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| US11950863B2 |
Shielding for wristed instruments
Certain aspects relate to systems and apparatuses with shielded wrists, and methods of actuating instruments with wrists. In one aspect, an instrument includes a shaft, an end effector, and a wrist connecting the shaft to the end effector. For example, the wrist may include a proximal clevis, a distal clevis, and an intermediary frame positioned between the proximal clevis and the distal clevis. |
| US11950861B2 |
Telemedicine for orthopedic treatment
A computer-implemented system includes an assistant interface for providing remote medical assistance to aid a patient in performing various aspects of a rehabilitation regimen for a body part comprising a joint, a bone, or a muscle group. The assistant interface is configured to communicate, via a network connection, a telemedicine signal with the patient interface. The telemedicine signal is configured to control the patient interface and/or a treatment apparatus configured to be manipulated by the patient to perform the rehabilitation regimen. The patient interface and the treatment apparatus are at a patient location geographically separate from a location of the assistant interface. The telemedicine signal includes one or more of an audio signal, an audiovisual signal, an interface control signal for controlling a function of the patient interface, and/or an apparatus control signal for changing an operating parameter of the treatment apparatus. |
| US11950860B2 |
User interface mitigation techniques for modular energy systems
Several mitigation circuits are disclosed. An audio mitigation circuit includes an audio mitigation control module configured to read a unique tone identification embedded in a digital audio signal to identify a digital audio tone. A video mitigation circuit confirms video to be displayed by a user interface. Another audio mitigation circuit is configured to process super-audible tones in an audio signal to confirm an audio asset. The disclosure also describes various methods associated with the mitigation circuits. |
| US11950858B2 |
Systems for performing computer assisted surgery
Methods and systems for performing computer-assisted surgery, including robot-assisted image-guided surgery. Embodiments include marker devices for an image guided surgery system, marker systems and arrays for tracking a robotic arm using a motion tracking system, and image guided surgery methods and systems using optical sensors. |
| US11950856B2 |
Surgical device with movement compensation
A method of operating a surgical device having a surgical tool includes allowing manual movement of the surgical tool along at least one direction, controlling the surgical device to align the surgical tool with a target using a control object having a planned geometric relationship with an anatomic feature, tracking movement of the anatomic feature during a surgical procedure, moving the control object to compensate for the movement of the anatomic feature during the surgical procedure, and controlling the surgical device to realign the surgical tool with the target using the moved control object. |
| US11950852B2 |
Systems and methods for determining intraoperative spinal orientation
Systems and methods are disclosed whereby a surface detection system is employed to obtain intraoperative surface data characterizing an exposed surface of the spine. In some embodiments, this intraoperative surface data is registered to segmented surface data obtained from volumetric data of the spine in order to assess the intraoperative orientation of the spine and provide feedback associated with the intraoperative orientation of the spine. The feedback may characterize the intraoperative spinal orientation as a change relative to the preoperative orientation. |
| US11950851B1 |
Digital image analysis for device navigation in tissue
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for digital image analysis for device navigation in tissue are disclosed. The disclosed system uses real-time angiography and artificial intelligence to navigate an end effector of a surgical robot through a patient's vasculature to provide a surgical intervention. Digital imaging is performed that enables three-dimensional mapping of the patient's vasculature. Locations and movement of the end effector of the surgical robot are determined. The end effector is used to perform an intervention such as the removal of a blood clot or delivery of a drug for dissolving a blood clot. |
| US11950850B2 |
Feedback for surgical robotic system with virtual reality
A virtual surgical robot being built from kinematic data is rendered to a display. A user input is received to effect a movement or a configuration of the virtual surgical robot. The kinematic data is modified based on evaluation of the movement or the configuration of the virtual surgical robot. |
| US11950848B2 |
Fundus imaging for microvascular assessment
An example system for microvascular assessment of a patient can include: a fundus imaging device including: a camera configured to capture one or more images of an eye of the patient; and at least one light source; and a microvascular assessment computing device including: a processor; and memory encoding instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the system to: activate the light source to direct light at a fundus of the eye of the patient; capture, with the camera, one or more images of the fundus of the patient, the fundus comprising a plurality of blood vessels; and analyze with the microvascular assessment computing device, the one or more images to determine a microvasculature health index for the patient. |
| US11950845B2 |
System and methods for identification of the human visual axis
The present disclosure generally relates to methods and apparatus for accurate identification of the visual axis of the eye. In one embodiment, a visual axis identification system includes a fixation light source, a camera, a processing system, and a multifocal lens. The patient focuses their gaze through the multifocal lens and onto a fixation light beam provided by the fixation light source. The passage of the fixation light beam through the multifocal lens creates two or more images on or near to the patient's retina. The multifocal lens and/or the patient's eye are then moved relative to each other while the patient continuously maintains their gaze on the fixation light beam. The patient's visual axis may be located by determining the location of the optical center of the multifocal trial lens relative to the patient's eye when the centers of the multiple images coincide on the retina. |
| US11950842B2 |
Systems and methods for applying energy to denervate a pulmonary artery
A catheter system for ablation of tissue around a blood vessel, e.g., the pulmonary artery, to reduce neural activity of nerves surrounding the blood vessel. The catheter system includes an elongate shaft having a proximal portion coupled to a handle, and a distal portion. The distal portion includes a transducer and an expandable anchor, which may be actuated to transition between a collapsed delivery state and an expanded deployed state where the anchor centralizes the transducer within the blood vessel. The transducer may be actuated to emit energy to reduce neural activity of the nerves surrounding the blood vessel. Systems and method are further provided for confirming that neural activity of the nerves surround the blood vessel has been sufficiently reduced. |
| US11950841B2 |
Basket catheter having insulated ablation electrodes and diagnostic electrodes
A catheter includes a shaft for insertion into an organ of a patient, an expandable distal-end assembly, and one or more electrodes. The expandable distal-end assembly is coupled to the shaft and to an apex of the catheter, and includes multiple splines. In at least a given spline among the multiple splines, at least sixty percent of a length of the given spline is non-insulated and is configured to make contact with tissue of the organ and to apply radiofrequency (RF) pulses to the tissue. The one or more electrodes are coupled to at least one of (i) an insulated section of one or more of the splines, and (ii) the apex, and, when placed in contact with the tissue, the one or more electrodes are configured to sense electrical signals in the tissue. |
| US11950829B2 |
Methods and devices for use of degassed fluids with fluid enhanced ablation devices
Devices, systems, and methods for degassing fluid prior to applying fluid to a treatment site during ablation therapy are provided. In one embodiment, an ablation system can include an elongate body, an ablation element, a heating assembly, and a fluid source. Fluid in the fluid source can be at least partially degassed prior to being provided as part of the system, or, in some embodiments, a degassing apparatus can be provided that can be configured to degas fluid within the system prior to applying the fluid to the treatment site. The degassing apparatus can include one or more gas-permeable and fluid-impermeable tubes disposed therein, which can allow gas to be removed from fluid passing through the apparatus. Other exemplary devices, systems, and methods are also provided. |
| US11950828B2 |
Intravascular arterial to venous anastomosis and tissue welding catheter
A method of creating an AV fistula between adjacent first and second vessels includes inserting a guidewire from the first vessel into the second vessel. Inserting a catheter including a proximal member and a distal member over the guidewire such that a distal tip of the distal member comes into contact with a selected anastomosis site. Moving the distal member and the proximal member together to clamp tissue surrounding the aperture between the distal face of the proximal member and a proximal face on the distal member. Applying energy to an active heating member on the proximal member to cut and form the aperture, and to weld the edges thereof in order to create a desired fistula between the two vessels. Using a passive heating member disposed on the distal member to create a heating gradient across a tissue contacting surface of the distal member. |
| US11950808B2 |
External fixation for the correction of bone deformity and trauma
Provided is an apparatus and component parts of a system for the external fixation of bones. The component parts include fixation plates such as a C-shaped Plate, an N-shaped Plate, a J-shaped Plate, a K-shaped Plate, an I-shaped Plate, a Foot Plate, a Z-shaped Plate, a T-shaped Plate, a UT-shaped Plate and an oval shaped Plate. Two or more fixation plates are configured along an axis, the two or more fixation plates; a plurality of telescoping adjustable struts that connect a first fixation plate along the axis with a second fixation plate of the plurality of fixation plates along the axis, wherein the first and second fixation plates are adjacent plates along the axis; and a plurality of posts, each post connecting two adjacent fixation plates of the plurality of fixation plates along the axis. |
| US11950807B2 |
Puncturing device and anchoring device
A puncturing device and an anchoring device, the puncturing device including: a puncturing needle, an inflatable anchoring balloon, and a catheter which passes through a proximal end and distal end of the anchoring balloon, the puncturing needle being movably accommodated within the catheter; in a filled state, a central area of an end portion of the distal end of the anchoring balloon is depressed towards the proximal end to form a depressed area, and a distal end of the catheter is located within the depressed area. The anchoring device includes the anchoring balloon and the catheter. The puncturing device may improve the accuracy and success rate of puncturing, and after puncturing is complete, an expansion balloon may be transported along a guide wire to expand a puncturing opening by simply withdrawing the puncturing needle and a push rod. |
| US11950805B2 |
Sharp turning steerable needle
Disclosed are steerable needles having a shaft that can be controllably buckled, a steering head positioned at a distal end of the shaft, a transmission for controlling the orientation of the steering head, and a base at the end of the shaft, the base optionally comprising a controller for controlling the transmission. Also disclosed are methods of using the disclosed steerable needles. |
| US11950803B2 |
Needle assembly with reverberation features to facilitate ultrasound guidance
A needle assembly positionable under visual guidance from an ultrasound system. An elongate body extends distally from a hub along a longitudinal axis and defines a lumen. Reverberation features reverberate incident waves to produce reflected waves to be received by the ultrasound system. The reverberation features may be disposed within the lumen and axially spaced apart from one another along the longitudinal axis. The reverberation features may include opposing portions of an inner surface of a sidewall that define a gap that is smaller or shaped differently than an inner diameter of the lumen. The elongate body may include a solid section near a beveled tip, and the reverberation features are bores defined within the solid section and axially spaced apart from one another. The elongate body may be removably disposed within a sheath in which a distal end of the sheath is axially positioned proximal to the reverberation features. |
| US11950802B2 |
Dura elevating and cutting apparatus
Various embodiments of a dural elevating and cutting apparatus and methods of use are disclosed herein. |
| US11950795B1 |
Devices, systems and methods to image blood clots
Systems, devices and methods for removing a blood clot (10) from a blood vessel (12). Various uses of suction pressure and positive pressure, proximal and/or distal to the blood clot (10) assist with clot dislodgement and removal. The pressure(s) may be constant and/or cycled/pulsed to assist with clot dislodgement and/or removal. Various further devices assist with separating the clot (10) from the vessel (12). |
| US11950794B2 |
Electrically enhanced retrieval of material from vessel lumens
Retrieval of material from vessel lumens can be improved by electrically enhancing attachment of the material to the thrombectomy system. The system can include a catheter having a distal portion configured to be positioned adjacent to a thrombus in a blood vessel, an electrode disposed at the distal portion of the catheter, and an interventional element configured to be delivered through a lumen of the catheter. The electrode and the interventional element are each configured to be electrically coupled to an extracorporeal power supply. |
| US11950788B2 |
Graft placement system
Embodiments of the invention include a system for coupling a graft to a bone. A graft preparation tool may be used to place one or more holes in a graft and an offset measurement tool may be used to determine the distance of the one or more holes from an edge of the graft to be aligned with a portion of the bone. One or more complementary holes may then be created in the bone and fasteners applied through the holes to couple the graft to the bone. |
| US11950782B2 |
Device and method for connecting tubular structures
A device and method for performing anastomosis is described. In one embodiment according to the present invention, the device comprises a ring that has a plurality of pins extending from various locations on the ring. During a procedure, the pins are passed through portions of tissue and the ring is everted or radially flipped inside out to connect the tissues together. |
| US11950779B2 |
Method of powering and communicating with a staple cartridge
A method for establishing signal and power communication between a surgical instrument and a staple cartridge is disclosed. |
| US11950778B2 |
Tissue-acquisition and fastening devices and methods
Devices and methods for acquiring and fastening tissues folds within an internal organ, such as the stomach, and for applying the methods and devices to producing reductions in organ volume or repair of bariatric procedures, are disclosed. An exemplary method for forming a continuous laterally extending tissue fold involves forming a succession of laterally extending folds having adjacent overlapping fold portions. One exemplary tissue-acquisition device has an open-end roller-and-arm structure that allows individual tissue folds to be formed and fastened, then advanced to an adjacent region within the stomach, for capture of a new fold that will form an extension of the existing fold(s). |
| US11950776B2 |
Modular surgical instruments
A surgical instrument equipped with a coupler arrangement for coupling end effectors to an elongated shaft assembly of the surgical instrument. The end effectors may include a pair of jaws in the form of a carrier supporting a surgical staple cartridge and an anvil. The anvil is movable relative to the carrier in opening and closing directions. The end effector may include an articulation joint that facilitates pivotal travel of the carrier and anvil as a unit relative to the elongated shaft assembly in the same directions in which the anvil is opened and closed relative to the carrier. |
| US11950774B2 |
Knotless anchor
Disclosed are devices, methods and/or systems for securing tissue to bone, including a suture anchor implant having a body through which a suture eyelet extends transversely, and one or more suture pinch slits extending proximally from the suture eyelet, the suture pinch slit(s) angled relative to the longitudinal axis of the anchor. |
| US11950773B2 |
Pledgeted tissue anchor
An anchoring system comprises a first anchoring device comprising a first attachment mechanism and a plugging device and a second anchoring device comprising a second attachment mechanism, each of the first anchoring device and the second anchoring device being configured to enter a tissue wall at a proximal side of the tissue wall, the first anchoring device being configured to exit the tissue wall through a first hole on a distal side of the tissue wall, the second anchoring device being configured to exit the tissue wall at a second hole on the distal side of the tissue wall, the first attachment mechanism configured to attach to the second attachment mechanism outside of the distal side of the tissue wall, and the plugging device configured to cover the first hole and fit between at least a portion of the first anchoring device and the distal side of the tissue wall. |
| US11950772B2 |
Systems and methods for a spinal shield for protecting the spinal cord and dura during surgical procedures
Various embodiments of a spinal shield having a shield body including a plurality of lateral extensions configured to be positioned over an exposed spinal canal for establishing a protective barrier around the contents of the exposed spinal canal are disclosed. |
| US11950769B2 |
Urine collection, storage, and testing assembly
A urine collection assembly includes a container; a funnel removably coupled to the container, the funnel in fluid communication with the container; a first collection chamber in selective communication with the funnel; a valve configured to allow selective communication between the first collection chamber and the funnel; a second collection chamber in selective communication with the funnel; and a lid removably coupleable to the funnel. A saddle may be removably coupleable to the funnel and configured to guide urine into the container. |
| US11950760B2 |
Endoscope apparatus, endoscope operation method, and program
An endoscope apparatus includes: a lesion information acquisition unit that acquires acquired lesion information; a lesion identification unit that compares existing lesion information with the acquired lesion information and determines whether the acquired lesion information corresponds to the same lesion indicated by the existing lesion information; a lesion count unit that counts a lesion count, which is the number of lesions detected in a single endoscopic examination; a display unit; and a control unit that increments the lesion count counted by the lesion count unit by one when the lesion identification unit determines that the acquired lesion information does not correspond to the same lesion indicated by the existing lesion information. |
| US11950756B2 |
Endoscope control system
An endoscope system comprises an endoscope and a display to display image content captured by the endoscope. The endoscope system also comprises one or more sensors located in a headrest and configured to detect an input at the headrest. The endoscope system also comprises a control module configured to receive one or more sensor signals from the one or more sensors. The one or more sensor signals indicate movement of the headrest with respect to a support on which the headrest is mounted or pressure applied to the headrest. The control module is also configured to adjust the image content displayed by the display in response to the one or more sensor signals. |
| US11950754B2 |
Vacuum cleaner and vacuum cleaning system in wireless communication with a user-controlled electronic device
A vacuum cleaner includes a base defining a suction chamber, a user-manipulatable handle coupled to the base, a brushroll driven by a brushroll motor, a transmitter and a receiver both of which are in wireless communication with a user-controlled electronic device, and a controller in communication with the transmitter and the receiver. The controller controls the brushroll motor in a default mode wherein the brushroll is configured to run at a first percent of power on a first floor surface and a second percent of power on a second floor surface. The controller receives a communication from the user-controlled electronic device via the receiver and configured to cause the controller to turn off the default mode and run the brushroll at a third percent of power at both the first floor surface and the second floor surface. |
| US11950752B2 |
Surface cleaning apparatus
A hand vacuum cleaner has a main body housing a suction motor, an air treatment member having a front end and a rear end with a central longitudinal axis extending between the front and rear ends and a bleed valve having a bleed air flow path that extends from a bleed air inlet to a bleed air outlet. The hand vacuum cleaner has right and left laterally opposed sides that are spaced apart in a direction transverse to the central longitudinal axis, and the bleed air inlet and the bleed air outlet are transversely spaced apart. |
| US11950747B2 |
Extraction cleaner and cleanout tool for the same
An extraction cleaner having a cleanout tool for use with a surface cleaning apparatus such as an extraction cleaner or vacuum cleaner includes a nozzle cleaning implement and a brush cleaning implement. |
| US11950746B2 |
Cleaning system
A cleaning system includes: a cleaning vehicle 1 that travels along a predetermined travel path R to clean the travel path; and a maintenance facility 2 provided at a maintenance stop position A set on the travel path R, wherein the cleaning vehicle 1 includes a suction portion 14 that sucks up dust on the travel path R, a storage portion that stores the sucked up dust, and a discharge portion 16 that discharges the dust stored in the storage portion to the outside, and the maintenance facility 2 includes a dust collection portion 214 that collects the dust discharged to the outside from the storage portion via the discharge portion 16 of the cleaning vehicle 1 stopped at the maintenance stop position A. |
| US11950742B2 |
Dishwasher water channel, base for dishwasher, and dishwasher
A dishwasher water channel, which is integrated in a base of a dishwasher, is disclosed. The dishwasher water channel has a water distribution chamber, a flow guidance channel, and a spray arm. The flow guidance channel has one end communicating with the water distribution chamber and the other end communicating with the spray arm. The flow guidance channel extends from an outer wall of the water distribution chamber toward a rear end of the base and communicates with the spray arm at the rear end of the base. A spray arm seat is provided between the spray arm and the flow guidance channel and penetrates the base. The spray arm is connected to a top of the spray arm seat and located above the base to spray water out of the spray arm seat, and the flow guidance channel is connected to a bottom of the spray arm seat and located below the base. |
| US11950741B2 |
Dishwasher
A dishwasher includes a tub, a base below the tub, a door, a door bracket fastened to the door and rotatably connected to the tub, a cover panel that covers the door and the base and is movably disposed in the door, a link module that moves the cover panel in a length direction of the door, an upper holder fastened to the cover panel and movably mounted in the door, and a lower holder spaced apart from the upper holder, fastened to the cover panel, and movably mounted in the door. The door includes an upper guider that supports the upper holder guides movement of the cover panel, and a lower guider that supports the lower holder and guides movement of the cover panel. The door bracket is fastened to the door at a rear of the lower guider in which the lower holder is mounted. |
| US11950738B2 |
Clean water and wastewater separating mop bucket
Provided is a clean water and wastewater separating mop bucket, including: a lower bucket body and an upper bucket body movably disposed in the lower bucket body; wherein the lower bucket body includes a clean water container and a sewage container that are independent of each other and are blocked from each other; a water guide pipe, connecting the clean water container and the upper bucket body; and a water pump device, connected to the water guide pipe. |
| US11950736B2 |
Interface for robot cleaner evacuation
A method of operating an autonomous cleaning robot is provided. The method includes receiving, at a handheld computing device, data representing a status of a debris collection bin of the autonomous cleaning robot, the status of the bin including a bin fullness reading. The method also includes receiving, at the handheld computing device, data representing a status of a filter bag of an evacuation station, the status of the filter bag including a bag fullness reading. The method also includes presenting, on a display of the handheld computing device, a first status indicator representing the bin fullness reading, and presenting, on the display of the handheld computing device, a second status indicator representing the bag fullness reading. |
| US11950735B1 |
Shaving assistance platform
The present invention is directed to a platform used to support a person's leg during shaving. The platform includes a plurality of anti-slip feet used to stabilize the platform in a wet environment, such as a shower. The platform includes a plurality of telescoping legs pivotably attached to a base, such that the platform is able to be collapsed for ease of portability and storage and is adjustable to the height of a user. The platform further includes an upper surface having a recessed compartment for storing supplies related to shaving and/or other shower supplies. The platform includes a plurality of holes for facilitating water runoff and at least one cutout for receiving a user's hand for carrying purposes. |
| US11950732B2 |
Toilet device
A toilet device includes an electric opening/closing unit including a motor and a transmission mechanism. The transmission mechanism includes an internal gear, a first transmission part and a second transmission part. The first transmission part transmits a rotational force of the motor. The second transmission part transmits a rotational force of the first transmission part. The first transmission part includes a first planetary gear and a first planetary carrier. The second transmission part includes a second planetary gear, a second planetary carrier, and a shaft part. The shaft part revolves around a rotation axis. The first planetary carrier includes a protrusion extends along a trajectory of the revolution of the shaft part. The shaft part contacts the protrusion. A gap is formed between the shaft part and a part of the first planetary carrier other than the protrusion. |
| US11950730B2 |
Shower towel set equipped with holder
A shower towel set includes a shower towel and a holder. The shower towel includes: an inlet provided on one side thereof such that a hand can be drawn in and out; a space portion; an upper pad portion, and includes first cleansing bristles formed outside the space portion, and first through holes perforated between the first cleansing bristles; and a lower pad portion, and includes second cleansing bristles formed outside the space portion, and second through holes, wherein a first partition protrusion is formed downward by a predetermined height, a second partition protrusion is provided upward by a predetermined height, and a space between the first partition protrusion and the second partition protrusion is open, wherein a wrist clamping member made of an elastic material is integrally formed with the inlet. |
| US11950727B1 |
Corn roaster
The invention involves an electrical corn-on-the-cob roaster including a repository with a cavity having a structure that generally forms a plurality of cylindrical tubes for receiving a plurality of cobs of corn. In exemplary embodiments, a corn roaster assembly includes a cover concealing a heating element, a repository including a cavity defined by the heating element, and a removable cage forming a plurality of cylindrical receptacles, each of the plurality of cylindrical receptacles configured to receive a cob of corn. To improve heating or roasting the cob of corn a polygonal, circular, or semi-circular configuration of heating panels may be dispose about a heating chamber so as to maximize heat for roasting the corn but minimizing heat on the casing or cover surrounding the heating element. |
| US11950726B2 |
Drinkware container with active temperature control
An actively heated drinkware container includes a vessel with a chamber that receives and holds a volume of liquid. The drinkware container includes a heating module with a first heating element operable to heat one portion of the chamber and a second heating element operable to heat another portion of the chamber, the second heating element spaced from the first heating element. Operation of the first and second heating elements generates a circulation current in the volume of liquid in the chamber that mixes the liquid and diffuses a temperature of the liquid to thereby reduce temperature stratification of the liquid in the chamber and so that a temperature of the liquid throughout the volume of liquid in the chamber is approximately uniform. |
| US11950719B2 |
Tray covering element
The invention relates to a tray covering element essentially constituted of a first portion (2), which covers the upper surface of a tray (5), in the manner of a placemat, and a second portion (3), which creates an outer edge for the first portion and which is envisaged to cover the outer and upper edge (50) of the tray. The second portion (3) comprises a third portion (30) located laterally and protruding from the edge (50) and designed to bend downwards and fold around the edge of the tray (5) and cover the lower edge so that the user does not touch the tray when holding it, only the tray covering element. |
| US11950715B2 |
Wall hanging decorative assembly having a flexible strip with removable adhesive and a non-adhesive gap
A decorative object assembly for attachment to a vertical surface includes a substantially planar decorative block defining an upper edge and a lower edge. A flexible planar strip is made of a thermoplastic polymer, and defines an upper edge parallel to the upper edge of the block, a lower edge parallel to the lower edge of the block, and a vertical direction between the upper and lower edges. A first layer of adhesive extends vertically downward from the upper edge of the strip, for releasable attachment to the vertical surface. An attachment mechanism for attachment to the decorative block is configured on a lower vertical section of the planar strip. A gap section of the strip is vertically located between the first layer of adhesive and the lower vertical section, on which no adhesive is adhered. |
| US11950712B2 |
Hanging frame assembly
An article for hanging on a support surface includes a substrate having a first end and a second end. The article includes a pair of rails with each rail including a recessed channel that extends in a longitudinal direction. A pair of splines is provided with each spline including a raised ridge that extends in a longitudinal direction. The raised ridge is inserted into the recessed channel. The article also includes a first pair of end caps. An elongated hanging element passes through the slots of the first pair of end caps. Wherein in an assembled state, one rail and one spline are disposed adjacent one another such that the raised ridge is at least partially inserted into the recessed channel and the substrate is captured within the recessed channel and the first pair of end caps are disposed over opposite ends of the one rail and one spline to join and hold the one rail and one spline against one another with the substrate captured therebetween. |
| US11950711B2 |
Automatic lifting display rack
An automatic lifting display rack includes a display rack body, an elastic device, and a lifting platform. The display rack body has an accommodation space therein. The elastic device is disposed in the accommodation space. The lifting platform is above the elastic device. Corners of the lifting platform are integrally connected with a plurality of first upright posts that are parallel to side walls of the accommodation space. At least one first roller is mounted to each of the first upright posts. The first roller is configured to roll on a corresponding one of the side walls of the accommodation space. The automatic lifting display rack can improve the smoothness and stability of the lifting platform to be moved up and down. |
| US11950709B2 |
Backrest support for a seating furniture
The invention relates to a backrest support for a seating furniture, in particular for an office chair.In order to provide a piece of seating furniture having a backrest, in the case of which particularly simple and safe installation and removal of the backrest is possible, it is proposed to design the backrest support (2) in two parts, having a first support part (4), which is connectable to a second support part (5) without a tool, with a releasable connection being formed, wherein, in the assembled state, the position of the two support parts (4, 5) with respect to each other can be secured without a tool by means of a lock (6). |
| US11950706B2 |
Ready to assemble chair base
A unique and novel ready to assembly chair base is broken down into several component parts so that it can be packed in a smaller volume of space, and then easily assembled by the consumer. The chair base is formed in a manner that the base comes apart into at least two components. A first removable leg component and a second hub component consists of a central support with a tapered hole therein, a plurality of fixed legs and a truncated leg receiver configured and arranged receive and retain the removable leg component when the chair is assembled. |
| US11950703B2 |
Channelized inflatable bodies and methods for making the same
An article of manufacture includes a first discrete inflatable body having a first core member cut from a single slab of core material and a first root portion, and further includes a second discrete inflatable body comprising a second core member cut from the single slab of core material and a second root portion. Each of the first and second core members includes a plurality of ribs, and the ribs extend laterally from the first and second root portions. |
| US11950701B1 |
Foldable bed
A bed configured to allow a user to maximize a living space with a functional bed that can transition from a horizontal functional position to a vertical stowed position. The bed is configured to be easily operable between these purposes with simple movements. The bed system has a wall attachment that attaches to studs in a wall and connects to a headboard that is positioned away from the wall. A pair of L-shaped support brackets connect to the wall attachment and to a mattress frame creating a pivoting connection point. A lift mechanism connects to each L-shaped support bracket and to the mattress frame. Further, a locking mechanism locks the mattress frame in the horizontal position and the vertical position to secure the mattress frame in either position. The bed provides a traditional looking bed that can be folded into the vertical position to open a floor space when needed. |
| US11950700B2 |
Sofa backrest connection structure and sofa assembly
The disclosure discloses a sofa backrest connection structure, including a first member and a second member, the first member includes a first base plate, two guide rails symmetrically arranged on the first base plate, and a limiting part arranged on the first base plate, and the limiting part is provided with a clamping protrusion; the second member includes a second base plate and a first horizontal plate connected to the second base plate, the second base plate includes an insertion part, and the insertion part is provided with a clamping hole matched with the clamping protrusion; after the insertion part is slidably inserted into and fitted with the two guide rails, the clamping protrusion is clamped in the clamping hole; and the first horizontal plate is used for being connected with a sofa seat frame, and the first base plate is used for being connected with a sofa backrest. |
| US11950696B2 |
Modular storage compartments with tri-mode lids
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a storage system having a drawer supported, when extended from a housing, by a lid. In an illustrative example, the drawer may have a first engagement feature. The lid may, for example, have a second engagement feature. The housing may, for example, have a first slide configured to slidingly receive the drawer. The housing may, for example, have a second slide configured to slidingly receive the lid. In a support mode, for example, the lid may be disposed in the second slide beneath the drawer such that, when the drawer is slid out of the housing beyond a first distance, then the engagement features interact to extend the lid from the housing such that the lid supports at least a portion of a weight of the drawer. Various embodiments may advantageously provide a cost-effective, transportable, and/or modular storage system. |
| US11950695B2 |
Slide rail mechanism and slide rail kit thereof
A slide rail mechanism is configured to be mounted to a first post and a second post of a rack. A transverse space is defined between the first post and the second post. The slide rail mechanism includes a first slide rail kit and a second slide rail kit. Each of the slide rail kits includes a fixed rail and a movable rail longitudinally movable relative to the fixed rail. The two fixed rails are respectively connected to the two posts, and are located outside the transverse space. Each of the fixed rails is formed with a passage corresponding to inside of the transverse space. Each of the movable rail is configured to be movably mounted to the passage. |
| US11950692B1 |
Organizer
An organizer includes a vertical plate configured with a plurality of holes, blind grooves, and through grooves of various shapes and sizes; a horizontal plate configured with a plurality of ledges and blind grooves of various shapes and sizes for placing and holding various items and the vertical plate; a pistol rack fixed to the horizontal plate through one groove of the plurality of blind grooves of the horizontal plate and fixed to the vertical plate through one groove of the plurality of grooves of the vertical plate.The pistol rack includes a stand, limiting contour of which is made by a multistep polygonal path with well-defined notches and bevels, configured with a through groove and a guide groove passing through a front side of the stand; a holding bracket configured with a blind hole in an end side of the holding bracket, a through hole in a front side of the holding bracket, a first side edge, and a second side edge; a cylindrical sleeve configured with a threaded through hole radially located in its central part, fixed in the through hole of the front side of the holding bracket; a clamping screw, comprising a screw rod and a handle with ergonomic elements for a better fit to the hand when rotating the clamping screw manually. |
| US11950689B2 |
Expandable desk
Apparatuses, tables, and method of making the apparatuses and tables are disclosed for stowing and expanding a desk device. An exemplary apparatus, in one embodiment, includes a frame, a first surface slidably received by the frame in a horizontal plane between and including a stowed position and an expanded position, and a second surface slidably received by the frame between and including a stowed position and an expanded position. |
| US11950686B2 |
Food holder
The present disclosure relates generally to food holders and in particular to a food holder for holding food and/or food containers. The food holder may include a receptacle. The receptacle may include an insulated inner surface for keeping contents at a desired temperature. Food holder may further include an expanded form or a collapsed form for positioning within an internal compartment of a garment. In addition, food holder may include a strap attached to said receptacle. Advantageously, the food holder may be constructed to hang from a user's neck for hands free use and ease of access to contents within the food container. |
| US11950684B2 |
Auxiliary weight supporting device
An auxiliary weight supporting device includes a back rack, a walking-stick and a connecting rod. The back rack is configured for the user to wear and for carrying an object. The walking-stick includes a main body and a gripping part and a contacting end configured at two ends of the main body respectively. The gripping part is configured for the user to hold, and the contacting end is configured to touch the ground when the user is walking. The connecting rod has a first end connected to the main body and a second end coupled to the back rack. The walking-stick is controlled by the user to support the ground and swings back and forth in accordance with the user's steps. The connecting rod drives the back rack to rise when the walking-stick swings backwards. |
| US11950683B2 |
Color conversion system and method
A method is provided for preparing a hair dye color mixture. The method includes: accessing a control system having at least a processor, a memory, and user input controls, the memory configured to store ingredients of a hair dye color mixture, receiving user input from the user input controls to change one or more ingredients of the hair dye color mixture to a new product brand; matching the color of the hair dye color mixture using one or more ingredients of the new product brand, in response to the user input; and displaying the ingredients of the hair dye color mixture in the new product brand on a display. |
| US11950682B2 |
Method and device for providing a hair treatment agent
In various embodiments, a method of providing a hair treatment agent is provided. The method can have a detecting of at least one sensor value on hair of a user by employing at least one portable sensor, a determining of a hair condition of the user by employing the detected at least one sensor value, a computer-assisted determining of a user-specific hair treatment agent including the determined hair condition, and a preparing of the determined user-specific hair treatment agent by employing a hair treatment agent mixing device. |
| US11950681B2 |
Device for dispensing a compound
A device to dispensing a compound has a movable support arranged in a device housing in order to act on the compound, and a rotary handle in order to move the support between a lower starting position and a maximum upper extended position of the support. The handle has a spindle which can be rotated about a longitudinal axis provided in the movement direction of the support. A spindle nut is additionally provided on the support. The spindle nut has a length in the direction of the longitudinal axis, the length being greater than the distance between the lower starting position and the maximum upper extended position in the movement direction of the support. According to another solution, a combination of the support, the spindle, and the compound can be inserted into the device housing from the top for connecting to the rotary handle. |
| US11950672B1 |
Diaper bag vacuum
The present invention discloses a diaper bag vacuum apparatus. The diaper bag is integrated on a vacuum system for cleaning up the mess such as food waste that is often created by the small infants. The vacuum system comprises one or more vacuum components include, an air handling tube, a solid separator assembly, a container, a motor, a blower or fan, a rechargeable battery and an exhaust tube, which are vacuum mounted in the cavity of a pull-out drawer beneath the diaper bag. A detachable hose is attached to the vacuum system via intake port to pick up debris from the floor. A filter in the solid separator allow only air and captures the debris inside the container. Further, the apparatus is battery operable, which enables the fan pulls the air into the center of the fan and ejects it into the exhaust tubing and released to the environment. |
| US11950671B2 |
Luggage handle
A luggage handle is described. Embodiments of the luggage handle can include, but are not limited to, a handle assembly and at least one case assembly. The handle assembly can be configured to move from a retracted configuration to an extended configuration. The luggage handle can typically be implemented with rolling luggage. The luggage handle can implement a ball lock mechanism that can include magnetic components. |
| US11950667B2 |
Purse with integrated removable phone case
A purse with an integrated and removable phone case includes an attached, but removable, phone case suspended from a purse strap by a chain, cord, or similar mechanism. Cell phone users require immediate, unencumbered access to their phones. Currently available products require the phone user to remove his or her phone from a bag. Phone cases cannot hold many items without becoming too bulky. Small purses have limited storage space and personal devices can take up much of that space. Moreover, carrying a phone case with a strap in addition to a purse with a strap can cause tangling and limit ease of use. An externally available phone case suspended from a strap of a purse allows for immediate access to the cell phone without consuming space within the purse. The suspended phone case may be removed from the purse to allow for separate use of the phone or purse. |
| US11950664B2 |
Spring ring clasp and method of producing a spring ring clasp
A spring ring clasp, with a closed state in which the spring ring clasp (1) forms a closed ring (2), and with an opened state in which the ring (2) is opened, having an external tube (3), an internal tube (4) which in an overlap region (5) protrudes into the external tube (3), and a spring (6) which is disposed in a cavity (7) configured by the external tube (3) and the internal tube (4). For opening the spring ring clasp (1), the external tube being displaceable relative to the internal tube (4) counter to a spring force caused by the spring (6), and the spring (6) at least in the closed state protruding from the internal tube (4) and protruding into the external tube (3). The use of such a spring ring clasp (1) is in the jewelry industry but is not limited to this sector. |
| US11950660B2 |
Footwear cleats device
A fall prevention footwear accessory device includes a first strap configured to wrap around an upper portion and sole of the footwear at a ball portion of the footwear. A first fastener removably secures a looped first end of the first strap. A second fastener slidably receives the looped first strap and secures a second end of the first strap. A second strap includes a central cleat region that rotatably attaches to the second fastener post and removably attaches to a third fastener attached to the first strap. The device facilitates relocation of the second strap cleat region between a first position under the footwear sole and a second position over the footwear upper. |
| US11950659B2 |
Sports shoe with a striped pattern facilitating ball handling
