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US11903332B2	Superconductor comprising magnesium diboride and manufacturing method therefor The present disclosure relates to a superconductor including magnesium diboride and a production method therefor. A superconductor having a high critical current density at a certain temperature and under a certain magnetic field may be obtained by doping magnesium diboride with liquid chloroform during the production of the superconductor.
US11903331B2	Digital circuits comprising quantum wire resonant tunneling transistors A digital circuit includes at least one quantum wire resonant tunneling transistor that includes an emitter terminal, a base terminal, a collector terminal, an emitter region in connection with the emitter terminal, a base region in connection with the base terminal, a collector region in connection with the collector terminal, an emitter barrier region between the emitter region and the base region, and a collector barrier region between the collector region and the base region. At least one of the emitter region, the base region, and the collector region includes a plurality of metal quantum wires.
US11903328B2	Self assembled monolayer formed on a quantum device Devices, methods, and/or computer-implemented methods that can facilitate formation of a self assembled monolayer on a quantum device are provided. According to an embodiment, a device can comprise a qubit formed on a substrate. The device can further comprise a self assembled monolayer formed on the qubit.
US11903327B2	Spin element and magnetic memory This spin element includes: a current-carrying part that extends in a first direction; and an element part that is laminated on one surface of the current-carrying part, wherein the current-carrying part includes a first wiring and a second wiring in order from a side of the element part, and wherein both of the first wiring and the second wiring are metals and temperature dependence of resistivity of the first wiring is larger than temperature dependence of resistivity of the second wiring in at least a temperature range of −40° C. to 100° C.
US11903325B2	Magnetic memory device having shared source line and bit line A memory device includes a substrate; an active area extending along a first direction on the substrate; a gate line traversing the active area and extending along a second direction that is not parallel to the first direction; a source doped region in the active area and on a first side of the gate line; a main source line extending along the first direction; a source line extension coupled to the main source line and extending along the second direction; a drain doped region in the active area and on a second side of the gate line that is opposite to the first side; and a data storage element electrically coupled to the drain doped region. The main source line is electrically connected to the source doped region via the source line extension.
US11903324B2	Post treatment to reduce shunting devices for physical etching process A method for etching a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) structure is described. A stack of MTJ layers is provided on a bottom electrode. A top electrode is provided on the MTJ stack. The top electrode is patterned. Thereafter, the MTJ stack not covered by the patterned top electrode is oxidized or nitridized. Then, the MTJ stack is patterned to form a MTJ device wherein any sidewall re-deposition formed on sidewalls of the MTJ device is non-conductive and wherein some of the dielectric layer remains on horizontal surfaces of the bottom electrode.
US11903322B2	Electromechanical device based on ferroelectric polymers and methods of manufacturing such a device An electromechanical device comprising: first and second electrodes each comprising a metal layer; an active layer comprising at least one ferroelectric polymer and disposed between the first and the second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode each comprise an interface layer comprising poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene). Each interface layer is interposed between the active layer and the corresponding metal layer. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing such a device.
US11903319B2	Method of manufacturing an ultrasonic probe The present invention is directed to improving an insulating property of a backing in which a lead array is buried. The method includes a coating forming process, in which insulating coatings are formed with respect to at least a plurality of lead rows included in a plurality of lead frames; after the forming of the insulating coatings, a plate manufacturing process, in which a plurality of backing plates are manufactured by pouring a backing material towards a lead row in each of the plurality of lead frames so that the lead row and the backing material are integrated with each other; and a laminating process, in which the plurality of backing plates are laminated.
US11903315B2	Heat-utilizing power generation module and thermal power generation device equipped with same The thermoelectric module includes a first thermoelectric element including a first thermoelectric conversion layer and a first electrolyte layer stacked each other along a stacked direction, a second thermoelectric element stacking the first thermoelectric element in the stacked direction and including a second thermoelectric conversion layer and a second electrolyte layer stacked each other along the stacked direction, a first current collector located on a side of one edge in the stacked direction, a second current collector located on a side of another edge in the stacked direction, and an electron transmission layer located between the first thermoelectric element and the second thermoelectric element in the stacked direction.
US11903313B2	Thermoelectric element A thermoelectric element according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first metal substrate; a first resin layer which is arranged on the first metal substrate and which comes into direct contact with the first metal substrate; a plurality of first electrodes arranged on the first resin layer; a plurality of P-type thermoelectric legs and a plurality of N-type thermoelectric legs which are arranged on the plurality of first electrodes; a plurality of second electrodes arranged on the plurality of P-type thermoelectric legs and the plurality of N-type thermoelectric legs; a second resin layer arranged on the plurality of second electrodes; and a second metal substrate which is arranged on the second resin layer and which comes into direct contact with the second resin layer, wherein the adhesion strength between the first resin layer and the plurality of first electrodes differs from the adhesion strength between the second resin layer and the plurality of second electrodes.
US11903308B2	Compound, material for organic electroluminescent element, organic electroluminescent element, and electronic device A compound of the following formula (1) and others. R1 to R24, R31 to R35, A1 and A2 are as defined in the specification, n is an integer of 0 to 3, when A1 is an (n+1)-valent residue of benzene, n is an integer of 1 or more, and when n is 0, (A2)0 is a hydrogen atom.
US11903307B2	Organic compound, and light-emitting diode and light-emitting device including the same Compounds, and polymers thereof, useful dopants for light emitting diodes and light emitting display devices are disclosed. The compounds have the following structure Formula 1: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, L1, L2, L3, L4, a, b, c and d are as defined herein. Light emitting diodes including compounds of Formula 1 (and polymers thereof, i.e., compounds of Formula 3), light emitting devices including the same as well as methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds, polymers and devices are also provided.
US11903304B2	Photodiode comprising fluropolymer compound The invention relates to a photodiode, like an photovoltaic (OPV) cell or photodetector (OPD), comprising, between the photoactive layer and an electrode, a hole selective layer (HSL) for modifying the work function of the electrode and/or the photoactive layer, wherein the HSL comprises a fluoropolymer and optionally a conductive polymer, and to a composition comprising such a fluoropolymer and a conductive polymer.
US11903301B2	Display panel with a substrate having curved surfaces A method of manufacturing a display panel includes preparing a work substrate that includes a mother substrate that has a plurality of cell areas, a light emitting element layer formed in each of the cell areas, and an encapsulation layer formed on each cell area, disposing a plurality of protective films in the cell areas, respectively, that cover the light emitting element layer and the encapsulation layer, cutting the work substrate along cutting lines at an outer side of the protective films of each cell area to form a preliminary display panel, grinding side surfaces of the preliminary display panel, and removing the protective films from each ground preliminary display panel to form the display panel.
US11903297B2	Display panel, manufacturing method, driving method and display device The present disclosure discloses a display panel, a manufacturing method, a driving method and a display device. When the display panel needs to display a normal image, a pixel driving circuit and a first control circuit drive an organic light emitting diode to emit light. When the display panel needs to perform fingerprint detection of a finger, the pixel driving circuit and a second control circuit drive a micro light emitting diode to emit light, so that the light emitted by the micro light emitting diode can be received by a photoelectric converter after being reflected by the finger, the photoelectric converter can output a detection signal, and furthermore, fingerprint information of the finger can be determined according to the detection signal.
US11903295B2	Display device A display device includes a display area and a non-display area; a light emitting element disposed on a display area of a substrate; a dam disposed on a non-display area of the substrate; an encapsulation layer disposed on the light emitting element and the dam; a planarization layer disposed on the encapsulation layer; and a sensing electrode disposed on the planarization layer, wherein a thickness of a portion of the planarization layer disposed in the non-display area gradually increases as the portion of the planarization layer is away from the display area.
US11903292B2	Organic light emitting display device and method for manufacturing the same Provided is an organic light emitting display device. The organic light emitting display device includes a lower substrate including sub-pixels, a display area, a non-display area, and an exposed area; a lower touch pad unit in the non-display area and adjacent to the exposed area on the lower substrate; an upper substrate disposed opposite to the remaining area excluding the exposed area of the lower substrate; an upper touch pad unit on the upper substrate so as to correspond to the lower touch pad unit; a first connection electrode in direct contact with the lower touch pad unit; a second connection electrode opposite to the first connection electrode and in direct contact with the upper touch pad unit; and a self-assembly contact member disposed between the first connection electrode and the second connection electrode so as to electrically connect the first connection electrode and the second connection electrode.
US11903287B2	Light emitting element, light emitting device, and method for manufacturing light emitting element A light-emitting element includes: pixel electrodes provided for individual subpixels of at least three colors; a common electrode provided facing each of the pixel electrodes; and light-emitting layers of each color provided between the common electrode and, respectively, each of the pixel electrodes, wherein one of each of the pixel electrodes and the common electrode is a cathode electrode and the other is an anode electrode and among the light-emitting layers of the at least three colors, a light-emitting layer of a color having a largest electron affinity extends in a state of being layered between the cathode electrode and each light-emitting layer of the other colors as well.
US11903281B2	Array substrate and manufacturing method thereof, display panel, display device and pixel driving circuit Disclosed are an array substrate and a display panel, including: a base substrate; and a wiring layer and a light-emitting layer which are stacked on the base substrate sequentially, wherein the wiring layer includes a signal wiring, a first wiring and a second wiring, a projection of the first wiring on the base substrate is separated from a projection of the second wiring on the base substrate, the first and second wiring are respectively disposed on two sides of the light-emitting layer below the light-emitting layer, the signal wiring is between the first and second wiring, the projections of the first and second wiring on the base substrate respectively overlap projections of two edges of the light-emitting layer on the base substrate, and a length of the second wiring is less than that of the signal wiring in an extension direction of the signal wiring.
US11903280B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of subpixels and a plurality of signal lines, the display panel defining a display area having a first optical area and a normal area outside of the first optical area, and a non-display area. The first optical area includes a plurality of light emitting areas and a plurality of first transmission areas, and the normal area includes a plurality of light emitting areas. The display panel includes a plurality of first horizontal lines, among the signal lines, disposed through the first optical area. The first horizontal lines include a bypass line connected to subpixels at both boundaries of the first optical area and not connected to other subpixels inside of the first optical area, and a non-bypass line connected to the subpixels at both boundaries of the first optical area and the subpixels inside of the first optical area.
US11903273B2	Display substrate and display device The present disclosure relates to a display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes: a base substrate including a display area and a non-display area includes a fan-out area; a signal line layer including a plurality of signal lines located in the fan-out area; a first metal layer including a first power line located in the non-display area; a first electrode layer including a first electrode portion; and an organic insulating layer having a groove located in the non-display area. On the base substrate, an orthographic projection of the first electrode portion at least partially overlaps with that of the first power line, an orthographic projection of the organic insulating layer at an edge of the groove at least partially overlaps with that of the fan-out area in a first overlapping area having at least part not overlapping with an orthographic projection of the first electrode portion.
US11903269B2	Multi-functional ambient light sensor packaging A touchscreen display device includes: a display; a flexible printed circuit; touch sensing electrodes connected to the flexible printed circuit; and a multi-functional ambient light sensor package mounted on the flexible printed circuit. The multi-functional ambient light sensor package includes: an ambient light sensor; transmitter and receiver circuitry connected to the touch sensing electrodes via the flexible printed circuit; and a controller configured to obtain capacitance information from the touch sensing electrodes and ambient light information from the ambient light sensor via a single chip. The multi-functional ambient light sensor package may be packaged as a wafer-level chip-scale package (WLCSP).
US11903268B2	Display substrate, preparation method and brightness compensation method therefor, and display apparatus A display substrate, a preparation method and a brightness compensation method therefor, and a display apparatus are provided. The display substrate includes a drive structure layer disposed on a substrate, a light-emitting element disposed on the drive structure layer, and a light detection unit which is disposed on the light-emitting element and is configured to detect the brightness of the light-emitting element, wherein the drive structure layer includes a pixel drive circuit, the light-emitting element includes a first electrode, an organic functional layer and a second electrode which are stacked on the drive structure layer, and the first electrode is connected to the pixel drive circuit; and the light detection unit includes a third electrode, a photosensitive active layer and a fourth electrode which are stacked.
US11903263B2	Method of manufacturing display device A method of manufacturing a display device includes forming a first electrode on a substrate, forming a bank layer on the first electrode, wherein the bank layer includes an opening portion exposing at least a portion of the first electrode, forming a first bank layer and a second bank layer by baking the bank layer, wherein the second bank layer is on the first bank layer and has liquid repellency, forming a first layer on the first electrode, and forming a third bank layer and a fourth bank layer by baking the first bank layer and the second bank layer, wherein the fourth bank layer is on the third bank layer and has liquid repellency, wherein the fourth bank layer is thinner than the second bank layer.
US11903255B2	Display device A display device includes a first display area including a plurality of first pixel electrodes, and a second display area including a plurality of second pixel electrodes. A first pitch in a first direction of the plurality of first pixel electrodes is smaller than a second pitch in the first direction of the plurality of second pixel electrodes, and a length in the first direction of the first pixel electrodes is smaller than a length in the first direction of the second pixel electrode.
US11903252B2	Display panel and electronic device The present disclosure provides a display panel and an electronic device. The display panel includes: a base substrate; a pixel arranged on the base substrate, wherein the pixel includes a plurality of sub-pixel drive circuits sequentially arranged in the first direction in the display area, each of the sub-pixel drive circuits includes a switching transistor, a detection transistor and a storage capacitor, the switching transistor and the detection transistor are respectively located on both sides of the storage capacitor in a second direction; a first gate line configured to provide a first scanning signal to the plurality of sub-pixel drive circuits; and a second gate line configured to provide a second scanning signal to the plurality of sub-pixel drive circuits.
US11903250B2	Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same A display apparatus includes a substrate, a pixel definition layer arranged over the substrate and including at least one opening area, and an organic emission layer arranged over the pixel definition layer and covering the opening area, wherein a center of the opening area and a center of the organic emission layer are arranged at different positions in a plan view.
US11903248B2	Organic light emitting diode (OLED) display and method of producing OLED display In one example aspect, a device (100) comprises an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display (102, 500). The display comprises a transparent or semi-transparent substrate (510) and includes a first region (104) comprising a plurality of first pixels (300) and a second region (106) comprising a plurality of second pixels (400). A first proportion of each first pixel comprises a first light emissive area (302), a second proportion of each second pixel comprises a second light emissive area (402), and the first proportion is different to the second proportion, wherein the first proportion comprises a ratio of a size of the first light emissive area to a size of each first pixel (300), and the second proportion comprises a ratio of a size of the second light emissive area to a size of each second pixel (400).
US11903245B2	Display panel adding a blocking member preventing visibility of a mark, manufacturing method of the display panel, and display device The application discloses a display panel, a manufacturing method of the display panel, and a display device. The display panel includes a display area and a non-display area, and includes a first substrate and a second substrate that is aligned and bonded with the first substrate. The first substrate includes a mark corresponding to the non-display area. The second substrate includes a light shielding portion corresponding to the mark, and the light shielding portion includes a blocking member corresponding to the mark.
US11903244B2	Display panel, display apparatus, and method of fabricating display panel A display panel having a plurality of subpixels is provided. The display panel includes a black matrix layer; a black adhesive layer on the black matrix layer; and a cover an a side of the black adhesive layer away from the black matrix layer. The black adhesive layer extends substantially throughout an entirety of a display region of the display panel, including a subpixel region and an inter-subpixel region. The black adhesive layer includes an optically clear adhesive and particles distributed throughout the optically clear adhesive. Light transmittance of the black adhesive layer is in a range of 40% to 80%.
US11903243B2	Optical film An optical film including a refractive index changing unit region comprising at least one high-refraction unit region and at least one low-refraction unit region, the refractive index changing unit region in which a refractive index varies along the plane direction, is provided. The optical film has excellent abrasion resistance and pressure resistance while having excellent light extraction efficiency.
US11903242B2	Display apparatus including multi-layered upper encapsulation layer A display apparatus includes: a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area around the display area, the substrate having a bent portion; a plurality of display elements in the display area; and a thin film encapsulation layer over the plurality of display elements and including a first encapsulation layer, a second encapsulation layer over the first encapsulation layer, and an organic encapsulation layer between the first encapsulation layer and the second encapsulation layer, wherein the second encapsulation layer includes a plurality of inorganic thin layers and a plurality of organic thin layers alternately arranged, and a thickness of the second encapsulation layer is equal to or less than a thickness of the first encapsulation layer.
US11903238B2	Display device and method for fabricating the same Provided is a display device. The display device includes a flexible substrate comprising an active area, and a non-active area surrounding a border of the active area; a thin-film transistor and a light-emitting element on the active area; an encapsulation unit over the thin-film transistor and the light-emitting element; a hole formed in the active area by removing a portion of the flexible substrate; a first common layer disposed on a side surface of the hole, extended from the light-emitting element and comprising same elements with the light-emitting element; and a tip protruding from the side surface of the hole. The first common layer disposed adjacent to the tip is disconnected from the light-emitting element.
US11903235B2	Transparent display device A transparent display device includes a substrate having an emission area and a transparent area, a light-emitting diode provided in the emission area and including a first electrode, a light-emitting layer and a second electrode, a first connection pattern provided between the emission area and the transparent area and formed of a same material and on a same layer as the first electrode, and a second connection pattern provided in the transparent area and connected to the first connection pattern, wherein the second electrode overlaps the first and second connection patterns and are electrically connected to the first and second connection patterns.
US11903234B2	Display substrate, preparation method thereof and display device A display substrate and a preparation method thereof, and a display device are provided. The display substrate (200/300/400) includes a display region (201/301/401) and an opening region (2011/3011/4011), the display region (200/300/400) surrounds the opening region (2011/3011/4011), a first barrier wall (2012/3012/4012) is between the display region (201/301/401) and the opening region (2011/3011/4011), and the first barrier wall (2012/3012/4012) surrounds the opening region (2011/3011/4011); the first barrier wall (2012/3012/4012) includes a first metal layer structure, and at least one side surface, surrounding the opening region (2011/3011/4011), of the first metal layer structure includes a recess (2012A/3012A/4012A). The display substrate combines the imaging device with the display region of the display substrate and has a better encapsulation effect.
US11903230B2	Quantum dot light-emitting device, manufacturing method and display device A quantum dot light-emitting device, a manufacturing method and a display device are provided. The quantum dot light-emitting device includes a substrate and a cathode arranged on the substrate; an electron transport layer arranged on one side of the cathode, away from the substrate, wherein the electron transport layer comprises a plurality of pixel regions; an adhesive layer arranged on one side of the electron transport layer, away from the cathode; a quantum dot film layer arranged on one side of the adhesive layer, away from the electron transport layer, wherein both the quantum dot film layer and the adhesive layer are located in the pixel regions; wherein the adhesive layer is respectively connected to the electron transport layer and the quantum dot film layer through at least one of chemical bonding and physical entanglement.
US11903224B1	Passivation of perovskite solar cell using graphene quantum dots The perovskite solar cell (PSC) includes a first layer containing a conducting material coated glass plate as a substrate, a second layer containing copper doped nickel oxide, a third layer containing a perovskite, a fourth layer containing nitrogen (N)-doped graphene quantum dots, a fifth layer containing phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester and a top layer including conductive layer. A method for producing the perovskite solar cell is also discussed.
US11903222B2	Memory device and method of manufacturing the same A memory device may include an insulating structure including a first surface and a protrusion portion protruding from the first surface in a first direction, a recording material layer on the insulating structure and extending along a protruding surface of the protrusion portion to cover the protrusion portion and extending onto the first surface of the insulating structure, a channel layer on the recording material layer and extending along a surface of the recording material layer, a gate insulating layer on the channel layer; and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating layer at a location facing a second surface of the insulating structure. The second surface of the insulating structure may be a protruding upper surface of the protrusion portion.
US11903221B2	Three dimensional semiconductor device with memory stack A device includes a first transistor over a substrate, a second transistor disposed over the first transistor, and a memory element disposed over the second transistor. The second transistor includes a channel layer, a gate dielectric layer surrounding a sidewall of the channel layer, and a gate electrode surrounding a sidewall of the gate dielectric layer.
US11903220B2	Electronic device and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor memory includes a substrate including a cell region, first and second peripheral circuit regions disposed on two sides of the cell region; first lines extending across the cell region and a first peripheral circuit region; second lines disposed over the first lines and extending across the cell region and the second peripheral circuit region; a contact plug in the second peripheral circuit region and connected to the second line; third lines disposed over the second lines and respectively overlapping the second lines; and first memory cells disposed in the cell region and located at intersections of the first lines and the second lines between the first lines and the second lines, wherein portions of the third line located in the cell region and over the contact plug contact the second line, and part of a remainder of the third line is spaced apart from the second line.
US11903216B2	Three-dimensional memory device and method In accordance with embodiments, a memory array is formed with a multiple patterning process. In embodiments a first trench is formed within a multiple layer stack and a first conductive material is deposited into the first trench. After the depositing the first conductive material, a second trench is formed within the multiple layer stack, and a second conductive material is deposited into the second trench. The first conductive material and the second conductive material are etched.
US11903213B2	Memory device and method for making same A memory device includes transistor structures and memory arc wall structures. The memory arc wall structures are embedded in the transistor structures. The transistor structure includes a dielectric column, a source electrode and a drain electrode, a gate electrode layer and a channel wall structure. The source electrode and the drain electrode are located on opposite sides of the dielectric column. The gate electrode layer is around the dielectric column, the source electrode, and the drain electrode. The channel wall structure is extended from the source electrode to the drain electrode and surrounds the dielectric column. The channel wall structure is disposed between the gate electrode layer and the source electrode, between the gate electrode layer, and the drain electrode, and between the gate electrode layer and the dielectric column. The memory arc wall structure is extended on and throughout the channel wall structure.
US11903210B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, transistors formed in an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, a stacked body provided on the semiconductor substrate, a first contact, and a second contact. The transistors are arranged along a first direction. A minimum period of an arrangement of the transistors is a first period. The stacked body includes electrode films. A configuration of a first portion of the stacked body is a staircase-like having terraces. A first region and a second region are set along the first direction in the first portion. A length in the first direction of the terrace disposed in the second region is longer than the first period. A length in the first direction of the terrace disposed in the first region is shorter than the first period.
US11903205B2	Method for reading data of a first memory cell transistor of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device that have a new structure are provided, in which memory cells are laminated in a three dimensional state so that the chip area may be reduced. The nonvolatile semiconductor memory device of the present invention is a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device that has a plurality of the memory strings, in which a plurality of electrically programmable memory cells is connected in series. The memory strings comprise a pillar shaped semiconductor; a first insulation film formed around the pillar shaped semiconductor; a charge storage layer formed around the first insulation film; the second insulation film formed around the charge storage layer; and first or nth electrodes formed around the second insulation film (n is natural number more than 1). The first or nth electrodes of the memory strings and the other first or nth electrodes of the memory strings are respectively the first or nth conductor layers that are spread in a two dimensional state.
US11903201B2	Integrated assemblies, and methods of forming integrated assemblies Some embodiments include a method in which a first stack is formed to include a metal-containing first layer, a second layer over the first layer, and a metal-containing third layer over the second layer. A first opening is formed to extend through the second and third layers. A sacrificial material is formed within the first opening. A second stack is formed over the first stack. A second opening is formed through the second stack, and is extended through the sacrificial material. First semiconductor material is formed within the second opening. A third opening is formed through the second stack and to the second layer. The second layer is removed to form a conduit. Conductively-doped second semiconductor material is formed within the conduit. Dopant is out-diffused from the conductively-doped second semiconductor material into the first semiconductor material. Some embodiments include integrated assemblies.
US11903199B2	Through via structure, semiconductor device including the through via structure, and massive data storage system including the semiconductor device A through via structure includes a through via and a capping pattern. The through via includes a metal pattern extending in a vertical direction, and a barrier pattern on a sidewall and a lower surface of the metal pattern. The capping pattern contacts an upper surface of the through via. A lowermost surface of an edge portion of the capping pattern is not higher than a lowermost surface of a central portion of the capping pattern.
US11903198B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a stacked body including a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of first insulation layers alternately stacked in a first direction. The conductive layers each include a first metal layer and a second metal layer. The first metal layer contains a first metal element and a substance that is chemically reactive with a material gas containing the first metal element. The second metal layer contains the first metal element and has a lower content of the substance than the first metal layer. The first metal layer is disposed between the first insulation layers and the second metal layer.
US11903195B2	Openings layout of three-dimensional memory device Embodiments of semiconductor devices and methods for forming the semiconductor devices are disclosed. In an example, a method for forming device openings includes forming a material layer over a first region and a second region of a substrate, the first region being adjacent to the second region, forming a mask layer over the material layer, the mask layer covering the first region and the second region, and forming a patterning layer over the mask layer. The patterning layer covers the first region and the second region and including openings corresponding to the first region. The plurality of openings includes a first opening adjacent to a boundary between the first region and the second region and a second opening further away from the boundary. Along a plane parallel to a top surface of the substrate, a size of the first opening is greater than a size of the second opening.
US11903190B2	Three-dimensional memory device with plural channels per memory opening and methods of making the same A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stacks of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers. Memory opening fill structures located in memory openings include a memory film and plural vertical semiconductor channels.
US11903185B2	Vertical memory device Disclosed is a vertically stacked 3D memory device, and the memory device may include a bit line extended vertically from a substrate, and including a first vertical portion and a second vertical portion, a vertical active layer configured to surround the first and second vertical portions of the bit line, a word line configured to surround the vertical active layer and the first vertical portion of the bit line, and a capacitor spaced apart vertically from the word line, and configured to surround the vertical active layer and the second vertical portion of the bit line.
US11903184B2	Semiconductor memory devices and methods for fabricating the same A semiconductor memory device in which performance and reliability are improved, and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor memory device includes a conductive line extending in a first direction on a substrate, an interlayer insulation film that includes a cell trench extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, on the substrate, a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode that are spaced apart from each other in the first direction and each extend in the second direction, inside the cell trench, a channel layer that is inside the cell trench and is electrically connected to the conductive line, on the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode, and a gate insulation layer interposed between the first gate electrode and the channel layer, and between the second gate electrode and the channel layer.
US11903183B2	Conductive line contact regions having multiple multi-direction conductive lines and staircase conductive line contact structures for semiconductor devices Systems, methods, and apparatus including conductive line contact regions having multiple multi-direction conductive lines and staircase conductive line contact structures for semiconductor devices. One memory device comprises arrays of vertically stacked memory cells, having multiple multi-direction conductive lines arrays of vertically stacked memory cells, including a vertical stack of layers formed from repeating iterations of a group of layers, the group of layers comprising: a first dielectric material layer, a semiconductor material layer, and a second dielectric material layer, the second dielectric material layer having a conductive line formed in a horizontal plane therein, and the vertical stack of layers having multiple multi-direction conductive lines in an interconnection region with a first portion of the interconnection region formed in an array region and a second portion formed in a conductive line contact region that is spaced from the array region.
US11903179B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor structure having contact structure The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate including an active region and an isolation structure. The method also includes forming a contact structure on the active region of the semiconductor substrate. The method further includes forming a dielectric spacer on opposite sides of the contact structure. The method also includes forming a conductive element on the isolation structure of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the dielectric spacer has a concave surface facing the conductive element.
US11903176B2	Emp protection for structures having coal combustion residual components An electromagnetic emission shield for protecting a facility having a volume comprised of coal combustion residue. The shield includes a carbon-based material positioned inside an interior space of the coal combustion residue proximate to and interposed between a potential source of electromagnetic emission and the facility.
US11903170B2	Temporary structural bulkhead in an electronic enclosure A server includes a printed circuit board (PCB), an electronic component connected to the printed circuit board, and a chassis connected to the PCB. The chassis includes a first end with a first aperture configured to allow airflow into the server, a second end with a second aperture configured to allow the airflow out of the server after having passed across the electronic component, and a temporary bulkhead that is movable between a deployed position and a stowed position, wherein in the deployed position, the temporary bulkhead is connected to the PCB and extends across the server in a path of the airflow, and wherein in the stowed position, the temporary bulkhead is disconnected from the PCB and is positioned to open the path of the airflow.
US11903163B2	Methods and devices to employ air cooled computers in liquid immersion cooling The present disclosure refers to methods of employing a computer comprising a pulse width modulated controlled cooling fan in an immersion cooling process. The present disclosure also refers to devices therefore. Such methods and devices employ a direct conversion or a probabilistic approach to emulate the operation of a pulse width modulated controlled cooling fan. The aforementioned methods and devices may be particularly useful for fans having a fan speed of 25,000 rpm or higher.
US11903154B2	Apparatus and method for module retention in a motor control center An apparatus to retain modules within a Motor Control Center (MCC) includes a plate mounted to each side of the module housing and at least one spring mounted to each plate within the module housing. The plate includes a hook at one end which connects to and pivots about an opening in the module while retaining the plate to the module. The plate also includes a retaining member extending through an opening in the module housing and configured to receive one end of the spring. The spring is under tension when connected between the retaining member of the plate and the module housing, pulling the retaining member toward the module housing. A biasing member which engages the housing of the MCC as the module is inserted is compressed toward the module during insertion. The spring pushes the biasing member outward after insertion, positively retaining the module to the MCC.
US11903149B2	Electronic device including conductive member An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a foldable display, a decoration member made of a resin material to surround at least a portion of the foldable display, a support member configured to support the foldable display and including a metal area connected to the decoration member, and a conductive member disposed on the decoration member and electrically connected to the metal area. The conductive member may include a first conductive member arranged to face the support member and a second conductive member arranged parallel to the first conductive member and electrically connected to the first conductive member.
US11903148B2	Display device A display device includes: a panel assembly including a display panel; a bracket to which the panel assembly is attached; and a buffer layer between the panel assembly and the bracket, and the buffer layer includes: a first portion having a first elastic modulus; and a second portion surrounded by the first portion and having a second elastic modulus that is less than the first elastic modulus.
US11903144B2	Electronic component and method for producing same The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electronic component in which a copper electrode and an inorganic substrate exhibit strong adhesion to each other. A method for producing an electronic component according to the present invention comprises: an application step wherein a paste is applied onto an inorganic substrate, which paste contains copper particles, copper oxide particles and/or nickel oxide particles, and inorganic oxide particles having a softening point; a sintering step wherein a sintered body which contains at least copper is formed by means of heating in an inert gas atmosphere at a temperature that is less than the softening point of the inorganic oxide particles but not less than the sintering temperature of the copper particles; and a softening step wherein heating is carried out in an inert gas atmosphere at a temperature that is not less than the softening point of the inorganic oxide particles.
US11903143B2	Soldering printed circuits using radiant heat Examples are disclosed related to forming solder joints between printed circuits by using radiant heat. One example provides a method of manufacturing an electronic device, the method comprising aligning a contact of a first printed circuit with a via of a second printed circuit. The method further comprises applying radiant heat via an infrared light source to a second surface of the second printed circuit, the radiant heat incident on the via to cause the via to conduct heat to solder located at an interface of the contact and the via, and after heating the solder to reflow, cooling the solder, thereby forming a solder joint between the contact of the first printed circuit and the via of the second printed circuit.
US11903138B2	Fine feature formation techniques for printed circuit boards Fine feature formation techniques for printed circuit boards are described. In one embodiment, for example, a method may comprise fabricating a conductive structure on a low density interconnect (LDI) printed circuit board (PCB) according to an LDI fabrication process and forming one or more fine conductive features on the LDI PCB by performing a fine feature formation (FFF) process, the FFF process to comprise removing conductive material of the conductive structure along an excision path to form a fine gap region within the conductive structure. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11903136B2	Electric component supply device, and electric component supply method An electronic component supply device, comprising: a tape feeder configured to feed out a taped electronic component and supply an electronic component; and a holding mechanism arranged to handle the tape feeder and configured to hold a container for accommodating the taped electronic component supplied to the tape feeder, in which the holding mechanism is configured to hold the container having a width larger than the width of the tape feeder.
US11903134B2	Screen printer including 3D printed support block for supporting article during printing Support blocks for printed circuit boards (PCB's) and printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA's), wherein the support blocks are produced from a 3D printing process. The support block including a bottom surface having a vacuum connection; a top surface having at least one vacuum hole; at least one recessed surface that is offset from the top surface; and at least one vacuum channel extending from the vacuum connection to the at least one vacuum hole.
US11903133B2	Structure for embedding and packaging multiple devices by layer and method for manufacturing same A method for manufacturing a structure for embedding and packaging multiple devices by layer includes preparing a polymer supporting frame, mounting a first device in a first device placement mouth frame to form a first packaging layer, forming a first circuit layer and a second circuit layer, forming a second conductive copper pillar layer and a second sacrificial copper pillar layer, forming a second insulating layer on the first circuit layer, and forming a third insulating layer on the second circuit layer, forming a second device placement mouth frame vertically overlapped with the first device placement mouth frame, mounting a second device and a third device in the second device placement mouth frame to form a second packaging layer, forming a third circuit layer on the second insulating layer. A terminal of the second device and a terminal of the third device are respectively communicated with the third circuit layer.
US11903129B2	Printed circuit board A printed circuit board includes: a first insulating material; and a second insulating material disposed on one surface of the first insulating material, and including first and second cavities having depths different from each other. At least one groove portion is disposed in a side surface of each of the first and second cavities.
US11903127B2	Fluoride-based resin prepreg and circuit substrate using the same A fluoride-based resin prepreg and a circuit substrate using the same are provided. The fluoride-based resin prepreg includes 100 PHR of a fluoride-based resin and 20 to 110 PHR of an inorganic filler. Based on a total weight of the fluoride-based resin, the fluoride-based resin includes 10 to 80 wt % of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), 10 to 50 wt % of fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP), and 0.1 to 40 wt % of perfluoroalkoxy alkane (PFA). The circuit substrate includes a fluoride-based resin substrate and a circuit layer that is formed on the fluoride-based resin substrate.
US11903120B2	Radio frequency module An adhesion between a sealing resin layer and a shield film is improved by a mesh sheet disposed on an opposite surface of the sealing resin layer. A radio frequency module includes a wiring board, a component mounted on an upper surface of the wiring board, a sealing resin layer that covers the component, a mesh sheet disposed on an upper surface of the sealing resin layer, and a shield film provided to cover the upper surface and side surfaces of the sealing resin layer, and the mesh sheet. The mesh sheet and the sealing resin layer, as well as the mesh sheet and the shield film are firmly in adhesion with one another. Thus, the adhesion between the sealing resin layer and the shield film can be improved.
