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US11864476B2	Electronic device An electronic device comprises a semiconductor memory that includes: a first line; a second line disposed over the first line to be spaced apart from the first line; a variable resistance layer disposed between the first line and the second line; a selection element layer disposed between the first line and the variable resistance layer or between the second line and the variable resistance layer; and one or more electrode layers disposed over or under the selection element layer or disposed over and under the selection element layer, the one or more electrode layers being adjacent to the selection element layer, wherein each of the one or more electrode layers includes a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer, the second electrode layer including a second carbon layer containing nitrogen, the first electrode layer including a first carbon layer containing a lower concentration of nitrogen or containing no nitrogen.
US11864474B2	ReRAM analog PUF using filament location A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a resistive memory device, and at least a first photodetector and a second photodetector positioned adjacent to the resistive memory device to allow for measurement of the intensity of photon emission from a filament of the resistive memory device.
US11864464B2	Method for polarizing piezoelectric film A method for polarizing a piezoelectric film is described. In this method, a piezoelectric film is formed by using an injection deposition method. The piezoelectric film is flat adhered to a surface of a conductive substrate. A polarization process is performed on the piezoelectric film while the piezoelectric film is flat adhered to the surface of the conductive substrate by generating static electricity on the adhesion surface of the piezoelectric film, and generating the static electricity on the adhesion surface of the piezoelectric film comprises using a pressurized gas to blow the adhesion surface, and the adhesion surface of the piezoelectric film is adhered to the even surface of the conductive substrate by an electrostatic adsorption method.
US11864463B2	Preparation method of a stretchable inorganic thermoelectric thin film and the stretchable inorganic thermoelectric thin film prepared by the same The present invention relates to a preparation method of a stretchable inorganic thermoelectric thin film and the stretchable inorganic thermoelectric thin film prepared by the method.
US11864460B2	Organic light emitting device An organic light emitting device including a first electrode, a second electrode provided opposite to the first electrode, and an organic material layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the organic material layer includes a hole transfer layer and an electron blocking layer, and the hole transfer layer and the electron blocking layer include a compound of Chemical Formula 1, the materials of the hole transfer layer and the electron blocking layer are different from each other, and one or more layers that are not the hole transfer layer and the electron blocking layer of the organic material layer include a compound of Chemical Formula 2.
US11864459B2	Compound and light emitting device including the same A trimetallic complex and a light-emitting device including the same are provided. The trimetallic complex is represented by Formula 1:
US11864457B2	Flexible panel In a display device including a flexible display panel, the risk of disconnection of a wiring due to bending is reduced. A display panel includes a display function layer including display elements and a wiring on one major surface of a base material having flexibility. The display panel includes, on the one major surface of the base material, an organic-film-covered wiring area where the surface of the wiring is covered with an organic planarization film that is an organic insulating film in direct contact with the wiring. The display panel includes, in the plane thereof, a display area where the display elements are arranged and a component mounting area that is a peripheral area located outside the display area. As the organic-film-covered wiring area, a curved area is provided in the peripheral area.
US11864456B2	Method for manufacturing electronic device A method for manufacturing an electronic device is provided by the disclosure. A flexible substrate is provided, in which the flexible substrate has two surfaces opposite to each other. A circuit is formed on one of the surfaces of the flexible substrate. A through hole is formed in the flexible substrate. A conductive bridge is formed in the through hole. A supporting substrate is attached to the other surface of the flexible substrate. An opening penetrating the supporting substrate is formed, and the opening corresponds to the through hole in the flexible substrate. An electronic component is mounted on the supporting substrate, and the electronic component is allowed to be electrically connected to the circuit through the conductive bridge.
US11864453B2	Mask and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a mask including a mask frame including a base part in which cell openings are defined, and a coating part surrounding edges of the cell openings, covering at least a portion of an upper surface of the base part, and including a materials that is different from that of the base part, and unit masks on the mask frame, respectively corresponding to the cell openings, including a material that is different from that of the coating part, and in which openings are defined.
US11864451B2	Organic light emitting display device An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate, a light emitting structure, a first conductive pattern, and a functional module. The substrate has an opening region, a peripheral region surrounding the opening region, and a display region surrounding the peripheral region, and includes a first groove, which has an enlarged lower portion, formed in the peripheral region and an opening formed in the opening region. The light emitting structure is in the display region on the substrate. The first conductive pattern overlaps the first groove in the peripheral region on the substrate. The functional module is in the opening of the substrate.
US11864447B2	Display substrate, display device and high-precision metal mask Display substrate, display device, high-precision metal mask are provided. Display substrate includes: first, second, and third sub-pixels; in first direction, first and third sub-pixels are alternately arranged to form first sub-pixel rows, second sub-pixels form second sub-pixel rows; in second direction, first and second sub-pixel rows are alternately arranged; two first and two third sub-pixels in two adjacent rows and two adjacent columns form 2*2 array; in the array, two first sub-pixels are in different rows and in different columns, so are the two third sub-pixels, connection lines of centers of two first and two third sub-pixels form virtual quadrilateral, second sub-pixel is within virtual quadrilateral; for multiple distances from centers of two first and two third sub-pixels corresponding to same virtual quadrilateral to center of second sub-pixel, at least two distances are different. Brightness centers of virtual pixels have more uniform distribution.
US11864444B2	Light emitting display apparatus including subpixel with two light emission portions A light emitting display apparatus includes a substrate including a subpixel area having a non-light emission portion, a first light emission portion and a second light emission portion; a driving transistor disposed in the non-light emission portion; an overcoat layer disposed on the substrate to overlay the driving transistor; first and second anode electrodes disposed to be spaced apart from each other on the overcoat layer of each of the first light emission portion and the second light emission portion and commonly connected to the driving transistor; a self-light emitting device on the first anode electrode and the second anode electrode; and a second electrode on the self-light emitting device. The first light emission portion and the second light emission portion can have light extraction structures different from each other.
US11864441B2	Tiled display device and method of manufacturing the same A tiled display device includes a first display panel including a first display area and a first non-display area adjacent to the first display area, and a second display panel including a second display area and a second non-display area between the second display area and the first non-display area. The first display panel includes a first lower substrate, emitting diodes disposed on the first lower substrate and overlapping the first display area, a first upper substrate including a lower surface facing the first lower substrate, a first black matrix pattern disposed on the lower surface of the first upper substrate and overlapping the first non-display area, and a first photochromic matrix pattern disposed on the lower surface of the first upper substrate, overlapping the first non-display area, and transmitting light.
US11864439B2	Display panel and display device Disclosed are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a base substrate; a pixel unit on the base substrate and including a pixel circuit and a light-emitting element, the pixel circuit being configured to drive the light-emitting element, the pixel circuit being closer to the base substrate than the light-emitting element and including a driving transistor; a data line configured to provide data signal to the pixel circuit; a connection element through which the light-emitting element is connected with the pixel circuit, the connection element including a shielding portion; and a connection line connected with a gate electrode of the driving transistor. The data line includes two adjacent data lines with the shielding portion located therebetween, and an orthographic projection of the connection line on the base substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of the shielding portion on the base substrate.
US11864437B2	Display device including anisotropic conductive film and method of manufacturing display device A display device includes a first substrate that includes a first electrode, a second substrate disposed under the first substrate and that includes, a second electrode that overlaps the first electrode, and an anisotropic conductive film disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The anisotropic conductive film includes an insulating resin layer and a plurality of conductive particles in the insulating resin layer. The conductive particles include first conductive particles that overlap the first electrode and the second electrode, and second conductive particles other than the first conductive particles. Each of the first conductive particles and the second conductive particles includes a first flat surface, a second flat surface that faces the first flat surface, and a curved surface rounded between the first flat surface and the second flat surface.
US11864433B2	Display panel and display device A display panel is provided to include a substrate; a photoelectric sensing structure on a side of the substrate; a light emitting structure on a side of the photoelectric sensing structure distal to the substrate, and light emitting elements, each of which includes: a first electrode, a light emitting layer, and a second electrode which are successively in a direction distal to the substrate; and a light path structure between the photoelectric sensing structure and the second electrode, and configured to collimate light on a side of the photoelectric sensing structure distal to the substrate and having a propagation direction towards the photoelectric sensing structure; the photoelectric sensing structure and the light emitting structure do not overlap or partially overlap in a direction perpendicular to the substrate; and the light path structure at least partially overlaps the photoelectric sensing structure in the direction. The embodiment also provides a display device.
US11864424B2	Pixel having capacitor overlapping with opening area and display device including the same A pixel comprises a pixel circuit connected to gate and data lines, and a light emitting diode having a first electrode connected to the pixel circuit, wherein the pixel circuit may include a driving thin film transistor connected to the first electrode of the light emitting diode, a first capacitor formed in a horizontal direction between a gate electrode and a source electrode of the driving thin film transistor, and a second capacitor formed in a vertical direction between the gate electrode of the driving thin film transistor and the first electrode of the light emitting diode.
US11864420B2	Display panel with anode electrode comprising first transparent conductive layer and metal layer, and manufacturing method thereof, and display apparatus A display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display apparatus are provided. The display panel includes: a base substrate, a plurality of pixels, and a drive circuit. At least one of the pixels includes a light-emitting device; the light-emitting device includes an anode electrode and a light-emitting layer; the anode electrode includes a first transparent conductive layer and a metal layer, the first transparent conductive layer completely covers the metal layer, and an orthographic projection of the metal layer on the base substrate is located in an orthographic projection of the first transparent conductive layer on the base substrate; the light-emitting layer is stacked with the anode electrode and is located on a side of the first transparent conductive layer facing away from the metal layer; the drive circuit is located between the base substrate and the anode electrode.
US11864419B2	Transparent display apparatus A transparent display apparatus is provided, which reduces a visibility difference between a non-display area and a display area, and has excellent encapsulation characteristics. The transparent display apparatus comprises a substrate having a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, a plurality of pixels disposed in the display area, having a first transmissive portion, and a second transmissive portion disposed in the non-display area.
US11864418B2	Display panel, preparation method thereof and display device Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display panel, including: a display substrate, wherein the display substrate includes a display area and a bezel area arranged around a periphery of the display area, the bezel area including a first area arranged around the periphery of the display area, and a second area arranged around a periphery of the first area; and the display substrate further includes a plurality of electrical functional layers located at different levels respectively and at least part of film layers therein being partially superposed; wherein at least part of the electrical functional layers are distributed in the display area, and at least part of the electrical functional layers are distributed in the first area and the second area, the first area having a higher light transmittance than the second area and the display area.
US11864417B2	Display device including a node connection line, a shielding portion and driving voltage line A display device includes a scan line extending in a first direction, a data line and a driving voltage line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a switching thin film transistor (“TFT”) connected to the scan line and the data line, a driving TFT connected to the switching TFT and including a driving semiconductor layer and a driving gate electrode, a storage capacitor connected to the driving TFT and including first and second storage capacitor plates, a node connection line between the data line and the driving voltage line and connected to the driving gate electrode, and a shielding portion between the data line and the node connection line.
US11864414B2	Display device The display device includes a substrate, a transistor, a leveling film, a display element, a partition wall, and at least one dam. The substrate has a display region and a peripheral region surrounding the display region. The transistor is located over the display region. The leveling film is located over the display region and covers the transistor. The display element is located over the leveling film and includes a pixel electrode electrically connected to the transistor. The partition wall covers an edge portion of the pixel electrode. The at least one dam is located over the peripheral region, is spaced away from the leveling film, and surrounds the display region. The at least one dam has a base and stopper. The base includes a material included in at least one of the leveling film and the partition wall.
US11864411B2	Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same A display apparatus includes a first substrate, a main pixel circuit located on the first substrate and including a first semiconductor layer, an auxiliary pixel circuit located on the first substrate and including a second semiconductor layer, a buffer layer located between the first substrate and the first semiconductor layer and between the first substrate and the second semiconductor layer, and a barrier layer located between the first substrate and the buffer layer, including one material from among silicon nitride (SiNx), aluminum oxide (Al2O3), and zirconium oxide (Zr2O3), and having a density ranging from about 2 g/cm3 to about 6 g/cm3.
US11864410B2	OLED display panel, preparation method thereof and OLED display device The present disclosure provides an OLED display panel, a preparation method thereof and an OLED display device. By providing an uneven surface on a side of a first encapsulation layer away from the organic light-emitting function layer in a non-display area, the uneven surface of the first encapsulation layer can block the flow of the second encapsulation layer to a certain extent, so as to reduce the fluidity and the climbing distance of the edge of the second encapsulation layer, and increase the edge stress and the slope angle. Thereby the narrow frame design of the product is achieved, the thickness uniformity of the edge of the second encapsulation layer is improved, the Mura defect in the non-display area is avoided, and the encapsulation result is guaranteed.
US11864409B2	Light-emitting device A light-emitting unit (140) is formed over a first surface (102) of a substrate (100). A first terminal (112) and a second terminal (132) are formed on the first surface (102) of the substrate (100), and are electrically connected to the light-emitting unit (140). A sealing layer (200) is formed over the first surface (102) of the substrate (100), and seals the light-emitting unit (140). In addition, the sealing layer (200) does not cover the first terminal (112) and the second terminal (132). A cover layer (210) is formed over the sealing layer (200), and is formed of a material different from that of the cover layer (210). In at least a portion of a region located next to the first terminal (112) and a region located next to the second terminal (132), a portion of an end of the cover layer (210) protrudes from the sealing layer (200).
US11864390B2	Semiconductor memory device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes the following structure. A memory array is provided on a first-direction side of a substrate. The first direction intersects the substrate. The first peripheral circuit is provided between the substrate and the memory array. The second peripheral circuit is provided between the substrate and the memory array and on a second-direction side of the first peripheral circuit. The second direction intersects the first direction. The sense amplifier is provided between the substrate and the memory array and between the first and second peripheral circuits. A second-direction length of the second peripheral circuit is smaller than half a second-direction length of the sense amplifier.
US11864385B2	Three-dimensional semiconductor memory device Disclosed is a three-dimensional semiconductor memory device comprising intergate dielectric layers and electrode layers alternately stacked on a substrate, a vertical semiconductor pattern that penetrate the intergate dielectric layers and the electrode layers and extends into the substrate, blocking dielectric patterns between the vertical semiconductor pattern and the electrode layers, a tunnel dielectric layer between the blocking dielectric patterns and the vertical semiconductor pattern and in contact with the blocking dielectric patterns and simultaneously with the intergate dielectric layers, and first charge storage patterns between the blocking dielectric patterns and the tunnel dielectric layer. One of the first charge storage patterns is in contact with top and bottom surfaces of one of the blocking dielectric patterns.
US11864382B2	Three-dimensional semiconductor memory device with vertical channels in a connection region having a lower channel pattern contacting the substrate A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device and a method of manufacturing the same. The device may include a substrate including a cell array region and a connection region, an electrode structure including electrodes vertically stacked on the substrate, a plurality of first vertical structures penetrating the electrode structures on the cell array region, and a plurality of second vertical structures penetrating the electrode structures on the connection region. Each of the first and second vertical structures may include a lower semiconductor pattern connected to the substrate and an upper semiconductor pattern connected to the lower semiconductor pattern.
US11864381B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device includes a non-volatile memory formed in a memory cell area and a ring structure area surrounding the memory cell area. In the method, a protrusion of a substrate is formed in the ring structure area. The protrusion protrudes from an isolation insulating layer. A high-k dielectric film is formed, thereby covering the protrusion and the isolation insulating layer. A poly silicon film is formed over the high-k dielectric film. The poly silicon film and the high-k dielectric film are patterned. Insulating layers are formed over the patterned poly silicon film and high-k dielectric film, thereby sealing the patterned high-k dielectric film.
US11864380B2	Integrated assemblies and methods of forming integrated assemblies Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a memory array region which includes channel material pillars extending through a stack of alternating conductive and insulative levels. A second region is adjacent the memory array region. A conductive expanse is within the memory array region and electrically coupled with the channel material of the channel material pillars. A panel extends across the memory array region and the second region. The panel separates one memory block region from another. The panel has a first portion over the conductive expanse, and has a second portion adjacent the first portion. The panel has a bottom surface. A first segment of the bottom surface is adjacent an upper surface of the conductive expanse. A segment of the bottom surface within the second portion is elevationally offset relative to the first segment. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US11864377B2	Semiconductor structure and method for manufacturing same A semiconductor structure includes: a substrate, a first conductive layer disposed on the substrate, a second conductive layer disposed on a surface of the first conductive layer away from the substrate, and third conductive layers covering side walls of the first conductive layer and in contact with the second conductive layer. Contact resistance between the third conductive layers and the second conductive layer is less than contact resistance between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.
US11864372B2	Line bending control for memory applications A method for reducing bending of word lines in a memory cell includes a) providing a substrate including a plurality of word lines arranged adjacent to one another and above a plurality of transistors; b) depositing a layer of film on the plurality of word lines using a deposition process; c) after depositing the layer of film, measuring word line bending; d) comparing the word line bending to a predetermined range; e) based on the word line bending, adjusting at least one of nucleation delay and grain size of the deposition process; and f) repeating b) to e) one or more times using one or more substrates, respectively, until the word line bending is within the predetermined range.
US11864368B2	Static random access memory cell A static random access memory (SRAM) cell includes substrate, a first semiconductor fin, a first gate structure, a second semiconductor fin, and a second gate structure. The substrate has a first p-well and an n-well bordering the first p-well. The first semiconductor fin extends within the first p-well. The first gate structure extends across the first semiconductor fin and forms a first write-port pull-down transistor with the first semiconductor fin. The second semiconductor fin extends within the n-well. The second gate structure extends across the second semiconductor fin and forms a first write-port pull-up transistor with the second semiconductor fin. A channel region of the first write-port pull-down transistor has a higher doping concentration than a channel region of the first write-port pull-up transistor.
US11864362B2	Power supply device with a heat generating component This power supply device is provided with: a first heat-generating component; a case; a resin material; a circuit board; a second heat-generating component; and a heat dissipation casing. This power supply device is additionally provided with a heat transfer member which has a first portion that is arranged to be in contact with a first outer surface of the case and a second portion that is arranged to be in contact with a second outer surface of the case, and which has a higher thermal conductivity than the case. The second heat-generating component is arranged in contact with the heat transfer member; and the heat transfer member dissipates the heat of the first heat-generating component and the second heat-generating component by being arranged in contact with a wall surface that constitutes the heat dissipation casing.
US11864361B2	Packaged power electronic device, in particular bridge circuit comprising power transistors, and assembling process thereof The device has a first support element forming a first thermal dissipation surface and carrying a first power component; a second support element forming a second thermal dissipation surface and carrying a second power component, a first contacting element superimposed to the first power component; a second contacting element superimposed to the second power component; a plurality of leads electrically coupled with the power components through the first and/or the second support elements; and a thermally conductive body arranged between the first and the second contacting elements. The first and the second support elements and the first and the second contacting elements are formed by electrically insulating and thermally conductive multilayers.
US11864350B2	Heat conduction apparatus and terminal device A heat conduction apparatus includes a first cover plate and a second cover plate. The first cover plate is hermetically connected to the second cover plate. The first cover plate is provided with a plurality of grooves. A supporting portion is formed between two adjacent grooves. A liquid circulation channel and a vapor circulation channel are formed in the groove. The liquid circulation channel is filled with a liquid working medium. The liquid circulation channel is communicated with the vapor circulation channel. The liquid working medium vaporizes into vapor. The vapor enters the vapor circulation channel and condenses into liquid. The liquid enters the liquid circulation channel.
US11864349B2	Vapor chamber with structure for enhancing two-phase flow boiling A vapor chamber with structure for enhancing two-phase flow boiling includes a main body formed of a first and a second plate member, which are correspondingly closed to each other to define an airtight chamber between them. The airtight chamber has a condensing side and an evaporating side and has a working fluid filled therein. The evaporating side is formed on its surface with a plurality of projected sections and a plurality of recessed sections and has a wick structure provided thereon. The projected sections extend through and project beyond the wick structure, and the recessed sections are located below the wick structure without being filled by the wick structure to thereby form spaces for receiving the working fluid. The provision of the projected and the recessed sections enables the vapor chamber to provide largely enhanced two-phase flow boiling effect in the airtight chamber.
US11864346B2	Pump-driven coolant filling device and methods A system for cooling a circuit component on an electronic device includes a closed-loop cooling circuit and a coolant filling device. The closed-loop cooling circuit includes a coolant block, a first pump and a radiator. The coolant filling device includes a container, a base and a second pump disposed inside the base. The coolant filling device is configured for attachment to the cooling circuit. In some embodiments, when the coolant filling device is attached to the cooling circuit, coolant may be circulated from the coolant filling device to the cooling circuit while the cooling circuit circulates coolant. In further embodiments, when the coolant filling device is attached to the cooling circuit, coolant may be circulated from the coolant filling device to the cooling circuit while the electronic device remains powered on.
US11864342B2	Fan module and case including the same The present disclosure provides a fan module and a case including the fan module. The fan module includes a fan, a fan bracket and a traction structure. The fan bracket includes: a fixed bottom plate for carrying and fixing the fan; and a connection structure, connected to the fixed bottom plate and used for being connected to a case through plugging. The traction structure is mounted on the fan bracket, and is used for pulling the fan bracket from the inside of the case to the outside of the case. In the present disclosure, the fan module is plugged into the case, and is pulled to the outside of the case from the inside of the case through a traction interface. In this way, the fan maintenance is implemented without disassembling the case or cutting off the power, the maintenance efficiency is improved, and the maintenance cost is reduced.
US11864339B2	Front access lock mechanism for server chassis A lock device may include a slider assembly including a first slider, a second slider movably coupled to the first slider, and a base having a planar portion with a top rail and a bottom rail that hold the slider assembly and allows the relative movement of the first slider relative to the second slider along the top and bottom rails in the base. The second slider can move relative to the first slider to different positions including a latch lock position, a latch unlock position, and a latch impending lock position. The lock device may also include a latch assembly attached to a chassis. The latch assembly including a latch element is configured to move to a first, a second, and a third heights from the top rail of the base corresponding to the latch lock position, the latch unlock position, and the latch impending lock position of the slider assembly, respectively.
US11864338B2	Apparatus and method for utilizing commercial off the shelf circuit boards in a highly kinematic environment A system is disclosed which utilizes a stabilization disk 30 or rigid cup containing adhesive which is bonded to an underside of a circuit board and then bolted to a chassis of a piece of military electronic equipment, so as to create a mounting location between the circuit board and the chassis where the circuit board is lacking a regular fastener receiving mounting hole therethrough.
US11864336B2	Casing assembly and electronic device including the same A casing assembly includes a carrier, a pivotable component, and a handle, where the carrier has a positioning slot with a fixing end, the pivotable component is pivotably disposed on the carrier, the handle is movably disposed on the pivotable component and pivotably connected to the carrier via the pivotable component, the handle has an engagement element selectively inserted into the positioning slot and engaged with the fixing end.
US11864333B2	Display device A display device is provided. The display device includes a first rotating component, a second rotating component, a flexible display panel, and a supporting part. The first rotating component is capable of rotating about a first center line; the second rotating component is capable of rotating about a second center line; the flexible display panel is capable of being wound around the first rotating component, and a first end of the flexible display panel is configured to move away or close to the first rotating component under an action of an external force; the supporting part is capable of being wound around the second rotating component, and a first end of the supporting part being configured to move away or close to the second rotating component under the action of the external force. The flexible display panel and the supporting part have a laminated portion in mutual lamination.
US11864331B2	Display panel and display device A display panel and a display device are provided. Through setting an area difference between a first sub-display area and a second sub-display area in two directions of the display panel to be less than or equal to a preset value, an area difference between a force-receiving area of the first sub-display area and a force-receiving area of the second sub-display area will be less than or equal to a preset value such that force exerted on the first sub-display area and the second sub-display area is uniform, preventing concentrated force on one side of the display panel from causing the display panel to break.
US11864327B2	Creating inductors, resistors, capacitors and other structures in printed circuit board vias with light pipe technology An inductor structure is provided that is positioned within a via of a printed circuit board. The inductor structure includes a via extending through a printed circuit board. The inductor structure includes at least one coil of an electrically conductive material beginning at a first opening to the via continuously present on a sidewall of the via encircling a center of the via extending to a second opening of the via opposite the first opening of the via. It further includes at least electrode present in contact with an end of the coil at said first or second opening.
US11864325B2	Method for forming metal pattern The present invention relates to a method for forming a metal pattern on a pattern formation section set on a base material. In the present invention, a substrate provided with a fluorine-containing resin layer on a surface of the base material including the pattern formation section is used. The present inventive method for forming a metal pattern includes steps of: forming a functional group on the pattern formation section; and applying a metal ink including an amine compound and a fatty acid as protective agents to the base material surface to fix the metal particles on the pattern formation section. In the present invention, a fluorine-containing resin having a surface free energy measured by the Owens-Wendt method of 13 mN/m or more and 20 mN/m or less is applied as the fluorine-containing resin layer. Further, a metal ink including ethyl cellulose as an additive is applied as the metal ink.
US11864320B2	Image display and combined-type circuit carrying and controlling module thereof An image display and a combined-type circuit carrying and controlling module thereof are provided. The combined-type circuit carrying and controlling module includes a first circuit substrate structure, a control substrate structure, a second circuit substrate structure, an insulative connection structure and a conductive connection structure. The first circuit substrate structure includes a first carrier substrate, a first circuit layout layer and a plurality of first conductive penetration bodies. The control substrate structure includes a circuit substrate and a circuit control chip. The second circuit substrate structure includes a second carrier substrate and a second circuit layout layer. The insulative connection structure is connected between the first carrier substrate and the second carrier substrate. The conductive connection structure is electrically connected between the first circuit layout layer and the second circuit layout layer.
US11864315B2	Vertical interconnection structure of a multi-layer substrate A vertical interconnection structure of a multi-layer substrate includes a first via pad disposed in a first layer of metal interconnect of the multi-layer substrate; a second via pad disposed in a second layer of metal interconnect of the multi-layer substrate; a signal via electrically connecting the first via pad to the second via pad; a non-circular first ground plane disposed in the first layer of metal interconnect of the multi-layer substrate and surrounding the first via pad; and a non-circular first ground pullback region between the first via pad and the non-circular first ground plane for electrically isolating the first via pad from the non-circular first ground plane.
US11864308B2	Substrate and antenna module A substrate includes, two first through-holes to which high-frequency signals are transmitted and which are arranged side by side so as to have a predetermined distance, and at least three reference potential second through-holes arranged side by side so as to have an distance smaller than the predetermined distance with respect to the two first through-holes. Among three of the second through-holes, one of the second through-holes is arranged in a region between the two first through-holes, and other two of the second through-holes are arranged in a region other than the region between the first through-holes such that one of the other two second through-holes is arranged side by side with respect to one of the two first through-holes, and the other of other two second through-holes is arranged side by side with respect to the other of the two first through-holes.
US11864305B2	Connector module with mobile plate for servers A server chassis for a server rack can include a connector assembly. The connector assembly can include a first pair of connectors to fluidly connect to one or more cold plates that are thermally coupled to one or more electronic server components, and a second pair of connectors, to fluidly connect to a supply line and return line of the server rack. The connector assembly may further include a mobile plate upon which the second pair of connectors are attached to. The mobile plate may be attached as part of the connector assembly and movable to and from a direction that connects or disconnects the second pair of connectors to the supply line and the return line of the server rack.
US11864303B2	Air-cooled interface for inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) An air cooled inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) is disclosed. The interface structure has a configuration that it can rapidly transfer heat away from the front surface of the interface that is exposed to a high temperature plasma, while maintaining heat in the ion beam to avoid recombination and clustering. The air cooled interface of the present system comprises of a set of fins for rapid heat transfer, which may be placed along the sides of the ICP-MS systems in a variety of orientations. Open-cell metal foam is also used to increase heat transfer efficiency. The system may be cooled by natural convention or forced convection using one or more air fans.
US11864298B2	Device for treating a product with microwaves A device for treating a product with microwaves includes a treatment chamber, in which the product can be transported along a transport path in a transport direction through the treatment chamber, and a microwave radiation device arranged in the treatment chamber, by means of which microwaves coupled into the microwave radiation device can be radiated, which act on the product, wherein the microwave radiation device includes at least one coaxial conductor which protrudes into the treatment chamber, or is arranged therein, with an electrically-conductive internal conductor and an electrically-conductive external conductor, wherein the external conductor, arranged coaxially, surrounds the internal conductor in a spaced manner and includes at least one opening, which enables an emission of microwaves from the coaxial conductor through the opening on to the product.
US11864297B2	Heating cooking apparatus A heating cooking apparatus includes a heating chamber, a main body outer case, a fan, a first duct member, and an air sending unit. The fan is disposed in a first space. The first space is formed between an outer surface of the heating chamber and an inner surface of the main body outer case. The first duct member is attached to the outer surface of the heating chamber. The first duct member separates a blown air flow into a first air flow and a second air flow. The first air flow flows inside the first duct member. The second air flow flows outside the first duct member. The air sending unit includes an air sending chamber and a heater. The heater is located in the air sending chamber. The air sending chamber is disposed at a position where the air sending chamber is exposed to the first air flow and is not exposed to the second air flow.
US11864295B2	Selectively shielded radio frequency module with multi-mode stacked power amplifier stage Front end systems and related devices, integrated circuits, modules, and methods are disclosed. One such packaged module includes a multi-mode power amplifier circuit in an interior of a radio frequency shielding structure and an antenna external to the radio frequency shielding structure. The multi-mode power amplifier circuit includes a stacked output stage including a transistor stack of two or more transistors. The multi-mode power amplifier circuit also includes a bias circuit configured to control a bias of at least one transistor of the transistor stack based on a mode of the multi-mode power amplifier circuit. The radio frequency shielding structure can extend above a package substrate. The antenna can be on the package substrate. Other embodiments of front end systems are disclosed, along with related devices, integrated circuits, modules, methods, and components thereof.
US11864293B2	Hard and soft light module with ambient light sensing The disclosed technology relates to a hard and soft light module having a housing with a first surface that accommodates a lens. A first plurality of LEDs are disposed along a periphery of the first surface, the first plurality of LEDs are configured to generate light in a first direction toward an edge of the lens. A second plurality of LEDs are disposed proximate to the first surface, the second plurality of LEDs are configured to generate light in a second direction through the lens. The first plurality of LEDs are configured to generate a soft light and the second plurality of LEDs are configured to generate a hard light.
US11864290B1	Dim-to-warm lighting Apparatus and methods for lighting. The apparatus may include a power supply. The apparatus may include a controller. The controller may be configured to receive power from the power supply. The controller may be configured to receive a dimming signal generated external to the controller. The controller may be configured to receive from a user selection that includes a CCT partition set-point. The controller may be configured to transmit to a light source lighting power. The lighting power may correspond to the dimming signal. The lighting power may correspond to the CCT partition set-point. The light source may include a high correlated color temperature (“CCT”) LED. The light source may include a low CCT LED. The CCT partition set-point may correspond to a selected value of a partition of power between the high CCT LED and the low CCT LED.
US11864289B2	Light driver system with modular controller board A light driver includes a converter configured to generate a drive signal for powering a light source based on a control signal, a modular controller board electrically coupled to a sensor board and configured to receive sensor data from the sensor board and to generate a first sensor control signal corresponding to the sensor data, and a primary controller configured to control the converter by generating the control signal based on the first sensor control signal.
US11864287B1	0-10 volt dimming for AC-powered LED lights Circuitry to control dimming of a load circuit may be connected between a 0-10 V dimmer that outputs a DC voltage control signal and the load circuit. The circuitry may include a microcontroller that may be programmed to generate a first pulse-width modulated (“PWM”) signal having a duty cycle based on the dimming level configured to be set on the dimmer. A voltage conversion circuit may supply the microcontroller with data relating to the set dimming level. The microcontroller may be programmed to synchronize the first PWM signal with the supplied AC power from the main circuit based on a second PWM signal from a voltage detection circuit, such as a zero crossing voltage detection circuit. The first PWM signal may be supplied from the microcontroller to an on/off switch to chop the AC power waveform at certain intervals and thereby dim the load.
US11864284B2	Lighting system with a clamped correlated color temperature setting A lighting system includes a light engine including a correlated color temperature (CCT) terminal configured to transmit a first power signal having a first variance and to receive a CCT signal, the light engine being configured to emit light according to the CCT signal, and a CCT clamp coupled to the CCT terminal, and configured to receive the first power signal and to generate the CCT signal having a second variance, the first variance of the first power signal being greater than the second variance of the CCT signal.
US11864283B2	Temperature sensing for a micro-LED array A temperature monitor and control system for a pixel array includes a first driver connected to a first pixel connected to bus by a first switch, a second driver connected to a second pixel connected to a bus by a second switch, and a control block including connection to the first and second switches. The control block turns on the first switch and turns off the second switch, measures bus voltage, determines an LED forward voltage shift of the first pixel and corresponding temperature shift for the first pixel based on the determined forward voltage shift, and adjusts a driving current for first pixel based on the determined temperature shift.
US11864279B2	Method, system and device for controlling a heating element A system, a method, and a device for controlling a heating element in electronic articles, and more particularly for controlling a heating element in electronic cigarettes. In one embodiment A system for controlling a heater can comprise a power source, a memory configured to store programming, an MCU, a solution, a heater configured to heat the solution, and a sensor. The power source, the memory, the MCU, the heater, and the sensor can be electrically coupled. The MCU can receive signals from the sensor and control the heater, and the MCU can be configured to use programming stored in the memory to control the heater.
US11864278B2	5G NR FR2 beam management enhancements Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to perform methods for Fifth Generation New Radio (5G NR) frequency range two (FR2) based communications beam management. The UE may configure, via communications with a base station, serving the UE, a group ID for PUCCH resources within a group of PUCCHs, e.g., for FR2 based communications. The UE may receive, from the base station, an update to one or more PUCCH resources within the group of PUCCHs via a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) that may include one of a resource ID indicating an update to a PUCCH resource or the group ID to update the group of PUCCH resources. The UE may update, based on the MAC-CE, the one or more PUCCH resources within the group of PUCCHs.