Sports shoe with a striped pattern facilitating ball handling, having an upper and a sole, wherein the surface of the upper of the sports shoe is divided into a plurality of shooting zones, namely at least into a nose zone (14), an inner shooting zone (15) and an outer shooting zone (16) and at least one of the shooting zones (14, 15, 16) comprises a plurality of ball directing stripes (20) arranged side-by-side beside and being spaced from each other and the directing stripes extend out from the surface of the upper that constitutes a basic surface (17), the directing stripes (20) have elevated outer surfaces (18) with increased grip to the ball compared to the grip of the basic surface (17), wherein the spaces between said directing stripes (20) constitute respective ball directing channels (21) and the at least one shooting zone comprises a group of at least four directing stripes (20) and a group of at least three directing channels (21) between the directing stripes, and out of these two groups the width of the directing stripes and/or the directing channels of at least one group continuously changes along its length, wherein the width of the directing stripes is at least 3 mm and at most 20 mm and their height is at least 0.4 mm, and the width of said directing channels is at most 20 mm, an the pattern comprises said groups. |
| US11950655B2 |
Shoe insole and processing method for shoe insole
A shoe insole and processing method for shoe insole are disclosed. The insole includes an insole body for the stepping of the sole of one human foot. The insole body includes an upper insole layer having a top surface and an opposing bottom surface, a lower insole layer and a bulge. The upper insole layer is cold pressed to form bulges on the upper insole layer corresponding to different areas of the structure of the human foot. Then, the lower insole layer is bonded to the bottom surface of the upper insole layer, and then, perform cold pressing forming. Each bulge has a first convex surface and a first concave surface. The top surface of the upper insole layer integrally raised to form a first convex surface. The bottom surface of the upper insole layer integrally dented corresponding to the first convex surface to form a first concave surface. |
| US11950652B2 |
Energy absorbing systems
The present disclosure relates to flexible energy absorbing systems and body armor, helmets and protective garments incorporating flexible energy absorbing systems. A flexible energy absorbing system may comprise a first plurality of cells having a first re-entrant geometry and a second plurality of cells having a second, different geometry. The first plurality of cells and the second plurality of cells may comprise an elastomeric material. |
| US11950650B2 |
Bra fastener and bra applying bra fastener
A bra fastener, comprising a first part (10) and a second part (20). The first part comprises a first connecting band (11) and a plurality of first fastening pieces (12) which are disposed at intervals at the interior of the first connecting band (11) along the length direction of the first connecting band (11), and one surface of the first connecting band (11) is provided with a through hole (111) at a position corresponding to each first fastening piece (12). The second part (20) comprises a second connecting band (21) and a second fastening piece (22) disposed at the interior of the second connecting band (21). The second fastening piece (22) partially extends from one surface of the second connecting band (21) and may pass through one of the through holes (111) on the first connecting band (11) so as to be buckled to a first fastening piece (12) corresponding to the through hole (111). When the second fastening piece (22) is partially buckled to the first fastening piece (12), the second connecting band (21) covers the first connecting band (11). |
| US11950648B2 |
Glove construction
A glove is disclosed having a donning assister to enable a wearer of the glove to quickly and easily don a glove on a wearer's hand. In one embodiment, the glove includes a wrist cuff portion, a hem portion positioned at a base of the wrist cuff portion, an at least partially enclosed space formed within the hem portion, and a gripper positioned in the at least partially enclosed space. The at least partially enclosed space is defined by hem stitches and by a pair of laterally opposed stitches positioned on the palm side of the glove anywhere along a circumference of the hem portion between a thumb of the glove on one end and a pinky finger of the glove on the other end. |
| US11950647B2 |
Adjustable garment for children
Various embodiments are directed to an adjustable garment and method of using the same. In various embodiments, an adjustable garment may comprise An adjustable garment comprising: a body portion comprising: one or more leg portions configured to cover at least a portion of a wearer's legs; a pair of detachable foot covers configured to cover and extend over a wearer's feet; one or more adjustable elements configured to facilitate an adjustment of a length of at least a portion of the adjustable garment in one or more length directions; wherein the adjustable garment is selectively configurable between an unexpanded configuration and an expanded configuration based at least in part on the one or more adjustable elements. |
| US11950646B2 |
Hand warmer
A hand warmer comprising: a tubular sleeve having two extremities located along a longitudinal axis thereof, said sleeve defining a longitudinal opening therein, each extremity having defining an opening adapted to receive hands; a heating element; and a battery operatively connected to the heating element; wherein said tubular sleeve comprising an inner wall and an outer wall and adapted to receive the battery between the inner and outer wall and wherein the heating element is located within the longitudinal opening and is adapted to be grasped by a hand when such is inserted into the longitudinal opening of the hand warmer. |
| US11950644B2 |
Apparel with selectively attachable and detachable elements
An apparel system comprises an article of apparel and an attachment element positionable between first and second layers of the article of apparel. The attachment element may be releasably fastened to the article of apparel. The attachment element may comprise a polymer foam material, a fluid- or gas-filled chamber, or a plate, for example. |
| US11950643B2 |
Cooling apparatus
The system comprises a cooling garment that is intended to cool the user of the garment. In one embodiment, the cooling garment is worn under a body armor. In one embodiment, the cooling garment is worn under any other garment or in any situation or environment where the user desires a cooling effect. In one embodiment the cooling garment comprises an outer layer and an inner layer. The inner layer has a plurality of perforations that allow air to flow therethrough. The outer layer is solid, so that air is urged toward the perforations and does not exit the garment away from the user, but instead towards the user. A flexible hose is coupled between the first and second layer and extends outward from the garment. The hose terminates in a quick release coupling that allows it to be removably attached to an air source, such as from a pump or other cooling system. In one embodiment, the quick release coupling is magnetic and is detached by pulling on the coupling or by the user of the cooling garment stepping away from the connection. In one embodiment, the system is used in a vehicle with a pump coupled to the electrical system of the vehicle. |
| US11950641B1 |
Bra cover and an adjustable and removable bra using it
The present invention provides a bra cover and an adjustable and removable bra using it, the bra cover comprising a bra, a textile and a sling assembly, the bra comprising a bra strap and at least two pieces of bra pads, the sling assembly comprising at least two roots of shoulder strap and a band, the adjustable and removable bra comprising a fastening kit and a bra cover, the fastening kit comprising a plurality of attachment buckle and a plurality of adjustment buckle. |
| US11950639B2 |
Adjustable strap
An adjustable strap comprises an elongated length and mating fastening portions on one side of the strap adjacent to one end of the strap. Gaps or spaces between the mating fastening portions or members provide a tactile effect or response when adjusting the strap to the closed position. The strap is permanently or releasably secured at one end to an attachment point or stabilizing component. The opposite end with the mating fastening portions folds to mate the portions and secure the strap in a closed configuration. The length of the strap can wrap around an object to mate the fastening portions. Alternatively, the length can interact with an additional stabilizing component or guiding member before mating the fastening portions to secure the strap. |
| US11950634B2 |
Control of aerosol production in an aerosol-generating system
A method of controlling aerosol production in an aerosol-generating system is provided, the system including an aerosol-generating element and a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, a flow channel defined from the air inlet to the air outlet configured to provide a flow of air past the aerosol-generating element, and a flow sensor configured to detect an air flow in the flow channel; and the method including increasing a power supplied to the aerosol-generating element for at least a second time if the flow sensor detects that the flow rate of the air flow increases past a threshold. There is also provided an aerosol-generating system comprising circuitry configured to perform the method. |
| US11950631B2 |
High-frequency heating device
A high-frequency heating device, includes: a housing, a thermal insulation cup, and a magnetic induction coil. The housing includes a cavity and the magnetic induction coil is disposed in the cavity. The thermal insulation cup is nested in the magnetic induction coil. |
| US11950630B2 |
Pillowcase vaporizing assembly
A pillowcase vaporizing assembly includes a pillowcase that has an open end to receive a pillow for sleeping. A pouch is provided that has an entry extending into an interior of the pouch and the pouch is insertable into the open end of the pillowcase. A pocket is integrated into the pouch and the pocket is positioned within the pouch. A vaporizer is slidable into the pocket in the pouch and the vaporizer has an output for releasing an inhalable vapor. A hose is fluidly attachable to the output of the vaporizer such that the tube receives the inhalable vapor from the vaporizer. A mouthpiece is fluidly attachable to the hose and the mouthpiece can be placed in the user's mouth thereby facilitating the user to inhale the inhalable vapor. |
| US11950629B2 |
Vapour generating device and lid
A vapour generating device is provided with a vapour generating place and a cover defining a closable opening to the vapour generating place. The cover is biased toward a closed position, so that dust and particulate matter may not readily enter the vapour generating place, and openable to an open position when receiving a vapour generating rod. |
| US11950626B2 |
Flower cartridge crimping and filling for herb delivery
A filling method and process for a flower cartridge for use with a portable electronic heating device for the smokeless delivery of active ingredients and volatile compounds released from heating natural consumables such as plant matter is disclosed. Through grinding, vibration, and tamping, a number of cartridges are filled with natural consumables. Compressive forces applied via tamping, coupled with a constriction or obstruction within the cartridge, form a porous plug to which air flows freely but the consumables remain in place. The filling process minimizes oxidation and preserves the shelf life of the flower cartridge. |
| US11950621B2 |
Process of stabilizing and spraying a foam to mimic the appearance of frosting
A system and method for applying a reduced sugar coating to a food product is provided using a natural whitening system. The methods include preparing a foam and then maintaining that foam through a spray nozzle to coat a food product with a spray-applied foam that mimics the appearance of a high sucrose frosting or icing. |
| US11950618B2 |
Aqueous fermentation feedstock and a method for the production thereof
Provided are dry-milling methods for producing an aqueous fermentation feedstock ingredient. The methods include providing a corn-processing filtration feed; filtering at least a fraction of said filtration feed on a microfiltration membrane, whereby an aqueous filtration permeate and a filtration retentate are formed; separating said filtration permeate from said filtration retentate, to form separated permeate and separated retentate; forming a fermentation feedstock comprising said separated permeate, and saccharifying and/or washing said separated retentate. |
| US11950617B2 |
Remediation of toxins in biorefinery process streams
Provided are methods and systems for remediating toxins present in feedstock that are used in processes to produce ethanol and other products. |
| US11950616B2 |
Non-vasoconstricting energy-promoting compositions containing ketone bodies
An energy-promoting composition includes an exogenous ketone body component that provides a source of caloric energy, a vasodilator component, a stimulant component, such as caffeine, and optionally a nootropic component. In most if not all cases, the vasodilator, stimulant, and nootropic components do not themselves provide a source of caloric energy but may increase metabolism of available caloric energy. The separate components beneficially and synergistically interact with one another to enhance the overall energy-promoting effect of the composition more rapidly and to a greater degree than if one or more of the components are omitted. The energy-promoting composition is also formulated to minimize the crash effect common to stimulants such as energy drinks. |
| US11950613B1 |
Food preservation system
An apparatus, comprising a camera, a motion sensor, a receiving section, gas tanks, a screen, and a computing device. The computing device is configured to control the camera to take electronic images, determine a type of food placed in a particular container, determine an amount of gas and a type of gas to fill the particular container, generate an electronic message to request placement of the particular container onto the receiving section, and inject gas into the particular container when the particular container is placed onto the receiving section. The injected gas is used to preserve food inside the container. |
| US11950611B2 |
Highly soluble Rebaudioside D
The invention relates to a process for producing highly soluble compositions containing purified steviol glycosides from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni plant extract, more particularly Rebaudioside D. Obtained highly soluble compositions are useful as non-caloric sweeteners or in combination with sugar or high intensity sweeteners in edible and chewable compositions such as beverages, confectionaries, bakery products, chewing gums and the like. |
| US11950609B2 |
Low moisture feed block with cold flow resistance
A method of forming a low moisture block with cold flow resistance proceeds by subjecting a feed mixture containing molasses-like liquids to mixing to form a homogenous mixture; dehydrating the molasses-like mixture to less than about 2.0% moisture using heating; adding to the dehydrated molasses-like liquid mixture one or more feed ingredients in dry ingredient form, comprising 10% to 50% by weight of the resulting mixture; and adding to the dehydrated molasses-like mixture a composition comprising CaO or reactive MgO or combinations thereof, with the composition comprising 0.1% to 10% by weight of the resulting mixture. The composition is mixed in to form a homogenous mixture. |
| US11950605B2 |
Product and method of producing dairy products comprising dairy-derived emulsifying salts
Dairy products are produced by subjecting a starting dairy material to nanofiltration to remove monovalent ions to produce an ion-depleted dairy permeate; passing the ion-depleted dairy permeate through an ion exchange column and subsequently with a sodium-containing eluting solution to produce sodium phosphate and sodium citrate derived from the starting material; concentrating the sodium phosphate and sodium citrate; and combining the concentrated sodium phosphate and sodium citrate with dairy components. The dairy product contains an amount of the concentrated sodium phosphate and sodium citrate sufficient to cause fat in the dairy product to be emulsified and protein in the dairy product to be hydrated. In addition or alternatively, a dairy by-product stream may be subjected to ion exchange to remove calcium therefrom; concentrated, and combined with dairy materials naturally containing phosphate and citrate in order to adjust the citrate+phosphate-to-calcium ratio to reach an emulsified dairy product. |
| US11950604B2 |
Plant-based yogurt
Plant-based yogurt products having a high protein content without the unpleasant taste associated with a high protein contact from the plant-based protein source are disclosed herein. Particularly disclosed are plant-based yogurt products including macadamia nut butter to mask the unpleasant taste of pea protein powder used in the yogurt products to provide high protein content. |
| US11950602B2 |
Overhang rail transport system
A system and a method for automatic transfer of a carcass or carcass parts suspended from a first carrier to being suspended from a second carrier where at least one of the carriers is tilted at least during a part of the transfer. The carcass parts may be a half carcass that may have been eviscerated and cleaned. The first carrier may be an industry standard gambrel or a single carrier, for example a Euro Hook or a modified Euro Hook. The second carrier may be a single carrier, for example a Euro Hook, or a modified Euro Hook carrier. |
| US11950597B2 |
Mixtures of beflubutamid or optically enriched forms thereof with a second herbicide
The present application discloses herbicidal compositions containing a first herbicide beflubutamid, or an optically enriched form thereof, and a second herbicide selected from WSSA Group 15 herbicides, WSSA Group 13 herbicides, WSSA Group 27 herbicides, WSSA Group 9 herbicides, WSSA Group 10 herbicides, WSSA Group 22 herbicides, WSSA Group 7 herbicides, WSSA Group 3 herbicides, WSSA Group 14 triazolinone herbicides, WSSA Group 1 cyclohexanedione herbicides, WSSA Group 2 imida-zolinone herbicides, WSSA Group 14 N-phenylphthalimide herbicides, WSSA Group 14 diphenylether herbicides, WSSA Group 14 pyrimidinedione herbicides, WSSA Group 5 1,2,4-triazine herbicides and herbicides selected from metamifop, atrazine, fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid), florasulam, halosulfuron-methyl and prosulfocarb. The application also discloses a method of controlling undesired vegetation in a crop by applying to the locus of such vegetation a herbicidally effective amount of a herbicidal composition. |
| US11950594B2 |
Methods and compositions for inhibiting formation of biofilms
The present disclosure discloses a method for inhibiting formation of a biofilm of bacteria. Specifically, the method may include treating the bacteria with an effective amount of a coumarin-chalcone compound. While inhibiting the formation of the biofilm of the bacteria, the effective amount of the coumarin-chalcone compound may reduce virulences of the bacteria and enhance a susceptibility of the bacteria to an antibiotic when applied in combination with the antibiotic. The present disclosure further discloses a composition including an effective amount of the coumarin-chalcone compound. The composition may be used to inhibit the formation of the biofilm of bacteria. The composition may also include an antibiotic, a minimal inhibitory concentration and a minimal biofilm eliminate concentration of which are reduced when the composition is used. |
| US11950593B2 |
Antimicrobial thiouronium copolymers and methods of making and using the same
Described herein are antimicrobial copolymers comprising (i) a polymer backbone and a plurality of thiouronium groups covalently bonded to the polymer backbone and (ii) a plurality of quaternary ammonium groups covalently bonded to the polymer backbone. Also described herein are methods for making the copolymers described herein and their use in disinfecting compositions. |
| US11950591B2 |
Container with biological materials having multiple sealed portions
An apparatus is disclosed having a first layer coupled to a second layer via a plurality of seals to define a storage volume that is separable by at least one intermediate seal into a first volume and a second volume. The intermediate seal is applicable after a material is introduced into the storage volume storage. The apparatus includes a first opening into the storage volume and a second opening into the storage volume. The first opening and the second opening are positioned near opposite edges. The apparatus also includes a first frangible region positioned along the intermediate seal and configured for separation of the first volume and the second volume. |
| US11950587B1 |
Rat trap with spring tensioned garotte noose
A rat trap includes a frame with a tunnel or arch at a first and, the tunnel formed with a slit over the entrance. A spring is mounted on the frame and a locking mechanism can temporarily maintain the spring in tension. A cable is attached to the spring and includes a noose at a distal end. With the noose disposed in the slit, a switch such as a mechanical switch or an electrical switch is arranged to detect the presence of a rat in the tunnel below the slit. The switch operates to release the spring and withdraw the noose from the tunnel at a high rate of speed to capture the animal in the tunnel. |
| US11950576B2 |
Multi-factorial biomass estimation
Generating consensus biomass estimates include providing a first biomass parameter data set associated with a first biomass attribute parameter to a first biomass estimation model and providing a second biomass parameter data set associated with a second biomass attribute parameter to a second biomass estimation model different from the first biomass estimation model. The first biomass estimation model is adaptively weighted with a first weighting factor relative to a second weighting factor for the second biomass estimation model. An aggregated biomass estimate is determined based on a combination of the first biomass estimation model using the first weight factor and the second biomass estimation model using the second weight factor. |
| US11950575B2 |
Modular housing structure for solitary bees
A modular housing structure for solitary bees, having a core partially enclosed within a housing with an opening on one side. The core has an exposed side facing the opening on the housing and one or more recesses formed on the exposed side of the core. The core may be solid and integrally formed with the housing or may be made up of a plurality of wafers stacked on top of one another. |
| US11950573B2 |
Bird feeder with a pull knob device for removing the base
A bird feeder including a removable base, which is configured to be easily removed from the body of the bird feeder by simply pulling the knob downwards to disengage the base from the main body of the enclosure, may be provided. An enclosure may include a top and bottom opening and a side wall. The bottom end of the enclosure may be enclosed by a base member including a pull knob device fixed inside the base member. The base member may be releasably secured to the enclosure by a pull knob mechanism. The base member can be easily removed using pull knob mechanism such that as the pull knob is pulled downwards by a user, locking pins engages a taper slider of the pull knob device and retracts horizontally in the inward direction. |
| US11950571B2 |
System and method for associating a signature of an animal movement and an animal activity
A system, apparatus, and/or method of identifying an activity of an animal. The activity may include the animal drinking, eating, urination, or defecating. Motion data of a first animal may be received, for example, via a sensor. Predetermined signatures of one or more second animals may be received. The predetermined signatures of the one or more second animals may be associated with one or more activities of the one or more second animals. A signature of an activity of the first animal may be determined based on the motion data of the first animal. Based on the signature of the activity of the first animal and the predetermined signatures of the second animal, the activity of the first animal may be identified. The identified activity of the first animal may be displayed via a display device. |
| US11950565B2 |
Method for making extruded granular absorbent and clumping granular absorbent
A method of making an extruded granular absorbent is provided where the method includes providing an extruder and a starch-containing admixture, and pressurizing the starch containing admixture in the extruder under relatively high extrusion pressures to extrude the pressurized starch-containing admixture from the extruder, and producing a water absorbent and oil absorbent extrudate. The present invention further provides that the extruded granular absorbent may be combined with a non-extruded granular material with relatively high inert or cellulose content where there may be a greater proportion of extruded granular absorbent, and the extruded granular absorbent and non-extruded granular material agglutinate into a clump when wetted with water or urine. |
| US11950563B2 |
Compositions and methods for producing tobacco plants and products having altered alkaloid levels
The present disclosure provides tobacco Nic1b locus and associated genes (e.g., a group of ERF genes). Also provided are tobacco plants with altered total alkaloid and nicotine levels and commercially acceptable leaf grade, their development via breeding or transgenic approaches, and production of tobacco products from these tobacco plants. Further provided are compositions and methods for producing tobacco plants having novel mutations or alleles to reduce nicotine levels. Further provided are sequence polymorphisms and molecular markers for breeding tobacco with reduced nicotine or alkaloids while maintaining tobacco leaf grade and tobacco product quality. |
| US11950560B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH011199
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011199. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011199, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011199 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 CH011199. |
| US11950558B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH011192
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011192. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011192, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011192 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 CH011192. |
| US11950557B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH011177
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011177. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011177, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011177 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 CH011177. |
| US11950556B1 |
Maize hybrid X03R591
A novel maize variety designated X03R591 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X03R591 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03R591 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X03R591, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X03R591 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X03R591 and methods of using maize variety X03R591 are disclosed. |
| US11950551B2 |
Modular multi-tiered planter kit
A modular multi-tiered planter kit that comprises two support elements that are fitted for positioning on a surface, perpendicular to the surface and spaced from each other, a plurality of planter assemblies that are fitted for connection in a disassemblable mounting, with the two support elements in a multi-tier configuration, wherein they each extend in an essentially horizontal direction, in the gap between the two support elements, wherein the kit is characterized in that once mounted as stated, the planter assemblies each comprise a unified planter element that serves in each of the planter assemblies, and the planter assemblies comprise one or more from the group of various types of planter assemblies. |
| US11950549B2 |
Plant cultivation for increasing phytochemical content
Plant cultivation for increasing the phytochemical content of a Labiatae plant is provided. The plant cultivation includes cultivating the Labiatae plant in a visible light environment having a dark period and a light period during which the Labiatae plant is exposed to visible light in an alternate manner, and performing treatment with UVB radiation during the light period for at least one day before harvesting. A cumulative dose of the UVB radiation may range from 0.54 J/m2 to 4.32 kJ/m2. |
| US11950545B2 |
Precision irrigation system
System for precision irrigation is disclosed, the system comprises a main line. A plurality of sub main lines, wherein the plurality of sub main lines are configured to receive fluid from the main line. Further the system comprises a plurality of emitters lines emerging from at least one of the plurality of the sub main lines; wherein each emitter lines from the plurality lines has a length of at least 150 ft. A plurality of valves, wherein each valve is configured to connect at least one emitter line, from the plurality of emitter lines, with the at least one sub main line, from the plurality of sub main lines. The system further comprises a drone configured to communicably connect with the plurality of valves, wherein the drone is configured to receive a set of pre-defined instructions from a remote server and control the plurality of valves based on the instructions. |
| US11950543B2 |
Concentrator attachment for blower air tube
A concentrator nozzle attachment for a blower device is disclosed that increases the airflow velocity of the blower without sacrificing the field of the jetting air. The concentrator nozzle is formed of an outer ring with a centrally located guide surface and is placed at the exit of an air tube. As the air exits the air tube, it's forced to flow around the guide surface, thus increasing its velocity. The attachment is secured to the end of the air tube and so does not alter the outer diameter through which the air exits. In this way, air velocity is increased without reducing its effectiveness. |
| US11950542B2 |
Turf cutting machine
A turf cutting machine, more particularly a four-wheel drive turf cutting machine, is provided. The turf cutting machine has a transmission arrangement which includes a transmission belt arranged between a rear axle pulley and a front axle pulley and which further includes a plurality of deflection pulleys which are arranged between the rear axle pulley and the front axle pulley so as to define a path for the transmission belt that extends from a rear axle to a front axle and then back to the rear axle passing over a cutting blade. |
| US11950537B2 |
Automated roll conditioner adjustment system for an agricultural harvesting machine
A crop conditioning device for an agricultural harvesting machine. The crop conditioning device includes a frame, a first conditioning roll connected to the frame, and a second conditioning roll connected to the frame such that the second conditioning roll is movable relative to the first conditioning roll. The crop conditioning device also includes a tension mechanism connected to the second conditioning roll. The crop conditioning device also includes a roll-gap mechanism connected to the second conditioning roll. The crop conditioning device also includes a controller which is configured for automatically setting at least one of an initial tension force and an initial roll gap dependent upon at least one of a type of crop material and at least one operational setting. |
| US11950535B2 |
Raking device and method
This disclosure relates to a raking device, and in some implementations, a detachable rake head for raking sand traps and its method of use. The raking device may be configured to be releasably attached to a supporting handle (e.g., a broom handle, 5 golf club, golf ball retriever, or other rod-typed structure). |
| US11950534B1 |
Solar powered robotic lawnmower
A solar powered robotic lawnmower includes a sound suppression means and a seed spreading means. The lawnmower includes a Bluetooth speaker on the device to serve as a sound suppression means. A user may play their desired audio media through the Bluetooth speaker in order to drown out the sound produced when mowing the grass. Additionally, the lawnmower includes a chute to serve as a seed spreading means. In one embodiment, the chute is located at the side of the device and serves to disperse seeds as the device mows a user's lawn. The lawnmower further features blades on a bottom end of the device to facilitate the cutting of a lawn as the device travels. A remote control is also included to allow a user to remotely control the device. |
| US11950529B2 |
Stalk sensor apparatus, systems, and methods
Systems, methods and apparatus for detecting stalks processed by a combine harvester, for measuring stalk diameters, and for displaying harvest metrics and yield data to a user based on stalk locations and stalk diameters. |
| US11950528B2 |
Common drive member for weed seed mill of combine harvester
An agricultural harvester includes a straw hood having a hollow interior space for receiving material other than grain (MOG) from a threshing and separating system of the harvester and chaff from a cleaning system of the harvester. A drive system is provided for powering a straw chopper and a weed seed mill. The drive system includes a single belt positioned outside of the straw hood that is wound at least partially around (i) a straw chopper pulley that powers the straw chopper, (ii) a weed seed mill pulley that powers the weed seed mill, and (iii) a power take off shaft of the harvester that receives power from an engine or other power source of the harvester. |
| US11950527B2 |
Device and method for calibrating outdoor power equipment and quality of cut
Calibrating and optimizing settings of power equipment devices are detailed throughout this disclosure. A mobile device application can be connected with a control device of a power equipment, and data pertaining to current environmental conditions (e.g., turf moisture), turf characteristics (e.g., type of grass, etc.) or machine parameters can be entered into the mobile device application and utilized for generating improved setting value(s). Also disclosed are algorithms for correlating these conditions, characteristics and parameters with adjustment data for adjusting machine settings to achieve a desired performance of a power equipment device. |
| US11950526B2 |
Seeding system with vertical array of nozzles
A product on demand nozzle assembly includes a chamber at least partially defined by an external wall and an array of vertically spaced nozzles. Each nozzle has an air inlet, an air and entrained product outlet extending from the external wall, and an entrainment zone between the air inlet and the air and entrained product outlet to receive a product therein to be distributed. |
| US11950525B2 |
Protective member and work vehicle
A protective member includes an attachment portion that is attached to a tractor including a mid PTO shaft and a protective frame that is supported by the attachment portion and positioned not to overlap with the mid PTO shaft in a front view to protect the mid PTO shaft, and the protective frame is positioned not to overlap with the mid PTO shaft in a side view. |
| US11957070B2 |
Semiconductor device, memory cell and method of forming the same
A memory cell includes a memory device, a connecting structure, an insulating layer and a selector. The connecting structure is disposed on and electrically connected to the memory device. The insulating layer covers the memory device and the connecting structure. The selector is located on and electrically connected to the memory device, where the selector is disposed on the insulating layer and connected to the connecting structure by penetrating through the insulating layer. |
| US11957063B2 |
Magnetoresistive element having a nano-current-channel structure
A magnetoresistive element comprises a nonmagnetic nano-current-channel (NCC) structure provided on a surface of the magnetic recording layer, which is opposite to a surface of the magnetic recording layer where the tunnel barrier layer is provided, and comprising a spatial distribution of perpendicular conducting channels throughout the NCC structure thickness and surrounded by an insulating medium, making the magnetic recording layer a magnetically soft-hard composite structure. Correspondingly, the critical write current and write power are reduced with reversal modes of exchange-spring magnets of the magnetically soft-hard composite structure. |
| US11957059B2 |
Electrical component
The present invention relates to an electrical component for a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device, in particular, but not limited to, an electromechanical actuator. In one aspect, the present invention provides an insulated electrical component for a microelectromechanical systems device comprising: i) a substrate layer comprising first and second sides spaced apart in a thickness direction; ii) one or more electrical elements arranged over the first side of the substrate layer, wherein each of the one or more electrical elements comprises: a) a ceramic member; and b) first and second electrodes disposed adjacent the ceramic member such that a potential difference may be established between the first and second electrodes and through the ceramic member during operation; iii) a continuous insulating layer, or laminate of insulating layers, arranged to overlie each of the one or more electrical elements arranged on the first side of the substrate layer; and iv) a passivation layer, or laminate of multiple passivation layers, disposed adjacent to, and at least partially overlying, each of the one or more electrical elements so as to provide electrical passivation between the first and second electrodes of each of the one or more electrical elements; wherein: a) the passivation layer, or at least an innermost layer of the laminate of multiple passivation layers which is disposed adjacent each of the one or more underlying electrical elements, is discontinuous; and/or b) the laminate of multiple passivation layers is recessed at a side which faces away from each of the underlying electrical elements, wherein a recess is provided in a region overlying each of the one or more electrical elements, such that the laminate of passivation layers is thinner in a thickness direction across the recess compared to other non-recessed regions of the laminate of passivation layers. |
| US11957058B2 |
Piezoelectric transducers based on vertically aligned PZT and graphene nanoplatelets
A method of transducing electrical energy to sound is disclosed which includes providing a transducer, the transducer includes lead zirconate titanate (PZT) particles mixed with graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) in a flexible substrate aligned in a first direction, forming a transducer subsystem, a first conductive protective electrode having a width and a length configured to provide a first electrical connectivity to an external circuit, and a second conductive protective electrode having the width and the length and configured to provide a second electrical connectivity to the external circuit, wherein the transducer subsystem is sandwiched between the first and second conductive protective electrodes, and providing an external circuit configured to provide an electrical signal to the first and second conductive protective electrodes to thereby transduce the electrical signal to sound. |
| US11957056B2 |
Thermoelectric conversion unit
A thermoelectric conversion unit includes a pair of low-temperature fluid flow path sections arranged to face each other, a high-temperature fluid flow path section arranged between the pair of low-temperature fluid flow path sections, a pair of thermoelectric modules each arranged between the high-temperature fluid flow path section and one of the pair of low-temperature fluid flow path sections in a one-to-one relation, and a rod-shaped convex fin and concave fin both arranged in the high-temperature fluid flow path section. The concave fin includes a recess fitted to the convex fin. An outer peripheral surface of the convex fin and an inner peripheral surface of the recess of the concave fin are in contact with each other, and a gap is formed between a tip of the convex fin and a bottom of the recess of the concave fin. |
| US11957055B2 |
Thermoelectric transducer, thermoelectric module, binder and method for manufacturing thermoelectric transducer
A thermoelectric conversion element includes a P-type thermoelectric conversion layer, a first metal layer, a second metal layer, a first joining layer, and a second joining layer. The P-type thermoelectric conversion layer includes a thermoelectric conversion material containing Mg and at least one selected from the group consisting of Sb and Bi. The first metal layer and the second metal layer each include Cu or a Cu alloy. The first joining layer and the second joining layer each include Al or an Al alloy containing Mg. |
| US11957053B2 |
Methods for fabrication, manufacture and production of an autonomous electrical power source
A method for forming a unique, environmentally-friendly micron scale autonomous electrical power source is provided in a configuration that generates renewable energy for use in electronic systems, electronic devices and electronic system components. The configuration includes a first conductor with a facing surface conditioned to have a low work function, a second conductor with a facing surface having a comparatively higher work function, and a dielectric layer, not more than 200 nm thick, sandwiched between the respective facing surfaces of the first conductor and the second conductor. The autonomous electrical power source formed according to the disclosed method is configured to harvest minimal thermal energy from any source in an environment above absolute zero. An autonomous electrical power source component is also provided that includes a plurality of autonomous electrical power source constituent elements electrically connected to one another to increase a power output of the autonomous electrical power source. |
| US11957052B2 |
Thermoelectric material, manufacturing method of thermoelectric material, thermoelectric conversion element, and thermoelectric conversion module
According to one embodiment, a thermoelectric material are provided. The thermoelectric material includes a sintered body formed of p-type and n-type thermoelectric materials for the thermoelectric conversion element. The thermoelectric materials have a MgAgAs type crystal structure as a main phase. An area ratio of internal defects of the thermoelectric materials for one thermoelectric conversion element is 10% or less in terms of a total area ratio of defective portions in a scanning surface according to ultrasonic flaw detection in a thickness direction of the thermoelectric material. No defect having a length of 800 μm or more is present at any vertex of chips of the thermoelectric materials. |
| US11957051B2 |
Organic semiconductor mixture and organic optoelectronic device containing the same
An organic semiconductor mixture and an organic optoelectronic device containing the same are provided. A n-type organic semiconductor compound in the organic semiconductor mixture has a novel chemical structure so that the mixture has good thermal stability and property difference during batch production is also minimized. The organic semiconductor mixture is applied to organic optoelectronic devices such as organic photovoltaic devices for providing good energy conversion efficiency while in use. |
| US11957050B2 |
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
A compound of Formula I wherein Y is selected from the group consisting of NAr, O, S, and Se; Ar is an optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; and Z1 to Z8 are independently selected from C or N, wherein at least one of Z2 or Z3 is C, and at least one of Z6 or Z7 is C. R is selected from the group consisting of deuterium, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, silyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, aryl, heteroaryl, nitrile, isonitrile, sulfanyl, and combinations thereof; or optionally R can join with Ar to from a ring; and with the provisios that R is not N-methyl-benzimidazole, and the compound is not compound A. |
| US11957047B2 |
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
A composition of materials including a first compound having a structure according to Formula I |
| US11957044B2 |
Organometallic compound, organic light-emitting device including the same, and diagnostic composition including the organometallic compound
An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: wherein, in Formula 1, groups and variables are the same as described in the specification. |
| US11957037B2 |
Method for manufacturing light-emitting device
A method for manufacturing a light-emitting device comprises: performing first light irradiation; subsequent to the performing first application, that involves irradiating with light using a first photomask, from above the substrate, the position where the first solution is applied, and forming a first exposure region exposed by the first light irradiation in which the first ligand melts and the first solvent vaporizes, and a first non-exposure region at a position different from a position exposed by the first light irradiation, performing first cooling, subsequent to the performing first light irradiation, that involves lowering a temperature of the first quantum dot to a temperature equal to or lower than a melting point of the first ligand and solidifying the first ligand; and performing first removal, subsequent to the performing first cooling, that involves washing an upper layer relative to the substrate to remove the first solution in the first non-exposure region. |
| US11957035B2 |
Mask assembly and display device including island shelters contacting substrate through mounting holes
The present application provides a mask assembly and a display device. The display device comprises a display area and at least one non-display area, the display area surrounding the non-display area; the display device further comprises a transitional-display area adjoining the non-display area as well as the display area, respectively, wherein both the display area and the transitional-display area are used to display static or dynamic images; a thickness of a first electrode in the transitional-display area is smaller than or equal to a thickness of the first electrode in the display area. The presence of the transitional-display area prevents incomplete display caused by incomplete coverage of the evaporation material in the display device, such as black-edged display formed in an area where a connection bridge is located, thereby improving the display integrity. |
| US11957033B2 |
Display panel, manufacturing method thereof, and display device
Provided are a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display panel includes an alignment mark region arranged within a flat region of a peripheral region of the display panel. The peripheral region is a region of the display panel other than an active area of the display panel. An alignment mark pattern is arranged within the alignment mark region, and/or at least one film layer within the alignment mark region is hollowed out. |
| US11957032B2 |
Display system
The present disclosure provides a display system. The display system includes a backlight configured to emit substantially collimated polarized light from an emission surface thereof. The emitted polarized light is polarized along a polarization direction. The display system further includes a display panel configured to receive an illumination light and form an image. The display system further includes a grating system substantially coextensive in length and width with the display panel and the emission surface. The grating system includes a plurality of substantially parallel elongated features extending along an in-plane first direction and arranged along an orthogonal in-plane second direction. The grating system is configured to receive and transmit an incident polarized light as a first transmitted light having different first and second polarization states in response to different respective first and second signals applied to the grating system. |
| US11957027B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a photosensitive array layer including a plurality of photosensitive units arranged in an array, a light-emitting function layer, and a color resist layer. The light-emitting function layer is disposed between the color resist layer and the photosensitive array layer. The color resist layer includes a first light-shielding layer and a plurality of first color resist units. The first light-shielding layer contains a plurality of first openings and a plurality of second openings. A first opening of the plurality of first openings corresponds to a photosensitive unit of the plurality of photosensitive units, and a first color resist unit of the plurality of first color resist units at least covers a second opening of the plurality of second openings. At least one of the plurality of second openings is connected with the first opening. |
