.
US11833085B2	Patient transport apparatus with steer lock assembly A patient transport apparatus comprises a support structure comprising base, a frame, and a patient support surface to support a patient. The apparatus also includes at least one caster assembly coupled to the support structure, with each one of the caster assemblies comprising a wheel, a wheel support coupled to the wheel, and a steer lock assembly movable relative to the wheel support. An actuator is operatively coupled to the steer lock assembly to move the steer lock assembly between a non-steer locked and steer locked state to permit or prevent the wheel support and coupled wheel from swiveling about a swivel axis. The caster assemblies can also include a brake assembly coupled to the wheel, with the actuator operatively coupled to the brake assembly to move the brake assembly between a braked and unbraked state.
US11833083B2	Eyewear with integrally formed barrier Eyewear, such as a goggle, includes a movable unitary lens and a chassis. The movable unitary lens includes an interior surface. The chassis includes a body that defines a central opening, and the body is configured to be worn on the face of a wearer. The chassis further includes a barrier that is integrally formed with the body, and the barrier includes an exterior surface that contacts the interior surface of the lens along a perimeter of the lens so as to form a seal with the lens.
US11833081B2	Vision correction with laser refractive index changes Methods and systems wherein laser induced refractive index changes by focused femtosecond laser pulses in optical polymeric materials or ocular tissues is performed to address various types of vision correction, and the laser induced changes to the refractive index avoid ablation and removal of the optical polymer materials while minimizing scattering losses.
US11833079B2	Ophthalmic treatment device and method for driving same The present invention relates to an ophthalmic treatment device and a method for operating the same. The present invention provides an ophthalmic treatment device and a method for operating the same, the ophthalmic treatment device comprising: a treatment beam generation unit for generating a treatment beam; a beam delivery unit for forming a path along which the treatment beam generated from the treatment generation unit is delivered to a treatment area positioned on the fundus; a monitoring unit for emitting a detecting beam along the path of delivery of the treatment beam and sensing treatment area state information on the basis of information regarding a change in speckle of the detecting beam, which is scattered and reflected from the treatment area; and a control unit for controlling the driving of the treatment beam generation unit on the basis of the treatment area state information sensed by the monitoring unit.
US11833078B2	Multi-spot ophthalmic laser A multi-spot ophthalmic laser device that produces spatially distributed laser spots with the spatial distribution of the laser spots defined by a spot diameter to space ratio in the range 1:2 to 1:20. The multi-spot ophthalmic laser device comprises: a laser module producing a laser pulse or sequence of laser pulses each having: a pulse duration in the range of 10 ps to 20 μs; a wavelength in the range 500 nm to 900 nm; and a pulse energy in the range 10 μJ to 10 mJ per pulse; and an optical beam profiling module that modifies an output beam profile of each pulse of the laser module to deliver multiple spatially distributed laser spots of defined size and energy. The multi-spot ophthalmic laser device is used in a method of improving the function of the retina of a human eye by irradiation through the cornea of the eye to the retinal pigmented epithelium by a treatment laser having a beam profile with spatially distributed energy peaks.
US11833062B2	Instruments for expandable interbody implants A system for implanting an expandable interbody implant into an intervertebral space includes an elongated tool, the distal end of which is removably securable to the implant. The proximal end of the tool has an attachment interface for detachable securement to a plurality of different modules, each of which is adapted to effectuate a different function of the delivery system. The different functions include: grasping the implant delivery tool, providing an impaction surface for driving the advancement of the implant, supplying a graft material into the implant, and actuating the expansion of the implant. One of the modules may include a fluid delivery system for supplying hydraulic fluid to expand the implant. A fluid reservoir of the fluid delivery system may be oriented transverse to the cannula that delivers the fluid to the implant. A grafting block can be used to help pre-pack the implant with graft material.
US11833061B2	Expandable intervertebral implant with independent adjustments An expandable intervertebral implant comprises an expandable cage comprising a central frame, a superior endplate, an inferior endplate, an anterior adjustment mechanism and a posterior adjustment mechanism. The central frame including an anterior (distal) threaded bore and a posterior (proximal) bore. The superior (upper) end plate movably coupled along a posterior portion of the central frame. The inferior (lower) end plate movably coupled along the posterior portion of the central frame opposite the superior end plate. The anterior adjustment mechanism including an anterior wedge coupled to an anterior screw movable within the anterior threaded bore. The posterior adjustment mechanism including a posterior wedge coupled to a posterior screw movable within the posterior bore.
US11833048B2	Method and apparatus for cardiac procedures Described herein are methods and apparatus for approximating targeted tissue using locking sutures. The locking sutures can be configured to receive suture ends that are interweaved through portions of the locking sutures. In a pre-deployment configuration, a locking suture can slide along suture tails and can be positioned at a target location within a target region. Once a desired position and/or tension is achieved, the locking suture can be transitioned to a post-deployment configuration where the locking suture constricts around the suture tails to inhibit relative movement between the suture tails and the locking suture.
US11833028B2	Device to be implanted in a subject's body to form an implant, and associated tissue mass and method A device to be implanted in a subject's body to form an implant for replacing and/or increasing a volume of soft tissue, the device being of the type including a three-dimensional frame which defines an inner space in the frame. The frame is typically bio-absorbable and includes two side apertures forming a transverse passage for inserting a vascular pedicle. The device further has at least two bio-absorbable textile sheets that can be stacked on each other in the inner space of the frame.
US11833027B2	Full contour breast implant Full contour absorbable implants for breast surgery redistribute breast volume between the breast's upper and lower poles in exact and desirable ratios. The implants preferably redistribute breast volume so that the upper pole breast volume is 20-40% of the total volume, and the lower pole breast volume is 60-80% of the total volume. The implants are also designed to provide specific curvatures to the poles of the breast, and to angulate the nipple areolar complex slightly skyward so that the patient's nipple is positioned at an angle above the nipple meridian reference line. The implants are designed to be transitory, with sufficient strength retention to allow transition from support of the breast by the implant to support by regenerated host tissue growing in and around the implants, without any significant loss of support during or subsequent to remodeling. The implants may optionally be used with permanent breast implants.
US11833025B2	Systems and methods for implants and deployment devices After a prolonged period in the body, an IVC filter can be substantially absorbed by the body. When this occurs, it can be very difficult and/or dangerous for the patient if the IVC filter is forcibly removed. Thus, it is desirable to have systems and methods for safely abandoning the removal procedure of the IVC filter. Example embodiments of an apparatus for safely abandoning the removal procedure of the IVC filter can include: a sleeve having a lumen and a first hole on a wall of the sleeve; a shaft slidably disposed within the lumen of the sleeve; a flexible distal extension comprising a braid structure with a first opening; and a first lasso encircling a portion of the first opening of the braid.
US11833024B2	Systems, devices, and methods for retrieval systems having a tether The embodiments described relate to retrieving temporary Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters and other endovascular implants or foreign bodies. Features are provided for effective actuation in closing an inner aperture of the embodiments.
US11833023B2	System for treating embolism and associated devices and methods Systems and methods for the intravascular treatment of clot material within a blood vessel of a human patient are disclosed herein. A method in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, positioning a distal portion of a catheter proximate to the clot material within the blood vessel. The method can further include coupling a pressure source to the catheter via a tubing subsystem including a valve or other fluid control device and, while the valve is closed, activating the pressure source to charge a vacuum. The valve can then be opened to apply the vacuum to the catheter to thereby aspirate at least a portion of the clot material from the blood vessel and into the catheter.
US11833022B2	Incontinence clamping device The disclosure describes and illustrates improvements to an incontinence clamping device, to include an adjustable hinge. An embodiment of the incontinence clamping device more specifically includes two arms coupled together with a hinge pin in a way that permits two configurations of the arms. The improvements and inventions discussed herein provide a better user experience and increase the usability of the incontinence clamp device.
US11833020B2	Array of wearable articles Disclosed is an array 1 of wearable articles 20, each article comprising a main body 38 and a ring-like elastic belt 40 comprising a front belt and a back belt wherein at least the front belt or the back belt is an elastic member having an elastic member width in the transverse direction and a non-elastic region; wherein a first elastic member of a first article comprises a first non-elastic region; a second elastic member of a second article comprises a second non-elastic region; a third elastic member of a third article comprises a third non-elastic region; wherein the elastic member width of the first, second, and third elastic members are the same; and the first, second, and third non-elastic regions are different from each other.
US11833018B2	Elastomeric laminate with soft noncrimped spunbond fiber webs An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions. The article also includes a chassis having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet; and an ear joined to the chassis. The ear includes a laminate formed from a first nonwoven and second nonwoven and an elastomeric material sandwiched between said first and second nonwovens. The laminate further includes a plurality of ultrasonic bonds.
US11833017B2	Diaper pants having a partial non-overlapping waist panel structure free of inner material and elastics An absorbent article includes a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis; a front region, a back region, a crotch region, the crotch region being disposed between the front region and the back region; a front panel in the front region, wherein the front panel includes an inner layer and an outer layer; a back panel in the back region, wherein the back panel includes an inner layer and an outer layer; an elastic layer disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer in the front panel; an elastic layer disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer in the back panel; and a single-layer zone in one of the front and back panels, wherein the single-layer zone is free of the inner layer and elastic layer.
US11833016B2	Wound cleaning assembly A wound cleansing assembly, which includes or is a wound cleansing cloth (1), having at least one carrier layer (2) and threads (3) disposed on the carrier layer (2) and protruding from the carrier (2), preferably made exclusively of synthetic fibers, preferably plastic fibers.
US11833010B2	Device and method for dental procedure planning The invention concerns a device for obtaining an occlusal registration of a patient; a method for obtaining an occlusal registration of a patient; and a method for dental procedure planning, such as dental implant planning. Radiopaque markers are advantageously applied to improve the devices, methods, and outcomes related to dental procedures.
US11833009B2	Adjustable system for magnetic denture retention An adjustable denture retention system may include an elongated baseplate configured for adjustable longitudinal positioning within a mouth of a patient. The baseplate may be adapted to magnetically engage a denture in order to retain the denture in place in the mouth without the use of an adhesive. The denture may include one or more magnets and the baseplate may include a ferromagnetic material. The system may include spacers for engaging permanent dental implants within the patient's mouth and for spacing the baseplate from the gingiva to promote dental hygiene. A number of spacers of different heights allows for an adjustable height of the baseplate above the gingiva regardless of the thickness of the gingiva.
US11833003B2	Method for the production of a blank, blank and a dental restoration The invention relates to a method for the production of a blank of a ceramic material, wherein a first ceramic material and then a second ceramic material of different compositions are filled into a mold and wherein the materials are pressed and after pressing are sintered. Thereby, a layer of the first ceramic material is filled into the mold, a first open cavity is formed in the layer, the second ceramic material is filled into the first open cavity and the materials are pressed together and are then heat-treated. Both the first ceramic material and the second ceramic material contain, or consists of, lithium silicate glass ceramic.
US11833000B2	Fluid-driven medical or dental handheld device A fluid-driven medical or dental handheld device includes a head, the head including a housing and a impeller rotatably mounted in the housing. The housing defines a receiving chamber for receiving the impeller, a main air inlet and an air outlet being defined in the housing and communicating with the receiving chamber. An inner surface of the housing surrounding the receiving chamber defines a plurality of grooves, the grooves being arranged at intervals along a circumferential direction of the housing. The grooves reflect rotating airflows directed to the grooves to change directions and speeds of the airflows to form interference airflows, which can effectively reduce the rotation speed of the head at idling, while ensuring the torque output of the head during grinding teeth.
US11832998B2	Penicillin allergy testing kit The kit evaluates the patient's skin for penicillin sensitivity. The kit comprises a container, a multi-site skin test system, five preloaded syringes, and a tattoo-type label that is transferable onto the patient's skin. A multi-site skin test applicator is cooperatively engageable with four reservoirs in a fluid tray. The applicator pierces the patient's skin as trace amounts of the allergy test fluids are simultaneously administered. The tattoo-type label is transferable onto the skin of the patient and includes a QR Code. The QR Code includes machine-readable linkage to artificial intelligence for assisting a doctor in interpreting patient test results. The doctor reviews the artificial intelligence analysis and decides either to accept the analysis or modify it. The doctor may also decide to verify negative results with a subcutaneous skin test. The five syringes are preloaded with saline, two syringes are preloaded with Pre-Pen, and two syringes are preloaded with Pen-G.
US11832997B2	Devices to enhance robotic arm tasks Provided is a stable mounting for a robotic arm, a tool changer for a robotic arm, a motion restrictor for a robotic-arm controlled steerable tool, a dispenser unit for applying a sterile drape over a robotic arm, and a tool radial actuation assembly (TRAA), a robotic arm fitting radial actuation assembly (FRAA).
US11832993B2	Ultrasound diagnostic device and ultrasound signal processing method An ultrasound diagnostic device including a transmitter, a first image processor, a second image processor, and an image synthesizer. The transmitter alternates between first transmission events that include transmission of first detection waves and second transmission events that include transmission of second detection waves. The first image processor generates frames of first images based on reception signals corresponding to a plurality of the first transmission events. The second image processor generates frames of second images based on reception signals corresponding to the second transmission events. The image synthesizer superimposes the second images on the first images to generate synthesized images. Frame rate of the second images is higher than that of the first images. The transmitter performs a third transmission event prior to the second transmission events that includes transmission of a plurality of the first detection waves to acquire reception signals corresponding to one frame of the first images.
US11832990B2	Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, and medical data processing apparatus The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to a present embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: acquire at least one of optical image data and sound data as data related to a confirmation item corresponding to a disorder name of a subject or an examination type for an ultrasonic scan; associate the ultrasonic image data acquired by the ultrasonic scan with the data related to the confirmation item; and store the association in a memory.
US11832982B2	Systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and/or disease tracking The disclosure herein relates to systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and/or disease tracking. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are configured to analyze non-invasive medical images of a subject to automatically and/or dynamically identify one or more features, such as plaque and vessels, and/or derive one or more quantified plaque parameters, such as radiodensity, radiodensity composition, volume, radiodensity heterogeneity, geometry, location, and/or the like. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are further configured to generate one or more assessments of plaque-based diseases from raw medical images using one or more of the identified features and/or quantified parameters.
US11832980B2	Radiography apparatus A radiography apparatus includes an operation controller that invalidates an operation of a collimator using a first operating unit in a case where a radiation generation unit is present vertically downward relatively to a radiography unit, and validates the operation of the collimator using the first operating unit in a case where the radiation generation unit is present vertically upward relatively to the radiography unit.
