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| US11957390B2 |
Surgical bone screw method and apparatus
A bone screw cutting system can include a cutting assembly having a plurality of blades. The system can further include a position adjustment assembly coupled to the cutting assembly and configured to receive a bone screw blank and position the bone screw blank relative to the cutting assembly. The cutting assembly is configured to cut a bone screw blank received by the position adjustment assembly and to form a self-tapping end portion at a cut end of a resulting cut bone screw. |
| US11957389B2 |
Systems and methods for bone fixation anchor, plate, and spacer devices
Devices, systems, and methods of bone fixation. The bone fixation system includes a bone plate having an upper surface and a lower surface configured to be in contact with bone, the bone plate having a locking hole extending from the upper surface to the lower surface. The locking hole is configured to receive a locking fastener. The locking fastener has a threaded head portion configured to engage and lock to the bone plate. |
| US11957388B2 |
Deformable body and combination of such deformable body and a surgical screw element
The present invention provides a deformable body (2), wherein the deformable body comprises a force application surface (12) opposite a bone contact surface (52) to be pressed against periosteum of a bone surface (52) of a bone such that the bone contact surface adapts its shape to the shape of the bone surface, wherein the deformable body comprises one or more through-going openings (3) and/or one or more fixation locations (34) arranged to receive a fixation element such as screw (20), and wherein the deformable body comprises an anaesthetic that is released from or through the bone contact surface. The anaesthetic can be bupivicaine, liposome bupivacaine, lidocaine or levobupivacaine. The anaestetic can be arranged in one or more compartments (6, 7) which have different release rates. The screw can comprise a detent or rim to mate with the deformable body. A sleeve (80) can be arranged in the opening (3) to receive the screw. A pusher element (81) can push the deformable body from the sleeve into position on the screw shank (21). |
| US11957383B2 |
Colpotomy cup assembly
A medical device for performing a hysterectomy is provided. The medical device has a tissue incision assembly that includes a first cup nested within a second cup. The tissue incision assembly also includes a spacer assembly between the first cup and the second cup in order to maintain a spacing between the first and second cups. The tissue incision assembly also has a cutting implement that has a portion extending between, and movable with respect to, the first and second cups. The cutting implement can provide a circular cut guided via the spacing between the first and second cups. |
| US11957377B2 |
Rotational systems comprising a polymer driveshaft
Various embodiments of devices and systems comprising a polymer driveshaft for use in high-speed rotational medical procedures, e.g., atherectomy, are disclosed. Generally, the primary driveshaft for transferring torque and activating rotation of a tool attached thereto, e.g., an abrasive element, is constructed with at least a polymer outer and inner surface. In certain embodiments, the polymer driveshaft may comprise a metallic band for fixed attachment of a structure, e.g., an abrasive element, thereto. Various embodiments may comprise a coupler that connects a drive shaft connected with a prime mover, e.g., a turbine or electric motor, with the polymer drive shaft, the coupler comprising openings through the coupler wall to the inner diameter of the coupler to allow fluid flow to the inner diameter of the coupled polymer drive shaft. |
| US11957375B2 |
System, apparatus, and method for follicular unit extraction
Disclosed herein is a system, method, and apparatus for harvesting follicular units from an epidermis. The disclosed apparatus includes a hollow tubular structure having a central axis and an end structure that is attached to an end of the hollow tubular structure. The end structure terminates distally at a substantially flat annular face that is substantially in a plane perpendicular to the central axis. The flat annular face has a sharp outer edge. |
| US11957372B2 |
Apparatus for endoscopic procedures
An electromechanical surgical system having an instrument housing for connecting with a shaft assembly, a shaft assembly, and an end effector. The end effector is an articulating end effector and the system includes a cable tensioning system for tensioning the articulation cables. The system includes a clutch mechanism for preventing slippage of a drive cable. The electromechanical system includes a staple cartridge that includes a knife that is movable between a raised position and a lowered position. |
| US11957369B2 |
Intravascular lithotripsy systems and methods
Various embodiments of the systems, methods and devices are provided for breaking up calcified lesions in an anatomical conduit. More specifically, an electrical arc is generated between two spaced-apart electrodes disposed within a fluid-filled balloon, creating a subsonic pressure wave. In some embodiments, the electrodes comprise a plurality of points or extensions that allow the electrical arc to form at any one of the plurality of points to, among other things, extend the electrode life. |
| US11957366B2 |
Electrically controllable surgical tools
The present disclosure relates to electrically controllable surgical tools. In general, surgical devices are provided having an electrically controllable, fingered operating end for use in angiography, endovascular and/or neurological surgery. The finger(s) at the operating end can be made from ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) material to facilitate control of the finger(s). |
| US11957364B2 |
Burr trajectory guide
Provided is a guide assembly for guiding a bone cutting tool through a small incision in the skin near the bone that allows movement of the cutting tool in the bone in a wide angle while the cutting tool is rotated about a pivot point that is located at the small incision. The guide assembly includes a 2-piece construction that includes a guide component that holds the cutting tool and a track component having a semicircular arc shape on which the guide component is slidably engaged whereby sliding the guide component along the track component guides the movement of the cutting tool to rotate about a pivot point that is the center of curvature of the semicircular arc shape of the track component. |
| US11957357B2 |
Vascular expandable devices
Vascular expandable devices and associated methods are disclosed herein. An expandable vascular device can include a generally tubular sidewall formed of a plurality of braided strands. The device can have a compressed state for delivery in which the device has a compressed state diameter of 0.027 inches or less. The device can have an expanded state in which the device has an expanded state diameter. A full expansion distance of the device corresponds to a longitudinal unconstrained distance at which the distal end of the expandable device attains the expanded state diameter. The full expansion distance can be 20 mm or less. |
| US11957356B2 |
Methods and apparatus for stent assisted aneurysm coiling
A device for temporarily protecting a neck of an aneurysm of a blood vessel is provided. The device includes a plurality of wires coiled to form a collapsible frame configured to expand and substantially conform to a shape of an inside surface of the blood vessel while the aneurysm is being treated. The device includes a retention wire disposed at a proximal end of the frame of the plurality of wires. The device includes a cover comprising at least a first portion configured to be disposed directly against a neck of the aneurysm while the aneurysm is being treated, the first portion having a first porosity to blood flow. Related methods of use and manufacturing are also provided. |
| US11957355B2 |
Vascular access devices, systems, and methods
Vascular access devices, systems, and methods of their use are provided. In one embodiment, a vascular access device includes a catheter, a balloon, and an inflation lumen. The catheter includes an elongate flexible shaft having a proximal end and a distal end with a primary lumen therethrough. The balloon is disposed about the distal end of the catheter. The inflation lumen is in fluid communication with the balloon and extends toward the proximal end of the shaft of the catheter. The balloon is inflatable into a shape having a first open end, a second open end, a sidewall between the first and second open ends, and a passageway therethrough, which, when the balloon is deployed and inflated within a vessel, permits blood flowing in the vessel to flow through the passageway. The balloon further includes a balloon lumen which is coupled at its first end to the primary lumen of the catheter and which extends to an aperture in the sidewall of the balloon, thereby providing a hemostatic connection and luminal access to a wall of the vessel via the primary lumen of the catheter. |
| US11957354B2 |
Aneurysm implant support device
An aneurysm implant support device for treating an aneurysm at a bifurcation can include a body having a tubular lattice extending from an upper body section, through a mid body section, and to a lower body section. The upper body section can be sized, shaped, and otherwise configured for implantation in an aneurysm sac. The upper body section can include support elements positioned at the aneurysm neck which inhibit the embolic implants from exiting the aneurysm. The mid body section can have two large cell openings substantially larger than the cell openings over a majority of the tubular lattice. The two large cell openings can be placed across passageways from a stem blood vessel to branch blood vessels of the bifurcation. The lower body section can be sized, shaped, and otherwise configured to anchor within the stem blood vessel. |
| US11957352B2 |
Implantable sphincter assistance device with controlled homogeneous dilation of the restricting elements
An apparatus includes at least one link and a plurality of beads. The plurality of beads are joined using the at least one link and configured to be arranged in an annular arrangement. Each bead includes at least one magnet. The annular arrangement is sized and configured to form a loop around an anatomical structure in a patient. Adjacent beads are magnetically attracted together at a plurality of magnetic interfaces that include first and second magnetic interfaces. The first magnetic interface has a first magnetic field strength. The second magnetic interface has a second magnetic field strength that is less than the first magnetic field strength so that the beads forming the second interface are configured to separate prior to the beads forming the first interface when the loop moves from the contracted configuration to the expanded configuration, thereby providing uniform radial expansion of the loop. |
| US11957351B2 |
Tissue ligation systems and methods of ligating tissue
Tissue ligation systems and methods are provides to mechanically strangulate abnormal or undesirable tissue. Tissue ligation systems include a multi-lumen catheter having an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of a standard endoscope channel such that the catheter can be inserted into the endoscope. Tissue ligation systems also include a ligation apparatus with an expandable hood disposed at the distal end of the catheter. A suture extends through a lumen of the catheter and has a distal loop portion that can strangulate tissue. |
| US11957349B2 |
Implantable sphincter assistance device with interactive adjacent field intensity and angular orientation based on interconnection link length
An apparatus includes a plurality of links and a plurality of beads interconnected together using the plurality of links. Each link of the plurality of links defines a chord length. The plurality of beads is configured to be arranged in an annular arrangement. Each bead of the plurality of beads includes at least one magnet configured to emit a magnetic field. The annular arrangement is sized and configured to form a loop around an anatomical structure in a patient. The loop in the expanded configuration is configured to permit fluid flow through the anatomical structure. Adjacent magnetic fields of adjacent magnets of the adjacent beads are configured to interact until separated past a minimum threshold in response the annular arrangement moving from the contracted configuration to the expanded configuration. The minimum threshold is based on the chord length of the links. |
| US11957345B2 |
Articulatable surgical instruments with conductive pathways for signal communication
A cover for an articulation joint that is supported in an elongate shaft assembly of a surgical instrument that is operably coupled to a surgical end effector that includes at least one end effector conductor therein. The cover includes at least one electrically conductive pathway that extends from the distal end of the cover to form an electrically conductive pathway from the end effector conductor to a shaft conductor on the elongate shaft assembly while facilitating operation of the articulation joint. Various conductor arrangements facilitating the passage of electrical current between an end effector to a control system across the articulation joint are also disclosed. |
| US11957341B2 |
Multi-use loading unit
A cartridge assembly includes a channel and a removable assembly in releasable engagement with the channel. The removable assembly includes a cartridge body and a support plate. The cartridge body includes an engagement structure disposed adjacent a proximal end thereof. The support plate is configured to mechanically engage the cartridge body and includes an engagement structure disposed adjacent a proximal end thereof. The engagement structure of the cartridge body is configured for longitudinal alignment with the engagement structure of the support plate. The engagement structures of the cartridge body and the engagement structure of the support plate are configured to mechanically engage the engagement structure of the channel when the removable assembly is engaged with the channel. |
| US11957336B2 |
Proximally located firing lockout mechanism for surgical stapler
A surgical instrument includes a shaft assembly, an end effector, a firing system, and a firing lockout assembly. The end effector is operatively coupled with the shaft assembly. The end effector includes first and second jaws. The first jaw includes an anvil. The second jaw is configured to removably receive an unspent staple cartridge. The firing system extends through at least a portion of the shaft assembly and the end effector. The firing lockout assembly is selectively coupled with the firing system. The firing lockout assembly is disposed proximal to the end effector. The firing lockout assembly is configured to allow actuation of the firing system in an unlocked configuration in response to the unspent staple cartridge being coupled with the second jaw; and inhibit actuation of the firing system in a locked configuration in response to the unspent staple cartridge being absent from the second jaw. |
| US11957333B1 |
Suture structure for medical surgery and process for making the same
The present application provides a suture structure for medical surgery and a process for making the same. The suture structure includes: a thread head core, a winding yarn and a suture connection yarn. In particular, the thread head core is formed by bundling a plurality of thread core yarns; a connection section is provided at a first end of the suture connection yarn; the connection section is attached to the thread head core along a length direction of the thread head core; a second end of the suture connection yarn extends out from the thread head core at the middle of the thread head core; the thread head core and the connection section are wound along the length direction of the thread head core to form a thread rod; and the core yarn, the winding yarn and the suture connection yarn are made of thermoplastic resin fibers. |
| US11957324B2 |
Device and method for preparing and administering one-component fibrin sealant
Provided herein are systems for preparing and delivering fibrin sealant to a surface and methods of use thereof. In one embodiment, the system comprises: a. a quantity of a liquid mixture disposed within a container, the mixture comprising: I. fibrin or II. fibrinogen and Factor II; and b. a resin bed disposed within a vessel, the vessel capable of being in fluid communication with the container, wherein when in fluid communication, passage of the mixture through the vessel results in modification of the concentration of small molecules inhibitor(s) and/or inducer(s) within the mixture, favoring fibrin clot formation. |
| US11957322B2 |
Personal cervical cell collection device, kit and method
A cervical cell collection device, kit and method for the collection of cervical cells is provided. In some embodiments, the cervical cell collection device comprises an outer guide assembly having a distal end section with an aperture there through; an inner assembly positioned within the outer guide assembly, the inner assembly having a distal end with a collapsible collection pad secured thereto by a flexible collection support, wherein the inner assembly is movable from a first position where the collection pad is folded inside distal end section of the outer guide assembly to a second position where the collection pad is pushed through the aperture in the distal end of the outer guide assembly where it expands to contact and collect cervical cells. |
| US11957321B2 |
Urine-specimen collection, storage, and testing device
A female urinary device including a urine stream collection container having a discharge opening and a stream collection opening, the stream collection opening being configured to surround and isolate a urethral opening, an internal baffle that cooperates with at least a urine sample container to provide a spillway to the discharge opening, where the spillway provides urine passage to a collection tank, and a probe configured for interior engagement with a vaginal opening for placement of the stream collection opening relative to the urethra opening. |
| US11957320B2 |
Image guided spinal decompression with contralateral oblique view
The present invention relates to a flexible surgical system for endoscopic spinal decompression and methods thereof. Various methods of accessing the epidural space with this instrument are described. The system design enables placement of the device through several approaches. It is then advanced under direct visualization or fluoroscopic (X-Ray), for example, into areas of the spine including lumbar (low back), thoracic (mid and upper back) and cervical (neck). The pathologies encroaching upon the spinal space can then be visualized wherein the epidural membrane can optionally be displaced to further aid in visualization. The membrane can be used to protect regions of tissue adjacent the site to tissue removal. |
| US11957319B2 |
Endobronchial ultrasound imaging
An endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) bronchoscope is configured as a single-use (e.g., disposable) device. The bronchoscope includes an insertion tube having a proximal section adjacent the handle and a distal tip. An ultrasound transducer assembly is located at the distal tip. The ultrasound transducer assembly includes an ultrasound transducer array, transmit-and-receive circuitry for the ultrasound transducer array, and a flexible interconnection between the ultrasound transducer array and the transmit-and-receive circuitry. The insertion tube further includes an imaging lumen including one or more power cables and one or more communication wires that extend from the ultrasound transducer assembly through the proximal section and a working channel that is separate from the imaging lumen. |
| US11957313B2 |
Endoscope, distal end barrel member of endoscope and insertion portion of endoscope
An endoscope includes an imager unit loading region provided at a distal end portion of an insertion portion, a cable connection surface, a wall provided to connect an opening of the imager unit loading region and an opening of the cable connection surface to each other, a contact pattern formed on a wall surface of the imager unit loading region, a wiring pattern formed on a front surface of the cable connection surface from the wall, a connection pattern formed on the cable connection surface, and a through-electrode formed in the wall so that the imager unit loading region and the cable connection surface communicate with each other, configured to cause the contact pattern and the wiring pattern to electrically continue to each other, and formed at a predetermined angle with respect to a center axis of the distal end barrel member. |
| US11957311B2 |
Endoscope control unit with braking system
A control unit that includes a braking system for fixing the position of an endoscope tip is provided. The control system includes an up-down control knob and a right-left control knob. The brakes are engaged by rotating the control knob itself counter-clockwise from a free wheeling position. After the brakes have been engaged, a sufficient amount of force applied to the control knobs will move the endoscope tip slightly in the corresponding direction, allowing for fine tuning of tip position after braking. |
| US11957308B2 |
Medical appliance for controlling medical device through catheter sheath based on pneumatic action
A medical appliance for use in medical procedures to controllably advance a medical device through a sheath. The medical appliance features pneumatic action and connecting structures adapted to couple the appliance to a variety of types of catheters, tools, and instruments. |
| US11957305B2 |
Endoscope distal end structure and endoscope
An endoscope distal end structure includes: an imaging unit; a signal cable; and a distal end frame including a housing portion, and a cable connection portion configured to connect the signal cable. The housing portion is a recess formed on a distal end side of the distal end frame. The housing portion includes a side surface and a bottom surface provided with a connection terminal. At least a part of the cable connection portion is provided with a cable connection electrode that connects a core wire of the signal cable on a distal end side from a bottom surface of the housing portion with reference to the optical axis direction of the imaging unit. The connection terminal and the cable connection electrode are connected by a wiring pattern formed in the housing portion, an outer periphery of the distal end frame, and the cable connection portion. |
| US11957304B2 |
Minimally invasive surgical system
A patient-side support system includes a base, a platform movably coupled to the base, manipulator assemblies coupled to the platform, instruments, each of the instruments being coupled to a different one of the manipulator assemblies, each of the instruments including a body and a shaft extending from the body, and a guide tube common to the instruments. A first part of the shaft of each individual one of the instruments extends distally from the guide tube to the body. a second part of the shaft of each individual one of the instruments extends through at least a portion of the guide tube. The first part of the shaft of a first instrument of the instruments is articulatable between the body of the first instrument and the guide tube. The guide tube and the instruments are collectively rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the guide tube. |
| US11957302B2 |
User-interface for visualization of endoscopy procedures
A user-interface for visualizing a colonoscopy procedure includes a video region and a navigational map upon which coverage annotations are displayed. A live video feed received from a colonoscope is displayed in the video region. The navigational map depicts longitudinal sections of a colon. The coverage annotations are presented on the navigation map and indicate whether one or more of the longitudinal sections is deemed adequately inspected or inadequately inspected during the colonoscopy procedure. |
| US11957300B2 |
Information processing apparatus, control method, and program
An information processing apparatus (2000) detects an abnormal region (30) from a moving image frame (14). The abnormal region (30) is a region that is estimated to represent an abnormal part inside a body of a subject. The information processing apparatus (2000) generates and outputs output information based on the number of detected abnormal regions (30). |
| US11957297B2 |
Station
A station for a cleaning device is provided. The station includes an accommodation chamber configured to be docked with the dust canister, a housing configured to have a dust bag disposed therein, a cover configured to open and close one region of the housing, a holder configured to be detachable to the dust bag and selectively communicate the dust bag with the accommodation chamber, and a lever configured to have one end disposed in one region of the housing and rotate in a first direction to selectively interfere with the cover. The lever rotates in a second direction opposite to the first direction to close the cover based on the dust bag being mounted on the holder and in communication with the accommodation chamber. |
| US11957296B2 |
Nozzle for cleaner
A nozzle for a cleaner has a nozzle housing including a nozzle base and a nozzle cover coupled to an upper side of nozzle base, the nozzle cover including a bottom wall recessed towards the nozzle base, a flow path forming portion positioned between the nozzle base and the nozzle cover, a connection tube positioned at a rear side of nozzle housing, a water tank positioned on the nozzle cover and a plurality of rotation cleaning units arranged on a bottom side of the nozzle base and spaced apart from each other in a lateral direction, each the plurality of rotation cleaning units including a rotation plate configured to be coupled to a mop. |
| US11957294B2 |
Blower apparatus and vacuum cleaner
A blower apparatus includes a motor including a rotor including a shaft extending along a vertically extending central axis, and a stator opposing the rotor in a radial direction, an impeller below the stator and fixed to the shaft, and a housing surrounding an outer side of the impeller in the radial direction. The impeller includes a base portion that widens in a direction intersecting the central axis, and blades arranged on an upper surface of the base portion along a circumferential direction. An annulus is fixed to an upper end portion of the shaft. |
| US11957288B1 |
Double-tank water spraying mop
A double-tank water spraying mop, comprising a mop rod, a water tank housing, a first water tank, a second water tank, a water pump, a nozzle, and a distribution body, wherein the first water tank, the second water tank, the water pump, the nozzle and the distribution body are located in the water tank housing, the water pump is connected to the nozzle, after the water pump is started, the liquid entering the water pump from the first and second water tanks may be sprayed out through the nozzle; a distribution valve is further arranged in the distribution body, and under the distribution of the distribution valve, the liquid in the first water tank and the second water tank may flow into the water pump through the distribution body. |
| US11957283B2 |
Reconfigurable water distribution system for a walk-in tub bathing installation with a single pump for multiple functions
A water distribution system for providing multiple bathing functions independently for a walk-in bath tub using one pump that delivers pressurized water to a first valve having a first outlet for communicating pressurized water to a second valve and a second outlet for communicating pressurized water to a drain, the second valve selectively positioned for communicating pressurized water selectively to a respective piping system for a micro bubbles bathing function and for a pressurized jet bathing function, and a controller for moving the valves selectively to provide three operational bathing functions independently with the one pump. A method for providing multiple bathing functions independently with one pump is disclosed. |
| US11957280B2 |
Toilet roll spindle lighting device
The present invention pertains to paper product devices for holding toilet paper, particularly toilet roll spindles and holders that simultaneously provide illumination in an area. Embodiments described for the present invention use a toilet paper spindle housing, one or more springs designed to hold the electrical device in place, a power source, often battery powered, one or more lights within the housing to illuminate an area around and including a toilet, an ambient light sensor to detect an ambient light level, a toilet paper slide preventer and motion sensor guard, and one or more passive infrared sensors to detect movement in an area. The embodiment may illuminate an area for a specific time duration once motion or occupancy is detected. In one embodiment, the toilet roll spindle housing attaches vertically to a freestanding base and may be comprised of a power source, a photocell sensor, and infrared sensors. |
| US11957275B2 |
Preparation vessel for connection with a receiving area of a base unit of a food processor
A preparation vessel is adapted for connection with a receiving area of a base unit of an electric motor-driven food processor. In order to provide a preparation vessel for a food processor that can be locked with a base unit of a food processor regardless of its height, the preparation vessel has a locking assembly for locking the preparation vessel with the base unit of the food processor. The locking assembly has a displaceable contact element, which is arranged on the preparation vessel in such a way that it can be activated by a corresponding activating assembly of the receiving area of the food processor with the preparation vessel in a state properly connected with the base unit, so as to induce the locking of the preparation vessel by means of the locking assembly. |
| US11957274B2 |
Foaming device
A device for producing fluid foam includes a container where the fluid can be accommodated, and includes a foaming tool rotatable in the inner volume of the container. The texture and the porosity of the fluid foam obtained are provided by shear energy coming from Couette Flow effect and depend on the dimension of the foaming tool with respect to the inner volume of the container, on the location of the foaming tool from the bottom of the container and on the rotation speed of the foaming tool. |
| US11957271B2 |
Method of generating a desired temperature of an infused beverage within a brewing assembly
A method of generating a desired temperature of an infused beverage within a brewing assembly that includes inducing a flow of a first solvent at a first temperature within a first solvent conduit upstream of a brewing chamber in a brewing assembly, inducing a flow of a second solvent within a second solvent conduit, separate from the first solvent conduit, upstream of the brewing chamber, and thermally modulating the second solvent to a second temperature higher and different than the first temperature. The method also includes selectively combining the first and second solvents at a resulting solvent conduit upstream of the brewing chamber to form a resulting solvent at a selectively desired temperature lower than the second temperature, receiving the resulting solvent at the brewing chamber housing a solute at the selectively desired temperature to produce an infused beverage, and discharging the infused through an outlet on the beverage assembly. |
| US11957265B2 |
Smart kettle using induction heating
A smart kettle is disclosed. The smart kettle includes a body that is configured to increase in temperature in response to a magnetic field. The smart kettle further includes a temperature sensor that is located on a bottom of the body and that is configured to measure a temperature of the bottom of the body. The smart kettle further includes a controller that is configured to adjust a strength of the magnetic field based on the temperature measured by the temperature sensor by outputting a control signal. |
| US11957264B2 |
Multifunctional cooker
A multifunctional cooker includes a cooker body and an upper cover assembly. The upper cover assembly is provided with a heating assembly and a wind power assembly, and the multifunctional cooker is provided with a first member cooperated with the upper cover assembly. The first member is provided with an air duct, and the first member realizes sealing of the cooker body or realizes releasing of the sealing of the cooker body through a state change of the air duct. The first member is capable of releasing pressure when the pressure inside the cooker body exceeds a threshold. |
| US11957261B2 |
Window treatment mounting bracket
A motorized window treatment system may include a roller tube, a flexible material, a drive assembly, electrical wiring, and/or mounting brackets. A mounting bracket may include a channel configured to secure the roller tube in position along a longitudinal axis of the roller tube. A mounting bracket may include a base and an attachment member. The base may be configured to attach the mounting bracket to a structure. The attachment member may extend from the base and may be configured to receive an end of a roller tube. The mounting bracket may be configured to retain electrical wiring for powering a drive assembly within the roller tube. The mounting bracket may include a spring that is configured to retain the roller tube within the channel in the mounting bracket. The mounting bracket may include a sliding cover that is configured to cover an access opening of the channel. |
| US11957260B2 |
Side sleeper sleeping bag
A sleeping bag that allows a user to comfortably sleep on their side without their sleeping bag twisting or otherwise hindering their ability to rest and sleep. The sleeping bag has an increased amount of insulation in one or more of the hip region, the shoulder region, and the footbox as compared to the torso region and the leg region. The sleeping bag may have two different types of insulation in the region having the increased amount of insulation versus one type of insulation in the other areas of the bag. |
| US11957259B2 |
To-go cubby unit
A cubby unit includes a unit housing, a plurality of cubbies disposed within the unit housing, and an interface positioned along the unit housing. Each of the plurality of cubbies includes a cubby housing defining an internal compartment and a door coupled to the cubby housing. The door facilitates accessing the internal compartment of the cubby housing. The interface provides a cubby selection interface that facilitates manual assignment of a respective cubby to a respective order by an employee. |
| US11957255B2 |
Smart bottle and control method thereof
Provided are a smart bottle and a method for controlling the smart bottle. A smart bottle comprises a bottle for containing liquid; a base formed to be combined to one side of the bottle; a first sensor installed in the bottle or the base, and configured to obtain level information of liquid contained in the bottle; a third sensor configured to obtain inclination information of the bottle; a heater configured to heat the liquid contained in the bottle; a controller configured to control operation of the heater based on the temperature information, determine a feeding start and a feeding end based on the inclination information, and modify the level information based on the inclination information; a communication unit configured to transmit the inclination information and the level information to an external device; and a battery configured to supply power to the first sensor and the base. |
| US11957251B2 |
Active comfort controlled bedding systems
Active comfort controlled bedding systems include a variable firmness control and/or variable climate control. The active comfort controlled bedding systems generally include a plurality of air bladders, each one of the plurality of air bladders includes a pressure sensor configured to measure pressure within a respective air bladder. A control unit configured to selectively operate a pump and valves to sequentially adjust a pressure in two or more of the plurality of air bladders having an applied load of an end user thereon to provide a repeating pattern within the two or more plurality of air bladders, wherein the repeating pattern is defined by a pressure increase and subsequent decrease in a selected one of the plurality of air bladders followed a pressure increase and subsequent decrease in a selected other one of the plurality of air bladders to provide a massaging action. |
| US11957249B2 |
Headboard pouch
A headboard pouch that provides easy access to reading materials and eliminates clutter from nightstands is provided. The pouch includes first and second holders, with the second holder attached to an exterior surface of the first holder. The first holder is larger than the second holder, and the first holder is intended to receive and hold reading materials, while the second holder is intended to receive and hold smartphones or like devices. The pouch includes an attachment means that releasably secures the pouch to a headboard. The pouch also includes a light attached to an articulated arm extending from a battery and power module attached to the first holder to allow the light to be manipulated into a desired angle or position. The pouch may also include a charging port in the battery and power module to allow for smartphones or like devices to be charged. |
| US11957248B2 |
Adjustable bed base with subframe for lift and tilt
An adjustable bed base has a subframe which may be raised and lowered relative to a stationary frame by primary linear actuators. A deck is attached to the subframe. The deck may be flat or fully articulated depending upon the position of secondary linear actuators which are a part of a subframe module. The subframe module may be secured to the stationary frame of the adjustable bed base. The deck may be inclined by extending one of the primary linear actuators more than the other regardless of the positions of the deck members. |
| US11957246B2 |
Chair
A chair with a transom, a seat support, a back portion, and a combined rock and recline mechanism. The combined rock and recline mechanism has front and rear rocking arrangements configured to enable the seat support and back portion to together rock generally forward and rearward from a neutral position relative to the transom, and a recline arrangement that is configured such that the seat support is in a first at-rest position relative to the back portion when the back portion is in an upright position, and such that reclining the back portion rearwardly from the upright position toward a reclined position moves the seat support upward and rearward from the first at-rest position. |
| US11957243B2 |
Method for organizing footware
A shoe organizer unit, a method of using a shoe organizer unit, and a method for storing shoes in a plurality of shoe storing shelves of a shoe organizer unit are described. The shoe organizer unit includes a plurality of shoe storing shelves adapted to store shoes therein. A plurality of linear actuators moves the plurality of shoe storing shelves in a path within a cabinet. A controller manages operation of the linear actuators to move the shoes along the path. Transparent panels secure the shoes within the cabinet. Secure storage and retrieval of the shoes is controlled by electronics including a keypad, a push button and a shoe shelf identification code card printer. The shoe organizer unit provides for sterilization of the shoes stored and secure storing and retrieval of the shoes. |
| US11957239B2 |
Artists' brush cover
An artists' brush storage and protection device includes a storage unit having a plurality of storage compartments, each of the storage compartments including a cover with a paint well below the cover, the paint well defined in part by upstanding walls, an exterior one of the upstanding walls defining a recess with a resilient sealing member disposed therein. Each of the covers may be opened permitting access to the paint well or closed against the upstanding walls of the paint well and the sealing member. The storage unit may further include drawer slides and a palette slidable on the drawer slides relative to the storage unit to reveal or conceal the palette. When bristles of a paint brush are placed in the paint well, its handle rests upon the resilient sealing member which compresses around the handle when the cover is closed to provide a substantially air-tight seal. |
| US11957231B2 |
Cosmetic applicator and method of using same
A cosmetic application device includes an application member and a positioning support system therefore which provides improved accuracy and side-to-side repeatability for the application of a cosmetic. The application member is optionally adjustable and repositionable relative to the positioning support system and may be further optionally provided in a kit form with one or more colorant members, guide members or replacement application members. A method for using the proposed invention is provided. |
| US11957228B2 |
Hand-held hair removal article
The present invention relates in general to a hand-held hair removal article. More specifically, the invention relates to a shaped flexible article adapted to scoop a hair removal compound, apply the hair removal compound to a hair removal area, and remove the hair removal compound and hair from the hair removal area. |
| US11957215B2 |
Actuator for an automated footwear platform
Systems and apparatus related to an automated footwear platform including a button assembly for controlling a footwear lacing apparatus are discussed. In an example, the button assembly can include a bushing and an actuator. The bushing can include an actuator housing surrounded by an outer flange. The actuator housing can include an exterior side and an interior side relative to the footwear platform. The actuator can include a plurality of actuator bodies disposed within the actuator housing. Each actuator body of the plurality of actuator bodies can include a switch interface adapted to interact with a switch on a lacing engine. |
| US11957212B2 |
Adaptable footwear for playing football
A football shoe or football boot including a sole, an upper, a fastener to fasten the shoe or boot in place, and a layer of material that in situ is disposed between the fastener and an underlying foot or hose. The layer of material includes a ball control region with an outer ball control surface contactable with a football during kicking. The ball control surface lies rearwardly of a foremost region of the layer of material. |
| US11957211B2 |
Footwear apparatus for facilitating optimal gaiting
Disclosed herein is a footwear apparatus for facilitating optimal gaiting, in accordance with some embodiments. Accordingly, the footwear apparatus includes an upper configured for retaining a foot of a user in the footwear apparatus. Further, the footwear apparatus includes a sole comprising a front portion and a rear portion. Further, the upper is attached to the sole. Further, the rear portion is raised away from a plane defined by the front portion. Further, the rear portion comprises a first attachment component. Further, the footwear apparatus includes a heel configured to be removably attached to the rear portion of the sole. Further, the heel comprises a second attachment component configured for mating with the first attachment component. Further, the removably attaching of the heel with the rear portion is based on the mating. |
| US11957206B2 |
Sole and shoe
Described are soles for a shoe, in particular for a sports shoe, with a midsole. The midsole includes a first sole region, which includes particle foam. The midsole further includes a deformation region within the midsole, wherein the deformation region has a volume greater than that of a single expanded particle and is positioned so that it allows a sideward deformation of the material of the first sole region under a pressure load on the sole. |
| US11957205B2 |
Footwear with traction sole assembly
A footwear construction includes a sole assembly having a convoluted lower surface with multiple rolling peaks and valleys, and first and second midsoles having different durometers to provide dynamic stability, cushion and/or traction. The second midsole can include apertures that extend into some peaks so those peaks are compressible and conform well to underfoot terrain. The sole assembly can include certain lateral or medial peaks that transition to a perimeter of the sole assembly, and that are of a truncated shape with a sidewall to provide firmness and/or rigidity to the sole assembly around the perimeter. Other peaks can be disposed inward from the lateral or medial peaks and can be of a lesser firmness so those central peaks can provide cushioning and/or macro traction capabilities. A related method of manufacture also is provided. |
| US11957202B2 |
High energy return foam compositions having improved abrasion resistance and uses thereof
Components for articles of footwear and athletic equipment are provided including a high energy return foam having improved abrasion resistance. A variety of foams and foam components and compositions for forming the foams are provided. In some aspects, the foams and components including the foams can have exceptionally high energy return while also having improved durability and softness and an improved abrasion resistance. In particular, midsoles including the foams are provided for use in an article of footwear. Methods of making the compositions and foams are provided, as well as methods of making an article of footwear including one of the foam components. In some aspects, the foams and foam components can be made by injection molding or injection molding followed by compression molding. |
| US11957201B2 |
Article of footwear having a knitted component with a forefoot portion and a heel portion
In one aspect, the present disclosure provides an article of footwear comprising a forefoot portion with a top layer and a bottom layer, where a void is formed between the top layer and the bottom layer. A heel portion is secured to the bottom layer of the forefoot portion and indirectly secured to the top layer through the bottom layer of the forefoot portion, the heel area forming a first portion of a collar. There is at least one extension extending from the heel portion that is secured to an edge of the top layer of the forefoot portion, and the extension forms at least a second portion of the collar. |
| US11957199B2 |
Compression headwear
The invention is an article of headwear that incorporates a hair compression system and adjustment system for compressing one or more sections of a wearer's hair. The headwear may be formed of a crown, a compression system, and an adjustment system. The compression system includes one or more stretchable materials that form the inner layer of the crown. The compression system may compress along a horizontal, diagonal and/or vertical plane of the head of a wearer. The compression system is attached to an adjustment system often at the back of the headwear which can be attached to the crown. The adjustment system allows a user to manually tighten the compression system to a desired pressure to keep the hair of the user compressed while the user wears the headwear. The desired hair compression is capable of being regulated by the adjustment system. When the user is finished wearing the headwear, the adjustment system may be released to allow the user to remove the headwear without undoing the effects of the compression system. |
| US11957188B2 |
Wearable device, and sensor device
A wearable device includes a sensor device and a clothes to which the sensor device is attached. The clothes includes a clothes body and an insertion and extraction portion that has an opening formed in the clothes body and enables the sensor device to be inserted into or extracted from the clothes body. The sensor device includes a humidity sensor configured to measure humidity in the clothes body and a housing having a first region exposed to an inside of the clothes body and a second region exposed to an outside of the clothes body, while the sensor device is inserted from the insertion and extraction portion into the clothes body. The humidity sensor is accommodated in the first region of the housing. |
| US11957186B2 |
Seamless garment for pumping and nursing
A nursing and pumping garment includes a unitary exterior layer and a pumping layer seamlessly connected to the unitary exterior layer. The unitary exterior layer includes first and second breast covers, a central portion, and gathers between both the first breast cover and the central portion and the second breast cover and the central portion. The garment may be in one of: (1) a first state in which the unitary exterior layer is completely covering a central pumping edge and the garment is neither in a pumping or a breast feeding position; (2) a second state in which at least one aperture is formed to facilitate breast pumping; and (3) a third state in which the unitary exterior and pumping layers are both disconnected from a first bra strap or a second bra strap to facilitate breast feeding. |