| US11957025B2 |
Touch display panel and method for manufacturing same, and display device
Provided is a touch display panel. The touch display panel includes a drive back plate; a light-emitting device, disposed on the drive back plate; an encapsulation layer, disposed on a side of the light-emitting device distal from the drive back plate; and a touch layer, disposed on a side of the encapsulation layer distal from the light-emitting device, wherein the touch layer includes a first touch electrode layer and a second touch electrode layer laminated in sequence, and the touch layer further includes a touch insulating layer. |
| US11957024B2 |
Organic light emitting display panel and organic light emitting display device
An OLED panel includes a display area and a non-display area around the display area; a substrate, a driving device layer and a light emitting device layer arranged in the display area, an encapsulation layer covering the light emitting device layer; and a touch layer located on a side of the encapsulation layer facing away from the substrate, the touch layer comprising a touch electrode and a touch wire. The non-display area includes an electrostatic discharge portion, the electrostatic discharge portion is made of a conductive material and is located on a side of the encapsulation layer facing away from the substrate. The non-display area includes a blocking portion, the blocking portion is arranged around the display area, and is located between the substrate and the encapsulation layer. The electrostatic discharge portion is located on a side of the touch wire facing away from the display area. |
| US11957023B2 |
Light-emitting diode display panel, manufacturing method thereof, and display device
A light-emitting diode display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and an organic light-emitting diode display device are provided. The light-emitting diode display panel includes: a base substrate including a display region and a peripheral region surrounding the display region; a plurality of sub-pixels located in the display region and located at a side of the base substrate; a color-resistance layer located at a side of a second electrode in the sub-pixel away from the base substrate; and a light-blocking structure located in the peripheral region and being an annular structure surrounding the plurality of sub-pixels. The light-blocking structure includes a first light-blocking structure and a second light-blocking structure. The first light-blocking structure includes at least one interval extending in a direction from the display region pointing to the peripheral region. The second light-blocking structure at least fully fills the interval. |
| US11957021B2 |
Display device and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention discloses a display device and a manufacturing method thereof having a light emission backplate, color conversion layer and a color film layer. The color conversion layer includes a red light conversion unit, a green light conversion unit, and an opening unit. The red light conversion unit and/or green light conversion unit includes calcium titanate light emitting material and scattering particles stacked in the calcium titanate light emitting material. In a vertical direction pointing from a surface of the color conversion layer near the light emission backplate to a surface away from the light emission backplate, a refractive index of the scattering particles gradually increases. |
| US11957020B2 |
Light-emitting device, display and color conversion substrate
A light-emitting device is described that includes a plurality of partially drivable light sources, and a color conversion component configured to convert at least part of incident light from at least part of the light sources and emit outgoing light falling in a different wavelength region from the incident light, where the color conversion component includes a pyrromethene derivative. |
| US11957017B2 |
Display device
A display device includes, in a display area: scan control lines and data signal lines intersecting with each other; subpixels each including a subpixel circuit provided at an intersection of the scan control lines and the data signal lines; and light-emitting elements, one for each of the subpixels. The subpixel circuit includes a drive transistor, a write transistor, and a capacitor that retains a data signal. The write transistor includes a conduction terminal connected to an associated one of the data signal lines, another conduction terminal connected to a first gate terminal of the drive transistor, and a control terminal connected to an associated one of the scan control lines. Each of the light-emitting elements includes a first element electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a second element electrode, the first element electrode being connected to a conduction terminal of the drive transistor. The drive transistor includes a second gate terminal connected to the second element electrode via a contact hole. |
| US11957013B2 |
Display panel and display device for IVL testing
A display panel includes: a silicon-based substrate, a driving layer, a first electrode layer, an organic light emitting layer, a second electrode layer and a plurality of pads. The display signal access pad is configured to access the display signal during a display phase, the test signal access pad at least includes a first group of test phase access pads, and the first group of test phase access pads includes a first pad and a second pad, the first pad is electrically connected with the electrode ring, and the second pad is electrically connected with the silicon-based substrate. |
| US11957009B2 |
Display device having circuit member stably bonded onto display substrate
A display device includes: a substrate including a pad area; a plurality of first conductive pads disposed in a matrix form in the pad area in a first direction and in a second direction intersecting the first direction; protrusions disposed on the plurality of first conductive pads; and a plurality of second conductive pads disposed on the plurality of first conductive pads and the protrusions. The plurality of second conductive pads include: contact portions in contact with the first conductive pads; and raised portions configured to extend from the contact portions, to cover the protrusions, and to have heights greater than that of the contact portions. The plurality of second conductive pads include an ultrasonic bondable material. |
| US11957008B2 |
Display substrate and display device
A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of sub-pixels on the base substrate. Each sub-pixel includes a pixel circuit and pixel circuits are in columns in a first direction and rows in a second direction. The sub-pixels includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel which are directly adjacent in the second direction. A first capacitor electrode in the first sub-pixel and a first capacitor electrode in the second sub-pixel are in a same layer and are spaced apart from each other. |
| US11957005B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a substrate; scan lines extending in a first direction, and arranged along a second direction crossing the first direction on the substrate; data lines extending in the second direction, and arranged along the first direction on the substrate; a display area including pixels connected to the scan lines and the data lines; and a non-display area around the display area, and including compensation capacitors connected to some scan lines from among the scan lines. A sum of a capacitance of q odd scan lines or q even scan lines that are adjacent to each other from among the scan lines increases in the second direction, where q is a positive integer. |
| US11957003B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing the same
A display device includes a planarization layer on a substrate, a plurality of inner banks and a plurality of outer banks arranged on the planarization layer and extending in one direction, a first alignment electrode and a second alignment electrode on the plurality of inner banks and spaced from each other, a light emitting element on the first alignment electrode and the second alignment electrode and located between the first alignment electrode and the second alignment electrode, and a first contact electrode on the first alignment electrode and contacting a first end of the light emitting element, and a second contact electrode on the second alignment electrode and contacting a second end of the light emitting element. The plurality of outer banks are in contact with the plurality of inner banks at the same layer, and are spaced from each other with the plurality of inner banks interposed therebetween. |
| US11956999B2 |
Organic light emitting display device
An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate, a light emitting structure, an undercut structure, and a functional module. The substrate includes an opening region, a peripheral region surrounding the opening region, and a display region surrounding the peripheral region. The substrate has a groove in the peripheral region and an opening in the opening region. The light emitting structure is in the display region on the substrate. The undercut structure is inside the groove in the substrate. The undercut structure includes a sacrificial metal pattern having a first width and at least one insulating layer pattern having a second width greater than the first width. The functional module is in the opening of the substrate. |
| US11956998B2 |
Display device including multi-layered buffer layer
A display device includes: a first substrate including a pixel area and a transmissive area; a thin-film transistor on the first substrate; a planarization layer on the thin-film transistor; a first light emitting electrode on the planarization layer; a bank covering a part of the first light emitting electrode; a light emitting layer on the first light emitting electrode; and a second light emitting electrode on the light emitting layer and the bank. The transmissive area includes a transmissive hole penetrating the bank and the planarization layer. |
| US11956997B2 |
Display device
A display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a substrate including a display area and a transmission area; a metal blocking layer disposed in the display area of the substrate; an inorganic insulating layer disposed on the metal blocking film; a transistor disposed on the inorganic insulating layer; an emission layer connected to the transistor; and a light blocking layer and a color filter disposed on the emission layer of the display area, wherein the edge of the light blocking layer is protruded toward the transmission area more than the edge of the metal blocking layer. |
| US11956996B2 |
Display device with enhanced light transmission capabilities
A display panel includes a substrate having a first area in which first pixels are disposed and a second area in which second pixels and a light-transmitting area disposed between the second pixels are disposed, and a polarizing plate disposed above the light-transmitting area and including a light-transmitting pattern having a light transmittance higher than that of the remaining area, wherein the substrate includes a high-transmission area having a higher light transmittance than the remaining portion in a position corresponding to the second area. |
| US11956995B2 |
OLED display panel and OLED display device including edge curved-surface display area
The OLED display includes a flat display area and an edge curved-surface display area; wherein the edge curved-surface display area is provided with an optical film layer, and the optical film layer is configured to reduce a light intensity of emergent light with a preset color in the edge curved-surface display area. |
| US11956994B2 |
OLED light field architectures
The present disclosure is generally related to 3D imaging capable OLED displays. A light field display comprises an array of 3D light field pixels, each of which comprises an array of corrugated OLED pixels, a metasurface layer disposed adjacent to the array of 3D light field pixels, and a plurality of median layers disposed between the metasurface layer and the corrugated OLED pixels. Each of the corrugated OLED pixels comprises primary or non-primary color subpixels, and produces a different view of an image through the median layers to the metasurface to form a 3D image. The corrugated OLED pixels combined with a cavity effect reduce a divergence of emitted light to enable effective beam direction manipulation by the metasurface. The metasurface having a higher refractive index and a smaller filling factor enables the deflection and direction of the emitted light from the corrugated OLED pixels to be well controlled. |
| US11956989B2 |
Display apparatus having dam members
A display apparatus includes: a substrate having a display area and a non-display area at least partially surrounding the display area; a plurality of pixels disposed in the display area of the substrate; a plurality of first projections disposed in the non-display area of the substrate extending along an edge of the substrate; and a second projection disposed on the substrate between the plurality of first projections and the display area, the second projection including a plurality of cavities arranged in a plurality of columns to limit flow of excess organic material during manufacture, wherein the cavities may be arranged in adjacent columns staggered from each other in a direction transverse to the columns. |
| US11956985B2 |
Display device including bonding member
A display device includes a display panel, a polarization member facing the display panel, a cover window including an inorganic material and facing the display panel with the polarization member therebetween, and a window bonding member which is between the cover window and the polarization member attaches the cover window to the polarization member. The window bonding member which attaches the cover window to the polarization member has a modulus of about of 1 MPa to about 10 MPa. |
| US11956982B2 |
Organic light-emitting device
Provided is an organic light-emitting device including: an anode; a cathode facing the anode; two or more light-emitting layers provided between the anode and the cathode and each having a maximum light emission peak of ≤500 nm (≤500 nm emission layer); and a light-emitting layer provided between the two or more ≤500 nm emission layers, and having a maximum light emission peak at >500 nm (>500 nm emission layer), where a distance from the anode to the ≤500 nm emission layer most adjacent to the anode is 100 nm to 200 nm, the distance from the anode to the ≤500 nm emission most adjacent to the cathode is three to four times the distance from the anode to the ≤500 nm emission layer most adjacent to the anode, and an N-type charge generation layer including an alkali metal and a P-type charge generation layer including a material with an electron affinity of ≥4.8 eV are provided between each of the ≤500 nm emission layers and the emission >500 nm emission layer. |
| US11956979B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a display panel; and a color conversion panel overlapping the display panel, where the display panel includes a transistor disposed on a first substrate; a light-emitting element electrically connected to the transistor; and a passivation layer disposed between the transistor and the light-emitting element and including a first recess portion. The light-emitting element is disposed on the first recess portion, the color conversion panel includes a first color conversion layer, a second color conversion layer and a transmission layer, which are disposed between a second substrate and the display panel, and at least one selected from the first color conversion layer, the second color conversion layer and the transmission layer overlaps the first recess portion. |
| US11956973B2 |
Magnetoresistive random access memory and method for fabricating the same
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on a substrate; forming a first spin orbit torque (SOT) layer on the MTJ; forming a passivation layer around the MTJ; forming a second SOT layer on the first SOT layer and the passivation layer; and patterning the second SOT layer and the passivation layer. |
| US11956971B2 |
Cooling for PMA (perpendicular magnetic anisotropy) enhancement of STT-MRAM (spin-torque transfer-magnetic random access memory) devices
A fabrication process for an STT MTJ MRAM device includes steps of cooling the device at individual or at multiple stages in its fabrication. The cooling process, which may be equally well applied during the fabrication of other multi-layered devices, is demonstrated to produce an operational device that is more resistant to adverse thermal effects during operation that would normally cause a similar device not so fabricated to lose stored data and otherwise fail to operate properly. |
| US11956968B2 |
Memory device
Provided are a memory device and a method of forming the same. The memory device includes a first tier on a substrate and a second tier on the first tier. The first tier includes a first layer stack; a first gate electrode penetrating through the first layer stack; a first channel layer between the first layer stack and the first gate electrode; and a first ferroelectric layer between the first channel layer and the first gate electrode. The second tier includes a second layer stack; a second gate electrode penetrating through the second layer stack; a second channel layer between the second layer stack and the second gate electrode; and a second ferroelectric layer between the second channel layer and the second gate electrode. |
| US11956964B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing thereof
A semiconductor memory device according to the present embodiment includes a semiconductor substrate, a structure including a plurality of insulating films and a plurality of conductive films alternately stacked on the semiconductor substrate, and a pillar penetrating the structure. The plurality of conductive films include a plurality of first conductive films and a second conductive film arranged closer to the semiconductor substrate than the plurality of first conductive films. The pillar has a first epitaxial growth layer doped with boron and carbon in a part in contact with the semiconductor substrate, and configured to functions as a part of a source side select gate transistor together with the second conductive film. The plurality of first conductive films configured to functions as a part of a plurality of non-volatile memory cells. |
| US11956963B2 |
3-dimensional NAND flash memory device, method of fabricating the same, and method of driving the same
A 3-dimensional flash memory device and methods of fabricating and driving the same are provided. The device includes: a channel layer extending over a substrate in a first direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate; an information storing layer extending along a sidewall of the channel layer in the first direction; control gates each surrounding the channel layer, with the information storing layer between the channel layer and the control gates; an insulating layer being between the control gates in the first direction and separating the control gates from each other; a fixed charge region disposed at an interface of the insulating layer and the information storing layer or in a portion of the information storing layer between the control gates in the first direction; and a doped region induced by the fixed charge region and disposed at a surface of the channel layer facing the fixed charge region. |
| US11956962B2 |
Three-dimensional flash memory device with increased storage density
A 3D flash memory device includes a substrate having a substantial planar surface. A plurality of active columns of semiconducting material is disposed above the substrate. Each of the plurality of active columns extends along a first direction orthogonal to the planar surface of the substrate. The plurality of active columns is arranged in a two-dimensional array. Each of the plurality of active columns may comprise multiple local bit lines and multiple local source lines extending along the first direction. Multiple channel regions are disposed between the multiple local bit lines and multiple local source lines. A word line stack wraps around the plurality of active columns. A charge-storage element is disposed between the word line stack and each of the plurality of active columns. |
| US11956961B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing thereof
A semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first stacked body including a plurality of first insulating layers and a plurality of first conductive layers alternately stacked in a first direction intersecting a surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second stacked body including a plurality of second insulating layers and a plurality of second conductive layers alternately stacked in the first direction of the first stacked body, a third insulating layer arranged between the first stacked body and the second stacked body, and a pillar penetrating the first stacked body, the third insulating layer, and the second stacked body, the pillar comprising a semiconductor layer extending in the first direction and a charge storage layer extending in the first direction and arranged between the plurality of first conductive layers and the semiconductor layer and between the plurality of second conductive layers and the semiconductor layer. |
| US11956959B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing same
A semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate including a diode formed in an upper layer portion of the semiconductor substrate, a first insulating film provided above the semiconductor substrate, a first conductive film provided above the first insulating film and coupled to the diode, a stacked body provided above the first conductive film, an insulator and an electrode film being stacked alternately in the stacked body, a semiconductor member piercing the stacked body and being connected to the first conductive film, and a charge storage member provided between the electrode film and the semiconductor member. |
| US11956953B2 |
Joint opening structures of three-dimensional memory devices and methods for forming the same
Joint opening structures of 3D memory devices and fabricating method are provided. A joint opening structure comprises a first through hole penetrating a first stacked layer and a first insulating connection layer, a first channel structure at the bottom of the first through hole, a first functional layer on the sidewall of the first through hole, a second channel structure on the sidewall of the first functional layer, a third channel structure over the first through hole, a second stacked layer on the third channel structure, a second insulating connection layer on the second stacked layer, a second through hole penetrating the second stacked layer and the second insulating connection layer, a second functional layer disposed on the sidewall of the second through hole, a fourth channel structure on the sidewall of the second functional layer, and a fifth channel structure over the second through hole. |
| US11956950B2 |
Memory arrays comprising strings of memory cells and methods used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells
A method used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells comprises forming laterally-spaced memory blocks individually comprising a vertical stack comprising alternating insulative tiers and conductive tiers. Channel-material strings of memory cells extend through the insulative tiers and the conductive tiers. The conductive tiers comprise metal along sides of the memory blocks. Silicon is formed between the memory blocks over the metal of the conductive tiers. The silicon and the metal react to form metal silicide therefrom that is directly against and longitudinally-along the metal of individual of the conductive tiers. After the reacting, unreacted of the silicon is removed from between the memory blocks and intervening material is formed between and longitudinally-along the memory blocks. Other embodiments, including structure independent of method, are disclosed. |
| US11956945B2 |
Semiconductor device and fabrication method of the same
A semiconductor device includes: a bit line structure formed over a substrate; a storage node contact plug spaced apart from the bit line structure; and a nitride spacer positioned between the bit line structure and the storage node contact plug, wherein the nitride spacer has a higher silicon content in a portion adjacent to the storage node contact plug than in a portion adjacent to the bit line structure. |
| US11956944B2 |
DRAM semiconductor structure formation method and DRAM semiconductor structure
Embodiments of the present application provide a semiconductor structure formation method and a semiconductor structure. The method includes: the substrate including contact region and dummy region, a first bitline structure and a first dielectric layer being formed on the substrate, the first bitline structure and the first dielectric layer defining discrete capacitor contact openings; forming a first sacrificial layer filling the capacitor contact opening; removing, in the dummy region, part of height of the first bitline structure, part of height of the first dielectric layer and part of height of the first sacrificial layer to form a first opening located at top of a second bitline structure, a second dielectric layer and a second sacrificial layer; forming an insulation layer filling the first opening; removing, in the contact region, the first sacrificial layer to form a second opening; and forming a capacitor contact structure located in the second opening. |
| US11956943B2 |
Memory and manufacturing method thereof, and electronic device
A memory comprises a substrate, and word lines, bit lines and memory cells located on one side of the substrate. Each of the memory cells comprises a transistor comprising: a semiconductor layer comprising a source contact region, a channel region and a drain contact region connected sequentially; a primary gate electrically connected to one of the word lines; a source electrically connected to one of the bit lines and the source contact region of the semiconductor layer, respectively; a drain electrically connected to the drain contact region of the semiconductor layer; and a secondary gate electrically connected to the drain, wherein an orthographic projection of the primary gate on the substrate and an orthographic projection of the secondary gate on the substrate are at least partially overlapped with an orthographic projection of the channel region of the semiconductor layer on the substrate, respectively. |
| US11956942B2 |
Memory device and method for manufacturing the same
According to one embodiment, a device includes: a circuit on a first surface of a substrate and including a first contact; an aluminum oxide layer above the substrate in a first direction perpendicular to the first surface; a cell including a capacitor provided in the aluminum oxide layer; a first conductive layer provided between the substrate and the aluminum oxide layer in the first direction and connected to the cell; a first insulating layer between the first conductive layer and the substrate in the first direction; a second insulating layer adjacent to the aluminum oxide layer in a second direction parallel to the first surface and provided above the substrate in the first direction; and a second contact in the second insulating layer and above the first contact in the first direction to connect the cell to the first contact. |
| US11956928B1 |
Data center cooling
A facility (e.g., data center) for more efficient cooling of computing devices is disclosed. In one embodiment, the data center comprises a set of external walls, a ceiling connected to the external walls and having circular exhaust openings, and one or more pods positioned within the external walls and below the ceiling. A set of flexible tubes are used to connect the pod exhaust openings to the ceiling openings. Actuating closures may be used (e.g., at one end of each of the tubes) to control airflow, and air pressure sensors may be placed near or inside one or more of the tubes. A controller may be configured to receive air pressure data from the air pressure sensors and adjust the actuating closures to maintain a desired air pressure level. In some examples, the actuating closure may have a normally closed position when power is not applied. |
| US11956926B2 |
Outdoor unit
An outdoor unit includes a housing having a front surface formed with an outlet and a back surface facing the front surface, an airflow flowing through the outlet; a substrate horizontally placed in the housing, an electric component being mounted on the substrate; and a heat dissipator including a plurality of fins, each of the fins having a heat dissipation surface, the heat dissipator dissipating, due to the airflow, heat generated by the electric component. The heat dissipation surface of each of the fins is parallel to the back surface or is angled at greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees relative to the back surface in top view. |
| US11956924B1 |
Quantum processing circuitry cooling systems and methods
Quantum processing circuitry cooling systems are provided. The systems can include: a first chamber maintained at a first pressure; a second chamber maintained at a second pressure, wherein the first and second pressures are independent from one another; a cooler within the first chamber and operable to act as a cooling source for the cooling system; and quantum processing circuitry within the second chamber, the quantum processing circuitry being thermally coupled to the cooler. Cooling systems are also provided that can include: a cooler configured to generate and/or store cryofluid; a device thermally coupled to the cooler; and a plurality of thermal couplings between the cooler and the device, at least one of the thermal couplings being a first conduit system configured to convey cryofluid between the cooler and the device, wherein the first conduit system includes a first heat exchanger within the cooler and is configured to receive the cryofluid from the device, cool the cryofluid using the heat exchanger and provide cooler cryofluid to the device. Methods for cooling quantum processing circuitry are also provided. The methods can include providing cooling to quantum processing circuitry from a cooling source in a chamber having an independent pressure from the pressure about the quantum processing circuitry. |
| US11956920B2 |
Liquid-cooled plate radiator
A liquid-cooled plate radiator is disclosed. The liquid-cooled plate radiator includes a radiator body. A coolant liquid runner for circulating a coolant liquid is formed inside the radiator body. The coolant liquid runner includes a plurality of radiating sub-runners. Then, a plurality of fin units are arranged on the radiating sub-runners along a flow direction of the coolant liquid. The fin unit has a plurality of fins extending side by side along the flow direction of the coolant liquid. Moreover, the fins of the front and rear adjacent fin units on the radiating sub-runners are staggered, thereby increasing the radiating area, enhancing the disturbance of the coolant liquid when flowing inside the radiating sub-runners, and improving the radiating efficiency. Thus, the technical problems of limited radiating area and low radiating efficiency caused by a single linear coolant liquid runner are solved. The contact area between the liquid-cooled plate radiator and the coolant liquid is effectively improved, and the radiating efficiency is improved by increasing the disturbance of the coolant liquid. The structure is simple. |
| US11956914B2 |
Sealed interface power module housing
A number of different sealed interfaces for power modules are described. In one example, a sealed interface includes a printed circuit board including a contact pad for power conduction to a bus bar of the printed circuit board, a semiconductor module including at least one power transistor, a terminal pin electrically coupled to the power module, and a housing for the power module. The housing includes an open terminal aperture that extends through the housing. The printed circuit board is seated upon the open terminal aperture, to close and seal the open terminal aperture, with the contact pad positioned within the open terminal aperture. The terminal pin contacts the contact pad of the printed circuit board within the open terminal aperture, and the open terminal aperture comprises a transitional feature to abate electric field intensity around an interface between the open terminal aperture and the printed circuit board. |
| US11956913B2 |
Coordinating installation and connection of a motor control center subunit having moveable line contacts
A system and method are provided for coordinating the installation and removal a motor control center subunit with the power connection and interruption thereof. A system of interlocks and indicators causes an operator to install a motor control center subunit into a motor control center, and connect supply and control power thereto, in a particular order. Embodiments of the invention may prevent actuation of line contacts of the bucket, and shield the line contacts, until the bucket is fully installed in the motor control center. Other embodiments also prevent circuit breaker closure until the line contacts are engaged with a bus of the motor control center. |
| US11956910B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a display module having a first non-foldable area, a foldable area, and a second non-foldable area, which are arranged in a first direction in a unfolded state; and a first support layer disposed under the display module and having a lattice pattern including a plurality of first holes overlapping the foldable area, wherein the first holes are arranged in the first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction, and wherein: each of the first holes has a first width in the second direction and a second width in the first direction, the first width is in a range from about 2,000 μm to about 9,000 μm, and the second width is in a range from about 100 μm to about 250 μm. |
| US11956907B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a display panel having a first opening disposed in a display area; a window disposed on the display panel and including a second opening communicating with the first opening; and a light passing member at least partially within the first and second openings. Display devices constructed in this manner may resist loads and impacts. |
| US11956906B2 |
Backboard support structure, preparation method therefor, and the display device
Provided are a backboard support structure, a preparation method therefor, and a display device. The display device includes a display substrate and a backboard support structure; the backboard support structure includes a substrate support film and an adhesive layer arranged in a laminated manner. The backboard support structure is bonded to the non-display side of the display substrate via the adhesive layer, and includes a first bendable region and a first non-bent region. The adhesive layer includes a first portion located in the first bendable region and a second portion located in the first non-bent region; the first portion has a modulus of elasticity of about 1 Kpa-150 Kpa, the second portion has a modulus of elasticity of about 150 Kpa-250 Kpa, and the substrate support film has a modulus of elasticity of about 1 Gpa-10 Gpa. |
| US11956904B2 |
Multilayer circuit board and manufacturing method therefor
The present invention provides a multilayer circuit board and a method for manufacturing the same for improving a bowing problem that occurs when manufacturing the multilayer circuit board. A multilayer circuit board according to the present invention is a board having a patterned layer that functions as a circuit a base layer, and includes: a second pattern layer formed on one side of the base layer; a first pattern layer formed on the second pattern layer; and an interlayer insulating layer formed between the first pattern layer and the second pattern layer, the interlayer insulating layer being partially formed on the second pattern layer so as to correspond to a region where the first pattern layer is formed. |
| US11956903B2 |
Transmission line, method of manufacturing transmission line, and electronic apparatus
A transmission line includes a first structure including a first flexible resin base material, and a first ground conductor thereon, a second structure including a second flexible resin base material, and a first signal line and an interlayer connection conductor in or on the second resin base material, a first spacer between the first and second structures, and a first metal joining material joining the first and second structures with the first spacer interposed therebetween. A first hollow portion is between the first and second structures with the first spacer interposed therebetween. The first signal line and the first ground conductor face each other in a joining direction with the first hollow portion interposed therebetween. The first resin base material and the second resin base material are not in contact with each other. The first metal joining material has a melting point lower than that of the interlayer connection conductor. |
| US11956901B2 |
Modular-design component handling device with component gripping tools protruding from a rotation axis
A holding and drive device including a frame; a rotation structure which is attached to the frame in such a manner that it can rotate around a rotation axis; a rotation drive for rotating the rotation structure around the rotation axis; and a rotation structure interface attached to or formed on the rotation structure, to which a tool device including a plurality of sleeves can be detachably attached, which are configured for the detachable attachment of a respective component holding device protruding from the rotation axis with a radial direction component or of another tool element. A corresponding tool device, a corresponding supplementary tool device, and a component handling device constructed from these components. |
| US11956899B2 |
Display panel and display device including the same
A display panel includes a substrate including a display area and a pad area, a plurality of pad electrodes disposed on the pad area, and an insulating layer disposed between adjacent ones of the plurality of pad electrodes and including a heat absorbing particle. A laser is irradiated to heat the insulating layer, and the heat absorbing particle in the insulating layer absorbs the heat and cures an anisotropic conductive film by heat transfer to electrically connect the plurality of pad electrodes to a plurality of bump electrodes. |
| US11956898B2 |
Three-dimensional (3D) copper in printed circuit boards
Structures that implement three-dimensional (3D) conductive material (e.g., copper) in printed circuit boards (PCBs) are disclosed. 3D (three-dimensional) conductive material may include trenches and/or buried vias that are filled with conductive material in the PCBs. Trenches may be formed in build-up layers of a PCB by overlapping multiple laser drilled vias. The trenches may be filled with conductive material using electroplating process(es). Buried vias may be formed through the core layers of the PCB by mechanical drilling. The buried via may be filled with solid conductive material using a combination of electroless plating and electrolytic plating of conductive material. Various PCB structures are disclosed that implement combinations of these trenches and/or these buried vias filled with conductive material. |
| US11956896B2 |
Printed wiring board
A printed wiring board includes a first insulating layer, a conductor layer, and a second insulating layer. The conductor layer includes first and second circuits such that space is formed between the circuits, the first circuit has first and second side walls, the second circuit has third and fourth side walls such that the second wall faces the third wall, the first circuit has first, second and third portions, the second circuit has fourth, fifth and sixth portions such that the first and fourth portions, the second and fifth portions and the third and sixth portions face each other, the first circuit is formed such that the second wall of the second portion is recessed from the second wall of the first and third portions, and the first insulating layer has recess between the second and fifth portions such that the second insulating layer is filling the space and recess. |
| US11956895B2 |
Printed circuit board, inverter, motor vehicle and method for producing a printed circuit board
The disclosure relates to a printed circuit board having at least two current-conducting layer plies, wherein the current-conducting layer plies extend in an axial direction of the printed circuit board and are arranged in succession in a thickness direction of the printed circuit board. A component fastened by THT is arranged on one side of the printed circuit board. At least one connecting element extends through the printed circuit board through a passage opening in the thickness direction. The current-conducting layer ply is adjacent to the component fastened by THT reaches as far as the connecting element and the current-conducting layer ply that is remote from the component fastened by THT is at a distance from the connecting element. |
| US11956892B2 |
Method and structure for alignment of lens to optical product at PCBA level
An optical package includes: a Printed Circuit Board including a plurality of cut-out sections; a lens, including a first plurality of protrusions corresponding respectively to the plurality of cut-out sections, wherein when the lens is placed under the PCB, the protrusions will pass through the cut-out sections; and a sensor for attaching on to the lens and the PCB. The first plurality of protrusions has a shape from the group including: snap features, guide posts and guide posts with tight-fit ribs. |
| US11956891B2 |
Electronic module
An electronic module is provided, including a circuit board, at least one electronic component, a covering layer, and an adhesive. The at least one electronic component is disposed on the circuit board. The covering layer has multiple holes, and the covering layer is disposed on the circuit board and covers the at least one electronic component. The adhesive is combined to the covering layer, and the adhesive fills the holes and encapsulates the at least one electronic component. |
| US11956889B2 |
Sample holder and superconducting quantum computer
A sample holder includes a base comprising a support structure and a printed circuit board (PCB) in contact with the base. The PCB includes: a dielectric; a front-surface ground (GND) formed on a front surface of the dielectric; a back-surface GND formed on a back surface of the dielectric; a through hole penetrating from the front-surface GND to the back-surface GND, the through hole in which a chip is disposed, and a conductor that electrically connects the front-surface GND and the back-surface GND on an end face of the through hole. At least a part of the base below the through hole has a cavity. The support structure that supports a surface of the chip and is electrically connected to the base. The support structure is disposed in the cavity. |
| US11956885B2 |
Method and apparatus for impedance matching in a power delivery system for remote plasma generation
A plasma-generation system is provided that includes a variable-frequency microwave generator configured to generate microwave power and a plasma applicator configured to use the microwave power from the microwave generator to (i) ignite a process gas therein for initiating a plasma in a plasma ignition process and (ii) maintain the plasma in a steady state process. The system also includes a coarse tuner connected between the microwave generator and the plasma applicator. At least one physical parameter of the coarse tuner is adapted to be set to achieve coarse impedance matching between the microwave generator and the plasma generated during both the plasma ignition process and the steady state process. A load impedance of the plasma generated during the plasma ignition process and the steady state process is adapted to vary. The microwave generator is configured to tune an operating frequency at the set physical parameter of the coarse tuner. |
| US11956883B2 |
Methods and apparatus for controlling RF parameters at multiple frequencies
A method and apparatus for controlling RF plasma attributes is disclosed. Some embodiments of the disclosure provide RF sensors within processing chambers operable at high temperatures. Some embodiments provide methods of measuring RF plasma attributes using RF sensors within a processing chamber to provide feedback control for an RF generator. |
| US11956877B2 |
Lighting unit for executing multiple lighting control commands and a method thereof
A lighting unit (102) is disclosed. The lighting unit comprises: one or more light sources (110), a memory (108), a communication unit (104) comprising a first communication module (104a) configured to communicate via a first wireless communication technology, and a second communication module (104b) configured to communicate via a second wireless communication technology, and a processor (106) configured to receive, via the first communication module (104a), a first lighting control command (122), store the first lighting control command (122) in the memory (108), receive, via the second communication module (104b), a second lighting control command (124), and control the one or more light sources (110) according to the first lighting control command (122) upon receiving the second lighting control command. |
| US11956873B2 |
Automatic control system and control method for follow spot light
An automatic control system includes a tag, a base station, a main controller, and an auxiliary controller. The tag is bound to a target and transmits a target position signal. The base station is in communication connection with the tag and receives the target position signal. The main controller includes an angle conversion module, a protocol conversion module, and a data filtering module, in which the angle conversion module is in communication connection with the base station to convert the target position signal into a first light angle control signal. The auxiliary controller includes an effect control module that transmits the light effect control signal and a second light angle control signal. |
| US11956869B2 |
Display driver circuit for controlling LED panel
A display driver circuit for controlling a display panel having a plurality of light-emission diode (LED) strings includes a plurality of current regulators and a control circuit. Each of the plurality of current regulators is configured to control one of the plurality of LED strings. The control circuit, coupled to the plurality of current regulators, is configured to generate a plurality of pulses in a plurality of pulse width modulation (PWM) signals and output each of the plurality of PWM signals to a respective current regulator among the plurality of current regulators. Wherein, the plurality of pulses are scrambled. |
| US11956864B2 |
Heating device with skived fins and method for producing a heating rod
Disclosed is a heating device comprising a heating resistor, and a heat sink thermally coupled to the heating resistor, wherein the heat sink comprises corrugated fins that are skived fins integral to the heat sink. Also disclosed is a method for producing a heating rod. |
| US11956858B2 |
Just-in-time transmission of data messages in 5G and 6G
Transmission of uplink messages by user devices in 5G and 6G involves substantial delays and numerous complex steps. For lower latency and simpler operation, procedures are disclosed by which a user device can transmit an uplink message in an unscheduled but monitored channel, allocated for at-will transmissions. The user device can transmit a header including, for example, the identity code of the user device, the size of a subsequent data message, and the destination address, followed by the data message. To reduce unnecessary delays, the user device can calculate when the data message is expected to be ready to transmit, and can start transmitting the header at an earlier time, calculated to be finished when the data message will be ready. The data message is then transmitted with zero delay. When low latency is required, the disclosed procedures can reduce delays substantially. Many additional aspects are disclosed. |
| US11956856B2 |