US11903114B2	Method for operating an induction hob and induction hob A method for operating an induction hob (100), wherein the induction hob (100) comprises: an inverter (1), which is supplied with a supply voltage (US), at least one capacitor (2, 3), and an induction heating coil (4), wherein the at least one capacitor (2, 3) and the induction heating coil (4) are interconnected such that they constitute an oscillating circuit (5), and wherein the inverter (1) is configured to generate a pulse-width modulated excitation voltage (UA) for the oscillating circuit (5) from the supply voltage (US), wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) generation of the pulse-width modulated excitation voltage (UA) having a predefined voltage characteristic, b) measurement of a resulting oscillating circuit current (iS), particularly by means of the induction heating coil (4), c) determination of electrical oscillating circuit parameters, according to the voltage characteristic of the pulse-width modulated excitation voltage (UA) and the measured oscillating circuit current (iS), d) n-times repetition of steps a) to c) using a different voltage characteristic of the excitation voltage (UA) for the determination of electrical voltage characteristic-dependent oscillating circuit parameters, and e) determination of operating variables of the induction hob (100) from voltage characteristic-dependent electrical oscillating circuit parameters.
US11903113B2	Image analysis techniques A method includes the steps of obtaining a frame from an image sensor, the frame comprising a number of pixel values, detecting a change in a first subset of the pixel values, detecting a change in the second subset of the pixel values near the first subset of the pixel values, and determining an occupancy state based on a relationship between the change in the first subset of the pixel values and the second subset of the pixel values. The occupancy state may be determined to be occupied when the change in the first subset of the pixel values is in a first direction and the change in the second subset of the pixel values is in a second direction opposite the first direction.
US11903107B2	Controller for a lighting system A controller (110) for a lighting system (100) is provided. The controller is connectable to a plurality of light sources (120, 122) of different colors and/or different color temperatures, and to a user control element (130) configured to generate a user selected value from a range of user selectable values. The controller is configured to receive a change of the user selected value, and as a response to and corresponding to this change adjust a combined output of the plurality of light sources to produce a change in output color, color temperature and/or luminous flux of a combined light of the plurality of light sources. The change is such that, as function of the user selected value in separate first intervals of the user selectable values, the output color and/or color temperature is kept approximately constant while the luminous flux obtains a local minimum or local maximum in each first interval. Similarly, in at least one second interval in between the first intervals, the output color at least changes from a first color to a second color and/or the color temperature increases or decreases while the luminous flux is kept approximately constant. A lighting system including the controller, and a method of operating a lighting system having such a controller are also provided.
US11903101B2	Internal heating trace assembly An internal heating trace assembly may include a first bus bar, a second bus bar, a plurality of ceramic positive temperature coefficient (PTC) elements, and an insulator. The ceramic PTC elements may be disposed in parallel between the first bus bar and the second bus bar. The insulator may include a heat-shrink tubing. The ceramic PTC element may include a PTC strip or a PTC bead.
US11903098B2	Food product temperature regulation unit A temperature regulation unit includes a housing, an electrical connector, a fan, a thermal element, a cover, and a light. The housing has an upper end and a lower end. The housing defines an internal cavity. The electrical connector extends from the upper end of the housing. The fan is positioned within the internal cavity of the housing and is configured to provide an airflow. The thermal element is positioned within the internal cavity. The thermal element is configured to thermally regulate a temperature of the airflow. The cover at least partially encloses the lower end of the housing. The light is disposed along at least one of the cover or the housing. The housing has an angled portion that extends at an angle from the electrical connector. The angled portion defines a plurality of vents positioned to provide an inlet air flow path from an external environment into the internal cavity.
US11903094B2	Apparatuses and methods for facilitating a utilization of network resources Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving first data at a first rate via a first network connection and receiving second data at a second rate via a second network connection that is different from the first network connection based on the first rate being less than a threshold. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11903093B2	Physical downlink shared channel transmission for multi-point Described is an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with a fifth generation Evolved Node-B (gNB) on a wireless network. The apparatus includes a first circuitry and a second circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to determine a first parameter set and a second parameter set for establishing Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) resources. The second circuitry may be operable to process a first part of a PDSCH transmission from a first set of Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) layers corresponding with a first Multimedia. Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) configuration based on the first parameter set. The second circuitry may also be operable to process a second part of the PDSCH transmission from a second set of MIMO layers corresponding with a second MBSFN configuration based on the second parameter set.
US11903089B2	Method and apparatus for installing and managing multiple eSIM profiles 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 disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for connecting communication by downloading and installing one or more communication services in a terminal in a wireless communication system. In addition, the disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for remotely downloading and installing a profile in a terminal, and managing a plurality of installed profiles.
US11903088B2	ESIM profile management Systems and methods are provided for maintaining connectivity with an eSIM device in a wireless network. For example, a probe signal can be initiated to determine the active profile of the eSIM device and compare the active profile of the eSIM device with the current information available in a data store. One or more data stores may be updated to reflect the active profile of the eSIM device. The system or methods may also determine if the active profile of the eSIM device should be disabled and a different profile associated with a different network enabled.
US11903087B2	Method and system for a networked self-configuring communication device utilizing user preference information A first electronic device may enable generation, updating, and/or storage of user configuration information. The user configuration information may comprise information pertaining to device configuration and/or operational preferences specific to the device user and/or various use settings, connectivity, and/or use of available resources. The generation, updating, and/or storage of the user configuration information may be performed manually and/or automatically, and may be performed directly within the first electronic device and/or via networked devices, which may communicatively coupled to the first electronic device. A second electronic device may be enabled to be communicatively coupled to the first electronic device and/or the networked devices. The second electronic device may then be enabled to download existing user configuration information from the first electronic device and/or the networked device, and the downloaded user configuration may be utilized to configure the second electronic device.
US11903085B2	Mobility management for relaying When a node in a cellular communications network is serving a first User Equipment, it obtains information about a second UE that may be used as a relay by the first UE. It obtains information in the event that there is data to be sent to the first UE, and sends a request to a node serving the second UE.
US11903081B2	Method and device for performing SL DRX operation in NR V2X Disclosed is a method for operating a first device (100) in a wireless communication system. The method may comprise the steps in which: resource selection for a resource included in an active time of a sidelink (SL) discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration is performed on the basis of a second device (200) performing SL communication on the basis of the SL DRX configuration; and information related to the resource selected on the basis of the resource selection is transmitted to the second device (200).
US11903079B2	Framework for supporting custom signaling between a wireless device and a cellular network This disclosure relates to techniques for providing a framework for supporting custom signaling between a wireless device and a cellular network. A wireless device and a cellular base station may establish a wireless link. The wireless device and the cellular base station may perform custom signaling in accordance with the custom signaling framework.
US11903078B2	Handling of parameters provided in release / suspend New Radio (NR) RRC includes an RRC_INACTIVE state, which introduces ambiguities in the network's knowledge of UE behavior. A mechanism is introduced for handling parameters received when a UE enters RRC_INACTIVE or RRC_IDLE upon the UE attempting to resume an RRC connection and, as a response, receiving a Release or Suspend message. The timer associated to the mobilityControlInfo (equivalent to T320) is stopped and associated parameters are discarded upon receiving RRC Release or Suspend. Information received in a Release or Suspend message is discarded upon receiving RRC Release or RRC Suspend.
US11903077B2	Method and apparatus for selecting reception antenna set of user terminal An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a plurality of antennas, a radio frequency (RF) circuit configured to electrically connect with the plurality of antennas, and a processor. The plurality of antennas include a first main antenna, a first sub-antenna, a second main antenna, and a second sub-antenna. The processor controls the RF circuit to operate in a first mode of receiving a signal using the first main antenna and the first sub-antenna. The processor controls the RF circuit to operate in a second mode different from the first mode to receive the signal based on a signal state.
US11903074B2	Sidelink unicast connection states A configuration to enable a UE to monitor the state of the connection with a peer UE in a sidelink communication. The apparatus establishes one or more unicast links with a second UE. The apparatus changes a connection state with the second UE from a sidelink disconnected state to a sidelink connected state based on an establishment of a first of the one or more unicast links. The apparatus changes the connection state with the second UE from the sidelink connected state to the sidelink disconnected state when each of the one or more unicast links with the second UE is released or when a configured timer expires.
US11903072B2	Uplink resource allocation for unlicensed cells A wireless device may receive configuration parameters of an unlicensed cell for uplink transmissions of data of logical channels. Each of the logical channels may be associated with a logical channel priority and a quality of service indicator. The wireless device may receive an uplink grant, for the unlicensed cell, indicating uplink resources and a type of listen-before-talk (LBT). The wireless device may allocate first uplink resources of the uplink resources for first data of a first logical channel, of the logical channels, with a first LBT priority number corresponding to a first quality of service indicator for the first logical channel. The wireless device may allocate remaining uplink resources of the uplink resources for second data of a second logical channel, of the logical channels, with a second LBT priority number lower than the first LBT priority number. The wireless device may perform an LBT procedure based on the type of LBT. The wireless device may transmit the first data and the second data via the uplink resources.
US11903068B2	Multi-link communication method and apparatus A STA in a STA MLD sends an information frame on a link corresponding to the station, and the information frame is used to indicate a STA in an awake state in the STA MLD. An AP MLD receives the information frame, and sends a downlink message frame on a one or more links corresponding to a part of or all of STAs in the awake state in the STA MLD, to assist the part of or all of the stations in fast accessing a channel without waiting for a NAVSyncDelay time period.
US11903067B2	Audio forwarding method, device and storage medium An audio forwarding method, an audio forwarding method device and a storage medium are described. The audio forwarding method comprises: establishing a first communication link with a sound source device based on a first wireless communication protocol; establishing a second communication link with an audio playback device based on a second wireless communication protocol; receiving first audio data from the sound source device through the first communication link; processing the first audio data to generate second audio data, and storing the second audio data into a second buffer; and transmitting the second audio data to the audio playback device through the second communication link. The second audio data in the second buffer is acquired according to a predetermined encoding frame length, a current frame is processed as an empty data frame if the second audio data in the second buffer is not successfully acquired, and an audio data packet containing the empty data frame is transmitted or not transmitted to the audio playback device through the second communication link within a current transmission time.
US11903066B2	User equipment, network node, and methods for operating the same against maximum number of allowable radio bearers A UE, a network node, and methods for operating the same against maximum number of allowable radio bearers are provided. The method for operating the UE includes operating in a CIoT mode, wherein the UE is capable of operating in a normal cellular communication mode and capable of operating in the CIoT mode; determining, out of at least one UE-data network logical connection, a first UE-data network logical connection in a first set of the at least one UE-data network logical connection for which a radio bear request is to be made based on a UE-data network logical connection type correspondingly of each UE-data network logical connection of the first set of the at least one UE-data network logical connection being non-IP to prevent more than a maximum number of allowable radio bearers for the UE to be requested.
US11903065B2	Telecommunications apparatus and methods A wireless telecommunication system comprising a terminal device, a first network access node and a second network access node, wherein the first and second network access nodes are configured to support a dual connectivity mode of operation for the terminal device in which the first network access node acts as a master network access node and the second network access node acts as a secondary network access node and in which the same data are communicated between the terminal device and the first network access node and between the terminal device and the second network access node.
US11903061B2	Communication device, connection control method and recording medium A communication device includes a communicator and a processor. The communicator communicates with external devices. The processor controls connection. While at least one of the external devices is assigned to a main external device which is a main connection target, the processor switches between a first period and a second period. The first period is a period to allow communication with an auxiliary external device which is not the main external device. The second period is a period not to allow communication with the auxiliary external device.
US11903060B2	User interface (UI) display control method, electronic device, and storage medium Disclosed are a user interface (UI) display control method and apparatus. The method comprises: determining a data packet size of a data packet to be transmitted when a data packet transmission instruction is received; determining a transmission policy for the data packet to be transmitted according to the data packet size; determining a network identifier adapted to the transmission policy; and displaying the network identifier on a user interface (UI). The present application is beneficial to improve the comprehensiveness and accuracy of a network identifier of an electronic device in a data packet transmission scenario.
US11903058B2	RRC timer for layer 2 UE-to-network relay A method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium for wireless communication at a first user equipment (UE) is provided. The UE receives an indication of one or more timers associated with a radio resource control (RRC) connection establishment procedure or an RRC connection re-establishment procedure with a network entity via a relay. The UE transmits a request associated with an RRC connection to a second UE to be relayed to the network entity and monitors for a response from the network entity based on the one or more timers associated with the RRC connection establishment procedure or the RRC connection re-establishment procedure via the second UE as the relay.
US11903056B2	Voice signal receiving method using Bluetooth low power in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor In the present disclosure, a method comprising: receiving a first advertisement message for measuring a declination angle between devices; measuring each declination angle between a reference point set in the control device and positions of at least one device based on the first advertisement message, wherein the positions of the at least one device are respectively adjusted such that each declination angle satisfies a specific angle for receiving a voice signal, based on the measured respective declination angles; receiving each of a first voice signals based on the respective adjusted positions from the at least one device; and measuring a volume of the received first voice signal, respectively, wherein based on the measured volume, an audio signal output angle of the at least one device is adjusted such that an audio signal received by the control device is incident at right angles to the control device.
US11903054B2	Method for establishing communication connection and related products A method for establishing a communication connection and related apparatuses are provided. The method is applicable to a first earphone of wireless earphones. The wireless earphones further include a second earphone. The first earphone is in communication connection with the terminal. The first earphone is in communication connection with the second earphone. The method includes the following. A first distance between the first earphone and the terminal is determined. A second distance between the second earphone and the terminal is determined. A first message is sent to the second earphone for instructing the second earphone to establish a communication connection with the terminal, when the first distance is greater than or equal to a first threshold value and the second distance is less than a second threshold value.
US11903053B2	Secure call endpoint pairing A method for secure call endpoint pairing is disclosed. The method includes starting, at a call endpoint, a pairing procedure with a wireless headset. Also, the method includes receiving a headset identifier from the wireless headset. Further, the method includes sending the headset identifier in a request to a headset registry server, and receiving, from the headset registry server, a response to the request. Additionally, the method includes terminating the pairing procedure based on the response from the headset registry server.
US11903049B2	Apparatus and methods for cell identification in wireless networks Apparatus and methods for physical cell identification within one or more wireless networks. In one embodiment, conflicts in PCI values which may exist within two or more mobile networks (e.g., PLMNs) of respective different operators when unlicensed spectrum is utilized (e.g., according to 3GPP 5G NR-U technology) are resolved. In one implementation, this functionality is provided by specifying one or more mobility-related parameters associated with various UE, such that serving gNBs can determine whether a given UE requires a mobility context, and as such whether it should conduct subsequent RF measurement reporting to report back potential conflicts in PCI it may encounter to the gNB. In one variant, the measurement reporting is configured to comply with 5G NR-U required “listen-before-talk” or LBT protocols; i.e., to measure parameters consistent with the LBT protocols to detect any such PCI-based conflicts.
US11903043B2	Method for implementing data transmission of time sensitive network, related device and medium A method for implementing data transmission of a time sensitive network (TSN) is provided. The method includes, reporting, by a session management function (SMF) device, a port number list of a device-side TSN converter to an application function device and a port number list of a network TSN converter, and receiving, by the SMF device, a port configuration parameter issued by the application function device, the port configuration parameter comprising port resources associated with a protocol data unit (PDU) session. The PDU includes a plurality of periodic time sensitive communication service data flows, The plurality of periodic time-sensitive communication service data flows have the same quality of service requirement. The plurality of periodic time-sensitive communication service data flows have the same period and the same period of service quality, the same period being a period of the plurality of periodic time-sensitive communication service data flows being the same.
US11903041B2	Abnormality processing method, terminal device and storage medium A method for processing an abnormality is provided. The method includes: loading and executing a driver of the Wi-Fi module in response to receiving an instruction for enabling a Wi-Fi function of the terminal device, initiating at least one request sub-process to a hardware layer of a Wi-Fi system of the terminal device through a framework layer of the Wi-Fi system, clearing the driver of the Wi-Fi module from a memory of the terminal device in response to failure of any request sub-process and re-loading and executing the driver of the Wi-Fi module after completely clearing the driver of the Wi-Fi module from the memory.
US11903037B2	Requests for physical uplink shared channel repetition associated with a radio resource control connection request message in a random access channel procedure Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a base station, a request for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) repetition associated with a radio resource control (RRC) connection request message of a random access channel (RACH) procedure. The UE may transmit at least one PUSCH repetition associated with the RRC connection request message based at least in part on the request. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11903034B2	Aggregation indication for uplink transmission during random access channel procedures Systems for providing coverage enhancement for Msg 3 PUSCH and PUCCH carrying the HARQ-ACK for Msg4 of PRACH initial access are described. The gNB provides a 2-bit aggregation factor for transmission of the Msg3 PUSCH in an RAR UL grant field. The PUSCH frequency resource allocation field is limited to 12 bits so that the RAR has an overall number of bits that is the same as an RAR that does not contain the aggregation factor. A default PUSCH TDRA table includes a field to indicate a repetition level for Msg3 PUSCH transmission. For retransmissions, fields in DCI format 0_0 are repurposed to indicate an aggregation factor. Inter-slot frequency hopping may be configured by higher layers. Different PRACH resources are used to indicate UE coverage status.
US11903029B2	Trigger frames adapted to packet-based policies in an 802.11 network preliminary class In 802.11ax networks with access points, a trigger frame offers scheduled and random resource units to nodes for data uplink communication to the access points. To make more effective the usage of the network, the access point may design the trigger frame to force the nodes to send some categories of data. Resource units may be defined in trigger frames to be dedicated to small packets or to some access category data. Adjusting the time length of the resource units helps restricting the type of data that can be conveyed by the resource units. Also, using various frequency widths for resource units in the same trigger frame helps reducing padding in the resource units when various traffic types coexist.
US11903027B2	Systems and methods for reducing occurrence of data collisions in wireless networks The present disclosure relates to several techniques for reducing the occurrence of data collisions, which can occur when multiple devices simultaneously transmit data in the same (frequency) channel. For example, a turnaround time in which a device switches from a receive mode of operation to a transmit mode of operation may be reduced based on the device and another device indicating that they are capable of operating with a reduced turnaround. As another example, devices may use learning-based turnaround estimation to determine a turnaround time supported by other devices and utilize the determined turnaround time, for instance, instead of a longer turnaround time. As yet another example, multiple clear channel assessments may be performed before transmitting data. For instance, a first clear channel assessment may be performed during a backoff period, and a second clear channel assessment may be performed afterwards before data is transmitted.
US11903024B2	Systems and methods for sensing in half duplex networks Aspects of the present disclosure relate to integration of sensing and wireless communications. Wireless communication networks can configure and implement both sensing signals and communication signals. Sensing signals, or sensing reference signals, can be used to determine properties of the environment, and do not carry any information or data for the purpose of communications. Communication signals, on the other hand, are signals that carry information or data between network entities. Sensing agents can be used for both passive and active sensing. Sensing agents may be dedicated devices capable of performing passive sensing, active sensing, or both. Sensing agents can also be existing networks device such as user equipment or transmit receive points. Methodologies described here may be particularly beneficial for half-duplex systems, but could also be implemented in full duplex systems.
US11903022B2	Signaling to indicate locations of dedicated random access channel region in time domain Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A node (e.g., a base station or network entity) may identify a signal that provides an indication of a location of a contention free random access channel (CFRA) resource within a time region and an indication of a timing pattern for the CFRA resource, the timing pattern associated with a pattern of subsequent instances of the time region in which the CFRA resource is repeated, wherein the CFRA resource is not a fully overlapping resource with respect to a contention based random access (CBRA) resource. The node may convey the signal to one or more user equipment (UE) to indicate the location and the timing pattern.
US11903019B2	Method for configuring resources, for direct D2D communication, on basis of congestion control in wireless communication system and device therefor Disclosed is a method for a terminal transmitting a sidelink data channel in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method comprises a step for transmitting a sidelink data channel having a first priority. The sum if resources which can be used for all sidelink data channels having a priority equal to or lower than the first priority is equal to or less than a threshold corresponding to the first priority.
US11903012B2	Method and apparatus for carrier aggregation in sidelink communication A method and apparatus for carrier aggregation is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a first wireless communication node, comprising: receiving a downlink signal containing first information from a second wireless communication node, and based on at least a portion of the first information, determining first resource information to perform sidelink communication between the first wireless communication node and at least one third wireless communication node.
US11903009B2	Method and device for selecting channel in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a method of for operating a first base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising receiving, from an information providing server, information related to an available frequency band, measuring a channel quality of each of a plurality of frequencies in the available frequency band, and determining an operation frequency based on the channel quality of each of the plurality of the frequencies.
US11903008B2	Downlink resource blanking Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for downlink resource blanking. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving one or more first signals from a first cell and one or more second signals from a second cell within a sampling window, comparing a first timing of the one or more first signals with a second timing of the one or more second signals, and transmitting, to the first cell, an indication of whether to enable or disable blanking of one or more resources based on the comparison.
US11902995B2	Method and device for priority-based control and data information transmission in wireless communication system A communication technique for convergence of a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system with an IoT technology, and a system therefor. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. A method of a terminal of a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling of data transmission/reception, checking priority information related to the DCI, based on the priority information, determining whether to perform data transmission/reception scheduled according to the DCI, and if the data transmission/reception is determined to be performed, performing the data transmission/reception, wherein the priority information is indicated by a priority information field in the DCI, is a value configured by higher layer signaling, or is related to a format of the DCI.
US11902993B2	Pruning rules for DCI repetition Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for utilizing and processing repeated DCI transmissions that schedule common uplink or downlink transmissions. The techniques allow a UE to decide which repeated DCI to use for determining resources for the uplink or downlink transmissions.
US11902987B2	Radio node and radio communication method A radio node includes: a reception section that receives information used for initial access to another radio node in a first cell; and a control section that controls the initial access based on the information. The control section controls reception of the information based on a period equal to or longer than a period defined for a user terminal in a second cell with respect to transmission of the information.
US11902981B2	Method and apparatus for providing and utilizing a non-contention based channel in a wireless communication system In a wireless communication system comprising at least one evolved Node-B (eNB) and a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), a non-contention based (NCB) channel is established, maintained, and utilized. The NCB channel is allocated for use by one or more WTRUs in the system for utilization in a variety of functions, and the allocation is communicated to the WTRUs. The wireless communication system analyzes the allocation of the NCB channel as required, and the NCB channel is reallocated as required.
US11902975B2	Cloud based prompt wireless connection method A home network controller (HNC) device includes a memory and a processor configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the HNC device to: instruct an APD to communicate with a client device over a first channel; receive a client information signal from the APD, wherein the client information signal relates to the client device and includes client disassociation data and client identification data; instruct the APD to communicate with the client device over a second channel; and transmit a channel information signal to the client device via the external network, wherein the channel information signal includes channel identification data identifying the second channel. The client disassociation data indicates that the client device has disassociated from the APD. The client identification data enables the processor to transmit the channel information signal to the client device via the external network.
US11902971B2	Method for operating terminal and base station in wireless communication system, and device supporting same Disclosed are: a method for operating a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system; and a device supporting same. According to an embodiment applicable to the present disclosure, a terminal may: acquire resource information for setting a transmission mode, in which data generated from the same information is transmitted through a plurality of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) by a base station, and on this basis, transmitting the data through the plurality of PDSCHs; and acquire related data information.
US11902970B2	Information transmission method and apparatus, and base station and terminal The present disclosure provides an information transmission method and apparatus, a base station and a terminal. The method includes: determining an impact factor of an on/off transient period on a unit transmission resource; determining transmission configuration information on a target unit transmission resource based on the impact factor; and using the target unit transmission resource for information transmission based on the transmission configuration information. The target unit transmission resource is the unit transmission resource where the on/off transient period is located.
US11902968B2	Power control based on semi-static direction for dual connectivity Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify a maximum transmission power for an uplink transmission on a first cell of a first cell group (CG) based on a direction of communications (e.g., uplink, downlink, or flexible) with a separate cell of a second CG during a same duration of the uplink transmission and within a same first frequency range, where the direction of communications is either an actual direction or an assumed direction. The UE may receive an uplink grant scheduling the uplink transmission during a symbol and within the first frequency range, determine the maximum transmission power for the UE based on the direction of communications for the separate cell during the symbol and within the first frequency range, and subsequently transmit the uplink transmission in accordance with the maximum transmission power.
US11902966B2	Methods for SL SR/BSR handling The embodiments herein relate to methods for SL SR/BSR handling. In one embodiment, there proposes a method in a wireless device, comprising: triggering a Sidelink (SL) Buffer Status Report (BSR) in response to data to be sent over the SL; triggering a Sidelink (SL) Scheduling Request (SR) for transmitting the SL BSR, wherein the SL BSR is intended to be transmitted by using a first uplink (UL) grant triggered by the SL SR; and cancelling the SL SR transmission if the SL BSR has been transmitted by using a second UL grant triggered by other sources. With embodiments herein, the LCP can be adapted based on QoS requirement and unsuitable cancel of sidelink BSR can be avoided, which improves performance of both UL and sidelink.
US11902962B2	Method and device for performing SL DRX operation on basis of HARQ feedback in NR V2X Presented in one embodiment is a method by which a first device performs wireless communication. The method may comprise the steps of: acquiring a sidelink discontinuous reception (SL DRX) configuration; receiving, from a second device, first sidelink control information (SCI) for scheduling a first physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) through a first physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH); receiving, from the second device, second SCI and first data through the first physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH); and determining a first physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) resource on the basis of a slot index and a sub-channel index, which are related to the first PSSCH. For example, a first timer included in the SL DRX configuration can be initiated on the basis of the omission of a first PSFCH transmission related to the first PSSCH on the first PSFCH resource.
US11902960B2	Timer-based beacon and echo procedure The aspects described herein may avoid delays and may improve performance at a first apparatus when monitoring a periodic resource pool for an echo signal during a beacon and echo procedure with a second apparatus. The first apparatus transmits a beacon signal using one or more resources in a periodic resource pool, starts a timer, and monitors the periodic resource pool for an echo signal from the second apparatus until expiration of the timer.
US11902956B2	Resolving beacon transmission conflicts in mesh network nodes One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for performing time synchronization within a network. The technique includes detecting a first scheduling conflict between a first transmission time associated with a first periodic beacon from a first node in the network and a second transmission time associated with a second periodic beacon from a second node in the network. The technique also includes determining a first alternate transmission time associated with the first periodic beacon based on a position of the first node in the network and the first transmission time. The technique further includes transmitting the first periodic beacon at the first transmission time, and transmitting an alternate periodic beacon at the first alternate transmission time.
US11902946B2	Frequency domain allocation techniques In wireless communication systems using a subband full duplex carrier, a single slot may include one or more uplink (UL) portions and/or one or more downlink (DL) portions. In a case where a scheduler operating in a 3GPP New Radio (NR) network utilizes a Type 0 or Type 1 resource allocation, part of the DL allocation may fall within the UL portion of the carrier designated by the slot format, or vice versa. User equipment (a UE) may perform a logical operation that identifies, as a usable downlink resource allocation, a set of resource blocks belonging to both a given UL/DL resource allocation and a set of resources designated for UL/DL transmission in the slot format.
US11902945B2	Method, device, and system for transmitting data in divided transmission blocks The present application relates to the technical field of communications, and provided thereby are a data transmission method, device, equipment and system and a storage medium. The method comprises: generating m transmission blocks (TB) according to data to be transmitted, each TB comprising partial data from within the data, and m≥2; dividing transmission content related to each TB into n transmission units within time domain, wherein n≥2; and transmitting the n transmission units related to each TB alternately to a receiving terminal in the time domain, the transmission of the n transmission units in the time domain being non-continuous.
US11902942B2	Method and device in UE and base station for wireless communication The disclosure provides a method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station for wireless communication. The UE receives a first signaling. Transmits K radio signals and a first bit block in K time-frequency resource groups. The first signaling is used for determining a first time-frequency resource group. The first time-frequency resource group is reserved to transmission of a first bit block; time-domain resources occupied by the first time-frequency resource group are overlapping with time-domain resources occupied by at least one of the K time-frequency resource groups, and any two of the K time-frequency resource groups are orthogonal in time domain; the first bit block is transmitted in only K1 time-frequency resource group(s) among the K time-frequency resource groups; the first signaling corresponds to a first type or a second type is used for determining the K1 time-frequency resource group(s) from the K time-frequency resource groups.
US11902941B2	Method and device for allocating resource to terminal having limited reception operation in NR V2X A method by which a first device performs wireless communication is proposed. The method may comprise the steps of: determining at least one candidate slot for selecting a sidelink (SL) resource; performing sensing for at least one sensing slot related to the at least one candidate slot; selecting the resource in the at least one candidate slot on the basis of the sensing; and performing SL communication with a second device on the basis of the selected resource. For example, the at least one sensing slot may be at least one slot which, from the at least one candidate slot, is located before a resource reservation period set for a resource pool.
US11902940B2	Method and apparatus for handling device-to-device feedback transmission in a wireless communication system Methods and apparatuses for handling device-to-device feedback transmission in a wireless communication system are disclosed herein. In one method, a first device receives a configuration for operating in a network scheduling mode for acquiring sidelink resources. The first device receives a sidelink control information with a report request from a second device. The first device triggers or is triggered to transmit a report to the second device in response to the report request. If the first device has no available sidelink resource for transmitting the report, the first device triggers a scheduling request. The first device transmits a signaling of the scheduling request to the network. The first device receives a sidelink grant from the network. The first device utilizes sidelink resource(s) indicated by the sidelink grant to transmit the report to the second device.
US11902933B2	Positioning method and apparatus based on binary periodic sequence A positioning method based on a binary periodic sequence includes: selecting one polynomial from each equivalence class of a quadratic polynomial set S to determine a set T; constructing a binary periodic sequence cluster according to the set T; generating a positioning signal according to the binary periodic sequence cluster; and performing positioning processing according to the positioning signal.
US11902929B2	Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to idle/inactive mode positioning in NR Methods, apparatuses, systems, etc., directed to performing positioning of a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) while it is in idle mode and/or inactive mode (collectively “idle/inactive mode”) in NR are disclosed herein. Performing positioning, including positioning measurement and/or reporting, in idle/inactive mode may allow for increased positioning accuracy and/or decreased latency of location determination. In various embodiments, a WTRU in idle/inactive mode may transmit a positioning measurement report in various ways, including (i) in a Random-Access Channel (RACH) preamble; (ii) appended to a RACH preamble; and/or (iii) in a Physical Uplink Shared Channel. In various embodiments, a WTRU in idle/inactive mode may transmit uplink-based positioning related reference signals. In various embodiments, a WTRU in an idle/inactive mode may transmit, over a dedicated physical channel, (e.g., downlink) positioning measurement reports and/or reference signals (RSs) for uplink positioning measurements.
US11902927B2	Apparatus and method for time synchronization of repeater An apparatus for time synchronization of a repeater according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a downlink receiver and a downlink transmitter establishing a downlink path for delivering a downlink signal, an uplink receiver and an uplink transmitter establishing an uplink path for delivering an uplink signal, a switch including an upper switch and a lower switch and performing switching such that the downlink path is established in a downlink interval and the uplink path is established in an uplink interval, a delay processor compensating for a time delay of one of the downlink signal and the uplink signal, and a synchronization controller controlling the switching of the switch in synchronization with the time delay of the compensated signal so that the uplink interval and the downlink interval do not overlap.
US11902920B2	Method for transmitting and receiving synchronization signal block in unlicensed band, and device therefor Disclosed is a method by which a terminal receives a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block in an unlicensed band. Particularly, the method comprises: receiving information related to an actual transmitted SS/PBCH block (ATSS) transmitted by a base station; and receiving the SS/PBCH block on the basis of valid bits from among a plurality of bits included in the information related to the ATSS, wherein the number of valid bits can be based on an interval value between SS/PBCH blocks capable of assuming a quasi co-location (QCL).
US11902911B2	Uplink power control in dual connectivity Methods and apparatuses for managing dual connectivity. A method for operating a UE includes receiving a configuration for dynamic power sharing (DPS) between transmissions on a master cell group (MCG) and transmissions on a secondary cell group (SCG) and determining a time offset as a function of sub-carrier spacing (SCS) configurations and of configurations for a PUSCH processing capability on the MCG and on the SCG. The method further includes determining a maximum power for a PUSCH transmission on the SCG, at a beginning of the PUSCH transmission on the SCG, when each of the transmissions on the MCG is scheduled by a downlink control information (DCI) format in a PDCCH reception that ends at least the time offset before the beginning of the PUSCH transmission on the SCG. The method further includes transmitting the transmissions on the MCG and the PUSCH transmission on the SCG.
US11902908B2	Unmanned aerial vehicle transmission power adjustment Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for adjusting the transmission power of an unmanned aerial vehicle are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of determining, by an unmanned aerial vehicle that includes a radio transceiver, an altitude of the unmanned aerial vehicle and a distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and a base station. The actions further include, based on the altitude of the unmanned aerial vehicle and the distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the base station, determining, by an unmanned aerial vehicle, a transmission power level for the radio transceiver. The actions further include communicating, by the unmanned aerial vehicle, with the base station using the radio transceiver operating at the transmission power level.
US11902907B2	In-device coexistence IDC indication message sending method and device An in-device coexistence (IDC) indication message sending method includes a network device determining, when configuration information sent by the network device indicates that the terminal device can send an IDC indication message, a most proper IDC interference cancellation manner based on SUL frequency information, a type of an interfering frequency, a transmit power of the terminal device, a transmit power of the network device, a priority of a frequency band in which the interfering frequency is located, or an IDC interference cancellation manner expected by the terminal device that are indicated by the IDC indication message sent by the terminal device.
US11902906B2	Method for determining sidelink transmission power in NR V2X, and synchronization A method by which a first device performs wireless communication, and a device for supporting same are provided. The method can comprise the steps of: acquiring synchronization related to sidelink (SL) communication from a synchronization reference; receiving information related to a first power control parameter; generating a sidelink synchronization signal block (S-SSB) including a sidelink primary synchronization signal (S-PSS), a sidelink secondary synchronization signal (S-SSS), and a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH); determining a first transmission power value on the basis of a downlink (DL) path loss between a base station and the first device and the information related to the first power control parameter; and transmitting the S-SSB to a second device on the basis of the first transmission power value and the synchronization related to the SL communication.
