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| US12076500B2 |
Self-intermittent urinary catheter extension with infection detection, a catheter assembly having an extension with infection detection and a catheter assembly having infection detection
An extension assembly for a catheter comprises an extension tube, an extension connector, and an indicator assembly. The extension tube has a proximal end and a distal end. The extension tube further has an inner bore and an opening placing an interior of the extension tube in fluid communication with an exterior of the extension tube. The extension connector is coupled to the proximal end of the extension tube. The indicator assembly is comprised of a sealing member, a wicking member, and an indicator. The sealing member including a first side and a second side. The wicking member includes a wicking tab to be disposed within the opening of the extension tube. The indicator is in fluid communication with the wicking member. The sealing member is at least partially clear to allow visual inspection of the indicator once the indicator assembly is coupled to the extension tube. |
| US12076497B2 |
Overmold technique for peel-away introducer design
A method for manufacturing a medical introducer includes placing an introducer sheath onto a mandrel, and overmolding an introducer hub onto a proximal end of the introducer sheath. The introducer sheath has one or more score lines formed on an inner surface and the mandrel has a number of surface protrusions so that when the introducer sheath is positioned on the mandrel, each of the surface protrusions contacts one of the score lines formed on the introducer sheath. The surface protrusions on the mandrel prevent plastic material from the introducer hub from contacting the score lines thereby maintaining the score lines during the overmolding. |
| US12076496B2 |
Non-pharmaceutical systems and methods of treating the symptoms of fibromyalgia
Non-pharmaceutical systems and methods of treating the symptoms of fibromyalgia are described. The method includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of a sensory stimulus to a person, wherein the sensory stimulus includes one or more visual stimuli and one or more auditory stimuli. |
| US12076493B2 |
Rendering media content based on a breathing sequence
An apparatus comprising means for: obtaining a predicted breathing sequence of a user; obtaining a desired breathing phase for consuming a first media content; and causing rendering of the first media content to the user at a first time which is based, at least in part, on a predicted time in the predicted breathing sequence at which the desired breathing phase occurs. |
| US12076492B2 |
Valve with internal member
A valve with an internal member is disclosed which allows exhaled carbon dioxide to escape from a breathing circuit when the circuit gas pressure drops below a threshold pressure. The valve operates by occluding one or more ports under a relatively high pressure and opening the one or more ports under a relatively low pressure. The internal member is attached to the body of the valve at two or more locations on the internal member. The internal member moves in a direction perpendicular to the gas flow through the valve. |
| US12076491B2 |
Anesthetic evaporator and anesthesia machine
An anesthetic evaporator is provided. The anesthetic evaporator includes a housing, an anesthetic agent storage tank, a cover, a mechanical pressure relief assembly connected with the anesthetic agent storage tank, and a linkage mechanism. The mechanical pressure relief assembly is provided with a first state in which a pressure within the anesthetic agent storage tank is maintained and a second state in which a pressure within the anesthetic agent storage tank is released. When adding an anesthetic agent, an operation action on the anesthetic evaporator drives the linkage mechanism, and the linkage mechanism drives the mechanical pressure relief assembly to be switched from the first state to the second state. |
| US12076489B2 |
Medical tubes and methods of manufacture
Medical tubes and methods of manufacturing medical tubes. The tube may be a composite structure made of two or more distinct components that are spirally wound to form an elongate tube. For example, one of the components may be a spirally wound elongate hollow body, and the other component may be an elongate structural component also spirally wound between turns of the spirally wound hollow body. The tube need not be made from distinct components, however. For instance, an elongate hollow body formed (for example, extruded) from a single material may be spirally wound to form an elongate tube. The elongate hollow body itself may in transverse cross-section have a thin wall portion and a relatively thicker or more rigid reinforcement portion. The tubes can be incorporated into a variety of medical circuits or may be employed for other medical uses. |
| US12076480B2 |
Inhalation device with multiliquid-nozzle and method
The invention relates to the field of inhalation devices for liquids. In particular, the invention relates to an inhalation device having a nebulizing nozzle, and to a method for the generation of an aerosol of a medically active liquid by means of such inhalation device.An inhalation device comprises a housing (1), inside this housing (1) at least one reservoir (2) for storing a liquid (F, F1, F2), at least one pumping unit with at least one pumping chamber (3, 3A, 3B) for generation of a pressure inside said pumping chamber (3, 3A, 3B), at least one riser pipe (5, 5A, 5B) which can be received with at least one reservoir-facing, interior end (5A′, 5B′) in said pumping chamber (3, 3A, 3B), and a nozzle (6) which is connected to an exterior end (5A″, 5B″) of the riser pipe (5, 5A, 5B), wherein the interior volume of the at least one pumping chamber (3, 3A, 3B) is changeable by means of relative motion of the pumping chamber (3, 3A, 3B) to the riser pipe (5, 5A, 5B), and wherein the at least one riser pipe (5, 5A, 5B) is immobile and firmly attached to the housing (1) or to the nozzle (6), and the at least one pumping chamber (3, 3A, 3B) is moveable relative to the housing (1) or to the nozzle (6), wherein further, the nozzle (6) has a main axis (Z) and at least three ejection channels (6A, 6B, 6C, 6D) adapted to eject liquid (F, F1, F2) along respective ejection trajectories, wherein at least one collision point (X, X1, X2) is provided at which at least two of said ejection trajectories intersect with one another. |
| US12076478B2 |
Surgical insufflation and irrigation conduits and methods for use
The presently disclosed embodiments relate to insufflation and irrigation conduits for vessel harvesting systems and methods of their use. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a system having a combined cabling for providing gases, liquids, and/or electrical power to an attached medical device and method of use. |
| US12076473B2 |
Dialysis machine and arrangement and method for heating a dialysis solution
A dialysis machine, in particular a peritoneal dialysis machine, has a heating device for heating a container containing a dialysis solution, in particular a peritoneal dialysis solution. The heating device is configured such that the heating of the dialysis solution by the heating device takes place non-uniformly at points. |
| US12076472B2 |
Systems and methods for monitoring fluid volumes during peritoneal dialysis
Techniques for monitoring fluid volumes during peritoneal analysis include: computing lower abdominal fluid volumes, continuously during a dwell time of a peritoneal dialysis treatment, based at least on bioimpedance data from electrodes positioned on a patient's upper thighs; and computing intraperitoneal volumes, continuously during the dwell time of the peritoneal dialysis treatment, based at least on bioimpedance data from the electrodes positioned on the patient's upper thighs and electrodes positioned on the patient's torso. |
| US12076471B2 |
Method of loading a medical device
The invention relates to a method of loading a medical device, in particular to a dialysis device, and preferably a peritoneal dialysis device, which comprises a device control and a user interface, wherein at least one fluid-filled container is connected to a corresponding interface of the device, wherein at least one property of the container is checked by the device before or during its connection and the measured value is compared with least one desired value stored in the device control. |
| US12076469B2 |
Flexible container systems and nozzles, and related methods
A container system includes at least one flexible wall defining a compartment containing a dissolvable solid or concentrate, a support adjacent a first end of the at least one flexible wall, and a nozzle assembly coupled to a second end of the at least one flexible wall. The second end of the wall is distal from the first end. The nozzle assembly comprises a hollow body defining a longitudinal axis. The hollow body further defines a plurality of orifices through a wall thereof. Each orifice is able to form a fluid connection between an interior volume within the hollow body and the compartment. Each orifice is configured to deliver liquid from the interior volume to the compartment in a direction having an angle of between 5° and 85° from a direction of the longitudinal axis. Related nozzles and methods are also disclosed. |
| US12076468B2 |
Methods and apparatus for transferring pressure during expression of human breast milk
A device for expression and collection of breast milk, the device includes an actuatable assembly and a breast interface. The breast interface is sized to receive a breast and form a fluid tight seal against the breast. The breast interface includes an expandable membrane disposed within at least a portion of the breast interface. The expandable membrane reversibly deforms in response to actuation of the actuatable assembly, thereby applying vacuum pressure at the breast to express the breast milk. The expandable membrane comprises a plurality of expandable pleats which extend radially outward from a central longitudinal axis of the breast interface. |
| US12076461B2 |
Use of resected liver serum for whole liver-engineering
The disclosure provides a method of using blood or fractions thereof, e.g., serum, obtained from a mammal subjected to liver surgery, for example, obtained following a partial hepatectomy, to increase the engraftment, proliferation and/or functionality of cells on a biocompatible scaffold. |
| US12076459B2 |
Bone graft composition and manufacturing method thereof
The present disclosure relates to a bone graft composition, and more particularly, to a bone graft composition containing hydroxypropyl methylcellulose and a preparation method therefor. Moreover, the present disclosure relates to a bone graft composition that has an optimal composition ratio at which the dissolution rate of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose is excellent. |
| US12076454B2 |
Disinfection behavior tracking and ranking
A low dose disinfection and control system that utilizes empirical and theoretical data to compare performance, sensor data, stored patterns, historical usage, use intensity indexes over time and tracking information to provide a sophisticated data collection system for disinfection. The data can be used to dynamically control UV treatment parameters. This tracking is designed to enable a learning and feedback tool that helps to modify behavior and the understanding of infection. The present invention provides a system for integrating UV treatment into products. The product may include an outer layer of UV transmissive material forming an external touch surface. The UV disinfection system includes a UV source internal to the product. In use, the internal UV source produces UV-C light that passes into and permeates the outer layer to treat the touch surface. A UV reflective layer may be disposed beneath the outer layer. |
| US12076452B2 |
Modulated ultraviolet light sanitizing system and method
A system and method for sanitizing a target space include an ultraviolet (UV) lamp, an occupancy sensor, and a control unit operably connected to the occupancy sensor and the UV lamp. The UV lamp is configured to emit UV light into the target space. The occupancy sensor is configured to monitor the target space and generate sensor signals indicative of an occupancy of the target space by at least one person. The control unit is configured to receive the sensor signals generated by the occupancy sensor and to modulate an irradiance of the UV light emitted by the UV lamp over time based on the occupancy of the target space. |
| US12076451B2 |
Liquid filled light distributor and a method of use
The present invention relates to liquid filled light distributor comprising an elongated tubular body with a tube wall defining an in inner lumen filled with a liquid, said tubular body having a proximal end closed by first closing means a distal end closed by second closing means Wherein the proximal end is arranged to be in optical communication with a light source and wherein the refractive index of the tube wall is n1 and the refractive index of the fluid is n2 and n1/n2<1 so that light from the light source travels along the longitudinal direction of the tubular body and that a part of the light is emitted through the tube wall along at least a part of the tubular body. Further a method of use for the liquid filled light distributor is provided. |
| US12076441B2 |
Extended release amphetamine tablets
An oral amphetamine extended release solid dose is described. The compositions contain a combination of an uncoated amphetamine-cation exchange resin complex, a barrier coated amphetamine-cation exchange resin complex-matrix, and an uncomplexed amphetamine, wherein one or more of these components contains blends of different forms of amphetamines. Either the modified release coated and/or the uncoated amphetamine-cation exchange resin complex may have two forms of amphetamine in a complex with a single cation exchange resin. Following administration of a single dose of the composition, a therapeutically effective amount of amphetamine is reached by about one hour and the composition provides at least a thirteen hour effect post-dose. |
| US12076438B2 |
Compositions, methods and uses of messenger RNA
The present invention provides, among other things, methods and compositions for cancer treatment. The methods and compositions disclosed herein are particularly effective in reducing the size/volume of a tumor and inhibiting tumor growth. |
| US12076431B2 |
Cosmetic compositions for combatting colour loss from a dyed material
A concentrate composition comprising: (a) at least 0.1 wt % of a surfactant compound; and (b) at least 10 wt % one or more ingredients selected from aldehydes, succinimidyl esters, chelating agents and amine salts of carboxylic acids. |
| US12076427B2 |
Compositions having low sulfate containing surfactants
The invention is directed to a composition suitable for topical application that comprises a naturally derived preservative having benzoic acid or a derivative thereof. The composition is stable when preserved with the naturally derived preservative and when at a pH that is above the natural pH of skin to as high as 7.25. |
| US12076425B2 |
Glitter and its use in cosmetic formulations, coating materials and plastics
The present invention relates to biodegradable glitters with enhanced solvent resistance and enhanced temperature stability, and also to the use thereof in cosmetic formulations, coating materials, and plastics; the glitters comprise a foil which comprises cellulose. |
| US12076423B2 |
Spiculisporic acid-based composition
Composition in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion that includes at least 1% of an oil phase, and an aqueous phase. The composition includes 0.1 to 15 wt % spiculisporic acid relative to the total weight of the composition, at least one base selected from amino acids and alkanolamines in an amount suitable for forming at least a monosalt of spiculisporic acid, less than 3% glycol(s) and/or polyol(s) relative to the total weight of the composition, at least one UV filter and/or an additive selected from volatile aromatic materials such as essential oils and fragrance substances, fillers, dyeing materials such as pigments, mother-of-pearl or particles with a metallic sheen, moisturizers, anti-wrinkle or anti-age agents, peeling agents, antioxidants, active ingredients stimulating the synthesis of epidermal and/or dermal macromolecules, dermo-relaxing agents, depigmentation agents, deodorant agents and mixtures thereof. |
| US12076422B2 |
Medical and dental integrated multiphasic biomaterials for single or multi-tissue reconstruction/regeneration
Disclosed herein are composite materials which may be used as biomedical materials or constructs. The disclosed biomedical materials or constructs may be multiphasic and typically provide a surface for cell growth. The disclosed biomedical materials and constructs typically comprise conjugable and/or adhesive chemical moieties, such as hydroxylated aromatic moieties, which facilitate integration of the components of the biomedical materials and constructs. Suitable hydroxylated aromatic moieties may include dihydroxybenzene (DHB) moieties, such as 1,2-DHB moeities, and derivatives thereof. |
| US12076421B2 |
Assessment of coronary heart disease with carbon dioxide
There are provided methods for diagnosing coronary heart disease in a subject in need thereof comprising administering an admixture comprising CO2 to a subject to reach a predetermined PaCO2 in the subject to induce hyperemia, monitoring vascular reactivity in the subject and diagnosing the presence or absence of coronary heart disease in the subject, wherein decreased vascular reactivity in the subject compared to a control subject is indicative of coronary heart disease. There are also provided methods for increasing sensitivity and specificity of BOLD MRI. |
| US12076413B2 |
Compositions and methods for modulating delta gamma chain mediated immunity
Provided herein, in certain aspects, are antibodies that bind to T cell receptor (TCR) Vγ9 (TRGV9), TCR Vδ2 (TRDV2), or the TCR gamma/delta constant region (TRGDC), as well as recombinant cells containing the vectors, and compositions comprising the antibodies. Methods of making and using the antibodies are also provided. |
| US12076411B2 |
Anti-HER2 antibody-maytansine conjugates and methods of use thereof
The present disclosure provides anti-HER2 antibody-maytansine conjugate structures. The disclosure also encompasses methods of production of such conjugates, as well as methods of using the same. |
| US12076410B2 |
Nucleic acid carriers and therapeutic methods of use
The present disclosure provides nucleic acid carriers comprising one or more layers comprising multiple monomers, wherein each monomer comprises: a first and a second oligonucleotide; wherein a central portion of each of the first and second oligonucleotides is complementary to each other, forming a double-stranded region, wherein the two terminal portions of the first oligonucleotide are not complementary to the two terminal portions of the second oligonucleotide, forming four terminal arms; and at least one targeting agent conjugated to at least one peripheral terminal arm, wherein when the at least one targeting agent is an miRNA. The present disclosure also provides pharmaceutical composition comprising any of the nucleic acid carriers described herein, and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. The present disclosure also provides methods of inducing an immune response in an animal comprising administering to the animal any of the nucleic acid carriers described herein. |
| US12076408B2 |
ASGPR-binding compounds for the degradation of extracellular proteins
Compounds and compositions that have an asialoglycoprotein receptor (ASGPR) binding ligand bound to an extracellular protein binding ligand for the selective degradation of the target extracellular protein in vivo to treat disorders mediated by the extracellular protein are described. |
| US12076406B2 |
Conjugates for targeting and clearing aggregates
In some embodiments, the disclosure provides for a conjugate comprising: a) a peptide that competes with an Fc fragment of an IgG for binding to an Fc receptor; and b) a targeting moiety that targets molecular aggregates. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides for methods of using the conjugates for treating a disease or disorder associated with aggregate formation. |
| US12076405B2 |
Heterocyclic degronimers for target protein degradation
This invention provides heterocyclic compounds that bind to E3 Ubiquitin Ligase (typically through cereblon) (“Degrons”), which can be used as is or linked to a Targeting Ligand for a selected Target Protein for therapeutic purposes and methods of use and compositions thereof as well as methods for their preparation. |
| US12076403B2 |
Pharmaceutical formulations containing corticosteroids for topical administration
Pharmaceutical compositions for topical application to skin are provided. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical compositions comprise a corticosteroid and further comprise a liquid oil component comprising one or more dicarboxylic acid esters and/or monocarboxylic acid esters. |
| US12076401B2 |
Benzamide and active compound compositions and methods of use
The present invention describes compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, comprising a PD-1 axis binding antagonist, a CTLA4 antagonist, a DNA demethylating agent, and/or an agent that binds members of the TNFRSF and a benzamide compound and methods for use thereof, for example in the treatment of cancer. In some implementations, the methods for use including methods of treating conditions where enhanced immunogenicity is desired such as increasing tumor immunogenicity for the treatment of cancer. |
| US12076397B2 |
Emulsion adjuvant for intramuscular, intradermal and subcutaneous administration
The present invention provides compositions comprising emulsion adjuvant and one or more active agents or substances formulated for infusion or injection into a subject (e.g., using a syringe and needle), as well as methods of formulating and using the same (e.g., as an injectable medicinal composition (e.g., a vaccine)). The emulsion adjuvant of an immunogenic composition of the invention in its preferred form comprises a cationic lipid containing a polar head group and a hydrophobic component (e.g., a dual chain hydrophobic group (e.g., the cationic surfactant dioctadecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride (DODAC) and dioctadecyl dimethyl ammonium bromine (DODAB))). Compositions of the invention comprising emulsion adjuvant and one or more active agents or substances formulated for administration via injection to a subject find use in treatment and/or prevention of infectious disease, cancer and/or allergy. |
| US12076393B2 |
Vaccine composition for prevention or treatment of SARS-coronavirus-2 infection
The present invention provides a recombinant antigen protein for preventing SARS-coronavirus-2 infection, comprising a polypeptide derived from an S1 subunit of a spike protein of SARS-coronavirus-2 and a polypeptide constituting a tetanus toxin (TT) epitope P2 domain, and a vaccine composition comprising the same. |
| US12076391B2 |
Method for adapting influenza viruses to Vero cells
A method for adapting an influenza virus to Vero cells is provided. The method comprises infecting Vero cells with the influenza virus, cultivating the infected Vero cells, harvesting influenza viruses of each passage, wherein infectious dose of the influenza viruses of one passage is greater than or equal to infectious dose of the influenza viruses of a previous passage. The present disclosure also relates to a composition. Said composition comprises polyriboinosinic acid-polyribocytidylic acid, at least one antibiotic or polyamide compound, at least one positive ion, influenza viruses and/or influenza antigens, wherein said influenza viruses and/or influenza antigens are acquired from Vero cell adapted influenza viruses. |
| US12076389B2 |
Agent for the prevention of viral infections
The invention relates to medicine and veterinary medicine, and more specifically to pharmacology, and can be used to prevent viral infections caused be RNA viruses that have a lipid capcid. An agent for prevention viral infections comprises viral material from RNA viruses that have a lipid capcid and stabilized colloidal selenium at a 1:1 ratio. The viral material from RNA viruses has titres of 6.0-8.0 lg TCD50/ml. To obtain colloidal selenium having particle sizes from 10 to 15 nm the colloidal selenium is stabilized with polyethylene glycol, and for colloidal selenium having particle sizes from 20 to 40 nm, the colloidal selenium is stabilized with cysteine. |
| US12076386B2 |
Vaccine candidates against Johne's disease
A composition and method for immunizing a mammal infected with Mycobacterium are disclosed. The genes gcpE, pstA, kdpC, papA2, impA, umaA1, fabG2_2, aceAB, mbtH2, lpqP, map0834c, cspB, lipN, or map1634 of M. paratuberculosis and their products that they encode are vaccine targets for Johne's and Crohn's disease. Eighteen M. paratuberculosis-specific genomic islands (MAPs) were identified. Three inverted large genomic fragments in M. paratuberculosis (INV) were also identified. These genomic identifiers represent novel virulence determinants that can be used as targets for vaccines and for developments of drugs against Johne's disease. The method can be used to deliver an immunizing compounds to a mammal, to provide an immune response against Johne's or Crohn's disease in the mammal. |
| US12076382B2 |
Combination immunotherapy compositions against cancer and methods
Disclosed are immunotherapeutic compositions and the concurrent use of combinations of such compositions for the improved induction of therapeutic immune responses and/or for the prevention, amelioration and/or treatment of disease, including, but not limited to, cancer and infectious disease. |
| US12076380B2 |
Peptides and combination of peptides for use in immunotherapy against hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and other cancers
A peptide consists of the amino acid sequence ALVEQGFTV (SEQ ID NO: 5) in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, in which the peptide has the ability to bind to an MHC class-I molecule and, when bound to MHC, is capable of being recognized by CD8+ T cells. A composition contains a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence ALVEQGFTV (SEQ ID NO: 5), an adjuvant, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. |
| US12076377B2 |
Variant sulfatase enzymes with enhanced properties
Mutated Pseudomonas aeruginosa sulfatase (PaS) enzymes with enhanced enzymatic activity as compared to the parental wild type enzyme are provided. The variant sulfatases of the invention advantageously allow for accurate analysis of bodily samples for the presence of drugs. Methods of using the mutated enzymes for hydrolysis of sulfate ester linkages are also provided, including with substrates such as opioids or steroids containing a sulfate ester linkage. |
| US12076376B2 |
Methods for treating lysosomal acid lipase deficiency in patients
The present invention provides methods of treating LAL deficiency comprising administering to a mammal a therapeutically effective amount of lysosomal acid lipase with an effective dosage frequency. Methods of improving growth and liver function, increasing LAL tissue concentration, and increasing LAL activity in a human patient suffering from LAL deficiency are also provided. |
| US12076375B2 |
Treating and preventing E coli infections
The invention relates to methods and compositions for treating or preventing an infection by E coli cells in human or animal subjects. The method comprises administering to the subject a plurality of transduction particles that encode a nuclease for targeting the genomes of B2 phylogroup E coli cells. |
| US12076373B2 |
Formulations for oral administration of active agents
A pharmaceutical composition for oral administration is disclosed herein, comprising a therapeutically active agent, SNAC and at least one antacid compound. Further disclosed herein is a pharmaceutical composition unit dosage form for oral administration of a therapeutically active agent is provided herein, the unit dosage form comprising: a core comprising the therapeutically active agent and SNAC (sodium 8-N-(2-hydroxybenzoyl)aminocaprylate); and an external layer comprising at least one protective agent selected from the group consisting of an antacid compound and a protease inhibitor. Methods and uses utilizing the aforementioned pharmaceutical compositions, as well as methods and uses utilizing co-administration, by oral administration, of at least one antacid composition, and a composition comprising the therapeutically active agent and SNAC, are further disclosed herein, for use in treating a condition treatable by oral administration of the therapeutically active agent. |
| US12076370B2 |
Compositions and methods for treating heart failure
The present invention provides methods for treating chronic heart failure patients using the medication comprising neuregulin. The methods comprise first performing a companion diagnostic test of each patient before treatment; and then providing a suitable treatment to the patient according to the results of the companion diagnostic test. When the result of the test is within a favorite treatment zone, the patient is suitable for heart failure treatment by administering an effective amount of neuregulin. |
| US12076369B2 |
Immunoregulatory molecules and uses therefor
Disclosed are agents and methods for treating unwanted or deleterious immune responses. More particularly, the present invention discloses neuritin agents for use in inhibiting plasma cell (PC) differentiation, reducing the number of autoreactive B cells, treating, or inhibiting the development or progression of, autoreactive B cell disorders including B cell-mediated autoimmune diseases and IgE-mediated disorders and of monoclonal gammopathies and PC dyscrasias. |
| US12076367B2 |
Fusion protein between short form rod-derived cone viability factor and a hydrophilic peptide
A fusion protein is described, comprising a first N-terminal signal peptide sequence, a second peptide sequence C-terminal to the signal peptide sequence, and a third peptide sequence C-terminal to the second peptide sequence; wherein one of the second peptide sequence and the third peptide sequence is an RdCVF-short peptide sequence and the other is a hydrophilic peptide sequence. After translation the signal peptide is cleaved, leaving a fusion protein comprising the second peptide sequence and the third peptide sequence minus the signal peptide. Also described are nucleic acids and expression vectors encoding the fusion protein, cells comprising the nucleic acid or expression vector, as well as methods of treatment and uses of the fusion protein, nucleic acid, and expression vector. The fusion protein can be produced in vitro by culturing the cells of this invention under conditions allowing for expression and secretion of the encoded fusion protein, and isolating the fusion protein from the cell culture. |
| US12076364B2 |
Use of interference peptide in preparation of anti-SARS-CoV-2 medicament
An agent for inhibiting binding of transferrin receptor to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein or an anti-SARS-CoV-2 medicament is provided, where active pharmaceutical ingredients of the agent or the medicament include interference peptides, and the interference peptides include: SL8, FG8, DL12, RK4, SD6, HF7, and/or QK8. |
| US12076362B2 |
Botanical pain relief ointment
A botanical pain relief ointment contains a botanical fat base, turmeric oil, myrrh oil, frankincense oil, peppermint oil, an anti-inflammatory botanical oil, and CBD isolate oil. A method of producing the botanical pain relief ointment includes sequentially mixing shea butter, turmeric oil, myrrh oil, frankincense oil, peppermint oil, olive oil, and CBD isolate oil in a blender on low speed until creamy and smooth. The ointment is all natural and is believed to have no side effects. |
| US12076360B2 |
Herbal composition PHY906 and its use in chemotherapy
This invention provides herbal compositions useful for increasing the therapeutic index of chemotherapeutic compounds. This invention also provides methods useful for improving the quality of life of an individual undergoing chemotherapy. Furthermore, this invention improves the treatment of disease by increasing the therapeutic index of chemotherapy drugs by administering the herbal composition PHY906 to a mammal undergoing such chemotherapy. |
| US12076359B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition comprising a fraction of Melissa officinalis leaf extract
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating otitis media with effusion comprising a fraction of Melissa officinalis leaf extract as an effective ingredient. |
| US12076358B2 |
Composition of desmodium and trivalent chromium, and ocular use
The composition comprises a preparation of Desmodium and a trivalent chromium salt. The composition preferably comprises Desmodium adscendens or Desmodium gangeticum and chromium chloride, chromium nicotinate or chromium picolinate. It is formulated alone or with other active substances, excipients or additives, for oral administration as a medicinal product, phytomedicinal product, medical device, dietary supplement or admixture to a food product. It is intended for use in the prevention or treatment of a retinal degenerative disease such as age-related maculopathy (ARM) and dry or wet age-related macular degeneration (ARMD). |
| US12076357B2 |
Preparations containing berry extracts for use in the prophylaxis and/or treatment of viral infections caused by Paramyxoviridae
A composition may be used in treating or preventing a virus infection in a subject, wherein the virus is from the Paramyxoviridae family and wherein the composition includes an extract of black currants and bilberries. The composition may contain an extract from black currants and bilberries in a weight ratio in a range of from 0.5:1 to 1:0.5. The extract may be an alcoholic extract, such as a methanol extract. The composition may be administered to the subject 1 to 10 oral dosages of at least 80 mg anthocyanins each per day, preferably 3 to 6 oral dosages of at least 80 mg anthocyanins each per day. The subject may not have received a measles vaccination or have previously been exposed to the measles virus. |
| US12076353B2 |
Compositions and methods for enhancing production, growth, spread, or oncolytic and immunotherapeutic efficacy of interferon-sensitive viruses
Provided herein are fumaric and maleic acid-containing compounds, compositions comprising the same and methods for using such compounds to enhance production, growth, spread or titer of interferon-sensitive viruses in cells, particularly cancer and tumor cells. Also provided are methods of treating tumors or cancers in a subject by administering the compounds and compositions. |
| US12076345B2 |
Method for treating multiple sclerosis with peptide-loaded dendritic cells
The present invention provides a composition comprising dendritic cells loaded with hHsp60sp, which dendritic cells are from a subject and have been fixed with paraformaldehyde (PFA). The subject may suffer from an autoimmune disease. Also provided are a method for preparing the composition; recombinant human cells comprising a heterologous gene encoding a fusion protein of HLA-E and hHsp60sp or B7sp, and expressing the fusion protein on the surface of the cells; a method for determining a percentage of maximum inhibition of testing the function of the HLA-E restricted CD8+ Treg cells from a subject, determining whether HLA-E restricted CD8+ Treg cells freshly isolated from a subject are defective, or determining whether defective HLA-E restricted CD8+ Treg cells from a subject are correctable; and a method for correcting defective HLA-E restricted CD8+ Treg cells, treating type 1 diabetes (T1D), or treating multiple sclerosis (MS). |
| US12076342B2 |
Method for generating progenitor t cells from stem and/or progenitor cells and use of same
The present disclosure provides a method for generating progenitor T cells from stem and/or progenitor cells comprising exposing the stem and/or progenitor cells to Notch ligand Delta-like-4 (DL4) and vascular adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1) under conditions suitable to generate progenitor T cells. The method provided is suitable for in vitro and in vivo pro-T cell generation. In vitro, the pro-T cells are generated under serum-free conditions. Cells produced using the method are provided as well as methods of using same. |
| US12076341B2 |
Use of apoptotic compensatory proliferation signaling vesicles in tissue repair and wound healing
Methods of administering apoptotic compensatory proliferation signaling vesicles (AC PS Vs), and pharmaceutical formulations thereof, are described herein. AC PS Vs can be used to promote proliferation of cells in injured or diseased tissues, for example by adding a therapeutically effective amount of APCSVs to the injured or diseased tissue. |
| US12076334B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition comprising adenosine derivative for prevention and treatment of retinal disease or optic nerve disease
The present disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical composition, an oral administration agent and an eye drop for preventing or treating retinal diseases or optic nerve diseases including the compound represented by the Chemical Formula 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient and the pharmaceutical composition, the oral administration agent and the eye drop can effectively prevent or treat retinal disease or optic nerve disease. |
| US12076331B2 |
Inositol derivatives for use in pathological crystallization
Provided herein is an inositol polyphosphate oligo alkyl ether compound, or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, for use in treatment or prevention of a disease associated with formation of calcium salt crystals. |
| US12076329B2 |
Compositions and methods for enhancing visual function
The present disclosure provides a conjugate comprising an affinity agent, a branched linker, and two or more photoisomerizable regulators. The present disclosure provides compositions comprising the conjugate, as well as devices comprising the compositions. The present disclosure provides methods for enhancing visual function, the methods comprising administering the conjugate to an individual in need thereof. |
| US12076326B2 |
Crystalline forms of a ryanodine receptor modulator and uses thereof
The present disclosure relates to crystalline forms of the compound 4-[(7-methoxy-2,3-dihydro-1,4-benzothiazepin-4(5H)yl)methyl]benzoic acid hemifumarate, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and uses thereof to treat diseases and conditions associated with Ryanodine Receptor (RyR) dysfunction, in particular cardiac and musculoskeletal disorders and diseases. |
| US12076325B2 |
Prophylactic or therapeutic agent for hypoxic injury, ischaemia-reperfusion injury and inflammation, cell protection agent for transplantation, and bio-preservation agent
A prophylactic or therapeutic agent for hypoxic injury, ischemia-reperfusion injury or inflammation, an agent for protecting cells for transplantation, and an agent for preserving organism are disclosed. A prophylactic or therapeutic agent for hypoxic injury, ischemia-reperfusion injury or inflammation, an agent for protecting cells for transplantation, or an agent for preserving organism, containing, as an active ingredient, at least one kind selected from a heterocyclic compound represented by the formula (I) wherein each symbol is as described in the DESCRIPTION, or a salt thereof; an isothiocyanate compound represented by the formula S═C═N—R5 (II) wherein the symbol is as described in the DESCRIPTION; and a TRPA1 agonist. |
| US12076323B2 |
Treatment of hair loss disorders with deuterated JAK inhibitors
Disclosed is a method of treating in a subject hair loss disorders that are beneficially treated by administering a JAK1 and/or JAK2 inhibitor. The method comprises administering to the subject an amount in the range of about 4 mg to about 50 mg of Compound (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. This invention also provides compositions comprising Compound (I) and the use of such compositions in the described methods. |
| US12076321B2 |
(4-((3R,4R)-3-methoxytetrahydro-pyran-4-ylamino)piperidin-1-yl)(5-methyl-6-(((2R,6S)-6-(p-tolyl)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)methylamino)pyrimidin-4-yl)methanone citrate
The invention provides a salt of a tetrahydropyranylmethylaminopyrimidine amide, such as the citrate salt of (4-((3R,4R)-3-methoxytetrahydropyran-4-ylamino)piperidin-1-yl)(5-methyl-6-(((2R,6S)-6-(p-tolyl)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)methylamino)pyrimidin-4-yl)methanone, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, processes for preparing the same, and methods of medical treatment using the same. |
| US12076320B2 |
Diarylpyrazole compound, composition comprising same, and use thereof
The present invention provides a diarylpyrazole compound, a composition comprising same, and a use thereof. The diarylpyrazole compound refers to the compound represented by a formula (I) or a tautomer, a stereoisomer, a prodrug, a crystalline form, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a hydrate, or a solvent compound. The compound and the composition of the present invention can be used for treating BRAF kinase mutant proliferative diseases and have better pharmacokinetic properties. |
| US12076318B2 |
Methods of treating heart failure with hibernating myocardium using modified forms of trimetazidine
The invention provides methods of treatment of heart failure with hibernating myocardium using modified forms of trimetazidine, such as CV-8972 and CV-8814. |
| US12076315B2 |
Stable polymorphic compositions of brequinar sodium and methods of use and manufacture thereof
The invention provides compositions containing a stable crystalline form of brequinar and methods of making such composition. The invention also provides methods of using such compositions to treat a condition in a subject. |
| US12076314B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions
The present invention relates to the field of methods for providing pharmaceutical compositions comprising poorly water-soluble drugs. In particular the present invention relates to compositions comprising stable, amorphous hybrid nanoparticles, comprising at least one protein kinase inhibitor and at least one polymeric stabilizing and matrix-forming component, useful in pharmaceutical compositions and in therapy. |
| US12076303B2 |
N-bromotaurine solutions and emulsions against abnormal cells
In a method of producing aqueous solutions of N-bromotaurine (Taurine Bromanine, NBrT) with taurine with latter addition of NaOBr, and emulsions of these solutions with Stable Produced Olive Oil (S.P.O.O.), so to use against hyper-proliferative and abnormally differentiating cells of human and mammalian origin. In addition, due to the hyper-proliferation of keratinocytes in psoriatic skin, the methodology and subsequent use of the aqueous solutions and emulsions derived from this invention, containing NBrT and taurine, and S.P.O.O. against the lesions of psoriasis. With the method of this invention, the solutions derived and applied on cells in vitro beneficially provide maximization of NBrT anti-proliferative properties on abnormally differentiating and hyper-proliferating cells of human and mammalian origin by restoring NBrT anti-proliferative activity in a solution, whilst leaving unaffected the proliferation of normally dividing human fibroblasts. |
| US12076294B2 |
Negative pressure massage device with cold feeling mechanism and massage stick thereof
A negative pressure massage device with cold feeling mechanism and a massage stick thereof are provided. The massage stick includes a stick body and a refrigeration module. The stick body includes a cover assembly, an end cover connected to the cover assembly, and a temperature transmitting member. The end cover includes a negative pressure connection hole. The temperature transmission member includes a suction port. The stick body further includes an air pipe communicates with the negative pressure connection hole and the suction port. The refrigeration module arranged inside of the stick body. The refrigeration module including a thermoelectric cooling chip and a heat sink. The thermoelectric cooling chip including a cold end and a hot end. The cold end attached to the temperature transmitting member. The hot end thermally contacts with the heat sink. |
| US12076287B2 |
Human floor lift
A human lift apparatus is disclosed. In various embodiments, the lift apparatus includes a substantially vertical guide rail; a carriage positioned to be moved up and down along the guide rail; a drive mechanism coupled to the carriage and configured to move the carriage at a controlled rate along the guide rail; and a tiltable seat coupled mechanically to the carriage in a manner that allows the seat to tilt about a substantially transverse tilt axis that is substantially parallel to the floor and runs substantially across the seat at a depth that enables a human subject to be seated on the tiltable seat with the center of gravity of the human subject being between the tilt axis and a back end of the seat. The tiltable seat is tiltably mounted in a manner and location that allows the tiltable seat to tilt down, with a front edge of the seat lower than the back edge of the seat, as the center of gravity of the human subject is shifted to a position forward of the tilt axis. |
| US12076286B2 |
Patient lift apparatus
