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| US12059150B2 |
Surgical stapling and cutting device
A method for operating a medical device, comprising: (1) providing a surgical end effector at a distal end of an instrument shaft and a rotating actuator at a proximal end of the instrument shaft, and (2) operating the rotating actuator to perform at least one of actuating the surgical end effector by sliding the rotating actuator in a proximal direction and rotating the surgical end effector with respect to the instrument shaft and about a shaft axis. |
| US12059148B2 |
Suture system and related methods for connecting and creating suspension between at least two bodies
A suture suspension system including a flexible backstop extending along a longitudinal axis and having two ends positioned in a first direction in an undeployed configuration. A length of suture can be positioned through the flexible backstop and forms a bridge connecting and creating suspension between a first body to a second body. In a deployed configuration, the two ends of the flexible backstop are positioned in a second direction different from the first direction. The system may also include an anchoring body having the length of suture woven therethrough. A portion of the anchoring body is positioned on a distal surface of a second body and a portion of the flexible backstop is positioned on a proximal surface of the first body. |
| US12059146B2 |
Tensionable and lockable micro suture anchors and anchor arrays for anatomical attachment of soft tissue to bone
A toggle-type suture anchor that incorporates individual suture tensioning and locking without knot tying. The anchor includes an elongate toggle body having a working suture pre-threaded into a first passage and back up and out a second passage with a length running longitudinally adjacent the side of the anchor. A locking suture loop is pre-threaded into a third passage between the first and second passage and includes a collapsible loop that encircles a portion of the length of suture running longitudinally adjacent the side of the anchor. With the loop open, the working suture can slide through the anchor, however, when the loop is closed the working suture is locked in position to retain tension on the working suture. The anchor can be utilized in a pre-strung connected array of anchors. |
| US12059141B2 |
Systems and methods relating to medical applications of synthetic polymer formulations
Systems, methods and compositions relating to delivering synthetic polymer formulations to the body are described, which can be used by a range of medical personnel including those with minimal experience and training. Under some embodiments, the present invention relates to systems and devices for delivering polymer formulations to a body cavity (e.g. peritoneal cavity) to reduce or stop bleeding. Under some embodiments, an initial percutaneous access pathway is first formed using a delivery device with a probe and needle mechanism that automatically stops the advance of the device upon insertion into a body cavity or space, thus minimizing user error and improving patient safety. The hollow probe then allows transmission of polymer, mixed with gas and/or additional substances, from a holding chamber or canister to flow through the device and hollow probe into the patient's anatomic cavity or space of interest, stopping expansion when the device senses the appropriate pressure. Once reaching the body cavity, the polymer formulation functions to reduce and/or stop bleeding. |
| US12059139B2 |
Device for mixing a medical paste
The invention regards a device for reconstituting a bioactive agent and forming a paste, the device comprising:—a container (2) containing the bioactive agent,—a first syringe (4) containing a liquid,—a second syringe (5) containing a paste forming material,—a connector element (6) configured for establishing sequential fluid connections between 1) the first syringe and the container, 2) the container and the second syringe, and 3) the first and second syringes, such that the liquid can be transferred from the first syringe to the container to reconstitute the bioactive agent, whereupon the reconstituted bioactive agent can be transferred from the container into the second syringe to form a paste, and the paste can be transferred to the first syringe. |
| US12059138B2 |
System for a minimally-invasive, operative gastrointestinal treatment background
A system for performing minimally invasive procedures in a working space within a body lumen of a patient including a flexible catheter configured to receive a working instrument therethrough. The flexible catheter has a working space expanding system positioned at the distal portion, the working space expanding system including first and second flexible elements movable from a non-expanded insertion position to an expanded position forming an expanded region to expand the working space within the body. The first and second flexible elements are connected at a distal region by a coupling structure. A stabilizing member stabilizes the distal portion of the flexible catheter. |
| US12059130B2 |
Device delivery systems for endoscopes
Tools and systems are provided for the delivery of accessory devices to endoscopes. A device delivery system for delivering an endoscopic device to an endoscope, comprises an insertion instrument having a pair of pivotable arms. The arms extend from a device delivery portion of the insertion instrument at a first end, into a handle portion at an opposed, second end, and are connected together at a pivotable connection. A bracket is connected to a back plate for placement of a device to be delivered thereagainst. An extension shaft extends from the back plate for placement through a working channel of the endoscopic device to be delivered. The system further comprises a removable spacer for enclosing the device delivery end of the insertion instrument. |
| US12059128B2 |
Device and method for enhanced visualization of the small intestine
A device for distending a body lumen for enhanced visualization with a capsule endoscope includes a plurality of struts configured to extend from the capsule endoscope, a retention mechanism configured to attach the plurality of struts to the capsule endoscope, and a trigger configured to release the retention mechanism. |
| US12059127B2 |
Endoscope tip attachment device
Embodiments of the disclosure include an endoscope tip assembly for use on an endoscope, during procedures. The endoscope tip assembly may include a base configured to receive an endoscope tip configured to not disengage from the endoscope tip during a procedure. The endoscope tip assembly may also include a plurality of struts which is connected by a webbing, may fold flat during insertion, and may assume a balloon-like shape during withdrawal. |
| US12059125B2 |
Systems and methods for generating and displaying a study of a stream of in-vivo images
Systems and methods may display and/or provide analysis of a number of selected images of a patients gastrointestinal tract collected in-vivo by a swallowable capsule. Images may be displayed for review (e.g., as a study) and/or for further analysis by a user. A subset of images representing the stream of images and automatically selected according to a first selection method may be displayed. On user input, additional images corresponding to a currently displayed image may be displayed, where the additional images are automatically selected according to a second selection method. The second selection method may be based on a relation between images of the stream of in-vivo images and the currently displayed image. |
| US12059113B2 |
Diverter assembly for dishwasher
A dishwasher is provided having a diverter assembly. The diverter assembly may include a diverter disk moveable between an upper and a lower position. The diverter disk may include a diverter head defining an opening and a radial center, and a disk boss attached to the diverter head at a radial center of the diverter head. The disk boss may define a disk channel extending below the diverter head. The diverter disk may further include an upper spring guide extending below the disk boss and located within the disk channel, a return spring extending below the upper spring guide within the disk channel, and a lower spring guide extending through the return spring. The return spring may have a top end attached to the upper spring guide and a bottom end attached to the lower spring guide. |
| US12059110B2 |
Motorized floor mop
A floor cleaning apparatus comprising a housing, a motorized agitation system, and at least one removable pad alignment jig. The motorized agitation system comprising a plurality of rotatable pad holders provided on the housing, a plurality of cleaning pads, and at least one drive motor operably coupled with the plurality of rotatable pad holders. One of plurality of cleaning pads being provided on each of the plurality of rotatable pad holders for rotation thereof. |
| US12059106B2 |
Toothpaste dispensing device
A toothpaste dispensing device has an elongate body defining an upper section for accommodating at least a portion of a toothpaste container longitudinally therein in use and a lower section defining a toothbrush entrance therethrough. A dispensing mechanism is located within the lower section. The dispensing mechanism comprises a pump mechanism engaging a mouth of the toothpaste container and a trigger pivotally coupled to act on the pump mechanism. The trigger is accessible via the toothbrush entrance such that, in use, when a toothbrush head is inserted into the toothbrush entrance, the toothbrush head deflects the trigger thereby causing the trigger to act on the pump mechanism to dispense toothpaste from the toothpaste container onto the toothbrush head located thereunderneath. |
| US12059105B2 |
Combined shower and toilet
A combined shower and toilet arrangement 10 comprises a shower, comprising: a shower fluid outputting arrangement 12; and a shower floor 14; and: a toilet 16, comprising a receiving area 19 for receiving human waste; wherein the combined shower and toilet arrangement is operable in a shower use mode or a toilet use mode, wherein, in the toilet use mode, the shower floor is in a position that does not obstruct use of the toilet, and is in a non-use position, not usable as a floor for the shower; and in the shower use mode, the shower floor 14 is in a shower use position, above a portion or a whole of the receiving area of the toilet 16, and is usable as a floor for the shower. |
| US12059103B2 |
Bath and shower floor with anti-slip surface and method of forming same
A shower receptor includes a base having a floor surface configured for a user to stand on. The floor surface includes a first portion having a first coefficient of friction and a second portion having a second coefficient of friction. The first portion is an etched area of the floor surface that defines a surface texture having a depth. The second portion is an unetched area of the floor surface. The first coefficient of friction of the first portion has a first value when the first portion is wet and the second coefficient of friction of the second portion has a second value when the second portion is wet. The first value is higher than the second value. |
| US12059099B2 |
Variable temperature blender
A variable temperature blender is disclosed for the cooking and preparation of heated sauces, jams, soups, purees, alternative milks, smoothies and more. A variable temperature blender has a lid assembly, a vessel assembly, and a base assembly. The vessel assembly has a blending vessel and a collar attached to a bottom portion of the blending vessel. The base assembly have a user interface, a motor, and a controller. A heating element positioned within the collar of the vessel assembly received an electronic signal from the controller via an electrical interface connecting the base assembly with the vessel assembly. The electronic signal activates or deactivates the heating element based on an operational mode of the variable temperature blender to heat a food item contained within the blending vessel. |
| US12059095B2 |
Mixing apparatus for example creating frothed milk
A mixing apparatus includes an inner container and an outer container which define mixing fluid passageways between them. The inner container is received in the outer container with at least two different orientations. Each orientation forms a different set of passageways each including a mixing chamber and a riser passage, where the passageways lead from the inner container to the mixing chamber. The different orientations create different designs of the passageways, to give different mixing functionality. |
| US12059094B2 |
Beverage preparation method
The invention concerns a method for producing a beverage by dissolution of soluble beverage powder with water in a beverage preparation apparatus, —said apparatus comprising at least one chamber (1) for receiving and mixing a dose of soluble beverage powder with water, said chamber comprising : —an opened top to receive the dose of soluble beverage powder, and —a lateral side wall (11) said lateral side wall comprising a water inlet (2), and —a bottom wall (12), said bottom wall comprising a beverage outlet conduit (3), and —said method comprising the steps of: a) —introducing water through the water inlet (2) to wet the internal surface of the funnel of the bottom wall, then b) —stopping the introduction of water, then c) —introducing the dose of soluble beverage powder in the chamber, then d) —introducing water in the chamber to dissolve the powder. |
| US12059086B2 |
Cake shield
A cake shield with a top cover and side wall dimensioned to enclose a cake to prevent contamination during celebration is disclosed. Recesses in the top cover may include a recessed track dimensioned to hold multiple candles, a deeper cylindrical or conical recess, or a recess dimensioned for a candle with a rectangular footprint. Use of transparent material allows the cake to be viewed under the shield. The cake shield may comprise a base wall that supports the side wall of the top cover, and two or more pieces may interlock to form the base wall. A kit may also include a base plate for supporting both the cake and the side wall, as well as decorations for the top cover that may include candles and other materials. |
| US12059085B2 |
Adjustable lid for covering a glass or cup
A device comprising an adjustable lid for covering a glass or cup that covers the top of the glass or cup and prevents substances from being placed in the glass or cup. |
| US12059071B2 |
Storage case
In the present invention of a storage case, a space can be saved in the packing form.The skeleton frame of the storage case includes a pair of left and right side frames, a connecting pipe connecting the front end portions of the side frames, and a back panel connecting the rear end portions of the side frames. Therefore, in the skeleton frame, the bottom wall of the case can be supported by the support portion of the side frame without providing the bottom plate that supports the entire bottom wall of the case. As a result, when the storage case is disassembled, it is not necessary to vertically stack the bottom plates that receive the entire bottom wall of the case from below, so that it is possible to save space in the packing form of the storage case. |
| US12059066B2 |
Massage applicator
A massage applicator for massaging cream-type fluids into the skin, provided with an end wall with a massage region, on which massage elevations are provided. The end wall is penetrated by at least one outlet channel for the cream-type fluid. The massage applicator is provided with suitable markings in the massage region for measuring the fluid to be used, the applicator is provided with a cover which can be blocked in an open position and/or secured in a closed position, and an assembly of two valves is used in order to secure against unintentional discharge. |
| US12059063B2 |
Reversible and expandable handbag
A reversible, expandable, reusable and versatile handbag that has a rectangular proportion and contains two inner pockets each sewn on the side and not fixed at the bottom and at least one outer front pocket. The reversible aspect of the handbag allows it to go from one size to another with the simple action of inverting or flipping the bag inside out because the inside pockets become outer pockets. |
| US12059061B2 |
Pull-tab extender and methods of use
Embodiments described herein include an attachment, protector, and/or extender for a pull-tab or zipper pull. The extender may be made out of two elongated tabs or sides from one continuous piece of fabric, leather, or other natural or synthetic material. The material may include a central planar body with an a proximal and a distal aperture. The tabs may loop over one another when fully prepared and covering the pull-tab to make a clean and aesthetic look. The looping steps of first and second elongated tabs provides for receiving the pull-tab of the closure device or zipper at the central planar body of the extender for users operating while enhancing and protecting zipper closures and the like. |
| US12059055B2 |
Method for the three-dimensional forming of an upper of a footwear
A method for the three-dimensional forming of an upper of a footwear, comprises: preparing a sock comprising thermoplastic yarns; fitting the sock on a reference form of an upper to be formed; placing the reference form with the sock in an oven; heating the sock in the oven up to determining the at least partial fusion of thermoplastic material of the thermoplastic yarns of the sock; cooling the sock up to determining the cross-linking of the thermoplastic material and the formation of the upper with more rigid portions and less rigid portions; removing the upper from the reference form. |
| US12059052B2 |
Footwear entry system
Footwear can include an upper forefoot part, an upper heel part, an outsole including a forward part joined with the forefoot part and a rearward part joined with the heel part. The rearward part can be selectively moveable in unison with the heel part from a closed mode secured to a wearer's foot, to an open mode to don or doff the footwear. The footwear can include a first shank defining a recess and a second shank including an engagement rim, the second shank tiltable to the open mode, with the engagement rim registered in the recess to stabilize the footwear in the open mode. The upper forefoot part can include one or more pockets, and the heel part can include wings that slidably fit therein. The wings can cooperate to secure the footwear in the closed mode and/or impair overextension in an open mode. |
| US12059051B2 |
System and method for designing and manufacturing a protective sports helmet
The invention relates to a protective sports helmet purposely designed for a selected group of helmet wearers from amongst a larger population of helmet wearers. A multi-step method for helmet design starts by collecting information from a population of players that may include information about the shape of a player's head and the impacts the player has sustained. This information is then processed to create player population information that is sorted to create categories. Advanced mathematical techniques are utilized to further sort these categories into player groups or data sets based on player attributes. Once the player groups are identified, another multi-step process is utilized to design optimized helmet prototype models for each player group. These optimized helmet prototype models are then further processed into complete helmet models by determining a structural design and chemical composition that is manufacturable and has mechanical properties that are substantially similar to the optimized helmet prototype model. Physical helmet prototypes are then created and tested using a unique helmet standard derived from information associated with each player group. Once the prototypes pass testing, the complete helmet models can be manufactured to create actual stock helmets or stock helmet components for future players whose characteristics and attributes place them within the selected player group. |
| US12059050B2 |
Cap logo applicator
A cap logo applicator, and method of fabricating, includes a first mandrel having a front and a back, the first mandrel having a curved, non-cylindrical surface, and a relief space in the back such that when a cap is positioned on the first mandrel, a front of the cap is in contact with the non-cylindrical surface and a top of the cap extends over the relief space, and a second mandrel opposing the first mandrel and configured to apply pressure to the first mandrel. At least one of the first mandrel and the second mandrel includes a heater. |
| US12059049B2 |
Protective visored helmet with disinfected air flow property
A protective visored helmet with disinfected air flow property used in order to prevent infection (virus, bacteria, allergen) agents in cases of high contagion (during the treatment of viral/bacterial infections with high risk of airborne transmission, epidemics, pandemics). |
| US12059048B2 |
Headgear shroud assembly
A shroud assembly for headgear includes a frame having a first side configured to face toward an exterior surface of the headgear and a second side opposite the first side and configured to face away from the headgear, the first side having a shape that matches a contour of the headgear. An insert separately formed from the frame is removably attached to the first side of the frame, the insert configured for removable attachment to a mounting assembly. The frame includes first and second spaced apart walls disposed on the front side of the frame on opposite sides of the insert, the first and second walls spaced a sufficient distance apart to provide an interference fit between the mounting assembly and the first and second spaced apart walls. |
| US12059045B1 |
System for and method of diversion deployment of a survival saw
An article of clothing is provided in combination with a flexible saw and a deployment slot aligned with a seam within the article of clothing. The saw is storable in and retrievable from a cavity formed by the deployment slot. The article of clothing can be any military uniform or, preferably, an undergarment (i.e., undershirt; boxers/briefs, camisole or brassiere). The flexible saw has a elongated blade formed of a corrosive-resistant material and a grasping element formed at or attached to each end. The elongated blade may comprise a wire from about 20-gauge to about 26-gauge. |
| US12059043B2 |
Wireless brassiere
A brassiere design that is wireless, that reduces uncomfortable rubbing and chafing of the breasts, and that provides sufficient lift to the breasts to give comfort to the wearer. The brassiere design may comprise left and right cups that are configured as socks for the breasts of the wearer, each of the socks defining a recess into which one of the breasts of the wearer can be received. Each of the socks acts as a stretchable sling or pocket to suspend and hold a breast, and to shape the breast into an attractive teardrop shape. |
| US12059041B1 |
Sport bra and support bra
A breast sport bra and a breast support bra for providing a women wearer with a comfortable breast support, a balance of the breasts, and freedom of movement, the breast support bra includes a first breast cup and a second breast cup. The breast cups are attached to a top portion of horizontal, elastic, breast cup band. The breast cup band is releasably attached the first and second breast cups for separating the cup one from another. A first shoulder strap is attached to a top portion of the first breast cup and an opposite end of the first shoulder strap is attached to a side of the second breast cup and an end portion of the breast cup band. A second shoulder strap is attached to a top portion of the second breast cup and an opposite end of the second shoulder strap crossing the first shoulder strap in an “X” configuration and attached to a side of the first breast cup and an end portion of the breast cup band. |
| US12059040B2 |
Aerosol-generating systems with usage determination
An electrically operated aerosol generating system may include a storage portion configured to store an aerosol forming substrate, at least one heating element configured to heat the aerosol forming substrate, a sensor configured to detect an activation of the system, a clock, and electric circuitry connected to the sensor. A usage parameter associated with operation of the system may be measured and compared, to a threshold value. A usage profile of the system may be determined based on the comparison. Such operations may be repeated at different times of day. An operating mode of the system may be selectively executed based on the determined usage profile associated with the current time of day. A monitoring procedure may be ended when the measured usage parameter exceeds a threshold value, and the duration of the monitoring procedure may be compared to a threshold duration to determine the usage profile. |
| US12059034B2 |
Electronic cigarette atomization core and atomizer
Disclosed are an electronic cigarette atomization core (4) and atomizer. The electronic cigarette atomization core (4) includes an ultrasonic atomization piece (46) disposed horizontally, a liquid guide cotton (45) disposed above the ultrasonic atomization piece (46), and an electrode plate (47) placed on the liquid guide cotton (45). Each end of the electrode plate (47) is provided with a curved segment (472). The curved segment (472) includes a first contact (4721) located above a second contact (4722), wherein the first contact (4721) and the second contact (4722) are electrically connected but are distant horizontally, and the second contact (4722) abuts against an atomization surface electrode of the ultrasonic atomization piece (46) to form an electrical connection. A-middle part of the electrode plate (47) presses the liquid guide cotton (45) against the ultrasonic atomization piece (46) to form an atomization region, and the middle part of the electrode plate (47) is provided with a through hole (473) for exposing the atomization region. The electronic cigarette atomization core (4) and the atomizer ensure that the liquid guide cotton (45) well abuts against the atomization surface of the ultrasonic atomization piece (46) without any cotton pressing spring under the condition that an e-liquid atomization effect is not affected, and smoke generated by means of atomization and splashing c-liquid droplets are directly sprayed to an air outlet tube (3) without being shielded, thereby preventing a user from inhaling condensed e-liquid droplets and improving user experience. |
| US12059033B2 |
Aerosol-generating device with closable cavity
The invention relates to an aerosol-generating device comprising a main body and a top cover. The top cover comprising a cavity for removable insertion of an aerosol-generating article comprising aerosol-forming substrate. The aerosol-generating device further comprises a heater in the cavity. The top cover is configured as movable with respect to the main body between a first position and a second position. The cavity is accessible for insertion of the aerosol-generating article when the top cover is in the first position. The cavity is inaccessible for insertion of the aerosol-generating article when the top cover is in the second position. Movement of the top cover between the first and second position is caused by one or more of pivotal movement around, or transversal, to a longitudinal axis of the aerosol-generating device and sliding movement transversal to the longitudinal axis of the aerosol-generating device. The invention also relates to a system comprising an aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating article. |
| US12059029B2 |
Aerosol generating device with a cutting portion
An aerosol generating device that heats an aerosol generating article including a metal wrapper, the aerosol generating device includes: an accommodation portion configured to accommodate the aerosol generating article through an opening of the aerosol generating device; and a cutting portion disposed in the accommodation portion. The cutting portion may cut at least part of the metal wrapper when the aerosol generating article is inserted into the accommodation portion. |
| US12059028B2 |
Container
Embodiments relate to a container for an elongate electronic nicotine delivery system or other flavored vapor delivery system. The container has a rigid elongate body which defines a chamber including an end and an insert received in the end having first and ancillary openings that lead into the chamber. The insert includes a dividing wall to separate the first and ancillary openings in the insert so that an elongate electronic nicotine delivery system inserted into the chamber through the first opening protrudes therefrom and is supported in an upright position within the chamber by the insert. A lid is pivotally attached to the body so that it covers the first and ancillary openings in the insert in a closed position. |
| US12059027B2 |
Consistent two-channel air flow radiant heating system for vaporizing tobacco and method of use
A radiant heater adapted to fit on the head of a hookah. The heater uses one or more resistance wire coils to generate heat which is transferred to shisha in the hookah. The heater includes an exterior chimney which surrounds the resistance ribbon and allows air to flow past the heating elements, and an interior chimney allowing cool air to mix with the heated air. The heated air further mixes with cool air drawn through a ventilation gap below the chimney and the mixed air drawn through one or more vents in a heat shield. The heat shield and hot air vaporize the shisha. |
| US12059023B2 |
Method and apparatus for inspecting an inductively heatable aerosol-generating article for the presence of a susceptor and a desired article alignment
The present invention relates to method for inspecting an inductively heatable aerosol-generating article (1) for the presence of a susceptor (21) using at least one sensor (110) that is responsive to the susceptor (21) being at least one of electrically conductive, magnetic or magnetized. The invention further relates to method and apparatus for inspecting an inductively heatable aerosol-generating article for a desired article alignment at a specific article location in an article manufacturing apparatus, wherein the susceptor is provided for inductively heating an aerosol-forming substrate comprised in the article, and wherein an arrangement of the susceptor at or in the article is asymmetric with regard to a length axis of the article. The method and the apparatus comprises usage of at least a first senor which is arranged and configured to detect at a first test site of the article location a presence or absence of a susceptor, wherein the presence of the susceptor at the first test is indicative of the presence of the desired article alignment at the article location. The first sensor is responsive to the susceptor being at least one of electrically conductive, magnetic or magnetized and responsive to the presence of the susceptor at the first test site. |
| US12059015B2 |
Maternal supplement
A maternal composition wherein said maternal composition is specifically formulated for a woman who has given birth prematurely or who is at risk of giving birth prematurely. |
| US12059013B2 |
Water absorbers and separation mechanisms for application to high moisture foodstuffs
A frozen food product is described to include frozen foodstuffs combined with a polysaccharide, protein, or other water absorber, individually or in combination, separated from the food stuff through one or more mechanisms including but not limited to, suspension of the polysaccharide, protein, or other water absorber in oil, encapsulation of the polysaccharide, protein, or other water absorber, or a dry mixture of the polysaccharide, protein, or other water absorber and seasoning applied to frozen foodstuffs. As the frozen foodstuffs are cooked, water expressed from the foodstuffs activates or hydrates the polysaccharide, protein, or other water absorber. |
| US12059011B2 |
Confectionery products with intense initial cooling and extended stability at a high humidity environment
The present disclosure is directed to confectionery products, such as compressed mint tablets, that comprise menthol and eucalyptol. In certain embodiments, the menthol is encapsulated. The confectionery products deliver a strong initial cooling impact, and have extended storage stability in high humidity environments. |
| US12059010B2 |
Solid maple syrup compositions
The present invention relates to a maple syrup product having a low water content. The maple syrup product retains the physical and palatable properties of untreated maple syrup while having a prolonged shelf-life. It can be advantageously used to sweeten beverages (such as hot beverages) and in the manufacture of pharmaceutical compositions (such as throat lozenges) and/or confectionery. |
| US12059009B2 |
Transport system for an industrial confectionery machine
The invention relates to a conveyor system for moulds (12) of an industrial confectionery machine (2), which comprises a plurality of production stations (P1, P2, P3, P4, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) and moulds (12) for producing at least one confectionery article, wherein with the confectionery machine (2), a mould (12) can be conveyed to the various production stations (P1, P2, P3, P4, 3, 4, 6,, 7) for successive production steps, comprising a conveyor rail (8, 8a, 8b, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82) and a drive device (9, T1, 67, D1, D2, D3, G1, G2, G3), with which a conveyance movement for a mould (12) can be produced in order to convey the mould (12) along the conveyor rail (8, 8a, 8b, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82) to the production stations (P1, P2, P3, P4, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). |
| US12059005B2 |
Multiple-function biological composition
Multiple-function biological compositions for the biological control of phytopathogens, phytonematodes and agricultural pests are provided for use as an inoculant, for phosphorus solubilization, for soil conditioning, for use as a biostimulant, for hydric stress reduction in cultivated plants and for bioremediation in agricultural or non-agricultural areas. The compositions contain mixtures of additives and excipients having at least two genera and/or species of Actinomycetes or other bacterial species, so as to provide nematicidal effects, fungicidal effects. insecticidal action in the reduction of damage and control of insects, and other properties such as growth-promotion and soil conditioning. The compositions may also be used, for use as a biostimulant, for hydric stress mitigation in cultivated plants, and for bioremediation in agricultural or non-agricultural areas. |
| US12058999B2 |
Hydrogen peroxide and peracid stabilization with molecules based on a pyridine carboxylic acid
Stabilized peroxycarboxylic acid compositions are provided. The stable peroxycarboxylic acid compositions are particularly suitable for use in sanitizing equipment and surfaces to reduce yeasts, spores and bacteria, including those having contact with food, food products and/or components thereof, which require or benefit from infection control suitable for direct contact with such food sources are provided. |
| US12058989B2 |
Angling device
An angling device comprising a housing arranged with an arm with a pivot to the housing at a proximal end and a line capture jaw at a distal end, a location means for location of the line capture jaw in use on a line of an angling rod, and a mechanism for pivoting the arm from a second position where the line capture jaw locates on the line in a second location on the rod, to a first position where the line capture jaw locates on the line in a first location on the rod, wherein the mechanism is activated automatically after movement of the line to the second location on the rod. |
| US12058982B2 |
Timed calling type pet feeder capable of preventing mistaken touch
A timed calling type pet feeder capable of preventing mistaken touch includes a bottom shell. A feeding tray matching with the bottom shell and embedded in the bottom shell is arranged on the bottom shell. N food storage boxes are uniformly arranged on the feeding tray along a circumferential direction in a sunken manner. The N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 3. A sealing cover configured to seal N−1 food storage boxes is arranged on the bottom shell. A rotating mechanism configured to drive the sealing cover to rotate, a control module configured to drive the rotating mechanism to operate, and an appetite stimulating module configured to cooperate with the control module to implement interaction are arranged in a center of the bottom shell. The control module includes a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB is programmed with a timing module, a key module, and a display module. The appetite stimulating module includes a recording module configured to record a sound for urging a pet to eat and a speaker configured for timed playback of the sound. |
| US12058978B2 |
Toilet seat for animals
Described herein is a toilet seat capable of being coupled to an existing toilet bowl enabling the toilet to be used by animals. Further, the toilet seat can be used in training an animal to use a toilet as opposed to going outside or using a litter box. The toilet seat has a platform for the animal to rest upon as well as a number of inserts configured to help with training the animal to use the toilet. |
| US12058977B2 |
System for monitoring and controlling an automated litter device
An automated litter device having: a) a chamber configured to hold litter to allow an animal to enter and excrete waste; b) a waste drawer in communication with the chamber and configured to receive the waste; c) one or more sensors configured to detect one or more conditions of the device and transmit one or more signals related to the one or more conditions; d) a controller in communication with the one or more sensors which is adapted to receive the one or more signals, wherein the controller is configured to determine one or more positions of the chamber based on the one or more signals received from the one or more sensors and interpret the one or more signals as one or more status signals; e) a communication module in communication with the controller and adapted to communicate with a user interface via a network to transmit the one or more status signals to the user interface, receive one or more instruction signals via the user interface, or both; wherein the user interface is adapted to transmit the one or more instruction signals to the controller to change at least one of the one or more conditions of the device. |
| US12058971B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH011168
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011168. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011168, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011168 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 CH011168. |
| US12058970B2 |
Wheat cultivar 01095213
The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated 01095213. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar 01095213. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar 01095213 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar 01095213 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods. |
| US12058966B2 |
Plant processing systems
A plant processing system includes a mobile cart with a support rail, a rack with a rack rail, and a hanger configured to support one or more plants therefrom. The hanger is hangable from either the support rail or the rack rail. The hanger includes a first end having a hook deigned to engage either the support rail or the rack rail. A second end of the hanger includes a tab having a magnet that engages either the support rail or the rack rail to limit movement of the second end of the hanger. A series of crossbars can be attached to the hanger at select locations along the length of the hanger. Each crossbar is configured to support plants or other items along the length of the hanger. |
| US12058958B2 |
Operating rod assembly and string trimmer
The disclosure provides an operating rod assembly and a string trimmer. The operating rod assembly includes a first rod provided with a first limiting piece, a second rod provided with a second limiting piece and a connector for connecting the first rod and the second rod. An outer diameter of the second rod is smaller than an inner diameter of the first rod; the first limiting piece and the second limiting piece are matched to limit the relative rotation angle between the first rod and the second rod. When the connector is in a locking state, two ends of the connector respectively lock the first rod and the second rod; when the connector is in a loosening state, the connector releases the second rod or the first rod, and the first rod and the second rod can rotate and stretch relative to each other. |
| US12058955B2 |
Air boom spreader for particulate material
An air-boom spreader has a hopper for containing particulate material, a metering device having a plurality of sluices, a plurality of outlets transversely spaced-apart on a boom in a direction perpendicular to the direction of travel of the spreader, and a plurality of air lines connecting the plurality of sluices to the plurality of outlets for conveying the particulate material in an air stream from the plurality of sluices to the plurality of outlets. The spreader has more than twice as many outlets as sluices, and the plurality of outlets has an innermost outlet, an outermost outlet and at least three other outlets between the innermost outlet and the outermost outlet whereby each of the innermost outlet and the outermost outlet are supplied with half as much of the particulate material as each of the at least three other outlets. |
| US12058954B2 |
System for spraying plants and/or plant precursors
Various embodiments of a system for automatically sensing and spraying plants and/or plant precursors as they are planted or otherwise distributed on and/or within the ground is disclosed. |
| US12058951B2 |
Predictive nutrient map and control
An information map is obtained by an agricultural system. The information map maps values of a characteristic at different geographic locations in a worksite. An in-situ sensor detects nutrient values as a mobile material application machine operates at the worksite. A predictive map generator generates a predictive map that maps predictive nutrient values at different geographic locations in the worksite based on a relationship between values of the characteristic in the information map and nutrient values detected by the in-situ sensor. The predictive map can be output and used in automated machine control. |
| US12058949B2 |
Techniques for automated planting
Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques, including systems and methods, for planting using planting pods. A planting system can be configured to deliver pods including a payload (e.g., seeds, cuttings, or other planting materials) into or onto the ground at a predetermined location. In some embodiments, the automated planting system can include a mapping system that receives various sensor inputs and generates a map of a planting area. A pod planting system may use the map of the planting area to deliver pods to the planting area. The pod planting system may be executed automatically using the maps generated by the mapping system and/or manually by a remote operator. Each pod can include a payload to be planted on or in the ground by the pod planting system. Pods may be customized depending on the types of plants being planted, the terrain, prior planting results, etc. |
| US12058948B2 |
Field monitoring and data collection systems and methods for a precision agriculture system
A sensor network for measuring and processing agricultural sensor measurements having multi-depth sensors, field monitors, and/or field data collection systems. The multi-depth sensor having a GPS; sets of physical sensors located at different depths; a processing structure sampling measurements from the physical sensors; and storing the measurements. The field monitor for use with a mobile platform having: a housing; a camera; a LiDAR sensor; a processing structure capturing point data and image data; generating above-ground field data; and determining crop data. The field data collection system having a stationary field monitor and one or more mobile field monitors capturing above-ground data. The stationary field monitor and the mobile field monitors having an associated GPS. The multi-depth sensors capture below-ground data and communicating the below-ground data to the stationary field monitor. A GPU processes the above-ground data and the GPS data to generate a point cloud data set. |
| US12063876B2 |
Variable resistance memory device
A variable resistance memory device includes a variable resistance layer and a first conductive element and a second conductive element which are spaced apart from each other on the variable resistance layer. The variable resistance layer may include a first layer and a second layer on the first layer. The first layer includes a ternary or more metal oxide containing two or more metal materials having different valences. The second layer may include silicon oxide. The variable resistance memory device may have a wide range of resistance variation due to the metal oxide in which oxygen vacancies are easily formed. The first conductive element and the second conductive element, in response to an applied voltage, may be configured to form a current path in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the first layer and the second direction are stacked. |
| US12063871B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of forming an inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on a substrate, forming a trench in the IMD layer, forming a synthetic antiferromagnetic (SAF) layer in the trench, forming a metal layer on the SAF layer, planarizing the metal layer and the SAF layer to form a metal interconnection, and forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on the metal interconnection. |
| US12063868B2 |
Low RA narrow base modified double magnetic tunnel junction structure
A modified double magnetic tunnel junction (mDMTJ) structure is provided which includes a narrow base and the use of a spin diffusion layer (i.e., non-magnetic, spin-conducting metallic layer) which gives a low resistance-area product (RA) for the tunnel barrier layer that forms an interface with the spin diffusion layer. |
| US12063867B2 |
Dual spacer for double magnetic tunnel junction devices
An approach to provide a structure of a double magnetic tunnel junction device with two spacers that includes a bottom magnetic tunnel junction stack, a spin conducting layer on the bottom magnetic tunnel junction stack, a top magnetic tunnel junction stack on the spin conduction layer, a first dielectric spacer on sides of the top magnetic tunnel junction stack and a portion of a top surface of the spin conduction layer, and a second dielectric spacer on the first spacer. The double magnetic tunnel device includes the top magnetic tunnel junction stack with a width that is less than the width of the bottom magnetic tunnel junction stack. |
| US12063864B2 |
Piezoelectric device and method of manufacturing piezoelectric device
A piezoelectric device and a manufacturing method thereof in which a piezoelectric film formed of a thin film of a lead zirconate titanate-based perovskite oxide is formed on a substrate, and at least a first region out of the first region and a second region of the piezoelectric film is irradiated with electromagnetic waves having a wavelength of 230 nm or less in a reducing atmosphere to provide a difference in piezoelectric characteristics between the first region and the second region so that the first region has a smaller absolute value of a piezoelectric constant d31 and a smaller dielectric loss tan δ than the second region. |
| US12063858B2 |
Apparatuses based on jet-effect and thermoelectric effect
The invention discloses a method and modified aerodynamic apparatuses: fluid pushers-off and fluid motion-sensors, making enable efficient implementation and use of a controllable enhanced jet-effect, either the waving jet-effect, the Coanda jet-effect, the lift-effect, the effect of thrust, the Venturi effect, and/or the de Laval jet-effect, all are controllable using the Peltier effect and/or the Seebeck effect. The modified aerodynamic apparatuses are geometrically shaped and supplied with built-in thermoelectric devices, wherein the presence of the thermoelectric devices provides for new functional properties of the modified aerodynamic apparatuses. The method solves the problem of effective control of the operation of modified aerodynamic apparatuses such as airfoil wings of a flying vehicle, convergent-divergent nozzles, loudspeakers, and detectors of acoustic waves, all of a highly-efficient functionality. |
| US12063857B2 |
Organic light-emitting device and display apparatus including the same
Provided are an organic-light-emitting device and a display apparatus including the same. The organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including at least one light-emitting unit, wherein the at least one light-emitting unit includes: an emission layer; and a hole transport region between the first electrode and the emission layer and including a first hole transport (HT) layer, the emission layer includes a host, the first HT layer includes a first compound, a minimum bond dissociation energy (BDE1HT) of the first compound is larger than a triplet energy (T1,host) of the host, and a minimum bond dissociation energy (BDEhost) of the host is larger than the triplet energy (T1,host) of the host. |
| US12063856B2 |
Mixed material for light-emitting device