US11902902B2	Scheduling requests for location data Systems, methods, and computer readable media that schedules requests for location data of a mobile device, where the methods include selecting a first positioning system based on a power requirement, a latency requirement, and an accuracy requirement, and determining whether a first condition is satisfied for querying the first positioning system. The method further comprises in response to a determination that the first condition is satisfied, querying the first positioning system for first position data. The method further comprises in response to a determination that the first condition is not satisfied, selecting a second positioning system based on the power requirement, the latency requirement, and the accuracy requirement, determining whether a second condition is satisfied for querying the second positioning system, and in response to a determination that the second condition is satisfied, querying the second positioning system for second position data.
US11902898B2	Wake-up frame indication This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to wake-up frame indication. A device may determine a wake up receiver (WUR) wake-up frame to be sent to a first station device of one or more station devices. The device may determine one or more indications associated with the first station device, wherein the one or more indications indicate to the first station device, one or more actions to be taken by the first station device after waking up a primary connectivity radio (PCR) of the first station device. The device may cause a medium access control (MAC) layer to encode the WUR wake-up frame with the one or more indications associated with the first station device. The device may cause to send the WUR wake-up frame to the first station device using a physical layer (PHY).
US11902896B2	Method and a system for managing a sleep-mode of an electronic device The present disclosure provides a method for managing a sleep-mode of an electronic device that includes a processor, a memory and a communication interface configured to enable communication with a sleep-client device; the electronic device being arranged to enter the sleep-mode in predetermined circumstances to reduce power consumption; the method comprising the steps of: the electronic device modifying a value of a memory location associated with the communication interface; and the sleep-client device, reading a value of the memory location associated with the communication interface prior to transmitting data to the electronic device via the communication interface; wherein the memory location is representative of the availability of the electronic device to receive data via the communication interface.
US11902894B2	Determining radio frequency (RF) conditions using sensing information Certain example embodiments provide systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for determining radio frequency (RF) conditions using sensing information. A network node may construct a map of RF conditions associated with location information within its coverage area. The network node may configure a radio resource control (RRC)-connected UE to operate in an RF sensing mode. The network node may obtain a positioning of the UE from a sensing node. The network node may determine the RF conditions of the UE based on its position using the map.
US11902892B2	Systems and methods for providing on-demand quality of service with radio access network control A network device of a core network may maintain a mapping table that maps core network slices with quality of service (QoS) class identifiers (QCIs) based on service profile identifiers (SPIDs), and may receive, from a user device, a request for service with a particular QCI included in the QCIs of the mapping table. The network device may identify a particular SPID of the SPIDs in the mapping table based on the particular QCI of the service, and may generate a flow request based on the particular SPID. The network device may cause the flow request to be provided to a radio access network (RAN) associated with the user device, to cause the RAN to select a RAN slice for provision of the service to the user device.
US11902890B2	Application based routing of data packets in multi-access communication networks Aspects related to application based routing of data packets is described. In an example, a method for enabling application based routing of data packets includes retrieving, by a client device, a prioritized list of client application parameters to process data packets from a client application. The prioritized list is generated based on application support capabilities of the client device. The method includes transmitting client parameters to a network server to create at least one multi-path proxy (MPP) instance. Each of the at least one MPP instance is configured to aggregate and route data packets to a pre-defined core network link. The method further includes receiving identification information pertaining to the at least one MPP instance from the network server. Based on the identification information, the prioritized list is assigned to the at least one multi-path proxy instance to process data packets from at least one client application.
US11902886B2	Optimizing neighbour report for access points Examples of techniques for optimizing Neighbour Report (NR) are disclosed. In an example, a first virtual access point (VAP) operating in a 2.4 Giga Hertz (GHz) or 5 GHz band may determine a first Service Set Identifier (SSID) of the first VAP operating in a 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz band. The first VAP may identify a set of co-located VAPs operating in a 6 GHz band. The first VAP may filter the set of co-located VAPs to obtain a neighbour list comprising a second VAP, from the set, having a second SSID identical to the first SSID. Using the neighbour list, the first VAP may generate a Neighbour Report.
US11902885B2	Adjusted PLMN search in MICO mode Solutions pertaining to adjusted public land mobile network (PLMN) search in mobile initiated connection only (MICO) mode in mobile communications are proposed. An apparatus implemented in a UE activates a MICO mode. The apparatus then postpones a periodic PLMN search in response to the UE being in the MICO mode, with the periodic PLMN search being controlled by a timer.
US11902883B2	Method and device in UE and base station used for wireless communication The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station for wireless communication. The UE receives first information, the first information is used to indicate K sub-band(s); the UE performs first access detection, or performs second access detection; transmits or drops transmitting a first radio signal in the first sub-band. If the first sub-band is one of K sub-band(s) and time domain resources occupied by the first radio signal belong to a first time window, the first access detection is performed, the first access detection is used to determine whether the first radio signal is transmitted in the first sub-band; the second access detection is used to determine whether the first radio signal is transmitted in the first sub-band; the detection time of the first access detection is less than that of the second access detection.
US11902879B2	Method for standalone MTC operation Method, apparatus and computer program product where a base station broadcasts a signal indicating that at least one time-frequency region, which is unused by a data transmission in a first radio access technology, is available for a transmission, allowing the base station to maintain support for and/or extending coverage of certain legacy user equipment. Such a transmission includes system information for a second radio access technology, wake-up signal, synchronization signal, and/or extension of the data transmission. Thereafter, the base station transmits such a transmission in the at least one time-frequency region that was indicated.
US11902877B2	System and method for reduction of handover interruption Some embodiments of this disclosure include systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for the reduction of handover interruptions. Some embodiments include a user equipment (UE) that supports simultaneous connectivity with a source 5G Node B (gNB) and a target gNB during a handover. Some embodiments include the UE receiving source path data packets from the source gNB and target path data packets from a target gNB. The UE performs a first reorder of the one or more source path data packets and the one or more target path data packets by sequence number (SN), and the UE performs header decompression on the reordered source path data packets, separately from the reordered target path data packets. After the header decompressions the UE performs a second reorder of the source path data packets and the target path data packets together by SN, and discards any duplicate data packets based on SNs.
US11902872B2	Marking an uplink data packet An apparatus, method and non-transitory computer-readable medium for establishing a bearer for a terminal device of a cellular communication system, receiving, from the terminal device over the bearer, an uplink data packet including an information element indicating a service associated with the uplink data packet, sending a query including the information element to a networking controller, receiving, from the networking controller as a response to the query, routing information for the uplink data packet and marking the uplink data packet with the routing information and forwarding the uplink data packet to a transport network, and selecting transmission parameters to the uplink data packet based on the routing information.
US11902871B2	Systems and methods for identifying and activating emergency response assets Described herein are systems, devices, methods, and media for activating emergency response assets in response to emergency alerts.
US11902868B2	Device provisioning for association with a user or a user account According to an example aspect, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, with the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to obtain information characterizing physical surroundings of the apparatus, transmit the information characterizing the physical surroundings to a network entity, and responsive to the transmission, receive provisioning information and associate the apparatus with the provisioning information.
US11902865B2	Vehicle based wireless communications Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE), e.g., such as a pedestrian UE (PUE), may detect, during a first transmission period of a discontinuous transmission cycle, a transmission over a sidelink channel from a second UE that is located within a threshold distance from the first UE, the first UE associated with a first identifier. The first UE may determine, based at least in part on the transmission, a second identifier associated with the second UE, the second identifier being different from the first identifier. The first UE may use, based at least in part on the second UE being within the threshold distance, the first identifier and the second identifier during one or more subsequent transmission periods of the discontinuous transmission cycle.
US11902861B2	SMS-based dual mode content subscription system An SMS-based dual mode content subscription system is disclosed. A first broadcast message associated with a subscription content source is received. A set of destination SMS addresses is determined, each destination SMS address associated with a different subscription to the subscription content source and corresponding to a different mobile device. An SMS message that includes the first broadcast message is sent to each destination SMS address, the SMS message identifying a same first sender SMS address. A reply SMS message is received from a first mobile device of a plurality of mobile devices, the reply SMS message being directed to the first sender SMS address and not being distributed to any other mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices. In response to the reply SMS message, a second SMS message that includes a first subscriber message is sent to only the first mobile device.
US11902853B2	Non-transitory computer readable recording medium, information processing method, and server device for providing region information A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a computer executable program which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to; receive a location information from a terminal device; identify, from among data stored in the computer, the region information based on the location information, the region information being posted by a region affiliated person, the region affiliated person being a person affiliated with a region including the location, and the region affiliated person including; send the region information to the terminal device; send display selection information for selecting a guide type to the terminal device and, in response to a selection of the guide type from the terminal device, accept the selection of the guide type. The region information includes information relevant to accepting a reservation for a on-site human guided tour and contents relevant to a non-human guided tour.
US11902851B2	Smart cord for corded power tools A smart cord for a corded power tool comprising: a connectivity module connected to the corded power tool and to a power socket through an AC power cord; sensors electrically coupled with the corded power tool; a GPS module coupled with at least a location sensor for determining set of coordinates associated with the corded power tool; a switching device electrically coupled with a controller unit in the connectivity module; a user interface device in communication with the controller unit by a communication module. The controller unit performs: receiving input signals from the sensors; determining based on the received input signals or set of coordinates, whether the received input signal exceeds a threshold parameter and/or the corded power tool is located inside a predetermined boundary area; and generating and transmitting an alert signal to the user interface device.
US11902849B2	Methods and apparatus for supporting quality of service in a system including a cable modem termination system and wireless communications link A cable communications network provides an alternative communications path between a user equipment device and a data network to a cellular path for a communications session with a desired level of Quality of Service. A cable modem termination system, coupled to a wireless core network, e.g., a 5G core network, interacts with the wireless core network to attempt to establish a PDU session for a UE with a desired QoS level. The core sends a QoS service request message to the CMTS including a requested level of QoS, an IP address and port number for the session. The CMTS and cable modem, corresponding to the UE, negotiate and decide if the request desired QoS level can be supported over the cable between the CMTS and the cable mode for the session.
US11902844B2	Data processing method and apparatus, and computer storage medium This application provides a data processing method and apparatus, and a computer storage medium. When a PDCP entity over a UM DRB is re-established, or when a cell handover occurs and the PDCP entity over a UM DRB uses a key used before the handover, the PDCP entity determines a first SDU, where the first SDU is an SDU that is associated with a sequence number by the PDCP entity but whose corresponding data has not been transmitted through an air interface; and delivers a PDU corresponding to the first SDU to an RLC entity. Data corresponding to the first SDU is redelivered, to avoid a data packet loss caused by preprocessing of the PDCP entity.
US11902843B2	Method and wireless device for handling handover A method and a wireless device are provided for handling handover in a wireless network from a source cell to a target cell when the device has obtained and stored a handover configuration for at least one target cell X. Upon detecting a communication failure, the wireless device performs cell selection and initiates handover to one of the target cell(s) X when that cell was selected, by applying the stored handover configuration of the selected cell. When none of the target cell(s) X was selected in the cell selection, the wireless device initiates an RRC re-establishment procedure.
US11902840B2	Time domain resource configuration method and access network device The present disclosure relates to time domain resource configuration methods and access network devices One example method includes determining a guard period (GP) resource required by a terminal device, where the GP resource required by the terminal device is a GP resource required by the terminal device for uplink synchronization with an access network device, and sending first time domain resource configuration information to the terminal device, where the first time domain resource configuration information indicates the GP resource required by the terminal device.
US11902839B2	Data transmission method and device, and storage medium Disclosed is a data transmission method. The method comprises: a terminal device performing data transmission with a first network device and/or a second network device according to a time division multiplexing mode, the time division multiplexing mode indicating information associated with data transmission performed between the terminal device and the first network device and/or the second network device. Further disclosed are another data transmission method, a terminal device, and a storage medium.
US11902838B2	Transferring monitoring event information during a mobility procedure Methods and systems for transferring monitoring event information during a mobility procedure are provided. According to one aspect, a method for transferring monitoring event information during a mobility procedure comprises, at a first network node: receiving and storing subscription information indicating that a second network node has subscribed to get notification when there is a data delivery failure involving a User Equipment (UE), followed by the UE becoming reachable; detecting a data delivery failure involving the UE, and setting a flag to indicate that a data delivery failure involving the UE has occurred; receiving, from a third network node, a mobility related request; sending, to the third network node, a response to the mobility related request, comprising an indication that the third network node should notify the second network node when the UE becomes reachable and/or when then UE enters the IDLE state.
US11902835B2	Method and device for configuring data flow A method and device for configuring a data flow are disclosed in embodiments of this disclosure. The method includes: transmitting indication information to an SDAP entity receiving end if a DRB corresponding to a QoS data flow is changed from a source DRB to a target DRB. The indication information is used to indicate that transmission of a first QoS data flow is completed on the source DRB or transmission of data of a second QoS data flow starts on the target DRB. Data of the QoS data flow includes data of the first QoS data flow and data of the second QoS data flow.
US11902834B2	Method and transition device for enabling communication of data in a wireless network A method and transition device for enabling communication of data between a remote radio unit and a central baseband unit in a wireless network. When detecting a first interface configuration used by the remote radio unit and a second interface configuration used by the baseband unit, the transition device configures interface functions, based on the first and second interface configurations. The interface functions are selected from a set of predefined interface functions associated with different interface configurations. The transition device then establishes a data flow between the remote radio unit and the central baseband unit over the transition device, and performs conversion between the first interface configuration and the second interface configuration for data communicated in the data flow, using the selected interface functions.
US11902833B2	Rate adjustment anticipating change in channel capacity A mechanism for adjusting the data rate of data to be transmitted over a data channel based on anticipated changes in the communication channel, rather than based on the current state of the communication channel. This is done by accessing real time environment context data obtained from sensor data generated by one or more sensors of a sensor device, and then predicting a future capacity of a communication channel with a subject head-mounted device based on the accessed real time environment context data. The appropriate data rate is then determined based on this predicted future channel capacity rather than the current channel capacity. The data rate of data that is initiated towards the communication channel is then adjusted based on the determined data rate in anticipation of the predicted future capacity of the communication channel.
US11902827B2	Determining rate differential weighted fair output queue scheduling for a network device A network device may receive packets and may calculate, during a time interval, an arrival rate and a departure rate, of the packets, at one of multiple virtual output queues. The network device may calculate a current oversubscription factor based on the arrival rate and the departure rate, and may calculate a target oversubscription factor based on an average of previous oversubscription factors associated with the multiple virtual output queues. The network device may determine whether a difference exists between the target oversubscription factor and the current oversubscription factor and may calculate, when the difference exists, a scale factor based on the current oversubscription factor and the target oversubscription factor. The network device may calculate new scheduling weights based on prior scheduling weights and the scale factor, and may process packets received by the multiple virtual output queues based on the new scheduling weights.
US11902821B2	Dynamic frequency allocation method A process for determining frequency allocations for efficient spectrum management and reuse, in communication between multiple users of moving platforms and ground stations using directional antennas, comprises: (a) generating a preferential ranking list; and (b) repeatedly recalculating desirable frequency allocations for communication between platforms and stations according to said preferential ranking list and user-to-user interference data.
US11902816B2	Adaptive cross-link interference measurement and reporting framework In a wireless network, a base station may configure a victim user equipment (UE) experiencing interference with a periodic measurement resource using Layer 3 (L3) signaling, and the UE may report cross-link interference (CLI) measurements to the base station using L3 messages. However, using L3 signaling to configure interference measurement and reporting may result in an inflexible interference measurement configuration and a long latency to report CLI and/or self-interference feedback. Furthermore, although Layer 1 and/or Layer 2 (L1/L2) CLI reporting may be more suitable to track and adapt to dynamic changes in interference conditions, L1/L2 signaling increases control signaling and CLI management overhead at the base station. Accordingly, some aspects described herein relate to an adaptive L3 CLI measurement and reporting framework, where L3 messages may include one or more adaptive fields to support flexibility in configuring CLI measurement and/or CLI reporting parameters.
US11902805B2	Communication method and communications apparatus This application discloses a communication method and a communications apparatus, and relates to the communications field. The communication method includes: obtaining, by a network data analytics function network element, an application information target value of a network slice in a specified location area; obtaining, by the network data analytics function network element, a network running information target value of the network slice in the specified location area based on an association relationship between application information and network running information and the application information target value, where the association relationship is used to describe an association relationship between application information and network running information when a communications service provided by the network slice in the specified location area meets a service level agreement SLA; and sending, by the network data analytics function network element, the network running information target value to an operation, administration, and maintenance server.
US11902804B2	Fault triage and management with restricted third-party access to a tenant network The present technology is directed to providing fault management with dynamic restricted access in a tenant network. The tenant network can be a private 5G cellular network or other wireless communication network. The present technology can identify a fault event within the tenant network based on received telemetry data, associate the fault event with a vendor component included in the tenant network, and generate a vendor fault context. The vendor fault context can be generated to include only the portion of telemetry data that is determined to be related to the fault event or the vendor component. The present technology can further use the vendor fault context to create a time-bound user account for remotely accessing the tenant network for fault triage and management. The time-bound user account can be associated to a static role-based access control (RBAC) scheme configured with access restrictions determined based on the vendor fault context.
US11902793B2	System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
US11902792B2	Unified subscription identifier management in communication systems At given user equipment in a communication system, a unified subscription identifier data structure is constructed. The unified subscription identifier data structure includes a plurality of fields that specify information for a selected one of two or more subscription identifier types and selectable parameters associated with the selected subscription identifier type, and wherein the information in the unified subscription identifier data structure is useable by the given user equipment to access one or more networks associated with the communication system based on an authentication scenario corresponding to the selected subscription identifier type. For example, during different authentication scenarios, the given user equipment utilizes the unified subscription identifier data structure to provide the appropriate subscription identifier (e.g., SUPI, SUCI or IMSI) and associated parameters for the given authentication scenario.
US11902789B2	Cloud controlled secure Bluetooth pairing for network device management Systems and methods are provided for cloud controlled secure Bluetooth pairing for network device management. A method for a mobile device includes sending a Bluetooth pairing request to a network device that cannot connect to a network, wherein the network device responds to the Bluetooth pairing request by sending a challenge token; responsive to receiving the challenge token from the network device, sending the challenge token to a server, wherein the server responds to the challenge token by sending a response token, wherein the response token comprises a secure Bluetooth pairing key; and responsive to receiving the response token from the server, establishing a secure Bluetooth connection with the network device, comprising pairing with the network device using the secure pairing key.
US11902786B1	SIM swap fraud prevention A carrier network may detect and prevent completion of SIM swap frauds. For example, a carrier network may, based at least in part on a SIM swap request to replace a first SIM associated with a subscriber with a second SIM, store first information associated with the first SIM. Subsequent to the execution of a SIM swap to replace the first SIM with the second SIM, the carrier network may perform fraud detection on the SIM swap based at least in part on the first information associated with the first SIM stored based at least in part on the SIM swap request and based at least in part on second information associated with the second SIM and based at least in part on the SIM swap being detected as fraudulent by the fraud detection, cause the second SIM to be prohibited from operating with respect to the subscriber.
US11902784B2	Reader coordination for access control Systems and methods for access control systems includes first and second access facilities, and first and second readers. The first reader is configured to control access through the first access facility, receive a credential using a first communication protocol from a device that stores the credential, and establish a secret with the device using the credential. The second reader is configured to control access through the second access facility. The first reader is configured to provide the secret to the second reader, and the second device is further configured to perform ranging using the secret and a second communication protocol different than the first communication protocol to identify intent information. Access through one of the first facility or the second facility is coordinated using the intent information.
US11902781B2	Methods and systems of wireless sensor authentication Embodiments of a device and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method of communications involves from a wireless sensor deployed at a customer site, connecting to a wireless access point (AP) deployed at the customer site and based on a private key stored in the wireless sensor, performing mutual authentication between the wireless sensor and an authentication server connected to the wireless AP.
US11902780B2	Wireless media conferencing A communication system authorizes a User Equipment (UE) for a wireless data service and a media-conferencing service. A network core receives UE authentication data from the UE that is based on a secret key. The network core determines network authentication data for the UE that is also based on the secret key. The network core authorizes the UE for the wireless data service based on the UE authentication data and the network authentication data. The network core transfers the network authentication data for the UE to a media-conferencing server in response to the authorization of the UE for the wireless data service. The media-conferencing server receives other UE authentication data from the UE that is based on the secret key. The media-conferencing server authorizes the UE for the media-conferencing service based on the other UE authentication data from the UE and the network authentication data from the network core.
US11902778B2	Credentialed wireless fob to control power tool devices An electronic processor of a wireless fob is configured to establish a first communication link between the wireless fob and an external device, and receive, over the first communication link, first identification information and credential information of a power tool device from the external device. The electronic processor is further configured to receive, via the wireless transceiver, an identification signal including second identification information from the power tool device. The electronic processor is further configured to identify the power tool device by determining that the first identification information matches with the second identification information. The electronic processor is further configured to transmit the credential information to the power tool device to establish a second communication link between the wireless fob and the power tool device and transmit, over the second communication link, a command to the power tool device to control an operation of the power tool device.
US11902776B2	Authentication device, network device, communication system, authentication method, and non-transitory computer readable medium Provided is an authentication device capable of generating a master key suited to a UE in a 5GS. The authentication device (10) includes a communication unit (11) configured to, in registration processing of user equipment (UE), acquire UE key derivation function (KDF) capabilities indicating a pseudo random function supported by the UE, a selection unit (12) configured to select a pseudo random function used for generation of a master key related to the UE by use of the UE KDF capabilities, and a key generation unit (13) configured to generate a master key related to the UE by use of the selected pseudo random function.
US11902767B2	Combining prerecorded and live performances in a vehicle In some embodiments, methods and systems for combining a prerecorded performance with a live performance within a space (such as a vehicle) are disclosed. A first performance (which may be a prerecorded performance) may be started within the space, and a second performance (such as a live performance) may subsequently be initiated within the space as well. The second performance may be detected, and based upon the detection, one or more volume parameters of the first performance may be modified. One or more properties of the second performance may also be modified, and the modified first performance may then be combined with the modified second performance to create a combined performance.
US11902758B2	Method of compensating a processed audio signal A method comprising: at an electronic device (100) having an array microphones (101) with a plurality of microphones and a processor (102): receiving a plurality of microphone signals (x1, x2, x3) from the plurality of microphones; generating a processed signal (XP) from the plurality of microphone signals using one or both of beamforming and deconvolution; generating a compensated processed signal (XO) by compensating the processed audio signal (XP) in accordance with compensation coefficients (Z). Generating the compensated processed signal comprises: generating first spectrum values (PXP) from the processed audio signal; generating reference spectrum values () from multiple second spectrum values (PX1, PX2, PX3) generated from each of at least two of the microphone signals in the plurality of microphone signals (x1, x2, x3); and generating the compensation coefficients (Z) from the reference spectrum values () and the first spectrum values (PXP).The compensation may improve undesired effects related to e.g. coloration at the output of multi-microphone systems involving e.g. one or both of beamforming and deconvolution of microphone signals from a microphone array.
US11902751B2	Portable speaker with integrated wireless transmitter Various implementations include portable speakers with detachable wireless transmitters. In some particular aspects, a portable speaker includes an enclosure housing: at least one electro-acoustic transducer for providing an audio output, a processor coupled with the at least one transducer; an audio input module coupled with the processor for receiving audio input signals; and an input channel for receiving a hard-wired audio input connection at the enclosure; at least one wireless transmitter detachably housed in the enclosure and in communication with a corresponding wireless input channel for receiving audio input from a source device.
US11902750B2	System and method for providing an arrangement of two first-order directional microphones arranged in tandem to form a second-order directional microphone system Systems and methods for arranging two first-order directional microphones in tandem to form a second-order directional microphone system of an amplified listening device are provided. The amplified listening device includes a first directional microphone configured to provide a first electrical signal having a first phase, and a second directional microphone reversed in space and configured to provide a second electrical signal having a second phase opposite the first phase. Microphone inlet ports of the first and second directional microphones are linearly aligned in a same plane. The rear microphone inlet ports of the first and second directional microphones are positioned adjacent each other. The amplified listening device includes a resistive summing circuit without phase inverting circuitry. The resistive summing circuit is configured to combine the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal to generate a second order directional response.
US11902749B2	Hearing aid system with internet protocol A hearing aid system comprising at least a first hearing aid, wherein the first hearing aid is configured to establish a communication link over the internet with a remote entity based on a protocol stack, wherein the protocol stack includes an internet protocol, and the protocol stack is implemented in the first hearing aid.
US11902738B2	Phasing plug adaptor A phasing plug adaptor for a speaker assembly includes a plurality of concentric rings and a plurality of concentric channels. The plurality of concentric rings are tapered between an entry-side edge and an exit-side edge. An innermost ring defines a channel that is coaxial with a longitudinal axis.
US11902735B2	Artificial-reality devices with display-mounted transducers for audio playback An artificial-reality device for audio playback is provided. The artificial-reality device includes: (i) a head-mounted display including at least one lens, and (ii) one or more transducers, coupled to the head-mounted display. The transducers are configured to generate signals that vibrate the at least one lens of the head-mounted display. The at least one lens generates acoustic waves that correspond to media presented by the head-mounted display when vibrated by the one or more transducers. Characteristics of the signals generated by the one or more transducers cause the acoustic waves generated by the at least one lens to be directed towards at least one ear of a user of the artificial reality device. Values of the characteristics for the signals are determined based on: (i) the media presented by the head-mounted display and (ii) characteristics of the at least one lens.
US11902733B1	Earphones The present disclosure relates to an earphone including a sound production component and an ear hook. In a wearing state, the ear hook is configured to place the sound production component at a position near an ear canal but not blocking the ear canal. An inner contour of a projection of the ear hook on the user's sagittal plane includes a first curve that has an extremum point in a first direction. The first direction is perpendicular to a long-axis direction of a projection of the sound production component. The extremum point is located behind a projection point of an upper vertex of the ear hook on the user's sagittal plane, and the upper vertex of the ear hook is the highest point of an inner contour of the ear hook along a vertical axis of the user.
US11902728B2	Integrated loudspeaker assembly A loudspeaker assembly for attachment to an exterior portion of a vehicle. The assembly including a loudspeaker, a base enclosure, and a grille enclosure. The loudspeaker transmits an audio output into an environment that is exterior to the vehicle. The base enclosure receives the loudspeaker and includes a first ramped surface formed on an exterior portion thereof. The grille enclosure includes an integrated loudspeaker grille to cover the loudspeaker. The grille enclosure further includes a second ramped surface positioned on an exterior portion thereof and being positioned directly adjacent to the first ramped surface of the base enclosure when the base enclosure is coupled to the grille enclosure. Each of the first ramped surface and the second ramped surface is non-perpendicular to the integrated loudspeaker grille.
US11902727B2	Inductive acoustic filters for acoustic devices Aspects of the subject technology relate to inductive acoustic filters for acoustic devices. An inductive filter may include a substrate, an etched serpentine channel in a surface of the substrate and extending within the substrate from a first port in the substrate to a second port in the substrate. The inductive filter may also include a polymer cover layer adhesively attached to the surface of the substrate over the etched serpentine channel. The inductive filter may be positioned over an opening in a substrate of an acoustic module, such as a microphone module or a speaker module.
US11902726B2	Telemetric devices and methods of dynamic transmission frequency A method of operating a battery powered telemetric device configured with a processor, a sensor to measure data to indicate the contents or usage of a product within an asset generating sample data, data storage, at least one battery and a transmitter, includes keeping in the data storage at least one instance of previous data samples represented in a previously transmitted packet, awakening the telemetric device at variable time intervals programmed according to pre-determined user-defined characteristics so that the sensor provides sample data to the data storage to indicate the contents or usage of the product within the asset wherein the telemetric device is otherwise asleep to minimize battery drain, storing all the sample data since the transmission of the previously transmitted packet and the kept at least one instance of previous data samples represented in the previously transmitted packet in the data storage as all the stored sample data, transmitting a packet including representations of the contents or usage of the product within in the asset of all the stored sample data in a manner to limit the number of transmissions to as few as possible unless: the stored sample data indicates changes in the contents or usage of the product within the asset are equal to or exceed a predetermined change value; or there has been no change in the contents or usage of the product within the asset over a prolonged period of time.
US11902724B2	Resolving control conflicts among trunk protection links Systems and methods for resolving control conflicts in trunk protection links are provided. A head-end node includes a first line-mux controller and a second line-mux controller, first actuator components for a first fiber span, and second actuator components for a second fiber span, wherein the first line-mux controller and the second line-mux controller are configured to control the first actuator components and the second actuator components, respectively, and a trunk protection switch configured to connect an input to each of the first fiber span and the second fiber span.
US11902718B2	Service data transmission method, related device, and digital processing chip A service data transmission method, a related device, and a digital processing chip, to reduce a transmission latency of service data. The method in the embodiments includes the following steps: a first device encapsulates a channel frame in a transmission frame, where the channel frame is used to carry service data. Next, the first device sends the transmission frame to a second device. A transmission manner of the channel frame is a non-decapsulation manner between an optical transport network and an access network.
US11902717B2	Projection method and projector A projection method includes detecting a first distance between a projector and a first portion of a projection surface, detecting a second distance between the projector and a second portion of the projection surface, detecting a third distance between the projector and a third portion of the projection surface, projecting image light in a first visual aspect according to the first distance onto the first portion by using the projector, projecting image light in a second visual aspect according to the second distance onto the second portion by using the projector, and projecting image light in a third visual aspect based on the first and second visual aspects onto the third portion by using the projector when the third distance is longer than the first distance but shorter than the second distance.
US11902716B2	Optical systems with compact image projector An optical system has a hollow mechanical body having first and second ends. An optical assembly has a plurality of optical components arranged in a stack configuration. Each of the optical components has a set of engagement configurations. For each pair of adjacent optical components in the stack configuration, at least some of the engagement configurations of a first optical component in the pair engage with at least some of the engagement configurations of a second optical component in the pair. Some of the engagement configurations of the optical component at a first end of the stack configuration engage with corresponding engagement configurations of the hollow mechanical body at the first end of the hollow mechanical body to position the other optical components of the stack configuration within the hollow mechanical body. An emissive display device is deployed at the second end of the hollow mechanical body.
US11902715B2	Projection system for translucent displays and methods of operating thereof A system is provided. The system includes a translucent display positioned such that a first face is a display face and that a second face is a projection face and at least one projector configured to project an image on the second face of the translucent display. The image is displayed on the first face. The system also includes at least one sensor configured to transmit a signal when triggered and a projector controller in communication with the at least one projector and the at least one sensor. The projector controller is programmed to receive a signal from the at least one sensor and instruct the at least one projector to project at least one image on the translucent display in response to the signal from the at least one sensor.
US11902712B2	Apparatus and method of acquiring image by employing color separation lens array An apparatus for acquiring images includes an image sensor and a signal processor. The image sensor may include a sensor substrate and a color separation lens array, wherein the sensor substrate includes a plurality of photo-sensing cells, and the color separation lens array may separate an incident light into a plurality of lights having different wavelengths and forms a phase distribution for condensing the plurality of lights having the different wavelengths on adjacent photo-sensing cells of the plurality of photo-sensing cells. The signal processor may perform deconvolution on sensing signals of the plurality of photo-sensing cells to obtain a sub-sampled image, perform demosaicing to restore a full resolution image having a full resolution from the sub-sampled image, and correct a color of the full resolution image using a point spread function (PSF) of the color separation lens array.
US11902696B2	Infrared imaging device including drive and signal lines configured to electrically connect first and second substrates An imaging device includes a first structure 20, and a second structure 40, in which the first structure 20 includes a first substrate 21, a temperature detection element which is formed on the first substrate 21 and detects a temperature on the basis of an infrared ray, a signal line 71, and a drive line 72, the second structure 40 includes a second substrate 41, and a drive circuit provided on the second substrate 41 and covered with a covering layer 43, the first substrate 21 and a second electrode 41 are stacked, the signal line 71 is electrically connected with the drive circuit via a signal line connection portion 100, the drive line is electrically connected with the drive circuit via a drive line connection portion, and the signal line connection portion 100 includes a first signal line connection portion 102 formed in the first structure 20 and a second signal line connection portion 106 formed in the second structure 40.
US11902692B2	Video processing apparatus and video processing method The present disclosure relates to a video processing apparatus and a video processing method that allow each person involved to make an advance preparation more easily.A presentation control unit controls, in such a way that, with a first scene of a captured video currently being captured used as a reference, advance information regarding a second scene is presented at a presentation timing before the second scene after the first scene, in a mode corresponding to an output destination of the captured video, the presentation of the advance information. The technology according to the present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a camera that captures video content such as a movie, a drama, or a CM.
US11902690B2	Machine learning driven teleprompter Techniques performed by a data processing system for a machine learning driven teleprompter include displaying a teleprompter transcript associated with a presentation on a display of a computing device associated with a presenter; receiving audio content of the presentation including speech of the presenter in which the presenter is reading the teleprompter transcript; analyzing the audio content of the presentation using a first machine learning model to obtain a real-time textual translation of the audio content, the first machine learning model being a natural language processing model trained to receive audio content including speech and to translate the audio content into a textual representation of the speech; analyzing the real-time textual representation and the teleprompter transcript with a second machine learning model to obtain transcript position information; and automatically scrolling the teleprompter transcript on the display of the computing device based on the transcript position information.
US11902689B2	Film transport apparatus controller and related methods Methods and systems are presented for controlling a film transport apparatus of a film reel scanner. In one embodiment, a system is provided including a line scanning camera, a supply reel motor, a take-up reel motor, and a plurality of capstan motors. A control system may then be configured to receive and dynamically adjust position information from these motors. The control system may then provide the dynamically adjusted position information to a plurality of controllers, which may then generate control signals for the supply reel motor, the take-up reel motor, and the at least a subset of the capstan motors.
US11902681B2	Imaging system and imaging device An imaging system according to the present disclosure includes: an imaging device that is mounted in a vehicle, and captures and generates an image of a peripheral region of the vehicle; and a processing device that is mounted in the vehicle, and executes processing related to a function of controlling the vehicle on the basis of the image. The imaging device includes: a first control line, a first voltage generator that applies a first voltage to the first control line, a first signal line, a plurality of pixels that applies a pixel voltage to the first signal line, a first dummy pixel that applies a voltage corresponding to the first voltage of the first control line to the first signal line in a first period, a converter including a first converter that performs AD conversion on the basis of a voltage of the first signal line in the first period to generate a first digital code, and a diagnosis section that performs diagnosis processing on the basis of the first digital code. The above-described processing device restricts the function of controlling the vehicle on the basis of a result of the diagnosis processing.