Network slice isolation information for session management function discovery
A network repository function (NRF) receives, from an access and mobility management function (AMF), a discovery request for an address of a session management function (SMF), the discovery request comprising network slice isolation information for at least one network slice. The NRF sends, to the AMF and based on the discovery request, a discovery response comprising the address of the SMF. |
| US11956855B2 |
Dynamic roaming
A system enables a home operator to establish an automated monitoring process which identifies outage events on competitor wireless networks (e.g., peer operators) operating in the same geographies as home operator. The home operator then is able to selectively offer, in near real-time, to open roaming to the peer operator, or implement roaming automatically based on predefined and mutually agreed upon rule sets. The monitoring process may observe non-customer attach request volumes in order to identify outage events on competitor wireless networks. |
| US11956853B2 |
Apparatus and method for obtaining emergency data and providing a map view
A disclosed method includes receiving emergency data related to emergency calls emanating from mobile devices, independently from emergency call routing to an emergency network; determining an emergency network that should receive the emergency data; providing the emergency data to the emergency network; and providing a map view to the emergency network entity of the emergency network using the emergency data and displaying location indicators corresponding to locations of mobile devices identified by the emergency data. Another disclosed method includes receiving emergency data related to emergency calls emanating from mobile devices, independently from emergency call routing to an emergency network; detecting emergency call data received at the emergency network; and providing a map view to an emergency network entity of the emergency network using the emergency data, where the map view displays location indicators corresponding to locations of mobile devices identified by the emergency call data received at the emergency network. |
| US11956850B2 |
User-equipment-coordination set for disengaged mode
This document describes techniques and apparatuses for a user-equipment-coordination set for disengaged mode. In aspects, a base station forms a disengaged-mode-user-equipment coordination set including multiple user equipment operating in a disengaged mode. The disengaged-mode-user-equipment coordination set uses joint transmission and reception to communicate with the base station. The base station communicates control-plane information to an individual user equipment or multiple user equipment in the disengaged-mode-user-equipment coordination set. |
| US11956849B2 |
Discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration for a user equipment (UE)
An apparatus includes one or more transmitters configured to transmit, from a first user equipment (UE) to a second UE, a sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) setup request indicating a first DRX configuration of the first UE. The apparatus further includes one or more receivers configured to receive, from the second UE, a sidelink DRX setup response based on the sidelink DRX setup request and indicating a second DRX configuration. The one or more transmitters are further configured to transmit, to a first base station, an uplink message indicating the second DRX configuration, and the one or more receivers are further configured to receive, from the first base station, a downlink message indicating one or more adjusted parameters of the first DRX configuration that are based at least in part on the second DRX configuration. |
| US11956848B2 |
Method and system for dynamic connected mode discontinuous reception
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a dynamic C-DRX provisioning service is provided. The service may disable or enable discontinuous reception on a per end device application or network slice basis. The service may invoke an end device capability procedure to modify a discontinuous reception configuration of a network. The service may store information that correlates an application or network slice to a discontinuous reception setting. |
| US11956846B2 |
Radio link monitoring for sidelink
The exemplary embodiments relate to a user equipment (UE) performing radio link monitoring of a sidelink. The UE may transmit a signal over the sidelink and receive an indication of a type of hybrid automatic repeating request (HARQ) feedback in response to the signal. The UE may then generate a radio link metric associated with the sidelink based on the type of HARQ feedback. The UE may determine that the radio link metric satisfies a predetermined threshold and initiate a keep alive procedure for the sidelink based on the radio link metric satisfying the predetermined threshold. |
| US11956842B2 |
Multi-link communication setup method and related apparatus
Embodiments of this application relates to a multi-link communication setup method and a related apparatus. The method includes: a non-AP MLD sends an association request frame on a first link, to request multi-link setup. An AP MLD returns an association response frame on the first link, to notify whether multi-link setup succeeds. The AP MLD sets a second status code field of a multi-link element of the association response frame to a newly defined value, to indicate that a cause why a link is not accepted is that the first link is not accepted. This application is applied to a WLAN system that supports a next generation Wi-Fi protocol of 802.11ax, for example, 802.11be, Wi-Fi 7, or EHT, and other 802.11 series protocols; and for another example, a next generation protocol of 802.11be: Wi-Fi 8. |
| US11956840B2 |
Apparatus and method for configuring radio link control layer parameter for direct communication in a wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Disclosed is a method of operating a user equipment UE in a wireless communication system, including determining a data transmission rate requirement of a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) application and acquiring data rate information according to the required data transmission rate, transmitting the data rate information to a base station and acquiring a sidelink radio link control (RLC) function configuration parameter, and transmitting the acquired sidelink RLC function configuration parameter to another UE. |
| US11956839B2 |
Method for transmitting information for vehicles, system and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium thereof
The present disclosure relates to an information transmitting method and apparatus, and a terminal and a storage medium. The method includes: a first terminal receives target information sent by a second terminal on a target channel through a direct-connect communication interface for transmitting a V2X service; the first terminal obtains measurement information corresponding to the target information, wherein the measurement information comprises the measurement position and a measurement value; the measurement position is used to indicate the time-frequency position occupied by the target information, and the measurement value is used to indicate the channel quality of the target channel; and the first terminal sends the measurement information to the second terminal. |
| US11956838B1 |
Smart workstation method and system
A system and method establishing control of affordances at a workstation. The method includes the steps of storing affordance preferences in a database for a plurality of portable affordance settings that may be present at a workstation, detecting a subset of affordances present within a first zone associated with the workstation, for each detected affordance in the subset, identifying an affordance setting in the database indicating a user preference, and automatically controlling settings of at least each of the detected affordances in the subset to match the user preferences for the detected affordances. |
| US11956833B2 |
Communication apparatus, terminal, and communication method
A communication apparatus in the present disclosure comprises an AID generator, a Trigger frame generator, and a wireless transmitter/receiver. When a Trigger Type in a trigger frame is an RA trigger, the AID generator (103) generates, as information for an AID12 subfield, information that is different from an AID. The Trigger frame generator (104) generates a RA variant Trigger frame when the Trigger Type in the trigger frame is an RA trigger, and sets, in the AID12 subfield included in the RA variant Trigger frame, the information output from the AID generator (103). The wireless transmitter/receiver (106) transmits the Trigger frame, generated by the Trigger frame generator (104), to a terminal (200). |
| US11956832B2 |
Random-access procedure for scheduling request
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for efficiently transmitting a SR. One apparatus includes a memory comprising instructions executable by a processor to cause the apparatus to trigger a buffer status report for a first logical channel and trigger a SR for the first logical channel based at least in part on the triggered buffer status report. The instructions are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus determine whether a SR configuration associated with the first logical channel is configured with a set of PUCCH resources for a transmission of a SR on a current active BWP and initiate a RACH procedure for requesting uplink resources if the SR configuration associated with the first logical channel is not configured with the set of PUCCH resources for the transmission of the SR on the current active BWP. |
| US11956830B2 |
PUSCH transmission using an aggregation factor
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for PUSCH transmission using an aggregation factor. One method includes selecting, at a user equipment, a physical random access channel preamble. The method includes transmitting the physical random access channel preamble. The method includes, in response to transmitting the physical random access channel preamble, receiving a random access response message comprising an uplink grant for transmission of a physical uplink shared channel. The method includes transmitting the physical uplink shared channel according to the uplink grant using a first physical uplink shared channel aggregation factor. The user equipment is configured with a second physical uplink shared channel aggregation factor. |
| US11956824B2 |
Methods and devices for access control, user equipment and base stations
A method for access control includes: determining a result of listen-before-talk (LBT) detection on a to-be-detected channel, wherein the to-be-detected channel is an unlicensed channel for sending a random access preamble; increasing a preamble transmission counter by one in response to that the result of the LBT detection indicates a failure, and determining a count value of the preamble counter; and performing radio link failure processing in response to that the count value of the preamble transmission counter reaches a maximum number of times for transmitting the preamble, wherein maximum number of times for transmitting the preamble and traffic type of a to-be-transmitted traffic have a correspondence, or service class identifier of a to-be-transmitted traffic have a correspondence. |
| US11956823B2 |
Communication parameter signaling for peer-to-peer communications
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for signaling parameters for peer-to-peer communications in a wireless network. One aspect provides a method for wireless communications at an access point (AP). The method generally includes: obtaining, from an access point (AP), a transmission opportunity (TXOP) sharing trigger indicating a duration in which a TXOP is shared by the wireless station and one or more other devices; relaying, to the one or more other devices, information identifying parameters for wireless communications between the wireless station and the one or more other devices; and during the TXOP, communicating with the one or more other devices based on the parameters for wireless communications between the wireless station and the one or more other devices. |
| US11956821B2 |
Communication device, communication control method, and program
[Object] To enable the communication device that has received a response frame to determine whether or not the response frame is a signal of the own BSS, while ensuring downward compatibility.[Solution] Provided is a communication device including: a generation unit configured to generate a response frame prescribed in IEEE802.11 by setting a value corresponding to a BSS to which the own device belongs in a receiving station address field of the response frame; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the response frame. |
| US11956820B2 |
Transmission device, reception device, wireless communication system, and communication method
A transmission device, which is capable of wirelessly communicating with a reception device by using a first frequency band that does not need a license, the transmission device including, a controller configured to verify whether the first frequency band is not used by other transmission devices, and shift, in a time direction, a first symbol including a first control channel and a first shared channel in a first communication direction, or a second symbol including a second shared channel in a second communication direction different from the first communication direction, and a transmitter configured to transmit, to the reception device, a first control signal and first data, which are allocated to the first symbol, by using the first control channel and the first shared channel, respectively, or second data allocated to the second symbol by using the second shared channel. |
| US11956816B2 |
Method and device for determining transmission time in wireless communication system
The disclosure provides a communication method in a wireless system, the communication method including performing a channel access procedure in an unlicensed band, determining a processing time of a user equipment (UE), based on whether to apply a cyclic-extended signal, after completion of the channel access procedure, transmitting, via a downlink (DL) control channel, scheduling information about uplink (UL) transmission determined based on the processing time, and receiving, from the UE, a control channel or a data channel. |
| US11956815B2 |
Channel detection method and device and information transmission method and device
Provided are a channel detection method and device and an information transmission method and device. The channel detection method comprises: a transmission device determining a CWS for channel detection according to first information, wherein the first information comprises feedback information corresponding to a reference physical channel and transmitted by the transmission device on an unlicensed carrier, and the feedback information comprises at least one of TB-HARQ information and CBG-HARQ information; and the transmission device performing channel detection on the unlicensed carrier according to the CWS. |
| US11956813B2 |
Opportunistic switching among communication channels to transmit an update to an edge device
An update service of a provider network transmits an update to an edge device by opportunistically selecting one communication channel (or transmission bandwidth) over another (e.g., based on analysis of performance metrics associated with the channel) to transmit different portions of the update to the edge device. For example, the update service may choose the channel with highest available bandwidth or the channel with the lowest failure rates. The update service may receive indications from the edge device that transmission of different update portions was successful. In some cases, the edge device itself may instead perform the selection of one communication channel over another (e.g., based on analysis of channel metrics) to receive different portions of the update at the edge device. The edge device may transmit indications that the edge device successfully received different portions of the update. |
| US11956812B2 |
Method and device for processing network allocation vector
A method for processing a network allocation vector (NAV) includes: terminating the receiving of a first radio frame when it is determined that a target receiving station of the first radio frame being received is not a first station; and updating an NAV of the first station or maintaining the NAV of the first station unchanged according to a remaining duration of the first radio frame and a first transmission opportunity duration carried in the first radio frame, where the remaining duration of the first radio frame is the transmission time used for transmitting the remaining part of the first radio frame after the receiving of the first radio frame is terminated. The technical solution solves the problem in the related art of collisions with hidden stations caused by an inaccurate NAV update in the existing art, thereby ensuring the accuracy of an NAV update and the fairness of transmission and channel contention, and reducing collisions among hidden stations. |
| US11956810B2 |
Radio control device, communication control method, and radio base station
A radio control device that can eliminate quality deterioration in a wireless communication system is provided. The radio control device (REC) includes a first delay unit configured to perform delay control based on a first delay time less than a unit processing time of a basic frame, on radio data in units of the basic frames of a CPRI (Common Public Radio Interface) frame, based on a desired data transmission timing in a radio device, and a radio data multiplexing unit configured to multiplex the radio data that has undergone the delay control to the basic frame. |
| US11956809B2 |
Resource determining methods and apparatuses
Provided is a resource determining method. The method includes: determining a first bandwidth part (BWP) from at least one activated and idle BWP according to pre-set configuration information, wherein the first BWP belongs to a first serving cell for user equipment; and sending, on the first BWP, first indication information and second indication information to the user equipment, wherein the first indication information indicates a target serving cell in which a time-frequency resource for the user equipment processing data is located, and the second indication information indicates a target BWP in which the time-frequency resource for the user equipment processing data is located. |
| US11956808B2 |
Scheduling request (SR) management for split data radio bearer (DRB) in a wireless wide area network (WWAN)
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for managing scheduling requests (SRs) in a user equipment (UE) that supports a split data radio bearer (DRB). In some aspects, the UE may trigger a first SR for a first communication link and a second SR for a second communication link in response to determining that a first amount of data in the UE data buffer is greater than a first threshold. The UE may transmit the first SR to a first base station (BS) via the first communication link. Prior to transmission of the second SR, the UE may determine whether a second amount of data in the UE data buffer is less than a second threshold. The UE may cancel the second SR in response to the second amount of data in the UE data buffer being less than the second threshold. |
| US11956807B2 |
Miss-detection determination method, terminal and network device
A miss-detection determination method, a terminal and a network device are provided. The miss-detection determination method includes: sending a target sequence or signal to a network device in an uplink grant-free transmission occasion; determining that no miss-detection occurs in the network device in a case that miss-detection indication information is received from the network device within a preset time period after sending the target sequence or signal, otherwise, determining that miss-detection occurs in the network device. |
| US11956804B2 |
Method and apparatus of flexible data transmissions and receptions in next generation cellular networks
A communication method and system for converging a 5th-generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT) is provided. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The method for obtaining numerology information by a user equipment (UE) includes detecting synchronization signals, obtaining first numerology information for the synchronization signals, decoding a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) based on the first numerology information, obtaining second numerology information for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) according to a result of the decoding, and receiving control information on the PDCCH based on the second numerology information. |
| US11956803B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining transmission resource
This application provides a method and apparatus for determining a resource in a relay system. By receiving resource indication information transmitted by an upper-level node, a first node determines the availability of a symbol in a first resource set located between a first hard resource set and a second hard resource set, and communicates with the upper-level node on the symbol based on the resource indication information to maximally improve resource utilization. |
| US11956797B2 |
Techniques for full-duplex scheduling across multiple user equipment
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first user equipment (UE) may receive configuration information for configuring a plurality of semi-persistent resources for a plurality of UEs, the plurality of semi-persistent resources including one or more semi-persistent resources configured for the first UE. The UE may receive an indication to activate the plurality of semi-persistent resources across the plurality of UEs. The UE may communicate, based at least in part on the indication, using the one or more semi-persistent resources. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US11956795B2 |
Techniques for forwarding an unscheduled communication
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a forwarding node may receive, from a first wireless communication device and during a receipt occasion, an unscheduled communication for forwarding to a second wireless communication device or a control node. The forwarding node may transmit, to the second wireless communication device or the control node and based at least in part on receiving the unscheduled communication during the receipt occasion, an indication of receipt of the unscheduled communication. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US11956793B2 |
Information processing method, device and storage medium
Disclosed is an information processing method, comprising : receiving, in one time slot, at most two synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) sent by a network device, and detecting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of RMSI on a minimum system information control resource set (CORESET of RMSI) in one-to-one association with the at most two SSBs. Further disclosed are another information processing method and device and a storage medium. |
| US11956785B2 |
User equipment participation indications associated with federated learning
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a federated learning configuration that configures a participation indication to be used by the UE to indicate a participation status of the UE associated with at least one federated learning round corresponding to a machine learning component. The UE may transmit the participation indication to the base station based at least in part on the federated learning configuration. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US11956784B2 |
Configuration resource sending, configuring and receiving methods and apparatuses
Provided are configuration resource sending, configuring and receiving methods and apparatuses. A signal sending method comprises: determining a first configuration resource and a second configuration resource, sending means of signals sent via the first configuration resource comprising a time domain code division multiplexing sending means, signals sent via the second configuration resource comprising a phase tracking reference signal; sending signals via the first configuration resource and the second configuration resource, a time domain resource intersection of the first configuration resource and the second configuration resource being an empty set. |
| US11956782B2 |
Resource allocation and processing behaviors for NR V2X sidelink communications
An apparatus of user equipment (UE) includes processing circuitry coupled to a memory, where to configure the UE for New Radio (NR) vehicle-to-everything (V2X) sidelink communication. The processing circuitry is to determine a set of candidate resources of the UE from a sidelink resource pool, the sidelink resource divided into multiple time slots, frequency channels, and frequency sub-channels. Sidelink control information (SCI) is encoded for transmission to a second UE via a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH). The SCI indicates a plurality of transmission resources of the set of candidate resources. A transport block is mapped across the plurality of transmission resources. A physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) is encoded for transmission to the second UE using the plurality of transmission resources, the PSSCH encoded to include the mapped transport block. |
| US11956781B2 |
Communication method, wireless station and communication device for receving frame using certain bandwidth and spatial stream
A method and apparatus of accessing a channel in a wireless local area network is provided. A destination station receives a request to send (RTS) frame to allocate a network allocation vector from a source station over a first bandwidth and transmits a clear to send (CTS) frame over a second bandwidth to the source station in response to the RTS frame. The second bandwidth is dynamically determined when a first parameter has a predetermined value. |
| US11956778B2 |
Channel access response in uplink transmission
Apparatuses and methods for channel access responses in uplink transmissions. A method of operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a channel access request (CARQ) over a downlink channel and generating a channel access response (CARP). The CARP includes a response to information indicated in the CARQ. The method further includes including the CARP in uplink control information (UCI), determining a set of time or frequency domain resources for transmitting the UCI, and transmitting the UCI based on the determined set of time or frequency domain resources. |
| US11956775B2 |
Method, device, and system for transmitting physical uplink control channel in wireless communication system
The present specification relates to a method, a device, and a system for transmitting a physical uplink control channel in a wireless communication system. The present specification discloses a terminal comprising: a communication module for receiving, from a base station, information on a PUCCH serving cell corresponding to a serving cell on which a PUCCH is to be transmitted, generating the PUCCH, and transmitting the generated PUCCH on the PUCCH serving cell; and a processor for configuring the PUCCH serving cell on the basis of the information on the PUCCH serving cell. The terminal can effectively transmit uplink control information. |
| US11956774B2 |
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. |
| US11956773B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing SL communication on basis of PSFCH overhead in NR V2X
Provided are a method for performing wireless communication by a first device and an apparatus supporting same. The method may comprise: transmitting, to a second device through a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), a first sidelink control information (SCI) including information related to a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) overhead and a beta offset; and transmitting, to the second device through a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) related to the PSCCH, a second SCI, wherein a symbol length related to the PSSCH is obtained based on the information related to the PSFCH overhead, and wherein a number of resource elements (REs) to which the second SCI is mapped is obtained based on the symbol length related to the PSSCH and the beta offset. |
| US11956772B2 |
Sidelink transmission method and device
A sidelink transmission method includes: performing configuration based on first configuration information, so that the terminal device simultaneously works in both a network device scheduling mode Mode 1 and a terminal device autonomous mode Mode 2. |
| US11956766B2 |
Hybrid beamforming
A method comprises selecting a beam to be scheduled for a slot that is upcoming, and selecting a terminal device to be scheduled in the selected beam. Selection of the terminal device is based on the terminal device considering the selected beam as its best beam. Physical resource blocks are allocated to the terminal device, and a beam configuration to be used for the selected beam is chosen based in part on user traffic and load distribution. A switching event is triggered. The switching event comprises producing the chosen beam configuration by providing a beamforming command and using a control line controlling a switch network comprised in phase shifters to steer the beam. The phase shifters are comprised in a radio frequency front-end unit comprising a plurality of antenna columns. The phase shifters are placed in front of selected antenna sub-arrays comprised in the plurality of antenna columns. |
| US11956765B2 |
UE RX beam switching during UE beam training
A method for receive (RX) beam switching is provided. The method may be performed by a user equipment (UE) (420). The method includes using a current RX beam (412) to receive a transmission from a network node (422). The method further includes selecting (706) a new RX beam (414) to replace the current RX beam (412). The method further includes, after selecting (706) the new RX beam (414), transmitting (708-710) a channel state information (CSI) report to the network node (422). The method further includes, after selecting (706) the new RX beam (414) and before transmitting (708-710) the CSI report, continuing to use the current RX beam (412) to receive transmissions from the network node (422). The method further includes, after transmitting (708-710) the CSI report to the network node (422), replacing (714) the current RX beam (412) with the new RX beam (414) such that the new RX beam (414) instead of the current RX beam (412) is used to receive transmissions from the network node. |
| US11956764B2 |
Carrier aggregation configuration in 5G wireless networks
A radio access network element includes at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the radio access network element to: generate a carrier aggregation configuration for a user equipment based on capability information from the user equipment, the capability information including at least supported maximum channel bandwidth information and supported minimum channel bandwidth information for each band within a band combination; and send the carrier aggregation configuration to the user equipment to configure the user equipment for communication with the radio access network element. |
| US11956763B2 |
Methods for the enforcement of network slicing policies in virtualized cellular networks
Methods and systems for allocating radio access network (RAN) spectrum resources among a plurality of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) of a network of base stations. The methods and systems include determining a slicing enforcement policy that assigns resource blocks (RBs) of frequency units and time slots of spectrum resources to each MVNO according to a slicing policy in which each MVNO is allocated an amount of the spectrum resources on at least one base station in a determined time span. The slicing enforcement policy minimizes overlap between each MVNO's set of RBs with another MVNO's set of RBs on a same base station, and interference between each MVNO's set of RBs with another MVNO's set of RBs on an interfering base station. |
| US11956761B2 |
Assigning channels to gateways based on IoT system
A method for assigning channels based on an Internet of Things (IoT) system includes: assigning a first channel to a first gateway, wherein the first gateway is any one of a plurality of gateways; sending a broadcast instruction to the first gateway, wherein the broadcast instruction is configured to instruct the first gateway to send broadcast information on the first channel; acquiring a set of first monitoring information, wherein the set of first monitoring information includes at least one piece of first monitoring information, which includes the broadcast information monitored on the first channel, and the first monitoring information comes from neighboring gateways of the first gateway; determining, based on the set of first monitoring information, a second gateway from the neighboring gateways of the first gateway; and assigning a second channel different from the first channel to the second gateway. |
| US11956760B2 |
Method for transmitting sidelink signal in wireless communication system
Disclosed in various embodiments of the present disclosure are a method for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system, and a device for supporting same. As a more specific embodiment, disclosed in various embodiments of the present disclosure are a method by which a user equipment transmits a sidelink signal in a wireless communication system, and a device for supporting same, the method comprising: transmitting a first sidelink signal in a sidelink channel allocated to the user equipment during a first time interval, wherein the sidelink channel is linked with a specific service; and transmitting a second sidelink signal in the sidelink channel during a second time interval positioned after the first time interval in a time domain, wherein the first sidelink signal and the second sidelink signal are transmitted on the basis of a first parameter and a second parameter linked with the specific service, respectively, and the first parameter and the second parameter have different values on the basis of interference between the sidelink channel and a sidelink channel that is adjacent to the sidelink channel in a frequency domain. |
| US11956758B2 |
Method and apparatus for configuration of sidelink channel resource units
A method and apparatus for configuration of sidelink channel resource units for sidelink communications in a wireless communication network is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a first wireless communication device, comprising: performing sidelink communication on a first sidelink channel resource unit of a first sidelink channel, determining a second sidelink channel resource unit of a second sidelink channel according to the first sidelink channel in a sidelink channel couple; and performing sidelink communication on the second sidelink channel resource unit; wherein the sidelink channel couple comprises the first sidelink channel and the second sidelink channel, and wherein a first sidelink channel resource unit comprises a first number of first resource units in the time domain and a second number of second resource units in the frequency domain, and the second sidelink channel resource unit comprises a third number of first resource units in the time domain and a fourth number of second resource units in the frequency domain. |
| US11956756B2 |
Request processing method and corresponding entity
Embodiments of this application disclose a request processing method and a corresponding entity, to control a data notification and signaling that is used for triggering paging, thereby avoiding overload of a network element in a core network. The request processing method includes: determining, by an AMF, a first control plane function entity for a terminal device; determining, by the AMF, that the terminal device enters an idle state; obtaining, by the AMF, a first reachability service invocation request from the first control plane function entity; and rejecting, by the AMF, the first reachability service invocation request when the AMF determines, based on the first reachability service invocation request, that a reachability service invocation limitation condition is satisfied. |
| US11956754B2 |
Method for operating terminal and base station in wireless communication system supporting NB-IoT, and apparatus supporting
Disclosed in the present invention are a method for operating a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system supporting a narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT), and an apparatus supporting same. According to one embodiment applicable to the present invention, a terminal determines a time interval for receiving an NRS in a non-anchor carrier that is used for paging purposes, and receives the NRS in the time interval. The time interval may be determined on the basis of a specific PO among a plurality of POs related to the terminal. |
| US11956752B2 |
Angle of arrival determination in electronic devices with fused decision from motion
A method includes obtaining signal information based on wireless signals communicated between an electronic device and a target device. The method also includes obtaining motion information based on movement of the electronic device. The method further includes identifying first location information based on the signal information, the first location information indicating whether the target device is within a field of view (FoV) of the electronic device. Additionally, the method includes identifying second location information based on the motion information and the signal information, the second location information indicating whether the target device is within the FoV of the electronic device. The method also includes determining that the target device is within the FoV or outside the FoV of the electronic device based on at least one of the first location information or the second location information. |
| US11956751B2 |
System and method for generating amorphous dynamic display icons
A system and method for generating amorphous randomized and/or fuzzy logic dynamic display icons that visually communicate to its users and/or entities that a subject's geographic location is being obfuscated on a graphical mapping interface of the user's computing device by way of continuously generating a dynamic location display icon having amorphous and/or asymmetrical shape, size, position, color, opacity, outline, movement, and/or transformation rate, and displaying the generated dynamic display icon on the graphical mapping interface. |
| US11956748B2 |
Private network tracking area collision avoidance
A determination is made that a registration attempt by a UE with a cell of a wireless network has failed when the UE is in a current tracking area. The UE updates a first list with indications(s) corresponding to the cell and an indication of the current tracking area, and the UE uses the first list for additional registration attempts. A network node sends, toward the UE, a request for the UE to store information, the storing to be in response to registration attempts by the UE with cells of the wireless network having failed while in corresponding tracking areas. The information is to include indication(s) corresponding to the cells and corresponding indication(s) of the tracking areas for the cells. The network node receives, in response to a successful secure connection having been performed between the wireless network and the UE, the information from the user equipment. |
| US11956747B2 |
Mobile network policy freshness
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining mobile network policy freshness. One method includes accessing a first policy associated with a first mobile network, a first policy identifier, and a freshness parameter. The method includes determining, based on the freshness parameter, whether the first policy is fresh. The method includes transmitting a registration message to a second mobile network. The registration message includes the first policy identifier in response to determining that the first policy is not fresh. |
| US11956743B2 |
Relative timing drift correction for distributed multi-user transmissions
This disclosure provides systems, methods, apparatus, and computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for relative timing drift correction for distributed multi-user transmissions. In one aspect, a first access point (AP) may receive a first signal from a second AP. The first signal may be associated with a channel sounding procedure to be performed substantially simultaneously by the second AP and the first AP. The first AP may then receive a second signal from the second AP, and prior to a substantially simultaneous transmission by the second AP and the first AP. The second signal may include timing information relative to the first signal. The first AP may determine a start time of the substantially simultaneous transmission at the first AP based on the timing information, and may initiate the substantially simultaneous transmission according to the determined start time. |
| US11956740B2 |
Resource partitioning for pre-emption indication
Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are disclosed herein. The UE may attempt to decode sidelink synchronization signals (SLSSs) received on component carriers (CCs) of a carrier aggregation. In one configuration, synchronization resources for SLSS transmissions may be aligned across the CCs at subframe boundaries in time, restricted to a portion of the CCs, and restricted to a same sub-frame. The UE may, for multiple CCs, determine a priority level for the CC based on indicators in the SLSSs received on the CC. The UE may select, from the CCs on which one or more SLSSs are decoded, the CC for which the determined priority level is highest. The UE may determine a reference timing for sidelink communication based on the one or more SLSSs received on the selected CC. |
| US11956739B2 |
Methods providing system frame number offset over application protocol interface and related networks and network nodes
A method of operating a network node may be provided. A message may be sent from a first portion of the network node for configuring a time difference between an absolute time reference in the network node and a system frame offset for a served cell of the network node. An acknowledgement message from a second portion of the network node may acknowledge inclusion of the time difference in cell configuration data for the served cell. A further method of operating a network node may be provided. A message may be sent form the network node to a neighboring network node providing a time difference between a network time reference and a system frame offset for a cell in. An acknowledgement message may be received from the neighboring network node acknowledging inclusion of the time difference in cell configuration data for the served cell. |
| US11956738B2 |
Automatic gain control for serving cell activation based on two different reference signals
A UE performs a cell activation process in a wireless network. The UE calculates a first automatic gain control (AGC) setting based on downlink signals from a base station. The downlink signals include a coarse beam reference signal, a fine beam reference signal, and a conversion indication that indicates a power conversion between the coarse beam reference signal and the fine beam reference signal. The UE further calculates a second AGC setting based on the first AGC setting and the conversion indication. The UE performs a cell search using one of the first AGC setting and the second AGC setting, and performs fine time-frequency tracking using the other of the first AGC setting and the second AGC setting. |
| US11956735B2 |
Uplink transmission power control method and device in wireless cellular communication system
Disclosed are a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system; and system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security, and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. A power control method for uplink transmission in a wireless cellular communication system is disclosed. |
| US11956733B2 |
Power control design for non-orthogonal multiple access
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may determine at least one of a downlink path loss value or an uplink path loss value associated with a base station; receive system information, a semi-persistently configured grant via RRC or a dynamic uplink grant via DCI from the base station, wherein the RRC signaling or the dynamic uplink grant identifies a power control value associated with one user or a plurality of users associated with the base station; and determine a transmit power for a data or control transmission based at least in part on at least one of the downlink path loss value or the uplink path loss value and the power control value. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US11956728B2 |
Downlink power adaptation for full-duplex systems
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) supporting full duplex communications may determine that a set of downlink messages to be transmitted from a base station to the UE overlaps in time with a set of uplink messages to be transmitted from the UE. Accordingly, the UE may determine a downlink transmission power adjustment value for the set of downlink messages. In some examples, the base station may indicate the downlink transmission power adjustment value to the UE via radio resource control (RRC) signaling, a downlink control information (DCI) message, or both. The UE may transmit the set of uplink messages while simultaneously receiving the set of downlink messages with a transmission power that corresponds to the downlink transmission power adjustment value. Adjusting the transmission power for the set of downlink messages may reduce self-interference at the UE, the base station, or both. |
| US11956726B1 |
Dynamic power control method and system for resisting multi-user parameter biased aggregation in federated learning
A dynamic power control method and system for resisting multi-user parameter biased aggregation in federated learning are provided; the method includes: (1) establishing a federated learning system model for resisting parameter biased aggregation; (2) constructing a 5 corresponding objective function based on a training purpose of the federated learning system model; (3) introducing, according to the established federated learning system model, a power control factor for resisting user biased gradient aggregation, and determining a corresponding over-the-air computation communication model; (4) processing a signal by a receiver using an incoherent energy detection method without cooperation between the receiver and a transmitter; and (5) determining a federated learning security mechanism method based on resistance against parameter biased aggregation, and completing an updating training process of the federated learning system model. |
| US11956721B2 |
5G radio-aware power management at a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point (AP) in fixed wireless access (FWA) deployments
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for coordinating sleep modes between a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point (AP) and a cellular modem of an access point. In one aspect, the access point may obtain, from the cellular modem, information relating to a radio resource control (RRC) state transition or one or more power-saving events of the cellular modem and may select a power mode for the WLAN AP of the access device in accordance with the obtained information. In some implementations, selecting the power mode for the WLAN AP may include configuring the WLAN AP to either accept or reject a sleep mode request from a station (STA) served by the WLAN AP. As such, the access device may communicate with the STA using the WLAN AP in accordance with the accepted or rejected sleep mode request. |
| US11956717B2 |
Techniques for selecting an uplink control information reporting mode
Techniques for wireless communications are described. A mode for reporting uplink control information may be selected when a first serving cell and a second serving cell are both configured with uplink control resources. The reporting modes may include a mode for transmitting uplink control information over one uplink control resource or over multiple uplink control resources. Multiple sets of uplink control information may be separately generated for different sets of component carriers or different transmission/reception points. After selecting the reporting mode, the multiple sets of uplink control information may be transmitted over one or multiple uplink control resources in accordance with the selected reporting mode. Communication devices may switch between the reporting modes based on obtained information or calculations. |
