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US12016253B2	Quantum chip test structure and fabrication method therefor, and test method and fabrication method for quantum chip Disclosed are a quantum chip test structure and a fabrication method therefor, and a test method and a fabrication method for a quantum chip. The quantum chip test structure includes: a superconducting Josephson junction and a connection structure of the superconducting Josephson junction that are located on a substrate; a first isolation layer located on the connection structure, where a connection window penetrating through the first isolation layer is formed in the first isolation layer; a second isolation layer located on the first isolation layer, where a deposition window is formed in the second isolation layer; and an electrical connection portion located in the connection window and an electrical connection layer located in the deposition window, and the electrical connection layer is configured to implement electrical contact with a test device.
US12016252B2	System and method for automatic real-time calibration of qubit chips Apparatus and methods for real time calibration of qubits in a quantum processor. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a quantum processor comprising a plurality of qubits, each of the qubits having a state; a quantum controller to generate sequences of electromagnetic (EM) pulses to manipulate the states of the plurality of qubits based on a set of control parameters; a qubit measurement unit to measure one or more sensors associated with a corresponding one or more of the qubits of the plurality of qubits to produce one or more corresponding measured values; and a machine-learning engine to evaluate the one or more measured values in accordance with a machine-learning process to generate updated control parameters, wherein the quantum controller is to use the updated control parameters to generate subsequent sequences of EM pulses to manipulate the states of the plurality of qubits.
US12016246B2	Ultrasonic transducer with a piezoceramic and method for producing an ultrasonic transducer of this kind An ultrasonic transducer and a method for producing an ultrasonic transducer are disclosed wherein the ultrasonic transducer has outstanding media resistance and a simpler construction by reducing the number of individual parts, so that the ultrasonic transducer can be produced in a fully-automated production process. The ultrasonic transducer, particularly for measurement of fluid volumes, can include a housing in which a contact element and a piezoceramic are arranged, wherein the piezoceramic includes two electrodes of differing polarity which are attached to different sides of the piezoceramic, wherein contact areas of the two electrodes for making electrical contact are disposed on a same side of the piezoceramic and the contact element includes at least two contact sections of differing polarity which are in electrically conducting contact with the contact areas of the two electrodes of corresponding polarity.
US12016245B2	Power generation apparatus A power generation apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a thermoelectric conversion part including a duct and multiple thermoelectric modules arranged on a surface of the duct; a chamber having a hole formed through a lateral surface thereof to allow the thermoelectric conversion part to be inserted therethrough; a wire connected to the multiple thermoelectric modules; and a guide member having a reception space formed therein for receiving the wire, wherein the guide member comprises: a case disposed adjacent to the side surface of the chamber and including a through-hole and a wire hole through which the wire passes; a pipe disposed outside the reception space of the case to correspond to the through-hole; a molding member disposed in the reception space; and a cover disposed at the upper end of the case, and the molding member is disposed to surround the wire.
US12016240B2	Display device and method of manufacturing the same A display device includes a reinforced substrate; and a display layer disposed on the reinforced substrate and configured to display an image, wherein the reinforced substrate includes a first reinforced layer including a flexible region including a plurality of patterns spaced apart from one another; and a first substrate disposed on the first reinforced layer and has flexibility. A modulus of elasticity of the first reinforced layer is greater than a modulus of elasticity of the first substrate.
US12016234B2	Display substrate, method of manufacturing display substrate, and display device having monochromatic filter layer The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a method of manufacturing a display substrate, and a display device. The display substrate includes: a base substrate; a color filter layer arranged on the base substrate, wherein the color filter layer includes a plurality of sub-color filters; and a monochromatic filter layer arranged on a side of the color filter layer away from the base substrate, wherein the monochromatic filter layer is formed as a filter layer with a fourth primary color, one of the first primary color, the second primary color and the third primary color is the same as the fourth primary color, or the first primary color, the second primary color, the third primary color and the fourth primary color are different from each other.
US12016232B2	Display substrate and preparation method thereof, and display apparatus Provided is a display substrate, including: a base substrate, a light emitting structure layer disposed on the base substrate, and a color filter layer disposed on the light emitting structure layer; the base substrate having a display area and a peripheral area located at a periphery of the display area, the display area including multiple pixel driving circuits connected with the light emitting structure layer in the display area, the pixel driving circuit including a transistor which includes an active layer located in an interior of the base substrate; the color filter layer including a transition structure, the transition structure of the color filter layer being located between the display area and the peripheral area of the base substrate.
US12016231B2	Simplified high-performance AMOLED Devices, pixel arrangements, and fabrication techniques thereof are provided for devices that include pixels having red, green, and blue sub-pixels, where the blue sub-pixel is shared among more than one pixel in the arrangement. The display includes fewer than three data lines per pixel and uses only three colors of sub-pixel.
US12016227B2	Display panel, preparation method thereof, and display device Disclosed in embodiments of the present disclosure are a display panel, a preparation method thereof, and a display device. A display panel having a display area and a non-display area includes: a base substrate; an auxiliary electrode in the non-display area; a passivation layer disposed on a side of the auxiliary electrode facing away from the base substrate, having a first opening in the non-display area, in the first opening, an accommodating space is formed between the passivation layer and the auxiliary electrode, the accommodating space exposes part of the auxiliary electrode; an orthographic projection of the passivation layer on the base substrate covers an orthographic projection of the accommodating space on the base substrate; a cathode layer disposed on a side of the passivation layer facing away from the base substrate, having a connecting portion in the accommodating space, the connecting portion being connected to the auxiliary electrode.
US12016224B2	Display panel, and display device including the same A display panel including a glass substrate having an opening area, and a display area at least partially surrounding the opening area; a thin film transistor on the display area including a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode; a display element electrically connected to the thin film transistor; a multi-layer including an insulating layer and a lower insulating layer. The insulating layer is between the glass substrate and the display element and the lower insulating layer is between the glass substrate and the insulating layer; and a thin-film encapsulation layer covering the display element including an inorganic encapsulation layer and an organic encapsulation layer. The multi-layer includes a first groove between the opening area and the display area. A first width of a portion of the first groove in the lower insulating layer is greater than a second width of a portion of the first groove in the insulating layer.
US12016217B2	Display panel and display device including crack detection line electrically connecting first and second pins The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: a display substrate, an IC chip, and a circuit board. The display substrate includes a first bonding portion including a first detection pin and a second detection pin, a second bonding portion connected to the first bonding portion and including a first connection pin and second connection pin which are connected by a connection wire included by the circuit board, a first connection line connecting the first detection pin to the first connection pin and including a first crack detection line, and a second connection line connecting the first detection pin to the second connection pin. The IC chip is bonded to the first bonding portion and configured to determine cracks on an edge of the display substrate according to electric signals of the first detection pin and the second detection pin.
US12016215B2	Display substrate and AMOLED display device The disclosure provides a display substrate and an AMOLED display device. The display substrate includes a display area including multiple pixel units in an array, each row is correspondingly provided with a first power line, and each column is correspondingly provided with a second power line; the multiple pixel units are divided into first pixel units and second pixel units; each row includes at least one first pixel unit, in which the driving transistor is electrically coupled to the second power line corresponding to the column of the first pixel unit; for at least one column of pixel units, each column includes at least one second pixel unit; in which the driving transistor is electrically coupled, through the first power line corresponding to the row of the second pixel unit, to the second power line corresponding to the column of one first pixel unit in the row.
US12016212B2	Display device having an emission layer A display device includes signal lines and pixels connected thereto. A first pixel includes a first transistor including a first gate electrode, a first channel region overlapping the first gate electrode, a first source region, and a second drain region facing the first source region, with the first channel region interposed between the first source region and the second drain region. A third transistor includes a third gate electrode, a third channel region overlapping the third gate electrode, a third drain region connected to the first gate electrode, and a third source region facing the third drain region with the third channel region interposed between the third source region and the third drain region. A shielding part overlaps a boundary between the third source region and the third channel region and does not overlap a boundary between the third drain region and the third channel region.
US12016211B2	Display device A display device includes a substrate, a corrosion prevention layer on the substrate and including an inorganic material, a first conductive layer on the corrosion prevention layer and including aluminum or an aluminum alloy, a first insulating film on the first conductive layer, a semiconductor layer on the first insulating film and including a channel region of a transistor, a second insulating film on the semiconductor layer, and a second conductive layer on the second insulating film and including a barrier layer, which includes titanium, and a main conductive layer, which includes aluminum or an aluminum alloy, wherein the semiconductor layer includes an oxide semiconductor, and the barrier layer is between the semiconductor layer and the main conductive layer and overlaps the channel region of the transistor.
US12016207B2	Array substrate, display panel and display device Provided are an array substrate, a display panel and a display device. The array substrate includes multiple sub-pixel units arranged in an array. Each sub-pixel unit includes a pixel circuit structure and a light-emitting element; the pixel circuit structure includes a driving transistor, a first reset transistor and a second reset transistor; each of the driving transistor, the first reset transistor and the second reset transistor includes an active structure, a first insulating structure on the active structure, and a first metal layer structure on the first insulating structure; the active structure of the first reset transistor of an i-th row of sub-pixel unit is electrically coupled to an anode of the light-emitting element of the i-th row of sub-pixel unit, and is electrically coupled to the active structure of the second reset transistor of an (i+1)-th row of sub-pixel unit, i being an integer greater than 0.
US12016201B2	Display device A display device includes: a substrate; a light-emitting element on the substrate; a planarization layer on the light-emitting element; a first refractive index layer on the planarization layer and including a total reflection inclination surface totally reflecting light emitted from the light-emitting element in a front direction and a refraction inclination surface refracting light emitted from the light-emitting element in the front direction; a second refractive index layer on the first refractive index layer to be in contact with the refraction inclination surface and having a smaller refractive index than a refractive index of the first refractive index layer; and a third refractive index layer on the first refractive index layer and the second refractive index layer to be in contact with the total reflection inclination surface and having a larger refractive index than the refractive index of the first refractive index layer.
US12016199B2	Display device A display device includes: a substrate; a display element on the substrate; a capping layer on the display element; an optical layer on the capping layer, and including: a first optical layer on the display element; and a second optical layer on the first optical layer; and a thin film encapsulation layer on the optical layer, and including: a first inorganic encapsulation layer on the second optical layer; an auxiliary layer on the first inorganic encapsulation layer; an organic encapsulation layer on the auxiliary layer; and a second inorganic encapsulation layer on the organic encapsulation layer. A refractive index of the second optical layer is smaller than a refractive index of the capping layer, and a refractive index of the first optical layer is between the refractive index of the second optical layer and the refractive index of the capping layer.
US12016198B2	Display panel and manufacture method thereof, and display apparatus A display panel and a manufacture method thereof, and a display apparatus are provided. The display panel has a display region and a border region that surrounds the display region and includes a peripheral circuit region and a peripheral region; the peripheral circuit region is between the display region and the peripheral region. At least a part of a barrier structure of the display panel is in the peripheral circuit region, and the barrier structure includes an organic barrier layer including an opening passing through the organic barrier layer and an inorganic barrier layer covering the organic barrier layer and filling the opening; an extension direction of the opening is same as that of an edge, close to the opening, of the display panel; the peripheral circuit is in the peripheral circuit region.
US12016196B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes: a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area; an inorganic insulating layer stacked on the substrate and located in the display area and the peripheral area; an organic insulating layer on the inorganic insulating layer; a through portion located in the display area and penetrating through the substrate, the inorganic insulating layer, and the organic insulating layer; and at least one groove surrounding the through portion, wherein an end portion of the inorganic insulating layer is covered by the organic insulating layer at an outer side of the at least one groove, and the end portion faces the through portion.
US12016192B2	Conductive film, organic electroluminescence device, display device and method The present disclosure provides a conductive film, an organic electroluminescence device, a display device and a method. The conductive film includes a matrix and conductive metal nano-ions distributed in the matrix the matrix is selected from at least one of an organic network polymer, an organic porous polymer, and an inorganic porous material.
US12016183B2	Memory chip including control logic circuit with dynamic random-access memory and memory device including memory chips A memory chip includes a memory cell circuit, a periphery circuit, an interconnect structure, and a control logic circuit. The periphery circuit is positioned under the memory cell circuit and electrically connected to the memory cell circuit. The interconnect structure is positioned on a side surface of the memory cell circuit. The control logic circuit is positioned under the interconnect structure. The control logic circuit is electrically connected to the interconnect structure and the periphery circuit and includes a dynamic random-access memory.
US12016182B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a stacked film alternately including a plurality of first insulating layers and a plurality of second insulating layers, and forming a hole in the stacked film. The method further includes forming a first film, a first insulator, a charge storage layer, a second insulator and a first semiconductor layer in order in the hole, and forming a plurality of concave portions by removing the plurality of first insulating layers. The method further includes exposing the first insulator from the plurality of concave portions by removing the first film between the plurality of concave portions and the first insulator, and forming a plurality of electrode layers in the plurality of concave portions.
US12016181B2	3D semiconductor device and structure with logic and memory A 3D device, the device including: a first level including logic circuits; a second level including a plurality of memory circuits, where the first level is bonded to the second level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonds, and where the first level includes at least one voltage regulator circuit.
US12016179B2	Three dimensional memory device containing resonant tunneling barrier and high mobility channel and method of making thereof A memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and control gate layers, a memory opening vertically extending through the alternating stack, and a memory opening fill structure containing a memory film and a vertical semiconductor channel located within the memory opening. The memory film contains a resonant tunneling barrier stack, a semiconductor barrier layer, and a memory material layer located between the resonant tunneling barrier stack and the semiconductor barrier layer.
US12016178B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device including a substrate that includes a cell array region and a peripheral circuit region; a cell transistor on the cell array region of the substrate; a peripheral transistor on the peripheral circuit region of the substrate; a first interconnection layer connected to the cell transistor; a second interconnection layer connected to the peripheral transistor; an interlayer dielectric layer covering the first interconnection layer; and a blocking layer spaced apart from the first interconnection layer, the blocking layer covering a top surface and a sidewall of the second interconnection layer.
US12016176B2	Semiconductor memory device and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor memory device comprises a substrate which includes a cell region, and a peri region defined around the cell region, the cell region including an active region defined by an element separation film, a storage pad connected to the active region of the cell region, a peri gate structure placed on the substrate of the peri region, a peri contact plug placed on both sides of the peri gate structure and connected to the substrate, a first interlayer insulating film which is placed on the storage pad and the pen contact plug, and includes a nitride-based insulating material, and an information storage unit connected to the storage pad, wherein a thickness of the first interlayer insulating film on an upper surface of the storage pad is smaller than a thickness of the first interlayer insulating film on an upper surface of the peri contact plug.
US12016174B2	Semiconductor device and method for forming the same A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a plurality of bit lines, a plurality of contacts, a plurality of storage node pads, a capacitor structure and a plurality of first interface layers. The bit lines and the contacts are disposed on the substrate, and the contacts are alternately and separately disposed with the bit lines. The storage node pads are disposed on the contacts and the bit lines, and are respectively aligned with the contacts. The capacitor structure is disposed on the storage node pads. The first interface layers are disposed between the storage node pads and the capacitor structure, and the first interface layers include a metal nitride material. The first interface layers may improve the granular size of the storage node pads, and reduce the surface roughness thereof, and further improve the electrical connection between the storage nodes and transistor components below.
US12016172B2	SGT memory device with improved write errors An N+ layer connects to the bottom portion of a Si pillar standing on a substrate 1 and an N+ layer connects to the top portion of the Si pillar. Of the N+ layer and the N+ layer, one serves as the source and the other serves as the drain. A region of the Si pillar between the N+ layer and the N+ layer serves as a channel region. A first gate insulating layer surrounds the lower portion of the Si pillar and a second gate insulating layer surrounds the upper portion of the Si pillar. The first gate insulating layer and the second gate insulating layer are respectively disposed in contact with or near the N+ layers serving as the source and the drain. A first gate conductor layer and a second gate conductor layer surround the first gate insulating layer. The first gate conductor layer and the second gate conductor layer are formed so as to surround the first gate insulating layer and to be isolated from each other. A third gate conductor layer surrounds the second gate insulating layer. Thus, a dynamic flash memory cell is formed.
US12016170B2	Fin cut and fin trim isolation for advanced integrated circuit structure fabrication Embodiments of the disclosure are in the field of advanced integrated circuit structure fabrication and, in particular, 10 nanometer node and smaller integrated circuit structure fabrication and the resulting structures. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a fin. A first isolation structure separates a first end of a first portion of the fin from a first end of a second portion of the fin, the first end of the first portion of the fin having a depth. A gate structure is over the top of and laterally adjacent to the sidewalls of a region of the first portion of the fin. A second isolation structure is over a second end of a first portion of the fin, the second end of the first portion of the fin having a depth different than the depth of the first end of the first portion of the fin.
US12016165B2	Shield package The present invention aims to provide a shield package having a highly distinctive patterned portion formed on a surface of a shield layer. The shield package of the present invention includes a package in which an electronic component is sealed with a sealing material, and a shield layer covering the package, wherein a surface of the shield layer includes a patterned portion and a non-patterned portion other than the patterned portion, and a ratio of Sal (autocorrelation length) of the non-patterned portion to Sal of the patterned portion is as follows: (Sal of non-patterned portion)/(Sal of patterned portion)>4.0.
US12016162B2	Electric power converter device with improved integration of cooler frame An electric power converter device includes a first power semiconductor module and a frame for a closed cooler. The first power semiconductor module includes a first base plate having a first main side, a second main side opposite the first main side and a lateral side surface extending along a circumferential edge of the first base plate and connecting the first and the second main side. The frame is attached to the second main side of the first base plate. The first base plate has a first step on the second main side along the circumferential edge of the first base plate to form a first recess along the circumferential edge of the first base plate, in which first recess a first portion of the frame is received.
US12016148B2	Bracket assembly for riser bracket assembly A swivel bracket assembly and a method for installing an electrical component to a riser bracket assembly are disclosed. The swivel bracket assembly includes a baseplate; a swivel bracket rotatably attached to the baseplate, the swivel bracket being rotatable between an open position and a closed position; and pads attached to the swivel bracket, at least one of the pads being configured to contact and support the electrical component attached to the riser bracket assembly when the swivel bracket is in the closed position. A method for installing an electrical component to a riser bracket assembly includes receiving the electrical component into a slot of a riser circuit board and pivoting a swivel bracket rotatable coupled to a baseplate from an open position to a closed position to support the electrical component secured to the riser bracket assembly.
US12016147B2	Electrical device An electrical apparatus disclosed herein includes first/second electrical units configured to be fixed to each other. The first electrical unit has a first surface including a connector. The second electrical unit has a second surface facing the first surface of the first electrical unit. The second surface includes a socket configured to fit with the connector. One of the first and second electrical units includes a stud bolt extending toward the other of the first electrical unit and the second electrical unit, and the other of the first and second electrical units includes a bolt hole through which the stud bolt is configured to pass. When the second electrical unit is separated from the first electrical unit with the second surface facing the first surface, a bolt-hole distance from the stud bolt to the bolt hole is shorter than a connector-socket distance from the connector to the socket.
US12016146B2	Cable connection structure, single-board assembly, single-board assembly connection structure Embodiments of the disclosure provide a cable connection structure, including: a bearing member, the bearing member being provided with at least one cable connector, and each cable connector having a first port connected to a cable and a second port electrically connected to the first port; and a sliding structure connected to the bearing member, the bearing member being configured to be connected to a single board through the sliding structure, the bearing member enabling the single board connected to the bearing member to slide in a first direction which is a direction close to or away from the second port. Embodiments of the disclosure also provide a single-board assembly and a single-board assembly connection structure.
US12016136B2	Irrigation controller having a rotatable and non-detachable user interface module Described herein is an irrigation controller having a rotating user interface where the front side of the user interface can be rotated 180 degrees so that it faces the inside of the controller housing. This functionality allows the user to install or modify the irrigation wiring while also programming the irrigation settings and/or schedule.
US12016128B2	Circuit board and method of manufacturing the same A circuit board according to an embodiment includes an insulating layer; and a circuit pattern disposed on the insulating layer, wherein the circuit pattern includes a copper foil layer disposed on the insulating layer, a first plating layer disposed on the copper foil layer, and a second plating layer disposed on the first plating layer, and wherein the copper foil layer has a thickness in a range of 2 μm to 5 μm.
US12016124B2	Coating for electrical components of surgical devices Surgical devices include adapter assemblies which electrically and mechanically interconnect handles of electromechanical surgical devices to surgical loading units. Electrical components of the surgical devices are coated with a multi-layer conformal coating which permits the devices to be sterilized in an autoclave without damaging the electrical components.
US12016123B2	High-capacity computer modules Computer modules that can have a high-capacity, can simplify the design of a computer system housing the modules, can utilize system resources in a highly configurable manner, can provide a variety of functionality, and can be readily inserted into, and removed from, a computer system.
US12016122B2	Video transcoding card with two transcoding assemblies stacked on one another A video transcoding card includes a first transcoding assembly and a second transcoding assembly. The first transcoding assembly includes a first circuit board, first transcoding boards, and a first main electrical connector. The first transcoding boards and the first main electrical connector are disposed on the first circuit board and are electrically connected to the first circuit board. The second transcoding assembly includes a second circuit board, second transcoding boards and a second main electrical connector. The second transcoding boards and the second main electrical connector are disposed on the second circuit board and are electrically connected to the second circuit board. The first main electrical connector and the second main electrical connector are connected to each other, and the second transcoding boards are electrically connected to the first circuit board via the second circuit board, the second main electrical connector, and the first main electrical connector.
US12016119B2	Method for manufacturing multilayer printed circuit board A method for manufacturing such multilayer printed circuit board includes providing a metal laminated structure including a first type metal layer and a second type metal layer, pressing a patterned dry film layer and a protective film layer on two surfaces of the metal laminated structure, the dry film layer exposing the second type metal layer; etching the second type metal layer to form a first conductive circuit layer; etching a first type metal layer to form a second conductive circuit layer, the first conductive circuit layer and the second conductive circuit layer defining an inner circuit laminated structure; removing the dry film layer; and forming a first adding-layer circuit base board and a second adding-layer circuit base board on two surfaces of the inner laminated structure.
US12016116B2	Display device and an inspection method of a display device A display device including: a display panel; a first substrate attached to a side of the display panel; and a second substrate attached to a side of the first substrate, wherein the display panel includes a first panel test pad and a second panel test pad, the first substrate includes a 1-1 circuit test lead overlapping and connected to the first panel test pad, a 1-2 circuit test lead overlapping and connected to the second panel test pad, a 2-1 circuit test lead overlapping and connected to the second substrate, a 1-1 test lead line connected to the 1-1 circuit test lead, a 1-2 test lead line connected to the 1-2 circuit test lead, and a first test lead line connected to the 2-1 circuit test lead, and the 1-1 test lead line and the 1-2 test lead line are connected to the first test lead line.
US12016115B2	Embedded circuit board, electronic device, and fabrication method therefor Disclosed are an embedded circuit board and a fabrication method therefor. The embedded circuit board comprises: a circuit board body; signal transmission layers (1200), wherein the signal transmission layers are arranged on two opposite sides of the circuit board body; bonding layers, wherein the bonding layers are arranged between at least one signal transmission layer and the circuit board body and used for bonding the signal transmission layer to the circuit board body; metal bases which are embedded in the circuit board body and are electrically connected to the signal transmission layers on two opposite sides of the circuit board body; conductive parts which are arranged at the positions in the bonding layers corresponding to the metal bases, and are electrically connected to the signal transmission layer and the metal bases; and magnetic cores embedded in the circuit board body.
US12016114B2	Setting the impedance of signal traces of a circuit board using a reference trace A circuit board has an edge connector with signal traces. The signal traces are formed on a dielectric layer of the circuit board. A reference trace is formed within the dielectric layer or on another surface of the dielectric layer. Parameters of the reference trace are adjusted to set an impedance of a single-ended signal trace or a differential impedance of two adjacent signal traces.
US12016111B2	Protective enclosure for an electronic device A protective enclosure for a PCB assembly, e.g., a solid-state-drive assembly. In an example embodiment, the enclosure comprises a flexible, stamped-metal heat spreader connected, by way of cured-liquid TIM parts, to at least some of the packaged integrated circuits on one side of the PCB assembly. In some embodiments, additional cured-liquid TIM parts may be connected between the body of the protective enclosure and packaged integrated circuits on the other side of the PCB assembly and/or the assembly's PCB. The PCB assembly, heat spreader, and various TIM parts are arranged in a manner that helps to significantly lower the risk of solder-joint failure under thermal cycling.
US12016104B2	Induction heat cooking apparatus and method for operating the same An induction heat cooking apparatus includes a rectifier configured to convert an AC voltage supplied from a power source into a DC voltage, a battery configured to store power, a switch configured to connect to at least one of the rectifier or the battery, an inverter connected to the switch and configured to receive a first voltage from at least one of the rectifier or the battery and convert the first voltage to a second voltage, and a heating coil configured to receive the second voltage from the inverter and generate magnetic fields in which the heating coil is configured to heat a cooking device based on the generated magnetic fields.
US12016103B2	Temperature sensing induction heating tool An induction heating tool that holds voltage or current supplied to the induction tank circuit constant and tracks changes in the other of voltage or current during each induction heating cycle. The disclosed induction heating tool exploits the fact that the resistance an attachment plate increases along with the temperature of the attachment plate. During an induction heating cycle, the attachment plate is magnetically coupled to a work coil and the resistance of the attachment plate is reflected to the circuit. Changes in the resistance of the attachment plate alter the pattern of energy delivery from the work coil to the attachment plate in a predictable way. Calculations accurately predict the temperature of the attachment plate over a wide variety of ambient conditions, including the presence of moisture at the membrane/attachment plate interface. The disclosed induction heating tool produces consistent results without calibration for ambient conditions.
US12016100B1	Content system with lighting device calibration feature In one aspect, an example method includes (i) causing a content-presentation device to output for presentation reference visual content; (ii) causing a lighting device to emit light in accordance with a lighting parameter, wherein initially the light emitted in accordance with the lighting parameter does not correspond to the reference visual content; (iii) receiving first input indicating an adjustment to the lighting parameter; (iv) responsive to receiving the first input, causing the lighting device to adjust the lighting parameter, thereby causing the lighting device to adjust the emitted light; (v) receiving second input indicating that the adjusted emitted light corresponds to the reference visual content; and (vi) responsive to receiving the second input, calibrating the lighting device at least by (i) causing storage of the adjusted lighting parameter and (ii) causing the lighting device to be configured to emit light in accordance with the stored lighting parameter.
US12016099B1	Method for controlling intelligent adjustment of brightness, color and color temperature of lamps The present invention relates to the technical field of smart lighting, in particular to a method for controlling intelligent adjustment of brightness, color and color temperature of lamps. The method periodically stores the total running time of a lamp from the current power-on to the present at each power-on stage by switching on and off; and matches the running time data of the device powered on in different periods with the predetermined logic of dimming, color tuning, or color temperature tuning. Once there is a successful matching, the device enters a mode of automatically cycling dimming, color turning or color temperature tuning. Users may select their favorite brightness, color or color temperature by powering off when lamps automatically switch to the brightness, color or color temperature.
US12016093B2	Sheet heater, and windshield device for vehicle A sheet heater comprises a sheet form heating unit configured from a wire heater. The heating unit comprises a first heating unit positioned along a peripheral edge of the area subject to heating, and a second heating unit positioned at an area surrounded by the first heating unit. The second heating unit comprises a plurality of meandering parts, with mutually adjacent meandering parts overlapping each other in the meandering direction. In the heating unit, the width (WL) of the wire heater is greater than the width (WP) between mutually adjacent wire heaters.
US12016090B2	Electronic vaping device An electronic vaping device includes a housing, a planar heater, a heater support, a tank, and a wick. The housing extends in a longitudinal direction and has a tip end and a mouth-end. The tip end is closed and the mouth-end has an opening therein. The heater support supports the planar heater. The tank contains a pre-vapor formulation and is configured to slide into and out of the opening of the mouth-end of the housing. The wick extends from the tank and is configured to be in contact with the planar heater when the tank is inserted in the housing.
US12016089B1	System, apparatus, and method for a thermal target An apparatus for a target for a weapon is disclosed. The apparatus has a conductivity layer configured to be removably attached to the target, at least one thermal device configured to be removably attached to the conductivity layer, and a power storage electrically connected to the at least one thermal device. The at least one thermal device is configured to heat or cool the conductivity layer. The conductivity layer has a thermal conductivity that is both greater than the target and between 200 W/mK and 400 W/mK.
US12016088B2	Zone-based heating element Heating element for generating IR heat beams for contactlessly heating plastic profile ends, preferably for end-face welding of pipes or fittings clamped in a device, comprising a heating plate made at least partially of a conductive material and having two heatable faces, a heating wire for generating the heat beams, wherein the heating wire is arranged on the faces of the heating plate, wherein the heating plate has a plurality of heating zones spaced apart radially from one another.
US12016084B2	Management of a split physical layer in a radio area network Methods and systems for facilitating communication between a core network and a wireless terminal in an upper first-level protocol unit (UL1) of a radio access network (RAN) as disclosed. An upper first level protocol unit (UL1) performs a first portion of a first-level protocol of the RAN in a first apparatus and communicates over a fronthaul link with a lower first-level protocol unit (LL1). The LL1 is in a second apparatus separate from the first apparatus. A communication quality parameter for communication between the first apparatus and the LL1 is determined, and a message related to the communication quality parameter is sent by the UL1 to an entity of the RAN other than the LL1.
US12016080B2	System and method to modify radio access network (RAN) features A system and method to reduce misuse of radio resources, by modifying radio access network (RAN) features of user devices. The UE segregation server unit [302] as disclosed in the present disclosure identifies one or more UE required to be modified due to which network KPI's are getting degraded, based on an analysis performed by a Network Performance Unit [304]. Further, the UE segregation server unit [302] updates/modifies a UE Capability Indication message to disable certain radio capabilities causing some malfunction in the network based on identification of one or more UEs as erroneous UE based on a successful comparison of the at least one TAC information present in the UE Capability Indication message with at least one TAC information of the identified one or more UE that are required to be modified. This disclosure provides improved throughput for network subscriptions in user devices by saving network resources.
US12016079B2	Techniques for antenna switching management in a multiple subscriber identity module mode Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may establish, using a first frequency band, a first communication connection on a first subscriber identity module (SIM). The UE may establish, using a second frequency band, a second communication connection on a second SIM in a multi-SIM dual receive mode that includes the first SIM and the second SIM having concurrent activity. The UE may switch from a first antenna to a second antenna for the first SIM in accordance with an antenna switching capability that is based at least in part on whether the first communication connection and the second communication connection are time division duplex (TDD) synchronized. The UE may transmit one or more communications associated with the first SIM using the second antenna. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12016078B2	Electronic device supporting multiple SIMs and method for operating the same According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise at least one processor, and an RF circuit configured to process a data packet associated with a first SIM connected to the at least one processor and a data packet associated with a second SIM connected to the at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to: establish a first PDU session corresponding to the first SIM, establish a second PDU session corresponding to the second SIM, store first information for the first PDU session, based on a network slice type of the first PDU session being a specified first type, and process a first data packet associated with the first SIM using the RF circuit while deferring execution of an operation associated with the second SIM based on a processing request for the first data packet associated with the first SIM corresponding to the stored first information.
US12016077B2	Unified radio access network (RAN)/multi-access edge computing (MEC) platform A device can determine, based on a first packet flow associated with a first user device and application identifiers associated with applications accessible by the first user device, that a first packet associated with the first packet flow is destined for a low-latency application having a specified latency range. The device can identify a first low-latency bearer that satisfies the specified latency range associated with the low-latency application. The device can map the first packet flow to the first low-latency bearer.
US12016076B2	Information processing method and apparatus, and computer storage medium An information processing method includes: determining the state of an inactive timer; determining the state of a sidelink inactive timer; and determining, according to the state of the inactive timer and the state of the sidelink inactive timer, whether to release an RRC connection.
US12016074B2	UE assisted fast transition between RRC states UEs may want to switch to the RRC idle state or to the RRC inactive state sooner than the expiration of the timer or without having to wait for the network to release the RRC connection. Allowing the UE to increase the rate at which it transitions to RRC idle state or RRC inactive state may allow the UE to reduce power consumption, as well as reduce signaling resources. The apparatus determines a preference between a transition to an RRC inactive state or to an RRC idle state when an RRC connection is released. The apparatus sends, to a base station, an RRC state preference indication of the preference for transitioning upon release of the RRC connection from the RRC connected state to one of the RRC inactive state or to the RRC idle state.
US12016067B2	Association identification re-assignment This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to association identification (AID) re-assignment. A device may perform an association with a station multi-link device (STA MLD), wherein the STA MLD comprises one or more logical entities defining separate station devices. The device may assign a first AID to the STA MLD. The device may establish one or more links with the STA MLD. The device may cause to send an indication of an assignment of a second AID to the STA MLD. The device may communicate with the STA MLD using the second AID.
US12016066B2	Communication device, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for communication device, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for first external device A communication device may supply a first public key and specific information to a first wireless interface, send a first authentication response to the first external device in a case where a first authentication request is received from the first external device after the first public key and the specific information have been sent to the first external device. The communication device may receive first connection information from the first external device after the first authentication response has been sent to the first external device, establish the second wireless connection in a case where the first connection information is received from the first external device, and establish the third wireless connection in a case where a specific signal including the specific information is received from the first external device after the first public key and the specific information have been sent to the first external device.
US12016065B2	Discovery and measurement timing configurations for new radio sidelink communications Wireless communications systems and methods related to communicating control information are provided. A method of wireless communication performed by a first sidelink user equipment (UE) may include establishing, with a second sidelink UE, a beamformed link, transmitting, to the second sidelink UE, a periodic discovery and measurement timing (DMTC) configuration via the beamformed link, and transmitting, to the second sidelink UE, a periodic beacon signal based on the DMTC configuration.
US12016060B2	Reliability for beam failure recovery and search space and control resource set index 0 This disclosure relates to techniques for performing beam failure recovery and receiving control information with improved reliability in a wireless communication system. The techniques may include the use of multiple beams in conjunction with performing beam failure recovery, for example including identifying multiple candidate beams for beam failure recovery. The techniques may also or alternatively include the use of multiple beams to provide repetitions of control information for search space and control resource set index 0.
US12016056B2	Random access processing method and apparatus, terminal, network device, and storage medium A random access processing method, an apparatus, a terminal, a network device, and a storage medium are provided. The random access processing method includes: reporting random access process information corresponding to a type of a random access process to a network side.