There is described a patient lift apparatus comprising a supporting frame, a boom portion connected to the supporting frame via a pivot joint (PJ1) to allow the boom portion to pivot with respect to the supporting frame about a pivot axis (PA1), a boom actuator to mechanically assist pivotal movement of the boom portion with respect to the supporting frame, and a leg/knee support connected to the supporting frame. The leg/knee support is configured to be selectively releasable from the supporting frame and comprises a manually-operable release mechanism forming an integral part of the leg/knee support, which manually-operable release mechanism is configured to allow selective release of the leg/knee support from the supporting frame. The manually-operable release mechanism comprises a retaining device configured to cooperate with a support mount provided on the supporting frame to secure the leg/knee support onto the supporting frame, and a manually-operable handle cooperating with the retaining device to allow selective release of the retaining device from the support mount and thereby allow removal of the leg/knee support from the supporting frame. |
| US12076282B2 |
Drain tray assembly, system and method
A surgical drain tray assembly includes a fluid impermeable first layer and a porous second layer positioned on the fluid impermeable first layer. The fluid impermeable first layer includes a drain outlet, a basin, and a sloping surface angled toward the basin, the drain outlet being positioned within the basin. The porous second layer may be formed of a foam material and includes a top work surface. Fluids spilled onto the work surface pass through the porous second layer to the fluid impermeable first layer. The sloping surface of the fluid impermeable first layer conveys the fluids toward the basin for draining through the drainage outlet. |
| US12076268B2 |
Sleep apnea oral appliance with connectors
An oral appliance having an upper dental tray and lower dental tray. The upper dental tray and lower dental tray are connected by an elongated connector having receptacles at its proximal and distal ends for engaging laterally extending supports on the upper dental tray and lower dental tray, respectively. A backstop is positioned adjacent to each of the laterally extending supports to prevent movement of the connector in a predetermined direction. |
| US12076266B2 |
Female fluid removal device
A urine removal device includes a plurality of layers suitable to capture and transfer urine. A conduit system is disposed inside of the device and extends from the proximal portion of the device, where it interfaces via an outlet conduit member, to the distal end of the device where it draws in urine from the device. The device allows air flow through the device to support suction that is applied. The fluid layer system has at least one conduit configured to draw urine from the distal portion of the device up to the proximal end of the device, and into the outlet conduit where it exits the urine removal device. |
| US12076264B2 |
Arm sling apparatus
Illustrative embodiments of a sling apparatus for supporting an arm of a person include a garment to be worn on the torso, and arm support elements mounted on the garment that are configured to support the arm of the person wearing the garment in at least two positions with respect to the torso. Illustrative implementations of the two positions include a first position of the arm having the elbow extended with a shoulder associated with the arm of the person being in a neutral rotation orientation, and a second position of the arm having the shoulder associated with the arm being in an adducted, internal rotation position with the elbow flexed. |
| US12076261B2 |
System and method for implant delivery
An implant delivery system is described. The implant delivery system utilizes an implant, implant wire, delivery sheath, and a torque device. The torque device may include a cutting element to slit the delivery sheath and a clamp device to fix the position of the implant delivery wire. |
| US12076260B2 |
Method and apparatus for stent delivery
Disclosed is a method, apparatus, and kit for assisting the expansion of a self-expanding stent, especially within highly curved or tortuous blood vessels. An elongated pusher having an expandable distal mesh portion can be positioned within a self-expanding stent, expanding during delivery to provide extra expansion force to the stent to ensure the stent properly expands. |
| US12076258B2 |
Selective stent crimping
Methods for crimping a stent on an expandable member of a delivery catheter, and devices and methods for treating a bifurcation are disclosed. A method for crimping includes positioning a stent having a first portion and a second portion over the expandable member, and non-uniformly crimping the stent to the expandable member. The method can include routing an elongate shaft under the second portion of the stent and through the side hole so as to be routed external to the first portion. The stent second portion can be crimped so that the elongate shaft can be slidably disposed relative to the stent second portion prior to deployment of the stent. |
| US12076256B2 |
Growth stent and valve for congenital narrowings
A growth stent and valve and methods for making and using the same. The growth stent and valve may be delivered to treat early stage congenital lesions, while expanding to adult vessel diameters. In selected embodiments, the growth stent and valve can comprise a frame and may have a covering on some portion to prevent blood flow through a wall of the frame. The growth stent and valve advantageously can maintain radial strength across an entire range of diameters necessary to treat a narrowed lesion from birth and childhood through adulthood as the vessels grow over the lifetime of a patient. |
| US12076249B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for trialing a humeral head
A system for aligning components of a prosthetic includes a mounting plate, a fastener and an adapter coupling plate. The mounting plate comprises: a first major surface; a second major surface opposing the first major surface; an adapter accommodation hole extending through the mounting plate; and sizing indicia located on the second major surface. The fastener extends from the mounting plate. The adapter coupling plate comprises: a third major surface; a fourth major surface opposing the third major surface; an adapter coupling hole extending through the adapter coupling plate and surrounded by the adapter accommodation hole; and an indicator located on the fourth major surface to point to the sizing indicia on the mounting plate. The adapter coupling plate can be slidable along a slot surrounding the fastener or a tongue and groove system connecting the adapter coupling plate and the mounting plate and locked via the fastener. |
| US12076247B2 |
Method and system for aligning a prosthesis during surgery
Presented are methods and systems for determining, monitoring, and displaying the relative positioning of two rigid bodies during surgery. In particular, the present disclosure relates to methods and systems for positioning a prosthesis relative to a bone during a surgery as well as to systems and methods for verifying resulting relative positioning of adjacent bones. |
| US12076240B2 |
Devices and methods for delivery and deployment of balloon expandable transcatheter valves
Balloon catheters for delivery of prosthetic hear valves is provided. The balloon catheters are configured to deploy a prosthetic heart valve through inflation. The balloon catheters are further configured with one or more retention bumpers to reduce or prevent migration of the prosthetic heart valve during delivery. Balloon catheters described herein are configured with substantially incompressible retention bumpers that promote longitudinal inflation fluid flow. |
| US12076236B2 |
Prosthetic heart valve with tri-leaflet design for use in percutaneous valve replacement procedures
A transcatheter prosthetic heart valve includes a stent frame and at least one sheet of leaflet material formed in to a tube, which includes a lower portion disposed on an exterior of the stent frame and an upper edge portion disposed within the stent frame. The upper edge portion includes at least a portion configured to wrap around a first portion of the top edge of the stent frame and fold towards an exterior of the stent frame. The upper edge portion also includes at least another portion configured to weave through the stent frame and fold towards the interior of the stent frame. |
| US12076232B2 |
Injector having a first piston and a second piston
An injector for inserting an intraocular lens into a capsular bag of an eye includes an injector body having an injector tip defining an opening. The injector body has a proximal end facing away from the opening and has a distal end. A first piston is directed toward the opening and is configured to contact and displace the intraocular lens. A second piston is operable from outside of the injector and the first piston and the second piston are each configured to be longitudinally displaceable along the injector axis. A handle is operated from outside of the injector and is configured to be coupled to the first piston so that when the pistons are in the decoupling state, the first piston is displaced toward the opening and relative to the second piston by moving the handle. |
| US12076230B2 |
Prosthetic capsular devices, systems, and methods
A prosthetic capsular device configured to be inserted in a natural capsular bag of an eye after removal of a lens includes a housing structure capable of containing an intraocular device. The housing structure includes a posterior side, an anterior side opposite the posterior side, lateral sides extending between the posterior side and the anterior side, and a cavity at least partially defined by the posterior side, the anterior side, and the lateral sides. The posterior side includes a refractive surface and an opening radially outward of the refractive surface. The anterior side includes an aperture capable of allowing at least one of insertion, removal, and replacement of an intraocular device. The cavity is capable of containing an intraocular device. |
| US12076229B2 |
Accommodating intraocular lens assemblies and accommodation measurement implant
The present invention pertains to accommodating intraocular lens (AIOL) assemblies including a haptics system for self-anchoring implantation in a human eye's annular ciliary sulcus for retaining an AIOL at a desired position along the human eye's visual axis, and an accommodation measurement implant (AMI) for determining accommodation and accommodation forces in an experimental set-up including an animal's eye. |
| US12076224B2 |
Integrated embolic protection devices
Embolic protection elements are integrated with a catheter or access sheath for any catheter. A catheter with an integrated embolic protection element comprises a catheter shaft, an embolic filter slidably mounted on a distal portion of the shaft, a proximal stop for limiting the proximal movement of the embolic filter, and a distal stop for limiting the distal movement of the embolic filter. The filter comprises a porous mesh material defining a collection chamber for captured emboli and has a collapsed and a deployed configuration. The filter may be collapsed by an access sheath used with the catheter. An access sheath may comprise a tubular main body and an embolic filter mounted on the distal portion of the tubular main body. The embolic filter may evert into the central lumen of the sheath or may be constrained on the exterior of the sheath with a larger diameter outer tube. |
| US12076223B2 |
Methods and tools for treating diseased tissue
A kit for delivering microwave ablative energy to tissue and methods for using the kit are included. The kit includes an access catheter, an implant deployment tool, and a microwave delivery device. The implant deployment tool is configured to be inserted into the access catheter and has an implant disposed therein in a contracted state and being slidable out of a distal opening and expandable into an expanded state. The microwave delivery device is configured to deliver the microwave ablative energy to the tissue and to be advanced through the access catheter and slidably disposable within the implant when the implant is in the expanded state. |
| US12076220B2 |
Three-dimensional substrates
A liquid permeable substrate for an absorbent article is disclosed. The substrate includes a first layer including a hydrophobic material and a second layer including a hydrophilic material. The first layer is joined to the second layer. The substrate includes a plurality of recesses, a plurality of projections, and a plurality of land areas. The land areas surround at least a majority of the plurality of projections and a plurality of the recesses. The plurality of recesses, the plurality of projections, and the plurality of land areas together form a first three-dimensional surface on a first side of the substrate and a second three-dimensional surface on a second side of the substrate. The substrate has an overall z-directional height in the range of about 1000 μm to about 6000 μm according to the Overall Substrate Height Test. |
| US12076219B2 |
Films and laminates for absorbent articles
A film for use in an absorbent article includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side, and a plurality of apertured protuberances arranged in a pattern having 60 to 120 protuberances per linear inch in at least one direction. Each of the protuberances includes a continuous sidewall extending from the first side. The second side has a plurality of apertures aligned with the plurality of apertured protuberances and land areas in between the apertures. The film has a melt index of at least about 8 g/10 min, and an air permeability of at least about 80 m3/m2/min. |
| US12076218B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for instillation of foamed fluid with negative pressure wound therapy
Systems and methods for delivering a foamed fluid to a wound of a patient (e.g., through a wound dressing covering the wound and coupled to the skin around the wound). |
| US12076217B2 |
Systems and methods for trauma-free application and removal of light deactivated adhesive drapes
Provided herein is a system and method for trauma-free application and removal of light deactivated adhesive drapes. One aspect provides a system comprising a drape, at least one photosensitive adhesive portion having a release agent, and at least one acrylic and/or polyurethane adhesive portion, where the system is adapted to be coupled to a tissue site and released therefrom upon or after exposure to an external stimulus such as certain wavelengths of light. The system may have a removable blocking layer to prevent the photosensitive adhesive from being exposed to deactivation wavelengths prematurely. Another aspect provides a method for application and removal of a drape using by removing the removable blocking layer and applying light to the drape to deactivate the photosensitive adhesive portion and promote easy, clean, and less painful removal of the drape. When the photosensitive adhesive portion is deactivated, the acrylic and/or polyurethane adhesive portion maintains adhesion between the drape and the tissue until removal of the drape. |
| US12076214B2 |
Medical pad
Implementations of a medical pad having a perimeter side, a first surface, a second surface, and a plurality of openings. In some implementations, a method of using the medical pad includes positioning the medical pad on an area susceptible to the development of a bedsore or similar wound, such as a bony prominence or pressure point, to prevent the development of a bedsore or similar wound, and another method includes positioning the medical pad on a bedsore or similar wound to help the treatment and healing of the bedsore or similar wound. |
| US12076211B2 |
Manufacture of patient-specific orthodontic tube
Embodiments relate to the methodology of direct manufacture of a customized labial/lingual orthodontic tube by using a ceramic slurry-based additive manufacturing (AM) technology. For example, a method of manufacturing customized ceramic labial/lingual orthodontic tubes by additive manufacturing may comprise measuring dentition data of a profile of teeth of a patient, based on the dentition data, creating a three-dimensional computer-assisted design (3D CAD) model of the patient's teeth, and saving the 3D CAD model, designing a virtual 3D CAD tube structure model for a single labial or lingual tube structure based upon said 3D CAD model, importing data related to the 3D CAD tube structure model into an additive manufacturing machine, and directly producing the tube with the additive manufacturing machine by layer manufacturing from an inorganic material including at least one of a ceramic, a polymer-derived ceramic, and a polymer-derived metal. |
| US12076210B2 |
Elastomeric orthodontic bracket
An orthodontic bracket can include a bracket body. The bracket body can include an outer body. The bracket body can also include an inner body coupled to the outer body. The orthodontic bracket can include a bracket base configured to couple to a tooth. The inner body of the outer body is disposed between the outer body and the bracket base. |
| US12076202B2 |
Oral suction device
An oral suction device provides an oral suction screen over the oral cavity of a patient by providing upper and lower suction wings attached to a manifold. The wings are inserted between the upper and lower lips and arches of a patient, respectively, and serve to capture aerosols which would otherwise be ejected from the oral cavity. A tongue/cheek retractor, also in pneumatic communication with the manifold, serves to extract saliva and other products from the oral cavity while also preventing the tongue and cheeks from ingress of the workspace for the dental procedure. |
| US12076199B2 |
Method of using an edentulous surgical guide
A dental appliance set may include a base frame and at least one attachment. The base frame may be configured to engage at least one of a gum tissue area, a bone structure, an existing detention, and an artificial fixed prosthesis of a patient. The base frame may have an arcuate shaped structure and may not obstruct a surgical site region of an alveolar ridge of a patient jaw. The at least one attachment may be attachable to the base frame using a second connector element selectively engaging the first connector element. The at least one attachment may be configured to obstruct at least a portion of the surgical site region of the top ridge. The base frame and the at least one attachment may be configured to be fully received in the patient's mouth in an assembled orientation. |
| US12076198B2 |
Therapeutic tooth bud ablation
A custom surgical stent for use in a tooth bud ablation procedure that results in tooth agenesis. |
| US12076196B2 |
Mirroring in image guided surgery
An imaging system, including a head-mounted display worn by a system operator. A marker defines a plane when attached to a human subject. Optically reflective elements are disposed on the marker and on opposing sides of the plane in a non-symmetrical arrangement with respect to the plane. A memory stores a graphical representation of a tool used in a procedure performed on the human subject, and an image of anatomy of the human subject. A camera attached to the display acquires an image of the marker and the tool. A processor analyzes the image to identify the plane and to identify a side of the plane wherein the camera is located, and to render to the display the image of the anatomy of the human subject with the graphical representation of the tool superimposed thereon from a point of view in the identified side of the plane. |
| US12076195B2 |
Medical holding apparatus
A medical holding apparatus includes: an arm including a plurality of links mutually coupled through one of joints, the arm having at least six degrees of freedom due to rotational motion about a rotation axis, the arm being configured to function as a balanced arm with a counterweight and support a medical device; and an arm controller configured to control motion of the arm, in which at least three of the joints in the arm each are provided with an angular sensor that detects a rotation angle of the rotation axis and an actuator that gives the joint an assist force of assisting the rotational motion, and the arm controller controls, based on respective detected results of the angular sensors, the respective assist forces of the actuators such that an amount of force in operation necessary when an operator moves the medical device supported by the arm remains in a predetermined range. |
| US12076192B2 |
Ultrasound imaging device, signal processing device, and signal processing method
A coherence indicator of received signals is calculated for pixels with a small amount of calculation, and a high-quality ultrasound image is obtained. A plurality of types of images in which a sound speed for beamforming is changed into a plurality of types are generated. By arranging, in order of the sound speed for beamforming, signal intensities of the pixels at corresponding positions between the plurality of types of images, a change in signal intensities in a direction of the sound speed for beamforming is obtained. A coherence indicator representing coherence of the received signals used for beamforming of the pixels is calculated based on the obtained change in the signal intensities. |
| US12076186B2 |
Methods and devices for membrane characterization with ultrasound and optical illumination
A device for measuring reflected ultrasound and optical signals may include: an optical source; an optical assembly comprising at least one lens, configured to focus reflected optical illumination from a target onto a detector; and an ultrasound transducer aligned to transmit and receive ultrasound radiation co-axially with the reflected optical illumination and wherein the ultrasound transducer at least partially obstructs a path of the reflected optical illumination. An obstruction may be distant from a focal spot of the optical assembly. The device for measuring reflected ultrasound and optical signals may be particularly useful for characterizing fluid behind an ear drum to diagnose otitis media. |
| US12076185B2 |
Reversible cart mounted storage bin
A portable ultrasound imaging assembly includes a cart or support stand on which is mounted a portable ultrasound imaging system and a handle that can be grasped by a user to move the cart and imaging assembly into the desired position. The support stand further includes a storage bin removably mounted in a readily accessible location directly below the handle. The storage bin is formed to hold a number of large containers, such as cylindrical sanitizing wipe canisters, and has a profile similar to that of the handle. The profile of the storage bin includes a rear facing recess within which the support stand is disposed when the storage bin is secured to the support stand in either a forward or rearward facing direction. The attachment structure(s) for the storage bin is located within the recess to minimizing the profile of the storage bin on the support stand. |
| US12076182B1 |
Chest patch for measuring displacement of ventricular walls of subject's heart
The present disclosure describes an apparatus for determining the condition of a subject's heart. The apparatus includes a patch adhered to a chest of the subject, the patch further including at least one ultrasound sensor for directing an ultrasound beam to the subject's heart and receiving a reflection of the beam; control circuitry for generating data signals based on the beam reflection indicative of a distance of the heart from the ultrasound sensor; and a processing system for receiving the data signals from the control circuitry and processing the data signals to track movement of the subject's heart over time, wherein changes in the movement correlate to the subject's heart condition. |
| US12076181B2 |
System, method, and computer program product for determining cortical bone characteristics
The present disclosure refers to a system for determining a cortical bone, comprising: an ultrasound transducer which is configured to transmit an ultrasound wave to a region of interest, and to receive a backscattered ultrasound wave which is backscattered from the region of interest, wherein the region of interest comprises a cortical bone; and an evaluation unit which is configured to determine at least one of a pore size, a bone thickness, and a speed of sound in the cortical bone by evaluating the backscattered ultrasound wave. Further, a method for determining a cortical bone is provided. A computer program product which, when executed by a processor, executes the method. |
| US12076179B2 |
Radiation device, radiography device, console, and recording medium
A radiation device is wirelessly connected to a radiography device that generates dynamic image data and which controls sequential radiation. The radiation device includes a signal generator and a first determiner. The signal generator generates (i) first pulse signals emitted by the radiography device, (ii) second pulse signals synchronized with a first count value obtained by counting up the first pulse signals, and (iii) a second count value obtained by counting up the second pulse signals. The first determiner determines whether to start radiation based on a delay time which is a difference between a first time point count value and a second time point count value. The first time point count value indicates a time point at which a radiation permission signal is transmitted. The second time point count value indicates a time point at which the radiation permission signal is received. |
| US12076175B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and/or disease tracking
The disclosure herein relates to systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and/or disease tracking. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are configured to analyze non-invasive medical images of a subject to automatically and/or dynamically identify one or more features, such as plaque and vessels, and/or derive one or more quantified plaque parameters, such as radiodensity, radiodensity composition, volume, radiodensity heterogeneity, geometry, location, and/or the like. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are further configured to generate one or more assessments of plaque-based diseases from raw medical images using one or more of the identified features and/or quantified parameters. |
| US12076174B2 |
Methods for angiography
An angiogram is a study of blood vessels where an angiographic chemical contrast agent is injected while a sequence of images (typically x-rays) are obtained. The contrast pattern on the sequence of images provides information about the vascular anatomy and physiology. The discovery that contrast in blood vessels varies at cardiac frequency in magnitude and phase, which may be visualized as a spatiotemporal reconstruction of cardiac frequency angiographic phenomena, enables a set of processes for increasing the signal to noise ratio or equivalently the informational content of an angiogram. In this invention, the organization of cardiac frequency magnitude and phase enables equivalent information on anatomy and physiology to be obtained with less dose of injected chemical contrast agent, less x-ray dose, and/or less navigation of the injecting catheter within blood vessels. The cardiac frequency magnitude and phase is organized so that the arterial and venous subsystems of circulation have coherence at cardiac frequency. This enables processes for diagnosing deficits of circulation that involve alterations in the transit of blood from the arterial to the venous subsystems of circulation. Furthermore, the discovery of cardiac frequency magnitude and phase organization enables the design and manufacture of lighter and more portable angiography equipment. |
| US12076172B2 |
System and method for imaging
Disclosed is a system for imaging a system. The system may be operated to acquire image data of a subject in one or more manners. The image data acquired may be used to various purposes, such as generating an image for display, navigating a procedure, or other appropriate procedures. |
| US12076171B2 |
Cover for blood pressure meter, and blood pressure meter
In the cover for a blood pressure meter according to the invention, a coupling region that is detachably attached to a bottom surface of a main body is provided on one end. A tray region that is disposed so as to face a back surface of the main body and receives an accommodated cuff belt is connected to the coupling region. A panel cover region capable of covering a front panel of the main body is provided on the other end. A storage cover region that connects the tray region and the panel cover region is provided. In a cover-coupled state where the coupling region is detachably attached to the bottom surface of the main body, the panel cover region and the storage cover region are configured to be openable and closable with respect to the front panel and the tray region. |
| US12076168B2 |
System and method of measuring venous oxygen saturation using intelligent pulse averaging with integrated EKG and PPG sensors
A system using combined electrocardiography (EKG) and photoplethysmography (PPG) sensing, to determine venous oxygen saturation is described. The system uses averaging of similar pulses based on Prior (or n−1) R-to-R pulse wave duration, and current (or n) R-to-R pulse wave duration for evaluation of the metabolic reserve and/or stress of the patient. |
| US12076162B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting edema by fusing hyperspectral and visible image
System and method for detecting and monitoring edema in a patient are described. Initially, a patient's tissue is irradiated with light by a light source. A detector collects reflected light from the patient's tissue and generates data associated with the reflected light. A processing device receives the data and reflected light and calculates an intensity of the reflected light. The processing device then determined, based upon the intensity of the reflected light, whether the patient's tissue exhibits any symptoms of edema. Additionally, the processing device can compare a current intensity of the reflected light against historic information to monitor for any changes in a patient's edema level or severity. |
| US12076159B2 |
Combining multiple QEEG features to estimate drug-independent sedation level using machine learning
The present disclosure describes systems and methods of estimating sedation level of a patient using machine learning. For example, the integration of multiple QEEG features into a single sedation level estimation system using machine learning could result in a significant improvement in the predictability of the levels of sedation, independent of the sedative drug used. The present disclosure advantageously allows for the incorporation of large numbers of QEEG features and machine learning into the next-generation monitors of sedation level. Different QEEG features may be selected for different sedation drugs, such as propofol, sevoflurane and dexmedetomidine groups. The sedation level estimation system can maintain a high performance for detecting MOAA/S, independent of the drug used. |
| US12076156B2 |
Allergy testing device
An allergy testing device is disclosed. The allergy testing device includes a first applicator, a second applicator, a capture device, and a processor. The first applicator is arranged to apply an allergen to a first predetermined area of a patient's skin. The second applicator is arranged to apply antigen epitopes within a second predetermined area of a patient's skin. The capture device has a projector and one or more cameras. The processor is in communication with the capture device and a drive device that is arranged to move the first applicator to apply the allergen to the patient's skin and to move the second applicator to apply antigen epitopes to the patient's skin. |
| US12076152B2 |
Electroencephalogram decision system, electroencephalogram decision method, program, and non-transitory storage medium
An electroencephalogram decision system determines, when finding electroencephalogram information representing an electroencephalogram obtained by an electrode unit placed on a region of interest that forms part of a subject's head satisfying a predetermined condition, that a target electroencephalogram, which is an electroencephalogram with a characteristic variation, should have been produced. The predetermined condition is selected from of detection conditions including a first type of condition and a second type of condition. The first type of condition specifies that a decision should be made, based on a component falling within a single frequency band included in the electroencephalogram represented by the electroencephalogram information, whether or not the target electroencephalogram has been produced. The second type of condition specifies that a decision should be made, based on components falling within multiple different frequency bands included in the electroencephalogram represented by the electroencephalogram information, whether or not the target electroencephalogram has been produced. |
| US12076148B2 |
Systems and methods for automated recognition of bodily expression of emotion
An emotion analysis and recognition system including an automated recognition of bodily expression of emotion (ARBEE) system is described. The system may include program instructions executable by a processor to: receive a plurality of body movement models, each body movement model generated based on a crowdsourced body language dataset, calculate at least one evaluation metric for each body movement model, select a highest ranked body movement model based on the at least one metric calculated for each body movement model, combine the highest ranked body movement model with at least one other body movement model of the plurality of body movement models, calculate at least one evaluation metric for each combination of body movement models, and determine a highest ranked combination of body movement models to predict a bodily expression of emotion. |
| US12076138B2 |
Ultrasound-guided optoacoustic monitoring of oxygen saturation
Apparatus and methods are described for ultrasound guided optoacoustic monitoring to provide diagnostic information for many clinical applications blood oxygenation in blood vessels and in tissues including for early diagnosis and management of circulatory shock (including that induced by hemorrhage). In certain embodiments provided herein, methods and apparatus for optoacoustics for measurement of blood oxygenation in the innominate vein are provided. |
| US12076134B2 |
Posture analysis systems and methods
Example posture analysis systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a computing system identifies a deviation of a user's posture from a predetermined posture based on visual data associated with the user. The user is informed of the deviation via a graphical image displayed on a display device. The user is then provided with instructions for correcting the deviation via the graphical image displayed on the display device. |
| US12076132B2 |
Gas therapy system
A respiratory event determination system can have a controller that determines the presence of a respiratory event. The respiratory event can be a mouth puff event. The controller determines the presence as a function of a sub-window of an expiratory window of the breath. The expiratory window extends between a first time t1 and a second time t2. The sub-window is limited to a portion of the expiratory window. The sub-window can extend between a third time t3 and a fourth time t4. The fourth time t4 can be before the second time t2. |
| US12076130B2 |
Method for real-time motion monitoring and dose accumulation in magnetic resonance guided therapies using simultaneous orthogonal plane imaging
Systems and methods for providing image guidance for motion tracking and compensation in magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) guided therapies, such as MRI-guided radiation therapies using an MR-linac or other MRI-guided radiation therapy system, are described. Simultaneous orthogonal plane imaging (“SOPI”) is used to acquire images from a first slice that remains static throughout the acquisition, and from a plurality of slices that are orthogonal to the first slice. This first slice can be referred to in some instances as a “tracking” or “navigator” slice, and the plurality of slices that are orthogonal to the first slice can be referred to as “imaging” slices. The tracking slice images can be used to estimate motion of the subject that occurred during the data acquisition, and to track the position of targets (e.g., anatomical targets) during the delivery of radiation treatment. |
| US12076127B2 |
Body-worn pulse oximeter
The invention provides a body-worn system that continuously measures pulse oximetry and blood pressure, along with motion, posture, and activity level, from an ambulatory patient. The system features an oximetry probe that comfortably clips to the base of the patient's thumb, thereby freeing up their fingers for conventional activities in a hospital, such as reading and eating. The probe secures to the thumb and measures time-dependent signals corresponding to LEDs operating near 660 and 905 nm. Analog versions of these signals pass through a low-profile cable to a wrist-worn transceiver that encloses a processing unit. Also within the wrist-worn transceiver is an accelerometer, a wireless system that sends information through a network to a remote receiver, e.g. a computer located in a central nursing station. |
| US12076126B2 |
Physiological monitoring devices having sensing elements decoupled from body motion
A monitoring device configured to be attached within a portion of an ear of a subject includes an elastomeric arm having opposite first and second end portions. A sensing element is located at the elastomeric arm second end portion and includes at least one energy emitter configured to direct energy at a target region of the ear and at least one detector configured to detect an energy response signal from the target region or a region adjacent the target region. The monitoring device is configured such that the elastomeric arm first end portion engages the ear at a first location within the ear and such that the elastomeric arm resiliently bends such that a surface of the sensing element is urged into contact with the ear at a second location within the ear. |
| US12076124B2 |
Blood pressure related information display apparatus
A blood pressure monitor that includes an acceleration sensor attached to an arm, which is a measurement site, of a measurement subject, and an orientation detection unit that detects an orientation of the measurement subject during blood pressure measurement based on an output of the acceleration sensor. The orientation detection unit specifies the orientation of the measurement subject in accordance with a torso angle with respect to a bed surface in a view along a body height direction of the measurement subject lying on the bed surface, and the orientation of the arm position. The blood pressure monitor also includes a blood pressure measurement unit that measures a blood pressure value at the measurement site of the measurement subject, and a blood pressure correction unit that corrects the blood pressure value of the measurement subject according to the specified orientation of the measurement subject. |
| US12076121B2 |
Detecting and measuring snoring
Approaches described herein can determine one or more breathing phase patterns over a period of time using audio data captured by at least one microphone. The audio data can include one or more snores. A breathing phase pattern included within the period of time can be determined based at least in part on sensor data captured by one or more sensors in the electronic device. A determination can be made that a first breathing phase pattern represented by the audio data and a second breathing phase pattern represented by the sensor data are correlated. A determination can be made that the first breathing phase pattern represented by the audio data and the second breathing phase pattern represented by the sensor data both correspond to a user wearing the electronic device. |
| US12076115B2 |
System and method for classification of dental health based on digital imagery
Systems for detecting and measuring certain dental defects and/or existing restorations, such as lesions which may or may not invade interproximal areas, using a neural network is disclosed. In some embodiments, a patient's health conditions and certain dental conditions such as crowding, presence of implants, gum disease, etc. are also considered by an automated system to classify the dental health of a patient into one or more risk classes. The system then suggests appropriate remedial measures and an appropriate maintenance program for that patient to keep therapy within guidelines of proven standard of care, leading the way to reduce tooth loss in population. |
| US12076111B2 |
Using cardiac motion for beat-to-beat optimisation of varying and constant fractions of cardiac cycles in segmented k-space MRI acquisitions
A method for adapting, per cardiac cycle, the parameters governing interpolation of varying and non-interpolation of fixed fractions of each individual cardiac cycle is provided. A time series of data values associated with a cardiac cycle is received, and the time series is scaled to a reference cardiac cycle, wherein the scaling includes applying a model to the time series to generate a scaled time series of data values associated with the first cardiac cycle. The model is trained using the scaled time series. |
| US12076110B2 |
Large-scale wireless biosensor networks for biomedical diagnostics
A method includes providing an ensemble of distributed sensors, delivering radio frequency (RF) power to each sensor by inductive near-field coupling by a magnetic field projected by an epidermal transmit (Tx) coil, in each individual sensor, detecting a sparse binary event in its immediate environment, reporting the detected sparse binary event to an external RF receiver hub asynchronously and with low latency, and minimizing error rates due to statistical data packet collisions in asynchronous telemetry by digitally encoding each sensor according to a particular address scheme where each address is one function from an infinite set of mathematically orthogonal functions, enabling a simultaneous detection from up to ten thousand points without interference at a common receiver. |
| US12076108B1 |
Automatic in-home senior care system augmented with internet of things technologies
The in-home care of seniors is augmented using Internet of Things (IOT) technologies. In-home sensors monitor a senior and their caregiver. Physical conditions and psychological conditions may be monitored. In some implementations, a machine learning system has a classifier trained to detect a specified condition, such as depression. The system may perform various transformations of raw sensor data into a format indicative of a particular condition. In one implementation, a psychological or medical condition has symptoms in which each symptom has one or more measurable events. Mappings between symptoms, events, sensor data, and sensor transformation functions may be supported. |
| US12076107B1 |
Interactive electronic treatment assistance for benign prostatic hyperplasia and advanced prostate cancer
Computer-implemented methods for providing interactive electronic treatment assistance for benign prostatic hyperplasia and advanced prostate cancer are disclosed. The methods can include automatically sending, by a disease and disorder treatment device, an electronic pathway sign-up link to a smart mobile device. The method can include sending a plurality of inquiries about the BPH condition and/or the advanced prostate cancer condition, to the smart mobile device. The method can include receiving a plurality of patient responses from the smart mobile device. The method can include processing and storing the plurality of patient responses. The method can include providing, by the disease and disorder treatment device, patient education about various treatment therapies for advanced prostate cancer. The method can include automatically monitoring a patient having the advanced prostate cancer condition during the various treatment therapies. The method can include intervening with the various treatment therapies using the smart mobile device. |
| US12076104B2 |
Medical tool for fingertip
A medical tool for fingertip of the present invention has a resin layer that emits red fluorescence or near-infrared fluorescence, and is used by putting it on a fingertip. More specifically, the medical tools for fingertip 1A to 1E have a finger cot shape and an opening portion 2 from which the ball of the finger is exposed when put on, and are formed of a resin that emits red fluorescence or near-infrared fluorescence. Alternatively, the medical tools for fingertip 1F and 1G have a glove shape, and a printing layer 8, 9 that is formed of a resin that emits red fluorescence or near-infrared fluorescence on or around the ball of the finger thereof. Further alternatively, the medical tools for fingertip 1H and 1I are a sticker-like medical tool having an adhesive layer provided to one surface of the resin layer that emits red fluorescence or near-infrared fluorescence, and have a size that allows it to be attached to the ball of the finger. When the medical tools for fingertip are put on the tip of a finger of a surgeon used for palpation of a living body, the position of an affected site which has been specified from the mucosal side by the palpation can be accurately specified from the serosal side. |
| US12076093B2 |
Method of calibrating a spinal cage
A computer implemented medical method of calibrating a cage is presented. In particular, this calibration method calculates a virtual model of the cage based on a cage tip point and a cage end point, acquired by using a pointer tip of a pointing device, and at least one axis, acquired by using a pointer shaft of the pointing device along a side of the cage. This method allows for providing a more detailed virtual model of the cage, while being in compliance with sterility restrictions. |
| US12076091B2 |
Robotic navigational system
Devices, systems, and methods for a robot-assisted surgery. Navigable instrumentation, which are capable of being navigated by a surgeon using the surgical robot system, and navigation software allow for the navigated placement of interbody fusion devices or other surgical devices. |
| US12076086B2 |
Methods and systems for in vivo full-field interference microscopy imaging
