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US12074929B2	Content monitoring for virtual meeting rooms One example system for providing virtual meeting room content monitoring for a host of a videoconference includes a processor and at least one memory device. The memory device includes instructions that can cause the processor to establish a videoconferencing session having a first virtual meeting room. The processor receives a control input from a host subscribed to the first virtual meeting room at a host client device. The control input indicates that the host is to monitor the meeting room content from one or more additional virtual meeting rooms. The instructions further cause the processor to, responsive to the control input from the host, cause the meeting room content of at least one of the additional virtual meeting rooms to be displayed on the host client device while the host is subscribed to the first virtual meeting room.
US12074928B2	Automated media event detection and corrective actions for communication sessions Disclosed in some examples, are methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums which provide for an automated communication session assistant that assists participants in planning and conducting communication sessions that respect one or more media customization settings of other participants. Users of the network-based communication service may register, and store in a user profile, one or more media customization settings. These media customization settings may correlate to one or more rules in a rule data store. Each rule may specify one or more media events that may impact one or more media customization settings of participants. The rules may also describe curative actions, such as prompts to participants and the like.
US12074927B2	Note capture in communication sessions Session content is presented during a communication session to the participant devices. The participant devices transmit requests for notes to be generated for the session content. One or more segments of the communication session are determined when a threshold number of participant devices that requested notes to be generated is exceeded. Information associated with the one or more segments is transmitted to a participant device of the participant devices.
US12074923B2	System and method of enabling audio conferencing in lieu of videoconferencing An apparatus or method implemented in a computer system. In one embodiment the method includes receiving, from a device, a request to join a video call, and determining, in response to receiving the request, whether the device meets predetermined requirements to join the video call via videoconferencing. The method further includes sending, in response to determining the device does not meet the predetermined requirements to join the video call via videoconferencing, a message to the device, wherein the message comprises a link to join the call via audio conferencing.
US12074920B2	Apparatus, methods, and computer programs There is provided an apparatus for a Proxy Call Session Control Function (P-CSCF), the apparatus being arranged to send a first registration request to a network repository function for registering the P-CSCF with the network repository function, the first registration request comprising at least one first identifier for the P-CSCF over an interface between the P-CSCF and a user equipment.
US12074918B2	Network-based Media Processing (NBMP) workflow management through 5G Framework for Live Uplink Streaming (FLUS) control A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for establishing Network-Based Media Processing (NBMP) workflow through 5G Framework for Live Uplink Streaming (FLUS) control. A plurality of sinks and network capabilities of a network platform are discovered through a plurality of 5G FLUS discovery and capabilities mechanisms. An NBMP workflow is created, updated, retrieved, and deleted through a control interface comprising a FLUS source and a FLUS sink, whereby the 5G FLUS control is extended to support tunneling information between an NBMP source and an NBMP workflow manager.
US12074913B2	Certificate authorization policy for security protocol and data model capable devices A system for data processing, comprising a management controller operating on a processor and configured to load and execute one or more algorithms that provide the function of transmitting a request to a managed device using a Security Protocol and Data Model (SPDM) protocol and to receive a response from the managed device. A system management bus and security policy system operating on the processor is configured to execute one or more algorithms to process the response from the managed device to apply an SPDM security policy to the response.
US12074905B2	Systems and methods for detecting ransomware attacks on file sharing systems Methods and systems for detecting ransomware attacks on an SMB (Server Message Block) file sharing system are disclosed. A user's request for access to the SMB file sharing system is authenticated and an SMB session for the user is initiated. During the SMB session, SMB commands issued by the user are detected and logged. The detected commands are evaluated against a profile of normal file sharing activity by this user. In case a deviation from the user's activity profile is detected, recent SMB commands from the user are evaluated against a library of patterns of SMB commands indicative of ransomware activity. In case the recent SMB commands from the user match a ransomware command pattern, the user's SMB session is immediately terminated, thus mitigating further damage by the ransomware.
US12074902B2	System and method for cybersecurity threat monitoring using dynamically-updated semantic graphs A method for performing cyber-security analysis includes generating a semantic graph in which each object is represented as a node, and each event associated with an object is represented as an edge. A cyber-threat related alert, with an associated alert type, is received from a source. A first object from the plurality of objects is modified based on the alert. A plurality of threat scores, each associated with an object, are calculated, substantially concurrently, based on the alert type. Subsequently, a plurality of modified threat scores are determined for each object, based on: (1) the threat score for that object, (2) a connectivity of that object to each of the remaining objects within the semantic graph; and (3) the threat score for each remaining object from the plurality of objects. A subgraph of the semantic graph is identified based on normalized versions of the modified threat scores.
US12074898B1	Adaptive actions for responding to security risks in computer networks System and method for taking actions to mitigate security risks in a computer network are disclosed. The costs of security events and taking actions to block permissions granted to users are defined. For each of the users, prediction models are created, one for each of the security events. Using prediction models of a selected user, predictions on whether the security events will occur and/or predictions of severity if the security events actually occur are generated. For the selected user, an action list that indicates whether or not to take actions to block particular permissions granted to the selected user is generated based at least on the predictions, costs of the events, and costs of the permissions.
US12074896B2	Systems, methods, and storage media for conducting security penetration testing Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed herein that conduct security penetration testing. In accordance with embodiments, a security extension is run in a web browser in order to record a user interface workflow and to generate a test script of the user interface workflow. The test script is executed in an application in order to perform penetration testing of the user interface workflow, in some embodiments. Based on the outcomes of the penetration testing, a security report may be generated in order to identify one or more security vulnerabilities in the user interface workflow.
US12074889B2	Preventing DHCP pool exhaustion and starvation with centralized arp protocol messages A low number of available Internet Protocol (IP) addresses is detected in an IP pool that available for lease from the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server. A neighbor table from a gateway device behind a firewall that blocks Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo requests from the DHCP server. The gateway device is triggered to broadcast an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) request to network devices of the neighbor table behind the firewall to determine whether a specific IP address is in use. Responsive to an ARP response not being received, the control module releasing a lease for the specific IP thereby returning to the IP pool available for lease in the DHCP server.
US12074882B2	System and method for providing authenticated entities access to a user's metadata and data A peer-to-peer system and method for efficient replication of and access to application specific environments and their data that includes automatically accessing application specific metadata to determine the location of application specific data and then replicating or providing access to the application metadata and data to a set of peers. A system and method for efficient replication of and access to application specific environments and data that includes automatically accessing a source application's metadata to determine the location of the source application's data and then automatically transferring and transferring the application metadata and data to a target application's metadata and data.
US12074876B2	Authenticated access and aggregation database platform A data processing system is disclosed for data processing, including database and file management, as well accessing one or more databases or other data structures, authenticating users, and categorizing data items for addition to the database system. In some embodiments, the system may be configured to coordinate access to user account information via user-provided authentication credentials; apply account identification rules to the accessed account information to identify a plurality of accounts of the user; and initiate updates to a database record associated with the user indicative of any accounts identified.
US12074874B2	High-fidelity data management for cross domain analytics Systems for providing high-fidelity data management for cross domain analytics may include multiple components. An access management function component may control access to data stored in a data store of a business domain by a user account associated with a search engine domain. A data management function component may select based on at least one of one or more data access privileges for the user account associated with the search engine domain or one or more privacy policies, a data view of multiple data views for viewing the data, and one or more data filters for application to the data. An external API manager component may store in the data store of the business domain cross correlation information that correlates a plurality of machine learning model identifiers of machine learning models of the search engine domain with one or more corresponding business APIs of the business domain.
US12074864B2	Non-custodial tool for building decentralized computer applications A mechanism for building decentralized computer applications that execute on a distributed computing system. The present technology works within a web browser, client application, or other software and provides access to decentralized computer applications through the browser. The present technology is non-custodial, wherein a public-private key pair, which represents user identity, is created on a client machine and then directly encrypted by a third-party platform without relying on one centralized computing system.
US12074863B2	Dynamic bypass Methods and apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may prevent a computer process from failing when a firewall located between a client device and a server identifies that a process at the firewall should be bypassed using fingerprint information associated with a connection attempt. When fingerprint information stored at a firewall matches previously received fingerprint information, the firewall may allow processes typically performed at the firewall to be bypassed, thereby, allowing communications to pass between the client device and the server without inspection. When that fingerprint information does not match previously received fingerprint information, the firewall may perform a process that causes the client device to fail the first connection attempt. Because of this, methods consistent with the present disclosure may allow communications from an application program to be passed through a firewall without relying on an ever growing list of trusted application programs.
US12074862B2	Unified identity and access management (IAM) control plane for services associated with a hybrid cloud Embodiments described herein are generally directed to integration of multiple services across multiple clouds within a unified IAM control plane. According to an example, an MSP provides (i) a user interface through which users of multiple tenants are able to configure permissions for and access multiple resources of a set of services associated with a hybrid cloud; and (i) a unified IAM control plane across the set of services, each of which potentially uses a different IAM protocol or scheme. A centralized IAM service is maintained by the MSP containing information regarding the permissions for the resources. Multiple service integrations for the set of services are supported by the MSP, including providing a first set of APIs that facilitate a direct integration with the unified IAM control plane in which the centralized IAM service maintains access control information for resources associated with a first service of the set of services.
US12074859B2	Password-less wireless authentication First, a plurality of access tokens may be received from a respective plurality of identity provider services. Each of the plurality of access tokens may be associated with a user. Then, the plurality of access tokens may be stored in a profile associated with the user. Next, user polices associated with the use of the plurality of access tokens may be assigned. A device token may then be provided to a user device associated with the user. The device token may be associated with the profile. The device token and network policies may be received and then it may be determined that the user polices and the network policies are congruent. In response to determining that the user polices and the network policies are congruent, authentication to at least one of the plurality identity provider services may be made.
US12074857B2	Partial authentication tag aggregation to support interleaved encryption and authentication operations on multiple data records A method supporting interleaved authentication-encryption operations for different data records provides for constructing authentication tag usable to authenticate a transmitted data record from multiple different tag segments generated by an authentication-encryption engine in association with different segments of the data record. The method provides for recovering a first partial tag from a first segment tag received from an authentication-encryption engine by performing one or more operations effective to reverse certain operations performed by the third-party authentication-encryption engine. One or more additional partial tags may be similarly recovered from additional tag segments subsequently output from the third-party authentication-encryption engine in association with the data record, and a complete authentication tag for the data record may be generated based on the recovered first partial tag and each of the one or more additional recovered partial tags.
US12074854B1	Decrypting synthetic transactions with beacon packets Decrypting synthetic transactions with beacon packets is provided. A probe receives, from a client device, a start beacon packet that identifies a test of a service provided by one or more servers. The probe establishes, responsive to receipt of the start beacon packet, a log for the test. The probe stores, in the log established responsive to the start beacon packet, data packets transmitted between the client device and the one or more servers subsequent to the start beacon packet and encrypted with a key using a security protocol. The probe receives, from the client device, key information used to decrypt the data packets of the test encrypted with the key using the security protocol. The probe provides at least one of the data packets for evaluation or decryption using the key information to determine a performance of the service.
US12074852B1	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.
US12074849B2	Application specific network data filtering The subject disclosure provides systems and methods for application-specific network data filtering. Application-specific network data filtering may be performed by a sandboxed process prior to providing the network data to an application to which the network data is directed. Any malicious or otherwise potentially harmful data that is included in the network data may be removed by the application-specific network data filter or may be allowed to corrupt the application specific network data filtering operations within the sandbox, thereby preventing the malicious or harmful data from affecting the application or other portions of an electronic device. In one or more implementations, a first process such as an application-specific network data filtering process may request allocation of memory for the first process from second process, such as an application, that is separate from a memory manager of the electronic device.
US12074848B2	Efficient and secure universal/app links Embodiments are described for a user device comprising a transceiver configured to communicate with a server and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor is configured to receive a uniform resource locator (URL) from the server and determine that the URL is a universal link. The processor is further configured to authenticate the universal link and parse the universal link to obtain a domain link. The processor is further configured to connect to the domain link.
US12074846B2	Scaling IP addresses in overlay networks Techniques are disclosed for scaling an IP address in overlay networks without using load balancers. In certain implementations, an overlay IP address can be attached to multiple compute instances via virtual network interface cards (VNICs) associated with the multiple compute instances. Traffic directed to the multi-attached IP address is distributed across the multiple compute instances. In some other implementations, ECMP techniques in overlay networks are used to scale an overlay IP address. In forwarding tables used for routing packets, the IP address being scaled is associated with multiple next hop paths to multiple network virtualization devices (NVDs) associated with the multiple compute instances. When a particular packet directed to the overlay IP address is to be routed, one of the multiple next hop paths is selected for routing the packet. This enables packets directed to the IP address to be distributed across the multiple compute instances.
US12074843B2	Social platform with enhanced privacy and integrated customization features Embodiments provide a social networking platform offering various services, such as, facilitating aggregation and management of a user's interaction on one or more social networking platforms, offering enhanced control over the level of privacy associated with the flow of user data, offering tools to customize the user's exposure to advertisement-related content on the social networking platform(s), integrating features to control aspects of how data/content is presented to and visualized by the user, empowering the user to multicast direct messages to other users without the other users having to meet certain constraints, empowering the user to create and/or join a group based on messaging threads, and the like. One or more of these enhanced services/features are associated with a powerful framework of authentication/permission model for access control.
US12074841B2	Sender-correlated reply ID generation in electronic messaging system An electronic messaging system that receives an original electronic message from a sender direct access client associated with a sender, the original electronic message including header and message information and being directed to a recipient. The electronic messaging system deletes the header information after a first predetermined time after the message information is accessed by the recipient, deletes the message information after deleting the header information, and generates a reply ID correlated with the sender of the electronic message in at least one of a database, a lookup table and an entry in a file system. The reply ID enables the electronic messaging system to direct a reply electronic message back to the sender, the reply ID being part of the header information of the original electronic message.
US12074839B2	Dynamic re-configuration of a user interface based on transaction information A device may receive transaction information that identifies a set of third parties. The device may process messages in an electronic messaging account using a set of processing techniques after receiving the transaction information. The device may identify, in the electronic messaging account, a first set of messages associated with the set of third parties. The device may determine a manner in which to configure a user interface of an application associated with a user device to display the first set of messages based on the transaction information. The device may provide a set of instructions to the user device to configure the user interface of the application to display the first set of messages.
US12074823B2	Method of transmitting and receiving uplink control channel and apparatus therefor Disclosed is a method of transmitting a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving information related to an index of a PUCCH resource set for the PUCCH and to the number of resource blocks (RBs) for the PUCCH, and transmitting the PUCCH through a PUCCH resource based on a first RB offset. A second RB offset of the PUCCH resource set is obtained based on the index, and the first RB offset is obtained by multiplying the number of RBs by the second RB offset.
US12074820B2	Protocol and frame format for coordinated beamforming The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus for coordinated beamforming. An aspect of the disclosure provides a method. The method includes sending, by a first access point (AP) of a plurality of collaborating APs, to one or more stations (STAs) associated with the plurality of collaborating APs, a request for channel state information (CSI) associated with the one or more STAs and the first AP. The method further includes receiving a response including the CSI associated with the one or more STAs and the first AP. The method further includes sending, to a second AP of the plurality of collaborating APs, a sounding request indicating the second AP to request, from the one or more STAs, CSI associated with the one or more STAs and the second AP. The method further includes sharing CSI information between the first and the second AP.
US12074819B2	Enhanced sounding for secure mode wireless communications This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to enhanced sounding for secure mode wireless communications. A device may generate a channel sounding symbol comprising a first subcarrier and a second subcarrier, wherein a first amplitude of the first subcarrier is different than a second amplitude of the second subcarrier. The device may generate a channel sounding signal comprising the channel sounding symbol. The device may send the channel sounding signal to a second device.
US12074815B2	Resource allocation for repeater-assisted positioning reference signal (PRS) transmission Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a repeater receives, from a network entity, a positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration or an indicator of the PRS configuration, the PRS configuration specifying one or more PRS resources of one or more PRS resource sets, and transmits, to one or more user equipments (UEs), a PRS waveform representing the one or more PRS resources of the one or more PRS resource sets in accordance with the PRS configuration.
US12074814B2	Measurement configuration method, apparatus, devices, system, and storage medium Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for measurement configuration, which belong to the field of communication technology. The method can include transmitting measurement configuration information to a terminal, wherein the measurement configuration information includes at least one measurement resource and antenna panel identification information corresponding to each of the at least one measurement resource, the measurement resource including an SRS resource or an SRS resource group. The method can further include receiving the SRS from each terminal over each SRS resource, wherein the SRS is transmitted over an antenna panel indicated by the antenna panel identification information, and measuring the SRS transmitted by the terminal, selecting at least one SRS based on a measurement result, and transmitting uplink transmission indication information corresponding to an SRS of the at least one SRS to the terminal.
US12074813B2	Resource configuration for a bandwidth part for a wireless network According to an example embodiment, a method may include determining, by a user equipment in a wireless network, a starting physical resource block (PoinA) of a common physical resource block grid that is associated with a wideband channel, wherein a plurality of bandwidth parts are provided within the common physical resource block grid, each bandwidth part having a bandwidth that is less than the bandwidth of the wideband channel; determining, by the user equipment, a wideband channel guard band for the wideband channel, the wideband channel guard band provided between a lowest frequency of the wideband channel and a first usable physical resource block of the common physical resource block grid; and, determining, by the user equipment for at least one bandwidth part (BWPI) of the plurality of bandwidth parts, a bandwidth part-specific physical resource block grid that is a subset of the common physical resource block grid.
US12074810B2	Packet processing at a computer A computer stores packets from a first device at a first buffer. The computer decodes the packets to obtain decoded packets at a decoder. The computer encodes encoding the decoded packets to obtain encoded packets at an encoder. The computer transmits the encoded packets from the encoder to a storage unit. The computer fetches the encoded packets from the storage unit using a second buffer. The computer causes a transmitter to transmit the encoded packets from the second buffer to a second device.
US12074809B2	Signalling of dejittering buffer capabilities for TSN integration It is provided a method, including determining a parameter of a data flow to pass through a non-deterministic network and a buffering device; configuring the data flow in at least one of a network element of the non-deterministic network and the buffering device based on the parameter, wherein the parameter is determined based on a capability of the buffering device.
US12074807B2	Detecting shortfalls in an agreement between a publisher and a subscriber Systems and methods are provided for detecting a shortfall condition with respect to a subscription agreement between a publisher and a subscriber, particularly in a network environment. A method, according to one implementation, includes the steps of examining measurable aspects of real-world subscription events between a publisher and a subscriber in a distributed system. The method also includes the step of comparing the measurable aspects with a subscription agreement between the publisher and the subscriber to determine if there is a shortfall with respect to the subscription agreement.
US12074803B2	Contention window size determining method and apparatus Embodiments of this disclosure provide contention window size determining methods and apparatuses. One method includes: sending, by a first device, a data packet that comprises a code block group (CBG), wherein the CBG at least partially overlaps with a first subband and at least partially overlaps with a second subband, receiving, by the first device, a hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) corresponding to the CBG, and determining, by the first device, a contention window size of the first subband and a contention window size of the second subband based on the HARQ-ACK.
US12074802B2	Adaptive rate limiting of flow probes A technique for performing adaptive rate limiting of flow probes is described. The technique includes sending a plurality of flow probes from a first service engine to at least one other service engine. The flow probes are sent at a rate that does not exceed a rate limit. A flow probe of the plurality of flow probes is generated in response to the first service engine receiving a mid-flow packet for a flow that is not recognized by the first service engine. A recipient service engine of the flow probe responds with a success indicator if the recipient service engine recognizes the flow. The technique also includes determining a success rate associated with success indicators received from the at least one other service engine and comparing the success rate with a first threshold. The rate limit is adjusted in response to a comparison result.
US12074797B2	Method and apparatus for assigning network address prefix Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for assigning network address prefix. A method performed by a control plane function may comprise: receiving, from a terminal device, a request for assigning a network address prefix; determining whether the network address prefix is assigned by the control plane function or a user plane function; transmitting, to the user plane function, a PFCP Session Modification Request for requesting the user plane function to assign the network address prefix, if it is determined that the network address prefix is assigned by the user plane function; receiving, from the user plane function, a PFCP Session Modification Response including an assigned network address prefix; and transmitting the assigned network address prefix to the terminal device. The specific procedure for the terminal device to obtain the network address prefix from a network entity not directly requested by the terminal device may be defined.
US12074796B2	Data packet routing method and apparatus Examples in this disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for routing data packet. One example method includes receiving a data packet, determining a first computation task type corresponding to the data packet, determining, based on a pre-obtained first correspondence between the first computation task type, nodes, and a computing performance corresponding to each of the nodes, at least one of the nodes corresponding to the first computation task type and a first computing performance corresponding to the at least one of the nodes, determining a target node from the at least one of the nodes based on the first computing performance corresponding to the at least one of the nodes and a link status between a local node and each of the at least one of the nodes, determining an address of the target node as a destination address of the data packet, and forwarding the data packet based on the destination address.
US12074792B2	Method and system for mobility management in communication networks In one embodiment, a gateway label edge router (G-LER) receives a packet destined for a mobile domain that comprises a vehicle label edge router. The G-LER identifies, from among a plurality of primary domains, a particular primary domain that currently has a label switched connection with the mobile domain. The label switched connection connects the vehicle label edge router of the mobile domain and a cluster label edge router of the particular primary domain. The G-LER sends the packet to the cluster label edge router of the particular primary domain for transmission to the vehicle label edge router via the label switched connection. The G-LER tracks when the vehicle label edge router of the mobile domain establishes a new label switched connection with a second cluster label edge router of a different primary domain in the plurality of primary domains than that of the particular primary domain.
US12074786B2	Packet advertisement method and related apparatus A packet advertisement method is implemented by a first network device. The packet advertisement method includes the first network device sending a first packet to a second network device advertising a route to the second network device. The first network device receives a second packet from the second network device in response to a first packet error. The second packet includes first indication information indicating the first packet error. The first network device determines, based on the first indication information, a route advertisement policy of a feature included in the first packet.
US12074785B2	Logical link redundant paths A first logical link path and a second logical link path between two endpoints are identified. The first logical link path and the second logical link path comprise an OSI layer 5 link path from source to destination including intermediate network devices. The first logical link path and the second logical link paths include at least a different intermediate network device. A communications session is established between the two endpoints. Data packets for the communications session are communicated using the first logical link path. A metric indicative of a time of receipt of packets on the first logical link path is determined. Based on the metric, presence of a network condition at the communications network that is indicative of a performance degradation of the first logical link path is determined. In response, data packets for the communications session are communicated on the second logical link path.
US12074782B2	System and method for eliminating data loss in a virtually aggregated network A system and a method for eliminating data loss in a virtually aggregated network are described. A first network device may identify inactivity of a central network device present in a communication network. The central network device is responsible for distributing routing information between a plurality of network devices including the first network device. The first network device delays network route calculations until a second network device is elected from the plurality of network devices to perform functions of the central network device. The second network device generates link state information related to the plurality of network devices, and shares the link state information with the plurality of network devices. Upon receiving the link state information, the plurality of network device may resume the route calculations.
US12074779B2	Media slice tracking in a communications network using data packet comparison Examples are disclosed herein relating to a method performed by a remote capture server, of tracking a media slice through at least part of a communications network comprising a plurality of network elements, the method comprising: inspecting a first payload of a first data packet observed at an egress capture point of a first network element, inspecting a second payload of a second data packet observed at an ingress capture point of a second network element, comparing the first payload with the second payload and associating the first data packet with the second data packet in response to determining that the first payload and the second payload are the same, wherein the first and second data packets correspond to a first media slice in response to determining they are associated.
US12074770B2	Coordination of communication between clouds and a life cycle manager to control virtual network functions on said clouds The communication network system according to the present disclosure comprises: a life cycle manager (LCM) that transmits a request for virtual network function (VNF) setting to one or more clouds; and a cloud adapter that mediates communication between the LCM and the cloud to which the request is addressed,The cloud adapter creates, based on a response to the request from the cloud to which the request is addressed, a common-format management ID independent of the type of the cloud to which the request is addressed, and transmits the management ID to the LCM.The LCM may transmit a query regarding a processing status of the request to the cloud adapter, including the management ID.The cloud adapter may recognize the cloud to which the query is addressed on the basis of the management ID and query the cloud to which the query is addressed such that the cloud returns the processing status.
US12074769B2	Transmission of telegrams by a network distributor in an automation network A method for generating a network topology for multiple wireless intelligent devices of a single distributed local network is disclosed. The method includes determining an optimal network topology for the multiple wireless intelligent devices of the single distributed local network. The method further includes generating a plurality of commands to be transmitted to one or more of multiple wireless intelligent devices of the determined optimal network topology. Further, the method includes instructing the plurality of commands to connect the one or more of multiple wireless intelligent devices to generate the determined optimal network topology.
US12074767B2	Data processing method and device for cooperating with an artificial intelligence management plane, electronic device, and storage medium A data processing method and device, a storage medium and an electronic device are disclosed. The method comprises responsive to determining that an application instance is established, generating, by an orchestrator, a data acquisition request message corresponding to the application instance and sending the data acquisition request message to a next communication node, wherein the next communication node includes one of a network control device and a target network node; acquiring, by the target network node, data according to the data acquisition request message received from the orchestrator or through the network control device, and sending a data acquisition result to a processing device of the application instance; and processing, by the processing device of the application instance, the data acquisition result through a model in the application instance and outputting a processing result.
US12074765B2	Replication of VPN configuration Some embodiments provide a method for automatically configuring VPN gateways. The method receives a first configuration for a first VPN gateway located at a first datacenter. The configuration includes configuration data for a first set of VPNs connecting a first set of networks at the first datacenter to other networks at other datacenters. The method automatically modifies the configuration data to generate a second configuration for a second VPN gateway. The method configures the second VPN gateway using the second configuration to setup a second set of VPNs connecting a second set of networks to the other networks at the other datacenters.
US12074762B2	Tenant movement in a multi-tenant system Disclosed is a cloud services exchange platform that provides for multi-tenant orchestration with a flexible underlay facilitating tenant move with minimal disruption. Multi-tenant node engines are adapted to orchestrate the instantiation, hosting, and/or provisioning of services to one or more endpoints on behalf of a customer. Multiple dataplanes are associated with the cloud services exchange platform.
US12074761B1	System and method to reduce interruptions in a network An apparatus comprises a memory and a processor communicatively coupled to one another. The memory may be configured to store multiple configuration commands. The processor may be configured to establish a communication session between a first network component and a second network component based at least in part upon the configuration commands. Further, the processor may be configured to determine whether the communication session between the first network component and the second network component is interrupted, generate multiple space backup configuration commands indicating to back up the configuration commands to a space server in response to determining that the communication session is interrupted, transfer the space backup configuration commands to the space server, and reestablish the communication session between the first network component and the second network component via the space server based at least in part upon the space backup configuration commands.
US12074760B2	Path management Embodiments relate to methods, systems, and computer program products for path management in a processing system. In a method, in response to receiving a request for adding a target controlling unit into a processing system, a plurality of network nodes in the processing system are divided into a group of subnets based on a topology of the plurality of network nodes, the plurality of network nodes being connected to at least one controlling unit in the processing system. A workload estimation is determined, the workload estimation representing a workload to be caused by the target controlling unit to the processing system. A target subnet is selected from the group of subnets for connecting the target controlling unit into the processing system based on the workload estimation. With these embodiments, the target subnet may be selected in an automatic way such that the performance of the processing system may be increased.
US12074759B2	Management of configuration data for a multi-module server Disclosed is a server including a plurality of information processing modules so as to form a unified platform for an operating system deployed on the server, each module having an elementary software, BIOS, provided to use configuration data when the module is started up, the server also being provided to allow at least one configuration datum to be modified, and being characterized in that it further includes a management controller, BMC, provided to store configuration data in an associated memory, and to transmit, when the at least one configuration datum is modified, such data to management controllers associated with the other modules, and in that the elementary software is provided to recover the configuration data from the management controller when the module is started up.
US12074755B2	Beam recovery method and apparatus, and terminal and storage medium Provided are a beam recovery method and apparatus, a terminal and a storage medium. The method includes: in a beam recovery process, in response to determining processing of a current stage in the beam recovery process being unsuitable to be implemented on an active bandwidth part (BWP), determining a target BWP of the current stage according to the active BWP and a switch mapping relationship determined for the current stage, switching to the target BWP to perform the processing of the current stage, and continuing to perform the beam recovery process until implementing a beam recovery.
US12074753B2	Methods and devices for signal demodulation A communication device including one or more processors configured to determine a first signal component of a received modulated signal; determine a second signal component of the received modulated signal; generate a phase shift of the first signal component; generate a phase shift of the second signal component; compare the phase shift of the first signal component and the phase shift of the second signal component with each other; and generate a plurality of constellation points, wherein each of the plurality of constellation point is based on the determination of the first signal component, the determination of the second signal component, and the comparison.
US12074748B2	Method and apparatus for configuring DMRS in wireless communication system A communication method of a terminal with another terminal through a sidelink comprises: determining, by a first user device, one or more radio resource control (RRC) configurations comprising information of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication between user devices; determining, based on the one or more RRC configurations, a Physical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH) DMRS for a PSCCH; determining, based on a cyclic redundancy code of the PSCCH, an identifier; determining, based on the identifier, an initialization value associated with a Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH) DMRS for a PSSCH; and via one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, transmitting, by the first user device to a second user device, the PSCCH DMRS and the PSSCH DMRS.
US12074745B2	Method and device for receiving PPDU through broadband in wireless LAN system Presented are a method and a device for receiving a PPDU in a wireless LAN system. Particularly, a receiving STA receives a PPDU from a transmitting STA through a broadband, and decodes the PPDU. The PPDU includes a legacy preamble and first and second signal fields. The legacy preamble and the first and second signal fields are generated on the basis of a first phase rotation value. The first phase rotation value is acquired on the basis of a first preamble puncturing pattern of the broadband. The first preamble puncturing pattern includes the pattern in which 40 MHz or 80 MHz band is punctured in the broadband, when the broadband is a 320 MHz band. The first phase rotation value is [1 −1 −1 −1 1 −1 −1 −1 −1 1 1 1 −1 1 1 1].
US12074744B2	Transmission method, transmitter apparatus, reception method and receiver apparatus Transmission quality is improved in an environment in which direct waves dominate in a transmission method for transmitting a plurality of modulated signals from a plurality of antennas at the same time. All data symbols used in data transmission of a modulated signal are precoded by hopping between precoding matrices so that the precoding matrix used to precode each data symbol and the precoding matrices used to precode data symbols that are adjacent to the data symbol in the frequency domain and the time domain all differ. A modulated signal with such data symbols arranged therein is transmitted.
US12074738B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device including a comparison circuit configured to receive an input signal having n signal levels, where n is a natural number equal to or greater than three, and output n−1 first signals having two signal levels. The device includes a jitter compensation circuit configured to receive the n−1 first signals and compensate for at least one of a length of a period in which a signal level of at least one of the n−1 first signals transitions from a first signal level to a second signal level different from the first signal level, and a length of a period in which the signal level of the at least one of the n−1 first signals transitions from the second signal level to the first signal level, to output n−1 second signals.
US12074737B2	SerDes receiver with optimized CDR pulse shaping An optimized pulse shaping clock data recovery system is provided that includes a slicer configured to receive a signal and provide an initial set of tentative decisions to a decision feedforward equalizer, where the decision feedforward equalizer provides a fully equalized output signal. The slicer may be incorporated as part of decision feedback equalizer to provide better quality tentative decisions. The clock data recovery system also receives the first output signal that is partially equalized in such a way as to optimally shape it for a clock to sample it at an ideal location by providing an adjustment signal to the analog to digital controller.
US12074735B2	Horizontal centering of sampling point using multiple vertical voltage Methods and systems are described for adjusting the sample timing of a data sampler operating in a data signal processing path having a decision threshold associated with a decision feedback equalization (DFE) correction factor. The vertical threshold and sample timing of a spare sampler are varied to measure a signal amplitude trajectory of a pattern-verified signal according to detection of the predetermined transitional data pattern, the locked sampling point then being adjusted based on the measured signal amplitude trajectory.
US12074732B2	Techniques to facilitate phase jump estimation for sidelink DMRS bundling Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating phase jump estimation for SL DMRS bundling are disclosed herein. An example method includes receiving, from another device, first information at a first symbol of a first slot, the first slot including at least the first symbol and a first reference signal. The example method also includes receiving second information at a second symbol of a second slot, the second slot including at least the second symbol and a second reference signal, the first information and the second information being repetitions. The example method also includes generating a first reference signal copy based at least on the second reference signal and a phase jump between the first slot and the second slot. Additionally, the example method includes performing channel estimation across the first slot and the second slot based on an aggregation of the first reference signal and the first reference signal copy.
US12074731B2	Transitive routing in public cloud Some embodiments provide a centralized overlay-network cloud gateway and a set of centralized services in a transit virtual cloud network (VCN) connected to multiple other compute VCNs hosting compute nodes (VMs, containers, etc.) that are part of (belong to) the overlay network. The centralized overlay-network cloud gateway provides connectivity between compute nodes of the overlay network (e.g., a logical network spanning multiple VCNs) and compute nodes in external networks. Some embodiments use the centralized overlay-network cloud gateway to provide transitive routing (e.g., routing through a transit VCN) in the absence of direct peering between source and destination VCNs. The overlay network, of some embodiments, uses the same subnetting and default gateway address for each compute node as the cloud provider network provided by the virtual private cloud provider.
US12074730B2	Control- and/or monitoring-system for industrial ethernet applications and a respective method of control and monitoring an industrial ethernet device A control and/or monitoring system is disclosed. In an embodiment, the system includes a host device on which an application for generating an Ethernet frame for deriving information about an industrial Ethernet network can be run and an industrial Ethernet tunnel device which is adapted to communicate with the host device. The system is configured to inject the Ethernet frame for deriving an information about an industrial Ethernet network and/or about one or more of the industrial Ethernet devices through the industrial Ethernet tunnel device and to receive an answer in an Ethernet frame format in the host device. An industrial Ethernet tunnel device and a method for control and/or monitoring of one or more devices in an industrial Ethernet network are also disclosed.