US12016054B2	Interference management for two-step random access Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may receive, from a user equipment (UE), a first random access message of a two-step random access procedure. In some examples, the first random access message may be transmitted by the UE based on one or more cell-specific transmission parameters or cell-specific transmission schemes. The base station may transmit, to the UE, a second random access response message of the two-step random access procedure in response to the first random access message. The second random access response message being transmitted based on one or more cell-specific transmission parameters or cell-specific transmission schemes. Accordingly, the base station and the UE may establish a connection with the UE based on the first random access message and the second random access response message, or the base station can indicate to the UE to return to an inactive mode or idle state.
US12016052B2	Transmission of channel occupancy time-sharing information (COT-SI) reserving a COT for sidelink communications in unlicensed bands Wireless communications systems and methods related to channel occupancy time-sharing information (COT-SI) reservation of a COT for sidelink communications in an unlicensed band are provided. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) performs a channel access procedure to acquire one or more COTs in a sidelink channel over an unlicensed new radio (NR) band. Further, the UE transmits a COT sharing information (COT-SI) configured to reserve the one or more COTs for a future transmission via the sidelink channel.
US12016050B2	Random access for a non-terrestrial network Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive information that indicates whether to perform a first random access channel (RACH) procedure for a non-terrestrial network or a second RACH procedure for a terrestrial network, wherein the first RACH procedure is configured to support a larger number of UEs contemporaneously performing a RACH procedure than the second RACH procedure. Responsive to the information indicating that the UE is to perform the first RACH procedure, the UE may perform the first RACH procedure. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12016047B1	Access technology avoidance for a communication session The technology described herein improves communication quality and device efficiency by selecting an access technology for use in a communication session between a user equipment (UE) and a communication network. The access technologies may be selected by a network node (e.g., eNodeB) based on a geographic location of the UE within a service area. In some geographic areas, the 5G leg may perform below a threshold quality measure, while the LTE leg performs well. In these situations, maintaining a communication session with only the LTE leg may yield a better overall performance (e.g., data throughput) than using the combination of a 5G leg and an LTE leg. The first step of the selection process is identifying geographic areas with below threshold 5G performance. Once the geographic subunits are designated as high or low performing, the designations are used to determine whether LTE and 5G should be used in combination.
US12016045B2	Multi link TXOP aggregation A method of providing multi-link operation channel access in a multi-link network includes initiating a first backoff countdown and a second backoff countdown associated with a first link and a second link of the multi-link network, respectively, and in response to the first backoff countdown reaching zero, determining whether the second backoff countdown is less than or equal to an aggregation threshold, and in response to determining that the second backoff countdown is less than or equal to the aggregation threshold, transmitting a first frame and a second frame on the first and second links.
US12016041B2	Method and apparatus for PDCCH monitoring adaptation A method performed by a User Equipment (UE) includes receiving, through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling from a Base Station (BS), an indication indicating a dormancy cell group having at least a first serving cell and a second serving cell, receiving, through Physical Layer (PHY) signaling from the BS, a signal associated with a specific Downlink Control Information (DCI) format indicating a dormant behavior applicable to all serving cells in the dormancy cell group, wherein the signal indicates the dormant behavior via a single bit, applying the dormant behavior to the first serving cell and the second serving cell when the signal indicates that the dormant behavior is to be activated, and not applying the dormant behavior to the first serving cell and the second serving cell when the signal indicates that the dormant behavior is to be deactivated.
US12016040B2	Radio station, radio terminal, and method for terminal measurement A radio station (1) transmits, to a radio terminal (3) on a licensed frequency (Cell #1), control signaling (S102) associated with at least one of a measurement timing and a measurement period of terminal measurement on an unlicensed frequency (Cell #2) and receives, from the radio terminal (3) on the licensed frequency (Cell #1), a result of the terminal measurement that is executed in response to the control signaling (S102) and in accordance with at least one of the measurement timing and the measurement period (S105). This contributes, for example, to acquisition of information useful for the radio station to determine whether to allow the radio terminal to perform communication on the unlicensed frequency.
US12016037B2	Method and user equipment for beam indication for uplink transmission A method and a user equipment for beam indication for UL transmission are provided. The method includes: receiving a first configuration for configuring a plurality of first TCI states, each of the plurality of first TCI states applied for a PUCCH and a PUSCH; receiving a MAC-CE for activating one or more first TCI states from the plurality of first TCI states; receiving first DCI indicating one of the one or more first TCI states activated by the MAC-CE, the first DCI comprising one field for indicating scheduling information for a PDSCH, the indicated scheduling information being invalid for the PDSCH; transmitting a HARQ-ACK on a PUCCH resource determined by another one field in the first DCI when receiving the first DCI; and transmitting the PUCCH and the PUSCH based on a spatial TX parameter derived according to the indicated first TCI state after transmitting the HARQ-ACK.
US12016032B2	Communicating multiple transport formats in a slot with full-duplex Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a node may determine a first set of time-frequency resources, within a time duration, for full-duplex communications and a second set of time-frequency resources, within the time duration, for non-full-duplex communications. The node may transmit to a wireless communication device and based at least in part on determining the first set of time-frequency resources and the second set of time-frequency resources, an indication of the first set of time-frequency resources, the second set of time-frequency resources, and corresponding transport formats for the first set of time-frequency resources and the second set of time-frequency resources. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12016029B2	Method, apparatus and terminal for determining number of times of blind inspections Embodiments of the present application provide a method, an apparatus and a terminal for determining the number of times of blind detections, which includes: blind-detecting, by a terminal, a downlink control channel in a first search space of a first cell, where the downlink control channel is configured to schedule a second cell, and the number of times of blind detections of the downlink control channel are determined based on configuration information of a second search space of the second cell and/or configuration information of the first search space of the first cell.
US12016025B2	Uplink control channel resource allocation for an enhanced downlink control channel of a mobile communication system Uplink control channel resource allocation for an enhanced downlink control channel is disclosed. A first example method disclosed herein includes receiving, at a user equipment (UE), a downlink control channel carrying a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource indicator, mapping the PUCCH resource indicator to a first offset, mapping a position of the downlink control channel to a second offset, and mapping a linear combination of the first and second offsets to an index identifying a first PUCCH resource. A second example method disclosed herein includes, in response to receiving, at a UE, an indication of a dynamic resource offset in an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) transmitted in a first ePDCCH set, determining a position of the ePDCCH and a subframe offset, and processing the indication of the dynamic resource offset, the position and the subframe offset to determine an allocated uplink control channel resource for the UE.
US12016022B2	Feedback timing determination method, terminal device, and network device Disclosed are a feedback timing determination method, a terminal device, and a network device. Said method includes: receiving first instruction information for instructing the terminal to transmit UCI in a third time unit within a first time unit; the third time unit being subsequent to the first time unit; receiving second instruction information for instructing the terminal to transmit UCI in a fourth time unit within a second time unit; the fourth time unit being subsequent to the second time unit subsequent to the first time unit or the same as the first time unit, the fourth time unit being different from the third time unit; and based on at least one of the first time unit, the second time unit, the first instruction information, and the second instruction information, determining to transmit UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit.
US12016021B2	Reporting uplink control information in a random access procedure Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit an indication of a downlink beam in uplink control information of a random access message, wherein the downlink beam is different from a default beam corresponding to a preamble of the random access message and a random access occasion in which the random access message is transmitted, or wherein the downlink beam is selected from a set of multiple downlink beams corresponding to the random access occasion. The UE may monitor for at least one of a random access response or a downlink communication subsequent to the random access response using the downlink beam indicated in the uplink control information. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12016016B2	Uplink control multiplexing of a PUCCH repetition A method for uplink control multiplexing of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) repetition may include receiving, by a wireless device, a first message indicating PUCCHs for repetitions of uplink control information (UCI). The method may include receiving a second message indicating a number of repetitions of a transport block via physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) and indicating a beta offset for multiplexing the UCI via a PUSCH of the PUSCHs. The method may include determining a coding rate based on the beta offset and the number of repetitions. The method may include transmitting, based on the coding rate and in response to the PUCCHs overlapping with the PUSCHs in at least one symbol, the UCI and the transport block multiplexed in the PUSCHs.
US12016013B2	Method and device used for UE and base station in wireless communication The present disclosure provides a method and a device for UE and a base station in wireless communications. A UE receives a first signaling; and transmits a first radio signal. herein, the first signaling comprises scheduling information of the first radio signal; a first reference signal is used to determine at least one of transmitting power of the first radio signal or one or more antenna ports for transmitting the first radio signal; a first radio resource is associated with the first reference signal, and the first radio resource is related to the first signaling; the first signaling does not comprise a first field, the first field indicating one or more antenna ports for transmitting a radio signal scheduled by a signaling to which the first field belongs. The method ensures the reliability of uplink transmission for any TRP/panel when one UE is served by multiple TRPs/panels.
US12016011B2	Handling scheduling request failure in a network In an example embodiment, a method of reducing SR max retransmissions in a communication network is disclosed. The method includes: accessing an SR max retransmission UE pool stored in a storage of the base station, the SR max retransmission UE pool being a list of plurality of UEs which experienced SR max retransmission. The method further includes identifying at least one UE in the SR max retransmission pool that would enter an SR max retransmission state, based on a last PUSCH uplink time period and a SR max retransmission time period associated with the at least one UE. Further, the method includes allocating a dummy UL grant to the identified at least one UE.
US12016009B2	PDCP duplication configuration method and terminal device Embodiments of the present invention disclose a PDCP duplication configuration method and a terminal device, to perform PDCP duplication configuration. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, configuration information of a sidelink SL PDCP duplication; and performing SL PDCP duplication configuration based on the configuration information, to implement PDCP duplication configuration.
US12016008B2	Communication apparatus, communication method, and computer-readable storage medium for implementing coexistence with legacy system A communication apparatus, which is capable of performing, in a predetermined frequency band to be used by a first radio communication system configured to periodically transmit a reference signal with a predetermined frequency spacing, communication using a second radio communication system that is different from the first radio communication system, performs communication of the second radio communication system while the base station apparatus of the first radio communication system operates in a mode in which periodic transmission of the reference signal is stopped for a predetermined period, based on information relating to a timing at which a base station apparatus of the first radio communication system is to operate in the mode.
US12016006B2	Beam report triggers autonomous beam hopping Method and apparatus for a beam report triggering autonomous beam mode selection. The apparatus measures an RSRP of a current beam and at least one beam. The apparatus selects a beam mode for communication with the base station based on the RSRP report of the current beam and the at least one beam. The apparatus provides, to a base station, an RSRP report of the current beam and the at least one beam. The apparatus communicates with the base station based on a selected beam mode. The apparatus may maintain communication with the current beam. The apparatus may enable a beam hopping mode for communication with the base station. The apparatus may switch to a different beam for communication with the base station, wherein the different beam comprises a beam from the at least one beam.
US12016004B2	Communication apparatuses and communication methods for 5G NR based V2X communications The present disclosure provides communication apparatuses and communication methods for 5G NR based V2X communications. The communication apparatuses include a communication apparatus which comprises a receiver, which in operation, receives from a base station a first resource information indicating a first resource allocated by the base station; and a transmitter, which in operation, transmits to a target communication apparatus or a plurality of target communication apparatuses including the target communication apparatus a second resource information indicating a second resource allocated to at least the target communication apparatus, the second resource including a whole or a part of the first resource.
US12016001B2	Slot aggregation method and device, slot aggregation transmission method and device, storage medium, and electronic device Provided are a slot aggregation and device, a slot aggregation transmission method and device, a storage medium, and an electronic device. The slot aggregation method includes: setting, in a slot aggregation process, one or more slot intervals in N slots, wherein a duration of each slot interval is one or more slots; or setting, in a slot aggregation process, N slots as continuous slots, wherein the number of resources allocated in an nth slot of the N slots is less than the number of resources allocated in the (n−1)th slot; or setting, in a slot aggregation process, N slots as X slot groups, wherein a transmission format of each slot group is pre-configured by a base station, N is an integer greater than 1 and less than or equal to n, and X is less than N.
US12015996B2	Sidelink resource handling for CU-DU split based V2X communication A method and apparatus for sidelink resource handling for central unit (CU)-distributed unit (DU) split based vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication is provided. A gNB central unit (gNB-CU) in a wireless communication system receives, from a wireless device, information related to a radio access technology (RAT) for which a sidelink resource is requested. The gNB-CU transmits, to a gNB distributed unit (gNB-DU), the information related to the RAT for sidelink resource allocation.
US12015993B2	Dynamic modem partitioning techniques for multiple subscriber identification modules A user equipment (UE) may use multiple subscriber identification modules (SIMs) in dual-SIM dual-active (DSDA) communications. The A DSDA UE may support identification of a set of available radio frequency (RF) resources for communications, where the set of available RF resources include multiple RF components (e.g., transmit/receive antennas), RF baseband resources (e.g., processing resources that support processing and decoding of transmissions), or combinations thereof. The set of available resources may be shared between multiple SIMS, and the UE may identify different resource partitions of the set of available resources, with different resource partitions used to provide concurrent communications of both the first SIM and the second SIM based on parameters of each SIM.
US12015991B2	Method and device for generating sidelink synchronization signal block in wireless communication system Proposed is a method for a first device to perform wireless communication. The method may include a step for generating a sidelink synchronization signal block (S-SSB) including a sidelink primary synchronization signal (SPSS), a sidelink secondary synchronization signal (SSSS), and a sidelink physical broadcast channel (PSBCH), and transmitting the S-SSB to a second device. For example, at least one of an SPSS-related symbol period, an SSSS-related symbol period, or a PSBCH-related symbol period may include a transition period. For example, the transition period may be determined on the basis of at least one of the priority of the SPSS, the priority of the SSSS, or the priority of the PSBCH.
US12015989B2	Signaling of identity for radio access networks There is disclosed a method of operating a network node in a radio access network, the method including transmitting an identity indication, the identity indication indicating an identity associated to the network node representing an identity out of a set of identities larger than the set of physical cell identities representable by synchronisation signaling. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
US12015987B2	Power headroom reports assuming half duplex and/or full duplex Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communications. An example method generally includes calculating a first power headroom report (PHR) for a half duplex (HD) operating mode, calculating a second PHR for a full duplex (FD) operating mode during which maximum uplink transmit power is subject to one or more self-interference constraints, determining whether to report the first PHR, the second PHR, or both, and reporting at least one of the first PHR or the second PHR to a network entity, in accordance with the determination.
US12015983B2	Method for transmitting power-saving information, terminal device, and network device Embodiments of the disclosure disclose a method for transmitting power-saving information, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: a terminal device receiving indication information, wherein the indication information is used to indicate the position of power-saving information of the terminal device in downlink control information (DCI); and the terminal device acquiring, according to the indication information, the power-saving information of the terminal device from the DCI. According to the method, the terminal device, and the network device in the embodiments of the disclosure, the power-saving information is carried in the DCI, the standardized workload is reduced, and a PDCCH shows good compatibility and multiplexing characteristics with respect to various other channels such as a PDSCH.
US12015979B2	Electronic apparatus, communication system, and communication method An electronic apparatus includes a wireless communication section capable of executing first wireless communication, which is communication with a terminal device through an external access point and second wireless communication, which is direct connection to the terminal device and a processing section configured to perform communication control for the wireless communication section. When security strength of a second security standard of the second wireless communication is higher compared with security strength of a first security standard of the first wireless communication, the wireless communication section switches the communication with the terminal device from the first wireless communication to the second wireless communication.
US12015974B2	Determination of SSB/RMSI periodicity for IAB node An IAB node performs a method for determining a periodicity of a SSB and/or a RMSI for use in an IAB backhaul link. The method may comprise one or more of: using a predetermined periodicity value; determining a periodicity value based on at least one different parameter; receiving a signaling message indicating a periodicity value and using the indicated periodicity value for the IAB backhaul link; and selecting a periodicity value from a plurality of permitted periodicity values.
US12015973B2	Methods for link and path quality assessment A method for assessing path quality between a source node and a destination node, the method comprising, at a node: determining a first parameter and a first path classification of a first path having at least one link; determining a second parameter and a second path classification of a second path having at least one link; determining the quality of the first path based on the first parameter and the first path classification; determining the quality of the second path based on the second parameter and the second path classification; and comparing the quality of the first path and the quality of the second path thereby to determine the best quality path.
US12015970B2	Communication apparatus, vehicle having the same and control method for controlling the vehicle A communication apparatus includes a band pass filter and a peak detector configured to detect a peak of a communication signal using a second communication protocol among the communication signals received by the antenna. A subtractor connected to the band pass filter and configured to subtract the communication signal using the second communication protocol from the communication signals received by the antenna. A switch is provided between the subtractor and the peak detector. A denoise filter configured to remove a noise from the communication signals received by the antenna, increase a sensitivity of a communication signal using a first communication protocol, and remove the communication signal using the second communication protocol among the communication signals received by the antenna by treating the communication signal using the second communication protocol as a noise.
US12015967B2	Method, system and apparatus for multicast session management in 5G communication network An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to: receive a message from at least one user equipment requesting to join a multicasting/broadcasting group; receive data for multicasting/broadcasting from a data network; generate multicasting/broadcasting session information for the data; route the data based on the multicasting/broadcasting session to at least one access point, wherein the access point wirelessly communicates the data to user equipment based on the multicasting/broadcasting session information.
US12015965B2	Apparatus and user equipment positioning method In an example positioning method, a first network device receives first measurement information of at least one first access network device and first assistance information, where the first measurement information is obtained by a terminal device by measuring a signal sent from the at least one first access network device. The first network device determines position information of the terminal device based on the first assistance information and the first measurement information.
US12015961B2	Enhanced mobile device connectivity between wireless networks A mobile device for enhanced mobile device wireless network connectivity is provided that includes a user interface, a hardware processor, and a non-transitory memory configured to store one or more programs. The hardware processor executes the one or more programs to store a map of wireless networks, calculate a route of travel for the mobile device, and determine a list of wireless networks connectable to the mobile device. A schedule is created for connecting the mobile device to the wireless networks on the list and connecting the mobile device to a first one of the wireless networks on the schedule along the route. The mobile device switches sequentially from the first one of the wireless networks to a next one of the wireless networks in the schedule so the mobile device is connected to at least one of the wireless networks on the schedule while moving along the route.
US12015958B2	UE, network node and method for enabling GNSS measurements The present disclosure relates to a method performed by a UE for enabling GNSS measurements. The UE and a network node are included in a NR communications network, and the NR communications network includes a NTN component. The UE performs a GNSS measurement according to a rule and using a GNSS receiver included in the UE. At least one of a UE position and an absolute time is an output of the GNSS measurement or is derivable from the GNSS measurement.
US12015957B2	Methods for user equipment capability reporting of simultaneous connectivity handover Aspects of the present disclosure propose solutions to a problem of mobility interruption during handover between base stations by providing a UE with mechanisms to report the UE capability for simultaneous connectivity based handover, or so-called Dual Active Protocol Stack Handover (DAPS-HO). A UE reports the DAPS-HO capability of the UE to the network and then the base station initiates physical layer procedures to carry out DAPS-HO in accordance with the DAPS-HO capability reported by the UE. Aspects of the present disclosure also provide examples of signaling that may be used by the UE for reporting DAPS-HO capability to the network and the physical layer procedures that the UE may follow in accordance with the configuration that the network provides to the UE, which should be in accordance with the UE's capability.
US12015954B2	Method and apparatus for handover Systems and methods for causing control information to be sent from a source base station to a target base station via a user plane is provided. In a network that uses control plane and user plane separation, the systems and methods provided herein reduce time delays between handovers in the control plane and handovers in the user plane. The time delays are reduced by minimizing a duration of the handover preparation phase by sending control information with payload packets between network functions via in-band signaling in the user plane.
US12015951B2	Extensible enhanced QoS framework for signaling requirements A Quality-of-Service (QoS) Management AP is configured to support QoS Management features and to perform a QoS Management Protocol. The AP decodes an Enhanced Add Traffic Stream (E-ADDTS) Request QoS Action Frame (E-ADDTS Req) received from a station (STA) to initiate QoS setup for a traffic stream. The STA may be a QoS Management STA configured to support the QoS Management features and perform the QoS Management protocol. The AP may encode, for transmission to the STA in response to the E-ADDTS Req, an E-ADDTS Response QoS Action Frame (E-ADDTS Resp) which includes a status code to indicate whether the QoS setup has been accepted. When the QoS setup is accepted, the E-ADDTS Resp includes a QoS setup ID within a QoS setup ID field in the E-ADDTS Resp that uniquely identifies the QoS setup for the traffic stream.
US12015949B2	QoS flow processing method and device, and communications system Embodiments of this application provide a QoS flow processing method and device, and a communications system. A first access network device sends a message used for a service transfer request to a second access network device, and the message used for the service transfer request includes configuration information of a QoS flow in the first access network device, so that the second access network device can configure a mapping relationship from the QoS flow to a DRB of the second access network device for UE based on the configuration information, and accept the QoS flow of the UE. Therefore, in a service transfer process, a reliable QoS service can be provided for a user, and continuity of a user service can be ensured.
US12015947B2	Generalized neural network architectures based on frequency and/or time division Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for measurement encoding and decoding using neural networks to compress and decompress measurement data. One example method generally includes: generating, via each of a plurality of neural network encoders operating on measurement data, a compressed measurement based on a respective portion of the measurement data, wherein each of the neural network encoders is based on the same neural network model; generating at least one message indicative of the measurement data based on the compressed measurements; and transmitting the at least one message.
US12015944B2	Information reporting method and terminal This disclosure provides an information reporting method and a terminal. The method includes: reporting assistance information for radio resource management RRM measurement to a network-side device, where the assistance information is used by the network-side device to determine an RRM measurement parameter for the terminal.
US12015943B2	User equipment involved in monitoring a downlink control channel A user equipment (UE) that comprises processing circuitry which operates a function that involves monitoring of a downlink control channel of an unlicensed radio cell for information intended to the UE. The unlicensed radio cell operates in an unlicensed spectrum and is controlled by a base station. The processing circuitry and a receiver perform the monitoring of the downlink control channel based on a first timer and a second timing trigger. The first timer is used to limit the maximum time the downlink control channel is to be monitored, by starting the first timer at the beginning of the monitoring and stopping the monitoring upon expiry of the first timer. The second timing trigger is used to stop the monitoring earlier than the first timer depending on the channel occupation status of the unlicensed spectrum by the base station.
US12015942B2	RRM measurement in 5G new radio FR1 dual connectivity A user equipment (UE) is configured to simultaneously connect to a primary cell (PCell) and a primary secondary cell (PSCell) of a wireless network, wherein a primary component carrier (PCC) of the PCell and a primary secondary component carrier (PSCC) of the PSCell are both in frequency range 1 (FR1). The UE receives a PCC measurement object (MO) configuration, a PSCC MO configuration, and an inter-frequency MO with no measurement gap configuration, determines a PCC MO carrier specific scaling factor (CSSF), a PSCC MO CSSF, and an inter-frequency MO with no measurement gap CSSF and applies each respective CSSF to a measurement period corresponding to each of the PCC MO, the PSCC MO, and the inter-frequency MO with no measurement gap to determine a scaled measurement period corresponding to each of the PCC MO, the PSCC MO, and the inter-frequency MO with no measurement gap.
US12015941B2	Processing window design for positioning Techniques are provided in which a target UE can be provided with a processing window (PW) configuration that defines a PW during which the target UE may measure one or more RS resources. The PW optionally may allow the target UE to transmit an uplink (UL) RS. The PW configuration may be provided to the target UE by a serving base station of the target UE in response to a request for the PW configuration by the target UE or a location server. The request may include information regarding an RS configuration provided to the target UE.
US12015937B2	Operation of sectorized communications from aerospace platforms using reinforcement learning The disclosure provides a method of operating a communication network. The method includes receiving input data related to a state of the communication network and operation of the communication network. The method then includes determining a policy for the communication network based on the input data. The policy is a set of features for forming a plurality of communication links in the communication network over a time interval. The plurality of communication links provides one or more paths through the communication network. Determining the policy is based at least in part on utility values of previous policies. The utility values of previous policies are derived using simulation and/or real-world implementation of the previous policies. The communication network is then operated to implement the policy in the time interval.
US12015933B1	Method and apparatus for processing bandwidth intensive data streams using virtual media access control and physical layers A wireless networking system is disclosed. The wireless networking system includes an application layer associated with one or more applications having a wireless bandwidth requirement. A first wireless transceiver resource associated with an actual MAC layer and PHY layer is employed. The first wireless transceiver resource has a first bandwidth availability up to a first actual bandwidth. A second wireless transceiver resource associated with the actual MAC layer and the PHY layer is employed. The second wireless transceiver resource has a second bandwidth availability up to a second actual bandwidth. A processing layer evaluates the wireless bandwidth requirement and the first and second bandwidth availabilities of the wireless transceiver resources. The processing layer includes a bandwidth allocator to allocate at least a portion of each of the first and second actual bandwidths to virtual MAC and virtual PHY layers, and to satisfy the application layer wireless bandwidth requirement.
US12015931B2	Electronic device and method for wireless communication, and computer readable storage medium Provided are an electronic device and a method for wireless communication, and a computer readable storage medium, the electronic device comprising: a processing circuit, configured to: perform periodic channel detection for a plurality of unlicensed channels in an unlicensed band according to a first period; and respectively send master system information blocks MIB having the same content to user devices over at least some of the available unlicensed channels in the unlicensed band indicated by the channel detection results, the MIBs comprising part of the minimum system information.
US12015927B2	System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
US12015926B2	Control apparatus and method for wireless communication system supporting cognitive radio A control apparatus and method for a wireless communication system supporting cognitive radio. The control apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a management unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire information about at least one factor capable of affecting performance of transferring an access request for a frequency spectrum resource by a communication apparatus, the access request being used for making a request to a device which controls the frequency spectrum allocation for allocating a frequency spectrum to the communication apparatus. The management unit is configured to receive the access request sent by the communication apparatus, and optimize a route for the access request of the communication apparatus according to the acquired factor in the case that the access request contains information indicating that the communication apparatus is a slave apparatus of another communication apparatus.
US12015925B2	Device, computer program and method A device for authenticating a user is described that comprises a sensor configured to measure the movement of a user in response to the interaction of the user with a displayed image and controller circuitry configured to authenticate the user in response to a positive comparison between the movement of the user and a stored movement associated with the user.
US12015924B2	Multi-MCC code bundle for use in increasing travel security A proxy-based method for improving digital security during a user's travel is provided. The method may include determining a bundle of merchant category classification (MCC) codes. This bundle preferably reflects a baseline travel condition. The baseline travel condition is associated with a user mobile device. The method may also include dynamically updating a characteristic associated with the bundle of MCC codes based on updated travel conditions. The method may also include determining an occurrence of an anomalous user mobile device activity. The determination may be based on a comparison of the updated characteristic associated with the bundle of MCC codes and the baseline travel conditions; and in response to a determination of anomalous user mobile device activity, increasing a security level associated with the mobile device associated with the user.
US12015922B2	Automated remote ID monitoring network Techniques and systems are described for monitoring remote identifiers transmitted by aerial devices and for detecting whether an aerial device is engaging in suspicious activities. A described technique can include determining, based on information collected from one or mom network components associated with a cellular network, that an aerial device is communicating via the cellular network and is operating in a geographical area; determining whether the aerial device corresponds to a remote identifier which is transmitted within the geographical area or reported for the geographical area; and providing an alarm notification based on the aerial device lacking a correspondence to a remote identifier which is transmitted within the geographical area or reported for the geographical area.
US12015916B2	Signaling techniques using fragmented and multi-partitioned UWB packets Techniques are provided for utilizing a hybrid of ultra-wideband (UWB) and narrowband (NB) signaling to provide more efficient operating range and operating efficiency. In one example, a first device may transmit a first packet via an NB signal to a second device, whereby the first packet comprises information indicating to the second device a time period for reception of a second (UWB) packet. In this example, the second packet may comprise a first partition and a second partition, whereby the first partition comprises a first plurality of fragments and the second partition comprising a second plurality of fragments. The respective fragments of each plurality of fragments may be transmitted via a UWB signal. The first device may then transmit the first plurality of fragments, and then subsequently transmit the second plurality of fragments to the second device, the first and second pluralities respectively being associated with different fragment types.
US12015911B2	Method and system for providing privacy protection in preparation for a phone call between a vehicle occupant and a remote conversation partner A method for providing privacy protection in preparation for a phone call between a vehicle occupant of a vehicle and a remote conversation partner is provided. The method includes detecting, by an occupant detection system of the vehicle, additional listeners inside the vehicle. The method further includes receiving a call request with a telecommunication system in the vehicle for a phone call between the vehicle occupant and the remote conversation partner, the phone call being an outgoing call or an incoming call. The method further includes sending a notification to the remote conversation partner with the telecommunication system prior to establishment of the requested phone call informing the remote conversation partner about the presence of detected additional listeners.
US12015907B2	Transmission apparatus, reception apparatus, and acoustic system A transmission apparatus includes a first transmission unit that transmits sound data to a first sound channel in a transmission path, and a second transmission unit that transmits meta data related to the sound data to a second sound channel in the transmission path while ensuring synchronization with the sound data.
US12015905B2	Belt-type wearable device, system, and method for multimedia communications A wearable device for multimedia communications is disclosed herein. The device includes a power supply, a stereo communication link, and a belt with a buckle. The stereo communication link is configured to communicate at least one of audio signals and video signals over a channel. The belt with a buckle includes a housing, capturing means affixed to the housing, a sound output means affixed to the housing, and a display affixed to the housing. The capturing means adapted to record video. The sound output means configured to play audio responsive to the audio signals communicated over the channel. The display configured to play video responsive to the video signals communicated over the channel.
US12015897B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes a display module including a display panel configured to display an image and a sound generating module on a rear surface of the display panel, the sound generating module includes a vibration generating device, a circuit board on a lower surface of the vibration generating device, a first adhesive member between the circuit board and the vibration generating device, and a second adhesive member between the vibration generating device and the display panel, an elastic modulus of the second adhesive member differing from an elastic modulus of the first adhesive member.
US12015894B2	Microphone and electronic device having the same The present disclosure relates to microphones and electronic devices having the same. A microphone may include a housing for receiving vibration signals; a converting component inside the housing for converting the vibration signals into electrical signals, and a processing circuit for processing the electrical signals. The converting component may include a transducer and at least one damping film attached to the transducer.
US12015891B1	Adjustable over-ear headphone cushions to accommodate eyewear frames An adjustable over-ear headphone cushion for comfortably accommodating eyewear frames without losing sound quality may include an upper cushion and a lower cushion attached to the upper cushion with a ratcheting system. The upper cushion and the lower cushion may be vertically adjusted with respect to one another from a mated configuration to a spaced apart configuration, and the upper cushion and the lower cushion together form a substantially O-shaped headphone cushion configured to be removably attached to a headphone.
US12015890B2	Anti-swelling structure of cover, and device having waterproof structure Discussed is a device including a case having a receiving space formed therein; a cover configured to surround the case; a speaker assembly configured to be mounted on the case, the speaker assembly including a speaker, a diaphragm, and a resonator formed on one side of the speaker; and a speaker hole configured to be connected to the speaker assembly, wherein the case includes at least one opening formed between the resonator and a space between the cover and the case.
US12015885B2	Color gamut mapping method and color gamut mapping device The present application provides a color gamut mapping method and a color gamut mapping device for use in a splicing display device. Display screens in the splicing display device have different color gamuts. By mapping the color gamuts of multiple display screens to the display screen which is the uniquely determined display screen in the splicing display device, the color gamuts of all the display screens in the splicing display device are the same, and colors displayed on different screens are also the same. Accordingly, the present application improves uneven images and the image quality.
US12015883B2	Method and apparatus with color conversion An electronic device includes an image sensor including a color filter having a plurality of color channels, a memory storing a plurality of color conversion matrices and instructions, and a processor. The processor is configured to obtain noise information of a color image captured by the image sensor, select a target matrix from among the plurality of the color conversion matrices based on the obtained noise information, and generate a color converted image by applying the selected target matrix to the color image.
US12015881B2	Light source apparatus including a microlens array, projector including a microlens array, microlens array, and light source control method for the light source apparatus including the microlens array A light source apparatus includes a light source, a light collection optical system configured to collect a pencil of light emitted from the light source using multiple lenses, a microlens array formed into a size corresponding to a collected light diameter of a pencil of light collected by the light collection optical system and caused to be incident thereon from the light collection optical system, and a display device on to which light transmitted through the microlens array to be superimposed together is incident.
US12015879B2	Contextual automated surveillance by a mobile robot A mobile robot is configured for operation in a commercial or industrial setting, such as an office building or retail store. The robot can patrol one or more routes within a building, and can detect violations of security policies by objects, building infrastructure and security systems, or individuals. In response to the detected violations, the robot can perform one or more security operations. The robot can include a removable fabric panel, enabling sensors within the robot body to capture signals that propagate through the fabric. In addition, the robot can scan RFID tags of objects within an area, for instance coupled to store inventory. Likewise, the robot can generate or update one or more semantic maps for use by the robot in navigating an area and for measuring compliance with security policies.
US12015872B2	Transmission device, transmission method, reception device, and reception method The present technology ensures that electrooptical conversion processing for transmission video data obtained using an HDR optoelectrical conversion characteristic is favorably carried out at a receiving side. The transmission video data is obtained by performing high dynamic range optoelectrical conversion on high dynamic range video data. A video stream is obtained by applying encoding processing to this transmission video data. A container in a predetermined format including this video stream is transmitted. Meta information indicating an electrooptical conversion characteristic corresponding to a high dynamic range optoelectrical conversion characteristic is inserted into a parameter set field in the video stream.
US12015870B2	X-ray onset detector for intraoral dental sensor Techniques are provided for x-ray onset detection for an intraoral dental sensor. A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes calculating a plurality of superpixel values for each of a plurality of rows of detector pixels of a sensor. Each of the superpixel values is based on a sum of pixel values of a set of pixels associated with the superpixel value, the set of pixels selected from the detection row of a current frame of the sensor. The method also includes calculating a difference between each of the superpixel values and a corresponding stored superpixel value generated from a previous sensor frame and determining if the differences exceed a superpixel threshold value. The method further includes incrementing a hit counter in response to the determination and generating a detection signal if the hit counter exceeds a hit count threshold, otherwise proceeding to process the next detection row.