According to one aspect, the invention relates to a system (101) for in vivo, full-field interference microscopy imaging of a scattering three-dimensional sample. It comprises a full-field OCT imaging system (130) for providing en face images of the sample, wherein said full-field OCT system comprises an interference device (145) with an object arm (147) intended to receive the sample and a reference arm (146) comprising an optical lens (134) and a first reflection surface (133), and an acquisition device (138) configured to acquire a temporal succession of two-dimensional interferometric signals (I1, I2) resulting from interferences produced at each point of an imaging field; an OCT imaging system (110) for providing at the same times of acquisition of said two-dimensional interferometric signals, cross-sectional images of both the sample and a first reflection surface (133) of said full-field OCT imaging system (130); a processing unit (160) configured to determine a plurality of en face images (X-Y) of a plurality of slices of the sample, each en face image being determined from at least two two-dimensional interferometric signals (I1, I2) having a given phase shift; determine from the cross-sectional images provided by the OCT imaging system (110) at the times of acquisition of each of said two two-dimensional interferometric signals (I1, I2) a depth (z) for each en face image (X-Y) of said plurality of slices; determine a 3D image of the sample from said plurality of en face images of said plurality of slices of the sample and depths. |
| US12076085B2 |
Method and system for measuring optical parameters
A method of verifying ophthalmic measurements includes obtaining, via an ophthalmic measurement device, a first measurement of at least one ophthalmic parameter over a first measurement area. The first measurement area corresponds to an unassisted visible area of a patient's eye. A second measurement of the at least one ophthalmic parameter over a second measurement area is obtained via the measurement device. The second measurement area corresponds to an assisted visible area of the patient's eye. The first measurement is compared to the second measurement. It is determined if the second measurement diverges from the first measurement. Responsive to a determination that the second measurement diverges from the first measurement, an alert that the second measurement is inaccurate is generated. Responsive to a determination that the second measurement does not diverge from the first measurement, the second measurement is accepted as accurate. |
| US12076084B2 |
Methods, apparatus, and systems for ophthalmic testing and measurement
Methods, apparatus, and systems for performing an ophthalmic diagnostic test are disclosed. In one aspect, a head-wearable device for administering an ophthalmic test to a subject can comprise a head-wearable frame for mounting the device onto the subject's head, and a light seal configured for coupling to the frame so as to isolate at least one eye of the subject from ambient light when the device is worn by the subject. |
| US12076078B2 |
Irrigated ablation catheter having irrigation ports with reduced hydraulic resistance
An irrigated ablation catheter includes a tip electrode with a thin shell and a plug to provide a plenum chamber. The tip electrode has an inlet of a predetermined size and noncircular shape, and outlets in the form of fluid ports formed in the thin shell wall. The plurality of the fluid ports is predetermined, as is their diameter. Each fluid port has a tapered configuration, for example, a frustoconical configuration, with a smaller inlet diameter and a larger outlet diameter. |
| US12076077B2 |
Balloon-type electrode catheter
A balloon-type electrode catheter is capable of performing an ablation treatment with respect to a lesion over a wide area and excellent in an effect of cooling the inner portion of a balloon. The balloon-type electrode catheter includes an outer tube, an energization connector, a balloon having neck portions at both ends of an expansion portion, an inner tube, a distal end tip, strip electrodes formed on the outer surface of the balloon, and a conducting wire that connects each of the strip electrodes and the energization connector to each other. Openings of fluid supply sub lumens of the outer tube are located on the distal end side from an intermediate location in the axial direction in the expansion portion of the balloon. Openings of fluid drainage sub lumens of the outer tube are located at the proximal end of the expansion portion. |
| US12076076B2 |
Arthroscopic devices and methods
A probe for treating shoulders and other joints has a working end which includes a first element for cutting soft tissue, a second element for applying RF energy to tissue, and a third element for cutting or burring bone. The probe is introduced to a working space in a patient's joint, such as the patient's subacromial space, typically under endoscopic viewing. Soft tissue is cut with the first element. Radiofrequency energy is applied with the second element to ablate or cauterize tissue, while bone may be burred with the third element. Successive treatments steps are performed by reorienting the treatment device in situ with removal or withdrawal of the working end. |
| US12076075B2 |
Electrosurgical instrument with floating jaw component
An apparatus includes a shaft assembly and an end effector, which includes first and second jaws pivotably coupled together. The first jaw includes a first jaw body and a first electrode surface. The second jaw includes a second jaw body and an electrode assembly, which includes a distal end pivotably supported by the distal end of the second jaw body. The electrode assembly further includes a second electrode surface positioned to face the first electrode surface when the first and second jaws are placed in a closed configuration. The first and second electrode surfaces are operable to apply RF energy to tissue. The electrode assembly further includes at least one compressible member interposed between the second electrode surface and the second jaw body. The at least one compressible is being configured to urge a proximal region of the second electrode surface toward a corresponding region of the first electrode surface. |
| US12076072B2 |
High-voltage analog circuit pulser and pulse generator discharge circuit
A pulse generator discharge circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes one or more discharge stages, each discharge stage including a plurality of control input terminals. The circuit also includes first and second discharge terminals, and a plurality of serially connected switches electrically connected between the first and second discharge terminals, where a conductive state of each of the switches is controlled by a control signal. The circuit also includes a plurality of inductive elements configured to generate the control signals for the serially connected switches, where each inductive element is configured to generate a control signal for one of the serially connected switches in response to one or more input signals at one or more of the control input terminals, and where each of the serially connected switches is configured to receive a control signal from a respective one of the inductive elements. |
| US12076067B2 |
Pulsed field ablation device and method
An ablation device and method for pulsed field ablation, the device comprising a catheter including an expandable basket, a set of electrodes formed on the expandable basket, and a pulse generator suitable for generating electric pulses wherein the pulse generator being in electrical connection with the set of electrodes. The expandable basket is formed of a braided mesh of filaments, wherein the filaments are made of nonconductive material, wherein at least portion of the filaments comprises a lumen, and wherein the lumen comprises melted material, wherein the filaments further include electrodes and conductive wires. The conductive wires at least partially lead inside of the lumen of the filaments, and are electrically connected to the electrodes. |
| US12076066B1 |
Method and device for bone fixation
A method and device for repairing a bone fracture include the use of a bone plate and a bone hook that engages the interior of the bone. The method includes the steps of using at least one bone hook that engages the interior of the bone to apply a counterforce to the bone plate installation forces. The bone plate is configured to be positioned over the hook while the bone hook is in place. In an exemplary configuration, two bone hooks are used to position and then hold the ends of the fractured bone. The hooks are positioned through the bone plate and apply a counterforce to the installation of the bone plate. The hooks are removed after the plate is installed. In the case of a rib fracture, with the hook or hooks engaging the interior of the bone, there is minimal disruption to the intercostal material around the fracture and no engagement between the tools and the pleura behind the bone. |
| US12076058B2 |
Systems and methods for pedicle screw stabilization of spinal vertebrae
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a system and embodiments of a method for stabilizing spinal vertebrae through a skin incision. In some embodiments, the system or method can include a first screw having a first screw head, a second screw having a second screw head, and a third screw having a third screw head, a first tower having a distal portion, a proximal portion, and a bend between the distal portion and the proximal portion, a second tower having a distal portion and a proximal portion, the second tower configured to be removably coupled with the second screw at a distal end of the second tower, and a third tower having a distal portion, a proximal portion, and a bend between the distal portion and the proximal portion. |
| US12076054B2 |
Orthopedic fixation devices and methods thereof
Orthopedic fixation devices, assemblies, and methods for securing a spinal rod. The orthopedic fixation device may include a tulip head, a bone fastener, a rotatable saddle, and a threaded locking cap. The saddle may be insertable into the tulip head in an unlocked position with a rod seat offset relative to a rod slot of the tulip head. The saddle may be rotated into a locked position with the rod seat aligned with the rod slot such that a rod is positionable through the rod slot and into the rod seat. The threaded locking cap may secure the rod and bone fastener. |
| US12076052B2 |
Methods for securing rods in spinal stabilization implant assemblies with interchangeable threaded closures
A method for locking an elongate rod within a head of a bone anchor implant assembly that is configured for surgical implantation into a bone of a patient. The method includes providing an elongate rod, providing a separate shank and the head, and providing a closure mechanism configured as a one-part closure or two-part closure. The method further includes receiving the elongate rod in the channel and closing the channel with the closure mechanism. The one-part closure and two-part closure are configured to be interchangeable with each other for closing a channel of the head and locking the assembly and the elongate rod between arms of the head with the closure mechanism. |
| US12076051B2 |
Systems and methods for vertebral adjustment
A system for non-invasively adjusting the curvature of a spine includes a housing having a first end and a second end, a first rod having a first end telescopically disposed within a cavity of the housing along a first longitudinal axis at the first end of the housing and having a first threaded portion extending thereon, and a second end configured to be coupled to a first portion of a spinal system of a subject, a second rod having a first end telescopically disposed within the cavity along a second longitudinal axis at the second end of the housing and having a second threaded portion extending thereon, and a second end configured to be coupled to a second portion of the spinal system of the subject, a driving member rotatably disposed within the cavity and configured to be activated from a location external to the body of the subject. |
| US12076049B2 |
Tissue resecting instrument
An end effector assembly of a tissue-resecting device includes an outer shaft, a drive wire, the distal cutting tip, a hub housing, and a driver. The outer shaft includes a distal end portion defining a window therethrough. The drive wire extends through the outer shaft. The distal cutting tip is disposed within the outer shaft and engaged with the distal end portion of the drive wire. The distal cutting tip at least partially overlaps the window. The hub housing is engaged with the proximal end portion of the outer shaft. The driver is disposed within the hub housing and engaged with the proximal end portion of the drive wire to driver rotation of the drive wire and distal cutting tip within and relative to the outer shaft. The driver defines an internal lumen and at least one lateral opening disposed in communication with the internal lumen. An outflow path is defined from the window through the outer shaft and about the drive wire, into an interior of the hub housing, through the at least one lateral opening, and through the internal lumen. |
| US12076048B2 |
Surgical fluid management systems and methods
A fluid management system for use with a fluid reservoir includes an inflow pump and an outflow pump. The inflow pump is connectable to a probe for delivering a distention fluid to a body cavity. The outflow pump removes the distention fluid through the same probe, thus establishing a re-circulating volume of distention fluid within the body cavity. The removed fluid is filtered and returned to a fluid reservoir for eventual recycling to the body cavity. A controller adjusts the flow rates of the inflow pump and the outflow pump to maintain a pre-selected fluid pressure or volume within the body cavity. |
| US12076045B2 |
Surgical systems for percutaneously inserting surgical devices
Surgical systems and methods for percutaneously inserting surgical devices, such as during glenoid labrum repairs or rotator cuff repairs of the shoulder, for example, may include a cannula and a cutting obturator insertable through the cannula. The cutting obturator may include a cutting tip configured for penetrating and dilating tissue during a percutaneous insertion into a joint space. |
| US12076039B2 |
Forceps knife blade lockout mechanism
A forceps includes jaws, a first shaft having a first slot, a second shaft extending along the first shaft and having a second slot, and a rod that extends along the second shaft. The rod has a third slot including a locking portion and a guide track portion. A pin extends through the first slot, the second slot, and the third slot to prevent deployment of the rod when the pin is in the locking portion and to permit deployment of the rod when the pin is in the guide track portion. A first actuator produces relative movement of the first and second shafts to move the jaws relative to each other and move the pin from the locking portion to the guide track portion of the third slot. A second actuator produces movement of the rod to deploy the rod when the pin is in the guide track portion. |
| US12076036B2 |
Thrombectomy systems and devices with aspiration, and methods of use thereof
Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for aspiration and mechanical thrombectomy. In some embodiments, a thrombectomy device for removing a thrombus from a vessel can include a handle assembly, a vacuum source, an aspiration catheter with an expandable distal portion, and a flexible shaft configured to rotate within the aspiration catheter. |
| US12076034B2 |
Catheter with distal interventional element
Systems and methods for removal of clot material from vessel lumens are disclosed. A medical device assembly can include a catheter having a lumen and a distal portion configured to be positioned at or adjacent a treatment site within a vessel. An expandable member has a first portion coupled to the distal portion of the catheter, and a second portion extending away from the catheter distal portion. An elongate shaft extends through the lumen of the catheter, and the second portion of the expandable member is releasably coupled to the shaft. When the shaft is slidably moved relative to the surrounding catheter, the second portion of the expandable member can be released from the shaft, and the shaft can be withdrawn or removed. |
| US12076033B2 |
Ablation device with optimized input power profile and method of using the same
Ablation device including a probe structure 10 having a proximal end 12 and a distal end 14. Probe structure 10 includes a tubular first catheter 16, a tubular second catheter 18 surrounding the first catheter and a tubular guide catheter extending within the first catheter 16. The first catheter 16 carries a cylindrical ultrasonic transducer 20 adjacent its distal end. The transducer 20 is connected to a source of electrical excitation. The ultrasonic waves emitted by the transducer 20 are directed at the heart wall tissue. Once the tissue reaches the target temperature, the electrical excitation is turned on and off to maintain the tissue at the largest temperature. Alternatively, the transducer 20 is subjected to continuous excitation at one power level and upon the tissue reaching the target temperature, the power level of the continuous excitation is switched to a second lower power level. |
| US12076032B1 |
Apparatus and methods for controlled clot aspiration
An aspiration thrombectomy system including an aspiration catheter having a proximal end and a distal end, the aspiration catheter having a lumen to accommodate fluid, a vacuum source including a controllable vacuum valve, a tubing connected to the aspiration catheter, and a controller configured to detect a change in a catheter diameter corresponding to a change in the connection between the aspiration catheter and the tubing. The controller is configured to change a pulsation protocol associated with the aspiration catheter responsive to the change in the catheter diameter, and the pulsation protocol specifies pressure variations and pressure patterns to modulate the vacuum valve to change a level of vacuum at the distal end of the aspiration catheter. |
| US12076029B2 |
Monobloc acetabular reamer section
A system, method and/or reamer driver device is provided having a domed external surface and a domed internal surface being concentric to the domed external surface thereby defining a hollow dome or section thereof. At least one cutting tooth is disposed on the hollow dome or section thereof. The cross-sectional thickness T measured substantially perpendicular to the crest of the at least one tooth is greater than the radial distance t between the external and internal domed surfaces. The hollow dome or section thereof is made using an injection molding process or a 3D printing process. |
| US12076026B2 |
Method for producing a cutting tool, and cutting tool
A method for producing a cutting tool, in particular a drill bit, is specified wherein the cutting tool has a front end (F) at the front and a rear end (R) toward the rear, wherein a tool tip is formed on the front end (F), a point thinning is ground at the tool tip with a grinding tool, the point thinning being ground to be narrower toward the front than toward the rear. The point thinning is ground with a constant point thinning angle (AW). Furthermore, a corresponding cutting tool is specified. |
| US12076025B2 |
Polymer cutting block
An orthopaedic surgical instrument includes an all-polymer 4-in-1 cutting block having a number of polymer cutting guides. In some embodiments, the all-polymer cutting block is be embodied as a multi-piece cutting block, while in other embodiments the all-polymer cutting block is embodied as a single, monolith cutting block. Several methods for fabricating the different all-polymer 4-in-1 cutting blocks are also disclosed. |
| US12076019B2 |
Occlusion clip
An occlusion clip comprising: (a) a spring; (b) a first runner including a first open top and a first open end adjacent the first open top, the first runner including a first interior camming surface partially delineating a first interior cavity that is open by way of the first open top and the first open end; (c) a second runner including a second open top and a second open end adjacent the second open top, the second runner including a second interior camming surface partially delineating a second interior cavity that is open by way of the second open top and the second open end, where the spring is configured to be coupled to the first runner and the second runner, where the first interior cavity is configured to receive a first portion of the spring, where the second interior cavity is configured to receive a second portion of the spring, where the first camming surface is configured to engage a first cam of the spring, and where the second camming surface is configured to engage a second cam of the spring. |
| US12076018B2 |
Modular stapling assembly
A modular shaft assembly is disclosed. The modular shaft assembly includes one or more inputs configured to receive input motions from a surgical instrument system, such as a handle, for example. The shaft assembly further includes one or more on-board inputs configured to generate input motions. The input motions received and generated by the shaft assembly are transferrable to an end effector of the shaft assembly to perform various functions at the end effector. The end effector can include a staple cartridge and a firing member which is movable between a proximal position and a distal position to eject staples from the staple cartridge. The end effector can include a plurality of jaw members and the firing member can comprise camming members which are configured to position the jaw members relative to one another. |
| US12076016B2 |
Wound closure device
A device and method for closing a wound is provided. The device includes an anchoring pad having a bottom surface and an opposing top surface, such that the bottom surface is configured to adhere to a first side of the wound; a complementary pad having a bottom surface and an opposing top surface, such that the bottom surface is configured to adhere to a second side of the wound; and a pull tab having a bottom surface and an opposing top surface, such that the top surface is configured to adhere to the complementary pad and/or the second side of the wound, and the pull tab is coupled to the complementary pad by at least one connecting strap that is slidably connected to the anchoring pad. |
| US12076015B2 |
Hemostasis clip short system
A device includes a capsule along with first and second clip arms, proximal ends of which are received within the channel so that the first and second clip arms are movable relative to one another between an open configuration and a closed configuration. A deployment mechanism includes a tension member connected to a proximal end of the first and second arms, a yoke releasably coupled to the tension member and longitudinally movable relative to the capsule to move the first and second arms between the open and closed configurations. The tension member and yoke are configured to separate from one another in response to a predetermined proximal force relative to the tension member. A locking mechanism is coupled to the deployment mechanism and is configured to engage the capsule to lock the one-piece clipping element in the closed configuration, when the yoke is separated from the tension member. |
| US12076009B2 |
Tissue guide for curved end effectors
A surgical stapling instrument includes an elongate body portion defining a longitudinal axis, and an end effector supported on a distal portion of the elongated body portion. The end effector includes a housing having a base portion and a jaw portion, an anvil assembly supported on the jaw portion, and a cartridge assembly releasably supported on the base portion. A tissue guide member is operably secured relative to the cartridge assembly to facilitate alignment of the cartridge assembly through a firing stroke. |
| US12076008B2 |
Method for operating a powered articulatable surgical instrument
A method for operating a surgical instrument. The method includes linking a second drive member to a first drive member such that the second drive member moves with the first drive member. The method further includes applying first control motions to the first drive member to cause the second drive member to apply actuation motions to a surgical end effector. The method also includes discontinuing application of the first control motions to the first drive member and de-linking the second drive member from the first drive member such that the second drive member is locked in place by a locking system. The method also includes re-applying control motions to the first drive member. |
| US12076006B2 |
Surgical instrument comprising an orientation detection system
A surgical instrument configured to detect its orientation and adjust its operation based on the detected orientation is disclosed. |
| US12076003B2 |
Methods, systems, and devices for surgical suturing
Various exemplary methods, systems, and devices for surgical suturing are provided. In general, a loading element can be configured to facilitate loading of a plate into a surgical instrument configured to facilitate passage of a suture through tissue. The surgical instrument can be configured to advance the suture through a tissue of a patient, to capture a free end or looped end of the suture after the suture's advancement through the tissue, and to pull the captured suture out of the patient's body with a portion of the suture remaining passed through the tissue within the patient's body. |
| US12076002B2 |
Systems, suture devices, and methods for tissue closure
The present disclosure relates generally to systems, devices, and methods for endoscopic suture termination. In some embodiments, a suture device may include an elongate member having a working channel and a suture channel, the elongate member having a proximal end and a distal end. The suture device may further include a suture extending through the suture channel, and a plurality of anchor components coupled to the suture, wherein the suture and the plurality of anchor components are deployable from the elongate member for engagement with a target tissue. |
| US12076001B2 |
Syndesmosis construct
A knotless button includes a body defining a proximal portion and a distal portion. The body further defines an internal cavity and a first loop opening extending from the internal cavity to an outer surface of the body. A locking insert is slideably positioned within the internal cavity. The locking insert defines a second loop opening extending from a first side of the locking insert to a second side of the locking insert. The locking insert is slideably moveable from a first position to a second position within the internal cavity. A flexible strand defines a first adjustable loop extending through the first loop opening and the second loop opening. The locking insert is slideably moveable from a first position configured to allow adjustment of the first adjustable loop to a second position configured to lock the first adjustable loop. |
| US12075994B2 |
Tissue specimen retrieval bag, method for retrieving tissue
Provided is a tissue retrieval bag. The bag is defined by a region of the bag defining an opening; an exterior surface of the bag depending from the opening; and a channel formed into the exterior surface of the bag, wherein the channel provides access to the interior of the bag through the exterior surface. Also provided is a tissue retrieval defined by a region of the bag defining an opening; an exterior surface of the bag depending from the opening; and at least one porthole on the exterior of the bag, wherein at least one tube extends from the at least one porthole. |
| US12075993B2 |
Soluble needle for hair transplantation and manufacture method thereof
A soluble needle (100) for hair transplantation, wherein the soluble needle (100) comprises a fixing plate (30) and a plurality of micro-needles (20) made of water-soluble polymers arranged on the fixing plate (30), wherein each of said micro-needle (20) comprises a needle wall (21) to penetrate scalps and a needle cavity (22) confined by the needle wall (21) and configured for accommodating a hair follicle. A method of manufacturing a soluble needle (100) for hair transplantation, wherein the method includes: dissolving water-soluble polymers in water to prepare a molding solution (S101); delivering the molding solution into a mold (S102); letting the molding solution settle in the mold to shape (S103); and separating and removing the mold to produce the soluble needle (S104). The soluble needle (100) effectively shortens the time of surgery, reduces the pain of the patients, and increases the viability rate of transplanted hair follicles. |
| US12075992B1 |
Force transfer mechanism
The systems and devices disclosed herein can include a force transfer mechanism that permits force transfer between an instrument device manipulator and a tool coupled to the instrument device manipulator. The force transfer mechanism can include a first alignment member and a second alignment member. The first alignment member can have a disengaged position in which the first alignment member is out of engagement with the second alignment member, thereby reducing or preventing engagement between an instrument device manipulator base driveshaft and a tool driveshaft and permitting rotation of the base driveshaft relative to the tool driveshaft. When in an engaged position, the second alignment member can permit engagement between the base driveshaft to the tool driveshaft and transfer of rotary motion from the base driveshaft to the tool driveshaft. Additionally, the present disclosure also relates to methods of preparing and using a medical robotic system. |
| US12075990B2 |
Biopsy rotary cutting device
The present invention provides a biopsy rotary cutting device, which comprises a dynamic sealing structure(4) arranged outside an inner cutting cannula(3); the dynamic sealing structure(4) forms a cavity outside the inner cutting cannula(3); the inner cutting cannula(3) comprises a first tube section(31) and a second tube section(32) that are arranged in sequence along the axial direction of the inner cutting cannula(3); the outer diameter of the second tube section(32) is smaller than that of the first tube section(31); a sealing ring(43) is arranged inside the dynamic sealing structure(4); the cavity comprises a first cavity(41) and a second cavity(42); when the inner cutting cannula(3) moves to a first position along its axial direction, the sealing ring(43) is located at the outer side of the second tube section(32); and there is an inter-cavity gap(46) between the sealing ring(43) and the second tube section(32) to realize communication between the first cavity(41) and the second cavity(42). The present invention can introduce the atmosphere to form a circulating air flow with better suction strength, and the circulating air flow can more efficiently send a rotary-cut tissue at a corresponding position to a sample collector at the back end, thereby effectively improving the sample discharge rate. |
| US12075988B2 |
Telescoping biopsy needle
A medical device comprises an elongate sheath comprising a distal portion and a proximal portion and defining a first lumen. The medical device further comprises an elongate instrument slidably disposed at least partially within the first lumen. The elongate instrument comprises a rigid distal section defining a second lumen. The medical device further comprises a first extension member coupled to a proximal end of the elongate instrument and a second extension member coupled to a proximal end of the elongate sheath. The second extension member is configured to at least partially receive the elongate instrument. The medical device further comprises a holding mechanism coupled to the second extension member. The holding mechanism includes a protrusion configured to maintain the elongate instrument in a rotationally fixed position relative to the distal portion of the elongate sheath. |
| US12075985B2 |
Diaper product adapted for collection of urine sample from an infant
A disposable diaper product useful for collecting a urine sample from an infant is disclosed. In one example the product may have a liquid control structure overlying a liquid impermeable backsheet, with a plan surface area defining a volume coextensive therewith, wherein a portion of the volume defined by at least 50 percent of the plan surface area contains no more than 50 percent by weight absorbent material. In another example the product may have a liquid control structure overlying a liquid impermeable backsheet, and have an average Liquid Release Ratio of at least 3 percent. A method for collecting a urine sample from an infant is also disclosed, in which a diaper is used for collection. |
| US12075982B2 |
Light source device having illumination controller controlling multiple light sources in multiple states, control method of the light source, and endoscope system having the light source
A light source device includes: a first light emitter configured to emit first light; a second light emitter configured to emit second light having an identical color component to the first light; and an illumination controller configured to cause, after causing the first light emitter to emit the first light, the second light emitter to emit the second light according to a set light amount in a state in which the first light emitter is caused to emit the first light. |
| US12075981B2 |
Set comprising a surgical instrument
The invention relates to a correlated set for minimal invasive surgery comprising a surgical instrument and a pattern generating member, a surgical system, a training kit, a method of training and a method of performing a minimal invasive surgery. The surgical instrument comprises a handle portion, a surgical tool and a body portion connecting the handle portion to the surgical tool. The pattern generating member comprises a pattern light source and a projector for projecting a light pattern. The projector is adapted for being at least temporarily fixed to the body portion of the surgical instrument such that a movement of said surgical tool results in a correlated movement of said projector. |
| US12075980B2 |
Systems and methods for visualizing ablated tissue
Systems and methods for visualizing ablated tissue are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system for imaging tissue comprising: a catheter having a distal end and a proximal end; an inflatable balloon disposed about the distal end of the catheter; and an optical housing extending from the distal end of the catheter into the balloon, the optical housing being configured to position inside the balloon a light source for illuminating a tissue outside the balloon and a camera for imaging the illuminated tissue. |
| US12075974B2 |
Instrument calibration
A surgical robotic system includes an endoscope, a robotic arm including a drive mechanism, the drive mechanism coupled to the endoscope. The surgical robotic system further includes a controller configured to receive a command to move the endoscope using the robotic arm, access a set of calibration parameters associated with the endoscope, generate an adjusted command based on the command and the set of calibration parameters, and provide the adjusted command to the robotic arm to move the endoscope. |
| US12075973B2 |
Medical systems, devices, and related methods
An adaptor may include a shell and a plunger positioned at a first end of the shell and moveable between an undepressed state and a depressed state. The adaptor may further include a ramp extending from a second end of the shell and a carrier coupled to the ramp. In the undepressed state, the carrier may be located at a first position along the ramp, and wherein, in the depressed state, the carrier may be located at a second position along the ramp, wherein the second position may be closer to the second end of the shell than the first position. |
| US12075972B2 |
Method for manufacturing an insertion tube of an endoscope and endoscope comprising an insertion tube
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an insertion tube of an endoscope from a tubular element, wherein the insertion tube includes a proximal passive flexible portion and a distal deflecting portion, wherein, in the proximal passive flexible portion, cuts are provided to enable the proximal passive flexible portion to be bent. In the method, the cuts are configured in the proximal passive flexible portion such that adjacent cuts do not have the same distance. The invention further relates to an endoscope including such insertion tube. |
| US12075970B2 |
Medical control device and medical observation system
A medical control device includes: an imaging controller configured to control an imaging device to cause the imaging device to capture normal light emitted from a light source and received by way of an observation target in a first period to generate a first captured image, and to capture excitation light emitted from the light source and received by way of the observation target and fluorescence light from the observation target excited by the excitation light in a second period to generate a second captured image; and image processing circuitry configured to: perform an adjustment process to reduce a component of a color corresponding to the excitation light included in the second captured image; and generate a superimposed image by superimposing the first captured image and the second captured image subjected to the adjustment process. |
| US12075969B2 |
Information processing apparatus, control method, and non-transitory storage medium
An information processing apparatus (2000) detects an abnormal region (30) in each of a plurality of video frames (14) constituting video data (12) in which the inside of a body is captured. The information processing apparatus (2000) outputs output information related to the detected abnormal region (30). Herein, the information processing apparatus (2000) starts outputting of the output information when a detection score based on a proportion of the number of the video frames (14) in which the abnormal region (30) is detected becomes equal to or more than a first threshold value in a state where outputting of the output information is not being performed. Further, the information processing apparatus (2000) ends outputting of the output information when the detection score becomes equal to or less than a second threshold value in a state where outputting of the output information is being performed. |
| US12075965B2 |
Cleaner
Disclosed herein is a cleaner having an improved structure configured to improve the cleaning performance. The cleaner comprises a suction unit provided inside a body. The suction unit includes an impeller configured to suction air by rotating about a shaft, and a diffuser configured to guide air discharged from the impeller. The impeller includes a hub, and a blade disposed on the hub, and provided with a leading edge disposed in an upstream side in a direction in which air introduced into the suction unit flows, and a trailing edge disposed in a downstream side in the direction in which the air introduced into the suction unit flows. The leading edge of the blade forms an inclination of 60 degrees or more and 80 degrees or less with respect to an axial direction. |
| US12075963B2 |
Mobile cleaning robot with skids
A mobile cleaning robot can include a body, a drive wheel, and a plurality of skids. The drive wheel can be connected to the body and can be engageable with a floor surface of an environment. The drive wheel can be operable to move the mobile cleaning robot about an environment. The skids can be separate skids that can be connected to the body and can be engageable with the floor surface to support, together with the drive wheel, the mobile cleaning robot with respect to the floor surface. |
| US12075961B2 |
Dishwasher with adjustable straw carrier
A carrier for one or more straws of an appliance such as a dish washing appliance. The carrier and/or rack may be in fluid communication with one or more spray elements when in a stowed position within a dishwasher tub. The one or more carriers may route fluid from the one or more spray elements to wash an interior and/or an exterior of at least one straw. The carrier may include one or more bridges projecting inwardly towards the one or more straws defining one or more pathways for received fluid. The body of the carrier may include a lid and/or latch. The carrier may be adjustable to engage one or more straws of varying lengths. The carrier may include an adjustable end and a fixed end. The carrier may include a biasing mechanism. |
| US12075954B2 |
Flexible mounting system for hand hygiene dispensers
A product dispenser mounting system includes a dispenser holder body configured to support a product dispenser; and a mounting apparatus configured to fixedly mount on a support object and to removably connect to the dispenser holder body in one or more orientations such that dispenser holder body is maintained in a selected one of the one or more orientations when the dispenser holder body is connected to the mounting apparatus. The system may also include at least one actuation sensor configured to detect actuation of the product dispenser. |
| US12075945B1 |
High speed convection fryer
A convection fryer is composed of a main oil circulating pump, a tube heat exchanger, a fry tank, a continuous oil filtration system, an oil storage holding tank filter frame and filter bag, and a main circulating pump. Cooking oil is pumped by the main circulating pump to the heat exchanger to the fry tank. Oil flows from the tank through the filter screen to the pump trough to the main circulating pump completing the oil circulating loop. At the end of the cooking day the oil is drained to the holding tank for storage while the fry tank is cleaned. In the next fry cycle the oil is pumped up out of the holding tank to the fry tank to start the cooking process all over again. |
| US12075944B2 |
Air fryer basket accessory for air fryer
An air fryer comprises: an air fryer basket; and an air fryer basket accessory. The fryer basket accessory comprises: a first plate configured to be supported by the air fryer basket; and a second plate rotatably connected to the first plate, the second plate configured to be supported by the air fryer basket. |
| US12075943B2 |
Cooking device and components thereof
A cooking system includes a housing having at least one internal compartment and a cooking container receivable within said at least one internal compartment. A cooking volume is defined within an interior of said cooking container. A bottom surface of said cooking container is angled upwardly. A heating element is associated with said at least one internal compartment. |
| US12075934B2 |
Can cooler and methods of making and using same
The present disclosure is directed to can cooler for holding a can. The can cooler includes a vessel having a closed bottom end, an upper open end, a sidewall having an inner surface and an outer surface and a ring positioned about the upper open end. The ring having a plurality of ribs configured for holding the can in the vessel. |
| US12075926B2 |
Museum showcase with hidden access to technical compartment
A museum showcase includes a base, with a laterally accessible technical compartment and an upper platform, and an exhibition space above the platform, delimited by vertically extended glass walls. The glass walls include at least one multi-layered special glass wall, formed of an inner glass pane and an outer glass pane. The inner glass pane extends downwards to cover the base and includes an opening at the technical compartment. The outer glass pane extends downwards only to a height such that the opening in the inner glass pane remains free. The special glass wall includes an openable door shaped and sized to form an extension of the outer glass pane downwards to cover the base. In this way, the opening of the technical compartment is accessible by opening the door, without having to open access to the exhibition space. The inner glass pane ensures that the exhibition space remains closed. |
| US12075925B2 |
Carrying device with a weight distribution support
A carrying device for carrying a child on a shoulder of a person is disclosed. The device comprises a weight distribution support with a first end connected the shoulder strap and a second end connected to the back portion of the carrying device. In use, a force acting on the weight distribution support from below, pushes the shoulder strap and the shoulder support bar in an upward direction such that the first curve is further curved outwards, thus allowing the weight to be evenly distributed over the weight distribution support. |
| US12075921B2 |
Chairs including flexible frames
A chair includes a base and a back coupled to the base. The back includes a pair of back supports extending from the base and a back panel coupled to the pair of back supports. Each back support is configured to exhibit a first bending stiffness when bent to a first stop point, and exhibit a second bending stiffness when bent beyond the first stop point, the second bending stiffness being greater than the first bending stiffness. |
| US12075912B2 |
Seat device that can convert state of seat
A seat device that can reliably regulates a reclining operation when in a long state where a back of a seat is along a wall. The seat device (10) that can convert the state of the seat (1) includes a reclining mechanism (50) that can tilt a backrest (3) of the seat (1), wherein an operation of tilting the backrest (3) by the reclining mechanism (50) is disabled when the seat (1) is in the long state. |
| US12075902B2 |
Carrier device for mounting an input device on a torso of a person
There is provided a carrier device for mounting a drone controller on a torso of a person. The carrier device includes a torso plate and adjustment straps that position the torso plate in along a front middle portion of a person's torso. The carrier device includes a first of a first female connector and a first male connector coupled to the torso plate. The carrier device includes an elongate mount with a second of the first female connector and the first male connector coupled thereto. The elongate mount selectively couples to the torso plate via the first female and male connectors. The elongate mount includes a first of a second female connector and a second male connector. The carrier device includes a second of the second female connector and the second male connector connectable to the drone controller. The elongate mount selectively couples to the drone controller via the second female and male connectors. |