US11864272B2	Wireless communication method, terminal device, and network device Disclosed in embodiments of the present invention are a wireless communication method, a network device, and a terminal device. The method comprises: a first device receives network slice information sent by a second device, wherein the network slice information is to indicate multiple network slices; the first device determines a target network slice from the multiple network slices, the target network slice comprising at least one network slice supported by the first device; and the first device performs wireless communication according to the target network slice.
US11864271B2	Mobile device ID tracking for automatic incident data association and correlation Multiple mobile device identifiers (IDs) of mobile devices and corresponding geolocations of the multiple of mobile device IDs are received from multiple mobile hubs during a time period. A selection of an incident that occurred at a particular geolocation at a particular date and time is then received. One or more mobile hubs of the multiple mobile hubs that were present within a selected geographical zone that includes the particular geolocation during a selected time frame that includes the particular date and time are identified based on at least one corresponding mobile device ID of the one or more mobile hubs. Sensor data obtained by at least one user device communicatively connected to the one or more mobile hubs of the multiple hubs are then associated with the incident.
US11864270B2	Incrementally distributing user equipment capability information using a model identifier According to some embodiments, a method performed by a network node of incrementally obtaining wireless device capability information comprises: receiving a context setup request for a wireless device from an access and mobility management function (AMF); determining the context setup request does not include device capability information relevant to the network node; transmitting a device capability enquiry to the wireless device; receiving a user UE-ModelId from the wireless device; determining the network node does not have stored device capability information associated with the UE-ModelId; transmitting a device capability enquiry that include a capability filter to the wireless device; receiving a subset of device capabilities identified by the first capability filter from the wireless device; and updating stored device capability information associated with the UE-ModelId with the subset of device capabilities.
US11864267B2	Methods and apparatus for efficient transfer of multiple cellular service credentials This Application describes mechanisms to transfer cellular service plans and associated credentials efficiently between wireless devices. Information regarding transferability of cellular services for SIMs/eSIMs to a wireless device are obtained from locally stored or remotely accessible cellular service information and/or associated mobile network operator (MNO) information. Access to network-based servers to determine transferability and/or to effect transfer can use non-cellular connections when available. Transferability information can be presented to a user to narrow selection of cellular service plans to transfer.
US11864263B2	Wireless connection establishing methods and wireless connection establishing apparatuses Embodiments of this application provide for establishment of a wireless connection. A method comprises: generating connection authentication information according to related information of a wired connection between a first device and a second device; and sending, in case of disconnection of, a wireless connection establishing request in such a manner that the request can be received by the second device, where the request comprises the connection authentication information. In the methods and apparatuses of embodiments of this application, by using related information of a wired connection as authentication information of establishing a wireless connection, the wireless connection can be established rapidly and securely, and/or device power consumption can also be considered.
US11864262B2	Data transmission with expiration time Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be configured to operate in a control mode. In some cases, the control mode may be an in active mode (e.g., a radio resource control (RRC) inactive mode). The UE may be configured to receive a control message from a network node. In some cases, the control message may include an uplink grant associated with a duration. The duration may relate to a timer, such as an expiration timer, for example. The UE may transmit an uplink transmission to the network node while operating in the control mode. The uplink transmission may be in accordance with the uplink grant and the duration. In some cases, prior to transmitting the uplink transmission, the UE may multiplex the uplink transmission with a second control message including an indication for the UE to remain in the control mode.
US11864252B2	Systems and methods for state context management in dual connectivity network environments Devices, methods, and computer-readable media described herein and provide for sending, by a first wireless station, a suspend message to a wireless station associated with a radio resource control (RRC) session for a dual connectivity (DC) capable user equipment (UE) device that places the DC capable UE device in an RRC inactive mode; storing, by the first wireless station, UE context information from a core network for the DC capable UE device for the RRC session; and evaluating, by the first wireless station, a set of criteria to determine whether to also store the UE context information at the wireless station.
US11864251B2	Wireless communication device and method of connecting wireless communication A method of performing wireless communication for a wireless communication device including a first Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) and a second SIM includes performing a first wireless communication with a first terminal device through the first SIM, receiving a request for connection of a second wireless communication from a second terminal device through the second SIM, determining a target SIM among the first SIM and the second SIM in response to the request, and performing the first wireless communication and the second wireless communication through the target SIM.
US11864250B2	Method and apparatus for supporting various services in wireless communication system The disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) system, such as long-term evolution (LTE). The disclosure provides a method for operating a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method including: performing communication with an access and mobility management function (AMF) in a first network; and transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) message including information on the AMF in a second network.
US11864249B2	Method and apparatus for sidelink identifier change in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a first UE (User Equipment) to update Layer-2 Identities (IDs). In one embodiment, the method includes the first UE establishing a unicast link with a second UE, wherein a first Layer-2 ID of the first UE and a second Layer-2 ID of the second UE are used for data transmission and reception on the unicast link. The method further includes the first UE transmitting a Link Identifier Update Request message for the unicast link to the second UE, wherein the Link Identifier Update Request message includes a new first Layer-2 ID of the first UE. The method also includes the first UE receiving a Link Identifier Update Accept message for the unicast link from the second UE, wherein the Link Identifier Update Accept message includes a new second Layer-2 ID of the second UE. In addition, the method includes the first UE passing the new first Layer-2 ID of the first UE and the new second Layer-2 ID of the second UE down to the lower layer(s) after a Link Identifier Update Acknowledgement (ACK) message is passed to the lower layer(s) for transmission in response to reception of the Link Identifier Update Accept message.
US11864248B2	Application function implementation method and electronic device Embodiments of this application disclose an application function implementation method, so as to resolve a problem of low use efficiency of an electronic device. A first electronic device establishes a first wireless link through a first wireless communications protocol, displays a screen that includes a first control, receives an operation performed on the first control, displays a shortcut menu that includes a second control, receives an operation performed on the second control, displays a list that includes a first identifier of a second electronic device, receives an operation performed on the first identifier, establishes a second wireless link to the second electronic device through a second wireless communications protocol, where the first electronic device and the second electronic device are associated with each other, and sends first information that includes to-be-shared data and a second identifier to the second electronic device through the second wireless link.
US11864242B2	Enhancement to RACH procedure An example embodiment relates to Random Access Channel, RACH, procedure, for example in the New Radio, NR. Random access procedures may be of two types, contention based CBRA and contention free, CFRA. A client device may only perform CBRA fallback when none of the reference signal received strengths, RSRPs, of the synchronization signal blocks, SSBs, which is associated with the CFRA resources is above a predefined threshold, T1. All SSBs and CSI-RS with associated CFRA resources may be below the threshold. Then, the client device may select an SSB or CSI-RS according to a predefined rule and perform CFRA when CFRA resources are associated. Devices, methods and computer programs are disclosed accordingly.
US11864240B2	Telecommunications apparatus and methods A method of operating a base station in a wireless telecommunications system to support a first random access procedure for a first terminal device of a first type and a second random access procedure for a second terminal device of a second type, wherein a message size for an uplink message of the second random access procedure is greater than a message size for a corresponding uplink message of the first random access procedure.
US11864239B2	Communication method, terminal device, and network device A communication method is described that includes a terminal device receiving a first message sent by a network device to which the terminal device expects to be handed over, and the first message indicates at least one target manner of the air interface technology determined by the network device from at least one optional manner of the air interface technology. Thereafter, the terminal device communicates with the network device by using the at least one target manner of the air interface technology.
US11864234B2	Beam-based channel access procedures A base station (BS) or a user equipment (UE) performs a channel access procedure for a plurality of beams to determine an availability of the plurality of beams. In some implementations, the BS or the UE determines that a channel access procedure is successful for a subset of the plurality of beams. In such implementations, the BS or the UE performs the transmission on the subset of the plurality of beams.
US11864232B2	Signal transmission and reception method for unlicensed band communication, and apparatus therefor A method by which a terminal operating in an unlicensed band transmits a signal includes the steps of: receiving, from a base station, configuration information about a carrier; receiving configuration information for configuring N (where N is an integer) guard band(s) for some frequency domains of the carrier; and transmitting a signal to the base station by using a first frequency domain of a bandwidth part belonging to the carrier, wherein the first frequency domain can be a domain excluding the N guard band(s) from the frequency domain of the bandwidth part.
US11864228B2	Signal transmission method, communication device and communication system for alleviating hidden nodes A signal transmission method includes: performing (101) a clear channel assessment (CCA) detection on a predetermined spectrum to obtain a CCA detection result; exchanging (102) information with a counterpart device; and performing data transmission according to at least one of the detection result and the exchanged information.
US11864223B2	Method and apparatus for implementing a security value generation module Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for implementing a security value generation module are disclosed. A processor establishes a communication link between a registry and a plurality of service devices each configured to provide corresponding service. A receiver receives a request from a user device for generating a value of a security based on a requested quality level. The processor implements rules to determine which service to be used for generating the value of the security based on the requested quality level in response to the received request; generates the value of the security based on the implemented rules; and transmits an electronic package to the user device, the package including data related to the value of the security.
US11864221B2	Apparatuses and methods for facilitating a management of network resources in accordance with priority classes Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, monitoring a network to identify a first amount of traffic in the network, determining, in accordance with the monitoring, that the first amount of traffic in the network exceeds a threshold, and modifying a priority class for a first communication device responsive to the determining that the first amount of traffic in the network exceeds the threshold, wherein the priority class controls access by the first communication device to a resource of the network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11864220B2	Systems and methods for controlling beam parameters to improve signal strength Systems and methods are provided to address issues related to poor radio conditions (e.g., SS-RSRP/SS-RSRQ/SS-SINR) associated with poor coverage for user devices (e.g., user equipment (UEs)) positioned between Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) beams emitted from a cell tower. Specifically, Next Generation Node B (gNB) may identify the location of the user devices (reporting poor signal strength due to poor radio conditions) based on angle or arrival and/or timing advance. Systems and methods further include controlling a phase and amplitude of the SSB beam(s) serving the user device to improve the signal strength of these user devices experiencing poor radio conditions, until the signal strength is within/above target threshold value(s). In this manner, user coverage is improved, with the option to prioritize premium subscribers, without the need for employing a more expensive alternative (e.g., building additional cell sites and towers) for improving user coverage.
US11864218B1	5G new radio uplink intermodulation distortion mitigation The disclosed technology provides a system and method for determining an uplink (UL) waveform for a mobile device to use for UL transmission in carrier aggregation or dual connectivity modes, where the UL waveform is selected to eliminate or minimize the deleterious effects of intermodulation distortion (IMD). The system identifies frequency bands scheduled for use by the mobile device for concurrent UL transmissions and for DL transmissions and determines if the combination of frequency bands can lead to high IMD. If the combination can lead to high IMD, the system can instruct the mobile device to switch to a Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT)-spread Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) (DFT-s-OFDM) waveform for UL transmissions; if the combination would not likely lead to high IMD, the system can instruct the mobile device to switch to a Cyclic Prefix OFDM (CP-OFDM) waveform for the UL transmissions.
US11864217B2	Method and apparatus for measuring remote cross-link interference A method by which a first base station removes remote cross-link interference (CLI) can comprise: detecting the occurrence of a remote CLI; broadcasting a first reference signal including information on the first base station, on the basis of the detection of the occurrence of the remote CLI; obtaining information on a second base station; and determining that the remote CLI occurs, based on the information on the second base station. The first base station broadcasts the first reference signal, and the second base station, having received the first reference signal, can determine whether the occurrence of the remote CLI of the first base station is caused, based on the first reference signal.
US11864216B2	Acknowledgment feedback for semi-persistent scheduling in wireless communications Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which a user equipment (UE) may be configured with one or more semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configurations. A base station may transmit a first downlink control information (DCI) transmission to the UE that activates an SPS configuration, and the first DCI may indicate a non-numeric feedback timeline for reporting associated acknowledgment feedback. The base station may transmit a subsequent second DCI transmission that provides feedback resources, and the UE may receive the second DCI and identify timing and resources for SPS acknowledgment feedback based on the second DCI. The UE may then transmit the acknowledgment feedback for one or more SPS transmissions in the feedback resources that are indicated by the second DCI transmission.
US11864204B2	Terminal and communication method The present disclosure aims at allowing a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) pattern suitable for a terminal to be selected from among a plurality of DMRS patterns including Legacy DMRS and Reduced DMRS. Disclosed is a terminal including: reception section 21 that receives uplink control information; control section 23 that determines a specific mapping pattern from among a plurality of mapping patterns for an uplink DMRS on the basis of the control information; and DMRS generating section 24 that generates a DMRS according to the specific mapping pattern.
US11864203B2	Resource allocation for device to device (D2D) communication The invention relates to a method for allocating radio resources to a transmitting terminal for performing direct communication transmission over a direct link connection. The transmitting terminal receives a system information broadcast from the base station, which comprises information on a temporary transmission radio resource pool, indicating radio resources for performing a direct communication transmission, and comprises configuration information on the resource pool to limit the amount of time that the temporary radio resource pool is usable by the transmitting terminal.
US11864202B2	Method and apparatus for frequency domain resource allocation on data channel A network device sends indication information to a terminal device, to indicate a reference position of a starting symbol of a data channel. The network device sends a physical downlink control channel to the terminal device. Then the network device sends the data channel to the terminal device, or the network device receives the data channel from the terminal device.
US11864198B2	Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, and communication method using multiple downlink control information formats to schedule multiple physical downlink shared channels A receiver receives one or multiple first DCI formats, one or multiple second DCI formats, and a third DCI format. The third DCI format does not include a PDSCH group indication field. A PDSCH scheduled by the third DCI format is included in a first PDSCH group. A transmitter transmits a first HARQ-ACK codebook for the first PDSCH group, and/or a second HARQ-ACK codebook for the second PDSCH group. The third DCI format schedules a PDSCH. In a case that the third DCI format is detected, the transmitter transmits an HARQ-ACK bit corresponding to the PDSCH scheduled by the third DCI format.
US11864197B2	Method for transmitting/receiving data in wireless communication system, and device for supporting same A method for transmitting/receiving data in a wireless communication system and a device for supporting same are presented. Particularly, a method by which a terminal receives a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling the PDSCH in a nth transmission time unit; and determining whether the PDSCH is received on the basis of the DCI, wherein the DCI includes information for indicating whether a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the PDSCH exists in the nth transmission time unit.
US11864196B2	Uplink configured grant configuration determination for a user equipment device A method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a plurality of uplink configured grant (UL-CG) configurations and receiving, by the UE, an UL-CG. The method further includes selecting, based on a resource configuration associated with a slot, an UL-CG configuration from among the plurality of UL-CG configurations for an occasion of the UL-CG that is to occur during the slot. The method further includes performing an uplink transmission during the occasion of the UL-CG based on the selected UL-CG configuration.
US11864195B2	Peer-to-peer citizens broadband radio service grant This document describes methods, devices, systems, and means for a peer-to-peer Citizens Broadband Radio Service, CBRS, grant. A base station sends a CBRS spectrum request to a Spectrum Access System, SAS, receives a CBRS spectrum grant from the SAS, and transmits a configuration for peer-to-peer, P2P, CBRS communication to at least a first UE that is effective to enable the first UE and a second UE to conduct P2P communication based on the configuration for P2P CBRS communication.
US11864192B2	Method for transmitting and receiving plurality of physical downlink shared channels in wireless communication system, and device for same The present specification provides a method for transmitting and receiving downlink data in a wireless communication system and a device for same. In particular, the method carried out by a terminal may comprise the steps of: receiving downlink control information for scheduling the downlink data in a first time unit and a second time unit; receiving information on mappings between layer groups and transmission configuration indication (TCI) states; receiving downlink data, which is related to a first layer group, in the first time unit on the basis of a first TCI state; receiving downlink data, which is related to a second layer group, in the first time unit on the basis of a second TCI state; and receiving downlink data, which is related to a third layer group, in the second time unit on the basis of a third TCI state.
US11864190B2	Method and apparatus for configuring and determining transmission block scheduling interval, and base station The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for configuring a transport block scheduling interval, methods and apparatuses for determining a transport block scheduling interval, base stations, user equipment, and computer-readable storage media. A method of configuring a transport block scheduling interval includes: if scheduling of current machine type communication (MTC) user equipment (UE) is in a preset type, determining a corresponding transport block scheduling interval based on current capability information of the current MTC UE, and sending scheduling information to the current MTC UE through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The current capability information includes a parameter indicating a scheduling processing capability level of the current MTC UE. The scheduling information includes the corresponding transport block scheduling interval.
US11864188B2	Method and apparatus for scheduling and transmitting data in wireless cellular communication system The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than 4G systems, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to 5G communication technology and IoT related technology-based intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail, security and safety related services, etc.). The present invention relates to a scheduling method and apparatus for uplink data transmission and downlink data reception.
US11864184B2	Method for transmitting uplink control information Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for transmitting uplink control information. The method includes: a User Equipment (UE) receives Uplink Control Information UCI configuration information, wherein the UCI configuration information includes information for determining a periodicity, an offset and a Physical Uplink Control Channel PUCCH for Periodic-Channel State Information P-CSI to be report in one subframe and configuration information for transmission of Hybrid Automatic Retransmission reQuest-Acknowledgement HARQ-ACK; processes one or more kinds of UCI in the subframe, and transmits the on resources using a PUCCH format. According to the method of the present disclosure, the transmit power for transmitting the UCI on the channel using the PUCCH format is optimized. During the transmission of the P-CSI, the PUCCH resource most preferable for the transmission of the P-CSI is determined. The uplink resource utilization ratio is increased.
US11864182B2	Demodulation reference signal multiplexing for uplink communications Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may multiplex one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) with data or uplink control information in each symbol of one or more physical uplink communications. The UE may transmit the symbols of the one or more physical uplink communications. The physical uplink communications may include physical uplink repetitions. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11864179B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving PDCCH in wireless communication system Disclosed are a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a wireless communication system. A method for receiving a PDCCH, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a base station, configuration information related to a control resource set (CORESET); and receiving, from the base station, a PDCCH within the CORESET. The configuration information may include transmission control indicator (TCI) state information related to the CORESET, the TCI state information may include information about one or more reference signals which are in a quasi-co-location (QCL) relationship with one or more antenna ports of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) of the PDCCH, and a plurality of TCI states may be configured for the CORESET.
US11864177B2	Method for performing beam failure recovery procedure in wireless communication system and device therefor A method for performing a beam failure recovery procedure in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving configuration information related to the BFR, receiving a downlink reference signal (DL RS) based on the configuration information, detecting a beam failure based on measurement for the DL RS, and transmitting a request message for the BFR. The request message for the BFR is transmitted based on a PUCCH resource related to a scheduling request (SR). 1) The PUCCH resource related to the SR is one of a plurality of PUCCH resources configured for the beam failure recovery, and 2) the beam failure is based on being related to one or more cells: the PUCCH resource related to the SR is a specific PUCCH resource determined based on a preconfigured criterion among the plurality of PUCCH resources.
US11864174B2	Method and device in a node used for wireless communication The present disclosure provides a method and device in a node for wireless communications. A first node receives a first signaling; and operates a first signal group. The first signaling is used for determining a first reference-signal-resource set; a first parameter-group set comprises a positive integer number of parameter group(s), any parameter group in the first parameter-group set is used for the operating action of a signal in the first signal group; any reference signal resource in the first reference-signal-resource set is used for determining a parameter group in the first parameter-group set. The above method unifies beam management mechanisms for both Uplink and Downlink, which improves performance of Uplink transmission and reduces corresponding signaling overhead and delay.
US11864173B2	Resource scheduling method and apparatus The embodiments of this application provide a resource scheduling method and apparatus, and relate to the field of communications technologies, to resolve the problem that how to schedule a SL resource is not provided in the related technologies. The method includes: when data is needed to be sent on a SL, or a BSR of a SL triggers a scheduling request SR, sending a SR to a network side device by using a target resource, where the SR is used to request the network side device to configure a SL sending resource for the terminal device. The embodiments of this application are used to schedule a SL sending resource.
US11864169B2	Method and apparatus for configuring or aquiring transmission bandwidth configuration corresponding to channel bandwidth Provided is a transmission bandwidth configuration method. The method includes: configuring a first channel bandwidth (CB) of a carrier; and in response to determining that the first CB is greater than a first preset bandwidth, configuring subcarriers in a first TBC according to a preset percentage X of the first TBC in the first CB and the first CB, so as to complete a subcarrier configuration in a transmission bandwidth configuration. The preset percentage X is within a range of [a preset lower limit value, a preset upper limit value], the preset lower limit value is greater than 90% and the preset upper limit value is less than 100%. Also provided is a transmitting node.
US11864163B2	V2X dynamic groupcast resource allocation An apparatus for a wireless communication system includes one or more base stations and a plurality of user devices, UEs. The apparatus is configured to be connected to one or more UEs via a sidelink for a sidelink communication with the one or more UEs, the apparatus and the one or more UEs forming a group of UEs and using a set of group resources to be used for the sidelink communication within the group of UEs. In case a base station does not provide resource allocation configuration or assistance, the apparatus is configured to select resources from a set of resources provided by the wireless communication system so as to alter or completely change the set of group resources to be used for the sidelink communication within the group of UEs.
US11864159B2	Sidelink communication method, terminal device and network device A sidelink communication method includes: obtaining, by a first terminal device, at least one frequency domain resource of the first terminal device which is used for sidelink communication; and determining, by the first terminal device, a first frequency domain resource from the at least one frequency domain resource.
US11864155B2	Paging method, base station, and user equipment Provided are a paging method, base station, and user equipment (UE). The paging method includes that a base station configures a paging parameter according to a UE category. The paging parameter includes at least one of configuration information for scheduling paging or information about a downlink carrier for carrying paging.
US11864152B2	Location determination using acoustic-contextual data Systems and methods of determining a location of a mobile computing device associated with a real-time locating system are provided. For instance, a mobile computing device can determine a first location of the mobile computing device. The mobile computing device can then receive acoustic-contextual data that is correlated with the first location of the mobile computing device. The acoustic-contextual data can include data associated with one or more transmitting devices, and data associated with an environment proximate the one or more transmitting devices. The mobile computing device can receive one or more signals from at least one of the one or more transmitting devices, and can determine a more accurate second location of the mobile computing device based at least in part on the acoustic-contextual data and the one or more received signals.
US11864150B2	Uplink coordinated multipoint positioning A method and network node for uplink coordinated multipoint positioning are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes employing a coordinated multipoint function to decode data from a WD using signals received from the WD by the network node and from signals received from the WD by a plurality of cooperating network nodes. The method further includes converting the decoded WD data signal into a time domain reference signal and convert the signals received from the plurality of cooperating network nodes into time domain neighbour signals. The method also includes cross-correlating the time domain reference signal with the time domain neighbour signals to determine a time difference of arrival for each of the plurality of time domain neighbour signals. The method also includes calculating a position of the WD based on the time differences of arrival and based on locations of the cooperating network nodes.
US11864149B2	Systems and methods for user equipment (UE) registration This disclosure combines the Attach and Tracking Area Update procedures into one new mobility procedure: the Registration procedure. One advantage of the proposed Registration procedure is that, if the new SHF is unable to obtain UE data from the old SHF the new SHF will nevertheless register the UE so that the UE does not have to perform another registration procedure (e.g., an Attach procedure).
US11864145B2	Neighbor cell measurement based timing advance validation Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for neighbor cell measurement based timing advance validation. A method may include receiving a network configuration comprising a timing advance command from a network element. The method may also include acquiring at least measurement data of a serving cell relative to a first set of neighbor cells at a first time instance, and measurement data of the serving cell relative to a second set of neighbor cells at a second time instance according to the network configuration. The method may further include performing a timing advance validity check using at least the acquired measurement data from the first time instance and the second time instance. Further, the method may include performing data transmission based on a result of the timing advance validity check.
US11864144B2	Wireless communication method and apparatus for asynchronously sending uplink data The present disclosure relates to wireless communication methods, terminal devices, and network devices. In one example method, a network device sends timing advance timer (TAT) configuration information to a terminal device, where the TAT configuration information is used by the terminal device to configure duration of a TAT. The terminal device receives the TAT configuration information sent by the network device. The terminal device configures the TAT based on the TAT configuration information, and asynchronously sends uplink data to the network de vice based on a running status of the TAT. The network device receives the uplink data sent by the terminal device based on the TAT configuration information.
US11864141B2	Wireless communication system performing mutual wireless communication between terminals to perform time difference measurement and propagation time measurement In performing wireless communication between terminals to perform time difference measurement and propagation time measurement, first and second terminals that transmit a signal at least once in attempting space-time synchronization are included. The first terminal measures a reception phase of a locally transmitted signal, and a reception phase of a signal transmitted by the second terminal, adds a positive or negative phase to the measured reception phase, and makes a report to the second terminal. The second terminal measures a reception phase of a locally transmitted signal, and a reception phase of a signal transmitted by the first terminal, and makes a report to the first terminal. The first and second terminals obtain a time difference or propagation time according to a reception phase measured by a local device and reported from a counterpart, and obtain additional information based on a phase reflected in the time difference or propagation time.
US11864140B2	Methods and systems for time synchronization among unmanned aerial systems A system and method are provided for enhanced multi-way time transfer for time synchronization between at least one slave node and one master node. A slave node sends a first message to the master node to launch a time synchronization between the slave node and the master node. Upon receiving the first message, the master node adds a receiving time on a master clock to the first message to form a second message. The master node sends the second message back to the slave node and the slave node adds a receiving time on the slave clock to the second message to form an updated message. The slave node performs a time adjustment to the slave clock based on the updated message, thereby synchronizing time between the slave node and the master node.
US11864139B2	Transmitting device, receiving device and methods performed therein for handling communication A method performed by a transmitting device, for handling communication in a wireless communications network. The transmitting device transmits a Precision Time Protocol, PTP, message carrying synchronization information to a receiving device over a radio interface.
US11864136B2	Synchronization signal block and control resource set multiplexing in wireless communications Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications provide techniques for multiplexing, in a frequency domain, a synchronization signal block (SSB) and a control resource set (CORESET) to form a multiplexed block that is transmitted using a set of symbols. A base station may transmit multiple multiplexed blocks using multiple different beams with a switching gap provided between each multiplexed block that allows for switching of radio frequency (RF) components between different beams. The switching gap is longer than a duration of a cyclic prefix (CP) that is associated with each symbol of the set of symbols of each multiplexed block. Within one or more of the multiplexed blocks, an associated SSB may use a different waveform than the CORESET. The multiplexed blocks may use a common reference signal for both the SSB and CORESET.
US11864135B2	Method and device for transmitting and receiving wireless signal in wireless communication system The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and particularly to a method and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: detecting an SSB, the SSB comprising 15 kHz-granularity-based offset information; determining, on the basis of the 15 kHz-granularity-based offset information, a subcarrier offset used to identify the frequency position of a CORESET linked to the SSB; and monitoring, on the basis of the subcarrier offset, the CORESET linked to the SSB.
US11864134B2	New Radio (NR) and long term evolution (LTE) signal concurrent testing According to examples, NR and LTE signal concurrent testing may include ascertaining LTE synchronization data associated with an LTE signal, and ascertaining NR synchronization data associated with an NR signal. The NR and LTE signal concurrent testing may further include performing, for the LTE synchronization data, LTE analysis, and performing, for the NR synchronization data, NR analysis. Based on the LTE analysis and the NR analysis, a multi-path profile of the LTE signal and the NR signal may be determined.
US11864132B2	Measurement signal configuration method and apparatus This specification discloses signal configuration methods and apparatuses. One method includes: sending, by a first node of a wireless system, a synchronization signal block (SSB) at a set of candidate locations of SSBs, wherein the SSB is used by a second node of the wireless system to detect or measure the SSB; receiving, by the first node, SSB optimization configuration information comprising an identifier of the SSB; determining, by the first node, a subset of the set of candidate locations based on the SSB optimization configuration information; and sending, by the first node, the SSB at the subset of the set of candidate locations.
US11864129B2	Power adjustment requests for downlink signaling based on received power overloading Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, a user equipment (UE) may transmit an indication to a base station that a total received power for the UE exceeds an overload threshold. In some cases, the indication may be an explicit request for a decrease in transmit power by a specific amount of reduction. The UE may transmit indications that the overload threshold is exceeded to multiple transmit/receive points. The indications may request specific transmit power reduction amounts that are specific to the TRPs, or may be generic indications that the overload threshold is exceeded, and the TRPs may coordinate to reduce their respective transmit powers to satisfy the overload threshold at the UE. The base station may allocate a first set of resources for near field UEs and a second set of resources for far field UEs.
US11864128B2	Default PUCCH and SRS beam determination Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to determine a default beam for a dedicated PUCCH/SRS in a CC. The UE may determine a pathloss RS has been configured in the CC, e.g., responsive to the UE determining that spatial relationship information for a default transmission beam has not been configured and determine the default beam for transmissions based, at least in part, on the (configured) pathloss RS. Additionally, responsive to determining that the pathloss RS has not been configured in the CC, the UE may determine that no CORESETs/TCI states for a PDSCH in the CC have been configured and determine the default beam for transmissions based, at least in part, on a default transmission beam in another CC, a CC index, a PRACH procedure; a PUSCH transmission; an SRS transmission, and/or a PUCCH transmission.
US11864127B2	Methods and apparatus to facilitate automatic association of pathloss reference and spatial relations for fast uplink beam switching Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating automatic association of pathloss reference and spatial relations for fast uplink beam switching are disclosed herein. An example method for wireless communication at a UE includes receiving a pathloss and spatial relation information linking indicator. The example method also includes determining a pathloss reference signal based on a transmit beam. The example method also includes measuring the pathloss based on the pathloss reference signal determined based on the transmit beam.
US11864124B2	Method and apparatus for power control regarding multi-TRP uplink transmission in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The method can include receiving a configuration for a first set of power control information and a second set of power control information, receiving a Downlink Control Information (DCI) scheduling one or more Physical Uplink Shared Channels (PUSCHs), wherein the DCI comprises a first Sounding Reference Signal Resource Indicator (SRI) field and a second SRI field, determining a first Identifier (ID) directly based on value indicated by the first SRI field, wherein the first ID is a power control information ID in the first set of power control information, determining a second ID based on a value indicated by the second SRI field and the number of layers, and transmitting the one or more PUSCHs based on transmit power derived from the power control information of the first ID or the power control information of the second ID.
US11864123B2	Method and device in a node used for wireless communication The present disclosure provides a method and device in a node used for wireless communications. A first node receives a first signaling; and transmits a first signal; the first signaling is used for determining configuration information of the first signal; the first signaling is used for determining a first information unit, the first information unit comprises a first field, the first field in the first information unit indicates a first reference-signal resource, and the first reference-signal resource is used for determining a spatial-domain filter of the first signal; a first power control parameter group is used for determining transmission power of the first signal. The above method unifies Uplink beam management mechanism and Downlink beam management mechanism, and solves the power control problem of Uplink transmission under a unified beam management mechanism.
US11864122B2	Method and device for uplink power control The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on 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. The present disclosure provides a method for uplink power control, which is applied to a User Equipment (UE), and the method includes: determining a timing between a power control command and a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), which adopts the power control command to control power. The present disclosure also provides a corresponding device.
US11864120B2	Uplink spatial relation indication and power control Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to perform power control for uplink (UL) reference signals (RS). A UE may determine spatial configuration for UL RS based on another communication. A UE may determine an updated pathloss within a reduced implementation following an update of downlink (DL) RS. A UE may reset a power control factor in response to receiving an update.
US11864119B2	Optimizing power resources for interconnected mobile IOT devices A central IoT controller is described for conserving power resources of mobile IoT devices. Specifically, the central IoT controller is configured to at least monitor power reserves of mobile IoT devices, and in response to detecting that a power reserve has fallen below a predetermined threshold, generate computer-executable instructions that adjust configuration settings of the mobile IoT devices to conserve a remaining power reserve. The central IoT controller may modify a check-in interval for mobile IoT devices, configure the transmission of data communications via more power-efficient communication protocols, or reduce the number of active sensors on the mobile IoT device based on proximity to a trusted geolocation or a trusted device. Further, data communications may be rerouted via a proximate trusted device or other proximate mobile IoT device, in response to such device providing an efficiency with respect to available communication protocols.
US11864112B2	Apparatus, method and computer program There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus including circuitry for operating in a first discontinuous reception mode including at least one awake period and at least one sleep period, receiving, during operation in the at least one awake period, a first indication from a network to perform at least one of pausing operation of the first discontinuous reception mode such that the apparatus continues operation in the at least one awake period and disabling operation of the first discontinuous reception mode such that the apparatus continues operation in a second discontinuous reception mode.
US11864111B2	Downlink channel monitoring method, terminal, and storage medium A downlink channel monitoring method includes monitoring a downlink channel with a first monitoring mode, where the first monitoring mode comprises a full monitoring mode, a wake-up signal monitoring mode, or a sleep signal monitoring mode. Additionally, the method includes monitoring levels of the full monitoring mode, the wake-up signal monitoring mode, and the sleep signal monitoring mode, where the full monitoring mode, the wake-up signal monitoring mode, and the sleep signal monitoring mode are different. Further, the method includes switching, in response to determining that a monitoring situation satisfies a preset condition, a monitoring mode from the first monitoring mode to a second monitoring mode matching the preset condition according to the monitoring levels. Finally, the method includes monitoring the downlink channel with the second monitoring mode, where the second monitoring mode is different from the first monitoring mode.
US11864108B2	Mobile computer device and base station to save battery life The handset and base station disclosed save battery life and processor cycles by further analyzing communication types and patterns to limit communications to times and situations where communications are more likely and where battery preservation will have a significant impact. In one embodiment, the server side controls the timing of communicating voice signals, data signals and control signals to save battery life in a portable computing device.
US11864103B2	Network slicing method and device, and storage medium Provided are a network slicing method and device, and a storage medium. The method includes: a terminal sending a target protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment request to a local SMF, wherein the PDU session establishment request includes terminal identification information, the PDU session establishment request is forwarded by the local SMF to a local UDM to request a user subscription, the local UDM acquires, according to the terminal identification information, target network slice information corresponding to the terminal identification information and notifies the local SMF, then the local SMF replaces initial network slice information with the target network slice information and determines to establish a PDU session; and the terminal receiving a bearer establishment notification sent by a base station according to an instruction of a local AMF for establishing a radio bearer, wherein the bearer establishment notification is used for instructing the terminal to establish a radio bearer.
