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| US11944579B2 |
Biological activity detection apparatus and biological activity detection system
A biological activity detection apparatus includes: a drive unit that actively or passively drives in conjunction with a limb motion of a subject; a periarticular detection unit that detects a periarticular physical quantity around a joint in association with the limb motion of the subject based on an output signal from the drive unit; a biological signal detection unit located at a body surface site of the subject with reference to the joint and includes an electrode group for detecting a biological signal of the subject, wherein an activity status of a musculoskeletal system and/or a transmission status of a peripheral nervous system around the joint are converted into quantitative musculoskeletal system data and/or nervous system data on the basis of the physical quantity acquired from the periarticular detection unit and a myogenic potential signal and a neural transmission signal which are acquired from the biological signal processing unit. |
| US11944578B2 |
Low-profile bedpans
A bedpan having a housing including a chamber, a top portion including an opening to the chamber and having a circumferential edge, a proximal surface including an apron surrounding the opening, the apron extending from a circumferential edge of the proximal surface to the circumferential edge of the opening, and an angled side wall surrounding the apron, and a bottom portion including a distal surface opposite the proximal surface, and a distal edge of the distal surface, the chamber positioned interior to the housing, the side walls of the chamber being interior to the side wall such that there is space between the walls of the chamber and the side wall, the side wall angled outward as it extends from the circumferential edge of the proximal surface towards the distal edge of the distal surface, and a first handle formed on a first portion of the housing. |
| US11944577B2 |
Patient transport apparatus with controlled drive member deployment
A patient transport apparatus transports a patient over a floor surface. The patient transport apparatus comprises a support structure and support wheels coupled to the support structure. An auxiliary wheel is coupled to the support structure to influence motion of the patient transport apparatus over the floor surface to assist users. An actuator is operatively coupled to the auxiliary wheel and operable to move the auxiliary wheel relative to the support structure from a retracted position to a deployed position. A user interface sensor is operatively connected to the actuator and configured to generate signals responsive to the user touching the user interface. A controller is operatively coupled to the user interface sensor and the actuator to operate the actuator in response to detection of signals. |
| US11944575B2 |
Lenticular laser incision for low myopia and/or hyperopiapatients
Embodiments generally relate to ophthalmic laser procedures and, more particularly, to systems and methods for lenticular laser incisions to form a top lenticular incision, a bottom lenticular incision of a lens in the subject's eye, an added shape between the top and bottom incisions where the added shape has no corrective power and a transition ring bisecting both the top and bottom lenticular incisions. |
| US11944569B2 |
Hand warmer capable of dismounting battery
The utility model discloses a hand warmer with detachable battery, which relates to the hand warmer field, and comprises a shell, wherein the outer side of the shell is provided with a hardware piece, the inner side of the shell is fixedly provided with a PCB motherboard, and the inner side of the shell is also provided with a detachable battery compartment; the bottom of the shell is provided with an opening structure, and a battery cover is clamped at the opening, and the battery cover can be detached from the opening; the outer side of the shell is also provided with silica gel, which is formed by splicing two plastic shells, and the silica gel is arranged outside the connecting seam of the shell. By arranging the battery cover, which can be directly detached from the shell, the utility model is convenient to replace the battery, and can be used for hand warmers all day. Moreover, the battery cover can be installed in two directions during installation by arranging the structure such as the limiting clamping groove and the positioning wave bead, and the battery cover can be easily disassembled by adopting the limiting mode in two directions, so that the installation is more stable. |
| US11944568B2 |
Cooling system for localized and non-invasive cooling treatment
The cooling system (100, 300, 400, 500, 700, 750) includes an applicator (101, 501, 701) configured to hold a predetermined amount of solid coolant and fluid coolant (117) to cool a targeted area of the body (162, 570) to crystalize the lipid-rich cells underneath the targeted area to reduce the fat cells. The applicator may include a thermoelectric cooler (TEC, 136, 704, 706) where the hot side is cooled by coolant held within the applicator. The cold side of the TEC may be thermally coupled to a cooling plate (138, 560) configured to cool a targeted area of the skin at a predetermined temperature range for a predetermined period of time. The cooling system may also be used to relieve localized pain at certain area of the body and/or utilized for cryotherapy. |
| US11944566B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for alleviating erectile dysfunction
Provided herein are devices, systems, and methods configured to alleviate erectile dysfunction by preventing outwards blood flow away from the penis while allowing inward blood flow into the penis to aid in erection initiation, maintenance, and stamina. The geometry, configuration, flexibility, and pliability of the device enable its use on flaccid or erect penises. The penile constriction device and band enables the system to apply an adjustable compressive force on a flaccid or an erect penis. |
| US11944562B2 |
Knee orthosis with helicoidal axis and method of design and fabrication thereof
A knee orthosis is provided. In described embodiments, the knee orthosis is designed to follow a natural movement of a wearer's knee along an asymmetric helicoidal axis of rotation. In some embodiments, the knee orthosis has hinges with shells having displacing geometric centers which do not coincide. In some embodiments, the knee orthosis is made of femoral and tibial hinges manufactured as single integral pieces. In some embodiments, the orthosis is configured to realign the wearer's knee in a frontal plane. Corresponding methods for designing and manufacturing a custom knee orthosis are also provided. |
| US11944560B2 |
Expandable stent delivery apparatus to cover an access site
Methods, apparatuses and systems are described for expandable stent delivery apparatus to cover an access site. The method may include delivering the stent through an access site and deploying a distal portion of the stent from within an outer sheath. In some cases, the method may further include pushing a proximal portion of the stent from the outer sheath such that upon fully exiting the outer sheath, the proximal portion extends proximally to at least partially cover the access site with the stent. The system for delivering the stent into the body lumen may include a stent, a stent delivery apparatus, and an outer sheath. The system may further include an internal pusher configured to push a proximal portion of the stent from the outer sheath and axially compress the stent such that upon fully exiting the outer sheath, the proximal portion extends proximally to cover the access site. |
| US11944549B2 |
3D printed monoblock orthopaedic surgical implant with customized patient-specific augment
An acetabular shell component includes a solid substrate, a porous outer layer coupled to the solid substrate, a porous inner layer coupled to the solid substrate, and an inner bearing coupled to the porous inner layer. One or more adjuncts extend outward from the porous outer layer. Each adjunct includes an outer surface that defines a customized patient-specific negative contour shaped to conform to a positive contour of a patient's bone. A method for manufacturing the acetabular shell component using an additive manufacturing process is also disclosed. |
| US11944547B2 |
Implants and implantation techniques for sacroiliac joint fusion
A sacroiliac joint implant includes an implant structure formed from an elongated base member, an elongated first side member, and an elongated second side member, with an internal support structure extending in an implant plane from the base member to each of the first side member and the second side member. A fusion passage is defined in an area between the base member, first side member, and second side member. The fusion passage defines a respective open area through the implant to facilitate bone growth across the sacroiliac joint when the implant is properly implanted in the joint. |
| US11944546B2 |
Wholly patient-specific orthopedic implants and implanting apparatuses, system and manufacture thereof
The present invention involves orthopedic implants of small joints in human, in particular a truly patient-specific bone implanting system comprising the implant and surgical tools fabricated by additive manufacturing techniques based on the inputs conforming to each patient's anatomy and obtainable from a wide range of existing 3-dimensional imaging and image processing technologies, which offers a substantial progress in logistics, efficiency of surgical operation, and functionality of treated bones. |
| US11944540B2 |
Delivery devices for forming a distal anchor for mitral valve repair
Described herein are devices and methods for mitral valve repair. The devices and methods implant a plurality of distal anchors at an annulus of the mitral valve (e.g., the posterior annulus) and tension artificial chordae to pull the portion of the annulus toward an opposite edge and inward into the ventricle. This can effectively reduce the size of the orifice and increase coaptation. The delivery devices can be configured to be actuated to form a distal anchor made of a pre-formed knot. The delivery devices deliver the pre-formed knot in an elongate configuration. Actuation of the delivery device causes the pre-formed knot to transition from the elongate configuration to the deployed configuration by approximating opposite ends of a suture coupled to a coiled configuration to form one or more loops. After formation of the knot, the delivery device can be withdrawn. |
| US11944539B2 |
Delivery system with inline sheath
Systems and methods for delivering and implanting heart valves are disclosed. The delivery systems can include an integrated introducer. The integrated introducer can include a sheath having an inner diameter that is smaller than the outer diameter of a delivery capsule of the delivery system and an outer diameter that is approximately equal to the outer diameter of the delivery capsule. The integrated introducer can include a hub having a hemostatic seal. The hub can have a locking mechanism configured to fix the integrated introducer in place on the delivery system. |
| US11944536B2 |
Transcatheter self-expandable tricuspid valve replacement system
A tricuspid valve apparatus may include a frame and an associated neo-prosthetic valve. The frame acts as a stabilizing structure that extends cephalad into the morphologic or functional right atrium (upstream) and caudally into the morphologic or functional right ventricle (downstream). The frame comprises a strutted atrial dome that conforms to the atrium without obstruction of blood flow from the incoming great veins (i.e. superior vena cava and inferior vena cava) or other anomalous veins and/or tributaries. The frame further comprises ventricular struts to be placed within the right ventricle to secure the neo-prosthetic valve in a desired position. The assembly of the frame and valve is collapsible so that prior to deployment the assembly is placed in a vascular catheter, and then self-expands upon release in the heart. |
| US11944534B1 |
Intraocular lens with channel to facilitate removal
An intraocular lens has an upper surface and a lower surface, and comprising an optic portion, and at least one haptic portion connected to the optic portion and extending outward from the optic portion, and a channel disposed in the intraocular lens and having a first end being disposed in the optic portion and a second end disposed in the haptic portion. The channel extends generally radially outward from the optic portion into the haptic portion and is generally linear in a radial direction, but can have some curvature if desired. The channel is open to a top surface of the optic portion and haptic portion along the length of the channel or is disposed below the top surface of the optic portion and haptic portion, with openings in the top surface of the optic portion and haptic portion on each end of the channel. |
| US11944530B2 |
Vascular and aortic grafts and deployment tools
A vascular graft may be configured to transition from an insertion state to a deployed state. The graft comprising a proximal end having an expandable mesh, a distal end having an expandable mesh, and at least one suture cuff positioned between the proximal and distal ends, wherein each suture cuff comprises additional material relative to the proximal and distal ends that is configured to form when the vascular graft transitions from the insertion state to the deployed state. |
| US11944528B2 |
Male incontinence sleeve
Disclosed herein is a sleeve for reducing involuntary leakage of a flowable material from a urethral meatus of a penis. The sleeve comprises a body that is configured to temporarily receivably retain a glans penis. When the glans penis is temporarily receivably retained by the body, the body applies an inwardly-directed pressure to the glans penis to close a urethral meatus of the glans penis. |
| US11944526B2 |
Absorbent cores having material free areas
An absorbent core, for use in an absorbent article, including a core wrap enclosing an absorbent material and including superabsorbent polymer particles. The core wrap includes a top side and a bottom side, and the absorbent core includes one or more area(s) substantially free of absorbent material through which the top side of the core wrap is attached to the bottom side of the core wrap, so that when the absorbent material swells the core wrap forms one or more channel(s) along the area(s) substantially free of absorbent material. The superabsorbent polymer particles have a time to reach an uptake of 20 g/g (T20) of less than 240 s as measured according to the K(t) test method. |
| US11944523B2 |
Elastomeric laminate(s) for absorbent article donning
The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles comprising belts comprising one or more pluralities of tightly spaced (less than 4 mm, less than 3 mm, less than 2 mm, and less than 1 mm) and/or low decitex (less than 300, less than 200, less than 100 dtex) and/or low strain (less than 300%, less than 200%, less than 100%) elastics to deliver low pressure less than 1 psi (according to the conditions defined by the Pressure-Under-Strand Test in the Method below) under the elastics, while providing adequate modulus of (between about 2 gf/mm and 15 gf/mm), resulting in a Donning-Ratio from about 1.0 and about 3 to make the article easy to apply and to comfortably maintain the article in place on the wearer. |
| US11944520B2 |
Sealing systems and methods employing a hybrid switchable drape
Systems, kits, methods of manufacturing, and a sealing member for creating a sealed space are described. The sealing member can include a film layer and a first adhesive layer coupled to the film layer. The sealing member can also include a second adhesive layer coupled to the first adhesive layer. A plurality of apertures may extend through the second adhesive layer. Each aperture can expose at least a portion of the first adhesive layer through the second adhesive layer. A plurality of polymer particles may be disposed in the first adhesive layer. The polymer particles can be configured to dissolve in response to interaction with a switching solution. |
| US11944513B2 |
Endodontic instruments displaying compressibility
Endodontic instruments are used to clean and enlarge the endodontic cavity space (ECS), also known as the root canal system, of a human tooth. This document describes novel endodontic instruments that are radially compressible, and methods for their use. Some embodiments include a shank and a body with a working surface. At least a portion of the working surface may define a center of mass path that spirals. The center of mass of a transverse cross-section of the working surface at the shank end can be offset from the axis of rotation of the instrument. |
| US11944511B2 |
Additively manufactured denture base with bracing body
The invention relates to additively manufactured dental devices comprised of a denture base and at least one removable bracing body joined at specific locations to the denture base. The invention also relates to methods of using these additively manufactured dental devices in the fabrication of dental prostheses. |
| US11944508B1 |
Augmented reality surgical assistance system
A medical video processing system (MVPS) including a system housing and electronic circuitry within the housing. The electronic circuitry is configured to (a) receive medical video imagery; (b) process the medical video imagery in order to superimpose a virtual medical object (VMO) on the medical video imagery; and (c) transmit the medical video imagery with the VMO in a format that may be received on a wireless display. |
| US11944507B2 |
Immobilisation device
The present invention relates to a template for a positioning, fixation, mobilization or immobilization device, wherein the template comprises a sheet of a thermoplastic material, wherein the thermoplastic material comprises between 3.0 and 95.0 wt. % of a poly-ε-caprolactone polymer, preferably a poly-ε-caprolactone homopolymer, and at least 5.0 wt. % of at least one second polymer material with a melting temperature of between 40 and 85° C., wherein the at least one second polymer material is selected from the group of one or more of a polyalkenamer or a thermoplastic linear polyurethane which contains as a polyol a poly ε-caprolactone or a polyester polyol, wherein the poly-ε-caprolactone polymer and the second thermoplastic material are cross-linked. |
| US11944506B2 |
Methods of setting a cannula lock
A method of setting a cannula lock. An orientation of a bore of a brake is set by rotating a base and a head of the brake about at least one axis. An actuator is actuated to cause relative movement between the head and the base to engage internal surfaces of the shell to fix the orientation of the bore. A device may be directed through the bore and into tissue along a trajectory established by the orientation of the bore. The actuator may be rotated about its longitudinal axis to move the head and the base away from one another. Anchors coupled to the shell may be embedded into the section of tissue. The actuator may be an extraction tool for extracting a drive ring from the base of the shell to permit unembedding of the anchors from the tissue. The head and the base may be semi-spherical. |
| US11944501B2 |
Systems and methods for automatic measurements of medical images
Methods and systems are provided for performing automated measurements on medical images. In one example, a method includes acquiring a first ultrasound image and a second ultrasound image in accordance with a patient exam workflow, wherein the patient exam workflow calls for one or more measurements including a first measurement to be obtained on at least the first ultrasound image, automatically assessing whether the first ultrasound image is suitable for obtaining the first measurement during a time period where the second ultrasound image is being acquired, and if the first ultrasound image is automatically assessed as being unsuitable for obtaining the first measurement, automatically prompting the user, while the second ultrasound image is still being acquired, to reacquire the first ultrasound image. |
| US11944496B2 |
Ultrasound endoscope
An ultrasound endoscope includes: a plurality of piezoelectric elements that are arranged to form a cylinder such that respective longitudinal directions of the piezoelectric elements are aligned, each piezoelectric element being configured to transmit and receive an ultrasound wave; an acoustic lens that is located on outer peripheries of the piezoelectric elements, the acoustic lens being configured to converge ultrasound waves generated by the piezoelectric elements on an outside of the acoustic lens, and transmit ultrasound waves input from the outside of the acoustic lens to the piezoelectric elements; a housing configured to hold distal end sides and proximal end sides of both of the piezoelectric elements and the acoustic lens; and a flexible material that is located between either a distal end or a proximal end of the acoustic lens and the housing, and that has a lower elastic modulus than the acoustic lens. |
| US11944495B2 |
Implantable ultrasonic vascular sensor
An implantable ultrasonic vascular sensor for implantation at a fixed location within a vessel, comprising at least one ultrasound transducer, a transducer drive circuit, and means for wirelessly transmitting ultrasound data from the at least one ultrasound transducer. |
| US11944491B2 |
Ultrasound probe with optimized thermal management
An ultrasound probe comprising a housing, a transducer assembly operable to transmit ultrasonic energy towards a zone of the probe adapted to be acoustically coupled to an object or area of interest, a cooling system comprising a heat transfer device arranged to transfer heat generated by the transducer assembly to one or more regions or areas located outside such transducer assembly. The heat transfer device comprises graphene. |
| US11944489B2 |
Imaging assembly for intravascular imaging device and associated devices, systems, and methods
An intravascular imaging device is provided. In one embodiment, the intravascular imaging device includes a flexible elongate member sized and shaped for insertion into a vessel of a patient, the flexible elongate member having a proximal portion and a distal portion; a conductor extending between the proximal and distal portions of the flexible elongate member; an imaging assembly disposed at the distal portion of the flexible elongate member, the imaging assembly including: a flex circuit including a body and a tab extending therefrom, the tab having a conductive portion coupled to the conductor; and a support member around which the flex circuit is disposed, the support member including a shelf on which tab is positioned. |
| US11944488B2 |
Systems and methods for 3D ultrasound imaging of extended targets using interchangeable track stands
A track-based scanning system uses an ultrasound probe that is mechanically guided through incremental scans over an area of interest. The scanning system can be configured for different patient applications using interchangeable track stands. Two-dimensional scan data and probe position information are fed back to a base unit for processing and assembly of a three-dimensional (3D) shape model. 3D abdominal aorta segmentation and other type of analysis may be performed based on a 3D vascular shape model and an intensity model. |
| US11944486B2 |
Analysis method for breast image and electronic apparatus using the same
An analysis method and an electronic apparatus for breast image are provided. The method includes the following steps. One or more breast ultrasound images are obtained. The breast ultrasound images are used for forming a three-dimensional (3D) breast model. A volume of interest (VOI) in the breast ultrasound image is obtained by applying a detection model on the 3D breast model. The VOI is compared with a tissue segmentation result. The VOI is determined as a false positive according to a compared result between the VOI and the tissue segmentation result. The compared result includes that the VOI is located at a glandular tissue based on the tissue segmentation result. In response to the VOI being located in the glandular tissue of the tissue segmentation result, the VOI is compared with the lactiferous duct in the 3D breast model. |
| US11944482B2 |
Imaging control device, radiography system, imaging control method, and imaging control program
In tomosynthesis imaging which uses a radiation source that generates radiation and an Al filter and a Cu filter that change the quality of the radiation, irradiates a breast with the radiation emitted from the radiation source at a plurality of irradiation positions having different irradiation angles, and switches the Al filter and the Cu filter at each of the irradiation positions such that the radiation having different qualities is emitted to capture a plurality of radiographic images of the breast at each of the irradiation positions, a CPU performs control to set a last filter used at an n-th irradiation position as an initial filter used at an (n+1)-th irradiation position. |
| US11944478B2 |
X-ray fluoroscopic imaging apparatus
An X-ray fluoroscopic imaging apparatus reduces the number of memory switches and performs an auto-positioning for a larger number of rotation positions. The apparatus includes a C-arm 9 supporting the X-ray tube 5 and the X-ray detector 7 face to be rotatable around two axes orthogonal to each other. A rotation position memory storage element 61 stores the rotation position information of the C-arm 9 in correspondence with any of memory switches 55; and a touch panel 43 displays the rotation position information stored in correspondence with selected memory switches 55. The rotation position memory storage element 61 stores a plurality of rotation position information corresponding to the respective memory switches 55, and the touch panel 43 displays any of the plurality of rotation position information stored in correspondence with the memory switches 55 in a predetermined display manner. |
| US11944476B2 |
Apparatus and method of assembly of module for a CT detector
A fixture for fabricating a detector mini-module includes a lower block having a Y-datum lower block upper surface, an X-datum lower block surface, and a Z-datum lower block surface orthogonal to both the Y-datum lower and X-datum block surface surfaces. A mount block for a detector is positionable and in contact with the X-datum lower block surface, the Y-datum lower block upper surface, and the Z-datum lower block surface. An intermediate block is positionable on the lower block having an aperture passing through an upper surface and having an X-datum intermediate block surface and a Z-datum intermediate block surface. When a mount block for the detector mini-module is positioned on the lower block, the mount block is biased having an X-axis mount block planar surface aligned with the X-datum lower block surface, and biased having a Z-axis mount block planar surface aligned with the Z-datum lower block surface. |
| US11944474B2 |
Guidance during X-ray imaging
The present invention relates to user guiding during X-ray imaging. In order to provide further guidance during X-ray imaging, a guiding device (10) for visual guidance during X-ray imaging is provided. The guiding device (10) comprises a camera arrangement (12), a display arrangement (14) and a housing structure (16). The housing structure comprises a housing (18) of an X-ray imaging system for housing an X-ray source or an X-ray detector. Further, the camera arrangement is configured to capture image data of a region of interest of a subject in front of the housing. Furthermore, the display arrangement is configured to present the captured image data as a live presentation of the region of interest. Still further, the camera arrangement is mounted to the housing on a first side (20) of the housing, and the display arrangement is mounted to the housing on a second side (22) of the housing, the second side being at least one of the group of lateral and opposite to the first side. Hence, the display arrangement is configured to provide a presentation comprising live images from the first side to a user located on the second side of the housing. |
| US11944471B2 |
Optimizing the positioning of a patient on a patient couch for medical imaging
A computer-implemented method is for operating a medical imaging system. The imaging system includes an imaging unit and a positioning apparatus for positioning an examination object. In an embodiment, the method includes ascertainment of object information relating to the examination object; determination of a region of interest for the examination object, the region of interest being defined as a region of the examination object to be examined by the imaging unit in the context of an examination to be performed; arrival at a determination concerning a positional state of the examination object relative to the positioning apparatus and, to be precise, based on the region of interest and the object information; and provision of user output for a user of the imaging system based on the determination. |
| US11944470B2 |
Method and device for sampling a pulse signal, and computer program medium
The present disclosure discloses a method and device for sampling a pulse signal, and a computer program medium. The method comprises: collecting a plurality of first sampling points on a rising edge portion of the pulse signal according to a plurality of preset sampling thresholds, where each of the plurality of first sampling points is represented by one of the preset sampling thresholds and first time corresponding to the one of the preset sampling thresholds (S1); collecting a plurality of second sampling points on a falling edge portion of the pulse signal according to the plurality of preset sampling thresholds, where each of the second sampling points is represented by one of the preset sampling thresholds and second time corresponding to the one of the preset sampling thresholds (S2); and collecting a third sampling point of the pulse signal at third time separated from the first or second time by a preset time interval, where the third sampling point is represented by the third time and a response amplitude corresponding to the third time (S3). By using the technical solutions provided by the present disclosure, it can improve the sampling efficiency of the pulse signal and reduce energy consumption. |
| US11944468B2 |
Material decomposition apparatus, PCCT apparatus, and material decomposition method
A material decomposition apparatus for performing decomposition of a material in an object. The apparatus includes a data storage section for storing correction data preliminarily generated by decomposing one of three or more materials into the other two materials, a data input section to which radiation data of the object is inputted, the radiation data being divided into a plurality of energy levels, and a decomposition processing section for repeatedly performing two-material decomposition for decomposition of the other two materials of the three or more materials using the radiation data at different energy levels and the correction data to perform decomposition of the inside of the object into the three or more materials. |
| US11944466B2 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring virus variant risk during an epidemic and pandemic
A method, system, and/or apparatus for automatically monitoring for possible infection or other physical health concerns, such as from Covid-19. The method or implementing software application uses or relies upon location information available on the mobile device from any source, such as cell phone usage and/or other device applications. The method and system automatically uses and/or learns user location and activity patterns, and/or viral variant information, and determines an infection risk that can be communicated as a warning to the user or community members. |
| US11944465B2 |
Monitor user interface for diabetes management systems including flash glucose
One or more embodiments of the disclosure relate, generally, to a diabetes management system. Such a diabetes management system may include a flash glucose monitor and a user interface. The user interface may be configured to display one or more of graphical representations of glucose values and value representative of glucose measurements, and to change values displayed responsive to user interaction with the user interface. |
| US11944462B2 |
Heart rate measurement using adaptive harmonics filtering
Various examples are provided for accurate heart rate measurement. In one example, a method includes determining a respiratory rate (RR) and respiration displacement from radar-measured cardiorespiratory motion data; adjusting notch depths of a harmonics comb notch digital filter (HCNDF) based upon the respiration displacement; generating filtered cardiorespiratory data by filtering the radar-measured cardiorespiratory motion data with the HCNDF; and identifying a heart rate (HR) from the filtered cardiorespiratory data. In another example, a system includes radar circuitry configured to receive a cardiorespiratory motion signal reflected from a monitored subject; and signal processing circuitry configured to determine a respiration displacement based upon the cardiorespiratory motion signal; adjust notch depths of a HCNDF based upon the respiration displacement; filter the cardiorespiratory motion data with the HCNDF; and identifying a heart rate (HR) from the filtered cardiorespiratory data. |
| US11944459B2 |
Methods and systems for estimation of residual ECG noise level and adaptive noise threshold
A system including a means for estimating the residual noise level in electrocardiogram (ECG) signals is disclosed. The disclosed system and methods may be used in an electrocardiograph devices. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of electrodes positioned in proximity to a cardiac structure may measure an electrical signal of the cardiac structure to produce the ECG signal. The system may segment the ECG signal into a plurality of segments. For each of the plurality of segments, the linear trend energy and/or direct current (DC) energy may be removed from the segment, and the estimated noise energy of the segment may be calculated. A subset of the plurality of segments with a minimum estimated noise energy may be selected. The residual noise energy of the ECG signal may be estimated by calculating an average of the estimated noise energy over the subset of segments. |
| US11944457B2 |
Sensing device and method for multiple remote sensors
A sensor device comprises at least two sensors at the end of a shaft (such as a guidewire or catheter). One sensor uses signals in a first frequency range and a first voltage range and the other sensor uses signals in a second frequency range different to the first frequency range and a second voltage range different to the first voltage range. The first sensor is shorted based on frequency analysis, thereby to prevent the first sensor being exposed to signals associated with the second sensor. This enables the two sensors to be driven by the same shared pair of wires along the shaft, with automatic selection of the suitable sensor. |
| US11944456B2 |
Ceramic guide, ceramic guide device, and cermic guide module
A ceramic guide device includes a columnar ceramic guide including a first portion including a first end, a second portion including a second end and having a smaller diameter than a diameter of the first portion, and a third portion disposed between the first portion and the second portion, the columnar ceramic guide provided with an insertion hole through which a long wire electrode can be inserted from the first end to the second end; and the long wire electrode that penetrates through the insertion hole, the long wire electrode including a first protruding portion projecting from the first end, and a second protruding portion projecting from the second end. |
| US11944454B2 |
Tissue interface
A system includes a garment and a sensor module. The garment includes an engagement feature. The garment is configured to encompass a first location on a body. The engagement feature is positioned in fixed alignment with the garment. The sensor module includes a sensor housing and includes a sensor having an electrical node. The sensor is configured to provide an electrical output on the node. The housing has a complementary feature. The complementary feature is configured to couple and decouple with the engagement feature. The electrical output is based on a measure of a physiological parameter associated with the body and is based on site information corresponding to the engagement feature. |
| US11944453B2 |
Clinical fitting assistance using software analysis of stimuli
Embodiments of the present disclosure identify and alert a clinician to physiological cues thereby aiding the clinician in providing a better fitting of a medical prosthesis. Physiological data of a recipient of a medical prosthesis is analyzed to identify triggers during fitting or other types of adjustments to the prosthesis. A determination is then made as to whether the identified triggers correspond to a feedback event. If the triggers correspond to a feedback event, an alert containing information about the feedback event is generated and displayed or otherwise made available to the clinician. |
| US11944451B2 |
Noninvasive monitoring for fluid resuscitation
Novel tools and techniques for assessing, predicting and/or estimating effectiveness of fluid resuscitation of a patient and/or an amount of fluid needed for effective resuscitation of the patient, in some cases, noninvasively. |
| US11944448B2 |
Adaptive illumination apparatus, method, and applications
A system and method for adaptive illumination, the imaging system comprising an excitation source having a modulator, which generates a pulse intensity pattern having a first wavelength when the excitation source receives a modulation pattern. The modulation pattern is a data sequence of a structural image of a sample. An amplifier of the imaging system is configured to receive and amplify the pulse intensity pattern from the modulator. A frequency shift mechanism of the imaging system shifts the first wavelength of the pulse intensity pattern to a second wavelength. A laser scanning microscope of the imaging system receives the pulse intensity pattern having the second wavelength. |
| US11944442B2 |
Reading EEPROM data from an EEPROM leadset
An electrocardiogram (ECG) extension cable includes a first connector configured to be electrically coupled to a physiological monitoring device, a second connector configured to be electrically coupled to an ECG lead set including a processor, an input/output (I/O) wire configured to transmit data between the physiological monitoring device and the processor, a ground wire that establishes a ground path between the first connector and the second connector, a series protection element coupled in series along the ground wire, a bypass path coupled to the ground wire in parallel to the series protection element, and a switching element arranged along the bypass path and configured to redirect the ground path along the bypass path, thereby bypassing the series protection element. |
| US11944441B2 |
Electro-mechanic assembly and integrated snap connectors
The present invention relates generally to an electro-mechanic assembly comprising a snap connector. In order to provide a connection interface for an electronic device having a housing with at least one protruding stud which detachably fits within a socket region of the snap connector, the electro-mechanic assembly comprises a snap and at least one material layer being in at least one portion electrically conductive to electrically connect least one electrode with the snap. At least one surface of said snap is metallic and deposited with a non-oxidizing conductive material layer which faces and is in contact with a conductive portion of the material layer. |
| US11944436B2 |
Determining a stress level of a smartphone user based on the user's touch interactions and motion sensor data
A method for determining a user's stress level is performed by a smartphone app. Touch and motion feature values are generated, the feature values are weighted by regression parameters, and a stress score is generated based on the weighted touch and motion feature values. The touch feature values indicate how the user's finger moves over the smartphone and are generated from touch data points including X positions, Y positions and associated touch timestamp values. The motion feature values indicate movement of the smartphone and are generated from motion data points including X movements, Y movements, Z movements and associated motion timestamp values. The regression parameters are generated using touch and motion data identified by other users as being acquired while those other users were experiencing various perceived levels of stress. The app indicates to the user whether the stress score is higher or lower than a previously generated stress score. |
| US11944433B2 |
Detecting an analyte in a body fluid
A medical device for detecting at least one analyte in a body fluid, a method for assembling the medical device and a method of using the medical device are disclosed. The medical device comprises: an analyte sensor having an insertable portion; an insertion cannula receiving the insertable portion of the analyte sensor; an electronics unit connected with the analyte sensor; and a housing comprising an electronics compartment receiving the electronics unit and a sensor compartment receiving the analyte sensor, the sensor compartment forming a sealed compartment receiving the insertable portion of the analyte sensor, the sealed compartment comprising detachable upper and lower caps, the lower cap configured for detachment before insertion, the insertion cannula being attached to the upper cap, wherein detaching the upper cap after insertion removes the insertion cannula, wherein the electronics compartment at least partially surrounds the sensor compartment. |
| US11944431B2 |
Apparatus and method for creating a stable optical interface
A system and a method for creating a stable and reproducible interface of an optical sensor system for measuring blood glucose levels in biological tissue include a dual wedge prism sensor attached to a disposable optic that comprises a focusing lens and an optical window. The disposable optic adheres to the skin to allow a patient to take multiple readings or scans at the same location. The disposable optic includes a Petzval surface placed flush against the skin to maintain the focal point of the optical beam on the surface of the skin. Additionally, the integrity of the sensor signal is maximized by varying the rotation rates of the dual wedge prisms over time in relation to the depth scan rate of the sensor. Optimally, a medium may be injected between the disposable and the skin to match the respective refractive indices and optimize the signal collection of the sensor. |
| US11944428B2 |
Apparel with ultrasonic position sensing and haptic feedback for activities
An article of apparel, a system, and methods include a fabric configured to conform to a body of a wearer. A plurality of ultrasonic positioning sensors are secured with respect to the fabric at a first set of predetermined locations, each of the ultrasonic positioning sensors configured to emit a sound wave configured to be detected by other ones of the plurality of ultrasonic positioning sensors and output an electronic signal indicative of having emitted or detected a sound wave. A plurality of feedback devices secured with respect to the fabric at a second set of predetermined locations, each of the feedback devices configured to output a feedback signal configured to be detectable by the wearer of the article of apparel. |
| US11944427B2 |
Learning system, walking training system, method, program and trained model
The learning system includes a data generation unit configured to generate learning data based on rehabilitation data and a learning unit configured to perform machine learning using the learning data. A sensor is provided to detect a plurality of motion amounts in a walking motion of a trainee, and it is evaluated that, when one of the motion amounts matches one of abnormal walking criteria, that the walking motion is an abnormal walking pattern that meets the matched abnormal walking criterion. The data generation unit generates each of the pieces of rehabilitation data before and after a change in the results of evaluation of the abnormal walking pattern as learning data. The learning unit sequentially inputs each of the pieces of rehabilitation data as one data set, thereby performing machine learning. |
| US11944422B2 |
Image reliability determination for instrument localization
A system includes one or more processors configured to execute instructions to cause the system to access a plurality of images generated by one or more imaging devices of an endoscope when the endoscope is disposed within anatomy of a patient, for each of the plurality of images, determine a value for each of one or more image reliability metrics, and determine a position of the endoscope within the anatomy of the patient based at least in part on the one or more image reliability metrics of each of the plurality of images. |
| US11944420B2 |
Electrodermal activity acquisition
The measurement of electrodermal activity (EDA) can be facilitated by a sensing surface. The sensing surface can have a plurality of electrode pairs. An electrode pair can include a first electrode and a second electrode that are electrically isolated from each other. The plurality of electrode pairs can be electrically isolated from each other. A distance between neighboring electrode pairs can be larger than a distance between the first electrode and a second electrode of each electrode pair. One or more sensors can be configured to detect contact with the sensing surface. In response to the one or more sensors detecting contact with the sensing surface, one or more electrode pairs can be selected to be activated. In response to the one or more electrode pairs being selected to be activated, the selected one or more electrode pairs can be activated. |
| US11944416B2 |
Photoplethysmography (PPG) apparatus and method for determining physiological changes
Disclosed is a photoplethysmography (PPG) apparatus (100) for determining physiological changes, comprising: a light source to emit alight signal having a variable intensity dependent on a skin characteristic; first and second photodetectors (130) operable to detect a reflection of the light signal to provide a combined current signal; and a signal processing circuit operable to convert the current signal into a PPG signal for determining the physiological changes. |
| US11944415B2 |
Systems and methods for measuring blood pressure
A blood pressure measurement system is provided that includes an inflatable cuff, a valve assembly and chamber assembly. The chamber assembly can house a gas canister for providing gas to the inflatable cuff. The valve assembly can include a valve having a high pressure cavity, a low pressure cavity, and a channel providing a gas pathway between the high pressure cavity and the low pressure cavity. The valve assembly can further include a channel cover and spring in the high pressure cavity. The spring can exert a force on the channel cover to create a seal between the high pressure cavity and the channel. The valve assembly can further include a rod extending through the channel and exerting a force on the channel cover to create a gas pathway between the high pressure cavity and the channel. |
| US11944414B2 |
Blood pressure estimation using finger-wearable sensor array
A finger-wearable blood pressure monitor device includes a cuff, a tactile sensor array, and control circuitry. The tactile sensor array is disposed on or adjacent to an inward facing surface of the cuff. The tactile sensor array includes a plurality of sensors. The control circuitry is coupled to the tactile sensor array and includes logic that when executed by the control circuitry causes the finger-wearable blood pressure monitoring device to perform operations. The operations include monitoring, over a first time period, a pressure applied to each of the plurality of sensors by a digital artery of a finger. The operations also include generating a plurality of tactile waveforms in response to monitoring the pressure. Each of the plurality of tactile waveforms corresponds to the pressure applied to a respective one of the plurality of sensors over the first time period. The operations further include estimating blood pressure based, at least in part, on the plurality of tactile waveforms. |
| US11944413B2 |
Ventricular assist device