| US12075901B1 |
Material applicator
A dispenser, such as for lip balm, has a casing, a manually operable dispense mechanism with an actuation dial, lip balm in the casing, and a cap for covering a dispense end. The dispense mechanism included a snap-in actuator that interfaces with cantilevered fingers unitary with the casing. Finger tips interface the actuator at a retention flange for rotatably retaining the actuator within the casing, the finger tips further interface with circumferentially spaced ribs or nubs rearward of the flange for providing a user perceivable tactile clicking and/or a variable rotation resistance upon rotation of the dial. The casing having an enlarged dispense end, a narrowed lower waist region, an exterior surface include an overmolded softened high friction gripping surface on the casing. The exterior surface may include light transmissive portions defining indicia that extend into the casing interior. |
| US12075900B2 |
Container with internal glass receptacle and method for assembling the container by using a spacing and locking insert
The container for containing a product, typically cosmetic, has an internal receptacle mounted in an external covering receptacle, by using an adapter insert. The receptacles are made of glass and an attachment region is provided internally on the internal receptacle, near its annular upper end, in order to secure the latter to the insert. The insert is provided with an insertion portion received internally within the external receptacle, a first locking unit and second locking unit. The first locking unit, formed in an elastically deformable portion separated from the rest of the insertion portion by slots are opposing the rotation of the insert around the internal receptacle, while the second locking unit is opposing the rotation of the external receptacle around the insert by engaging on a neck of the external receptacle. |
| US12075898B2 |
Decorative member
The present application relates to a decorative member including a color developing layer including a light reflective layer and a light absorbing layer provided on the light reflective layer; and a substrate provided on one surface of the color developing layer, wherein the light absorbing layer includes a copper oxide (CuaOx). |
| US12075897B2 |
Luminescent mobile case device
A luminescent mobile case device for imbedding a luminescent strip within the case includes a case having a back wall. The back wall has a top edge and a bottom edge. Additionally, the back wall has a right edge and a left edge. A top wall is positioned on the top edge of the back wall. A bottom wall is positioned parallel relative to the top wall. A left wall is positioned on the left edge of the back wall. A right wall is positioned parallel relative to the left wall. A front wall is positioned parallel relative to the back wall of the case. The front wall has a center cutout the screen of the mobile device. A luminescent strip is enwrapped upon the case. The luminescent strip emits light in a darkened environment from a phosphorescent pigment obtaining sunlight. |
| US12075896B2 |
Luggage
A luggage item (1) comprising a rigid, essentially rectangular box (3), comprising an essentially planar floor and two longer and two shorter sides, there being mounted on the major axis of the floor a telescopic pulling member (17) equipped with a pulling handle (18), characterised in that (a) the pulling member is mounted externally on the floor by means of a pivot (8) and can move through a fixed arc, the extremities of which arc are appropriate for sliding a luggage item on a staircase, the pulling member being lockable in a position coinciding with the major axis; (b) the luggage item comprises a secondary retaining means that prevents the pulling member being pulled out of the plane of the arc; and (c) the longer sides are provided with means (14) allowing sliding movement on a staircase. The luggage item can easily be pulled up and down stairs. |
| US12075895B1 |
Portable electronic device case accessory system
Systems involve implementations such as (I) an accessory assembly including (A) a first side portion including and an exterior surface portion with at least one first notch portion therein, and (B) a second side portion extending perpendicular with the first side portion; wherein the accessory assembly is removably couplable to the portable electronic device case and is removably couplable to the portable electronic device, wherein the accessory assembly includes at least one electronic function for the portable electronic device, wherein the first side portion of the accessory assembly remains unobstructed when the accessory assembly is coupled with the portable electronic device case, and wherein the first side portion of the accessory assembly remains unobstructed when the accessory assembly is coupled with the portable electronic device. Other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. |
| US12075892B2 |
Mold-in fastener products
Mold-in fastener products are made by forming a longitudinally continuous hook tape having a flexible base and an array of discrete male touch fastener elements extending from an upper surface of the base, forming a layer of flexible barrier material on the upper surface of the base, such that the male touch fastener elements are embedded in the layer of flexible barrier material, severing the flexible barrier material to form a pattern of patches of flexible barrier material spaced apart and surrounded by a continuous lattice of barrier material, stripping the lattice from the upper surface of the base to expose regions of the base between patches, and severing the hook tape along the exposed regions of the base to form individual mold-in fastener products, each having a patch of flexible barrier material surrounded by an exposed base edge region carrying male touch fastener elements. |
| US12075887B2 |
Golf shoes having multi-surface traction outsoles
Golf shoes having improved outsole constructions are provided. The golf shoes include upper, midsole, and outsole sections. The outsole includes a first set of arc pathways extending along the outsole in one direction. A second set of arc pathways extend along the outsole in a second direction. When the first and second arc pathways are superposed over each other, four-sided tile pieces are formed, and these tiles contain protruding traction members. In one embodiment, the tiles comprise a first protruding traction member, an opposing second protruding traction member, and a non-protruding segment disposed between the first and second traction members. Different traction zones containing different traction members are provided on the outsole. These zones provide improved multi-surface traction. In one embodiment of the outsole, there is no channeling and no trenching of the golf course turf. There is less damage to the golf course for a given amount of traction. In one embodiment, the tile pieces, first and second protruding traction members, and non-protruding segment comprise the same material and form a unitary piece. Preferably, the unitary piece is made of a rubber material. In another embodiment, a heel step region without traction members may be provided on the outsole. Additionally, spike receptacles and spikes may be provided on the outsole in addition to the traction members. The outsole may have zones with targeted hardnesses. |
| US12075886B2 |
Footwear having therapeutic light source
An article of footwear is configured to be worn so as to at least partially cover a wearer's foot. The footwear includes at least one optical fiber on an internal surface of the footwear. The at least one optical fiber is configured to project radiation having a therapeutic wavelength through the at least one optical fiber and toward at least one of the wearer's foot, ankle or leg when the footwear is being worn so as to at least partially cover the wearer's foot. |
| US12075885B2 |
Article of footwear incorporating a forefoot toe wrap
An article of footwear may include an upper having an extended portion. The extended portion extends from a first side of the upper. The extended portion may pass below the upper of the article of footwear to the second side. The extended portion may be secured in multiple positions to adjust the fit of an article of footwear. The extended portion may incorporate a tensile element. |
| US12075879B2 |
Shoe sole assembly, shoe, and method of manufacturing a shoe
A shoe sole assembly having a hindfoot section and a forefoot section including an inner sole having a shock absorbing material, a load-bearing outer sole configured to receive the inner sole, and a heel piece including a recess configured to receive at least part of the hindfoot section of the load-bearing outer sole. The recess is upwardly open and open towards the forefoot section. A shoe includes an upper and the shoe sole assembly. A method of manufacturing a shoe includes the steps of forming the load-bearing outer sole based on a lower side of a last, fastening part of the hindfoot section of the load-bearing outer sole to the heel piece, which has a recess which is upwardly open and open towards the forefoot section, and fastening the upper to the upper surface of the load-bearing outer sole. |
| US12075877B2 |
Systems and methods directed to footwear with adaptations for improved usability
Embodiments described herein relate to an improved footwear and methods for making and using the improved footwear, to provide improved structural support and comfort for a user. Embodiments described herein also relate to an improved footwear including a multi-layered midsole configured to provide improved support and comfort during use, while also providing antimicrobial protection to the user's foot. |
| US12075876B2 |
Article of footwear comprising dandelion foam latex materials
An article of footwear comprising a sole and an upper on the sole. The sole comprises a dandelion latex material. The dandelion latex material comprises dandelion latex and at least one other natural or synthetic polymer. |
| US12075873B2 |
Ilumination assembly for a hat
An illuminated hat assembly including a mounting bracket for being secured to a hat. A light assembly is removably connectable to the mounting bracket and includes at least one light emitter for emitting light in front of the hat. The mounting bracket includes a pair of rails that extend in spaced and parallel relationship with one another. The rails slideably receive the light assembly for connecting the light assembly to the mounting bracket. |
| US12075867B2 |
Behavior enhancement and goal-setting system and sleeve arrangement
A behavior enhancement and goal-setting system and apparatus provides a user with a physical representation of the user's progress in an activity so as to reinforce behavior supportive of the activity. The basic behavior enhancement and goal-setting apparatus includes a sleeve and a series of activity reinforcement badges, including a foundation badge, and primary and secondary activity badges. The sleeve is formed from an elastic fabric material and includes proximal and distal open ends, and inner and outer sleeve surfaces. Activity reinforcement badges are attachable to the outer sleeve surface. The foundation badge is attachable to the outer sleeve surface. The distal foundation badge edge includes a series of primary activity badge alignment demarcations. The series of primary activity badge alignment demarcations are aligned end-to-end along a distal foundation badge edge for demarcating a series of activity badge alignment regions in distal adjacency to the distal foundation badge edge. |
| US12075866B2 |
Glove allowing direct palm contact
Disclosed is a glove intended especially for racket sports, allowing the almost total preservation of sensations when an object is being held. The glove is open up to the distal phalanges of the fingers in order to preserve maximum contact with a handle, and has gripping material on the fingertips in order to optimise the gripping of the handle and prevent the glove from slipping around the fingers. An elastic part surrounds the wrist, with anti-slip properties on the side next to the skin for better hold. A part covers the entire back of the hand with stretchable material adapted to the temperature, double-fibre material allowing moisture to be transferred outwards and then absorbed. Elastic is provided at the base of the palm (opening side), allowing the hand to close more easily around the handle. The glove is intended, in particular, for any person needing to cover only the back of the hand. |
| US12075863B2 |
Mask with sterilization function
A mask with sterilization function is provided. The mask comprises two straps, a mask body, a functional layer, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a power inlet. The functional layer, the first electrode and the second electrode located in the mask body. The first electrode and the second electrode are located on a surface of the functional layer and are electrically connected to the power inlet. The first electrode and the second electrode are configured to input a current to the functional layer to heat the functional layer. The functional layer is a conductive layer and comprises a plurality of micropores. |
| US12075861B2 |
Bionic air-conditioning garment
A bionic air-conditioning garment, includes an air-conditioning garment body, a smart watch, and wireless temperature and humidity sensing sensors. A cooling water conveying system is disposed in each of seven block areas. The smart watch is connected to the controller through a wireless communication device. When a water pump works, liquid in a backpack water bag is transported to an outer layer of the air-conditioning garment body through labyrinth drip irrigation belts, and dispersed to the outer layer of the air-conditioning garment body. The outer layer of the air-conditioning garment body is hydrophilic to quickly expand water, so that the liquid expands to form a moisture permeable layer on the air-conditioning garment body. Under irradiation of external natural wind and sun, the bionic air-conditioning garment absorbs heat through gasification and evaporation of the liquid, which energy efficiency ratio is large and heat dissipation and cooling effects are better. |
| US12075855B2 |
Power mesh panels for tummy-covering garments
Mesh fabric panels that provide a compressive force to a wearer's mid-section and tummy-covering garments equipped with the mesh fabric panels are disclosed. The mesh fabric panels can be formed of a material having a suitable rigidity for providing the compressive force. The mesh fabric panels include left and right panels adapted to be stitched or otherwise affixed to left and right front sections, respectively, of a garment such as a pant, a dress, a skirt, shorts, swimwear, or the like. Each of the left and right mesh fabric panels includes a seam side edge adapted to be affixed to a corresponding seam side of a tummy-covering garment, a fly side edge adapted to be affixed to a fly facing of the garment, a waist edge, and a bottom edge. The left and/or right mesh fabric panel may be a dual layer panel. |
| US12075853B2 |
Article of clothing
Articles of clothing are provided. An article of clothing includes a band. The band includes a back portion and a front portion. The front portion is seamlessly connected to the back portion. Moreover, the front portion includes a respective cup region that is formed with an extensibility. The extensibility varies from a base of the respective cup region to a top of the respective cup region. |
| US12075852B2 |
Breast-supporting structure
Aspects herein are directed to a breast-supporting structure that provides adjustable fit and support to a wearer's breasts. The breast-supporting structure includes an adjustment mechanism that is slidably coupled to a shoulder strap of the bra. A first end and a second end of a continuous cable structure are fixedly secured to the adjustment mechanism. An intervening portion of the continuous cable structure repeatedly extends between the adjustment mechanism and a plurality of spaced-apart pulley structures located at a lower portion of the breast-supporting structure to form a plurality of spaced-apart cable segments. The cable segments slidably engage with both the adjustment mechanism and the pulley structures such that the cable segments are freely movable with respect to the adjustment mechanism and the pulley structures. |
| US12075847B2 |
Aerosol generating system including an aerosol generating device and a charging storage case
An aerosol generating system includes an aerosol generating device and a charging case for charging the aerosol generating device when it is received in the case. The aerosol generating device includes a device battery; a heating chamber including a lid arranged to move between an open and closed position to allow a consumable to be received in the heating chamber. The charging case includes a case battery; a receiving means for receiving the aerosol generating device in a charging position within the case. When the aerosol generating device is received in the charging position: the device battery is connectable to the case battery to charge the device battery; and the lid of the heating chamber is moveable to allow a consumable to be inserted or removed from the heating chamber by a user. |
| US12075843B2 |
Device with a hatch selection and a chassis section for an electronic aerosol provision device
A device having a hatch section and a chassis section for an electronic aerosol provision device. The hatch section can be moveable between a first position and a second position relative to the chassis section. The hatch section can include a sleeve for receipt of an aerosol forming component. The hatch section can include a retention section configured to resist removal of the aerosol forming component following insertion of the aerosol forming component into the sleeve. The retention section can include a magnet that interacts with the aerosol forming component to resist removal of the aerosol forming component as the hatch section is moved between the first position and the second position. |
| US12075839B2 |
Method and program for operating an aerosol generating device by early determination of an amount of an aerosol source
An aerosol generating device which can infer or detect the state of at least one of a storage and a receptacle for an aerosol source, the aerosol generation device includes: a load which atomizes the aerosol source by generating heat with power supplied from a power source; a sensor which outputs values relating to the temperature of the load; and a controller. The controller infers or detects the state of at least one of the storage and the receptacle based on at least an output value of the sensor in a first power supply cycle, an output value of the sensor in a second power supply cycle, or a value relating to behavior of the temperature of the load in the second power supply cycle. |
| US12075838B2 |
Aerosol-generating device automatically performing heating operation
According to one or more embodiments, an aerosol-generating device may be provided, the aerosol-generating device including: a cigarette insertion detection sensor detecting whether a cigarette is inserted into an accommodation space of the aerosol-generating device; a heater heating the cigarette inserted in the accommodation space; at least one temperature sensor measuring temperatures of at least two locations inside the aerosol-generating device; and a controller configured to determine whether the aerosol-generating device is in an overheated state based on temperatures measured by the temperature sensor when the cigarette inserted into the accommodation space is detected by the cigarette insertion detection sensor, and automatically perform a heating operation using the heater after waiting until the overheated state is finished when it is determined that the aerosol-generating device is in an overheated state. |
| US12075834B2 |
Cartridge with atomizer, liquid storage, and mouthpiece and aerosol generating device including the same
A cartridge includes: a liquid storage that accommodates an aerosol generating material; an atomizer receives the aerosol generating material from the liquid storage and generates an aerosol from the aerosol generating material; a mouthpiece which is coupled to an end of the liquid storage and includes a discharge hole through which the aerosol generated from the aerosol generating material is discharged; a delivery tube arranged inside the liquid storage and connecting the discharge hole of the mouthpiece and the atomizer such that the aerosol generated in the atomizer is delivered to the discharge hole; and an absorbent element that is arranged on a delivery path of the aerosol between the delivery tube and the discharge hole, and absorbs a liquid. |
| US12075820B2 |
Wrapping paper for non-combustible heated type smoking article, non-combustible heated type smoking article, and electrically-heated smoking system
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a wrapping paper for a non-combustible heated-type smoking article with which the occurrence of staining is suppressed. The present invention resolves said problem by means of a wrapping paper for a non-combustible heated type smoking article, the wrapping paper having a basis weight of at least 35 g/m2, a pulp freeness of at least 69° SR, an air permeability of no more than 20 CU, and an opacity of no more than 85%. |
| US12075818B2 |
Banded cigarette wrapper with opened-area bands
A wrapper of a smoking article comprising a base web and banded regions comprising a leading edge, a trailing edge and a plurality of add-on material-free openings between said leading edge and said trailing edge. The add-on material-free openings establish a predetermined, nominal opened-area within said banded regions to control diffusivity. The add-on material can be applied by a gravure roller comprising a surface region with cells, cell-free areas and a chevron shape. |
| US12075817B2 |
Smoking article with heat resistant sheet material
A smoking article includes a sheet material including a fibrous layer formed of cellulosic fibres and at least 50% by weight of inorganic filler material having a particle size in range of from 0.1 microns and 50 microns, wherein the sheet material has a tensile strength of at least 900 N/m. The fibrous layer includes a binder material, such as an organic binder material. The organic binder material can be a cellulosic binder material. A coating layer may be provided on at least one side of the fibrous layer. |
| US12075815B2 |
Machine and method for making a sub-unit of a smoking article
A machine for making sub-units of smoking articles includes a conveyor, a feed unit and an applicator. The conveyor conveys a succession of tubular segments transversely along a conveying direction. The feed unit feeds and conveys a continuous web and advances the web along a feed direction parallel to the conveying direction of the tubular segments so that the web faces respective application ends of the tubular segments. The applicator is movable along an application direction parallel to an axis of predominant extension of the succession of tubular segments and is configured to engage the web so as to separate respective closing elements from it. The applicator is also configured to apply the closing element internally or externally on an application end of a respective tubular segment in such a way as to form a closing wall to at least partly close the application end. |
| US12075813B2 |
Rod forming apparatus and method
A method of forming a wrapped article, comprising the steps of: forming a continuous stream of material such as an agricultural product; moving the continuous stream of material along an elongated path; compressing the continuous stream of material to reduce the cross-sectional area thereof until a predetermined cross-sectional dimension is achieved; drawing the compressed continuous stream of material through a rod-forming arrangement, the rod-forming arrangement having a non-contact displacement transducer associated therewith; folding at least one web longitudinally around the compressed continuous stream of material to form a continuous rod of material; and detecting variations in rod density within the rod-forming arrangement from a signal obtained from the non-contact displacement transducer. |
| US12075812B2 |
Rod forming apparatus
An apparatus for the formation of machine-made tobacco rods for use in the production of smoking articles, such as cigars, from tobacco comprising a tacky material. The apparatus includes a pair of transfer and compression belts for receiving and compressing the stream of tobacco, the transfer and compression; a pair of squeeze bars for compressing the tobacco in a direction perpendicular to the pair of transfer and compression belts, the pair of squeeze bars produced from a material comprising a poly(aryl ether ketone); a tongue for receiving the compressed tobacco, the tongue produced from a material comprising a poly(aryl ether ketone); and a folder for folding a wrapper material around the compressed tobacco so as to form a continuous rod of tobacco, the wrapper material provided from a source of wrapper material, the folder produced from a material comprising a poly(aryl ether ketone). |
| US12075804B2 |
System and method for estimating foodstuff completion time
A system and method for estimating a time to foodstuff completion can include receiving a measured foodstuff parameter, determining a current foodstuff state based on: a previous foodstuff state and the measured foodstuff parameter, selecting a foodstuff parameter curve based on the current foodstuff state, determining an estimated time to completion using the foodstuff parameter curve. |
| US12075802B2 |
Food materials comprising filamentous fungal particles and membrane bioreactor design
Methods of production of edible filamentous fungal biomat formulations are provided as standalone protein sources and/or protein ingredients in foodstuffs as well as a one-time use or repeated use self-contained biomat reactor comprising a container with at least one compartment and placed within the compartment(s), a feedstock, a fungal inoculum, a gas-permeable membrane, and optionally a liquid nutrient medium. |
| US12075801B2 |
Solid composition having floral scent
An object of the present invention is to provide a solid composition that provides floral aroma when added to a medium such as water. The solid composition comprises linalool, geraniol, and 2-methylbutanal, and has a weight ratio of 2-methylbutanal content to total linalool and geraniol content which is adjusted to be in the range of from 0.015 to 0.215. |
| US12075800B2 |
Die-pressing production device and method for flavored dried bean curd
The present disclosure relates to a die-pressing production device and method for flavored dried bean curd. The die-pressing production device includes a die-pressing apparatus and an intermittent fabric operation apparatus located on a side of the die-pressing apparatus; the die-pressing apparatus includes a frame body on which two parallel wrapping mechanisms for wrapping a to-be-pressed material are disposed, and a cover plate for downwards pressing the wrapping mechanisms and a jacking plate for upwards jacking the wrapping mechanisms are respectively disposed on the top and bottom of the frame body; and the intermittent fabric operation apparatus includes a rack and a roller set disposed on the rack, and the roller set is wound with a rotary fabric belt passing through a space between the two wrapping mechanisms. |
| US12075791B2 |
Paper interleaver
A paper interleaver that is separate from the food patty molding machine for inserting a sheet of paper underneath a meat patty. |
| US12075789B2 |
Method and product line for in-line processing of food products
The present invention relates to a method and production line for in-line processing of food products. The method comprises the step of co-extruding a food dough into a flow of co-extruded food products having a casing that comprises a protein, or a hybrid casing of a protein and a polymer, wherein the method subsequently comprises the successive steps of: a) subjecting the flow of co-extruded food products to a surface treating step, b) subjecting the flow of food products to a thermal treating step, and c) optionally, subjecting the thermally treated flow of food products to a post-thermal treating step, wherein in step b) the flow of food products is at least subsequently subjected to a first thermal treating step, and a second thermal treating step. |
| US12075787B2 |
Use of application mode of Trichoderma harzianum (T. harzianum) in growth and induced resistance of Nicotiana tabacum (N. tabacum)
A use of an application mode of Trichoderma harzianum (T. harzianum) in growth and induced resistance of Nicotiana tabacum (N. tabacum) includes the following specific operation steps: S1. experimental materials: preparation of test media and bacterial solutions; S2. experimental treatments: S2.1 control treatment; S2.2 seed soaking treatment; S2.3 root irrigation treatment; and S2.4 foliar inoculation treatment; S3. test determination indexes and methods: S3.1 determination of biological traits; S3.2 determination of physiological and biochemical indexes; and S3.3 determination of disease resistance and induced resistance indexes; and S4. data processing: subjecting data to a difference significance test. Different application modes of T. harzianum all can promote the growth of N. tabacum plants and reduce the occurrence of tobacco black shank (TBS), among which a root irrigation treatment at a transplanting stage leads to an optimal effect. |
| US12075786B2 |
Markers of plant health
This invention relates to methods and compositions for improving plant health. The present invention includes methods for making an enriched library of treatments capable of improving plant health, methods for an making an enriched library of plants capable of being improved by a treatment, and methods of marketing a plant treatment, as well as synthetic compositions comprising treatments produced by the methods of the present invention, synthetic compositions comprising endophytes capable of improving plant health, and nucleic acid probes and nucleic acid detection kits that may be used in the methods of the present invention. |
| US12075784B2 |
Mixtures containing secondary calcium and magnesium phosphonate and their use as fungicide or fertilizer
The present invention relates to the use of mixtures containing secondary calcium and secondary magnesium phosphonate for combatting harmful fungi, to the use thereof as fertilizer or plant nutrient, to a mixture, containing secondary calcium and secondary magnesium phosphonate in a specific molar ratio, characterized in that the solid form of the mixture has a water solubility of at most 5 g/l, and to a method for preparing a mixture containing secondary calcium phosphonate and secondary magnesium phosphonate. |
| US12075780B2 |
Use of alkoxypyrazoles as nitrification inhibitors
The present invention relates to nitrification inhibitors of formula (I), which are alkoxypyrazole compounds. Moreover, the invention relates to the use of compounds of formula (I) as nitrification inhibitors, i.e. for reducing nitrification, as well as agro-chemical mixtures and compositions comprising the nitrification inhibitors of formula (I). |
| US12075779B2 |
Method for controlling rust
A combination comprising a multi-site contact fungicide, a first systemic fungicide and optionally a second systemic fungicide and a method using the same. |
| US12075769B2 |
Agricultural sprayer with real-time, on-machine target sensor
An agricultural applicator, that applies material to an agricultural field, includes an on-board, real-time image sensor that senses targets for the material to be applied. A controller controls applicators, such as nozzles or other applicators, to apply the material to the sensed targets. |
| US12075767B2 |
Insect behavior based management apparatus and methods thereof
Apparatus and associated methods relate to selectively inducing ingress and/or egress of live food creatures (FCs) relative to a reservoir using a controllable light source based on innate behavior(s) of the FCs. In an illustrative example, a feeder for dispensing live food to a carnivore may have a (partially) opaque chamber configured to receive FCs. A controlled light source may, for example, be selectively operable to illuminate at least part of the chamber. A carnivore interface may, for example, be in communication with the chamber via at least one dispensing aperture and be configured to present a dispensed FC to the carnivore. Operation of the controlled light source in a dispensing mode may induces motion of the FCs in the chamber towards the carnivore interface to be presented as food to the carnivore. Various embodiments may advantageously induce self-dispensing and/or self-retention of insects as food. |
| US12075760B2 |
Feeding device for livestock transport trailers
A feeding device for preventing displacement of feed during livestock feeding inside a livestock trailer is described. The device includes a wall bracket configured for connection of the device to an interior surface of the trailer and a net frame having a net connected thereto. The net frame is connected to the wall bracket and pivotable from an elevated open position permitting the feed to be placed on a substantially flat manger surface of the trailer to a substantially horizontal closed position where the net covers the feed on the manger surface and permits the livestock feeding to occur through the net while the net prevents the displacement of the feed. |
| US12075758B2 |
Animal harness and leash system
A dog harness assembly comprising: a harness body adapted to be positioned on a chest portion of a dog, a pair of restraint loops coupled with the harness body and adapted to pass respectively under the left and right foreleg pits of the dog, each loop comprising a clasp adapted to be releasably fastened to a fastening arrangement provided in the harness body; a connector located in the harness body for engaging with a locking portion of a leash for allowing a user to exert a force for controlling movements of the dog wearing said harness when the harness is connected to the leash through said connector; a key or combination actuated locking arrangement coupled with said connector to provide a lockable connection between the leash and the harness wherein in a locked configuration the leash connector is prevented from being uncoupled from the connector; wherein the locking arrangement is coupled with said fastening arrangement such that in the locked configuration the clasps of the restraint loops engage with the locking portion of the leash to prevent the clasps from being released from the fastening arrangement and wherein in an unlocked configuration, each clasp only be released from the fastening arrangement after the leash connector has been uncoupled from the connector and by additionally actuating a clasp release mechanism provided on said harness body. |
| US12075757B2 |
Pet toy with interconnecting grooves and open core
The pet toy of the invention comprises a spherical shaped body with eight distinct quadrants formed on the exterior surface thereof. Each section is three sided, similar to an equilateral triangle except each corner of the triangular-shaped is curved or rounded. A central opening is formed through the pet toy. Preferably, the pet toy is hollow and the pet toy has a substantially uniform sidewall thickness, thereby creating an open core. Measured parameters of the pet toy are provided to minimize the potential of the toy becoming caught in an animal's throat yet the pet toy is still configured to maximize play potential. The measured parameters include, in various combinations of a weight of the pet toy, a diameter of the pet toy, depths of grooves in the pet toy, widths of the grooves and shapes of the grooves. |
| US12075756B1 |
Pet leg protector sleeve
The sleeve comprises a hollow tubular lower portion. The hollow tubular lower portion has a taper running from a lower extent of the hollow tubular lower portion to a chest wrap portion of the pet leg protector sleeve. The chest wrap portion having a top having a pass through, with the pass through comprising a pair of loops, being a forward loop and rearward loop. There is a median component. There is a forward strap and a rearward strap which each has a co-acting removable attachment means located on a distal end outer surface of each strap. |
| US12075755B2 |
Lubricated pet nail grinder
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for implementing a Lubricated Pet Nail Grinder (LPNG). One embodiment takes the form of a LPNG that includes a housing handle, a support portion affixed on a top portion of the housing handle and a through hole extending vertically through the top portion of the housing handle and the bottom portion of the housing handle, a hose extending through the through hole of the housing handle, wherein the hose comprises a connector affixed to a first end of the hose extending through the bottom portion of the housing handle and an actuator affixed to a second end of the hose extending through the top portion of the housing handle, a lubricant, a lubricant source, a cylindrical roller axially mounted on the support portion of the housing handle, a motor mounted within the interior of the housing handle, a nail-pad separator affixed to a rear side of the support portion of the housing handle, and a shield affixed to a font side of the support portion of the housing handle. |
| US12075751B2 |
Pet kennel and method of construction
A pet kennel and method of construction is disclosed herein. In an embodiment, the pet kennel includes a body and a door assembly. The body has an interior space configured for a pet and includes at least one aperture sized and shaped for the pet. The door assembly is attached to the body at the aperture. The door assembly includes a latching part pivotally attached to a hinge part. The latching part includes a latching mechanism configured to lock and unlock the door assembly. The hinge part is fixedly attached to the body so as to substantially surround a perimeter of the aperture. |
| US12075749B2 |
Modular livestock alley construction and strategic cladding of livestock handling equipment to optimize livestock flow therethrough
Livestock handling equipment characterized by a modular alley construction employing shared bows with hole-penetrated front and rear faces for fastening of elongated structural beams and coupling of side panels at both of said faces. Longitudinally protruding coupling members on said side panels for engaging said holes include grooved and longitudinally extendable/retractable pivot pins at the bottom ends of the side panels. Selectively mountable/removable cladding members enable convenient strategic customization of cladding coverage to optimize livestock flow via pressure zone techniques, physical intervention and/or light-based attraction, and also enable physical access for inspection and treatment of the animals. |
| US12075747B2 |
Hybrid tomato plant named HM 8268
A hybrid tomato plant, designated HM 8268 is disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of hybrid tomato designated HM 8268, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid tomato designated HIM 8268, and to methods for producing a tomato plant by crossing the hybrid tomato HM 8268 with itself or another tomato plant. |
| US12075746B2 |
Compositions and methods for producing tobacco plants and products having altered alkaloid levels
The present disclosure provides tobacco Nic1b locus and associated genes. Also provided are tobacco plants with altered total alkaloid and nicotine levels and commercially acceptable leaf grade, their development via breeding or transgenic approaches, and production of tobacco products from these tobacco plants. Further provided are compositions and methods for producing tobacco plants having novel mutations or alleles to reduce nicotine levels. Further provided are sequence polymorphisms and molecular markers for breeding tobacco with reduced nicotine or alkaloids while maintaining tobacco leaf grade and tobacco product quality. |
| US12075744B2 |
Plants and seeds of corn variety CV495061
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV495061. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV495061, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV495061 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV495061 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV495061. |
| US12075740B2 |
Plants and seeds of corn variety CV381120
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV381120. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV381120, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV381120 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV381120 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV381120. |
| US12075725B2 |
Mowing method for compensatory growth of desert plant Anabasis aphylla
Disclosed is a mowing method for compensatory growth of a desert plant Anabasis aphylla, falling into the field of plant mowing methods. The mowing method includes the following steps: step 1: mounting a frame body on movable equipment; step 2: driving the movable equipment to move a device to a working area; and step 3: intermittently operating the movable equipment to allow an area formed by a push plate I, baffle plates II and a push plate II to be exactly opposite to a suitable number of Anabasis aphylla. The present disclosure is to provide a mowing method for compensatory growth of a desert plant Anabasis aphylla to solve the technical problem, facilitating the mowing of Anabasis aphylla. |
| US12075720B2 |
System and method for operating a material metering system of an agricultural implement
A method for controlling a material flow rate from a metering system of an agricultural system includes receiving at a controller, a weight of a material in a storage tank. The method also includes receiving, at the controller, a volume of the material in the storage tank. The method also includes determining, via the controller, a density of the material in the storage tank using the weight of the material in the storage tank and the volume of the material in the storage tank. The method further includes determining, via the controller, a calibration of the metering system based on the density of the material in the storage tank. |
| US12075719B2 |
Reversible seed trench appurtenance assembly
A reversible seed trench appurtenance for a row unit of an agricultural planter. The seed trench appurtenance includes an upper portion and a trailing portion. The upper portion is received within a mounting bracket attached to the row unit of the planter. The seed trench appurtenance is movable between a normal operating position in which the trailing portion extends into the seed trench. When the row unit is reversed in a direction opposite the forward direction of travel, the seed trench appurtenance moves from the normal operating position to a reversing position in which the trailing portion is vertically above the normal operating position thereby avoiding damage to the seed trench appurtenance and the mounting bracket. |
| US12075717B2 |
Center pivot mower with turn compensation
An agricultural mower system includes: a towing vehicle including an engine and a tongue coupler and defining a towing centerline; a mower including a frame carrying cutters and pivotably coupled to a tongue that is pivotably coupled to the tongue coupler, the frame defining a mower centerline that is offset from the towing centerline, the tongue defining a towing angle with respect to the towing centerline and a mower angle with respect to the mower centerline; a mower angle actuator coupled to the tongue and the frame; and a controller configured to: determine the towing angle has changed by a change amount relative to a defined towing angle; determine a turn compensation amount for the mower angle as a function of the change amount and a constant; and output a compensation signal to cause the mower angle actuator to adjust the mower angle by the determined turn compensation amount. |
| US12075715B2 |
Transmission of agricultural vehicle
The present disclosure relates to a transmission of an agricultural vehicle, the transmission including: a forward shift unit for performing shift with respect to drive transmitted from an engine of an agricultural vehicle; a clutch unit connected to the forward shift unit so as to selectively output drive transmitted from the forward shift unit; an adjustment unit connected to the clutch unit; and a backward shift unit connected to the adjustment unit so as to perform shift with respect to drive transmitted from the adjustment unit. The adjustment unit includes: a first adjustment mechanism connected to a first clutch mechanism included in the clutch unit; a second adjustment mechanism connected to a second clutch mechanism included in the clutch unit; and an integration mechanism connected to both the first adjustment mechanism and the second adjustment mechanism. The backward shift unit includes one backward shift mechanism connected to the integration mechanism. |
| US12082512B2 |
Semiconductor-superconductor hybrid device
A semiconductor-superconductor hybrid device comprises a semiconductor layer and a superconductor layer. The superconductor layer is arranged over an edge of the semiconductor layer so as to enable energy level hybridisation between the semiconductor layer and the superconductor layer. The semiconductor layer is arranged in a sandwich structure between first and second insulating layers, each insulating layer being in contact with a respective opposed face of the semiconductor layer. This configuration may allow for good control over the geometry of the semiconductor layer and may improve tolerance to manufacturing variations. The device may be useful in a quantum computer. Also provided is a method of manufacturing the device, and a method of inducing topological behaviour in the device. |
| US12082511B2 |
Magnetic random access memory