US12015868B2	Item of optronic equipment for assisting with piloting an aircraft Optronic equipment for assisting with piloting an aircraft includes a first set of three cameras arranged on the aircraft to generate a panoramic strip from data transmitted by the three cameras of the first set and a second set of three cameras arranged on the aircraft to generate a panoramic strip from data transmitted by the three cameras of the second set, at least one of the cameras that occupies an extreme position on the aircraft relative to the cameras of the first and second sets being arranged so as to have a field of view that is greater horizontally than vertically.
US12015866B2	Method and apparatus for emulating camera objectives The invention relates to a method for configuring an emulation method for emulating a second camera objective, comprising the steps: determining a plurality of first images that are recorded using a first camera objective; determining a plurality of second images that are recorded using the second camera objective and whose image content corresponds to the image content of the plurality of first images; and configuring the emulation method for emulating the second camera objective on the basis of the plurality of first images and the plurality of second images.
US12015865B2	System and methods for evoking authentic emotions from live photographic and video subjects A system for a user taking photographs or videos to help evoke genuine emotions of one or a plurality of live camera subjects, comprising a digital device with a processor, a display, and system memory, a software application with a graphical user interface installed on the digital device or a remote server, wherein said application is used to store, manage, access, and view metadata tagged prompts, a pre-loaded library of metadata tagged prompts, wherein said prompts being emotive phrase(s), direction(s), image(s), sound(s), and/or animation(s), wherein said application has a two-stage filter to successively refine the list of prompts to be presented to the user, and a prompt delivery system to convey prompts to one or a plurality of live camera subjects.
US12015862B2	Image sensor having pixels with isolated floating diffusions According to some embodiments, an image sensor pixel includes a floating diffusion, a transistor gate configured to transfer charge with respect to the floating diffusion, and a doped pinning region disposed between the floating diffusion and the transistor gate, to reduce or eliminate the effective capacitive coupling between the floating diffusion and the transistor gate. The transistor gate may be an in-pixel transfer gate configured to selectively transfer photocharge from an in-pixel charge accumulation region to the floating diffusion. Alternatively, or additionally, the transistor gate may be an in-pixel reset gate configured to selectively reset the electrostatic potential of the floating diffusion.
US12015860B2	Active pixel circuit and method for controlling the same, and active pixel sensing device An active pixel circuit includes a photosensitive device, a source follower transistor, and a compensation circuit. The photosensitive device is configured to generate a photocurrent under an irradiation of light rays, and transmit the photocurrent to a first node. A control electrode of the source follower transistor is coupled to a floating diffusion node. The compensation circuit is configured to: transmit a target threshold voltage to the first node, a voltage of the first node being associated with a voltage generated by the photocurrent and the target threshold voltage; store the voltage of the first node; and obtain a compensation voltage according to the voltage of the first node, and output the compensation voltage to the floating diffusion node. The target threshold voltage is the same as a threshold voltage of the source follower transistor.
US12015859B2	High dynamic range for dual pixel sensors A method for increasing a dynamic range of a dual-pixel image sensor is described. The method includes detecting an intensity level of a full pixel from a plurality of pixels of an optical sensor, one or more full pixels of the plurality of pixels includes at least two sub-pixels, detecting an intensity level of one or more sub-pixels, detecting that the intensity level of the full pixel of the optical sensor has reached a saturation level of the full pixel, and in response to detecting that the intensity level of the full pixel of the optical sensor has reached the saturation level of the full pixel, computing an extrapolated intensity level of the full pixel based on the intensity level of the one or more sub-pixels.
US12015858B2	Systems and methods of dual fluorophore ratiometric imaging Methods and systems of distinguishing between fluorescence imaging data contributions corresponding to two fluorescence imaging agents in a tissue is described herein. Specifically, exploitation of an imaging sensor with a color filter array can help distinguish between overlapping simultaneous fluorophore emission profiles.
US12015856B2	Image processing for aperture size transition in a variable aperture (VA) camera This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for image signal processing that support variable aperture (VA) camera operation. In a first aspect, a method of image processing includes receiving first image data from a variable aperture (VA) camera acquired at a first aperture size; determining a first set of output image frames based on the first image data; receiving second image data from the VA camera acquired during an aperture size transition; and determining a second set of output image frames based on the first image data and the second image data, wherein determining the second set of output image frames comprises adjusting a characteristic of the second image data based on the first image data. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US12015851B2	System and method for visual enhancement of a scene during capture thereof A system. The system includes an image display system, a display device, a camera system, one or more control devices and a control system. The display device is configured to display an image received from the image display system. The camera system is configured to capture the image displayed by the display device during a capture of a scene. The control system is communicably coupled to the image display system, the display device, the camera system and the one or more control devices. The control system comprises a processing circuit and is configured to automatically adjust settings of the image display system, the display device and the camera system. The control system is also configured to determine which of the adjustments results in the least destruction to the image, and apply the adjustment which results in the least destruction to the image.
US12015847B2	Image processing apparatus for changing a priority category for object detection, image pickup apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium An image processing apparatus that can easily change the categories of the main object, comprises, an object detection unit for detecting an object categorized as one of at least two categories from an image, a setting unit for setting a first category as a priority category on an object having a predetermined priority among one of the objects detected by the object detection unit; and a region designation unit for designating a predetermined region on an object on a display screen, wherein the setting unit can change the priority category from the first category to a second category different from the first category when the predetermined region of the object designated by the region designation unit is the second category.
US12015846B2	Imaging apparatus with autofocus control based on movement tendency An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor that captures a subject image formed via an optical system to generate image data; a controller that controls an autofocus operation to focus the optical system; and an image recognizer that identifies, based on the image data, information including a class of a subject in an image shown by the image data, wherein the controller acquires the information identified by the image recognizer to automatically set a parameter indicating characteristics of the autofocus operation, based on a tendency to be estimated as possibility for the subject of the identified class to move on the image.
US12015843B1	Computer and information processing method A reception unit 26a receives a still image of a spherical object captured by a camera 52 and information on the angle of view or the focal length of the camera 52 having captured the object, transmitted from a terminal (e.g., mobile communication terminal 50) including the camera 52. A calculation unit 28a calculates coordinates of four corners of a rectangle 210 enclosing the object from the still image of the object received by the reception unit 26a, and calculates direction vectors extending toward the object from the focal point of the lens of the camera 52, from the calculated coordinates of the four corners of the rectangle 210 enclosing the object and the angle of view or the focal length of the camera 52. An estimation unit 30a estimates three-dimensional coordinates of the center of the object, based on the direction vectors calculated by the calculation unit 28a.
US12015840B2	Synchronized camera system having two different cameras A camera system and method for controlling same, including capturing images of surroundings of a vehicle for a driver assistance system thereof. The camera system includes a first rolling shutter camera having a first aperture angle, a second rolling shutter camera having a second aperture angle, and control electronics. The first and second cameras are suitable for generating wide-angle and tele camera images, respectively. The first aperture angle is greater than the second aperture angle. The two cameras are designed such that both camera images have an overlap region. The control electronics synchronizes the two cameras. The geometric arrangement of the two cameras with respect to one another, and the position of the overlap region in the wide-angle image and in the tele camera image, are determined by continuous estimation. The stored geometric arrangement and position are taken into consideration during synchronization of the first and second cameras.
US12015839B2	Inspection vehicle An inspection vehicle which is designed to be inserted into the air gap between a rotor and a stator of an electrical machine, in particular of a generator, and to be moved on the substantially cylindrical outer circumference of the rotor in order to inspect the outer circumference of the rotor and/or the inner circumference of the stator for damage.
US12015838B2	Light shielding plate, camera unit, and electronic device A light shielding plate including a front surface located on a light incident side, a rear surface facing away from the front surface, and an aperture penetrating through the front and rear surfaces. The aperture includes a first aperture portion and a second aperture portion connected to the first aperture portion via a central opening. The first aperture portion extends from a rear opening in the rear surface toward the central opening and has a shape tapered from the rear surface toward the front surface. The second aperture portion extends from a front opening in the front surface toward the central opening and has a shape tapered from the front surface toward the rear surface. The front opening is larger than the rear opening.
US12015832B2	Media player The present invention provides a media player configurable to provide the user with a seamless way of conducting transactions from within a window of the media player itself. All intermediate steps relating to the required transaction are carried out by calling up relevant modules/applications from within the application libraries from within an e-commerce platform. In preferred embodiments, the media player is configured to retrieve an encoded media file from a server or other content delivery network (CDN). The media player is further configured to display predefined overlays to the user during playback of the media file in response to identifying cues encoded into the media file by the content owner. The content owner can upload the media files to a server or other CDN via a dashboard/user interface. The cues can be encoded with a plurality of fields to enable the desired functionality to be achieved.
US12015824B2	Passive coherent location with a prediction of a broadcast signal An apparatus for passive coherent location includes a forecaster, an evaluator, a receiver, and a correlator. The forecaster generates a prediction of a radio-frequency signal transmitted from an antenna of a broadcasting service. The evaluator generates an effectiveness metric from the prediction of the radio-frequency signal. The receiver receives the radio-frequency signal that an object reflects from the antenna to the receiver. The correlator determines, from the radio-frequency signal reflected from the object as received at the receiver, an ambiguity function having a maximum at a temporal offset and a Doppler shift. The temporal offset and the Doppler shift at the maximum partially determine at least a position of the object. The apparatus optionally includes a selector for tuning the receiver to the radio-frequency signal in response to the effectiveness metric.
US12015823B2	Systems and methods for scene change recommendations Systems and methods are disclosed for indicating whether a scene in a media asset corresponds to a scene for which a scene change was previously requested. A media player client monitors scene sequences in a media asset to anticipate whether the user will initiate a scene change request based on historical scene change data. In response to detecting a scene sequence for which the user is expected to request a scene change, the media player client determines whether a scene change is necessary and outputs an indication of whether a scene change is recommended.
US12015820B2	Systems and methods for automatically generating scoring scenarios with video of event Methods and systems are disclosed herein for automatically indicating, during display of video of an event, actions in event that could satisfy side-game scoring scenarios. This may be accomplished by a media application that generates a live video of an event and retrieves data relating to a current status of a side-game in which a user is participating. The media application determines that a next play of the event could affect an outcome of the side-game and, in response, determines a particular action within the event that could affect the outcome of the side-game. The media application generates for display, within the video, an overlay on top of a playing space of the event, the overlay indicating where the particular action would need to occur to affect the outcome of the side-game.
US12015818B2	Video distribution system for live distributing video containing animation of character object generated based on motion of distributor user, video distribution method, and storage medium storing thereon video distribution program One aspect of the invention relates to a video distribution system for live distributing a video containing a virtual space and an animation of a character object generated based on a motion of a distributor user. The video distribution system determines, when receiving from a viewer user watching the video a participation request to request participation in the video, which one of first and second groups the viewer user belongs to. If the viewer user is determined to belong to the first group, the video distribution system arranges a specific avatar of the viewer user in a first region within the virtual space. If the viewer user is determined to belong to the second group, the video distribution system arranges the specific avatar in a second region within the virtual space as long as a condition for participation is satisfied.
US12015815B2	Mobile content tracking platform apparatuses, methods and systems The MOBILE CONTENT TRACKING PLATFORM METHODS (“Mobile-Track”) transforms TV program schedule listing information and user channel selection via Mobile-Track components, into TV audience viewing data and ad effects data. A method is disclosed, comprising: obtaining TV program schedule listing data; providing the obtained TV program schedule listing data to a user mobile device; receiving an indication of user channel selection; determining a media program associated with the received indication of user channel selection; determining an ad associated with the determined media program; providing a survey question related to the determined ad to the user mobile device; and receiving a user response to the survey question.
US12015814B2	Generating media content keywords based on video-hosting website content Systems and methods for generating media program keywords based on a video-hosting website are disclosed herein. Control circuitry identifies, on the video-hosting website, video content items that include at least a portion of a media program. The media program has a media program identifier and the video content items have respective titles, each including one or more terms. The control circuitry identifies a term included in more than one of the titles and identifies a group of the video content items that have the term included in their title. Based on the video-hosting website, the control circuitry determines a cumulative number of rankings of the video content items within the group and generates a relevance score for the term based on the cumulative number of rankings. The control circuitry stores the term and the relevance score in a keyword database in association with the media program identifier.
US12015805B2	Method, an apparatus and a computer program product for video streaming The embodiments relate to a method including determining a foreground area covering a viewport of 360-degree video and one or more other areas of 360-degree video, not containing the foreground area in its entirety; concluding a first set of tile streams among available tile streams of the 360-degree video to cover the foreground area; concluding a second set of tile streams among the available tile streams of the 360-degree video, to cover the one or more other areas; and requesting transmission of a first set of portions of the first set of tile streams and a second set of portions of the second set of tile streams, wherein the portions in the first set of portions have a shorter duration that portions in the second set of portions.
US12015802B2	Method and apparatus for signaling slice partition information in image and video coding A method and apparatus for signaling or parsing picture partition information are disclosed. The current picture is partitioned into one or more slices and one or more tiles according to the picture partition information. A control syntax is determined, where the control syntax is signaled from the video bitstream at the encoder side or parsed from the video bitstream at the decoder side unless the picture partition information indicates that a rectangular slice mode is selected, each sub picture is allowed to contain more than one rectangular slice, and the current picture contains only one rectangular slice in the current picture. In-loop filtering is applied across slice boundaries if the picture partition information indicates multiple slices existing in the current picture and the control syntax indicates the in-loop filtering being enabled.
US12015799B2	Systems and methods for data partitioning in video encoding This disclosure is directed to systems and methods of data partitioning in image encoding. A video encoder may receive a single stream of video data that includes multiple layers. The video encoder may encode the one or more layers utilizing multiple counters for each component within the layers. The multiple counters may correspond to the header bits, luma bits, and chroma bits within each slice layer. The encoded layers may then be assembled into a single slice before it is sent to a decoder for decoding of image frame.
US12015796B2	Image coding method on basis of entry point-related information in video or image coding system According to the disclosures of the present document, entry point-related information/parameter can be signaled by means of upper-level syntax, thereby allowing the amount of data necessary to be signaled for video/image coding to be reduced and coding efficiency to be increased.
US12015793B1	Frame-rate scalable video coding Methods and systems for frame rate scalability are described. Support is provided for input and output video sequences with variable frame rate and variable shutter angle across scenes, or for input video sequences with fixed input frame rate and input shutter angle, but allowing a decoder to generate a video output at a different output frame rate and shutter angle than the corresponding input values. Techniques allowing a decoder to decode more computationally-efficiently a specific backward compatible target frame rate and shutter angle among those allowed are also presented.
US12015791B2	Video coding using multi-model linear model A computing device performs a method of decoding video data by receiving bitstream encoding a chroma block, a corresponding luma block, neighboring luma samples, and neighboring chroma samples; decoding the luma block, the plurality of neighboring luma samples, and the plurality of neighboring chroma samples; selecting a group of reference luma samples and a group of reference chroma samples; computing a threshold luma value from the plurality of reconstructed neighboring luma samples, and a threshold chroma value from the plurality of reconstructed neighboring chroma samples; determining a maximum luma value and a minimum luma value from the group of the reference luma samples; generating multi-model linear model (MMLM) including a first linear model between the minimum luma value and the threshold luma value, and a second linear model between the threshold luma value and the maximum luma value; and reconstructing the chroma block from the luma block using MMLM.
US12015789B2	Encoding device, decoding device and program for triangle merge protection on boundary between two blocks An encoding device 1 includes: a merge predictor 181a configured to generate area prediction images using motion vectors of a plurality of divided areas obtained by dividing an encoding-target block and merge areas at boundaries of a plurality of the generated area prediction images through weighted averaging to generate a prediction block of the encoding-target block: and a filter controller 161 configured to control the deblocking filter based on a position of a merged area merged by the merge predictor 181a through the weighted averaging.
US12015787B2	Predicting and verifying regions of interest selections Video images are rendered in viewports of content viewers. Each content viewer views video images through a respective viewport in the viewports. Spatial locations in the video images to which foveal visions of the content viewers are directed are determined. ROIs in the video images are identified based on the spatial locations in the video images.
US12015781B2	Image encoding and decoding of chroma block using luma block Provided is an image decoding method including determining a current chroma block having a rectangular shape corresponding to a current luma block included in one of a plurality of luma blocks, determining a piece of motion information for the current chroma block and a chroma block adjacent to the current chroma block by using motion information of the current chroma block and the adjacent chroma block, and performing inter prediction on the current chroma block and the adjacent chroma block by using the piece of motion information for the current chroma block and the adjacent chroma block to generate prediction blocks of the current chroma block and the adjacent chroma block.
US12015778B2	Context adaptive binary arithmetic coding method and device There is provided an video encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The video decoding method comprises acquiring a bitstream including a predetermined context element, performing at least one of a context model determination, a probability update, and a probability interval determination on the predetermined syntax element, and arithmetically decoding the predetermined syntax element on the basis of a result of the performance.
US12015776B2	Image compression and decoding, video compression and decoding: methods and systems A computer-implemented method for lossy image or video compression, transmission and decoding, the method including the steps of: (i) receiving an input image at a first computer system; (ii) encoding the input image using a first trained neural network, using the first computer system, to produce a latent representation; (iii) quantizing the latent representation using the first computer system to produce a quantized latent; (iv) entropy encoding the quantized latent into a bitstream, using the first computer system; (v) transmitting the bitstream to a second computer system; (vi) the second computer system entropy decoding the bitstream to produce the quantized latent; (vii) the second computer system using a second trained neural network to produce an output image from the quantized latent, wherein the output image is an approximation of the input image. Related computer-implemented methods, systems, computer-implemented training methods and computer program products.
US12015773B2	Image encoding apparatus, image encoding method, image decoding apparatus, image decoding method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium In prediction, one of a first mode for deriving, using pixels in an image including a target block, predicted pixels in the target block, a second mode for deriving the predicted pixels in the target block using pixels in an image different from the image including the target block, a third mode for generating the predicted pixels in the target block using both the pixels in the image including the target block and pixels in the different image can be used. If the third mode is used in at least one of the first and second blocks, the intensity of deblocking filter to be performed for the boundary between the first and second blocks is set to the same intensity as in a case in which the first mode is used in at least one of the first and second blocks.
US12015772B2	Prediction refinement for affine merge and affine motion vector prediction mode A method includes determining, for a conversion between a video block of a video and a bitstream of the video, a size of prediction block corresponding to the video block according to a rule. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining. The rule specifies that a first size of the prediction block is determined responsive to whether a prediction refinement using optical flow technique is used for coding the video block. The video block has a second size and is coded using an affine merge mode or an affine advanced motion vector prediction mode.
US12015771B2	Apparatus and method for performing deblocking Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of picture processing. Especially, the embodiments are directed to improving the deblocking filter of an image coding device. During the deblocking, at most a number MA of sample values of the first coding block adjacent to the block edge are modified and at most a number MB of sample values of the second coding block adjacent to the block edge are modified; or at most a number MA of sample values of the second coding block adjacent to the block edge are modified and at most a number MB of sample values of the first coding block adjacent to the block edge are modified, MA≠MB.
US12015770B2	Method for encoding video data, device, and storage medium Provided is a method for encoding video data. The method includes: acquiring video data; configuring an encoding parameter of an encoder; determining a first time interval between two adjacent video frames in a group of pictures based on the encoding parameter; and adjusting a number of video frames in the group of pictures based on the first time interval by encoding the video data based on the encoding parameter. A device and a storage medium are also provided.
US12015768B2	Interactions between sub-block based intra block copy and different coding tools A method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream of the video, that the current block is split into multiple sub-blocks, wherein each of the multiple sub-blocks is coded in the bitstream using a corresponding coding technique according to a pattern, and performing the conversion based on the determining.
US12015767B2	Intra-frame predictive coding method and system for 360-degree video and medium An intra-frame predictive coding method, medium and system for a 360-degree video belong to video coding field are provided. The method includes: inputting features of a coding unit (CU) block to be partitioned into a neural network when intra-frame block partition (IFBP) is performed on a current CU block (CCUB), skipping a partition mode that the output of the neural network is smaller than threshold, and obtaining a plurality of IFBP schemes; determining a length n of a rough mode decision candidate list according to a CU feature and a texture feature of the sub-CU block when an intra-frame angle mode is decided to decide the intra-frame angle mode and to fill pixels in each IFBP scheme; calculating rate distortion optimization (RDO) loss between each IFBP scheme and the CCUB after pixel filling and performing intra-frame coding predictive coding on the CCUB based on the scheme.
US12015766B2	Prediction weighted table-based image/video coding method and apparatus A video decoding method executed by a video decoding apparatus according to the present document comprises the steps of: parsing a flag associated with weighted prediction from a bitstream; on the basis of the flag, parsing a prediction weighted table syntax from the bitstream; and on the basis of the prediction weighted table syntax, executing a weighted prediction on a current block in a current picture to reconstruct the current picture, wherein on the basis of the value of the flag being 1, the prediction weighted table syntax may be parsed from a picture header of the bitstream, and on the basis of the value of the flag being 0, the prediction weighted table syntax may be parsed from a slice header of the bitstream.
US12015765B2	Template matching based intra prediction In a method of decoding, coded information of a coding unit (CU), a template region, and a plurality of reference regions is received. The coded information includes a first syntax element indicating whether the CU is predicted based on a template matching based multiple reference line (MRL) intra prediction mode. In response to the first syntax element indicating that the CU is predicted based on the template matching based multiple reference line (MRL) intra prediction mode, a plurality of cost values is determined between (i) respective prediction samples of the template region based on samples in each of the plurality of reference regions, and (ii) reconstructed samples of the template region corresponding to the respective prediction samples. A reference region from the plurality of reference regions is determined based on the plurality of cost values. Samples of the CU are reconstructed based on the samples in the determined reference region.
US12015764B2	Encoder using a flag indicating whether temporal motion vector prediction is enabled, decoder, and medium An encoder includes circuitry and memory coupled to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry encodes, into a sequence parameter set, a first parameter indicating that a change in a picture size is allowed for any of pictures, determines whether or not a reference picture having a same size as a current picture is available to encode the current picture, and disables temporal motion vector prediction when it is determined that the reference picture having the same size as the current picture is not available.
US12015762B2	DMVR using decimated prediction block The present disclosure provides an inter prediction method, comprising the steps of obtaining an initial motion vector and a reference picture for bi-prediction; obtaining sets of candidate sample positions in the reference picture according to the initial motion vector and candidate motion vectors, wherein each candidate motion vector is derived by the initial motion vector and a respective motion vector offset, and wherein each set of candidate sample positions corresponds to each candidate motion vector; obtaining a respective set of sample positions from each set of candidate sample positions; computing a matching cost for each candidate motion vector within each set of sample positions; obtaining a refined motion vector based on the computed matching cost of each candidate motion vector; and obtaining prediction values for a current block based on the refined motion vector.
US12015761B2	Reference picture management in video coding A method of decoding a coded video bitstream is provided. The method includes obtaining a reference picture list structure for a current slice represented in the coded video bitstream; constructing a reference picture list for the current slice based on the reference picture list structure such that a number of entries in the reference picture list and an order of the entries in the reference picture list are both the same as in the reference picture list structure, wherein the reference picture list contains a plurality of active entries and a plurality of inactive entries; and obtaining, based on at least one active entry of the reference picture list, at least one reconstructed block of the current slice.
US12015760B2	Video coding for handling different picture sizes Provided is a video coding method comprising that the width of a video picture is set to be a first multiple of a first number M, and the first number M is a positive integer. The height of the picture is set to be a second multiple of a second number N, and the second number N is a positive integer. The first number M and the second number N are predetermined. Additionally, it is determined that a merge sharing node is located outside of the picture. The merge sharing node is corresponding to a first region of the picture, a first set of coding units of the picture are within the first region, and the first set of coding units are coded with a merge mode. A constraint process is then applied such that the boundary of the merge sharing node is aligned with the boundary of the picture.
US12015759B2	Information processing system, information processing method, and information processing program An information processing system includes a drawing portion that draws a display image for a terminal including one or more display media positioned in a virtual space; an acquisition portion that acquires input from a user; a state switching portion that switches, between a plurality of states, a state of the display medium; a position changing portion that changes the position of the display medium associated with one user in the virtual space, based on a first input from the one user acquired by the acquisition portion when the state of the display medium is a first state; and a viewpoint switching portion that switches a viewpoint of when the drawing portion draws the display image from a first viewpoint to a second viewpoint when the state of the display medium is switched from the first state to a second state by the state switching portion.
US12015758B1	Holographic video sessions Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that provide images for displaying a 3D appearance of a tracked object on a view dependent device. In some implementations, a set of multiple images of the object from different capture positions is provided and then adjusted such as to render the object in focus when using the adjusted images for display on the view dependent device. In some implementations, the set of multiple images is provided that includes virtual images generated using virtual image sensors that may improve the appearance of out of focus regions (e.g., outside the 3D object appearance) on the view dependent device. In some implementations, the set of multiple images of a person provides a hologram of the person (e.g., left and right eye views provide the appearance of a 3D person) where the images are adjusted to improve gaze direction of eyes of the person.
US12015757B2	Obstacle detection method and apparatus and unmanned aerial vehicle Embodiments of the present invention relate to an obstacle detection method and apparatus and an unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes a binocular photographing component and a laser texture component. The method includes: determining to start the laser texture component; starting the laser texture component, to emit a laser texture; obtaining a binocular view that is collected by the binocular photographing component and that includes the laser texture, and setting the binocular view that includes the laser texture as a target binocular view; and performing obstacle detection based on the target binocular view. In the above technical solutions, according to the embodiments of the present invention, precision of binocular stereo matching can be improved without changing an original binocular matching algorithm and structure, thereby improving precision of obstacle detection. In addition, the unmanned aerial vehicle can perform binocular sensing while flying at night.
US12015750B2	Image-reading device comprising a plurality of optical components arranged along the scanning direction and housing components arranged to have a first clearance therebetween An image reading device (1) includes a board (24) including a plurality of imaging elements (23) arranged along a scanning direction, and a housing (13) including (i) a plurality of optical components that are arranged along the scanning direction and (ii) a plurality of housing components (13a, 13b) that are arranged along the scanning direction. Each of the plurality of optical components focuses light reflected by a reading target onto a corresponding imaging element (23), and each of the plurality of housing components holds at least one optical component. The plurality of housing components (13a, 13b) are arranged to have a clearance therebetween and each of the plurality of housing components (13a, 13b) is fixed to the board (24) at a position to transmit light through the optical components to focus onto the corresponding imaging element (23).
US12015748B2	Dual-axle linkage detection structure A dual-axle linkage detection structure includes a first object, a second object, a sensor body, and a shielding element. The first object is movably connected to a base. The second object is movably connected to the first object. The sensor body is disposed on the first object and includes detecting positions. The shielding element includes a shielding part. When the second object covers the first object and the first object covers the base, the shielding part moves into the detecting position. When the second object moves away from the first object, or when the first object moves away from the base and drives the shielding element to rotate, the shielding part moves out of the detecting position.
US12015744B1	Systems and methods for large document transfer and decentralized storage Embodiments provide systems and methods for securely transferring large objects. A computer-implemented method, for example, includes determining whether digital content captured by a content capture device currently qualifies as a large file for transmission, based on a size attribute and a current transmission parameter associated with currently transmitting objects from a content capture system to an enterprise content management system. If the digital content qualifies as a large file, the digital content is encrypted and transmitted to a decentralized storage system for storage, and a content identifier that identifies the encrypted digital content stored in the decentralized storage system is transmitted to the enterprise content management system. Otherwise, the digital content is transmitted from the content capture system to the enterprise content management system.
US12015743B2	Function executing device and terminal device for executing wireless communication according to Bluetooth low energy A function executing device may comprise a first wireless interface according to a Bluetooth Low Energy scheme being capable of repeatedly sending an advertising signal. The function executing device may after a first advertising signal in which a first radio field intensity is used has been sent from the first wireless interface, receive a specific signal via the first wireless interface from a terminal device, change a radio field intensity used for sending the advertising signal from the first radio field intensity to a second radio field intensity lower than the first radio field intensity, and after a second advertising signal in which the second radio field intensity is used has been sent from the first wireless interface, establish a first wireless connection with the terminal device via the first wireless interface.
US12015739B2	Integrated customer information user interface Methods and systems for providing a centralized customer graphical user interface (GUI) include receiving an indication that a user has initiated an interaction with a cloud platform for support. In response, an interaction record is created for the interaction. A context is also determined for the interaction. The GUI displays information based on the context. An indication that an ending of the interaction has occurred may cause the GUI to present a wrap-up with confirmation indicators for one or more records interacted with via the GUI. The GUI may also receive an indication that one or more of the confirmation indicators is correct, and in response to receiving the indication that the one or more of the confirmation indicators is correct, one or more corresponding records are edited.
US12015738B2	Computer-implemented method of processing an emergency call and emergency communication network A method of processing an emergency call in an emergency communication network can include receiving an emergency call from an emergency caller from a first mobile communication device that is received via a SIP INVITE message; obtaining location information of the location of the first mobile communication device; determining a PSAP that is in the vicinity of the location of the first mobile communication device, and forwarding the emergency call to the PSAP for being handled by a call taker at the PSAP. The ESRP can request location information of all mobile communication devices that are in the vicinity of the first mobile communication device and, upon receipt of the location information, create a list of all mobile communication devices that are in the vicinity of the first mobile communication device for transmitting the list to the PSAP to be displayed at a display device of a call taker.
US12015737B2	Methods, systems and apparatus for generating and/or using communications training data The present invention relates to methods, systems, and apparatus for generating and/or using training data. An exemplary embodiment includes the steps of: generating from a first plurality of communications a first set of media fingerprints and corresponding communications information, the media fingerprints included in the first set of media fingerprints and corresponding communications information being a first set of media fingerprints; generating from a second plurality of communications a set of media fingerprints of a first type, each individual communication of the second plurality of communications having characteristics indicating a probability greater than a first threshold that the individual communication is of the first type; labeling individual media fingerprints in the first set of media fingerprints and corresponding communications information as being of the first type when the individual media fingerprint being labeled matches a media fingerprint in the set of media fingerprints of the first type.
US12015730B2	Systems and methods for cellular and landline text-to-audio and audio-to-text conversion Systems and methods are provided for text-to-speech and speech-to-text conversion in wireless devices such as wireless telephones, remote facilities, and land-based devices such as land-line telephones. A wireless telephone, such as a personal cellular telephone, is provided that converts audio data such as a voice message into text data such that a user can view the contents of the voice message as text on the user's wireless telephone.
US12015729B2	Mobile phone holder A mobile device holder is disclosed. The mobile device holder includes: a base plate having a support surface and a rear surface opposite to the support surface; a first holder element arranged on the support surface at a first end of the base plate; a second holder element arranged in spaced relation to the first holder element, the second holder element being movable to a securing position to fixedly secure a mobile device between the first and second holder elements; and a magnet chamber extending from the rear surface of the base plate, the magnet chamber containing at least one magnet.
US12015718B2	Method and system for signing and authenticating electronic documents via a signature authority which may act in concert with software controlled by the signer A system and method for signing and authenticating electronic documents using public key cryptography applied by one or more server computer clusters operated in a trustworthy manner, which may act in cooperation with trusted components controlled and operated by the signer. The system employs a presentation authority for presenting an unsigned copy of an electronic document to a signing party and a signature authority for controlling a process for affixing an electronic signature to the unsigned document to create a signed electronic document. The system provides an applet for a signing party's computer that communicates with the signature authority.
US12015716B2	System and method for securely processing an electronic identity A method for providing identification using an endpoint device is disclosed. The endpoint device may include an electronic identity that is unique and can be securely stored. The electronic identity may be passed to an access device along with signed interaction data and a cryptogram. The access device may generate an authorization request with the cryptogram and may send it to a remote server computer for further processing.
US12015704B2	Particle accelerator to generate random numbers for cryptographic applications A particle accelerator random number generator system comprises a particle accelerator, a particle event detector, and a processing application. Operation steps include initiating the particle accelerator; detecting a particle event by the particle event detector; recording a binary event from the detected particle event; determining if sufficient binary events have been recorded for the desired random number strength; if not, return to the step of detecting a particle event; if so, converting the random number binary string to a random number generated hexadecimal; applying the random number generated hexadecimal string for an encryption key; and using the random number hexadecimal key to encrypt an application.
US12015703B2	Electronic device for user authentication, server, and control method therefor An electronic device is disclosed. The device may comprise: a storage unit in which tag information is stored; a communication unit; and a processor which: acquires a biometric code string from biometric data sensed by a sensor; transmits a first cryptogram obtained by encrypting the biometric code string and the tag information, a first masking code, and a first masking encryption code obtained by encrypting the first masking code to the server through the communication unit; when tag information contained in a second cryptogram received from the server is identified as a value acquired on the basis of the stored tag information, decrypts the second cryptogram so as to acquire a value obtained by adding a distance value and a second masking code derived from the second cryptogram; and transmits the acquired value to the server through the communication unit, wherein the distance value includes a distance value between the biometric code string and a biometric code string already stored in the server, and the second masking code includes a code acquired by the server on the basis of the first masking code.
US12015702B2	Key sharing for media frames using blockchain This disclosure describes techniques for exchanging keys associated with encrypted media sessions using blockchains. In an example method, one or more encrypted frames are generated by encrypting one or more media frames based on an encryption key. Data indicating a ledger in a blockchain is transmitted to one or more computing devices. The ledger includes a decryption key configured to decrypt the one or more encrypted frames. Data packets are generated by packetizing the one or more encrypted frames. The data packets are transmitted to the one or more computing devices.
US12015701B2	System and method for generating hash values through true-randomness quantum hash functions A system and method for generating quantum hash values through true-randomness hash functions to facilitate security on use of hash values, especially to a quantum hash value generator for providing a hash value with true randomness. Through operations of Borel-measure derivation, Lebesgue-dominated validation, and quantum-hash-value derivation, such technology not only provides hash functions with true randomness, but also enhances to implement a mechanism to generate various quantum hash functions instantly.
US12015697B2	Network topology A network topology is provided that includes multiple data centers for building blockchain blocks. The data centers can process different subgroups of blocks, and then send updates to one another with information about new blocks. Additionally, some data centers may protect sensitive block body information, and instead may only share block headers.
US12015696B2	Techniques for secure channel communications A method for conducting a transaction is disclosed. A processor in a thin client may receive transaction data from a portable device of a first portable device type. The processor may determine that the portable device is the first portable device type. The processor may apply an encryption protocol associated with a second portable device type to the transaction data to create encrypted data. The processor may transmit the encrypted data to a remote computer, wherein the remote computer utilizes the encryption protocol to decrypt the transaction data, and thereafter process the transaction data to conduct the transaction.
