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US12035946B2 |
Interspinous spacer
An implantable spacer for placement between adjacent spinous processes in a spinal motion segment is provided. The spacer includes a body defining a longitudinal axis and passageway. A first arm and a second arm are connected to the body. Each arm has a pair of extensions and a saddle defining a U-shaped configuration for seating a spinous process therein. Each arm has a proximal caming surface and is capable of rotation with respect to the body. An actuator assembly is disposed inside the passageway and connected to the body. When advanced, a threaded shaft of the actuator assembly contacts the caming surfaces of arms to rotate them from an undeployed configuration to a deployed configuration. In the deployed configuration, the distracted adjacent spinous processes are seated in the U-shaped portion of the arms. |
US12035945B2 |
Conforming bone stabilization receiver
A receiver for engaging a bone stabilizing element includes a receiver portion connectable to the stabilizing element, and a base portion connectable to a bone of a patient. The base portion may connect to the bone with a bone screw, for example a polyaxial bone screw, and the receiver portion may connect to the stabilizing element, for example a rod, using a set screw. The receiver portion and the base portion are slideably connected to each other, coupled and constrained in relative movement, by overlapping portions. Axial rotation between the receiver portion and the base portion is enabled by changing the relative dimensions of overlapped portions. |
US12035940B2 |
Centering mechanisms for a surgical access assembly
An access assembly includes an instrument valve housing defining a cavity, and a valve assembly. The valve assembly includes a flange seal member, a seal assembly, a centering mechanism, and a retainer frame assembly. The flange seal member includes an arcuate portion configured to adjustably engage first and second surfaces of the instrument valve housing in a sealing relation. The centering mechanism is configured to bias the valve assembly towards a generally centered position within the cavity. The centering mechanism includes a plurality of coils including inner coil portions operatively secured with the seal assembly, and outer coil portions configured to engage the first surface of the instrument valve housing. The retainer frame assembly includes first and second members. The inner coil portion of the centering mechanism is disposed between seal assembly and the second member of the retainer frame assembly. |
US12035936B2 |
Nerve and soft tissue removal device
Ablation devices useful for removing nerve and soft tissue via a minimally invasive procedure to alleviate pain are provided. The device comprises a cannula having an opening at a distal tip of the cannula, the opening configured for suction of a surgical site, and a movable tissue capture member having a portion disposed within the opening or adjacent to the cannula, the movable tissue capture member configured to capture tissue when moved in a first position. Methods for ablating nerve and/or soft tissue utilizing the ablation devices are also provided. |
US12035935B2 |
Surgical instrument and carrier kart supporting ultrasonic transducer
An ultrasonic surgical instrument includes an end effector with an ultrasonic blade, an acoustic waveguide, an ultrasonic transducer assembly, and a carrier. At least a proximal portion of the acoustic waveguide extends along a longitudinal axis. The ultrasonic transducer assembly is operatively coupled with the acoustic waveguide. The carrier is configured to translate the end effector. The carrier includes a carriage and a translation driver. The carriage movably supports the ultrasonic transducer assembly along the longitudinal axis. The translation driver is configured to translate the carriage and the ultrasonic transducer assembly along the longitudinal axis so that the ultrasonic transducer assembly moves from a proximal position along the longitudinal axis to a distal position along the longitudinal axis for inserting the ultrasonic blade into a patient. |
US12035934B2 |
Control mechanism for end effectors and method of use
A medical device includes a shaft, an end effector at a distal end of the shaft, the end effector having a first jaw that pivots relative to a second jaw about a pivot axis, a control mechanism engaging a surface of the first jaw, such that when the control mechanism translates relative to the pivot axis from a first state to a second state, the surface of the first jaw moves relative to the control mechanism and pivot about the pivot axis. The medical device further includes an actuator extending through the shaft and coupled to the control mechanism, where translation of the actuator translates the control mechanism from the first state to the second state. |
US12035933B2 |
Apparatus for endoscopic procedures
An end effector includes an upper jaw, a lower jaw, and a staple cartridge assembly that is received within the lower jaw. The staple cartridge assembly includes an actuation sled and a knife sled. A drive beam is received within the lower jaw and is movable between a retracted beam position and an advanced beam position to move the actuation sled and the knife sled from retracted positions to advanced positions. The end effector includes a locking clip to releasably couple the drive beam to the knife sled. |
US12035932B1 |
Intravascular lithotripsy catheter with slotted emitter bands
A catheter for treating an occlusion in a body lumen includes an elongate tube; a member sealed to a distal end of the elongate tube that is fillable with a conductive fluid; a cylindrical conductive sheath circumferentially mounted around the elongate tube within the member, the conductive sheath comprising a slot extending along a length of the conductive sheath; and a wire at least partially disposed in the slot, wherein a distal end of the wire is spaced apart from the conductive sheath by a gap in an arrangement such that when a voltage pulse is supplied to the insulated wire current flows across the gap to generate cavitation bubbles and/or shock waves. |
US12035931B1 |
Apparatus and methods for controlled clot aspiration
An aspiration thrombectomy system including an aspiration catheter having a proximal end and a distal end, the aspiration catheter having a lumen to accommodate fluid, a vacuum source including a controllable vacuum valve, a tubing connected to the aspiration catheter, and a controller configured to detect a change in a catheter diameter corresponding to a change in the connection between the aspiration catheter and the tubing. The controller is configured to change a pulsation protocol associated with the aspiration catheter responsive to the change in the catheter diameter, and the pulsation protocol specifies pressure variations and pressure patterns to modulate the vacuum valve to change a level of vacuum at the distal end of the aspiration catheter. |
US12035930B2 |
Reentry catheter for crossing a vascular occlusion
A reentry catheter for crossing a vascular occlusion includes an elongate flexible tubular body, having a proximal end, a distal end and at least one lumen extending there through. A reentry zone on the tubular body includes at least two and preferably three sets of opposing pairs of axially spaced exit apertures in communication with the lumen. The apertures are rotationally offset from each other and aligned in a spiral pattern around the tubular body. Each aperture may be defined within a radiopaque reinforcing ring embedded within the tubular body. A first set of opposing pairs of reinforcing rings may be separated axially from a second set of opposing pairs of reinforcing rings and may be connected by a flexible hinge section. |
US12035926B2 |
Surgical instrument for scraping and collecting bone particles
A surgical instrument (10) for scraping and collecting bone particles, comprising: a gripping handle (20); a blade (30) supported by the handle (20); and a collection chamber (40) of particles scraped by the blade (30), wherein the blade (30) comprises a plurality of cutting edges (320) separated from each other. |
US12035923B2 |
Surgical tool handle assembly
A handle assembly is disclosed for firmly holding a surgical tool. The handle assembly comprises a handle and a locking mechanism attached to the handle. The locking mechanism includes a locking ring, a collet, and a compressible locking pin engageable with the locking ring and collet. The locking ring is moveable between first and second positions relative to the handle. The first position is an unlocked position whereby the locking pin is in a decompressed state relative to the locking ring and the collet. In the first position, a surgical tool may be inserted and withdrawn from the collet of the locking mechanism. The second position is a locked position whereby the locking pin is in a compressed state relative to the locking ring and the collet. In the second position, a surgical tool is anchored in the collet of the locking mechanism. |
US12035922B2 |
Bi-directional disk removal and decortication tool
The present disclosure provides a cutting tool for surgical procedures. More specifically, the present cutting tool is suitable for bi-directional cutting and removal of soft and hard tissues for surgical procedures. The cutting tool includes a substantially rigid shaft having a shaped end portion. The shaped end portion includes a plurality of shaped talons; each talon including a body bent to retain tissue, and each talon including a cutter end. The cutter end includes both acute and obtuse cutting surface relief angles for diverse cutting action with respect to hard and soft tissues. |
US12035921B2 |
Robotic systems and methods for manipulating a cutting guide for a surgical instrument
Surgical systems and methods for use with a hand-guided tool. The surgical system includes a robotic manipulator that holds a tool guide. The tool guide receives and guides the surgical tool to enable the tool to manipulate a bone. The robotic manipulator autonomously aligns the tool guide to a target orientation relative to the bone. The tool guide is moved to an initial location adjacent to the bone while remaining aligned with the target orientation. The initial location is suitable for the tool to perform an initial manipulation of the bone. The robotic manipulator facilitates withdrawal of the tool guide away from the initial location to a spaced location after the initial manipulation of the bone while maintaining alignment of the tool guide with the target orientation at the spaced guide location. The spaced guide location is suitable for the tool to perform a further manipulation of the bone. |
US12035917B2 |
Devices and methods for ligator actuation
The present disclosure relates generally to ligators, actuation devices, and methods for deploying ligation bands around a portion of tissue, utilizing an endoscope for suction, visualization, and support. In some embodiments, a ligator may include an elongate member having a lumen, and a ligating band dispenser extending from a distal end of the elongate member. The ligating band dispenser may include a cap and at least one ligating band on the cap. The ligator may further include an actuation device extending around the elongate member, wherein the actuation device includes a body, and a bobbin coupled to the body by support arms. A suture may be coupled between the bobbin and the at least one ligating band, wherein rotation of the bobbin draws the suture towards a proximal end of the elongate member to deploy the at least one ligating band from the cap. |
US12035915B2 |
Surgical staples comprising hardness variations for improved fastening of tissue
A surgical staple cartridge is disclosed comprising a plurality of staples removably stored within the surgical staple cartridge. The staples comprise staple legs which extend from a staple base portion. The staple legs comprise staple tips configured to pierce tissue and contact a corresponding forming pocket of an anvil of surgical stapling instrument. The staples further comprise zones having different hardnesses. |
US12035913B2 |
Staple cartridge comprising a deployable knife
A staple cartridge comprising a cartridge body, staples removably stored in the cartridge body, a sled configured to eject said staples from said cartridge body, and a deployable tissue cutting knife. During use, a firing member of a stapling instrument is advanced into the staple cartridge to deploy the tissue cutting knife and advance the sled distally through a staple firing stroke. |
US12035909B2 |
Surgical stapling device with firing lockout mechanism
A surgical stapling device includes a tool assembly and a drive assembly for actuating the tool assembly. The tool assembly includes an anvil assembly that defines a notch and a cartridge assembly that includes a staple cartridge having a cartridge body that supports staples and pushers and an actuation sled that supports a knife. The drive assembly supports a lockout mechanism that is movable between unlocked position and locked positions. The knife includes a protrusion that engages the lockout mechanism to move the lockout mechanism to the unlocked position as the drive assembly is moved from a retracted position towards an advanced position. When a knife is not present within the staple cartridge, the lockout mechanism remains in the unlocked position to prevent advancement of the drive assembly. |
US12035906B2 |
Surgical instrument including a handle system for advancing a cutting member
A surgical instrument comprising a handle system, an elongate shaft assembly, and an end effector extending from the elongate shaft assembly is disclosed. The elongate shaft assembly comprises a first drive member and a second drive member. The end effector comprises an elongate channel configured to support a staple cartridge therein, an anvil movably coupled to the elongate channel, and a cutting member. When the handle system is engaged with the first drive member, a first actuation of the handle system advances the cutting member a first distance. When the handle system is engaged with the second drive member, a second actuation of the handle system moves the cutting member a second distance. The second distance is greater than the first distance. |
US12035905B2 |
Vessel closure devices and methods
A vessel closure device comprising a proximal end includes a first actuator, a distal end including a suturing mechanism, and first and second needles associated with the suturing mechanism. At least one of the first and second needles is coupled to the first actuator. The suturing mechanism is activated within the vessel through an opening in the wall of the vessel. The first and second needles are directed through the vessel wall adjacent to the opening to direct a tensile member adjacent to the opening for closing and sealing the opening. |
US12035901B2 |
Surgical devices for access to surgical sites
Access devices including access ports and retractors, which enhance the working area and access to a surgical site. The access port includes a tubular body with at least one sidewall defining an interior path along the length of the tubular body. The sidewall includes a rigid portion and a flexible portion. The flexible portion is able to stretch or deform, for example, to accommodate an angled trajectory of a surgical implement. A surgical access device for retracting tissue includes a plurality of retractor blades. The outer surface of the retractor blades form a substantially circular cross-sectional configuration with a plurality of spiral ridges projecting therefrom such that advancement of the retractor into the surgical site may be improved. |
US12035900B2 |
Devices and methods for occluding abnormal openings in a patient's vasculature
A medical device is provided in which one or both ends of the device encourage the formation of tissue across substantially the entire area of the respective end that is exposed to the blood flow for reducing the risk of a thrombotic embolism. The medical device includes a tubular structure having at least one expanded volume portion and a tapered transition portion. The tubular structure may be made through the braiding of a number of strands, and a first end feature may be used to secure the proximal strand ends. The proximal strand ends may be secured via the proximal end of the first end feature, such that the tapered transition portion is formed over the circumferential surface of the first end feature, and only a proximal end surface (or a portion of the proximal end surface) of the first end feature is exposed to the path of flowing blood. |
US12035897B2 |
Tissue collection device for collection of tissue samples from a biopsy needle and biopsy device including tissue collection device
A tissue collection device including a biopsy needle support arrangement to support a biopsy needle so that a tissue compartment in the biopsy needle may be located at a collection position. The tissue collection device includes a carrier medium adapted to adhere to and carry a tissue sample deposited thereon and adapted to be arranged at a deposition position permanently spaced from the collection position. The tissue collection device includes a swiping element adapted to swipe sideward relative to the longitudinal direction through the tissue compartment located at the collection position and in the direction of the deposition position in order to thereby move a tissue sample from the tissue compartment to the carrier medium and to thereby press the tissue sample onto the carrier medium so that the tissue sample is deposited on the carrier medium. |
US12035895B2 |
Geometric light source apparatus with dimming features for endoscope
A light source apparatus includes: a first light source; a second light source configured to emit light having a dimming resolution lower than a dimming resolution of the first light source; a holder configured to hold the first light source and the second light source on a first surface of the holder; a substrate provided to face a second surface of the holder, the second surface being different from the first surface, and a circuit configured to control driving of the first light source and the second light source being mounted on the substrate; a first wiring configured to electrically connect the first light source and the substrate; and a second wiring configured to electrically connect the second light source and the substrate, wherein a length of the first wiring is shorter than a length of the second wiring. |
US12035893B2 |
Laparoscopic imaging using polarized light
Methods and apparatus for improved imaging of internal tissue structures, such as lesions in the peritoneum, are disclosed employing Differentially Polarized Light (DPL) imaging. The optical system can include a laparoscope having at least one optical illumination waveguide for directing illuminating radiation and an optical collection waveguide having an aperture for collecting and transmitting radiation backscattered from a tissue region to a detector. The system further can include a polarizer for polarizing the illuminating radiation and a second analyzing polarizer disposed in the optical return path, whereby backscattered radiation of differing polarizations can be passed to the detector. End cap assemblies are also disclosed that that can be fitted to conventional laparoscopes, e.g., by a threaded connection or the like, to facilitate DPL imaging by polarizing the illuminating light of the laparoscope. For example, the end cap can include a polarizing film within a stainless steel housing. The polarizing film can be shaped to cover of the illumination outputs of the laparoscope, while leaving clear the aperture for collection of reflected or scattered radiation. |
US12035892B2 |
Endoscope system, processor for endoscope, method of controlling endoscope system, and recording medium
An endoscope system includes: a light source including one or more semiconductor light sources; an image pickup apparatus configured to pick up an image of the object irradiated with the illumination light to obtain the image; and a processor. The processor is configured to detect brightness of the image, to change one of a current value and an application period of a current applied to the semiconductor light source when the brightness of the image belongs to a first brightness range, to change the brightness of the image by predetermined processing, to which the image is subjected, when the brightness of the image belongs to a second brightness range, and to change the other of the current value and the application period of the current applied to the semiconductor light source when the brightness of the image belongs to a third brightness range. |
US12035883B2 |
Endoscope with cleanable rotary drum
An endoscope with a rotation drum or a rotation module and an elongated rigid and/or flexible shaft tube which, at a distal end, by means of a bearing fork, rotatably bears the rotation drum about a first axis of rotation, and wherein an optical imaging system is disposed within the rotation drum. The bearing fork here has at least one first fluid conduit and at least one nozzle in order to clean and/or to cool the imaging system. |
US12035879B2 |
Medical image processing apparatus, endoscope system, and medical image processing method
A medical image processing apparatus including a processor configured to acquire a medical image from a medical apparatus that sequentially captures images of a plurality of areas in a living body of a subject, acquire area information indicating an area in the living body in the acquired medical image, perform recognition on the medical image as a recognizer; and cause a display apparatus to display a result of the recognition in a mode suitable for the area indicated by the area information. |
US12035876B2 |
Integrated power unit (IPU)
A power supply unit for a surgical instrument operated by an electric motor includes a battery-receiving housing separate and spaced apart from the surgical instrument. A fastening means or retainer fastens or retains the power supply unit to a body part of an operator. At least one power supply unit supplies power to at least one motor system. A control and monitoring device performs and/or monitors at least one function. A cable connection connects a cable for electrically coupling the power supply unit to a surgical instrument for operating the motor system thereof and/or for transmitting data and/or operating parameters. |
US12035870B2 |
BBQ grill scraper
A barbeque grill scraper and related methods of use that utilize a scraping end formed of a heat-responsive material to remove char and other debris from the grilling surface. The grill scraper includes a conformable scraping edge formed of the heat-responsive material. As the conformable scraping edge is drawn back and forth along the heated grilling surface, a combination of pressure applied by a user as well as the heat of the grill surface results in the formation of individual grooves along the conformable scraping edge, wherein each groove is formed to match an upper profile of the grilling surface. Over time, the grooves fully conform to the upper profile of the grilling surface such that an entire cooking surface can be scraped clean of char and debris. |
US12035864B1 |
Sweeper bin
A receptacle system for a sweeper that includes a bin with a base and sidewalls that together define a receptacle space that receives items released from the sweeper, an insert attached to the bin where an upper portion of the insert slopes upward from a front side towards a rear side of the receptacle system when the insert is attached to the bin with tracks defined in the upper portion for the wheels of the sweeper to roll along the slope to position the sweeper above the bin, and where the insert covers a portion of the receptacle space, where the insert defines an opening such that items released by the sweeper pass through the opening when the wheels of the sweeper are positioned on the tracks of the insert. |
US12035862B2 |
Nozzle for cleaner
A nozzle for a cleaner includes a nozzle housing including a suction flow path through which air including dust flows and at least a portion of which extends in a front and rear direction. First and second rotation cleaning units are arranged on the lower side of the nozzle housing to be spaced apart from each other in a lateral direction. Each of the first and second rotation cleaning units includes a rotation plate adapted for attachment of a mop. A first driving device including a first driving motor drives the first rotation cleaning unit and a second driving device including a second driving motor drives the second rotation cleaning unit. A water tank mounted on the nozzle stores water to be supplied to the mop. |
US12035860B2 |
Floor cleaning article having strips with differential bond pattern
A cleaning article. The cleaning article has a laminate construction. The cleaning article comprises a sheet and a hydrophilic gather strip element joined together at plural bonds. The gather strip element has plural layers superimposed upon one another, providing strips extending outwardly from the bonds. Different layers are differentially bonded, to provide a construction which allows the strips to advantageously present a dynamically changing area to the target surface during cleaning, under normal usage conditions. By changing the surface area, more liquids, and associated debris, can be cleaned from the target surface. |
US12035859B2 |
Environmental block for carpet cleaning
A carpet cleaning accessory device is provided. The carpet cleaning accessory device comprises an aperture stop configured to fit between an aperture frame and an aperture gate where the aperture stop has at least a first hole and a second hole. The device also includes a conduit having at least a first opening and a second opening, where the conduit is secured inside the aperture stop such that the first opening couples with the first hole and the second opening couples with the second hole. A curtain adapted to couple to the aperture frame and the aperture gate using a coupling assembly is also included to substantially block an opening between the aperture gate and the aperture frame. |
US12035850B2 |
Method for control of multi-functional cooking apparatuses
A method for controlling multi-function cooking apparatus devices uses a control system with a recipe program interface to receive at least one recipe program configured to control functions of the multi-function cooking apparatus devices. For each food processing step, the recipe program provides information about the technical capabilities required, and a A program analyzer module identifies, for a particular food processing step, at least one particular slave providing a reduced functional scope with technical capabilities which are sufficient to execute said particular food processing step, and extracts from the at least one recipe program a partition. A recipe deployment module deploys the extracted partition to the at least one particular slave for execution, and further deploys the remaining program partition of the recipe program to the master. |
US12035848B2 |
Preparation jar for a kitchen appliance, a lid for the preparation jar and a kitchen appliance
A food preparation jar has two rotary food processing tools; one at a bottom part of a vessel and one implemented by a lid. Each food processing tool is contained within the vessel which remains static in use. The lid replaces or combines with a main vessel lid to implement a second rotary food processing function, such as a juicing function, to supplement a main food processing function, such as a blending function, of the preparation jar, when mounted to a base unit of a kitchen appliance in an inverted orientation. |
US12035847B2 |
Adjustment assembly for a countertop appliance
An adjustment assembly for a counter appliance includes a bracket that defines an opening and includes retention features defined proximate to the opening. A slider is operably coupled to the bracket and includes a knob that extends through the opening that is defined by the bracket. The slider defines a groove and a notch. A barrier member is operably coupled to the slider and is selectively coupled to the retention features of the bracket. The barrier member includes a spine that is slidably disposed within the groove defined by the slider and selectively engaged with the notch. |
US12035845B1 |
Systems and methods for cooking pizza
In general, cooking devices having at least one electric heating element and that are configured to cook various foods, including pizza, are provided. In some embodiments, the cooking device can include a housing having a base, a movable door coupled to the base that together define an interior cooking chamber. A cooking surface, such as a cooking stone, can be disposed proximate a heating element within the cooking chamber such that food, such as a pizza, can be placed on top of the cooking stone when inserted into the interior chamber. The heating element can be in operable communication with a controller configured to adjust the amount of heat supplied by the heating element to the interior chamber to optimize the cooking of a food, such as pizza, placed inside the interior chamber. |
US12035844B2 |
Toaster oven system and method
A toaster oven system includes a main body, a heating element, a front door, and a top door. The main body has a cooking cavity for holding food, and in which the heating element is disposed. The main body also has a front side and a top side, with the front side defining a front opening of the main body, and the top side defining a top opening of the main body. The front door is hingedly attached to the main body and movable between a closed position and an opened position. The top door is hingedly attached to the main body and movable between a closed position and an opened position. The food is insertable or removable by the user through either the front opening or the top opening when an associated one of the front door and the top door is in the opened position. |
US12035838B2 |
Methods and systems associated with brewing coffee
Systems and methods for submerging coffee within water in a chamber directly below a filter, creating a vacuum within the chamber, removing carbon dioxide through the filter while preventing the formation of carbonic acid, and creating another vacuum within the chamber. |
US12035837B2 |
Electronic device and information processing device
An electronic device, including circuitry configured to acquire image information related to a beverage stored in a container, and to output a content from an output unit using a transition of the image information. |
US12035832B2 |
Pillow
A pillow configured to accommodate a first user and a second user wherein the users are positioned in a lateral recumbent position. The body of the pillow includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion has an upper surface that is higher than that of the upper surface of the lower portion. The lower portion includes a first section and a second section that are contiguously formed. The first section and second section are laterally adjacent and are configured to permit the second user to lay in a left lateral recumbent position and a right lateral recumbent position. The lower surface of the body includes a passage formed therein. The passage is concave in form and includes a bottom portion and a top portion having a first branch and a second branch. The passage bifurcates proximate the lower edge of the upper portion to create a y-shape. |
US12035831B2 |
Bedding cover and insert
A bedding system comprising a bedding insert and a bedding cover is discussed herein. The bedding insert includes a first portion of a zipper that corresponds to a second portion of a zipper found in the bedding cover. The second zipper portion is disposed on an inside portion of the bedding cover near an edge of the bedding cover. The bedding cover further includes a front panel that is connected to a back panel. Also discussed herein, is bedding cover comprising one or more zipper portions disposed on an inside portion near one or more edges of the bedding cover. The bedding cover also includes a front panel and a back panel that is connected to the front panel. |
US12035827B2 |
Non-spill drinking container assembly
A non-spill drinking container assembly having a container with an open upper portion and closed lower portion. A collar may be removably attached to the upper portion of the container and may have an upper surface with a contour. A seal may be removably attached to the collar and cover the contour of the upper surface of the collar. |
US12035823B2 |
Frame apparatus
A frame apparatus for displaying an article. The frame apparatus includes a support structure having a frame and a backer panel. A plurality of slots are formed into the backer panel that include a first slot that is elongated along a first axis that is parallel to top and bottom edges of the support structure and a second slot that is elongated along a second axis that is parallel to lateral edges of the support structure. The frame apparatus may include a hanging element for hanging the support structure from a support surface such as a wall. The hanging element may be configured to be slidably coupled to the support structure such that the hanging element can slide back and forth within one of the slots while remaining coupled to the support structure. This structure enables the frame apparatus to move side-to-side along the support surface while hanging therefrom. |
US12035819B2 |
Crib and application method thereof
A crib adapted for using alongside with a bed includes a frame body which has an upper frame, a lower frame adapted for standing on a ground, a plurality of supporters coupled between the upper frame and the lower frame, and a supporting frame which is supported on the supporters; a bed cover detachably coupled to the upper frame and supported by the supporting frame for defining a receiving cavity above the supporting frame; and a supporting unit coupled to the frame body for abutting a side of the bed to avoid or reduce a gap between the crib and the bed. |
US12035814B2 |
Prefabricated chair
The present invention relates to a prefabricated chair and, more particularly, to a prefabricated chair separated into two frames so that the volume thereof can be remarkably reduced, thereby facilitating storage and transportation and enabling easy assembly without a separate tool. The present invention relates to the prefabricated chair in which a first frame and a second frame are coupled, wherein the first frame includes: a pair of first and second leg bars of the front and rear; first and second upper horizontal support bars for connecting the upper portions of the first and second leg parts; an upper bracket for coupling the first and second upper horizontal support bars; first and second lower horizontal support bars for connecting the lower portion of the second leg part; and a lower bracket for coupling the first and second lower horizontal support bars, the second frame includes: a pair of third and fourth leg parts of the front and rear; a third upper horizontal support bar for connecting the upper portions of the third and fourth leg parts; and a third lower horizontal support bar for connecting the lower portions of the third and fourth leg parts, and the third upper horizontal support bar is fitted and coupled to the upper bracket and the third lower horizontal support bar is fitted and coupled to the lower bracket such that the first frame and the second frame are assembled in + shape. |
US12035813B2 |
Sleeping equipment
Sleeping equipment includes a mat body and a plurality of air bags. The mat body includes a middle support portion, an upper support portion, and a lower support portion. The mat body is configured to switch between a bed mode and a chair mode. The air bags are arranged in the mat body in a mat length direction from the upper support portion toward the lower support portion. At least a part of the air bags is divided into right and left bag portions in a mat width direction, and the right bag portion and the left bag portion are configured to be independently inflated and deflated. |
US12035809B2 |
Attachable child safety sealable bedding enclosure
A child protective sealable bedding enclosure configured to be attachable to existing bed structures. |
US12035808B2 |
Mechanism for transforming furniture from a sitting position to a lying down position
A mechanism for transforming furniture from a sitting position to a lying down position has right and left jacks with identical design, which are a mirror reflection of each other, connected by a synchronisation mechanism. Each jack has a fastening plate which attaches the jack to the furniture body, angle bars, upper and lower for connecting with the mattresses, a spring and a front pull rod and rear pull rod with centre arms. Each jack has a backrest driving sub-assembly created from a backrest rotation pull rod and support to be connected with the backrest of the furniture, whereas the backrest rotation pull rod is connected in an articulated manner on one end with the bottom end of the rear pull rod, and on the second end is connected in an articulated manner with the support connected in an articulated manner to the fastening plate. |
US12035805B2 |
Cabinets, cabinet assembly systems and methods of cabinet construction
A cabinets is provided. The cabinet includes a main panel defining a longitudinal axis and having a top edge. The cabinet also includes a plurality of vertical panels positioned in a laterally spaced relationship along the longitudinal axis of the main panel and in parallel planes each of the vertical panels being orthogonal to the main panel. The main panel and the vertical panels are coupled by hangers. The hangers each include an elongated body and a first end bracket at a first end of the elongated body. The first end bracket has a first hook that receives the top edge of the main panel. The vertical panels are also secured to either one of a top panel or a bottom panel so that either the top panel or the bottom panel holds the vertical panels against lateral movement relative to the main panel. |
US12035799B2 |
Knife sheath adapters, systems and methods
New devices, methods and systems for stowing and carrying knives, and, in particular, to adapting knife sheaths to fit in different ways when worn and carried by a user, are provided. In some aspects, specialized knife sheaths and knife sheath adapters are provided, allowing a user to change the angle and orientation of a knife when stored on or about a user's body. In some embodiments, such knife sheath adapters include both belt-mounting and sheath-mounting hardware, configured to mount onto a belt and a sheath simultaneously. In some embodiments, such a knife sheath adapter is configured to allow a user to carry a knife and sheath in a wide variety of configurations and orientations, according to a user's preference. |
US12035797B2 |
Systems and methods for unraveling braids
Systems and methods for unraveling braids of real/natural hair and/or synthetic braid extensions, or a combination thereof, work from the bottom of the braid up using one or more tines automated to repetitively penetrate the braid and pull through and down it to unravel it. The systems and methods may unravel braid/entanglements faster than could otherwise be done manually by hand. |
US12035795B2 |
Manufacturing apparatus, mixing machine and/or receiving device for the manufacture of a composition from a mixture of formulations
A receiving device for forming a mixing machine, when the receiving device is inserted into a manufacturing apparatus, includes: a first receiving location configured to receive a first capsule containing a first formulation, a second receiving location configured to receive a second capsule containing a second formulation, the two capsules configured to be fluidly linked to each other, a first actuation face of the receiving device, authorizing a transfer of a pressure force on the first capsule, the first actuation face having a first protective shell, a second actuation face of the receiving device, opposite to the first face, authorizing a transfer of a pressure force on the second capsule, the second actuation face having a second protective shell, and a flap opening outwardly of the receiving device and extending between the two receiving locations, to authorize insertion of the capsules separately and extraction of the capsules jointly. |
US12035787B2 |
Performing interactive activities with a band
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to performing an interactive activity using a band. In one embodiment, a method includes touching a subset of inputs, associated with a touch sensor of a first band, relating to an interactive activity with a second band. The method may also include communicating, by the first band, first data to a first mobile device, the first data including information that identifies completion of the interactive activity and indicates a time that the subset are selectively touched. The method may also include the first band triggering the first mobile device to communicate second data to a second mobile device to replicate the interactive activity. |
US12035785B2 |
Magnetic buckle device
A magnetic buckle device has a first base, a major inserting head, a second major base, two major components, and a controlling assembly. The major inserting head can be inserted into the first base to engage and lock. The second major base and the first base can be moved or rotated with respect to each other such that the major inserting head enters a disengaging state. The two major components are respectively mounted on the second major base and the major inserting head. When the major inserting head is close to a major insertion hole of the first base, a magnetic force is generated between the two major components to guide the major inserting head to close the major insertion hole and assist the major inserting head in inserting. After the major inserting head is inserted, the magnetic force also assists the major inserting head in staying in the engaging state. |
US12035784B2 |
Shoe friction control apparatus set
A shoe friction control apparatus set that enables a user to specifically individually select a specific slide capability for one or more of their shoes from a plurality of different specific slide capacities. In various embodiments, the present disclosure enables a bowler to make a specific individual selection for the shoe on the bowler's slide foot. In various embodiments, the present disclosure enables a bowler to make this specific individual selection for the shoe on the bowler's other, non-slide, plant or kicker foot. |
US12035782B2 |
Adaptable footwear and footwear accessories
Wearable devices and accessories are described herein. A wearable device may include a first portion configured to support at least a portion of a person's foot. The wearable device may include a second portion on a first side of the wearable device and configured to attach to and detach from a detachable device. The wearable device may include a third portion on a second side of the wearable device and configured to attach to and detach from the detachable device. The detachable device may span from the first portion to the second portion when attached to the wearable device. |
US12035776B2 |
Protective helmet
A protective helmet has an outer shell and one or more absorption elements of impact shock energy operatively coupled with the outer shell. The absorption elements include a working portion interposed between the end portions. The section of the working portion along a surface transverse to the development axis has an area smaller than the areas of the corresponding sections of the end portions. The absorption elements have a breaking load lower than the breaking load of the outer shell, so that in the event of an impact the working portion is subject to breaking before the outer shell and before the end portions to allow the absorption of the impact shock energy. |
US12035775B1 |
Head wrap and accessories
A head wrap where a portion of fabric or material has the shape of an irregular pentagon. Three corners have 90 degree angles, and 2 corners have 45 degree angles, and the 2 opposite 90 degree angle corners are slightly overlapped and secured together to form a tube shape. The head wrap includes a grip strip or elastic band placed to reduce slippage of the wrap from a position at the back of a wearer's head near the neck. When needed or desired, an accessory pillow of fabric material which is filled with polyester fiber, is used for stuffing inside a volume formed within the head wrap to enable an up-style appearance when wearing the head wrap. |
US12035774B2 |
Tool with 3D garment rendering and preview
A tool allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs in three dimensions before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Based on a laser input file with a pattern, a laser will burn the pattern onto apparel. With the tool, the user will be able to create, make changes, and view images of a design, in real time, before burning by a laser. Input to the tool includes fabric template images, laser input files, and damage input. The tool allows adding of tinting and adjusting of intensity and bright point. The user can also move, rotate, scale, and warp the image input. |
US12035772B2 |
Accessories belt assembly with inner and outer sections
A belt assembly, and methods of using same, including an elongated inner portion having a first length and adapted to be worn inside a waistband of a garment of a wearer, and an elongated outer portion having a second length that is at least as long as the first length. The outer portion is adapted to occupy (i) an open, unfolded position when the inner portion is lowered inside the waistband, and (ii) a closed, folded position resting against the outside of the waistband. The inner portion is joined to the outer portion by connective material that bends when the outer portion is moved between the open and closed positions. The outer portion further includes a plurality of tactical openings along at least some of its length to which accessories can be removably attached. |
US12035769B1 |
Protective prosthetic sleeve
An embodiment provides an apparatus for protecting clothing from damage caused by a prosthetic device, comprising: a base material comprising a plurality of vertical cuts; a protective material covering a front and a back of the base material; one or more structure bands weaved through at least a subset of the plurality of vertical cuts; a protective sheet overlaying the protective material on the back of the base material and along an upper portion of the apparatus; and two or more straps coupled to the apparatus, wherein each of the two or more straps comprise a mechanical mechanism for securing the apparatus when worn by the user. |
US12035765B2 |
Protective face shield assembly
A protective face shield assembly is provided. The example protective face shield assembly includes a protective element, a frame, and a face seal. The frame defines a continuous inner frame edge and a continuous outer frame edge. The face seal includes a top portion, a bottom portion, and two side portions as a continuous unit, defining a continuous inner face seal edge and a continuous outer face seal edge. The continuous inner face seal edge is removably affixed against the continuous inner frame edge. The continuous outer face seal edge encapsulates an elastic band that fits against at least a front half portion of the head and face of a user. The face seal contains one or more layers of filter medium suitable for removing particulate matter from the air that flows from exterior air space and into interior air space. |
US12035760B2 |
Methods for controlled application of adhesive and garments formed thereby
A method of manufacturing a garment is provided that includes applying an adhesive layer to a first ply and/or a second ply in a first amount in a first zone where structural support is desired and in a second amount in a second zone where breathability is desired; arranging the first and second plies with respect to one another so that the adhesive layer is therebetween; and activating the adhesive layer to secure the first and second plies to one another. |
US12035759B2 |
Clipping extender for nursing bra and nursing bra
A clipping extender for a nursing bra and the nursing bra are provided. The clipping extender for the nursing bra includes an extension strap and a first back clip. The extension strap is made of an elastic for providing an extended length. One end of the extension strap is fixedly connected to the first back clip, and the first back clip is configured to detachably connect a front clip of the nursing bra. To pump milk, the nursing mom wearing the nursing bra only needs to connect the clipping extender to the back and front clips of the nursing bra to increase the space between the nursing bra and the body for placing the portable breast pump. |
US12035757B2 |
Electronic atomization device, power supply assembly and atomizer
The application provides an electronic atomization device, a power supply assembly and an atomizer. The electronic atomization device includes an atomizer, a power supply assembly and an elastic element, and the atomizer includes a first magnetic connector. The power supply assembly includes a second magnetic connector. An elastic element disposed between the atomizer and the power supply assembly. According to the working temperature of the atomizer, the first magnetic connector and the second magnetic connector electrically make the power supply assembly with the atomizer being electrically connected, or the elastic element make the atomizer and the power supply assembly being electrically disconnected from each other. |
US12035753B2 |
Atomizer and electronic atomizing device
The present disclosure discloses an atomizer and an electronic atomizing device. The atomizer includes: a reservoir, configured to store liquid; a mounting base, including a housing and a baffle disposed on the housing, the baffle defining a liquid aperture and an air pressure balanced structure spaced apart from the liquid aperture; an atomizing core, disposed within the mounting base, and configured to heat and atomize the liquid. Wherein the air pressure balanced structure communicates the reservoir with outer atmosphere, and is configured to deliver external air into the reservoir, to balance an air pressure of the reservoir and the outer atmosphere. |
US12035752B2 |
Water filtration apparatus
A novel water filtration apparatus is disclosed having a downstem assembly from which a combustion aerosol or an aerosol is generated. The water filtration apparatus including a rotatable water filtration assembly rotatably mounted about a fixed shaft member and including two chambers generally separated by a divider wall having drain passage formed therein and wherein the rotatable water filtration assembly is normally oriented vertically with one chamber being disposed over the other and wherein said chamber is adapted to contain a volume of liquid that moves from one chamber to the other through the drain passage in response to rotating the rotatable water filtration assembly one-half turn. Routing of the aerosol through an upper disposed chamber and percolating the aerosol through the liquid and as the liquid within said chamber moves from the upper oriented chamber to the lower oriented chamber after each half turn, the falling liquid creating a vacuum space above the falling liquid in the upper chamber that draws air through the downstem assembly and the aerosol flowing and percolating into the upper disposed chamber while aerosol contained in the lower chamber is exhausted from said chamber via an exhaust opening towards a mouthpiece assembly. |
US12035750B2 |
Atomizer and electronic cigarette
An atomizer includes a housing structure, a connecting structure installed at one end of the housing structure, and a heating structure installed in the housing structure. The connecting structure includes a first conductive member provided below the housing structure, a second conductive member provided in the first conductive member, an insulating member provided between the first conductive member and the second conductive member, and a third conductive member provided in the second conductive member. The heating structure includes a heating member. The heating member includes a main body, and a first electrode contact and a second electrode contact configured for electrically connecting with the main body. The first electrode contact is clamped between the first conductive member and the housing structure. The second electrode contact is clamped between the second conductive member and the third conductive member. |
US12035749B2 |
Aerosol delivery device, and associated apparatus and method of formation thereof
An aerosol delivery device is provided, and includes a control body serially engaged with a cartridge, the cartridge having an aerosol precursor source housing an aerosol precursor and defining a mouth opening configured to direct an aerosol therethrough to a user. A heater device is operably engaged with the cartridge, wherein the heater device comprises an electrically-conductive carbon element disposed adjacent to a heat-conductive substrate. The heater device is configured to receive the aerosol precursor from the aerosol precursor source onto the heat-conductive substrate, such that the aerosol precursor on the heat-conductive substrate forms the aerosol in response to heat from the electrically-conductive carbon element conducted through the heat-conductive substrate. An associated apparatus and method are also provided. |
US12035733B2 |
Flavor modifiers for meat analog products
A flavor modifier composition for a meat analog is provided. The flavor modifier composition includes a yeast extract; a fatty acid; peptide material having a molecular weight of from about 300 to about 10,000 daltons; and at least two free amino acids wherein at least one free amino acid is a sulfur containing amino acid. |
US12035732B1 |
Composition of matter and method of use for wine health mixtures
The disclosed invention is a concentrated liquid beverage enhancer for wine health mixtures. There is a demand for healthy and natural food products. The world's and United States leading cause of death is cardiovascular disease (CVD) from heart attacks, strokes, and dementia due to diet, environmental and genetic factors among other cofactors such as obesity and lack of exercise. In the 1990's drinking several glasses of red wine a day was found as reducing CVD and extensive research has since resulted in countless scholarly articles, patents and patent applications on the beneficial use of red wine extracts in food as dietary supplements. In this invention we provide a novel composition of mixtures with wine extract that are flavorful and stable for bulk transport up to a concentration where 4-5 ml equals a 150 ml glass of red wine with a convenient means for the consumer to add 1 glass of wine equivalent to enhance their food or beverage. |
US12035730B2 |
Ice cream mould table with spray nozzle arrangement
An ice cream mould table for moulding ice cream products, comprising a plate that has a plurality of mould pockets that each protrude from a bottom side of the plate, and a spray nozzle arrangement including a plurality of spray nozzles that is arranged to spray heating fluid on the exterior of the mould pockets to facilitate releasing of ice cream from the mould pockets. At least one spray nozzle comprises a first spray opening arranged to spray heating fluid towards a target mould pocket and in a first direction that is inclined by a first angle relative the vertical direction, and a second spray opening arranged to spray heating fluid towards the target mould pocket and in a second direction that is inclined by a second angle. |
US12035726B2 |
Method for producing a cheese with reduced amount of galactose
A method for producing a cheese with reduced amount of galactose comprising inoculating milk with Streptococcus thermophilus Gal(+) bacteria and Lactobacillus Gal(+) Lac(−) bacteria. |
US12035725B2 |
Grill systems
Cooking devices and methods of cooking are provided. The cooking devices can include a housing defining an interior cooking chamber, a fan disposed within the interior cooking chamber, a smoke unit coupled to an exterior of the housing, and a smoke channel at least partially defined by a contour of the housing. The smoke unit is configured to generate smoke. The smoke channel has a first end in fluid communication with an interior of the smoke unit and a second end terminating within the interior cooking chamber proximate the fan such that a low-pressure zone created by operation of the fan causes smoke generated by the smoke unit to be drawn into the interior cooking chamber. |
US12035719B2 |
Antiviral composition comprising modified zeolites
The present invention relates to zeolites modified or functionalized with silane moieties, to compositions comprising said silane modified zeolites and to their use as antiviral and/or antibacterial agents. The invention also refers to materials and/or articles, such as, but not limited to, fabrics, fibers and/or polymeric coatings partly or fully covered and/or integrated with said silane-modified zeolites and/or compositions. |
US12035716B2 |
Treatment for seeds disinfection
The present invention relates to the treatment of plant material, especially seeds. The method uses vacuum pressure for disinfecting seeds from pathogens. Seed disinfection is important as seeds infected by pathogens could propagate them and lead to high losses of the crops. The method is applicable to seeds from cucurbit species specifically watermelon, melon, squash, pumpkin, cucumber and gourds but also seeds from solanaceous species specifically tomatoes, peppers and eggplants. |
US12035715B1 |
3,5-dinitro-n-(pyrimidin-2-ylcarbamothioyl)benzamide as an eco-friendly insecticidal agent against Spodoptera littoralis (boisd.)