A memory cell of a magnetic random access memory includes multiple layers disposed between a first metal layer and a second metal layer. At least one of the multiple layers include one selected from the group consisting of an iridium layer, a bilayer structure of an iridium layer and an iridium oxide layer, an iridium-titanium nitride layer, a bilayer structure of an iridium layer and a tantalum layer, and a binary alloy layer of iridium and tantalum. |
| US12082507B2 |
Electric device
An electric generator comprises a substantially flat magnet having a series of alternating north and south polarities, the magnet having an upper surface, a lower surface and opposing edges. A first metal plate formed on the upper surface of the magnet, and a second metal plate formed on the lower surface of the magnet. A pair of wires is connected to one of the first or second metal plates and an edge of the magnet, the pair of wires capturing for use energy or power produced by the electric generator. |
| US12082505B2 |
Integrated heater (and related method) to recover degraded piezoelectric device performance
In some embodiments, a piezoelectric device is provided. The piezoelectric device includes a semiconductor substrate. A first electrode is disposed over the semiconductor substrate. A piezoelectric structure is disposed on the first electrode. A second electrode is disposed on the piezoelectric structure. A heating element is disposed over the semiconductor substrate. The heating element is configured to heat the piezoelectric structure to a recovery temperature for a period of time, where heating the piezoelectric structure to the recovery temperature for the period of time improves a degraded electrical property of the piezoelectric device. |
| US12082503B2 |
Thermoelectric conversion element and manufacturing method for thermoelectric conversion element
Thermoelectric conversion cells of a thermoelectric conversion element include a thermoelectric conversion layer formed on a main surface of a substrate, an insulating layer covering the thermoelectric conversion layer, a first electrode including a first layer and a second layer, and a second electrode. The first layer connects to the main surface of the thermoelectric conversion layer via a first contact hole, and the second layer covers the first layer. The second electrode connects to the main surface of the thermoelectric conversion layer via a second contact hole. The second layer and the second electrode, and the first layer are formed from materials having different work functions. In thermoelectric conversion cells that are adjacent to each other, the second layer of one of the thermoelectric conversion cells and the second electrode of the other of the thermoelectric conversion cells are formed integrally, and the thermoelectric conversion cells are connected in series. |
| US12082500B2 |
Condensed cyclic compound and organic light-emitting device including the same
Provided are a condensed cyclic compound and an organic light-emitting device. The condensed cyclic compound is represented by Formula 1: Details about the constituents of Formula 1 is disclosed. |
| US12082499B2 |
Compound and its application
An organic compound has a structure as shown in Formula (I). The compound has a phosphorus-oxygen five-membered ring combined with a five-membered ring as an electron acceptor unit. The compound has a high luminous efficiency and a lower material cost than phosphorescent metal complexes. The compound can be built into a stack structure of organic optoelectronic device, such as OLED. The resultant organic optoelectronic device includes an anode, a cathode, and at least one organic thin film located between the anode and the cathode, the organic thin film contains the compound as shown in Formula (I). |
| US12082496B2 |
Composition material for organic electroluminescent device, plurality of host materials, and organic electroluminescent device comprising the same
The present disclosure relates to a composition material for an organic electroluminescent device, a plurality of host materials, and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. By comprising the composition material for an organic electroluminescent device of the present disclosure, it is possible to provide an organic electroluminescent device having high luminous efficiency and/or long lifespan characteristics. |
| US12082490B2 |
Light outcoupling efficiency of phosphorescent OLEDs by mixing horizontally aligned fluorescent emitters
Organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) with emissive layers containing both phosphorescent Pt complexes and fluorescent emitters, are described. The devices presented employ both fluorescent and phosphorescent Pt complexes in order to redistribute the excited states to primarily reside on known stable fluorescent emitters to achieve high device operational stability but maintain the high efficiency characteristic of phosphorescent OLEDs. |
| US12082489B2 |
Organometallic compound, organic light-emitting device including the same, and diagnostic composition including the organometallic compound
An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: wherein, in Formula 1, groups and variables are the same as described in the specification. |
| US12082488B2 |
Metal-assisted delayed fluorescent emitters containing tridentate ligands
Tridentate platinum, palladium, and gold complexes of Formulas A-I and A-II and tridentate iridium and rhodium compounds of Formulas B-I, B-II, and B-III suitable for delayed fluorescent and phosphorescent or phosphorescent emitters in display and lighting applications. |
| US12082486B2 |
Tetradentate platinum (II) complexes cyclometalated with functionalized phenyl carbene ligands and their analogues
Tetradentate platinum complexes of Formulas I and II suitable for phosphorescent or delayed fluorescent and phosphorescent emitters in display and lighting applications. |
| US12082484B2 |
Fluorine-substituted Pi-bridge (Pi-bridge) selenide polymer acceptor and preparation and application thereof
Disclosed is a fluorine-substituted Pi(π)-bridge selenide polymer acceptor material, its preparation and application. The selenide polymer acceptor material is named PYSe2FT and is synthesized by Knoevenagel condensation reaction and Still cross-coupling reaction; the material PYSe2FT takes a selenium-substituted core donor unit as a main structure, and combines a difluoro-substituted thiophene π-electronic connection unit, where the selenium-substituted core donor unit and the difluoro-substituted thiophene π-electronic connection unit can effectively regulate and control the molecular energy level, so that molecules generate good accumulation, thus making PYSe-2FT an excellent polymer acceptor material. |
| US12082482B2 |
Display device and manufacturing method thereof
When a base film used in a flexible display panel is bonded to a resin member for fixing the base film that is curved, the base film has creases by an environmental change such as temperature due to difference in linear expansion coefficient before and after a thermal shock. A buffer plate that is thin enough to be bent is provided between the base film used in a flexible display panel and the resin member. With the use of heat dissipation effect and heat equalization effect of the buffer plate, a structure around the panel capable of resisting the environmental change can be provided. |
| US12082481B2 |
Flexible display device and electronic device
A flexible display device and an electronic device are provided. The flexible display device includes: a flexible display panel; a plurality of functional members on a side of the flexible display panel, including a first functional member, a second functional member, and a third functional member; a back film on the other side of the flexible display panel; a supporting member on a side of the back film away from the flexible display panel; and a plurality of adhesive layers, including a first adhesive layer, a second adhesive layer, a third adhesive layer, a fourth adhesive, and a fifth adhesive layer. The third functional member includes a touch module including a touch substrate, a sensor layer, and an adhesive material layer between the sensor layer and the touch substrate, the modulus of the adhesive material layer is not less than the modulus of each of five adhesive layers. |
| US12082477B2 |
Display panel including light extraction unit and mobile terminal including the same
Embodiments of the present application disclose a display panel and a mobile terminal. The display panel includes a light-emitting functional layer and a thin-film encapsulation layer, the light-emitting functional layer includes a plurality of first light-emitting units and a plurality of first light extractors including ultraviolet light absorbing materials. In one embodiment of the present application, the first light extraction unit including ultraviolet light absorbing material is provided to absorb or extinct ultraviolet light, thereby alleviating the decrease in the color temperature of the display panel caused by the damage of ultraviolet light to the light-emitting material. |
| US12082467B2 |
Display panel having a plurality of connection lines electrically connected to plurality of pixels in a first area
A display panel includes a substrate including a first area including a transmission area, a second area, and a third area, the second area and the third area being adjacent to the first area; a first pixel group and a second pixel group each disposed in the first area, the transmission area being disposed between the first pixel group and the second pixel group; first connection lines extending in a first direction and electrically connected to first pixels of the first pixel group; second connection lines extending in the first direction and electrically connected to second pixels of the second pixel group; and third connection lines extending in a second direction and disposed in the third area, the third connection lines being electrically connected to the first connection lines and the second connection lines. |
| US12082466B2 |
Display device
A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a display panel having a through hole in a display area including a plurality of pixels. The display panel includes a substrate, and an organic light-emitting diode including a first electrode provided above the substrate for each of the pixels, a second electrode provided over the plurality of pixels, and an organic electroluminescence layer arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. The through hole penetrates at least the second electrode, and the second electrode includes an oxidized part exposed at an inner surface of the through hole. |
| US12082465B2 |
Display device with reduced parasitic capacitances between pixel electrodes and data lines
The present disclosure relates to a display device, and the display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present inventive concept includes: a first pixel circuit portion including at least one transistor; a second pixel circuit portion including at least one transistor; a first pixel electrode electrically connected to the first pixel circuit portion; a second pixel electrode electrically connected to the second pixel circuit portion; a first data line electrically connected to the first pixel circuit portion; and a second data line electrically connected to the second pixel circuit portion, wherein the first data line and the second data line are arranged adjacent to each other along a first direction, and the second pixel electrode overlaps the first data line and the second data line in a plan view. |
| US12082464B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a substrate including a display area at which an image is displayed and a non-display area which is adjacent to the display area, and in the non-display area a common voltage transmitting line which is connected to the display area and through which a common voltage is provided to the display area, an organic insulating layer between the common voltage transmitting line and the substrate, a first opening which is in the common voltage transmitting line and exposes the organic insulating layer to outside the common voltage transmitting line and an auxiliary electrode which faces the organic insulating layer with the common voltage transmitting line therebetween, contacts the common voltage transmitting line at the first opening and covers the first opening. |
| US12082463B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a first power supply voltage line in a non-display area and including a first conductive layer, a first organic layer on the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer on the first organic layer, a second power supply voltage line in the non-display area and including a third conductive layer spaced apart from the first conductive layer, and a fourth conductive layer on the first organic layer which is on the third conductive layer, a first dam portion adjacent to the first power supply voltage line, a second dam portion adjacent to the first dam portion, and a third dam portion between the first power supply voltage line and the first dam portion. The fourth conductive layer includes an opening exposing an upper surface of the first organic layer between the first power supply voltage line and the second dam portion. |
| US12082451B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing display device
A display device includes a base substrate including a display area and a non-display area around the display area are defined, a first interlayer insulating layer disposed on the base substrate, a second interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer, a first semiconductor layer disposed on the second interlayer insulating layer and including an oxide, and a first gate insulating layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer, wherein the material of the first interlayer insulating layer and the material of the second interlayer insulating layer are different from each other. Methods of manufacturing a display device are also disclosed. |
| US12082450B2 |
Display apparatus and manufacturing method thereof
A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel of the pixels includes a thin film transistor, a first insulating pattern positioned on the thin film transistor, a pixel electrode positioned on the first insulating pattern, and a second insulating pattern covering an edge of the pixel electrode and contacting an edge of the first insulating pattern. |
| US12082449B2 |
Display device
A separation wall is provided in a frame shape along a circumferential edge of a through-hole in a non-display region, in which the through-hole is formed, defined in an island shape inside a display region. The separation wall includes a wall base portion provided in a frame shape by a part of a second interlayer insulating film and a resin layer provided in an eave shape on the wall base portion to extend to a through-hole side and a display region side. Opening portions opening upward are provided on peripheries of the wall base portion on the through-hole side and the display region side in the second interlayer insulating film. |
| US12082448B2 |
Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
In order to provide a display apparatus with improved durability and improved impact resistance and a method of manufacturing the same, the disclosure provides a display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same, the display apparatus including a substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, an insulating layer covering the semiconductor layer and including a first hole exposing a portion of the semiconductor layer, a first conductive layer disposed on the insulating layer and including a second hole overlapping the first hole, and a second conductive layer in contact with the portion of the semiconductor layer via the first hole and the second hole. |
| US12082447B2 |
OLED panel with inorganic pixel encapsulating barrier
Embodiments described herein relate to sub-pixel circuits and methods of forming sub-pixel circuits that may be utilized in a display such as an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. The device includes a plurality of sub-pixels, each sub-pixel of the plurality of sub-pixels defined by adjacent pixel-defining layer (PDL) structures with inorganic overhang structures disposed on the PDL structures, each sub-pixel having an anode, organic light-emitting diode (OLED) material disposed on the anode, and a cathode disposed on the OLED material. The device is made by a process including the steps of: depositing the OLED material and the cathode by evaporation deposition, and depositing an encapsulation layer disposed over the cathode. |
| US12082441B2 |
Display apparatus having a narrow viewing angle
A display apparatus having a narrow viewing angle is provided. The display apparatus may include a device substrate including a first pixel area; a bank insulating layer on the device substrate, the bank insulating layer defining a first emission region in the first pixel area; a light-emitting device including a lower electrode, a light-emitting layer and an upper electrode, which are sequentially stacked on the first emission region; a light-blocking pattern on the bank insulating layer, the light-blocking pattern including a first opening disposed on the light-emitting device; and a first pixel lens on the first opening of the light-blocking pattern, the first pixel lens having a horizontal width larger than the first emission region, wherein a horizontal width of the first opening is proportional to a vertical distance between the light-emitting layer and the light-blocking pattern. Thus, the central luminance of the pixel area may be improved. |
| US12082440B2 |
Display apparatus including plurality of subpixels with light emission area
Disclosed is a display apparatus including a plurality of subpixels configured to include a light emission area, a planarization layer configured to include a plurality of light extraction patterns having a plurality of concave portions and protruding portions in each of the subpixels, a light emitting device layer at the planarization layer of each of the subpixels, and a bank layer disposed between the planarization layer and the light emitting device layer to open the light emission area in each of the plurality of subpixels, an end of the bank layer is disposed at the concave portion of the outermost light extraction pattern of at least one of the subpixels. |
| US12082438B2 |
Display panel including covered inorganic encapsulation layer edge
A display panel includes: a substrate including a first area, a second area at least partially surrounding the first area, and an intermediate area between the first area and the second area; an insulating layer on the substrate; a plurality of display elements in the second area, and each including a pixel electrode, an opposite electrode, and an intermediate layer between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode; a groove in the intermediate area; a thin-film encapsulation layer covering the plurality of display elements, and including an inorganic encapsulation layer and an organic encapsulation layer; and an inorganic layer over the thin-film encapsulation layer, wherein at least one sub-layer included in the intermediate layer is disconnected around the groove, and the inorganic layer directly contacts the insulating layer beyond an edge of the at least one sub-layer located in the intermediate area and an edge of the inorganic encapsulation layer. |
| US12082433B2 |
Display device
A display device includes an upper display substrate including a first pixel region for emitting a first light, a second pixel region for emitting a second light different from the first light, and a third pixel region for emitting a third light different from the first light and the second light; and a lower display substrate including a first light-emitting element overlapping the first pixel region, a second light-emitting element overlapping the second pixel region, and a third light-emitting element overlapping the third pixel region. The second light-emitting element includes one or more first stacks for emitting the second light, the third light-emitting element includes one or more second stacks for emitting the third light, and a concentration of a conductive material included in the one or more first stacks is higher than a concentration of a conductive material included in the one or more second stacks. |
| US12082431B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a pixel; and a first color conversion region, a second color conversion region, and a third color conversion region respectively overlapping a first color pixel, a second color pixel, and a third color pixel and spaced from each other. The third color conversion region is aligned with a region between the first color conversion region and the second color conversion region in a first direction, and the first color conversion region and the second color conversion region are aligned with each other in a second direction crossing the first direction. Part of the first color conversion region is disposed in a second pixel area that is adjacent to the first pixel area in the second direction, and part of the second color conversion region is positioned in a third pixel area that is adjacent to the first pixel area in the second direction. |
| US12082430B2 |
Light-emitting device, method for manufacturing light-emitting device, and apparatus for manufacturing light-emitting device
Provided is a light-emitting device including a light-emitting element including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a quantum dot layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein, in the quantum dot layer, quantum dots each including a core, a shell covering the core, and a ligand coordinated with a surface of the shell and having defect compensation properties are layered. |
| US12082429B2 |
Light-emitting device, light-emitting apparatus, electronic device, and lighting device
A novel light-emitting device is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting device with high emission efficiency is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting device having a long lifetime is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting device having low driving voltage is provided. A light-emitting device including an EL layer including a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, a light-emitting layer, and a fourth layer in this order from the anode side is provided. The first layer includes a first organic compound and a second organic compound. The fourth layer includes a seventh organic compound. The first organic compound exhibits an electron-accepting property with respect to the second organic compound. The HOMO level of the second organic compound is from −5.7 eV to −5.4 eV. The HOMO level of the seventh organic compound is −6.0 eV or higher. |
| US12082425B2 |
Efficient fabrication of memory structures
Methods, systems, and devices for efficient fabrication of memory structures are described. A multi-deck memory device may be fabricated using a sequence of fabrication steps that include depositing a first metal layer, depositing a cell layer on the first metal layer to form memory cells of the first memory deck, and depositing a second metal layer on the cell layer. The second metal layer may be deposited using a single deposition process rather than using multiple deposition processes. A second memory deck may be formed on the second metal layer such that stacked memory cells from the first and second deck share the use of the second metal layer. Using a single deposition process for the second metal layer may decrease the quantity of fabrication steps used to fabricate the multi-deck memory array and reduce or eliminate the exposure of the cell material to metal etchants. |
| US12082420B2 |
Semiconductor device including interlayer insulation structure including metal-organic framework
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a substrate, a gate structure disposed over the substrate, a dielectric structure disposed to contact a sidewall surface of the gate structure over the substrate, and a channel layer disposed on a sidewall surface of the dielectric structure over the substrate. The gate structure includes a gate electrode layer and an interlayer insulation structure which are alternately stacked. The interlayer insulation structure includes a metal-organic framework layer. |
| US12082419B2 |
Semiconductor structure and forming method therefor, and memory and forming method therefor
A method for forming the semiconductor structure includes: providing a substrate, forming a sacrificial layer and an active layer on the sacrificial layer on the substrate; etching the active layer and the sacrificial layer to form active lines extending along a first direction; forming a first isolation layer that fills a spacing between the active lines; etching ends of the active lines to form openings, and exposing the sacrificial layer on side walls of the openings; removing the sacrificial layer along the openings, and forming gap between a bottom of the active lines and the substrate; and filling the gaps with a conductive material to form bit lines extending along the first direction. |
| US12082416B2 |
Integrated assemblies and methods of forming integrated assemblies
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a stack of alternating insulative levels and conductive levels. A pillar of channel material extends through the stack. The conductive levels have terminal regions adjacent the pillar. Charge-storage-material-segments are adjacent the conductive levels of the stack, and are between the channel material and the terminal regions. Tunneling material is between the charge-storage-material-segments and the channel material. Charge-blocking-material is between the charge-storage-material-segments and the terminal regions. Ribbons of dielectric material extend vertically across the insulative levels and are laterally inset relative to the terminal regions. The ribbons have first regions adjacent the conductive levels and have second regions between the first regions, with the second regions being laterally inset relative to the first regions. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies. |
| US12082415B2 |
Semiconductor devices and data storage system including the same
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a lower stack structure on the substrate and including lower gate electrodes stacked apart from each other, an upper stack structure on the lower stack structure and including upper gate electrodes stacked apart from each other, a lower channel structure penetrating through the lower stack structure and including a lower channel layer, and a lower channel insulating layer on the lower channel layer the lower channel insulating layer surrounding a lower slit, and an upper channel structure penetrating through the upper stack structure and including an upper channel layer and an upper channel insulating layer on the upper channel layer, the upper channel insulating layer surrounding an upper slit. A width of the lower slit is greater than a width of the upper slit, and a thickness of the lower channel insulating layer is greater than a thickness of the upper channel insulating layer. |
| US12082411B2 |
Three-dimensional memory device with backside interconnect structures
Embodiments of 3D memory devices and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In an example, a 3D memory device includes a substrate, a memory stack including interleaved conductive layers and dielectric layers above the substrate, a plurality of channel structures each extending vertically through the memory stack, a semiconductor layer above and in contact with the plurality of channel structures, a plurality of source contacts above the memory stack and in contact with the semiconductor layer, a plurality of contacts through the semiconductor layer, and a backside interconnect layer above the semiconductor layer including a source line mesh in a plan view. The plurality of source contacts are distributed below and in contact with the source line mesh. A first set of the plurality of contacts are distributed below and in contact with the source line mesh. |
| US12082405B2 |
Programmable memory and forming method thereof
An array of programmable memory includes a first floating gate and a second floating gate disposed on a substrate along a first direction, two spacers disposed between and parallel to the first floating gate and the second floating gate, a first word line sandwiched by one of the spacers and the adjacent first floating gate, and a second word line sandwiched by the other one of the spacers and the adjacent second floating gate, and two first spacers disposed on the substrate, wherein one of the first spacer is disposed between the first word line and the first floating gate, and another spacer is disposed between the second word line and the second floating gate, wherein each spacer has substantially the same shape as each first spacer. |
| US12082389B2 |
Integrated circuit with embedded high-density and high-current SRAM macros
A semiconductor structure includes first and second SRAM cells disposed over a substrate. Each first SRAM cell includes at least two first p-type transistors and four first n-type transistors. Each first p-type and n-type transistors includes a channel in a single semiconductor fin. Each second SRAM cell includes at least two second p-type transistors and four second n-type transistors. Each second p-type transistors includes a channel in a single semiconductor fin. Each second n-type transistors includes a channel in multiple semiconductor fins. The source/drain regions of the first p-type transistors are doped at a first dopant concentration, the source/drain regions of the second p-type transistors are doped at a second dopant concentration, and the first dopant concentration is greater than the second dopant concentration. |
| US12082380B2 |
Prefabricated module for heterogeneous data centers
Systems and methods to provide a prefabricated module design for heterogeneous data centers are described. An apparatus to provide cooling for an electronic rack of a data center comprises a plurality of lines. A main chassis is coupled to the plurality of lines. The main chassis is configured to be integrated on the electronic rack. An extension chassis is coupled to the main chassis. The extension chassis is configured to move relative to the main chassis. A plurality of connection ports are coupled to the extension chassis to provide connections between the electronic rack and one or more external sources. The plurality of connection ports are configured to move relative to the plurality of lines that are at fixed locations on the electronic rack. |
| US12082379B2 |
Vertical exhaust duct for electronic equipment enclosure
An arrangement of ducted exhaust equipment enclosures includes a row of electronic equipment enclosures and a vertical wall rising from, and extending along, the tops of the electronic equipment enclosures. Each enclosure includes a frame structure formed from a plurality of support posts and cross members, and a plurality of panels, including a top panel, at least partially enclosing the frame structure and defining a single compartment for mounting an electronic component. The top panel and upper portions of the frame structure form a top of the electronic equipment enclosure, the electronic equipment enclosure top having a rectangular opening therein and also an outer perimeter. The rectangular opening has a front bound, a rear bound, and two side bounds, and has a side-to-side width that is at least 75% of a side-to-side width of the electronic equipment enclosure top perimeter. The vertical wall is formed by a row of air duct panels, each extending upward from a respective electronic equipment enclosure top and forming part of an air duct. The side-to-side width of a lower section of each air duct panel is substantially the same as the side-to-side width of the rectangular opening in the respective electronic equipment enclosure top, an the lower section of each air duct panel is disposed immediately adjacent, and aligned with, the rear bound of the opening in the respective electronic equipment enclosure top such that an interior of the air duct is in direct and unobstructed fluid communication with an interior of the single compartment. |
| US12082377B2 |
Passive thermal-control structure for speakers and associated apparatuses and methods
The present document describes a passive thermal-control structure for speakers and associated apparatuses and methods. The architecture of the passive thermal-control structure is such that heat is transferred from electronic subsystems of the electronic speaker device to the passive thermal-control structure, which acts as an internal, structural frame of the electronic speaker device and provides both thermal mitigation and structural stability. The passive thermal-control structure conducts heat from the electronic subsystems to a housing of the electronic speaker device. The housing of the electronic speaker device may dissipate the heat to the ambient environment to prevent thermal runaway of the electronic subsystems, and the internal frame mitigates the temperature of the housing from exceeding ergonomic temperature limits. |
| US12082374B2 |
Heatsinks comprising a phase change material
A heatsink can include a body, one or more thermal fin arrays defined by and/or extending from the body, and a phase change material disposed in contact with the one or more fin arrays. The phase change material can be configured to be a first phase in a cool state and a second phase in a heated state. The phase change material is configured to be cooled back to the solid state. |
| US12082373B2 |
Two-phase system in server cluster
A server rack, includes a separation chamber that has an input to receive a mixed two-phase fluid from a server chassis, a vapor output at a top portion of the separation chamber, and a liquid output at a bottom portion of the separation chamber. The server rack includes a condenser that is fluidly connected to the vapor output of the separation chamber to receive and condense the vapor to a liquid, and a main outlet that is fluidly connected to both the liquid output of the separation chamber and to a condenser output of the condenser. The main outlet of the server rack is fluidly connected to an external cooling system which supplies the liquid back to the server rack. |
| US12082367B2 |
Tank and cooling unit
A tank includes a housing, a tank chamber inflow hole, a tank chamber outflow hole, and a protruding flow path. The housing includes a tank chamber. Liquid flows into the tank chamber from the tank chamber inflow hole. Liquid in the tank chamber flows out from the tank chamber outflow hole. The protruding flow path is connected to the tank chamber outflow hole, and protrudes into the tank chamber from the tank chamber outflow hole. With this arrangement, outflow of gas from the tank chamber through which liquid flows is suppressed. |
| US12082365B2 |
Connectors for a networking device with orthogonal switch bars
Connectors for a networking device may be provided. A networking device may comprise a first plurality of switch bars each comprising a first switch type arranged parallel to one another, a second plurality of switch bars each comprising a second switch type arranged parallel to one another, and a third plurality of switch bars each comprising a third switch type arranged parallel to one another. The first plurality of switch bars, the second plurality of switch bars, and the third plurality of switch bars may be arranged orthogonally. A first one of the first plurality of switch bars may be connected to a first one of the second plurality of switch bars via a retractable mechanical connector mechanism. |
| US12082361B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device includes a housing, first and second wiring substrates disposed to face each other, a fixing member that is made of an electrically conductive member and fixes the first and second wiring substrates to each other, and an external connection terminal provided in the housing. The fixing member has first and second fixing portions, and is interposed between the first and second wiring substrates. The fixing member is electrically conductive to a first electrically conductive portion provided in the first wiring substrate by fixing the first fixing portion to the first wiring substrate. The fixing member is electrically conductive to a second electrically conductive portion provided in the second wiring substrate by fixing the second fixing portion to the second wiring substrate. The external connection terminal is electrically conductive to the fixing member by electrically connecting the fixing member to the external connection terminal. |
| US12082358B2 |
Electrical device having a locking device
An electrical device includes: a first housing sub-assembly; a second housing sub-assembly that has a housing wall; and a locking device. The first housing sub-assembly and the second housing sub-assembly are positionable adjacent to one another along a plug-in direction and, when in a position in which they are adjacent to one another, are interlocked via the locking device. The locking device has an actuation element arranged on the second housing sub-assembly so as to be adjustable along an actuation direction, and a locking element connected adjustably to the housing wall and operatively connected to the actuation element. The locking element is configured, in the position of the housing sub-assemblies in which they are adjacent to one another, to interlock the first housing sub-assembly and the second housing sub-assembly, and, by moving the actuation element in the actuation direction towards the housing wall, are movable in an unblocking direction. |
| US12082357B2 |
Electronic device including flexible display
An electronic device includes: a flexible display that is configured to be deformable to a first state, in which an exposed amount of a display area of the flexible display has a first size, and a second state, in which the exposed amount of the display area is expanded in a first direction; a deformable member including a liquid-state electrode, the deformable member configured to deform in a length direction based on the flexible display transitioning between the first state and the second state; a deformation sensing circuit configured to sense a resistance component of the liquid-state electrode, the resistance component corresponding to an exposure degree of the display area; a connector member electrically connecting the deformable member and the deformation sensing circuit; a rigid member coupled to the deformable member; and a fixed structure contacting a partial area of the rigid member. |
| US12082350B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a metal base, a semiconductor chip provided on the metal base, and a frame work located on the metal base and having a metal pattern of an input pattern, an output pattern, and a bias pad. The bias pad and the input pattern or the output pattern are electrically connected by a conductor located on the frame work. The conductor has a characteristic of isolation at a frequency around an input signal or an output signal of the semiconductor device. |
| US12082348B2 |
System and method for manufacturing composite substrate
The present invention relates to a system for manufacturing a composite substrate, the system comprising: a hot-press device which hot-presses a first composite substrate comprising a printed circuit board and a coverlay temporarily attached thereto to form a second composite substrate, and discharges the second substrate therefrom; and a transfer device which transfers the first substrate into the hot press device while regulating the amount of supplied first composite substrates. |
| US12082344B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method of providing underfill on a circuit board
An apparatus, system and method for dispensing underfill to components on a printed circuit board. The apparatus, system and method may include an underfill chamber having an input through which the printed circuit board is received; at least one dispensing robot capable of dispensing the underfill to the components; a lower heater suitable to substantially evenly heat at least half of or the entirety of an underside of the printed circuit board once the printed circuit board is within the underfill chamber; and an overhead heater capable of heating up to half of a topside of the printed circuit board once the printed circuit board is within the underfill chamber. |
| US12082339B2 |
Image pickup apparatus
An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor, a first circuit board on which the image sensor is mounted, a second circuit board facing the first circuit board, a flexible board that electrically connects the first circuit board and the second circuit board, and a fan. The image sensor moves within a movable range of the image sensor in a direction different from an optical axis direction. The flexible board includes a bent portion that is located closest to a side of the flexible board connected to the first circuit board. The flexible board is bent in an area overlapping the movable range of the image sensor in the optical axis direction. As viewed from the optical axis direction, an inner surface of the bent portion is disposed to be outside a range of a blowing direction of an airflow discharged from a vent of the fan. |
| US12082334B2 |
Devices and methods to improve thermal conduction from SMT and chip on board components to chassis heat sinking
Circuit board assemblies include a circuit board portion having a recess formed therein, an electrically and thermally conductive insert, shaped to fit in the recess formed in the circuit board portion, an electrically and thermally conductive layer adapted and configured to interface with an external chassis, and a thermally conductive electrically insulative portion interposed between the electrically and thermally conductive insert and the electrically and thermally conductive layer, adapted and configured to conduct heat from the electrically and thermally conductive insert to the electrically and thermally conductive layer without conducting electricity. |
| US12082332B2 |
Thermal management systems having signal transfer routing for use with electronic devices
thermal management systems having signal transfer routing for use with electronic devices are disclosed. An electronic device includes a housing to house a first electronic component and a second electronic component. A circuit board is positioned inside the housing. The circuit board including a first signal path to communicatively couple a processor carried by the circuit board and the first electronic component. A thermally conductive structure is positioned adjacent the circuit board. The thermally conductive structure is to dissipate heat generated by the processor. The thermally conductive structure is to carry at least a portion of a second signal path to communicatively couple the processor and the second electronic component. |
| US12082325B1 |
Methods and apparatus for providing illumination during operation of an indicia reader
Devices, systems, and methods for providing illumination during operation of an indicia reader are described herein. An example system includes at least one imaging assembly; controller; and processor configured to: (a) initiate a ranging operation; (b) based on the ranging operation, determine a range value associated with a distance between the imaging assembly and an object in the field of view (FOV); (c) initiate a ramping operation comprising: (i) initiate a ramping sequence for the imaging assembly which captures plurality of images comprising image data of an environment appearing in the FOV using an associated plurality of focus parameters; and (ii) energizing an illumination assembly to provide illumination of the FOV during the ramping operation, the illumination intensity determined from the range value, the illumination intensity maintained substantially constant during at least a majority of the ramping operation; and (c) terminating the ramping operation based upon a termination signal. |
| US12082314B2 |
Method for regulating a resistive element intended for deicing and/or demisting a support, and the associated device
A method for regulating, with a computer, a resistive element arranged to deice and/or demist a support, the method including: a) a loop for monitoring the temperature T and the moisture level H at the support; b) a deicing and/or demisting sequence which, as long as the temperature T and the moisture level H monitored by the monitoring loop a) are indicative of an absence of frost or mist on the support, keeps the resistive element inactive and, in the contrary case, demands, in a step b2), the circulation of a current I in the resistive element so that the latter dissipates a thermal power Pth, adjusted according to the temperature T and the moisture level H, and providing deicing or demisting of the support over a predetermined period Dp. |
| US12082312B2 |
Electrical heaters for exhaust aftertreatment systems and assemblies
An electrical heater assembly, an exhaust treatment assembly, and method of manufacture. The electrical heater assembly includes a heater body including a plurality of slots disconnecting portions of the heater body from each other. Each slot includes a first end portion that extends to a second end portion, and a receptacle portion located between the first end portion and the second end portion. Portions of the heater body not disconnected by the plurality of slots form a serpentine current-carrying path through the heater body. The first end portion of each slot has a first width, the second end portion of each slot has a second width, and the receptacle portion of each slot has a third width, and the third width is larger than both the first width and the second width. |
| US12082310B1 |
Smart distributed antenna systems, platforms, and methods
A platform hosting a smart distributed antenna system (sDAS) includes a multi-radio access technology (multi-RAT) digital unit (DU) (mDU). The mDU includes a radio management unit (RMU) configured as a software multiplexer enabling broadcast of multiple technologies from a single radio and a single mDU, a field programmable gate array (FPGA) coupled to the RMU and receiving signals digitized in the mDU from analog signals from a wireless carrier, and the FPGA maps received and digitized signals to frequency bands. An optical fiber interface is coupled to the FPGA to provide signals to more remote radio units over a single optical fiber cable. The radio units are coupled to the mDU through only a single optical fiber interface using a daisy-chain configuration. Each radio unit de-maps received digital signals to a specified frequency, converts de-mapped digital signals to RF signals, and provides the signals to a distributed antenna for broadcast. |