US11832978B2	X-ray computed tomography apparatus and control method An X-ray computed tomography apparatus according to an embodiment includes an X-ray detector and a processing circuitry. The X-ray detector includes a plurality of detection elements arranged in a plurality of rows at least in a channel direction. The processing circuitry acquires an estimated count number of X-rays incident on the X-ray detector for each of the plurality of detection elements and determines a bit number for transmission for detection data indicating a count number of each of the plurality of detection elements based on the estimated count number.
US11832970B2	Worsening heart failure stratification Systems and methods for monitoring patients for risk of worsening heart failure (WHF) are discussed. A patient management system includes a sensor circuit to receive respiration measurements, and an input device to receive patient dyspnea descriptor indicating dyspnea symptom severity. The system includes a risk analyzer circuit to trend the respiration measurement over time, and to generate a WHF risk indicator using both the trended respiration measurement and the received dyspnea descriptor. A control circuit controls the receiver circuit to receive the dyspnea descriptor in response to the trended respiration measurement satisfying a specific condition. The system can present the WHF risk indicator to a user or a process, or deliver or adjust a HF therapy based on the WHF risk indicator.
US11832969B2	Machine learning approach to beamforming An embodiment according to the present invention includes a method for a machine-learning based approach to the formation of ultrasound and photoacoustic images. The machine-learning approach is used to reduce or remove artifacts to create a new type of high-contrast, high-resolution, artifact-free image. The method of the present invention uses convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to determine target locations to replace the geometry-based beamforming that is currently used. The approach is extendable to any application where beamforming is required, such as radar or seismography.
US11832967B2	Wearable physiological signal detecting device A wearable physiological signal detecting device includes a device main body and a telescopic structure. The device main body has a strap which surrounds to form a wearable space. The telescopic structure is disposed in the strap and has first surfaces and second surfaces. Each of the first surfaces faces the corresponding second surface. Each of the first surfaces and the corresponding second surface continuously move close and contact each other to assume a first state. The strap can be forced so that each of the first surfaces and the corresponding second surface move away from each other and have an angle to assume a second state. The size of the wearable space when the first surface and the corresponding second surface assume the second state is greater than the size of the wearable space when the first surface and the corresponding second surface assume the first state.
US11832963B2	Breath analysis system A portable system is provided for measuring an analyte, such as acetone, in the breath or other bodily fluid of a user. The system includes a portable measurement device that analyzes fluid samples and generates corresponding measurements. The portable measurement device communicates with an application which runs on a smartphone or other mobile device of the user, and the application reports measurement data to a remote system.
US11832962B2	Method for determining whether medication has been administered and server using same Provided is a server for determining whether medication has been administered, the server including: a transceiver receiving a video recorded by a wearable device; a memory storing a detection model and a confirmation model, wherein the detection model is trained to output whether each of preset targets appears in an image, and the confirmation model is trained to output whether medication has been administered, wherein the preset targets include an object related to a medicine or a medicine container and a posture related to medication administration; and one or more processors configured to detect the preset targets by inputting image frames of the video to the detection model and to determine whether medication has been administered by inputting confirmation model input data to the confirmation model, the confirmation model input data generated based on a detection result of the detection model.
US11832960B2	Automated health review system A system and method for providing health care diagnosis, and more specifically, to a system and method for providing automated health condition review and diagnosis with testing recommendations is disclosed. The system includes a condition analyzer server coupled to online prior medical records sources, a current treating facility processor for generating a set of current patient data, the current patient data comprises observations, conditions, vital signs, and complaints, and a data storage device containing one or more sets of one or more predetermined criteria from reference sources and record results. The condition analyzer server return a report containing recommendations potential diagnosis, additional testing recommendations, and reference source materials utilized in generating the potential diagnosis, and additional testing recommendations to the current treating facility.
US11832954B2	Sensory-motor generation of therapeutic musical tracks A patient therapy method and program product are provided for communicating with a patient monitor to obtain data from a patient engaged in physical therapy. A library of musical features includes a plurality of coordinated musical tracks associated with respective functional therapeutic outcomes. The functional therapeutic outcomes include gait characteristics comprising at least at strike, cadence, stride length deviations. Based on a selected functional therapeutic outcome, musical tracks are selected and mixed together at a desired tempo. The tracks are adjusted based on changes in patient data.
US11832951B2	Handling ectopic beats in electro-anatomical mapping of the heart Medical apparatus includes a probe configured for insertion into a chamber of a heart of a patient and including one or more intracardiac electrodes. Interface circuitry acquires intracardiac electrogram signals from the intracardiac electrodes and electrocardiogram (ECG) signals from body-surface electrodes that are fixed to a body surface of the patient. A processor detects, in each of the heartbeats in the sequence, a P wave in the acquired ECG signals and identifies one or more of the heartbeats in the sequence as ectopic beats responsively to a morphology of the detected P wave in the heartbeats. The processor extracts electrophysiological parameters from the intracardiac electrogram signals acquired during the sequence of the heartbeats and generates a map of the extracted electrophysiological parameters while excluding from the map the intracardiac electrogram signals that were received during the ectopic beats.
US11832950B2	Muscle activity monitoring A system for monitoring muscle activity of a biological subject, the system including at least one garment including a number of arrays of electrodes positioned on the garment so that when the garment is worn by a subject in use, the electrodes contact skin of the subject and generate electrical signals indicative of electrical potentials within respective muscles of the subject and at least one electronic processing device that processes signals from the electrodes in each electrode array to determine a muscle activation for parts of the respective muscles and uses the muscle activation to determine at least one muscle indicator indicative of muscle activity of the subject.
US11832949B2	Monitoring system comprising a master device in wireless communication with at least one slave device having a sensor A monitoring system including a master device adapted for wireless communication with at least one slave device having a sensor. The sensor of the at least one slave device is adapted for acquiring a physiological signal. The master device is adapted for providing a synchronization signal to the at least one slave device and instructing the at least one slave device to acquire the physiological signal based on timing instructions. The at least one slave device is adapted for acquiring the physiological signal by means of the sensor according to the received timing instructions and transmitting the acquired physiological signal wirelessly to the master device. The master device includes a processor for processing the synchronized, physiological signals acquired by sensors synchronized via wireless communication.
US11832947B2	Catheter for monitoring intra-abdominal pressure A multi-lumen catheter for monitoring intra-abdominal pressure, the catheter including an expandable outer balloon and an expandable inner balloon positioned within the outer balloon. A first lumen communicates with the inner balloon and the inner balloon and first lumen are filled with gas to form a gas filled chamber to monitor pressure within the bladder to thereby monitor pressure within an abdomen of the patient. A second lumen communicates with the bladder to remove fluid from the bladder. The catheter is configured for attachment of an external pressure transducer communicating with the gas filled chamber for measuring bladder pressure based on gas compression caused by deformation of the expanded inner balloon deformed by the expanded outer balloon.
US11832944B2	Blood sample optimization device Blood sample optimization systems and methods are described that reduce or eliminate contaminates in collected blood samples, which in turn reduces or eliminates false positive readings in blood cultures or other testing of collected blood samples. A blood sample optimization system can include a blood sequestration device located between a patient needle and a sample needle. The blood sequestration device can include a sequestration chamber for sequestering an initial, potentially contaminated aliquot of blood, and may further include a sampling channel that bypasses the sequestration chamber to convey likely uncontaminated blood between the patient needle and the sample needle after the initial aliquot of blood is sequestered in the sequestration chamber.
US11832941B2	Method for fabricating wearable hydrogel glucose sensor Disclosed is a method for fabricating a wearable hydrogel glucose sensor, belonging to the technical field of biomedical sensing, including using polyacrylamide hydrogel as a basic material, preparing a hydrogel film by adding with phenylboronic acid group capable of recognizing glucose molecules, and carrying out grating writing on the hydrogel film in a femtosecond laser direct writing mode to obtain the wearable hydrogel glucose sensor. The hydrogel film combines with glucose and expands linearly, which makes the grating period and effective refractive index change. The quantitative measurement of glucose is realized by detecting the spatial position of diffraction band and the change of diffraction power intensity.
US11832937B2	Injector for transcutaneously introducing a sensor into a patient An injector for transcutaneously introducing a sensor into a patient, including a cannula, a sensor arranged in the cannula, a base element, a sliding element arranged displaceably on the base element in an injection direction, for transcutaneously introducing the cannula having the sensor into the patient in an injection operation. The cannula has a slot in a longitudinal direction of the cannula. The injector has a holding element arranged displaceably on the base element that, in an ejection operation, prevents the sensor from being pulled out as the cannula is withdrawn, by engaging in a distal end region of the sensor through the slot into the cannula. The holding element and/or base element have at least one fixing arrangement to automatically lock the holding element on the base element when the cannula is introduced transcutaneously into the patient. A method for transcutaneously introducing a sensor into a patient is also provided.
US11832936B2	Methods and systems for evaluating hearing using cross frequency simultaneous masking A method for conducting a cross frequency simultaneous masking (xF SM) test begins with generating a signal probe and a masker probe. The center frequencies of the signal and masker probes are separated by a fixed frequency ratio. An xF SM curve is generated by sweeping the signal and masker probes across a given frequency range, while maintaining the fixed frequency ratio between the two. While sweeping, the masker probe is maintained at a pre-determined masker amplitude or a series of pre-determined masker amplitudes. The amplitude of the signal probe is adjusted in response to a series of user inputs, which are then interpolated to generate the xF SM curve. Additionally, while sweeping, the signal probe can be maintained at one or more pre-determine amplitudes and the amplitude of the masker probe adjusted in response to user inputs, which are then interpolated to generate the xF SM curve.
US11832935B2	Device, system and method for caloric intake detection The present invention relates to a device, system and method for automatic and unobtrusive caloric intake detection. The device comprises a respiration input for obtaining a respiration signal indicating the subject's respiration, and an analysis unit for analyzing the obtained respiration signal in the frequency domain by determining one or more respiration signal features from the obtained respiration signal in the frequency domain related to changes in oxidation and by detecting changes of the one or more determined respiration signal features to detect periods of caloric intake by the subject.
US11832928B2	Heart failure indicator System for determining heart failure indicator indicative of a heart failure disease state in a subject, including processing device(s) that at least in part control signal generator(s) and receives an indication of a measured response signal from sensor(s) allowing first and second impedance measurement(s) to be performed across at least one body segment, determines a first fluid level indicator using first impedance value(s) obtained by performing the first impedance measurement(s), the first fluid indicator being indicative of a first ratio of ECF to TBW at a first time, determines a second fluid level indicator using second impedance value(s) obtained by performing the second impedance measurement(s), the second fluid indicator being indicative of a second ratio of ECF to TBW at a second time, determines a fluid level change using a difference in the first and second fluid level indicators, and, determines the heart failure indicator using the fluid level change.
US11832917B2	Device for determining surface properties of hollow structures An elongated device and a system that at the same time allow acquisition of temperature-related data of high spatial and temporal resolution from hollow structures together with other relevant data of physical or chemical variables. In a preferred embodiment infrared or visible light sensors are used to obtain thermal or color images from the inner surface during imposed change of the temperature in the lumen of the hollow structure. The disclosure makes it possible to evaluate thermal variations when the inner surface returns to pre-change thermal conditions. High-resolution data can be obtained with the disclosure. The disclosure further includes a system with rotators, injection pumps, a control unit and display operably coupled to one or more of the data acquisition and processing system.
US11832912B2	Wireless magnetic ultrasonic cavitation in-vivo therapeutic robotic device A wireless magnetic ultrasonic cavitation in-vivo therapeutic robotic device, including a micro-robot and an in-vitro control device; the in-vitro control device has an outer housing in which provided with electromagnetic coils and wireless power emitting coils; the micro-robot has a capsule shaped housing in which a super magnetic module is provided; a micro ultrasonic vibrator and a micro wireless power receiving coil electronically connected with each other are provided inside the housing; the wireless power emitting coils emit electromagnetic field to the micro wireless power receiving coil, which receives and then transforms the electromagnetic field to electrical current to supply power to the micro ultrasonic vibrator. The robotic device creates ultrasonic cavitation effect in the blood, causing rapid vibration of blood cells, which enhances cell regeneration power, burn blood lipids, clear blood clots and ensures good condition of blood vessels.
US11832910B1	Co-manipulation surgical system having adaptive gravity compensation Co-manipulation robotic systems are described herein that may be used for assisting with laparoscopic surgical procedures. The co-manipulation robotic systems allow a surgeon to use commercially-available surgical tools while providing benefits associated with surgical robotics. Advantageously, the surgical tools may be seamlessly coupled to the robot arms using a disposable coupler while the reusable portions of the robot arm remain in a sterile drape. Further, the co-manipulation robotic system may operate in multiple modes to enhance usability and safety, while allowing the surgeon to position the instrument directly with the instrument handle and further maintain the desired position of the instrument using the robot arm.
US11832907B2	Medical robotics systems implementing axis constraints during actuation of one or more motorized joints Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for medical robotic systems that leverage a versatile, open kinematic chain together with a set of medical-procedure-specific software-controlled actuation constraints in order to perform a variety of medical procedures. The robotic system can be operated in a first mode by identifying a remote center and constraining the actuation of motorized joints to maintain intersection of at least an insertion axis with the remote center. The robotic system can be operated in a second mode by identifying a virtual rail position and constraining the actuation of motorized joints to maintain alignment of the insertion axis along the virtual rail.
US11832905B2	Asymmetric gear drive for robotic surgical tools A robotic surgical tool includes an elongate shaft extended through a handle and having an end effector arranged at a distal end thereof, a rack extending along a portion of the shaft and operatively coupled to a knife located at the end effector, a first actuation system housed within the handle and operable to drive the rack and thereby advance or retract the knife at the end effector, the first actuation system including a sector gear engageable with the rack and including a tooth-free zone, and a second actuation system housed within the handle and operable to cause z-axis translation of the shaft through the handle. Rotating the sector gear such that the tooth-free zone faces the rack decouples the shaft from the first actuation system to allow the shaft to freely move in z-axis translation.
US11832899B2	Surgical systems with autonomously adjustable control programs A surgical feedback system includes a surgical instrument, a data source, and a surgical hub configured to communicably couple to the data source and the surgical instrument. The surgical hub has a control circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured to receive an input from the data source, analyze the received data against a stored set of data to optimize an outcome of a surgical procedure, and communicate a recommendation based on the analyzed data.