| US11956715B2 |
Communications method and apparatus
A terminal device obtains first slice selection assistance information, where the first slice selection assistance information is obtained by encrypting second slice selection assistance information, and the second slice selection assistance information is selection assistance information of a slice to which the terminal device is allowed to access. The terminal device sends a registration request message to an access network device, where the registration request message includes the first slice selection assistance information. |
| US11956710B2 |
Network slice selection method, radio access device, and terminal
A network slice selection method, a radio access device, and a terminal, where the method includes obtaining, by a radio access network (RAN) device, network slice information, sending, by the RAN device, a first message to a terminal, where the first message includes the network slice information, receiving, by the RAN device, a first access request message from the terminal after the terminal selects, based on the network slice information, first attribute information of a first network slice to be accessed by the terminal, and selecting, by the RAN device based on the first attribute information of the first network slice, a second network slice to be accessed by the terminal. The method enables an operator to flexibly configure a network slice, and reduces a communication latency and signaling overheads in a process in which a terminal selects a network slice. |
| US11956709B2 |
Method and apparatus of system information (SI) change notification on unlicensed carrier
A communication method and system for converging a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of things (IoT) are provided. The communication method and system include intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car, a connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method performed by a base station for transmitting a paging message is provided. The method includes determining a number of paging frames (PFs) in a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle based on information on paging search space, transmitting, to a terminal, information on the number of PFs in system information block 1 (SIB1), identifying at least one PF based on the number of PFs, and transmitting, to the terminal, at least one paging message in the at least one PF. |
| US11956707B2 |
Communications device, infrastructure equipment, and methods
A communications device configured to transmit signals representing data to one or more in-coverage communications devices forming with the communications device a group, one of the in-coverage communications devices acting as an active relay node for the communications device, so that the in-coverage communications device can transmit signals representing the data to the infrastructure equipment of the mobile communications network, and to receive signals representing the data from the in-coverage communications device acting as the active relay node. The signals transmitted to the in-coverage communications device are received according to a device-to-device communications protocol, wherein the signals transmitted by the communications device or received by the communications device include an identifier which identifies the signals to the in-coverage communications device. One of the other in-coverage communications device can be selected by the infrastructure equipment to act as the active relay node. |
| US11956699B2 |
Monitoring device detection system and method
A monitoring device detection system may include a mounting assembly disposed onboard a vehicle system. The mounting assembly couples a vehicle signaling and monitoring device to the vehicle system. One or more sensors may obtain information related to one or more of the mounting assembly or the vehicle system. One or more processors may determine a state of the mounting assembly based on the information obtained by the one or more sensors. |
| US11956696B2 |
System, software application and method of advanced interaction with transportable containers
A system of advanced interaction with transportable containers, such as suitcases, trolleys, trunks, backpacks, crates, or the like, includes transportable containers, each of which is equipped with a respective transponder which carries at least one corresponding identification code. Each transponder allow polling by a contactless information transmission technology, such as RFID or NFC, for communication at least of the corresponding identification code. The system also includes a remote processing unit, suitable for the management of a central data bank, which contains information related to the transportable containers and to their association with the corresponding identification codes. |
| US11956693B2 |
Apparatus and method for providing location
An apparatus for providing location information includes a plurality of sensor units which are distributed throughout a confined area lacking a global positioning system (GPS) coverage and have respectively a plurality of FOVs that at least partially overlap with each other in an overlap area, each of the plurality of sensor units including a first sensor and a second sensor of a type that is different from a type of the first sensor; and a processor. The processor is configured to fuse sensing data provided by the first sensor and the second sensor that are respectively included in each of the plurality of sensor units, identify a location of an object existing in the overlap area based on the fused sensing data, and provide location information of the identified location to the object. |
| US11956691B2 |
Communication method, device, and system
One example method includes receiving, by a first mobility management network element, a first cell identifier and a network identifier from a first network element, where the network identifier includes an identifier of a first private network and an identifier of a second private network. The first mobility management network element can then obtain information about a second network element based on the first cell identifier and the network identifier, where the first network element serves a terminal device in the first private network, and where the second network element serves the terminal device in the second private network. The first mobility management network element can then send the first cell identifier and the network identifier to the second network element indicated by the information about the second network element, where the first cell identifier and the network identifier are used to obtain downlink routing information. |
| US11956687B2 |
UE return after call continuity procedure
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a technique for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE). The UE moves from a first radio access technology (RAT) to a second RAT to maintain continuity of a call and takes one or more actions involving a third RAT to speed a return to the first RAT after the call has ended in the second RAT. |
| US11956685B2 |
Son function for dynamically configured RU in multi-protocol ran
System, methods, and computer-readable media for switching a dynamic radio of a single RU between Radio Access Technology (RAT) protocols based on a Software-Defined RAN intelligent controller (SD-RIC). The SD-RIC efficiently assigning RAN resources by converting a radio access point to either 5G or Wi-Fi based on the load conditions and the number of users seen on the network, so that it appropriately servers the customer and end devices. To determine the load conditions may be based on active users on a particular cell, and then the resource utilization cue is a connection latency. A single radio unit includes a primary radio and a secondary radio, each being independently tuned. The primary radio is static while a secondary one can be influenced based on the conditions, turning into N-RU or Wi-Fi. |
| US11956683B2 |
Robust beam failure recovery using a non-serving cell
A UE, in response to a beam failure being detected for a serving cell that serves the user equipment, determines whether a timer is running. One of the following is performed by the UE: in response to the timer running, a beam failure recovery procedure with a target non-serving cell; or in response to the timer not running, a beam failure recovery procedure with the serving cell. Methods, apparatus, computer programs, and computer program products are disclosed. |
| US11956682B2 |
Handover method and apparatus
A handover method and apparatus are disclosed. In some implementations, the method includes: determining a part of terminal devices to be handed over in a plurality of terminal devices in a staring area of a first beam; sending a first handover request message to a target satellite, where the first handover request message includes contexts of the part of terminal devices; and receiving a handover instruction sent by the target satellite based on the first handover request message, and sending the handover instruction to the part of terminal devices by using the first beam. The handover instruction includes handover parameters used for handing over the part of terminal devices. According to some implementations, the part of terminal devices in the plurality of terminal devices in the staring area may be handed over, so that a signaling storm can be avoided and communication performance can be improved. |
| US11956675B2 |
Communication apparatus, control apparatus, and communication system
There is provided a communication apparatus including: a communication unit that performs radio communication; a control unit that controls an operation of sensing resources to be used in a communication scheme used for performing inter-device communication with other devices, in which the control unit controls to sense the resource in a predetermined minimum unit on a time axis. |
| US11956673B1 |
Caching method for F-RAN based communications
The caching method for F-RAN based communications in a mmWave communication system includes receiving a request for a network function generated from a requesting mobile station at a layer-two fog node closest to the requesting mobile station. In a clustered caching method, the network functions a cached on a layer-three cluster fog node servicing a cluster or layer two fog nodes. In a distributed caching method, a single, unique network function is cached on each of the layer-two fog nodes in the cluster, which are serially polled until the requested network function. The requested network function is executed at the layer-two or layer three fog node having the network function cached thereon in order to reduce fronthaul communications with layer four cloud nodes for greater efficiency. |
| US11956670B2 |
Differentiation between traffic in L2 relay
A user equipment (UE) is configured to communicate with a further UE via a sidelink (SL). The UE encodes traffic for transmission to the further UE, wherein the traffic comprises a payload and a medium access control (MAC) subheader, wherein the MAC subheader indicates whether the payload corresponds to non-routed traffic between the UE and the further UE or routed traffic between either one of the UE or the further UE and a base station, wherein an other one of the UE or the further UE functions as a relay for the routed traffic and transmits the traffic. |
| US11956669B2 |
Methods and arrangements for determining indication of maximum datagram size supported without fragmentation in an IP network
A first node (110; 210; 212; 310; 1000) for determining an indication of a maximum datagram size supported without fragmentation in communication between the first node (110; 210; 212; 310; 1000) and a second node (111; 211; 210; 220) in an Internet Protocol, IP, network (100; 201; 201-202; 300). The first node (110; 210; 212; 310; 1000): sends (301; 901), to the second node (111; 211; 210; 220), request messages in varying sized IP packets using an application layer protocol over UDP and which datagrams are configured not to be fragmented; receives (302; 902) response messages from the second node, each indicating a received request message that the response message is in response to, was received by the second node (111; 211; 210; 220); identifies (303; 903) a request message for which there is a change in receipt of response message compared to another request message of said varying sized IP packets; determines (304; 904), based on said identification, an indication of the maximum datagram size supported without fragmentation. |
| US11956661B2 |
Uplink multi-user multi-input multi-output establishment method and apparatus
An uplink multi-user multi-input multi-output establishment method includes broadcasting, by a network side device, an uplink data sending announcement; receiving buffer information sent by a terminal that needs to send data, where the buffer information includes at least a sending level and a data sending length of to-be-sent data; determining, according to the buffer information, scheduling information for establishing uplink multi-user multi-input multi-output; and sending, to a terminal that is allowed to send data and selected from the terminal that needs to send data, a clear to send frame that carries the scheduling information, so that the terminal that is allowed to send data sends the to-be-sent data according to the scheduling information. The embodiments of the present disclosure effectively implement uplink multi-user multi-input multi-output establishment, so that signaling interworking is reduced, resource overheads are reduced, and data sending efficiency is improved. |
| US11956659B2 |
Network node and method for handling measurements in a multi connectivity communication
A method performed by a network node for handling measurements in a multi connectivity communication between a User Equipment (UE), and multiple nodes is provided. The multiple nodes include a Master Node (MN), and one or more Secondary Nodes (SNs) in a wireless communication network. The network node is any one out of an MN and an SN. The network node sends at least one configuration to the UE. The at least one configuration comprises any one or more out of a path and a destination for sending a report from the UE to at least one out of the MN and the one or more SNs. The report is to include a result of a measurement according to a measurement configuration, configuring the UE to measure a respective frequency provided by at least one out of the MN and the one or more SNs for communication. |
| US11956658B2 |
Wireless communication method, terminal device, and network device
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a wireless communication method, terminal device and network device, which may implement CLI measurement. The wireless communication method includes receiving, by a first terminal device, first configuration information sent by a first network device, the first configuration information being configured to configure a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource for cross link interference (CLI) measurement. |
| US11956657B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving wireless signal in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and specifically, to: a method comprising a step in which first PDCCH monitoring is performed in a first SS set group within a cell group configured for an SS set group switching operation, and a step in which, from a 1st slot coming at least P symbols after a reference time, the first PDCCH monitoring is stopped in the first SS set group and second PDCCH monitoring is started in a second SS set group for cells in the cell group, wherein the numerology of the P symbols is determined as a cell group-common value on the basis of the smallest SCS among a plurality of SCSs on the basis of the plurality of SCSs being configured for the cell group; and an apparatus for same. |
| US11956656B2 |
Device management program and device management method
A device management program causes a terminal device to function as a storing unit configured to store first access point information concerning a first access point and first device information, which is device information concerning a connected device, in correlation with each other in advance, a communication-state confirming unit configured to confirm a communication state at predetermined timing, an access-point-information acquiring unit configured to, when the communication state is a communication error state, acquire second access point information concerning a second access point that is in the communication error state, a determining unit configured to determine whether the second access point information and the first access point information coincide, a communication-state-information acquiring unit configured to acquire information concerning a communication state with the device when the second access point information and the first access point information coincide, and a communication-state notifying unit configured to perform a notification, which is a notification of the information concerning the communication state with the device. |
| US11956650B2 |
Systems and methods for determining baselines for network parameters used to configure base stations
A device may receive network data from base stations associated with a network and may aggregate the network data to generate aggregated network data. The device may remove data that satisfies a threshold from the aggregated network data to generate a reduced set of the aggregated network data. The device may divide the reduced set of the aggregated network data into groups of network factors associated with determining network parameters for the base stations. The device may apply weights to the network factors in the groups of network factors to generate groups of weighted network factors and may generate baselines for the network parameters based on the groups of weighted network factors. The device may compare the network data and the baselines to identify one or more anomalies in the network parameters and may perform one or more actions based on the one or more anomalies. |
| US11956647B2 |
Broadcast beam processing method and communications apparatus
The present disclosure discloses example broadcast beam processing methods and apparatuses. One example method includes sending a first broadcast beam. A first measurement report is received from a first terminal after the first broadcast beam is sent, and a weak coverage area of the first broadcast beam is determined based on the first measurement report. A second broadcast beam is then sent, where the second broadcast beam is used to cover the weak coverage area of the first broadcast beam. |
| US11956645B2 |
Detection of high speed train scenario and indication of high speed train (HST) mode
A method of wireless communication by a base station detects a UE is in a high speed train scenario. The method also instructs the UE to enter a high speed train (HST) mode when the UE is detected to be in the high speed train scenario. The method further performs beam management in accordance with the HST mode. A UE (user equipment) for wireless communication detects when the UE is in high speed train scenario. The UE also reports the high speed train scenario to a base station and then receives instructions from the base station to enter a high speed train (HST) mode. The UE performs beam management in accordance with the HST mode. |
| US11956644B2 |
Managing a smart city
A smart city management system may enable creating a digital twin of the smart city based on mapping lidar data for the smart city and radio frequency data for the smart city; determining placement of a set of network devices in the smart city based on the created digital twin; and providing a visualization of the determined placement of the set of network devices. |
| US11956638B2 |
Method for remote provisioning of software modules in integrated circuit cards, corresponding apparatus and computer program product
In an embodiment the method a includes performing, by an integrated circuit (IC) card hosted in a local equipment, authentication with a contactless subscriber device when the subscriber device is within a communication range of a contactless interface of the local equipment, receiving, by the IC card, an identifier (SID) identifying a software module from the subscriber device, the software module configured to enable a subscription profile for a mobile network operator, performing a checking operation at the IC card whether the SID matches a software module identifier stored in the IC card and selectively performing one of downloading the software module to the IC card, enabling the software module at the IC card or disabling the software module at the IC card as a result of performing the checking operation. |
| US11956634B2 |
Trusted solutions for enabling user equipment belonging to a home network to access data communication services in a visited network
The application discloses methods and corresponding systems and network devices and/or nodes for enabling user equipment belonging to a home network to access data communication services in a visited network of a wireless communication system. By way of example, there is provided a method that comprises the step of obtaining at least one cryptographic token originating from a network node of the home network of the user equipment and cryptographically signed by a private key associated with the home network, wherein the at least one cryptographic token represents means for accessing data communication services via user data transport functions of the visited network. The method also comprises cryptographically signing the obtained and signed token by a private key associated with the user equipment to generate a double-signed token, and sending the double-signed token to a network node of the visited network, which validates the double-signed token for enabling the user equipment to access data communication services via the user data transport functions of the visited network. |
| US11956632B2 |
Systems and methods for selectively providing wireless signal characteristics to service providers
Systems and methods are described for selectively providing data to service providers. Wireless signal characteristics may be transmitted over a wireless network by network equipment in a household, and a map of the household may be generated based on the determined wireless signal characteristics. An API request may be received from a service provider, and an authorization level of the service provider may be determined. Based on the authorization level of the service provider, at least one portion of the map and at least one of the wireless signal characteristics to transmit to the service provider may be identified, and the identified at least one portion of the map and at least one of the wireless signal characteristics may be transmitted to the service provider via the API. |
| US11956630B2 |
Control device and control method
A control device comprising, a control section configured to control an authentication process of performing a process related to device authentication together with at least one communication device on a basis of information included in a signal received through wireless communication with the communication device, wherein the control section performs control in such a manner that a signal including authentication information that is information to be used for the authentication process is transmitted to the communication device through the wireless communication, the authentication information varying depending on signal types, which are types of roles of signals to be transmitted to the communication device in the authentication process. |
| US11956628B2 |
Openroaming for private communication systems
A method is provided that includes obtaining an access request for a device to access a visited access network, the access request including an authentication identifier for the device including an identity for the device and a realm comprising a network identifying portion; determining a re-write rule for the realm by querying a database based on an identity type of the device and the network identifying portion of the realm, the database including a plurality of re-write rules for a plurality of networks and a plurality of identity types; re-writing the realm based on the re-write rule using the identity for the device to generate a re-written realm; obtaining, based on the re-written realm, an address for an authentication server of an identity provider associated with the device; and performing an authentication with the authentication server using the authentication identifier to authenticate the device for the visited access network. |
| US11956626B2 |
Cryptographic key generation for mobile communications device
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided method, comprising: generating a first key based on a first input specific to a mobile device, wherein the first input comprises measurement of mutable code of the mobile device and a unique device secret, generating a symmetric second key on the basis of the first key and a second input specific to the mobile device, and generating authentication credentials on the basis of the second key for authenticating the mobile device to a mobile communications network. |
| US11956624B2 |
Light-based spatial audio metering
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for visualizing sound coverage in a venue. An embodiment operates by receiving audio content from an audio source, determining audio signal properties of the audio content, where the audio signal properties comprise one or more spectral, temporal, spatial components (e.g., energy, spectrum or directivity), receiving an audio system configuration of loudspeakers or sound beams of a venue, visualizing the audio signal based on a mapping of an intersection of a unique volumetric beam of colored light, representing the spectral, temporal, spatial components, with a portion of the venue and displaying the visualized audio signal as a virtual representation of sound coverage of the portion of the venue. |
| US11956617B2 |
Audio system
An audio system with a loudspeaker configured to create an audio output, a sensor configured to detect at least the presence of at least one person at a position relative to the loudspeaker, and a processor configured to cause the loudspeaker to alter the audio output based on the position of the at least one person relative to the loudspeaker. Altering of the audio output includes adjusting at least one of a volume, a time delay, an equalization, or a radiation pattern of the audio output. |
| US11956614B2 |
Speaker device
A speaker device is provided. The speaker device includes a frame, and a vibration unit, a magnetic circuit unit, and air-permeable isolation member. The magnetic circuit unit includes a yoke fixed to the frame. The yoke and the frame are spaced to form a leakage port to enable leaking from a side surface of the speaker device. The sound-producing inner cavity communicates with the leakage port. The air-permeable isolation member completely covers the leakage port. The leakage port communicates with the outside through the leakage hole. Compared with the related art, the speaker device of the present disclosure has a yoke leakage structure, which can realize self-sealing and is conducive to assembling. |
| US11956607B2 |
Method and apparatus for improving sound quality of speaker
A method includes: performing interpolation on a second nonlinear parameter of a speaker based on direct current resistance of the speaker to obtain a third nonlinear parameter of the speaker, where the second nonlinear parameter is a nonlinear parameter preconfigured in the speaker; performing signal compensation on a first input signal of the speaker based on the third nonlinear parameter to obtain a compensated first input signal; and performing filtering on the compensated first input signal to obtain an output signal of the speaker. |
| US11956604B2 |
In-vehicle communication support system
A right seat processing unit includes, assuming that a voice of a user in a right front seat is a right front seat voice, a filter HR that converts the right front seat voice being output from a left front seat microphone disposed on a headrest of a left front seat into the right front seat voice collected by a right seat virtual microphone that is a virtual microphone located on a left side of a headrest of the right front seat, a delay unit Z-TR that delays and outputs an output from a right front seat microphone located on a right side of the headrest of the right front seat, a filter WRA that extracts the right front seat voice being output from the filter HR, a filter WRB that extracts the right front seat voice being output from the delay unit Z-TR, and a right adder that adds outputs of the filter WRA and the filter WRB and outputs an added output as a right front seat speech voice signal. |
| US11956603B2 |
Sound-output device
The present application discloses a sound-output device, including a vibration speaker configured to generate a bone-conducted sound wave; and an air-conducted speaker configured to generate an air-conducted sound wave. The sound-output device further comprises a signal processing module configured to generate a control signal, wherein, the vibration speaker includes a vibration assembly electrically connected to the signal processing module to receive the control signal, and generate the bone-conducted sound wave based on the control signal, and the air-conducted speaker includes a housing coupled to the vibration assembly to generate the air-conducted sound wave based on the bone-conducted sound wave. |
| US11956598B2 |
Loudspeaker box and hearing device
A loudspeaker box that is particularly suitable for a hearing aid, includes a cup-like box bottom shell, which delimits a box interior for at least partially receiving a loudspeaker, and a cup-like box cover shell, which, in the intended assembly state of the loudspeaker box, is placed on the box bottom shell overlapping it for a part of its cup height to enclose the box interior and to house the loudspeaker. In the intended assembly state, the box bottom shell and the box top shell form a fluid-tight seal of the box interior in the region of their overlap by the use of a material with increased elasticity relative to the box bottom shell and/or the box cover shell. The box bottom shell and cover shell are reversibly connected to one another in a nondestructively releasable manner. |
| US11956597B2 |
Audio synchronization for hearing devices
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for audio synchronization for hearing devices. An audio packet is received from a host device at a first hearing device configured to be worn in a first ear of a wearer, the audio packet compatible with a wireless low energy digital communication protocol, and the audio packet is received from the host device at a second hearing device configured to be worn in a second ear of the wearer. Upon one or more programmable conditions, a synchronization packet is sent from the first hearing device to the second hearing device. An acknowledgment packet is sent from the second hearing device to the first hearing device upon receipt of the synchronization packet, and a first transducer at the first hearing device and a second transducer at the second hearing device are unmuted to deliver synchronized audio to the first ear and to the second ear. |
| US11956594B2 |
Two-way integrated speaker with piezoelectric diaphragm as tweeter
Aspects of the subject technology relate to a device comprising a moving-coil speaker including a diaphragm to play low-frequency signals from an audio-signal source, and a piezoelectric transducer coupled to the diaphragm to play high-frequency signals from the audio-signal source. A coupler couples the diaphragm to a housing of the device. |
| US11956591B2 |
Acoustic output device
The present disclosure discloses an acoustic output device. The acoustic output device may include a first acoustic driver including a first diaphragm; a second acoustic driver including a second diaphragm; a control circuit electrically connected with the first acoustic driver and the second acoustic driver respectively, the control circuit provides a first electrical signal for driving a vibration of the first diaphragm, and a second electrical signal for driving a vibration of the second diaphragm, and a phase of the first electrical signal and a phase of the second electrical signal are opposite; and a housing supporting the first acoustic driver and the second acoustic driver, wherein a sound generated by the vibration of the first diaphragm is radiated outward through a first sound guide hole on the housing, and a sound generated by the vibration of the second diaphragm is radiated outward through a second sound guide hole on the housing. |
| US11956587B2 |
Portable electronic device
A portable electronic device includes a housing, a user input unit configured to detect touch input and push input, and a carrier, on which the user input unit is seated and which is inserted into the housing, wherein the user input unit includes a first input unit, closely disposed on an inner surface of the housing so as to detect touch input, and a second input unit, disposed inside the first input unit in the state of overlapping the first input unit so as to detect push input, the second input unit including a metal spring that changes in shape in response to the push input. The portable electronic device is capable of detecting two types of input and thus of ensuring that is possible to input a sufficient number of user instructions. |
| US11956586B2 |
Audio apparatus, sensor module and user device
An audio apparatus is described for communicating with a user device, the audio apparatus comprising: a sensor configured to sense a user input and to generate an input signal representing the user input; and electronic circuitry operable to receive the input signal. The electronic circuitry is configured to: process the input signal, and generate a control signal for controlling at least one switch based on the input signal. |
| US11956585B2 |
Bluetooth earphone
A Bluetooth earphone includes an antenna and a circuit board. The circuit board includes a first grounding branch and a second grounding branch. The first grounding branch is connected in series to a first switch, and the second grounding branch is connected in series to a second switch. When the first switch is on, the first grounding branch serves as a current return path of the antenna. When the second switch is on, the second grounding branch serves as a current return path of the antenna. By controlling the on or off state of the first switch and the second switch, the Bluetooth earphone can switch ground structures of the antenna and select different current return paths for the antenna, to switch radiation patterns of the antenna. |
| US11956580B2 |
Microphone assembly and headlining assembly
A microphone assembly comprises a circuit board, a microphone element connected to the circuit board, an external connection interface connected to the circuit board, and hot melt that is formed to cover the circuit board, the microphone element, and the external connection interface and has a hole formed to expose a part of the back side of the circuit board or the sound receiving part of the microphone element. |
| US11956572B2 |
Autonomous golf competition systems and methods
A system for monitoring and recording and processing an activity includes one or more cameras for automatically recording video of the activity. A remote media system is located at the location of the activity. A network media processor and services is communicatively coupled with the remote media system. The remote media system includes one or more AI enabled cameras. The AI enabled camera is configured to record the activity. The network media processor is configured to receive an activation request of the AI enabled camera and the validate the record request. The system may automatically administer a skill-based competition. |
| US11956571B2 |
Scene freezing and unfreezing
Disclosed herein is a web-based videoconference system that allows for video avatars to navigate within a virtual environment. Various methods for efficient modeling, rendering, and shading are disclosed herein. |
| US11956567B2 |
Image capturing apparatus, control method, and computer-readable storage medium
An image capturing apparatus including a mounting part capable of attaching/detaching a device capable of at least storing a captured image, is provided. The image capturing apparatus obtains, if a device mounted in the mounting part has a function of executing image analysis processing for an image captured by the image capturing apparatus, first information representing image analysis processing executable by the device, and output information based on the obtained first information and second information representing image analysis processing executable by the image capturing apparatus. |
| US11956562B2 |
Image processing device, image processing methods and programs, and imaging apparatus
Provided are an image processing device, an image processing method and program, and an imaging apparatus capable of assisting in capturing an image in which a character or a character string is laid out at the appropriate position. In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the image processing device includes a layout determination unit that determines a layout of the character or the character string in an image of the target image in accordance with meaning of the character or the character string; an assist information generation unit that generates imaging assist information for assisting in setting composition during imaging performed by the imaging unit; a synthesis unit that synthesizes the imaging assist information with the target image based on the determined layout; and a display control unit that displays the synthesized image on a display unit. |
| US11956561B2 |
Immersive scenes
One example system for displaying immersive scenes includes a processor and at least one memory device. The memory device includes instructions that are executable by the processor to cause the processor to receive a collection of metadata associated with an immersive scene, identify each of a plurality of properties of the immersive scene based on the collection of metadata, receive a dynamic immersive background, receive a plurality of video streams associated with a video conference, and display each of the plurality of video streams in the immersive scene based at least in part of the plurality of properties of the immersive scene and on the dynamic immersive background. |
| US11956554B2 |
Image and video analysis with a low power, low bandwidth camera
A remote detection method, node, and system is described. The detector includes a wireless communications module that wirelessly transmits the detection message to a remote sensing device. The remote sensing device includes a camera having a field of view and wirelessly communicates with the detector. The remote illumination and detection method performs preliminary filtering of captured image data to determine images/frames of interest with a computer vision module on board a processor in the node. The images of interest are then transmitted to a cloud computing component via a wireless or cellular network for detailed analysis to determine the presence or absence of motion or an object in each image of interest. The cloud computing component may employ machine learning computations that time and energy intensive, such as convolutional neural networks. |
| US11956551B2 |
Systems and methods for camera exposure controlled strobing lights
An electronic device includes a light source, a communication device, a processor in data communication with the light source and the communication device, and a hardware storage device in data communication with the processor. The hardware storage device has instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to receive a timing signal from a camera, where the timing signal includes an exposure timing of a camera exposure; provide an exposure light pulse from the light source simultaneously with the camera exposure; and after providing the exposure light pulse, provide a dummy light pulse that does not overlap with a camera exposure. |
| US11956548B2 |
Image data encoding/decoding method and apparatus
A method for decoding a 360-degree image includes: receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding a 360-degree image; generating a prediction image by making reference to syntax information obtained from the received bitstream; combining the generated prediction image with a residual image obtained by dequantizing and inverse-transforming the bitstream, so as to obtain a decoded image; and reconstructing the decoded image into a 360-degree image according to a projection format. Here, generating the prediction image includes: checking, from the syntax information, prediction mode accuracy for a current block to be decoded; determining whether the checked prediction mode accuracy corresponds to most probable mode (MPM) information obtained from the syntax information; and when the checked prediction mode accuracy does not correspond to the MPM information, reconfiguring the MPM information according to the prediction mode accuracy for the current block. |
| US11956543B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium
An image processing apparatus includes an electronic zoom unit, a motion vector detection unit, a first representative vector calculation unit, a second representative vector calculation unit, and a third representative vector calculation unit, wherein the third representative vector calculation unit determines the third representative motion vector by setting a weight of the first representative motion vector greater than a weight of the second representative motion vector when an enlargement magnification in the electronic zoom unit is equal to or greater than a threshold, and determines the third representative motion vector by setting a weight of the second representative motion vector greater than a weight of the first representative motion vector when an enlargement magnification in the electronic zoom unit is less than the threshold. |
| US11956539B2 |
Correction control apparatus, image capturing apparatus, control method, and recording medium
A correction control apparatus outputs a blur correction amount associated with an image blur with respect to a group of captured images. The apparatus obtains status information indicating an image capture status of the group of images, obtains a result of detection of a motion blur with respect to the group of images, derives the blur correction amount based on the obtained result, outputs the blur correction amount and controls a method of derivation of the blur correction amount. The apparatus includes a filter that extracts components of a first frequency band from the result, and derives the blur correction amount based on the components of the first frequency band associated with the motion blur extracted by the filter, and causes the first frequency band extracted by the filter to vary in accordance with the obtained status information. |
| US11956537B2 |
Location positioning device for moving body and location positioning method for moving body
A location positioning device for a moving body acquires, via a communication device, a captured image from a camera in which an imaging direction has changed from a first direction to a second direction, the captured image including at least one marker disposed in space and at least one moving body that moves in the space, detects, based on the captured image and initial data, a change of the imaging direction from the first direction to the second direction, and acquires, based on the captured image, location data of the at least one moving body without returning the imaging direction of the camera in a real world to the first direction from the second direction. |
| US11956533B2 |
Accessing media at a geographic location
A system and method for accessing a media item on a mobile device are described. The mobile device includes a media placement application and a media display application. The media placement application receives a selection of a media item generated by the mobile device. The media placement application generates access conditions for the media item based on geolocation and position information of the mobile device associated with the selected media item. The media display application monitors the geolocation and position of the mobile device and determines whether the geolocation and position of the mobile device meet the access conditions of the selected media item. The media display application generates a notification that the selected media item is available to view in a display of the mobile device in response to determining that the geolocation and position of the mobile device meet the access conditions of the selected media item. |
| US11956531B2 |
Video sharing method and apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium
Provided are a video sharing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method comprises: determining a designated user, and triggering a video filming instruction for the designated user; displaying a filming interface in response to receipt of the video filming instruction; initiating video filming in response to receipt of an initiate instruction, and in response to determining that voice information is received, adding the voice information in the form of a subtitle to the filming interface to obtain a filmed video; and sharing the filmed video with the designated user through a conversation message. |
| US11956530B2 |
Electronic device comprising multi-camera, and photographing method
An electronic device having a multi-camera, according to various embodiments of the present disclosure, includes: the multi-camera, a display, a memory, and a processor operatively connected to the camera, the display, and the memory. The processor may be configured to receive a first image being photographed at a first angle of view of the camera, receive a second image being photographed at a second angle of view of the camera, identify a subject in the first image according to predetermined criteria, generate a third image in which the identified subject is cropped according to a predetermined area of interest, and display the second image and the third image on at least a portion of an area in which the first image is displayed. Various other embodiments may be possible. |
| US11956528B2 |
Shooting method using target control, electronic device, and storage medium
A shooting method includes the following steps. A shooting page including a control region and a main display region is displayed, where the control region is used to display at least two effect controls, a more effect control, and a main shooting control, the at least two effect controls correspond to recommended effects according to a preset recommendation parameter; in response to a target slide operation in the main display region, the controls is moved along a sliding direction of the target slide operation, a target control is determined according to the target slide operation; in response to the target control being one effect control, a preview of a target effect corresponding to the target control is displayed on the shooting page, and capturing is performed using the target effect in response to a first trigger operation on the trigger position. |
| US11956527B2 |
Multi-camera post-capture image processing
Image processing can include storing a first image and a second image in response to a first command. The first image can be captured by a first camera and comprise first pixels and have a first field of view. The second image can be captured by a second camera and comprise second pixels and have a second field of view. A second command can be received and the first image can be edited based on the second command. The edited image can have a third field of view and comprise pixels based on the first pixels and the second pixels. |
| US11956526B2 |
Image capturing element, image capturing device and method
The present disclosure relates to an image capturing element, an image capturing device, and a method that are capable of preventing a reduction in communication safety.By capturing an image of a subject, and generating a captured image, a predetermined feature amount to be output to the outside is extracted from the generated captured image. For example, an image capturing section that captures an image of a subject to generate a captured image, and a feature amount extracting section that extracts, from the captured image generated by the image capturing section, a predetermined feature amount to be output to the outside, are packaged and are formed in respective substrates different from each other. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image capturing element, an image capturing device, an image processing device, a transmission device, or a communication device. |