US12074728B2	Tunnel configuration method, apparatus, system, and device, and storage medium Embodiments of this disclosure include a method where an access point (AP) device sends, to an access point controller (AC) device, a data tunnel support capability used to indicate a type of at least one data tunnel supported by the AP device. The type of the at least one data tunnel includes a virtual extensible local area network (VXLAN). The AP device receives configuration information of a VXLAN tunnel sent by the AC device. A local device of the VXLAN tunnel is the AP device, and the configuration information of the VXLAN tunnel includes an internet protocol (IP) address of at least one peer device of the VXLAN tunnel and virtual network index (VNI) information of the VXLAN tunnel. The AP device generates tunnel encapsulation information and routing information based on the IP address of the at least one peer device of the VXLAN tunnel and the VNI information.
US12074727B2	Unit for controlling data communication A system for controlling an entertainment installation comprising one or more devices, wherein the system comprises: for each of the devices, a control unit; for each of the devices, a communication unit comprising a first communication port, a second communication port, a switch component, and a bypass component; one or more data connections suitable for full-duplex communication; a central management unit comprising a monitoring module suitable for receiving monitoring messages from the devices.
US12074726B2	Method for data communication In a method for data communication between a control unit and a drive system, the control unit and the drive system are connected to one another, preferably via a bus, in such a manner that data is transmitted by a telegram. The telegram includes an instruction which can be configured for recording and includes an identifier. At least one actual value, preferably a plurality of actual values, and/or of an actual value sequence, preferably a plurality of actual value sequences, of the drive system, are recorded through the instruction for recording, and at least one defined actual value from a plurality of actual values and/or recording at least one defined actual value sequence from a plurality of actual value sequences can be recorded through the identifier.
US12074725B2	Information providing method and information providing apparatus A cloud server (104) receives environmental information of respective installation sites of a plurality of appliances (101a, 101b, 101c, 102a, 102b) via a network (1000), and determines one or more appliances that are installed in a same room among the plurality of appliances (101a, 101b, 101c, 102a, 102b), based on the received environmental information.
US12074724B2	System and method for servicing assets in a building Each of a plurality of assets within a building are configured to access a cellular network in order to ascertain its specific location, to perform self-diagnostics on itself, and to transmit an assistance request when the self-diagnostics indicates a potential problem. The assistance request may include the specific location of the asset and an indication of the potential problem. A server is operably couplable to the cellular network and is configured to receive the assistance requests from the assets, formulate a service request for responding to at least some of the received assistance requests, assign each of the service requests to a corresponding one of one or more automated asset maintenance assistants, and transmit each of the service requests to the assigned automated asset maintenance assistant instructing the assigned automated asset maintenance assistant to respond to the corresponding assistance request.
US12074721B2	Merging a call with a virtual meeting A call is merged with a virtual meeting to allow an audio-only caller to join the virtual meeting while bypassing one or more security checks configured for the virtual meeting. After the virtual meeting is initiated, a call is established between a phone device of the audio-only caller and a customer endpoint. A request is received from the customer endpoint to join the phone device with a virtual meeting. A channel is opened between the phone device and a web service associated with the virtual meeting. The phone device is then joined to the virtual meeting over the channel. To facilitate a seamless transition from the call to the virtual meeting, the call may be maintained as an audio channel of the virtual meeting for the audio-only caller.
US12074720B2	Automated language identification during virtual conferences In some aspects, a computing device may access audio information comprising an audio stream from a client device. The computing device may provide an audio segment from the audio stream to a language identification process of the computing device comprising a machine learning model that is trained to identify a language of a plurality of languages within recorded speech. The computing device may identify an identified-language of the plurality of languages for the speech based at least in part on the audio segment. The computing device may provide the identified-language to the client device. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12074716B2	HARQ feedback collision in unlicensed bands A wireless device receives a radio resource control (RRC) message that includes configuration parameters for scheduling a plurality of physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) via a downlink control information (DCI). In an embodiment, the configuration parameters may include an indication enabling a dynamic determination of a PUSCH of the plurality of PUSCHs for multiplexing an uplink control information (UCI). In an additional embodiment, the UCI may overlap with a first PUSCH of the plurality of PUSCHs. The wireless device may transmit the UCI via a second PUSCH of the plurality of PUSCHs in response to a failed listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure for the first PUSCH.
US12074714B2	Methods and apparatuses of handling collisions The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for handling collisions. A method includes receiving at a first communication equipment first scheduling information; determining whether there is a transmission resource collision of a first TB and a second TB; and storing the first TB or the second TB for transmission if the collision is determined.
US12074711B2	Hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement codebook determination A wireless device receives downlink control information (DCIs), in a control channel monitoring occasion, scheduling transport blocks (TBs) in downlink time slots. Each DCI of the DCIs: schedules a respective TB, of the TBs, in a downlink time slot of the downlink time slots; and indicates a same uplink time slot for transmission of acknowledgement information of the respective TB. A determination is made, in an acknowledgement codebook, locations of acknowledgement information of the TBs based on starting times of the downlink time slots. The acknowledgement codebook is transmitted.
US12074710B2	User equipment and method of hybrid automatic repeat request option configuration of same A user equipment and a method for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) option configuration of the same are provided. The method includes deriving at least one HARQ feedback option based on at least one of the followings: group-related information from an upper layer, a radio resource control (RRC) state of the user equipment, or a coverage status of the user equipment.
US12074706B2	Rate-splitting construction of polar coded hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) scheme Wireless communications systems and methods related to hybrid repeat request (HARQ) with rate splitting are provided. A first wireless communication device communicates, with a second wireless communication device, a first communication signal including a plurality of information bits. The first wireless communication device determines a number of bits in the plurality of information bits to be repeated in a second communication signal based on channel capacity information. The first wireless communication device communicates, with the second wireless communication device, the second communication signal including the plurality of information bits and a repetition of a subset of the plurality of information bits, where the subset of the plurality of information bits includes the determined number of bits.
US12074705B2	Method and apparatus for driving PDCP during data decompression failure in next-generation mobile communication system Disclosed are a communication technique which merges, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, retail, security- and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. Disclosed are a method and apparatus for driving a PDCP layer apparatus during data decompression failure in a next-generation mobile communication system.
US12074702B2	Methods and procedures for flexible and highly-parallel polar encoding and decoding A method performed by a WTRU may comprise generating a polar factor graph and pruning the polar factor graph to generate a pruned factor graph. The pruned factor graph may include input variable nodes, check nodes and output variable nodes. The method may further comprise the initializing input variable nodes. For each of a plurality of encoding levels of the pruned factor graph, values from the input variable nodes may be transferred to the check nodes. Operations, for example, XOR) additions, may be performed on the values of the check nodes. Check nodes having a single connection to another node not used in a previous transfer may be identified. Values from the identified check nodes may be transferred to the input variable nodes. Binary values from the input variable nodes may be transferred to the output variable nodes for transmission to a receiver.
US12074701B2	Legacy control channel format support Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a control channel message encoded according to a first format that is associated with a different set of shared data channel parameters than a second format supported by the UE. The second format is a legacy format relative to the first format. The UE may further determine that the control channel message is encoded according to the first format based at least in part on comparing one or more bit values, of the control channel message, in bit positions corresponding to a set of bits defined by the second format, and one or more expected bit values defined by the first format. The UE may select one or more resources for transmission based at least in part on information included in the control channel message. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12074698B2	NR CSI measurement and CSI reporting In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE determines a first uplink slot on an uplink carrier for reporting channel state information. The UE determines, on a downlink carrier, a first downlink slot that is an earliest downlink slot overlaps with the first uplink slot. The UE determines a number M based on a numerology of the downlink carrier, M being an integer greater than or equal to 0. The UE measures a reference signal, received no later than a second downlink slot that is a latest valid downlink slot no later than M downlink slots prior to the first downlink slot, to generate the channel state information.
US12074696B2	Method and apparatus for processing service bitstream An embodiment provides a constant bit rate (CBR) service bitstream processing method. In that embodiment, the CBR service bitstream is received; a code block stream is obtained based on the service bitstream. An encoding type of the code block stream is M bit/N bit encoding, M is a positive integer, N is an integer not less than M, the code block stream includes a first-type code block and a second-type code block, the first-type code block includes M service bits, the second-type code block includes L service bits, and L is an integer less than M and not less than 0. The ode block stream is sent. A quantity of service bits carried in the second-type code block may be flexibly adjusted.
US12074695B2	Method and apparatus for LDPC transmission over a channel bonded link A particular overall architecture for transmission over a bonded channel system consisting of two interconnected MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) 2.0 SoCs (Systems on a Chip) and a method and apparatus for the case of a “bonded” channel network. With a bonded channel network, the data is divided into two segments, the first of which is transported over a primary channel and the second of which is transported over a secondary channel.
US12074692B2	Method of measuring timing holdover performance in an R-PHY system Systems and methods for measuring the amount of drift of a clock in a remote device relative to a clock in a core, both in a distributed access architecture, by measuring the change in fullness of a dejitter buffer in the remote device that holds data provided from the core.
US12074691B1	Photonics assisted millimeter-wave systems and methods A communications network includes a central communication unit, an optical transport medium, and a plurality of remote radio base stations. The central communication unit generates, within a selected millimeter-wave frequency band, a plurality of adjacent two-tone optical frequency conjugate pairs. Each conjugate pair includes a first optical tone carrying a modulated data signal, and a second optical tone carrying a reference local oscillator signal. The optical transport medium transports the plurality of two-tone conjugate pairs to the plurality of radio base stations, and each base station receives at least one conjugate pair at an optical front end thereof. The optical front end separates the first optical tone from the second optical tone, and converts the first optical tone into a millimeter-wave radio frequency electrical signal. The base station further includes a radio antenna system for wirelessly transmitting the millimeter-wave radio frequency electrical signal to at least one wireless receiving device.
US12074689B2	Apparatus and cascading system for generating dummy optical signal A dummy optical signal generation apparatus includes a multi-longitudinal mode laser configured to provide a light source signal. The dummy optical signal generation also includes a comb optical bandpass filter. The light source signal provided by the multi-longitudinal mode laser outputs a dummy optical signal through the comb optical bandpass filter. The dummy optical signal is an optical signal that does not comprise service information.
US12074688B2	Network node and method performed therein for generating a radio interference mitigation reference signal sequence A method and network node for scrambling radio interference mitigation reference signals (RIM-RS) are disclosed. According to one aspect, a network node is configured to generate an initialization seed computed by linearly combining a function of a time counter t and a function of a scrambling identifier, NID. The network node is further configured to generate a radio interference mitigation reference signal (RIM-RS) sequence based at least in part on the initialization seed.
US12074681B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for utilizing a linear sequence coding scheme Methods, systems, and computer readable media for utilizing a linear sequence coding scheme. In some embodiments, a method for utilizing a linear sequence coding scheme includes at a first computing device generating, using a linear sequence coding scheme and a source message, coded network packets, wherein each of the coded network packets indicates coded symbols, wherein each of the coded symbols is linear independent, and sending, via a lossy channel or a wireless channel, the coded network packets.
US12074678B2	Terminal and radio communication method One aspect of a terminal in the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives downlink control information that uses at least one of a specific RNTI (Radio Network Temporary Identifier) and a specific field; and a control section that, when a beam failure is detected, controls transmission of information related to at least one of a cell in which the beam failure is detected and a new candidate beam by using at least one of an uplink shared channel scheduled in the downlink control information and a configured grant based uplink shared channel configured after receiving the downlink control information.
US12074673B2	Channel state information (CSI) report structure for dynamic antenna port adaptation This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for channel state information (CSI) report structure for dynamic antenna port adaptation. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) and a network entity may support a CSI report configuration according to which the UE may include a respective set of CSI parameters for each of multiple codebooks. For example, the UE may compute a respective set of CSI parameters for each of multiple codebooks in accordance with a CSI report configuration and may transmit a CSI report including the respective sets of CSI parameters for each of the multiple codebooks. The network entity may use the respective sets of CSI parameters for each of the multiple codebooks to inform a dynamic antenna panel configuration update at the network entity.
US12074672B2	Electronic device, wireless communication method and computer-readable medium The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a wireless communication method and a computer-readable medium. According to one embodiment, an electronic device for wireless communication comprises a processing circuit, wherein the processing circuit is configured to conduct control so as to send a reference signal for a direct link to the other user equipment or to receive same from the other user equipment; the processing circuit is also configured to conduct control so as to carry out beamforming-based direct link communication with the other user equipment; and at least one of a sending beam and a receiving beam for direct link communication is determined based on the measurement of the reference signal.
US12074670B2	Methods for beam coordination in a near-field operation with multiple transmission and reception points (TRPS) Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communication by a network entity. The network entity determines a distance between the network entity and a user equipment (UE). The network entity determines a number of beams for beamforming and a beam refinement procedure, based on the distance between the network entity and the UE. The network entity transmits a number of reference signals (RSs), using the determined number of beams.
US12074668B2	Wireless communications method and apparatus for spatial sharing using carrier sense multiple access medium access A station (STA) may receive a wireless signal including a preamble of a packet. An energy level of the signal received may exceed a clear channel assessment (CCA) threshold. The STA may issue a primitive to stop reception of the packet. Further, the STA may return to a receive state based on the primitive. Additionally, the STA may determine, using a carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) protocol, to ignore a payload portion of the packet based on information contained in the preamble and adjust the CCA threshold to account for the payload portion of the packet. The STA may then access a wireless medium using the CSMA protocol during the payload portion of the packet using the adjusted CCA threshold. In a further example, the CCA threshold may be a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) level or a received channel power indicator (RCPI) level.
US12074665B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data in a MIMO system The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data. A data transmission method from a sender terminal to a receiver terminal in a MIMO system using a variable frequency band according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: repeatedly generating a signal field depending on a frequency band that is applied to the transmission of a data frame; generating a data field including the data; generating a data frame including the signal field and the data field; and transmitting the data frame to the receiver terminal. The present invention is advantageous in that a signal field which is transmitted together with the data being transmitted from the sender terminal to the receiver terminal in the MIMO system can be sent more efficiently.
US12074661B2	Three-dimensional visualization of Wi-Fi signal propagation based on building plan with implicit geometry The present technology is directed to visualizing a Wi-Fi signal propagation in 3-D based on a building plan defined with implicit geometry. The present technology can extract data from a building plan file where a 3-D space and objects in a building plan are defined with implicit geometry, transform the implicit geometry to explicit geometry for the 3-D space and the objects to translate a positioning of the 3-D space and objects from a local coordinate system to a global coordinate system, calculate a RF propagation pattern in the 3-D space based on a RF propagation model for a plurality of Wi-Fi access points located in the 3-D space, and present a 3-D visualization of the RF propagation pattern in the 3-D space.
US12074659B2	Adjusting communication link for user behavior in application Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may predict user behavior in an extended reality (XR) application on a user equipment (UE) based at least in part on current content presented by the XR application. The wireless communication device may predict channel information for a communication link of the UE based at least in part on the predicted user behavior. The wireless communication device may adjust one or more parameters of the communication link based at least in part on the predicted channel information. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12074657B2	Method for PDP estimation in frequency domain At least one embodiment relates to power delay profile (PDP) estimation e.g. in 5G systems for channel estimation and for demodulation. The power delay profile is estimated directly in the frequency domain using LMMSE properties based on the knowledge of channel statistics. An example embodiment applies an approximation by estimating the second order statistics of the channel autocorrelation function in time domain represented by the variance of the derivative of raw channel estimates in frequency domain.
US12074656B2	Terminal and measurement method A terminal includes a receiving unit that receives a reference signal for acquiring a channel state and a control unit that performs measurement related to RSRP (Reference signal received power), based on a result of receiving the reference signal, and subcarrier spacing to be applied to the reference signal.
US12074655B2	Wireless communication characteristic evaluation method and wireless communication characteristic evaluation device A wireless communication characteristic evaluation method for calculating a wireless communication characteristic of a wireless communication system in which a plurality of wireless communication terminals perform communication by transmitting or exchanging signals includes: an RSSI measurement step of measuring an RSSI measurement used for calculation of the wireless communication characteristic; and a calculation step of calculating the wireless communication characteristic based on the RSSI measurement and correction data of the RSSI measurement according to specifications of the wireless communication terminals or a correction calculation model.
US12074654B2	Base station operation test method, wireless communication system, and base station A method includes collecting, as environment information, a radio environment represented by a signal received at a plurality of radio communication units from another base station, each of the plurality of radio communication units being switchable between a normal mode in which the radio communication unit performs radio communication as a base station and a subordinate mode in which the radio communication unit performs radio communication as a virtual terminal station, calculating test conduct information for each base station based on base station performance information representing a performance of each base station and the environment information, and conducting an operation test of each base station by, based on the test conduct information, setting any of the radio communication units to the normal mode, switching the radio communication units of the other base station to the subordinate mode, and performing radio communication with each other.
US12074650B2	Interference management for measurements gap Interference management in calibration of a pre-distorter for a power amplifier of a user device. The method includes measuring strength of signals received via beams of one or more antenna arrays of a user equipment; ordering the beams on the basis of the measurement strengths; selecting from the ordered beams at least one beam for calibration of a pre-distorter for a power amplifier of the user equipment; obtaining information of available measurement resources for the calibration; transmitting a calibration signal using the selected beam at the time of the available measurement resources; receiving the calibration signal by another radio frequency chain of the antenna array which is not used in the transmission of the calibration signal; obtaining calibration information on the basis of the transmitted calibration signal and the received calibration signal; and calibrating the pre-distorter based on the calibration information.
US12074649B2	Apparatus, measurement system for testing an apparatus and methods for operating the same An apparatus comprises an antenna array comprising a plurality of antennas. The apparatus comprises a communication interface for receiving a control signal. The apparatus is configured to form a first radio frequency beam in accordance with a predetermined test case independent from the control signal using the antenna array. The apparatus is configured to form a second radio frequency beam that is different from the predetermined test case responsive to instructions contained in the control signal.
US12074648B2	In-device characterization of antenna coupling A wireless communication device is provided with an in-device capability of characterizing the coupling between a pair of antennas. The wireless communication device determines the coupling through an operating gain measurement and through calibration gain measurements obtained through test ports.
US12074647B2	Signal reconstruction A method for signal reconstruction, the method may include obtaining, an input digital signal that is a digital representation of an received optical signal, wherein the received optical signal represents a transmitted optical signal that was transmitted by a coherent transmitter and over a channel to a coherent optical receiver; wherein a phase difference between the transmitted optical signal and the received optical signal is unknown; and generating a hybrid estimation, wherein the hybrid estimation represents a magnitude of the transmitted optical signal and a phase of the received optical signal.
US12074645B2	Apparatus and method for optical wireless communication based on color M-ary frequency shift keying An optical signal transmission method according to an embodiment of the disclosure is an optical signal transmission method in which a processor performs at least part of each operation, and may include an operation of receiving a data stream, an operation of separating at least part of the data stream into three channels, modulating the separated data streams respectively according to M-ary frequency shift keying (M-FSK) scheme so as to produce an FSK modulated signal, an operation of combining a plurality of FSK modulated signals modulated respectively in the three channels, and producing a color modulated signal according to a bit-color mapping table set in advance, and an operation of transmitting the color modulated signal by controlling a light source of the same optical channel based on the color modulated signal.
US12074643B2	Data transmission method and apparatus, terminal device and storage medium Provided are a data transmission method and apparatus, a terminal device, and a storage medium. The method includes determining a basic unit carrying client data, where the rate of the client data is smaller than the set value, the set value is determined according to the bandwidth of a flexible Ethernet (FlexE) slot, and the basic unit is a basic unit included in a basic unit set; mapping the client data to the basic unit; and sending, through the FlexE slot, the basic unit set to which the client data is mapped.
US12074641B2	System and method for secured data transmission using LiFi and holochain network A system for implementing a secured data transmission includes a sending device and a light fidelity (LiFi) device. The sending device determines that a subset of data is confidential based on historical indications. The device encrypts the subset of data. The device receives a message that indicates that a user of a second device initiated a request to receive the subset of data. The device communicates the encrypted data to the LiFi device. The LiFi device includes at least one light source that is configured to emit light. The LiFi device communicates the encrypted data via the light emitted from the at least one light source to the receiving device.
US12074639B2	Methods, systems and devices for free-space optical communications Methods, systems, and devices for free-space optical communications. An aircraft includes a flat optical communication terminal on an external surface of the aircraft, the flat optical communication terminal being configured to communicate with a ground station via a free-space optical communication link.
US12074637B2	Configurable photoplethysmogram system Methods, systems, and devices for optical signal measurement are described. A wearable electronic device may activate a first combination of optical sensors, the first combination of optical sensors including a set of transmitter sensors and a set of receiver sensors. In some cases, one or more optical sensor of the first combination of optical sensors may be positioned under a protrusion on an inner surface of the wearable electronic device. The device may measure, at the set of receiver sensors at a first time, one or more signals from the set of transmitter sensors, determine a signal quality metric associated with the one or more signals, and select a second combination of optical sensors for use at a second time based on the signal quality metric.
US12074635B2	Method for operating ultra wideband signal and electronic device An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication module configured to support ultra wideband (UWB) communication, and at least one processor operatively connected to the communication module, wherein the at least one processor is configured to control to transmit, to an external electronic device, a first packet including first information related to transmission of a second packet through the communication module in a slot corresponding to a transmission time of the first packet, to transmit, to the external electronic device, at least one or more second packets corresponding to the first information through the communication module in a slot corresponding to a transmission time of the second packet, wherein the first packet may be an STS packet configuration (SP) frame including a payload, and the at least one or more second packets for determining whether pointing may be an SP frame that does not include a frame payload.
US12074633B2	System and method for indoor location Systems and methods enabling location determination within an indoor environment. In an embodiment, a plurality of stationary nodes are arranged as a constellation within the indoor environment. Each of the plurality of stationary nodes may be configured to transmit a ranging signal, receive ranging signals transmitted by one or more neighboring ones of the plurality of stationary nodes, calculate an offset between the ranging signal that the stationary node transmits and the ranging signals received from the one or more neighboring stationary nodes, and include the offset in the ranging signal that the stationary node transmits.
US12074627B2	Transceiver for a user station of a serial bus system and method for communicating in a serial bus system A transceiver for a user station of a serial bus system. The transceiver has a transmit module for sending a transmit signal onto a bus of the bus system; a receive module for receiving the signal from the bus and designed to generate a digital receive signal from the received signal; and a communication module for determining the communication standard according to which the messages are exchanged between user stations of the bus system. The communication module has a block with which the communication standard for the transmit module and the receive module is able to be changed from a first communication standard to a second communication standard, so that the transmit module and the receive module are implemented either according to a first communication standard or according to a second communication standard.
US12074624B2	Radio-frequency front-end circuit and communication apparatus In simultaneous communication using multiple frequency bands, the degradation in the communication quality is suppressed. The radio-frequency front-end circuit (1) includes an antenna terminal (2), a transmit filter (3), a receive filter, a transport filter, a switch (6), and a phase adjusting circuit (7). The switch (6) is capable of connecting the antenna terminal (2) to the transmit filter (3) or the receive filter and the transport filter simultaneously. The transmit filter (3) is disposed on a transmission path (T1). The receive filter is disposed on a reception path. The transport filter is disposed on a transport path. The phase adjusting circuit (7) is disposed on at least one of paths, the transmission path (T1), the reception path, and a reception/transmission path.
US12074623B2	PAM-4 DFE architectures with symbol-transition dependent DFE tap values Decision feedback equalization (DFE) is used to help reduce inter-symbol interference (ISI) from a data signal received via a band-limited (or otherwise non-ideal) channel. A first PAM-4 DFE architecture has low latency from the output of the samplers to the application of the first DFE tap feedback to the input signal. This is accomplished by not decoding the sampler outputs in order to generate the feedback signal for the first DFE tap. Rather, weighted versions of the raw sampler outputs are applied directly to the input signal without further analog or digital processing. Additional PAM-4 DFE architectures use the current symbol in addition to previous symbol(s) to determine the DFE feedback signal. Another architecture transmits PAM-4 signaling using non-uniform pre-emphasis. The non-uniform pre-emphasis allows a speculative DFE receiver to resolve the transmitted PAM-4 signals with fewer comparators/samplers.
US12074621B2	Anti-interference control apparatus and method, terminal device, and readable storage medium An anti-interference control apparatus and method, a terminal device, and a computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The anti-interference control apparatus may include: an interference detection assembly, connected to a millimeter wave antenna module, and configured for determining, according to a channel quality parameter from the millimeter wave antenna module, whether a millimeter wave signal emitted by the millimeter wave antenna module is interfered; an interference source detection assembly, connected to the interference detection assembly, and configured for detecting location information of an interference source when the interference detection assembly determines that the millimeter wave signal emitted by the millimeter wave antenna module is interfered; and a control assembly, connected to the interference source detection assembly, and configured for performing, according to the location information from the interference source detection assembly, anti-interference processing corresponding to the location information. The terminal device includes the millimeter wave antenna module.
US12074619B2	Radio frequency module and communication device Improved is the isolation in a case in which a circuit element provided in a signal path for a transmission signal and a circuit element provided in a signal path for a reception signal are mounted on the same main surface of a mounting substrate. A radio frequency module includes the mounting substrate, a first, a second, and a third circuit elements, and a plurality of external connection terminals. The second circuit element and the third circuit element are mounted on a second main surface of the mounting substrate and are provided in signal paths for transmission and reception signals. The plurality of external connection terminals is arranged on the second main surface of the mounting substrate. The plurality of external connection terminals includes a ground terminal positioned between the second circuit element and the third circuit element in a plan view from a thickness direction of the mounting substrate.
US12074613B2	Transmitter and shortening method thereof A transmitter is provided. The transmitter includes: an outer encoder configured to encode input bits to generate outer-encoded bits including the input bits and parity bits; a zero padder configured to constitute Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) information bits including the outer-encoded bits and zero bits; and an LDPC encoder configured to encode the LDPC information bits, wherein the LDPC information bits are divided into a plurality of bit groups, and wherein the zero padder pads zero bits to at least some of the plurality of bit groups, each of which is formed of a same number of bits, to constitute the LDPC information bits based on a predetermined shortening pattern which provides that the some of the plurality of bit groups are not sequentially disposed in the LDPC information bits.
US12074612B2	Reduced-power implementation of error-correction processing A low-density parity-check (LDPC) decoder comprising a pre-processor, a core decoder, and a post-processor. The pre-processor is configured to transform a received log-likelihood-ratio (LLR) sequence into a form that enables the core decoder to toggle at a reduced rate during iterative decoding processing thereof. Upon stoppage of the decoding processing corresponding to the LLR sequence, the post-processor operates to apply a complementary transformation to the output of the core decoder, which recovers the corresponding codeword of the LDPC code. An example embodiment of the LDPC decoder operating in this manner may be able to beneficially reduce the power consumption therein by about 10%.
US12074611B2	High speed SAR ADC High speed, high dynamic range SAR ADC method and architecture. The SAR DAC comparison method can make fewer comparisons with less charge/fewer capacitors. The architecture makes use of a modified top plate switching (TPS) DAC technique and therefore achieves very high-speed operation. The present disclosure proffers a unique SAR ADC method of input and reference capacitor DAC switching. This benefits in higher dynamic range, no external decoupling capacitory requirement, wide common mode range and overall faster operation due to the absence of mini-ADC.
US12074610B2	To improve sensitivity by using a modified shielding capacity of parasitic capacity The present invention involves driving multiple capacitors, including a shielding capacitance (Cin_sd), to minimize voltage fluctuations detected on the CDA signal line 200, thereby enhancing the resolution of the ADC. The additional capacitance (Cobj) generated between the CDA 100 and the object 20 due to the appearance of the object 20 is detected in the form of voltage. By analyzing with an ADC of improved resolution, it is possible to detect the presence of the object 20 more reliably.
US12074609B2	System and method for a super-resolution digital-to-analog converter based on redundant sensing A digital-to-analog converter device including a set of components, each component included in the set of components including a number of unit cells, each unit cell being associated with a unit cell size indicating manufacturing specifications of the unit cell is provided by the present disclosure. The digital-to-analog converter device further includes a plurality of switches, each switch included in the plurality of switches being coupled to a component included in the set of components, and an output electrode coupled to the plurality of switches. The digital-to-analog converter device is configured to output an output signal at the output electrode. A first unit cell size associated with a first unit cell included in the set of components is different than a second unit cell size associated with a second unit cell included in the set of components.
US12074608B2	Optical sampling signal holding method for photonic analog-to-digital conversion system An optical sampling signal holding method for a photonic analog-to-digital conversion system, based on frequency response principles of sampling and holding, controls photoelectric conversion processes after photonic sampling to be equivalent to the signal holding effect in switch sampling, and converts sampled optical pulses into a special holding waveform, directly eliminating the time mismatch between back-end electronic analog-to-digital converters and optical pulses. The photoelectric conversion frequency responses in the invention do not lead to additional expenses on active devices and software, which greatly improves performances of the photonic analog-to-digital conversion system. The method is not limited by the number of channels, and can provide more reliable technical solutions for realizing a photonic analog-to-digital conversion system with high sampling rate in the future.
US12074607B2	Analog-to-digital converter (ADC) having linearization circuit with reconfigurable lookup table (LUT) memory and calibration options A circuit includes a nonlinear analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to provide a first digital output based on an analog input signal. The circuit also includes a linearization circuit having a lookup table (LUT) memory configured to store initial calibration data. The linearization circuit is coupled to the nonlinear ADC and is configured to: determine updated calibration data based on the initial calibration data; replace the initial calibration data in the LUT memory with the updated calibration data; and provide a second digital output at a linearization circuit output of the linearization circuit based on the first digital output and the updated calibration data.
US12074604B2	Circuits and methods for generating data outputs utilized shared clock-activated transistors Circuits, methods, and systems for generating data outputs based on sampled data inputs. One circuit includes a first latch including a first logic gate, a second logic gate, and a first keeper subcircuit. The circuit further includes a second latch including a third logic gate, a fourth logic gate, and a second keeper subcircuit. The first keeper subcircuit being electrically coupled via a first shared node of the first latch and the second latch, and the second keeper subcircuit being electrically coupled via a second shared node of the first latch and the second latch.
US12074602B2	Duty detection circuit, a duty correction circuit, and a semiconductor apparatus using the duty correction circuit A duty correction circuit comprises a first delay circuit, a second delay circuit, a bang-bang driver, a duty detection circuit, and a delay control circuit. The first delay circuit delays an input clock signal to generate a first delayed clock signal. The second delay circuit delays the input clock signal based on a delay control signal to generate a second delayed clock signal. The bang-bang driver generates first and second driving clock signals from the first and second delayed clock signals based on a locking signal and a duty detection signal. The duty detection circuit may detect duty cycles of the first and second driving clock signals and generate the duty detection signal. The delay control circuit may generate the delay control signal and the locking signal based on the duty detection signal.
US12074597B2	Fail-safe protection architecture for high voltage tolerant input/output circuit A circuit provides fail safe protection of an input/output (I/O) circuit of a chip. The I/O circuit comprises an I/O pad connected to one or more other chips via an I/O bus. The circuit comprise a supply and failsafe detector component. The supply and failsafe detector component generates an I/O supply output signal. The I/O supply output signal has a low voltage value when the I/O supply voltage of the chip is below a medium voltage level and the I/O supply output signal having a high voltage value when the I/O supply voltage of the chip is above the medium voltage level. The medium voltage is above a threshold voltage of the transistor of the I/O circuit and below the high voltage value. The circuit uses the I/O supply output signal to provide a reference voltage as input to the transistor of the I/O circuit.
US12074585B2	Torsional mode quartz crystal device The disclosed technology generally relates to quartz crystal devices and more particularly to quartz crystal devices configured to vibrate in torsional mode. In one aspect, a quartz crystal device configured for temperature sensing comprises a fork-shaped quartz crystal comprising a pair of elongate tines laterally extending from a base region in a horizontal lengthwise direction of the fork-shaped quartz crystal, wherein each of the tines has formed on one or both of opposing sides thereof a pair of vertically recessed groove structures laterally elongated in the horizontal lengthwise direction, wherein the pair of groove structures are separated in a horizontal widthwise direction by a line structure. The quartz crystal device further comprises a first electrode and a second electrode formed on the one or both of the opposing sides of each of the tines and configured such that, when an electrical bias is applied between the first and second electrodes, the fork-shaped quartz crystal vibrates in a torsional mode in which each of the tines twists about a respective axis extending in the horizontal lengthwise direction.
US12074583B2	Printing components to adhesive substrate posts A method of printing comprises providing a component source wafer comprising components, a transfer device, and a patterned substrate. The patterned substrate comprises substrate posts that extend from a surface of the patterned substrate. Components are picked up from the component source wafer by adhering the components to the transfer device. One or more of the picked-up components are printed to the patterned substrate by disposing each of the one or more picked-up components onto one of the substrate posts, thereby providing one or more printed components in a printed structure.
US12074580B2	Signal generation apparatus, level correction value calculation system, and level correction value calculation method A signal generation unit 2, a DA converter 3, variable attenuators 40, 42, 44, and 46, a measurement unit 6 that detects a level of the signal attenuated by the variable attenuators 40, 42, 44, and 46 and passed through one or more semiconductor components, a switch 48 that switches between an Internal path through which the signal attenuated by the variable attenuator 40, 42, 44, and 46 is transmitted to the measurement unit 6 and an External path through which the signal attenuated by the variable attenuator 40, 42, 44, and 46 is output from an output terminal 10, and a control unit 7 that obtains a correction value of an attenuation amount of the variable attenuators 40, 42, and 44 with the Internal path and obtains a correction value of an attenuation amount of the variable attenuator 46 with the External path.
US12074578B2	Method and device for attenuating oscillations on bus lines of a bus system based on differential voltage signals An attenuating device for a bus of a controller area network bus system based on differential voltage signals. The bus has first and second bus lines, having an attenuating circuit that provides a variable electrical resistance value between the first and second bus lines and that is operable in at least three circuit states. In a first circuit state, the first and second bus lines are connected via an attenuating resistor having a first resistance value. In a second circuit state, the first and second bus lines are connected via an attenuating resistor having a second resistance value. In a third circuit state, the first and second bus lines are connected via an attenuating resistor having a third resistance value. The first resistance value is lower than the second resistance value. The second resistance value is lower than the third resistance value.
US12074575B2	Low power active phase shifter for phase-array systems A variable gain amplifier includes a first transconductor circuit coupled to a first input terminal, a first output terminal, and a second output terminal of the variable gain amplifier, the first transconductor circuit including: a plurality of positive coefficient transistors coupled to the first output terminal and configured to selectively conduct current in response to a first binary code, a plurality of negative coefficient transistors coupled to the second output terminal and configured to selectively conduct current in response to a second binary code, and a plurality of amplifying transistors, each having a gate electrode coupled to the first input terminal, a first electrode coupled to a ground reference, and a second electrode coupled to a pair of coefficient transistors including one of the plurality of positive coefficient transistors and one of the plurality of negative coefficient transistors.