US11864101B2	Method and apparatus for multi-SIM selection A mobile transceiver having multiple subscriber identity module (SIM) cards and a method of selection is provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method of operating a mobile transceiver, comprising: using a cellular transceiver in association with a first subscriber identity module (SIM) card in a plurality of SIM cards to access a first wireless network; and using the cellular transceiver in association with a second SIM card in the plurality of SIM cards to access a second wireless network in response to a failure to access the first wireless network with the first SIM card.
US11864095B2	Multiple access points for data containers Disclosed are system architectures and techniques for multiple access points for a data container. Control plane and data plane APIs are disclosed for generating access points and associating the access points with data containers, as well as for generating access point policies that specify permissions for the access points. More than one access point may be associated with a single data container. A storage service receives requests directed to the access points, and grants or denies the requests based on the permissions specified in the corresponding policies. Various types of use cases for using access policies are contemplated such as default, regional, or network-based (e.g., VPC-based) use-cases or the like. A system may implement layers of policies such as identity and access management policies, access point policies and data container policies.
US11864090B2	Communication system, communication management method, and non-transitory recording medium A communication system, a communication management method, and a non-transitory recording medium. The communication system communicates with an access source terminal connected to a first network, a communication apparatus and one or more access destination terminals each connected to a second network, the one or more access destination terminal being configured to provide a service by remote access, in response to a request from the access source terminal to use the service provided by the one or more access destination terminals, acquires access information including location information indicating location of the access source terminal and time information indicating usage time of the service, and restricts use of the service based on the access information and setting information, the setting information previously setting a range of the access information for permitting the use of the service provided by the one or more access destination terminals by the access source terminal.
US11864089B2	Peer-assisted, out-of-band discovery of a single-band wireless access point Implementations disclosed describe systems and methods that include establishing, by a wireless device, a communication link with a wireless access point (AP) device over an operating channel, the wireless AP device providing a single-band access within a first frequency band; time-multiplexing, by the wireless device, transmitting beacons or probes within a second frequency band with communicating with the wireless AP device over the operating channel within the first frequency band; and configuring the beacons or probes to advertise, to other wireless devices in the second frequency band, availability of connection to the wireless AP device over the operating channel within the first frequency band.
US11864087B2	Use of cell-edge FDD coverage to separate cell-center TDD coverage from adjacent FDD coverage with conflicting TDD configuration In a system where a first node provides a first area of TDD coverage on a first TDD carrier using a first TDD configuration and an adjacent second node provides a second area of TDD coverage on a second TDD carrier using a different second TDD configuration, the first node could additionally provide an area of FDD coverage on a first FDD carrier, including causing the area of FDD coverage to sit at least partially between the first and second areas of TDD coverage and therefore to define a spatial buffer between the first and second areas of TDD coverage. For instance, the first access node could restrict its service on the first TDD carrier to be for user equipment devices (UEs) that are relatively close to the first access node and could restrict its service on the first FDD carrier to be for UEs that are relatively far away from the first access node.
US11864080B2	User device A disclosed user device includes a receiver configured to receive emergency information from a network; and a control unit configured to change a process of detecting whether first emergency information is duplicated with second emergency information upon receiving, by the receiver, the second emergency information after the first emergency information, based on the first emergency information.
US11864079B2	System for communicating information relating to long period ground motion, server for communicating information relating to long period ground motion, mobile terminal, and method for communicating information relating to long period ground motion It is possible to accurately convey information relevant to a long period ground motion to a person staying on each floor of a building. A system 1 for communicating information relating to a long period ground motion acquires information indicating a floor on which a user stays in a building at which the user stays, information relevant to a position and a structure of the building, and information relevant to a state of an earthquake that occurs, and calculates a state of shaking that occurs on the floor of the building at which the user stays due to the long period ground motion to be communicated to the user through a user terminal 3, and thus, information relevant to the long period ground motion can be obtained through the user terminal 3 that the user has.
US11864074B2	User configuration of services A method for determining user configurations of services in a radio communication network is performed in a support system node, and includes ranking users of a service based on frequency of occurrences of user reconfiguration in the radio communication network, creating a linear regression model of user configuration for a plurality of users of the service in the radio communication network, identifying a user configuration per user of the service for a selected number of ranked users by fitting the selected number of ranked users in the linear regression model, in order to reduce user reconfiguration of the service, and providing the identified user configuration per user to the selected number of ranked users. A support system node, a computer program and a computer program for determining user configurations of services in a radio communication network are also presented.
US11864072B2	Rewards for custom data transmissions An example system comprising a computing device to transmit data from a vehicle provisioned with a plurality of hardware computing resources to a decentralized entity, the computing device to receive a custom data selection from the vehicle in response to a conditional request for a particular data set by the decentralized entity, apply a hash function to the custom data selection, transmit the custom data selection to the decentralized entity, verify that the custom data selection fulfills the conditional request of the decentralized entity, and transmit a reward to the vehicle from the decentralized entity in response to the custom data selection having fulfilled the conditional request.
US11864064B2	Providing functional models to hubs to enhance operation of the hubs Apparatuses, methods, and systems for providing function models to hubs, are disclosed. One method includes sensing, by a hub, local data, collecting the local data from the hub, creating function models based on the collected local data and non-local data collected from non-local data sources, dynamically creating non-local inputs based upon the local data from the hub and the non-local data collected from non-local data sources, transmitting the created function models to the plurality of hubs at a first timing, and dynamically transmitting the non-local inputs to each of the plurality of hubs at a second timing, and applying, by the hub, current locally sensed data and the dynamically transmitted non-local inputs to the created function models.
US11864058B1	Flexible tracking device for cables and equipment A flexible tracking device for monitoring a cable is configured to be secured to the cable by bending around the cable at a bending region of the flexible tracking device. The flexible tracking device includes a flexible substrate, a battery, a device layer, a flexible circuit connecting components of the device layer and the battery, and a flexible cover layer on the substrate covering the flexible substrate, the battery, the device layer, and the flexible circuit. The device layer includes a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a first wireless communication antenna connected to a first wireless communication interface. The flexible tracking device is configured to undergo a bend in the bending region, wherein the bending region does not overlap with components of the device layer that cannot tolerate bending.
US11864057B2	Location determination based on historical service data A network system receives a service request sent from a computing device of a user. The service request identifies a service to be provided by a provider and a service request location. In response to receiving the service request, the network system identifies a plurality of candidate locations. The network system selects the location from a plurality of candidate locations according to predetermined criteria including a frequency measurement of each candidate location. The network system replaces the service request location with the selected location. The network system sends the selected location to the computing device. Responsive to receiving an acceptance of the selected location from the computing device, the network system generates navigation instructions for the provider from a current location of the provider to the selected location.
US11864056B2	Developing a fingerprint map for determining an indoor location of a wireless device Techniques are described herein for developing a fingerprint map that may be used for 3D indoor localization. In one example, a network server may leverage a building footprint from an open source database with signal measurements taken by probing user devices from signal sources such as access point (AP) devices. The network server may use the signal measurements to remotely calculate corresponding 3D positions of the AP devices in a particular building. Further, the network server may use the building footprint and the calculated 3D positions of the AP devices as references for developing the fingerprint map for 3D indoor localization.
US11864049B2	Radio link failure reporting based on a failure of a beam failure recovery procedure A wireless device initiates a beam failure recovery procedure based on a beam failure of at least one beam of a cell. A radio link failure is determined based on a failure of the beam failure recovery procedure. A radio link failure report is transmitted. The radio link failure report comprises: a first field indicating that the failure of the beam failure recovery procedure is a cause of the radio link failure; and a second field indicating a random access resource for the beam failure recovery procedure.
US11864046B2	Network selection method and apparatus applied to mobile terminal A network selection method includes executing, by a mobile terminal, a communication service using a first identification card, determining, by the mobile terminal, that the communication service interferes with a second identification card in the mobile terminal, and adjusting, by the mobile terminal, cell reselection information of the second identification card to reselect to a non-interfered-with cell.
US11864045B2	Non-simultaneous transmit-receive (NSTR) soft access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) A wireless station (STA) operating as a non-simultaneous transmit-receive (NSTR) soft access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) associated with a primary link and a non-primary link determines that the non-primary link is unavailable, and transmits, on only the primary link, a frame carrying an indication of the unavailability of the non-primary link. The NSTR softAP MLD may set a Do Not Transmit (DNT) bit to a value of 1 and may operate as a single-link device on the primary link based on the unavailability of the non-primary link. In some instances, the NSTR softAP MLD determines that the non-primary link is available while operating as the single-link device on the primary link, resets the DNT bit based on the availability of the non-primary link, and transmits the reset DNT bit in another frame on only the primary link.
US11864044B2	Wireless communication method and communication device A wireless communication method and a communication device. The method includes: a first management device receives a communication coverage request message from a second management device, where the communication coverage request message includes at least one of the following communication parameter information: communication coverage area information and communication service requirement information; the first management device determines at least one target access network based on the communication parameter information; and the first management device sends a first configuration message to the target access network, where the first configuration message is used to indicate the target access network to provide communication coverage. This can reduce a waste of energy and resources.
US11864043B2	Method and apparatus for backhaul link switching The subject application relates to methods and apparatuses. According to some embodiments of the subject application, a method includes: transmitting an identifier of a first communication device; and transmitting an identifier of a parent communication device of the first communication device, wherein the first communication device, the parent communication device, and a first base unit constitute a first backhaul link.
US11864041B2	Multi-beam random access procedure in handover execution According to certain embodiments, a method by a wireless device is provided for beam-based random access. The method includes receiving, from a network node, a handover command, the handover command comprising at least one suitability threshold. Measurements of each of a plurality of beams detected by the wireless device are performed. The measurements of the plurality of beams are compared to the at least one suitability threshold. A particular beam is selected based on the comparison, and a random access procedure is initiated.
US11864038B2	Method and user equipment for performing initial beam alignment during random access (RACH) procedure The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on 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. Embodiments herein disclose a method and system for performing initial beam alignment during a random access (RACH) procedure by a User Equipment (UE).
US11864030B2	Method and apparatus for binding information management Methods, apparatus and computer program products for binding information management. A method implemented at a policy control node in a wireless communication network comprises: obtaining information indicating a collocated deployment of a session management node and a binding support node (202); and inhibiting, in response to the information, a registration of binding information to the binding support node (204). A policy control node can know that a binding support node is collocated with a session management node, and no registration of binding information to the binding support node will be triggered for the policy control node.
US11864029B2	Grouping bandwidth parts for efficient bandwidth part switching Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify a configuration for a set of bandwidth part groups including an intra-group switching delay and an inter-group switching delay, where the intra-group switching delay is smaller than the inter-group switching delay. The UE may communicate with a base station on a first bandwidth part of a first bandwidth part group of the set of bandwidth part groups. The UE may switch to a second bandwidth part of the first bandwidth part group based at least in part on the intra-group switching delay, or the UE may switch to a third bandwidth part of a second bandwidth part group based at least in part on the inter-group switching delay. The UE may communicate with the base station on the second bandwidth part or the third bandwidth part based on switching.
US11864028B2	Data transmission method, terminal device and core network device The embodiments of the disclosure relate to a data transmission method, a terminal device and a Core Network (CN) device. The method includes that: a terminal device determines a target access type for uplink data in multiple different access types; the terminal device determines a target-type CN corresponding to the target access type according to a correspondence between an access type and a CN type; and the terminal device sends the uplink data by use of at least one data flow corresponding to the target-type CN. According to the data transmission method, terminal device and CN device of the embodiments of the disclosure, transmission efficiency may be improved.
US11864027B2	EHT STA configured for transmission of a control response frame for rate selection An extremely high-throughput (EHT) station (STA) is configured for transmission of a control response frame for rate selection. In response to a frame carried in an EHT PPDU soliciting a control response frame, the EHT STA may calculate a duration of a non-HT PPDU containing the control response frame sent at a primary rate, The EHT STA may also encode a high-efficient (HE) single-user (SU) PPDU (HE SU PPDU) for transmission to carry the solicited control response frame when a transmit time of the encoded HE SU PPDU is less than the calculated duration of the non-HT PPDU, or encode an EHT PPDU for transmission to carry the solicited control response frame when a transmit time of the encoded EHT PPDU is less than the calculated duration of the non-HT PPDU. A reduction in overhead may be achieved by using an HE SU PPDU or an EHT PPDU instead of a non-HT PPDU to carry a solicited control response frame.
US11864025B2	Real-time relay of wireless communications Exemplary embodiments include a system having a first wireless audio output device configured to connect to a source device via a first piconet and a second wireless audio output device configured to connect to the first wireless audio output device via a second piconet. A schedule of the first piconet includes a plurality of slots associated with an audio packet, a first subset of the slots used by the source device to transmit the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices tuning to the first piconet to listen for the transmissions of the audio packet, and when, after a last one of the first subset of slots, the first or second wireless audio output devices did not receive the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices exchange information via the second piconet such that the both wireless audio output device receive the audio packet.
US11864023B2	Triggering a buffer status report A wireless device transmits one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages indicating assistance information, where the assistant information indicates: an identifier indicating a logical channel; and one or more periodicities associated with the logical channel. The wireless device receives, in response to the assistance information, one or more second RRC messages indicating one or more configured grant configurations. The wireless device triggers a buffer status report in response to data of the logical channel becoming available. In response to receiving one or more activation commands indicating activation of the one or more configured grant configurations, the wireless device cancels the buffer status report.
US11864022B2	Buffer status reporting in wireless communication systems The disclosure provides methods, apparatus and machine-readable mediums relating to buffer status reporting in wireless communication systems. One aspect provides a method performed by a user equipment. The user equipment is configurable to communicate with a radio access node via a plurality of communication protocols, and to communicate with a network node via at least one congestion-controlled application transport protocol. The method comprises: generating a buffer status report comprising an indication of a first amount of data available for transmission from the user equipment, the first amount of data including at least data stored in a buffer for data conforming to the congestion-controlled application transport protocol; and transmitting the buffer status report to the radio access node.
US11864016B2	Measurement design for next radio (NR) and long term evolution (LTE) An invention to perform a method of cell measurement in a wireless network, wherein the wireless network comprises a plurality of frequency layers, the invention configured to: determine a Measurement Gap Length, MGL, for each one of the plurality of frequency layers operational in the wireless network; determine a gap bitmap to indicate a measurement gap availability in a time sequence for each one of the plurality of frequency layers of the wireless network; and transmit gap assistance information for each one of the plurality of frequency layers of the wireless network to a User Equipment, wherein the gap assistance information comprises at least the determined Measurement Gap Length and the determined gap bitmap.
US11864015B2	Quality of experience measurements for mobility robustness Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A communication link between the UE and a serving base station may be established. The UE may measure, at an application layer of the UE, a set of quality of experience variables associated with different service types. The UE may measure, at an access stratum of the UE, a set of radio resource management variables associated with the communication link between the UE and the serving base station and a communication link between the UE and a corresponding set of one or more neighboring base stations associated with the communication links. The UE may transmit a measurement report to the serving base station indicating information associated with the quality of experience variables and the radio resource management variables in a multi-layer readable format.
US11864011B2	Quality estimation system, quality estimation method and program A quality estimation system for estimating DL throughput at user terminals which are connected to a wireless network, includes: acquisition means for acquiring at least terminal information, wireless reception quality information and network quality information from a plurality of user terminals; coefficient derivation means for deriving coefficients in an estimation equation in which the DL throughput is an objective variable and at least the wireless reception quality information and the network quality information are explanatory variables, based on the information acquired by the acquisition means; and estimation means for estimating DL throughput corresponding to measurement data from the measurement data using the estimation equation with application of the coefficients.
US11864008B2	User equipment and network node for configuring measurements of cells and beams in a wireless communication system Configuration of measurement requirements on cells and beams in NR is made more efficient by, in a user equipment, UE, receiving, information from a network node, which information indicates: a first number K of beams to be measured by the UE, and a second number L of cells in which the UE is required to measure the first number K of beams. The UE then carries out measurements using the received information; and performs at least one operational task based on a result of the measurements.
US11864007B2	Communication systems capable of receiving and processing data using unequally spaced and uniform quadrature amplitude modulated 64 point symbol constellations Communication systems are described that use unequally spaced constellations that have increased capacity compared to conventional constellations operating within a similar SNR band. One embodiment is a digital communications system including a transmitter transmitting signals via a communication channel, the transmitter including a coder capable of receiving user bits and outputting encoded bits at a rate, a mapper capable of mapping encoded bits to symbols in a constellation, and a modulator capable of generating a modulated signal for transmission via the communication channel using symbols generated by the mapper, wherein the constellation is unequally spaced and characterizable by assignment of locations and labels of constellation points to maximize parallel decode capacity of the constellation at a given signal-to-noise ratio so that the constellation provides a given capacity at a reduced signal-to-noise ratio compared to a uniform constellation that maximizes the minimum distance between constellation points of the uniform constellation.
US11864003B2	Method and device in communication nodes for wireless communication A method and a device in a node for wireless communications. A first node monitors or drops monitoring a first signal in a first resource block; and transmits a second signal in a second resource block. The second resource block corresponds to a first index; the first resource block is reserved for a HARQ-ACK for a bit block set transmitted in a third resource block; when a first condition set is fulfilled, a spatial relation of the second signal is unrelated to the first index; when the first condition set is unfulfilled, the first index is used for determining the spatial relation of the second signal; the first condition set relates to whether the first signal is conveyed in the first resource block. The method above provides an easy implementation of beamforming in a V2X system, which optimizes gains of beamforming and also prevents complicated signaling interaction.
US11864001B2	Adaptive 5G system An adaptive fifth generation (5G) communications system includes an adaptive 5G tower; a first adaptive 5G site coupled by a dedicated link with the adaptive 5G tower; and a second adaptive 5G site coupled by a direct link with the first adaptive 5G site. The direct link may be established by the first adaptive 5G site and couples the second adaptive 5G site with the adaptive 5G tower. Data signals may be communicated between the adaptive 5G tower and the second adaptive 5G site via the direct link and the dedicated link. Usage of the direct link is accounted for in a blockchain master ledger. The blockchain master ledger corresponds to an adaptive 5G model and may be separately maintained by each of the adaptive 5G tower, the first adaptive 5G site, and the second adaptive 5G site. The master ledger may include relay, processing, path, power, and transaction layers.
US11863996B2	Centralized coordination for shared spectrum systems An electronic device, a base station, and a method for managing a shared spectrum. The electronic device includes a processor configured to cause the electronic device to obtain coexistence measurement reports (CMRs) from the plurality of BSs; identify interference relationships among the plurality of BSs based on the CMRs; assign a set of BSs to one or more basic allocation units (BAUs) in a plurality of BAUs based on the interference relationships; and transmit a spectrum access grant (SAG) to the set of BSs, wherein the SAG includes BAU assignments for the set of BSs. Each BAU in the plurality of BAUs is a time/frequency unit and the set of BSs includes a primary BS and a secondary BS. The secondary BS can transmit in the one or more BAUs when a transmission of the secondary BS does not interfere with a transmission of the primary BS.
US11863987B2	Method for providing an elastic content filtering security service in a mesh network The present disclosure is directed to distributing processing capabilities throughout different nodes in a wireless mesh network. Methods and apparatus consistent with the present disclosure increase the efficiency of communications in a wireless mesh network because they help minimize the need to forward communications to other nodes in the wireless mesh network such that an evaluation can be performed. Apparatus and methods consistent with the present disclosure may distribute ratings or verdicts associated with previous requests to access data to different nodes in a wireless mesh network without generating additional wireless communications through the wireless mesh network. Apparatus and methods consistent with the present disclosure distribute content ratings to different nodes in a wireless network such that different wireless nodes may block redundant requests to undesired content without increasing messaging traffic.
US11863975B2	Protection of initial non-access stratum protocol message in 5G systems Systems and methods of protecting an initial NAS message are described. The NAS message is encrypted using the home PLMN public key during initial registration with the network using a registration request message. An AMF of the serving PLMN sends a serving PLMN public key which is then used to encrypt information including an S-NSSAI of later initial NAS messages after initial registration is completed. The S-NSSAI may not be sent in the later initial NAS message if the S-NSSAI is provided at an access stratum level. The RRC message may contain an indication that the S-NSSAI is encrypted using the serving PLMN public key.
US11863972B2	Resolving reservation ambiguity of sidelink control information repetition in sidelink communications Example implementations include a method, apparatus and computer-readable medium of wireless communication over a sidelink between a transmitting user equipment (UE) and a receiving UE. The receiving UE may receive a configuration of multiple resource pools for sidelink communications. The transmitting UE may transmit at least two repetitions of a sidelink control information (SCI) on at least two of the multiple resource pools. Each repetition of the SCI includes a reservation for a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) on a respective resource pool. The receiving UE may perform soft combining on the at least two repetitions of the SCI to determine resources for the PSSCH. The receiving UE may decoding the PSSCH based on the SCI, for example, by combining multiple repetitions of the PSSCH on the reservations indicated by the SCI.
US11863970B2	System information to support service based cell reselection A base station for a mobile telecommunications system has circuitry configured to communicate with at least one user equipment. The circuitry is further configured to transmit minimum system information having a bitmap indicating at least one service provided by a cell.
US11863959B2	Personalized three-dimensional audio A headphone system includes a calibration microphone for performing a calibration routine with a user. The calibration microphone receives a stimulus signal emitted by the headphone system and generates a response signal indicating variations in the stimulus signal that arise due to physiological attributes of the user. Based on the stimulus signal and the response signal, the calibration engine generates response data. The calibration engine processes the response data based on a headphone transfer function (HPTF) associated with the headphone system in order to create an inverse filter that can reduce or remove acoustic variations caused by the headphone system. The calibration engine generates a personalized HRTF for the user based on the response data and the inverse filter. The personalized HRTF can be used to implement highly accurate 3D audio and is thereby well-suited for applications to immersive audio and audio-visual entertainment.
US11863955B1	System and methods for producing, mixing, and recording content The present invention relates generally to the field of digital content, and more particularly to an improved system and methods for producing, mixing, and recording content. In particular, the system may include a plurality of input channels to which one or more audio sources may be linked via a user interface. Each audio source may be assigned to a physical fader or a virtual fader for adjusting a level of an audio signal received from the audio source. Advantageously, the system may connect via a wired and/or wireless connection with a number of audio devices and may further facilitate assigning each audio source to an input channel such that content creators, such as podcasters, are able to produce, mix, and record audio contents more efficiently and effectively.
US11863952B2	Sound capture for mobile devices Audio signals from microphones of a mobile device are received. Each audio signal is generated by a respective microphone of the microphones. First microphones are selected from among the microphones to generate a front audio signal. Second microphones are selected from among the microphones to generate a back audio signal. A first audio signal portion, which is determined based at least in part on the back audio signal, is removed from the front audio signal to generate a modified front audio signal. A second audio signal portion is removed from the modified front audio signal to generate a left-front audio signal. A third audio signal portion is removed from the modified front audio signal to generate a right-front audio signal.
US11863949B2	Directional sound recording and playback Systems and methods for providing improved localization of recorded and played back sound are provided by improved microphone arrays for recording sound and by improved systems for playback of sound. Microphone arrays include four microphones with sound transducers located and aimed to mimic capture of sound by human ears. Sound captured by two side-viewing microphones is attenuated, at the time of sound capture and/or recording, at a later processing stage, or at the time of sound playback, by low-pass filtering. The recording maintains four separate channels of sound. Playback occurs through four speakers arranged to reproduce sound in the way human ears hear sound, with appropriate attenuation for side speakers. Playback can also occur through four-channel headphones. Improved playback of two-channel stereo sound can also occur through low-pass filtering of each track and playing the filtered sound through side/rear speakers on the opposite sides.
US11863944B2	Intelligent amplifier activation Embodiments are provided for intelligently activating an amplifier in a playback device based on proximity detection. The playback device may be in a quasi-idle state when the playback device is not rendering media content. The quasi-idle state of the playback device may involve an amplifier in the playback device being inactive, while some other components or modules of the playback devices remain active. The playback device may include a proximity sensor configured to detect movement relative to the playback device. If movement is detected indicating that a user input to cause the playback device to render media content is anticipated, the amplifier may be pre-emptively activated such that the playback device enters an active state from the quasi-idle state. In some cases, the playback device may send a message to one or more other playback devices to cause the other playback devices to enter an active state.
US11863937B2	Binaural hearing system for providing sensor data indicative of a physiological property, and method of its operation The disclosure relates to a hearing system including a first hearing device configured to be worn at a first ear of a user and a second hearing device configured to be worn at a second ear of the user. The first hearing device includes a first physiological sensor configured to provide sensor data indicative of a physiological property of the user and the second hearing device includes a second physiological sensor configured to provide sensor data indicative of the same physiological property as the sensor data provided by the first physiological sensor. A processing unit may be configured to control the first and second physiological sensor to alternatingly provide the sensor data in subsequent time intervals.
US11863935B2	Solenoid actuator in a hearing device A hearing device may include an earpiece, and ear-tip suspension element disposed in the earpiece, a solenoid actuator, and a controller. The earpiece and the ear-tip suspension element may include passageways that connect to form a vent through the earpiece. The solenoid actuator may include a solenoid and a core. The core may be movable between an open position and a closed position to open and close the vent. The controller may include one or more processors and may be operably coupled to the solenoid actuator to control movement of the core between the open and closed position. The controller may be configured to move the core using the solenoid based on at least a listening environment of the hearing device.
US11863934B2	MEMS microphone The present invention provides a MEMS microphone, including a substrate and a capacitive structure. The capacitive structure includes a back plate and a vibration diaphragm. The vibration diaphragm includes a main body and a plurality of supporting structures for supporting the main body. Each supporting structure includes a supporting beam and two spring structures. Each spring structure includes at least two beam arms extending along the extension direction of the peripheral edge of the main body, and the beam arm closest to the main body is spaced apart from the main body. The sensitivity of the MEMS microphone in the present invention is higher.
US11863933B2	MEMS device A MEMS device includes a MEMS sound transducer, and control circuitry. The control circuitry includes a supply signal provider for providing a high-level supply signal and read-out circuitry for receiving an output signal from the MEMS sound transducer, and a switching arrangement for selectively connecting the MEMS sound transducer to the supply signal provider, and for selectively connecting the MEMS sound transducer to the read-out circuitry based on a control signal. The control circuitry provides the control signal having an ultrasonic actuation pattern to the switching arrangement during a first condition TX of the control signal, wherein the ultrasonic actuation pattern of the control signal triggers the switching arrangement for alternately coupling the high-level supply signal to the MEMS sound transducer.
US11863931B2	Speaker The present application discloses a speaker, including a shell and a speaker unit. The speaker unit includes a frame, and a magnetic path assembly and a vibration assembly; wherein, a guide pipe is also arranged in the receiving space. Compared with the related art, the present invention has the advantages that the guide pipe having a first through hole is provided; a magnetic bowl is provided with a second through hole in a penetrating manner; a main magnet is provided with a third through hole in a penetrating manner; a support is provided with a fourth through hole in a penetrating manner; all the above through holes are communicated in sequence. Thus, air of a region of the rear cavity can be introduced to the front cavity, which achieves effects of increasing the loudness of the speaker and optimizing the acoustic performance.
US11863929B2	Systems and methods for dynamic noise reduction Aspects relate to systems and methods for dynamic active noise reduction including at least a sensor configured to sense a physiological characteristic of a user and transmit a physiological signal correlated to the sensed physiological characteristic, at least an environmental microphone configured to transduce an environmental noise to an environmental noise signal, a processor configured to receive the environmental noise signal, generate a noise-reducing sound signal as a function of the environmental noise signal, and, modify the noise-reducing sound signal as a function of the physiological signal, and a speaker configured to transduce a noise-reducing sound from the modified noise-reducing sound signal.
US11863917B2	Assembly of network switch ASIC with optical transceivers The invention relates to a switch system comprising one or more optical transceiver assemblies (14) connected to a switch ASIC (29).
US11863911B2	Imaging system, method of controlling imaging system, and object recognition system An imaging system of the present disclosure includes an event detection device that detects, as an event, that a luminance change of a pixel that photoelectrically converts incident light exceeds a predetermined threshold, an imaging device that captures an image at a fixed frame rate, and a control section that controls the event detection device and the imaging device, and is mounted on and used in a moving body. Then, the control section performs control to acquire image information of a region including the event by the imaging device in response to the event detection device detecting the event. Furthermore, an object recognition system of the present disclosure detects an event by the event detection device under the control of the control section, acquires image information of a region including the event by the imaging device, and performs object recognition based on the acquired image information.
US11863910B2	Task support apparatus, task support program, terminal, and task support method The workload in creating a document for reporting a construction status is reduced. A task support apparatus includes a first acquiring unit configured to acquire a plurality of captured images associated with pieces of attribute information from a terminal device configured to associate the captured images with the pieces of attribute information; a second acquiring unit configured to acquire an insertion rule and/or a description rule of a document for reporting a construction status; and a generating unit configured to generate image information based on the pieces of attribute information, associated with the plurality of captured images acquired by the first acquiring unit, and the insertion rule and/or the description rule acquired by the second acquiring unit. The pieces of attribute information each include a construction detail and a photographing timing.
US11863909B2	Rearview mirror system and display with enhanced functionality for low-light conditions and vehicle including the same A rearview mirror system for a vehicle providing a direct reflection of scenes in good light and an enhanced display of scenes in bad lighting includes a housing defining an opening, a display screen arranged at the opening, a camera, a fill light lamp, and a controller. The display screen is light-pervious at only one side. The camera and the fill light lamp are arranged on the housing. An image processing chip and the controller are arranged between the display screen and the housing. When ambient brightness is below a preset brightness value, the camera and the fill light lamp are activated, the camera captures images of side and rear scenes of the vehicle and generates an optical signal, the image processing chip, based on the optical signal, outputs an enhanced image on the display screen for better driving safety. A vehicle including the rearview mirror system is also disclosed.
US11863905B1	Application-based control of devices within an environment A mapping between environments and devices included therein may be maintained, such that a configuration of each environment is known. Upon detecting that a user is within an environment, and based on a current device state of devices within the environment, an application may be generated and presented to the user via a corresponding user device. The application may allow the user to activate and control the devices within the environment. In particular, the application may depict selectable controls that correspond to functions or operations associated with the different devices within the environment. The application may also be dynamically updated based on an updated current device state of the devices.
US11863904B2	Electronic device for performing video call using frame rate conversion and method for the same Disclosed are an electronic device and an operation method of the electronic device, and the electronic device may include a communication circuit configured to transmit or receive data using a call channel established via a call connection with an external electronic device, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to receive at least some packets of a first plurality of packets of a first frame via the call channel, to identify whether a lost packet is present in the first plurality of packets of the first frame, and to determine, based on the result of the identification, whether to perform frame rate conversion (FRC) based on the first frame and a second frame corresponding to a second plurality of packets received after the reception of the at least some packets. In addition, various other embodiments are possible.
US11863903B2	Camera with flexure focus mechanism A flexure assembly operable to control variation of the displacement between a detector and a lensing arrangement along the optical axis of a camera so as to vary camera focus, and a camera incorporating such a flexure assembly. In some embodiments, the flexure assembly provides for precise control of linear displacement along the optical axis and minimal displacement along other axes or modes. A flexure assembly can additionally be relatively lightweight in construction. In some embodiments, the flexure assembly comprises one or more flexure elements adapted to permit movement along a movement axis and resist movement along axes other than the movement axis. In some embodiments, the movement axis of the or each flexure element is aligned with the optical axis of a corresponding lensing assembly.
US11863901B2	Photographing method and terminal A photographing method includes: receiving a first operation for a target photographing template, wherein the target template includes N viewfinder frames, and N is an integer greater than 1; acquiring N photographing results through the N viewfinder frames, wherein the N photographing results include M photos and N-M videos, and M is a positive integer less than N; and splicing the N photographing results according to the positions of the N viewfinder frames in the target photographing template in a case of receiving a second operation to acquire a synthesized object.
US11863894B2	Image adjustment apparatus and image sensor for synchronous image and asynchronous image An image adjustment apparatus includes a receiver which is configured to receive a first input image of an object which is time-synchronously captured and a second input image in which a motion event of the object is sensed time-asynchronously, and an adjuster which is configured to adjust the first input image and the second input image.
US11863891B2	Imaging apparatus and control method thereof An imaging apparatus acquires pixel signals for each predetermined-size partial region of an imaging plane and for detecting a region among the regions of the imaging plane in which a subject image has changed, the number of acquired pixel signals being less than the number of pixels included in the partial region, and controls to perform image capturing in response to detection of the region in which the subject image has changed, and to output a captured image based the pixel signals. The imaging apparatus acquires pixel signals from each partial region of the imaging plane by, when pixel signals are to be acquired from a first partial region of the imaging plane, acquiring pixel signals from a second partial region that is adjacent to the first partial region and partially overlapped with the first partial region.
US11863885B2	Time delay integration sensor with multiple sensor arrays The present disclosure provides a time delay integration (TDI) sensor using a rolling shutter. The TDI sensor includes two pixel arrays each having multiple pixel columns. Each pixel column includes multiple pixels arranged in an along-track direction, wherein two adjacent pixels or two adjacent pixel groups in every pixel column have a separation space therebetween. The separation space is equal to a pixel height multiplied by a time ratio of a line time difference of the rolling shutter and a frame period, or equal to a summation of at least one pixel height and a multiplication of the pixel height by a time ratio of the line time difference and the frame period. The TDI sensor doubles a number of times of integrating pixel data corresponding to the same position of a scene by arranging two separately operated pixel arrays.