| US11956525B2 |
Control device and photographing system
The present invention includes: a preliminary photography unit 521 that performs preliminary photography which is photography at a stage before the main photography for photographing the driving state of a driver of a vehicle using a photographing device 1 that photographs a prescribed range including the face of the driver; and a lighting control unit 522 that lights a lighting device 2 for emitting light which is attached to the photographing device 1 or around the photographing device 1 when the preliminary photography is performed by the preliminary photography unit 521. A control device 5 may be provided with an output unit 523 that outputs a message instructing the driver to look at the lighting device when the preliminary photography is performed by the preliminary photography unit 521. |
| US11956524B2 |
Compact optical imaging device with shortened optical distance, imaging module, and electronic device
A compact optical imaging device with short optical length and low sensitivity, for use in an imaging module and an electronic device, comprises first to fifth lenses and a filter. An image-side surface of the fourth lens is convex near an optical axis of the optical imaging device. An image-side surface of the fifth lens is concave near the optical axis. The optical imaging device satisfies formulas 0.03 mm/° |
| US11956523B2 |
Camera assembly, rotating shaft assembly and laptop
A camera assembly is applied to a laptop and includes: a mounting bracket coupled to a display housing of the laptop and a camera unit pivotally coupled to the mounting bracket. When an opening-closing angle of the display housing relative to a keyboard housing of the laptop is greater than a first preset angle V1, an angle between an orientation of the camera unit and the keyboard housing is maintained as a second preset angle V2. |
| US11956522B2 |
Electronic component assembly with thermally conductive structures for image sensors
An electronic component assembly having thermal pads with thermal vias coupling an image sensor and a camera board fab is provided for heat dissipation. The electronic component assembly can include: a circuit board having at least one thermal pad disposed on a top surface of the circuit board; and an image sensor disposed on the top surface of the circuit board, having at least one conductive pad disposed at at least one corner of the image sensor. The at least one thermal pad is coupled to the at least one conductive pad of the image sensor and the at least one thermal pad is formed with a plurality of first thermal vias penetrating the thermal pad and the circuit board for transfer of heat of the image sensor. |
| US11956520B2 |
Methods and systems for providing dynamically composed personalized media assets
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include accessing a media item that includes multiple media item segments that are to be played back in a specific manner. The method may also include generating playgraphs for the media item, where the playgraphs define different playback paths between media item segments. The method may next include selecting a specific playgraph from the generated playgraphs, and then providing the selected playgraph to a playback device. Playback of the media item according to the selected playgraph may thereby provide a customized presentation of the media item. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US11956518B2 |
System and method for creating interactive elements for objects contemporaneously displayed in live video
A system and a method are disclosed for providing additional information associated with an object visually present in live media content. Live media content is acquired with a video capture system and displayed in an injection tool having a display and a grid dividing the display into a plurality of zones. The subject invention defines object images for any object that may be visually present in the live media, selects one or more of the zones where the object is visually present and associates the selected zones and the object image. An object injection time is defined and a live element parameter is defined as including the object injection time, the selected zones and the object image. Next, a package update is created that includes the live element parameter and the package update is delivered to the viewer device and the initial portable package is updated with the live element parameter. A selection event is received and object metadata is retrieved such that additional information is displayable to the viewer on the viewer device. |
| US11956515B1 |
Creating customized programming content
A system for content presentation is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the system includes Input/Output(I/O) circuitry to receive an indicated location and an indicated one or more preferred sources of content. Memory stores scheduling information that includes a location information and date information associated therewith. A processor identifies at least one media segment for inclusion into a customized media programming stream based on (a) comparing the indicated location to the location information; (b) comparing the current date to the associated date information; and (c) comparing the indicated one or more preferred sources for content to the content source information. The processer assembles a customized media programming stream by adding the at least one identified media segment to the customized media programming stream. The I/O circuitry transmits the customized media programming stream for presentation on a user device. |
| US11956512B2 |
Media stream prioritization
A client computing device (115) determines a desired adjustment to a transmission rate of a media stream (245) received from the content server device (110), and encodes the desired adjustment to the transmission rate in an object ordering priority (255) field of a request (250) for a media portion (215). The client computing device (115) sends the request (250) to the content server device (110) to adjust the transmission rate of the media stream (245) with respect to the media portion (215). The content server device (110) receives the request (25) for the media portion (215) from the client computing device (115), and adjusts the transmission rate of the media stream (245) based on the object ordering priority (255). The content server device (110) transmits the media portion (215) to the client computing device (115) via the media stream (245) at the adjusted transmission rate. |
| US11956508B2 |
Modular user interface for video delivery system
In some embodiments, a method receives a context for a user account and selects a plurality of collections for an interface. A collection includes one or more instances of content. The method analyzes a context for a user account to select a theme from a plurality of themes for a collection in the plurality of collections. The themes in the plurality of themes apply different display formats to the collection. The method sends an identifier for the theme and information for the collection to a client device being used by the user account to indicate to the interface the theme to use to display the collection with the plurality of collections. |
| US11956507B2 |
Methods and systems for recommending media content related to a recently completed activity
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application that recommends media content based on activities recently performed by a user. For example, in response to determining that a user recently finished the laundry, the media guidance application may recommend a movie that other users accessed after finishing the laundry. |
| US11956501B2 |
Methods, apparatus, and machine-readable storage media to monitor a media presentation
Methods, apparatus, and machine-readable storage media to monitor media presentations are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a locator to compare a location of a mobile device with a set of reference locations at which audio monitoring is to be performed. The disclosed example apparatus further includes an audio receiver to enable a microphone of the mobile device to collect audio for media monitoring when (1) the location of the mobile device corresponds to a first one of the reference locations and (2) a media presentation monitor at the first one of the reference locations indicates a likelihood of media being presented at the first location satisfies a threshold. In some disclosed examples, the audio receiver of the example apparatus is to disable the microphone from collecting audio for media monitoring when the location of the mobile device does not correspond to any of the reference locations. |
| US11956496B2 |
Reception device, reception method, transmission device, and transmission method
High frame rate image data having backward compatibility is favorably transmitted. Image data of each picture of a base layer included in a base stream sent from a transmission side has been subjected to a mixing process in a linear space or a non-linear space. On a reception side, the inverse mixing process can be performed appropriately by performing in a corresponding space on the basis of processing space information indicating whether or not the mixing process is performed in the linear space or the non-linear space. |
| US11956495B2 |
Source device and wireless system
According to an embodiment, a source device for providing a screen sharing service with a sync device may include a display, a communication circuit configured to perform communication with the sync device, and a processor configured to receive a connection request for the screen sharing service from the sink device through the communication circuit, execute a home application for providing a home screen of the sink device according to the received connection request, display an execution screen of the home application on the display according to execution of the home application, and transmit image data corresponding to the displayed execution screen of the home application to the sink device through the communication circuit. |
| US11956491B2 |
Multimedia mobile following system based on vehicle positioning, and method
The present invention sets forth a multimedia mobile following method based on vehicle positioning, involving: performing positioning with regard to a mobile phone, obtaining the position of a user of said target mobile phone, and activating multimedia equipment within a specified range so as to broadcast customized information. It is thus possible to achieve the effect of mobile following with multimedia broadcast information. |
| US11956487B2 |
Systems and methods for identifying unknown users of a device to provide personalized user profiles
Systems and methods are disclosed for activating a personalized user profile on a device based on the detection of an outlying user input. A media guidance application detects a user input that is inconsistent with an active user profile. In response, the media guidance application identifies a candidate user that both shares a location with the device and has a user profile consistent with the user input. The media guidance application activates the user profile of the candidate user as a temporary active user profile on the device. |
| US11956484B2 |
Methods, systems, and media for identifying videos containing objectionable content
Methods, systems, and media for identifying videos containing objectionable content are provided. In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, a method for identifying videos containing objectionable content is provided, the method comprising: identifying, using a hardware processor, a video that has been uploaded to a video sharing service; predicting an embedding for the uploaded video using a neural network, wherein the embedding specifies a location of the video in a multi-dimensional space where videos are located based on content of the videos; identifying a plurality of videos located near the uploaded video in the multi-dimensional space based on the predicted embedding; determining whether the uploaded video is likely to include objectionable content based on content of the plurality of videos located near the video in the multi-dimensional space; and in response to determining that the uploaded video is likely to include objectionable content, causing the uploaded video to be blocked from the video sharing service. |
| US11956481B2 |
Protocol and architecture for the decentralization of content delivery
Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments disclosed herein may provide a protocol and architecture for decentralization of content delivery. Various embodiments may provide a client based method for content delivery from content delivery networks (CDNs) via tiered caches of content hosted by Internet Service Providers (ISPs). In various embodiments, content delivery protocol (CDP) messages may enable clients to discover local cache network topologies and request content from a CDN based on a discovered local cache network topology. In various embodiments, security may be provided for the content delivery by the use of key encryption and/or file hashing. |
| US11956479B2 |
Systems and methods for facilitating a personalized viewing experience
Embodiments are related to processing of a source video stream for generation of a target video stream that includes an object of interest to a viewer. In some embodiments, the target video stream may exclusively or primarily include the performance of the object of interest to the viewer, without including other persons in that video. This allows a viewer to focus on an object of his or her interest and not necessarily have to view the performances of other objects in the source video stream. |
| US11956473B2 |
Managing coding tools combinations and restrictions
Video coding tools can be controlled by including syntax in a video bitstream that makes better use of video decoding resources. An encoder inserts syntax into a video bitstream to enable a decoder to parse the bitstream and easily control which tools combinations are enabled, which combinations are not permitted, and which tools are activated for various components in a multiple component bitstream, leading to potential parallelization of bitstream decoding. |
| US11956470B2 |
Predictor index signaling for predicting transform in geometry-based point cloud compression
A method for decoding point cloud data comprises, based on a comparison of a maximum difference value and a threshold, applying an inverse function to a set of one or more jointly coded values to recover (i) residual values for attribute values of a current point of point cloud data and (ii) a predictor index that indicates a predictor in a predictor list, wherein predictors in the predictor list are based on attribute values of one or more neighbor points; determining predicted attribute values based on the predictor index; and reconstructing the attribute values of the current point based on the residual values and the predicted attribute values. |
| US11956469B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for coding video data with adaptive secondary transform signaling depending on TB level syntax
Video processing methods and apparatuses implemented in a video encoding or decoding system with conditional secondary transform signaling. The video encoding system determines and applies a transform operation to residuals of a transform block to generate final transform coefficients, and adaptively signals a secondary transform index according to a position of a last significant coefficient in the transform block. A value of the secondary transform index is determined according to the transform operation. The video decoding system parses last significant coefficient position syntax of each transform block in the current block from a video bitstream to determine a position of a last significant coefficient for each transform block, and infers inverse secondary transform is not applied to the current block according to the positions of the last significant coefficients; otherwise, the video decoding system determines an inverse transform operation by parsing a secondary transform index from the video bitstream. |
| US11956468B2 |
Method for encoding and decoding motion information, and apparatus for encoding and decoding motion information
Provided is a video decoding method including: determining a prediction mode of a current block to be one of a skip mode and a merge mode; when a motion vector, which is determined from a merge candidate list of the current block, and a merge motion vector difference are to be used, obtaining merge candidate information indicating one candidate in the merge candidate list by performing entropy encoding on a bitstream by applying one piece of context information; determining a base motion vector from one candidate determined from the merge candidate list, based on the merge candidate information; and determining a motion vector of the current block by using a distance index of a merge motion vector difference of the current block and a direction index of the merge motion vector difference to use the base motion vector and the merge motion vector difference. |
| US11956466B2 |
Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method
An encoder includes circuitry and memory connected to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry: stores MV information and correction processing information into a FIFO buffer for an HMVP mode in association, the MV information being derived for a processed block and correction processing information being related to correction processing of a prediction image of the processed block; registers, in a prediction candidate list for a merge mode, one or more prediction candidates each being a combination of MV information and correction processing information, the prediction candidates including a prediction candidate which is a combination of the motion vector information and the correction processing information stored in the FIFO buffer; and selects a prediction candidate from the prediction candidate list when a current block is to be processed in the merge mode, and performs correction processing of a prediction image of the current block, based on the correction processing information. |
| US11956465B2 |
Difference calculation based on partial position
Difference calculation based on partial position is described. In a representative aspect, a method of video processing comprising: calculating, during a conversion between a current block of video and a bitstream representation of the current block, differences between two reference blocks associated with the current block or differences between two reference sub-blocks associated with a sub-block within the current block based on representative positions of the reference blocks or representative positions of the reference sub-blocks; and performing the conversion based on the differences. |
| US11956462B2 |
Video processing methods and apparatuses for sub-block motion compensation in video coding systems
Video processing methods and apparatuses for coding a current block comprise receiving input data of a current block, partitioning the current block into multiple sub-blocks, deriving sub-block MVs for the current block according to a sub-block motion compensation coding tool, constraining the sub-block MVs to form constrained sub-block MVs, and encoding or decoding the current block using the constrained sub-block MVs, and applying motion compensation to the current block using the constrained sub-block MVs to encode or decode the current block. The sub-block MVs may be constrained according to a size, width, or height of the current block or a sub-block, an inter prediction direction of one of control point MVs of the current block, the current block, or current sub-block, the control point MVs, or a combination of the above. |
| US11956461B2 |
Method and apparatus for video coding
An apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry can be configured to receive data of a current block coded with an intra block copy (IBC) mode in a bitstream. A block vector of the current block can be determined based on a history-based block vector prediction (HBVP) table that includes one or more entries each corresponding to a previously decoded block. Each entry can include a block vector of the corresponding previously decoded block and a location of the corresponding previously decoded block. The current block can be reconstructed based on the determined block vector of the current block. |
| US11956459B2 |
Video bitstream coding
A method of decoding JVET video includes receiving a bitstream indicating how a coding tree unit was partitioned into coding units, and parsing said bitstream to generate at least one predictor based on an intra prediction mode signaled in the bitstream. The predictor may be generated by interpolating neighboring pixels for each pixel within a coding block. The computation may be more accurate by deriving a value for a bottom right neighboring pixel. |
| US11956458B2 |
Image decoding method and device for same
An image decoding method performed by a decoding device according to the present document is characterized by comprising the steps of: acquiring image information including a Block-based Delta Pulse Code Modulation (BDPCM) available flag; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the image information, wherein the BDPCM available flag relates to whether BDPCM is available for chroma and luma blocks. |
| US11956457B2 |
Techniques for random access point indication and picture output in coded video stream
Systems and methods for decoding a coded video stream are provided. A method includes receiving a coded video stream that includes an access unit, including a picture; signaling a first flag that indicates whether the access unit includes either or neither one from among an intra random access point (IRAP) picture and a gradual decoding refresh (GDR) picture; signaling a second flag that indicates whether the picture is the IRAP picture; and decoding the picture, as a current picture, based on the signaling of the first flag and the second flag, wherein a value of the first flag and a value of the second flag are aligned. |
| US11956453B2 |
Content-adaptive online training for DNN-based cross component prediction with scaling factors
A method and apparatus for neural network based cross component prediction with scaling factors during encoding or decoding of an image frame or a video sequence, which may include training a deep neural network (DNN) cross component prediction (CCP) model with at least one or more scaling factors, wherein the at least one or more scaling factors are learned by optimizing a rate-distortion loss based on an input video sequence comprising a luma component, and reconstructing a chroma component based on the luma component using the trained DNN CCP model with the at least one or more scaling factors for chroma prediction. The trained DNN CCP may be updated for chroma prediction of the input video sequence using the one or more scaling factors, and performing chroma prediction of the input video sequence using the updated DNN CCP model with the one or more scaling factors. |
| US11956451B2 |
Method for decoding image on basis of CCLM prediction in image coding system, and device therefor
A video decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus includes deriving one of a plurality of cross-component linear model (CCLM) prediction mode as a CCLM prediction mode of the current chroma block, deriving a sample number of neighboring chroma samples of the current chroma block based on the CCLM prediction mode of the current chroma block, a size of the current chroma block, and a specific value derived as 2. The method includes deriving the neighboring chroma samples of the sample number, calculating CCLM parameters based on the neighboring chroma samples and the down sampled neighboring luma samples, deriving prediction samples for the current chroma block based on the CCLM parameters and the down sampled luma samples and generating reconstructed samples for the current chroma block based on the prediction samples. |
| US11956450B2 |
Slice and tile configuration for image/video coding
A video decoding method performed by a video decoding apparatus, according to the present document, comprises: parsing number information about the number of slices of which heights are explicitly signaled in a tile of a current picture from a bitstream; parsing height information about the heights of slices of which heights are explicitly signaled from the bitstream based on the number information; deriving the number of slices in the tile based on the number information and the height information; and decoding the current picture based on the slices in the tile, wherein the height information includes the same number of syntax elements as a value of the number information, and based on the value of the number information being n, the heights of a 0th slice to an n−1th slice in the tile may be derived based on the syntax elements. |
| US11956449B2 |
Simplification of combined inter-intra prediction
Techniques for implementing video processing techniques are described. In one example implementation, a method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a video coded using a combined inter and intra prediction (CIIP) coding technique and a bitstream representation of the video, an intra-prediction mode of the current block independently from an intra-prediction mode of a neighboring block. The CIIP coding technique uses an intermedia inter prediction value and an intermedia intra prediction value to derive a final prediction value of the current block. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining. |
| US11956446B2 |
Parsing friendly and error resilient merge flag coding in video coding
Methods and apparatus for parsing friendly and error resilient merge flag coding in video coding are provided. In some methods, in contrast to merging candidate list size dependent coding of the merge flag in the prior art, a merge flag is always encoded in the encoded bit stream for each inter-predicted prediction unit (PU) that is not encoded using skip mode. In some methods, in contrast to the prior art that allowed the merging candidate list to be empty, one or more zero motion vector merging candidates formatted according to the prediction type of the slice containing a PU are added to the merging candidate list if needed to ensure that the list is not empty and/or to ensure that the list contains a maximum number of merging candidates. |
| US11956442B2 |
Method for mixed NAL unit type support in a coded picture
Methods and systems are provided for decoding at least one video stream. A method includes receiving a first network abstraction layer (NAL) unit of a first slice of a coded picture and a second VCL NAL unit of a second slice of the coded picture, the first VCL NAL unit having a first VCL NAL unit type and the second VCL NAL unit having a second VCL NAL unit type that is different from the first VCL NAL unit type, and decoding the coded picture, the decoding including determining a picture type of the coded picture based on the first VCL NAL unit type of the first VCL NAL unit and the second VCL NAL unit type of the second VCL NAL unit, or based on an indicator, received by the at least one processor, indicating that the coded picture includes mixed VCL NAL unit types. |
| US11956440B2 |
Image coding method, image decoding method, image coding apparatus, image decoding apparatus, and image coding and decoding apparatus
An image coding method includes: writing, into a sequence parameter set, buffer description defining information for defining a plurality of buffer descriptions; writing, into the sequence parameter set, reference list description defining information for defining a plurality of reference list descriptions corresponding to the buffer descriptions; and writing, into a first header of each processing unit which is included in a coded bitstream, buffer description selecting information for specifying a selected buffer description. |
| US11956438B2 |
Direction-based prediction for intra block copy in video coding
A method of visual media processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of visual media data and a bitstream representation of the current video block, a buffer that stores reference samples for prediction in an intra block copy mode; for a sample spatially located at location of the current video block relative to an upper-left position of a coding tree unit including the current video block and having a block vector, computing a corresponding reference in the buffer at a reference location, wherein the reference location is determined using the block vector and the location; and upon determining that the reference location lies outside the buffer, re-computing the reference location based at least in part on a location of the current video block relative to the coding tree unit including the current video block. |
| US11956434B2 |
Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method
An encoder includes circuitry and memory coupled to the circuitry. The circuitry, in operation, for each coefficient of a plurality of coefficients included in a block, determines a base level relating to Context-Based Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding (CABAC) for the coefficient, and encodes an absolute value of the coefficient. In determining the base level, when one or more flags are used in encoding the absolute value of the coefficient, the base level is determined to be a first value, and when one or more flags are not used in the encoding, the base level is determined to be a second value that is smaller than the first value. In encoding the absolute value of the coefficient, when one or more flags are not used, a rice parameter is determined based on the base level which is equal to the second value, and the coefficient is binarized using the rice parameter. |
| US11956432B2 |
Interplay between subpictures and in-loop filtering
An example method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a block of a first sub-picture of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, whether to apply a deblocking process across an edge between the block and a neighboring block of a second sub-picture based on whether a loop filtering process is allowed across subpicture boundaries. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining. |
| US11956422B2 |
Method and device for encoding or decoding image by using blocks determined by means of adaptive order
Provided is a method of decoding a video according to an embodiment, the method including determining at least one processing block for splitting the video; determining an order of determining at least one largest coding unit in the at least one processing block; determining at least one largest coding unit on the basis of the determined order; and decoding the determined at least one largest coding unit, wherein the order is one of a plurality of orders for determining a largest coding unit. |
| US11956421B2 |
Method and apparatus of luma most probable mode list derivation for video coding
Method and apparatus of video coding are disclosed. According to one method, in the decoder side, a predefined Intra mode is assigned to a neighboring block adjacent to the current luma block when the neighboring block satisfies one or more conditions. An MPM (Most Probable Mode) list is derived based on information comprising at least one of neighboring Intra modes. A current Intra mode is derived utilizing the MPM list. The current luma block is decoded according to the current Intra mode According to another method, a predefined Intra mode is assigned to a neighboring block adjacent to the current luma block if the neighboring block is coded in BDPCM (Block-based Delta Pulse Code Modulation) mode, where the predefined Intra mode is set to horizontal mode or vertical mode depending on prediction direction used by the BDPCM mode. |
| US11956420B2 |
Reference picture management in video coding
A method of decoding a coded video bitstream is provided. The method includes parsing a slice header of a current slice represented in the coded video bitstream. The slice header includes a reference picture list structure. The method also includes deriving, based on the reference picture list structure, a reference picture list of the current slice; and obtaining, based on the reference picture list, at least one reconstructed block of the current slice. |
| US11956415B2 |
Head mounted display apparatus
The occlusion is faithfully expressed even in the binocular vision in the AR display by a head mounted display apparatus or the like. A head mounted display apparatus 10 includes a lens, a lens, a camera, a camera, and a control processor. A CG image for a right eye is displayed on the lens. A CG image for a left eye is displayed on the lens. The camera captures an image for the right eye. The camera captures an image for the left eye. The control processor generates the CG image for the right eye in which occlusion at the time of seeing by the right eye is expressed and the CG image for the left eye in which occlusion at the time of seeing by the left eye is expressed, based on the images captured by the cameras and projects the generated CG image for the right eye and CG image for the left eye onto the lenses and. A center of a lens of the camera is provided at the same position as a center of the lens. A center of a lens of the camera is provided at the same position as a center of the lens. |
| US11956413B2 |
Pixel sensor having multiple photodiodes and shared comparator
In one example, an apparatus comprises: a first photodiode to generate a first charge; a second photodiode to generate a second charge; a quantizer; a first memory bank and a second memory bank; and a controller configured to: control the quantizer to perform a first quantization operation and a second quantization operation of the first charge to generate, respectively, a first digital output and a second digital output, the first and second quantization operations being associated with different intensity ranges; store one of the first digital output or the second digital output in the first memory bank; control the quantizer to perform a third quantization operation of the second charge to generate a third digital output, the third quantization operation being associated with a different intensity range from at least one of the first or second quantization operations; and store the third digital output in the second memory bank. |
| US11956411B2 |
Image signal processor, image processing system and method of binning pixels in image sensor
An image signal processor includes a register and a disparity correction unit. The register stores disparity data obtained from a pattern image data that an image senor generates, and the image sensor includes a plurality of pixels, and each of the pixel includes at least a first photoelectric conversion element and a second photoelectric conversion element. The image sensor generates the pattern image data in response to a pattern image located at a first distance from the image sensor. The disparity correction unit corrects a disparity distortion of an image data based on the disparity data to generate a result image data, and the image senor generates the image data by capturing an object. |
| US11956410B2 |
Optical system for collecting distance information within a field
An optical system for collecting distance information within a field is provided. The optical system may include lenses for collecting photons from a field and may include lenses for distributing photons to a field. The optical system may include lens tubes that collimate collected photons, optical filters that reject normally incident light outside of the operating wavelength, and pixels that detect incident photons. The optical system may further include illumination sources that output photons at an operating wavelength. |
| US11956406B2 |
System, information processing apparatus, and control method of the same preliminary class
A system for performing color validation by comparing a color measurement result of a chart and a color reference, the system including a first information processing apparatus, wherein the first information processing apparatus includes a colorimetric setting for performing color validation by comparing a color measurement result of a chart and a color reference, a transmission unit configured to transmit screen information of a screen for receiving a chart printing instruction, a receiving unit configured to receive the colorimetric setting and the chart printing instruction, and a generation unit configured to generate print data of a chart based on the colorimetric setting and the chart printing instruction. |
| US11956401B2 |
Management server, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing management program, and image processing system that conducts charging amount to be paid to an administrator for printing number of sheets
A management server includes a server communication unit connected to an office PC through a global network, an acquisition unit that acquires action information on a printer through the office PC connected to the server communication unit, a server storage unit that links a printer ID with an administrator ID and stores the printer ID and the administrator ID, and a calculation unit that calculates an amount of money paid to an administrator indicated by the administrator ID linked with the printer ID of the printer concerning the acquired action information based on the action information acquired by the acquisition unit. |
| US11956398B2 |
Image reading device having an overlap preventer with slit plates
The present disclosure relates to an image reading device having a highly-accurate structure that enables an easy increase in depth of field, that is, improvement in the depth of the field, without need for a change in basic characteristics of lenses. An overlap preventer (5) disposed between a lens array (1) and a sensor element array (3) to prevent overlap of images formed by lenses (2) is included. A slit section (5) that is the overlap preventer (5) includes multiple slit plates (7) arranged in a main scanning direction and extending in a sub-scanning direction to partition off a space, and the slit plates (7) are fixed to fixing plates (13). |
| US11956396B2 |
Information processing apparatus for evaluating performance of combinations of processes
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to evaluate a performance of each of a plural combinations of processes, each combination including a series of processes, the plural combinations being included in plural processes, the series of processes being configured to be performed on an image, the performance being evaluated on a basis of a result of performing the series of processes on a test image for each combination, and output an evaluation result for at least two combinations. |
| US11956392B2 |
Image forming apparatus and control method for controlling image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes a conveyer configured to convey a recording medium on which a mark is formed; an image reader configured to read an image formed on the recording medium while the recording medium is being conveyed; a detector configured to detected a value corresponding to a conveyance amount of the recording medium conveyed by the conveyer and output the detected value; and a processor and a memory that stores program instructions causing the processor to calculate a position of the mark on the recording medium with respect to a conveyance direction of the recording medium based on respective detected values output from the detector when an edge of the recording medium and the mark are read by the image reader. |
| US11956391B2 |
Image reading apparatus and image forming system to drive backing rollers relative to outlet conveyance rollers
An image reading apparatus includes first and second first conveyance rollers, transparent members, reading units, and opposing rollers, and includes a driving unit. The first reading unit reads an image on a sheet first surface through the first transparent member at a first reading position. The first opposing roller is opposed to the first transparent member at the first reading position. The second reading unit reads an image on a sheet second surface through the second transparent member at a second reading position. The second opposing roller is opposed to the second transparent member at the second reading position. The second conveyance roller is arranged where a sheet trailing edge passes through the first reading position while the second conveyance roller conveys the sheet. The driving unit drives the first opposing roller so that a first opposing roller circumferential speed is faster than a second conveyance roller circumferential speed. |
| US11956383B2 |
Systems and methods for blockchain wireless services in a controlled environment
A method of providing blockchain wireless services in a controlled environment is provided. The method comprises a wireless communication device associated with an inmate of a controlled environment receiving one of a voice and video call from a device external to the controlled environment. The method further comprises the device placing the received call into a hold state and sending a request for validation of the call via a blockchain, the request identifying at least parties to the call. The method further comprises the device, upon receipt of validation, removing the call from the hold state; and enabling at least one of voice and video functionality for the parties. The method further comprises the wireless communication device sending the request for validation to a telecommunications server and the server conducting real time monitoring of the call. The method further comprises the device continuously recording the call. |
| US11956379B2 |
Retractable screen structure and electronic device
A retractable screen structure includes a holder assembly, the holder assembly including a holder and a rotation shaft assembly. The rotation shaft assembly includes a rotation shaft support coupled to a side of the holder and having a shaft hole, a rotation shaft passing through the shaft hole, and a rotation wheel fitted over the rotation shaft. The holder assembly also includes a flexible display screen wound around the rotation wheel. The rotation wheel is driven to rotate when the flexible display screen is expanded or retracted. |
| US11956378B2 |
Electronic device including torque structure
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, and a hinge structure connected to the first housing and the second housing such that the first housing rotates about a first axis of rotation parallel to a first axial direction and the second housing rotates about a second axis of rotation parallel to the first axial direction. The first housing and the second housing form an angle. The hinge structure includes a first arm shaft configured to operate based on rotation of the first housing, the first arm shaft being parallel to the first axial direction, a second arm shaft configured to operate based on rotation of the second housing, the second arm shaft being parallel to the first axial direction, and a torque structure. |
| US11956376B2 |
Memory device and memory system having the same
A memory system includes a plurality of memory cells at intersections between a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines, and a plurality of bit line sense amplifiers connected to the plurality of bit lines, the plurality of bit line sense amplifiers configured to write data to or read data from the plurality of memory cells through the plurality of bit lines, a redundancy bit line sense amplifier among the plurality of bit line sense amplifiers configured to generate a physically unclonable function (PUF) key including a unique random digital value. |
| US11956375B2 |
Digital letter of approval (DLOA) for device compliance
A digital letter of approval (DLOA) is used by a subscription manager (SM) server to determine whether a device is compliant with requirements for an application to be provisioned. If the device is compliant, the application is provisioned to the device or to an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) included in the device. To increase the security of the device DLOA, the device DLOA is linked to the eUICC, in some embodiments. The linkage may be based on one or more platform label fields in the device DLOA. A database is consulted, in some embodiments, to confirm a relationship between the device and the eUICC identified in the device DLOA. In some embodiments, the eUICC signs the device DLOA and the device DLOA with eUICC signature is sent to the SM server. In some embodiments, the device provides a device signature on the DLOA independent of the eUICC. |
| US11956370B2 |
Method and system for digital signatures utilizing multiplicative semigroups
A method for verification at a computing device of a signed message received from a first party over a public communications channel, the method including extracting a message digest “a” belonging to a semigroup from the signed message; obtaining a public key [c,e] for the first party, including a fixed value checker “c” and an endpoint “e”, checker “c” and endpoint “e” belonging to the semigroup and the endpoint comprising a multiplication of a private key “b” for the first party and the checker “c”, multiplying the message digest “a” and the endpoint “e” to create an endmatter “ae”; extracting a signature “d” from the signed message, the signature “d” belonging to the semigroup and being a multiplication of message digest “a” and private key “b”; multiplying the signature “d” and the checker “c” to create a signcheck “dc”; and verifying that the endmatter “ae” matches the signcheck “dc”. |
| US11956368B2 |
Enhanced method for a useful blockchain consensus
An approach is provided for implementing a useful proof-of-work consensus algorithm. A proposed block is received. A combined hash value is generated based on the proposed block and a nonce value. The combined hash value is divided into a plurality of hash value pieces that each correspond to a work packet of a plurality of work packets. One or more requests are transmitted for the plurality of work packets that correspond to the plurality of hash value pieces. In response to receiving the plurality of work packets, a plurality of results is generated by performing, for each work packet of the plurality of work packets, one or more operations to complete work specified by the respective work packet. In response to determining that at least one result of the plurality of results satisfies one or more criteria, the proposed block is added to a blockchain maintained by the blockchain network. |
| US11956364B2 |
Information processing device and information processing method
A settlement processing device, which is an example of an information processing device, includes an acquisition unit, a verification unit, and a providing unit. The acquisition unit acquires, from a user terminal used by a user who is a request source for a service, proof information that is for proving, by zero knowledge proof, that a user is an identity verified user, and that is generated by using secret information that only the identity verified user is allowed to know. A verification unit executes a verification process of proof information acquired by an acquisition unit by using encrypted information of identity verification information used in an identity verification process of the identity verified user managed in a block chain system, where the encrypted information is encrypted using secret information. The providing unit executes a process for providing a service to a user who is a request source for a service on condition that the user is proved to be an identity verified user as a result of the verification process by the verification unit. |
| US11956362B2 |
Centralized and decentralized individualized medicine platform
The subject disclosure relates to systems, devices, and methods for executing operations related to procurement of individualized medicine therapies. Also disclosed are embodiments systems, methods, and devices for accessing a wide range of individualized medicine platform modules. Furthermore, disclosed herein are individualized medicine platform systems, methods and devices communicatively coupled to blockchain computing systems comprising several nodes. The disclosed systems, methods, and devices also generate chain of custody and chain of identity event data. |
| US11956356B2 |
Key management device and storage system
According to one embodiment, a key management device includes a storage and a server. The storage includes a first nonvolatile memory, and a first controller configured to encrypt, using a first media encryption key, data from a host, and store the encrypted data in the first nonvolatile memory. The server includes a second nonvolatile memory storing a first key, and a second controller configured to transmit the first key from the second nonvolatile memory to the storage without passing through the host. The first controller is configured to generate the first media encryption key using the first key. |