Synthesis of a compound 3,5-dinitro-N-(pyrimidin-2-ylcarbamothioyl)benzamide and its use as an insecticidal agent. |
US12035714B2 |
Pesticidal genes and methods of use
Compositions having pesticidal activity and methods for their use are provided. Compositions include isolated and recombinant polypeptides having pesticidal activity, recombinant and synthetic nucleic acid molecules encoding the polypeptides, DNA constructs and vectors comprising the nucleic acid molecules, host cells comprising the vectors, and antibodies to the polypeptides. Nucleotide sequences encoding the polypeptides can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in organisms of interest. The compositions and methods provided are useful for producing organisms with enhanced pest resistance or tolerance. Transgenic plants and seeds comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a pesticidal protein of the invention are also provided. Such plants are resistant to insects and other pests. Methods are provided for producing the various polypeptides disclosed herein, and for using those polypeptides for controlling or killing a pest. Methods and kits for detecting polypeptides of the invention in a sample are also included. |
US12035706B2 |
Spray boom height control system
A boom height control system for an agricultural crop sprayer includes a spray boom and an actuator arranged to adjust a position of at least a portion of the spray boom in response to a position adjustment command. A speed sensor is provided to measure a forward speed of the sprayer and generate a speed value. A position sensor is provided to measure a current position of the spray boom portion and generate a current position value. A controller is in communication with the speed sensor, the position sensor and the actuator. The controller is configured to generate the position adjustment command based upon a target position value, a current position value and a speed value. |
US12035700B1 |
Smart fishing rod
A smart fishing rod includes a rod assembly, a spring assembly, and a magnetic track assembly. In one embodiment, the rod assembly resembles a modular fishing rod that is used in recreational fishing. The spring assembly is mounted towards the handle portion of the rod assembly. Additionally, the spring assembly includes a hooked spring and a nibble spring. The spring assembly is also operatively connected to a plurality of LED lights to notify a user when a fish is caught or nibbles on the line of the rod assembly. When a fish is caught, the magnet track assembly allows for the reel within the sliding reel holder to move back and forth thereby notifying a user that there is a fish on the line. |
US12035699B2 |
Single-seed shellfish floating aquaculture system
A single-seed shellfish floating aquaculture system includes rack bodies, mesh bags, and floats cooperating with each other. The rack bodies, the mesh bags and the floats are of a split structure and can be assembled into a whole. The rack bodies are made of corrosion resistant and rust resistant materials and assembled from a group of detachable flat-shaped structural members, a plurality of accommodation spaces are formed in the assembled rack bodies, the mesh bags are provided within the accommodation spaces, the floats are fixed on the rack bodies, and the single shellfish seedlings are directly put into the mesh bags to achieve single shellfish farming. |
US12035696B2 |
Pet bowl with automatic lid
An automatic animal feeder has two bowls and a base unit which accepts the bowls. Two lids are provided, one for each bowl, which may be closed to cover the bowl and prevent access to it or opened about a hinge means to allow access to the bowl. A lid control mechanism is capable of keeping either lid closed independently or opening either lid independently. A removable joining member is provided that links the two lids so that one lid cannot open unless the other lid can also open. |
US12035693B2 |
Broiler pan feeder
An adjustable feeder pan system for feeding poultry and a related method is provided. The feeder pan system includes a cone portion, an excluder portion that includes a number of anti-rake and radially disposed fins, a skirt, a feed pan, a cap, and optionally a feed shut-off component. The cone includes a pair of stops that may selectively engage with one of a number of pairs of corresponding slots of varying depths on the excluder portion so as to provide multiple feed levels as desired and depending upon the size and age of the poultry being fed. |
US12035692B2 |
Animal monitoring device and related methods for monitoring an animal
An animal monitoring device includes memory circuitry, interface circuitry configured to communicate via short-range wireless communication to a second animal monitoring device and via cellular communication, and processor circuitry configured to obtain, from a first sensor, sensor data having a first transmission deadline and provide the sensor data into a sensor data set. |
US12035685B1 |
Animal vehicle seat support system
An animal vehicle seat support system for retaining in a stable position by gyroscopic functionality includes a cradle having a top portion and a bottom portion. The cradle encloses an interior for receiving a small animal. A base ring extends around the cradle such that the base ring is rotationally attached to the cradle about a first axis. A frame is removably mounted to the vehicle seat and is attached to the base ring such that the base ring is rotational relative to the frame about a second axis. The frame includes a front support and a back support. A retainer is coupled to the cradle and is removably coupled to a harness of the small animal positioned within the interior of the cradle. |
US12035683B2 |
Cotton variety 20R738B3XF
The invention relates to cotton variety designated 20R738B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 20R738B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 20R738B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 20R738B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods. |
US12035682B1 |
Soybean variety 5PPYZ44
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PPYZ44 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PPYZ44, cells from soybean variety 5PPYZ44, plants of soybean 5PPYZ44, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PPYZ44. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PPYZ44 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PPYZ44, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PPYZ44, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PPYZ44. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PPYZ44 are further provided. |
US12035681B2 |
Soybean variety 5PCRV00
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PCRV00 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PCRV00, cells from soybean variety 5PCRV00, plants of soybean 5PCRV00, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PCRV00. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PCRV00 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PCRV00, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PCRV00, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PCRV00. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PCRV00 are further provided. |
US12035675B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH011229
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011229. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011229, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011229 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011229. |
US12035674B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH011189
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011189. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011189, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011189 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011189. |
US12035673B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH010999
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH010999. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH010999, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH010999 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH010999. |
US12035671B1 |
Maize hybrid X15R412
A novel maize variety designated X15R412 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X15R412 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X15R412 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X15R412, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X15R412 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X15R412 and methods of using maize variety X15R412 are disclosed. |
US12035668B1 |
Sorghum inbred 2PDET37R
A novel sorghum variety designated 2PDET37R and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a plant comprise crossing sorghum variety 2PDET37R with another plant. Sorghum seed, plants and plant parts produced by crossing sorghum variety 2PDET37R with another plant are described. Methods for producing a plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 2PDET37R include one or both of backcross conversion and transformation. Hybrid sorghum seed, plants or plant parts produced by crossing the sorghum variety 2PDET37R or a locus conversion of 2PDET37R with another sorghum variety are disclosed. |
US12035667B2 |
Corn plants with improved disease resistance
Corn plants exhibiting broad-spectrum resistance to Exserohilum turcicum are provided, together with methods of producing, identifying, or selecting plants or germplasm with a Exserohilum turcicum resistance phenotype. Such plants include sweet corn plants as well as agronomically elite dent corn plants comprising introgressed genomic regions conferring disease resistance. Compositions, including novel polymorphic markers and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, and selecting plants or germplasm with a disease resistance phenotype are further provided. |
US12035665B2 |
Greenhouse control system
The present invention is directed to computerized agricultural systems and methods for controlling and managing plant development, from seeding through harvest, in greenhouses and other agricultural production facilities. |
US12035663B2 |
Irrigation management system
An irrigation management system is disclosed and positionable in-line with an irrigation pipe for monitoring and controlling a flow of fluid therethrough. In at least one embodiment, the system provides an inlet pipe and an opposing outlet pipe in serial fluid communication with the irrigation pipe. At least one fluid control valve is in serial fluid communication between the inlet pipe and outlet pipe for selectively controlling the flow of fluid therebetween. The fluid control valve provides a main valve and a hydraulic actuator for selectively moving the main valve between open and closed positions. The hydraulic actuator is also in serial fluid communication between a pair of actuator valves for moving the hydraulic actuator between open and closed positions. The system also provides at least one sample collection tank configured for temporarily storing a volume of fluid diverted from the irrigation pipe in order to be tested. |
US12035662B2 |
Feeding device and feeding method on handling timber
Disclosed is a new type of dosing device in a tree-processing device and a method for using it. The dosing device comprises a pump (2) to be attached to the processing device and a feed hose (15) connected to the pump (2) for leading the treatment agent fed by the pump (2) to the point of use. In the device is a replaceable treatment-agent cartridge (7) and the treatment-agent cartridge contains treatment agent. The cartridge is attached to the inlet port of the pump (2) by means of an adapter (4). |
US12035659B2 |
Agricultural implement system with a controller for detecting and mitigating plug conditions
An agricultural implement system includes an agricultural implement and a controller. The agricultural implement includes: a chassis; a pickup carried by the chassis and configured to rotate and convey crop material; a movable windguard carried by the chassis; and a windguard displacement sensor associated with the windguard and configured to output windguard displacement signals corresponding to a displacement of the windguard relative to a zero position. The controller is configured to: determine a plug condition exists when the displacement of the windguard exceeds a defined displacement; and output at least one plug condition mitigation signal to adjust at least one parameter of the agricultural implement system and mitigate the plug condition responsively to determining the plug condition exists. |
US12035657B2 |
Residue quality assessment and performance system for a harvester
A residue vision system includes an image acquisition device configured for mounting to a harvesting machine. The image acquisition device is configured to acquire, during operation of the harvesting machine, information regarding a first pass in a field. The first pass is a harvested area of the field. During the operation, the first pass is laterally offset from a second pass in the field. An electronic control unit is in communication with the image acquisition device and with a residue distribution system. The residue distribution system is configured to be coupled to the harvesting machine to distribute residue onto the second pass and onto the first pass. The electronic control unit is configured to analyze the information acquired by the image acquisition device and to adjust a distribution of residue onto the first pass while the harvesting machine is harvesting the second pass. |
US12035656B2 |
Method and arrangement for controlling an operating parameter of a forage harvester
A method for controlling one or more operating parameters of a forage harvester includes picking up harvested crop from a field by means of a harvesting attachment, processing the harvested crop by means of a chopping device and/or a post-processing device, and ejecting the processed harvested crop onto a loading container. An image of the processed ground-borne harvested crop is recorded by a camera, and an operating parameter of the forage harvester is set or adjusted with a control unit using the image. |
US12035645B2 |
Implement support apparatus with adjustable width
A U-shaped support frame has a base beam and parallel side beams extending rearward from the base beam and defining an open implement area, which can be made adjustable. A hitch is attached to the front end of the support frame and frame wheels support the side beams, and rotate about a horizontal frame wheel axis that is fixed in an orientation perpendicular to the operating travel direction. Implements are configured to perform an implement operation and to rest on the ground surface when in an idle position. The support frame is moved rearward to a loading position where each implement is movable to an operating position supported by the support frame. Each implement provides a beam lock connection between the side beams that resists twisting movement of the side beams to maintain the frame wheels and the side beams in a substantially fixed relationship with respect to each other. |
US12041864B2 |
Method and device for storing free atoms, molecules and ions in a contact-less, albeit well-defined near surface arrangement
Surface supported quantum wells with a confined surface state capture and stably confine neutral atoms and molecules in a nanometer precise environment. Depending on the physico-chemical conditions in the capturing process, the degree of occupancy, the temperature of the solid substrate, and/or the history of external stimuli like electromagnetic field pulses, these atoms, molecules or clusters assume unique configurations. The atoms or molecules are able to remain coupled to the quantum-well specific electronic state in the confinement and as such exhibit local and delocalized quantum entanglement. The capturing potential arises from the superposition of Pauli repulsion between the captured object and the quantum well-specific confined electronic state. This occurs within on-surface atomic or supramolecular assemblies or surface supported coordination or covalent networks. |
US12041861B2 |
RRAM bottom electrode
An integrated circuit device has an RRAM cell that includes a top electrode, an RRAM dielectric layer, and a bottom electrode having a surface that interfaces with the RRAM dielectric layer. Oxides of the bottom electrode are substantially absent from the bottom electrode surface. The bottom electrode has a higher density in a zone adjacent the surface as compared to a bulk region of the bottom electrode. The surface has a roughness Ra of 2 nm or less. A process for forming the surface includes chemical mechanical polishing followed by hydrofluoric acid etching followed by argon ion bombardment. An array of RRAM cells formed by this process is superior in terms of narrow distribution and high separation between low and high resistance states. |
US12041860B2 |
Resistive memory device and method for manufacturing with protrusion of electrode
A resistive memory device includes a bottom electrode, a top electrode and a resistance changing element. The top electrode is disposed above and spaced apart from the bottom electrode, and has a downward protrusion aligned with the bottom electrode. The resistance changing element covers side and bottom surfaces of the downward protrusion. |
US12041858B1 |
Josephson junction structures
Josephson junction (JJ) structures are disclosed. In some embodiments, a JJ structure may include alternating planar superconducting structures and planar non-superconducting structures arranged along a direction away from a wafer surface. |
US12041857B2 |
Method of fabricating gates
A method of fabricating semiconductor-superconductor nanowires, comprising: forming a first mask amorphous mask having first openings over trenches in a substrate; forming a monocrystalline conducting material in the first openings by selective area growth, thus forming gates for the nanowires in the trenches pf the substrate; forming a second mask over the substrate and gates, the second mask also being amorphous and having a pattern of second openings; forming an insulating crystalline buffer in the second openings; forming a crystalline semiconductor material on the buffer in the second openings by selective area growth in order to form the cores of the nanowires, wherein the gates intersect with the cores in the plane of the substrate; and forming the coating of superconductor material over at least part of each of the cores. |
US12041856B2 |
Superconducting circuit provided on an encapsulated vacuum cavity
Devices, systems, methods, and/or computer-implemented methods that can facilitate a qubit device comprising a superconducting circuit provided on an encapsulated vacuum cavity are provided. According to an embodiment, a device can comprise a substrate having an encapsulated vacuum cavity provided on the substrate. The device can further comprise a superconducting circuit provided on the encapsulated vacuum cavity. |
US12041855B2 |
Magnetic device and magnetic random access memory
A magnetic memory device includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack, a spin-orbit torque (SOT) induction wiring disposed over the MTJ stack, a first terminal coupled to a first end of the SOT induction wiring, a second terminal coupled to a second end of the SOT induction wiring, and a selector layer coupled to the first terminal. |
US12041852B2 |
Silicon thermoelectric generator
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a thermoelectric device having a superconducting generator ring. In an illustrative example, a thermoelectric device may include a differential generator supply and a thermoelectric generator ring. The thermoelectric generator ring, for example, may be configured to generate an electric current based on a differential temperature received from the differential temperature supply. For example, the thermoelectric generator ring may include a number of thermoelectric coupons forming a ring on a horizontal plane. Each of the thermoelectric coupons may include an n-type impurity diffused silicon semiconductor (IDSS) and an p-type IDSS. For example, the impurities may be distributed in the IDSS at a predetermined concentration distribution, at which a forward bias voltage of the IDSS is below a predetermined target voltage (e.g., 20 mV) Various embodiments may advantageously generate a low-voltage loss high electric current based on an applied temperature differential at the thermoelectric coupons. |
US12041848B2 |
Heterocyclic compound and organic light emitting element comprising same
The present specification provides a heterocyclic compound and an organic light emitting device including the same. |
US12041844B2 |
Organic light emitting device
The present Invention relates to an organic light emitting device comprising: (i) an anode; (ii) a cathode; (iii) at least one light emitting layer arranged between the anode and the cathode; (iv) optionally a first hole injection layer comprising a first hole injection compound, the first hole injection layer being arranged between the anode and the light emitting layer and the hole injection layer being adjacent to the anode; (v) a first hole transport layer comprising a first hole transport matrix compound wherein the first hole transport layer is arranged a) between the first hole injection layer and the light emitting layer and adjacent to the first hole injection layer; or b) between the anode and the light emitting layer and adjacent to the anode; (vi) a second hole injection layer arranged between the first hole transport layer and the light emitting layer, wherein the second hole injection layer is adjacent to the first hole transport layer and wherein the second hole injection layer comprises a second hole injection compound; wherein the second hole injection compound is a halo-genated fullerene, a partially or fully halogenated metal complex or a mixture thereof. |
US12041843B2 |
Flexible substrate and method of manufacturing the same, and electronic device
A flexible substrate and a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device are disclosed. The flexible substrate includes a first flexible substrate, a porous film layer disposed on the first flexible substrate, a second flexible substrate disposed on the porous film layer. The porous film layer is configured to increase adhesion between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate. |
US12041842B2 |
Display panel patterning device
A patterning device performs patterning in manufacture of a display panel in which thin films including an organic film are laminated above a substrate. The patterning device includes a chamber, light transmissive plates, and a laser emitter. The chamber has a light transmissive window including a first light transmissive plate through which a laser beam is transmitted and accommodates a thin film laminated substrate. A second light transmissive plate through which the laser beam is transmitted is in the chamber between the first light transmissive plate and the thin film laminated substrate at a position spaced away from the thin film laminated substrate. The laser emitter is outside the chamber and emits the laser beam towards the thin film laminated substrate, through the first light transmissive plate and the second light transmissive plate, to irradiate and remove a portion of the thin film. |
US12041839B2 |
Display panel, manufacturing method thereof and display device
A display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. A thin film transistor layer disposed on a substrate includes a first metal trace at least disposed in a wire replacement region. An encapsulation layer includes an inorganic encapsulation sub-layer, which is disposed on one side of the thin film transistor layer away from the substrate and stacked with an inorganic spacer layer. A touch metal layer includes a touch trace, which is at least disposed in the wire replacement region and electrically connected to the first metal trace. Both the inorganic encapsulation sub-layer and the inorganic spacer layer are not overlapped with the wire replacement region. |
US12041834B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a substrate, a plurality of pixel islands, and a plurality of traces. The substrate is stretchable. The plurality of pixel islands are disposed over the substrate. The plurality of traces respectively connect two adjacent pixel islands of the plurality of pixel islands, and each of the traces extends in a first main direction and then extends in a second main direction through a turning angle. |
US12041828B2 |
Display baseplate and manufacturing method thereof, and display device
A display substrate, manufacturing method thereof, and display device. The display substrate comprises: a substrate, gate line, data line, power connection line and multiple sub-pixels on the substrate, the display substrate has defective points formed by short-circuiting of the gate line and data line, and the gate line forming defective points is a defective gate line; the data line forming defective points is a defective data line; the power connection line is arranged on the same layer as gate electrodes of multiple transistors; the defective gate line and defective power connection line are disconnected, the display substrate further comprises: a repair line disposed on one side, away from the substrate, of the source drain electrode of multiple transistors, the repair line is respectively connected to the partially disconnected defective gate line and partially disconnected defective power connection line, and is used for transmitting scanning signals to repair the display substrate. |
US12041825B2 |
Organic electroluminescent display substrate and manufacturing method, display panel and display device
An organic electroluminescent display substrate is provided, which includes a base substrate, and a light-emitting unit and a light-sensing unit arranged on the base substrate, wherein the light-sensing unit is arranged on a light-emitting side of the light-emitting unit, and configured for sensing an intensity of light emitted from the light-emitting unit; a first planarization layer is arranged between the light-sensing unit and the light-emitting unit; the light-sensing unit comprises a first thin film transistor and a photosensitive sensor arranged sequentially in that order in a direction away from the base substrate, and a second planarization layer is arranged between the photosensitive sensor and the first thin film transistor. A display panel, a display device and a method for manufacturing the organic electroluminescent display substrate are further provided. |
US12041822B2 |
Display panel and display apparatus
A display panel having a pixel region includes a base substrate, a plurality of pixel circuits located in the pixel region, and a plurality of light-emitting structures located in the pixel region. Each pixel circuit includes a storage capacitor and a plurality of transistors. The light-emitting structures are configured to emit light of at least three primary colors. Each light-emitting structure includes a light-emitting device. Each pixel circuit is coupled to the light-emitting device in a corresponding light-emitting structure, and a surface of the light-emitting device proximate to the base substrate is a light exit surface. Among the light-emitting structures, an orthogonal projection of an effective light-emitting region, on the base substrate, of the light-emitting device in a first light-emitting structure with a shortest light-emitting wavelength, is spaced apart from orthogonal projections of all storage capacitors of the plurality of pixel circuits on the base substrate. |
US12041819B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a plurality of light-emitting devices and a pixel driving circuit for driving the light-emitting devices to emit light. By using oxide transistors as a compensation transistor, first initialization transistor, and second initialization transistor in the pixel driving circuit, and using low-temperature polysilicon transistors as other transistors, both low leakage current characteristics of the oxide transistors and high mobility characteristics of the low-temperature polysilicon transistors can be achieved, making the circuit more stable. |
US12041811B2 |
Display device with a curved portion for improved realiability
A display device includes a display region, a frame region, and a curved portion. The display device includes a resin layer, a plurality of inorganic insulating films, and a metal layer. A metal pattern formed with the metal layer is formed between an edge portion of the curved portion and the display region in the frame region along a curved shape of the edge portion of the curved portion and along at least a portion of corresponding two sides of the display device. The metal pattern is electrically disconnected from a wiring line of the display region, and a width of the metal pattern decreases toward both end portions. |
US12041808B2 |
Electroluminescent display substrate, manufacturing method thereof, and electroluminescent display device
An electroluminescent display substrate includes: a base substrate; a thin film transistor; a display light-emitting element on a side of the thin film transistor away from the base substrate; an inorganic material layer between the thin film transistor and the display light-emitting element; an encapsulating structure covering the display light-emitting element; a hole, at least penetrating the encapsulating structure; at least one post spacer surrounding the hole; and an overcoat layer covering the at least one post spacer. An orthographic projection of the inorganic material layer on the base substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of the thin film transistor on the base substrate, an orthographic projection of the at least one post spacer on the base substrate falls within an orthographic projection of the overcoat layer on the base substrate, and the overcoat layer is located in the same layer as the inorganic material layer. |
US12041807B2 |
Display apparatus and method of fabricating display apparatus
A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel having a display portion in a display region, a connecting portion, and a bending portion; a cover window on a first side of the display portion, wherein the bending portion connects the display portion and the connecting portion; a support layer between the display portion and the connecting portion; a first back film covering a back surface of the connecting portion, the first back film on a side of the connecting portion closer to the display portion; a first adhesive layer attaching the support layer to the first back film; a metal plate between the support layer and the display portion; and a second adhesive layer attaching the support layer to the metal plate. The display apparatus includes a stress-reducing space. The stress-reducing space is open to a bending cavity that is partially surrounded by the bending portion. |
US12041805B2 |
Display panel, method for manufacturing same, mask assembly, and display device
A display panel includes a base substrate including a first display region and a second display region disposed on a side of the first display region. The display panel also includes a first anode layer, a first light-emitting layer and a first cathode layer which are disposed in the first display region and are sequentially laminated in a direction distal from the base substrate. The display panel also includes a second anode layer, a second light-emitting layer and a second cathode layer which are disposed in the second display region and are sequentially laminated in a direction distal from the base substrate. |
US12041800B2 |
Imaging device and electronic device
An imaging device having a color imaging function and an infrared imaging function is provided. The imaging device has a structure in which a first photoelectric conversion device and a second photoelectric conversion device are stacked, and the second photoelectric conversion device generates electric charge by absorbing infrared light and transmits light having a wavelength of a higher energy than that of infrared light. The first photoelectric conversion device is positioned to overlap with the second photoelectric conversion device, and generates electric charge by absorbing light (visible light) passing through the second photoelectric conversion device. Thus, a subpixel for color imaging and a subpixel for infrared imaging can be positioned to overlap with each other, and an infrared imaging function can be added without a decrease in the definition of color imaging. |
US12041799B2 |
Imaging element, stacked-type imaging element, imaging apparatus, and manufacturing method of imaging element
An imaging element which is formed by sequentially stacking at least an anode, an anode-side buffer layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a cathode, in which the anode-side buffer layer includes a material having structural formula in which thiophene and carbazole are combined. |
US12041793B2 |
Hybrid memory device and method of forming the same
A memory array includes hybrid memory cells, wherein each hybrid memory cell includes a transistor-type memory including a memory film extending on a gate electrode; a channel layer extending on the memory film; a first source/drain electrode extending on the channel layer; and a second source/drain electrode extending along the channel layer; and a resistive-type memory including a resistive memory layer, wherein the resistive memory layer extends between the second source/drain electrode and the channel layer. |
US12041790B2 |
Semiconductor device, memory cell and method of forming the same
A memory cell includes a bottom electrode, a memory element, spacers, a selector and a top electrode. The memory element is located on the bottom electrode and includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer and a storage layer. The first conductive layer is electrically connected to the bottom electrode. The second conductive layer is located on the first conductive layer, wherein a width of the first conductive layer is smaller than a width of the second conductive layer. The storage layer is located in between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The spacers are located aside the second conductive layer and the storage layer. The selector is disposed on the spacers and electrically connected to the memory element. The top electrode is disposed on the selector. |
US12041788B2 |
Storage device and method for manufacturing storage device
A storage device includes: a memory unit and a first pillar. The first pillar includes: a first region having a third portion between a first and a second portion respectively having a first and a second maximum diameter, and having a first minimum diameter, the first and second portions defining a first distance; a second region having a sixth portion between a fourth and a fifth portion respectively having a third and a fourth maximum diameter, and having a second minimum diameter, the fourth and fifth portions defining a second distance; and a third region between the first and second regions, having a ninth portion between a seventh and an eighth portion respectively having a fifth and a sixth maximum diameter, and having a third minimum diameter, the seventh and eighth portions defining a third distance shorter than each of the first and second distances. |
US12041787B2 |
Cross-point magnetoresistive random memory array and method of making thereof using self-aligned patterning
A memory device includes a cross-point array of magnetoresistive memory cells. Each magnetoresistive memory cell includes a vertical stack of a selector-containing pillar structure and a magnetic tunnel junction pillar structure. The lateral spacing between neighboring pairs of magnetoresistive memory cells may be smaller along a first horizontal direction than along a second horizontal direction, and a dielectric spacer or a tapered etch process may be used to provide a pattern of an etch mask for patterning first electrically conductive lines underneath the magnetoresistive memory cells. Alternatively, a resist layer may be employed to pattern first electrically conductive lines underneath the cross-point array. Alternatively, a protective dielectric liner may be provided to protect selector-containing pillar structures during formation of the magnetic tunnel junction pillar structures. |
US12041783B2 |
Ferroelectric memory device and method of forming the same
Provided is a ferroelectric memory device having a multi-layer stack disposed over a substrate and including a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of dielectric layers stacked alternately. A channel layer penetrates through the plurality of conductive layers and the plurality of dielectric layers. A plurality of ferroelectric portions are discretely disposed between the channel layer and the plurality of conductive layers. The plurality of ferroelectric portions are vertically separated from one another by one or more non-zero distances. |
US12041782B2 |
Memory device with ferroelectric charge trapping layer
The present disclosure relates to memory devices, in particular, flash memory devices, storage class memory (SCM) devices or dynamic random access memory (DRAM) devices. The disclosure provides a memory device with a ferroelectric trapping layer. In particular, a memory cell for the memory device comprises a layer stack including: a semiconductor layer; a tunnel layer provided directly on the semiconductor layer; a ferroelectric trapping layer provided directly on the tunnel layer; and a conductive gate layer provided directly on the ferroelectric trapping layer. A blocking layer between the ferroelectric trapping layer and the gate layer may be omitted. |
US12041775B2 |
Electronic devices comprising memory pillars and dummy pillars including an oxide material, and related systems and methods
An electronic device comprising lower and upper decks adjacent to a source. The lower and upper decks comprise tiers of alternating conductive materials and dielectric materials. Memory pillars in the lower and upper decks are configured to be operably coupled to the source. The memory pillars comprise contact plugs in the upper deck, cell films in the lower and upper decks, and fill materials in the lower and upper decks. The cell films in the upper deck are adjacent to the contact plugs and the fill materials in the upper deck are adjacent to the contact plugs. Dummy pillars are in a central region of the lower deck and the upper deck. The dummy pillars comprise an oxide material in the upper deck, the oxide material contacting the contact plugs and the fill materials. Additional electronic devices and related systems and methods are also disclosed. |
US12041773B2 |
Three-dimensional NAND memory device and method of forming the same
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a stack of word line layers and insulating layers that are stacked alternatingly over a substrate. The semiconductor device also includes a first dielectric trench structure. The first dielectric trench structure is positioned in a bottom select gate (BSG) layer of the word line layers to separate the BSG layer and extends in a first direction of substrate. The semiconductor device further includes a second dielectric trench structure. The second dielectric trench structure is positioned in a top select gate (TSG) layer of the word line layers to separate the TSG layer and extends in the first direction of the substrate. The second dielectric trench structure is offset from the first dielectric trench structure in a second direction of the substrate that is perpendicular to the first direction. |
US12041768B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes: a cell stack structure including first cell stack layers and stack conductive layers, which are alternately stacked; a cell plug penetrating the cell stack structure; and a cell chip guard surrounding the cell stack structure and the cell plug. The cell chip guard includes a guard semiconductor layer and a guard insulating layer covering a sidewall of the guard semiconductor layer. |
US12041765B2 |
Capacitor, semiconductor device, and manufacturing method of semiconductor device
A semiconductor device that can be miniaturized or highly integrated is provided. The semiconductor device includes a transistor and a capacitor. The transistor includes a metal oxide and a first conductor that is electrically connected to the metal oxide. The capacitor includes a first insulator which is provided over the metal oxide and which the first conductor penetrates; a second insulator provided over the first insulator and including an opening reaching the first insulator and the first conductor; a second conductor in contact with an inner wall of the opening, the first insulator, and the first conductor; a third insulator provided over the second conductor; and a fourth conductor provided over the third insulator. The first insulator has higher capability of inhibiting the passage of hydrogen than the second insulator. |
US12041764B2 |
Method for manufacturing buried word line transistor, transistor and memory
A method for manufacturing a buried word line transistor can include the following operations. A semiconductor substrate having an active region is provided. A first trench is formed in the active region. A first insulation layer is formed on a side wall of the first trench. A bottom portion of the first trench is etched to form a second trench. A gate oxide layer is formed on a side wall of the first insulation layer and a bottom portion and a side wall of the second trench. A barrier layer is formed at a bottom portion and portion of a side wall of the gate oxide layer. A metal filler layer is formed on an inner side of the barrier layer. The first insulation layer is removed to form a side trench. A second insulation layer is formed at a top end of the side trench. A sealed air spacer layer is formed. |
US12041763B2 |
Method for forming capacitor, capacitor and semiconductor device
A method for forming a capacitor, the capacitor and a semiconductor device are provided. The method includes: providing a semiconductor structure including a substrate, a stacked-layer structure, a protective layer, a first mask layer, and a photolithography layer which is provided with a plurality of cross-shaped patterns arranged in a square close-packed manner; patterning the first mask layer based on the photolithography layer; forming a plurality of through holes penetrating through the protective layer and the stacked-layer structure based on the patterned first mask layer by etching, in which in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate, a projection of each through hole is cross-shaped, and the plurality of through holes are arranged in the square close-packed manner; and forming a first electrode layer, a dielectric layer and a second electrode layer covering an inner wall of each through hole to form the capacitor. |
US12041762B2 |
Semiconductor device or oscillator
A semiconductor device in which temperature dependence is reduced is provided. A switched capacitor is formed using a second transistor, a third transistor, and a second capacitor. Semiconductor layers of the second transistor and the third transistor that include an oxide can reduce temperature dependence. An AC signal supplied to the gates of the second transistor and the third transistor is converted into a DC voltage through the switched capacitor. Note that the level of the DC voltage is adjusted by the levels of the voltages supplied to the back gates of the second transistor and the third transistor. |
US12041758B2 |
Cooling system for a data center that includes an offset cooling technology
A data center cooling system, including a support structure having a lower portion and an upper portion, one or more fans supported by the support structure at a height that is equal to or greater than a height of the electronics cabinets, and a heat exchanger having one or more cooling coils supported at the upper portion of the support structure. In some embodiments, the cooling coils can be supported by the upper portion of the support structure so as to be above the top of and/or over one or more of the electronics cabinets. The fans can be configured to draw air from the one or two rows of electronics cabinets and to cause the air to be passed through the heat exchanger to cool the warmer air from the electronics cabinets. |
US12041754B1 |
Heat sink that varies in height
A heat sink for cooling computing devices such as in a data center is disclosed. The heat sink includes a plurality of fin stages arranged in spaced relation between an intake side and an exhaust side. The plurality of fin stages have a height that increases from the intake side to the exhaust side. |
US12041753B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device includes a heat generator including at least an electronic component generating heat, a case dissipating heat from the heat generator, a heat conductive member conducting heat of the heat generator to a heat dissipation member, and a metal bonding layer interposing between the heat generator and the heat conductive member and including at least a first bonding layer using gold or gold alloy as a constituting material. Thickness of the metal bonding layer is smaller than flatness of a bonding region which is bonded to a metal bonding layer on a facing surface of the heat generator and a facing surface of the heat conductive member. The heat conductive member has flexibility, is joined to the heat generator via the metal bonding layer, and is in contact with the case. |
US12041750B2 |
Fluid connection apparatus for servers and racks
Embodiments are disclosed of an IT rack and a server including a cooling module. An integrated fluid distribution manifold set with a supply manifold is on the front of the rack and a return manifold is on the rear of the rack. The supply manifold extends from the front to the rear and rack connectors, which fluidly couple the rack to a data center facility system, are on the top of the rack. Supply and return connectors are positioned so that the connectors face each other within the rack. Each server includes a cooling module with a movable connector set that can extend outside the server chassis to connect with the manifolds. The cooling module's connector set includes a transmission structure that allows the supply and return connectors of the connector set to engage with connectors on the supply and return manifolds. |
US12041746B2 |
Fixing device and accommodation device using the same
A fixing device includes a main body, a sliding block, and a fixing rod. The main body has a sliding rail and a guiding hole, and the sliding rail which is disposed at a front side of the main body vertically extends. The guiding hole adjoins the sliding rail and horizontally extends through the main body. The sliding block is slidably connected to the sliding rail. The fixing rod is movably connected to the sliding block extending through the guiding hole, and the sliding block is configured to move along the sliding rail and enable the guiding hole to drive the fixing rod to horizontally move. |
US12041744B2 |
Rack for a data center
A rack for supporting data center equipment has a frame including vertical wall supports are connected to a base and extending upwardly therefrom. The base defines a first and second openings extending in a lateral direction for receiving a fork of a lifting machine along the lateral direction. The base includes: a first upper wall and a second upper wall defining in part the first opening and the second opening; a lower wall disposed between the upper walls along a depth direction of the rack and extending vertically lower than the upper walls; and two side walls extending vertically from the lower wall to a respective one of the upper walls. The two side walls and the lower wall together define a middle cavity. Each of the two side walls defines a third opening and a fourth opening for receiving the fork of the lifting machine along a depth direction. |
US12041743B2 |
Faceplate and electronic device