US11863882B2	Stereoscopic imaging platform with target locking automatic focusing mode A stereoscopic imaging platform includes a stereoscopic camera configured to record left and right images of a target site. A robotic arm is operatively connected to the stereoscopic camera, the robotic arm being adapted to selectively move the stereoscopic camera relative to the target. The stereoscopic camera includes a lens assembly having at least one lens and defining a working distance. The lens assembly has at least one focus motor adapted to move the at least one lens to selectively vary the working distance. A controller is adapted to selectively execute one or more automatic focusing modes for the stereoscopic camera. The controller has a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which instructions are recorded. The automatic focusing modes include a target locking mode. The target locking mode is adapted to maintain a focus of the at least one stereoscopic image while the robotic arm is moving the stereoscopic camera.
US11863879B2	Systems for characterizing ambient illumination A camera system with a multispectral sensor that can be used in combination with a flash to determine a spectrum of the ambient illumination without needing a separate measurement. This may then be used to colour-correct an image captured with or without flash.
US11863876B2	Event-based computational pixel imagers A computational pixel imaging device that includes an array of pixel integrated circuits for event-based detection and imaging. Each pixel may include a digital counter that accumulates a digital number, which indicates whether a change is detected by the pixel. The counter may count in one direction for a portion of an exposure and count in an opposite direction for another portion of the exposure. The imaging device may be configured to collect and transmit key frames at a lower rate, and collect and transmit delta or event frames at a higher rate. The key frames may include a full image of a scene, captured by the pixel array. The delta frames may include sparse data, captured by pixels that have detected meaningful changes in received light intensity. High speed, low transmission bandwidth motion image video can be reconstructed using the key frames and the delta frames.
US11863874B2	Algorithm to correct camera early saturation floor for autoexposure algorithm A method for controlling an autoexposure function of a camera to a gray level setting, the method including establishing a critical exposure time of an image sensing device of the camera, wherein the critical exposure time of the image sensing device of the camera is an exposure time at which a first sensed gray level of the image sensing device of the camera is disposed at a target gray level, the sensed gray level is disposed in a trend of decreasing sensed gray level values; exposing the image sensing device of the camera to light to obtain a second sensed gray level and comparing the second sensed gray level at the critical exposure time to the target gray level, if the second sensed gray level is disposed at least at the target gray level, limiting the exposure of the image sensing device of the camera to the critical exposure time.
US11863872B2	Method and system for improving a visual presentation of a user during a video conference A method, system, device for improving a user's visual presentation on screen during a communication session including a video portion. The method includes an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) that acquires an image of a local participant during a video communication session, a processing unit that determines a position of the local participant on the screen/within the camera frame, and a control unit that alerts the local participant if an adjustment is necessary to obtain an optimal position, lighting, etc., wherein the optimal position comprises the user's head and shoulders being displayed predominantly on the screen.
US11863867B2	Real-time focusing in a slide-scanning system Real-time focusing in a slide-scanning system. In an embodiment, focus points are added to an initialized focus map while acquiring a plurality of image stripes of a sample on a glass slide. For each image stripe, a plurality of frames, collectively representing the image stripe, may be acquired using both an imaging line-scan camera and a tilted focusing line-scan camera. Focus points, representing positions of best focus for trusted frames, are added to the focus map. Outlying focus points are removed from the focus map. In some cases, one or more image stripes may be reacquired. Finally, the image stripes are assembled into a composite image of the sample.
US11863866B2	Housing for an intermediate signal transmission unit and an intermediate signal transmission unit A housing for an intermediate signal transmission unit for wireless communication between a camera and at least one remote flash device, the housing comprising a first housing part and a second housing part which are connected. The second housing part is configured to accommodate signal transmission components of the intermediate signal transmission unit. The housing also comprising a connector by means of which the housing is physically connectable to a camera, said connector being arranged on the second housing part. The first housing part is displaceable in relation to the second housing part, and the first housing part comprises at least one actuator configured to control at least one switch, said switch being part of the signal transmission components and located in the second housing part. The at least one actuator is movable between at least two positions in relation to the second housing part, comprising a first position in which the actuator can control the switch to be in a first state, and a second position in which the actuator can control the switch to be in a second state, by means of displacing the first housing part and the actuator in relation to the second housing part. An intermediate signal transmission unit comprising a housing and signal transmission components is also described.
US11863864B2	Program for presenting photographing order According to the present disclosure, a photographer is guided so that all construction phots can be taken. A program according to one embodiment of the present disclosure causes a terminal to function as: an information acquiring part configured to acquire an item to be photographed and the order in which the item is to be photographed, the item indicating a photographing object and what stage of construction the photographing object is in; and a presenting part configured to present the item and the order.
US11863856B2	Method and terminal device for matching photographed objects and preset text information A photographing method and a terminal device are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, a first operation; starting, by the terminal device, a camera in response to the first operation; displaying, by the terminal device, a first preview screen including a first preview image, where the first preview image includes at least one photographed object, and the at least one photographed object in the first preview image matches preset first text information; and outputting, by the terminal device, first prompt information based on the first preview image and the first text information, where the first prompt information is used to indicate a missing or redundant photographed object in the first preview image. Indicated by the prompt information, a user can move a position or an angle of the terminal device.
US11863848B1	User interface for interaction with customized highlight shows Customized highlight shows for sporting events, entertainment events, and/or the like, may be generated and presented. Source content with a representation of one or more events, such as sports events, may be obtained. A user may designate an attribute and/or a viewing length. A subset of the source content with highlights from within the source content may be selected such that the subset has the attribute and/or viewing length designated by the user. A customized highlight show including the subset may be generated and outputted to the user, for example, on a display screen. The attribute may include a team playing in the sporting events, a player playing in the sporting events, and/or a type of play occurring in the sporting events. The subset may optionally be generated based on teams and/or players in one or more fantasy sports teams.
US11863845B2	Geometry matching in virtual reality and augmented reality Methods, apparatus and systems for geometric matching of virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) output contemporaneously with video output formatted for display on a 2D screen include a determination of value sets that when used in image processing cause an off-screen angular field of view of the at least one of the AR output object or the VR output object to have a fixed relationship to at least one of the angular field of view of the onscreen object or of the 2D screen. The AR/VR output object is outputted to an AR/VR display device and the user experience is improved by the geometric matching between objects observed on the AR/VR display device and corresponding objects appearing on the 2D screen.
US11863843B2	Rewind and fast forward of content Systems and methods for providing fast forwarding recommendations based on the user's consumption history are disclosed. The consumption history includes data relating to attributes that were previously rewinded and watched and those that were skipped and forwarded. It also includes scores for attributes that were present and absent in a portion that was previously rewinded or forwarded. A score is assigned to the attributes and used for determining a consumption pattern. If the consumption pattern indicates that the user previously rewinded and watched the attribute, then a recommendation not to skip an upcoming portion that includes the attribute is provided. A graphical timeline that depicts the amount of time saved by skipping the portion of the media asset with the attribute is also provided.
US11863842B2	Method and apparatus for processing audio and video, electronic device and storage medium A method and apparatus for processing an audio and video. The method includes: acquiring a target processing request including a target audio and video data stream; determining a target audio and video pipeline corresponding to the target processing request; the audio and video pipeline being constituted based on a plurality of functional components arranged in a chain structure, and the functional components being uniformly dispatched input data and recovered output data by a preset data stream dispatching module; and calling the target audio and video pipeline to continuously process the target audio and video data stream, and continuously outputting a processed audio and video data stream obtained after processing.
US11863841B2	Video playing control method and system The present application provides techniques of controlling playing videos. The techniques comprise sending a live streaming request to a server according to a user instruction; receiving live streaming data pushed by the server based on the live streaming request and a configuration parameter configured to a live streaming status; playing a video based on the live streaming data; and controlling a speed of playing the video based on the configuration parameter and unplayed live streaming data in the live streaming data.
US11863840B2	Systems and methods for recording broadcast programs that will be missed due to travel delays Systems and methods are described herein for alerting a user that the user will be unable to view a broadcast program based on an estimated time of arrival of the user to a media consumption device, and responsively providing the user with an option to record the broadcast program. These systems and methods are performed at least by identifying a plurality of broadcast programs that are indicated on a profile of a user, receiving an estimated time of arrival of the user to a location of a media consumption device, responsively determining whether the user will be unable to view a broadcast program of the plurality of broadcast programs, responsively providing the user with an option to record the broadcast program, and responsively causing the broadcast program to be recorded.
US11863839B2	Personalized sensitivity measurements and playback factors for adaptive and personalized media coding and delivery A method for delivering media to a playback device including outputting first test media to be viewed by a first user. The method further includes receiving a first user input related to a first perception of the first test media by the first user and indicating a first personalized quality of experience of the first user with respect to the first test media. The method further includes generating a first personalized sensitivity profile including one or more viewing characteristics of the first user based on the first user input, and determining, based at least in part on the first personalized sensitivity profile, a first media parameter. The first media parameter is determined in order to increase an efficiency of media delivery to the first playback device over a network while preserving the first personalized quality of experience of the first user.
US11863837B2	Notification of augmented reality content on an electronic device In some embodiments, an electronic device detects that playback of content has reached a respective playback position. In some embodiments, in response to detecting that the playback of the content has reached the respective playback position and in accordance with a determination that the respective playback position in the content is associated with respective augmented reality content corresponding to the content, an electronic device provides a notification corresponding to the respective augmented reality content wherein an input directed to the notification initiates a process for displaying of the respective augmented reality content. In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the respective playback position in the content is not associated with the respective augmented reality content, an electronic device forgoes providing the notification corresponding to the respective augmented reality content.
US11863836B2	Event-driven streaming media interactivity Aspects described herein may provide systems, methods, and device for facilitating language learning using videos. Subtitles may be displayed in a first, target language or a second, native language during display of the video. On a pause event, both the target language subtitle and the native language subtitle may be displayed simultaneously to facilitate understanding. While paused, a user may select an option to be provided with additional contextual information indicating usage and context associated with one or more words of the target language subtitle. The user may navigate through previous and next subtitles with additional contextual information while the video is paused. Other aspects may allow users to create auto-continuous video loops of definable duration, and may allow users to generate video segments by searching an entire database of subtitle text, and may allow users create, save, share, and search video loops.
US11863831B2	Remote control devices to interface with audience measurement meters Remote control devices to interface with audience measurement meters are disclosed. An example remote control device to interface with an audience measurement meter includes an audience management controller to, responsive to a gender value input via a user interface of the remote control device, store the gender value, responsive to an age value input via the user interface of the remote control device, store the age value, generate a message including the gender value and age value, and a transmitter to transmit the message to the audience measurement meter, the message including a sequence of infrared codes.
US11863829B2	Display apparatus and method for displaying image recognition result A display apparatus, including: a display configured to display a video; a user input interface configured to receive a command; a remote control comprising a plurality of buttons; a controller in connection with the display, the user input interface and configured to: receive a command for obtaining information associated with one or more character objects in the video currently displayed on the display of the display apparatus, wherein the video is displayed in a video play window in the video layer; in response to the command, cut a target image in the video play window, to recognize an object in the target image; continue playing the video in the video play window in the video layer, and display a character name of a first character object recognized from the target image in a first layer over the video layer.
US11863823B2	Systems and methods for providing recording of a blacked-out media content item Systems and associated methods are described for providing recording of a blacked out media content item. A system receives a request from a first user device associated with a profile to record a media content item scheduled to broadcast on a second user device (different from the first user device) associated with the profile, at a second location. The system determines that the media content item is subject to a blackout during a blackout period within a blackout region. The system determines that the first user device and the second user device are associated with the same profile and that the first user device is at a first location outside the blackout region. The system then accesses the media content item for recording on the second user device during the blackout period. The system further transmits the recorded media content item to the first user device after expiry of the blackout period.
US11863820B2	Media monitoring using multiple types of signatures Example device meters disclosed herein include a signature reporter to report, to a data processor, media signatures of a first type to monitor media presented by a media device Disclosed example device meters also include a signature generator to (i) generate the media signatures of the first type, (ii) generate media signatures of a second type, different from the first type, to continue monitoring the media presented by the media device after receipt, from the data processor, of an indication that a first media signature of the first type is associated with first reference media, and (iii) in response to detection at the device meter of a change in a source of the media presented by the media device, revert to generation of the media signatures of the first type to monitor the media presented by the media device.
US11863818B2	Partial frame replacement enabling multiple versions in an integrated video package Multiple different versions of media content are contained in a single package of audio-video media content, using compression algorithms that reduce storage and bandwidth required for storing multiple full-resolution versions of the media. Portions of individual frames are replaced during playback so that only the pixels that differ between versions need to be stored.
US11863817B2	Use of steganographically-encoded time information as basis to control implementation of dynamic content modification A method and system for controlling implementation of dynamic content modification. The disclosure provides for using at least one steganographically-encoded timestamp in a media stream transmitted to a media client as a basis to determine a transmission delay for media-stream transmission to the media client, and for providing the determined transmission delay as a basis to facilitate control over whether to have the media client implement dynamic content modification. In addition, the disclosure provides for receiving respectively from each of various media clients a report indicating transmission delay determined for the media client based on such steganographically-encoded timestamp data, and using the transmission delays for the media clients to establish a dynamic-content-modification footprint that could be used to control whether, where, and to what extent dynamic content modification will be applied.
US11863813B2	System and methods for interactive filters in live streaming media This present disclosure describes a system and methods for interactive filters in live streaming multimedia. At least one method includes a user playing video games on a computer, using streaming software to combine all or part of their computer session with their local camera feed, using streaming software to encode and stream the encoded video to one or more streaming services, streaming services displaying the video stream to one or more viewers, said viewers interacting with the video via the streaming service, the user's streaming software retrieving data about viewer interactions, the streaming software using a computer vision algorithm to detect the position of an object in the user's camera feed, such as the user's face or hands, the streaming software retrieving animation code, the streaming software using the detected position of the detected object to generate a graphical image that aligns with and follows the detected object in the local camera feed, the streaming software adding the graphical image to the video stream in direct response to viewer interactions, and said graphical image being inserted into the video stream prior to the video being published for viewers to consume by the streaming service.
US11863812B2	Video processing system for demultiplexing received compressed and non-compressed video signals and transmitting demultiplexed signals The present invention is intended to permit both real-time display of a picture represented by a non-compressed video signal on a television and display of a picture represented by a compressed video signal at any desired time by simultaneously transmitting the compressed video signal and non-compressed video signal via one interface. An STB packetizes a compressed video signal, and multiplexes the compressed video signal and a blanking signal combined with a non-compressed video signal. Thus, both the video signals are transmitted simultaneously. A picture represented by the non-compressed video signal is displayed on a television in real time. The compressed video signal is stored in a storage medium incorporated in the television, read at any user's desired time, and decoded so that a picture represented by the compressed video signal can be viewed at the user's desired time.
US11863811B2	Sensor-based media display system and apparatus for mobile vehicles Systems, techniques, and apparatuses are described for displaying digital media packages on mobile vehicles, including manned and unmanned autonomous ground and air vehicles. Apparatuses describe media display and mounting modalities in a variety of form factors, as well as component configurations for audience detection using sensor arrays. Systems and techniques describe mechanisms for selecting and displaying media packages aligned with the dynamic environmental, temporal, and geolocation conditions of client media display apparatuses.
US11863808B2	Generating media queues by multiple participants A queue or media queue of music is generated by multiple listeners for playing by one or more devices. Listeners may select music using user interfaces rendered by their respective devices, and rank or vote to determine an order in which the music is played in accordance with the queue or media queue. Where a song or another media entity is accessible at a premium or only with a subscription, and one of the multiple listeners is not authorized to access the song, an unauthorized listener may be invited to purchase a subscription, or a substitute song may be selected for the unauthorized listener. Once a queue or media queue has been generated, music may be played in accordance with the queue or media queue by a single device in the presence of the multiple listeners, or by multiple devices each having any number of listeners within a vicinity.
US11863807B2	Reception device, reception method, transmission device, and transmission method The present technology relates to a reception device. The disclosure includes processing circuitry in the reception device configured to tune to receive a digital broadcasting stream using an Internet Protocol (IP) transmission scheme, perform a filtering process on packets on the digital broadcasting stream to identify signaling packets that include tuning information and setting information for accessing a description of a particular service, extract, from the identified signaling packets during an initial scanning process, the tuning information, store the tuning information extracted during the initial scanning process in a memory, and after the tuning information is stored, perform a tuning operation for a service and control a tuning process executed by the circuitry based on the tuning information stored in the memory.
US11863805B2	Systems and methods for preserving video stream quality A computer-implemented method for preserving video stream quality may include (i) identifying a plurality of video streams being transmitted via a shared connection with limited bandwidth, (ii) determining that viewership of a video stream within the plurality of video streams falls below a popularity threshold, (iii) increasing bandwidth availability for a remainder of the plurality of video streams by ceasing transmission of the video stream with the viewership that falls below the popularity threshold, and (iv) continuing to transmit the remainder of the plurality of video streams via the shared connection with the limited bandwidth. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11863800B2	Multi-camera live-streaming method and devices The embodiments disclose a method including capturing video footage of a youth sports event using at least one video camera with a mobile application installed, transmitting to at least one network server with internet and WI-FI connectivity mobile application multi-camera live-streaming video camera captured game footage, recording on at least one database coupled to the network server at least one video camera mobile application multi-camera live-streaming video camera captured game footage, using at least one network computer coupled to at least one network server configured for processing and displaying multi-camera live-streaming video camera captured game footage for live video streaming game broadcast on a plurality of subscribed viewer digital devices, and mixing advertising into the processed multi-camera live-streaming video camera captured game footage broadcast using the at least one network computer.
US11863798B2	Image encoding/decoding method and device The present invention relates to an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. An image encoding method according to the present invention may comprise generating a transform block by performing at least one of transform and quantization; grouping at least one coefficient included in the transform block into at least one coefficient group (CG); scanning at least one coefficient included in the coefficient group; and encoding the at least one coefficient.
US11863794B2	Derivation of the height of a subpicture A method includes performing a conversion between a video including a video picture and a bitstream of the video according to a rule, wherein the video picture including a subpicture, a tile, and a slice, and wherein the rule specifies that, due to the subpicture including the slice that is partitioned from the tile, the conversion is performed by refraining from counting a height of the subpicture using a number of tiles of the video picture.
US11863793B2	Using picture level slice index in video coding A method includes performing a conversion between a video including at least one video picture and a bitstream of the video according to a rule, wherein the at least one video picture includes one or more slices and one or more subpictures, and wherein the rule specifies that an order of slice indices of the one or more slices in the at least one video picture is indicated responsive to a syntax element associated with the at least one picture indicative of whether a single slice is included per subpicture of the at least one video picture.
US11863791B1	Methods and systems for non-destructive stabilization-based encoder optimization Methods and systems for non-destructive, stabilization-based encoder optimization. A video item to be provided to one or more users of a platform is identified. An indication of a motion is identified between an initial video frame of a video sequence associated with the video item and a subsequent video frame of the video sequence. One or more motion stabilization transformations are applied to the video item to modify the motion between at least the initial frame and the subsequent frame. Upon applying the one or more motion stabilization transformations to the video item, the video item is encoded. The encoded video item and one or more instructions to cause the client device to reverse the one or more motion stabilization transformations applied to the video item after decoding the encoded video item are transmitted to a client device connected to the platform.
US11863788B2	Encoders and decoders employing log-polar coordinate system An encoder for encoding images includes at least one processor configured transform a given input pixel of an input image having (x, y) coordinates in a Cartesian coordinate system into a given transformed pixel of a transformed image having (ρ, θ) coordinates in a log-polar coordinate system, using a log-polar transformation in which a radial distance (ρ) of the given transformed pixel is a logarithm of a distance of the given input pixel from an origin in the Cartesian coordinate system, and an angular distance (θ) of the given transformed pixel is a sum of an arctangent of a slope of a line connecting the given input pixel to the origin and a function of the radial distance, encode the transformed image, by employing a compression algorithm, into an encoded image, and send the encoded image to a display apparatus for subsequent decoding thereat.
US11863786B2	Method of transporting a framebuffer A method of transmitting image data in an image display system, includes dividing the image data into framebuffers, and for each framebuffer: dividing the framebuffer into a number of vertical stripes, each stripe including one or more scanlines, dividing each vertical stripe into at least a first and a second block, each of the first and the second block comprising pixel data to be displayed in an area of the image, and storing first pixel data in the first block with a first resolution and second pixel data in the second block having a second resolution which is lower than the first resolution, transmitting the framebuffer over the digital display interface to a decoder unit, and unpacking the framebuffer, including upscaling the pixel data in the second block to compensate for the lower second resolution and optionally upscaling the pixel data in the first block.
US11863785B2	Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method An encoder includes circuitry and memory connected to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry: corrects a base motion vector using a correction value for correcting the base motion vector in a predetermined direction; and encodes a current partition to be encoded in an image of a video, using the base motion vector corrected. The correction value is specified by a first parameter and a second parameter, the first parameter indicating a table to be selected from among a plurality of tables each including values, the second parameter indicating one of the values included in the table to be selected indicated by the first parameter. In each of the plurality of tables, a smaller value among the values is assigned a smaller index. Each of the plurality of tables includes a different minimum value among the values.
US11863781B2	Signaling of prediction weights in general constraint information of a bitstream A method includes performing a conversion between a current slice of a current picture of a video and a bitstream of the video, wherein the bitstream conforms to a format rule, and wherein the format rule specifies that a general constraint information syntax structure, which comprises one or more constraint flags indicating constraints on an explicit weighted prediction being enabled for slices of a set of pictures, is present.
US11863777B2	Prediction decoding method and apparatus A prediction decoding method, a prediction decoding apparatus, and a non-transitory computer storage medium are provided. The method includes the following. First multiple neighbouring reference samples of a coding block are determined, where the first multiple neighbouring reference samples include reference samples in a reference row or a reference column neighbouring the coding block. Positions corresponding to K reference samples are determined from a starting position of the reference row or the reference column, where K is a positive integer. Second multiple neighbouring reference samples are determined according to the determined positions corresponding to the K reference samples, where the second multiple neighbouring reference samples include neighbouring reference samples among the first multiple neighbouring reference samples. Prediction decoding is performed on the coding block according to the second multiple neighbouring reference samples.
US11863770B2	Video encoder, video decoder, methods for encoding and decoding and video data stream for realizing advanced video coding concepts An apparatus (200) for receiving an input video data stream according to an embodiment is provided. The input video data stream has a video encoded thereinto. The apparatus (200) is configured to generate an output video data stream from the input video data stream.
US11863764B2	Video encoding device and video decoding device A device is provided with: a first transformer which transforms an coding unit (CU); and a second transformer which transforms a part of first transform coefficients output from the first transformer, wherein the second transformer transforms at least any of the first transform coefficients for a region (first region) having different sizes in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction or the first transform coefficients for a non-rectangular region (second region).
US11863760B2	Video signal processing method and device Disclosed is a video signal processing method and device for encoding or decoding a video signal. More specifically, disclosed are a video signal processing method and a video signal processing device for performing the method, the method comprising: obtaining reference line information indicating a reference line for intra prediction of a current block among a plurality of reference lines comprising neighboring samples of the current block; determining, on the basis of the reference line information, an intra prediction mode for the current block among a plurality of intra prediction modes constituting an intra prediction mode set; and decoding the current block on the basis of a plurality of reference samples on the reference line according to the reference line information and the determined intra prediction mode.
US11863757B2	Methods and apparatus for generating affine candidates The techniques described herein relate to methods, apparatus, and computer readable media configured to encode or decode video data. A current block of video data is coded using affine prediction. A first set of candidates of a candidate list for the current block is generated, including determining one or more inherited candidates and deriving one or more constructed candidates. After generating the first set of candidates, it is determined whether the candidate list is full. Upon determining the candidate list is not full, the candidate list is filled by generating a second set of candidates of the candidate list, including one or more of generating one or more zero motion vector candidates, generating one or more additional derived candidates based on the plurality of associated neighboring blocks of the current block, and generating a temporal motion vector candidate based on a temporal collocated picture.
US11863754B2	Method and for reconstructing chroma block and video decoding apparatus A method and for reconstructing chroma blocks and a video decoding apparatus are disclosed. In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, provided is a method for reconstructing a chroma block of a target block to be reconstructed. The method includes decoding correlation information between first residual samples and second residual samples, the first residual sample, and prediction information of the chroma block from a bitstream, wherein the first residual samples are residual samples of a first chroma component and the second residual samples are residual samples of a second chroma component. The method further includes generating predicted samples of the first chroma component and predicted samples of the second chroma information on the basis of the prediction information, and deriving the second residual samples by applying the correlation information to the first residual samples. The method further includes reconstructing a chroma block of the first chroma component by adding the first residual samples and the predicted samples of the first chroma component and reconstructing a chroma block of the second chroma component by adding the second residual samples and predicted samples of the second chroma component.
US11863752B2	Most probable modes for intra prediction for video coding A video coder may code a block of video data using an intra prediction mode determined from a most probable mode list. The video coder may construct a general most probable mode list containing N entries, wherein the N entries of the general most probable mode list are intra prediction modes, and wherein a planar mode is an ordinal first entry in the general most probable mode list, construct a primary most probable mode list from a first Np entries in the general most probable mode list, where Np is less than N, and construct a secondary most probable mode list from a remaining (N−Np) entries in the general most probable mode list. The video coder may then determine a current intra prediction mode for a current block of video data using the primary most probable mode list or the secondary most probable mode list.
US11863748B2	Encoder, a decoder and corresponding methods of chroma qantization control A method of obtaining quantization parameter (QP) for chrominance components based on QP for luminance component, wherein the method is performed by a decoder or encoder, and wherein the method comprises obtaining a luminance QP for a luma component of a coding unit; obtaining a QP index (QPi) based at least in a part on the luminance QP; and obtaining a chrominance QP (QPc) for a chroma component of the coding unit based on the QP index by using a preset lookup table, wherein the maximum difference between the QP index and the chrominance QP is equal to 3.
US11863746B2	Method and apparatus for processing image signal Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and apparatus for processing video signals. An image signal decoding method according to an embodiment of the disclosure comprises the steps of: determining, on the basis of the height and width of a current block, an input length and output length of a non-separable transform; determining a non-separable transform matrix corresponding to the input length and output length of the non-separable transform; and applying the non-separable transform matrix to the current block, wherein, when the height and width of the current block are 4 each, the input length and output length of the non-separable transform are determined to be 8 and 16 respectively.
US11863745B2	Video signal encoding/decoding method and device therefor A video decoding method according to the present invention may comprise: a step for determining whether to divide a current block into a plurality of sub-blocks; a step for determining an intra prediction mode for the current block; and a step for performing intra prediction for each sub-block on the basis of the intra prediction mode, when the current block is divided into the plurality of sub-blocks.
US11863744B2	Context modeling for spilt flag Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives coded information of a current coding tree unit (CTU) from a coded video bitstream, and determines a context model for a split flag associated with a current block within the current CTU at least partially based on split information of a corresponding block in a reference CTU for the current CTU. Then, the processing circuitry determines the split flag based on the context model, and decodes the current block based on the split flag that is determined based on the context model.
US11863743B2	Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method A decoder comprises circuitry and memory. The circuitry, using the memory, in operation, determines a number of first pixels and a number of second pixels used in a deblocking filter process, wherein the first pixels are located at an upper side of a block boundary and the second pixels are located at a lower side of the block boundary, and performs the deblocking filter process on the block boundary. The number of the first pixels and the number of the second pixels are selected from among candidates, wherein the candidates include at least 4 and M larger than 4. Response to a location of the block boundary being a predetermined location, the number of the first pixels used in the deblocking filter process is limited to be 4.
US11863741B2	Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method An encoder includes processing circuitry and a memory coupled to the processing circuitry. Using the memory, the processing circuitry is configured to: change values of pixels in a first block and a second block to filter a boundary between the first block and the second block. The pixels include type one pixels and type two pixels different from the type one pixels. The first set of filter coefficients applied to the type one pixels in the first block and the second set of filter coefficients applied to the type one pixels in the second block are selected to be asymmetrical with respect to the boundary based on block sizes of the first block and the second block.
US11863740B2	Bi-prediction coding method and apparatus, bi-prediction decoding method and apparatus, and recording medium An image decoding method and an image decoding apparatus is provided. The method comprises recovering a first motion vector corresponding to a first decoding reference picture based on the entropy decoded bit stream, calculating a second motion vector corresponding to a second decoding reference picture by scaling the first motion vector based on a first temporal distance between the current picture and the first decoding reference picture and a second temporal distance between the current picture and the second decoding reference picture, generating a prediction block relating to a current block in the current picture, based on the calculated second motion vector, generating a residual block relating to the current block through a residual data decoding process based on the entropy decoded bit stream, and recovering the current block based on the prediction block and the residual block.
US11863731B2	Selective packing of patches for immersive video Embodiments are generally directed to selective packing of patches for immersive video. An embodiment of a processing system includes one or more processor cores; and a memory to store data for immersive video, the data including a plurality of patches for multiple projection directions. The system is select the patches for packing, the selection of the patches based at least in part on which of the multiple projection directions is associated with each of the patches. The system is to encode the patches into one or more coded pictures according to the selection of the patches.
US11863729B2	Systems and methods for generating synthetic depth of field effects Systems and techniques are described for processing image data to generate an image with a synthetic depth of field (DoF). An imaging system receives first image data of a scene captured by a first image sensor. The imaging system receives second image data of the scene captured by a second image sensor. The first image sensor is offset from the second image sensor by an offset distance. The imaging system generates, using at least the first image data and the second image data as inputs to one or more trained machine learning systems, an image having a synthetic depth of field corresponding to a simulated aperture size. The simulated aperture size is associated with the offset distance. The imaging system outputs the image.
US11863723B2	Document determination system and printing device for determining normality of document image based on code image A document determination system includes a server device that stores identification information in association with document information, a printer that prints a document image corresponding to the document information and a code image indicating the identification information on a print medium to generate a normal printed matter, and a scanner that reads a print image printed on a printed matter including the normal printed matter and a copied printed matter obtained by copying the normal printed matter. The printer prints the code image in a preset end region of the print medium. The server device determines whether the printed matter is the normal printed matter based on the code image included in the print image read by the scanner.
US11863722B2	Conductive member and image forming apparatus A conductive member includes a connection portion which is to be electrically connected to a cutaway portion of a metal plate. The connection portion includes a first arm portion extending from one end to another end and configured to come into contact with one face of two faces opposed to each other of the cutaway portion, a first bent portion connected to the another end of the first arm portion and bent extending from the another end toward the one end, a second bent portion connected to the first bent portion and bent getting closer toward the first arm portion as getting away from the first bent portion, and a third bent portion connected to the second bent portion and bent getting away from the first arm portion as getting away from the second bent portion so as to come into contact with another face of the two faces.
US11863719B2	Image reading apparatus A scanner includes a reading unit, a reversing unit, a discharge unit, a mounting portion, and a pressing portion. The discharge unit discharges a document that is reversed by the reversing unit. On the mounting portion, the document discharged by the discharge unit is mounted. The pressing portion presses the document toward the mounting portion. The pressing portion has a moving member that is provided and configured to move toward the mounting portion, and an elastic member that applies an elastic force to the moving member so that the moving member comes into contact with the document on the mounting portion.
US11863714B2	Method for constructing motion information candidate list, method and apparatus for triangle prediction decoding The present disclosure provides a method for constructing a motion information candidate list, a method and an apparatus for triangle prediction decoding. The method includes: determining a checking order for each of spatial candidate blocks of a current image block; wherein the checking order for the spatial candidate block on top of the current image block is prior to the checking order for the spatial candidate block on the left of the current image block; determining spatial candidate motion information based on the checking order; and constructing a motion information candidate list corresponding to the current image block based on the spatial candidate motion information. The method can reduce coding consumption, and improve coding performance.
US11863712B1	Daisy chaining dash cams Multiple cameras within a vehicle, such as placed at multiple locations inside and/or outside a bus or semi-truck and trailer, may be chained together to provide a consolidated video stream that may be recorded and/or transmitted wirelessly to a cloud storage device. Rather that each of the cameras independently recording and/or streaming video content, each camera may be configured to deserialize an input video to identify video streams from separate cameras (e.g., such as based on associate virtual channel identifiers) and reserialize its own video stream with the other video streams in the received input. The serialized video stream is then transmitted to a next camera in the daisy chain and/or a video storage device.
US11863711B2	Speaker segment analysis for conferences A transcript of a conference is processed to extract a conference summary. The transcript includes strings that are associated with respective timestamps and respective speaker identifiers. Speaker segments—sequences of consecutive strings attributed to the same speaker—are identified in the transcript. A speaker segment is selected based on its duration in time and one or more strings are selected from with the selected speaker segment for inclusion in the conference summary. A short video conference summary or a short audio conference summary is then generated using timestamps from the transcript associated with strings that have been selected for inclusion in the conference summary. The short video or audio summary may be presented to users to enable efficient storage and transmission of information from the conference within a unified communications system.
US11863710B2	Audio device and method for detecting device status of audio device in audio/video conference An audio device is provided. The audio device includes processing circuitry which is connected to a loudspeaker and a microphone. The processing circuitry is configured to play an echo reference signal from a far end on the loudspeaker, and perform an acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) process using the echo reference signal and an acoustic signal received by the microphone using an AEC adaptive filter. The processing circuitry repeatedly determines a first status of the loudspeaker according to a relation between the played echo reference signal and the received acoustic signal, and transmits a first status signal indicating the first status of the loudspeaker to the far end through a cloud network.
US11863709B2	Priority calling using cloud-based signaling for VoLTE and non-cellular calls This Application describes mechanisms to provide priority levels for call connection requests and/or messages from a sending device to a receiving device. The receiving device is configured to allow prioritized notification alerts for incoming call connection requests and/or for incoming messages from a sending device to override a silent or do not disturb mode for one or more contacts based on i) a priority level provided with the call connection request or message and ii) a priority setting for the sending device or a set of devices associated with a user of the sending device.