| US12082309B2 |
Systems and methods for providing mac-level wireless mesh networks incorporating long-range pathways
In one aspect, a system for providing a wireless mesh network includes a plurality of wireless mesh nodes positioned relative to an outdoor area, with the wireless mesh nodes comprising a plurality of stationary nodes spaced apart from one another across the outdoor area and a plurality of mobile nodes configured to be moved across the outdoor area. Each of the nodes is formed from a respective wireless communication device, with each wireless communication device being configured to function as a Media Access Control (MAC) level device when communicating data across the wireless mesh network. Additionally, the wireless communication device forming each respective mobile node is configured to communicate data across the wireless mesh network using a short-range wireless communications protocol. Moreover, at least a portion the wireless communication devices forming the stationary nodes are configured to communicate data across the wireless mesh network using a long-range wireless communications protocol. |
| US12082307B2 |
Techniques for binding operator-defined network service configurations to applications
Techniques are provided for operator specific customization of a network service configuration. In some embodiments, an operator defines a mapping between an application executing on a user equipment (UE) and a network service configuration. In some embodiments, the network service configuration indicates whether the application is to be supported via a UPF instance located within the core network or deployed at a network edge. The mapping is then provided to the UE, and passed back to the core network, for example, when the UE establishes a connection on behalf of the UE application. The core network then supports the UE application consistent with the configuration specified by the mapping. |
| US12082305B2 |
Entity establishment processing method and apparatus
An entity establishment processing method and an apparatus are provided. The processing method includes: A terminal side device receives first indication information from a first network side device, where the first indication information is used to trigger reestablishment of a first PDCP entity of the terminal side device. When a first bearer corresponding to the first PDCP entity is not a radio bearer used to perform duplication transmission between the terminal side device and a core network side device, in a process in which the terminal side device reestablishes the first PDCP entity based on the first indication information, the terminal side device sets a parameter of the first PDCP entity to an initial value. |
| US12082303B2 |
Method and apparatus for moving profiles with different versions during device change
The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure provides a method and apparatus which enable a device change when two devices supporting device change methods having different versions attempt a device change. |
| US12082302B2 |
Terminal capability negotiation method, terminal device, and network side device
A terminal capability negotiation method includes: in a case that a terminal device has at least two terminal identifiers, reporting capability allocation information of the terminal device to a network side device, where the capability allocation information is used to indicate an available capability of at least one terminal identifier, and the at least one terminal identifier is a terminal identifier in the at least two terminal identifiers. |
| US12082300B2 |
Methods and systems for managing resources on a mobile trading device
Certain embodiments provide a method including obtaining data at a first time using at least one sensor associated with a mobile computing device, the at least one sensor arranged to gather data regarding at least one operating factor for the mobile computing device, the mobile computing device configured to receive market data and execute a trading application. The example method includes analyzing the data obtained from the at least one sensor to determine the at least one operating factor. The example method includes determining a first operating state of the mobile computing device based on the at least one operating factor. The example method includes altering a function of the mobile computing device with respect to the trading application based on the first operating state. |
| US12082296B2 |
Control of roaming in a wireless network using a variable mobility threshold
A network management system (NMS) is configured to control roaming in a wireless network using a variable mobility threshold. For a first wireless device associated with a current location, the NMS obtains at least one performance metric of a first wireless signal received by the first wireless device at the current location from a first AP of a plurality of APs, compares the at least one parameter of the first wireless signal to at least one performance metric of a second wireless signal received by at least one other wireless device at the current location from a second AP of the plurality of APs, and triggers a roaming operation of the first wireless device from the first AP to the second AP if the comparison satisfies a mobility threshold that varies based on the at least one performance metric of the first wireless signal. |
| US12082293B2 |
Method and apparatus for releasing RRC connection based on RRC message in non-terrestrial network
A method and apparatus for operation in NTN is provided. Method for operation in NTN includes receiving a first RRC control message including a common offset1 and a common offset2 and a common offset3 and a reference position in the first NR cell, transmitting the PUSCH of the second NR cell in the PUSCH transmission slot determined based on the common offset1, receiving a second RRC control message including an information element indicating a transition to the inactive state in the second NR cell, delaying application of the received information element for a first period from the moment of receiving the second RRC control message and applying the information element. |
| US12082289B2 |
Communication method, apparatus, and system
This application provides a communication method and apparatus, and a system, to protect security and user privacy in a data transmission process. After determining to establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection in anonymous mode, a terminal device sends a request to an access network device, to request to establish the RRC connection in anonymous mode, so that the access network device establishes the RRC connection in anonymous mode to the terminal device. The solutions in this application may be applied to a communications system, for example, may be applied to a 5th generation 5G network. |
| US12082286B2 |
Apparatus, method, and computer program for connection management
An apparatus comprising: at least one processor: and at least one memory including computer program code: the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: receive (602) a fallback indication from a radio resource control layer: invoke (604) a service request procedure: and set (606, 608) at least one of a service type information element and an uplink data status information element in a service request message. |
| US12082285B2 |
Link failure recovery in C-DRX mode
Example methods and client devices and network access nodes for link failure recovery in connected-mode-discontinuous-reception (C-DRX) mode are described. In one example method, the client device performs beam/link monitoring according to a first link recovery procedure if the client device is in non-discontinuous-reception (non-DRX) mode operation with a network access node. The client device performs beam/link monitoring according to a second link recovery procedure if the client device is in C-DRX mode operation with the network access node. |
| US12082284B2 |
Method for registering terminal in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
A registration method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The registration method includes transmitting a registration request message to an access and mobility management function (AMF), wherein the registration request message includes requested network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI) including single (S)-NSSAI corresponding to a network slice to which the UE intends to register with; and receiving, from the AMF, a registration accept message as a response to the registration request message, wherein if at least one of the S-NSSAI included in the requested NSSAI is rejected by the AMF, the registration accept message includes the rejected S-NSSAI and a reason for refusal for the rejected S-NSSAI. |
| US12082283B2 |
Lower layer beam failure indicators for wireless communications
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some wireless communications systems, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a configuration indicating a channel quality threshold that the UE may use to identify an interference-based beam failure indicator type. The UE may receive a reference signal for performing one or more signal measurements in accordance with the configuration. Based on the one or more signal measurements and the channel quality threshold, the UE may report an indication of the type of beam failure indicator to the base station. |
| US12082282B2 |
Techniques in secondary cell group failure measurement report
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for adequate failure secondary cell group (SCG) reporting in New Radio (NR) involved networks. Various embodiments describe how to generate a sufficient SCG failure report so that a master node (MN) in the network may acknowledge the corresponding failed reference signal including its frequency and subcarrier spacing. In accordance, the MN may configure the UE and network communication effectively. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US12082274B2 |
Accessing a 5G network via a non-3GPP access network
For establishing network connections via a trusted gateway function, a method includes relaying a first set of messages of a first type between a remote unit and a mobile communication network via a non-3GPP access network, sending a connection setup request to the remote unit via the non-3GPP access network, and relaying subsequent messages of the first type between the remote unit and the mobile communication network via the non-3GPP access, where the first set of messages are encapsulated with a first encapsulation protocol and where the first set of messages initiate a registration procedure to the mobile communication network, where the connection request setup contains information for activating a second encapsulation protocol, where the subsequent messages are encapsulated with the second encapsulation protocol, and where the subsequent messages complete the registration procedure. |
| US12082273B2 |
Methods for service transmission, terminal device and AMF
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for service transmission, and a terminal device. The method includes performing, by a terminal device, a registration and a Non Public Network (NPN) Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session establishment on an NPN; performing, by the terminal device, a tunnel establishment with a non-3rd Generation Partnership Project Interworking Function (N3IWF) through the NPN PDU session; and transmitting, by the terminal device, first indication information to an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) in a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) via the N3IWF during a registration to the AMF through the tunnel. The first indication information contains NPN identifier information as PLMN Identifier (PLMN ID)+Network Identifier (NID). |
| US12082270B2 |
Information processing method, and first and second terminal devices
A method for information processing includes that: a first terminal device sends information to a second electronic device, and the first terminal device starts a first timer, the first terminal device being a terminal device that performs device-to-device communication. A first terminal device and a second terminal device are also provided. |
| US12082268B2 |
Resource processing method and device
A resource processing method and a resource processing device are provided. The method includes: configuring at least one downlink resource in addition to a cell-specific resource configuration; and/or configuring at least one uplink resource. |
| US12082264B2 |
Method and apparatus for control resource set configuration for 5G next radio system
A method of a user equipment (UE) for control resource set (CORESET) configuration in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), system information, determining whether the system information includes a random access channel (RACH) CORESET configuration, determining a CORSET to use for transmitting data based on whether the RACH CORESET configuration is included in the system information, and receiving, from the BS, the data based on the determined CORESET over an RACH. |
| US12082263B2 |
Method for transmitting and receiving signal in wireless communication system, and device supporting same
The present disclosure relates to a method carried out by a user equipment in a wireless communication system and a device supporting same and, more particularly, to a method and a device supporting same, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble in at least one among a plurality of valid PRACH occasions in a PRACH slot; and in response to the PRACH preamble, obtaining information related to a random access response (RAR), wherein the PRACH preamble is included in a plurality of PRACH preambles related to the plurality of valid PRACH occasions, and on the basis that a plurality of consecutive PRACH preambles included in the plurality of PRACH preambles are mapped to a valid physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) occasion, the plurality of PRACH preambles are mapped to first PUSCH occasions among a plurality of valid PUSCH occasions. |
| US12082255B2 |
Random access in a telecommunication network
Disclosed is a method of managing random access of a User Equipment, UE, in a telecommunication network, comprising the steps of: the UE receiving, from a Base Station, BS, information regarding a response delay interval; the UE transmitting a preamble to a BS; the UE entering a power-saving mode for the duration of the response delay interval, before monitoring for a response from the BS to the preamble. |
| US12082253B2 |
Method and device operating in unlicensed spectrum
The present disclosure provides a method implemented in a wireless network node operating in an unlicensed spectrum, comprising determining a Listen-before-Talk LBT mode for a terminal device; and sending a first indication indicating the determined LBT mode to the terminal device. The disclosure also provides a method implemented in a terminal device operating in an unlicensed spectrum. |
| US12082246B2 |
Method for transmitting control signal, and transmission node
The present disclosure provides a method for transmitting a control signal, and a transmission node. The method includes: in a case that the transmission of the first control signal meets a transmission limiting condition of a short control signal, transmitting the first control signal by listen before talk (LBT) of category 1, or transmitting the first control signal after performing channel listening by LBT of category 2. |
| US12082245B2 |
Listen before talk wireless communication enhancements
A method of wireless communication includes selecting, based on a field in a message received by a wireless device, an access procedure mode for accessing a wireless network upon occurrence of a condition and performing, by the wireless device upon occurrence of the condition, the access procedure according to the access procedure mode for accessing the wireless network. In some embodiments, the disclosed techniques may be used to improve the performance of a wireless network by reducing number of listen-before-talk attempts that devices have to make before successfully accessing the wireless network. |
| US12082244B2 |
Dynamic physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring mode switching, configuration, and control
Wireless communications systems and methods related to downlink control channel communications in a wireless communication network are provided. A first wireless communication device communicates, with a second wireless communication device, a configuration indicating a first group of one or more search spaces and a second group of one or more search spaces, where at least one of the first group or the second group includes at least one search space not included in an other of the first group or the second group. The first wireless communication device communicates, with the second wireless communication device, a first downlink control information (DCI) message in a first search space of the first group of one or more search spaces. The first wireless communication device communicates, with the second wireless communication device, a second DCI message in a second search space of the second group of one or more search spaces. |
| US12082241B2 |
Second message design consideration for two-step random access channel procedure
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to transmission of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission to acknowledge a second message of a two-step random access channel (RACH) procedure. |
| US12082240B2 |
Uplink operation for listen before talk
In accordance with example embodiments of the invention as disclosed herein there is a method and apparatus to perform at least identifying, by a network node, a need to perform an uplink transmission within a channel occupancy time of radio channel, wherein the network node is scheduled for performing an uplink transmission, and wherein the identifying comprises identifying an energy level of a gap of channel occupancy time of radio when indicated in downlink control information; based on the identifying, setting a duration of a transmission in the channel occupancy time of radio channel; and performing the uplink transmission based on the set duration of the transmission. |
| US12082235B2 |
System and method for random access resource selection
A system and a method of random access resource selection are provided. The method includes a target Base Station (BS) transmitting a first Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) to a User Equipment (UE), the first SSB associated with a first contention-free random access resource for the UE to transmit a random access preamble; the target BS transmitting a second SSB to the UE, the second SSB associated with a contention-based random access resource; and in a case that a first Synchronization Signal-Reference Signal Received Power (SS-RSRP) of the first SSB is not greater than an SS-RSRP threshold and a second SS-RSRP of the second SSB is greater than the SS-RSRP threshold, the target BS receiving the random access preamble from the UE using the contention-based random access resource. |
| US12082232B2 |
Method and apparatus for scheduling transmission resource for full-duplex wireless communication system
The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4G communication system such as LTE. The disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for enhancement of self-interference channel estimation performance to secure self-interference removal performance in full-duplex (FD) communication and, more specifically, to a method and an apparatus for scheduling a transmission resource for enhanced self-interference channel estimation in the FD communication. |
| US12082231B2 |
Sidelink assisted cross link interference determination
Methods, systems, and devices for sidelink assisted cross-link interference (CLI) determination are described. In some examples, a first wireless device may perform a first measurement of a sidelink message received from a second wireless device. As such, the first wireless device may transmit, to a base station, a report indicating that the second wireless device is estimated to be within a defined proximity of the first wireless device based at least in part on the first measurement satisfying a threshold. In some examples, the first wireless device may receive a control message, from the base station, scheduling transmission of a message between the base station and the first wireless device in a frequency resource in response to the report that the second wireless device is estimated to be within the defined proximity of the first wireless device. |
| US12082225B2 |
Rules for overlapped signals with full duplex capability
Wireless communications systems and methods related to resolving conflicts between full-duplex signals are provided. A base station may schedule resources for a UE or plurality of UEs. The scheduled resources may include simultaneous uplink and downlink resources. The scheduled resources may utilize beams which if used would cause excessive interference. As such, a conflict resolution action may be performed by the BS and UE to mitigate any problems arising from using both incompatible beams simultaneously. Conflict resolution actions may include dropping one of the signals. Conflict resolution actions may include and changing one or both beam configurations for the signals. Conflict resolution actions may be based on predetermined rules or may be based on an indication from the base station. |
| US12082223B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for resource allocation in a telecommunications network
The present disclosure relates methods and apparatuses (UE, scheduler, network node) for resource allocation in a network. According to embodiments herein there are provided a new resource allocation scheme for an UL-TDOA resource allocation scheme and the related UL-PRS signals. The procedure is also applicable for RTT uplink resource allocation. The main technical effects and advantages achieved by the embodiments herein include: A resource allocation concept offering a high flexibility. The positioning update rate is configurable for each UE allowing that for semi static objects a low update rate is selected whereas for moving devices a high update rate is feasible. The signalisation overhead is minimized. The UEs may be configured semi-persistent. Using different transmit periods for each UE results in random SINR (Signal to Interference Noise Ratio) values and ensures that UEs with high pathloss are also detected. The sequences used for positioning are optimized according to the ToA measurement requirements (unlike the existing SRS). |
| US12082218B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for handling configured and dynamic downlink transmissions in a wireless communication network
Techniques disclosed herein efficiently address prioritization by a UE regarding its reception behavior with respect to a configured downlink transmission that is overlapped by a dynamic assignment and/or the dynamic downlink transmission scheduled via the dynamic assignment. In at least one embodiment having applicability to operation of the UE in a communication network based on the 5G NR specifications, the techniques disclosed herein provide for predictable behavior by the UE as to when the UE prioritizes a configured Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) versus another PDSCH. Correspondingly, a radio network node may exploit the predictable behavior of the UE to override a configured PDSCH in favor of a dynamic PDSCH, by transmitting the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) that schedules the dynamic PDSCH so that a timing relationship between the PDCCH and the configured PDSCH is satisfied. |
| US12082210B2 |
Scell management for CA
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for secondary cell (Scell) management. In one embodiment, a wireless device is configured to receive a first command, via a Medium Access Control, MAC, layer signaling, the first command being an activation/deactivation command; perform a first set of actions for at least one Scell of one or more Scells based at least in part on the first command; receive a second command, via a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, signaling on a primary cell, Pcell; and perform a second set of actions for the at least one Scell of the one or more Scells based at least in part on the second command, the first set of actions and the second set of actions including starting or stopping PDCCH monitoring for the at least one Scell. In one embodiment, a network node is configured to send the first command and the second command. |
| US12082206B2 |
Communications system and associated devices for performing communication using control channels of different repetition rates
A base station for a mobile telecommunications system has circuitry configured to communicate with at least one user equipment, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: provide, to the at least one user equipment, control channel candidates at different repetition levels, wherein at least a first control channel candidate of a repetition level overlaps in time with at least a second control channel candidate of the same repetition level. |
| US12082204B2 |
Feedback transmissions based on uplink grants
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may identify and schedule a set of bits in the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) for transmission of feedback for downlink transmissions occurring after transmission of the uplink grant scheduling the PUSCH. After receiving the uplink grant, a user equipment (UE) may receive control channel (PDCCH) transmissions that schedule downlink transmissions. The UE may monitor for and generate feedback for the downlink transmission. The UE may then utilize the bits indicated by the UL grant to transmit the feedback. In some examples, the UE may determine whether the indicated bits are adequate to transmit the feedback for the later downlink transmissions. When the UE determines that the extra bits are not adequate (e.g., there are not enough bits), then the UE may determine to transmit the feedback separate from the PUSCH resources scheduled by the uplink grant. |
| US12082195B2 |
Radio communication system, radio station, radio terminal, communication control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
A radio terminal can perform carrier aggregation using a first cell of a first radio station and a second cell of a second radio station. The first radio station performs, with the radio terminal, radio resource control for the first cell and the second cell in order to perform the carrier aggregation. Further, the first radio station transmits, to the second radio station, update information regarding an update to a configuration related to the radio resource control for the second cell. It is thus, for example, possible to prevent or reduce data transmission/reception failures which would otherwise occur while a configuration of radio parameters or the like is being changed by a radio terminal in carrier aggregation of a plurality of cells served by different radio stations. |
| US12082193B2 |
Sidelink control information indication
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for sidelink control information indication. One apparatus includes a receiver that receives a second control information message from a remote unit over sidelink communication. Here, the second control information is in response to the remote unit receiving one or more data processes scheduled by a first control information message from a relay unit. The apparatus also includes a processor that determines a transmission-reception pattern for the sidelink communication and generates an indicator of the determined transmission-reception pattern. The apparatus further includes a transmitter that transmits the indicator of the determined transmission-reception pattern to the remote unit in a third control information message. |
| US12082190B2 |
Information transmission method and apparatus, and base station and terminal
Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting information, a base station and a terminal. The method includes: determining transmission configuration information of a transmission region based on a preset size of a data block after channel detection on an unlicensed spectrum succeeds, the transmission region bearing downlink data transmission; generating a scheduling instruction according to the transmission configuration information, and transmitting it to a target terminal; and performing the downlink data transmission according to the transmission configuration information based on the preset size of the data block. The method for transmitting the information provided by the present disclosure may effectively transmit information with an unlicensed spectrum resource, and improve the reliability of information transmission of the unlicensed spectrum. |
| US12082189B2 |
Simultaneous PUCCH-PUSCH with different priorities
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The described techniques may provide for handling of priority indications in scenarios where simultaneous physical uplink control channel (PUCCH)-physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) is supported. For example, wireless communications systems may configure (e.g., via radio resource control (RRC) signaling) simultaneous PUCCH-PUSCH across two or more carriers, where piggybacking of feedback information on uplink shared channel transmission may be disabled. Further, a grant (e.g., downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a PUSCH transmission) may include a priority index field to indicate a priority associated with a transmission or resources scheduled by the grant. The described techniques may provide for efficient handling of priority indications associated with scheduled transmissions that overlap when simultaneous PUCCH-PUSCH is supported (e.g., techniques are provided for performing or dropping scheduled transmissions that overlap when simultaneous PUCCH-PUSCH is enabled based on any priority indications associated with the overlapping scheduled transmissions). |
| US12082188B2 |
DCI content and modified codebook type 3 HARQ PUCCH content for deferred SPS PUCCH ACK/NACK
This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for DCI content and modified/enhanced codebook Type 3 HARQ PUCCH content for deferred SPS PUCCH ACK/NACK. In aspects, a UE may receive, from a base station, DCI including a request for HARQ-ACK feedback associated with at least one resource that is unavailable. The HARQ-ACK feedback may be based on one or more one-shot HARQ-ACK codebooks including one or more bits. The UE may transmit, to the base station, the HARQ-ACK feedback associated with the at least one resource that is unavailable, where the HARQ-ACK feedback includes the one or more one-shot HARQ-ACK codebooks including the one or more bits. |
| US12082183B2 |
Scheduling downlink data and uplink data based on received resource requirements
A method performed by an access node includes the reception of dynamic resource requirements from a core network (CN) to perform adaptive scheduling of uplink transmissions linked to downlink data exchanges between the access node and a user device. The method involves configuring uplink and downlink schedule adaptively to accommodate variations in network conditions and user device requirements. The method facilitates an agile response from the core network which corresponds to closed-loop control events while considering real-time feedback from multiple user devices simultaneously. |
| US12082181B2 |
Resource allocation for cellular networks
Techniques are disclosed for increasing the sum spectral efficiency (SE) of cellular networks including Hybrid In Band Full Duplex (IBFD) cellular networks. These techniques include using various constraints to identify UEs that qualify to be included as part one or more frequency sharing groups. The qualification process may use, as one of the constraints, a distance between served UEs such that UEs that are too close to one another are disqualified. The UE frequency sharing groups may include at least two UEs that use the same shared frequency as an upload channel frequency one UE as the other UE uses for a downlink channel frequency. Techniques are also disclosed for the allocation of frequencies and to determine when the current groupings and/or allocated frequencies are invalid. |
| US12082177B2 |
Methods and apparatus for intra-cell and inter-frequency mobility optimization and mitigation of session disruption in a quasi-licensed wireless system
Methods and apparatus for providing quasi-licensed intra-cell spectrum reassignment. In one embodiment, the quasi-licensed spectrum utilizes 3.5 GHz CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) spectrum, and a “seamless” reassignment of wireless spectrum without disruption or loss of continuity to existing data sessions of the CBSD is provided via a pool of temporary RF carriers which act as substitutes for the currently allocated (granted) carriers. The served user devices (e.g., UEs) are instructed by the CBSD to migrate to a new “final” carrier via the substitutes, either directly or via one or more intermediary hops. In one variant, existing 3GPP signaling mechanisms between the UE and CBSD/eNodeB obviates any changes to extant UEs. Communications between the CBSD and its cognizant SAS/DP include new information objects which direct the CBSD to implement the handover functionality. In a further variant, inter-CBSD sector and frequency handovers are provided for using CBRS-plane and 3GPP signaling. |
| US12082171B2 |
Support of multiple SRS in the same subframe
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for indicating capability of a user equipment (UE) to support multiple sounding reference signals (SRSs) with a single subframe, with at least one of frequency hopping, different bandwidths, or antenna switching for the multiple SRSs in the same subframe. |
| US12082170B2 |
Methods and apparatus for supporting prioritized transmission opportunity (TXOP) sharing
Methods and apparatus for supporting prioritized transmission opportunity (TXOP) sharing in wireless communications systems, e.g., various 802.11 wireless communications systems, are described. A wireless station may be allocated a transmission opportunity. A shared transmission type of trigger frame is implemented, which allows the wireless station, acting as a host station, to make available transmission resources, which have been acquired by the wireless station, to one or more guest stations. A trigger based (TB) frame, corresponding to the transmitted shared transmission type trigger frame, is used by the host station and one or more guest stations to transmit data to an access point. An access point transmits priority information, e.g., in management frames, to control the use of shared resources in TB frames corresponding to shared transmission type trigger frames. The priority information identifies which particular stations are authorized to be a guest station corresponding to a particular transmission opportunity. |
| US12082167B2 |
Transmission continuity capability reporting
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for transmission continuity capability reporting. A user equipment (UE) may generate or otherwise determine UE capability information related to a capability of the UE to maintain a transmission continuity for one or more uplink transmissions across a wireless channel. The UE may send an indication of the transmission continuity capability information, which may be based on a parameter of continuity, an accuracy of continuity, or both, to a base station (BS). The UE may transmit the one or more uplink transmissions, including reference signals, data messages, or both, in accordance with the transmission continuity capability. For example, the UE may maintain a transmission continuity, a transmit power, or both for transmissions across multiple resource blocks (RBs). The BS may perform a joint channel estimation procedure based on the one or more uplink transmissions. |
| US12082166B2 |
Method and terminal for allocating PDSCH time domain resources, and computer-readable storage medium
Embodiments of this disclosure provide a method and a terminal for allocating PDSCH time domain resources, and a computer-readable storage medium, where the method is applied to a terminal and includes: starting buffering or receiving, by the terminal, a PDSCH no earlier than a time domain limiting location of the PDSCH, where when SCS of a PDCCH is smaller than SCS of the PDSCH, a time domain location of the PDSCH is not earlier than the time domain limiting location of the PDSCH. |
| US12082164B2 |
Method for determining attributes of symbols, node, and storage medium
Provided are a symbol attribute determination method, a node and a storage medium. The symbol attribute determination method includes determining the attribute of a symbol by using a first mode. The attribute includes the attribute of being unavailable or the attribute of being available. The first mode is a default mode or a configured mode. |
| US12082163B2 |
Method and device for allocating resources in NR V2X
A method by which a first device performs sidelink transmission and a device for supporting same are provided. The method can comprise the steps of: receiving, from a second device, assistance information related to one or more resources for sidelink communication; selecting a transmission resource from among the one or more resources on the basis of the assistance information; and performing sidelink transmission on the transmission resource. |
| US12082156B2 |
Inter-base station beam management procedure
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques to achieve inter-base station beam management to avoid interference during full-duplex (FD) operations, half-duplex (HD) operations, flexible time-domain duplexing (TDD), or a combination thereof, by performing interference management specific to beam configurations. For example, a first base station (e.g., an aggressor base station operating in FD) may perform one or more actions to proactively determine if inter-base station interference may occur. In some cases, the aggressor base station may request measurements from one or more victim base stations. In other examples, the victim base station may request measurements from the aggressor base station. Additionally or alternatively, the victim base station may provide reactive feedback to the aggressor base station upon detecting interference. |
| US12082150B2 |
Terminal, base station, and communication method
A terminal includes a reception unit configured to receive, from a base station, information for requesting a terminal capability report related to a wake-up signal associated with a paging occasion and configuration information related to at least one of a first wake-up signal and a second wake-up signal, a transmission unit configured to transmit the terminal capability report related to the wake-up signal to the base station, and a control unit configured to determine a configuration of the first wake-up signal and a configuration of the second wake-up signal based on the configuration information related to the wake-up signal, and the reception unit receives the wake-up signal and paging associated with the wake-up signal from the base station, and the control unit determines the configuration of the first wake-up signal from a value based on the configuration of the second wake-up signal. |
| US12082148B2 |
Wireless communication device, radio access network node, methods, and computer programs for power efficient paging escalation
A wireless communication device includes a receiver arranged to receive radio signals from a radio access network node of the cellular communication system, and a signal detector arranged to detect a first signal and a second signal among the signals received from the access network node. The first signal includes a network synchronisation signal having information about synchronisation and an identification of a cell associated with the access network node. The second signal includes a notification. A controller causes the signal detector to detect a notification of a first type when the received identification of the cell is equal to a previous reception of an identification of a cell at a last interaction between the wireless communication device and the cellular communication system or detect a notification of a second type when the received identification of the cell differs from the previous reception of the identification of the cell at the last interaction. |
| US12082141B2 |
Stable multi-point alignment
According to a first aspect, there is provided a method for delay alignment in a multi-point communication system. The method comprises determining of a respective reference value of round trip time for n+1 signalling paths in the multi-point communication system, where n>0. The determination is performed using n reference values of round trip time skews between a respective signalling path and a single reference signalling path of the n+1 signalling paths, and a reference value of a sum of round trip times over all of the n+1 signalling paths as exclusive input values. The respective reference values of round trip times are limited within a predetermined allowed interval for round trip times. The method further comprises performing of a separate, preferably globally stable, control of data signalling in each single one of the n+1 signalling paths based on the respective reference values of round trip times. |
| US12082136B2 |
Radio communication apparatus and radio communication method
A radio communication apparatus makes it possible to prevent contents of communication from being intercepted. The radio communication apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate a first unique word based on operation time information of the radio communication apparatus before communication with a radio communication apparatus is started, and generate, for each radio frame, an ith unique word (i: an integer equal to or greater than two) based on an (i−1)th unique word when the communication is started, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit a first radio frame including the first unique word and an ith radio frame including the ith unique word to the radio communication apparatus. |
| US12082133B2 |
Aligning paging occasions and synchronization signal blocks
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, an AMF may receive, from a user equipment (UE), a communication associated with a request for an identifier. The AMF may transmit, to the UE, the identifier, wherein the identifier is based at least in part on a synchronization signal block (SSB) periodicity and a number of paging frames per discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US12082126B2 |
Power control method, terminal, and network side device
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a power control method, a terminal, and a network side device thereof. The power control method may be applied to a terminal, and include obtaining a power control parameter, and controlling retransmission power of a data section in a message of a random access procedure based on the power control parameter. |
| US12082123B2 |
Reallocation of available power among devices in a group
The described technology is generally directed towards reallocating power to devices in a group, such as a rack of servers in a datacenter, when no power headroom remains available. Respective devices, which are classified into respective classes corresponding to respective priority device class levels, have power distributed thereto. Upon determining that available power headroom for power capacity distribution among the group of devices has reached an available power capacity distribution lower limit (e.g., zero), reallocation is performed by increasing power capacity allocated to a first device of a higher priority level class, and decreasing power capacity allocated to a second device of a lower priority level class. For more classes, such as high, medium and low, the power can be decreased among the lower priority level classes by a defined ratio, e.g., two-to-one between the medium and low priority classes. |
| US12082119B2 |
Communication device and method for performing measurement through multiple antenna panels
One disclosure of the present specification provides a method by which a communication device, which performs a measurement through multiple antenna panels, reports the measurement. The method may include the steps of: transmitting capability information to a base station; receiving measurement setting information from the base station; powering on a powered-off antenna panel among the multiple antennal panels in order to perform a measurement; performing the measurement through the multiple antenna panels; and transmitting a measurement report message including information indicating whether the corresponding antenna panel was in a powered-on state or a powered-off state prior to the measurement, and information on the measurement result. |
| US12082118B2 |
Battery monitoring device and battery monitoring method
A battery monitoring device includes: a plurality of charged state acquisition units that are provided with respective ones of a plurality of battery modules, acquire charging information of the plurality of battery modules, and are capable of forming an information transmission path for the charging information through radio communication therebetween; a monitoring unit that monitors the plurality of battery modules on the basis of the charging information input via the information transmission path; and a path selection unit that selects a charged state acquisition unit forming the information transmission path to the monitoring unit for each of the plurality of charged state acquisition units capable of forming the information transmission paths on the basis of the charging information. |
| US12082108B2 |