A faceplate that is attached to a circuit board on the side of an extraction direction in which the circuit board is extracted from a slot includes: a main body that covers an opening of the slot; and two handle portions that are disposed respectively at both ends of the main body with respect to a width direction of the circuit board and that extend in the extraction direction. The two handle portions have respective distal ends shifted from each other in a thickness direction of the circuit board. Multiple slots are formed in a casing of an electronic device along a width direction thereof. |
US12041741B2 |
Housing having a pressure compensation device
A housing having an interior, including: a) a pressure-compensation-device (PCD), for compensating a pressure in the interior as to surroundings of the housing, the interior being connected with the PCD, and an overpressure-valve (OV) with a lip-sealing-element (LSE) with a main-part and a flexible-sealing-lip (FSL), protruding radially-outwardly from an outer-circumference of the main-part and interacts with a sealing-surface (SS); b) an annular-channel (AC), between the main-part and SS, the FSL being in sealed contact with the SS with elastic-pretensioning in a sealing-position and sealingly closes the AC to prevent a flow-conducting connection between the interior/surroundings, and is lifted away from the SS in an open-position and opens the AC to provide a flow-conducting connection between the interior/surroundings; c) the FSL position between the sealing/open positions is controlled as a function of a pressure-difference between the pressure in the interior/surroundings, d) the main-part of the LSE has an inner-gas-through-channel (IGTC) connecting the interior/surroundings, e) the PCD includes a gas-permeable-membrane covering the IGTC, f) the OV and the membrane have a parallel connection, a pressure-difference between the interior/surroundings acting on the OV/membrane, having: g) the main-part and the FSL of the LSE are a single-piece elastomer, h) a borehole in a housing-wall, connectable with the interior/surroundings, i) the LSE is held in the borehole, the sealing-surface interacting with the FSL, and is formed by the radially-inner-circumferential-surface of the borehole. |
US12041738B2 |
Electronic devices with durable folding displays
A foldable display may have a display cover layer and a flexible display panel. The foldable display may bend around a bend axis. The display panel may have an array of pixels configured to display an image through the display cover layer. The display cover layer may be formed from a layer of glass. A recess may be formed in the layer of glass that extends along the bend axis. The recess may form a flexible locally thinned portion in the layer of glass that allows the glass layer to bend about the bend axis. To ensure that the display cover layer exhibits satisfactory impact resistance during drop events, corner portions of the display cover layer and other edge portions of the display cover layer may be provided with greater thickness relative to other portions of the display cover layer outside of the locally thinned portion. |
US12041737B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display panel, a plurality of flexible films electrically connected to one end of the display panel, a source printed circuit board electrically connected to the plurality of flexible films, a roller on which the display panel is wound or unwound, a control printed circuit board disposed in the roller and a wiring sheet including a first wiring line electrically connecting at least one of the plurality of source printed circuit boards and the control printed circuit board. By disposing the wiring sheet in which the first wiring and the sheet are integrated, damage of the first wiring due to repeated winding and unwinding can be minimized. |
US12041735B2 |
Foldable display apparatus
A foldable display apparatus includes a display panel; a first plate under the display panel; and a support structure under the first plate and having a foldable area and two non-foldable areas respectively on both opposing sides of the foldable area. The support structure includes a first support plate having a plurality of opening patterns defined in the foldable area; a second support plate above the first support plate and including a material different from a material of the first support plate; and a first adhesive layer between the first support plate and the second support plate. The first adhesive layer has: first portions respectively in each of the non-foldable areas of the support structure; and a second portion in the foldable area of the support structure. The second portion has a higher degree of cure than a degree of cure of each of the first portions. |
US12041731B2 |
Multilayer circuit board manufacturing apparatus
The present disclosure relates to a multilayer circuit board manufacturing apparatus. The present disclosure includes: uncoiler configured to provide a member; a process unit configured to perform a process on the member provided from the uncoiler; a recoiler configured to wind the member on which the process is completed in the process unit; and a tension adjustment unit which is located in at least one of the uncoiler, the recoiler, a region between the uncoiler and the process unit, and a region between the process unit and the recoiler, and adjusts tension of the member. |
US12041725B2 |
Component replenishment management apparatus, component mounting system and component replenishment management method
The attachment possible period during which the attachment operation of the component supply reel can be performed is predicted for each of the tape feeders equipped in the component mounting apparatus, and the attachment time indicating a timing of the attachment operation is set to overlap the attachment possible periods of the candidate feeders, out of the tape feeders. Therefore, a frequency of the component replenishment operation of the operator can be suppressed. Further, the execution mode of the attachment operation for the candidate feeder corresponding to the attachment time is determined based on the number of the components planned to be supplied in accordance with the production planning by the candidate feeder. Therefore, a number of the components suitable for the production planning of the components-mounted boards can be replenished. |
US12041724B2 |
Allowance setting system, substrate inspection device, allowance setting method, and substrate inspection method
An allowance setting system, a substrate inspection device, an allowance setting method, and a substrate inspection method that can set an appropriate inspection allowance are provided in which a normal mounting position of electronic component on a component mounting surface of substrate is defined as normal position. A deviation of an actual mounting position of electronic component in a surface direction of the component mounting surface with respect to the normal position is defined as surface direction deviation. A deviation of the actual mounting position of electronic component in a rotation direction within the component mounting surface with respect to normal position is defined as angular deviation. Allowance setting system sets multiple surface direction inspection allowances according to angular deviation for evaluating surface direction deviation in a substrate inspection before reflow. |
US12041717B2 |
Rigid flexible printed circuit board and electronic device including the same
An electronic device is provided, which includes a PCB including a first alignment mark formed on a first surface of the PCB, and an RFPCB including a plurality of layers, a rigid portion disposed on the first surface of the PCB, a flexible portion extending from the rigid portion, and a first protrusion formed as one of the plurality of layers protruding and extending from the rigid portion. A second alignment mark corresponding to the first alignment mark of the PCB is defined in the first protrusion. The first protrusion overlaps at least partially with the first alignment mark of the PCB. |
US12041716B2 |
Substrate
A substrate according to an embodiment includes an insulating layer having a grain formed therein extending in a first direction; and a circuit pattern disposed on the insulating layer; wherein the insulating layer includes an upper surface and a plurality of outer side surfaces; wherein the plurality of outer side surfaces includes: a first outer side surface extending in the same first direction as the first direction having the grain formed in the insulating layer; and a second outer side surface extending in a second direction different from the first direction and excluding the first outer side surface, wherein the first outer side surface has a first surface roughness; and wherein the second outer side surface has a second surface roughness different from the first surface roughness. |
US12041714B2 |
Heat dissipation features of autonomous vehicle sensor
Various technologies described herein pertain to a sensor for an autonomous vehicle that includes one or more heat dissipation features. A sensor includes a top cover and a bottom cover, where the top cover and the bottom cover form at least a portion of a casing of the sensor. The sensor includes a coldplate, a first printed circuit board, and a second printed circuit board. A top side of the first printed circuit board is coupled to the top cover and a bottom side of the first printed circuit board is coupled to a top side of the coldplate. A top side of the second printed circuit board is coupled to a bottom side of the coldplate and a bottom side of the second printed circuit board is coupled to the bottom cover. Various features described herein enhance heat transfer from components on the first and second printed circuit boards. |
US12041711B2 |
Communication device
A communication device includes a communication connector, a communication control circuit, and a common mode filter. The communication control circuit controls communication that is established by way of the communication connector. The common mode filter is connected to each of the communication control circuit and the communication connector to relay the communication. Letting a wavelength corresponding to a clock frequency of an electric signal sent out from the communication control circuit be denoted as λ, an electrical length of a signal path at which resonance is produced by a reflected wave resulting from reflection of the electric signal by the common mode filter is closer to an even multiple of λ/2 than to an odd multiple thereof. |
US12041710B2 |
Heat dissipation apparatus, circuit board, and electronic device
A heat dissipation apparatus is provided. The heat dissipation apparatus includes a thermally conductive housing. The heat dissipation apparatus is connectable to a chip so that the chip is arrangeable on a chip placement region of the thermally conductive housing. A capillary structure is disposed on the thermally conductive housing and a working medium is placed in the capillary structure. The capillary structure includes a first capillary structure and a second capillary structure that are connected, and a maximum thickness of the first capillary structure is less than a minimum thickness of the second capillary structure. |
US12041706B2 |
LED lamp and local IR dimming assembly thereof
The present application discloses an LED lamp and a local IR dimming assembly integrated with the LED lamp. The LED lamp comprises a hollow lamp housing, an LED light source module and a driver module. The local IR dimming assembly comprises an IR emitter for emitting infrared signals, with a physical control mechanism for controlling the transmission of infrared signals; an IR receiver configured to be electrically connected with the driver module, and to receive and transmit an infrared signal from the IR emitter to the driver module; wherein the IR emitter and the IR receiver are both arranged in the LED lamp in the form of infrared communication; through the local manipulation of the physical control mechanism of the IR emitter, at least the optical output power of the LED lamp is locally adjusted and controlled. |
US12041705B2 |
Method for managing image data, and vehicle lighting system
A method for managing image data in a vehicle lighting system that includes a lighting module and a multiplexed bus for transmitting compressed image data to the lighting module. The method includes receiving an instruction to trigger at least one lighting function to be generated by the at least one lighting module. Determining a required data rate level for transmitting the compressed image data over the multiplexed bus. Comparing the determined data rate level with a data rate threshold value of the multiplexed bus. Compressing the image data of the lighting function according to: the first frequency when the determined data rate level is lower than or equal to the data rate threshold value and according to a second frequency selected within the frequency range such that the second frequency is lower than the first frequency when the determined data rate level is greater than the data rate threshold value. |
US12041704B2 |
Synchronous control system, transmission device, reception device, synchronous control method, and synchronous control program
A synchronous control system is provided. A transmission device 1 includes a reception unit 11 that receives a control signal for a lighting device in a live event site and a transmission unit 13 that transmits, to a reception device in a live viewing site, the control signal to which an output time is appended. The output time is obtained by adding a predetermined period of time to a receipt time at which the control signal is received. A reception device 2 includes a reception unit 21 that receives the control signal to which the output time is appended, and an output control unit 13 that outputs the control signal to a lighting device 6 in the live viewing site at the output time, and allows the control of the lighting device 6 to synchronize with at least one of video and audio to be played in the live viewing site. |
US12041703B2 |
Methods, systems and assemblies for supplementing the spectral content of light with non-visible light
There is provided a supplemental illumination assembly for supplementing a spectral content of an initial illumination originating from an illuminating lamp. The illuminating lamp includes a main controller. The supplemental illumination assembly includes an elongated body; a plurality of supplemental light emitters mounted on the elongated body, each supplemental light emitter being configured to emit light having an emitter spectrum in a non-visible range; and a local controller provided on the elongated body and configured to control the supplemental light emitters, the local controller being in communication with the main controller of the illuminating lamp to receive control signals therefrom. |
US12041700B2 |
Portable lantern light with multiple operating modes
A portable lantern light is configured to be operated in a range of selectable operational modes to provide flexible illumination solutions in both stationary and portable situations. The lantern light includes an elongated central body with a plurality of external longitudinal ribs, longitudinal channels positioned between a pair of external ribs, a lighting element residing within the channel, and a lens overlying the lighting element that acts as a primary optic. A power source that includes a battery cartridge is removably inserted within a receiver of the central body. The lantern light includes an operating mode selector assembly to control which lighting elements are illuminated during operation of the portable lantern light, and a luminosity selector assembly to selectively control the lumen output (brightness) of the lighting elements. The lantern light also includes a retractable stabilization assembly that can be deployed to stabilize the light on a support surface. |
US12041697B2 |
Heating element, manufacturing method thereof, composition for forming heating element, and heating apparatus
A heating element includes a plurality of matrix particles and a conductive inorganic filler disposed at interfaces between the plurality of matrix particles to provide a conductive network. |
US12041695B2 |
Determining and communicating control information in wireless telecommunication networks
A user equipment (UE) may include one or more processors that are configured to cause UE capability information to be communicated to a radio access network (RAN) node, regarding a maximum number of blind decode attempts (BDAs) supported by the UE. The one or more processors are configured to determine, based on the maximum BDAs, shortened channel control elements (sCCEs) to be used, by the RAN node, to transmit shortened downlink control information (sDCI) via a shortened physical downlink control channel (sPDCCH) and obtain sDCI by monitoring the sPDCCH in accordance with the determined sCCEs. |
US12041689B2 |
Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method
A wireless communication apparatus comprising: a frame configuration circuit that generates a transmission frame including DMG beacons, wherein sector ID fields in SSW fields included in the respective DMG beacons indicate one or more transmit sectors used for directional transmissions of the respective DMG beacons, and a field different from the sector ID field included in each DMG beacon indicates whether or not there is quasi-omni transmission; and a transmission wireless circuit that performs, by using the transmit sector indicated by the sector ID field, directional transmission on a first DMG beacon that is included in the DMG beacons and in which the field different from the sector ID field indicates non-quasi-omni transmission and performs quasi-omni transmission on a second DMG beacon that is included in the DMG beacons and in which the different field indicates quasi-omni transmission, in a BTI. |
US12041684B2 |
Terminal apparatus, method, and integrated circuit
A terminal apparatus includes: a receiver that receives an RRC message from a base station apparatus; and a processing unit that performs processing of RRC. The processing unit causes, when first information is in the RRC message, a first timer to start in a running state, and considers, at least when a random access problem indication is received from a MAC entity of the group and the first timer is not running, or when a random access problem indication is received from a MAC entity of the group and the first timer is running under a specific condition, a radio link failure for the group to be detected. When the radio link failure for the group is detected and that the first timer is running under the specific condition, the processing unit suspends transmission of all radio bearers in the group, and resets the MAC entity of the group. |
US12041680B2 |
Method and apparatus for communication in next-generation mobile communication system
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for operating a terminal is provided. The method includes receiving a first radio resource control (RRC) message including information for RRC connection suspension, maintaining a signaling radio bearer (SRB) 0 and suspending a data radio bearer (DRB) and at least one other SRB based on the first RRC message, transmitting, to a base station, a second RRC message for requesting RRC connection resumption through the SRB0, receiving, from the base station, a third RRC message for the RRC connection resumption through an SRB1, and resuming an SRB2 and the DRB based on the third RRC message. |
US12041676B2 |
UE and communication control method
According to one aspect of the present invention, a communication control method is provided that determines whether congestion control is to be continued in a destination PLMN in a case that a PLMN is changed during the application of congestion control and the PLMN before the change is a home PLMN. In a case that the PLMN is changed while a back-off timer received along with a cause value for the congestion control is running and the PLMN before the change is a home PLMN, it is determined whether to allow UE to transmit an SM request message in the destination, based on the presence or absence of an information element notified from the network. |
US12041673B2 |
Feedback for sidelink transmission
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A receiver user equipment (UE) may communicate with a transmitter UE in a sidelink channel to report a congestion index to the transmitter UE and/or additional transmitter UEs, where the transmitter UE(s) may then adjust one or more sidelink operation parameters based on the reported congestion index. In some cases, the transmitter UE may report the congestion index to an upper layer, to other transmitter UEs, to application layers, or a combination thereof. The transmitter UEs 115 and/or application layer may then adjust one or more sidelink transmission operation parameters based on the reported congestion index. For example, the transmitter UEs and/or application layer may adjust threshold values to lessen a number of retransmissions and lessen congestion. |
US12041672B2 |
Telematic device with multiple subscriber identity modules
Telematic device with multiple subscriber identity modules (SIMs). The telematic device may execute software that, when establishing a new connection, executes a battery-saving algorithm. The algorithm may comprise, in each of one or more iterations, attempting to connect to a wireless communication network via a cellular communications interface using a SIM profile. When the attempt fails, the algorithm determines whether or not the telematic device is being powered by a battery. When the telematic device is not being powered by the battery, a retry interval is adjusted according to a first back-off scheme. On the other hand, when the telematic device is being powered by the battery, the retry interval is adjusted according to a second back-off scheme (e.g., which is more aggressive than the first back-off scheme to conserve the battery). The algorithm then waits for a duration indicated by the retry interval before the next iteration. |
US12041666B2 |
Communication device and a method therein for determining a contention window size in a communication network
The disclosed embodiments relate to a method performed by an apparatus and also relate to an apparatus. The method includes transmitting to a communication device a burst including a subframe; receiving from the communication device a HARQ values associated with the subframe; and determining a random backoff contention window size based on the received HARQ values and also based on previously unused HARQ feedbacks. The apparatus is configured to perform the method steps described above. |
US12041663B2 |
Communication apparatus, terminal station, and communication method for random access resource allocation
A communication apparatus includes signal generation circuitry which, in operation, generates a control signal including a plurality of user specific fields, each of the plurality of user specific fields including an Association ID (AID) subfield for specifying a corresponding terminal station, and transmission circuitry which, in operation, transmits the control signal, wherein one of a plurality of AIDs for scheduled access or one of a plurality of random access IDs for random access is assigned to the AID subfield in each of the plurality of user specific fields, and each value of the plurality of random access IDs indicates a type of a terminal station which can perform random access to the at least one resource unit. |
US12041653B2 |
Method and device for wireless communication on an unlicensed spectrum
Embodiments of this application include at least one method or device for a wireless communication on an unlicensed spectrum, which can improve communication flexibility on the unlicensed spectrum. A network device can receive first indication information sent by a first terminal device in a first transmission burst. The first indication information indicates a channel occupancy time (COT) initiated by the first terminal. The network device can perform a downlink transmission within a second transmission burst in accordance with the first indication information. The first indication information is transmitted within the first transmission burst, where the first transmission burst and the second transmission burst are transmitted within the COT and channel(s) transmitted in the second transmission burst do not comprise a unicast physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a duration of the second transmission burst is less than or equal to a preset duration. |
US12041644B2 |
Channel measurement method and apparatus
A method, including sending a configuration of a first channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource periodicity and a configuration of a first channel state information (CSI) report periodicity that are of a secondary cell of a terminal device, the first CSI-RS resource periodicity associated with sending a first CSI-RS in a first time period, and the first CSI report periodicity associated with receiving CSI of the secondary cell from the terminal device in the first time period, and sending a configuration of a second CSI-RS resource periodicity and a configuration of a second CSI report periodicity that are of a secondary cell of the terminal device, the second CSI-RS resource periodicity associated with sending a second CSI-RS in a second time period, and the second CSI report periodicity associated with receiving CSI of the secondary cell from the terminal device in the second time period. |
US12041642B2 |
User equipment and method of wireless communication of same
A user equipment and a method of wireless communication of same are provided. The method includes representing a transmit (Tx) power for the user equipment, wherein the representation of the Tx power for the user equipment provides a division of a range of output power for the user equipment into different granular scales of power information. |
US12041641B2 |
Resource indication method and terminal device
Disclosed are a resource indication method and a terminal device. The method comprises: receiving first indication information, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the time domain resource and/or the frequency domain resource of preemption transmission, the minimum granularity of the time domain resource is a symbol, and the minimum granularity of the frequency domain resource is a subcarrier or a physical resource block; and based on the first indication information, determining the available resource of a first type of service to be transmitted, wherein the available resource of the first type of service is at least part of the time domain resources excluding the time domain resource of the preemption transmission, and/or at least part of the frequency domain resources excluding the frequency domain resource of the preemption transmission. |
US12041640B2 |
Information transmission method, network device, and terminal
An information transmission method includes: receiving, by a terminal, downlink information over a first beam of a single-frequency network cell group. The single-frequency network cell group includes at least two cells, the at least two cells include a first cell that supports transmission of at least two beams, and the first beam is one of the beams supported by the first cell. |
US12041637B2 |
Semi-persistent scheduling for broadcast or multicast communication
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE or a component thereof configured to receive, from a base station, SPS configuration information for broadcast and/or multicast indicating a set of resources configured for feedback, with each transmit (TX) beam of a set of TX beams corresponding to a respective subset of the set of resources. The apparatus may be further configured to receive SPS signaling from the base station via one or more TX beams of the set of TX beams over each of a set of SPS occasions. The apparatus may be further configured to transmit feedback to the base station on one or more subsets of the set of resources respectively corresponding to the one or more TX beams based on the SPS signaling, the feedback indicating one of acknowledgement (ACK) or non-acknowledgement (NACK). |
US12041633B2 |
Dynamic transmission reception point group indication
A wireless device receives one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states for a cell, where each TCI state of the TCI states comprises an indication of a respective physical cell index (PCI). The wireless device activates, for a control resource set (coreset), a first TCI state comprising a first indication of a first PCI. The wireless device receives, via the coreset, a downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a transport block, and in response to the coreset being activated with the first TCI state comprising the first indication of the first PCI, the wireless device receives the transport block based on a second TCI state comprising the first indication of the first PCI. |
US12041631B2 |
Code block group retransmission using configured grant
A wireless device receives one or more radio resource configuration messages indicating periodic radio resources of a first configured grant. The wireless device transmits, via resource occasions of the periodic radio resources, one or more first code block groups of a first transport block, and one or more second code block groups of a second transport block. One or more downlink control information are received indicating negative acknowledgements for: the one or more first code block groups and the one or more second code block groups. The wireless device retransmits, via a first radio resource occasion of the periodic radio resources of the first configured grant, the one or more first code block groups and the one or more second code block groups. |
US12041629B2 |
Multi-transmission reception point (TRP) configuration method and device, and storage medium
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a multi-transmission reception point (TRP) configuration method and device, and a storage medium. The method includes: configuring one physical channel-configuration information element (IE) to correspond to a plurality of control resource sets (CORESET); or configuring a plurality of physical channel-configuration IEs to corresponds to a plurality of CORESETs, where the plurality of CORESETs correspond to a plurality of TRPs, and at least one CORESET of the plurality of CORESETs corresponds to one TRP. |
US12041627B2 |
Method for performing uplink transmission using preconfigured resource in wireless communication system, and device therefor
Disclosed is a method for performing preconfigured uplink resource (PUR) transmission by means of a PUR in a wireless communication system. The method performed by a terminal comprises the steps of: receiving information relating to PUR transmission from a base station; receiving information relating to a first paging SS from the base station; performing the PUR transmission to the base station; and receiving downlink control information (DCI) in accordance with the PUR transmission from the base station. |
US12041623B2 |
Random access method, terminal device and network device
The embodiments of the present application relate to a random access method, a terminal device and a network device, the method comprising: a terminal device sending a first message to a network device, the first message comprising a random access preamble and a first physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), the first PUSCH comprising data obtained by carrying out rate matching on a first transmission block; and the terminal device receiving first downlink control information (DCI) or second DCI sent by the network device for the first message. The random access method, terminal device and network device of the embodiments of the present application may allow a terminal to distinguish between two conditions under which a network device receives a first message within a two-step random access process. |
US12041621B2 |
User terminal and radio communication method
A user terminal includes a reception section that receives control information on a downlink, and a control section that performs processing related to at least one of radio link failure monitoring and beam failure detection based on a specified signal in a case where the control information neither indicates information on a reference signal to be used for the processing nor downlink transmission configuration information associated with the reference signal. |
US12041620B2 |
Method and apparatus for indicating occupation of semi-persistent scheduling unit, and base station
Exemplary aspects of the disclosure provide a method and device for indicating occupation of an occasion for sending a Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS) unit. An exemplary method can include that a number of one or more alternative occasions for the SPS unit for User Equipment is determined according to statistics on occupation of a current channel within a preset time period. An interval for the SPS unit is determined. Further, the method can include that the number of the one or more alternative occasions and the interval are sent through a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH). |
US12041617B2 |
Power control in multiple data scheduling
A wireless device may receive downlink control information (DCI) scheduling physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions for a cell. The DCI may comprise a first phase tracking reference signal-demodulation reference signal (PTRS-DMRS) association field, a second PTRS-DMRS association field, and a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set field. A first value of the SRS resource set field may indicate the PUSCH transmissions are based on the first PTRS-DMRS association field, and a second value of the SRS resource set field may indicate the PUSCH transmissions are based on both the first PTRS-DMRS association field and the second PTRS-DMRS association field. The wireless device may transmit the PUSCH transmissions based on the SRS resource set field. |
US12041613B2 |
Techniques for control channel repetition for cross-carrier scheduling
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive control signaling identifying a scheduling configuration indicating a first search space set and a second search space set of a scheduling component carrier for scheduling communications on a scheduled component carrier, and may identify a search space set linking configuration for a group of search space sets of the scheduled component carrier based on the scheduling configuration. The UE may identify a set of decoding candidates within the first and second search space sets which are allocated for cross-carrier scheduling of the scheduled component carrier based on the search space set linking configuration. The UE may then receive at least one control message schedules a communication between the base station and the UE over the scheduled component carrier within at least one decoding candidate, and may perform the scheduled communication over the scheduled component carrier. |
US12041612B2 |
Method and apparatus for exchanging sidelink configuration between wireless devices in a wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for exchanging sidelink configuration between wireless devices in a wireless communication system is provided. A first wireless device acquires multiple sets of sidelink configurations for sidelink transmission. The first wireless device determines a specific set among the multiple sets and a specific sidelink configuration among sidelink configurations in the specific set. The first wireless device transmits, to a second wireless device, information including index of the specific sidelink configuration. |
US12041609B2 |
Cross-carrier scheduling with different numerologies
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for determining a number of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates and non-overlapped control channel elements (CCEs) for a UE configured with a plurality of component carriers having more than one subcarrier spacing (SCS). The plurality of component carriers are assigned to a number of cell groups. Each cell group includes a scheduling component carrier providing scheduling information for the other component carriers in the cell group. A reference slot window is selected based on an SCS of component carriers assigned to each cell group. And a number of PDCCH candidates and non-overlapped CCEs per the reference slot window are determined based on a number of and SCS of the component carriers in each cell group. Control information in a downlink radio frame is monitored by the UE based on the number of PDCCH candidates and non-overlapped CCEs. |
US12041607B2 |
Resource allocation method and apparatus, and system
A resource allocation method includes sending, by a network device, first information to user equipment, where the first information is used to indicate uplink resources corresponding to autonomous uplink transmission performed by the user equipment; and sending, by the network device, second information to the user equipment, where the second information is used to indicate a resource that is in the uplink resources and that is actually used by the user equipment to perform autonomous uplink transmission. The uplink resources corresponding to autonomous uplink transmission are allocated while resource utilization is ensured. |
US12041602B1 |
5G-TSN resource joint scheduling apparatus and method based on DDPG
A 5G-TSN resource joint scheduling apparatus includes: a state information acquisition module, a scheduling decision making module, and a configuration module. The state information acquisition module is configured to acquire bottom-layer network information, and process the acquired bottom-layer network information to obtain state information, the bottom-layer network information includes channel information, gate control list information of a TSN domain, and queue information in a base station. The scheduling decision making module is configured to obtain a result of decision making based on the state information output by the state information acquisition module using a DDPG-based reinforcement learning model, the result of decision making includes whether to allocate resources for a current queue and a number of resources actually allocated to the current queue. The configuration module is configured to convert the result of decision making to one or more instructions understandable by the base station to configure the base station. |
US12041598B2 |
Communication method and apparatus
A communication method and an apparatus are provided. An example method includes: receiving initially transmitted first data in a first cell based on a correspondence between the first cell and a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) entity; receiving first indication information, wherein the first indication information indicates a correspondence between a second cell and the first HARQ entity; and receiving retransmitted first data in the second cell based on the correspondence between the second cell and the first HARQ entity. |
US12041592B2 |
Wireless communication device and wireless communication method
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device notifies another wireless communication device that any one of a first frequency and a second frequency is set as a primary frequency, connects to the other wireless communication device at the first frequency and the second frequency, and in a case receiving information identifying that the other wireless communication device has a restriction on transmission and reception between the second frequency and the first frequency, obtains an access right of a frame addressed to the other wireless communication device at a secondary frequency other than the primary frequency out of the first frequency and the second frequency. |
US12041587B2 |
Signaling of not available resources for central coordination in IAB networks
Embodiments of an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) donor, IAB node, and methods of communication are generally described herein. An IAB network may comprise a plurality of IAB nodes to operate as relays between the IAB donor and one or more User Equipment (UE). The IAB donor may, for each of the IAB nodes, allocate a plurality of subframes to the IAB node. Each allocated subframe may have a subframe type that is one of: a downlink subframe, an uplink subframe, a flexible subframe or a not available subframe. The IAB donor may transmit, from a central unit (CU) of the IAB donor to a distributed unit (DU) an IAB node over an F1 interface, a resource coordination request message that indicates the subframe types of the plurality of subframes. |
US12041578B2 |
System and methods for supporting uplink and downlink positioning procedures in a wireless network
A position of a user equipment (UE) may be determined using downlink based solutions (e.g. OTDOA), uplink based solutions (e.g. UTDOA), or combined downlink and uplink based solutions (e.g. RTT). The serving gNBs may request neighboring gNBs to produce downlink reference signal transmissions to a target UE and/or measure uplink reference signal transmissions from the target UE. The serving gNB may receive the uplink reference signal measurements from neighboring gNBs and obtain an own uplink reference signal measurement and forward to the UE or another network entity all the uplink reference signal measurements. The UE may use the uplink reference signal measurements, along with the UE's own downlink reference signal measurements to determine RTTs. The serving gNBs or another entity may keep the uplink reference signal measurements and may determine RTTs after receiving the downlink reference signal measurements from the UE. |
US12041574B2 |
Positioning in a wireless network using a repeater
Techniques described herein are directed to improving the positioning of a target user equipment (UE) using an enhanced repeater disposed in a wireless network. In some embodiments, the enhanced repeater may include logically distinct user equipment (UE) functionality and distributed unit (DU) functionality. The UE functionality may enable setup with other entities of the network, e.g., an upstream location management function (LMF), such that the enhanced repeater is recognized as capable of positioning. The DU functionality may enable generation of downlink positioning signals (e.g., DL-PRS) at the enhanced repeater so as to obviate relaying of DL-PRS generated elsewhere in the network. The enhanced repeater may perform uplink measurements based on uplink positioning signals receive from the target UE, and report the uplink measurements to the LMF, enabling the LMF to calculate the position of the UE with fewer errors than if the uplink positioning signals were simply relayed. |
US12041571B2 |
Method, apparatus and computer program product
There is provided a method comprising receiving at least one measured signal characteristic from a user equipment, the user equipment being located at a user equipment location; comparing the at least one measured signal characteristic to at least one of a plurality of signal characteristics, each signal characteristic being associated with a respective measurement point; and determining, based on the comparing, a probability that the user equipment location is a first location. |
US12041566B2 |
Stationary measuring device for measuring or detecting a value at a utility installation
A stationary measuring device (7) measures or detects a value at a utility installation. The measuring device includes a low power wide area network (LPWAN) communication module configured to establish a wireless communication connection to a LPWAN for communicating data to a head-end-system (HES) (3) via the LPWAN. The LPWAN communication module is configured to: send a request for a first clock time from the measuring device to a time server; receive the first clock time from the time server in response to the request; receive a second clock time from a base station of the LPWAN; compare the first clock time and the second clock time with each other; and determine a current clock time based on the second clock time if the second clock time lies within a pre-determined range about the first clock time. |
US12041565B2 |
Device for transmitting synchronization information using a spatial filter
A device for transmitting synchronization information, where the device is configured to determine whether the device should operate as a synchronization reference, and, in response to determining that the device shall operate as a synchronization reference, transmit synchronization information using a spatial filter. |
US12041562B2 |
Method and device for transmitting synchronization indication information
A method for transmitting synchronization indication information includes: determining an actual sending position of a set of synchronous broadcast blocks; generating actual sending position indication information according to the actual sending position, wherein the actual sending position indication information comprises a first indication field, a second indication field, and a third indication field, the first indication field and the second indication field jointly indicate the actual sending position of the set of synchronous broadcast blocks, and the third indication field indicates that a current synchronous broadcast block in the set of synchronous broadcast blocks corresponds to the first indication field or the second indication field; and transmitting the synchronous broadcast block at the actual sending position, and transmitting the actual sending position indication information by means of remaining system information (RMSI). |
US12041557B2 |
Power control for wireless communications
Wireless communications may be used to support transmission power control. A message to schedule a transmission may be received without indicating a parameter for determining a power for the transmission. The transmission power may be determined based on a pathloss reference signal associated with a default index of a power control parameter set. |
US12041553B2 |
Uplink power control parameters for repetitions of physical uplink shared channel transmissions
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications. In some aspects, a UE may transmit a first repetition of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) communication using a first set of values for a set of uplink power control (ULPC) parameters; and transmit a second repetition of the PUSCH communication using a second set of values for the set of ULPC parameters. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
US12041552B2 |
Wake-up behavior indication for power saving
Wireless communication devices, systems, and methods related to handling wake-up behavior for power saving, including during discontinuous reception (DRX) operation are provided. For example, a method of wireless communication includes transmitting, by a base station (BS) to a user equipment (UE), a default wake-up configuration associated with a discontinuous reception (DRX) operation; determining, by the BS, whether to transmit a wake-up signal (WUS) to the UE during a WUS occasion based on a traffic load; and transmitting, by the BS, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) signal during a duration associated with the WUS occasion. |
US12041551B2 |
Increasing battery performance for a device that uses power saving features
Described herein are systems and methods to increase battery life of a user equipment (UE) by reducing the amount of time a UE spends in active time listening for paging messages following mobile originate (MO) or mobile terminated (MT) data transfers. A network node may receive, from a UE, a message including an identifier of the UE and a request to set the duration of an active time timer to zero. The network node may determine whether any MT traffic is available for the UE, and send a message to the UE including the duration of the active time timer or some other indicator to indicate to the UE whether or not MT data is awaiting transmission. |
US12041546B2 |
Wireless communication method and wireless communication terminal using wake-up radio