US11832896B2	Interventional device with electrical connections An interventional device includes a sensor interconnection region (101) for making electrical contact to a sensor (102) disposed on the interventional device. The interventional device includes an electrically conductive elongate shaft, a sensor strip (104), electrical conductors (105, 106), and an electrical shield layer (109). The electrical conductors (105, 106) extend along the sensor strip between a sensor region (111) and a window (112) within which the electrical conductors (105, 106) are exposed. The sensor strip (104) is wrapped around the elongate shaft (103) in a spiral such that the electrical conductors (105, 106) extend along the longitudinal axis (A-A′) within the window (112), and such that an electrical shield contact portion (109′) adjacent the window (112), the window (112), and an exposed portion of the electrically conductive elongate shaft (103′) beyond the wrapped sensor strip provide the sensor interconnection region (101).
US11832893B2	Methods of accessing joints for arthroscopic procedures A method of establishing access to a hip joint is disclosed. Pre-operative images of the hip joint are processed to produce a first three-dimensional model (pelvis) and a second three-dimensional model (femur). Data from the first probe and data from the second probe are collected and processed to produce a third three-dimensional model (pelvis) and a fourth three-dimensional model (femur), respectively. The first and third three-dimensional models are aligned to produce a first aligned model (pelvis), and the second and fourth three-dimensional models are aligned to produce a second aligned model (femur). A target location is determined between the first and second aligned models, and an entry vector cone is determined from the target location. A navigated guide wire is inserted along the entry vector cone to the target location.
US11832883B2	Using real-time images for augmented-reality visualization of an ophthalmology surgical tool A system includes a processor and a display. The processor is configured to: (a) receive, from a camera inserted into an eye of a patient, at least an optical image of at least a region-of-interest (ROI) of the eye, (b) receive, from a position tracking system (PTS), a position signal indicative of a position of a medical instrument treating the eye, (c) register the optical image and the PTS in a common coordinate system, and (d) estimate the position of the medical instrument in the optical image. The display is configured to visualize at least the ROI and the medical instrument.
US11832879B2	Systems and methods for energy delivery The present invention relates to flexible sheath assemblies capable of maintaining a desired positioning at a desired tissue region during medical procedures involving use insertion and withdrawal of medical tools through the flexible sheath, and related systems and methods.
US11832871B2	Methods, systems, and devices relating to surgical end effectors The embodiments disclosed herein relate to various medical device components, including components that can be incorporated into robotic and/or in vivo medical devices, and more specifically including end effectors that can be incorporated into such devices. Certain end effector embodiments include various vessel cautery devices that have rotational movement as well as cautery and cutting functions while maintaining a relatively compact structure. Other end effector embodiments include various end effector devices that have more than one end effector.
US11832867B2	Cryoneedle A cryoneedle comprises an outer tube having a distal section with a generally central gas supply line placed within the outer tube. The gas supply line supplies a cryogas for forming an iceball on an outer surface of the outer tube over the distal section. The gas supply line terminates in an expansion chamber placed within the distal section. The cryoneedle comprises a heat exchange helix contacting the inner surface of the outer tube. The heat exchange helix has an increasing surface area per unit distance of the distal section such that the iceball has a generally symmetric shape.
US11832863B2	Compliant orthopedic driver Embodiments of a compliant orthopedic driver are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, compliant orthopedic driver includes a body extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a driver axis; a driver tip disposed at the distal end of the body, wherein the body includes at least one compliant portion configured to allow the driver flex about at least two axes transverse to the driver axis.
US11832858B2	System and method for fastening of two or more interacting elements A method for securing a first interacting element to a second interacting element is provided. The first interacting element includes a lateral surface established by a first surface and a second surface and at least a portion of the lateral surface includes a thread receipt. The second interacting element includes a distal end and a proximal end that establishes a body therebetween. The body has a thread that is configured to at least partially engage with the thread receipt of the first interacting element. The second interacting element is then inserted at least partially through the surface of an object. The thread receipt of the first interacting element is then abutted adjacent to the thread of the second interacting element. Upon rotation of the second interacting element the thread of the second interacting element at least partially engaged with the thread receipt of the first interacting element.
US11832857B2	Fracture plates, systems, and methods Devices, systems, and methods of bone stabilization. The bone stabilization system includes a bone plate having an upper surface and a lower surface configured to be in contact with bone, the bone plate having an opening extending from the upper surface to the lower surface. The opening is configured to receive a fastener, which may be either a locking fastener or a compression fastener.
US11832854B2	Laminoplasty hinges A surgical implant device configured to adjust in planar orientation or angular orientation or both to correspond to the structure of the lamina to be spanned at the site of a cut of the laminoplasty surgery. The device includes a base having slots extending adjacent thereto, and an extension having a head configured to be adjustably positionable within the slots.
US11832852B2	Pivotal bone anchor assembly with interchangeable closures A receiver assembly includes a receiver with upright arms extending upward from a base to define an open channel for receiving a rod, and a central bore communicating with a bottom of the base through a bottom opening and having a discontinuous guide and advancement structure proximate the tops of the upright arms. Each upright arm further includes one or more tool engagement grooves extending horizontally and circumferentially below the top of the upright arm to a front or back outer face the receiver. The assembly also includes a closure with a cylindrical outer surface having a continuous guide and advancement structure that is mateable with the discontinuous guide and advancement structure to secure the rod within the open channel without engaging the tops or side outer faces of the upright arms, with the closure top being selected from a single-piece closure body with a solid closed-off bottom surface and two-piece closure body having an outer ring and an inner set screw with a solid closed-off bottom surface.
US11832844B2	Atherectomy devices and methods Rotational atherectomy devices and systems can remove or reduce stenotic lesions in blood vessels by rotating one or more abrasive elements within the vessel. The abrasive elements are attached to a distal portion of an elongate flexible drive shaft that extends from a handle assembly that includes a driver for rotating the drive shaft. In particular implementations, the handle assembly encapsulates an electric motor assembly, a pump assembly, and a controller assembly.
US11832843B2	Ultrasonic surgical instrument, associated surgical method and related manufacturing method An ultrasonic therapeutic apparatus includes a handle, a horn or concentrator section terminating in an operative tip, and a transducer assembly set disposed in the handle and operatively engaged with the horn or concentrator section for generating ultrasonic mechanical vibrations therein to vibrate the operative tip during contact thereof with target tissue at a surgical site in a patient. An electrical waveform generator is operatively connected to the transducer assembly for energizing the transducer assembly set with one or more predetermined time reversal ultrasonic waveforms that, upon being applied to the transducer assembly set, result in respective predetermined patterns of motion of the operative tip.
US11832835B1	Fecal impact remover tool and method of using thereof A tool for removing fecal impaction in a patient includes a housing having a front portion, a main body, and a rear portion. The front portion is configured for at least a partial insertion into the patient. The housing includes an internal repository and an inner duct extending from the rear portion to the front portion. The tool further includes a screw trocar having a front end and a rear end, the screw trocar can be rotatably and removably inserted into the housing to extend along the inner duct of the housing, and a suppository trocar having a front end and a rear end, the suppository trocar can be removably inserted into the housing to extend along the inner duct of the housing. The housing is configured to receive one of the screw or suppository trocars at a time to effectuate removal of fecal impaction in the patient.
US11832834B2	Positioning guide system with sensor A positioning guide system for guiding a surgical tool comprising a positioning guide and a user interface. The positioning guide comprising: an interface to correspond to a plurality of anatomic landmarks of a patient; a plurality of sensors to provide an output indicative of the proximity of the interface and one or more of the plurality of anatomic landmarks; and a tool guide, for a surgical tool, positioned relative to the interface. The user interface provides a user output indicative of correct positioning of the positioning guide and the anatomic landmarks of the patient based on the output of the plurality of sensors.
US11832831B2	Dynamic locking device A surgical instrument including a tool, a handpiece, and a locking member. The handpiece includes both a coupling member configured to cooperate with the tool, and a driver for rotating the tool. The locking member is movable from an unlocked position to a locked position in response to centrifugal force generated during rotation of the locking member. The locking member is configured to secure the tool to the handpiece when in the locked position.
US11832829B2	Stabilization of a transseptal delivery device A transcatheter delivery device including a catheter and at least one stabilizer useful for transseptal procedures. The stabilizer includes a shaft connected to an anchor. The anchor has a delivery position in which the anchor is collapsed against the shaft and a deployed position in which the anchor expands to engage a pulmonary vein or atrial appendage to support the catheter within the septal wall as the catheter moves within a left atrium. Various disclosed delivery devices are also configured to ablate tissue proximate the anchor and/or can be disconnected from the delivery device after the procedure to occlude an atrial appendage. Methods of using the disclosed delivery devices and treating a heart are also disclosed.
US11832827B2	Kissing balloons An arrangement for implementing kissing balloons simulating a bifurcated vessel, including a first catheter having a first inflatable balloon, a second catheter having a second inflatable balloon, wherein the first balloon includes a holding element that is adapted to receive and hold a distal end of the second balloon and upon inflation of the first balloon and the second balloon to allow formation of a kissing surface between respective facing surfaces of the first balloon and the second balloon inside the holding element, wherein the holding element is designed and connected to the first balloon to prevent the distal end of the second balloon from passing through the holding element. A kit including the arrangement for implementing kissing balloons and a method of manufacturing the arrangement.
US11832822B2	Buttress for circular EEA staplers A stapling apparatus includes a cartridge assembly, an anvil assembly, and a buttress material. The cartridge assembly includes pushers configured to eject the respective surgical staples from the cartridge assembly, and an outer wall defining a cavity and having a finger deflectably extending over the cavity. The buttress material includes an annular body and a tab extending proximally from the annular body such that at least a portion of the tab is wrapped around the finger of the outer wall of the staple cartridge assembly. The pushers are movable between a first position in which one of the pushers engages the finger such that the tab is secured against the one of the pushers, and a second position in which the one of the pushers is disengaged from the finger such that a portion of the tab is released from the one of the pushers.
US11832818B2	Tissue alignment for surgical closure A device for laparoscopically approximating edges of a tissue opening toward each other for surgical attachment, the device including a first tissue engaging component, and a second tissue engaging component, a spreader component for moving the first tissue engaging component away from the second tissue engaging component, and a control for moving the first tissue engaging component away from the second tissue engaging component. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
US11832809B2	Suture based closure device A suture device may include a suture translation assembly configured to be axially translatable within a lumen of a delivery system and a distal assembly configured to be securable to the distal end of the delivery system. The suture translation assembly and the distal assembly may cooperate to enable a user to pass a needle back and forth between the two in order to endoscopically suture a defect.
US11832808B2	Incisionless endoluminal gastric tissue approximation for the treatment of obesity An incisionless fully endoscopic method of reducing the capacity of the stomach is provided to surgically treat obesity. The method is directed to endoluminal tissue approximation of a portion of the stomach, including at least a portion of the greater curvature thereof. The method includes a pattern of stitching in which a portion of the stomach is closed off. One stitching pattern causes the lateral portion of the stomach to be drawn to reduce the usable volume of the stomach while maintaining a pathway from the esophagus to the pylorus. As the stitching pattern advances, the fundus is automatically drawn downward so that it may be endoscopically approached for stitching in a facilitated manner. According to another aspect of the invention, another stitching pattern extends from the antrum to the fundus between the anterior and posterior portions of the stomach.
US11832806B2	Near bone suture button Suture buttons are disclosed for fixing two bones together. The suture buttons may enable surgeons to more easily and effectively implement a suture button technique, such as to repair syndesmosis injuries in ankles. A first suture button includes a pulley peg extending from a button head. The pulley peg may be positioned with a bone hole upon installation of the first suture button, which may help protect suture and help reduce potential patient discomfort. The second suture button helps facilitate the second suture button flipping into place upon deployment from a button inserter. Each of the first and second provided suture buttons may help reduce friction between the respective buttons and suture during an installation procedure. The first and second provided suture buttons may be used together in a surgical procedure or individually with other suitable buttons or anchors.
US11832803B2	Specimen retrieval system for use in endoscopic surgery A specimen retrieval system for easier tissue removal during endoscopic surgery. The device includes a specimen tube with a main tube, and a mechanism for pulling and everting the distal end of the tube into the tube, or a side channel provided within the tube. The mechanism may include a tether fixed to the distal edge of the tube, or a grasper operable to grasp the distal edge of the tube.
US11832802B2	Biopsy device arming mechanism A biopsy device for percutaneous tissue removal includes an elongated housing having an operational axis, a stylet hub slidably mounted in the housing, where the stylet hub is movable relative to the housing between a proximal, armed position, and a distal, fired position, the stylet hub having a stylet strike, a cannula hub slidably mounted in the housing alongside the stylet hub, and a spring-biased arming member. The cannula hub is movable relative to the housing between a proximal, armed position, and a distal, fired position. The arming member is moveably mounted to the housing proximal of the respective stylet and cannula hubs, and configured for manually-actuated movement from a relaxed, extended position to a loaded, compressed position to define a compressive arming stroke. The biopsy device also includes an arming member biasing spring that restores the arming member from the compressed position to the extended position.
US11832801B2	Sweat as a biofluid for analysis and disease identification Provided herein are methods of detecting and measuring disease-associated analytes such as proteins and antibodies in a sweat sample. Also provided are methods of determining and monitoring the disease state or physiological condition of a subject using small sweat samples.
US11832800B2	Medical visualization and intubation systems A laryngoscope enhancement system (LES) and an intubation system including an LES are provided. The LES includes a holder and a video stylet. The holder includes an adjustable mount to releasably secure an electronic device with a display, and an end cap configured to removably attach the holder to an upper end of a laryngoscope handle. The video stylet includes a connecter removably attachable to the electronic device, a flexible segment, a malleable segment and a video camera.
US11832799B2	Surface mounted assembly and related endoscope A surface mounted assembly is provided and includes a surface mounted device, a cable and a circuit board. The circuit board includes a first outer side and a second outer side opposite to first outer side, and a conductive hole structure. The cable is inserted into the conductive hole structure from the first outer side of the circuit board and affixed with and electrically connected to the conductive hole structure to locate a terminal of the cable between the first outer side and the second outer side of the circuit board. The surface mounted device is mounted on the second outer side of the circuit board. An electrical connecting component of the surface mounted device and the terminal of the cable are affixed with and electrically connected to the conductive hole structure and electrically connected to each other by the conductive hole structure. Furthermore, an endoscope is provided.