| US11956354B2 |
Systems and methods for enhanced internet of things digital certificate security
A system for enhanced internet of things digital certificate security is provided. The system includes a computer device. The computer device is programmed to store, in a database, a plurality of statuses associated with a plurality of digital certificates. The computer device is also programmed to receive, from a first computer device, a status update for the first digital certificate. The computer device is further programmed to update the first status based on the status update. Subsequently to updating the first status, the computer device is programmed to receive a request for a connection from the first device. Subsequently to updating the first status, the computer device is also programmed to deny the request for a connection based on the first status. |
| US11956352B2 |
Time randomizing interface protocol language encryption
Time randomizing information protocol language encryption, provides systems, methods, computer programs and algorithms for encrypting communications. Provided by software in devices or firmware in networking hardware cooperates between at least two systems. Ciphers are randomly timed and replaced after a random period rendering eavesdropper decryption efforts ineffective and/or uneconomic. Ciphers may be based on common seed data sets, or on pointers to an array containing seed data. These seed data values, or pointers to them may be used in communications in shared transient languages. Languages may include number bases from binary on upwards, and characters used in human or machine languages. One implementation may convert human speech to text, then encrypt and transmit it, for decryption and conversion to synthetic speech in secure battlefield communications, or secure identity protected communications as may suit intelligence agencies. Applications, including non-human machine communications may run beneath conventional encryption to enhance security. |
| US11956351B1 |
Encrypted data transmission in optical-and radio-access networks based on quantum key distribution
A first node of a network includes a quantum receiver, a classical transceiver, and an initial-key generator that cooperate with a second node of the network to receive an initial key via the quantum receiver. The first node includes a key-series generator that (i) decrypts, with the initial key, a first encrypted key of a series of encrypted keys to generate a first unencrypted key of a respective series of unencrypted keys and (ii) decrypts each subsequent encrypted key of the series of encrypted keys with a preceding unencrypted key of the series of unencrypted keys to generate a subsequent unencrypted key of the series of unencrypted keys. The first node includes one or both of a decryptor and an encryptor. The decryptor decrypts encrypted data using a last unencrypted key of the series of unencrypted keys. The encryptor encrypts unencrypted data using the last unencrypted key. |
| US11956348B2 |
Systems, methods, and apparatus for security key management for I/O devices
A method for managing security keys for an I/O device may include loading a first security key from a primary memory to a security engine, performing a first data transfer operation between a host and the I/O device using the first security key with the security engine, loading a second security key from a secondary memory to the security engine, and performing a second data transfer operation between the host and the I/O device using the second security key with the security engine. The method may further include storing the first security key in the primary memory based on a frequency of use of the first security key. The frequency of use of the first security key may be determined by a pattern of transfers between the host and the I/O device. |
| US11956342B2 |
Reliable link management for a high-speed signaling interconnect
A system includes a link having one or more lanes associated with transmitting data and one or more lanes associated with transmitting a clock signal. The system includes a device coupled with the link, the device to receive a signal via the one or more lanes associated with transmitting the clock signal and determine a number of pulses associated with the signal over a period. The device is further to determine the number of pulses associated with the signal fail to satisfy a predetermined condition relating to a specified number of pulses for the period and initiate a power-down sequence in response to determining the number of pulses that fail to satisfy the predetermined condition relating to the specified number of pulses for the period. |
| US11956340B1 |
Methods and apparatus to reduce retimer latency and jitter
An example system includes: interleaving circuitry including a data input, a plurality of data outputs, and a plurality of clock inputs, the data input coupled to the received data input and each of the plurality of clock inputs coupled to one of the plurality of receiver clock outputs; and handoff circuitry coupled to the interleaving circuitry, the handoff circuitry including: comparison circuitry coupled to the clock generation circuitry and configured to compare the plurality of receiver clocks to the transmission clock; clock configuration circuitry coupled to the comparison circuitry and configured to select one of the plurality of receiver clocks based on the comparison circuitry; and a plurality of flip-flops coupled to the clock configuration circuitry and configured to convert the plurality of data outputs from the plurality of receiver clocks to the transmission clock to generate a plurality of transmission data streams based on the one of the plurality of receiver clocks selected by the clock configuration circuitry. |
| US11956333B2 |
Method for sharing apps, terminal, and storage medium
A method and an apparatus for sharing an App, an electronic device and a storage medium are provided. The method includes in response to detecting a preset trigger operation for an App, displaying associated regions for associated devices; in response to a selecting operation for any of the associated regions, determining an associated device corresponding to the any of the associated regions as a target device; and sending interface display data of the App to the target device, so that the target device displays a program interface of the App based on the received interface display data. |
| US11956328B1 |
Avoiding stuck subscriber sessions on a disaggregated broadband network gateway
In some implementations, a user plane (UP) device may receive a control packet indicating a logout associated with a subscriber session. The UP device may store an indication of the logout associated with the subscriber session. The UP device may determine, after storing the indication, that the logout associated with the subscriber session has not been completed within a subscriber logout period. The UP device may transmit an error indication indicating that the logout has not been completed within the subscriber logout period. In some implementations, a control plane (CP) device may receive the error indication indicating that the logout associated with the subscriber session has not been completed. The CP device may process the logout based at least in part on receiving the error indication. The CP device may transmit, based on processing the logout, a logout notification associated with the logout. |
| US11956325B2 |
Location-based publication over a cellular network
A client device for use in a cellular network providing location-based publications using a publish/subscribe protocol. The client device determines a geographical location relevant to the client device, determines a subscription geohash, to identify an area including the geographical location relevant to the client device, and sends a subscription to a server, the subscription having a subscription name comprising the subscription geohash. Also described are a server and a method for use in a cellular network providing location-based publications using a publish/subscribe protocol. |
| US11956324B2 |
Sensor device, system and method
An integrated circuit includes sensing circuitry and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry processes received sensor-session requests and received sensor-service requests. Processing a received sensor-service request includes determining a type of the received sensor-service request. In response to determining the received sensor-service request is of a first type, results information is generated in response to the received sensor-service request of the first type based on sensor data generated by the sensing circuitry. In response to determining the received sensor-service request is of a second type, remote-server processing based on the received sensor-service request of the second type is initiated, and a response to the received sensor-service request of the second type is generated based on a received response to the initiated remote-server processing. |
| US11956322B1 |
Systems and methods for determining locations of emergency callers in standalone non-public networks
A network device may receive, for an emergency call, a session initiation protocol (SIP) invite that includes a registered address of a user device that initiated the emergency call, and may determine whether the user device is associated with a private network based on the SIP invite. The network device may extract the registered address of the user device from the SIP invite and based on the user device being associated with the private network, and may provide the registered address to another network device. The other network device may determine a registered geographic location of the user device, based on the registered address, and may provide the registered geographic location to a public safety answering point associated with the emergency call. |
| US11956317B2 |
Unified, browser-based enterprise collaboration platform
A system for enterprise collaboration is associated with an overlay network, such as a content delivery network (CDN). The overlay network comprises machines capable of ingress, forwarding and broadcasting traffic, together with a mapping infrastructure. The system comprises a front-end application, a back-end application, and set of one or more APIs through which the front-end application interacts with the back-end application. The front-end application is a web or mobile application component that provides one or more collaboration functions. The back-end application comprises a signaling component that maintains state information about each participant in a collaboration, a connectivity component that manages connections routed through the overlay network, and a multiplexing component that manages a multi-peer collaboration session to enable an end user peer to access other peers' media streams through the overlay network rather than directly from another peer. Peers preferably communicate with the platform using WebRTC. A collaboration manager component enables users to configure, manage and control their collaboration sessions. |
| US11956308B2 |
Dynamically computing load balancer subset size in a distributed computing system
A distributed computing system uses dynamically calculates a subset size for each of a plurality of load balancers. Each of a plurality of load balancers logs requests from client devices for connections to back-end servers and periodically sends a request report to a traffic aggregator, which aggregates the report requests from the load balancers in the corresponding zone. Each traffic aggregator sends the aggregated request data to a traffic controller, which aggregates the request data to determine a total number of requests received at the system. The total request data is transmitted through each traffic aggregator to each load balancer instance, which calculates a percentage of the total number of requests produced by the load balancer and determines a subset size based on the calculated percentage. |
| US11956307B1 |
Distributed task offloading and computing resources management method based on energy harvesting
A distributed task offloading and computing resources management method based on energy harvesting is provided, including: establishing a task local computing model and an edge cloud computing model; establishing a device maximum benefit objective function based on the perturbation Lyapunov optimization algorithm and a mobile edge computing server maximum benefit objective function; pre-selecting, by the device based on a pre-screening criteria, a mobile edge computing server for task offloading; calculating an optimal task size strategy for performing task offloading by the device to the selected mobile edge computing server by using a Lagrange multiplier algorithm and a KKT condition; obtaining an optimal quotation strategy of the mobile edge computing server for the device in each of time slots; and obtaining a solution of the optimal task size strategy meeting a Stackelberg equilibrium and a solution of the optimal dynamic quotation strategy meeting the Stackelberg equilibrium as a resource allocation strategy. |
| US11956305B2 |
Incremental application programming interface (API) processing based on resource utilization
System and methods are described for receiving a request from a client application to obtain data from a server; collecting a list of tasks to be performed by the server to process the request to obtain the data; performing tasks from the list of tasks by the server until an elapsed time to perform the list of tasks exceeds a first threshold and a size of a payload storing the data exceeds a second threshold; preparing the payload; and sending the payload to the client application. |
| US11956302B1 |
Internet protocol version 4-to-version 6 redirect for application function-specific user endpoint identifiers
The present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for an IPv4-to-IPv6 redirect to enable use of application function-specific user endpoint identifiers (AF-specific UEIds). In one example, a method performed by a processing system includes receiving, from an application function of a communications network, a redirected request for an AF-specific UEId that is unique to a user endpoint device and the application function, where the redirected request includes an IPv6 address associated with the user endpoint device, querying a binding support function of the communications network for a subscription permanent identifier associated with the IPv6 address associated with the user endpoint device, querying an application function-specific management function for an AF-specific UEId associated with the subscription permanent identifier and an identifier of the application function, and forwarding the AF-specific UEId associated with the subscription permanent identifier and the identifier of the application function to the application function. |
| US11956301B2 |
System, method, and servicer device which transmit name information
A transmission management system includes a destination name data managing unit which manages a plurality of destination name data items which indicate a plurality of names of a destination in communications between transmission terminals, a destination name data reading unit which reads a destination name data item from the plurality of destination name data items managed by the destination name data managing unit, and a destination name data transmitting unit which transmits the destination name data item read by the destination name data reading unit to a transmission terminal capable of communicating with the destination. |
| US11956298B2 |
Common services model for multi-cloud platform
A platform-as-a-service infrastructure and application lifecycle manager is configured to implement a common services model to deploy selected services from a common set of services to service domains hosted on multiple different cloud platforms by abstracting dependence on availability of various additional supporting services, such as services that are platform-specific. The platform-as-a-service infrastructure and application lifecycle manager may also manage a lifecycle of available services, such as managing upgrades and/or patches to services. |
| US11956295B2 |
Client-end enhanced view prediction for multi-view video streaming exploiting pre-fetched data and side information
Techniques for multi-view video streaming are described in the present disclosure, wherein a viewport prediction may be employed at a client-end based on analysis of pre-fetched media item data and ancillary information. A streaming method may first prefetch a portion of content of a multi-view media item. The method may next identify a salient region from the prefetched content and may then download additional content of the media item that corresponds to the identified salient region. |
| US11956286B1 |
Dynamically controlled participation allocations for communication sessions
A system provides dynamically controlled participation allocations for communication sessions. A system can create a queue for participants of a communication session, such as an online meeting. The queue can be generated for a communication session having an intended format that allows participants to individually speak in succession, such as a Question and Answer (Q&A) session. The system manages a user interface (UI) of the communication session displaying a timer that changes dynamically for each participant indicating a total time for his or her questions or comments based on an amount of time left for the meeting to end. The system displays, augments, and associates a timer for each participant indicating a total time for his or her questions or comments, which is based on an amount of time left for the meeting to end, number of users providing a “hand raise” input, and history of participation for each participant. |
| US11956281B2 |
Method and apparatus for edge application server discovery or instantiation by application provider to run media streaming and services on 5G networks
A method is provided. The method includes generating, by a 5th generation media streaming (5GMS) application provider, an edge configuration resource including at least one edge enabler client (EEC) capability specification, transmitting, by the 5GMS application provider, a request for provisioning an edge application server (EAS) to operate as a 5GMS application server (AS), the request including the edge configuration resource, and selecting, by the 5GMS application provider, the EAS to operate as the 5GMS AS based on the EAS being capable of performing the at least one EEC capability specification included in the edge configuration resource. |
| US11956280B2 |
Method for providing wireless application privilege management
A method for providing an administration policy to a user device comprising a plurality of applications, the method comprising centrally generating the administration policy to be implemented in the user device, the administration policy comprising at least one of an application administration policy to be used by at least one of the plurality of applications and a client administration policy for the user device; and providing the generated policy to the user device. |
| US11956277B1 |
Zero network-profile cryptographically secure network port access
Systems and methods for protecting access to network ports on a server are provided herein. A system comprises a server configured to receive a data packet comprising a cryptoken corresponding to a network port address. The server is further configured to generate a plurality of cryptokens based on a plurality of timecodes, a network port configuration, and the destination address. The server generates a plurality of hashes based on the plurality of cryptokens. The server generates, based on a comparison of each of the plurality of cryptokens to the cryptoken, a rule to allow inbound connections to a first network port corresponding to the network port address. |
| US11956273B2 |
Discovering trustworthy devices using attestation and mutual attestation
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for discovering trustworthy devices through attestation and authenticating devices through mutual attestation. A relying node in a network environment can receive attestation information from an attester node in the network environment as part of a unidirectional push of information from the attester node according to a unidirectional link layer communication scheme. A trustworthiness of the attester node can be verified by identifying a level of trust of the attester node from the attestation information. Further, network service access of the attester node through the relying node in the network environment can be controlled based on the level of trust of the attester node identified from the attestation information. |
| US11956272B2 |
Identifying legitimate websites to remove false positives from domain discovery analysis
Aspects of the disclosure relate to identifying legitimate websites and removing false positives from domain discovery analysis. Based on a list of known legitimate domains, a computing platform may generate a baseline dataset of feature vectors corresponding to the known legitimate domains. Subsequently, the computing platform may receive information identifying a first domain for analysis and may execute one or more machine learning algorithms to compare the first domain to the baseline dataset. Based on execution of the one or more machine learning algorithms, the computing platform may generate first domain classification information indicating that the first domain is a legitimate domain. In response to determining that the first domain is a legitimate domain, the computing platform may send one or more commands directing a domain identification system to remove the first domain from a list of indeterminate domains maintained by the domain identification system. |
| US11956266B2 |
Context based risk assessment of a computing resource vulnerability
According to an embodiment, a computer-implemented method can comprise: inspecting, using a processor, a set of container images respectively associated with pods; identifying, using the processor, a first subset of the pods that contain a vulnerability; classifying, using the processor, the first subset of the pods as primary-infected pods; generating, using the processor, a first list of namespaces in which the primary-infected pods are deployed within a network; checking, using the processor, network policies in connection with the first list of namespaces to determine secondary-suspect pods that have ability to communicate with the primary-infected pods; generating, using the processor, a list of secondary-suspect namespaces in which the secondary-suspect pods are deployed within the network; identifying, using the processor, one or more secondary-suspect pods that communicated with one or more primary-infected pods; and generating, using the processor, a list of secondary-infected pods. |
| US11956265B2 |
Systems and methods for inferring entity relationships via network communications of users or user devices
A number of techniques facilitate generation of data points from observations about network traffic. An inferencing system can use these data points to determine whether a relationship exists between two entities or whether an existing relationship has terminated, without any external knowledge of the existence of or termination of such a relationship. |
| US11956260B2 |
Attack monitoring service that selectively analyzes connection graphs for suspected attack paths
Systems and methods are disclosed to implement a cyberattack detection system that monitors a computer network for lateral movement. In embodiments, the system uses network data from a computer network to build a baseline of connection behaviors for the network. Connection graphs are generated from new network data that indicate groups of nodes that made connections with one another during a last time interval. The graphs are analyzed for connection behavior anomalies and ranked to determine a subset of graphs with suspected lateral movement. Graphs with suspected lateral movement may be further analyzed to determine a set of possible attack paths in the lateral movements. The suspected attack paths are reported to network administrators via a notification interface. Advantageously, the disclosed system is able to detect potential lateral movements in localized portions of a network by monitoring for connection behavior anomalies in network data gathered from the network. |
| US11956259B2 |
Systems and methods for side-channel monitoring of a local network
Systems and methods for side-channel monitoring a local network are disclosed. The methods involve generating a program trace signal from at least one of power consumption, electromagnetic emission, or acoustic emanation of a control processor connected to the local network and operating a monitoring processor to detect a communication of a message on the local network; identify at least one purported control processor related to the communication; analyze the program trace signal of the at least one purported control processor relative to the communication; and at least one of an authenticate or verify one or more purported control processors of the at least one purported control processor based on the program trace signal of the at least one purported control processor. |
| US11956258B1 |
Delayed replication for protection of replicated databases
Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for protection of data servers configured for data replication of a database. As an example, one apparatus includes at least one processing circuit configured to receive records indicating respective modifications performed on a first version of the database stored in a first data server of the plurality of data servers. The at least one processing circuit is configured to delay replication of the modification in one or more additional servers in the plurality of data servers for a respective length of time specified for the servers in security profile data. While delaying replication of the modification, the processing circuit determines a probability that the modification is malicious based on a first set of factors indicated in a security profile. If the probability is greater than a threshold specified in the security profile data, the processing circuit prevents the modification from being performed. |
| US11956257B2 |
Domain malware family classification
A method for classifying domains to malware families includes identifying a corpus of malicious domains, identifying one or more suspicious domains, extracting a timeframe corresponding to the one or more suspicious domains, calculating a rank coefficient between the one or more suspicious domains and a current seed domain of the corpus of malicious domains, determining whether the rank correlation coefficient exceeds a rank threshold for the one or more suspicious domains, comparing a number of suspicious domains whose correlation coefficients exceed the rank threshold to a relation threshold, and responsive to determining the number of suspicious domains whose correlation coefficients exceed the rank threshold exceeds the relation threshold, applying a tag to the suspicious domains indicating that the one or more suspicious domains correspond to a same malware family as the current seed domain. |
| US11956256B2 |
Priority determination apparatus, priority determination method, and computer readable medium
In a priority determination apparatus (10), a dissimilarity index calculation unit (11) calculates a dissimilarity index between a transmission/reception performance record of a first traffic flow related to a first security alert notified from a network-type intrusion detection apparatus and a transmission/reception performance record of a second traffic flow related to a second security alert notified from the network-type intrusion detection apparatus in the past, the network-type intrusion detection apparatus being configured to detect an attack on an apparatus in a network. A priority determination unit (12) determines a priority of the first security alert based on the dissimilarity index calculated by the dissimilarity index calculation unit (11). |
| US11956253B1 |
Ranking cybersecurity alerts from multiple sources using machine learning
The present disclosure relates to a machine-learning system, method, and computer program for ranking security alerts from multiple sources. The system self-learns risk levels associated with alerts by calculating risk probabilities for the alerts based on characteristics of the alerts and historical alert data. In response to receiving a security alert from one of a plurality of alert-generation sources, the alert-ranking system evaluates the security alert with respect to a plurality of feature indicators. The system creates a feature vector for the security alert based on the feature indicator values identified for the alert. The system then calculates a probability that the security alert relates to a cybersecurity risk in the computer network based on the created feature vector and historical alert data in the network. The system ranks alerts from a plurality of different sources based on the calculated cybersecurity risk probabilities. |
| US11956252B2 |
Techniques for resolving contradictory device profiling data
A system and method for resolving contradictory device profiling data. The method includes: determining a set of non-contradicting values and a set of contradicting values in device profiling data related to a device based on a plurality of conflict rules; merging values of the set of non-contradicting values in device profiling data into at least one first value; selecting at least one second value from the set of contradicting values, wherein selecting one of the at least one second value from each set of contradicting values further includes generating a certainty score corresponding to each value of the set of contradicting values, wherein each certainty score indicates a likelihood that the corresponding value is accurate, wherein the at least one second value is selected based on the certainty scores; and creating a device profile based on the at least one first value and the at least one second value. |
| US11956251B2 |
System, method and computer readable medium for determining users of an internet service
An internet service provider (ISP) is configured to analyze data sent by a user to determine a subscriber account associated with the data and a user associated with the data. A database is then queried to determine the number of users of the subscriber account, with a number above a threshold indicating a likely theft of service. This automatic process is accompanied by automated messaging to the user with information as to the measures taken and remedial options. The messaging may be different dependent on whether the user is deemed to be an authorized user having subscriber account administration rights. |
| US11956248B2 |
System and method for message recipient verification
An electronic device includes a communication interface and at least one processor configured for: transmitting to or receiving from a second electronic device over proximity-based communication channel an introduction message including a first encryption key; receiving, from a server via the at least one communication interface, a challenge notification providing notification of a challenge to be completed to initiate a data process, the challenge notification including or providing access to at least one data field associated with a verification challenge; identifying, from the at least one data field, an encrypted challenge response value; decrypting the encrypted challenge response value with a key corresponding to the first encryption key; and transmitting the decrypted challenge response value to the server to complete the challenge to initiate the data process. |
| US11956247B2 |
System and method for secure access control
Disclosed is a system and method for providing secure access control to an electronic network or device. By limiting the ability of a single administrator to act unilaterally without the agreement and/or notification of further system administrators, the data integrity and security of stored data, such as email accounts, may be enhanced and risk of compromise ameliorated. By permitting multiple administrators acting in a concert of action to access stored data, such as without notification of the email account holder, potential misconduct by email account holders may be audited. |
| US11956246B2 |
Secure content management through authentication
Techniques are described herein for performing authentication, and also “eager” or “lazy” fetch of data, for restricted webpages based on the restricted webpages being associated with an authentication tier in an AASD registry. Inclusion of a restricted webpage in the AASD registry enables AASD-based authentication for the webpage. According to embodiments, information for a restricted webpage included in the AASD registry includes one or more of the following for the webpage: an identifier, an authentication level, allowed fields, eager fetch fields, one or more sources for one or more fields, etc. When information for a webpage is included in the AASD registry, that information is used to perform eager fetch for one or more fields of the webpage that are not associated with authentication requirements indicated in the AASD registry information, or whose authentication requirements are already fulfilled by the requesting client. |
| US11956244B2 |
Method and system for initiating a transfer of resources
A server comprises a communications module; a processor coupled with the communications module; and a memory coupled to the processor and storing processor-executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to authenticate a user via a first authentication channel; receive, via the communications module and from a computing device associated with the user, a signal representing a request to transfer a first quantity of resources; determine that the first quantity of resources is less than a first threshold associated with the first authentication channel; obtain identity data associated with the request to transfer the first quantity of resources; determine, based on the identity data, that a request to transfer a second quantity of resources has been previously initiated by the user via a second authentication channel that is different than the first authentication channel; and determine that the sum of the first quantity of resources and the second quantity of resources is less than the first threshold, and in response to determining that the sum of the first quantity of resources and the second quantity of resources is less than the first threshold, initiate the transfer of the first quantity of resources. |
| US11956243B2 |
Unified identity verification
Apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed that operate to receiving an authentication request at a server associated with an authenticating entity from a requesting party responsive to a request being provided to the requesting party by a client terminal associated with an unauthenticated individual purporting to be an individual account owner previously authenticated with the authenticating entity. A token, from the client terminal associated with the unauthenticated individual is received, and the token includes information associated with the unauthenticated individual and a user permission authorizing the authenticating entity to share a selected portion of the information with a plurality of selected requesting parties. The server associated with the authenticating entity authenticates the unauthenticated individual as the individual account owner based on, inter alia, matching the token to a pre-registered identity uniquely associated with the individual account owner. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. |
| US11956241B2 |
Web access control method
A method for web access control that comprises the following steps: creating a content item (1) in a content management system; generating a series of unique secure random access tokens (2) and storing them in a database (3); generating a file containing the ATs with their corresponding direct link URLs, when a client device accesses the content using a browser (11), checking with the server if the request's BID is already registered for this AT; if it is already registered, allowing access to the content; if not, checking if a preset limit of allowed registered BIDs for the AT has been reached; if the limit has been reached, denying access to the content; if not, registering the new BID with the AT and allowing access to the content. |
| US11956240B2 |
Systems and methods for temporary access with adaptive trust levels for authentication and authorization
One example method includes providing temporary access to a computing system and to providing temporary access as a service. The features of a temporary access can be defined by an entity and a user may be able to obtain a token that includes these features, which may be embedded in the token as claims. The user's access is then controlled in accordance with the embedded claims. The temporary access as a service can be federated. The token may include trust levels and tolerance limits. Further, aspects of the temporary access can be monitored and/or changed. Adjustments to trust levels can be automated or manually performed. Further trust for specific users can be gained or lost over time based on at least previous accesses. |
| US11956238B2 |
Authorization system and authorization method
[Problem] Provided is an authorization system capable of reducing a load on a host regarding an invitation procedure in a case where there is a large number of guests or guests are frequently invited, and preventing identity theft or invitation of an unwanted third party.[Solution] In an authorization system 1X, a representative guest terminal 10A acquires information about non-representative guest terminals 10B and 10C from the non-representative guest terminal 10B and 10C, a host terminal 10H acquires and verifies signed information about the terminals 10A, 10B, and 10C from the representative guest terminal 10A, and a management server 20 acquires and verifies the information about the host terminal 10H and the signed information about the terminals 10A, 10B, and 10C from the host terminal 10H, performs authentication based on information about the host terminal 10H registered in advance, registers the information about the terminals 10A, 10B, and 10C, when the authentication is successful, acquires and performs authentication on information about the terminals 10A, 10B, and 10C from a smart lock 30, and unlocks the smart lock 30 based on a result of the authentication. |
| US11956236B2 |
System and method for tracking privacy policy in access networks
Systems and methods for tracking the privacy policy of an electronic device in a network having a privacy policy server and an authentication server are provided. In one aspect a privacy policy server receives a connection request from the electronic device, queries an authentication server for the device's privacy policy acceptance state. If the device had not accepted the network's privacy policy, the privacy policy server sends a URL to the device so the device may accept or reject the policy. The authentication server locates a network session identifier representing the device's connection with the network and response to the policy server indicating the device's current privacy policy acceptance state if applicable. Advantageously, a network session identifier can track a device's privacy policy acceptance state when the device reconnects with the network. The systems and methods are applicable in wireless networks, such as 802.11. |
| US11956235B2 |
Behavioral baselining from a data source perspective for detection of compromised users
A method and system are disclosed. The method and system include receiving, at a wrapper, a communication and a context associated with the communication from a client. The communication is for a data source. The wrapper includes a dispatcher and a service. The dispatcher receives the communication and is data agnostic. The method and system also include providing the context from the dispatcher to the service. In some embodiments, the method and system use the service to compare the context to a behavioral baseline for the client. The behavioral baseline incorporates a plurality of contexts previously received from the client. |
| US11956233B2 |
Pervasive resource identification
A method for pervasive resource identification includes receiving an authentication request from a first application service. The authentication request requests authentication of a user of a user device. The method includes obtaining device information associated with the user device of the user and generating a unique opaque identifier for the user device based on the device information. The method includes obtaining authentication credentials from the user device. The authentication credentials verify an identity of the user. In response to receiving the authentication credentials from the user device, the method includes generating an authentication token and encoding the unique opaque identifier into the authentication token. The method also includes transmitting the authentication token to the first application service. The authentication token, when received by the first application service, allows the first application service to adjust an interaction with the user device based on the unique opaque identifier. |
| US11956232B2 |
Integration packaging for a multi-tenant computing environment
A multi-tenant authentication system facilitates packaging and installing of integrations for authentication services of system tenants. The integrations include cloud resources of one or more cloud services. In order to package an integration, the multi-tenant authentication system retrieves resource manifests for cloud resources from corresponding cloud services. The multi-tenant authentication system generates the resource manifests to describe the cloud resource and any dependencies of the cloud resource, and also generates a package manifest including instructions for using the resource manifests to install the corresponding integration. The multi-tenant authentication system further facilitates installation of integration packages for tenants of the multi-tenant authentication system. The multi-tenant authentication system communicates with cloud services associated with resource manifests to install corresponding cloud resources to consistently replicate integrations for different tenants. |
| US11956231B1 |
Authority transfer for virtual objects in shared computer-generated reality environments
Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that provide authority transfer of a virtual object in a shared CGR environment. In some implementations, at a first electronic device associated with a first owner having authority to transmit state updates of a virtual object, a state update is transmitted to one or more peers participating in the shared CGR environment associated with the current state of the virtual object by the first electronic device. In some implementations, a handoff message is transmitted to indicate that ownership of the virtual object is being handed off. Then, an acquisition message transmitted by a second electronic device associated with a second owner indicates ownership acquisition of the virtual object by the second owner. The first electronic device accepts state updates of the virtual object transmitted from the second owner based on receiving the acquisition message. |
| US11956230B2 |
First factor contactless card authentication system and method
A password-less authentication system and method include registering a contactless card of a client with an application service and binding the contactless card to one or more client devices. The contactless card advantageously stores a username and a dynamic password. Accesses by the client to the application service may be made using any client device, and authentication of the accesses may be performed by any client device that includes a contactless card interface and can retrieve the username and dynamic password pair from the contactless card. By storing the username on the card, rather than requiring user input, application security improved because access to and knowledge of login credentials is limited. In addition, the use of a dynamic password reduces the potential of malicious access. |
| US11956227B2 |
Communication device, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for communication device, and method performed by communication device for changing a password
A communication device may obtain email information inputted by a user, the email information including an email address and server information for using a mail server. The communication device may send a first email by using the server information included in the email information. The communication device may register a first password and the email information in a memory in a case where a registration request is received from a terminal device which has received the first email. The communication device may send a second email by using the server information in the memory in a case where a first change instruction is obtained after the first password and the email information have been registered. The communication device may change the first password in the memory to a second password in a case where a change request is received from the terminal device. |
| US11956225B2 |
Web browser-based device communication workflow
Systems and methods for controlling a peripheral device with a web browser. A system includes a peripheral device and a user computing device executing a web browser and a device manager, the device manager configured to operate the peripheral device and including a device manager web server. An authentication token can be passed to the web browser from a web server upon coupling of the peripheral device with the user computing device and login by the user with the web browser. The web browser can pass the authentication token to the device manager through the device manager web server. The device manager can transmit the authentication token to the web server to pair the web browser with the device manager. |
| US11956224B2 |
Using machine-learning models to authenticate users and protect enterprise-managed information and resources
Aspects of the disclosure relate to using machine-learning models to authenticate users and protect enterprise-managed information and resources. In some embodiments, a computing platform may receive user interaction data from enterprise computing infrastructure and may train one or more authentication models based on this data. Subsequently, the computing platform may receive, from a first application server, a request to authenticate a first user to a first user account in a first usage session hosted by the first application server. In response to receiving this request, the computing platform may identify whether session-specific interaction data for the first usage session is valid based on the one or more authentication models. If the interaction data is identified as being valid, the computing platform may generate and send one or more commands directing the first application server to allow the first user to access the first user account in the first usage session. |
| US11956219B2 |
Systems and methods to detect and prevent bots from random access by randomized HTTP URLs in real time in distributed systems
Described embodiments provide systems and methods for preventing unauthorized access of information from a resource. A device intermediary between a client and a server in a session can receive a first request from the client that includes a first uniform resource locator (URL) of the server. The device may receive a response from the server that includes a second URL. The device may update the response by including a client identifier for the session in a set-cookie field, obfuscating the second URL into a string, and replacing the second URL in the response with the string. The device may receive a second request that includes a candidate client identifier, and a third URL. The device may determine whether the second request is valid, by at least one of: matching the candidate client identifier with the client identifier, and determining whether the second URL is recoverable using the third URL. |
| US11956216B2 |
Security system for individually-owned electronic devices