US11902679B2	Imaging element and electronic device with light shielding portion between pixels An imaging element according to an embodiment includes: a unit pixel including a first pixel having a first photoelectric conversion element and including a second pixel having a second photoelectric conversion element, the second pixel being arranged adjacent to the first pixel; and an accumulation portion that accumulates a charge generated by the second photoelectric conversion element and converts the accumulated charge into a voltage. The accumulation portion is disposed at a boundary between the unit pixel and another unit pixel adjacent to the unit pixel.
US11902678B2	Solid-state imaging device, method of driving the same, and electronic apparatus The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device that can improve imaging quality by reducing variation in the voltage of a charge retention unit, a method of driving the solid-state imaging device, and an electronic apparatus. A first photoelectric conversion unit generates and accumulates signal charge by receiving light that has entered a pixel, and photoelectrically converting the light. A first charge retention unit retains the generated signal charge. A first output transistor outputs the signal charge in the first charge retention unit as a pixel signal, when the pixel is selected by the first select transistor. A first voltage control transistor controls the voltage of the output end of the first output transistor. The present technology can be applied to pixels in solid-state imaging devices, for example.
US11902675B2	Multi-band optical filtering method and apparatus The present invention relates to a multi-band optical filtering method and apparatus and to a multi-band optical filtering method and apparatus capable of filtering wavelengths of two or more bands in order to create a multi-wavelength image of a subject. In the present invention, the optical filtering apparatus for creating a multi-wavelength image of a subject comprises a filter unit having a plurality of sub filter units comprising a first sub filter unit through which a first wavelength band passes and a second sub filter unit through which a second wavelength band, which is different from the first wavelength band, passes, wherein while the light generated in a light source passes through the filter unit, the filter unit filters the light such that an intensity of the first wavelength band is dominant in a first region, and an intensity of the second wavelength band is dominant in a second region.
US11902664B2	Cellular telephone with protracting monitor screen and camera A cellular telephone comprising a flat monitor screen that tilts and maneuvers in a 360° degree rotation while remaining within the inner frame/body of said cellular telephone or while in the course of protracting outward extending from with the inner body of said cellular telephone or while in the course of retracting inward back inside the inner body of said cellular telephone. One embodiment of said cellular telephone comprises a flat monitor screen camera that tilts and maneuvers in synchronization with said cellular telephone monitor screen in a 360° degree rotation while remaining within the frame/body of said cellular telephone or while in the course of protracting extending outwards extending from within the inner body of said cellular telephone. Another embodiment of said cellular telephone comprising a flat speaker/transmitter button that protracts outward ‘creating’ a (four) level speaker/transmitter pyramid that also retracts inward reverting back to its original origin.
US11902662B2	Image stabilization method and apparatus, terminal and storage medium Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to image stabilization technology, and provide an image stabilization method and apparatus, a terminal, and a storage medium. The method is applied in a terminal equipped with at least two camera modules corresponding to different focal length ranges. The method includes: obtaining a first image outputted from a first camera module of the at least two camera modules and a second image outputted from a second camera module of the at least two camera modules; processing, in a zooming process, the first image and the second image in a predetermined processing scheme to obtain a target image, the predetermined processing scheme including an electric image stabilization process and a zooming process, the zooming process being a process of switching from the first camera module to the second camera module; and displaying the target image on a viewfinder screen.
US11902656B2	Audio sensors for controlling surveillance video data capture Systems, video cameras, and methods for using audio sensors to control surveillance video capture are described. A video camera and audio sensor are deployed so that the audio sensor has an audio field that is at least partially outside the field of view of the video camera. The audio sensor collects audio data from the audio field and a controller for the video camera uses audio events from the audio data for modifying the video capture operations of the video camera. Video data is then captured based on the modified video capture operations, such as initiating video capture, changing the video capture rate, or changing the camera position.
US11902654B2	Dispatch-based responder camera activation A method of automatic activation of a responder camera to begin capturing a video can be performed by a computing device. The computing device receives an indication of a location or an event. The computing device determines a geographic area associated with the location or event. The computing device receives a dispatch acknowledgement from a responder, where the dispatch acknowledgement indicates that the responder is at the geographic area or that the responder is en route to the geographic area. The computing device automatically sends a camera activation signal to a responder camera associated with the responder in response to receiving the dispatch acknowledgement from the responder. The responder camera is configured to begin capturing a video in response to receiving the camera activation signal.
US11902653B2	System having camera application comprising multiple camera packages and control method thereof A computer-implemented camera function control method of an electronic device includes receiving a user selection, the user selection corresponding to a camera function selected from a camera list which includes a plurality of camera functions of a camera application installed on the electronic device, the plurality of camera functions each being configured in a package form to be operable in an individual camera mode of the camera application; and constructing, using a package of the camera function corresponding to the user selection, a user interface for image capturing.
US11902652B1	User-linked features for image capture device Features to be enabled for an image capture device may be determined based on user subscription to a feature plan and/or user usage of the image capture device. The features for the image capture device may be enabled through firmware update or code unlock.
US11902650B2	Image capturing apparatus, notification apparatus, notification method, and storage medium There is provided an image capturing apparatus. A shooting control unit carries out continuous shooting. A detection unit detects, from an image obtained through the continuous shooting, a plurality of object classes. The object classes are organized hierarchically according to a hierarchical structure in which an object class in a higher hierarchy level contains an object class in a lower hierarchy level. A selection unit selects a specific hierarchy level on the basis of a predetermined selection criterion. A notification unit notifies a user of one or more of the plurality of object classes, with priority given to an object class belonging to the specific hierarchy level.
US11902643B2	Camera module and camera device comprising same A camera module according to an embodiment includes base; a guide portion disposed on an inner side of the base; a lens assembly moving along the guide portion; and a substrate disposed on an outer side of the base, wherein the lens assembly includes a conductor disposed under a lower surface thereof, and wherein the substrate includes a resonance coil disposed in a region facing the lower surface of the lens assembly and overlapping at least a part of the conductor in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis direction in response to movement of the lens assembly.
US11902639B2	Electronic device including window for optical module According to certain embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include a housing, a window frame disposed in the housing and providing at least one opening exposing an inside of the housing to an outside of the housing, at least one window coupled to the window frame to close the at least one opening, and at least one optical module disposed inside the housing and configured to receive external light incident through the at least one window. The at least one window may include an inner surface facing the inside of the housing, a side surface facing an inner wall of the at least one opening, and a first inclined surface connecting the side surface to the inner surface. The first inclined surface may be inclined with respect to the inner surface and the side surface and may be bonded to the inner wall. Other various embodiments are possible as well.
US11902635B2	Rapid delivery of broadcasted live content Techniques for rapidly delivering broadcasted live content are described. In an example, a transaction request to create placeholder non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in a token repository (106) is sent, where NFTs represent unique digital items. In response to the transaction request, an address allocated to a placeholder NFT from the plurality of placeholder NFTs in the token repository (106) is received. A notification indicating availability of the piece of live content is then transmitted to a user device (102), where the notification is indicative of the address allocated to the placeholder NFT in the token repository (106). In the meantime, a unique representation of the piece of live content is generated and populated on the token repository (106).
US11902633B2	Dynamic overlay video advertisement insertion Systems and methods are described for server-side manipulation of underlying video content in order to dynamically place overlay content within a video stream in a manner whereby a viewing user sees the advertisement content over or integrated within a portion of the base video content. Segments of the original video file may be modified by a server to display overlay content over a portion of the original content, and a revised manifest file may be generated by the server and sent to a client device. The revised manifest file may cause a video player on the client device to present in sequence (a) a first original portion of the video, (b) a second portion of the video modified to include overlaid advertisement content or other overlay content within the second portion, followed by (c) a third original portion of the video.
US11902632B2	Timely addition of human-perceptible audio to mask an audio watermark A method and system for adding overtly human-perceptible supplemental audio content into a media stream to help mask audio effects of an audio watermark in the media stream. A method involves receiving a media stream that defines a sequence of audio content presentable by a content presentation device, modifying the media stream to produce a modified media stream that defines the sequence of audio content, and outputting the modified media stream for presentation by the content presentation device. The modified media stream includes an audio watermark that is machine-detectable to trigger an interactive event. Further, the act of modifying the media stream involves adding into the media stream supplemental audio content coincident with the audio watermark, to help mask the audio watermark in the modified media stream during presentation of the modified media stream by the content presentation device.
US11902630B2	Systems and methods for validating live programming content based on third-party data Systems and methods for validating live programming content based on data are provided. A system can access an initial schedule for a live broadcast event provided by a broadcast provider computing system, and identify an initial start time for the live broadcast event and a duration for the live broadcast event. The system can receive an update relating to the live broadcast event from a data source. The system can determine that the initial schedule is invalid based on the update, and set a flag for the live broadcast event indicating that the initial schedule has changed. The system can then modify a selection policy for content to display with the live broadcast event responsive to the flag.
US11902628B2	Masked model training of a prediction network In some embodiments, a method receives a first sequence of inputs for processing via a sub-model of a plurality of sub-model. The plurality of sub-models are part of a main model. An input in the sequence of inputs is masked with a masked value to generate a second sequence of inputs. The method processes the second sequence of inputs using the sub-model to generate a sequence of features that correspond to the second sequence of inputs and processes the sequence of features to generate a first output. The first output is processed to generate a second output of the main model. The sub-model is trained based on a feature in the sequence of features that corresponds to the masked input and the second output.
US11902627B2	Display apparatus for processing multiple applications and method for controlling the same A television having an Internet browsing function including: a network interface configured to access a webpage on the Internet, a display, a memory, a user interface configured to receive command signals from a remote controller; and a controller. The controller is configured to access a webpages through a web-browser, and store corresponding URLs and accessed screens of the webpages. While displaying a broadcast program in the first area, the controller displays a thumbnail list in a second area, the thumbnail list including thumbnails generated from the accessed screens, wherein the second area is overlaps at least a portion of the first area. The controller displays, in response to a command signal for selecting a thumbnail, the corresponding webpage on an entire screen of the display through the web-browser, based on the corresponding URL stored in the memory.
US11902622B2	Methods, systems, and apparatuses for determining viewership Methods, systems, and apparatuses for determining viewership of a content item are described herein. Machine learning techniques may be used to determine which user(s) among a user group at a multi-user location is consuming a content item. A machine learning model may be trained using demographic attributes and content attributes associated with a plurality of single-user locations. A probability engine may train a machine learning model using the demographic attributes and content attributes and one or more machine learning algorithms. The trained machine learning model may be used to determine which user(s) among at least two users is consuming a content item at a multi-user location at which multiple people reside.
US11902615B2	Systems and methods for intelligently managing storage space occupied by media assets Systems and methods are provided reducing storage space occupied by a media asset by adjusting quality levels of the media asset downward over time. This may be accomplished by a media guidance application that store, at a given time, the media asset in a first format having a first quality level. The media guidance application retrieves, from a database, a data entry corresponding to the media asset and determines, based on the data entry, a threshold period of time for storing the media asset in the first format. The media guidance application detects whether the threshold period of time since the given time has passed and responds by altering a first portion of the media asset from the first format having the first quality level to a second format having a second quality level that is inferior to the first quality level.
US11902611B2	Method and system for edge server selection for in-vehicle media content distribution with deep reinforcement learning A method is provided including receiving a planned route of a vehicle and a request to download content from a cloud server, the planned route traveling through an area covered by a plurality of edge servers, determining a state comprising possible connections between the vehicle and each of the plurality of edge servers at a plurality of time steps during the planned route, inputting the state to a trained model, the model being trained to output an action comprising a partition of the content across the plurality of edge servers that minimizes latency of transmission of the content from the cloud server to the vehicle via the plurality of edge servers, based on the state, and partitioning the content across the plurality of edge servers based on the action out by the trained mode.
US11902604B2	Intelligent assignment and data management of stored media content A remote storage digital video recorder (RSDVR) retains multiple copies of media programs so long as the copies are expected to be useful to at least one user. Rather than assigning copies to specific users at the time the program is recorded, copies can be assigned as the users request access to the particular media programs. Copies of unassigned programs can be deleted according to a schedule to reduce disk storage and processing demands on the system. A pool of program copies that are not initially assigned to particular users can be maintained until the user makes a specific request to view the program. This “late assignment” of program copies can substantially reduce the amount of data stored by the RSDVR system without substantially impacting the viewer experience.
US11902596B2	System, method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions for distributing live video A system for distributing live videos includes: one or more computer processors that: distribute first live videos provided by a distributor to viewers; manage a value of a predetermined parameter associated with the distributor for each of the viewers, wherein for each of the viewers, the predetermined parameter increases as one or both of viewing time and a number of times of viewing of the first live videos increases; notify a start of distribution of a second live video provided by the distributor to one or more of the viewers whose predetermined parameter is less than a predetermined value, but not to the other viewers whose predetermined parameter is greater than or equal to the predetermined value.
US11902595B2	Method and apparatus for processing a medium dynamic range video signal in SL-HDR2 format Different implementations are described, particularly implementations for processing a medium dynamic range video signal are presented. In a method for processing such a video signal a medium dynamic range video signal and associated metadata are received, wherein the metadata include data representative of a peak luminance value of the medium dynamic range video signal. In addition, data representative of a peak luminance value of a presentation display are received. It is determined whether the peak luminance value of the medium dynamic range video signal is greater or lower than the peak luminance value of the presentation display. A processor is configured based on the determination, wherein the processor has a first mode to reconstruct a high dynamic range video signal based on a received standard dynamic range video signal and associated metadata, and a second mode to optimize a received high dynamic range video signal for the rendering device. The medium dynamic range video signal is processed by the processor in the first mode if the peak luminance value of the medium dynamic range video signal is smaller than the peak luminance value of the presentation display and in the second mode if the peak luminance value of the medium dynamic range video signal is greater than the peak luminance value of the presentation display.
US11902594B2	Apparatus and method for video encoding or decoding Disclosed herein are a QTBT split structure allowing blocks of various shapes capable of more efficiently reflecting various local characteristics of video and a method of efficiently signaling the split structure.
US11902590B2	Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding video Disclosed is a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding a video. According to an embodiment, provided is a method of setting a level for each of one or more regions, including decoding a definition syntax element related to level definition and a designation syntax element related to target designation from a bitstream; defining one or more levels based on the definition syntax element; and setting a target level designated by the designation syntax element among the defined levels for a target region designated by the designation syntax element.
US11902589B2	Point cloud encoding and decoding method, encoder, and decoder A point cloud encoding and decoding method, an encoder, and a decoder are provided. The encoder determines a processing order of point cloud data during point cloud encoding. The encoder determines a coordinate-axis-order index corresponding to the processing order. The encoder encodes the coordinate-axis-order index and signals encoded bits into a bitstream. The encoder processes the point cloud data according to the processing order, to obtain point cloud data to-be-encoded. The encoder encodes the point cloud data to-be-encoded and signals encoded bits into the bitstream. The decoder decodes a bitstream to obtain a coordinate-axis-order index, determines a processing order of point cloud data during point cloud decoding according to the coordinate-axis-order index, decodes the bitstream to obtain recovered data of the point cloud data, and determines a position of coordinate data of the point cloud data in a storage unit of the recovered data according to the processing order.
US11902587B2	Image decoding method for residual data coding in image coding system, and apparatus therefor An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: acquiring syntax elements for a first transform coefficient through an n-th transform coefficient of a current block, wherein the syntax elements are syntax elements according to a first residual data coding structure of TSRC; and acquiring syntax elements for an n+1st transform coefficient through a last transform coefficient of the current block, wherein the syntax elements are syntax elements according to a second residual data coding structure of the TSRC, wherein the number of context-coded syntax elements for the first transform coefficient through the n-th transform coefficient is equal to the maximum number of context-coded bins of the current block, and the syntax elements according to the second residual data coding structure include coefficient level information and a sign flag for a transform coefficient.
US11902578B2	Method and apparatus of encoding/decoding image data based on tree structure-based block division Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for image data encoding/decoding. A method of decoding an image includes receiving a bitstream in which the image is encoded; obtaining index information for specifying a block division type of a current block in the image; and determining the block division type of the current block from a candidate group pre-defined in the decoding apparatus. The candidate group includes a plurality of candidate division types, including at least one of a non-division, a first quad-division, a second quad-division, a binary-division or a triple-division. The method also includes dividing the current block into a plurality of sub-blocks; and decoding each of the sub-blocks with reference to syntax information obtained from the bitstream.
US11902577B2	Three-dimensional data encoding method, three-dimensional data decoding method, three-dimensional data encoding device, and three-dimensional data decoding device A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: obtaining geometry information which includes first three-dimensional positions on a measurement target, and is generated by a measurer that radially emits an electromagnetic wave in different directions and obtains a reflected wave which is the electromagnetic wave that is reflected by the measurement target; generating a two-dimensional image including first pixels corresponding to the directions, based on the geometry information; and encoding the two-dimensional image to generate a bitstream. Each of the first pixels has a pixel value indicating a first three-dimensional position or attribute information of a three-dimensional point which is included in a three-dimensional point cloud and corresponds to a direction to which the first pixel corresponds among the directions.
US11902572B2	Intra prediction-based image coding method and apparatus using unified MPM list An image decoding method according to the present document comprises the steps of: acquiring, from a bitstream, reference line index information indicating a reference line to be used for intra prediction of a current block; constructing a most probable mode (MPM) list by deriving candidate intra prediction modes of the current block on the basis of the value of the reference line index information; deriving the intra prediction mode of the current block on the basis of the MPM list; generating prediction samples for the current block on the basis of the intra prediction mode; and generating restoration samples for the current block on the basis of the prediction samples, wherein, on the basis of the case in which the value of the reference line index information is not zero, one of the candidate intra prediction modes is a DC mode and the number of candidate intra prediction modes including the DC mode is 5.
US11902570B2	Reduction of visual artifacts in parallel video coding Techniques related to reduction of artifacts in parallel block coding mode selection for video are discussed. Such techniques include, for blocks along a parallel processing split boundary of a video frame, coding mode selection that divides a block into sub-blocks, performs motion estimation for the sub-blocks with skip check disabled and using distortion and coefficient coding cost but exclusive of motion vector coding cost, and evaluates a skip check for the block using the sub-block motion vectors.
US11902569B2	Inter prediction method and apparatus in video coding system A video decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus includes the steps of: deriving control points (CP) for a current block; acquiring movement vectors for the CPs; deriving a sample unit movement vector in the current block on the basis of the acquired movement vectors; and deriving a prediction sample for the current block on the basis of the sample unit movement vector. According to the present invention, it is possible to effectively perform, through sample unit motion vectors, inter-prediction not only in a case where an image in the current block is plane-shifted but also in a case where there are various image distortions.
US11902560B2	Motion compensation for video encoding and decoding A video codec can involve processing video information based on a motion model involving a coding unit including a plurality of sub-blocks, such as an affine motion model, to produce motion compensation information, obtaining a local illumination compensation model, and encoding or decoding the video information based on the motion compensation information and the local illumination compensation model.
US11902559B2	Detection of video tampering Techniques are provided for generation of secure video and tamper detection of the secure video. A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes selecting a subset of macroblocks from a video frame to be transmitted and calculating a low frequency metric on each of the selected macroblocks. The method also includes performing a hash calculation on the low frequency metrics to generate a frame signature; encrypting the frame signature (using a private key) to generate an encrypted watermark; and modifying pixels of each of the selected macroblocks to generate the secured video frame, the modifications based on bits of the encrypted watermark that are associated with the selected macroblock. The method further includes authenticating a received video frame by comparing a calculated frame signature to an authenticated frame signature, the authenticated frame signature decrypted (using a public key) from an extracted watermark of the received video frame.
US11902558B2	Conformance window parameters in video coding Methods and apparatus for video processing are described. The video processing may include video encoding, video decoding or video transcoding. One example video processing method includes performing a conversion between a video comprising a picture in a video unit and a bitstream of the video according to a format rule. The format rule specifies that, responsive to a width of a picture being equal to a maximum allowed picture width in the video unit and a height of the picture being equal to a maximum allowed picture height in the video unit, a conformance window flag in a picture parameter set corresponding to the picture is set to a zero value.
US11902557B2	Slice type in video coding Methods and apparatus for video processing are described. The video processing may include video encoding, video decoding or video transcoding. One example video processing method includes performing a conversion between a video including one or more pictures including one or more slices and a coded representation of the video, wherein the coded representation conforms to a format rule that specifies that a condition of a field in the coded representation controls a constraint on a slice type or whether the slice type is included in the coded representation for a video slice, wherein the field includes a general constraint flag, a network abstraction layer unit type or whether the video slice is in a first video picture of an access unit.
US11902555B2	Information processing device and information processing method There is provided an information processing device and an information processing method by which reproduction of a point cloud having no time information can be handled. Metadata that includes reproduction information necessary to reproduce encoded data obtained by encoding one frame of a point cloud by V-PCC or G-PCC and that includes reproduction feasibility information to be used to determine feasibility of reproducing the encoded data is generated. The encoded data and the metadata are stored in a file having a predetermined file structure using the ISOBMFF technology. The present technology is applicable to a data generation device that generates a file into which encoded data of a point cloud having no time information is stored, for example.
US11902550B2	Pruning method for history-based affine parameters Pruning method for History-based affine parameters is described. In an exemplary aspect, a method for video processing includes deriving, for a conversion between a current block of video and a bitstream representation of the current block, a first set of affine parameters associated with affine model for the current block; comparing the first set of affine parameters to one or more of sets of affine parameters stored in a buffer for storing affine parameters so as to determine whether the first set of affine parameters is same or similar to at least one set of affine parameters; and deciding whether or how to update the buffer for storing affine parameters based on the determination.
US11902543B2	Supplemental enhancement information including confidence level and mixed content information This application relates to video encoding and decoding, and specifically to tools and techniques for using and providing supplemental enhancement information in bitstreams. Among other things, the detailed description presents innovations for bitstreams having supplemental enhancement information (SEI). In particular embodiments, the SEI message includes picture source data (e.g., data indicating whether the associated picture is a progressive scan picture or an interlaced scan picture and/or data indicating whether the associated picture is a duplicate picture). The SEI message can also express a confidence level of the encoder's relative confidence in the accuracy of this picture source data. A decoder can use the confidence level indication to determine whether the decoder should separately identify the picture as progressive or interlaced and/or a duplicate picture or honor the picture source scanning information in the SEI as it is.
US11902542B2	Supplemental enhancement information including confidence level and mixed content information This application relates to video encoding and decoding, and specifically to tools and techniques for using and providing supplemental enhancement information in bitstreams. Among other things, the detailed description presents innovations for bitstreams having supplemental enhancement information (SEI). In particular embodiments, the SEI message includes picture source data (e.g., data indicating whether the associated picture is a progressive scan picture or an interlaced scan picture and/or data indicating whether the associated picture is a duplicate picture). The SEI message can also express a confidence level of the encoder's relative confidence in the accuracy of this picture source data. A decoder can use the confidence level indication to determine whether the decoder should separately identify the picture as progressive or interlaced and/or a duplicate picture or honor the picture source scanning information in the SEI as it is.
US11902541B2	Supplemental enhancement information including confidence level and mixed content information This application relates to video encoding and decoding, and specifically to tools and techniques for using and providing supplemental enhancement information in bitstreams. Among other things, the detailed description presents innovations for bitstreams having supplemental enhancement information (SEI). In particular embodiments, the SEI message includes picture source data (e.g., data indicating whether the associated picture is a progressive scan picture or an interlaced scan picture and/or data indicating whether the associated picture is a duplicate picture). The SEI message can also express a confidence level of the encoder's relative confidence in the accuracy of this picture source data. A decoder can use the confidence level indication to determine whether the decoder should separately identify the picture as progressive or interlaced and/or a duplicate picture or honor the picture source scanning information in the SEI as it is.
US11902536B2	Method and apparatus for processing video signal based on inter prediction The disclosure discloses a method for processing a video signal and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, a method of processing a video signal based on inter prediction includes constructing a first merge candidate list of a current block using a spatial merge candidate and temporal merge candidate of the current block, constructing a second merge candidate list by adding a history-based merge candidate indicating motion information of a block coded prior to the current block to the first merge candidate list, obtaining a merge index indicating a merge candidate applied to the current block within the second merge candidate list, and generating a prediction block of the current block using motion information of a merge candidate indicated by the merge index. The history-based merge candidate may be added to the first merge candidate list if the history-based merge candidate has motion information not overlapping motion information of a pre-defined merge candidate among merge candidates included in the first merge candidate list.
US11902535B2	Prediction precision improvements in video coding Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which includes inter prediction with refinement, are described. An exemplary method of video processing includes determining to use, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, a first linear optimization model for the conversion using a first coding mode, the first linear optimization model being derived from a second linear optimization model that is used for the conversion using a second coding mode, and performing, based on the determining, the conversion. Another exemplary method of video processing includes determining to use, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, a gradient value computation algorithm for a bi-directional optical flow tool, and performing, based on the determining, the conversion.
US11902530B2	Image coding method based on transform and apparatus therefor An image decoding method according to the present document may comprise the steps of: deriving an intra prediction mode of a chroma block as a cross-component linear model (CCLM) mode on the basis of intra prediction mode information; updating the intra prediction mode of the chroma block on the basis of an intra prediction mode of a luma block corresponding to the chroma block; when the chroma block is not square, remapping the updated intra prediction mode to a wide-angle intra prediction mode; and determining an LFNST set including LFNST matrices on the basis of the remapped intra prediction mode.
US11902528B2	Method and device for signaling information related to slice in image/video encoding/decoding system A method by which a video decoding device decodes a video, according to the present document, can comprise the steps of: parsing, from a bitstream, number information related to the number of slices of which the height within a tile of a current picture is explicitly signaled; parsing, from the bitstream, on the basis of the number information, height information related to the height of the slices of which the height is explicitly signaled; deriving the number of slices in the tile on the basis of the number information and the height information; generating prediction samples by predicting the current block of the current picture on the basis of the slices within the tile; generating reconstructed samples on the basis of the prediction samples; and generating a reconstructed picture for the current picture on the basis of the reconstructed samples.
US11902523B2	Devices and methods for coding transform data A video coding device may be configured to perform transform data coding according to one or more of the techniques described herein.
US11902515B2	Method and apparatus for video coding A video coding device, comprising a sequence of filters that are configurable by one or more primary parameters and one or more secondary parameters, and a filter controller configured to adjust the one or more secondary parameters based on the one or more primary parameters and based on a strength criterion of the sequence of filters.
US11902514B2	Method and apparatus for multi-line intra prediction A method of and an apparatus for controlling intra prediction for decoding of a video sequence are provided. The method may include based on a reference line index signaling a first reference line nearest to a coding unit, among a plurality of reference lines adjacent to the coding unit, applying intra smoothing on one or more first reference lines comprising the first reference line, among the plurality of reference lines, and based on the intra smoothing being applied on the one or more first reference lines, applying a position-dependent intra prediction combination (PDPC) on one or more third reference lines comprising the first reference line, among the plurality of reference lines, while preventing application of the PDPC on one or more fourth reference lines other than the one or more third reference lines, among the plurality of reference lines.
US11902510B2	Video processing methods and apparatuses for determining deblocking filter decision in video coding systems Video processing methods and apparatuses for coding a current block and a adjacent block comprise receiving input data of the current and adjacent blocks in a current picture, determines the current and adjacent blocks are both coded in a BDPCM or RDPCM mode, performing a deblocking filtering operation on an edge between the current and adjacent blocks by de-activating deblocking filtering for a first color component and activating deblocking filtering for a second color component, and encoding or decoding the current and adjacent blocks. Each current pixel in a BDPCM coded block is predicted by one or more neighboring pixels of the current pixel. RDPCM is applied to process quantized residues of a RDPCM coded block according to a prediction direction of the RDPCM coded block.
US11902506B2	Video encoder, video decoder, and corresponding methods This application discloses a processing method applied to video encoding or video decoding. The method includes: obtaining size information of a current block; determining a context model index ctxInc of a flag of the current block based on the obtained size information of the current block and a size-based constraint; and performing subsequent processing based on the context model index ctxInc of the flag of the current block. The method can be used to improve coding efficiency.
US11902505B2	Video decoding device and video decoding method A video decoding device, in the case where a video of the progressive format is inputted, processes a frame as a picture, in the case where a video of the interlace format is inputted, processes a field as a picture. A video decoding device performs display control corresponding to a format of the both video by analyzing display control information in display control information analyzer. The display control information includes sequence unit display control information which is commonly used in a display process of all pictures that belong to a sequence to be decoded and picture unit display control information which is individually used in a display process of a picture to be decoded. A second code string analyzer acquires each of the sequence unit display control information and the picture unit display control information from an extended information area in units of pictures.
US11902504B2	Method and system for mapping the non-uniformity of an image sensor A method for mapping non-uniformities of a portable image sensor having image sensor elements, each image sensor element having a coordinate. The method including the image sensor capturing images of a property from a test pattern using different image sensor elements. The non-uniformity of the image sensor can be mapped by storing the values of the property with the respective image sensor element coordinates in a look-up table.
US11902500B2	Light field display system based digital signage system A light field (LF) display system presents holographic content to one or more viewers in a public setting for digital signage applications. In some embodiments, the LF display system includes a sensory feedback assembly, a tracking system and/or a viewer profiling module. The sensory feedback assembly may comprise sensory feedback devices that provide sensory feedback to viewers of the LF display system in tandem with the presented holographic content. The tracking system may comprise cameras used to track the viewers of the LF display system. Based on a viewer's tracked position and/or tracked gaze, the LF display system may generate holographic content that is perceivable by certain viewers but not viewable by others. The viewer profiling module may identify each viewer for providing personalized holographic content and may further monitor and record behavior of viewers for informing subsequent presentations of holographic content by the LF display system.
US11902498B2	Binocular light field display, adjusted pixel rendering method therefor, and vision correction system and method using same Described are various embodiments of a binocular light field display, adjusted pixel rendering method therefor, and vision correction system and method using same. In one embodiment, a system is described to produce a perception adjustment of an input image comprising a pupil tracking device, a digital light field display operable to define spatially periodically recurring view zones within which to produce a perceptively adjusted version of the input image, and a digital data processor operable on pixel data to produce the perceptively adjusted version of the input image within the zones while actively translating a boundary of these view zones so to reduce overlap of the boundary with each of respective pupil locations.
US11902492B2	Image processing method and apparatus for stereoscopic images of nearby object in binocular camera system of parallel axis type An image processing method includes: calculating a rotation matrix to eliminate vertical parallax by converting stereo image captured by stereo camera as if it is image captured by camera rotated about an origin of camera coordinate system, wherein the stereo image includes left image obtained by left camera and right image obtained by right camera; calculating a rotation matrix to adjust the horizontal parallax of the left image and a rotation matrix to adjust the horizontal parallax of the right image; calculating a geometric transformation matrix for the stereo image based on each camera characteristic matrix representing lens characteristics, the rotation matrix for eliminating vertical parallax, and the rotation matrices for adjusting horizontal parallax; and generating new stereo image in which vertical parallax is eliminated and horizontal parallax is adjusted by performing image warping for the stereo image captured by the stereo camera based on the calculated geometric transformation matrix.
US11902491B1	Gaze-operated point designation on a 3D object or scene A method for controlling the video display of a virtual 3D object or scene on a 2D display device is provided. A virtual video camera, controlled by a virtual-video-camera state variable consisting of camera control and location parameters, generates the 2D video of the object or scene. A target virtual camera state, representing an optimal view of a given surface point, is generated for each model surface point. A 2D coordinate of the image display is received from a user, either by looking at a point or selecting it with a mouse click. A corresponding 3D designated object point on the surface of the object is calculated from the received 2D display coordinate. The virtual camera is controlled to move its view toward the 3D designated object point with dynamics that allow the user to easily follow the motion of the designated object point as he watches the video.
US11902490B2	Methods and system for ink limit adjustments to ICC profiles for color printing A color printing system manages ICC profiles by controlling ink use without performing the ICC profile creation operations. To obtain an ink limit for an ICC profile, a table associated with the ICC profile is parsed to determine the ink limit. The ink limit is decreased or increased. For an ink limit decrease, a color over the decreased ink limit is adjusted to meet the new ink limit. The ICC profile is updated accordingly. For an ink limit increase, the combination of primary colors are boosted by a percentage amount. Checks are made with regard to the volume-based ink limit and an quality check operation to accepted the boosted amount. The ICC profile is updated accordingly.
US11902485B2	Image forming system and image forming device A firmware of the image forming device stores USB configuration information in a memory when updating the firmware in a normal operation. When updating of the firmware is not completed normally, the image forming device operates a recovery operation by executing a recovery program. The recovery program transmits USB configuration information, which is stored in the memory, to a terminal device when performing USB communication with the terminal device in the recovery operation. Thus, the USB configuration of the normal operation and that of the recovery operation are identical.
US11902477B1	Sharing images based on face matching in a network The present disclosure describes a first device sending to a second device a face template of the user of the first device. When the second device captures an image, the second device may compare the face template to a second face template derived from the captured image. If a match is determined to exist, the second device may send the captured image to the first device. The face template may be transferred over a first communication interface, while the captured image may be sent over a second communication interface. The first communication interface may be Bluetooth and the second communication interface may be WIFI Direct. As such, the system may function in environments without cellular coverage and/or infrastructure WIFI networks. Additionally, the user of the first device does not need to be identified, only matched to the second face template.
US11902475B2	Diagnostic system for diagnosing image forming apparatus using image formed by image forming apparatus A diagnostic system may comprise an image forming apparatus that forms a diagnostic image on a sheet and an image capturing apparatus that captures an image of the sheet on which the diagnostic image is formed and which has been discharged from the image forming apparatus, and outputs the image captured as a sheet image. The image capturing apparatus may make a diagnosis for a component of the image forming apparatus based on a position of an image deficiency in the sheet image, and output a diagnosis result for the component of the image forming apparatus.
US11902471B2	Vehicle remote assistance system, remote assistance apparatus, remote assistance method, and remote assistance program A vehicle remote assistance system includes a plurality of vehicles and a remote assistance apparatus. Each of the plurality of vehicles includes a calling unit that transmits a call to the remote assistance apparatus. The remote assistance apparatus includes an assigning unit that schedules the calls that are transmitted from the plurality of vehicles and assigning the calls to any of a plurality of operators. The calling unit transmits a cancelation of the call to the remote assistance apparatus when a reason for the call is resolved after the call is made. The assigning unit cancels scheduling of the call that corresponds to the cancelation that is transmitted from the vehicle.