US11832798B2	Direct endoluminal-and/or endovascular-illumination systems and methods of use thereof In some embodiments, endoscopy systems and/or methods of using endoscopy systems are described. In some embodiments, an endoscopy system comprises a shaft having an image sensor within a distal tip of the shaft. The shaft can have an expandable cuff disposed on an outer surface of the shaft. The expandable cuff can be moved from a contracted configuration to a deployed configuration. In the deployed configuration, an outer surface of the expandable cuff can inhibit, reduce, or prevent fluid (e.g., blood) flow in the vessel. Inhibiting or preventing the fluid flow can permit direct visualization of the interior of the vessel by the image sensor without interference from the fluid.
US11832793B2	Vivo visualization system Several embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to medical visualization systems that comprise combinations of disposable and reusable components, such as catheters, functional handles, hubs, optical devices, etc. Other embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to features and aspects of an in-vivo visualization system that comprises an endoscope having a working channel through which a catheter having viewing capabilities is routed. the catheter may obtain viewing capabilities by being constructed as a vision catheter or by having a fiberscope or other viewing device selectively routed through one of its channels. The catheter is preferably of the steerable type so that the distal end of the catheter may be steered from its proximal end as it is advanced with the body. A suitable use for the in-vivo visualization system includes but is not limited to diagnosis and/or treatment of the duodenum, and particularly the biliary tree.
US11832791B2	Optical imaging lens assembly and endoscopic optical device An optical imaging lens assembly, which is applied for an endoscopic optical device, from an object side to an image side aligned in order includes a first lens element, a second lens element and a third lens element. The first lens element has negative refracting power, and further has a first convex object-side surface and a first image-side surface. The second lens element has positive refracting power, and further has a second convex object-side surface and a second concave image-side surface. The third lens element has positive refracting power, and further has a third convex image-side surface and a third object-side surface.
US11832788B2	Surgical instruments with rotation stop devices and related methods Surgical instruments with rotation stop devices and related methods are disclosed herein, e.g., for providing limited rotation between first and second components of the surgical instrument in a range greater than 360 degrees. Exemplary rotation stop devices can have a low profile and can include various features to facilitate packaging of the device within a larger instrument.
US11832787B2	User-interface with navigational aids for endoscopy procedures A user-interface for aiding navigation of an endoscope through a lumen of a tubular anatomical structure during an endoscopy procedure includes a video region in which a live video feed received from the endoscope is displayed and an observation location map. The observation location map depicts a point of observation from which the live video feed is acquired within the lumen relative to a cross-sectional depiction of the lumen as the endoscope longitudinally traverses the tubular anatomical structure within the lumen during the endoscopy procedure.
US11832780B2	Mobile cleaning robot dustpan A mobile cleaning robot can include a body and a cleaning assembly. The body can include a suction duct. The cleaning assembly can be operable to ingest debris from a surface of an environment. The cleaning assembly can include a dustpan engageable with the surface to direct debris toward the suction duct. The dust pan can be movable with respect to the body.
US11832771B2	Self-mechanical-cleaning toilet system with water-splash cleaning options A self-mechanical-cleaning toilet system with water-splash cleaning options provides a more sanitary and comfortable bathroom experience with minimum water usage. The system includes a receiving trough, a removal scraper, a guide bar, a back door, a first translation mechanism, a second translation mechanism, and a controller. The receiving trough collects the excrement, while the removal scraper moves the excrement out. The guide bar controls the movement of the removal scraper along the receiving trough. The back door separates the receiving trough from an excrement storage compartment/sewer system. The first translation mechanism moves the removal scraper, while the second translation mechanism moves the back door as necessary. The controller monitors and controls the cycles of the operation of the first translation mechanism and the second translation mechanism. The water-splash cleaning options dispense specified amounts of fluids for cleaning and sanitation purposes. The system also includes means to eliminate unpleasant odors instantly.
US11832770B2	Disposable commode receptacle A disposable commode receptacle comprises an annular body comprising a top opening with a first diameter and a bottom opening with a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, and a wall extending between the top opening and bottom opening and having an inside surface and an outside surface, the outside surface comprising ribs. The disposable commode receptacle may also include an inside-out bag which is friction fit to the annular body.
US11832767B2	Micro puree machine A micro puree machine including a housing, a power shaft, a bowl assembly and a platform. The power shaft extends from the housing. The bowl assembly including at least one locking bowl element. The platform includes at least one complementary locking platform element that is configured to engage the at least one locking bowl element such that rotation of the bowl assembly relative to the platform is prevented at times the bowl assembly is positioned thereon. The platform is rotatable from a first position to a second position relative to the housing such that the platform raises the bowl assembly towards the power shaft during the rotation of the bowl assembly and platform. The raising of the bowl assembly facilitates connection between the power shaft and a blade assembly that is positioned in a lid assembly on the bowl assembly.
US11832766B2	Grinder In a grinder, inner and outer burrs are used for grinding condiment solids into fine grains with a grain size controllable by an inter-burr distance. The grinder has a first body part aligned with a second body part. A separation between the first and second body parts is adjustable by at most a predetermined limited distance, allowing a user to select the grain size by compressing the first and second body parts to alter the inter-burr distance. An undulating ring that is non-metallic and compressively resilient is positioned between the first and second body parts to push the two body parts away from each other after the user stops compressing the two body parts, avoiding the inter-burr distance to be stuck at a most-recently used value without a need of using a metallic spring to rebound the two body parts. A manufacturing cost of the grinder is reduced.
US11832763B2	Oven, as well as a method for stirring foodstuff contained in a vessel disposed in the cooking cavity of such an oven and a stirrer member for such an oven An oven comprises a cooking cavity, a stirring member extending, in use, into foodstuff contained in a vessel disposed in the cooking cavity as well as drive means to provide, in use, relative movement between the stirring member and the vessel. The oven comprises a displacement device to move the stirring member from outside the cooking cavity through an opening in a wall bounding the cooking cavity into the cooking cavity as well as, in use, into the vessel disposed in the cooking cavity.
US11832761B2	Cooking device and components thereof A cooking system includes a housing having a hollow interior and a container disposable within the hollow interior and including a bottom surface. The container defines a container cavity for receiving food to be cooked. A support body is positionable within the hollow interior to support food. The support body is disposable within the container cavity. The container cavity includes a clearance area between a bottom of the support body and the bottom surface of the container. A heating element operably coupled to the support body.
US11832760B2	Roasting and glazing method A method of roasting nuts comprises placing water and a mixture of nuts and sugar in a roaster bowl, mixing the water and mixture, heating the roaster bowl during mixing to roast and sugar coat the nuts, covering the roaster bowl with a cover after roasting and sugar coating, adding water to a reservoir disposed within the cover wherein the reservoir includes at least one metering hole, flowing through the metering hole, from the reservoir to the roaster bowl, the water added to the reservoir, glazing the nuts during the flowing of water into the roaster bowl from the reservoir, and removing the cover from the roaster bowl after glazing the nuts. The measured flow of water through the reservoir results in well coated glazed nuts and prevents the formation of a large burst of steam, thus protecting the operator against being scalded during glazing of the roasted nuts, as well as providing other benefits.
US11832758B2	Beverage preparation system A weigh scale unit may be used in conjunction with a beverage preparation machine to prepare beverages efficiently. The weigh scale unit may provide the status of ingredient addition to a beverage receptacle. The weigh scale unit may send instructions and/or data to the beverage preparation machine. In some embodiments, the beverage preparation machine sends instructions and/or data to the weigh scale unit.
US11832756B2	Method and system for producing beverages Described are a method and a system for the production of beverages by means of a capsule (C1, C2, C3, C4) and a container (A) adapted to house the capsule during the production. The capsule comprises a reinforcement ring (102, 202, 302, 402) which comprises a side wall (103, 203, 303, 403) and a ledge (104, 204, 304, 404) protruding from the side wall. A seal is provided between at least a portion of the side wall of the reinforcement ring and at least a portion of the inner surface (17) of the side wall (5) of the container so as to avoid the leak of the beverage from the interface between the reinforcement ring and the container.
US11832752B2	Heating apparatus and cooking apparatus including same A heating apparatus and a cooking apparatus including the same are disclosed. The disclosed invention comprises: a housing having an accommodation space formed therein and an opened upper part; a container, which is inserted into the accommodation space inside the housing, and has an opened upper part and a space formed therein for accommodating fluid; a heating part for heating the fluid accommodated inside the container; and a cover for covering the opened upper part of the housing, wherein the cover includes a cover main body part, which is provided to have a length extending in the longitudinal direction and a width extending in the horizontal direction, is provided at the housing so as to be rotatable between an opening position at which the opened upper part of the housing is opened and a closing position at which the opened upper part of the housing is closed, and covers the opened upper part of the container at the closing position so as to seal the container.
US11832751B2	Package receiving device A specially designed package receiving device configured to facilitate automatic receipt and notification of packages while preventing unauthorized ingress and egress there-through. The package receiving device includes a frame affixed to an existing support surface, an access panel pivotally coupled to the frame and being selectively rotated along clockwise and counterclockwise directions, a handle affixed to an upper exterior section of the access panel, a plurality of slats pivotally affixed to an interior side of the frame, a box for mail pivotally coupled to the interior side of the upper panel, and a dampening mechanism for providing greater resistive force against rotation of the access panel in the clockwise direction and less resistive force against rotation of the access panel in the counterclockwise direction.
US11832749B2	Chute lockout device and methods A lockout device for an opening of a collection box, such as a postal collection box. The lockout device can include a cover sized to block the opening to prevent access to the contents of the collection box through the opening. In one example, the cover can be assembled over the opening and a locking pin can be inserted through apertures in the lateral sides of the opening walls and lateral sides of the cover. The locking pin can be lock in place using a lock and lock guard. In another example, the cover includes an internal extension assembly with clamping mechanisms that can engage with the lateral sides of the opening.
US11832748B2	PET (polyethylene terephthalate) coated wire hanger and apparatus and method of manufacturing the same The present invention discloses a PET-coated wire for a hanger wherein the wire is coated with PET to form a PET coating having a thickness of 0.03 to 0.05 mm, and a hanger made of the wire. The PET coating apparatus for a wire used for a hanger of the present invention comprises a preheating device 20 for preheating the cleaned wire 10 to 220 to 250° C., an extruder 30 and a dice 40 for coating the preheated wire 10 with PET to form a PET coating having a thickness of 0.03 to 0.05 mm, a cooling bath 50 for cooling the PET-coated wire 100, and a winding device 60 for drawing out and winding the cooled wire. The cooling bath 50 of the present invention is designed such that the wire passes through the cooling bath 50 having a length of 5 m three times for sufficient cooling when the wire proceeds at a high speed of 220 to 300 m/min.
US11832745B2	Wireless drink container for monitoring hydration A wireless drink container can monitor a person's hydration and prompt him or her to drink more if appropriate. The drink containers as described herein can monitor liquid levels and communicate with external devices about the liquid levels and rate of consumption. One or more sensors in the drink container monitor the liquid level within the container. A processor coupled to the sensor(s) estimates how much liquid has been removed from the container from changes in the liquid level and transmits a signal representing the change in liquid level to a smartphone or other external device. It also triggers an audio or visual indicator, such as an LED, that prompts the user to drink more based on the user's estimated liquid consumption and on the user's liquid consumption goals, which may be based on the user's physiology, activity level, and location.
US11832743B2	Parcel locker system with autonomous clusters of compartments An electronic locker system for parcel deposit and pick-up, comprising: a remote shipping system, a long distance communication network, at least one mobile device communicating via the long distance communication network with the remote shipping system, at least one parcel locker constituted of at least one autonomous compartments cluster including at least one compartment equipped with a door and including a locking module, which electronically controls locking and unlocking of the door and which establishes a local communication with the at least one mobile device via a short distance communication, wherein the locking module comprises: an energy management module configured for managing transitions of energy modes and allowing the at least one autonomous compartments cluster to be run in a deep sleep mode or in a sleep mode and regularly allowing a wake-up from said deep sleep mode to said sleep mode, a radio transceiver module equipped with an antenna, and at least one processor running a firmware configured for, while in the sleep mode, regularly emitting with the radio transceiver module a broadcasted short message towards the at least one mobile device.
US11832736B2	Crib panel assembly system A crib assembly includes a frame to support a mattress, an enclosure having sides defining an enclosure area, and an attachment system including a first and second attachment mechanisms. A first side of the enclosure has a first end and a second end. The first end is configured to removably attach via the first attachment mechanism to a first corner of the enclosure and the second end is configured to removably attach via the second attachment mechanism to a second corner of the enclosure. The first attachment mechanism includes (a) a first bolt located at the first end of the first side or the first corner of the enclosure and (b) a first slot located at the first end of the first side or the first corner of the enclosure, opposite the first bolt. The second attachment mechanism includes (a) a second bolt located at the second end of the first side or the second corner of the enclosure and (b) a second slot located at the second end of the first side or the second corner of the enclosure, opposite the second bolt. The first and second bolts are dimensioned to be slidably received within the respective first and second slots to removably attach the first and second ends of the first side to the respective first and second corners of the enclosure.
US11832732B2	Foldable chair frame Embodiments provide a foldable chair frame, it includes an intermediate connecting device including a main body, a block, a first rotating piece and a second rotating piece, the block being provided in an inner cavity of the main body and capable to slide up and down along the inner cavity, the first rotating piece and the second rotating piece being pivoted in an opening groove of the main body and capable to rotate around a pivot point; a plurality of leg tubes pivoted to a periphery of the intermediate connecting device through the first rotating piece; a plurality of front seat tubes and backrest tubes pivoted to the periphery of the intermediate connecting device through the second rotating piece. The present disclosure connects each tube to the intermediate connecting device to make the foldable chair more stable.
US11832729B2	Cover for protecting against insects A protective cover including a mesh sheet, a first pliable support member, and, in some embodiments, a second pliable support member. The mesh sheet has a first end, a second end, a top end, and a bottom end. The first pliable support member extends between the first end and the second end and is spaced a distance away from the top end. In embodiments having a second pliable support member, the second pliable support member extends between the first end and the second end and is spaced a distance away from the top end and spaced a distance away from the first pliable support member. Each of the first and second pliable supports members is movable between a straight configuration and a bent configuration. The mesh sheet forms and sustains a wearable shape when each of the first and second pliable support members is in the bent configuration.
US11832728B2	Controlling vibration transmission within inflation assemblies A housing defines a housing interior. An air pump is within the housing interior. A first set of dampers supports the air pump within the housing. The first set of dampers at least partially isolates vibration of the air pump from the housing. A second set of dampers is configured to at least partially isolate vibration of the air pump from the housing. The second set of dampers arranged in series with the first set of dampers.