Power-saving state switching method, terminal and base station
A power-saving state switching method, a terminal and a base station are provided. The power-saving state switching method includes configuring, by the base station, a first power consumption mode of the terminal at a first time point, and transmitting configuration information of the first power consumption mode to the terminal. Two or more power consumption modes are supported by the terminal. |
| US12082107B2 |
Leveraging integrated access and backhaul (IAB) resource management for power savings in a wireless communication network
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for leveraging a resource management protocol under an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) framework for power savings. In some aspects, a first node (such as an IAB node) may receive resource management information from a second node (such as an IAB donor). The resource management information may indicate an unavailable type of resource management configuration for the first resource associated with the first node. The first node may schedule a power save mode during the first resource having the unavailable type of resource management configuration for power savings. The first resource may be a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, or a spatial domain resource. In some aspects, the first node may restrict both non-exempt and exempt communications during the first resource when the first node is in the power save mode. |
| US12082105B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for connecting device that is to execute a process to an access point
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: cause a memory to store information related to a first access point when connecting to a device that is to execute a process via the first access point and causing the device to execute the process; and execute a switching process for switching an access point serving as a connection destination to the first access point if a currently-connected access point is different from the first access point when requesting the device to execute the process. |
| US12082100B2 |
Network selection method, network device, and terminal device
This application provides a network selection method, a network device, and a terminal device. The network selection method mainly includes: A first network device sends a first message to a terminal device. The first message includes a message that indicates the terminal device to measure a cell of a first-type network, the first-type network is a high-priority network selectable for the terminal device, and a network provided by the first network device does not belong to the first-type network. |
| US12082099B2 |
Method of providing IoT community service using beacon and system for the same
The present invention relates to a method and system for providing an IoT community service using a beacon, and specifically, to a service providing method and system, which allows the beacon to broadcast an arbitrary packet using a Bluetooth network, and allows a user terminal receiving the packet to use the community service through a wide area network. |
| US12082097B2 |
Common search space configuration and system information acquisition
This document describes methods and systems for common search space configuration and system information acquisition. As part of the methods and systems, a base station (120) wirelessly communicating with a user equipment (110) that is in an engaged mode determines (402) to configure a common search space through which the user equipment (110) can receive a system information block that is other than a system information block type 1 or a master information block. The base station (120) transmits a first message (404) that includes a set of common search space configuration parameters for the user equipment (110) to receive the other system information block. The base station (120) transmits (406), in accordance with the set of common search space configuration parameters, a second message that includes the other system information block. |
| US12082092B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing data unit by IAB node in wireless communication system
An Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) node configured with a first Backhaul Adaptation Protocol (BAP) address related to a first donor IAB node and a second BAP address related to a second donor IAB node in a wireless communication system. Techniques include receiving a packet including a destination BAP address and a path identifier (ID). Based on the packet being received through the second link and the destination BAP address not matching the second BAP address, determining whether the destination BAP address and the path ID of the packet match at least one entry of a configured rewriting table. Based on the destination BAP address and the path ID of the packet matching the at least one entry, rewriting a header of the packet by setting the destination BAP address and the path ID according to the at least one entry, and transmitting the packet to a next hop node. |
| US12082090B2 |
Narrowband reference signal transmission for measurement and synchronization
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for narrowband reference signals transmission. A base station is configured to: generate downlink transmissions for unlicensed Internet of things (U-IoT) communication, the downlink transmissions to include an anchor segment on a first plurality of subframes and a data segment on a second plurality of subframes, wherein the anchor segment includes a narrowband reference signal (NRS) configured to be transmitted at a first transmit power by the base station, to facilitate time or frequency tracking and cause transmission of the downlink frame for the U-IoT communication. And a user equipment is configured to receive the NRSs transmitted by the base station and process transmissions based on reception of the NRSs. |
| US12082088B2 |
Facilitation of customer management for mobile edge computing services for 5G or other next generation network
A mobile edge computing (MEC) service area can comprise radio cells/antennas connected to baseband units that are connected to service gateway (SGW) and/or packet data network gateway (PGW) user planes at a customer premises. The radio cells can be tagged with evolved universal mobile telecommunications system terrestrial radio access (E-UTRAN) cell global identifiers (EGCIs) offering traceability to user equipment (UE) that camp on them. The radio cells for MEC can be assigned tracking area codes (TACs) such that when a UE is registered and provisioned for a MEC service area based on an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) assigned to a subscriber identity module (SIM) of the UE, the UE can be determined to be at a geofenced area. |
| US12082084B2 |
Method and apparatus for provisioning V2X services
A base station apparatus (130, 220) in a network (410) transmits V2X support information indicating that a V2X service is supported by the network (410). In response to receiving V2X support information, a radio terminal (100, 120) transmits, to the network (410), V2X terminal information indicating that the radio terminal (100, 120) is interested in the V2X service. The network (410) transmits V2X configuration to the radio terminal (100, 120) in response to receiving the V2X terminal information transmitted from the radio terminal (100, 120). The radio terminal (100, 120) receives the V2X configuration and performs V2X communication in accordance with the V2X configuration. It is thus, for example, possible to contribute to achievement of a procedure for performing provisioning for the V2X service on the radio terminal that intends to use the V2X service. |
| US12082077B2 |
Wireless communication system and wireless communication method
A wireless communication system includes a plurality of transmission devices configured to receive broadcast/multicast data transmitted from a broadcast/multicast data transmission device, convert the broadcast/multicast data into wireless frames, and broadcast/multicast the wireless frames to a plurality of reception devices, and the plurality of reception devices configured to receive the wireless frames broadcasted/multicasted from the plurality of transmission devices and acquire the broadcast/multicast data, and each of the plurality of transmission devices includes a broadcast/multicast transmission unit configured to generate the same wireless frame from the broadcast/multicast data and broadcast/multicast the generated wireless frame at the same transmission timing using the same MCS. |
| US12082075B2 |
Systems and methods for intercept directing in a monitoring system
Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and method for supporting target intercept directing. |
| US12082070B2 |
Social media systems and methods and mobile devices therefor
Systems, including processor-readable storage media, for interacting in a social media environment via a mobile device involving profile information that includes a multicolor profile displayable graphic based on profile questions having answers with different shades of question color associated with an answer and presentation of a marketing opportunity based on profile information. The social media environment may include an augmented reality user interface for displaying real world images obtained via a camera of the mobile device along with a virtual object representing items including, but not limited to, a marketing opportunity, another user of the system, profile information of another user of the system, a content item corresponding to another user of the system. |
| US12082069B1 |
Network based resource management and allocation
An electronic system provides various features and functionality for managing resources. A trigger event may be associated with a mobile device. The trigger event may be detected (e.g., based on the mobile device being within a geo-fence) and, responsive to detecting the trigger event, a resource of a plurality of resources may be determined. A stash of the resource of a plurality of stashes of the resource may be determined and the stash of the resource may be replenished based on the trigger event associated with the mobile device. |
| US12082068B2 |
Handling of measurement configuration upon conditional mobility execution
Embodiments include methods for conditional mobility in a radio access network (RAN), performed by a user equipment (UE). Such methods include receiving, from one or more RAN nodes (e.g., source RAN node and/or target RAN node), one or more mobility-related messages that include: a first indication of a mobility operation; a second indication of a triggering condition for the mobility operation; a second measurement configuration related to the triggering condition; and a third measurement configuration related to one or more target cells. Such methods also include, based on the second measurement configuration, detecting fulfillment of the triggering condition with respect to a particular one of the target cells and executing the mobility operation towards the particular target cell, and subsequently performing and reporting third measurements in the particular target cell based on the third measurement configuration. Embodiments also include complementary methods performed by source RAN nodes and target RAN nodes. |
| US12082066B2 |
Wireless device, and wireless communication method of wireless device, wireless terminal, and wireless communication method of wireless terminal, and wireless base station, and wireless communication method of wireless base station
A communication device determines a communication quality with a base station, requests a neighboring base station for a transition judgment information to transmit information to become a judgment criterion of the communication quality to be included in a Beacon signal at a stage before the communication quality degrades to an extent that the base station is immediately switched, and selects a base station with which a communication connection should be established on the basis of the transition judgment information included in the Beacon signal transmitted in response to the transition judgment request. The communication device is applicable to a communication system in the wireless LAN. |
| US12082065B2 |
Session continuity for 3GPP and non-3GPP interworking
A method for S-NSSAI handling of a 5GS capable UE supporting session continuity between 3GPP and non-3GPP interworking is proposed. The UE maintains a PDN connection/PDU session. The UE performs interworking among S1 mode, N1 mode (including 3GPP and non-3GPP access), and ePDG. The UE associates the existing S-NSSAI with the new PDN connection/PDU session after interworking, no matter whether the S-NSSAI is provided by the network or not. The UE can update the S-NSSAI upon receipt of new value from the network. When interwork to N1 mode, the UE applies the S-NSSAI. |
| US12082059B2 |
Coordinated MRO for PSCell change failure
Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media for a primary secondary cell (PSCell) change failure. In example embodiments, a master network device receives, from a source secondary network device, a first request for a change of a terminal device from the source secondary network device to a target secondary network device. The master network device receives, from the source secondary network device, an identification of a source PSCell operated by the source secondary network device and serving the terminal device prior to the first request. The master network device further receives, from the terminal device, an indication of a radio link failure of the terminal device in a PSCell and transmits the indication of the radio link failure to the source secondary network device along with the identification of the source PSCell. |
| US12082056B2 |
Generation Node-B (GNB), user equipment (UE) and methods for handover based on multi-connectivity in new radio (NR) systems
Embodiments of a generation Node-B (gNB), User Equipment (UE) and methods for communication are generally described herein. A source gNB may operate as a master gNB (MgNB) before a handover. A target gNB may operate as a secondary gNB (SgNB) before the handover. The target gNB may operate as the MgNB after the handover. The target gNB may, as part of operation as the SgNB, transmit a first data packet received from the source gNB for relay to the UE. The target gNB may, as part of operation as the MgNB, transmit, a second data packet received from a serving gateway (SGW) for relay to the UE. |
| US12082055B2 |
Handover of user equipment with multimedia broadcast multicast services
A first base station receives from a second base station, a handover request message for a wireless device. The handover request message comprises: one or more temporary mobile group identities (TMGIs) of one or more multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) services that the wireless device is receiving or interested to receive; and at least one bearer identifier of at least one bearer for the wireless device. The first base station sends to the second base station, a handover request acknowledge message in response to the handover request message. The handover request acknowledge message indicates accepting at least one of the at least one bearer. The first base station transmits transport blocks comprising: MBMS transport blocks providing at least one of the one or more MBMS services to the wireless device; and data transport blocks of the at least one of the at least one bearer. |
| US12082052B2 |
Communication device and method for mobile communication based on quality of service (QOS) control
A communication device includes a control unit that obtains information related to Quality of Service (QoS) control and determines whether to transmit information indicating whether the QoS can be provided based on the information related to the QoS control; a transmitting unit that transmits the information indicating whether the QoS can be provided based on a result of the determination to another communication device; and a communication unit that executes radio communication to which the QoS control is applied, the QoS control being executed based on the information indicating whether the QoS can be provided. |
| US12082051B2 |
Determining QoE requirements for 5G networks or hybrid 5G networks
A system and method for determining a quality of experience (QoE) requirement for an application accessing a CSP network is described. When the application is executed on a mobile device, a message is communicated from the mobile application to a QoE network appliance. The message is associated with a QoE requirement for latency, bandwidth, and packet loss rate. A radio access network (RAN) data set and a core network (CN) data set that includes a network data analytics function (NWDAF) data set is identified and communicated to the QoE network appliance which associates the RAN data set, the CN data set, and the NWDAF data with the requirements for said latency, bandwidth, and packet loss rate, and generates a measured QoE Score. |
| US12082049B2 |
Adaptive radio access network bit rate scheduling
The described technology is generally directed towards adaptive radio access network bit rate scheduling. Minimum bit rates for user equipment can be adjusted in a manner that accounts for the impact of the minimum bit rates on network performance. Ranges of minimum bit rates can be established for user equipment, and minimum bit rates can be adjusted within the ranges. A minimum bit rate can be decreased when it produces a relatively higher impact on network performance, and the minimum bit rate can be increased when it produces a relatively lower impact on network performance. |
| US12082047B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for facilitating a remote gateway on a cloud platform
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data pertaining to a communication service facilitated at least in part by a first gateway located in a building, the communication service involving at least a first user equipment, analyzing the data to determine that a processing load supported by the first gateway exceeds a first threshold, wherein the first threshold is expressed as a function of a capacity of the first gateway, resulting in a determination, and based on the determination, performing an action that causes the processing load supported by the first gateway to be reduced to a level that is less than the first threshold. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US12082046B2 |
Methods and apparatus for optimizing network access to enhance a user's experience
Methods and apparatus for controlling device use of available networks, e.g., cellular and WiFi, are described. End devices report key performance indicator and resource utilization information, e.g., on a per application basis, to a configuration server. The configuration server determines, based on the received information, e.g., using machine learning and/or artificial intelligence, sets of configuration profiles, each configuration profile including one or more set of applications for which an end device should use a particular network. An exemplary configuration profile may identify a first set of applications for which a first network is to be used, e.g., a cellular network such as a P-LTE network, and a second set of applications for which a second network, e.g. a WiFi network, is to be used. The configuration server selects a configuration profile that is best suited for a particular end device and communicates that selected profile to the end device. |
| US12082043B2 |
Parallel channel listening device and method
A method of wireless communication comprising decoding in a physical layer circuitry a received wireless signal; outputting a corresponding wireless signal data as one or more data packets, the wireless signal data representing the received wireless signal; determining one or more packet header parameters of the one or more data packets; and if any of the one or more packet header parameters equal any of one or more predetermined values, instruct a medium access control layer circuitry to switch from an inactive mode to an active mode. |
| US12082037B2 |
Method, apparatus, communication device and storage medium for configuring transmission of receipt feedback information
Methods, apparatuses, communication devices and storage media for configuring transmission of receipt feedback information. A Request To Send (RTS) frame is generated in a case that a data frame is transmitted in a plurality of transmission bands. The RTS frame includes feedback resource information for indicating a transmission resource through which receipt feedback information is transmitted by a data frame receiver. And, the RTS frame is sent. |
| US12082036B2 |
Layer one execution control
A method of controlling layer one, L1, execution for a communication node associated with two or more L1 execution instances is disclosed. The communication node is configured to communicate with one or more communication devices and to operate according to a communication scheme defining radio resource units representing indivisible communication units of a radio access interface of the communication node. The method includes allocating respective L1 execution of at least two non-overlapping parts of a single radio resource unit to different ones of the two or more L1 execution instances. The method also includes sending a respective control signal to the different ones of the two or more L1 execution instances, wherein each respective control signal is indicative of the corresponding part of the single radio resource unit. Corresponding apparatus, arrangement, communication node and computer program product are also disclosed. |
| US12082035B2 |
Sensing coordination in a wireless network
In some implementations, an initiator device establishes a measurement session with each of a plurality of responder devices based at least in part on their capabilities. The initiator device negotiates, with each of the responder devices, a respective set of one or more sensing parameters based at least in part on the capabilities of the initiator device and the capabilities of the respective responder device, the respective sets of sensing parameters associated with the responder devices being identified by a unique Measurement Setup identifier (ID). The initiator device performs one or more measurement instances with the responder devices based on the respective sets of sensing parameters, each measurement instance identified by a unique Measurement Instance ID and the respective Measurement Setup ID. The initiator device obtains, from each responder device, one or more measurement reports indicating channel state information (CSI) based on the one or more respective measurement instances. |
| US12082032B2 |
Reporting interference and noise power fluctuations
A user equipment (UE) is configured to report channel state information (CSI) to a base station of a network. The UE receives configuration information from the base station including one or more interference measurement resources (IMRs) to be measured by the UE, determines a noise power for each of the IMRs, transmits a reference channel state information (CSI) report the base station, measures CSI reference signals (CSI RS) transmitted by the base station to determine an interference and noise power for each of the one or more IMRs and transmits a new CSI report including one of i) only interference and noise power fluctuation feedback or ii) multiple signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) or SINR statistics to the base station. |
| US12082030B2 |
Uplink gap configuration
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive configuration information indicating an uplink gap. The UE may transmit a reference signal in the uplink gap. The UE may perform at least one of a self-interference measurement or a beam pair calibration for full-duplex communication based at least in part on the reference signal. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US12082026B2 |
Communicating channel state information (CSI) of multiple transmission points
Embodiments contemplate methods and systems for determining and communicating channel state information (CSI) for one or more transmission points (or CSI reference signal resources). Embodiments further contemplate determining transmission states may include applying at least one CSI process for channel state information (CSI) reporting. Embodiments also contemplate aperiodic and/or periodic reporting of one or more report types (e.g., rank indicator (RI)) of CSI, perhaps based on one or more reporting modes that may be configured for each of the one or more CSI process. |
| US12082025B2 |
Early measurement reporting with RRC resume complete like message
Systems and methods for early measurement reporting with a Radio Resource Control (RRC) resume complete like message are disclosed. Embodiments of a method performed by a wireless device and corresponding embodiments of a wireless device are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device comprises receiving, from a network node, an indication with a first message to resume a connection with a target cell. The indication is an indication that the wireless device is to include measurements performed by the wireless device while in a dormant state with a second message that indicates that resuming of the connection with the target cell is complete. The method further comprises transmitting, to the network node, the measurements performed by the wireless device while in the dormant state with the second message. |
| US12082024B2 |
Wireless base station and terminal device
The present disclosure relates to a wireless base station and a terminal device that can shorten time required for sounding information collection by a plurality of wireless base stations and suppress deterioration of following accuracy. When a wireless base station as a master performs channel measurement with a terminal device, it is possible to transmit channel measurement frames in wireless base stations including the wireless base station at the same timing or at different timings only by instructing another wireless base station to perform a channel measurement, and also transmitting a Sounding Trigger frame including a transmission timing and a transmission stream of a channel measurement frame once. The present disclosure can be applied to communication systems in wireless LAN. |
| US12082020B2 |
Identifying nulling wireless nodes for distributed MIMO communication in a wireless node cluster
Various aspects of the disclosure relate to distributed multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication such as coordinated beamforming or Joint MIMO. In some aspects, distributed MIMO is used to support communication in a cluster of wireless nodes (e.g., access points). A distributed MIMO scheduling scheme as taught herein is used to determine each wireless node (e.g., station) in the cluster that needs to be nulled by another wireless node (e.g., an access point). For example, one of the wireless nodes may obtain signal measurement information from the other wireless nodes and thereby generate a list of wireless nodes (e.g., access points) that need to null one or more wireless nodes (e.g., stations). |
| US12082019B2 |
Mesh version control lifecycle service
A system and method of performing a version control in a mesh network of nodes is disclosed. The method includes executing, by a processing device, a mesh version control life cycle service (VCLS) to maintain a manifest of a mesh network. The manifest comprises, for each node in the mesh network, a history of one or more services executing on a node and a service version for each service of the one or more services. The method includes performing a version control of the mesh network based on the manifest, comprising sending a message to a first node of the mesh network to instruct the first node to change a version of a service executing on the first node from a first version to a second version. |
| US12082017B2 |
Physical downlink control channel monitoring in collocation scenarios
A base station of a network provides a user equipment (UE) with information relating to monitoring a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) of multiple component carrier (CCs) in a carrier aggregation (CA) scheme. The base station configures a first CC and a second CC of a CA combination for a user equipment (UE) and provides the UE with information for the CA combination, wherein the information comprises an indication whether the first CC and the second CC are collocated. |
| US12082013B2 |
PDCCH monitoring capability indication per search space set group
A user equipment (UE) transmits, to a base station, an indication of a capability for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring. The UE receives, from the base station, a configuration of a plurality of search space set groups based on the capability. The apparatus then monitors PDCCH candidates for a PDCCH from the base station based on a search space set group and the configuration. A base station receives, from a UE, an indication of a capability for PDCCH monitoring and transmits, to the UE, a configuration of a plurality of search space set groups based on the capability. The apparatus transmits a PDCCH to the UE based on the search space set group and the configuration associated with the search space set group. |
| US12082009B2 |
Method and device for cellular network signal measurement
A method for cellular network signal measurement includes that: acquiring at least one set of measurement data collected during a flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle, each set of measurement data including a base station identifier and a signal quality parameter, and the base station identifier being an identifier of a base station for residing during collection of measurement data; and sending the at least one set of measurement data to the base station. A device for cellular network signal measurement is also provided. |
| US12082007B2 |
Mayday-relay mechanism in a mesh network
A system and method of relaying distress calls in a mesh network of nodes. The method includes discovering, by a target node of the mesh network, a plurality of neighboring nodes of the target node that each have one or more types of communication capabilities with the target node. The method includes detecting, by the target node, a failure event associated with a resource of the target node. The method includes broadcasting, by the target node, a distress call indicative of the failure event to one or more neighboring nodes of the plurality of neighboring nodes of the target node to cause the one or more neighboring nodes to redirect the distress call to an egress node of the mesh network. |
| US12082002B2 |
Intelligent selection of operating parameters for a wireless access point
Aspects of the disclosure are directed toward intelligently selecting the operating parameters of wireless access points (WAPs) deployed in a wireless environment so as to minimize or at least reduce interference in that wireless environment. A WAP may continually measure characteristics of wireless channels used in the wireless environment and obtain measurements of channel metrics for those channels. The WAP analyzes the channel metric history to identify correlations between the channel metric measurements and various timeframes and selects one or more of its operating parameters based on the channel metric history and the correlations identified. |
| US12082000B2 |
Method for determining quasi co-located (QCL) information, method for configuring QCL information, and related devices
A method for determining quasi co-located (QCL) information, a method for configuring the QCL information, and related devices are provided. The method for determining the QCL information includes: receiving first indication information transmitted by a network device, wherein the first indication information is used to indicate a first QCL relationship between a first positioning reference signal and a target object; and according to the first QCL relationship, determining a QCL reference signal of the first positioning reference signal, or determining a QCL reference signal of the target object. |
| US12081999B1 |
Determining placement of a small cell
Systems and methods are provided for facilitating the placement of a small cell, wherein at least one of a first set of parameters is determined at each of a first and a second location, at least one of a second set of parameters is determined at each of the first and the second location, and a recommended small cell placement location is generated based on at least one of the determined first set of parameters and the determined second set of parameters. |
| US12081998B2 |
RAN planning using grid-based optimization
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a process for selecting equipment locations such as of cellular antennas, based on a combination of a geospatial grid representation of a planning area and optimization algorithms (which can be combined with propagation models and a 3D model of the world) where the optimization algorithm can select a deployment from a large space of options and would make RAN planning much more efficient. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US12081994B2 |
Communication device, communication method, communication program, transmission device, and communication system
A communication device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire first information for communication in which a first frequency band has been used, the first frequency band being an unlicensed band in which a plurality of communication schemes can be mixed, from a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, and a communication control unit configured to control communication in a predetermined communication scheme in which the first frequency band has been used, on the basis of the first information. |
| US12081990B2 |
Systems and methods for bluetooth authentication using communication fingerprinting
Systems and methods for verifying wireless connections are provided. In one example, a method includes, at a computing system, responsive to initiating a wireless connection between a client device and a host device, generating a communication fingerprint of the client device based on at least one response characteristic of the client device, the at least one response characteristic based on a communication between the client device and the host device, the communication passing through each of a software layer of the client device and a hardware element of the client device. In this way, overall system security of a wireless connection between the host device and the client device may be increased. |
| US12081982B2 |
Optimization for an initial access stratum security mode command procedure
Techniques and apparatus for optimizing an initial access stratum security mode command procedure are described. One example technique includes sending a first service request to establish a connection with a network. A second service request is sent to the network, upon determining that one or more criteria is satisfied. Another example technique includes sending a first service request to establish a connection with a network and sending a second service request after sending the first service request. The first service request is associated with a first security parameter and the second service request is associated with a second security parameter. A security mode command procedure is participated in with a base station, based on the first security parameter and the second security parameter. |
| US12081977B2 |
Multi-factor authentication providing a credential via a contactless card for secure messaging
Exemplary embodiments may use a contactless card as a secondary form of authentication in a multi-factor authentication for a secure messaging service. The recipient party of a request to initiate a messaging service session (such as a server computing device) may be programmed to use the phone number of the originating device to look up records regarding an identity of a party and their associated phone number as a primary credential and then may require an authentication credential originating from the contactless card as a secondary credential for the initiating party. In some instances, the credential originating from the contactless card is a onetime password that is valid only for a period of time. The recipient party determines whether the onetime password is valid. If both credentials are valid, a secure messaging session may be initiated with the initiating party. |
| US12081973B2 |
Moving vehicle control method and device utilizing identification device
An embodiment method for operating a moving object to which an identification device is applied includes recognizing the identification device in response to the moving object being turned on, performing an authentication process with a network through the recognized identification device, and controlling the moving object based on the identification device in response to authentication being completed based on the authentication process. |
| US12081972B2 |
Protection of sequence numbers in authentication and key agreement protocol
Techniques and apparatus for protecting sequence numbers used in authentication procedures are described. One technique includes receiving, from a network, an authentication request comprising at least a random challenge. After receipt of the authentication request, a synchronization parameter is generated based at least in part on a key shared by the network and the UE, the random challenge, and a first message authentication code (MAC). The synchronization parameter and the first MAC are transmitted to the network in response to the authentication request. |
| US12081970B2 |
Contextual authentication for secure remote sessions
A contextual authentication method includes receiving a request to launch a web service and causing the web service to be launched on a remote browser. When a security event is detected, a security key obtained, based on a context of a client computing system, from a near-field communication (NFC) device connected to a mobile device. The security key is requested and received from the NFC device via the mobile device. The security key is delivered to the web service via the remote browser. |
| US12081966B2 |
Capability of positioning service level for wireless device
A gateway mobile location center (GMLC) may include processor(s) and memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor(s), may cause the GMLC to perform operations that include receiving, from a location services (LCS) client, a request for a capability of a positioning service level for a wireless device. The operations may also include receiving, from a network function, a second message indicating at least one of: a positioning capability of the wireless device; and a positioning capability of at least one base station. The operations may further include determining the capability of the positioning service level for the wireless device, based on the second message. The operations may additionally include sending, by the GMLC to the LCS client, a response that includes the capability of the positioning service level. The capability of the positioning service level may include a parameter indicating an absolute or a relative positioning. |
| US12081965B2 |
Spatial audio modification
According to various, but not necessarily all, embodiments there is provided an apparatus comprising means for: obtaining an input audio signal comprising at least first audio content and second audio content; rendering an output audio signal with the first and second audio content spatialised in an audio scene; and increasing a distance, within the audio scene, between the first and second audio content in response to an increase in distance, in the real world, between a user and a default listening position relative to a device. |
| US12081964B2 |
Terminal and method for outputting multi-channel audio by using plurality of audio devices
A terminal for outputting multi-channel audio using a plurality of audio devices, the terminal can include a camera; a communication interface configured to communicate with a plurality of first audio devices; and a processor configured to receive device information about the plurality of first audio devices through the communication interface or the camera; configure a multi-channel audio system including at least two second audio devices selected from among the plurality of first audio devices based on the device information; and output audio data through the at least two second audio devices based on audio system information corresponding to the multi-channel audio system. |
| US12081953B2 |
Passive speaker authentication
Systems and methods for authenticating a passive speaker include (i) activating, by a playback device configured to drive the passive speaker, a passive speaker identification circuit of the passive speaker by providing an identification signal to an input terminal of the passive speaker, wherein the passive speaker is a particular type of passive speaker having particular acoustic characteristics; (ii) while the passive speaker identification circuit is active, measuring, by the playback device, an electrical current of the identification signal; (iii) determining, based on the measured electrical current of the identification signal, an impedance modulation of the passive speaker; (iv) determining, by the playback device, the particular type of the passive speaker based on the impedance modulation of the passive speaker; and (v) applying, by the playback device, a calibration to the playback device based on the determined particular type of the passive speaker. |
| US12081948B2 |
Self-fitting hearing compensation device with real-ear measurement, self-fitting hearing compensation method thereof and computer program product
A self-fitting hearing compensation device with real-ear measurement is provided and includes: a first transducer, which receives a first test signal from a device and converts the first test signal into a first electrical signal; a first hearing compensation module, which is connected to the first transducer and performs gain compensation on the first electrical signal; a second transducer, which is connected to the first hearing compensation module, converts the gain-compensated first electrical signal into sound, and transmits the sound into an ear canal; and a third transducer, which synchronously converts the sound transmitted in the ear canal into a second electrical signal, so as to transmit the second electrical signal to the device via a wireless transmission network. In addition, a self-fitting hearing compensation method and a computer program product are also provided. |
| US12081946B2 |
Individualized own voice detection in a hearing prosthesis
Presented herein are techniques for training a hearing prosthesis to classify/categorize received sound signals as either including a recipient's own voice (i.e., the voice or speech of the recipient of the hearing prosthesis) or external voice (i.e., the voice or speech of one or more persons other than the recipient). The techniques presented herein use the captured voice (speech) of the recipient to train the hearing prosthesis to perform the classification of the sound signals as including the recipient's own voice or external voice. |
| US12081941B2 |
Acoustic devices with feedback control of acoustic resistance
A piezoelectric MEMS microphone includes a substrate and a piezoelectric sensor movably coupled to the substrate. The piezoelectric sensor includes a multilayer cantilever beam with multiple piezoelectric layers and multiple metal electrode layers. The beam is attached to the substrate and extends to a distal tip at a free unsupported end. A feedback control circuit is electrically connected to one or more of the metal electrode layers and applies a direct current bias voltage between at least two of the metal electrode layers to actively control an acoustic resistance of the piezoelectric sensor. |
| US12081940B2 |
Acoustic receiver and method of making same
An acoustic receiver includes a first receiver subassembly having bottom housing plate with at least a portion of a motor fastened thereto, and a second receiver subassembly having a closed-ended housing wall with at least one open end that is fastened to the bottom housing plate. A method of making and assembling the components is also described. |
| US12081934B2 |
Dynamic valve for an electronic device
A portable electronic device comprising: an enclosure having an enclosure wall that forms an interior chamber and an opening to an environment surrounding the enclosure wall; and a valve comprising a number of sliding actuators operable to open and close the opening to the environment surrounding the enclosure wall. |
| US12081932B2 |
Electronic device for reducing internal noise and method thereof
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a speaker, a communication module configured to communicate with an external electronic device, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to identify whether the electronic device is worn, identify a function being executed by the processor, and control the output power of the communication module based on the identified whether the electronic device is worn and the identified function being executed. |
| US12081925B2 |
Optical line terminal line card and method compatible with pon function
Embodiments of the present application provide an optical line terminal line card and a method compatible with a PON function. The optical line terminal line card includes an optical module, a MAC module, a toggle switch, a switch controller, a series resistor and a pull-down resistor. The optical module is connected to the MAC module to form a first connection line, the series resistor is provided on a side of the first connection line close to the optical module and on the first connection line, the pull-down resistor is connected to the first connection line by means of a second connection line, the toggle switch is provided on the second connection line and is located between the first connection line and the pull-down resistor, and the switch controller is connected to the optical module and the toggle switch, respectively. |
| US12081923B1 |
Low congestion routing method of Optical Network-on-Chip and related device