US12074572B2	Protection circuit in electronic device and method therefor An electronic device and method thereof of are provided to prevent burnout due to overcurrent. An electronic device includes a power amplifier configured to amplify a transmission signal; a battery configured to provide a bias voltage to the at least one power amplifier; and an overcurrent protection circuit configured to prevent overcurrent from flowing through the power amplifier. The overcurrent protection circuit includes a configurer configured to configure a reference current value, based on the power amplifier; a measurer configured to measure a bias current value due to the bias voltage; a comparator configured to compare the measured bias current value with the reference current value; and a controller configured to recognize overcurrent flowing through the power amplifier and control provision of the bias voltage, based on a result of the comparison.
US12074570B2	Oscillation circuit and electronic device An oscillation circuit includes an oscillator, first and second capacitors connected between two terminals of the oscillator, and an amplification circuit having an input terminal connected to a connecting point between the oscillator and the first capacitor and an output terminal connected to a connecting point between the first capacitor and the second capacitor. The amplification circuit includes a first n-type transistor and a first p-type transistor respectively having source terminals, the connecting point of which is connected to the output terminal of the amplification circuit, a second p-type transistor connected to a gate terminal of the first n-type transistor, and a second n-type transistor connected to a gate terminal of the first p-type transistor.
US12074569B2	Reducing startup time in a crystal oscillator An oscillator apparatus, including a first node adapted to be coupled to a first terminal of a crystal oscillator; a second node adapted to be coupled to a second terminal of the crystal oscillator; a transconductance circuit; a first switch coupled between the first node and the second node; and a second switch coupled between the transconductance circuit and the second node.
US12074568B2	Multi-core oscillator with enhanced mode robustness Voltage-controlled oscillation circuitry includes multiple cores and multiple mode or gain boosters coupled between the multiple cores. To prevent an undesired operating mode of the voltage-controlled oscillation circuitry from dominating a desired operating mode (e.g., an in-phase operating mode or an out-of-phase operating mode), the mode boosters may increase a desired gain of the desired operating mode and decrease an undesired gain of the undesired operating modes. In particular, mode boosters coupled to terminals of the cores that are associated with the desired operating mode may be enabled, while mode boosters coupled to terminals of the cores that are associated with the undesired operating mode may be disabled.
US12074566B2	Electrically isolated heat dissipating junction box A junction box used for making electrical connections to a photovoltaic panel. The junction box has two chambers including a first chamber and a second chamber and a wall common to and separating both chambers. The wall may be adapted to have an electrical connection therethrough. The two lids are adapted to seal respectively the two chambers. The two lids are on opposite sides of the junction box relative to the photovoltaic panel. The two lids may be attachable using different sealing processes to a different level of hermeticity. The first chamber may be adapted to receive a circuit board for electrical power conversion. The junction box may include supports for mounting a printed circuit board in the first chamber. The second chamber is configured for electrical connection to the photovoltaic panel. A metal heat sink may be bonded inside the first chamber.
US12074564B2	Environment-friendly photovoltaic module manufacturing process and photovoltaic module An environment-friendly photovoltaic module manufacturing process and a photovoltaic module are provided. The environment-friendly photovoltaic module manufacturing process includes: preparing a solar cell assembly; fixing a junction box on the solar cell assembly in such a manner that a bus bar of the solar cell assembly is introduced into the junction box; fixing the bus bar to a metal slice in the junction box by welding; injecting a highly thermal conductive silica gel into the junction box; and curing the highly thermal conductive silica gel. The junction temperature of the junction box can be reduced by means of combining the junction box and the highly thermal conductivity silica gel with a high thermal conductivity, so that the junction box can withstand higher temperature, and can be used in the photovoltaic module with large cell size and high current requirements.
US12074560B2	Edge units device and methods Edge blocks for a PV array comprising fastener or component holes for anchoring the array bonding the array and protecting array cabling. Edge blocks provide a favorable aerodynamic shape to help deflect incoming wind, the channel rainwater and to protect edge of the array. Methods having steps of placing modules contacting native topography or a smoothed or substantially flat portion of the ground in an array and holding the array together and down are also disclosed.
US12074559B2	Photovoltaic module mount A photovoltaic module mounting system may include a module clamp that includes a central section that includes two first walls connected at the top of each first wall by a first connecting surface. The central section may have a first cross-sectional height corresponding to a height of each of the first walls and a first width corresponding to a distance between the two first walls. The module clamp may have ends that include two second walls connected at the top of each second wall by a second connecting surface in which each of the ends has a second cross-sectional height that is shorter than the first cross-sectional height and a second width that is wider than the first width. The central section may be connected to each of the ends such that the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface are bridged and form a bowtie shape.
US12074557B2	Hybrid photovoltaic-thermal and co-generation system A hybrid photovoltaic-thermal system provides co-generation of electrical energy and thermal energy. Electrical energy is efficiently generated by photovoltaic panels that are cooled by heat exchangers attached thereto, and the cooling of the photovoltaic panels improves the energy output efficiency of the photovoltaic panels. The heat exchangers flow fluid through its channels, and the fluid collects heat from the photovoltaic panels to which the heat exchangers are attached. The heated fluid is then received at and stored in a thermal battery. The thermal battery can be a fluid tank that encourages the fluid to retain the heat collected from the photovoltaic panels. The thermal battery can then supply the heated fluid to thermal loads as thermal energy.
US12074556B2	Cascade activation method and mechatronic system The invention relates to a cascade activation method and mechatronic system for simultaneous generation and consumption. The system includes a non-return diode connected to an electric generator; a first voltage regulator connected to a microcontroller; a voltage converter; and an actuator, which has an activation voltage greater than the first activation voltage of the first voltage regulator. The actuator is configured to simultaneously consume a portion of the electrical energy generated by the electric generator. The method includes the steps of listing the elements of the mechatronic system that require power; calculating the activation sequence of the elements based on the minimum activation voltage and the activation time interval; selecting the electric generator based on the energy/power that needs to be provided to the mechatronic system; and programming the microcontroller with the activation sequence.
US12074537B2	Multidimensional space vector modulation (MDSVM) circuit and method thereof This patent presents a multidimensional space vector modulation (MDSVM) circuit formed by coupling a half-bridge logic control circuit not directly coupled to electronic components with at least three half-bridge logic control circuits coupled to electronic components. The half-bridge logic control circuit not directly coupled with any electronic components can form a full-bridge circuit with any other half-bridge logic control circuit coupled with electronic components. Therefore, users can further control the voltage difference between both ends of each electronic component separately and then individually control the strength and direction of current flowing through each electronic component and solving the problem of control attributed to the complexity of prior art.
US12074535B2	Control device and power conversion device A control device includes: a phase generation unit to generate a phase of a voltage command for the power converter; a voltage control unit to generate a voltage value of the voltage command; and a command unit to output the voltage command having the phase and the voltage value to the power converter. The voltage control unit includes: a voltage compensator unit to compute a compensation voltage value, based on a voltage deviation of a point-of-interconnection voltage from a reference voltage; a droop calculator unit to compute a first droop value in accordance with a magnitude of a point-of-interconnection current, when the AC power system is an isolated system, the isolated system being the AC power system not connected to a generator; and a calculation unit to calculate the voltage value of the voltage command, based on a difference between the compensation voltage value and the first droop value.
US12074534B2	Apparatus and methods for providing electrical converter control parameters based on the minimisation of the H-infinity norm There is provided methods and apparatus configured to provide electrical converter control parameters, the apparatus comprising: a Structured H-infinity tuning module configured to determine one or more control parameters, for a model of an electrical converter control system and grid, based on variation of one or more grid parameters; and an output module configured to provide the one or more control parameters for implementation in the electrical converter control system.
US12074533B2	Rectifier fast load ballast A rectifier modulates a signal in a rectifier by turning on a low side field effect transistor to produce a load at a coil network in response to a low side field effect transistor in an alternative diagonal being on. The system measures signal quality to determine a necessary modulation depth for ASK communication; then determines a switching time and magnitude of a ballast signal to apply to the low side field effect transistor to achieve that modulation depth.
US12074527B2	Single stage power factor correcting synchronous harmonic converter A synchronous average harmonic current controller for a line connected bidirectional resonant power converter results in a harmonic voltage gain closely related to the commanded bridge duty cycles. A primary bridge has its duty cycle set to achieve controlled line power transfer and voltage regulation of a primary bus energy storage capacitor. A secondary bridge circuit has its duty cycle set to achieve voltage regulation of secondary bus energy storage capacitor. A first embodiment uses the independent energy storage elements to achieve power factor correction and low noise regulation using a single stage. A second embodiment uses feedforward duty cycle control to achieve isolated voltage regulation using the well-defined voltage gain resulting from the synchronous average harmonic current controller.
US12074522B2	Power conversion device with parallel DC-DC coverters and multiple driving modes For connected-in-parallel N DC-DC converters (1 to N, where N is 3 or more), a first converter group on which PWM switching is performed with a first carrier, and a second converter group on which PWM switching is performed with a second carrier having a phase different from that of the first carrier, are provided. One or more of the DC-DC converters (1 to N) are assigned to each converter group. A plurality of drive modes in which the number of the DC-DC converters that are driven and the converter groups are set, are provided. The drive modes are switched through comparison between a preset threshold value and a total output of the N DC-DC converters (1 to N), and a ratio between total outputs in the first and second converter groups is set to fall within a predetermined range.
US12074521B2	Circuit arrangement for balancing a split DC link A circuit arrangement for balancing a split DC link arranged between a first DC-voltage terminal and a second DC-voltage terminal is disclosed. The first DC-voltage terminal is connected via a first semiconductor switch to a first intermediate point that is connected via a second semiconductor switch to a bridge center point that is connected via a third semiconductor switch to a second intermediate point that is connected via a fourth semiconductor switch to the second DC-voltage terminal. A first terminal of a resonant capacitor is connected to the first intermediate point, and a second terminal of the resonant capacitor is connected to a DC-link center point via a connecting path, in which a resonant inductor is arranged in a series circuit with the third semiconductor switch, and which runs via the second intermediate point. An additional winding is magnetically coupled to the resonant inductor and a first terminal thereof is connected via a first diode to a first terminal of a countervoltage source, and a second terminal thereof is connected to a second terminal of the countervoltage source so that an energy coupled into the additional winding from the resonant inductor is discharged into the countervoltage source.
US12074519B2	System for profiling power using ton pulses A system for determining a power requirement for a device powered by a buck converter on a system on chip based on Time on pulses (Ton) is disclosed. A buck converter supplies output voltage to enable the device. The buck converter is driven by a Ton pulse generator generating Ton pulses to control charging of a load capacitor. A counter counts the Ton pulses during the supply of output voltage while the device is enabled. A controller is coupled to the counter and the buck converter. The controller determines the power requirement for the device based on the count of the Ton pulses. The power requirement may be used to adjust the trim value to change the width of the Ton pulses for greater energy efficiency.
US12074517B2	DC-DC converter with out-of-audio circuit A DC-DC regulator system includes a power circuit which has a first input coupled to receive an input voltage, a second input coupled to receive a control signal and an output to provide a regulated output voltage. The system includes a control circuit which has a first input coupled to receive the regulated output voltage, a second input coupled to receive a reference voltage, a first output to provide the control signal, and a second output to provide a converter clock signal. The system includes an out-of-audio circuit which has a first input coupled to receive a minimum threshold frequency signal, a second input coupled to receive the converter clock signal, a third input coupled to the power circuit output, and a fourth input coupled to receive a bandwidth control clock signal.
US12074515B2	Charge pump stability control An apparatus for power conversion includes a switching network that controls interconnections between pump capacitors in a capacitor network that has a terminal coupled to a current source, and a charge-management subsystem. In operation, the switching network causes the capacitor network to execute charge-pump operating cycles during each of which the capacitor network adopts different configurations in response to different configurations of the switching network. At the start of a first charge-pump operating cycle, each pump capacitor assumes a corresponding initial state. The charge-management subsystem restores each pump capacitor to the initial state by the start of a second charge-pump operating cycle that follows the first charge-pump operating cycle.
US12074512B2	Automatic power factor correction Systems for power factor correction are provided. Aspects include a voltage source connected to a first node, wherein the voltage source is configured to provide a first voltage, a sense resistor connected between the first node and a second node, a load connected to the second node, a power factor correction capacitor connected in parallel with the load, and a controlled voltage source configured to provide a second voltage to the power factor correction capacitor based on a control signal, wherein the control signal is received from a power factor correction circuit configured to determine a time difference between a zero-crossing of a voltage signal and a zero-crossing of a current signal from the voltage source.
US12074510B2	Switching power converter frequency optimization techniques Techniques for fine tuning efficiency of a power converter are provided. In an example, a method can include acquiring a plurality of samples of an electrical characteristic of the power converter over a range of switching frequencies of the power converter to provide a plurality of sample pairs, estimating a corner value of the electrical characteristic based on the plurality of samples pairs, estimating a corresponding frequency associated with the corner value of the electrical characteristic based on frequencies of the plurality of sample pairs, and setting a switching frequency of the power converter at the corresponding frequency.
US12074509B2	Gate driver for reliable switching A driver for improving reliability of a switch in a power device, comprising one or more sensors configured to sense an operational parameter of a power device. The driver comprises a controller configured to receive one or more sensor values from the respective sensors. The controller is configured to adjust a driving pulse according to the sensor values. The controller is configured to apply the driving pulse to one or more control terminal of one or more switch of the power device.
US12074507B2	Rotary electric machine A rotary electric machine in which a capacitor does not explode even if heat is generated in the capacitor, is provided. A heat sink includes a recess-shaped capacitor housing portion having an inner peripheral side surface joined to an outer peripheral side surface of a capacitor via a capacitor heat dissipation material, and the capacitor housing portion includes an explosion-proof valve recess located at a position facing an explosion-proof valve of the capacitor, and a communication passage providing communication between a drive circuit board and the explosion-proof valve.
US12074503B2	Inverter generator A generator includes an internal combustion engine including an engine block including a cylinder including a piston, a crankshaft configured to rotate about a crankshaft axis in response to movement by the piston, and a spark plug configured to periodically generate a spark to ignite fuel in the cylinder to control the movement of the piston. The generator further includes an alternator including a rotor and a stator, the rotor configured to rotate with the rotation of the crankshaft to generate alternating current electrical power, a controller configured to control a rate of fuel supply to the internal combustion engine, and a switch configured to selectively enable the flow of a first type of fuel into the cylinder and disable the flow of a second type of fuel, wherein the controller is configured to receive an indication of a fuel type based on a position of the switch.
US12074500B2	Axial flux motor for percutaneous circulatory support device An axial flux motor includes a housing; a drive shaft disposed within the housing; at least one rotor; and at least one stator. The at least one rotor includes a diametrically-magnetized single pole pair magnetic ring having a rotor aperture defined through the center of the magnetic ring, where the drive shaft extends through the rotor aperture and where the at least one rotor is fixed to the drive shaft. The at least one stator includes a number of conductive windings and a stator aperture, where the drive shaft extends through the stator aperture and where the drive shaft is rotatable within the aperture. The at least one stator is configured to generate an axial magnetic field that causes the at least one rotor to rotate, thereby rotating the drive shaft.
US12074499B2	Basic body for an electric motor The invention relates to abasic body (1) for an electric motor (2), which comprises the following features: a substantially cylindrical outer wall (3), which forms a rotor space (4) for receiving a rotor (5) at least partially inside the outer wall (3) and on which a winding (6) can be mounted at least partially outside the latter; a laminated core (7) which is held by the outer wall (3); a receiving space (9) which serves to receive a printed circuit board (12) or another component of the electric motor (2) and which adjoins the rotor space (4); a partition wall (10) separating the receiving space (9) from the rotor space (4); at least one orienting device (13) for positionally orienting the printed circuit board (12) or the other component of the electric motor (2) inside the receiving space (9); a receptacle (17) for a cover (18) which closes the rotor space (4), said receptacle being situated on the outer wall (3) on the side of the rotor space (44) opposite to the partition wall (10); and an inner wall (20), which adjoins the partition wall (10), for receiving a bearing (21) for the rotor (5), said inner wall, together with the outer wall (3), creating the receiving space (9).
US12074498B2	Fan stator structure A fan stator structure includes a silicon steel sheet lamination formed of a plurality of laminated silicon steel sheets located between a set of insulating supports and having coils wound thereon; and a plurality of conducting coil end holders respectively including a fixing section and a connecting section, and a receiving zone located between the two sections. The fixing and the connecting section are located at two opposite ends of the conducting coil end holder, and the fixing section is connected to the set of insulating supports. The receiving zone is configured for receiving a front and a back end of the coils, so that the front and back ends of the coils are in contact with the conducting coil end holders. With the conducting coil end holders, the fan stator structure can be manufactured with simplified procedures, reduced time and labor costs, and upgraded good yield rate.
US12074495B2	Pump device A pump device, in particular for a fluid circuit in a motor vehicle, comprising a stator, which has a stator core and a main body, and a rotor, wherein the rotor can be set in rotation relative to the stator, wherein the stator core is enclosed by the main body in a fluid-tight manner, and wherein the main body comprises a thermoset and a thermoplastic.
US12074491B2	Motor with a shaft fixing portion A motor includes: a rotor including a shaft rotatable about an axis extending in a vertical direction; a bearing rotatably supporting the shaft; a stationary portion including a stator; and a lead wire electrically connected to the stator. The stationary portion includes a housing located radially outward of the bearing and radially inward of the stator, and supporting the bearing and the stator, a base portion which is located axially below the stator and to which the housing is fixed, and a fixing member fixed to the base portion. The fixing member includes a cover portion covering a shaft lower end portion located at an axially lower end of the shaft when viewed from axially below. The cover portion has an opening portion that opens in an axial direction. The opening portion is located radially more inside than an inner peripheral surface of the shaft when viewed from axially below.
US12074486B2	Rotor manufacturing method A rotor includes a rotor core configured by laminated steel plates and a magnet insertion hole extending along an axial direction of the rotor core, with a resin interposed between a permanent magnet placed in the magnet insertion hole and an inner wall face of the magnet insertion hole. In a manufacturing method for this rotor, in a first process, the permanent magnet and the resin are integrated together to manufacture a resin-coated permanent magnet. Next, in a second process, the resin-coated permanent magnet is press-fitted into the magnet insertion hole. Next, in a third process, the post-second-process rotor core is heated to a temperature that is at least the temperature at which the resin softens. Next, in a fourth process, the post-third process rotor core is cooled.
US12074482B2	Electrical machines and methods to mitigate bearing currents The present disclosure relates to electrical machines (100, 200) configured to be fed by pulse width modulation from a power converter (170) and comprising a stator (110), a rotor (120), a rotor shaft (130) and one or more bearings (140, 141) arranged between the rotor (120) and the stator (110). The electrical machine (100, 200) further comprising an electrical shunt (160, 161) arranged between the rotor shaft (130) and the stator (110). The present disclosure also relates to methods (500) to mitigate electrical discharge machining bearing currents in electrical machines (100, 200).
US12074478B2	Permanent-magnet motor rotor, permanent-magnet motor and method for processing a permanent-magnet motor rotor Provided are a permanent-magnet motor rotor, a permanent-magnet motor and a method for processing a permanent-magnet motor rotor, relating to the field of motor technology. The permanent-magnet motor rotor includes a rotatable shaft, a silicon steel sheet member and a plurality of magnetic tiles. The silicon steel sheet member is sleeved on the rotatable shaft. The plurality of magnetic tiles are secured around the silicon steel sheet member at intervals. Two circumferential ends of each of the plurality of magnetic tiles are inclined with respect to the axis of the each of the plurality of magnetic tiles and inclined in directions opposite to each other to form two beveled surfaces. Beveled surfaces, facing to each other, of two adjacent ones of the plurality of magnetic tiles are disposed in parallel.
US12074475B2	Rare earth permanent magnet and rotating electric machine including the same A rare earth permanent magnet has a first surface and satisfies A1
US12074468B2	Battery charger system A battery charger system includes multiple power channels to accommodate multiple battery chargers through a power input port. Each power channel includes a power outlet electrically coupled to the power input port through a relay. Each power channel further includes a current sensor. A controller is configured to estimate current in each of the power channels using the sensor signals, and configured to control the relays. The battery charger system is configured to provide power to the outlets by closing the corresponding relays, until the total current estimate is more than a maximum current limit, at which point the controller is configured to open the most recently closed relay. The controller is further configured to sequentially close remaining relays after the total current drops sufficiently, while maintaining the total current below the maximum current limit.
US12074465B2	Control device, electric storage device, electric storage system, and computer-readable medium When one of the electric storage modules connected in parallel is individually replaced, the voltage of an electric storage module to be newly added and the voltage of the remaining electric storage module(s) need to match each other with high precision before the electric storage module to be newly added is attached to an electric storage system. A control device includes a control unit for controlling a switching element arranged between a wire and an electric storage unit such that: (i) the switching element electrically connects the wire and the electric storage unit if terminal voltage of the switching element satisfies a predetermined condition; and (ii) the switching element electrically disconnects the wire and the electric storage unit if the terminal voltage of the switching element does not satisfy the predetermined condition.
US12074459B2	Classifying and detecting foreign objects using a power amplifier controller integrated circuit in wireless power transmission systems A wireless power transmitting system includes a power amplifier comprising a plurality of measurement points and a power amplifier controller integrated circuit (IC). In some embodiments, the power amplifier controller IC performs synchronization of the various components of the power amplifier, conducts impedance and temperature measurements at the measurements points, determines if a foreign object is within the transmission range of the wireless power transmitter, and decides if a shutdown of the power amplifier is needed. In some embodiments, the power amplifier controller IC determines through a transmitter controller IC, the presence of a foreign object within the transmission range and adjusts the power transmission to one or more receivers.
US12074458B2	Non-contact power transmission device and non-contact power transmission/reception system Provided is non-contact power transmission/reception technique which is easy to be used while ensuring consideration for safety. A non-contact power transmission device 100 that wirelessly transfers generated transmission power to a non-contact power reception device 200 comprises a transmission power generation unit 120 configured to perform generation of the transmission power and a control unit 117 configured to control the generation of the transmission power. The control unit 117 is further configured to control the generation of the transmission power which is performed by the transmission power generation unit 120 in accordance with a surrounding environment in which at least one of the non-contact power transmission device 100 and the non-contact power reception device 200, or at least one of states of these devices.
US12074457B2	Electronic device for wirelessly transmitting power and method of operating the same A first electronic device for wirelessly transmitting power may include a power transmission circuit, memory, a pulse generator, a foreign object detection circuit configured to detect a foreign object located in a path in which power is wirelessly transmitted through the power transmission circuit, and a control circuit. The control circuit may be configured to wirelessly transmit power to a second electronic device, based on an alternating current (AC) input voltage applied to the power transmission circuit, generate a trigger signal synchronized with a first time corresponding to a specified voltage of the input voltage through the pulse generator, store an output value of the foreign object detection circuit in the memory based on the trigger signal, the output value being identified at the first time, continuously obtain the output value stored in the memory from the memory during a specified time until before the trigger signal of a next period is received at the memory from the pulse generator, and detect the foreign object based on the output value obtained during the specified time.
US12074456B2	Power transmission apparatus, power reception apparatus, control method, and computer-readable storage medium A power transmission apparatus that can wirelessly transmit power to a power reception apparatus via a power transmission coil and communicate with the power reception apparatus determines presence/absence of an object different from the power reception apparatus based on a Q factor of the power transmission coil measured in a phase for performing power transmission. The power transmission apparatus controls whether to execute the determination of presence/absence of the object different from the power reception apparatus based on measurement of the Q factor of the power transmission coil, based on information received from the power reception apparatus through communication that represents whether the power reception apparatus can execute predetermined processing associated with the determination of presence/absence of the object different from the power reception apparatus based on the measurement of the Q factor of the power transmission coil.
US12074452B2	Networked wireless charging system A wireless charging system having one or more power chargers configured to transfer wireless energy from the wireless charging system to one or more power receivers wherein each power receiver configured to receive the wireless energy, convert the wireless energy into electrical energy; and direct at least a portion of the electrical energy directly or indirectly to an electronic device; wherein at least one power charger is configured for bidirectional electronic communication with at least one power receiver; and/or wherein two or more of the power chargers are configured for bidirectional electronic communication with each other.
US12074451B2	Directional wireless power and wireless data communication Methods and apparatus are disclosed of a wireless power transmission system (WPTS) and wireless power receiver client (WPRC). The WPTS may directionally transmit wireless power to a first WPRC while concurrently directionally transmitting wireless data to at least a second WPRC. The WPTS and WPRC may reuse circuitry configured to transmit/receive wireless power to also transmit/receive wireless data.
US12074448B2	Apparatus and method for performing communication in wireless power transmission system A wireless power transmission apparatus including a controller configured to initiate a digital ping to solicit a response from a wireless power reception apparatus, perform a negotiation for a first available power indicator with the wireless power reception apparatus; and a power converter configured to transmit a wireless power to the wireless power reception apparatus according to the first available power indicator, wherein the controller is configured to transmit, to the wireless power reception apparatus in response to a received power packet, a bit pattern response requesting a communication by the wireless power transmission apparatus to change the first available power indicator, and transmit a packet related to a second available power indicator to the wireless power reception apparatus, and wherein the bit pattern response is defined as a pattern different from a bit pattern for an 8-bit ACK response, a bit pattern for an 8-bit NAK response and a bit pattern for an 8-bit ND response.
US12074440B2	System and method for congestion forecasting in electrical networks An example method comprises receiving an initial topology of an electrical, receiving a selection of a region of interest, determining one or more external equivalents of the electrical network that are external to the region of interest, determining one or more internal equivalents of the region of interest, calculating a sensitivity matrix based on electrical impedances of at least one of the one or more internal equivalents and based on an amount of power exchanged when in operation, determining a subset of the sensitivity matrix as indicating highly sensitive buses, receiving historical data regarding power flows, predicting power flow for each highly sensitive buses, comparing the predicted power flow to at least one predetermined threshold to determine possible network congestion, and generating a report regarding network congestion and locations of possible network congestion in the region of interest based on the comparison.
US12074439B2	Method for directional transmission of energy in the form of at least one energy packet The present invention relates to a method for directional transmission of power in the form of energy packets via a transmission network. The power to be transmitted is adjustable at least one location x of each edge by a data and computer network. A data packet is biuniquely assigned to each energy packet, which data packet is formed in a control instance of the data and computer network by means of predictions. This data packet describes an optimized transport path via which optimized transport path a source transmits the physical power in a fixed transmission period T to a load for partial demand coverage. Furthermore, the data packet describes the power class of the energy packet, wherein this power class is defined by the temporal course of a nominal power Pnom(t) determined by predictions and by a remainder R(t) in the transmission period determined by a function of an uncertainty of the predictions. For the transmission of the energy packet, the transmitted power equal to Pnom(t) plus a fraction of R(t) is set for each point in time t within T at at least one location x of each edge of the transport path.
US12074437B2	Superconductor network for dynamically reconfigurable power plane A system including a network of superconducting electrical cables configured to supply power to a plurality of server racks arranged within a space of a building, a first power source connection configured to connect a first power source to the network of superconducting electrical cables from a first side of the building and configured to supply power to a first section of the network of superconducting electrical cables, a second power source connection configured to connect a second power source to the network of superconducting electrical cables from a second side of the building different from the first side and configured to supply power to a second section of the network of superconducting electrical cables, and a plurality of bus ducts, each bus duct configured to connect the network of superconducting electrical cables to one or more of the plurality of server racks.
US12074435B2	Power control system (PCS) commissioning agent Systems and methods for verifying correct completion of a power control sequence in a switchgear provide a commissioning agent that can automatically verify correct completion of the power control sequence. The commissioning agent includes a sequence verification tool that can initiate performance of a power control sequence in the switchgear and immediately compare the sequence actually performed to the sequence intended to be performed. If the two sequences do not match in order and timing, the verification tool reports the mismatch and identifies the error. In some embodiments, the commissioning agent further includes a log viewer that captures the sequence actually performed in the switchgear and displays the result for viewing. Such an arrangement provides a faster and more reliable way to double-check the system integrity of the switchgear during initial engineering and after factory and/or field modifications.
US12074427B2	Input sensor short-circuit inspection module and input sensor short-circuit inspection method using the same An input sensor short-circuit inspection method including: setting an inspection frequency for detecting a short-circuit of an input sensor comprising a plurality of electrodes; driving the input sensor in an inspection mode at the set inspection frequency; and detecting the short-circuit of the input sensor based on a capacitance charged between adjacent electrodes among the plurality of electrodes of the input sensor in the inspection mode.
US12074426B2	Hybrid circuit breaker using a transient commutation current injector circuit A circuit breaker and method of operation. The circuit breaker includes a first current path including a mechanical switch, such as an ultrafast mechanical switch, and a second current path in parallel connection to the first current path, and including a current injector, such as a transient commutation current injection circuit, in series with bidirectional power electronic switch. A short circuit fault current from a mechanical switch path is communicated to the electronic path via a current injection, followed by interrupting the fault current. A pulse current is generated to the electronic switch in the second current path, and the mechanical switch is opened during the pulse current. The pulse current and the electronic switch reduce or eliminate arcing upon the opening the mechanical switch.
US12074425B2	Power source and method for providing an activating current A power source and method for providing an activating current a power source comprises an input terminal, a charging circuit having an input coupled to the input terminal of the power source, a capacitor having a first electrode coupled to an output of the charging circuit, an electronic switching circuit, a discharge protection circuit, a control switch and a disconnecting device. An input of the electronic switching circuit is coupled to the first electrode of the capacitor. The control switch includes a first terminal which is coupled via the discharge protection circuit to the input terminal of the power source and is coupled to an output of the electronic switching circuit. The disconnecting device comprises a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the control switch.
US12074422B2	Arc flash suppressor, system, and method An arc flash suppressor, system, and method are disclosed. The arc flash suppressor includes a main processor, a current sensor processor, a voltage sensor processor, a plasma ignition detector, and an arc flash extinguishing circuit. The current sensor processor is configured to detect a slew rate of an input current from a power source. The voltage sensor processor is configured to detect a slew rate of an input voltage from the power source. The main processor is configured to cause the arc flash extinguishing circuit to create a short circuit condition over the power source to extinguish an arc flash upon detection of a critical current slew rate, a critical voltage slew rate, and plasma ignition.
US12074420B2	Cable retaining wall plate for combination AC and DC power outlets A wall plate for covering an AC/DC wall outlet includes a generally rectangular or “designer” opening configured to receive the wall outlet. The wall plate includes a cable retention member and a pass-through section. The cable retention member and the pass-through section protrude from a front face of the wall plate. The retention member protrudes far enough to allow the wall plate to seat on the outlet while a cable connector is in a corresponding DC outlet of the wall outlet. The retention member includes a slot configured to allow the connector to pass-through the slot in a first orientation but not a second orientation 90 degrees off from the first orientation. When the connector is in the DC outlet, it is in the second orientation relative to the slot. The pass-through section defines an opening that allows the connector to be received in a second DC outlet corresponding to the pass-through section regardless of orientation of the connector relative to the opening and pass-through section. The cord retention member and pass-through section cooperate to form a bridge between sides of the wall plate over the AC outlet. In one embodiment, the pass-through section extends vertically further from the face of the plate than the cord retention member.
US12074416B2	Connecting arrangement A connecting arrangement electrically connects a heating conductor to an electrical connection line. The heating conductor includes a heating conduction element having an exposed end segment defining a first connecting region and the electrical connection line includes a connection line conductor having an exposed end segment defining a second connecting region. A connector mutually electrically connects the exposed end segments. A shielding sleeve surrounds the first connecting region, the second connecting region and the connector. The shielding sleeve has first and second sleeve end portions and the shielding sleeve is connected to the heating conductor in the first connecting region and is connected to the electrical connection line in the second connecting region and so shields the exposed end segment of the heating conduction element and the exposed end segment of the connection line conductor and the connector against external influences.
US12074415B1	Shrink boot sealant assemblies An assembly to provide a moisture proof or moisture resistant seal about a bundle of wires. The assembly includes a shrink boot, such as a cold shrink boot, and a tacky sealant, such as a polyurethane gel, that will deform and flow under the pressure of a collapsing tube of the shrink boot.
US12074413B2	Electrical assembly An electrical assembly may include a contactor, a bus bar connected to the contactor, a bracket connected to the bus bar, and/or a cooling member. The cooling member may be connected to the bracket such that the contactor is indirectly connected to the cooling member via the bus bar and the bracket. A method of assembling an electrical assembly may include providing a bracket and one or more contactors, inserting the one or more contactors into the bracket, disposing a flexible circuit at least partially on and/or in the bracket, electrically connecting the flexible circuit with the one or more contactors, connecting a bus bar assembly with the one or more contactors, connecting the bus bar assembly with the bracket, disposing a cooling member on or about the bracket, and/or connecting the cooling member with the bracket.
US12074409B2	Laser diode drive method and arrangement A method and apparatus to drive a laser diode are disclosed comprising increasing a bias current to the laser diode to a threshold level, wherein the threshold level is below an actuation level of the laser diode and wherein a resistor is placed in parallel to the laser diode, charging a capacitance to a precharge capacitance of a circuit including the laser diode, wherein the precharge capacitance is below a capacitance actuation level of the laser diode; and actuating the laser diode.
US12074407B2	Method, device and system for dynamically controlling gain of Raman optical fiber amplifier Disclosed are a method, device and system for dynamically controlling a gain of a Raman optical fiber amplifier. The method comprises: determining whether a target gain falls within a gain mask range; if the target gain falls within the gain mask range, directly locking a gain to the target gain; and if the target gain falls outside the gain mask range, locking the gain to a corresponding maximum gain in the gain mask range, and gradually increasing the locked gain according to a preset first step length until the target gain is reached or until at least one pump laser reaches a maximum output power. The invention enables an optical fiber amplifier to respond quickly to a change in an input optical signal, ensures gain stability, and ensures that no power overshoot or undershoot occurs in the non-switched optical channels in an optical path. Moreover, the invention minimizes an amount of time required to complete switching between gains.