US11863706B2	System and method for a cloud callback platform with predictive multi-channel routing A system and method for a cloud callback platform, comprising at least a profile manager, callback manager, interaction manager, media server, context analysis engine, and context aggregator mechanism, allowing users to call a business, agents in contact centers, or other users who are connected to cloud callback platform, and, failing to connect to the individual they called, or by request, allow for an automatic callback object to be created, whereby the two users may be automatically called and bridged together at a time when both users are available, and a context summary report is sent to one or more user. The system and method implement predictive logic to determine the most successful alternative communication channel to use to bridge the two parties.
US11863699B2	Organizing applications for mobile devices Methods and apparatuses for arranging applications for a mobile device are described, in which the mobile device includes a set of applications. The mobile device may identify certain applications that a user of the mobile device is likely to activate, based on a particular environmental setting. The environmental setting may include a present location determined by a GPS, a present date and time, a present day, or the like. The mobile device may display graphical elements (e.g., icons) corresponding to the identified applications on a screen of the mobile device such that the user may conveniently activate the identified applications. In some embodiments, the mobile device may sort individual applications of the set based on quantities and/or lengths of activations to identify such applications. The mobile device may enlarge the icons by a predetermined factor before displaying them on the screen.
US11863698B2	Call content management for mobile devices One example method of operation may include one or more of receiving call content at a mobile device, responsive to receiving the call content, adding a contact identifier to a contact list of the mobile device, receiving a call from a calling device at the mobile device, pairing the calling device with the contact identifier, and displaying the call content and the contact identifier during the call.
US11863696B2	Communications handset cradle attachment The technology disclosed herein attaches to a communications handset cradle to improve accessibility. In a particular embodiment, an apparatus includes a connector for affixing the apparatus to a telephone handset cradle. The apparatus also includes a bottom face with a first sidewall and a second sidewall extending from the bottom face. A distance between the first sidewall and the second sidewall tapers towards the cradle.
US11863691B2	Lockable device validation for information handling systems Systems and procedures are provided for validating an IHS (Information Handling System) as operating using only factory-provisioned lockable devices. During factory provisioning of the IHS, a signed inventory certificate is uploaded to the IHS that includes an inventory of factory-provisioned lockable devices and also includes encrypted code(s) for accessing the lockable devices. Upon delivery and initialization of the IHS, the inventory certificate is retrieved by a pre-boot validation process. An inventory of detected lockable devices of the IHS is then collected. The validation process compares the collected inventory of detected lockable devices against the inventory of factory-provisioned lockable devices from the inventory certificate in order to validate the IHS is operating using only factory-provisioned lockable devices. If a lockable device is validated as factory-provisioned, the encrypted code included in the inventory certificate is deciphered using a private key of the customer in order to gain access the lockable device.
US11863687B2	Post-completion action management in online document system Technologies discussed include receiving a set of rules associated with a document type from a supplier entity. Each rule identifies a set of conditions and a set of actions to be taken after a document of a document type is signed if the set of conditions is satisfied. When a supplier entity sends a document of the document type to a signing entity and the signing entity provides an electronic signature, the system determines whether conditions of rules associated with the document type are satisfied. For each rule that is satisfied, the system performs actions identified by the rule.
US11863685B2	Clock-synced transient encryption A request for a transaction between a client system and a server system may be processed. The transaction may be associated with transmission of data between the client system and the server system. The data may be encrypted using a transient encryption key to form encrypted data. The transient encryption key may be a synced-clock random number configured to automatically change when a designated time interval elapses. The encrypted data may be transmitted between the client system and the server system.
US11863684B2	Hardware wallet binding authorization method and apparatus A hardware wallet binding authorization method. The method comprises: when a hardware wallet receives a binding state query instruction, determining the value of a verification data existence sign; if the value is first preset data, setting a binding object as null, and setting an authorization state as allowing generation of an authorization code; if the value is second preset data, setting the binding object as a terminal corresponding to the hardware wallet, or other terminals; returning the binding object and a saved hardware wallet certificate to the terminal; when the hardware wallet receives an authorization code generation instruction, if the authorization state is allowing generation of a state code, generating, caching and displaying an authorization code, setting the authorization state as not able to generate an authorization code again, and setting the state of the hardware wallet as unbound; and when the hardware wallet receives a binding instruction, using the acquired authorization code to verify the binding instruction, and if the verification is successful, binding being successful. The terminal can only be connected to the hardware wallet by means of user authorization, such that the security of user assets is ensured.
US11863675B2	Data flow control in distributed computing systems Datacenters or other large-scale distributed computing systems can provide computing resources such as processing power and data storage as computing services accessible to tenants via a computer network. A tenant, such as a corporation, school, or organization, can have multiple users or groups of users with corresponding websites. To facilitate ready access, data relevant to a user, group, or website of a tenant can be stored in a dedicated network location sometimes referred to as a shard. A shard can be a physical and/or logical storage location that contains emails, chats, instant messages, documents, photos, videos, or other types of content items with which the user, group, or website can interact.
US11863674B2	DLP appliance and method for protecting data sources used in data matching Systems and methods of Exact Data Matching (EDM) for identifying related tokens in data content using structured signature data implemented in a cloud-based system receiving data sets and customer configuration from a customer, wherein the data sets include customer specific sensitive data from a structured data source with each token represented by a hash value and the customer configuration includes one or more primary keys for a plurality of records in the data sets; distributing the data sets and the customer configuration to a plurality of nodes in the cloud-based system; performing monitoring of content between a client of the customer and an external network; detecting a presence of a plurality of tokens associated with a record in the customer specific sensitive data based on the monitoring; and performing a policy-based action in the cloud-based system based on the detecting.
US11863657B2	Using cryptographic blinding for efficient use of montgomery multiplication Aspects of the present disclosure involves receiving an input message, generating a first random value that is used to blind the input message to prevent a side-channel analysis (SCA) attack, computing a second random value using the first random value and a factor used to compute the Montgomery form of a blinded input message without performing an explicit Montgomery conversion of the input message, and computing a signature using Montgomery multiplication, of the first random value and the second random value, wherein the signature is resistant to the SCA attack.
US11863653B2	Protocol processing method and storage medium A protocol processing method and apparatus, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: carrying a leaf-transfer capability identifier in an RIFT protocol, the leaf-transfer capability identifier being configured to indicate that a first node that carries the leaf-transfer capability identifier supports other leaf nodes within a network to access the network through the first node.
US11863651B2	Network service functions API Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, specification of network service functions (e.g., a firewall or network address translation appliance) to be included in a service function path. Routers in a communication network may publish information regarding reachable network service functions and an API may be exposed that provides the information regarding the reachable network service functions. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11863650B2	System and method for improving efficiency of a remote computing device The present disclosure discusses system and methods for improving the efficiency of a remote computing device. The system and methods include generate a profile and delivery schedule for the remote computing device. The system can dynamically update the delivery schedule of future requests the system transmits to the remote computing device based on responses to current request.
US11863648B2	Content delivery system, delivery server, receiving terminal, and content delivery method A transmitting terminal can transmit a content held by itself to a specific receiving terminal having no email software as if using a mailer. The transmitting terminal (10) and the receiving terminal (20) are connected to a delivery server (30) via a network (4). The delivery server (30) comprises: a database (36) for registering the device ID that specifies the receiving terminal (20); a content storage (39) for temporarily storing a content transmitted from the transmitting terminal (10); and table (33, 37) for managing contents separately on a per device ID basis of the receiving terminal. The delivery server (30), when receiving a request from the receiving terminal (20), refers to the tables (33, 27) and transmits to the receiving terminal (20) a content, the transmission destination of which corresponds to the device ID of the receiving terminal (20).
US11863647B2	System and method for a convertible user Provided is a convertible software application management system for a shared data-access layer in a distributed structure system linked to a database for customizable data processing at least in the transportation, home healthcare, delivery, and other service industries. Provided is a dispatching service provider (DSP) application for dispatching objects of service companies to provide an efficient mobile app to promote a cooperative relationship between a DSP and service companies using white label apps and a streamlined/efficient dispatching system. Customers only need to download or utilize a single mobile app to access service providers from a plurality of service companies, white label companies, and/or a DSP, all using the same dispatch software. This increases the likelihood of a customer to find suitable service providers for his/her needs and allows service entities to reach additional customers and maintain their brands without the need for a plurality of mobile applications.
US11863644B2	Push notification delivery system with feedback analysis A push notification delivery system includes a server system including a processor, a network interface, and memory storing program instructions having code segments for receiving a received push notification, code segments for determining at least one of a favorable push time and a favorable message format based upon a database of received push information developed from a plurality of prior sent push notifications, and code segments for pushing the message to the destination in accordance with the at least one of a favorable push time and a favorable message format. A method for delivering push notifications includes receiving a received push notification including a message and a destination, sending a sent push notification derived from the received push notification to the destination in accordance with at least one favorable condition, receiving received push information related to the sent push notification, and storing the received push information in a database.
US11863641B1	Predictive web navigation A central database system provides predictive web navigation using machine learning and clustering to guide a user to a web page. After tracking a number of web pages viewed by various users on one or more web domains and the orders in which these web pages are viewed, the central database system can train a model to predict which web page a user is likely to view next. If the user is lost while navigating, the central database system may guide the user to the predicted web page. In one example of guidance, the central database system presents a web element with a hyperlink to the predicted web page. For example, the central database system can modify a web page that the lost user is presently viewing to include an iframe with a recommendation to travel to a different web page.
US11863639B2	Service provider managed applications in secured networks Systems and methods for providing application services to a customer are provided. Customer-managed computing resources on a customer network may facilitate the provision of application services to a client device coupled to the customer network. Application instances providing the application services may execute either on the customer-managed computing resources or on computing resources managed by the service provider. Application services may be rendered to the customer while sensitive customer data maintains residency on storage resources on the customer network. Application instances may receive requests for services from the customer, and generate corresponding requests for particular data of the sensitive customer data. These requests may be conveyed to the endpoints on customer network capable of fulfilling the requests. Customer-managed computing resources and service provider-managed computing resources may be respective first and second subsets of a pool of shared computing resources, implemented as virtual private clouds (VPCs) accessible over respective private networks.
US11863637B2	Office device, office device system, control method using office device, and wireless device tracking method According to one embodiment, an office device includes a communication unit to wirelessly communicate with a wireless device using a short-range wireless communication standard. A processor of the office device is configured to periodically search for wireless devices within a communication range of the communication unit, acquire identification information from each wireless device detected in the search for wireless devices, output search data including the identification information to a server. In some examples, the office device may be used as a monitoring sensor or the like to provide information for control of another apparatus.
US11863634B2	Systems and methods for automatic user profile switching Aspects of the present disclosure include systems and methods for profile switching by the computing device. In an example, a computing device may include a memory storing instructions and a processor communicatively coupled with the memory and configured to execute the instructions. The processor may receive a request to initiate a new instance of a website. The processor may also determine a domain name of the website in response to the request. The processor may also determine a first user profile from a plurality of user profiles that corresponds to the domain name based on profile information corresponding to one or more of profile history data, profile favorites data, or administrative settings data. The processor may also launch the new instance of the website in a browser according to the first user profile.
US11863633B2	Cloud communication method and apparatus A method and an apparatus for cloud communication are provided. The method comprises: a client triggers creation of a virtual device performed by a first cloud platform; the client configures registration information for the virtual device, wherein the registration information is used for registration of the virtual device with a second cloud platform; and the client communicates with the second cloud platform or the first cloud platform by means of the virtual device on the first cloud platform.
US11863628B2	Adaptive mobile communication device A method of providing a user interface on a mobile communication device to control smart devices in an environment. The method comprises discovering a plurality of smart devices in an environment by a client application executing on a mobile communication device by initiating wireless communication between the mobile communication device and the plurality of smart devices, wherein the client application learns an electronic model identity of each of the discovered smart devices, communicating with a data store by the client application to look-up control interfaces of the discovered smart devices based on the electronic model identities of the smart devices, looking-up predefined environmental preferences associated with the mobile communication device in the data store by the client application, transmitting control commands by the client application to the plurality of smart devices based in part on the looked-up predefined environmental preferences.
US11863625B2	Routing messages between cloud service providers Technology is disclosed for bridging clouds of computing devices for compute and data storage. The technology can receive a virtual routing table (VRT), wherein the VRT indicates an association with a virtual local area network (VLAN) and defines neighbors for each route wherein at least one neighbor is defined for each of the two different cloud service providers, wherein the route definition creates a private transitive network between the neighbors; receive from a first node a first message destined for a second node; determine that the first message employs the route specified by the VRT; forward the first message to the second node; receive from a third node a second message destined for the second node; determine that the second message does not employ the route specified by the VRT; and fail to forward the second message to the second node.
US11863624B2	Fast propagation of recent transactions over a blockchain network A specialized network (“merchant”) node to facilitate fast distribution of blockchain transactions over a network of interconnected nodes, as subset of which are merchant nodes interconnected by an overlay network. The merchant node includes a memory storing an assigned portion of a distributed mempool structured as a distributed hash table, the distributed mempool containing pending transactions awaiting confirmation. The merchant node operates by receiving a transaction, including a transaction identifier; hashing the new transaction identifier to obtain a key; determining, using the key, whether the transaction is stored in the distributed mempool or not and, if not, then storing the transaction in the distributed mempool as a pending transaction; and sending the transaction to a set of nodes other than merchant nodes using peer-to-peer connections. The invention may be used in conjunction with the Bitcoin blockchain or an alternative.
US11863623B2	Variable QoS management of multiple data streams Storage devices and systems are capable of dynamically managing QoS requirements associated with host applications via a management interface. The management interface may the enable storage devices to: (i) decide which data needs to be transferred back to the hosts, (ii) choose to skip portions of the data transferred back to the hosts to improve throughput and maintain low cost, and (iii) operate contention resolutions with host applications. Furthermore, storage devices and systems may achieve a virtual throughput that may be greater than its actual physical throughput. The management interface may also be operated at an application level, which advantageously allows the devices and systems the capabilities of managing contention resolutions of host applications, and managing (changing, observing, fetching, etc.) one or more QoS requirements for each host application.
US11863622B2	Cross-device data distribution with modular architecture A method includes receiving identifiers of a set of computing devices to participate in a cross-device data visualization session; sending a data set to each computing device and instructions to display a first portion of the data set; receiving an interaction with one of the identified computing devices requesting another computing device to display a second portion of the data set; sending an instruction to display the second portion of the data set to the at least some of the other identified computing devices, where the instruction is sent without sending at least some of the second portion after receiving the interaction and the instruction causes the at least some of the other identified computing devices to execute the instructions on the at least some of the second portion of the data set that is present at the at least some of the other identified computing devices.
US11863621B2	Hybrid data-routing method in a peer-to-peer computer network A method for autonomously routing data using in a peer-to-peer computer network, includes automatically updating a peer-to-peer computer network comprising a plurality of nodes and automatically relaying data from the first node to a second node by one of the neighbor nodes associated with the first node. The method further includes automatically sending pulse messages from a first node to neighbor nodes and candidate nodes, dynamically adjusting time intervals between the pulse messages, receiving return pulses by the first node from some of the neighbor nodes and the candidate nodes, calculating round-trip times (RTTs) between the first node and the neighbor nodes or the candidate nodes, sorting the nodes in the neighbor nodes and the candidate nodes into a plurality of orbital bins, and automatically selecting and assigning a node from the orbital bins to update neighbor nodes associated with the first node.
US11863620B2	Data center using a memory pool between selected memory resources Apparatuses, systems, and methods related to a data center using a memory pool between selected memory resources are described. A data center using a memory pool between selected memory resources enables performance of automated functions critical for prevention of damage to product, personal safety, and/or reliable operation, based on increased access to data that improves performance of a mission profile. For instance, a method described herein includes transmitting, from a processor at a first vehicle that comprises the processor and memory, a request to access a pool of memory resources configured from a plurality of vehicles each having a local processor and memory, receiving, from a second vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, an indication to access the pool of memory resources, and accessing the memory at the second vehicle using the processor at the first vehicle based on receiving the indication to access the pool of memory resources.
US11863619B1	Computing resources discovery via replacing filter parameter of input query with discovery job parameter Prior to initiating discovery of computing resources of an information technology (IT) infrastructure, an input query and a discovery job are received, and one or more trigger configuration items (CIs) are calculated. The input query specifies how the computing resources are discovered, and has a filter parameter. The discovery job is for the input query, has a job parameter, and is associated with a trigger query that is a subset of the input query. The trigger CIs are calculated based on the trigger query, such that the filter parameter of the input query is replaced with the job parameter in the trigger CIs. Discovery of the computing resources is initiated by dispatching each trigger CI. As discovery of the computing resources occurs, CIs representing the computing resources matching the trigger CIs are received, and the CIs are populated within a configuration management database (CMDB).
US11863618B2	Status management in a mesh network A method including receiving, by a first device from a second device in a mesh network, a first status message indicating that the second device is operating in the mesh network as an entry device with respect to the first device or that the first device is operating in the mesh network as an exit device with respect to the second device such that data communicated by the second device outside the mesh network is routed via the first device; and selecting, by the first device based at least in part on the first status message, a third device in the mesh network as an exit device with respect to the first device such that data communicated by the first device outside the mesh network is routed via the third device, the third device being different from the second device. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US11863615B2	Content management systems providing zero recovery time objective A server system receives an electronic document from a client system to be stored at a content management system. The server system generates multiple copies of the electronic document that are stored in parallel at respective multiple instances of the content management system. The server system receives a request to retrieve a copy of the electronic document. In response to the request, the server system checks, by a load balancer, whether the respective multiple instances of the content management system are operational to retrieve the copy of the electronic document. The server system then performs load balancing by the load balancer in accordance with a round-robin process to select a particular instance and retrieves the copy of the electronic document from the particular instance of the content management system.
US11863614B2	UDP over HTTP loadbalancer for microservice environment A first plurality of UDP packets corresponding to a first session and a second plurality of UDP packets corresponding to a second session can be received at a core network node. The first plurality of UDP packets and the second plurality of UDP packets have the same source five tuple. A first plurality of HTTP packets comprising first session information identifying the first session can be created based on the first plurality of UDP packets. A second plurality of HTTP packets comprising second session information identifying the second session can be created based on the second plurality of UDP packets. The first plurality of HTTP packets can be routed to a first microservice instance based at least in part on the first session information. The second plurality of HTTP packets can be routed to a second microservice instance based at least in part on the second session information.
US11863613B1	Allocation of workloads in dynamic worker fleet Systems and methods are described for allocating requests to implement new workloads within a dynamic set of servers. Existing load balancing techniques can result in “focus firing” on new servers added to the set, since a load balancer may view a new server as underloaded. With sufficient intensity, focus firing can result in overshooting target load for the new server, and the new server in fact becoming overloaded. The present disclosure modifies selection of servers as potential targets for a workload by at least partly biasing against selection of young servers. The bias imposed can be scaled to avoid overloading new servers.
US11863611B2	Delivery of instructions in host applications Embodiments of the systems described herein can implement one or more processes remotely delivering customized code to a host application and/or computing device. The host application may be configured as an Application Programming Interface with a customized code processing library that may configure the host application to receive further instructions remotely. The host application may be further configured to execute host code and/or third-party code. The host application may be configured to receive remote application logic, after the host application has been installed on a computing device, and to execute the received application logic to alter the behavior of the host application, such as selectively tracking end user interactions.
US11863609B2	System for storing, processing, and accessing medical data A system is disclosed for storage, processing, and accessing of data. The system includes a front end system and a back end system communicatively connected to the front end system. A front end system is configured to provide one or more user interfaces configured to store, process, and access data in a first data server, in response to user input, by sending messages to the back end system. The back end system includes the first data server and one or more processing servers. The one or more processing servers are configured to process messages received from the front end system by accessing in the first data server to perform one or more operations specified by the messages. The back end system also includes a blockchain server configured to maintain a record of changes made to data in the first data server by the one or more processing servers.
US11863606B2	Using messaging associated with adaptive bitrate streaming to perform media monitoring for mobile platforms Methods, apparatus, systems, storage media, etc., to perform media monitoring for mobile platforms using messaging associated with adaptive bitrate streaming are disclosed. An example media platform disclosed herein is to detect an outgoing message to be sent by the mobile platform to stream media in accordance with an online streaming protocol, and associate resource identifier information included in the outgoing message with a time value. The disclosed example media platform is also to transmit the outgoing message to a first server to cause the media to be streamed to the mobile platform, and transmit the resource identifier information and the time value to a second server different from the first server to cause a media impression associated with the mobile platform to be monitored.
US11863603B2	Surfacing relevant topics in a group-based communication system A system, method, and computer-readable media for surfacing relevant topics discussed in a synchronous multimedia collaboration session to interested non-participants of the synchronous multimedia collaboration session. A relevant topic of the synchronous multimedia collaboration session may be determined based in part on audio data from the synchronous multimedia collaboration session. At least one non-participating member with an interest in the relevant topic of the synchronous multimedia collaboration session may be identified. A notification of the synchronous multimedia collaboration session associated with the relevant topic may be surfaced to the at least one non-participating member.
US11863597B1	Remote rescue system, device and method for accidents and events during video meetings A system for alerting an emergency responder that an emergency has occurred during a video communication between two or more participants, including: a trusted custodian computer system that receives emergency information from (and then generates unique tokens for) the participants of a video communication. A second participant who has witnessed a first participant have an emergency during the video communication transmits the first participant's unique token to a first responder who then transmits the unique token to the trusted custodian computer system. The trusted custodian computer system then determines when the first responder is both capable of and permitted to respond to the emergency, or locates another appropriate first responder that is capable of and permitted to respond to the emergency.
US11863588B2	Dynamically tailored trust for secure application-service networking in an enterprise Dynamically tailored trust for secure application-server networking and advanced enterprise security is provided. A system can individually assess the security posture of each application connecting to the Internet from each client device in an enterprise. For each application, the system tailors a security mode of the Internet connection based on the security posture of the application. Assessment of the security posture of an application is a comprehensive inventory of the security of the application, the security of the device hosting the application, the rights and security of the user, security attributes of the intended service or website being accessed, the security of the communication channel, and so forth. A network-based controller communicates with an agent running within a secure boot mode of each client device to select a security mode for application-service connection, including lean-trust direct access to the Internet, secure VPN-like access, or no access to the Internet.
US11863587B2	Webshell detection method and apparatus A webshell detection method and apparatus are provided. The apparatus obtains first web traffic of a protected host; generates a web page visit record of the protected host based on the first web traffic, where the web page visit record is used to save at least one uniform resource locator (URL), an IP address visiting each URL, and a total quantity of visits to each URL; determines a suspicious URL from the at least one URL based on the web page visit record, where a total quantity of visits to the suspicious URL is less than a first threshold, and a ratio of a quantity of different IP addresses visiting the suspicious URL to the total quantity of visits to the suspicious URL is less than a second threshold; and determines whether a web page identified by the suspicious URL contains a webshell signature.
US11863582B2	Gateway deployment for a zero trust environment A virtualized gateway for applications in a zero trust network access environment is managed from a cloud-based threat management facility for an enterprise network. In order to facilitate creation of a new, centrally managed gateway, a one-time passcode for registration of the gateway to the threat management facility is encoded onto a virtual disk and distributed to a host platform along with a base gateway image for the gateway. This advantageously permits the new gateway to boot and securely register with the threat management facility without further administrative intervention.
US11863575B2	Suspicious group detection Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for determining a level of abusive network behavior suspicion for groups of entities and for identifying suspicious entity groups. A suspiciousness metric is developed and used to evaluate a multi-view graph across multiple views where entities are associated with nodes of the graph and attributes of the entities are associated with levels of the graph.
US11863573B2	Custom triggers for a network security event for cybersecurity threat intelligence Techniques are disclosed relate to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for improved cybersecurity intelligence using custom trigger events. One system may include a non-transitory memory configured to store at least threat model data; and one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising: receiving, over a communications network, the at least one custom trigger event for a threat model which identifies a cybersecurity threat; determining whether the cybersecurity threat triggers the performance of the orchestrated response based on the custom trigger event; and launching, when the cybersecurity threat triggers the performance of the orchestrated response, a first application and a second application of the plurality of applications of the orchestrated response.
US11863572B1	Adaptive data filtering system A computer system receives a set of messages, and processes the messages using a filter. In some examples, the filter is defined using a pattern matching language such as a regular expression. The system collects a set of representative messages that match the filter. Using the set of representative messages, the system generates a corresponding flow network graph. Using the flow network graph, the system determines a similarity measure that indicates whether a new message resembles other matching messages of the filter. Based on the similarity measure, in various embodiments, the system identifies potential errors in the filter definitions, omissions in the terms of the filter, and message outliers that indicate system anomalies or events of particular interest to the user.
US11863570B2	Blockchain-based network security system and processing method A blockchain-based network security system is a decentralized anti-attack network constructed by means of blockchain. The anti-attack network includes a blockchain network system and a server system wherein both system are disposed independently and the data link between them is connected via a switch. A plurality of block nodes in the blockchain network system are provided with anti-attack servers, and each anti-attack server is provided with at least one sub-server. When the sub-server of the anti-attack server encounters an abnormal access event, the path information in the access event is loaded into the blockchain network system via the switch connected to the anti-attack server. In one example, the path information in the abnormal access event is loaded into the blockchain network system for distributed processing so as to prevent the resource depletion of the anti-attack server in which the attacked sub-server is located.
US11863569B2	Bus-off attack prevention circuit Various systems and methods for bus-off attack detection are described herein. An electronic device for bus-off attack detection and prevention includes bus-off prevention circuitry coupled to a protected node on a bus, the bus-off prevention circuitry to: detect a transmitted message from the protected node to the bus; detect a bit mismatch of the transmitted message on the bus; suspend further transmissions from the protected node while the bus is analyzed; determine whether the bit mismatch represents a bus fault or an active attack against the protected node; and signal the protected node indicating whether a fault has occurred.
US11863562B1	Authentication and authorization with remotely managed user directories Techniques for a service provider network to authenticate client devices and determine authorizations for users by sending requests for information in remotely managed user directories. The service provider network may provide computing infrastructure to service requests from users who have accounts with a subscriber of the service provider network. The subscriber may maintain user information for the various user accounts usable to authenticate client devices and/or determine authorizations of users. The service provider network may receive a request from a client device to execute a workflow for a service of the subscriber that is supported by resources of the service provider network. The service provider network may send a request to a subscriber device for user account information for authentication and determining authorization. For instance, the service provider network may request a public key to authenticate the client device, and/or authorization information indicating permissions granted for a user account.
US11863560B2	Industrial automation secure remote access An industrial information hub (IIH) and an industrial development hub (IDH) serve as an industrial ecosystem platform where multiple participants can deliver repeatable and standardized services relevant to their core competencies. The IIH system is centered around the development of an ecosystem that creates and delivers value to users—including industrial enterprises, OEMs, system integrators, vendors, etc.—through the aggregation of digital content and domain expertise. The IIH system serves as a trusted information broker between the ecosystem and the OT environments of plant facilities, and provides a platform for connecting assets, contextualizing asset data and providing secure access to the ecosystem. As part of this ecosystem, the IIH system uses a secure remote access architecture to allow users to remotely access data on their plant floor assets via a virtual private network connection.
US11863554B2	Systems and methods for authenticating a user based on a biometric model associated with the user Systems and methods as provided herein may create a biometric model associated with a user. The created biometric model may be used to generate challenges that are presented to the user for authentication purposes. A user response to the challenge may be compared to an expected response, and if the user response matches within a predetermined error of the expected response, the user may be authenticated. The systems and methods may further generate challenges that are adaptively designed to address weaknesses or errors in the created model such that the model is more closely associated with a user and the user is more likely to be the only person capable of successfully responding to the generated challenges.
US11863546B2	Method for secure communications and structure therefor In accordance with an embodiment, a method for delivering a certificate to a vehicle comprising transmitting the certificate to the vehicle via near field coupling is provided. The near field coupling can be accomplished by transmitting data using a near field coupled antenna to a receiver. The near field coupled antenna can also be used for content delivery such as for example, a streaming video signal, a streaming webcast signal, non-streaming transfer of information, etc. The method can be used for location validation of land vehicles, marine vehicles, and pedestrians as well as content delivery, and payment mechanisms. In accordance with another embodiment a traffic control system is configured to control vehicles and pedestrians in an intelligent transportation system.
US11863544B2	Authenticating a node in a communication network of an automation installation A method authenticates nodes in a communication network of an automation installation. Respective authentication information is transmitted to an authentication server, which takes the authentication information as a basis for admitting or rejecting the nodes in the communication network as subscribers. In order to be able to perform an authentication of a node even in a communication network configured with redundancy, the communication network contains multiple nodes, each of which has at least two communication ports. The communication network executes a spanning tree protocol and at least two of the nodes use their mutually facing communication ports to interchange authentication requests and send the respective received authentication information to an authentication server, connected to the communication network, that uses the respective received authentication information to perform a check on the authenticity of the node and admits or rejects the node in the communication network based on the check.
US11863543B2	Network device proximity-based authentication A wireless system can be used to authenticate a user device via proximity information of wireless network devices. The system can include the user device, the wireless network devices, and a server. At least some of the wireless network devices can be wirelessly connected to the user device and at least some other wireless network devices can be wirelessly unconnected to the user device. The server can use proximity information about the user device with respect to the wireless network devices to authenticate a user.
US11863540B2	Segmented encryption for content delivery Techniques for encrypting content in a content distribution network are disclosed. The content distribution network may comprise a number of national and local sites, and a number of hubs at each local sites. A content segment encrypting device may be operative at a local site to encrypt and cache segments of content. The segment encrypting device may provide the segments to streaming devices that encode content for delivery downstream to network or user devices.
US11863539B2	Encryption-based device enrollment One example method includes a device management system detecting an attempt to access a user account by an unenrolled device. The device management system identifies a first enrolled device of the user account by accessing a signature chain of the user account. The device management system facilitates a transmission of a cryptographically-signed enrollment request from the unenrolled device to the first enrolled device. The first enrolled device is configured to cryptographically validate the enrollment request. The first enrolled device is further configured to generate an encrypted attestation message that indicates that the unenrolled device has been authenticated. The unenrolled device can receive and decrypt the encrypted attestation message based on a passcode being displayed on the first enrolled device. The device management system receives a decrypted attestation message from the unenrolled device and updates the signature chain to include a new sequential record for the unenrolled device.
US11863537B2	Systems, methods, and media for a cloud based social media network System and methods for providing private social networks, which are cloud-based in some instances, are provided herein. A method includes receiving a selection of the digital data on a private user secure data storage device from a first user, receiving a selection of one or more individuals to be given access to the digital data, applying access rights for the digital data, creating a URL that points to a location within the private user secure data storage device where the digital data resides, posting the URL to a plurality of social networks using a shared message, receiving a request from a second user for the digital data when the second user clicks the URL in the shared message, and serving the digital data to the second user directly from the private user secure data storage device without storing the digital data on any of the plurality of social networks.
US11863536B2	Remote data queries through a firewall Remote instructions are received at a remote computing device from a requesting device through a firewall. The remote computing device resides in a secured data center. Access credentials are presented by the requesting device. A request is made to an assistant computing device to query a dataset in communication with the remote computing device. Encrypted access credentials and encrypted remote instructions are received from the assistant computing device. The encrypted access credentials are configured to allow the requesting computing device to access the remote computing device. The encrypted remote instructions are configured to enable the remote computing device to execute at least one of the following: at least one data query, or at least one data manipulation. The encrypted access credentials are decrypted. The encrypted remote instructions are decrypted. The remote instructions are executed to generate query results. The query results are communicated to the requesting device.
US11863533B2	Arrangement and method for functionally safe connection identification Apparatus and method for functionally securely transfer data in a two-sided data exchange of safety-related data between two communication partners (A, B), wherein a mapping is defined, which assigns to a consumer ID a provider ID of the same end point in the case of each bidirectional connection, and the mapping is made known to the two end points a priori, where the mapping could consist of the one's complement or alternatively of the two's complement, and wherein the connection between the data provider and the data consumer is established as described, the data consumer receives the address identification of the data provider via an additional side channel, for example, and after the connection has been established, the identification of the data provider can be securely checked.
US11863529B2	Private cloud routing server connection mechanism for use in a private communication architecture A method for use with a public cloud network is disclosed. The method includes setting up at least one virtual machine, at least one private cloud call-back server (PCCBS) and at least one smart device client on the side of the PCCBS to provide cloud based web services, and at least one private cloud routing server (PCRS) and at least one smart device client on the side of the PCRS in a client server relationship. The virtual machine and PCCBS usually reside in a hyperscale data center, while the PCRS resides in the client's remote premises. An internet platform owner that maintains the virtual machine, offers to a subscriber to host the PCCBS in the virtual machine, constructs and deploys a community pair of peer-to-peer communication relationship between at least one PCCBS Device Client and a PCRS Device Client.
US11863526B2	Dynamically routing network traffic between defense layers Techniques are disclosed relating to dynamically routing network traffic between defense layers. For example, in various embodiments, a server system may implement a traffic distribution module that is operable to distribute a particular type of network traffic across multiple different defense layers. The traffic distribution module may receive a first set of requests that have been identified as being indicative of that particular type of network traffic and then route this first set of requests across the different defense layers based on a set of distribution weightage values. In various embodiments, the disclosed techniques include determining an updated set of distribution weightage values based on an effectiveness of the defense layers in mitigating the particular type of network traffic. In such embodiments, the traffic distribution module may then use this updated set of distribution weightage values to route a second set of network traffic across the various defense layers.
US11863522B2	Applying attestation to the border gateway protocol (BGP) In one embodiment, a method by an apparatus of a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) network includes accessing an attestation token for the apparatus. The method further includes encoding the attestation token in a BGP signaling message. The method further includes sending the BGP signaling message with the encoded attestation token to a second apparatus of the BGP network.
US11863521B2	Hierarchical provisioning of network devices Automated techniques for converting network devices from a Layer 2 (L2) network into a Layer 3 (L3) network in a hierarchical manner are described herein. The network devices may be configured to boot such that their ports are in an initialization mode in which the ports are unable to transmit locally generated DHCP packets. When a network device detects that a neighbor (or “peer”) device has acquired an IP address or has been configured by a network controller, then the port on which the neighbor device is detected can then be transitioned from the initialization mode into a forwarding mode. In the forwarding mode, the port can be used to transmit packets to obtain an IP address. Thus, the network devices are converted from an L2 device to an L3 device in a hierarchical order such that upstream devices are discovered and converted into L3 devices before downstream devices.