Apparatus and methods are described including a left ventricular assist device. The left ventricular assist device includes an impeller configured to be placed inside a subject's left ventricle, and to pump blood from the subject's left ventricle to the subject's aorta, by rotating. A frame is disposed around the impeller. A tube traverses the subject's aortic valve, such that a proximal portion of the tube is disposed within the subject's aorta and a distal portion of the tube is disposed within the subject's left ventricle. The distal portion of the tube defines one or more blood inlet openings that are configured to allow blood to flow from the subject's left ventricle into the tube. A mesh is configured to prevent inner structures of the left ventricle from passing into the one or more blood inlet openings. Other applications are also described. |
| US11944409B2 |
Wearable device for threat evaluation and data collection
Systems and methods for threat evaluation and data collection are described herein. An example method may commence with collecting, by a wearable device, sensor data from one or more sensors installed on the wearable device. The wearable device may be worn by a user and be communicatively coupled to a central data portal and one or more external sources. The method may include receiving external sensor data from the one or more external sources. The method may continue with processing the sensor data and the external sensor data to evaluate a user state. The user state may be indicative of at least one physical threat to the user or at least one medical condition of the user. The method may further include transmitting the user state to the central data portal. The central data portal may be configured to process the user state for storage and visualization. |
| US11944408B1 |
Method and system for imaging a tissue using acousto-electric effect
An aspect of some embodiments of the invention relate to a system for tissue characterization using an acousto-electric effect comprising: at least one ultrasonic waveform generator; at least one waveform generation controller; at least one set of electrodes; at least one electric signal amplification circuitry connectable to at least one of said at least one set of electrodes to generate an amplified signal; and at least one signal processing unit for analyzing said amplified signal and to generate information related to properties of multiple locations within a target tissue; wherein at least one of said multiple location has no direct contact with any electrode, and wherein said properties of said multiple locations are obtained within up to 10 milliseconds per location on average. |
| US11944406B2 |
Wearable ambulatory medical device with multiple sensing electrodes
A wearable arrhythmia monitoring and treatment device for improving confidence in determined arrhythmias prior to treatment includes a plurality of sensing electrodes, one or more therapy electrodes, and an electrode signal acquisition circuit having a plurality of inputs. The electrode signal acquisition circuit is configured to sense a respective signal provided by each of a plurality of different pairings of the plurality of sensing electrodes. The wearable arrhythmia monitoring and treatment device includes a monitoring and detection circuit including at least one processor configured to analyze the respective signals provided by each of the plurality of different pairings of the plurality of sensing electrodes, change a confidence level in a determined arrhythmia condition based on the respective signals provided by the plurality of different pairings of the plurality of sensing electrodes, and initiate a therapy to the patient via the one or more therapy electrodes based on the confidence level. |
| US11944405B2 |
Pressure-sensing devices
A pressure-sensing device includes a device frame, a flexible membrane, a pressure sensor, and device electronics. The device frame includes a base surface that rests on a supporting structure and a frame attachment region located opposite to the base surface such that the frame attachment region is raised from the supporting structure when the base surface is resting on the supporting structure. The device frame also includes a seating surface. The flexible membrane is attached to the frame attachment region such that the device frame and the flexible membrane enclose a pressure chamber. The seating surface extends outward around the flexible membrane and the flexible membrane protrudes above the seating surface. The pressure sensor is configured to generate a pressure signal. The device electronics are configured to determine the pressure in the pressure chamber based on the pressure signal. |
| US11944403B2 |
Latch to secure teleoperated surgical instrument to actuator
An instrument sterile adapter couples a surgical instrument and an instrument carriage. The instrument sterile adapter includes an instrument plate that provides a first surface to receive the surgical instrument and a latch plate joined to the instrument plate. The latch plate includes a second surface to receive the instrument carriage and latch structures. Each latch structure has a carriage latch arm that extends away from the second surface of the latch plate and an instrument latch arm joined to the carriage latch arm. The instrument latch arm extends through the instrument plate and away from the first surface of the instrument plate. A connecting member flexibly connects the carriage latch arm and the instrument latch arm to a remainder of the latch plate. The connecting member may be perpendicular to the latch arms. The latch arms may engage fixed locking surfaces in the instrument carriage and the surgical instrument. |
| US11944397B2 |
System and method for providing surgical instrument force feedback
Embodiments of an actuated cannula seal are disclosed In some embodiments, a cannula seal includes a base portion that engages with a cannula; and a seal portion integrally formed with the base portion, the sealing portion capable of engaging with an instrument shaft, the sealing portion capable of being actuated by an actuator so that the sealing portion is continually in motion relative to the instrument shaft. The actuation of the sealing portion can be accomplished by rotation or vibration of the sealing portion relative to the instrument shaft. |
| US11944396B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling robotic movement of a tool based on a virtual boundary
Systems and methods are provided for controlling robotic movement of a tool based on one or more virtual boundaries. The system comprises a tool and a manipulator to support the tool. A control system controls operation of the manipulator and movement of the tool based on a relationship between the tool and the one or more virtual boundaries associated with a target site. The control system includes a boundary handler to determine whether the tool is in compliance with the one or more virtual boundaries or is in violation of the one or more virtual boundaries. |
| US11944391B2 |
Systems and methods for using surgical robots with navigation arrays
Surgical systems and methods are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a system having a coupling system disposed on a distal end portion of a surgical robot arm that secures a navigation array to the robot arm in a plurality of different orientations. The system further includes a navigation system configured to determine a precise location of the distal end portion by measuring a precise location of the navigation array by visually observing the navigation array, receiving a location of the coupling system via one or more encoders in the robot arm, determining the orientation of the navigation array relative to the robot arm based on the visual observation of the navigation array and the received location of the coupling system, and determining the precise location of the distal end portion of the surgical robot arm based on a known spatial relationship between the distal end portion and the coupling system. |
| US11944390B2 |
Systems and methods for performing intraoperative guidance
Systems and methods are provided in which an intraoperative video feed is augmented with one or more virtual display features based on a detected orientation and position of the tracked medical instrument. In some example embodiments, the virtual display features may be employed to represent, in an augmented video feed, information associated with a previously-detected intraoperative position and orientation of the tracked medical instrument. The virtual display element may be employed, for example, to facilitate the alignment of an untracked medical instrument with a previously determined intraoperative position and orientation of the tracked medical instrument. In other example embodiments, the virtual display element may be dynamically displayed in a fixed spatial relationship relative to the tracked medical instrument. |
| US11944388B2 |
Systems and methods for magnetic interference correction
Navigation systems and methods for magnetic interference correction involve antennae that generate magnetic fields at different frequencies, sensors that measure the magnetic fields, and a computing device that uses sensor measurements to determine the magnetic interference and produce accurate sensor position and orientation information. |
| US11944387B2 |
Systems and methods for risk assessment and treatment planning of arterio-venous malformation
A computer implemented method for assessing an arterio-venous malformation (AVM) may include, for example, receiving a patient-specific model of a portion of an anatomy of a patient; using a computer processor to analyze the patient-specific model for identifying one or more blood vessels associated with the AVM, in the patient-specific model; and estimating a risk of an undesirable outcome caused by the AVM, by performing computer simulations of blood flow through the one or more blood vessels associated with the AVM in the patient-specific model. |
| US11944386B2 |
Intelligent orthopedic external fixing system based on cloud platform
An intelligent orthopedic external fixing system based on a cloud platform, includes a cloud platform, an intelligent recognition unit and a Taylor spatial frame manufacturing module, wherein the intelligent recognition unit comprises an osteotrauma reconstruction module, a three-dimensional medical model registration module, a condition characteristic extraction module, an image recognition module, a personalized designed module and a basic module. According to the disclosure, the cloud platform integrates medical registration technology, computer image recognition technology, three-dimensional reconstruction technology and deep machine learning technology. |
| US11944377B2 |
Devices for image-guided light treatment of skin
In one aspect, devices for light treatment of skin are described herein. A device described herein, in some embodiments, comprises an interior compartment having a proximal end and a distal end, and an optical aperture disposed at the distal end. The device also comprises a laser or BBL source that produces a laser or BBL beam. The laser or BBL beam has a first optical path within the interior compartment, between the proximal end and the distal end. Additionally, the first optical path exits the interior compartment through the optical aperture. The device further comprises an imaging system that receives a return signal from the aperture. The return signal received from the aperture has a second path within the interior compartment. Further, a selectively reflective optical element is disposed in the first and second optical paths. The selectively reflective optical element generally transmits the laser or BBL beam. |
| US11944374B2 |
Electrical signals for retrieval of material from vessel lumens
Devices, systems, and methods for removing obstructions from body lumens are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a system for removing a thrombus includes an interventional element configured to be disposed proximate to or adjacent to a thrombus within a blood vessel. The system can include a signal generator in electrical communication with the interventional element. The signal generator can be configured to deliver an electrical signal to the interventional element. The electrical signal can include a waveform having a positive phase having a peak positive current and a first duration, and a negative phase having a peak negative current and a second duration. A magnitude of the peak positive current can be greater than a magnitude of the peak negative current, and the first duration can be greater than the second duration. |
| US11944371B2 |
RF energy enabled tissue debridement device
A bipolar electrosurgical device including an outer shaft, an inner shaft, first and second electrode surfaces, and an irrigation channel. The outer shaft defines a lumen, a proximal end and a distal end forming a cutting window. The inner shaft is rotatably disposed within the outer shaft, and defines a distal portion forming a cutting tip. The cutting tip and the cutting window combine to define a cutting implement. The first and second electrode surfaces are electrically isolated, and are formed at the cutting implement. The irrigation channel extends parallel to the outer shaft, and terminates in at least one outlet port. The outlet port is proximally spaced from the cutting window and is located radially outside of the outer shaft. Fluid (e.g., saline) is emitted at the exterior surface of the device near the cutting window and is readily present for interacting with the electrode surfaces. |
| US11944370B2 |
Forceps including a double biased handle latch
A surgical device comprising: a closure assembly including: (a) a movement unit configured to be connected to a movable member, the movement unit including: (i) one or more bars; (ii) one or more bar biasing members in communication with the movement unit and moving the one or more bars; (b) a latch unit configured to be connected to a ground member, the latch unit including: (i) one or more hook latches that selectively receive the one or more bars, and (ii) one or more latch biasing members in communication with the one or more hook latches to selectively move the one or more hook latches; wherein all or a portion of the latch unit is movable relative to the ground member and all or a portion of the movement unit is movable relative to the movable member, and the latch unit and the movement unit are movable relative to each other when the latch unit and the movement unit are in contact. |
| US11944368B2 |
Bipolar electrosurgical instruments
A bipolar surgical instrument comprises a body, first and second opposed jaws located at the distal end of a shaft, the first jaw being movable with respect to the second jaw between an open position in which the first and second jaws are spaced apart from one another, and a closed position in which the first and second jaws are adjacent one another. The first and second elongate jaw members have respective first and second electrodes. A controller is operable to detect a short circuit between the first and second electrodes when in use. |
| US11944364B2 |
Cable-locking plate with screw
The cable-locking plate with screw allows for compression of bone fractures using a tensioned cable. The cable-locking plate with screw allows the use of a cable as a flexible bridging member, such as a cable, helps create compression while accommodating the unusual shape. The cable-locking plate with screw allows a surgeon to tension a cable through the plate, then grip the cable by tightening a screw associated with the plate. The compression is created is across the fracture, not around the bone, thus avoiding compression of nerve and blood vessels along the bone's surface. The cable is guided into an ideal position using cable channels, allowing the surgeon to concentrate on tension and screw compression. The plate and cable system are then left in the patient while the bone mends. The cable-locking plate with screw is either left permanently or removed during a later surgery. |
| US11944361B2 |
Bone plate with structures for attachment of sutures
A bone plate system is designed for use on a bone, which may be a humerus. The system includes an elongated bone plate extending along a longitudinal axis, the bone plate having an upper surface, an opposed bone-facing surface, and a boundary edge of the bone plate; and at least one threaded fastener hole extending from the upper surface to the bone-facing surface. The fastener holes are designed to receive a bone fastener to couple the bone plate to the bone. A plurality of first suture-receiving structures are connected with the bone plate and project from the boundary edge of the bone plate, so that the first suture-receiving structures are spaced from each another along the boundary edge of the bone plate. Each of the first suture-receiving structures comprises a wire loop anchored to the upper surface or to the bone-facing surface of the bone plate. |
| US11944351B2 |
Device and method for artificial insemination
A medical device and method for artificial insemination are provided. The medical device has a shield and an arm secured to the shield at one end and extending outwardly from the shield. The arm is inserted into the cervical canal of a patient and the shield covers the external os of the patient. By inserting the medical device into a patient's cervical canal after insemination, a physical barrier that holds a semen sample within the cervical canal and prevents leakage from the cervical canal back into the vaginal cavity is established. The device may have a bore extending through the device for a catheter to pass through. The bore has a valve to allow passage of the catheter and prevent backflow of semen. The arm may have a circumferential bulge to help keep the device in place during use. |
| US11944347B2 |
Cannula assembly
A trocar assembly can include a cannula, a seal cartridge, and an obturator. The seal cartridge is configured to be releasably coupled to the cannula and to be disposed at least partially within the cannula in a coupled configuration of the seal cartridge. The obturator is configured to directly latch to the cannula and to extends through the cannula and the seal cartridge in a coupled configuration of the obturator. |
| US11944339B2 |
Minimally invasive surgical devices and methods
Surgical tools for use during scarless or near scarless surgical procedures. At least some of the surgical tools can include a handle portion and a working end removably connected to the handle portion. |
| US11944335B2 |
Endoscopic medical device and method of use
A medical device includes opposing first and second end effectors coupled together to move from an open configuration to a closed configuration, a first link with a distal end pivotally connected to a proximal end of the first end effector, the first link including a first slot at a proximal end of the first link, a second link with a distal end pivotally connected to a proximal end of the second end effector, and a first actuator pin slidable within the first slot. |
| US11944333B2 |
System for removing a clot from a blood vessel
A system for removing an obstruction from a blood vessel. The system can include a catheter with a proximal section with a proximal section lumen diameter and a distal section with a distal section lumen diameter less than the proximal section lumen diameter. The system can include a clot retrieval device with a clot engaging element. The system can include a shaft advanceable through the lumen of the catheter to the obstruction in the vessel. The shaft can include a shaft proximal section, a shaft distal section attached to the clot engaging element with a diameter less than that of the shaft proximal section and configured to cross the obstruction. The shaft proximal section diameter can be larger than the diameter of the distal section lumen diameter of the catheter, thereby inhibiting the shaft proximal section from distally advancing through the catheter distal section. |
| US11944326B2 |
Systems and methods for transcorporeal microdecompression
Devices, systems, and methods for performing a transcorporeal microdecompression are described. The transcorporeal microdecompression may include a bone void plug allograft and specialized instruments for performing the procedure. This procedure may be performed under navigation and/or with robotic assistance. |
| US11944322B2 |
Tourniquet with user-selectable safety protocols
A tourniquet apparatus comprises a cuff, a user interface, a controller, a protocol hazard key and a protocol safety interlock. The cuff encircles the patient's limb and applies a level of pressure. The UI presents a protocol symbol from a plurality of protocol symbols wherein each protocol symbol is indicative of a corresponding safety protocol. The controller is responsive to stored pressure levels and stored times specified by the safety protocol, after any adjustments by the user, and operable during the stored protocol time period for maintaining the level of pressure applied by the cuff to the individual patient near the plurality of stored pressure levels at the plurality of stored times. The protocol hazard key is actuatable to end the stored protocol time period while the controller is operable. The protocol safety interlock prevents selection of a second protocol symbol while the controller is operable. |
| US11944320B2 |
System for left atrial appendage isolation and clip device therefor
The system and device ensure a smooth and shockless effect of changeover of the first and second jaws from the diverged position to the clamped position with the control option of the impact force upon closing. The left atrial appendage isolation system incorporates a clip device between the first and second jaws, a clamping device and a control device. The clip has a connecting device, the clamping element is configured to contain the first hinge. The connecting device comprises the second hinge, the first and second hinges being connected to the corresponding ends of the first jaw and are designed to rotate the specified first jaw relative to the second jaw made fixed, at an angle ranging from 0° to 180°. The first hinge is made controllable, the control device comprises the first hinge actuator adapted to couple detachably with tension to fit with the said first hinge. |
| US11944316B2 |
Janjua aneurysm net and other intrasacular aneurysm occlusion devices
Disclosed herein are intrasacular aneurysm occlusion devices with nested proximal and distal meshes. A proximal mesh covers the aneurysm neck. A flexible distal mesh expands to fill even an irregularly-shaped aneurysm sac when it is expanded by the insertion of embolic members and/or material. |
| US11944314B2 |
Left atrial appendage implant with continuous covering
An implant for occluding a left atrial appendage may include an expandable framework configured to shift between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein the expandable framework includes an attachment point configured to secure the expandable framework to a delivery device, and an occlusive element disposed on a proximal portion of the expandable framework, wherein the occlusive element covers the attachment point. |
| US11944311B2 |
Rubber band ligation system for treatment of hemorrhoids
A system including an anoscope having a first channel extending along a longitudinal axis and a second channel positioned at an angle to the first channel. For hemorrhoid treatment, an elastic band ligation device is insertable into the second channel, the elastic band ligation device carrying an elastic band and having an advancer movable in a distal direction to dislodge the elastic band. |
| US11944308B2 |
Compressible adjunct with crossing spacer fibers
A staple cartridge assembly for use with a surgical stapling instrument includes a staple cartridge including a plurality of staples and a cartridge deck. The staple cartridge assembly also includes a compressible adjunct positionable against the cartridge deck, wherein the staples are deployable into tissue captured against the compressible adjunct, and wherein the compressible adjunct comprises a first biocompatible layer comprising a first portion, a second biocompatible layer comprising a second portion, and crossed spacer fibers extending between the first portion and the second portion. |
| US11944300B2 |
Method for operating a surgical system bailout
A method of bailing out a surgical instrument assembly attached to a control interface is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of actuating an operating system of the surgical instrument assembly through an operating stroke, actuating a manually-driven bailout system to at least partially retract the operating system, and activating the manually-driven bailout system to at least partially advance the operating system through the operating stroke. |
| US11944299B2 |
Surgical instrument having force feedback capabilities
A surgical instrument. The surgical instrument has a force delivery system which communicates a changing force to a user of the surgical instrument when a limit of a surgical function is reached. A sensor senses position of a moving element to communicate a signal to the force delivery system. In various embodiments, the system generates a vibratory force to signal the user. |
| US11944288B2 |
Tissue anchor system including a fixation device and a delivery tool
A tissue anchor system includes a fixation device and a tool. The fixation device includes a tab connected to a tissue anchor. The tool includes a shaft connected between a proximal handle portion and a distal tip. The distal tip is configured to limit movement of the fixation device during loading of the tissue anchor. |
| US11944286B2 |
Surgical rib retractor
A surgical rib retractor has a housing and a body pivotably coupled to the housing and moveable between a closed position and an open position. The retractor also has a first arm unit coupled to the housing and configured to atraumatically receive tissue. The first arm unit has a first arm, a first strut movable relative to the first arm in a first plane defined by the first arm, and a first frame attached to the first strut. The retractor also has a second arm unit coupled to the body and configured to atraumatically receive tissue. The second arm unit has a second arm, a second strut movable relative to the second arm in a second plane defined by the second arm, wherein the second plane is not parallel to the first plane when the body is in the closed position, and a second frame attached to the second strut. |
| US11944285B2 |
Gastrocutaneous closure device
A gastrocutaneous closure device allows gastrocutaneous fistula closure from external abdominal access through the fistula site. Access through the fistula ensures accurate closure placement on the interior lumen wall of the stomach. A closure or clip has a plurality of prongs defined by a deformable material, such that the prongs extend radially from a central hub in an arcuate or curved, semicircular shape. The arcuate shape converges towards a central point or axis at a distal end, and the proximate end of the prongs attaches to the central hub such that the prongs radiate from the hub and the distal end curves back toward the axis through the hub. The deformable prongs may therefore radially compress or retract to define a larger or smaller diameter. The fistula lies on the axis such that the biased, inserted prongs pull the inner stomach wall closed around the healing fistula. |
| US11944284B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods for closing an abdominal wall defect
Systems and methods for closing a tissue defect. The systems may include a subcutaneous guide that is placed transcutaneously between two skin access sites and a self-locking strap that may be advanced into the body through a first access site via a first needle and then passed to a second needle. The strap may be withdrawn with the second needle through a second access site to the outside of the body. The strap may be withdrawn from the first needle, leaving the strap placed through both access sites and across the defect. As the subcutaneous guide is withdrawn from the body it pulls the captured strap such that both ends of the strap protrude from the first access site, allowing the strap to be tightened around the defect. |
| US11944281B2 |
Method for treating gastro esophageal reflux disease
An endoscopic treatment method includes: inserting an endoscope into a digestive tract; forming a damaged area in at least a portion of the digestive tract along a circumferential direction by performing cauterizing while keeping a mucosal layer by observing with the endoscope; and forming an incomplete stenosis in the digestive tract, while restoring the damaged area, wherein the damaged area is formed by causing damage to a mucosal base layer, the mucosal base layer having an interface that contacts a submucosal layer. |
| US11944279B2 |
Saliva assessing method, device, and system
Various embodiments of a swab device, system, and method are provided for measuring and assessing saliva flow in the mouth of a person. In one embodiment, a system includes a swab device and a measuring device. The swab device includes a handle portion and a swab portion, the handle portion being elongated to extend between a proximal end and a distal end. The swab portion is coupled to a distal portion of the handle portion and is sized and configured to collect saliva from the mouth. The measuring device is sized and configured to measure an amount of the saliva collected with the swab portion, the measuring device including a nesting portion integrated therewith. Such nesting portion of the measuring device is sized and configured to receive the proximal end of the handle portion of the swab device to measure the saliva collected therewith. |
| US11944277B2 |
Device and method for enhanced visualization of the small intestine
A device for distending a body lumen for enhanced visualization with a capsule endoscope that includes a camera lens includes an attachment element configured to attach to the capsule endoscope and a plurality of struts extending from the attachment element and meeting at an apex. The plurality of struts are configured to extend both axially and radially away from the camera lens so as to form a frame therearound. |
| US11944274B2 |
Endoscopic system for enhanced visualization
A medical device, configured for insertion into a body, may include an elongate member extending from a proximal end to a distal end, where the distal end may be configured to be positioned inside the body. The medical device may also include an imaging device positioned at the distal end. The medical device may further include a plurality of light sources positioned at the distal end, wherein a characteristic of light delivered through a first light source may be controlled independent of the characteristic of light delivered through a second light source. |
| US11944273B2 |
Fluorescence videostroboscopy of vocal cords
Fluorescence videostroboscopy imaging is described. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an image sensor comprising a pixel array for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The system includes a controller configured to cause the emitter to emit the pulses of electromagnetic radiation at a strobing frequency determined based on a vibration frequency of vocal cords of a user. The system is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 770 nm to about 790 nm and from about 795 nm to about 815 nm. |
| US11944272B2 |
System and method for assisting visualization during a procedure
A system operable to allowing viewing of a physical subject with information regarding at least an item separate from the subject overlaid thereon. The system includes a viewscreen. The system is further able to determine the position of the item relative to the subject. |
| US11944267B2 |
Disposable endoscopy cannula with integrated grasper
An endoscopic system includes an integrated grasper device passing through a device lumen in the cannula. The grasper device has distal end forming two jaw portions that are biased to remain in an open position if unconstrained. The grasper has arch shaped portions that push against the inner surface of the device lumen when the grasper is retracted. To close the jaws of the grasper the grasper is retracted proximally until the arch shaped portions engage the opening of the device lumen. Further retraction causes the grasper jaws to close through engagement with the device lumen inner surface. The endoscopy system can include a single-use, removable cannula having a camera module on its distal tip. A re-usable portion can include the hand piece and display screen. |
| US11944266B2 |
Endoscope
An endoscope includes: an outer cylinder including an outer cylinder distal end portion held by a distal end holding portion provided inside an insertion section and an outer cylinder proximal end portion held by a proximal end holding portion provided on a proximal end side relative to the distal end holding portion; and an inner cylinder provided inside the outer cylinder, the inner cylinder including inside a wire coupled to a movable portion provided in the insertion section, an amount of stretch of the inner cylinder due to bending of the insertion section being larger than an amount of stretch of the outer cylinder due to the bending, the inner cylinder, in a stretch state where the inner cylinder stretches due to the bending, forming a gap in a longitudinal direction of the outer cylinder between the inner cylinder and the proximal end holding portion. |
| US11944258B2 |
Filter and vacuum canister cleaner
A cleaner includes a suction unit, a main body including a cyclone unit for separating dust from air suctioned through the suction unit, and a dust container that stores dust separated in the cyclone unit below the cyclone unit. A filter unit is disposed inside the cyclone unit for filtering the air, and a movable unit disposed inside the cyclone unit includes a cleaning part for cleaning the outer circumference of the filter unit. An operation unit disposed outside the main body moves the movable unit and the cleaning part to remove dust from the outer surface of the filter unit. |
| US11944246B1 |
Total-use dispenser
A total-use dispenser for dispensing a fluid product therefrom. A total-use dispenser may have a body forming an enclosure having both a top opening and a bottom outlet and a tapering portion that tapers down toward the bottom outlet and a pump configured in the top opening to dispense the fluid product from the dispenser. The pump may be configured in the top opening to pump air into the rigid body to force fluid product therefrom. The fluid product may be dispensed from a bottom outlet or from a spout coupled with a spout conduit that extends into the squeezable body of the total-use dispenser. The total-use dispenser enables substantially all the fluid product to be dispensed from the enclosure, such as at least 90% by weight, at least 97% by weight and most preferably 99% or more by weight. |
| US11944244B2 |
Spine-supporting pad with adjustable audio-visual device mount
Exemplary arrangements include an apparatus for baby care comprising a base that includes an upper surface and a mat that extends in operative connection therewith. The mat portion includes a receiving portion for comfortable receipt of a baby thereon. The exemplary apparatus further comprises an adjustable strap that is operatively connected to opposing sides of the base and that extends across the receiving portion to comfortably secure a baby. The exemplary apparatus further comprises a flexible arm that includes proximal and distal ends. The proximal end is in operative connection with the base and the distal end is disposed above the receiving portion. The distal end includes an adjustable audio-visual device mount in operative connection therewith that is configured to operatively releasably engage an audio-visual device. In alternative exemplary arrangements, the exemplary apparatus is configured to be changeable between a open position and a folded position for storage and travel. |
| US11944243B2 |
Portable bathtub
The present disclosure discloses a portable bathtub. The portable bathtub includes a bathtub main body, at least one locking member and a supporting member. The bathtub main body includes a framework and an accommodating portion formed by downwards extension of the framework. The supporting member is configured to detachably connect the bathtub main body through the at least one locking member. |
| US11944235B2 |
Autonomous apparatus for cooking food, and corresponding method
An autonomous apparatus for cooking food includes a support body, an openable lid, an internal container which can be extracted/inserted with respect to said support body and open at the top, at least a heating device, and one or more elements to generate a flow of air toward the inside of said container. The air flow generator element is connected to a return exit with a suction mouth made in correspondence with an internal wall of said support body and cooperating with a plurality of through holes made on at least one portion of the lateral wall of the internal container. |
| US11944233B1 |
Steamer insert
A steamer insert includes a circular tray having a plurality of apertures disposed therein. An upward conical funnel is disposed within the center of the tray. The tray is supported on a plurality of legs disposed upon an underside surface thereof. |
| US11944231B2 |
System for multi-ingredient beverage preparation from various container types
The invention concerns a beverage preparation machine (1) comprising a fluid system comprising a fluid source (2), a pump (3), a heating element (4), at least two container holders (7a, 7b) adapted for receiving ingredient containers (11, 17), a control unit (8) for controlling the fluid system to prepare a beverage by mixing fluid with the beverage ingredient contained in the containers to produce a mixed beverage component in each of the containers, wherein the control unit is further arranged to dispense part or whole of the mixed components sequentially or simultaneously to produce the beverage, wherein the container holders (7a, 7b) differ from one another for holding containers of different sizes and/or types and, and wherein it further comprises separate fluid injection interfaces (9a, 9b) having different structural and kinematic configurations, and arranged for independently delivering fluid in one of the corresponding ingredient containers; each interface being connected to the fluid system and being adapted to a different container. |
| US11944228B2 |
Electric kettle
An electric kettle may include a body made of a metal material and configured to form a space in which fluid, such as water is contained, a heating module provided in the body to heat the space, a handle mounted to protrude from an outer surface of the body, a handle cover made of a metal material and configured to form a protruding upper surface of the handle, and a handle printed circuit board (PCB) provided inside of the handle and including a touch sensor in close contact with a rear surface of the handle cover to sense a touch operation of the handle cover. An operation of the heating module may be controlled by the handle PCB. |
| US11944227B1 |
Curtain lowering apparatus and method
A curtain lowering apparatus directed to cleaning and maintaining a curtain suspended above a floor, the apparatus having a first, not-lowered position at a height “H” above the floor, and a second, lowered position of H−L above the floor, the apparatus comprising: a curtain rod attached to at least two curtain rod rings, the curtain suspended from the curtain rod; at least two apparatus rod supports, the rod supports directed to support the at least two curtain rod rings; a drive unit configured to drive at least two drive cables, with respective drive cables routed through respective apparatus rod supports and respective drive cables further connected to respective curtain rod rings; wherein the curtain rod is alternately maintained at the first, not-lowered position and at the second, lowered position. |
| US11944226B1 |
Shower curtain hanger
A hanger for suspending a first article and a second article on a rod, the hanger including a U-shaped structure, a pair of prongs each extending from the U-shaped structure, a roller including a pair of opposingly disposed receptacles, each the receptacle configured to receive one of the prongs and a pair of hooks extending from the U-shaped structure, wherein the roller is coupled with the U-shaped structure by the pair of prongs about the rod to form a gap around the rod to enable rolling of the hanger along the rod with limited departure from the rod, the first article and the second article are each suspended by the pair of hooks. |
| US11944223B2 |
Curtain rod hanging structure
The present application relates to a curtain rod hanging structure, which includes a vertical rod and a hook body, the hook body is provided on the vertical rod, an installation groove is provided on the inner wall of the hook body, and an adjusting pad is detachably arranged in the installation groove and the adjusting pad is configured to hang the curtain rod. The present application realizes hanging curtain rods with different diameters by replacing the adjusting pad in the installation groove, eliminating the need of replacing the overall curtain rod hanging structure and providing the effect of facilitating the installation and high applicability. |
| US11944222B2 |
Adjustable rod features
There is provided a lock mechanism for an adjustable rod. The lock mechanism provides a manually locking state and an automatic locking state. The automatic locking state provides a more secure locking engagement than the manual locking state. There is also provided improved end cap systems that minimize the number of components. |
| US11944221B2 |
Cervical spine supporting pillow and method of manufacturing same
The present disclosure relates to a cervical spine supporting pillow and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly, to a cervical spine supporting pillow including: a first support layer formed to have a predetermined area so that a cervical spine and an occipital region of a user may be seated thereon; a second support layer formed with a plurality of air vents in a front surface and a rear surface thereof; and a third support layer formed to support the first support layer and the second support layer, wherein the third support layer, the second support layer, and the first support layer are sequentially stacked from bottom to top. |
| US11944219B2 |
Tree needle catcher
A tree needle catcher is provided. The device includes a flexible member having a central aperture. In some embodiments, the flexible member includes a fine mesh material defining a plurality of openings therethrough. In other embodiments, the flexible member includes a solid material wherein a plurality of openings is disposed about an outer edge of the flexible member. A linear slit extends through the flexible member between the central aperture and an outer edge of the flexible member, wherein the linear slit defines a first edge of the flexible member and a second edge of the flexible member. |
| US11944214B2 |
Model display stand for simulating the action of burning rubber or blowing smoke
A model display stand is an apparatus that is used to display model cars in a position simulating the act of burning rubber. The apparatus includes a base panel, a propping tab, a first smoke-cloud-shaped wall, a second smoke-cloud-shaped wall, a first smoke-trail-shaped protrusion, and a second smoke-trail-shaped protrusion. The base panel serves to support portions of a model car when the model car is mounted onto the apparatus. The propping tab serves to elevate portions of the model car to display the model car in a wheelie position. The first smoke-cloud-shaped wall and the second cloud-shaped wall surround the base panel and the model car mounted onto the base panel. Along with the first smoke-trail-shaped protrusion and the second smoke-trail-shaped protrusion, the first smoke-cloud-shaped wall and the second smoke-cloud-shaped wall also serve to simulate the act of burning rubber by the model car. |
| US11944213B1 |
Shelving rack with moveable dividers and locking front bar
A shelving rack system with a wireframe base and at least one wireframe divider having a rear hook that is received into an aperture on a rear support and a front leg that is received down into an aperture on a front support. The divider is locked into position by first pulling the divider forwards such that the rear hook locks in position and then rotating the divider downwards such that front leg locks into position. Next, a front stop bar is inserted through aligned apertures on a front bracket on the divider, a locking column on one side of the wireframe base and a side support column on an opposite side of the wireframe base. Finally, a fastening pin is inserted down into the locking column to secure the front stop bar into a locked position. |
| US11944212B2 |
Infant care apparatus
An infant care apparatus includes a base. A drive mechanism and a vibratory mechanism are coupled to the base. A movable stage is movably mounted to the base. An infant support is coupled to the movable stage. The drive mechanism imparts a first cyclic motion to the movable stage, and imparts a second cyclic motion to at least part of the movable stage independent of the first cyclic motion and to the vibratory mechanism so that the vibration motor vibrates the movable stage. The infant support is coupled to the movable stage and moves cyclically in both the first and second cyclic motions. The controller is configured to move the infant support in a selectably variable motion profile with selectable vibration modes selected from different selectably variable motion profiles and selectably different vibration modes for each of the different selectable variable motion profiles. |
| US11944210B2 |
Chair having at least three different components that move together when a weight is applied to the seat, the chair also including a leaf spring in direct contact with the linkage to provide resistance to tilting of a backrest of the chair
A chair, comprising, a backrest, a seat coupled with the backrest, a column coupled with the seat, a linkage statically attached to the backrest and rotatably attached below the seat, a leaf spring statically attached at one end and in direct contact with the linkage to provide a resistance to tilting of the backrest relative to the column. A first structure fixed to the column, where a portion of the first structure has an arc shape that includes one or more teeth, and a second structure in contact with the first structure, wherein a portion of the second structure includes one or more teeth. The chair is configured such that, when a weight is applied to the seat, the one or more teeth of the second structure, a pivot point at which the backrest is configured to tilt relative to the column, and the linkage are configured to move together. |
| US11944209B1 |
Portable sleep support structures
A portable sleep support structure for enabling a user to rest comfortably while in a confined space or seated position. The sleep support structure is made of several elements that may be detachable from each other. The sleep support structure, which also includes telescoping elements, enables a user to rest and fall asleep by leaning forward into the sleep support structure which supports the head, neck and torso of a user. This support system enables a user to relax and makes sitting for long periods less stressful, because the user is able to sleep, rest or relax, in the seated position. The sleep support structure is anchored by the bodyweight of the user leaning into the structure, which is placed on the thighs of the user. A torso strap is also utilized to stabilize the chest of a user. |
| US11944205B2 |
Custom foam mattress design system
A custom mattress having an upper layer and a lower layer. The upper layer has two or more segments arranged such that a first segment is positioned at a head of the mattress and a second segment is positioned adjacent the first segment at a first transition point. The lower layer has two or more segments arranged such that a third segment is positioned at the head of the mattress and a fourth segment is positioned adjacent the third segment at a second transition point that is offset a distance from the first transition point, the distance being measured along a longitudinal axis of the mattress. Each of the segments have different densities. |
| US11944204B2 |
Bedding climate control apparatus and method to operate thereof that creates a heat transfer effect
An apparatus and method to selectively create a heat transfer effect and sensation of cooling with fluid flow that is directed within bedding on a mattress or within the mattress or within a region between the bedding and the mattress. A programmable application is accessible on a wireless network and is programmed to provide appropriate settings to attain changes over time of the region. In response to receipt of signals indicative of fluid flow rate, temperature and duration settings, a heat transfer device carries out the heat transfer in accord with an initial one of the temperature settings for an initial one of the duration settings and then in accord with a subsequent one of the temperatures settings for a subsequent one of the duration settings. The subsequent one of the temperature settings constitutes a change in the temperature setting from the initial one of the temperature settings. |