US12015695B2	User terminal, permission information management method, and permission information management program A user terminal generates a first key pair and a second key pair, transmits a permission request including a public encryption key of the second key pair after electronically signing the permission request with a secret encryption key, and acquires, from permission information transmitted from a right-holder terminal, a content decryption key by using a secret decryption key of the second key pair and uses the content. The right-holder terminal stores a third key pair and the content decryption key, verifies the permission request received, and encrypts the content decryption key by using the public encryption key of the second key pair included in the permission request and transmits the permission information including the encrypted content decryption key after electronically signing the permission information with a secret encryption key of the third key pair. The permission request and the permission information are transmitted and received via a blockchain.
US12015691B2	Security as a service for machine learning Embodiments are disclosed for a method. The method includes validating training data that is provided for training a machine learning model using ordinary differential equations. The method further includes generating pre-processed training data from the validated training data by generating encrypted training data from the validated training data using homomorphic encryption and generating random noise based on the validated training data. The method also includes training the machine learning model adversarially with the pre-processed training data.
US12015690B2	Automated validation of data sources in a managed network An embodiment includes a method of client-server trust management. The method includes receiving, at a client device, a public key of a system server and locally seeding the public key in a secure storage at the client device. The method includes receiving a certificate list signed by a private key of the system server and verifying a source of the certificate list using the seeded public key. The method includes initiating a handshake process with a second device during which a digital device certificate of the second device is received. The method includes halting the handshake process and validating the second device by matching the digital device certificate with a certificate included on the verified certificate list. Based on the validation, the method includes managing a communication session with the second device to enable or prevent data transfer between the client device and the second device.
US12015689B2	Container management for cryptanalysis attack protection Containers can be managed for cryptanalysis attack protection. For example, a computing system can receive, from a container, a description specifying a first hardware requirement for the container. The computing system can restrict access to hardware based on the first hardware requirement for the container. The computing system can perform, for a data object requested by the container, an encryption operation and a decryption operation using the hardware. A result of the encryption operation can be inaccessible to the container prior to the decryption operation.
US12015685B2	Optimization of encoding cycles for object recovery feed The disclosed embodiments relate generally to efficient data encoding and transmission. An encoding system determines an encoding interval at which to encode different groups of related data in a data structure. The encoding interval for each group encoded together optimizes the amount of newly received information that is encoded and transmitted in a continuous, repeating loop.
US12015682B2	Service subscription method and system for reporting service change in communication system A service subscription method and an apparatus for reporting a service change, where the method includes a first network function network element sending the address of the first network function network element to a second network function network element. Therefore, when a first service changes, the first network function network element can receive a notification.
US12015681B2	Methods and apparatus to determine media impressions using distributed demographic information Examples to determine media impressions using distributed demographic information are disclosed. An example system includes programmable circuitry to log, at a first Internet domain, a first record for a first website visit by a first client device to a website at a second Internet domain, the first record based on a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request, the first record to include a timestamp, a uniform resource locator (URL), and a user identifier, the timestamp to represent a time of the first website visit, the URL corresponding to the website at the second Internet domain, and weight impression data in a report, the impression data associated with the first record and with second records, the second records corresponding to second website visits to the website via second client devices, the weighting of the impression data based on demographic distributions of audience members corresponding to the first and second records.
US12015679B2	Methods and apparatuses for network function discovery A network entity generates a discovery request and transmit the discovery request to a network repository entity, NRE, wherein, advantageously, the discovery request includes a set of query parameters, the set of query parameters comprising a set of candidate network entity identifiers (IDs) comprising at least a first candidate network entity ID (e.g., an1-SMF instance ID), wherein each candidate network entity ID included in the set of candidate network entity IDs identifies a candidate network entity.
US12015678B2	System and method for transferring content from a connected device A system for delivering content over a communication, including an interface for receiving a request for transferring content, where the request specifies optimization types for transferring the content, multiple control units, where each control unit maintains an open communication channel with delivery peers that communicate with destination servers, and a peer manager communicating with the multiple control units and with the interface, the peer manager configured for selecting a specific delivery peer according to the optimization types and connection parameters included in the request and a set of rules, and sending a command to a selected control unit which communicates with the specific delivery peer selected to transfer the content from a specific destination server of the multiple destination servers, where the selected delivery peer transfers the content from a specific destination server.
US12015676B2	Method and apparatus for advanced vehicle preconfiguration A system includes a mobile device having a processor and memory. The mobile device determines that a new vehicle is assigned to an identified owner and responsively initiates a settings configuration process. The configuration process includes presenting existing vehicle system settings from an existing vehicle that can be transferred to the new vehicle, receiving selection of settings to be transferred, receiving editing of settings to be transferred, presenting configurable vehicle system settings for the new vehicle that can be configured, receiving configuration of the settings, and saving selected, edited and newly configured settings to a data set, which is then uploaded to a server for transfer to the new vehicle.
US12015674B2	Virtual private network connection status detection Virtual private network (VPN) service provider infrastructure (SPI) receives a request to access a VPN from a client device. The VPN SPI selects an Internet Protocol (IP) address for access to the VPN by the client device from a pool of IP addresses. The VPN SPI provides access to the VPN for the client device via the IP address. The VPN SPI receives one or more handshake notifications from the client device. The VPN SPI determines that a threshold time period has passed since a latest-in-time handshake notification of the one or more handshake notifications. The VPN SPI disconnects the client device from the VPN in response to determining that the threshold time period has passed. The VPN SPI adds the IP address to the pool of IP addresses in response to disconnecting the client device from the VPN.
US12015672B2	Network reconnection request handling Virtual private network (VPN) service provider infrastructure (SPI) receives a request to access a VPN from a client device. The VPN SPI selects an Internet Protocol (IP) address for access to the VPN by the client device from a pool of IP addresses. The VPN SPI provides access to the VPN for the client device via the IP address. The VPN SPI receives one or more handshake notifications from the client device. The VPN SPI determines that a threshold time period has passed since a latest-in-time handshake notification of the one or more handshake notifications. The VPN SPI disconnects the client device from the VPN in response to determining that the threshold time period has passed. The VPN SPI adds the IP address to the pool of IP addresses in response to disconnecting the client device from the VPN.
US12015669B2	Dynamic open radio access network radio unit sharing between multiple tenant open radio access network distributed units Dynamic Open Radio Access Network Radio Unit (O-RU) sharing between multiple tenant Open RAN Distributed Units (O-DU) may be provided. A Near Real Time RAN Intelligent Controller (nRT-RIC) may receive tenant policies for a first tenant and a second tenant. The nRT-RIC may then determine initial sharing templates for the first tenant and the second tenant based on the tenant policies. The nRT-RIC may send the initial sharing templates to a first tenant Distributed Unit (DU) and a second tenant DU. The nRT-RIC may receive operating metrics from the first tenant DU and the second tenant DU. The nRT-RIC may then determine operational factors based on the operating metrics. The nRT-RIC may alter an allocation of resources between the first tenant and the second tenant based on the operational factors. Finally, the nRT-RIC may send the altered allocation of resources to the first tenant DU and the second tenant DU.
US12015668B2	Method and apparatus for selecting a target edge application server in an edge computing environment The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method performed by a source edge enabler server for selecting a target edge application server in an edge computing system for a user equipment (UE) is provided.
US12015667B2	Synchronizing user data between a sync client and a sync server on a customer computing system Example implementations relate to data synchronization. According to an example, a system includes a processing system to execute a workload container, the workload container including a user workload application, the user workload application including a sync client; a data storage system, coupled to the processing system, to store user data; and a sync controller to control synchronization of the user data between the sync client and a sync server executing on a customer computing system and pull a selected portion of the user data from the customer computing system to the sync client. The sync client incrementally updates the user data stored on the data storage system with the selected portion of the user data to synchronize the user data between the customer computing system and the cloud computing system.
US12015666B2	Systems and methods for distributing partial data to subnetworks Computer systems and methods for replicating a portion of a data set to a local repository associated with a subnetwork are disclosed. In one implementation, a method for a device associated with a subnetwork may include obtaining a portion of a data set from a central repository. The data set may be associated with one or more subnetworks, and the portion of the data set may be associated with the subnetwork. The method may further include obtaining a request for data originating from a node in the subnetwork. In addition, the method may include determining whether the central repository is unavailable to provide the requested data, and providing the requested data to the node after the central repository is determined as being unavailable.
US12015665B2	Network optimization system using server latency measurements The present application describes a system and method for determining a latency between a client device and various servers of a networking system.
US12015663B1	Authenticating users using localization of speech or correlations in audio data A method may receive a first audio signal data at a first device, the first audio signal data decoded using a microphone array. A method may determine that the first audio signal data includes an audio sequence relating to an information sharing request. A method may send a first signal. A method may receive a second signal via the microphone array responsive to the first signal. A method may verify that the second signal was sent from a direction of a voice associated with the audio sequence, the second signal including a second device identifier associated with a second device. A method may establish a wireless connection with the second device using the second device identifier.
US12015662B2	Efficient file routing system A method or system for efficiently routing a file located on two or more sources to one or more file recipients connected by a plurality of paths in one or more networks. For each file recipient, one or more predetermined utility functions are evaluated to select the most efficient one of the plurality of paths to use for routing the file to the one or more file recipients, and the file is routed to the one or more file recipient using the selected path. The predetermined utility function may be the estimated operating expense associated with the routing of the file to the one or more file recipients, or the estimated return on investment for improving the routing of said file to the one or more recipients, or is related to an estimated file transfer time to the one or more file recipients.
US12015659B2	Optimized transmission and consumption of digital content A system may include a memory and a processor in communication with the memory. The processor may be configured to perform operations. The operations may include extracting a first multiple dimensional dataset and a second multiple dimensional dataset and encoding the first multiple dimensional dataset into a first encoded dataset and the second multiple dimensional dataset into a second encoded dataset. The operations may include combining the first encoded dataset and the second encoded dataset into a combined encoded dataset and conveying the combined encoded dataset to a user.
US12015654B2	Social networking system and method A social network is provided. The social network of the present invention may prompt a user to create a “moment”. The moment of the present invention may include at least a time and a location of a place that the user is currently located, was located in the past, or will be located in the future. The moment may be stored on a database. Multiple users may create accounts and create a plurality of moments. All of the moments of the users may be stored on the database. The present invention may include a search box so that third party users may search for other third party user's moments. A user may enter in search criteria and may be presented with a plurality of moments based on the inputted search criteria.
US12015653B1	System and method for effective communication in online collaboration A system for managing an online meeting includes one or more hardware processors. The system also includes a non-transitory memory, the non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or hardware processors, causes the one or more hardware processors to perform actions. The actions include monitoring participants during the online meeting. The actions also include adjusting interaction between a least a subset of the participants via one or more interfaces based on the monitoring.
US12015646B2	Security for 5G network slicing Slices of a 5G network may be configured to implement a trust model by which network customers are provided with assurances that slice properties meet agreed-upon criteria specified by customer policy so that slices can be trusted. Illustrative slice properties may pertain to service types, geographic area of operations, and attributes associated with software, firmware, and hardware used in the infrastructure of nodes in a trusted slice. Particular values of the properties describe a slice configuration that may be measured, digested, and attested to the customer to provide assurances that the configuration conforms with the policy. The 5G slice trust model may be implemented as a two-way model in which a slice provider performs checks to verify slice properties while customers ensure that only authenticated and authorized user equipment (UE) will access a trusted slice.
US12015642B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for testing a network system under test communicating over a secure channel Methods, systems, and computer readable media for testing a system under test (SUT). A method includes sending a first test packet to the SUT over a communication link. The first test packet is associated with a layer 2 secure channel that is bound to an emulated network device. The method includes receiving a second test packet from the SUT over the communication link. The second test packet includes an unencrypted portion and an encrypted portion. The method includes forming a test identifier that uniquely identifies the layer 2 secure channel and the emulated network device using a subset of bits from a secure channel identifier in the unencrypted portion of the second test packet. The method includes decrypting the encrypted portion of the second test packet by finding a security key using the test identifier.
US12015634B2	System and method for mitigating cyber security threats by devices using risk factors A system and method for mitigating cyber security threats by devices using risk factors. The method includes determining a plurality of risk factors for a device based on a plurality of risk behaviors indicated by network activity and information of the device, wherein the plurality of risk behaviors includes observed risk behaviors and assumed risk behaviors, wherein the observed risk behaviors are indicated by data related to network activity by the device, wherein the assumed risk behaviors are extrapolated based on known contextual information related to the device; determining a risk score for the device based on the plurality of risk factors and a plurality of weights, wherein each of the plurality of weights is applied to one of the plurality of risk factors; and performing at least one mitigation action based on the risk score.
US12015632B2	Dynamic resource allocation for network security Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for dynamic allocation of network security resources and measures to network traffic between end terminals on a network and a network destination, based in part on an independently sourced reputation score of the network destination. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at a cloud network controller, a request from an end terminal for information on a network destination; determining, at the cloud network controller, a reputation score for the network destination; determining, at the cloud network controller, one or more security measures to be applied when accessing the network destination, based on the reputation score; and communicating, by the cloud network controller, the one or more security measures to the end terminal, wherein the end terminal communicates the one or more security measures to a third-party security service provider for applying to communications between the end terminal and the network destination.
US12015631B2	Diagnosing and managing network vulnerabilities The present disclosure generally relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for identifying instances of vulnerabilities on a computing network and generating a graph representing pathways that an attacking entity may take with respect to accessing one or more sensitive assets. For example, one or more systems disclosed herein collect network information and vulnerability information to generate a graph including nodes and edges representing at least a portion of the computing network associated with different vulnerabilities. The systems described herein may use graph theory to generate or otherwise identify pathways that an attacker is likely to use in accessing the sensitive asset(s). The systems additionally may further evaluate the pathways and associated likelihoods/risks to intelligently select one or more action items associated with a reduction of risk to the networking system.
US12015630B1	Security model utilizing multi-channel data with vulnerability remediation circuitry Systems and methods for vulnerability remediation based on a dynamic security model are disclosed. Device connectivity data for an entity external to an identifier entity is received by the identifier entity. A vulnerability is identified and risk-scored based on a property parsed from the device connectivity data. The identifier entity may execute an automatic action to prevent the identifier entity from receiving electronic communications from the affected component of the external entity. Further, based on the risk score meeting various parameters, a hyperlink is generated by the identifier entity and provided to the external entity. The hyperlink may include a remediation executable parametrized using the property parsed from the device connectivity data. The remediation executable may include a reference to a patch structured to remediate the vulnerability. Once the external entity remediates the vulnerability, the external entity may initiate a rescan of its affected component.
US12015629B2	Tailored network risk analysis using deep learning modeling A method, computer system, and computer program product are provided for network risk analysis. A plurality of risk reports relating to a network device in a network are obtained, wherein each risk report is associated with a particular dimension of a plurality of dimensions of risk for the network device in the network. A count of the plurality of risk reports is determined for each dimension of the plurality of dimensions of risk. A regression model is applied to determine a risk value for the network device in the network based on the count of the plurality of risk reports for each dimension and based a role of the network device in the network.
US12015628B1	Complex network attack detection method based on cross-host abnormal behavior recognition The present disclosure discloses a complex network attack detection method based on cross-host abnormal behavior recognition, and the method includes the following steps: 1) firstly collecting kernel log data of a host to construct an intra-host association graph, then employing a graph convolution network (GCN) to extract features, and finally using an autoencoder to detect abnormal nodes in the intra-host association graph; 2) firstly constructing an inter-host interaction graph by using network flow log data, then training a prediction model based on a sequence of the inter-host interaction graph, and finally detecting abnormal edges in the inter-host interaction graph according to prediction differences; and 3) firstly constructing a cross-host exception association graph according to intra-host and inter-host exception detection results, then spreading exception scores by employing a PageRank algorithm, and finally confirming an attacked host based on the exception scores.
US12015627B2	Webpage integrity monitoring A method to monitor integrity of webpages. The method may include obtaining a destination of outgoing network traffic resulting from rendered code of a webpage. The rendered code may be generated using source code of the webpage that is obtained in response to a request to a webserver that hosts the webpage. The method may also include obtaining a previous destination of previous outgoing network traffic resulting from previous rendered code of the webpage. The previous rendered code may be generated before the request is sent to the webserver for the source code used to generate the rendered code. The method may also include comparing the destination and the previous destination to determine a change in integrity of security of the webpage. In response to the change in the integrity of security of the webpage, an alert regarding the integrity of security of the webpage may be generated.
US12015622B2	Privacy-preserving online botnet classification system utilizing power footprint of IoT connected devices A system and method for the detection and system impact mitigation of bots in Internet of Things (IoT) devices, the system including a smart auditor configured to interface with and control a power supply of an IoT device, the smart auditor being configured to measure and transmit power usage information of the IoT device. The system then utilizing a historical database and various IoT devices and associated power usage patterns to identify anomalies in power usage by the IoT device based on historical data, utilize machine learning to recognize normal and non-normal power usage patterns, and generate a command to shut off power to the IoT device upon detection of malicious botnet activity. The system including encryption protocols to maintain privacy during communication of the power usage information as well as maintain integrity and secrecy regarding model information from the historical database.
US12015619B2	Dynamic routing of access request streams in a unified policy enforcement system The technology discloses processing incoming access requests of packets through cloud-based components that perform (a) packet-level access control and traffic inspection, (b) protocol-level access control and traffic inspection, (c) threat detection, and (d) activity contextualization, including a packet and stream router conveying each incoming access request of packets through all of components (a)-(d) that apply, at least until one of the components sets a restrictive state on at least one object corresponding to the incoming access request or until all of the components that apply have passed the incoming access request. The disclosed method also includes a restrictive state analyzer determining whether the first, second, third or fourth restrictive state has been set due to malformed packets, malicious signatures, requests directed to a threat destination or an activity classified as compromising, and based on setting of any of the states, taking restrictive steps in response to the incoming access request.
US12015617B2	Systems and methods for providing secure access to collaboration rooms with dynamic tenancy in response to an event Systems and methods for providing secure access to digital collaboration rooms with dynamic tenancy in response to an event are provided. An example method includes establishing, via an orchestration service, a digital collaboration room for an entity; receiving and storing three authentication factors of a user, the three authentication factors including a first authentication factor relating a corporate email account of the user assigned by the entity; and upon an entity's request and in response to an event activating an isolate mode and isolating the digital collaboration room.
US12015613B2	Method and system for secure container application framework An edge device may be configured to generate a secure container to perform a software application on the edge device. A security daemon operating on a processor of the edge device may receive a security policy for the software application from a secure container platform, retrieve a license associated with the software application, and determine permissions of the software application based on the retrieved license. The edge device may create a user or group account and updating a system service access-control list (ACL) based on the received security policy and the determined permissions, and generate and send a policy ready message to the secure container platform in response to creating the user or group account and updating the system service ACL.
US12015609B2	Secure identity provider authentication for native application to access web service A native application on a client computing device enables secure user authentication via an identity provider (IdP) for accessing services of a web service provider. The native application forwards a redirect request generated by a main gateway of the service provider and including an IdP uniform resource locator (URL) to a system browser of the client computing device. The redirect request directs the system browser to a broker gateway of the service provider that registers an authentication response handler and redirects the system browser to the IdP URL to enable a user of the native client computing device to authenticate. After the broker gateway receives an IdP authentication response from the IdP following authentication by the user, the broker gateway provides the IdP authentication response to the native application for providing back to the main gateway. The main gateway finally processes the authentication response to complete the authentication request.
US12015607B2	System and method for authenticating client devices communicating with an enterprise system A system and method are provided for authenticating client devices communicating with an enterprise system. The method includes providing a policy enforcement interceptor to intercept API calls and enabling the policy enforcement interceptor to communicate with a policy information point to query the at least one endpoint for entitlements associated with an account. The method also includes intercepting an API call to the application API, communicating with the policy information point to determine entitlements associated with the account by having the policy information point query an entitlements database and, when the entitlements returned to the policy enforcement interceptor are valid, invoking a policy decision point to validate the client device. The method also includes, when the client device is validated, permitting invocation of the API. The method also includes providing an API response to the client device to permit access to the application via the API.
US12015606B2	Virtual machine provisioning and directory service management A computer implemented method includes granting a tenant administrator client machine access to a cloud hosted tenant service joined to a directory service. A bulk token for the tenant is obtained in response to a request received from the tenant administrator client machine. An identifier of an authorized tenant client to the cloud hosted tenant service is received and results in the provisioning of a tenant client virtual machine in a cloud service for the authorized tenant client in accordance with a specified provisioning package associated with the bulk token. The tenant client virtual machine is then joined to the directory service. On receipt of an authorized client token at the cloud hosted tenant service from a tenant client machine, the tenant client machine is provided a connection to the tenant client virtual machine.
US12015604B2	System for secured electronic data access through machine-learning based analysis of combined access authorizations A system is provided for secured electronic data access through machine-learning based analysis of combined access authorizations. In particular, the system may maintain an access provisioning database which stores data regarding the data access authorizations that have been granted to one or more third party computing systems or entities. The system may further continuously monitor and aggregate electronic data from one or more electronic data streams and analyze the electronic data to intelligently generate probabilities for future events that create certain combinations of access authorizations that affect the security of the electronic data to which the third party computing systems have authorized access. In this way, the system may provide an effective way to manage access authorizations.
US12015594B2	Policy integration for cloud-based explicit proxy A system for processing data that includes a first processor configured to operate one or more algorithms to provide a proxy for each of a plurality of external network communications segments and internal network communications segments associated with a specific use, the first processor configured to operate one or more algorithms to provide a firewall agent that performs firewall processing for each of the plurality of external network communications segments and the internal network communications segments and wherein the explicit proxy is installed using a proxy auto configuration file that is associated with the firewall agent.
US12015593B2	Methods and systems for improved analytics Methods and systems for improved analytics are provided. A Software as a Service (SaaS) platform may be implemented as a distributed system using a public infrastructure, such as a public cloud, and an on-premises infrastructure, such as a private cloud. A control plane for the SaaS platform may reside in the public cloud, while a data plane for the SaaS platform may reside in the on-premises private cloud.
US12015592B2	Zero trust approach to secure sensitive mobile applications and prevent distributed denial of service attacks Systems and methods for protecting sensitive mobile applications from attack include incorporating private application access software in a mobile application that operates on a user device to provide functionality to an end user, the functionality is separate from the private application access; deploying application connectors in front of a private application that is accessed by the mobile application; responsive to a request to access the private application, authenticating the end user through the mobile application; and, responsive to authentication, providing access to the private application through the mobile application via a plurality of secure tunnels. The application connectors are configured to only provide outbound connections, thereby protecting the private application from the attack. The request to access is received via a cloud-based system which is configured to drop any invalid request, thereby protecting the private application from the attack.
US12015590B2	Methods and systems for efficient cyber protections of mobile devices Enterprise users' mobile devices typically access the Internet without being protected by the enterprise's network security policy, which exposes the enterprise network to Internet-mediated attack by malicious actors. This is because the conventional approach to protecting the mobile devices and associated enterprise network is to tunnel all of the devices' Internet communications to the enterprise network, which is very inefficient since typically only a very small percentage of Internet communications originating from an enterprise's mobile devices are communicating with Internet hosts that are associated with threats. In the present disclosure, the mobile device efficiently identifies which communications are associated with Internet threats, and tunnels only such identified traffic to the enterprise network, where actions may be taken to protect the enterprise network.
US12015587B2	Methods for updating route, access device, and convergence device Provided are methods and apparatuses for updating a route. In the present disclosure, when an access device receives a first host route and a first sequence number sent by a BGP peer of the access device, regardless of the value of the first sequence number, the first host route is used as a route used by the access device to forward data to a target host, and a recorded first ARP entry corresponding to the target host is deleted, so as to trigger the BGP peer of the access device, for example, a convergence device, to withdraw host routes associated with the first ARP entry based on the existing route withdrawal mechanism.
US12015586B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to receive a first e-mail, generate a document including content in a body of the first e-mail, generate address information for accessing the document, send a second e-mail to an e-mail address designated as an addressee of the first e-mail, the second e-mail including the address information and only a portion of the content in the body of the first e-mail, and in a case where an address indicated by the address information is accessed by a user of the addressee, display the document on a display of the addressee user.
US12015585B2	System and method for detection, translation, and categorization of visual content associated with malicious electronic communication Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for detecting, translating, and categorizing visual content associated with malicious electronic communication. The system is configured for establishing a communication link with one or more third party systems, continuously monitoring one or more electronic communications associated with the one or more third party systems, detecting at least one electronic communication from the one or more electronic communications that meets one or more triggers, analyzing the at least one electronic communication to translate the at least one electronic communication to text, and categorizing the at least one electronic communication based on the text associated with the at least one electronic communication.
US12015578B2	Communication apparatus, method of controlling communication apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium A communication apparatus operable to act as a master-AP in a multi-AP (access point) coordination configuration that supports an IEEE802.11 series standard, selects a sounding method which is a method for transmitting a sounding packet for receiving a CSI report as feedback from a terminal apparatus in accordance with a CSI (channel state information) calculation capability in the terminal apparatus that is connected to the communication apparatus.
US12015577B2	Bandwidth part switching techniques in wireless communications Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which a wideband bandwidth part (BWP) may be used for periodic communications bursts, and a user equipment (UE) may switch to a narrowband BWP between the communications bursts, which may provide reduced power consumption and reduced processing overhead at the UE. An end of burst indicator may be provided with the wideband BWP communications that indicates a timing for switching from the wideband BWP to the narrowband BWP. The end of burst indicator may be provided prior to a last downlink shared channel communication of the communications burst, and the UE may switch to the narrowband BWP upon completion of the last downlink shared channel communication. The UE may switch from the narrowband BWP to the wideband BWP for a subsequent communications burst autonomously or based on an explicit indication.
US12015575B2	Low overhead aperiodic triggering of multi-symbol SRS Systems and methods are disclosed herein for providing aperiodic Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) triggering in a wireless system. Embodiments of a method performed by a wireless device and corresponding embodiments of a wireless device are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method in a wireless device for triggering aperiodic SRS comprises receiving a first SRS configuration for a first type of aperiodic SRS transmission and a second SRS configuration for a second type of aperiodic SRS transmission. The method further comprises receiving downlink control information comprising a parameter for triggering an aperiodic SRS transmission and determining whether to use the first SRS configuration or the second SRS configuration. The method further comprises transmitting an aperiodic SRS transmission in accordance with the determined SRS configuration. Embodiments of a method performed by a base station and corresponding embodiments of a base station are also disclosed.
US12015574B2	Method and device for transmitting PSCCH and PSSCH Provided, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, is a method for a first device transmitting a PSCCH and a PSSCH to a second device. The method may comprise the steps of: determining whether, in the entire frequency band of one PSSCH sub-channel, a first DMRS symbol is occupied by a resource region associated with a PSCCH; on the basis of whether the first DMRS symbol is occupied by the resource region associated with the PSCCH, determining a position, of a reference symbol in a PSSCH resource, in which a second SCI is mapped; mapping the second SCI on the basis of the position of the reference symbol in the PSSCH resource; and transmitting the second SCI to a second device via the PSSCH.
US12015572B2	Communication method and communications apparatus A communication method and a communications apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: receiving a discovery reference signal from a network device, where the discovery reference signal includes one or more first signals and one or more second signals, and the one or more first signals include at least a common signal block or a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS). The one or more first signals may be used to carry configuration information of the one or more second signals, or configuration information of the discovery reference signal may be received from the network device. The corresponding apparatus is also disclosed. By virtue of the disclosed communication method and apparatus, composition of the discovery reference signal can be accurately indicated, to avoid frequent channel discovery, and improve resource utilization efficiency of the discovery reference signal.
US12015571B2	Reference signal transmitting and receiving method, base station, terminal, and readable medium There is provided a method for transmitting a reference signal. The method for transmitting the reference signal includes: determining locations in time and frequency domains of a DRS, the DRS comprising at least one of a PSS, an SSS, a PBCH, a DMRS for PBCH, a CSI-RS for TRS, a CSI-RS for beam management, and a CSI-RS for acquiring channel state information; and transmitting the DRS at the locations in time and frequency domains of the DRS.
US12015562B2	Port addressing via packet header modification Techniques are disclosed for processing flows by a smart network interface card (smartNIC) based on modifying a packet. In one example, a smartNIC accelerator receives a packet from a first port of the smartNIC, the first port being connected to a splitter device that splits a first data path into a second data path and a third data path, and the packet arriving at the first port via the second data path. The accelerator modifies the packet to indicate that the packet arrived at the first port via the second data path. The accelerator inserts the modified packet into a queue that is associated with both the second data path and the third data path. A programming data plane of the smartNIC receives and then processes the modified packet based on determining that the packet arrived at the first port via the second data path.
US12015560B2	Data transmission method and network device This application provides for data transmission between first and second network devices. The first network device requests information from the second network device and in return receives grant information from the second network device. The grant information includes at least a first sequence number that is used by the first network device to determine a first credit limit, where the first credit limit is an amount of data allowed to be sent by the first network device in a packet-distributed load sharing manner. The first network device sends data to the second network device based on the first credit limit. Second and third sequence numbers are also described.
US12015557B2	Efficient flow management utilizing unified logging Techniques are disclosed for a smart network interface card (smartNIC) performing a unified logging process. In one example, an accelerator of the smartNIC receives a packet that is a candidate for rejection, whereby the accelerator is configured to log traffic for authorized flows that are forwarded by the accelerator to another device. The accelerator transmits the packet to a programming data plane of the smartNIC for further processing. The programming data plane determines that the packet should not be forwarded by the smartNIC, and modifies the packet to include an instruction that instructs the accelerator to log the packet. The programming data plane then transmits the modified packet to the accelerator. Upon receiving the modified packet, the accelerator logs the packet to the unified log based on the instruction.
US12015555B1	Enhanced service node network infrastructure for L2/L3 GW in cloud Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing Layer 2 (L2) and Layer 3 (L3) policies. Traffic is routed from a first VM to a first CGW within a Service Node, where the Service Node can include a centralized policy for both L2 functions and L3 functions, and the first CGW can integrate both L2 gateways and L3 gateways. Based on a floating IP address of the packet, the traffic is routed within the Service Node, the traffic being routed by an access BD from an ingress BD-VIF to an egress BD-VIF. The traffic is then routed from a second CGW that integrates both L2 gateways and L3 gateways to the destination VM.
US12015550B1	Tree based in-place mechanism for pathfinding operations Techniques are described for tree based in-place mechanism for pathfinding operations. In implementations, indications of a set of visual objects and pathfinding operations to be applied to the visual objects is received. Accordingly, a tree object (e.g., a tree structure) is generated and populated with nodes that represent individual visual objects and/or groups of visual objects. The tree object is traversed and pathfinding operations are applied to subsets of the visual objects based on their respective arrangement in the tree structure. For instance, the tree object is traversed according to a depth first search traversal where pathfinding operations are applied to subsets of visual object nodes to generate operation results. Further, subsets of the operation results become input to further pathfinding operations with additional visual objects until a final operation result is output. The final operation result is rendered and output, such as for display.
US12015547B2	Method of and an arrangement for communicating by a server with a node device of a network of interconnected node devices A method (50) of and an arrangement for communicating, by a server, with a target node device in a network of operatively interconnected node devices, wherein each node device of the network comprises a first communication interface for direct wireless communication with the server, and a second communication interface for inter-node device communication. The server determines (51) a current communication status of a target node device based on a last received uplink message of the target node device, prior to initiating message exchange with the target node device. The server then may communicate directly (52) with the target node device via the first communication interface, or via at least one other or delegate node device of the network selected by the server (53).
US12015542B2	Enhancing route selection of optimized link state routing using a link probing tool A dynamic controlling framework that is adapted to dynamically optimize existing routing decisions in an optimized link state routing (OLSR) platform to favor higher-bandwidth, lower-latency links in the active link database. The dynamic controlling framework includes a link probing tool that is in communication with OLSR platform where the link probing tool is adapted to dynamically measure estimated bandwidth, latency scores, or both estimated bandwidth and latency scores of active links in the active link database of the OLSR platform. The dynamic controlling framework includes a plug-in framework that is in communication with the OLSR platform and the link probing tool where the plugin framework is adapted to receive at least one link quality multiplier (LQM) metric computed by the link probing tool and to combine the at least one LQM metric with the OLSR platform's existing link quality (LQ) metric for enhancing route selection by the OLSR platform.
US12015541B2	Method and system for load-balanced traffic grooming in IP over Quasi-CWDM network The invention provides a method for load-balanced traffic grooming in an IP over Quasi-CWDM network, including the steps of: inputting a network topology, a set of service traffics between nodes in node pairs and a null route, and when selecting one of the node pairs from the set of service traffics and establishing a traffic request between the nodes in the node pair, deleting the virtual link for which the corresponding light path has no sufficient remnant capacity in an IP layer of the network; finding the virtual link route having the lowest hop count in the IP layer, and determining whether each virtual link on the route can satisfy the service request by means of traffic grooming; and if yes, adopting the traffic grooming strategy to satisfy the service request; and if not, adopting the wave plane based strategy to establish a light path to satisfy the service request.
US12015536B2	Method and apparatus for deploying tenant deployable elements across public clouds based on harvested performance metrics of types of resource elements in the public clouds Some embodiments of the invention provide a method of deploying first and second tenant deployable elements to a set of one or more public clouds, the first and second tenant deployable elements being different types of elements. The method identifies first and second sets of performance metrics respectively for first and second sets of candidate resource elements to use to deploy the first and second tenant deployable elements, the two sets of performance metrics being different sets of metrics because the first and second tenant deployable elements being different types of elements, the first set of performance metrics having at least one metric that is not included in the second set of performance metrics. The method uses the different sets of metrics evaluate the first and second sets of candidate resource elements, in order to select one of the first set of candidate resource elements for the first tenant deployable element and to select one of the second set of candidate resource elements for the second tenant deployable element. The method deploys the first and second tenant deployable elements in the set of PCDs by using the selected candidate resource elements.
US12015530B2	Management entity, network element, system, and methods for supporting anomaly detection for communication networks A management entity for supporting anomaly detection in a communication network is configured to receive, from each of one or more network elements (NEs) of a set of NEs, at least one point determined to be an anomalous point. The one or more points belong to key performance indicator (KPI) time-series data associated with the communication network. The management entity is further configured to provide, to each respective NE of the one or more NEs, a label for a respective point of the one or more points, receive, from each respective NE of the one or more NEs, at least one parameter of an updated local anomaly detection model of the respective NE; and update a global anomaly detection model based on the one or more parameters.