US12074404B2	Torque limiting clamp for helical outer conductor cables An RF connector that has a main body, a clamp, and a cap. The connector has an internal torque limiting mechanism that enables the connector to be installed in the field such that the connector is correctly positioned at the axial stop point of the RF cable during insertion. This is enabled by an internal preloaded cap/seal interface that requires a predetermined breakaway torque to cause the cap to rotate relative to the clamp. The breakaway torque is less than a torque that would be required to over-install the connector.
US12074401B2	Terminal and wire with terminal A terminal 12 to be connected to a front end part of a wire 11 in an extending direction is provided with a terminal body 15 including a wire connecting portion 20 to be connected to the wire 11, and a shell to be externally fit to the wire connecting portion 20. The wire connecting portion 20 includes a sandwiching portion 18A, 18B extending in the extending direction of the wire 11 and configured to sandwich the wire 11. The shell includes a resilient pressurizing portion for resiliently pressurizing the sandwiching portion 18A, 18B toward the wire 11.
US12074400B1	Substrate dimension adapter An adapter for retaining a wafer has a back side intended to be placed on, and to extend over, a first suction channel and a second suction channel disposed on a main face of a support. The adapter has a shallow recess disposed on the front side to receive the wafer, the shallow recess being shaped to the wafer size and having a flat base to contact a surface of the wafer. The adapter also includes a vacuum network extending through the adapter and comprising at least one through-passage connecting the adapter back side and the adapter front side, the through-passage opening out, on the front side, in the shallow recess. The through-passage intercepts, on the back side, the first suction channel of the support but not the second suction channel.
US12074398B2	High speed connector Electrical connectors for very high speed signals, including signals at or above 112 Gbps. Effectiveness of shielding along the signal paths through the mating electrical connectors may be enhanced through the use of one or more techniques, including enabling two-sided shielding, connections between shield members and between shield members and grounded structures of printed circuit boards to which the connectors are mounted, and selective positioning of lossy material. Such techniques may be simply and reliably implemented in high density connector using one or more techniques. An electrical connector may include core members held by a housing together with leadframe assemblies attached to the core members. The core members may include features that would be difficult to mold in a housing and may include both shields and lossy materials in locations that would be difficult to incorporate in a leadframe assembly.
US12074392B2	FPCB assembly for battery module, its manufacturing method, and battery module including the same A flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) assembly for a battery module includes a insulated flexible film and conductor patterns arranged inside the film in a predetermined form, and the conductor patterns transmit an electric signal. The FPCB assembly includes a main FPCB configured to extend in one direction; and a sub FPCB assembled to at least one side of the main FPCB and configured to extend in a direction different from the main FPCB.
US12074388B2	Cover with antenna function A decrease in performance of an antenna is suppressed while maintaining metallic design by a metal vapor deposition layer in a cover with antenna function. A back cover includes cover member, a pictorial pattern layer, and a metasurface. The pictorial pattern layer is arranged in a layering direction with respect to the cover member and includes a metal vapor deposition layer. The metasurface is arranged side by side in the layering direction with the pictorial pattern layer. The metasurface amplifies an antenna signal.
US12074371B2	Millimeter wave (mmW) reflective structure and mmW transmission structure A millimeter-wave reflective structure configured to reflect incident millimeter waves includes: a transparent substrate defining unit cells in the form of a matrix, the transparent substrate having an upper surface; and conductive patterns arranged in the unit cells on the transparent substrate, each of the conductive patterns having a hollow rectangular shape.
US12074368B2	Electronic computing device having self-shielding antenna An electronic computing device with a self-shielding antenna. An electronic computing device may include a frame, an antenna, and an antenna shielding. The frame includes a top cover and a bottom cover. Electronic components are included in a space formed between the top cover and the bottom cover. The antenna is for wireless transmission and reception and included in the frame near an edge of the frame. The antenna shielding is disposed around the antenna for providing electro-magnetic shielding from radio frequency (RE) noises generated from the electronic components included in the frame. The antenna shielding may be a metal wall disposed between the top cover and the bottom cover around the antenna. The frame may be a metallic frame and may include a cut-out in the top cover and the bottom cover above and below the antenna, and a non-metallic cover may be provided in the cut-out.
US12074362B2	Electronic device comprising antenna An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a side surface between the first surface and the second surface, an antenna including a carrier including a first carrier surface facing the side surface, a second carrier surface opposite to the first carrier surface and a plurality of side carrier surfaces between the first carrier surface and the second carrier surface, and a patch positioned on the first carrier surface, a first capacitive sensor positioned between the first carrier surface and the side surface, and a filler positioned between the side surface and the first carrier surface.
US12074361B2	Electronic device comprising antenna An electronic device includes: an electronic device includes: a housing; a first antenna structure provided in an inner space of the housing, the first antenna structure including: a first substrate having a first substrate surface facing a first direction and a second substrate surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, the first substrate including a plurality of first insulating layers and a first ground layer disposed on at least one of the plurality of first insulating layers; and a conductive patch disposed on one of the plurality of first insulating layers and overlapping the first ground layer; and a second antenna structure disposed in an opening of the first substrate in the inner space of the housing, the second antenna structure including: a second substrate having a third substrate surface facing the first direction and a fourth substrate surface facing the second direction, the second substrate including a plurality of second insulating layers that are stacked and a second ground layer; and at least two antenna elements disposed on a second insulating layer, among the plurality of second insulating layers, that is closer to the third substrate surface than the fourth substrate surface, wherein the conductive patch at least partly surrounds the second antenna structure.
US12074360B2	RFIC assembled antenna An RFIC assembled antenna comprises: a first layer substrate including a first metal pattern, a first slot formed in the first metal pattern, and a second slot formed to be connected to the first slot, and in which an RFIC chip is coupled to a region of the second slot; and a second layer substrate coupled to a lower portion of the first layer substrate and including a second metal pattern, a third slot formed in the second metal pattern, and a dipole radiator formed inside the third slot, wherein a feeding pattern connected to the RFIC chip to provide a feed signal to the dipole radiator is formed inside the first slot.
US12074351B2	Refuelling unit for refuelling fuel cell of hearing aid Disclosed is a refueling unit for refueling a fuel cell. The refueling unit comprising a fuel cell receiving section and a cartridge receiving section. The refuelling unit is configured to receive through a waste inlet a waste fluid. The refuelling unit further comprises an intermediate fuel reservoir for storing fuel. The refuelling unit is configured to firstly receive in the intermediate fuel reservoir a predetermined amount of fuel from a cartridge and secondly empty the intermediate fuel reservoir and guide said fuel stored therein into the fuel reservoir of a fuel cell connected to the fuel cell receiving section.
US12074350B2	Solid oxide fuel cell assembly A propulsion system for an aircraft, the aircraft including an aircraft fuel supply, the propulsion system including: a turbomachine including a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the combustion section configured to receive a flow of aviation fuel from the aircraft fuel supply; and a fuel cell assembly including a fuel cell stack having a solid oxide fuel cell, the solid oxide fuel cell defining an outlet positioned to remove output products from the solid oxide fuel cell and provide the output products to the combustion section, the solid oxide fuel cell including a cathode; an electrolyte layer; and an anode positioned opposite the electrolyte layer from the cathode, the anode including a cermet, the cermet including less than 25% by volume nickel.
US12074346B1	Method and system for providing an improved fitting for a flexible fuel cell A method and system provide a fitting system for a flexible fuel cell of an aircraft. The fitting system may include a flexible fuel cell and a fitting. The fitting may have a peripheral flange with a series of slots spaced about the flange. A series of fabric strips may be threaded into the slots of the fitting and one or more adhesives may couple the fabric strips to the fuel cell. The fabric strips may extend out around the periphery of the fitting to provide a uniform contact surface area with the fuel cell. The fabric strips may be separated by fuel cell material. The fabric strips may be made from one or more materials for enclosing or holding fuel. The fitting may further include threaded holes wherein the threaded holes may receive fasteners to couple the fitting to the fuel equipment of an aircraft.
US12074345B2	Terminal, secondary battery provided with same, and methods for producing same Provided is a terminal of improved conduction reliability. The terminal disclosed herein has a plate-shaped first conductive member; a second conductive member electrically connected to the first conductive member; a fastening portion at which there are mechanically fixed the first conductive member and a flange portion of the second conductive member; and a metal joint in which the first conductive member and the flange portion of the second conductive member are metal-joined, at a position spaced from the fastening portion.
US12074342B2	Battery module structured so as to allow accurate temperature sensing, and battery pack and motor vehicle comprising same A battery module includes a cell stack formed by stacking a plurality of battery cells; a bus bar frame assembly including a bus bar frame configured to cover one longitudinal end and the other longitudinal end of the cell stack and a plurality of bus bars fixed on the bus bar frame and electrically connected to the battery cells; and a FPCB assembly including a first FPCB extending along a longitudinal direction of the cell stack to cover at least a portion of an upper surface of the cell stack, a second FPCB extending from both longitudinal ends of the first FPCB and electrically connected to the bus bars, and a pair of temperature sensors mounted to both longitudinal ends of the first FPCB.
US12074339B2	Separator including porous substrate, heat resistant porous layer, and adhesive layer, and non-aqueous secondary battery including the same Provided is a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery, containing a porous substrate; a heat resistant porous layer that is provided on one side or on both sides of the porous substrate, and that contains a porous coating film including at least one selected from the group consisting of a wholly aromatic polyamide, a polyamide imide and a polyimide; and an adhesive layer that is provided on one side or on both sides of a layered body containing the porous substrate and the heat resistant porous layer, in which adhesive resin particles adhere to the layered body, and provided is a separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery, containing a porous substrate; a heat resistant porous layer that is provided on one side or on both sides of the porous substrate, and that contains at least one of inorganic particles or a heat resistant resin, the heat resistant resin having at least one of an amide bond or an imide bond in a molecule; and an adhesive layer that is provided on one side or on both sides of a layered body containing the porous substrate and the heat resistant porous layer, wherein adhesive resin particles adhere to the layered body, in which a peel strength between the porous substrate and the heat resistant porous layer is from 5 N/m to 75 N/m.
US12074335B2	Battery module, battery pack, powered device, and assembly method for battery module This application provides a battery module and an assembly method for a battery module. The battery module includes batteries and a framework assembly. The framework assembly includes a first partition, two second partitions, and a securing clip. The first partition extends in a second direction. Each second partition extends in a first direction, and the two second partitions are located respectively on two sides of the first partition and form a cross-shaped structure together with the first partition. The securing clip fits with the two second partitions and secures the two second partitions to the first partition. The batteries are disposed on two sides of each second partition of the framework assembly in the second direction. The two second partitions of the framework assembly are secured to the first partition by using the securing clip, thereby improving the strength of connection between the second partitions and the first partition.
US12074333B2	Motor control for gas engine replacement device A gas engine replacement device includes a housing, a battery receptacle coupled to the housing to receive a battery pack, a motor within the housing, a power take-off shaft receiving torque from the motor and protruding from a side of the housing, a power switching network configured to provide power from the battery pack to the motor, and an electronic processor coupled to the power switching network and configured to control the power switching network to rotate the motor and to receive a command speed, determine whether the command speed is in an exclusion zone, set an output speed at the command speed responsive to the command speed being outside the exclusion zone, set the output speed to a speed outside the exclusion zone responsive to the command speed being in the exclusion zone, and control the power switching network to rotate the motor in accordance with the output speed.
US12074332B2	Method and device for connecting composite metal foils for pouch cells with a pre-sealing tape A method for connecting a pre-sealing tape to a composite metal foil for pouch cells comprises at least the following steps: (a) creating a texture in at least a partial area of the composite metal foil; (b) applying a pre-sealing tape onto the composite metal foil, whereby the texture is at least partially covered by the pre-sealing tape; (c) connecting the pre-sealing tape to the composite metal foil to form a composite body; and (d) cutting the composite body to the predefined finished contour.
US12074330B2	Conductive array, composite membrane including the conductive array, lithium battery including the composite membrane, and method of manufacturing the conductive array A conductive array, a composite membrane including the conductive array, a lithium battery, and a method of manufacturing the conductive array. The conductive array includes a plurality of ion conductive inorganic particles spaced apart from each other, wherein the circumferences (x) and the width (y) of a top surface of an ion conductive inorganic particle of the plurality of ion conductive inorganic particles in plan view satisfy Inequality (1), x≥3.2y, and Inequality (1) a distance between a first ion conductive inorganic particle of the plurality of ion conductive inorganic particles and an adjacent second ion conductive inorganic particle in a plan view is 0% to about 20% of the width of the surface of the ion conductive inorganic particle.
US12074328B2	Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery disclosed herein includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive and negative electrodes each include a current collector and a mixture layer formed on the surface of the current collector. The current collector includes a resin layer and metallic foils provided on both surfaces of the resin layer in at least one of the positive and negative electrodes. A surface of the metallic foils on which the mixture layer is formed is roughened. Furthermore, the average X (μm) of the thicknesses at the thinnest parts and the average Y (μm) of the thicknesses at the thickest parts of the metallic foil determined based on a plurality of obtained sectional SEM images in a stacked direction of the resin layer and the metallic foils satisfy the following relationship: 0.1 μm
US12074325B2	All-solid-state battery comprising lithium storage layer having multilayer structure and method of manufacturing same An all-solid-state battery includes: an anode current collector; a lithium storage layer including a first layer located at an electrolyte-layer side and a second layer located at an anode current collector side, having a higher porosity than the first layer, and including an interface portion and a core portion, which is a remaining portion other than the interface portion; an electrolyte layer; and a cathode layer, wherein the anode current collector, the lithium storage layer, the electrolyte layer, and the cathode layer are sequentially laminated, and the interface portion is in contact with the first layer and has a higher binder content per unit volume than the core portion.
US12074323B2	Anode for lithium ion secondary battery, method for preparing the same and lithium ion secondary battery comprising the same The present disclosure relates to an anode for a secondary battery, a method of manufacturing the anode, and a lithium ion secondary battery including the anode. An anode includes an anode mixture layer on at least one surface of an anode current collector, with pores inside the anode mixture layer having a Z-tensor value of 0.33 or more. In addition, a method of manufacturing the anode and a lithium ion secondary battery including the anode are provided.
US12074320B2	Negative electrode active material for secondary battery and manufacturing method thereof The present invention relates to a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery and a manufacturing method thereof. A negative electrode active material, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises silicon-based primary particles, and a particle size distribution of the silicon-based primary particles is D10≥50 nm and D90≤150 nm. The negative electrode active material suppresses or reduces tensile hoop stress generated in lithiated silicon particles during a charging of a battery to thus suppress a crack due to a volume expansion of the silicon particles and/or an irreversible reaction caused by the crack, such that the lifetime and capacity of the battery can be improved.
US12074314B2	Rechargeable aluminum organic batteries Disclosed herein are rechargeable aluminum organic batteries and active materials used therein. The cathodic materials used herein comprise a macrocycle comprising a substituted or unsubstituted phenanthrenequinone unit and a graphite flake.
US12074308B2	Binder, and electrode and lithium secondary battery comprising same A binder, an electrode and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same, wherein the binder includes a first block including a polymer containing functional groups substitutable with lithium ions and a second block. The second block may include a polymer containing oxygen atoms in the main chain. With such a binder, it is possible to prevent the agglomeration of the slurry for preparing the electrode, thereby preventing the occurrence of cracks on the surface of the electrode and improving the life characteristics of the lithium secondary battery.
US12074305B2	Temperature raising device The present invention includes an AC generation circuit which is configured to be connected to a secondary battery having characteristics in which a resistance component of an impedance of the secondary battery decreases as a frequency of an alternating current flowing in the secondary battery rises from a low frequency and the resistance component increases as the frequency moves to a high frequency side from a frequency at which the resistance component is minimized and to raise the temperature of the secondary battery by circulating an alternating current at a frequency in a high frequency band higher than the frequency at which the resistance component is minimized in the secondary battery.
US12074302B2	Charge material for recycled lithium-ion batteries Cathode material from exhausted lithium ion batteries are dissolved in a solution for extracting the useful elements Co (cobalt), Ni (nickel), Al (Aluminum) and Mn (manganese) to produce active cathode materials for new batteries. The solution includes compounds of desirable materials such as cobalt, nickel, aluminum and manganese dissolved as compounds from the exhausted cathode material of spent cells. Depending on a desired proportion, or ratio, of the desired materials, raw materials are added to the solution to achieve the desired ratio of the commingled compounds for the recycled cathode material for new cells. The desired materials precipitate out of solution without extensive heating or separation of the desired materials into individual compounds or elements. The resulting active cathode material has the predetermined ratio for use in new cells, and avoids high heat typically required to separate the useful elements because the desired materials remain commingled in solution.
US12074299B2	ASIC chip for performing active battery equalization An ASIC chip for performing active battery equalization is provided. The ASIC chip for performing active battery equalization includes: a power conversion module, an equalization switch matrix circuit module comprising a power MOS transistor, a switch control module, a temperature protection module, and a communication interface module. By connecting and controlling the above modules, the equalization switch matrix circuit module performs equalization on a battery in the battery pack. That is, the use of the integrated ASIC chip accelerates and facilitates the BMS solution manufacturers adding the active equalization function, and facilitates the BMS Battery management system effectively improving the service performance and life of lithium batteries.
US12074298B2	Power pack and power pack circuitry A multi-level power cell pack switching circuitry having a plurality of first level cell circuits, and additional plurality of cell circuits of consecutively progressing levels, with switching and control configured to facilitate dynamically changing serial and/or parallel connections between cells and cell circuits.
US12074296B2	Battery pack, electric apparatus using battery pack, and electric apparatus main body A battery pack having a first cell unit and a second cell unit in which multiple battery cells are connected in series is provided. When the battery pack is not connected to an electric apparatus main body, the first cell unit and the second cell unit are in a non-connection state in which the first cell unit and the second cell unit are not electrically connected to each other. The battery pack includes: a microcomputer, connected to one of the first cell unit and the second cell unit; a residual quantity display portion, connected to the microcomputer and displaying a battery residual quantity of the battery pack; and a switch, being operated by a worker. When the switch is operated while in the non-connection state, the microcomputer is configured to perform a light-on control to display the battery residual quantity by the residual quantity display portion.
US12074291B2	Electrode assembly and apparatus and method for manufacturing the same An apparatus for manufacturing an electrode assembly includes a separator supply unit, a table, a separator guide, and a pair of upper adhesive supply units. The separator supply unit is configured for supplying a separator sheet from which a separator is formed. The table is configured for supporting an electrode and a portion of the separator sheet. The separator guide is configured for guiding the separator sheet to fold in a particular folding direction. The pair of upper adhesive supply units are configured for applying an adhesive to at least a part of an uppermost electrode supported by the table. The separator guide and the pair of upper adhesive supply units are configured for translation over and relative to the table. The electrode assembly is manufactured by a process using the apparatus.
US12074289B2	Additives for electrochemical cells Articles and methods including additives in electrochemical cells, are generally provided. As described herein, such electrochemical cells may comprise an anode, a cathode, an electrolyte, and optionally a separator. In some embodiments, at least one of the anode, the cathode, the electrolyte, and/or the optional separator may comprise an additive and/or additive precursor. For instance, in some cases, the electrochemical cell comprises an electrolyte and an additive and/or additive precursor that is soluble with and/or is present in the electrolyte. In some embodiments, the additive precursor comprises a disulfide bond. In certain embodiments, the additive is a carbon disulfide salt. In some cases, the electrolyte may comprise a nitrate.
US12074286B2	Additive for nonaqueous electrolyte solutions, nonaqueous electrolyte solution, and electricity storage device Disclosed is an additive for nonaqueous electrolyte solutions, including a compound represented by Formula (1a) or (1b). In Formulae (1a) and (1b), Z represents a monovalent group represented by Formula (2a), (2b), or (2c).
US12074283B2	Bifunctional ionic liquids for electrolytes A solid polymer electrolyte including a cross-linked ionic liquid (IL) matrix having functional group capable of interacting with lithium ions; polymerizable PEM formulations containing polymerizable ionic liquid (IL) materials (monomers) having functional group capable of interacting with lithium ions and a reactive polymerizable functional group capable of crosslinking; electrolytes prepared from a polymerizable formulation including a lithium conducting salt, a plasticizer, a cross-linker, and a polymerizable IL compound that contains at least one functional group capable of interacting with lithium ions and a reactive polymerizable functional group capable of crosslinking; electrochemical cells containing the electrolytes incorporating these solid PEMs containing the polymerized ionic liquid (IL) materials; and methods thereof are disclosed.
US12074280B2	All-solid secondary battery and method of manufacturing all-solid secondary battery An all-solid secondary battery and a method of manufacturing the all-solid secondary battery. The all-solid secondary battery includes: an anode including an anode current collector and a first anode active material layer; a cathode including a cathode active material layer; and a solid electrolyte layer between the anode and the cathode, wherein the first anode active material layer includes an anode active material and an ionic compound, the ionic compound includes a binary compound, a ternary compound, or a combination thereof, and the ionic compound does not include a plurality of sulfur (S) atoms.
US12074277B2	All-solid-state battery An all-solid-state battery includes: a laminated body having a first lateral face with a positive electrode and negative electrode laminated with a solid electrolyte layer therebetween and wherein a positive electrode current collector layer is exposed and a second lateral face faces the first face and wherein a negative electrode current collector layer is exposed; a positive electrode external terminal on the first face; and a negative electrode external terminal on the second face. At least one difference between a distance Lcn or a distance Lcn+1 from a second face side edge part of a positive electrode of an nth layer or an n+1th layer to the second face and a difference between a distance Lan or a distance Lan+1 from a first lateral face side edge part of a negative electrode of an nth layer or an n+1th layer to the first lateral faces is 10 μm or more.
US12074274B2	Solid state bipolar battery A bipolar battery having a solid ionically conductive polymer material as its electrolyte enabling high voltage discharge.
US12074270B2	Secondary battery An embodiment of the present invention relates to a secondary battery, and with respect to a technical problem to be resolved, provided is a secondary battery which has an electrode tab provided by forming a notch on a non-coated part of an electrode plate of an electrode assembly, and which can enable a current collecting plate to come into surface contact with the electrode tab. To this end, disclosed is a secondary battery comprising: an electrode assembly which comprises a first electrode plate coated with a first electrode active material and having a first non-coated part formed along an upper end thereof, a second electrode plate coated with a second electrode active material and having a second non-coated part formed along a lower end thereof, and a separator interposed between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate, and which is wound in a jelly roll shape; a can for accommodating the electrode assembly; a cap assembly for sealing the can; a first current collecting plate electrically connected to the cap assembly by coming into contact with the first non-coated part; and a second current collecting plate electrically connected to the can by coming into contact with the second non-coated part, wherein the first non-coated part and/or the second non-coated part has a structure in which a plurality of isosceles trapezoidal electrode tabs are arranged to be adjacent to one another with notches formed at a specific angle (α) and at predetermined intervals from a start point thereof that is closest to a winding axis, and thus the first non-coated part and/or the second non-coated part are bent toward the winding axis.
US12074269B2	Square housing battery coating devices compatible with a plurality of coating manners The embodiments of the present disclosure provides a square housing battery coating device compatible with a plurality of coating manners. The device may include a machine station, a pushing device, a feeding device, a film releasing device, a film sending device, a film adhering device, a transferring and positioning device, an edge cutting device, and a folding and adhering device. The device may be configured to form a U-shaped coating battery by first paving an insulating film on a bottom side, a left side, and a right side of the battery input with the bottom side facing forward using a U-shaped coating manner, or form a hollow-square-shaped coating battery by first paving the insulating film on a front side, the left side, and the right side, and folding and adhering the back side of the battery input with the front side facing forward using a hollow-square-shaped coating manner.
US12074255B2	Display device The display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a substrate and a display element unit. The display element unit includes a first electrode on the substrate, a second electrode on the substrate and spaced apart from the first electrode in a first direction, and a plurality of light emitting elements between the first electrode and the second electrode in a plan view. Each of the first and second electrodes includes an opening.
US12074254B2	Nitride semiconductor device and substrate thereof, method for forming rare earth element-added nitride layer, and red-light emitting device and method for manufacturing the same The purpose of the present invention is to provide a technique of manufacturing a nitride semiconductor layer with which, when producing a semiconductor device by forming a nitride semiconductor layer on off-angle inclined substrate, it is possible to stably supply high-quality semiconductor devices by preventing occurrence of a macro step using a material that is not likely to occur lattice strains or crystal defects by mixing with GaN and does not require continuous addition; and provided is a nitride semiconductor device which comprises a nitride semiconductor layer formed on a substrate, wherein the substrate is inclined at an off angle, a rare earth element-added nitride layer to which a rare earth element is added is formed on the substrate as a primed layer, and a nitride semiconductor layer is formed on the rare earth element-added nitride layer.
US12074253B2	Semiconductor nanoparticles, production method thereof, and light-emitting device Provided is a method of producing semiconductor nanoparticles that exhibit a band-edge emission, and are superior in quantum yield. The method includes raising the temperature of a first mixture containing a silver (Ag) salt, a salt containing at least one of indium (In) and gallium (Ga), a solid compound that serves as a supply source of sulfur (S), and an organic solvent to a temperature in a range of from 125 □C to 175 □C, and heat-treating, subsequent to the raising of the temperature, the first mixture at a temperature in a range of from 125 □C to 175 □C for three seconds or more to obtain a solution containing semiconductor nanoparticles, and decreasing the temperature of the solution containing semiconductor nanoparticles. The solid compound that serves as a supply source of S contains thiourea.
US12074250B2	Display substrate and method of manufacturing the same, and display device A display substrate includes a base, a plurality of light-emitting devices disposed on a side of the base, and a light adjustment layer. The plurality of light-emitting devices are spaced apart from each other. At least part of the light adjustment layer is located in gaps among the plurality of light-emitting devices, so that side walls of at least one of the plurality of light-emitting devices are surrounded by the light adjustment layer. A material of the light adjustment layer includes a light-absorbing material. The light adjustment layer is configured to absorb light incident on the light adjustment layer.
US12074247B2	Nanorod production method and nanorod produced thereby Provided is a method of manufacturing a nanorod. The method comprising comprises the steps of: providing a growth substrate and a support substrate; epitaxially growing a nanomaterial layer onto one surface of the growth substrate; forming a sacrificial layer on one surface of the support substrate; bonding the nanomaterial layer with the sacrificial layer; separating the growth substrate from the nanomaterial layer; flattening the nanomaterial layer; forming a nanorod by etching the nanomaterial layer; and separating the nanorod by removing the sacrificial layer.
US12074245B1	Method for manufacturing photovoltaic module and photovoltaic module Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for manufacturing a photovoltaic module and a photovoltaic module. The method includes the following: providing a plurality of cells; selecting at least one cell from the plurality of cells, and for each respective cell of the at least one cell, forming a corresponding solder layer on each respective solder pad of at least one solder pad of the respective cell; and performing a soldering treatment on the respective connecting member and the at least one solder pad and/or the at least one solder layer to connect the respective pair of adjacent cells, wherein the soldering treatment has a heating temperature in a range of 200° C. to 300° C.
US12074244B2	Optical sensor package with magnetic component for device attachment An integrated sensor package for an electronic device may include a matrix material defining a body structure of the integrated sensor package, a light emitting diode at least partially encapsulated in the matrix material, a photodiode at least partially encapsulated in the matrix material and configured to detect light emitted by the light emitting diode and reflected by an object external to the integrated sensor package, a via structure at least partially encapsulated in the matrix material, a permanent magnet at least partially encapsulated in the matrix material, a first conductive member on a first side of the integrated sensor package and conductively coupling the light emitting diode to a first end of the via structure, and a second conductive member on a second side of the integrated sensor package opposite the first side and conductively coupled to a second end of the via structure.
US12074243B1	Method for fabricating high-sensitivity photodetectors This Application discloses methods for fabricating and packaging avalanche photodiodes (APDs), particularly useful for high sensitivity Geiger-mode APDs formed using an array of micro-cells. The photodetector is formed on a semiconductor wafer of indium phosphide (InP) having epitaxial layers, including indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) as the photodetecting layer, with n-doped InP to one side, and layers of InP incorporating p-doped regions on the opposite side. The p-doped regions may be used to define the array of micro-cells. The photodetector is packaged by etching a well into the epitaxial structure on the semiconductor wafer, allowing an electrode to be patterned that contacts the n-doped InP layer and another that contacts the p-doped InP regions. Flip-chip bonding techniques can then attach the semiconductor wafer to a stronger support substrate, which may additionally be configured with electronic circuitry positioned to electrically contact the electrodes on the semiconductor wafer surface.
US12074238B2	Solder strip and solar cell module Provided is a solder strip. A cross section of the solder strip includes a base portion and a reflective portion arranged above the base portion. The reflective portion includes a top edge, a first side edge and a second side edge. A first angle is formed between the first side edge and an extension line of the top edge. A second angle is formed between the second side edge and the extension line of the top edge. The first angle and the second angle are greater than 42.5°.
US12074237B2	Photovoltaic laminate comprising single polymer composite Photovoltaic (PV) laminates employ single polymer composites (SPCs). The SPCs may be located at various locations of the PV laminate. These locations may include being positioned as an entire back-sheet of the PV laminate as well as, as a portion of a back-sheet or other layer of the PV laminate. The SPCs may be positioned and configured in the PV laminate so as to reduce tensile and compressive forces developed on PV cells from live normal loads or other live loads or dead loads experienced by the PV laminate. The SPCs can serve to reduce the weight of a PV laminate as well as to assist in having PV cells lie along the neutral axis of the PV laminate.
US12074235B2	Seeded solid-phase crystallization of transparent conducting vanadate perovskites Transparent, electrically conductive vanadium oxide-based perovskite films and methods of making the vanadium oxide-based perovskite films are provided. Transparent conducting vanadate perovskites are made by forming a layer of amorphous vanadate perovskite precursor around a plurality of nanoscale, crystalline, perovskite oxide seeds and heating the layer of amorphous vanadate perovskite precursor at a temperature that favors lateral vanadate perovskite crystal growth from the perovskite oxide seeds over homogeneous crystal nucleation within the layer of amorphous vanadate perovskite precursor material. The crystallization processes can form the desired vanadate perovskite phase directly or via a transformation in a controlled gas environment from an initial crystallized vanadate perovskite phase that has a higher oxidation state.
US12074231B2	Colored plate-shaped component with structured cover plate and color filter layer A plate-shaped component includes a transparent cover plate and a planar back element attached to the cover plate. The cover plate has a front surface facing the external environment and a back surface facing the back element. At least one surface selected from the front and back surfaces has at least one structured region, and at least one color filter layer for reflecting light within a predetermined wavelength range is arranged on the at least one surface selected from the front and back surfaces. The at least one structural region is perpendicular to the plane of the cover plate. The at least one color filter layer includes at least one refractive layer having a refractive index of greater than 2.5 in the wavelength range from 400 nm to at least 700 nm and an extinction coefficient of at least 0.2 below 450 nm and less than 0.2 above 700 nm.
US12074227B2	Semiconductor device including deep trench capacitors and via contacts A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device are disclosed. In one aspect, the semiconductor device includes a plurality of deep trench capacitors and a plurality of via contacts that at least partially surround the deep trench capacitors. Variations may be made to the number and locations of the plurality of via contacts such that design requirements for the packaging are satisfied.
US12074226B2	Schottky diode integrated with a semiconductor device A semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor die having a first region and a second region, wherein an operating temperature of the second region is lower than an operating temperature of the first region. A plurality of first tubs are respectively disposed in the first region, the second region, or both. The semiconductor device further comprises a power device comprising a plurality of power device cells, and a diode having a plurality of diode cells. The power devices cells are disposed within tubs or portions of tubs that are in the first region, and the diode cells are disposed within tubs or portions of tubs that are in the second region. The power device may comprise a vertical metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET), and the diode may comprise a vertical Schottky barrier diode (SBD).
US12074219B2	Back channel field effect transistors using a pull back process and methods for forming the same A disclosed semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate electrode formed on the substrate, a gate dielectric layer formed over the gate electrode, a source electrode located adjacent to a first side of the gate electrode, and a drain electrode located adjacent to a second side of the gate electrode. A gate dielectric formed from an etch-stop layer and/or high-k dielectric layer separates the source electrode from the gate electrode and substrate and separates the drain electrode from the gate electrode and the substrate. First and second oxide layers are formed over the gate dielectric and are located adjacent to the source electrode on the first side of the gate electrode and located adjacent to the drain electrode on the second side of the gate electrode. A semiconductor layer is formed over the first oxide layer, the second oxide layer, the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the gate dielectric.
US12074210B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same It is an object to provide a semiconductor device including a thin film transistor with favorable electric properties and high reliability, and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device with high productivity. In an inverted staggered (bottom gate) thin film transistor, an oxide semiconductor film containing In, Ga, and Zn is used as a semiconductor layer, and a buffer layer formed using a metal oxide layer is provided between the semiconductor layer and a source and drain electrode layers. The metal oxide layer is intentionally provided as the buffer layer between the semiconductor layer and the source and drain electrode layers, whereby ohmic contact is obtained.
US12074203B2	Nitride crystal, optical device, semiconductor device, and method for manufacturing nitride crystal According to one embodiment, a nitride crystal includes first, second, and third nitride crystal regions. The third nitride crystal region includes Al, and is provided between the first and second nitride crystal regions. A third oxygen concentration in the third nitride crystal region is greater than a first oxygen concentration in the first nitride crystal region and greater than a second oxygen concentration in the second nitride crystal region. A third carbon concentration in the third nitride crystal region is greater than a first carbon concentration in the first nitride crystal region and greater than a second carbon concentration in the second nitride crystal region. A <0001> direction of the first nitride crystal region is one of a first orientation from the second nitride crystal region toward the first nitride crystal region or a second orientation from the first nitride crystal region toward the second nitride crystal region.
US12074198B2	Semiconductor device with improved temperature uniformity A tub of a semiconductor device includes a cool zone with a first projected operating temperature and a hot zone with a second projected operating temperature greater than the first projected operating temperature. A design parameter has a first value in the cool zone and a second value different from the first value in the hot zone. The difference configures the tub to dissipate less heat in the hot zone during operation of the semiconductor device than would be dissipated if the first and second values were equal. The design parameter may be, for example, a tub width, a source structure width, a JFET region width, a channel length, a channel width, a length of a gate, a displacement of a center of the gate relative to a center of a JFET region, a dopant concentration, or a combination thereof.