| US11957185B2 |
Bra assembly to provide proper fit for multiple sized wearers
The present disclosure provides a new bra assembly that allows for the fashionable fit of two or more bra sized wearers in a single bra sized garment. The present disclosure also provides for a bra assembly that enables wearers with different cup sizes, as well as many different underband sizes, to comfortable fit into the same bra sized garment. |
| US11957181B2 |
Aerosol-generating device having outer and inner lighting arrays
An aerosol-generating device is provided for heating an aerosol-forming substrate to generate an inhalable aerosol during a usage session, the aerosol-generating device including: control electronics; and an outer lighting array partially or wholly surrounding an inner lighting array, the control electronics being coupled to the outer and inner lighting arrays and are configured to: i) selectively activate one of the outer and inner lighting arrays to generate a first predetermined light emission conveying first data indicative of a state of the aerosol-generating device, and ii) selectively activate the other of the outer and inner lighting arrays to generate a second predetermined light emission conveying second data indicative of a state of the aerosol-generating device, in which the first data and the second data are different from one another. |
| US11957176B2 |
Heater assembly, aerosol generating device, and aerosol generating system
A heater assembly includes a heating body that generates heat and includes a first portion and a second portion having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the first portion, a first fixing portion that supports the heating body and includes an insertion hole into which the second portion of the heating body is inserted, and a second fixing portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the heating body to form an accommodation space in which a cigarette is accommodated and engaging with the first fixing portion at one side of the second fixing portion, wherein the diameter of the second portion is larger than a diameter of the insertion hole of the first fixing portion before the heating body is inserted into the first fixing portion by interference fit. |
| US11957173B2 |
Heater assembly with anchoring legs
The invention relates to a heater assembly for generating an inhalable aerosol. The heater assembly comprises an electrically insulating element and an electrical resistive heater. The heater comprises a central heating portion, which is configured to be heated. The heater further comprises electrical contacts, which contact the central heating portion and which are configured to supply electrical energy to the central heating portion. The heater further comprises anchoring legs, which are configured bendable. The anchoring legs are arranged adjacent to the central heating portion and configured to mechanically anchor the electrical resistive heater to the electrically insulating element. The anchoring legs are configured forming a chamfer for guiding insertion of an aerosol-generating article. |
| US11957170B2 |
Vaporizer and aerosol generating apparatus including the same
A vaporizer includes a storage storing a liquid aerosol generating material, a wick extending in one direction and absorbing the aerosol generating material through both end portions thereof that are connected to the storage, and a coil surrounding the wick a plurality of times at different winding intervals and heating the aerosol generating material absorbed by the wick, based on an absorption rate profile of the aerosol generating material which changes in the wick along the one direction. |
| US11957168B2 |
Atomizer and electronic cigarette comprising the same
An atomizer includes a heating assembly, a first e-liquid collector, and a second e-liquid collector. The first e-liquid collector and the second e-liquid collector are disposed under the heating assembly. The first e-liquid collector is configured to store condensed e-liquid; and the second e-liquid collector is configured to store the condensed e-liquid overflowing out of the first e-liquid collector. The first e-liquid collector is disposed near the heating assembly. |
| US11957165B2 |
Oral pouched nicotine product including a filling material comprising nicotine-containing particles
The present disclosure relates an oral pouched nicotine product comprising a filling material and a saliva-permeable pouch of a packaging material enclosing the filling material, said filling material comprising: —particles having a sphericity from 0.7 to 1.0, such as from 0.8 to 1.0, and a diameter from 0.2 mm to 2.0 mm, said particles comprising: (i) a core having an outer surface, said core comprising a material selected from the group consisting of cellulose, starch, polyalcohol, sugar and any combinations thereof, (ii) a first coating comprising a saliva-soluble binder and a nicotine source, said first coating being applied on at least part of the outer surface of said core, wherein said particles are provided in an amount within the range of from 50 wt % to 100 wt %, such as from 50 wt % to 90 wt %, based on the total weight of said filling material, and—optionally a tobacco material within the range of from 0.05 wt % to 10 wt %, based on the total weight of the filling material. The present disclosure also relates to a method for preparing an oral pouched nicotine product comprising the aforementioned filling material. |
| US11957160B2 |
Filler containing blends of aerosol generating materials
An aerosol generating material is disclosed containing a blend of at least two plant fibers or aerosol generating materials. The reconstituted material can contain at least one of extracted cannabis fibers and extracted cocoa husk fibers, in combination with at least one of extracted tobacco fibers, tobacco materials, extracted herbal plant fibers, and aerosol generating herbal plant materials. The reconstituted plant fiber material is capable of generating an aerosol, such as a smoke, that has a very mild and neutral or natural taste without any harsh components. The reconstituted plant fiber material contains no nicotine, low or no amounts of other active compounds, such as THC, and contains low to no amounts of harsh combustible compounds, such as tar. |
| US11957155B2 |
Aerosol-forming substrate and aerosol-delivery system
There is described an aerosol-forming substrate for use in combination with an inductive heating device. The aerosol-forming substrate comprises a solid material which is capable of releasing volatile compounds that can form an aerosol upon heating of the aerosol-forming substrate and at least a first susceptor material for heating the aerosol-forming substrate. The at least first susceptor material is arranged in thermal proximity of the solid material. The aerosol-forming substrate further comprises at least a second susceptor material which has a second Curie-temperature which is lower than a first Curie-temperature of the first susceptor material. The second Curie-temperature of the second susceptor material corresponds to a predefined maximum heating temperature of the first susceptor material. There is also described an aerosol-delivery system. |
| US11957154B2 |
Tobacco articles and methods
A tobacco article may include tobacco disposed in a porous matrix. The tobacco article may provide tobacco, tobacco constituents, or both tobacco and tobacco constituents to the consumer's mouth in the form of particles, liquid, or vapor so as to provide tobacco satisfaction to the consumer. The tobacco may be integrally molded with a plastic material so that at least a portion of the tobacco is disposed in pores of the matrix. |
| US11957149B2 |
Highly soluble stevia sweetener
A method for making highly soluble Stevia sweetener compositions is described. The resulting sweetener compositions readily provide high concentration solutions, and also possess superior taste qualities. The compositions can be used as sweeteners, sweetness enhancers, and flavor enhancers in foods, beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. |
| US11957148B2 |
Mixture of human milk oligosaccharides(HMOs)
The invention relates to a mixture of human milk oligosaccharides and composition comprising thereof, that consists essentially of: LNnT, LNT, 2′-FL, 3′-SL, 6′-SL and either DFL or 3-FL, preferably DFL, that can be useful for preventing and/or treating viral and/or bacterial infections in a human. |
| US11957147B2 |
Heat sterilized high protein spoonable nutritional compositions with whey protein which comprises whey protein micelles and a source of casein
The present invention is directed to a heat sterilized spoonable nutritional composition comprising: a protein source in an amount of 12 to 20% by weight of the composition, the protein source consisting of whey protein containing whey protein micelles and a source of casein, wherein the nutritional composition is a liquid or semi-liquid composition having a viscosity of between 400 and 4000 mPa·s at 20° C. measured at a shear rate of 100 s−1. The inventive heat sterilized spoonable nutritional composition preferably has a cysteine content of 1.2 to 2.4% by weight of the composition. The present invention is furthermore directed to a process for preparing a heat sterilized spoonable nutritional composition comprising protein in an amount of 12 to 20% by weight based on the weight of the composition, said protein consisting of whey protein containing whey protein micelles and casein, which comprises the steps of: (i) Providing an aqueous solution of a protein source consisting of whey protein containing whey protein micelles and (ii) Adding a protein source containing casein; (iii) Optionally performing a homogenization treatment step; (iv) Performing an indirect UHT heat treatment step; (v) Optionally performing a homogenization treatment step, wherein following steps (i) to (v) a heat sterilized spoonable nutritional composition is obtained having a viscosity of between 400 and 4000 mPa·s at 20° C. measured at a shear rate of 100 s−1. Finally, the invention concerns the use of a protein source consisting of whey protein containing whey protein micelles and a source of casein, for preparing a spoonable nutritional composition and/or for controlling the viscosity of a liquid or semi-liquid spoonable nutritional composition, wherein the spoonable nutritional composition comprises 12 to 20 weight % total protein. The invention also concerns medical uses and treatments applying or using the inventive heat sterilized spoonable nutritional composition. |
| US11957146B2 |
Amorphous particles for reducing sugar in food
The present invention relates to amorphous particles comprising sugar and a bulking agent, having a closed porosity of lower than 20%. Further aspects of the invention relate to a food product comprising the amorphous particles; a process of making the amorphous particles and a fat based confectionery product containing them; and the use of the amorphous particles as bulk sugar replacers in food products such as fat based confectionery products for example, chocolate. |
| US11957145B2 |
All-purpose seasoning soy sauce composition, all-purpose seasoning soy sauce, preparation method therefor and cham sauce using same
The present invention relates to an all-purpose seasoning soy sauce composition, an all-purpose seasoning soy sauce manufactured using the same, and a method of manufacturing the same. The present invention also relates to an all-purpose seasoning soy sauce which has an inherently deep soy sauce flavor, imparts a sweet and sour taste, removes the fatty smell or fishy smell generated from fish or meat, is suitable for any dishes, improves the flavor of dishes, and is usable as a cham sauce. |
| US11957142B2 |
Methods and systems for producing low sugar beverages
Method and systems are disclosed for selectively removing naturally-occurring sugars in beverages in an effective, affordable and scalable manner. |
| US11957140B2 |
Method for preparing a composition based on legume proteins
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a composition with reduced bitterness on the basis of legume proteins, a composition which can be obtained by said method, and uses of same particularly in the agri-food industry and more particularly in the preparation of food formulations. |
| US11957139B2 |
Compositions for improving nitrogen utilization in a ruminant
Disclosed are compositions comprising NPN compound coated with a bypass agent allowing ruminal bypass of the composition and a method for increasing fiber digestibility, a method for increasing feed intake, a method for increasing somatic growth, a method for increasing milk production, a method for reducing N excretion in a ruminant, a method for improving rumen pH stability in a ruminant, a method for preventing or reducing ammonia toxicity in the rumen. The compositions and methods of the invention are particularly suitable for ruminants that are held in harsh climates and/or at remote locations from a farm. |
| US11957138B2 |
Protein product from plants and yeasts and production process for same
The present invention includes a process for producing a protein product from plants and yeasts. The process comprises the steps of: a) providing a thin stillage or a thin stillage concentrate; b) separating a protein concentrate from the provided thin stillage from a) by means of solid-liquid separation; c) diluting the protein concentrate from b) with an aqueous process liquid to a dry substance content of at most 15 wt. %, tempering the diluted protein concentrate to a temperature of at least 60° C., and adjusting the pH of the diluted and tempered protein concentrate to an alkaline pH; d) cooling the processed protein concentrate from c) and subsequently separating a liquid phase by means of solid-liquid separation; e) adjusting the pH of the separated liquid phase from d) to an acidic pH, and then separating a solid phase by solid-liquid separation; and f) dispersing the solid phase from e) in a solvent and subsequently separating a product phase by solid-liquid separation, wherein the product phase comprises or includes the protein product from plants and yeasts. The present invention also discloses a corresponding protein product from plants and yeasts with a crude protein content of at least 70 wt. % DS. |
| US11957136B2 |
Connected frozen beverage machine
A connected frozen beverage machine is disclosed including a beverage dispenser with at least one hopper and a cooling system, a plurality of sensors adapted to produce a plurality of signals, and a retrofit module with a receiver for the plurality of signals and a communication component for sending the plurality of signals to a central system. The connected frozen beverage machine can be deployed as part of a system of machines. The system can estimate the amount of product throughput for each machine based on signals from the plurality of sensors. The amount of product throughput can be compared to the amount of authorized product provided for each machine to determine whether unauthorized product is being used. |
| US11957130B2 |
Antibacterial flexible cover window
Disclosed is an antibacterial flexible cover window formed using an antibacterial coating composition containing antibacterial nanoparticles dispersed in a resin coating solution. In the antibacterial coating composition, 0.001 to 0.5 parts by weight of the antibacterial nanoparticles are dispersed in 100 parts by weight of the resin coating solution. The antibacterial flexible cover window includes an antibacterial layer that is formed by applying the antibacterial coating composition to a glass substrate. Therefore, the antibacterial flexible cover window exhibits a good and long-lasting antibacterial activity. |
| US11957129B2 |
Material for enhancing attributes of a topical or surface treatment composition
A composition comprising: at least one compound of the chemical structure: [ H x O ( x - 1 ) 2 ] Z y wherein x is and odd integer ≥3; y is an integer between 1 and 20; and Z is one of a monoatomic ion from Groups 14 through 17 having a charge value between −1 and −3 or a polyatomic ion having a charge between −1 and −3; or Z′—Hx′Ox′-y′ wherein x′ is and integer greater than 3 y′ is an integer less than x′; and Z′ is one of a monoatomic cation, a polyatomic ion or a cationic complex; and at least one of a humectant emollient or carrier. |
| US11957126B2 |
Granulated agricultural adjuvant and method of making and using same
A granulated defoamer has a dry ammonium sulfate which has been combined with a mixture of at least two of the following materials, anionic surfactant, an organic acid and a defoamer. The method of creating the granulated defoamer and method of using the same in agricultural spraying of vegetation. |
| US11957121B2 |
Electrostatic insect repellent
An apparatus and method are provided for repelling insects. An electrostatic field is provided about a user by: connecting the user directly to a source of high voltage and low current; or providing a conductive garment about the user and connecting the conductive garment to a source of high voltage and low current. At a sufficiently high voltage, the electrostatic field become effective at repelling insects from the user. |
| US11957117B2 |
Left handed fishing reel
A fishing reel includes a support member, a bail assembly, an input shaft, and a gear box, according to an exemplary embodiment. The bail assembly is coupled with the support member. The bail assembly is configured to retrieve or let out a fishing line. The input shaft is configured to receive an input torque. The gear box is configured to be driven by the input shaft and drive the bail assembly to retrieve the fishing line. The input shaft is configured to receive the input torque in a clockwise direction and drive the bail assembly to operate in a counter-clockwise direction to retrieve the fishing line. |
| US11957114B2 |
Methods of genetic mediated engineering of RNAi models
Provided herein are systems and methods for Inducible and conditional CRISPR/Cas9 and RNAi. From animal model creation and the efficiency of CRISPR-based targeting, the present invention comprises developing RNAi models that enable inducible and reversible gene silencing to simulate new therapeutic regimes. |
| US11957113B2 |
Automatic beehives
An automatic unit for one or several beehives for commercial or recreational beekeeping including honey production and pollination services comprises: (a) a plurality of bee frames (honeycomb, brood frames and other bee frames) releasably mounted within at least one hive chamber; (b) a mechanism for removing the bee frames from the hive chamber and inserting the bee frames thereinto; (c) an automated honey harvesting arrangement; (d) an arrangement for monitoring bees conditions, analyzing obtained data and reporting results to a user; and (e) an arrangement for feeding bees, pest and climate control. The mechanism for removing and inserting the bee frames comprises a frame loader linearly displaceable along at least one hive chamber. |
| US11957112B2 |
Hay net
Example hay nets for providing hay to horses are disclosed. A disclosed example hay net includes a mesh body forming a bag, having a securing member at a first position relative to the body of the net, a mouth formed at a second position relative to the body of the net, the first position being spaced from the second position, and a strap engaging the net adjacent the first position to secure the strap relative to the body of the net adjacent the first position, and engaging the net adjacent the second position to secure the strap relative to the body of the net adjacent the second position, wherein the length of the strap between the first and second positions is variable whilst maintaining engagement between the strap and the net adjacent both the first and second positions. |
| US11957109B2 |
Patrol helmet and method for livestock and poultry farms
A patrol helmet and method for livestock and poultry farms is described herein. The patrol helmet is wirelessly connected to an online farm management system on a cloud platform. The patrol helmet includes a helmet body, a controller, an augmented reality (AR) display component, an infrared (IR) camera, and a visible light camera. The AR display component is secured at the bottom edge of the helmet body. Both the IR camera and the visible light camera are disposed on the helmet body. The IR camera, the visible light camera, and the AR display component each is electrically connected to the controller. The IR camera and the visible light camera are configured to photograph livestock or poultry in an area in front of a wearer to obtain a temperature and an image of the livestock or the poultry. |
| US11957106B2 |
Pet toy with treat dispensing gyro device
A pet toy includes a ring shaped peripheral body and an interior dispenser. An interior curved engaging surface of the peripheral body engages an exterior spherical surface of the dispenser. A curvature of the interior engaging surface allows the dispenser to continuously roll or rotate, yet maintain engagement with the peripheral body when the peripheral body is displaced by contact. The dispenser is hollow thereby defining a chamber to receive treats. One or more dispensing openings are provided on the dispenser to selectively dispense treats. The openings can be sized to selectively dispense treats of various sizes and shapes. The invention further includes a method of dispensing treats from a pet toy and a combination comprising the pet toy and selected treats loaded within the chamber. |
| US11957105B2 |
Remote-controlled automatic dog-teasing ball
The present invention discloses a remote-controlled automatic dog-teasing ball, which comprises an upper shell and a lower shell which are spliced into a ball shape, wherein a driving box is arranged in the upper shell and the lower shell, the upper and lower parts of the driving box are respectively provided with a protruding fixed head and a movable head, the movable head and the lower shell are assembled in linkage by splicing; a circuit component and a driving component which are electrically connected are also arranged in the driving box; the fixed head and the circuit component are electrically connected by an elastic part, and the fixed head and the upper shell are elastically abutted and linked; the driving component comprises a motor and a gear, and transmission between the motor and the movable head is achieved by the gear; the circuit component comprises a control motherboard, and at least a receiving module, a vibration switch and an LED lamp are arranged on the control motherboard. |
| US11957101B2 |
Soybean variety 5PVZL16
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PVZL16 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PVZL16, cells from soybean variety 5PVZL16, plants of soybean 5PVZL16, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PVZL16. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PVZL16 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PVZL16, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PVZL16, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PVZL16. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PVZL16 are further provided. |
| US11957093B2 |
Greenhouse
The present disclosure provides using stratification of air to reduce the amount of air in a greenhouse to manage and a conditioning chamber to precondition air prior to the air having contact with plants. A light deprivation chamber is provided with a centerline vent and operable louvres to recycle warm air and to be able to reduce the area of the building to heat by closing the light deprivation cover to create a smaller chamber to heat and recycle to conserve heat and take advantage of the heat from grow lights. The present disclosure further provides being able to cycle warm air from an upper air sink chamber back into the an air intake/conditioning chamber to conserve energy and using air tube fans to deliver quality conditioned air from a conditioning chamber to all the plants. |
| US11957091B2 |
Cultivation arrangement and method
The invention relates to a cultivation arrangement. A first and a second rack are arranged adjacent and aligned with each other, providing a working space therebetween. Each rack comprises support structures arranged at support heights for supporting cultivation packages at a plurality of heights. The support heights are aligned with each other. The support structures comprises one or more guiding members and the arrangement comprises moving means arranged for moving packages from the first to the second rack or back, via the working space. Cultivation packages can be supported such that at most a single package is supported at each of the aligned support heights. This enables the packages to be alternatingly supported in either the first or the second rack across the support heights. The arrangement further includes an operator platform contiguous to the working space which is moveable in a vertical direction to enable working at different heights. |
| US11957089B2 |
Zero leak pilot operated valve having two seats
A valve includes an inlet and an outlet; a body including a first seat and a second seat; a cavity in the body; a piston positioned in the cavity; and a pilot ball adjacent the piston and that is disposed in a pilot seat, and a rear surface of the piston butts against the pilot seat at a maximum open position of the piston. Each of the first seat and the second seat is a seat that is a mechanical stop that prevents the piston from extending further than the closed position. The piston includes a flat front face that contacts the first seat when in the closed position, and a nose extension that extends outward and away from a center portion of the front face, and the nose extension has an opening through a center of a front surface thereof. |
| US11957081B2 |
Atmospheric pressure isolation for irrigation applications
An irrigation system includes at least one water source; at least one water pump-connected to the at least one water source with an irrigation pipe to transport water; at least one air pump connected to the irrigation pipe coming out of the at least one water pump to increase an amount of a water transport; at least one drain cylinder, wherein the irrigation pipe and a ventilation pipe are attached on the at least one drain cylinder; at least one main body; at least one water inlet-outlet hole, wherein the irrigation pipe is attached on the at least one water inlet-outlet hole and located on the at least one main body; at least one drain air hole, wherein the ventilation pipe is attached on the at least one drain air hole and located on the at least one main body. |
| US11957078B1 |
Self unloading harvest cart
A self unloading harvest cart transfers agricultural products from a harvester to an over-the-road vehicle. A tilting bin within the cart has a base defining four edges, and first, second and third sidewalls each rise from the first, second, and third base edges, respectively. The bin has a generally open face above the fourth base edge. A bin actuator rotates the tilting bin relative to an undercarriage about a first pivotal coupling. A conveyor sidewall encloses the tilting bin adjacent the base fourth edge, and has a conveyor that conveys agricultural product from within the tilting bin to the over-the-road vehicle. A conveyor sidewall actuator rotates the conveyor sidewall relative to the undercarriage about a second pivotal coupling. The conveyor sidewall is rotated away from agricultural product when or just prior to starting the conveyor, to reduce conveyor sidewall starting resistance and reduce the conveyor sidewall initial load. |
| US11957076B2 |
Method for actuating the cutting discs of the dividers in a sugar cane harvester
A method for controlled activation of cutting discs of row dividers of a machine for harvesting tall, stalky plants, such as sugarcane and sorghum. The method is used in a harvester machine including an operating cabin, at least one row divider equipped with at least one lollipop activated rotationally, and at least one cutting disc activated rotationally. The method includes steps of measuring a workload of the lollipops, comparing the workload of the lollipops with a predefined workload threshold in order to, thus, determine whether to reinitiate the measurement of the workload or to activate the at least one cutting disk. |
| US11963469B2 |
Phase change memory cell with an airgap to allow for the expansion and restriction of the PCM material
A phase change memory (PCM) cell comprising a substrate a first electrode located on the substrate. A phase change material layer located adjacent to the first electrode, wherein a first side of the phase change material layer is in direct contact with the first electrode. A second electrode located adjacent to phase change material layer, wherein the second electrode is in direct contact with a second side of the phase change material layer, wherein the first side and the second side are different sides of the phase change material layer. An airgap is located directly above the phase change material layer, wherein the airgap provides space for the phase change material to expand or restrict. |
| US11963468B2 |
Rram structure
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes a bottom electrode disposed over one or more interconnects and a diffusion barrier layer on the bottom electrode. The diffusion barrier layer has an inner upper surface that is arranged laterally between and vertically below an outer upper surface of the diffusion barrier film. The outer upper surface wraps around the inner upper surface in a top-view of the diffusion barrier layer. A data storage structure is separated from the bottom electrode by the diffusion barrier layer. A top electrode is arranged over the data storage structure. |
| US11963460B2 |
Method for manufacturing memory device having resistance switching layer
A method for manufacturing a memory device is provided. The method includes etching an opening in a first dielectric layer; forming a bottom electrode, a resistance switching element, and a top electrode in the opening in the first dielectric layer; forming a second dielectric layer over the bottom electrode, the resistance switching element, and the top electrode; and forming an electrode via connected to a top surface of the top electrode in the second dielectric layer. |
| US11963453B1 |
Piezoelectric sensor
A piezoelectric sensor is provided. The piezoelectric sensor comprises a first base, a first conductive layer adjacent to the first base, a second base, a second conductive layer adjacent to the second base; and a first structure between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The first structure comprises a first layer with a first carbon-based material and a plurality of second structures with piezoelectricity. Each of the plurality of second structures comprises a second layer with a second carbon-based material and a third layer adjacent to the second layer. The third layer comprises a material of two-dimensional crystals of unconventional stoichiometries such as Na2Cl crystals. |
| US11963447B2 |
Method for preparing thermoelectric thick film
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a thermoelectric thick film. The method includes: determining a brittle-to-ductile transition temperature of a thermoelectric material; rolling the blocky thermoelectric material within a temperature range above the brittle-to-ductile transition temperature and below a melting point; parameters of the rolling being as follows: a linear speed of rollers is 0.01 mm/s to 10 mm/s, preferably 0.1 mm/s to 5 mm/s, and an amount of pressing each time of the rollers is controlled at 0.0005 mm to 0.1 mm, preferably 0.001 mm to 0.05 mm; repeating the rolling until a thermoelectric thick film with a specified thickness is obtained; and annealing the obtained thermoelectric thick film; a temperature of the annealing being 100° C. to 800° C., preferably 300° C. to 500° C., and a duration of the annealing being 10 to 500 hours, preferably 100 to 300 hours. |
| US11963445B2 |
Compound for organic electronic element, organic electronic element using the same, and an electronic device thereof
Provided are a compound capable of improving the light-emitting efficiency, stability, and lifespan of an element; an organic electronic element using same; and an electronic device thereof. |
| US11963429B2 |
Display module and display apparatus
A display module (10) includes: a display panel (12) and a circuit board (14) coupled to the display panel (12). The display panel (12) includes a driving chip (122) and a display unit (124); and the circuit board (14) includes a first filter element (142), wherein the first filter element (142) is coupled to the driving chip (122) and the display unit (124), and a direct current signal output by the driving chip (122) is filtered by the first filter element (142) and then transmitted to the display unit (124). The present disclosure also provides a display apparatus (100). |
| US11963428B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel and a display device are disclosed. The display panel includes a display panel body and a polarizer, placed on the display panel body in a direction of outgoing light. The display panel body includes a metal layer having a reflection area corresponding to a first heading angle larger than a reflection area corresponding to a second heading angle. A light extinction of the polarizer corresponding to the first heading angle is greater than a light extinction of the polarizer corresponding to the second heading angle. This could remedy the light extinction of the polarizer in the second heading angle such that the display panel could have similar reflection rates and color shifts in all heading angles. |
| US11963421B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a plurality of pixels. At least one of the pixels includes a green light wavelength conversion layer, a color filter layer and a light path. The light path passes through the green light wavelength conversion layer and then passes through the color filter layer. The color filter layer includes a green pigment and a yellow pigment. |
| US11963417B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a light emitting diode electrically connected between a driving voltage line and a common voltage line; a driving transistor electrically connected between the driving voltage line and the light emitting diode; a second transistor electrically connected between a first electrode of the driving transistor electrically connected to the driving voltage line and a data line; a first scan line electrically connected to a gate electrode of the second transistor; a third transistor electrically connected between a second electrode of the driving transistor electrically connected to the light emitting diode and a gate electrode of the driving transistor; and a connection electrode that connects the gate electrode of the driving transistor and the third transistor, wherein at least a part of a contact portion where the connection electrode contacts the third transistor does not overlap the first scan line. |
| US11963416B2 |
Display device
A first pixel circuit and a second pixel circuit are connected to a first data signal line. A third pixel circuit and a fourth pixel circuit are connected to a second data signal line. The first data signal line is connected to a first connection wire provided to a frame region. The second data signal line is connected to a second connection wire provided to the frame region. A sum of resistance values of the first data signal line and the first connection wire is smaller than a sum of resistance values of the second data signal line and the second connection wire. |
| US11963414B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display panel including a display area on which an image is displayed, a substrate, and an electrode located over the substrate and disposed in the display area; and a camera photographing a front of the display panel without being exposed to the front surface of the display panel, being disposed under the display area of the display panel, and overlapping with a first area in the display area, wherein the electrode overlaps with the first area, and wherein the electrode comprises a semi-transmissive layer positioned over the substrate, an optical path compensation layer positioned on the semi-transmissive layer, and a metal layer positioned on the optical path compensation layer. |
| US11963412B2 |
Display device having first and second gates disposed on a first side of an active area and a pattern disposed on a second side of the active area
A display device including: a panel including pixels, a pixel including; an LED; a capacitor between a first voltage line and a node; a first transistor between the first voltage line and a first electrode of the LED; a second transistor between a data line and a source of the first transistor; a third transistor between the node and a drain of the first transistor; a fourth transistor between the node and a second voltage line; a fifth transistor between the first voltage line and the source of the first transistor; a sixth transistor between the first electrode and the drain of the first transistor; and a seventh transistor between the second voltage line and the first electrode, the third and fourth transistor including: an active area including metal oxide; first and second gates above the active area; and a pattern below the active area. |
| US11963409B2 |
Array substrate and display device
The present disclosure provides an array substrate and a display device. The array substrate includes: a sub-pixel, in a display region and including a light-emitting element, the light-emitting element including a first electrode, a light-emitting layer and a second electrode; a positive power line, connected to the first electrode; a positive power bus, connected to the positive power line; three positive power access ends, at a side of the positive power bus away from a display region, and respectively connected to the positive power bus; a negative power line; an auxiliary electrode, respectively connected to the negative power line and the second electrode; three negative power access ends, at the side of the positive power bus away from the display region, and respectively connected to the negative power line; and a negative power auxiliary line, respectively connected to the negative power access end and the auxiliary electrode. |
| US11963407B2 |
Organic light-emitting diode display substrate including an anode layer comprises a common power line provided with vent holes, display panel and display device
Provided is an organic light-emitting diode display substrate, including: a source/drain layer, a planarization layer and an anode layer which are laminated in sequence, wherein the source/drain layer includes at least one pair of first signal lines; the anode layer includes a common power line, wherein the common power line is provided with vent holes; overlapping areas between two first signal lines in each pair of the first signal lines and a projection pattern of the vent hole are equal, the overlapping area being greater than 0, wherein the projection pattern of the vent hole is a pattern of an orthographic projection of the vent hole in the common power line on the source/drain layer. A display panel and a display device are also provided. |
| US11963404B2 |
Display device including lower pattern
A display device includes a substrate including an organic film layer, a first lower pattern which is disposed on the substrate, includes overlap patterns, first bridges, and second bridges, and has a mesh shape, a second lower pattern which is disposed in a same layer as the first lower pattern, is connected to the first lower pattern, and surrounds the first lower pattern, a first active pattern disposed on the first lower pattern, and a plurality of gate electrodes disposed on the first active pattern and overlapping the overlap patterns. |
| US11963403B2 |
Display device having a light-blocking material in an insulating layer between a transistor and a light-emitting element and manufacturing method thereof
A display device includes a first substrate. A transistor is disposed on the first substrate. A light-emitting element is connected to the transistor. An insulating layer is disposed between the transistor and the light-emitting element. A second substrate at least partially overlaps the first substrate. A color conversion layer is disposed on the second substrate. The insulating layer includes a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer. A distance between the first insulating layer and the first substrate is less than a distance between the second insulating layer and the first substrate. The first insulating layer includes a light blocking material. |
| US11963395B2 |
Electronic apparatus with polarization plate and manufacturing method thereof
An electronic apparatus includes: an electronic module; a display panel disposed on the electronic module and including a first display region and a second display region adjacent to the first display region, the second display region overlapping the electronic module; and a polarization plate disposed on the display panel and including a first polarization region overlapping the first display region and a second polarization region including a polarization part and a non-polarization part having higher light transmittance than the polarization part, the non-polarization part overlapping the second display region. |
| US11963392B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display device
An organic light emitting diode display device includes a substrate having an active area and a non-active area, a light emitting diode in the active area, a sealing layer over the light emitting diode, at least one lens pattern over the sealing layer, the at least one lens pattern having a convex shape, and a passivation layer in the active area and the non-active area, the passivation layer covering the at least one lens pattern and having a first open portion exposing a first pad area. |
| US11963391B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display device
Disclosed is an organic light emitting diode display device. The disclosed organic light emitting diode display device includes an overcoat layer disposed on a substrate that is divided into an emissive area and a non-emissive area, and has multiple micro lenses in the emissive area and at least one depression in the non-emissive area. The organic light emitting diode display device further includes: a first electrode disposed on the overcoat layer, wherein the first electrode is disposed in the entire emissive area and in a part of the non-emissive area; a bank pattern disposed in the non-emissive area so as to be superposed on the depression; an organic light emitting layer disposed on the substrate; and a second electrode disposed on the organic light emitting layer. Accordingly, the organic light emitting diode display device may prevent light leakage. |
| US11963382B2 |
Display substrate and preparation method thereof, and display device
Provided are a display substrate and a preparation method thereof, and a display device. A display region and a binding region located at one side of the display region are comprised. The display region comprises a driving structure layer, an organic insulating layer disposed on the driving structure layer and a light-emitting element disposed on the organic insulating layer, the driving structure layer comprises a pixel driving circuit, and the light-emitting element is connected with the pixel driving circuit. The binding region comprises a binding structure layer, an organic insulating layer and an isolation dam disposed on the binding structure layer, and an inorganic encapsulation layer disposed on the organic insulating layer and the isolation dam, the binding structure layer comprises a power line connected with the pixel driving circuit; at least one isolation groove is disposed on the organic insulating layer of the binding region. |
| US11963381B2 |
Display substrate and display panel with barrier separated from pixel
Disclosed herein is a display substrate comprising: a support; a pixel on the support and with a thin-film transistor (TFT) therein; and a barrier on the support, surrounding the pixel, and separated from the pixel by a trench; wherein the barrier comprises a protrusion extending from the support and configured to retard invasion of moisture and oxygen into the pixel; wherein the protrusion comprises a layer coplanar with a layer of the TFT. Also disclosed herein are a display panel with this display substrate and a system with this display panel. |
| US11963380B2 |
Display device including an adhesive bonded polarization plate
A display device includes: multiple layers including a display element layer, the multiple layers including a sealing layer for covering the display element layer; and a polarization plate attached to a first layer and a second layer of the multiple layers with an adhesive layer. The multiple layers includes inorganic films and organic films. All of the inorganic films are disposed to avoid an edge area that is at least a part of a peripheral portion of the resin substrate. The polarization plate has an edge above the edge area of the resin substrate. The first layer is disposed to avoid the edge area of the resin substrate. The first layer at an edge has an upper surface sloping downward toward the edge area. The second layer has a portion in the edge area of the resin substrate and between the resin substrate and the adhesive layer. |
| US11963376B2 |
Light emitting device, method of manufacturing same and display device including same
A light emitting device includes: a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, an emissive layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a quantum dot, an electron auxiliary layer disposed between the emissive layer and the second electrode and including a plurality of nanoparticles, and a polymer layer between a portion of the second electrode and the electron auxiliary layer, wherein the nanoparticles include a metal oxide including zinc, wherein the second electrode has a first surface facing a surface of the electron auxiliary layer and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the polymer layer is disposed on a portion of the second surface and a portion of the surface of the electron auxiliary layer, and wherein the polymer layer includes a polymerization product of a thiol compound and an unsaturated compound having at least two carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds. |
| US11963374B2 |
Semiconductor device
An object is to provide a semiconductor device with a novel structure. The semiconductor device includes a first wiring; a second wiring; a third wiring; a fourth wiring; a first transistor having a first gate electrode, a first source electrode, and a first drain electrode; and a second transistor having a second gate electrode, a second source electrode, and a second drain electrode. The first transistor is provided in a substrate including a semiconductor material. The second transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer. |
| US11963372B2 |
Three-terminal electro-chemical memory cell with vertical structure for neuromorphic computation and memory cell array including the same
Disclosed is a three-terminal electro-chemical memory cell with a vertical structure for neuromorphic computation, including a circumferential hole, first and second conductive electrode layers sequentially stacked along an outer surface of the circumferential hole, an electrolyte layer formed along an inner surface of the circumferential hole and connected to one end of each of the first and second conductive electrode layers, and a gate electrode disposed parallel to the electrolyte layer in an inner surface direction of the circumferential hole. |
| US11963370B2 |
Architecture for multideck memory arrays
The present disclosure relates to a memory device comprising an array of memory cells arranged in a multideck configuration comprising a plurality of superimposed decks, a plurality of access lines comprising at least a first plurality of access lines arranged in a first level, a second plurality of access lines arranged in a second level, and a third plurality of access lines arranged in a third level between the first plurality of access lines and the second plurality of access lines, the third plurality of access lines being arranged between two decks of the plurality of decks, a plurality of drivers configured to drive signals to the access lines, and connection elements configured to electrically connect the access lines to the respective drivers. The connections elements and the access lines are arranged so that a single driver of the plurality of drivers is configured to drive at least one access line of each level of the at least three levels. Related memory systems and methods are also disclosed. |
| US11963369B2 |
Memory array with asymmetric bit-line architecture