A novel mixed material for a light-emitting device with improved heat resistance is provided. The mixed material for a light-emitting device includes a first heteroaromatic compound and a second heteroaromatic compound. The first heteroaromatic compound includes a first heteroaromatic ring. The first heteroaromatic ring includes a ring including two or more nitrogen atoms and any one of a benzene ring and a pyridine ring or a ring including a diazine ring or a triazine ring. The second heteroaromatic compound includes a second heteroaromatic ring. The second heteroaromatic ring includes a ring including two or more nitrogen atoms and any one of a benzene ring and a pyridine ring or a ring including a diazine ring or a triazine ring. A structure of the first heteroaromatic ring is different from a structure of the second heteroaromatic ring. |
| US12063855B2 |
Compound for organic electric element, organic electric element using the same, and electronic device therefor
Provided are an organic electric element having a first electrode, a second electrode, and at least an organic material layer formed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic material layer comprising an emitting layer and the emitting layer comprising a mixture of host materials which improves luminous efficiency, stability, and lifespan of the element; and an organic electronic device comprising the element. |
| US12063847B2 |
Method for forming an organic element of an electronic device
The present invention relates to a method for forming an organic element of an electronic device having at least two different pixel types including a first pixel type (pixel A) and a second pixel type (pixel B), —wherein at least one layer of pixel A is deposited by applying an ink A containing at least one organic functional material A and at least one solvent A by a printing process, —wherein at least one layer of pixel B is deposited by applying an ink B containing at least one organic functional material B and at least one solvent B by a printing process, —wherein at least one organic functional material A and at least one organic functional material B are different, and —wherein at least one solvent A and at least one solvent B are different, characterized in that both inks, ink A and ink B, in addition contain at least one common solvent S, and characterized in that the boiling point of solvent A and the boiling point of solvent B is at least 10° C. lower than the boiling point of the common solvent S. |
| US12063845B2 |
Display device, display panel and method of manufacturing display panel
The present disclosure relates to a display device, a display panel and a method of manufacturing the same, and relates to display technology. The display panel of the present disclosure includes a driving backplane, a first planarization layer, a second planarization layer, light-emitting devices and photoelectric sensing devices. The first planarization layer is provided on one side of the driving backplane. The second planarization layer is provided on a surface of the first planarization layer distal to the driving backplane, and the second planarization layer is provided with sensing holes. The light-emitting devices are provided on a surface of the second planarization layer distal to the driving backplane and are located outside the sensing holes. The photoelectric sensing devices are provided on a surface of the second planarization layer distal to the driving backplane, and each of the photoelectric sensing devices is at least partially located inside the sensing hole. |
| US12063835B2 |
Organic light emitting display device and method of manufacturing organic light emitting display device
An organic light emitting display device includes: a substrate including: pixel regions; connection regions between adjacent pixel regions from among the pixel regions, respectively; and a region having a through-opening, the region being defined by the adjacent pixel regions, and the connection regions respectively between the adjacent pixel regions; a sub-pixel structure on the substrate at each of the pixel regions; and an organic pattern on a side wall of the substrate, the side wall being adjacent to the through-opening. |
| US12063831B2 |
Electronic device including under display camera
Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to an electronic device including an under display camera (UDC). The electronic device includes: a housing, a display, and a camera disposed inside the housing overlapping a portion of the display and acquiring light passing through the display from outside. The display includes a first area in which a first pixel overlapping with at least a portion of the camera and a first pixel driving circuit for driving the first pixel are disposed, and a second area, other than the first area, in which a second pixel and a second pixel driving circuit for driving the second pixel are disposed. The first pixel driving circuit includes a first driving thin film transistor (TFT) having a first channel region having a straight shape does not include a curved shape, and the second pixel driving circuit includes a second driving TFT having a second channel region of a curved shape. A first channel width of the first driving TFT is greater than a second channel width of the second driving TFT, and a first channel length of the first driving TFT is less than a second channel length of the second driving TFT. |
| US12063828B2 |
Display panel and electronic device having power supply wire in redundant pixel area electrically connected to light-emitting function layer
The present application discloses a display panel and an electronic device. The display panel includes a display area and a redundant pixel area located on at least one side of the display area. The display panel includes a substrate, a power supply wire, a light-emitting function layer, and a cathode disposed in sequence. At least a part of the power supply wire is located in the redundant pixel area; the light-emitting function layer covers the display area and the redundant pixel area; and the cathode is electrically connected to the power supply wire. |
| US12063827B2 |
Display substrate and display device
A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a first power signal line and a pixel defining layer. The first power signal line includes first power signal sub-lines extending along a first direction and second power signal sub-lines extending along a second direction. The pixel defining layer includes a plurality of openings to define effective light-emitting regions of a plurality of sub-pixels, the plurality of sub-pixels include a sub-pixel pair including two sub-pixels arranged along the second direction, and the sub-pixel pair includes two effective light-emitting sub-regions with an interval therebetween. In a plan view, the first power signal sub-line passes through the interval between the two effective light-emitting sub-regions, at least one second power signal sub-line includes a fracture, and the two effective light-emitting sub-regions are located at the fracture. |
| US12063825B2 |
Transparent display device
A transparent display device may improve transmittance and definition. The transparent display device comprises a plurality of first signal lines extended in a first direction and disposed to be spaced apart from one another, a plurality of second signal lines extended in a second direction and disposed to be spaced apart from one another, a transmissive area provided between two first signal lines adjacent to each other and two second signal lines adjacent to each other, and a first pixel and a second pixel disposed based on an overlapping area where the first signal line and the second signal line cross each other. The first pixel has a triangular shape, and the second pixel has a triangular shape symmetrical with the first pixel by interposing one of the first signal line and the second signal line. |
| US12063823B2 |
Display panel, display method, display device and manufacturing method of organic light-emitting sub-pixel
The present application relates to the field of display technologies, and provides a display panel including a base substrate; a plurality of pixel structures arranged in an array on the base substrate including a main light-emitting portion and an auxiliary light-emitting portion independently driven and having a same light-emitting color, as well as a microstructure covering the main light-emitting portion and the auxiliary light-emitting portion, light emitted by the main light-emitting portion and the auxiliary light-emitting portion of the same organic light-emitting sub-pixel is emitted through the microstructure; and wherein the initial brightness of the organic light-emitting sub-pixel is the initial brightness of the main light-emitting portion; and a control structure configured to control brightness of the auxiliary light-emitting portion according to brightness of the main light-emitting portion to compensate the brightness of the main light-emitting portion, so that brightness of the organic light-emitting sub-pixel remains consistent with its initial brightness. |
| US12063818B2 |
Display substrate, fabrication method thereof and display panel
The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a fabrication method thereof and a display panel. The display substrate includes a substrate; and a pixel defining layer on the substrate. The display substrate further comprises a display area, a non-display area and a light-transmitting area, the display area and the non-display area at least partially surround the light-transmitting area, the pixel defining layer extends from the display area to the non-display area, the pixel defining layer is provided with a first opening, the first opening comprises a plurality of first sub-openings and a plurality of second sub-openings, the plurality of first sub-openings are in the display area, the plurality of second sub-openings are in the non-display area, and the plurality of second sub-openings are closer to the light-transmitting area than the plurality of first sub-openings. |
| US12063815B2 |
Electroluminescence display device including a dummy light emitting layer and a plurality of trenches surrounding the display area
An electroluminescence display device having a narrow bezel structure includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels, a thin film transistor, a planarization layer, a light emitting diode, a plurality of trenches, a dummy light emitting layer, an encapsulation layer and a cover plate, the substrate includes a display area and a non-display area; a light emitting diode includes an anode electrode, a light emitting layer and a cathode electrode, and is disposed on the planarization layer; a plurality of trenches formed at the planarization layer in the non-display area, and surrounding the display area; and a dummy light emitting layer disposed in the non-display area as to be extended from the light emitting layer. |
| US12063812B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a display panel, a heat dissipation plate disposed on a rear surface of the display panel, and a guide holder disposed on a rear surface of the heat dissipation plate and configured such that a printed circuit board connected to the display panel is coupled to a rear surface of the heat dissipation plate. The guide holder is formed through double injection-molding such that at least a portion of the guide holder is formed of different materials. |
| US12063809B2 |
Display apparatus including touch electrode contacting OLED cathode
A display apparatus according to an embodiments of the present disclosure may include a substrate including an active area and an inactive area disposed around the active area, an organic light emitting device disposed in the active area and including an anode electrode, a light emitting layer, and a cathode electrode, an encapsulation layer disposed on the organic light emitting device and including a first inorganic insulating layer, an organic insulating layer, and a second inorganic insulating layer, a touch unit disposed on the encapsulation layer and including a lower touch insulating layer, a touch electrode, and an upper touch insulating layer, a contact hole exposing an upper portion of the cathode electrode extending from the active area to the inactive area, and a contact electrode in electrical contact with the cathode electrode through the contact hole. |
| US12063807B2 |
Protection structure of display panel and display device
The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: a cover plate; a substrate, spaced apart from the cover plate, wherein an edge of the substrate is connected to an edge of the cover plate through an adhesive member, and the substrate comprises a first region enclosed and defined by the adhesive member; and a protective layer, disposed at a side of the substrate away from the cover plate. An impact abruption structure is configured on the protective layer or configured between the protective layer and the adhesive member, and an impact is applied towards the substrate. In this way, a possibility of the adhesive member being damaged while the display panel receiving the impact may be reduced. |
| US12063804B2 |
Organic light-emitting device
Provided is an organic light-emitting device including an emission layer that includes a host, a sensitizer, and an emitter. |
| US12063800B2 |
Photoelectric conversion element that reduces a residual image while enhancing heat resistance
A photoelectric conversion element that reduces a residual image while enhancing heat resistance and includes a first electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer; a first interfacial layer; and a second electrode in this order, the photoelectric conversion layer has a quantum dot, the quantum dot is a PbS quantum dot, the first interfacial layer has an organic compound having a glass transition temperature of 100° ° C. or higher, and the following Equation (1) is met: μhEBL≥1.0×10−3 (cm2/Vs) . . . (1), where μhEBL denotes hole mobility of the first interfacial layer. |
| US12063796B2 |
Manufacturing method of resistive random access memory device
A manufacturing method is provided. The method includes steps below. Forming bottom electrodes. Blanketly forming a resistance switching layer on the bottom electrodes. Forming a first insulating material layer on the resistance switching layer. Patterning the first insulating material layer to form insulating patterns. Conformally forming a channel layer having a plurality of channel regions on the resistance switching layer and the insulating patterns, wherein the plurality of channel regions are located on the resistance switching layer and cover opposite sides of the insulating patterns. Forming a second electrode material layer on the channel layer. Patterning the second electrode material layer to form top electrodes, each of the top electrodes is located in corresponding to one of the insulating patterns and covers at least two of the plurality of channel regions. |
| US12063791B2 |
Layout pattern of magnetoresistive random access memory
A layout pattern of a magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) includes a substrate having a first cell region and a second cell region and a diffusion region on the substrate extending through the first cell region and the second cell region. Preferably, the diffusion region includes a first H-shape and a second H-shape according to a top view. |
| US12063790B2 |
Structure and method for MRAM devices
Semiconductor device and methods of forming the same are provided. A semiconductor device according to one embodiment includes a first source/drain feature and a second source/drain feature, a first metal line disposed in a first dielectric layer and electrically connected to the first source/drain feature, a second metal line disposed in the first dielectric layer and electrically connected to the second source/drain feature, and a first memory element disposed over the first dielectric layer and electrically connected to the first source/drain feature by way of the first metal line. A width of the first metal line is different from a width of the second metal line. By changing the widths of the first metal line and the second metal line, a source line series resistance of a semiconductor device can be advantageously reduced without changing a pitch of two metal lines. |
| US12063788B2 |
Thin film molecular memory
A thin film molecular memory is provided that satisfies criteria needed to make a molecular spintronic device, based on spin crossover complexes, competitive with silicon technology. These criteria include, device implementation, a low coercive voltage (less than 1V) and low write peak currents (on the order of 104 A/cm2), a device on/off ratio >10, thin film quality, the ability to “lock” the spin state (providing nonvolatility), the ability to isothermally “unlock” and switch the spin state with voltage, conductance change with spin state, room temperature and above room temperature operation, an on-state device resistivity less than 1 Ω·cm, a device fast switching speed (less than 100 ps), device endurance (on the order of 1016 switches without degradation), and the ability of having a device with a transistor channel width of 10 nm or below. |
| US12063785B2 |
Integrated circuit, memory device and method of manufacturing the same
A memory cell, an integrated circuit and method of manufacturing the same are provided. The memory device includes a substrate, gate layers and insulating layers, an isolation column, a channel layer, a first conductive feature, a second conductive feature, a storage layer and a pair of isolation structures. The isolation column extends through the gate layers and the insulating layers along a first direction. The channel layer laterally covers the isolation column. The first conductive feature and second conductive feature extend along the first direction and adjacent to the isolation column. The storage layer is disposed between the gate layers and the channel layer. The pair of isolation structures extends along the first direction. The pair of isolation structures includes a first isolation structure disposed between the first conductive feature and the gate layers, and a second isolation structure disposed between the second conductive feature and the gate layers. |
| US12063784B2 |
Memory peripheral circuit having three-dimensional transistors and method for forming the same
In certain aspects, a memory device includes an array of memory cells, a plurality of word lines coupled to the array of memory cells, and a plurality of peripheral circuits coupled to the array of memory cells and configured to control the array of memory cells. A first peripheral circuit of the plurality of peripheral circuits includes a first three-dimensional (3D) transistor coupled to the array of memory cells through at least one of the plurality of word lines. The first 3D transistor includes a 3D semiconductor body, and a gate structure in contact with a plurality of sides of the 3D semiconductor body. The gate structure includes a gate dielectric and a gate electrode. |
| US12063781B2 |
Vertical memory device having first contact plugs connected to plurality of staircase gate electrodes, respectively and second contact plugs extending through the staircase gate structure in the pad region
A vertical memory device includes a lower circuit pattern on a substrate, a plurality of gate electrodes spaced apart from another in a first direction substantially perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate on the lower circuit pattern, a channel extending through the gate electrodes in the first direction, a memory cell block including a first common source line (CSL) extending in a second direction substantially parallel to the upper surface of the substrate, and a first contact plug connected to the lower circuit pattern and the first CSL and overlapping the first CSL in the first direction. |
| US12063778B2 |
Microelectronic devices including stair step structures, and related electronic devices and methods
A microelectronic device comprises a stack structure comprising a stack structure comprising alternating conductive structures and insulating structures arranged in tiers, each of the tiers individually comprising one of the conductive structures and one of the insulating structures, staircase structures within the stack structure and having steps comprising edges of the tiers, and a doped dielectric material adjacent the steps of the staircase structures and comprising silicon dioxide doped with one or more of boron, phosphorus, carbon, and fluorine, the doped dielectric material having a greater ratio of Si—O—Si bonds to water than borophosphosilicate glass. Related methods of forming a microelectronic device and related electronic systems are also disclosed. |
| US12063776B2 |
Flash memory layout to eliminate floating gate bridge
A flash memory includes a linear array of flash memory cells having a source region extending along a first direction. Each flash memory cell includes a floating gate disposed adjacent the source region. The linear array of flash memory cells further includes isolation strips disposed between the floating gates of the flash memory cells. An erase gate line extends along the first direction and is disposed over the source region. A control gate line extends along the first direction and is disposed over the isolation strips and over the floating gates of the flash memory cells. The control gate line has a non-straight edge proximate to the source region that is indented away from the source region at least where the control gate line is disposed over the isolation strips. |
| US12063767B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a first active pattern on a substrate, a pair of first source/drain patterns on the first active pattern and a first channel pattern between the pair of first source/drain patterns, wherein the first channel pattern includes a plurality of semiconductor patterns that are stacked and spaced apart from each other, a first gate electrode on the first channel pattern, a first gate cutting pattern that is adjacent to the first channel pattern and penetrates the first gate electrode, and a first residual pattern between the first gate cutting pattern and the first channel pattern. The first residual pattern covers an outermost sidewall of at least one semiconductor pattern of the plurality of semiconductor patterns of the first channel pattern. The first gate electrode includes, on an upper portion of the first gate electrode, a first extension that vertically overlaps the first residual pattern. |
| US12063763B2 |
Cooling in conductors for chips
A system for cooling a power component includes a first metal layer. A cooling layer having a first surface is in contact with a surface of the first metal layer. A second metal layer is included having a surface in contact with a second surface of the cooling layer opposite the first metal layer. The cooling layer is of a material different from that of the first metal layer and that of the second metal layer. A plurality of cooling features are embedded in the material of the cooling layer. The cooling channels are spaced apart from both the first metal layer and the second metal layer by the material of the cooling layer. An electrically conductive path connects the first metal plate to the second metal plate. |
| US12063755B2 |
Latch mechanism and server assembly and rack-mount server system employing same
The present disclosure provides a latch mechanism, applied to a rack-mount server system. The rack-mount server system includes a server and a manifold, and the server includes a casing and a fluid connector. The manifold includes a manifold connector. The latch mechanism includes a fixing member, a fixing frame and a hook member. The fixing member is disposed on the manifold and includes a fixing pin. The fixing frame is secured to the server and includes a shaft. The hook member is rotatably disposed on the shaft and includes a hook portion. By rotating the hook portion to latch with the fixing pin, the fixing frame and fixing member are secured with each other, and the fluid connector of the server is coupled to and in fluid communication with the manifold connector of the manifold. |
| US12063754B2 |
Flexible display device
The present invention relates to a flexible display device, comprising: a first body; a second body configured to be movable relative to the first body; a support plate installed on the rear surface of the second body and configured to be movable relative to the second body; a flexible display unit configured such that areas exposed to the outside are changed while the first body and the second body move relative to each other; and a driving unit generating a driving force such that the second body slides with respect to the first body, wherein as the driving unit causes a movement of the second body through a rotational force by means of a motor, the areas exposed to the outside of the front part and the rear part of the flexible display unit can be changed respectively. |
| US12063753B2 |
Device including hinge structure preventing foreign matter from entering electronic device
Disclosed is an electronic device including a first housing, a second housing, a display disposed on the first housing and the second housing, a first hinge plate coupled to the first housing, a second hinge plate coupled to the second housing, and at least one hinge structure coupled to the first hinge plate and the second hinge plate, wherein the at least one hinge structure comprises a center bracket, a first hinge bracket coupled to the center bracket and configured to rotate in a first direction, a second hinge bracket connected to the center bracket and configured to rotate in a second direction, and at least one hole formed in the center bracket. |
| US12063746B2 |
Component mounting system
A component mounting system includes a component mounter group, a storage, and a loader. The storage is provided on an upstream side or a downstream side of the component mounter group and has a storage area in which multiple component supply devices are arranged and supported detachably. The loader automatically takes out and/or attach the component supply devices from and/or to the component mounters and the storage. When an occupancy state of the component supply device supported by the storage area reaches a predetermined high occupancy state, the control section of the component mounting system outputs at least one of a recovery urging warning for prompting recovery of the component supply devices supported by the storage area and a replenishment prohibition warning for prohibiting replenishment of the component supply device used in a next production or later onto the storage area. |
| US12063740B2 |
Temperature measurement and ambient light measurement in the case of self-luminous display technologies in automotive applications
A display device with self-luminous display elements, which are arranged in a panel. The panel is provided, on its rear side opposite the light-emitting surface used for display, with a heat distribution element, on the side of which facing away from the rear side at least one temperature sensor is arranged. The heat distribution element has at least one opening, behind which a light sensor is arranged, wherein the light sensor and the temperature sensor are arranged on a common carrier. |
| US12063739B2 |
Printed circuit board and fabrication thereof
A printed circuit board (PCB) (4) including an upper surface having one or more electrical terminals (9) thereon, said terminal adapted for connection to corresponding terminal of one or more electrical components, and further including one or more platforms (10) fabricated thereon, said platforms being located adjacent to corresponding component terminals, said platforms being adapted to support an electrical component thereupon, such that a portion of the component overhangs said platform above said corresponding PCB terminal. |
| US12063736B2 |
Module board and memory module including the same
A module board and a memory module are provided. The module board includes a first branch line for connecting a clock signal terminal disposed on at least one surface to a first branch point; a first signal line for connecting the first branch point to a first module clock signal terminal; a second signal line for connecting the first module clock signal terminal to the kth module clock signal terminal and a first termination resistance terminal; a third signal line for connecting the first branch point to a (k+1)th module clock signal terminal; and a fourth signal line for connecting the (k+1)th module clock signal terminal to a 2kth module clock signal terminal and the second termination resistance terminal, wherein a length of the third signal line is greater than a sum of a length of the first signal line and a length of the second signal line. |
| US12063733B2 |
Household oven with LED illumination
A household oven includes a cooking chamber (6), a light source mount (31), an LED light source (20) arranged on the light source mount (31) to shine light into THE cooking chamber (6), a heat sink (16), and a heat pipe (15) thermally coupling the LED light source (20) to the heat sink (16). This design allows to carry off heat from the LED light source (20). |
| US12063732B2 |
Modular cooking appliance having an auto-loading microwave oven
A modular cooking apparatus is disclosed. The modular cooking apparatus includes a first interchangeable cooking module containing an impingement oven and a second interchangeable cooking module containing a microwave oven. The microwave oven includes a magnetron and a cooking chamber, an oven door for covering the cooking chamber, wherein the oven door includes an external cover and an internal cover, a motor located outside the cooking chamber, a food holding surface located inside the cooking chamber, and a crank-and-cam mechanism connected to the food holding surface via a rod. The crank-and-cam mechanism moves the food holding surface to and fro within the cooking chamber during cooking for promoting food cooking evenness. |
| US12063721B2 |
Heater
A heater includes a base having a first surface and a second surface, and a heat generator disposed on a third surface of the base, the third surface being parallel to the first surface. The base includes a hole portion that opens in at least the second surface. The third surface includes a plurality of blank areas on each of which the heat generator is not present and each of which is circular. The blank areas include a first blank area including a region that the hole portion overlaps and a second blank area that does not include a region that the hole portion overlaps. |
| US12063719B2 |
Heating device
A heating device includes a heater electrode disposed in the inner portion of a plate-like body and including a heater line portion; and a plurality of specific portions arranged side by side in a predetermined arrangement direction. The heater line portion includes a first heater line portion and a second heater line portion arranged in a location closer than the first heater line portion to the specific portions. The second heater line portion has a projecting line part passing through a first virtual straight line and curving toward a side of the first heater line portion; and a recessed line part extending to avoid a second virtual straight line and curving toward a side opposite to the side of the first heater line portion. |
| US12063718B2 |
Appliance with leakage current compensation
A leakage current compensation system may be used in an appliance such as a cooking appliance or another device utilizing a sheathed electrical heating element, and may sense a leakage current in one or more phases of a multi-phase power circuit that supplies the appliance or other device using a current transformer and generate a compensating current in a different phase of the multi-phase power circuit to compensate for the leakage current and thereby reduce the likelihood of a false GFCI trip in the multi-phase power circuit. |
| US12063717B2 |
Plasma processing apparatus, and temperature control method
A plasma processing apparatus includes a stage having a placing surface on which a workpiece is accommodated; a heater provided in the stage and configured to adjust a temperature of the placing surface of the stage; and a controller. The controller is configured to control a supply power to the heater; measure the supply power in a transient state where the supply power to the heater increases and in a second steady state where the supply power to the heater is stable in an extinguished state of plasma; calculate a heat input amount and a heat resistance by performing a fitting on a calculation model that calculates the supply power in the transient state using the heat input amount from the plasma and the heat resistance between the workpiece and the heater as parameters; and calculate a temperature of the workpiece in the first steady state. |
| US12063709B2 |
Group management method, apparatus, and system
This application provides an example group management method, apparatus, and system. The example group management method includes receiving a first group request from an application function network element, where the first group request includes indication information, an external group identifier, and first group information, and where the indication information indicates a group service type, and the external group identifier is a group identifier that is not identified by a network element by a network element inside a core network, in response to that the group service type is creating a group, obtaining an internal group identifier corresponding to the external group identifier, and associating the internal group identifier, the external group identifier, and the first group information, where internal group identifier is a group identifier that is identified by the network element inside the core network. |
| US12063706B2 |
Logical channel selection for non-discontinuous reception enabled devices
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for logical channel selection for non-discontinuous reception (non-DRX) enabled devices. A method may include determining a sidelink discontinuous reception state of at least one receiving user equipment. The method may also include examining one or more conditions associated with the at least one receiving user equipment. The method may further include selecting at least one sidelink destination related to a logical channel among the at least one receiving user equipment based on the determined sidelink discontinuous reception state and the examination. |
| US12063705B2 |
Communication control method and user equipment for transitioning between RRC modes
A communication control method according to one embodiment is a method in a mobile communication system. The communication control method includes receiving, by a user equipment in an RRC connected mode, an RRC release message from a base station with a condition for releasing or suspending an RRC connection, performing, by the user equipment, data communication with the base station until the condition is met even in a case of receiving the RRC release message, and transitioning, by the user equipment, to an RRC idle mode or an RRC inactive mode when the condition is met. |
| US12063700B2 |
Previous connection status report
Thus there is provided a method and appropriately arranged devices for configuring for communications in a wireless network comprising performing a configuration protocol, and sending by the enrollee device, during an execution of the configuration protocol, a message containing an indication of a status of a previous configuration attempt. A configuring device receiving the status of the previous configuration attempt is then able to act upon it and inform the user that a previous attempt failed. The information provided to the user would allow the user to understand why the device fails to connect to the desired network and perhaps alert them to the fact that it has not connected. |
| US12063699B2 |
Signal transmission method for device-to-device (D2D) communication in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for D2D signal transmission of a first terminal in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of: receiving a resource pool configuration indicating a D2D resource pool; and transmitting a D2D data channel on the basis of a D2D slot number which is re-indexed within the D2D resource pool. |
| US12063693B2 |
Method and terminal for transmitting random access request information or target information based on priority
This disclosure provides an information transmission method and a terminal. The information transmission method according to the embodiments of this disclosure includes: in a case that transmission of random access request information conflicts with transmission of target information, transmitting the random access request information or the target information based on transmission priority. |
| US12063692B2 |
Random access method, device, and equipment
A random access method, device, and equipment are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by a network node, a random access request, wherein the random access request comprises a preamble and a first data block; and sending, by the network node, a random access response. |
| US12063678B2 |
Information sending method, user terminal and computer-readable storage medium
An information sending method, a user terminal and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method comprises: determining whether physical channels in target information exist channel collision, in response to detecting an instruction for sending target information; determining a priority corresponding to each physical channel in the target information, in response to existing channel collision in the target information; processing the target information based on the priority of each physical channel in the target information, wherein said processing the target information comprises: multiplexing information carried by a physical channel with a lower priority in the target information to a physical channel with a higher priority in the target information; or, discarding the information carried by a physical channel with a low priority in the target information; and sending processed target information. |
| US12063676B2 |
Inter-modulation avoidance for transmission on different frequencies
A method, system and network node are disclosed. A network node for communication with a wireless device that is configured for uplink transmission on a first carrier using a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) and on a second carrier using a second RAT is provided. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to determine whether to schedule the wireless device for uplink and whether to schedule the wireless device for uplink and downlink communications, in a transmission time interval (TTI) according to the first RAT based at least in part on an intermodulation distortion quantity associated with uplink communications according to both the first RAT and the second RAT, and optionally schedule the wireless device according to the determination. |
| US12063672B2 |
Method and device for allocating uplink control channels
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides a method for allocating Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resources, including: a User Equipment (UE) detects a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) scheduling a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) in a configured control resource set; the UE analyzes the detected PDCCH, correspondingly receives PDSCH, and determines PUCCH resources feeding back Hybrid Automatic Repeat request-ACK (HARQ-ACK) information; the UE transmits the HARQ-ACK information by using the determined PUCCH resources. By adopting the method in the present disclosure, a method for allocating PUCCH resources is provided. An upper-limit resource utilization is improved. And a method for indicating PUCCH resources in Downlink Control Information (DCI) is put forward, thereby reducing bit overheads of DCI. |
| US12063669B2 |
Information determining method and apparatus
This application discloses an information determining method and an apparatus, the information determining method includes: receiving second indication information from a network device; and determining, based on a plurality of parameters indicated by the second indication information, a transmission manner of transmitting same data by using a plurality of transmission configuration indicator states (TCI-states), wherein the plurality of parameters comprise at least a quantity of TCI-states and a quantity of consecutive transmissions of the same data. |
| US12063668B2 |
Techniques for beam refinement in vehicle to everything communications systems
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE), such as a vehicular UE, may perform proactive beam management in a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications system. In some cases, road conditions may affect V2X connectivity for the V-UE. For example, if the V-UE is using a narrow beam and approaches a road with a steep gradient, the narrow beam may be unable to detect other V-UEs, which could lead to connection loss. Instead, the V-UE may proactively perform beam management or beam refinement to adjust the beam and maintain connectivity. For example, the V-UE may select a wider beam which has greater coverage, or the V-UE may update a direction of the narrow beam to maintain connection with neighboring V-UEs. The V-UE may use onboard sensor and computer vision-based techniques to detect changes to road conditions or its trajectory. |
| US12063665B2 |
Operation method of UE related to sidelink DRX timer in wireless communication system
One embodiment relates to a method for sidelink related operation of a receiving (RX) user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps in which: the RX UE receives first SCI from a transmitting UE (TX UE) through a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH); and the RX UE receives a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) and second SCI from the TX UE on the basis of the first SCI, wherein the second SCI includes information about activating physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) transmission related to the PSSCH, and whether to start a retransmission timer on the basis of the PSFCH transmission being dropped is determined on the basis of whether the dropped PSFCH transmission is related to either NACK or ACK. |
| US12063661B2 |
Compact downlink control information with preconfigured scheduling parameters
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes receiving, from a network entity, downlink control information (DCI) that includes a first field that indicates a preconfigured option for interpreting at least a second field associated with the DCI, interpreting at least the second field in accordance with the preconfigured option indicated by the first field, and communicating with the network entity in accordance with the interpretation of the second field. |
| US12063659B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving wireless signal in wireless communication system
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method by which a wireless communication apparatus receives a signal comprises: monitoring control channel candidates in a bandwidth part (BWP) comprising one or more sub-bands (SBs), on the basis of a control channel search-space set (SS) configuration and a control resource set (CORSET) configuration that are associated with each other; and obtaining control information from the control channel detected as the result of monitoring the candidates, wherein, in monitoring of the candidates, the wireless communication apparatus sets the CORESET frequency resource region of each SB in the BWP on the basis of the CORESET frequency resource region of a specific SB in the BWP, and the specific SB can be restricted to one SB located in the lowest frequency, from among the one or more SBs included in the BWP. |
| US12063657B2 |
Groupcast and unicast in new radio vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication
Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for enhancing unicast and groupcast communication in a wireless communication system also utilizing broadcast communication. An example apparatus for a user equipment (UE) wireless communication device, including baseband circuitry having a radio frequency (RF) interface configured to transmit and receive RF signals, and one or more processors is provided. The one or more processors are configured to generate a signal encoding one or more capabilities of the UE wireless communication device and transmit the signal to one or more other UE wireless communication devices. |
| US12063655B2 |
Telecommunications apparatus and methods
Schemes for supporting device-to-device, D2D, communications between terminal devices in a wireless telecommunication system. A network entity, e.g. a base station, establishes a set pool of radio resources to be reserved for use for D2D communications and communicates an indication of these resources to terminal devices. On an ongoing basis the network entity monitors the extent to which the set of radio resources reserved for D2D communications is being used, for example based on feedback received from terminal devices or its own measurements. If it is determined the set of radio resources reserved for D2D communications is being under-utilized or over-utilized, the network entity may establish an updated set of radio resources to be used for D2D communications, and communicate this to the terminal devices. Thus a mechanism is provided for dynamically adjusting the size of a set of resources available for D2D communications in response to changing resource utilization. |
| US12063652B2 |
Simultaneous spatial relation update capability indication
A user equipment may receive information indicating whether a reference signal is associated with a full-duplex operation; receive the reference signal; and transmit feedback based at least in part on the reference signal and the information indicating whether the reference signal is associated with the full-duplex operation. |
| US12063651B2 |
Reservation of radio resources for preemption in a wireless network
A wireless device receives configuration parameters including a first feedback parameter for selecting first feedback radio resources of a sidelink and a second feedback parameter for selecting second feedback radio resources of the sidelink. The wireless device may select one or more radio resources based on a sidelink control information (SCI) indication. The radio resources may be selected from one of the first feedback radio resources based on the first feedback parameter and the second feedback radio resources based on the second feedback parameter. The wireless device may further transmit a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for a received sidelink transmission via the selected one or more radio resources. |
| US12063644B2 |
User terminal and radio communication method
A user terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives configuration information indicating association between a scheduling request (SR) configuration and a service, and a control section that, when a first time resource of an SR corresponding to a first service contends with a second time resource of an uplink transmission corresponding to a second service, performs transmission of at least one of the SR and the uplink transmission based on the configuration information. |
| US12063642B2 |
Communication apparatus and communication method
A communication apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive data on a sidelink shared channel; a control unit configured to generate acknowledgement information about the received data; and a transmitting unit configured to, upon detecting that a first elapsed time from receiving the data by the receiving unit until a timing for transmitting the acknowledgement information via a sidelink is shorter than a first reference time, defer the timing for transmitting the acknowledgement information via the sidelink until the first elapsed time becomes longer than or equal to the first reference time. |
| US12063632B2 |
Resource exclusion method and terminal
A resource exclusion method includes: determining at least one target resource, where each target resource includes at least one time domain resource; and in a case where the target resource conflicts with a reserved resource of a second terminal in time domain, performing resource exclusion based on a conflict resolution method, and determining a candidate resource of the first terminal or a reserved resource of the first terminal; where the conflict resolution method includes at least one of a conflict resolution method predefined in a protocol, a conflict resolution method preconfigured by a network, a conflict resolution method configured by a network, or a conflict resolution method configured by a terminal. |
| US12063631B2 |
Method and apparatus for configuring frame structure for new radio access technology in wireless communication system
A network node in a new radio access technology (RAT) configures a fixed resource on which transmission direction is fixed and a flexible resource on which transmission direction is changeable, and transmits a single channel which is mapped to the fixed resource and the flexible resource. The single channel may be divided into a first mini channel which is mapped to the fixed resource and a second mini channel which is mapped to the flexible resource. |
| US12063628B2 |
Method and device in nodes used for wireless communication