US11863516B2	Method, apparatus and system for realizing carrier grade network address translation Provided are a method, an apparatus and a system for implementing carrier grade network address translation, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: transmitting a first request to a control plane of a forwarding and control separated broadband access system, where the first request is used for applying to the control plane for a public network address range; receiving a first response returned by the control plane, where the first response includes allocated public network address range information; receiving a public network address allocated to a user by the control plane according to the public network address range information; receiving a private network address allocated to the user by the control plane; and performing, according to the public network address and the private network address, public and private network address translation on received service traffic of the user.
US11863513B2	Media content playback and comments management A method and a system include receiving a request from a client device to view a media content item, determining at least one comment associated with a respective user profile from a set of connected profiles, generating a summary comments selectable item based at least in part on the respective user profile, causing a display of playback of the media content item and the summary comments selectable item in response to the request to view the media content item, and during the playback of the media content item at the particular time, causing a display of at least one comment.
US11863497B2	Reduction of TTI bundling in view of proactive imposition of air-interface resource reservation for a device class A method and system for controlling application of TTI bundling on a carrier on which an access node provides service, the carrier defining air-interface resources. An example method includes detecting that at least a predefined threshold number of devices of a predefined class (e.g., IoT devices) are connected with the access node on the carrier. Further, the example method includes, responsive to the detecting that at least the predefined threshold number of devices of the predefined class are connected with the access node on the carrier, proactively reserving a portion of the air-interface resources for use to serve communications between the access node and the devices of the predefined class and, in view of the proactive reserving of the portion of the air-interface resources, imposing a reduction in the application of the TTI bundling by the access node on the carrier.
US11863491B2	Transmitter device and receiver device for efficient transmission of information messages The invention relates to a transmitter device and a receiver device for efficient transmission of information messages. The transmitter device superposes a selected subset of columns of a projection matrix based on an information message so as to obtain a signal for transmission. The signal is transmitted to the receiver device. The receiver device performs iterative successive interference cancellation on a received signal based on a projection matrix so as to obtain a subset of the columns of the projection matrix and therefrom obtains a recovered information message based on the subset of the columns of the projection matrix. Thereby, it is provided a sparse superposition coding scheme with quasi-orthogonal projection matrix achieving good performance in respect of spectral efficiency. Furthermore, the invention also relates to corresponding methods and a computer program.
US11863485B2	Pilot signal for 80 MHz The present disclosure relates to a wireless local area network system including a transmitting station (STA) and a receiving STA. The transmitting STA may generate a first physical protocol data unit (PPDU) and transmit the first PPDU via 80 MHz, wherein the first PPDU may include a first data field transmitted via a 966 tone resource unit (RU), and the first data field includes a first pilot subcarrier for the 996 tone RU.
US11863483B2	Efficient MAC CE indication of spatial relation for semi-persistent SRS Systems and methods for Semi-Persistent Sounding Reference Signal (SP SRS) resource activation or deactivation are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a wireless device in a cellular communications network comprises receiving, from a network node, a Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE). The MAC CE comprises an indication of a SP SRS resource set to be activated or deactivated and information that indicates a spatial relation for the SP SRS resource set to be activated or deactivated. In this manner, a MAC CE for SP SRS resource set activation or deactivation is provided in a manner that gives spatial relation information in an efficient and flexible manner.
US11863480B2	Method and device for transmitting reference signal The present invention relates to a method and device for transmitting a reference signal. The method comprises: acquiring a current traveling speed; determining a corresponding reference signal transmission density according to a speed level to which the current traveling speed belongs; and transmitting a reference signal to a connected opposite end vehicle-mounted terminal according to the reference signal transmission density.
US11863477B2	Radio link monitoring (RLM) evaluation periods in new radio-unlicensed (NR-U) spectrums and reference signal time difference timing uncertainty configuration Various embodiments herein provide techniques for radio link monitoring (RLM) evaluation periods for in-sync and out-of-sync detection in new radio unlicensed (NR-U) spectrums. Additionally, embodiments provide techniques for reference signal time difference (RSTD) timing uncertainty configuration. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US11863472B2	Method for transmitting uplink channel in wireless communication system, and device therefor A method by which a terminal transmits an uplink channel in a wireless communication system comprises steps of: receiving, from a base station, first information, which is information related to a time division duplex (TDD) configuration; and repeatedly transmitting, to the base station, an uplink channel on a resource determined on the basis of the first information.
US11863470B2	Systems and methods for delivery using a message queue An apparatus includes a network interface and a processing unit. The network interface transmits a security payload. The processing unit determines a first partition of a queuing service for the security payload at a first time, at least in part based on a determination that an initial attempt to transmit the security payload failed. The processing unit also instructs a retrieval of the security payload from the first partition to perform a first retry attempt to transmit the security payload, at least in part based on a determination that a first retry interval since the first time has elapsed.
US11863468B2	Control of ethernet link-partner GPIO using OAM An Ethernet Physical layer (PHY) device includes a PHY interface and PHY circuitry. The PHY interface is configured to connect to a physical link. The PHY circuitry is configured to generate layer-1 frames that carry data for transmission to a peer Ethernet PHY device, to insert among the layer-1 frames one or more management frames that are separate from the layer-1 frames and that are configured to control a General-Purpose Input-Output (GPIO) port associated with the peer Ethernet PHY device, to transmit the layer-1 frames and the inserted management frames, via the PHY interface, to the peer Ethernet PHY device over the physical link, for controlling one or more operations of the GPIO port associated with the peer Ethernet PHY device, and to receive, via the PHY interface, one or more verifications acknowledging that the one or more management frames were received successfully at the peer Ethernet PHY device.
US11863466B2	Capacity forecasting for high-usage periods Examples herein include systems and methods for providing capacity forecasting for high-usage periods of a computing infrastructure. An example method can include segmenting a first portion of a data stream and generating a first core set for a forecasting model that predicts future usage of computing resources. The example method can further include segmenting a second portion of the data stream, generating a second core set, and using both core sets to forecast usage. The first core set can then be phased out after a predetermined time period has elapsed such that forecasting is based only on the second core set. The example method can further include defining at least two clusters of data and performing predictive analysis on that specific cluster. Cluster-specific results can be displayed on a GUI, which can also provide a user with options for increase or decrease computing resources based on the predictions.
US11863465B1	Local network traffic prioritization for improved quality of service Intelligent bandwidth prioritization and allocation are provided. Data about a local network and devices connected to the network may be collected, monitored, measured, and tracked over time for generating a profile about a subscriber. For example, the profile may comprise a data-based representation of the data transmission capabilities and data usages and behaviors associated with the subscriber network that can be used for identifying network performance issues, to determine traffic classification, classification criteria, and priority values for automatically classifying traffic flows, and to determine bandwidth allocation rules, optimizations, and other traffic management instructions that can be automatically implemented by the access point to optimize performance of data flows.
US11863464B2	Resource utilization in resource reservation protocol split tunnels with adaptive sub-tunneling Management of a plurality of sub-tunnels is disclosed herein. Resource utilization of a plurality of sub-tunnels of a network tunnel implementing a Resource Reservation Protocol is monitored. A resource utilization of a first set of the sub-tunnels exceeding a defined utilization threshold is detected. As a result of the detection, an adjusted resource utilization is determined for a second set of the sub-tunnels. The resource utilization of the second set of sub-tunnels may be less than a defined utilization threshold. The adjusted resource utilization is established for the second set of sub-tunnels for a next measurement interval. The adjusted resource utilization of each sub-tunnel of the second subset of sub-tunnels may be less than a lowest resource utilization among the first set of sub-tunnels.
US11863463B1	System and method for object-response asset authorization and pairing An apparatus, method, and computer program product are provided to pair request data objects with network response assets and their related systems to allow for the efficient movement of network resources and other resources in high-volume network environments that feature distributed network response assets. In some example implementations, location information such as triangulated position information associated with one or more mobile devices, along with other system characteristics is used to identify optimized pairs of request objects and response assets, such that request parameters, such as position and time constraints, can be efficiently met.
US11863459B2	Packet processing method and apparatus A packet processing method includes receiving, by a forwarding apparatus, a first packet, where the first packet belongs to a first packet flow, determining, by the forwarding apparatus, at least two types of information in the following four types of information a duration of staying in a first memory by the first packet flow, usage of the first memory, whether the first packet flow is a victim of a congestion control mechanism, and a drop priority of the first packet, and determining, by the forwarding apparatus based on the at least two types of information, whether explicit congestion notification marking needs to be performed on the first packet.
US11863457B2	Time-sensitive data delivery in distributed computing systems Techniques of time-sensitive data delivery in distributed computing systems are disclosed herein. In one example, a server can disseminate the same information to multiple endpoints in a distributed computing system by transmitting multiple packets to the multiple endpoints hosted on additional servers in the distributed computing system. The multiple packets individually include a header field containing a delivery time before which the packets are not forwarded to corresponding final destinations and a payload containing data representing copies of information identical to one another destined to the multiple endpoints hosted on the additional servers.
US11863456B2	Autonomous network optimization using network templates This disclosure is directed to network optimization in a complex joint network for increasing the network utility of the complex joint network. A computing device in the complex joint network may receive a data flow via a complex joint network. The computing device may determine, based on a network template, a mission utility associated with the data flow and a traffic class associated with the data flow. The computing device may control one or more quality of service decisions based at least in part on the mission utility associated with the data flow and the traffic class associated with the data flow.
US11863453B2	Dynamic load adjustment Techniques for dynamically load balancing traffic based on predicted and actual load capacities of data nodes are described herein. The techniques may include determining a predicted capacity of a data node of a network during a period of time. The data node may be associated with a first traffic class. The techniques may also include determining an actual capacity of the data node during the period of time, as well as determining that a difference between the actual capacity and the predicted capacity is greater than a threshold difference. Based at least in part on the difference, a number of data flows sent to the data node may be either increased or decreased. Additionally, or alternatively, a data flow associated with a second traffic class may be redirected to the data node during the period of time to be handled according to the first traffic class.
US11863445B1	Prefix range to identifier range mapping A network node may receive an indication of a range of network address prefixes and a corresponding range of sequential identifiers. The network node may generate a policy for mapping respective network address prefixes, having ordered positions within the range of network address prefixes, to respective identifiers having corresponding ordered positions within the corresponding range of sequential identifiers. The network node may discover a device associated with a network address having a network address prefix at an ordered position within the range of network address prefixes. The network node may map, based on the policy, the network address prefix to an identifier having an ordered position within the corresponding range of sequential identifiers, wherein the ordered position within the corresponding range of sequential identifiers corresponds to the ordered position within the range of network address prefixes. The network node may advertise the mapping to one or more neighbor nodes.
US11863441B2	Methods and systems for generating data packets in smart network interface controllers This disclosure is directed to processes and systems for generating data packets in a smart network interface controller (“SNIC”) of a host server computer. A smart packet generator (“spktgen”) controller receives a user command that contains directions for how packets are generated in the SNIC. The command is sent to a spktgen daemon that runs in a control core of the multicore processor. The spktgen daemon extracts the type of packet generator and packet parameters recorded in the command and sends the type of packet generator and packet parameters to a spktgen engine that also runs in the control core. The spktgen engine creates threads in each of one or more data cores of the multicore processor. Each thread comprises instructions for generating data packets from the data generated by data generating sources of the host in accordance with the type of packet generator and the packet parameters.
US11863438B2	Method and apparatus for sending routing information for network nodes This application discloses a routing information sending method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a first network node, routing information sent by a second network node, and determining the routing information corresponds to a tenant identifier; and then determining, by the first network node, that a third network node belongs to a tenant corresponding to the tenant identifier, and sending the routing information to the third network node in response to determining that the third network node belongs to the tenant corresponding to the tenant identifier.
US11863437B2	Hybrid method for node organization and data routing in a peer-to-peer computer network A method for autonomously routing data using in a peer-to-peer computer network is disclosed. The method includes identifying multiple paths from a source node to a destination node, wherein each of the multiple paths includes two or more routing segments each comprising a sending node and a receiving node. The receiving node is selected among a plurality of nodes in the peer-to-peer computer network based on round-trip times measured between the sending node and the plurality of nodes. Path packages are sent along the multiple paths from the source node to the destination node. Total one-way latencies (OWLs) associated with the multiple paths are measured using path packages from the source node to the destination node. A relayed data path is selected from the multiple paths at least in part based on the total OWLs respectively associated with the multiple paths from the source node to the destination node.
US11863434B2	System and method of providing policy selection in a network Disclosed are systems and methods for providing policy selection in a software defined network. An example method includes registering, by an enterprise controller on an enterprise domain, in a shared mapping system on a service provider domain, one or more entries specifying one or more services for one or more classes of traffic to yield registered entries, reading, by a service provider controller, from the shared mapping system, the registered entries, posting, by the service provider controller, the one or more entries to one or more routing tables at a software-defined wide area network of the service provider domain and receiving a request, by a mobile node on the enterprise domain, of a specific service for a particular class of packets according to a classification of the particular class of packets based on a particular label defined in the registered entries for the specific service.
US11863432B1	Opportunistic user feedback gathering for application-aware routing In one embodiment, a device identifies a potential change in user experience of an online application. The device selects, based on the potential change in user experience, a set of one or more users of the online application. The device obtains, from the set of one or more users of the online application, feedback regarding their experience with the online application. The device uses the feedback obtained from the set of one or more users of the online application to make a routing decision in a network regarding traffic of the online application.
US11863431B2	System and method for facilitating fine-grain flow control in a network interface controller (NIC) A network interface controller (NIC) capable of facilitating fine-grain flow control (FGFC) is provided. The NIC can be equipped with a network interface, an FGFC logic block, and a traffic management logic block. During operation, the network interface can determine that a control frame from a switch is associated with FGFC. The network interface can then identify a data flow indicated in the control frame for applying the FGFC. The FGFC logic block can insert information from the control frame into an entry of a data structure stored in the NIC. The traffic management logic block can identify the entry in the data structure based on one or more fields of a packet belonging to the flow. Subsequently, the traffic management logic block can determine whether the packet is allowed to be forwarded based on the information in the entry.
US11863429B2	Network path selection A method may include monitoring a network performance metric for multiple paths to a destination through a network, and storing historical performance data for the paths. The method may also include receiving a data flow directed to the destination, where the data flow may be subject to a network performance agreement. The method may additionally include determining aggregate historical performances for the paths, and comparing the aggregate historical performances for the paths. The method may also include, based on the comparison of the aggregate historical performances, routing the data flow through the network.
US11863428B2	Dynamic route configuration and load balancing for edge gateways Described herein are systems, methods, and software to manage communication path configurations between edge gateways in a computing environment. In at least one implementation, a controller monitors network characteristics associated with routes from a first edge gateway to a second edge gateway and determines whether a first route configuration for the first edge gateway to communicate with the second edge gateway fails to satisfy criteria based on the network characteristics. If the first route configuration fails to satisfy the criteria, the controller determines a second route configuration and applies the second route configuration for the first edge gateway to communicate with the second edge gateway.
US11863426B2	Determining a best destination over a best path using multifactor path selection A network device may receive a request for a service from an endpoint device located in a first region, and may determine whether destination addresses are identified for the service and the first region. The network device may determine whether the service and the first region are identified in a lookup table, and may receive performance metrics associated with multiple paths in the first region to the destination addresses, based on the service and the first region not being identified in the lookup table. The network device may generate a performance metrics matrix based on the performance metrics, and may identify a best destination and a best path for the service in the first region based on the performance metrics matrix, and may cause, for the endpoint device, a connection to the service to be established via the best destination and the best path for the first region.
US11863421B2	System and method for optimal multiserver VPN routing A method and system for a VPN setup in which one of the peers' outgoing traffic is dynamically rerouted to exit VPN servers based on infrastructure or user requirements without losing the initial connection state or leaking unencrypted network traffic is described. One exemplary embodiment describes a method for a client to change their routing to multiple server locations. Another exemplary embodiment describes a method for the entry VPN servers to reroute traffic based on strategic traffic analysis.
US11863420B2	Diagnosing faults in a multimedia over coax alliance (MoCA) local area network (LAN) including a WiFi segment A testing method is provided for diagnosing faults in a multimedia over coax alliance (MoCA) local area network (LAN) including a WiFi segment. The method including, responsive to selection of a test sequence that includes testing of the WiFi segment, causing display of instructional images that depict how an operator couples the test hardware to a wireless component, invoking the test hardware to perform a test by automatically selecting, in dependence upon a problem generically identified by a user, a test and invoking the test, and automatically evaluating results returned by the test, without user interpretation of the results returned, to determine at least one of (i) whether to report a recommendation to replace/repair an identified component, and (ii) whether to (a) repeat the causing display of instructional images, (b) invoke the test hardware to perform an additional test and (c) automatically evaluate results returned by the additional test.
US11863419B2	Network service management system and network service management method A CI/CD assist device accepts a test template in which some of fields of test content is set to a variable field in which a value is variable. An NOS sets a value compatible with a first environment in the variable field of the test template to generate test data compatible with the first environment. A test device conducts a test on a network service in the first environment by using the test data compatible with the first environment. An NOS sets a value compatible with a second environment in the variable field of the test template to generate test data compatible with the second environment. A test device conducts a test on the network service in the second environment by using the test data compatible with the second environment.
US11863418B2	Anomaly detection method and storage medium An anomaly detection method executed by a computer, the anomaly detection method includes identifying, for each of target periods, a prediction value to be a reference for determining whether an anomaly occurs in the target period; identifying a corrected prediction value acquired by correcting the prediction value of a first target period based on the prediction value and a measured values of a second target period before the first target period; setting one of the prediction value and the corrected prediction value corresponding to the first target period as an upper limit value and the other as a lower limit value; and determining whether the anomaly occurs in the first target period by using a reference defined by the upper limit value and the lower limit value.
US11863414B1	Running network diagnostics on a server A computer program product includes program instructions executable by a central processing unit (CPU) of a baseboard management controller (BMC) of a server to cause the BMC CPU to receive a message instructing the BMC to cause a host CPU on the server to run network diagnostics on a host network. The BMC CPU then instructs the host CPU to boot from a bootable image stored on a data storage device hosted by the BMC CPU and run a network diagnostic utility included with the bootable image to monitor network traffic on the host network physically connected to the server. In an alternative, the message instructs the BMC CPU to run network diagnostics on the host network. The BMC CPU then accesses and runs the network diagnostic utility to monitor and analyze traffic on the host network through a connection between the BMC and a host NIC on the server.
US11863413B1	Network service genericised metrics A system for orchestrating deployment of network services is described. The system comprises a plurality of network services, an observability framework and an orchestration agent. The observability framework receives monitoring data corresponding to at least one network function of a network service, identifies data corresponding to the status and/or performance of the network service, aggregates the identified data into genericized metrics for the network service and forwards the genericized metrics to the orchestration agent. The orchestration agent uses the genericized metrics to trigger actions.
US11863411B2	Network monitoring tool for allocating nodes of supercomputers Disclosed herein are embodiments of a network monitoring device for a supercomputer system having a plurality of supercomputer nodes. The network monitoring device may utilize plug-in software modules to provide network monitoring capabilities related to discovering the network topologies of the supercomputer system, determining network and computing resources that are available for new applications in the supercomputer system, collecting network and computing resources that are being used by running software applications in the supercomputer system, and monitoring running software applications on the supercomputer system.
US11863408B1	Generating event streams including modified network data monitored by remote capture agents The disclosed embodiments provide a method and system for processing network data. During operation, the system obtains, at a remote capture agent, configuration information for the remote capture agent from a configuration server over a network. Next, the system uses the configuration information to configure the generation of event data from network data obtained from network packets at the remote capture agent. The system then uses the configuration information to configure transformation of the event data or the network data into transformed event data at the remote capture agent.
US11863402B2	Systems and methods for secure network function virtualization license management A system for secure management of licensing and distributing virtual network functions (VNF) is provided. The system includes a VNF license manager, a VNF repository, and a VNF license database. The VNF license manager is in communication with the VNF repository and the VNF license database. The VNF license manager is programmed to receive a request for access to a first VNF from a virtual network. The virtual network is configured to execute the first VNF. The VNF license manager is also programmed to determine if the virtual network may access the first VNF based on one or more policies associated with the first VNF. If the virtual network may access the first VNF, the VNF license manager is programmed to retrieve the first VNF from the VNF repository and transmit the first VNF to the virtual network.
US11863400B2	Personalized tailored air interface Methods and devices utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) for customization of a device specific air interface configuration in a wireless communication network are provided. An over the air information exchange to facilitate the training of one or more AI/ML modules involves the exchange of AI/ML capability information identifying whether a device supports AI/ML for optimization of the air interface.
US11863396B1	Passive assessment of signal relays amongst bystanders Techniques for discovering a network using a sensor installed in the network, where the network is communicatively coupled to an external network by a router, are presented. The techniques can include: determining, automatically and by the sensor, a network address of the router; detecting, automatically and by the sensor, a network address of a client in the network; assessing, automatically and by the sensor, that the client in the network is actively communicating on the network; communicating, by the sensor, with the network address of the router; and participating, by the sensor, in communications on the network by emulating the network address of the client and by using the network address of the router.
US11863391B2	Distributed telemetry and policy gateway in the cloud for remote devices Systems and methods include connecting to and authenticating a plurality of user devices; utilizing a plurality of RESTful (Representational State Transfer web service) endpoints to communicate with the plurality of user devices; providing any of policy and configuration to the plurality of user devices utilizing version number via a RESTful endpoint; caching the any of policy and configuration for each device of the plurality of user devices; and receiving metrics based on measurements at the plurality of user devices according to corresponding policy and configuration, via a RESTful endpoint.
US11863389B2	Lifecycle management for information technology infrastructure A method for managing an information technology infrastructure is provided. The method may include generating a workspace configured to maintain configurations for the information technology infrastructure. A configuration file specifying configurations to apply to the information technology infrastructure may be merged into the workspace. An execution plan may be generated based on the workspace. The execution plan may include operations to apply, to the information technology infrastructure, the configurations specified in the configuration file. The configurations may be applied, based on the execution plan, by at least provisioning, modifying, and/or de-provisioning one or more resources at the information technology infrastructure. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.
US11863387B2	Method and apparatus for regulating communication parameters A method and equipment for regulating a communication parameter are provided. The method includes that: a first equipment establishes a communication with a second equipment according to a preset configuration of a Cyclic Prefix (CP) length; the first equipment regulates the configuration of the CP length according to a network state and/or service state in a communication process; and the first equipment sends CP length regulation indication information to the second equipment, the CP length regulation indication information indicating a result of regulation performed by the first equipment on the configuration of the CP length; wherein the first equipment is network equipment, and the second equipment is terminal equipment.
US11863384B2	Automatic derivation of repository access data based on symbolic configuration A method comprises storing an electronic configuration document that identifies configurations of users, groups, and/or permissions relating to access to computer program artifacts in a first repository of an artifact repository system that is geographically distributed. The users and groups include external user groups who do not have explicit user-based permissions to view contents of a repository of the artifact repository system. The artifact repository system comprise second repositories that respectively replicate third repositories and have associated sets of properties, the third repositories including a repository external to the artifact repository system and associated with an external user group. The configurations comprise at least one configuration for configuring external visibility of computer program artifacts for one or more external user groups. The method further comprises deriving from the electronic configuration document, a plurality of regional repository settings values for each second repository based on the associated set of properties.
US11863380B2	Community internet drive Provided herein are devices, systems, methods and various means, including those related to providing a community internet drive that may utilize a centrally-managed hub as well as storage devices distributed among various networked machines. In some embodiments, the community internet drive can also include features to enable its users to promote and utilize the user's trusted personal relationships while also enabling an open platform for peer-to-peer and/or other types of sharing schemes.
US11863374B2	Distributed control system, automatic analysis device, and automatic analysis system In a distributed control system, when the determination that an error has occurred is made as a result of comparison of correct connection information retained in a storage unit and connection information of an actually connected control object device or terminal communication device by a comparison unit, a central computation device outputs a display signal of an abnormal part to a display device, and the display device displays the abnormal part on the basis of the display signal. A distributed control system and an automatic analysis device provided with the same, and an automatic analysis system are thereby provided, whereby an erroneous connections or defects can be more easily and reliably detected than in the prior art, even when a plurality of control boards are distributedly arranged in the same device.
US11863372B2	Apparatus and method for performing dual connectivity in wireless communication system A method of a central unit-control plane (CU-CP) included in a base station in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor are provided. The method includes identifying information on a radio link of at least one cell associated with the base station, transmitting, to a central unit-user plane (CU-UP), information indicating downlink transmission stop or resume of the CU-UP included in the base station based on the information on the radio link, and transmitting, to a distributed unit (DU), information indicating downlink transmission stop or resume of the DU based on the information on the radio link. The method relates to converging a 4th-Generation (4G) or a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4G system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT), and may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology.
US11863365B2	Channel sounding using multiple sounding configurations To configure uplink sounding transmissions by mobile terminals in a wireless communication network, sets of configuration parameters for uplink sounding signal transmissions are determined for a given mobile terminal. Each of the sets of configuration parameters comprising frequency-domain and/or time-domain parameters. The sets of configuration parameters are transmitted to the mobile terminal, thereby enabling the mobile terminal to generate different sounding signals used by the wireless communication network to estimate different properties associated with at least one of uplink signals and uplink channels.
US11863364B2	Method and apparatus for performing initial access in wireless communication system Provided are a method and an apparatus for performing physical resource block (PRB) indexing in a wireless communication system. A user equipment (UE) receives information on an offset between a synchronization signal (SS) block and a system bandwidth from a network through the SS block and performs the PRB indexing on the system bandwidth on the basis of the information on the offset.
US11863362B2	Matched filter bank A radio receiver comprises a matched filter bank and a decision unit. The matched filter bank has a plurality of filter modules for generating correlation-strength data from a sampled radio signal, each filter module being configured to cross-correlate the sampled signal with data representing a respective filter sequence. The decision unit is configured to use the correlation-strength data to generate a sequence of decoded symbols from the sampled signal. The matched filter bank and/or decision unit are configured to determine the value of each symbol in the sequence in part based on the value of a respective earlier decoded symbol from the sequence of decoded symbols.
US11863361B1	Systems and methods for frequency domain local oscillator frequency offset compensation The disclosed systems and methods for frequency domain (FD) local oscillator frequency offset (LOFO) compensation. The method comprising: i) compensating, by an integer Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) bins-based oscillator, LOFO in a received signal by an integer number of FFT bins; and ii) compensating, by a fractional FFT bins-based oscillator, LOFO in the compensated signal by the integer FFT bins-based oscillator with a fine compensation resolution of a fractional number of FFT bins.
US11863355B1	Fail-safe circuit for a low voltage differential signaling receiver The present invention relates to differential receivers, and more particularly to a fail-safe circuit for low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) receivers having single differential input disconnect detection with a latchable control signal interrupt capability. In operation, the receiver output is applied to a Vout output as long as the control signal is in a normal operating state, and on the first occurrence of a fault condition trigger is applied to the input of a latch, the latch latches applying a fault state to the control signal which causes the Vout output to follow the control signal blocking the receiver output until the latch is reset after the fault has been corrected.
US11863353B2	Anchor process of data symbols in channel estimation Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a device, method, apparatus and computer readable storage medium for channel estimation in a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) system. The MIMO system comprises a receiver configured with a plurality of receiving antennas and a transmitter configured with a plurality of transmitting antennas. In example embodiments, a plurality of data symbols are detected based on channel estimation from a plurality of signals received by the plurality of receiving antenna from the plurality of transmitting antennas. The plurality of detected data symbols are adjusted based on a set of constellation points for a modulation mode used by the transmitter and associated with the plurality of signals. The channel estimation is updated based on the plurality of adjusted data symbols.
US11863349B2	Methods and systems for network segmentation Embodiments of a device and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for network segmentation of a network deployed at a customer site involves establishing a tunnel between a network device of the network deployed at the customer site and a network port of a switch of the network deployed at the customer site, when a wired device is plugged into the network port of the switch, transmitting network traffic between the wired device and the network device through the tunnel, facilitating a security operation regarding the wired device, and based on a result of the security operation, performing a network segmentation operation regarding the wired device.
US11863345B2	Methods and computer programs for monitoring communication components in an event-based manner via a data bus Embodiments create methods and computer programs for a monitoring entity and a communication component, a monitoring entity, a communication component, a system and a vehicle. The method (10) for a monitoring entity (30) for monitoring at least one communication component (40), wherein the communication component (40) is configured to communicate with one or more other communication components (50) in an event-based manner via a data bus (70), comprises regularly checking (12) the function of the communication component (40) using the monitoring entity. The method further includes cyclically communicating (14) with at least one other monitoring entity (60) assigned to another communication component (50) in order to monitor the function of the communication component (30), the function of the other communication component (50) and the function of the data bus (70).
US11863342B2	Control method for home system A control method for a home system includes obtaining the power curve of a household appliance to be run; obtaining power curves of all the currently running household appliances; and, if the power curve of the household appliance to be run and that of at least one currently running household appliance meet an off-peak running condition, making the household appliance to be run and the currently running household appliance run within an off-peak period of time. Without affecting the running states of all the currently running household appliances, the method can connect the household appliance to be run to a circuit, meets the demand of a user for making the household appliance to be run and the currently running household appliances simultaneously work, and does not exceed the load of the circuit, thereby improving the overall working efficiency of the home system.
US11863336B2	Dynamic virtual environment Techniques for conducting a virtual event are described. One example method includes displaying, on a display screen of a computing device, a plurality of icons, each icon representing a different virtual event participant, wherein the plurality of icons includes a first icon representing a virtual event participant associated with the computing device; receiving, from an input device of the computing device, input representing a direction of movement for the first icon; and in response to receiving the input, moving the first icon on the display screen in the direction represented by the input.
US11863329B2	Uplink control signaling on PUSCH with shortened transmission time interval (TTI) According to an aspect, a transmitting device determines, for each of a plurality of transmissions, whether user data to be transmitted within a time transmission interval, TTT, will be closest in time to a DMRS transmitted before the user data or after the user data. If before the user data, all HARQ ACK/NACK data for the transmission is mapped to the earliest in time SC-FDMA symbol carrying user data in the transmission, and to pre-DFT symbols closest in time to the DMRS transmitted before the user data. If after the user data, all HARQ ACK/NACK data for the transmission is mapped to the last in time SC-FDMA symbol carrying user data in the transmission, and to pre-DFT symbols closest in time to the DMRS transmitted after the user data. SC-FDMA signals are formed from user data and control information for the transmission, based on the mapping.
US11863325B2	Finite field parity for feedback codebook Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for finite field parity for a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) codebook. A method that may be performed by a base station (BS) includes indicating, to a user equipment (UE), a codebook for uplink transmission of HARQ feedback, the codebook based on: (i) a number (M) of candidate downlink transmission occasions for a time period, and (ii) a maximum number (k) of downlink transmissions the UE can receive during the time period. The method also includes selecting an action to perform based on a set of codepoints of the codebook, the set of codepoints comprising: (i) a first combination of codepoints, and (ii) a second combination of codepoints different from the first combination, wherein HARQ feedback calculated from the first combination is equal to HARQ feedback calculated from the second combination.
US11863314B1	Systems and methods for per-sub-band, per-stream, and per-user selection of modulation and coding schemes including scheduling using channel condition metrics indicative of channel interference The present disclosure describes systems and methods for the granular, interference aware selection of modulation and coding schemes (MCS) per-sub-band, per-stream, and in some examples, per-user. In some examples, channel condition metrics regarding wireless communication conditions, including interference conditions, from a communication node of a wireless access system may be received. Based at least on the received channel condition metrics indicative of interference, a multidimensional interference margin generator may determine a per-sub-band per-stream margin. A modulation and coding scheme may be selected based on the per-sub-band per-stream margin. In some examples, the selected modulation and coding scheme may be transmitted to various modulators/demodulators, encoders/decoders, and/or other communication nodes within the wireless access system. In some examples, a scheduler may select an allocation based at least on the per-sub-band per-stream margin.
US11863301B2	Signal processing device The purpose of the present invention is to improve signal modulation resolution. A coarse phase modulation element 62A modulates a signal into any of M1 (M1 is an arbitrary integer) patterns in a first range. Fine phase modulation elements 62B-1 through 62B-(k−1) respectively modulate the signal into any of M2 through Mk (M2 through Mk are arbitrary integers that are independent of each other and M1) patterns in a second range through k-th range (k is an integer of 2 or greater). A coarse DAC 61A and DACs 61B-1 through 61B-(k−1) perform control such that the second range through k-th range become narrower than the first range.
US11863300B2	System and method for controlling time dilation in time-sensitive networks A system and method determine a clock drift and a clock variance of each node in plural nodes of a time-sensitive Ethernet network. An accumulated clock offset along a time-sensitive network path in the time-sensitive network is determined based on the clock drifts and the clock variances. A guard band having a dynamic size is determined based on the accumulated clock offset. The times at which Ethernet frames are communicated through the nodes are restricted by communicating the guard band with the dynamic size to one or more of the nodes.
US11863298B1	Method for identifying and diagnosing failures in pairwise time synchronization and frequency calibration in a mesh network A method including accessing a network graph including: a set of transceiver nodes representing a set of transceivers operating in a mesh network of transceivers; a set of transmitter nodes representing a set of transmitters communicating with the mesh network of transceivers; and a set of edges, each connecting a pair of nodes in the set of nodes. The method also includes: identifying a subgraph of the network graph associated with a node in the set of nodes, the node representing a transceiver; accessing a network state of the subgraph comprising a set of edge values for each edge in the subgraph; calculating a probability of failure of the transceiver based on the network state of the subgraph; and in response to detecting the probability of failure of the transceiver exceeding a threshold likelihood, triggering a corrective action at the transceiver.