The present disclosure relates to an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit has a plurality of bit-line stacks disposed over a substrate and respectively including a plurality of bit-lines stacked onto one another. A data storage structure is over the plurality of bit-line stacks and a selector is over the data storage structure. A word-line is over the selector. The selector is configured to selectively allow current to pass between the plurality of bit-lines and the word-line. The plurality of bit-line stacks include a first bit-line stack, a second bit-line stack, and a third bit-line stack. The first and third bit-line stacks are closest bit-line stacks to opposing sides of the second bit-line stack. The second bit-line stack is separated from the first bit-line stack by a first distance and is further separated from the third bit-line stack by a second distance larger than the first distance. |
| US11963366B2 |
Magnetic device and magnetic random access memory
A spin-orbit-torque (SOT) magnetic device includes a bottom metal layer, a first magnetic layer disposed over the bottom metal layer, a spacer layer disposed over the first magnetic layer, and a second magnetic layer disposed over the spacer layer. A diffusion barrier layer for suppressing metal elements of the first magnetic layer from diffusing into the bottom metal layer is disposed between the bottom metal layer and the first magnetic layer. |
| US11963365B2 |
Back-end active device, semiconductor device and semiconductor chip
An active device, a semiconductor device and a semiconductor chip are provided. The active device includes: a channel layer; a top source/drain electrode, disposed at a top side of the channel layer; a first bottom source/drain electrode and a second bottom source/drain electrode, disposed at a bottom side of the channel layer; a first gate structure and a second gate structure, located between the top source/drain electrode and the first bottom source/drain electrode, wherein the first gate structure comprises a non-ferroelectric dielectric layer, and the second gate structure comprises a ferroelectric layer; and a third gate structure and a fourth gate structure, located between the top source/drain electrode and the second bottom source/drain electrode, wherein the third gate structure comprises a non-ferroelectric dielectric layer, and the fourth gate structure comprises a ferroelectric layer. |
| US11963357B2 |
Nonvolatile memory device and method for fabricating the same
Provided is a nonvolatile memory device. The nonvolatile memory device includes a conductive plate, a barrier conductive film extending along a surface of the conductive plate, a mold structure including a plurality of gate electrodes sequentially stacked on the barrier conductive film, a channel hole penetrating the mold structure to expose the barrier conductive film, an impurity pattern being in contact with the barrier conductive film, and formed in the channel hole, and a semiconductor pattern formed in the channel hole, extending from the impurity pattern along a side surface of the channel hole, and intersecting the plurality of gate electrodes. |
| US11963355B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and manufacturing method thereof
There are provided a semiconductor memory device and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor memory device includes: a gate stack structure including interlayer insulating layers and conductive patterns, which are alternately stacked in a vertical direction on a substrate; a plurality of channel structures penetrating the gate stack structure, each of the plurality of channel structures with one end portion protruding past a boundary of the gate stack structure; and a source layer formed on the gate stack structure. The protruding end portion of each of the plurality of channel structures extends into the source layer. The protruding end portion of each of the plurality of channel structures has a flat section. |
| US11963350B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor memory device and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of gate stacks separated by a plurality of slit structures, and each of the gate stacks includes: a first stack including three or more first conductive patterns spaced apart from one another at substantially a same level; a second stack formed on the first stack and including second conductive patterns and interlayer dielectric layers alternately stacked; and a plurality of channel structures penetrating the second stack and the first stack. |
| US11963344B2 |
Integrated circuit device and manufacturing method thereof
A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit device includes: over a substrate, forming first hard mask patterns extending in a first direction parallel to a top surface of the substrate and arranged at a first pitch in a second direction; forming a plurality of first trenches in the substrate using the first hard mask patterns as etching masks; forming a plurality of first gate electrodes on inner walls of the plurality of first trenches; over the substrate, forming second hard mask patterns extending in the first direction and arranged at a second pitch in the second direction; forming a plurality of second trenches in the substrate using the second hard mask patterns as etching masks, each of the plurality of second trenches being disposed between two adjacent first trenches; and forming a plurality of second gate electrodes on inner walls of the plurality of second trenches. |
| US11963342B2 |
System, apparatus, and method for electromagnetic interference mitigation
Provided is an electromagnetic interference mitigation apparatus including a power supply; a power cord; a power supply chassis encapsulating at least the power supply, the power supply physically isolated from the power cord; a low value resistor in electrical communication with at least the power cord and the power supply; and a capacitor disposed between the power supply chassis and an equipment chassis, wherein the equipment chassis encapsulates the power supply chassis, wherein the equipment chassis is disposed a distance from the power supply chassis, and wherein the capacitor is formed by the equipment chassis and the power supply chassis. |
| US11963336B2 |
Film-like heat dissipation member, bendable display apparatus, and terminal device
This application provides a film-like heat dissipation member, a bendable display apparatus, and a terminal device. The film-like heat dissipation member includes a heat dissipation layer. Composition and a structure of the heat dissipation layer are designed, so that a cutting-plane length of the heat dissipation layer changes in a surface bending process, can be bent repeatedly, and can implement uniform temperatures on two sides of the bendable display apparatus and the terminal device, thereby improving heat dissipation capabilities of the bendable display apparatus and the terminal device. |
| US11963333B2 |
Electronic apparatus, cooling device, and method for manufacturing cooling device
An electronic apparatus includes: a chassis; a heat generating element provided in the chassis; and a cooling device that has a cooling fin, a heat pipe connecting the cooling fin and the heat generating element, and a pressing assembly pressing the heat pipe against the heat generating element, and is provided in the chassis. The heat pipe has: a heat absorbing section that absorbs heat generated by the heat generating element; and a thin plate section having a thickness which is smaller than that of the heat absorbing section. The pressing assembly has: a base assembly relatively fixed to the chassis; and a bridge section that is provided integrally with the base assembly and placed on a surface of the thin plate section in such a manner as to extend over the heat pipe in a width direction. |
| US11963325B2 |
Module ejection mechanism and expansion assembly having the same
A module ejection mechanism is adapted to be disposed on a rack and carries an expansion module. The module ejection mechanism includes a tray, a linkage member, and an operating member. When one end of the operating member outside the rack is pulled, the other end of the operating member drives the linkage member to pivot. When the linkage member pivots, the linkage member makes the tray move in an ejection direction. When the tray moves in the ejection direction, an abutting element of the tray is adapted to eject the expansion module from the rack. |
| US11963323B2 |
Display device and method for controlling the same
Provided are a display device and a method for controlling the same. The display device includes a flexible display screen and a control structure configured to control the flexible display screen to assume a folded state or an unfolded state. The control structure includes a guide rail assembly including guide rails. Two adjacent guide rails of the guide rails are slidably connected to each other, and the flexible display screen is unfolded along a first direction and folded along a second direction. A sliding direction of each of the guide rails is the same as the first direction or the second direction. |
| US11963319B2 |
Display device
Disclosed is a display device comprising a display panel, and a support layer disposed under the display panel. The display panel includes a display area that displays an image in a bending area and in a non-bending area, and a non-display area disposed adjacent to the display area in the bending area and the non-bending area. The display device is bend in the bending area during a sliding motion and not bent in the non-bending area adjacent to the bending area during the sliding motion. The non-display area that is disposed the bending area includes pattern areas and non-pattern areas adjacent to the pattern areas. Each of the pattern areas includes a concave portion and a remaining portion. |
| US11963316B2 |
Lock-in features for electronics boxes
An electronics box for insertion into a wall box includes a housing having walls that define an inner volume. One wall includes an edge having part disposed along an outer surface of that wall, and a tab disposed within the inner volume at a distance from the outer surface of the wall and extending along a direction parallel to the outer surface of the wall. Another wall includes an edge having a part along an outer surface of that wall, and an opening completely surrounded by the wall at a distance from the edge of the wall. Upon the parts of the edges of the walls being brought in contact, the tab is inserted into the opening. The tab and the opening are dimensioned such that the tab securely fits into the opening and secures together the walls. |
| US11963315B2 |
Housing for a portable electronic device
In accordance with one embodiment, a housing is configured to receive a portable electronic device. The housing comprises a front frame that has elevated rectangular border and corner members around a central electronic display. Ones of the corner members have generally planar sections that are joined by a radiused edges or chamfered edges. A rear frame comprises edge members that are joined at substantially orthogonal angles of at the plurality of corner members. A first vertical protrusion extends outward from the rear frame. The first vertical protrusion has an first axis and an arched cross section or mounded cross section with a central peak region. |
| US11963314B2 |
Flexible display device
A flexible display device is disclosed. The flexible display device includes a flexible substrate, a display structure, a protective structure and an adhesive. The display structure is disposed on the flexible substrate. The protective structure is disposed on the display structure and forms a first accommodating space. The adhesive is disposed in the first accommodating space. |
| US11963310B2 |
Component carrier having component covered with ultra-thin transition layer
A method of manufacturing a component carrier includes providing a laminated stack with at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure, at least partially covering a component with a transition layer having a thickness in a range from 0.5 nm to 1 μm, and assembling the component with the stack. |
| US11963306B2 |
Apparatus for manufacturing printed circuit boards
A method of manufacturing printed circuit boards includes some or all of: chemically or electrically applying metallic layers to a substrate; incorporating bores into the substrate; through-contacting the bores incorporated into the substrate; applying a layer from a photoresist to an electrically conducting layer in a masking step; exposing the photoresist while using an exposure mask in an exposing step; removing exposed or unexposed regions of the layer from the photoresist while in regions laying bare the electrically conducting layer in a developing step; removing the laid-bare regions of the electrically conducting layer in an etching step; cleaning the substrate in a rinsing step; and drying the substrate, wherein the substrate for carrying out the developing step and/or the etching step is set in rotation and a developer solution and/or an etching liquid is applied to the rotating substrate by at least one nozzle. |
| US11963303B2 |
Electronic device for an endoscope, and endoscope
An electronic device including: a multilayer printed circuit board; and a molded retaining body; wherein the printed circuit board is formed of structured layers of conducting and non-conducting materials adhered together, the conducting materials form conductor tracks and contact areas, the printed circuit board being stiffened in a rigid region by stiffening material, the rigid region having electronic components and encapsulated in an epoxy; the printed circuit board having a flexible region that is more flexible than the rigid region, the flexible region having contact areas; the retaining body having an arc-shape formed on a radial inner side of the retaining body for arrangement on an inner tube of an endoscope; the retaining body having, on a radial outer side, a receiving contour for receiving and shaping the printed circuit board; and the retaining body having a retainer for holding the printed circuit board in a bent state. |
| US11963300B2 |
Panel device and manufacturing method of panel device
A panel device including a substrate, a conductor pad, a turning wire, and a circuit board is provided. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface connected to the first surface while a normal direction of the second surface is different from a normal direction of the first surface. The conductor pad is disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The turning wire is disposed on the substrate and extends from the first surface to the second surface. The turning wire includes a wiring layer in contact with the conductor pad and a wire covering layer covering the wiring layer. The circuit board is bonded to and electrically connected to the wire covering layer. A manufacturing method of a panel device is also provided herein. |
| US11963299B2 |
Load reduced memory module
The embodiments described herein describe technologies for memory systems. One implementation of a memory system includes a motherboard substrate with multiple module sockets, at least one of which is populated with a memory module. A first set of data lines is disposed on the motherboard substrate and coupled to the module sockets. The first set of data lines includes a first subset of point-to-point data lines coupled between a memory controller and a first socket and a second subset of point-to-point data lines coupled between the memory controller and a second socket. A second set of data lines is disposed on the motherboard substrate and coupled between the first socket and the second socket. The first and second sets of data lines can make up a memory channel. |
| US11963296B2 |
Cavity printed circuit board for three-dimensional IC package
A cavity printed circuit board (PCB) that allows electronic components with different dimensions disposed therein is provided. A cavity with a desired dimension is formed in the cavity PCB where the electronic components may be mounted and soldered therein. The cavity formed in the cavity PCB may also provide additional flexibility regarding placements and locations where the electronic components may be disposed in the 3D vertical stacking and packaging of the IC devices so as to provide alternatives of using different types of wiring or interconnection structures or fine-pitch connection lines among the electronic components. |
| US11963295B2 |
Circuit apparatus, manufacturing method thereof and circuit system
Provided are a circuit apparatus, a manufacturing method thereof, and a circuit system. The circuit apparatus includes a flexible circuit board, a flexible packaging material layer and an electronic device. The flexible circuit board has at least one hollow pattern, wherein the flexible circuit board has an inner region and a peripheral region surrounding the inner region, and has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The flexible packaging material layer is disposed in the at least one hollow pattern. The electronic device is disposed on the first surface of the flexible circuit board and electrically connected with the flexible circuit board. |
| US11963292B2 |
Patterned cover member and electronic device including same
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a printed circuit board, a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit which are disposed on the printed circuit board, a cover member which has at least a partial region configured by a material having high optical transmittance, is disposed to face the printed circuit board, and includes a first region substantially facing the light emitting unit, and a second region substantially facing the light receiving unit, and a pattern disposed in at least one of the first region and the second region of the cover member. The pattern may be disposed by repeatedly arranging blocking units having low transmittance at a predetermined interval. In addition, various embodiments may be possible. |
| US11963289B2 |
PCB for heatsink based power delivery
A printed circuit board (PCB) includes an array of signal pads on a first surface of the PCB, a power contact pad on the first surface, and a ground contact pad on a second surface of the PCB. Each signal pad of the array of signal pads is associated with a signal contact of a central processing unit (CPU). The power contact pad provides power for the CPU apart from the array of signal pads. The ground contact pad provides a ground for the CPU apart from the array of signal pads. |
| US11963287B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods for starting plasma
Some embodiments herein are directed to devices and methods for automatically starting a plasma utilizing a wand. In some embodiments, the wand may be used to start a plasma in a plasma torch such as, for example, a microwave plasma torch or an induction plasma torch, as discussed below. The wand may comprise an elongate, hollow wand member comprising a closed distal end, a proximal end, and one or more apertures extending from a hollow interior of the wand member to an exterior surface of the wand member; and an elongate wire member positioned within the hollow interior of the wand member and extending along at least a portion of a length of the wand member, wherein the wire member is configured to be placed in operable communication through the aperture with a power source, such that the power source can be activated to in turn start the plasma within the plasma torch. The plasma torches discussed herein may be used in various applications including, for example, high volume synthesis of advanced materials such as nano-materials, micro-powders, coatings, alloy compositions for additive manufacturing. |
| US11963285B2 |
Target material control in an EUV light source
Provided is an apparatus that includes a first reservoir system including a first fluid reservoir configured to be in fluid communication with a nozzle supply system during operation of the nozzle supply system, a second reservoir system including a second fluid reservoir configured to be, at least part of the time during operation of the nozzle supply system, in fluid communication with the first reservoir system, a priming system configured to produce a fluid target material from a solid matter, and a fluid control system fluidly connected to the priming system, the first reservoir system, the second reservoir system, and the nozzle supply system. The fluid control system is configured to, during operation of the nozzle supply system: isolate at least one fluid reservoir and the nozzle supply system from the priming system, and maintain a fluid flow path between at least one fluid reservoir and the nozzle supply system. |
| US11963282B2 |
Ad-hoc lighting network and method of deployment
An ad-hoc lighting network comprised of a plurality of light units, each of the light units including a light source, a manual input component, memory, a transmitter, a receiver, and a processing unit. A method of deploying the lighting network may include steps of providing a plurality of light units, placing each of the light units within a communication range, causing each of the light units to enter PAIRING MODE, causing each of the light units to add, into its network list, other unique identifiers of other light units; and causing each of the light units to enter PAIRED MODE. Light units function identically with respect to received reserved commands. Any light unit can broadcast commands, causing all light units in the network, or a subset thereof, to execute the command. Such commands may cause the desired lighting configuration. |
| US11963280B2 |
Illumination light adjusting system, illumination light adjusting method, and non- transitory computer-readable storage medium
An illumination light adjusting system according to the present disclosures includes a color vision characteristics storage configured to store color vision characteristics of a user, and a wavelength characteristics changing unit configured to change wavelength characteristics of illumination light based on the color vision characteristics stored in the color vision characteristics storage. |
| US11963279B2 |
Wearable electronic device
A wearable electronic device including: a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a first conductive area on a first inner surface of the first portion and a third conductive area on a first outer surface of the first portion. The second portion includes one or more second conductive areas on a second outer surface of the second portion and a fourth conductive area on a second inner surface of the second portion, wherein the first portion is connected to the second portion. A circuit unit is disposed in a second space of the second portion, wherein the circuit unit is configured to enable an input/output unit of the circuit unit in response to the first conductive area and the second conductive areas are triggered. |
| US11963278B2 |
Lighting apparatus
A lighting apparatus includes a surge voltage protector, a first rectifier, a first DC-DC converter, a first DC filter, a first constant current source, a second rectifier, a second DC-DC converter, a second DC filter, a second constant current source, a first PWM generator, a second PWM generator, a dimmer controller, a first light source and a second light source. The surge voltage protector is coupled to an external power for relaying an AC power. When there is a surge voltage is detected, the surge voltage protector disable routing the AC power. There are two or more paths of power circuits each generating a limited power. These power circuits are placed in the same container to simplify the overall design. |
| US11963272B2 |
Data acquisition methods and apparatus for a network connected LED driver
A lighting system including monitoring of input power and output power parameters to a set of lighting loads to detect power faults and/or anomalies. The set of sensing circuits include primary side and secondary side sensing circuits that communicate with a set of monitoring circuits to process the information supplied by the sensing circuits. If a fault and/or anomaly is sensed or detected, a signal is transmitted to provide an alert. |
| US11963265B2 |
Communication apparatus and control method for communication apparatus
A communication apparatus can execute a first communication mode for allowing wireless communication with an information processing apparatus via an external access point. Also, the communication apparatus can execute a second communication mode for allowing the communication apparatus to function as a master station without intervention of the external access point to perform wireless communication with the information processing apparatus serving as a slave station. Furthermore, the communication apparatus can execute a third communication mode of a standard different from standards of the first communication mode and the second communication mode. The communication apparatus controls not to execute communication in either the second communication mode or the third communication mode based on a frequency band used in the first communication mode. |
| US11963264B2 |
Wireless communication apparatus, communication method, and integrated circuit
A BSS to which a destination wireless communication apparatus of a physical layer frame belongs is identified, and accuracy of preamble detection is improved by changing a reception operation. A wireless communication apparatus includes a reception unit that detects a frame including information for identifying a BSS, and a control unit that switches between a first operation in a case where the frame is a frame which is associated with a BSS to which the wireless communication apparatus belongs and a second operation in a case where the frame is a frame which is not associated with the BSS to which the wireless communication apparatus belongs. Carrier sensing is not performed in the first operation, and the carrier sensing is performed in the second operation. |
| US11963260B2 |
Methods and entities for ending a subscription
A method of ending a subscription performed in a network entity is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, from a device comprising an Embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card, eUICC, a signed confirmation of a profile having been deleted in the device, the profile being associated with a subscription for the device; sending, to a Subscription Manager Data Preparation entity, a command for deletion of the profile; and deleting the user subscription and related profile in case an acknowledgement of the deletion of the profile is received from the Subscription Manager Data Preparation entity. Method in a device, method in a Subscription Manager Data Preparation entity, devices and entities, computer programs and computer program products are also provided. |
| US11963258B2 |
Method and device for prematurely terminating transmission
Methods and devices for prematurely terminating a transmission are provided. The method includes that a base station in a machine type communication (MTC) system receives a first data repeatedly uploaded by a terminal in the MTC system. Additionally, the base station determines whether all data blocks included in the first data are successfully demodulated. The first target number of times is a maximum number of times configured by the base station for the terminal for repeatedly uploading the first data. When determining that all the data blocks included in the first data are successfully demodulated before the total number of times of repeatedly uploading the first data reaches the first target number of times, target downlink control information (DCI) is transmitted to the terminal. The target DCI is configured to instruct the terminal to prematurely terminate uploading the first data to the base station. |
| US11963253B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for system information transmission and system information reception in a wireless communication system
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus of data transmission in a wireless communication system and a method and apparatus of receiving data in a wireless communication system. The method of data reception comprises transmitting a request for the RRC message to the network node based on default transmission parameters; and receiving the RRC message from the network node at a predetermined time unit. With embodiments of the present disclosure, it is possible to request the RRC message when the terminal device need this message and therefore the RRC message transmission can be reduced and in turn, the inter-node interference can be limited, and the number of LBTs required for these signal transmissions can be reduced if they are transmitted on unlicensed spectrum. |
| US11963251B2 |
Network node and communication system
A network node that is a second network node connected to a user device and a first network node includes: a control unit that acquires information regarding a layer which is terminated at the user device and the second network node; and a transmission unit that transmits the information regarding the layer to the first network node. The layer is not terminated at the user device and the first network node. |
| US11963250B2 |
Small data transmission assistance information
A second base station sends to a first base station, a request for a context of a wireless device, wherein the request comprises assistance information for a small data transmission (SDT) procedure of the wireless device. The assistance information indicates whether single data associated with the SDT procedure is expected, or more than single data associated with the SDT procedure is expected. |
| US11963245B2 |
Identifier update method, apparatus, device and system, and storage medium
An identifier update method includes: in the process of a first terminal sending data carrying a first identifier to a second terminal, the first terminal acquiring a second identifier, wherein the second identifier is used for updating the first identifier, and both the first identifier and the second identifier are used for identifying the first terminal; and the first terminal sending indication information to the second terminal, wherein the indication information is used for indicating that the second identifier carried in data subsequently sent by the first terminal to the second terminal is an update of the first identifier. |
| US11963240B2 |
User device, control device, and communication control method
A user device for implementing error handling is provided. The user device comprises a control unit that establishes, in a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session establishment procedure using a Local Area Data Network (LADN) Data Network Name (DNN), a PDU session for the LADN; and a transceiver unit that prohibits transmission of a PDU session modification request message for the PDU session, in a PDU session modification procedure, based on reception of a specific cause value, wherein the LADN DNN is provided by the user device in the PDU session establishment procedure. |
| US11963238B2 |
Methods, devices, and systems for configuring signal resource for physical random access channel
The present disclosure describes methods, systems and devices for configuring signal resource for physical random access channel (PRACH). One method includes configuring, by a base station, signal resource for a PRACH by mapping, by the base station, a PRACH slot pattern with a pattern parameter. Another method includes configuring, by a user equipment, signal resource for a PRACH by mapping, by the user equipment, a PRACH slot pattern with a pattern parameter. |
| US11963237B2 |
Methods, apparatus, systems and procedures for distance dependent random access channel (RACH) preamble selection in non-terrestrial networks (NTNS)
Method, apparatus and systems are disclosed. In one representative embodiment, a method may be implemented by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for communication via a network access point (NAP). The method may include the WTRU receiving from the NAP a set of preambles and corresponding propagation delay related thresholds and determining propagation delay related information associated with a distance between the WTRU and the NAP or a location in a coverage of the NAP. The method may further include selecting a subset of preambles from the set of preambles based on the determined propagation delay related information, randomly selecting a preamble from the selected subset of preambles, and sending the randomly selected preamble to the NAP. |
| US11963236B2 |
Prioritization for random access
A prioritization method for random access, comprising receiving one or more first packet flow for transmission, wherein the one or more first packet flow is assigned a respective access category queue, initiating a random access procedure for the first packet flow, receiving a packet of a second packet flow for transmission, wherein the second packet flow is assigned an access category queue having priority over the access category queue assigned to the first packet flow, issuing an indication configured to interrupt the random access procedure for the first packet flow, and performing a random access procedure for the received packet of the second packet flow wherein idle time slots previously sensed by the random access procedure for the first packet flow are considered as sensed also for the random access procedure for the second packet flow. Corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed. |
| US11963232B2 |
Beam refinement using channel state information reference signal in random access procedure
Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, devices, and apparatuses that support coverage enhancement techniques in a random access procedure. In a random access procedure, a UE may attempt to connect to a base station by transmitting a random access request to the base station. The base station may respond to the random access request by transmitting, to the UE, a random access response (RAR). In some aspects, the base station can transmit a channel-state information reference signal (CSI-RS) to facilitate beam-refinement for coverage enhancement during the random access procedure. |
| US11963229B2 |
Competitive random access method and device
A contention random access method, includes: after sending a first message set concerning random access to a base station, waiting to receive a second message set concerning random access sent by the base station; determining whether overhead for waiting for the second message set reaches a first preset condition; if the overhead reaches the first preset condition, initiating random access to the base station in a preset manner; and if the overhead does not reach the first preset condition, continuing to wait for the second message set. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, in cases where the overhead reaches the first preset condition, the random access manner can be changed, and the random access is initiated to the base station in a preset manner. |
| US11963227B2 |
Enhanced timing advanced filtering
A method implemented in a User Equipment, UE, for a cellular communication system includes transmitting a Random Access (RA) preamble and receiving a Random Access Response (RAR) from a base station (BS) containing a timing advance value, TA, indicative of a radio signal propagation delay between the UE and the BS and information indicative of an added time delay, TF, between reception of the RA preamble by the BS and transmission of the RAR by the BS. |
| US11963224B2 |
Non-zero random backoff procedure
A wireless local area network (WLAN) protocol having a non-zero backoff procedure which is bounded by setting a backoff counter to a random value greater than or equal to at least one backoff slot in starting to contend for a channel. This is preferably utilized in combination with setting the Arbitration Inter-Frame Spacing (AIFS) time to an amount less than that utilized for a legacy backoff. The parameters controlling the non-zero backoff may be set by the station performing the contention, or by an associated Access Point (AP), or in response to negotiation between the station and the AP. In some cases the station can switch between enabling and disabling the non-zero backoff procedure during different periods of time. |
| US11963219B2 |
DMTC window reservation signal in NR shared spectrum
A discovery measurement timing configuration (DMTC) window reservation signal is disclosed for new radio (NR) shared spectrum (NR-SS) networks. The DMTC window is defined providing a reserved location for transmission of essential control signaling and potentially high priority traffic that may be transmitted in a prioritized manner. Access within the DMTC window may be provided with a clear channel assessment (CCA) exempt transmission (CET) option or a non-CET option. When the CET option is used, the reservation duration and period may be conveyed through the channel reservation signal. User equipments (UEs) that detect the reservation signal may re-transmit with added offset to inform neighboring base station that may not be within range of the serving base station. Base station that receive either the transmitted or re-transmitted reservation signal will refrain from communications that may interfere with the reception at the UEs. |
| US11963216B2 |
Channel access and transmission scheduling for industrial wireless communications
A method can be used for channel access in an industrial wireless network. A network controller allocates time/frequency resource units in a set of guaranteed timeslots to packet transceivers in the industrial wireless network. The guaranteed timeslots are timewise divided into slots and frequency wise divided into channels, where one slot-channel pair defines one time/frequency resource unit. The network controller provides to the packet transceivers information about the time/frequency resource units allocated to the packet transceivers. The packet transceivers map packets of their own traffic flows to their allocated time/frequency resource units in each set of guaranteed timeslots. The packets for each packet transceiver are mapped according to priority-based scheduling of its own traffic flows and independently of any mapping of packets of other packet transceivers in the industrial wireless network. |
| US11963211B2 |
Radio resource configuration method, base station and user equipment
A radio resource configuration method, a base station and a UE are provided. The radio resource configuration method includes: acquiring an arrival time of each data packet; acquiring a delivery time or a reception time of each data packet; calculating an average delay of downlink data packets within a time period or a proportion of uplink data packets whose reordering delay at a PDCP layer within a time period is greater than or smaller than a predetermined delay threshold, the average delay of the downlink data packets including one or more of average delays of the downlink data packets for a same UE, of a same bearer type, through a same transmission path, on a same RB and in a same QoS flow within the time period; and performing radio resource configuration based on the calculated average delay or the calculated proportion. |
| US11963210B2 |
Apparatus and method for synchronization using wireless communication network in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an operating method of a user plane function (UPF) in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor are provided. The operating method includes receiving a first parameter for clock synchronization from a base station, and performing the clock synchronization with a neighboring network system using the received first parameter and a second parameter. The first parameter may include information relating to a link delay time between the neighboring network system and a network system comprising the UPF, and a residence time of a terminal, a base station and the UPF of the network system comprising the UPF, and the second parameter may include information relating to a backhaul delay time between the base station and the UPF. |
| US11963206B2 |
Wireless communication method, terminal device and network device
Provided by the embodiments of the present application are a wireless communication method and device, which may prevent resource waste. The method comprises: a terminal device sending indication information to a network device, the indication information being used to indicate that there is uplink data in the time domain after the indication information; and after sending the indication information in the time domain, the terminal device sending the uplink data to the network devices. |
| US11963204B2 |
Downlink positioning reference signal configuration and processing in full duplex scenarios
Techniques are provided for utilizing positioning reference signals (PRS) in full duplex scenarios. An example method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a positioning reference signal in a time slot, wherein the positioning reference signal spans a first frequency bandwidth, transmitting a signal in a second frequency bandwidth during the time slot, wherein the second frequency bandwidth includes frequencies within the first frequency bandwidth, and processing the positioning reference signal received in the first frequency bandwidth excluding the frequencies in the second frequency bandwidth. |
| US11963201B2 |
User equipment antenna subarray selection dependent beam switching capability reporting
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a base station, an indication of a beam switching capability of the UE that is based at least in part on an antenna subarray from an antenna array of the UE, and communicate, with the base station, using the antenna subarray in accordance with the beam switching capability of the UE, based at least in part on the indication of the beam switching capability of the UE. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US11963200B2 |
System, method, and computer program for resource orchestration in a 5G network based on user equipment behavior analystics
As described herein, a system, method, and computer program are provided for orchestrating resources in a 5G network based on user equipment behavior analytics. A policy control function in the 5G network collects analytic information associated with past behavior of user equipment in a 5G network. The policy control function predicts future behavior of the user equipment in the 5G network, based on the analytic information. The policy control function generates one or more policy decisions based on the future behavior of the user equipment, wherein the one or more policy decisions cause an orchestration function of the 5G network to orchestrate resources within the 5G network for use by the user equipment. |
| US11963199B2 |
Semi-persistent scheduling method and apparatus for MBS service, and terminal device and network device
Provided is a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) method and apparatus for an MBS service, and a terminal device and a network device. The method comprises: a terminal device receiving first configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the first configuration information is used for determining N SPS configurations, N is a positive integer, and all or some of the N SPS configurations are used for transmitting an MBS service. |
| US11963197B2 |
Transmission method and apparatus
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications methods and technologies, and in particular, to a transmission method and apparatus. The transmission method includes: generating, by a first device, a sequence based on one or more transmission parameters, where the one or more transmission parameters include at least one of the following: a time domain resource type, transmission waveform indication information, subcarrier spacing indication information, device type information, service type indication information, multiple-input multiple-output MIMO parameter information, duplex mode indication information, control channel format indication information, and transmission carrier indication information; generating to-be-transmitted information by using the sequence; and sending the to-be-transmitted information. According to the transmission method and apparatus in the embodiments of the present invention, a new transmission error check mechanism is provided. |
| US11963195B2 |
Timing determination techniques for 5G radio access network cells
Disclosed herein are timing determination techniques for 5G radio access network (RAN) cells. According to various such techniques, during a random access procedure, a user equipment (UE) may receive a grant of resources for an uplink (UL) data transmission in a random access response (RAR) message. The UE may identify a scheduled slot for the UL data transmission based on a received slot of the RAR message and an applicable slot offset value. The applicable slot offset value may indicate a number of slots by which the received slot precedes the scheduled slot. The applicable slot offset value may be identified using the various techniques described herein. |
| US11963194B2 |
Method and apparatus for transceiving wireless signal in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, specifically to a method comprising the steps of configuring a PCell of a licensed band and an SCell of an unlicensed band for a base station; receiving resource configuration information concerning the SCell by means of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of the PCell; configuring a subframe set within a temporary time duration on the SCell on the basis of the resource configuration information; and communicating with the base station by means of the subframe set temporarily configured on the SCell, and to an apparatus for the method. |
| US11963188B2 |
System and method for beam tracking in a 5G new radio mmWave user equipment
A method is provided for beam tracking in a user equipment (UE), the UE configured to communicate using mmWave in a 5G New Radio (NR) network, the method includes selecting a first beam among a plurality of beams based on a predicted reference signal, perform adaptive filtering on the first beam, and tracking statistical variations in the first beam based on the adaptive filtering. |
| US11963187B2 |
Systems and methods for slot offset information management
This disclosure relates generally to wireless communications and, more particularly, to systems and methods for communication of slot offset information prior to communicating downlink control information. In one embodiment, a method performed by a communication node includes: determining slot offset indication information that classifies a slot offset information set as either a first kind or a second kind based on at least one of: high-layer configuration signaling and predefined information, and sending the slot offset indication information to a communication device. |
| US11963186B2 |
Dynamic repetition and frequency hopping factors for physical uplink control channel
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may transmit, and a user equipment (UE) may receive, downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and indicating a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) repetition factor. The UE may transmit, and the base station may receive, a PUCCH that includes hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement feedback associated with the PDSCH. In some aspects, one or more instances of the PUCCH are transmitted across one or more uplink slots or sub-slots based at least in part on the PUCCH repetition factor indicated in the DCI. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US11963185B2 |
User equipment complexity reduction for physical downlink control channel repetition reception
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for search space grouping to facilitate repeated transmissions of a physical downlink control channel in wireless communication systems. |
| US11963184B2 |
Scheduling full-duplex sidelink communications
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some examples, a user equipment (UE) may be scheduled by a base station for full-duplex sidelink transmissions. A first UE may receive, from a base station, a first sidelink grant indicating a first set of resources and a second set of resources. The first set of resources may at least partially overlap in time with the second set of resources. Upon receiving the first sidelink, the first UE may transmit, to a second wireless device, a second sidelink grant indicating the second set of resources. The first UE may transmit a first data message to the second UE over the first set of resources and receive a second data message from the second device over the second set of resources. |
| US11963181B2 |
Base-station-initiated grant revoke
This document describes techniques and systems that enable a base-station-initiated grant revoke. The techniques and systems allow a base station to generate and send a grant-revocation message (GRM) to a user equipment (UE) to revoke a scheduled uplink (UL) or downlink (DL) grant from the base station. The base station can transmit the GRM to the UE using a variety of techniques. For example, based on a trigger event, the base station may assign a UE identifier, such as a specific radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), to the UE and transmit the GRM to the UE using a revoke-physical-downlink-control-channel (R PDCCH) transmission that is associated with the UE identifier. These techniques allow the base station to revoke a scheduled UL or DL grant, which can enable the UE to quickly address timing-critical resource allocation issues and mitigate the effects of adverse operating conditions. |