US11902466B2	Captioned telephone service system having text-to-speech and answer assistance functions A captioned telephone service system having the text-to-speech and answer assistance functions includes a captioner, a text-to-speech system, and an answer assistance system. The captioner provides captions to a user during a phone call between the user and a peer by receiving the peer's voice from a peer device, transcribing the peer's voice into caption data, and transferring the caption data to the user device. The text-to-speech system is configured to receive text data from the user device, convert the text data into speech, and transfer the voice of the speech to the peer device via the voice path in real time. The answer assistance system is configured to receive the caption data from the captioner, analyze the caption data to identify a question, analyze the question to generate answer suggestions, and forward the answer suggestions to the user device for review, editing, and selection.
US11902463B1	Systems and methods for detecting fraudulent calls using virtual assistants A system may include a processor that may execute computer-executable instructions that cause the processor to receive caller information regarding an incoming communication from a caller and receive a request from a user to route the incoming communication to a virtual assistant application. The virtual assistant application is configured to interact with the caller and determine whether the caller is associated a fraudulent caller activity stored on databases accessible by the processor. The processor may then receive an indication from the virtual assistant application that the caller is associated with the fraudulent caller activity and forward the incoming communication to another party in response to receiving the indication.
US11902460B2	Suggesting executable actions in response to detecting events Systems and processes for providing, via an electronic device, suggested user actions. The suggested actions are provided in response to detecting an occurrence of a predefined event occurring in the user's day. The occurrence of the anchor is encoded in signals generated by the electronic device. The occurrence of the anchor is detectable via monitoring and analysis of electronic signals. Based on the user's previous interactions with the device, the occurrence of the anchor is indicative of user behavior and/or action taken in response to the anchor. Machine learning (ML) is employed to train an anchor model to associate actions taken in response to anchor occurrences. The trained anchor model is employed to detect anchors and provide suggested actions in response to the detected anchor occurrence. The suggested action is based on a type of anchor occurrence and contextual conditions of the anchor occurrences.
US11902458B2	Electronic device mount A case for a handheld electronic device includes one or more shell portions, a plurality of magnets, an opening through a rear exterior wall of the one or more shell portions, and an alignment magnet. The one or more shell portions can be configured to interlock and encase the handheld electronic device. The plurality of magnets can be positioned on or within the rear exterior wall. The opening can comprise a plurality of radial tabs and be configured to interlock with an interlocking device. The alignment magnet can be oriented radially relative to the plurality of magnets.
US11902456B2	Blockchain sharding with adjustable quorums A method includes broadcasting, by a node computer, a propose message comprising a new block for a blockchain to a plurality of node computers in a network shard. The node computer can receive at least one vote message from the plurality of node computers, the at least one vote message indicating verification of the new block. The node computer can, after a predetermined amount of time, receive a plurality of pre-commit messages comprising at least the new block and a block certificate created based on the at least one vote message. If the number of received pre-commit messages of the plurality of pre-commit messages is greater than a quorum value associated with the network shard, the node computer can commit the new block to the blockchain.
US11902453B2	Method, system and apparatus for delayed production code signing for heterogeneous artifacts The disclosed embodiments enable applying production nature to a software signature post-build (or even post-release), where the signature type is determined by the existence of a production-signed intermediate CA certificate—either hosted in the cloud (for pure release immutability), or re-ingested into the package (if certain modification are allowed). This allows a so-called deferred issuance of the product release. Even if the CA certificate is to be reinserted into the package, this modification likely affects only the delivery shell (e.g., installer) and may not require format-specific binary changes of, possibly heterogeneous, artifacts therein.
US11902451B2	Cross-blockchain identity and key management A method of implementing a revocable threshold hierarchical identity-based signature scheme may include receiving an identifier associated with a user. A first secret key based on the identifier may be generated. A string and the identifier may be directed to be posted on a block of a blockchain. A second secret key may be generated using the string, the first secret key, and the identifier. The block that includes the string and the identifier may be signed using the second secret key. A message may be signed using the second secret key to generate a signature. The signature may be provided to a device. The signature may be verifiable by the device using the string and the identifier obtained from the block by the device.
US11902450B2	Blockchain generation method and system, and related device A method for blockchain generation is provided. The method includes: sending, by a client, transaction information to a first node device, where the transaction information includes basic information and digest information; receiving, by the client, an endorsement result sent by the first node device, where the endorsement result includes a signature generated after the first node device successfully performs transaction simulation; and if the endorsement result meets a preset transaction condition, sending, by the client, the digest information and the endorsement result to a second node device, so that the second node device sends, to the first node device the digest information to generate a complete blockchain. In this way, only the digest information is transmitted between the first node device and the second node device. Therefore, the second node device does not obtain the complete transaction information, so that information security is improved.
US11902448B2	Hybrid blockchain architecture with computing pool The present invention addresses the issue of secure and trusted Internet of Things (IoT) blockchain networks by adopting the emerging blockchain technologies. The present invention proposes a new hybrid blockchain technology to address the trusted IoT issues such as trustless communications and decentralized applications. Besides, the present invention also disclose that the pseudonymous authentication technique can use a puzzle-solving computation to enable trustless communications for the IoT and provide the capabilities of near real-time transactions.
US11902443B2	System for linking and partitioning non-fungible tokens Systems, computer program products, and methods for linking and partitioning non-fungible tokens by receiving, from a computing device of a first user, a first request to transfer ownership of a resource from a first user to a second user; retrieving, from the computing device of the first user, a first non-fungible token (NFT) for the resource; determining, using an NFT valuation engine, a first value of the first NFT; initiating an NFT generator on the resource based on at least receiving the first request; generating, using the NFT generator, a second NFT for the resource, wherein the second NFT comprises at least an indication of transfer of ownership of the resource from the first user to the second user and the first value of the NFT; and recording the second NFT on a distributed ledger.
US11902436B1	Cryptographic key management to prevent data exfiltration A cryptographic key management service receives a request, associated with a principal, to use a cryptographic key to perform a cryptographic operation. In response to the request, the service determines whether a rate limit specific to the principal is associated with the cryptographic key. If the rate limit is associated with the cryptographic key, the service generates a response to the request that conforms to the rate limit. The service provides the response in response to the request.
US11902430B2	Quantum color image encrypting method and circuit based on modification direction Disclosed are a quantum color image encrypting method based on modification direction and corresponding circuit, respectively providing quantum modular circuits design for a parallel adder, a parallel subtractor, a comparator, a cyclic shift add 1, and a cyclic shift subtract 1; and based on these modular circuits, circuit for implementing quantum color image steganography is provided. From the complexity analysis of implementing quantum circuit for color image steganography, it is seen that for a two-dimensional quantum color image with 22n pixels and the R, G, and B channels of which are respectively represented by q number of quantum bits, the steganography algorithm is an efficient transformation method, and the circuit complexity is O(q2+n), which can hardly be achieved by classical geometric transformation. The disclosure is applicable for many practical image processing applications, e.g., transmitting secrete data via a public image; they all need an effective and secure steganography algorithm; besides, the present disclosure is significant in perfection and applications of image processing theories.
US11902429B2	Distributed secure multi party computation A computer-implemented method for providing a distributed data processing service for performing a secure multiparty computation of a function on at least first and second items of private input data using at least a first and a second computing engine communicatively coupled via a communication network.
US11902427B2	Organized data storage system A method including determining, by a device, an assigned key pair including an assigned public key and an assigned private key; determining, by the device for a folder including encrypted content, a folder access key pair including a folder access public key and a folder access private key; encrypting, by the device, the folder access private key by utilizing the assigned public key; and accessing, by the device, the encrypted content based at least in part on decrypting the folder access private key. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US11902426B2	Efficient storage of blockchain in embedded device A lightweight node in a decentralized network includes stores a blockchain with a plurality of blocks. The lightweight node adds blocks to the blockchain successively. A given block having a header and a body. The header includes a data merkle root generated as a root hash of a data merkle tree with one or more leaf nodes that are one or more hashes. A given hash being a hash of a combination of (1) a public key associated with a lightweight node of the decentralized network and (2) of a validity value associated with the public key indicating whether the public key is a valid public key. The data merkle root being insufficient for restoring the data merkle tree. But with a public key and an intermediate hash the date merkle root is sufficient for at least partly verifying the public key.
US11902425B2	Encrypted search with a public key A method for searchable encryption with a public key includes receiving an operation request from a user device associated with a user requesting that encryption of data associated with the user. The data includes a corpus of documents stored on a remote storage device. The method also includes receiving a public key associated with the user. The public key includes an asymmetric cryptographic public key. The method also includes generating a random data key. The data key includes a symmetric cryptographic key. The method also includes encrypting, using the data key, a search index for the corpus of documents based on keywords within the corpus of documents. The method also includes encrypting, using the public key, the data key and sending the encrypted data key to a user device associated with the user.
US11902418B2	Registration device, search operation device, and data management device A registration device (500) accepts plaintext, attribute information of a user having an authority of referring to the plaintext, and a registration key for use in generating a user key for generating a search query. The registration device generates aggregate information indicating one or more aggregate values, by aggregating a plurality of attribute values included in the attribute information. The registration device generates generalized information indicating a plurality of generalized values for each aggregate value by generalizing each aggregate value included in the aggregate information. The registration device generates ciphertext data including the plaintext encrypted, by using the plaintext, the attribute information, the generalized information, and the registration key. The registration device registers the ciphertext data in a database.
US11902415B2	Secure computing device, secure computing method, and program A secure computing device includes a secure computing unit configured to execute secure computing on encrypted data obtained by encrypting plaintext represented in a prescribed expression format for stochastic computing in a homomorphic encryption scheme. The secure computing includes a process of acquiring a sum and a process of acquiring a product. The secure computing unit determines a value of each digit of a bit string representing the sum as one of a value of a corresponding digit of a bit string that represents first encrypted data and is represented in the expression format and a value of a corresponding digit of a bit string that represents second encrypted data and is represented in the expression format in the process of acquiring the sum that is a sum of the first encrypted data of the encrypted data and the second encrypted data of the encrypted data.
US11902413B2	Secure machine learning analytics using homomorphic encryption Provided are methods and systems for performing a secure machine learning analysis over an instance of data. An example method includes acquiring, by a client, a homomorphic encryption scheme, and at least one machine learning model data structure. The method further includes generating, using the encryption scheme, at least one homomorphically encrypted data structure, and sending the encrypted data structure to at least one server. The method includes executing a machine learning model, by the at least one server based on the encrypted data structure to obtain an encrypted result. The method further includes sending, by the server, the encrypted result to the client where the encrypted result is decrypted. The machine learning model includes neural networks and decision trees.
US11902410B2	Phase locked loop circuit with increased robustness A Phase Locked Loop PLL circuit and method therein for generating multiphase output signals are disclosed. The PLL circuit includes a digitally controlled oscillator, a sample circuit, an analog to digital converter and a digital processing unit. The digital processing unit comprises a phase estimator configured to estimate a phase of the multiphase output signals, a differentiator configured to calculate a phase difference between a current phase and a previous phase, and an accumulator configured to accumulate the phase differences generated by the differentiator. The PLL circuit further comprises a loop filter configured to receive an output from the accumulator and generate a control signal to the digitally controlled oscillator to adjust frequency of the digitally controlled oscillator generating the multiphase output signals.
US11902409B2	Frequency offset estimation method, device, communication device and storage medium A frequency offset estimation method, device, communication device and storage medium are provided. The method comprises: acquiring a main peak and a secondary peak of a PRACH signal when detecting that an access signal is in the PRACH signal sent by the signal sending end, wherein the PRACH signal is composed of a preset number of identical leader sequences; determining a first frequency offset according to a peak value of the main peak and a peak value of the secondary peak; performing a frequency offset compensation on the PRACH signal according to the first frequency offset, to obtain a compensation sequence after the frequency offset compensation; and calculating a frequency offset between the compensation sequence and the leader sequences, to obtain a second frequency offset, so as to estimate a time delay of the access signal according to the second frequency offset.
US11902404B1	Retaining key parameters after a transmission control protocol (TCP) session flap A network device may monitor a TCP session with another network device, and may identify ingress and/or egress packets, a TCP header, and a socket of the TCP session. The network device may inspect the ingress and/or egress packets, the TCP header, and the socket to identify a zero window advertisement, details of a last quantity of packets sent or received, synchronize, finish, or reset packets sent or received, negotiated TCP options, or buffer space utilization, and may temporarily record identified data based on the inspection. The network device may detect a TCP session flap when a finish packet or a reset packet is identified and recorded, and may store, in a dead TCP session list, the identified data based on the TCP session flap being detected.
US11902401B2	Data compression method and base station Embodiments of this application disclose example data compression methods and example base stations. One example method includes obtaining, by a base station, identification information of at least one of a data compression device or a data decompression device. A dictionary can then be generated based on the identification information. The dictionary can then be sent to the data compression device and the data decompression device to enable the data compression device and the data decompression device to perform data compression and data transmission based on the dictionary.
US11902400B2	System and method for improving internet communication by using intermediate nodes A method for fetching a content from a web server to a client device is disclosed, using tunnel devices serving as intermediate devices. The client device accesses an acceleration server to receive a list of available tunnel devices. The requested content is partitioned into slices, and the client device sends a request for the slices to the available tunnel devices. The tunnel devices in turn fetch the slices from the data server, and send the slices to the client device, where the content is reconstructed from the received slices. A client device may also serve as a tunnel device, serving as an intermediate device to other client devices. Similarly, a tunnel device may also serve as a client device for fetching content from a data server. The selection of tunnel devices to be used by a client device may be in the acceleration server, in the client device, or in both. The partition into slices may be overlapping or non-overlapping, and the same slice (or the whole content) may be fetched via multiple tunnel devices.
US11902395B2	Systems and methods for dynamically routing application notifications to selected devices Systems and methods for dynamically routing notifications based on device statuses are disclosed herein. For instance, a notification may be generated for a user account corresponding to an application that is installed on a plurality of devices. A system identifies a status of each of the plurality of devices and uses the status of each of the plurality of devices to select a particular device to receive the notification. The system then transmits the notification to the selected particular device.
US11902393B2	Proxy-call session control function (P-CSCF) to P-CSCF communication Apparatuses and methods for P-CSCF to P-CSCF communication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method implemented in a first proxy-call session control function (P-CSCF) node includes receiving, via a first user plane associated to an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session for a user equipment (UE), a session initiation protocol (SIP) INVITE message; and as a result of the SIP INVITE message and based on a location of the UE relative to a first access gateway (AGW) associated to the first P-CSCF node, determining whether or not to initiate use of at least one of an additional second user plane and an additional second AGW for the IMS PDU session for the UE, the at least one of the second user plane and the second AGW being closer to the UE than the first user plane.
US11902391B2	Action flow fragment management Action flow fragment management includes executing a parent action flow including multiple steps. At least two steps are distinct pages of a web application. During execution of the parent action flow, an action flow fragment expression is obtained and executed using data gathered from a data source to obtain an action flow fragment identifier. An action flow fragment corresponding to the action flow fragment identifier is selected and executed. When execution of the action flow fragment completes, execution of the parent action flow continues.
US11902389B2	Mechanism to facilitate signaling traffic Apparatuses, non-transitory program storage devices, and methods to implement a network function proxy are described. An example apparatus includes at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code configured with at least one processor to cause the apparatus to perform updating a profile including data associated with a producer network function in response to a registration request of the producer network function by adding a token identifier to a service identifier associated with a service of the producer network function, forwarding the updated profile to a network function repository function, wherein at least one internet protocol address is updated so that a proxy function is an endpoint for use of the service, storing and maintaining a mapping between the token identifier and the service of the producer network function, and providing the updated profile to a consumer network function in response to a discovery request for the service.
US11902386B2	Smart device data access adapter An industrial device data access adapter allows migration of operational technology (OT) data to a cloud platform to be executed and managed using the same cloud infrastructure used to manage migration of information technology (IT) data. The adapter is designed to be installed and executed as a containerized module on an IoT edge system or device. The adapter interfaces with industrial devices to collect data using native OT data format and communication protocols, and leverages the existing software framework of the IoT edge system—including data broker services and module management services—to move this data to a cloud platform. Since the adapter is designed to interface with the native framework of the IoT edge system on which the adapter executes, the adapter can be managed using through the existing IoT infrastructure of the cloud provider.
US11902382B2	Cloud migration between cloud management platforms Example techniques of migration of cloud networks between different multi-cloud management platforms, are described. In an example, a migration request is received. The migration request is indicative of a source multi-cloud management platform from which a cloud network is to be migrated to a destination multi-cloud management platform. The cloud network to be migrated from the source multi-cloud management platform to the destination multi-cloud management platform is identified based on a user input. Management platform information from the source multi-cloud management platform is obtained. The management platform information is representative of policies and data associated with the cloud network stored in databases of the source multi-cloud management platform. The cloud network is registered at the destination multi-cloud management platform. The management platform information is associated with the cloud network based on a unique identification number of the cloud network. The cloud network is deregistered from the source multi-cloud management platform.
US11902381B2	Session management method and apparatus A session management method and an apparatus, where the method includes: obtaining, by a session management function (SMF), a point-to-point protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) message from a user equipment; assigning a PPPoE session identifier and/or an Internet Protocol (IP) address to the user equipment; and sending, by the SMF, the assigned PPPoE session identifier and/or IP address to the user equipment, to establish a PPPoE connection between the user equipment and a network side device. The method is performed after a packet data unit (PDU) session is successfully established. The SMF sends the PPPoE session identifier and/or the IP address to the user equipment. In this case, the user equipment can store a correspondence between the established PDU session and a PPPoE session, such that the user equipment accesses a 5G core network (CN) through a fixed network.
US11902379B2	Method for determining SSC mode and apparatus A method for determining a service and session continuity (SSC) mode and an apparatus, where the method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a requested SSC mode; and sending a first request message to a first core network element, where the first request message is used to request to establish a first protocol data unit (PDU) session, and the first request message includes a session type of the first PDU session, the requested SSC mode, and first indication information. The first request message sent by the terminal device to the first core network element may carry the first indication information, used to indicate that the SSC mode requested by the terminal device is not allowed to be modified, to prevent a network-side network element from subsequently making an erroneous decision, for example, modifying the requested SSC mode to another SSC mode that is not supported by the terminal device.
US11902378B2	Systems and methods for data synchronization The application discloses Systems and methods for a data synchronization. The system may include a receiving module, an instruction generating module and a sending module. The receiving module may be configured to receive the first instruction. The first instruction may be used to instruct the start of data acquisition of the system. In response to receiving the first instruction, the instruction generating module may be configured to generate a second instruction. The second instruction may be used to trigger at least two sensors to acquire data. The sending module may be configured to send second instruction to at least two sensors respectively based on the first delay. The first delay causes the time difference between at least two sensors starting to acquire data less than the first preset threshold.
US11902377B2	Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing cross-platform mixed-reality applications with a scripting framework Disclosed are methods and systems for a scripting framework and implementations therefor for mixed reality software applications of heterogeneous systems. These methods or systems create a mixed-reality software application that executes across heterogeneous platforms on a server-side instance of a scripting framework and manage a change in the mixed-reality software application using the server-side instance of the scripting framework. Moreover, the change in the mixed-reality software application using a client-side instance of the scripting framework; and the mixed-reality software application may be interactively executed on a mixed-reality device.
US11902375B2	Systems and methods of configuring a building management system A system for commissioning a model, comprising one or more processing circuits configured to identify a first plurality of data points in the building, automatically tag at least a portion of the first plurality of data points with one or more first tags using context data extracted from and/or associated with the data points, the one or more entities comprising one or more of building equipment, building spaces, people, or events, identify at least one of the first plurality of data points for manual review and generate one or more suggested tags for the at least one data point, receive feedback from the manual review, and receive a second plurality of data points in the building and automatically tag at least a portion of the second plurality of data points with one or more second tags using the feedback from the manual review.
US11902374B2	Dynamic vehicle data extraction service A system comprising one or more computing devices implements a vehicle information extraction service. The vehicle information extraction service enables customers to optimize an amount of relevant vehicle sensor information extracted from vehicles by reducing instances of collection of redundant data. The vehicle information extraction service additionally, or alternatively, enables customers to maintain a model of a fleet of vehicles and determine number of the vehicles of the fleet in a certain partition to calculate a data reduction factor that will filter out sensor data. The vehicle information extraction service communicates the reduction factor to the vehicles in the geographical region using a vehicle scheme to indicate to the vehicles the probability with which the vehicle is to transmit a particular type of sensor data.
US11902364B2	Automatic replacement of computing nodes in a virtual computer network Techniques are described for providing managed computer networks, such as for managed virtual computer networks overlaid on one or more other underlying computer networks. In some situations, the techniques include facilitating replication of a primary computing node that is actively participating in a managed computer network, such as by maintaining one or more other computing nodes in the managed computer network as replicas, and using such replica computing nodes in various manners. For example, a particular managed virtual computer network may span multiple broadcast domains of an underlying computer network, and a particular primary computing node and a corresponding remote replica computing node of the managed virtual computer network may be implemented in distinct broadcast domains of the underlying computer network, with the replica computing node being used to transparently replace the primary computing node in the virtual computer network if the primary computing node becomes unavailable.
US11902361B2	Routing provider queues Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for routing provider queues. A message routing system receives a request to transmit a message to a destination device and selects a first routing provider from a plurality of routing providers that each have a separate message queue of a plurality of message queues, wherein the first routing provider is selected based on one or more characteristics of each of the plurality of routing providers. The message routing system adds the message into a first message queue designated to the first routing provider, and causes the message to be dequeued from the first message queue to the first routing provider for delivery to the destination device.
US11902359B1	Networked device control using a high-level programming interface Certain exemplary aspects directed to customization of communications services wherein a data communications server provides virtual office features to remote client entities. This server is configured to: use a set of instructions written in a first programming language to provide, over a data-communication network, a set of virtual office features as part of data-communications services available to remotely-situated client entities; generate at or receive from a client server communicatively coupled to the data communications server and associated with a particular one of the client entities, another set of instructions written in a second programming language by populating the other set of instructions with client-specific directives, wherein the second programming language is a subset of the first programming language and associated with the virtual office features; and use the client-specific directives to adjust selected ones of the virtual office features for endpoint devices associated with the particular one of the client entities.
US11902355B2	Method for sharing data in local area network and electronic device Embodiments of this application disclose a method for sharing data in a local area network and an electronic device. The method is as follows: A first electronic device establishes a wireless connection to a wireless access point, and receives, from a first port, access request information of a second electronic device forwarded by using the wireless access point, where the first port is a serving port for a local area network shared access protocol, and the second electronic device also establishes a wireless connection the wireless access point; the first electronic device verifies validity of the second electronic device; and if succeeds, the first electronic device sends access response information to the second electronic device, so that shared data in the first electronic device is accessed from the second electronic device, where the access response information includes an internal storage directory and a common file directory.
US11902353B2	Proxy-enabled communication across network boundaries by self-replicating applications The disclosure provides an approach for cross-network communication by self-replicating applications. Embodiments include identifying, by a first instance of a self-replicating application on a first computing device having a first network connection to a parent component, a second computing device that is connected to the first computing device via a second network connection. Embodiments include self-replicating, by the first instance of the self-replicating application, across the second network connection to produce a second instance of the self-replicating application on the second computing device. Embodiments include initiating, by the first instance of the self-replicating application, a proxy tunnel on the first computing device. Embodiments include receiving, by the proxy tunnel, a first communication from the second instance of the self-replicating application via the second network connection. Embodiments include sending, by the proxy tunnel, based on the first communication, a second communication to the parent component via the first network connection.
US11902352B2	HttpDNS scheduling method, apparatus, medium and device An HttpDNS scheduling method includes receiving a domain name resolution request from a client, the domain name resolution request including a customized parameter related to accessing resources; resolving the domain name resolution request and determining a target server based on the customized parameter; and returning an IP address of the target server to the client. The customized parameter includes at least one of a user parameter, a file type parameter, or a URL parameter
US11902339B1	Systems for transferring network application sessions This disclosure describes, in part, techniques for transferring a session associated with an application between electronic devices. For instance, system(s) may receive, from a first electronic device, a first selection associated with the network application. The system(s) may then create the session for the network application and send, to the first electronic device, first content related to the session. Later, the system(s) may receive, from a second electronic device, a second selection associated with the network application. The system(s) may then determine that the session is still active for the first electronic device and transfer the session to being active for the second electronic device. As such, the system(s) may begin to send, to the second electronic device, second content related to the session. In some circumstances, the system(s) may also cause a control device to begin controlling the session that is now active for the second electronic device.
US11902338B2	Communication related to multi-access PDU sessions One disclosure of the present specification provides a method by which a network node performs communication related to an MA PDU session. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a UE, a SIP registration message including MA PDU session information; receiving, from another network node, a SIP message related to an IMS service for the MA PDU session; and transmitting, to a PCF node, information on whether the SIP message is related to a PS Data Off exempt service, on the basis of the reception of the MA PDU session information.
US11902337B2	Methods for discovery of media capabilities of 5G edge A method of managing capabilities of a media streaming network using at least one processor, including receiving a capability request for media streaming capabilities of an edge data network (EDN); determining the media streaming capabilities of the EDN; transmitting a capability response based on the determined media streaming capabilities; receiving a media processing workflow request based on the capability response; establishing a media streaming session according to the media processing workflow request; and streaming media content based on the media streaming session.
US11902330B1	Generating a network security policy based on a user identity associated with malicious behavior A device may receive data identifying malicious behavior by a compromised endpoint device associated with a network and may receive user identity data identifying a user of the compromised endpoint device associated with the network. The device may receive endpoint device data identifying the compromised endpoint device and other endpoint devices associated with the network and may receive network device data identifying network devices associated with the network. The device may utilize the data identifying malicious behavior, the user identity data, and the endpoint device data to generate, based on an identity of the user, a security policy to isolate the malicious behavior. The device may cause the security policy to be provided to the network devices and the other endpoint devices based on the network device data and the endpoint device data.
US11902321B2	Secure communication platform for a cybersecurity system An expert interface component can automatically connect a system user with a system support expert. A user interface module can present a threat-tracking graphical user interface and a query interface component integrated into the threat-tracking graphical user interface to a system user belonging to a client team to review a potential cyber threat and receive a query for assistance. The query interface component can allow the system user to digitally grab a visual data container displaying information and containing a data object. The query interface component can collect the visual data container from the threat-tracking graphical user interface into a collection window of the query interface component. A communication module provides an incident ticket containing the query and the visual data container to a system support expert at a remote platform.
US11902314B2	Utilizing models to integrate data from multiple security systems and identify a security risk score for an asset A device may receive security data identifying assets of an entity, security issues associated with the assets, and objectives associated with the assets and may utilize a data model to generate, based on the security data, asset related data identifying mapped sets of security data. The device may process a first portion of the asset related data, with a first model, to calculate an asset risk likelihood score for an asset of the assets and may process a second portion of the asset related data, with a second model, to calculate an asset criticality score for the asset. The device may process a third portion of the asset related data, with a third model, to calculate an asset control effectiveness score for the asset and may combine the scores to generate a security risk score for the asset. The device may provide the security risk score for display.
US11902313B2	Dynamic hierarchical tagging system and method A dynamical hierarchical tagging system connected to a user site through a remote communications network. The system may comprise a master controller, a job management server connected to the master controller, one or more scanners in communication with the job management server, wherein the one or more scanners are configured to scan for one or more user assets located at the user site, resulting in scan results, a scan logic processor connected to the master controller, wherein the scan logic processor is configured to store the scan results in a user database, a tagging logic engine connected to the master controller, wherein the tagging logic engine is configured to tag the scan results stored in the user database, and an indexing logic processor connected to the master controller, wherein the indexing logic processor is configured to search and index the tagged scan results stored in the user database.
US11902311B2	Communications methods and apparatus for dynamic detection and/or mitigation of threats and/or anomalies The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for dynamically detecting and/or mitigating threats in communications systems. Exemplary methods and apparatus of the present invention allow for a combination of automated and operator controlled responses to threats. While an operator is provided an opportunity to provide input on how to respond to a threat, after one or more threats of a given type are identified, the system will automatically take corrective action without waiting for operator input and/or in the absence of operator input following notification of a threat.
US11902310B2	Detection device and detection method A feature calculation unit calculates a feature of header information of a packet. A classification unit classifies the packet as a normal packet or an abnormal packet by using the calculated feature. An adding unit adds a label indicating a tool name of a known attack tool to header information of a packet attacked using the attack tool. A learning unit learns the addition of the label by using the label and the feature calculated for the packet to which the label has been added as teacher data.
US11902306B1	Advanced persistent threat detection by an information technology and security operations application Techniques are described for enabling an IT and security operations application to detect and remediate advanced persistent threats (APTs). The detection of APTs involves the execution of search queries to search event data that initially was associated with lower-severity activity or that otherwise did not initially rise to the level of actionable event data in the application. The execution of such search queries may thus generally be configured to search non-real-time event data, e.g., event data that outside of a current window of days or a week and instead searches and aggregates event data spanning time periods of many weeks, months, or years. Due the nature of APTs, analyses of historical event data spanning such relatively long periods of time may in the aggregate uncover the types of persistent activity associated with APTs that would otherwise go undetected based only on searches of more current, real-time event data.
US11902299B2	Campaign intelligence and visualization for combating cyberattacks Methods, systems, and computer storage media for providing a multi-attribute cluster-identifier that supports identifying malicious activity in computing environments. An instance of an activity having an attribute set can be assessed. The attribute set of the instance of the activity is analyzed to determine whether the instance of the activity is a malicious activity. The attribute set of the instance of the activity is compared to a plurality of multi-attribute cluster-identifiers of previous instances of the activity, such that, a determination that the instance of the activity is a malicious activity is made when the attribute set of the instance of the activity corresponds to an identified multi-attribute cluster-identifier. The identified multi-attribute cluster-identifier has a risk score and an attribute set that indicate a likelihood that the instance of the activity is a malicious activity. A visualization that identifies the instance of the activity as a malicious activity is generated.
US11902298B2	Dynamic remote browsing A method for an electronic device for managing one or more browsing tabs of a browsing sessions is provided. The method receives a request for a browsing tab. The method determines whether to process the request for the browsing tab locally on the electronic device based on one or more parameters associated with at least one of the electronic device or a destination associated with the request. When it is determined to process the request locally, the method performs the browsing tab locally on the electronic device. However, when it is determined not to process the request locally, the method sends the request for the browsing tab to a remote server to perform the browsing tab remotely on the remote server.
US11902297B2	Controlled message error for message and electronic control unit mapping Systems, apparatuses, and methods to establish a mapping between message identifications for messages transmitted on a communication bus and electronic control units transmitting the messages is provided. In particular, retransmission of a low priority message onto the bus is forced such that the retransmitted low priority message overlaps with a higher priority message to determine whether the messages originated from the same ECU.
US11902295B2	Using a security analytics map to perform forensic analytics A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes monitoring a plurality of electronically-observable actions of a first entity, the plurality of electronically-observable actions of the first entity corresponding to a respective first plurality of events enacted by the first entity; monitoring a plurality of electronically-observable actions of a second entity, the plurality of electronically-observable actions of the second entity corresponding to a respective second plurality of events enacted by the second entity; determining whether a first event of the respective first plurality of events and a second event of the respective second plurality of events comprise an entity interaction between the first entity and the second entity; generating an entity interaction map, the entity interaction map providing a representation of the entity interaction between the first entity and the second entity; and, using the entity interaction map to perform a forensics analysis.
US11902292B2	Method to improve anti-malware scan responsiveness and effectiveness using user symptoms feedback Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to improve anti-malware scan responsiveness, in response to a performance issue on a user computing device, determine a symptom associated with the performance issue based on a user input from the user computing device, the user input corresponding to highlighting an area of a display associated with the performance issue, a window having been rendered on the display by an operating system of the user computing device, identify a scan parameter for a targeted anti-malware scan based on positive results of malware scans from other user computing devices that experienced the symptom, and transmit the scan parameter to the user computing device to facilitate a targeted anti-malware scan of the user computing device based on the scan parameter.
US11902278B2	Authorising operations for devices in a network The disclosure related to methods and associated devices and/or systems for authorising at least one operation associated with a device, the device operating in a communication network, such as a user network, that comprises a plurality of devices communicatively coupled to a server computer, such as a control server. The disclosed method comprises generating a data model based on a plurality of patterns of actions for one or more devices among the plurality of devices. The data model is configured to detect and/or store at least one regular pattern of actions for each device among the one or more devices, each action corresponding to an operating state of the device. The disclosed method comprises receiving a request for an operation associated with a first device among the plurality of devices and determining if the received request satisfies a first criterion, the first criterion being based on or associated with the data model. Then, based on a determination that the first criterion is not satisfied, the disclosed method comprises generating at least one query based on a regular pattern of actions of at least one device among the one or more devices and sending the at least one query to a user interface. The disclosed method comprises determining if a response to the at least one query received from the user interface satisfies a second criterion. The second criterion is based on a comparison of the response received with the regular pattern of actions associated with the query in the data model. Then, based on a determination that the second condition is satisfied, the disclosed method comprises authorising the received request for the operation and providing a setting for the first device and/or control server based on the authorisation.
US11902276B2	Access to physical resources based through identity provider Disclosed are various approaches for providing a virtual badge credential to a user's device that is enrolled with a management service as a managed device. Upon authentication of a user's identity via an identity provider, a virtual badge credential can be provided to an application on the client device. The virtual badge credential can be presented by the client device to access control readers to gain access to physical resources, such as doors and buildings, that are secured by the access control readers.
US11902272B1	Online security center Systems and methods related to an online security center are provided. For example, a processor may receive authentication information via a first website, a first application, or both. The authentication information may be associated with an account registered with a second website, a second application, or both. The processor may store the authentication information. The processor may receive input of a selection related to managing a stored password of the authentication information. The processor may automatically generate a new password based at least in part on one or more password specifications that enhance security of the new password, a configurable time limit for changing the authentication information, or some combination thereof. The processor may then display a recommendation including the new password, automatically change the stored password to the new password, or some combination thereof, based on the input.