Disclosed is a wireless communication terminal to communicate wirelessly. The wireless communication terminal includes: a first wireless transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals modulated by a first modulation method; a second wireless receiver configured to receive a signal modulated by a second modulation method different from the first modulation method; and a processor. The processor is configured to sequentially receive a plurality of fields of a wake-up radio (WUR) frame included in a WUR physical layer processing data unit (PPDU) transmitted by the second modulation method, and when a predetermined condition for the plurality of fields is satisfied, stop receiving the WUR frame without determining whether values of the plurality of fields are valid. |
US12041545B2 |
Wireless communication method and wireless communication terminal using wake-up radio
Disclosed is a wireless communication terminal communicating wirelessly including a first wireless transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals through a first waveform, a second wireless receiver configured to receive a signal through a second waveform different from the first waveform, and a processor. The processor receives an acceptance frame for accepting a request for wake-up radio (WUR) mode entry in which the wireless communication terminal operates based on a signal transmitted through the second waveform from a base wireless communication terminal, through the first wireless transceiver, stops an operation of the wireless communication terminal related to a service period based on the acceptance frame. |
US12041544B2 |
Wireless network having an enhanced wake-up signal
A method for power saving, comprising: establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a wireless device, transmitting, to the wireless device, configuration information indicating a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle time, a DRX on time period, and an offset time, transmitting an enhanced wake-up signal (EWUS) monitoring occasion for a DRX cycle, the EWUS monitoring occasion based on the offset time and the DRX on time period, determining that the wireless device can skip monitoring one or more future EWUS monitoring occasions, transmitting, during a first DRX cycle, a EWUS for the wireless device during the EWUS monitoring occasion associated with the first DRX cycle, the EWUS indicating that the wireless device can skip the one or more future EWUS monitoring occasions, and skipping transmitting the EWUS to the wireless device during the one or more future EWUS monitoring occasions. |
US12041543B2 |
Quiet interval termination
An access point (AP) transmits a first frame comprising: a Target Wake Time (TWT) element indicating a restricted Target Wake Time (r-TWT) Service Period (SP) of an r-TWT setup for one or more first stations (STAs); and a quiet element indicating a quiet interval for one or more second STAs, the quiet interval overlapping with a portion of the r-TWT SP. Based on determining termination of the r-TWT SP during the quiet interval, the AP transmits a second frame, during the quiet interval, indicating termination of the quiet interval for the one or more second STAs. |
US12041542B2 |
System and method for throughput-based optimization for target wake time interval adjustment
A method includes obtaining wireless traffic statistics indicating current conditions and future trends for at least one of throughput, latency, and device power consumption. The method also includes generating penalty functions that reflect the wireless traffic statistics. The method further includes determining a target wakeup time (TWT) interval based on the penalty functions. The method also includes adapting the TWT interval based on a change in the wireless traffic statistics. |
US12041535B2 |
System and method for network conditions aware content distribution
A method and system for operating a radio aware communication system includes receiving, by a content distribution system, a radio quality metric signal from a user device or a network; determining, by the content distribution system, a spectral efficiency for the user device based on the radio quality metric signal; receiving a capacity usage report from a first network; determining an available capacity of the first network based on the capacity usage report; determining a target available capacity utilization goal of the first network based on the available capacity; determining a target throughput based on the target available capacity utilization goal for communicating content to a user device and the spectral efficiency for the user device; and communicating the content to the user device using the target throughput through the first network. |
US12041529B2 |
Handling of unique identifiers for stations
Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate an exchange of messages between an access point and a station, wherein the access point requests a unique identifier from the station. The station may either respond with a message declining to provide a unique identifier or respond with a message including a unique identifier to be used by the access point for the station. The response from the station may include additional limitations on the use of the unique identifier by the access point. The access point may enforce different policies against a station depending upon how the station responds to the unique identifier request. |
US12041526B2 |
Layer 2 UE to UE data forwarding
Systems and methods for using a relay user equipment (UE) to transport data of interest received from a first remote UE to a second remote UE on a UE to UE relay within a wireless communication system are discussed herein. These methods may be performed at Layer 2 of a protocol stack of the wireless communication system. Data packets sent on the UE to UE relay may include an adaptation header including routing information (e.g., Layer 2 addresses, a bearer-specific index, etc.) for the UE to UE relay. An adaptation layer may accordingly be provided within Layer 2 to decode these adaptation headers. In some cases, a per-bearer approach may be used to map between individual direct bearers of a hop by hop path configuration of the UE to UE relay. Embodiments eschewing the adaptation header and instead using logical channel identifiers (LCIDs) to make routing indications are also described. |
US12041522B2 |
Wireless control method and device for actuators coupled to a wired network
Method for controlling an actuator connected via a wired network, the actuator including a first wired communication module, which is configured to communicate via the wired network, and a second wireless communication module, which is configured to be active or inactive, and a switch, the method comprising the following steps carried out by the actuator: activation of the second communication module triggered by the reception of a signal transmitted by an action on the switch or on another element of the wired network; transmission (EC102) by the actuator of an activity signal; —reception by the second communication module of a connection signal received from a third communication module; establishment of a wireless connection to a mobile terminal; reception of a control signal by the at least one actuator from the mobile terminal. |
US12041518B2 |
Specially programmed computing devices being continuously configured to allow unfamiliar individuals to have an instantaneous meeting
In some embodiments, the present invention provides for a computer system which includes at least the following components: a plurality of computing devices associated with a plurality of users associated with a plurality of users; where each computing device of the plurality of computing devices is configured to: electronically receive software which, when being executed, cause such computing device to display a plurality of instances of a specifically programmed graphical user interface (GUI); where each instance of the GUI is configured to display a real-time updatable meeting information representative of a direct electronic proximity-based communication between at least two computing devices associated with at least two users who desire to meet at a particular location to engage in a transaction of at least one good, at least one service, or both, whose marketable value lasts for a period of 30 seconds to 60 minutes. |
US12041516B2 |
Multicast communication method, and apparatus and system
Embodiments of this application provide a multicast communication method that includes: receiving, by a user plane function network element, a multicast packet, where the multicast packet includes a multicast address; matching, by the user plane function network element, the multicast packet with a packet detection rule PDR on the user plane function network element; and if the multicast packet successfully matches a first PDR, and the first PDR indicates to carry on matching another PDR, carrying on, by the user plane function network element, matching the multicast packet with another PDR. Optionally, the another PDR is a PDR whose priority is not higher than that of the first PDR. |
US12041513B2 |
Determining a suitability of network nodes for RF-based presence and/or location detection
A system (1) for selecting one or more devices in a wireless network for transmitting, receiving and/or processing a radio frequency signal for presence and/or location detection comprises at least one processor (5) configured to determine a suitability of each of a plurality of devices (11-15) for transmitting, receiving and/or processing a radio frequency signal for presence and/or location detection, select a subset of devices from the plurality of devices based on the suitability determined for each of the plurality of devices, and instruct at least one of the subset of devices to act as a device for transmitting, receiving and/or processing a radio frequency signal for presence and/or location detection. |
US12041511B2 |
Measurement of a downlink positioning reference signal from a non-serving base station of a user equipment at a serving base station of the user equipment
In an aspect, a serving BS of a UE measures ToAs of a DL-PRS from a non-serving base station of the UE and an UL-SRS-P from the UE. The serving BS transmits measurement information based on the ToA measurements of the DL-PRS and the UL-SRS-P to a position estimation entity. The position estimation entity determines a positioning estimate for the UE based in part upon the measurement information. |
US12041509B2 |
Authentication-gaining apparatus, authentication apparatus, authentication request transmitting method, authentication method, and program
An authentication-gaining apparatus includes: an acquiring unit that acquires unique information; an encrypting unit that encrypts the unique information using a cryptographic key, thereby generating encrypted information; and a transmitting unit that repeatedly transmits an authentication request containing the encrypted information, to an authentication apparatus, during an authentication period, wherein multiple authentication requests respectively containing encrypted information obtained by encrypting multiple pieces of unique information are transmitted during the authentication period. An authentication apparatus includes: a receiving unit that repeatedly receives an authentication request transmitted from an authentication-gaining apparatus, during an authentication period; a decrypting unit that decrypts the encrypted information, thereby acquiring decrypted information; an authentication unit that judges whether or not the authentication-gaining apparatus is legitimate, using multiple authentication requests received during the authentication period and containing encrypted information that has been decrypted; and an output unit that outputs a judgment result by the authentication unit. |
US12041507B2 |
Cellular network user device mobility optimization management
Systems and methods to utilize user device self-reported quality metrics and machine learning mechanisms to optimize management of user device mobility in a cellular network. Cells in the network obtain quality data for one or more user devices in communication with the cells, including channel-quality-indicator values, reference-signal-received-power values, and reference-signal-received-quality values. The quality data is processed by a machine learning mechanism to generate a separate quality report for each cell. In response to receiving a request to handover communications for a target user device, the quality reports are utilized to select a cell that is predicted to provide the best quality communications for the target user device. |
US12041503B2 |
Method and apparatus for supporting light connection in next generation mobile communication systems
Methods and apparatuses are provided in a wireless communication system. A radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU) is obtained from a lower layer. A status PDU is generated based on the RLC PDU. The status PDU includes a first field indicating a sequence number (SN) of an RLC data unit identified as lost, a second field indicating a number of consecutively lost RLC data units starting from and including the SN, and a third field indicating whether the second field follows the first first field. The status PDU is delivered to the lower layer. |
US12041502B2 |
Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, communication method, and integrated circuit
A terminal apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message from a base station apparatus, and a controller configured to configure a parameter based on the parameter included in the RRC reconfiguration message. The parameter includes at least identity information of a target cell and a configuration of a subcarrier spacing, and the configuration of the subcarrier spacing is configured for each of the target cells. |
US12041501B2 |
Communication method and related communication device
Example communication methods apparatus are described. One example method includes receiving air interface link signal information of neighboring network devices by a source network device from a terminal device. The source network device determines a target network device based on sidelink information of the terminal device and the air interface link signal information of the neighboring network devices. Then, the source network device may send a handover request to the target network device, so that the terminal device can be handed over from the source network device to the target network device. Therefore, the target network device determined by the source network device can better meet an air interface link communication requirement and a sidelink communication requirement of the terminal device. |
US12041500B2 |
System and method for dynamic optimization of radio access network site
Techniques for dynamic optimization of radio access network sites are provided. A wireless communications infrastructure identifies that a piece of user equipment (UE) is connected to a base station associated with a current Radio Access Network (RAN) site that does not have sufficient backhaul resources to support the piece of UE. A target RAN site that has sufficient backhaul resources to support the piece of UE is identified. The target RAN site associated with at least one base station. A Radio Frequency (RF) signal transmitted from at least one of the base station associated with the current RAN site and the at least one base station associated with the target RAN site is modified. The modification causes the piece of UE to handover from the base station associated with the current RAN site to the at least one base station associated with the target RAN site. |
US12041498B2 |
Controlling operations of an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for controlling operations of an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node are proposed. In some embodiments, an integrated access and backhaul node may receive a message indicating that a handover of the integrated access and backhaul node is to be performed; and stop admission of new user equipment to an active radio cell of the integrated access and backhaul node based on the message received. |
US12041496B2 |
Terminal for performing measurement operation for handover, communication system including the same, and operation methods thereof
A method of operating a terminal includes receiving, from a source cell, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message including a list of a plurality of first objects in a measurement order, reordering the list of the plurality of first objects based on handover information to obtain a reordered list, the handover information corresponding to a connection history of the terminal, sequentially measuring the plurality of first objects based on the reordered list to obtain a measurement result; and transmitting a measurement report to the source cell based on the measurement result. |
US12041493B2 |
Support of inter-GNB handover in higher layer multi-connectivity
A method and apparatus for supporting of inter-gNB handover in higher layer multi-connectivity is provided. A target master node (MN) of an inter-MN handover procedure receives a handover request message including information on a redundancy sequence number (RSN) from a source MN of the inter-MN handover procedure. The information on the RSN informs that a protocol data unit (PDU) session mapped to the RSN is allocated to a secondary node (SN) of the inter-MN handover procedure for redundant transmission. |
US12041490B2 |
Notifying a management system of quality of experience measurement reporting status
A radio access network (RAN) node (110) in a RAN (130) of a wireless communication network (180) signals a wireless device (100) to stop reporting Quality of Experience (QoE) measurements to the RAN (130), and notifies a management system (120) in a core network (140) of the wireless communication network (180) that the reporting of QoE measurements to the RAN (130) has stopped. |
US12041488B2 |
Radio unit cascading in radio access networks
The described technology is generally directed towards radio unit cascading in radio access networks. Radio units (RUs) can be configured with processors adapted to support daisy chaining of multiple RUs, so that the multiple RUs can connect to one hardware interface at a distributed unit (DU). An RU processor for a given RU can be configured to receive downlink data, including downlink data for the given RU as well as downlink data for other downstream RUs. The RU processor can extract the downlink data for the given RU and forward the downlink data for other downstream RUs via a southbound interface. The RU processor can also be configured to receive uplink data from the other RUs, multiplex the received uplink data from the other RUs with uplink data from the given RU, and send the resulting multiplexed data towards the DU via a northbound interface. |
US12041479B2 |
Accurate traffic steering between links through sub-path path quality metrics
Some embodiments provide a method for quantifying quality of several service classes provided by a link between first and second forwarding nodes in a wide area network (WAN). At a first forwarding node, the method computes and stores first and second path quality metric (PQM) values based on packets sent from the second forwarding node for the first and second service classes. The different service classes in some embodiments are associated with different quality of service (QoS) guarantees that the WAN offers to the packets. In some embodiments, the computed PQM value for each service class quantifies the QoS provided to packets processed through the service class. In some embodiments, the first forwarding node adjusts the first and second PQM values as it processes more packets associated with the first and second service classes. The first forwarding node also periodically forwards to the second forwarding node the first and second PQM values that it maintains for the first and second service classes. In some embodiments, the second forwarding node performs a similar set of operations to compute first and second PQM values for packets sent from the first forwarding node for the first and second service classes, and to provide these PQM values to the first forwarding node periodically. |
US12041477B2 |
Apparatus and method in wireless communication system, and computer readable storage medium
Disclosed in the present application are an apparatus and method in a wireless communication system, and a computer readable storage medium. The apparatus comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to determine one or more height thresholds for a user equipment according to at least one of base station-related information, cell-related information and user equipment-related information. According to at least one aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a proper height threshold is set for a communication scenario of an unmanned aerial vehicle, which helps to resolve and alleviate various problems that may exist in the communication scenario of the unmanned aerial vehicle. |
US12041474B2 |
Layer-specific coefficient quantity and/or quantization scheme reporting for type II channel state information compression
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may determine at least one of: a first number of coefficients to be included in a first set of coefficients in a transfer domain that characterize compressed channel state information (CSI) for a first layer, or a first quantization scheme to be used to interpret the first set of coefficients. The UE may determine at least one of: a second number of coefficients to be included in a second set of coefficients in the transfer domain that characterize the compressed CSI for a second layer, or a second quantization scheme to be used to interpret the second set of coefficients. The UE may transmit a report that identifies the first set of coefficients and the second set of coefficients based at least in part on the determination(s). Other aspects are provided. |
US12041470B2 |
Methods, apparatus and systems for indicating transmission failures in a wireless communication
Methods, apparatus and systems for indicating transmission failures in a wireless communication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication device is disclosed. The method comprises: obtaining, by a first layer module of the wireless communication device, an indication from a second layer module of the wireless communication device. The first layer module is configured for performing a process at a first layer. The second layer module is configured for performing a process at a second layer that is different from the first layer. The indication indicates whether there is a transmission failure of the wireless communication device at the second layer. |
US12041466B2 |
Analytics-based policy generation
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for analytics-based policy generation. One apparatus (500) includes a processor (505) and a radio transceiver (525) that communicates over a mobile communication network. The processor (505) receives a request from the mobile communication network to report at least one type of usage data according to a reporting policy, the at least one type of usage data including battery usage data and/or network location data. The processor (505) transmits (710) a usage report (225) containing the usage data based on the reporting policy. The processor (505) further receives (715) and applies (720) a network policy (240) from the mobile communication network. The network policy (240) is dynamically generated by the mobile communication network based on at least one trend identified in the usage data. |
US12041461B2 |
Three-dimensional visualization of Wi-Fi signal propagation
The present technology is directed to visualizing a Wi-Fi signal propagation in 3-D at various heights and locations. The present technology can calculate a radio frequency (RF) propagation pattern for a Wi-Fi access point (AP) based on a RF propagation model for the Wi-Fi AP and overlay the RF propagation pattern for the Wi-Fi AP over a visualization of the building plan to present a 3-D visualization of the RF propagation pattern of the 3-D space. In particular, the present technology can project a plurality of ray-paths in various directions in a 3-D space originated from the Wi-Fi AP and determine whether the ray-paths interface with objects defined in the building plan. The present technology can segment the respective ray-path into contiguous segments of substantially uniform mediums for each ray-path that interface with the objects and determine a RF signal strength at points along the contiguous segments of the ray-paths. |
US12041457B2 |
Gateway apparatus for radio over IP network
A gateway apparatus for a RoIP network includes a secure memory, a first communication interface for transmitting and receiving data to and from terminals in the RoIP network, a second communication interface for transmitting and receiving data to and from a home subscriber server of a mobile communication network, and an operation processor. The operation processor performs (a) obtaining apparatus information, (b) registering the apparatus information in the home subscriber server through the second communication interface, receiving virtual subscriber identity module (SIM) information including a mobile identification number from the home subscriber server through the second communication interface, and storing the received virtual SIM information in the secure memory, and (c) providing, based on the mobile identification number, a service associated with the mobile communication network to at least one terminal among the plurality of the terminals in the RoIP network through the first communication interface. |
US12041456B2 |
Profile management method, embedded universal integrated circuit card, and terminal
A local profile management method includes an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) and a terminal. The eUICC includes a primary platform and at least one installed bundle. The primary platform is a hardware platform. Each bundle includes at least one profile and an operating system (OS). The primary platform includes a processing module configured to receive a first message sent by a local profile assistant (LPA), where the first message is an operation instruction entered by a user, and separately send a second message to at least one OS corresponding to the at least one bundle, where the second message is used by the at least one OS to perform a corresponding operation. Local management of profiles of different OSs is implemented using the processing module disposed on the primary platform of the eUICC. |
US12041451B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting domain changes in an SD-WAN environment
In one embodiment, a method includes generating, by a first controller of a network, an overlay domain digest using a first domain digest associated with the first controller of the network and a second domain digest associated with a second controller of the network. The method also includes communicating, by the first controller, the overlay domain digest to an edge device of the network, updating, by the first controller, the overlay domain digest to generate an updated overlay domain digest, and communicating, by the first controller, the updated overlay domain digest to the edge device of the network. The method further includes detecting, by the edge device, a difference between the overlay domain digest and the updated overlay domain digest and re-establishing, by the edge device, a connection with an orchestrator of the network to determine a control plane domain change within the network. |
US12041450B2 |
Computer network-based service for generation and installation of digital certificates of a public key infrastructure seamlessly integrating with multiple mobile device management systems
A security system used by an organization maintains a PKI used for issuing digital certificates (hereinafter for brevity also referred to simply as “certificates”) and provides the PKI to the organization as a network service. In order to simplify the use of the PKI for purposes such as obtaining certificates, the security system additionally provides a mechanism for using a designated flow protocol to interface with whichever MDMs the organization uses. This mechanism permits administrators or other users to provision certificates to their organization's client devices with just a few actions within a user interface. |
US12041449B2 |
Method and apparatus for verifying mobile device communications
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for obtaining at least one certificate, partitioning the at least one certificate into a plurality of certificate segments, embedding the plurality of certificate parts into a corresponding frame of a plurality of frames, and transmitting, sequentially, the plurality of frames at a periodicity. |
US12041447B2 |
Image sharing method and system, and electronic device
An image sharing method implemented on a first electronic device having a touchscreen includes establishing, by the first electronic device, a first wireless link with a second electronic device by using a short-range wireless communications technology. The method further includes sending, by the first electronic device, face feature information to the second electronic device over the first wireless link. The method further includes receiving, by the first electronic device, a matching result sent by the second electronic device. When the first electronic device determines that the matching result is matching success information, the method further includes sending, by the first electronic device, an image (for example, a photo or a video) corresponding to the face feature information to the second electronic device. |
US12041446B1 |
Systems and methods of multi-factor authentication utilizing a vehicle
Embodiments disclosed herein describe vehicle-based authentication protocols. An illustrative authentication server may receive a request to authenticate a user connected from a mobile device. The authentication server may transmit a request to the mobile device to transmit geolocation data of the mobile device. In response, the mobile device may transmit a stream of its geolocation data. Based upon the received geolocation data stream, the authentication server may determine that the mobile device in a motion and select a vehicle-based authentication protocol to request geolocation data of a trusted vehicle. The authentication server may compare the mobile device geolocation data stream and the vehicle geolocation data stream to determine a similarity score. If the similarity score is above a threshold, the authentications server may authenticate the user. In some cases, the authentication server may authenticate the user if the mobile device is connected to the trusted vehicle. |
US12041444B2 |
Authentication using wireless sensing
In some examples, a system receives information based on wireless sensing performed using wireless signals of a wireless interface of a wireless node, the wireless interface of the wireless node to communicate data over a wireless connection established with another wireless device. The system performs authentication in response to the received information. |
US12041442B2 |
Random media access control address with fast reconnection mechanism
The present invention provides a wireless communication method of an access point. The wireless communication method comprises the steps of: establishing a cache table comprising a plurality of reference MAC and corresponding PMKs and reference PMKIDs; receiving an association request from a station; reading a MAC address of the station and a PMKID from the association request; if the MAC address of the station and the PMKID do not match items of the cache table, performing a calculation on the PMKID to obtain an original PMKID; determining if the original PMKID matches any one of the reference PMKIDs within the cache table; and if the original PMKID matches one reference PMKID within the cache table, determining that the reference MAC recorded in the cache table and the MAC address belong to the same station. |
US12041439B2 |
Preventing eavesdropping resources from acquiring unauthorized data via mechanically excitable sensors
This document describes techniques and apparatuses directed at preventing eavesdropping resources from acquiring unauthorized data via mechanically excitable sensors. In aspects, an electronic device includes a privacy manager configured to analyze one or more signals generated by a mechanically excitable sensor. Responsive to the analysis, the privacy manager may extract unauthorized data from the one or more signals based on a signal received at a mechanical transducer, and further based on calibration data collected during an interaction between the mechanically excitable sensor and the mechanical transducer during a prior calibration sequence. |
US12041438B2 |
Location based audio signal message processing
A method of incorporating environmental acoustic sources into a virtual environment by measuring real environment acoustic sources and locations and incorporating them into a virtual environment with virtual acoustic sources. |
US12041427B2 |
Contact and acoustic microphones for voice wake and voice processing for AR/VR applications
A method to combine contact and acoustic microphones in a headset for voice wake and voice processing in immersive reality applications is provided. The method includes receiving, from a contact microphone, a first acoustic signal, determining a fidelity and a quality of the first acoustic signal, receiving, from an acoustic microphone, a second acoustic signal, and when the fidelity and quality of the first acoustic signal exceeds a pre-selected threshold, combining the first acoustic signal and the second acoustic signal to provide an enhanced acoustic signal to a smart glass user. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions to cause a headset to perform the above method, and the headset, are also provided. |
US12041425B2 |
Sound-output device
The present application discloses a sound-output device, including a vibration speaker configured to generate a bone-conducted sound wave; and an air-conducted speaker configured to generate an air-conducted sound wave; the sound-output device is configured to output sound waves within a target frequency range, the bone-conducted sound wave includes a high frequency portion of the target frequency range, and the air-conducted sound wave includes a low frequency portion of the target frequency range. |
US12041417B2 |
Hearing device with own-voice detection
A hearing device comprises a first microphone for provision of a first microphone input signal, and a second microphone for provision of a second microphone input signal; a voice detector module for processing the first and second microphone input signals, the voice detector module configured to detect own-voice of a user; a processor for provision of an electrical output signal; and a receiver for providing an audio output signal, wherein the voice detector module is configured to determine a direction parameter indicative of a direction of a sound source based on first and/or second microphone input signal; determine whether a direction criterion based on the direction parameter is satisfied; determine a first distance parameter indicative of a distance to the sound source; determine whether a distance criterion based on the first distance parameter is satisfied; and provide a voice detector output. |
US12041411B2 |
Micro-speaker having diaphragm plate(s) capable of moving with respect to a housing
A speaker is provided. The speaker includes a housing. The speaker also includes a first diaphragm plate positioned within the housing and comprising a first driving device forming an exterior surface of the first diaphragm plate. The speaker further includes a second diaphragm plate positioned within the housing and comprising a second driving device forming an exterior surface of the second diaphragm plate. In addition, the speaker includes an insert plate fixedly attached to the housing and positioned between the first diaphragm plate and the second diaphragm plate. The insert plate includes an insert plate driving device positioned adjacent the first driving device and the second driving device. The insert plate driving device is configured to interact with the first driving device to move the first diaphragm plate relative to the housing and interact with the second driving device to move the second diaphragm plate relative to the housing. |
US12041402B2 |
Upright soundbar with projection function
An upright soundbar with projection function including an upright body, a projection module, a camera module, a computing module and a base is provided. A first projection lens of the projection module is tilted, a first projection angle is between a first projection optical axis of the first projection lens and a horizontal line, the first projection angle ranges from 15 degrees to 60 degrees, a projection direction of the projection module and a photography direction of the camera module are reversed with respect to each other, and the upright body is movable along a vertical direction with respect to the base. |
US12041401B2 |
Range extender device
This document describes techniques and systems that enable a range extender device. The techniques and systems include a user device that includes a housing with an audio sensor, a heat sink assembly, a circuit board assembly, and a speaker assembly positioned within the housing. The housing includes a top housing member connected to a bottom housing member. The top housing member includes a concave-down top-end portion connected to a generally-cylindrical vertical wall via rounded corners. The heat sink assembly includes a heat sink and one or more antennas positioned proximate to an inner surface of the vertical wall. The circuit board assembly is positioned within the housing and proximate to the heat sink assembly, and the speaker assembly is positioned within the housing and connected to the circuit board assembly. Also, a light ring assembly is connected to a bottom exterior surface of the bottom housing member. |
US12041398B2 |
Apparatus and methods for enhancing quality of experience for data services over high-capacity wireless networks
Apparatus and methods for guaranteeing a quality of experience (QoE) associated with data provision services in an enhanced data delivery network. In one embodiment, a network architecture having service delivery over at least portions of extant infrastructure (e.g., a hybrid fiber coax infrastructure) is disclosed, which includes standards-compliant ultra-low latency and high data rate services (e.g., 5G NR services) via a common service provider. In one exemplary implementation, “over-the-top” voice data services may enable exchange of voice traffic with client devices in the aforementioned network. A distribution node may use a detection rule to identify received packets as voice traffic, and cause a dedicated bearer to attach to the default bearer, thereby enabling delivery of high-quality voice traffic by at least prioritizing the identified packets thereafter and sustaining the delivery even in a congested network environment, and improving the quality of service (QoS) and QoE for the user(s). |
US12041397B1 |
Switch
An apparatus and system, including a switch; and a set of tiles; wherein each of the set of tiles include a PIC die, a DSP die, a driver die, and a TIA die and methods thereto. |
US12041395B2 |
Blinkless and markerless bi-phase display calibration
Techniques for separating an image into a forward sweeping image and a backward sweeping image are disclosed. A lookup table maps MEMS projection positions on a display with corresponding pixel positions in an image generated by a camera facing the display. The lookup table is used to associate a first set of pixel positions in the image with a forward scanning sweep of the MEMS system. The lookup table is also used to associate a second set of pixel positions in the image with a backward scanning sweep of the MEMS system. The first and second sets of pixel positions are used to generate the forward sweeping image and the backward sweeping image, respectively. These images can then be used to calibrate the MEMS system to compensate for bi-phase. |
US12041394B2 |
Imaging system
An imaging system including a front aperture, two or more refractive lens elements mounted in a lens barrel, and a photosensor. One or more of the components of the imaging system (e.g., the aperture, lenses, lens groups, and/or photosensor) are tilted with respect to each other and/or with respect to a center (or mechanical) axis of the imaging system to compensate for effects including but not limited to keystone distortion, resolution non-uniformity, and gradient blur that result from tilt of an object in the field of view of the camera with respect to the center axis of the camera. |
US12041393B2 |
Projector controlling method and projection system
A projector controlling method including projecting, by a projector, a projection image by using first setting values with the projector attached to a base apparatus that specifies the direction in which the projector projects projection light and the position where the projector is installed, changing the settings of the projector from the first setting values to second setting values when the projector is detached from the base apparatus, and changing the settings of the projector from the second setting values to the first setting values when the projector detects that the projector is attached to the base apparatus, and the set of first setting values and the set of second setting values each including a parameter relating to geometric correction of the projection image. |
US12041390B1 |
Single camera-based duplex optical imaging apparatus for extracting identy data from one or more identifcation documents
An imaging apparatus for imaging and extracting data of at least one side of an identification document, such as an identity document, having a first side and a second side, the apparatus including a processor and memory coupled to operate with the processor, an activation unit, a camera unit mounted inside an imaging-optical-chamber at a preconfigured spatial location and inclination, wherein the camera unit includes an image sensor configured to receive the respective images of both the first (upper) side and the second (lower) side of the identification document. Upon activating the activation unit, the processor facilitates a computerized method that includes acquiring an image of both the upper and lower sides of the document, by the image sensor, substantially simultaneously and extract data thereof. |
US12041386B2 |
Dependent random access point indication in video bitstreams
Systems, methods and apparatus for encoding, decoding or transcoding visual media data are described. One example method of processing visual media data includes performing a conversion between visual media data and a bitstream of the visual media data according to a format rule, wherein the format rule specifies whether and how a second type of supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message that is different from a first type of SEI message is included in the bitstream, and wherein the first type of the SEI message and the second type of the SEI message indicate a first type of dependent random access point (DRAP) picture and a second type of DRAP picture, respectively. |
US12041381B2 |
Passive infrared sensing and detection for traffic
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for passive infrared sensing and detection of vehicular traffic. Vehicle parameters are detected using thermal detection states of pixels of an infrared array sensor. The vehicle parameters can include a velocity of a vehicle. A vehicle record that includes the vehicle parameters can be provided, for example, by a computing device in connection with the infrared array sensor. |
US12041380B2 |
Event-based IR camera
A high-resolution image sensor suitable for use in an augmented reality (AR) system. The AR system may be small enough to be packaged within a wearable device such as a set of goggles or mounted on a frame resembling ordinary eyeglasses. The image sensor may have pixels configured to output events indicating changes in sensed IR light. Those pixels may be sensitive to IR light of the same frequency source as an active IR light source, and may be part of an eye tracking camera, oriented toward a user's eye. Changes in IR light may be used to determine the location of the user's pupil, which may be used in rendering virtual objects. The events may be generated and processed at a high rate, enabling the system to render the virtual object based on the user's gaze so that the virtual object will appear more realistic to the user. |
US12041375B2 |
Image synthesis device for electronic mirror and method thereof
According to one embodiment, an image synthesis device for an electronic mirror includes a rear camera which obtains a first image from a first position, and a side camera which obtains a second image of the same direction with a view of the rear camera from a second position. The second image includes a view obstruction. When a part of the first image is connected as a complementary image to the view obstruction of the second image, an image processing device converts an image of the view obstruction into a translucent image, superimposes the complementary image on the translucent image, and obtains a third image which remains an outline of the complementary image. |
US12041373B2 |
Applying video effects within a video communication session
Methods and systems provide for applying a video effect to a video corresponding to a participant within a video communication session. The system displays a video for each of at least a subset of the participants and a user interface including a selectable video effects UI element. The system receives a selection by a participant of the video effects UI element. In response to receiving the selection, the system displays a variety of video effects options for modifying the appearance of the video and/or modifying a visual representation of the participant. The system then receives a selection by the participant of a video effects option, and further receives a subselection for customizing the amount of the video effect to be applied. The system then applies, in real time or substantially real time, the selected video effect in the selected amount to the video corresponding to the participant. |
US12041370B2 |
Imaging apparatus and electronic device
Provided are an imaging apparatus and an electronic device for suppressing a delay of a control signal according to a position of a pixel in a horizontal direction. A time code generation unit is provided on a first side of a pixel array, a signal processing unit is provided on a second side, of the pixel array, opposite to the first side, a timing generation circuit is provided on the second side of the pixel array, each of a plurality of transfer units is disposed from the first side to the second side through the pixel array, and a control line for transferring a timing signal generated by the timing signal generation unit to the time code generation unit is provided in each of two or more transfer units of the plurality of transfer units. |
US12041369B2 |
Solid-state imaging element, imaging device, and method of controlling solid-state imaging element for correcting a potential of an input node of a differential amplifier
In a solid-state imaging element that compares a reference signal and a pixel signal with each other, a frame rate is improved.A differential amplifier circuit amplifies a difference in potential between a pair of input nodes and outputs the difference from an output node. A transfer transistor transfers charge from a photoelectric conversion element to a floating diffusion layer. A gate of a source follower transistor is connected to the floating diffusion layer, and a source thereof is connected to one of the pair of input nodes. A measurement unit measures a gate-source voltage of the source follower transistor and supplies a measured value. A correction arithmetic unit arithmetically calculates a correction value for correcting a potential of the other one of the pair of input nodes based on the measured value. |
US12041368B2 |
Imaging device