| US11963179B2 |
Methods, apparatus and systems for scheduling resources in a wireless communication
Methods, apparatus and systems for scheduling resources in a wireless communication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication node is disclosed. The method comprises: transmitting first resource information to a wireless communication device, wherein the first resource information comprises information related to a first resource associated with the wireless communication device; receiving a request from the wireless communication device on the first resource for a data transmission between the wireless communication node and the wireless communication device; and allocating, to the wireless communication device, a second resource in response to the request, wherein the second resource is configured to be utilized for the data transmission according to the request. |
| US11963178B2 |
Uplink control channel transmission in high band operation
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may determine an increased bandwidth configuration for an enhanced physical uplink control channel (ePUCCH) based at least in part on an ePUCCH format of the ePUCCH, wherein the increased bandwidth configuration uses a plurality of contiguous resource blocks (RBs) for the ePUCCH; and transmit the ePUCCH using the increased bandwidth configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US11963171B2 |
Method and apparatus for configuration and scheduling of sidelink resources
A method and apparatus for configuration and scheduling of sidelink resources for sidelink communications in a wireless communication network is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a first wireless communication device, includes: determining a sidelink resource unit in a sidelink resource set according to a resource aggregation level, wherein the sidelink resource unit in the sidelink resource set 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 wherein the first number of the first resource units in the time domain is determined according to the resource aggregation level. |
| US11963167B2 |
Method and network nodes for enabling downlink scheduling for a SPS and DRX configured UE
A method in a User Equipment (UE) configured with Discontinuous Reception (DRX) and a method in a network node for Downlink (DL) scheduling of the UE. The UE is further configured with Semi Persistent Scheduling (SPS) which reduces the latency in Uplink (UL) transmission. The network node monitors a receipt of UL data in any of the SPS resources granted to the UE, a Wake-up grant or assignment is sent on the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), and a HARQ-information is sent in response to the received UL data. The Wake-up grant/assignment triggers a drx-Inactivity timer to run in the UE. While the UE is DRX active, the network node may schedule a DL data transmission and send a DL assignment and the DL data to the UE. |
| US11963166B2 |
Two-stage trigger procedure
The invention relates to a user equipment for being scheduled with uplink radio resources. The user equipment receives from a radio base station a first-stage uplink resource scheduling message, indicating uplink radio resources usable by the UE to perform an uplink transmission via an unlicensed cell. The receiver further receives a second-stage uplink resource scheduling message, which is related to the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message. Upon reception of the second-stage uplink resource scheduling message, a processor of the UE determines that an uplink transmission is scheduled in case the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message is valid. The first-stage uplink resource scheduling message is determined valid based on a determination as to whether an uplink transmission has been triggered by another second-stage uplink resource scheduling message within a predetermined time period prior to reception of the second-stage uplink resource scheduling message. The UE then performs an uplink transmission. |
| US11963165B2 |
Resource selection for ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) uplink
A method of resource selection by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes detecting a need of an uplink transmission having a plurality of transmission parameters for at least one application from a plurality of applications having an associated transmission requirement. The method includes determining a set of configured grant resources available to the UE along with the associated plurality of grant resource parameters. The method includes determining transmission capability for the set of configured grant resources by analyzing the grant resource parameters. The method includes selecting at least one configured grant resource from the set of configured grant resources satisfying at least one transmission requirement of the at least one application. |
| US11963164B2 |
Method and device for transmitting or receiving signal in wireless communication system
Disclosed are a method and a device for transmitting or receiving a signal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the method comprising: performing a random access channel (RACH) procedure; receiving configuration information related to a terminal on the basis of the RACH procedure; receiving downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling a single physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) or multiple PUSCHs to be transmitted in one serving cell, on the basis of the configuration information; and transmitting the single PUSCH or the multiple PUSCHs in the serving cell on the basis of the DCI, wherein a payload size of the DCI may be determined on the basis of the greater number of bits between the number of bits of pieces of information for scheduling the single PUSCH and the number of bits of pieces of information for scheduling the multiple PUSCHs. |
| US11963162B2 |
Data transmission method and device based on uplink grant-free scheduling, and storage medium
A data transmission method and a data transmission device based on uplink grant-free scheduling, and a storage medium. The method includes: transmitting first uplink data to a base station based on pre-configured first uplink scheduling information; transmitting first indicating information of data to be transmitted to the base station, the first indicating information of data to be transmitted for indicating whether there is data to be transmitted in the terminal after transmitting the first uplink data; and transmitting second uplink data to the base station on a target resource based on second uplink scheduling information in response that there is the data to be transmitted in the terminal, the second uplink data being all or part of the data to be transmitted, and the target resource is a resource reserved by the base station for the terminal based on the second uplink scheduling information. |
| US11963159B2 |
Efficient BWP switching
A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a network node configured to communicate with a wireless device (WD) is provided. The network node is configured to, and/or comprises a radio interface and/or comprises processing circuitry configured to signal switching information for Bandwidth Part (BWP) switching in a search space that is absent scheduling information for data transmission to the wireless device. |
| US11963158B2 |
Transmission configuration method and apparatus, device, system, and storage medium
A transmission configuration method includes: an access network device determines idle time domain units within a time window of an unlicensed band; the access network device combines the idle time domain units according to a predefined time domain length of a transmission unit to obtain at least one transmission unit, the transmission unit being used for carrying and transmitting a data packet, and the time domain length of the transmission unit being used for indicating the number of the time domain units included in the transmission unit; the access network device sends a scheduling indication to a terminal, the scheduling indication being used for indicating the at least one transmission unit. |
| US11963156B2 |
Downlink multiplexing
A mobile station which communicates with a base station includes a transceiver configured to receive a downlink control channel, and a controller configured to determine whether C-RNTI is included in the downlink control channel. The controller is further configured to determine that resource allocation in the downlink control channel overrides persistent downlink resource allocation for a Transmission Time Interval (TTI) if the C-RNTI is included in the downlink control channel. The transceiver is further configured to receive a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) transmission by using persistent downlink resources. |
| US11963154B2 |
Apparatus and method for managing resource of radio unit of base station in wireless communication system
The disclosure relates to a pre 5th generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). A method for operating a radio unit (RU) of a base station is provided. The method includes transmitting, to a digital unit (DU), a first message comprising a value indicating the maximum number of masks for one resource area, and receiving, from the DU, a second message generated based on the value, wherein the mask may indicate resources to which the same beam is applied within the resource area. |
| US11963152B2 |
Method and device for transmitting PUSCH in wireless communication system
A method for transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: receiving a higher layer message including information related to a configuration of a PUSCH (multi-TU PUSCH) transmitted in a plurality of time units, the plurality of time units (TUs) being classified into a plurality of TU groups; receiving a lower layer message related to a spatial relation RS applied to the transmission of the multi-TU PUSCH; determining beams for each of remaining TU groups other than at least one specific TU group of the plurality of TU groups based on the lower layer message; determining a beam for at least one specific TU group based on the beams for each of the remaining TU groups; and transmitting the multi-TU PUSCH based on the determined beams. |
| US11963151B2 |
Beam failure recovery for serving cell
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and computer readable mediums for beam failure recovery. The method includes detecting a beam failure on a serving cell of the terminal device, the serving cell including at least one of a primary cell and a secondary cell serving the terminal device. The method further includes in response to detecting the beam failure on the serving cell, generating a medium access control, MAC, control element, CE, the MAC CE including a field associated with the serving cell, wherein the field is set to be a predefined value indicating the beam failure. The method further includes transmitting the MAC CE to a network device associated with the serving cell. |
| US11963145B2 |
Transmission power adjustment in time intervals based on listen-before-talk procedures
Wireless communications are described. A wireless device may receive grants for transmission in uplink time intervals. The time intervals may overlap. The grants for transmission may include grants for transmission via cells of different cell groups. A cell of one of the cell groups may be an unlicensed cell. Transmission power for one of the time intervals may be adjusted. The transmission power adjustment may be based on one of the time intervals starting later than another one of the time intervals and a listen before talk procedure indicating a clear channel for one of the cells. |
| US11963144B2 |
Feedback design for multi-transmission reception point transmission
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration message configuring the UE to communicate coordinated transmissions with multiple transmission reception points (TRPs) using a first coordinated transmission mode of a set of different coordinated transmission modes. The UE may receive, based on the configuration message, downlink control information including at least one indicator and receive a first coordinated transmission communicated in accordance with the first coordinated transmission mode. The UE may transmit, in accordance with a feedback configuration corresponding to the at least one indicator and the first coordinated transmission mode, a feedback message for the first coordinated transmission to at least one of the multiple TRPs. |
| US11963142B2 |
Slot format indication method, apparatus and system, and device and storage medium
Methods, apparatuses, devices, systems, and storage mediums for slot format indication are provided. The method includes sending, in response to detecting that a target channel is in an idle state, slot format indication information to UE through a target channel. The slot format indication information being configured to indicate link formats of N symbols included in a target partial slot, and N being a positive integer less than 14. The target partial slot is located in a time period during which a base station occupies the target channel, and the target channel is located on an unlicensed spectrum. |
| US11963141B2 |
Reception apparatus and reception method
Method of scrambling signals, transmission point device, and user equipment using the method are provided. The method includes: sending an ID table to a user equipment through higher layer signaling, the ID table being a subset of the whole ID space and containing available IDs for the user equipment; notifying the user equipment an ID in the ID table to be used through physical layer signaling or UE specific higher layer signaling; generating a random seed based on the notified ID; initializing a scrambling sequence by the random seed; and scrambling the signals with the initialized scrambling sequence. The method of the disclosure, by combining physical layer signaling and higher layer signaling, may notify the used group ID and the blind detection space to a UE, wherein the blind detection for the UE is enabled and the signaling overhead is reduced. |
| US11963140B2 |
Method and device in communication node used for wireless communication
A method and a device in a communication node used for wireless communications is disclosed in the present disclosure. The communication node first receives first information and second information; and transmits a first radio signal in a first time window; and then transmits a second radio signal; the first information is used to determine a target time window, the second radio signal occupies a second time window in time domain, and the second information is used to determine at least one of whether the second time window belongs to the target time window or a relative position relationship between the second time window and the target time window; an end of the first time window is earlier than a start of the target time window. The present disclosure helps improve the utilization ratio of resources in Grant-Free transmission. |
| US11963138B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining candidate resource for partial sensing in NR V2X
Provided is an operation method of a first device (100) in a wireless communication system. The method may comprise the steps of: triggering resource selection for sidelink (SL) transmission; determining a selection window for the resource selection; and selecting, as at least one first candidate slot, at least one slot related to at least one first sensing slot. |
| US11963136B2 |
Gradual sensing for user equipment power saving in sidelink operation
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In some cases, a sidelink user equipment (UE) operating in a power saving mode may identify a resource reservation configuration for communicating within a resource pool allocated for sidelink communications. The UE may operate in a first power state of the power saving mode during a sensing window. The sensing window may correspond to a resource selection window of the resource pool. The UE may transition, after the sensing window, from the first power state to a second power state that may consume more power than the first power state. The UE may identify a subset of resources of the resource pool in the resource selection window that are available for sidelink transmission by the UE based on transitioning between the first power state and the second power state. |
| US11963134B2 |
Communication based on plurality of SIMs
A disclosure of the present specification provides a method for a wireless communication device to perform communication based on a plurality of Sims. The method may include the steps of: transmitting a request message to a first network node of a second network, the request message including first information pertaining to the plurality of SIMs; and receiving an acceptance message for the request message from the first network node of the second network. |
| US11963128B2 |
Evaluating IP location on a client device
Aspects of the technology evaluate a client device query to identify an IP address-based estimated location of a mobile device (602, 604). One or more candidate wireless stations are selected in accordance with the IP-based estimated location and a location-relevant response to the query is also generated in accordance with the IP-based location. This information is transmitted to the mobile device. (606, 608). The mobile device compares the received information about the candidate wireless stations against one or more actual wireless stations with which the mobile device is in communication (506, 508). Log information is generated as a result of the comparison. The log information is anonymized and transmitted to the network without user ID or other client-identifiable information included in the log. (FIG. 1, 510) The received log information is then used to validate the initial estimated location. Aggregation of log information from multiple devices may be used in the validation process. |
| US11963127B2 |
Location management component and method for a mobile communication network
A location management component (LMC) is provided for a mobile communication network. The LMC is configured to provide LMC configuration information, obtain privacy information relating to at least one user equipment (UE), obtain a location request according to the LMC configuration information, determine a position of the at least one UE, based on the privacy information and the location request, and provide a location response comprising the determined position. |
| US11963126B1 |
Network function deregistration in wireless communication networks
A wireless communication network deregisters network functions. In the wireless communication, a network data system receives a deregistration command that indicates a wireless User Equipment (UE) and forwards the deregistration command to a Unified Data Management (UDM). The UDM receives the indication and determines a Data Network Name (DNN) for the wireless UE. The UDM identifies a network controller and a session controller for the wireless UE based on the DNN. The UDM transfers deregistration notifications to the network controller and session controller. The UDM receives a deregistration acknowledgement from the network controller. The UDM directs the network data system to remove stored session data for the session controller. The network data system receives the direction from the UDM and responsively removes stored session data for the session controller. |
| US11963125B2 |
Method and apparatus for measurement of TAI updates in an NTN
Methods and apparatuses of UE for measurement of TAI updates in an NTN. A method of a UE comprises: receiving, from a BS, an SIB including multiple TAIs and an indication of whether to include a UE location in an NAS registration/tracking area update operation; determining whether to include the UE location based on the indication; identifying information for the UE location; generating a radio resource control (RRC) message including the information for the UE location, wherein the RRC message encapsulates a NAS message; and transmitting, to the BS, the RRC message including the information for the UE location. |
| US11963123B2 |
Transmission management
The invention relates to a solution for determining an allowable round trip time for a communication between a base station and a terminal device served by the base station in an asynchronous communication system, At least some aspects of the solution relate to a method performed by a controller, the method comprises: determining round trip times of terminal devices served by the base station; selecting a maximum round trip time among the determined round trip times of the terminal devices served by the base station as the allowable round trip time; and delivering the selected allowable round trip time to the base station. The solution also relates to applying the determined round trip time by a base station and a terminal device as well as to a system comprising the mentioned entities and to computer program products. |
| US11963114B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining whether to transmit synchronization information in NR V2X
Provided is a method of, by a first device 100, performing sidelink communication. The method includes configuring a carrier for New RAT (NR) sidelink communication, obtaining first synchronization associated with the NR sidelink communication from second synchronization associated with Long Term Evolution (LTE) sidelink communication, and determining whether to transmit synchronization information associated with the NR sidelink communication over the carrier. |
| US11963109B2 |
Method, apparatus, device and system for power configuration during multi-bandwidth transmission
The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus, device and system for power configuration during multi-bandwidth transmission. The base station determines a configuration upper limit of an overall equivalent duty cycle when a terminal performs multi-bandwidth transmission on n bandwidths. The base station generates, for the terminal, configuration information of a first bandwidth among the n bandwidths, wherein the overall equivalent duty cycle on the n bandwidths corresponding to the configuration information is not greater than the configuration upper limit. The base station sends the configuration information to the terminal. |
| US11963100B2 |
Method and apparatus for multi-band power management in a wireless network
Power management operations are performed by devices communicating using multiple bands simultaneously where a first wireless band can be used to send and receive power management control frames for use on a second wireless band of a wireless network. In this way, a device that is in a sleep or dose power management state on a first band can be instructed to enter an awake power management state on the first band based on a communication received over a second band that is currently active and receiving data. Embodiments of the present invention enable power to be conserved when a band is not currently being used, or when there is no more data available (buffered) for a specific band. |
| US11963096B2 |
Communication apparatus and communication system
The present technique relates to a communication apparatus and a communication system allowing distribution of loads on a communication apparatus that manages Internet connection. A communication system according to an aspect of the present technique includes: a first communication apparatus included in a wireless LAN including a plurality of communication apparatuses functioning as gateways, the first communication apparatus including a communication control section configured to transmit, when the first communication apparatus is connected to an external network, a management frame including a parameter related to a capability of connecting to the external network, to another apparatus within the wireless LAN; and a second communication apparatus operating as the first communication apparatus and including a communication control section configured to receive the management frame transmitted from the first communication apparatus and transmit, to the first communication apparatus, connection request information representing a request for connection to the external network. The present technique can be applied to a communication apparatus for a wireless LAN. |
| US11963089B1 |
Method and apparatus to profile account credential sharing
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system or method that determines, based on consumption data and location information, groups of access portals, where the consumption data and the location information correspond to a time period in which the access portals are used to access a service using an account. The groups can be adjusted according to an intended benefit unit for the service and a sharing structure can be determined including benefit unit partitions for the account based on the adjusting. Factors can be determined, based on the benefit unit partitions, that are indicative of account sharing, as well as weights for the factors by applying a learning model to the consumption data. An intervention strategy can be selected from a group of intervention strategies according to the factors and the weights for the factors. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US11963088B2 |
Beam-specific system information inside remaining minimum system information
Aspects presented herein may enable the base station to apply coverage enhancement for one or more SSB beam(s) or a subset of SSB beams for broadcasting system information in a more efficient manner, where the base station and the UE may adapt the system information differently for different SSB beams. In one aspect, a UE may receive, from a base station, RMSI indicating beam-specific system information in association with one or more SSB beams for receiving an SSB. Then, the UE may receive the SSB from the base station based on the received RMSI indicating the beam-specific system information. |
| US11963086B2 |
Method and apparatus for access control barring
Methods and apparatuses are provided for access control barring. The method is applied to a terminal in a connected state or an inactive state. The method includes: starting a designated timer for access control barring; receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection release message sent by a base station when the designated timer has not reached a designated stop time; and determining based on the RRC connection release message that an Access Stratum (AS) of the terminal remains in a congested state. |
| US11963085B2 |
Systems and methods for determining routing data based on explicit congestion notifications and active queue management enabled network devices
A device may receive explicit congestion notification data associated with user devices connected to a network of network devices, and may receive network data identifying network metrics associated with the network devices. The device may generate an active queue management mapping table based on utilizing a model to process the explicit congestion notification data and the network data. The device may determine, based on the active queue management mapping table and the network data, a routing table that includes routing data identifying traffic paths with active queue management enabled network devices and without non-active queue management enabled network devices of the network devices. The device may provide the routing table to the network devices. |
| US11963081B2 |
Report processing apparatus, report processing method, program, and recording medium
In order to enable appropriate reporting of information related to an event to be reported when the event occurs, a report processing apparatus 100 includes: an information obtaining unit 131 configured to obtain first report information reported from a terminal apparatus with respect to a target event; a determination unit 133 configured to determine one or more report destinations associated with the target event from a plurality of candidate report destinations (report destination apparatus 401 to 405) based on the first report information; and a communication processing unit 135 configured to transmit information related to the first report information to the one or more report destinations associated with the first report information. |
| US11963078B2 |
Apparatus and method for supporting one-to-one communication service in wireless communication system
A method, performed by a first user equipment (UE), of performing unicast communication includes transmitting a direct communication request message, generating a profile for a PC5 unicast link, receiving, from a second UE, a response message based on a result of establishment of the PC5 unicast link; and transmitting, to the second UE, a data message over the PC5 unicast link based on the response message, wherein the profile includes at least one of a Layer-2 identifier (ID) of the first UE, an application layer ID of the first UE, a Layer-2 ID of the second UE, an application layer ID of the second UE, PC5 5th generation (5G) Quality of Service (QoS) Indicator (PQI), or PC5 QoS Flow identifier (PFI) associated with the PQI. |
| US11963077B2 |
Blockchain-based system for connected vehicles
Examples described herein relate to a system including a BC network associated with a plurality of entities in a defined geographic scope. A first entity of the plurality of entities includes a connected vehicle that generates vehicular data. The BC network is governed by a smart contract. The smart contract includes a data sharing policy defined by a user of the connected vehicle, wherein the data sharing policy allows the user of the connected vehicle to selectively share the vehicular data with one or more other entities of the plurality of entities. |
| US11963074B2 |
Adjustable SIP mute call and one-way communication detection and reporting systems and methods
Systems and methods for maintaining and dynamically updating inactivity timers at a user equipment to detect a one-way audio or mute call to improve call experience are disclosed. The method enables the user equipment to perform a set of actions (e.g., enable, disable, drop call, don't drop call, etc.) when a one-way audio or mute call is detected. Values for the timer and/or action parameters can be dynamically determined and/or communicated to the user equipment by a telecommunications service provider based on one or more of the following factors: network health, network congestion, current events, type of call (e.g., emergency, non-emergency), type of customer (e.g., business, premium, residential, etc.), service-level agreement, and so on. Values for the timer and/or action parameters can be configurable based on a location. |
| US11963073B2 |
Method of sending messages to devices not configured to receive them
A system having a server for receiving a message from a sending device executing a messaging application and for sending a message notification alert to a recipient, the server having a processor and memory, the memory having computer executable code, comprising receiving the message from the sending device executing the messaging application, the message containing recipient address information provided by the sending device, determining, based on recipient address information, that the recipient is not associated with a recipient device having the messaging application, and transmitting the message notification alert to the recipient via an alternate communications method, the message notification alert comprising a link to view the message. |
| US11963062B1 |
System and method for identifying product engagements
A system for identifying one or more product engagements includes one or more microsensors configured to measure one or more signals indicative of one or more near-product engagements within a retail environment. Near-product engagements product movement, customer proximity to products, temperature, and the like. In some embodiments, the system may be configured to generate spatial relationship data associated with one or more spatial relationships between one or more transmitting electronic devices and one or more sensor units. The system may perform one or more filtering steps on the near-product engagement or spatial relationship data and providing the filtered data to a user interface. |
| US11963058B2 |
Dual active protocol stack handovers above 24 GHz
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing dual active protocol stack handovers in a frequency range above 24 GHz. A UE may transmit an indication to a base station indicating a dual active protocol stack (DAPS) handover capability of the UE corresponding to a frequency range (FR) above 24 GHz. The UE may receive, from a target cell of the one or more cells, a command to perform a DAPS handover from a source cell to the target cell. While performing the DAPS handover and maintaining a data connection with the source cell, the UE may perform measurements on the target cell followed by a physical random access channel (PRACH) procedure. The UE may then receive a source cell release command from the target cell and release the data connection with the source cell. |
| US11963057B2 |
Handover of unacknowledged mode bearer in a wireless communication system
After receiving a handover command (22) that commands a wireless device (16) to perform a make-before-break handover (24), the wireless device (16) continues to receive from a source link (20-0) downlink data packets for an unacknowledged mode bearer (21), until after the wireless device (16) establishes a connection with the target link (20-1) as part of the handover. After the wireless device (16) establishes the connection with the target link (20-1), the wireless device (16) receives from the target link (20-1) downlink data packets for the unacknowledged mode bearer (21). The wireless device (16) preserves a downlink data packet sequence number receiver status for the unacknowledged mode bearer (21), by using the same downlink data packet sequence number receiver status for the unacknowledged mode bearer (21) before and after the handover. Based on the downlink data packet sequence number receiver status as preserved, the wireless device (16) monitors for data packets received in duplicate from the source link (20-0) and the target link (20-1) for the unacknowledged mode bearer (21). |
| US11963055B2 |
Neighbor cell measurements
This disclosure relates to techniques for configuring, performing, and reporting neighbor cell measurements in a wireless communication system. A base station of a serving cell may provide configuration information relevant to performing layer 1 (L1) measurements based on reference signals of one or more neighbor cells. A UE may perform L1 inter-frequency measurements of the neighbor cell(s) based on the configuration. The UE may report the measurements. |
| US11963054B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing cell reselection in wireless communication system
A method and user equipment (UE) for performing a cell reselection procedure is provided. The method includes receiving priority information about frequencies, performing cell measurement, based on the priority information, and performing a cell reselection procedure, based on a result of the cell measurement. |
| US11963044B2 |
Data transmission/reception apparatus and operation method for data transmission/reception apparatus
The present disclosure proposes a technology of, when a single data session based on communications between UPFs is controlled, reducing the number of signalings for data session control to reduce delays on the data session control, so that the requirements of a URLLS service supported in the 5G technology can be satisfied and the performance of the service performance can be supported. |
| US11963043B2 |
Initial access indication method and device, and storage medium
An initial access indication method includes: carrying flag information in a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB), the flag information indicating whether an initial access bandwidth corresponding to the SSB supports the access of a first type user equipment (UE). |
| US11963036B2 |
Computing workload transport over control plane in next generation cellular networks
An apparatus and system to enable dynamic offloading and execution of compute tasks are described. In split CU-DU RAN architectures, the CU-CP is connected with multiple compute control functions (CF) and service functions (SF) that have different computing hardware/software capabilities. Different architectures depend on whether the SF is collocated with the CU-UP, the CU-UP and SF only serve compute messages, a compute message is supplied directly to the CU-UP or also traverses the CU-CP. In response to reception from a UE of a compute message containing data for computation being sent to the CU-CP through the DU, the CU-CP sends the data to the SF with identifiers and sends the result to the UE. |
| US11963033B2 |
Grade of service control closed loop
Systems and methods for managing network traffic receives, at a grade of service device, network traffic information for a plurality of network traffic channels from a network device separate from the grade of service device. The network traffic information is compared to a threshold to determine a behavior value for each network traffic channel. Each network traffic channel is mapped to a grade of service according to the behavior value. |
| US11963031B2 |
Techniques for receiver-specific network coding redundancy
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, a transmitting device may support receiver-specific network coding redundancy techniques. For example, a transmitting device may select a receiver-specific redundancy configuration for transmission to a particular receiver based on a quality of a link between the transmitting device and the receiving device. The transmitting device may select or calculate a user-specific redundancy for the link based on a received packet loss probability report, or may select the preferred redundancy configuration as indicated in a request received from the receiving device, or may network encode and transmit one or more initial transmissions according to a default redundancy configuration and increment or decrement the default redundancy based on feedback from the receiving device. |
| US11963027B2 |
Measurement method, terminal and network side device
A measurement method, a terminal and a network side device are provided. The measurement method performed by a terminal includes: in a non-connected state, triggering an automatic measurement when a predetermined condition is met. In an embodiment of present disclosure, it is agreed that the terminal in a non-connected state triggers the automatic measurement when the predetermined condition has been met, so the terminal immediately reports an indication indicating that there is an available measurement result, or report an available measurement result, to the network side device when entering a connected state. |
| US11963025B2 |
Beam recovery procedure using a second component carrier
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for performing a beam recovery procedure using a second CC are disclosed. A UE may perform a beam recovery procedure using two component carriers (CCs): for example, first component carrier may be a beam formed millimeter wave (MMW) carrier having a beam recovery procedure and second component carrier may be an assisting carrier such as a sub-6 GHz carrier or a different MMW carrier. In a first example, a UE may trigger beam recovery for first component carrier (on second component carrier), generate a beam measurement report, and transmit the beam report on resources allocated for uplink transmission on second component carrier. In a second example, a new scheduling request (SR) may be defined on first component carrier for second component carrier beam recovery. In a third example, RACH resources or procedures on second component carrier may be used to perform the beam recovery for first component carrier. |
| US11963019B2 |
Methods of receiving data transmitted using non-uniform constellations with overlapping constellation point locations
Communication systems are described that use unequally spaced constellations that have increased capacity compared to conventional constellations operating within a similar SNR band. One embodiment is a digital communications system including a transmitter transmitting signals via a communication channel, the transmitter including a coder capable of receiving user bits and outputting encoded bits at a rate, a mapper capable of mapping encoded bits to symbols in a constellation, and a modulator capable of generating a modulated signal for transmission via the communication channel using symbols generated by the mapper, wherein the constellation is unequally spaced and characterizable by assignment of locations and labels of constellation points to maximize parallel decode capacity of the constellation at a given signal-to-noise ratio so that the constellation provides a given capacity at a reduced signal-to-noise ratio compared to a uniform constellation that maximizes the minimum distance between constellation points of the uniform constellation. |
| US11963017B2 |
Interference control method and apparatus, response message sending method and apparatus, response message forwarding method and apparatus, communication device, and communication system
Provided are an interference control method and apparatus, a response message sending method and apparatus, a response message forwarding method and apparatus, a communication device, and a communication system. A reference signal sent by a victim base station carries an addressing identifier. The addressing identifier corresponds to route information of a victim node set. Thus, when an aggressor base station monitors the reference signal, an aggressor node set may send a response message to the victim node set according to the addressing identifier, so that the victim base station in the victim node set can respond to the message to determine that the aggressor base station has received the reference signal sent by the victim base station. |
| US11963008B2 |
Geolocation-based notifications using relationships in separate systems
A server can be configured for facilitating notifications about interaction opportunities for users using database relationships of separate types of data from different systems. The server can receive token data from an application executing on a mobile computing device. The token data can include geolocation data of the mobile computing device and identification data of the user. The server can determine a location of the mobile computing device using the geolocation data. The server can use the identification data of the user to receive interaction opportunities based on the identification data and criteria associated with the interaction opportunities. The server can use the identification data to receive interaction opportunities that are associated with locations within a pre-selected distance of the location of the mobile computing device. The server can transmit the interaction opportunities to the mobile computing device for output by the application. |
| US11962992B2 |
Spatial audio processing
According to an example embodiment, a method for processing a multi-channel input audio signal representing a sound field into a multi-channel output audio signal representing said sound field in accordance with a predefined loudspeaker layout is provided, the method comprising the following for at least one frequency band: obtaining spatial audio parameters that are descriptive of spatial characteristics of said sound field; estimating a signal energy of the sound field represented by the multi-channel input audio signal; estimating, based on said signal energy and the obtained spatial audio parameters, respective output signal energies for channels of the multi-channel output audio signal according to said predefined loudspeaker layout; determining a maximum output energy as the largest of the output signal energies across channels of said multi-channel output audio signal; and deriving, on basis of said maximum output energy, a gain value for adjusting sound reproduction gain in at least one of said channels of the multi-channel output audio signal. |
| US11962990B2 |
Reordering of foreground audio objects in the ambisonics domain
In general, disclosed is a device that includes one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to perform an energy analysis with respect to one or more audio objects, in the ambisonics domain, in the first time segment. The one or more processors are also configured to perform a similarity measure between the one or more audio objects, in the ambisonics domain, in the first time segment, and the one or more audio objects, in the ambisonics domain, in the second time segment. In addition, the one or more processors are configured to perform a reorder of the one or more audio objects, in the ambisonics domain, in the first time segment with the one or more audio objects, in the ambisonics domain, in the second time segment, to generate one or more reordered audio objects in the first time segment. |
| US11962986B2 |
Speaker diaphragm and speaker
The present disclosure provides a speaker diaphragm and a speaker. The diaphragm includes a thermoplastic polyester elastomer film layer, a thermoplastic polyester elastomer being a copolymer composed of a hard segment A of polyester and a soft segment B of polyether or aliphatic polyester, wherein the thermoplastic polyester elastomer film layer has Young's modulus of 1-1000 MPa, with an elastic recovery rate after 10% strain being greater than or equal to 80%. The speaker diaphragm has a good stiffness, a good damping performance and a good resilience. |
| US11962985B2 |
Interrupt based pairing for wireless audio devices
A method for interrupt based pairing for wireless audio devices includes determining a colocation of a wireless audio device with a subsequent wireless audio device with one or more sensors. An interrupt is generated in response to determining the colocation. A pairing mode of the wireless audio device is enabled in response to the interrupt. The wireless audio device is paired with the subsequent wireless audio device. |
| US11962982B2 |
Vibration exciter for electronic product and electronic product
A vibration exciter for an electronic product comprises a first vibration assembly comprising a first casing (101) and a magnetic circuit assembly below thereof; a second vibration assembly comprising a second casing (105) and at least two groups of coils (102) above thereof and on two sides of the magnetic circuit assembly; the magnetic circuit assembly comprises a central magnet (103b) and at least two side magnets (103a, 103b) in a vibration direction, the magnetizing directions of the two side magnets are parallel to an axial direction of the coils, directions of magnetic poles are opposite; the central magnet comprises at least two groups of magnets (103b, 1032b) in a direction perpendicular to the vibration direction, the magnetizing directions of the at least two groups of magnets are parallel to the vibration direction the directions of the magnetic poles are opposite. The electronic product is also disclosed. |
| US11962979B2 |
Dynamic fitting for device worn on recipient's body
An apparatus includes a support configured to be worn on a head of a recipient and to hold at least one device next to the recipient's skull. The at least one device provides information to the recipient. The support is configured to generate a force that presses against the head and to actively adjust the force while the support is worn by the recipient. |
| US11962972B2 |
Display device and speaker
To enhance a sound image localization effect and to ensure a good viewing state in which an image or video and audio have a sense of unity. Provided is a display in which an image is displayed in a display surface, a rear cover disposed on a rear side of the display, a first speaker disposed between the display and the rear cover, and a second speaker disposed between the display and the rear cover and positioned higher than the first speaker. The second speaker outputs audio according to operation of a piezoelectric element, and has a higher audio output band than the first speaker. This enables a user to feel as if the audio is being output from the display being viewed, which enhances the sound image localization effect and ensures a good viewing state in which an image or video and audio have a sense of unity. |
| US11962971B2 |
Acoustic lens and speaker system
An acoustic lens includes: a plurality of fins each having one end portion located on a side opposite to the loudspeaker on a support surface that extends as convexly curved along a predetermined direction when the acoustic lens is viewed from a lateral side, the plurality of fins being arranged in the predetermined direction at substantially equal intervals and substantially in parallel to one another. When the acoustic lens is viewed from the lateral side, the plurality of fins are substantially identical in length, and an elevation angle of the support surface relative to each of the plurality of fins gradually increases from one side to an other side in the predetermined direction. |
| US11962970B2 |
Multi-way acoustic waveguide for a speaker assembly