| US11944201B1 |
Modular sofa
A modular furnishing may have a standard configuration and a deep seating configuration. The standard configuration includes a horizontally oriented rectangular base component and a first vertically oriented side component. The horizontally oriented rectangular base component has a front side, a left side, a right side, and a back side. The first vertically oriented side component is coupled to the back side of the horizontally oriented rectangular base component. A length of the first vertically oriented side component is longer than a length of the horizontally oriented rectangular base component. In the deep seating configuration, the first vertically oriented side component is configured to be coupled to the left side of the horizontally oriented rectangular base component, a left side of a base depth extension coupled to the back side of the horizontally oriented rectangular base component, and a left side of an additional vertically oriented component coupled to a back side of the base depth extension. |
| US11944198B1 |
Rocking and reclining seating apparatus
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose reclining seating apparatus with rocking and folding features. The seating apparatus includes a body support portion pivotally connected to a stationary frame, the body support portion including a seat member and a backrest member rotatably coupled with each other, the stationary frame including a first armrest and a second armrest supported by a leg structure. Further, the seating apparatus includes a pair of flexible members configured to adjust and control at least a rocking movement, a reclining movement, or a rocking-reclining movement of the body support portion. Each flexible members is configured to link one side of a seat with the side of a backrest member by passing through guide elements in the armrests in a configuration that transfers the weight of the user sitting on the seat to forward pressure on the backrest such that a user of the chair can easily press backward with the body to recline and when sitting more upright, the chair backrest automatically follows the body to a more upright position. |
| US11944194B2 |
Frame type workstation configurations
A table assembly includes a tabletop member having a tabletop worksurface and a downwardly directed lower surface. A leg structure including first and second substantially vertical and spaced apart leg members is coupled to the lower surface for supporting the tabletop member. An elongated horizontal upper member extends between upper ends of the leg members. An elongated horizontal lower member below the tabletop member lower surface extends between and is joined to the leg members intermediate their upper and lower ends to form a gap with the upper member. A removable accessory bracket includes a substantially flat vertical member extending along a first plane and a lip member coupled to an upper end of the vertical member, the lip member extending along a second, substantially parallel plane spaced from the first plane and engaging the lower member to support the accessory bracket adjacent the outer surface of the lower member. |
| US11944187B2 |
Tracked toothbrush and toothbrush tracking system
A dental device tracking method including acquiring, using an imager of a dental device, at least a first image which includes an image of at least one user body portion outside of a user's oral cavity; identifying the at least one user body portion in the first image; and determining, using the at least the first image, a position of the dental device with respect to the at least one user body portion. |
| US11944184B2 |
Systems and methods for attaching patches to equipment
In one instance, an attachment device for use in attaching a hook-and-loop patch to Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment (MOLLE) includes a backing member having a central stem and a first cap and a second cap portion. The front side of the device has a hook or loop material applied to it. The first cap has a first wing and second wing. The second cap has a third wing and fourth wing. The backing material is flexible enough to allow the first cap or second cap to be compressed to go through a loop on a MOLLE and then released causing it to return to its original position. In this way, it is attached to a loop on the MOLLE and may then receive a coordinated hook or loop material on the back of a patch. Other embodiments are presented. |
| US11944183B1 |
Waterproof pack
The invention is waterproof pack for carrying articles that includes a frame and a pair of shoulder straps secured thereto. The invention further includes a waterproof membrane having a body secured to the rear side of the frame and a flap closure secured to the body by a waterproof zipper, wherein the body and the flap closure form a waterproof bag when the waterproof zipper is closed. |
| US11944182B2 |
Three-phase makeup mirror
Disclosed is an invention in the field of cosmetic mirrors. The present invention particularly relates to a portable makeup mirror device comprising a first mirror, a second mirror, and a third mirror, each of varying mirror magnification factors, being supported by a freestanding frame, said makeup mirror device having the first mirror and second mirror pivoting and upwardly removed from the mirror housing in opposite directions, and once fully deployed are located on opposing sides of the mirror housing central aperture showing a third mirror fixed within the mirror housing. The freestanding frame has a base and a support member having a plurality of pivots for adjusting the base and mirror assembly. |
| US11944180B1 |
Hand-held cosmetic dispenser
A hand-held cosmetic dispenser having a housing with a first end and a second end, the housing having a nozzle coupled to a first end of the housing, a power source disposed within the housing, a spray button coupled to the housing, a cosmetic fluid compartment disposed within the housing and configured to receive and retain a fluid cosmetic, a gas compartment configured to receive and retain a gas canister, and a gas controlling system disposed within the housing. The gas controlling system has and air-tight coupler configured for coupling to the gas canister, a control mechanism that controls how much gas can leave the gas canister, and a tube that connects the gas compartment to the cosmetic fluid compartment. The power source is electrically coupled to the spray button and the gas controlling system. A method of using the same. |
| US11944178B2 |
Dermal spray apparatus and method
A system and method for dermal spraying includes a portable, hand-held dermal application device with disposable formulation capsules that spray a formulation unto the skin and a data transmission unit operatively connecting the dermal spray device to a mobile device. The mobile device communicates with a remote server and transmits anonymized data about the user's skin conditions and treatment history. The anonymized data may be labelled and classified by a dermatologist, and stored on a secure cloud server. The anonymized data is used to train models for serum and treatment plan recommenders. |
| US11944175B2 |
Luggage article with loop-shaped wheel bracket
A luggage article may include a plurality of walls together defining an outer structure of the luggage article, a wheel bracket attached to and extending from one of the walls, and one or more wheels attached to the wheel bracket. The wheel bracket may comprise a leaf spring having a loop-shaped profile and the one or more wheels may be rotationally attached to a lower end of the loop-shaped leaf spring. The configuration of the wheel bracket may result in higher shock absorption and reduced wheel noise comparative to conventional wheel brackets, and offer an improvement and alternative to conventional luggage wheel brackets. |
| US11944174B2 |
Unit of luggage configured to ascertain its own weight
A unit of luggage configured to ascertain its own weight. The unit of luggage comprises a detection assembly with one sensor assembly disposed around each wheel. Each sensor assembly comprises a housing assembly and a shaft disposed therein. The sensor assembly comprises a sensor housing, a cylinder housing and a cylinder. A load cell sensor is generally disposed within the sensor housing and is operatively disposed adjacent to the shaft such that it may engage the sensor and cause an upward deflection that generates a stress indicative of the weight of the unit of luggage being transferred to the particular, corresponding wheel. The cylinder housing is disposed below the sensor housing and encloses the cylinder, which itself encloses the shaft. A frictional resistance between the shaft and the cylinder permits a controlled movement of the shaft therein and permits a processing unit to ascertain a corresponding weight reading. |
| US11944171B2 |
Solar-powered umbrella
A solar-powered umbrella has a column, an upper nest having a battery assembly and a plurality of external solar panel modules, and a lower nest having an LED light assembly; solar panels are detachably connected to an input end of the battery assembly through a quick-connect interface; the column has a DC interface, the lower nest has a DC connector; when the umbrella is opened, the lower nest moves upward and the DC connector is inserted into the DC interface, and the power supply system is electrically connected to the LED light assembly to form a lighting circuit. The umbrella is easy to use and is mounted stably and reliably and also provides a wider illumination range. |
| US11944169B2 |
Earring and earring back
An earring having an earring back to securely attach an accessory. The earring back is designed to securely retain the accessory within an enclosure by means of a shaft of a stud earring. The accessory may be a hooped accessory. |
| US11944163B1 |
Shoelace
A shoelace is provided, including: a core material and a cover layer. The core material defines an axial direction, and the cover layer is sleeved on the core material. The cover layer covers 30% to 90% of an area of an outer peripheral surface of the core material. Therefore, the shoelace has a concave-convex outer surface and is not easy to loosen when tied, and provides good structural strength and appearance. |
| US11944162B1 |
Shoelace
A shoelace is provided, including: a core material and a woven layer. The core material defines an axial direction, and the woven layer is sleeved on the core material. The woven layer includes a plurality of strands, a plurality of ridge portions and a plurality of connecting portions. The plurality of ridge portions and the plurality of connecting portions are woven by the plurality of strands and arranged alternatively in a circumferential direction of the core material. |
| US11944159B1 |
Upper for article of footwear with forefoot airflow features
An upper for an article of footwear includes a three-dimensional engineered textile having an inner section, an outer section, and an intermediate section disposed between the inner section and the outer section. The intermediate section is attached to the inner section on one side and the outer section on an opposite side. The intermediate section extends through at least a forefoot region of the upper. In the forefoot region, the intermediate section includes a plurality of curving portions arranged adjacent to each other such that each curving portion of the plurality of curving portions is spaced apart from neighboring curving portions by one or more gaps. Air is configured to flow from an interior of the upper to an exterior of the upper through the one or more gaps between neighboring curving portions of the plurality of curving portions in the forefoot region of the upper. |
| US11944152B2 |
Sole structures including polyolefin plates and articles of footwear formed therefrom
Sole structures including a plate including a first polyolefin resin, and an edge portion comprising a second resin are disclosed herein. The edge portion is more flexible or less rigid than the plate. Articles of footwear formed from the sole structures are also provided. Methods of making the polyolefin resin compositions, plates, edge portions, sole structures, and articles of footwear are also provided. In some aspects, the first polyolefin resin composition includes an effective amount of a polymeric resin modifier. |
| US11944150B2 |
Helmet
The present invention provides a helmet, comprising first and second components having a sliding interface between them, wherein the sliding interface is provided between respective sliding surfaces of the first and second components, and the first component comprises (a) a mixture of (i) an olefin polymer, (ii) a lubricant, and optionally one or more further agents; or (b) an ultra high molecular weight (UHMW) polymer having a density of ≤960 kg/m3, which UHMW polymer is preferably an olefin polymer. |
| US11944148B2 |
Protective helmet
The invention relates to a protective helmet with an outer shell (1) for distributing impact forces, an interior layer (2) accommodated by the outer shell (1) for attenuating impact forces, and a slot (3) for accommodating an electrical device (4), wherein the outer shell (1) has a chin shell area (6) to cover a chin portion of a protective helmet wearer, wherein the outer shell (1) forms a viewing port (8) for the protective helmet wearer to look through. The protective helmet is characterized in that the slot (3) is arranged on the chin shell area (6) in such a way that the accommodated electrical device (4) is arranged between the chin shell area (6) and the interior layer (2), wherein the protective helmet has an interior cover (10) for essentially completely covering the accommodated electrical device (4) in the direction of the viewing port (8). |
| US11944147B1 |
Detachable cap lights
Detachable cap lights including a cap assembly, an attaching assembly and a light assembly. The cap assembly includes a cap. The attaching assembly includes an attaching band. The light assembly includes a housing and lights. The attaching band is attached to a rear side of the cap. The attaching band includes a magnet on an exterior wall of the attaching band. The lights are embedded within the housing. The housing has a magnetic layer. The housing is attached to the magnet of the attaching band through the magnetic layer. |
| US11944146B2 |
Body measurement garment for optimal garment fit
A system comprising a machine-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for collecting body measurements of a human user using a body measurement garment is provided. The body measurement garment comprises a plurality of sensors configured to produce a set of output data. The method may include receiving the set of output data from the body measurement garment and determining a plurality of body measurements from the output data. The method may further include generating a body shape model representing the shape of the body of the user. The method may also include generating a garment fit model representing the fit of a garment on the human user. |
| US11944144B2 |
Loop structure with a pocket space for storage
Aspects herein include a trim piece or waistband comprising a loop structure having a pocket space usable for storing one or more items. The loop structure has an inner layer material and an outer layer material that form a pocket opening on one side of the loop structure for insertion of items into the pocket space. |
| US11944139B2 |
Protective shield for individual respirators and face masks
A protective shield configured to be disposed over an N95 respirator worn by a user includes piece of material defining a body, a flap, and a living hinge interconnecting the body and the flap. The flap is foldable relative to the body about the living hinge to fold under the chin with the body extending across the face. The body includes a center portion, from which the flap depends, and first and second wings extending laterally outwardly in opposite directions from the center portion. The body further includes a protruding portion extending vertically from an upper end of the center portion of the body opposite of and in vertical alignment with the living hinge. The protruding portion defines a V-shaped cut-out to facilitate bending of the body about a centerline of the center portion to enable conformance of the body about an N95 respirator and a user's nose. |
| US11944136B2 |
Multifunctional mask
A multifunctional mask having a base covering that covers a wearer's oral and nasal areas, the mask having one or more of the following: one or more pockets located on the base covering for light cargo items; a drape covering the base providing additional protection; a drape extension attached to the drape capable of extending down from the base; an opening area having an opening sized for devices to be inserted in the wearer's mouth; a primary cover covering the opening area; a secondary cover overlapped by the primary cover covering the opening area; a base filter pocket and/or a drape filter pocket for filter materials; attachment slots for attaching the mask to other facial coverings; one or more headset holders for communication devices; and the base having a grid structure allowing air to flow easily through the base to an attached facial covering. |
| US11944135B2 |
Watersports garment
A seal for a garment comprising a body portion. The body portion having an upper edge, a lower edge, a first end and a second end. The lower edge fixed to the garment at an opening; and wherein the second end of the seal comprises a tab which is adapted to cover a portion of the first end to form a seal. |
| US11944133B2 |
Chicken costume apparatus and system and methods of use thereof
This invention refers to a costume apparatus for enabling a user to perform or engage in role-play activities. The costume apparatus may be worn on a user's body, and comprises a character head suitable for covering a head of an individual or user (e.g., having a chicken head appearance); a body pod (e.g., having a chicken skin and chicken body appearance and, optionally, a tail portion); a glove (which can also be a portion of a bodysuit suitable for covering an arm of an individual or user (e.g., having a chicken wing skin appearance); a leg covering (such as leggings or a bodysuit) suitable for covering legs of an individual or user (e.g., having a chicken leg appearance, optionally comprising fishnet stockings or the appearance of fishnet stockings); a removable body pod cover (e.g., having a chicken feather appearance, such as manufactured from artificial fur material); or a glove cover (e.g., having a feathered chicken wing appearance, such as manufactured from an artificial fur material). |
| US11944132B2 |
Adjustable orthostatic intolerance system and garment
An adjustable orthostatic intolerance garment formed of a knitted spandex powernet construction in order to provide compression when on the leg, and including legs and a torso portion that extends upwardly into the abdominal area below the pectoral muscles; and a respective pair of elongate panels that are retained in place by attaching elements, and that are introduced into or removed from the garment to increase or reduce compression on the wearer's body as desired. |
| US11944128B2 |
Apparatus for generating aerosols and method for cleaning the same
Provided is a method of cleaning an aerosol generating device, the method including: receiving a user input for performing a cleaning operation; obtaining information about a performance history of the cleaning operation in response to the user input; setting a mode of the cleaning operation to one of a plurality of cleaning modes based on the information about the performance history; and performing the cleaning operation according to the set cleaning mode. |
| US11944127B2 |
Vapour generating device
A vapour generating device includes an oven arranged to receive a substrate to be vapourized, an inlet, an outlet, an airflow passageway for providing a fluid connection between the inlet and the outlet via the oven through which generated vapour can flow from the oven to the outlet. A device controller and a humidity sensor for generating a measurement of a vapour produced by the substrate are provided. The controller is operable to control the operation of the device based on measurement data from the humidity sensor. |
| US11944123B2 |
Heat generating heater for cigarette-type electronic cigarette device
Provided is a heat generating heater for a cigarette-type electronic cigarette device. A heat generating heater for a cigarette-type electronic cigarette device is configured by at least a portion of the length being inserted into a cigarette and comprises: a main body which is made of a ceramic material and has an end portion pointed for penetration into the cigarette; a heat generating unit which is disposed to surround the circumferential surface of the main body to generate heat for heating the inside of the cigarette; an arrangement hole which is formed in the main body along the longitudinal direction thereof; and a temperature sensing unit which is disposed in the arrangement hole for measuring a heating temperature of the heat generating unit. |
| US11944118B2 |
Aerosol-generating article and aerosol-generating systems
Provided is an aerosol-generating article including a wrapper which is discolored as the aerosol-generating material is heated, the aerosol-generating article including: a tobacco rod; a front-end plug arranged on a side of the tobacco rod; a filter rod arranged on the other side of the tobacco rod; and the wrapper surrounding the tobacco rod, the front-end plug, and the filter rod, wherein the wrapper includes a thermochromic material which is heated and discolored by an aerosol-generating device when the aerosol-generating article is inserted into the aerosol-generating device. |
| US11944106B1 |
Continuous quantitative spraying structure for sterilization of harvested fruit
A continuous quantitative spraying structure for sterilization of harvested fruits is provided. The continuous quantitative spraying structure includes a track provided thereon with equally spaced trays for conveying fruits, where the trays each include a circular tray body; a central part of the tray body is provided with a central hole allowing the fruit to fall off; a bottom part of the central hole is provided with two parallel rollers; an inner bottom surface of the tray body is provided with a flap; an inner end of a central shaft of the roller passes through the flap, and is fixed to a rolling wheel; a bearing is provided between the roller and the flap; the track is provided with a spraying sterilization section; the spraying sterilization section is sequentially provided with 3 to 4 sets of sterilization nozzles above a tray conveying route. |
| US11944100B1 |
Antimicrobial, antiviral or biocide coating compositions
The present disclosure relates to antimicrobial, antiviral or biocide coatings, coated objects and coating methods including a first component and a second component where the first component can provide persistent antimicrobial, antiviral or biocide kill (e.g. physically ruptures the cell membrane of the microorganism to kill upon contact). |
| US11944099B2 |
Molecules having pesticidal utility, and intermediates, compositions, and processes, related thereto
This disclosure relates to the field of molecules having pesticidal utility against pests in Phyla Arthropoda, Mollusca, and Nematoda, processes to produce such molecules, intermediates used in such processes, pesticidal compositions containing such molecules, and processes of using such pesticidal compositions against such pests. These pesticidal compositions may be used, for example, as acaricides, insecticides, miticides, molluscicides, and nematicides. This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”). |
| US11944098B2 |
Use of tebuconazole for annual bluegrass (Poa annua) control in turfgrasses
Disclosed are methods for selectively controlling or modifying the growth of Poa annus in a turfgrass using a composition comprising an herbicidally-effective amount tebuconazole, or a salt thereof. |
| US11944096B2 |
Dispenser and method of use thereof
A system for consistently emitting a volatile material, the system including a dispenser having at least one aperture, a substrate adapted to fit within the dispenser, and a volatile material. The substrate includes a first woven layer having a first pore size, a second woven layer having a second pore size, and a third, non-woven layer that extends between the first woven layer and the second woven layer. Further, the system has a steady state weight loss of the volatile material over a time greater than 30 days. |
| US11944091B2 |
Stable, self-dispersible, low foaming solid pesticide formulation
The present subject matter relates to a stable pesticidal formulation which exhibits improved dispersibility in cold water and full compatibility with fertilizers. |
| US11944084B1 |
Post mounted item holder
An item holder is adapted for mounting onto a post. The item holder has a hemicylindrical body that conforms to the shape of a post. An assembly of two cylinders and one elastic cord secures the body to the post. |
| US11944076B2 |
Photon modulation management system for stimulation of a desired response in birds
Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for stimulating a desired response, such as ovulation and egg laying, fertility, hunger, growth, mood and sexual maturity in birds or ayes, by controlling the pulsing of two or more different wavelength bands, duty cycle, and frequency of photon bursts within a photon signal to a bird, where the photon modulation and duty cycle is based upon the specific needs of the bird. |
| US11944074B2 |
Bird feeder with mixed seed feed port
A mesh feed port for a bird feeder comprises a plurality of intersecting members defining a periodic pattern of openings. The openings include a plurality of first openings sized to receive a seed of a first size in a predetermined orientation, a plurality of second openings sized to receive a seed of a second size distinct from the first size in a predetermined orientation, and a plurality of third openings sized to receive a seed of a third size distinct from the first size and the second size in a predetermined orientation. |
| US11944073B1 |
Heat preservation lamp for breeding
A heat preservation lamp for breeding, including at least one mounting part, at least one light source, at least one lampshade and at least one waterproof structure. The light source includes at least one electrical connection portion, at least one fitting portion and at least one illumination portion connected in sequence, where one end of the electrical connection portion is connected to the mounting part, and the cross section of the fitting portion is arranged in an increasing manner from the end connected to the connection part to the end connected to the illumination portion; the lampshade is connected to the mounting part, and the lampshade is of an annular structure and surrounds the light source; the waterproof structure is between the fitting portion and the lampshade. The embodiments can improve the waterproof performance and ensure the service life of the heat preservation lamp. |
| US11944070B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling animal positions
An apparatus (200) for controlling an animal or animal positions by applying one or more form of stimulus is disclosed. The apparatus (200) comprises at least one position sensing device (240) that is configured to detect at least one position of at least part of the animal as at least one position value. At least one controller (210) is operatively connected to at least one position sensing device (140). The controller (210) is programmed to read and compare the at least one position value with at least one predetermined value relating to the at least one position for determining if at least one control action is required. The control action relates to transmitting of at least one control signal to the stimulus device (250) to administer at least one form of stimulus to the animal that is able to be sensed by the animal. |
| US11944069B2 |
Two handed dog leash
A two-handed dog leash is provided having a rigid tubular member having a first handle, a second handle, and central portion. The central portion is positioned between the first and second handles and defines a centrally located aperture. A cleat assembly is positioned within the centrally located aperture. A leash terminating member secures a first end of a flexible leash within the central portion. The flexible dog leash having a second end configured to pass through the cleat assembly within the centrally located aperture and the flexible dog leash is capable of extending and retracting through the cleat assembly such that the length between the second end and rigid tubular member is adjustable. |
| US11944064B1 |
Soybean variety 5PJHZ28
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PJHZ28 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PJHZ28, cells from soybean variety 5PJHZ28, plants of soybean 5PJHZ28, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PJHZ28. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PJHZ28 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PJHZ28, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PJHZ28, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PJHZ28. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PJHZ28 are further provided. |
| US11944061B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH011000
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011000. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011000, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011000 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011000. |
| US11944057B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH011211
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011211. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011211, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011211 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011211. |
| US11944055B2 |
Wheat cultivar 01095215
The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated 01095215. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar 01095215. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar 01095215 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar 01095215 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods. |
| US11944048B2 |
Decision-making method for variable rate irrigation management
A decision-making method for variable rate irrigation management includes the following steps: S1: sampling a soil from a root zone of a crop in an area controlled by an irrigation sprinkler, and measuring compositions of separates of the sampled soil; S2: managing and dividing the area controlled by the irrigation sprinkler according to an AWC of the soil in the root zone of the crop; S3: constructing an optimized soil moisture sensor network; S4: placing ground-fixed canopy temperature sensors; S5: constructing an optimized airborne canopy temperature sensor network centered on the center pivot; and S6: performing a variable rate irrigation by using the optimized soil moisture sensor network, the fixed canopy temperature sensors, the optimized airborne canopy temperature sensor network and an automatic weather station. The method optimizes the placement and quantity of the soil moisture sensor network and the canopy temperature sensor network to improve the measurement accuracy. |
| US11944044B2 |
Tree pusher adapter device
A device is mounted to the end of a log so that a skid steer may use the log to engage a tree targeted for felling. The device includes implements configured for engaging the target tree to be felled to give the operator of the device control over the target tree. The device is structured to push the target tree over such that the root ball of the target tree rises up out of the ground as the target tree is felled and/or to allow the operator to make cuts to the target tree before the device is use to push the tree in the desired direction of fell. |
| US11944043B2 |
Systems and methods for image capture and analysis of agricultural fields
Described herein are systems and methods for capturing images of a field and performing agricultural data analysis of the images. In one embodiment, a computer system for monitoring field operations includes a database for storing agricultural image data including images of at least one stage of crop development that are captured with at least one of an apparatus and a remote sensor moving through a field. The computer includes at least one processing unit that is coupled to the database. The at least one processing unit is configured to execute instructions to analyze the captured images, to determine relevant images that indicate a change in at least one condition of the crop development, and to generate a localized view map layer for viewing the field at the at least one stage of crop development based on at least the relevant captured images. |
| US11944042B2 |
Grain bin conditioning system using headspace air
An air conditioning system and methods of use regulate a moisture content of an agricultural product in a grain bin. The system receives headspace air from the headspace of the grain bin, which generally has a higher moisture content than ambient air. The system further receives ambient air and mixes the headspace air and the ambient air into a ratio comprising a target moisture content. The air mixture is provided into a grain bin plenum, where it then permeates through to agricultural product, thereby regulating the moisture. The system and method can be used to bring the agricultural product to a target moisture content that is preferred when storing the agricultural product. |
| US11944041B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for drying hay bales
A hay bale dryer features a support frame inside of which there is delimited at least one bale space and at least one manifold carrying a set of aeration spears movable between a deployed position penetrating the bale space and a retracted position withdrawn therefrom. The manifold is moved between the positions by way of an actuator driven linkage, and the aeration spears comprise hollow elongated bodies of tapered thickness toward their distal ends for more effective penetration of the hay bales. A manufacturing method uses a hydraulic press to produce the hollow elongated bodies from lengths of originally cylindrically pipe. Horizontal feeding tables and upright feeding racks feature displaceable bale movers for moving queued hay bales along one or more queuing lanes into one or more bale dryers. |
| US11944040B2 |
Closed loop combine cleaning fan control
A cleaning system of a combine harvester includes a fan, a first valve member positioned within a first duct of the fan for throttling the flow of air through the first duct, a second valve member positioned within the second duct of the fan for throttling the flow of air through the second duct, a first actuator for adjusting a position of the first valve member, a second actuator for adjusting a position of the second valve member, first and second sensors for sensing air pressure at first and second sieves, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive the sensed air pressures from the sensors, compare the sensed air pressures with either each other or threshold values, and transmit instructions to one or both of the actuators to adjust the positions of one or both of the valve members. |
| US11944039B2 |
Riding mower
A riding mower includes a seat, a main rack configured to bear the seat, a mowing element, a walking assembly for enabling the riding mower to walk across a lawn, and an operation assembly configured to be operated by the user so that the riding mower is controlled to walk and output power. The riding mower further includes a parking system, a linkage mechanism and a gearbox. The parking system is configured to switch the riding mower between a parking state and a non-parking state. The linkage mechanism is connected to the parking system. The gearbox is connected to the linkage mechanism. The parking system controls, through the linkage mechanism, the gearbox to implement braking. |
| US11944035B2 |
System and method for controlling harvesting implement height of an agricultural harvester based on error signal frequency components
A system for controlling harvesting implement height of an agricultural harvester may include a computing system configured to monitor the height of a harvesting implement of the harvester relative to a field surface based on the received sensor data. Additionally, the computing system may be configured to determine an implement height error signal by comparing the monitored height of the harvesting implement to a predetermined target height. Moreover, the computing system is configured to divide the determined implement height error signal into a first and second frequency portions, with the second frequency portion having a greater frequency than the first frequency portion. Furthermore, the computing system is configured to control the operation of first and second actuators of the harvester based on the first and second frequency portions of the implement height error signal, respectively. |
| US11944034B2 |
Agricultural harvester with proactive response to moisture level of collected crop material
An agricultural harvester includes: a chassis; a threshing and separation system including at least one concave carried by the chassis, the threshing and separation system being configured to thresh and separate a flow of crop material; and a controller carried by the chassis. The controller is configured to: operably couple to a moisture sensor disposed upstream of the threshing and separation system, relative to the flow of crop material; determine a moisture level of crop material headed for the threshing and separation system; and output an adjustment signal to at least one component of the agricultural harvester to adjust performance of the threshing and separation system based at least partially on the determined moisture level. |
| US11944033B2 |
Attachment for use with a prime mover to cut ground material
An attachment with cutting discs for use with a prime mover to cut ground material comprises a frame with forward and rear ends, a mounting portion at the rear end which is configured for coupling to a pivotal mounting member of the prime mover which is carried at forward ends of pivotal arms of the prime mover that can be raised or lowered, and a cutting portion at the forward end of the frame comprising a single transversely extending row of cutting discs arranged to cut the ground material in a forward working direction of movement of the prime mover. The single row of cutting discs is spaced from the mounting portion at a prescribed distance of about 4.5-5.5 feet such that cantilever action of the row of discs about the mounting member provides effective cutting action. The attachment includes shields covering the cutting discs. |
| US11944030B2 |
Implement for adjustably metering an agricultural field input according to different frame sections
Metering devices for an agricultural implement apply a field input, for example, pneumatically delivered granular product including seed or fertilizer or sprayed liquid product including fertilizer and the like, to an agricultural field. In the applying of the field input, the rate of application of the dispensers of one section of the implement can be collectively varied in relation to the rate of application of the dispensers of a different section of the implement frame. |
| US11944028B2 |
Systems and methods for monitoring the installation status of a shank attachment member of an agricultural implement
A system for monitoring an installation status of shank attachment members of agricultural implements may include a shank assembly. The shank assembly may have a shank and at least one mounting element configured to couple the shank to a portion of an agricultural implement. The system may further include a shank attachment member coupled to the shank and a signal transmission device provided in operative association with the shank attachment member. The system may further include an antenna provided in operative association with the shank assembly, where the antenna is configured to receive wireless signals transmitted by the signal transmission device. Additionally, the system may include a controller communicatively coupled to the antenna and configured to determine an installation status of the shank attachment member based at least in part on the wireless signals received by the antenna. |
| US11950523B2 |
Memory device, memory integrated circuit and manufacturing method thereof
A memory device, a memory integrated circuit and a manufacturing method of the memory device are provided. The memory device includes a composite bottom electrode, a top electrode and a resistance variable layer disposed between the composite bottom electrode and the top electrode. The composite bottom electrode includes a first bottom electrode and a second bottom electrode disposed over the first bottom electrode. A sidewall of the second bottom electrode is laterally recessed from sidewalls of the first bottom electrode layer and the resistance variable layer. |
| US11950519B2 |
Non-volatile memory cell, non-volatile memory cell array, and method of manufacturing the same
A non-volatile memory cell includes a bottom electrode, a top electrode having a conductive material, a resistive layer interposed between the bottom electrode and the top electrode, and side portions covering sides of the top electrode and the resistive layer. The side portions contain an oxide of the conductive material. The non-volatile memory cell further includes a contact wire disposed on the top electrode. A width of the contact wire is less than a width between lateral outer surfaces of the side portions. |
| US11950517B2 |
Three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices
A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device may include a first conductive line extending in a first direction, a second conductive line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a cell stack at an intersection of the first and second conductive lines, and a gapfill insulating pattern covering a side surface of the cell stack. The cell stack may include first, second, and third electrodes sequentially stacked, a switching pattern between the first and second electrodes, and a variable resistance pattern between the second and third electrodes. A top surface of the gapfill insulating pattern may be located between top and bottom surfaces of the third electrode. |
| US11950515B2 |
Electrical contacts for low dimensional materials
The present invention relates to a method for connecting an electrical contact to a nanomaterial carried by a substrate. At least one layer of soluble lithography resist is provided on the nanomaterial. An opening in the at least one layer of resist exposes a surface portion of the nanomaterial. At least a portion of the exposed surface portion of the nanomaterial is removed to thereby expose the underlying substrate and an edge of the nanomaterial. A metal is deposited on at least the edge of the nanomaterial and the exposed substrate such that the metal forms an electrical contact with the nanomaterial. Removing at least a portion of the soluble lithography resist from the nanomaterial such that at least a portion of the two-dimensional material is exposed. |
| US11950514B2 |
Confined cell structures and methods of forming confined cell structures
Techniques for reducing damage in memory cells are provided. Memory cell structures are typically formed using dry etch and/or planarization processes which damage certain regions of the memory cell structure. In one or more embodiments, certain regions of the cell structure may be sensitive to damage. For example, the free magnetic region in magnetic memory cell structures may be susceptible to demagnetization. Such regions may be substantially confined by barrier materials during the formation of the memory cell structure, such that the edges of such regions are protected from damaging processes. Furthermore, in some embodiments, a memory cell structure is formed and confined within a recess in dielectric material. |
| US11950513B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on a substrate; forming a first metal interconnection and a second metal interconnection in the first IMD layer; forming a channel layer on the first metal interconnection and the second metal interconnection; forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) stack on the channel layer; and removing the MTJ stack to form a MTJ. |
| US11950510B2 |
Superconductor junction for a solid state cooler
A superconductor junction includes a normal metal layer having a first side and a second side, an insulating layer overlying the second side of the normal metal layer, and a first superconductor layer formed of a first superconductor material that overlies a side of the insulating layer opposite the side that overlies the normal metal layer. The superconductor junction further includes a second superconductor layer formed of a second superconductor material with a first side overlying a side of the first superconductor material opposite the side that overlies the insulating layer. The second superconductor material has a higher diffusion coefficient than the first superconductor material and/or the second superconductor material has a lower recombination coefficient than the first superconductor metal layer. A normal metal layer quasiparticle trap is coupled to a second side of the second superconductor layer. |
| US11950509B2 |
Woven graphite fiber heat exchanger
The present invention provides heat exchanger systems, and associated methods, using thermally anisotropic carbon fiber materials, preferably woven graphite fiber sheets, where convection is used to transfer heat from the heat exchanger to a lower temperature fluid, such as circulating air or cooling liquid. |
| US11950506B2 |
Plurality of host materials and organic electroluminescent device comprising the same
The present disclosure relates to a plurality of host materials comprising a first host material comprising a compound represented by formula 1, and a second host material comprising a compound represented by formula 2, and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. By comprising a specific combination of compounds as host materials, it is possible to provide an organic electroluminescent device having lower driving voltage, higher luminous efficiency, higher power efficiency, and/or superior lifespan characteristics compared to conventional organic electroluminescent devices. |
| US11950504B2 |
Polycyclic compound and organic light emitting diode comprising same
Provided is a compound of Formula 1: Ar1 to Ar4 are each independently hydrogen, deuterium, a halogen group, a nitrile group, or a substituted or unsubstituted: silyl, boron, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, cycloalkyl, aryl, or heterocyclic group, or adjacent groups are bonded together to form a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon ring; A1 and A2 are each independently hydrogen, deuterium, a halogen group, a nitrile group, or a substituted or unsubstituted: silyl, boron, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, cycloalkyl, aryl, or heterocyclic group, or are bonded together to form a substituted or unsubstituted ring; R1 to R3 are each independently hydrogen, deuterium, a halogen group, a nitrile group, or a substituted or unsubstituted; silyl, boron, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, cycloalkyl, aryl, amine, or heterocyclic group; and n1 to n3 are each 0 to 3, and 2 or more, the substituents are the same as or different from each other, and an organic light emitting device including the same. |
| US11950502B2 |
Compound for organic electric element, organic electric element using the same, and electronic device thereof
Provided is a novel compound capable of improving the luminous efficiency, stability and life span of a device, an organic electric element using the same, and an electronic device thereof. |
| US11950501B2 |
Phenylcarbazole-based compounds and fluorene-based compounds and organic light emitting device and flat panel display device comprising the same
An organic light emitting device including: a substrate; a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer, wherein one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a reflective electrode and the other is a semitransparent or transparent electrode, and wherein the organic layer includes a layer having at least one of the compounds having at least one carbazole group, and a flat panel display device including the organic light emitting device. The organic light emitting device has low driving voltage, excellent current density, high brightness, excellent color purity, high efficiency, and long lifetime. |