US12015529B1	Private mobile network having network edges deployed across multiple sites A private mobile network supports information technology (IT) needs of an organization of any type and size. The private mobile network may be customized and scaled to meet the changing IT needs of the organization. It provides a common virtual network fabric by which all of the disparate networks of the organization can be bridged together and across multiple locations, and may be integrated with existing IT software and hardware of the organization, even proprietary software and hardware. The private mobile network may be accessed by devices through existing access mechanisms and through a radio access network. In addition, any device accessing the private mobile network is associated with a user identifier, such as an e-mail address assigned to the user by the organization, so that the user can be identified regardless of which device was used in accessing the private mobile network.
US12015518B2	Network-based mining approach to root cause impactful timeseries motifs In one embodiment, a device identifies a timeseries motif present in a plurality of timeseries of performance metrics for a plurality of paths in a network. The device retrieves, based on the timeseries motif, device-level telemetry data from networking devices along the plurality of paths. The device determines a root cause of the timeseries motif by correlating the timeseries motif with the device-level telemetry data. The device provides an indication of the timeseries motif and its root cause for display by a user interface.
US12015514B2	Communication devices for shaping symbol constellations First and second communication devices shape symbol constellation in wireless transmissions. The first communication device obtains a second symbol constellation based on the first symbol constellation and the set of weights, where the first symbol constellation is based on a radiating pattern in a set of radiating patterns for the first communication device and the weights are derived based on the first symbol constellation. Thereafter, the set of antenna elements are controlled according to the radiating pattern for transmitting a set of information bits mapped onto the second symbol constellation. Thereby, the second symbol constellation is customized to the radio environment to enable smart radio that enjoys improved signal design and thereby better performance.
US12015511B1	Radio frequency (RF) communications system having RF nodes that determine a despreading sequence and phase and timing offsets for frequency agility A radio frequency (RF) communications system may include a first RF node that transmits data, including a new frequency of operation, and a sequence of pilot symbols spread with a complex spreading code sequence. A second RF node may receive an incoming signal from the first RF node and perform despreading for N sample offset delays to generate N despreading sequences for the sequence of pilot symbols. The second RF node may perform a cross-correlation to select a desired despreading sequence from the N despreading sequences, determine a phase offset and timing offset, process the incoming signal based upon the desired despreading sequence, phase offset and timing offset, and switch to the new frequency of operation.
US12015509B2	Method for transmitting DMRS in wireless communication system supporting NB-IoT and apparatus therefor The present specification relates to a method for transmitting, by a terminal, a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) in a wireless communication system supporting narrow-band (NB)-Internet of things (IOT), the method comprising: generating, for single tone transmission, a reference signal sequence to be used for demodulation; mapping the reference signal sequence to a plurality of symbols; and transmitting, in the plurality of symbols, the demodulation reference signal to a base station by using a single tone, wherein phase rotation is applied to each of the plurality of symbols.
US12015508B2	System and operating method thereof A system includes a first device including a first transmitter and a first receiver, and a second device including a second transmitter and a second receiver and configured to communicate with the first device. The two devices perform a first equalization operation by performing a first phase in which the first receiver performs a signal tuning operation on the second transmitter, a second phase in which the second receiver performs a signal tuning operation on the first transmitter, and one or more other phases. The first, second, and other phases may constitute all the phases of the first equalization operation, and some of the other phases may precede the first and second phases. In response to detection of an error after the first equalization operation, the two devices may perform a second equalization operation by performing the first phase, the second phase, or both, but not performing the other phases.
US12015507B2	Training in communication systems An apparatus, method and computer program is described including: receiving, at a receiver of a transmissions system, transmitted signals from each of a plurality of transmitters, wherein each transmitter communicates with the receiver over one of a plurality of channels of the transmission system, wherein each transmitter includes a transmitter algorithm having at least some trainable weights, wherein each transmitter algorithm has the same trainable weights and wherein each of the transmitted signals is based on a perturbed channel symbol generated at the respective transmitter, wherein the channel symbols and perturbations are known to the receiver; updating the weights of the transmitter algorithm, at the receiver, based on a loss function; providing the updated weights to each transmitter of the transmission system; and repeating the receiving and updating until a first condition is reached.
US12015505B2	Uplink transmission instruction method, terminal, base station and computer storage medium The uplink transmission instruction method, applied to a network side device, comprises: sending a configuration message to a terminal, and the configuration message is used for configuring at least two sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets for the terminal, and the SRS resource set is used for acquiring channel state information (CSI) of a first uplink transmission mode; receiving an SRS under the configuration message sent by the terminal, and determining, according to the received SRS, an uplink transmission parameter of a first uplink signal; and sending the determined uplink transmission parameter to the terminal to instruct the terminal to transmit the first uplink signal according to the uplink transmission parameter.
US12015504B1	Computing device with a virtual network layer installed with user plane function (UPF) plugin and method for processing UPF packet A computing device includes a processing unit, a memory unit, a NIC that is for receiving a packet, and a network virtualization platform accommodating a plurality of virtual network applications. The NIC, the processing unit and the memory unit are collectively defined as a hardware layer for the network virtualization platform to operate thereon. The network virtualization platform includes a virtual network layer having a UPF plugin installed therewith. The UPF plugin performs rule matching according to a packet header of the packet, and determines which one of the following steps is to be performed: offloading the packet to one of the virtual network applications in the application layer for the virtual network application to provide services; and re-packaging the packet and forwarding the packet to the another computing device.
US12015503B2	Virtual network communication method, device, and system Embodiments of this application provide a device and a system of a virtual network service across session management network elements. A group session management network element obtains tunnel information of a first user plane network element serving a first terminal device belonging to a first virtual network group, sends a first message to a second session management network element, where the first message includes an identifier of the first terminal device, an identifier of the first virtual network group, and the tunnel information of the first user plane network element for configuring a first forwarding rule on a second user plane network element, and the first forwarding rule is used by the second user plane network element to send a first data packet to the first user plane network element when one terminal device belonging to the first virtual network group sends the first data packet to the first terminal device.
US12015502B2	Artificial intelligence integration of third-party software into large-scale digital platforms Aspects of this disclosure relate to using artificial intelligence (“AI”) to control integration of software developed by a third-party into an enterprise computing environment subject to more rigorous regulatory and security testing than typically provided by the third-party. AI software development automation tools will deploy third-party scripts to edge servers. Deploying to edge servers allows for integration of the third-party tags into testing environment pipelines. Local storage associated with third-party tags will be at a top-level domain, allowing third-party software tags to be treated as first party without the reputational and technical risks of cross-site storage.
US12015501B2	Methods of coordinating operations of multiple domestic appliances A method of operating a first domestic appliance associated with a user account and a second domestic appliance associated with the user account may include receiving a parameter signal including a parameter value from the first domestic appliance. The method may also identifying the parameter value as corresponding to a sharable parameter. The method further include recording the parameter value within a sharable field set of a pre-constructed table, after which the parameter value may be shared or analyzed further.
US12015500B2	System and method for a control system for managing smart devices in a multiple unit property environment A control system for managing smart devices in a multi-unit property environment according to various aspects of the present technology may comprise a plurality of smart home systems, wherein a single smart home system is installed in each unit throughout the multi-unit property. The system may further comprise a smart community system comprising a plurality of community controllable smart devices installed throughout the multi-unit property. The smart home systems and the smart community system may each be configured to communicate with an access control system and infrastructure control system to allow individual residents to control the smart home system associated with their residence and have limited control over at least a portion of the community controllable smart devices through a single user interface.
US12015499B2	Adaptive deployment of applications An Internet of Things (IoT) system that includes an orchestration device is provided. The orchestration device receives resource requirements and accesses a device/capability map to produce a task deployment map.
US12015492B2	Feedback resource A first wireless device receives, from a base station, configuration parameters of feedback resources. The first wireless device receives, from a second wireless device, a transport block via a sidelink. The first wireless device transmits, to the second wireless device, an acknowledgment for the transport block via a feedback resource, of the feedback resources. The feedback resources is determined based on an identity of the first wireless device and a modulo operation performed on a quantity of the feedback resources.
US12015490B2	Hybrid automatic repeat request feedback indication and feedback method, device, and base station A method for Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) feedback indication includes: determining to send current downlink data to a terminal; generating uplink HARQ feedback indication information for the current downlink data, wherein a timing relationship between a time domain unit of downlink data for the terminal and a time domain unit of an uplink HARQ feedback of the downlink data includes a set of first timing relationships and a set of second timing relationships, and the set of first timing relationships is a subset of the set of second timing relationships; and sending to the terminal the current downlink data and downlink control information (DCI) carrying the uplink HARQ feedback indication information. A terminal to realize dynamic HARQ feedback can be realized by a terminal.
US12015484B2	User equipments, base stations and methods for redundancy version determination on mini-slot PUSCH A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive resource allocation information of a mini-slot physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and a number of repetitions for the PUSCH. The UE also includes control circuitry configured to determine a redundancy version (RV) for the number of repetitions. The UE further includes transmission circuitry configured to transmit the number of repetitions for the PUSCH based on the determined RV.
US12015482B2	Configuration of ultra reliable low latency communication Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are described for configuring Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) simultaneous transmissions, which can be used to enhance network performance and/or to enhance procedures within the UE to achieve more efficient operations. For example, techniques are described for determining which modulation coding scheme (MCS) table to apply based on various factors. Different techniques are also described for configuring user equipment (UE) with an RNTI based on different considerations.
US12015480B2	Systems and methods for using not perfectly polarized bit channels in parallel polar codes The disclosed systems, structures, and methods are directed to encoding and decoding information for transmission across a communication channel. The encoding method includes: distributing the information bits between m parallel polar codes such that each of the m parallel polar codes includes a subset of the information bits; splitting the subset of information bits in each of the m parallel polar codes into a protected information section and a full rate information section; protecting information bits in the protected information section of each of the m parallel polar codes; arranging a plurality of frozen bits in each of the m parallel polar codes; and generating a polar encoded codeword for each of the m parallel polar codes.
US12015476B2	Data inversion techniques Methods, systems, and devices for data inversion techniques are described to enable a memory device to transmit or receive a multi-symbol signal that includes more than two (2) physical levels. Some portions of some multi-symbol signals may be inverted. A transmitting device may determine to invert one or more data symbols based on one or more parameters. A receiving device may determine that one or more data symbols are inverted and may re-invert the one or more data symbols (e.g., to an original value). When receiving or transmitting a multi-symbol signal, a device may invert or re-invert a data symbol by changing a value of one bit of the data symbol. Additionally or alternatively, a device may invert or re-invert a data symbol of a multi-symbol signal by inverting a physical level of the signal across an axis located between or associated with one or more physical levels.
US12015475B2	Techniques for using discrete spectra Methods, apparatus, and systems for efficiently utilizing scattered narrow spectra without introducing interference among adjacent frequency bands are described. In one example aspect, a wireless communication method includes determining a set of time-domain symbols by applying an inverse Fourier transform to a set of processed data modulated on multiple subcarrier groups. Each subcarrier group comprises an even number of subcarriers and adjacent subcarrier groups are separated by one or more unused subcarriers. The set of processed data is determined by applying a first spreading code to data carried in subcarrier groups having 2×m subcarriers when m is a positive odd number and applying one or more spreading codes to data carried in subcarrier groups having 2×n subcarriers when n is a positive even number. The method also includes transmitting the set of time-domain symbols.
US12015474B2	Communication device, network node, method and computer A method of a communication device arranged to operate in a cellular communication system is presented. The method comprises determining interference mitigation capabilities for control symbols, transmitting information about the determined interference mitigation capabilities to a network node of the cellular communication system. Also a method of a network node arranged to operate in a cellular communication system. The method comprises receiving from a communication device operating in the cellular communication system information about determined interference mitigation capabilities of the communication device for control symbols, and adapting a performing of one or more radio operation tasks based on the received information. Communication device, network node, and computer programs for the communication device and network node are also presented.
US12015465B2	Random access procedure based on CSI-RS selection A wireless device transmits, to a base station, at least one first measurement report of at least one synchronization signal of a cell. An indication, of one or more channel state information reference signals (CSI-RSs) of the cell, is received from the base station based on: the at least one first measurement report. and a first antenna port of the one or more CSI-RSs being quasi-collocated with a second port of the at least one synchronization signal. Based on the indication, at least one second measurement report of the one or more CSI-RSs is transmitted. Based on the at least one second measurement report, a downlink control information is received that initiates a random access procedure of the cell based on at least one first CSI-RS from the one or more CSI-RSs.
US12015452B2	Estimating and using characteristic differences between wireless signals A method and apparatus are provided for estimating characteristic differences between wireless signals transmitted from the same location in spaced apart frequency ranges. Also provided are a method and apparatus for estimating a combined time of arrival of the wireless signals, using the characteristic differences. A further method is provided, for identifying that two signals have been transmitted from the same location. Also disclosed is a method of maintaining a database of characteristic difference information.
US12015449B2	Sensing apparatus and system An apparatus and sensing system wherein the apparatus comprises: sensing means configured to sense a parameter; optical output means configured to provide an optical output signal indicative of data obtained by the sensing means; optical input means configured to receive an optical input signal and convert the optical input signal to electrical power; and storage means configured to store the electrical power obtained by the optical input means and enable the power to be provided to the sensing means and the optical output means; and wherein the optical output means comprises one or more light emitting diodes and optical coupling means where the optical coupling means are configured to couple the apparatus to a processing device to enable data obtained by the sensing means to be transmitted to the processing device.
US12015448B1	Fast frequency multiplexed optical network channel identification A system comprising a generator and a receiver. The generator can be coupled to an optical network. The generator can be configured to generate a plurality of wavelengths of light. The plurality of wavelengths of light can be continuously cycled. The plurality of wavelengths of light can be modulated to encode information onto the plurality of wavelengths of light. The plurality of wavelengths of light can be multiplexed into a multiplexed light signal. The multiplexed light signal can be provided to a first wavelength division multiplexer of the optical network. The receiver can be coupled to the generator and the optical network. The receiver can be configured to receive a demultiplexed wavelength of light from a second wavelength division multiplexer of the optical network. The demultiplexed wavelength of light can be demodulated to decode information encoded onto the demultiplexed wavelength of light. Optical power of the demultiplexed wavelength of light can be measured. The decoded information and the optical power can be provided for display through an interface.
US12015447B2	Microcontroller and signal modulation method A microcontroller includes a setting unit, an encoder, a modulation circuit, and a digital-to-analog converter. The setting unit outputs a control signal. The encoder outputs a digital signal that is encoded. The modulation circuit loads at least one carrier signal on the digital signal at the logic high level and/or the logic low level according to the control signal to generate a modulated digital signal. The digital-to-analog converter converts the modulated digital signal into an analog signal, and outputs the analog signal for transmission.
US12015442B2	Visible light communication for verifying a secure wireless connection Systems and methods for forming a verified secure wireless connection are disclosed. One system includes a first device with a first transceiver and a second device with a second transceiver. The second device does not include a display or any other means for providing high resolution visible light information. The system also includes a visible light signal source on the second device. The first and second devices store computer-readable instructions to initialize a secure wireless connection using the first transceiver and the second transceiver. The second device also stores computer-readable instructions to generate a visible light signal using the visible light source. The first device stores computer-readable instructions to verify the secure wireless connection using the visible light signal.
US12015439B2	Methods and systems for communicating data and control information over a serial link A communication system includes a digital data processor that produces a digital data sample and one or more control bits. A serialized transmit interface assembles the digital data sample and the control bit(s) into first and second data packets of a data frame, and sends the data frame over a signal line. A serialized receive interface receives the data frame and produces a reconstructed digital data sample and the control bit(s) from the first and second data packets. A control circuit coupled to the serialized receive interface produces a control signal from the control bit(s). The communication system may include a converter circuit, which produces an RF input signal by performing a digital-to-analog conversion of the reconstructed digital data sample, and by upconverting the resulting analog data sample signal to RF. A power amplifier amplifies the RF input signal and modifies operation of a sub-circuit based on the control signal.
US12015437B2	Fluorescent mobile phone case with marble billiard The present disclosure discloses a fluorescent mobile phone case with marble billiard. The fluorescent mobile phone case includes a mobile phone case main body on which fluorescent powder is uniformly provided, where the mobile phone case main body is provided with a fence; a cover plate fixedly arranged above the fence, where the cover plate is made of a transparent material; a metal rod movably arranged on a side edge of the fence; a marble movably arranged in the fence; one or more of a rotary table, a hole, and a spiral coil respectively arranged in the fence; a first fixing member arranged in the mobile phone case main body, disposed under the marble, and used for positioning and fixing the marble; and a second fixing member arranged on the fence and used for fixing the metal rod.
US12015433B2	Radio frequency module and communication device A radio frequency module includes a module board, a transmission power amplifier, a first inductance element mounted on a first principal surface and connected to an output terminal of the transmission power amplifier, a reception low-noise amplifier, and a second inductance element mounted on a first principal surface connected to an input terminal of the reception low-noise amplifier. In a plan view of the module board, a conductive member mounted on the first principal surface is disposed between the first inductance element and the second inductance element.
US12015430B2	Dynamic band steering filter bank module Disclosed is a filter bank module having a substrate, an antenna port terminal, and a filter bank die. The filter bank die is fixed to the substrate and includes a first acoustic wave (AW) filter having a first antenna terminal coupled to the antenna port terminal and a first filter terminal, and a second AW filter having a second filter terminal, and a second antenna terminal coupled to the first antenna terminal to effectively diplex signals that pass through the first AW filter and the second AW filter.
US12015426B2	System and method of reducing delta-sigma modulator error using force-and-correction A delta-sigma modulator including force circuitry that receives an output digital signal and provides a forced digital signal with a predetermined force state based on a force control signal, a combiner that subtracts the forced digital signal from the output digital signal for providing a digital error signal, and force correction circuitry that converts the digital error signal into one or more analog error correction signals applied to corresponding inputs of loop filter circuitry. The digital error signal and the force control signal may each be used to develop corresponding analog feedback signals used to adjust an analog input signal. The digital error signal may also be converted to one or more correction signals applied to corresponding inputs of the loop filter circuitry to correct the output digital signal. The digital error signal may also be used by a digital noise cancellation filter to further correct the output digital signal.
US12015423B2	Systems and methods for decoding transition encoded data with protected key A method for encoding may include receiving, at an encoder, a series of data bits, performing, at the encoder, first transition encoding on the data bits to generate an encoded series of data bits based on a key, performing, at the encoder, protection encoding on the key to generate key protection data, performing, at the encoder, second transition encoding on the key protection data to generate encoded key protection data, and transmitting an encoded series of transmission bits to a receiver, the encoded series of transmission bits including the encoded series of data bits and the encoded key protection data.
US12015420B2	Low-noise switched-capacitor circuit Herein disclosed are multiple embodiments of a signal-processing circuit that may be utilized in various circuits, including conversion circuitry. The signal-processing circuit may receive an input and produce charges on multiple different capacitors during different phases of operation based on the input. The charges stored on two or more of the multiple different capacitors may be utilized for producing an output of the signal-processing circuit, such as by combing the charges stored on two or more of the multiple different capacitors. Utilizing the charges on the multiple different capacitors may provide for a high level of accuracy and robustness to variations of environmental factors, and/or a low noise level and power consumption when producing the output.
US12015419B2	Switched capacitor circuitry for mitigating pole-zero doublet errors in an analog circuit Examples describe a switched capacitor (SC) circuitry calibrated to mitigate the pole-zero (PZ) doublet errors that occur in an analog circuitry. Due to PZ-doublet errors, the slow settling time response of an input step function to an analog circuitry make it impractical to use in applications such as a digital oscilloscope. Mitigating the PZ-doublet errors in the frequency domain is not practical due to the problem of the generation of low frequency sinusoidal tones. The solution disclosed in the present invention is to apply a step function and examine the output's slow settling error waveform. A signal is input to an analog to digital converter, and the output of the converter is processed by a computation that produces calibration codes. Calibration codes are coupled to a SC circuitry to mitigate the PZ-doublet errors. The error waveform is then minimized within a specified accuracy.
US12015414B2	Dual digital phase lock loop with unmodulation coupling Semiconductor devices for synchronizing networks are described. A semiconductor device can include an analog phase-lock loop (APLL) configured to output a first signal. The semiconductor device can further include a first digital phase-lock loop (DPLL) configured to output a second signal. The semiconductor device can further include a second DPLL configured to output a third signal. A combination of the first signal and the second signal can be used to generate a first output clock signal. A difference resulting from a subtraction of the second signal from the third signal can be used to generate a second output clock signal.
US12015410B2	Semiconductor device with daisy-chained delay cells and method of forming same A semiconductor device includes a first dummy group having a first set of dummy transistors; a first delay cell having a first set of active transistors; a second delay cell having a second set of active transistors; a second dummy group having a second set of dummy transistors; and relative to a first direction the first and second dummy groups and the first and second delay cells being arranged in a first sequence arranged as the first dummy group, the first delay cell, the second delay cell, and the second dummy group; and the first and second delay cells being free from having another dummy group therebetween.
US12015403B2	Semiconductor apparatus performing a plurality of clock signaling operations and semiconductor system including the same A semiconductor apparatus includes a clock distribution network, a data output circuit, and a data input circuit. The clock distribution network receives a system clock signal and drives the system clock signal to a CMOS level and a CML level to signal in different manners. The data output circuit outputs data based on the clock signal driven to the CMOS level. The data input circuit receives data based on the clock signal driven to the CML level.
US12015399B2	Switch device with integrated touch sensor A multi-value selection switch that includes an engagement surface with an integrated touch sensor. The integrated touch sensor includes a plurality of detectable positions that correspond to, for instance, a range of absolute or relative target input values between a predefined minimum and maximum. The engagement surface further defines a switch that actuates/activates based on detecting a user-supplied force and/or based on a user momentarily holding a finger/pointer position. A user can select a target input value by bringing a finger or other pointer within operable proximity of an associated detectable position and actuating the switch and/or momentarily pausing. In response, the selection switch outputs a control signal to an associated device to cause the same to adjust operation.
US12015393B2	Transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonator with diaphragm support pedestals Acoustic resonator devices and methods are disclosed. An acoustic resonator device includes a substrate having a surface and a piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces. The back surface of the piezoelectric plate is attached to the surface of the substrate except for a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm that spans a cavity in the substrate. An interdigital transducer (IDT) is formed on the front surface of the piezoelectric plate such that interleaved fingers of the IDT are disposed on the diaphragm. One or more diaphragm support pedestals extend between the substrate and the diaphragm within the cavity.
US12015385B2	Audio amplifier circuit and controlling method thereof Audio amplifier circuit includes a pulse width modulation circuit, an auxiliary loop circuit corresponding to a first variable resistance value and a first variable current value, and a main loop circuit corresponding to a second variable resistance value and a second variable current value. Main loop circuit is coupled between a second node, an output terminal, and a first node. Under a condition that auxiliary loop circuit and main loop circuit are turned on, second variable resistance value is decreased and second variable current value is increased after auxiliary loop circuit enters into a first control state, such that main loop circuit enters into a second control state. First variable resistance value is increased and first variable current value is decreased after main loop circuit enters into second control state, such that auxiliary loop circuit is out of first control state.
US12015382B1	Method and apparatus for a linearized RF amplifier current source An apparatus and method for a linearized RF and microwave amplifier current source by feedback of a sampled RF amplifier output signal into a current mirror amplifier bias, to modulate the amplifier bias and produce an increase in a linearized amplifier output. The linearized RF and microwave amplifier is operable over a large bandwidth extending over multiple microwave frequency octaves.
US12015381B2	Methods and apparatus for driver calibration Driver circuits, systems for driving actuators, and imaging systems with actuators. The driver circuit includes a current comparator circuit, a driver, and a replica circuit. The current comparator circuit includes a first node having a first voltage. The current comparator circuit also includes a second node having a second voltage. The driver includes a first terminal responsive to the second voltage. The driver also includes a second terminal connected to a reference voltage. The replica circuit includes a third terminal connected to the first node. The replica circuit also includes a fourth terminal connected to the second terminal of the driver. The replica circuit also includes a fifth terminal connected to the first terminal of the driver.
US12015378B2	Hybrid receiver for concentrated photovoltaic-thermal power systems, and associated methods A hybrid receiver for a concentrator photovoltaic-thermal power system combines a concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) module and a thermal module that converts concentrated sunlight into electrical energy and thermal heat. Heat transfer fluid flowing through a cooling block removes waste heat generated by photovoltaic cells in the CPV module. The heat transfer fluid then flows through a helical tube illuminated by sunlight that misses the CPV module. Only one fluid system is used to both remove the photovoltaic-cell waste heat and capture high-temperature thermal energy from sunlight. Fluid leaving the hybrid receiver can have a temperature greater than 200° C., and therefore may be used as a source of process heat for a variety of commercial and industrial applications. The hybrid receiver can maintain the photovoltaic cells at temperatures below 110° C. while achieving overall energy conversion efficiencies exceeding 80%.
US12015377B2	Cabling systems for rooftop photovoltaic solar systems Rooftop photovoltaic solar systems and methods for installing interconnection wiring for photovoltaic solar systems. Cabling systems can include cable support stands secured underneath shingles. Cabling systems can include molded rubber raceways mounted using raceway clips secured underneath shingles.
US12015376B2	Lead assembly for connecting solar panel arrays to inverter A lead assembly includes a feeder cable, one or more drop lines, and one or more mold structures. Each drop line includes a drop line connector, the drop line connector configured to be capable of detachable connection to a wire harness having a plurality of branches that are each configured to receive electrical power generated by a corresponding photovoltaic (PV) panel resulting in combined electrical power at the drop line connector. The one or more mold structures are disposed about a region of electrical interconnection between the feeder cable and the one or more drop lines. The one or more mold structures substantially seal the region of electrical interconnection from external environmental conditions. The combined electrical power received at each drop line connector is delivered to the feeder cable at the region of electrical interconnection.
US12015375B2	Lead assembly for connecting solar panel arrays to inverter A lead assembly includes at plurality of drop line joined to a feeder cable at joints each having a compression lug that is preferably surrounded by undermolding and overmolding. In use, each drop line is connected to a solar array, and the feeder cable is connected to an inverter. In this manner a plurality of solar arrays are electrically coupled together, with a common feeder cable connecting them all to the inverter. A system of the present invention doesn't require a combiner box which is conventionally employed directly upstream of the inverter.
US12015374B2	Photovoltaic modules integrated with building siding and fencing A system includes a plurality of photovoltaic modules installed in an array on an exterior wall of a structure. Each of the photovoltaic modules includes at least one solar cell, a first encapsulant encapsulating the at least one solar cell, and a frontsheet juxtaposed with the encapsulant. The frontsheet includes a glass layer. The system includes a plurality of siding panels installed on the exterior wall. The plurality of siding panels is adjacent to the plurality of photovoltaic modules.
US12015373B1	Window unit for a building or structure A window unit for a building or structure comprises a first panel and a second panel each having an area transparent for at least a portion of visible light and a spacer spacing the first panel from the second panel. The spacer surrounds a space between the first and second panels. A first edge area of the first panel extends beyond a projection of the circumference of the spacer in a direction of a surface normal of the first panel. The window unit also comprises a housing incorporating at least one electric or electronic element which is indirectly or directly electrically coupled to at least one other electrical component positioned within the window unit. The housing is positioned at or near the spacer and at least partially within a projection of the circumference of the first edge area of the first panel in the direction of the surface normal of the first panel.
US12015368B2	Method of determining a position of a rotor of a brushless permanent magnet motor A method of determining a position of a rotor of a brushless permanent magnet motor includes measuring phase current flowing through a phase winding of the motor during excitation of the phase winding, and measuring voltage applied to the phase winding of the motor during excitation of the phase winding. The method includes calculating a phase of back EMF induced in the phase winding using the measured phase current and the measured voltage. The method includes determining a zero-crossing point of the back EMF induced in the phase winding using the calculated phase of back EMF induced in the phase winding. The method includes determining an aligned position of the rotor of the brushless permanent magnet motor when the back EMF induced in the phase winding is at the zero-crossing point.
US12015366B2	Parallel synchronous machines with single motor drive A system for controlling plurality of synchronous motors connected in parallel including a motor drive, current sensor, and plurality of synchronous motors connected in parallel to the motor drive. The synchronous motors connected to the motor drive can include the same size and power rating to allow synchronous operation and have similar load capacity. Further, the system can operate with substantially similar loads on each of the plurality of synchronous motors. The motor drive can be a variable speed drive using vector control and a closed loop current controller to control the motors. The motor drive can be a variable frequency drive using scalar control and open loop controller to control the motors. The motor drive controls the plurality of synchronous motors by maintaining net active power and net active power, and by rejecting power perturbations, at the common node.
US12015365B2	Fault tolerant actuator assembly An electric motor assembly comprising a housing containing a secondary power source, a motor driver, an electric motor, power sensors to sense faults in a primary power supply and the secondary power source, primary and secondary winding sensors configured to sense faults in a primary winding and a secondary winding of the electric motor, the motor driver comprising a primary controller to control the primary winding in a normal operation mode and a secondary motor controller operatively configured to control at least one of the primary winding and/or the secondary winding in a secondary operation mode, the secondary motor controller configured to drive the motor to a safe position using the secondary winding in the event of a sensed fault in the primary winding and to drive the motor to the safe position using the secondary power source in the event of a sensed fault in the primary power source.
US12015360B2	Control system and automatic analysis device mounted with said control system The purpose of the present invention is to provide a control system which, when a sensor is not built in a motor, saves the power of the sensor and increases the life thereof by on/off-controlling power supply to the sensor before and after the operation of the motor, and also to provide an automatic analysis device. The control system 201 is provided with sensors 309a, 309b, 602, 603 for monitoring the operation of a motor and a control mechanism for controlling the operation of the motor. The control mechanism is provided with: a function of starting power supply to the sensors 309a, 309b, 602, 603 before a first predetermined time from the time when the motor starts the rotating operation; and a function of stopping the power supply to the sensors 309a, 309b, 602, 603 after a second predetermined time from the time when the motor terminates the rotating operation.
US12015355B2	Parallel NPC 3-level inverter without midpoint connection of the DC-links Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to parallel 3-level inverter without midpoint connection. The parallel 3-level inverter includes a plurality of parallel converters coupled in parallel between a common DC bus and a common AC output, wherein each of the plurality of parallel converters comprises a midpoint and the midpoints of the plurality of parallel converters are disconnected from each other.
US12015354B2	Power conversion device capable of suppressing a harmonic component in an output voltage from an arm that increases after bypass of a failed converter cell A power converter includes an arm in which a plurality of converter cells are connected in series, each of the converter cells including at least two switching elements, a power storage element, and a pair of output terminals. A control device controls voltages of the plurality of converter cells by phase shift PWM control using a carrier signal for each converter cell. The converter cell includes a switch to have the converter cell bypassed. When the control device senses failure of the converter cell within the arm, it has a failed converter cell within the arm bypassed and rectifies uneven intervals among phases of carrier signals of a plurality of normal converter cells within the arm caused by failure of the converter cell.
US12015346B2	Control loop and efficiency enhancement for DC-DC converters A DC-DC boost converter includes an inductor coupled between an input voltage and an input node, a diode coupled between the input node and an output node, and an output capacitor coupled between the output node and ground such that an output voltage is formed across the output capacitor. A switch selectively couples the input node to ground in response to a drive signal. Control loop circuitry includes an error amplifier to generate an analog error voltage based upon a comparison of a feedback voltage to a reference voltage, the feedback voltage being indicative of the output voltage, a quantizer to quantize the analog error voltage to produce a digital error signal, and a drive voltage generation circuit to generate the drive signal as having a duty cycle based upon the digital error signal.
US12015345B2	Pulse width modulation techniques for a multiphase voltage converter In an example, a method includes storing a pending PWM pulse for a switching voltage regulator. The method also includes determining a switching voltage regulator is operating in a current limit mode, where an inductor current is above a current limit threshold. The method includes providing a predetermined number of PWM pulses in the current limit mode. The method also includes, responsive to providing the predetermined number of PWM pulses, ceasing storage of pending PWM pulses for the switching voltage regulator.
US12015336B2	Power converter for high power density applications A power semiconductor package comprises a lead frame, a semiconductor chip, and a molding encapsulation. The lead frame comprises an elevated section comprising a source section; a drain section; and a plurality of leads. The semiconductor chip includes a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) disposed over the lead frame. The semiconductor chip comprises a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode. The source electrode of the semiconductor chip is electrically and mechanically connected to the source section of the elevated section of the lead frame. The semiconductor chip is served as a low side field-effect transistor as a flipped-chip connected to a heat sink by a first thermal interface material. A high side field-effect transistor is connected to the heat sink by a second thermal interface material. The low side field-effect transistor and the high side field-effect transistor are mounted on a printed circuit board.
US12015333B2	Intelligent discharge control for modular multilevel converter This disclosure proposes procedures and systems for discharging system capacitors and de-energizing power transmission systems having Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) topologies by intelligent control of MMC cell components including configuration of bypass and insert switches using integrated DC choppers to effectively de-energize MMC cell capacitors and/or DC-link capacitors under operating conditions such as after a normal stop, for protection against over-voltages, dumping turbine energy, and under certain hardware fault conditions.
US12015332B2	Power supply and power saving method thereof A power supply and a power saving method thereof are provided. The power saving method includes: utilizing a monitoring circuit within the power supply to generate a monitoring signal according to operating loading of the power supply; and utilizing a control signal generating circuit within the power supply to generate a control signal according to the monitoring signal, to drive at least two switch transistors within a circuitry within the power supply, wherein the switch transistors are connected in parallel.
US12015330B2	Vehicle-mounted electric compressor This vehicle-mounted electric compressor is provided with a compressor body including a motor for compressing a refrigerant, and an inverter including a power element for supplying the motor with electric current. The power element is provided with: a metal substrate having an electrically conductive layer in a partial region of the surface thereof; a heat-generating element having a metal layer solder-fixed to the electrically conductive layer; and a resin substrate which is disposed in parallel with the metal substrate in a plate thickness direction of the metal substrate, and has a metal pattern printed on the surface thereof, the metal pattern having an electronic component mounted thereon. The electronic component and a terminal of the heat-generating element are connected by means of the metal pattern.