The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a node used for wireless communications: a first receiver, receiving a first signaling group and a second signaling group; and a first transceiver, transmitting a first signal, or, receiving a first signal in a first time-frequency resource pool; herein, the first signaling group and the second signaling group respectively indicate a first index and a second index, the first index being different from the second index; the first signaling group is used to determine the first time-frequency resource pool; the second signaling group is used to determine a second numerical value set; a second numerical value is used to determine a HARQ process number corresponding to the first signal, the second numerical value belonging to the second numerical value set. |
| US12063627B2 |
Enhanced sidelink resource pools
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Aspects of the present disclosure provide a user equipment (UE) with a capability to identify an enhanced sidelink resource pool including resources that are otherwise excluded from configured sidelink resource pools. In some examples, the UE may identify the enhanced sidelink resource pool based on sidelink parameters for transmitting one or more sidelink messages, and the UE may use the enhanced sidelink resource pool for additional sidelink transmissions. The additional sidelink transmissions may include standalone sidelink control information (SCI) transmissions or other types of transmissions associated with sidelink communications. The resources associated with the enhanced sidelink resource pool may have a relatively finer granularity than those included within a base sidelink resource pool that is, for example, configured by a network. |
| US12063625B2 |
Multi-hop communications with user equipment (UE) cooperation
Signaling for allocating communication resources is communicated in a wireless communication network. The signaling is for allocating the communication resources in a first time duration and a second time duration for relaying data, in respective hops of a multi-hop relay between first and second end nodes, by user equipment (UE) including one or more relay UEs at each hop for example. Such relaying of data in the respective hops involves relaying the data in a first hop of the multi-hop relay and in a second hop of the multi-hop relay between the first end node and the second end node. The communication resources in the first time duration are allocated for relaying the data in the first hop of the multi-hop relay and the communication resources in the second time duration are allocated for relaying the data in the second hop of the multi-hop relay. |
| US12063621B2 |
Ranging with a mobile cellular device
Systems and methods for using ranging signals with cellular devices. The ranging signals may utilize ranging slots and resources at least partially allocated by a cellular network. The resources may include frequencies used for uplink or downlink communications between the cellular network and the cellular devices. Alternatively, the resources may include frequencies outside of a spectrum used for communication between the cellular network and the cellular devices. |
| US12063620B2 |
Bluetooth-based spatial-temporal localization
A Bluetooth-enabled device is provided, the Bluetooth-enabled device being configured to control a radio frequency (RF) chain during a first period to receive at a single antenna selected from a plurality of antennas, a constant tone extension (CTE) signal of multiple frames transmitted by the Bluetooth-enabled transmitter over multiple frequencies. Further the RF chain is controlled during a second period to switch among the plurality of antennas to receive the CTE signal at each of the plurality of antennas. An initial time-of-flight (ToF) data of the CTE signal is determined from first samples of the CTE signal received during the first period. Further, the Bluetooth-enabled transmitter is localized with respect to a location of the Bluetooth-enabled device using a signal model connecting samples of the CTE signal with an unknown angle-of-arrival of the CTE signal received at specific times, an unknown ToF conditioned on the initial ToF data. |
| US12063617B2 |
Method and user equipment for implementing NTN mobility
The disclosure is directed to a method used by a user equipment for implementing non-terrestrial network (NTN) to terrestrial network (TN) communication and a user equipment using the same method. In one of the exemplary embodiments, the disclosure is directed to a method used by a user equipment for implementing NTN to TN communication. The method would include not limited to: receiving a cell search and measurement configuration from a non-terrestrial network (NTN), the cell search and measurement configuration comprises information of at least one carrier frequency and at least one NTN tracking area (TA) associated with the carrier frequency; initiating a cell search and measurement procedure; and performing the cell search and measurement procedure by applying the cell search and measurement configuration. |
| US12063615B2 |
Method and device for correcting the time defined by an internal clock of an entity
A method corrects the time defined by an internal clock of an entity capable of receiving signals from a satellite positioning system and of communicating with at least one other entity. When the signals do not allow the satellite positioning of the entity, the method includes: receiving, by the entity, a message originating from the other entity, the message including a first piece of time data associated with the instant the message was transmitted; determining, by the entity, a second piece of time data associated with the instant the message was received by the entity; calculating a time difference between the second piece of time data and the first piece of time data; and then, when the time difference is negative, determining a time correction to be made to the internal clock of the entity. |
| US12063614B2 |
Method and apparatus for estimating and compensating timing advance
A method performed by a communication node and an apparatus for operating the method are proposed. The method includes obtaining matched filter channel estimation associated with a user equipment (UE); obtaining first Timing Advance (TA) compensated channel estimation; obtaining first noise suppressed channel estimation; and obtaining first TA estimation associated with the UE based on the first noise suppressed channel estimation. |
| US12063607B2 |
Simultaneous response method and device
A method for simultaneous response consistency and user experience includes, in response to detecting a response indication, a first electronic device that sends a response instruction to a second electronic device after a duration T−t1, and sends a response instruction to a third electronic device after a duration T−t2. The first electronic device performs a response operation after a target duration T, where T is greater than or equal to a maximum time consumption t, and t is a larger one of a first time consumption t1 between the first electronic device and the second electronic device and a second time consumption t2 between the first electronic device and the third electronic device. The second electronic device and the third electronic device each performs a response operation in response to receiving the response instruction. |
| US12063593B2 |
Method for terminal to connect to network in wireless communication system
One aspect in the present specification is a method for a terminal to connect to a network in a wireless communication system, wherein the method can include: searching a network usable by the terminal; receiving, from the searched network, information about access groups supported by the searched network; determining, on the basis of the access group information, whether an identifier of the access group included in an allowed access group list preset in the terminal is included in the access group information; receiving, from the searched network, control information related to an access group for selecting the searched network; transmitting a registration request message to the searched network on the basis of the control information; and receiving a response message from the searched network as a response to the registration request message. |
| US12063592B2 |
User plane system selection based on latency
Systems, devices, and techniques described herein relate to user plane system selection based on latency in mobile networks. In particular, the systems, devices, and techniques can be implemented in fifth generation (5G) mobile networks to provide selection of a user plane function (UPF) based on latency. The UPF can measure a latency toward an access network and provide an indication of the latency to a policy control function (PCF). The PCF can select the UPF based on the indication and can request the UPF to provide services to a user equipment (UE) originating a priority request. In response, the UPF can provide services to the UE. |
| US12063591B2 |
Method and apparatus for relay utilizing sidelink in wireless communication system
A relaying method, performed by a relay terminal using sidelink in a communication system, may comprise: receiving a plurality of data units from a plurality of remote terminals; generating a multiplexed data unit including identification information of the plurality of remote terminals and the plurality of data units; and transmitting the multiplexed data unit to a base station, wherein the identification information includes a terminal identifier used to identify each of the plurality of remote terminals. |
| US12063589B2 |
Adaptive beacon report for client devices
Network side beacon reports (NSBRs) may be generated based on probe signals received from one or more client devices (CDs) in a wireless network. Once enabled, an NSBR mode is configured to generate NSBRs remotely from a CD. When in the NSBR mode, an NSBR may be generated based on compiled probe signal parameters associated with one or more probe signals received from the CD. |
| US12063584B2 |
Method and apparatus for enforcement of maximum number of user equipments per network slice in a communication system
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for providing an enforcement mechanism for the maximum number of user equipments per network slice in a communication system are provided. A method, system, and apparatus may receive, from a user equipment (UE), a registration request message comprising requested Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI) through an access network (AN). The requested NSSAI comprises one or more single-NSSAIs (S-NSSAIs) subject to a capping number of UEs allowed to access one or more network slices associated with the one or more S-NSSAIs. The method, system, and apparatus may cause transmission of a service request message to a network slice selection function (NSSF). The service request message includes indications of the one or more S-NSSAIs. The method, system, and apparatus may receive a service response from the network slice selection function. The service response comprises an allowed NSSAI that includes at least one of 1) one or more allowed S-NSSAIs or 2) a list of rejected S-NSSAIs due to a maximum number of UEs allowed to access the network slices associated with the one or more S-NSSAIs has been reached. |
| US12063581B2 |
Emergency registry for emergency management
A method for providing an alternate communication pathway for emergency data to an emergency service provider (ESP) is disclosed. In some embodiments, one or more processors of said emergency assistance system (EAS) implement the method for using social media content to detect and facilitate emergency communications. |
| US12063579B2 |
Procedure enabling configuration of PC5 communication parameters for advanced vehicle to everything (V2X) services
Methods and apparatuses are described herein for dynamic PC5 communication adaptation. For example, a UE may receive, from a vehicle-to-everything control function (V2X CF) or a vehicle-to-everything application server (V2X AS), a V2X provisioning message that includes a first transmission profile and determine, based on the first transmission profile, a first range to configure PC5 communication of a plurality of UEs associated with the V2X platoon. When a number of UEs joining the V2X platoon exceeds a certain threshold, the UE may transmit, to the V2X CF or the V2X AS, a modification request message requesting a second transmission profile. The UE may receive, from the V2X CF or the V2X AS, a modification response message that includes the second transmission profile and determine, based on the second transmission profile, a second range to reconfigure the PC5 communication of the plurality of UEs associated with the V2X platoon. |
| US12063575B2 |
System, method, and computer program for unified messaging platform deployed on ephemeral mesh network
As described herein, a system, method, and computer program are provided for a unified messaging platform deployed on an ephemeral mesh network. A first mobile device identifies an environment category to which the first mobile device is registered is identified. The first mobile device detects a second mobile device that is within a connectivity range of the first mobile device and that is registered to the environment category. The first mobile device establishes a connection with a decentralized ad-hoc mesh network via the second mobile device. The first mobile device uses a unified messaging protocol associated with the decentralized ad-hoc mesh network to communicate with at least the second mobile device. |
| US12063570B2 |
Systems and methods for determining a vehicle driver using at least peer-to-peer network signals
A user computing device for identifying a driver of a vehicle on a trip is provided. The user computing device is associated with a first vehicle occupant, and is programmed to: (i) detect a second user computing device associated with a second vehicle occupant, (ii) initiate a ping exchange process including emitting a set of non-audible sonic ping signals and detecting a set of signals from the second user computing device over a duration of the trip, (iii) generate a relative positioning map of the user computing device with respect to the second user computing device, (iv) determine that the first vehicle occupant is one of a driver and a passenger of the vehicle, and (v) transmit, to a driver identification (“DI”) server, a trip report including the determination and the generated relative positioning map. |
| US12063565B2 |
Multi-access edge computing (MEC) system, MEC device, user equipment and user plane function (UPF) switch method
A Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) system is provided. The MEC system includes a user equipment (UE), an MEC device, and a core network. The MEC device includes a relay User Plane Function (UPF) module, a first UPF module, and a second UPF module. The core network performs a UPF path management corresponding to the UE based on a notification of the MEC device. When the UE attaches to a network, the MEC device establishes an idle session between the UE and the relay UPF module. When the MEC device determines that a service for the UE needs to be switched from the first UPF module to the second UPF module and the second UPF module has not been activated, the MEC device notifies the core network to switch the service for the UE from the first UPF module to the relay UPF module first. |
| US12063563B2 |
Handover method, base station, and terminal device
The present application discloses technologies handover methods, base stations, and terminal devices. One handover method includes: sending, by a source base station, a handover request to a target base station, where the handover request includes information about a first service of a terminal device, receiving, by the source base station, a handover response sent by the target base station, wherein the first service is supported by the target base station, the handover response includes information about a handover instruction for the first service, and the handover instruction is used to instruct the terminal device to hand over the first service from the source base station to the target base station, and sending, by the source base station, a handover response to the terminal device.eodcmaster. |
| US12063556B2 |
Low latency handover between secondary nodes
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for low latency handover between secondary nodes (SNs). In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration for a plurality of SNs, receive a command to communicate via an SN of the plurality of the SNs, and determine a handover procedure that is to be used to establish a connection with the SN. The handover procedure may be a random access channel (RACH)-less or a two-step RACH procedure and is determined to be used based on a determination that uplink time synchronization is established with the SN. |
| US12063555B2 |
Method and system for interworking of cellular networks and wireless local area networks
A method and system for interworking between cellular networks and wireless local area networks (WLANs) are disclosed. At least one cellular network, at least one WLAN, and an IP network may be deployed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may establish a connection to a WLAN and a tunnel between an access point (AP) and a packet data gateway (PDG) may be established. The PDG may establish a tunnel to an IP network. The WTRU may invoke a service which is delivered through the WLAN. As signal quality from the AP degrades below a predetermined threshold, a handover from the WLAN to the cellular network may be performed. A new connection to the cellular network may be established either before or after breaking the current connection to the WLAN or the two connections may be maintained simultaneously. |
| US12063554B2 |
User equipment and methods therein for performing handover
A method performed by a User Equipment, UE, to perform handover from a source access node to a target access node is provided. The UE, the source access node and 5 the target access node are operating in a wireless communications network. The UE receives (601) a handover command message from the source access node. The UE establishes (602) a target radio connection with the target access node, and determines (603) whether or not a source cell release criterion is fulfilled. When the source cell release criterion is determined to be fulfilled, the UE releases (604) a source radio 10 connection with the source access node. |
| US12063549B2 |
Scaling network capability using baseband unit pooling in fifth generation networks and beyond
The disclosed technology is directed towards load balancing baseband units in a communications network. A baseband physical layer 1 unit's functions are disaggregated into Layer 1 (L1) distributed units and radio units, instead of deploying full-fledged baseband units at a service' provider's service areas (cells). A load balancer scales up the number of active distributed units based on increased actual demand, and scales down the active distributed units based on decreased demand. The L1 distributed units and radio units can be software-defined network functions, and need not be collocated, whereby the distributed units can be in the cloud or hub remotely located relative to the radio units deployed at the service areas. Examples of load balancing can be load balancing of transmitted data per carrier, per subcarrier, per user equipment, per transmission time interval (TTI/slot), per bearer, or per channel. |
| US12063546B2 |
Packet duplication technique
A technique for controlling and monitoring packet duplication of at least one packet in a radio transmission from at least one transmitting station (100) to a receiving station (200) is described. As to a method aspect of the technique, a control message (710) that is indicative of the packet duplication in the radio transmission is transmitted to the receiving station (200). The control message (710) controls the receiving station (200) to monitor a reception of duplicates (712) of the at least one packet. Two or more duplicates (712) of the at least one packet are transmitted to the receiving station (200). A control feedback (714) that is indicative of a result of the monitoring is received from the receiving station (200). |
| US12063542B2 |
Data processing method and related apparatus
One example data processing method includes obtaining an industry identifier and a service identifier, determining, based on a first preset mapping table, a target packet delay value corresponding to the industry identifier and the service identifier, obtaining a translation parameter including at least one of a scheduling feature identifier, a quantity of retransmissions, and a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) number, and calculating a base station packet delay value based on a preset terminal processing delay, a preset base station processing delay, a first time division duplex air interface waiting delay, a preset time division duplex air interface transmission delay, and the translation parameter. When the base station packet delay value is greater than the target packet delay value, the translation parameter is adjusted, and execution of the previous step is triggered. |
| US12063540B2 |
Channel state information reporting over discontinuous reception operations
Processes, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A communication device may monitor a wakeup signal monitoring occasion in an inactive duration of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle. The communication device may transmit, in a first active duration of the DRX cycle, a channel state information (CSI) report on one or more resources based on monitoring the wakeup signal monitoring occasion. In some examples, the communication device may transmit an indication that the communication device requests reporting of the CSI report in the first active duration of the DRX cycle. The communication device may, in some examples, receive, in a second active duration of the DRX cycle, control information for the UE based on the CSI report. |
| US12063538B2 |
Measurement report for mixed downlink reference signal reporting
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a set of measurements based at least in part on a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) transmitted via a set of beams. The UE may transmit a measurement report indicating the set of measurements based at least in part on the DMRS. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US12063535B2 |
Atmospheric channel-driven interference handling
There is disclosed a method of operating a transmitting network node in a radio access network, the method comprising transmitting, based on determined presence of BS-to-BS interference, first reference signaling, the first reference signaling indicating that the transmitting network node is a victim node of the BS-to-BS interference. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods. |
| US12063533B2 |
Discontinuous reception method, related apparatus and system
This application relates to a discontinuous reception method. In the first time unit, for example, the first symbol, after a hybrid automatic repeat request HARQ feedback occasion of a sidelink HARQ process, a first terminal may start a drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerSL and start a drx-RetransmissionTimerSL when the drx-HARQ-RTT-TimerSL expires. During running of the drx-RetransmissionTimerSL, the first terminal monitors a physical downlink control channel. In this way, sidelink retransmission efficiency can be improved, an increase of a sidelink retransmission delay can be avoided, and sidelink-based applications, such as unmanned driving, automatic driving, assisted driving, intelligent driving, networked driving, intelligent networked driving, and car sharing in the field of artificial intelligence can be better supported. |
| US12063530B2 |
Measurement reporting timer
According to certain embodiments, a method in a wireless device for measurement reporting comprises: receiving an instruction to perform measurement reporting for a neighbor cell: determining, based at least on a radio access technology (RAT) of the neighbor cell and a frequency range of the neighbor cell, a measurement reporting timer value for performing the measurement reporting; and measuring a radio signal of the neighbor cell during the time specified by the determined measurement reporting timer value. |
| US12063529B2 |
Mobility robustness optimization in wireless communication network
A technical solution is proposed, which allows mobility experience to be improved by properly tuning Cell Individual Offset (CIO) and/or Time-To-Trigger (TTT) parameters in a wireless communication network. More specifically, information about a number of Handover (HO) attempts made between a source network node and each of its neighboring network nodes for a predefined period of time and a number of occurrences of each type of HO problems during the HO attempts are collected as a data vector. Then, for each “source network node—neighboring network node” pair, two data sub-vectors are obtained by aggregating the numbers from the data vector at a carrier level and an inter-node level, respectively. After that, the two data sub-vectors are used by an ensemble of two Machine-Learning models to predict whether the TTT and/or CIO parameters need to be changed. |
| US12063527B2 |
Auto-provisioning and commissioning
System and methods are disclosed for automatically provisioning and commissioning an electronic device (“device”), such as a satellite modem coupled to a reconfigurable satellite antenna. The device is provisioned at a first location, e.g., at a manufacturing facility, using first provisioning data and first commissioning data that is sufficient for the device to establish a communication link with a network and a server having an activated user account. The first provisioning data and first commissioning data is based at least in part upon machine learning over a plurality of devices of a similar type. The device is then set-up and powered-on at a second location, e.g., an end-use location. The device connects to the network, logs in to the user account, and provides a serial number and the second location to the server. The server downloads second provisioning data this based at least in part upon the second location to the device. |
| US12063525B2 |
Beam configuration management service
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which beam configuration management service is provided. A network device of a wireless access network provides the service that includes identifying redundant configurations across carriers associated with a cell group, and links the common beam configurations to these carriers. The service also includes identifying any difference in beam configurations relative to the common beam configurations for a carrier. The service may transmit this beam configuration information in a control plane message to an end device. The end device may use the beam configuration information. |
| US12063524B2 |
Adjacent beam determination
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a UE may communicate via a serving beam set of the UE, the serving beam set being one or more of a plurality of beams. The UE may measure another beam set in accordance with a measurement schedule configured to prioritize measurement on one or more adjacent beam sets associated with the serving beam set over one or more non-adjacent beam sets associated with the serving beam set. In some aspects, the one or more adjacent beam sets may be associated with one or more coverage areas that at least partially overlap a coverage area of the serving beam set, are adjacent to the coverage area of the serving beam set, or are associated with a measurement value that satisfies a threshold in the coverage area of the serving beam set. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US12063521B2 |
Terminal communication method and system for TCI STSTEM switching
A user equipment includes a reception unit that performs a measurement for determining an optimum beam from among a plurality of reception beams that is usable in the user equipment; and a control unit that selects, based on information of a past measurement by the reception unit, a reception beam to be used in the user equipment, upon receiving, by the reception unit, a signal including information indicating to update a configuration. |
| US12063520B2 |
Station placement designing assistance apparatus, station placement designing assistance method and program
A station installation designing assistance device that divides a service providing area into a plurality of areas, and performs station installation designing for the plurality of areas in parallel, the station installation designing assistance device including: an area dividing unit that divides an entirety of the service providing area into the plurality of areas; a station installation priority determining unit that determines, for each of the plurality of areas, station installation priorities of station installation location candidates that are present in the area; and a station installation priority adjusting unit that adjusts the station installation priorities determined by the station installation priority determining unit, based on a degree of overlap of cells formed as a result of base stations being installed in station installation location candidates in the areas, respectively. |
| US12063514B2 |
Methods for reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) aided cooperative directional security
In various embodiments supporting directional security, a user equipment (UE) may receive from a network device a noise resource allocation including an indication of a noise direction and a noise parameter, generate a noise signal based at least in part on the noise parameter, and transmit the noise signal in the noise direction while transmitting a communication transmission signal in a different direction from the noise direction. In various embodiments, a network device may determine a geographic zone of interest, select one or more reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) associated with the geographic zone of interest, selecting one or more noise transmitting UEs, control the one or more noise transmitting UEs to transmit at least one noise signal, and control the one or more RISs to steer the at least one noise signal into the geographic zone of interest. |
| US12063507B2 |
Radio link recovery for user equipment
In response to a radio link failure between given user equipment and a source access node of a communication system during a data transfer operation over a control plane, a method is provided for recovering the radio link for the given user equipment through a target access node of the communication system. The radio link recovery is enabled via a mobility management node of the communication system using a non-access stratum security context previously established between the given user equipment and the mobility management node. |
| US12063503B1 |
Native mobile application experiences on hybrid mobile applications
Automated systems and methods are presented herein for hybrid mobile apps to achieve parity with native mobile app user experiences and functionality. An exemplary system includes a mobile device running a hybrid mobile application, the hybrid mobile application comprising one or more native layers and one or more web layers, each made up of one or more native or web based tools or components respectively; the hybrid mobile application, when executed by the processor, comprises at least one app feature that improves app experiences via one or more APIs that communicate between a web layer and a native layer enabling a native mobile app user experience using one or more features or functions on at least one of the web layer and native mobile app layer. |
| US12063499B2 |
Latency reduction in 5G and 6G networks
An apparatus and system for reducing URLLC latency are described. A single packet mode is described in which, when a packet arrives at the PDCP layer for transmission, an indication is sent to a scheduler with the expected size of the packet after ciphering. The packet is then sent to the RLC layer and concurrently submitted to the ciphering engine to enable ciphering to occur in parallel with the other activities. The scheduler determines the expected TB size for transmission of the packet by determining the size of the PDCP, MAC, and RLC headers. The scheduler matches the resource allocation for transmission to the expected TB size. |
| US12063497B2 |
Near-field audio rendering
Examples of the disclosure describe systems and methods for presenting an audio signal to a user of a wearable head device. According to an example method, a source location corresponding to the audio signal is identified. For each of the respective left and right ear of the user, a virtual speaker position, of a virtual speaker array, is determined, the virtual speaker position collinear with the source location and with a position of the respective ear. For each of the respective left and right ear of the user, a head-related transfer function (HRTF) corresponding to the virtual speaker position and to the respective ear is determined; and the output audio signal is presented to the respective ear of the user via one or more speakers associated with the wearable head device. Processing the audio signal includes applying the HRTF to the audio signal. |
| US12063491B1 |
Systems and methods for generating device-related transfer functions and device-specific room impulse responses
A computer-implemented method for generating a device-specific room impulse response (DSRIR) describing an acoustic characteristic of a device and a room as received by the device includes: generating an at least first device-related transfer function (DRTF), wherein the at least first device related transfer function describes the acoustic characteristic of the device as received by the at least first microphone; generating a spatial room impulse response (SRIR), wherein the spatial room impulse response describes the acoustic characteristic of the room from at least one room sound source in the room and received at an at least one listening point in the room from at least one direction; and generating the device specific room impulse response (DSRIR) by combining the device related transfer function and the spatial room impulse response. |
| US12063488B2 |
Audio panel temperature control
A mobile device includes a panel audio loudspeaker including a display panel and an actuator coupled to the display panel. The mobile device includes a temperature sensor arranged to sense a temperature of the display panel, and an electronic control module in communication with the actuator and the temperature sensor. The electronic control module is programmed to perform operations including: obtaining, from the temperature sensor, data indicating a temperature of the display panel; and based on the data indicating the temperature of the display panel, adjusting a power signal provided to the actuator to drive the panel audio loudspeaker. The power signal can be adjusted by selecting, based on the data indicating the temperature of the display panel, a target temperature of the display panel; mapping the target temperature to a target power level; and changing the power signal provided to the actuator to the target power level. |
| US12063487B2 |
Acoustic voice activity detection (AVAD) for electronic systems
Acoustic Voice Activity Detection (AVAD) methods and systems are described. The AVAD methods and systems, including corresponding algorithms or programs, use microphones to generate virtual directional microphones which have very similar noise responses and very dissimilar speech responses. The ratio of the energies of the virtual microphones is then calculated over a given window size and the ratio can then be used with a variety of methods to generate a VAD signal. The virtual microphones can be constructed using either an adaptive or a fixed filter. |
| US12063486B2 |
Optimization of network microphone devices using noise classification
Systems and methods for optimizing network microphone devices using noise classification are disclosed herein. In one example, individual microphones of a network microphone device (NMD) detect sound. The sound data is analyzed to detect a trigger event such as a wake word. Metadata associated with the sound data is captured in a lookback buffer of the NMD. After detecting the trigger event, the metadata is analyzed to classify noise in the sound data. Based on the classified noise, at least one performance parameter of the NMD is modified. |
| US12063481B2 |
Balanced armature receiver having damping compound-locating structure
A balanced armature receiver can include a motor disposed in a case. The motor can include an armature having a first portion fixed to and extending from a yoke and a second portion extending through a coil tunnel. The second portion can have a free end-portion movably disposed in a magnet gap. The balanced armature receiver can include a damping compound-locating structure disposed on one or both of the armature and another portion of the receiver proximate the armature. The balanced armature receiver can include damping compound contacting the damping compound-locating structure and located between the armature and another portion of the receiver. |
| US12063478B2 |
Custom hearing device equipped with optical sensors for biometrical sensing
A customized in-ear hearing device includes a light source, photodetector, light emission window, and light transmission window. The light source and the photodetector together function as a physiological sensor by emitting light from the light source through the light emission to the skin of a user's ear canal, and detecting at the photodetector light reflected by the skin that passes through the light detection window. The light emission window and light detection window are located at a customized portion of the sidewall of the device that contacts the skin in the ear canal. |
| US12063473B2 |
Array microphone module and system
A microphone module comprises a housing, an audio bus, and a first plurality of microphones in communication with the audio bus. The microphone module further comprises a module processor in communication with the first plurality of microphones and the audio bus. The module processor is configured to detect the presence of an array processor in communication with the audio bus, detect the presence of a second microphone module in communication with the audio bus, and configure the audio bus to pass audio signals from both the first plurality of microphones and the second microphone module to the array processor. |
| US12063466B2 |
Charging case for portable wireless listening device
A charging case for a pair of wireless earphones comprising: a housing having a peripheral wall that defines a shell; a frame insert coupled to the housing and extending into the shell, the frame insert having one or more insert walls that define first and second pockets sized and shaped to accept first and second wireless earphones, respectively, wherein the one or more insert walls cooperate with the housing primary wall to define a sealed chamber within the charging case; a lid coupled to the housing and operable between a closed position in which the lid covers the first and second pockets and an open position in which the first and second pockets are exposed; a speaker module disposed within the sealed chamber, the speaker module comprising an audio driver having a diaphragm that separates a front volume of the audio driver from a back volume of the audio driver and a speaker vent disposed within the back volume; one or more first openings formed through the peripheral wall and opening into the front volume, wherein the audio driver is positioned and aligned to emit sound into the front volume and through the one or more acoustic openings; and one or more second openings formed through the peripheral wall at a location spaced apart from the front volume, wherein at least one of the one or more second openings is an acoustic vent acoustically coupled to the back volume of the audio driver through the speaker vent ear tip. |
| US12063464B2 |
Speaker bracket, speaker frame, and speaker
Provided is a bracket for a speaker, the bracket being capable of ensuring the strength when the speaker is attached by using an attachment plate, and also enhancing the workability in folding of the attachment plate when the speaker is attached without using the attachment plate.The present invention includes: a frame-shaped support portion 10 which supports a speaker; and a mounting member 20 which is used for attaching the speaker supported by the support portion 10 to the outside and is provided in the support portion 10, wherein a plurality of grooves having different extension directions are continuously formed on a base part of the mounting member 20, the base part connecting the mounting member 20 and the support portion 10. |
| US12063461B1 |
Solid-state information pattern discriminating switch
A maze-based switch generally having three functional blocks is disclosed. The first functional block handles communications by accepting an entered maze pattern from an external system controller and outputting the entered maze pattern (and optionally its directional complement) to the second functional block. The second functional block stores the maze pattern (and optionally its directional complement) to a permanent storage element and outputs the stored, entered maze pattern and its directional complement to a series of transistors in the third functional block. The third functional block is an electronic maze in which a correct maze pattern and its directional complement must be received by the transistors for the transistors to pass electrical power through the electronic maze to a connected element. The third functional block may alternatively be implemented with optical elements, optoelectronic elements, microelectromechanical elements, or elements formed by other microsystem technologies. |
| US12063456B2 |
Adjustable camera assembly in a refrigerator appliance
A refrigerator appliance is provided including a cabinet defining a chilled chamber, a door rotatably hinged to the cabinet to provide selective access to the chilled chamber, and a camera assembly positioned within the chilled chamber and being rotatable between a first position and a second position. A controller is configured to obtain one or more images using the camera assembly, determine a position of the camera assembly, and generate a modified image by cropping the one or more images based on a field of view associated with the position of the camera assembly. |
| US12063446B2 |
Photodetection device and electronic apparatus
A photodetection device according to the present disclosure includes: a first pixel that is configured to generate a first pixel signal; a reference signal generator that is configured to generate a reference signal; and a first comparator including a first power supply circuit and a first comparison circuit, the first power supply circuit configured to generate a first power supply voltage on the basis of a power supply voltage supplied from a first power supply node and a bias voltage and configured to output the first power supply voltage from an output terminal, and the first comparison circuit configured to operate on the basis of the first power supply voltage and configured to perform a comparison operation on the basis of the first pixel signal and the reference signal. |
| US12063443B2 |
Hyper camera with shared mirror
An imaging system can include a first and second camera configured to capture first and second sets of oblique images along first and second scan paths, respectively, on an object area. A drive is coupled to a scanning mirror structure, having at least one mirror surface, and configured to rotate the structure about a scan axis based on a scan angle. The first and second cameras each have an optical axis set at an oblique angle to the scan axis and include a respective lens to focus first and second imaging beams reflected from the mirror surface to an image sensor located in each of the cameras. The first and second imaging beams captured by their respective cameras can vary according to the scan angle. Each of the image sensors captures respective sets of oblique images by sampling the imaging beams at first and second values of the scan angle. |
| US12063442B2 |
Optimized path planning for defect inspection based on effective region coverage
A movable camera travels along an inspection path for optically inspecting an inspection surface of an object for defect detection. In planning the inspection path, a set of viewpoints on the inspection surface is generated. Each viewpoint is associated with a patch, which is a largest area of the inspection surface within a field of view (FOV) of the camera when the camera is located over the viewpoint for capturing an image of FOV. An effective region of the patch is advantageously predicted by a neural network according to a three-dimensional geometric characterization of the patch such that the predicted effective region is valid for defect detection based on the captured image. A valid area is one whose corresponding area on the captured image is not blurred and is neither underexposed nor overexposed. The inspection path is determined according to respective effective regions associated with the set of viewpoints. |
| US12063440B2 |
Systems and methods for stabilizing videos
Positions of an image capture device during capture of a video may be transferred to a computing device before the video is transferred to the computing device. The positions of the image capture device may be used to determine a viewing window for the video before the video is obtained. The viewing window may be used to present a stabilized view of the video when the video is obtained. For example, a stabilized view of the video may be presented as the video is streamed to the computing device. |
| US12063437B2 |
Control apparatus, image capturing apparatus, control method, and memory medium
A control apparatus includes at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to function as a setting unit and a selection unit. The setting unit is configured to set an object area indicating an object by using object information that includes information on a part of the object and is based on an image signal converted from an object image and to set a plurality of focus detection points by using the object area. The selection unit is configured to select, from the plurality of focus detection points in a selection area, a main focus detection point on which focusing is performed. In a case where the object is a vehicle, the selection unit makes the selection area narrower than the object area. |
| US12063435B2 |
Image capturing apparatus, control method, and storage medium
There is provided an image capturing apparatus. An image capturing unit captures an image at an image capturing frequency that depends on a transmission setting. In a case where the transmission setting is a first setting, the image capturing frequency is higher than in a case where the transmission setting is a second setting or a third setting. A generation unit generates additional information associated with a captured image obtained by capturing an image at the image capturing frequency in the case where the transmission setting is the first setting or the third setting. The additional information is for use in control processing for a control device to control at least one of position and attitude of the image capturing apparatus. |
| US12063434B2 |
Imaging systems and methods
The present disclosure relates to imaging systems and methods. An imaging method may include determining a first remaining power based on a maximum power of a camera and a working power of the camera; determining whether an operation condition of a first load is satisfied based on the first remaining power; and in response to a determination that the operation condition of the first load is satisfied, enabling the first load. |
| US12063433B2 |
Orientation calibration system for image capture
Orientation calibration system for image capture is disclosed that may include a camera to capture a target image, a display screen to display the image, an orientation sensor to determine at least two axes of orientation of the system, and a processor. The processor configured to determine the present orientation of the system using the orientation sensor, display a portion of present and a desired orientation of the system, receive a request to capture the target image, and capture the target image using the camera in response to receiving the request to capture the target image, and when a difference between the present orientation of the system and desired orientation of system is within a threshold. The system may be used to adjust/orient a display monitor to ensure desired alignment to accurately capture image. Methods for aligning/orienting a display monitor (imaging source), and the orientation calibration system are provided. |
| US12063431B1 |
Systems and methods for presenting multiple views of videos
Multiple sets of framing for a video may define different positioning of multiple viewing windows for a video. The multiple viewing windows may be used to provide different punchouts of the video within a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface may enable creation/change in the sets of framing for the video. The graphical user interface for the punchouts may include a single timeline representation for the video. Framing indicators that represent different sets of framing for the video may be presented along the single timeline representation at different times. |
| US12063429B2 |
Image collection method and apparatus, and electronic device