US11863294B2	Methods and apparatus for increasing the robustness of media signatures Methods and apparatus for determining increasing robustness of media signatures are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein is to select to at least one of (A) boost a first characteristic of a media signal at a first time or (B) attenuate a second characteristic of the media signal at a second time based on an effect of the at least one of the boost of the first characteristic or the attenuation of the second characteristic on a difference between a third characteristic of the media signal at a third time and a fourth characteristic of the media signal at a fourth time. The disclosed example apparatus is also to perform the selected one of (A) the boost of the first characteristic of the media signal at the first time or (B) the attenuation of the second characteristic of the media signal at the second time to enhance the media signal.
US11863291B2	Management of cell measurement A disclosure of this specification provides a method for radio communication, performed by user equipment (UE). The method is comprising: connecting to a non-terrestrial network (NTN) satellite serving a targeted service area via a service link, wherein the NTN satellite is connected to a gateway via a feeder link; receiving, from the NTN satellite, information on service time of a serving cell; starting to perform neighbor cell measurement at a time point before end of the service time of the serving cell by a certain time, regardless of whether a cell quality of the serving cell meets a cell selection criterion S, wherein the NTN satellite provides an earth fixed system, wherein the information on the service time includes information on when the serving cell is going to stop serving the targeted service area, wherein the information on the service time is provided based on a Coordinated Universal Time.
US11863288B2	Relaying transmissions To meet different latency requirements a solution for a system having one or more apparatuses using a first type of relaying or a second type of relaying, the first type requiring more processing time at an apparatus than the second type, is disclosed. In the solution a type of relaying for a child apparatus is determined at least based on one or more of a latency requirement and feedback information on channel; and transmissions to or from child apparatuses are scheduled at least according to a determined type of relaying, wherein transmissions using the first type of relaying are scheduled to take place in the time domain of a transmission slot after transmissions using the second type of relaying; and transmissions to or from the child apparatus are processed according to the determined type of relaying.
US11863287B2	Pre-amplifier for a modem Technology for a pre-amplification system for a modem is disclosed. The pre-amplification system can include an uplink-downlink signal path communicatively coupled between a first modem port of the modem and a first donor antenna port. The pre-amplification system can include a downlink signal path communicatively coupled between a second modem port of the modem and a second donor antenna port. The downlink signal path can include a pre-amplifier configured to amplify a received downlink cellular signal to produce an amplified downlink cellular signal to be directed to the second modem port.
US11863286B2	Efficient reconfigurable intelligent surface or repeater assisted communication Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a signal that is transmitted by a base station with a modulation signature associated with a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) or a repeater and redirected by the RIS or the repeater using modulation that reverses the modulation signature associated with the RIS or the repeater. The UE may decode the signal, wherein the signal is decodable by the UE based at least in part on the signal being redirected by the RIS or the repeater using the modulation that reverses the modulation signature associated with the RIS or the repeater. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11863285B2	Maximum diversity scheme for improving coverage area and diversity performance of a media system One embodiment provides a method providing a maximum diversity scheme for improving coverage area and diversity performance of a media system. The method comprises, at an antenna module of the media system, wirelessly receiving, via a receiver antenna of the antenna module, broadband radio frequency (RF) signals from a transmitter of the media system, instantaneously converting, via a converter circuitry of the antenna module, the broadband RF signals into one or more digital baseband components, generating, via a processor unit of the antenna module, a single digital data stream by applying diversity processing to the digital baseband components, and outputting the single digital data stream over a network cable to another device of the media system.
US11863271B2	Reporting of coefficients for channel state information The disclosure includes a host operating in a communication system to provide an over-the-top (OTT) service. The host includes processing circuitry configured to initiate transmission of user data to a network node in a cellular network to a user equipment (UE). The network node is configured to receive a CSI report for a downlink channel from a wireless device and transmit the user data from the host to the UE to provide the OTT service based on the CSI report. The CSI report includes a set of reported coefficients; an indication of how the network node is to interpret the set of reported coefficients, wherein the indication of how the network node is to interpret the set of reported coefficients indicates the set of reported coefficients as a subset of a set of candidate reported coefficients; and an indication of a payload size of the set of the reported coefficients.
US11863266B2	Base station wide beam codebook design A method, an electronic device with a memory configured to store a hierarchical codebook with a processor operably connected to the memory to perform the method, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor of an electronic device cause the electronic device to perform the method. The method identifies input data including at least one of an array size, an antenna element spacing, a phase-shifter resolution, a specified coverage region, or an antenna element pattern. The input data is processed by putting an initial beam through a non-decreasing concave utility function which uses a cyclic coordinate descent algorithm that generates a wide beam meeting one or more design specifications. A codebook is produced that includes the wide beam.
US11863263B2	Precoding method, precoding device Disclosed is a precoding method for generating, from a plurality of baseband signals, a plurality of precoded signals that are transmitted in the same frequency bandwidth at the same time. According to the precoding method, one matrix is selected from among matrices defining a precoding process that is performed on the plurality of baseband signals by hopping between the matrices. A first baseband signal and a second baseband signal relating to a first coded block and a second coded block generated by using a predetermined error correction block coding scheme satisfy a given condition.
US11863261B2	Base station and base station communication method This base station comprises: a control unit that allocates, on the basis of a doppler shift estimated using an uplink reference signal, a downlink reference signal common to a plurality of beams; and a transmission unit that transmits the common downlink reference signal via the plurality of beams. According to this base station communication method, the base station allocates, on the basis of a doppler shift estimated using an uplink reference signal, a downlink reference signal common to a plurality of beams, and transmits the common downlink reference signal via the plurality of beams.
US11863260B2	5G communication method based on change in shape of electronic device and electronic device therefor An electronic device may include a housing of which a shape is changeable, a plurality of antenna modules positioned inside the housing and including at least one antenna array, and at least one processor operatively connected to the plurality of antenna modules. The electronic device may detect a change in the shape of the housing and perform communication using a first beam book and/or a second beam book based at least on the change in the shape of the housing. In addition to the above, various embodiments identified through the specification are possible.
US11863259B2	Determining a precoder for wireless communications Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining a precoder for wireless communications. An apparatus includes a processor that determines a precoder for a set of modulation symbols, the determined precoder comprising a plurality of codewords and configured to reduce an ensemble interference and a pairwise interference among the plurality of codewords. The processor precodes the set of modulation symbols based on the determined precoder. The processor maps the precoded set of modulation symbols to a set of physical transmission resources for a transmission layer, wherein a number of modulation symbols in the set of modulation symbols is greater than a number of physical transmission resources in the set of physical transmission resources. The apparatus includes a transceiver that transmits, to a receiver node, an indication of the determined precoder and the set of physical transmission resources.
US11863252B2	Terminal device capability transmission method, apparatus, and system Embodiments of this application disclose terminal device capability transmission methods, apparatuses, and systems. In an implementation, a terminal device transmits capability information to a network device, the capability information indicates a maximum quantity of ports of reference signals for channel state information (CSI) measurement supported by a terminal device in a time-domain unit, wherein the time-domain unit is one slot, and the capability information is determined based on a capability of the terminal device.
US11863248B2	Priority management for a transponder A device includes a first circuit that includes a near-field emission circuit, a second circuit, and a hardware connection linking the first circuit to the second circuit. The hardware connection is dedicated to a priority management between the first circuit and the second circuit. In addition, priority management information can be communicated between a near-field emission circuit and a second circuit. The communicating occurs between a dedicated hardware connection connecting the near-field emission circuit to the second circuit.
US11863246B2	Achieving polarization diversity and directionality using predetermined phases and amplitude A device includes a modem having a first feed port and a second feed port. A first planar dual-polarized sub-array has a first beamwidth and includes a first orthogonally polarized element communicatively coupled to the first feed port and a second orthogonally polarized element communicatively coupled to the second feed port. A second planar dual-polarized sub-array has a second beamwidth and includes a third orthogonally polarized element communicatively coupled to the second feed port and a fourth orthogonally polarized element communicatively coupled to the first feed port. The first dual-polarized sub-array and the second planar dual-polarized sub-array generate a collective beamwidth that exceeds the first beamwidth and the second beamwidth.
US11863243B2	Preserving battery life in poor signal conditions using RF link analysis One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for operating an electronic device. The technique includes an electronic device determining one or more signal characteristics of a link between the electronic device and a base station, estimating a coupling loss for the link based on the one or more signal characteristics, determining whether the coupling loss exceeds a maximum coupling loss (MCL) for the link; and in response to determining that the coupling loss exceeds the MCL, delaying transmission of one or more messages from the electronic device over the link to the base station.
US11863238B2	Dual-mode receiver integrated with dispersion compensator An integrated receiver chip comprising: a first end and a second end; at least one optical input port disposed at the first end; a polarization manipulation device optically connected to one of the at least one optical input port, the polarization manipulation device being adapted to split an optical signal into a first and a second optical signals; a first and a second dispersion compensators each optically connected to the polarization manipulation device, the first and the second dispersion compensators each being adapted to selectively induce a dispersion on an optical signal propagating through the dispersion compensator; and a first and a second photodetectors optically connected to the first and the second dispersion compensators, respectively.
US11863237B2	Optical communication device and method for setting wavelength thereof An optical communication device includes: a first multiplexer including a first transmitting port and a second transmitting port; a downstream wavelength analyzer configured to analyze first transmission light to recognize a first downstream wavelength corresponding to the first transmission light and analyze second transmission light to recognize a second downstream wavelength corresponding to the second transmission light; and a controller configured to generate a first control signal for allowing the first transmitting port to pass light corresponding to the first downstream wavelength and allowing the second transmitting port to pass light corresponding to the second downstream wavelength, and output the first control signal to the first multiplexer, wherein the first multiplexer, according to the first control signal, controls the first transmitting port to correspond to the first downstream wavelength and controls the second transmitting port to correspond to the second downstream wavelength.
US11863233B2	Selective reset system for a remote physical device A cable distribution system that includes a head end connected to a plurality of customer devices through a transmission network that includes a remote fiber node that converts digital data to analog data suitable for the plurality of customer devices. The remote fiber node includes a processor. The remote fiber node receives a software image containing (i) a hardware image, (ii) a primary boot loader, (iii) a kernel, (iv) a software dataplane for a dataplane, and (v) software applications for a control plane. Based upon the file name of the software image selectively using at least some of (i) a hardware image, (ii) a primary boot loader, (iii) a kernel, (iv) a software dataplane for a dataplane, and (v) software applications for a control plane, in resetting the remote physical device.
US11863232B2	Systems and methods for delta-sigma digitization A baseband processing unit includes a baseband processor configured to receive a plurality of component carriers of a radio access technology wireless service, and a delta-sigma digitization interface configured to digitize at least one carrier signal of the plurality of component carriers into a digitized bit stream, for transport over a transport medium, by (i) oversampling the at least one carrier signal, (ii) quantizing the oversampled carrier signal into the digitized bit stream using two or fewer quantization bits.
US11863223B2	Magnetic mount for electronic devices A case for an electronic device wherein the electronic device has a receiver coil for wireless charging and the receiver coil is formed in between an inner circle and an outer circle, includes: a hard protective frame constructed to receive the electronic device therein wherein the hard protective frame faces the electronic device; and a metal plate constructed to be received in the recess. The metal plate is constructed to enable magnetic retention or attachment of the case to a support having a magnet. The metal plate has a rounded concave edge, and the metal plate does not overlap with the inner circle. Preferably, the rounded concave edge, the inner circle, and the outer circle are substantially symmetrical with respect to a same line.
US11863220B2	Controlling reflected signals A network access device placed between one or more distribution devices and multiple premises may remotely or wirelessly monitor and/or analyze signal characteristics at the network access device and or of equipment at the multiple premises. The network access device may adjust switchably-filtered signal paths between the distribution device(s) and the multiple premises to remove or mitigate signal interference.
US11863217B2	Module arranged to bidirectionally pass coupled power signal Aspects of this disclosure relate to a radio frequency module with a radio frequency coupler and a coupler switching circuit. The coupler switching circuit can provide an indication of radio frequency power generated by the radio frequency coupler to a first input/output port. The coupler switching circuit can also pass an indication of radio frequency power received at the first input/output port to a second input/output port, and pass an indication of radio frequency power received at the second input/output port to the first input/output port.
US11863215B2	High-frequency front end module and communication device A high-frequency front end module includes a primary antenna terminal and a secondary antenna terminal, a first multiplexer and a second multiplexer, a switch circuit, and a first amplifier and a second amplifier. The first multiplexer has a first transmission filter and a first reception filter. The second multiplexer has a second transmission filter and a second reception filter. The switch circuit exclusively switches connection between the primary antenna terminal and the first multiplexer and connection between the primary antenna terminal and the second multiplexer, and exclusively switches connection between the secondary antenna terminal and the first multiplexer and connection between the secondary antenna terminal and the second multiplexer.
US11863209B2	Integrated circuit and method capable of minimizing circuit area of non-volatile memory circuit A method of integrated circuit includes: providing a non-volatile memory circuit for securely and permanently recording and protecting key data content having Y bits; providing a programmable memory circuit for storing user configuration data content having X bits greater than Y bits; converting the user configuration data content having X bits into user configuration key content having Y bits; comparing the user configuration key content having Y bits with the key data content having Y bits; selecting fallback configuration data content having X bits as output data when the user configuration key content does not match the key data content; selecting the user configuration data content having X bits as the output data when the user configuration key content matches the key data content; and receiving the output data of the decision circuit and performing at least one corresponding capability operation according to the output data.
US11863202B2	Polar coding and decoding for correcting deletion and/or insertion errors Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for polar coding and decoding for correcting deletion and insertion errors caused by a communication channel. One exemplary method for error correction includes receiving a portion of a block of polar-coded symbols that includes d≥2 insertion or deletion symbol errors, the block comprising N symbols, the received portion of the block comprising M symbols; estimating, based on one or more recursive calculations in a successive cancellation decoder (SCD), a location or a value corresponding to each of the d errors; and decoding, based on estimated locations or values, the portion of the block of polar-coded symbols to generate an estimate of information bits that correspond to the block of polar-coded symbols, wherein the SCD comprises at least log2(N)+1 layers, each comprising up to d2N processing nodes arranged as N groups, each of the N groups comprising up to d2 processing nodes.
US11863198B2	Successive approximation register analog to digital converter with reduced data path latency Systems and methods are related to a successive approximation analog to digital converter (SAR ADC). The SAR ADC includes a sample and digital to analog conversion (DAC) circuit configured to sample an input voltage, a comparator circuit coupled to the sample and DAC circuit and having an output, a first set of storage circuits, and a comparator driver. The comparator driver is disposed between the output and the first set of storage circuits (e.g., ratioed latched. The first set of storage circuits are coupled to the comparator circuit and the sample and DAC circuit. The comparator driver can include a first driver and second driver. The first driver is coupled to a first input of a first storage circuit of the first set of storage circuits, and the second driver is coupled to first inputs of a second set of storage circuits within the first set of storage circuits.
US11863195B2	Analog-to-digital converter device and method capable of adjusting bit conversion cycle of analog-to-digital conversion operation An ADC device includes a DAC circuit, a comparator circuit, a SAR decision circuit, an oscillator circuit having a delay unit, and a processing circuit. The oscillator circuit is used for generating the clock signal according to a reset signal and a delay of the delay unit. The processing circuit is used for sequentially generating multiple bit conversion signals associated with multiple different bits of the decision signal, for generating at least one guard signal which follows the multiple bit conversion signals, and then for comparing the at least one guard signal with the reset signal to adjust the delay generated by the delay unit of the oscillator circuit.
US11863191B2	Combining voltage ramps to create linear voltage ramp An improved ramp generator enables a very high degree of linearity in an output voltage ramp signal. Output ramps of the output voltage ramp signal are alternatingly produced from two preliminary ramp signals during alternating time periods. Preliminary ramps are produced at different preliminary ramp nodes that are alternatingly connected to an output node. The preliminary ramps continuously ramp during and in some cases beyond, e.g., before and/or after, the time periods. In some embodiments, switches alternatingly connect two capacitors to at least one current source, a reset voltage source, and the output node to alternatingly produce the preliminary ramps.
US11863184B1	Asynchronous validity tree circuit using multi-function threshold gate with input based adaptive threshold Asynchronous circuit elements are described. Asynchronous circuit elements include a consensus element (c-element), completion tree, and validity tree. The c-element is implemented using adjustable threshold based multi-input capacitive circuitries. The completion tree comprises a plurality of c-elements organized in a tree formation. The validity tree comprises OR gates followed by c-elements. The multi-input capacitive circuitries include capacitive structures that may comprise linear dielectric, paraelectric dielectric, or ferroelectric dielectric. The capacitors can be planar or non-planar. The capacitors may be stacked vertically to reduce footprint of the various asynchronous circuitries.
US11863181B2	Level-shifter One example discloses a level-shifter circuit, comprising: a pre-driver stage configured to receive differential inputs and generate differential pre-driver outputs; a first output stage coupled to receive the differential pre-driver outputs and generate a single-ended first stage output; a second output stage coupled to receive the differential pre-driver outputs and generate a single-ended second stage output; and wherein the first and second stage outputs together form a differential output.
US11863180B2	Fail-safe switch for multidomain systems In described examples, a circuit includes a switch. The switch includes first transistors and second transistors. A voltage generation circuit is coupled to the switch. A level shifter is coupled to the voltage generation circuit and is configured to receive a control signal. A logic unit is coupled to the level shifter and the voltage generation circuit. The logic unit is configured to generate a secondary signal. The first transistors are configured to receive the control signal, and the second transistors are configured to receive the secondary signal.
US11863176B2	Operation panel An operation panel provided on a vehicle is provided with: a panel member exposed to an interior of a vehicle cabin of the vehicle; an operation part provided on the panel member; and a load sensor provided so as to face a back surface of the panel member, the a load sensor being configured to detect that the operation part has been operated based on a load caused by a displacement of the panel member, wherein the load sensor is provided at a position where the displacement of the panel member is greater than a displaced amount of the operation part when the operation part is operated, the panel member has a projected portion projecting out from the back surface such that a tip end portion faces the load sensor, and the projected portion is formed of divided projected portions, the divided projected portions being provided by being divided into a plurality of parts.
US11863175B2	Analog input device, computing system and method for receiving and processing analog input An analog input device including at least one mounting panel and a matrix of analog push button assemblies mounted thereon. Each analog push button assembly including an analog pressure sensor including a pressure reception arrangement having an optical sensing sub-arrangement configured to measure an amount of light varied according to a pressure sensed at the pressure reception arrangement and an output terminal for outputting an analog signal corresponding to the amount of light measured, and a plunger element configured to exert the pressure on the pressure reception arrangement. The analog input device may include a multiplexer including an input side coupled to the push button assemblies and an output side; an analog-to-digital converter coupled to the output side of the multiplexer; a processor coupled to the analog-to-digital converter and configured to output a data packet; and a communication interface configured to transmit the data packet to a host computing device.
US11863173B2	Capacitive coupling for connection of remotely placed capacitive sensing electrodes A system includes a housing, a sensing electrode disposed within the housing, and a connecting electrode. The system also includes a capacitive sensing circuit galvanically connected to the connecting electrode at a first port, but not to the sensing electrode. The capacitive sensing circuit is configured to determine a first capacitance between the first port and a ground. The first capacitance includes a variable capacitance between the connecting electrode and a person when the person is touching the housing.
US11863170B1	Unwanted peak reduction in equalizer An equalizer circuit includes: a main stage circuit including: a main stage differential pair; and a main stage degeneration resistance; a replica stage circuit including: a replica stage differential pair matching the main stage differential pair; and a replica stage degeneration resistance matching the main stage degeneration resistance and disconnected from the replica stage differential pair; equalizer inputs connected to: gate electrodes of the main stage differential pair; and gate electrodes of the replica stage differential pair; and equalizer outputs connected to: a main stage positive output and a main stage negative output connected to drain electrodes of the main stage differential pair; and a replica stage positive output and a replica stage negative output connected to drain electrodes of the replica stage differential pair, the replica stage positive output connected to the main stage negative output and the replica stage negative output connected to the main stage positive output.
US11863169B2	Current-mode circuits and calibration thereof A current-mode circuit, comprising: at least one switch unit, each switch unit comprising a field-effect transistor connected at its source terminal in series with an impedance and configured to carry a given current, wherein for each switch unit or for at least one of the switch units the impedance is a variable impedance; and an adjustment circuit configured, for each switch unit or for said at least one of the switch units, to adjust an impedance of the variable impedance to calibrate a predetermined property of the switch unit which is dependent on the field-effect transistor.
US11863167B1	Drive circuitry for power switching transistor of the switching power supply A drive circuit for a power switching transistor includes a first pull-up drive transistor connected in parallel with a second pull-up drive transistor, a first pull-down drive transistor coupled to the first and second pull-up drive transistors in series to drive the power switching transistor. When control signal is at a high level, the first pull-up driver is turned on, and the first pull-down driver is turned off. The second pull-up drive transistor being in turn-on or turn-off state is determined by comparing voltage of the power supply with the threshold value. When voltage of the power supply is lower than the threshold value, the first and second pull-up drive transistor are driven together. When voltage of the power supply is higher than the threshold value, the second pull-up driving transistor is turned on only after the driving output is slightly larger than the Miller plateau voltage.
US11863166B2	Power semiconductor module and power converter A power semiconductor module includes a semiconductor switching element, a gate control pattern to which a gate electrode of the semiconductor switching element is connected, a source control pattern to which a source electrode of the semiconductor switching element is connected, a capacitor to form a low-pass filter, a capacitor arrangement pattern to which one end of the capacitor is connected, and a wire. The other end of the capacitor is connected to the source control pattern. The wire electrically connects the capacitor arrangement pattern and the gate control pattern.
US11863164B2	Quantum circuit learning device, quantum circuit learning method, and recording medium The quantum circuit learning device includes a signal input unit that provides a quantum circuit including plural quantum bits with an input signal, a signal acquisition unit that observes states of quantum bits that the quantum circuit includes and acquires an output signal based on the observed states, and an adjustment unit that adjusts a circuit parameter that defines a circuit configuration of the quantum circuit, using an output signal that the signal acquisition unit acquires and a cost function that is set based on a teacher signal corresponding to the output signal.
US11863162B2	Filter, multiplexer, radio frequency front-end circuit, and communication device A filter includes series resonators on a signal path, each of the series resonator including an IDT electrode that includes first electrode fingers each including a variant portion, second electrode fingers each including no variant portion, or both the first electrode fingers and the second electrode fingers, in the IDT electrode of one or more series resonators of the series resonators, a direction connecting other-side end portions of electrode fingers crosses an acoustic wave propagation direction, the IDT electrode includes the first electrode fingers, a first portion of an IDT electrode of another series resonator centrally located in the acoustic wave propagation direction, includes only the first electrode fingers, and a second portion and a third portion on two sides of the first portion each include only the second electrode fingers.
US11863157B2	Vibrator device There is provided a vibrator device including: a vibrator element; a semiconductor substrate having a first surface on which the vibrator element is disposed and a second surface positioned on an opposite side of the first surface; a fractional N-PLL circuit disposed at the second surface; a wiring that is disposed at the first surface and electrically couples the vibrator element and the fractional N-PLL circuit; and an output terminal that is disposed at the second surface side of the semiconductor substrate, is electrically coupled to the fractional N-PLL circuit, and outputs a signal from the fractional N-PLL circuit, in which the output terminal does not overlap the wiring in a plan view along a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate.
US11863156B2	Acoustic wave device including multi-layer interdigital transducer electrodes A surface acoustic wave device comprises a substrate and an interdigital transducer (IDT) electrode disposed on the substrate. The IDT electrode includes a lower electrode layer having a lower surface in contact with an upper surface of the substrate and an upper electrode layer having a lower surface defining a base in contact with an upper surface of the lower electrode layer. Side surfaces of the lower electrode layer are substantially perpendicular to the upper surface of the substrate. Side surfaces of the upper electrode layer are disposed at an acute angle relative to the upper surface of the substrate.
US11863153B2	Structures, acoustic wave resonators, devices and systems to sense a target variable Techniques for improving Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW) resonator structures are disclosed, including fluidic systems, oscillators and systems that may include such devices. A bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator may comprise a substrate and a first layer of piezoelectric material. The bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator may comprise a top electrode. A sensing region may be acoustically coupled with the top electrode of the bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator.
US11863151B2	Multiplexer A multiplexer includes a first filter circuit including a pass band that is a first frequency band, a second filter circuit including a pass band that is a second frequency band, and an additional circuit. The first filter circuit includes a first terminal connected to a common terminal and a second terminal connected to a first input/output terminal. The second filter circuit includes a third terminal connected to the common terminal and a fourth terminal connected to a second input/output terminal. The additional circuit is connected to the fourth terminal and one of the first and second terminals and includes a series-arm circuit on a series-arm path connecting the fourth terminal to the one of the terminals and a parallel-arm circuit on a parallel-arm path connecting the series-arm path to the ground. The parallel-arm circuit includes only an inductor, a capacitor, or an LC parallel-arm resonant circuit in series with the parallel-arm path.
US11863147B2	Automated pause of media content playback based on sound level An example system for playing media content with a media playback device in a vehicle can be programmed to obtain a sound measurement indicative of a sound level associated with playback of the media content by the media playback device in the vehicle. The example system also can determine a deviation in an expected sound level based upon the sound measurement. Finally, the system can modify playback of the media content by the media playback device (110) based upon the deviation.
US11863143B2	Two-stage digital automatic gain control Disclosed are systems and methods for automatic control of gain in audio and video conferencing applications to maintain a predetermined and stable audio level. In one embodiment, a first stage applies a first stage gain based on a long-term estimate of signal level, while a second stage gain, based on a short-term estimate of signal level assists the first stage gain to achieve a target level. Some embodiments of long-term level estimation utilize statistical analysis of a buffer to validate or arrive at a more accurate long-term signal level estimate.
US11863141B2	Audio equipment including rotary operation unit, operation detecting section, power supplying section, and monitoring section There is provided audio equipment that enables power supply and signal connection to a rotary operation unit in a non-contact manner. The audio equipment includes: the rotary operation unit rotatably supported in relation to an equipment body; an operation detecting section provided for the rotary operation unit and in which an electric load changes in response to a pressing operation; a power supplying section provided for the equipment body and configured to supply power to the operation detecting section in a non-contact manner; and a monitoring section configured to monitor the power supplied by the power supplying section to detect the user's operation from a change in the power.
US11863140B2	Programmable baseband filter for selecting between single-pole or complex-poles frequency response An aspect includes a filtering method including operating a first filter to filter a first input signal to generate a first output signal; operating a second filter to filter a second input signal to generate a second output signal; and merging at least a portion of the second filter with the first filter to filter a third input signal to generate a third output signal. Another aspect includes a filtering method including operating switching devices to configure a filter with a first set of pole(s); filtering a first input signal to generate a first output signal with the filter configured with the first set of pole(s); operating the switching devices to configure the filter with a second set of poles; and filtering a second input signal to generate a second output signal with the filter configured with the second set of poles.
US11863131B1	Very narrowband and wideband negative resistance amplifiers with a tuneable center frequency A negative resistance amplifier including a negative resistance network where the negative resistance network may be any known circuit element characterized by a negative ratio of the voltage a between its output terminals and to the current flowing through the element: a reactance network resonant at the center frequency of the amplifier where the reactive network may contain a varactor for tuning of the resonant frequency of the reactance network: and a circulator whose port 1 is the input terminal of the amplifier, whose port 3 is the output port of the amplifier and whose port 2 is connected to the combination of the negative resistance network and the reactance network.
US11863125B2	Terahertz oscillator and producing method thereof An object of the present invention is to provide a terahertz oscillator that does not have an MIM capacitor structure of which producing is intricacy, and oscillates due to resonance of an RTD and stabilizing resistors. The present invention is a terahertz oscillator, wherein a slot antenna having a slot is formed between a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate which are applied a bias voltage, stabilizing resistors to respectively connect to the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate are provided in the slot, an RTD is provided on the second electrode plate through a mesa, and a conductive material member to form an air bridge between the first electrode plate and the mesa is provided, and wherein an oscillation in a terahertz frequency band is obtained due to a resonance of the RTD and the stabilizing resistors.
US11863122B2	System and method for testing photosensitive device degradation The performance of photosensitive devices over time may be tested by configuring a photosensitive device test system that includes a light source plate that exposes photosensitive devices within a container to a specified light intensity. The light intensity may be adjusted by a programmable power source according to one or more thresholds. A test may last for a set duration with performance measurements being taken at predetermined intervals throughout the duration. Feedback from the photosensitive device test system may be recorded to determine whether to increase light intensity, to stop testing, to continue testing, and whether one or more environmental conditions should be altered. Measurements may be sent to a client for analysis and display to a user.
US11863120B2	Solar arrays and related vehicles and assemblies A solar array may include a first rigid composite solar panel including solar cells secured to a first substrate. The solar array may further include a second rigid composite solar panel including solar cells secured to a second substrate. The solar array may also include solar panel modules including solar cells secured to a flexible sheet of material. The solar panel modules may be coupled between the first composite solar panel and the second composite solar panel. The solar array may be configured to be retained in a stowed arrangement with the solar panel modules between the first rigid composite solar panel and the second rigid composite solar panel. The solar array further configured to be extended with an extendable arm until each of the first rigid composite solar panel, the second rigid composite solar panel and the solar panel modules are arranged in a substantially straight line.
US11863114B2	Harmonic direct torque control of an electric machine Provided is a method of generating a converter control signal for a generator side converter portion, in particular of a wind turbine, being coupled to a generator, in particular a permanent magnet synchronous machine, the method including: deriving at least one harmonic torque reference, in particular based on a harmonic torque demand and/or a torque indicating feedback signal; deriving at least one harmonic flux reference, in particular based on a harmonic stator voltage demand and/or a stator voltage indicating feedback signal; adding all of the at least one harmonic torque reference to a fundamental torque reference and subtracting an estimated generator torque to derive a torque error; adding all of the at least one harmonic flux reference to a fundamental flux reference and subtracting an estimated generator flux to derive a flux error; and deriving the converter control signal based on the torque error and the flux error.
US11863113B2	Method for reducing regenerated energy and reversal stress in a reciprocating load powered by an electric motor by modulating motor speed using a variable frequency drive and variable frequency drive provided for performing the method The present disclosure refers to a method for controlling the speed of a reciprocating load motor, wherein the motor speed is a function of two input variables, namely a user defined speed set-point and a load dependent input variable. According to the disclosure, the load dependent input variable is a function of the motor current. The disclosure also refers to a variable frequency drive for controlling the speed of a reciprocating load motor, wherein the drive is programmed to perform the presently described method.
US11863111B2	Power supply control device and power supply control method Provided is a power supply control device for controlling power supply to a motor installed in a vehicle, including: a switching element configured to turn on and off the power supply to the motor; a current detection circuit configured to detect a current flowing to the motor; and a control unit configured to determine whether or not the motor is in a locked state based on the current detected by the current detection circuit, and control turning on and off the power supply to the motor at a duty cycle that corresponds to the current detected by the current detection circuit, if it is determined that the motor is in the locked state.
US11863110B2	Motor driver and method of driving motor The present disclosure relates to a motor driver and a method of driving a motor capable of driving a motor with optimum efficiency. The method of driving the brushless direct current (BLDC) motor may include an initial driving operation, a test operation of adjusting a turn-on time and a transition time in the test mode step by step, driving the BLDC motor by applying the adjusted turn-on time and the adjusted transition time, and detecting a driving error of the BLDC motor, an operation of repeating the test operation when the driving error is not detected in the test operation, and an operation of setting the turn-on time and the transition time, which are adjusted in an operation just before the driving error is detected, as a turn-on time and a transition time in an optimum driving mode.
US11863109B2	Method and device for adjusting permanent magnet motor, equipment, and storage medium The application provides a method and device for adjusting a permanent magnet motor, an equipment, and a storage medium. The method includes the following operations. An electronic equipment acquires a counter electromotive force (CEMF) parameter, information of an electromagnetic structure of a permanent magnet motor to be adjusted and a minimum impedance value of any short-circuited coil of the permanent magnet motor to be adjusted, to determine an operational time of the short-circuited coil. The electronic equipment further judges, according to the operational time of the short-circuited coil, whether an adjustment instruction is required to be transmitted to a production equipment. When the operational time is inconsistent with a preset time, the electronic equipment transmits the adjustment instruction to the production equipment. The production equipment adjusts, according to the adjustment instruction, the electromagnetic structure of the permanent magnet motor to be adjusted. Through the method of the application, a rail transit vehicle may keep running for the preset time safely after an inter-turn short circuit failure occurs to the permanent magnet motor, and the operational safety of the rail transit vehicle is improved.
US11863107B2	Device and method for controlling rotary electric machine A control device for controlling a rotary electric machine, the control device includes a current command unit, a voltage conversion device, a current conversion device, a signal demodulation device, an error compensation unit, an adding device and a position estimation device. The current command unit provides a d-axis current command and a q-axis current command. The current conversion device converts a current of the rotary electric machine to a synchronous reference coordinate current. The signal demodulation device computes a current variation of a high-frequency synchronous reference coordinate current. The error compensation device outputs a first correction value. The adding device adds the current variation of the high-frequency synchronous reference coordinate current and the first correction value to generate a second correction value. Based on the second correction value, the position estimation device adjusts a phase estimation value for the current conversion device and the voltage conversion device.
US11863106B2	Power supply control circuits for brushless DC (BLDC) motors A power supply control circuit of a three-phase brushless DC (BLDC) motor is provided. The control circuit includes means for calculating the DC current consumption IS based on a phase current signal Ishunt of the BLDC motor, the means including a shunt resistor Rshunt, an amplifier and a low pass filter. The amplifier is configured to amplify a measured voltage Vshunt that corresponds to the current Ishunt across the resistor Rshunt and perform an offset correction. The low pass filter is configured to provide a filtered voltage VO of the voltage Vshunt. The DC current IS is calculated based on the voltage VO.