US11832727B2	Reclining seating unit with wall-proximity capability and extendable headrest A wall-proximity reclining seating unit includes: a frame having a back member and a pair of arms, the back member being fixed relative to and extending between the arms; a backrest; a seat; a footrest; a reclining mechanism connected between the frame, backrest, seat, and footrest comprising a series of pivotally interconnected links that move the seating unit between: (a) an upright position, in which the footrest is retracted below a forward portion of the seat and faces generally downwardly and defines an angle of between about 20 and 40 degrees with the underlying surface, (b) a TV position, in which the footrest is extended in front of the seat and is generally horizontally disposed, and the seat and backrest are moved forwardly relative to the frame between about 2.5 and 4 inches; and (c) a fully reclined position, in which the backrest is disposed at an angle shallower than the first backrest angle, the footrest remains extended in front of the seat, and the seat is moved forward of its position in the TV position between about 4 and 7 inches. A power actuator coupled to the reclining mechanism drives the backrest, seat and footrest between the upright, TV and fully reclined positions.
US11832726B2	Seating unit with extendable footrest A seating unit includes: a frame configured to rest on an underlying surface comprising a pair of opposed arms, a seat fixed relative to the arms, and a backrest fixed relative to the arms; a footrest; and a footrest mechanism attached to the footrest and the arms. The footrest mechanism comprises a plurality of pivotally interconnected links configured to move the footrest between a retracted position, in which the footrest is positioned beneath the seat and defines an angle of between about 20 and 40 degrees with the underlying surface, and an extended position, in which the footrest is positioned in front of the seat and is generally horizontally disposed and generally inverted from its disposition in the retracted position.
US11832724B2	Rotational bar for drawer slide latch operation A rotating bar may be used to unlatch a drawer of a cabinet. In some embodiments a drawer slide used to extendably mount the drawer within the cabinet includes a latch comprised of a tab coupled to an inner member and a catch to receive the tab on an outer member. The tab may be part of a release lever, which may be actuated by an arm coupled to the rotating bar, to release the latch.
US11832723B2	Multi-function table A furniture unit in the form of a multi-function table including a base having front end, a rear end, and a primary cavity. A first storage unit is located within the primary cavity to define a first storage area having a first opening at the front end of the base that is closed by a first closure member. A second storage unit is located within the primary cavity to define a second storage area having a second opening at the front end of the base that is closed by a second closure member. The primary cavity may have a rear portion located between the first and second storage units and the rear end of the base. A compressor may be located within the rear portion of the primary cavity and may be operably coupled to the first storage area to cool the first storage area.
US11832720B2	Corrugated hutch The present invention provides a hutch having a pair of opposed sidewalls and a back wall and a shelf having a first planar surface extending between the sidewalls supported by four support panels each having a second planar surface transverse to the first planar surface.
US11832719B2	Table with removable legs A furniture assembly can include a tabletop with removable legs. The removable legs can be attached to the tabletop with a socket having a threaded member mounted in a non-fixed and anti-rotation registration at the bottom of the socket. The legs can be mounted to the socket by insertion and turning for threaded engagement. The floating engagement mechanism can allow the threaded fastener member to move during installation to provide for enhanced alignability between the leg and the threaded fastener member.
US11832713B2	Electric utility brush with a dynamic brush head An electric utility brush with a dynamic brush head which has a rotatable head which is capable of undergoing rotation about two separate axes in order to effect multiple modes of brushing.
US11832711B2	Cosmetic dispenser and method for operating same A cosmetic dispenser includes a communication unit, a control unit for acquiring at least one of user information and environment information through the communication unit and acquiring a cosmetic dispensing method based on at least one of the user information and the environment information, and a cosmetic dispensing unit having a plurality of cartridges for containing cosmetics and a discharge unit for discharging the cosmetics contained in the plurality of cartridges. The control unit receives input information in which an amount of cosmetics to be provided is selected by either a number of times of use or a period of use. The cosmetic dispensing unit dispenses each of the cosmetics contained in the plurality of cartridges in an amount corresponding to the number of times of use or the period of use selected according to the input information.
US11832710B2	Storage case for artificial lash extensions A storage case for holding artificial lash extensions includes a storage base. The storage base includes a first outer sidewall having first curved surface, and a first plurality of indentations extending inward from the first curved surface of the first outer sidewall. Each indentation of the first plurality of indentations is substantially flat and extends inward from the first curved surface. Each indentation of the first plurality of indentations is designed to house an artificial lash extension of the artificial lash extensions.
US11832695B2	Handbag providing different degrees of EMF protection Wearable or carryable items have multiple compartments that provide RF shielding for personal electronic devices. Different compartments provide different degrees of shielding. Depending on the compartment you use, you may continue to have the ability to receive messages while your body will be protected from the EMF RF exposure, or you can make the device unavailable to the RF network altogether. Wherever you decide to store your devices, this will encourage awareness of usage. You can time-block your usage and now make room for fully present, engaging human experiences. This practice will have an immediate and ever deepening effect on the user's personal and professional life and create a healthier, happier more emotionally balanced population.
US11832689B2	Method for placing of components A method for the manufacture of a sports article, in particular a sport shoe, can include the operations of: (a) providing at least one laminar component; (b) providing at least one three-dimensional object; and (c) placing the component onto the object by means of a first roll while simultaneously moving the object relative to the roll.
US11832685B2	Fluid enhanced footwear A footwear including an outsole portion; an insole portion, wherein an upper surface area of the midsole portion being operable for contacting a wearer's foot; a midsole section, the midsole section is disposed between the outsole portion and upper or strap portion, wherein the midsole section is configured to be operable for absorbing a shock imposed on the footwear; a predetermined amount of fluid; a fluid compartment disposed in the midsole section, wherein the fluid compartment is configured to house the predetermined amount of fluid, in which a perimeter area around the fluid-filled compartment comprises a translucent or clear material, and wherein the housed fluid can be seen or observed through the compartment; and in which an upper surface area of the fluid-filled compartment that is into engagement with a top layer of the midsole portion comprises a pliable material that is configured to stretch under pressure.
US11832680B2	Additive color printing Methods and systems are provided for color printing onto nonwhite substrates and articles. For example, an article of apparel is provided that includes multiple layers of ink with a combination of a white ink and at least one color ink, and each layer having a ratio of white ink to color ink, wherein the ratio is the same.
US11832672B2	Hat shaping device A hat shaping device is configured to be installed on headwear (e.g., on a band of a peaked cap) to urge the headwear into an oblong and/or oval shape. The device includes a pair of hooks connected together in a manner that allows the device to be transitioned between a deployed configuration, in which the device is configured for installation on the headwear, and a stowed configuration, in which the device is configured for easy storage and/or transport. In some examples, the device is collapsed when in the stowed configuration (e.g., with respective legs of the pair of hooks nested together one on top of the other.).
US11832660B2	Garment having an internal airflow space between inner and outer fabrics and a separate heat insulation material in the internal airflow space A garment, to which a blower device is detachably attachable, includes a main body and a heat insulation material. The main body includes at least an outer fabric having an attachment hole through which the blower device can be partially inserted. The main body is configured to cover at least a portion of a body of a wearer. The heat insulation material is attached to the main body at least on an inner side of the outer fabric. The heat insulation material is configured to cover at least a portion of the body. The garment is configured such that the heat insulation material is detachable from the main body.
US11832658B2	Garment configured to enable localized soaking of the upper torso A garment configured for placement and wearing on the upper torso, chest, and back of a wearer for soaking the breast tissue and chest of the wearer for the treatment of sore and irritated tissue. The garment having a shell portion configured to form a cavity surrounding this anatomical region allowing the wearer the ability to place a fluid into an interior space of the shell. The garment including a gasketing means and securing means coupled to the shell portion and configured to aid in providing a watertight or semi-watertight seal and securing the device in proper placement on the wearer.
US11832657B2	Adaptive support apparel systems and methods Systems and apparatus related to adaptive support garments including adaptive support structures, lacing systems, and an adaptive engine are discussed. In an example, an adaptive support garment includes a support structure, a plurality of lace guides, a lace cable, and an adaptive engine. The support structure is configured to wrap around a portion of anatomy of a wearer and apply a compression on the portion of anatomy. The plurality of lace guides are disposed on the support structure. The lace cable extends through the lace guides to form a lacing pattern over a lacing region of the support structure. The adaptive engine is coupled to the support structure and engages with the lace cable. The adaptive engine is also configured to increase or decrease tension on the lace cable to increase or decrease compression of the support structure on the portion of anatomy, respectively.
US11832655B2	Heating array with heating elements arranged in elongated array The heating array includes first heating elements arranged in an elongated array, the first heating elements spanning from a first end to a second end of the elongated array, a midsection of each one of the first heating elements bowing concentrically outward from a radial centerline running longitudinally through the first end and the second end, the first heating elements being configured to flex concentrically inward when a hoop force is applied to sides of the elongated array.
US11832654B2	Electrically heated aerosol generating system and method An electrically heated aerosol generating system for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate includes at least one heating element for heating the substrate to form the aerosol and a power supply for supplying power to the at least one healing element. The power supply includes a voltage source, two or more supercapacitors, and switches between the voltage source and the two or more supercapacitors. The switches are arranged so that, during a charging mode, the supercapacitors are connected so as to be charged by the voltage source and, during a heating mode, the supercapacitors are connected so as to discharge through the at least one heating element.
US11832653B2	Inductive heating apparatus and operation method thereof An inductive heating apparatus for inductively heating a susceptor of an aerosol forming body, which includes the susceptor and an aerosol source, includes: a power supply, an alternating current generation circuit that generates alternating current from power supplied from the power supply; an inductive heating circuit for inductively heating the susceptor, and a control unit configured to detect the susceptor based on an impedance of a circuit to which the alternating current generated by the alternating current generation circuit is supplied, and start the inductive heating in response to the susceptor being detected.
US11832652B2	Electronic smoking article An electronic smoking article includes a liquid supply region including liquid material and a heater-wick element operable to wick liquid material and heat the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol. The heater-wick element is formed of a carbon or graphite foam.
US11832650B2	Heat-not-burn electronic cigarette device In one aspect, a heat not burn electronic cigarette device may include a cap comprising a fixer and a mouthpiece; an air tube coupled to the cap; a connector coupled to the air tube; said connector having an opening and a connector cap removably covering the opening; a heating tube coupled to the connector; and a cigarette unit inserted into the heating tube, wherein cigarette smoke is generated from the cigarette unit when heated by the heating tube, and the cigarette smoke can then pass through an airway including the connector, the air tube, the fixer and the mouthpiece. In one embodiment, a diameter of the opening is ½ to ⅓ of a height of the connector.
US11832645B2	Electronic atomization device and atomizer The present disclosure relates to an electronic atomization device and an atomizer thereof. The atomizer includes a housing and an inhalation mouthpiece sleeved on an upper portion of the housing. A first air inlet channel communicating with the outside is provided between the inhalation mouthpiece and the housing. The housing is provided with a second air inlet port communicating with the first air inlet channel. The first air inlet channel is provided with a liquid absorption structure, which includes a plurality of first liquid absorption microgrooves provided on the outer sidewall portion of the housing that is located within the first air inlet channel. By providing the plurality of first liquid absorption microgrooves, most of the condensate can be absorbed by capillary tension and thus will not flow to the outside of the housing and the atomizer, thereby improving user experience and aesthetic appearance effect of the atomizer.
US11832643B2	Smoking article with heat transfer component Smoking articles are disclosed herein. The present disclosure is directed to a smoking article that comprises a heat source configured to generate heat upon ignition thereof, a substrate material having opposed first and second ends, the heat source being disposed proximate the first end of the substrate material and the substrate material having an aerosol precursor composition associated therewith, a mouthpiece, the mouthpiece being disposed proximate the second end of the substrate material, and a heat transfer component. In one implementation, the heat transfer component comprises a hollow structure and opposing first and second flanges located on respective ends thereof, wherein the hollow structure extends through the heat source such that the heat source is located between the first and second opposing flanges. In another implementation, the heat transfer component is located within the heat source, penetrates at least a portion of the substrate material, and includes a cap located between the heat source and the substrate material.
US11832642B2	Pipe and cartridge for a smokable media A pipe and cartridge for smokable media are disclosed. The pipe and cartridge can be used in combination as a pipe and cartridge system. The cartridge is configured to hold an amount of smokable medium, can be sealed on top and bottom to maintain freshness of the smokable medium prior to consumption, and has a side wall configured such that a space for heat convection is formed between the side wall and a side wall of a recess of a pipe. The pipe can include a body, a recess configured to hold the cartridge such that a space for heat convection is formed between the side wall of the recess and the side wall of the cartridge, a channel formed in the body and that extends from a bottom of the recess to a side wall of the body, and an optional lid.
US11832637B2	Smart system and method for providing information about green vegetable juice Proposed is a smart method of providing information about green vegetable juice, the method including: obtaining juice-extraction information which includes information about juice-extraction time of the green vegetable juice, information about weight of the green vegetable juice, and information about ingredients for the green vegetable juice; receiving intake information about the green vegetable juice from a user; calculating change in the weight and freshness of stored green vegetable juice based on the juice-extraction information and the intake information; and generating and displaying a smart button with status information about the stored green vegetable juice based on the calculated change in the weight and freshness of the green vegetable juice. By this method, it is possible to intuitively know the weight and the freshness of the stored green vegetable juice.
US11832632B2	Chocolate replicas produced from individual components Materials and methods for producing chocolate replicas from individual components are provided herein.
US11832631B2	Oil suspensions of edible solids, triglycerides with saturated fatty acids, MCT oils with antioxidants and solid and semi-solid oil-derivatives for food Taste-enhanced liquid, semi-solid and/or solid oil-based suspensions are provided, which consist of a carrier oil and edible solid particles (e.g., crystalline salt and/or sugar, and optionally spices) having median diameter of less than 15 μm. The particles are reduced in size in the suspension, allowing enhancement of their organoleptic effects while reducing their amount to meet nutritional demands. The solid or semi-solid oil-derivatives comprise heterogeneous triglycerides of saturated fatty acids, including at least one saturated fatty acid having 12 carbons or more—selected to provide a required temperature-viscosity profile and/or a required melting temperature profile of the oil-derivative that corresponds to the food product. Also, non-oxidizing frying oil is provided, based on saturated fatty acids. The frying oil comprises triglycerides that include mostly or wholly saturated fatty acids, as well as small amounts of antioxidants that prevent residual oxidation of the oil during prolonged frying.
US11832630B2	Methods for making heat-treated cheeses Disclosed are methods for producing cheeses having the desirable properties of process cheese, using phospholipase enzyme(s), without the addition of emulsifying salts to produce such cheeses. The methods of the invention allow a cheese processor to produce a reduced-sodium process-type cheese without losing the recognized meltability and texture of processed cheese.