An image collection method and apparatus, and an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes: a housing provided with a light transmission hole and an opening, where the light transmission hole and the opening are respectively disposed on adjacent first and second sides of the housing; a camera module including a first camera module and a second camera module disposed in the housing; and a driving mechanism connected to the camera module and configured to drive the camera module to move between a first position and a second position. When the camera module is located at the first position, the first camera is opposite to the light transmission hole. When the camera module is located at the second position, the first camera at least partially extends out of the housing from the opening. The second camera is opposite to the light transmission hole. |
| US12063424B2 |
Pixel unit, photoelectric sensor, camera module and electronic device
The pixel unit includes a base, the base being provided with an installation space; a photodiode, the photodiode being installed in the installation space, and the photodiode including a red photodiode, a green photodiode, and a blue photodiode that are spaced from each other; and an optical splitter, the optical splitter being installed on the base, at least part of the optical splitter being located in the installation space, the optical splitter having a light-in surface, a first light-out surface, a second light-out surface and a third light-out surface, and the optical splitter being configured to disperse light entering the light-in surface and then emit the light from the first light-out surface, the second light-out surface and the third light-out surface, where the first light-out surface faces the red photodiode, the second light-out surface faces the green photodiode, and the third light-out surface faces the blue photodiode. |
| US12063417B2 |
Churn analysis and methods of intervention
Systems and associated methods are described for providing content recommendations. The system accesses content item consumption data for a plurality of users subscribed to a media service. Then, the system determines that a first subset of the plurality of users has unsubscribed from the media service and that a second subset of the plurality of users has not unsubscribed from the media service. The system identifies a time slot typical for the first subset of users and atypical for the second subset of users based on content item consumption data of the first subset of users and content item consumption data of the second subset of users. In response to determining that a user is consuming a first content item at the identified time slot, the system generates for display a recommendation for a second content item that is scheduled for a different time slot. |
| US12063414B2 |
Methods and systems for selective playback and attenuation of audio based on user preference
Systems and methods are presented for providing to filter unwanted sounds from a media asset. Voice profiles of a first character and a second character are generated based on a first voice signal and a second voice signal received from the media device during a presentation. The user provides a selection to avoid a certain sound or voice in association with the second character. During a presentation of the media asset, a second audio segment is analyzed to determine, based on the voice profile of the second character, whether the second voice signal includes the voice of a second character. If so, the second voice signal output characteristics are adjusted to reduce the sound. |
| US12063401B2 |
Bill payments from a video screen
A video device configured to display video content includes a downstream network circuit for accessing and exchanging data with a computing system over a network, a downstream signal processing circuit for receiving video signals over a broadcast medium and converting the video signals into a video content stream, and one or more processors for causing a display to present the video content, and while displaying the video content, identifying a vendor, determining that the vendor is a registered biller, determining that the user has a bill due with the vendor, and overlaying an indication of the bill onto the video content, where the overlay includes an interactive element enabling the user to provide a user input to cause a payment to be made to the vendor. A bill pay request is generated and sent through the downstream network circuit to cause a payment to be made to the vendor. |
| US12063396B2 |
Interrupting presentation of content data to present additional content in response to reaching a timepoint relating to the content data and notifying a server
A portable device includes solid-state memory, an Ethernet and/or wireless network connection, and an HDMI. The portable device receives content guide data from a first server and displays a content guide on a display. In response to a user's selection of a content item, the portable device requests the content item over the Internet from a second server. The portable device receives the content item, stores the content item in solid-state memory, generates display signals that represent the content item, and sends the display signals to a display. The second server may match the content item with relevant advertisements based on keywords associated with the content item and the advertisements. The second server may send selected advertisement URLs to the portable device. Using the URLs, the portable device may obtain the advertisements over the Internet and cause the display to display the advertisements in conjunction with the content item. |
| US12063392B2 |
Data repository for sports and entertainment information
A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product provide/deliver information during a live broadcast. Information feeds (that include attributes and values) are ingested via a plug-in architecture, into an application server. The application server drives the information feeds into a database, and distributes the attributes to a web server. The web server exposes, using a web service, the attributes clients. The web service enables clients to select a set of the attributes and configure, for visual display, the values corresponding to the selected set of the attributes. The values are composited in real-time, based on the configuration, with live audio-video content. The composited elements and live audio-video content are broadcast/streamed live. |
| US12063391B2 |
Decorrelation transform for a color filter array pattern image
A concept for coding a CFA pattern image is provided, wherein, for each of the sample clusters of the CFA pattern image, having first to fourth sample positions, first to fourth color coordinates are computed, so as to provide an image representation of the CFA pattern image. |
| US12063390B2 |
Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method
An encoder capable of properly handling an image to be encoded or decoded includes processing circuitry and memory connected to the processing circuitry. Using the memory, the processing circuitry: obtains parameters including at least one of (i) one or more parameters related to a first process for correcting distortion in an image captured with a wide angle lens and (ii) one or more parameters related to a second process for stitching a plurality of images; generates an encoded image by encoding a current image to be processed that is based on the image or the plurality of images; and writes the parameters into a bitstream including the encoded image. |
| US12063389B2 |
3D prediction method for video coding
Systems and methods are provided for using a Multiple Depth Plane (MDP) prediction in predictive coding. The system detects a camera viewpoint change between a current frame and a previous frame, decomposes a reconstructed depth map of the previous frame to a plurality of depth planes, adjusts the plurality of depth planes from a previous camera viewpoint to correspond with a current camera viewpoint, generates an MDP prediction by summing pixel values of the adjusted plurality of depth planes along a plurality of optical axes from the current camera viewpoint, determines an MDP prediction error between the MDP prediction and a depth map of the current frame, quantizes and codes the MDP prediction error, and transmits, to a receiver over a communication network, the camera viewpoint change and the coded quantized MDP prediction error for reconstruction of a depth map of the current frame. |
| US12063387B2 |
Decoder-side motion vector restoration for video coding
The techniques described herein relate to methods, apparatus, and computer readable media configured to determine motion vectors. The techniques relate to both encoders and decoders. For example, a decoder receives compressed video data related to a set of frames. The decoder calculates, using a decoder-side predictor refinement technique, a new motion vector for a current frame from the set of frames, wherein the new motion vector estimates motion for the current frame based on one or more reference frames. The calculation includes retrieving a first motion vector associated with the current frame, executing a first portion of the decoding process using the first motion vector, retrieving a second motion vector associated with the current frame that is different than the first motion vector, and executing a second portion of the decoding process using the second motion vector. |
| US12063384B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing video signal
A method for processing a video according to the present invention may comprise: generating a plurality of Most Probable Mode (MPM) candidates; determining whether there is an MPM candidate identical to an intra-prediction mode of a current block among the plurality of MPM candidates; obtaining the intra-prediction mode of the current block, based on a result of the determining; and performing an intra-prediction for the current block, based on the intra-prediction mode of the current block. |
| US12063380B2 |
Method and system for panoramic multimedia streaming enabling view-region selection
A panoramic multimedia streaming server communicatively coupled to numerous client devices of different types enables individual client devices to dynamically select view-regions of interest. A source video signal capturing a panoramic field of view is processed to generate a pure video signal faithfully representing the panoramic field of view. The pure video signal is content filtered to produce multiple view-region-specific video signals corresponding to predefined view regions within the panoramic field of view. Frame samples of the pure video signal are transmitted to a client device to enable selection of a view region of interest. Upon receiving, from the client device, an indication of a view region of interest, a controller selects a specific predefined view region according to proximity of each predefined view region to the indicated view region of interest. A view-region-specific video signal corresponding to the specific predefined view region is streamed to the client device. |
| US12063379B2 |
Image coding method, image decoding method, image coding apparatus, receiving apparatus, and transmitting apparatus
An image coding method of hierarchically coding a plurality of pictures to generate a bitstream, includes: coding each of the plurality of pictures, which belongs to any one of a plurality of hierarchical layers, with reference to a picture belonging to a hierarchical layer which is same as or lower than a hierarchical layer to which the picture belongs, and without reference to a picture belonging to a hierarchical layer which is higher than the hierarchical layer to which the picture belongs; and generating the bitstream by coding the coded pictures and time information indicating decoding times of the coded pictures. The time information indicates that the decoding times are set at equal intervals for low-layer pictures which are the plurality of pictures other than highest-layer pictures belonging to a highest layer among the plurality of hierarchical layers. |
| US12063370B2 |
Image encoding method, image decoding method, image encoding apparatus, and image decoding apparatus
An image encoding method includes: determining respective decoding times of a plurality of pictures included in a motion picture such that decoding times of a plurality of lower layer picture which do not belong to a highest layer of a plurality of layers are spaced at regular intervals, and decoding timing for each of the plurality of lower layer pictures is identical between a case where the plurality of encoded pictures included in the motion picture are decoded and a case where only the plurality of lower layer pictures are decoded, encoding each of the plurality of pictures included in the motion picture in accordance with the encoding order according to the determined respective decoding times, and generating an encoded stream including the plurality of encoded pictures and the determined respective decoding times for the plurality of pictures. |
| US12063368B2 |
Transform-based image coding method and device therefor
An image decoding method according to the present document comprises a step of deriving a corrected transform coefficient, wherein the step of deriving the corrected transform coefficient comprises the steps of: determining whether LFNST can be applied to the height and width of a divided sub-partition block when an ISP is applied to a current block; parsing a LFNST index when the LFNST can be applied; and deriving the corrected transform coefficient on the basis of the LFNST index and a LFNST matrix. |
| US12063361B2 |
Image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing deblocking filtering according to whether palette mode is applied, and method for transmitting bitstream
An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus may comprise generating a reconstructed block for a current block, determining a target boundary for the reconstructed block, determining a first target block and a second target block based on a sample adjacent to the target boundary, and performing deblocking filtering on the sample adjacent to the target boundary, based on a prediction mode of at least one of the first target block or the second target block. In this case, a value of the sample adjacent to the target boundary may not be changed based on the prediction mode of at least one of the first target block or the second target block being a palette mode. |
| US12063358B2 |
Encoder which generates prediction image to be used to encode current block
An encoder includes circuitry and memory connected to the circuitry. The circuitry, in operation: derives, as a first parameter, a total sum of absolute values of sums of horizontal gradient values respectively for pairs of relative pixel positions; derives, as a second parameter, a total sum of absolute values of sums of vertical gradient values respectively for the pairs of relative pixel positions; derives, as a third parameter, a total sum of horizontal-related pixel difference values respectively for the pairs of relative pixel positions; derives, as a fourth parameter, a total sum of vertical-related pixel difference values respectively for the pairs of relative pixel positions; derives, as a fifth parameter, a total sum of vertical-related sums of horizontal gradient values respectively for the pairs of relative pixel positions; and generates a prediction image to be used to encode the current block using the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth parameters. |
| US12063357B2 |
Image encoding device and method, and image decoding device and method
An image encoding device and a method, and an image decoding device and a method that are designed to improve encoding efficiency in IntraBC. A screen is divided into four slices (Slices #0 through #3). In a case where reference to a different slice is prohibited, the range that can be referred to from the current CTU in Slice #2 is only the decoded portion in Slice #2, and therefore, any block in Slice #1 cannot be referred to, for example. In the case of the present technology, on the other hand, decoded different slices (Slice #0 and Slice #1) are included in the referable range, and accordingly, a block in Slice #1 can be referred to from the current CTU in Slice #2. |
| US12063356B2 |
Palette mode coding in prediction process
Devices, systems and methods for video processing are described. An example method for video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, a number of intra-coded neighboring blocks of the current block for a combined inter and intra prediction mode according to a rule that specifies that a first block coded using a first prediction mode is treated as a non-intra block to be excluded from counting of the number of intra-coded neighboring blocks. In the first prediction mode, reconstructed samples are represented by a set of representative color values, and the set of representative color values comprises at least one of 1) palette predictors, 2) escaped samples, or 3) palette information included in the bitstream. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining. |
| US12063355B2 |
Subblock based motion vector predictor displacement vector reordering using template matching
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for video encoding/decoding. The apparatus includes processing circuitry for: receiving prediction information of a current coding block in a current picture from a coded video bitstream, the prediction information indicating that the current coding block is coded using a subblock-based temporal motion vector prediction (SbTMVP) mode; deriving multiple displacement vector (DV) candidates by applying multiple DV offset candidates to a fixed DV predictor of the current coding block; comparing a template of the current coding block with each of multiple templates, each template of the multiple templates being located at a position specified by a corresponding one of the multiple DV candidates; calculating a cost value associated with each one of the multiple DV offset candidates based on the comparing; and reordering DV offset indices of the multiple DV offset candidates based on their calculated cost values. |
| US12063351B2 |
Wide angle intra prediction with sub-partitions
A method and apparatus for performing prediction for encoding or decoding uses intra prediction with sub-partitions. The sub-partitions are oriented either horizontally or vertically and can use wide-angle modes different than that of the video block they originate from. Reference samples for a sub-partition are those of the video block when reference samples for the sub-partition are not available, such as due to direction. In an embodiment, when a sub-partition is square, conventional intra prediction directions are used. Reference samples can be used from a block above and right of the video block or left and below the video block using a mapping along a prediction direction, vertically, or horizontally. |
| US12063350B2 |
Method and apparatus for intra prediction using linear model
The present disclosure relates to the field of picture processing. In particular, the present disclosure relates to improving intra prediction (such as the chroma intra prediction) using a cross component linear model (CCLM) and, more particularly, relating to spatial filtering used in a cross-component linear model for intra prediction with different chroma formats. An apparatus, an encoder, a decoder and corresponding methods for cross-component prediction for a picture, in which the set of down-sampling filters applied during the prediction depends on a chroma format, that may be one of multiple supported chroma formats are provided, so as to improve coding efficiency. |
| US12063344B2 |
Reproduction device, reproduction method, and recording medium
The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium capable of suppressing influence of motion parallax and image distortion. There is provided a reproduction device including an image processing unit that performs processing including: projecting an image captured from a specific position in a real space on a projection surface arranged according to a reference position set in a virtual space; acquiring a head movement amount of a user viewing the projected image; changing, according to the head movement amount with respect to the reference position in a first direction that is at least one of a left-right direction or an up-down direction as viewed from the user, a first relative distance between the reference position and a user position in the first direction; changing, according to the head movement amount with respect to the reference position. |
| US12063337B2 |
Image processing apparatus, scanner, image forming apparatus, data management system, and image processing method
An image processing apparatus includes circuitry to receive visible image data obtained by reading of a subject with a sensor having sensitivity to visible light in a visible wavelength range and invisible image data obtained by reading of the subject with a sensor having sensitivity to invisible light in an invisible wavelength range. The circuitry generates image data for displaying, in a designated color, a portion of the visible image data corresponding to a designated region of the invisible image data. The designated region has an absorption rate equal to or higher than a predetermined absorption rate. |
| US12063328B2 |
Color chart, information processing apparatus, and information processing system
A color chart is for evaluating printing quality of an image forming apparatus. The color chart includes identification information and a color evaluation patch. The identification information is on an image forming apparatus on which evaluation of printing quality is to be performed. The color evaluation patch includes a plurality of color patches for performing evaluation of printing quality on the image forming apparatus indicated by the identification information. |
| US12063327B2 |
Context-aware audio interfacing
A redirection and messaging system receives telephony information identifying a caller and call context from a telephony system. The system selects one of a plurality of messaging operators based on the call context, optionally sends an introductory message to the caller via a messaging service, and generates a message interface for the selected message operator. The message interface includes the caller and call context and any messages sent between the caller and the selected message operator, with an input interface allowing the selected message operator to input and send messages to the caller. |
| US12063326B1 |
System and method for determining a purpose of a call
A computer-implemented method of predicting purpose of call for a call center is disclosed to support various analytical functions, Automatic discovery of call topics, clustering of topics, and assigning of utterance to clusters may be provided. In some implementations, a pipeline includes an inference engine that includes a machine learning model trained on call transcripts and call attribute data to predict purpose of call. |
| US12063325B1 |
Systems and methods for contextual communication between devices
An artificial intelligence (AI) model, using logistic regression and gradient boosting tree, may determine a priority score for a user. The priority score may be associated with a likelihood of redemption of investment funds of the user by the user. Based on the priority score for the user, a server may prioritize transmission of a communication message to the user via one of a plurality of communication channels. The communication message may describe why the user should continue with their investment funds without redemption. |
| US12063323B2 |
Mobile communication terminals, their directional input units, and methods thereof
This disclosure generally relates to various directional input units of a mobile communication terminal, where such directional input units receive a single user input or multiple concurrent user inputs and then acquires at least one selecting (user) sub-input therefrom while a terminal is in its powered-off state or its off-state. After acquiring the selecting user sub-input, a terminal runs at least one pre-selected operation which is selected from a set of multiple pre-selected operations and which matches the selecting user sub-input when a terminal powers on from its powered-off state or wakes up from its off-state. A directional input unit may acquire the selecting user sub-input from a movement of at least a portion thereof, a contact between at least a portion thereof and a user body part, or the like. As a result, a terminal can provide a user with more seamless operations. |
| US12063315B2 |
Blockchain-based consumables management with support for offline instruments
Blockchain-based consumables management with support for offline instruments. In an embodiment, a user device scans a first machine-readable code on a consumable, scans a second machine-readable code displayed on a display of an instrument that is not communicatively connected to a blockchain network, decodes a consumable code from the first machine-readable code, decodes an instrument code from the second machine-readable code, broadcasts a transaction message, comprising the consumable code and the instrument code, to the blockchain network, receives a use code from the blockchain network, encodes the use code into a third machine-readable code, and displays the third machine-readable code, on a display of the user device, for scanning by the instrument. |
| US12063308B2 |
Distributed network with blinded identities
According to an embodiment of a first aspect of the invention, there is a distributed network comprising a plurality of network nodes. Each of the plurality of network nodes is linked to a first node identity of a plurality of first node identities. Each of the plurality of first node identities comprises a first verification key of a public-key signature scheme. The distributed network is configured to perform a key shuffling step adapted to perform an unlinkable one-to-one mapping between the plurality of first node identities and a plurality of second node identities. Each of the plurality of second node identities comprises a second verification key of a public-key signature scheme. The distributed network is configured to perform a consensus protocol with a subset of the plurality of second node identities. Further aspects of the invention relate to a corresponding computer-implemented method, a network node and a computer program product. |
| US12063303B2 |
Computer systems and computer-implemented methods utilizing blockchain agnostic connection tools for blockchain-based data structures
Systems and methods enable a marketplace system to display, in an interface accessible to a user, first digital tokens maintained in a first token-holding data structure of a first token-holding data structure provider of a blockchain network. A selection of a second token-holding data structure provider and a selection of a second token-holding data structure associated with the second token-holding data structure provider may be received from the user. An authentication message may be received, the authentication message including encrypted information which may be decrypted to extract information for authentication of the user as owner of the second token-holding data structure. Upon authentication, a link to the second token-holding data structure may be established, and information about second digital tokens maintained in the second token-holding data structure may be received via the link to display the first digital tokens and the second digital tokens in the interface. |
| US12063301B2 |
Device for generating digital random encryption key
A device for generating a digital random encryption key includes an input unit adding a non-volatile active element for overcoming a limit of a passive element when generating an encryption key, applying a random passive filter, and inputting an analog voltage signal to an encryption key generator, an encryption key generator including a non-volatile active element and a passive filter, connected to the input unit through a connection substrate, and generating a random encryption key from an entropy source, and a converter for converting a signal generated by the encryption key generator into a digital signal and outputting the digital signal is provided, thereby improving robustness of security compared to the case of applying the general passive element, allowing regeneration or random generation, and generating an excellent encryption key working excellently for physical reverse engineering violations. |
| US12063296B2 |
Securely encrypting data using a remote key management service
Securely encrypting data using a remote key management service, including: transmitting a local secret to a key management service; transforming an encryption key received from the key management service to generate a key-encrypting key, wherein the encryption key is a one-way cryptographic hash using, as input, the local secret transmitted to the key management service; and decrypting, based on the key-encrypting key, a local data encryption key for encrypting or decrypting local data. |
| US12063291B2 |
Devices and circuitry for computing hash values
Devices and circuitry for computing hash values. |
| US12063287B1 |
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for determining an internal time of a time-sensitive networking (TSN) network card
A method for determining an internal time of a time-sensitive networking (TSN) network card includes generating at least one initial packet with a launch time parameter at a computing device. The computing device sends the at least one initial packet to a TSN network card for transmission and receives a transmit completion signal from the TSN network card confirming that the TSN network card transmitted the at least one initial packet. The computing device determines an approximate current internal time of the TSN network card using the launch time parameter and the received transmit completion signal. |
| US12063282B2 |
Policy expressions using QUIC connection identifiers
Techniques for encoding metadata representing a policy into a QUIC connection ID are described herein. A metadata-aware network including one or more enforcement nodes, a policy engine, and/or a connection datastore may be utilized to enforce a policy and route communications on a QUIC connection. The policy engine may be configured to encode metadata representing one or more network policies into a QUIC source connection ID (SCID) and/or may store a mapping between the SCID and a corresponding destination connection ID (DCID) in the connection datastore. The policy engine may communicate with a QUIC application server and/or one or more QUIC proxy nodes to encode the SCID into a QUIC packet. The enforcement nodes may access the metadata and enforce the policies via a connection ID included in a QUIC header of a QUIC packet or by performing a lookup in the connection datastore using the connection ID. |
| US12063281B2 |
Methods for controlling tracking elements of a web page and related electronic devices
A method for controlling tracking elements of a web page is disclosed. The method is performed at an electronic device. The electronic device is configured to communicate to a server device and to a web server. The method comprises obtaining a web page address of the web page to connect to the web server. The method comprises transmitting a web page request to the web server based on the web page address. The method comprises receiving, from the web server, a web page response. The web page response comprises tracking elements. The web page response comprises a control tag configured to control tracking elements of the web page. The method comprises rendering the web page based on the web page response. Rendering the web page comprises invoking the control tag. Invoking the control tag comprises obtaining a first set of tracking tags of the web page. |
| US12063273B2 |
Server system
A server system comprising processing devices, disks and a storage fabric, all arranged to operate according to a storage fabric protocol in order to communicate between the processing devices and the storage devices over the storage fabric, wherein the storage fabric is settable with a mapping determining which of the processing devices are allocated to use which of the storage devices in providing said services to the client systems. The system comprises a control function arranged to dynamically adapt the mapping in response to either: (i) failure or other downtime of one of the processing devices, storage devices, a component of the storage fabric or a connection in the storage fabric; or (ii) a current demand for the services from the client systems. |
| US12063265B2 |
Efficient, automated distributed-search methods and systems
The current document is directed to efficient, distributed-search methods and subsystems within distributed computer systems, including computer systems distributed over multiple sets of geographically distributed data centers, each comprising multiple discrete computer systems, such as multi-processor servers. In one implementation, the distributed-search methods and subsystems are implemented locally within participating entities as well as within one or more distributed-search engines. Each search is directed, by a participant, to identify attribute-associated entities within, provided by, connected to, or otherwise accessible to a distributed computing system having attribute values specified or indicated by the search query. Certain attribute values are continuously collected and centrally stored by the one or more centralized distributed-search engines while other attribute values are obtained through information requests distributed among participating entities. |
| US12063264B2 |
Information indicating method and apparatus, electronic device and storage medium
The embodiments of the disclosure disclose an information indicating method and apparatus, an electronic device and a storage medium, where the method includes: acquiring a first position parameter of first target information in a current page, where the current page is a page in a shared file shared by a sharer client; acquiring a second position parameter of second target information in a display page of the sharer client; and determining an indication identifier according to the first position parameter and the second position parameter, and indicating the second target information according to the indication identifier. |
| US12063261B2 |
Location-based playlist generation
Example techniques disclosed herein relate to location-based playlists. In an example implementation, a system receives, from a mobile device, first GPS data indicating that the mobile device is located at a first physical location, wherein an application on the mobile device is registered with a particular user account of the cloud service. The system determines that the first physical location represented in the first GPS data corresponds to a location of a first business associated with one or more first playback devices within the cloud service. The one or more first playback devices are playing back first audio tracks. As each first audio track is at least partially played back, the system adds the respective first audio track to a location-based playlist associated with the particular user account of the cloud service. The computing system causes the mobile device to display an indication of the location-based playlist. |
| US12063258B2 |
Voice service routing system for accessibility
Systems and methods for managing network communication are disclosed. Methods and systems can comprise receiving a telephony message having a source address and determining routing information using the source address. A telephony call may be routed using the determined routing information. Such processing may be implemented to route telephony calls to certain services such as accessibility services based on at least the source address of a telephony message. |
| US12063257B2 |
Virtual collaboration with multiple degrees of availability
A virtual collaboration system provides communication between a plurality of participants via a collaboration session that includes a corresponding plurality of participant devices. The collaboration session facilitates communication between the participant devices via a plurality of communication channels over which the participants communicate. For example, in some embodiments, the channels include one or more of a video channel, audio channel, or document sharing channel. A participant designates in which of the plurality of channels they will participate, and the designations are communicated to other participants. This provides a broader understanding of each participant's circumstances and ability to engage across the different channels with the plurality of participants. |
| US12063255B2 |
Security group differencing utility to assess changes and adoption risks
Embodiments disclosed are directed to a computing system that performs steps for providing security group differencing for applications stored in a cloud-based computing environment. The computing system receives a request to update an application stored in a cloud-based computing environment from a first version of the application to a second version of the application. The computing system identifies a first set of security group rules for the first version of the application and a second set of security group rules for the second version of the application. The computing system determines security group differencing data based on the first set of security group rules and the second set of security group rules. Subsequently, the computing system determines a security score based on the security group differencing data and provisions an adoption rule based on a comparison between the security score and a predetermined security score threshold. |
| US12063253B2 |
Enhanced user authentication system and method
Systems and methods are provided to utilize information from a directory service to determine, at a layer-one network policy server, the appropriate layer-two network policy server to which an authentication request should be routed. For example, a first directory service group may be created that includes all users using a first authentication type, a second directory service group may be created that includes all users using a second authentication type, etc. The layer-one network policy server may periodically synchronize with the directory service to download information about users in the different directory service groups, update a markup language document with that information, and use the markup language document to help route incoming authentication requests to the correct layer-two network policy server for a particular authentication type. In addition, a priority may be set (and changed) by an administrator favoring one or more authentication types in a network. |
| US12063252B2 |
Automatic handling of security drift in cloud environments
Security drift can be automatically handled in cloud environments. A security audit engine can be configured to extract security configuration datasets from cloud resources and create text sentences from the datasets as well as from a golden configuration. These text sentences can be encoded as vectors in an n-dimensional space. Probability distributions can then be generated using the vectors such as by using an unsupervised clustering algorithm. Distance matrixes can then be generated from the probability distributions. A probability distribution pertaining to a dataset and a probability distribution pertaining to the golden configuration can then be compared and normalized using a transport to thereby yield a security drift score representing a divergence of the corresponding security settings from the golden configuration. When a security drift score exceeds a threshold, the security audit engine can take appropriate action. |
| US12063250B2 |
Systems and methods for artificial model building techniques
Embodiments disclosed describe a security awareness system may adaptively learn the best design of a simulated phishing campaign to get a user to perform the requested actions, such as clicking a hyperlink or opening a file. In some implementations, the system may adapt an ongoing campaign based on user's responses to messages in the campaign, along with the system's learned awareness. The learning process implemented by the security awareness system can be trained by observing the behavior of other users in the same company, other users in the same industry, other users that share similar attributes, all other users of the system, or users that have user attributes that match criteria set by the system, or that match attributes of a subset of other users in the system. |
| US12063249B2 |
Defensive deepfake for detecting spoofed accounts
Apparatus and methods for using deepfakes defensively to detect fake, spoofed, and hoax accounts and posts on social media and elsewhere are provided. A program may gather verified images or writings of a target individual. The program may analyze the verified images and writings to create a baseline. The program may use deepfake algorithms to create exemplar deepfake images or writings. The program may store the data in a database. The program may search a network for social media accounts or posts that may meet the baseline and determine whether they are legitimate or illegitimate by comparing the contents of the accounts or posts with the exemplar deepfakes. When the program determines the accounts or posts are illegitimate, the program may initiate a takedown of those accounts or posts. The program may use machine learning algorithms to refine itself and become more accurate. |
| US12063248B2 |
Deep learning for malicious URL classification (URLC) with the innocent until proven guilty (IUPG) learning framework
Techniques for providing deep learning for malicious URL classification (URLC) using the innocent until proven guilty (IUPG) learning framework are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product includes storing a set comprising one or more innocent until proven guilty (IUPG) models for static analysis of a sample; performing a static analysis of one or more URLs associated with the sample, wherein performing the static analysis includes using at least one stored IUPG model; and determining that the sample is malicious based at least in part on the static analysis of the one or more URLs associated with the sample, and in response to determining that the sample is malicious, performing an action based on a security policy. |
| US12063243B2 |
Autonomous email report generator
An autonomous email-report composer composes a type of report on cyber threats that is composed in a human-readable format with natural language prose, terminology, and level of detail on the cyber threats aimed at a target audience. The autonomous email-report composer cooperates with libraries with prewritten text templates with i) standard pre-written sentences written in the natural language prose and ii) prewritten text templates with fillable blanks that are populated with data for the cyber threats specific for a current report being composed, where a template for the type of report contains two or more sections in that template. Each section having different standard pre-written sentences written in the natural language prose. |
| US12063239B2 |
Human or bot activity detection
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for human or bot activity detection. The method may include, collecting time-series data on one or more events occurring on a webpage. The method may also include deriving classifications of the one or more events. The method may further include performing functional transformations of the time-series data. In addition, the method may include determining potential features of the one or more events based on a combination of the classifications of the one or more events, and results of the functional transformation. Further, the method may include training a machine learning model with the potential features. The method may also include determining, via the machine learning model, bot behavior and non-bot behavior of the one or more events. |
| US12063231B2 |
Systems and methods for threat disruption
A method for disrupting a detected cyberthreat can include receiving a request, the request identifying suspected malicious content; identifying one or more indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with the content; enriching the request with the IOCs; verifying the request; and reporting the verified request and the one or more IOCs to a disruption network. |
| US12063228B2 |
Mitigating security threats in daisy chained serverless FaaS functions
In one embodiment, a method comprises: receiving, by a process, an executed function flow of a daisy chained serverless function-as-a-service (FaaS) function, the executed function flow having been injected with a particular trace identifier in response to an initial event trigger and span identifiers having been injected by each service that was executed; generating, by the process, a serverless flow graph associated with the particular trace identifier based on linking a path of serverless functions according to correlation of the span identifiers between the serverless functions; performing, by the process, a trace-based analysis of the serverless flow graph through comparison to a baseline of expectation; detecting, by the process, one or more anomalies in the serverless flow graph according to the trace-based analysis; and mitigating, by the process, the one or more anomalies in the serverless flow graph. |
| US12063224B1 |
Network data interpretation pipeline for recognizing machine operations and activities from network sensor data
Systems and methods are disclosed to implement a network data interpretation pipeline to recognize machine operations (MOs) and machine activities (MAs) from network traffic data observed in a monitored network. In embodiments, a MO recognition engine is implemented in the network to recognize MOs from network sensor events (NSEs) based on defined recognition patterns. The MOs and any unrecognized NSEs are uploaded to a network monitoring system, where they are further analyzed by a MA recognition engine to recognize higher-level machine activities performed by machines. The NSEs, MOs, and MAs are used by the network monitoring system to implement a variety of security threat detection processes. Advantageously, the pipeline may be used to add rich contextual information about the raw network data to facilitate security threat detection processes. Additionally, the MOs and MAs can be used to present the raw network data in a variety of intuitive user interfaces. |
| US12063220B2 |
Communication protocols in integrated systems
A system and methods comprise a touchscreen at a premises. The touchscreen includes a processor coupled to a security system at the premises. User interfaces are presented via the touchscreen. The user interfaces include a security interface that provides control of functions of the security system and access to data collected by the security system, and a network interface that provides access to network devices. Network devices at the premises are coupled to the touchscreen. Application programming interfaces (APIs) are coupled to the processor and provide access to the plurality of network devices. A security server at a remote location is coupled to the touchscreen. The security server comprises a client interface through which remote client devices exchange data with the touchscreen and security system, a web application that accesses a first set of the APIs, and a server application that accesses a second set of the APIs. |
| US12063218B2 |
Enforcing granular access control policy
An example method of enforcing granular access policy for embedded artifacts comprises: detecting an association of an embedded artifact with a resource container; associating the embedded artifact with at least a subset of an access control policy associated with the resource container; and responsive to receiving an access request to access the embedded artifact, applying the access control policy associated with the resource container for determining whether the access request is grantable. |
| US12063217B2 |
Systems and methods for generating and implementing security profiles
Examples disclosed herein relate to systems and methods for generating and implementing a security profile. Disclosed methods may include the steps of generating a customer intent interface configured to receive input comprising a value associated with an intent parameter; receiving, via the customer intent interface, security intent information comprising the value and the intent parameter; generating a configuration file based on the security intent information; based on the configuration file, generating a security profile for a target device; and generating, by code generator framework, one or more scripts based on the security profile. |
| US12063216B2 |
Access control policy for proxy services
Systems and methods to manage and efficiently perform authorization of multiple proxy clients are disclosed. Furthermore, systems and methods to measure and check whether the web traffic of one or more client devices has reached a permissible limit of web traffic assigned by the proxy service provider. Specifically, a proxy is configured to gather and save authorization information of one or more clients within its memory. Therefore, the proxy server can verify and authorize one or more clients by utilizing the data from its memory. Furthermore, the proxy is configured to measure and report the utilized web traffic of one or more client devices to a messaging platform. In another aspect, systems and methods to check whether one or more client devices have reached a permissible amount of web traffic limit are disclosed. |
| US12063214B2 |
Service authentication through a voice assistant