A waveguide housing for a speaker assembly. The speaker assembly includes first and second drivers coupled to the waveguide housing where the first driver generates a midrange sound signal and the second driver emits a high-frequency sound signal. The waveguide housing includes a first plurality of sound channels configured to receive the midrange sound signal from the first driver such that the midrange sound signal travels through the first plurality of sound channels and is emitted from the waveguide housing by a first plurality of openings in the waveguide housing. The waveguide housing also includes a second plurality of sound channels configured to receive the high-frequency sound signal from the second driver such that the high-frequency sound signal travels through the second plurality of sound channels and is emitted from the waveguide housing by a second plurality of openings in the waveguide housing. |
| US11962968B2 |
Noise cancellation apparatus and method
Embodiments of this application disclose a noise cancellation apparatus and method. The noise cancellation apparatus includes a main control unit and a noise cancellation processing circuit. The main control unit determines a noise cancellation parameter based on a noise cancellation level index or a feature value for determining a matching degree between a headset and an ear canal of a user. The noise cancellation processing unit obtains an inverse phase noise of an ambient noise based on the noise cancellation parameter. After the inverse phase noise is mixed with a played downlink audio signal, the ambient noise can be canceled. In addition, because the noise cancellation parameter is determined from a preset noise cancellation parameter library based on the received or autonomously determined noise cancellation level index, instead of being uniformly configured, a noise cancellation level can be flexibly adjusted, thereby improving a noise cancellation effect and user experience. |
| US11962964B2 |
Headset with improved headband and method for manufacturing the headset
A headset includes a first earcup, a second earcup, and a headband. The headband includes a connecting member having a first end coupled to the first earcup and a second end coupled to the second earcup. A cushion is disposed below the connecting member. The cushion extends between the first end and the second end. The cushion includes a middle region configured to have a first density and adjacent side regions configured to have a second density that is higher than the first density. |
| US11962963B2 |
Earbud
An earbud includes: a speaker unit which generates a sound wave; a first housing which houses the speaker unit, and has a first opening which faces a sound wave generation surface of the speaker unit; a sound conduit having one end connected to the first opening; an ear plug which is attached to the other end of the sound conduit, the ear plug being inserted into the ear canal; and an air conduit which is disposed so as to penetrate the ear plug and the first housing, the air conduit being disposed independently from the sound conduit. |
| US11962962B2 |
Sound producing device and electronic product
Disclosed is a sound producing device and an electronic product, the sound producing device including a front cover and a shell which are bonded together; wherein a diaphragm is accommodated in a cavity enclosed by the front cover and shell, an upper surface of the front cover away from the diaphragm is covered with an elastic sealing piece, and the elastic sealing piece and the front cover are bonded by hot pressing. |
| US11962958B2 |
System and computer-implemented method for providing responder information
A system and a computer-implemented method for providing responder information are disclosed herein. The method includes receiving, via a computing device, a sensor data generated by one or more safety devices corresponding to one or more responders. The computer-implemented method further includes analyzing, via the computing device, the sensor data to generate an analyzed sensor data. The computer-implemented method further includes establishing, via an application programming interface (API), a direct communication link between the computing device and at least one server or establishing, via a local application, a direct communication link between the computing device and at least one third party server. The computer-implemented method further includes transmitting, via the computing device, the analyzed sensor data to the at least one server or transmitting, via the computing device, the analyzed sensor data to the at least one third party server. |
| US11962957B1 |
Systems and methods for wellsite control
A method for wellsite control includes, at a computing device, receiving sensor information from one or more sensors; determining at least one notification option based at least partially on the sensor information; selecting at least one notification option based at least partially on the sensor information; and sending a notification to a notification destination. |
| US11962955B2 |
Port occupancy detection for high density panels
Port occupancy detection for connector panels is provided. In one embodiment, a connector panel comprises: a communications unit communicatively coupled to a network; and at least one modular port adapter assembly comprising: a plurality of communications couplers; and a plurality of port occupancy sensors each coupled to a sensor circuit. Each of the port occupancy sensors are configured to sense when the couplers are occupied. The panel communications unit obtains from the sensor circuit which of the couplers are occupied. The panel communications unit communicates port occupancy information to a gateway indicating circuit which of the couplers are occupied. A chassis including sidewalls extends between a front and a rear to define an interior, and including guides on the sidewalls. A plurality of blades mounted to the guides of the chassis, each blade including a midplane bus assembly configured to communicatively couple the sensor circuit to the panel communication unit. |
| US11962954B2 |
System and method for presenting virtual reality content to a user
This disclosure describes a system configured to present primary and secondary, tertiary, etc., virtual reality content to a user. Primary virtual reality content may be displayed to a user, and, responsive to the user turning his view away from the primary virtual reality content, a sensory cue is provided to the user that indicates to the user that his view is no longer directed toward the primary virtual reality content, and secondary, tertiary, etc., virtual reality content may be displayed to the user. Primary virtual reality content may resume when the user returns his view to the primary virtual reality content. Primary virtual reality content may be adjusted based on a user's interaction with the secondary, tertiary, etc., virtual reality content. Secondary, tertiary, etc., virtual reality content may be adjusted based on a user's progression through the primary virtual reality content, or interaction with the primary virtual reality content. |
| US11962953B2 |
Transmitting functional safety statistics via transmitted video
Systems and methods are provided for transmitting functional safety statistics within a system. A video source produces a video data stream. A functional safety system driver accumulates functional safety statistics from at least one system and writes the functional safety statistics onto an associated system memory. A display sub-system driver writes a frame of the video data stream to the system memory. The display sub-system driver formats the functional safety statistics as video data and appends the functional safety statistics to a portion of the frame of video that is reserved for the functional safety statistics. A display sub-system transmits the frame of the video data stream to a host processor, which extracts the functional safety statistics from the video frame. |
| US11962949B2 |
Method of air pollution estimation based on spectral image processing
A method of performing air pollution estimation is provided. The method is to be implemented using a processor of a computer device and includes: generating a spectral image based on an original color image of an environment under test using a spectral transformation matrix; supplying the spectral image as an input into an estimating model for air pollution estimation; and obtaining an estimation result from the estimating model indicating a degree of air pollution of the environment under test. |
| US11962946B2 |
Image processing apparatus, display system, image processing method, and medium
There is provided with an image processing apparatus that generates a display image to be displayed in a display system including a display area. An obtaining unit obtains one input image acquired through shooting by one image capturing apparatus. A generating unit generates the display image from the input image on the basis of a correspondence between a first projection plane corresponding to the input image and a second projection plane corresponding to the display area. |
| US11962945B2 |
Projection apparatus
A projection apparatus including a liquid crystal on silicon panel and a processor is provided. The liquid crystal on silicon panel is configured to display a plurality of phase images. The phase images include a first phase image and a second phase image. The processor is coupled to the liquid crystal on silicon panel. The processor is configured to generate and output the phase images to drive the liquid crystal on silicon panel to display the phase images. The processor generates the first phase image according to a first phase information, and the processor generates the second phase image according to the first phase image. |
| US11962944B2 |
Electronic lock with remote monitoring
An electronic lockset that allows for remote monitoring includes a locking mechanism, a motion sensor, a camera, and a wireless communication module. The locking mechanism is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The motion sensor is configured to detect a person in proximity to the electronic lockset. The camera is configured to capture media content of the person detected by the motion sensor. The wireless communication module is configured to wirelessly transmit the captured media content to an electronic device. |
| US11962941B2 |
Wireless network camera systems
Apparatus, systems and techniques are provided associated with a battery powered wireless camera, which includes an internal battery and an image capture module to capture images. Further, the battery powered wireless camera may include a first communication module and a second communication module configured for wireless communication. If the second communication module is powered down, the image capture module may store captured infrared images. If activation is triggered, the second communication module may power up and wirelessly transmit the captured images. In an example, the wireless camera may further include an infrared detection module configured for capturing infrared images. Further, the activation may include any one of a noise, a motion, a timing, a command, and an infrared detection. Also, the first communication module may wirelessly communicate utilizing a first communication mode and the second communication module may wirelessly communicate utilizing a second communication mode. |
| US11962939B1 |
Method of managing media communication in mission critical (MC) system, MC server, and receiver thereof
A method, a mission critical (MC) server, and a receiver for managing media communication in an MC system are provided. The method comprises receiving, from a sender, a request and a media stream for transmitting the media stream to one or more receivers. The request indicates a mode of transmission of the media stream. Further, the method comprises transmitting a notification message indicating a mode of reception identified based on the mode of transmission, to the one or more receivers for receiving the media stream from the sender. The mode of reception is one from among an emergency mode and a normal mode. Thereafter, the method comprises transmitting the media stream to the one or more receivers subsequent to transmission of the notification message, when the mode of reception is the emergency mode. |
| US11962937B2 |
Method and device of super resolution using feature map compression
Disclosed are an image processing method and device using a line-wise operation. The image processing device, according to one embodiment, comprises: a receiver for receiving an image; a first convolution operator for generating a feature map by performing a convolution operation on the basis of the image; and a compressor for compressing the feature map into units of at least one line; and a decompressor for reconstructing the feature map compressed into units of lines. |
| US11962935B2 |
Video call recording method and electronic device therefor
A portable communication device supporting video calls is provided. The portable communication device can be configured to perform a video call on the basis of a first video codec and a first audio codec, receive, through a touch display, a request for recording the video call, and, if the first audio codec is not supported by a designated media container, record the video call on the basis of the first video codec and a second audio codec supported by the media container. |
| US11962933B2 |
Device with glazing and associated thermal camera, and optimization methods
A device includes a vehicle glazing, including, in a peripheral zone, a through-hole including an insert and a thermal camera. |
| US11962926B2 |
Image sensor with configurable pixel circuit and method
The present disclosure relates to an image sensor comprising a plurality of pixel circuits each comprising a photodiode connected between ground and a floating diffusion (FD) node, a reset transistor (MRST) connected between a first voltage supply and the floating diffusion (FD) node, and a source follower transistor (MSF), wherein its drain is connected to a second voltage supply, the gate is connected to a floating diffusion (FD) node and the source is connected to a row select transistor (MSEL). The row select transistor (MSEL) is connected between the source of the source follower transistor (MSF) and a common column output. Each pixel circuit is configured to output an output signal corresponding to a light incident on the photodiode. Each pixel circuit includes at least one additional transistor for configuring each pixel circuit to selectively output a linear integration signal or a logarithmic signal. |
| US11962925B2 |
Photoelectric conversion apparatus having analog-to-digital conversion based on signal charge, image capturing system, and moving body
A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a pixel, an A/D conversion portion and an output circuit. The pixel includes first and second photoelectric conversion portions and an accumulation portion configured to accumulate a signal charge in a location other than the photoelectric conversion portions. The A/D conversion portion is configured to perform A/D conversions on signals based on signal charges generated in the photoelectric conversions. The output circuit reads out first and second signals based on first and second signal charges accumulated in the first and second photoelectric conversion portions during an electric charge accumulation period and a third signal based on a third signal charge generated in the second photoelectric conversion portion and accumulated in the accumulation portion during the electric charge accumulation period. Conversion periods for analog-to-digital conversion to be performed on at least two of the first, second, or third signals have different lengths. |
| US11962924B2 |
Smart sensor with region of interest capabilities
An apparatus includes an image sensor having a plurality of pixels that form regions of interest (ROIs), analog-to-digital converter (ADC) banks, and multiplexers. Each respective multiplexer is electrically connected to (i) a corresponding ADC bank and (ii) a corresponding subset of the ROIs. The apparatus also includes control circuitry configured to obtain a full-resolution image of an environment by electrically connecting, by way of the multiplexers, each respective ADC bank to the associated respective ROI. The control circuitry is also configured to select a particular ROI based on the full-resolution image and obtain a plurality of ROI images of the particular ROI by (i) electrically connecting, to the particular ROI, a first ADC bank associated with the particular ROI and a second ADC bank associated with another ROI and (ii) digitizing pixels of the particular ROI by way of parallel operation of the first and second ADC banks. |
| US11962923B2 |
Image processing system and method of operating the same
An image processing device includes a target pixel detector configured to detect a plurality of target pixels in which noise is generated among a plurality of pixels included in an image sensor. The image processing device also includes a target pixel corrector configured to change target pixel values, which are pixel values of the plurality of target pixels, by using average pixel values of neighboring pixels included in a preset range based on a position of each of the plurality of target pixels. The image processing device further includes a target pixel compensator configured to compensate for the target pixel values by using an accumulation value obtained by accumulating values corresponding to a decimal fraction part of the average pixel values. |
| US11962917B2 |
Color adjustment method, color adjustment device, electronic device and computer-readable storage medium
Provided are a color adjustment method, a color adjustment device, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: determining an adjustment area corresponding to an edge pixel, where the adjustment area includes multiple pixels; acquiring color information of the edge pixel and color information of each similar pixel in the adjustment area, where a pixel type of the similar pixel is consistent with a pixel type of the edge pixel; and adjusting a parameter value of the edge pixel according to the color information of the each similar pixel, the color information of the edge pixel, and a brightness parameter of the edge pixel. |
| US11962913B2 |
Imaging device comprising spatial light modulator and imaging method thereof
An imaging apparatus includes a light source, a spatial light modulator, a Fourier transform optical system, a photodetector, and a control unit. The control unit sets a first region and a second region on a modulation plane, acquires a light intensity value by setting a light amplitude modulation pattern in the first region and setting a light amplitude modulation in the second region to a non-zero predetermined value, acquires the light intensity value by setting the light amplitude modulation pattern in the first region and setting the light amplitude modulation in the second region to zero, acquires the light intensity value by setting the light amplitude modulation in the first region to zero and setting the light amplitude modulation in the second region to the predetermined value, and acquires a complex amplitude image of a region of an object corresponding to the first region. |
| US11962912B2 |
Object detection via comparison of synchronized pulsed illumination and camera imaging
An image processing system may comprise a global shutter camera, an illumination emitter, and a processing system comprising at least one processor and memory. The processing system may be configured to control the image processing system to: control the illumination emitter to illuminate a scene; control the global shutter camera to capture a sequence of images of the scene, wherein the captured sequence of images includes images that are captured without illumination of the scene by the illumination emitter and images that are captured while the scene is illuminated by the illumination emitter; and determine presence of an object in the scene based on comparison of the images captured without illumination of the scene and images captured with illumination of the scene. |
| US11962911B2 |
Electronic device for performing image processing and operation method thereof to reduce artifacts in an image captured by a camera through a display
According to an embodiment, an electronic device, comprises a display; a camera module disposed under the display and configured to generate an image by sensing light passing through the display; and a processor configured to determine an intensity of a light source in the image, determine whether the light source is present in a preset area in the image when the intensity of the light source is greater than a preset threshold value, and reduce one or more artifacts from or in the image when the one or more artifacts are detected in the image based on results of the determining. |
| US11962907B2 |
Vehicle-road cooperation street lamp for urban road
Provided is a vehicle-road cooperation street lamp for an urban road. The vehicle-road cooperation street lamp for an urban road comprises a vehicle-road cooperation street lamp body, wherein a first supporting plate is transversely arranged on the front side of the top of the vehicle-road cooperation street lamp body, a transmission cavity is transversely formed in the first supporting plate, a first electric telescopic rod is transversely arranged in the inner cavity of the transmission cavity and located on the outer wall of the vehicle-road cooperation street lamp body, and a rack plate is transversely arranged on the front side of the first electric telescopic rod and located in the transmission cavity. |
| US11962906B2 |
Image processing systems for correcting processed images using image sensors
An image processing system may include a first image sensor, a second image sensor, and an image processing device. The image processing device may be configured to obtain a first image and a second image by respectively processing the first image data and the second image data. The image processing device may output an image based on the first image when a zoom factor of the output image is lower than a first reference value, generate a correction image by correcting locations of second reference coordinates of the second image based on first reference coordinates of the first image when the zoom factor of the output image is between the first reference value and the second reference value, and may output an image based on the second image when the zoom factor exceeds the second reference value. |
| US11962905B2 |
Apparatus and methods for stabilization and vibration reduction
An aerial vehicle includes a vehicle body coupled to one or more blades configured to provide lift to the aerial vehicle, an image device including a first housing containing an optical unit and a second housing containing a non-optical unit and not the optical unit, an apparatus connected to the vehicle body and configured to stabilize at least a portion of the imaging device. The optical unit includes a lens and a photosensor. The apparatus includes a frame assembly, an inertial measurement unit, and a motor assembly coupled to the frame assembly. The frame assembly is configured to support the optical unit without supporting the non-optical unit, and to permit rotation of the optical unit about a first rotational axis or a second rotational axis. The frame assembly includes a first frame member supporting the optical unit, and a second frame member bearing weight of the first frame member. |
| US11962901B2 |
Systems and methods for obtaining a super macro image
Systems comprising a Wide/Ultra-Wide camera, a folded Tele camera comprising an optical path folding element and a Tele lens module, a lens actuator for moving the Tele lens module for focusing to object-lens distances between 3.0 cm and 35 cm with an object-to-image magnification between 1:5 and 25:1, and an application processor (AP), wherein the AP is configured to analyze image data from the UW camera to define a Tele capture strategy for a sequence of Macro images with a focus plane slightly shifted from one captured Macro image to another and to generate a new Macro image from this sequence, and wherein the focus plane and a depth of field of the new Macro image can be controlled continuously. |
| US11962893B2 |
Image system and method for controlling imaging system
An imaging system includes a terminal device that includes an imaging sensor, and a head mounted display device that receives an image captured by the imaging sensor from the terminal device and displays the captured image. The imaging system includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a detecting unit configured to detect the display device from the captured image; and a display control unit configured to control display of the captured image on the display device, based on a detection result of the display device using the detecting unit. |
| US11962892B2 |
Image based dentition tracking
A method of dental treatment may include receiving photos of a person's dentition, identifying a stage of a treatment plan administered to the person's dentition, gathering a three-dimensional (3D) model of the person's dentition corresponding to the stage of the treatment plan, projecting attributes of the 3D model of the person's dentition onto an image plane to get a projected representation of the person's dentition at the stage of the treatment plan, comparing the photos to the projected representation to derive an error image representing the comparison, and analyzing the error image for discrepancies, wherein the discrepancies represent one or more deviations of the person's dentition from the stage of the treatment plan. |
| US11962890B1 |
Automatic sharing system and method for 360-degree photo booth
An automatic sharing method for 360-degree photo booth and an automatic sharing system for 360-degree photo booth are provided. The method includes following steps. A mobile terminal accesses a page of collecting user configuration information, and the user configuration information includes a work receiver specified by user. A server obtains data of the user configuration information submitted by the mobile terminal by a first communication module. A second QR code containing the user configuration information is pushed to the mobile terminal by the first communication module. A verification device scans the second QR code, after the user configuration information is determined to include an information of a specified receiver, the control system pushes control instructions to a 360-degree photo booth by a second communication module to activate a using permission. |
| US11962886B2 |
Folded optic for multicamera device and multicamera device including the same
A multicamera device includes: a first sensor to detect a first spectrum of external light; a second sensor to detect a second spectrum of the external light; and an optic overlapping with the first and second sensors. The optic includes: a substrate; a first reflective layer on the substrate; and an optical layer between the first sensor and the substrate, the optical layer to transmit the first spectrum of the external light to the first sensor, and reflect the second spectrum of the external light toward the first reflective layer, and the first reflective layer is to reflect the second spectrum of the external light in a direction toward the second sensor. |
| US11962883B2 |
Lens driving device, camera module, and camera mounting device
Provided are a lens driving device, a camera module, and a camera mounting device with which miniaturization and weight reduction can be achieved. This lens driving device is provided with: a stationary part; and a movable part configured to be capable of holding a lens part and movably connected to the stationary part, wherein the stationary part has a flat plate-like base, the base has a thick part and a thin part having a smaller thickness than the thick part, and a reinforcing plate is embedded into the thin part. Specifically, the reinforcing plate is formed of a metal material and is embedded into the resin base by insert-molding. |
| US11962880B2 |
Systems and methods for enhanced performance of camera devices
A camera device's exposure to sunlight may be monitored. The sun exposure may be used to predict a solar event associated with the camera device, such as a critical temperature, a brightness level, or an angle of sunlight. Prior to occurrence of the solar event, one or more functions of the camera device may be enabled or disabled. For example, a cooling function of the camera device may be enabled or a characteristic of video streamed by the camera device may be modified. The function may be re-enabled or re-disabled after the solar event. |
| US11962862B2 |
Systems and methods for playing media assets stored on a digital video recorder while a customer service representative is online
Improved technical functionality is provided to dynamically select and seamlessly play advertisements immediately before playing of a recorded program upon selection of the recorded program for playing, or upon other detected events and conditions associated with the set-top-box (STB) or user. In some embodiments, this is performed by using metadata which may be delivered to and stored on a digital video recorder (DVR) prior to recording the program, providing a technical solution to enable opportunities for additional advertisement impressions. Playing of the advertisement may also or instead occur upon the recorded program finishing playing. Thus, the technical solution provides the additional opportunity for the content creator and/or the satellite television or cable service provider to sell advertising spots in addition to those already sold for breaks within the recorded program. |
| US11962861B2 |
Live streaming room red packet processing method and apparatus, and medium and electronic device
A live broadcast room red envelope processing method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: receiving a red envelope sending instruction sent by a first audience client, where the red envelope sending instruction includes a red envelope receiving object, red envelope information and a target live broadcast room; determining red envelope content according to the red envelope information; sending, if the red envelope receiving object is all audiences in the target live broadcast room, a red envelope display instruction to all second audience clients in the target live broadcast room; receiving a red envelope receiving instruction sent by the second audience client in response to the red envelope display instruction; determining a target second audience client in response to the red envelope receiving instruction, and sending red envelope content to an audience account corresponding to the target second audience client. |
| US11962859B2 |
System and method for implementation of region of interest based streaming
A system for implementation of region of interest-based streaming is disclosed. The system includes an image acquisition unit to capture a stream of images. The system also includes a connection interface including a video class extension module to provide coordinates corresponding to the region of interest of the stream of images. The connection interface includes a descriptor module to receive capabilities associated with the stream of images. The capabilities include an initial frame size, a predefined data format and a region of interest. The descriptor module streams the predefined data format by representing the predefined data format as a compressed data format thereby streaming the initial frame size dynamically in a single video stream format and a video frame configuration. The system includes a streaming application layer to analyze the initial frame size and the compressed data format based on the coordinates. The streaming application layer displays the stream of images corresponding to the region of interest in a resultant frame size. |
| US11962857B2 |
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for content recommendations based on user activity
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for content recommendations based on user activity data are described herein. An analytics subsystem may receive first activity data. The first activity may be indicative of a plurality of first engagements with a first plurality of media assets. At least one machine learning model may be configured to receive an input of activity data, such as the first activity data, and to determine at least one content recommendation on that basis. The at least one content recommendation may comprise a recommendation for at least one media asset. The at least one media asset may be associated with at least one media asset classification. The analytics subsystem may send the at least one content recommendation. |
| US11962856B2 |
Systems and methods for generating a recommendation of a media asset for simultaneous consumption with a current media asset
Systems and methods for, while a user is consuming a first media asset, generating for the user a recommendation of a second media asset based on a viewing history of the user. In some aspects, the systems and methods determine that a user is consuming only video of a first media asset, determine a first category for the first media asset, and retrieve a viewing history corresponding to the user. The viewing history comprises media assets consumed simultaneously with a media asset corresponding to the first category. The systems and methods select a second category corresponding to a highest number of media assets in the viewing history, select a second media asset based on the second category. Alternatively, the user can select the second media asset manually. The systems and methods generate for output the audio of the second media asset for simultaneous consumption with the video of the first media asset. |
| US11962855B1 |
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to determine whether audience measurement meters are co-located
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine whether audience measurement meters are co-located. An example apparatus is to, based on a difference between a first sampling time of a first entry of a first log and a second sampling time of a corresponding entry of a second log satisfying a first threshold, determine at least one matching instance of at least one first device identifier of the first entry and at least one second device identifier of the corresponding entry. Additionally, the example apparatus is to populate a variable with the at least one matching instance. The example apparatus is also to, based on a metric satisfying a second threshold, cause transmission of an alert indicating that a first meter and a second meter were co-located during generation of the first log and the second log, the metric based on the at least one matching instance. |
| US11962852B2 |
Computing system with timing prediction and electronic program guide feature
In one aspect, an example system includes a first distributor server to cause transmission of first media associated with first data representing a first state of the first media scheduled to end at a scheduled end-time. The example system includes a receiver to obtain second data representing a second state of a past event corresponding to a subject of the first media, determine a predicted end-time of the first media based on a comparison of the first and second states, and after a determination that the predicted end-time is after at least one of the scheduled end-time of the first media or a scheduled start-time of second media, generate an electronic program guide (EPG) based on the predicted end-time. The example system also includes a second distributor server to cause transmission of a portion of second media to the receiver, the second distributor server different from the first distributor server. |
| US11962849B2 |
Methods, apparatus, and systems to collect audience measurement data
Methods, apparatus, and systems to collect audience measurement data are disclosed. An example system includes at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium including instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to at least: generate behavior data developed during a first time period based on first media data and user data corresponding to one or more users of a household, the user data to include demographic information for the one or more users associated with the household, identify second media data during a second time period different than the first time period, the second media data identified without identification of the one or more users of the household, and associate the demographic information to the second media data based on the behavior data generated during the first time period associated with the one or more users. |
| US11962841B2 |
Television upgrade
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for upgrading one or more display device hardware components. In one embodiment, as new television hardware components become available, the technology described herein allows replacement of original hardware components by external hardware components implemented as an add-in card, stick or equivalent circuitry and operational instructions. In some embodiments, the technology described herein may implement an application programming interface (API) that exposes hardware of a new external device communicatively coupled to the display device (e.g., television) to take control of one or more components of an existing internal system. Various interface technologies, such as HDMI and USB, may be used to connect the external hardware to the internal systems. |
| US11962831B2 |
Television receiver wireless credential porting
Various arrangements for porting wireless network credentials, such as between television receivers, are presented herein. A remote control may be paired with a first television receiver, such as a host television receiver. Wireless network credentials may be provided to and stored by the paired remote control. The remote control can then be paired with a second television receiver, such as a client television receiver. The second television receiver can then receive the stored wireless network credentials from the remote control. The second television receiver can then connect with a wireless network using the received wireless network credentials, such as to communicate with the host television receiver or access the Internet. |
| US11962826B2 |
Zero sign-on authentication
An authenticating system and process for authenticating user devices to a access a service where access to certain portions of the service may be limited according to a access point or other device used by a user device to facilitate interfacing a user with the service. The authentication may be achieved without directly assessing a trustworthiness of the user devices, and optionally, without requiring a user thereof to complete a sign-on operation. |
| US11962822B2 |
Extending data records for dynamic data and selective acceptance based on hardware profile
A system, method and data structure for processing basic client application data types to add thereto extension types and priority levels adapted for use by each of a plurality of set top box classes. |
| US11962820B2 |
Image generation apparatus, image generation method, and program indicating game play status
Provided are an image generation apparatus, an image generation method, and a program for generating an image indicative of play status of a game in which two-dimensional objects representative of information to be offered to a viewing audience at the destination of delivery are clearly expressed. An image acquisition section acquires a game image indicative of the content to be displayed on a display device, the game image representing at least the play status of a game in which a virtual three-dimensional object placed in a virtual three-dimensional space is viewed from a point of view in the virtual three-dimensional space. The image acquisition section also acquires a delivery target two-dimensional image indicating a two-dimensional object targeted for delivery, the delivery target two-dimensional image having the same resolution as that of an image to be delivered. A resizing section resizes the game image to the resolution of the delivery target two-dimensional image so as to generate a resized game image. An image generation section generates an image that combines the resized game image with the delivery target two-dimensional image. |
| US11962812B1 |
Video coding using a coded picture buffer
Interpolation between explicitly signaled CPB (or HRD) parameters at selected bit rates is used to achieve a good compromise between CPB parameter transmission capacity and CPB parametrization effectiveness and may be, particularly, made in an effective manner. |
| US11962811B2 |
Saliency based denoising
Image denoising includes obtaining a saliency map for an image. The saliency map includes respective saliency scores for pixels of the image. Respective noise levels are assigned to the pixels using the respective saliency scores to obtain a noise level map. The image is denoised using the noise level map to obtain a denoised image. The denoised image is output, such as to a display or a storage device. |
| US11962807B2 |
Entropy coding for video encoding and decoding
Encoding or decoding syntax information associated with video information can involve identifying a coding context associated with a syntax element of a current coding unit of the video information, wherein the identifying occurs without using a syntax element of a neighboring block, and encoding or decoding the syntax element of the current coding unit based on the coding context. |
| US11962802B2 |
Intra prediction method and device and computer-readable storage medium
An intra prediction method and device and a computer-readable storage medium, the method comprising: configuring actual angle modes indicated by relative angle numbers, wherein the relative angle numbers are successively represented within a prediction direction range corresponding to a preset width and height relationship; starting from a starting angle, using a corresponding actual angle mode after sampling preset angle sample points, said starting angle being determined according to the width and height relationship of processing blocks and the prediction direction range corresponding to the preset width and height relationship, and actual angles having a one-to-one correspondence with the actual angle modes. |
| US11962800B2 |
Encoding method and device thereof, and decoding method and device thereof
A video decoding method includes predicting a current block according to an intra prediction mode of the current block, determining whether to apply position dependent intra prediction filtering to the current block according to the intra prediction mode of the current block, when the position dependent intra prediction filtering is applied to the current block, determining at least one of an upper reference sample, a left reference sample, an upper weight, and a left weight for the position dependent intra prediction filtering of a current sample of the current block according to the intra prediction mode of the current block, and applying the position dependent intra prediction filtering to the current sample of the current block according to at least one of the upper reference sample, the left reference sample, the upper weight, and the left weight. |
| US11962795B2 |
Video frame codec architectures
Techniques and apparatuses are described for video frame codec architectures. A frame decompressor decompresses compressed frames to produce decompressed frames. A frame decompressor controller arbitrates shared access to the frame decompressor. Multiple cores of an SoC request to receive a decompressed frame from the frame decompressor via the frame decompressor controller. The frame decompressor controller can implement a request queue and can order the servicing of requests based on priority of the requests or requesting cores. The frame decompressor controller can also establish a time-sharing protocol for access by the multiple cores. In some implementations, a video decoder is logically integrated with the frame decompressor and stores portions of a decompressed frame in a video buffer, and a display controller retrieves the portions for display using a synchronization mechanism. In analogous manners, a frame compressor controller can arbitrate shared access to a frame compressor for the multiple cores. |
| US11962791B2 |
Method for inter prediction and device therefor, and method for motion compensation and device therefor
Provided are an inter prediction method and a motion compensation method. The inter prediction method includes: performing inter prediction on a current image by using a long-term reference image stored in a decoded picture buffer; determining residual data and a motion vector of the current image generated via the inter prediction; and determining least significant bit (LSB) information as a long-term reference index indicating the long-term reference image by dividing picture order count (POC) information of the long-term reference image into most significant bit (MSB) information and the LSB information. |
| US11962788B2 |
DVCX and DVCY extensions to DVC video compression
A video compression method may include providing and transmitting encoder commands for sequences of one or more pixels in a video frame in a YCbCr color space from a set of hierarchal encoder commands. A particular encoder command for a particular sequence may include on of a copy command, a delta command, or a make pixel command. A copy command may indicate that the particular sequence is identical to one of a previous pixel in the video frame, a pixel located above a first pixel of the particular sequence in the video frame, or a pixel in a previous video frame at a location of the first pixel. A delta command may indicate that the particular sequence includes a single pixel with color values equal to the previous pixel in the video frame combined with a signed color delta. A make pixel command may provide color values of particular sequence. |
| US11962784B2 |
Intra prediction
In some embodiments, a decoder may receive, in a bit stream and for a block of samples, a residual and an indication of a downscaling. The decoder may determine reference samples for intra prediction of the block of samples. The decoder may generate, for an intra prediction mode, a prediction of the block of samples from the reference samples, The decoder may generate a first decoded block of samples based on: the prediction of the block of samples; and the residual. Based on the indication of the downscaling, the decoder may upscale the first decoded block of samples to a second decoded block of samples. |
| US11962783B2 |
Encoder, a decoder and corresponding methods of deblocking filter adaptation
The present disclosure provides a coding method, wherein the coding includes decoding or encoding, and the method comprises determining whether a current coding unit is predicted by application of combined inter-intra prediction (CIIP); and in response to determining that the current coding unit is predicted by application of CIIP, setting a boundary strength of a boundary of the current coding unit to a first value. |
| US11962781B2 |
Video encoding complexity measure system
Classifying video for encoding optimization may include computing a content complexity score of a video, the content complexity score indicating a measure of how detailed the video is in terms of spatial and temporal information, categorizing the video into one of a plurality of buckets according to the content complexity score, each bucket representing a category of video content having a different range of content complexity scores and being associated with a ladder specific to the range, and encoding the video according to the ladder of the one of the plurality of buckets into which the video is categorized. |
| US11962778B2 |
Chroma quantization in video coding
A method of signaling additional chroma QP offset values that are specific to quantization groups is provided, in which each quantization group explicitly specifies its own set of chroma QP offset values. Alternatively, a table of possible sets of chroma QP offset values is specified in the header area of the picture, and each quantization group uses an index to select an entry from the table for determining its own set of chroma QP offset values. The quantization group specific chroma QP offset values are then used to determine the chroma QP values for blocks within the quantization group in addition to chroma QP offset values already specified for higher levels of the video coding hierarchy. |
| US11962777B2 |
Inverse quantization device and method used in video decoding device
An inverse quantization method is implemented by an inverse quantization device, the method configured for acquiring quantized coefficients, estimating a quantization parameter in quantization groups or quantization parameter prediction group units, generating an inverse quantization matrix for adaptive quantization, and generating transform coefficients from the quantized coefficients using the quantization parameter and the inverse quantization matrix. |
| US11962774B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing video signal