US12015329B2	Motor unit with oil passage and partition A motor unit includes a motor including a rotor including a shaft, and configured to rotate about a motor axis extending in a horizontal direction, and a stator located radially outside of the rotor; a housing including a housing space to accommodate the motor; an oil passage configured to circulate an oil in the housing space to cool the motor; a gear portion connected to the shaft on one side in an axial direction of the motor axis; and a pump arranged in the oil passage and arranged to the housing. The housing includes a partition arranged to divide a gear chamber to accommodate the gear portion and a motor chamber to accommodate the motor. The partition includes a second connection hole portion opened on the other side in the axial direction toward an inside of the motor chamber.
US12015328B2	End shield and rotor for a rotary electric machine The present invention relates to an end shield (10) for a rotary electric machine, including one or more feed channels (12) for feeding a coolant supplied from a channel formed in a rotor lamination stack (8) or in a shaft of the rotor or between the rotor lamination stack and the shaft, wherein at least one feed channel (12) has a spray portion (18) for spraying the coolant, said spray portion (18) being placed in the last two thirds of the feed channel (12), when considered in the direction in which the coolant circulates.
US12015323B2	Stator cooling housing for a stator of a rotary electric motor A stator cooling housing for a stator of a rotary electric motor includes a cylindrical frame adapted to be mounted around an iron core and having an outer lateral surface and inlet and outlet channels. A cylindrical jacket is arranged against the outer lateral surface of the cylindrical frame. The cylindrical jacket comprises an inner side having a plurality of cylindrical grooves forming with the outer lateral surface of the cylindrical frame adjacent fluid cooling channels arranged around the cylindrical frame from a frame upper portion to a frame lower portion. Fluid communication portions are arranged such that a cooling fluid is enabled to run from the inlet channel, through the adjacent fluid cooling channels from the frame upper portion to the frame lower portion, and through the outlet channel to form a cooling circuit.
US12015321B2	Hollow shaft motor The hollow shaft motor according to the present invention comprises: a motor housing 11 having a cylindrical shape; a housing cover assembly 12 coupled to an upper portion of the motor housing 11; a rear cover 15 coupled to a lower portion of the motor housing 11; a stator assembly 20 located in the motor housing 11 and in a lower portion of the housing cover assembly 12; and a rotor assembly 30 located in the stator assembly 20 to rotate, wherein the housing cover assembly 12 comprises a housing cover 121, and the housing cover 121 is formed by insert injection molding while placing a press ring 122, a bus bar 123 and a sleeve 124 in a mold.
US12015320B2	Air gap magnetic coupling with counterbalanced force A magnetic coupling assembly includes a first balancing magnet positioned and surrounding drive magnets and, across a gap, a second balancing magnet and surrounding driven magnets. The drive magnets when rotated drive the driven magnets to rotate. The balancing magnets generate a repulsive force, which counterbalances an attractive force generated by the drive magnets and driven magnets. The assembly may be utilized in a pump for contactless coupling of a motor shaft to a pump shaft. The driven side of the assembly may be hermetically sealed, such as with a liquid crystal polymer boundary interposed in the gap.
US12015319B2	Transport system A transport system includes: a mover that is movable in a transport direction; a stator that has a plurality of coils arranged in the transport direction and applies force to the mover by using the plurality of coils to which current is applied; an acquisition unit that acquires a position and an attitude of the mover moving in the transport direction; and a control unit that determines a current value applied to the plurality of coils and controls the force based on the position and the attitude of the mover.
US12015318B1	Vibration motor with housing with mounting holes and columns A vibration motor, related to a technical field of motor disassembly and assembly, including a vibration motor, including a motor bottom housing, a motor surface housing, and a vibration assembly. The motor bottom housing includes mounting holes, the motor surface housing includes mounting columns, the mounting columns are respectively inserted into the mounting holes and are fixed to the motor bottom housing through hot melting, the motor surface housing is configured to seal an opening of the motor bottom housing, the vibration assembly is configured to provide vibration for the vibration motor in a single-axis direction, and the motor bottom housing and the motor surface housing are formed through injection molding.
US12015317B2	Stator and motor A stator includes: a stator core including teeth; pins including a working portion extending in an axial direction in a slot between the teeth; and bus bars electrically connected to the pins. In each slot, the working portions are disposed over stages in a radial direction. The pins include the two working portions across the teeth, first and second pins each including a connection portion connecting the working portion in a circumferential direction, and a third pin connected to the bus bar. The working portion of the second pin is disposed on one of the outermost and innermost stages of the slot, and the working portion of the third pin is disposed on one or the other of the outermost and innermost stages of the slot. A number of teeth straddled by the second pin is larger by two than a number of teeth straddled by the first pin.
US12015316B2	High temperature and high power density axial flux motor An axial flux motor may include a motor housing, a shaft rotatably mounted in the housing, and a stator mounted in the motor housing, and having a stator ring and a through-hole through which the shaft extends. Two rotors may be mounted on the shaft within the motor housing on opposing sides of the stator, each rotor having a plurality of magnets arranged radially on a stator-facing surface thereof. In addition, magnet wire may be wound on portions of the stator, the magnet wire comprising an inner coolant passage disposed within a copper tube, and a green glass coating on an outer surface of the copper tube, the green glass coating comprising glass solids, one or more of surfactants, solvents, and polymers.
US12015315B2	Integrated starter generator system An Integrated Starter Generator system (100) comprising a battery (110) and a three-phase brushless DC electric machine (130). The electric machine (130) has a stator (132) with 3n stator teeth (132′), ‘n’ being a natural number, and each stator tooth (132′) has a coil corresponding to one of the three phases. The electric machine (130) further has a rotor (134) with 4n rotor poles (134′) facing the stator (132), and magnets on the rotor poles (134′) are disposed with an alternating sequence of magnet polarity facing the stator (132). Herein, back-emf constant of the electric machine (130) is substantially between 25% of a nominal battery voltage and 75% of the nominal battery voltage.
US12015314B2	Control and drive of a rotating machine with an inner and an outer stator A method for continuous operation of a rotating machine, the method is performed in a rotating machine having an inner stator and an outer stator. The method includes setting a rotating machine reference operational value for the whole rotating machine, obtaining operational parameters for the inner stator and for the outer stator, wherein the operational parameters include magnetic cross-coupling between the inner and outer stators, determining an inner stator reference operational value for the inner stator and an outer stator reference operational value for the outer stator based on the set rotating machine reference operational value for the whole rotating machine and the obtained operational parameters, and driving the rotating machine based on the determined inner stator reference operational value for the inner stator and on the determined outer stator reference operational value for the outer stator, wherein the determined inner stator reference operational value for the inner stator differs from the determined outer stator reference operational value for the outer stator.
US12015312B2	Motor controller, motor and pump device A motor controller includes a motor control part controlling a motor having a three-phase coil by a control signal, an inverter applying a drive voltage supplied from a power source to the three-phase coil based on an output signal from the motor control part, a drive voltage line supplying the drive voltage to the inverter, a common line electrically connected with a neutral point of the three-phase coil, an inductor electrically connected in series with the drive voltage line, a first capacitor between a portion between the inverter and the inductor in the drive voltage line and a ground, a second capacitor between a portion on an input side with respect to the first capacitor in the drive voltage line and the ground, and a third capacitor between the second capacitor and the ground. The common line is electrically connected between the second capacitor and the third capacitor.
US12015307B2	Coil component and electronic expansion valve with coil component Disclosed are a coil component and an electronic expansion valve with the coil component. The coil component includes an injection molded part, a stator housing, a stator pole plate and a circuit board. The stator housing, the stator pole plate and the circuit board are all provided in the injection molded part. The coil component further includes: a fixing part, the fixing part is provided in the injection molded part; a conductive part, the conductive part is provided on the fixing part, and the conductive part is configured to conductively connect at least one of the stator housing and the stator pole plate to the circuit board; and a sensor, the sensor is provided on the fixing part, and the sensor is connected to the circuit board.
US12015301B2	Power supply system, DC/DC converter A power supply system including: a first voltage subsystem including a first battery connected to a load via a relay; a second voltage subsystem including a second battery, the second battery having a lower voltage than the first battery; and a DC/DC converter disposed between the first voltage subsystem and the second voltage subsystem, wherein before switching the relay to be closed, the DC/DC converter is configured to: provide a lower voltage than a voltage of the second battery to the first voltage subsystem; subsequently provide the voltage of the second battery to the first voltage subsystem; and subsequently increase the voltage of the second battery to be equal to a voltage of the first battery and provide the voltage of the second battery to the first voltage subsystem.
US12015300B2	System for providing renewable energy storage and methods of using the same Described herein is a system for consuming, generating, storing, and delivering renewable, redundant, energy and providing backup energy storage and transmission to and from electrical load and method of using the same. The invention relates to a renewable energy consumption, generation, storage, and delivery systems and methods of using the same. A preferred embodiment of the present invention is related to use of the system to provide renewable, redundant, remote backup energy storage and transmission to a mission critical facility such as a data center or colocation facility.
US12015296B2	Charging method and apparatus A charging method, where in a process of performing constant voltage charging on a battery at a charging voltage that is greater than an end-of-precharge voltage and less than a maximum charging voltage, a charging apparatus determines a current relaxation time and controls a charging current and a charging voltage based on the current relaxation time, to adaptively charge the battery.
US12015291B2	Rechargeable battery jump starting device with a dual battery diode bridge system A rechargeable battery jump starting device with a dual battery diode bridge system. The dual battery diode bridge, for example, is configured to protect against a back-charge to a first battery and/or a second battery after a vehicle has been jump charged to prevent damage thereto.
US12015290B2	Battery pack with temperature limited current A battery pack can include one or more cells. The battery pack can include at least one temperature sensor configured to obtain a temperature measurement indicative of a temperature of at least cell of the one or more cells. The battery pack can include a controller, the controller configured to be placed in signal communication with a battery charger. The controller can be configured to perform operations. The operations can include obtaining the temperature measurement from the at least one temperature sensor. The operations can include determining, based at least in part on the temperature measurement, that the temperature of the at least one cell is between a lower temperature threshold and an upper temperature threshold. The operations can include, in response to determining that the temperature of the at least one cell is between the lower temperature threshold and the upper temperature threshold, reducing a maximum charging current, wherein reducing the maximum charging current comprises reducing the maximum charging current based at least in part on an inverse functional relationship between the temperature measurement and the maximum charging current. The operations can include controlling the battery charger based at least in part on the maximum charging current to charge the one or more cells.
US12015285B2	Connecting apparatus for electronic device and controlling method thereof An electronic device connection apparatus and a control method thereof is disclosed. The electronic device connection apparatus may include a connector connected to an electronic device, an input device that generates, in response to a user input, a mode change signal instructing a change of an operation mode for determining a charging and/or a data transmission operation of the electronic device. The apparatus may include a controller that charges the electronic device connected to the connector and/or performs a data communication with the electronic device in response to a preset operation mode, and changes the operation mode in response to the mode change signal.
US12015284B2	Low frequency sensor based apparatus and method for measuring vehicle position A method for measuring a position, is performed by a vehicle assembly (VA) for alignment between a ground assembly (GA) and the VA. The method includes transmitting low frequency (LF) signals to initiate alignment with the GA and estimating a position of a vehicle using at least one sensor mounted on the vehicle. Information regarding the estimated position of the vehicle is provided to the GA and information regarding a position of the vehicle measured by LF receive antennas of the GA and an acceleration flag calculated by the GA is received. Accordingly, a transmission strength of the LF signals transmitted by the VA is adjusted based on the information regarding the position of the vehicle measured by the LF receive antennas and the acceleration flag.
US12015283B2	Systems and methods for wireless power and data transfer utilizing multiple antenna receivers A wireless receiver system, configured to receive both electrical data signals and electrical energy, includes a first receiver antenna, configured to receive one or both of the electrical data signals and the electrical energy, and a power conditioning system in electrical connection with the first receiver antenna, configured to receive electrical energy from the first receiver antenna. The wireless receiver system further includes a second receiver antenna configured to receive the electrical data signals and a receiver controller operatively associated with the first receiver antenna and the second receiver antenna and configured to determine switching instructions. The wireless receiver system further includes a switch operatively associated with the receiver controller and configured to switch receiving operations between the first and second receiver antennas based, at least in part, on the switching instructions.
US12015277B2	Sensor node with wireless energy harvesting and method for operating the sensor node A sensor node is provided having a radio frequency (RF) circuit and a sensor interface circuit. The RF circuit wirelessly harvests energy from an external device such as a smart phone to produce a voltage at an output to charge a storage capacitor. The sensor interface circuit is configured to communicate with a sensor. In response to a request from the external device, the sensor node provides a voltage level of the capacitive element to the external device. The external device uses the voltage level to determine capabilities of the sensor node and to control sensing functions of the sensor node. In another embodiment, a method is provided to operate the sensor node.
US12015274B2	Portable controller for drying equipment and related system and method Current technologies for restoring buildings and spaces, such as drying processes to remove water damage, are prone to technical error and operational error. A portable controller is herein provided to autonomously monitor and control restoration equipment, including drying equipment. The portable controller is in data communication with a server system, and the server system can remotely control the portable controller. The portable controller includes outlet receptacles to which the drying equipment is connectable. The portable controller includes a computer that autonomously determines when to provide electrical power and when to cut off the electrical power to the outlet receptacles, in order to respectively activate and deactivate the drying equipment. The portable controller also senses environment conditions and electrical power consumption caused by the drying equipment. This data is transmitted to the server system for storage and analysis.
US12015273B2	Electricity distribution system for a domestic installation comprising multiple electrical sources An electrical distribution system, for distributing electrical currents between an electrical distribution network and a domestic distribution installation, includes: a multi-source electrical switching unit allowing or preventing the circulation of electrical currents in two electrical conduction paths each including a plurality of electrical conductors, and an electrical connection device connected at the output of the electrical switching unit, the connection device being configured to prolong the two electrical conduction paths at the output of the switching unit. The electrical switching unit is configured to connect, on a first input, a first of the two electrical conduction paths to an electrical distribution network, the electrical switching unit being configured to connect, on its second input, the second of the two electrical conduction paths to an auxiliary electrical source. The connection device is configured to connect each electrical conduction path to one or more electrical loads at the output of the electrical switching unit. The electrical connection device includes an interconnection point in which the corresponding electrical conductors of each electrical conduction path are connected to one another, the multi-source electrical switching unit forming a single disconnection point capable of simultaneously disconnecting the electrical sources connected to the first input and to the second input from the rest of the electrical distribution network.
US12015271B2	Power distribution network reliability index calculation method and apparatus based on mixed integer linear programming, and medium The disclosure provides power distribution network reliability index calculation method based on mixed integer linear programming. The method includes: establishing a model for optimizing reliability indexes of a power distribution network based on a mixed integer linear programming model, wherein the model comprises an objective function and constraint conditions, the objective function is for minimizing a system average interruption duration index (SAIDI); solving the model based on the objective function and the constraint conditions to obtain reliability indexes of the power distribution network; and controlling operation of the power distribution network based on the reliability indexes.
US12015270B2	Hybrid switching apparatus of the withdrawable type A switching apparatus for electric power distribution grids including: a withdrawable first switching unit having one or more first electric poles; a withdrawable second switching unit having one or more second electric poles and electrically connected ins series with said first switching unit; wherein said second switching unit includes an emergency control arrangement activatable by a user to make said second switching unit to carry out an opening manoeuvre.
US12015263B2	Method for operating a tailgate of a motor vehicle A method for operating a tailgate of a motor vehicle, in particular a pickup, which is driven by means of an electric motor and delimits a cargo area. A disassembled state is detected, and energization of the electric motor is inhibited. Furthermore, the invention relates to a motor vehicle.
US12015260B2	Protection circuit and server system A protection circuit against connection of an incorrect power supply, applied in a server system, includes a mainboard circuit, the protecting circuit includes at least two power sources, a comparing module, and a protecting module. The comparing module determines whether the multiple power sources are the same in current and voltage. When the power sources are determined to be the same, the comparing module outputs a first signal, the protecting module connects the at least two power sources to the mainboard circuit accordingly. If the at least two power sources are determined as not being the same, the comparing module outputs a second signal, the protecting module disconnects the multiple power sources and the mainboard circuit accordingly.
US12015253B2	Cable towing machine and cable laying method It is intended to provide a cable pulling machine that can avoid, even when installed at a high place, a stop of pulling and a cable installation method. A cable pulling machine according to the present invention includes two roller portions c having outer peripheries between which a cable a is to be held and a guide f that introduces the cable a between the roller portions c. The guide f adjusts an angle θ formed between a straight line connecting respective centers o of the roller portions c and the cable a introduced between the roller portions c to a value of not less than 45° and not more than 90°.
US12015248B2	Continuous-wave organic thin-film distributed feedback laser and electrically driven organic semiconductor laser diode Disclosed are a current excitation type organic semiconductor laser containing a pair of electrodes, an organic laser active layer and an optical resonator structure between the pair of electrodes and a laser having an organic layer on a distributed feedback grating structure. The lasers include a continuous-wave laser, a quasi-continuous-wave laser and an electrically driven semiconductor laser diode.
US12015245B2	Tailoring of high power VCSEL arrays Modification of the topology of selected regions of individual VCSEL devices during fabrication is utilized to provide an array output beam with specific characteristics (e.g., “uniform” output power across the array). These physical features include at least the width of the metal aperture, the width of the oxide aperture, and/or the geometry of the contact ring structure on the top of the VCSEL device. The modifications may also function to adjust the numerical apertures (NAs) of the devices, the beam waist, wallplug efficiency, and the like.
US12015244B2	DFB laser DC-coupled output power configuration scheme with adjustable voltage difference A DFB laser DC-coupled output power configuration scheme with adjustable voltage difference. utilizes an external or internal power configuration unit to provide two electric DC power supplies with a fixed voltage difference for the transmitting unit TX of the DFB laser and the optical transceiver integrated chip, and at the same time optimizes the transmitting unit TX. The optimization scheme is that: the transistors in the transmitting unit TX are all low-voltage high-speed tubes, the transmitting unit TX includes a negative capacitance structure composed of capacitors C1 and C2, serving as an auxiliary structure for improving bandwidth. After optimization, the minimum voltage of the power supply voltage port TVCC of the transmitting unit TX is 2.7V and the problems that the output eye diagram is severely cracked and cannot be used when the traditional DFB laser configuration scheme with an external 3.3V power supply is tested at high temperature are solved.
US12015242B2	Optical module The optical module which is disclosed in the present application comprises a plate-like metal stem in which a metallic lead pin is inserted in a through-hole so as to be coaxial with the through-hole and one sheet of a dielectric substrate which is equipped with a high-frequency signal line to be connected to the lead pin and a semiconductor optical integrated element, in which a semiconductor laser and an optical modulator are integrated, and which is connected to the high-frequency signal line with a bonding wire, wherein one side surface of the dielectric substrate extends in a direction perpendicular to the light axis direction of the semiconductor optical integrated element, and the side surface of the dielectric substrate is arranged in contact with a surface of the metal stem.
US12015241B2	Laser module and electronic device A laser module includes an optical assembly, a laser chip disposed on a side of the optical assembly, a power supply structure, a packaging structure and a heat dissipation structure. The power supply structure includes a first electrode and a second electrode both connected to the laser chip. An accommodating cavity is formed in the packaging structure, and the optical assembly is at least partially received in the accommodating cavity. The heat dissipation structure is sleeved on an outer side of the packaging structure, and abuts against the first electrode and the second electrode.
US12015232B1	Crimping pliers The present disclosure provides crimping pliers, comprising: a first plier member, a second plier member, a limiting component, a first crimping module, a second crimping module; the first plier member comprises a first clamping part and a first handle connected with the first clamping part; the second plier member comprises a second clamping part, a connecting member and a second handle; the limiting component is provided between the first handle and the second handle; the first crimping module is detachably disposed in the first clamping gap at the jaw of the first clamping part and is adsorbed by the first magnetic member. By detachably disposing the crimping module at the pliers and adsorbing and fixing it through magnetic components, the structure is more streamlined and the crimping module can be disassembled and replaced more quickly.
US12015231B2	Connection terminal and connection terminal block A connection terminal for connecting an electric conductor includes: a housing; a current bar arranged in the housing; a clamping spring arranged in the housing for clamping the conductor to be connected against the current bar; and an actuation element for transferring the clamping spring into a clamping position and into an open position. The actuation element has a rotation element mounted about a first axis of rotation and a lever element mounted about a second axis of rotation. The clamping spring is mounted on the rotation element and the clamping spring follows a rotational movement of the rotation element at least in regions. The rotation element engages with the lever element such that during a rotational movement of the lever element about the second axis of rotation, the rotation element rotates about the first axis of rotation arranged spaced apart from the second axis of rotation.
US12015229B2	Brush holder assembly An example brush holder assembly for positioning a conductive carbon brush in contact with a conductive surface of an electrical device is disclosed. In some aspects, the example brush holder assembly includes a brush holder including a backbone extending therefrom and a removable handle. Further, the removeable handle includes a frame releasably engaged with the backbone and a grip secured to the frame. In some aspects, the brush holder assembly includes a removable catch arm removably coupled to an upper beam and a lower beam of the brush holder assembly. Removal of the catch arm allows the upper beam to be disassembled from the lower beam.
US12015227B2	Power delivery assembly and components thereof An assembly for supporting a power strip is provided and includes a housing. The housing extends between an upper end and a lower end. The housing includes front and rear enclosures. The front enclosure includes a front wall and an interior wall. The front wall defines a front aperture. The interior wall extends from the front wall and at least partially defines an interior receptacle that is configured to receive a body of a power strip. The interior wall and the rear enclosure cooperate to enclose a body of a power strip within the interior receptacle.
US12015225B2	Connector A connector has a first end provided with a first interface and a second end provided with a second interface. The second interface includes a first switch unit and a second switch unit, where the second switch unit is connected to a control terminal of the first switch unit and a ground pin of the second interface, and a preset reference voltage is input into the ground pin of the second interface. In a case that the second interface is disconnected from a to-be-charged device, the first switch unit is in an off state. In a case that the second interface is connected to the to-be-charged device, the ground pin of the second interface is connected to a ground pin of the to-be-charged device, the ground pin of the second interface is grounded, and the first switch unit is in an on state.
US12015224B1	Electronic device charger accessory An electronic device charger accessory suitable for enclosing and securing a power adapter to a charger cord for an electronic device may include an adapter enclosure having an interior sized and configured to enclose a power adapter of a device charger cable. A first opening may be provided in the adapter enclosure in communication with the interior of the adapter enclosure. A flexible link may extend from the adapter enclosure. A connector sleeve may be carried by the link. The connector sleeve may have an interior sized and configured to enclose a first connector of the device charger cable, and may further include a first opening communicating with the interior of the connector sleeve. The link may be flexed to place the connector sleeve against the adapter enclosure such that a cable connector can be extended through both first openings.
US12015221B2	Electrical connectors for medical devices An electrical connector having a main support with a front and back, top and bottom, and left and right opposite the left. Fingers extend forwardly from the front of the main support to a tip. The fingers each have a top and bottom and are arranged from left to right of the main support with gaps defined between them. A flexible circuit board has inner and outer surfaces with electrical leads on the outer surface. Openings are defined through the flexible circuit board between the electrical leads. The flexible circuit board is wrapped around the fingers such that the outer surface of the flexible circuit board is supported on both the top and the bottom of the fingers and the openings in the flexible circuit board are aligned with the gaps between the fingers.
US12015220B2	Power connector with gripping slips for electrical submersible pump A motor lead for an electrical submersible well pump motor has three insulated conductors wrapped with a metal armor. A power connector has a housing with an upper opening into which the motor lead and a lower portion of the armor extend. The housing has an interior with a converging upper portion converging toward the upper opening. A slips member is located in the interior of the housing and has an upper opening into which the lower portion of the armor extends. The slips member has fingers that are wedged into the converging upper portion of the housing, which causes the fingers to deflect into the armor.
US12015213B2	Methods and systems for implementing and operating multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antennas for radio telecommunications Methods and systems for implementing and operating antennas, particularly multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antennas. An example antenna may include a planar dielectric substrate, a primary conductive area on a first surface of the planar dielectric substrate, a first secondary conductive area on the first surface, and a second secondary conductive area, and a ground plane on a second surface, on other side of the planar dielectric substrate. The primary conductive area may have a shape defining a first region of the first surface bounded by at least a portion of the primary conductive area, and a second region that includes a remaining portion of the first surface; a first secondary conductive area on the first surface, wherein the first secondary conductive area lies in the first region of the first surface. The second secondary conductive area may be provided on the first surface, and may lie in the second region.
US12015210B2	Phased antenna array device A phased antenna array device comprises at least one input port for interfacing receive and transmit RF signals to/from an antenna array. A feeding line is provided to carry RF signals of two orthogonal polarizations from the input port P1, and at least one antenna feed element with an aperture or cross section having an order of symmetry C4 and supporting RF signals of two orthogonal polarizations is provided. At least one first substrate contains a plurality of antenna elements integrated into the substrate, with each antenna element capable of operating at two orthogonal polarizations. A plurality of phase shifters are connected to corresponding antenna elements, each phase shifter operating at two orthogonal polarizations, the output port of each phase shifter being connected to a short circuit.
US12015208B2	Electronic device having antenna A mobile terminal having an antenna according to one embodiment is provided. The mobile terminal comprises: a first metal housing having a left side surface and a right side surface that define the exterior; and a second metal housing having a left side surface, a right side surface, and a bottom side surface that define the exterior. A first conductive member and a second conductive member of the second metal housing each include a first sub member disposed on a lower side surface and a second sub member disposed on a left side surface or a right side surface; the left side surface of the first metal housing and the second sub member of the second metal housing overlap; the overlapping first metal housing is not exposed to the exterior, while the second sub member may be exposed to the exterior.
US12015204B2	Semiconductor device, communication system, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, a first antenna element and a second antenna element. The semiconductor chip includes a communication circuit. The first antenna element includes a line pattern which is electrically connected to the communication circuit and meanderingly reciprocates in a first direction parallel to a first surface of the semiconductor chip. The second antenna element includes a line pattern which is electrically connected to the communication circuit and meanderingly reciprocates in a second direction parallel to a second surface opposite to the first surface of the semiconductor chip.
US12015197B2	Radio-wave confinement on metamaterial textiles for wireless sensor networking There is provided a metamaterial textile for providing wireless sensor network and method of designing such. The metamaterial textile comprising a sheet of metamaterial textile cut into a comb shape comprising long base with a plurality of metamaterial textile teeth extending along and from the base, wherein a gap is present between every two adjacent teeth, whereby, the metamaterial textile is configured to enable propagation of radio-surface plasmons wave along the metamaterial textile for providing wireless sensor network. The metamaterial textile is configured to control the height of the radio-surface plasmons wave by changing number of the metamaterial textile teeth, and changing dimensions of the metamaterial textile teeth and changing dimensions of the gaps.
US12015196B2	Electronic device with antenna An electronic device with an antenna, according to the present invention, has a cone antenna comprising: a cone radiator which is provided between a first substrate and a second substrate, has the upper part thereof connected to the first substrate and the lower part thereof connected to the second substrate, and has an opening at the upper part; a metal patch formed on the first substrate and spaced apart from the upper opening; and a shorting pin formed to electrically connect the metal patch and a ground layer of the second substrate. The electronic device may further comprise a transceiver circuit which is connected to the cone radiator via a feed and controls so as to radiate a signal via the cone antenna. Accordingly, the size of the entire antenna can be minimized by arranging the metal patch on only one side of the upper opening of the cone antenna.
US12015190B2	Multiplexing structure for wireless antenna and touch pad of touch sensor, and wireless wearable device Disclosed are a multiplexing structure for a wireless antenna and a touch pad of a touch sensor, and a wireless wearable device. The multiplexing structure includes a radiating touch pad, a first conductor, a first circuit, a second circuit, and a frequency dividing circuit. The radiating touch pad is configured to receive and transmit an RF signal and receive a touch signal. The first conductor is electrically connected to the radiating touch pad. The first circuit is electrically connected to the radiating touch pad through the first conductor. The frequency dividing circuit is electrically connected to the second circuit and the first conductor, and is located between the second circuit and the first conductor. The multiplexing structure can separate the touch signal and the RF signal, and can solve the problem of mutual signal interference in the wireless wearable device caused by space limitation.
US12015187B2	Glazing unit with antenna unit A glazing unit comprising at least a glass panel and an antenna unit. The antenna unit includes an antenna a fixing means for fixing the antenna to the glass panel so that a space S through which air can flow is formed between the glass panel and the antenna with a light transmission of at least 30%, preferably at least 50% and more preferably at least 65%.
US12015183B2	Microwave mode coupling device for transferring EM energy between first and second structures through an intermediate waveguide having a pressure barrier therein A microwave mode coupling device for transferring electromagnetic (EM) energy from a first structure to a second structure while providing a pressure barrier between the first structure and the second structure, the coupling device comprising first and second transmission line sections separated by an intermediate waveguide section.
US12015181B2	Electrolyte sheet for solid oxide fuel cell, manufacturing method for electrolyte sheet for solid oxide fuel cell, and single cell for solid oxide fuel cell An electrolyte sheet for solid oxide fuel cells that includes a ceramic plate body having a warpage height of not more than 300 μm, wherein a maximum value among values of 100×Q/LX, 100×R/LY, and 100×S/LX is not greater than 1, where Q is a maximum difference between a second side D2 and a second virtual straight line V2 in an X coordinate, R is a maximum difference between a third side D3 and a third virtual straight line V3 in a Y coordinate, S is a maximum difference between a fourth side D4 and a fourth virtual straight line V4 in the X coordinate, LX is a length of a virtual rectangle in an X-axis direction, and LY is a length of the virtual rectangle in a Y-axis direction.
US12015171B2	Battery module, battery pack, apparatus and failure treatment method This application relates to a battery module and a battery pack. The battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells, configured to be connected in series, where after the battery module fails, the plurality of battery cells include a failed battery cell and at least one non-failed battery cell adjacent to the failed battery cell; and a first connecting piece, configured to connect the failed battery cell to the at least one non-failed battery cell, where the first connecting piece includes a first connecting portion and a conductive portion connected to the first connecting portion, the first connecting portion is configured to be electrically connected to an enclosure of the failed battery cell, and the conductive portion is configured to be electrically connected to the at least one non-failed battery cell, so as to restore the battery module to work.
US12015167B2	Battery module having a housing component that delimits a module interior A battery module includes a housing component that delimits a module interior and is intended for accommodating at least one module component. The housing component is formed as one piece and delimits the module interior at least on three sides.
US12015164B2	Battery module and battery pack This application relates to a battery module and a battery pack. The battery module includes a binding member and battery cell assemblies arranged along a horizontal direction, the battery cell assembly including an upper-layer battery cell and a lower-layer battery cell that are stacked along a vertical direction, the upper-layer battery cell and the lower-layer battery cell interconnected and forming a joint; and the binding member covering the joint, located between two adjacent battery cell assemblies, and fixed to the battery cell assemblies. The battery module includes a binding member and a plurality of battery cell assemblies, and the battery cell assembly includes upper-layer and a lower-layer battery cells stacked along a vertical direction. A joint is formed between the upper-layer and lower-layer battery cells and covered by the joint fixed to the battery cell assemblies, swelling of the upper-layer and lower-layer battery cells at the joint is reduced.
US12015161B2	Catalyst for solid polymer fuel cell and method for selecting catalyst for solid polymer fuel cell The present invention relates to a catalyst for solid polymer fuel cells in which catalyst particles containing Pt as an essential catalyst metal are supported on a carbon powder carrier. The catalyst has good initial activity and good durability. When the catalyst is analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy after potential holding at 1.2 V (vs. RHE) for 10 minutes in a perchloric acid solution, a ratio of zero-valent Pt to total Pt is 75% or more and 95% or less. The present inventive catalyst metal is preferably one obtained by alloying Pt with one of Co, Ni and Fe, and further with one of Mn, Ti, Zr and Sn. In addition, it is preferable that a fluorine compound having a C—F bond is supported on at least the surfaces of catalyst particles in an amount of 3 to 20 mass % based on the total mass of the catalyst.
US12015153B2	Method of producing cathode active material, and method of producing lithium ion battery A main object is to provide a method of producing a cathode active material having a high average discharge potential, and a high degree of stability at high potential. A step of preparing a Na-doped precursor of making a transition metal oxide having a P2 structure belonging to a space group of P63/mmc; and an ion exchange step of substituting lithium for at least part of sodium contained in the transition metal oxide by an ion exchange method are included, wherein the transition metal oxide has the composition represented by NaaMnx−pNiy−qCoz−rM1p+q+rO2, where 0.5≤a≤1, x+y+z=1, 3≤4x+2y+3z≤3.5, and 0.05≤p+q+r<0.25, M1 is Al or Mo, when M1 is Al, p is not equal to q, and any one of p and q is not 0.
US12015151B2	Composite positive electrode active material, method of preparing the same, positive electrode including composite positive electrode active material,and lithium battery including positive electrode A composite positive active material represented by Formula 1, LiaNibCOcMndMeO2 Formula 1 wherein, in Formula 1, M is zirconium (Zr), aluminum (Al), rhenium (Re), vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), iron (Fe), gallium (Ga), silicon (Si), boron (B), ruthenium (Ru), titanium (Ti), niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), magnesium (Mg), or platinum (Pt), 1.1≤a≤1.3, b+c+d+e≤1, 0≤b≤0.3, 0≤c≤0.3, 0
US12015148B2	Silicon particles for anode materials of lithium ion batteries The invention relates to spherical, nonporous Silicon particles having average particle sizes (d50) of 1 to 10 pm and a silicon content of 97 to 99.8 wt. %, the silicon content relating to the total weight of the silicon particles minus any oxygen content.
US12015147B2	Additives for electrolyte and cathode material in Li-ion batteries comprising metal-based cathode material which produces M2+ metal ions Method of improving the performance of a Li-ion battery comprising metal-based cathode material which produces M2+ metal ions. The method comprises using a small organic compound in association with the electrolyte of the battery or using a polymer compound in association with the cathode active material of the battery. The small organic compound and the polymer compound comprise at least one chemical group suitable for forming complexes with the M2+ metal ions thereby preventing dissolution thereof.
US12015145B2	Anode, and electrochemical device comprising the same An anode including a current collector and an anode active material layer on the current collector are provided. The anode active material layer includes first oriented particles having a first tilt angle θ1 inclined with respect to the direction of the current collector, and second oriented particles having a second tilt angle θ2 inclined with respect to the direction of the current collector. The first tilt angle θ1 and the second tilt angle θ2 are different and both not greater than 70°.