US11832627B2	Marinator apparatus A marinator apparatus for the preparation of pieces of a whole chicken includes a fluid-tight hollow drum with opposing top and bottom walls that are substantially planar and that include an opening with a lid configured to sealingly close the opening. The drum further includes an interior baffle fixed inside that separates the drum into a top compartment accessible only through the top opening and an opposite bottom compartment accessible only through the bottom opening. The drum is supported for rotation by a support axle projecting from one end wall and a drive axle projecting from the opposite end wall. The drive axle includes a driven gear configure to be driven by a powered drive gear.
US11832623B2	Separating machine with feeding wheel A separating machine separates a food source material into first and second food portions. A separating arrangement includes a roller assembly and a belt assembly including a belt to be driven by the roller assembly. The separating arrangement includes a drum assembly arranged proximate to the belt assembly to define a separation area. The separating arrangement includes an inlet assembly configured to receive the food source material and a feeding wheel assembly positioned proximate to or within the inlet assembly and configured to direct the food source material into the separation area. The belt assembly is arranged relative to the belt assembly such that the food source material is pressed by the belt against the outer surface of the drum and the first food portion is pressed through the holes while the second food portion remains outside of the drum interior, thereby separating the first and second food portions.
US11832622B2	Automated monitoring and control of food processing systems Systems and methods for automated monitoring and control of food processing systems are disclosed. Data from one or more controllers of a food processing system is received during operation of the food processing system at a remote food processing facility. Values of one or more operating parameters of the food processing system are monitored, based on the received data. At least one event of interest occurring during the operation of the food processing system is detected, based on the monitored values of the one or more operating parameters. Control signals for adjusting a configuration of the food processing system are transmitted to the one or more controllers, based on the detected event.
US11832621B1	Methods and systems for intelligent processing of aquatic products The present disclosure involves a calculation method and device for intelligent cutting squid white slices, the calculation method being implemented on the device for intelligent cutting squid white slices. The calculation method may be implemented on a calculation device, the calculation device may have at least one processor and at least one storage medium including an instruction set used for intelligent cutting the squid white slices, the calculation method including: reading a laser point cloud data of a three-dimensional (3D) topography of the squid white slices; optimizing the laser point cloud data; extracting an effective area of the squid white slices; determining a cutting zero point; determining a cutting process area; and determining optimization of a cutting point position and a cutting angle. The one or more embodiments provided by the present disclosure may satisfy the needs of large-scale continuous production in factories, reduce labor costs, and improve production efficiency.
US11832619B2	Dough processing device, for use on a dough line The present invention relates to a dough processing device, for use on a dough line, comprising at least one dough processing tool, such as a flour dispenser, a roller, a cutter, a folding shoe, for processing the dough on a conveyor; arranged in a frame, arranged for being placed as a bridge over a dough conveyor and thereto having supports at opposite ends; provided with a fastener, for fastening the supports on either side to a dough conveyor housing; wherein at least one support is provided with a transport device, for transporting the dough processing device directly over a conveyor while supporting the dough processing device on said conveyor. The invention further relates to a dough processing line comprising such a dough processing device.
US11832618B2	Spatial insect repellent compositions Disclosed herein are spatial insect repellent compositions comprising pyrethrins and about 5% to about 20% by weight p-menthane-3,8-diol.
US11832617B2	Anti-viral paints and coatings and articles comprising same Disclosed herein are material composition formulated for mitigating activity of a virus on a surface of an article. Methods of preparing such a material composition are also disclosed.
US11832615B2	Plant disease control composition and plant disease control method A composition for controlling plant diseases comprising Paecilomyces fumosoroseus, and one or more nematicidal active ingredients selected from specific groups has an excellent controlling effect on plant diseases.
US11832609B2	Agricultural sprayer with real-time, on-machine target sensor An agricultural applicator, that applies material to an agricultural field, includes an on-board, real-time image sensor that senses targets for the material to be applied. A controller controls applicators, such as nozzles or other applicators, to apply the material to the sensed targets.
US11832608B2	Critter deflector A deflector apparatus includes a curved wall, a vertical mounting flange and a base. The curved wall includes a concave side. The vertical mounting flange is mounted to a wall, adjacent to an opening (e.g., a garage door) with the concave side facing away from the opening, and the base on the ground at the opening. The base may comprise a bottom edge of the wall, or a bottom flange, or a bottom wall. A deflector may be located at each side of the opening with the concave side facing away from the opening. The deflector is sized and configured to deter or deflect common pests.
US11832605B2	Rodent trap A rodent trap for catching rodents having a housing and a top cover with a plurality of inside walls and at least one inside wall has a lateral tab protruding inward. The rodent trap also has a bottom base with a plurality of inside walls and at least one inside wall there is an opening that aligns with the at least one inside wall of the top cover that comprises the lateral tab. Further, the bottom base has a tunnel adjacent a poison cavity, and the tunnel has an opening configured for allowing the rodents to travel from the tunnel to the poison cavity. Also, the poison cavity has at least one structure for retaining poison for the rodent to eat the poison and die either in the housing or outside the housing.
US11832604B2	Hunting and fishing harpoon machete A hunting and fishing gear includes a haft (1), a harpoon body (2) extending in a longitudinal direction of the haft (1) from one end of the haft (1), and a plurality of harpoon tips (3) extending in a lateral direction Y from one side portion of the harpoon body (2) in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction X of the harpoon body (2), and a barb (5) or a come-off prevention section (11; 12) provided to protrude into a space part (4) from at least one of the harpoon tips (3) located in the space part (4). Therefore, when a person grips a handle (7) with the person's hand (17) to use the hunting and fishing gear by swinging it in the direction of an arrow Z, the plurality of harpoon tips easily pierce a prey.
US11832602B1	Magnetic hook keeper A fishing rod has a rod portion and a handle portion separated by a reel seat. At least one portion defines a magnet receiving area, which may be external or within a hollow portion that is surrounded by a wall and that is located in the rod portion, the reel seat portion, or in the handle portion for receiving a spacer piece. The spacer piece may be cylindrical shaped and made of foam. The spacer piece defines a receiving cavity for receiving a magnet. In one embodiment, the receiving cavity is asymmetrically oriented in the spacer piece such that the receiving cavity has a close side that is a first distance from the wall and has a far side that is a second distance from the wall for locating an area of best magnetic attraction at a predetermined location on an exterior of the rod portion or handle portion.
US11832601B2	Cytoplasmic incompatibility factors and methods for controlling anthropods The disclosure relates to genetically modified bacteria, genetically modified arthropods, and methods for controlling and/or reducing arthropod populations.
US11832600B2	Insect drinking water supply An insect breeding device comprising at least one insect cage; a bin for holding drinking water or a tap for providing drinking water; a first pipe connected to the tap for receiving the drinking water, wherein the pipe is entering the at least one insect cage through a first opening; a nozzle, coupled to the first pipe, positioned inside the at least one insect cage configured to deliver the drinking water to the interior of the at least one insect cage; and a second pipe, coupled to a second opening, different from the first opening and located in the top wall of the cage or in a side wall of the cage, in the at least one insect cage, configured to deliver conditioned air into the at least one insect cage; and a third pipe, coupled to a third opening, different from the first and second opening and located in the top wall of the cage or in a side wall of the cage opposite to the second opening, in the at least one insect cage, configured to receive the conditioned air from the at least one insect cage.
US11832598B2	Genetically modified non-human animals and methods for producing heavy chain-only antibodies The present application provides genetically modified non-human animals and methods for producing heavy chain-only antibodies (HcAbs), wherein the genetically modified non-human animal comprises a germline genome comprising an engineered immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) allele at an endogenous IgH locus, wherein the engineered IgH allele lacks functional gene segments encoding CH1 domains of all endogenous IgG subclasses. In some embodiments, a genetically modified mouse is provided, comprising an engineered IgH allele that lacks a functional endogenous gene segment encoding Cγ3, Cγ1, Cγ2b and CH1 exon of Cγ2c. Further provided are HcAbs or derivatives thereof produced by the genetically modified non-human animals.
US11832591B1	Pet light-emitting safety device, pet chest and back harness, and pet collar A pet light-emitting safety device includes a light guide bar and a light source controller controlling light transmitting to the light guide bar. The light guide bar includes a light-emitting body and fixing portions connected to the light-emitting body. The fixing portions define end surfaces configured to input the light. The light source controller includes a box body, a main control board accommodated in the box body, and light sources connected to the main control board. Sides of the box body defines channels fixing the fixing portions. The fixing portions are separately inserted into a corresponding channel. Each of the light sources is arranged on one end of each of the fixing portions away from the corresponding channel. Light-emitting surfaces of the light sources face the end surfaces of the fixing portions. A pet chest and back harness and a pet collar include the pet light-emitting safety device.
US11832589B2	Animal communication assistance system Data is received identifying an interaction by an animal with a communication device, where the communication device includes a plurality of scent elements, each of the plurality of scent elements includes a different respective different scent, and a combination of the scents of the plurality of scent elements produces a combined scent, where the combined scent implements a scent marker, and the interaction is based on the scent marker. A meaning associated with the scent marker is determined based on the interaction. A communication by the animal is determined based on the interaction based on the meaning. Communication data is generated to identify the communication.
US11832588B2	Pet hair removal comb A pet hair removal comb includes a comb head with a knife holder assembly, a handle assembly and a hair removal push plate. The comb head is mounted at a front end of the handle assembly; the hair removal push plate is mounted on the comb head and located at a back side of the knife holder assembly; the handle assembly is provided thereon with a button assembly; the hair removal push plate includes a push plate that is movable in up and down directions and a push part at a front end of the push plate; a connecting rod is provided between the button assembly and a back surface of the push plate; two ends of the connecting rod are respectively movably connected with the button assembly and the push plate; the button assembly slides to push, through the connecting rod, the push plate to move.
US11832586B2	Animal identification system and related methods One variation of a system includes a tag including a panel defining an inner face; an outer face opposite the inner face and comprising a digital optical identifier; and a set of perforations interposed between the digital optical identifier and a perimeter of the panel; a tag housing molded around the perimeter of the panel and through the set of perforations in the panel; defining a body supporting the inner face of the panel; defining a rim extending from the body, encasing an edge of the panel; extending through the set of perforations in the panel; and extending over the set of perforations in the panel; and a barb extending from the body opposite the rim; a backing plate configured to receive the barb of the tag housing; and an applicator configured to drive the barb through an ear of an animal and into the backing plate.
US11832581B2	Pepper line SBR-8T18-6549 The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper line SBR-8T18-6549. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper line SBR-8T18-6549 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper line SBR-8T18-6549 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US11832580B2	Soybean cultivar 06150159 A soybean cultivar designated 06150159 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 06150159, to the plants of soybean cultivar 06150159, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 06150159, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 06150159. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 06150159. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 06150159, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 06150159 with another soybean cultivar.
US11832577B2	Soybean cultivar 08070926 A soybean cultivar designated 08070926 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 08070926, to the plants of soybean cultivar 08070926, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 08070926, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 08070926. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 08070926. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 08070926, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 08070926 with another soybean cultivar.
US11832572B2	TolCNDV resistant melon plants The present invention relates to ToLCNDV resistant melon plants comprising one or two introgression fragments in their genome.
US11832564B2	Brush cutter This brush cutter includes: a drive unit; a working unit which is driven by power of the drive unit; a shaft which transmits the power of the drive unit to the working unit; a tubular portion which is disposed between the drive unit and the working unit, and in which the shaft is inserted; a floating box which has a handle support portion; and a handle which is supported by the handle support portion. The brush cutter is provided with a vibration absorbing member which fits in a tubular portion side fitting portion provided in the tubular portion and fits in a box side fitting portion provided in the floating box.
US11832562B2	Method and system for providing nutrients to a plant Methods and systems for providing nutrients to a plant are provided herein in which a feed solution containing water and solubilized nutrients are delivered to the plant at a desired ratio of concentration of water to fertilizer at each watering event in order to provide the plant with a consistent water to mineral ratio within their vascular system.
US11832556B2	Baler with a moveable roller A baler for forming a bale of crop material includes a plurality of walls defining a bale chamber. A drive roller and a plurality of idler rollers are disposed in the bale chamber. At least one baling belt contacts the drive roller and the plurality of idler rollers. A bale engagement roller is rotatable about a bale engagement roller axis. The bale engagement roller is positioned to directly engage crop material in the bale chamber. An actuator is coupled to the bale engagement roller. The actuator translates the bale engagement roller in a direction perpendicular to the bale engagement roller axis.
US11832554B2	Tilting mechanism for uniform distribution of a material on a conveying and cleaning unit A self-propelled combine harvester has at least one tilting mechanism for the uniform distribution of a harvested material on an oscillating conveying and cleaning unit, in particular a top sieve. The tilting mechanism has elements for defining a swiveling direction of the conveying and cleaning unit which are arranged between the conveying and cleaning unit and a machine housing. The tilting mechanism has an actuator for continuous adjustment of at least one component part of the elements from an initial position to an adjusting position. The position of the at least one component part decisively defines the swiveling direction. An electric control unit controls the actuator depending on a state of the combine harvester and/or harvested material and the initial position of the at least one component part of the tilting mechanism.
US11832551B2	Agricultural sprayer performance control system An agricultural sprayer includes a spray boom supported by a frame, a spraying system comprising a set of spray nozzles spaced along the spray boom, and a control system configured to control the spraying system to spray a liquid based on a target application to an agricultural field, generate a spray performance metric indicative of performance of the spraying system relative to the target application, and generate a control signal to control the agricultural sprayer based on the spray performance metric.
US11832550B2	Agricultural nutrient application using real-time spectroscopic analysis of live crop An agricultural nutrient applicator includes a container and a nutrient distribution assembly operably coupled to the container to deliver a nutrient from the container. A spectroscopic reflectance crop sense system is provided that includes an optical window. A presentation assembly is mounted to the agricultural nutrient applicator and is configured to position live plants in a field proximate the optical window of the spectroscopic reflectance crop sense system as the agricultural nutrient applicator moves. A controller is coupled to the spectroscopic reflectance crop sense system and the nutrient distribution assembly. The controller is configured to obtain, from the spectroscopic reflectance crop sense system, information indicative of a measured nutrient level in the live plants and determine a remedial nutrient amount based on the measured nutrient level and a target nutrient level. The controller controls the nutrient distribution assembly based on the remedial amount.