Disclosed are various approaches for authenticating a user through a voice assistant device and creating an association between the device and a user account. The request is associated with a network or federated service. The user can use a client device, such as a smartphone, to initiate an authentication flow. A passphrase is provided to the client device can captured by the client device and a voice assistant device. Audio captured by the client device and voice assistant device can be sent to an assistant connection service. The passphrase and an audio signature calculated from the audio can be validated. An association between the user account and the voice assistant device can then be created. |
| US12063213B2 |
Secure peer-to-peer based communication sessions via network operating system in secure data network
In one embodiment, a method comprises: receiving, by a secure executable container executed by an endpoint device, a request from an originating entity for initiating a secure peer-to-peer communication with a second network entity via a secure data network, the originating entity and second network entity having established a two-way trusted relationship in the secure data network; processing, by the secure executable container, the request based on providing the originating entity sole and exclusive authority to control the secure peer-to-peer communication, including cryptographically secure termination and removal of the secure peer-to-peer communication from any network device in the secure data network; and initiating, by the secure executable container, the secure peer-to-peer communication by securely sending, to the second network entity via the secure data network, a secure peer-to-peer invitation for the second network entity to join the secure peer-to-peer communication. |
| US12063211B2 |
Systems, methods, and computing platforms for executing credential-less network-based communication exchanges
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for facilitating a credential-less exchange over a network using a plurality of identifier mapping and member interfaces. The techniques may include initiating the presentation of an enrollment user interface via a client device of a user and receiving selection data indicative of a selection of a service provider instrument from the enrollment user interface. The techniques include generating a matching code for authenticating the user, providing the matching code to a service provider platform, and receiving the matching code from a partner platform. In response to an authentication of the user based on the matching code, the techniques may include generating an UUEK for the user that may be used to replace persistent credentials. |
| US12063207B2 |
Non-interfering access layer end-to-end encryption for IOT devices over a data communication network
Once a new session of data packets is detected, whether to proxy encrypt the data packets, on behalf of a specific headless endpoint device from the plurality of headless endpoint devices for a session, is determined based on analysis of payload data of a data packet from a session. Responsive to a determination to proxy encrypt data packets, encryption attributes are set up between a local data port on the network device and a remote data port on a remote network device as parsed from a header of the data packet. Outbound and inbound data packets of the session secure OSI layers 4 to 7 of the outbound data packets of the session are encrypted, according to the encryption attributes, without interference to OSI layers 1 to 3. |
| US12063206B2 |
Secure transfer of workloads across security regions
A framework for transferring workloads between security regions of an infrastructure service. For example, techniques for transferring workloads between security regions across a private network based on signatures associated with the security regions. |
| US12063205B1 |
Private network request forwarding
Private network request forwarding can include receiving a request from a user for Internet services over a public network. Private network request forwarding can include analyzing the request and determining whether the request is legitimate. Private network request forwarding can include forwarding the request to an entity through a private network when it is determined that the request is legitimate, wherein the user has access to the entity through a proxy. |
| US12063203B2 |
Authentication procedure in a virtual private network
A method including receiving, by a first server from a second server, an encrypted authentication packet to enable the first server and the second server to conduct an authentication process, the encrypted authentication packet including a crypted code field indicating that a portion of the encrypted authentication packet is encrypted and a crypted payload including an encrypted initial authentication packet; and transmitting, by the first server to the second server, a response based at least in part on determining that the portion of the encrypted authentication packet is encrypted and on decrypting the encrypted initial authentication packet. Various other aspects are contemplated. |
| US12063202B2 |
Privacy firewalls for identified information detection
Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for detecting identified information in privacy firewalls are provided. A repeating field in a data collection may be analyzed to determine whether the field is likely to include information that identifies particular individuals. An access request of a user may be received. A permission record associated with the user may be accessed. In response to the field being likely to include information that identifies particular individuals and a first value in the permission record, access to the field may be denied, in response to the field not being likely to include information that identifies particular individuals and the first value in the permission record, access to the field may be provided, and in response to a second value in the permission record, access to the field may be provided. |
| US12063200B2 |
Systems and methods for sensor trustworthiness
Systems, methods and products for determining the trustworthiness of anonymous sensors, including a sensor health check, a data ballpark check, a reputation comparison, and optional “last resort” procedures. The sensor health check examines sensor operating parameters to see if they fall within an envelope of expected values. If not, the sensor is unhealthy and is not trusted. The data ballpark check determines whether the sensor's traffic data falls within a predefined envelope of values. If the sensor is healthy and the traffic is within expected ranges, the sensor is trusted. If the traffic data is outside expected ranges, the reputation comparison, determines whether IP addresses, domains or other IOCs in the traffic data are found in the reputation list which may corroborate the traffic as trustworthy because it represents malicious or not-in-the-wild traffic. “Last resort” procedures may include applying safelists/blocklists, signature controls etc. to verify sensor/data trustworthiness. |
| US12063199B1 |
Global portal network—GoDirect
The invention is an improvement to an originally patented invention titled the Global portal network that allows the use of any domain name followed by a name or email address in the address bar of any internet browser to, using an algorithm that is part of the platform, generate and implement a query that will cause the internet browser to publish information stored in an active directory system and/or database that is on the platform. |
| US12063198B2 |
Multi-channel communication platform with dynamic response goals
A multi-channel communication platform includes a messaging engine a routing engine and a queue manager. The messaging engine is operative to receive a plurality of textual messages from a user, the plurality of textual messages forming a message thread and including at least one query requesting a reply. The routing engine is operative to transmit the message thread to a message queue associated with a live agent and to receive a reply from the live agent and transmit the reply to the user. The queue manager is operative to provide the live agent with an adjustable reward following a response to the query, with the amount of the award being based on one or more of: the perceived complexity of the query; a number of outstanding or unassigned queries; or the perceived urgency of the query. |
| US12063197B2 |
Techniques for bidirectional cross-platform communications
A method for data processing that includes receiving, from a service that manages communications between a communication process flow management service and a communication platform, a request indicating metadata from the communication platform, information associated with a tenant of a multi-tenant system, a user identifier, or a combination thereof. The method may further include performing, based on the request, one or more actions on a communication process flow that controls electronic communications between the tenant and a set of users corresponding to the tenant. The method may further include generating a data object related to the communication process flow based on performing the one or more actions. The method may further include transmitting, to the communication platform, a message that is configured to cause posting of the data object into a communication channel of the communication platform. |
| US12063195B2 |
Platform-initiated social media posting with time limited response
Systems and methods for a social networking platform or users thereof to solicit candid content from users. One or more users are selected for receipt of a post request. The users may be selected for a given post request based upon rules-based criteria and algorithmic optimization. Request recipients may provide qualified content posts in response to receipt of a post request. Content posts may be qualified based upon systematically-imposed editorial constraints including a time period during which a qualified post may be made, or other restrictions on the post authoring process. |
| US12063194B2 |
Message reminding method, apparatus, control device and storage medium
The present disclosure provides a message reminding method, an apparatus, a control device and a storage medium, in which an association level between a terminal and each target terminal is set; current location information of the terminal and each target terminal is obtained; determining of whether a distance between the terminal and each target terminal meets a preset condition corresponding to the association level or not is performed respectively according to the current location information of the terminal and each target terminal; if the distance between the terminal and at least one target terminal meets the preset condition corresponding to the association level, a message is sent to remind the terminal that there is a target terminal that meets the preset condition. |
| US12063186B2 |
Systems and methods for a two-tier machine learning model for generating conversational responses
Methods and systems are described for generating dynamic conversational responses using two-tier machine learning models. The dynamic conversational responses may be generated in real time and reflect the likely goals and/or intents of a user. The two-tier machine learning model may include a first tier that determines an intent cluster based on a feature input, and a second tier that determines a specific intent from the cluster. |
| US12063184B2 |
Codebook assisted covariance transformation in frequency division duplex (FDD) systems
A network node for a Frequency Division Duplex, FDD, wireless communication network is provided. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to determine a transformation matrix for transforming an uplink codebook to a downlink codebook where the transformation matrix is based at least in part on channel state information, CSI. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine a first uplink codebook based at least in part on uplink signals, determine a first downlink codebook based at least in part on the transformation matrix and the first uplink codebook, and cause transmission of downlink signals to a wireless device based at least in part on the first downlink codebook. |
| US12063183B2 |
Method and device used in wireless communication node
The disclosure provides a method and device used in wireless communication node. A first node receives K candidate radio signal(s), and receives a first radio signal, the first radio signal being associated to a first identifier; the K candidate radio signal(s) is(are) associated to K first-type identifier(s) respectively, and only K1 first-type identifier(s) among the K first-type identifier(s) is(are) equal to the first identifier; the K1 first-type identifier(s) is(are) associated to K1 candidate radio signal(s) among the K candidate radio signal(s) respectively; only the K1 candidate radio signal(s) among the K candidate radio signal(s) can be used for controlling a receiving power of the first radio signal; the K is a positive integer. The disclosure simplifies the AGC process on terminal side through designing K first-type identifiers, which is suitable for application scenarios with multiple subcarrier spacings on sidelink, thereby improving the overall performance of the system. |
| US12063181B2 |
Methods, devices and computer storage media for communication
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and computer readable media for communication. A method of communication comprises receiving, at a first device, control information from a second device; determining a transmission control indication (TCI) codepoint from the control information, the TCI codepoint indicating at least a first TCI state and a second TCI state to be used for communicating data with the second device over a physical shared channel; in response to a number of repetitions of the data being configured to be scheduled by the control information, determining a first configuration for communicating the repetitions of the data with the second device, the first configuration assigning the first and second TCI states to the repetitions of the data; and communicating, at least based on the first configuration, the repetitions of the data with the second device over the physical shared channel. |
| US12063179B2 |
Enabled/disabled HARQ feedback and HARQ-less processes
This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for enabled/disabled HARQ feedback and HARQ-less processes. A base station may configure a plurality of logical channels for a UE, where one or more of the logical channels have an associated HARQ process. The UE may receive an allocation of resources from the base station for an uplink grant or a downlink assignment and determine whether the resources have associated HARQ process without HARQ feedback but with HARQ retransmission, an associated HARQ process without HARQ feedback and without HARQ retransmission, or an associated HARQ process with HARQ feedback and with HARQ retransmission. The UE may exchange communication with the base station based on the allocation of resources and the determination of whether the resources have one of the associated HARQ processes. |
| US12063177B2 |
Apparatus and method for generating an extremely high throughput multi-user physical layer protocol data unit
A communication apparatus communicates an Extremely High Throughput (EHT) Multi-User (MU) Physical Layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) including an Extremely High Throughput-Signal-B (EHT-SIG-B) including a resource unit (RU) allocation subfield including N×8 bits, where N=8 holds in a case where the communication apparatus uses a bandwidth of 320 MHz as a bandwidth. |
| US12063176B2 |
Ultra-reliable low-latency communication indication channelization designs
In some circumstances, a URLLC may preempt resource. An apparatus may be configured to receive a set of resource blocks from a base station including at least one of eMBB data or URLLC data in a PDSCH. The apparatus may receive a URLLC indicator from the base station. The URLLC indicator may be received embedded within the URLLC data or received separate from the URLLC data within DCI of a PDCCH. The URLLC indicator indicates whether the set of resource blocks includes at least part of the URLLC data. The apparatus may determine, based on the URLLC indicator, whether the set of resource blocks includes the URLLC data and processing the set of resource blocks based on a result of determining whether the set of resource blocks includes the URLLC data. |
| US12063173B2 |
Physical Downlink Control Channel Design For DFT-S-OFDM Waveform
Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for physical downlink control channel design for a discrete Fourier Transform-spread-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM) waveform. The apparatuses and methods can include at least operating a base station (BS) to generate one or more physical downlink control channels (PDCCH) in a time division multiplexing (TDM) manner using a Discrete Fourier Transform-spread-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM) waveform, generate a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) which is multiplexed in the TDM manner with the one or more PDCCH, and transmit the one or more PDCCH and the DMRS to a user equipment (UE). |
| US12063167B2 |
Resource configuration method and apparatus, device, and storage medium
This application provides a resource configuration method performed by a computer device. The method includes: acquiring configuration data including m candidate configuration resources to configure a target item in a target application, m being a positive integer; selecting, from the m candidate configuration resources according to scenario identification information respectively corresponding to the m candidate configuration resources, n candidate configuration resources matching a current operating scenario of the target application, n being a positive integer less than or equal to m; selecting a target configuration resource from the n candidate configuration resources according to weights respectively corresponding to the n candidate configuration resources; and configuring the target item by using the target configuration resource. Therefore, configuration resources are directly acquired, and the configuration resources are updated independently of version update, thereby reducing costs of replacing the configuration resources and shortening the time of replacing the configuration resources. |
| US12063164B2 |
Bandwidth awareness in a link aggregation group
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to establish a path for a data stream from the first network apparatus to a second network apparatus, where the request is associated with a requested bandwidth for the data stream, and where the first network apparatus and the second network apparatus are connected by a link aggregation group including a number of physical Ethernet links, accessing bandwidth information representing a number of remaining bandwidths of the respective multiple of physical Ethernet links, determining that the requested bandwidth is not satisfied by any of the number of remaining bandwidths of the number of physical Ethernet links, and sending a response rejecting the request to establish the path. |
| US12063162B2 |
Controlling a jitter buffer
Apparatus and methods for controlling a jitter buffer are described. In one embodiment, the apparatus for controlling a jitter buffer includes an inter-talkspurt delay jitter estimator for estimating an offset value of the delay of a first frame in the current talkspurt with respect to the delay of a latest anchor frame in a previous talkspurt, and a jitter buffer controller for adjusting a length of the jitter buffer based on a long term length of the jitter buffer for each frame and the offset value. |
| US12063157B2 |
Transmitting multi-dimensional data between devices
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for data from a first multi-dimensional memory block to a second multi-dimensional memory block. For example, systems described herein facilitate transferring data between memory blocks having different shapes from one another. The systems described herein facilitate transferring data between different shaped memory blocks by identifying shape properties and other characteristics of the data and generating a plurality of network packets having control data based on the identified shape properties and other characteristics. This data included within the network packets enables memory controllers to determine memory addresses on a destination memory block to write data from the network packets. Features described herein facilitate efficient transfer of data without generating a linearized copy that relies on constant availability of significant memory resources. |
| US12063156B2 |
Fine-granularity admission and flow control for rack-level network connectivity
A system for admission and flow control is disclosed. In some embodiments, the system includes a switch for routing network traffic, having multiple classes of service (CoSs), from multiple ingress ports to one or more of multiple egress ports. The system also includes multiple ingress-level class of service queues (InCoS-Qs) and one or more egress-level class of service queues (EgCoS-Qs), each InCoS-Q and EgCoS-Q corresponding to one of CoSs. The switch is configured to detect congestion in a particular EgCoS-Q, corresponding to a particular CoS, the particular EgCoS-Q being associated with a particular host; identify an InCoS-Q corresponding to that particular CoS, and associated with that particular host; and block that InCoS-Q, while allowing routing of the network traffic from one or more InCoS-Qs corresponding to that particular CoS, the one or more InCoS-Qs corresponding to one or more other hosts. |
| US12063153B2 |
Method and apparatus for implementing multicast
A method and apparatus for implementing multicast. When a multicast source performs route advertisement, route update is performed on a cross-DC integrated device, and a received device identifier and a received AS number are replaced with a device identifier and an AS number that are of the integrated device. In this way, when a multicast user joins the multicast source, each network device in the network can trace the multicast source based on a received route, and determine a multicast path that is from the multicast source to the multicast user. Therefore, it is possible to accurately perform, in a NG MVPN, cross-DC multicast on traffic of the multicast source. |
| US12063152B2 |
Zero touch management from cloud
An information handling system may include at least one processor and a memory. The information handling system may be configured to receive a heartbeat message from a second information handling system via a network, wherein the second information handling is system not publicly accessible via the network, and wherein the heartbeat message is operable to establish a communication channel between the information handling system and the second information handling system; and transmit a response to the second information handling system via the communication channel, wherein the response indicates whether any management tasks should be executed by the second information handling system. |
| US12063149B2 |
On-path dynamic policy enforcement and endpoint-aware policy enforcement for endpoints
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for locally applying endpoint-specific policies to an endpoint in a network environment. A network device local to one or more endpoints in a network environment can receive from a centralized network controller one or more network-wide endpoint policies. A first endpoint of the one or more endpoints can be configured to inject policy metadata into first data traffic. Policy metadata injected into the first traffic data can be received from the first endpoint. The network device can determine one or more first endpoint-specific polices for the first endpoint by evaluation the first policy metadata with respect to the one or more network-wide endpoint policies. As follows, the one or more first endpoint-specific policies can be applied to control data traffic associated with the first endpoint. |
| US12063140B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for test system agent deployment in a smartswitch computing environment
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for test system agent deployment in a smartswitch computing environment are disclosed. One example method occurs at a test system, the method comprising: obtaining test information indicating a smartswitch or a data processing unit (DPU) of the smartswitch for testing in a smartswitch computing environment or at least one test system agent deployment factor, wherein the smartswitch includes a switch processor and DPUs; determining, using the test information and topology information about the smartswitch computing environment, at least one location for deploying at least one test system agent; and providing placement information indicating the at least one location for deploying the at least one test system agent to a target system or to a test system agent controller. |
| US12063138B2 |
Probabilistic shaping QAM dynamic equalization and digital signal processing method
Probabilistic shaping quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) based on Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution is particularly important in coherent optical communication, which can approach the Shannon limit more desirably in the case of a finite signal-to-noise ratio. However, standard coherent optical digital signal processing algorithms are not optimal for demodulation of PS higher-order QAM signals. The invention provides a probabilistic shaping QAM dynamic equalization method that intercepts multiple inner rings after clock recovery and updates the convergence radius and area of a conventional blind dynamic channel equalization algorithm using a peak density K-means clustering algorithm. The clustering algorithm gives centroid labels and a quantity of classifications required for K-means, which does not require a large number of iterations of K-means, thereby reducing the complexity and improving the accuracy. The updated decision area and decision radius reduce errors in the dynamic equalization algorithm, thereby improving the accuracy of probabilistic shaping QAM digital signal processing. |
| US12063136B2 |
Method for transmitting/receiving data in wireless communication system, and device therefor
A method for transmitting/receiving data in a wireless communication system, and a device therefor are disclosed. Particularly, a method by which user equipment (UE) receives data in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving configuration information including resource allocation information related to a plurality of resource set groups; receiving a first demodulation reference signal (DMRS) and first data from a first resource set; and receiving a second DMRS and second data from a second resource set, wherein the first resource set and the second resource set are included in the same resource set group, pieces of quasi-co-location-related information related with the respective resource sets included in the same resource set group are the same, and the position of a frequency resource of the second DMRS can be shifted from the position of a frequency resource of the first DMRS so as not to be overlapped. |
| US12063134B2 |
Header repetition in packet-based OFDM systems
A wireless communication device and a communication method for header repetition are described. The device and method receive and decode a wireless packet through a communication channel. Formats of the wireless packet includes a first packet format and a second packet format. In this regard, the first packet format comprises a first header field carried by a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol while the second packet format comprises both the first header field carried by the first OFDM symbol and a second header field carried by a second OFDM symbol which follows the first OFDM symbol. The second header field is a repetition of the first header field. According to an exemplary embodiment, the second packet format is distinguished from the first packet format by detecting, from the received wireless packet, the second header field which repeats the first header field. |
| US12063132B2 |
Data processing method and apparatus
Embodiments of this application disclose example data processing methods and example apparatuses. One example method includes determining, by a first terminal device based on a parameter group, a first sequence including N elements, where the parameter group includes a first parameter, a second parameter, and a cyclic shift value, the first sequence is obtained by performing cyclic shift on a second sequence based on the cyclic shift value, and the second sequence is determined based on the first parameter and the second parameter. The first terminal device can then send a signal to a network device based on the first sequence. |
| US12063131B2 |
Communication signal processing method, and base station and headend device using the same
A communication signal processing method comprises obtaining transmission delay value difference data relating to a difference in transmission delay values in a communication network that varies depending on whether or not a redundant path is used, obtaining redundancy status data relating to whether the redundant path is used, and controlling a parameter of a communication signal transmitted by the communication network based on the transmission delay value difference data when the redundant path is used as a result of determination according to the redundancy status data. |
| US12063125B2 |
Method of configuring a central control unit belonging to a home-automation installation
The present disclosure relates to a method of configuring a central control unit belonging to a home-automation installation or a home-automation device including a central control unit and belonging to a home-automation installation, the method being implemented by the central control unit and including the following steps: Obtaining of a location identifier of a first remote configuration service; Dispatching of a configuration request destined for the first remote configuration service (Svclc) by using the location identifier and linked with an identifier of the central control unit; Reception of at least one set of data or of configuration instructions and/or of at least one identifier of a second functional remote service originating from the first remote configuration service (Svclc); Configuration on the basis of the at least one set of data or of configuration instructions and/or of the at least one identifier of a second functional remote service. |
| US12063124B2 |
Building management system with adapting IoT hub
A building management system includes building equipment operable to affect a physical state or condition of a building, a system manager coupled to the building equipment via a system bus, and a cloud-based data platform. The system manager is configured to gather schedule information from the building equipment and create a first schedule configuration file including the schedule information. The cloud-based data platform includes a data adaptor configured to receive the first schedule configuration file from the system manager, extract the schedule information from the first schedule configuration file, and save the schedule information in the cloud-based data platform. |
| US12063123B1 |
Techniques for inferring context for an online meeting
Described herein are techniques for generating insights, including summary descriptions, for an online meeting. During an online meeting, various pre-trained computer vision algorithms are used to identify regions of interest within one or more video streams depicting a meeting participant, and any video stream via which content is being shared. These detected regions of interest are further processed with additional pre-trained computer vision algorithms to detect non-verbal communications, including gestures made by meeting participants, facial expressions or emotions, and text or graphics shared as part of a content sharing feature. From these non-verbal communications, textual descriptions of the detected communications are derived. These textual descriptions of the detected communications are then provided as an input to a software-based meeting analyzer service, which is configured to generate various insights based on end-user queries, and automated requests. |
| US12063120B2 |
Wireless device control channel monitoring
A base station transmits one or more radio resource control messages to a wireless device. The base station receives from the wireless device, a transport block via an uplink data channel. The one or more radio resource control messages include: a HARQ RTT timer value indicating the wireless device to start an uplink HARQ RTT timer with the uplink HARQ RTT timer value in response to transmitting the transport block to the base station, a DRX retransmission timer value indicating the wireless device to start an uplink DRX retransmission timer with the uplink DRX retransmission timer value in response to transmitting the transport block. The uplink DRX retransmission timer is for UE to monitor a downlink control channel while the uplink DRX retransmission timer is running. |
| US12063117B2 |
Wireless data transmission system and method
A wireless data transmission system and method is disclosed. A given frame comprising a distinct message is transmitted to a designated receiver. Responsive to a failure of the designated receiver to detect the distinct message, one or more first copies of the distinct message are added to at least one first subsequent frame of one or more subsequent frames, subsequent to the given frame, designating the designated receiver. Moreover, one or more second copies of the distinct message are added to at least one second subsequent frame of the subsequent frames, wherein a first number of the first copies is different than a second number of the second copies. The first copies and the second copies are added to meet a Quality of Service (QoS) requirement for a communication link between the wireless data transmission system and the designated receiver and a delay requirement for the communication link. |
| US12063116B2 |
Communication method, apparatus, device, system, and storage medium
This application discloses that a terminal device determines at least one target time parameter set based on N time parameter sets, where time unit lengths corresponding to at least two of the N time parameter sets are different; determines M target times based on a first time and the at least one target time parameter set, generates a codebook based on response information corresponding to downlink information received at at least one of the M target times, and sends the codebook to a network device at the first time. Correspondingly, the network device determines, based on the response information included in the codebook, whether the downlink information corresponding to the response information is successfully transmitted. Therefore, when the time unit lengths corresponding to the at least two of the N time parameter sets are different, the network device and the terminal device have a consistent understanding of the codebook. |
| US12063114B2 |
Acknowledgment feedback techniques in shared radio frequency spectrum
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for group or one-shot acknowledgment (ACK) feedback reporting, in which feedback for a number of different downlink transmissions may be provided by a user equipment (UE) to a base station. A base station may trigger a one-shot feedback report that includes less than all of the ACK feedback that is available at the UE to provide in a report. The ACK feedback may include an indication of an ACK or a negative acknowledgement (NACK) along with information related to a data indicator associated with the downlink transmission. In some cases regular ACK feedback reports and one-shot feedback reports may be multiplexed and transmitted by a UE. Further, a last downlink transmission to be included in a one-shot feedback report may be determined based on a receipt time of scheduling information or an ACK feedback timeline. |
| US12063113B2 |
Coding and modulation method, demodulation and decoding method, apparatus, and device
Embodiments of this application provide a coding and modulation method, a demodulation and decoding method, an apparatus, and a device. The coding and modulation method includes obtaining K to-be-encoded bits and a modulation scheme, and coding the K to-be-encoded bits, based on M bit levels of the modulation scheme, to obtain M′ code blocks, where M′ |
| US12063110B2 |
Communication method, MCS receiving method, MCS notification method, and device
A method, and related apparatuses are disclosed, to provide an MCS corresponding to a lower code rate. The communication method includes: sending a first CQI number to a network device, wherein the first CQI number is determined based on a first CQI table; and receiving an MCS number in a first MCS table from the network device, wherein the first MCS table comprises an entry that is not comprised in the first CQI table, and at least one entry whose modulation scheme is 64QAM in the first CQI table, wherein a BLER corresponding to the first CQI table is 10e-5, and values obtained by multiplying code rates by 1024 in the first CQI table comprise 30 and 50. |
| US12063105B2 |
Bidirectional optical communications
This disclosure describes digitally generating sub-carriers (SCs) to provide isolation and dynamic allocation of bandwidth between uplink and downlink traffic between transceivers that are communicatively coupled via a bidirectional link including one or more segments of optical fiber. Separate uplink and downlink communication channels may be created using digitally generated SCs and using the same transmitter laser. In some implementations, one or more of the nodes include a transceiver having at least one laser and one digital signal processing (DSP) operable for digitally generating at least two SCs and detecting at least two SCs. The transceiver can transmit selected SCs, and can receive other SCs. Accordingly, the transceiver can facilitate bidirectional communication, for example, over a single optical fiber link. In some instances, techniques can facilitate dynamic bandwidth assignment by facilitating adding or blocking of optical subcarriers from transmission in an uplink or downlink direction. |
| US12063099B2 |
Cell identity and paging for non-terrestrial networks (NTN)
Techniques discussed herein may enable effective cell identification and paging within a non-terrestrial network (NTN). A base station may map logical cell identifiers, corresponding to satellites, to physical cell identifiers, corresponding to physical or geographic cells. The techniques enable cell identification and paging in both Earth-fixed cell scenarios and Earth-moving cell scenarios, and in scenarios where the satellite moves between countries. |
| US12063096B2 |
Hybrid frequency repeater for a multiple hop link
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a repeater may receive, via a first frequency band, a first one or more signals of a communication that is associated with a multiple hop link, wherein the first one or more signals are associated with a first one or more communication parameters that result in a data capacity for the first one or more signals. The repeater may perform an action to adjust the first one or more communication parameters to a second one or more communication parameters for transmission via a second frequency band, the second one or more communication parameters causing the data capacity to be maintained. The repeater may transmit, via the second frequency band, a second one or more signals of the communication using the second one or more communication parameters. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US12063095B1 |
Repeaters for use in a hostile environment
A repeater for maintaining wireless line of sight communications. The repeater is autonomously repositional in both absolute location and azimuthal orientation. The repeater has at least two vibratory motors, or other vibration sources, which provide oscillations to depending legs against a support surface. By selectively operating one or more of the vibration sources together or independently, the repeater may be moved as helpful to maintain line of sight communication with another repeater or other operational hardware. A command signal from a remote base station controls the locomotion of the repeater to provide both a change in absolute position relative to the surroundings and a rotational change in azimuthal orientation as necessary to maintain communication under dynamic conditions. |
| US12063093B2 |
Configurations for utilization of a padding duration
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Some user equipments (UEs) and base stations may communicate in a set of transmission time intervals (TTIs) according to a configured subcarrier spacing (SCS). Each TTI may include, in accordance with the SCS, a quantity of symbols, a corresponding quantity of cyclic prefixes, and a padding duration that may be longer than a symbol duration. The base station may transmit a control signal to the UE to indicate a configuration for the padding duration. The configuration may allocate the padding duration for reference signal repetition or one or more other operations. In some examples, the padding duration may be allocated for beam switching, and the one or more other operations may be different than beam switching. The UE and the base station may perform the reference signal repetition or the other operations during the padding duration based on the configuration. |
| US12063090B2 |
Method for transmitting physical uplink shared channel in wireless communication system, and device for same
The present specification relates to a method which is for transmitting a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) in a wireless communication system, and is performed by a terminal. The method is characterized by including: a step for receiving, from a base station, information about a plurality of beam candidates for transmitting a PUSCH through a Sounding Reference Signal Resource Indicator (SRI) field or a Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) field of Downlink Control Information (DCI); a step for selecting any one beam among the plurality of beam candidates on the basis of a predefined criterion; and a step for transmitting the PUSCH by using the selected one beam. |
| US12063088B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving channel state information in wireless communication system
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving channel state information in a wireless communication system. A method for transmitting channel state information (CSI) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise the steps of: receiving configuration information related to the CSI from a base station, wherein the configuration information includes information on a CSI-RS resource set; receiving a CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS) from the base station; and transmitting the CSI to the base station on the basis of the configuration information and the CSI-RS. The CSI may include a first CSI set based on a single CSI resource in the CSI-RS resource set and/or a second CSI set based on a CSI-RS resource combination in the CSI-RS resource set, and the number of CSI processing units (CPUs) required for calculation of the second CSI set and the number of CPUs required for calculation of the first CSI set may be individually determined. |
| US12063085B2 |
Indication to update uplink and downlink beams
Apparatus, methods, processing systems, and computer readable mediums enable L1 (physical layer) and L2 (medium access control (MAC) layer) inter-cell mobility. More specifically, rules and operations performed during L1/L2 based cell handover operations. A user equipment (UE) is configured to receive, from a network entity of a source cell via at least one of L1 or L2 signaling, a handover command for the UE to handover from the source cell to a target cell. The UE determines at least one transient period during which the UE is served by both the source cell and the target cell, and performs the handover while communicating with the source cell and target cell during the transient period. |
| US12063080B2 |
Communication method and communications apparatus
This application provides a communication method and a communications apparatus. According to the communication method, a first device sends to one or more second devices, by using a control trailer, configuration information used for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication between the first device and the one or more second devices, so that the MIMO communication can be performed between the first device and the one or more second devices based on the configuration information. |
| US12063075B1 |
Signal transmission system
A signal transmission system includes a first laser signal transmission system, a second laser signal transmission system and a control module. The first laser signal transmission system includes an electric signal generation module, a first electro-optical conversion module and a first optical-electro conversion module. The electric signal generation module outputs a first current and a first voltage. The first electro-optical conversion module outputs a first optical signal. The first optical-electro conversion module outputs a second voltage. The second laser signal transmission system alternately inputs the first voltage and a calibration voltage and outputs a third voltage. The control module determines the first voltage based on the correspondence relationship between the calibration voltage and the third voltage and based on the third voltage, and determines a first electro-optical conversion coefficient based on a ratio of the first voltage to the second voltage. |
| US12063072B2 |
Communication system and OLT system
A communication system of a passive optical communication network includes an optical line terminal (OLT) system including a first OLT, a second OLT, and an OLT control device that controls the first OLT and the second OLT, a plurality of splitters that connects between the first OLT and the second OLT with an optical communication path, and an optical network unit (ONU) that is connected to each of the plurality of splitters with an optical communication path. |
| US12063071B2 |
Registration method and device, method for writing registration information, optical line terminal, and optical network unit
Provided is a method for registering an optical network unit. The method is used for an optical line terminal. The method for registering an optical network unit comprises: according to pre-acquired registration information of an optical network unit to be registered, issuing registration configuration information, so as to complete registration of said optical network unit, wherein the registration information of said optical network unit is acquired before the present registration starts. Further provided are a method for writing registration information, an optical line terminal, an optical network unit, a front-facing optical network unit, and a registration device. |
| US12063066B2 |
Wireless communication system, base station control device, evacuation guidance method, and base station control program
An object of the present disclosure is to make already installed smart lightings available as optical base stations as they are without modifying them, and perform connection/authentication control for RF communication using an optical signal sent out from the optical base stations.The present disclosure is a wireless communication system including: one or more wireless base stations that wirelessly communicate with a terminal; a base station control device that collects wireless base station information from each wireless base station, determines a wireless base station that wirelessly communicates with the terminal using the collected wireless base station information, and transmits an optical ID corresponding to the determined wireless base station; and one or more optical base stations that receive the optical ID from the base station control device, and transmit the received optical ID to the terminal using an optical signal, wherein the wireless base station determined by the base station control device wirelessly communicates with the terminal that receives the optical ID. |
| US12063063B2 |
Rake receiver and related methods
A radio frequency (RF) rake receiver may include a plurality of diversity receive paths, with each diversity receive path including a respective rake receiver despreader, and a tracking loop. The tracking loop may be configured to generate a composite timing signal based upon the rake receiver despreaders, and provide the composite timing signal to the diversity receive paths. |
| US12063062B2 |
Discrete time cancellation for providing coexistence in radio frequency applications
Radio frequency (RF) communication systems with coexistence management are provided herein. In certain embodiments, a method of coexistence management in a mobile device includes processing a wireless local area network (WLAN) observation signal to generate WLAN observation data using a WLAN observation channel of a WLAN transceiver, processing an RF cellular receive signal to generate a digital baseband cellular receive signal using a cellular receive channel of a cellular transceiver, processing a cellular observation signal to generate cellular observation data using a cellular observation channel of the cellular transceiver, and compensating the digital baseband cellular receive signal for RF signal leakage based on the WLAN observation data and on the cellular observation data using a discrete time cancellation circuit of the cellular transceiver. |
| US12063052B2 |
Analog error detection and correction in analog in-memory crossbars