A method for decoding a video according to the present invention may comprise: deriving a spatial merge candidate for a current block, generating a merge candidate list for the current block based on the spatial merge candidate, obtaining motion information for the current block based on the merge candidate list, and performing motion compensation for the current block based on the motion information. Herein, if the current block does not have a pre-defined shape or a size equal to or greater than a pre-defined size, the spatial merge candidate of the current block may be derived based on a block which have the pre-defined shape or a size equal to or greater than the pre-defined size, the block including the current block. |
| US11962768B2 |
Encoding method and apparatus, decoding method and apparatus, and devices therefor
The present disclosure provides an encoding method, a decoding method, an encoding apparatus, a decoding apparatus and devices thereof. The method may include: in response to determining that an adaptive loop filter (ALF) sequence control enabling flag of a sequence parameter set (SPS) syntax indicates allowing a current sequence to enable an ALF, encoding a cross-component adaptive loop filter (CCALF) sequence control enabling flag in the SPS syntax. The technical solutions of the present disclosure can improve the encoding performance. |
| US11962765B1 |
Video coding with guided separate post-processing steps
An apparatus for video decoding according to an embodiment is provided. The apparatus is configured to receive a video data stream having pictures of a video encoded thereinto. The video data stream comprises a plurality of access units, a plurality of SEI (supplemental enhancement information) messages and processing order information which defines a processing order of the plurality of SEI messages. The apparatus is configured to determine the processing order information to obtain information on the processing order of the plurality of SEI messages. The processing order information comprises information on an identifier for each SEI message of two or more SEI messages of the plurality of SEI messages, wherein the identifier of each SEI message of the two or more SEI messages is unique among the two or more SEI messages. The apparatus is configured to decode a current AU using inter-picture prediction from a referenced reference picture stored in the DPB to acquire a decoded picture, and to insert the decoded picture into the DPB, assign to each reference picture stored in the DPB a classification as one of a short-term reference picture, a long-term reference picture and an unused-for-reference picture, read DPB mode information from the current AU, if the DPB mode information indicates a first mode, remove one or more reference pictures classified as a short-term picture, according to a first-in-first-out (FIFO) strategy, from the DPB, if the DPB mode information indicates a second mode, read memory management control information comprising at least one command in the current AU and process the at least one command so as to change the classification assigned to at least one of the reference pictures stored in the DPB, and use the classification of the reference pictures in the DPB, for managing reference picture removal from the DPB. |
| US11962764B2 |
Inter-prediction method and video decoding apparatus using the same
Disclosed are an inter-prediction method and an image decoding apparatus using the same. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an inter-prediction method including extracting a merge candidate flag and offset information from a bitstream, selecting a merge candidate corresponding to the extracted merge candidate flag from a merge candidate list including neighboring blocks of a current block as merge candidates, deciding a motion vector of the current block by applying the offset information to a motion vector of the selected merge candidate, and generating, as a prediction block of the current block, a block indicated by the motion vector of the current block in a reference picture referenced by the selected merge candidate. |
| US11962762B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing video signal by skipping inverse-transform
According to the present invention, there is provided a method of decoding an image, the method including: determining whether a non-zero residual coefficient is included in a current block; and decoding residual coefficients included in the current block according to a scanning order of the current block, when it is determined that the non-zero residual coefficient is included in the current block. Herein, an absolute value of the residual coefficient of which a scanning index is greater than a residual coefficient adjustment index is equal to or less than a residual coefficient adjustment reference value. |
| US11962761B2 |
Methods and devices for encoding and decoding a data stream representing at least one image that disables post-processing of reconstructed block based on prediction mode
A method for decoding a data stream representative of an image split into blocks. For a current block of the image, an item of information indicating a coding mode among a first and a second coding mode of the current block is decoded from the data stream and the current block is decoded depending on this information. When the coding mode of the current block corresponds to the second coding mode, the current block is reconstructed from a prediction obtained, for each pixel, from another previously decoded pixel belonging to the current block or to a previously decoded block of the image, and from a decoded residue associated with the pixel. At least one processing method is applied to the reconstructed current block for at least one pixel of the current block depending on the coding mode of the current block and/or the coding mode of the neighbouring blocks. |
| US11962753B2 |
Method and device of video coding using local illumination compensation (LIC) groups
A decoding method is presented. An illumination compensation parameter is first determined for a current block of a picture. The illumination compensation parameter is determined from one or more illumination compensation parameters or from one or more reconstructed samples of at least one spatially neighbor block only in the case where said at least one spatially neighbor block belongs to the same local illumination compensation group as the current block, called current local illumination compensation group. Finally, the current block is reconstructed using the determined illumination compensation parameter. |
| US11962747B2 |
Medical image processing device and medical observation system
A medical image processing device includes: a first captured image acquisition unit configured to acquire a first left-eye image and a first right-eye image; a second captured image acquisition unit configured to acquire a second left-eye image and a second right-eye image; a superimposed image generation unit configured to superimpose corresponding pixels of the first left-eye image and the second left-eye image on each other to generate a left-eye fluorescence superimposed image and superimpose corresponding pixels of the first right-eye image and the second right-eye image on each other to generate a right-eye fluorescence superimposed image; and a display controller configured to generate a display image from the first left-eye and right-eye images, the second left-eye and right-eye images, the left-eye and the right-eye fluorescence superimposed images, wherein the display image includes a stereoscopically observable three-dimensional fluorescence superimposed image generated from the left-eye and the right-eye fluorescence superimposed images. |
| US11962741B2 |
Methods and system for generating and displaying 3D videos in a virtual, augmented, or mixed reality environment
Disclosed is an approach for displaying 3D videos in a VR and/or AR system. The 3D videos may include 3D animated objects that escape from the display screen. The 3D videos may interact with objects within the VR and/or AR environment. The 3D video may be interactive with a user such that based on user input corresponding to decisions elected by the user at certain portions of the 3D video such that a different storyline and possibly a different conclusion may result for the 3D video. The 3D video may be a 3D icon displayed within a portal of a final 3D render world. |
| US11962740B2 |
Image processing device and printing apparatus displaying range of colors targeted for color calibration set for specified color
In an image processing device a controller is configured to perform: a first display operation; and a second display operation to display at least one of a target color and a non-target color in a manner different from the at least one of the target color and the non-target color in a printing target image displayed by the first display operation. The target color is a color targeted for color calibration and included in a color calibration space. The color calibration space is defined by a predetermined number of first grid points and a plurality of second grid points. The first grid points define a first polyhedron with a minimum volume enclosing the specified color. The second grid points define a plurality of second polyhedra with the minimum volume together with the first grid points. The color calibration space is a space enclosed by the second grid points. |
| US11962729B2 |
Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium that notifies of paper remaining in sleep state
An image forming apparatus includes a mounting surface provided on a main body and on which paper is placed; a person detection section provided in the main body; a processor configured to control return from a sleep state of the main body, based on the detection of a person by the person detection section, and perform control such that in a case where there is no paper on the mounting surface when transition to the sleep state, a nearby person approaching the main body is included in a detection target of the person detection section, and a passerby passing near the main body is not included in the detection target, in the sleep state, and in a case where there is a paper on the mounting surface when the transition, the nearby person and the passerby are included in the detection target, in the sleep state; and a notification section that notifies of paper remaining in a case where there is a paper on the mounting surface after the return. |
| US11962728B2 |
Reading device and image forming apparatus
A reading device includes a body having a base on which a read target object is placed, a reader that reads the read target object placed on the base, a first attachment frame to which the reader is attached such that the reader is disposed above the base, an operation unit that is used for operating the device by touching, a second attachment frame to which the operation unit is attached such that the operation unit is disposed above the base and below the reader, and a body frame to which at least the first attachment frame is attached. The first attachment frame includes multiple frame portions extending upward at positions located away from each other. |
| US11962727B2 |
Multi-function printer with detachable scanner body capable of directly starting vertical scanning of a sheet and printing upon detection of sheet medium
A multi-function printer includes a printer body and a scanner body. A printer module is disposed in the printer body. At least one first scanning module, at least one feeding roller and a sensor are disposed in the scanner body. The feeding roller and the sensor are disposed at an inlet of a sheet passage. When the sensor senses presence of a sheet medium, the first scanning module immediately performs image scanning on the sheet medium to obtain image data, and then the printer module prints out the image data. |
| US11962724B2 |
Imaging documents with media bundled and used in packaging materials
A business method includes imaging documents with an imaging device placed at a location. Media usage is monitored over a cellular network. Upon the media reaching a predetermined level, workers provide additional media. Workers exist in the “gig” economy and have preplaced media. No longer do users change or swap media in media trays. Packaging materials bundle the media. For use, only a portion of the packaging materials is opened thereby revealing an end of the media. Both the packaging materials and the exposed media are inserted into a reusable media shell in a manner making the media available for picking by the imaging device. Other embodiments are envisioned. |
| US11962722B2 |
Concurrent collaboration conference port management
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods for a collaboration conferencing system to track a total number of concurrently utilized ports across any number of conferencing bridges of the network for a particular customer and one or more billing actions may occur based on this tracking. This may result in an alternate billing option for the customer's use of the system. Further, a telecommunications network administrator may provide access to the collaboration conferencing system based on a total number of concurrently utilized ports rather than on a per conference or per minute basis. With the information of the number of purchased ports by the customer, the administrator may more accurately predict an available capacity for the collaboration conferencing system needed to support all of the users of the system and the potential collaboration conferences. |
| US11962716B2 |
Method and system for providing captioned telephone services
Internet Protocol captioned telephone service often utilizing Automated Speech Recognition has the capability of transcribing both sides of a conversation and displaying them in a segregated manner at the election of the user. A link may be sent by the user to a far end caller so the far end caller may view the transcribed text. |
| US11962714B2 |
Multipath device working system
The present disclosure provides a multipath device working system, including a processor and a touch display module, a control management module, a wireless communication module, a USB module, a microphone, and a loudspeaker that are respectively connected to the processor. The touch display module is configured to display a user operation interface and obtain a control instruction from a user. Both the wireless communication module and the USB module are configured to perform data transmission between the multipath device working system and an external communication device. The control management module is configured to manage a plurality of software communication terminals on the external communication device. The processor is configured to separately perform data processing on data transmitted by the touch display module, the control management module, the wireless communication module, the USB module, the microphone, and the loudspeaker. |
| US11962713B2 |
Apparatus and method for battery status monitoring in a network-enabled smoking substitute device
The disclosure relates to a technique that enables a status of a battery in a smoking substitute device to be monitored through a portable communication terminal (e.g. mobile phone). The smoking substitute device is configured to communicate wirelessly with the portable communication terminal, e.g. via a wireless personal area network, to transmit status information concerning the battery. The status information is processed either locally or in the cloud to provide feedback or other notifications to a user of the device. Usage data may also be transmitted, whereby the battery status can be expressed in terms of a predicted remaining usage, e.g. predicted number of remaining activation events. |
| US11962712B2 |
System and method for provision of an advanced network function to a device
Enhanced capabilities within a telephone network are made accessible to a telecommunications device. The telecommunications device is used to dial a sequence. A network server receives and identifies the sequence invokes an advanced network function. A advanced network function server in communication with the network server provides instructions as to how the network server is to provide the advanced network function. The network server processes the call in accordance with the received instructions to provide the particular advanced network function. |
| US11962709B1 |
Structures and methods for deriving stable physical unclonable functions from semiconductor devices
A semiconductor device includes circuitry configured to derive a physical unclonable function. The circuitry includes a plurality of bitcells, each bitcell being readable as one of a ‘0’ value and a ‘1’ value, and sense amplifier circuitry configurable to read values from the plurality of bitcells. The sense amplifier circuitry includes margin circuitry configurable (i) to selectably bias reading of the plurality of bitcells toward one of ‘0’ values and ‘1’ values, (ii) to identify addresses of bitcells having a stable ‘1’ value when the margin circuitry is configured to bias reading of the plurality of bitcells toward ‘0’ values, and (iii) to identify addresses of bitcells having a stable ‘0’ value when the margin circuitry is configured to bias reading of the plurality of bitcells toward ‘1’ values. Each bitcell in the plurality of bitcells may include a differential transistor pair. |
| US11962703B2 |
Cooperative session orchestration
Cooperative session orchestration includes devising a crypt for pre-distribution of tokens, distributing the tokens to member nodes of the network, based on a request from a delegate node of the network for brokerage of a session between the delegate node and a supplier node of the network, creating and sending, for each of a plurality of potential supplier nodes of the network, a respective individual puzzle, receiving, from each of one or more potential supplier nodes of the plurality of potential supplier nodes, a respective result obtained by the potential supplier node from solving the individual puzzle using the token distributed to the potential supplier, identifying, based on the receiving, candidate supplier node(s) of the one or more potential supplier nodes as a potential supplier for the session with the delegate node, and identifying to the delegate node the candidate supplier node(s) for the session with the delegate node. |
| US11962697B2 |
Systems and methods for tracking chain of custody of body worn cameras
Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for tracking chain of custody of a security camera using blockchain. An implementation may comprise receiving and granting a request for custody of a security camera by a first operator. The implementation further includes generating a block of a blockchain comprising identifiers of the first operator, security camera, and timestamp. The implementation includes distributing the blockchain to a plurality of nodes in a blockchain network. For each indication received of activity associated with usage and custody of the security camera to be recorded on the blockchain, the implementation includes generating a new block on the blockchain recording the activity. The implementation further includes receiving and verifying an authenticity a video clip from the security camera based on each activity recorded in the blockchain. In response to determining that the video clip is not authentic, the implementation includes generating an alert indicating inauthenticity. |
| US11962694B2 |
Key pair generation based on environmental factors
A computing device, such as a personal computing device (e.g., laptop, smartphone, etc.) or server, is configured to utilize environmental factors in generating public/private key pairs to access restricted data or operations. The environmental factors can include location, time, barometric pressure, acceleration, temperature, humidity, and the like. An initial key pair may be used to encrypt data and enable other conventional security features. A key pair can be subsequently generated based on the same environmental factors as with the initial key pair generation and used to access the data or operations which have been restricted using the initial key pair. |
| US11962691B1 |
Systems, methods, and media for generating and using a multi-signature token for electronic communication validation
Techniques are provided for generating and using a multi-signature token for electronic message validation according to the one or more embodiments as described herein. Specifically, a multi-signature token may be generated that includes at least two digital signatures and information (e.g., user information). Each of the at least two digital signatures may be generated using a private key of at least two key pairs that are maintained on a plurality of keystores that have at least two different implementations (e.g., security protocols). If the at least two digital signatures are valid, the multi-signature token may be determined to be valid and the client request may optionally be performed. If at least one of the at least two digital signatures is invalid, the client request is optionally not performed. |
| US11962687B2 |
Methods for protecting privacy
A method including at each of a number of client devices receiving a data item, receiving a public key from a second computing system, encrypting the data item using the public key to produce a singly encrypted data item, engaging in an oblivious pseudorandom function protocol with a first computing system using the singly encrypted data item to produce a seed, generating an encrypted secret share using a threshold secret sharing function under which the encrypted secret share cannot be decrypted until a threshold number of encrypted secret shares associated with the same singly encrypted data item are received, and transmitting the encrypted secret share to the first computing system and at the first computing system receiving a number of encrypted secret shares from the number of client devices, processing the number of encrypted secret shares to produce processed data, and transmitting the processed data to a second computing system. |
| US11962686B2 |
Encrypting intermediate data under group-level encryption
Computer-readable media, methods, and systems are disclosed for handling intermediate data in connection with a database employing group-level encryption. Intermediate data is used during database operation and stored transiently such that the intermediate data is removed from memory upon database restart. To protect the privacy of the intermediate data, a random encryption key may be generated upon startup of a database instance. The random encryption key may be stored transiently. During database operation, the random encryption key may be used to encrypt and/or decrypt the intermediate data. The transient memory may be wiped upon database shut down such that the random encryption key is no longer accessible upon database restart. |
| US11962685B2 |
High availability secure network including dual mode authentication
A large-scale Ethernet mesh network including a plurality of dual-mode peer devices in signal communication with one another so as to establish a group connectivity association (CA). Each dual-mode peer device simultaneously operates in a supplicant mode and authenticator mode. Each of dual-mode peer device encrypts data using a shared group encryption key (SAK), and exchanges the encrypted data with peer devices in the group CA. |
| US11962683B2 |
Method and system for device level authentication in electronic transactions
A method for distributing data to a computing device using device level authentication includes: receiving a single use key from a payment institution, the single use key encrypted by the payment institution using a first encryption, a server public key, and device data; wrapping a device public key using the server public key; electronically transmitting at least the device data, the wrapped device public key, and the single use key to a server; receiving the single use key encrypted using a second encryption from the server, the second encryption using the device public key to encrypt the single use key; decrypting the single use key encrypted with the second encryption using a device private key; and electronically transmitting the decrypted single use key and payment credentials to a point of sale device. |
| US11962682B2 |
Secure transmission of electronic health records via blockchain
The present disclosure provides a distributed computer system, which includes a plurality of computing devices. Each computing device includes a memory, a portion of a Blockchain, a transceiver, and a processor. The memory stores a plurality of data transaction requests. Each data transaction request corresponds to a block in the Blockchain and includes a cryptographic hash of a previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data. The transceiver receives a data transaction request from a subset of the plurality of computing devices. The processor determines whether the received data transaction request corresponds to at least one block in the portion of the Blockchain. The processor updates an internal record of the Blockchain, based on determining that the data transaction request corresponds to at least one block in the portion of the Blockchain. The processor then verifies the updated internal record of the Blockchain with a computing device in the subset. |
| US11962680B2 |
Blockchain ledger growth management
Systems and methods for blockchain ledger growth management using separation of a blockchain ledger into multiple blockchain ledgers (each ledger having a state that can be tracked and used). The systems and methods also include linking the separated ledgers by utilizing a linking application and smart contracts added to the separated ledgers. |
| US11962676B2 |
Phase mixer non-linearity compensation within clock and data recovery circuitry
A system and method which compensates for phase mixer circuit non-linearities within a clock and data recovery (CDR) system during active operation. The CDR system includes compensation circuitry and phase accumulation circuitry. The compensation circuitry generates a first compensation signal based on a first compensation value. The phase accumulation circuitry receives the first compensation signal and a phase accumulator input update signal. The phase accumulation circuitry combines the first compensation signal with the phase accumulator input update signal to compensate for a first non-linearity within phase mixer (PMI) circuitry. |
| US11962674B2 |
MIPI translation in gigabit multimedia serial link
Systems and methods provide secure, end-to-end high-speed data encoding and communication. In certain embodiments, this is accomplished by modifying a header portion of a data packet received from a first device and complying with a one Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) protocol to create a modified data packet that complies with a faster MIPI protocol. The header portion of the modified data packet is validated during a tunnel mode operation using an error detection process to validate the modified data packet, which can then be securely transmitted to a second device that complies with the faster MIPI protocol. |
| US11962672B2 |
Virtual device systems and methods
A system comprising a gateway at a premises and configured to communicate with a premises device including a proprietary communication protocol different from a protocol of the gateway. The system includes a bridge server coupled to the gateway and to a device server. The device server corresponds to the premises device. An integration component, running on the bridge server, corresponds to the premises device. The system includes a virtual instance running on the gateway. The virtual instance corresponds to the premises device. The virtual instance is configured to represent a state change of the premises device using data received from the premises device via at least one of the integration component and the device server. |
| US11962670B2 |
Method and apparatus for content selection based on personal profiles
A content selection server including a processor configured to receive personal preference information from a plurality of personal media devices, select content based on the personal preference information, and provide playback of the content. |
| US11962665B2 |
Automatically redirecting mobile client devices to optimized mobile content
A server receives a request for a document from a client device. The server determines from the request that the client device is a mobile client device. The server determines that the requested document is not for an optimized mobile version and that there is an optimized mobile version of the document that is located at a different location. Instead of transmitting the requested document to the client device, the server transmits a redirect message to the client device to the optimized mobile version of the document. The server receives a request for the optimized mobile version of the document, retrieves that version of the document, and transmits that version of the document to the mobile client device. |
| US11962660B2 |
Determination of user reputation regarding data object exposure in cloud computing environments
User reputation regarding exposure of data objects in a cloud computing environment is determined. Behavioral information, which indicates behavior of a user for a cloud computing environment corresponding to one or more data objects in the cloud computing environment that are associated with the user, is analyzed. Based on analyzing the behavior information, a plurality of characteristics for the user that indicate exposure of the data object(s) associated with the user is determined. Each of the plurality of characteristics reflects the behavior of the user pertaining to the one or more data objects. Based on compliance of the plurality of characteristics with corresponding ones of a plurality of rules, a reputation of the user for exposing data objects in the cloud computing environment is determined. The reputation of the user is indicated to an entity with which the user is associated. |
| US11962658B2 |
Method and procedure for dynamic services orchestration that runs within an on-device software container
A system for providing network services is provided. The system includes a device configured to interface with the network to receive a container, where the container is configured to interface with an operating system of the device and a plurality of applications operating on the device. The container is further configured to interface with a network services provider of one or more network services and one or more third party service providers. |
| US11962656B2 |
Method and system for discovering edge-server or edge-service through domain name server (DNS) resolution
A method of discovering edge-servers and services through domain name server (DNS) resolution in a mobile edge computing (MEC) platform based network is provided. The method includes communicating a DNS-query from a user-equipment to a DNS server, wherein DNS query pertains to a user-request for accessing one or more web-based services. The user equipment (UE) receives, from the DNS server, a response comprising details with respect to a plurality of available-servers configured for rendering the web-based services. The details comprises at-least one of, an indication of the server being edge server associated with the MEC platform or a remote-server, a location of the server, and one or more services associated with the server. Each of the available servers are evaluated by the UE based on the response at-least based on the plurality of associated services and a distance of the server with respect to the UE. |
| US11962651B2 |
Method and apparatus for commissioning a sensor
In an embodiment, a method for commissioning a sensor via a communication unit includes scanning, by the communication unit, a sensor-identifying feature of the sensor to provide sensor-identifying data and sending, by the communication unit to a system controller, the sensor-identifying data. The method further includes receiving, by the communication unit from the system controller, one or more contextual prompts regarding a sensed object to which the sensor is operatively connected and, in response to the contextual prompts, sending, by the communication unit to the system controller, sensed object context information. Thereafter, the method further comprises receiving, by the communication unit from the system controller, confirmation of commissioning of the sensor. A corresponding method in the system controller, as well as corresponding apparatus, are also described. |
| US11962649B2 |
Methods and systems for processing data requests
Methods and systems for managing data and transmission of content are disclosed. A computing device may receive a request for content. The computing device may determine data associated with the requested content. |
| US11962648B2 |
Mobile terminal that executes application locally when disconnected from cloud server
Discussed is a a mobile terminal including a communication device to communicate with a cloud server, a display to output an execution screen of an application, a local memory to store data, and a processor to control the communication device, the display, and the local memory. The processor can synchronize data of the application executed on the cloud server and store the synchronized data in the local memory when connected to the cloud server. Further, the processor can continuously execute the application locally at the mobile terminal using the synchronized data of the application when disconnected from the cloud server. |
| US11962641B2 |
Local content serving at edge base station node
A method for locally serving content is described. The method includes receiving, at a gateway device, a first request for a data file via a first user device communicatively coupled to the gateway device. The data file is received at the gateway device from an external server and sent to the first user device. A data record is stored to a storage device indicating that the data file has been sent to the first user device. A second request for the data file is later received at the gateway device from a second user device communicatively coupled to the gateway device. In response to the receiving of the second request, the data record is accessed and causes a computer read of the data record. The first user device is then instructed to transfer the data file to the second user device, via the gateway device, based upon the computer read. |
| US11962640B2 |
Write-in-place multipart uploads
A system can receive a file in parts. The system can write a first part to a first temporary file that corresponds to the first part's length at a first location of the first temporary file based on the its part number. The system can for a second part having a same length as the first part, write the second part to the first temporary file at a second location of the first temporary file based on its part number. The system can, in response to receiving a third part that has a different length than the first part, write the third part to a second temporary file at a third location of the second temporary file based on its part number. The system can, after receiving the parts, write data of the second temporary file to an end of the first temporary file, and rename the temporary file. |
| US11962638B2 |
Differential data transfer using congestion control
Systems and methods related to transferring (e.g., large) files over a network are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a client-server framework establishes a QUIC connection between a server application and a client application. Source files are processed by the server application to divide the source files into a number of chunks. Differential file transfer can be implemented between the client application and the server application by comparing metadata for chunks of the source file with metadata of local chunks of a destination file already stored in a local storage associated with the client application. Missing chunks can be requested from the server application and transferred to the client application using HTTP/3 messages. |
| US11962637B2 |
Message display method and device, and storage medium
A message display method includes: caching, by a server, a message display page according to each original URL, extracting a fingerprint feature, and generating an alternative URL, then detecting a display status of each message at a preset time interval and marking the display status, and when receiving a display information obtaining request from a client, sending the fingerprint feature, the original URL, or the alternative URL of each message to the client according to a currently marked display status; and when receiving a message access request of a user, determining, by the client, a type of a corresponding URL, and if the corresponding URL is an alternative URL, displaying the message to the user, or if the corresponding URL is an original URL, determining whether the message is displayed normally, and if yes, displaying the message to the user. |
| US11962636B2 |
System providing faster and more efficient data communication
A system designed for increasing network communication speed for users, while lowering network congestion for content owners and ISPs. The system employs network elements including an acceleration server, clients, agents, and peers, where communication requests generated by applications are intercepted by the client on the same machine. The IP address of the server in the communication request is transmitted to the acceleration server, which provides a list of agents to use for this IP address. The communication request is sent to the agents. One or more of the agents respond with a list of peers that have previously seen some or all of the content which is the response to this request (after checking whether this data is still valid). The client then downloads the data from these peers in parts and in parallel, thereby speeding up the Web transfer, releasing congestion from the Web by fetching the information from multiple sources, and relieving traffic from Web servers by offloading the data transfers from them to nearby peers. |
| US11962635B2 |
Dynamically switching between synchronous and asynchronous communication channels
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for dynamically switching between synchronous and asynchronous communication channels. A communication request can be received from an application, and a request identifier can be generated for the communication request. The communication request can be transmitted to an edge server application via a first communication channel. The first communication channel can be selected from a plurality of communication channels based at least in part on a policy. In an instance in which a condition specified by the policy is detected in the transmission of the communication request, a second communication channel can be selected from the plurality of communication channels. The communication request can be transmitted to the edge server application using the second communication channel. |
| US11962633B2 |
Autoscaling a distributed streaming platform in an event-driven microservice architecture
A computer-implemented method and computer program product for autoscaling a streaming platform in an event-driven microservice architecture. Upon a new consumer being added to a consumer group, the streaming platform triggers a rebalance phase if the number of the consumers in the consumer group is less than the number of the partitions and assign a new partition if the number of the consumers in the consumer group is greater than the number of the partitions. Upon a consumer being removed from a consumer group, in response to determining that the number of partitions is greater than the number of consumers, the streaming platform stops message publishing to a partition that is consumed by the consumer, allows remaining messages in the partition to be consumed, and deletes the partition in response to determining that all the remaining messages are consumed. |
| US11962630B2 |
Methods and systems for multimedia communication while accessing network resources
Systems and methods are configured to receive an indication that an anchor is to be positioned at a first location on a webpage. An interaction rule associated with the anchor is received, comprising a rule that content is to be displayed in response to the webpage being scrolled to a first position. A preview of the webpage is generated with the anchor at the first location in conjunction with the previewed webpage. Automatically generated code is configured to cause the anchor to be visible at the first location of the webpage when accessed by a user browser. In response to activation of a publication control, the code is embedded in the webpage, wherein in response to a first user browser of a first user device accessing the webpage, and the first user scrolling the webpage to the first position, the content specified by the content specification is rendered. |
| US11962612B2 |
Holistic assessment, monitoring, and management of digital presence
An assessment query may be received and analyzed to identify relevant assessment attributes and select a set of associated assessment resources. Assessment information may be extracted from the set of associated assessment resources. The extracted information may be used to identify additional relevant assessment attributes that may be utilized to extract additional assessment information. The extracted information may be used to generate a comprehensive threat assessment report. The threat assessment report, and the threat assessment, may be updated based on user feedback. |
| US11962608B2 |
Cyber threat defense system protecting email networks with machine learning models using a range of metadata from observed email communications
A cyber-threat defense system for a network including its email domain protects this network from cyber threats. Modules utilize machine learning models as well communicate with a cyber threat module. Modules analyze the wide range of metadata from the observed email communications. The cyber threat module analyzes with the machine learning models trained on a normal behavior of email activity and user activity associated with the network and in its email domain in order to determine when a deviation from the normal behavior of email activity and user activity is occurring. A mass email association detector determines a similarity between highly similar emails being i) sent from or ii) received by a collection of two or more individual users in the email domain in a substantially simultaneous time frame. Mathematical models can be used to determine similarity weighing in order to derive a similarity score between compared emails. |
| US11962604B2 |
Home-based physical and cyber integrated security-intrusion detection system (PCIS-IDS)
Provided is an integrated physical security and cyber security intrusion and anomaly detection method for determining physical or electronic ingress/egress of a person/device and/or data/information from a home/facility/premise. The method includes processing data and information obtained from physical security system sensors, wired/wireless network traffic, and third-party sources, and creating sensor and network traffic profile, baselines and detecting anomalies and writing all related data to either a local database or a remotely managed database at a monitoring center. |
| US11962601B1 |
Automatically prioritizing computing resource configurations for remediation
Systems and methods for automatically prioritizing computing resource configurations for remediation include receiving information describing configuration issues that may result in impaired system performance or unauthorized access, parsing that information and automatically analyzing configuration details of a user's private computing environment to determine that assets provide an environment in which configuration issues may be exploited to produce undesired results. Such systems and methods can generate assessments indicating the likelihood an issue can be exploited and potential impacts of the issue being exploited. Such systems and methods can use these assessments to generate a report prioritizing remediation of specific configuration issues for specific vulnerable assets based on the actual configuration of the user's computing resources and the data managed using those resources. Issues deemed have a higher likelihood of resulting in problems can be prioritized over configuration issues which may appear to have severe consequences, but which are unlikely to affect the user's resources. |
| US11962600B2 |
Apparatus and methods for secure, distributed, augmented-reality (AR) communication systems
A method for maintaining security in a distributed augmented-reality (AR) system is provided. The method may include generating a database that includes a list of objects associated with sensitive information. The method may include receiving requests from a plurality of user devices to participate in an AR session, and determining an authorization level to associate with each of the plurality of user devices. The method may include receiving, from a first one of the plurality of user devices, an image that was scanned in via a camera of the first user device. The method may include processing the image to determine if the image includes one of the objects. When the image includes one of the objects, the method may include masking the object in the image. The method may include transmitting, for display in the AR session, the image with the masking to user devices with a default authorization level, and transmitting, for display in the AR session, the image without the masking to user devices with a trusted authorization level. |
| US11962598B2 |
Social media post subscribe requests for buffer user accounts
An approach for publishing posts on a social network through one or more user accounts with different levels of attribution is disclosed. A secure user account publishes a post through a programmatically linked buffer user account. The secure user account and the buffer user account are programmatically linked. Posts published via the buffer user account can be modified to add attribution image data or other visual indicators of the original post creator. |
| US11962594B2 |
Blockchain for access control
A method of using a blockchain in an access control environment according to one embodiment includes transmitting, by a mobile device, a request to access a passageway secured by a lock device to a first node device, wherein a plurality of node devices including the first node device store the blockchain, receiving, by the mobile device, a lock-specific access token from one of the plurality of node devices in response to validation of a blockchain transaction associated with the request received from the mobile device by the plurality of node devices, transmitting, by the mobile device, the lock-specific access token to the lock device, receiving, by the mobile device, a verification message from the lock device in response to successful authentication of the lock-specific access token, and transmitting, by the mobile device, a notification of verification to the first node device to amend the blockchain. |
| US11962588B2 |
Dynamic mac address change mechanism for wireless communications
Methods, systems, and devices relate to digital wireless communication, and more specifically, to techniques relate to dynamic change MAC address of the station for subsequent transmissions. In one exemplary aspect, a method of dynamic change MAC address includes specifying a MAC address change mode and a new MAC address to be used by the station. In another exemplary aspect, a method of dual MAC address change mode in the dynamic change MAC address mechanism includes separating the unchanged MAC address of the station from the changeable MAC address of the station, and keep the mapping between them. In another exemplary aspect, a method includes transmitting a MAC address change request message from the station (or the access point) to initiate the MAC address change procedure. In another exemplary aspect, a method includes receiving a MAC address change response message from the access point (or the station). |
| US11962585B2 |
Guest onboarding of devices onto 3GPP-based networks with use of realm-based discovery of identity providers and mutual authentication of identity federation peers
A Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) based network, such as an enterprise private 3GPP network, is operative to provide a guest onboarding of a device using a realm-based discovery of an identity provider and a mutual authentication of identity federation peers. A secure connection may be established between the peers so that the device may be authenticated based on credentials associated with a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) provided by its Mobile Network Operator (MNO). Credentials may be extended to those associated with embedded SIMs (eSIMs), digital certificates from private enterprises, login and passwords, and identities from a wide range of identity providers. After device authentication, the 3GPP-based network is operative to select and enforce access policies according to an identity or other attribute of the device. |
| US11962581B2 |
Vehicle control method and smart car key