US11902271B2	Two-way secure channels between multiple services across service groups Two-way secure channels are provided between multiple services across service groups, where the certification is performed by a certificate authority associated with one of the service groups. One method comprises a first service providing a first handshake communication with a first token to a second service, wherein the first service obtains the first token by authenticating with an identity and access management service having a first certificate signed by a certificate authority, wherein the first handshake communication succeeds when the second service has a second certificate signed by the certificate authority, and wherein the second service obtains a second token by authenticating with the identity and access management service. The first service receives a second handshake communication from the second service with the second token. Communications are enabled between the first and second services over a two-way authenticated channel when the first service has a third certificate signed by the certificate authority.
US11902269B1	Systems and methods for reducing traffic related to network operations In some embodiments, reducing network traffic related to network operations may be facilitated. In some embodiments, information for an operation comprising a message to authenticate the operation may be received from a client device. A machine learning model trained on information regarding a plurality of historical operation and corresponding execution result may be obtained, where the plurality of historical operations were executed on a client device of a same type as the client device. Using the machine learning model, the information for the operation may be processed to predict an execution result for authenticating the operation. The execution result may be transmitted to the client device to prevent execution of the operation in response to the execution result indicating that authenticating the operation will be unsuccessful.
US11902268B2	Secure gateway onboarding via mobile devices for internet of things device management Disclosed are various examples for enrollment of gateways using a client device. In one example, a request is transmitted from a client device to a management service. The request comprises the gateway identifier. Gateway credentials are relayed through the client device from the management service to the gateway device. The gateway credentials are unexposed to users of the client device.
US11902263B2	Secure pairing of devices A system and method for pairing two devices for secure communications. A user selects a first device to pair with a second device. The first and second devices have the ability to securely communicate with each other through the use of encrypted communications. An encryption key is written to the first device and then burned into the encryption module on the first device. A corresponding decryption key is written to the second device and then is burned into the decryption module of the second device.
US11902262B2	System and method for encryption, storage and transmission of digital information A computerized system for encryption and transmission of digital information comprising: a set of non-transitory computer readable instructions that, when executed by a processor, preform the steps of: receiving a data set from an instance of a sender browser running on a sender computer device, verifying that a recipient is a subscriber and if the recipient is a subscriber, generating a sender key, encrypting a portion of the data set with the sender key, generating a key pair having a first key and a second key, encrypting the sender key with the first key, encrypting the second key with a master key, and, generating a hyperlink to the portion of the data set that is encrypted.
US11902255B2	Systems and methods for delivering messages over a network Systems and methods are described for delivering messages from one or more service hosts to clients via a network. A first request identifying the client is received at the message server, and a connection is established and maintained between the message server and the client in response to the first request. When a subsequent request that identifies the client is received from the service host, a message is transmitted from the message server to the client over the previously-established connection. The methods and techniques may be used, for example, to provide messages from various services to placeshifting devices or other clients communicating via the network.
US11902250B2	Methods and systems for prevention of attacks associated with the domain name system The attack vectors for some denial-of-service cyber attacks on the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS) are bad, bogus, or unregistered domain name DNS requests to resolve domain names that are not registered in the DNS. Some other cyber attacks steal sensitive data by encoding the data in bogus domain names, or domain names otherwise not registered in the DNS, that are transferred across networks in bogus DNS requests. A DNS gatekeeper may filter in-transit packets containing DNS requests and may efficiently determine if a request's domain name is registered in the DNS. When the domain name is not registered in the DNS, the DNS gatekeeper may take one of a plurality of protective actions. The DNS gatekeeper drops requests determined not to be legitimate, which may prevent an attack.
US11902248B2	Cloud data lake platform and SaaS orchestration A method for rapid deployment by a service provider of a data lake in association with a cloud computing service. In response to a request to provision the data lake, a new cloud account is created. Within the new cloud account, a service provider access role and associated permissions are created. The new cloud account is then associated, by cross-trust, with an account in the cloud computing service that is one of: a service provider deployment account, and a customer account. A private data cloud is then associated with the service provider deployment account or the customer account, as the case may be. The private data cloud is uniquely associated with the new cloud account and the data lake. A firewall service enabling secure access between the data lake and an external enterprise network is provisioned. The data lake is then provisioned in the private data cloud to complete the rapid deployment.
US11902246B2	Central scheduling for enterprise wireless randomizing changing/rotating MAC address A method is provided that is performed for a wireless network that includes one or more wireless client devices that may rotate their media access control (MAC) address used for wireless communication with one or more wireless access point devices in the wireless network. The method includes determining an impact of MAC address rotation by the one or more wireless client devices on operational resources of one or more networking devices or networking processes in a network infrastructure associated with the wireless network. The method further includes scheduling MAC address rotation by the one or more wireless client devices according to the impact on operational resources of the one or more networking devices or networking processes in the network infrastructure.
US11902245B2	Per-namespace IP address management method for container networks Some embodiments of the invention provide a method of sending data in a network that includes at least one worker node executing one or more sets of containers and a virtual switch, the virtual switch including a gateway interface, a virtual local area network (VLAN) tunnel interface, and a set of virtual Ethernet interfaces associated with the one or more sets of containers. The method configures the gateway interface of the worker node to associate the gateway interface with multiple subnets that are each associated with a namespace. The worker node executes at least (1) first and second sets of containers of a first namespace, and (2) a third set of containers of a second namespace. The method sends data between the first and second sets of containers through a first virtual Ethernet interface associated with the first set of containers and a second virtual Ethernet interface associated with the second set of containers. The method sends data between the first set of containers and the third set of containers through the first virtual Ethernet interface associated with the first set of containers, the gateway interface, and a third virtual Ethernet interface associated with the third set of containers.
US11902244B2	Address generation for networks A network includes at least two nodes that employ a routing protocol to communicate across a network. One of the nodes is a parent node and another of the nodes is a child node of the parent node. An address generator assigns a unique network address to the child node by appending an address value of a number of bits to a parent address of the parent node to create the unique network address for the child node.
US11902241B2	Hostname pre-localization Examples of the present disclosure relate to hostname pre-localization. In examples, a service uses a content distribution network (CDN) to provide at least a part of the computing functionality associated with the service. A pre-localized hostname may be used to direct the client computing device to a specific edge server of the CDN that is associated with the computing functionality. In examples, a service receives an initiation request from a client computing device for the computing functionality provided by the CDN. The service generates a pre-localization request comprising pre-localization information and provides the pre-localization request to the CDN. Accordingly, the CDN generates a pre-localized hostname associated with an edge server based on the pre-localization information. The pre-localized hostname is provided to the service, which is then provided to the client computing device, thereby directing the client computing device to the specific edge server of the CDN.
US11902237B2	Security and prevention of information harvesting from user interfaces Securing information within a user interface can include mapping, using a processor, an electronic mail address to an avatar, wherein the mapped electronic mail address and the avatar are stored within a data storage device, and generating, using the processor, a user interface including a message correlated with the electronic mail address. The user interface displays the avatar of the electronic mail address in place of at least one of a name for the electronic mail address or the electronic mail address.
US11902235B2	Apparatus and method for alternate channel communication initiated through a common message thread A server includes a processor and a memory storing a multiple channel message thread module with instructions executed by the processor to identify when participants at client devices are viewing a common message thread. An alternate channel communication prompt is supplied to the client devices. An alternate channel communication is delivered to the client devices in response to activation of the alternate channel communication prompt by at least one participant.
US11902234B2	Prohibited content propagation using a social network data structure A method for prohibiting email content propagation that receives, at a server, an email message. At the server, at least one email address associated with the email message which is designated not to receive a content of the email message is identified. At the server, the email message is modified by selectively removing a content of the email message to be conveyed to the at least one email address. The server conveys the modified email message to the at least one email address. The server conveys the email message to one or more recipient email addresses except the at least one email address. Consequently, the server has sent a submitted message to multiple email addresses, while modifying the content sent to a subset of the addresses that received the email message.
US11902227B2	E-mail containing live content A system for introducing live content into an electronic mail message comprising at least one dynamic live content area sent through an e-mail service provider system comprises memory and a click manager. The memory includes live content comprising image data and expiration data. The click manager receives an indication of the opening of the message by a recipient, wherein the click manager accesses the memory to retrieve live content and send the retrieved live content for rendering in the dynamic live content area of the e-mail message opened by the one of the plurality of recipients.
US11902225B2	Method for entering group event through instant messaging application An operation method of a user terminal for participating in a group event through an instant messaging application includes receiving, by the user terminal, a group event invitation message including information about an event start time through the instant messaging application; receiving, by the user terminal, a response to the invitation message from a user of the user terminal; in response to the user accepting the invitation message, transmitting, by the user terminal, an acceptance message through the instant messaging application; and receiving, by the user terminal, a group event participation request through the instant messaging application at a time corresponding to the event start time.
US11902222B2	Updating trained voice bot(s) utilizing example-based voice bot development techniques Implementations are directed to updating a trained voice bot that is deployed for conducting conversations on behalf of a third-party. A third-party developer can interact with a voice bot development system that enables the third-party developer to train, update, validate, and monitor performance of the trained voice bot. In various implementations, the trained voice bot can be updated by updating a corpus of training instances that was initially utilized to train the voice bot, and updating the trained voice bot based on the updated corpus. In some implementations, the corpus of training instances may be updated in response to identifying occurrence(s) of behavioral error(s) of the trained voice bot while the conversations are being conducted on behalf of the third-party. In additional or alternative implementations, the corpus of training instances may be updated in response to determining the trained voice bot does not include a desired behavior.
US11902219B2	Dynamic resource coordination for full-duplex integrated access and backhaul (IAB) Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, performing dynamic beam selection and coordination to support space division multiplexing (SDM) and Full Duplex operation for integrated access and backhaul (IAB) in 5G new radio (NR) networks. The subject disclosure further describes how an IAB node and a serving parent node can coordinate beams used for access and backhaul links dynamically with over-the-air signaling. Other embodiments are described in the subject disclosure.
US11902212B2	Channel state feedback method and apparatus in communication system A method and an apparatus for feeding back channel state information (CSI) of user equipment (UE) in a communication system are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, configuration information related to a plurality of CSI reports; identifying the setting of the plurality of CSI reports corresponding to a plurality of measurement resources, on the basis of the configuration information; generating a first CSI report corresponding to a first measurement resource and a second CSI report corresponding to a second measurement resource when the plurality of CSI reports are set; and transmitting the first CSI report and the second. CSI report to the base station.
US11902211B2	Apparatus and method for performing hybrid automatic repeat request operation in wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation Provided is a method of performing HARQ by a UE in a wireless communication system that supports carrier aggregation (CA). The method includes: receiving, from an evolved nodeB (eNB), a downlink grant on a first Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), the downlink grant including an accumulated downlink assignment indicator (A-DAI) field and a total DAI (T-DAI) field; receiving a first PDSCH indicated by the first PDCCH, the first PDSCH being transmitted from the eNB; receiving, from the eNB, an uplink grant on a second PDCCH, the uplink grant indicating a transmission of a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH); determining a size of a HARQ-ACK codebook to which a HARQ-ACK with respect to the first PDSCH is to be mapped, based on the A-DAI and the T-DAI; and transmitting, to the eNB, the HARQ-ACK with respect to the first PDSCH on the PUSCH.
US11902207B2	TCP power optimization protocol for connected and low throughput devices A method includes determining to send a data packet from a first transceiver to a second transceiver, the data packet configured according to a TCP, determining, at the first transceiver, to trigger the second transceiver to send an ACK packet according to a delayed ACK protocol, sending, from the first transceiver, the data packet with an additional packet responsive to determining the triggering of the ACK packet, and receiving, at the first transceiver, the ACK packet from the second transceiver responsive to the additional packet.
US11902204B2	Physical downlink shared channel transmission configuration indicator state mapping Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive configuration information identifying a set of transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states and a TCI-field codepoint mapping, wherein an active subset of the set of TCI states is active in accordance with a default configuration. The UE may communicate, based at least in part on the TCI-field codepoint mapping and the default configuration, using a default active TCI state of the active subset of the set of TCI states. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11902199B2	Indicating DMRS configuration for sidelink A first wireless device receives, from a base station, one or more radio resource control messages indicating a type of demodulation reference signal (DMRS). A DMRS configuration of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) is determined based on the type of DMRS and a length of the DMRS. The first wireless device transmits, to a second wireless device, sidelink control information indicating the DMRS configuration of the PSSCH.
US11902198B2	Controlling DL MIMO transmissions in a communication system To control transmissions to a user equipment (UE) over a downlink (DL) multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) channel, a base station determining that the UE is configured to support N DL MIMO layers and transmit reference signals over L antenna chains (852). In response to determining that L
US11902197B2	Method and device for notifying reference signal configuration information Method and device for notifying reference signal configuration information are disclosed. Channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration information is coded to obtain one or more CSI-RS configuration codes. The CSI-RS configuration codes are sent to a terminal device. The terminal device determines, based on CSI-RS configuration codes, CSI-RS configuration information such as a quantity of antenna ports for transmitting a CSI-RS, a CSI-RS pattern, a CSI-RS period and an offset corresponding to the CSI-RS period.
US11902196B2	Methods, communications device and infrastructure equipment A method of operating a communications device for transmitting data to or receiving data from an infrastructure equipment forming part of a wireless communications network. The method comprises determining uplink communications resources of a wireless access interface provided by the wireless communications network to be used for the transmission of data by the communications device to the infrastructure equipment, receiving, from the infrastructure equipment via the wireless radio interface, an uplink pre-emption indicator that indicates that at least a portion of the uplink communications resources are allocated for the transmission of signals by another communications device, the at least the portion of the uplink communications resources being located within communications resources of a reference region associated with the uplink pre-emption indicator, and adjusting one or more communications parameters for the transmission of signals representing the data in the uplink communications resources in response to receiving the uplink pre-emption indicator.
US11902194B2	Channel state information reference signal resource mapping Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) resource mapping. According to one embodiment, a method in a network node includes allocating at least one resource for CSI Interference Measurement (CSI-IM) within a predetermined IM region of a Resource Block (RB) of the cell, the predetermined IM region encompassing a plurality of resources of the RB of the cell, the allocated at least one resource being selected from among the plurality of resources of the IM region to reduce a likelihood of overlap with at least one resource allocated for CSI-IM in a neighboring cell, the predetermined IM region at least partially overlapping with a respective predetermined IM region of a RB of the neighboring cell, and the predetermined IM region of the cell not overlapping resources allocated for Non-Zero Power Channel State Information Reference Signal (NZP CSI-RS) of the neighboring cell.
US11902191B2	Distributed resource unit configurations This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for configuring tones for a distributed resource unit (RU) across a channel bandwidth to improve frequency diversity and available transmit power. A distributed RU may include a set of tones that may be allocated across a bandwidth that is greater than a bandwidth of the aggregate quantity of tones. The set of tones may include a set of data tones grouped into contiguous groups of one or more data tones and a set of non-contiguous pilot tones. The data tones may be mapped to useful tones over a center portion of a half-bandwidth of the channel. The pilot tones may be mapped near edge tones at edges of the channel bandwidth or near direct current tones at a center of the channel bandwidth. A system bandwidth may include one or more channel bandwidths associated with distributed RUs.
US11902189B2	Method and apparatus for enabling concurrent transport via control plane A method includes generating a payload container information element comprising two or more payload entries at user equipment in a communication system, and sending the payload container information element from the user equipment to at least one network element in the communication system. Another method includes receiving a payload container information element comprising two or more payload entries at a network function in a communication system from user equipment in the communication system, and decoding the two or more payload entries of the payload container information element into two or more individual payloads at the network function.
US11902187B2	Frequency spreading for high-performance communications Methods and systems are provided for using frequency spreading during communications, in particular communications in which multiple carriers (or subcarriers) are used. The frequency spreading may comprise generating a plurality of spreading data vectors based on transmit data, such as by application of a spreading matrix to portions of the transmit data. Each spreading data vector may comprise a plurality of elements, for assignment to the multiple subcarriers. The receive-side device may then apply frequency de-spreading, to obtain the original transmit data. The frequency de-spreading may comprise use of the same spreading matrix on data extracted from received signals, which (the data) may correspond to the plurality of spreading data vectors.
US11902186B2	Communication terminal A communication terminal is capable of simultaneously communicating through a plurality of carriers by carrier aggregation, and the communication terminal comprises: a quality measurement unit for measuring the reception quality of a radio wave transmitted through a plurality of carriers from a base station of a connected cell to obtain a measured value; a primary carrier storage unit storing information specifying a primary carrier chosen from the plurality of carriers; a comparator for comparing a measured value of the primary carrier measured by the quality measurement unit to a threshold value; and a cell search unit for searching for another cell when the measured value of the primary carrier is less than or equal to the threshold value. Consequently, a search threshold value for carrier aggregation can be appropriately determined to perform a cell search and a quality measurement.
US11902184B2	Methods and systems for providing a virtualized NVMe over fabric service PCIe devices installed in host computers communicating with service nodes can provide virtualized NVMe over fabric services. A workload on the host computer can submit an SQE on a NVMe SQ. The PCI device can read the SQE to obtain a command identifier, an OpCode, and a namespace identifier (NSID). The SQE can be used to produce a LTP packet that includes the opcode, the NSID, and a request identifier. The LTP packet can be sent to the service node, which may access a SAN in accordance with the opcode and NSID, and can respond to the LTP with a second LTP that includes the request identifier and a status indicator. The PCI device can use the status indicator and the request identifier to produce a CQE that is placed on a NVMe CQ associated with the SQ.
US11902181B1	Action first permission management system in cloud computing A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a computer system for managing permissions in cloud computing. A computer detects n times of attempts of an action in cloud computing, where the n times of attempts are initiated by a user who has no permission to perform the action, where n is a predetermined number triggering generation of a request for a permission to perform the action. A computer generates the request for the permission for the user. A computer determines whether the request has been pre-approved. In response to determining that the request has been pre-approved, a computer automatically approves the request. In response to determining that the request has not been pre-approved, a computer adds metadata about the user to the request and sends the request with the metadata to a cloud administrator, where the cloud administrator approves or denies the request based on the metadata.
US11902180B2	Automated decision techniques for controlling resource access A durability assessment system may receive a request, from a computing system, for a durability index describing an entity. The durability assessment system may determine the durability index based on information about the resource usage by the entity, such as a resource availability score or a resource allocation score. The durability assessment system may compare the obtained resource availability score and resource allocation score to ranges associated with a set of durability indices. Based on the comparison, the durability assessment system may determine a durability index for the entity. The durability index may indicate an ability of the entity to return accessed resources. In some cases, the durability assessment system may provide the durability index to an allocation computing system that is configured to determine whether to grant access to resources based on the durability index.
US11902179B2	Real-time distributed communication channel and multiple data processing channel selection system Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for real-time distributed communication channel and multiple data processing channel selection. The present invention is configured to receive, from a first user input device via a first communication channel, a request to access resources; retrieve connectivity and routing parameters associated with the first communication channel; determine communication channel requirements associated with the request to access the resources; determine that the connectivity and routing parameters associated with the first communication channel does not meet the communication channel requirements associated with the request to access the resources; capture geographic information associated with the first user input device; determine a second communication channel available to the first user input device to access the resources; and authorize the first user input device to access the resources via the second communication channel.
US11902176B2	System for detecting multi-dimensional linkage and layering of resource transfers using a distributed server network A system is provided for detecting multi-dimensional linkage and layering of resource transfers using a distributed server network. In particular, the system may comprise a plurality of distributed server nodes that each host a copy of a distributed register, where each of the nodes may be operated by an entity. Each distributed server node may submit, to the distributed register, data records that may contain data regarding potential unauthorized users, accounts, and/or resource transfers. Based on the information within the distributed register, along with various other data inputs, the system may use a deep learning-based graph processing algorithm to identify a multi-dimensional linkage between the users, accounts, and/or resource transfers to extract hidden relationships and potentially unauthorized activity.
US11902175B1	Allocating bandwidth to communication paths used by nodes in a network Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for allocating bandwidth to communication paths used by nodes in a network. A request is received from a source node of the nodes to communicate with a destination node. A path is selected between the source node and the destination node. A determination is made of a per path allocated bandwidths for links in the selected path based on a number of common paths that share a link with the selected path. Allocated bandwidth for the selected path is set to a minimum of the per path allocated bandwidths for the links in the selected path. Information on the selected path and the allocated bandwidth is transmitted to the source node to use to communicate with the destination node.
US11902172B2	Device and method for transferring identification and/or data flow control information between devices A device and a method for communicating with a link partner device. The device may include a fragmentation unit configured to fragment a packet into multiple fragments if a size of the packet is greater than a maximum fragment size, a packet control header unit configured to generate a packet control header for a packet or each fragment of the packet, and a transceiver configured to send the packet or the fragments of the packet with the packet control header via a connection between the device and the link partner device. The packet control header may include a data flow control field for congestion control between the device and the link partner device, the data flow control field including a configuration parameter indicative of a flow control capability being supported by the device.
US11902170B2	System and method for adaptive buffer management One aspect of the instant application provides a system and method for managing a switch buffer. During operation, the system establishes a hierarchical accounting structure to determine utilizations of different elements of a buffer on the switch. The hierarchical accounting structure comprises one or more parent elements, and each parent element is associated with one or more child elements. The system determines a base utilization of a child element based on an amount of buffer space allocated to the child element and an amount of buffer space used by the child element, and determines an adaptive utilization of the child element based at least on the base utilization of the child element and a congestion state of a corresponding parent element. Determining the adaptive utilization of the child element comprises performing a table lookup operation. The system then stores a received packet associated with the child element in the buffer in response to the adaptive utilization of the child element being less than a predetermined threshold.
US11902166B2	Policy based routing in extranet networks Routing of a traffic in a fabric network may be provided. A first traffic may be received at a first node. It may be determined that the first traffic is coming from a provider virtual network. In response to determining that the first traffic is coming from the provider virtual network, it may be determined that a first subnet associated with the first traffic is associated with a subscriber virtual network. In response to determining that the first subnet associated with the first traffic is associated with the subscriber virtual network, a first virtual network associated with the first traffic may be changed to the subscriber virtual network. A lookup for the first traffic may be changed to a first virtual routing and forwarding of the subscriber virtual network.
US11902162B2	Transmission apparatus, communications system, and information transmission method There is provided a transmission apparatus that transmits information generated by an information source and divided for each block to a transmission path in units of frames including a plurality of the blocks, including: a transmission unit that stops the transmission of information to the transmission path or transmits toggle data to the transmission path in one of several blocks in the frame where an amount of information to be transmitted is less than a transmission capacity of the transmission path, the toggle data having a cycle of transition of information longer than that of information in a block other than the one block in the frame.
US11902157B2	High-availability switchover based on traffic metrics A node may be an active node associated with a high-availability service and may route session traffic communicated via a first route path between a first endpoint and a second endpoint. The node may determine a first measurement of a traffic metric of the first route path and may receive, from another node associated with the high-availability service, a second measurement of the traffic metric of a second route path. The node may compare the first measurement and the second measurement and determine that the traffic metric is enhanced on the second route path relative to the first route path. The node may cause, via a high-availability link between the node and the other node, the other node to become the active node for routing the session traffic between the first endpoint and the second endpoint.
US11902156B2	Method for generating segment list, method for forwarding packet, device, and system in SRv6 network This application discloses a method that includes obtaining by a network device an original segment list corresponding to a packet forwarding path, where the original segment list includes original segment identifiers that are sequentially arranged, and each of the original segment identifiers that are sequentially arranged corresponds to one node or link on the packet forwarding path. The method further includes comparing by the network device a plurality of successively adjacent original segment identifiers in the original segment list, to generate a plurality of successively adjacent compressed segment identifiers, where a length of each compressed segment identifier is less than a length of a corresponding original segment identifier, and generating by the network device a compressed segment list, where the compressed segment list includes a plurality of compressed segment identifiers, and the compressed segment list is used to forward a packet along the packet forwarding path.
US11902153B1	Compressed routing header A node receives an internet protocol (IP) payload packet that includes an IPv6 transport header that has been extended with a compressed routing header (CRH). The CRH includes a list of segment identifiers (SIDs) that identify nodes that the IP payload packet is to traverse. The node determines, by referencing the list of SIDs, a next segment for the IP payload packet. The node updates a destination IP address that is included in the IPv6 transport header to a particular destination IP address of a next-hop node. The node updates a remaining segments value, included in the CRH, that identifies a number of segments left in a route of the IP payload packet. The node provides the IP payload packet to the next-hop node to allow the next-hop node to route the IP payload packet to another node in the network or to a destination device.
US11902149B2	Sync network The provision of redundancy in a sync network, which protects the sync network against faults, such as broken cables in the sync network. The gateway comprises a sync propagation module configured to provide redundant sync requests that are sent along different pathways in the sync network. These sync requests are sent to towards different masters in the sync network. If a fault occurs at a point in one of the paths, the gateway will still receive a sync acknowledgment returned along the other path. Furthermore, the use of redundant sync networks, propagating the sync requests across different paths, allows fault detection in the wiring to be detected.
US11902146B1	Identifying a maximum segment size (MSS) corresponding to a network path Techniques are disclosed for identifying a maximum segment size (MSS) for a path. For example, a first router includes a routing engine and a packet forwarding engine. The routing engine is configured to identify a path maximum transmission unit (MTU) corresponding to a path between the first router and a second router; and identify a maximum packet overhead size corresponding to a session between a first client device and a second client device over the path between the first router and the second router. Additionally, the routing engine is configured to calculate, based on the path MTU and the maximum packet overhead size, a path maximum segment size (MSS), wherein the path MSS represents a maximum packet payload size corresponding to the path; and control the packet forwarding engine to output information indicative of the path MSS.
US11902142B2	IoT panel for diagnostics and monitoring of LAN cable conductors A LAN cable conductor validation system includes controllable relays in-line with a portion of the twisted pair wires of the Ethernet cables. By temporarily open circuiting some of the Ethernet cable twisted pairs a drop in transmission speed can be detected for an active network component. This allows the active component's MAC address to be verified at a given physical location within the cable conductor network system.
US11902140B2	Systems and methods for activating FEC processing per application probe class In one embodiment, a method includes configuring a first application probe class and a second application probe class. The first application probe class may be associated with a first Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP), and the second application probe class may be associated with a second DSCP. The method also includes determining an adaptive Forward Error Correction (FEC) data policy for the first application probe class and the second application probe class, calculating a first loss value associated with the first application probe class for a link between a first network node and a second network node, and comparing the first loss value to a first loss threshold. The method further includes determining whether to activate FEC processing for the first application probe class in response to comparing the first loss value to the first loss threshold.
US11902135B2	Method, apparatus and system for diagnosing network performance An aspect of the present disclosure discloses a method for diagnosing a network performance in an apparatus for diagnosing network performance connected to a switching device provided between a first entity and a second entity. The method may include: obtaining at least one mirrored packet for at least one packet transmitted between the first entity and the second entity based on mirroring from the switching device, calculating performance related indicator representing performance of a network service associated with the first entity and the second entity based on at least a part of information included in the at least one mirrored packet, and storing the calculated performance related indicators.
US11902134B2	Adaptive resource allocation to facilitate device mobility and management of uncertainty in communications Communications services are provided to a device. For instance, where a communications resource is being used by a device via a first communications service provider (CSP) component associated with a first CSP, based on a probabilistic analysis of loading parameters received from a device at the first CSP component. A likelihood that the device will move can be predicted, comprising determining the likelihood is not less than a threshold likelihood. If likely to move, and based on the loading parameters, a loading profile associated with a user of the device is updated resulting in updated likelihoods of usages of the communication resource by the device via respective other CSP components other than the first CSP component. Further, based on the updated likelihoods of usages of the communication resource, at least part of the communications resource can be allocated to the respective other CSP components to facilitate communications with the device.
US11902128B2	Systems and methods for closed loop QoS management Systems and methods described herein allow mobile network operators to provide an adaptive quality of service (QoS) approach for application providers. A network device in a core network receives a QoS monitoring report based on QoS monitoring by an access station. The QoS monitoring report includes data for QoS parameters for network services in a default QoS flow supporting a protocol data unit (PDU) session. Based on the QoS monitoring report, the network device determines if the default QoS flow supports a required service level for the PDU session. When the network device determines that the default QoS flow does not support the required service level for the PDU session, the network device automatically activates a dedicated QoS flow to support the PDU session with the required service level.
US11902127B2	Automatic detection and tracking of anomalous rectifiable paths using time-series dynamics In one embodiment, a device computes time series dynamics for a performance metric of a path in a network used to convey traffic for an online application. The device matches those time series dynamics to one or more dynamics categories. The device makes a determination as to whether the path in the network is anomalous, based on the one or more dynamics categories. The device provides, based on the determination, an indication that the path in the network is anomalous for display.
US11902124B2	Round trip time (RTT) measurement based upon sequence number Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for determining a packet's round trip time (RTT) in a network. A system can receive information of a packet sent by a component of the network and further determine an expected acknowledgement (ACK) sequence number associated with the packet based upon received information of the packet. The system can receive information of a subsequent packet received by the component and determine an ACK sequence number and a receiving time of the subsequent packet. In response to determining that the ACK sequence number of the subsequent TCP packet matches the expected ACK sequence number, the system can determine a round trip time (RTT) of the packet based upon the received information of the packet and the received information of the subsequent packet.
US11902119B2	System and method for serverless monitoring Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for routing event data from cloud-based sources to various service providers without using a permanently dedicated server (or similar solution). The solution disclosed herein is source agnostic, meaning that the data being received can be from any provider of cloud-based data, with the data received being in a format specific to the given provider. The system can normalize the data from the respective sources into a common format based on properties on the data and, based on the normalized data, identify what type of analysis, process, or other service should be executed on data received. The system can then forward the data to respective service providers for the execution of those services.
US11902117B1	Virtual on-watch A system for providing a virtual on-watch—i.e., a comprehensive and actionable review of IT triage resources. The system includes a receiver for receiving a report of a service outage incident in a computer network, an auto-generated electronic bridge that electronic stages a response to the service outage incident, and a transmitter for transmitting, in real-time, an Application Programming Interface (API) call to a WebEx bridge platform for all bridge information available in the computer network. The bridge information includes the electronic bridges that are currently being hosted by the WebEx bridge platform. The system also includes information about responders currently involved in the plurality of electronic bridges. The system identifies responders that are qualified and that are electronically listed on the WebEx bridge as available to join electronic bridge. The WebEx bridge platform may send an electronic prompt to the at least one of the set of responders.
US11902115B2	Estimating quality metric for latency sensitive traffic flows in communication networks An apparatus in a mobile communication network combines information from monitoring IP flows carrying latency sensitive content passing the apparatus and information about the application behavior and target Quality of Experience (QoE) or target connectivity characteristics such as Quality of Service (QoS) from the application to provide ongoing predictions of QoE/QoS. In some cases, the apparatus exploits a probe on a device to generate traffic for learning flow characteristics not obtained from monitoring application IP flows in the network. Embodiments disclosed herein can be used to predict quality metrics for many applications where jitter/latency is a factor affecting perceived quality, such as QoE for a human consumer or QoS for machine type communications. The embodiments are applicable to the analysis of traffic carrying conversational speech.
US11902114B2	System and method for predicting and reducing subscriber churn A system and method for creating a model for predicting and reducing subscriber churn in a computer network. The method including: for a predetermined time period: retrieving traffic flow data per subscriber for a plurality of subscribers in the computer network; determining at least one metric per subscriber from the traffic flow data; determining at least one systemic feature associated with the plurality of subscribers; and storing the at least one amalgamated metric and feature; on reaching the predetermined time period create the model by: analyzing at least one metric and at least one feature for the predetermined time period; predicting, per subscriber, whether the subscriber is going to churn within a churn period in the future based on the analysis; validating the prediction by determining whether the subscriber actually churned during the churn period; and creating the model based on the validated predictions.
US11902111B1	Service status determination framework Described herein are systems and techniques to facilitate rapid and effective notification of issues that may affect services and applications configured at a cloud-based system. A service monitoring system may be queried regularly for status data for services operating in a cloud-based system. The service status data received in response may be compared to previously stored service status data to identify new and changed issues. Based on the types of issues identified, urgent and/or non-urgent notifications may be generated and transmitted to the users associated with the affected service and/or other parameters using multiple communications channels. Responsive failover actions may also be implemented based on the detected issue and the impacted service.
US11902109B2	Method of network slice resource allocation and visualization The disclosure provides a method and a device for efficiently operating network slicing. According to the disclosure, a method of operating a first node configured to manage a network slice of a communication system includes: transmitting a service level agreement (SLA) range for each network slice subnet and a message requesting a resource according to the SLA range to a second node configured to manage the network slice subnet, receiving SLA arrangement flavor mapping relationship information in the network slice subnet unit from the second node, and identifying the SLA arrangement flavor mapping relationship in a network slice unit based on the received SLA arrangement flavor mapping relationship information in a network slice subnet unit.
US11902108B2	Dynamic adaptive network Systems and methods for managing a network are disclosed. In certain systems and methods, access to a network such as a wireless network, can be granted or denied based upon a threshold number of devices accessing the network. Moreover, access to a first service available over the network can be granted or denied based upon a threshold number of devices accessing the first service. Various network resource can be allocated to the first service based at least upon the number of device access the first service.
US11902104B2	Data-centric service-based network architecture A data-centric network and non-Real-Time (RT) RAN Intelligence Controller (RIC) architecture are described. The data-centric network architecture provides data plane functions (DPFs) that serve as a shared database for control functions, user functions and management functions for data plane resources in a network. The DPFs interact with control plane functions, user plane functions, management plane functions, compute plane functions, network exposure functions, and application functions of the NR network via a service interface. The non-RT RIC provides functions via rApps, manages the rApps, performs conflict mitigation and security functions, monitors machine learning (ML) performance, provides a ML model catalog that contains ML model information, provides interface terminations and stores ML data and Near-RT RIC related information in a database. An ML training host trains and evaluates ML models in the catalog, obtains training and testing data from the database, and retrains and updates the ML models.
US11902098B1	Computerized systems and methods for adaptive device protection Disclosed are systems and methods that provide a computerized device management framework that adaptively determines and applies security and configuration parameters to a device on a first network, and enables the adaptive application of such parameters as the device disconnects and connects to other networks. The disclosed framework enables the automatic detection of different networks being relied upon by the device for access to the Internet, upon which, management control policies of the device's activities can be controlled and managed in a unified manner. Accordingly, the disclosed framework can enable security and configuration mechanisms applied on a first network, upon which they are associated, to be seamlessly applied on another disparate network via a virtual private network connection enabled via proprietary mechanisms implemented on the device.