US12074190B2	Image sensor device A device includes a substrate, a light sensitive element, a pinning region, a lightly-doped region, a floating node, and a gate stack. The light sensitive element is in the substrate. The pinning region is in the substrate and is over the light sensitive element. The lightly-doped region is laterally adjacent the pinning region. The floating node is in the pinning region, the floating node being spaced from and surrounded by the lightly-doped region. A first portion of the pinning region is between the floating node and the lightly-doped region. The gate stack is over the first portion of the pinning region.
US12074189B2	Image sensor and method of manufacturing same An image sensor includes pixel regions separated by an isolation region and receiving incident light, color filters respectively disposed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate corresponding to the pixel regions, a cover insulating layer disposed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate and covering the color filters, first transparent electrodes disposed on the cover insulating layer and spaced apart to respectively overlap the color filters, an isolation pattern disposed on the cover insulating layer between the first transparent electrodes and having a trench spaced apart from the first transparent electrodes, a drain electrode disposed in the trench of the isolation pattern, and an organic photoelectric layer and a second transparent electrode sequentially disposed on the first transparent electrodes and the isolation pattern.
US12074188B2	Image sensor An image sensor includes a pixel separation structure disposed in a semiconductor substrate and defining a plurality of pixel regions, a first photoelectric conversion region and a second photoelectric conversion region disposed in the semiconductor substrate and in each of the plurality of pixel regions, and a plurality of micro-lenses disposed on the semiconductor substrate and corresponding to the plurality of pixel regions. The semiconductor substrate includes a plurality of curved surfaces that is convex toward the plurality of micro-lenses, and the semiconductor substrate has a minimum thickness between the first photoelectric conversion region and the second photoelectric conversion region in each of the plurality of pixel regions, and has a maximum thickness at a boundary between the plurality of pixel regions.
US12074184B2	Light detecting device, light detecting system, and filter array A light detecting device includes: a filter array including filters two-dimensionally arrayed and an image sensor including light detection elements. Each of first and second filters included in the filters includes a first reflective layer, a second reflective layer, and an intermediate layer therebetween and has a resonance structure having resonant modes whose orders are different from each other. A refractive index and/or a thickness of the intermediate layer in the first and second filters is different depending on the filter. A transmission spectrum of each of the first and second filters has local maximum value of transmittance at each of wavelengths included in a wavelength region, and the wavelengths correspond to the resonant modes, respectively. The image sensor is disposed at a position where the image senor receives passing light that passes through the filter array, to detect components in the wavelengths included in the passing light.
US12074183B2	Semiconductor packaging method and semiconductor package device The present disclosure provides a semiconductor packaging method and a semiconductor package device. The method includes providing a chip, where the chip includes a chip substrate having a front surface and a back surface; soldering pads; a metal part formed on a side of each soldering pad facing away from the chip substrate; and a transparent protective layer formed on the front surface of the chip substrate. The transparent protective layer covers a photosensitive region of the chip substrate and the metal part, and the transparent protective layer contains an opening at a position corresponding to the metal part to expose a first end of the metal part away from the soldering pads. The method further includes electrically connecting the first end of the metal part to a circuit board using a conductive connection part to electrically connect the chip with the circuit board.
US12074181B2	Solid-state imaging apparatus and method for manufacturing the solid-state imaging apparatus having sealing portion disposed in bonded members A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a first substrate that includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units, a second substrate that includes at least a part of a readout circuit configured to read signals based on electric charges of the plurality of photoelectric conversion units and a peripheral circuit including a control circuit, and a wiring structure that is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and includes a pad portion electrically connected to the peripheral circuit via a draw-out wiring and an insulating layer. The wiring structure has, at least at a part thereof, a seal ring disposed in such a way as to surround the photoelectric conversion units and the peripheral circuit.
US12074177B2	Imaging device and camera system An imaging device including a pixel including: a photoelectric converter including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion film between the first electrode and the second electrode, the photoelectric conversion film converting light into a charge; a first transistor having a first source, drain and gate, the first gate connected to the first electrode; and a second transistor having a second source and drain, one of the second source and the second drain connected to the first electrode and being a charge accumulation region that accumulates the charge. The imaging device further including a first voltage supply circuit supplying a first voltage to the second electrode, where the second transistor has a characteristic that when a voltage of the charge accumulation region is equal to or greater than a clipping voltage, the second transistor is turned off, and the clipping voltage is lower than the first voltage.
US12074171B2	Display device having an intermediate electrode between sub-areas and connected to electrodes of the subareas A display device may include a pixel disposed in a display area. The pixel may include: a first electrode extending in a first direction; a second electrode including a first electrode part spaced apart from the first electrode in a direction intersecting with the first direction and extending in the first direction, a second electrode part extending from the first electrode part in a second direction, and a third electrode part extending form the second electrode part in the first direction; a third electrode including at least one area spaced apart from the third electrode part in the direction intersecting with the first direction and extending in the first direction; a first light emitting element connected between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a second light emitting element connected between the second electrode and the third electrode.
US12074168B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device having a standard cell, includes a first power supply line, a second power supply line, a first gate-all-around field effect transistor (GAA FET) disposed over a substrate, and a second GAA FET disposed above the first GAA FET. The first power supply line and the second power supply line are located at vertically different levels from each other.
US12074164B2	FinFET pitch scaling According to one example, a method includes forming a first set of fin structures on a substrate, forming a sacrificial material between fin structures within the first set of fin structures, forming a dummy gate with a planar bottom surface over the fin structures and the sacrificial material, forming sidewall structures on the dummy gate, laterally etching the sacrificial material underneath the sidewall structures, depositing a lower sidewall structure where the sacrificial material was removed, removing the dummy gate, removing the sacrificial material, and forming a real gate over the fin structures.
US12074161B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer that includes a first main surface on one side and a second main surface on the other side, an IGBT region that includes an FET structure and a second-conductivity-type collector region formed in a surface layer portion of the second main surface, the FET structure including a second-conductivity-type body region formed in a surface layer portion of the first main surface, a first-conductivity-type emitter region formed in a surface layer portion of the body region, and a gate electrode that faces both the body region and the emitter region across a gate insulating layer, a diode region that a includes second-conductivity-type first impurity region formed in the surface layer portion of the first main surface and a first-conductivity-type second impurity region formed in the surface layer portion of the second main surface.
US12074156B2	Memory array circuit and method of manufacturing same A memory array includes a first memory cell configured to store data, a second memory cell configured to store data and a bit line extending along the first direction, and being over the first memory cell and the second memory cell. The first memory cell and the second memory cell are arranged along a first direction in a first column of memory cells. The bit line includes a first conductor extending in the first direction and being in a first conductive layer, and a second conductor extending in the first direction and being in a second conductive layer different from the first conductive layer.
US12074153B2	Display device The present invention relates to a display device, and more particularly, to an Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED) display device including a Touch and Display Driver Integration (TDDI). A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a TFT layer including a first region and a second region; an encapsulation layer disposed on the first region of the TFT layer; an organic light emitting layer disposed between the first region of the TFT layer and the encapsulation layer; a touch sensor disposed on the encapsulation layer; a touch sensor line extending from the touch sensor; a touch sensor trace formed on the TFT layer and electrically connected with the touch sensor line; a display line formed in the TFT layer and configured to transmit a display driving signal; a TDDI disposed in the second region of the TFT layer and connected with the touch sensor trace and the display line; and an FPCB bonded with a bonding region formed in the second region of the TFT layer and electrically connected with the TDDI.
US12074149B2	Device packages with uniform components and methods of forming the same A semiconductor device package includes a first and a second input lead and a plurality of uniform transistor-based components, the plurality of uniform transistor-based components comprising a first subset of the uniform transistor-based components coupled to the first input lead and a second subset of the uniform transistor-based components coupled to the second input lead. The first subset and the second subset are arranged in an asymmetric configuration with respect to one another.
US12074147B2	Display device using semiconductor light-emitting element and manufacturing method therefor Discussed is a display device, including a substrate including a dielectric layer, a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting devices respectively accommodated on the substrate, and a first electrode provided with a plurality of electrode lines arranged on a bottom of the substrate. Each of the first electrode includes a pair of electrode lines spaced from each other on an upper surface of the dielectric layer among the plurality of electrode lines. Each semiconductor light-emitting device is disposed on the pair of electrode lines, and the pair of electrode lines have the same electrical pole.
US12074142B2	Semiconductor package and method of fabricating the same Disclosed are semiconductor packages and their fabricating methods. The semiconductor package comprises connection terminals between a first die and a second die. The first die has signal and peripheral regions and includes first vias on the peripheral region. The second die is on the first die and has second vias on positions that correspond to the first vias. The connection terminals connect the second vias to the first vias. The peripheral region includes first regions adjacent to corners of the first die and second regions adjacent to lateral surfaces of the first die. The connection terminals include first connection terminals on the first regions and second connection terminals on the second regions. A sum of areas of the first connection terminals per unit area on the first regions is greater than that of areas of the second connection terminals per unit area on the second regions.
US12074141B2	Semiconductor package There is provided a semiconductor device comprising a first semiconductor chip which includes a first chip substrate, and a first through via penetrating the first chip substrate, a second semiconductor chip disposed on the first semiconductor chip, and includes a second chip substrate, and a second through via penetrating the second chip substrate, and a connecting terminal disposed between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip to electrically connect the first through via and the second through via. The semiconductor device further comprising an inter-chip molding material which includes a filling portion that fills between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip and encloses the connecting terminal, an extension portion that extends along at least a part of a side surface of the second semiconductor chip, and a protruding portion protruding from the extension portion.
US12074140B2	System formed through package-in-package formation A package includes a first device die, and a second device die bonded to the first device die through hybrid bonding. The second device die is larger than the first device die. A first isolation region encapsulates the first device die therein. The first device die, the second device die, and the first isolation region form parts of a first package. A third device die is bonded to the first package through hybrid bonding. The third device die is larger than the first package. A second isolation region encapsulates the first package therein. The first package, the third device die, and the second isolation region form parts of a second package.
US12074136B2	Package structure and method of manufacturing the same A package structure includes a plurality of first dies, and a plurality of second dies. The plurality of first dies is on first regions of a semiconductor substrate. The plurality of second dies are electrically bonded to the plurality of first dies. The plurality of second dies covers second regions of the semiconductor substrate between the first regions of the semiconductor substrate. The first portion of top surfaces of the plurality of first dies are covered by the plurality of second dies, and the second portions of the top surfaces of the plurality of first dies are exposed by the plurality of second dies.
US12074133B1	Chip bonding apparatus and securing assembly therefor A chip bonding apparatus and a securing assembly therefor are disclosed. The securing assembly includes a securing bracket, a sliding bracket, and a slide. A first open slot is arranged in the securing bracket, wherein the sliding bracket is slidably mounted on the first open slot, a snap-fitting portion is arranged on a side portion of the sliding bracket, and at least one catch slot that is engageable with the snap-fitting portion to secure the sliding bracket is arranged in the securing bracket. A second open slot is arranged in the sliding bracket, wherein a slideway is arranged in each of two side walls of the second open slot, and the slide is inserted into the slideway and hence mounted in the second open slot.
US12074126B2	Semiconductor structure and method of manufacturing same A semiconductor structure and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor structure are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate including a plurality of pads spaced apart from each other, a first groove, and a second groove connected with the first groove, the first and the second grooves located in the substrate. The first groove is located on the side of the second groove away from the plurality of pads, and the bottom of the second groove exposes a corresponding pad of the plurality of pads. The orthographic projection of the second groove on the substrate is located within the orthographic projection of the first groove on the substrate. A redistribution layer is disposed on a surface of the corresponding pad, the inner wall of the first groove, and the inner wall and the bottom of the second groove. The semiconductor structure prevents contamination or damage of test probes.
US12074125B2	Coaxial through via with novel high isolation cross coupling method for 3D integrated circuits A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor device, a second semiconductor device vertically positioned above the first semiconductor device, and a ground shielded transmission path. The ground shielded transmission path couples the first semiconductor device to the second semiconductor device. The ground shielded transmission path includes a first signal path extending longitudinally between a first end and a second end. The first signal path includes a conductive material. A first insulating layer is disposed over the signal path longitudinally between the first end and the second end. The first insulating layer includes an electrically insulating material. A ground shielding layer is disposed over the insulating material longitudinally between the first end and the second end of the signal path. The ground shielding layer includes a conductive material coupled to ground. The ground shielding layer drives radiation signals received therein to ground to prevent induced noise in the first signal path.
US12074122B2	Inductor structure, semiconductor package and fabrication method thereof A structure includes a first via and a first conductive line embedded in a first dielectric layer and spaced apart from each other by the first dielectric layer. A first metal pattern disposed on the first via and embedded in a second dielectric layer. A first conductive via disposed on the first conductive line and embedded in the second dielectric layer. The first metal pattern and the first conductive via are spaced apart from each other and are located on a first horizontal level, and the first metal pattern has an open ring shape. A second via disposed on the first metal pattern and embedded in a third dielectric layer. An inductor structure including the first via, the first metal pattern, and the second via.
US12074119B2	Chip package structure A chip package structure is provided. The chip package structure includes a substrate. The chip package structure also includes a first chip structure and a second chip structure over the substrate. The chip package structure further includes an anti-warpage bar between the first chip structure and the second chip structure. In addition, the chip package structure includes an underfill layer between the first chip structure and the second chip structure and between the anti-warpage bar and the substrate. A topmost surface of the underfill layer is lower than a top surface of the anti-warpage bar.
US12074115B2	Heat dissipation-electromagnetic shielding embedded packaging structure, manufacturing method thereof, and substrate Disclosed are a heat dissipation-electromagnetic shielding embedded packaging structure, a manufacturing method thereof, and a substrate. The heat dissipation-electromagnetic shielding embedded packaging structure includes: a dielectric layer including an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein at least one hollow cavity unit is disposed inside the dielectric layer; an insulating layer disposed in the hollow cavity unit, wherein the hollow cavity unit is partially filled with the insulating layer; an electronic element, wherein one end is embedded in the insulating layer, the other end is exposed in the hollow cavity unit, and the electronic element includes terminals; a through hole penetrating through the upper surface and the lower surface of the dielectric layer and communicating with the terminals; and a metal layer covering the six surfaces of the dielectric layer and the interior of the through hole to form a shielding layer and circuit layer respectively.
US12074108B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a first wiring extending in a first direction and a second wiring extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and having an end that faces the first wiring and is a predetermined distance away from the first wiring. The predetermined distance is approximately equal to a width of the second wiring, and the end of the second wiring is formed into one or more loops.
US12074107B2	Structure and method of forming a semiconductor device with resistive elements A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a conductive feature and a first punch stop layer, where the conductive feature has a first top surface, and where the first punch stop layer has a second top surface that is substantially level with the first top surface. The method further includes forming a resistive element over the first punch stop layer. The method further includes etching through a first portion of the resistive element to form a first trench that exposes both the second top surface of the first punch stop layer and a first sidewall surface of the resistive element. The method further includes forming a first conductive via within the first trench, where the first conductive via contacts the first sidewall surface of the resistive element.
US12074106B2	Fan-out interconnect integration processes and structures Processing methods may be performed to form a fan-out interconnect structure. The methods may include forming a semiconductor active device structure overlying a first substrate. The semiconductor active device structure may include first conductive contacts. The methods may include forming an interconnect structure overlying a second substrate. The interconnect structure may include second conductive contacts. The methods may also include joining the first substrate with the second substrate. The joining may include coupling the first conductive contacts with the second conductive contacts. The interconnect structure may extend beyond the lateral dimensions of the semiconductor active device structure.
US12074104B2	Integrated circuit packages with ring-shaped substrates In an embodiment, a package includes: a first redistribution structure; a first integrated circuit die connected to the first redistribution structure; a ring-shaped substrate surrounding the first integrated circuit die, the ring-shaped substrate connected to the first redistribution structure, the ring-shaped substrate including a core and conductive vias extending through the core; a encapsulant surrounding the ring-shaped substrate and the first integrated circuit die, the encapsulant extending through the ring-shaped substrate; and a second redistribution structure on the encapsulant, the second redistribution structure connected to the first redistribution structure through the conductive vias of the ring-shaped substrate.
US12074100B2	Flat no-lead package with surface mounted structure The present disclosure is directed to a flat no-lead semiconductor package with a surfaced mounted structure. An end portion of the surface mounted structure includes a recessed member so that the surface mounted structure is coupled to leads of the flat no-lead semiconductor package through, among others, the sidewalls of the recessed members.
US12074098B2	Three-dimensional functional integration A packaged electronic device includes a package structure with opposite first and second sides spaced apart from one another along a first direction, and opposite third and fourth sides spaced apart from one another along a second direction, as well as first and second leads. The first lead includes a first portion that extends outward from the third side of the package structure and extends downward toward a plane of the first side and away from a plane of the second side. The second lead includes a first portion that extends outward from the third side of the package structure, and the second lead extends upward toward the plane of the second side and away from the plane of the first side to allow connection to another circuit or component, such as a second packaged electronic device, a passive circuit component, a printed circuit board, etc.
US12074093B2	Integrated semiconductor device An integrated semiconductor device includes an Si substrate, and a high-side transistor and a low-side transistor which configure a half-bridge. A source electrode of a unit transistor configuring the high-side transistor and a drain electrode of a unit transistor configuring the low-side transistor are integrated as a common electrode.
US12074087B2	Thermal interface material layer and use thereof The present invention relates to a thermal interface material layer and use thereof. The thermal interface material layer comprises an indium layer and a heat dissipation cover located on one side of the indium layer; the surface of the heat dissipation cover contains a nickel layer, and the nickel layer is connected to the indium layer. In the thermal interface material layer of the present invention, the nickel layer on the surface of the heat dissipation cover is connected to the indium layer, so as to form a Ni—In compound layer having high structure stability, thereby solving the problem that the AuIn2 compound layer formed by welding the indium layer and Au used as a wetting layer in the traditional thermal interface layer is easily fractured, improving the reliability of the assembly obtained by assembling same.
US12074086B2	RF devices with nanotube particles for enhanced performance and methods of forming the same The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency device that includes a mold device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the mold device die. The mold device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion, and a first mold compound with nanotube particles. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. The nanotube particles are dispersed throughout a bottom portion of the first mold compound, and have a higher thermal conductivity than the first mold compound alone. The bottom portion of the first mold compound resides over the active layer and top surfaces of the isolation sections. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the mold device die.
US12074081B2	Use of bimetals in a heat sink to benefit heat transfer from high temperature integrated circuit components on a circuit board An apparatus includes a printed circuit board (PCB), an integrated circuit (IC) component connected with a surface of the PCB, and a heat sink. The heat sink includes a base plate disposed directly over the IC component, and a plurality of cooling fins extending transversely from the base plate. The heat sink includes at least one component including a bimetallic material that distorts when heated above a threshold temperature so as to modify a flow of air directed toward and contacting the cooling fins or maintain contact between a surface of the IC component and a facing surface of the base plate.
US12074080B2	Self-cleaning heatsink for electronic components Systems for cooling semiconductor devices that can comprise a heatsink and a cleaning element for the heatsink. The heatsink can have fins spaced apart from each other by channels. The cleaning element can have a base and one or more arms extending from the base. The cleaning element can be positioned with respect to the heatsink such that each arm is aligned with a corresponding channel between the fins, and the arms are moveable between a flow configuration in which the arms are in the channels and a cleaning configuration in which the arms are outside of the channels.
US12074077B2	Flexible package architecture concept in fanout Flexible packages and electronic devices with integrated flexible packages are described. In an embodiment, a flexibly package includes a first die and a second die encapsulated in a molding compound layer. A compliant redistribution layer (RDL) spans the molding compound layer and both dies, and includes electrical routing formed directly on landing pads of the dies. A notch is formed in the molding compound layer between the dies to facilitate flexure of the compliant RDL.
US12074075B2	Data analysis method, electronic device, and storage medium for graphical analysis of wafer yield A data analysis method includes: a target yield problem stacked graph corresponding to a wafer list is obtained, and measurement data stacked graphs of the wafer list under different types of tests are obtained; graph matching is performed on the target yield problem stacked graph and each of the measurement data stacked graphs to obtain matching degree data corresponding to the target yield problem stacked graph and each of the measurement data stacked graphs; correlation data corresponding to each of the measurement data stacked graphs and the target yield problem stacked graph is calculated; and weighted calculation is performed on the matching degree data and the correlation data, and a target measurement parameter causing a target yield problem is determined according to a result of the weighted calculation.
US12074072B2	Semiconductor manufacturing equipment and semiconductor manufacturing method Semiconductor manufacturing equipment includes a thickness calculation function, the thickness calculation function including a measurement value acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of measurement values at different measurement positions of the wafer from a thickness measurement function configured to measure a thickness of the wafer, a histogram data creation unit configured to create histogram data based on the plurality of measurement values, and a grade group extraction unit configured to extract a grade group from the histogram data, the grade group including sequential grades having frequencies equal to or greater than a predetermined frequency, the thickness calculation function further including a representative value calculation unit configured to calculate a representative value of a thickness of a measurement region based on the grades included in the extracted grade group.
US12074070B2	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor device includes a single diffusion break (SDB) structure dividing a fin-shaped structure into a first portion and a second portion, a first isolation structure on the SDB structure, a shallow trench isolation (STI) adjacent to the SDB structure, and a second isolation structure on the STI. Preferably, the first isolation structure further includes a cap layer on the SDB structure and a dielectric layer on the cap layer.
US12074069B2	Semiconductor device and integrated circuit in hybrid row height structure A semiconductor device includes several first cell row an several second cell rows. The first cell rows extend in a first direction. Each of the first cell rows has a first row height. A first row of the first cell rows is configured for a first cell to be arranged. The second cell rows extend in the first direction. Each of the second cell rows has a second row height that is different from the first row height. At least one row of the second cell rows includes a portion for at least one second cell to be arranged. The portion has a third row height that is different from the first row height and the second row height.
US12074065B2	Semiconductor device production method A semiconductor device production method includes providing a first electrode and a second electrode on a rear surface of a substrate where an active region emitting light is formed and providing a laminated object formed of a material less brittle than the substrate at part of a region between the first electrode and the second electrode so as to position directly below the active region; and exposing a plane on which the active region appears by cleavage of the substrate together with the laminated object in a state where the laminated object is located directly above the active region.
US12074060B2	Semiconductor device structure and methods of forming the same An interconnection structure, along with methods of forming such, are described. The structure includes a first conductive feature, a first liner having a first top surface disposed on the first conductive feature, a second conductive feature disposed adjacent the first conductive feature, and a second liner disposed on at least a portion of the second conductive feature. The second liner has a second top surface, and the first liner and the second liner each comprises a two-dimensional material. The structure further includes a first dielectric material disposed between the first and second conductive features and a dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric material. The dielectric layer has a third top surface, and the first, second, and third top surfaces are substantially co-planar.
US12074054B2	Wafer processing apparatus and wafer processing method A wafer processing apparatus includes a vacuum chuck on which a wafer is seated, a ring cover disposed along a circumferential portion of the vacuum chuck to press the wafer to seal the circumferential portion of the vacuum chuck, and a sealing ring pressed against an adhesive sheet on the wafer and pressed by the ring cover.
US12074051B2	Teaching apparatus and substrate alignment apparatus using the same A teaching apparatus includes a chamber; an electrostatic chuck in the chamber, the electrostatic chuck including a sidewall surrounding a loading area; an aligner configured to be loaded onto the loading area of the electrostatic chuck; a vision sensor configured to obtain measurement data by measuring separation distances of separation regions between the aligner and the sidewall of the electrostatic chuck and to transmit the measurement data; a transfer robot configured to load the aligner onto a reference position of the loading area and to position the vision sensor above the electrostatic chuck; and controller configured to reset the reference position and to equalize the separation distances based on the measurement data transmitted from the vision sensor.
US12074049B2	Permanent secondary erosion containment for electrostatic chuck bonds A substrate support for a substrate processing chamber includes a baseplate, a ceramic layer bonded to the baseplate, and a seal provided in an outer perimeter of an interface between the ceramic layer and the baseplate. The seal is arranged to seal the interface from the substrate processing chamber and includes an adhesive comprising a first material arranged in the outer perimeter of the interface between the ceramic layer and the baseplate and a ring arranged in the outer perimeter of the interface between the ceramic layer and the baseplate. The ring is removable and comprises a second material having a greater resistance to plasma erosion than the first material.
US12074047B2	Display device manufacturing method, and substrate for manufacture of display device Discussed is an assembly board for use in a method for manufacturing a display device which allows semiconductor light emitting diodes to be seated at preset positions on the assembly board using an electric field and a magnetic field, the assembly board including a base portion; a plurality of assembly electrodes extending in one direction and disposed on the base portion; a dielectric layer stacked on the base portion to cover the plurality of assembly electrodes; and barrier ribs having a plurality of grooves for guiding the semiconductor light emitting diodes to the preset positions and formed on the base portion, wherein each of the plurality of grooves is arranged to overlap only one assembly electrode of the plurality of assembly electrodes such that an electric field is formed between the plurality of grooves adjacent to each other.
US12074045B2	Prevention of contamination of substrates during gas purging Disclosed are implementations for efficient purging of substrate carriers (and content held therein) and preventing external contaminants from entering a gas purge apparatus by coupling the gas purge apparatus to a substrate carrier, performing a first gas purging session of an environment of the substrate carrier, receiving a first signal of a first signal type, responsive to receiving the first signal, keeping the gas purge apparatus coupled to the substrate carrier, performing a second gas purging session of the environment of the substrate carrier, receiving a second signal of a second signal type, and, responsive to receiving the second signal, decoupling the purge apparatus from the substrate carrier.
US12074040B2	Apparatus for treating substrate using liquid and method for controlling liquid The inventive concept provides a liquid treating apparatus. The liquid treating apparatus includes a spin chuck configured to support and rotate a substrate; and a liquid supply unit configured to supply a liquid to the substrate, and wherein the liquid supply unit includes: a first nozzle connected to a first flow path pipe and configured to discharge a first liquid to the substrate; a first valve assembly including a first cut-off valve for cutting-off a flow of the first liquid within the first flow path pipe and a first suck-back valve for sucking-back the first liquid, and installed at the first flow pipe; a second nozzle connected to a second flow path pipe and configured to discharge a second liquid to the substrate; a second valve assembly including a second cut-off valve for cutting-off a flow of the second liquid within the second flow path pipe and a second suck-back valve for sucking-back the second liquid, and installed at the second flow pipe path; a first flow velocity controller configured to adjust an air flow velocity of an air introduced into or outflowed from the first suck-back valve; and a second flow velocity controller configured to adjust an air flow velocity of an air introduced into or outflowed from the second suck-back valve, and wherein a first speed of a suck-back speed provided by the first valve assembly is slower than a second suck-back speed provided by the second valve assembly, and a surface tension of the first liquid is lower than a surface tension of the second liquid.
US12074039B2	Chiller make-break connector for substrate processing systems A substrate processing system includes a hinge assembly configured to allow a substrate support and an RF bias assembly to slide, from a docked position to an undocked position, relative to other components of a processing chamber. A make-break connector is configured to supply fluid to at least one of the substrate support and the RF bias assembly. The make-break connector includes a first portion including a first fluid passage connected to a first conduit. A second portion includes a second fluid passage connected to a second conduit. The first fluid passage in the first portion fluidly communicates with the second fluid passage in the second portion. The first portion is configured to slide with the substrate support and the RF bias assembly relative to the second portion and the other portions of the processing chamber. The first portion is located inwardly relative to the second portion.
US12074036B2	Multi-layered polysilicon and oxygen-doped polysilicon design for RF SOI trap-rich poly layer In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a high-resistivity silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, including a first polysilicon layer arranged over a semiconductor substrate. A second polysilicon layer is arranged over the first polysilicon layer, and a third polysilicon layer is arranged over the second polysilicon layer. An active semiconductor layer over an insulator layer may be arranged over the third polysilicon layer. The second polysilicon layer has an elevated concentration of oxygen compared to the first and third polysilicon layers.
US12074035B2	Method for partially removing tungsten in semiconductor manufacturing process A method for selectively removing a tungsten-including layer includes: forming a tungsten-including layer which has a first portion and a second portion; performing a treatment on a surface region of the first portion of the tungsten-including layer so as to convert tungsten in the surface region into tungsten oxide; and partially removing the tungsten-including layer using an etchant which has a higher etching selectivity to tungsten than tungsten oxide such that the second portion of the tungsten-including layer is fully removed, and the first portion of the tungsten-including layer, having the tungsten oxide in the surface region, is at least partially retained.
US12074027B2	Underlayer of multilayer structure and methods of use thereof A method includes providing a layered structure on a substrate, the layered structure including a bottom layer formed over the substrate and a photoresist layer formed over the bottom layer, exposing the photoresist layer to a radiation source, developing the photoresist layer, patterning the bottom layer and removing portions of the substrate through openings in the patterned bottom layer. In some embodiments, a middle layer is provided between the bottom layer and the photoresist layer. The material of the bottom layer includes at least one cross-linking agent that has been functionalized to decrease its affinity to other materials in the bottom layer.
US12074025B2	Photoresist developer and method of developing photoresist A method of forming a pattern in a photoresist includes forming a photoresist layer over a substrate, and selectively exposing the photoresist layer to actinic radiation to form a latent pattern. The latent pattern is developed by applying a developer composition to the selectively exposed photoresist layer to form a pattern. The developer composition includes a first solvent having Hansen solubility parameters of 15<δd<25, 10<δp<25, and 6<δh<30; an acid having an acid dissociation constant, pKa, of −15pKa>9.5; and a second solvent having a dielectric constant greater than 18. The first solvent and the second solvent are different solvents.
US12074021B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming the same A method of forming a semiconductor device includes the following operations. A substrate is provided with a device and an insulating layer disposed over the device. A silicon-containing heterocyclic compound precursor and a first oxygen-containing compound precursor are introduced to the substrate, so as to form a zeroth dielectric layer on the insulating layer. A zeroth metal layer is formed in the zeroth dielectric layer. A silicon-containing linear compound precursor and a second oxygen-containing compound precursor are introduced to the substrate to form a first dielectric layer on the zeroth dielectric layer. A first metal layer is formed in the first dielectric layer.
US12074019B2	Quadrupole devices A method of operating a quadrupole device (10) is disclosed. A voltage source (12) applies a main quadrupolar voltage, an auxiliary quadrupolar voltage and a dipolar voltage to the quadrupole device (10). This may be done such that only ions corresponding to a single X-band, X-band-like, Y-band or Y-band-like stability region are transmitted by the quadrupole device (10).
US12074015B2	Method for calibrating at least one mass spectrometry device A method for calibrating at least one mass spectrometry device having a first defined hardware configuration comprises at least one manufacturer-site pre-calibration step establishing at least one reference calibration function fp for a generic type of mass spectrometry devices having a second defined hardware configuration, wherein the second defined hardware configuration is equivalent to the first defined hardware configuration, wherein the reference calibration function fp describes a relationship of at least one concentration c of at least one analyte in at least one calibrator sample, wherein the reference calibration function fp is a parametrized function fp(concentration), with p=(p1,p2, . . . pn) being a set of parameters of the reference calibration function and n being a positive integer; determining calibration values {circumflex over (p)}=({circumflex over (p)}1,{circumflex over (p)}2, . . . {circumflex over (p)}n) for the set of parameters of the reference calibration function for the generic type of mass spectrometry devices.
US12074012B2	Active gas generation apparatus An active gas generation apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a base flange having a central bottom surface region and a peripheral protruding part; a cooling plate provided on the peripheral protruding part of the base flange; an insulating plate provided between the cooling plate and the high voltage apply electrode part; and an electrode holding member provided on a lower surface of the cooling plate to support the high voltage apply electrode part from a lower side. Provided is a gas separation structure of separating a gas flow between an in-housing space and a discharge space by the cooling plate, the electrode holding member, and the high voltage apply electrode part.
US12074009B2	Apparatus for processing a substrate An apparatus for processing a substrate includes a step of providing a substrate and a first step. In the step of providing a substrate, a substrate having a first film and a second film formed on the first film and having a pattern formed thereon is provided. In the first step, a protective film is formed on a side wall of the first film by a product generated by sputtering of the second film while a first processing gas is turned into plasma and the first film is etched simultaneously with the sputtering of the second film.
US12074007B2	Rotating sample holder for random angle sampling in tomography A sample holder retains a sample and can continuously rotate the sample in a single direction while the sample is exposed to a charged particle beam (CPB) or other radiation source. Typically, the CPB is strobed to produce a series of CPB images at random or arbitrary angles of rotation. The sample holder can rotate more than one complete revolution of the sample. The CPB images are used in tomographic reconstruction, and in some cases, relative rotation angles are used in the reconstruction, without input of an absolute rotation angle.
US12074005B2	Protective element This protective element includes a fuse element having a first end portion and a second end portion, in which current flows from the first end portion toward the second end portion, a protruding member and a recessed member that are positioned opposing one another so as to sandwich a cutoff portion, and a pressing device that imparts an elastic force that shortens the relative distance in a first direction that represents the direction in which the protruding member and the recessed member sandwich the cutoff portion, wherein at least one pair of opposing surfaces of a protruding portion of the protruding member and a recessed portion of the recessed member that intersect the direction of current flow through the fuse element are positioned close to one another when viewed in a plan view from the first direction, and the fuse element is cut at a temperature equal to or higher than the softening temperature of the material that constitutes the fuse element.
US12074004B2	Self-powered recloser A self-powered recloser includes a circuit breaker, an electrical actuator, an electrical generator, a capacitor, and a lever. When in an on state, the circuit breaker harvests power from a medium voltage line required to actuate its movable contact to interrupt current flow in the medium voltage line, and when in an off state, it does not harvest power from the medium voltage line. The electrical actuator is configured to transition the circuit breaker from the off state to the on state. The capacitor when charged is configured to provide the electrical actuator with the electrical power required to transition the circuit breaker from the off state to the on state. The lever is configured to be moved by an operative. Movement of the lever is configured to charge the capacitor via the electrical generator.
US12074002B2	Flat force blow-on switch A switch assembly, a system, and a method are provided. One such switch assembly includes a first connection bus to connect to a power source or a load and a second connection bus to connect to one of a second power source or the load. The switch assembly includes a shaft, a driving mechanism to engage the shaft, and a toggle arm connected to the first connection bus and secured to the driving mechanism. The switch assembly includes a pivot arm electrically connected to the second connection bus and including a contact pad. The shaft is structured to rotate the toggle arm from a closed position to an open position by rotating the driving mechanism, and in the closed position, a contact pad of the toggle arm contacts the contact pad of the pivot arm. The pivot arm is maintained substantially parallel to the second connection bus.