A vehicle control method applied to a smart car key includes receiving a connection request sent by a mobile terminal, establishing a communication connection with the mobile terminal in response to the connection request, receiving identity information and authorization request information sent by the mobile terminal, determining whether the identity information is correct, and in response that the identity information is correct, sending pairing information to the mobile terminal in response to the authorization request information and sending the identity information to a vehicle to be controlled. The mobile terminal controls the vehicle through the pairing information and the identity information to perform at least one operation. |
| US11962577B2 |
Resource transfer setup and verification
Systems and techniques are provided for a resource transfer setup and verification. A request for transfer conditions for a transfer of resources may be received from a first computing device. A set of transfer conditions may be generated in response to the request for transfer conditions and sent to the first computing device. The set of transfer conditions and an indication of an acceptance of the set of transfer conditions by a second computing device may be received from the first computing device. A transfer identifier for the set of transfer conditions may be generated from data from the set of transfer conditions which may specify a first sub-transfer. Transfer instructions may be sent to a third computing device, including instructions for a sub-transfer specified in the set of transfer conditions. The set of transfer conditions may be stored with the transfer identifier as a transfer record in non-volatile storage. |
| US11962576B2 |
Enclave interactions
Aspects of the disclosure provide various methods relating to enclaves. For instance, a method of authentication for an enclave entity with a second entity may include receiving, by one or more processors of a host computing device of the enclave entity, a request and an assertion of identity for the second entity, the assertion including identity information for the second identity; using an assertion verifier of the enclave entity to determine whether the assertion is valid; when the assertion is valid, extracting the identity information; authenticating the second entity using an access control list for the enclave entity to determine whether the identity information meets expectations of the access control list; when the identity information meets the expectations of the access control list, completing the request. |
| US11962568B2 |
Discovering unused internet protocol version 4 address blocks
The disclosed technology is directed towards locating and counting unused nodes, such as free Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address blocks. A hierarchical structure of nodes is created from an origin block to a specified lower level, and the hierarchical structure is processed using mapping and eliminating to locate free nodes. A first node group comprises node(s) in use, a second node group identifies intermediate subnets between the first node of the first node group and the specified origin block, and a third node group identifies any subnets hierarchically below node(s) in use. Unused (free) node count information is obtained based on nodes below the origin block that are not in the first node group, the second node group, or the third node group. |
| US11962567B2 |
Address rotation aware dynamic host control protocol
A method comprises, at a wireless network controller of wireless access points through which wireless client devices that are wireless communicate with the controller: upon receiving, from a wireless client device, a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) request having a media access control (MAC) address, determining whether the wireless client device rotated its MAC address from a previous MAC address to the MAC address; when the wireless client device rotated its MAC address, forwarding, to a DHCP service, the DHCP request with a notification of a MAC address rotation to cause the DHCP service to reassign a previously assigned Internet Protocol (IP) address to the wireless client device; and upon receiving, from the DHCP service, a DHCP offer asserting the previously assigned IP address, forwarding the DHCP offer to the wireless client device. |
| US11962565B1 |
Generating service-to-service dependency map from DNS and fleet management system logs
A computing system is provided, including a processor and memory storing instructions that cause the processor to execute a domain name service (DNS) log analyzer configured to identify a container identifier associated with a DNS request and a destination IP address associated with a DNS response to the DNS request, using one or more DNS logs, a fleet management system record analyzer configured to identify a first service associated with the container identifier and a second service associated with the destination IP address, using one or more fleet management system logs, and a dependency map generator configured to generate a service-to-service dependency map between the identified first service and the identified second service. |
| US11962564B2 |
Anycast address for network address translation at edge
Some embodiments provide a method for forwarding data messages at multiple edge nodes of a logical network that process data messages between a logical network and an external network. At a particular one of the edge nodes, the method receives a data message sent from a source machine in the logical network. The method performs network address translation to translate a source network address of the data message corresponding to the source machine into an anycast network address that is shared among the edge nodes. The method sends the data message with the anycast network address as a source network address to the external network. Each edge node receives data messages from source machines in the logical network and translates the source addresses of the data messages into the same anycast public network address prior to sending the data messages to the external network. |
| US11962547B2 |
Content item module arrangements
Systems and methods are provided for performing operations including: retrieving a plurality of content items; determining a first category of a first content item in the plurality of content items; selecting a first presentation arrangement from a plurality of presentation arrangements based on the first category determined for the first content item; and presenting the first content item to a user according to the selected first presentation arrangement. |
| US11962543B2 |
Wireless device full duplex cooperative schemes
Wireless communications systems and methods related to full-duplex cooperative communication by a first device tethered with a second device communicating with a third device. With the tether, one device between the first device and the second device is designated or selected as a transmitter, and the other device as a receiver. In full-duplex operation, the transmitter may transmit outgoing data concurrent to the receiver receiving incoming data. In an example, one of the first and second devices may have a modem that is used to control the full-duplex communication. The modem controls both transmission and reception. In another example, both devices may have a modem. Each modem may assume responsibility for part of the full-duplex communication by performing some processing before either shipping received data, or transmitting outgoing data. The amount of processing may be split at a link layer. Interference cancellation may mitigate interference from full-duplex operation. |
| US11962537B2 |
Base station, terminal, and communication method
UEs each monitor a search space in multiple CORSETs and appropriately detect a DCI. In a base station (100), a DCI generator (102) selects one of multiple cases each indicating a combination of CORSETs to be monitored by a terminal (200) among multiple control channel regions (CORSETs). A transmitter (106) indicates, by higher-layer signaling, configuration information indicating the multiple cases, and indicates the selected case by dynamic signaling. |
| US11962535B2 |
Method and apparatus for configuring reference signal channel characteristics, and communication device
Method and apparatus for configuring channel characteristics of a reference signal, and a communication device are described. The method includes determining first type signaling, where the first type signaling carries a first type set and the first set includes a plurality of index elements; and sending the first type signaling to a second communication node. |
| US11962533B2 |
User equipment and base station performing transmission and reception operations
The present disclosure relates to a user equipment, a base station and respective methods. The user equipment (UE) receives a single uplink grant for a plurality of PUSCH transmissions. The single uplink grant comprises an antenna port field with an index value that is to be used for the plurality of PUSCH transmissions. The UE determines time-domain resources based on the received uplink grant. The determined time-domain resources prescribe a number of PUSCH transmissions and a length of each of the number of PUSCH transmissions. The UE transmits the number of PUSCH transmissions using the determined time-domain resources. Each of the number of PUSCH transmissions comprises at least one front-loaded demodulation reference signal, DMRS. In particular, the UE determines a number of symbols to be used for each of the at least one front-loaded DMRS of the number of PUSCH transmissions based on the received index value, and, in case at least two of the number of PUSCH transmissions have different lengths, and in case different numbers of symbols are permissible for each of the at least one front-loaded DMRS, the UE transmits the same or a smaller number of PUSCH transmissions such that, for none of the comprised at least one front-loaded DMRS, a different determined numbers of symbols is used. |
| US11962530B2 |
Pilot transmission and reception for orthogonal frequency division multiple access
A wireless device transmits a frame by determining a plurality of Resource Units (RUs) of the frame, providing pilots in a first RU of the frame at a first set of positions, providing pilots in a second RU of the frame at a second set of positions, and transmitting the frame. The first set of positions is different from the second set of positions. A wireless device receives a frame including an RU including pilots and processes the pilots. When an RU for the data symbol includes an odd-numbered lowest subcarrier, the pilots are included at a first set of positions in the resource unit. When the RU includes an even-numbered lowest subcarrier, the pilots are included at a second set of positions in the resource unit. The second set of positions is different from the first set of positions. |
| US11962529B2 |
Method and device for wireless communication in UE and base station
The present disclosure discloses a method and a device for wireless communications in a UE and a base station. A first node transmits a first signal; and monitors a first-type signaling in a first resource block in a first time window. The first signal is used for determining a first reference signal; the first node assumes a QCL parameter identical to a target reference signal for monitoring the first-type signaling in the first resource block in the first time window; the target reference signal is either the first reference signal or a second reference signal; whether the first time window belongs to a first-type time window is used for determining the target reference signal between the first reference signal and the second reference signal. The method provided above raises the chance of a node being served and resource utilization ratio in Unlicensed Spectrum. |
| US11962528B2 |
CSI for non-coherent joint transmission
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for channel state information (CSI) for multiple transmission reception point (multi-TRP) transmission such as non-coherent joint transmission (NCJT), including determining subband sizes for CSI and rules for Part II CSI omission. A method that can be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a CSI report configuration. The CSI report configuration associated with one or more CSI reference signal (RS) resources, each CSI resource including a set of ports or port groups. The UE selects one or more CSI-RS resources for which to report CSI and determines a subband size for sending a CSI report based, at least in part, on payload of the CSI report. In an example method, the UE can determine whether the UE has sufficient resources for the CSI report and omit at least a portion of the CSI based on the determination. |
| US11962527B2 |
Communication method and apparatus
A communications apparatus includes a processor configured to generate a radio frame. The radio frame comprises a data block. The data block comprises a plurality of N pilot blocks, a plurality of M sub-data blocks, and one guard interval (GI). Every two N pilot blocks of the plurality of N pilot blocks are not adjacent. The GI is located at a tail end of the data block, 4≤N≤8, N is an integer, M≥N−1, and M is an integer. The communications apparatus also includes transceiver configured to send the radio frame to a receiver. |
| US11962526B2 |
Method for obtaining quantity of resource elements in communication process and related apparatus
A method for obtaining a quantity of resource elements in a communication process, comprising: determines a downlink control information format of downlink control information, obtains, based on the downlink control information format, a quantity of resource elements occupied by a demodulation reference signal (DMRS); and determines a size of transport block (TBS) based on the quantity of resource elements occupied by the DMRS. |
| US11962525B2 |
Control channel signaling techniques in wireless systems with multiple possible transmission time intervals
Control information may be transmitted for different TTI lengths. Different control information for the different TTIs may be transmitted using control channel resources that are established for communication of control information, such as a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), for example. Control information for a first TTI may be located in a first set of resources, and control information for a second TTI may be located in a second set of resources. The first set of resources may be located within a first search space that may be searched by a user equipment (UE) to identify the first control information. The second set of resources may be located within a second search space that may be searched by the UE to identify the second control information. |
| US11962524B2 |
Beam failure recovery
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide method, device and computer readable medium for beam failure recovery. In example embodiments, a method implemented at a terminal device is provided. The method comprises determining a configuration for receiving Physical Downlink Control Channels (PDCCHs) from a network device, the network device communicating with the terminal device via first and second Transmission and Reception Points (TRPs), wherein the configuration indicates which one of the first and second TRPs are the PDCCHs to be received from. The method further comprises determining whether a beam failure occurs in at least one of the first and second TRPs. In addition, the method further comprises, in response to determining that a beam failure occurs in at least one of the first and second TRPs, performing beam failure recovery (BFR) for the first and second TRPs at least based on the configuration. |
| US11962517B2 |
Communications method, apparatus, and system for recovering lost packets
This application discloses a communications method and related communications apparatus and system. The method includes recovering, by a first node, when detecting that a first packet is lost, the first packet according to a local recovery mechanism. The first packet is a packet obtained based on a packet sent by at least one first terminal to at least one second terminal, and the first node is a node on a network path between each first terminal and a second terminal communicating with the first terminal. The method further includes adding a first identification information related to local recovery, and sending the first packet. This application can reduce a transmission delay and improve transmission efficiency. |
| US11962515B2 |
Deterministic communications via packet-switched networks
In certain embodiments, a communication network has a specialized ingress node that converts one or more incoming flows into a single, packetized, time-division multiplexed (TDM) flow; a switch fabric that routes the TDM flow via a fixed path through the switch fabric in a contention-free manner; and a specialized egress node that converts the TDM flow received from the switch fabric into one or more outgoing flows corresponding to the one or more incoming flows. The technology turns legacy, best-effort packet-switching into deterministic circuit-switching for a programmable selection of flows with minimal impact on network dynamics and at relatively low cost. |
| US11962514B2 |
Parallel data processing for service function chains spanning multiple servers
Systems, computer-readable media, and methods are disclosed for parallel data processing for service function chains with network functions spanning multiple servers. An example system includes a first server hosting a first network function of a service function chain, a second server hosting a second network function of the service function chain, a mirror function deployed in a first switch to replicate a plurality of packets received by the system and to send respective copies of the plurality of packets to the first network function and to at least one of the second network function and a third network function of the service function chain, and a merge function deployed in a second switch to merge respective outputs of the first network function and the at least one of the second network function and the third network function. |
| US11962513B2 |
Verification of data processes in a network of computing resources
A method for managing data processes in a network of computing resources includes: receiving at least one child request being routed from an intermediary device to at least one corresponding destination device, the at least one child request requesting execution of at least one corresponding child data process, each of the at least one child data process for executing at least a portion of the at least one parent data process from an instructor device, and each of the at least one child request including a destination key derived at least in part from the at least one instructor key; storing the at least one child request in at least one storage device; modifying the at least one child request upon receiving a child request modification signal; and generating signals for communicating the child requests to one or more requesting devices. |
| US11962512B2 |
Dynamically re-allocating computing resources while maintaining network connection(s)
Techniques are described herein that are capable of dynamically re-allocating computing resources while maintaining network connection(s). Applications of users are run in a computing unit. Computing resources are allocated among the applications based at least in part on dynamic demands of the applications for the computing resources and resource limits associated with the respective customers. In a first example, the computing resources are dynamically re-allocated among the applications, as a result of changing the resource limit of at least one customer, while maintaining at least one network connection between a client device of each customer and at least one respective application. In a second example, the computing resources are dynamically re-allocated among the applications, as a result of changing the resource limit of at least one customer, while maintaining at least one network connection between an interface and a client device of each customer. |
| US11962508B2 |
Device-enabled access control in a mesh network
A method including receiving, by a device in communication with a first endpoint and a second endpoint in a mesh network, a first communication from the first endpoint and a second communication from the second endpoint; selectively comparing, by the device, first observed connection state information associated with the first communication with the stored connection state information associated with outgoing communications transmitted by the device, and second observed connection state information associated with the second communication with the stored connection state information; and selectively processing, by the device, the first communication based at least in part on a result of selectively comparing the first observed connection state information with the stored connection state information, and the second communication based at least in part on a result of selectively comparing the second observed connection state information with the stored connection state information. Various other aspects are contemplated. |
| US11962507B1 |
Estimating standby socket window size during asynchronous socket replication
A secondary routing device is configured as a backup routing device for a primary routing device. The primary routing device performs asynchronous socket replication with the secondary routing device. The secondary routing device includes a transmission buffer, in memory, for storing replicated socket data transmitted between the primary routing device and the standby routing device and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to execute a replication driver to: determine a threshold value; determine that an amount of data equaling or exceeding the threshold value has been read from the transmission buffer; in response to determining that the amount of data equaling or exceeding the threshold value has been read from the transmission buffer, schedule a window update for the transmission buffer at a scheduled time; and send the window update at the scheduled time. |
| US11962505B1 |
Distributed dynamic load balancing in network systems
A source switching device in a switching system receives information measured by a target switching device in the switching system. The information is indicative of an amount of data received in a given amount of time by the target switching device via each of two or more first links coupled to the target switching device. The source switching device determines, based at least in part on the information received from the target device, a path, from among multiple paths from the source switching device to the target switching device, for transmission of a packet flow directed to the target switching device. The source switching device transmits, via the determined path for transmission of the packet flow to the target device, one or more packets belonging to the packet flow. |
| US11962501B2 |
Extensible control plane for network management in a virtual infrastructure environment
Systems and methods for network management in a virtual environment are presented. The system and methods may include or utilize a top of rack router and a plurality of nodes within a virtual network environment, and an extensible network control plane that is extendable from the top of rack router to the plurality of nodes. Upon receipt of a data packet at the top of rack router, information regarding the packet's desired endpoint address can be determined and a unique endpoint address within the environment covered by the control plane created such that the packet can be directly routed to the desired endpoint without the need for intermittent hops to non-endpoint pods, etc. Hardware solutions may be utilized to eliminate latencies in the process. Data packet flows may also be identified and used to further reduce latencies. |
| US11962500B2 |
Data packet management
A system includes a storage system and circuitry coupled to the storage system. The circuitry is configured to perform operations comprising determining a type of a received data packet, determining a destination of the received data packet, and determining whether the received data packet is of a particular type or has a particular destination. The operations further comprise, responsive to determining that the received data packet is of the particular type or has the particular destination, rerouting the received data packet from the particular destination to a register of the storage system. |
| US11962494B2 |
Methods and systems for data consistent search and storage using trees
Two versions of a database can be held in two trees that have many of the same nodes. Both trees can be concurrently searched using recursive algorithms. A root node indicator indicates a root node for a tree search algorithm. The root node indicator can indicate a first root node of a first tree. A tree search algorithm can identify a record node in the first tree. Intermediate nodes between the record node and the first root node can be identified and retained nodes can be identified. A second root node and replacement intermediate nodes can be instantiated. A second tree that includes the second root node, the replacement intermediate node, and the retained nodes can be created. The root node indicator can be set to indicate the second root node after creating the second tree. |
| US11962490B2 |
Systems and methods for per traffic class routing
Systems and methods are described for providing per traffic class routing of data within a network. A network switch has the capability to classify traffic data based on High Performance Computing (HPC) related characteristics. Traffic classes are defined based on aspects of HPC, such as routing, ordering, redirection, quiesce, HPC protocol configuration, and telemetry. A switch can receive packets at an ingress port of a switch fabric, and determine traffic classifications for the packets. The traffic classification is selected from a group of defined traffic classes. Then, the switch can generate a fabric specific flag for the at least one packet that indicates the determined traffic classification, where the fabric specific flag is used for routing packets based on their assigned traffic classification. Examples of traffic classes include: low latency class; dedicated access class; bulk data class; best efforts class; and scavenger class. |
| US11962486B2 |
Determining a path in a communication network
A method (100) of end-to-end path computation across a plurality of domains (20) in a communication network comprises receiving (101) a request for a path across the plurality of domains. The method comprises computing (110) in a network control entity (50) the end-to-end path across the plurality of domains as part of a hierarchical path computation. Computing the end-to-end path comprises determining if a stored path corresponding to at least a part of the end-to-end path matches one or more criteria of the end-to-end path, and if so, using the stored path for the end-to-end path computation. The method further comprises transmitting (120) information indicating at least part of the stored path to a domain control entity (30) configured to control a said one of the plurality of domains involved in the end-to-end path. |
| US11962482B2 |
Systems and methods for maintaining video quality using digital twin synthesis
At least one high-quality image of a speaker is captured. A low network quality condition may be detected between a client device and a video service node. In response to detecting the low network quality condition, a data stream comprising changes to the high-quality image of the speaker needed to recreate a representation of the speaker is generated. Transmission of the video stream of the speaker between the client device of the speaker and the video service node is stopped and, simultaneously, transmission of the data stream is begun. A digital twin of the speaker is then generated for display at the client device based on the data stream and the high-quality image of the speaker. |
| US11962480B2 |
Information management method
An information management method collects log information of one or more home electrical apparatuses corresponding to service providers. Display screen data is generated which indicates a status of the log information. The display screen data includes groups of information which each contain information on an apparatus, a service provider corresponding to the apparatus, and log information output from the apparatus. Provision of the log information of each group is individually selectable. The display screen data is provided via a network to a display terminal that performs access to a server device. Information is received from the display terminal, which indicates that selection on whether or not provision of the log information is performed. Provision of the log information is not performed on the selected group when a determination is made that refusal of provision of the log information on the selected group is performed. |
| US11962470B2 |
Method to commission a distributed system
A method and system are provided to facilitate the commissioning of a distributed system. The method and system obtains a base configuration which defines an expected virtual topology for a distributed system, and identifies via a control device a physical network topology of the distributed system to commission the distributed system. The control device performs network discovery to identify a plurality of connected devices that are communicatively coupled thereto, and to collect device information for each connected device relating to its identity and relative position in the distributed system which has connected devices or associated subnetworks connected in a ring network topology. The collected device information for the plurality of connected devices is compared to the expected virtual topology from the base configuration to determine an identity and physical location of the plurality of connected devices and associated subnetworks in the physical network topology of the distributed system. |
| US11962468B2 |
Wireless backhaul network, communication method and apparatus
The embodiments of the present application provide a wireless backhaul network, a communication method and an apparatus. The wireless backhaul network comprises at least one tree topology structure, each of the at least one tree topology structure being composed of a serving base station node and at least one relay node, the root of the tree topology structure being the serving base station node; and any two nodes in the wireless backhaul network are in a child-parent relationship or non-child-parent relationship, and any two nodes, which are in the child-parent relationship, communicate by means of wireless connections. |
| US11962467B2 |
Managing heterogeneous cluster environment
An embodiment includes a method for use in managing a cluster comprising a plurality of computers, each computer comprising at least one hardware processor coupled to at least one memory. The method comprises a computer-implemented manager: collecting access pattern data for the plurality of computers; based at least in part on the access pattern data, determining that at least a first one of the plurality of computers is overutilized; and responsive to determining that the first computer is overutilized, moving stored data from the first computer to at least a second one of the plurality of computers. |
| US11962466B2 |
Bandwidth part switching for dual active protocol stack handover
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may configure a bandwidth part (BWP) switching configuration of a user equipment in connection with a dual active protocol stack (DAPS) handover based at least in part on a BWP switching rule; and perform the DAPS handover. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US11962460B1 |
End-to-end service creation, management, and orchestration in mobile networks
An end-to-end service delivery system provides customers representing mobile network and enterprise operators with an online repository for services that are created from virtual network functions, and which are available from multiple service creators and operable across infrastructure underlying the customer's software-defined networking-based mobile network including diverse private, public, and hybrid cloud platforms. The network functions delivery system provides a user interface (UI) exposing a catalog of differentiated services of varying types. When the customer selects a service from the catalog, the service delivery system uses an installation engine to deploy the selected service on the customer's mobile network. The system provides a lifecycle management and orchestration engine that orchestrates the deployed service on an end-to-end basis across domains and network platforms. The service delivery system troubleshoots the service installation if deployment problems arise and notifies the customer of issues through the UI to provide recommendations and solutions. |
| US11962456B2 |
Automated cross-service diagnostics for large scale infrastructure cloud service providers
Example aspects include techniques for employing cross-service diagnostics for cloud service providers. These techniques may include dynamically generating a workflow of one or more diagnostic modules based on relationship information between an origin service experiencing an incident and one or more related services that the origin service depends on, and executing the workflow of one or more diagnostic modules to determine a root cause of the incident, each of the one or more diagnostic modules implemented by an individual service of the one or more related services in accordance with a schema. In addition, the techniques may include determining a diagnostic action based on the root cause, and transmitting, based on the diagnostic action, an engagement notification to a responsible entity. |
| US11962448B2 |
Techniques for improving waveform reliability in wireless communications
Aspects described herein relate to adding a set of redundant subcarriers to a set of data subcarriers to be transmitted in a unique-word orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (UW-OFDM) waveform, interleaving, based on a permutation matrix, the set of redundant subcarriers with the set of data subcarriers to generate a permutation of subcarriers, mapping the permutation of subcarriers as input to an inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT), and generating the UW-OFDM waveform based on output of the IFFT. Other aspects relate to receiving and processing the UW-OFDM waveform. |
| US11962446B2 |
Method and apparatus for configuring physical random access channel
A method and an apparatus for configuring a physical random access channel are provided. The method includes: receiving a pattern identifier configured by an access network device, where the pattern identifier configures a first physical resource configuration pattern of the physical random access channel corresponding to a first subcarrier spacing in a frequency domain; determining a second subcarrier spacing of a target cell; and determining a second physical resource configuration pattern of the physical random access channel corresponding to the second subcarrier spacing in the frequency domain according to the pattern identifier and the second subcarrier spacing. |
| US11962443B2 |
Frequency offset estimation
A receiver comprises a matched filter bank, decision logic and a frequency offset estimator. The matched filter bank comprises an input for receiving data representative of a frequency- or phase-modulated signal. The decision logic generates a sequence of demodulated symbol values from outputs of the matched filter bank. The frequency offset estimator determines a first phase value from a first output and a second phase value from a second output of the matched filter bank, the second output being offset from the first by L symbol periods. It also determines a phase adjustment value from an L-symbol subsequence within the sequence of demodulated symbol values, each subsequence value being determined from values output by the matched filter bank between the first and second outputs. It estimates a frequency offset based on the difference between the first phase value plus the phase adjustment value, and the second phase value. |
| US11962432B2 |
Internet of things appliance providing extended-capability messaging
To effectively operate in an increasingly prolific Internet of Things environment one best has the ability to message, whether messaging device status, actions taken, recommendations for actions or other information to those with a need to know or containing instructions for device execution. Traditional messaging of various types such as texting and e-mail typically are limited in that they can neither provide automatic audio output at the recipient nor can they may be automatically relayed or contain execution instructions for target devices. The present invention is an Appliance that communicates with other IoT devices such as sensors and actuators and regional or central servers using Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) or Normal Power Wide Area Network (NPWAN) protocols that provides Extended-Capability Messaging provides these capabilities that can include artificial intelligence and optionally configured in a secure version. |
| US11962430B2 |
System and method for improving content fetching by selecting tunnel devices
A method for fetching a content from a web server to a client device is disclosed, using tunnel devices serving as intermediate devices. The tunnel device is selected based on an attribute, such as IP Geolocation. A tunnel bank server stores a list of available tunnels that may be used, associated with values of various attribute types. The tunnel devices initiate communication with the tunnel bank server, and stays connected to it, for allowing a communication session initiated by the tunnel bank server. Upon receiving a request from a client to a content and for specific attribute types and values, a tunnel is selected by the tunnel bank server, and is used as a tunnel for retrieving the required content from the web server, using standard protocol such as SOCKS, WebSocket or HTTP Proxy. The client only communicates with a super proxy server that manages the content fetching scheme. |
| US11962427B2 |
Auto-generated object for impromptu collaboration
Traditionally, meetings are widely utilized in business and personal communications, whether in-person and/or virtual. Organizing such meetings typically involves multiple exchanges of content and messages between users before, during, and after the meeting. In some cases, meetings may occur impromptu and may result in inefficient and unproductive collaboration. A collaboration object configured to enable users to dynamically collaborate before, during, and after a meeting is provided. In aspects, the collaboration object links content generated before, during, and after the meeting in a single location and provides functionality for concurrent multi-user interaction and synchronization of the content across applications. The collaboration object may be available from a variety of application platforms, enabling and persisting real-time editing and collaboration before, during and after the meeting. |
| US11962421B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for generating HARQ-ACK codebook in wireless communication system
A terminal of a wireless communication system comprises a communication module and a processor for controlling the communication module. The processor generates a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)-ACK codebook including one or more bits indicating whether reception of a channel or signal is successful, and transmits the HARQ-ACK codebook to a base station of the wireless communication system. The HARQ-ACK codebook is generated on the basis of a slot corresponding to a value of an HARQ-ACK feedback timing parameter (K1) set in a sub-slot level, and each of bits configuring the HARQ-ACK codebook corresponds to at least one sub-slot form among a plurality of sub-slots included in the slot. |
| US11962420B1 |
Method and apparatus of handling discontinuous reception (DRX) timer for multicast data reception in a wireless communication system
A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE), the UE receives and/or detects a multicast transmission of downlink data on a configured downlink multicast resource, wherein the multicast transmission is associated with a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process. The UE starts a multicast HARQ Round Trip Time (RTT) timer associated with the HARQ process. The UE determines whether to start a unicast HARQ RTT timer associated with the HARQ process based on whether the UE is configured with a Configured Scheduling Radio Network Temporary Identifier (CS-RNTI). |
| US11962418B2 |
Method for controlling data retransmission and user equipment
A method for controlling data retransmission is provided. Data is transmitted to network device and a timer is started. The data is retransmitted after the timer expires if a HARQ-ACK feedback corresponding to the data is not received before the timer expires. Or the data is retransmitted if a HARQ-NACK feedback corresponding to the data is received from the network device before the timer expires. |
| US11962416B2 |
Implementation of HARQ on PUSCH for multiple carriers
A method for operating a network node of a wireless communication network is disclosed. The method comprises determining and/or adjusting a HARQ signaling format for a terminal configured for carrier aggregation based on a number of DL carriers and/or a number of HARQ bits configured for the terminal. |
| US11962415B2 |
Method for terminal resending data in wireless communication system, and communication device using same
Provided are a method for a terminal resending data in a wireless communication system, and a communication device using same. The method comprises: receiving downlink control information (DCI) from a network; and resending data on the basis of the DCI, wherein the DCI includes an acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) field. |
| US11962414B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting HARQ feedback information, base station and terminal
The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for transmitting HARQ feedback information, base stations and terminals. The method includes: determining downlink Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) configuration information, where the downlink HARQ configuration information informs at least two preset terminals about transmission configuration information of target downlink control signaling; sending the downlink HARQ configuration information to each of the preset terminals; loading the downlink HARQ feedback information for each of the preset terminals into the target downlink control signaling according to the downlink HARQ configuration information; and sending the target downlink control signaling to each of the preset terminals. In the present disclosure, the base station transmits HARQ feedback information with respect to uplink data transmission from a plurality of terminals through the target downlink control signaling, which saves system signaling overhead. |
| US11962411B2 |
Data retransmission method based on a code block group
A data retransmission method includes configuring the quantity of code block groups in a transport block and configuring a plurality of physical resource groups; configuring the quantity of physical resources included in each of the physical resource groups according to the different quantities of code block groups; selecting the physical resources included in the physical resource group that corresponds to the initial transmission to send the transport block; determining the quantity of code block groups that were erroneously sent in the transport block according to the response; selecting one of the physical resources in one of the physical resource groups that corresponds to the retransmission to send at least one code block group that was erroneously sent according to the quantity of code block groups that were erroneously sent; and completing the retransmission only after all of the code block groups in the transport block have been successfully sent. |
| US11962409B2 |
User station for a serial bus system, and method for communicating in a serial bus system
A user station for a serial bus system. The user station includes a communication control device for controlling a communication of the user station with another user station, and a transceiver device for transmitting a transmission signal, generated by the communication control device, onto a bus, so that for a message that is exchanged between user stations of the bus system, the bit time of a signal transmitted in the first communication phase is different from a bit time of a signal transmitted in the second communication phase. The communication control device generates the transmission signal according to a frame in which fields for a header check sum and a frame check sum. The communication control device computes the header check sum from all bits in the header of a frame that is formed for the message, except for fixed stuff bits that have been inserted into the header. |
| US11962408B2 |
Wireless communication system, and wireless communication method
Provided is a wireless communication system that includes a transmission device configured to receive an input of group-addressed data transmitted from a specific source, convert the group-addressed data into wireless frames, and perform group-addressed transmission of the wireless frames; and a reception device configured to receive the wireless frames transmitted from the transmission device, and identify and acquire the group-addressed data of the specific source. The transmission device includes coding means for defining a plurality of wireless frames as a frame block, performing error correction coding on the frame block, and performing group-addressed transmission of the frame block, and the reception device includes decoding means for identifying the frame block from the received wireless frames, performing error correction decoding in units of frame block, and reconfiguring the group-addressed data of the specific source. |
| US11962406B2 |
Spectral masks for subchannel puncturing in EHT networks
An extremely high-throughput (EHT) station (STA) may encode an EHT PPDU for transmission on a plurality of subchannels. The EHT STA may determine a spectral mask to apply to the EHT PPDU prior to transmission of the EHT PPDU. When preamble puncturing is performed, the EHT STA may apply an overall spectral mask to the EHT PPDU prior to transmission. The overall spectral mask may be based on an interim spectral mask and a preamble-puncture spectral mask. The subchannels may be in a 6 GHz band and the EHT STA may determine if preamble puncturing is to be performed for one or more of the subchannels based on a presence of incumbents in the one or more of the subchannels, although the scope of the embodiments is not limited in this respect. |
| US11962397B2 |
Layer-2 connectivity from switch to access node/gateway
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for providing layer-2 connectivity through a non-routed ground segment network, are described. A system includes a non-autonomous gateway in communication with a satellite configured to relay data packets. The non-autonomous gateway is configured to receive the data packets from the satellite at layer-1 (L1) of the OSI-model, generate a plurality of virtual tagging tuples within the layer-2 packet headers of the plurality of data packets. The non-autonomous gateway is further configured to transmit, at layer-2 (L2) of the OSI-model, the virtually tagged data packets. Each of the packets may include a virtual tagging tuple and an entity destination. The system further includes a L2 switch in communication with the non-autonomous gateway. The L2 switch may be configured to receive the data packets and transmit the data packets to the entity based on the virtual tuples associated with each of the data packets. |
| US11962396B2 |
Satellite communication method and apparatus, terminal device, satellite, and readable storage medium
The present disclosure provides example satellite communication method, terminal device, and computer-readable storage medium. One example method includes receiving a first system message sent by a first satellite, where the first system message indicates a mean anomaly of the first satellite at an ephemeris reference time. A topology of a satellite network to which the first satellite belongs is determined based on the first system message. |
| US11962395B1 |
Whole-airspace satellite search method and device based on phased array antenna
A whole-airspace satellite search method and device based on a phased array antenna are provided. The present disclosure combines electronic scanning implemented by the phased array antenna with mechanical scanning implemented by a mechanical actuator. As for low-orbit satellite communication, the present disclosure achieves rapid search and aiming through the phased array antenna, and solves the problem of limited electronic scanning angle of the phased array antenna through a servo system of the mechanical actuator. On the other hand, the present disclosure supports whole-airspace search and aiming of high, medium, and low-orbit satellites through the combination of the electronic scanning implemented by the phased array antenna and the mechanical scanning implemented by the mechanical actuator. |