US12015144B2	Core-shell particles based on red lead for lead-acid batteries Core-shell particles may be based on red lead coated with pyrogenically produced titanium dioxide and/or a pyrogenically produced aluminum oxide, and a process may prepare such core-shell particles which may be used in lead-acid batteries. The red lead may include PbO2 in a range of from 25 to 32 wt. %.
US12015143B2	Method of manufacturing negative electrode for secondary battery A method of manufacturing a negative electrode for a secondary battery. The method includes forming a first negative electrode active material layer including a carbon-based active material on at least one surface of a negative electrode current collector; and forming a second negative electrode active material layer including a silicon-based active material on a surface of the first negative electrode active material opposite the negative electrode current collector, wherein the silicon-based material is intercalated with lithium by pre-lithiation on the first negative electrode active material layer.
US12015142B2	Methods involving use of nitrogen-containing plasma to treat liquid electrolyte lithium-ion cathode materials Systems and methods related to manufacturing of Lithium-Ion cells and Lithium-Ion cell cathode materials are disclosed. In one exemplary implementation, there is provided a method of using a Nitrogen-containing plasma to treat the Lithium-Ion cell cathode materials. Moreover, the method may include treating the cathode materials before and/or after coating the cathode materials on a metal foil.
US12015140B2	Method for producing resin collector for negative electrodes, method for producing negative electrode for lithium ion batteries, and method for producing lithium ion battery The present invention aims to provide a method for producing a pinhole-free thin resin current collector for negative electrodes. The method for producing a sheet-shaped resin current collector for negative electrodes of the present invention includes stacking three or more layers of melts of conductive resin compositions each containing a polyolefin and a conductive filler to obtain a multilayered body, wherein the polyolefin contained in each of the conductive resin compositions that form the respective layers of the multilayered body has a melt mass flow rate of 15 to 70 g/10 min as measured at a temperature of 230° C. and a load of 2.16 kg in accordance with JIS K7210-1:2014.
US12015139B2	Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having excellent low-temperature properties. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an aspect of the present disclosure comprises a negative electrode having: a negative electrode current collector; and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on the negative electrode current collector, wherein the negative electrode active material layer contains graphite particles A and graphite particles B as a negative electrode active material. The internal porosity of graphite particles A is 8-20%, and the internal porosity of graphite particles B is 5% or less. When the negative electrode active material layer is bisected in the thickness direction into a negative electrode current collector-side first half region and an outer surface-side second half region, the amount of graphite particles A in the second half region is greater than in the first half region.
US12015136B2	Battery pack A battery pack includes a battery column and a liquid cooling tube. The battery column includes at least two batteries, and the batteries are arranged in a first direction. The liquid cooling tube is disposed on a surface of the battery column and is configured to dissipate heat for the batteries. The liquid cooling tube includes cooling portions, and the cooling portions are portions having orthographic projections on the battery column. The orthographic projections of the cooling portions on the battery column are cooling regions. The cooling portions extend in a second direction, and the second direction is not parallel to the first direction.
US12015134B2	Battery unit having cell stack, bus bars, cooler, waterproof plate, and heat transfer member A battery unit disclosed herein includes a cell stack, bus bars, a cooler, and a heat transfer member. The cell stack includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The cooler includes a cooling surface that faces the second surface of the cell stack to cool the cell stack. The heat transfer member is arranged between the second surface of the cell stack and the cooling surface of the cooler to transfer heat of the cell stack to the cooler. The cooling surface of the cooler has a flat shape. The heat transfer member includes a plurality of bands extending along a stacking direction. The bands are located away from each other. At least one of the bands at least partially overlaps each of electrodes of a plurality of battery cells when viewed in a direction orthogonal to the cooling surface.
US12015133B2	Flexible display device A flexible display device is described, including: a flexible display panel; a flexible battery arranged at a side of the flexible display panel away from a light emitting surface; and a heat dissipation assembly including a first heat dissipation sheet, the first heat dissipation sheet being arranged at a side of the flexible battery facing or away from the flexible display panel, and the first heat dissipation sheet having a bendable area.
US12015131B2	Electrochemical heat transfer system A heat transfer system is disclosed including heat transfer fluid flow paths (20,22,24,28) through a heat exchanger evaporator (12) and a heat exchanger condenser (16). The system includes an electrochemical cell (32) that transforms an electrochemically reactive agent in the heat transfer fluid between first and second compounds having different boiling points. In some embodiments, the electrochemically active agent can include a fluorinated organic compound including an electrochemically active substituent group that reversibly transforms between the first and second compounds. In some embodiments, the heat transfer fluid can include the electrochemically active agent and an electrochemically non-active refrigerant in a mixture.
US12015129B2	Vehicular battery charger, charging system, and method with remote controller A vehicle battery charger and a vehicle battery charging system are described and illustrated, and can include a controller enabling a user to enter a time of day at which the vehicle battery charger or system begins and/or ends charging of the vehicle battery. The vehicle battery charger can be separate from the vehicle, can be at least partially integrated into the vehicle, can include a transmitter and/or a receiver capable of communication with a controller that is remote from the vehicle and vehicle charger, and can be controlled by a user or another party (e.g., a power utility) to control battery charging based upon a time of day, cost of power, or other factors.
US12015128B2	Vehicular battery charger, charging system, and method with communication indicator A vehicle battery charger and a vehicle battery charging system are described and illustrated, and can include a controller enabling a user to enter a time of day at which the vehicle battery charger or system begins and/or ends charging of the vehicle battery. The vehicle battery charger can be separate from the vehicle, can be at least partially integrated into the vehicle, can include a transmitter and/or a receiver capable of communication with a controller that is remote from the vehicle and vehicle charger, and can be controlled by a user or another party (e.g., a power utility) to control battery charging based upon a time of day, cost of power, or other factors.
US12015123B2	Lithium ion secondary battery Provided is a lithium ion secondary battery including a positive electrode which is capable of storing and releasing lithium, a negative electrode which is capable of storing and releasing lithium, and a nonaqueous electrolyte which contains lithium salts and cyclic disulfonic acid ester, in which as the nonaqueous electrolyte, a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a polymer is used, and as at least a part of the lithium salts, imide lithium salts are used. Here, the content of the cyclic sulfonic acid ester is preferably in a range of 2.0% to 5.0% by mass with respect to a total content of the nonaqueous electrolyte. Also, the proportion of the imide lithium salts is preferably in a range of 10 to 50 mol % with respect to a total amount of lithium salts in the nonaqueous electrolyte.
US12015119B2	Solid electrolyte material and solid-state battery made therewith A solid electrolyte material comprises Li, T, X and A wherein T is at least one of Sb, P, As, Si, Ge, Al, and B; X is one or more halogens or N; A is one or more of S or Se. The solid electrolyte material has peaks at 2θ=14.5°±0.50°, 16.8°±0.50°, 23.9°±0.50°, 28.1°±0.50°, and 32.5°±0.50 in X-ray diffraction measurement with Cu-Kα(1,2)=1.54064 Å and may include glass ceramic and/or mixed crystalline phases.
US12015117B2	Lithium secondary cell A lithium secondary cell includes a positive electrode, a separator, a negative electrode, an electrolytic solution, and a cell case. The positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the separator are impregnated with the electrolytic solution. The cell case is a sheet-like member and convers the positive electrode and the negative electrode from both sides in the direction of superposition. The cell case houses therein the positive electrode, the separator, the negative electrode, and the electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution contains an electrolytic solution material serving as a base compound and LiDFOB serving as an additive. The moisture content in the electrolytic solution is higher than or equal to 10 ppm by mass and lower than or equal to 15 ppm by mass.
US12015116B2	All-solid-state battery manufacturing method An all-solid-state battery manufacturing apparatus disclosed herein includes a transport apparatus, a press roller, and an adhesive provision apparatus. The transport apparatus transports an active material layer. The press roller has a foil attachment surface, which is a cylindrical surface to which the current collection foil is to be attached. The press roller rotates and moves the current collection foil attached to the foil attachment surface to the surface of the active material layer being transported by the transport apparatus and presses the current collection foil and the active material layer between the press roller and the transport apparatus. The adhesive provision apparatus is provided on a movement path of the current collection foil rotated and moved by the foil attachment surface of the press roller, and provides an adhesive to the current collection foil attached to the press roller.
US12015110B2	Flip chip LED with side reflectors encasing side surfaces of a semiconductor structure and phosphor An array of light emitting devices is mounted on a support surface with the transparent growth substrate (e.g., sapphire) facing up. A photoresist layer is then deposited over the top surface of the growth substrate, followed by depositing a reflective material over the top and side surfaces of the light emitting devices to encapsulate the light emitting devices. The top surfaces of the light emitting devices are then ground down to remove the reflective material over the top surface of the photoresist. The photoresist is then dissolved to leave a cavity over the growth substrate having reflective walls. The cavity is then filled with a phosphor. The phosphor-converted light emitting devices are then singulated to form packaged light emitting devices. All side light is reflected back into the light emitting device by the reflective material and eventually exits the light emitting device toward the phosphor. The packaged light emitting devices, when energized, appear as a white dot with no side emission (e.g., no blue halo).
US12015107B2	Optoelectronic semiconductor chip and method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip In one embodiment, the optoelectronic semiconductor chip comprises a semiconductor layer sequence with an active zone for generating a radiation. The semiconductor layer sequence is based on AlInGaP and/or on AlInGaAs. A metal mirror for the radiation is located on a rear side of the semiconductor layer sequence opposite a light extraction side. A protective metallization is applied directly to a side of the metal mirror facing away from the semiconductor layer sequence. An adhesion promoting layer is located directly on a side of the metal mirror facing the semiconductor layer sequence. The adhesion promoting layer is an encapsulation layer for the metal mirror, so that the metal mirror is encapsulated at least at one outer edge by the adhesion promoting layer together with the protective metallization.
US12015104B2	Composite reflective structure and light-emitting diode chip and light-emitting diode device including the same A composite reflective structure includes at least one dielectric multilayer element which includes a first dielectric layer having a first refractive index, a second dielectric layer having a second refractive index, and a stress buffer layer interposed therebetween. The first refractive index is greater than the second refractive index. Also disclosed herein is a light-emitting diode chip including the abovementioned composite reflective structure and a light-emitting diode device including the light-emitting diode chip.
US12015103B2	Micro light emitting diode display panel with option of choosing to emit light both or respectively of light-emitting regions A micro light emitting diode display panel includes a backplane and a plurality of micro light emitting diode chips. The backplane includes a plurality first electrode lines and a plurality of second electrode lines. The first electrode lines and the second electrode lines define a plurality of sub-pixel regions arranged in an array form. The micro light emitting diode chips are disposed on the backplane and respectively located in the sub-pixel regions. Each of the micro light emitting diode chips has a first electrode, a plurality of second electrodes and a plurality of light-emitting regions. The first electrode is boned to one of the first electrode lines, and the second electrodes are boned to one of the second met lines. In a defect sub-pixel region, the electrical connection between one of the second electrodes and the corresponding one of the second electrode lines is cut to isolate.
US12015100B2	Apparatus and method for manufacturing a solar cell arrangement An apparatus includes a first processing line including a first cleaving unit adapted for separating a first solar cell into solar cell pieces. The apparatus includes a second processing line including a second cleaving unit adapted for separating a second solar cell into solar cell pieces. The apparatus includes a storing unit adapted for storing a plurality of solar cell pieces. The apparatus is adapted for transferring a solar cell piece from a first position on the first processing line to the storing unit. The apparatus is adapted for transferring the solar cell piece from the storing unit to a second position on the second processing line.
US12015097B2	Germanium-based planar photodiode with a compressed lateral peripheral zone The invention relates to a planar photodiode 1 including a detection portion 10 made of a germanium-based material M0, and a peripheral lateral portion 3 including several materials stacked on top of one another, including a material M1 having a coefficient of thermal expansion lower than that of the material M0, and a material M2 having a coefficient of thermal expansion higher than or equal to that of the material M0. The intermediate region 13 includes a portion P1 surrounded by the material M1 and having tensile stresses. It also includes a portion P2 surrounded by the material M2 and having compressive stresses. This portion P2 surrounds a n doped box 12.
US12015095B2	Solar cell and photovoltaic module A solar cell and a photovoltaic module including the solar cell. The solar cell includes: a semiconductor substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; a first dielectric layer located on the first surface; a first N+ doped layer located on a surface of the first dielectric layer; a first passivation layer located on a surface of the first N+ doped layer; a first electrode located on a surface of the first passivation layer; a second dielectric layer located on the second surface; a first P+ doped layer located on a surface of the second dielectric layer; a second passivation layer located on a surface of the first P+ doped layer; and a second electrode located on a surface of the second passivation layer.
US12015094B2	Sealing material sheet for solar-cell module and solar-cell module using the same To provide a sealing material sheet for a solar-cell module that has high productivity without performing crosslinking processing, and has a high tensile shear adhesion force at normal temperature at a high level in addition to heat resistance and molding characteristics. A sealing material sheet is a multi-layer sheet using a polyethylene-based resin as a base resin, a core layer has a density of 0.880 g/cm3 to 0.895 g/cm3 and a melting point of 70° C. or higher, a skin layer has a density of 0.880 g/cm3 to 0.910 g/cm3 and a melting point of 90° C. or lower and contains a silane-modified polyethylene-based resin, a weight average molecular weight of the silane-modified polyethylene-based resin contained in the skin layer 11 in terms of polystyrene is 70000 to 120000, and a polymerized silane amount of the skin layer in the whole resin component is 300 ppm to 2000 ppm.
US12015091B2	Conductive paste and method for producing TOPCon solar cell This invention provides a conductive paste and a method for producing a TOPCon solar cell, by which a TOPCon solar cell can be produced by a simple method, and additionally, a TOPCon solar cell can be constructed with excellent conversion efficiency. Specifically, the invention provides a conductive paste for use as a back electrode for TOPCon solar cells, the conductive paste comprising aluminum-silicon alloy particles, an organic vehicle, and a glass powder, the aluminum-silicon alloy particles having a silicon concentration of 25 wt % or more and 40 wt % or less.
US12015090B2	Lightly-doped channel extensions A semiconductor structure and a method of forming the same are provided. A semiconductor structure according to the present disclosure includes a first channel member and a second channel member disposed over the first channel member, a first channel extension feature coupled to the first channel member, a second channel extension feature coupled to the second channel member, and an inner spacer feature disposed between the first channel extension feature and the second channel extension feature.
US12015081B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor die includes semiconductor substrate and interconnection structure. Interconnection structure includes first conductive lines, first conductive patterns, first pillar stacks, second pillar stacks, gate patterns. First conductive lines extend parallel to each other in first direction and are embedded in interlayer dielectric layer. First conductive patterns are disposed in row along first direction and are embedded in interlayer dielectric layer beside first conductive lines. First pillar stacks include first pairs of metallic blocks separated by first dielectric material blocks. Second pillar stacks include second pairs of metallic blocks separated by second dielectric material blocks. Each second pillar stack is electrically connected to respective first conductive pattern. Gate patterns extend substantially perpendicular to first conductive lines. Each gate pattern directly contacts one respective second pillar stack and extends over a group of first pillar stacks.
US12015080B2	Integrated assemblies and methods of forming integrated assemblies Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having an access device between a storage element and a conductive structure. The access device has channel material which includes semiconductor material. The channel material has a first end and an opposing second end, and has a side extending from the first end to the second end. The first end is adjacent the conductive structure, and the second end is adjacent the storage element. Conductive gate material is adjacent the side of the channel material. A first domed metal-containing cap is over the conductive structure and under the channel material and/or a second domed metal-containing cap is over the channel material and under the storage element. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US12015079B2	Transistor with single termination trench having depth more than 10 microns In one aspect, a method of fabricating a transistor includes depositing a first epitaxial layer; depositing a second epitaxial layer on the first epitaxial layer; forming a single termination trench in the second epitaxial layer; and filling the termination trench with a dielectric. A depth of the termination trench is greater than 10 microns. In another aspect, a transistor includes a first epitaxial layer; a second epitaxial layer on the first epitaxial layer; and a single termination trench in the second epitaxial layer. The termination trench is greater than 10 microns and is filled with a dielectric.
US12015072B2	Semiconductor device including cation species, manufacturing method thereof, and electronic equipment There is provided a semiconductor device including a channel portion, and a gate electrode provided on a side opposite to the channel portion with a gate insulating film interposed between the gate electrode and the channel portion, in which the gate insulating film incudes a first portion having a first transition metal oxide, and a second portion having a second transition metal oxide and cation species and having a concentration of the cation species different from the first portion.
US12015068B2	Gate structure and method of fabricating the same A gate structure includes at least one spacer defining a gate region over a semiconductor substrate, a gate dielectric layer disposed on the gate region over the semiconductor substrate, a first work function metal layer disposed over the gate dielectric layer and lining a bottom surface of an inner sidewall of the spacer, and a filling metal partially wrapped by the first work function metal layer. The filling metal includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is between the second portion and the semiconductor substrate, and the second portion is wider than the first portion.
US12015067B2	Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof A semiconductor structure and a fabrication method are provided. The semiconductor structure includes: a base substrate; a gate structure on the base substrate, including a first portion in a first region and a second portion in a second region; and one or more stop layers on the base substrate and located in the first portion of the gate structure in the first region. A length of the first portion of the gate structure in the first region is larger than a length of the second portion of the gate structure in the second region.
US12015061B2	Radio frequency switch A radio frequency (RF) switch is provided. The RF switch is configured to switch a RF signal input to a first terminal. The RF switch includes a first transistor, disposed at a first distance from the first terminal, and configured to switch the RF signal, and a second transistor, disposed at a second distance from the first terminal, and configured to switch the RF signal. The first distance is shorter than the second distance, and a number of first contact vias formed in a first electrode in the first transistor is greater than a number of second contact vias formed in a second electrode of the second transistor.
US12015060B2	Structure and formation method of semiconductor device with backside contact A semiconductor device structure and a formation method are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a stack of channel structures and includes a first epitaxial structure and a second epitaxial structure adjacent to opposite sides of the channel structures. The semiconductor device structure also includes a gate stack wrapped around each of the channel structures and a backside conductive contact connected to the second epitaxial structure. The second epitaxial structure is between a top of the backside conductive contact and a top of the gate stack. The semiconductor device structure further includes a dielectric fin stacked over an isolation structure. The dielectric fin is adjacent to the second epitaxial structure, and the isolation structure is adjacent to the backside conductive contact. The isolation structure has a first height, the dielectric fin has a second height, and the second height is greater than the first height.
US12015050B2	Deep trench capacitor including stress-relief voids and methods of forming the same A deep trench is formed in a substrate. A layer stack including at least three metallic electrode layers interlaced with at least two node dielectric layers is formed over the substrate. The layer stack continuously extends into the deep trench, and a cavity is present in an unfilled volume of the deep trench. A dielectric fill material layer including a dielectric fill material is formed in the cavity and over the substrate. The dielectric fill material layer encapsulates a void that is free of any solid phase and is formed within a volume of the cavity. The void may expand or shrink under stress during subsequently handling of a deep trench capacitor including the layer stack to absorb mechanical stress and to increase mechanical stability of the deep trench capacitor.
US12015048B2	Display device A display device includes a first substrate including a display area, a non-display area, and a plurality of pixel circuit units in the display area and the non-display area, a plurality of light emitting elements on the first substrate in the display area, the plurality of light emitting elements being electrically connected to the pixel circuit units, a hole mask layer on the first substrate and including a plurality of holes corresponding to the light emitting elements, a second substrate on the hole mask layer and including a plurality of open holes corresponding to the plurality of holes, and a plurality of light exit patterns in the plurality of the open holes of the second substrate corresponding to the plurality of holes, wherein each of the light exit patterns includes a first part in one of the plurality of open holes.
US12015041B2	Solid-state imaging unit and electronic apparatus A solid-state imaging unit according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes two or more pixels. The pixels each include a photoelectric conversion section, a charge holding section, and a transfer transistor. The charge holding section holds a charge transferred from the photoelectric conversion section. The transfer transistor transfers the charge from the photoelectric conversion section to the charge holding section. The pixels each include two or more light-blocking sections disposed in layers between the light receiving surface and the charge holding section and are different from each other. The two or more light-blocking sections are provided at positions at which the two or more light-blocking sections do not block entry, into the photoelectric conversion section, of the light having entered via the light receiving surface and at which the two or more light-blocking sections do not provide a gap when viewed from the light receiving surface.
US12015037B2	Imaging device and method of manufacturing imaging device To prevent the occurrence of a defect in an infrared-light attenuation filter and prevent a reduction in image quality. An imaging device includes a photoelectric converter, an on-chip lens, a color filter, the infrared-light attenuation filter, and a protective film. The photoelectric converter performs photoelectric conversion depending on incident light. The on-chip lens collects the incident light into the photoelectric converter. Infrared light and visible light of a specified wavelength from among the collected incident light are transmitted through the color filter. The infrared-light attenuation filter attenuates the infrared light from among the collected incident light, and visible light from among the collected incident light is transmitted through the infrared-light attenuation filter. The protective film is arranged adjacent to the infrared-light attenuation filter and protects the infrared-light attenuation filter.
US12015036B2	High temporal resolution solid-state X-ray detection system Devices, systems and methods for solid-state X-ray detection with high temporal resolution are described. An example method includes receiving an X-ray pulse in a semiconductor chip resulting in an electron cloud being formed in the semiconductor chip, applying a first set of voltages across a first plurality of drift cathode strips on a first side of the semiconductor chip and a second plurality of drift cathode strips on a second side of the semiconductor chip, applying a second set of voltages to across the first and the second plurality of drift cathode strips to form an electric field having a linear profile to cause the electron cloud to drift along the middle of the semiconductor chip, and activating a counter cathode on the second side and one or more readout anodes on the first side to collect the electron cloud after spreading in the middle section of the semiconductor chip.
US12015034B2	Display substrate and display device Disclosed are a display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes: a base substrate; a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines on the base substrate that intersect to surround a plurality of pixels; at least one thin film transistor on the base substrate and located in each pixel, each thin film transistor including a gate electrode, a first electrode and a second electrode; a storage capacitor on the base substrate and located in each pixel, the storage capacitor including a first capacitor electrode and a second capacitor electrode that are disposed oppositely and located in the same layer, wherein the first capacitor electrode comprises at least an electrode body; and a tip structure, the tip structure and the first capacitor electrode being located in the same layer, and the tip structure including a first tip sub-structure and a second tip sub-structure.
US12015030B2	Gate stacks for semiconductor devices of different conductivity types A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an isolation structure in the semiconductor substrate for isolating a first active region and a second active region, a first device formed in the first active region, and a second device formed in the second active region. The first device has a first gate dielectric layer and a first gate electrode over the first gate dielectric layer. The first gate electrode includes at least one of Ta and C, and has a first work function for a first conductivity. The second device has a second gate dielectric layer and a second gate electrode over the second gate dielectric layer. The second gate electrode includes at least one of Ta, C, and Al, and has a second work function for a second conductivity. The second conductivity is different from the first conductivity.
US12015029B2	Method to embed planar FETs with finFETs Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a method to embed planar field-effect transistor (FETs) with fin field-effect transistors (finFETs). A semiconductor substrate is patterned to define a mesa and a fin. A trench isolation structure is formed overlying the semiconductor substrate and surrounding the mesa and the fin. A first gate dielectric layer is formed on the mesa, but not the fin. The trench isolation structure recessed around the fin, but not the mesa, after the forming the first gate dielectric layer. A second gate dielectric layer is deposited overlying the first gate dielectric layer at the mesa and further overlying the fin. A first gate electrode is formed overlying the first and second gate dielectric layers at the mesa and partially defining a planar FET. A second gate electrode is formed overlying the second gate dielectric layer at the fin and partially defining a finFET.
US12015028B2	Transistor module and its associated semiconductor module A transistor module including a first transistor and a second transistor for start up control is provided. Wherein the first end of the first transistor is coupled to the first end of the second transistor, the second end of the first transistor is coupled to the control end of the second transistor, and the second end of the second transistor provides a start up current for a control circuit.
US12015025B2	Transient voltage suppression device and manufacturing method therefor A transient voltage suppression device includes: a substrate; a first conductive type well region including a first well and a second well; a second conductive type well region including a third well and a fourth well, the third well being disposed between the first well and the second well so as to isolate the first well and the second well, and the second well being disposed between the third well and the fourth well; a zener diode active region; a first doped region, provided in the first well; a second doped region, provided in the first well; a third doped region, provided in the second well; a fourth doped region, provided in the second well; a fifth doped region, provided in the zener diode active region; and a sixth doped region, provided in the zener diode active region.
US12015023B2	Integrated circuit package and method of forming same An integrated circuit package and a method of forming the same are provided. The method includes attaching an integrated circuit die to a first substrate. A dummy die is formed. The dummy die is attached to the first substrate adjacent the integrated circuit die. An encapsulant is formed over the first substrate and surrounding the dummy die and the integrated circuit die. The encapsulant, the dummy die and the integrated circuit die are planarized, a topmost surface of the encapsulant being substantially level with a topmost surface of the dummy die and a topmost surface of the integrated circuit die. An interior portion of the dummy die is removed. A remaining portion of the dummy die forms an annular structure.
US12015017B2	Package structure, package-on-package structure and method of fabricating the same A package structure including a first redistribution layer, a semiconductor die, through insulator vias, an insulating encapsulant and a second redistribution layer. The first redistribution layer includes a dielectric layer, a conductive layer, and connecting portions electrically connected to the conductive layer. The dielectric layer has first and second surfaces, the connecting portions has a first side, a second side, and sidewalls joining the first side to the second side. The first side of the connecting portions is exposed from and coplanar with the first surface of the dielectric layer. The semiconductor die is disposed on the second surface of the dielectric layer. The through insulator vias are connected to the conductive layer. The insulating encapsulant is disposed on the dielectric layer and encapsulating the semiconductor die and the through insulator vias. The second redistribution layer is disposed on the semiconductor die and over the insulating encapsulant.
US12015013B2	Die stack structure, semiconductor structure and method of fabricating the same A die stack structure including a first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die, an insulating encapsulation and a redistribution circuit structure is provided. The first semiconductor die includes a first semiconductor substrate including a first portion and a second portion, a first interconnect structure and a first bonding structure. The first interconnect structure is disposed on a top surface of the second portion, a lateral dimension of the first portion is greater than a lateral dimension of the top surface of the second portion. The second semiconductor die is disposed on the first semiconductor die and includes a second bonding structure, the second semiconductor die is electrically connected with the first semiconductor die through the first and second bonding structures. The insulating encapsulation is disposed on the first portion and laterally encapsulating the second portion and the second semiconductor die. The redistribution circuit structure is electrically connected with the first and second semiconductor dies, and the lateral dimension of the first portion is greater than a lateral dimension of the redistribution circuit structure.
US12015012B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device with a novel structure is provided. The semiconductor device includes a silicon substrate including a first circuit, a first element layer including a second circuit, and a second element layer including a third circuit. The first circuit includes a first transistor. The second circuit includes a second transistor. The third circuit includes a memory cell. The memory cell includes a third transistor and a capacitor. The first element layer and the second element layer constitute a stacked block stacked and provided in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a surface of the silicon substrate. A plurality of stacked blocks are stacked and provided in the direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the surface of the silicon substrate. Each of the plurality of stacked blocks includes a first wiring provided in the direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the surface of the silicon substrate. The plurality of stacked blocks are electrically connected to each other through the wiring.
US12015011B2	Semiconductor device assemblies and systems with improved thermal performance and methods for making the same Semiconductor device assemblies are provided with one or more layers of thermally conductive material disposed between adjacent semiconductor dies in a vertical stack. The thermally conductive material can be configured to conduct heat generated by one or more of the semiconductor dies in laterally outward towards an outer edge of the assembly. The layer of thermally conductive material can comprise one or more allotropes of carbon, such as diamond, graphene, graphite, carbon nanotubes, or a combination thereof. The layer of thermally conductive material can be provided via deposition (e.g., sputtering, PVD, CVD, or ALD), or via adhering a film comprising the layer of thermally conductive material to one or more of the semiconductor dies.
US12015010B2	Vertically stacked semiconductor device including a hybrid bond contact junction circuit and methods of forming the same A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die including a side surface bonded to the first semiconductor die, such that the second semiconductor die is perpendicular to the first semiconductor die, and a junction circuit for connecting the first semiconductor die to the second semiconductor die.
US12015006B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a semiconductor element and a tin-based solder layer. The semiconductor element faces the substrate in a normal direction of the substrate. The normal direction corresponds to a normal line of the substrate. The tin-based solder layer joins the semiconductor element to the substrate. The tin-based solder layer a central portion and a peripheral portion surrounding the central portion. The tin-based solder layer has a tin crystal with a C-axis at each of the central portion and the peripheral portion. The C-axis at the central portion intersects the normal line at an angle larger than 45 degrees with respect to the normal line. The C-axis at the peripheral portion either intersects the normal line at an angle smaller than or equal to 45 degrees with respect to the normal line, or is parallel to the normal line.
US12015001B2	Bonding structure and method thereof A bonding method and a bonding structure are provided. A device substrate is provided including a plurality of semiconductor devices, wherein each of the semiconductor devices includes a first bonding layer. A cap substrate is provided including a plurality of cap structures, wherein each of the cap structures includes a second bonding layer, the second bonding layer having a planar surface and a first protrusion protruding from the planar surface. The device substrate is bonded to the cap substrate by engaging the first protrusion of the second bonding layer of each of the cap structures with the corresponding first bonding layer of each of the semiconductor devices in the device substrate.
US12015000B2	Semiconductor product with interlocking metal-to-metal bonds and method for manufacturing thereof A structure and method for performing metal-to-metal bonding in an electrical device. For example and without limitation, various aspects of this disclosure provide a structure and method that utilize an interlocking structure configured to enhance metal-to-metal bonding.
US12014995B2	Warpage-reducing semiconductor structure and fabricating method of the same A warpage-reducing semiconductor structure includes a wafer. The wafer includes a front side and a back side. Numerous semiconductor elements are disposed at the front side. A silicon oxide layer is disposed at the back side. A UV-transparent silicon nitride layer covers and contacts the silicon oxide layer. The refractive index of the UV-transparent silicon nitride layer is between 1.55 and 2.10.
US12014993B2	Package having redistribution layer structure with protective layer and method of fabricating the same Provided is a method of fabricating a package including: providing a die with a contact thereon; forming a redistribution layer (RDL) structure on the die, the forming the RDL structure on the die comprising: forming a first dielectric material on the die; forming a conductive feature in and partially on the first dielectric material; after the forming the conductive feature, forming a protective layer on the conductive feature, wherein the protective layer covers a top surface of the conductive feature and extends to cover a top surface of the first dielectric material; forming a second dielectric material on the protective layer; and performing a planarization process to expose the conductive feature; and forming a plurality of conductive connectors to electrically connect the die through the RDL structure.
US12014991B2	Interconnect structure including graphene-metal barrier and method of manufacturing the same An interconnect structure may include a graphene-metal barrier on a substrate and a conductive layer on the graphene-metal barrier. The graphene-metal barrier may include a plurality of graphene layers and metal particles on grain boundaries of each graphene layer between the plurality of graphene layers. The metal particles may be formed at a ratio of 1 atom % to 10 atom % with respect to carbon of the plurality of graphene layers.
US12014989B2	Device and method of very high density routing used with embedded multi-die interconnect bridge A device and method for providing enhanced bridge structures is disclosed. A set of conducting and insulating layers are deposited and lithographically processed. The conducting layers have uFLS routing. A bridge with uFLS contacts and die disposed on the underlying structure such that the die are connected with the uFLS contacts and uFLS routing. For core-based structures, the layers are formed after the bridge is placed on the underlying structure and the die connected to the bridge through intervening conductive layers. For coreless structures, the layers are formed over the bridge and carrier, which is removed prior to bonding the die to the bridge, and the die bonded directly to the bridge.
US12014988B2	Semiconductor device having a graphene film and method for fabricating thereof A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same. The semiconductor device comprising: a first level wiring disposed at a first metal level, and includes a first line wiring, a first insulating capping film and a first side wall graphene film, the first insulating capping film extending along an upper surface of the first line wiring, and the first side wall graphene film extending along a side wall of the first line wiring; an interlayer insulating film covering the side wall of the first line wiring and a side wall of the first insulating capping film; and a second level wiring disposed at a second metal level higher than the first metal level, and includes a second via connected to the first line wiring, and a second line wiring connected to the second via, wherein the second via penetrates the first insulating capping film.
US12014986B2	Method for preparing semiconductor device structure with conductive plugs of different aspect ratios and manganese-containing lining layer The present disclosure provides a method for preparing a semiconductor device structure. The method includes preparing a substrate having a pattern-dense region and a pattern-loose region; forming a first conductive layer disposed over the substrate; forming a first dielectric layer disposed over the first conductive layer; etching the first dielectric layer to form a first opening and a second opening exposing the first conductive layer; forming a first lining layer and a first conductive plug in the first opening and a second conductive plug in the second opening, wherein the first lining layer comprises manganese (Mn), the first conductive plug comprises copper (Cu), and the first conductive plug and the second plug are surrounded by the first lining layer; and forming a second conductive layer over the first dielectric layer, the first lining layer and the first conductive layer, wherein the second conductive layer comprises copper (Cu).
US12014985B2	Semiconductor interconnect, electrode for semiconductor device, and method of preparing multielement compound thin film A semiconductor interconnect and an electrode for semiconductor devices may include a thin film including a multielement compound represented by Formula 1 and having a thickness equal to or less than about 50 nm, a grain size (A) to thickness (B) ratio (A/B) equal to or greater than about 1.2, and a resistivity equal to or less than about 200 μΩ·cm: Mn+1AXn Formula 1 In Formula 1, M, A, X, and n are as described in the specification.
US12014983B2	Assemblies having conductive interconnects which are laterally and vertically offset relative to one another and methods of forming assemblies having conductive interconnects which are laterally and vertically offset relative to one another Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a base which includes first circuitry. Memory decks are over the base. Each of the memory decks has a sense/access line coupled with the first circuitry. The memory decks and base are vertically spaced from one another by gaps. The gaps alternate in a vertical direction between first gaps and second gaps. Overlapping conductive paths extend from the sense/access lines to the first circuitry. The conductive paths include first conductive interconnects within the first gaps and second conductive interconnects within the second gaps. The first and second conductive interconnects are laterally offset relative to one another.