US12074001B2	Method for producing a plate arrangement The invention relates to a method of producing a plate arrangement comprising two plates (1, 2) which, at least in sections, have an intermediate space (4) located between them and a constant distance (d) to one another and/or are arranged parallel to one another and between which a fusible solder material (3, 3′) is arranged. The task of setting a defined distance between the plates as accurately as possible is solved according to the invention by creating a pressure difference between the intermediate space (4) between the plates and the outer space surrounding the plates in such a way that the pressure in the outer space is higher than in the intermediate space (4) and that the temperature of the solder material (3, 3′) is at least temporarily raised above its melting temperature during the existence of the pressure difference.
US12073999B2	Electrolytic capacitor and method for producing same An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element. The capacitor element includes an anode body and an electrolyte layer. The anode body has a dielectric layer on a surface of the anode body. The electrolyte layer is disposed to be adjacent to the dielectric layer. The electrolyte layer contains a first conductive polymer and a non-aqueous solvent. The first conductive polymer is a self-doped conductive polymer.
US12073995B2	Capacitor assembly, method for production thereof and converter assembly containing the capacitor assembly A capacitor assembly, configured for a high-voltage application, contains an active capacitor part, a housing for accommodating the active capacitor part and an insulating medium for the electrical insulation of the active capacitor part. A flexible-shape inlay is arranged between the insulating medium and the housing and connected electrically thereto. Ideally the capacitor assembly is part of a converter assembly.
US12073994B2	Electronic component including solder layer with solder unfilled region An electronic component includes an electronic element and an interposer board. The electronic element includes a multilayer body and external electrodes at a pair of multilayer body end surfaces of the multilayer body and connected to internal electrode layers. The interposer board includes board end surfaces, board side surfaces orthogonal to the board end surfaces, and board main surfaces orthogonal to the board end surfaces and the board side surfaces. One of the pair of board main surfaces is located in a vicinity of the electronic element and joined with one of the multilayer body main surfaces in a vicinity of the interposer board. The interposer board is an alumina board. A solder layer is provided between the electronic element and the interposer board, joins the electronic element with the interposer board, and includes a solder unfilled region.
US12073993B2	Bond magnet and manufacturing method of the same A bond magnet includes filaments bonded with each other to form a shape of the bond magnet. Each of the filaments is a filamentous member including a resin material and magnetic powder dispersed in the resin material, and has magnetic anisotropy for high degree of freedom of magnetic flux direction and high surface magnetic flux density on a working surface.
US12073992B2	Current leads for superconducting magnets A current lead arrangement for supplying current to a superconducting magnet coil, comprising a current lead and a cryogenic refrigerator. The current lead comprises a first section of low temperature superconductor (LTS) wire, joined to a second section of a high temperature superconductor (HTS) material, in turn joined to a third section of a resistive material. The cryogenic refrigerator comprises a first cooling stage and a second cooling stage. A lower end of the third section and an upper end of the second section are thermally linked to the first cooling stage, a lower end of the first section is thermally and electrically connected to the superconducting magnet coil.
US12073991B2	Superconducting coil device and electric current introduction line A superconducting coil device includes a vacuum vessel, a superconducting coil located inside the vacuum vessel, a heat shield surrounding the superconducting coil within the vacuum vessel, and an electric current introduction line for introducing an electric current into the superconducting coil. The electric current introduction line includes an outer current lead part located outside of the heat shield, within the vacuum vessel, and thermally coupled to the heat shield, and an inner current lead part located inside of the heat shield and connecting the outer current lead part to the superconducting coil. The outer current lead part includes a main body serving as an electric current path to the superconducting coil, an insulation layer that covers the main body, and a heat shield layer that covers the insulation layer and has a lower emissivity than the insulation layer.
US12073987B2	Multilayer coil component A multilayer coil component includes an insulator portion, a coil embedded in the insulator portion and including a plurality of coil conductor layers electrically connected together, and an outer electrode disposed on a surface of the insulator portion and electrically connected to the coil. The insulator portion is a multilayer body including first and second insulator layers. The coil conductor layers and the second insulator layers are disposed on the first insulator layers. The multilayer coil component has void layers (e.g., voids) between the first insulator layers and at least a portion of the coil conductor layers. If the thickness of the first insulator layers is a, the thickness of the coil conductor layers is b, and the thickness of the void layers is c, the ratio of c to b (c/b) is 0.10 to 0.70, and the ratio of a to b (a/b) is 0.25 to 1.00.
US12073985B2	Coil structure, lead frame, and inductor A coil structure includes metal plates each including a spiral conductor, and a row of terminals, aligned in a predetermined direction on an outer side of the conductor, and formed by plate portions thicker than the conductor. Two ends of the conductor are connected to two adjacent plate portions for each metal plate. The row of terminals of a first metal plate is bonded to the row of terminals of a second, adjacent metal plate. The position where the two ends of the conductor connect to the two adjacent plate portions shifts one place toward the second end for each upward increase in level within a laminate along a laminated direction of the metal plates, so that the conductors of each of the metal plates are connected in series to form a spiral coil.
US12073984B2	Laminated shielding inductor A laminated shielding inductor includes a laminated body, an internal coil, and a shielding cover; the laminated body includes a plurality of insulator layers; shielding conductor through grooves which are located at the periphery of the internal coil are formed in the plurality of insulator layers; shielding conductors are arranged in the shielding conductor through grooves, are electrically and mutually connected and jointly form a shielding conductor laminated layer; a shielding conductor upper layer and a shielding conductor lower layer are respectively arranged above and below the internal coil; and the shielding conductor laminated layer, the shielding conductor upper layer and the shielding conductor lower layer are closed to form the shielding cover. Thus, high shielding effect of the laminated chip inductor can be realized, external radiation of the laminated chip inductor is effectively reduced, and the reliability of a circuit system is improved.
US12073982B2	Inductor component An inductor component includes a body that includes a magnetic layer, an inductor wire that is provided in the body, and a vertical wire that is provided in the body and that extends to a first principal surface from a contact portion of the vertical wire that is in contact with the inductor wire. The vertical wire is in contact with the inductor wire in such a manner as to extend over a first side surface and a third side surface of the inductor wire.
US12073981B2	Coil component A first substrate has recesses respectively provided at corner portions of a bottom surface. Outer electrodes each have an electrode body portion provided around an associated one of the recesses on the bottom surface. The electrode body portions each are made up of a plurality of laminated metal layers. A first metal layer located at an innermost side of the plurality of metal layers is formed on the bottom surface at a position spaced apart from a short-side ridge portion between the bottom surface and a side surface.
US12073980B2	Reactor A reactor includes a coil including a winding portion; a magnetic core including an inner core portion and an outer core portion; and an inner resin portion filled between an inner circumferential surface of the winding portion and an outer circumferential surface of the inner core portion. The outer core portion includes a plurality of core pieces coupled in a vertical direction via a dividing plane that intersects the vertical direction, and the inner core portion does not have a dividing plane passing therethrough from a surface thereof on one end side toward a surface thereof on another end side in the inward-outward direction.
US12073978B2	Coil-embedded dust core, inductance element, and electric or electronic device In a coil-embedded dust core constituting an inductance element, a winding body of a coil disposed inside a coil-embedded dust core and a dust core have a relationship that the inner core volume ratio RV defined below is 3 or more and 5 or less: RV=(V1/V2)/(1−V/Vp), where V1 represents a volume of a region in the dust core located on an inner side of the winding body of the coil when the coil-embedded dust core is viewed in a first direction, which is a direction along a winding axis of the coil, V2 represents a volume of a region in the dust core located on an outer side of the winding body of the coil when the coil-embedded dust core is viewed in the first direction, V represents a volume of the dust core, and Vp represents a volume of the coil-embedded dust core.
US12073976B2	Electric device comprising liquidfilled tank and cable box with current measuring device An electric device includes a tank and a cable box connected to the tank, the tank and the cable box being filled with an insulating liquid electric connection system for connecting a power cable through the cable box to the tank and a current measuring device for measuring electric current in the electric connection system, wherein the current measuring device is located adjacent to a housing of the cable box.
US12073968B2	Common-mode choke coil A common-mode choke coil includes a multilayer body, a first coil, and a second coil. The multilayer body is a cuboid in shape that includes plural stacked non-conductor layers. The first and second coils are incorporated in the multilayer body. The first coil includes a first coil conductor, and the second coil includes a second coil conductor. The first coil conductor is positioned with gaps SG1 to SG4 interposed between the first coil conductor and the outer periphery surface of the multilayer body. The second coil conductor is positioned with gaps SG5 to SG8 interposed between the second coil conductor and the outer periphery surface of the multilayer body. Of the four absolute values of the differences between the gaps SG1 to SG4 and the corresponding gaps SG5 to SG8, at least two absolute values are greater than or equal to 0.02 mm.
US12073967B2	Microcoil element, array-type microcoil element and device A microcoil element, an array-type microcoil element and a device are provided. The microcoil element includes a wiring layer having continuous multiple metal line segments that form multiple loops around a starting point of the element. Every metal line segment includes a first electrode end and a second electrode end. The microcoil element includes an electrode layer having a first electrode zone and a second electrode zone that respectively collect the first electrode ends and the second electrode ends of the multiple metal line segments. When designing the microcoil element, parameters such as a total length of the multiple line segments, a line width, a line spacing of adjacent line segments, a length of each line segment, turns of the microcoil, and a loop distance according to impedance requirement. The single microcoil element or the array-type microcoil element can be used as a magnetic component of a device.
US12073963B2	Core electric wire for multicore cable, and multicore cable A core electric wire for a multicore cable. The core electric wire includes a conductor composed of a plurality of elemental wires twisted together and an insulating layer coating a circumference of the conductor. The insulating layer includes a first component and a second component, the first component being high density polyethylene, the second component being at least one selected from the group consisting of a copolymer of ethylene and an α-olefin having a carbonyl group, and very-low density polyethylene. The first component has a content ratio of 10% by mass or more and 60% by mass or less to a total content of the polyethylene-based resin, and the second component has a content ratio of 20% by mass or more and 80% by mass or less to the total content of the polyethylene-based resin.
US12073961B2	Polypropylene cable protective layer and preparation method thereof The present invention provides a polypropylene cable protective layer and a preparation method thereof. The polypropylene cable protective layer sequentially includes a dielectric layer, a buffer layer and an insulating layer from the inside to the outside, and the thickness of the dielectric layer accounts for 5%˜12% of the thickness of the polypropylene cable protective layer; the thickness of the buffer layer accounts for 17%˜25% of the thickness of the polypropylene cable protective layer; the dielectric layer, the buffer layer and the insulating layer are respectively obtained by the wrapping of a polypropylene film A, a polypropylene film B and a polypropylene film C. The polypropylene cable protective layer of the present invention forms a dielectric gradient, and realizes the improvement of the insulation strength and voltage level of the power cable, and the increase of the transmission capability.
US12073960B2	Electrified-cable system for transit and method of making same Disclosed herein is a transport system, comprising an electrified cable system, a carriage supported by a non-electrified static cable, an electrical drive system incorporated into the carriage, the electrical drive system being utilized to move the carriage along the non-electrified static cable, a transconnector configured to supply electrical power to the carriage, and a power distribution panel. Corresponding methods of making and using the system also are disclosed.
US12073959B2	Protective device for electrical conduit system A protective device for electrical conduits including a body having a lower opening for engaging with a first conduit and a central cavity for receiving conductors extending from the first conduit to a second conduit, a top member having an upper opening for engaging with the second conduit, and a coupler slidably engaged around the body, the coupler slidable between an open position distal to the top member and a closed position attached to the top member.
US12073956B2	Conductor, conductive composition and laminate The present invention relates to a conductor having a substrate and a conductive coating film laminated on the substrate, wherein, the surface resistance value of the conductive coating film is 5×1010Ω/□ or less, the Ra1 of the conductive coating film is 0.7 nm or less, the Ra2 value of the conductive coating film scanning probe microscopies 0.35 nm or less, and the conductive coating film is formed with a conductive composition containing a conductive polymer (A). In addition, the present invention relates to a conductive composition which contains a conductive polymer (A) and a surfactant (B), wherein the surfactant (B) contains a specific water-soluble polymer (C), and the content of a compound (D1) with an octanol-water partition coefficient (Log Pow) of 4 or more in the conductive composition is 0.001 mass % or less, relative to the total mass of the conductive composition.
US12073953B2	Material configuration enabling flexibility of a structure using rigid components A light-weight radiation protection panel comprising radiation protection layer and a flexible material. The radiation protection layer comprises a plurality of a shielding material distributed in repeated and adjacent units of geometrical shapes, the light-weight radiation protection panel being able to be embodied in a wearable garment providing flexibility.
US12073943B2	Medical image analysis system and similar case retrieval system using quantitative parameters, and methods for the same Disclosed herein is a computing system for performing medical image analysis. A computing system for performing medical image analysis according to an embodiment of the present invention includes at least one processor. The at least one processor performs image processing on a first medical image, and segments at least one anatomical region in the first medical image. The at least one processor generates a first quantitative parameter for the at least one anatomical region based on quantitative measurement conditions that can be measured in the first medical image, and stores the first quantitative parameter in a database in association with the first medical image and the at least one anatomical region.
US12073941B2	Infusion device and methods Medical devices, systems, and methods related thereto a glucose monitoring system having a first display unit in data communication with a skin-mounted assembly, the skin-mounted assembly including an in vivo sensor and a transmitter. The first display unit and a second display unit are in data communication with a data management system. The first display unit comprises memory that grants a first user first access level rights and the second display unit comprises memory that grants a second individual second access level rights.
US12073937B2	Medical information processing apparatus A medical information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured: to register first relevance information relevant to a first trained model to be newly generated; to calculate, with respect to each of a plurality of second trained models being existing trained models, a similarity degree between second relevance information relevant to the second trained model and the first relevance information; to calculate a data quantity required to generate the first trained model with respect to each of the plurality of second trained models, on the basis of the similarity degrees each corresponding to a different one of the plurality of second trained models; and to output the data quantity required to generate the first trained model with respect to each of the plurality of second trained models.
US12073933B2	Method and system for remotely identifying and monitoring anomalies in the physical and/or psychological state of an application user using baseline physical activity data associated with the user An application user is granted access to one or more applications that provide the user with information and assistance. Altitude and/or motion data is collected from one or more devices associated with the user, and the device altitude and/or motion data is utilized to identify physical activities being performed by the user. The device altitude and/or motion data is further analyzed to determine physical activity count data, physical activity speed, velocity, and/or acceleration data, and physical activity length data. The physical activity data is then analyzed to identify and monitor changes or anomalies in the physical and/or psychological state of the user using baseline physical activity data. Upon identification of changes or anomalies in the user's physical and/or psychological state, one or more actions are taken to assist the user.
US12073932B2	Determination of adjustments to fluid delivery settings Disclosed herein are techniques related to automatically adjusting at least one parameter of an insulin delivery controller of an insulin delivery device to regulate delivery of insulin to a user. In some embodiments, the techniques may involve obtaining therapy-related data associated with operation of the insulin delivery device for a number of days in the past. The therapy-related data including sensor glucose data for the user and meal data for the user. The techniques may also involve determining at least one adjusted parameter for the insulin delivery controller based on the therapy-related data. Additionally, the techniques may involve causing the insulin delivery controller to adjust at least one setting in accordance with the determined at least one adjusted parameter.
US12073931B2	Alternate dose regimen identification system Methods and systems for performing dose regimen modification are provided. The methods and systems perform operations comprising: receiving prescription related data for treating a patient with an expected level of efficacy, the prescription related data comprising medication regimen information including dose and interval; determining, using a model, a first amount of drug waste based on the prescription related data; comparing the first amount of drug waste to a threshold value; and in response to determining that the first amount of drug waste transgresses the threshold value, identifying an alternate medication regimen that is associated with a treatment having a given level of efficacy corresponding to the expected level of efficacy, the alternate medication regimen being associated with a second amount of drug waste that is lower than the first amount of drug waste; and triggering a notification associated with the alternate medication regimen.
US12073930B1	Apparatus and a method for generating a user report An apparatus for generating a user report is disclosed. The apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor. The memory instructs the processor to receive a user profile from a user. The memory instructs the processor to generate a first set of inquiries as a function of the user profile using an inquiry machine learning model. The memory instructs the processor to receive a first set of inquiry responses from the user as a function of the first set of inquiries. The memory instructs the processor to generate a user report as a function of the first set of inquiries and the first set of inquiry responses. The memory instructs the processor to display the user report using a display device.
US12073925B2	Medical questionnaire creation assist device, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program When creating a medical questionnaire of a patient, a medical questionnaire creation assist terminal acquires past clinical data of the patient from an EMR server or an EHR server on the basis of medical questionnaire template data, and also acquires PHR data from a mobile information terminal of the patient to create medical questionnaire basic data. Then, the medical questionnaire creation assist terminal creates medical questionnaire completed data by adding medical interview statement information manually input by the patient or medical staff to incomplete items in the medical questionnaire basic data, and notifies a physician terminal of the medical questionnaire completed data.
US12073916B2	Back-up and restoration of register data A system includes: a processor; a register configured to store a plurality of words, non-volatile memory having a plurality of cells, each cell corresponding to one of the words of the register, and wherein the each cell of the plurality of cells are set to an initial reset value; a first controller that in response to a loss in power: determines the word stored by the register; and changes the initial reset value of the cell of the non-volatile memory corresponding to the determined word stored by the register to a set value; a second controller that in response to detecting a restoration in power: identifies the cell having the set value; writes the word corresponding to the identified cell to the register; and resets the cells of the non-volatile memory to the initial reset value.
US12073914B2	Memory device, a memory system and an operating method of the memory device A memory device includes: a memory bank including a plurality of memory cells; and a memory interface circuit configured to store data in the plurality of memory cells based on a command/address signal and a data signal, wherein the memory interface circuit includes: first, second, third and fourth pads configured to receive first, second, third and fourth clock signals, respectively; a first buffer circuit configured to sample the command/address signal in response to an activation time of the first and third clock signals which have opposite phases from each other; and a second buffer circuit configured to sample the data signal in response to the activation time of the first clock signal, an activation time of the second clock signal, the activation time of the third clock signal and an activation time of the fourth clock signal.
US12073913B2	Synchronous input buffer control using a state machine A memory device includes a command interface configured to receive write commands from a host device. The memory device also includes an input buffer configured to buffer data from the host device. Additionally, the memory device includes a state machine configured to receive a command into a first partition of the state machine and to enable a data strobe (DQS) input buffer in response to the indication. The state machine is also configured to maintain the enablement of the DQS input buffer while the command traverses the state machine. Furthermore, the state machine is configured to disable the DQS input buffer after a set duration of time.
US12073910B2	Semiconductor memory devices A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a data input/output (I/O) buffer, an I/O gating circuit and a control logic circuit. The memory cell array includes a plurality of sub array blocks arranged in a first direction and a second direction. The data I/O buffer exchanges user data with a memory controller through I/O pads. The I/O gating circuit is connected to the data I/O buffer through data buses and connected to the memory cell array through data I/O lines, and programs mapping relationship between the sub array blocks and the I/O pads, based on a mapping control signal such that uncorrectable errors that are detected by an error correction code engine in the memory controller are reduced. The control logic circuit generates the mapping control signal based on identifier information indicating a type of a central processing unit of the memory controller.
US12073902B2	Memory, memory system, operation method of the memory, and operation of the memory system A method for operating a memory includes determining to perform an error correction operation; determining whether to perform an error correction operation; generating an internal address when the error correction operation is performed; reading data from memory cells that are selected based on the internal address and an error correction code corresponding to the data; performing an error correction operation on the data based on the error correction code to produce an error-corrected data; writing the error-corrected data and an error correction code corresponding to the error-corrected data into the memory cells; determining one or more regions among regions in the memory as a repair-requiring region based on an error detected when the error correction operation is performed; receiving a first command; backing up the data and the error correction code into a redundant region in response to the first command; and repairing the repair-requiring region with the redundant region.
US12073899B2	Track charge loss based on signal and noise characteristics of memory cells collected in calibration operations A memory sub-system to track charge loss in memory cells and shifts of voltages optimized to read the memory cells. For example, a memory device can measure signal and noise characteristics of a group of memory cells to calculate an optimized read voltage of the group of memory cells. The memory sub-system having the memory device can determine an amount of charge loss in the group of memory cells, using at least the signal and noise characteristics, the optimized read voltage, and/or the bit error rate of data read using the optimized read voltage. The memory sub-system tracks changes in optimized read voltages of memory cells in the memory device based on the amount of charge loss.
US12073892B2	Simplified operations to read memory cells coarsely programmed via interleaved two-pass data programming techniques A memory system to store multiple bits of data in a memory cell. After receiving the data bits, a memory device coarsely programs a threshold voltage of the memory cell to a first level representative of a combination of bit values according to a mapping between combinations of bit values and threshold levels. The threshold levels are partitioned into a plurality of groups, each containing a subset of the threshold levels. A group identification of a first group, among the plurality of groups, containing the first level is determined for the memory cell. The memory device reads, using the group identification, a subset of the data bits back from the first memory cell, and combines the bits of the group identification and the subset to recover the entire set of data bits to finely program the threshold voltage of the memory cell to represent the data bits.
US12073886B2	Semiconductor memory device with write disturb reduction A semiconductor memory device implements a write disturb reduction method to reduce write disturb on unselected memory cells by alternating the order of the write logical “1” step and write logical “0” step in the write operations of selected memory cells associated with the same group of bit lines. In one embodiment, a method in an array of memory cells includes performing write operation on the memory cells in one of the memory pages to store write data into the memory cells where the write operation includes a first write step of writing a data of a first logical state and a second write step of writing data of a second logical state; and performing the write operation for each row of memory cells by alternately performing the first write step followed by the second write step and performing the second write step followed by the first write step.
US12073885B2	Memory system including semiconductor memory and controller A controller controls a memory including first and second strings. The first and second strings configure first and second string groups, respectively. In each string group, a set of memory cell transistors each from each string configures a unit. The controller is configured to: sequentially write, in the first string group, data in first units to which serially-coupled memory cell transistors respectively belong; sequentially write, in the second string group, data in first units to which serially-coupled memory cell transistors respectively belong; and sequentially write, in the first string group, data in second units to which serially-coupled memory cell transistors respectively belong.
US12073878B2	Processing element and electronic device including processing element Disclosed is an electronic device which includes processing elements arranged in rows and columns, word lines connected with the rows of the processing elements, bit lines connected with the columns of the processing elements, body lines connected with the columns of the processing elements, and source lines connected with the rows of the processing elements. Each of the processing elements includes a first terminal connected with a corresponding bit line of the bit lines, a second terminal connected with a corresponding source line of the source lines, a control gate connected with a corresponding word line of the word lines, a floating gate between the control gate and a body, a body terminal connected with a corresponding body line of the body lines, and a capacitive element between the floating gate and the corresponding bit line.
US12073874B2	Memory read-write circuit, method for controlling memory, and electronic device A memory read-write circuit includes a sense amplifier and a control signal generation module. A power voltage of the sense amplifier is controlled and supplied by a first control signal or a second control signal, and a first power voltage controlled and supplied by the first control signal is greater than a second power voltage controlled and supplied by the second control signal. A control signal generation module is configured to control, in a normal read-write mode, a pulse duration for generating the first control signal to be a first duration, and control, in a refresh mode, the pulse duration for generating the first control signal to be a second duration, the second duration being less than the first duration.
US12073873B2	Dynamic buffer limit for at-risk data Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include allotting an initial amount of volatile memory to a write buffer. The write buffer stores batches of data to be written to non-volatile memory. In response to detecting a trigger to update the write buffer configuration, the volatile memory allotted to the write buffer is reduced.
US12073870B2	Sense amplifier with digit line multiplexing Methods, systems, and devices for sense amplifier with digit line multiplexing are described. A method includes precharging an input and an output of an amplifier stage of a sense component to a first voltage based on a read operation associated with a memory cell. The method includes precharging a first side and a second side of a latch stage of the sense component to the first voltage based on precharging the output of the amplifier stage to the first voltage, the latch stage coupled with the amplifier stage. The method may also include coupling a second voltage from a digit line associated with the memory cell to the input of the amplifier stage, the amplifier stage generating a third voltage on the output based on coupling the second voltage to the input, and the latch stage latching a logic value associated with the memory cell based on the third voltage.
US12073867B2	Memory device A memory device is provided. The memory device includes a bit cell having a first invertor connected between a first node and a second node and a second invertor connected between the first node and the second node. The first invertor and the second invertor are cross coupled at a first data node and a second data node. The memory device further includes a pull down circuit connected to the second node. The pull down circuit is operative to pull down a voltage of the second node below a ground voltage in response to an enable signal.
US12073863B2	Memory and electronic device A memory and an electronic device are provided. The memory includes a storage element (10), a first transistor (21), a second transistor (22), a first bit line (BLA), and a second bit line (BLB). The storage element (10) is coupled to the first bit line (BLA) and the second bit line (BLB) by separately using the first transistor (21) and the second transistor (22), and the first transistor (21) and the second transistor (22) are turned on during a write operation. When the foregoing solution is used, compared with providing a required write current by using one transistor, providing the write current by using the two transistors may enable a smaller transistor to meet a requirement, thereby reducing an area required by the entire memory. In addition, the memory in this application can still support a dual-port feature in a read operation.
US12073860B2	Circuit for biasing an external resistive sensor According to an embodiment, a circuit includes a biasing and a low-frequency recovery circuit. The biasing circuit includes a voltage digital to analog converter (V-DAC), a differential difference amplifier coupled to the V-DAC, a common-mode feedback (CMFB) amplifier coupled to the differential difference amplifier, and a first pair of transistors arranged as a high-impedance structure and coupled to the differential difference amplifier and the CMFB amplifier. The low-frequency recovery circuit includes a current digital to analog converter (C-DAC), a second pair of transistors arranged as a high-impedance structure and coupled to the first pair of transistors, a pair of resistors having a resistance value equal to half a resistance of the resistive sensor, the pair of resistors arranged between the second pair of transistors and coupled to the C-DAC, and a gain circuit coupled to shared nodes between the second pair of transistors and the pair of resistors.
US12073858B2	Mechanism to shift the head span of a tape head at a wafer level Provided are a magnetic tape head, a magnetic tape drive, and a computational device in which the magnetic tape head is comprised of a plurality of modules comprising reader modules and writer modules, and a plurality of elements, wherein a total of shifts of selected elements of the plurality of elements that are shifted add up to a desired total shift to realign the plurality of modules, such that a median head span of each module type matches as close as possible to a desired value of a head span for all module types including the reader modules and the writer modules and wherein the head span is shifted at a wafer level.
US12073852B2	Electronic device and method for automatically generating edited video An electronic device may include a touchscreen display, and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to receive a first input to select a plurality of videos generated from at least two difference sources, perform video synchronization so that timelines of the plurality of selected videos coincide, extract segmental clips selected in each section from the respective videos, based on a main subject selected by analyzing the plurality of videos, adjust different segmental clips so that subjects included in the different segmental clips are synchronized based on a segmental clip in a first section, automatically generate a cross-edited video by joining segmental clips of respective sections in which the subjects are synchronized, and display the cross-edited video on the touchscreen display.
US12073850B2	Data driven audio enhancement Systems and methods are disclosed for audio enhancement. For example, methods may include accessing audio data; determining a window of audio samples based on the audio data; inputting the window of audio samples to a classifier to obtain a classification, in which the classifier includes a neural network and the classification takes a value from a set of multiple classes of audio; selecting, based on the classification, an audio enhancement network from a set of multiple audio enhancement networks; applying the selected audio enhancement network to the window of audio samples to obtain an enhanced audio segment, in which the selected audio enhancement network includes a neural network that has been trained using audio signals of a type associated with the classification; and storing, playing, or transmitting an enhanced audio signal based on the enhanced audio segment.
US12073849B2	Systems and methods for filtering unwanted sounds from a conference call To filter unwanted sounds from a conference call, a voice profile of a first user is generated based on a first voice signal captured by a media device during a first conference call. The voice profile may be generated by identifying a base frequency of the first voice signal and determining a plurality of voice characteristics, such as pitch, intonation, accent, loudness, and speech rate. These data may be stored in association with the first user. During a second conference call, a second voice signal captured by the media device is analyzed to determine, based on the voice profile of the first user, whether the second voice signal includes the voice of a second user. If so, the second voice signal is prevented from being transmitted into the conference call. A voice profile of the second user may be generated from the second voice signal for future use.
US12073843B2	Method and apparatus for target exaggeration for deep learning-based speech enhancement The present disclosure relates to a speech enhancement apparatus, and specifically, to a method and apparatus for a target exaggeration for deep learning-based speech enhancement. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatus for a target exaggeration for deep learning-based speech enhancement can preserve a speech signal from a noisy speech signal and can perform speech enhancement for removing a noise signal.
US12073842B2	Psychoacoustic audio coding of ambisonic audio data In general, techniques are described for psychoacoustic audio coding of ambisonic audio data. A device comprising a memory and one or more processors may be configured to perform the techniques. The memory may store the bitstream that includes an encoded audio object and a corresponding spatial component that defines spatial characteristics of the encoded foreground audio signal. The encoded foreground audio signal may include a coded gain and a coded shape. The one or more processors may perform a gain and shape synthesis with respect to the coded gain and the coded shape to obtain a foreground audio signal, and reconstruct, based on the foreground audio signal and the spatial component, the ambisonic audio data.
US12073841B2	Information processing device and information processing method An audio reproduction with a realistic feeling is achieved while suppressing incongruity and discomfort given to a user. The information processing device includes an acquisition section that acquires content data including a plurality of objects, an execution timing decision section that decides an execution timing for each of the objects, a rendering processing section that renders each of the objects on the basis of line-of-sight information of a user that has been input immediately before the execution timing of rendering each of the objects, and an output synthesis section that synthesizes output data for every object that has been generated by the rendering.
US12073840B2	Device finder using voice authentication A computing device may receive an indication of an audio signal captured by a microphone, wherein the audio signal includes voice input. The computing device may determine that the voice input in the audio signal is from an authorized user of the computing device and includes a trigger phrase associated with a request to trigger device finder functionality based at least in part on comparing the voice input with data provided by the authorized user of the computing device. The computing device may, in response to determining that the voice input in the audio signal is from the authorized user of the computing device and includes the trigger phrase associated with the request to trigger device finder functionality, cause a speaker of the computing device to audibly output the alert sound to assist the authorized user to locate the computing device.
US12073831B1	Using visual context to improve a virtual assistant Systems and processes for operating a digital assistant are provided. An example method for processing an image include receiving an image, generating, based on the image, a question corresponding to a first object in the image, generating, based on the image, a caption corresponding to a second object of the image, receiving an utterance from a user, and determining a plurality of speech recognition results from the utterance based on the question and the caption.
US12073828B2	Method and apparatus for speech source separation based on a convolutional neural network Described herein is a method for Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) based speech source separation, wherein the method includes the steps of: (a) providing multiple frames of a time-frequency transform of an original noisy speech signal; (b) inputting the time-frequency transform of said multiple frames into an aggregated multi-scale CNN having a plurality of parallel convolution paths; (c) extracting and outputting, by each parallel convolution path, features from the input time-frequency transform of said multiple frames; (d) obtaining an aggregated output of the outputs of the parallel convolution paths; and (e) generating an output mask for extracting speech from the original noisy speech signal based on the aggregated output. Described herein are further an apparatus for CNN based speech source separation as well as a respective computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium with instructions adapted to carry out said method when executed by a device having processing capability.
US12073827B2	Pre-emptively limiting responsiveness of various assistant devices in an environment using an inaudible tone or other rendered output Implementations set forth herein relate providing and/or detecting an automated assistant suppressing output for limiting responsiveness of an automated assistant that is available via another computing device. The output can be rendered as an inaudible tone in an environment, in order to pre-emptively suppress responses from automated assistants that may detect a forthcoming spoken utterance from a user. Limiting responsiveness in this way can preserve computational resources in environments, such as vehicles, in which multiple users may be carrying devices that are capable of being invoked via a spoken utterance. For instance, pre-emptively limiting responsiveness of other automated assistants can eliminate interruptions at devices that may other be inadvertently invoked as a result of detecting certain spoken utterances.
US12073825B2	Method and apparatus for speech recognition A speech recognition method includes adding a preset special sequence to a front end of an input sequence that corresponds to an input utterance of a speaker, recognizing the preset special sequence and the input sequence, and recognizing the input sequence based on the preset special sequence and a speech recognition result obtained by recognizing the preset special sequence and the input sequence.
US12073823B2	Asynchronous optimization for sequence training of neural networks Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for obtaining, by a first sequence-training speech model, a first batch of training frames that represent speech features of first training utterances; obtaining, by the first sequence-training speech model, one or more first neural network parameters; determining, by the first sequence-training speech model, one or more optimized first neural network parameters based on (i) the first batch of training frames and (ii) the one or more first neural network parameters; obtaining, by a second sequence-training speech model, a second batch of training frames that represent speech features of second training utterances; obtaining one or more second neural network parameters; and determining, by the second sequence-training speech model, one or more optimized second neural network parameters based on (i) the second batch of training frames and (ii) the one or more second neural network parameters.
US12073815B2	Switch lock apparatus and method thereof A switch lock apparatus for a guitar having a pickup selector switch is disclosed herein for locking a position of the pickup selector switch. The switch lock apparatus may include a body plate, a mounting hole, a switch opening defined in the body plate which is configured to receive the pickup selector switch. The switch lock apparatus may also include at least one first side receptacle positioned along the first switch opening side and at least one second side receptable positioned along the second switch opening side. The at least one second side receptacle may be offset from the at least one first side receptacle along the switch opening length to define a central passageway that enables free movement of the pickup selector switch. The switch lock apparatus may define a locked position when the pickup selector switch is received by one of the first or second side receptacles.
US12073813B2	Non-transitory computer readable medium storing electronic musical instrument program, method for musical sound generation process and electronic musical instrument An electronic musical instrument, method for a musical sound generation process and a non-transitory computer readable medium that stores an electronic musical instrument program are provided. The program causes a computer provided with a storage part to execute a musical sound generation process using sound data. The program causes the computer to execute: acquiring, from the storage part, first sound data and first user identification information indicating a user who has acquired the first sound data from a distribution server; acquiring second user identification information indicating a user who causes the musical sound generation process to be executed using the first sound data; determining whether or not the first user identification information matches the second user identification information; and inhibiting execution of the musical sound generation process using the first sound data in a case when the first user identification information does not match the second user identification information.