| US11962392B2 |
Synchronized satellite communications
Synchronized satellite communications can include receiving, at a computer having a processor, a data request that identifies a requesting device, data to be received by the requesting device, and a time at which the data is to be received by the requesting device. The processor can determine a geographic location of the requesting device and locations of a plurality of satellites; identify, based on the geographic location of the requesting device and the locations of the plurality of satellites, satellites that are to provide the data to the requesting device; generate instructions for loading network requirements to the satellites; and provide, to at least one of the satellites, the instructions. Additionally, embodiments of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein can be used to provide the same data and/or different data to multiple devices at the same time. |
| US11962388B2 |
Beam configuration method and apparatus
Embodiments of this application provide a beam configuration method and apparatus. The method includes: determining base station scheduling information rank, and determining a direction of arrival power spectrum; determining peak information based on the direction of arrival power spectrum; determining, based on the peak information, beam directions that meet power conditions; selecting, based on a preset filtering condition, at least one candidate beam direction from the beam directions that meet the power conditions; and determining a target beam direction of a terminal from the at least one candidate beam direction based on the base station scheduling information rank, a value of a channel quality indicator CQI, and the direction of arrival power spectrum. In this way, a beam configuration manner on a terminal side is more flexible, to meet requirements of different service scenarios, and improve stability of a communications link. |
| US11962387B2 |
Wireless communication method and apparatus
This application provides a wireless communication method and an apparatus. In the method, a terminal device receives first indication information from a network device. The first indication information indicates a first maximum multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layer quantity N to be used by the terminal device when the terminal device performs wireless communication, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1. The method further includes that the terminal device performs wireless communication with the network device based on the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N, so that the maximum MIMO layer quantity that the terminal device should use can be adjusted as required. |
| US11962384B2 |
Apparatus for correcting deviation between a plurality of transmission channels and wireless communications device
An apparatus includes a first splitter configured to feed a first signal onto a first transmission channel and a second transmission channel, where the first splitter is located in a symmetrical position between the first transmission channel and the second transmission channel, and a vector detection component configured to, when the first splitter feeds the first signal, detect a first signal vector based on a first feedback signal from the first transmission channel, and detect a second signal vector based on a second feedback signal from the second transmission channel. |
| US11962381B2 |
Communication method and device
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a communication method and a device. Configuration information indicating one or more spatial domain beam basis vector groups and Q thresholds is received from a network device, where the Q thresholds correspond one-to-one to spatial domain beam basis vectors in the one or more spatial domain beam basis vector groups. L spatial domain beam basis vectors are selected from a spatial domain beam basis vector group set. K frequency domain basis vectors are selected from a frequency domain basis vector set for each of the L spatial domain beam basis vectors. |
| US11962378B2 |
Polarized reception of reference signals at a terminal device
There is provided mechanisms for polarized reception of reference signals. A method is performed by a terminal device. The terminal device is equipped with an antenna array having dual-polarized antenna elements. The antenna array is connected to a baseband chain in the terminal device. The method comprises receiving, during a beam management procedure with a TRP, two reference signals transmitted in one OFDM symbol each from the same TRP port within a slot. The two reference signals are received using a filter with a first polarization for a first of the two reference signals and with a second polarization for a second of the two reference signals. The second polarization is orthogonal to the first polarization. |
| US11962375B2 |
Geolocation-based beamforming for drone communication
System and method of wireless communication in UAV systems that uses geolocation-based beamforming. The antenna array on the transmit device is first calibrated to compensate the random phase errors of the antenna. During operation, the geolocations of the UAV and its remote control and the rotational position of the transmit device are used to determine a beamforming direction. A beamforming vector is selected based on the beamforming direction. The beamformer on the transmit device then beam forms the antenna array such that data or other information can be transmitted to the receive device in the beamforming direction. |
| US11962371B2 |
Method and device for applying optimized phase rotation to broadband in wireless LAN system
Proposed are a method and a device for receiving a PPDU in a wireless LAN system. Specifically, a reception STA receives a PPDU from a transmission STA through a broadband and decodes the PPDU. The PPDU includes a legacy preamble and first and second signal fields. The legacy preamble and the first and second signal fields are generated on the basis of a first phase rotation value. When the broadband corresponds to a 320 MHz band, the first phase rotation value is [1 −1 j j 1 1 j −j j −j −1 −1 −j −j 1 −1]. |
| US11962367B2 |
Antenna for transfer of information or energy
An antenna for transfer of information or energy is described. The antenna includes an electrically conductive first layer having a width in a thickness direction of the antenna and extending longitudinally along a length of the first layer between first and second longitudinal ends of the first layer, and an electrically insulative thermally conductive second layer bonded to the first layer along the length of the first layer. The first and second layers are wound to form a plurality of substantially concentric loops. A width and a length of the second layer are substantially co-extensive with the respective width and length of the first layer so as to expose opposing longitudinal edge surfaces of the first layer along the length of the first layer. Coils and assemblies useful for making coils are also described. |
| US11962362B2 |
Wireless telecommunications network
A method of controlling transmission of a wireless signal in a wireless telecommunications network including a transmitting node, a receiving node, and an Intelligent Reflective Surface (IRS), the transmitting node including a processor operating a first neural network that inputs an input bit sequence and outputs the wireless signal and a transmitter to transmit the wireless signal output by the first neural network, the IRS includes a reflective surface for reflecting the wireless signal transmitted by the transmitter and further includes a processor for applying a phase change to the wireless signal according to a phase shift matrix, and the receiving node includes a receiver for receiving an accumulated wireless signal transmitted by the transmitter and reflected off the reflective surface and a processor operating a second neural network that inputs the received accumulated wireless signal and outputs an output bit sequence. |
| US11962354B2 |
Hybrid space-fiber quantum networks for widespread entanglement distribution
A system and method for providing quantum entanglement using a hybrid space-fiber quantum network are described. The hybrid space-fiber quantum network includes a communications hub located proximate to an optical ground station and also includes an aerial entangled particle source, such as an entangled photon source attached to a satellite, drone, aircraft, etc. An atmospheric or free-space channel is used to distribute quantum entanglement between optical ground stations that are separated by geographic distances, via the aerial entangled particle source. Also, fiber optic links are connected to the communications hub located proximate to the optical ground station. The communications hub includes optical switches that enable any of the fiber optic links connected to the communications hub to receive or send distributed quantum entanglement to a remotely located recipient endpoint via the atmospheric or free-space channel. |
| US11962345B2 |
Configurable dispersion compensation in a pluggable optical transceiver
Chromatic dispersion compensation is performed in one or more pluggable optical transceiver (POT) devices operating within an intensity-modulated direct-detection (IMDD) optical network. Compensation is performed within each POT using an electrical and/or optical chromatic dispersion module which are controlled by a set of parameters. A network computing device includes a computer processor and a host management interface for communicating with the POT. In the event of a link failure, the computer processor determines a second set of parameters to control the one or more dispersion compensation module(s) of the POT. The second set of parameters are different from a first set of parameters used to control the one or more compensation module(s) in the case of a first optical path. The computer processor causes the POT to use the second set of parameters in place of the first set of parameters. |
| US11962341B2 |
Electronic device and method for wireless communication
The disclosure relates to an electronic device and a method for wireless communication including a power amplification circuit. According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include: a radio frequency processing module comprising radio frequency circuitry, a first power amplification circuit connected to the radio frequency processing module, a second power amplification circuit connected to the radio frequency processing module and the first power amplification circuit, and a front-end module comprising circuitry connected to the second power amplification circuit and an antenna and configured to transmit a signal, wherein the second power amplification circuit is configured to acquire, from the first power amplification circuit, a first signal obtained by amplifying a signal output from the radio frequency processing module and a second signal by amplifying a signal output from the radio frequency processing module. |
| US11962332B2 |
Encoder
An encoding system may be provided. The encoding system may comprise a first stage and a second stage. The first stage may be configured to receive a first input, decode the first input, and produce a first output comprising the decoded first input. The second stage may be configured to receive a second input, receive the first output from the first stage, and convert the first input and the second input from a first coding system to a second coding system based on the second input and the first output. The second stage may produce a second output comprising the converted first input and the converted second input. |
| US11962330B2 |
Advanced database decompression
A method, a system, and a computer program product for decompressing data. One or more compressed blocks in a set of stored compressed blocks responsive to a request to access data in the set of stored compressed blocks are identified. String prefixes inside the identified compressed blocks are decompressed using front coding. String suffixes inside the identified compressed blocks are decompressed using a re-pair decompression. Uncompressed data is generated. |
| US11962323B2 |
Dual RF-DC batteryless wireless sensor device
A batteryless wireless sensor system includes a data acquisition system, a radio frequency (RF) transceiver, and a batteryless wireless sensor device. The RF transceiver is in communication with the data acquisition system, transmits a RF signal, and receives sensor data and provide the sensor data to the data acquisition system. The batteryless wireless sensor device includes a RF transmitter, an analog to digital converter (ADC), and a sensor. The batteryless wireless sensor harvests energy from the RF signal and generates a DC signal based on the energy harvested from the RF signal, powers up and operates the ADC and the sensor based on the DC signal, and generates sensor data. The batteryless wireless sensor then transmits the sensor data via the RF transmitter to the RF transceiver. In certain examples, the ADC is implemented as a current mode ADC. |
| US11962322B2 |
Signal dependent reconfigurable data acquisition system
A data acquisition system comprises a signal processing chain including an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit configured to: produce a digital output from an input signal; detect a specified signal feature of the input signal; and change an operating condition of an additional circuit of the signal processing chain in response to detecting the signal feature of the input signal. |
| US11962319B2 |
Calibration and alignment
Alignment circuitry including a first clocked latch for receiving a synchronization signal having an enable edge and a target clock signal and outputting an enable signal having an enable edge corresponding to the enable edge of the synchronization signal and synchronized with the target clock signal; a second clocked latch for receiving the enable signal and a delayed target clock signal, being a version of the target clock signal having been delayed by a delay circuit of the clock-controlled circuitry, and outputting a re-timed enable signal having an enable edge corresponding to the enable edge of the enable signal and synchronized with the delayed target clock signal; and gating circuitry for receiving the delayed target clock signal and the re-timed enable signal and to start output of the delayed target clock signal at a timing defined by the enable edge of the re-timed enable signal for controlling the clock-controlled circuitry. |
| US11962318B2 |
Calibration scheme for a non-linear ADC
In described examples, an analog to digital converter (ADC), having an input operable to receive an analog signal and an output operable to output a digital representation of the analog signal, includes a voltage to delay (VD) block. The VD block is coupled to the input of the ADC and generates a delay signal responsive to a calibration signal. A backend ADC is coupled to the VD block, and receives the delay signal. The backend ADC having multiple stages including a first stage. A calibration engine is coupled to the multiple stages and the VD block. The calibration engine measures an error count of the first stage and stores a delay value of the first stage for which the error count is minimum. |
| US11962317B2 |
Noise shaping in multi-stage analog-to-digital converters
Methods and apparatus for noise shaping in multi-stage analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). An example ADC generally includes a first conversion stage having a residue output; an amplifier having an input selectively coupled to the residue output of the first conversion stage; a second conversion stage having an input selectively coupled to an output of the amplifier; and a switched-capacitor network having a first port coupled to the input of the amplifier and having a second port coupled to the input of the second conversion stage, the switched-capacitor network being configured to provide a second-order or higher noise transfer function for noise shaping of quantization noise of the second conversion stage. |
| US11962316B2 |
VCO-ADC with frequency-controlled switched-capacitor feedback for linearization
An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes a first controlled oscillator (CO) for generating at least one phase signal, and wherein the at least one phase signal generates a first output signal of the ADC; and at least one first frequency-controlled resistor (FDR) for receiving the at least one phase signal generated by the first CO, wherein the first CO and the at least one first FDR are coupled together at a first subtraction node of the ADC, and wherein the first subtraction node receives a first input signal. |
| US11962314B2 |
Digital phase locked loop circuit, digitally-controlled oscillator, and digital-to-time converter
With respect to a phase locked loop (PLL) circuit that receives a first reference clock and generates an output clock, the PLL circuit includes a delay circuit that delays the first reference clock to generate a second reference clock, a feedback circuit that generates a control signal based on a phase difference between the second reference clock and a feedback clock, an oscillator that oscillates at a frequency determined based on the control signal to generate the output clock, and a divider that divides the output clock in the on state. The PLL circuit switches between a first mode and a second mode, the feedback clock in the first mode is a signal obtained by retiming an output of the divider with the output clock, and the feedback clock in the second mode is a signal obtained by retiming the first reference clock with the output clock. |
| US11962313B2 |
Adaptive DCO VF curve slope control
An oscillator circuit is provided that adapts to voltage supply variations. The circuit first and second delays lines connected inputs of an edge detector, one delay line supplied by a reference voltage and the other with a drooping supply voltage. The edge detector generates an output clock based on a relationship between the inputs. The output clock applied to the signal inputs of the first and second delay lines. The output clock has a voltage dependent frequency performance curve with a slope dependent at least on the second delay line delay and a delay of the edge detector. At least one of the first delay line, the second delay line, and the edge detector delay are adjusted to change the slope of the performance curve. |
| US11962312B2 |
Frequency-locked and phase-locked loop-based clock glitch detection for security
A glitch detection device includes an oscillator to generate multiple local clocks of multiple different phases and a sampling circuit to oversample, using the multiple local clocks, a system clock to generate multiple samples of the system clock. The device further includes digital logic that in turn includes a glitch detector to monitor a variation in pulse width of the system clock based on counting the multiple samples and to report a glitch in response to detecting a variation in the pulse width that exceeds a threshold value. The digital logic further includes a loop filter coupled between the glitch detector and the oscillator. The loop filter variably adjusts the oscillator based on a frequency of each of the multiple samples to control an output frequency of each of the multiple different phases of the oscillator. |
| US11962310B1 |
Synchronization between data and clock signals in high-speed interfaces
A receiver includes an interface, a delay line and circuitry. The interface receives data symbols and a clock signal for strobing the data symbols at selected positions. The delay line produces from the clock signal a middle sampling signal, and early and late sampling signals that respectively precedes and succeeds the middle sampling signal. The circuitry samples the data symbols using the middle, early and late sampling signals to produce early and late error signals. Based on the early and late error signals the delay line delays the middle, early and late sampling signals by separate delay values, so as to track both (i) a phase parameter indicative of a deviation between the middle sampling signal and the selected positions of the data symbols, and (ii) a width parameter indicative of a time duration of the data symbols, and to output the data symbols strobed using the middle sampling signal. |
| US11962308B2 |
Successive-approximation register analog-to-digital converter circuit and operating method thereof
A successive-approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit includes a comparator circuit and a plurality of latch circuits. The comparator circuit is configured to compare an analog signal with a plurality of reference levels. The latch circuits, coupled to the comparator circuit and connected in series, are triggered sequentially in response to a plurality of trigger signals, respectively, to store a comparator output of the comparator circuit and accordingly generate a digital signal. A first latch circuit and a second latch circuit of the latch circuits are triggered in response to a first trigger signal and a second trigger signal of the trigger signals, respectively. The first latch circuit is configured to generate the second trigger signal according to the comparator output stored in the first latch circuit. |
| US11962305B2 |
Ring oscillator based true random number generator and a method for generating a random number
A true random number generator circuit includes a ring oscillator and a plurality of sampling circuits. The ring oscillator includes a plurality of series-connected stages coupled together in a ring. An output of a last stage of the ring oscillator is coupled to an input of a first stage of the ring oscillator. A sampling circuit of the plurality of sampling circuits has an input coupled to a node located between two adjacent stages of the plurality of series-connected stages. Every node of the ring oscillator is coupled to a corresponding sampling circuit of the plurality of sampling circuits. In another embodiment, a method for generating a random number is provided. |
| US11962304B2 |
High voltage pre-pulsing
Some embodiments of the invention include a pre-pulse switching system. The pre-pulsing switching system may include: a power source configured to provide a voltage greater than 100 V; a pre-pulse switch coupled with the power source and configured to provide a pre-pulse having a pulse width of Tpp; and a main switch coupled with the power source and configured to provide a main pulse such that an output pulse comprises a single pulse with negligible ringing. The pre-pulse may be provided to a load by closing the pre-pulse switch while the main switch is open. The main pulse may be provided to the load by closing the main switch after a delay Tdelay after the pre-pulse switch has been opened. |
| US11962303B1 |
High-performance flip-flops having low clock load and embedded level shifting
An architecture for high-performance flip-flops having minimal clock-activated transistors is disclosed. The flip-flops operating in a first voltage domain can receive an input signal from a second voltage domain. The flip-flops include a first latch electrically coupled to a second latch. The first latch includes a first output and a second output. The second latch further includes a first and a second keeper pull-up sub-circuit which electrically couples to the first and second output of the first latch. The clock-gating functionality of the first and second keeper pull-up sub-circuits is merged with the first latch to reduce the loading on the clock signal, and thus the operation of the flip-flop is contention-free and fully-static. An embodiment of the second latch includes only one clock-activated transistor for low-power application. Another embodiment includes two clock-activated transistors for high-speed application. The high-performance flip-flops have near-zero setup time and a two-stage propagation delay. |
| US11962298B1 |
System and method for nanomagnet based logic device
A system and method for a logic device is disclosed. A first substrate, and a second substrate is provided, which are spaced apart from each other and manifests Spin orbit torque effect. A nanomagnet is disposed over the first substrate and the second substrate. A first charge current is passed through the first substrate and a second charge current is passed through the second substrate. A direction of flow of the first charge current and the second charge current defines an input value of either a first value or a second value. A spin in the nanomagnet is selectively oriented based on the direction of flow of the first charge current and the second charge current. The spin in the nanomagnet is selectively read to determine an output value as the first value or the second value. The logic device is configured as a XOR logic. |
| US11962296B2 |
Flexible sensing interface systems and methods
Disclosed herein is a flexible sensing interface, comprising: a sensor, comprising: a core; an inner electrode in the form of a conductive material in contact with the core; an inner dielectric material substantially encasing the inner electrode; an outer electrode in the form of a conductive material in contact with the inner dielectric material and in electrical communication with the inner electrode; and an outer dielectric material substantially encasing the outer electrode; wherein the inner dielectric material and the outer dielectric material comprise an elastic material. Also disclosed herein are systems and methods for making and using the same. |
| US11962292B1 |
Gate driving device
A gate driving device includes an operational amplifier, two impedances, a multiplexer, and an UVLO circuit. The operational amplifier has an output coupled to the gate of the SiC MOSFET, a positive power terminal coupled to a positive power rail, and a negative power terminal coupled to a negative power rail. The impedances are coupled in series and coupled between the output of the amplifier and a low-voltage terminal. The UVLO circuit is coupled to the multiplexer and the positive power rail and coupled to the positive power voltage of the positive power rail, a driving voltage, and an UVLO voltage. The UVLO circuit controls the multiplexer to transmit an off voltage or an on voltage to the positive input of the operational amplifier based on the positive power voltage, the driving voltage, and the UVLO voltage, thereby turning on or off the SiC MOSFET. |
| US11962290B2 |
Correction unit for radio frequency filter
The present invention relates to a filter correction unit (203a) as well as an RF filter including the correction unit for use in radio frequency transmission lines including a band pass filter (201) having input and output interfaces mounted in the signal transmission line. The filter (201) is chosen so as to transmit signals within a predetermined frequency range, the quality factor of the filter having predetermined limitations generating a known distortion to the signal. The correction unit (203a) has a first bus connected to said transmission line and to said filter, wherein the correction unit comprises at least one surface acoustic wave (SAW) transducer (204a-n), each transducer having two electrodes on a piezoelectric substrate where a first electrode is connected to said first bus and the other electrode connected to a second bus, the SAW transducer being adapted to distort a transmitted signal with a factor being the inverse of said known distortion of the filter (201). |
| US11962278B2 |
Programmable baseband filter for selectively coupling with at least a portion of another filter
An aspect includes a filtering method including operating a first filter to filter a first input signal to generate a first output signal; operating a second filter to filter a second input signal to generate a second output signal; and selectively coupling at least a portion of the second filter with the first filter to filter a third input signal to generate a third output signal. Another aspect includes a filtering method including operating switching devices to configure a filter with a first set of pole(s); filtering a first input signal to generate a first output signal with the filter configured with the first set of pole(s); operating the switching devices to configure the filter with a second set of poles; and filtering a second input signal to generate a second output signal with the filter configured with the second set of poles. |
| US11962276B2 |
Input current trim for chopper operational amplifier
In examples of a chopper operational amplifier, a current control circuit comprises a pair of voltage sources, each of which may be varied to generate a voltage signal of a particular value, and multiple inverters, each of which is configured to receive either a clock signal or its complement signal and one of the voltage signals. Based on these inputs, each inverter generates a control signal that is delivered to a corresponding switch in the input stage of the chopper operational amplifier to control the gate voltage of that switch. Based on the difference between the values of the voltage signals, the current control circuit operates to reduce the amplitudes of base currents induced by charge injection at the input terminals of the chopper operational amplifier. |
| US11962275B2 |
Amplification systems and methods with distortion reductions
System and method for integrating an input signal to generate an output signal. The system includes a first integrator configured to receive the input signal and generate an integrated signal based on at least information associated with the input signal, a second integrator configured to receive the integrated signal and generate the output signal based on at least information associated with the integrated signal, and a compensation capacitor coupled to the first integrator and the second integrator. The first integrator includes a first integration capacitor and a first operational amplifier including a first input terminal and a first output terminal, the first integration capacitor being coupled between the first input terminal and the first output terminal. The second integrator includes a second integration capacitor and a second operational amplifier including a second input terminal and a second output terminal. |
| US11962273B2 |
Precision high frequency phase adders
An electronic circuit including: a differential multiplier circuit with a first differential input and a second differential input and a differential output; and a phase locked loop (PLL) circuit including: (1) a balanced differential mixer circuit with a first differential input electrically connected to the differential output of the differential multiplier circuit, a second differential input, and an output; (2) a loop filter having an output and an input electrically connected to the output of the balanced differential mixer circuit; and (3) a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) circuit having an input electrically connected to the output of the loop filter and with an output electrically feeding back to the second differential input of the balanced differential mixer circuit. |
| US11962268B2 |
Frameless solar module mounting
In an example, a clamp assembly for a glass on glass solar module for a tracker is included. The assembly has a lower clamp structure characterized by a top-hat shaped rail structure having a length extending from a first end to a second end. In an example, the assembly has an upper clamp structure configured to sandwich a pair of edges of a pair of solar modules with a portion of the lower clamp structure. In an example, the assembly has a locking spacer configured to the pair of edges of the pair of solar modules. In an example, the pair of edges comprises substantially glass material. In an example, the assembly has a pair of key structures configured with the locking spacer. Each of the key structures is affixed to each of the solar modules to physically lock each of the solar modules to the upper clamp structure. |
| US11962267B2 |
Systems and methods for providing active shade mitigation for a solar module
A solar tracker includes a rotatable portion including a plurality of solar modules, at least a portion of each of the modules being arranged in a row and electrically coupled to each other in series to define at least one string. A motor is operatively coupled to the rotatable portion and configured to supply torque to the rotatable portion for rotating the rotatable portion about an axis. At least one electrical characteristic sensor and at least one controller are in operative communication with the motor and with the at least one electrical characteristic sensor. The at least one controller is configured to instruct the motor to supply torque to the rotatable portion in response to one or more signals received by the at least one controller from the at least one electrical characteristic sensor. A method of operating a solar tracking system is also disclosed. |
| US11962266B2 |
Solar window improvement
According to some embodiments, an electrical generating window comprises a first substrate layer, an anode layer disposed adjacent to the first substrate layer, a hole transport layer disposed adjacent to the anode layer, an active layer disposed adjacent to the hole transport layer, an electron transport layer disposed adjacent to the active layer, a cathode layer disposed adjacent to the electron transport layer, and a second substrate layer adjacent to the cathode layer. Two or more electron conveyance cylinders are disposed between the second substrate layer and the active layer. |
| US11962265B2 |
Device and system for mounting solar panels to roofs and the like
A device and system for mounting a solar panel return flange to a rail. The device can include a clamp body and a clamping mechanism. With the clamp body receiving the solar panel return flange and the rail, the clamping mechanism can press the rail upward against the return flange and secure the solar panel to the rail. |
| US11962262B2 |
Wind turbine with virtual synchronous generator and DC link control
The invention relates to a method for controlling a wind turbine as virtual synchronous machine by determining the synchronous machine rotational speed rotational speed and the synchronous machine angle. The virtual synchronous machine rotational speed is determined based on a combination of a feedback of a damping power, a power reference for a desired power output of the wind turbine, a grid power supplied by the wind turbine to a power grid and a chopper power dissipated by the chopper and an inertial integration model, the synchronous machine angle is determined based on an integration of the synchronous machine rotational speed, and the damping power is determined based on the virtual synchronous machine rotational speed. |
| US11962261B2 |
Cross-over distortionless pulse-width modulated (PWM)/linear motor control system
An electronic motor control system provides selectable linear and pulse-width modulated (PWM) operation without generating cross-over distortion. The system includes an output stage that has a pair of push-pull drivers each coupled to a terminal of the motor. The electronic motor control system also includes a pulse-width modulated (PWM) driver for providing pulse-width modulated drive signals to an input of the output stage when the pulse-width modulated mode is selected and a linear amplifier stage that provides a linear analog signal to the input of the output stage in linear mode, so that both drivers are operated to supply the current to the motor. In pulse-width modulated mode, a driver is selected for PWM operation, while the other driver is operated to supply a fixed voltage. A feedback control loop senses motor current and provides outputs to the pulse-width modulator and the linear amplifier stage. |
| US11962257B2 |
Technique for suppressing decrease in flow rate of air discharged from blower
A blower in one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a housing including a first discharge port; a motor in the housing; a fan in the housing; an attachment fitting portion; and a motor drive circuit. The attachment fitting portion is configured to detachably attach, to the first discharge port, an attachment including a second discharge port. The motor drive circuit (i) delivers a designated power to the motor and (ii) performs a constant power control that maintains a magnitude of an electric power delivered to the motor at a magnitude of the designated power. |
| US11962254B2 |
Drive circuit, electronic apparatus, and method of controlling drive circuit
It is an object of the present invention to reduce power consumption in a drive circuit that drives a capacitive load. A drive circuit includes: a positive-side circuit; and a negative-side circuit. The positive-side circuit causes current supplied from a power source to a predetermined node to flow to a positive-side terminal of a capacitive load in a first drive mode and causes current from the capacitive load to flow from the positive-side terminal to the predetermined node in a second drive mode. The negative-side circuit causes current from a negative-side terminal of the capacitive load to flow to the predetermined node in the first drive mode and causes current supplied from the power supply to the predetermined node to flow to the negative-side terminal in the second drive mode. |
| US11962253B2 |
Microinverter for use with renewable energy system
A microinverter inverter is provided and comprises an output comprising a four-way connector comprising three power input/output connecters and a voltage monitoring and power line communications connector. The output is configured to connect to an AC cable comprising a rotatable four-way connector comprising three phase wires and a neutral wire which allows the microinverter to operate in at least one of a three-phase grid-tied mode of operation, a three-phase off-grid neutral-forming mode of operation, a two-phase grid-tied mode of operation, a two-phase off-grid neutral-forming mode of operation, or a split-phase and single-phase grid tied and off-grid neutral-forming mode of operation when the microinverter is connected to the AC cable. |
| US11962252B2 |
Advance supply to insure safe behavior of an inverter application
An apparatus to insure safe behavior in an inverter system. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a first high side gate driver, a first low side gate driver, a microcontroller configured to control the first high side and low side gate drivers. A voltage regulator provides a supply voltage to the microcontroller. A first pair of high side voltage regulators provide a first pair of high side supply voltages to the first high side gate driver. A first pair of low side voltage regulators provide a first pair of low side supply voltages to the first low side gate driver. |
| US11962250B2 |
Hybrid modular multilevel converter (HMMC) based on a neutral point clamped (NPC) topology
Provided is a hybrid modular multilevel converter (HMMC) based on a neutral point clamped (NPC) topology and having an ABC N-phase structure. The HMMC includes N pairs of identical upper and lower arms, each upper and lower arm being composed of X submodules and Y sets of switches. The switches within each set are cascaded and connected in series, each of the submodules is formed of full-bridge silicon (Si) insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) converters, and at least one of the set of switches is formed of IGBTs of opposite polarities. |
| US11962248B2 |
Energy conversion system, energy conversion method, and power system
An energy conversion system, an energy conversion method, and a power system. The energy conversion system may include a bridge arm conversion module, a direct current (DC)/DC conversion module, a motor, a bus capacitor, and a control module. The control module may be configured to control a bridge arm switch action in the bridge arm conversion module, drive the motor based on an alternating current input voltage supplied by a power supply, form a bus voltage at two ends of the bus capacitor, and control the DC/DC conversion module to charge a traction battery and an auxiliary battery based on the bus voltage. The traction battery and the auxiliary battery can be charged while the motor is driven, thereby achieving higher energy conversion efficiency, low costs, and strong applicability. |
| US11962245B2 |
Digital current mode control for multi-phase voltage regulator circuits
A voltage regulator circuit included in a computer system may include multiple phase circuits coupled to a regulated power supply line via corresponding one of multiple inductors. The phase circuits may modify a voltage level of the regulated power supply line using respective control signals generated by a digital control circuit that processes multiple data bits. An analog-to-digital converter circuit may compare the voltage level of the regulated power supply node to multiple reference voltage levels and sample the resultant comparisons to generate the multiple data bits. |
| US11962244B2 |
Buck-assisted split-source inverter
A buck-assisted split-source inverter including a DC link having two voltage rails, at least two pairs of series connected switches, a first connection point and a second connection point for receiving voltage terminals of a fuel cell, one of the two voltage rails forming the first connection point, a switch component and an inductor connected in series having a first end formed of a terminal of the switch component and a second end formed of a terminal of the inductor, the first end forming the second connection point for receiving a voltage terminal of a fuel cell. The inverter further including at least two first diodes, a second diode having first and second terminals, wherein the switch component is adapted to be controlled conductive when any one of the lower switches connected to voltage rail forming the first connection point is controlled conductive. |
| US11962240B2 |
Auto calibration dead-time control circuit
Devices and methods are provided for controlling dead-time of a direct current to direct current (DC-DC) converter. A control circuit includes a first transistor having a source/drain terminal coupled to an output voltage of the DC-DC converter configured to provide current based on the output voltage. The control circuit also includes a digital up/down counter having an output terminal electrically coupled to an input terminal of a delay cell of the DC-DC converter. A current sensing circuit of the control circuit is electrically coupled to an input terminal of the digital up/down counter configured to receive the current and drive the digital up/down counter based on the current. |
| US11962239B2 |
Control circuit of power converter and control method thereof
A control circuit of a power converter and a control method thereof are provided. The control circuit includes an error amplifier, a controller, a digital filter, and a digital pulse width signal modulator. The error amplifying circuit is coupled to an output terminal of the power converter and provides a digital error signal. The controller provides a first working parameter corresponding to the first external control command when receiving a first external control command. The digital filter generates a current digital compensation value. The digital pulse width signal modulator generates a pulse width modulation signal. The controller provides a second working parameter corresponding to the second external control command when receiving a second external control command. The controller calculates a transition value according to the second working parameter and the current digital compensation value. The controller provides the second working parameter and the transition value to the digital filter. |
| US11962238B2 |
Electronic control unit
Provided is a highly reliable electronic control unit capable of improving responsiveness of an output current of a switching power supply to load current variation and suppressing power supply voltage variation accompanying the load current variation at low cost and with high power efficiency. Provided are: a calculation unit that performs signal processing; a first power supply circuit that supplies a first power supply voltage to the calculation unit; and a second power supply circuit that supplies a second power supply voltage to the first power supply circuit. The calculation unit has a function of outputting a control signal when a change in a consumed current of the calculation unit exceeds a predetermined threshold, and changes any one or both of a control scheme of the first power supply circuit and the second power supply voltage according to the control signal. |
| US11962236B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for averting human harm due to high voltage powerlines
Techniques are disclosed that use an alternating current bridge circuit to determine whether an impedance change occurs at an input to DC-DC voltage converter(s). Techniques are also disclosed for a DC power distribution system that utilizes isolation circuitry coupled to an input of DC-DC voltage converter(s). |
| US11962235B2 |
Modular multi-level DC/DC converter with current-shaping
Embodiments are directed to a modular multi-level DC/DC power electronic converter for transferring power from or between a higher-voltage DC network and a lower-voltage DC network. The power electronic converter features a series connection of low-voltage voltage source modules (VSM) and a current source module (CSM). The series connection of the sub-module elements forms a string. The higher-voltage DC network is interfaced to the converter by connecting across the outer terminals of the string. The lower-voltage DC network is interfaced to the converter through the CSM. |
| US11962231B2 |
Control method and device of voltage converter and voltage control system
A control method and device of a voltage converter and a voltage control system are provided. In some embodiments, the control device includes a first control module configured to obtain a current reference value according to an output voltage of a voltage converter and a given voltage value; a current modulation module configured to reduce the current reference value when an output current of a voltage converter is greater than a first current threshold; and a second control module configured to control the output current of a voltage converter according to the reduced current reference value and an output current. |
| US11962228B2 |
Rotating electrical machine
A rotating electrical machine includes a rotor and a magnet unit. The rotating electrical machine also includes a cylindrical stator and a housing. The stator is equipped with a stator winding made up of a plurality of phase windings. The stator is arranged coaxially with the rotor and faces the rotor. The housing has the rotor and the stator disposed therein. The rotor includes a cylindrical magnet retainer to which the magnet unit is secured and an intermediate portion which connects between a rotating shaft of the rotor and the magnet retainer and extends in a radial direction of the rotating shaft. A first region located radially inside an inner peripheral surface of a magnetic circuit component made up of the stator and the rotor is greater in volume than a second region between the inner peripheral surface of the magnetic circuit component and the housing in the radial direction. |
| US11962226B2 |
Rotor support for an electrical machine
A rotor carrier for a rotor of an electric machine and to a hybrid module with such a rotor carrier. The rotor carrier includes a tubular base body having elements on an outer circumferential surface facing the rotor for connection between base body and rotor, the base body is connected to a hub by a connection element. The connection element has an axial portion which extends along a part of the axial length of the base body and runs coaxial to the latter, in that receptacles for parts of a clutch are provided on an inner circumferential surface of the axial portion remote of the base body, and in that the connection element has a flange area adjoining the axial portion. |
| US11962219B2 |
Control system and control method of flexible permanent magnet brushless DC motor
A control system of a flexible permanent magnet brushless DC motor, comprising a DC power supply, a filter capacitor, a voltage source inverter, a permanent magnet brushless DC motor and a controller, wherein an output end of the DC power supply is connected with the filter capacitor in parallel; the voltage source inverter is provided with m bridge arms which are connected with both ends of the filter capacitor in parallel; upper and lower controllable switching devices are arranged on each bridge arm; the phase number of armature winding of the permanent magnet brushless DC motor is equal to the number of bridge arms; head ends of armature windings of each phase are correspondingly connected with intermediate contacts of the upper and lower controllable switching devices of one bridge arm, tail ends of armature windings of each phase are connected together. |