An imaging device including a charge-holding section having a larger saturated charge amount is provided. The imaging device includes a first electrically-conductive type semiconductor substrate, a second electrically-conductive type photoelectric conversion section, a second electrically-conductive type charge-holding section, a transfer section, and a trench section. The semiconductor substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite thereto. The photoelectric conversion section, embedded in the semiconductor substrate, generates charges corresponding to a light reception amount by photoelectric conversion. The charge-holding section, embedded in the semiconductor substrate, holds the charges generated in the photoelectric conversion section. The transfer section transfers charges from the photoelectric conversion section to a transfer destination. The trench section extends in a thickness direction from the first surface toward the second surface in the charge-holding section. The trench section includes a first base and a first electrically-conductive type first semiconductor layer provided to cover the first base. |
US12041366B2 |
Imaging device and electronic device
An imaging device having a function of processing an image is provided. The imaging device has an additional function such as image processing, can hold analog data obtained by an image capturing operation in a pixel, and can extract data obtained by multiplying the analog data by a predetermined weight coefficient. Difference data between adjacent light-receiving devices can be obtained in a pixel, and data on luminance gradient can be obtained. When the data is taken in a neural network or the like, inference of distance data or the like can be performed. Since enormous volume of image data in the state of analog data can be held in pixels, processing can be performed efficiently. |
US12041364B2 |
Imaging method with pulsed light
The invention relates to a method allowing the use of the information accessible by fluorescence imaging to be optimized. For this purpose, it implements the combination of a protocol for calibration and synchronization of a pulsed light for exciting a fluorescent marker, with the operation in “rolling shutter” mode of a fluorescence camera. An appropriate correction factor allows the complete signal integrated by all of the photodiodes of the camera to be used so that no image is lost. |
US12041362B2 |
Imaging apparatus, operation method of imaging apparatus, and program
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element that incorporates a memory which stores image data obtained by imaging an imaging region at a first frame rate, and a first processor configured to output the image data at a second frame rate less than or equal to the first frame rate, and an imaging lens including a focus lens, in which the first processor is configured to generate combined image data based on the image data of the number of frames decided in accordance with a depth of field with respect to the imaging region out of the image data of a plurality of frames obtained by imaging the imaging region at different positions of the focus lens. |
US12041348B2 |
Image sensor including plurality of auto focusing pixel groups
An image sensor according to an example embodiment include a plurality of image pixel groups, a plurality of auto focusing (AF) pixel groups, a first transmission control signal line connected to a first pixel of each of the plurality of image pixel groups, a second transmission control signal line connected to a second pixel of each of the plurality of image pixel groups, a third transmission control signal line connected to a first pixel of each of the plurality of AF pixel groups, and a fourth transmission control signal line connected to a second pixel of each of the plurality of AF pixel groups, wherein the fourth transmission control signal line is electrically separated from the first to the third transmission control signal line, and the each of the plurality of image pixel group and the plurality of AF pixel groups are disposed below a single microlens. |
US12041338B1 |
Personalized content creation
Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for capturing a new media content item. In various implementations, a device includes a display, one or more processors and a non-transitory memory. In some implementations, a method includes determining a plot template for generating a media content item based on other media content items that are distributed temporally. In some implementations, the plot template is defined by a set of one or more conditional triggers for capturing the other media content items. In some implementations, the method includes determining that a condition associated with a first conditional trigger of the set of one or more conditional triggers is satisfied. In some implementations, the method includes in response to the condition associated with the first conditional trigger being satisfied, displaying, on the display, a notification to capture a new media content item for populating the plot template. |
US12041336B2 |
Sensor assembly including light control member and electronic device including the same
A sensor assembly is provided. The sensor assembly includes a housing including an opening, a circuit substrate disposed in the inside of the housing, an image sensor electrically connected to the circuit substrate, a light-control member configured to change light transmittance from a light transmission state capable of transmitting external light to a light reflection state capable of reflecting light according to application of power, and a contact member disposed adjacent to the opening and allowing light to pass therethrough. wherein, when viewed from a lateral side, the light-control member is disposed such that a longitudinal extension line of the light-control member and a longitudinal extension line of the contact member may form a predetermined angle therebetween, when the light-control member is in the light transmission state, the image sensor is disposed to obtain an image over the light-control member, and when the light-control member is in the light reflection state, the image sensor is disposed to receive light reflected by the light-control member and light directly incident through the contact member. |
US12041330B2 |
Optical module for endoscope and endoscope
An optical module for endoscope includes a light emitting element, an optical fiber, a ferrule to which the light emitting element is bonded, a wiring board to which the ferrule is bonded, and a resin disposed between the ferrule and the wiring board, wherein the ferrule has a first principal surface made of a transparent material, a second principal surface, and a side surface, the second principal surface has an opening of an insertion hole, the second principal surface has an opening of a groove communicating with the insertion hole, the side surface has an opening of the groove, and a first distance between the opening of the groove on the side surface and the first principal surface is greater than a second distance between the bottom surface of the insertion hole and the first principal surface. |
US12041325B2 |
Scrolling spectral filter
A device including an array of pixels and a filter wheel may capture a plurality of images by exposing the array of pixels. The device may spin, while capturing the plurality of images, the filter wheel, and the filter wheel may include filter segments. In some implementations, a portion of the filter wheel in front of the array of pixels includes two or more filter segments. |
US12041320B2 |
Consistent generation of media elements across media
An example method performed by a processing system includes retrieving a digital model of a media element from a database storing a plurality of media elements, wherein the media element is to be inserted into a scene of an audiovisual media, rendering the media element in the scene of the audiovisual media, based on the digital model of the media element and on metadata associated with the digital model to produce a rendered media element, wherein the metadata describes a characteristic of the media element and a limit on the characteristic, and inserting the rendered media element into the scene of the audiovisual media. |
US12041319B2 |
Apparatus and methods to associate different watermarks detected in media
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for associating different watermarks detected in media. An example method disclosed herein includes determining whether a first watermark detected in a media signal is represented in a watermark data structure and associating the first watermark with a first media presentation record associated with a second watermark in response to the first watermark being associated in the watermark data structure with the second watermark. The example method further includes transmitting monitoring data including the first media presentation record to an audience measurement entity. |
US12041318B2 |
System and method for automatic detection and reporting of group watermarking data
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for managing media content having group watermarking data is disclosed. The method comprises transmitting a request to receive the media content from a content playback device, receiving a response to the transmitted request, fetching, by the content playback device according to the response, the requested media content and a watermark schema, the watermark schema fetched from cloud-based storage, identifying, by the content playback device, the group watermarking data in the media content according to the fetched watermarking schema, determining, by the content playback device if the media content is authorized for provision according to the group watermarking data and the fetched watermarking schema, and providing the media content for playback according to the determined authorization. |
US12041317B2 |
Merging permissions and content output
Aspects of the disclosure relate to determining that a wireless device associated with one user account is proximate to a computing device associated with another user account. In response to determining the proximity of the two devices, one or more of the devices may receive merged access to permissions and/or content associated with the two user accounts. In response to determining that the wireless device is not proximate to the computing device, the devices may no longer receive merged access to permissions and/or content associated with the two user accounts. |
US12041315B2 |
Apparatus and method for improving transmission efficiency of video content for Wi-Fi
Provided herein are apparatus and methods for improving transmission efficiency of video content for Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi). An apparatus for a Wi-Fi device comprises a Radio Frequency (RF) interface and processing circuitry coupled with the RF interface. The processing circuitry is to encode a Medium Access Control (MAC) frame, to carry video content to be transmitted to one or more other Wi-Fi devices connected with the Wi-Fi device; encapsulate the MAC frame into a physical (PHY) frame, the PHY frame is to include an additional byte in a high-efficiency signal-A (HE-SIG-A) field, to indicate whether the MAC frame is encoded as an original MAC frame including one Frame Check Sequence (FCS) or a video content specific MAC frame including more than one FCSs; and transmit the PHY frame, via the RF interface, to the one or more other Wi-Fi devices. |
US12041313B2 |
Data processing method and apparatus, device, and medium
A data processing method includes: in response to a service enabling operation in a video application, enabling a video recording service in the video application; collecting, using the video recording service, user voice data; determining and identifying a target text that matches prompting text data associated with the video recording service; and acquiring target video data corresponding to the video recording service until a text position of the target text in the prompting text data is at an end of the prompting text data. Embodiments of this application improve the effectiveness of teleprompting functions during a video recording, and the quality of a recorded video may further be improved. |
US12041311B2 |
Systems and methods for identifying and correlating an advertised object from a media asset with a demanded object from a group of interconnected computing devices embedded in a living environment of a user
Systems and methods for identifying and correlating an advertised object with a plurality of interconnected computing devices embedded in a living environment of the user. For example, a media guidance application implemented at a set-top box with a television may receive a signal from a printer indicating that cartridge ink is low. When the user is watching a television show and an advertisement relating to printer cartridges is being played, the media guidance application may identify that the advertised printer cartridges may be something that the user needs, and may then send a notification to a user of the advertisement. In this way, the media guidance application correlates advertisements from a media asset with a user's actual needs, which may improve the advertisement conversion rate for advertisers. |
US12041308B2 |
Method for managing the access to a multimedia content
A method for managing the access, by a player/reader device, to a multimedia content accessible from a source, called main source, from which broadcast of the content has begun. A change of the play/read time, during the playing/reading, is able to trigger a playing/reading from a first source selected by default and offering a first rendering quality. The method includes: receiving a request for access to the content being broadcast; obtaining a set of data sources, called secondary sources, from which the content is accessible; receiving, during the playing/reading, a command for moving the play/read time; and selecting a source depending on the first rendering quality and on the second rendering quality. |
US12041306B2 |
Geo-fencing of media content using distribution areas in a database
In some embodiments, a method receives a distribution area identifier for media content. A distribution area is defined by one or more geographic primitives and associated with a distribution area identifier. A geographic primitive is defined by one or more location identifiers. The method determines whether the one or more geographic primitives of the media content is applicable to a geographic primitive that is determined from a location identifier associated with a request. |
US12041304B2 |
Methods and apparatus for co-viewing adjustment
Methods and apparatus disclosed herein can be used to perform co-viewer adjustment. An example apparatus or viewership adjustment includes at least one memory, machine readable instructions, and processor circuitry to execute the machine readable instructions to determine compliant and non-compliant household panel meter data based on household metrics for past household viewing behavior, adjust undercounted viewership data based on an active media session interval associated with the household metrics, adjust overcounted viewership data based on a viewership model, the viewership model trained using the compliant household panel meter data, and output adjusted viewership data based on the adjusted undercounted viewership data and adjusted overcounted viewership data. |
US12041303B1 |
Bandwidth estimation for video encoding
Techniques are generally described for remote estimation of bandwidth. In various examples, a video stream may be received at a first bit rate over a first communication channel. A first value of a network condition of the video stream may be determined over a first time period. A determination may be made that the first value is less than a threshold value. A first bandwidth estimate of the communication channel may be determined. The first bandwidth estimate may comprise the first bit rate reduced by a first percentage. A second value of the network condition may be determined over a second time period. A determination may be made that the second value is greater than the threshold value. A second bandwidth estimate of the communication channel may be determined. The second bandwidth estimate may be less than the first bandwidth estimate. |
US12041302B2 |
System and method for obtaining viewer demographic data from a set-top box
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a system for obtaining enriched channel tracking data from a set-top box (STB). Channel information associated with channels viewed by at least one viewer on a display device associated with the STB is accessed. It is determined whether the microphone has captured one or more voice signals in vicinity of the STB prior to detection of an occurrence of a predefined event. Further, voice biometric data is extracted from each captured voice signal to configure viewer demographic data when the microphone has captured the one or more voice signals. The viewer demographic data is configured based at least on identifying viewer information corresponding to the voice biometric data. The viewer demographic data is correlated with channel tracking data corresponding to the detected predefined event to generate a payload. The data packet including the payload is transmitted to a remote server. |
US12041296B2 |
Apparatus, systems and methods for media mosaic management
Systems and methods for managing media mosaics are described. One embodiment provides a media mosaic management method in a media device. The method generates a mosaic filter based on a program selected from a first media mosaic. The mosaic filter is used to identify related programs for presentation in a second, customized media mosaic. |
US12041294B2 |
Video processing method and device
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a video processing method and device, a computer-readable storage medium, a computer program product and a computer program, where the method includes: acquiring a to-be-processed video frame and corresponding special effect setup information; sending the to-be-processed video frame and the corresponding special effect setup information to a server, so that the server adds a target special effect on the to-be-processed video frame according to the special effect setup information to obtain a target video frame corresponding to the to-be-processed video frame, and splices all obtained target video frames to generate a target video, after the first device finishes shooting; and receiving the target video sent by the server, and displaying the target video, which improves efficiency of adding special effects, thereby improving user experience. |
US12041292B2 |
Systems and methods for presenting background graphics for media asset identifiers identified in a user defined data structure
Systems and methods are provided herein for selecting graphics to use as backgrounds of media asset identifiers. To this end, a media guidance application may determine that a media asset identifier is to be generated for display, and may determine whether the user input an explicit preference for a media asset corresponding to the media asset identifier (e.g., the user added the media asset to his watch list). In response to determining that the user input the explicit preference for the media asset corresponding to the media asset identifier, the media guidance application may determine display dimensions of the second media asset identifier, select a graphic that corresponds to the display dimensions, and generate for display the selected graphic as a background graphic of the media asset identifier. |
US12041291B2 |
QR attribution
Systems and methods are disclosed for QR attribution for actionable content including in content streams and displays. In certain embodiments, a method may comprise analyzing viewer interaction with displayed content via a content display service, including identifying user content for display that includes an original scannable indicator, re-rendering the user content to produce re-rendered content including a new scannable indicator, receiving an indicator from a user device that the new scannable indicator has been scanned, logging analytics data based on the indicator, and redirecting the user device based on the original scannable indicator. |
US12041288B2 |
Changing resource utilization associated with a media object based on an engagement score
In accordance with some implementations, a method includes: displaying a visual representation of a media object according to a first resource utilization value; while displaying the visual representation of the media object, determining an engagement score that characterizes a level of user engagement with respect to the media object; in accordance with a determination that the engagement score is greater than a threshold value, maintaining display of the visual representation of the media object according to the first resource utilization value; and in accordance with a determination that the engagement score is less than the threshold value: ceasing display of the visual representation of the media object according to the first resource utilization value; and playing, via the speaker, an audio representation of the media object, according to a second resource utilization value different than the first resource utilization value. |
US12041285B2 |
Systems and methods for dynamically displaying a guide interface element based on a customized duration
Systems and methods provided herein describe dynamically displaying a guide interface element for a customized period of time that is determined based on characteristics of the actual guide interface element to be displayed. In this way, when the timeout of the guide interface element is customized based on characteristics of the guide data, the duration engine allows sufficient time for the viewer to view and react to the guide interface element. Incidents of viewer re-launching of the guide interface element can thus be reduced to improve system processing efficiency and viewing experience. |
US12041279B2 |
Fast video stream startup
The exemplary embodiments relate to devices, systems and methods for a streaming service to provide fast video stream startup at a user device. The streaming service may determine that a video stream for on-demand content is to be provided to the user device and is to include multiple subclips corresponding to the on-demand content and a dynamic content insertion opportunity (DCIO). A first set of multimedia data is transmitted to the user device that corresponds to a first subclip of the on-demand content. When a predetermined condition corresponding to the DCIO is satisfied, a second set of multimedia data is transmitted to the user device that includes multimedia data corresponding to at least the multiple subclips. |
US12041275B1 |
Signal reshaping for high dynamic range signals
In a method to improve backwards compatibility when decoding high-dynamic range images coded in a wide color gamut (WCG) space which may not be compatible with legacy color spaces, hue and/or saturation values of images in an image database are computed for both a legacy color space (say, YCbCr-gamma) and a preferred WCG color space (say, IPT-PQ). Based on a cost function, a reshaped color space is computed so that the distance between the hue values in the legacy color space and rotated hue values in the preferred color space is minimized. HDR images are coded in the reshaped color space. Legacy devices can still decode standard dynamic range images assuming they are coded in the legacy color space, while updated devices can use color reshaping information to decode HDR images in the preferred color space at full dynamic range. |
US12041272B2 |
Virtual boundary signaling method and apparatus for video encoding/decoding
Disclosed herein are a video encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The video decoding method according to the present invention includes: obtaining information on whether filtering is performed on a virtual boundary for a current picture from a bitstream; decoding information on the number of virtual boundaries based on the information on whether filtering is performed on a virtual boundary; decoding information on a position of a virtual boundary based on the information on the number of virtual boundaries; and reconstructing the current picture based on the information on the position of the virtual boundary. |
US12041269B2 |
Planar prediction mode
New intra planar modes are introduced for predicting digital video data. As part of the new intra planar modes, various methods are offered for predicting a first sample within a prediction unit, where the first sample is needed for referencing to when processing the new intra planar modes. And once the first sample is successfully predicted, the new intra planar modes are able to predict a sample of video data within the prediction unit by processing a bi-linear interpolation of four previously reconstructed reference samples. |
US12041265B2 |
Image encoding/decoding method and apparatus, and recording medium in which bitstream is stored
An image is decoded by deriving a first candidate list for the current block by using motion information of neighboring blocks of the current block; deriving a second candidate list for the current block by using previously reconstructed motion information; deriving a third candidate list by using the first candidate list and the second candidate list; and deriving a prediction block for the current block by using the third candidate list. |
US12041263B2 |
Video coding apparatus and video decoding apparatus
In the related art, in some cases the weighted prediction processing is performed even in a case that normal prediction processing is to be performed. A video decoding apparatus includes a weighted prediction processing unit configured to decode a weight coefficient and an offset value from coded data and to generate a prediction image by multiplying an interpolation image by the weight coefficient and adding the offset value to the interpolation image, and a normal prediction processing unit configured to generate a prediction image from the interpolation image. In a case that in the weighted prediction processing unit, a bi-prediction is performed and information of the weight coefficient and the offset value is absent for both a reference list 0 and a reference list 1, the normal prediction processing unit generates a bi-prediction image. |
US12041262B2 |
Encoding and decoding method, apparatus, and device
An encoding and decoding method, apparatus, and device is disclosed. The method comprises: if characteristic information of a current block meets a specific condition, performing the following steps to acquire a target prediction value of the current block or a sub-block of the current block: determining a first original prediction value based on first unidirectional motion information of the current block, and determining a second original prediction value based on second unidirectional motion information of the current block; determining a horizontal velocity based on the first original prediction value and the second original prediction value; determining a vertical velocity based on the first original prediction value and the second original prediction value; acquiring a prediction compensation value based on the horizontal velocity and the vertical velocity; and acquiring the target prediction value based on the first original prediction value, the second original prediction value and the prediction compensation value. |
US12041260B2 |
Adaptive parameter selection for cross-component prediction in image and video compression
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus including processing circuitry that decodes prediction information indicating a cross-component linear model (CCLM) mode being applied to a chroma block in a current picture. For a first region in the chroma block, the processing circuitry determines a first adjustment value used to modify an offset parameter in the CCLM mode based on a first subset of reconstructed samples in a luma block collocated with the chroma block. The first subset of the reconstructed samples does not include one or more samples in the luma block. The processing circuitry updates the offset parameter based on the first adjustment value. The processing circuitry determines a second adjustment value used to modify a slope parameter in the CCLM mode based on a second subset of the reconstructed samples in the luma block and updates the slope parameter based on the second adjustment value. |
US12041258B2 |
Apparatus and methods for watermarking using starting phase modulation
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for watermarking using starting phase modulation. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, machine readable instructions, and processor circuitry to execute the machine readable instructions to at least access a media signal, access a watermark symbol to be encoded into the media signal, determine bit values of the watermark symbol, determine a common starting phase value for watermark components of the watermark symbol, the common starting phase value to represent at least one of the bit values of the watermark symbol, and embed the watermark components into the media signal based on the common starting phase value. |
US12041252B2 |
Multi-threaded CABAC decoding
A method, system, and computer readable medium for improved decoding CABAC encoded media are described. A decoding loop includes decoding an encoded binary element from a sequence of encoded binary elements to generate a decoded binary element using a context probability. A next context probability for a next encoded binary element in the sequence is determined from the decoded binary element and the next context probability for decoding the next encoded binary element is provided to the decoding loop for a next iteration. |
US12041251B2 |
Processing sub-partitions using reference pixels
A method includes determining a first set of reference pixels from processing of a first sub-partition of a current block and determining a second set of reference pixels from processing of a second sub-partition of the current block. The first sub-partition and the second sub-partition are processed in parallel. The method processes a third sub-partition of the current block based on the first set of reference pixels and processes a fourth sub-partition of the current block based on the second set of reference pixels. |
US12041246B2 |
Access of essential video coding (EVC) slices in a file
An includes a decoding device for fast and efficient access of the EVC slices in a file, The decoding device includes a communication interface and a processor operably coupled to the communication interface. The communication interface is configured to receive a compressed bitstream. The processor determines one or more slices of the compressed bitstream to decode, in a component track. The processor also identifies a track reference in a configuration record of the component track, wherein the track reference indicates a track that is separate from the component track and the track includes parameter sets required to process the one or more slices. The processor further decodes for display the one or more slices using the parameter sets included in the indicated track. |
US12041240B2 |
Image coding method based on secondary transform and apparatus therefor
An image decoding method according to the present document comprises the steps of: receiving a quantized transform coefficient for a target block and a transform index for a non-separable secondary transform; dequantizing the quantized transform coefficients to derive transform coefficients; deriving modified transform coefficients on the basis of a matrix operation of a transform kernel matrix in a transform set indicated by the transform index and a transform coefficient list corresponding to the magnitude of dequantized transform coefficients; clipping the modified transform coefficients to a predetermined range of values; and deriving residual samples for the target block on the basis of an inverse primary transform with respect to the modified transform coefficients clipped. |
US12041237B2 |
Coding of pictures containing slices and tiles
Techniques for video processing, including video coding, video decoding and video transcoding are described. One example method includes performing a conversion between a video picture that includes one or more tiles and one or more rectangular slices and a bitstream of the video according to a rule. The rule specifies that, for iteratively determining information about the one or more rectangular slices, a variable indicating a tile index is updated only for slices having indices that are smaller than a value equal to a number of slices in the video picture minus 1. |
US12041228B2 |
Coding of intra-prediction modes
Apparatus configured to derive a set-selective syntax element indicating whether the predetermined block is to be predicted using one of a first set of intra-prediction modes comprising a DC intra prediction mode and angular prediction modes. If the set-selective syntax element indicates that the predetermined block is to be predicted using one of the first set of intra-prediction modes, the apparatus is configured to use a list of most probable intra-prediction modes. If the set-selective syntax element indicates that the predetermined block is not to be predicted using one of the first set of intra-prediction modes, the apparatus is configured to use a matrix-based intra-prediction mode. The list of most probable intra-prediction modes is formed such that the list of most probable intra-prediction modes is free of the DC intra prediction mode in case of the neighbouring blocks being predicted by any of the angular intra prediction modes. |
US12041225B2 |
Restrictions of usage of tools according to reference picture types
A video processing method includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video including multiple video blocks and a coded representation of the video, and from types of reference pictures used for the conversion, applicability of a coding tool to the current video block and performing the conversion based on the determining. The method may be performed by a video decoder or a video encoder or a video transcoder. |
US12041223B2 |
Chroma intra mode derivation in screen content coding
A method includes deriving, for a current video block of a video that is a chroma block and coded in a chroma derived mode (DM), an intra prediction mode for the current video block according to a rule related to a coding mode of the current video block; and performing a conversion between the current video block and a coded presentation of the video, wherein the rule specifies to derive the intra prediction mode based on an intra prediction direction of a corresponding luma block used to derive the chroma DM mode and coded using a block differential pulse code modulation representation of a quantized residual block corresponding to the current video block. |
US12041220B2 |
360-degree virtual-reality system for dynamic events
A dynamic event capturing and rendering system collects and aggregates video, audio, positional, and motion data to create a comprehensive user perspective 360-degree rendering of a field of play. An object associated with a user collects data that is stitched together and synchronized to provide post event analysis and training. Through an interface actions that occurred during an event can be recreated providing the viewer with information on what the user associated with the object was experiencing, where the user was looking, and how certain actions may have changed the outcome. Using the collected data, a virtual realty environment is created that can be manipulated to present alternative courses of action and outcomes. |
US12041219B2 |
Immersive media content presentation and interactive 360° video communication
An apparatus for presenting immersive media content is described. The apparatus obtains from a sender video data representing immersive content for a certain viewing direction and/or for a certain viewpoint, and displays the video data representing the immersive content for the certain viewing direction and/or for the certain viewpoint. |
US12041218B2 |
Three-dimensional content distribution system, three-dimensional content distribution method and computer program
The present disclosure causes live content to be drawn on the basis of specification data on a virtual object, operation data on the virtual object, and the like, and causes the drawn content to be provided for viewing reproduction on a terminal for viewing. |
US12041217B2 |
Video optimization system and method based on gaze vector information
A system and method for providing immersive video based on gaze vector information. A gaze vector is obtained from a client device operating to display an immersive video asset to a user, wherein each video frame comprises an array of tiles projected on a 3-dimensional (3D) display environment viewed by the user in which the user is immersed, the gaze vector defining a gaze direction in the 3D display environment where the user is viewing (i.e., a viewport) at any particular time. Angular separations between the viewport and remaining portions of the video frame are used in selecting different video qualities of the immersive video asset such that the viewport comprises a higher video quality than the remaining portions when displayed by the client device. |
US12041215B2 |
Processing apparatus, method, and storage medium for storing program
The first conversion information is information for converting a color value of a first coordinate in a color space corresponding to the image data into ink data corresponding to ink of subtractive color mixture, and converting a color value of a second coordinate in the color space into ink data corresponding to ink of spot color which is different from a color of the ink of the subtractive color mixture. At least one of a plurality of coordinates adjacent to the second coordinate is the second coordinate. |
US12041213B2 |
Image processing apparatus in which full color document images are printed in monochrome, image processing method, and storage medium
At the time of printing a color page image in monochrome, multi-dimensional color component values of each object included in the color page image are converted into a gray value. Then, in the processing to widen a difference between a first gray value and a second gray value, in a case where a color represented by the first color component value and a color represented by the second color component value do not belong to the same color group, the difference between the first gray value and the second gray value is made larger than that in a case where both the colors belong to the same color group. |
US12041212B1 |
Image forming apparatus and communication method for transmission of data through relay
An image forming apparatus can include a communications circuit, a printer, and a controller. The communications circuit is configured to communicate with a networked image forming apparatus via a network. The printer is configured to form an image on a sheet. The controller includes a processor and a memory. The controller is configured to acquire sensor data from a sensor operatively coupled to the controller; determine, via the network, a relay image forming apparatus, the relay image forming apparatus having an operating rate being relatively lower than an operating rate of multiple image forming apparatuses including the image forming apparatus and the networked image forming apparatus; and transmit, via the relay image forming apparatus, the sensor data to a predetermined recipient apparatus. |
US12041208B2 |
Image reading apparatus
An image reading apparatus includes: a document transport route along which a document inserted into the image reading apparatus from a front side is transported backward; a reader that reads an image of the document; an ejection guide that upwardly guides the document being fed after the document is ejected backward from the document transport route; and a transport-force-applying mechanism that applies a transport force to the document. The transport force applied by the transport-force-applying mechanism to a first side of the document is greater than the transport force applied by the transport-force-applying mechanism to a second side of the document, the first side being positioned on a first-directional side in a width direction intersecting a document transport direction, the second side being positioned a second-directional side that is opposite to the first-directional side. The ejection guide is positioned asymmetrically toward the first-directional side in the width direction. |
US12041206B2 |
Image reading apparatus having sensor for detecting shape of fed documents, control method for controlling image reading apparatus, and storage medium having stored therein control method
An image reading apparatus includes a conveying unit configured to convey a document, a reading unit configured to read an image on the conveyed document, a measurement unit configured to measure a distance from an upper portion of a sheet feeding port for the document to an upper surface of the document, and a control unit configured to, according to the distance measured by the measurement unit, suspend the conveyance of the document by the conveying unit. According to a user operation for reading again the document of which the reading is suspended by the control unit, the conveying unit conveys the document and the reading unit reads the image on the document, and while the document of which the conveyance is suspended is conveyed again, the control unit does not suspend the conveyance of the document based on the distance measured by the measurement unit. |
US12041202B2 |
Automated systems for communications analysis according to recording restrictions
Disclosed embodiments provide a framework for automatically establishing recording parameters according to specified recording restrictions and generating analytics corresponding to communications recorded subject to the recording restrictions. During a communications session between a user and an agent, a system can identify any recording restrictions corresponding to user communications exchanged during the communications session. The system automatically processes, in real-time, communications exchanged during the communications session as these communications are exchanged to identify the user communications and agent communications. The system generates a transcript that includes the agent communications but selectively records and transcribes the user communications according to the recording restrictions. A machine learning algorithm is trained to generate a set of inferences corresponding to a user sentiment based on historic recordings and transcripts of historic communications sessions between users and agents, as well as corresponding feedback. From the set of inferences, the system generates agent analytics. |
US12041200B2 |
Emergency call handling in a telecommunications network
A method for enhanced emergency call handling and/or continuation of an emergency call in a telecommunications network includes: in a first step, an emergency call is initiated by a mobile communication device and set up as an IP multimedia subsystem emergency call; in a second step, during or subsequent to the first step, the mobile communication device receives, from the telecommunications network, a temporary local profile information comprising a security credential information and comprising or corresponding to a public identity of the mobile communication device and provided by the telecommunications network; and in a third step, subsequent to the second step, the mobile communication device triggers an IP multimedia subsystem registration at or to the telecommunications network, using the temporary local profile information. |
US12041196B2 |
Method of enabling digital music content to be downloaded to and used on a portable wireless computing device
The invention enables digital music content to be downloaded to and used on a portable wireless computing device. An application running on the wireless device has been automatically adapted to parameters associated with the wireless device without end-user input (e.g. the application has been configured in dependence on the device OS and firmware, related bugs, screen size, pixel number, security models, connection handling, memory etc. This application enables an end-user to browse and search music content on a remote server using a wireless network; to download music content from that remote server using the wireless network and to playback and manage that downloaded music content. The application also includes a digital rights management system that enables unlimited legal downloads of different music tracks to the device and also enables any of those tracks stored on the device to be played so long as a subscription service has not terminated. |
US12041193B2 |
Mobile terminal
The present invention relates to a foldable mobile terminal characterized by comprising: a foldable body; a flexible display panel which is provided on one surface of the body and folds together with the body; and a protective cover covering the flexible display panel. The protective cover comprises a first cover covering a foldable first area in the flexible display panel, and a second cover covering second covers provided on both sides of the first area in the flexible display panel. The second cover is made of a material which is different from the material of the first cover, and has a higher rigidity than the first cover. |
US12041191B2 |
Antenna and electronic apparatus including same
An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a housing which comprises a front surface plate, a rear surface plate oriented in the opposite direction to the front surface plate, and a side surface member surrounding the space between the front surface plate and the rear surface plate, at least a portion of the side surface member including at least one conductive section positioned between a first non-conductive section and a second non-conductive section which are spaced apart from each other, a conductive extended portion part extending from at least a partial area of the conductive section to the space, a printed circuit board disposed in the space, and a wireless communication circuit disposed on the printed circuit board and electrically connected a point which is in the conductive section and spaced toward a first location from the first non-conductive section. |
US12041187B2 |
Transaction verification through enhanced authentication
Systems and methods for authenticating requests to use an Application Programming Interface (“API”) are described. In some embodiments, a request to use an API is issued from a client to a server. One or more credentials for a first-level authentication challenge are provided from the client to the server. Responsive to the server determining that the client deviates from an expected behavior based on comparing the request to use the API with a pattern of activity associated with the client, the client receives a second authentication challenge. |
US12041181B2 |
Management of a computing device supply chain utilizing a distributed ledger
An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to obtain, at a given one of a plurality of computing sites in a supply chain associated with a given computing device, one or more component verification data records associated with the given computing device. The component verification data records are obtained from a distributed ledger maintained by the plurality of computing sites in the supply chain. The component verification data records characterize provisioning actions performed on the given computing device by computing sites in the supply chain. The processing device is also configured to generate component verification data characterizing a current configuration of hardware and software components of the given computing device. The processing device is further configured to determine an authenticity of the given computing device based on validating the generated component verification data for the given computing device utilizing the component verification data records obtained from the distributed ledger. |