US11863104B2	Motor drive device, electric blower, electric vacuum cleaner, and hand dryer A motor drive device includes a single-phase inverter converting a direct-current voltage output from a power supply that is a direct-current power supply into an alternating-current voltage having a high level, low level, or zero level potential. The inverter outputs the alternating-current voltage as a motor applied voltage to be applied to a motor. The alternating-current voltage is a voltage that has a high level, low level, or zero level potential. When a rotation speed of the motor is to be reduced, a section in which a potential of the motor applied voltage is zero level is widened.
US11863103B2	Stall protection for a motorized window treatment A motor drive unit for driving a motor of a motorized window treatment may comprise software-based and hardware-based implementations of a process for detecting and resolving a stall condition in the motor, where the hardware-based implementation is configured to reduce power delivered to the motor if the software-based implementation has not first reduced the power to the motor. A control circuit may detect a stall condition of the motor, and reduce the power delivered to the motor after a first period of time from first detecting the stall condition. The motor drive unit may comprise a stall prevention circuit configured to reduce the power delivered to the motor after a second period of time (e.g., longer than the first period of time) from determining that a rotational sensing circuit is not generating a sensor signal while the control circuit is generating a drive signal to rotate the motor.
US11863097B2	Motor controller A motor controller comprises a switch circuit, a driving circuit, and a pulse width modulation circuit. The switch circuit is coupled to a three-phase motor for driving the three-phase motor. The driving circuit generates a plurality of control signals to control the switch circuit. When the motor controller starts a floating phase for detecting a phase switching time point, the motor controller enables that at least one transistor within the switch circuit is operated in a linear region. The motor controller is configured to reduce switching noise of the three-phase motor and increase a success rate of phase switching.
US11863095B2	Motor driving device and method A motor driving device drives a motor having a plurality of windings corresponding to a plurality of phases. The motor driving device includes: a first inverter configured to include a plurality of first switching elements and connected to first stages of the plurality of windings; a second inverter configured to include a plurality of second switching elements and connected to second stages of the plurality of windings; and a controller configured to fix switching states of the second switching elements and switch the first switching elements to compose target voltage vectors if the motor is driven in an open end winding type by operating the first inverter and the second inverter in a space vector pulse width modulation mode.
US11863094B2	Apparatus for controlling motor and method for controlling motor Disclosed is a motor control apparatus and a motor control method to estimate a stator resistance of a motor for sensorless control of the motor.
US11863093B2	Motor control device and motor control method A first torque estimator determines a first torque estimation value according to a cross product method, and a second torque estimator determines a second torque estimation value according to an energy method. A torque weight adjuster adjusts, using a weighting coefficient calculated in accordance with a predetermined condition, weightings respectively applied to these two types of torque estimation values, and outputs a torque estimation value.
US11863090B2	Circuit for producing electrical energy A circuit for generating electrical energy is disclosed. The circuit uses a pulse generator in combination with an etalon. The etalon can be a tube can have material therein, such as solid material or fluid passing therethrough. A thyristor or other negative resistance can be in series with the etalon to increase a change of voltage with respect to time. A resultant energy applied to a load is larger than the energy supplied by the pulse generator due to the absorption of external energy by the etalon.
US11863089B2	Live measurement of high voltage power supply output Process chamber, high voltage measurement systems and methods for monitoring the output of a high voltage power supply are described. The output of the high voltage power supply is converted using a transducer and measured with high accuracy. A high voltage measurement system compares the converted value with a threshold criterion and actuates an interlock if readings are outside the threshold.
US11863083B2	Rectifier assembly A rectifier assembly includes: a mounting base; and one or more rectification modules configured to be received in the mounting base, each rectification module including: an electronic network including one or more electronic elements configured to convert alternating current (AC) electrical power at an input of the rectification module to direct current (DC) electrical power at an output of the rectification module. Each of the one or more rectification modules is configured to be electrically connected to a DC bus of a driving apparatus that is separate from and independent of the rectifier assembly.
US11863081B2	Integrated voltage regulator with integrated air-core inductor A single/Multi-phase PMIC built on silicon substrate with coil layers processed on top of the PMIC layers' is provided. The integrated coil is in a spiral form, with a gap at the center of the coil, making additional metal routing not required. The integrated coil has connection pads located in the center gap of the spiral form, limiting the overall inductor resistance to the device only. The on-die inductor may have a magnetic core wrapping the windings. The spiral form may be implemented in a circular design, or a racetrack (elongated spiral) design. The coil layers may be implemented as multiple coil layers or as a single coil layer, connected in parallel (with the same I/O pads), reducing the resistance and maintaining the inductance.
US11863070B2	DC/DC converter and network feedback unit A DC/DC converter includes: a first connection pole and a second connection pole, wherein a first DC voltage is applied between the first connection pole and the second connection pole; a third connection pole and a fourth connection pole, wherein a second DC voltage is applied between the third connection pole and the fourth connection pole; a first commutation cell, wherein the first commutation cell has a capacitor, a diode and a semiconductor switch; a second commutation cell, wherein the second commutation cell has a capacitor, a diode and a semiconductor switch; and a precharging circuit for precharging the capacitor of the first commutation cell and the capacitor of the second commutation cell. The precharging circuit has a precharging resistor and an actuable switching device. The precharging resistor and the actuable switching device are connected in parallel. The capacitor of the first commutation cell, the precharging circuit and the capacitor of the second commutation cell are looped in series between the first connection pole and the second connection pole.
US11863067B2	Bridge cascade system Provided is a bridge cascade system, which includes at least one phase unit and a driving unit for the phase unit. The phase unit includes N bridge topologies cascaded on alternating current AC sides. The driving unit includes one driving power supply circuit, multiple bootstrap power supply circuits and 2N driving circuits. In the phase unit, the driving circuits are powered by the driving power supply circuit directly or through corresponding bootstrap power supply circuits. The driving circuits are configured to provide driving signals for corresponding switch transistors in the phase unit. In this way, one driving power supply is matched with multiple bootstrap power supply circuits, realizing power supply to the driving circuits corresponding to the switch transistors of all bridge topologies, which reduces the difficulty in designing the driving power supply for the bridge cascade system and reduces cost for the system.
US11863065B2	Power module and method for controlling the same, three-phase power system and method for controlling the same A method for controlling a power module includes: configuring N cells in cascade connection, where N is a positive integer equal to or greater than 2, each cell comprising a bidirectional switching unit and a non-controlled rectifier bridge, the bidirectional switching unit being connected to central points of two bridge arms of the non-controlled rectifier bridge; controlling each cell to operate in one of three operating modes of a modulation mode, a bypass mode and a non-controlled rectifying mode, wherein in the N cells, m1 cells operate in the bypass mode, where 0≤m1≤M1, m2 cells operate in the non-controlled rectifying mode, where 0≤m2≤M2, m3 cells operate in the modulation mode and can realize power factor correction, where 0
US11863063B2	Power conversion system that performs initial charging of a direct-current capacitor from an alternate-current power supply A power conversion system includes: a power converter connected to an alternate-current power supply; a direct-current capacitor connected to a direct-current side of the power converter; a first alternate-current switch connected between the power converter and the alternate-current power supply; an inrush current suppressor connected in parallel to the first alternate-current switch, between the power converter and the alternate-current power supply, and including a charging resistance or a charging reactor; a second alternate-current switch connected in parallel to the first alternate-current switch and in series to the inrush current suppressor, between the power converter and the alternate-current power supply; and a control device configured to control the power converter so that the first alternate-current switch is open, the second alternate-current switch is closed, and a voltage applied to the direct-current capacitor reaches a voltage that is equal to or exceeds a preset voltage.
US11863062B2	Capacitor discharge circuit A capacitor discharge circuit for discharging a capacitor to a discharge load. The discharge circuity includes current level sensing circuitry for producing a control signal circuity response to current passing to the discharge load. The discharge circuity modulates a level of current passing from the capacitor to the discharge load over time between predetermined ranges of current levels in response to the control signal.
US11863060B2	Control circuit of buck converter, and server Provided is a control circuit of a buck converter, comprising three transistors, seven resistors and a comparator. Also provided is a server. In this solution, when a phase voltage of a buck converter changes, a controller in the buck converter is controlled to output a signal for turning off a lower MOS transistor, so that after the signal is transmitted through the line, the lower MOS transistor can be controlled to be exactly turned off just when the current is reversed. Such an accurate reverse current detection function can reduce the voltage loss of the buck converter, thereby improving the efficiency of a system in standby or having a light load.
US11863058B2	Switching power converter with mode transition control A power converter circuit is disclosed. In one embodiment, the power converter includes a switching circuit coupled to an input power supply node and a regulated power supply node via an inductor, wherein the switching circuit is configured to source respective charge current to the regulated power supply node during a plurality of active cycles. The power converter further includes a control circuit configured to determine, for a particular active cycle, an average inductor current. The control circuit is further configured to perform a comparison of the average inductor current to a threshold value. Based on results of the comparison, the control circuit is configured to deactivate the switching circuit for a different active cycle subsequent to the particular active cycle. Two methods are disclosed to identify mode transitions, depending on conditions such as minimum time on and discontinuous current mode.
US11863056B2	Apparatus and method for measuring low load current An apparatus configured to measure a load current provided to a load of a switching converter includes a pulse generation circuit configured to generate a control pulse based on a power switch driving signal of the switching converter, a reference current generation circuit configured to generate a reference current based on the control pulse, a clock generation circuit configured to generate a clock signal based on the control pulse and the reference current, and a clock counter configured to count the number of cycles of the clock signal during a switching period of the switching converter. The reference current generation circuit is configured to adjust the reference current to compensate for a leakage current generated in the clock generation circuit during the switching period.
US11863055B2	Power converters with integrated bidirectional startup Circuits and methods encompassing a power converter that can be started and operated in a reversed unidirectional manner or in a bidirectional manner while providing sufficient voltage for an associated auxiliary circuit and start-up without added external circuitry for a voltage booster and/or a pre-charge circuit—that is, with zero external components or a reduced number of external components. Embodiments include an auxiliary circuit configured to selectively couple the greater of a first or a second voltage from a power converter to provide power to the auxiliary circuit. Embodiments include an auxiliary circuit configured to select a subcircuit coupled to the greater of a first or a second voltage from a power converter to provide an output for the auxiliary circuit. Embodiments include a charge pump including a gate driver configured to be selectively coupled to one of a first voltage node or second voltage node of the charge pump.
US11863052B2	Drive device A drive device includes a motor including a rotor rotatable about a central axis, a transmission connected to the motor, and a housing including a motor housing accommodating the motor and a transmission housing accommodating the transmission. A first fluid is accommodated in the transmission housing. The housing includes a first flow path through which the first fluid flows and a second flow path through which the second fluid flows. The first flow path includes a supply flow path that supplies the first fluid in the transmission housing to the inside of the motor housing, and a collection flow path that extends from the inside of the motor housing to the inside of the transmission housing. At least a portion of the second flow path is located radially outside the motor. At least a portion of the collection flow path is located radially outside the second flow path.
US11863050B2	Rotating machine with wind guide member The present invention relates to a rotating machine and a hoist. An object of the present invention is to provide a rotating machine and a hoist with improved cooling performance. A motor (10) includes: a stator (11) and a rotor (12); a rib part (12d) that rotates in accordance with rotation of the rotor (12), and a wind guide member (16) that guides wind taken in from a ventilation inlet (15aa) by rotation of the rib part 12d to a ventilation outlet (15ab).
US11863049B1	Hollow direct-current brushless motor and fan A hollow brushless motor and a fan include a center shaft, a rotating housing, a stator, a driver, and a permanent magnet. The center shaft is of a hollow structure. A wire passing channel allowing power lines to penetrate through is defined in the center shaft. A through hole communicated with the wire passing channel is defined on one side of the center shaft. An accommodating cavity is formed in the rotating housing. The stator is fixed on the center shaft and is disposed in the accommodating cavity. The driver is electrically connected to the stator. The driver is disposed beside the through hole. The permanent magnet is fixed to an inner side wall of the accommodating cavity and is disposed on an outer periphery of the stator. The fan includes the motor and fan blades.
US11863048B2	Rotor core balancing structure and motor including the same An embodiment rotor includes a rotor core, a plurality of permanent magnets inserted into an outer circumference portion of the rotor core, and a balancing structure provided on an inner circumference portion of the rotor core, wherein the balancing structure has a preset shape for balancing. An embodiment method for correcting a rotation imbalance of a rotor includes forming a plurality of balancing structures having a preset shape along an inner circumference portion of a rotor core, wherein a plurality of permanent magnets is inserted into an outer circumference portion of the rotor core, identifying a mass imbalance point in the rotor core, and removing a balancing structure of the plurality of balancing structures at a position corresponding to the identified mass imbalance point.
US11863046B2	Electric drive unit An electric drive unit having a multi-phase electric motor and an inverter with a plurality of power semiconductors, an inverter mount, and a plurality of busbars. The power semiconductors are mounted to the base of the inverter mount in an annular arrangement and with the terminals of the power semiconductors extending through the base. Each of the busbars has a first busbar portion, which includes a first body and a set of first fingers that are fixedly coupled to the first body, and a second busbar portion that includes a second body and a set of second fingers that are fixedly coupled to the second body. Associated fingers in the first and second sets of fingers of each bus bar are mechanically and electrically coupled to opposite sides of a corresponding one of the terminals.
US11863045B2	Electrically-operated drive device and electrically-operated power steering device An electric power steering device includes a motor housing of an electric motor. An annular seal accommodating portion is formed around an external terminal forming part of a connector assembly, and filled with a liquid sealing agent. A fixing member fixes the connector assembly to a fixing part of an end face part of the motor housing. A liquid sealing agent guiding passage is formed with the annular seal accommodating portion, and allows the liquid sealing agent to flow to the fixing member. A metal cover includes: a bottom part including: an exposure hole through which the external terminal forming part is exposed to outside; and an annular reinforcing projecting portion formed at an edge of the exposure hole, and accommodated in the annular seal accommodating portion; and a lateral peripheral part angled from the bottom part, and forming an opening for fixation to the end face part.
US11863042B2	Power transmission device A power transmission device includes an annular transmission unit having an annular first magnetic core and a transmission coil and an annular reception unit having an annular second magnetic core and a reception coil. The transmission unit and the reception unit are arranged to face each other. The power transmission device transmits power from the transmission unit to the reception unit. The transmission unit and the reception unit are relatively rotatable about a rotation axis passing through a cavity inside the transmission unit and a cavity inside the reception unit, the first magnetic core has a structure divided into a plurality of first split cores in a circumferential direction, and the second magnetic core has a structure divided into a plurality of second split cores in the circumferential direction.
US11863041B2	Devices and methods for clearing and molecular labeling of intact tissues The invention provides devices and methods for moving charged molecules into and out of tissue samples. This invention is particularly useful for removing endogenous heterogenous particles from tissue samples and for introducing exogenous charged molecules (e.g., antibodies, dyes) into tissue samples.
US11863038B2	Electric machine and hybrid electric aircraft An electric machine includes at least one stator having at least one individual-tooth winding carrier that has at least one spacer configured to space apart turns of an individual-tooth winding mounted on the individual-tooth winding carrier. A hybrid electric aircraft has an electric machine of this kind.
US11863032B2	Multi-rotor electric machine systems An electric machine system described herein comprises a first electric machine rotor, a first gear and a second gear. The first gear is connected to the first electric machine rotor and to a first input/output shaft. The second gear is connected to the first electric machine rotor and to a second input/output shaft. The first electric machine rotor is disposed between the first gear and the second gear.
US11863023B2	Rotating electrical machine A rotating electrical machine includes a magnetic field-producing unit equipped with a magnet unit including a plurality of magnetic poles, and an armature which includes a multi-phase armature winding. The armature winding has conductor portions which are arranged at a given interval away from each other in a circumferential direction. The armature is designed to have conductor-to-conductor members arranged between the conductor portions in the circumferential direction. The armature may alternatively be designed not to have the conductor-to-conductor members disposed between the conductor portions in the circumferential direction. The magnet unit is magnetically oriented to have an easy axis of magnetization which is directed in a region close to a d-axis that is a center of a magnetic pole to be more parallel to the d-axis than that in a region close to a q-axis that is a boundary between magnetic poles.
US11863022B2	Motor A motor includes a rotor magnet, a stator, and a magnetic sensor. The rotor magnet includes magnetized portions in a Halbach array, and having radially magnetized portions whose magnetization direction is a radial direction and non-radially magnetized portions. In first and second radially magnetized portions, magnetic poles on both sides in the radial direction are arranged opposite to magnetic poles on both sides in the radial direction of the first radially magnetized portion. The first and second radially magnetized portions are alternately arranged along a circumferential direction with at least one non-radially magnetized portion therebetween. The magnetic sensor is located on the other side in the radial direction with respect to the rotor magnet. A non-magnetized portion is in an axial portion of the rotor magnet where a magnetic field is detected by the magnetic sensor, and located between the first and second radially magnetized portions in the circumferential direction.
US11863021B2	Electric motor and hermetic compressor having the same A hermetic compressor includes an electric motor that includes a rotor having a plurality of permanent magnets inserted into a rotor core, a connection part made of a non-magnetic material and provided at an axial end portion of the rotor core, and an inertial core made of a magnetic material and provided at an axial end of the connection part. The connection part includes a plurality of first fixing portions, a plurality of second fixing portions spaced apart from the plurality of first fixing portions in an axial direction, and a plurality of link portions disposed between the plurality of first fixing portions and the plurality of second fixing portions.
US11863020B2	Motor, compressor, and air conditioner A rotor core has a magnet insertion hole, an opening formed adjacent to the magnet insertion hole in the circumferential direction, and a thin wall portion formed between the opening and an outer circumference of the rotor core. A stator core has a length in the axial direction shorter than that of the rotor core. The rotor core has a facing region where the rotor core faces the stator core in the radial direction and an overhang region where the rotor core protrudes from the stator core in the axial direction. A distance from the center axis to a portion of the outer circumference located on a radially outer side of the magnet insertion hole is longer in at least part of the overhang region than in the facing region. The minimum width of the thin wall portion in the radial direction is the same in both regions.
US11863015B2	Networked lighting driver incorporating a physical negotiated link loss mode A networked driver for a powered device (PD) includes an input connection capable of receiving power and data from an external power and data source, one or more output connections capable of supplying power and data to the PD, and a circuit capable of initiating delivery of a predetermined amount of power to the external load when a physical negotiated link between the external power and data source is lost.
US11863013B2	Power source selection A method for selecting a power source for a load is provided. The method includes monitoring the primary power source, when the primary power source is providing power to the load, determining if a condition of the primary power source crosses a first threshold, when the condition crosses the first threshold, turning on a first power field effect transistor to couple a back-up power source to the load through a second power field effect transistor, when the primary power source is not providing power to the load, determining if a condition of the primary power source crosses a second threshold, and when the condition crosses the second threshold, switching off the first power field effect transistor to couple the primary power source to the load through a third power field effect transistor.
US11863012B2	Power supply system An objective of the present invention is to provide a power supply system which enables stabilization of power supply voltages of multiple areas and/or redundancy to be achieved with low costs. A power supply system includes a main battery for providing power and a sub-battery which is separate from the main battery and provides power. The power supply system further includes switching boxes in first to fourth areas as a plurality of power supply areas configured to be supplied with power from the main battery and sub-battery, the switching boxes switching on/off states of power supplies into the first to fourth areas from the main battery and from the sub-battery. Furthermore, the power supply system includes a control section for switching control of the on/off states for the switching boxes.
US11863006B2	Method and apparatus for determining charging circuit, electronic device, and storage medium A method for determining a charging circuit, includes: acquiring a preset equivalent circuit model including a preset number of charging paths, wherein one or more of the preset number of charging paths includes a controllable device; controlling an operating state of each controllable device to obtain initial equivalent circuits each including respective different charging paths; acquiring a charging current in each charging path of each of the initial equivalent circuits in a charging state; for each of the initial equivalent circuits, acquiring a heat loss value of the initial equivalent circuit based on the charging current in each charging path of the initial equivalent circuit and a resistance value of each equivalent device in the equivalent circuit model; and determining one of the initial equivalent circuits having a minimum heat loss value under a same condition as a target charging circuit.
US11863005B2	Power electronics-based battery management Methods, systems, and devices for power electronics-based (PE-based) battery management. A system may include a set of battery strings, where each battery string may include a set of battery modules, and where each battery module may include a set of battery cells. The system may also include a set of power converters, where each power converter may be coupled with at least one battery string. A power electronics-based (PE-based) BMS may provide one or more battery management functions for at least one corresponding battery string while also monitoring or controlling a corresponding power converter.
US11863001B2	Near-field antenna for wireless power transmission with antenna elements that follow meandering patterns A near-field antenna is provided, which includes: a first dipole antenna, formed along a first axis, having a first meandering shape and a second dipole antenna, formed along a second axis different from the first axis, having a second meandering shape. The antenna also includes (i) a power amplifier configured to feed electromagnetic signals to at least one of the first and second dipole antennas, (ii) an impedance-adjusting component configured to adjust an impedance of at least one of the first and second dipole antennas, and (iii) switch circuitry configured to switchably couple the first dipole antenna, the power amplifier, the second dipole antenna, and the impedance-adjusting component.
US11863000B2	Energy storage system for a vehicle An energy storage system for a vehicle, includes one or more battery units for storing electrical energy; at least one high voltage switch for connection and disconnection of the one or more battery units to at least one load, such as an electrical machine; a fuse for disconnection of the one or more battery units when the energy storage system experiences an overcurrent being above a predetermined overcurrent value. The energy storage system is configured to during use, identify if a condition has occurred which requires immediate shutdown of the energy storage system.
US11862998B2	Battery management device and integrated circuit To improve reliability in balancing while suppressing power consumption during balancing. A battery management device 1 includes cell cons 41 and 42 that perform balancing for adjusting voltages of a plurality of battery cells 2 that are secondary batteries, and a control unit 3 that controls the cell cons 41 and 42. The cell con 41 includes the main timer 412 that measures the elapsed time for stopping the cell con 41, and the stop management unit 413 that stops the cell con 41 when the main timer 412 is abnormal. In the battery management device 1, the battery cell 2 that supplies power to the main timer 412 and the stop management unit 413, and the lead storage battery 7 that supplies power to the control unit 3 are power supplies different from each other.
US11862997B2	Power supply unit for aerosol inhaler, aerosol inhaler, power supply control method of aerosol inhaler, and power supply control program of aerosol inhaler A power supply unit for an aerosol inhaler includes: a power supply that is able to discharge power to a load for generating an aerosol from an aerosol generation source; and a control unit that is configured to control at least one of charging and discharging of the power supply such that the power supply does not become one or both of a fully charged state and a discharging termination state.
US11862995B2	Method, electronic device, and storage medium for performing adaptive impedance matching The present disclosure relates to an artificial intelligence (AI) system which simulates functions such as cognition, judgment, and the like of the human brain by utilizing machine learning algorithms such as deep learning and the like, and to an application thereof. According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise: a first impedance matching circuit configured to perform a first impedance matching on a power signal wirelessly received from a wireless power transmission device; a second impedance matching circuit configured to perform a second impedance matching on the first impedance-matched power signal using any one impedance value among a plurality of impedance values; a control circuit configured to perform control to change an impedance value of the second impedance matching circuit to an impedance value learned using an impedance matching network model, corresponding to a power and a frequency of the second impedance-matched power signal; and a power conversion circuit configured to convert a second impedance-matched power signal in an AC form into a power in a DC form for charging a battery according to the changed impedance value.
US11862994B2	Low cost communications demodulation for wireless power transmission system A wireless transmission system includes a transmitter antenna, a sensor, a demodulation circuit, and a transmitter controller. The sensor is configured to detect electrical information associated with AC wireless signals, the electrical information including, at least, a voltage of the AC wireless signals. The demodulation circuit is configured to receive the electrical information from the at least one sensor, detect a change in the electrical information, determine if the change in the electrical information meets or exceeds one of a rise threshold or a fall threshold, if the change exceeds one of the rise threshold or the fall threshold, generate an alert, and output a plurality of data alerts. The transmitter controller is configured to receive the plurality of data alerts from the demodulation circuit, and decode the plurality of data alerts into the wireless data signals.
US11862993B1	High-power reflexive field containment circuit topology for dynamic wireless power transfer systems An apparatus for a high-power reflexive field containment circuit topology for dynamic wireless power transfer systems is disclosed. A wireless power transfer (“WPT”) charging apparatus includes an inverter configured to connect with a direct current (“DC”) source on an input side and one or more WPT charging branches. Each WPT charging branch includes a WPT charging pad circuit with a WPT charging pad connected in series with a first series charging capacitor, a parallel charging capacitor connected in parallel with the WPT charging pad circuit, and a series charging impedance connected in series between an output of the inverter and a connection between the WPT charging pad circuit and the parallel charging capacitor. The series charging impedance includes a second series charging capacitor and/or a series charging inductor.
US11862992B2	Power transmission device and power supply system including power transmission device According to an embodiment, a power transmission device performs power transmission without contact with a power reception device. A control circuit of the power transmission device obtains, as a reference value, a standby current in a standby state in which the power transmission to the power reception device is not performed. The control circuit sets, as a foreign matter detection threshold, a value obtained by adding a constant value to the reference value or a value obtained by adding a constant ratio to the reference value. Further, in the standby state, when the current value input to the power transmission circuit and detected by the current detection circuit is equal to or larger than the threshold, the control circuit determines that there is a foreign matter on the power transmission coil.
US11862990B2	Wireless charging device and method for charging electronic device using the same A wireless charging device is provided and includes a first inverter, a first switch electrically connected to the first inverter, a second inverter, a second switch electrically connected to the second inverter, a first coil group connected to the first inverter through the first switch, a second coil group connected to the second inverter through the second switch, and a processor operatively connected to the first inverter, the first switch, the second inverter, the second switch, the first coil group, and the second coil group. The processor detects an electronic device disposed above the wireless charging device through at least one coil in the first coil group or the second coil group, and to wirelessly transmit power to the electronic device by using one coil in the first coil group and one coil in the second coil group.
US11862989B2	Environment driven solar power management A computer receives determines a mobile device requires a recharge, where the mobile device have a solar cell and an imaging device. The computer identifies an object with a low diffusion rate. The computer recharges the mobile device, based on determining that the mobile device receiving the solar energy from the identified object.
US11862980B1	AC overbuild add-on An add-on renewable power plant (ARPP) may include a renewable energy source (RES) connected to a legacy renewable power plant (LRPP) interconnection infrastructure, where an output capacity of the RES is sized based on an LRPP transmission capacity and an LRPP power output profile, and an energy storage system (ESS) connected to the LRPP interconnection infrastructure, where a storage capacity of the ESS is sized based on the LRPP transmission capacity and the LRPP power output profile. The ARPP may also include a controller configured to control an ARPP output by controlling an RES output and an ESS charge/discharge such that a variability of an ARPP-LRPP combined power output has a lower variability than a variability of an LRPP output and control the ARPP output such that the ARPP-LRPP combined power output does not exceed a transmission capacity of the LRPP interconnection infrastructure.
US11862979B1	Triple-function battery energy storage system for hybrid microgrid system An improved “3-in-1” BESS that performs three functions: (1) improving the transient stability in a hybrid AC/DC microgrid (HMG) system during any fault; (2) improving power quality in the HMG during any sudden load change; and (3) mitigating power and frequency fluctuations due to variations in wind speed and solar irradiance in the HMG. The same control and structural design is used for all three functions, and the improved BESS thus is adaptive to the changing operating situations within the HMG, and eliminates the requirement for a number of higher cost auxiliary control devices. The control structure of the improved BESS is simple, so it is easier and cheaper to manufacture, and can be easily implemented in practice, and retro-fit into existing HMGs.
US11862974B2	Intelligent grid operating system to manage distributed energy resources in a grid network A grid distribution system aggregates energy resources of multiple distributed energy resources (DERs) and provides service to one or more energy markets with the DERs as a single market resource. The DERs can create data to indicate realtime local demand and local energy capacity of the DERs. Based on DER information and realtime market information, the system can compute how to provide one or more services to the power grid based on an aggregation of DER energy capacity.
US11862972B2	Collaborative service provisioning of distributed energy resources A system and method to join distributed energy resources (DER) to achieve common objectives is provided. The present technology organizes and/or aggregates DERs by routing a (DER) program request for resources to DER contributors capable of responding to and performing the request using a routing system. The system accesses a plurality of DER profiles, each profile associated with a DER contributor capable of contributing a resource to the request, and calculates an initial value for each DER profile based on request attributes and scoring metrics associated with the profile. The system then calculates a fitness metric for each DER profile based on the initial value using a neural network having weights based on the plurality of performance indicators and selects the DER profile and contributors to whom to route the request.
US11862965B2	Electrostatic discharge protection circuit The present disclosure provides an electrostatic discharge protection circuit, a chip including a first pad and a second pad. The electrostatic discharge protection circuit includes a trigger unit and a discharge transistor. The trigger unit is connected between the first pad and the second pad, provided with a trigger terminal, and configured to generate a trigger signal when there is an electrostatic pulse on the first pad. The first pad is connected to a first voltage, the second pad is connected to a second voltage, and the first voltage is greater than the second voltage. The discharge transistor has a first terminal connected to the first pad, and a second terminal connected to the second pad, and discharges an electrostatic charge to the second pad when triggered by the trigger signal.
US11862961B2	Apparatus and method for operating electric power network An apparatus and a method for operating an electric power network are disclosed. The electric power network is a compensated network arranged to be compensated by an arc suppression coil. An indication for an occurrence of an earth fault in the electric power network is received and the arc suppression coil is tuned away from resonance with respect to a resonance point of the electric power network, while the earth fault is present in the electric power network, to increase fault current in the electric power network for tripping one or more relays in the electric power network.
US11862958B2	Isolation of protection functions in electrical power systems during startup Systems, devices, and methods include protection functions in an electrical power system. For example, a processing subsystem may include a processor. A memory subsystem may comprise a first memory section and a second memory section. A memory management subsystem may enable memory access only between the processor and only the first memory section to initialize the at least one protection function and, after initialization of the at least one protection function, enable memory access between the processor and the second memory section. Such a configuration may enable the protection functions as fast as possible without waiting for the functions of lesser criticality to be fully loaded and become operational.
US11862957B2	Flared hinged-folding utility vault device A folding, flared utility vault or enclosure that may be used to protect public utility valves, electrical cables, switches, fiber optic cables, or the like is provided. The system generally comprises a base box having a front panel, back panel, and side panels. Alternative embodiments may further comprise an extension box having a front extension panel, back extension panel, and side extension panels. The various panels of the base box and extension box may have flared bottoms that prevent removal after installation. Additionally a user may attach extension boxes to the base box to increase the amount of storage area within the system.
US11862955B2	Marine thruster control power box assembly A thruster power control box assembly includes a housing having a cover. Inside the housing is a switch circuit and a switch control circuit. The switch circuit directs current from an external battery to a pair of thruster cables that are connected to a thruster. The switch control circuit controls the switch circuit by configuring the direction in which current from the battery flows to the thruster cables so that the thruster can operate in both directions. The housing incudes bushings through which the various cables and conductors pass, and are sealed by a compliant plug and a compression nut on each bushing. A terminal box can be used to connect the various cables of the thruster to their corresponding cables of the thruster power control box.
US11862954B1	Junction box devices, systems and methods for closure Junction box devices, systems, and methods including a base and a wall extending upward from the base to define a housing having a top opening, and a lid configured to slide in a first direction along the wall to secure the lid into a closed position upon the wall and defining a gap between the wall and lid configured to receive a spacer to prevent the lid from sliding in an opposite direction, and in other aspects the junction box having pins which slide within grooves of a lid to be slid upon the pins to secure the lid to the box.
US11862945B2	Power management system for a standby generator A power management system for selectively providing power to one or more electrical loads using a standby generator includes a meter mounted transfer switch, a power management module, and a controller. The meter mounted transfer switch is configured to receive electrical power from a utility source. The power management module is configured to receive electrical power from each of the standby generator and the utility source. The controller is in communication with the standby generator and the power management module, and monitors a load on the standby generator and communicates to the power management module to selectively disconnect at least one of the one or more electrical loads based on the monitored load.
US11862943B2	Spark plug Spark plug has center electrode having leg portion extending in an axis direction, brim portion located at rear end side with respect to the leg portion and protruding outwards in a radial direction with respect to the leg portion and connecting portion connecting the leg portion and the brim portion; insulator having penetration hole and supporting the center electrode; and seal member filling the penetration hole and fixing the brim portion and the insulator. The center electrode satisfies “(D1-D2)/D1≤0.06”, where a maximum value of a radius of the brim portion is D1, and a minimum value of the radius of the brim portion is D2, also satisfies “L2/L1≤0.30”, where a size of the center electrode along the axis direction is L1, and a size along the axis direction from boundary between the connecting portion and the leg portion to a center of gravity of the center electrode is L2.
US11862941B2	Multi-laser arrangement, in particular an RGB laser module device A multi-laser arrangement, in particular an RGB laser module, having a housing with a housing cap having at least one opening formed therein and a transparent element associated therewith for the passing of electromagnetic radiation. The housing cap coupled to a base plate. A first laser emitting in the red spectral range, a second laser emitting in the green spectral range, and a third laser emitting in the blue spectral range are arranged in the housing. An electrical connection line is routed through the housing to each respective laser. During operation of a laser, a majority of its emitted light passes through the transparent element. Each laser is arranged on a pedestal; spaced apart from the lower surface of the base plate; and is aligned with one another. The main direction of laser emission is substantially parallel to the base plate of the housing.
US11862940B2	Fiber delivered laser induced white light system The present disclosure provides an apparatus for generating fiber delivered laser-induced white light. The apparatus includes a package case enclosing a board member with an electrical connector through a cover member and a laser module configured to the board member inside the package case. The laser module comprises a support member, at least one laser diode device configured to emit a laser light of a first wavelength, a set of optics to guide the laser light towards an output port. Additionally, the apparatus includes a fiber assembly configured to receive the laser light from the output port for further delivering to a light head member disposed in a remote destination. A phosphor material disposed in the light head member receives the laser light exited from the fiber assembly to induce a phosphor emission of a second wavelength for producing a white light emission substantially reflected therefrom for various applications.

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