US11832548B2	Agricultural machine In an agricultural machine, a route creator creates a planned traveling route for a traveling vehicle body in a work area where a working device works using a material. An area setter sets, outside the work area, a replenishment area to replenish the material. A charge amount acquirer acquires a charge amount of the material. A remaining amount calculator calculates a remaining amount of the material based on the charge amount acquired and a material consumption of the material consumed by the work. A position setter sets a replenishment position to replenish the material in the replenishment area set by the area setter based on the remaining amount calculated by the remaining amount calculator. A position changer changes the replenishment position when a change reception switch receives change of the replenishment position. A display displays the changed replenishment position.
US11832547B2	Propulsion assembly for an agricultural implement An agricultural planter is configured to be moved over a supporting surface by a vehicle. The agricultural planter includes a frame and a planter assembly coupled to the frame. A first propulsion assembly is coupled to the frame at a first position with the first propulsion assembly having a first traction member configured to engage the supporting surface. A second propulsion assembly is coupled to the frame at a second position with the second propulsion assembly having a second traction member configured to engage the supporting surface. A drive assembly is operably coupled to at least one of the first or second propulsion assemblies and configured to drive at least one of the first or second traction members during operation of the planter assembly. The first traction member is configured to be driven independently of the second traction member.
US11832544B2	Agricultural trench depth systems, methods, and apparatus A row unit (10) of an agricultural planter with an apparatus for adjusting the depth of a trench opened by the row unit (10). The row unit (10) includes a trench depth adjustment assembly (90T) configured to modify the trench depth. The trench depth adjustment assembly (90T) includes a depth adjustment body (5044) pivotally connected via a pivot to a frame member (14) of the row unit (10). An electric motor (5030) is operable to cause rotation of a shaft (5038) operably coupled with the depth adjustment body (5044), whereby rotation of the shaft (5038) causes the depth adjustment body (5044) to pivotally move about the pivot (92) thereby changing a position of contact of the depth adjustment body (5044) with a gauge wheel arm (54), thus changing the amount of upward ravel of the gauge wheel (52) with respect to a trench opening disc (62) and thus the depth of the trench.
US11832540B1	Rolling soil probe A rolling soil probe which may be pulled by a tractor or a truck or mounted on a trailer. The rolling soil probe includes a rotatable square wheel having four sides, each of which has a soil probe extending outwardly therefrom.
US11839166B2	RRAM devices and methods of forming RRAM devices A resistive random access memory (RRAM) device may be provided, including: a base layer, a vertical electrode stack arranged over the base layer, where the vertical electrode stack may include alternating mask elements and first electrodes, and each first electrode may include an extended portion extending beyond at least one side surface of at least one mask element adjoining the first electrode, a switching layer arranged along the extended portion of each first electrode and along the at least one side surface of the at least one mask element adjoining the first electrode, and a second electrode including a surface in contact with the switching layer. The RRAM device may have a 3D structure.
US11839165B2	Cooler device with aluminum oxide insulators A solid state cooler device is disclosed that comprises a first normal metal pad, a first aluminum layer and a second aluminum layer disposed on the first normal metal pad and separated from one another by a gap, a first aluminum oxide layer formed on the first aluminum layer, and a second aluminum oxide layer formed on the second aluminum layer, and a first superconductor pad disposed on the first aluminum oxide layer and a second superconductor pad disposed on the second aluminum oxide layer. The device further comprises a first conductive pad coupled to the first superconductor pad, and a second conductive pad coupled to the second superconductor pad, wherein hot electrons are removed from the first normal metal pad when a bias voltage is applied between the first conductive pad and the second conductive pad.
US11839164B2	Systems and methods for addressing devices in a superconducting circuit Addressing a superconducting flux storage device may include applying a bias current, a low-frequency flux bias, and a high-frequency flux bias in combination to cause a combined address signal level to exceed a defined address signal latching level for the superconducting flux storage device. A bias current that, in combination with a low-frequency flux bias and a high-frequency flux bias, causes a combined address signal level to exceed a defined address signal latching level for a superconducting flux storage device is at least reduced by an asymmetry in the Josephson junctions of the CJJ. A low-frequency flux bias that, in combination with a bias current and a high-frequency flux bias, causes a combined address signal level to exceed a defined address signal latching level for a superconducting flux storage device is at least reduced by an asymmetry in the Josephson junctions of the CJJ.
US11839156B2	Temperature difference power generation apparatus and measurement system A temperature difference power generation apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes a thermoelectric conversion element configured to convert thermal energy into electric energy based on a temperature difference, radiation fins which are thermally connected to a low-temperature side of the thermoelectric conversion element and contactable to outside air, and a pipe which is thermally connected to a high-temperature side of the thermoelectric conversion element and through which a high-temperature fluid at a higher temperature than the outside air is flowable.
US11839155B2	Organic semiconducting compounds The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting compounds containing a polycyclic unit, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to compositions, polymer blends and formulations containing them, to the use of the compounds, compositions and polymer blends as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, perovskite-based solar cell (PSC) devices, organic photodetectors (OPD), organic field effect transistors (OFET) and organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and to OE, OPV, PSC, OPD, OFET and OLED devices comprising these compounds, compositions or polymer blends.
US11839152B2	Compound for organic photoelectronic element, organic photoelectronic element, and display device The present invention relates to a compound for an organic photoelectronic element, to a composition for an organic photoelectronic element, the composition including the compound for an organic photoelectronic element, to an organic photoelectronic element employing the same, and to a display device.
US11839142B2	Organic electroluminescent materials and devices A compound including a first ligand LA having a structure of Formula I is disclosed. The compound is useful a an emitter dopants in OLEDs for enhancing the OLED performance.
US11839134B2	Display device having a detection element A display device is provided. The display device includes a first substrate, a first detection electrode on the first substrate, a first bank including an opening that exposes the first detection electrode, a photosensitive layer on the first detection electrode, a second detection electrode on the photosensitive layer, a first electrode on the second detection electrode, a second bank including an opening that exposes the first electrode, a light emitting layer on the first electrode, a second electrode on the light emitting layer, a first optical system between the second detection electrode and the first electrode, and a second optical system on the second electrode, wherein the first optical system and the second optical system overlap the photosensitive layer in a thickness direction of the display device.
US11839130B2	Organic light emitting diode display device having light controlling element An organic light emitting diode display device includes a substrate having a sub-pixel and a transparent region, a counter substrate facing into the substrate, and a light emitting diode and a light controlling element between the substrate and the counter substrate, the light controlling element transmitting or shielding a light. The light emitting diode overlaps the sub-pixel, and the light controlling element overlaps the transparent region.
US11839126B2	Light emitting display apparatus A light emitting display apparatus includes a substrate having a unit pixel area, and a plurality of subpixel areas disposed in the unit pixel area and configured to include a light emission portion and a non-light emission portion. The light emission portion disposed in any one among the plurality of subpixel areas is divided into a first opening portion and a second opening portion. The first and second opening portions have different sizes to each other.
US11839124B2	Energy efficient OLED TV Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide a full-color pixel arrangement for a device, the full-color pixel arrangement including a plurality of sub-pixels, each having an emissive region of a first color, where the full-color pixel arrangement comprises emissive regions having exactly one emissive color that is a red-shifted color of a deep blue sub-pixel of the plurality of sub-pixels. Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter may also provide a full-color pixel arrangement for a device, the full-color pixel arrangement including a plurality of sub-pixels, each having an emissive region of a first color, where the full-color pixel arrangement comprises emissive regions having exactly one emissive color, and where the plurality of sub-pixels comprise a light blue sub-pixel, a deep blue sub-pixel, a red sub-pixel, and a green sub-pixel.
US11839120B2	Electronic device with conductive via structures An electronic device including a pixel array structure, a redistribution structure, and a plurality of conductive via structures is provided. The pixel array structure includes a plurality of signal lines. The redistribution structure overlaps the pixel array structure and includes a plurality of conductive lines. The conductive via structures electrically connect the signal lines of the pixel array structure and the conductive lines of the redistribution structure. At least one of the conductive via structures shares at least one conductive layer with the pixel array structure.
US11839119B2	Adhesive member and display device including the same A display device includes a display substrate including a plurality of first pads arranged in a first pad area and a plurality of second pads arranged in a second pad area, wherein the first pads and the second pads are arranged in different rows from each other, a circuit board including first circuit pads facing the first pads, respectively, and second circuit pads facing the second pads, respectively, and an adhesive member disposed between the display substrate and the circuit board and including an adhesive layer and a plurality of conductive balls distributed in the adhesive layer. Here, a first density of first conductive balls overlapping the first pad area among the conductive balls is greater that a second density of second conductive balls overlapping the second pad area among the conductive balls.
US11839115B2	Touch sensor and display apparatus A touch sensor and a display apparatus are disclosed. The touch sensor includes: first touch electrodes, second touch electrodes, and a first crack blocking ring (27; 29). The touch sensor includes an opening region, and a transitional region and a touch functional region sequentially laid out from a center of the opening region; the center of the opening region and a center of the touch sensor do not coincide; the touch functional region surrounds the transitional region; the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes are positioned in the touch functional region; the plurality of first touch sub-electrodes and the plurality of second touch sub-electrodes integrally at least partially surround the opening region; and the first crack blocking ring is positioned in the transitional region and at least partially surrounds the opening region.
US11839114B2	Organic light emitting display device including reflection electrode and first electrode with dielectric layer therebetween The present disclosure discloses an organic light emitting display device. The organic light emitting display device includes a substrate, a driving transistor, a reflection electrode, a dielectric layer, a first and second electrode, and an organic light emitting layer. The driving transistor is in each of a plurality of pixel regions which are defined on the substrate. The reflection electrode is on the driving transistor, and is electrically connected to a gate electrode of the driving transistor. The dielectric layer is on the reflection electrode. The first electrode is on the dielectric layer, and is electrically connected to a source electrode of the driving transistor, and faces the reflection electrode. The organic light emitting layer is on the first electrode. The second electrode is on the organic light emitting layer.
US11839110B2	Organic light-emitting display device An organic light-emitting display device comprises a substrate, a driving thin-film transistor including an active layer on the substrate, source and drain electrodes directly contacting the active layer, and a gate electrode on the active layer, and an organic light-emitting element connected to the driving thin-film transistor. Each of the source and drain electrodes of the driving thin-film transistor exposes a respective side surface of the active layer.
US11839104B2	Flexible display substrate and method of manufacturing the same, display panel and display apparatus The present disclosure relates to a flexible display substrate and a method of manufacturing the same, a display panel and a display apparatus. The flexible display substrate has a display region and a non-display region. In some embodiments, the flexible display substrate comprises: a base substrate and an inorganic film layer provided on the base substrate, wherein the inorganic film layer of the non-display region is provided with a groove; and a filling structure for filling the groove.
US11839099B2	Foldable electronic device including bezel sag preventing structure An electronic device is disclosed. An electronic device may include: a foldable housing including a hinge, a first housing connected to the hinge and including a first surface oriented in a first direction and a second surface oriented in a second direction opposite the first direction, a second housing connected to the hinge and including a third surface oriented in a third direction and a fourth surface oriented in a fourth direction opposite the third direction, wherein the second housing is configured to be folded on the first housing about the hinge, and side surfaces surrounding at least a part of a space between the first surface and the second surface and at least a part of a space between the third surface and the fourth surface; and a display having ductility and extending from the first surface to the third surface to configure the first surface and the third surface, wherein the foldable housing is disposed along an edge of the display and includes bezels extending from respective side surfaces to an active area of the display, and wherein the bezels include, in an area configuring the first surface and the third surface of the foldable housing, extensions spaced apart from edge portions of the display, and support portions disposed between the edge of the display and the extensions to be in contact with the edge portions of the display.
US11839095B2	Compound charge transport layer for organic photovoltaic devices Organic photovoltaic devices with compound charge transport layers are described herein. One such device includes a substrate, a first electrode coupled to the substrate, a second electrode disposed above the first electrode, and photoactive layers disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The device further includes a compound charge transport layer disposed between the photoactive layers and either the first electrode or the second electrode. The compound charge transport layer includes a charge transport layer and a metal-oxide interlayer disposed between the charge transport layer and the photoactive layers. The charge transport layer may be a hole transport layer or an electron transport layer.
US11839089B2	Electronic device and method for fabricating the same A method for fabricating an electronic device including a semiconductor memory including one or more memory elements, includes: forming a first insulating layer; forming a diffusion barrier layer over the first insulating layer; forming a second insulating layer over the diffusion barrier layer, the second insulating layer and the first insulating layer being formed of a common insulating material; doping one of a first dopant and a second dopant in the first insulating layer to form a selection element layer when the first dopant is doped or to form a variable resistance layer when the second dopant is doped; and doping the other one of the first dopant and the second dopant in the second insulating layer.
US11839086B2	3-dimensional memory string array of thin-film ferroelectric transistors Thin-film Ferroelectric field-effect transistor (FeFET) may be organized as 3-dimensional NOR memory string arrays. Each 3-dimensional NOR memory string array includes a row of active stack each including a predetermined number of active strips each provided one on top of another and each being spaced apart from another by an isolation layer. Each active strip may include a shared source layer and a shared drain layer shared by the FeFETs provided along the active strip. Data storage in the active strip is provided by ferroelectric elements that can individually electrically set into one of two polarization states. FeFETs on separate active strips may be configured for read, programming or erase operations in parallel.
US11839085B2	Three-dimensional vertical single transistor ferroelectric memory and manufacturing method thereof Provided are a three-dimensional vertical single transistor ferroelectric memory and a manufacturing method thereof. The ferroelectric memory comprises: a substrate; an insulating dielectric layer provided at the substrate; a channel structure extending through the insulating dielectric layer and connected to the substrate, the channel structure having a source/drain region and a channel region connected to the source/drain region; and a gate stack structure arranged around the channel structure and provided in the insulating dielectric layer opposite to the channel region, the gate stack structure comprising a ferroelectric insulation layer and a gate sequentially stacked in a direction away from the channel structure. The ferroelectric memory having the above structure can replace conventional DRAMs. Therefore, the invention realizes a high intensity high speed memory.
US11839082B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first substrate including first and second regions on its surface, a first control circuit on the first substrate in the first region, a first memory cell array above the first control circuit in the first region and connected to the first control circuit, and a first pad above the first memory cell array in the first region and connected to the first control circuit. The device further includes a second control circuit on the first substrate in the second region, a second memory cell array above the second control circuit in the second region and connected to the second control circuit, a second pad above the second memory cell array in the second region and connected to the second control circuit, and a connection line above the first and second memory cell arrays and connecting the first and second pads.