Disclosed are a low congestion routing method of an Optical Network-on-Chip (ONoC) and related devices. In the method, a source IP node sends a route setup request to a first electrical router; the first electrical router determines a first target output port and sends the request to the destination IP node through the first target output port; the destination IP node generates an ACK packet and sends the ACK packet to a second electrical router; the second electrical router determines a second target output port and sends the ACK packet to the source IP node through the second target output port; the source IP node transmits the ACK packet to an optical transmission port, performs an E/O conversion on the ACK packet and sends an optical information packet through optical routers to the destination IP node; the destination IP node performs an O/E conversion on the optical information packet. |
| US12081909B2 |
Monitoring system for a cell tower
Systems and methods include a monitoring system. The monitoring system includes a camera apparatus and a server. The camera apparatus includes a mounting base adapted to mount to a support beam of a cell tower. The camera apparatus also includes a plurality of sensors including an array of image sensors arranged and adapted to simultaneously capture a combined 360 degree view of at least a portion of the cell tower around the camera apparatus. The server includes a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to obtain a data from the camera apparatus including a plurality of images of the cell tower including equipment thereon, and display the data from the camera apparatus including the plurality of images of the cell tower including equipment thereon to a user in real time. |
| US12081908B2 |
Three-dimensional modeling inside a virtual video conferencing environment with a navigable avatar, and applications thereof
Disclosed herein is a web-based videoconference system that allows for video avatars to navigate within the virtual environment. The system has a presented mode that allows for a presentation stream to be texture mapped to a presenter screen situated within the virtual environment. The relative left-right sound is adjusted to provide sense of an avatar's position in a virtual space. The sound is further adjusted based on the area where the avatar is located and where the virtual camera is located. Video stream quality is adjusted based on relative position in a virtual space. Three-dimensional modeling is available inside the virtual video conferencing environment. |
| US12081907B2 |
Electronic device with non-participant image blocking during video communication
An electronic device, computer program product, and method avoids presenting certain objects during a video communication session. During a video communication session with second electronic device(s), a controller of an electronic device identifies baseline image(s) from an image stream provided by an image capturing device of the electronic device. The baseline image includes a primary image portion of participant(s) and including a scene of objects within the foreground or background of participant (s), during an initial portion of the video communication session. The controller monitors the image stream for a subsequent detection of the primary image portion and of non-participant(s) or object(s) as a secondary image portion that is not included within the baseline image(s). The controller responds to detecting the secondary image portion subsequently appearing within the image stream by communicating, to the one or more second electronic devices, a substitute image stream that does not present the secondary image portion. |
| US12081902B2 |
Systems and methods for signal transmission
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for transmitting a plurality of channels of primary analog signals to at least one terminal device. The method may include combining, by a signal combining device, the plurality of channels of primary analog signals into a combined analog signal. The method may also include transmitting, by the signal combining device, the combined analog signal to a signal dividing device via a cable. The method may further include dividing, by the signal dividing device, the combined analog signal into a plurality of channels of divided analog signals, each of the plurality of channels of divided analog signals corresponding to one of the plurality of channels of primary analog signals. The method may still further include transmitting, by the signal dividing device, the plurality of channels of divided analog signals to the at least one terminal device. |
| US12081901B2 |
Image modification based on text recognition
A text detection process may involve comparing high-contrast pixel densities of areas of images of a video to determine quantities of text-containing areas in the images. Based on a difference between quantities of text-containing areas of subsets of the images, an image of the video may be selected for modification. |
| US12081900B2 |
Remote teleprompter and production system
A portable, collapsible video production system includes a case having a top lid connected to a bottom lid, a lift rigidly secured within the case to the top lid or the bottom lid, and a collapsible camera system rigidly secured to a top of the lift. The camera system includes a bottom frame member housing a computer with a screen, a middle frame member housing a transparent substrate that, when angled with respect to the bottom frame member, is configured to project an image of the screen to a user facing the case, and a top frame member housing a camera that, when angled with respect to the bottom frame member, is configured to aim the camera through the transparent substrate at a user facing the case. The bottom frame, the middle frame, and the upper frame are pivotably connected to each other along a hinge axis. |
| US12081893B2 |
Image sensor having multiple vertical signal lines per column in multiple laminated wiring layers
An image sensor includes a pixel array unit in which pixels are arranged in a matrix, and multiple vertical signal lines provided in pixel column units. The multiple vertical signal lines provided in pixel column units are arranged in multiple wiring layers laminated on the pixel, and are arranged so that orthogonal projections of the vertical signal lines on the multiple wiring layers overlap. The wiring layer is provided with a connection portion for connecting the vertical signal line corresponding to the pixel to the pixel. A pixel signal is taken out from the vertical signal line through the connection portion. |
| US12081888B2 |
Reading circuit for a pixel array
The present disclosure relates to a read-out circuit comprising N inputs configured to be connected to N respective outputs of a pixel array of an image sensor, with N being an integer strictly greater than 1; and N analog-to-digital converters organized in K groups, with K being an integer strictly greater than 1 and strictly less than N, and each having a first input coupled to a respective one of the N inputs and a second input. In each group, the second inputs of the analog-to-digital converters of the group are connected together, electrically decoupled from the second inputs of the analog-to-digital converters of the other groups, and configured to receive a first reference signal that is identical for all the analog-to-digital converters of the group. |
| US12081886B2 |
Image sensor and electronic camera
An image sensor includes: (1) a first pixel and a second pixel each including: a photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts light and generates an electric charge; and a transfer unit that transfers the electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit to an accumulation unit that accumulates the electric charge, the first pixel and the second pixel being arranged in a row direction; (2) a first supply unit that supplies a signal which controls the transfer unit of the first pixel; and (3) a second supply unit that supplies a signal which controls the transfer unit of the second pixel. |
| US12081885B2 |
Image sensor and control method of image sensor, and image capturing apparatus
An image sensor comprises: a plurality of pixels each having an avalanche photodiode; and a control unit that controls to provide to the avalanche photodiodes of the plurality of pixels a reverse bias voltage that periodically changes. |
| US12081884B2 |
Readout circuit and method for time-of-flight image sensor
A time-of-flight device comprises a pixel array including an array of pixel circuits, wherein a column of the array includes: a first pixel circuit including a first photodiode, a first capacitor and a second capacitor coupled to the first photodiode, and a second pixel circuit including a second photodiode, a third capacitor and a fourth capacitor coupled to the second photodiode, a first signal line coupled to the first capacitor, a second signal line coupled to the second capacitor, a third signal line coupled to the third capacitor, a fourth signal line coupled to the fourth capacitor, a first switch circuitry, a second switch circuitry, a first comparator coupled to the first signal line and the third signal line through the first switch circuitry, and a second comparator coupled to the second signal line and the fourth signal line through the second switch circuitry. |
| US12081871B2 |
Optical unit with shake correction function
In an optical unit with a shake correction function, a first circuit board, which is pulled out from a camera module, and a second circuit board, on which a first drive coil and a second drive coil are mounted, are electrically connected by a first connection portion and a second connection portion, which are electrically connected while overlapping each other. Moreover, in the optical unit with a shake correction function, a drawer portion of the first circuit board is pulled out toward an outer peripheral side of the optical unit with a shake correction function. |
| US12081870B2 |
Shake correction control device, imaging apparatus, shake correction method of imaging apparatus, and program
A shake correction control device includes a processor that selects mechanical correction of mechanically performing shake correction of a subject image or electronic correction of electronically performing the shake correction of the subject image. The processor performs a switching control from either of the mechanical correction or the electronic correction to the other of the mechanical correction or the electronic correction, and synchronizes shake correction operations of the mechanical correction and the electronic correction during the switching control, and changes an operation ratio of the mechanical correction and the electrical correction during the switching control. |
| US12081866B2 |
Image sensor including light shielding layer and patterned dielectric layer
An image sensor including a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of color filters, a plurality of first lenses and a second lens is provided. The semiconductor substrate includes a plurality of sensing pixels arranged in array, and each of the plurality of sensing pixels respectively includes a plurality of image sensing units and a plurality of phase detection units. The color filters at least cover the plurality of image sensing units. The first lenses are disposed on the plurality of color filters. Each of the plurality of first lenses respectively covers one of the plurality of image sensing units. The second lens is disposed on the plurality of color filters and the second lens covers the plurality of phase detection units. |
| US12081862B2 |
User interfaces for managing media
The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for displaying representations of media (an image, video). |
| US12081858B2 |
Imaging system for identifying a boundary between active and inactive portions of a digital image
An imaging system includes an imaging scope, a camera, an image processor, and a system controller. The imaging scope is configured to illuminate an object and capture light reflected from the object. The camera has a light sensor with a light-sensitive surface configured to receive the captured light from the imaging scope, and generate a digital image representative of the captured light. The image processor is configured to receive the digital image from the camera, and use at least one of a random sample consensus (RANSAC) technique and a Hough Transform technique to (i) identify a boundary between an active portion and an inactive portion of the digital image and (ii) generate boundary data indicative of a characteristic of the boundary. The system controller is configured to receive the boundary data from the image processor, and use the boundary data to select and/or adjust a setting of the imaging system. |
| US12081857B2 |
Camera module and electronic device
A camera module includes an imaging lens assembly, an image sensor, a first reflecting member and a first driving apparatus. The imaging lens assembly is for converging an imaging light on an image surface. The image sensor is disposed on the image surface. The first reflecting member is located on an image side of the imaging lens assembly, the first reflecting member is for folding the imaging light, and has a first translational degrees of freedom. The first reflecting member is assembled on the first driving apparatus, and the first driving apparatus is for driving the first reflecting member moving along the first translational degrees of freedom. |
| US12081855B2 |
Light modulating element and optical apparatus, imaging apparatus and lens unit using the same
There is provided a light modulating element including a plurality of compounds whose light absorption characteristics change with external simulation. The plurality of compounds are compounds having different absorption wavelengths. The light modulating element has a variable transmittance VT(λ) obtained by combining light absorption characteristics of the plurality of compounds. NWDMax |
| US12081852B2 |
Camera module having a portion of a substrate disposed between a light source and a heat sink
The present embodiment relates to a camera module comprising: a substrate having a first region, a second region, and a first connection portion between the first region and the second region; a lens unit disposed in the first region of the substrate and including a lens holder in which a lens a lens barrel are disposed; a heat sink part disposed adjacent to the lens unit in the first region of the substrate; and a light source element disposed above the heat sink part and disposed in the second region of the substrate, wherein the lens unit is disposed on a first surface of the substrate, the light source element is disposed on a second surface of the substrate, the first connection portion is bent at the side surface of the heat sink part so as to connect the first region and the second region, the first connection portion includes a flexible substrate, and the flexible substrate is disposed between the first surface and the second surface of the substrate. |
| US12081849B2 |
Photosensitive assembly, camera module and manufacturing method thereof
The present application relates to a photosensitive assembly, including a circuit board, a photosensitive chip and a metal wire. A first surface of the circuit board has a protrusion structure and a chip attachment area, and the protrusion structure is distributed in the chip attachment area. The photosensitive chip is attached to the first surface by an adhesive, and the adhesive is at least disposed between the top surface of the protrusion structure and the bottom surface of the photosensitive chip. The metal wire electrically connects the photosensitive chip and the circuit board in a wire bonding manner. The present application further provides a corresponding manufacturing method for a camera module and a photosensitive assembly. The present application can avoid or suppress the deformation of the photosensitive chip at a smaller cost of space size. The photosensitive assembly and the camera module of the present application can improve the structural strength of the circuit board. The photosensitive assembly and the camera module of the present application can improve the heat dissipation efficiency of the photosensitive chip. |
| US12081848B2 |
Multifunctional heatsink
An image capture device includes a housing and a heatsink that forms an integral portion of the housing and draws heat from a heat generating component of the heatsink. The image capture device includes a circuit board enclosed by the housing and comprising a chip. The image capture device includes a gasket that connects the heatsink and the circuit board. The gasket encloses sides of the chip and the heatsink encloses a top of the chip so that electromagnetic interference does not affect other components of the image capture device. |
| US12081847B2 |
Electric shaver with imaging capability
System and method for improving the shaving experience by providing improved visibility of the skin shaving area. A digital camera is integrated with the electric shaver for close image capturing of shaving area, and displaying it on a display unit. The display unit can be integral part of the electric shaver casing, or housed in a separated device which receives the image via a communication channel. The communication channel can be wireless (using radio, audio or light) or wired, such as dedicated cabling or using powerline communication. A light source is used to better illuminate the shaving area. Video compression and digital image processing techniques are used for providing for improved shaving results. The wired communication medium can simultaneously be used also for carrying power from the electric shaver assembly to the display unit, or from the display unit to the electric shaver. |
| US12081838B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing enhanced electronic program guide with personalized selection of broadcast content using affinities data and user preferences
Apparatuses and methods are provided to inform a user of a broadcast stream, which has multiple, concurrently received channels of program content, about recommendations of a subset of the content currently playing across the available channels or to be played within a selected future time period. The subset of content is selected based on user preferences and system data (e.g., program topic and channel affinities among the broadcast content and channels) to recommend a more diverse subset of content than would be discovered if only user preferences were employed to make the selection of recommended content. |
| US12081832B2 |
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to estimate local market audiences of media content
Disclosed example audience measurement apparatus determine a first audience metric based on set-top box return path tuning data obtained from set-top boxes located in a first geographic area; determine a second audience metric from a portion of audience measurement data corresponding to a second geographic area, the portion of the audience measurement data associated with monitored sites in the second geographic area having second set-top box characteristics that correspond with first set-top box characteristics of the set-top boxes located in the first geographic area; determine ratios of (i) respective first audience metrics determined for respective demographic stratifications to (ii) corresponding second audience metrics determined for the respective demographic stratifications; and combine the ratios after multiplication with third audience metrics determined, for the respective demographic stratifications, from the audience measurement data to determine an audience exposure metric that estimates exposure to media in the first geographic area. |
| US12081831B2 |
Digital signage using ATSC 3.0
Techniques are described for using the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 television protocol and more specifically various types of ATSC 3.0 signaling to deliver private content for signage to kiosks and other public displays. |
| US12081830B2 |
Video integration with home assistant
Various arrangements are detailed herein related to managing video recording based on spoken commands. A system receives a video stream from a video camera and analyzes a field of view in the received video stream to determine a location for one or more identified or potential users. The system can beamform audio from microphones of a home assistant device based on the location of the one or more identified or potential users. The system adjusts an audio output based on the location of the one or more identified or potential users, receives a spoken command from the one or more identified or potential users, and outputs a response to the spoken command. |
| US12081825B2 |
Systems and methods for producing a privacy-protected video clip
Producing a privacy-protected video clip in a video management system includes retrieving a selected video clip constituting at least a portion of a stored video stream; obtaining segments of the video clip which are spaced apart in time and have a total length equal to a defined time period; combining the obtained segments of the video clip to form a background training clip; and processing the background training clip, or the separate segments, to produce a background model. The video clip is processed to produce a privacy-protected video clip, such that, for each image the video clip, the processing includes performing background subtraction, using the background model, to define foreground regions, and obscuring the defined foreground regions. |
| US12081822B2 |
Service switching for content output
Methods, systems, and computer readable media may be operable to facilitate switching the video and audio output to a different service when a current service is not presentable. When outputting content from a first service, a multimedia device may identify and switch to an output of content from a second service when the content from the first service becomes unpresentable. The multimedia device may continue to monitor the quality or presentability of the content from the first service, and the multimedia device may switch from an output of content form the second service to an output of content from the first service when the determination is made that the content from the first service is presentable. |
| US12081821B2 |
System and method for enhancing content using brain-state data
A computer system or method may be provided for modulating content based on a person's brainwave data, including modifying presentation of digital content at at least one computing device. The content may also be modulated based on a set of rules maintained by or accessible to the computer system. The content may also be modulated based on user input, including through receipt of a presentation control command that may be processed by the computer system of the present invention to modify presentation of content. Content may also be shared with associated brain state information. |
| US12081819B2 |
Allocation of under delivery units utilizing an optimization framework
A television advertising management system that handles a plurality of deals for a plurality of advertiser, determines which of the plurality of deals have a guaranteed audience, and are under delivering, generates a plurality of scenarios that includes a plurality of parameters corresponding to the plurality of deals, searches for a deal that meet a certain criteria based on an index of the one deal that is below a threshold value, partitions a liability inventory reserve into individual deal reserves with a corresponding reserve under delivery units based on the searched one deal and the optimal allocation solution of the reserve under delivery units across the plurality of deals, creates under delivery deal reserves based on the optimal allocation solution and generates a plurality of under delivery orders based on the created under delivery reserves. |
| US12081817B2 |
Apparatus and methods for monitoring and optimizing delivery of content in a network
Methods and apparatus for delivering content to a user so as to optimize and enhance the “experience” of the content. In one embodiment, an optimization and monitoring entity (OME) is used which determines, evaluates, and provides notification and/or recommendation of alternative content delivery platforms which are available to a user. The OME receives requests for content forwarded from a content server containing information identifying requesting devices and/or subscriber accounts. The OME examines the capabilities of the registered devices, and identifies/recommends alternative devices based on e.g., video/audio quality, picture size, bandwidth availability, and/or any other additional capabilities of the client devices. A notification is then sent to the client devices indicating which of the user's devices may receive the content alternatively, or in addition to, the requesting device. The notifications may be interactive, allowing the user to select one or more of the devices for delivery. |
| US12081816B1 |
System and methods for social ads and premium upgrades for multi-account watch parties
Systems and methods are provided for enabling an enhanced group watch session. A group session for consuming a first media content item is initiated between first and second computing devices, and a first portion of the first media content item is received at the computing devices. It is identified, based on a first user profile, that the first computing device is configured to receive a second media content item at a first time, and it is identified, based on a second user profile, that the second computing device is configured to not receive a second media content item at the first time. A first user interface element associated with performing an action is generated for output, and a first input associated with the user interface element is received. The action is performed at the second computing device. |
| US12081810B2 |
Content display apparatus, content display method, and storage medium storing program
A content display apparatus includes: a state identifying part that identifies a state of a viewer who is to view content; an image data selecting part that selects a plurality of pieces of image data from a plurality of image data candidates on the basis of the state of the viewer identified by the state identifying part; a content generating part that generates state improvement content for improving the state of the viewer by determining an order in which to display the plurality of pieces of image data; and a display control part that causes a display part viewed by the viewer U to display the state improvement content. |
| US12081809B2 |
Increasing misspelling, typographical, and partial search tolerance for search terms
Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to increasing misspelling, typographical, and partial search tolerance for search terms. A system can obtain media content metadata associated with media content. The system can identify a plurality of names within the media content metadata and remove a plurality of stop words from the media content metadata. The system can determine a plurality of unigrams and a plurality of bigrams from the media content metadata. The system can determine a plurality of misspellings of the media content metadata. The system can compile the plurality of names, the plurality of stop words, the plurality of unigrams, the plurality of bigrams, and the plurality of misspellings as results. The system can determine a plurality of incorrect search strings based upon the results and can create a dictionary including the plurality of incorrect search strings mapped to a plurality of correct search strings. |
| US12081808B2 |
Apparatus and methods for content storage, distribution and security within a content distribution network
Apparatus and methods for content fragmentation, distribution, protection, and re-constitution within a content distribution network. In one embodiment, the apparatus and methods enable distribution of content fragments to edge nodes (which may include user or subscriber CPE), thereby enabling edge networks or membership groups to be established wherein content can be shared solely at the edge. In one variant, high data bandwidth, symmetric uplink/downlink, low latency PHY links (e.g., 5G NR-compliant wireless interfaces) between the edge nodes participating in the edge networks or membership groups are used such that particular quality of service/experience performance requirements can be met. Distribution of the fragments also advantageously enhances redundancy and security. |
| US12081807B2 |
Transform unit partition method for video coding
A method of decoding includes partitioning a rectangular transform tree node (TTN) using either a vertical binary tree split or a horizontal binary tree split to generate square child TTNs when a maximum transform unit (TU) size for the TTN is smaller than either dimension of the TTN. The method further includes partitioning the child TTNs using a quadtree split to generate transform units (TUs) when the first child TTN dimension and the second child TTN dimension are larger than the maximum TU size, determining that the child TTNs are TUs when the first child TTN dimension and the second child TTN dimension are less than or equal to the maximum TU size, applying the TUs to transform coefficients to generate residuals, and generating a reconstructed block based on the residuals. |
| US12081804B2 |
Method and apparatus for deblocking filtering a block of pixels
A method of filtering a block of pixels in an image, comprising obtaining a first clipping control parameter (tc) value based on a quantization parameter of the block; comparing a first value of a first pixel located on one side of an edge in said block and a second value of a second pixel located on the other side of the edge in said block with a predetermined threshold derived from the first clipping control parameter value; and determining whether to apply a strong filtering to the first pixel based on the result of the comparison, wherein: the strong filtering comprises filtering the first pixel value so that the filtered first pixel value differs from the first pixel value by no more than a range value based on the clipping control parameter (tc), the ration between two range values corresponding to successive values of bitdepths being strictly lower than 2. |
| US12081801B2 |
High level bitstream syntax for quantization parameters
Methods, systems, and apparatus for video processing are described. One example video processing method includes performing a conversion between a video comprising a luma block and a bitstream of the video according to a rule. The rule specifies that whether a slice header (SH) includes a first syntax element is based on a second syntax element. The first syntax element indicates whether use of a delta quantization parameter (QP) is enabled for one or more coding units (CUs) of a specific slice of the luma block. |
| US12081798B2 |
Scaling process for joint chroma coded blocks
In a video bitstream, Cb and Cr channels are demultiplexed before dequantization instead of after inverse transformation. In this way, regular Cb and Cr quantization control parameters can be used, optionally with minor adjustments when a video block is joint-chroma coded. In one embodiment, some specific quantization control parameters can be specified. In another embodiment, separate Cb and Cr offsets can be specified for joint chroma coded blocks. In another embodiment, quantization control parameters specific to joint chroma coded blocks can be used for both Cb and Cr channels instead of nominal chroma quantization parameters. |
| US12081793B2 |
Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method
An encoder includes circuitry and memory connected to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry: derives an average value of motion vector values of two prediction candidates in a prediction candidate list for a merge mode, and registers the average value derived as new motion vector information of a new prediction candidate into the prediction candidate list; and derives new correction processing information regarding correction processing of a prediction image, and registers the new correction processing information derived into the prediction candidate list in association with the new motion vector information. |
| US12081791B2 |
DMVR-based inter-prediction method and device
An image decoding method includes: acquiring, from a bitstream, luma weight L0 flag information indicating whether there is an L0 prediction-related weight factor and luma weight L1 flag information indicating whether there is an L1 prediction-related weight factor; determining to apply decoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR) to an L0 motion vector and L1 motion vector for a current block, when the luma weight L0 flag information and the luma weight L1 flag information are both zero; when it has been determined to apply DMVR, deriving a refined L0 motion vector and a refined L1 motion vector by applying the DMVR to the current block; deriving prediction samples for the current block on the basis of L0 prediction using the refined L0 motion vector and L1 prediction using the refined L1 motion vector; and generating reconstruction samples for the current block on the basis of the prediction samples. |
| US12081790B2 |
Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding images using adaptive motion vector resolution
The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for improving the encoding efficiency by adaptively changing the resolution of the motion vector in the inter prediction encoding and inter prediction decoding of a video. The apparatus includes: a predicted motion vector calculator for calculating a predicted motion vector of a current block to be encoded using motion vectors of one or more surrounding blocks; and a skip mode encoder for encoding a result of performing a prediction of the current block and information indicating that the current block is a skip block when the predicted motion vector satisfies a skip condition, wherein at least one motion vector among the motion vectors of the surrounding blocks and the motion vector of the current block has a resolution different from resolutions of the other motion vectors. |
| US12081789B2 |
System for nested entropy encoding
Methods and systems for improving coding efficiency of video. |
| US12081785B2 |
Video decoding method using residual information in video coding system, and apparatus thereof
A video decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: receiving residual information for a current block; deriving a context model for a sine flag of a current residual coefficient in a current sub-block of the current block; decoding the sine flag on the basis of the context model; deriving the current residual coefficient on the basis of the sine flag; deriving a residual sample on the basis of the current residual coefficient; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual sample, wherein the context model for the sine flag is derived on the basis of a sine flag of a residual coefficient decoded before the current residual coefficient in the current sub-block. |
| US12081775B2 |
Video or image coding method and device therefor
An image decoding method performed by a decoding device according to the present document comprises the steps of: obtaining, through a bitstream, image information including a motion information candidate index and residual information; deriving motion information of a current block on the basis of the motion information candidate index; deriving a prediction sample on the basis of the motion information; deriving, on the basis of residual syntax elements for a current residual coefficient in the current block, the current residual coefficient; deriving a residual sample on the basis of the current residual coefficient; and deriving a reconstruction sample of the current block on the basis of the prediction sample and the residual sample. |
| US12081771B2 |
Methods, apparatus, and systems for affine chroma subblock motion vector derivation and motion compensation
A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for decoding video data. The method may include receiving video data coded with an affine inter prediction, the video data including chroma subblocks and luma subblocks; aligning an affine luma subblock with corresponding one or more affine chroma subblocks, wherein the aligning is based on a position of the affine luma subblock and a color format of the affine luma subblock; and decoding the video data based on the aligned affine luma subblock and the one or more affine chroma subblocks. |
| US12081768B2 |
Image encoding/decoding method and apparatus
Disclosed herein are an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The image decoding method of the present disclosure may include obtaining maximum transform block size information, deriving a maximum transform block size on the basis of the maximum transform block size information, and, determining ether or not a secondary inverse transform is applied to the current block on the basis of the maximum transform block size and a horizontal size and a vertical size of a current block. |
| US12081765B2 |
Method and apparatus for motion information storage
A motion information storing method comprises: determining a distance between a sample set in the current block and the common boundary; and comparing the distance with a threshold to determine whether third motion information is stored for the sample set, wherein the third motion information is derived by the first motion information and the second motion information. |
| US12081764B2 |
Image encoding and decoding method and apparatus generating an angular intra prediction mode
Provided is an image decoding method including: generating an intra prediction value of a current sample based on a position of the current sample in a current block and an intra prediction mode of the current block; determining a sample value of at least one filtering reference sample to be filtered and a first weight with respect to the filtering reference sample and a second weight with respect to the intra prediction value of the current sample; generating a filtered prediction sample value of the current sample based on the determined sample value of the filtering reference sample to be filtered, the intra prediction value of the current sample, the first weight with respect to the filtering reference sample, and the second weight with respect to the intra prediction value of the current sample; and generating a prediction block of the current block including the filtered prediction sample value. |
| US12081763B2 |
Image coding method and device on basis of wide-angle intra prediction and transform
An image decoding method according to the present document comprises the steps of: obtaining intra prediction mode information and an LFNST index; deriving an intra prediction mode of a current block on the basis of intra prediction mode information; when wide-angle intra prediction is applied to the current block, deriving a modified intra prediction mode by means of intra prediction mode remapping; deciding an LFNST set comprising LFNST matrices on the basis of the modified intra prediction mode; selecting one of the LFNST matrices on the basis of the LFNST set and LFNST index; and deriving transform coefficients for the current block on the basis of the selected LFNST matrix. |
| US12081761B2 |
Image processing apparatus and method
The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and method capable of suppressing a reduction in encoding efficiency.An upper limit value of the number of bins allocated to a processing target subblock by distributing the number of bins among nonzero subblocks is set, a syntax element value regarding the processing target subblock is derived by using coefficient data derived from image data so that the number of bins does not exceed the upper limit value, and the syntax element value derived is encoded and coded data is generated. The present disclosure can be applied, for example, to an image processing apparatus, an image encode apparatus, an image decode apparatus, a transmitting apparatus, a receiving apparatus, a transmitting/receiving apparatus, an information processing apparatus, an imaging apparatus, a reproducing apparatus, an electronic device, an image processing method, an information processing method, and the like. |
| US12081756B2 |
Image coding method on basis of non-separable secondary transform and device therefor
An image decoding method performed by means of a decoding device according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: deriving transform coefficients of a target block from a bitstream; deriving a non-separable secondary transform (NSST) index with respect to the target block; performing inverse transform with respect to the transform coefficients of the target block on the basis of the NSST index and thus deriving residual samples of the target block; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual samples. |
| US12081750B2 |
Coding and decoding method and apparatus and devices therefor
Method, apparatus, and devices for encoding and decoding are provided. In one aspect, a method includes: if a current pixel point in a current block satisfies an enable condition of an enhanced refinement mode, determining a gradient value of the current pixel point based on an original pixel value of the current pixel point and an original pixel value of a surrounding pixel point of the current pixel point; based on the gradient value of the current pixel point and the original pixel value of the current pixel point, determining a refined pixel value of the current pixel point. |
| US12081749B2 |
Encoder that encodes a current block based on a prediction image generated using an interpolation filter
An encoder that encodes a current block to be encoded in an image is provided. The encoder includes: processor; and memory coupled to the processor, in which, in operation, the processor: generates a first prediction image based on a motion vector, the first prediction image being an image with full-pel precision; generates a second prediction image using an interpolation filter by interpolating a value at a fractional-pel position between full-pel positions included in the first prediction image; and encodes the current block based on the second prediction image, and in the using of the interpolation filter, the interpolation filter is switched between a first interpolation filter and a second interpolation filter differing in a total number of taps from the first interpolation filter. |
| US12081738B2 |
Method and apparatus for inter prediction in video processing system
Disclosed is an inter prediction method which includes deriving control points (CPs) for the current block, wherein the CPs include a first CP and a second CP, deriving a first motion vector predictor (MVP) for the first CP and a second MVP for the second CP based on neighboring blocks of the current block, decoding a first motion vector difference (MVD) for the first CP, decoding a difference of two MVDs (DMVD) for the second CP, deriving a first motion vector (MV) for the first CP based on the first MVP and the first MVD, deriving a second MV for the second CP based on the second MVP and the DMVD for the second CP, and generating a predicted block for the current block based on the first MV and the second MV. |
| US12081727B2 |
Head-mountable display device and method for displaying an image received from a microscope
A head-mountable display device for displaying an image received from a microscope comprises a first display configured to display a first image of a part of an object, the first image received from a microscope. Further, the head-mountable display device comprises a first optical arrangement located in front of the first display. The first optical arrangement comprises at least one lens. Additionally, the head-mountable display device comprises a mounting structure configured to fasten the first display to the head of a user. The head-mountable display device is configured to allow a direct line of sight from a first eye of the user to the object in a field of view of the user outside of the first display while the user is watching the first display through the first optical arrangement, if the mounting structure is fastened to the head of a user. An angle between a display direction and the direct line of sight is less than 50° and the display direction is orthogonal to the first display. |
| US12081720B2 |
Devices and methods for generating and rendering immersive video
Immersive 3D video content includes a plurality of preferably overlapping cells, each cell representative of a volume in the content, wherein a cell providing both content corresponding to a virtual central camera in the cell and parallax information from virtual peripheral cameras around the centre position can be next to a cell providing only parallax information to be used with the content corresponding to the virtual central camera. A device for rendering immersive video, renders a viewpoint corresponding to a user's current position, tracks and predicts the user position, and if the user position moves to a cell with central camera content, retrieves the content and parallax information, and if the user position moves to a cell with only parallax information, retrieves the parallax information and, if necessary, also the cell with the content. This arrangement can reduce bandwidth and storage for the immersive 3D video content. |
| US12081717B2 |
Image processing apparatus that stores a ticket, method of controlling image processing apparatus, and storage medium
A hold scan control unit of an image processing apparatus provided with a scanner accepts a selection of a ticket that has a sharing setting to share the ticket, wherein the ticket is stored in the image processing apparatus and includes one or more settings required for scan processing executed by the scanner and for transmission processing of a file that includes an image that has been generated by the scan processing, acquires an access token based on the authorization of a user that uses the ticket in a case in which the ticket is used by a user that is different from the user that is set in the selected ticket and, executes the scan processing and the transmission processing by using the acquired access token according to a setting that is included in the ticket. |