| US11950493B2 |
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
Provided is a compound of Formula Ir(LA)(LB)(LC), wherein LA is a ligand of LB is a ligand of and LC is a ligand of wherein a structure of is fused to the ligand LB of Formula II through two adjacent C of X1-X4. |
| US11950489B2 |
Deposition mask, method of manufacturing the same, and method of manufacturing display panel
A deposition mask for manufacturing a display panel includes a metallic base having a thickness of about 50 micrometers to about 200 micrometers and a plurality of openings defined therein, wherein at least some of the openings include a first opening having a first width and a second opening having a second width smaller than the first width respectively defined along a thickness direction of the metallic base, and wherein the metallic base includes a first part in which the first opening is defined, and a second part in which the second opening is defined, the second part having a width that increases in a direction downward from a top surface of the metallic base along the thickness direction of the metallic base. |
| US11950488B2 |
Organic electroluminescent device and method for producing same
This organic EL device (100) has a substrate (1), a drive circuit layer (2), a first inorganic protective layer (2Pa), an organic planarizing layer (2Pb), an organic EL element layer (3), and a TFE structure (10). The TFE structure has a first inorganic barrier layer (12), an organic barrier layer (14), and a second inorganic barrier layer (16). When viewed from a normal line of the substrate, the organic planarizing layer is formed within a region where the first inorganic protective layer is formed, while an organic EL element is disposed within a region where the organic planarizing layer is formed. The TFE structure has an exterior edge which intersects with a lead-out line (32) and which is situated between an exterior edge of the organic planarizing layer and an exterior edge of the first inorganic protective layer. In a portion where the first inorganic protective layer and the first inorganic barrier layer are in direct contact with each other on the lead-out line, the first inorganic barrier layer has, in a cross-section parallel to the line width direction of the lead-out line, a lateral face that is configured to have a taper angle θ (12) of less than 90°. The organic planarizing layer has a surface that is not more than 50 nm in arithmetic average roughness Ra. |
| US11950487B2 |
Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
A display apparatus including a base substrate, a first thin film transistor disposed on the base substrate, a via insulation layer disposed on the first thin film transistor, and a light emitting structure disposed on the via insulation layer. The first thin film transistor includes a first gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor overlapped with the first gate electrode, and including tin (Sn), an etch stopper disposed on the oxide semiconductor and including an oxide semiconductor material which does not include tin (Sn), a first source electrode making contact with the oxide semiconductor, and a first drain electrode making contact with the oxide semiconductor, and spaced apart from the first source electrode. |
| US11950473B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a substrate; a display area including pixels arranged on the substrate; a first area disposed at one side of the display area; a second area including pads arranged on the substrate; a bending area disposed between the first area and the second area; and a fan-out line disposed in the first area, the bending area, and the second area. The fan-out line includes: a plurality of sub-routing lines arranged in the first area and electrically connected to each other; and a plurality of sub-pad lines arranged in the second area and electrically connected to each other. The number of the plurality of sub-routing lines is greater than the number of the plurality of sub-pad lines. |
| US11950471B2 |
Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
A display apparatus includes a base substrate including a display area in which an image is displayed and a peripheral area adjacent to the display area, a source/drain pattern on the base substrate, the source/drain pattern including a connecting electrode in a pad portion of the peripheral area and a electrode of a thin film transistor in the display area, a planarization insulation layer on the base substrate, the planarization insulation layer contacting a side surface of the connecting electrode and a side surface of the electrode of the thin film transistor, and exposing a top surface of the connecting electrode, a connecting member contacting the connecting electrode, and a driving member including a driving circuit, the driving member being connected to the connecting member. |
| US11950465B2 |
Display device with alternating power and data lines
A display device includes: a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area; a power wiring portion including a first power line in the peripheral area, a second power line spaced apart from the first power line and closer to the display area than the first power line, and connection power lines connecting the first power line to the second power line; and data lines in the peripheral area and having portions located between the connection power lines when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the substrate. |
| US11950440B2 |
Organic light emitting device
An organic light emitting device comprising an anode, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer including a host and a dopant, and a cathode, where a difference between a dipole moment value of a compound included in the hole transport layer and a dipole moment value of the host is 1.0 to 2.0, and the organic light emitting device having low driving voltage, high emission efficiency and long lifetime characteristics. |
| US11950437B2 |
Organic light emitting device, and display apparatus, photoelectric conversion apparatus, electronic apparatus, illumination apparatus, and moving object including the same
An organic light emitting device including, in sequence, a first electrode, a first charge transport layer, a second charge transport layer in contact with the first charge transport layer, a light emitting layer in contact with the second charge transport layer, and a second electrode, wherein the first charge transport layer includes a first material and a second material, the second charge transport layer includes the second material and a third material, and the light emitting layer includes the third material and a fourth material. |
| US11950436B2 |
All-back-contact photovoltaic devices using cracked film lithography
The present disclosure relates to a device that includes an irregular network of interconnected ridges in physical contact with a planar substrate and a perovskite layer, where the planar substrate include a support layer and a first charge selective contact layer, the first charge selective contact layer is positioned between the support layer and the interconnected ridges, each ridge includes a second charge selective contact layer and an insulating layer, the insulating layer is positioned between the first charge selective contact layer and the second charge selective contact layer, and the perovskite layer substantially covers the plurality of interconnected ridges and the underlying planar substrate. |
| US11950435B2 |
Narrow-bandgap perovskites using quasi-2D cation engineering
The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a perovskite phase having the stoichiometry ABX3 and a perovskite-like phase having the stoichiometry A′2A″B′2X′, where A is a first cation, B is a second cation, X is a first anion, A′ is a third cation, A″ is a fourth cation, B′ is a fifth cation, X′ is a second anion, and A′ is different than A″. |
| US11950434B2 |
Memory device for reducing thermal crosstalk
The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip including a first word line and a second word line adjacent to the first word line. The first word line and the second word line both extend along a first direction. A first memory cell is over the first word line and a second memory cell is over the second word line. A first bit line extends over the first memory cell, over the second memory cell, and along a second direction transverse to the first direction. A first dielectric layer is arranged between the first memory cell and the second memory cell. The first dielectric layer extends in a first closed loop to form and enclose a first void within the first dielectric layer. The first void laterally separates the first memory cell from the second memory cell. |
| US11950432B2 |
Semiconductor packages and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device. The first semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor substrate, a first bonding structure and a memory cell. The second semiconductor device is stacked over the first semiconductor device. The second semiconductor device includes a second semiconductor substrate, a second bonding structure in a second dielectric layer and a peripheral circuit between the second semiconductor substrate and the second bonding structure. The first bonding structure and the second bonding structure are bonded and disposed between the memory cell and the peripheral circuit, and the memory cell and the peripheral circuit are electrically connected through the first bonding structure and the second bonding structure. |
| US11950431B2 |
Magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device and forming method thereof
A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device includes two magnetic tunnel junction elements and a magnetic shielding layer. The two magnetic tunnel junction elements are arranged side by side. The magnetic shielding layer is disposed between the magnetic tunnel junction elements. A method of forming said magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device includes the following steps. An interlayer including a magnetic shielding layer is formed. The interlayer is etched to form recesses in the interlayer. The magnetic tunnel junction elements fill in the recesses. Or, a method of forming said magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device includes the following steps. A magnetic tunnel junction layer is formed. The magnetic tunnel junction layer is patterned to form magnetic tunnel junction elements. An interlayer including a magnetic shielding layer is formed between the magnetic tunnel junction elements. |
| US11950426B2 |
Memory device having 2-transistor vertical memory cell and wrapped data line structure
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods forming the apparatuses. One of the apparatuses includes a first transistor including a first channel region, and a charge storage structure separated from the first channel region; a second transistor including a second channel region formed over the charge storage structure; and a data line formed over and contacting the first channel region and the second channel region, the data line including a portion adjacent the first channel region and separated from the first channel region by a dielectric material. |
| US11950424B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate and a first gate electrode disposed on the substrate and located in a first region of the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device also includes a first sidewall structure covering the first gate electrode. The semiconductor device further includes a protective layer disposed between the first gate electrode and the first sidewall structure. In addition, the semiconductor device includes a second gate electrode disposed on the substrate and located in a second region of the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device also includes a second sidewall structure covering a lateral surface of the second gate electrode. |
| US11950419B2 |
Three-dimensional memory devices and methods for forming the same
A three-dimensional (3D) memory device is provided. In an example, the 3D memory device includes a staircase and a plurality of groups of support structures through the staircase. The plurality of groups of support structures are arranged in a first direction, and each of the groups of support structures comprises three support structures, wherein projections of the three support structures form a triangular shape in a plane parallel to the first direction. |
| US11950415B2 |
Integrated assemblies and methods of forming integrated assemblies
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a memory region and another region adjacent the memory region. Channel-material-pillars are arranged within the memory region, and conductive posts are arranged within said other region. A source structure is coupled to lower regions of the channel-material-pillars. A panel extends across the memory region and the other region. Doped-semiconductor-material is directly adjacent to the panel within the memory region and the other region. The doped-semiconductor-material is at least part of the source structure within the memory region. Liners are directly adjacent to the conductive posts and laterally surround the conductive posts. The liners are between the conductive posts and the doped-semiconductor-material. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies. |
| US11950408B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure is provided. A conductive layer is formed on a precursor memory structure. A target layer is formed on the conductive layer. A first photoresist with a first opening is formed on the target layer. A spacer is formed on sidewalls of the first opening. A second photoresist with a second opening is formed on the target layer and the spacer. The target layer is patterned by the second photoresist and the spacer to form a first patterned target layer. A third photoresist with a third opening is formed on the first patterned target layer. The first patterned target layer is patterned by the third photoresist to form a second patterned target layer. The conductive layer is patterned by the second patterned target layer to form a patterned conductive layer including a ring structure aligned with a source/drain region. |
| US11950405B2 |
Semiconductor memory devices and methods of fabricating the same
Disclosed are semiconductor memory devices and methods of fabricating the same. The semiconductor memory devices may include a plurality of layers sequentially stacked on a substrate in a vertical direction, each of the plurality of layers including a bit line extending in a first direction and a semiconductor pattern extending from the bit line in a second direction traversing the first direction, a gate electrode extending through the plurality of layers and including a vertical portion extending through the semiconductor patterns and a first horizontal portion extending from the vertical portion and facing a first surface of one of the semiconductor patterns, and a data storing element electrically connected to the one of the semiconductor patterns. The data storing element includes a first electrode electrically connected to the one of the semiconductor patterns, a second electrode on the first electrode, and a dielectric layer between the first and second electrodes. |
| US11950404B2 |
Memory device
A memory device includes: a word line stack including word lines that are alternately stacked vertically over a substrate, and having an edge portion; at least one supporter extending vertically in a direction that the word lines are stacked and supporting the edge portion of the word line stack; contact plugs that are electrically connected to the word lines at the edge portion of the word line stack; and active layers positioned between the word lines, and horizontally oriented in a direction intersecting with the word lines. |
| US11950401B2 |
Two-port SRAM cells with asymmetric M1 metalization
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate and an array of two-port (TP) SRAM cells. Each TP SRAM cell includes a write port and a read port. The array includes first and second TP SRAM cells. The write ports of the first and second TP SRAM cells abut each other. The write port of the first TP SRAM cell includes a first write pull-down (W_PD) transistor. The write port of the second TP SRAM cell includes a second W_PD transistor. The array of TP SRAM cells further includes a first source/drain contact landing on both a source/drain electrode of the first W_PD transistor and another source/drain electrode of the second W_PD transistor. The first TP SRAM cell includes a first Vss conductor located at a first metal layer. The first Vss conductor is directly above the first source/drain contact and connected to the first source/drain contact. |
| US11950395B2 |
Heat dissipating mechanism and related electronic device
A heat dissipating mechanism is used to dissipate heat generated by a heat generation component of an electronic device. The heat generation component is disposed on a circuit board. The heat dissipating mechanism includes a rotation component and a heat dissipation component. The rotation component is disposed on the circuit board. The heat dissipation component is rotatably disposed on the rotation component. The heat dissipation component includes a contacting surface and a fin body. The contacting surface is a bottom surface of the fin body and configured to contact against the heat generation component. |
| US11950394B2 |
Liquid-cooled assembly and method
The disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for liquid cooling of an electronic component. A housing includes an insertion slot and defines at least one component chamber for carrying the electronic component. A fluid inlet and fluid outlet are provided on the housing. A liquid coolant circuit passes through the housing at least from the inlet to the outlet. |
| US11950393B2 |
Two-phase flow active and passive multi-level data center cabinet cooling device and method
The invention provides a two-phase flow active and passive multi-level data center cabinet cooling device and method, wherein the system includes a cabinet cooling device, a condensate system, a waste heat recovery device, a liquid reservoir, a liquid pump, a gas chamber, a fluid working medium, and a corresponding pipeline. The system comprise a closed loop, the loop is filled with nitrogen to maintain a low pressure state, and the pipeline fluid is driven by the liquid pump to flow; the gas chamber maintains a relatively stable air pressure in the two-phase flow loop; the liquid reservoir is connected with the gas chamber, providing an enough gas space to make a phase change occur more easily; the cabinet cooling device can be switched between an active mode and a passive mode to minimize PUE under good heat dissipation capability. |
| US11950392B1 |
Liquid and air cooling of DC-to-DC converters and methods of operating thereof
Described herein are DC-DC converters with electronic module cooling units used for air-convection cooling of some components of power electronic modules and conductive cooling of other components, e.g., switching sub-modules. A cooling unit may have a heat exchanger and a cooling plate, thermally coupled to one or more heat exchangers and one or more switching sub-modules. For example, the cooling plate can be positioned between and thermally coupled to heat exchangers. One fan can direct air through one heat exchanger and to one power electronic module as a part of convection cooling. An additional fan can direct air through the second heat exchanger and to the second power electronic module. The cooling plate can be also positioned between and thermally coupled to switching sub-modules of these power electronic modules thereby enabling conductive cooling. The plate-cooling liquid is pumped through the cooling plate. |
| US11950391B2 |
Fan control device with power saving mode and startup delay setting
A fan control device with power saving mode and start-up setting having a control chip, the chip at least includes a main control circuit for controlling a speed of the fan through receiving an external voltage level, a protection control module for sending an alarm signal to the main control circuit while a detected ambient temperature being higher than a preset temperature, and a sleep mode control module electrically coupled to an externally adjustable voltage threshold circuit, wherein the sleep mode control module compares an input voltage threshold from the externally adjustable voltage threshold circuit and an input voltage detected by the protection control module, and sends a control signal to the main control circuit depended on comparing results of the sleep mode control module for controlling operation modes of the fan. |
| US11950386B2 |
Explosion proof feed-through
An explosion proof electronics enclosure (200), is provided having a first compartment (206) and a second compartment (207) defined by a body (205). A septum (208) is between the first compartment (206) and the second compartment (207). A first aperture (209) in the septum (208) connects the first compartment (206) and the second compartment (207). A cavity (225) communicates with the first aperture (209), wherein the cavity (225) comprises an undercut taper (226). A potting (230) in the cavity (225) conforms to the cavity (225) shape, and forms a substantially explosion-proof interface between the first compartment (206) and the second compartment (207). |
| US11950381B2 |
Interactive information terminal with variable form
An interactive information terminal with variable form, comprising an information terminal, a rotating device, and a bracket, wherein the information terminal is fixed on the bracket by the rotating device, the rotating device includes a fixing member, a rotating member, and a rotating shaft, the fixing member is detachably connected with the information terminal, the rotating member is detachably connected with the bracket, and the rotating member is rotatably connected with the fixing member through the rotating shaft, so as to realize that the rotating member rotates around the axial line of the rotating shaft. |
| US11950380B2 |
Portable electronic device
A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a main body and an accessory. The main body includes a display region, a non-display region, and a plurality of magnetic sensors. The magnetic sensors are disposed on the non-display region along a path. The accessory is movably disposed on the non-display region and includes a magnetic element. When the accessory moves on the non-display region, the accessory drives the magnetic element moving along the path. |
| US11950376B2 |
Copper-clad laminate
There is provided a copper-clad laminate in which transmission characteristics exhibited by a resin layer can be further improved while sufficient peel strength between a copper foil and the resin layer is ensured. The laminate includes a copper foil; an adhesive layer including a polyphenylene ether resin, a polyimide resin, an olefin-based resin, a liquid crystal polymer, a polyester resin, a polystyrene resin, a hydrocarbon elastomer, a benzoxazine resin, an active ester resin, a cyanate ester resin, a bismaleimide resin, a butadiene resin, a hydrogenated or non-hydrogenated styrene butadiene resin, an epoxy resin, a fluororesin, a vinyl-group-containing resin, or the like; and a resin layer. The maximum height Sz at a copper foil surface on the adhesive layer side is 6.8 μm or less. The dielectric loss tangent value of the adhesive layer at 1 GHz, δa, is equal to or less than that of the resin layer, δr. |
| US11950374B2 |
Apparatus for performing compensation associated with screen printer and method thereof
An apparatus that communicates with a screen printer and a solder inspection device is disclosed. The apparatus according to the present disclosure may include a process that is configured to: obtain first information associated with each of a plurality of pads on the substrate; obtain second information associated with each piece of the solder paste applied to each of the plurality of pads from the solder inspection device; determine a position correction value for the stencil mask with respect to the substrate based on the first information and the second information; and deliver the position correction value to the screen printer. |
| US11950373B2 |
Method of manufacturing circuits using thick metals and machined bulk dielectrics
A method of manufacturing an electrical circuit from bulk materials includes the steps of machining a first bulk dielectric material, forming a conductive element, and placing the conductive element on a first side the first bulk dielectric material. The method further includes the step of machining a second bulk dielectric material and placing the second bulk dielectric material on the first side of the first bulk dielectric material and over the conductive element. The first bulk dielectric material and the second bulk dielectric material may be laminated together. |
| US11950365B2 |
Flexible printed circuit board and method of manufacturing same
A flexible printed circuit board includes: a base film having a hole for forming a through hole; and a coil-shaped wiring layer layered on at least one surface side of the base film, wherein the wiring layer includes a land portion arranged at an inner peripheral surface of the hole and at a peripheral portion of the hole of the base film, and a winding portion arranged in a spiral shape with the land portion as an inside end portion or an outside end portion, wherein the winding portion includes a first winding portion that is an outermost circumference and a second winding portion that is inside relative to the outermost circumference, and wherein a ratio of an average thickness of the land portion to an average thickness of the second winding portion is 1.1 or more and 5 or less. |
| US11950362B2 |
Method for producing a film composite, film composite and power electronic switching device comprising the latter
A method for producing a film composite for electrical connection inside a power electronic switching device has the steps: A) forming a film composite having an electrically insulating insulant film with a first and a second main face. A first electrically conductive metal film, forms conductor tracks insulated from one another on the first main face, and having a second electrically conductive metal film forming conductor tracks arranged insulated from one another on the second main face of the insulant film; B) folding the film composite on a fold line, so that a first contact face of a first conductor track lies on a first contact face of a second conductor track of the first main face, and a second contact face of this first conductor track of the first main face lies on a second contact face of the second conductor track of the first main. |
| US11950358B1 |
Integrated circuit package with voltage droop mitigation
A semiconductor device system comprises an integrated circuit (IC) die. The IC die is configured to operate in a first operating mode during a first period, and a second operating mode during a second period. The first period is associated with enabling an element of the IC die and a first amount of voltage droop. The second period occurs after the first period and is associated with a second amount of voltage droop. The second amount of voltage droop is less than the first amount of voltage droop. |
| US11950355B2 |
Flexible circuit board and manufacturing method therefor, and related apparatus
The flexible circuit board includes: a substrate layer; a first conductive layer; a second conductive layer; a first cover film, a second cover film, a first electromagnetic shielding layer, and a second electromagnetic shielding layer. The part of the first cover film overlapping a first conductive portion has first hollow portions. The part of the second cover film overlapping a second conductive portion has second hollow portions. The orthographic projection of each first hollow portion on the substrate layer has an overlapping area with the orthographic projection of at least one second hollow portion on the substrate layer. The first electromagnetic shielding layer is coupled to the first conductive portion through the first hollow portions. The second electromagnetic shielding layer is coupled to the second conductive portion through the second hollow portions. |
| US11950344B2 |
Wireless commissioning system for DALI devices
The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for controlling DALI devices (2 . . . 4) of a DALI lighting system, comprising an interface (8) for connecting the apparatus (1) to a DALI-bus (5) of said DALI lighting system; controlling means (9) for detecting and addressing the DALI devices (2 . . . 4) connected to the DALI-bus; storage means (10) for storing addresses of the DALI devices (2 . . . 4) generated by the controlling means (9) and device type information of each DALI device (2 . . . 4) detected by the controlling means (9); and Bluetooth transmitter (11) for transmitting the addresses and the device type information to a mobile commissioning device (6) and for receiving configuration information defining behavior of the DALI devices (2 . . . 4) from the mobile commissioning device (6), wherein the controlling means is adapted to configure to the DALI devices (2 . . . 4) based on the configuration information. |
| US11950342B2 |
Systems and methods for dynamic control and monitoring of heterogeneous smart lighting systems
A system described herein may provide a technique for the automated detection of a particular type of lighting fixture, where a given type may refer to a particular make and/or model of the lighting fixture, bulb quantity, bulb technology, power output rating, etc. The detection may be based on measured dimming curves of the lighting fixture, which may indicate actual power consumption at varying brightness levels of the lighting fixture. One or more power consumption models may be selected, generated, and/or refined based on the measured dimming curves, and applied to other lighting fixtures sharing similar attributes and/or under similar conditions. Based on such models, a given lighting fixture may be able to automatically detect anomalous behavior (e.g., excessive power consumption or less power consumption compared to expected power consumption) and automatically take remedial actions. |
| US11950341B2 |
Proximity-detecting device
The invention is directed to a proximity-detecting device configured to determine a signal-strength value (S) indicative of a received signal power amount of an identification signal of an originating lighting node that comprises lighting-node identification information and that is received via a signal input unit (102). It also comprises a proximity-detection unit (106) configured, upon determining that the received signal-strength value exceeds a predetermined proximity threshold value (Sth), to generate and provide a proximity-information signal (P) indicative of the proximity-detecting device being within a proximity area. It also comprises a threshold-determination unit (108) configured, upon determining fulfilment of a pre-stored threshold-updating criterion (C) comprising one or more updating-conditions associated with the lighting-node identification information, to update the proximity threshold value for the given originating lighting node, for redefining the adaptation. |
| US11950340B2 |
Adjusting interior lighting based on dynamic glass tinting
A method of automatically controlling color of light in a room having one or more tintable windows, the method comprising determining adjustments in artificial interior lighting in the room to obtain a desired color of light and sending control signals over a communication network to adjust the artificial interior lighting, wherein the adjustments are determined based on a current tint state of each of the one or more tintable windows. |
| US11950338B2 |
Parallel sequenced LED light string
A parallel sequenced LED light string includes a plurality of LED modules. The LED modules are connected in parallel through a power wire with a plurality of wire resistances. Each of the LED modules includes an impedance component capable of providing an impedance characteristic. The parallel-connected LED modules receive a supply power, and the LED modules respectively get different voltages through the wire resistances and the impedance components from the supply power so as to sequencing the LED modules. |
| US11950331B2 |
Cleaning tool for heating element with prongs
There is provided a cleaning tool configured for cleaning an aerosol-generating device including a heating chamber and a heating element disposed in the heating chamber, the cleaning tool including: multiple prongs configured to be inserted into the heating chamber of the aerosol-generating device and to clean at least the heating element; and an actuating element configured to move the multiple prongs between a first position and a second position, wherein the multiple prongs are expanded towards inner sidewalls of the heating chamber in the first position and contracted towards the heating element in the second position. |
| US11950327B2 |
Heater management based on heater resistance
An electrically operated aerosol-generating system may be configured to detect adverse conditions (e.g., a dry heater). The system may comprise an electric heater comprising at least one heating element for heating an aerosol-forming substrate, a power supply, and electric circuitry connected to the electric heater and to the power supply and comprising a memory. The electric circuitry may be configured to measure an initial electrical resistance (R1) of the electric heater; measure a subsequent electrical resistance of the electric heater after the measurement of the initial electrical resistance; determine the difference (ΔR) between the initial electrical resistance and the subsequent electrical resistance; determine that an adverse condition is present if the difference is greater than a maximum threshold value (ΔRmax) or less than a minimum threshold value (ΔRmin) stored in the memory; and control a power to the electric heater and/or provide an indication if the adverse condition is present. |
| US11950317B2 |
Roaming data processing method, apparatus, and system
Embodiments of this application relate to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a roaming data processing method and apparatus, and a system. The method is used to effectively collect data of a terminal in a roaming scenario. The method includes a first data analytics network element receiving, from a visited first network element, data of a terminal on the first network element, where the data includes first information and a first identifier, the first information is used to indicate that the terminal is roaming, and the first information includes any one or more of the following information corresponding to the terminal: a home PLMN identifier, a visited PLMN identifier, home area information, and visited area information. |
| US11950309B2 |
Transmission power control for beam failure recovery requests
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A base station may transmit indications of target received powers for a random access procedure and a beam failure recovery procedure. A wireless device may transmit a random access preamble and a beam failure recovery preamble using different transmission powers based on the indications of target received powers. |
| US11950306B2 |
Transmission configuration indicator configuration
A wireless device receives, from a base station, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages that includes one or more configuration parameters for a cell. The one or more configuration parameters include a unified transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state type parameter that indicates a unified TCI state type among a separate unified TCI state type and a joint unified TCI state type. The wireless device may then communicate, with the base station and via the cell, based on the indicated unified TCI state type. |
| US11950298B2 |
Communication processing system for working machine and communication processing method for working machine
A communication processing system for a working machine includes a communication device disposed on the working machine and configured to transmit a beacon containing machine information relating to the working machine, and a mobile terminal configured to receive the beacon, and to execute a connection processing for connecting with the communication device and an obtaining processing for obtaining the machine information, wherein the beacon includes a first beacon containing first activation information and a second beacon containing second activation information, and wherein the mobile terminal is configured, after executing the connection processing and the obtaining processing upon receiving the first beacon, not to execute the obtaining processing upon further receiving the first beacon, and to execute the same obtaining processing upon receiving the second beacon. |
| US11950295B2 |
RACH resource selection method, RACH resource configuration method, user equipment, and network-side device
This disclosure provides a RACH resource selection method, a RACH resource configuration method, user equipment, and a network-side device. The RACH resource selection method is applied to the user equipment and includes: after a random access process is triggered, selecting, based on obtained RACH resource configuration information, a PRACH transmit unit used for sending a preamble or a preamble and data. |
| US11950294B2 |
Reference signal transmission techniques for random access messages
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for a two-step random access channel (RACH) procedure in which uplink random access preamble and message transmission occasions may span multiple transmission slots. Reference signal resources for transmitting a reference signal with a first random access message of the two-step RACH procedure may include at least one symbol in each of the multiple transmission slots. The reference signal resources, reference signal sequence, or both, may be identified based on a particular uplink random access message transmission occasion, random access preamble transmission occasion, random access preamble sequence configuration, or any combinations thereof. |
| US11950288B2 |
Single frequency network random access channel beam refinement
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication that a base station supports single frequency network (SFN) radio access channel (RACH) beam refinement. The UE may receive a transmission, as part of a RACH operation, the transmission having SFN enabled or having SFN not enabled. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US11950286B2 |
Uplink multiple access sounding sequences
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A first wireless communications device may transmit, to one or more second wireless communications devices, a first message that triggers transmission of a second message by each of the one or more second wireless communications devices, the first message allocating to each of the one or more second wireless communications devices a respective frequency-based resource unit for transmission of the second message, each of the respective frequency-based resource units spanning a portion of a channel bandwidth of a channel. The first wireless communications device may perform channel sensing measurements on the second message received from each of the one or more second wireless communications devices. The first wireless communications device may estimate the channel based on the channel sensing measurements performed on the respective second messages received on the respective frequency-based resource units. |
| US11950284B2 |
Beam association in random access procedures
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine a mapping between synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) and a random access message of a two-step random access procedure based on an indication in system information signaling or radio resource control (RRC) signaling. The random access message may include a random access preamble and a random access payload. The UE may determine, based on the mapping, an association between one or more beams carrying the SSBs and one or more additional beams carrying the random access preamble and the random access payload of the random access message. As a result, the UE may perform the two-step random access procedure with a base station according to the beam association, and coexist with a four-step random access procedure in a more reliable and efficient manner. |
| US11950278B2 |
Method and device for performing grouping for sensing in wireless LAN system
In a wireless local area network (wireless LAN) system, a transmitting STA can transmit, to a receiving STA, a grouping initiation frame for generating a group that is to perform sensing. The grouping initiation frame can include information related to a session identifier (ID) for a sensing session and to the number of transmission times of a sensing signal performed in the sensing session. The transmitting STA can receive a grouping response frame from the receiving STA. The receiving STA can be included in the group on the basis of the reception of the grouping response frame from the receiving STA within a threshold time preset from the transmission time of the grouping initiation frame. The sensing session can include at least one transmission opportunity (TXOP). |
| US11950277B2 |
Resource configuration method and access network device
An implementation of the present disclosure relates to a resource configuration method and an access network device, wherein the method comprises: the access network device receives a plurality of time-sensitive communication assistance information (TSCAI) sent by a core network device, the plurality of TSCAI correspond to traffic attributes of a plurality of traffic flows; and the access network device configures semi-continuous scheduling resources for each traffic flow in the plurality of traffic flows according to the plurality of TSCAI. |
| US11950276B2 |
Transmission of priority indicator between ENBS in a licensed frequency band to manage communication resources in an unlicensed frequency band
An eNodeB transmits a high priority indicator within a licensed frequency band. In response to receiving the high priority indicator, other eNodeBs refrain from transmitting signals within an unlicensed frequency band. After determining that no other eNodeBs are transmitting signals within the unlicensed frequency band, the eNodeB transmitting the high priority indicator transmits signals to a user equipment (UE) device. |
| US11950275B2 |
Apparatus for controlling UE for D2D measurement results
A base station (eNB) determines device-to-device (D2D) transmission parameters for signal transmission over a D2D communication link between a first user equipment (UE) device and a second UE device. The eNB instructs the first UE device to transmit a reference signal that is received by the second UE device. The second UE device reports D2D channel characteristic information indicative of the received reference signal. Based on the D2D channel characteristic information, the base station determines the D2D transmission parameters and provides the parameters to the first UE device. |
| US11950273B2 |
Preemption indication and permission indication management for mobile broadband and low latency communication multiplexing
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In one example, a base station may dynamically configure a user equipment (UE) to monitor or avoid monitoring for a preemption indication. Accordingly, the UE may have a lower chance of monitoring for a preemption indication when it is unlikely that an uplink or downlink transmission will be preempted. In another example, a base station may transmit a control message indicating whether future indications received from the base station are to be interpreted as preemption indications or permission indications. Accordingly, the base station may choose to use either preemption indications or permission indications (e.g., based on the probability of collisions between mobile broadband (MBB) and low latency transmissions) to facilitate MBB and low latency communication multiplexing with limited signaling. |
| US11950265B2 |
Data transmission method, terminal device, and network device
A data transmission method, a terminal device, a network device are provided. The method comprises: receiving configuration information and determining, according to the configuration information, to use a first physical resource to transmit a target transport block (TB), the duration of the first physical resource is not greater than a first time domain resource length, and the first time-domain resource length is a maximum number of time-domain symbols occupied by transmission of a TB. |
| US11950260B2 |
Method and apparatus for receiving a synchronization signal
The present invention discloses a method for a terminal to receive a synchronization signal in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method includes the steps of receiving a synchronization block including a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and a physical broadcasting channel (PBCH) and receiving a DMRS (demodulation reference signal) via resource region in which the PBCH is received. In this case, an index of the synchronization block can be determined in consideration of a sequence of the DMRS. |
| US11950257B2 |
Physical downlink control channel and synchronization signal block collision
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a mobile station may receive, from a base station, information indicating resource locations in which one or more synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), of a set of SSBs, are to be transmitted. The mobile station may selectively monitor a plurality of sets of resource element groups (REGs) of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) repetitions based at least in part on whether at least one SSB, of the one or more SSBs, is to collide with one or more of the plurality of sets of REGs. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US11950255B2 |
Information transmission method, terminal device, and network device
Embodiments of the present application disclose an information transmission method, a terminal device and a network device. The method comprises: a terminal device receiving a first synchronization signal block and a physical downlink control channel sent by a network device in a first time slot or a first mini-slot, wherein the first time slot or the first mini-slot comprises N symbols, the first synchronization signal block occupies M consecutive symbols in the first time slot or the first mini-slot, the first synchronization signal block comprises a synchronization signal and a physical broadcast channel, M and N are positive integers, and M≤N. The method, terminal device and network device of the embodiments of the present application can achieve efficient multiplexing of synchronization signals, broadcast channels, and downlink control channels while meeting the high-frequency band and multi-beam transmission requirements of NR, reducing control signaling overheads and terminal complexity, and improving resource utilization and flexibility of a communication system. |
| US11950254B2 |
Method and device for configuring data transmission mode, and method and device for data transmission
A method for configuring a data transmission mode includes generating first configuration information and second configuration information for a preset link, the first configuration information including information indicating whether preset information configured for each logical channel of the preset link is shielded, and/or a data transmission mode of each logical channel, the data transmission mode including a first transmission mode and a second transmission mode, and the second configuration information including a first scheduling mode corresponding to the first transmission mode, a resource pool provided by the first scheduling mode, and a second scheduling mode corresponding to the second transmission mode. |
| US11950252B2 |
Early termination of uplink communication repetitions with multiple transport blocks
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which repetitions of communications may be configured for multi-transport block (TB) communications. A UE may determine that an acknowledgment of one or more initial repetitions of one or more TBs is received, and may cancel one or more subsequent repetitions of the acknowledged TB(s). The acknowledgment of the one or more initial repetitions may be provided by a base station in a new resource grant that provides an implicit acknowledgment of one or more TBs. In cases where multiple different TBs may be associated with the prior resource grant, the UE can determine to drop one or more repetitions after an implicit acknowledgment of a TB based on whether the resource grants are for a single TB or are for multiple TBs. |