US12041180B2 |
Method and system for generating data signatures using an unbounded, stateless private key
Digital signatures are generated for a message using an authentication tree data structure in which nodes are created as needed from a root node. A public and secret key pair is generated using a one-time signature method to form each node, and the secret key of each parent node is used to sign the public keys of its child nodes. Once the secret key of a node has been used in creating a signature for a message, it may be revealed. The signature data structure is unbounded and stateless, and need not be pre-generated and fixed. |
US12041179B2 |
Digital signature terminal and secure communication method
A digital signature terminal device and a secure communication method are provided. The digital signature terminal includes a first module and a second module. The first module includes a communication component configured to communicate with outside and includes a central unit. The central unit includes a memory configured to store data received by the communication component. The central unit is configured to receive an operation from a user, and is controlled, in response to the operation from the user, to be simultaneously connected to the second module and disconnected from the communication component or to be simultaneously disconnected from the second module and connected to the communication component. The second module includes a signature component configured to generate a digital signature for the data, and the second module is configured to send the digital signature to the memory. |
US12041178B2 |
Scalable, secure, and broad-spectrum mechanism for enforcement of protocols over multi-agent systems
Systems and methods for enforcing contract/protocol/law execution having a wide range of applicability. The disclosed systems and methods have very low latency between a transaction and its validation and have strong scalability. One example embodiment is a system for enforcing execution of a protocol among a plurality of parties. The example system includes a controller provider configured to manage a plurality of automated controllers. The system also includes a ledger and an inspector. The plurality of automated controllers correspond to the plurality of parties. Each automated controller is configured to enforce execution of the protocol using a computer program integrated with the automated controller. The controller provider intercepts messages sent or received by the automated controllers and stores them in the ledger. The ledger, thus, represents the history of events or operations between the parties, and the treatment of those events or operations by the controllers. The inspector is configured to access the ledger and evaluate whether representations of events or operations stored in the ledger are in accordance with the protocol. |
US12041175B2 |
Electronic system for resource origination tracking
Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for resource origination tracking, the invention including: electronically receiving, from a first user device associated with a first user, a digital resource and a set of distribution rules associated with the digital resource; creating an NFT associated with the digital resource; predicting, via a machine learning engine, a value of the NFT; electronically receiving, from a second user device associated with a second user, a request to complete a resource transfer; transferring ownership of the NFT associated with the digital resource from the current owner to the second user; and transmitting, to a managing entity system, instructions to transfer, from an account associated with the second user, a first amount of financial resources to an account associated with the current owner and a second amount of financial resources to an account associated with the first user. |
US12041174B2 |
Method and system for authenticating a secure credential transfer to a device
A method for authenticating a secure credential transfer to a device includes verifying user identity and device identity. In particular, the method includes verifying user identity by requesting and receiving a user identification input at a first client device and verifying device identity of a second client device by (i) determining a security status of the second client device from hardware of the second client device, (ii) invoking an identifier related to the security status of the second client device to an authentication server, and (iii) obtaining certification from the authentication server for the second client device based on the invoked identifier. After verifying the user identity and the device identity, the method includes establishing a secure channel between the first client device and the second client device for the secure credential transfer using one or more tokens generated by the authentication server. |
US12041172B2 |
Cryptographic authentication to control access to storage devices
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for cryptographic authentication to control access to storage devices. An applet executing on a processor of a contactless card may receive, via a wireless communications interface of the contactless card, a request to access a storage device of the contactless card, where the storage device is in a locked state. The applet may generate a cryptogram based on the request and transmit the cryptogram to a computing device via the wireless communications interface. The applet may receive, from the computing device, an indication specifying that a server decrypted the cryptogram. The applet may transmit, to a controller of the storage device and based on the indication specifying that the server decrypted the cryptogram, an indication specifying to unlock the storage device. The controller may transition the storage device from the locked state to an unlocked state based on the indication received from the applet. |
US12041170B2 |
Cloud to cloud test set up for authentication and monitoring
A method and system uses a test cloud system for monitoring cloud to cloud performance. The method includes initiating a first trust relationship by the test cloud system with a first target cloud system, receiving a success indicator for the trust relationship, in response to the first target cloud verifying the test cloud system is whitelisted, generating a security token using a private key of the test cloud system, and invoking a function of an application programming interface of the first target cloud using the security token to validate functionality of the function of the application programming interface of the first target cloud. |
US12041163B2 |
Secure medical apparatus communication
Secure medical apparatus communication is described herein. An example apparatus can include a processor and an apparatus communication component. The apparatus communication component can be coupled to the processor and can be configured to, in response to receiving data from an external communication component, generate an apparatus private key and an apparatus public key, provide the apparatus public key and data to the external communication component, receive data from the external communication component in response to providing the apparatus public key and data to the external communication component, decrypt the received data using the apparatus private key, verify an identity of the external communication component, and in response to verifying the identity of the external communication component, perform an operation on the medical apparatus using the received data. |
US12041152B2 |
Enhanced fine timing measurement protocol negotiation
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to enhanced fine timing measurement protocol negotiation. A device may identify an enhanced fine timing measurement request received from a first device, the enhanced fine timing measurement request comprising one or more information elements associated with one or more multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) parameters. The device may cause to send an enhanced fine timing measurement response to the first device. The device may identify a null data packet announcement associated with a location determination of the first device. The device may identify a null data packet received from the first device. The device may cause to send a null data packet feedback to the first device. |
US12041149B2 |
Service delivery with joint network and cloud resource management
Methods and apparatus are disclosed, including in one example a method for scheduling resources, associated with a plurality of components of a communication network, for providing a network service to a user equipment (UE). The method comprises receiving a service request for providing the network service, wherein the service request includes one or more service constraints. The method also comprises, for each of the plurality of network components, determining component resources that are needed to fulfill the service request according to the service constraints, sending, to a manager function associated with the particular component, a resource request that includes identification of the determined component resources and information related to the service constraints, and receiving, from the manager function, service information associated with the particular component. The method also includes, based on the service information and a cost function, determining a resource schedule for the plurality of network components that fulfils the service request. |
US12041144B2 |
System and method for a multi-channel notification service
A method for a communication platform includes receiving configuration data associated with an account, the configuration data identifying a plurality of communication endpoints of a plurality of users to receive messages of the entity. The method also includes receiving a request associated with the account of the entity to transmit one or more messages of the entity to a set of communication endpoints of the plurality of communication endpoints, and identifying, based on the request, one or more orchestration rules of the plurality of orchestration rules. The method further includes determining, based on the configuration data associated with the account of the entity and the one or more orchestration rules, parameters for delivering the one or more messages to the set of communication endpoints, and transmitting the one or more messages to communication endpoints in the set of communication endpoints according to the determined parameters. |
US12041141B2 |
Systems and methods for tracking sharing of web content
Systems and methods are provided for tracking sharing of an electronic content. An exemplary method may include receiving a request to access content associated with a web address by a user. Based on a unique identity assigned to the user and the web address, a unique tracking web address may be generated. This tracking web address may be shared with additional users. As other users request content associated with the tracking web address, information regarding the sharing of the electronic content may be determined and stored, allowing for tracking of sharing behavior of users. |
US12041139B2 |
Apparatus, method and computer readable medium for ranking network function service producers
An apparatus comprising means for performing: sending, to a network entity, a Network Function Discovery request comprising parameter information; and receiving, from the network entity, a response to the request, the response comprising: at least one identifier for at least one Network Function service producer; and at least one of: information ranking the at least one Network Function service producer according to how well the at least one Network Function service producer matches the request; and an indication of how much of the parameter information is matched by one or more parameters of the at least one Network Function service producer. |
US12041137B2 |
Group user migration method, apparatus and device, and storage medium
A group user migration method includes: creating a target graphic code and a corresponding first group in a first application in response to a group user migration request, the group user migration request being used for requesting to migrate a user in any group in a second application to a group in the first application; sharing the target graphic code to a target group in the second application in response to a sharing request for the target graphic code; determining a group to which the user belongs in the second application in response to a request of any user in the second application for joining the first group; and joining the user to the first group of the first application in response to determining that the user belongs to the target group. |
US12041136B2 |
Systems and methods for virtual multiplexed connections
A system for facilitating a plurality of virtual transmission control protocol connections between a target application and a source application is provided. The system includes a server proxy, a client proxy, and a network protection interposed between the server proxy and the client proxy. The server proxy is configured to receive an open request from the client proxy via a stateless protocol, including a target identifier, the open request originating from the source application, open a connection between the server proxy and the target application based on the target identifier, provide a response to the client proxy indicating a status of the open request, the response including at least one of a session identifier or a sequence identifier, receive, a data request from the client proxy, including the session identifier and an incremented sequence identifier, and provide the data request to the target application. |
US12041131B2 |
Safety network of things
An apparatus includes a network interface and a display. The network interface receives an identification of an event and sends a session request, the session request identifying a location of the event and an Internet address of the apparatus. The network interface transmits a distance from the location and receives a sensor selection request indicating a sensor. The display displays a geofence indicating a physical location of the sensor, at least in part based on the sensor selection request. The network interface transmits a sensor selection response indicating the sensor and receives data associated with the sensor. |
US12041128B2 |
High-throughput algorithm for multiversion concurrency control with globally synchronized time
Throughput is preserved in a distributed system while maintaining concurrency by pushing a commit wait period to client commit paths and to future readers. As opposed to servers performing commit waits, the servers assign timestamps, which are used to ensure that causality is preserved. When a server executes a transaction that writes data to a distributed database, the server acquires a user-level lock, and assigns the transaction a timestamp equal to a current time plus an interval corresponding to bounds of uncertainty of clocks in the distributed system. After assigning the timestamp, the server releases the user-level lock. Any client devices, before performing a read of the written data, must wait until the assigned timestamp is in the past. |
US12041124B2 |
Methods and apparatus for peer-to-peer data channels for storage devices
A method may include transferring data between a host and a first storage device through a first storage interface, transferring data between the host and a second storage device through a second storage interface, and transferring data between the first storage device and the second storage device through a peer-to-peer channel. A storage system may include a host interface, a first storage device having a first storage interface coupled to the host interface, a second storage device having a second storage interface coupled to the host interface, and a peer-to-peer bus coupled between the first and second storage devices. A storage device may include a storage medium, a storage device controller coupled to the storage medium, a storage interface coupled to the storage device controller, and a peer-to-peer interface coupled to the storage device controller. |
US12041119B2 |
Providing communication services using sets of I/O user devices
A user terminal emulation server maintains a database identifying network addresses, UI capabilities, and locations of I/O user devices. Communication sessions are established between first and second user terminal emulation applications and respective first and second I/O user devices proximately located to respective first and second users and which provide acceptable combined I/O user interfaces to the first and second users. When a direct path criterion is satisfied for creating a direct traffic flow, a traffic flow that was from the first I/O user devices to the first user terminal emulation applications is redirected to now be from the first I/O user device to the second I/O user device without passing through either of the first and second user terminal emulation applications. |
US12041118B2 |
Linked file engagement
Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, machine-readable mediums, and devices for providing an aggregated view of reactions to content across multiple sharing locations of a network-based content sharing service and in some examples across multiple sharing locations of multiple network-based content sharing services. The system may track or determine reactions across different sharing locations of a single content sharing service (such as a unified communication service) or across multiple services. In some examples, only reactions to the content that are from sharing locations accessible by a particular user are aggregated and displayed to the particular user. In other examples, reactions may be viewable from all sources regardless of access by a user. |
US12041116B2 |
Electronic device for file transfer and operating method thereof
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes communication circuitry and a processor operatively connected to the communication circuitry. The processor may transmit, to a first server, at least one file to be transmitted to another electronic device through the communication circuitry, may receive, from the first server, a message body related to the at least one file, may generate a message by adding, to the message body, information related to at least one file function, and may transmit the message to the other electronic device through the communication circuitry. |
US12041115B2 |
Systems and methods for reliable firmware update in tree-based wireless networks
Approaches for updating a firmware file in a network having multiple transceiver nodes and being capable of receiving and transmitting the firmware file include dividing the firmware file into multiple of chunks, each chunk being able to be included in a single data packet transmitted between two of the transceiver nodes; transmitting each of the chunks from the first one of the transceiver nodes to the second one of the transceiver nodes; transmitting a request message from the first one of the transceiver nodes to the second one of the transceiver nodes, the request message including information associated with the chunks that have been transmitted in step (b); and transmitting a responding message from the second one of the transceiver nodes to the first one of the transceiver nodes, the responding message including information associated with one or more chunks that are included in the request message but not received by the second one of the transceiver nodes. |
US12041114B2 |
Multi request asynchronous delegation for enhanced performance
Systems and methods for processing webpage calls via multiple module responses are described. A system may receive, from a client device, a first call for module data associated with a set of webpage modules for presentation in a webpage. The system may subsequently transmit, to the client device based on receiving the first call, a first response including first module data associated with a first subset of the set of webpage modules. The first response may additionally include a token identifying the webpage. The server may additionally transmit, to the client device based on transmitting the first response, a second response including the token identifying the webpage and second module data associated with a second subset of the set of webpage modules that differs from the first subset of the set of webpage modules. |
US12041111B2 |
Methods and apparatus to monitor streaming media
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to monitor streaming media. An example apparatus includes memory, instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to: calibrate video data based on audio data, the video data and the audio data associated with a media stream, generate a signature representative of the media stream based on the calibrated video data, compare the signature to a signature database to identify a matching signature in the signature database; and credit media corresponding to the matching signature as being viewed. |
US12041108B2 |
Apparatus, a method and a computer program for video coding and decoding
A method comprising: writing, in a container file, at least one first entry comprising a first part of a slice segment header; indicating, in the container file, for a sample which entry of the at least one first entry applies; and authoring the sample without the first part of the slice segment header. |
US12041107B2 |
Methods and systems for content stream coding
Methods and systems are provided for encoding content using a first encoding algorithm to produce first encoded content. Content can also be encoded using a second encoding alaorithm to produce second encoded content, where the second encoded content can comprise data that can be used to reconstruct the first encoded content. At any time relative to the encoding, a request for the content can be received from a user device. In response to receipt of the request, the first encoded content is transmitted to the user device and the second encoded content is transmitted to the user device. |
US12041103B2 |
Realtime communications and network browsing client
A graphical user interface is displayed. The graphical user interface includes at least one communication control for managing communications with other network nodes and at least one browser control for navigating to different network resource addresses. Human perceptible realtime output is generated from realtime communication data relating to a realtime communication session with at least one other client network node. In the process of generating of at least some of the human perceptible realtime output, operation of the client network node is managed based on at least one performance target. In the graphical user interface, a graphical representation of a network resource identified in connection with the browser control is displayed. |
US12041102B2 |
Video conference enhancements for education
A virtual conferencing system is described for implementing a plurality of user interface configurations for an administrator and for a plurality of users to access via computing devices. The virtual conferencing system includes a user interface configuration for an administrator to place users in a specific location within a virtual environment and provide users with visual and audio feedback. The virtual conferencing system also includes a virtual breakout room configuration for the administrator to distribute a subset of users into breakout rooms and access each breakout room simultaneously. The virtual conferencing system also includes a virtual waiting room configuration for the administrator to place users within a waiting room including an audio and visual element for any desired amount of time. |
US12041100B2 |
Videoconferencing meeting slots via specific secure deep links
A method for generating secure deep links comprises generating a deep link generation request; receiving a videoconferencing meeting slot list, wherein each videoconferencing meeting slot comprises at least a location within a videoconferencing space of a videoconferencing platform stored in memory; and generating a deep link that is unique for each videoconferencing meeting slot, the deep link encoding at least the location of the videoconferencing meeting slot within the videoconferencing space. Methods for generating spatial deep links for virtual spaces for inviting participants, and methods for generating distributed deep links using data fragments that may be reassembled, are also described. |
US12041094B2 |
Threat sensor deployment and management
Various embodiments of apparatuses and methods for threat sensor deployment and management in a malware threat intelligence system are described. In some embodiments, the system comprises a plurality of threat sensors, deployed at different network addresses and physically located in different geographic regions in a provider network, which detect interactions from sources. In some embodiments, a threat sensor deployment and management service determines a deployment plan for the plurality of threat sensors, including each threat sensor's associated threat data collectors. The threat data collectors can be of different types such as utilizing different communication protocols or ports, or providing different kinds of responses to inbound communications. The different threat sensors can have different lifetimes. The service deploys the threat sensors based on the plan, collects data from the deployed threat sensors, adjusts the deployment plan based on the collected data and the threat sensor lifetimes, and then performs the adjustments. |
US12041083B1 |
Coordinating discrete systems
A provider of a first network-based service provides a list of user data for users of the first network-based service to a provider of a second network-based service. The users associated with the list of user data access results of the one or more identity monitoring services from the first network-based service, the second network-based service, a third-party identity monitoring service, or any suitable combination thereof. Additional services are offered to one or more users associated with the list of user data. A user accepting the offer pays a fee to the offering provider for the additional service. Based on the user being associated with the list of user data provided by the provider of the first network-based service and the user paying the fee for the additional service, a portion of the fee is transferred to the provider of the first network-based service. |
US12041082B2 |
Counter intelligence bot
Techniques are provided that facilitate responding to cyberattacks using counter intelligence (CI) bot technology. In one embodiment, a first system is disclosed that comprises a processor and a memory. The memory can store executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations including receiving a request from a second system requesting assistance in association with a cyberattack on the second system, wherein the request comprises information indicating a type of the cyberattack. The operations further comprise selecting a counter intelligence bot configured to respond to the type of cyberattack, and directing the counter intelligence bot to respond to the cyberattack, wherein the directing comprises enabling the counter intelligence bot to respond to the cyberattack by establishing a gateway with the second system and employing the gateway to intercept and respond to traffic associated with the cyberattack on behalf of the second system. |
US12041074B2 |
Malware spread simulation and visualization for cloud security
The technology disclosed relates to simulating spread of a malware in cloud applications. In particular, the technology disclosed relates to accessing sharing data for files shared between users via sync and share mechanisms of cloud applications, tracing connections between the users by traversing a directed graph constructed based on the sharing data, and simulating spread of a malware based on the traced connections to simulate user exposure to, infection by, and transmission of the malware. The connections are created as a result of syncing and sharing the files via the sync and share mechanisms. The malware is spread by syncing and sharing of infected ones of the files via the sync and share mechanisms. |
US12041073B2 |
Entity IP mapping
Systems and methods for mapping IP addresses to an entity include receiving at least one domain name associated with the entity. Embodiments may further include determining one or more variations of the at least one domain name based on analysis of domain name data collected from a plurality of domain name data sources that mention a variation of the at least one domain name. Some embodiments may also include identifying one or more IP addresses pointed to by the one or more variations of the entity's domain name based on analysis of IP address data collected from a plurality of IP address data sources. Additional embodiments include assigning weights to each of the identified one or more IP addresses and creating a mapping of IP addresses to associate with the entity based on analysis of the weighted one or more IP addresses. |
US12041070B2 |
Detecting malicious activity on an endpoint based on real-time system events
Techniques for detecting malicious activity on an endpoint based on real-time system events are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/process/computer program product for detecting malicious activity on an endpoint based on real-time system events includes monitoring an endpoint for malicious activity using an endpoint agent, in which the endpoint comprises a local device; detecting malicious activity associated with an application on the endpoint based on real-time system events using the endpoint agent based on a set of rules; and in response to detecting malicious activity on the endpoint based on real-time system events using the endpoint agent, performing a security response based on a security policy. |
US12041068B2 |
System and method for cybersecurity operations threat modeling
Systems and methods for cybersecurity operations threat modeling are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method may include: (1) receiving threat actor data and threat actor group data; (2) processing the threat actor data and the threat actor group data; (3) for each threat actor group, generating a threat actor group profile; (4) collecting operational data from an organizational system; (5) generating a threat model by applying the threat actor group profile to the operational data; and (6) deploying at least one countermeasure to the organizational system in response to the threat model. |
US12041067B2 |
Behavior detection and verification
When security-related behavior is detected on an endpoint, e.g., through a local security agent executing on the endpoint, a threat management facility associated with the endpoint can interact with a user via a second local security agent on a second endpoint in order to solicit verification, authorization, authentication or the like related to the behavior. In one aspect, an administrator for an enterprise managed by the threat management facility may verify, authorize, or otherwise approve the detected behavior using this technique. In another aspect, a user of the device may use this infrastructure to approve of a potentially risky behavior on one device by using a verification procedure on a second device associated with the user. |
US12041065B2 |
Resolving the disparate impact of security exploits to resources within a resource group
Systems, methods, and apparatuses enable one or more security microservices to resolve the disparate impact of security exploits to resources within a resource group. When a resource group is determined to be impacted by a security exploit, the one or more security microservices determines whether the members of the resource group are disparately impacted. In response, the one or more security microservices splits the resource group into an impacted resource group and a non-impacted resource group and applies exploit mitigation to the resource group members in the impacted resource group. When the one or more security microservices determine that the resource group members of the split resource group are no longer disparately impacted, the one or more security microservices combine the impacted resource group and the non-impacted resource group back into a single resource group. |
US12041062B2 |
Systems for securely tracking incident data and automatically generating data incident reports using collaboration rooms with dynamic tenancy
Systems for tracking incident data across phases of a data incident response including analysis, containment, and recovery, and automatically generating data incident reports are disclosed herein. Embodiments enable viewing of all the incident data in a single place including tracking of origin and history of the incident data to create an audit trail. Embodiments include managing incident data sharing and reporting including automatically generating and sharing data incident reports. Embodiments include a first feedback loop and a second feedback loop. The first feedback loop includes automatically surfacing to users changes to incident report specifications, errors or warnings in incident data with resolving recommendations including specific tasks to resolve the errors or warnings. The second feedback loop includes analyzing existing incident data based on reporting requirements to determine if the existing incident data is already applicable and automatically mapping and tagging the existing incident data to data needed for reporting requirements. |
US12041054B2 |
Methods and systems for detecting inadvertent unauthorized account access
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable storage mediums described herein are configured to automatically detect inadvertent, unauthorized account access. For example, a user account may be analyzed to identify roles thereof that permit identities of other accounts to assume the roles of the user account. The analysis is performed for each identified account, including any accounts having roles that permit identities of further accounts to assume the roles of the identified accounts. Accordingly, a chain of roles may be determined that indicates how one account may have access to another account via one or more intervening role assignments. This circuitous path of account access may be represented and displayed to a user, e.g., via a tree structure. Upon identifying an unauthorized account, an appropriate action may be performed to adjust permissions. |
US12041051B2 |
Techniques for anonymous rate limiting for services
A service client on a device can generate an access control identifier using a server seeded and client-specific secret. The device can generate a blinded access control identifier (ACI) using a randomness factor as part of a request message for a blinded ACI signature including authentication data. The device can transmit the request message to a verification server and upon verification receive a blinded ACI signature message that can subsequently be unblinded using the randomness factor to obtain the ACI signature. The device may send the ACI and the ACI signature to a verification server and after verifying the signature receive a service token. The device may transmit the service token to a service provider server requesting access to the service. When a rate associated with the service token is below a threshold rate, the device can access the service provided by the service provider service. |
US12041048B2 |
System and method for authenticating interactions with dynamically varying digital resources linked to resource distribution devices
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for authenticating interactions with dynamically varying digital resources linked to resource distribution devices. In particular, the system may be configured to identify initiation of an interaction by a user, via a resource distribution device, receive a request to verify a digital resource from an entity device, wherein the digital resource is captured by the entity device from a display of the resource distribution device, verify that the digital resource matches a stored digital resource linked with the user and transmit a confirmation to the entity device, receive a completion request from an interaction server to complete the interaction, validate that the digital resource is registered to the user, determine that the validation is successful, perform multi-level authentication to authorize completion of the interaction, and complete the interaction in response to performing the multi-level authentication. |
US12041043B2 |
Methods and processes for utilizing information collected for enhanced verification
A system for verifying a user identity. The system comprises one or more memory devices storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions. The processors are configured to receive information associated with an account of a user. The processors are further configured to generate a first profile, where the first profile being related to the user. The processors also receive an indication that the account is accessed by an accessor through an accessor device; and receive, from the accessor device, identity data comprising a plurality of data subsets associated with the accessor. The processors are configured to store the data subsets in respective clusters. The processors are further configured generate cluster analyses by analyzing the data subsets in respective clusters; and output the cluster analyses to node instances that weighs the cluster analyses outputs. The processors also generate a second profile, the second profile related to the accessor and being based on the received identity data and weighted cluster analysis. And the processors are configured to determine a likelihood factor that the accessor is the user based on a comparison of the first profile and the second profile. |
US12041036B2 |
Method and system for performing identity checks in a distributed system
A method at a remote proxy on a first node, the method including receiving, at the remote proxy, a first message from a first module on the first node, the first message being directed to a second module on a second node; verifying the first message at the remote proxy utilizing operating system verification; determining, based on a manifest at the remote proxy, the second node; signing, using a private key for the first node, the first message; and sending the first message to the second node. |
US12041030B2 |
Distributed memory data repository based defense system
A distributed memory data repository of connected data centres. The network load balances by routing requests to different data centres for processing. The solution design provides a blue print to implement a distributed memory data repository based defense system across multiple nodes with dynamic fail-over capabilities. The defense system runs independently on a single node, exclusively leveraging memory for data storage and implementing a communication channel to interact with other nodes. |
US12041023B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method for connecting users by way of a hangout
An apparatus for setting an orientation mode includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor to help users connect via a common hangout. In various examples, the code causes the processor to receive a hangout details request from a user over a network. In various examples, the code causes the processor to present hangout details about a hangout to the user. In various examples, the code causes the processor to create a relationship between the user and the hangout in response to a user selecting the hangout. In various examples, the code causes the processor to present follower data to the user, the follower data relating to one or more followers associated with the hangout. |
US12041018B2 |
Method of displaying similar chat rooms, method of displaying chat room group, and user terminal
A method of displaying similar chat rooms according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is performed by a user terminal. The method includes, in response to a gesture input received for a specific chat room in a chat room list displayed on a screen, acquiring a list of similar chat rooms having a high degree of similarity with the specific chat room in the chat room list, and displaying the similar chat room list. |
US12041017B2 |
Method for providing subscription service, system, user device, and application implementing the method
A method for providing a subscription service in a terminal installed with an application by interworking with an application server is provided. The method comprises displaying a board provided by the application server on an interface screen, and changing an action button in which a function set on the board is implemented according to a passage of time or a selection of a user and displaying the action button. The board comprises a board title, a plurality of contents, and the action button, and is exposed along with a name of a channel having published the board. |
US12041016B2 |
Method and system for recommending a bot for managing chat rooms on instant messaging application
A method includes acquiring, from a memory, a log of a chat room including a user associated with a user terminal, analyzing the log of the chat room for predetermined criteria in at least one category, determining a number of incidents in the log of the chat room of the predetermined criteria in the at least one category, and when the number of incidents of the predetermined criteria in the at least one category exceeds a predetermined threshold for the at least one category, automatically recommending a chat room bot to the user. |
US12041013B2 |
Channel information reporting for dormant bandwidth part
Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to channel information transmitting for dormant bandwidth part. According to embodiments, a solution for channel information transmitting for dormant bandwidth part has been proposed. A terminal device is configured a periodicity when an active downlink (DL) bandwidth part (BWP) is a dormant BWP. The periodicity is different from a further periodicity which is configured and used when the active DL BWP is a non-dormant BWP. The terminal device uses resourced configured for the active uplink (UL) BWP but with the different periodicity. In this way, it allows sounding reference signal (SRS)/channel state information (CSI) reporting without duplicating configurations of BWPs. It can configure a required longer periodicity but reduce the SRS configuration for each UL BWP. |
US12041009B2 |
Techniques for assisted downlink HARQ feedback in carrier aggregation mode
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The method includes transmitting, to a base station based on a parameter of a configuration of the UE, a first HARQ feedback configuration or a request to modify the configuration of the UE, or both, the configuration of the UE including a carrier aggregation configuration and receiving, from the base station based on transmitting the first HARQ feedback configuration or request to modify the configuration of the UE, or both, a second HARQ feedback configuration or reconfiguration. |
US12041003B2 |
Secondary cell activation method, access network device, and communications apparatus and system
A secondary cell activation method and apparatus relating to the communications field are described herein. The method may include sending, by an access network device, an activation command to a terminal device, where the activation command indicates activating a secondary cell. The method may also include sending, by the access network device, first configuration information of a first reference signal to the terminal device. Furthermore, the method may include sending, by the access network device, the first reference signal to the terminal device according to the first configuration information, where the first reference signal is used to obtain a channel measurement result of the secondary cell. According to secondary cell activation methods described herein, a flexible and efficient secondary cell activation mechanism can be provided, so as to improve secondary cell activation efficiency. |
US12041000B2 |
Techniques for communicating data channel transmissions
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a control message in a first control channel occasion associated with a first quasi-colocation (QCL) property, the control message indicating a transmission of a data message within a threshold time period. The UE may receive, from the base station, an indication to skip monitoring of a second control channel occasion within the threshold time period and may receive the data message in accordance with a second QCL property, or drop reception of the data message, based on the indication. Additionally, or alternatively, the base station may transmit a message indicating a unified transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state associated with the second QCL property, and the UE may receive the data message in accordance with the second QCL property based on the unified TCI state. |
US12040999B2 |
Sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission framework
Technology for an eNodeB operable to decode a sounding reference signal (SRS) received from a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The eNodeB can decode the SRS received from the UE, wherein 5 the SRS is received using one or more SRS resources in a subframe where each SRS resource includes one or more symbols. The subframe can be an uplink subframe dedicated for SRS transmission or a short transmission time interval (sTTI) subframe used for SRS transmission. The eNodeB can determine uplink channel quality information for a channel between the eNodeB and the UE based in part on the 10 SRS. |
US12040992B2 |
Control device, control method, and control program
A management device includes: a reception unit that receives a change request for changing an allocated resource of a user who uses a communication line, from a manager of the communication line, a server managing information related to a use terminal of the communication line, or the user; and a change unit that changes the allocated resource of the user by using a predetermined change method when the reception unit receives the change request. |
US12040989B2 |
Data sequence amendment method, packet monitoring apparatus, data sequence amendment device, and data sequence amendment program
An embodiment is a data sequence correction method. The data sequence correction method including temporarily saving data with sequence information imparted thereto in a ring buffer, the ring buffer having a predetermined number of storage regions corresponding to the sequence information, and being provided with a monitoring section made up of one, or two or more consecutive sequence numbers, and an acceptance section in which a start or a second sequence number of the monitoring section is a start sequence number, and the sequence number ahead by a count of storage regions of the ring buffer including the start of the monitoring section is an end sequence number. |
US12040988B2 |
Acknowledgement coalescing module utilized in content addressable memory (CAM) based hardware architecture for data center networking
A communication protocol system is provided for reliable transport of packets. A content addressable memory hardware architecture including an acknowledgment coalescing module in communication with a content addressable memory (CAM). The acknowledgment coalescing module coalesces multiple acknowledgement packets as a single acknowledgement packet to reduce the overall numbers of the packet transmission in the communication protocol system. In addition, the acknowledgment coalescing module may also provide a piggyback mechanism to carry acknowledge information in a regular data packet. Thus, the need to generate a new acknowledgement packet may be eliminated. Accordingly, the network congestion and latency may be reduced, and the communication and transmission efficiency are enhanced. |