A security system for individually-owned electronic devices includes a network operations center with an enrollment system, device management system, network layer security system, personal information monitoring system, detection and response system, and monitoring and alert system. An individually-owned electronic device communicates with the network operations center in order to receive and install a configuration file and a security application, as well as to configure a virtual private network connection. These components operate independently and collectively to identify and address security threats to the individually-owned electronic devices. |
| US11956209B2 |
HIPAA compliant distributed data
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for storing patient medical information on a local processing device, anonymizing a portion of that medical information and storing it on a second processing device, exposing that anonymized medical information to a third processing device coupled to the second processing device through a network, and restricting users of the third processing device to only accessing HIPAA compliant medical information. Alarms are included for indicating the improper transfer of HIPAA data. |
| US11956208B2 |
Graphical representation of security threats in a network
A method includes, at a server in a network, detecting for a user device network incidents relating to one or more security threats in the network using a plurality of threat detectors over a predetermined time period, each of the network incidents including one or more behavior indicators; assigning the network incidents into one or more groups, wherein each group corresponds to a type of security threat; generating a graph for a particular group of the user device, wherein the graph includes a plurality of nodes each representing a behavior indicator in the particular group, and wherein generating the graph includes assigning an edge to connect two nodes of the plurality of nodes if the two nodes correspond to behavior indicators that belong to a same network incident; and displaying the graph on a graphical user interface for a user. |
| US11956206B2 |
Communicating with two or more slaves
A method of communicating with two or more slaves is provided. The method includes receiving a command packet with an interface, wherein the command packet is sent by a master over a master-slave bus and associating a slave address of the command packet with one of two or more slaves communicatively coupled to the interface. |
| US11956204B1 |
IPv4-in-IPv6 relaying systems and methods to preserve IPv4 public addresses
A method, implemented in a router in a Communication Service Provider (CSP) network, includes connecting to a device via at least two connections where a first connection includes a first Wide Area Network (WAN) interface and a second connection includes a second WAN interface; receiving an encapsulated packet from one of the at least two connections where the encapsulated packet is destined for an Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address on the Internet; and creating an IPv4 packet from the encapsulated packet by de-encapsulating the encapsulated packet and including an IPv4 public address in an IPv4 packet, wherein the IPv4 public address is associated with the router. |
| US11956203B2 |
Service handling in software defined networking based container orchestration systems
A method by a software defined networking (SDN) controller to configure a switch to perform translation module bypass in a container orchestration system. The method includes receiving a translation rule for a flow from a load balancer, sending translation module bypass instructions to a switch in response to receiving the translation rule for the flow, where the translation module bypass instructions include instructions for the switch to stop sending packets belonging to the flow to the translation module and to apply a network address translation specified by the translation rule for the flow to the packets belonging to the flow, and send an indication to the load balancer that the packets belonging to the flow are to bypass the translation module to cause the load balancer to disable timeout processing for the flow in the translation module. |
| US11956200B1 |
Method for distributing emails
A system and method for improving the download time of emails in an environment in which a server distributes emails to persons working in close proximity to each other. When these persons receive multi-recipient emails intended for several or all of these persons, the server distributing the emails delivers the multi-recipient emails to the first one of the persons who logged on to read his or her emails on his or her personal computer, for distribution to the other persons over a personal area network. This reduces the download time for the persons downloading their emails at a subsequent time. |
| US11956198B2 |
Method and system for identifying and presenting important messages
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method including: receiving, by a computing device, a message corresponding to a user inbox and to be added to the user inbox; applying, by the computing device, prior to adding the message to the user inbox, a message classification model to content of the message to determine one or more classifications corresponding to the message; determining, by the computing device, that the message is an important message based on whether one or more of the classifications is one of a set of predetermined classifications; adding, by the computing device, metadata to the message, the added metadata indicating that the message is an important message; and transmitting, to the user inbox, by the computing device, the message and the added metadata. |
| US11956197B2 |
Method for providing an email user experience by contacts instead of folders
An email solution defined by three panels, referred to as the left/first panel, the middle/second panel and the right/third panel when viewed on a display screen from a user perspective scanning or viewing left to right across a display screen. The left/first panel illustrates primary emails, promo & robots, special folders, contacts, and contact groups. A middle/second panel shows all conversation emails related to the item selected in left/first panel. A right/third panel shows a message thread defined as an ordered set of related emails, related to the email selected in the middle panel. The right/third panel shows both received and sent emails like the middle panel. A main horizontal header and toolbar provides selectable buttons for creating a new email, sorting the middle/second panels list of emails by one or more characteristics. |
| US11956195B2 |
Method, computer device, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium to differentially limit message transmission in messaging-based social network service
Disclosed are methods, computer devices, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording mediums to differentially limit a message transmission in a messaging-based social network service. A message transmission limiting method may include calculating a participation score according to an activity related to a user in a chatroom, setting a speech time limit for the user based on the participation score, and limiting a message transmission of the user through the chatroom according to the speech time limit. |
| US11956188B1 |
Security aware routing in an in-vehicle communication network
A controller may receive a message provided by a network node included in an in-vehicle communication network. The controller may identify one or more characteristics of the message, the one or more characteristics indicating at least one of a message type of the message, a security property of the message, or a secure zone (SZ) associated with the message. The controller may determine a priority of the message based at least in part on the one or more characteristics. The controller may provide the message to an output buffer based at least in part on the priority of the message, the output buffer being one of a plurality of output buffers. |
| US11956187B2 |
Natural language processing for information extraction
A company may implement automated workflows for convenience of users or to reduce support costs. For example, allowing a user to change an address using an automated workflow may be faster or less expensive than with a human agent. In some instances, a first communications session may be started between a first user and a second user. During the first communications session, one or more communications may be processed to select an intent of the first user and a value of an information item communicated by the first user. An automated workflow may be selected to continue assisting the first user, and the first user may be transferred to a second communications session with the automated workflow. The automated workflow may be initialized with the value of the information item that was provided during the first communications session so that the first user does not need to repeat information. |
| US11956176B2 |
Apparatus and method for multiplexing of integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node in wireless communication system
The disclosure relates to a 5th Generation (5G) or 6th Generation (6G) communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method of operating an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) donor node in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM)-related information or Spatial Division Multiplexing (SDM)-related information to an IAB node, receiving necessary information from the IAB node, and transmitting or receiving backhaul data with respect to the IAB node by applying the FDM or the SMD, based on the FDM-related information or the SMD-related information. |
| US11956173B2 |
Method and Apparatus for transmitting and receiving radio signals in a wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for receiving information on a number N of a code block group defined for one transport block from a base station through an upper layer signal, receiving a first transport block including a plurality of code blocks from the base station through a physical layer channel, and transmitting HARQ-ACK payload including HARQ-ACK information on the first transport block to the base station. Preferably, a code block-based CRC is attached to each of the code blocks, a transport block-based CRC is attached to the first transport block, and the HARQ-ACK payload includes a plurality of HARQ-ACK bits corresponding to M code block groups for the first transport block. |
| US11956172B2 |
Transmitting reference signal for coexisting cells
There is provided generating, at a cell configured for a first air interface protocol, a reference signal based on a cell identifier for a second air interface protocol. At the cell configured for the first air interface protocol it is determined an air interface resource allocation for the first air interface protocol based on the cell identifier for the second air interface protocol. The cell configured for the first air interface protocol transmits the generated reference signal according to the determined air interface resource allocation. |
| US11956165B2 |
Optimizing uplink band scheduling of contiguous and non-contiguous frequency range 1 (FR1) and frequency range 2 (FR2) spectrum
This disclosure describes techniques that enable a carrier aggregation of two or more carrier available carriers for uplink transmissions at a base station node. More specifically, a carrier aggregation controller may receive a resource allocation request from a base station node that is associated with an uplink transmission of user plane data from a client device. The carrier aggregation controller may determine a carrier aggregation for the uplink transmission and generate scheduling information for delivery to the base station node that is based at least in part on the carrier aggregation. |
| US11956158B2 |
Content shaping and routing in a network
Technologies are shown for content data transmission bandwidth management involving receiving content data for a mobile device, transmitting the content data at an initial bit rate, and introducing a delay in the communication channel to activate an adaptive bit rate (ABR) capability in the mobile device. The technologies can include receiving feedback pertaining to content data consumption in the mobile device and adjusting the delay in the communication channel to increase or decrease the bit rate of the ABR capability responsive to the feedback. The technologies can include determining an initial resolution of the content data during a trial period during transmitting content data to the mobile device and adjusting the delay in the communication channel to increase or decrease the bit rate of the ABR capability in the mobile device to a target bit rate. |
| US11956156B2 |
Dynamic offline end-to-end packet processing based on traffic class
Methods and apparatus for dynamic offline end-to-end packet processing based on traffic class. An end-to-end connection is set up between an application on a client including a processor and host memory and an application on a remote server. An offline packet buffer is allocated in host memory. While the processor and/or a core on with the client application is executed is in a sleep state, the client is operated in an interrupt-less and polling-less mode as applied to a predetermined traffic class. Under the mode, a Network Interface Controller (NIC) at the client receives network traffic from the remote server and determines whether the network traffic is associated with the predetermined traffic class. When it is, the NIC writes packet data extracted from the network traffic to an offline packet buffer. Descriptors are generated and provided to the NIC to inform the NIC of the location and size of the offline packet buffer. |
| US11956155B2 |
Methods and apparatus for packet dropping in a fronthaul network
Embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatus for managing packet dropping in the fronthaul network. A method in a packet processing system includes receiving a plurality of data packets for transmission over the fronthaul network, wherein the plurality of data packets include radio data; obtaining first information for the plurality of data packets, wherein the first information is related to transmission of the radio data over a radio access interface in the radio network; and responsive to a requirement to decrease a load in the fronthaul network, selecting at least one of the plurality of packets to drop by applying at least one prioritization rule to the plurality of data packets based on the obtained first information. |
| US11956154B2 |
System for avoiding layer 2 network congestion
Datalink frames or networking packets contain protocol information in the header and optionally in the trailer of a frame or a packet. We are proposing a method in which part of or all of the protocol information corresponding to a frame or a packet is transmitted separately in another datalink frame. The “Separately Transmitted Protocol Information” is referred to as STPI. The STPI contains enough protocol information to identify the next hop node or port. STPI can be used avoid network congestion and improve link efficiency. Preferably, there will be one datalink frame or network packet corresponding to each STPI, containing the data and the rest of the protocol information and this frame/packet is referred to as DFoNP. The creation of STPI and DFoNP is done by the originator of the frame or packet such as an operating system. |
| US11956153B2 |
Systems and methods for adapting a WAN egress shaper rate
In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by a first network component, a sender shaper drop value based on the following: a maximum sequence number; a minimum sequence number; and a sender sequence counter number associated with the first network component. The method also includes determining, by the first network component, a wide area network (WAN) link drop value based on the sender sequence counter number associated with the first network component and a receiver sequence counter number associated with a second network component. The method further includes determining, by the first network component, whether to adjust a sender shaper rate based on the sender shaper drop value and the WAN link drop value. |
| US11956148B2 |
Packet transmission method and device
A packet transmission method includes: receiving, by a first network device, a first packet sent by a previous-hop device of the first network device, where the first packet includes an SR header; generating, by the first network device, cache index information of the SR header, and storing the cache index information and the SR header; generating, by the first network device, a second packet based on the first packet, where the second packet includes the cache index information but does not include the SR header; and sending, by the first network device, the second packet to a second network device. |
| US11956147B2 |
Data transmission method, apparatus, and device, and computer storage medium
A data transmission method, apparatus, and device, and a computer storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining an application packet of a target application; transmitting the application packet to a first routing device by using a network data channel, and transmitting, by using the first routing device, the application packet to a proxy server; meanwhile, transmitting the same application packet to a second routing device by using a short-range wireless data channel different from the network data channel, and transmitting, by using the second routing device, the application packet to the proxy server. The proxy server performs, a deduplication mechanism on the application packet and transmit the application packet to an application server corresponding to the target application. |
| US11956145B1 |
Method and apparatus to recover flow using an error message in a tunnel-less SDWAN
A flow identifier is described for packet sequences through a secure tunnel of an SD-WAN and an error message for recovering the flow. A method includes receiving a sequence of packets, facilitating a first secure tunnel between a first hub and a second hub, assigning a first flow identifier to the sequence of packets, encapsulating a first start packet, the wrapper including the first flow identifier, sending the encapsulated first start packet to the second hub through the first secure tunnel, receiving an error message from the second hub, the error message including the first flow identifier and an error code, facilitating a second secure tunnel, assigning a second flow identifier, encapsulating a second start packet, the wrapper including the second flow identifier, and sending the encapsulated second start packet through the second secure tunnel. |
| US11956136B2 |
System and method for scalable and accurate flow rate measurement
Systems and methods for selectively generating a telemetry report to calculate a flow or bit rate are disclosed. The methods include calculating a hash value of a packet, using it as a key to query a bloom filter, and obtaining a packet count. If the packet count reaches a trigger value, a telemetry report is generated and sent, along with the ingress timestamp, hash value, and the packet count, to the collector for calculating the flow rate (or bit rate).The collector compares the packet count and ingress timestamp of the packet of the first telemetry report with a second telemetry report, both reports being generated at various trigger values, and calculates the flow rate. If a hash collision is detected, the calculations are voided and an update to the hash function is suggested. |
| US11956132B2 |
Analytics generation and consumption in a mobile network
A consumer of an analytics output receives control and/or knowledge about a set of parameters that is used for generating the analytics output. A set of baseline parameters is used for generating the analytics output, which (a) is associated with a set of analytics consumers and/or with a set of analytics types, and (b) is related to at least one of a statistical property and/or process and/or an output strategy for providing an analytics output. Network entities and corresponding methods for analytics generation and for consuming analytics may be used for generating an analytics output based on the set of baseline parameters. |
| US11956129B2 |
Switching among multiple machine learning models during training and inference
Systems and methods for analyzing and prioritizing alarms in a communications network are provided. A method, according to one implementation, includes the step of obtaining network information regarding the condition of a network. Using the network information, the method further includes performing a hybrid Machine Learning (ML) technique that includes training and inference of a plurality of ML models to calculate metrics of the network. Also, the method includes the step of selecting one of the plurality of ML models based on a combination of the metrics. |
| US11956127B2 |
Incremental topology modification of a network-on-chip
An initial Network on Chip (NoC) topology based on a set of initial requirements is incrementally modified to satisfy a set of different requirements. Each incremental modification includes minimizing a number of changes to existing components in the initial topology. Minimizing the changes includes preserving names of the existing components in the initial NoC topology. |
| US11956125B2 |
Network management
There is provided a method for network management performed by a first entity (10), which is configured to manage network slices in a network. The method is performed in response to a first request to set up a first network slice. The method comprises identifying (102) one or more network nodes in the network and/or one or more second network slices to support the first network slice. For each identified network node, an update to an attribute of the identified network node is initiated (104) to add a unique identifier of the first network slice to the attribute of the identified network node. For each identified second network slice, an update to an attribute of the identified second network slice is initiated (106) to add the unique identifier of the first network slice to the attribute of the identified second network slice. |
| US11956121B1 |
Method and system for private edge cloud manager
A method, a network device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in relation to an edge cloud management service. The edge cloud management service may automate the provisioning, maintenance, supervision across multi-vendor network devices in a private/enterprise environment. Further, the edge cloud management service may provide abstraction and normalization services across multi-vendor components and enable KPI monitoring, location data, edge discovery metrics, end-to-end latency computation across various cloud service provider technologies. |
| US11956115B2 |
Distributed control system for large scale geographically distributed data centers and methods for use therewith
A system includes a plurality of agents to control managed equipment of a geographically distributed data center. A controller communicates management data with the plurality of agents via a management network. The controller and the plurality of agents are configured in a hierarchical topology. A first subset of the plurality of agents relay management data on behalf of a second subset of the plurality of agents. The controller is further configured to: communicate with a new agent to be provisioned into the plurality of agents; generate reconfiguration instructions that indicate an allocated parent agent of the plurality of agents to be associated with the new agent; and facilitate a provisioning of the new agent in accordance with the reconfiguration instructions, to connect the new agent to the allocated parent agent of the plurality of agents via the management network and disconnect the new agent from the controller. |
| US11956112B2 |
Electronic device and communication method
An electronic device and communication method are disclosed. The electronic device comprises a processing circuit configured to perform a pre-processing operation on a first one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols, the pre-processing operation including: performing a dimension-increasing conversion to convert the first one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols into a first multi-dimensional modulation symbol block; transforming the first multi-dimensional modulation symbol block into a second multi-dimensional modulation symbol block with a first transformation, wherein the first transformation couples each symbol in the first multi-dimensional modulation symbol block with each other; and performing a dimension-decreasing conversion to convert the second multi-dimensional modulation symbol block into a second one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols, wherein the dimension-decreasing conversion is an inverse process of the dimension-increasing conversion. The processing circuit is also configured to transmit the second one-dimensional sequence of modulation symbols. |
| US11956111B2 |
Multi-rate crest factor reduction
A computer-implemented method for reducing crest factor by an electronic device includes: receiving a plurality of first samples of a first input signal. The plurality of first samples are generated at a first sampling rate. A first peak detection is performed based on the plurality of first samples to generate a plurality of first peak detection output samples. A plurality of first windowing input samples are generated at a second sampling rate by downsampling the plurality of first peak detection output samples. A plurality of first windowing output samples are generated based on the plurality of first windowing input samples. A plurality of first peak reduction samples are generated at the first sampling rate by upsampling the plurality of first windowing output samples. A first output signal is generated based on the plurality of first samples and the plurality of first peak reduction samples. |
| US11956106B2 |
Modulation and coding scheme value selection
Various aspects of the disclosure relate to the selection and use of modulation and coding scheme (MCS) values. For example, a first MCS table may be used for a first condition and a second MCS table used for a second condition. The disclosure relates in some aspects to inter-device signaling that indicates which MCS table is to be used for communication between the devices. |
| US11956093B2 |
Field device adapter for wireless data transfer
A field device adapter for wireless data transfer, comprises at least: an adapter housing; an adapter electronics unit arranged in the adapter housing, the adapter electronics unit comprising a first supply circuit, which is introduced into the first connection line, for providing a first supply voltage from a loop current flowing in the first connection line, and a second supply circuit, which is introduced into the second connection line, for providing a second supply voltage from the loop current flowing in the second connection line, wherein the adapter electronics unit further comprises a HART modem and a wireless module with an antenna for transmitting and/or receiving, and the adapter electronics unit is configured such that the first supply circuit supplies the HART modem with the first supply voltage, and the second supply circuit supplies the wireless module with the second supply voltage. |
| US11956092B2 |
Communication system and connector
A communication system includes a master device, a connector, a superordinate trunk cable connecting the master device and the connector, a superordinate slave device connected to the connector, a subordinate slave device, and a subordinate trunk cable connecting the connector and the subordinate slave device. The connector includes a superordinate power line via which power is supplied from the master device, a power branching unit to divide the superordinate power line into a first power line connected to the superordinate slave device and a second power line connected to the subordinate slave device, a superordinate signal line via which communication data between the master device and the superordinate slave device is configured to be transmitted, and a subordinate signal line via which communication data between the superordinate slave device and the subordinate slave device is configured to be transmitted. |
| US11956089B2 |
Communication device and communication method
The present technology relates to a communication device and a communication method that can achieve communication that has high reliability and low delay. Provided is a communication device that constitutes a base station, the communication device including a control unit that performs a control that generates redundancy information regarding a provision of redundancy for transmission data transmitted by a terminal station or the base station, and multiplexing information regarding multiplexing of the transmission data, and transmits the redundancy information and the multiplexing information that have been generated to the terminal station. |
| US11956086B2 |
Method for scheduling retransmissions for configured grants in NR-unlicensed
In accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform receiving, by a network device, information comprising a multiple transmission time interval uplink grant with cyclic redundancy check bits scrambled by a radio network temporary identifier; determining, by the network device of a communication network, a subset of data transmissions of a previous burst of data transmissions to be retransmitted by the network device; and performing by the network device retransmission of the subset of data transmissions using scheduled resources of the uplink grant. In addition, to perform determining, by a network node of a communication network, information comprising a multiple transmission time interval uplink grant with cyclic redundancy check bits scrambled by a radio network temporary identifier to identify a subset of data transmissions of a previous burst of data transmissions to be retransmitted by a network device; and sending the information towards the network device for use in retransmission of the subset of data transmissions using scheduled resources of the uplink grant. |
| US11956083B2 |
Communication method and apparatus for retransmitting MPDUs with different RVs
This application provides a communication method and apparatus that allow retransmitted MPDUs with different retransmission versions (RVs) to be transmitted in a same transmission process. The communication method and apparatus may be applied to a data retransmission process between any two nodes in a Wi-Fi system. In the method, when a PPDU sent by a first node includes one or more retransmitted MPDUs, the first node may include RV indication information in the PPDU to indicate an RV of each retransmitted MPDU, so that a second node can properly receive each retransmitted MPDU based on the RV indication information. |
| US11956078B2 |
Method of transmitting and receiving system information and device therefor
The present disclosure provides a method of receiving system information by a user equipment in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method may include receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) including Downlink Control Information (DCI) for scheduling the system information; descrambling a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) of the DCI based on a System Information-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (SI-RNTI); obtaining first information on a type of the system information from a specific bit included in the DCI; receiving the system information based on second information for scheduling the system information, which is included in the DCI; and determining the type of the system information based on the first information. |
| US11956074B2 |
Physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) parameters for multiple cell groups
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for identifying physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) parameters, such as a PDCCH blind decode limit and a PDCCH control channel element limit, for implementations where a user equipment (UE) is configured with two or more cell groups. The techniques described herein permit the UE or a base station to determine the quantity of cell groups that is to be considered when determining the PDCCH parameters, permit the UE to indicate PDCCH capability values across multiple frequency ranges, and permit the base station to schedule a quantity of PDCCHs for the UE that results in a quantity of blind decodes that exceeds a PDCCH blind decode limit or a quantity of control channel elements that exceeds a PDCCH control channel element limit. |
| US11956071B2 |
Systems and methods for synchronous and asynchronous messaging
An example method includes receiving a message from a sending service and addressed to a destination service. The message is sent to the destination service using a synchronous message modality responsive to a communication history parameter for the destination service indicating a synchronous message type. The message is sent to the destination service using an asynchronous message modality responsive to the communication history parameter indicating an asynchronous message type. A reply is received from the destination service and the reply is sent to the sending service. The synchronous message modality comprises waiting for a reply to be received from the destination service for a predetermined time interval. The asynchronous message modality comprises storing identification data associated with the message in a correlation data store, receiving the reply from the destination service, and determining whether the reply is associated with the message based on the identification data. |
| US11956068B2 |
Transmission method, transmission device, reception method, and reception device
A transmission method for transmitting an emergency warning signal, pertaining to one aspect of the present disclosure, includes: generating control information, the control information including a flag indicating either presence or absence of information related to a region and, when the flag indicates presence, information related to the region; acquiring information related to emergency warning content; and generating the emergency warning signal including the control information and the information related to the emergency warning content. Thus, emergency warning (early warning) information can be transmitted with greater precision. |
| US11956064B2 |
Mechanisms for doppler shift indication and handling
Doppler pre-compensated control and data signal(s) generated using first and second Doppler pre-compensation patterns, respectively, are transmitted. A signal indicating the Doppler pre-compensation patterns is transmitted. The Doppler pre-compensated control signals comprise synchronization signals, system information blocks (SIBs), a radio resource control (RRC) message, or a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and the Doppler pre-compensated data signals comprise a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The signal indicating the Doppler pre-compensation patterns comprises one of an RRC message or a PDCCH, and may indicate absolute Doppler values or a difference between Doppler values. The PDCCH may indicate a time offset between the PDCCH PDSCH. |
| US11956063B2 |
Engine control system
Certain examples disclose and describe apparatus and methods to reprogram all electronic engine control system processors through a single external network interface to an aircraft data loader. In such examples, a main processor that interfaces to an aircraft communication network is to operate as both a data loader and a loadable device. Distributed electronic engine control processors are reprogrammable from a single network interface, rather than requiring separate, direct access to each controller. |
| US11956061B2 |
Active repeater device for operational mode based beam pattern changes for communication with a plurality of user equipment
An active repeater device includes a primary sector and at least a secondary sector communicatively coupled to the primary sector receives or transmits a first beam of input RF signals having a first beam pattern from or to a base station, respectively. The primary sector includes an baseband signal processor and a first radio head (RH) unit. The secondary sector comprises a second RH unit. Beamforming coefficients are generated to convert the first beam pattern of the first beam of input RF signals to a second beam pattern based on a location of each of a plurality of user equipment (UEs). A second beam of output RF signals in the second beam pattern is transmitted from or received by, respectively, the secondary sector to or from, respectively, the plurality of UEs based on the generated beamforming coefficients and the received first beam of input RF signals. |
| US11956058B1 |
Method and system for mobile device signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) improvement via polarization adjusting/optimization
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include an adaptive antenna system with beamforming and signal polarization adjusting capabilities that improve or enhance signal to noise ratio in relation to various user effects, including specific anthropomorphic mannequin (SAM) head and personal digital assistants (PDA) hand (talk mode), PDA hand (data mode), and dual hands (read mode). Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US11956052B1 |
Techniques for selecting beam based on maximum throughput
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify a first throughput on a first beam of the UE, wherein the first beam is associated with a first number of antenna elements. The UE may identify an estimated maximum throughput of the UE. The UE may communicate, based at least in part on the first throughput being greater than the estimated maximum throughput, using a second beam, the second beam having a second throughput that is greater than the estimated maximum throughput, and the second beam being associated with a second number of antenna elements lesser than the first number of antenna elements. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US11956051B2 |
Multi-beam tracking for efficient and reliable mmWave communication among devices
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for tracking multiple beams between a first radio node and one or more other radio nodes. In this regard, embodiments of a method performed by a first radio node for mitigating interference between two or more three-dimensional (3D) beams between the first radio node and the one or more other radio nodes are provided. According to one embodiment, the method comprises determining that a particular 3D beam from among two or more 3D beams results in interference to at least one other 3D beam from among the two or more 3D beams, wherein both the particular 3D beam and the at least one other 3D beam are both operated on a first frequency. The method further comprises selecting a new frequency to which to switch the particular 3D beam, and switching the particular 3D beam from the first frequency to the new frequency. |
| US11956043B2 |
Method for reporting channel state information in wireless communication system, and device for same
A method of reporting, by a terminal, channel state information (CSI) includes: receiving first configuration information related to a channel state information (CSI) report of a first bandwidth part (BWP) from a first base station and second configuration information related to a CSI report of a second BWP from a second base station, in which the first BWP is composed of a plurality of first subbands including at least one first subband for the CSI report, and the second BWP is composed of a plurality of second subbands including at least one second subband for the CSI report; based on that the at least one first subband and the at least one second subband partially or entirely overlap, obtaining a first CSI for overlapping at least one subband; and reporting the first CSI to the first base station and the second base station. |
| US11956040B2 |
Beam sweeping on reference signal transmission for UL positioning
A method for a base station includes sending a request for a report on beamforming capability to a target user equipment; receiving the report on the beamforming capability from the target user equipment; allocating at least one positioning reference signal resource for use by the target user equipment based on at least the capability information included in the report; determining a beam sweeping mle based on the at least one positioning reference signal resource allocated for the target user equipment; and sending the positioning reference signal resource allocation and the beam sweeping mle to the target user equipment. A corresponding method for a user equipment includes receiving a request for a report on beamforming capability from a serving base station; sending the report on the beamforming capability to the serving base station; receiving information relating to at least one positioning reference signal resource and a beam sweeping rule from the serving base station; and performing beam sweeping on uplink positioning reference signal transmissions using the received positioning reference signal resource allocation based on the beam sweeping rule. |
| US11956037B2 |
Spatial reuse for wireless network
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method, including receiving, by a wireless device of a first wireless network, a control request frame from a second access node of a second wireless network, the control request frame including at least a number of nulls for the wireless device. The wireless device selects a subset of antenna elements, wherein the number of antenna elements is in accordance with the number of nulls for the wireless device, and the antenna elements are selected based on reception powers of antenna elements of at least a frame from a first access node of the first wireless network and/or the second access node of the second wireless network. The wireless device transmits a control response frame with the selected antenna elements, and a data frame to the first access node with the selected antenna elements. |
| US11956028B2 |
Transmission antenna module, non-contact transmission module, non-contact communication system provided therewith and non-contact communication method
A module and system are provided for reducing or suppressing ringing occurring in a digital signal to be transmitted. A transmission module Ma includes a transmitter 200a configured to transmit a digital signal, a transmission antenna 100a constituted by a metal plate, or by a conductor formed on an insulator, the transmission antenna 100a being configured to be electromagnetically or magnetically coupled to a reception antenna 100b of a non-contact reception module Mb for digital communication, and a resistor 400a connected in series between the transmitter 200a and the transmission antenna 100a. The resistor 400a has such a resistance value that the resistor 400a entirely blunts a waveform of the digital signal outputted from the transmitter 200a so as to reduce or suppress ringing occurring in the digital signal. The blunted digital signal is to be inputted into the transmission antenna 100a. |
| US11956027B2 |
Method and system for mitigating interference by displacing antenna structures
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data regarding interference detected in a received communication signal, and performing phase adjusting for one or more radiating elements of an antenna system such that an impact of the interference on the antenna system is minimized. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US11956024B2 |
Light-based data encoding and/or decoding
Provided is a data-coding apparatus that includes: a data-input line for receiving input data; a data scrambler having light sources coupled to the data-input line and modulated in accordance with the input data, and light sensors that receive light from the light sources; and at least one light-sensing processor coupled to the light sources and configured so as to selectively isolate light signals received from individual ones of the light sources based on at least one control signal input into such data scrambler. The light-sensing processor is dynamically controlled by the control signal(s) so as to rearrange words within the input data according to patterns that change in real time. |
| US11956022B2 |
Laser propagation path of the air interface for fixed wireless access devices
Systems and methods are provided for improving signal propagation using lasers. A laser device is used to clear the air between a first fixed station, such as a base station, and a second fixed station, such as a fixed wireless access device. In the wake of the laser, particles in the air interface are cleared along a path that can then be used to communicate one or more sets of wireless signals. In the wake of the laser, the wireless signals experience less absorption, reflection, and refraction, reducing path loss, and increasing the overall effectiveness of the wireless system—particularly at or near the cell edge or when a meteorological condition exists between the fixed stations. |
| US11956020B2 |
Signaling on a high-speed data connector
An apparatus and method for signaling and transmitting data through an optical link is described. The apparatus may include a connector including a first plurality of contacts compatible with an enhanced SFP (SFP+) connector. The connector further includes an additional contact formed at a space adjacent to the first plurality of contacts. A tone generator couples to the additional contact to receive a first signal and to generate a first distinct tone indicative of the first signal for transmission via the additional contact. The method may include generating a first distinct tone indicative of a first signal providing control or status of an apparatus and transmitting or receiving a differential data signal over a portion of a first plurality of contacts compatible with an enhanced SFP (SFP+) connector. The first distinct tone is transmitted over the additional contact formed in a space adjacent to the first plurality of contacts. |
| US11956017B2 |
Spectrally multiplexed solid state quantum emitters and memories for quantum repeaters
A spectrally multiplexed quantum repeater (SMuQR) based on spatially arrayed nodes of frequency-multiplexed multi-qubit registers uses the natural inhomogeneous distribution of optical transition frequencies in solid state defect centers. This distribution enables spectrally selective, individual addressing of large numbers of defect centers within an optical diffraction limited spot along a long cavity or waveguide. The spectral selection relies on frequency shifting an incident optical field at a rate as fast as once per defect center lifetime. The defect centers are resonant at visible frequencies and emit visible single photons which are down-converted to a wavelength compatible with long-distance transmission via conventional optical fiber. The down-converted photons are all at the same telecommunications wavelength, with the different spectral bins mapped to different temporal bins to preserve the multiplexing in the time domain, for distribution to other nodes in the quantum network. |
| US11956016B2 |
Hybrid sensing-communication optical system and method
A hybrid sensing-communication system includes a multicore optical fiber that includes first and second cores, a first communication device optically coupled to a first end of the first core of the multicore optical fiber, a second communication device optically coupled to a second end of the first core of the multicore optical fiber, a first sensing device optically coupled to a first end of the second core of the multicore optical fiber, and a second sensing device optically coupled to a second end of the second core of the multicore optical fiber. The first and second communication devices exclusively exchange communication data along the first core, the first and second sensing devices exclusively exchange sensing data along the second core, and the communication data is different from the sensing data. |
| US11956014B2 |
Method and system for transmitting and receiving an electromagnetic radiation beam with detection of orbital angular momentum and related telecommunication method and system
A method for transmitting and receiving an electromagnetic radiation beam, adapted to determine an orbital angular momentum of the received electromagnetic radiation beam, is described. There is further described a system for transmitting and receiving an electromagnetic radiation beam, capable of performing the aforesaid method. A method for performing a telecommunication of signals modulated according to any modulation technique and grouped by means of orbital angular momentum multiplexing is further described. There is further described a telecommunication system capable of performing the aforesaid method for performing a telecommunication of modulated signals. |