| US11950251B2 |
Configured grant based physical uplink shared channel transmission with associated scheduling request
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a physical uplink shared channel communication using a resource associated with a configured grant. The UE may transmit, in connection with transmitting the physical uplink shared channel communication, a scheduling request. A base station (BS) may monitor for the physical uplink shared channel communication and the scheduling request. The BS may selectively communicate with the UE to schedule a retransmission of the physical uplink shared channel communication based at least in part on a result of the monitoring. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US11950248B2 |
Dynamic adaptation on PDCCH monitoring behavior across multi-TRPs
A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a configuration for a set of search space sets and receiving a PDCCH that provides a downlink control information (DCI) format. A search space set provides parameters for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) receptions. The parameters include time-frequency resources of a control resource set (CORESET) for the PDCCH receptions and a group index for the CORESET. The DCI format includes a field providing an indication of a CORESET group index. The method further includes determining based on the indication, a group of search space sets and receiving PDCCHs according to the group of search space sets. The group of search space sets includes each search space set from the set of search space sets that is associated with a CORESET having the CORESET group index. |
| US11950247B2 |
Method and terminal for transmitting multiple physical downlink control channels (PDCCHS) through multiple groups of control resource sets (CORESETs)
A method for wireless communication includes that: a terminal device detects M downlink control channels using N groups of search spaces or N groups of control resource sets (CORESETs), N being an integer greater than or equal to 2, and M being an integer greater than or equal to 2, and different groups of search spaces or different groups of CORESETs are used for detecting different downlink control channels. Further, a terminal device is also provided. |
| US11950242B2 |
Non-PDCCH signaling of SIB resource assignment
This disclosure relates to providing system information for cell access to link budget limited devices. According to some embodiments, a base station may transmit an announcement information block (MB) in a downlink shared data channel (e.g., PDSCH), wherein the AIB contains information useable by a UE in determining the location of system information in the downlink shared data channel. The UE can thus determine the location of and decode system information without having to decode a downlink control channel (e.g., PDCCH). This may be important for certain classes of devices, such as link budget limited devices, which have issues in decoding the downlink control channel. Improved paging scheduling techniques are also disclosed which more efficiently use PDCCH paging resources. |
| US11950240B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting uplink control information in wireless communication system
A communication technique for combining a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data rate after 4G system with IoT technology includes transmitting configuration information of one or more serving cells that operate in an unlicensed band to a terminal, transmitting information indicating that an uplink control channel and an uplink data channel can be simultaneously transmitted to the terminal, determining whether the terminal is configured to transmit at least one of data and the uplink control information through the uplink data channel in at least one of a licensed band and the unlicensed band, and receiving the uplink control information in at least one of the licensed band and the unlicensed band on the basis of the determination, wherein the configuration information includes unlicensed-band uplink control channel configuration information for configuring the uplink control channel in one of the serving cells that operate in the unlicensed band. |
| US11950239B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting a HARQ-ACK
Scheduling information for transmitting a first physical uplink channel within a slot can be transmitted, the slot including a plurality of symbols and including the first physical uplink channel and a second physical uplink channel, and the first physical uplink channel is shorter in duration than the second physical uplink channel. One or more allocated RBs can be determined for the first physical uplink channel based on an indicated sub-band group and one or more indicated RBGs within the indicated sub-band group, the sub-band group including one or more sub-bands, each sub-band comprising one or more RBGs, each RBG comprising one or more RBs, and an RB including one or more contiguous REs. The first physical uplink channel can be transmitted in the one or more allocated RBs in the slot. The scheduling information can indicate the sub-band group and the one or more resource block groups within the sub-band group. |
| US11950237B2 |
Sequence based physical uplink control channel transmission
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify that an uplink control information (UCI) payload satisfies a threshold size condition. The UE may map the UCI payload to an uplink control sequence. The UE may transmit a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) that include the uplink control sequence to a base station. The uplink control sequence may be representative of the UCI payload. The base station may receive the PUCCH that includes the uplink control sequence from the UE. The base station may also determine the UCI payload by associating the uplink control sequence with a corresponding sequence index of the one or more sets of uplink control sequences. |
| US11950231B2 |
Method and apparatus for managing information in a wireless communication system
The present disclosure provides an information configuration method, an information interaction method, and an address information update method. The information configuration method may be performed by a first node, and may include: transmitting, to a second node, a first configuration request message comprising a request for a bearer context setup; receiving, from the second node, a first configuration response message comprising a response to the bearer context setup request in the first configuration request message; and establishing a bear context based on the first configuration response message, wherein the first configuration request message comprises at least one of information related to data profile, or profile indication information. |
| US11950230B2 |
Control channel and reference signal transmission in wireless networks
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for control signaling and reference signal transmission in wireless networks. |
| US11950228B2 |
Terminal apparatus, communication method, and integrated circuit
A terminal apparatus includes, a first reception unit configured to receive a first synchronization signal with a first subcarrier spacing, a second reception unit configured to receive a second synchronization signal with the first subcarrier spacing, a detection unit configured to detect an identity from the first synchronization signal and/or the second synchronization signal, and a third reception unit configured to receive a first reference signal, based on the identity, with a second subcarrier spacing different from the first subcarrier spacing, wherein, the first reference signal is arranged in a time resource and a frequency resource predetermined for the second subcarrier spacing. |
| US11950226B2 |
Channel multiplexing method and multiplexed channel transmission method for wireless communication system and device using same
A base station of a wireless communication system is disclosed. The base station of the wireless communication includes: a communication module; and a processor configured to control the communication module. When a second physical uplink data channel transmission of the UE is scheduled to a time-frequency resource in which uplink control information (UCI) transmission of a first physical uplink data channel of the UE is scheduled, the processor is configured to transmit the UCI to a base station of the wireless communication system in a time-frequency resource except for a time-frequency resource in which a second physical uplink data channel transmission of the UE is scheduled. |
| US11950224B2 |
Resource indication method on unlicensed spectrum, and terminal
A resource indication method for an unlicensed spectrum includes: receiving, by a terminal, a scheduling instruction sent by an access network device; and determining, by the terminal, a first time domain resource according to the scheduling instruction, in which the first time domain resource is a time domain resource configured to transmit data, a start position of the first time domain resource is obtained based on a second time domain resource, and the second time domain resource is a time domain resource configured to send the scheduling instruction. |
| US11950220B2 |
Sidelink carrier aggregation cross carrier scheduling
This disclosure relates to the cross carrier scheduling of sidelink carrier aggregation, and includes a method and apparatus for determining a component carrier (CC) index for at least one of a first sidelink transmission with a second UE and a Uu transmission with a network entity, the CC index indicating one or more CCs among which at least one of the first sidelink transmission and the Uu transmission occur; and communicating at least one of the first sidelink transmission to the second UE and the Uu transmission to the network entity based on the CC index. |
| US11950219B2 |
Modulation schemes in a wireless device and wireless network
A wireless device may receive at least one message comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of cells being in a cross-carrier scheduling group comprising a first cell and a second cell. The first cell identified by a first cell identifier may employ a first number of bits. The configuration parameters may indicate that the second cell is a cross-carrier scheduling cell for the first cell. The configuration parameters may comprise the first cell identifier and a first cell indicator field. The first cell indicator field may employ a second number of bits. The wireless device may receive downlink control information via a control channel of the second cell for a packet transmitted via the first cell. The downlink control information may comprise the first cell indicator field identifying the first cell. The wireless device may receive the packet on the first cell via radio resources identified by the downlink control information. |
| US11950216B2 |
Frequency-domain resource allocation for multi-source transmission
Embodiments include methods, by a user equipment (UE), for receiving physical data channel transmissions from a wireless network. Such methods include receiving, from the wireless network, configuration information including: a first indication of one or more frequency-domain resource allocations for respective corresponding one or more physical data channel transmissions by respective corresponding one or more sources configured by the wireless network, and one or more second indications of further characteristics of the physical data channel transmissions. Such methods also include, based on the second indications, determining the number of frequency-domain resource allocations indicated by the first indication. Such methods also include receiving, from the wireless network, the determined number of physical data channel transmissions based on the respective indicated frequency-domain resource allocations. Other embodiments include complementary methods performed by a wireless network, and UEs and wireless networks configured to perform such methods. |
| US11950215B2 |
Artificial intelligence-based user equipment (UE) capability band combination prioritization
A method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a network, a capability request including a frequency band filter. The method further includes retrieving, from a server, a prioritized list of frequency band combinations based on a location of the UE. The method still further includes transmitting, to the network, the prioritized list adjusted based on the frequency band filter, in response to the capability request. A method of wireless communication by a network device includes receiving, from a UE, a request for a list of frequency band combinations based on a location of the UE. The method further includes transmitting, to the UE, a prioritized list of frequency band combinations for the location of the UE. The prioritized list is based on a selected network configured frequency band combination associated with the location of the UE. |
| US11950212B2 |
Timing advance signaling for multi-transmit receive point operation
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may determine a set of time differences for a set of physical random access channel signals received at a set of transmit receive points (TRPs); determine a quantity of timing advances to apply to a multi-TRP transmission based at least in part on the set of time differences; and transmit, to a user equipment, an indication of the quantity of timing advances to apply to the multi-TRP transmission. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US11950211B2 |
Communication system, mobile station device, and communication method
A mobile station device includes an information acquisition unit that is configured to and/or programmed to acquire information, which specifies a system bandwidth and a carrier frequency of a second downlink carrier component different from a first downlink carrier component, transmitted using RRC signaling via a physical downlink shared channel within the first downlink carrier component and a communication unit that is configured to communicate with the base station device by aggregate use of both the first downlink carrier component and the second downlink carrier component, where the first downlink carrier component and the second downlink carrier component have different carrier frequencies and each of the first downlink carrier component and the second downlink carrier component has its own downlink system bandwidth. |
| US11950210B2 |
Selective symbol measurement for positioning
A method of measuring a wireless OFDM PRS at a user equipment includes: selecting a symbol subset of a symbol group of the OFDM PRS, the OFDM PRS comprising a slot of symbols comprising the symbol group, the symbol group consisting of a first symbol quantity of consecutive ones of the symbols, the symbol group being fully staggered in frequency domain, the symbol subset consisting of a second symbol quantity of the symbols of the symbol group, the second symbol quantity being smaller than the first symbol quantity, and the symbol subset being less than fully staggered in the frequency domain; and measuring the symbol subset without measuring all of the symbols of the symbol group. |
| US11950208B2 |
V2X frequency and time resource indication signaling
Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for performing sidelink communication. An example method indicates a frequency resource reservation in sidelink control information (SCI). The method includes identifying a transport block (TB) for transmission to a UE; determining a total number of sub-channels (NSL) in a resource pool for sidelink communication, a number of sub-channels (Lsub) of the TB, a first starting sub-channel index x1 of a first retransmission of the TB, and a second starting sub-channel index x2 of a second retransmission of the TB. The method includes determining a frequency resource indication value (FRIV) based on NSL, LSUB, x1, and x2, wherein the FRIV represents a result of a predetermined function of Lsub, x1, and x2 that generates a unique value for possible combinations of Lsub, x1, and x2. The FRIV is encoded in SCI and the SCI is transmitted to the UE. |
| US11950203B2 |
Methods of paging procedures for reduced bandwidth WTRUs
A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission in a WTRU-specific search space, with the PDCCH transmission including a sequence scrambled based on a first radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), the first RNTI associated with the WTRU, and the sequence including downlink control information (DCI) and a cyclic redundancy check (CRC). The WTRU may determine scheduling information for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission based on the DCI. Further, the WTRU may receive the PDSCH based on the scrambling information. Additionally, the first RNTI may be a WTRU-identifier (WTRU-ID). Also, the DCI and CRC may be scrambled by a second RNTI. Moreover, the WTRU may receive scrambling indication information indicating that scrambling of information in a PDCCH transmission by an RNTI may be used. Also, the PDCCH transmission may include the sequence on a condition that the scrambling indication information is received. |
| US11950202B2 |
Systems and methods for accommodating flexibility in sensing transmissions
Systems and methods for accommodating flexibility in sensing transmissions are provided. Wi-Fi sensing systems include sensing devices and remote devices configured to communicate through radio-frequency signals. Initially, a sensing device transmits a sensing configuration message to a remote device. The sensing device receives a sensing configuration response message in response to the sensing configuration message. In an example, the sensing configuration response message may include a transmission capability indication associated with the remote device. The transmission capability indication includes a flexibility indication that the remote device supports flexibility. |
| US11950198B2 |
Traffic steering and switching between multiple access networks
A WTRU may initiate access for a PDU session over multiple access networks. The WTRU may register with two or more access networks. For example, the WTRU may register with a 3GPP access network (e.g., LTE Advanced) and a non-3GPP access network (e.g., Wi-Fi). The WTRU may determine to request a multi-access PDU session for a (e.g., at least one) PDU session. A multi-access PDU session may correspond to a PDU session where the WTRU communicates one or more PDUs associated with the PDU session over the 3GPP access network and one or more PDUs associated with the PDU session over the non-3GPP access network. The WTRU may receive a confirmation message indicating that a multi-access PDU session has been established. The WTRU may send uplink data over the 3GPP access network and the non-3GPP access network, e.g., in accordance with the established multi-access PDU session. |
| US11950196B2 |
Distributed synchronization mechanism
Aspects of the present disclosure provide synchronization techniques for user equipment (UEs) that may be otherwise unable to support sidelink communication a synchronized UE and may have also lost global navigation satellite system (GNSS) and/or Evolved Node Base Stations (eNBs) as a synchronization source. In such instance, the unsynchronized UE may utilize reference signals (RS) from the data packets received from other UEs to track the timing and perform autonomous timing adjustments based thereon for synchronized packet transmission or reception. |
| US11950191B2 |
Configuring client device regulation modes for sidelink communications
Disclosed are systems and techniques for performing sidelink communications. For instance, a first client device can determine a first transmit power parameter for transmitting sidelink communications. The first transmit power parameter can either be received from a base station associated with the first client device or it can be a default parameter based on the first client device not being associated with a base station. The first client device can transmit, to a second client device, a first sidelink transmission having a first power level corresponding to the first transmit power parameter. The first client device can receive, from the second client device, a first sidelink reception having a second power level corresponding to a second transmit power parameter. |
| US11950187B2 |
Power saving signal and procedure design
The present disclosure relates to a terminal and a base station as well as to a method which may be performed at a terminal and at a base station in a communication system. For example, a mobile device may comprise a transceiver, which, in operation, receives and/or transmits a signal, as well as a circuitry. The circuitry monitors a signal in a first set of resources. When the monitored signal includes identification of the mobile device and an indicator having a first value, controls the transceiver: to receive or transmit signal on a second set of resources and to, after a time period indicated in the monitored control signal, not receive or transmit signal on a second set of resources and monitor the control signal in the first set of resources. |
| US11950184B2 |
Zone identification (ID) for wireless sidelink communications
A sidelink user equipment (UE) receives a group wake-up signal (WUS) from a base station and decodes the group WUS based on zone identification (ID) information of the sidelink UE. A base station transmits a wake-up signal to a group of sidelink user equipments (UEs) and transmits zone ID information to the group. A group wake-up signal parameter is a function of the zone ID information. A base station generates a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence, selects a port for a DMRS, and/or scrambles a control channel or a data channel based on a zone ID of a sidelink UE. A sidelink UE compares a zone ID of the sidelink UE with a zone ID of a neighbor UE and initiates a conditional handover to another cell when the zone ID of the sidelink UE differs from the zone ID of the neighbor UE. |
| US11950183B2 |
Network slice selection in network systems
Various embodiments are generally directed to network slice selector (NSS). In one embodiment, for example, an evolved node B (cNB) may include a processor circuit, and an NSS for execution by the processor circuit to allocate a network slice (NS) to a user equipment (UE). The NS may comprise one or more virtual network function(s) (VNF). In one implementation, a VNF takes on the responsibility of handing specific network functions run on one or more virtual machines (VM) associated with hardware networking infrastructures, such as routers, switches, etc. Individual VNFs may be combined or connected together to provide a complete networking communication service for UEs. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US11950180B2 |
Method and system for camping a UE in 4G and 5G overlapping area
Various embodiments herein disclose a method camping a User Equipment (UE) on a cell, the method comprising: creating a combined Most Recently Used (MRU) list by merging a list 4G MRU frequencies with a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) having a 5GC and a list of 5G MRU frequencies, determining whether one of a 4G cell with 5G core (5GC) and a 5G cell is available for camping by performing a MRU scan on the combined MRU list; performing one of: camping on one of the 4G cell with 5G core and the 5G cell in response to determining that one of the 5G cell and the 4G cell with 5G core is available and performing a 4G MRU frequency scan on a list of 4G without 5GC MRU frequencies in response to determining that one of the 4G cell with 5G core and the 5G cell is not available. |
| US11950179B2 |
Method and apparatus for obtaining network slice identifier
Embodiments of this application provide a method and an apparatus for obtaining a network slice identifier. In the method, a wireless access device receives a first service packet sent by a terminal; the wireless access device obtains a second service packet based on the first service packet, where the second service packet includes the first service packet and a network slice identifier; and the wireless access device sends the second service packet to a forwarding device. |
| US11950178B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for optimized routing of service based interface (SBI) request messages to remote network function (NF) repository functions using indirect communications via service communication proxy (SCP)
A method for optimized routing of service based interface (SBI) request messages to remote network function (NF) repository functions (NRFs) using indirect communications via a service communication proxy (SCP) includes, at an SCP including at least one processor, receiving an SBI request message. The method further includes forwarding the SBI request message to a remote NRF. The method further includes determining that the remote NRF is unable to process the SBI request message, and, in response to determining that the remote NRF is unable, identifying a georedundant mate of the remote NRF. The method further includes forwarding the SBI request message to the georedundant mate NRF of the remote NRF that is unable to process the SBI request message. |
| US11950176B2 |
Parameter of time sensitive network bridge
A policy and charging control function (PCF) receives, from a session management function (SMF), a request for policy information of a wireless device, the request comprising a parameter of a time sensitive networking (TSN) bridge, wherein the parameter comprises port information of the TSN bridge. The PCF sends, to the SMF, a response to the request, the response comprising the policy information of the wireless device. |
| US11950175B2 |
Communication method and communications apparatus
Example communication methods and communications apparatuses are provided which verify a user equipment route selection policy (URSP) used by a terminal apparatus. The communication method includes obtaining information about a first application of at least one packet data unit (PDU) session, where the information about the first application is determined based on a first URSP. The information about the first application is sent to a second network element, where the information about the first application is used to verify whether information about a second application of the at least one PDU session matches the information about the first application, where the information about the second application is information about an application to which a data packet in the at least one PDU session belongs. |
| US11950168B1 |
Method and system for enhancing a traveler's/consumer experience using customized content for smart devices/internet of things devices based on data mining information
A system including at least one smart device. The at least one smart device includes one or more programmable elements. The at least one smart device is configured to receive one or more customization instructions from a user device. The at least one smart device configures the one or more programmable elements in response to the customization instructions. Communicating between the user device and at least one smart device provides a seamless and integrated experience based on preferences or suggestions from user data analysis. |
| US11950166B2 |
Predicting occupancy probabilities of surrounding agents
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for determining occupancies of surrounding agents. One of the methods includes obtaining scene data characterizing an environment at a current time point; processing a first network input generated from the scene data using a first neural network to generate an intermediate output; obtaining an identification of a future time point that is after the current time point; and generating, from the intermediate output and the future time point, an occupancy output, wherein the occupancy output comprises respective occupancy probabilities for each of a plurality of locations in the environment, wherein the respective occupancy probability for each location characterizes a likelihood that one or more agents will occupy the location at the future time point. |
| US11950164B2 |
Multi-device architecture for tracking device access
In one embodiment, a method includes storing, by a tracking system server, information identifying each of multiple first computing devices and a location of each computing device. The method includes receiving a request including an identifier for a second computing device and configuration instructions executable by the second computing device. The method includes determining a most recent location associated with the second computing device. The method includes identifying a computing device from the first computing devices based at least in part on the stored location of the computing device and the most recent location associated with the second computing device. The method includes sending, to the identified computing device, a forwarding request including the identifier for the second computing device and the configuration instructions. The identified computing device is configured to send the configuration instructions to the second computing device. |
| US11950162B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle control method and apparatus
A method and apparatus for controlling an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) are provided. The method is applied to the UAV, and includes: receiving flight path information transmitted by a UAV controller, wherein the flight path information represents a flight path set by the UAV controller for the UAV controlled by the UAV controller; and transmitting the flight path information to a base station that provides a network service for the UAV, such that the base station determines the flight path based on the flight path information. |
| US11950160B2 |
Random access channel (RACH) based inter-cell mobility
Aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes receiving signaling configuring the UE with multiple candidate target physical cell identifiers (PCIs) of at least one candidate target cell, receiving signaling configuring the UE with at least one handover (HO) condition for each PCI of the multiple candidate target PCIs, detecting that an HO condition is satisfied for a target PCI of one or more target PCIs selected from the multiple candidate target PCIs for HO, initiating an HO procedure to a target cell associated with the target PCI for which the HO condition is satisfied, the HO procedure involving transmitting a random access signal on an uplink (UL) resource configured for the target PCI, and transmitting or receiving an HO complete message, via physical or medium access control (MAC) layer signaling, a handover complete message indicating completion of the HO procedure. |
| US11950153B2 |
NB-IoT device performing neighboring link measurement despite refraining condition
A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network determines a snapshot value of a serving link signal received quality while the UE is permitted to refrain from performing neighbor link measurements. Responsive to detecting, while the UE is permitted to refrain from performing neighbor link measurements, that signal received quality of a serving link has dropped by at least a threshold amount below the snapshot value, the UE performs a neighbor link measurement. |
| US11950142B2 |
Method and apparatus for sending system performance parameters, management device, and storage medium
Provided are a method and apparatus for sending system performance parameters, a management device, and a storage medium. The method for sending system performance parameters includes determining system performance parameters which include key performance indicator (KPI) information and confidence of the KPI information; and sending the system performance parameters. |
| US11950141B2 |
Systems and methods for cooperative communication using interfering signals
An electronic device discussed herein may include radio frequency communication circuitry for communication on a radio frequency network according to a communication configuration, a processor, and memory. The memory may store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to perform operations including receiving, a first muting configuration indicating when the radio frequency communication circuitry is to communicate using a first type of communication on a first frequency band and when the radio frequency communication circuitry is to communicate using a second type of communication on a second frequency band, where the first frequency band may overlap with the second frequency band. The memory may store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to perform operations including transmitting or receiving a data packet using the radio frequency communication circuitry according to the communication configuration. |
| US11950133B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing header compression in a wireless system
In accordance an embodiment of the disclosure, a method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method may comprise: identifying an inter-system change from a first mode to a second mode, transferring a data session established in the first mode to the second mode from the first mode, determining whether the UE and a network entity in the second mode support a header compression, and initiating, based on a result of the identifying, a procedure for negotiating a header compression configuration in the transferred data session, wherein the first mode is one of N1 an mode or an S1 mode, and the second mode is the other of the N1 mode or the S1 mode. |
| US11950129B2 |
Device and method with adaptive time-division multiplexing thereof
Disclosed is a wireless communication device including a communication circuit, a memory and a microprocessor coupled to the memory and the communication circuit. The communication circuit includes a radio frequency circuit and a first communication branch and a second communication branch sharing a frequency band and coupled to the radio frequency circuit. The memory is configured to store a network environment parameter index. The microprocessor is configured to detect a current state of a wireless network in real time based on the network environment parameter index to obtain current wireless network status data; obtain a time division multiplexing parameter according to an optimization goal and the current wireless network status data; and control the first communication branch and the second communication branch by using time division multiplexing according to the time division multiplexing parameter. Thus, spectrum and radio frequency resources can be optimally used. |
| US11950121B2 |
Techniques for beam measurement reporting
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A communication device, such as a user equipment (UE) may receive control signaling indicating a sidelink beam reporting resource configuration. The UE may receive a set of reference beams from a second device (e.g., another UE) over a sidelink. In some examples, the UE may perform a set of beam measurements based on a beam measurement occasion during at least one of a time period before an active duration. The UE may transmit a beam measurement report to the second device in accordance with the sidelink beam reporting resource configuration. The beam measurement report being transmitted during at least one of a time period before the active duration, a time period during the active duration, or a combination thereof. The beam measurement report may be based on the set of beam measurements associated with the set of reference beams. |
| US11950111B2 |
UAV modular redundant communication modems
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) network cell that uses modular communication modems may be configured to support various communication standards and communication frequency bands. An authentication request from a modular communication modem of a plurality of modular communication modems in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) network cell may be received at a core network of a wireless carrier network following an installation of the modular communication modem into the UAV network cell, in response to authenticating that the modular communication modem is authorized to communicate with the core network, the modular communication modem is registered at the core network to handle communication between the UAV network cell and the core network. However, in response to determining that the modular communication modem is not authorized to communicate with the core network, the modular communication modem is disallowed from handling communication between the UAV network cell and the core network. |
| US11950101B2 |
Checkpoint identity verification using mobile identification credential
An embodiment includes a method to increase the efficiency of security checkpoint operations. A security checkpoint kiosk serves as a Relying Party System (RPS). The RPS establishes a secure local connection between the RPS and a User Mobile-Identification-Credential Device (UMD). The RPS sends a user information request to the UMD, via the secure local connection, seeking release of user information associated with a Mobile Identification Credential (MIC). The RPS obtains authentication of the user information received in response to the user information request. The RPS retrieves user travel information based on the user information. The RPS determines that the user travel information matches the user information. When the user travel information matches the user information, the RPS approves the user to proceed past the security checkpoint kiosk. |
| US11950099B2 |
Techniques for protecting control information
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a receiver user equipment (UE) may receive at least one control communication that includes a first part and a second part. The UE may determine an authenticity status of the at least one control communication based at least in part on at least one of a common security key corresponding to the first part or a private security key corresponding to the second part. The UE may perform a wireless communication task based at least in part on the authenticity status of the at least one control communication. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US11950097B2 |
System and method for controlling mobile device access to a network
The invention provides a method for managing access to a network resource on a network from a mobile device, the method including the steps of intercepting a data stream from the mobile device attempting to access the network resource, extracting information from the intercepted data stream relating to at least one of the mobile device or a user of the mobile device, accessing at least one of enterprise service based information and third party information regarding at least one of the mobile device or the user of the mobile device, determining whether the mobile device is authorized to access the network resource, preparing an access decision that specifies whether the mobile device is authorized to access the network resource, and storing the access decision in a database on the network. The method may also include the step of enforcing the access decision by granting access to the mobile device to the network resource if the mobile device is determined to be authorized and denying access to the mobile device to the network resource if the mobile device is determined not to be authorized. |
| US11950091B2 |
Communication system and method
A system and a method include an onboard communication system configured to be disposed onboard a vehicle system and comprising one or more processors. The one or more processors may generate a session key that includes a shared secret key that is known by the onboard communication system and an off-board communication system, generate one or more encryption keys by hashing the session key with an identifier based on a cycle time that is known by the onboard communication system and the off-board communication system, generate one or more encrypted messages by encrypting one or more messages associated with one or more of the vehicle system or a route over which the vehicle system moves based on the one or more encryption keys, and communicate the one or more encrypted messages from the onboard communication system to the off-board communication system. |
| US11950087B2 |
Audio signal processing method, electronic apparatus, and storage medium
An audio signal processing method, includes acquiring a first distance between a current position and an initial position of a mobile device, and a second distance between the current position of the mobile device and a wearable device. Determining a first deflection angle according to the first distance, the second distance and the initial distance between the mobile device and the wearable device. Acquiring a second deflection angle of the wearable device reflecting a posture change. Determining relative position information between the mobile device and the wearable device according to the first deflection angle, the second deflection angle and the second distance and processing an audio signal based on the relative position information to obtain a playing audio played by the wearable device. |
| US11950086B2 |
Applications and format for immersive spatial sound
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for generating a spatial audio format. An input audio source may include one or more individual channels. The one or more individual channels may be designated to be played by a corresponding one or more speakers. The one or more individual channels of the audio source may be separated. The one or more individual tracks may be input into a modeling space representing a multi-dimensional space. The modeling space may include a plurality of emitters at various locations in a vector space. Each of the one or more individual channels may be panned to one or more of the plurality of emitters. The panning may be based on a normalized proximity of the one or more individual channels in the modeling space to the plurality of emitters. The one or more of the plurality of emitters may be encoded into a single multichannel file. |
| US11950085B2 |
Concept for generating an enhanced sound field description or a modified sound field description using a multi-point sound field description
Apparatus for generating an enhanced sound field description, including: a sound field generator for generating at least one sound field description indicating a sound field with respect to at least one reference location; and a meta data generator for generating meta data relating to spatial information of the sound field, wherein the at least one sound field description and the meta data constitute the enhanced sound field description. The at least one sound field description includes in a certain case a first sound field description related to the at least one reference location and a second sound field description related to a further reference location being different from the reference location, and the meta data relating to the spatial information indicates the reference location and the further reference location or one of both reference locations and a vector extending between both reference locations. |
| US11950084B2 |
3D audio rendering using volumetric audio rendering and scripted audio level-of-detail
An audio engine is provided for acoustically rendering a three-dimensional virtual environment. The audio engine uses geometric volumes to represent sound sources and any sound occluders. A volumetric response is generated based on sound projected from a volumetric sound source to a listener, taking into consideration any volumetric occluders in-between. The audio engine also provides for modification of a level of detail of sound over time based on distance between a listener and a sound source. Other aspects are also described and claimed. |
| US11950080B2 |
Method and device for processing audio signal, using metadata
Disclosed is a device for processing an audio signal, which renders an audio signal. The device for processing an audio signal includes a processor. The processor receives metadata including an audio signal and first element reference distance information and renders a first element signal on the basis of the first element reference distance information, wherein the first element reference distance information indicates the reference distance of an element signal. The audio signal is capable of including a second element signal which may be simultaneously rendered with the first element signal, and the metadata is capable of including second element distance information indicating the distance of the second element signal. The number of bits required for representing the first element reference distance information is smaller than the number of bits required for representing the second element distance information. |
| US11950078B2 |
Binaural dialogue enhancement
Methods for dialogue enhancing audio content, comprising providing a first audio signal presentation of the audio components, providing a second audio signal presentation, receiving a set of dialogue estimation parameters configured to enable estimation of dialogue components from the first audio signal presentation, applying said set of dialogue estimation parameters to said first audio signal presentation, to form a dialogue presentation of the dialogue components; and combining the dialogue presentation with said second audio signal presentation to form a dialogue enhanced audio signal presentation for reproduction on the second audio reproduction system, wherein at least one of said first and second audio signal presentation is a binaural audio signal presentation. |
| US11950076B2 |
Speaker
A speaker includes: a housing including a ring-shaped frame, a front cover and a bottom shell; a vibration system and a magnetic circuit system, the vibration system including a diaphragm fixed on the frame, a voice coil support fixed on the diaphragm and a voice coil supported by the voice coil support, the magnetic circuit system including a first magnetic yoke fixed on the front cover and a magnet assembly fixed on the first magnetic yoke. A first opening is provided to penetrate a center portion of the diaphragm, and the diaphragm includes an inner edge enclosing the first opening and an outer edge fixed to the frame, the magnetic circuit system extends through the first opening, the housing further includes an extension portion extending from the front cover toward the diaphragm and surrounding the magnetic circuit system, and the inner edge of the diaphragm is fixed to the extension. |
| US11950075B2 |
Sounding device
The present disclosure discloses a sounding device including a frame, a magnetic circuit system with a magnetic part and a vibration system. The vibration system includes a diaphragm fixed to the frame, a voice coil driving the diaphragm to vibrate and arranged around the magnetic part, and a metal shrapnel with conductive function. One end of the metal shrapnel is fixed to the frame and electrically connected to an external circuit, and the other end of the metal shrapnel is fixed to the voice coil and electrically connected to the lead wire of the voice coil. The metal shrapnel restrains a movement of the voice coil in a direction perpendicular to a vibration direction of the diaphragm. Compared with the related art, the sounding device disclosed by the present disclosure can reduce the number of elements to simplify the product structure. |
| US11950074B2 |
Speaker
The present invention provides a speaker including: a frame, a vibration system and a magnetic circuit system. The vibration system includes a vibration diaphragm and a voice coil. The magnetic circuit system includes a magnetic part, and the voice coil is arranged around the magnetic part. The vibration system further includes an elastic plate with two branch elastic plates. The branch elastic plate includes a connection part, an extension part, an elastic arm and a fixed part. The surfaces of the connection part and the extension part facing the connection surface are recessed together to form a welding slot, and the lead wire is accommodated in the welding slot. The speaker provided by the present invention can not only effectively prevent the voice coil from swaying, but also reduce the number of parts to simplify the product structure. |
| US11950069B2 |
Systems and methods for audio signal evaluation and adjustment
Systems and methods are provided for monitoring auditory stimulation provided to a listener through a personal listening device. In one example, a method includes monitoring one or more acoustic profile parameters of an audio signal received from an audio source and rendered on a headphone assembly based on one or more received transducer parameters of one or more transducers of the headphone assembly; monitoring one or more listener-headphone engagement parameters based on headphone position data from a sensor coupled to the headphone assembly; and adjusting the audio signal and/or acoustic stimulation based on the monitoring of the one or more acoustic profile parameters and the monitoring of one or more listener-headphone engagement parameters, wherein the one or more listener-headphone engagement parameters include a current engagement status of the headphone assembly with respect to the user and a duration of active engagement of the headphone assembly with respect to the user. |