US12073806B2	Refreshing displays using on-die cache Refreshing displays using on-die cache, including: determining that a static display condition has been met; storing, in cache memory of a processor, first display data; and displaying the first display data from the cache memory.
US12073803B2	Dual-panel liquid crystal display device and control method for reducing risk of displaying killer pattern A display device includes: a first liquid crystal panel; a second liquid crystal panel disposed on a back face of the first liquid crystal panel; and a controller, wherein the controller determines, based on a maximum value of a target pixel value of the display device and a surrounding pixel value of the display device and a minimum value of the target pixel value and the surrounding pixel value, a value of a gray scale of a target pixel of the second liquid crystal panel with reference to at least one of a plurality of conversion characteristics indicating characteristics different from each other as characteristics configured to convert the target pixel value into the value of the gray scale of the target pixel of the second liquid crystal panel.
US12073800B2	Stacked-screen display device and method for controlling display device A stacked-screen display device and a method for controlling a display device are provided. The stacked-screen display device includes a backlight module, a light control panel and a display panel which are stacked in sequence, where the backlight module includes a backplane, a reflector and a diffuser which are stacked in sequence, and the reflector is provided with a plurality of light-emitting units, the backlight module is provided with temperature sensors, the temperature sensors are configured to detect the temperature of the backlight module to compensate the display panel according to the temperature.
US12073796B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel having a plurality of pixels. The device includes a data driver configured to supply a data voltage to the plurality of pixels via a plurality of data lines using a sensing result of the plurality of pixels via a first reference voltage line, a second reference voltage line, and a third reference line. The device includes a gate driver configured to supply a gate signal to the plurality of pixels via a plurality of gate lines. Each of the plurality of data lines is branched into a plurality of sub data lines and each of the plurality of sub data lines is connected to a plurality of sub pixels having the same color. The reference voltage lines are connected to the plurality of sub pixels. The device improves a sensing speed of the sub pixel.
US12073795B2	Scan driver and driving method thereof A scan driver and a driving method thereof, in which the scan driver includes a plurality of stages outputting an output signal in response to clock signals supplied at a first frequency during a driving time of one frame, wherein the plurality of stages are supplied with the clock signals at a second frequency lower than the first frequency during a hold time of the one frame that is separate from the driving time of the one frame.
US12073788B2	Pixel circuit, display substrate, display panel, and display device A pixel circuit, a display substrate, a display panel, and a display device are provided. The pixel circuit includes: a first driving circuit, a second driving circuit, a first light-emitting control circuit, and a second light-emitting control circuit. The first light-emitting control circuit is configured to control a connection between the first driving circuit and the light-emitting element and a connection between the first driving circuit and the first power line to be turned on or off; the second light-emitting control circuit is configured to control a connection between the second driving circuit and the light-emitting element and a connection between the second driving circuit and the second power line to be turned on or off; the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit are configured to control a driving current for driving the light-emitting element to emit light based on the same data voltage.
US12073784B2	Line drive signal enhancement circuit, shift register unit and display panel The line drive signal enhancement circuit includes a first control unit, a second control unit, a first output unit and a second output unit. The first control unit is used for outputting the first power supply voltage to the first node or the second node under the control of the first control terminal and the second control terminal. The second control unit is used for outputting the second power supply voltage to the second node in response to the first power supply voltage on the first node, and is further used for outputting the second power supply voltage to the first node in response to the first power supply voltage on the second node.
US12073779B2	Display device which gradually changes display driving frequency to reduce screen abnormalities The present specification discloses a display device which, upon consecutive viewing of images of different frequencies, may improve abnormalities on a screen according to frequency change, and a method for controlling same. A digital device, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a processor; a display unit comprising a plurality of pixels; and a timing controller for temporally controlling a driving frequency such that the display device is driven, wherein the timing controller controls a light-emitting signal at a preset duty ratio in one frame interval, and when the display unit displays an image of a first input frequency and thereafter displays an image of a second input frequency, a value of a vertical blanking interval for each frame interval gradually changes.
US12073778B2	Display device and method of generating temperature profile of display device A display device includes a display panel including pixels, driving chips applying data voltages to the pixels through channels; and a timing controller determining the data voltages output from the channels by each of the driving chips based on input image data, determining a load ratio of each of the driving chips based on the data voltages, generating a current temperature profile of a first pixel row based on the load ratio of each of the driving chips, generating a current temperature profile of a second pixel row based on the load ratio of each of the driving chips, and generating a two-dimensional temperature profile based on the current temperature profiles of the first pixel row and the second pixel row.
US12073776B2	Afterimage compensator, display device including the same, and method of compensating for image data of display device An afterimage compensator includes: a pixel data generator configured to generate characteristic data for one or more pixels from among a plurality of pixels by using a captured image; a stress accumulator configured to generate an accumulated stress for the one or more pixels in which stress corresponding to the one or more pixels is accumulated based on an image signal of a voltage domain; a domain converter configured to convert the accumulated stress for the one or more pixels from the voltage domain to accumulated stress data for the one or more pixels of a grayscale domain; and a compensator configured to generate compensation data using the characteristic data for the one or more pixels and the accumulated stress data for the one or more pixels.
US12073775B2	Display lighting systems with bioactive lighting Bioactive display systems for displaying digital content. The display systems have one or more LED-based lighting channels adapted to generate one or more of a long red near infrared (LRNE) red light, a circadian-inducing blue light output in first operational mode and a less-circadian-inducing blue light output in a second operational mode. The bioactive lighting can have a first circadian-stimulating energy characteristic related to the associated first spectral power distributions of light generated in the first operational mode, and the non-circadian-inducing blue light can have a second circadian-stimulating energy characteristic related to the associated second spectral power distribution of light generated in the second operational mode. Disclosure methods of generating digital display content with the display systems described herein. The methods can generate a circadian-inducing blue light output in first operational mode and one of a LRNE output and a less-circadian-inducing blue light output in a second operational mode.
US12073771B2	Display panel and driving method thereof, and display device A display panel and a driving method thereof, and a display device. The display panel includes a substrate and a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in an array on the substrate, each of the plurality of pixel circuits includes a pixel driving chip and at least one light-emitting element electrically connected to the pixel driving chip, and the pixel driving chip is configured to receive and store a data signal and drive the at least one light-emitting element to emit light according to the data signal.
US12073766B1	Display device and driving method thereof by reducing total quantities of driven data lines and/or scan lines to realize display of images with a 7high refresh rate A display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The display device includes a display panel and a driving circuit. The driving circuit includes a receiving module and a driving module. The receiving module is used to receive a setting signal for setting a refresh rate of F. The driving module is coupled to the receiving module and is used to drive the data lines and scan lines in the display panel. When (H×V×F)/N>T1, the driving module drives the display panel with H′ as the total number of rows of the scan lines, and with V as the total number of columns of data lines. The H′×V′
US12073765B2	Shift register unit, driving circuit, display device and driving method A shift register unit, a driving circuit, a display device, and a driving method are disclosed. The shift register unit includes a first input circuit, a second input circuit, an output circuit, a first control circuit, and a second control circuit, wherein the first input circuit is electrically connected to a first node; the second input circuit is electrically connected to the first node and a second node; the first control circuit is electrically connected to the second node and a third node; the output circuit is electrically connected to the third node, a second voltage signal line and an output terminal; and the second control circuit is electrically connected to the first node, the third node and a first voltage signal line.
US12073764B2	Circuit driving substrate, display panel, and display driving method A circuit driving substrate, display panel and a display driving method are provided. The circuit driving substrate includes a pixel array, a first switching circuit, a second switching circuit, a first driving circuit and a second driving circuit. The first switching circuit is coupled to the pixel array through a plurality of gate lines, and receives a first switching signal. The second switching circuit is coupled to the pixel array through the gate lines, and receives a second switching signal. The first driving circuit is coupled to the first switching circuit and configured to output the first voltage signal to the first switching circuit. The second driving circuit is coupled to the second switching circuit and configured to output a second voltage signal to the second switching circuit. The first switching circuit and the second switching circuit selectively provide the first voltage signal or the second voltage signal.
US12073761B2	Display panel and electronic device The present disclosure relates to the field of display technologies and, in particular to a display panel and an electronic device. The display panel comprises: Q rows of first scanning line groups arranged sequentially along a column direction; M columns of second scanning line groups arranged sequentially along a row direction; and at least one gate drive circuit, located on a side of the Q-th row of the first scanning line groups away from the (Q−1)-th row of the first scanning line groups. Each gate drive circuit comprises Q columns of shift register unit groups cascaded in stages. The q-th stage of the shift register unit groups is connected with the q-th row of the first scanning line groups through at least one column of the second scanning line groups. M≥Q>1, 1≤q≤Q, and M, N, Q, q are all positive integers.
US12073760B2	Method for driving display panel, device for driving display panel, and display device A method and a device for driving a display panel, and a display device are provided. The method including dividing a frame into N sub-frames, the N sub-frames corresponding to N sets of first gamma curves respectively, and the N sub-frames including at least two consecutive first sub-frames; obtaining a display grayscale of a sub-pixel in each first sub-frame based on an original grayscale of a sub-pixel in a frame image to be displayed, a set of second gamma curves, and one set of first gamma curves corresponding to the first sub-frame; and driving the display panel to display sub-frame images sequentially during the N sub-frames. A display voltage of the sub-pixel when the display panel displays one sub-frame image during one first sub-frames is obtained based on the set of second gamma curves and the display grayscale of the sub-pixel in the first sub-frame.
US12073757B2	Blank sub-field driving method for a display device The present invention provides an operating method of a display device. An example operating method includes driving each pixel for each frame, wherein a plurality of pixels of the display device are disposed in an array of rows and columns, a period of one frame comprises one or more data sections and one or more off-sections, ratios of time length of the one or more data sections are substantially the same as a sequence of powers of 2, each of the one or more data sections corresponds to an ON period or an OFF period related to a specified brightness, grey scale color, or luminance, and each of the one or more off-sections corresponds to the OFF period unrelated to the specified brightness, grey scale color, or luminance.
US12073756B2	Method of compensating for luminance of display device A method of compensating for luminance of a display device includes determining position compensation values of each of panel blocks for measurement grayscale values based on a difference between luminance of a reference panel block and luminance of the each of the panel blocks for the measurement grayscale values, generating a first gamma curve for a first driving frequency and the position compensation values of the each of the panel blocks for the measurement grayscale values, generating a second gamma curve for a second driving frequency and the luminance of the panel blocks for the measurement grayscale values at the first driving frequency, and compensating for input image data based on the first gamma curve and the second gamma curve.
US12073755B2	Brightness matching method of display and the display The present disclosure relates to a brightness matching method of a display and the display. The method includes: performing first calibration on a brightness of at least one second display panel according to first calibration information to obtain a first calibration brightness; performing second calibration on the brightness of the at least one second display panel according to second calibration information to obtain a second calibration brightness; and performing third calibration on the brightness of the at least one second display panel according to the first calibration brightness and the second calibration brightness to obtain a third calibration brightness to match the brightness of the at least one second display panel with a brightness of at least one first display panel.
US12073752B2	Calibration of electrical parameters in optically switchable windows The embodiments herein relate to methods for controlling an optical transition and the ending tint state of an optically switchable device, and optically switchable devices configured to perform such methods. In various embodiments, non-optical (e.g., electrical) feedback is used to help control an optical transition. The feedback may be used for a number of different purposes. In many implementations, the feedback is used to control an ongoing optical transition. In some embodiments a transfer function is used calibrate optical drive parameters to control the tinting state of optically switching devices.
US12073749B2	Method and system for acoustically transparent light emitting display A system and method for providing an acoustically transparent imaging display include a substrate with light sources on one side and perforations having a first visible optical reflectance, the perforations extending perpendicularly to the display surface and being disposed between the light sources. The side of the substrate opposing the light sources faces a black surface of an enclosure.A layer having a second visible optical reflectance is disposed on the substrate on the side of the light sources. The layer has an acoustical transparency attenuation of at most −10 dB, and when in normal light conditions the difference between the visible optical reflectance of the layer and that of the perforations is lower than the difference between visible optical reflectance of the substrate and that of the perforation.
US12073745B2	Cross street banner suspension system A banner support system comprising a first support pole supporting a winch, a first support line coupler, a second support line coupler, a first aperture, a first access port, and a second access port. A second support pole comprises a third anchor point, a fourth anchor point, a second aperture, and a third access port. The upper support line is coupled to the first support line coupler and the third support line coupler, and the lower support line is coupled to the second support line coupler and the fourth support line coupler. The banner is slidably coupled to the upper support line and the lower support line. The first tensioning line is coupled to the winch and extends from the first aperture and is coupled to a first end of the banner. The second tensioning line extends from the second aperture to a second end of the banner.
US12073743B1	Dynamic motion seat Embodiments of the present invention comprise a dynamic motion seat with at least five directions of motion for vehicle simulation.
US12073741B2	Plugin system and pathway architecture Systems and methods of the present invention provide for: storing a plurality of content plugins; generating a graphical user interface (GUI) including components for: selecting a subset of plugins, defining a relationship between the plugins in the subset, and defining a custom pathway through the subset, including rules or conditions for navigation; receiving, from the content creator client device, selection of the subset, the relationship, and the rule or condition; generating, from the subset, relationship, and rule or condition; and transmitting to client devices for display, a learning course content for a learning application.
US12073739B2	Video display device The present invention addresses the problem of providing a video display device that projects and displays video including starry sky images onto a target surface, that can reproduce the twinkling of stars and that can more faithfully reproduce an actual starry sky. Provided are a light source, a projection lens, a starry-sky projection negative plate, a twinkling negative plate with uneven light-transmitting properties, a starry-sky-end support unit that supports the starry-sky projection negative plate in a location onto which light from the light source is radiated, a twinkling-end support unit that supports the twinkling negative plate between the starry-sky projection negative plate and the projection lens or between the light source and the starry-sky projection negative plate, and an actuation mechanism that rotationally actuates, by power from an actuator, the starry-sky projection negative plate in a state of being supported by the starry-sky-end support unit and the twinkling negative plate in a state of being supported by the twinkling-end support unit. Light that has penetrated the starry-sky projection negative plate and the twinkling negative plate is radiated onto the target surface via the projection lens.
US12073737B2	Post mortem reconstitution of circulation A system for reconstituting circulation in a cadaver includes at least a pump, a fluid driven by the pump, and operative fluid connections between the pump and the cadaver. The system may be used to occlude one or more arterioles within the cadaver. The system may include a first circuit that creates a first fluid path with vessels of the cadaver, with first circuit having a first fluid conduit, a heater unit, a first pump, and a resistance device. The system may also include a second circuit that creates a second fluid path with vessels of the cadaver that are different from the vessels of the first circuit, with the second circuit having a second fluid conduit and a second pump. Alternately, the system may include a first circuit that creates a first fluid path with vessels of the cadaver and a second flow path that creates a second fluid path with the reservoir, where the first circuit includes a first conduit, a second connector, a pump, a reservoir, and a connector.
US12073736B2	Technologies for wound treatment education A method comprising: accessing a block that is not opaque and defines a plurality of wells that are not in fluid communication with each other; and providing a storage medium storing a set of instructions on how to use the block.
US12073734B2	Automatic teaching device A system and method for monitoring a driver's operation of a vehicle and automatically providing a lesson to a driver based on the driver's operation are provided. Input data generated by an onboard vehicle computing system specifying actions taken by the driver while operating the vehicle are received. Based on the input data, a determination is made whether a driving event has occurred that requires the lesson to be output to the driver. The driving event is analyzed based on threshold data stored in the memory, and based on the results of the analysis of the driving event one or more lessons are automatically output to the driver. Additionally, the driver's completion of the lesson can be monitored, and subsequent instances of the driver's operation of the vehicle may include controlling movement of the vehicle based on the results of the analysis of the driving event.
US12073733B2	Code-switching of blended multilingual content A method and system to identify first content in a first language. Second content in a second language is identified that matches the first content in the first language. A machine learning process is employed to map a set of similarities between the first content in the first language and the second content in the second language. Based on the set of similarities and a schema, modified content including a ratio of a first portion of the first content in the first language to a second portion of the second content in the second language is generated. The modified content to a user system and one or more inputs associated with the modified content are received from the user system. Based at least in part on the one or more inputs, one or more exercises associated with the modified content are generated.
US12073732B2	Action control device and action control method, and program The present disclosure relates to action control device and an action control method and a program that enable more appropriate action control to be achieved.An EKF processing unit selects a self-position estimation unit used to estimate a position of a drone from a plurality of the self-position estimation units which is different in estimation accuracy on the basis of waypoints that are indexes when the drone acts, and obtains a state of the drone. Then, a navigator controls an action of the drone according to an action plan created in advance on the basis of the state of the drone. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a mission flight control device that controls a mission flight of a drone.
US12073730B2	Supporting an aircraft in a reduced-engine taxi operation A method is provided for supporting taxi operation of an aircraft. The method includes accessing information that describes a taxi operation of the aircraft at an airport, for a flight of the aircraft. The method includes determining a recommendation for reduced-engine taxi operation of the aircraft based on the information. The recommendation divides the reduced-engine taxi operation into steps including reduced-engine and all-engines steps. A route for the taxi operation is plotted on a diagram of the airport, the route is annotated with an indication of the recommendation for the taxi operation, and a graphical user interface (GUI) is generated that includes the diagram with the route and the indication of the recommendation. The indication of the recommendation includes indications of the steps into which the reduced-engine taxi operation is divided, and the route is annotated to indicate segments of the route over which the steps are performed.
US12073728B2	Method and a system to automatically start and stop a monitoring device A system and a method for automatically starting and/or stopping a monitoring device. The method includes detecting halt of a vehicle using a first sensor and a second sensor. The method also includes communicating with a server after detecting the halt to determine a trip assignment status of a monitoring device placed inside the vehicle. The method further includes determining if the vehicle is within a geofence of a trip starting location based on the trip assignment status of the monitoring device. The method further includes determining speed of the vehicle after the vehicle is within the geo-fence of the trip starting location. Accordingly, the monitoring device is automatically started when the speed of the vehicle reaches above a pre-determined speed.
US12073726B2	Operation management unit and operation management method An operation management unit includes a controller that presents, to a user, a guidance that varies depending on whether a given vehicle stops at at least one stop at which a user is waiting, among a plurality of stops, with respect to each of a plurality of vehicles that travels along a route including one or more roads and the stops, and stops at one or more stops determined for each of the vehicles, among the stops.
US12073725B2	Systems and methods for coordinating an arrival of one or more assets at a location In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method for coordinating an arrival of an asset at a location includes identifying one or more assets arriving at a transfer hub, based at least in part on one or more attributes associated with the one or more assets. The method includes determining an arrival time for the one or more assets, based at least in part on an available capacity associated with the transfer hub for receiving the one or more assets. The method includes controlling the one or more assets to arrive at the determined arrival time.
US12073724B2	System and method for determining car to lane distance A system and method for determining car to lane distance is provided. In one aspect, the system includes a camera configured to generate an image, a processor, and a computer-readable memory. The processor is configured to receive the image from the camera, generate a wheel segmentation map representative of one or more wheels detected in the image, and generate a lane segmentation map representative of one or more lanes detected in the image. For at least one of the wheels in the wheel segmentation map, the processor is also configured to determine a distance between the wheel and at least one nearby lane in the lane segmentation map. The processor is further configured to determine a distance between a vehicle in the image and the lane based on the distance between the wheel and the lane.
US12073720B1	Vehicle-to-vehicle payment system for traffic prioritization in self-driving vehicles A self-driving or autonomous vehicle has a traffic-prioritization processor to send or receive a payment to or from a central server to obtain a traffic prioritization for a route or to accept a traffic de-prioritization for the route. The central server receives and distributes payments to other vehicles traveling the route. The vehicle communicates with the central server to receive a plurality of levels of prioritization which range from a highest prioritization to a lowest prioritization, and the costs or payouts associated with each of the levels.
US12073718B2	Important region setting device, encoding device, network camera, important region setting method, and program recording medium This important region setting device is provided with: a means for changing an important region within a region that can be imaged by a predetermined camera, in accordance with the illumination state of a lamp in a predetermined traffic signal; and a means for notifying the important region to the camera or to a device which transmits images captured by the camera.
US12073713B2	Conditional insertion of changed traffic data into the previous traffic frame Road vector definitions and incident data associated with a traffic incident are obtained from a traffic data source. A determination is made, based on the road vector definitions and the incident data, that the traffic incident affects travel on a particular road. A road classification of the road affected by the traffic incident is determined based on the road vector definitions. An updated version of a previous Transport Protocol Experts Group (TPEG) traffic is generated. Generating the updated version of the previous TPEG traffic frame includes conditionally inserting changed traffic data associated with the particular road into the previous TPEG traffic frame. The changed traffic data associated with the particular road includes at least a portion of the incident data. The updated version of the previous TPEG traffic frame is transmitted to a station importer for broadcast.
US12073705B2	Separation alerts for notification while traveling Methods to provide separation notifications are described. In an embodiment, movement is detected beyond a threshold distance from a trusted location, in response to the detecting, receiving an indication that at least one accessory device is nearby the electronic device and storing information on a status of a wireless connection with the at least one accessory device, receiving an indication that the electronic device is in transit, monitoring the wireless connection for the at least one accessory device, and upon detection of a lost wireless connection for the at least one accessory device, send a separation notification.
US12073698B1	Security device with user-configurable motion detection settings A security device has user-configurable motion detection settings. The security device includes at least one camera configured to capture sequential frames of image data within a field of view; at least one processor; memory communicatively coupled with the processor(s); a location setting, stored in the memory, defining whether or not the security device is located at a common access area; and machine readable instructions stored in the memory. The machine readable instructions are executable by the processor(s) to determine the image data indicates motion; and determine that the motion indicates lingering presence at the common access area. In certain embodiments, the machine readable instructions are executable by the processor(s) to determine, from the image data, that the average ambient light over a daily period varies less than a light variation threshold, and configure the location setting to indicate that the security device is located at the common access area.
US12073697B2	Method, an apparatus and a system for managing an event to generate an alert indicating a subject is likely to be unauthorized Present disclosure provides a method for managing an event to generate an alert indicating a subject is likely to be unauthorized, the event comprising data identifying the subject, the method comprising: within a pre-determined period based on a timestamp at which the event is stored in a cache, detecting a recall event comprising the data identifying the subject, the recall event indicating the subject is not likely to be unauthorized; and removing the event from the cache in response to detecting the recall event comprising the data identifying the subject within the pre-determined period.
US12073692B2	Arrangement for securely closing a head module of a device for handling notes of value An arrangement for securely closing a head module of a device for handling notes of value includes a frame and a front panel. The arrangement further includes at least one sensor unit for outputting a control signal, an authentication unit for determining authentication information, and a control unit. The head module has at least one electromechanical locking unit which in a locking state generates a locking of the front panel with the frame, and which unlocks the locking in an unlocking state. The control unit is configured to perform detection of the control signal and a verification of the authentication information, and to control the electromechanical locking unit such that changing the electromechanical locking unit from the locking state into the unlocking state only takes place upon detection of the control signal and upon successful verification of the authentication information.
US12073690B2	Sporting event wagering for progressive awards A system which scales the probability of winning a progressive award to the odds associated with a winning sporting event wager placed.
US12073688B2	Unified digital wallet A unified wallet manager (UWM) virtualized as a single virtual service in which all transactions relative to the UWM are treated as immutable facts permanently stored in append-only queues or ledgers from the time of their creation. A rules engine reads conversion requests in request calls to the service and determines which rule or rules, including responsible gaming rules, to apply to control or convert funds from one ledger to another, in the same or different vertically scaled gaming systems. The UWM is a peer of other vertical gaming systems, and the gaming systems access the UWM via an API server and data egresses from the UWM through an ETL process from a database cluster. The ledger stores funds of many different types, including real money, points, play money, and others. Third parties can integrate with the UWM through an integration hub connected to the UWM.
US12073687B2	Virtual ticket-in and ticket-out on a gaming machine An electronic gaming machine includes a cabinet, a display mounted to the cabinet, a wireless interface for communicating with a portable electronic device, a network interface for communicating with a validation server, a bill validator coupled to a game controller configured to accept bills and printed ticket vouchers, and a removable cash box. The game controller includes a processor and a memory configured to control a wager-based game played on the EGM, redeem virtual ticket vouchers and printed ticket vouchers, receive an indication to transfer value to the EGM via a virtual ticket voucher, receive the virtual ticket voucher including a virtual ticket voucher validation number from the portable electronic device via the wireless interface, validate the virtual ticket voucher with the validation server via the network interface, deposit a credit amount associated with the virtual ticket voucher, and notify the validation server that the virtual ticket voucher is redeemed.
US12073686B2	Settling outstanding line of credit liability with gaming establishment credit system A system that operates to monitor for a line of credit settlement event and, responsive to an occurrence of such an event, pay off an amount of funds accessed from a gaming establishment credit system.
US12073681B2	System and method for providing off-site online based gaming A system and method for allowing wagers to be made on a game and awarding a payout as a function of an outcome of the game is provided. The game may played by a game server, located at a gaming facility, which is located at a predefined geographic location. A remote device may be provided at a location outside of the predefined geographic location. An agent, in communication with the game server and the remote device, may receive instructions from a patron via the remote device to place a wager on a game and for instructing the server to place the wager in response to receiving the instructions from the patron.
US12073679B2	Techniques to dispense an item and release a jammed item from a dispensing system Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to dispensing and jammed item release techniques. A dispensing system comprises an arrangement of passages; a first device operable to move in a lateral direction along the arrangement of passages; a second device operable to move in a vertical direction along the arrangement of passages; a third device operable to extend or retract into a passage; and a cover operable to move toward and away from the arrangement of passages.
US12073677B2	Value note box A value note box has a first storage compartment for storing notes of value as well as at least a second storage compartment for storing notes of value. Further, the value note box comprises a switch unit for selectively feeding notes of value into the first storage compartment or into the second storage compartment. The switch unit comprises a switch element, a portion of which delimits one side of the first storage compartment.
US12073672B2	Determining when a portable key device is located on a front side or on a back side It is provided a method for determining when a portable key device is located on a front side or on a back side in relation to a barrier secured by an electronic lock. The method is performed in a location determiner and comprises the steps of: obtaining a channel impulse response, CIR, based on an impulse signal transmitted from the portable key device, the CIR being based on a plurality of samples of the impulse signal as received by an antenna being fixedly mounted in relation to the electronic lock; and determining, based on the CIR, whether the portable key device is located on the front side or on the back side.
US12073669B2	Refuse container identification using parcel data Techniques are described for correlating entity identification information with refuse containers being serviced by a refuse collection vehicle (RCV). Location data can be collected by location sensor(s) on the RCV at a time when a triggering condition is present, such as a time when a lift arm is operating to empty a refuse container into the hopper of the RCV. The location data can be provided as input to an algorithm that estimates a container location through a vector offset to account for the distance and direction of the RCV lift arm relative to the location sensor in the RCV. The container location can be correlated with parcel data to determine the parcel that the container was on or near to when it was serviced, and the customer or other entity associated with the parcel can be correlated to the particular container based on the analysis.
US12073668B1	Machine-learned models for electric vehicle component health monitoring Methods, computing systems, and technology for machine-learned vehicle component health monitoring are presented. An example method may include obtaining operating data describing one or more operational characteristics of a component of a subsystem onboard a vehicle. The example method may include generating, using a component longevity model and based on the operating data, a component longevity value for the component. The example method may include generating, using a vehicle usage model and based on the component longevity value, a prognosis for the component. In the example method, the vehicle usage model may be configured to evaluate the component longevity value based on a usage pattern associated with the vehicle. The example method may include initiating, based on the prognosis, a corrective action to mitigate degradation of the component.
US12073665B2	System, method, and apparatus for managing vehicle data collection A vehicle that includes a policy manager circuit, an endpoint, and a vehicle data interface. The policy manager circuit interprets a data collection policy including a trigger condition and a trigger evaluation data identifier. The endpoint captures a trigger evaluation data stream in response to the trigger evaluation data identifier and the trigger condition. The vehicle data interface receives the trigger evaluation data stream.
US12073659B2	Vehicle information service for on-vehicle applications A vehicle information service for monitoring vehicle data from a vehicle data bus and providing a secure interface to allow devices on the vehicle to retrieve vehicle data for which they have authorization is described. The vehicle information service may organize the vehicle data into one more collections of vehicle data, where different collections may be authorized for different application authentication profiles and include different combinations of the vehicle data. The vehicle information service may also offer and restrict access to information about other devices or services on the vehicle. The vehicle information service may also provide control of various devices such as devices coupled with an access network on the vehicle or devices coupled with the vehicle data bus.
US12073658B2	Agriculture operation monitoring system and monitoring method The present disclosure relates to an agriculture operation monitoring system comprises at least one implement adapted to be mounted to a work vehicle, a wireless communication element, and a data storage and processing system. The implement comprises one or a plurality of sensors arranged to obtain sensor signals related to at least one hydraulic function of the implement and a local control element. The local control element is arranged to receive sensor signals obtained by the at least one sensor, to determine at least one present setting related to an operational status of the implement based on the received sensor signals and to feed a status message related to the present setting to the wireless communication element. The wireless communication element is arranged to transmit the status message to the data storage and processing system or to at least one electronic user device.
US12073654B1	Method for identifying a user entering an autonomous vehicle One variation of a method for identifying a user entering an autonomous vehicle includes: receiving a ride request from the user, the ride request specifying a pickup location; at the autonomous vehicle, autonomously navigating to the pickup location, scanning a field near the autonomous vehicle for a human approaching the autonomous vehicle, and, in response to detecting the human proximal the autonomous vehicle, recording an image of the human; detecting a face of the human in the image; accessing a faceprint characterizing facial features of the user; and, in response to the face of the human detected in the image exhibiting features represented in the faceprint, identifying the human as the user and triggering a door of the autonomous vehicle to unlock for the user.
US12073642B2	Object detection using neural networks Systems and methods for facilitating an automated detection of an object in a test document are disclosed. A system may include a processor including a dataset generator. The dataset generator may obtain a first input image and a first original document from a data lake. The dataset generator may prune a portion of the first original document to obtain a pruned image. The dataset generator may blend the first input image with the pruned image to generate a modified image. The modified image may include the pruned image bearing the first pre-defined representation. The modified image may be combined with the first original document to generate a training dataset. The training dataset may be utilized to train a neural network based model to obtain a trained model for the automated detection of the object in the test document.
US12073641B2	Systems, devices, and/or processes for dynamic surface marking Subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems, devices, and/or processes for processing signals relating to surfaces that may be viewable by subjects though one or more devices. In an embodiment, a surface may include one or more devices embedded therein to provide one or more signals to define a portion of the surface.
US12073636B2	Multi-sensor analysis of food In an embodiment, a method for estimating a composition of food includes: receiving a first three-dimensional (3D) image; identifying food in the first 3D image; determining a volume of the identified food based on the first 3D image; and estimating a composition of the identified food using a millimeter-wave radar.
US12073631B2	Object estimation device, object estimation method therefor, and vehicle An object estimation device includes an acquisition unit and an estimation unit. The acquisition unit acquires a space image including an object present in a space. The estimation unit estimates image region data on the basis of a portion or all of the space image including the object. The image region data indicates a location of the object in the space image. On the condition that the object included in the space image acquired by the acquisition unit is included in an oblique posture, the estimation unit estimates an image region widened from an image region of the object included in the oblique posture in the space image, as the image region data.
US12073630B2	Moving object tracking method and apparatus This disclosure provides a moving object tracking method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining a current frame captured by a camera; predicting a current state vector of the camera based on an inertial measurement unit IMU and the current frame, to obtain a predicted value of the current state vector of the camera; predicting a current state vector of a target object that is moving in the current frame, to obtain a predicted value of the current state vector of the target object; and updating a Kalman state vector based on a measurement result of an image feature in the current frame. According to technical solutions provided in this disclosure, a target object that is moving in a surrounding environment can be tracked and a pose of the target object can be estimated while a pose of a system can be estimated.
US12073628B2	Guidance processing apparatus and guidance method A guidance processing apparatus (100) includes an information acquisition unit (101) that acquires a plurality of different pieces of guidance information on the basis of states of a plurality of people within one or more images, and a control unit (102) that performs control of a plurality of target devices present in different spaces or time division control of a target device so as to set a plurality of different states corresponding to the plurality of pieces of guidance information.
US12073625B1	Techniques for generating optimized video segments utilizing a visual search Systems and methods are provided herein for generating optimized video segments. A derivative video segment (e.g., a scene) can be identified from derivative video content (e.g., a movie trailer). The segment may be used a query to search video content (e.g., the movie) for the segment. Once found, an optimized video segment may be generated from the video content. The optimized video segment may have a different start time and/or end time than those corresponding to the original segment. Once optimized, the video segment may be presented to a user or stored for subsequent content recommendations.
US12073624B2	System and method for capturing images for training of an item identification model A system for capturing images for training an item identification model obtains an identifier of an item. The system detects a triggering event at a platform, where the triggering event corresponds to a user placing the item on a platform. The system causes the platform to rotate. The system causes at least one camera to capture an image of the item while the platform is rotating. The system extracts a set of features associated with the item from the image. The system associates the item to the identifier and the set of features. The system adds a new entry to a training dataset of the item identification model, where the new entry represents the item labeled with the identifier and the set of features.
US12073614B2	Generating augmented reality images for display on a mobile device based on ground truth image rendering Systems and methods are disclosed herein for monitoring a location of a client device associated with a transportation service and generating augmented reality images for display on the client device. The systems and methods use sensor data from the client device and a device localization process to monitor the location of the client device by comparing renderings of images captured by the client device to renderings of the vicinity of the pickup location. The systems and methods determine navigation instructions from the user's current location to the pickup location and select one or more augmented reality elements associated with the navigation instructions and/or landmarks along the route to the pickup location. The systems and methods instruct the client device to overlay the selected augmented reality elements on a video feed of the client device.