An analog error correction circuit is disclosed that implements an analog error correction code. The analog circuit includes a crossbar array of memristors or other non-volatile tunable resistive memory devices. The crossbar array includes a first crossbar array portion programmed with values of a target computation matrix and a second crossbar array portion programmed with values of an encoder matrix for correcting computation errors in the matrix multiplication of an input vector with the computation matrix. The first and second crossbar array portions share the same row lines and are connected to a third crossbar array portion that is programmed with values of a decoder matrix, thereby enabling single-cycle error detection. A computation error is detected based on output of the decoder matrix circuitry and a location of the error is determined via an inverse matrix multiplication operation whereby the decoder matrix output is fed back to the decoder matrix. |
| US12063051B2 |
Communication method and device using recurrent decoding iterations for polar codes
A communication method and device which can improve error correction performance and power consumption without increasing hardware complexity is disclosed. A communication apparatus includes: a decoder for polar codes, that decodes a codeword in which a frame is partitioned according to a predetermined partitioning rule and each partition includes at least one check bit computed by a predefined checksum equation; a memory that stores a frozen set including frozen bit indices, a non-frozen set including non-frozen bit indices, and a susceptible to error (STE) set including STE indices susceptible to decoding error for each partition; and a controller configured to: compute a check sum of at least one decoded bit for each partition according to the predefined checksum equation; responsive to failure of checksum, initiate a recurrent decoding attempt on the partition; and perform a bit-inversion operation on at least one STE index in each recurrent decoding attempt. |
| US12063047B2 |
Systems and methods for integration of injection-locked oscillators into transceiver arrays
Systems and methods for integrating injection-locked oscillators into transceiver arrays are disclosed. In one aspect, there is provided an injection-locked oscillator (ILO) distribution system including a master clock generator configured to generate a master clock signal. The ILO distribution system also includes an ILO distribution circuit including an ILO and configured to receive the master clock signal. The ILO is configured to generate a reference clock signal based on the master clock signal. The ILO distribution circuit is further configured to generate an output signal indicative of an operating frequency of the ILO. The ILO distribution system further includes an injection-locked detector (ILD) configured to receive the master clock signal and the output signal. The ILD is further configured to determine whether the ILO is in a locked state or in an unlocked state based on the master clock signal and the output signal. |
| US12063046B2 |
Oscillator monitoring circuits for different oscillator domains
Clock monitors for circuits having a plurality of oscillators. The clock monitors produce an error indication when one oscillator is determined to be outside of a desired operating range or beyond a defined threshold with respect to a second oscillator. The clock monitors include a synchronizer configured to receive a clock signal from a first oscillator of the plurality of oscillators and synchronize the received clock signal with a second oscillator and to produce a synchronized clock signal. The clock monitors can include a counter configured to produce a count value based on synchronized clock signal. The clock monitors include comparison circuitry configured to receive the count value and produce an error indication when the count value is outside a predetermined range. The clock monitors may be used to ensure correct clock operation for different transition scenarios, e.g., turning on or off a certain clock or power domain. |
| US12063042B2 |
Duty cycle correction device and method
A duty cycle correction device includes a duty cycle correction circuit and a duty cycle control circuit. The duty cycle correction circuit corrects a duty cycle of an input dock signal based on a duty cycle control signal and a duty cycle resolution control signal to generate an output dock signal. The duty cycle control circuit generates the duty cycle control signal by detecting a duty cycle of the output clock signal, generates a duty cycle correction completion signal when duty cycle correction is completed, and recorrects the duty cycle of the input clock signal by activating the duty cycle resolution control signal when the duty cycle correction completion signal is activated at an earlier timing than a reference time. |
| US12063039B2 |
Register with data retention
A register with data retention includes a master-slave flip-flop, a balloon latch, and a level shifter. The master-slave flip-flop is supplied by a first power voltage. The balloon latch is supplied by a second power voltage. The second power voltage is independent of the first power voltage. The level shifter provides a voltage conversion between the master-slave flip-flop and the balloon latch. A data is stored in the master-slave flip-flop. When the first power voltage is disabled, the balloon latch is configured to temporarily retain the data. |
| US12063037B2 |
Embedded network on chip accessible to programmable logic fabric of programmable logic device in multi-dimensional die systems
An integrated circuit device may include programmable logic fabric disposed on a first integrated circuit die, such that the programmable logic fabric may include a first region of programmable logic fabric and a second region of programmable logic fabric. The first region of programmable logic fabric is configured to be programmed with a circuit design that operates on a first set of data. The integrated circuit may also include network on chip (NOC) circuitry disposed on a second integrated circuit die, such that the NOC circuitry is configured to communicate data between the first integrated circuit die and the second integrated circuit die. |
| US12063031B2 |
Semiconductor device
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first circuit configured to generate a first voltage, a second circuit configured to transfer the generated first voltage to a first terminal, and a third circuit configured to generate a first signal that demonstrates a first level when a voltage at the first terminal is higher than or equal to a threshold voltage, and a second level when the voltage of the first terminal is lower than the threshold voltage, wherein the second circuit is configured to interrupt transfer of the first voltage, based on the first signal at the second level. |
| US12063027B2 |
Acoustic wave device with ceramic substrate
A surface acoustic wave device is disclosed. The surface acoustic wave device can include a ceramic substrate, a piezoelectric layer over the ceramic substrate, and an interdigital transducer electrode over the piezoelectric layer. The ceramic substrate can be a polycrystalline spinel substrate. The surface acoustic wave device can also include a temperature compensating layer over the interdigital transducer electrode. |
| US12063023B2 |
Method of manufacturing a piezoelectric thin film
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a piezoelectric AlxGa1-xN (0.5≤x≤1) thin film, comprising: forming a stress control layer comprised of a Group III nitride on a silicon substrate by chemical vapor deposition (CVD); and depositing a piezoelectric AlxGa1-xN (0.5≤x≤1) thin film on the stress control layer, the thin film being deposited by PVD at 0.3 Tm (Tm is melting temperature of a piezoelectric thin film material) or higher. Further, a method for manufacturing a device in conjunction with piezoelectric AlxGa1-xN (0.5≤x≤1) thin films is provided. |
| US12063020B2 |
Zero glitch digital step attenuator
A digital step attenuator (DSA) cell and related method are provided. The DSA cell includes a first branch comprising a first resistor connected, at a first side, to an input port and, at a second side, to an output port; a second resistor connected, at a first side, to the first resistor and, at a second side, to a first transistor and a third resistor connected, at a first side, to the first resistor and, at a second side, to a second transistor. Also included in the DSA cell is a second branch, in a parallel configuration with the first resistor, that includes a fourth resistor and a third transistor. Also included is a third branch, in a parallel configuration with the first resistor, that includes a fourth transistor. The first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor, and the fourth transistor are configured to be operated independently. |
| US12063019B2 |
Integrated circuit devices with receiver chain peak detectors
An integrated circuit device is provided. In some examples, the integrated circuit device includes an amplifier stage that receives an input signal and a control signal and provides an amplified signal in response. A main path is coupled to the amplifier stage that receives the amplified signal and provides a first feedback signal corresponding to a signal strength of a data-bearing portion of the input signal. A control path also receives the amplified signal and provides a second feedback signal corresponding to a signal strength of the data-bearing portion and an interference component. A gain control circuit is coupled to the main path and the control path that receives the first and second feedback signals and provides the control signal in response to the feedback signals. In some such examples, the control path and main path include separate mixer stages with different performance characteristics. |
| US12063015B2 |
Amplifier with power combination and internal redundancy and modular housing
An amplifier arrangement has a plurality of function strings, which are required for nominal operation. In addition, the amplifier arrangement has a redundancy circuit and a redundant function string including a redundant converter and a redundant amplifier. If a function string is faulty, the redundancy circuit supplies the input signals of the faulty function string to the redundant function string. In addition, a high-frequency system with an inner housing and an outer housing is described, wherein an air gap separates the inner housing and the outer housing from one another so that high-frequency signals can be transmitted via the air gap between the inner housing and the outer housing. |
| US12063012B2 |
Amplifier device, audio device, and method for controlling amplifier device
An amplifier device includes a back-EMF voltage shorting circuit between a power supply terminal located on a primary side of an output transformer and a constant potential terminal grounded. The back-EMF voltage shorting circuit is provided with a capacitor and a diode in parallel. When a back-EMF voltage input into a circuit of an amplifier device is a positive potential, a back-EMF current flows from the power supply terminal toward the constant potential terminal, and the back-EMF current is short-circuited by the capacitor at this time. On the other hand, when the input back-EMF voltage is a negative potential, the back-EMF current flows from the constant potential terminal toward the power supply terminal, and is short-circuited by the diode at this time. |
| US12063011B2 |
Solar farm fault detection and diagnosis
A fault detection assembly for a PV solar generation assembly comprised of an array of PV modules including a plurality of series PV module strings connected in parallel, the fault detection assembly including: a plurality of current sensors arranged to monitor respective string currents of said strings; a processing arrangement in communication with the current sensors for receiving values of the string currents therefrom; a memory device accessible to the processing arrangement containing instructions for execution by the processing arrangement including instructions for: determining a representative string current for currents of the plurality of strings; deeming one or more strings having currents that are outliers to the representative string current by more than a threshold value to be subject to a fault; and issuing an alarm including an identification of the one or more strings deemed to be subject to the fault. |
| US12063009B1 |
Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) system with evaporative two-phase cooler having 3D architected wick for cell thermal management
Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) systems for energy harvesting with thermal management are provided. The systems include a three-dimensional architected wick having a porous structure for delivering a two-phase working fluid via capillary action to maintain efficient cooling of a TPV cell array. The wick is configured to uniformly deliver working fluid for evaporative cooling of the TPV cells. The wick may be in direct thermal communication with the TPV cell or employed to locally deliver working fluid to an evaporator that is in direct thermal communication with the TPV cell. The increased surface area of porous structure of the wick and the evaporator increases heat dissipation and evaporative cooling providing an improvement in temperature distribution and heat transfer critical to maintaining the TPV cell at a constant temperature. |
| US12063004B2 |
Method for monitoring the operation of a frequency converter, and frequency converter
A method for monitoring the operation of a frequency converter (1), which is designed to drive an electric motor (2), wherein the method comprises the following steps: generating phase voltages (u1, u2, u3) for corresponding phase sections (2.1, 2.2, 2.3) of the electric motor (2), ascertaining a voltage rotating field, measuring occurring phase currents (i1, i2, i3), ascertaining a current rotating field depending on the measured phase currents (i1, i2, i3), calculating a phase difference between the voltage rotating field and the current rotating field and/or calculating a frequency difference between the frequency of the voltage rotating field and the frequency of the current rotating field, and determining a fault state when the phase difference exceeds a phase difference threshold value and/or when the frequency difference exceeds a frequency difference threshold value. |
| US12063001B2 |
Variable speed drive
Examples include a variable speed drive and method for controlling such variable speed drive driving an electric motor. The variable speed drive includes an inverter and is able to detect when a specific component (IGBT or freewheeling diode) of a specific switch of the inverter crosses a predetermined voltage threshold. An example method allows determining a state of a specific component based on the detection of the crossing. |
| US12062999B2 |
Method for controlling a rotational speed of an electric tool and electric tool
A method for controlling a rotational speed of an electric tool includes starting a motor and controlling the motor to operate at a constant speed which is a preset rotational speed in response to determining that a motor of the electric tool is in a preset low-speed mode, increasing output torque until the motor runs in response to a rotor of the motor being locked, and controlling, based on a relationship between a current rotational speed of the motor and the preset rotational speed, the motor to operate at a constant speed. In this manner, the problem where a rotor is easily locked when the electric tool runs in a low-speed mode in the related art is solved and the electric tool can adaptively adjust an output rotational speed of the motor according to the load condition. |
| US12062996B2 |
Synchronizing grid side harmonic filter and pre-charging cell capacitors in modular multilevel converters
Synchronizing a grid side harmonic filter and pre-charging cell capacitors in modular multilevel converters by: opening a transmission circuit breaker disposed on a first path between a power grid and a converter system; closing a pre-charging contactor disposed on a second path between the power grid and the converter system that includes a set of pre-charge resistors; connecting the power grid to the converter system and the harmonic filter over the second path; selectively charging cell capacitors in the converter system until a charge threshold is reached, wherein a smaller subset of the cell capacitors is charged at a given time than in an earlier time, and each cell capacitor is charged to a higher cell voltage than in the earlier time; and closing the transmission circuit breaker and connecting a generator to the converter system via a generator circuit breaker while leaving the pre-charging contactor closed. |
| US12062994B2 |
Circuit arrangement with active rectifier circuit and its application in a synchronous machine
The present invention relates to a circuit arrangement having an active rectifier circuit, in particular on a secondary side of an inductive energy transmission path. The circuit arrangement has a half or full bridge of power transistors for rectifying an AC voltage induced in an input inductor of the circuit arrangement. The power transistors are connected to the input inductor in such a way that an auxiliary voltage is split off from the induced AC voltage for switching the power transistors. As a result, even large currents, which result in a low output voltage, can be transmitted without endangering the operation of the rectifier circuit. |
| US12062992B2 |
Power conversion unit
A heat sink includes a base having a flat plate shape and a heat dissipation fin. A housing accommodates the heat dissipation fin and is connected to ground. The base includes a first surface on which a semiconductor module is mounted, and a second surface opposite the first surface and to which the heat dissipation fin is fixed. The housing includes a flange supporting the second surface of the base. The power conversion unit further includes a first insulating member that electrically insulates the heat sink and the housing from each other. The first insulating member includes a base portion and a first bent portion. The base portion has a flat plate shape and is provided between the second surface of the base and the flange. The first bent portion is bent perpendicular to the base portion and is in surface contact with a side surface of the base. |
| US12062991B2 |
Power conversion device
In a power conversion device, an incorrect mounting suppressing mechanism provided on a housing and an inverter module restricts movement of the inverter module with respect to the housing in a first direction. The inverter module includes a switch that moves between an OFF position at which a connection between a bus bar and a terminal can be cut off and an ON position at which a connection between the bus bar and the terminal can be made. The incorrect mounting suppressing mechanism includes a stopper on the housing and an interference member connected to the switch that moves between the restriction position and the retracting position as the switch moves. The restriction position overlaps the stopper viewed from the first direction when the switch is in the ON position. The retracting position retracts from the stopper viewed from the first direction when the switch is in the OFF position. |
| US12062989B2 |
Power converter and controller for a power converter and manners of operation thereof
A power supply comprises a controller configured to control a power converter by generating drive signals that control the opening and closing of a high side switch and a low side switch. The controller is configured to selectively control the high side switch according to various modes of operation depending on operating conditions such as input voltage and load power consumption. The modes of operation can include, for example, a mode in which the high side switch is closed and then opened once during each of the series of switching cycles and a mode of operation in which the high side switch is closed and then opened two times during each of the series of switching cycles. |
| US12062985B1 |
Control method for four-switch buck-boost converter
A control method for a four-switch buck-boost converter is provided. The control method adopts four-stage control, and divides the load range into two sections and adopts different control strategies according to a critical load value corresponding to optimal control. In Boost mode, before the critical load, T1 and T2 are kept constant, T3 is a minimum value for realizing soft-switching, and T4 decreases with the increase of the load; when the critical load is reached, T4 drops to 0; and after the critical load, T1, T2, T3 and T increase with the load. In Buck mode, before the critical load, T2 and T3 are kept constant, T1 is a minimum value for realizing soft-switching, and T4 decreases with the increase of the load; when the critical load is reached, T4 drops to 0; and after the critical load, T1, T2, T3 and T increase with the load. |
| US12062981B2 |
DC-DC converter apparatus with time-based control loop and corresponding control method, and computer program product
A time based boost DC-DC converter generates an output voltage using an inductor. A voltage error between the output voltage and a reference voltage is determined and processed in a) an integral control branch which converts the voltage error into an integral control current signal used to control a current controlled oscillator, and b) a proportional branch which converts the voltage error into a proportional control current signal used to control signal a delay line. Current flowing in the inductor is sensed, attenuated and used to apply adjustment to the integral and proportional control current signals. The output from the current controlled oscillator is passed through the delay line and phase detected in order to generate pulse width modulation (PWM) control signaling driving switch operation in the converter. |
| US12062977B2 |
Electrical conversion apparatus for current shaping
An electrical conversion apparatus for use in current shaping comprising at least two capacitors connected in series between first and second lines, a first diode connected in parallel across the first capacitor, a second diode connected in parallel across the second capacitor, and a constant current device connected in series with the first and second capacitors. |
| US12062967B2 |
Structure self-adjusting type vehicle-mounted flywheel battery coping with multiple operation modes and operating method thereof
A structure self-adjusting type vehicle-mounted magnetic suspension flywheel battery coping with multiple operation modes and an operating method thereof are provided. An ant-nest type channel is formed in a radiator of the flywheel battery along a circumferential direction, and a plurality of counterweight magnetic adsorption devices are symmetrically embedded in a flywheel lower sphere. When the flywheel battery operates in a charging mode, a standby mode or a discharging mode, the operation mode of the motor is flexibly changed according to different recovered energy levels or output energy levels, and the loss in the magnetic bearing system is reduced through matching of different types of magnetic bearings according to different disturbance levels. The low-loss, high-safety and stable operation of the vehicle-mounted magnetic suspension flywheel battery in various operation modes can be realized. |
| US12062966B2 |
Conduction-cooled magnetic flux pump
Disclosed is a conduction-cooled magnetic flux pump, comprising a refrigerator, a cooling capacity conducting part, a cooling capacity conducting plate, a high-temperature superconducting coil, a high-temperature superconducting tape, an L-shaped machined part, a dynamic sealing device, a motor, a rotating shaft, a bow-shaped epoxy resin machined part, a permanent magnet rotor disk, and a permanent magnet. The cooling capacity conducting plate is connected to the refrigerator, the high-temperature superconducting coil is installed on the cooling capacity conducting plate, the high-temperature superconducting tape is fixed to the cooling capacity conducting plate by the L-shaped machined part. An output end of the motor is connected to one end of the rotating shaft through the dynamic sealing device, the other end of the rotating shaft is rotationally connected to the bow-shaped epoxy resin machined part. The permanent magnet rotor disk is installed on the rotating shaft and rotates along with the rotating shaft. |
| US12062964B2 |
Armature
An armature which radially faces a magnetic field-producing unit equipped with a magnet unit having a plurality of magnetic poles includes a housing, an armature core, a multi-phase armature winding, and bus bars. The housing includes a cylinder and a disc-shaped end plate placed in contact with one of axially opposed ends of the cylinder. The armature core is disposed on a portion of the cylinder which radially faces the magnet unit. The armature winding is disposed on a portion of the armature core which radially faces the magnet unit. The bus bars electrically connect phase windings of the armature winding together. The armature also includes a bus bar module which is of a circular or C-shape extending along the circumference of the armature core. The bus bar module is secured to the cylinder, the end plate, or one of axially opposed ends of the armature core. |
| US12062959B2 |
Coil module for an electric machine
The present invention relates to a coil module for an electric machine, comprising at least one coil disc comprising a coil carrier made of an electrically insulating material and a plurality of individual windings made of an electrically conductive material and being circumferentially arranged on the coil disc around a center of the coil disc. Each of the windings comprises two active regions extending radially from the center and two passive regions extending tangentially at its radially outer and inner edges, wherein, in a top view of the coil disc, the active regions of different windings do not overlap each other, but each passive region of one of the windings partially overlaps the corresponding passive regions of the two directly adjacent windings. In the active regions, the respective winding in cross-section has a greater thickness in the axial direction than in the passive regions. |
| US12062954B2 |
Stator of rotary electric machine and rotary electric machine including stator
This disclosure is directed to a stator of a rotary electric machine. The stator includes a stator coil having a welding portion of segment conductors. Each of the segment conductors includes an exposed conductor wire portion. The exposed conductor includes a root portion adjacent to an insulating coating. A thickness of the insulating coating is 50 μm or more. The predetermined amount of displacement is 1±0.4 times or 2±0.4 times the thickness of the insulating coating. A length of the transition portion is 0.5 times or more and 2 times or less of a thickness of the conductor wire. |
| US12062952B2 |
Track connection module for linear motor tracks
A linear motor system may include a plurality of track sections that may enable a mover to traverse a track formed by the plurality of track sections. The system may also include a plurality of connection modules, such that each connection module of the plurality of connection modules may physically couple two respective adjacent track sections of the plurality of track sections and communicatively couple the two respective adjacent track sections of the plurality of track section. Each connection module may also electrically couple the two respective adjacent track sections of the plurality of track section. |
| US12062948B2 |
Rotor for a rotary electric machine with angularly offset spacer plates
A rotor for a rotary electric machine is provided, the rotor including a pack of plates mounted on a shaft, the pack having a plurality of main plates mounted alternately with another plurality of spacer plates and the spacer plates having a base plate with a plurality of spacer profiles, the spacer plate having a crown region close to the shaft and a peripheral region with slots, wherein the plurality of spacer profiles includes at least one guiding spacer profile that has a first end portion arranged radially in relation to the shaft in the crown region of the spacer plate and a second end portion arranged radially in relation to the shaft in the peripheral region of the spacer plate, and the second end portion is offset angularly in relation to the first end portion. |
| US12062947B2 |
Rotor for rotary electric machine and rotary electric machine
An object of the present invention is to firmly fix a magnet at a predetermined position of a magnet insertion portion. A rotor for a rotary electric machine includes: a rotary shaft; at least one magnet; a rotor core having at least one magnet housing inside which the at least one magnet is attached; and at least one fixing member disposed inside the at least one magnet housing to fix the at least one magnet, wherein the at least one fixing member includes: a first fixing portion that is in contact with a side surface of the at least one magnet in a radial direction of the rotary shaft or in contact with a side surface of the at least one magnet in a circumferential direction of the rotary shaft; and a second fixing portion that is in contact with an end face of the at least one magnet in an axial direction of the rotary shaft. The first fixing portion and the second fixing portion are connected to each other at an angle smaller than 90 degrees, and the at least one fixing member is inserted, together with the at least one magnet, in the at least one magnet housing and presses the at least one magnet against an inner wall of the at least one magnet housing due to an increase in the angle between the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion. |
| US12062944B2 |
Axial flux machine for an electrical processing device and electrical processing device with an axial flux machine
An axial flux machine, in particular a single-sided axial flux motor, for an electrical machining device includes a machine shaft, in particular a motor shaft, a disc-shaped stator, and a disc-shaped rotor which is adjacent to the stator in the axial direction of the machine shaft. The stator is designed as a winding carrier for at least one stator winding and the rotor, which is connected fixedly in terms of rotation to the machine shaft, is capable of being set in a rotary movement relative to the stator. Additionally, the stator of the axial flux machine includes a combination of composite materials, in particular fiber-plastic composites, and soft magnetic iron. The axial flux machine can be arranged in an electrical processing device. |
| US12062943B2 |
AC switch PFC with integrated charger and DC-DC for online UPS systems
An Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) including an input configured to receive input AC power having an input AC voltage, a backup power input configured to be coupled to a backup power source and to provide DC power to the backup power source for charging, a positive DC bus and a negative DC bus, the positive and negative DC busses being galvanically coupled to the backup power input, and a converter coupled to the input, the backup power input, and the positive and negative DC busses, the converter including a first inductor, a second inductor, a first converter switch configured to couple the first inductor to a neutral connection, a second converter switch configured to couple the second inductor to the positive DC bus, and a third converter switch configured to couple the second inductor to the negative DC bus, wherein the UPS is voltage-frequency independent. |
| US12062940B2 |
Patch panel for programming a split bus electrical panel for partial or full backup with PV and battery systems
An apparatus provides a single split-bus electrical panel with a first panel section that supplies power to non-critical loads and a second panel section to supply photoelectric power to critical loads. A patch panel associated with the split-bus electrical panel is configured to enable an installer to selectively connect factory installed connections to either: (1) connect each panel section directly to utility power for full utility power to both panel sections; (2) alternately to connect the second panel section to the utility power via a microgrid interconnection device when the second panel section is presently at least partially powered by back-up photovoltaic power, or (3) alternately connect both panel sections to full back-up photovoltaic power. |
| US12062939B2 |
Power supply charging system
A power supply charging system having first and second alternating power cells, a motor driven generator adapted to operably switch between providing power between the first and second alternating power cells, a third power cell which supplies power to the motor driven generator, and a control system having a power cell managing module and a charge control module. The power cell module is adapted to alternate the motor driven generator to operably switch between providing power to the first and second alternating power cells. The charge control module is adapted to detect the occurrence of a pre-determined power supply condition to activate the motor driven generator to provide power to the first or second alternating power cells. The power supply charging system may find particular use in generating a direct current, converting the direct current to an alternating current, and providing a continuous alternating current to a facility or equipment. |
| US12062936B2 |
Controlling power supply from an electric power source to communication facilities in a communication system
A power source supply control device supplies electric power to independent loads from a common main power source or main power sources. The control device includes: switch units configured to switch electric power supply to the loads from the main power source; a plurality of power source monitor units each configured to monitor a power source state in each of power source lines at a downstream side of the switch units; and a switch control unit configured to control each of the switch units sequentially. The switch control unit specifies a switching order to the loads according to a predetermined state, and switches the switch unit that controls energization to a second load, after a power source meets a predetermined condition, based on output of the power source monitor unit that monitors electric power supply to a first load whose switching order is earlier than the second load. |
| US12062933B2 |
Battery protection circuit and battery pack including same
A battery protection circuit includes: a plurality of pack terminals configured to connect a battery module to an external device; a first fuse element located on a current path between the battery module and the pack terminals to block a current flow between the battery module and the pack terminals depending on a voltage applied to a control terminal thereof; a first integrated circuit configured to include a first input terminal and control a voltage outputted to the control terminal of the first fuse element depending on a voltage applied to the first input terminal; and a plurality of thermistors connected in series between a positive electrode of the battery module and a first input terminal of the first integrated circuit and having resistance that is varied depending on a temperature of a corresponding cell among a plurality of cells constituting the battery module. |
| US12062931B2 |
Charge protection circuit, charger, electronic device, and charge protection method
Disclosed is a charge protection circuit including: a switch that switches between allowing and not allowing power supply from an external power source to a charging circuit that supplies power for charging a rechargeable battery; a detector that detects at least one of a current flowing from the charging circuit to the rechargeable battery and a voltage between two electrodes of the rechargeable battery; a determiner that determines whether a detection result of the detector is abnormal; and a controller that, in response to the determiner determining that the detection result of the detector is abnormal, causes the switch to switch to an interrupting state so as to interrupt power supply to the charging circuit. |
| US12062929B2 |
Modular charging system and wall-mounted charging device and modular power devices
The present invention relates a modular charging system, including a wall-mounted outlet-preserving charger for powering and charging additional accessories, such as battery blocks, wireless device chargers, supporting chargers for wearable devices such as watches, and car chargers, each for use independently or in combination with electronic devices. The present invention typically includes a wall charger with one or more electrical outlets on the front face so that the use of the wall outlet is not lost. The wall charger of the present invention is suitable for use in any major country and may be adapted to the outlet configuration and voltage of those countries. |
| US12062926B2 |
Integrated energy harvesting transceivers and transmitters with dual-antenna architecture for miniaturized implants and electrochemical sensors
Systems and methods for utilizing a small form-factor, wirelessly powered transceiver are disclosed. In one embodiment, a wireless powered transceiver includes a receive antenna configured to receive a receive signal, a transmit antenna configured to transmit a transmit signal, a power harvesting system including a rectifier circuit configured convert radio frequency energy from the receive signal into DC (direct current) voltage, and a power management unit (PMU) configured to set the operating mode and biasing condition of the receive and transmit circuitry blocks and provide DC voltage from the receive circuitry block to the transmit circuitry block to maintain a minimum voltage, a receiver circuitry block configured to provide energy from the receive signal to the power harvesting system, and a transmitter circuitry block including a data modulator circuit, the data modulator circuit configured to generate the transmit signal using DC voltage received from the power management unit. |
| US12062922B2 |
Mobile accessory wirelessly powered by mobile device
A method provides a mobile device positioned in a case. The mobile device has a wireless power transmitter. The case has a magnetically attractive portion. A mobile accessory having a magnetic coupling portion and a wireless power receiver is provided. The mobile accessory includes a functional component. The accessory is coupled with the case such that the wireless power transmitter of the mobile device is positioned to transfer wireless power to the wireless power receiver of the accessory. Power is wirelessly transmitted from the mobile device to the accessory. The functional component of the accessory is activated while power is transferred wirelessly. |
| US12062921B2 |
Smart power system
A smart power system is described. In one or more implementations, the smart power system comprises a microcontroller and a power converter electrically connected to the microcontroller and is configured to convert electrical energy from one form to another. The system also includes a switch element electrically connected to the microcontroller and configured to control distribution of the converted electrical energy to an electrical load. A sense element is electrically connected to the electrical load and to the microcontroller and is configured to monitor the converted electrical energy distributed to the electrical load and to furnish a feedback signal based upon the converted electrical energy. The microcontroller is configured to verify and to monitor the power converter, as well as to control and to monitor distribution of the converted electrical energy to the electrical load based upon the feedback signal. |
| US12062920B2 |
Counter-solar power plant
A counter-solar power plant may include a controller configured to execute instructions stored in a memory, the instructions including operations to receive data associated with power outputs of a plurality of legacy solar-only resources (LSORs), determine an estimated power output of the plurality of LSORs based on the received data, obtain a target power delivery profile of the plurality of LSORs, the target power delivery profile including a plurality of target power outputs, determine an output of a CSPP renewable energy system (RES) and a charge/discharge of a CSPP energy storage system (ESS) such that a combined output of the CSPP and the estimated power output of the plurality of LSORs satisfies at least one of the plurality of target power outputs of the target power delivery profile, and control the CSPP RES and CSPP ESS according to the determined CSPP RES output and CSPP ESS charge/discharge. |
| US12062916B2 |
Systems and methods for facilitating medium voltage microgrid operation to manage critical loads
Systems and methods for facilitating a medium voltage microgrid operation to manage critical loads are disclosed. The system includes at least two fuel cell systems that operate in one of at least two operating modes including a grid-forming mode and a grid-following mode, based on an operation of at least two utility feeders of a grid. The system includes a controller that receives values corresponding to electrical parameter(s) from at least two utility circuit breakers and a load circuit breaker, detects availability status of the utility circuit breakers to supply power to corresponding at least two portions of the critical load, and a connection status of the load circuit breaker, based on the values, and facilitates the at least two fuel cell systems to operate in one of the at least two operating modes. Further, the system is scalable, redundant, and reliable, and reliability and redundancy are customizable. |
| US12062915B2 |
Submodule hybrid MMC with low full-bridge ratio and DC fault processing method thereof
The present disclosure discloses a sub-module hybrid MMC with low full-bridge ratio and a DC fault processing method thereof. The hybrid MMC prevents the energy at the AC side from entering a DC system by artificially creating three-phase interphase short circuit at the AC side of a converter in the DC fault processing process, which greatly reduces the ratio of full-bridge sub-modules required for DC fault processing. Moreover, the hybrid MMC has the same DC fault processing speed as the sub-module hybrid MMC with high full-bridge. The duration of the artificially created three-phase interphase short circuit fault in the fault processing process does not exceed 30 ms, which will not have a great impact on the AC system. Compared with the existing sub-module hybrid MMC, the MMC of the present disclosure can also deal with DC faults under the condition of using fewer full-bridge sub-modules, which can reduce the number of required power electronic devices, greatly reduces the cost of building an overhead line high-voltage flexible DC transmission system, and has very strong reference significance and use value in engineering. |
| US12062913B2 |
Input power monitoring circuit
An input power monitoring circuit includes a rectifier circuit, a divided voltage generator circuit, a divided voltage comparator circuit, a switching circuit, and a computing device. The divided voltage comparator circuit is configured in such a manner that polarity of an output signal that is outputted from a first comparator upon a first rectified divided voltage exceeding a first comparison voltage is opposite to polarity of an output signal that is outputted from a second comparator upon a second rectified divided voltage exceeding a second comparison voltage. Output terminals of the first and second comparators are connected to each other. A connection point between the output terminals of the first and second comparators is connected to an input terminal of the switching circuit. The computing device measures frequency of a pulse signal outputted from the switching circuit, and determines the voltage state of input power based on the measured frequency. |
| US12062908B2 |
Static DC current-limiting switching system
This electrical protection system for a DC-current medium-voltage electrical circuit, comprising a disconnection module, for generating a counter-voltage greater than the voltage of the source for a current flowing therethrough that is equal to at most a few percent of the nominal current of the device, a resistive limitation module connected between a first terminal and a second terminal and configured so as to reduce the intensity of the output current of the protection system in order to limit the current between a value and upon a low impedance fault downstream of the device, and a primary switching module coupled in parallel across the disconnection module and the resistive module. The primary switching module is configured so as to switch between a first state in which the primary switching module is conductive and a second state in which the primary switching module forms a short circuit. Control means for controlling the primary switching module are configured so as to switch the primary switching module as soon as the current flowing in the first terminal reaches an upper limit value as lower value or a lower limit as upper value. |
| US12062907B2 |
Method for protecting DC line impedance phase based on protection and control coordination
The present disclosure relates to a method for protecting DC line impedance phase based on protection and control coordination, and an application scenario of the method for protecting is a three-terminal flexible DC transmission network. The method uses high controllability of a converter after a fault, injects a characteristic signal at a characteristic frequency, and calculates a phase angle of input impedance to determine a fault interval, which effectively improves protection performance, turns passive to active, and is not affected by nonlinearity of the converter. At the same time, compared with a full-bridge MMC, using a half-bridge MMC does not need to perform fault ride-through first when identifying a fault, and does not need to add additional equipment, it creates fault features and can reliably identify an fault interval; improves protection quickness and at the same time also has better economic benefits. It has selectivity, and an entire system may not be shut down due to failure of a single line. |
| US12062903B2 |
Data alignment method, differential protector and differential protection system
Provided are a data alignment method, a differential protector, and a differential protection system. The data alignment method comprises: obtaining first sampled current data from a first sampling device; receiving a second message from a second differential protector, the second message comprising second sampled current data and its sampling time stamp, first time information of the second differential protector related to a difference in time of reception from receipt of the first message to a second time node, and second time information of the second differential protector related to a second transmission processing delay from the second time node to transmission of the second message; when time synchronization is maintained, calculating and storing a time calculation deviation between a third time node and a first calculated value of the second time node; when time synchronization is lost, determining the third time node according to the stored time calculation deviation. |
| US12062898B2 |
Method for manufacturing a busbar and such a busbar
A method for manufacturing a busbar (1), in particular a laminated busbar (1), configured for mounting an electronic component, in particular a passive electronic component such as a capacitor, on the busbar (1), comprising: providing a first conductive layer (11) made from aluminum, providing a first connector element (15) for connecting the first conductive layer (11) and the electronic component, wherein the first connector element (15) is at least partially covered with nickel and/or tin, and creating an bond between the first conductive layer (11) and the first connector element (15) by laser welding. |
| US12062897B2 |
Foam protective shell for refrigerator connectors
A connector assembly for installation on a wall includes a main connector body introduced into a cut-out hole of the wall and a protective shell positioned on an inner side of the wall. The protective shell protects the main connector body from an insulation foam entering the main connector body when foamed in place. The protective shell has a front portion, a receptacle formed at the front portion and receiving a second end of the main connector body, a flange extending from and surrounding the receptacle, and a lead-through channel formed at a back portion of the protective shell. The flange is attached on the inner side of the wall and covers the cut-out hole. The lead-through channel has an internal flap routing a cable through the back portion in a meandering manner. The internal flap is inclined with respect to the lead-through channel. |
| US12062886B2 |
Optical functional device and laser device
An optical functional device includes: first and second optical couplers each including a multi-mode interferometer waveguide portion having a first end portion and a second end portion, two units of first input/output ports and two units of second input/output ports; and first and second arc-shaped waveguides each optically connecting one of the first and second input/output ports of the first and second optical coupler and one of the first and second input/output ports of the second optical coupler, respectively. Further, the first optical coupler, the second optical coupler, the first arc-shaped waveguide, and the second arc-shaped waveguide constitute a ring resonator, and each of the multi-mode waveguide portions of the first optical coupler and the second optical coupler have a narrow portion, an average width of the narrow portion in a longitudinal direction being narrower than widths at the first end portion and the second end portion. |