| US11950068B2 |
Panel vibration type sound generating display device
Disclosed is a display device that includes a display panel, sound generating actuators including a first sound generating actuator in a first area of the display panel and a second sound generating actuator in a second area of the display panel, the first and second sound generating actuators configured to vibrate the display panel to generate sound, and a partition between the first sound generating actuator and the second sound generating actuator. |
| US11950067B2 |
Communication system for multiple acoustic zones
An In-Car Communication (ICC) system supports the communication paths within a car by receiving the speech signals of a speaking passenger and playing it back for one or more listening passengers. Signal processing tasks are split into a microphone related part and into a loudspeaker related part. A sound processing system suitable for use in a vehicle having multiple acoustic zones includes a plurality of microphone In-Car Communication (Mic-ICC) instances coupled and a plurality of loudspeaker In-Car Communication (Ls-ICC) instances. The system further includes a dynamic audio routing matrix with a controller and coupled to the Mic-ICC instances, a mixer coupled to the plurality of Mic-ICC instances and a distributor coupled to the Ls-ICC instances. |
| US11950058B2 |
Method, device and system for providing communication of data between a hearing device and an auxiliary device
A binaural hearing system, and a method of providing communication of data are provided. The method comprises providing third communication of data between a first auxiliary device and a second auxiliary device, wherein the step of providing third communication of data comprises: providing third primary RF communication between the first auxiliary device and a first hearing device of a binaural hearing system; providing third secondary RF communication between the second auxiliary device and a second hearing device of the binaural hearing system; and providing third tertiary communication between the second hearing device and the first hearing device, wherein the step of providing third primary RF communication comprises utilizing a first RF transceiver of the first hearing device, and wherein the step of providing third secondary RF communication comprises utilizing a second RF transceiver of the second hearing device. |
| US11950055B2 |
Systems and methods for suppressing sound leakage
A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing. |
| US11950054B2 |
MEMs condenser microphone
Provided is a MEMS condenser microphone, including a base plate, a spacer and a membrane. The membrane is supported above the base plate by the spacer. The base plate, the spacer, and the membrane enclose a vacuum cavity. An end of the membrane close to the vacuum cavity is connected, by means of a connecting rod, to an electrostatic clutch. The electrostatic clutch is connected to a capacitive sensing structure. The microphone has the advantage of allowing microphone performance over a wide range of atmospheric pressures which is likely expected by customers. This is achieved electrostatically in a purely passive way which has an advantage over other designs which require complex electronics and active control. Physically decoupling the membrane and sense structure simplifies the design of the sense structure as only small AC perturbations of the rotor need to be considered with no DC changes in rotor position. |
| US11950046B2 |
Multifunctional sounding device
The present invention provides a multifunctional sounding device including a housing, a first vibration system, a second vibration system, a magnetic circuit system, an elastic component and a flexible circuit board. The elastic component includes a deformation part fixed to the second vibration system and an installation part extended from both ends of the deformation part and fixed to the housing. The second vibration system is suspended in the containment cavity through the elastic component. The flexible circuit board is connected with the elastic component, so that the vibration of the flexible circuit board is coupled with the vibration of the elastic component. Therefore, the damping of the elastic component is reduced, the force received by the elastic component during vibration is reduced, and the service life of the elastic component is extended. |
| US11950045B2 |
Sounding device
The present application provides a sounding device. The sounding device includes a front surface with a sound outlet hole; a back surface; a sounding component and an outer casing. The outer casing is covered outside the sounding component. A cavity is formed between the outer casing and the end of the sounding component close to the back side. A sound guiding channel is arranged in the outer casing. One end of the sound guiding channel is communicated with the sound outlet hole, and the other end of the sound guiding channel is communicated with the cavity. The sounding device of the present application provides a smooth transmission channel for the sound from the back side by arranging the sound guiding channel in the outer casing, thereby strengthening the frontal sound of the sounding device and greatly improving the loudness of the sounding device. |
| US11950043B2 |
Earphone system and communication method between charging box and earphone
Disclosed is an earphone system. The earphone system includes a charging box and an earphone, which is detachably assembled in the charging box. The charging box includes a processing module provided with a first identification time period, a power outputting module and a first switch module. During the first identification time period when the earphone is connected to the charging box, the earphone system is in a test mode, and the first switch module is switched for the charging box to transmit power to the earphone through the power outputting module and the first switch module. After the earphone is connected to the charging box for more than the first identification time period, the earphone system is in a communication mode, and the first switch module is switched for the charging box to transmit a data signal to the earphone through the processing module and the first switch module. |
| US11950040B2 |
Volume control of ear devices
Embodiments are disclosed for volume control of ear devices. In an embodiment, a method comprises: determining a reference attitude of the ear device based on sensor data collected by motion sensors of the ear device; storing the reference attitude; receiving, with at least one processor, a first user input indicating a user request for a volume control mode of the ear device; receiving a rotation input; determining, with the at least one processor, an amount of volume level increase/decrease based on attitude change relative to the reference attitude due to the rotation input; adjusting a volume level of the ear device in accordance with the volume level increase/decrease; and receiving second user input indicating a second user request to release the volume control mode. |
| US11950038B1 |
Microphone front chamber structure and voice reception device
A microphone front chamber structure is adapted to be disposed on a front side of a voice reception hole of a microphone unit. The microphone front chamber structure includes a shell and a microphone holder. The shell has a first hole. The microphone holder is disposed in the shell and has a second hole corresponding to the first hole. The first hole and the second hole form a front chamber. The first hole has a first width at a position farthest away from the microphone holder. The second hole includes first and second sections arranged along an axis. On the axis, the first section has a tapered width along the axis and away from the shell. The second section has a second width constant along the axis. The first width is greater than the second width. A voice reception device including the microphone front chamber structure is also provided. |
| US11950032B2 |
G.8032 with optical bypass
Systems and methods implemented by a network element in a G.8032 ring include steps of operating an Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) session with an adjacent network element; and detecting an optical bypass in the G.8032 ring based on the OAM session. The steps can include flushing a forwarding database of the network element based on the optical bypass. The steps can include detecting prior to the optical bypass, that a neighboring node includes a ring block; and subsequent to the optical bypass, installing a new channel block. The optical bypass enables faster protection switching and the present disclosure incorporates an optical bypass in G.8032. |
| US11950029B2 |
Vibrating mirror adjustment apparatus, system and method, and projector
The present disclosure relates to a vibrating mirror adjustment apparatus, system and method, and a projector. The vibrating mirror adjustment apparatus includes: an image feature acquiring module, an image identifying module, a resolution extracting module, and a vibrating mirror control module. The vibrating mirror adjustment apparatus identifies the category of the projected image and the resolution information corresponding to the projected image based on the acquired information feature of the projected image, then identifies whether vibration of the vibrating mirror is used to improve a resolution of an image, and further automatically controls the on or off state of the vibrating mirror, such that an optimal projection display effect is achieved, and visual enjoyment of a user is greatly improved. |
| US11950028B2 |
Method of controlling projector and projector
A projector has a projection optical system including a projection lens and a processing device. The processing device makes the projection optical system project a correction image having a rectangular shape. The number of correction points arranged on a first side out of two sides connecting to a vertex located the farthest from the projection lens when projected on a projection surface out of four vertexes of the correction image is larger than the number of correction points arranged on a side different from the two sides. The processing device receives an operation of moving first correction point included in the correction points arranged on the first side, and makes the projection optical system project an output image obtained by applying a distortion correction based on the operation to an input image. |
| US11950024B2 |
Remote operation system, remote operation method, and program
Each remote operation terminal includes an own robot sound pressure information transmission unit, an own robot sound pressure information reception unit, an another terminal sound pressure information transmission unit, an another terminal sound pressure information reception unit, a sound pressure information output unit configured to output sound pressure information received by the own robot sound pressure information reception unit or the other terminal sound pressure information reception unit, and a conversation control unit configured to execute an inter-robot conversation mode that establishes conversation with another user using the own robot sound pressure information transmission unit and the own robot sound pressure information reception unit and an inter-terminal conversation mode that establishes conversation with another user using the other terminal sound pressure information transmission unit and the other terminal sound pressure information reception unit in such a way that they can be switched. |
| US11950021B2 |
Presentation of video feed on one display to appear as though presented on another display
In one aspect, a first device may include at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive, from a second device different from the first device, a camera feed of a meeting. The instructions may also be executable to determine that the camera feed shows a first display presenting a particular piece of electronic content. Based on the determination, the instructions may then be executable to overlay, on the camera feed as presented on a second display, a separate video feed of the particular piece of electronic content. |
| US11950020B2 |
Methods and apparatus for displaying, compressing and/or indexing information relating to a meeting
A method of visualising a meeting between one or more participants on a display includes, in an electronic processing device, the steps of: determining a plurality of signals, each of the plurality of signals being at least partially indicative of the meeting; generating a plurality of features using the plurality of signals, the features being at least partially indicative of the signals; generating at least one of: at least one phase indicator associated with the plurality of features, the at least one phase indicator being indicative of a temporal segmentation of at least part of the meeting; and at least one event indicator associated with the plurality of features, the at least one event indicator being indicative of an event during the meeting. The method also includes the step of causing a representation indicative of the at least one phase indicator and/or the at least one event indicator to be displayed on the display to thereby provide visualisation of the meeting. |
| US11950019B2 |
Mobile terminal and hub apparatus for use in a video communication system
A hub apparatus (20) is designated to be used in a video communication system comprising the hub apparatus (20) and a plurality of mobile terminals (10a-10d) configured to be wirelessly connectable to the hub apparatus (20). The hub apparatus (20) comprises: a receiving unit (24) configured to receive from each mobile terminal (10) of the plurality of mobile terminals (10a-10d) a video stream, a current speaker indicator to indicate whether the user of the mobile terminal is speaking and an association information which associates the current speaker indicator transmitted by the mobile terminal with the video stream transmitted from such mobile terminal (10), and a generation unit (40) operatively connected to said receiving unit (24) and configured to generate an output video communication stream (6) based on the plurality of video streams received from each mobile terminal (10) of the plurality of mobile terminals (10a-10d), on the plurality of current speaker indicators received from each mobile terminal (10) of the plurality of mobile terminals (10a-10d) and on the plurality of association information received from each mobile terminal (10) of the plurality of mobile terminals (10a-10d). |
| US11950018B2 |
Video connection continuity between devices
Systems and methods are described herein for maintaining and/or facilitating video call continuity between devices. For example, the systems and methods support video calls or other communications between multiple devices (e.g., a mobile device providing a video call stream of content and a drone or other moving device capturing and streaming content via a camera) providing video content to a target device, such as another mobile device. |
| US11950017B2 |
Redundant mobile video recording
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for redundantly storing and authenticating event related video data from one or more cameras using a video recording manager device. Additional copies of event related video data are persisted across various storage devices including any combination of internal camera storage, remote storage, and one or more storage mediums associated with the video recording manager device. The stored video data is augmented with authentication metadata to preserve the authenticity such that the video data is suitable as evidence. |
| US11950016B2 |
Control method and circuitry of receiver
The present invention provides a control method of a receiver. The control method includes the steps of: when the receiver enters a sleep/standby mode, continually detecting an auxiliary signal from an auxiliary channel to generate a detection result; and if the detection result indicates that the auxiliary signal has a preamble or a specific pattern, generating a wake-up control signal to wake up the receiver before successfully receiving the auxiliary signal having a wake-up command. |
| US11950015B2 |
Method for improved acquisition of images for photogrammetry
A method for improved image acquisition for photogrammetry includes focusing a camera on one end of an object, capturing one or more images of the object, incrementally adjusting the focal length of the camera toward the opposite end of the object, and capturing images at each new focal length. Once the object has been photographed at varying focal lengths that run the entire length of the object, the multitude of images are then combined using focus stacking to create a singular image that is more in focus for the entire length of the object. A method for utilizing thermographic cameras to aid in the acquisition of images for photogrammetry includes applying thermal textures to the object and isolating an object from the background due to thermal differences. |
| US11950014B2 |
Method for differentiating between background and foreground of scenery and also method for replacing a background in images of a scenery
The present invention relates to a method for differentiating between background and foreground in images or films of scenery recorded by an electronic camera. The invention relates in addition to a method for replacing the background in recorded images or films of scenery whilst maintaining the foreground. |
| US11950011B2 |
Image sensor
In an image sensor including a pixel array having a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels includes: a first photodiode; a second photodiode having a larger light-receiving area than the first photodiode; a first floating diffusion node where charge generated in the first photodiode is accumulated; a second floating diffusion node where charge generated in the second photodiode is accumulated; a first capacitor accumulating charge overflowing from the first photodiode; a first driving transistor configured to generate an output signal corresponding to a voltage of the second floating diffusion node; and a second capacitor storing an amount of overflow charges according to an overflow operation for accumulating the overflowing charge and storing an amount of reset charges according to a reset operation for resetting the first floating diffusion node. |
| US11950003B2 |
Vision sensor and operating method of the same
Provided are a vision sensor, an image processing device including the vision sensor, and an operating method of the vision sensor. The vision sensor includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes: a sensing circuit configured to output an output voltage by sensing a change of light; a comparison circuit configured to output a comparison signal indicating whether an event has occurred by comparing the output voltage to an event threshold; and an event detection circuit configured to generate internal event signals by sampling the comparison signal at each of a plurality of sampling time points, and configured to output a valid event signal based on the internal event signals. |
| US11949982B2 |
Method of forming a processed video stream
A method for forming a processed video stream, comprising: capturing a first part of an input video stream using a camera; transmitting the first part of the video stream to a processing facility remote from the camera; at the processing facility, designating a first sub-region of the first part of the video stream for further processing; in dependence on the designation of a first sub-region, forming a first cropped video stream by cropping the first part of the video stream to that sub-region; forming the processed video stream incorporating the first cropped video stream. |
| US11949980B1 |
Operating system integrated image capture guidance
Systems and techniques for operating system integrated image capture guidance are described herein. An indication may be received of an object to be captured for completing a transaction. Configuration data may be obtained for an image of the object. The configuration data may indicate an orientation of the object in the image. An image of the object may be obtained from an imaging sensor of a device. A discrepancy may be determined between the orientation of the object in the image using the configuration data. Orientation guidance may be generated that indicates repositioning of the object in the image. It may be determined that the discrepancy between the orientation of the object in the image has been eliminated. Capture guidance may be generated for output via the device based on a set of commands determined based on detection of an operating system executing on the device. |
| US11949979B2 |
Image acquisition method with augmented reality anchor, device, apparatus and storage medium
An image acquisition method includes: acquiring augmented reality (AR) anchor information in current scene in response to a first image acquisition instruction of a terminal device, an AR anchor to which the AR anchor information belongs being configured to indicate first image capturing information of a camera device when acquiring a sample image, and the first image capturing information including spatial coordinate information and/or orientation information; displaying the AR anchor in a viewing frame of the terminal device according to the AR anchor information; and performing image acquisition according to the first image capturing information indicated by the AR anchor. The AR anchor can be displayed to a user when the user takes photos to assist the user in image acquisition according to the first image capturing information indicated by the AR anchor. |
| US11949978B2 |
Image content removal method and related apparatus
This application discloses an image content removal method, and relates to the field of computer vision. The method includes: enabling a camera application; displaying a photographing preview interface of the camera application; obtaining a first preview picture and a first reference frame picture that are captured by a camera; determining a first object in the first preview picture as a to-be-removed object; and determining to-be-filled content in the first preview picture based on the first reference frame picture, where the to-be-filled content is image content that is of a second object and that is shielded by the first object in the first preview picture. The terminal generates a first restored picture based on the to-be-filled content and the first preview picture. In this way, image content that a user does not want in a picture or a video shot by the user can be removed. |
| US11949975B2 |
Camera module and imaging apparatus including the same
Provided are a camera module and an imaging apparatus including the same. The camera module includes a printed circuit board (PCB); a first imaging device on the PCB, the first imaging device configured to generate first image data based on a received optical signal; a second imaging device on the PCB, the second imaging device configured to generate second image data based on the received optical signal; a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) on the PCB, the PMIC configured to generate a plurality of power voltages based on an external power voltage received from an external power supply and provide the plurality of power voltages to the first imaging device and the second imaging device; and a connector configured to receive the external power voltage from the external power supply and provide the external power voltage to the PMIC. |
| US11949974B2 |
Controlling integral energy of a laser pulse in a fluorescence imaging system
Controlling integral energy of a light pulse in a fluorescence imaging system is disclosed. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an image sensor comprising a pixel array for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The system includes an electromagnetic sensor for sensing energy emitted by the emitter. The system includes a controller configured to synchronize timing of the emitter and the image sensor. The system is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 770 nm to about 790 nm and/or from about 795 nm to about 815 nm. |
| US11949972B2 |
Image-capture systems and methods
An imaging system for an autonomous vehicle comprises a camera for capturing images within a first field of view, a transparent disc arranged in front of the camera such that the transparent disc covers the field of view of the camera, an actuator configured to rotate the transparent disc, and a mounting arrangement configured to mount the camera, the transparent disc and the actuator on an autonomous vehicle. Also described is an imaging system comprises a camera for capturing images within a first field of view through a transparent surface, and a fluid dispenser constructed and arranged to spray a fluid onto the transparent surface within the first field of view. Also described is an image capture system for an autonomous vehicle comprising two such cameras with respective transparent discs and actuators. |
| US11949971B2 |
System and method for automatically identifying key dialogues in a media
A system and a method for automatically identifying key dialogues in media is disclosed herein. In the method disclosed herein, the key dialogues engine receives the media asset and extract transcript data and supplementary data. The key dialogues engine processes the transcript data into a plurality of transcript data elements and associate the transcript data elements with respective data elements selected from the supplementary data. The key dialogues engine identifies one or more key dialogues from the associated transcript data elements based on configurable criteria, in operable communication with one or more of a plurality of data sources, wherein the configurable criteria comprises one or more of repetitive keywords, rhyming words, audio signal levels, matching keywords, text-based sentiments, dialogue similarity, repetitive dialogues, signature dialogues, entry dialogues recited by actors comprising protagonists and antagonists, faces of the actors, celebrity detection, image labels, and vector similarity scores. |
| US11949968B2 |
Systems and methods for interactive live video streaming
Systems and methods for interactive live video streaming in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes an interaction encoder for transmitting interactive live video streams, including a processor, and a memory, containing an interaction encoding application, where the interaction encoding application directs the processor to obtain media data comprising a video track, receive a request to generate an interaction object in the video track at a given timestamp of the video stream, generate interaction data based on the request, where the interaction data includes a data structure capable of being decoded in near-real time to produce the interaction object in the video track at the timestamp when played back, and transmit the interaction data to an interaction decoder. |
| US11949967B1 |
Automatic connotation for audio and visual content using IOT sensors
In an approach for enhancing an experience of a user listening to and/or watching an audio-visual content by modifying future audio and/or video frames of the audio-visual content, a processor captures a set of sensor data from an IoT device worn by the first user. A processor analyzes the set of sensor data to generate one or more connotations by converting the emotion using an emotional vector analytics technique and a supervised machine learning technique. A processor scores the one or more connotations on a basis of similarity between the emotion exhibited by the first user and an emotion expected to be provoked by a second user. A processor determines whether a score of the one or more connotations exceeds a pre-configured threshold level. Responsive to determining the score does not exceed the pre-configured threshold level, a processor generates a suggestion for the producer of the audio-visual content. |
| US11949965B1 |
Media system with presentation area data analysis and segment insertion feature
In one aspect, disclosed is an example method for use in connection with a media-presentation device having an associated presentation area, the method including: (i) obtaining presentation area data associated with the presentation area; (ii) determining that the obtained presentation area data satisfies each and every condition of a condition set; (iii) responsive to at least determining that the obtained presentation area data satisfies each and every condition of the condition set, identifying an upcoming media segment insertion point within a media program; and (iv) facilitating the media-presentation device outputting for presentation a media segment starting at the identified media segment insertion point within the media program. |
| US11949964B2 |
Generating action tags for digital videos
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media are disclosed for automatic tagging of videos. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems generate a set of tagged feature vectors (e.g., tagged feature vectors based on action-rich digital videos) to utilize to generate tags for an input digital video. For instance, the disclosed systems can extract a set of frames for the input digital video and generate feature vectors from the set of frames. In some embodiments, the disclosed systems generate aggregated feature vectors from the feature vectors. Furthermore, the disclosed systems can utilize the feature vectors (or aggregated feature vectors) to identify similar tagged feature vectors from the set of tagged feature vectors. Additionally, the disclosed systems can generate a set of tags for the input digital videos by aggregating one or more tags corresponding to identified similar tagged feature vectors. |
| US11949961B2 |
Midroll breaks feedback system
A computer-implemented method for optimizing the placement of previously selected breaks in a media item is provided herein. Embodiments of the method include steps of identifying a break in a media item, the break being associated with a first break point at a first time during playback of the media item. The method may also include steps of dynamically adjusting the placement of the breaks within the media item based on the performance of the media item. |
| US11949959B2 |
Cable, control information transmission method for cable, connection apparatus, electronic equipment, and output data controlling method for electronic equipment
It is made possible to perform data transmission through a cable satisfactorily. A cable is connected between first electronic equipment and second electronic equipment. The cable includes a current consumption unit that receives supply of current from the first electronic equipment through a power supply line, a current monitor unit that observes a current amount the first electronic equipment is capable of supplying to the power supply line, and an information transmission unit that transmits control information according to the observed current amount to the first electronic equipment. The first electronic equipment controls the state of data to be supplied to the cable, on the basis of the control information transmitted thereto from the cable. |
| US11949955B2 |
Digital device and method of processing data in said digital device
In the present specification, a digital device and a method of processing data in said digital device are disclosed. Here, a digital device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a memory; a user interface unit that receives a menu request signal through a remote application executed in an external device; a display unit that displays an executed application; and a control unit that determines the properties of the received menu request signal on the basis of the application being displayed and generates menu data, implements controlling to transmit the generated menu data to the external device and output the menu data through a screen of the external device, and when a menu item selection signal of the menu output from the external device is received, implements controlling to transmit or activate menu data corresponding to the menu item selection signal. |
| US11949951B2 |
Methods and apparatus to classify all other tuning data
An example apparatus includes a record updater to initialize a variable to be equal to a first time of a first record classified as AOT data or to be equal to a last time of a last record classified as AOT data, an operating state identifier to access a first channel of the first record and last channel of the last record, a comparator to compare the first channel with a second channel or a third channel with the last channel, the second channel corresponds to a previously classified record of the first record and the third channel corresponds to a previously classified record of the last record, and a duplicator to, in response to the first channel matching the second channel, or the last channel matching the third channel, create a replica of the second channel or the third channel to store in place of the AOT data. |
| US11949936B2 |
Systems and methods for addressable targeting of electronic content
A method of targeting of advertising content for a consumer product is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining consumer demographic data from a first server over a network, the consumer demographic data including a plurality of demographic attributes for each person among a plurality of persons; obtaining product purchaser data for a plurality of product purchasers of the consumer product from a second server over the network, each product purchaser among the plurality of product purchasers being among the plurality of persons; and enriching the purchaser data with the consumer demographic data. The method further comprises enriching viewing data with consumer demographic data; and selecting viewed media among the aggregated viewed media having the highest similarity to the product purchasers as target media for the advertising content. |
| US11949934B2 |
Video distribution system, video distribution method, video distribution program, information processing terminal, and video viewing program
A video distribution system is provided with (i) a server that distributes a video including an animation of a character object generated based on motion of an actor and (ii) an information processing terminal in which an application for viewing the video is implemented and used by a viewing user who views the video. The server generates video data related to a video including the character object and a particular object that changes a display mode a plurality of times. The particular object is displayed in the video in a plurality of different display modes. The server transmits the video data to the information processing terminal, receives information about the activity of the viewing user from the information processing terminal, and changes the display mode of the particular object displayed in the video according to the activity of the viewing user. |
| US11949932B2 |
Synthetic total audience ratings
Example methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to determine synthetic total audience ratings are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus are to access census data including census viewing statements associated with media content presented by census devices, access panel data including panelist viewing statements associated with media content presented by panel devices, the panel data including weights to represent numbers of individuals to be represented by corresponding panelists, assign the census devices to the panel devices based on the weights, divide the weights for respective ones of the panelists into respective sets of split weights, and assign the census viewing statements to at least subsets of the sets of split weights to determine audience ratings for a population, the assignment of the census viewing statements to the at least subsets of the sets of split weights based on the assignment of the census devices to the panel devices. |
| US11949931B2 |
Methods and systems for predicting content consumption
Methods and systems for content optimization are described. A computing device may determine a predictability score that indicates a probability that a device will access a first content item. The computing device may send a second content item associated with the first content item. The second content item may be based on the predictability score, and the predictability score may be modified. Additional content consumption and/or recommendations may be adjusted based on the predictability score. |
| US11949929B2 |
Systems and methods for delay manifests in ABR content delivery
Systems and methods for allowing different presentations of a multimedia program, the different presentation delayed relative to each other, by using a delay manifest that includes a sliding window of links to subordinate manifests, and where the subordinate manifests in turn contain links to sequential segments of the multimedia program. |
| US11949927B2 |
Methods and systems for hybrid and concurrent video distribution for healthcare campuses
Disclosed are methods and systems that can transmit medical imaging data. These methods and systems can include generating a first video stream based on imaging data generated by an imaging device, wherein the first video stream comprises a first bitrate; generating a second video stream based on the imaging data, wherein the second video stream comprises a second bitrate lower than the first bitrate; transmitting the first video stream for consumption by a first device; and concurrently transmitting the second video stream for consumption by a second device. |
| US11949923B1 |
Trigger based digital content caching
Techniques for trigger based digital content caching are described to automatically cache digital content on a client device based on a likelihood that the client device will access the digital content. A cache system, for instance, monitors an interaction of a first client device with digital content that is maintained as part of a digital service by a service provider system. Based on the monitored interaction, the cache system detects a trigger event that indicates a likelihood of interaction by a second client device to edit the digital content. Responsive to detection of the trigger event, the cache system is operable to initiate caching of the digital content on the second client device automatically and without user intervention. |
| US11949921B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for encoding an HDR images, and methods and apparatuses for use of such encoded images
Methods and apparatuses to encode both high dynamic range images and low dynamic range images. The input video may also convert the high dynamic range image to an image of lower luminance dynamic range by applying either a scaling the high dynamic range image to a predetermined scale of the luma axis or by applying a sensitivity tone mapping which changes the brightnesses of pixel colors falling within a subrange or by applying a gamma function or by applying an arbitrary monotonically increasing function mapping the lumas. |
| US11949919B2 |
Techniques for limiting the influence of image enhancement operations on perceptual video quality estimations
In various embodiments, a tunable VMAF application reduces an amount of influence that image enhancement operations have on perceptual video quality estimates. In operation, the tunable VMAF application computes a first value for a first visual quality metric based on reconstructed video content and a first enhancement gain limit. The tunable VMAF application computes a second value for a second visual quality metric based on the reconstructed video content and a second enhancement gain limit. Subsequently, the tunable VMAF application generates a feature value vector based on the first value for the first visual quality metric and the second value for the second visual quality metric. The tunable VMAF application executes a VMAF model based on the feature value vector to generate a tuned VMAF score that accounts, at least in part, for at least one image enhancement operation used to generate the reconstructed video content. |
| US11949917B2 |
Method and device for signaling information relating to slice type in picture header in image/video coding system
A video decoding method performed by a video decoding device according to the present document may comprise the steps of: acquiring image information from a bitstream, wherein the image information includes a picture header associated with a current picture, and the current picture includes multiple slices; on the basis of the picture header, acquiring at least one of a first flag indicating whether information required for an inter-prediction operation exists in the picture header and a second flag indicating whether information required for an intra-prediction operation exists in the picture header; on the basis of at least one of the first flag and the second flag, generating prediction samples by performing at least one of intra-prediction and inter-prediction with respect to a current block in the current picture; generating residual samples on the basis of residual information acquired from the image information; and generating reconstruction samples on the basis of the prediction samples and the residual samples. |
| US11949916B2 |
Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding video signals using multiple transform kernels
A video signal processor is configured to: obtain at least one transform block for a residual signal of a current block from a video signal bitstream, wherein the transform block comprises a plurality of transform coefficients two-dimensionally arranged, determine, on the basis of length information of a first side of the transform block, a horizontal transform kernel for horizontal transformation of the transform block, regardless of a length of a second side of the transform block, which is orthogonal to the first side, determine, on the basis of length information of the second side, a vertical transform kernel for vertical transformation of the transform block, regardless of a length of the first side, obtain the residual signal of the current block by performing, on the transform block, inverse transformation using the horizontal transform kernel and the vertical transform kernel, and reconstruct the current block based on the residual signal. |
| US11949911B2 |
Method and device for obtaining motion vector of video image
A video processing method includes obtaining motion information of a neighboring block of a current image block, dividing the current image block into a plurality of sub-blocks in response to the neighboring block satisfying a preset condition, determining, in a time-domain reference image of the current image block, related blocks of the plurality of sub-blocks according to a motion vector of the neighboring block, and performing prediction on the current image block according to motion vectors of the related blocks. |
| US11949906B2 |
Method and apparatus for decoding video, and method and apparatus for encoding video
Provided are a video decoding method and apparatus for, in a video encoding and decoding procedure, when a merge candidate list of a current block is configured, determining whether the number of merge candidates included in the merge candidate list is greater than 1 and is smaller than a predetermined maximum merge candidate number, when the number of the merge candidates included in the merge candidate list is greater than 1 and is smaller than the predetermined maximum merge candidate number, determining an additional merge candidate by using a first merge candidate and a second merge candidate of the merge candidate list of the current block, configuring the merge candidate list by adding the determined additional merge candidate to the merge candidate list, and performing prediction on the current block, based on the merge candidate list. |
| US11949901B2 |
Systems and methods for deriving intra prediction data based on planar prediction mode
A method of deriving intra prediction data based on a planar prediction mode includes the following operations: obtaining multiple first reconstructed row samples and a second reconstructed row sample in an adjacent above row to a current block, the first reconstructed row samples extending from first to last columns of the current block, the second reconstructed row sample corresponding to an adjacent right column to the current block; obtaining multiple first reconstructed column samples and a second reconstructed column sample in an adjacent left column to the current block, the first reconstructed column samples extending from first to last rows of the current block, the second reconstructed column sample corresponding to an adjacent below row to the current block; and deriving the intra prediction data corresponding to the current block based on a width and a height of the current block and the obtained reconstructed row and column samples. |
| US11949899B2 |
Indication of end of sequence in coded video
Examples of video encoding methods and apparatus and video decoding methods and apparatus are described. An example method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a video and a bitstream of the video. The bitstream conforms to a format rule. The bitstream includes one or more layers including one or more picture units (PUs). The format rule specifies that, responsive to a first PU in a layer of the bitstream following an end of sequence network abstraction layer (EOS NAL) unit in the layer in a decoding order, a variable of the first PU is set to a particular value, wherein the variable indicates whether the first PU is a coded layer video sequence start (CLVSS) PU. |
| US11949898B2 |
Delta angle signaling method for luma blocks
Systems and methods for improved delta angle signaling for blocks in video compression are provided. A method includes encoding a bitstream that includes a picture. The encoding includes obtaining a nominal angle of a current block of the picture for intra prediction; obtaining a nominal angle of at least one neighboring block of the current block for intra prediction; determining whether to signal all allowed delta angles of the nominal angle of the current block, or only a subset of the allowed delta angles of the nominal angle of the current block, based on a comparison between the nominal angle of the current block and the nominal angle of the at least one neighboring block; and signaling, within the bitstream, all the allowed delta angles or the subset of the allowed delta angles of the nominal angle of the current block based on the determining. |
| US11949895B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining an inherited affine parameter from an affine model
An apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry. The circuitry can be configured to receive a current block that is affine coded and included in a current coding tree unit (CTU), and determine an inherited affine candidate based on regular motion information of two minimum blocks in a rightmost column of minimum blocks of a left neighboring CTU of the current CTU when the current block is adjacent to a left boundary of the current CTU. |
| US11949890B2 |
Decoding method and device for bit stream supporting plurality of layers
The present invention relates to a decoding method for a bit stream that supports a plurality of layers. The decoding method may include receiving information on a set of video parameters that includes information on the plurality of layers, and parsing the set of video parameters to grasp information on the layers in the bit stream. |
| US11949877B2 |
Adaptive encoding of screen content based on motion type
Innovations in adaptive encoding of screen content based on motion type are described. For example, a video encoder system receives a current picture of a video sequence. The video encoder system determines a current motion type for the video sequence and, based at least in part on the current motion type, sets one or more encoding parameters. Then, the video encoder system encodes the current picture according to the encoding parameter(s). The innovations can be used in real-time encoding scenarios when encoding screen content for a screen sharing application, desktop conferencing application, or other application. In some cases, the innovations allow a video encoder system to adapt compression to different characteristics of screen content at different times within the same video sequence. |
| US11949874B2 |
Image encoding/decoding method and device for performing prof, and method for transmitting bitstream