US11902096B2	Collection of error packet information for network policy enforcement A network device may detect an error associated with a packet based on error information being generated from processing the packet at a layer of a network stack. The network device may determine, based on detecting the error, metadata associated with the packet. The network device may generate telemetry data to include the metadata. The network device may provide the telemetry data to a network analyzer for policy enforcement.
US11902093B2	Configuration method and related device Embodiments of this application disclose a configuration method that may be applied to a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN). The method includes: receiving a correspondence between a device identifier of a first device and a first location; sending, to the first device, a verification request related to verifying whether the first device is located at the first location; receiving a verification response to the verification request; and determining, based on the verification response, whether to send configuration information corresponding to the first location to the first device. The methods in the embodiments of this application may be implemented by a software-defined network (SDN) controller.
US11902089B2	Automated networking device replacement system An automated networking device replacement system includes a chassis housing in which management module and a fabric services subsystem are provided. The fabric services subsystem identifies that a first networking device has been provided in the chassis, and determines that the first networking device is a replacement for a second networking device. In response, the fabric services subsystem automatically identifies at least one fabric-services-based configuration that was performed on the second networking device, and automatically performs the at least one fabric-services-based configuration on the first networking device. The fabric services subsystem then transmits a management-module-based configuration instruction to the management module that causes the management module to automatically perform at least one management-module-based configuration on the first networking device that was performed on the second networking device.
US11902082B2	Cross-domain network assurance Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing cross-domain assurance for networks in different network domains. In some embodiments, a method can include collecting first fabric data for a first network in a first network domain and second fabric data for a second network in a second network domain. The second fabric data for the second network can be normalized based on the first network domain to create normalized second fabric data. The first fabric data can then be correlated with the normalized second fabric data to create correlated fabric data. Subsequently, assurance can be provided across the first network in the first network domain and the second network in the second network domain using the correlated fabric data.
US11902079B2	Distribution matching for probabilistic constellation shaping with an arbitrary input/output alphabet Consistent with the present disclosure, an encoder circuit is provided at a transmit side of an optical fiber link that maps an input sequence of bits of fixed length k a sequence of symbols of a codeword of length n, such that the symbols of the codeword define a predetermined transmission probability distribution. Preferably, each symbol of the codeword is generated during a corresponding clock cycle, such that after n clock cycles, a complete codeword corresponding to the input bit sequence is output. On a receive end of the link, a decoder is provided that outputs the k-bit sequence every n clock cycles. Accordingly, buffers need not be provided at the output of the encoder and the input of the decoder, such that processing of the input sequence, codewords, and output sequence may be achieved efficiently without large buffers and complicated circuitry. Moreover, the input sequence, with any binary alphabet may be matched to a desired output distribution with any arbitrary alphabet. Accordingly, probabilistic constellation shaping may be achieved over constellations of arbitrary size. In addition, relatively long codewords, may be encoded and decoded with the apparatus and method disclosed herein. Accordingly, for a fixed SNR a higher SE (more bits per symbol) can be achieved. Alternatively, for a fixed SE, a lower SNR may be sufficient. Moreover, the resulting SE may be finely tailored to a particular optical link SNR to provide data transmission rates that are higher than the low order modulation formats that would otherwise be employed for optical signals carried by such links.
US11902077B2	Frequency division multiple access communication method based on harmonic modulation technology A method is disclosed that divide a total frequency band of a communication system into several equally spaced non-overlapping information channels, which are allocated to different users; the information channels are in one-to-one correspondence with the users; user signals from different addresses are distinguished based on frequency, thereby completing the multiple access connection; and duplex communication between two users uses a fundamental frequency and harmonics for information transmission. A process of the information transmission is as follows: different information is first modulated and then is separately loaded on different harmonic components, different information is transmitted through different harmonic components or component combinations so that each pair of information channels can transmit N groups of different information at the same time, and finally the fundamental frequency and harmonic information received by a receiving end is demodulated to obtain all the transmitted information.
US11902075B2	Method and apparatus of NR RMSI coreset configuration in MIB Configuring control information comprises determining a frequency offset including an RB and RE level frequency offset, where the frequency offset is determined based on a lowest RE of an SS/PBCH block and a lowest RE of CORESET for RMSI, jointly configuring, using a first field of 4 bits, the RB level frequency offset with a multiplexing pattern of the SS/PBCH block and the CORESET, a BW of the CORESET, and a number of symbols for the CORESET for a combination of a SCS of the SS/PBCH block and a SCS of the CORESET, configuring using a second field of the 4 bits generating an MIB including the RB level frequency offset and the RE level frequency offset; and transmitting, to a UE, the MIB over a PBCH.
US11902072B2	Inserting virtual carrier in conventional OFDM host carrier in communications system A network element for use in a mobile communications system and a method of using a network element for communicating data to/from mobile communications devices in a mobile communications system. The network element can provide a wireless access interface for communicating data to/from the mobile communications devices, the wireless access interface including: on a downlink a host carrier, the host carrier providing plural resource elements across a first frequency range; transmit data for a first group of mobile communications devices, wherein the data is distributed within the plural resource elements across the first frequency range; a virtual carrier via the wireless access interface, the virtual carrier providing one or more resource elements within a second frequency range which is within and smaller than the first frequency range; and transmit data for a second group of mobile communications devices via the virtual carrier.
US11902068B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting PLCP frame in wireless local area network system A method of transmitting a Physical Layer Convergence Procedure (PLCP) frame in a Very High Throughput (VHT) Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system includes generating a MAC Protocol Data Unit (MPDU) to be transmitted to a destination station (STA), generating a PLCP Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) by adding a PLCP header, including an L-SIG field containing control information for a legacy STA and a VHT-SIG field containing control information for a VHT STA, to the MPDU, and transmitting the PPDU to the destination STA. A constellation applied to some of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) symbols of the VHT-SIG field is obtained by rotating a constellation applied to an OFDM symbol of the L-SIG field.
US11902066B2	Technique for configuring preamble in wireless communication system An example according to the present specification relates to a technique relating to a configuration of a preamble in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system. A transmitting STA may generate and transmit an EHT PPDU. The EHT PPDU may include an L-SIG field, an RL-SIG field, and a control field. A result of “modulo 3 operation” to a length field value of the L-SIG field may be set to “0”. The RL-SIG field may be configured the same as the L-SIG field. The control field may include 3-bit information relating to a version of a PPDU.
US11902063B2	PDCCH DMRS mapping and coreset resource allocation A UE determines a first DCCH resource candidate in a first CORESET on a carrier, the first DCCH resource candidate including a first set of RBs. The UE also determines a first sequence of DMRSs that are mapped, starting at a reference point, to RBs in a predetermined range within the carrier in a frequency domain, the predetermined range containing the first DCCH resource candidate in the frequency domain. The UE further determines a first reference location of the first set of RBs. The UE determines, based on the first reference location, a first set of DMRSs from the first sequence of DMRSs, the first set of DMRSs being mapped to the first set of RBs. The UE obtains a channel estimation based on the first set of DMRSs; and The UE performs blind decoding of the first DCCH resource candidate based on the channel estimation.
US11902053B2	Methods and devices for channel estimation The present disclosure provides a method (100) in a network device for channel estimation. The method (100) includes: transmitting (110) to a terminal device an instruction to precode each of a number, L, of DeModulation Reference Signals, DMRSs, using a number, N, of linearly independent precoders, respectively; receiving (120) from the terminal device LN precoded DMRSs; estimating (130) an equivalent channel associated with an uplink channel from the terminal device to the network device based on one or more of the LN precoded DMRSs; and determining (140) the uplink channel from the equivalent channel based on the N precoders.
US11902050B2	Method for providing distributed gateway service at host computer Some embodiments of the invention provide a novel network architecture for providing edge services of a virtual private cloud (VPC) at host computers hosting machines of the VPC. The host computers in the novel network architecture are reachable from external networks through a gateway router of an availability zone (AZ). The gateway router receives a data message from the external network addressed to one or more data compute nodes (DCNs) in the VPC and forwards the data message to a particular host computer identified as providing a distributed edge service for the VPC. The particular host computer, upon receiving the forwarded data message, performs the distributed edge service and provides the serviced data message to a destination DCN.
US11902049B2	BIER packet sending method and apparatus A bit index explicit replication (BIER) packet sending method includes receiving, by a first node in a first BIER domain, a packet from a second node in a second BIER domain, where the packet carries an identifier of the second BIER domain, determining a BIER packet sending policy corresponding to the identifier of the second BIER domain based on the identifier of the second BIER domain and according to a preconfigured BIER packet sending policy, and encapsulating and sending a BIER packet according to the BIER packet sending policy.
US11902048B2	Control unit architecture for vehicles A control unit architecture and a method in which a communication connection takes place between at least two control units, in particular in a vehicle. The method includes receiving the data packet by the first interface controller; determining, by a data analyzer, a transmission strategy for the data packet, the transmission strategy including at least one of the following actions: rejecting the data packet, and/or sending the data packet to at least one of the second interface controllers, and/or sending the data packet to at least one of the buffer stores, and/or fragmenting the data packet and sending it to at least one of the buffer stores, and/or sending the content of the at least one buffer store to at least one of the second interface controllers; implementing the transmission strategy for the data packet.
US11902047B2	Virtual intranet acceleration method and system, configuration method, storage medium, and computer apparatus A virtual Intranet acceleration method includes, upon receiving a TCP request from a server at an initiating end to be sent to a server at a receiving end, customer premise equipment CPE at the initiating end transmitting information of the TCP request to CPE at the receiving end, the CPE at the receiving end configuring a connection link between the server at the initiating end and the server at the receiving end according to the information of the TCP request, and transmitting at least one of the TCP request or TCP response data through the connection link.
US11902043B2	Self-learning home system and framework for autonomous home operation A computer-implemented method for automated operation of network devices within a home communication network includes detecting actuator actions for a plurality of actuators within the home communication network, each actuator of the plurality of actuators configured to change a state of at least one network device. The detected actuator actions are correlated with one or more sensor values from a plurality of sensors within the home communication network to generate configuration data. The configuration data includes a trigger graph with one or more trigger conditions and an action graph corresponding to the trigger graph. The action graph indicates one or more actuator actions associated with at least one actuator of the plurality of actuators. Upon detecting a trigger condition of the one or more trigger conditions, the at least one actuator of the plurality of actuators is triggered to perform the one or more actions indicated by the action graph.
US11902040B1	Private communication in a teleconference The present disclosure is directed to a computer-implemented method for enabling private communications during a videoconference. The method includes receiving interface data associated with input from a first participant to a first participant device associated with the first participant and participating in the videoconference. The interface data includes requesting limiting transmission of communication data to a second participant device associated with a second participant and participating in the videoconference while excluding transmission of the communication data to third participant device(s) participating in the videoconference. The method includes obtaining the communication data associated with the first participant including audio data associated with the first participant. The method includes causing transmission of the communication data associated with the first participant to the second participant device for surfacing of the communication data on the second participant device but not the third participant device(s) participating in the videoconference.
US11902038B2	Securing data presented during videoconferencing A method includes: determining, by a videoconference server, a level of tolerated risk for a videoconference between a presenter and an attendee; obtaining, by the videoconference server, sensor data from at least one sensor at a location where a user device of the attendee displays the videoconference; generating, by the videoconference server, a current risk score based on the sensor data; determining, by the videoconference server, the current risk score exceeds the level of tolerated risk; and presenting, by the videoconference server and in response to the determining the current risk score exceeds the level of tolerated risk, an alert to the presenter of the videoconference.
US11902035B2	Redundancy method, computer-readable recording medium, and information processing device In an information processing device, a communication control unit performs communication using a first communication method and using a second communication method that is faster than the first communication method. An equalizing unit performs an equalization operation using the first communication method with respect to a first information processing device in a redundancy system in which redundancy is achieved between the first information processing device and a second information processing device using the first communication method. After the equalization operation is completed by the equalizing unit, another equalizing unit performs the equalization operation using the second communication method with respect to a third information processing device, and builds a redundancy system in which the concerned information processing device and the third information processing device are used.
US11902033B2	Methods, apparatus and systems for radio link monitoring (RLM) in new radio (NR) Methods, apparatuses, and systems for radio link monitoring (RLM) implemented by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are provided. A representative method for RLM includes mapping, by the WTRU, one or more RLM-RS resources to at least one BLER threshold of a plurality of BLER thresholds. The representative method also includes, for each respective RLM resource that is mapped, determining, by the WTRU, a BLER of the respective RLM-RS resource, and comparing the determined BLER of the respective RLM-RS resource with the at least one mapped BLER threshold associated with the respective RLM-RS resource. The representative method further includes generating, based on one or more of the comparisons, a set of in-sync indications and/or a set of out-of-sync indications, and indicating, by the WTRU, one or more attributes associated with the set of in-sync indications and/or the set of out-of-sync indications.
US11902030B2	Configuration for duplication transmission and duplication transmission method and device Disclosed by the present application are a configuration for duplication transmission and a duplication transmission method and device, comprising: determining each radio bearer of a terminal; and carrying out duplication transmission configuration for each radio bearer. The terminal receives the configuration for duplication transmission carried out at a network side and carries out duplication transmission according to the configuration. By employing the present application, duplication transmission may be applied flexibly for different bearer characteristics, high reliability provided by duplication transmission may be obtained, the utilization efficiency of radio resources may be increased, and resource waste is avoided. Meanwhile, air interface control signaling overhead is reduced.
US11902029B2	Apparatus, system and method of wireless communication according to a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) scheme Some demonstrative embodiments may include an apparatus including a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) buffer configured to buffer compressed Log Likelihood Ratio (LLR) values corresponding to an unsuccessfully-decoded transmission of a data block, a bit size of the HARQ buffer is equal to or less than 2.5 times a supported HARQ receive (Rx) size, which is to be reported to a transmitter of the data block; and a decoder configured to decode a retransmission of the data block according to the HARQ scheme based on combined LLR values, which are based on the compressed LLR values and on LLR values corresponding the retransmission of the data block, wherein a HARQ gain of decoding the retransmission of the data block based on the combined LLR values is at least 2 Decibel (dB) for an Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) channel.
US11902024B2	Methods and procedures for subcarrier spacing for downlink shared channel transmission Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for narrowband (NB) LTE operation. A WTRU may receive a first downlink data transmission, for example, via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The WTRU may determine to send a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment (ACK) in response to receipt of the first downlink data transmission. The WTRU may transmit a first uplink reference signal. The WTRU may indicate the HARQ-ACK using a first cyclic shift index that is applied to the first uplink reference signal. The WTRU may determine to send a HARQ negative ACK (HARQ-NACK), for example, on a condition that a second downlink data transmission is not correctly received. The WTRU may send a second uplink reference signal. The WTRU may indicate the HARQ-NACK using a second cyclic shift that is applied to the second uplink reference signal.
US11902022B2	Method and apparatus for receiving PPDU on which BCC interleaving has been performed in Multi-RU in wireless LAN system Proposed are a method and apparatus for receiving a PPDU on which BCC interleaving has been performed in a Multi-RU in a wireless LAN system. Specifically, a reception STA receives, from a transmission STA, a PPDU comprising a data field and decodes the data field. The data field is received via a Multi-RU which is an aggregate of a first RU and a second RU. The data field is generated on the basis of a coded bit string included in a BCC interleaver block. The coded bit string is obtained by interleaving a data bit string on the basis of first and second parameters. The data bit string is interleaved as the data bit string is entered into the BCC interleaver block in rows on the basis of the first parameter and is read out in columns of the BCC interleaver block on the basis of the second parameter.
US11902020B2	Method by which Multi-RU receives LDPC-tone-mapped PPDU in wireless LAN system, and apparatus Presented are a method by which a multi-RU receives a LDPC-tone-mapped PPDU in a wireless LAN system, and an apparatus. Particularly, a reception STA receives, from a transmission STA, a PPDU including a data field and decodes the data field. The data field is received through the multi-RU. LDPC tone mapping for data tone included in the data field is performed on the basis of a first parameter with respect to the multi-RU. The first parameter is 18 when the multi-RU is an RU in which the 242 tone RU and the 484 tone RU are aggregated.
US11902019B2	Optimized link adaption A method, a device and a computer readable media for communication are disclosed. The method (200) comprises determining, based on a target error rate between a first device and a second device, a code rate for transmitting data from the second device to the first device (210). The method also comprises adjusting the code rate based on an amount of the data and an amount of resource available for transmitting the data (220). The method further comprises updating the target error rate for transmitting subsequent data from the second device to the first device based on an amount of the adjustment of the code rate (230). An improved link adaption scheme and improve uplink/downlink transmission performance of the communication system are provided.
US11902018B2	Methods and apparatus for performing link adaptation processes in a network Embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatus for performing link adaptation processes in a network. A method in a transmitting node in a wireless local area network comprises obtaining a first traffic flow for transmitting to a receiving node, wherein the first traffic flow is associated with a first category based on a reliability requirement associated with the first traffic flow; selecting a first link adaptation process from a plurality of link adaptation processes based on the first category; and transmitting the first traffic flow to the receiving node based on the first link adaptation process.
US11902016B2	Ranging between unsynchronized communication terminals A range is determined between two unsynchronized communications terminals in which a first terminal transmits a range request to a second terminal. The first terminal stores a first timestamp in memory corresponding to a time at which the range request message was transmitted. A range response is later received by the first terminal from the second terminal. The range response includes a residence time that characterizes an amount of time the second terminal required to send the range response after receiving the range request. The first terminal later stores a second timestamp in memory corresponding to a time at which the range response was received. Based on the second timestamp minus the first timestamp and the residence time, a roundtrip time for the range request is calculated. This roundtrip time can be used to calculate a distance between the first terminal and the second terminal based on the roundtrip time.
US11902015B2	Multi-channel signal synchronization system, circuit, and method Embodiments of the present application provide a multi-channel signal synchronization system, circuit, and method. The multi-channel signal synchronization system comprises a clock signal generation module, a synchronization signal generation module, and signal receiving modules; the clock signal generation module is configured to generate a first clock signal; the synchronization signal generation module is configured to generate a synchronization signal based on the first clock signal and transmit the synchronization signal to the clock signal generation module; the clock signal generation module generates second clock signals on the basis of the synchronization signal and transmits the second clock signals to the signal receiving modules; the synchronization signal generation module transmits the synchronization signal to the signal receiving modules.
US11902013B2	Signal processing circuit and signal processing system Provided is a signal processing circuit including an information detection unit (204) that detects signal bandwidth information indicating a bandwidth of a channel signal in a broadcast signal received by a receiving circuit (100) that receives the broadcast signal, and the signal bandwidth information is used for execution of a channel scan.
US11902012B2	Handover coordination for large area coverage A method for performing a handover operation includes using one or more processors of a non-terrestrial node to initiate communication with a first terrestrial node of a network, the terrestrial node having a first unique node identifier and a cell identifier and store a mapping that associates the first unique node identifier with the cell identifier. The method also includes using the one or more processors to receive an indicator that the mapping is subject to change and update the mapping to associate a second unique node identifier of a second terrestrial node of the network with the cell identifier based on the received indicator.
US11902010B2	Dual LEO satellite system and method for global coverage The present invention relates to satellite systems and more particularly, to the provision of a satellite system and method for communications applications, with global coverage. An optimal method of providing global broadband connectivity has been discovered which uses two different LEO constellations with inter-satellite links among the satellites in each constellation, and inter-satellite links between the constellations. The first constellation is deployed in a polar LEO orbit with a preferred inclination of 99.5 degrees and a preferred altitude of 1000 km. The second constellation is deployed in an inclined LEO orbit with a preferred inclination of 37.4 degrees and a preferred altitude of 1250 km.
US11902003B2	Uplink transmit beam sweep Systems and methods related to partial beam correspondence may be used to address potential limitations of beamforming wireless networks. A user equipment electronic device and/or wireless network identifies a subset of available transmitter beams for the user equipment electronic device that are indicated as similar to a downlink reference signal received at the user equipment electronic device from a wireless network node. The user equipment electronic device sweeps the subset of available transmitter beams for communication with the wireless network node and uses a best beam from the sweep to communicate with the wireless network node.
US11902001B2	System and method for selection of transmit array A system and method for selecting antenna panels for communicating with satellites. The receive panels directed towards a location in the sky where the satellite is expected to be. When the signal from the satellite is received by the panels, parameters of the signals are checked against a threshold. All the panels having the parameters above the threshold are grouped together as a receive group. The parameters of the signals at the receive groups are compared to determine the best receive panel, and the transmit panel associate with the receive panel is selected as the transmit panel.
US11901999B2	Multiplexing of PUCCH for beam failure recovery and other signals Apparatuses, systems, and methods for multiplexing of PUCCH for beam failure recovery and other signals. A UE may determine a transmission dropping rule and a transmission power scaling rule for a PUCCH which is dedicatedly configured for secondary BFR transmission, such as a PUCCH-BFR, when it is multiplexed with BFR multiplexed with at least one other signal. The PUCCH-BFR and the at least one other signal may be multiplexed in a CC or in multiple CCs. The UE may determine a transmission dropping rule, e.g., so that UE can transmit an uplink signals with higher priority and drop the other uplink signal with lower priority to avoid beam collisions. The UE may determine a transmission power scaling rule, e.g., so the UE may scale transmission power within a CC and/or across CCs. The UE may multiplex the PUCCH-BFR with the at least one other signal according to the rules.
US11901994B2	Method and device used in UE and base station for wireless communication The present disclosure provides a method and a device used in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station for wireless communications. The UE receives a first signaling; and transmits a first radio signal; wherein the first signaling comprises scheduling information of the first radio signal; the first signaling is used to determine a first index, and the first index is used to determine a transmitting antenna port of the first radio signal; transmit power of the first radio signal is first power, and a linear value of the first power is equal to a product of a linear value of second power and a first coefficient; the first coefficient is one of K candidate coefficients. The above method optimizes Uplink transmit power according to the UE's own capabilities.
US11901993B1	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving channel state information in wireless communication system Systems and techniques for transmitting channel state information (CSI) include: receiving configuration information related to the CSI from a base station, the configuration information including information on a CSI-RS resource set; receiving a CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS) from the base station; and transmitting the CSI to the base station based on the configuration information and the CSI-RS. The CSI-RS resource set includes M CSI-RS resource groups; in addition, N CSI-RS resource groups (N≤M) for reporting the CSI are determined from the M CSI-RS resource groups; the CSI includes N CSI sets generated based on a CSI-RS resource combination in the N CSI-RS resource groups. To generate an n-th (1≤n≤N) CSI set, a specific CSI-RS resource in an n-th (1≤n≤N) CSI-RS resource group is used for channel measurement; and a specific CSI-RS resource in the remaining CSI-RS groups other than the n-th CSI-RS resource group is used for interference measurement.
US11901987B2	System and method for beam directional nulling for SRS-based data beams An apparatus in a wireless communication system is configured to perform a method for directional beam nulling of SRS-based data beams. A base station (BS) includes a transceiver and a processor. The processor is configured to transmit a data beam to at least one user equipment (UE). The processor is also configured to configure the data beam to have a null area in a direction of a satellite earth station (ES), the null area defining a space within a coverage area of the data beam in which a signal from the data beam is suppressed. The data beam is configured by: generating one or more steering vectors to the ES; obtaining a UE channel matrix via a sounding reference signal (SRS) and determining a rank value; and generating a beamforming precoder configured to directional null the data beam in the direction of the ES.
US11901982B2	Uplink spatial filter and precoder for joint channel estimation across physical uplink shared channels A base station performs joint channel estimation for a set of physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) with bundled DMRS from a user equipment (UE). The UE receives an indication to transmit the set of PUSCHs, each PUSCH of the set of PUSCHs comprising a corresponding DMRS from the base station. The base station transmits, and the UE receives, a sounding reference signal resource indicator for each PUSCH of the set of PUSCHs. The UE transmits the PUSCHs based on a same sounding reference single resource, the SRI for a first PUSCH of the set of PUSCHs indicating the same SRS resource.
US11901976B2	Mitigation of transmission errors of quantized channel state information feedback in multi antenna systems Methods are disclosed for improving communications on feedback transmission channels, in which there is a possibility of bit errors. The basic solutions to counter those errors are: proper design of the CSI vector quantizer indexing (i.e., the bit representation of centroid indices) in order to minimize impact of index errors, use of error detection techniques to expurgate the erroneous indices and use of other methods to recover correct indices.
US11901975B2	Channel state information feedback method in reconfigurable intelligent surface-based massive MIMO system The present disclosure relates to a method for feeding back reliable downlink channel state information from a receiver to a transmitter in a multi-user massive MIMO system based on a reconfigurable intelligent surface, and more particularly, to a method for the receiver to transform acquired downlink channel state information into downlink channel state information in an angle domain and compress the downlink channel state information through a compressed-sensing scheme, and then feed the compressed result back to the transmitter, and for the transmitter to acquire the reliable downlink channel state information through a recovery algorithm.According to the present disclosure, the downlink channel state information is compressed according to a compression and recovery algorithm in an mmWave environment, and only a codeword index suitable for the compressed result is fed back to the transmitter to obtain the effect of reduction in feedback overhead in the entire communication system.
US11901973B2	Proximity detection Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide object detection based on perturbations in a channel model over time. An example portable apparatus includes a primary antenna, a secondary antenna, a transmit path, a radio frequency (RF) coupler, and a receive path. The transmit path is coupled to the primary antenna and configured to output a transmit signal for transmission via the primary antenna. The RF coupler is coupled to the secondary antenna. The receive path has an input selectively coupled between the transmit path and the RF coupler such that when the receive path is coupled to the RF coupler and configured to operate concurrently with the transmit path, the receive path is configured to receive a reflected portion of the transmit signal from an object located in proximity to the portable apparatus.
US11901970B1	Near-field communication functionality for partial applications accessed over a network In some implementation, a device may execute a web-browsing application installed on the device. The device may scan, by a near-field communication (NFC) reader of the device and in connection with the web-browsing application, an NFC tag of an interaction card associated with an account of a user. The device may receive, from the interaction card, data associated with the account of the user. The device may store the data as coded data in the web-browsing application. The device may generate a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with a partial application having reduced functionality. The URL may include one or more URL parameters containing the coded data. The device may launch the partial application based on a user interaction with a hyperlink associated with the URL. The partial application may parse the URL parameter(s) and may decode the coded data to be used by the partial application.
US11901969B2	Systems and methods for managing physical connections of a connector panel A device may receive, from a user device, connector panel information associated with a connector panel. The connector panel may provide a connection, via a port, for a service of a network. The device may receive an image that depicts a physical configuration of the connector panel. The device may process, using a port analysis model, the image to identify a port status of a port of the connector panel. The device may determine, based on the port status, that the port is available for the connection. The device may provide, to the user device, instructions for using the port for the connection. The device may obtain a verification that the connection has been established via the port. The device may perform one or more actions associated with providing the service.
US11901966B2	Electronic device comprising antenna module with connector for coaxial cable An electronic device includes an antenna module including an antenna array, a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) connected with the antenna array and a flexible printed circuit board connected with the RFIC, a connector disposed on the flexible printed circuit board, a communication processor disposed on a first printed circuit board, a coaxial cable electrically connecting the flexible printed circuit board and the communication processor through the connector, and a second printed circuit board configured to electrically connect the communication processor and the flexible printed circuit board. The communication processor provides a data signal to be transmitted to an external electronic device to the RFIC along a first path in the flexible printed circuit board through the coaxial cable and the connector, and provide a control signal to the RFIC along a second path in the flexible printed circuit board through the second printed circuit board.
US11901964B2	Method for transmitting and receiving signal in wireless communication system, and apparatus for supporting same Various embodiments relate to a next generation wireless communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) wireless communication system, and the like. According to various embodiments, a method for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus for supporting same can be provided. Various other embodiments can be provided.
US11901957B2	Systems and methods for modeling quantum structure and behavior Systems and methods of modeling the structure and behavior of the quantum continuum based on geometrical principles are provided. In some embodiments, systems and methods of modeling quantum structure and behavior may include modeling a region of space as a three-dimensional projection of a field of N-dimensional hard-spheres, modeling a stable particle within the region of space as a locally stably packed set of hard-spheres, defining an energy subspace comprising one or more additional dimensions, and modeling an energy of the stable particle as an amount of hard-sphere geometry shifted out of the three spatial dimensions into the energy subspace sufficient for the set of hard-spheres to pack stably. Systems and methods for modeling virtual particles and performing quantum communication are also described.
US11901956B2	Module with high peak bandwidth I/O channels A high peak bandwidth I/O channel embedded within a multilayer surface interface that forms the bus circuitry electrically interfacing the output or input port on a first semiconductor die with the input or output port on a second semiconductor die.
US11901955B2	Communication in a switching network A switching network for effecting point-to-point communication between nodes has a time-varying switching configuration, which causes successive activation and deactivation of multiple channels of the switching network, a first of the channels connecting, when activated, a transmitter node and a first receiver node, and a second of the channels connecting, when activated, the transmitter node and a second receiver node. In a training phase, a method comprises: transmitting from the transmitter node via each channel a known training signal, to cause each receiver node to receive a distorted training signal, using the first distorted training signal and knowledge of the first known training signal to determine respective one or more transmit-side equalizer (EQ) coefficients for each channel, and storing, in memory accessible to the transmitter node, the first transmit-side EQ coefficients, in association with each channel, for use in conducting scheduled communications over the switching network in a communications phase.
US11901954B2	Electrical duobinary soft information receiver for NRZ modulation fiber transmission A receiver circuit is disclosed and is configured to receive an optical signal. The receiver circuit includes a receiving circuit configured to receive the optical signal and convert the optical signal from a duobinary signal format into a binary signal based on a plurality of decision thresholds. The receiver circuit also includes a clock data recovery circuit configured to sample the binary signal per data period at a first time instant based on a predetermined clock data recovery technique, and sample the binary signal per data period at a second time instant offset from the first instant, as well as determine an intermediate sample based on an offset for decoding a transmitted bit sequence according to soft information based on the samples.
US11901950B2	Optical subcarrier dual-path protection and restoration for optical communications networks An example system includes a first network device having first circuitry. The first network device is configured to perform operations including receiving data to be transmitted to a second network device over an optical communications network, and transmitting first information and second information to the second device. The first information is indicative of the data, and is transmitted using a first communications link of the optical communications network and using a first subset of optical subcarriers. The second information is indicative of the data, and is transmitted using a second communications link of the optical communications network and using a second subset of optical subcarriers. The first subset of optical subcarriers is different from the second subset of optical subcarriers.
US11901948B2	Modulation device, control device, optical system, lithography system and method A modulation device includes: a signal splitter configured to generate: i) an M-bit wide partial signal comprising M more significant bits of an N-bit wide input signal; and ii) an L-bit wide partial signal comprising L less significant bits of the N-bit wide input signal, where L=N−M; a first modulation unit configured to generate a 1-bit wide pulse density modulation signal on the basis of the L-bit wide partial signal; a summation unit configured to generate an M-bit wide summation signal on the basis of the M-bit wide partial signal and the 1-bit wide pulse density modulation signal; and a second modulation unit configured to generate a 1-bit wide pulse width modulation signal on the basis of the M-bit wide summation signal.
US11901947B2	Communication system employing optical frame templates An apparatus includes baseband processing circuitry configured to generate a baseband signal that is transmitted to a first network element and a second network element, and an optical power supply configured to generate a first optical signal and a second optical signal, transmit the first optical signal to the first network element, and transmit the second optical signal to the second network element. The first optical signal and the second optical signal include information that enables synchronization of the first and second network elements.
US11901945B2	Optical wireless communication transceiver and method for controlling the power mode of such a transceiver An optical wireless communication (OWC) transceiver apparatus includes at least one light transmitter configured to transmit light of a first wavelength or first range of wavelengths, driver circuitry configured to receive a data signal and to process the data signal to produce a driving signal to drive the at least one light transmitter such that the at least one light transmitter produces a modulated optical signal representative of said data signal, at least one photodetector configured to receive light of a second wavelength or second range of wavelengths and to produce a detection signal in response to the received light, receiver circuitry configured to receive and process the detection signal to produce a receiver signal, and demodulation circuitry configured to perform a decoding and/or demodulation process in accordance with an OWC protocol thereby to extract data from the receiver signal.
US11901942B1	System and methods for centralized network node digitization An access network includes a first local network node configured to serve one or more first client devices according to a first network protocol, a second local network node configured to serve one or more second client devices according to a second network protocol different than the first network protocol, and a hub in operable communication with the first and second local network nodes over respective transport media. The hub contains a centralized network node configured to generate a first digitized radio frequency (RF) stream to the first local network node and a second digitized RF stream to the second local network node. The first digitized RF stream corresponds to the first network protocol and the second digitized RF stream corresponds to the second network protocol.
US11901941B2	Low power light wave communication for mobile and wearable devices A client device, such as a mobile phone or a mobile phone accessory (e.g., phone case), is provided that receives and transmits data (e.g., a social media code) via light wave communication. The light wave communication may comprise structured light (e.g., projected light patterns). The client device may include a lightbox comprised of LEDs located on a back face of the client device.
US11901940B2	Methods, devices, and systems for timing and bandwidth management of ultra-wideband, wireless communication channels Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and systems for providing timing and bandwidth management of ultra-wideband, wireless data channels (including radio frequency and wireless optical data channels). According to one embodiment, a hub apparatus is disclosed for providing out-of-band bandwidth management for a free-space-optical (FSO) data channel associated with a first device. The hub apparatus includes a processor, a memory coupled with the processor, an FSO transmitter coupled with the processor, and an FSO receiver coupled with the processor. The FSO transmitter may be configured to transmit a control signal comprising timing information and bandwidth management information.
US11901937B2	Long-distance optical fiber detecting method, apparatus, device and system, and storage medium Disclosed are a long-distance optical fiber detecting method, apparatus, device and system, and a storage medium. The method comprises: in response to a detection request of a target node on a to-be-detected optical fiber, determining a first and second sampling sequence that are formed by respectively propagating, on said optical fiber, a first and second optical signal respectively sent from each end of the optical fiber through an OTDR; determining a total length of the optical fiber; generating a detection result according to the first and second sampling sequence and the total length, and sending the detection result to the target node. By determining the first and second sampling sequence and combining the total length of the optical fiber, a detection result of the to-be-detected optical fiber is generated.