US12014982B2	Integrated circuit device and method An IC device includes first and second cells adjacent each other and over a substrate. The first cell includes a first IO pattern along a first track among a plurality of tracks in a first metal layer, the plurality of tracks elongated along a first axis and spaced from each other along a second axis. The second cell includes a plurality of conductive patterns along corresponding different tracks among the plurality of tracks in the first metal layer, each of the plurality of conductive patterns being an IO pattern of the second cell or a floating conductive pattern. The first metal layer further includes a first connecting pattern along the first track and connects the first IO pattern and a second IO pattern of the second cell. The second IO pattern is one of the plurality of conductive patterns of the second cell and is along the first track.
US12014981B2	Active under shielding for coils and transformers An example circuit includes a coil structure located on at least a first layer of an integrated circuit (IC); and a circuit component comprising conduction paths. The conduction paths are located on one or more layers separate from the first layer and the first layer and the one or more layers form parallel planes. The conduction paths of the circuit component are oriented to avoid eddy currents in the conduction paths caused by an electric current through the coil structure and form a patterned shield. At least some of the conduction paths define an area, and the coil structure is located within the defined area.
US12014979B2	Methods of forming semiconductor packages In an embodiment, a device includes: a first redistribution structure including a first dielectric layer; a die adhered to a first side of the first redistribution structure; an encapsulant laterally encapsulating the die, the encapsulant being bonded to the first dielectric layer with first covalent bonds; a through via extending through the encapsulant; and first conductive connectors electrically connected to a second side of the first redistribution structure, a subset of the first conductive connectors overlapping an interface of the encapsulant and the die.
US12014977B2	Interconnection structure, method of fabricating the same, and semiconductor package including interconnection structure Disclosed are interconnection structures, semiconductor packages including the same, and methods of fabricating the same. The interconnection structure comprises a first dielectric layer, a wiring pattern formed in the first dielectric layer, a portion of the wiring pattern exposed with respect to a top surface of the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer, the second dielectric layer including an opening that exposes the exposed portion of the wiring pattern, a pad formed in the opening of the second dielectric layer, the pad including a base part that covers the exposed portion of the wiring pattern at a bottom of the opening and a sidewall part that extends upwardly along an inner lateral surface of the opening from the base part, a first seed layer interposed between the second dielectric layer and a first lateral surface of the sidewall part, the first seed layer being in contact with the first lateral surface and the second dielectric layer, and a second seed layer that conformally covers a second lateral surface of the sidewall part and a top surface of the base part, the second lateral surface being opposite to the first lateral surface the second dielectric layer.
US12014976B2	Chip package structure including a silicon substrate interposer and methods for forming the same A chip package structure includes an interposer structure that contains a package-side redistribution structure, an interposer core assembly, and a die-side redistribution structure. The interposer core assembly includes at least one silicon substrate interposer, and each of the at least one silicon substrate interposer includes a respective silicon substrate, a respective set of through-silicon via (TSV) structures vertically extending through the respective silicon substrate, a respective set of interconnect-level dielectric layers embedding a respective set of metal interconnect structures, and a respective set of metal bonding structures that are electrically connected to the die-side redistribution structure. The chip package structure includes at least two semiconductor dies that are attached to the die-side redistribution structure, and an epoxy molding compound (EMC) multi-die frame that laterally encloses the at least two semiconductor dies.
US12014973B2	Multi-die-package and method A method includes providing a processed first wafer having front and back sides and including power semiconductor dies implemented within the wafer by processing its front side, each die having a first load terminal at the front side and a second load terminal at the back side; providing an unprocessed second wafer made of an electrically insulating material and having first and second opposing sides; forming a plurality of recesses within the second wafer; filling the plurality of recesses with a conductive material; forming a stack by attaching, prior or subsequent to filling the recesses, the second wafer to the front side of the first wafer, the conductive material electrically contacting the first load terminals of the power semiconductor dies; and ensuring that the conductive material provides an electrical connection between the first side and the second side of the second wafer.
US12014972B2	Semiconductor devices including through-silicon-vias and methods of manufacturing the same and semiconductor packages including the semiconductor devices A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming a preliminary via structure through a portion of a substrate; partially removing the substrate to expose a portion of the preliminary via structure; forming a protection layer structure on the substrate to cover the portion of the preliminary via structure that is exposed; partially etching the protection layer structure to form a protection layer pattern structure and to partially expose the preliminary via structure; wet etching the preliminary via structure to form a via structure; and forming a pad structure on the via structure to have a flat top surface.
US12014969B2	Package structure and method for forming the same A package structure is provided. The package structure includes a redistribution structure over a substrate, a semiconductor die over the redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the substrate, and an underfill material over the substrate and encapsulating the redistribution structure and the semiconductor die. The underfill material includes an extension portion overlapping a corner of the semiconductor die and extending into the substrate.
US12014966B2	Semiconductor memory device having composite dielectric film structure and methods of forming the same A semiconductor memory device and method of making the same are disclosed. The semiconductor memory device includes a substrate that includes a memory region and a peripheral region, a transistor including a metal gate located in the peripheral region, a composite dielectric film structure located over the metal gate of the transistor, the composite dielectric film structure including a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer, where the second dielectric layer has a greater density than a density of the first dielectric layer, and at least one memory cell located in the memory region. The composite dielectric film structure provides enhanced protection of the metal gate against etching damage and thereby improves device performance.
US12014959B2	Integrated nanowire and nanoribbon patterning in transistor manufacture Fabrication of narrow and wide structures based on lithographic patterning of exclusively narrow mask structures. Multi-patterning may be employed to define narrow mask structures. Wide mask structures may be derived through a process-based merging of multiple narrow mask structures. The merge may include depositing a cap layer over narrow structures, filling in minimum spaces. The cap layer may be removed leaving residual cap material only within minimum spaces. Narrow and wide structures may be etched into an underlayer based on a summation of the narrow mask structures and residual cap material. A plug pattern may further mask portions of the cap layer not completely filling space between adjacent mask structures. The underlayer may then be etched based on a summation of the narrow mask structures, plug pattern, and residual cap material. Such methods may be utilized to integrate nanoribbon transistors with nanowire transistors in an integrated circuit (IC).
US12014955B2	Method for fabricating conductive layer stack and method for fabricating semiconductor device with gate contact The present application discloses a method for fabricating a conductive layer stack. The method includes forming an intervening layer on an under-layer; and forming a filler layer on the intervening layer, wherein the filler layer comprises tungsten. The intervening layer comprises tungsten silicide and a thickness of the intervening layer is greater than 4.1 nm. The under-layer comprises titanium nitride and comprises a columnar grain structure.
US12014954B2	Method and equipment for forming gaps in a material layer An equipment includes a supporter and an etching device. The supporter is configured to support a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes an etch stop layer, a material layer, and a mask layer. The mask layer has openings to expose portions of the material layer. The etching device is configured to emit a plurality of directional charged particle beams to etch the exposed portions of the material layer for forming gaps in the material layer, in which the etching device has plural ion extraction apertures to emit the directional charged particle beams. A vertical distance between the semiconductor device and the ion extraction apertures is determined in accordance with a profile of each of the gap, each of the directional charged particle beams has two energy peaks at two angles, and the angles are determined in accordance with a profile of each of the gaps and the vertical distance.
US12014952B2	Lithography method to reduce spacing between interconnect wires in interconnect structure In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a method that includes depositing multiple hard mask layers over an interconnect dielectric layer. A first patterning layer is deposited over the multiple hard mask layers, and a first masking structure is formed over the first masking structure. The first masking structure has openings formed by a first extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography process. Portions of the first patterning layer are removed according to the first masking structure. A second masking structure is formed within the patterned first patterning layer. A third masking structure is formed over a topmost one of the hard mask layers and has openings formed by a second EUV lithography process. Removal processes are performed to pattern the multiple hard mask layers to form openings in the interconnect dielectric layer, and interconnect wires having rounded corners are formed within the openings of the interconnect dielectric layer.
US12014950B2	Method for forming semiconductor structure and semiconductor structure A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes the following steps: providing a substrate having a trench in a surface; forming an isolation layer on the surface of the substrate, the isolation layer covering a side wall and a bottom wall of the trench; pretreating the isolation layer such that an initial oxide layer is formed on a surface of the isolation layer; forming an advanced oxide layer on a surface of the initial oxide layer with an atomic layer deposition process; and forming a dielectric layer on a surface of the advanced oxide layer with a spin-on dielectrics (SOD) process such that the dielectric layer fills the trench.
US12014944B2	Mapping of a replacement parts storage container A system includes a factory interface, a load port connected to the factory interface, a container connected to the load port, and a controller connected to a robot arm of the factory interface. The controller determines that the container is configured to store replacement parts for a process chamber of the system and causes the robot arm to move according to a first mapping pattern to identify, using a detection system at a distal end of an end effector of the robot arm, positions in the container. Regions of the container that do not contain replacement parts are determined and the robot arm is moved according to a second mapping pattern to identify a position in the container of a wafer and/or an empty carrier for a replacement part. A mapping of positions of replacement parts and positions of the wafer and/or empty carrier is recorded in a storage medium.
US12014943B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including checking a leak from a process furnace before a substrate is processed. The checking includes: (a) measuring, by a partial pressure sensor provided at an exhaust pipe, an oxygen partial pressure value of a residual oxygen after the process furnace is vacuum-exhausted; (b) comparing the oxygen partial pressure value measured by the partial pressure sensor with a threshold value; and (c) when the oxygen partial pressure value is higher than the threshold value in (b), performing at least one among: purging the process furnace and evacuating the process furnace.
US12014942B2	Leak measurement system, semiconductor manufacturing system, and leak measurement method A leak measurement system measures a leak of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus. The leak measurement system includes a vibration sensor that contacts or is connected to the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, an image generation unit that generates a vibration waveform image based on vibration data detected by the vibration sensor, and an analysis unit that analyzes the leak of the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus based on the vibration waveform image generated by the image generation unit.
US12014939B2	Device for manufacturing semiconductor substrate comprising temperature gradient inversion means and method for manufacturing semiconductor substrate Provided are a method for etching and growing a semiconductor substrate in the same device system, and a device therefor. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor substrate includes a first heating step of heating a heat treatment space which contains a semiconductor substrate and a transmission/reception body that transports atoms between the semiconductor substrate and the transmission/reception body such that a temperature gradient is formed between the semiconductor substrate and the transmission/reception body, and a second heating step of heating the same with the temperature gradient being vertically inverted.
US12014935B2	Interposer and method of manufacturing the interposer The method of manufacturing an interposer includes providing a substrate including a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region, forming a first mold structure on the substrate, forming a photoresist layer on the first mold structure, forming a first transfer pattern over the photoresist layer on the first region, using a first photomask, forming a second transfer pattern over the photoresist layer on the second region, using the first photomask, forming a mask pattern on the first mold structure, using the first transfer pattern and the second transfer pattern and forming a first trench and a second trench in the first mold structure, using the mask pattern, the first trench being formed in the first region, and the second trench being formed in the second region.
US12014929B2	Etching method for silicon nitride and production method for semiconductor element There is provided an etching method for silicon nitride that enables selective etching of silicon nitride without using plasma. The etching method for silicon nitride includes placing etching object (12) containing silicon nitride in an etching gas containing halogen fluoride, which is a compound of bromine or iodine and fluorine, to etch the silicon nitride of the etching object (12) without using plasma under a pressure of 1 Pa to 80 kPa.
US12014926B2	Self aligned litho etch process patterning method A method of defining a pattern includes forming a plurality of cut shapes and a first plurality of openings within a first layer of a multi-layer hard mask to expose first portions of the second layer. A plurality of etch stops is formed by implanting an etch rate modifying species in a portion of the plurality of cut shapes. The first layer is directionally etched at the plurality of cut shapes such that the plurality of etch stops remain. A spacer layer is formed on the first layer and the first portions. A second plurality of openings is formed within the spacer layer to expose second portions of the second layer. The spacer layer is directionally etched to remove the spacer layer from sidewalls of the plurality of etch stops. Portions of the second layer exposed through the first plurality of openings and the second plurality of openings are etched.
US12014924B2	Silicon carbide epitaxial substrate and method for manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor device When a value obtained by dividing the number of the one or more second regions by a total of the number of the one or more first regions and the number of the one or more second regions is defined as a first defect free area ratio, a value obtained by dividing the number of the one or more fourth regions by a total of the number of the one or more third regions and the number of the one or more fourth regions is defined as a second defect free area ratio, and a value obtained by dividing the number of the one or more macroscopic defects by an area of the central region is defined as X cm−2, A is smaller than B, B is less than or equal to 4, X is more than 0 and less than 4, and a Formula 1 is satisfied.
US12014921B2	Plasma enhanced wafer soak for thin film deposition Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for providing a substrate onto a substrate support in a processing chamber, generating an inert plasma in the processing chamber, and maintaining the inert plasma to heat the substrate to a steady state temperature, suitable for conducting plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), in less than 30 seconds from providing the substrate onto the substrate support. An apparatus may include a processing chamber, a process station that includes a substrate support, a process gas unit configured to flow an inert gas onto a substrate supported by the substrate support, a plasma source configured to generate an inert plasma in the process station, and a controller with instructions configured to flow the inert gas onto the substrate, generate the inert plasma in the first process station, and maintain the inert plasma to thereby heat the substrate.
US12014918B2	Laser-driven light source with electrodeless ignition A method of generating light with a laser-driven light source includes generating a CW sustaining light and propagating the CW sustaining light to a gas filled bulb comprising an ionizing gas. A pump light is generated. A Q-switched laser crystal is irradiated with the generated pump light, thereby generating pulsed laser light. The pulsed laser light is propagated to the gas filled bulb comprising the ionizing gas so as to generate a CW plasma that emits light. The light generated by the CW plasma in the gas filled bulb is detected. The pump light is controlled so as to extinguish the pulsed laser light after the light generated by the CW plasma is detected.
US12014917B2	Apparatuses, systems, and methods for elliptical atomic object traps The disclosure provides an atomic object trap apparatus and a method of operating such. The atomic object trap apparatus comprises two or more radio frequency (RF) electrodes formed concentrically in a substantially elliptical shape; and three or more trapping and/or transport (TT) electrode sequences formed concentrically in a substantially elliptical shape. The two or more RF electrodes and the three or more TT electrode sequences define a substantially elliptically-shaped atomic object trap. At least one TT electrode sequence of the three or more TT electrode sequences is disposed concentrically between the two or more RF electrodes. Each RF electrode and TT electrode sequence is elliptically shaped such that each comprises two substantially parallel longitudinal regions and two arc-spanning beltway regions, the four regions forming a substantially elliptical shape. The method is directed to operating a quantum computing system comprising an example atomic object trap apparatus.
US12014915B2	Ion traps with y-directional ion manipulation for mass spectrometry and related mass spectrometry systems and methods A miniature electrode apparatus is disclosed for trapping charged particles, the apparatus includes, along a longitudinal direction, a first end cap electrode, a central electrode having an aperture, and a second end cap electrode. The aperture is elongated in the lateral plane and extends through the central electrode along the longitudinal direction and the central electrode surrounds the aperture in a lateral plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction to define a transverse cavity for trapping charged particles. Electric fields can be applied in a y-direction of the lateral plane across one or more planes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis to translocate and/or manipulate ion trajectories.
US12014912B2	Apparatus and method for physical vapor deposition An apparatus and method for physical vapor deposition includes a magnetron having a plurality of electromagnets disposed between a base and a magnetic conductive plate. The magnetron includes a plurality of individually controlled electromagnets between a base and an electromagnetic plate. The magnetron controls the polarity and strength of current supplied to the respective electromagnets to generate magnetic fields that confine electrons to areas near a target material within the deposition chamber.
US12014911B2	Sputtering apparatus An example of a sputtering apparatus comprises a first target and a second target that emit sputter particles, a substrate support configured to support a substrate, a shielding plate disposed between the first and the second target and the substrate and having a through-hole through which the sputter particles pass, and an obstructing mechanism. The through-hole has a first opening region through which the sputter particles emitted from the fit target pass and a second opening region through which the sputter particles emitted from the second target pass, and the obstructing mechanism is configured to obstruct the sputter particles emitted from the first target in passing through the second opening region and the sputter particles emitted in the second target from passing through the first opening region.
US12014910B2	Method and system for adjusting location of a wafer and a top plate in a thin-film deposition process A thin-film deposition system includes a top plate positioned above a wafer and configured to generate a plasma during a thin-film deposition process. The system includes a sensor configured to generate sensor signals indicative of a lifetime of a component of the thin-film deposition system, a characteristic of a thin-film deposited by the thin-film deposition system or a characteristic of a process material that flows into the thin-film deposition system. The system includes a control system configured to adjust a relative location of a top plate of the thin-film deposition system with respect to a location of a wafer in the thin-film deposition system during the thin-film deposition process responsive to the sensor signals.
US12014908B2	Vacuum processing apparatus A vacuum processing apparatus with improved processing efficiency, which includes a pusher arm to support the wafer on a beam portion, or deliver the supported wafer, and a cooling plate disposed on a bottom in the lock chamber for cooling the wafer and placed on tip ends of multiple support pins. The pusher arm includes four pusher pins disposed around a center of the wafer to be placed on the horizontally extending beam portion, and a drive unit connected to the proximal part for vertically moving the beam portion. The cooling plate includes a recess portion in its center, into which the beam portion of the pusher arm which has been moved downward is stored. The support pins are positioned closer to an outer circumference side of the wafer on the cooling plate with respect to the center than the pusher pins of the pusher arm.
US12014906B2	High temperature detachable very high frequency (VHF) electrostatic chuck (ESC) for PVD chamber Embodiments of substrate supports for use in substrate processing chambers are provided herein. In some embodiments, a substrate support includes: an upper assembly having a base plate assembly coupled to a lower surface of a cooling plate, wherein the base plate assembly includes a plurality of electrical feedthroughs, and wherein the cooling plate includes a plurality of openings aligned with the plurality of electrical feedthroughs; an electrostatic chuck disposed on the upper assembly and removably coupled to the cooling plate, wherein the electrostatic chuck has a chucking electrode disposed therein that is electrically coupled to a first pair of electrical feedthroughs of the plurality of electrical feedthroughs; and an inner tube coupled to the cooling plate and configured to provide an RF delivery path to the electrostatic chuck.
US12014904B2	Wafer processing apparatus A wafer processing apparatus is provided. The wafer processing apparatus includes a chamber body defining a plasma region configured that plasma is generated in the plasma region, a wafer support arranged in the chamber body and configured to support a wafer, first and second electrodes arranged between the wafer support and the plasma region and having apertures configured to guide a path of ions of the plasma, a first power source configured to apply, to the first electrode, a voltage that is higher than a voltage applied to the second electrode, and a second power source configured to apply, to the wafer support, a voltage that is higher than the voltage applied to the second electrode.
US12014902B2	System and method of cleaning process chamber components Embodiments described herein relate to process systems for cleaning semiconductor process chamber components. The process systems include a process chamber having process chamber components. The process chamber components include a substrate support disposed within a chamber volume of the process chamber. A gas distribution assembly faces the substrate support. A gas baffle is fluidly coupled to the gas distribution assembly. A sensor system is coupled to the process chamber and is configured to monitor at least one characteristic of the volume of the process chamber. A dynamic gas assist is fluidly coupled to the gas baffle and is communicatively coupled to the sensor.
US12014900B2	Optical system for monitoring plasma reactions and reactors The present invention provides a plasma generating system that includes: a waveguide; a plasma cavity coupled to the waveguide and configured to generate a plasma therewithin by use of microwave energy; a hollow cylinder protruding from a wall of the waveguide and having a bottom cap that has an aperture; a detection unit for receiving the light emitted by the plasma through the aperture and configured to measure intensities of the light in an ultraviolet (UV) range and an infrared (IR) range; and a controller for controlling the detection unit.
US12014899B2	High-frequency power supply device and output control method therefor A high-frequency power supply device, which outputs high-frequency pulses to a target device on the basis of a synchronous pulse and a clock pulse, and the output control method therefor are such that a period reference signal is generated from output timing information pertaining to the synchronous pulse, an output level signal is generated from output level information, an output stop time is timed on the basis of the period reference signal and an output stop signal is generated, and, when the period reference signal, the output level signal, and the clock pulse are received and a high-frequency pulse is formed on the basis of these signals, transmission of the output level signal is stopped while the output stop signal is being received.
US12014898B2	Active temperature control for RF window in immersed antenna source A processing system including an ion source having a plasma chamber to house a plasma, an extraction assembly, disposed along a side of the plasma chamber, and including at least one extraction aperture, and an antenna assembly extending through the plasma chamber. The antenna assembly may include a dielectric enclosure and a plurality of conductive antennas extending through the dielectric enclosure, the conductive antennas having respective gas ports formed therein for delivering a gas into the dielectric enclosure. The processing system may further include a temperature regulation system coupled to the conductive antennas and to the dielectric enclosure for monitoring a temperature of the dielectric enclosure and regulating the gas delivered to the conductive antennas for regulating the temperature of the dielectric enclosure.
US12014895B2	Multi-beam electronics scan A multi-beam electronics scanning system using swathing. The system includes an electron emitter source configured to emit an illumination beam. The illumination beam is split into multiple electron beams by a beam splitter lens array. The system also includes an electronic deflection system configured to deflect each of the electron beams in a plurality of directions, including a first direction, along two different axes. Last, a swathing stage is used to move a sample with a constant velocity in a second direction that is parallel to the first direction.
US12014891B2	Plug-in circuit breaker A plug-in circuit breaker that includes a circuit breaker housing with a limiting hole and a opening and closing button. The circuit breaker further includes a locking member rotatably arranged inside the circuit breaker housing with an upper portion close to the limiting hole provided with a locking protrusion fitting. A lower portion of the circuit breaker housing is provided with a locking driving surface fitting with the opening and closing button. When the limiting hole is not shielded, the opening and closing button jacks up the locking driving surface to enable the locking protrusion to extend out of the limiting hole. The plug-in circuit breaker is closed when the limiting hole is shielded, so that the locking protrusion cannot extend out of the limiting hole. The locking driving surface limits the opening and closing button, so that the opening and closing button cannot press to the destined position.
US12014890B2	High-voltage circuit breaker system A high-voltage circuit breaker system has a rapid disconnection function that results in an opening, closing, and reopening movement of a contact system. A circuit breaker having the contact system and a drive system that is mechanically connected to the contact system. The drive system includes a drive unit and, in addition to the drive unit, a drive shaft that is designed as a crankshaft. The crankshaft is connected to a mobile contact of the contact system via a push rod, and the cycle of opening, closing, and reopening movement of the contact system results from a unidirectional rotational movement of the crankshaft.
US12014888B2	Circuit assembly Provided is a circuit assembly including: a main relay that is to be electrically connected between a load and a battery; a pre-charge circuit connected in parallel with the main relay; and a heat transfer member, wherein the pre-charge circuit includes current-carrying portions that are to be connected to the main relay, and the heat transfer member and the current-carrying portions are in contact with each other.
US12014886B2	Key structure A key structure includes a circuit board, a keycap, an elastic member and a metal member. The keycap has a bottom facing the circuit board. The elastic member is disposed between the circuit board and the keycap. The elastic member includes a dome portion, a hollow portion, and a contact pillar. The dome portion touches the bottom of the keycap. The hollow portion is located inside of the dome portion. The contact pillar is located in the hollow portion, and the contact pillar extends from the dome portion to the circuit board. The metal member covers the outside of the contact pillar. The metal member comprises a trigger portion, and the trigger portion is a convex portion extending toward the circuit board.
US12014885B2	Molecular doping enabled scalable blading of efficient hole transport layer-free perovskite solar cells A method of forming a photoactive device includes steps of: forming a photoactive layer, the photoactive layer comprising a perovskite material and a dopant; wherein the photoactive device comprises a positive electrode and a negative electrode; wherein said photoactive layer is directly or indirectly in electronic communication with the positive electrode and directly or indirectly in electronic communication with the negative electrode; and wherein the photoactive device is free of a hole transport layer between the photoactive layer and the positive electrode.
US12014884B2	Electrode foil for electrolytic capacitor, electrolytic capacitor, and methods for manufacturing same An electrode foil for an electrolytic capacitor includes an anode electrode body including a base material part having a porous body portion, and a dielectric layer disposed on a surface of the porous body portion. The anode electrode body has a first main surface in which pores of the porous body portion are opened, a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, and an end surface connecting the first main surface and the second main surface. In the porous body portion, a first film thickness of the dielectric layer in an end surface vicinity region is larger than a second film thickness of the dielectric layer in a deep inner region, the end surface vicinity region being a region within a predetermined distance from the end surface, the deep inner region being a region located away from the first main surface and at a central portion in a direction parallel to the first main surface.
US12014882B2	Tantalum capacitor A tantalum capacitor includes: a tantalum body including tantalum powder and having a tantalum wire exposed to one end surface; a molded portion having fifth and sixth surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, third and fourth surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and first and second direction opposing each other in a third direction, and disposed to surround the tantalum body; an anode lead frame exposed to the second surface of the molded portion and electrically connected to the tantalum wire; and a cathode lead frame spaced apart from the anode lead frame and exposed to the second surface of the molded portion. The anode lead frame includes a first connection portion and a first bent portion, and the first bent portion forms an angle of inclination, ranging from 70° or more to 80° or less, to a side of the tantalum body with respect to the first connection portion.
US12014876B2	Multilayer capacitor A multilayer capacitor includes a body including a capacitance region in which at least one first internal electrode and at least one second internal electrode are alternately laminated in a first direction with at least one dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and first and second external electrodes spaced apart from each other and disposed on the body to be connected to the at least one first internal electrode and the at least one second internal electrode, respectively, wherein the body further includes a buffer layer disposed in the capacitance region and having a Young's modulus of greater than 0 time and (50/135) times or less of a Young's modulus of the at least one dielectric layer.
US12014874B2	Servo driver with simple assembly work of capacitor to housing A servo driver is provided with a housing, a substantially cylindrical capacitor, and a case body in which the capacitor is stored. The case body has a substantially box-like shape formed by being provided with an opening portion that makes it possible to take in and out the capacitor with respect to the case body along a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the capacitor, and is assembled to the housing so that the opening portion is covered with a closing portion that is a part of the housing. An elastically deformable cushion material is interposed between the closing portion and the capacitor. While being elastically biased to a bottom portion of the case body, the capacitor is thereby sandwiched and held between the closing portion and the bottom portion.
US12014873B2	Receiving case and chassis having the same A chassis includes a receiving case. The receiving case includes a first base, a second base, and a cover. The first base includes two first side walls. One of the two first side walls includes a first sliding portion. One of the two first side walls includes a multi-segment positioning portion. The second base includes two second side walls. One of the two second side walls includes a second sliding portion. One of the two second side walls includes a multi-segment alignment portion. The cover is pivoted on the first base. The first sliding portion is connected to the second sliding portion, and the multi-segment positioning portion of the first base is adapted to be engaged with the multi-segment alignment portion of the second base, so that the second base is slidably disposed on the first base. The receiving case is adapted to accommodate electronic elements.
US12014872B2	Hybrid electrodes and electrochemical cells and modules utilizing the same Hybrid electrochemical cells and modules include an anode two-sided current collector a coated with host material in anode region(s) and a cathode two-sided current collector coated with active material in cathode region(s), and one or more of the anode current collector and the cathode current collector is coated with capacitor material in one or more distinct, non-overlapping capacitor regions. A hybrid anode and/or cathode can include gaps between capacitor regions and anode regions and cathode regions. The capacitor material applied to an electrode is different from the host or active material thereof. Active material includes lithium metal oxides and lithium metal phosphates such as LiFePO4, Li(NixMnyCoz)O2, and/or LiMn2O4; host material includes graphite, silicon, silicon-Li/Sn/Cu alloys, Si/Co/Fe/TiSn oxides, and low-surface area carbon; and capacitor material includes activated carbon, metal oxides, and metal sulfides.
US12014870B2	Air-core reactors for use with power transmission systems Air-core reactors for use with power transmission systems are disclosed. An example air-core reactor may include a main coil and an auxiliary coil. The main coil may include a first solenoid having a first diameter and a second solenoid having a second diameter, wherein the first diameter and the second diameter are different. The auxiliary coil may include a third solenoid. The first solenoid and the second solenoid may be arranged concentrically. The auxiliary coil may also be magnetically coupled to the main coil, and the auxiliary coil may be arranged concentric to the main coil.
US12014868B2	Electrode structure An electrode structure on a circuit board, the electrode structure comprising a metal structure disposed on and electrically connected to the circuit board, wherein the metal structure and a surface of the circuit board forms a space therebetween, wherein at least one first electrical component is disposed in the space and an outer surface of the metal structure forms an electrode for electrically connecting with an external component.
US12014867B2	Connection system for exchanging electrical signals with magnetic symmetrical connectors A connection system for exchanging electrical signals includes a first symmetrical connector and a second symmetrical connector. Each symmetrical connector has at least one magnetic core provided with at least one turn. The symmetrical connectors are produced in a substrate made of insulating material so as to form a half of a coupling transformer. At least one half of the coupling transformer of each connector is arranged opposite one another so as to be able to exchange a magnetic flux. The electrical signals are emitted by the first connector in the form of a magnetic flux, and the second connector generates the electrical signals on receiving the magnetic flux.
US12014864B2	Winding arrangement for use in magnetic devices A coil of electrically conductive material includes first and second sections, the first section including a first plurality of turns and the second section including a second plurality of turns. Both the first plurality of turns and the second plurality of turns are arranged around a winding axis of the coil. The first plurality of turns are smaller than the second plurality of turns such that when viewed along the winding axis of the coil, the first plurality of turns fit within the second plurality of turns. When viewed perpendicular to the winding axis of the coil, the first and second sections are adjacent.
US12014861B2	Method of manufacturing electronic component and electronic component A method of manufacturing an electronic component capable of preventing entrance of a plating solution and a flux component at an interface to which an inner electrode of a ceramic element body is extended, and capable of forming an outer electrode of an arbitrary shape. A ceramic element body is made of a ceramic material containing a metal oxide, and part of an inner electrode is extended to extended surfaces of the ceramic element body. A base electrode is formed on each of the extended surfaces using a conductive paste to be connected to the inner electrode. Part of another surface of the ceramic element body adjacent to the extended surfaces is locally heated, and part of the metal oxide is reduced to form a reformed portion. A plating electrode is continuously formed over the base electrode and the reformed portion through a plating method to form outer electrodes.
US12014856B2	Air-cooled dry-type transformer An air-cooled dry-type transformer includes: a core provided with a branch; a winding body arranged about the branch; a cooling channel extending in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the winding body, the cooling channel being arranged between an inner part of the winding body and an outer part of the winding body, the cooling channel having openings at both ends and a substantially ring-shaped cross section with a round, oval, or polygonal basic shape; and at least one ring ventilator comprising a ring and a blower. The blower suctions air and blows the air from the ring along a longitudinal axis of the ring, thereby generating an air flow. The at least one ring ventilator is dimensioned and mounted such that the air flow generates a cool air flow in the cooling channel.
US12014852B2	Sensor element and method for producing a sensor element In an embodiment a sensor element includes at least one carrier layer having a top side and an underside and at least one functional layer, wherein the functional layer is arranged at the top side of the carrier layer and includes a material having a temperature-dependent electrical resistance, wherein the sensor element is configured to be integrated as a discrete component directly into an electrical system, and wherein the sensor element is configured to measure a temperature.
US12014847B2	Cable for connecting system components Described are cables for connecting components of computing systems. The cables improve automation and resulting performance of high frequency and/or high speed signal transmissions by providing reliable transmission paths between hardware components. An example cable includes parallel conductors and a dielectric core that secures the parallel conductors along the length using parallel channels in opposite sides of the dielectric core. An alignment structure is also formed in the dielectric core, which has a shape along the length of the cable. A cable jacket surrounds the parallel conductors and the dielectric core. The cable jacket is contoured to follow the shape of the alignment structure. The dielectric core can be formed to maintain consistent separation between the parallel channels along the length of the cable to match impedance of the parallel conductors along the length of the cable, whether the cable lays flat or bends around corners.
US12014844B2	Wire harness having adhesive tape It is an object of the present invention to provide a technology with which a protective portion with high protective capabilities is provided while avoiding an operation to switch out binding adhesive tape much as possible. A wire harness includes: a wire; and a tape-wrapping protective portion provided in at least a partial region along a longitudinal direction of the wire, the tape-wrapping protective portion including a spiral-wrapping portion in which an adhesive tape is wrapped in a spiral shape around the wire, and in the portion where the spiral-wrapping portion is provided, the adhesive tape being wrapped so as to form more than two layers.
US12014842B2	High temperature superconductor having multiple superconducting layers, and high temperature superconductor manufacturing method for same Proposed is a high temperature superconducting wire manufacturing method and a high temperature superconducting wire having multiple superconducting layers formed by applying the method. The method includes a stacking process in which a pair of protective layers of superconducting wires including a substrate, a superconducting layer, and the protective layer are stacked such that the protective layers face each other, a joining process in which the protective layers facing each other are diffusion joining together by thermal treatment and become a joining protective layer, an exfoliating process in which a layered structure of an upper portion of the corresponding superconducting layer is removed such that one side of the superconducting layer is exposed to the outside, and an outermost protective layer forming process in which an outer protective layer formed of the same material as the joining protective layer is formed on the upper portion of the exposed superconducting layer.
US12014840B2	Method for manufacturing anisotropic conductive film, and anisotropic conductive film Provided is an anisotropic conductive film manufacturing method capable of reducing manufacturing costs. Also provided is an anisotropic conductive film capable of suppressing the occurrence of conduction defects. The anisotropic conductive film manufacturing method includes: a holding step of supplying conductive particles having a plurality of particle diameters on a member having a plurality of opening parts, and holding the conductive particles in the opening parts; and a transfer step of transferring the conductive particles held in the opening parts to an adhesive film. In the particle diameter distribution graph (X-axis: particle diameter (μm), Y-axis: number of particles) of the conductive particles held in the opening parts, the shape of the graph is such that the slope is substantially infinite in a range at or above a maximum peak particle diameter.
US12014838B2	Radioisotope target station A system for producing and harvesting radioisotopes is provided, the system having a converter housing defining a first beam window; a converter carrier and cartridge in slidable communication with the converter housing; a target housing positioned downstream from the converter housing, the target housing defining a second beam window; and a target carrier in slidable communication with the target housing.

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