An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method according to the present disclosure is performed by an image decoding apparatus. The image decoding method may comprise deriving a prediction sample of a current block based on motion information of the current block, determining whether prediction refinement with optical flow (PROF) applies to the current block, deriving, based on that the PROF applies to the current block, a difference motion vector for each sample position in the current block, deriving a gradient for each sample position in the current block, deriving a PROF offset based on the difference motion vector and the gradient, and deriving a refined prediction sample for the current block based on the PROF offset. |
| US11949873B2 |
Image coding method based on transform, and device therefor
An image decoding method according to the present document comprises a step of applying an inverse primary transform to a transform coefficient so as to derive residual samples for a current block, wherein: the inverse primary transform is performed on the basis of an MTS index received from a bitstream; the MTS index is parsed on the basis of an effective coefficient not existing in a second area that excludes the left top first area of the current block; and the first area is a left top 16×16 area of the current block. |
| US11949872B2 |
Luma mapping-based video or image coding
According to the disclosure of the present document, a procedure of deriving indexes for inverse luma mapping and/or chroma residual scaling can be simplified, and linear LMCS can be applied. Therefore, the complexity of LMCS can be reduced, and the efficiency of video/image coding can be increased. |
| US11949860B2 |
Image decoding device, image decoding method, and program
An image decoding device, includes a filter unit using, as an input, a decoded signal prior to the filtering process and output a filtered decoded signal. The filter unit performs clipping processing on the decoded signal prior to the filtering process such that the absolute value of a differential value between a reference pixel value and a pixel value of the decoded signal prior to the filtering process is less than or equal to a predefined threshold value, and to generate the filtered decoded signal through the linear weighted addition of the value after the clipping processing is performed and the pixel value of the decoded signal prior to the filtering process; and a large-small relationship between the threshold value for a luma signal and the threshold value for a chroma signal are defined such that the large-small relationship is unchanged when an internal bit depth is changed. |
| US11949857B2 |
Method, apparatus and system for encoding and decoding a tree of blocks of video samples
A method of decoding coding blocks of a coding tree unit for an image frame, from a bitstream. The method comprises determining a chroma format of the image frame, the chroma format having chroma channels of the image frame being subsampled relative to a luma channel of the image frame; and determining, based on the determined chroma format, a size of a chroma coding block of one of the chroma channels of the coding tree unit, wherein the chroma coding block is collocated with a plurality of corresponding luma blocks. The method comprises determining the chroma coding block is encoded using intra prediction if the determined size of the chroma block is a predetermined minimum chroma block size; and decoding the coding blocks of the coding tree using intra prediction for the chroma coding block and inter prediction for at least one of the plurality of corresponding luma coding blocks. |
| US11949855B2 |
Method and apparatus for video coding
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for video coding. In some examples, an apparatus includes processing circuitry that divides a current block into a plurality of sub-blocks, derives a plurality of pieces of sub-block motion information for the plurality of sub-blocks, generates predicted sub-block samples for the sub-blocks according to the pieces of sub-block motion information, and generates a predicted block for the current block according to a combination of the predicted sub-block samples. The processing circuitry also selects a piece of the sub-block motion information from the pieces of sub-block motion information as representative motion information for the current block, and stores the representative motion information in a history-based motion vector prediction (HMVP) buffer. |
| US11949853B2 |
Data decoding method and apparatus, and data coding method and apparatus
A data decoding method, performed by a computer device, is provided. The data decoding method includes obtaining coded data corresponding to a current to-be-decoded unit, obtaining a coding mode restriction type corresponding to the current to-be-decoded unit by decoding the coded data, determining a candidate coding mode set corresponding to the current to-be-decoded unit according to the coding mode restriction type, the candidate coding mode set comprising a block copy intra-frame coding mode, selecting a target coding mode from the candidate coding mode set, and decoding the current to-be-decoded unit according to the target coding mode, thereby obtaining corresponding decoded data. |
| US11949847B2 |
Recording device, reproduction device, system, recording method, reproduction method, recording program, and reproduction program
In a recording device configured to record a motion of an object in a virtual space, a data structure of data related to the motion of the object recorded by the recording device is used for a process of reproducing the motion of the object in the reproduction device. The recording device includes a controller and a storage. The controller causes the storage to store, in association with the object, the data related to the motion of the object and data related to available functions for a process of moving the object. The data related to the available functions for the process of moving the object is stored in the storage so that the reproduction device is able to specify a function class that is reproducible by the reproduction device. |
| US11949844B2 |
Image data processing method and apparatus, image processing chip, and aircraft
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the technical field of image processing, and disclose an image data processing method and apparatus, an image processing chip, and an aircraft. The method comprises: receiving K channels of image data; performing splitting processing on the L channels of second image data in the K channels of image data to obtain M channels of third image data; performing format conversion processing on the (N−M) channels of first image data and the M channels of third image data to obtain a color image in a preset format; and performing image processing on a gray part component of the color image in the preset format to obtain a depth map. The method can better meet the requirements of multi-channel image data processing. |
| US11949836B2 |
Image transmission device having a function of transmitting image data by an e-mail
An image transmission device includes a communicator that transmits image data to an e-mail address set by a user via a network, an operation acceptor that accepts user's settings, a storage that stores, for each predetermined case, a target domain applicable to the case, and a controller that controls the communicator, the operation acceptor, and the storage. When the user sets an e-mail address to which image data are to be transmitted, the controller determines whether a domain portion of the e-mail address matches a target domain of the case, and when the domain portion matches the target domain, the controller accepts settings of the e-mail address, and when the domain portion of the e-mail address does not match the target domain of the case, the controller does not accept settings of the e-mail address. |
| US11949834B2 |
Image reading device, and method of controlling the same
An image reading device includes linear image sensors that are arranged so that adjacent image sensors include an overlapping region in which portions of reading regions of the adjacent image sensors overlap in a main scanning direction, and a buffer unit for read image data. Image data of each overlapping region are generated by synthesizing first image data obtained by a first linear image sensor and second image data obtained by a second linear sensor, the first linear image sensor and the second linear sensor being adjacent in the main scanning direction. Image data of the predetermined line is generated based on image data in which the image data of each overlapping region are excluded from the image data stored in the buffer unit and the image data of each overlapping region. The processing is repeatedly executed in a sub-scanning direction. |
| US11949822B2 |
Information processing apparatus that determines whether a format of near field communication tag data is appropriate for searching printer, method of controlling the same, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
An information processing apparatus capable of executing near field wireless communication, comprises: a display unit configured to display a screen; an obtaining unit configured to obtain identification information regarding a device from a near field wireless communication tag with use of the near field wireless communication; a selection unit configured, in a case where the obtaining unit obtained the identification information, to select one of first processing for connecting to the device indicated by the identification information and second processing for connecting to the device indicated by the identification information and sending data to the device, based on a type of screen being displayed by the display unit; and a processing unit configured to execute the processing selected by the selection unit. |
| US11949821B2 |
System and method for ordering and facilitating payment of a print product including a digital image
A computer-implemented method programmed for execution in a computing environment for ordering and facilitating payment of a print product. The method comprises storing a digital image in a memory of the computing system; allowing for the selection of a print product using a user interface accessed by a user computing device to establish a print order, wherein the print product includes the digital image, and wherein the print order includes an identification of the selected print product and an order cost; generating a unique payment link by the processor that corresponds to the print order and provides a user computing device with access to communicate payment information to a remote payment processing system; providing access to the unique payment link to the user computing device; receiving a payment notification at the processor from the remote payment processing system; and allowing for fulfillment of the print order using a printing device. |
| US11949820B2 |
Information processing and image analysis technique to inspect read image data of a formed image and detect a cycle of image defects or unevenness
An information processing apparatus is communicably connected to one or more image forming apparatuses each including: an image forming device that forms an image on a recording medium; an image reading device that reads the image to obtain read image data; and an image forming controller that executes a first inspection and detects in the read image data an image defect corresponding to a predetermined inspection item at a first cycle, the information processing apparatus including: a processing controller that: acquires inspection source data based on the read image data obtained from at least one of the image forming apparatuses, and executes a second inspection to inspect the inspection source data. |
| US11949817B2 |
Multipoint control method, apparatus and program
A technique is provided that can reduce degradation of the sound quality due to a tandem connection of paired coding and decoding, and can reduce the operation processing amount and the required memory amount of a multipoint control unit. In multipoint connection between terminals of a plurality of communication networks (for example, a fixed phone line and a mobile phone line) having different communication capacities, when a multichannel coding including a monaural coding scheme of a communication network having a smaller communication capacity is used in a communication network having a larger communication capacity to transmit sounds of a plurality points to the communication network terminal having the larger communication capacity, control is exercised such that monaural codes of the plurality points are output. |
| US11949812B2 |
ENUM server and congestion control method
The present invention suppresses the number of connections from another network, and reduces the load on call processing apparatuses in a local network. An ENUM server 30 includes: a congestion detection unit 322 that collects traffic information regarding calls that include call destination numbers from call processing apparatuses in the local network, calculates a call amount per unit time for each call destination number, and stores the call amounts per unit time as calculated call amount information 331, and also extracts a call destination number included in an ENUM query received from the other network, references the calculated call amount information 331, and determines that calls to the call destination number are in a congested state if the call amount regarding the call destination number exceeds a predetermined threshold value; a limit processing unit 323 that, if it was determined that the call destination number included in the ENUM query is in the congested state, determine whether or not the ENUM query is to be a limit target based on predetermined limit processing; and a signal response unit 325 that, if it was determined that the ENUM query is a limit target, generates an ENUM answer that indicates connection unavailability, and transmits the ENUM answer to the other network. |
| US11949807B1 |
Method and system for distributing electronic accident status information over a network to a remote subscriber portable computing device during or after a vehicle accident
A method and system for distributing electronic vehicle accident status information over a network to a remote subscriber portable computing device during and after a vehicle accident may include transmitting a downloadable client application over a communications network to a portable computing device (PCD) for running on the portable computing device and for communicating with the server over the communications network. The server may receive profile information about a person and at least one vehicle from the communications network via the client application. The client application may then receive an accident report name with the client application and then display on the PCD a check-list of actions for completion in order to complete the accident report associated with the accident report name. At least one action controls a camera function of the PCD. |
| US11949806B2 |
Customer capture using dynamically generated customized webpages
A computer that dynamically generates a customized second document is described. During operation, the computer receives information specifying activation of a hosted field in a document associated with a third party, where the information specifies a willingness to receive one or more messages from the computer and specifies a telephone number. In response, the computer dynamically generates the customized second document that includes information about one or more transactions (such as one or more upcoming events) of interest to an individual associated with the telephone number. Then, the computer sends a message to an address corresponding to the telephone number, where the message includes a link to the customized second document. Next, when the computer receives information specifying activation of the link from an electronic device, the computer provides information specifying the customized second document to the electronic device for display on the electronic device. |
| US11949803B2 |
Locking mechanism of a mobile terminal battery cover
The present invention provides a locking mechanism in a mobile terminal and a method of manufacturing the same. The locking mechanism comprises a slider, latch, button, and spring. The slider and latch include openings and may translate between a locked position and an unlocked position. The latch may include a protrusion that limits the translation of the slider and the latch when in the locked position. The button is located within the opening of the slider and the opening of the latch, and the spring member is fixed adjacent the latch. In an instance in which an external force is applied to the button, the external force deforms the spring member such that contact between a vertical edge of the protrusion and the spring is precluded allowing translation of the slider and the latch between the locked position and the unlocked position. |
| US11949801B2 |
Ledger verifiable-pruning system
A ledger verifiable pruning system includes a skewed Merkle tree production module in which according to a linked list scheme, root hash value Rn−1 of a previous sub-tree is included in data block Tn, data block Tn in which root has value Rn−1 is included is hashed, thereby obtaining h(Tn), obtained h(Tn) and root hash value Rn−1 of the previous sub-tree are summated and then hashed, thereby obtaining h(h(Tn)|Rn−1), and obtained h(h(Tn)|Rn−1) is successively added to respective nodes of a binary Merkle tree structure to expanding and produces a skewed Merkle tree. |
| US11949798B2 |
Secure configuration of a secondary platform bundle within a primary platform
A primary platform (PP) can (i) support a first set of cryptographic parameters and (ii) securely download an unconfigured secondary platform bundle (SPB) that includes a configuration package (SPB CP). The SPB CP can establish a secure session with a configuration server (CS). The CS can select operating cryptographic parameters supported by the first set. The SPB CP can derive an SPB private and public key. The PP can use the selected operating cryptographic parameters to securely authenticate and sign the SPB public key. The CS can (i) verify the PP signature for the SPB public key and (ii) generate an SPB identity and certificate for the SPB and (iii) send the certificate and SPB configuration data to the SPB CP. The SPB CP can complete configuration of the SPB using the SPB identity, certificate, and configuration data. The configured SPB can authenticate with a network using the certificate. |
| US11949795B2 |
System for tracking resources using non-fungible tokens
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for tracking resources using non-fungible tokens. The present invention is configured to electronically receiving, over a distributed computing network from a computing device of a user, a request for a non-fungible token (NFT) for a resource; initiating a non-fungible token (NFT) generator on the resource in response to receiving the request; generating a unique digital signature for the resource; generating, using the NFT generator, the NFT, wherein the NFT comprises at least the unique digital signature for the resource; and record the NFT for the resource on a distributed ledger. |
| US11949794B2 |
Data anonymization of blockchain-based processing pipeline
An example operation may include one or more of anonymizing, via an anonymization service hosted within a trusted execution environment (TEE), raw data provided by a computing node to generate anonymized data, generating, via the anonymization service, an authenticator object that binds together a hash of the raw data and a hash of the anonymized data, transmitting the generated anonymized data to the computing node, and submitting the authenticator object to a blockchain ledger via a blockchain transaction. |
| US11949793B2 |
Voltage encoded MAC and bus scrambling
Various embodiments are generally directed to providing authentication and confidentiality mechanisms for message communication over an in-vehicle network. For example, authentication data associated with a communicating node may be transmitted over the network by encoding different predefined voltage levels on top of the message bits of the message being communicated. Different voltage levels may represent different encodings, such as a bit-pair or any bit combination of the authentication data. In a further example, messaging confidentiality between at least two communicating nodes may be achieved by pseudo-randomly flipping, or scrambling, the dominant and recessive voltages of the entire message frame at the analog level based on a pseudo-random control bit sequence. |
| US11949792B2 |
System for authorizing secured access using cryptographic hash value validations
A system for authorizing secured access using cryptographic hash value validations is provided. In particular, the system may receive requests from users and/or computing systems to obtain secured access a particular resource or to execute a certain process. In response, the system may require that the user and/or computing system complete additional required steps (e.g., a computation) before being granted access to the resources or processes. In this way, the system may prevent unauthorized or unintended access to the system's resources or processes. |
| US11949788B1 |
System and method to shorten cryptographic proofs
Disclosed herein are computer-implemented methods of, and computer systems for, constructing dual cryptographic proofs for transactions where transaction data is stored in a cryptographically-linked data file and in an incremental hash tree, where a dual cryptographic proof includes linear cryptographic proof data from the cryptographically-linked transaction file and binary cryptographic proof data from the incremental hash tree. The transaction may include one or more key-value pairs. |
| US11949783B1 |
Quantum key distribution and management in passive optical networks
Methods, systems, and devices for quantum key distribution (QKD) in passive optical networks (PONs) are described. A PON may be a point-to-multipoint system and may include a central node in communication with multiple remote nodes. In some cases, each remote node may include a QKD transmitter configured to generate a quantum pulse indicating a quantum key, a synchronization pulse generator configured to generate a timing indication of the quantum pulse, and filter configured to output the quantum pulse and the timing indication to the central node via an optical component (e.g., an optical splitter, a cyclic arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) router). The central node may receive the timing indications and quantum pulses from multiple remote nodes. Thus, the central node and remote nodes may be configured to communicate data encrypted using quantum keys. |
| US11949778B1 |
Privacy-preserving multi-touch attribution
Systems and methods herein describe privacy preserving multi-touch attribution. The described systems access a plurality of impression events and a plurality of conversion events, and for each impression event and each conversion event, wherein each impression event and each conversion event are associated with user identifiers, the described systems generates a hashed user identifier based on the associated user identifier, initiates a key agreement protocol comprising a key, generates an encrypted identifier by encrypting the hashed user identifier with the key, and stores the encrypted identifier. |
| US11949774B2 |
Securing hash chains via hybrid consensus
A method secures hash chains via hybrid consensus. A proximate payload for a proximate chain block for a proximate chain is obtained. A first identifier of the proximate chain and the proximate payload are hashed with a hash function to generate a second identifier of the proximate chain. The proximate chain block is added to the proximate chain. The proximate chain block includes the first identifier, the second identifier, and the proximate payload. A request to add the second identifier to a reporting chain is transmitted. A response indicating that the second identifier is incorporated into the reporting chain using the consensus mechanism is received. |
| US11949769B2 |
Accurate sign change for radio frequency transmitters
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to improving a power output of a transmitter of an electronic device. To do so, the transmitter may include signal selection circuitry to adjust a sign selection signal to accurately transition between polarities of a quadrature (e.g., I or Q) component signal stored in or for which an indication is stored in a storage cell of a radio frequency digital-to-analog converter. The sign selection signal may generate a separate adjusted sign selection signal for each polarity of each quadrature component signal such that a transition of the selection signal between a first value and a second value (e.g., logic high and low) occurs when the respective quadrature (e.g., +/− and I/Q) component signal is a logic low. In this way, the signal selection circuitry reduces an error pulse in the output of the transmitter. |
| US11949759B2 |
Adaptive computation and faster computer operation
A datacenter has more computing power than a personal computer. The personal computer sends a request to perform an operation on a data set to the datacenter. The datacenter evaluates various inputs to determine if, despite the datacenter's computing power, the personal computer is likely to complete the operation faster. Based on the determination, the datacenter may perform the operation, send the data set to the personal computer for the personal computer to process, or start a competitive computation. As a result, a user interface can be more responsive. Machine learning processes can be used to improve predictions. |
| US11949750B2 |
System and method for tracking browsing activity
A system and method for method for monitoring and tracking browsing activity of a user on a client device. The method includes generating, based on browsing activity information of a user interacting with at least a page displayed over the client device and page information identifying in part the page displayed over the client device, an exposure map at a page-level view, wherein the exposure map indicates a salience of each area of a page-view respective of the page displayed over the client device and visited by the user. |
| US11949743B2 |
Information processing apparatus, control method of information processing apparatus, and recording medium
A device management server that manages device information of a plurality of devices to be managed by a device information storage unit comprises: a device information management unit that manages the device information as a management target or as a non-management target by the device information storage unit; and a device display unit that performs a control such that, when selecting a device to which a first function is to be applied, a device corresponding to the device information managed as a management target is set to be a selection candidate instead of setting a device corresponding to the device information managed as a non-managed target to be a selection candidate, and when selecting a device to which a second function is to be applied, a device corresponding to the device information managed as a management target or non-management target is set to be a selection candidate. |
| US11949742B2 |
Condition monitoring system and method
A method of condition monitoring for a device, the method including determining a desired state of the device, or event, at which sensor data is to be obtained; determining an indicator indicating the desired state or event; monitoring for the indicator; sending an instruction to one or more sensors associated with the device to trigger activation of the sensor when the desired state or event has occurred, as indicated by the indicator; receiving data from the activated sensor; and returning the sensor to a sleep mode after the data has been received from the sensor. |
| US11949738B2 |
Method and device for migration testing in a transition space between different types of cloud systems
The migration method includes dividing each service system in a first cloud system into a plurality of modules; determining the relation between a module to be migrated among the plurality of modules and other modules; copying said module among the plurality of modules to a second cloud system, the type of the first cloud system being different from that of the second cloud system; and establishing a relation in the second cloud system to complete the migration of the first cloud system. The nature and gist of the present disclosure is that the migration of a module to be migrated in the first cloud system is completed by establishing the association relation of the module to be migrated in the second cloud system. |
| US11949735B2 |
Centralized approach for managing cross-service data of cloud resources
Techniques for managing network-accessible infrastructure metadata are provided. A method includes receiving a resource request comprising resource metadata corresponding to a network-accessible infrastructure resource, determining whether to commit the resource request based at least in part on a constraint associated with the network-accessible infrastructure resource, and, in accordance with a determination to commit the resource request: generating, by the computer system, a resource identifier describing resource metadata in accordance with the resource request, storing, by the computer system, the resource metadata in a data store in communication with the computer system, receiving, by the computer system, a data request to provide the resource metadata described by the resource identifier, and providing, by the computer system, the resource metadata described by the resource identifier in accordance with the data request. |
| US11949734B2 |
Cloud native realization of distributed ran elements
Various embodiments are directed to methods, apparatus, systems and the like for managing distributed radio access network (RAN) elements within a network associated with a network core, wherein for each of a plurality of distributed RAN elements (DREs) within the network associated with the network core a respective virtualized proxy element is configured to communicate with the DRE and mirror each of a plurality of functional elements (FEs) associated with the DRE. |
| US11949732B1 |
Re-directed folder access on remote volumes and drives
When a user exploits virtualization software and navigates through or to a redirected client drive in a remote session then the file management application may refresh the directory/folder content very slowly, spending significantly more time than expected according to the amount of data, network speed and latency. Whilst this refreshing is being performed no actions with the file management application can be performed by the user. Accordingly to address this a system or method are provided that cache metainformation for files, folders, and subfolders, e.g. upon a network resource, in a driver which responds to a query directory and other related requests by filling a provided buffer with the cached data. Further, this driver may filter out some particular files from the results if a filtering option is selected to further reduce latency. |
| US11949731B2 |
Capturing and automatically uploading media content
A computer-implemented method for automatically uploading media content from a mobile device to an online service provider can include receiving, in the mobile device, identifying information corresponding to a user account associated with at least one of a plurality of online service providers; capturing media content with a media input component included in the mobile device; and after the media content is captured, automatically uploading to the at least one online service provider the captured media content and the identifying information, without receiving user input contemporaneous with the automatic uploading that specifies that the captured media content is to be uploaded. The mobile device can further include a wireless communication component configured to wirelessly send data to and wirelessly receive data from the plurality of online service providers, which can be external to the mobile device. |
| US11949723B1 |
Moving pages of a virtual whiteboard to breakout rooms associated with a video conference
A system may instantiate a virtual whiteboard during a video conference controlled by a host device. The whiteboard may include a first page configured to output first visual content and a second page configured to output second visual content to displays of participant devices connected to the video conference. The system may move the first page to a first breakout room associated with the video conference and the second page to a second breakout room associated with the video conference. Access to the first page within the first breakout room may be limited to a first group of one or more of the participant devices connected to the first breakout room and the host device. Access to the second page within the second breakout room may be limited to a second group of one or more of the participant devices connected to the second breakout room and the host device. |
| US11949720B2 |
Method and apparatus for MoCA network with protected set-up
Systems and methods are disclosed for securing a network, for admitting new nodes into an existing network, and/or for securely forming a new network. As a non-limiting example, an existing node may be triggered by a user, in response to which the existing node communicates with a network coordinator node. Thereafter, if a new node attempts to enter the network, and also for example has been triggered by a user, the network coordinator may determine, based at least in part on parameters within the new node and the network coordinator, whether the new node can enter the network. |
| US11949713B2 |
Abuse mailbox for facilitating discovery, investigation, and analysis of email-based threats
Introduced here are computer programs and computer-implemented techniques for discovering malicious emails and then remediating the threat posed by those malicious emails in an automated manner. A threat detection platform may monitor a mailbox to which employees of an enterprise are able to forward emails deemed to be suspicious for analysis. This mailbox may be referred to as an “abuse mailbox” or “phishing mailbox.” The threat detection platform can examine emails contained in the abuse mailbox and then determine whether any of those emails represent threats to the security of the enterprise. For example, the threat detection platform may classify each email contained in the abuse mailbox as being malicious or non-malicious. Thereafter, the threat detection platform may determine what remediation actions, if any, are appropriate for addressing the threat posed by those emails determined to be malicious. |
| US11949709B2 |
Monitoring cloud computing environments
An example method of monitoring computing resources in a cloud computing environment may include receiving a request to subscribe to a monitoring service with respect to computing resources associated with a user account, the request specifying access information for a cloud computing system comprising a plurality of virtual machines associated with the computing resources. The method may further include monitoring, using the access information, the plurality of virtual machines. The method may further include identifying, in view of the monitoring, a virus-infected application running on a virtual machine of the plurality of virtual machines. The method may further include terminating the virus-infected application. The method may further include receiving, in view of the monitoring, resource usage data reflecting types and duration of usage of the computing resources. The method may further include generating, in view of the usage data, a report reflecting usage of the computing resources. |
| US11949707B1 |
Isolating suspicious links in email messages
Isolating suspicious email links is described. An email security service receives an email that includes a link that refers to an external resource. A first suspicious link determination is performed to determine whether the link is suspicious. If the link is suspicious, the link is rewritten to refer to the email security and the email is delivered to the recipient. A request from a client device is received responsive to the link being opened. A second suspicious link determination is performed to determine whether the link is suspicious. If the link is suspicious, an interstitial page is transmitted to the client device that includes an option that, when selected, causes the first link to be opened in a remote browser isolation session. |
| US11949705B2 |
Security processing method and server
An anomaly detection server is provided. The anomaly detection server is a server for counteracting an anomalous frame transmitted on an on-board network of a single vehicle. The anomaly detection server acquires information about multiple frames received on one or multiple on-board networks of one or multiple vehicles, including the single vehicle. The anomaly detection server, acting as an assessment unit that, based on the information about the multiple frames and information about a frame received on the on-board network of the single vehicle after the acquisition of the information about the multiple frames, assesses an anomaly level of the frame received on the on-board network of the single vehicle. |
| US11949701B2 |
Network access anomaly detection via graph embedding
Disclosed is a scalable, graph-based approach to detecting anomalous accesses to resources in a computer network. Access events are represented as edges between resource nodes and accessing nodes (e.g., corresponding to users) in a bipartite graph, from which vector representations of the nodes that reflect the connections can be computed by graph embedding. For an access event of interest, an anomaly score may be computed based on dissimilarities, in terms of their embedding distances, between the associated accessing node and other accessing nodes that have accessed the same resource, and/or between the associated resource node and other resource nodes that have been accessed by the same accessing node. |
| US11949696B2 |
Data security system with dynamic intervention response
A system determines baseline deployment properties of operating system deployments stored by a deployment repository and endpoint deployment properties of a deployed operating system executed by an endpoint device. An artificial intelligence model is configured to determine a security response based at least in part on the endpoint deployment properties of the endpoint device. By providing the endpoint deployment properties to the artificial intelligence model, a mismatch value is determined that corresponds to an amount that the endpoint deployment properties are different than the baseline deployment properties. Based on the mismatch value, an action is determined to improve security of the deployed operating system executed by the endpoint device. The determined action is executed to improve security of the deployed operating system. |
| US11949694B2 |
Context for malware forensics and detection
A malware profile is received. The malware profile comprises a set of n-tuples of attributes that describe one or more activities associated with executing a copy of a known malicious application that is associated with the malware profile. A set of one or more log entries is analyzed for a set of entries that matches the malware profile. Based at least in part on identifying the set of entries matching the malware profile, a determination is made that a host was compromised. In response to determining that the host has been compromised, a remedial action is taken with respect to the host. |
| US11949692B1 |
Method and system for efficient cybersecurity analysis of endpoint events
A comprehensive cybersecurity platform includes a cybersecurity intelligence hub, a cybersecurity sensor and one or more endpoints communicatively coupled to the cybersecurity sensor, where the platform allows for efficient scaling, analysis, and detection of malware and/or malicious activity. An endpoint includes a local data store and an agent that monitors for one or more types of events being performed on the endpoint, and performs deduplication within the local data store to identify “distinct” events. The agent provides the collected metadata of distinct events to the cybersecurity sensor which also performs deduplication within a local data store. The cybersecurity sensor sends all distinct events and/or file objects to a cybersecurity intelligence hub for analysis. The cybersecurity intelligence hub is coupled to a data management and analytics engine (DMAE) that analyzes the event and/or object using multiple services to render a verdict (e.g., benign or malicious) and issues an alert. |
| US11949687B2 |
Router, method for router, computer readable medium, and apparatus
The present disclosure relates to a router, a method for a router, a computer readable medium and an apparatus. A router is provided, comprising: a memory having instructions stored thereon; and a processor configured to execute the instructions stored on the memory to cause the router to: receive a request from a first client device to access a graphical user interface (GUI) of the router; determine whether the first client device is a trusted device according to a physical address of the first client device; and based at least on the determination that the first client device is a trusted device, allow the first client device to access the GUI of the router without entering a password. |
| US11949682B2 |
Systems and methods for managing the generation or deletion of record objects based on electronic activities and communication policies
The present disclosure relates to for managing the generation or deletion of record objects based on electronic activities and communication policies. Data of a plurality of electronic activities from one or more electronic accounts of the entity may be identified. It may be determined whether the identified data satisfies a communication policy. The communication policy may include one or more rules based on the electronic activities. Instructions to generate a contact record object or instructions to delete an existing contact record for the entity may be transmitted based on the condition of the communication of the communication policy that is satisfied. |
| US11949681B2 |
Authentication and authorization for cloud file system
Methods and systems are provided for improving user authentication and access control by a network file system service in a multi-tenant public cloud environment by receiving a request for a connection to a file system from a file system client (client), sending an identification request for identification authentication of the client to a control system, receiving a response from the control system, establishing the connection to the file system upon determining that the connection to the file system is allowed based on cloud tenant information associated with the client, receiving an attempt to access the file system from the client by a sub-user, authenticating the sub-user based on the cloud tenant information, issuing a security token including a globally unique sub-user identifier of the sub-user, and using the security token to determine access rights of the sub-user to the file system for a subsequent request. |
| US11949680B2 |
Framework for customer control and auditing of operator access to infrastructure in a cloud service
Disclosed is an improved approach to implement a mechanism to provide customer control over access to cloud infrastructure by the cloud provider's operator employees. This mechanism allow customer controlled access to any cloud infrastructure that belongs to or is otherwise allocated to the customer. |
| US11949676B2 |
Query analysis using a protective layer at the data source
A method and system for performing query analysis are described. The method and system include receiving a query for a data source at a wrapper. The wrapper includes a dispatcher and a service. The dispatcher receives the query and is data agnostic. The method and system also include providing the query from the dispatcher to the data source and to the service as well as analyzing the query using the service. |
| US11949667B2 |
Masking composite payloads using policy graphs
An example system includes a processor to receive a graph-based masking policy and a composite payload containing a data object to be masked. The processor is to instantiate a masking engine based on the graph-based masking policy. The processor is to execute the masking engine on the composite payload to generate a masked payload comprising a masked data object. The data object to be masked is masked in place such that the resulting composite payload type is maintained. The processor is to output the masked payload. |
| US11949664B2 |
Machine to machine communications
Broadly speaking, the present techniques relate to a computer implemented method for establishing a secure communication session between a client device and a server, the method performed at the client device comprising: obtaining a security object comprising at least one security credential and server connection data for multiple connection options to a first server, wherein the security credential is to be used for each of the multiple connection options; generating, a first server security universal resource identifier (URI), the first Server Security URI comprising server contact information for the first server and a first security binding selected from the server connection data; communicating with the first server using the first Server Security URI and the at least one security credential to establish a secure communication session between the client device and the first server. |
| US11949659B2 |
Selective offloading of packet flows with flow state management
A first packet of a packet flow is received at a classifying network device. The first packet is forwarded from the classifying network device to a firewall network device. An indication that the packet flow is to be offloaded is received at the classifying network device. Data is stored at the classifying network device indicating that the packet flow is to be offloaded. A non-control packet of the packet flow is received at the classifying network device. A determination is made that the non-control packet belongs to the packet flow by comparing data contained in the non-control packet to the stored data. The non-control packet of the packet flow is directed to a processing entity in response to the determining. A control packet of the packet flow is received at the classifying network device. The control packet of the packet flow is directed to the firewall network device. |
| US11949656B2 |
Network traffic inspection
Network traffic inspection is disclosed. An application executing on a client device as an operating system that uses a virtual private network (VPN) stack of the operating system intercepts a first IP packet. The application determines that a policy should be applied to the intercepted first IP packet. The policy is applied to the intercepted first IP packet. |
| US11949655B2 |
Systems and methods for determining asset importance in security risk management
Disclosed are computer-implemented methods for ranking importance of assets of an entity, in which the assets can include hosts and/or IP addresses associated with the entity. The exemplary methods can include receiving datasets from one or more sources indicating frequency of system access, system configuration, and/or application configuration. The methods can include determining one or more input data based on the datasets. The methods can include determining, for each host and/or IP address associated with the entity, an importance ranking based on the input data. In some examples, the importance ranking may be based on a weighting of two or more input data. |
| US11949653B2 |
Automated syncing of data between security domains
Described herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for automating the transfer/syncing of datasets or other artifacts from one security domain (e.g., a low security side environment) to another security domain (e.g., a high security side environment) in a seamless manner that complies with requirements of a data transfer mechanism used to transfer data between the two security domains while ensuring data integrity and consistency between the two security domains. |
| US11949649B2 |
Device management apparatus