US11839076B2	Semiconductor structure and method of forming the same A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes forming first to third sacrificial layers on a substrate including a memory cell area and a peripheral area with a word line area. The second and third sacrificial layers in the word line area are removed to expose the top surface of the first sacrificial layer. The first sacrificial layer in the word line area and the third sacrificial layer in the memory cell area are removed. A word line dielectric layer and a first conductive layer are formed on the substrate in the word line area. The first and second sacrificial layers in the memory cell area are removed. A tunneling dielectric layer is formed on the substrate in the memory cell area. The thickness of the tunneling dielectric layer is smaller than the thickness of the word line dielectric layer.
US11839071B2	Vertical access transistors and methods for forming the same A plurality of vertical stacks may be formed over a substrate. Each of the vertical stacks includes, from bottom to top, a bottom electrode, a dielectric pillar, and a top electrode. A continuous active layer may be formed over the plurality of vertical stacks. A gate dielectric layer may be formed over the continuous active layer. The continuous active layer and the gate dielectric layer may be patterned into a plurality of active layers and a plurality of gate dielectrics. Each of the plurality of active layers laterally surrounds a respective one of the vertical stacks that are arranged along a first horizontal direction, and each of the plurality of gate dielectrics laterally surrounds a respective one of the active layers. Gate electrodes may be formed over the plurality of gate dielectrics.
US11839066B2	Battery charger A battery charger and a method of operating a battery charger. The charger may include a housing defining an air inlet and an air outlet; a charging circuit operable to output a charging current to charge a battery couplable to the battery charger; a tubular heat sink; and a fan operable to cause air flow from the air inlet to the air outlet and along the heat sink. The charger may include a first switch operable to electrically connect the charging circuit to a power source when the battery engages the charger; and a second switch operable to electrically connect the charging circuit to a battery terminal after the charger terminal is electrically connected to the battery terminal. The charging current or a fan speed may be adjusted based on at least one of the temperature of the charger or a temperature of the battery.
US11839057B2	Apparatus with housing having structure for radiating heat An apparatus with a housing having a structure for heat dissipation is provided. The apparatus includes the housing having at least one surface, outer walls, and a plurality of fins, and an operating unit fixed to the housing, wherein the at least one surface of the housing includes a fin cover connected to the fins, a base exposed in an internal space in which the operating unit is disposed, and a refrigerant filled in a space between the fin cover and the base, wherein the fin cover and the base are connected through the outer walls, and wherein the fin cover has a flat surface.
US11839055B2	Heat-conducting assembly and terminal A heat-conducting assembly includes a middle frame and a heat-conducting structure. The middle frame is plate-shaped, having a first side surface and a second side surface that are opposite to each other, and being provided with a first through hole through which the first side surface communicates with the second side surface. The heat-conducting structure includes a heat dissipation part and a conducting part. The heat dissipation part is fastened to the second side surface, and the conducting part extends into the first through hole. The conducting part includes a conductor being connected to the heat dissipation part and a heat insulator which is fastened in the first through hole through the heat insulator, and is in contact with a heat source, which is close to one end that is of the first through hole and that is located on the first side surface.
US11839052B2	Apparatus having magnetic fluid heat transport system An apparatus includes a conduit configured to circulate magnetic fluid, and a magnetic field generator that applies a magnetic field to the magnetic fluid. The conduit includes at least four areas of a first conduit area in which the magnetic fluid receives heat from a heating unit, a second conduit area from the first conduit area to a cooling unit, a third conduit area in which the magnetic fluid is cooled by the cooling unit, and a fourth conduit area from the cooling unit to the heating unit. When the apparatus is used, a volume of the magnetic fluid in one of the first to fourth conduit areas, in which a flow direction of the magnetic fluid coincides with a gravity direction, is larger than that of another conduit area, in which the flow direction of the magnetic fluid does not coincide with the gravity direction.
US11839050B2	Heat dissipation module and electronic device A heat dissipation module adapted for an electronic device is provided. The heat dissipation module includes a heat dissipation structure and a heat dissipation fan. The heat dissipation structure is disposed in a casing of the electronic device and has a heat dissipation portion, wherein a heat dissipation flow channel is formed between the heat dissipation portion and the casing. The heat dissipation fan is adjacent to the heat dissipation portion, wherein the heat dissipation fan or the heat dissipation structure has an air flow guiding portion with a slot connected to the heat dissipation flow channel, the heat dissipation fan provides a heat dissipation air flow, and the air flow guiding portion guides a part of the heat dissipation air flow to pass through the slot along a direction not parallel to an outflow direction of the heat dissipation fan and then pass through the heat dissipation flow channel.
US11839040B2	Interlock mechanism for a distribution cabinet The present disclosure relates to electrical devices housed in a distribution box and, more particularly, to an interlock mechanism for visually indicating whether main contacts operated by the electrical devices are in an open condition or a closed condition.
US11839033B2	Method of directly patterning stretchable substrate and stretchable electrode fabricated by the same Disclosed are a method of directly patterning a stretchable substrate; and a stretchable electrode fabricated by the method. More particularly, the method of directly patterning a stretchable substrate includes: forming a hydrophilic group on a surface of a stretchable substrate by UV-ozone treatment; forming at least one layer to be etched on the hydrophilic group-formed stretchable substrate, wherein the at least one layer to be etched includes an adhesion enhancing material; forming a photoresist layer on the at least one layer to be etched; exposing the photoresist layer; and patterning the at least one layer to be etched using the exposed photoresist layer, wherein a carbon chain included in the adhesion enhancing material forms ether bonding (R—O—R) with a hydrophilic group formed on the surface of the stretchable substrate.
US11839030B2	Flexible printed circuit board, COF module, and electronic device comprising the same A flexible printed circuit board according to an embodiment includes: a substrate; and a circuit pattern disposed on the substrate, wherein the circuit pattern includes a plurality of first circuit patterns, a plurality of second circuit patterns, and a plurality of third circuit patterns, wherein the third circuit pattern includes a third-first pad portion, a third-second pad portion, and a third wiring portion connecting the third-first pad portion and the third-second pad portion, a plurality of fourth wiring portions are disposed between a plurality of third wiring portions, a line width of the third wiring portion is greater than a line width of the fourth wiring portion, and a distance between the third wiring portion and the fourth wiring portion adjacent to the third wiring portion is greater than a distance between the fourth wiring portions.
US11839029B1	Slider-based HBA internal lock One aspect provides an apparatus for locking circuit boards in position between a pair of guide rails. The apparatus can include a slider attached to a sidewall of one guide rail. The slider is allowed to slide along the guide rail within a predetermined range and one or more plunger-and-spring assemblies. A respective plunger-and-spring assembly comprises a plunger and a spring surrounding the plunger, and the plunger is inserted into a through-hole on the sidewall of the guide rail such that a first end of the plunger can be aligned with a notch on a corresponding circuit board and a second end of the plunger is in contact with the slider. Sliding of the slider causes the spring to compress and decompress and the first end of the plunger to move in and out of the notch on the circuit board, thereby facilitating locking and unlocking of the circuit board.
US11839028B2	Electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter unit and associated methods A filter unit is provided to retrofit within signal lines that couple analog cockpit gauges to transducers in rotorcraft systems. The filter unit may include a housing assembly and an electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter assembly housed therein. The filter assembly may include a printed circuit board (PCB) having conductive PCB traces and a signal line input connector configured to connect to multiple transducer signal lines. The filter assembly may also include a signal line output connector configured to connect to multiple analog cockpit gauge signal lines and a plurality of common mode chokes electrically connected between the signal line input connector and the signal line output connector. Each common mode choke may be positioned on the PCB so that it does not electrically/magnetically interfere with the other common mode chokes of the plurality of common mode chokes.
US11839023B2	Three-dimensional molded circuit component A three-dimensional molded circuit component, includes: a base member which includes a metal part and a resin part; a circuit pattern which is formed on the resin part; and a mounted component which is mounted on the base member, and is electrically connected to the circuit pattern. The resin part includes a resin thin film as a portion thereof, which includes a thermoplastic resin, of which a thickness is in the range of 0.01 mm to 0.5 mm, and which is formed on the metal part. The mounted component is arranged on the metal part via the resin thin film.
US11839022B2	Circuit board A circuit board includes a support member having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface, and an elastic interconnect substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, at least part of the second surface being fixed to the first major surface and the second major surface of the support member, wherein the first surface of the interconnect substrate includes a circuit region where an electronic component is mounted and at least one electrode region where at least one external electrode is arranged, wherein the circuit region is disposed indirectly on the first major surface of the support member, and wherein the interconnect substrate is bent around the support member, and at least part of the electrode region is disposed indirectly on the second major surface of the support member.
US11839020B2	Trace embedded probe device A trace embedded probe device includes a circuit board including an insulating layer unit whose upper surface has first recesses and a second recess located therebetween, grounding traces and a signal trace whose trace main bodies are disposed in the recesses respectively and flush in elevation with the upper surface, and a grounding layer disposed on a lower surface of the insulating layer unit and connected with the grounding traces by conductive vias penetrating through the first recesses and the lower surface and provided therein with conductive layers. The trace main bodies, grounding layer and conductive layers are made of a same metal material. Probes are disposed on the grounding and signal traces respectively. The probe device is easy in control of distance, width, thickness and surface roughness of the traces, and beneficial to achieve the requirements of thin copper traces, fine pitch and high frequency testing.
US11839019B2	Communication module and electronic device A communication module includes a first wiring board including a plurality of first signal lines and a first ground line, and a second wiring board including a first layer and a second layer. The first layer includes a plurality of second signal lines. The second layer includes a shielding member. The communication module includes a plurality of first connection members via which the plurality of first signal lines are electrically connected to the plurality of second signal lines, and at least one conductive member provided between the first ground line and the shielding member. The at least one conductive member is provided so as to overlap with at least one second signal line among the plurality of second signal lines as viewed in a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the first wiring board.
US11839017B2	Thermal press-fit terminal A press-fit terminal for connecting a first component and a second component includes a first elastic portion for engaging with the first component, a second elastic portion for engaging with the second component, and an intermediate portion arranged between the first and second elastic portions in an axial direction of the terminal. The intermediate portion comprises a first plurality of radially extending arms for engaging with the first component and a second plurality of radially extending arms for engaging with the second component.
US11839015B2	Consumables for processing torches Consumables for cutting torches include a distributor, an electrode, and a nozzle. The distributor defines a plurality of ports that extend from an internal cavity of the distributor to an exterior surface of the distributor. The electrode is disposed within and irremovably, fixedly coupled to the distributor. The nozzle defines at least one set of passageways that direct gas into a gap defined between the electrode and the nozzle, the nozzle being irremovably, fixedly coupled to the distributor.
US11839012B2	Static eliminator A static eliminator (10) includes: a first conductor (11) that is electrically connected to at least a part of a static elimination target object (1); and a dielectric shell (15) that forms, between the first conductor and the dielectric shell, a first space (13) in which a gas (12) providing a condition of lowering a discharge starting voltage is sealed. The dielectric shell is exposed to an external space (9), as examples may be dome-shaped, spherical, ellipsoidal, or semi-ellipsoidal, and may be translucent.
US11839006B2	Backlight control circuit, method for driving the same, backlight module and display apparatus Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a backlight control circuit, a method for driving the same, a backlight module and a display apparatus. The backlight control circuit includes: an undervoltage protection circuit, electrically connected with a power supply voltage input end and a ground, and configured to output a closing control signal through an output end of the undervoltage protection circuit according to a voltage at the power supply voltage input end and an undervoltage threshold value; and a backlight driving circuit, electrically connected with a voltage supply end, a backlight driving output end and the output end of the undervoltage protection circuit separately, and configured to enable a port of the backlight driving circuit when receiving an enabling control signal for processing a voltage at the voltage supply end and outputting the processed voltage to the backlight driving output end, and stop working when receiving the closing control signal.
US11839004B2	Driving circuit of a lamp and method for operating the driving circuit of the lamp A driving circuit and a method for operating the driving circuit is provided for a lamp, the lamp includes a lighting unit, and a first and a second pair of connection pins for coupling the driving circuit to a power supply unit. The driving circuit includes a pre-heating detection circuit and a protection circuit. The pre-heating detection circuit is coupled to the first pair of connection pins and configured to detect a voltage between the first pair of connection pins and output a reference voltage. The protection circuit includes a switching circuit connected in series with the lighting unit, the protection circuit is configured to compare the reference voltage with an input voltage of the lamp and turn on the switching circuit to light the lighting unit when the input voltage of the lamp is greater than the reference voltage.
US11839003B2	Apparatus for supplying power to drive alternating current (AC) direct-coupled light-emitting diodes (LED) Provided is an apparatus for supplying power. The apparatus includes a rectifier unit configured to apply a voltage by rectifying alternating current power source, a light emitting unit including a plurality of light emitting diodes which emit light by electric current according to the voltage and are connected in series, a signal generation unit configured to generate a driving signal by dropping the voltage of the rectifier unit, and a switch unit including a plurality of transistors which are connected to the plurality of light emitting diodes, respectively, and are turned on by the driving signal and switch a route of electric current flowing in the plurality of light emitting diodes to be supplied to a microcontroller as power source.
US11838997B2	Cartridges for vaporizer devices Cartridges for vaporizer devices are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the cartridge can include a reservoir housing having a first housing end and a second housing end opposite the first housing end, an airflow tube that extends through the reservoir housing, and first and second seals that are each substantially impermeable to fluid, in which the first seal is substantially secured to the first housing end and the second seal is substantially secured to the second housing end. The reservoir housing is configured to hold vaporizable material and the first and second seals are configured to be selectively compromised to allow access to the vaporizable material within the reservoir housing for vaporization into vaporized material. Vaporizer devices are also provided.
US11838996B2	Electronic vaping device A heater assembly for an electronic vaping device and a method of manufacturing the electronic vaping device are provided. The heater assembly includes a chimney cage extending longitudinally, a heater extending longitudinally within the chimney cage, a heater gauze positioned about an outer circumference of the heater, the chimney case positioned about an outer circumference of the heater gauze, and a cathode clip electrically connected to a first end portion of the heater.
US11838990B2	Communicating sensor data in wireless communication systems According to an example aspect, there is provided a method comprising a non-cellular receiver configured to receive first sensor data from a first wireless sensor node and second sensor data from the first or a second wireless sensor node, a processor configured to determine whether the second sensor data is a duplicate of the first sensor data and a cellular transmitter configured to transmit, responsive to the determination, third sensor data to a server, wherein said third sensor data is based on at least one of said first and second sensor data.
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.

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