| US12062884B2 |
Laser device
Provided is a laser device according to embodiments of the inventive concept comprising a substrate including a gain region, a phase control region, and a tuning region arranged along a first direction, the substrate having an air gap which extends from the phase control region to the tuning region, an upper clad layer on the substrate, a waveguide structure extending in the first direction between the upper clad layer and the substrate, a first upper electrode disposed on the upper surface of the upper clad layer of the tuning region, and a lower electrode disposed on a lower surface of the substrate and extending from the gain region to the tuning region, wherein the air gap may have a larger width than the waveguide in a second direction crossing the first direction. |
| US12062881B2 |
Assembly for clamping and grounding objects
In various representative aspects, an apparatus for clamping and grounding solar panel frames to a mounting rail is disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a fastener with an enlarged end, and a shank, with the enlarged end having one or more sharp protrusions that resemble teeth, and a washer with one or more sharp protrusions, and an opening. When installed, the shank is inserted through the opening of the washer, the sharp protrusions of the enlarged end penetrate either the lower or upper surface of the mounting rail and the sharp protrusions of the washer penetrate the other surface of the solar panel frames while at the same time creating a grounding path through the apparatus. |
| US12062880B2 |
Portable in-line dieless crimping tool
An in-line portable, handheld hydraulic scissor-type action crimping tool having a handle assembly and a working head assembly is provided. The handle assembly has a tool frame portion and a neck portion. The working head assembly has a pair of jaw members joined so that they are movable relative to each other and held in place by a locking pin. One jaw member has a nest secured to or directly formed into the jaw member. The other jaw member has an indentor secured to or directly formed into the jaw member. |
| US12062878B2 |
Connector with captive interface
Wedge type electrical connector assemblies adapted to electrically and mechanically connect conductors within transmission and/or distribution circuits is provided. The wedge type electrical connector assembly includes a frame, an interface and a wedge assembly. The interface is coupled to the frame so that it is movable relative to the frame. The interface can move and flex when installing conductors into the wedge type electrical connector assemblies. |
| US12062876B2 |
Conductor connection terminal and electrical connector
A conductor connection terminal having several spring force clamping connections, each of which has at least one clamping spring, which form a clamping point for clamping an electrical conductor with an associated busbar piece. The invention also relates to an electrical connector having at least one such conductor connection terminal. |
| US12062874B2 |
Joint connector
A joint connector for connecting a plurality of wires includes a plurality of terminals to be respectively connected to front end parts in an extending direction of the plurality of wires, a busbar to be connected to the plurality of terminals, and a housing for accommodating the plurality of terminals and the busbar inside. The busbar includes a plurality of tabs and a coupling portion coupling the plurality of tabs. Each of the plurality of terminals includes a tube portion, each of the plurality of tabs being insertable into the tube portion, a sandwiching portion extending along the extending direction and configured to sandwich the wire, and a sliding portion disposed outside the sandwiching portion and movable along the extending direction. The sliding portion includes a pressurizing portion configured to pressurize the sandwiching portion toward the wire with the wire sandwiched by the sandwiching portion. |
| US12062871B2 |
Electrical connector and electronic device
An electrical connector contains a plurality of contacts, a first ground plate and a second ground plate facing the plurality of contacts and arranged so as to be separated from each other in a ground plane parallel to the at least one plane in which the plurality of contacts are arranged and an insulator for holding the plurality of contacts, the first ground plate and the second ground plate in a state that the plurality of contacts, the first ground plate and the second ground plate are insulated from each other. Both of the first ground plate and the second ground plate include an extending portion extending from one of the first ground plate and the second ground plate toward the other one of the first ground plate and the second ground plate in the ground plane. |
| US12062869B2 |
Electrical connector assembly
An electrical connector assembly includes a socket defining a central cavity and having a plurality of pins arranged inside the central cavity. The electrical connector assembly further includes a plug having a body adapted to extend, at least partially, inside the central cavity and defining a plurality of receptacles to receive the plurality of pins. The plug also includes a cover arranged surrounding, at least partly, the body and adapted to engage with the socket. The cover includes a pair of elongated wings arranged diametrically opposite to each other and directed outwardly and extending along a longitudinal portion of the cover. |
| US12062867B2 |
Connector comprising a guide plate
A connector, in particular an electrical connector. The connector includes a guide plate, which is configured to be electrically insulating, and a plurality of electrical contact wires, which are in particular stamped, in particular contact pins. The contact wire has an angular, in particular quadrilateral, cross section and is guided through an aperture in the guide plate and projects from the guide plate. In a direction extending through the thickness of the guide plate, the aperture includes a guide shaft. The guide shaft includes at least one planar wall, for guiding a flat side of the contact wire. The guide shaft also includes, on the opposite side to the planar wall, at least one wall region that extends obliquely to it and is configured to touch a corner of the contact wire. |
| US12062865B2 |
Inverted L antenna with mechanical LC tank circuit
A device having a dual-inverted L antenna (DILA) and an LC tank circuit configured to improve specific absorption rate (SAR) hotspots. The SAR hotspots are split between a first aperture defined between the DILA and a daughter printed circuit board (PCB), and the second aperture defined between the daughter PCB and a battery casing. A main PCB is coupled to battery by a flexible circuit board (FCB). The DILA is configured to radiate RF energy at a first frequency, and the LC tank circuit is configured to radiate RF energy at a second frequency to improve bandwidth. |
| US12062863B2 |
Antenna device
Antenna device comprising one or more antennas, and a feeding element configured to feed a feeding signal to the one or more antennas. An antenna includes a substrate, a first patch arranged on a first layer of the substrate, and a second patch arranged on a second layer of the substrate substantially parallel to the first layer, wherein the first patch and the second patch have a different size and/or are offset with respect to each other in a direction substantially parallel to the first and second layers. |
| US12062862B2 |
System and method for a digitally beamformed phased array feed
Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers. |
| US12062858B2 |
Electronic device with switchable antenna loop path
An electronic device may be provided with peripheral conductive housing structures having first and second segments. The device may include an antenna having a resonating arm formed from the first segment, an antenna ground, and a tuning element. The tuning element may have first, second, and third terminals. The first terminal may be coupled to the second segment. The antenna may have a switchable loop path that includes a first path from the second terminal to the first segment, a second path from first segment to a first point on the antenna ground, a portion of the antenna ground from the first point to a second point, and a third path from the second point to the third terminal. The tuning element may selectively activate the switchable loop path to boost performance of the antenna in a frequency band between 3300 MHz and 5000 MHz when needed. |
| US12062855B2 |
Dual-polarized radiating elements having inductors coupled between the dipole radiators and base station antennas including such radiating elements
A dual-polarized radiating element for abase station antenna includes a first dipole radiator that comprises a first dipole arm and a third dipole arm and a second dipole radiator that comprises a second dipole arm and a fourth dipole arm. The radiating element further includes a first inductor that is coupled between the first dipole arm and the second dipole arm. |
| US12062854B2 |
Wireless communications system with scalable architecture
A configurable wireless communications module may include a first antenna layer having one or more antenna operating at a first wireless radio band; a second antenna layer having one or more antenna operating at a second wireless radio band; and a support structure for supporting the first antenna layer and the second antenna layer in a stacked configuration. A scalable modular processor within the communication may be customized based on the particular use scenario and configured to provide a number of functions in the RF domain and in concert with a variety of sensors and components. |
| US12062853B2 |
Module comprising antenna and RF element, and base station including same
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) are provided. The 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. According to the disclosure, an antenna module includes a first substrate layer on which at least one substrate is stacked; an antenna coupled to an upper end surface of the first substrate layer; a second substrate layer having an upper end surface coupled to a lower end surface of the first substrate layer and on which at least one substrate is stacked; and a radio frequency (RF) element coupled to a lower end surface of the second substrate layer. |
| US12062851B2 |
Antenna device and display device including the same
An antenna device according to embodiments of the present invention includes a dielectric layer, an antenna unit disposed on a top surface of the dielectric layer, the antenna unit including a radiator and a transmission line connected to the radiator, and a reflective pattern electrically and physically separated from the antenna unit and disposed on the top surface of the dielectric layer together with the antenna unit. A frequency or signal transfer between different communication devices can be implemented through the reflective pattern. |
| US12062850B2 |
Broadband multi-tap slot antenna
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for an antenna system including a cavity and a broadband antenna coupled to the cavity. The broadband antenna may include surfaces defining a slot, wherein a cross-section of the cavity defines a resonant frequency range of the slot. The broadband antenna may also include a plurality of transmission lines, wherein the plurality of transmission lines bridge the slot and are spaced apart at a sub-wavelength distance with respect to a target frequency range of the antenna system. Additionally, the broadband antenna may include a plurality of inductive tuning elements, each inductive tuning element being disposed adjacent to one of the plurality of transmission lines, wherein the target frequency range is a function of the resonant frequency range and an impedance associated with the plurality of inductive tuning elements. |
| US12062849B2 |
Slanted polarization antenna
A method of slant-polarization energy transfer includes: at least one of: transmitting a first slanted polarization signal by: transmitting a first component signal of a first polarization from at least one first antenna element; and transmitting a second component signal of a second polarization from at least one second antenna element, the at least one first antenna element and the at least one second antenna element being complementary antenna elements; or receiving a second slanted polarization signal by: receiving a third component signal of the first polarization with the at least one first antenna element; and receiving a fourth component signal of the second polarization with the at least one second antenna element. |
| US12062844B2 |
Antenna system and antenna combination architecture
An antenna system is on a first conductor, spaced apart from a second conductor and includes a first dielectric substrate, and a first metal layer and a second metal layer. Many first conductive structures are connected to the first metal layer and the second conductor. Many second conductive structures are connected to the first metal layer and the second metal layer. A second dielectric substrate includes a third horizontal surface, a first vertical surface and a second vertical surface. A frequency adjustment portion is on the third horizontal surface. A first matching portion and a second matching portion are on the second vertical surface. A first coupling distance is between the first matching portion and the first metal layer. A second coupling distance is between the second matching portion and the first metal layer. A signal source is connected to the second matching portion and the second metal layer. |
| US12062838B2 |
RF emitter characterization systems
A multiport antenna in which the antenna conductive elements are arranged to form an at least partially enclosed volume which can accommodate an enclosure containing one or more electronic components, or optical components, or optoelectronic components, or a combination of these. The enclosure may also be provided with a conductive transparent window which permits optical components to receive and/or send optical information. |
| US12062835B2 |
Wireless devices having co-existing antenna structures
An electronic device may be provided with first, second, and third antennas and a dock flex. A first feed terminal for the first antenna may be coupled to a second feed terminal for the second antenna over a first path. The first path may be coupled to ground over a second path. Tuning components may be interposed on the first and second paths. The third antenna may be patterned on a first portion of the dock flex. Front end components for the first antenna may be mounted to a second portion of the dock flex. The first and second portions may extend from a tail of the dock flex. The tail may be wrapped around a plastic support block to hold the second portion over the first portion. The plastic support block may have a snap hook clip that holds the second portion in place. |
| US12062834B2 |
Radio frequency tuning using a multichip module electrical interconnect structure
A method for tuning a resonant frequency of wireless communication circuitry on a multichip module including a plurality of chips includes applying an electrical insulator to an upper surface of the multichip module; creating a plurality of openings in the electrical insulator, each opening being positioned at a successive one of the bond pads to be electrically connected to create a plurality of exposed bond pads; applying metal to each exposed bond pad to form a successive one of a plurality of interconnect bases; removing a portion of the layer of photoresist to create a plurality of bridge supports, each bridge support positioned between a successive pair of interconnect bases; applying metal to each bridge support and associated interconnect bases to form a successive one of the interconnect traces; removing the bridge supports; and disconnecting one or more of the interconnect traces as necessary to obtain a target resonant frequency. |
| US12062831B2 |
Display module and display device
The present disclosure provides a display module and a display device, which belong to the field of display technology. The display module includes a display substrate, a flexible printed circuit board, and a near field communication antenna. The display substrate has a display region and a peripheral region; and at least a part of structure of the near field communication antenna is located in the peripheral region of the display substrate and on the flexible printed circuit board. |
| US12062829B2 |
Cooling device for antenna apparatus
The present invention relates to a cooling device for an antenna apparatus. Particularly, the cooling device comprises a heat-dissipating cover which has an inner surface exposed to a thermal space and an outer surface exposed to the outside where outside air flows, and multiple wave heat-dissipating fins which are disposed in multiple rows on the outer surface of the heat-dissipating cover so as to be thermally conductive, and form curved surfaces that are continuous from the outer surface of the heat-dissipating cover to a discretionary height, in which the horizontal cross-sections at the discretionary height have straight-line shapes in which same are rotated by a predetermined angle in any one direction from the horizontal cross-sections on the outer surface of the heat-dissipating cover. Therefore, the present invention provides the advantage of enhancing heat-dissipating performance. |
| US12062823B2 |
Method and system for diagnosing failure of temperature sensor for fuel cell
A method and a system for diagnosing a failure of a temperature sensor for a fuel cell are provided. The method includes calculating a heating value that is generated at a fuel cell stack during a predetermined diagnosis time and then calculating a temperature variation of the fuel cell stack from the calculated heating value. A failure of a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the fuel cell stack is then detected based on the calculated temperature variation of the fuel cell stack. |
| US12062822B2 |
Air tank and variable geometry air handling in hydrogen fuel cells
An air handling system for a fuel cell stack includes a pneumatic storage device disposed downstream from a compressor, a flow control valve system configured to operatively couple an inlet of the pneumatic storage device to an outlet of the compressor and configured to operatively couple an outlet of the pneumatic storage device to an inlet of the fuel cell stack, and a controller configured to, in response to a power demand being greater than a threshold, cause the flow control valve to open to increase a flow rate of air from the pneumatic storage device to the fuel cell stack. |
| US12062821B2 |
Fuel cell system
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack and a storage tank in which at least part of generated water discharged from the fuel cell stack is stored in liquid form. The storage tank includes a first valve configured to adjust the pressure inside the storage tank to a pressure equal to or lower than a predetermined pressure that is higher than the pressure outside the storage tank. |
| US12062820B2 |
Inverse design of fuel cell bipolar plate flow fields through anisotropic porous media optimization
One or more methods of designing microchannel fluid flow networks in a fuel cell bipolar plate includes executing one or more programs on one or more computing devices having one or more processors to optimize the spatially varying orientations of homogenized anisotropic porous media by iteratively executing a gradient-based algorithm that incorporates objective functions of reaction uniformity and flow resistance, and then generate, in response to the homogenized anisotropic porous media optimization, one or more microchannel fluid flow networks by dehomogenizing the optimized anisotropic porous media. |
| US12062819B2 |
Protection of a metal substrate for solid oxide fuel cells by inkjet printing
The present invention regards a method for depositing a material layer on a metallic interconnector or support for fuel cells or cells for electrolysis. A deposition method is provided which allows applying a protective ceramic material layer on metallic supports of complex geometry, such as the metallic interconnectors of the fuel cells. |
| US12062813B2 |
Battery pack
A battery pack includes: a battery cell including a first surface, a first electrode on the first surface, a second electrode on the first surface, a second surface opposing the first surface, and a lateral surface connecting the first surface and the second surface to each other; first and second leads above the first and second electrodes, the first and second leads being respectively connected to the first and second electrodes; an insulating adhesive layer between the first surface and the first lead; and an insulating cover layer on the first and second leads, the insulating cover layer including an opening through which portions of the first and second leads are exposed. |
| US12062810B2 |
Secondary battery and method of producing same
A secondary battery includes a laminate in which a positive electrode, separator, and negative electrode are stacked in stated order. The coating weight of an adhesive material at a surface Z that is an affixing surface X of the positive electrode and separator and/or an affixing surface Y of the negative electrode and separator satisfies relationship formula (1): A (g/m2)+0.02 (g/m2) |
| US12062807B2 |
Battery housing with spark trap
A battery housing for accommodating one or more battery modules in its housing interior to form a traction battery for a motor vehicle, includes a housing section for partially delimiting the housing interior, the housing section having an exhaust duct integrated therein for discharging media which emerge from a battery module in the event of a defect thereof to the surroundings, and the exhaust duct having an inlet region through which the media enter the exhaust duct from the housing interior, and a first deflection region which is designed and configured to change the transport direction of the media. |
| US12062806B2 |
Cordless power tool system compatible with multiple battery packs
A power tool system includes a power tool having a tool housing and a load disposed in the tool housing. The tool housing includes a battery pack receptacle having a set of tool terminals. The power tool system includes a set of battery packs. Each battery pack includes a battery pack housing operably connectable to the battery pack receptacle through a battery pack interface disposed on the battery pack housing, a set of battery cells disposed in the battery pack housing, and a set of battery pack terminals electrically connectable to the set of tool terminals and electrically connected to the set of battery cells. Each battery pack in the set of battery packs has a same nominal voltage and defines a common interface and at least a portion of the set of battery packs defines a total volume in a range of approximately 150 cm3 to 1300 cm3. |
| US12062805B1 |
Radio battery lid
A battery housing unit including a lid, a base, and a plurality of electrochemical battery cells. The lid includes at least two channels for receiving at least one post from a military radio. The base includes a locking latch configured to attach to a corresponding catch of a military radio. |
| US12062804B2 |
Impact protection plate
Impact protection plate that, applicable to motorcycles, bicycles and similar vehicles as protection means against impacts that can occur and affect the block (4) of the battery or the motor of the vehicle that includes: a protection external body (2) at least partly rigid directly joined to the block (4) of the battery or motor, and an internal core (1) of resilient material and absorbing impacts, intercalated between the lower base of the block (4) of the battery or motor to be protected and the external body (2) so that, in case of impact on the external body (2), a displacement of the rigid part of the body (2) towards the block (4) of the battery or motor and compressing the internal core (1) and capable to allow, when the impact ceases, that the external body (2) returns to its initial position ceasing to compress the internal core (1). |
| US12062802B2 |
Battery cell assembly for secondary battery and a method of manufacturing the same
Disclosed are a battery cell assembly for a secondary battery, the battery cell assembly for a secondary battery comprising: at least one battery cell; and a first frame disposed on one side of the at least one battery cell; and a second frame which is disposed on the other side of the at least one battery cell so as to face the first frame and which is coupled to the first frame so as to protect the edge of the at least one battery cell together with the first frame. The present invention uses a frame type cell support which retains and supports at least one battery cell without separation, thereby providing a battery cell assembly for a secondary battery, namely a sub-battery module receiving body, having improved structural stability and assembly convenience, and a secondary battery comprising the same. |
| US12062801B2 |
Frame body, battery pack, and device
The embodiments of the present application provide a frame body, a battery pack, and a device. The frame body used for a battery pack includes a first bracket comprising a first mold chamber; a second bracket connected end to end with the first bracket to form a receiving cavity, the second bracket comprising a second mold chamber; and a block comprising a first reinforcement portion and a second reinforcement portion, wherein the first reinforcement portion received in the first mold chamber and the second reinforcement portion received in the second mold chamber, and the block is adapted to connect the first bracket with the second bracket. The frame body is provided with a block at a connecting portion of the first bracket and the second bracket, thereby improving a connection strength and rigidity of the frame body and the overall bearing capacity of the lower housing including the frame body. |
| US12062800B2 |
Configurable vehicle battery backplane and modules and methods of operating the same
An energy storage/battery system is disclosed. The system can include a multi-voltage configurable module (MVCM) and a multi-voltage configurable backplane (MVCB) that form the system. The system can be dynamically controlled to bring MVCMs on or offline to deliver power and capacity to a device. |
| US12062799B2 |
Fabrication of micro/millimeter-scale power sources and the process flow therefor
A power source for a micro-device is provided. The power source may include a cup, a lid and electrolytes. The cup may be formed of a hard metal material and walls of the cup may define a cavity. An opening in the cup may provide access to the cavity and a surface of the cavity may be deposited with one of an anode or cathode material. The lid may be formed of a hard metal material, the lid may cooperate with the cup to fit into the opening closing off the cavity. The cavity may be coated with the other of the anode or cathode material. Electrolytes may be contained in the cavity. |
| US12062797B2 |
Square battery
A square battery includes a battery case containing therein an electrode body. The battery case includes a case main body having a square shape substantially in the form of a cuboid having an open side surface and a lid bonded to the case main body so as to close an opening of the case main body. The case main body includes a rectangular bottom surface portion, a pair of wider surface portions facing each other, and a pair of narrower surface portions facing each other. The wider surface portion and the narrower surface portion adjacent to each other are bonded together. In the opening of the case main body, an inner side of a corner portion between the wider surface portion and the narrower surface portion adjacent to each other has an R-shape, and an outer edge of the lid is welded to the inner side of the corner portion. |
| US12062792B2 |
Negative electrode material for lithium-ion secondary cell, method for manufacturing negative electrode material for lithium-ion secondary cell, negative electrode material slurry for lithium-ion secondary cell, negative electrode for lithium-ion secondary cell, and lithium-ion secondary cell
A negative electrode material for a lithium-ion secondary cell, comprising carbon particles having an oxygen content of 0.15% by mass or less. |
| US12062791B2 |
Electrode coatings and components thereof
Provided herein is a cathode. The cathode can include a cathode active material. The cathode can include a coating disposed on the cathode active material. The coating can include LixM1-y1My2AFz(OH)u, where M1 is a first metal, M2 is a second metal, A is an anionic species, 1≤x≤2, 0≤y≤1, 0≤z≤1, and 0≤u≤1. |
| US12062790B2 |
Solid-state lithium-ion conductor and methods of manufacture thereof
A solid-state ion conductor including a compound of Formula 1: Li(3+2y1)B(P1-y1A1y1O4)2 Formula 1 wherein, in Formula 1, A1 is an element of Groups 4, 14, or a combination thereof, and has an oxidation state of +4, and 0 |
| US12062784B2 |
Negative electrode for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same
Provided are a negative electrode for a lithium secondary negative electrode battery including: a current collector; a first negative electrode active material layer disposed on the current collector and including a silicon-based active material, a first graphite-based active material, and a linear conductive material; and a second negative electrode active material layer disposed on the first negative electrode active material layer and including a second graphite-based active material. The first graphite-based active material has a carbon coating layer on at least a part of a surface. Also provided is a lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode. |
| US12062774B2 |
Batteries incorporating silica fibers
Embodiments of the invention include batteries and other charge-storage devices incorporating sheets and/or powders of silica fibers and methods for producing such devices. The silica fibers may be formed via electrospinning of a sol gel produced with a silicon alkoxide reagent, such as tetraethyl ortho silicate, alcohol solvent, and an acid catalyst. |
| US12062773B2 |
Method for determining degree of wetting by using low current test
Provided is a method for determining the wetting degree of a lithium ion battery cell using a low current test. The wetting degree determination method according to the present disclosure includes a) obtaining, as a reference charge profile, a charge profile recorded while charging a reference battery cell having undergone receiving an electrode assembly and an electrolyte solution in a case, assembling and pre-aging with a low current of 0.01 C-rate or less, b) measuring and recording a charge profile while charging another battery cell having undergone receiving an electrode assembly and an electrolyte solution in a case, assembling and pre-aging with a low current of 0.01 C-rate or less in the same way as the reference battery cell, and c) determining the wetting degree of another battery cell relative to the reference battery cell by comparative analysis of the reference charge profile and the measured charge profile. |
| US12062772B2 |
Manufacturing method and testing method for positive active material mixture
A manufacturing method and a testing method for a positive active material mixture to manufacture the positive active material mixture as a mixture of a positive active material, a conductive material, and a disperse medium by mixing positive active material particles, conductive material particles, and the disperse medium, pressing to form a pressed surface by pressing a resultant product of the mixing by a pressure member, disperse-degree obtaining to obtain the disperse degree of the positive active material particles and the conductive material particles on the pressed surface, and determining to determine success and failure in the disperse degree obtained in the disperse-degree obtaining, the resultant product is taken as the positive active material mixture when a determination result of the determining is success, and the resultant product is taken back to the mixing when the determination result of the determining is failure. |
| US12062768B2 |
Battery, electricity-consuming apparatus, method for manufacturing battery and system of manufacturing battery
The present application provides a battery, an electricity-consuming apparatus, a method for manufacturing the battery and a system of manufacturing the battery. The battery includes a heat-exchanging component, including a first plate body and two second plate bodies; a battery unit, in which includes a plurality of battery cells sequentially arranged in a second direction, the heat-exchanging component is configured to adjust a temperature of the battery cells, and the second direction intersects with the first direction; and a support component, including a support portion located at a side of the first plate body away from the accommodating space, in which the support portion is connected to the first plate body and is configured to support the heat-exchanging component, and a heat-insulating structure is arranged between the support portion and the first plate body. |
| US12062766B2 |
External cooling system and method for segmented battery modules mounted within an electric vehicle
A system or method for individualized coolant flow to each of a plurality of energy storage devices 10 housed in an electric vehicle. Each energy storage device 10 includes a heat exchanger 11 coupled in thermal conductivity with a segmented battery module 13. The segmented battery module 13 includes battery cells 13B and sensors (13C, 13D, and 13E). The heat exchanger 11 includes an HE flow controller 11C. Individual sensor information for each energy storage device 10 is collected via the BMU 13A of each segmented battery module 13. The charging SCC 22 uses this individual sensor information to calculate the HE flow rate of coolant pumped through each energy storage device's 10 heat exchanger 11 to cool the battery cells 13B of the energy storage device 10. Coolant delivered to the heat exchangers 11 is cooled by an external cooling unit 21 of a power source 20 during each charging session. |
| US12062763B2 |
Accumulator system having a high-voltage accumulator for mobile work machines
An accumulator system has a high-voltage accumulator for mobile work machines. A battery management system, has a controller-line connections which can be switched by switches; and a data bus for connection to a work machine control unit. In order to advantageously render an electrical-system battery unnecessary, the battery management system comprises, for voltage supply, a DC-DC converter which is located upstream of the controller in terms of current flow and which is connected to the high-voltage accumulator via a standby circuit. The standby circuit can be activated by a circuit that is external to the accumulator system. |
| US12062760B2 |
Isocyanate electrolyte solution additive based on imidazole structural group and use thereof
The present disclosure relates to an isocyanate electrolyte solution additive based on an imidazole structural group, belonging to the technical field of non-aqueous electrolyte solution additives of lithium batteries. The structural formula of the electrolyte solution additive is represented by formula I: R1, R2 and R3 are identical or different, the R1, R2 and R3 are each independently selected from one of hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, tert-butyl, trifluoromethyl, trifluoroethyl, perfluoroethyl, perfluoropropyl, cyanoethyl, phenyl, fluorophenyl, cyano-containing fluorophenyl, alkoxy-containing phenyl and alkyl-containing phenyl. The electrolyte solution additive is used for lithium ion batteries, which effectively inhibits the reduction in battery capacity, restricts the production of a gas caused by decomposition of an electrolyte solution and significant improvement in the service life of the battery during the high temperature cycle and high temperature storage. |
| US12062757B2 |
Systems and methods for a composite solid-state battery cell with an ionically conductive polymer electrolyte
Systems and methods are provided for a slurry for coating an electrode structure. In one example, a method may include dispersing, by mixing at one or both of a high shear and a low shear, a solid ionically conductive polymer material in at least a first portion of a solvent to form a suspension, then dispersing, by mixing at the one or both of the high shear and the low shear, one or more additives in the suspension, and then mixing, at the one or both of the high shear and the low shear, a second portion of the solvent with the suspension to form a slurry. As such, the slurry including the solid ionically conductive polymer material may be applied as a coating in a solid-state battery cell, which may reduce resistance to Li-ion transport and improve mechanical stability relative to a conventional solid-state battery cell. |
| US12062755B2 |
Composite solid electrolyte, method of preparing the same, and electrochemical device including the same
A composite solid electrolyte including a first solid electrolyte layer including a halide solid electrolyte, a second solid electrolyte layer including an oxide solid electrolyte, a lithium ion-conductive interlayer between the first solid electrolyte layer and the second solid electrolyte layer, wherein the lithium ion-conductive interlayer includes a composition in which a reaction energy of the lithium ion-conductive interlayer with respect to the first solid electrolyte is −50 meV/atom or greater. |
| US12062753B2 |
Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
The present disclosure aims to provide, even when a strong impact is applied to a battery, a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery excellent in impact resistance so as not to ignite, smoke, and the like by internal short circuit. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one example of an embodiment: includes a positive electrode in which exposed portions and are formed at central portions in a longitudinal direction of a positive electrode collector; a positive electrode tab bonded to the exposed portion; an insulating tape adhered to the positive electrode to cover the exposed portion; and an insulating tape adhered to the positive electrode to cover the exposed portion. The insulating tapes are adhered to the positive electrode so that width-direction ends and/or the other width-direction ends are not overlapped with each other in a thickness direction of the positive electrode. |
| US12062746B2 |
Small-sized vertical light emitting diode chip with high energy efficiency
The invention is a small-sized vertical light emitting diode chip with high energy efficiency, wherein a PN junction structure is arranged on a light-emitting region platform of an interface structure; a highly reflective metal layer is arranged under the light-emitting region platform; the interface structure is provided with a P-type ohmic contact area under an outwardly extending platform adjacent to the light-emitting region platform; an insulating layer is formed on the outwardly extending platform; an N-type ohmic contact electrode is in ohmic contact with the PN junction structure and covers the border covering region at a position opposite to the outwardly extending platform; the current conduction is achieved diagonally on the opposite sides by locally diagonally symmetric geometric positioning of the N-type ohmic contact electrode and the P-type ohmic contact area. |
| US12062737B2 |
LED chip and display apparatus including the same
A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel; and a light emitting diode (LED) chip configured to emit light to the display panel. The LED chip includes: a light emitting layer configured to emit light; a semiconductor layer provided on the light emitting layer; and a growth substrate provided on the semiconductor layer. The light emitting layer is arranged to be biased toward a first side of the growth substrate such that a center of an upper surface of the growth substrate is provided between a center of the light emitting layer and a center of the semiconductor layer. |
| US12062735B2 |
System configurations for fabrication of micro-LED displays
An LED display fabrication tool includes a plurality of process chambers and a plurality of transfer chambers. The plurality of process chambers include first and second dispensing chambers to deliver first and second color conversion precursors onto a workpiece for fabrication of a light emitting diode (LED) displays, and first and second washing/drying chambers to remove uncured portions of the first and second color conversion precursors from the workpiece and then dries the workpiece. The plurality of transfer chambers are coupled to two process chambers by two respective sealable ports. First and second curing stations cure the precursors to form the first and second color conversion layers over a first set of LEDs on the workpiece. |
| US12062734B2 |
Display device using semiconductor light-emitting elements, and method for manufacturing same
Discussed is a display device and a method for manufacturing same, specifically, to a display device using semiconductor light-emitting elements of a few micrometers to tens of micrometers in size, and includes substrate having a wiring electrode, and a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements electrically connected to the wiring electrode, wherein each of the plurality of light-emitting elements includes of a buffer layer and an oxide layer formed on the buffer layer, and the oxide layer includes of an oxide of the buffer layer. |
| US12062729B2 |
See-through thin film solar cell module and method of manufacturing the same
Provided is a see-through thin film solar cell module including a transparent substrate, a first back electrode deposited on a first surface of the transparent substrate, a second back electrode deposited on the first back electrode and including a MoSe2 layer, an absorber layer deposited on the second back electrode and including selenium (Se) or sulfur (S), and a laser scribing pattern formed by partially removing the absorber layer. |
| US12062725B2 |
Thin film transistor, display panel and display device
The present disclosure provides a thin film transistor, a display panel and a display device. The thin film transistor includes a semiconductor material layer, a first insulating layer and a gate layer. The semiconductor material layer is at a side of a base substrate, and includes a first channel portion, a first doped portion and a second channel portion sequentially connected. The first insulating layer is at a side of the semiconductor material layer facing away from the base substrate. The gate layer is at a side of the first insulating layer facing away from the semiconductor material layer, and includes a first gate portion and a second gate portion. An orthographic projection of the first gate portion on the base substrate coincides with an orthographic projection of the first channel portion on the base substrate, and the first gate portion is configured to receive a gate driving signal. |
| US12062722B2 |
Method for fabrication of semiconductor device
Provided is a structure of a transistor, which enables a so-called normally-off switching element, and a manufacturing method thereof. Provided is a structure of a semiconductor device which achieves high-speed response and high-speed operation by improving on characteristics of a transistor, and a manufacturing method thereof. Provided is a highly reliable semiconductor device. In the transistor in which a semiconductor layer, source and drain electrode layers, a gate insulating layer, and a gate electrode layer are stacked in that order. As the semiconductor layer, an oxide semiconductor layer which contains at least four kinds of elements of indium, gallium, zinc, and oxygen, and has a composition ratio (atomic percentage) of indium as twice or more as a composition ratio of gallium and a composition ratio of zinc, is used. |
| US12062721B2 |
Latch-up prevention
A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes an active region including a channel region and a source/drain region adjacent the channel region, a vertical stack of channel members over the channel region, a gate structure over and around the vertical stack of channel members, a bottom dielectric feature over the source/drain region, a source/drain feature over the bottom dielectric feature, and a germanium layer disposed between the bottom dielectric feature and the source/drain region. |
| US12062720B2 |
Epitaxial source/drain structure and method of forming same
A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a gate stack over an active region and a source/drain region in the active region adjacent the gate stack. The source/drain region includes a first semiconductor layer having a first germanium concentration and a second semiconductor layer over the first semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer has a second germanium concentration greater than the first germanium concentration. The source/drain region further includes a third semiconductor layer over the second semiconductor layer and a fourth semiconductor layer over the third semiconductor layer. The third semiconductor layer has a third germanium concentration greater than the second germanium concentration. The fourth semiconductor layer has a fourth germanium concentration less than the third germanium concentration. |
| US12062719B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for forming the same
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate structure over the substrate, and source/drain regions in the substrate and on opposite sides of the gate structure. The gate structure includes an interfacial layer, a quasi-antiferroelectric (QAFE) layer over the interfacial layer, and a gate electrode over the QAFE layer. The QAFE layer includes Hf1-xZrxO2, in which x is greater than 0.5 and is lower than 1. |
| US12062717B2 |
Structure and method for manufacturing a trench power MOSFET
A trench power MOSFET includes a body region disposed on a semiconductor substrate, a trench passing through the body region, an top electrode and a bottom electrode spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction in the trench, an inter-electrode dielectric layer disposed between the top electrode and the bottom electrode, and a plurality of dielectric layers, disposed between a sidewall of the trench and the bottom electrode, comprising a first oxide layer disposed on the sidewall of the trench, an barrier layer disposed on the first oxide layer, and a second oxide layer disposed on the barrier layer. The barrier layer is formed of a material different from materials of the first and second oxide layers. |
| US12062714B2 |
Back end of line nanowire power switch transistors
An integrated circuit (IC) structure with a nanowire power switch device and a method of forming the IC structure are disclosed. The IC structure includes a front end of line (FEOL) device layer having a plurality of active devices, a first back end of line (BEOL) interconnect structure on the (FEOL) device layer, and a nanowire switch on the first BEOL interconnect structure. A first end of the nanowire switch is connected to an active device of the plurality of active devices through the first BEOL interconnect structure. The IC structure further includes a second BEOL interconnect structure on the nanowire switch. A second end of the nanowire switch is connected to a power source through the second BEOL interconnect structure and the second end is opposite to the first end. |
| US12062712B2 |
Terahertz capable integrated circuit
A nano-vacuum tube (NVT) transistor comprising a source having a knife edge, a drain, and a channel formed between the source and the drain, the channel having a width to provide a pseudo-vacuum in a normal atmosphere. The NVT transistor utilizing a space charge plasma formed at the knife edge within the channel. |
| US12062710B2 |
Increasing source/drain dopant concentration to reduced resistance
A method includes recessing a semiconductor fin to form a recess, wherein the semiconductor fin protrudes higher than isolation regions on opposite sides of the semiconductor fin, and performing a first epitaxy to grow a first epitaxy layer extending into the recess. The first epitaxy is performed using a first process gas comprising a silicon-containing gas, silane, and a phosphorous-containing gas. The first epitaxy layer has a first phosphorous atomic percentage. The method further includes performing a second epitaxy to grow a second epitaxy layer extending into the recess and over the first epitaxy layer. The second epitaxy is performed using a second process gas comprising the silicon-containing gas, silane, and the phosphorous-containing gas. The second epitaxy layer has a second phosphorous atomic percentage higher than the first phosphorous atomic percentage. |
| US12062697B2 |
Semiconductor device including two-dimensional semiconductor material
Provided is a semiconductor device which use a two-dimensional semiconductor material as a channel layer. The semiconductor device includes: a gate electrode on a substrate; a gate dielectric on the gate electrode; a channel layer on the gate dielectric; and a source electrode and a drain electrode that may be electrically connected to the channel layer. The gate dielectric has a shape with a height greater than a width, and the channel layer includes a two-dimensional semiconductor material. |