US11901936B1	Optical communication network configuration A network management system can be configured to identify routes for satisfying a set of demands on an optical communication network using layer graph(s). The layer graph edges can have edge scores that indicate a cost of the edge. The network management system can generate the layer graph(s) using a network graph that represents the optical communication network and an associated sets of available frequency slots. The network management system can iteratively identify candidate path(s) on the layer graph(s) that correspond to each of the demands and determine a cost for each candidate path using the edge scores. In each iteration, the network management system can select the lowest cost candidate path, update the layer graph(s) based on this selection, and update the candidate paths for the remaining demands as needed. The network management system can similarly generate restoration paths for each of the demands.
US11901933B2	System and method for providing sub-band whitening in the presence of partial-band interference A method and system for providing sub-band whitening are herein provided. According to one embodiment, a method includes deriving an estimated noise plus interference variance (NIVar) based on at least one legacy-long training field (LLTF) symbol from an LLTF signal; and updating an interference whitening (IW) factor by using a sub-band NIVar.
US11901928B2	Systems and methods for a cellular phone enclosure Disclosed herein is an improved electronic device enclosure and methods for manufacturing the same. One embodiment includes a front panel; a back panel with a patterned intrusion region to improve passive audio amplification; an electrically conductive front plate; an electrically conductive back plate with an open region configured to permit transmission of radiofrequency signals; wherein the front plate couples with the front panel, the back plate couples with the back panel, the front panel hingedly couples with the back panel, and the front plate and back plate are configured to enclose an electronic device; and the front plate is sized and dimensioned to block radiofrequency radiation from exiting the front panel of the electronic device enclosure.
US11901925B2	Method and apparatus for cancelling front-end distortion Transceiver circuitry in an integrated circuit device includes a receive path including an analog front end for receiving analog signals from an analog transmission path and conditioning the analog signals, and an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert the conditioned analog signals into received digital signals for delivery to functional circuitry, and a transmit path including a digital front end configured to accept digital signals from the functional circuitry and to condition the accepted digital signals, and a digital-to-analog converter configured to convert the conditioned digital signals into analog signals for transmission onto the analog transmission path. At least one of the analog front end and the digital front end introduces distortion and outputs a distorted conditioned signal. The transceiver circuitry further includes distortion correction circuitry at the one of the analog front end and the digital front end, to determine and apply a distortion cancellation function to the distorted signal.
US11901923B2	Signal transmitter A signal transmitter is provided. The signal transmitter includes a signal splitting module, including M output interfaces, where the signal splitting module is configured to split a signal into N sub-signals, and output the N sub-signals through N of the M output interfaces, where M and N are integers, M≥2, N≥1, and M≥N, an integrated array traveling-wave tube amplifier, including M radio frequency channels, where the M channels one-to-one correspond to the M output interfaces, each channel is configured to perform power amplification on a sub-signal that is output from a corresponding output interface, and each channel is openable and closeable, a power supply module, configured to supply power to the integrated array traveling-wave tube amplifier, and at least one transmit antenna, configured to send a signal obtained through power amplification.
US11901917B1	Systems, methods and computer program products including features of transforming data involving a secure format from which the data is recoverable Systems and methods are disclosed for processing data. In one exemplary implementation, there is provided a method of generating H output data from W data input streams produced from input data. Moreover, the method may include generating the H discrete output data components via application of the W data inputs to one or more transforming components or processes having specified mathematic operations and/or a generator matrix functionality, wherein the W data inputs are recoverable via a recovery process capable of reproducing the W data inputs from a subset (any W members) of the H output data streams. Further exemplary implementations may comprise a transformation process that includes producing an H-sized intermediary for each of the W inputs, combining the H-sized intermediaries into an H-sized result, and processing the H-sized result into the H output data structures, groups or streams.
US11901911B1	Stall detection and mitigation in iterative decoders Methods, systems, and apparatuses detect and mitigate a stall condition in an iterative decoder. A codeword is received from a memory device. One or more of the plurality of bits in the codeword are flipped in each of a plurality of error correction iterations. Each bit is flipped using a first bit flipping criterion that includes comparing a first bit flipping threshold and an energy function of each bit. Responsive to the determining an iteration count threshold is satisfied and a parity violation count threshold is satisfied, one or more of the plurality of bits in the codeword are flipped using a second bit flipping criterion for one or more error correction iterations. The second bit flipping criterion differs from the first bit flipping criterion.
US11901909B2	Dynamic range adjustment for analog-to-digital converter (ADC) Certain aspects are directed to an apparatus configured for wireless communication. The apparatus may include a memory comprising instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions. In some examples, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to obtain a sample of an analog signal. In some examples, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to output the sample to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) via one of at least a first path or a second path based at least in part on whether the sample satisfies a first threshold condition or a second threshold condition.
US11901906B1	Hybrid fractional-N sampling phase locked loop (PLL) with accurate digital-to-time converter (DTC) calibration Presented herein are techniques for implementing a hybrid fractional-N sampling phase locked loop with accurate digital-to-time calibration. A method includes receiving, at a comparator, an output of a sampling phase detector of a phase locked loop, the output of the sampling phase detector of the phase locked loop also being supplied as a control source for a proportional control input of a voltage-controlled oscillator, supplying an output of the comparator as an input signal to a calibration loop of a digital-to-time converter, supplying an output of the digital-to-time converter to an input of the sampling phase detector, and supplying the output of the comparator as a control source for an integral control input of the voltage-controlled oscillator.
US11901901B2	Synchronizing pulse-width modulation control In described examples, a pulse width modulation (PWM) system includes an initiator and a receiver. The initiator includes an initiator counter and an initiator PWM signal generator. The initiator counter advances an initiator count in response to an initiator clock signal. The initiator PWM signal generator generates an initiator PWM signal in response to the initiator count. The receiver includes a receiver counter, a receiver PWM signal generator, and circuitry configured to reset the receiver count. The receiver counter advances a receiver count in response to a receiver clock signal. The receiver PWM signal generator generates a receiver PWM signal in response to the receiver count. The circuitry resets the receiver count in response to a synchronization signal and based on an offset.
US11901900B2	Schmitt trigger with current assistance circuit An integrated circuit includes an input pad and a Schmitt trigger coupled to the input pad. The Schmitt trigger includes a main PMOS branch that charges an intermediate node of the Schmitt trigger responsive to voltage transitions at the input node. The Schmitt trigger includes a charging assistance circuit that helps to rapidly charge the intermediate node of the Schmitt trigger. The charging assistance circuit includes a parallel PMOS branch in parallel with the main PMOS branch.
US11901899B2	Monotonic counter memory system A monotonic counter memory system including a counter circuit and a memory circuit is provided. The counter circuit is configured to increase a count by one in response to a clock signal and output a count value of n bits, where n is a positive integer. The memory circuit includes a plurality of memory cells. The memory circuit is configured to store the count value. The stored count value changes one bit at each input count of the clock signal, and a bit switching time of the stored count value are smaller than 2n−1 times.
US11901897B2	Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium An information processing apparatus includes a processor connected to a programmable logic circuit. The processor is configured to: allow a first circuit reconfigured in a first region of the programmable logic circuit to execute a process; in parallel with the process of the first circuit, allow a second circuit to be reconfigured in a second region different from the first region; and adjust at least one of a clock frequency used in the process of the first circuit and a clock frequency used in reconfiguration of the second circuit so that a time point at which the process of the first circuit is completed and a time point at which the reconfiguration of the second circuit is completed will become closer to each other.
US11901890B2	Multi-termination scheme interface In an embodiment, a method includes programming a control signal that specifies a target resistance and a target voltage in a circuit. The method further includes sending the control signal to at least one transistor configured to control a current flow in the circuit. The method further includes providing, as an output, a signal with the target voltage and target resistance.
US11901887B2	Switch device In a semiconductor switch, a resistance value between a current input terminal to which a current is input and a current output terminal from which a current is output decreases as a voltage of a control terminal based on a potential of the current output terminal increases. A booster circuit is disposed on a path extending from the current input terminal to the control terminal. The booster circuit boosts a voltage input from the current input terminal side and applies the boosted voltage to the control terminal. A switch is connected between the control terminal and the current output terminal of the semiconductor switch. The switch is switched off by power consumption. The power consumption stops and the switch switches on if the supply of power to the booster circuit stops.
US11901885B2	Pulse width modulation-based overcurrent protection circuit and operating method for the same A PWM-based (pulse width modulation-based) overcurrent protection circuit and an operating method for the same are provided. The PWM-based overcurrent protection circuit includes a pulse-width-modulation circuit that is connected to a charge pump and a load detection circuit of a power-switch circuit. The charge pump outputs a voltage to the power-switch circuit according to a clock-voltage signal. The load detection circuit is used to detect an overcurrent flowing through the power-switch circuit according to a load at an output end of the power-switch circuit. Thus, when the load detection circuit detects the overcurrent, the pulse-width-modulation circuit controls a duty-cycle width of the charge pump, so as to suppress the voltage outputted by the charge pump. Therefore, an output voltage from the power-switch circuit can be corrected for preventing or reducing the overcurrent.
US11901882B2	Gate drive circuit In a gate drive circuit of which an N-channel MOSFET and a P-channel MOSFET are connected in a push-pull manner to amplify an input pulse signal and drive an output element, a temperature correction circuit is connected between gate terminals of the N-channel MOSFET and the P-channel MOSFET. The temperature correction circuit lowers each of gate voltages of the N-channel MOSFET and the P-channel MOSFET as ambient temperature rises.
US11901881B1	Circuit and system for the reduction of voltage overshoot in power switches An electronic circuit for controlling a power switch having a gate input, includes a signal generator configured to generate a gate driver input signal. The gate driver input signal has a first voltage during a first period of time, a second voltage during a second period of time, and toggles between the first voltage and the second voltage during a third period of time. The electronic circuit also includes a gate driver configured to receive the gate driver input signal and to provide a gate driver output signal based on the gate driver input signal. The signal generator is configured to cause the gate driver input signal to toggle during the third period of time such that the gate driver output signal has a third voltage during the second period of time, and an intermediate voltage that is less than the third voltage during the third period of time.
US11901879B2	Multiplexer, radio-frequency front end circuit, and communication device A multiplexer (1) includes: a filter (13L) that is arranged between a common terminal (100) and an input/output terminal (130) and that has a first pass band; a filter (12H) that is arranged between the common terminal (100) and an input/output terminal (120), that is formed of at least one acoustic wave resonator, and that has a second pass band located at a higher frequency than the first pass band; and a capacitor (C2) that is serially arranged on a connection path between the common terminal (100) and the filter (12H). When the filter (12H) is regarded as a capacitance, the Q value of the capacitor (C2) in the first pass band is higher than the Q value of the capacitance in the first pass band.
US11901878B2	Transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonators with two-layer electrodes with a wider top layer There is disclosed acoustic resonators and filter devices. An acoustic resonator includes a substrate having a surface and a single-crystal piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces, the back surface attached to the surface of the substrate except for a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm that spans a cavity in the substrate. An interdigital transducer (IDT) is formed on the front surface of the single-crystal piezoelectric plate such that interleaved fingers of the IDT are disposed on the diaphragm. The piezoelectric plate and the IDT are configured such that a radio frequency signal applied to the IDT excites a primary shear acoustic mode in the diaphragm. The interleaved fingers comprise a first layer adjacent the diaphragm and a second layer over the first layer opposite the diaphragm, the second layer having a greater width than the first layer.
US11901876B2	Acoustic matrix filters and radios using acoustic matrix filters There are disclosed acoustic filters and radios incorporating the acoustic filters. A filter includes a first filter port, a second filter port, and n sub-filters, where n is an integer greater than one. Each sub-filter has a first sub-filter port connected to the first filter port and a second sub-filter port connected to the second filter port. A first acoustic resonator is connected from the first filter port to ground, and a second acoustic resonator is connected from the second filter port to ground. The first and second acoustic resonators are configured to create respective transmission zeros adjacent to a lower edge of a passband of the filter.
US11901875B2	Surface acoustic wave sensor assembly A sensor device that includes an integrated sensor assembly having a surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensor disposed on a piezoelectric substrate. The SAW sensor is adapted to measure an environmental condition of an environment in response to an RF signal. The SAW sensor includes an interdigitated transducer (IDT) formed on a substrate having at least a layer of a piezoelectric material. The SAW sensor includes either one or more SAW reflectors of a second IDT formed on the piezoelectric material. The SAW sensor further includes an RF antenna formed on the piezoelectric material. The SAW sensor and the RF antenna are integrated with one another on the piezoelectric material.
US11901869B2	Amplifier capable of minimizing short-circuit current of output stage while having improved slew rate Disclosed is an amplifier capable of minimizing shortcircuit current of an output stage of a buffer upon transition of an output voltage while having a high slew rate without increasing power consumption. The amplifier includes an input unit, a conversion unit, an amplification unit, a frequency compensation circuit, and a short-circuit current minimization circuit. Alternatively, the amplifier includes an input unit, a conversion unit, an amplification unit, a frequency compensation circuit, a short-circuit current minimization circuit, and a slew rate improvement circuit.
US11901866B2	Charge-steering amplifier-based amplifier circuit An amplifier circuit, which has a first output terminal and a second output terminal, includes a first charge-steering amplifier, a second charge-steering amplifier, a first switch, and a second switch. The first charge-steering amplifier includes a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a first capacitor, and a second capacitor, and is used for amplifying a first input signal in a first operation period. The second charge-steering amplifier includes a third input terminal, a fourth input terminal, the first capacitor, and the second capacitor, and is used for amplifying a second input signal in a second operation period. The first capacitor and the second capacitor charge during the first operation period and discharge during the second operation period.
US11901864B1	Readout circuit with charge dump circuit A circuit includes an amplifier having an input and an output. A voltage comparator has an input and first and second outputs. The input of the voltage comparator is coupled to the output of the amplifier. A variable capacitor circuit is coupled between the input and the output of the amplifier and is coupled to the first output of the voltage comparator. A charge dump circuit has an input and an output. The input of the charge dump circuit is coupled to the second output of the voltage comparator. The output of the charge dump circuit is coupled to the input of the amplifier.
US11901860B2	Systems, circuits and methods for an interconnect fabric with programmable circuit routes for configuring solar cell strings A solar power system may comprise a back sheet that comprises an interconnect circuit coupling a plurality of cell tiles. A tiled solar cell, comprising a solar cell and encapsulating and glass layers, is inserted into the cell tiles of the back sheet. Each solar cell is individually addressable through the use of the interconnect circuit. Moreover, the interconnect circuit of the back sheet is programmable and allows for dynamic interconnect routing between solar cells.
US11901858B2	Multimode energy harvesting device An energy harvesting tape comprising a plurality of flexible layers. The plurality of flexible layers includes a solar cell layer configured to capture solar energy, a thermoelectric layer configured to capture thermal energy, one or more piezoelectric layers configured to capture mechanical energy; and an electrode layer configured to capture radiofrequency energy and to transmit a radiofrequency signal. The energy harvesting tape also includes one or more processing units on at least one of the plurality of flexible layers. The one or more processing units are configured to use the captured energy from the plurality of flexible layers to transmit the radiofrequency signal. The energy harvesting tape has a length, a width, and a thickness, where the length is greater than the width, and the width is greater than the thickness.
US11901856B2	Photovoltaic tracking support and transmission device thereof The present invention provides a transmission device applied to a photovoltaic tracking support. The photovoltaic tracking support comprises a stand column and a main beam. The main beam is rotatably supported on the stand column, and the main beam supports a photovoltaic assembly. The transmission device comprises a composite chain gear set and a composite chain wheel set. The composite chain gear set has multiple chain gears. The multiple chain gears are coaxially arranged and are arranged in a manner that the teeth are staggered. The composite chain wheel set has multiple chain wheels. The multiple chain wheels are coaxially arranged, and are in one-to-one correspondence to and meshing transmission with the multiple chain gears. One of the composite chain gear set and the composite chain wheel set is rotatably disposed on the stand column, and the other is connected to the main beam. The present invention also provides a photovoltaic tracking support comprising the transmission device. When the transmission device is applied to the photovoltaic tracking support, the shaking amplitude of the photovoltaic tracking support under the action of strong wind can be reduced, wear can be decreased, and the transmission device adapts to grease-free lubrication conditions.
US11901854B2	Detecting a direction of motor rotation in single-phase converters An arrangement for detecting a direction of rotation of a multi-phase electric motor includes a plurality of single-phase converters. Each single-phase converter of the plurality of single-phase converters supplies one phase of the multi-phase electric motor with current. The arrangement also includes two sensor units that are configured to determine actual values of the phase currents of the multi-phase electric motor and to transmit the actual values to the plurality of single-phase converters. The arrangement also includes a monitoring and control unit in each converter of the plurality of single-phase converters. The monitoring and control unit is configured and programmed to determine the direction of rotation and a speed of rotation of the multi-phase electric motor from the actual values.
US11901844B1	Electric motor control A method of controlling an electric motor of a vehicle includes monitoring torque command signals from a vehicle system to the electric motor, each torque command signal configured to cause the electric motor to output a commanded torque, and monitoring a speed of the vehicle and an output torque of the electric motor, the output torque responsive to a drive signal generated based on the torque command signals. The method also includes, based on the output torque and the vehicle speed indicating a low motor efficiency condition, modulating the drive signal between a first torque value and a second torque value that is less than the first torque value, the first torque value greater than the commanded torque and selected to increase an efficiency of the electric motor.
US11901840B2	Three-phase inverter power chip and preparation method therefor The present disclosure relates to a field of chip technology, and discloses a three-phase inverter power chip and a preparation method therefor. The preparation method includes: forming active areas on a substrate and an isolation area located outside the active areas; forming a source electrode, a drain electrode and a gate electrode of a transistor in each active area; forming a first bond pad, second bond pads, third bond pads and fourth bond pads in the isolation area; the source electrode, the drain electrode and the gate electrode of the chip being extended to the first bond pad, the second bond pads, the third bond pads or the fourth bond pads corresponding thereto; and electrically connecting the source electrode, the drain electrode and the gate electrode of the transistor to the first bond pad, the second bond pads, the third bond pads or the fourth bond pads corresponding thereto.
US11901838B2	Inverter module for vehicle A power module includes: a first substrate layer that is disposed on a first plane; a second substrate layer that is disposed on a second plane that is parallel to the first plane; first and second electrical conductors that are configured to be electrically connected to first and second direct current (DC) reference potentials, respectively, and that extend outwardly from the power module on a third plane that is parallel to the first and second planes; third, fourth, and fifth electrical conductors that are configured to be electrically connected to first, second, and third alternating current (AC) reference potentials, respectively, and that extend outwardly from the power module on a fourth plane that is parallel to the first, second, and third planes; and a plurality of dies of switches, respectively, disposed between the first and second substrate layers.
US11901831B2	Apparatus and methods for controlling a switch drive signal following mode transitions in a switching power converter A controller for use in a power converter that is configured to operate in a plurality of modes including a first mode and a second mode includes a frequency monitor module coupled to measure a signal characteristic of a switch drive signal coupled to control switching of a switches block of the power converter. The frequency monitor module includes a memory coupled to store a measured signal characteristic of the switch drive signal measured during the first mode. The frequency monitor module is coupled to generate a clock signal in response to the measured signal characteristic stored in the memory. The switch drive signal is coupled to be generated in response to the clock signal during the second mode.
US11901828B2	Bidirectional CLLC resonant circuit with coupled inductor Related to is a bidirectional CLLC circuit with a coupled inductor, which is associated with a circuit topology and operation control of a bidirectional CLLC resonant converter. Provided is a structure of a bidirectional CLLC resonant circuit with a coupled inductor, including a primary side bridge, a secondary side bridge, a primary side resonant capacitor, a secondary side resonant capacitor, a coupled resonant inductor, and a transformer. Compared with a structure of a conventional bidirectional CLLC resonant circuit, two separate resonant inductors located at a primary side and a secondary side in an original resonant cavity are replaced with one coupled resonant inductor in the circuit; the coupled resonant inductor has opposite dotted terminals with the transformer, and a primary side and a secondary side of the coupled resonant inductor are respectively in serial connection with a primary side and a secondary side of the transformer.
US11901827B2	Power conversion device and DC power distribution system A multiwinding transformer includes a primary-side winding and a plurality of secondary-side windings. A primary-side bridge circuit to carry out DC/AC power conversion is connected between a primary-side DC terminal connected to a DC power supply and the primary-side winding. A plurality of secondary-side bridge circuits to carry out DC/AC power conversion are connected between the plurality of secondary-side windings and a plurality of secondary-side DC terminals, respectively. The plurality of secondary-side windings include a first secondary-side winding strongest in magnetic coupling to the primary-side winding and a second secondary-side winding weaker in magnetic coupling to the primary-side winding than the first secondary-side winding.
US11901826B2	Isolated DC/DC converters for wide output voltage range and control methods thereof An efficient control method for an isolated multilevel DC/DC resonant converter achieves a wide output voltage range with a narrow device switching frequency range, relative to the output voltage range and the device switching frequency range of the prior art. At any given time, a control circuit selects one of three different modulation schemes to operate the primary-side switching devices of the resonant converter based on at least one of output voltage, output current, input signal, and one or more external control signals. Together with a selected device switching frequency, the three modulation schemes generate different voltage waveforms to a primary-side transformer, which are coupled to the secondary-side to provide different output voltages.
US11901824B2	Variable DC-DC converter and no-load clamp A variable DC-DC converter includes a no-load voltage clamp in which a rectified, filtered, and loaded control signal drives a switch. The switch switches in a load resistance across the output terminals of the converter when the output terminals are unloaded or lightly loaded. Due to a combined rectification, smoothing, and filtering operation of the control signal circuit, the control signal provides a steady voltage of the output voltage selected by a user of the converter based on predetermined output requirements. The control signal is therefore not subject to the voltage spikes that the main output is subject to. The circuit compares the control signal to the output voltage, and switches in the load resistance when the voltage at the output rises above the control signal.
US11901822B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device in which an increase in circuit area is inhibited is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first circuit layer and a second circuit layer over the first circuit layer; the first circuit layer includes a first transistor; the second circuit layer includes a second transistor; a gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the first transistor; a source and a drain of the second transistor are electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor; and a semiconductor layer of the second transistor contains a metal oxide.
US11901815B2	Voltage compensation method and device of voltage reducing circuit Disclosed are a voltage compensation method and device of a voltage reducing circuit. The voltage compensation method includes: determining a capacitance value of each capacitor and a resistance value of each resistor in a voltage compensation circuit according to a voltage compensation expectation of the voltage reducing circuit; determining each zero and each pole of a transfer function of the voltage compensation circuit according to the capacitance value of each capacitor and the resistance value of each resistor; setting each capacitor and the resistor not in direct connection with the capacitor in series to have a positive temperature coefficient, and setting the resistor in direct connection with the capacitor in series to have a negative temperature coefficient; and compensating voltage for the voltage reducing circuit by using the voltage compensation circuit to output a rated voltage.
US11901814B2	Adaptive DC-DC boost converter arrangement An adaptive DC-DC boost converter arrangement and an electronic circuit including such an arrangement are provided. The arrangement includes a circuit board with a plurality of electronic components mounted thereon, implementing an adaptive DC-DC boost converter circuit and a boost decoupling capacitor. The adaptive DC-DC boost converter circuit comprises a DC-DC boost converter having a converter set value input, a boost supply input, and a boost voltage output, and an adaptive DC-DC boost control unit having a control input and a control output. An acoustical noise suppression filter is present having a filter input connected to the control output of the adaptive DC-DC boost control unit and a filter output connected to the converter set value input of the DC-DC boost converter.
US11901812B1	Power converter system with high conversion efficiency According to some embodiments, a power converter is disclosed. The power converter includes an input electromagnetic interference filter to receive raw AC power and to output filtered AC power. A type-pi filter, and switch, receives the filtered AC power, further filters the received filtered AC power, and receives an indication from a digital controller module that an amplitude, frequency, and phase information of the filtered AC voltage is within a range of acceptable values and outputs the further filtered AC Power. The power conversion circuit receives a signal from the digital controller, receives the further filtered AC power from the type-pi filter and switch, converts the further filtered AC power to a desired voltage and outputs converted AC power. An output electromagnetic interference filter receives the converted AC power from the output electromagnetic interference filter and outputs the filtered converted AC power.
US11901807B2	Bypass circuit, power system control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium A bypass circuit of an embodiment includes a switch that shorts-circuit between a first power conversion apparatus and a power storage apparatus. The switch is connected in parallel to a second power conversion apparatus. The first power conversion apparatus converts power generated from natural energy and outputs the converted power to a power distribution grid. The second power conversion apparatus converts surplus power that has not been converted by the first power conversion apparatus and charges the power storage apparatus with the converted power; or converts power discharged from the power storage apparatus and supplies the converted power to the first power conversion apparatus.
US11901804B2	Power supplying circuit and power supplying method A power supplying circuit includes a first high-voltage switch, a first low-voltage switch, a second high-voltage switch, a second low-voltage switch, and a controller circuit. The first high-voltage switch receives a first input voltage and generates a first node voltage. The first low-voltage switch is coupled between the first high-voltage switch and an output terminal. The second high-voltage switch receives a second input voltage and generates a second node voltage. The second low-voltage switch is coupled between the second high-voltage switch and the output terminal. The controller circuit controls the first high-voltage switch, the first low-voltage switch, the second high-voltage switch, and the second low-voltage switch according to the first node voltage and the second node voltage such that an output voltage is outputted to the output terminal.
US11901800B1	Generating electricity with a magnetic drill pipe A drilling rig system and a method for generating electricity with a magnetic drill pipe. The drilling rig has a rig floor, a derrick extending upwards from the rig floor, and a drive mechanism. A stator is fixed in position relative to the rig floor. At least one section of magnetic drill pipe extends through the stator. The drive mechanism is coupled and rotates the magnetic drill pipe. An electrical storage device is electrically coupled to the stator.
US11901793B1	Electric actuator and vibration damping apparatus for drive apparatus An electric actuator for use with a variable drive apparatus is disclosed herein. The actuator has a rotary design incorporating a magnetic field sensor chip disposed on a circuit board to sense the rotational orientation of the magnetic field of a magnet positioned on the end of a control shaft of the drive apparatus. The actuator further includes an electric motor driving a gear train, and a fastener connecting a drive adapter to the control shaft, and the magnet is engaged to the fastener. A jack shaft may be used to connect the actuator housing to the drive apparatus, with a first end of the jack shaft configured to rotatably mount a gear of the gear train, and a second end including threads to connect the actuator housing to the drive apparatus housing.
US11901789B2	Electromagnetic device for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy having a magnetic circuit with two magnetic flux gaps An electromagnetic device for converting input mechanical energy into output electrical energy, including a movable element that is able to make a vibratory mechanical movement, a vibration source configured to actuate the vibratory mechanical movement of the movable element, a coil, a magnetic circuit passing through the coil, the coil being configured to generate the output electrical energy when the movable element is making its vibratory mechanical movement, a permanent magnet arranged in the magnetic circuit and able to generate a magnetic flux, referred to as the total magnetic flux (Fm_T), in the magnetic circuit.
US11901787B2	Rotary electric machine and stator thereof A rotary electric machine includes a rotor and a stator. The stator has a coil end. The coil end has a plurality of lead wires. The plurality of lead wires have an inner lead wire with respect to the radial direction RD and an outer lead wire outside the inner lead wire with respect to the radial direction RD. The rotary electric machine includes a plurality of connection members. The inner lead wire and the outer lead wire are electrically and mechanically connected to the plurality of connection members. The plurality of connection members provide a heat transfer path from the inner lead wire. The inner lead wire and the outer lead wire demonstrate different vibration characteristics.
US11901785B2	Polymeric materials A submersible component can include a conductor; and a polymeric material disposed about at least a portion of the conductor where the polymeric material includes at least approximately 50 percent by weight polyether ether ketone (PEEK) and at least 5 percent by weight perfluoroalkoxy alkanes (PFA). A submersible electrical unit can include an electrically conductive winding; and a polymeric composite material disposed about at least a portion of the electrically conductive winding where the polymeric composite material includes polymeric material at at least approximately 40 percent by volume and one or more fillers at at least approximately 10 percent by volume.
US11901778B2	Method for producing an electric motor, and apparatus A method for producing an electric motor having a coil includes providing a coil core where the coil core has a slot which extends in a longitudinal direction of the coil core. The method further includes introducing a slot insulation into the slot such that the slot insulation projects beyond the coil core in the longitudinal direction and forms a projection, introducing a conductor material layer by layer into the slot, and using a first layer of the conductor material to retain the slot insulation in a region of the projection during an introduction of a second layer of the conductor material into the slot.
US11901775B2	Rotor, motor, and electric vehicle A rotor includes a rotor iron core, a rotor shaft, and a fastening plate. The rotor iron core includes a first and a second end, and extends along an axial direction. The first fastening plate is fastened to at least the first or second end, and includes a through hole and a first runner. An inlet of the first runner communicates with the through hole. An outlet of the first runner is on a surface of a side of the fastening plate. The rotor shaft includes a second runner and a third runner in the rotor shaft. An inlet of the second runner is at one end of the at least one end of the rotor shaft. An outlet of the second runner communicates with an inlet of the third runner. An outlet of the third runner communicates with the inlet of the first runner.
US11901774B2	Rotor with coil airflow paths According to one embodiment, a rotor includes a coil slot, a sub-slot, and coil airflow paths arranged in the rotor axial direction. At least one coil airflow path among the coil airflow paths includes a first wall surface disposed on a core central portion side of a cooling gas inlet portion of the coil airflow path, a second wall surface disposed on the core central portion side of an inside of the coil airflow path, and located more on the rotor radially outward side and more on a core end portion side than the first wall surface, and a third wall surface configured to connect the first wall surface and the second wall surface, the third wall surface including a surface perpendicular to a rotor radial direction.
US11901773B2	Rotating electric machine This axial gap motor includes: a stator; and a rotor provided so as to be opposed to the stator in an axial direction. The rotor includes an annular rotor yoke, and a plurality of magnets provided to contact one surface of the rotor yoke so as to be arranged at predetermined intervals along a circumferential direction with magnetic poles thereof being different alternately. The one surface includes a plurality of facing areas facing and contacting the plurality of magnets, and a non-facing area not facing the plurality of magnets. The non-facing area includes partial areas each located between a pair of the facing areas adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction among the plurality of facing areas. The partial areas are formed to be recesses recessed in the axial direction relative to the facing areas.
US11901771B2	Rotating electric machine A rotating electric machine includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor includes a rotor core, an axial end part, and a rotor magnet inserted into an insertion hole formed so as to pass through the rotor core. The axial end part has a recessed portion. The rotor magnet includes a first side surface and a second side surface. The first side surface is fixed to a first inner wall surface of the insertion hole. In a cross section perpendicular to the axial direction, a width of the first inner wall surface is larger than a width of the first side surface. The second side surface is fixed to a second inner wall surface of the recessed portion. In the cross section perpendicular to the axial direction, a width of the second inner wall surface is larger than a width of the second side surface.
US11901770B2	External stator for a rotating field machine with an internal rotor, with stator tooth groups, each of which having two adjacent stator teeth The invention relates to an external stator of a rotating-field machine with internal rotor, which external stator is designed as an internal stator or external stator and which external stator has a number of N stator teeth which together form a number of N/2 tooth groups, and each stator tooth has in each case one pole core and one pole shoe integrally formed thereon, wherein the pole cores are manufactured from a first material, and that in each case one tooth group is formed by two directly adjacently arranged stator teeth which, together with a magnetic return means, are constituent parts of a magnetic circuit, characterized in that, between two adjacent stator teeth of two adjacent tooth groups, there is arranged in each case at least one intermediate element which extends in particular in an axial direction of the stator and which is manufactured from a second material, and in that differs from the first material of the pole cores.
US11901766B2	Carbon composite rotor for electric motors In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a method of making a carbon rotor includes, providing a quantity of material, densifying the quantity of material, and forming the densified material into a disk shape.
US11901762B2	Energy storage system An energy storage system has a battery device, a first terminal, a second terminal, a capacitor device and a DC/DC converter. The first and second terminals are respectively connected two electrodes of the battery device, and the two electrodes have opposite polarities. The capacitor device is electrically connected to the first and second terminals in parallel. The DC/DC converter is electrically connected between the first terminal and the capacitor device. The battery device composed of at least one secondary battery and the capacitor device composed of at least one capacitor are electrically connected to each other in parallel, and by combining with the DC/DC converter, configuring the relation between the equivalent series resistor of the capacitor device and the internal resistor of the battery device, and/or configuring the upper current limit of the rated current of range the DC/DC converter, the battery cycle life is increased.
US11901761B2	Charging device A charging device includes a rectifier circuit which rectifies AC power output by an AC power supply, a DC-DC converter which converts a voltage of DC power output by the rectifier circuit, a charging circuit which includes a positive electrode contact point in contact with a positive electrode terminal of a mounted secondary battery and a first negative electrode contact point and a second negative electrode contact point in contact with a negative electrode terminal of the secondary battery, an output voltage from the DC-DC converter being applied between the positive electrode contact point and the first negative electrode contact point, and a control circuit which includes a photocoupler that is turned on by a difference in potential between the positive electrode contact point and the second negative electrode contact point and outputs an enable signal for the DC-DC converter when the photocoupler is on.
US11901759B2	Development of fast charge profiles for lithium-ion batteries A method of developing a charging profile for charging a lithium-ion battery. A first phase of charging is at a constant current level, with the constant current level selected on the basis of battery resistance during charging and differential voltage (dV/dQ) analysis. A switch point is selected on the basis of a state of charge (SOC) of the battery when dV/DQ values increase. Next is an increasing voltage charging phase, with the voltage rate selected on the basis of charge acceptance and charge time.
US11901757B2	Electric vehicle battery voltage regulation system and control method and control apparatus therefor A control method may include: controlling a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a fourth switch, a fifth switch, a first leg, and a second leg set to turn on or off, to form in a first period a circuit loop for a charge/discharge module to discharge to a motor and to form in a second period a circuit loop for the charge/discharge module and the motor to charge a first electric vehicle battery group and a second electric vehicle battery group or form in the second period a circuit loop for the motor to charge the first electric vehicle battery group and the second electric vehicle battery group.
US11901754B2	Charging base The disclosure provides a charging base. The charging base is applied to electrically connect to an electronic device and charge a stylus. The charging base includes: a base, a connector, a first charging end conductive structure, and a second charging end conductive structure. The base includes a through-hole. The connector is disposed on one side of the base and is used for being electrically connected to the electronic device. The first charging end conductive structure is formed on an upper surface of the base and is electrically connected to the connector. The second charging end conductive structure is formed in the through-hole and is electrically connected to the connector.

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