US12040982B2 |
Systems and methods for optimal routing in sites with multiple routers for high availability wide area networks
A method for transmitting network traffic across a wide area network (WAN) from a first site to a second site is provided. The method is executed by a first edge network device at the first site that further includes a second edge network device, and the method includes: receiving the network traffic from a client device at the first site; determining, using ipath characteristics and a classification of the network traffic, that the network traffic should be transmitted by the second edge network device to the second site; forwarding in response to the determination, the network traffic to the second edge network device using a local tunnel over a local area network (LAN) of the first site such that the network traffic is transmitted to the second site by the second edge network device. |
US12040980B2 |
Network optimization and state synchronization
Disclosed herein are an apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and method for minimizing network traffic and maintaining synchronous state information between systems. |
US12040979B2 |
Communications method, apparatus, and system
In a method for network communications, a session management network element receives an identifier of a session of a terminal device, an identifier of a port corresponding to the session, and a processing policy of a data flow for the port. The session management network element determines, according to the identifier of the port, a type of a first device corresponding to the port. The session management network element then sends, according to the determined type of the first device, processing policy information to the first device. The processing policy information comprises the identifier of the port and the processing policy of the data flow. |
US12040977B1 |
Systems and methods for providing secure software-as-a-service (SaaS) access from unmanaged devices
Systems and methods include, responsive to a request to access an application, wherein the application is in one of a public cloud, a private cloud, and an enterprise network, and wherein the user device is remote over the Internet, determining if a user of the user device is permitted to access the application and whether the application should be provided in an isolated browser; responsive to the determining, initiating an isolation session by creating secure tunnels between the user device, an isolation service operating the isolated browser, and the application based on connection information; loading the application in the isolated browser, via the secure tunnels; and responsive to traffic associated with the isolation session being to an external destination, forwarding the traffic to a cloud monitoring system. |
US12040976B2 |
Packet header field extraction
Some embodiments provide a method for processing a packet for a pipeline of a hardware switch. The pipeline, in some embodiments, includes several different stages that match against packet header fields and modify packet header fields. The method receives a packet that includes a set of packet headers. The method then populates, for each packet header in the set of packet headers, (i) a first set of registers with packet header field values of the packet header that are used in the pipeline, and (ii) a second set of registers with packet header field values of the packet header that are not used in the pipeline. |
US12040974B2 |
Information sending and processing methods, node, controller, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information sending method applied to a node. The method includes: sending capability advertisement information, wherein the capability advertisement information is used for indicating a capability of the node to support compressed SRv6 SIDs. Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an information processing method, a node, a controller, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. |
US12040973B2 |
Communications methods, apparatus and systems for providing efficient and scalable media services
The present invention relates to communications methods, apparatus and systems for providing media micro-services in a scalable and efficient manner. In an exemplary method embodiment, a packet plane control service entity performs the following operations: (i) receives a request from a Signaling-Session Border Controller to implement one or more micro-services on a media packet stream, the request including information about the media packet stream including stream identification information; generates instructions for one or more entities under the control of the packet plane control service entity to implement the requested one or more micro-services on the media packet stream; and communicates the generated instructions to the one or more entities under the control of the packet plane control service entity for implementation on the media packet stream. |
US12040972B2 |
Management device, management method, and management program
A management device includes: a management table acquisition unit that acquires at least a first management table in which an MPLS tunnel and a first label for in-network delivery are associated with each other, and a second management table in which an MPLS tunnel, a second label for specifying a CE router that is an output destination from an egress PE router, and identification information of a VPN to which the CE router that is the output destination belongs are associated with each other, the first management table being included in a node that is a copy source in an MPLS network, the second management table being included in an egress PE router as an output destination of a packet; and a VPN identification unit that collates the first label of the copied packet with the first management table to identify an MPLS tunnel through which the packet passes. |
US12040970B2 |
Method and apparatus for collecting bit error information
A method for collecting bit error information is provided. According to the method, a head node may encapsulate indication information into an IPv6 extension header of an IPv6 measurement request packet. The indication information indicates at least one intermediate node on a transmission path of the IPv6 measurement request packet to record bit error information into the IPv6 extension header. According to the application, the bit error information of the intermediate node on the transmission path can be collected. |
US12040968B2 |
Flow modification including shared context
Routing packets by a router involves establishing a first flow configured for forwarding the packets from a first ingress interface to a first egress interface of the router; determining a condition to modify the first flow; deactivating the first flow; establishing a second flow configured for forwarding the packets from at least one of (1) the first ingress interface to a second egress interface, (2) a second ingress interface to the first egress interface, or (3) a second ingress interface to a second egress interface; and activating the second flow. |
US12040964B2 |
Router fluidity using tunneling
The present application describes a system and method for utilizing a tunnel in a networking routing protocol to provide a network segment access to additional servers when certain load balancing trigger events are detected. |
US12040959B2 |
Traffic monitoring method, apparatus, integrated circuit, network device, and network system
Embodiments of this application disclose a traffic monitoring method, an apparatus, an integrated circuit, a network device, and a network system. When receiving a first packet, a traffic collection apparatus determines that a measurement value of a target performance indicator of the first packet matches a value of first information in a first register, updates a value of second information in the first register based on the measurement value of the target performance indicator of the first packet, and increases a value of third information in the first register by 1. |
US12040958B2 |
Dynamic multi-cloud network traffic flow monitoring
This disclosure describes dynamically monitoring the flow of traffic along a path that can include points across different cloud service provider networks/regions and/or different private networks. Flow monitoring may be started in response to different triggering events. For instance, flow monitoring of network traffic along one or more network paths may be started in response to performance metrics associate with an application within the multi-cloud environment, current/projected network conditions associated with one or more networks within the multi-cloud environment, and the like. In other examples, a user may specify when to perform flow monitoring for one or more network paths. |
US12040956B2 |
Microservices application network control plane
Disclosed embodiments are directed at systems, methods, and architecture for operating a control plan of a microservices application. The control plane corresponds with data plane proxies associated with each of a plurality of APIs that make up the microservices application. The communication between the data plane proxies and the control plane enables automatic detection of service groups of APIs and automatic repair of application performance in real-time in response to degrading service node conditions. |
US12040955B2 |
System and method for the management and optimization of software defined networks
A system and method are presented for the generation and configuration of a software-defined network (SDN) utilizing highly adaptable multi-purpose gateway modules (xGWs) capable of speciation in order to fulfill various specific roles within the SDN, thereby providing an enhanced ability for data packet and data stream management that optimizes network performance while xGWs in the SDN are governable by a logically centralized orchestrator application which exercises comprehensive and autonomous control. |
US12040954B2 |
Alternative control interface provided to infrastructure-as-a-service clients
The current document is directed to an alternative control interface provided to infrastructure-as-a-service (“IaaS”) clients that provides a comprehensive collection of monitoring and control features to allow IaaS clients to monitor their distributed applications running within execution environments provided by an IaaS and to optimize execution of their distributed applications using the control features provided by the alternative control interface. In addition, the alternative control interface provides process-automation features and services that allow IaaS clients to automate monitoring and control tasks. In the described implementations, the currently disclosed alternative control interface is based on a graph database and a metrics database. The graph database stores a current representation of the infrastructure leased from an IaaS system by an IaaS client and the metrics database continuously collects and stores metric values scraped from components of the infrastructure leased by the IaaS client. |
US12040952B2 |
Unobservable node identification
The disclosed technology is generally directed to the identification of unobservable nodes. In one example of the technology, a set of monitored machines are monitored. Each of the monitored machines includes associated monitoring logic. Monitoring the set of monitored machines includes receiving the machine information from the monitoring logic. A total inventory list of the set of monitored machines is generated in a manner that is independent of the monitoring of the monitored machines. An agent inventory list is generated such that the agent inventory list is a list of machines that, based on the monitoring of the monitored machine, are determined to have been running monitoring logic during a particular time period. Unobservable machine information that is associated with a set of unobservable machines is determined based on a comparison of the total inventory list with the agent inventory list. |
US12040948B2 |
Method and electronic device for grouping objects in data management system
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for grouping objects in a data management system. The method includes: detecting operation parameters of at least two of a plurality of objects in a data management system, and determining a rate of correlation between the at least two objects based on the detected operation parameters, wherein the rate of correlation indicates a degree of correlation between the at least two objects. The method further includes: comparing the determined rate of correlation with a predetermined threshold, and determining, based on the comparison of the determined rate of correlation with the predetermined threshold, grouping of the at least two objects. With this method, objects with a high degree of correlation are logically grouped together, so that a user can manage objects in batches in an efficient manner during object management, thus improving the system performance. In particular, data consistency can be maximized in the process of data protection and restoration. |
US12040945B2 |
Non-deterministic finite automata tree structure application apparatus and method
A method includes processing event data to detect a status of a network function. The event data is processed based on two or more conditions defined by a correlation policy. The correlation policy includes a non-deterministic finite automata tree (NFAT) structure correlation policy having a policy type. The method also includes determining a first value of a first condition of the two or more conditions. The method further includes determining a second value of a second condition of the two or more conditions. The method additionally includes determining the policy type of the NFAT structure correlation policy. The method also includes determining whether the first value is greater than a first preset value indicative of whether the first condition is satisfied. The method further includes determining whether the second value is greater than a second preset value indicative of whether the second condition is satisfied. |
US12040944B2 |
Multi-fabric deployment and management platform
The present technology provides a framework for user-guided end-to-end automation of network deployment and management, that enables a user to guide the automation process for any kind of network deployment from the ground up, as well as offering network management, visibility, and compliance verification. The disclosed technology accomplishes this by creating a stateful and interactive virtual representation of a fabric using a customizable underlay fabric template instantiated with user-provided parameter values and network topology data computed from one or more connected network devices. A set of expected configurations corresponding to the user-specified underlay and overly fabric policies is then generated for deployment onto the connected network devices. Network deviations from the intended fabric policies are addressed by the provision of one or more configuration lines to be deployed onto or removed from the connected network devices to bring the network state in agreement with the set of expected configuration. |
US12040943B2 |
Optimization of network function profile administration and discovery
There are provided measures for optimization of network function profile administration and discovery. Such measures exemplarily comprise, at a network entity in a network entity composition, transmitting, towards a network repository function, a network entity registration request including an identifier of said network entity, an identifier of said network entity composition, and network entity specific attributes of said network entity, and receiving a network entity registration response indicative of a result of said network entity registration request. |
US12040941B2 |
Methods and systems for configuring a mobile router
The present invention discloses a method, a system and an electronic device for configuring the electronic device. The method and system comprise steps of configuring the electronic device by a profile server. The profile server receives sensor information, determines a profile substantially based on the sensor information, retrieves a configuration based on the profile, and then configure the electronic device substantially based on the configuration. In one variant, the configuration of the electronic device may be performed by a profile management module of the electronic device. |
US12040933B2 |
Network event data streaming platform for batch distribution and streaming of network event data
This disclosure describes an event bus system that, as part of an inter-network facilitation system, can generate and distribute network events for self-service event requests utilizing a network event data streaming platform. For example, the disclosed systems can utilize a network event data streaming platform that includes specialized network components, such as a batch distribution data lake and an event fanning platform. The disclosed systems can utilize the batch distribution data lake to distribute long-retention network events for high-latency event requests. Additionally, the disclosed systems can utilize the event fanning platform to generate low-latency fanned data streams from short-retention network events for low-latency event requests. |
US12040931B2 |
MCS table adaptation for 256-QAM
The present disclosure relates to adaptive modulation and coding scheme selection and signaling in a communication system. In particular, a modulation and coding scheme to be used for transmission of a data is selected from a set of predetermined modulation and coding schemes. The predetermination of the set is performed by selecting the set from a plurality of predefined sets. The sets have the same size, so that a modulation and coding selection indicator signaled to select the modulation and coding scheme may be advantageously applied to any of the selected sets. Moreover, a second set includes schemes with a modulation not covered by the schemes of a first set, and which is of a higher order than any modulation in the first set. |
US12040920B2 |
Wireless devices and systems including examples of compensating I/Q imbalance with neural networks or recurrent neural networks
Examples described herein include methods, devices, and systems which compensates input data for I/Q imbalance or noise related thereto to generate compensated input data. In doing such the above compensation, during an uplink transmission time interval (TTI), a switch path is activated to provide converted input data to a receiver stage including a recurrent neural network (RNN). The RNN calculates an error representative of the noise based partly on the input signal to be transmitted and a feedback signal to generate filter coefficient data associated with the I/Q imbalance. The feedback signal is provided, after processing through the receiver, to the RNN. During an uplink TTI, the converted input data is transmitted as the RF wireless transmission via an RF antenna. During a downlink TTI, the switch path is deactivated and the receiver stage receives an additional RF wireless transmission to be processed in the receiver stage. |
US12040916B2 |
Gateway outdoor unit access point
A system includes an integrator node (IN), external to a building. A gateway, within the building, is coupled to the integrator node by a first link. A gateway outdoor unit access point (GOUAP) is coupled to the IN by a second link. The GOUAP is coupled to a user device by a third link. The gateway is coupled to a Cloud. The GOUAP provides access to the Cloud, by the user device, when the user device is outside the building. The first link and/or the second link utilizes MOCA. The third link utilizes Wi-Fi. An Internal Network Extender (INE) is coupled to the gateway by a fifth link and located within the building. While the user device is external to the building, the user device utilizes the third link, the second link, and the first link to communicatively couple with the gateway. |
US12040915B1 |
Systems and methods for using serverless functions to call mainframe application programing interfaces
A method may include: identifying, by an application in a private/public subnet of a virtual private cloud provided by a cloud provider, data to request from a mainframe in an on-premises data center; executing, by the application, an API call for the data to the on-premises data center via a transit gateway; routing, by the transit gateway, the API call to a customer gateway through a private network connection, wherein the customer gateway routes the API call to a load balancer for the on-premises data center; identifying, by the load balancer, one of a plurality of mainframe LPARs in the on-premises data center that stores the data; routing, by the load balancer, the API call to the identified mainframe LPAR, wherein the identified mainframe LPAR is configured to retrieve the data and return the data to the application via the API; and processing, by the application, the data. |
US12040914B2 |
System and method for detecting network services based on network traffic using machine learning
A method includes obtaining input features based on network traffic received during a time window. The method also includes generating multiple network service type predictions about the network traffic during the time window using a machine learning (ML) classification system operating on the input features. The method also includes storing the multiple network service type predictions in different time steps in a first-in first-out (FIFO) buffer and generating decisions about a presence of each of multiple service types in the network traffic using a voting algorithm. The method also includes reducing fluctuations in the generated decisions using a logic-based stabilizer module to generate a final network service type decision. |
US12040912B2 |
Method and system for augmenting presentation of media content using devices in an environment
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining, from a network server device, first information regarding a first device, generating a media control package based on the first information, wherein the media control package relates to primary content to be presented, wherein the primary content is associated with a first timestamp that corresponds to a first event or context in the primary content, and wherein the media control package includes a first instruction for controlling the first device when a playback position of the primary content corresponds to the first timestamp, and causing the media control package to be provided to the network server device to enable augmentation of a presentation of the first event or context via control of the first device, in accordance with the first instruction, when the playback position of the primary content corresponds to the first timestamp. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
US12040911B2 |
Building data platform with a graph change feed
A building system of a building including one or more memory devices having instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a modification to a graph, the graph comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges between the plurality of nodes, the plurality of nodes representing entities of the building and the plurality of edges representing relationships between the entities of the building. The instructions cause the one or more processors to generate a change feed event, the change feed event recording the modification to the graph and add the change feed event to a change feed comprising a plurality of change feed events representing modifications to the graph at a plurality of different times. |
US12040909B2 |
Wireless broadband meter collar
A broadband access system, comprising a broadband access hub device (hub device) and broadband access premise devices (premise devices) wirelessly coupled the hub device to provide broadband services to multiple user equipment (UEs), is described. The hub device may access broadband services on a fiber optic broadband network and wirelessly provide access to the broadband services to the premise devices. The premise device may wirelessly communicate with the hub device and communicate with user equipment (UEs) for providing access to the broadband services through the hub device. The premise device may be attached to an electric utility meter, and a power interface module of the premise device may supply electrical power to the premise device from the electric utility meter. |
US12040908B2 |
Generating customized meeting insights based on user interactions and meeting media
Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media are disclosed for generating meeting insights based on media data and device input data. In one or more embodiments, the system analyzes media data and inputs to client devices associated with a meeting to determine a portion of the meeting that is relevant for a user. In one or more embodiments, the system generates a meeting summary, meeting highlights, or action items related to the media data to provide to the client device. In one or more embodiments, the system also uses the summary, highlights, or action items to train a machine-learning model for use with future meetings. |
US12040907B2 |
Ethernet over basic interface between electric vehicle supply equipment and electric vehicles
A communications interface between electric vehicle supply equipment and an electric vehicle includes: a first connection for connecting to a controller of the electric vehicle supply equipment; a second connection for connecting to a controller of the electric vehicle; and an Ethernet interface coupling the first and second connections for communication between the controller of the electric vehicle supply equipment and the controller of the electric vehicle. |
US12040904B2 |
Codebook processing method and apparatus
Embodiments of this application provide a codebook processing method and apparatus, and relate to the field of communication technologies. The method is applied to a terminal device, and the method includes: obtaining a transmission parameter corresponding to a first hybrid automatic repeat request HARQ codebook set, where the first HARQ codebook set includes a first HARQ codebook, the first HARQ codebook includes HARQ information corresponding to M first channels, M is an integer, and the transmission parameter corresponding to the first HARQ codebook set is greater than a target threshold; and generating a second HARQ codebook based on the first HARQ codebook, where a quantity of bits of the second HARQ codebook is less than a quantity of bits of the first HARQ codebook, or deleting the first HARQ codebook from the first HARQ codebook set. |
US12040903B2 |
Base station, terminal, transmission method and reception method
A downlink wireless transmission device comprising: a control circuit that generates common information that is common to a plurality of users and unique user information that is unique to each of the plurality of users and corresponds to information pertaining to retransmission control, said common and unique information including information pertaining to retransmission control for each of the plurality of users; and a transmission circuit that transmits control signals including the common information and the unique user information. |
US12040901B2 |
Information processing device, information processing method, and communication device to realize high communication performance
An information processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires information about sidelink communication, and a determination unit that determines whether to enable feedback related to a data automatic repeat request in the sidelink communication based on the information about the sidelink communication. |
US12040897B2 |
Learning-based high-performance, energy-efficient, fault-tolerant on-chip communication design framework
A proactive fault-tolerant scheme which improves performance and energy efficiency for NoCs. The fault-tolerant scheme allows routers to switch among several different fault-tolerant operations. Each operation mode has different trade-offs among fault-tolerant capability, retransmission traffic, latency, and energy efficiency. Another example provides a proactive, dynamic control policy to balance and optimize the dynamic interactions and trade-offs. The example control policy uses example machine learning algorithm called reinforcement learning (RL). The example RL-based controller independently observes a set of NoC system parameters at runtime, and over time they evolve optimal per-router control policies. By automatically and optimally switching among the four fault-tolerant modes, the trained control policy results in minimizing system level network latency and maximizing energy efficiency while detecting and correcting errors. |
US12040894B1 |
Bandwidth utilization techniques for in-band redundant data
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method including: encoding a current data portion to generate an encoded current data portion for inclusion in a data packet; encoding, based upon content of the current data portion, a forward error correction data portion for a previous data portion to generate an encoded forward error correction data portion; generating the data packet including the encoded current data portion and the encoded forward error correction data portion; and providing the data packet to a receiver. |
US12040893B2 |
Method and device for performing communication using a transmission pattern
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and device for performing communication. The method comprises: determining a target transmission pattern from a set of candidate transmission patterns, wherein each of the candidate transmission patterns contains a DL transmission part and/or a UL transmission part, and the candidate transmission patterns differ from one another in terms of time durations of the respective DL transmission parts and/or the UL transmission parts; and performing communication between a network device and a terminal device by using the target transmission pattern. |
US12040891B2 |
How to maximize throughput and phase margin in 5G/6G communications
A method for modulating and demodulating 5G and 6G messages is disclosed, in which the message elements are configured with a large phase margin between adjacent modulation states, and are demodulated in a way that preserves the large phase margins. Phase noise, a major problem at high frequencies, scrambles adjacent modulation states, causing message faults. The disclosed modulation schemes and demodulation methods accommodate such phase noise without faulting, by providing a wide acceptance range for phase. Hence substantial phase noise can be accommodated without changing the demodulated state, thereby avoiding a message fault. The rate of message faults due to phase demodulation errors may be substantially decreased, and message faults at higher frequencies may be reduced, according to some embodiments. Strategies for minimizing amplitude faults are also disclosed. |
US12040888B2 |
Jammer detection system
Techniques are provided for jammer detection. A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes estimating an angle of arrival of a jamming signal, the jamming signal included in a received signal, and generating a direction finding (DF) confidence indicator associated with the estimated angle of arrival. The method also includes extracting the jamming signal from the received signal. The method further includes correlating the extracted jamming signal with previously extracted jamming signals to generate a correlation score and using the correlation score as a uniqueness assessment of the extracted jamming signal. The method further includes identifying characteristics of the extracted jamming signal and generating a characterization confidence indicator. The method further includes demoting the extracted jamming signal to non-jammer status based on one or more of the DF confidence indicator, the uniqueness assessment, and the characterization confidence indicator. |
US12040882B2 |
Method and system of preconditioning transmitted signals
A communication system transmits data signals between communication nodes. A first data signal is transmitted as an electromagnetic wave along a first data transmission path to a receiver using skywave propagation. A second data signal, identical to the first data signal, is transmitted to the receiver along a second data transmission path. The two data signals are compared at the receiver to determine any distortion caused by the skywave propagation. Data regarding the distortion is sent back to the transmitter so that subsequent transmitted data signals may be preconditioned when sent by skywave propagation. |
US12040881B2 |
Position-based access to satellite networks for satellite terminals
The described features generally relate to receiving one or more positioning signals at a satellite terminal during installation of the satellite terminal at a customer premises, and providing position-based access to a satellite communications system based on a satellite terminal installation position determined from the received positioning signals. The determined installation position of the satellite terminal may then be employed for various network access techniques, such as providing access to the satellite communications system, providing position-based content, or restricting content via the satellite communications system based on the determined installation position. In some examples the determined installation position of the satellite terminal may be used to approximate a propagation delay between the satellite terminal and various devices of the satellite communications system, such as a serving satellite and/or a serving gateway, to improve device synchronization and radio frequency spectrum resource utilization. |
US12040880B2 |
Cellular core network and radio access network infrastructure and management in space
A cellular network management system manages terrestrial base station communications and orbital base station communications with user equipment to provide wireless service and allocate links among terrestrial base stations and orbital base stations according to base station availability determined from state space predictions. |
US12040879B2 |
Systems and methods for remote pilot communication via ground-based communication gateway device(s)
Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium for facilitating remote user airspace communication. For instance, the method may include: connecting with a user device associated with and remote from a first vehicle in a shared air traffic control sector; receiving voice communication data from at least one of the user device, a second vehicle in the shared air traffic control sector, and an air traffic control station in the shared air traffic control sector; generating analog data or digital data based on the received voice communication data; determining a recipient for the generated analog data or generated digital data in the shared air traffic control sector; transmitting the generated analog data or generated digital data to the recipient; and terminating the connection with the user device as the first vehicle leaves the shared air traffic control sector. |
US12040876B2 |
Beam management for device-to-device communication
A method of operating a first wireless communication device (101) communicating with a second wireless communication device (102) on a device-to-device link (114) in accordance with a pre-established beam pair is provided. The method includes communicating at least one message (4101-4103) indicative of an activation of at least one of a first transmission (181) of first reference signals (191) from the first wireless communication device (101) to the second wireless communication device (102), or a second transmission (182) of second reference signals (192) from the second wireless communication device (102) to the first wireless communication device (101). The activation of the at least one of the first transmission (181) or the second transmission (182) is for use in beam adjustment of the pre-established beam pair at the first wireless communication device (101). The method also includes participating in the at least one of the first transmission (181) or the second transmission (182) based on the communicated at least one message (4101-4103). |
US12040874B2 |
Method and apparatus for testing disaggregated components of a radio access network
A device may receive sequential digital signals generated by a radio unit based on receipt of sequential radio frequency waveforms provided to ports of the radio unit by a signal generator and analyzer. The device may calculate uplink direction beamforming performance of the radio unit based on the sequential digital signals. The device may provide data identifying the uplink direction beamforming performance for display. |
US12040872B2 |
Beam-index based data distribution for scalable distributed radio systems
The present disclosure relates to a method for transporting and distributing data (2) between a baseband, BB, unit (3) and two or more radio units (4) comprised in a communications network (1) arranged to cover a service area (6). The method comprises defining (S1) a logical grid of beams matrix, GoB, (5) associated with a carrier frequency band (B0, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7) of the communications network (1), wherein the GoB (5) comprises a set (S) of beam indices (BI), and partitioning (S2) the set (S) of beam indices into disjoint subsets (DS1, DS2, DS3, DS4) of at least one beam index (BI) each. The method further comprises mapping (S3) each of the two or more radio units (4) to one disjoint subset (DS1, DS2, DS3, DS4) such that each disjoint subset (DS1, DS2, DS3, DS4) is associated with a single radio unit (4), and transporting (S5) the data (2) between the BB unit (3) and the two or more radio units (4) and distributing the transported data (2) between the radio units (4) based on the disjoint subsets (DS1, DS2, DS3, DS4) of beam indices (BI). |
US12040871B2 |
Systems and methods for configuring beam-switching acknowledgement
Certain aspects of the subject matter described in this disclosure can be implemented in a method for wireless communication by base station. The method generally includes transmitting, to a user-equipment (UE), a packet indicating a beam switch associated with communication with the UE, receiving an acknowledgment (ACK) message, detecting that the ACK message is configured to indicate whether parsing of contents of the packet was successful, determining a timing of the beam switch based on the detection, and performing the beam switch in accordance with the determination of the timing. |
US12040870B2 |
Multiple antenna panel uplink communication
A method of operating a wireless communication device (102) in a wireless communication system (100) comprises transmitting a control signal to a node (102) of the wireless communication system (100). The control signal is indicative of a mapping between at least one antenna port (5031-5033) and at least one antenna panel (5023, 5024) of the wireless communication device (102). |
US12040867B2 |
Differential reporting mode for amplitude and/or co-phase
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may determine that a user equipment (UE) is to use a differential reporting mode based at least in part on a channel state information (CSI) report from the UE. The base station may transmit to the UE, signaling to cause the UE to use the differential reporting mode based at least in part on determining that the UE is to use the differential reporting mode. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
US12040866B2 |
Aperiodic channel state information physical uplink shared channel repetition with demodulation reference signal bundling
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A device may receive signaling including a channel state information (CSI) reporting configuration. The device may determine one or more resources of a physical uplink channel for aperiodic CSI reporting based on the CSI reporting configuration and transmit an aperiodic CSI report over the physical uplink channel based on the on the one or more resources. In some examples, the device may also determine a set of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) symbols associated with a hop of a set of hops in a time domain or a frequency domain, and coherently transmit, based on the determining, the set of DMRS symbols associated with the hop of the set of hops. |
US12040862B2 |
Device and method for performing channel selection in wireless AV system
The present invention relates to a device and a method for performing channel selection in a wireless AV system. Such present specification discloses a wireless data transmission device for performing channel selection, the device comprising: a communication unit for performing the steps of selecting an initial channel in a non-connection state on the basis of first channel monitoring, transmitting a periodic beacon onto the initial channel in a standby mode after switching to a connection state, and selecting a new channel in the standby mode on the basis of second channel monitoring in an interval in which beacon transmission does not occur; and a processor connected to the communication unit so as to control the operation of the communication unit. Fast and economic channel selection appropriate for the wireless AV system is possible. |
US12040861B2 |
Communicating using beamforming weights determined at a radio unit
A method of operating a radio unit, RU, in a network node of a wireless communication system, the network node having a lower-layer split architecture and including a lower-layer split central unit, LLS-CU, includes receiving an uplink signal from a user equipment, UE, in response to the uplink signal, determining at the RU a set of beamforming weights defining an antenna beam from the RU to the UE, transmitting the uplink signal to the LLS-CU, and forming the antenna beam to the UE using the set of beamforming weights. |
US12040856B2 |
One shot multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) resource pairing using reinforcement learning based deep Q network (DQN)
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for scheduling radio resources across a group of one or more user equipment (UEs) are provided. One method may include encoding every sequence of multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU MIMO) beam combinations into a unique numerical value, adding a Q value into the encoded numerical value to produce a Q encoded value (Qencoded), providing each of the sequence of beam combinations with a unique designated bin, passing a matrix comprising a state representation for each of the beam combinations through a deep Q network (DQN), and outputting, by the deep Q network (DQN), one or more optimal beams to assign to a user equipment (UE). |
US12040851B2 |
Cooperative beamforming in wireless network
This document discloses a solution for performing internetwork beamforming cooperation. According to an aspect, a method comprises: establishing, by a first access node (112) of a first wireless network, internetwork beamforming with a second access node (110) of a second wireless network, wherein the establishment indicates at least one station (102) of the second wireless network; in response to said establishing, transmitting by the first access node (112) a channel sounding signal; receiving, by the first access node (112) from the at least one station (102) of the second wireless network, a beamforming report comprising channel state information measured from the channel sounding signal; and performing, by the first access node (112), null steering beamforming transmission in the first wireless network on the basis of the received channel state information. |
US12040850B2 |
Near-field communication device
A near-field communication device includes a communication antenna for near-field communication formed along a plane, an interface circuit connected to the communication antenna for making a signal of the near-field communication pass through the interface circuit, a wireless communication IC connected to the interface circuit for processing the signal of the near-field communication, a power reception coil arranged along the plane to surround the communication antenna, a resonant capacitor constituting, together with the power reception coil, a power reception resonant circuit, and a rectifying and smoothing circuit connected to the power reception resonant circuit. The power reception resonant circuit resonates at a frequency of the near-field communication, and magnetic flux generated in the vicinity of the power reception coil by a resonant current flowing through the power reception resonant circuit interlinks with the communication antenna. |
US12040845B2 |
Radio wave environment measurement device
A radio wave environment measurement device includes: a multi-copter type unmanned flight vehicle configured to move in midair; a polyhedron attached to an airframe of the multi-copter type unmanned flight vehicle, the polyhedron having a plurality of surfaces; and an antenna provided on each of the plurality of surfaces of the polyhedron. |
US12040834B2 |
Adaptive equalizer, adaptive equalization method, and optical communication system
An adaptive equalizer (70) according to this invention includes an adaptive equalization filter (71) configured to adaptively compensate for a waveform distortion caused by a polarization fluctuation of a received signal (61) by updating a tap coefficient, a first tap coefficient updater (72) configured to calculate the tap coefficient according to the polarization fluctuation of the received signal (61) using a variable step size and update the tap coefficient of the adaptive equalization filter (71), a second tap coefficient updater (73) configured to calculate the tap coefficient according to the polarization fluctuation of the received signal (61) using a fixed step size μ0, a polarization state estimator (74) configured to estimate a polarization state of the received signal (61) using the tap coefficient calculated by the second tap coefficient updater (73), and a step size updater (75) configured to obtain the step size corresponding to the polarization state estimated by the polarization state estimator (74) and update the variable step size. According to this invention, it is possible to provide an adaptive equalizer that always implements stable followability to various SOP fluctuations. |
US12040833B2 |
Apparatus for polarization multiplexing and encoding in visible light communication system based on gold nanoparticle
A method and an apparatus for polarization multiplexing and encoding in a visible light communication system based on a gold nanoparticle are provided. A method for encoding in a receiver using a polarizing characteristic in a visible light communication system based on a gold nanoparticle, which is performed by a computer device, includes splitting a receive signal into left circular polarization light and right circular polarization light by allowing the receive signal to pass through a linear polarizer and estimating a phase retardation difference, and detecting a transmit symbol by estimating the phase retardation difference. |
US12040826B2 |
Methods and systems for ultra wideband (UWB) receivers
Ultra-Wideband (UWB) wireless technology transmits digital data as modulated coded impulses over a very wide frequency spectrum with very low power over a short distance. Accordingly, the inventors have established UWB devices which accommodate and adapt to inaccuracies, errors, or issues within the implemented electronics, hardware, firmware, and software. Beneficially, UWB receivers may accommodate offsets in absolute frequency between their frequency source and the transmitter, accommodate drift arising from phase locked loop and/or from relative clock frequency offsets of the remote transmitter and local receiver. UWB devices may also employ modulation coding schemes offering increased efficiency with respect to power, data bits per pulse transmitted, and enabled operation at higher output power whilst complying with regulatory emission requirements. Further, UWB devices may support a ranging function with range/accuracy not limited to the low frequency master clock employed within these devices enabling operation with ultra-low power consumption. |