US12073610B1	Universally trained model for detecting objects using common class sensor devices Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for training a universal sensor model based on a combined dataset provided by sensor devices of a common device class. Once trained, the universal sensor model may be deployed for providing recommendations based on performing object detection on datasets received from different types of sensor devices of the common device class. Embodiments include determining whether to generate the combined dataset from different datasets from sensor devices of the common device class and determining when the sensor model will perform better using the combined dataset from sensor device rather than a single dataset from a single sensor device. In some embodiments, the datasets are image datasets comprising image data provided by the sensor devices.
US12073609B2	Automated classification based on photo-realistic image/model mappings Techniques are provided for increasing the accuracy of automated classifications produced by a machine learning engine. Specifically, the classification produced by a machine learning engine for one photo-realistic image is adjusted based on the classifications produced by the machine learning engine for other photo-realistic images that correspond to the same portion of a 3D model that has been generated based on the photo-realistic images. Techniques are also provided for using the classifications of the photo-realistic images that were used to create a 3D model to automatically classify portions of the 3D model. The classifications assigned to the various portions of the 3D model in this manner may also be used as a factor for automatically segmenting the 3D model.
US12073606B1	Machine learning model inference using user-created machine learning models while maintaining user privacy A server system is described. The server system includes at least one processor and at least one memory storing a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to receive a plurality of machine learning (ML) models and ML model data from the plurality of mobile computing devices, where the ML model data includes metadata, and the ML model data excludes media. At least one group of the plurality of ML models is selected based on the metadata, each ML model of the at least one group tested, and a plurality of metrics is determined based on the ML models that were tested. Further, a set of ML models of the ML models that were tested is selected, and at least two ML models of the set of ML models are combined based on at least one parameter.
US12073605B1	Attributing aspects of generated visual contents to training examples Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for attributing aspects of generated visual contents to training examples are provided. A first visual content generated using a generative model may be received. The generative model may be a result of training a machine learning model using a plurality of training examples. Properties of an aspect of the first visual content and properties of visual contents associated with the plurality of training examples may be used to attribute the aspect of the first visual content to a subgroup of the plurality of training examples. For each source of the sources associated with the visual contents associated with the training examples of the subgroup, a data-record associated with the source may be updated based on the attribution of the aspect of the first visual content.
US12073604B2	Using temporal filters for automated real-time classification In various examples, the present disclosure relates to using temporal filters for automated real-time classification. The technology described herein improves the performance of a multiclass classifier that may be used to classify a temporal sequence of input signals—such as input signals representative of video frames. A performance improvement may be achieved, at least in part, by applying a temporal filter to an output of the multiclass classifier. For example, the temporal filter may leverage classifications associated with preceding input signals to improve the final classification given to a subsequent signal. In some embodiments, the temporal filter may also use data from a confusion matrix to correct for the probable occurrence of certain types of classification errors. The temporal filter may be a linear filter, a nonlinear filter, an adaptive filter, and/or a statistical filter.
US12073601B2	Determining visual overlap of images by using box embeddings An image matching system for determining visual overlaps between images by using box embeddings is described herein. The system receives two images depicting a 3D surface with different camera poses. The system inputs the images (or a crop of each image) into a machine learning model that outputs a box encoding for the first image and a box encoding for the second image. A box encoding includes parameters defining a box in an embedding space. Then the system determines an asymmetric overlap factor that measures asymmetric surface overlaps between the first image and the second image based on the box encodings. The asymmetric overlap factor includes an enclosure factor indicating how much surface from the first image is visible in the second image and a concentration factor indicating how much surface from the second image is visible in the first image.
US12073599B2	Method to improve accuracy of quantized multi-stage object detection network An apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The memory may be configured to store image data of an input image. The processor may be configured to detect one or more objects in the input image using a quantized multi-stage object detection network, where quantization of the quantized multi-stage object detection network includes (i) generating quantized image data by performing a first data range analysis on the image data of the input image, (ii) generating a feature map and proposal bounding boxes by applying a region proposal network (RPN) to the quantized image data, (iii) performing a region of interest pooling operation on the feature map and a plurality of ground truth boxes corresponding to the proposal bounding boxes generated by the RPN, (iv) generating quantized region of interest pooling results by performing a second data range analysis on results from the region of interest pooling operation, and (v) applying a region-based convolutional neural network (RCNN) to the quantized region of interest pooling results.
US12073597B2	Information processing device and information processing method A degree of freedom in image production regarding tracking of a subject is improved. Designation of a placement position in a display area of a tracking target is received on a first screen in which a predetermined image is displayed in the display area. For example, a user is allowed to designate a position (a position within the display area) in which a tracking target subject is disposed in a state in which image content can be recognized on a display screen.
US12073593B2	Coding blocks of pixels A method and decoding unit for decoding a compressed data structure that encodes a set of Haar coefficients for a 2×2 quad of pixels of a block of pixels. The set of Haar coefficients comprises a plurality of differential coefficients and an average coefficient. A first portion of the compressed data structure encodes the differential coefficients for the 2×2 quad of pixels. A second portion of the compressed data structure encodes the average coefficient for the 2×2 quad of pixels. The first portion of the compressed data structure is used to determine signs and exponents differential coefficients which are non-zero. The second portion of the compressed data structure is used to determine a representation of the average coefficient. The result of a weighted sum of the differential coefficients and the average coefficient for the 2×2 quad of pixels is determined using: (i) the determined signs and exponents for the differential coefficients which are non-zero, (ii) the determined representation of the average coefficient, and (iii) respective weights for the differential coefficients. The determined result is used to determine the decoded value. The determined decoded value is outputted.
US12073591B2	Three-dimensional data encoding method, three-dimensional data decoding method, three-dimensional data encoding device, and three-dimensional data decoding device A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: selecting, as one or more candidates for calculating a predicted value of attribute information of a first three-dimensional point, one or more three-dimensional points from a plurality of three-dimensional points, the one or more three-dimensional points being closest to the first three-dimensional point; calculating a predicted value using pieces of attribute information of the one or more three-dimensional points selected as the one or more candidates; calculating a prediction residual that is a difference between the attribute information of the first three-dimensional point and the predicted value calculated; and generating a bitstream, based on the prediction residual. In the selecting, when the plurality of three-dimensional points include three-dimensional points equidistant from the first three-dimensional point, the one or more candidates are selected based on a first Morton code of the first three-dimensional point.
US12073590B2	Image encoding apparatus, control method thereof, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium The invention provides an image encoding apparatus operable to encode data obtained by an image capturing sensor in which a filter for detecting a fourth color is periodically arranged in addition to filters of three primary colors, where the apparatus comprises a generating unit configured to generate data that approximates the fourth color using data of at least two colors among three colors, which represent three primary colors, obtained by the image capturing sensor and generate difference data that represents a difference between the generated data and data of the fourth color; and an encoding unit configured to encode data of the three colors which represent three primary colors and the difference data.
US12073579B2	Local light field flow as an alternative to plane-sweep volumes An apparatus and a method are provided for image processing. In one embodiment, the method comprises accessing a plurality of images captured by at least a reference camera, wherein the images represent a plurality of views corresponding to said same scene. A plurality of plane sweep volume (PSV) slices are then generated from said images and computing for each slice a flow map from at least the reference camera calibration parameter and this flow map a previous slice of the plane sweep volume is generated.
US12073576B2	Apparatus and method for generating depth map from multi-view image Disclosed herein is a method for generating a depth map from multi-view images, the method including receiving multi-view images and parameters thereof; generating an initial depth map, an initial normal map, and an initial reliability map for the multi-view images; performing selection of multiple initial vertices and triangulation based on the initial depth map and the initial normal map and generating depth values and normal values for the result of triangulation; performing regularization based on triangulation, selecting additional vertices in the initial depth map, and generating additional depth values and additional normal values based on the additional vertices and regularization; and refining the initial depth map into a refined depth map by replacing depth values and normal values having reliability below a preset level in the initial depth map and the initial normal map with the additional depth values and the additional normal values.
US12073575B2	Object-centric three-dimensional auto labeling of point cloud data Methods, computer systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for performing three-dimensional auto-labeling on sensor data. The system obtains a sensor data segment that includes a temporal sequence of three-dimensional point clouds generated from sensor readings of an environment by one or more sensors. The system identifies, from the sensor data segment, (i) a plurality of object tracks that each corresponds to a different object in the environment and (ii) for each object track, respective initial three-dimensional regions in each of one or more of the point clouds in which the corresponding object appears. The system generates, for each object track, extracted object track data that includes at least the points in the respective initial three-dimensional regions for the object track. The system further generates, for each object track and from the extracted object track data for the object track, an auto labeling output that defines respective refined three-dimensional regions in each of the one or more point clouds.
US12073574B2	Structuring visual data Mappings are determined between viewpoints of an object and an object model representing the object. Each mapping identifies a location on the object model corresponding with a portion of the object captured in one of the viewpoints. Tags for the object model are created based on the mappings, where each tag links one of the viewpoints to one of the locations on the object model. A user interface that includes the object model and the tags is provided for presentation on a display screen in a user interface. One of the viewpoints is presented in the user interface when the corresponding tag is selected in the object model.
US12073569B2	Method and apparatus for eye tracking Provided is a method and apparatus for eye tracking. An eye tracking method includes detecting an eye area corresponding to an eye of a user in a first frame of an image; determining an attribute of the eye area; selecting an eye tracker from a plurality of different eye trackers, the eye tracker corresponding to the determined attribute of the eye area; and tracking the eye of the user in a second frame of the image based on the selected eye tracker, the second frame being subsequent to the first frame.
US12073566B2	System and method for vision based graphical fluid flow anomaly detection for display verification A system for fluid flow verification comprises a video recording device that captures frames of actual fluid or fluid display, and a processor coupled to the recording device. The processor hosts fluid verification modules, including a fluid flow rate verification module, and a fluid color verification module. The fluid flow rate verification module is operative to receive the frames; binarize region of interest, and compute histogram of white/black pixels; count white pixels to detect actual fluid quantity; determine whether actual fluid quantity matches expected fluid quantity; if there is a match, measure fluid change rate; determine whether there is steady fluid flow; if not, report fluid flow rate anomaly. The fluid color verification module is operative to: receive binarized region of interest and histogram; detect fluid color by extracting sample color mask of pixels; determine whether detected fluid color matches expected fluid color; if not, report fluid color anomaly.
US12073564B2	Method for automatic segmentation of fuzzy boundary image based on active contour and deep learning The present invention discloses a method for automatic segmentation of a fuzzy boundary image based on active contour and deep learning. In the method, firstly, a fuzzy boundary image is segmented using a deep convolutional neural network model to obtain an initial segmentation result; then, a contour of a region inside the image segmented using the deep convolutional neural network model is used as an initialized contour and a contour constraint of an active contour model; and the active contour model drives, through image characteristics of a surrounding region of each contour point, the contour to move towards a target edge to derive an accurate segmentation line between a target region and other background regions. The present invention introduces an active contour model on the basis of a deep convolutional neural network model to further refine a segmentation result of a fuzzy boundary image, which has the capability of segmenting a fuzzy boundary in the image, thus further improving the accuracy of segmentation of the fuzzy boundary image.
US12073563B2	Systems and methods for birds eye view segmentation Systems and methods for bird's eye view (BEV) segmentation are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an input image from an image sensor on an agent. The input image is a perspective space image defined relative to the position and viewing direction of the agent. The method includes extracting features from the input image. The method includes estimating a depth map that includes depth values for pixels of the plurality of pixels of the input image. The method includes generating a 3D point map including points corresponding to the pixels of the input image. The method includes generating a voxel grid by voxelizing the 3D point map into a plurality voxels. The method includes generating a feature map by extracting feature vectors for pixels based on the points included in the voxels of the plurality of voxels and generating a BEV segmentation based on the feature map.
US12073559B2	Methods for automated detection of cervical pre-cancers with a low-cost, point-of-care, pocket colposcope A method for automated detection of cervical pre-cancer includes: providing at least one cervigram; pre-processing the at least one cervigram; extracting features from the at least one pre-processed cervigram; and classifying the at least one cervigram as negative or positive for cervical pre-cancer based on the extracted features.
US12073558B2	Image processing apparatus, radiography system, image processing method, and image processing program An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires a radiographic image captured by a radiography apparatus according to an imaging order including a plurality of examination purposes from the radiography apparatus, a processing unit that performs predetermined processing for each corresponding examination purpose on the radiographic image acquired by the acquisition unit, an output unit that outputs each processing result of the processing performed for each examination purpose by the processing unit to the outside, and a control unit that performs one of a first control for outputting the processing result from the output unit at timings that are considered to be the same and a second control for sequentially outputting the processing result from the output unit in response to an end of the processing, according to settings.
US12073557B2	Capturing vehicle data and assessing vehicle damage One example includes receiving captured data identifying a vehicle body including vehicle portions, identifying difference data between one or more distances provided by vehicle overlay data associated with known manufacturer data of the vehicle and the captured data of the vehicle body, determining whether the difference data identified is beyond one or more difference thresholds for one or more of the vehicle portions based on a difference of the one or more distances of the vehicle overlay data as compared to one or more distances of the captured data indicating the captured data includes one or more different lengths of distances measured across the one or more vehicle portions as compared to one or more distances measured across the one or more vehicle portions of the overlay data, and designating the one or more vehicle portions as damaged when the difference data identified is beyond the one or more difference thresholds.
US12073555B2	Inspection of reflective surfaces based on image correlation A system for inspecting a reflective surface includes a first imaging assembly configured to take a first image of the reflective surface. The first image includes depth information. The system also includes a second imaging assembly configured to take a second image of the reflective surface. The second image includes contrast information. The system further includes a processor configured to acquire the first image and the second image, estimate a depth profile of the surface based on the depth information, correlate the depth profile with the second image, and identify a feature of the reflective surface based on the correlation.
US12073548B2	Machine vision based automatic needle cannula inspection system and method of use A machine vision based automatic needle cannula inspection system includes an inspection and control unit, image capture devices, light sources, a unit that makes the needle cannula and the image capture device(s) rotate relative to each other, and a rejected part removal unit. By means of rotating the needle cannula and image capture devices relatively, a plurality of images captured along the circumferential direction of the needle cannula are directly saved to a computer, the images are then screened, processed and analyzed to fulfill the automatic inspection of multiple quality and technical parameters of the needle cannula without the need to position the bevel area of cannula tip to a specific direction. Inspection parameters and accuracy can be set at any time, the system can automatically record classification and statistics of passed and rejected needle cannulas for query, and the rejected cannula are removed automatically at next position.
US12073547B1	System and a method for inspection of rotating wind turbine blade A rotating wind turbine blade optical inspection devices and systems. The system for inspection, having: a camera; a rotatable device designed to controllably rotate camera along axis, not camera's lens axis of rotational symmetry; a laser distance sensor or a dynamic vision sensor and a computer system; the camera, the rotatable device and the laser distance sensor or the dynamic vision sensor operably connected with the computer system; wherein the camera is adapted to be mounted on the rotatable device; the distance or the vision sensors' optical axis is directed at a set distance from the camera's optical axis; wherein the computer system: (i) to receives a signal from the distance or vision sensors; (ii) to determines camera's activation time based on the signal from the distance sensor or vision sensors and a pre-set adjustable delay time; (iii) to activate the camera acquiring an image of a blade area inspected.
US12073546B2	Curb inspection tool Techniques for measuring a monument, including obtaining a set of two or more images of a monument environment, detecting a set of markers in the set of images, wherein the set of markers are positioned on a plane level with respect to gravity by a leveling device, and wherein the leveling device is configured to automatically level the markers, generating a virtual representation of the monument environment with respect to gravity, mapping the monument to a virtual representation, determining one or more slopes and dimensions of the monument based on the mapped monument and the gravity plane, and outputting the one or more slopes and dimensions of the monument.
US12073545B2	Method for large area inspection A computing device is configured to detect inconsistencies on a vehicle that are typically small and difficult to detect using conventional inspection techniques. Particularly, a spotlight illuminates a target area on the vehicle. The color of the spotlight is the same color as the ambient light illuminating the vehicle but is a higher intensity. Additionally, the color of the spotlight and the ambient light is selected based on the type of inconsistencies expected to be detected. Images of the target area are then captured, digitally processed, and stored in memory, such as a database, for example. Based on the processing of these images, a weighting coefficient is computed and used to generate an enhanced contrast feature map. Inconsistencies are then detected based on the enhanced contrast feature map.
US12073544B2	Method and system of identifying and correcting environmental illumination light sources reflecting onto display surface Described herein are methods and a system to correct environmental light reflecting onto a surface of a display. An image is captured by camera which is processed as an image digital map. Light sources on the image digital map are determined based on correlated camera pixel map and display map. Light sources are on the image digital map are augmented by one or more ambient light sensors (ALS) placed on the periphery of the display. Image correction is performed based on the light sources of the image digital map.
US12073542B2	Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and non-transitory storage medium An image processing method includes: acquiring an input image of a teaching scenario; performing detection on the input image to determine a rectangular detection area that includes a blackboard-writing area; analyzing the rectangular detection area to determine a target area corresponding to the blackboard-writing area; determining four vertices of the target area; and according to the four vertices of the target area, performing coordinate transformation on the target area to obtain a corrected blackboard-writing area image.
US12073536B2	Dirty lens image correction Systems and method for correcting images including artifacts due to dirty camera lenses of electronic device are disclosed. Correction of images by the systems and methods includes obtaining a first raw pixel image of a scene captured with a first camera, obtaining a second raw image of the scene captured with a second camera separate from the first camera in a camera baseline direction, rectifying the first and second raw pixel images to create respective first and second rectified pixel images, determining disparity correspondence between corresponding image pixel pairs of the first and second rectified images in the camera baseline direction, mapping first and second rectified images into the same domain using the determined disparity, detect image artifact regions within each domain mapped image by comparing corresponding regions of the domain mapped images, determining correction factors for each detected image artifact region, and correcting the rectified first and second images by applying the determined correction factors.
US12073534B2	Image restoration method and device An image restoration device obtains input data including input image information for each viewpoint, and generates an output image from warped image information generated by warping the input image information using a global transformation information of each viewpoint and disparity information of each viewpoint, using an image restoration model.
US12073532B2	Deep zoom image generation systems and methods with transient rendition storage A digital asset management system is enhanced with an end-to-end deep zoom feature functionality that receives a user request to generate a deep zoom image of an asset, performs an image conversion if necessary, generates the deep zoom image and stores corresponding image folders and files in a transient storage separate from assets managed by the digital asset management system, and cleans up the deep zoom files after a pre-configured time period. The deep zoom image is rendered directly from the transient storage without having to involve the repository, which is separately managed by the digital asset management system. A new Web context is created and provided for viewing the deep zoom image within a browser-based user interface of the digital asset management system for a seamless user experience.
US12073531B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium The present invention acquires a local enlargement ratio in an image transformed based on a transformation parameter and then acquires a transformed image which is a captured image transformed based on the transformation parameter. The present invention acquires a sharpening parameter for sharpening the transformed image based on the lens information, which indicates the resolution of a lens used at the time of capturing the captured image, and the enlargement ratio, and performs sharpening of the transformed image based on the sharpening parameter.
US12073530B1	3D representation adjustments for communication sessions Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that provide a view of an adjusted position of a three-dimensional (3D) representation of another user (e.g., an avatar) during a communication session. At a first device, 3D representation data corresponding to at least a portion of a second user of a second device (e.g., a sender) is obtained during a communication session. Offset information (e.g., a vertical offset value) corresponding to an offset between a camera viewpoint position and an eye viewpoint position associated with the second device is obtained. A position of a first portion of a 3D representation of the second user (e.g., head and torso) is adjusted relative to a 3D environment associated with the first device. A view that includes the first portion of the 3D representation of the second user in the 3D environment is provided during the communication session.
US12073526B2	Flexible modeling using a weak type definition The disclosure notably relates to a three-dimensional (3D) model. The data structure includes one delegated data object. The one delegate data object includes input parameters specific to a type of the delegated data object, and at least one operator specific to the type of the delegated data object for generating an output topology. The data structure also includes an output topology generated by the operator.
US12073523B2	Interaction analysis systems and methods Interaction-based ecosystems are presented. Interaction analysis engine analyze media content to derive a set of media features. The engine can then identify one or more interaction objects (e.g., transactions, searches, game play, etc.) based on the set of media features. Relevant interaction objects can then be instantiated as persistent available or active points of interaction readily accessed by a consumer. The consumer need only capture a digital representation of the content via a user device, a smart phone for example. A second set of media features can be derived from the digital representation and the second set of media features can then be used to find the instantiated interactions.
US12073522B2	Cognitive stimulation in vehicles Interactive content can be managed and provided to occupants of an automated vehicle to enhance their experience while in the vehicle. Orchestrator component can determine interactive content based on conditions associated with the vehicle, user preferences, video content, or other information. Interactive content can comprise video content, audio content, and control content. Video content can comprise augmented reality or virtual reality content. Control content can be used to control vehicle operation in relation to or synchronization with presentation of video content. Orchestrator component can correlate between certain roads on which the vehicle can travel and entertainment presentations presented to a vehicle occupant. Orchestrator component can control vehicle operation to have the vehicle recreate a vehicle action sequence (VAS) in a video program being presented to the occupant in the vehicle. Orchestrator component can notify nearby vehicles when VAS is be recreated, or another vehicle also can participate in VAS.
US12073521B2	Future pose predictor for a controller Systems and techniques are described herein for predicting poses. An apparatus for predicting a pose includes at least one memory and at least one processor coupled to at least one memory and configured to: receive, at a pose estimation engine, pose data from a controller, the pose data including a plurality of previous poses of the controller; and predict, at a first time via the pose estimation engine, a future pose of the controller based on the pose data, the future pose comprising an expected pose of the controller at a second time that is after the first time.
US12073518B2	Augmented reality announcement information delivery system, and its delivery control apparatus, method, and program A delivery control device generates a recognition index on a notification space basis, the recognition index used to recognize the notification space, displays the recognition index in the notification space, and stores the recognition index in management information. The delivery control device instead stores an image characteristic extracted from a content to be displayed in the notification space as the recognition index in the management information. In this state, the delivery control device selects a notification space viewable on the augmented reality display terminal based on information on the position of the augmented reality display terminal held by a user and information on the position of the notification space and transmits the recognition index corresponding to the selected notification space and a notification content to the augmented reality display terminal. In response to the above, the augmented reality display terminal extracts the recognition index from the captured real-life video images and superposes the notification content in the position corresponding to the extracted recognition index in the real-life video images to generate and display augmented reality notification video images.
US12073517B2	Method and system for providing remote visibility into a simulation environment A method for providing remote visibility into a simulation environment, comprising: establishing over a secure public network a connection between a first videoconferencing client running on a first computer and a second videoconferencing client running on a second computer; receiving at the first computer a first live camera feed encompassing a first portion of the simulation environment over a secure private network, the second computer being located outside of the secure private network; displaying within a viewer the first live camera feed and a simulation control interface, a representation of a second portion of the simulation environment and/or a second live camera feed encompassing a third portion of the simulation environment; and granting the second videoconferencing client visual access to the viewer application through the first videoconferencing client.
US12073515B2	Information processing apparatus, display system, display method, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program An information processing apparatus includes a model-space storage unit that stores a 3D (three-dimensional) model of a predetermined object present in a real space, an object-information acquisition unit that acquires an image of the object taken by a camera of an augmented-reality display apparatus, a relation specifying unit that specifies a correspondence relation between a model coordinate system and a real-space coordinate system based on a result of a comparison between the image and the 3D model, a transformation unit that transforms coordinates in the model coordinate system for specifying a position at which a predetermined image is displayed into coordinates in the real-space coordinate system by using the correspondence relation, and a coordinate notification unit that notifies the augmented-reality display apparatus of the coordinates transformed by the transformation means.
US12073513B1	Mesh imprint in priority mesh generation for dirty models Techniques for meshing a plurality of objects include determining, for at least a portion of the objects, a respective priority level. A mesh is then generated for each object. Thereafter, at least a portion of the meshes are sequentially imprinted to each other such that conflicts arising between meshes are resolved in favor of an object having a higher priority level. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US12073511B2	Simulation of rigid bodies Implementations relate to a computer-implemented method to display a rigid body object within a virtual environment. Some implementations include receiving a model representation of the rigid body object, wherein the model representation includes a plurality of constraints for the rigid body object; splitting the rigid body object into two or more splinters based on the model representation, obtaining a modified representation of the rigid body object based on a modified rigid body object formed by connecting each of the two or more splinters to one or more other splinters by one or more rigid joints, determining an input state of the rigid body object in the virtual environment, solving a set of equations based on the input state and the modified representation of the rigid body object to determine an updated state of the rigid body object.
US12073510B2	Three-dimensional (3D) model assembly The model generation system may receive an object image and identify the parts of the object based on the object image. The model generation system may determine whether the model generation system has stored a part model that would correspond to the identified part. The model generation system may compare the portion of the object image that corresponds to the part to model images of a set of part models. The model generation system may identify a part model that best corresponds to the identified part based on similarity scores of the model images associated with the part model and the portion of the object image associated with the identified part. The model generation system may perform this process for each part of the object and then assemble an object model based on the part models for each part of the object.
US12073508B2	System and method for image processing The present invention relates to a system and method for image processing. An image data processing system is disclosed comprising an image cutting engine for image cutting based on image data; a region of interest processing engine for selecting at least a rendering method for a region of interest; a processing engine for adjusting sampling rate; and rendering engine for rendering the image, with the rendering method selected by the region of interest processing engine. More particularly, the present invention relates to image processing techniques that perform image manipulation, volume rendering, displaying targeted regions of interest and other related functions.
US12073506B2	Methods, systems, and media for generating images of multiple sides of an object In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, methods, systems, and media for generating images of multiple sides of an object are provided. In some embodiments, a method comprises receiving information indicative of a 3D pose of a first object in a first coordinate space at a first time; receiving a group of images captured using at least one image sensor, each image associated with a field of view within the first coordinate space; mapping at least a portion of a surface of the first object to a 2D area with respect to the image based on the 3D pose of the first object; associating, for images including the surface, a portion of that image with the surface of the first object based on the 2D area; and generating a composite image of the surface using images associated with the surface.
US12073498B2	Systems and methods for dynamic visual adjustments for a map overlay Systems and methods for adjusting a display size of a map overlay. A mapping application generates for display a virtual map in an overlay area that does not obstruct important portions of displayed content. As the mapping application receives location information, the mapping application adjusts the size of the virtual map overlay such that relevant landmarks are shown on the virtual map and important portions of the displayed content are not obstructed.
US12073496B2	Systems and methods for pest pressure heat maps Systems and methods for generating and displaying heat maps are provided. A heat map generation computing device includes a memory and a processor. The processor is programmed to receive trap data for a plurality of pest traps in a geographic location, the trap data including current and historical pest pressure values at each of the plurality of pest traps, receive weather data for the geographic location, receive image data for the geographic location, apply a machine learning algorithm to generate predicted future pest pressure values at each of the plurality of pest traps, generate a first heat map for a first point in time and a second heat map for a second point in time, and transmit the first and second heat maps to a mobile computing device to cause a user interface on the mobile computing device to display a time lapse heat map.
US12073487B2	Watermarking arrangements permitting vector graphics editing A vector graphics file includes at least one artwork layer and at least one watermark layer. The watermark layer comprises a pattern of vector graphics primitives, each of which is filled with a color that is a tinted variant of the color of the location in the artwork that the primitive overlies. Such layered arrangement enables the watermark to be added or omitted, and varied in strength, payload and appearance, at will. Yet the artwork is left unchanged through such manipulations. In some embodiments the watermark conveys a multi-symbol Global Trade Item Number (GTIN), and the file is used to generate a label or packaging for a food or general merchandise retail item. A great number of other arrangements, features and advantages are also detailed.
US12073486B1	Reversible watermarking method for oblique photography three-dimensional models with controllable accuracy The disclosure provides a reversible watermarking method for the oblique photography three-dimensional models with controllable accuracy. According to the disclosure: firstly, by using the global stability of the average included angle of vertex normal vector, the feature points of the oblique photography three-dimensional model are extracted; secondly, the mapping relationship is established by the ratio of the distance between feature points and non-feature points, and the vertexes are grouped, and each group consists of a feature point corresponding to several non-feature points; finally, the spherical coordinate system is constructed by taking the feature points as the coordinate origin in grouping, and the watermark is embedded by modifying the radius of the coordinate system.
US12073485B2	Power efficient detection of watermarks in media signals Example apparatus disclosed herein include a watermark detector to detect watermarks in a media signal. Disclosed example apparatus also include a controller to operate the watermark detector to (1) detect a first watermark in the media signal, and (2) cycle between sleep intervals and active intervals based on a repetition rate of the watermarks in the media signal to perform a detection operation for a second watermark at a second location in the media signal relative to a first location of the first watermark in the media signal. In some examples, the controller is to search a buffer of prior detected watermark symbols to detect a third watermark at a third location prior to the second location in the media signal in response to the second watermark not being detected at the second location in the media signal.
US12073482B2	Selective biometric access control Collection, validation, accuracy checking, and matching of information for individuals, e.g., in-scope people entering/exiting a country is described. The systems, techniques, devices, methods, and approaches described herein can be used to collect biographic, biometric, and travel information for persons who enter a country with the expectation that the person will eventually exit. The system and method described herein include structures and procedures for determining whether the individual, based on his/her information, meets a predefined criterion that is associated with predefined procedures, e.g., special precautions are to be implemented. This document also describes how information for an individual can be matched with an existing record in order to ensure accurate recordkeeping.
US12073481B1	Systems, devices, and/or methods for managing services between government agencies and partners to citizens Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method that comprises rendering a first user interface. The first user interface accepts a request from a partner to provide a service to an initiative. Services are provided within a boundary of a governmental entity. The first user interface is structurally changed responsive to information received from a database concerning the service and the initiative.
US12073479B2	Intellectual-property landscaping platform Systems and methods for generation and use of intellectual-property (IP) landscaping platform architectures are disclosed. A landscaping component may be utilized to produce refined clusters of IP assets using user seeded searches in varying areas of interest, such as, for example, target technical fields, targeted publications, targeted products, and/or competitor entity portfolios. The landscaping component may be further utilized to produce an interactive graphical element including a spatial representation of the clusters of IP assets. The interactive graphical element may include various functionalities and/or information associated with the clusters of IP assets. An exposure assessment component may be utilized to assess the level of exposure associated with a targeted entity by analyzing a mapping between IP assets and allocated funds of the targeted entity, generate a score representing the level of exposure, make determinations as to insurance offerings and/or alter rates associated with the insurance offerings.
US12073478B1	Systems for generation of liability protection policies Systems and methods for intellectual property (IP) asset protection are disclosed. For example, by analyzing characteristic information associated with a user, along with feedback from one or more potential insurers, the system may determine various terms of an insurance policy for protecting the user against claims of IP infringement. The policy may provide for financial reimbursement for costs incurred while taking active measures to mitigate losses and/or defend against such claims. In addition, the system may analyze the characteristic information to identify various users having a low exposure of an infringement claim being asserted. The identified users may be actively targeted to acquire an IP protection policy.
US12073477B1	Low friction data analysis system The present disclosure relates to analyzing data related to smart home activity that is useful to risk analysis, service cost determination/adjustment, and behavioral incentivization. A monitoring system may acquire maintenance information, contextual information, and/or financial information with minimal user input to assess risk associated with user behavior and home activity associated with a smart home. Based on generating a risk factor associated with the smart home, the monitoring system may provide a user with an accurate service cost (e.g., home insurance quote) related to the smart home activity.
US12073472B2	Machine-learning driven data analysis based on demographics, risk, and need A data processing system for recommending insurance plans implements obtaining an electronic copy of demographic information associated with a user; analyzing the demographic information with a first machine learning model to recommend a bundle of insurance policies based on the demographic information, wherein the first machine learning model is configured to group insured people having similar demographics into clusters and to generate the bundle of insurance policies based on predicted medical insurance consumption associated with a respective group into which the model predicts that the first user falls; customizing the recommended bundle of insurance policies based on the demographic information associated with the user to generate a customized bundle of insurance policies; generating an insurance recommendation report that presents the customized bundle of insurance policies to the user; and causing a user interface of a display of a computing device associated with the user to present the insurance recommendation report.
US12073470B2	Machine structured plan description A plan authoring tool can receive user input describing parameters of benefits of a benefit plan. The plan authoring tool can convert the user input into a machine structured plan description (MSPD) that defines the benefit plan. The MSPD can be used by a plan documentation generator to generate one or more plan documents that explain the benefits and/or indicate how to manually adjudicate claims submitted in association with the benefit plan. The MSPD can also be used to automatically adjudicate claims. Plan analysis tools can be used to evaluate an MSPD to validate a new or edited benefit plan and/or provide user feedback on the benefit plan so that users, if desired, can revise the MSPD via the plan authoring tool.
US12073464B2	Anonymous trading system An anonymous computerized trading system matches orders by conducting auctions at specified times. As well as entering orders, participants assign credit limits for the duration of the auction, thus minimizing the time for which credit is allocated to the system.
US12073463B2	System and method for management and analysis of electronic trade orders A system and methods are provided for using order descriptor identifiers in relation to orders being used in trading strategies. According to one example method, when a hedge order is submitted upon detecting a fill of another order, the hedge order includes one or more order descriptor identifiers conveying a purpose of the hedge order to a user. The order descriptor identifiers can be used to search for desired orders and perform more effective order management and post trade analysis.
US12073462B2	Flexible system and method for electronic trading System, method, and program products offer flexibility to the rather rigid way of trading in an electronic trading system. Orders for a tradeable object may typically get matched according to set terms and/or conditions at an electronic exchange. A trader may log onto the electronic exchange to trade the tradeable object, and may choose to display and trade the tradeable object according to a different set of terms and/or conditions. As such, the market data sent to the trader from the exchange is converted to a format according to the trader's selection, so that it may be presented to the trader in this format. Transaction messages sent to the exchange from the trader are converted to the format readable by the matching process, so that it can process the messages. Other features and advantages are described herein.
US12073459B1	Lease management system with lease management marketplace social network and related methods A lease management system is for providing a lease management marketplace social network. A server may be configured to provide a landlord web interface, a tenant web interface, and a third party web interface, respectively for a landlord user, a tenant user, and a third party user for accessing a lease management database, the landlord web interface, the tenant web interface, and the third party web interface each accessing different portions of the lease management database. The server may be configured to ingest a lease document via the landlord web interface into the lease management database, and receive tenant values via the tenant web interface into the lease management database. The server may be configured to when a match between the tenant user and the landlord user exists, connect the landlord user and the tenant user in the lease management marketplace social network.

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