A device management apparatus includes a communicator transmitting and receiving various types of data to and from the device; a management ID issuer issuing a unique management ID to the device; a storage that stores device specifying information of the device, the device specifying information including the management ID and predetermined device identification information; a display displaying, in a list of devices to be managed, the device to which the management ID is issued; and a controller controlling the communicator, the management ID issuer, the storage, and the display, where when the communicator has received a connection request from a device via the network, the controller judges whether the device has a management ID, and if the device has no management ID, the controller controls the management ID issuer to issue a unique management ID to the device and controls the communicator to transmit the unique management ID. |
| US11949648B1 |
Remote connectivity manager
Connectivity between remote networks is managed by a central engine that collects and stores network data such as network addresses, URLs, hostnames, and/or other information. The engine creates a tunnel proxy, as well as separate respective tunnels with the remote networks. Based upon network data, the engine references the tunnel proxy to create a logical link joining the respective tunnels. Data can then flow between the remote networks through the logical link. The logical link may exist for only a limited time, e.g., as determined by a timer. Certain embodiments may be particularly suited to empower a customer network to manage connectivity with the remote network of a support provider. The customer can initiate connectivity changes without the manual involvement of the support provider. The customer can also authorize the support provider to manage connectivity and initiate changes under prescribed conditions. |
| US11949646B2 |
Correlating protocol data units transiting networks with differing addressing schemes
A computer-implemented method of identifying associated communications between a first network with a first addressing scheme and a second network with a second addressing scheme is presented. The technique can include: detecting a first protocol data unit addressed from a first device in the first network and addressed to a destination in the second network, prior to translation by a network address translator; inserting, prior to translation from the first addressing scheme to the second addressing scheme, a breadcrumb protocol data unit that is addressed to the second network, the breadcrumb protocol data unit including, in a location immune from address translation by the network address translator, the source address of the first protocol data unit; receiving a translated breadcrumb protocol data unit; and reporting an association of the source address of the first protocol data unit with the translated source address of the first protocol data unit. |
| US11949642B2 |
Controlled display of related message threads
The techniques disclosed herein provide a system that can identify two or more independently managed message threads and modify a user interface to enable a common user of the threads to view messages of both threads. For instance, if a user is participating in a first chat session that is displayed within a first message thread, the system can identify other threads that are related to the first thread. The related threads can be identified by a user input or by a query performed by a system. In some embodiments, the system can only search for threads that have at least one common user to the first thread. The system can provide this display of two related threads while linking the threads but not merging the messages of the threads. A data structure can be maintained to control the display of each thread. |
| US11949641B2 |
Verification of selected inbound electronic mail messages
An email verification system is described. The email verification system stores names and associated email addresses. An email is received that has a sender name and a sender email address. If the email verification system determines that the sender name matches a stored name but the sender email address does not match with an email address associated with the stored name, the email is prevented from being transmitted to its recipient unless the email is verified as being legitimate. The email verification system transmits a request to verify the email via a configured verification method. If a response is received that verifies the email as legitimate, the email is delivered; otherwise the email is blocked. |
| US11949639B2 |
Intelligent management of hero cards that display contextual information and actions for backend systems
Methods and systems are described for intelligently managing hero cards generated for a user profile. In an example, a server can collect user interaction data that measures how a user interacts with system components. The system components can include emails, hero cards, and software applications. The server can analyze the user interaction data to determine whether a new hero card type should be enabled for a user profile, whether an active hero card type should be disabled for the user profile, and whether parameters for action options on hero cards should be changed for the user profile. The server can make changes to hero cards for the user profile so that the user can receive customized hero cards based on the user's behavior. |
| US11949637B2 |
Addressing conditions impacting communication services
A server of an on-premises data center used for a software platform identifies a condition impacting real-time communication services at a premises housing devices accessing the software platform. The server transmits, to a device of an administrator associated with the premises via a messaging application for real-time communication between two or more human-operated devices, a message indicating the condition and including one or more selectable elements each associated with a different action for addressing the condition. The server receives an indication of a selectable element selected from amongst the one or more selectable elements at the device of the administrator. The server causes performance of the action associated with the selected selectable element. |
| US11949635B2 |
Proactive and reactive directing of conversational bot-human interactions
Method and system to control a conversational bot uses a directed acyclic graph to specify a desired conversation flow. A graph node has synthetic conversation transcripts annotated with events, wherein an event in a synthetic conversation transcript has preconfigured event expressions that represent ways in which dialogue at the node can unfold. During an on-going conversation with an actor, the system provides a data model uniquely associated with the conversation and that specifies a linear sequence of observations. The data model includes events representing semantically-related conversation fragments located in annotated historical conversation transcripts. In response to receipt of an input in association with a current graph node, the system determines whether the input extends an event in the synthetic conversation transcript associated with the node. If so, a response that continues a current conversation flow in the graph is provided. If not, a response that interrupts a current conversation flow in the graph is provided. |
| US11949634B1 |
Automatic gain control loop (AGC) for wireless local area network (WLAN) communications
Technologies directed to a control circuit using dynamic signal compression are described. A control circuit includes a front-end module (FEM) coupled to an RF cable, the FEM having a low-noise amplifier (LNA). The control circuit further includes an automatic gain control (AGC) circuitry coupled to the FEM. The AGC circuitry receives a first radio frequency (RF) signal having a first portion of one or more symbols and a second portion of one or more symbols. The AGC circuitry further amplifies the first portion to generate a first portion of an output signal. The AGC circuitry further compresses the second portion to obtain a second portion of the output signal. The AGC circuitry further sends a control signal to cause the FEM to change a gain state value of the LNA from a first value to a second value based on a comparison between a voltage of the output signal and a reference voltage. |
| US11949630B2 |
Information processing method, device, equipment, and computer readable storage medium
The embodiments of the present disclosure discloses an information processing method, a device, an equipment, and a computer readable storage medium. The information processing method of the present disclosure includes: sending first information to a terminal, wherein the first information is configured to indicate information of at least one time unit for scheduled data transmission; at least one piece of downlink control information (DCI) is sent in one time unit. |
| US11949629B1 |
Retimer with path-coordinated flow-rate compensation
A signaling link retimer injects flow-rate compensation transmissions into a synthesized symbol stream in coordination with flow-rate compensation transmissions detected within a received symbol stream, enabling the retimer to switch seamlessly between forwarding the received symbol stream and outputting the synthesized symbol stream. |
| US11949627B2 |
Wireless resource determination and use
Wireless resource determination and use are described. A wireless device may determine to use a resource (e.g., PUCCH resource), indicated by control information (e.g., DCI), for sending an acknowledgement (e.g., HARQ-ACK feedback) of a reception of data (e.g., at least one transport block). The control information may be received in a message of a plurality of messages. The wireless device may select the control information (e.g., for determining the resource) from among other control information in the plurality of messages, based on one or more factors. |
| US11949623B2 |
Techniques to facilitate LTE CV2X autonomous synchronization
Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating autonomous synchronization are disclosed herein. For example, a UE may be configured to perform an initial synchronization directly to PSCCH and PSSCH when other synchronization sources, such as GNSS, a base station, and/or SLSS, are unavailable. An example method for wireless communication at a user equipment includes receiving a PSCCH. The example method also includes performing an initial synchronization based on the PSCCH. In some examples, the method may also include receiving a PSSCH, and determining a logical subframe number modulo 10 based on the PSSCH. The logical subframe number modulo 10 may correspond to a sequence seed. |
| US11949617B2 |
Joint resource map design of DM-RS and PT-RS
A method, network node and wireless device in a wireless communication system for one of transmitting and receiving a phase-tracking reference signal, PT-RS. The method includes obtaining information about a position in a time domain of a scheduled first demodulation reference signal, DM-RS, in a slot, and one of transmitting and receiving the PT-RS within the slot, the position of the PT-RS depending on the position in the time domain of the scheduled first DM-RS. |
| US11949614B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining quasi-co-location reference signal
Provided are a method and apparatus for determining a quasi-co-location reference signal. The method includes: determining a first transmission configuration indication list corresponding to a first control channel element, determining, in the first transmission configuration indication list, index information of transmission configuration indication activated for the first control channel element, and determining a quasi-co-location reference signal activated for the first control channel element according to the index information and the first transmission configuration indication list. |
| US11949611B2 |
Transmitting method, receiving method, transmitting apparatus, and receiving apparatus
Provided are a frame configuring unit configured to configure a frame using a plurality of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, by allocating time resources and frequency resources to a plurality of transmission data, and a transmitter which transmits the frame. The frame includes a first period in which a preamble which includes information on a frame configuration of the frame is transmitted, a second period in which a plurality of transmission data are transmitted by time division, a third period in which a plurality of transmission data are transmitted by frequency division, and a fourth period in which a plurality of transmission data are transmitted by time division and frequency division. |
| US11949608B2 |
Beam information in early measurements
A method for measurement reporting performed by a wireless device includes obtaining a beam measurement configuration from a network. Based on the beam measurement configuration, the wireless device performs at least one beam measurement while operating in a dormant state. The wireless device reports a result of the at least one beam measurement to the network. The reporting is done after a transition from the dormant state to a connected state. |
| US11949605B2 |
Systems for and methods of unified packet recirculation
An apparatus includes an ingress data buffer, an ingress processor, an egress processor, and a recirculation data buffer. The apparatus is configured to provide unified packet recirculation via the recirculation data buffer and a single recirculation port on the ingress data buffer. The apparatus can be a switch, router or other network device. |
| US11949596B1 |
Localized congestion mitigation for interior gateway protocol (IGP) networks
Data defining egress bandwidth utilization on an interface of a node may be obtained and a congestion event may be detected based at least in part on an average interface utilization (Y) being greater than a first threshold (X1). A plurality of alternate links that can accommodate excess bandwidth without exceeding the first threshold may be identified. Flows associated with the plurality of alternate links may be filtered based at least in part on business logic macro flow filtering. It may be determined whether the plurality of alternate links pass a diffusing update algorithm (DUAL)-based loop-free path-finding algorithm (LPA) analysis for the destination node prefixes whether the destination node prefixes pass the DUAL-based LPA analysis for the at least one of the plurality of alternate links and a plurality of next hops associated with the at least one of the plurality of alternate links. |
| US11949595B2 |
Reflection routing as a framework for adaptive modular load balancing for multi-hierarchy network on chips
An apparatus includes a first set of processing element nodes, the first set of processing element nodes defining a first hierarchy of processing element nodes, the first set of processing element nodes comprising a source node, a first look-up table (LUT), and a first forwarder node, the source node to communicate with the first forwarder node by a first virtual channel. The apparatus includes a second set of processing element nodes, the second set of processing element nodes defining a second hierarchy of processing element nodes, the second set of processing element nodes comprising a second forwarder node, a second LUT, the second LUT comprising an indication of a direction of the first forwarder node in the first hierarchy, and a target node logically coupled to the second forwarder node by the first virtual channel. The first LUT comprises a direction of the second forwarder node in the second hierarchy. |
| US11949594B2 |
Bit index explicit replication traffic engineering for broadcast link
A method implemented by a network node in a Bit Index Explicit Replication Traffic/Tree Engineering (BIER-TE) domain is used to avoid duplicate packets. The method includes generating an improved bit index forwarding table (BIFT) containing a forwarding entry for a local area network (LAN)-connected adjacency from the network node to a pseudo node; and a secondary BIFT including a forwarding entry for a forward connected adjacency from the pseudo node to each of the pseudo node's next hop nodes except the network node; sending a packet containing a point to multipoint (P2MP) path with a bit position for the LAN-connected adjacency to the pseudo node according to the forwarding entry for the LAN-connected adjacency in the improved BIFT; and sending the packet to each of the pseudo node's next hop nodes on the P2MP path based on the secondary BIFT. |
| US11949592B1 |
Software-defined traffic routing mesh network
A software-defined traffic routing mesh network for routing network data traffic may include a first plurality of operations network nodes that route network data traffic between one or more client devices and an external network. The mesh network may further include a second plurality of maintenance network nodes that provides maintenance services for at least the first plurality of operations network nodes, and a third plurality of procurement network nodes that are used to procure each operations network node by being used to procure at least one of a hardware component or a software component for each operations network node from one or more third-party vendors. Each of the first plurality of operations network nodes, the second plurality of maintenance network nodes, and the third plurality of procurement network nodes in the mesh network are deployed in multiple tiers. |
| US11949591B2 |
Method and network node for label switched path traceroute
The present disclosure provides a method (100) in a network node advertising a Binding Segment Identifier, BSID. The method (100) includes: receiving (110) a first echo request packet containing a first target Forwarding Equivalence Class, FEC, stack including an FEC associated with the BSID; and transmitting (120), in response to a Time To Live, TTL, expiration associated with the first echo request packet, a first echo reply packet to an initiating network node initiating the first echo request packet, the first echo reply packet containing an indicator indicating that the FEC is to be replaced by a set of FECs. |
| US11949587B2 |
Self-configuring link aggregation control protocol
A method includes receiving, at an unmanaged switch, a link-aggregation control protocol (“LACP”) protocol data unit (“PDU”) on each port of two or more connections to be in a link-aggregation group (“LAG”). The ports are in the unmanaged switch, which is unconfigured for LACP and is connected over the connections to a managed switch configured for LACP. The method includes, in response to the ports that received an LACP PDU being unconfigured for LACP, configuring each port receiving an LACP PDU for LACP, creating a LAG that includes the connections of the ports that received the LACP PDUs, and starting an LACP timer. The method includes, in response to determining that the LACP timer has expired, clearing the LACP configuration of the ports configured for LACP. The LACP timer expires in response to the ports in the LAG not receiving additional LACP PDUs prior to expiration of a timer period. |
| US11949582B2 |
Device clustering
Clustering a plurality of client devices running an application as a function of a data structure such that the plurality of client devices are each assigned a cluster. Client devices having similar performance metrics are assigned the same cluster. An operation of the application is modified as a function of the performance metrics of the client device. The modification of application operation is performed by turning certain features of the application on and off using a rule based on device cluster. |
| US11949581B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory storage medium
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a device and the like that increases reliability and efficiency of a test on a device configured to perform processing based on received data are provided. An information processing apparatus corresponding to one embodiment of the present invention includes a receiver, an analyzer, a generator, and a transmitter. The receiver is configured to receive data transmitted from a first apparatus and addressed to a second apparatus. The analyzer is configured to perform an analysis on the data that is received. The generator is configured to generate test communication data corresponding to the data that is received based on a result of the analysis. The transmitter is configured to transmit the test communication data to the second apparatus with a transmission source of the test communication data spoofed as the first apparatus. |
| US11949579B2 |
Method and device for network path probe
This present disclosure describes path probe methods and devices. The methods comprise receiving a first path probe packet; establishing a first association according to link information in the first path probe packet and a path label of a network path to be probed; determining a third association based on an IP address in the first path probe packet and the path label of the network path to be probed. The IP address includes an IP address of an adjacent network node of the first network node, and a third association includes an association of the path label with the IP address of the adjacent node. The path probe method may reduce system overhead. In the transmission process, the number of network nodes may also be set according to needs. An IP overlay network based on label switching is realized. |
| US11949577B2 |
Determining the path of user datagram protocol (UDP) traceroute probes
Techniques for determining the path of User Datagram Protocol (UDP) traceroute probes using Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP). Various embodiments include sending a plurality of probes to one or more legs in a network path; obtaining measurements from each of the plurality of probes for each of the one or more legs in the network path; and performing one or more actions based on the measurements from each of the plurality of probes. The steps further include overlapping the measurements to determine latency to a destination and identifying throttling of UDP traffic based on the overlapping of measurements from the plurality of probes. |
| US11949572B2 |
Compression of telemetry sensor data with linear mappings
A system can identify a group of time-series telemetry data that represents performance metrics of computing devices, wherein the group of time-series telemetry data is represented according to a first number of dimensions. The system can compress the group of time-series telemetry data, wherein the compressed group of time-series telemetry data is represented according to a second number of dimensions that is less than the first number of dimensions, wherein the compressed group of time-series telemetry data is homomorphic. The system can perform a data science operation on the compressed group of time-series telemetry data to produce a first result, wherein the first result is within a predetermined threshold value of a second result of performing the data science operation on the group of time-series telemetry data. |
| US11949570B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for utilizing machine learning to automatically configure filters at a network packet broker
A method for network flow metadata processing at a network packet broker is described herein. The method includes, receiving, as input at a network packet broker, network traffic flow data, aggregating the network traffic flow data over a predefined time period to generate Internet protocol (IP) flow feature vectors containing metadata parameters associated with one or more particular endpoint devices, and providing the IP flow feature vectors to a machine learning element in the network packet broker. The method further includes identifying, by the machine learning element, anomalies existing in the metadata parameters included in the IP flow feature vectors, and automatically configuring one or more filter elements in the network packet broker in response to detecting the identified anomalies of the IP flow feature vectors. |
| US11949569B2 |
Recommendation system with performance management
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described, which provide a recommendation system with performance management service. The service may include selecting and ranking content that relate to a user query and a problem associated with an application and/or a device. The service may include invoking a remedial procedure based on user feedback data. The service may include similarity and classification models based on successful recommendation records. |
| US11949568B1 |
Wan link selection for SD-WAN services
In an example, a method includes obtaining, for a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) system having a plurality of a wide area network (WAN) links for an SD-WAN service, a first service level agreement (SLA) rule that matches a first application, the first SLA rule having a first priority that indicates a priority of the first application; obtaining, for the SD-WAN system, a second SLA rule that matches a second application, the second SLA rule having a second priority that indicates a priority of the second application; assigning, for the SD-WAN system, the first application and the second application to a first WAN link of the plurality of WAN links; and in response to determining that the first WAN link has violated the first SLA rule that matches the first application, assigning, by the SD-WAN system, the second application to a second WAN link of the plurality of WAN links. |
| US11949567B2 |
Safeguarding artificial intelligence-based network control
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based network control includes obtaining data from a network having a plurality of network elements; analyzing the data with one or more Machine Learning (ML) algorithms to determine one or more actions for network control; analyzing the determined one or more actions to determine any risks associated therewith; and one of allowing, modifying, and blocking the determined one or more actions based on the determined risks to safeguard the network. The risks can be based on one or more of (1) non-deterministic behavior AI inference which is statistical in nature, (2) unbounded uncertainty of the AI inference that can result in arbitrarily large inaccuracy on rare occasions, (3) unpredictable behavior of the AI inference in presence of input data that is different than data in training and testing datasets, and (4) malicious input data. |
| US11949565B2 |
System, apparatus, and associated methodology for restricting communication bandwidths for communications through a relay device
A communication management apparatus includes circuitry that manages first communication in which a terminal apparatus transmits content data to another terminal apparatus via a relay apparatus. The circuitry receives, from the terminal apparatus, a determination of whether the terminal apparatus is communicable with the another terminal apparatus through second communication that bypasses the relay apparatus. Based on a determination that the terminal apparatus is communicable with the another terminal apparatus through the second communication, the circuitry restricts a communication bandwidth for the first communication of the another terminal apparatus determined to be communicable with the terminal apparatus through the second communication. |
| US11949564B2 |
Virtual gaming environment
Systems, methods, and media for generating a virtual gaming environment. Specifically, an instance of a virtual gaming environment is generated and hosted on a server. Responsive to communicatively connecting a first and second user computing devices, a virtual gaming environment is populated with at least a first virtual avatar, a virtual desktop, a second virtual avatar, and a second virtual desktop. It is determined that the first virtual avatar is within a first predetermined distance of the second desktop, and based on this, a resolution at which to render a visual representation of activities being executed by a second user computing device associated with the second desktop is determined. A bandwidth at which the visual representation is renderable in real time at the determined resolution is calculated. The visual representation is transmitted, utilizing the calculated bandwidth, to the first user computing device at the determined resolution. |
| US11949563B2 |
Technique for selecting a transport configuration for a data network
Selecting a transport configuration for a data network adapted to transport data traffic belonging to different traffic types. A selecting device determines an actual traffic mix of traffic types and corresponding traffic loads transported on the data network. The device determines, based on the actual traffic mix, multiple future traffic mixes of traffic types and corresponding traffic loads, wherein the future traffic mixes are associated with probability values and classifiable into different future traffic mix classes, each future traffic mix class being associated with a predefined transport configuration capable of handling any future traffic mix falling in that future traffic mix class. The device is configured to aggregate the probability values associated with those future traffic mixes that belong to the same future traffic mix class and to select the transport configuration associated with the highest probability value across the aggregated and non-aggregated probability values. |
| US11949562B2 |
Systems and methods for group bandwidth management in a communication systems network
An embodiment is a method of managing bandwidth, performed by a computing system. The system receives user-selected connection parameters associated with a subscriber device. The system associates a network identifier of the subscriber device with a group bandwidth policy, based on the user-selected connection parameters. The system stores, in computer-readable storage media, parameters associated with the group bandwidth policy, in association with the network identifier of the subscriber device. The system receives, at a gateway device, network communication data from the subscriber device. The system limits, at the gateway device, bandwidth available to the network communication data, based on the stored parameters associated with the group bandwidth policy. |
| US11949558B2 |
Method and system for automatic configuration of a communications interface for a specialized data network of an aircraft
A method of automatic configuration of a communications interface of an unknown data network, the method comprising connecting an Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) to the unknown data network, attempting to open communication ports, in response to attempting to open communication ports, receiving data from the unknown data network, determining, by a controller module, if the selected communications interface can interpret the received data, and operating the communications interface of the EFB in accordance with the selected communications interface. |
| US11949557B2 |
Device, method, and program for ICT resource management using service management information
The ICT resource management device includes: a configuration information management part that manages configuration information of physical nodes and virtual nodes; a layer mapping part that performs mapping between the physical layer and the virtual layer; a location specifying part that specifies a location of a physical node; a device connect destination determination part that determines a physical node to which to connect the device in response to a request for configuration change based on at least one of the specified location, information relating to a service, a network connection configuration of the network connecting the device to the physical node, and quality of the network; a blueprint creation part that creates a blueprint based on the configuration information, the mapping information, and the connection destination; and an orchestrator part that performs orchestration. |
| US11949555B2 |
Setting country code in a network access device during an onboarding process
A network access device, such as an extender or a multi-AP device, includes one or more backhaul stations providing one of a wireless backhaul connection and a wired backhaul connection to communicate with a root device, one or more of Fronthaul Basic Service Set (fBSS) radios initially configured in a downstate, a memory storing computer-readable instructions and includes a factory default or non-operative country code, and a processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to initiate an onboarding process through the root device using the one or more backhaul stations, during the onboarding process, receive a country code in a predetermined type of message, store the country code received in the predetermined type of message in the memory, and configure the one or more fBSS radios using the country code received in the predetermined type of message. |
| US11949550B2 |
Relay device, communication method, and recording medium recording communication program
A relay device that performs reset processing in relation to wired communication with a first device in response to a change in a communication rate of the wired communication with the first device; and in response to performing the reset processing, start control to transmit a predetermined message to a second device even though there is no transmission from the first device, the predetermined message being expected to be transmitted from the first device to the second device. |
| US11949540B2 |
Adaptive excision of co-channel interference using network self coherence features
An apparatus and digital signal processing means are disclosed for excision of co-channel interference from signals received in crowded or hostile environments using spatial/polarization diverse arrays, which reliably and rapidly identifies communication signals with transmitted features that are self-coherent over known framing intervals due to known attributes of the communication network, and exploits those features to develop diversity combining weights that substantively excise that co-channel interference from those communication signals, based on differing diversity signature, timing offset, and carrier offset between the network signals and the co-channel interferers. In one embodiment, the co-channel interference excision is performed in an appliqué that can be implemented without coordination with a network transceiver. |
| US11949538B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for data transmission in a wireless communication system
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to downlink/uplink data transmission in a wireless communication system. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for downlink data transmission in a wireless communication system which comprises transmitting an indication for a new-type reference signal to a user equipment, wherein the new-type reference signal has an identical location in frequency domain to a legacy reference signal; and transmitting the new-type reference signal and the legacy reference signal to the user equipment for using in channel estimation. In a case of more than one antenna port, the new-type reference signal may be designed to have a different location in time domain from a legacy reference signal to avoid interference to other antenna ports. With embodiments of the present disclosure, it is possible to perform a channel estimation based on both the legacy reference signal and the new-type reference signal to achieve a higher accuracy of channel estimation, and thus a UE with a low SNR may be also used in LTE networks. |
| US11949536B2 |
Transferring digital subscriber connection signals via a coaxial cable
A method for transmitting digital subscriber connection signals to an interface of an end user via a coaxial cable includes: supplying, by a distribution point unit (DPU), first balanced subscriber connection signals to the coaxial cable by a first transformation; coupling unbalanced subscriber connection signals into the coaxial cable into a lower frequency range of an overall frequency range; attenuating, by means of a filtering device, a reflection of the unbalanced subscriber connection signals in the coaxial cable; a second transformation of the unbalanced subscriber connection signals into second balanced subscriber connection signals by means of a balun device assigned to the interface, wherein the input impedance of the filtering device is adjusted with respect to reflections from the direction of the customer terminal output; and separately making the second balanced subscriber connection signals available at the customer terminal output. |
| US11949531B2 |
Systems and methods for proactive network diagnosis
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for proactive network diagnosis. An example method may include determining, by one or more processors, telemetry data and streaming trap data indicative of a group of cable modem devices being disconnected from a cable network. The example method may include determining, based on the telemetry data and streaming trap data, a first network node device of the group of network node devices. The example method may include generating first performance data associated with the first network node device. The example method may include determining, based on a comparison between the first performance data and an event criterion, an occurrence of an event associated with the first network node device. |
| US11949530B2 |
System and method to provide multicast group membership defined relative to partition membership in a high performance computing environment
Systems and methods for providing multicast group (MCG) membership relative to partition membership in a high performance computing environment. In allowing a subnet manager of a local subnet to be instructed that all ports that are members of the relevant partition should be set up as members for a specific multicast group, the SM can perform a more efficient multicast-routing process. It is also possible to limit the IB client interaction with subnet administration conventionally required to handle join and leave operations. Additionally, subnet manager overhead can be reduced by creating a spanning tree for the routing of multicast packets that includes each of the partition members added to the multicast group, instead of creating a spanning tree after each multicast group join request is received, as conventionally required. |
| US11949518B2 |
Method and apparatus for stopping a configured grant timer before expiration in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a method of transmitting uplink (UL) data by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method includes the steps of: based on the UE transmitting the UL data on a first UL resource of a configured grant (CG) con-figuration based on a Hybrid-ARQ (HARQ) process, starting a CG retransmission timer for the HARQ process and a CG timer for the HARQ process; based on a second UL resource of the CG configuration not being configured between an expiration time point of the CG retransmission timer and an expected expiration time point of the CG timer, stopping the CG timer upon expiration of the CG retransmission timer; and performing retransmission of the UL data based on the HARQ process after the expected expiration time point of the CG timer. |
| US11949510B2 |
Hardware-based dynamic cyclic-redundancy check (CRC) generator for automotive application
Embodiments include methods performed by a copy engine of a computing device for generating a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) in a safety network, including copying a first dataset received from an interface bus to obtain a first dataset copy, copying a second dataset received from the interface bus to obtain a second dataset copy, generating, via a first stream-wise CRC engine in the hardware of the copy engine, a first CRC value for the first dataset copy and, in parallel, generating, via a second stream-wise CRC engine in the hardware of the copy engine, a second CRC value for the second dataset copy, transmitting, to a processor of the computing device, a first stream-wise CRC message including the first dataset copy and the first CRC value, and a second stream-wise CRC message including the second dataset copy and the second CRC value. |
| US11949508B2 |
Method and apparatus for configuring puncturing patterns in wireless communication system
A method performed by a transmitter in a wireless local area network (WLAN) is provided. The method comprises: setting a second parameter in a second frame based on a first puncturing pattern indicated by a first parameter in a first frame for a basic service set (BSS) set up by an access point (AP); and transmitting, to a receiver, the second frame, wherein the first puncturing pattern is one of a plurality of puncturing patterns pre-determined for a third parameter in a third frame. |
| US11949502B2 |
Method for determining MCS index table in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor
Disclosed in various embodiments of the present invention are: an apparatus using a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index table in a wireless communication system; an MCS index table determination method therefor; and an apparatus therefor. According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device comprises at least one communication circuit for supporting wireless communication with a base station, a memory for storing at least two MCS index tables, and a processor operatively connected to the communication circuit and the memory, wherein the processor receives downlink control information (DCI), which includes a retransmission MCS index so as to be retransmitted from the base station, by using the communication circuit when a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) fails, compares same with the retransmission MCS index stored in the memory, on the basis of the retransmission MCS index of the downlink control information, determines a mismatch between the MCS index tables on the basis of determining that the retransmission MCX indexes differ, and restores the MCS index table on the basis of determining the mismatch between the MCS index tables. Additional various embodiments are possible. |
| US11949501B2 |
Service mapping processing method for optical transport network, apparatus, and system
A service mapping processing method for an optical transport network, an apparatus, and a system are provided, where the method includes: generating mapping adaptation indication information according to a mapping granularity of a to-be-carried LO ODU, where the mapping granularity is M×g bytes, M is a quantity of timeslots occupied by the to-be-carried LO ODU in an OPUCn, g is a size of a mapping granularity corresponding to each timeslot of the timeslots occupied by the LO ODU, and g is a positive integer greater than 1; mapping, according to the mapping adaptation indication information, the to-be-carried LO ODU to an ODTUCn.M payload area; encapsulating the mapping adaptation indication information into the ODTUCn.M overhead area; encapsulating the ODTUCn.M into an OTUCn; and sending the OTUCn to a receive end device. The method avoids that OTUCns that use different mapping granularities cannot interwork between a receive end and a transmit end. |
| US11949499B2 |
Methods, apparatus and systems for time mapping in a wireless communication
Methods, apparatus and systems for time mapping in a wireless communication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a first network node of a wireless system is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving, from a controller of a time sensitive network (TSN), a configuration that comprises time information for scheduling; and converting the time information to converted time information of the wireless system. |
| US11949497B2 |
System and methods for coherent PON architecture and burst-mode reception
An optical network communication system utilizes a passive optical network including an optical hub having an optical line terminal, downstream transmitter, an upstream receiver, a processor, and a multiplexer. The upstream receiver includes a plurality of TWDMA upstream subreceivers. The system includes a power splitter for dividing a coherent optical signal from the optical hub into a plurality of downstream wavelength signals, a long fiber to carry the coherent optical signal between the optical hub and the power splitter, and a plurality of serving groups. Each serving group includes a plurality of optical network units configured to (i) receive at least one downstream wavelength signal, and (ii) transmit at least one upstream wavelength signal. The system includes a plurality of short fibers to carry the downstream and upstream wavelength signals between the power splitter and the optical network units, respectively. Each upstream subreceiver receives a respective upstream wavelength signal. |
| US11949492B2 |
Data stream object for device networking
A method for aerial vehicle component networking comprises, for a network-accessible avionics component onboard an aerial vehicle, instantiating a data stream object that specifies a network socket for communication between the network-accessible avionics component and a plurality of other network-accessible aerial vehicle components. A set of outgoing data is defined for transmission over the network socket to one or more onboard unicast aerial vehicle component subscribers of the plurality of other network-accessible aerial vehicle components and two or more onboard or offboard multicast aerial vehicle component subscribers of the plurality of other network-accessible aerial vehicle components. The outgoing data is published to the one or more onboard unicast aerial vehicle component subscribers over the network socket via unicast communication. The outgoing data is published to the two or more onboard or offboard multicast aerial vehicle component subscribers over the network socket via multicast communication. |
| US11949488B2 |
Method and apparatus for realizing beam alignment
A method and device for realizing beam alignment are disclosed. The method may include: when first signals are received by two analog subarrays having a same polarization using receiving beams with a same beam direction, acquiring the first signals and the phase center difference therebetween; maintaining the beam direction, changing the phase center difference between the two analog sub-arrays for the first time, and acquiring second signals and the first changed phase center difference; maintaining the beam direction, changing the phase center difference for the second time, and acquiring third signals and the second changed phase center difference; and estimating a DOA of a received signal according to the obtained information, and directing the centers of the receiving beams to the estimated DOA. |
| US11949487B2 |
Priority of beam failure recovery request and uplink channels
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A wireless device may distribute power for various transmission types based on a priority, which may be received from a base station. |
| US11949483B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for codebook restriction for type-II feedback reporting and higher layer configuration and reporting for linear combination codebook in a wireless communications network
Method performed by a UE for providing a channel state information (CSI) feedback in a wireless communication system including at least the UE and a gNB or a radio network node. The UE is operative to: estimate the MIMO channel between the gNB and the UE based on received DL reference signals for the configured resource blocks. The UE is further operative to calculate, based on a performance metric, a precoder matrix, for a number of antenna ports of the gNB and configured subbands, the precoder matrix being based on two codebooks and a set of combination coefficients for complex scaling/combining one or more of vectors selected from a first codebook and a second codebook, and the UE is operative to report a CSI feedback and/or a PMI and/or a PMI/RI, to the gNB, used to indicate the precoder matrix for the configured antenna ports and resource blocks. |
| US11949481B2 |
Signaling for mu interference measurement with NZP CSI-RS
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for determining Non-Zero Power (NZP) Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) resources to be used for channel and interference measurement. In some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device comprises receiving, from a network node, a semi-static indication of one or more first sets of NZP CSI-RS resources for channel measurement and a semi-static indication of one or more second sets of NZP CSI-RS resources for interference measurement. The method further comprises receiving, from the network node, one or more dynamic indications that indicate a first set of NZP CSI-RS resources from the one or more first sets of NZP CSI-RS resources to be used by the wireless device for channel measurement and a second set of NZP CSI-RS resources from the one or more second sets of NZP CSI-RS resources to be used by the wireless device for interference measurement. |