US12040822B2 |
Multiplexer, radio frequency front-end circuit, and communication device
A multiplexer includes first, second, and third filters with first, second, and third frequency bands different from each other, a first connection point connected to a common terminal, a second connection point connected to one end of the first filter and one end of the second filter, a first switch that switches connection and disconnection between the first and second connection points, a reactance element whose one end is connected to a signal path connecting the second connection point and the first switch, a second switch that switches connection and disconnection between the other end of the reactance element and the first connection point, and a third switch that switches connection and disconnection between one end of the third filter and the first connection point. The first and second frequency bands are adjacent to each other among the first, second, and third frequency bands. |
US12040820B2 |
System and method for data compression with homomorphic encryption
A system and method for data compression with homomorphic encryption, which enables secure storage of private information in a database, and which enables searching and comparison of encrypted data within the database, comprising a stream condition system configured to optimize the contents of received data for lossless compression by a data encoder, a data encoder to perform the lossless compression, and an encrypted search engine configured to encrypt the compressed data according to a homomorphic encryption scheme and store the encrypted data in a database. The system may receive a data query and encrypt the data query according to the homomorphic encryption scheme. The encrypted data query may be compared against an encrypted element in the database and an encryption score generated. The encryption score may be compared against a set of criteria to determine if a match is found. Matched data may be returned to the requesting entity. |
US12040818B2 |
Communication device for performing detection operation and demodulation operation on codeword and operating method thereof
A method includes calculating a number of iterative detection and decoding (IDD) iterations and a number of decoding iterations for each of a plurality of channel coding units in a target codeword; calculating a demodulation time and a decoding time for the target codeword based on the number of IDD iterations and the number of decoding iterations for the target codeword; adding the target codeword to a codeword set, based on a demodulation time and a decoding time for codewords in the codeword set and the target codeword; and performing an IDD operation based on a number of IDD iterations and a number of decoding iterations. |
US12040815B2 |
Stable low-power analog-to-digital converter (ADC) reference voltage
A conversion circuit that performs analog-to-digital conversion is described. During operation, the conversion circuit receives an input signal. Then, the conversion circuit performs analog-to-digital conversion and provides a quantized output corresponding to the input signal based at least in part on a first power-supply voltage and a second power-supply voltage of the conversion circuit. For example, the quantized output may be based at least in part on a comparison of the input signal to the first power-supply voltage and the second power-supply voltage. Moreover, the first power-supply voltage and the second power-supply voltage may specify a full-scale range of the conversion circuit. When the full-scale range exceeds a second full-scale range associated with reference voltages that are other than the first power-supply voltage and the second power-supply voltage, the quantized output may correspond to a larger number of bits than when the full-scale range equals the second full-scale range. |
US12040814B2 |
Analog-to-digital converter, method of analog-to-digital conversion, and electronic apparatus
An analog-to-digital converter includes: a sample/hold circuit, which samples an analog signal, and outputs a first voltage; a digital-to-analog conversion circuit, which converts a digital signal to output a second voltage; an amplifier, which amplifies the first voltage and the second voltage; a noise shaping filter, which integrates a residual voltage corresponding to a difference between the amplified first voltage and the amplified second voltage, and generates a first integration voltage and a second integration voltage; a comparator, which compares a sum of the amplified first voltage, the first integration voltage, and the second integration voltage with the amplified second voltage; and a SAR logic, which outputs the digital signal according to a comparison result of the comparator, and controls the digital-to-analog conversion circuit. |
US12040804B2 |
Methods and systems for controlling frequency variation for a PLL reference clock
This application is directed to frequency controlling in an electronic device (e.g., a retimer of a data link). The electronic device includes a selector, a clock generated, and a controller. The selector selects one of a first reference signal and a second reference signal as an input signal having an input phase. The clock generator receives the input signal and generates a periodic signal with reference to the input signal, and the periodic signal has an output phase that matches the input phase of the input signal. While the first reference signal is selected as the input signal, the controller determines whether the second reference signal is in a temporal range in which the second reference signal reaches a peak frequency and controls the selector to select the second reference signal as the input signal in accordance with a determination that the second reference signal is in the temporal range. |
US12040800B2 |
Low hold multi-bit flip-flop
Circuits, systems, and methods are described herein for increasing a hold time of a master-slave flip-flop. A flip-flop includes circuitry configured to receive a scan input signal and generate a delayed scan input signal; a master latch configured to receive a data signal and the delayed scan input signal; and a slave latch coupled to the master latch, the master latch selectively providing one of the data signal or the delayed scan input signal to the slave latch based on a scan enable signal received by the master latch. |
US12040796B2 |
Programmable logic circuit device and image processing apparatus
A programmable logic circuit device includes: a processor; and plural reconfiguration regions each including a circuit configured by change of connection between elements, wherein the processor is configured to: receive designation of a processing group including a series of plural kinds of processing; acquire management data decided for each processing group, the management data designating plural pieces of reconfiguration data each designating connection between elements in a corresponding one of the plural reconfiguration regions so that the designated processing group is performed; acquire the plural pieces of reconfiguration data designated by the acquired management data; change connection between elements in the plural reconfiguration regions in accordance with the designation by the acquired plural pieces of reconfiguration data; and when connection between elements is changed in accordance with designation by the plural pieces of reconfiguration data, in a case where designation by at least one of the acquired plural pieces of reconfiguration data does not require change of connection in a corresponding one(s) of the plural reconfiguration regions, use same reconfiguration data as that used to connect the elements in the corresponding one(s) of the plural reconfiguration regions. |
US12040788B2 |
Ultrahigh frequency traveling-wave switch
Provided is a switch having a structure having an excellent isolation characteristic even without a limiter in an ultrahigh frequency hand used for a military component. A switch according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: multiple transistors which are connected in parallel to a path from an input terminal toward an output terminal and perform switching; and a first transmission line provided between the input terminal and a node on a path to which a first transistor is connected. By the present invention, switching can be performed in an ultrahigh frequency such as W-band while a GaN transistor is used, an insertion loss is low, an isolation characteristic is excellent, and eventually efficiency of an ultrahigh frequency circuit can be further enhanced. |
US12040785B2 |
Robust transistor circuitry
An apparatus is disclosed for robust transistor circuitry. In example implementations, an apparatus includes a current mirror and fault handler circuitry that is coupled to the current mirror. The current mirror includes a core transistor having a control terminal, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The first transistor has a control terminal that is coupled to the control terminal of the core transistor. The second transistor has a control terminal that is coupled to the control terminal of the core transistor. The fault handler circuitry is configured to select the first transistor or the second transistor to provide a mirrored current of the current mirror. |
US12040784B2 |
Surface acoustic wave device
Aspects of this disclosure relate to a surface acoustic wave device. The surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric layer and an interdigital transducer. The interdigital transducer electrode includes a pair of electrodes, each electrode having a bus bar and fingers extending from the bus bar. The interdigital transducer electrode has an interdigital region defined by a portion of the fingers of the electrodes that interdigitate with each other. A dielectric layer is disposed over the interdigital transducer electrode outside the interdigital region and configured to reduce a loss of the surface acoustic wave device. |
US12040782B2 |
Composite filter device
A composite filter device includes a piezoelectric substrate made of LiNbO3, a first filter on the piezoelectric substrate, and including acoustic wave resonators, and a second filter including one end connected in common to one end of the first filter, wherein a pass band of the second filter is in a frequency band higher than a pass band of the first filter, and bulk wave radiation frequencies of all of the first and second resonators of the first filter are higher than the pass band of the second filter. |
US12040781B2 |
Transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonator package
Acoustic resonator devices and filters are disclosed. An acoustic resonator chip includes a piezoelectric plate attached to a substrate. Portions of the piezoelectric plate form at least first and second diaphragms spanning respective cavities in the substrate. A first conductor pattern on the surface of the piezoelectric plate includes a first plurality of contact pads and at least first and second IDTs with interleaved fingers of each IDT on respective diaphragms. An interposer includes a second plurality of contacts pads. A plurality of conductive balls bond each of the contact pads of the first plurality of contact pads to respective contact pads of the second plurality of contact pads. |
US12040779B2 |
Small transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonators with enhanced Q-factor
An acoustic resonator device includes a conductor pattern formed on a surface of a piezoelectric plate. The conductor pattern includes a first busbar, a second busbar, and n interleaved parallel fingers of an interdigital transducer (IDT), where n is a positive integer. The fingers extend alternately from the first and second busbars. A first finger and an n'th finger are disposed at opposing ends of the IDT. The conductor pattern also includes a first reflector element proximate and parallel to the first finger and a second reflector element proximate and parallel to the n'th finger. When an RF signal is applied between the first and second busbars, the first reflector element is at substantially the same potential as the first finger and the second reflector element is at substantially the same potential as the n'th finger. |
US12040775B2 |
Surface acoustic wave electroacoustic device using gap grating for reduced transversal modes
Aspects of the disclosure relate to an electroacoustic device that includes a piezoelectric material and an electrode structure. The electrode structure includes a first busbar and a second busbar. The electrode structure further includes a first conductive structure connected to the first busbar and a second conductive structure connected to the second busbar. The first conductive structure and the second conductive structure is disposed between the first busbar and the second busbar. The first conductive structure and the second conductive structure each include a plurality of conductive segments separated from each other and extending towards one of the first busbar or the second busbar. The electrode structure further includes electrode fingers arranged in an interdigitated manner and each connected to either the first conductive structure or the second conductive structure. The electrode fingers have a pitch that is different than a pitch of the plurality of conductive segments. |
US12040774B2 |
Site-selective piezoelectric-layer trimming
An apparatus is disclosed for site-selective piezoelectric-layer trimming. The apparatus includes at least one surface-acoustic-wave filter with an electrode structure and a piezoelectric layer. The electrode structure has multiple gaps. The piezoelectric layer has a planar surface defined by a first (X) axis and a second (Y) axis that is perpendicular to the first (X) axis. The piezoelectric layer is configured to propagate an acoustic wave along the first (X) axis. The piezoelectric layer includes a first portion that supports the electrode structure and a second portion that is exposed by the multiple gaps of the electrode structure. The second portion has different heights across the second (Y) axis. The different heights are defined with respect to a third (Z) axis that is substantially normal to the planar surface. |
US12040773B2 |
Acoustic wave device
An acoustic wave device includes an energy confinement layer, a piezoelectric film, and an IDT electrode laminated on a support substrate. Acoustic velocity adjustment films are at least partially provided between the piezoelectric film and the support substrate and are made of a material different from that of the piezoelectric film. |
US12040771B2 |
Method and circuit for matching impedance and regulating voltage across a low voltage device
A circuit for matching impedance and regulating a voltage of a high radio frequency line across a low voltage device that includes a differential input port, the high radio frequency lines, an internally routed line, a singled ended peak detection circuit, and a single-ended programmable variable impedance using a single-ended programmable variable impedance. The differential input port receives a differential high radio frequency signal using driver buffers. The internally routed line boosts the received differential high-frequency RF signal. The single-ended peak detection circuit detects peak voltages of the differential high-frequency RF signal. Depending on the peak value obtained at the output of the single-ended peak detection circuit, the single-ended programmable variable impedance that matches the impedance of each of high radio frequency lines and regulates the voltage of high radio frequency lines across said low voltage device to a pre-defined voltage. |
US12040766B2 |
Wideband digital step attenuator and buffer circuitry for a receiver system
Attenuation circuitry for a wireless receiver system receives and attenuates an input signal. The attenuation circuitry includes an input pin, coil circuitry, capacitor network circuitry, and inverter circuitry. The input pin receives the input signal. The coil circuitry is electrically connected to the input pin, receives the input signal from the input pin, and outputs an adjusted signal from the input signal. The capacitor network circuitry is electrically connected to the coil circuitry. The capacitor network circuitry receives the adjusted signal from the coil circuitry, and outputs an attenuated signal from the adjusted signal. The inverter circuitry is electrically connected to the capacitor network circuitry. The inverter circuitry receives the attenuated signal and generates an output signal from the attenuated signal. The output signal is output from the attenuation circuitry via an output inductor. |
US12040761B2 |
Audio signal muting apparatus using negative power, and digital signal conversion apparatus equipped with same
The present exemplary embodiments provide an audio signal muting apparatus and a digital signal conversion apparatus which remove a negative pop noise in a predetermined large range using a negative power for the transistor of the audio signal muting apparatus. |
US12040752B2 |
Bandgap amplifier biasing and startup scheme
Systems and circuits include an amplifier having an output; a switching circuit coupled to the output of the amplifier to provide a bias current to bias the amplifier; first current generating circuitry coupled to the switching circuit; and second current generating circuitry coupled to the output of the amplifier and to the switching circuit. In operation, the switching circuit provides the bias current, during a first time period, in response to a first signal generated by the first current generating circuitry, and provides the bias current, during a second time period, after the first time period, in response to a second signal generated by the second current generating circuitry. |
US12040751B2 |
Amplifier and electronic device including amplifier
An amplifier includes an input circuit that amplifies a difference between a first input voltage and a second input voltage to generate a first current and a second current. A positive feedback circuit amplifies a difference between the first current and the second current to generate a third current and a fourth current and outputs a difference between the third current and the fourth current through an output node. A temperature compensation circuit adjusts an amplification factor of the positive feedback circuit in response to a change of temperature. |
US12040750B2 |
Apparatus for optimized turn-off of a cascode amplifier
An apparatus for turning off a cascode amplifier having a common-base transistor and a common-emitter transistor is disclosed that includes the cascode amplifier, a feedback circuit, and a bias circuit. The feedback circuit is configured to receive a collector-voltage from the collector of the common-emitter transistor when the common-emitter transistor is switched to a first OFF state and produce a first feedback signal. The collector-voltage is equal to a emitter voltage of the common-base transistor and the collector-voltage increases in response to switching the common-emitter transistor to the first OFF state. The bias circuit is configured to receive the first feedback signal and produce a bias-voltage. A first base-voltage is produced from the bias-voltage. The cascode amplifier is configured to receive the first base-voltage and a second base-voltage. The common-base transistor is configured to switch to a second OFF state in response to receiving the second base-voltage. |
US12040749B2 |
Modular energy system with dual amplifiers and techniques for updating parameters thereof
A dual amplifier apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes an energy module having a controller and a first and second power amplifier circuit coupled to the controller. The first and second power amplifier circuits are configured to receive and amplify an input signal to generate a first output signal into a load coupled to the output of the first and second power amplifier circuit. A power rating of the first amplifier circuit is different from a power rating of the second amplifier circuit. The controller is configured to select the first or the second power amplifier circuit. |
US12040739B2 |
Photovoltaic mount, and photovoltaic apparatus
Provided are a photovoltaic mount and a photovoltaic apparatus including the photovoltaic mount. The photovoltaic mount includes a support structure, a first deflection structure, a second deflection structure, and a space truss structure. The first deflection structure is rotatably connected to the support structure by a first rotation shaft. The second deflection structure is rotatably connected to the first deflection structure by a second rotation shaft. An extending direction of the second rotation shaft is different from an extending direction of the first rotation shaft. The space truss structure is installed on the second deflection structure and configured to carry a photovoltaic panel. The space truss structure is driven through a rotation of the first deflection structure and/or a rotation of the second deflection structure to deflect to change an installing angle of the photovoltaic panel. |
US12040737B2 |
Electricity generating carport appliance
A mobile, electricity generating carport appliance with removable caster wheels and optional ground anchors has a framework with corner posts and a rectangular top, a base plate lying flat on a support surface with the corner posts joined securely to the baseplate, solar panels mounted to the top of the framework, a plurality of solar panels hinged along sides of the framework, one solar panel hinged along a top edge of each end of the framework, support apparatus hinged to posts on each side of the framework, adapted to support the plurality of solar panels hinged on each side of the framework, support apparatus hinged to posts on each end of the framework, adapted to support the one solar panel hinged on each end of the framework, and circuitry and wiring connecting the solar panels to a cable ending in a connector compatible with and connected to an inverter. |
US12040736B2 |
Lighting device and solar power supply therefor
The disclosed subject matter relates to a solar power supply device for a light, comprising at least one tubular solar module that can be slid onto a mast, and a crown which can be fitted to the top of the mast and from which the solar module is suspended, wherein the solar module contains in its interior at least one pair of spring elements that can be resiliently spread apart, between which the mast can be passed through. The invention further relates to a lighting device comprising a mast and a solar power supply device of this kind, the crown of which is fitted to the top of the mast and through the spread-apart spring elements of which the mast is passed through, and at least one light that is supported by the solar power supply device and is electrically powered thereby. |
US12040735B2 |
Method for ascertaining, without an encoder, a rotational angle position of a rotor of a brushless DC motor, and hand-held tool
A method for ascertaining, without an encoder, a rotational angle position of the rotor of a brushless DC motor, includes the steps of: detecting a voltage induced in a stator of the brushless DC motor; checking whether the voltage induced in the stator is lower than a threshold value; and if the induced voltage is lower than the threshold value, then ascertaining an initial rotational angle position of the rotor based on an Indirect Flux detection by Online Reactance Measurement, and subsequently updating the rotational angle position proceeding from the calculated initial rotational angle position using at least one continuous test signal. |
US12040729B2 |
Motor control device
A motor control device includes an inverter circuit to convert a DC power source voltage into a three-phase AC voltage and supply the three-phase AC voltage to the three-phase motor and a controller to generate three-phase PWM signals based on three-phase duty command values updated at a predetermined updating cycle and control the inverter circuit based on the three-phase PWM signals. The controller is configured or programmed to shift, when duty command values of at least two phases of the three-phase duty command values updated at a first update timing are the same, the duty command value of one phase of the duty command values of the two phases by a predetermined shift amount and shifts a duty command value of the one phase of the three-phase duty command values updated at a second update timing which is an update timing next to the first update timing by the shift amount in a direction opposite to a shift direction at the first update timing. |
US12040728B2 |
Adapted switching signal for a motor
A circuit is configured to generate a first switching signal and a second switching signal. During a first portion of a first switching period, both the first switching signal and the second switching signal indicate to turn-on and turn-off. During a second portion of the first switching period, the first switching signal indicates to turn-on and the second switching signal indicates to turn-off. In response to a determination that a measurement time threshold exceeds the first switching period, the circuit is configured to generate a first adapted switching signal that extends the turn-on portion by a time value in the first switching period and to generate a second adapted switching signal that extends the turn-on time by the time value in a second switching period. The circuit is further configured to control switching circuitry using the first adapted switching signal and the second adapted switching signal to operate a motor. |
US12040725B2 |
Power conversion device and rotary machine drive system
A power conversion device includes a switching signal generation unit that generates switching signals so that time points of at least one of pairs synchronize with each other. A first pair includes a rising time point at a first junction point of a first single-phase leg, and a falling time point at a second junction point of a second single-phase leg. A second pair includes a falling time point at the first junction point and a rising time point at the second junction point. The switching signal generation unit determines time points to turn on or turn off for upper arm switching element and a lower arm switching element based on phase currents respectively at a rising time point and at a falling time point of the terminal voltages. |
US12040721B2 |
Bidirectional voltage converter and operation method thereof
A bidirectional voltage converter that includes a transformer, a first bridge circuit, a second bridge circuit and a controller is introduced. The first bridge circuit is coupled to a first side of the transformer and a first voltage source, and the first bridge circuit comprises a first switch, a second switch, a third switch and a fourth switch. The second bridge circuit is coupled to a second side of the transformer and a second voltage source. The controller is configured to set the first bridge circuit to a half-bridge configuration by turning off the third switch, turning on the fourth switch, and alternately turning on and off the first switch and the second switch in response to determining that a voltage of the second voltage source is less than a predetermined threshold. An operation method of the bidirectional voltage converter is also introduced. |
US12040719B2 |
Isolated primary side switched converter
The invention relates to an isolated resonant primary side switched converter (100), comprising a galvanic isolation stage (105), an auxiliary winding (L51-c) on the primary side (101) of the isolation stage (105) which is magnetically coupled to at least one secondary side winding (L51-b, L51-d) of the isolation stage (105), wherein the auxiliary winding (L51-c) is configured to detect a feedback signal as to a secondary side voltage, and a control unit (107) configured to sample the feedback signal, in each or every nth switching cycle, during a sampling period in which a current is flowing on the secondary side (103) of the isolation stage (105), and to process the sampled signal for a feedback control of the secondary side voltage by controlling the switching operation of a primary side switch (M40, M41). |
US12040716B2 |
DC/DC converter with parallel converters and switching control performed using phases different among the converters
A DC/DC converter includes N converters connected in parallel and each having an inductor, a switching element, and a reverse-flow preventing element. Each converter is controlled at phases different from each other and such that a sum of switching frequencies F is out of a first non-selected frequency band. The inductor has an inductance that decreases as the switching frequency F increases. The switching element is controlled using the switching frequency F higher than a second non-selected frequency band of which upper and lower limit frequencies are 1/N of upper and lower limit frequencies of the first non-selected frequency band, and has a total gate charge such that a total loss is smaller than that in a case where the switching frequency F is set to be lower than the second non-selected frequency band. |
US12040711B2 |
Voltage regulation at load transients
A multiphase converter provides an output voltage to a load. The multiphase converter receives a load event signal from the load and turns ON at a same time the phases of the multiphase converter to increase the output voltage in response to the load event signal indicating that a load current drawn by the load from the multiphase converter is about to increase. The multiphase converter increases an impedance of low-side switches of the multiphase converter in response to the load event signal indicating that the load current is about to decrease. |
US12040710B2 |
Estimation of an inductance in a power converter
Circuitry for estimating an inductance of an inductor in power converter circuitry, the circuitry comprising: circuitry for generating a peak inductor current signal indicative of a peak inductor current during an operational cycle of the power converter circuitry; circuitry for generating a ripple current estimate signal, indicative of an estimate of a ripple current in the power converter circuitry; and circuitry for applying the ripple current estimate signal to the peak inductor current signal to generate an average inductor current threshold signal indicative of an estimated average inductor current in the power converter circuitry during the operational cycle, wherein the ripple current estimate signal is based on: a duration of a charging phase of operation of the power converter circuitry; a voltage across the inductor; and an inductance value for the inductor; and wherein the circuitry for generating the ripple current estimate signal is operative to select an inductance value for the inductor for which the estimated average inductor current is equal to an actual average inductor current during the operational cycle to generate a value for the actual inductance of the inductor. |
US12040708B2 |
Multi-level power converter with hysteretic control
A multi-level power converter with hysteretic control is disclosed. In one embodiment, a power converter includes a switching circuit and a control circuit. The switching circuit includes a plurality of switches, a capacitor, and a switch node coupled to a regulated supply voltage node via an inductor. The switching circuit is configured to couple the switch node to different circuit nodes according to different switch states. The control circuit is configured to activate a particular set of switches according a current switch state, perform a comparison of an output current of the switching circuit to various threshold values, and determine a next switch state using results of the comparison and duty cycle information. Based on these results, the control circuit is configured to cause a transition from the current switch state to the next switch state by activating a different set of switches according to the next switch state. |
US12040705B2 |
Self clocked low power doubling charge pump
A high voltage is generated from a low supply voltage by a charge pump driven with a pulse generator. A comparator compares the low supply voltage to a predetermined proportion of the high voltage. A low power voltage divider creates the predetermined portion of the high voltage. The comparator output drives the pulse generator, and the pulse generator output resets the comparator. A high voltage to low voltage mode may also be employed using the same arrangement. |
US12040702B2 |
Multi-level structures and methods for switched-mode power supplies
Methods for modifying converter cells for switched-mode power converters, and corresponding power converter cells. The modified converter cells exhibit reduced inductance requirements, enable use of lower voltage and smaller switches, provide improved power density and efficiency, and provide for improved input/output voltage dynamic range. Embodiments of the methods generate converter cell topologies having 3 or more node voltage levels by successively applying a “split switches and connect through a capacitor” operation. The inventive processes, or variants of those processes, may be applied to converter cell topologies that are 2-level converter cells including at least one inductance and two switches, and particularly 2-level converter cells including either (1) an order of at least 3 (i.e., 3 or more energy storage elements in some combination of inductances and capacitances, but with at least one inductance) and at least 2 switches, or (2) at least 1 designed-in inductance and at least 4 switches. |
US12040699B2 |
Control system and method for drive controller and power factor correction circuit
A drive controller is used in a control system of a power factor correction (PFC) circuit. The control system further includes the PFC circuit. The PFC circuit includes a first bridge arm, a second bridge arm, a first switching transistor, and a second switching transistor. The driving controller includes a sampling circuit and a driving circuit. The sampling circuit is configured to obtain a target current value between the first switching transistor and the second switching transistor. The drive circuit is configured to turn off gate inputs of the first switching transistor and the second switching transistor when the target current value is greater than a current threshold, to turn off the first switching transistor and the second switching transistor and protect the control system. |
US12040698B2 |
Uninterruptible power supply, UPS, for connecting a multiphase load to an AC source and a DC source
A system and method for an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) includes a first converter assembly, a second converter assembly, a third converter assembly, a first controlled device configured for disconnecting at least two converters of the first converter assembly from and AC source, and a second controlled device configured for connecting at least two of the first converters together, and comprising the step of: opening the first controlled device and closing the second controlled device such that the first converter assembly transfers energy between split DC link halves to maintain voltage regulation of the DC link with respect to the midpoint reference. |
US12040692B2 |
Circuits and methods for generating a continuous current sense signal
Methods and devices for sensing current through a power converter circuit are presented. According to one aspect, currents through high-/low-side transistors are sensed via respective reduced size replica transistors. According to another aspect, the sensed currents are used to generate bridging currents that are combined with the sensed currents to generate a continuous current sense signal. According to another aspect, the bridging currents include slopes that are generated from slopes of the sensed currents. According to another aspect, the sensed currents are combined and filtered to generate a continuous sense signal. According to another aspect, the continuous current sense signal is a voltage that is compared to a reference voltage to generate a current limit status flag used to control operation of the power converter circuit. According to other aspects, the current sense voltage is used to control ON/OFF duty cycle of the power converter circuit. |
US12040689B2 |
Electric vehicle with energy recovery system
A vehicle may include an electromechanical energy recovery system and be configured to perform a method for its operation. |
US12040688B2 |
Power tool and control method thereof
A power tool includes a functional element, a motor, a power supply module, a driver circuit, and a control module. The control module is electrically connected to the driver circuit and configured to output a control signal to the driver circuit to control the driver circuit. The control module is configured to: in the case where the power tool is in a first operation stage, control the driver circuit in a first control mode so that a voltage of the motor varies with a rotor position of the motor in a square wave; and in the case where the power tool is in a second operation stage, control the driver circuit in a second control mode so that the voltage of the motor varies with the rotor position of the motor in a sine wave or a saddle wave. |
US12040686B2 |
Underwater transmission device with lead screw sliding block mechanism
The present invention discloses an underwater transmission device with a lead screw sliding block mechanism, and relates to the technical field of underwater transmission devices. The device comprises a watertight motor and a lead screw sliding block mechanism A detection device is arranged in the watertight motor and comprises a planetary reducer and a rotary transformer. The lead screw sliding block mechanism comprise a base, a lead screw threaded rod and a sliding block. The watertight motor and the lead screw sliding block mechanism of the underwater transmission device with a lead screw sliding block mechanism are integrally designed. Therefore, the device has a compact structure. The rotary transformer can detect the absolute position of the sliding block, and facilitates debugging of the control system of the watertight motor. An instrument device can be fixed to the sliding block to accurately and linearly reciprocate. |
US12040685B2 |
Electric motor with passive and active magnetic bearings
A magnetically levitated motor includes a stator, a rotor configured to rotate relative to the stator, and a passive radial magnetic bearing configured to support the rotor relative to the stator in a radial direction. An active longitudinal magnetic bearing is configured to selectively position the rotor relative to the stator in an axial direction. |
US12040683B2 |
Drive motor with a balancing section on the rotor
A drive motor for a suction device (400) or a machine tool in the form of a hand-held power tool (200, 300) or a semi-stationary machine tool. The drive motor (20, 120) has a stator (80) with an excitation coil assembly (86) and a rotor (40, 140) with a motor shaft (30, 130) which is rotatably mounted about a rotational axis (D) on the stator or relative to the stator (80) by means of a bearing assembly (24A) and which passes through a shaft through-opening (42, 142) of a laminated core (41, 141) held on the motor shaft (30, 130). The rotor (40, 140) has a magnet assembly (50) with at least one permanent magnet such that the rotor (40, 140) can be rotated about the rotational axis (D) by energizing the excitation coil assembly (86). The laminated core (41, 141) has at least one balancing section (55) produced by removing material from or notching the laminated core (41, 141), and/or the at least one permanent magnet is formed by a magnet body (52) which is magnetized when arranged on the laminated core (41, 141). |
US12040676B2 |
Voice coil motor
The VCM according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a base unit, a mover including a bobbin arranged at an upper surface of the base unit and formed with a plurality of rotation prevention units along a periphery and a first driving unit arranged at a periphery of the bobbin, a stator including a yoke configured to the base unit to surround the mover and inner yoke units each extended to between the rotation prevention units, and a second driving unit oppositely arranged to the first driving unit, and an elastic member elastically supporting the mover, wherein an object occurrence preventing portion is formed between the rotation prevention unit and the inner yoke units to decrease a contact area between the rotation prevention unit and the inner yoke units. |
US12040672B2 |
Air conditioner, compressor and motor with stator core having specific dimensions
A motor for a rotary compressor, and a compressor and an air conditioner having the motor, are disclosed. The motor includes a stator core and a rotor core. The stator core has a through-hole in a center thereof. The stator core is provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced stator teeth, and the number of stator teeth is M. The rotor core is rotatably disposed in the through-hole. The rotor core is provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced rotor slots, and the number of the rotor slots is N, wherein 2≤N−M≤6. A cross-sectional area of the stator core is denoted as S, and a distance between two endpoints of two radially opposite curved segments of an outer edge of the cross section is denoted as L, wherein 0.93≤(4*S)/(3.14*L2)≤0.96. |
US12040671B2 |
Motor coil substrate comprising flexible substrate and coils and motor formed thereof
A motor coil substrate includes a flexible substrate, and coils formed on the flexible substrate. The flexible substrate is wound N times where N is 2 or larger, the coils are formed in a multiple of 3, the flexible substrate includes a first flexible substrate and a second flexible substrate extending from the first flexible substrate and wound around the first flexible substrate, the flexible substrate has a first end and a second end on an opposite side with respect to the first end such that the first flexible substrate has a first end of the flexible substrate, the second flexible substrate is positioned on an outer side of the first flexible substrate, and the coils are formed such that a coil or coils formed on the first flexible substrate partially overlap with a coil or coils formed on the second flexible substrate. |
US12040668B2 |
Stator for axial flux machine
A stator having a plurality of stator bars disposed circumferentially at intervals around an axis is provided. Each of the stator bars has a set of windings wound therearound for generating a magnetic field generally parallel to the axis. A plurality of radially outwardly disposed electrical interconnects for connecting two or more windings together are provided radially outwardly of the plurality of stator bars and extending circumferentially along at least a portion of the outer periphery of the stator bars. A plurality of radially inwardly disposed electrical interconnects for connecting two or more windings together are also provided radially inwardly of the stator bars and extending circumferentially along at least a portion of the inner periphery of the stator bars. The outer periphery of the stator is devoid of radially outwardly disposed interconnects along one or more portions. |
US12040659B2 |
Method for evaluating electromagnetic performance of electric machines in particular of permanent-magnet machines
Method for evaluating electromagnetic performance of a permanent-magnet machine, wherein the method is implemented in a computer processer or in a controller of a permanent-magnet machine, calculating the magnetic field distribution by a sub-domain method; using current density of the equivalent current sheet to represent the boundary condition, iterating by the sub-do-main method and by the magnetic circuit method until a convergent result is obtained, calculating the electro-magnetic performance parameters on basis of the convergent result, so as to evaluate the electromagnetic performance. |
US12040657B2 |
Uninterruptible power supply arrangement for subsea applications
An uninterruptible power supply, UPS, arrangement for subsea applications, including a container arranged and configured for subsea operation, and the following main modules arranged inside the container: at least one battery module of a predetermined battery capacity; at least one UPS module governing the battery module, the UPS module having a predetermined UPS capacity; at least one control module configured for interfacing and managing the battery module and the UPS module. The UPS arrangement is arranged and configured to vary its overall capacity based on at least the number of battery and UPS modules, wherein the at least one battery module and the at least one UPS module are internally arranged such that the heat losses from the UPS module are used to heat the battery module. |
US12040654B2 |
On-board starting module for vehicle engine
A starting module for a vehicle is provided. The starting module is configured to reside on-board the vehicle, and is used to start an engine associated with the vehicle in the event the battery on the vehicle is too weak to crank the engine. The engine starting module first comprises a housing. The housing resides proximate the vehicle battery and holds a plurality of super capacitors. The super capacitors reside within the housing, are configured in series, and are electrically in parallel with the vehicle battery. The super capacitors store charge received from the electrical system of the vehicle. The starting module also includes control logic. The control logic controls the discharge of stored energy from the super capacitors. The engine starting module also comprises an isolation switch, configured to move between open and close positions in response to signals from the control logic in order to restore charge to the battery as needed. |
US12040653B2 |
Charge control circuit and abnormality detection system of secondary battery
The safety is ensured in such a manner that with an abnormality detection system of a secondary battery, abnormality of a secondary battery is detected, for example, a phenomenon that lowers the safety of the secondary battery is detected early, and a user is warned or the use of the secondary battery is stopped. The abnormality detection system of the secondary battery determines whether the temperature of the secondary battery is within a temperature range in which normal operation can be performed on the basis of temperature data obtained with a temperature sensor. In the case where the temperature of the secondary battery is high, a cooling device is driven by a control signal from the abnormality detection system of the secondary battery. The abnormality detection system of the secondary battery includes at least a memory means. The memory means has a function of holding an analog signal and includes a transistor using an oxide semiconductor for a semiconductor layer. |
US12040652B2 |
Charging management chip for charging battery based on switching charging and direct charging, and operating method of charging management chip
A charging management chip includes a switching charging circuit and a direct charging circuit. The switching charging circuit receives charging power, and passes through the charging power to a first node, and charges a battery according to a switching charging method and controls generation of a system voltage provided to an electronic system. The direct charging circuit receives the charging power applied to the first node via an input node, and charges the battery according to a direct charging method by providing the charging power to an output node based on a switching circuit therein. The switching charging circuit charges the battery through a first charging path including an inductor arranged outside the charging management chip, and the direct charging circuit charges the battery through a second charging path through which the charging power transferred to the output node is directly provided to the battery. |