| US12062693B2 |
Semiconductor device structure and methods of forming the same
A semiconductor device structure, along with methods of forming such, are described. The structure includes a first gate electrode layer, a second gate electrode layer disposed over and aligned with the first gate electrode layer, and a gate isolation structure disposed between the first gate electrode layer and the second gate electrode layer. The gate isolation structure includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. At least a portion of the first surface is in contact with the first gate electrode layer. The second surface includes a first material and a second material different from the first material, and at least a portion of the second surface is in contact with the second gate electrode layer. |
| US12062691B2 |
Semiconductor device, semiconductor device manufacturing method, inverter circuit, drive device, vehicle, and elevator
A semiconductor device of embodiments includes: a silicon carbide layer having a first face and a second face opposite to the first face, and including a p-type silicon carbide region in contact with the first face, a percentage of a first silicon atom among a plurality of silicon atoms present in a first layer as an uppermost layer being equal to or more than 90% and a site position of the first silicon atom being different from a site position of a silicon atom in a third layer from the first face and the same as a site position of a silicon atom in a fifth layer from the first face; a gate electrode; a silicon oxide layer between the silicon carbide layer and the gate electrode; and a region between the silicon carbide layer and the silicon oxide layer including nitrogen. |
| US12062690B2 |
Capacitor array structure and method for forming same
A method for forming a capacitor array structure includes the following operations. A base is formed, which includes a substrate, a stack structure located on the substrate and a mask layer located on the stack structure in which an etching window that penetrates the mask layer in a direction perpendicular to the substrate is provided. The stack structure is etched along the etching window to form a capacitor hole that penetrates the stack structure along the direction perpendicular to the substrate. A conductive layer that fills up the capacitor hole and the etching window and covers a top surface of the mask layer is formed. The conductive layer and the mask layer at a top surface of the stack structure are removed, and the conductive layer remaining in the capacitor hole forms a lower electrode. |
| US12062679B2 |
Backside structure for image sensor
The present disclosure relates to an image sensor having an image sensing element surrounded by a BDTI structure, and an associated method of formation. In some embodiments, a first image sensing element and a second image sensing element are arranged next to one another within an image sensing die. A pixel dielectric stack is disposed along a back of the image sensing die overlying the image sensing elements. The pixel dielectric stack includes a first high-k dielectric layer and a second high-k dielectric layer. The BDTI structure is disposed between the first image sensing element and the second image sensing element and extends from the back of the image sensor die to a position within the image sensor die. The BDTI structure includes a trench filling layer surrounded by an isolation dielectric stack. The pixel dielectric stack has a composition different from that of the isolation dielectric stack. |
| US12062675B2 |
Device including an α-ray source and an electronic circuit influenced by α-ray
A device in which the influence of α-ray is reduced, and a composition for forming an organic layer. The device includes an α-ray source, an electronic circuit influenced by α-ray, and an organic layer including an α-ray shielding agent, in which an α-ray shielding ability X of the α-ray shielding agent is 0.50 or less. |
| US12062670B2 |
Pixel layout with photodiode region partially surrounding circuitry
An image sensor comprises a first photodiode region and circuitry. The first photodiode region is disposed within a semiconductor substrate proximate to a first side of the semiconductor substrate to form a first pixel. The first photodiode region includes a first segment coupled to a second segment. The circuitry includes at least a first electrode associated with a first transistor. The first electrode is disposed, at least in part, between the first segment and the second segment of the first photodiode region such that the circuity is at least partially surrounded by the first photodiode region when viewed from the first side of the semiconductor substrate. |
| US12062669B2 |
SLT integrated circuit capacitor structure and methods
FET IC structures that enable formation of integrated capacitors in a “flipped” SOI IC structure made using a back-side access process, such as a “single layer transfer” (SLT) process, and which eliminate or mitigate unwanted parasitic couplings to a handle wafer. In some embodiments, a conductive interconnect layer may be patterned, pre-SLT, to form an isolated first capacitor plate. In other embodiments, pre-SLT, a conductive region of the active layer of an IC may be patterned to form an isolated first capacitor plate, with one or more interconnect layers being fabricated in position to form an electrical contact to the first capacitor plate. In either case, a post-SLT top-side layer of conductive material may be patterned to form a second capacitor plate. Couplings to the resulting capacitor structures include only external connections, only internal connections, or both internal and external connections |
| US12062668B2 |
Crystallization process of oxide semiconductor, and method of manufacturing thin film transistor, a thin film transistor, a display panel, and an electronic device
Disclosed are a crystallization process of an oxide semiconductor, a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor including the same, a thin film transistor, a display panel, and an electronic device. The crystallization process of an oxide semiconductor includes forming an amorphous oxide semiconductor layer on a substrate, forming a crystallization auxiliary layer including a light absorbing inorganic material on the amorphous oxide semiconductor layer, and annealing the crystallization auxiliary layer to crystallize the amorphous oxide semiconductor layer. |
| US12062667B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a bending region including a bending peripheral opening passing through the first interlayer insulating film and the first gate insulating film and a bending opening in the bending peripheral opening and passing through the second interlayer insulating film and the buffer layer to expose the substrate, a first sidewall of the bending peripheral opening includes a side surface of the first interlayer insulating film and a side surface of the first gate insulating film, the second interlayer insulating film covers the first sidewall of the bending peripheral opening, the bending opening includes a second sidewall including a side surface of the buffer layer and a portion of a side surface of the second interlayer insulating film arranged with the side surface of the buffer layer, and the first via layer fills the bending opening. |
| US12062665B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a first active pattern, a first conductive pattern including a gate electrode overlapping the first active pattern, a first gate line overlapping the first active pattern and extending in a first direction, and a second gate line extending in the first direction, a second conductive pattern disposed on the first conductive pattern and including a third gate line extending in the first direction and a fourth gate line extending in the first direction, a second active pattern disposed on the second conductive pattern and including a material different from a material of the first active pattern, and a third conductive pattern disposed on the second active pattern and including a first upper electrode overlapping the third gate line and connected to the third gate line, and a second upper electrode overlapping the fourth gate line and connected to the fourth gate line. |
| US12062662B2 |
Semiconductor devices
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of active fins extending in a first direction, and spaced apart from each other in a second direction, the plurality of active fins having upper surfaces of different respective heights, a gate structure extending in the second across the plurality of active fins, a device isolation film on the substrate, a source/drain region on the plurality of active fins, and including an epitaxial layer on the plurality of active fins, an insulating spacer on an upper surface of the device isolation film and having a lateral asymmetry with respect to a center line of the source/drain region in a cross section taken along the second direction, an interlayer insulating region on the device isolation film and on the gate structure and the source/drain region, and a contact structure in the interlayer insulating region and electrically connected to the source/drain region. |
| US12062661B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes first and second active patterns on first and second active regions of a substrate, respectively, a pair of first source/drain patterns and a first channel pattern therebetween which are in an upper portion of the first active pattern, a pair of second source/drain patterns and a second channel pattern therebetween which are in an upper portion of the second active pattern, and first and second gate electrodes intersecting the first and second channel patterns, respectively. Each of the first and second gate electrodes includes a first metal pattern adjacent to a corresponding one of the first and second channel patterns. The first and second channel patterns include SiGe. A Ge concentration of the second channel pattern is higher than a Ge concentration of the first channel pattern. A thickness of the first metal pattern of the second gate electrode is greater than a thickness of the first metal pattern of the first gate electrode. |
| US12062658B2 |
Method for forming an integrated circuit having transistor gates over an interconnection structure
An integrated circuit structure includes a lower interconnect structure, a first semiconductor fin, a lower gate structure, first source/drain structures, an upper gate structure, and an upper interconnect structure. The first semiconductor fin is above the lower interconnect structure. The lower gate structure is under the first semiconductor fin and extends across the first semiconductor fin. The first source/drain structures are in the first semiconductor fin and on opposite sides of the lower gate structure. The first source/drain structures forms a lower transistor with the lower gate structure. The upper gate structure is above the first semiconductor fin and extends across the first semiconductor fin. The upper gate structure forms an upper transistor with the first source/drain structures. The upper interconnect structure is above the upper gate. |
| US12062655B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided in which a semiconductor element that generates heat during operation is formed in an active region of a semiconductor substrate and a temperature sensitive diode sensor arranged to detect temperature is formed in a temperature sensitive diode region of the semiconductor substrate. The method includes: forming a polysilicon layer that composes the temperature sensitive diode sensor in the temperature sensitive diode region, forming a mask, and introducing impurities through the mask into the semiconductor substrate and the polysilicon layer. The mask has an element pattern having an element opening through which a region composing the semiconductor element is exposed in the active region, a diode pattern having a diode opening through which a portion of the temperature sensitive diode region is exposed, and a monitoring pattern provided within the diode pattern with a size smaller than that of the diode opening. |
| US12062648B2 |
Multiple (multi-) die integrated circuit (IC) packages for supporting higher connection density, and related fabrication methods
Multiple (multi-) die integrated circuit (IC) packages for supporting higher connection density, and related fabrication methods. The multi-die IC package includes split dies that provided in respective die packages that are stacked on top of each other to conserve package area. To support signal routing, including through-package signal routing that extends through the die package, each die package includes vertical interconnects disposed adjacent to their respective dies and coupled to a respective package substrate (and interposer substrate if provided) in the package substrate. In this manner, as an example, through-silicon-vias (TSVs) are not required to be fabricated in the multi-die IC package that extend through the dies themselves to provide signal routing between the respective die packages. In another example, space created between adjacent interposer substrates of stacked die packages, as stood off from each other through the interconnect bumps, provides an area for heat dissipation. |
| US12062647B2 |
Semiconductor package
A semiconductor package includes a first redistribution substrate, a first semiconductor chip disposed on the first redistribution substrate, a first mold layer that covers the first semiconductor chip and the first redistribution substrate, a second redistribution substrate disposed on the first mold layer, a second semiconductor chip disposed on the second redistribution substrate, where the second semiconductor chip includes a second-chip first conductive bump that does not overlap the first semiconductor chip, a first sidewall that overlaps the first semiconductor chip, and a second sidewall that does not overlap the first semiconductor chip, wherein the first sidewall and the second sidewall are opposite to each other, and a first mold via that penetrates the first mold layer connects the second-chip first conductive bump to the first redistribution substrate, and overlaps the second-chip first conductive bump. |
| US12062644B2 |
LED-filaments and LED-filament lamps
An LED-filament includes first and second connectors for receiving a variable power; an at least partially light-transmissive substrate; a first LED array of serially connected first LED chips on a front face of the substrate; a second LED array of serially connected second LED chips on the front face of the substrate; a first photoluminescence layer covering the first LED array for generating a first color temperature; a second photoluminescence layer covering the second LED array for generating a second different color temperature; and at least one resistor serially connected to one of the first LED chips, where the first LED array and second LED array are connected in parallel to the first and second connectors, and where current flowing through the first LED and second LED arrays depends on the power applied to the first and second connectors and where the final color temperature of light generated by the LED-filament depends on the power applied to the first and second connectors. |
| US12062643B2 |
Electronic device
A method for manufacturing an electronic device including the following steps: a) forming a wafer of electronic chips; b) fixing the wafer of electronic chips to a first support made of a stretchable material; c) removing and/or etching the wafer; and d) stretching the first support so as to move the chips away from one another. |
| US12062642B2 |
Mass transfer device, manufacturing method thereof and display apparatus
The disclosure provides a manufacturing method of a mass transfer device. The manufacturing method includes the following. A transfer substrate coated with an adhesive layer is provided. A light emitting diode is transferred from an original substrate to the transfer substrate. A supporting structure is etched on the light emitting diode, where the supporting structure includes at least two supporting columns extending from the transfer substrate, and ends of the at least two supporting columns away from the transfer substrate are connected with the light emitting diode, so that the light emitting diode is arranged separately from the transfer substrate. The adhesive layer is removed, so that the light emitting diode is fixed on the transfer substrate only through the supporting structure. In addition, the disclosure also provides a mass transfer device and display equipment. |
| US12062641B2 |
Integrated circuit including a first semiconductor wafer and a second semiconductor wafer, semiconductor device including a first semiconductor wafer and a second semiconductor wafer and method of manufacturing same
An integrated circuit includes a first semiconductor wafer, a second semiconductor wafer, a first interconnect structure, a first through substrate via, and an under bump metallurgy (UBM) layer. The first semiconductor wafer has a first side of the first semiconductor wafer. The second semiconductor wafer is coupled to the first semiconductor wafer, and is over the first semiconductor wafer. The second semiconductor wafer has a first device in a first side of the second semiconductor wafer. The first interconnect structure is on a second side of the first semiconductor wafer opposite from the first side of the first semiconductor wafer. The first interconnect structure includes an inductor below the first semiconductor wafer. The first through substrate via extends through the first semiconductor wafer. The first through substrate via electrically couples the inductor to at least the first device. The UBM layer is on a surface of the first interconnect structure. |
| US12062638B2 |
Microdevice transfer setup and integration of micro-devices into system substrate
This invention relates to integrating pixelated micro-devices into a system substrate. Defined are methods of transferring a plurality of micro-devices into a receiver substrate where a plurality of micro-devices is arranged in one or more cartridges that are aligned and bonded to a template. Further, defining the transfer process, the micro-devices may be selected, identified as defective and a transfer adjustment made based on defective micro-devices. |
| US12062636B2 |
Bonding systems, and methods of providing a reducing gas on a bonding system
A bonding system is provided. The bonding system includes (a) a bond head assembly configured for carrying a bonding tool for bonding a semiconductor element to a substrate and (b) a reducing gas conduit for carrying a reducing gas from (i) a reducing gas source to (ii) a bonding area of a bonding system. The reducing gas is configured for use during bonding of the semiconductor element to the substrate at the bonding area. The reducing gas conduit includes a catalyst for producing excess reducing species in the reducing gas prior to the reducing gas reaching the bonding area. |
| US12062635B2 |
Semiconductor device packages including conductors electrically connecting stacked semiconductor devices by extending along surfaces of the semiconductor devices
Semiconductor device packages may include a first semiconductor device over a substrate and a second semiconductor device over the first semiconductor device. An active surface of the second semiconductor device may face away from the substrate. Conductors may extend from bond pads of the second semiconductor device, along surfaces of the second semiconductor device, first semiconductor device, and substrate to pads of routing members of the substrate. The conductors may be in contact with the bond pads and the routing members and a dielectric material interposed between the conductors and the first semiconductor device and between the conductors and the second semiconductor device. An encapsulant distinct from the dielectric material may cover the conductors, the first semiconductor device, the second semiconductor device, and an upper surface of the substrate. Methods of fabrication are also disclosed. |
| US12062630B2 |
Semiconductor module and method of manufacturing semiconductor module
A semiconductor module includes: a semiconductor device; a bonding layer that is arranged on the semiconductor device, and contains nickel or copper, an entire back surface of the bonding layer being electrically connected to and in direct contact with an electrode in the semiconductor device; an anti-oxidation layer disposed on the bonding layer; and a protective layer disposed directly on a top surface of a peripheral portion of the bonding layer on which the anti-oxidation layer is absent, covering an outer peripheral edge of the bonding layer, wherein the protective layer is made of an electrically insulating resin. |
| US12062629B2 |
Multiband QAM interface for slab waveguide
Systems and methods are provided for an integrated chip. An integrated chip includes a package substrate including a plurality of first layers and a plurality of second layers, each second layer being disposed between a respective adjacent pair of the first layers. A transceiver unit is disposed above the package substrate. A waveguide unit including a plurality of waveguides having top and bottom walls formed in the first layers of the package substrate and sidewalls formed in the second layers of the package substrate. |
| US12062626B2 |
Semiconductor substrate and method of sawing the same
A semiconductor substrate may include a plurality of semiconductor chips and a protection pattern. The semiconductor chips may be divided by two scribe lanes intersecting each other. Corners of the semiconductor chips may be disposed at the intersection of the two scribe lanes. The protection pattern may be arranged at the intersection of the scribe lanes to surround the corners of the semiconductor chips. Thus, the corners of the semiconductor chips may be protected by the protection pattern form colliding with each other in a following grinding process. |
| US12062625B2 |
Semiconductor device package mold flow control system and method
A semiconductor package includes a substrate having a top planar surface and a semiconductor die mounted on the top planar surface of the substrate. Bond wires electrically connect the semiconductor die to the substrate. Flow control dams are integrally formed with the top planar surface of the substrate and each flow control dam protrudes from the top planar surface of the substrate at a location proximate to the bond wires. The flow control dams reduce the occurrence of wire sweep in the bond wires electrically connected to the substrate and semiconductor die. |
| US12062618B2 |
Chip package
A display device comprises a display panel substrate and a glass substrate over said display panel substrate, wherein said display panel substrate comprises multiple contact pads, a display area, a first boundary, a second boundary, a third boundary and a fourth boundary, wherein said display area comprises a first edge, a second edge, a third edge and a fourth edge, wherein said first boundary is parallel to said third boundary and said first and third edges, wherein said second boundary is parallel to said fourth boundary and said second and fourth edges, wherein a first least distance between said first boundary and said first edge, wherein a second least distance between said second boundary and said second edge, a third least distance between said third boundary and said third edge, a fourth distance between said fourth boundary and said fourth edge, and wherein said first, second, third and fourth least distances are smaller than 100 micrometers, and wherein said glass substrate comprising multiple metal conductors through in said glass substrate and multiple metal bumps are between said glass substrate and said display panel substrate, wherein said one of said metal conductors is connected to one of said contact pads through one of said metal bumps. |
| US12062611B2 |
Integrated circuit interconnect structures with air gaps
Examples of an integrated circuit with an interconnect structure and a method for forming the integrated circuit are provided herein. In some examples, the method includes receiving a workpiece having an interconnect structure that includes a first conductive feature, a second conductive feature disposed beside the first conductive feature, and an inter-level dielectric disposed between the first conductive feature and the second conductive feature. A conductive material of an etch stop layer is selectively deposited on the first conductive feature and on the second conductive feature without depositing the conductive material on the inter-level dielectric, and the inter-level dielectric is removed to form a gap between the first conductive feature and the second conductive feature. |
| US12062606B2 |
Memory device
A memory device includes: a memory cell region including gate electrodes spaced apart from each other on a first semiconductor substrate to be stacked, and channel structures; and a peripheral circuit region including upper metal lines disposed above a second semiconductor substrate, disposed below the memory cell region. The first semiconductor substrate includes first regions, having a first value corresponding to a distance between the first semiconductor substrate and the upper metal lines, and second regions having a second value, lower than the first value. A reference voltage for operating the memory device is transmitted to at least one of the first upper metal lines, disposed below the first region. Accordingly, coupling capacitance for a significant signal may be reduced while maintaining a length of a connection portion and the magnitude of resistance of a common source line. Furthermore, an error rate of the memory device may be reduced. |
| US12062600B2 |
Lead frame and semiconductor device
A lead frame includes a first area, situated on a first surface of the lead frame, for mounting a semiconductor chip, and a second area, situated on the first surface of the lead frame, around the first area, wherein the second area includes a roughened area and a less-rough area situated between the roughened area and the first area, the less-rough area having a higher flatness than the roughened area. |
| US12062598B2 |
Integrated circuit lead frame and semiconductor device thereof
An integrated circuit lead frame and a semiconductor device thereof are provided. The integrated circuit lead frame includes a die pad and a plurality of leads. The die pad is provided to attach a die. The plurality of leads are provided for connection to the die through wire bonding. The leads include a pair of a first lead and a second lead. The first lead includes a first body and a first extension portion connected to the first body. The second lead includes a second body and a second extension portion connected to the second body. The first extension portion and the second extension portion extend in directions toward each other. |
| US12062596B2 |
Semiconductor die with stepped side surface
A semiconductor device includes a substrate and a semiconductor die including an active surface with bond pads, an opposite inactive surface, and stepped side surfaces extending between the active surface and the inactive surface. The stepped side surfaces include a first planar surface extending from the inactive surface towards the active surface, a second planar surface extending from the active surface towards the inactive surface, and a side surface offset between the first planar surface and the second planar surface. The semiconductor device further includes an adhesive layer covering at least a portion of a surface area of the second surface and attaching the semiconductor die to the substrate. |
| US12062592B2 |
Integrated circuit packages with thermal interface materials with different material compositions
Disclosed herein are integrated circuit (IC) packages with thermal interface materials (TIMs) with different material compositions, as well as related methods and devices. For example, in some embodiments, an IC package may include a package substrate, a die, and TIM, wherein the die is between the TIM and the package substrate along a vertical axis. The TIM may include a first TIM having a first material composition and a second TIM having a second material composition; the first material composition may be different than the second material composition, and the first TIM and the second TIM may be in different locations along a lateral axis perpendicular to the vertical axis. |
| US12062591B2 |
Power semiconductor module with baseplate and heat dissipating element
A power semiconductor module includes a baseplate that has a first region at a first side located adjacent to an edge of the baseplate and proceeding in a first plane. An encapsulation material covers portions of the baseplate so that the first region of the baseplate is free of the encapsulation material and the baseplate at the edge side adjacent to the first region is at least partly covered by the encapsulation material. The baseplate at its first side is configured for being provided with an electric circuit and the baseplate at its second side is configured for being brought into contact to a heat dissipating element by applying a clamping force with a clamping part to the first region. |
| US12062588B2 |
Semiconductor package having routable encapsulated conductive substrate and method
A packaged semiconductor device includes a routable molded lead frame structure with a surface finish layer. In one embodiment, the routable molded lead frame structure includes a first laminated layer including the surface finish layer, vias connected to the surface finish layer, and a first resin layer covering the vias leaving the top surface of the surface finish layer exposed. A second laminated layer includes second conductive patterns connected to the vias, bump pads connected to the second conductive patterns, and a second resin layer covering one side of the first resin layer, the second conductive patterns and the bump pads. A semiconductor die is electrically connected to the surface finish layer and an encapsulant covers the semiconductor die and another side of the first resin layer. The surface finish layer provides a customizable and improved bonding structure for connecting the semiconductor die to the routable molded lead frame structure. |
| US12062587B2 |
Semiconductor device
According to the present disclosure, a semiconductor device includes a substrate, a semiconductor chip provided on the substrate, a case having a wall portion provided on the substrate and surrounding the semiconductor chip, and an overhang protruding from the wall portion toward an inside of a region surrounded by the wall portion and a resin that fills the region surrounded by the wall portion, wherein the overhang has an upper surface, and an inclined surface that is provided below the upper surface and on which a distance to the substrate decreases with an increase in distance from a tip of the overhang, the overhang being provided with a through hole penetrating from the inclined surface to the upper surface, and the through hole extends perpendicularly from the inclined surface. |
| US12062586B2 |
Semiconductor device structure with magnetic element
A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a semiconductor substrate and multiple first conductive lines over the semiconductor substrate. The first conductive lines are not electrically connected to each other. The semiconductor device structure also includes multiple first magnetic structures wrapped around portions of the first conductive lines and multiple second conductive lines over the semiconductor substrate. The second conductive lines are electrically connected in series. The semiconductor device structure further includes multiple second magnetic structures wrapped around portions of the second conductive lines. A size of each of the second magnetic structures and a size of each of the first magnetic structures are substantially the same. |
| US12062583B2 |
Optical metrology models for in-line film thickness measurements
An optical metrology model for in-line thickness measurements of a film overlying non-ideal structures on a substrate is generated by performing pre-measurements prior to deposition of the film and performing post-measurements after the deposition. The pre- and post-measurements are performed at at least one of multiple polarization angles or multiple orientations of the substrate. Differences in reflectance between the pre- and post-measurements are determined at the multiple polarization angles and the multiple orientations. At least one of the multiple polarization angles or the multiple orientations are identified where the differences in reflectance are indicative of a suppressed influence from the non-ideal structures. The optical metrology model is generated using the identified polarization angles and the identified orientations as inputs to a machine-learning algorithm. |
| US12062582B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor devices
In a method, a structure including two or more materials having different coefficients of thermal expansion is prepared, and the structure is subjected to a cryogenic treatment. In one or more of the foregoing and following embodiments, the structure includes a semiconductor wafer and one or more layers are formed on the semiconductor wafer. |
| US12062581B2 |
Devices with adjusted fin profile and methods for manufacturing devices with adjusted fin profile
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes disposing two or more fins each having an initial fin profile on a substrate. A sacrificial oxide layer is grown on a first fin and a second fin of the two or more fins. The sacrificial oxide layer of the first and second fins is etched to trim the fin and to generate a next fin profile for the first and second fins. The growing and etching is repeated to trim the first and second fins such that the number of repetitions for the first fin and the second fin are different. Gate structures are formed over the two or more fins. |
| US12062578B2 |
Prevention of contact bottom void in semiconductor fabrication
A method for semiconductor fabrication includes providing a device structure having an isolation structure, a fin adjacent the isolation structure, gate structures over the fin and the isolation structure, one or more dielectric layers over the isolation structure and the fin and between the gate structures, a first contact hole over the fin, and a second contact hole over the isolation structure. The method further includes depositing a protection layer and treating it with a plasma so that the protection layer in the first contact hole and the protection layer in the second contact hole have different etch selectivity in an etching process; and etching the protection layer to etch through the protection layer on the bottom surface of the first contact hole without etching through the protection layer on the bottom surface of the second contact hole. |
| US12062577B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a bit line contact hole in a substrate; forming a first spacer on a sidewall of the bit line contact hole; forming a sacrificial spacer over the first spacer; forming a first conductive material that fills the bit line contact hole over the sacrificial spacer; forming a second conductive material over the first conductive material; forming a bit line by etching the second conductive material; and forming a bit line contact plug and a gap between the bit line contact plug and the first spacer by partially etching the first conductive material and the sacrificial spacer to be aligned with the bit line. |
| US12062569B2 |
Processing apparatus and processing method
A processing apparatus configured to process a substrate includes a substrate holder having a substrate holding surface configured to attract and hold the substrate thereon; and an edge cleaning device configured to clean an edge portion of the substrate holding surface. Further, a processing method of processing a rear surface of the substrate by using the processing apparatus includes processing the rear surface of the substrate while a front surface of the substrate is attracted to and held by a substrate holding surface of a substrate holder; and cleaning an edge portion of the substrate holding surface. |
| US12062566B2 |
Die ejector
A die-ejector (2) comprising a chamber (4) with a cover plate (40) having a passageway, a plurality of plates (56) arranged inside the chamber (4) and reciprocally movable between an initial position (58) and an operating position (60), respectively, intended to interact with the carrier to support the removal of the dies from the carrier, and a drive member (100) for moving the plates (56) to be moved from the operating position towards the initial position. The die-ejector (2) further comprises a magnet (20) and a spring system, respectively, which interacts with anchor sections (74) of the plates (56) and exerts on the plates (54) an attraction force (F′) or an impact force, respectively, directed towards the operating position, and a stop member (78) for stopping the movement of the plates (56) in the operating position, the plates abutting the stop member (78) in the operating position. |
| US12062563B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus, substrate processing system, and substrate processing method
An object of the present invention is to improve a substrate processing apparatus using the CARE method. The present invention provides a substrate processing apparatus for polishing a processing target region of a substrate by bringing the substrate and a catalyst into contact with each other in the presence of processing liquid. The substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate holding unit configured to hold the substrate, a catalyst holding unit configured to hold the catalyst, and a driving unit configured to move the substrate holding unit and the catalyst holding unit relative to each other with the processing target region of the substrate and the catalyst kept in contact with each other. The catalyst is smaller than the substrate. |
| US12062562B2 |
Air curtain for defect reduction
Air curtain devices can reduce defects on semiconductor wafers when implemented on a track equipped with robotic wafer transport. The air curtain devices can be added to one or more processing devices arranged along the track to prevent defects from landing on wafer surfaces. For example, the air curtain devices can prevent volatile organic solvent mist from drifting towards processing devices on the track and preventing contamination via a wafer transport system. |
| US12062560B2 |
Reticle pod having side containment of reticle
A reticle pod includes an outer pod, an inner pod cover and an inner base plate. A reticle is supported on the base and is contained within the environment created by the inner pod cover and the inner pod base. The inner pod cover can include a plurality of reticle retainers configured to contact a side wall of the reticle and limit movement of the reticle in a horizontal direction. |
| US12062556B2 |
Methods and apparatus for cleaning semiconductor wafers
Related to is a method for cleaning an in-process wafer. The method includes causing the in-process wafer to be rotated, causing function water to be applied to a surface of the rotated in-process wafer to generate a flowing function water film on the rotated in-process wafer, causing the surface of the in-process wafer to be cleaned by a sonic device for a first period, causing the sonic device to be lifted and/or rotation speed of the rotated in-process wafer to be accelerated to separate the sonic device from the flowing function water film, causing the function water to be applied to the surface of the rotated in-process wafer for a second period after separating the sonic device from the function water film, and causing the surface of the in-process wafer to be dried. |
| US12062549B2 |
Semiconductor packages and related methods
Methods of forming semiconductor packages include providing a first insulator layer coupled with a first metallic layer. A recess is formed in the first metallic layer and a semiconductor die is mechanically coupled therein. The die is mechanically coupled with a second metallic layer and the second metallic layer is coupled with a second insulator layer. The die and layers are at least partially encapsulated to form the semiconductor package. The first and/or second metallic layers may be insulator-metal substrates, metal-insulator-metal (MIM) substrates, or may be formed of lead frames. In implementations the package does not include a spacer between the die and the first metallic layer and does not include a spacer between the die and the second metallic layer. In implementations the first insulator layer and the second insulator layer are exposed through the encapsulant or are mechanically coupled with metallic layers exposed through the encapsulant. |
| US12062536B2 |
Amorphous carbon for gap fill
Methods for depositing an amorphous carbon layer on a substrate and for filling a substrate feature with an amorphous carbon gap fill are described. The method comprises performing a deposition cycle comprising: introducing a hydrocarbon source into a processing chamber; introducing a plasma initiating gas into the processing chamber; generating a plasma in the processing chamber at a temperature of greater than 600° C.; forming an amorphous carbon layer on a substrate with a deposition rate of greater than 200 nm/hr; and purging the processing chamber. |
| US12062533B2 |
Method of producing a substrate and system for producing a substrate
The invention relates to a method of producing a substrate. The method comprises providing a workpiece having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, and providing a carrier having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The method further comprises attaching the carrier to the workpiece, wherein at least a peripheral portion of the first surface of the carrier is attached to the first surface of the workpiece, and forming a modified layer inside the workpiece. Moreover, the method comprises dividing the workpiece along the modified layer, thereby obtaining the substrate, wherein the substrate has the carrier attached thereto, and removing carrier material from the side of the second surface of the carrier in a central portion of the carrier so as to form a recess in the carrier. The invention further relates to a substrate producing system for performing this method. |
| US12062528B2 |
Plasma reactor for inductively coupled plasma and method of assembling the same
A plasma reactor for inductively coupled plasma includes: a ferrite core assembly including a ferrite core stacked body including a plurality of ferrite cores stacked and a first passage portion and a second passage portion arranged in parallel, and a ferrite core accommodating structure; a first chamber body including a first base portion configured to provide a first internal space therein, a first A-extension pipe extending from the first base portion, communicating with the first internal space and accommodated in the first passage portion, and a second A-extension pipe extending from the first base portion; and a second chamber body including a second base portion configured to provide a second internal space therein, a first B-extension pipe extending from the second base portion, and a second B-extension pipe extending from the second base portion. |
| US12062527B2 |
Baffle unit and substrate processing apparatus
A baffle unit includes an inner ring, an outer ring disposed outside the inner ring, and a connecting portion connecting the inner ring with the outer ring. The connecting portion includes multiple openings arranged in a radial direction of the baffle unit and in a circumferential direction of the baffle unit, each of the multiple openings being arcuate and extending in the circumferential direction; multiple rigid portions each being disposed between the adjacent openings of the multiple openings that are adjacent to each other on a same concentric circle of the baffle unit; and multiple walls each being formed between the adjacent openings of the multiple openings that are adjacent to each other in the radial direction. Each of the multiple walls connects a rigid portion of the multiple rigid portions with another rigid portion of the multiple rigid portions. |
| US12062526B2 |
Semiconductor processing chamber architecture for higher throughput and faster transition time
Exemplary substrate processing systems may include a chamber body defining a transfer region. The systems may include a lid plate seated on the chamber body along a first surface of the lid plate. The lid plate may define a plurality of apertures through the lid plate. The lid plate may further define a recess about each aperture of the plurality of apertures in the first surface of the lid plate. Each recess may extend partially through a thickness of the lid plate. The systems may include a plurality of lid stacks equal to a number of apertures of the plurality of apertures. Each recess may receive at least a portion of one of the lid stacks of the plurality of lid stacks. The plurality of lid stacks may at least partially define a plurality of processing regions vertically offset from the transfer region. |
| US12062524B2 |
Plasma reactor having a variable coupling of low frequency RF power to an annular electrode
A plasma reactor having tunable low frequency RF power coupling to annular electrode. The reaction chamber has electrically conductive base connected to a low frequency RF source via RF match. An electrostatic chuck is attached to the electrically conductive base. An outer sidewall of the electrically conductive base is coated with plasma corrosion-resistance dielectric layer. A coupling ring is made of a dielectric material and surrounds an outer perimeter of the base. A focus ring is disposed above the coupling ring, the focus ring being arranged to surround the electrostatic chuck and be exposed to the plasma. The plasma reactor further comprises an annular electrode that is disposed above the coupling ring but below the focus ring, a wire having a first end electrically connected to the base, and a second end connected to the annular electrode. A variable capacitance is serially connected to the wire. |
| US12062518B2 |
Cathode assembly for electron gun
A cathode assembly for emitting charged particles, used in for example an electron gun as source for generating an electron beam is provided. The cathode assembly has a cathode including an emitting member and a carrier. The emitting member is mounted in the carrier, and the carrier is electrically connected to a holder. The cathode is heated by irradiation from an external source, whereby the emitting member emits charged particles from an emitting surface at an emitting temperature. The connection between the carrier and the holder provides a thermal barrier for reducing the amount of thermal energy transferred from the cathode to the holder. |
| US12062513B2 |
Circuit element protection apparatus and protection method for circuit elements
A circuit element protection apparatus applied to a signal input terminal, the circuit element protection apparatus includes a slave processing unit, a main processing unit, a first soft start unit and a second soft start unit. The first soft start unit receives a signal from the signal input terminal, and is used for noise filtering on the signal and delayed a transmission of the signal to the slave processing unit. The second soft start unit receives the signal from the signal input terminal, and is used for noise filtering on the signal and delayed the transmission of the signal to the main processing unit. The present disclosure further includes a protection method for circuit elements. |
| US12062505B2 |
Movement mechanism and input device
A movement mechanism includes: a case; a moving portion movable with respect to the case; and a support member that links the case and moving portion together and supports the moving portion so as to be movable with respect to the case. The support member has a plurality of pairs of first support portions and a plurality of pairs of second support portions, each of which is elastically deformable, has a plate-like shape, and extends between the case and the moving portion. The first support portions and second support portions are respectively placed on a first side and a second side in a moving direction of the moving portion so as to be symmetric with respect to the moving portion in plan view. |
| US12062503B2 |
Photoelectric conversion element, photoelectric conversion module, electronic device, and power supply module
A photoelectric conversion element including: a first substrate; a first electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer; a second electrode; and a second substrate, wherein the photoelectric conversion element includes a sealing part sealing at least the photoelectric conversion layer, the sealing part is disposed so as to surround periphery of the photoelectric conversion layer, and a width of the sealing part disposed at each side has a minimum width A and a maximum width B in a width direction, and a ratio (B/A) of the maximum width B to the minimum width A is 1.02 or more but 5.0 or less. |
| US12062502B2 |
Electrolytic capacitor and manufacturing method thereof
To provide an electrolytic capacitor with improved reliability. The electrolytic capacitor including: at least one capacitor element including an anode foil having a first part including a first end, and a second part including a second end, a dielectric layer formed on at least a surface of the second part, and a cathode part covering at least part of the dielectric layer; a package body enclosing the capacitor element; and an external electrode. At least a surface of the second part has a porous portion, and at least an end face of the first end is exposed from the package body and is in contact with the external electrode. |